H I it Hil un a Tr f FRIDAY. APRIL 28, f | C mi QoS) De iS iw ‘ atl loonennvant ijo jonveese DA saue# a Wh ii Mtn eA ie INURE | ammcerell = 1950 PROTEST MEET PLANNED authorities to allow Dr. Hew- lett Johnson, Dean of Canter. bury, to land at Honolulu on hi scheduled flight from Sydney Australia, to Vancouver, ha forced cancéllation of the hug. Peace rally which was planne for May 5 at Calliste; Park. Vancouver Peace Assembly sponsor of the Dean’s visit plans to hold a civil rights pro entative speakers from _ trad. unions, churches, veterans, ci vil ‘rights and ares organiza tions. The Deak is flying to the Canadian''‘Peace. Congress ir Toronto via London, England and it is hoped he will tow western Canada. If he make: a tour it’ is expected that h« will speak in Vancouver on May 24 Dr. James. G. Endicott, re cently returned from his peace mission to. Moscow and_ other European: cities, will also be visiting Vancouver late in May. Dean barred by U.S. Refusal of U.S. immigration test meeting May 5, with repres . B.C. unions back - Mine-Mill stand © _ °. The provincial Labor Relations Board, after hearing Mine-Mill | and Steel representatives present arguments on jurisdiction over Trail smelter workers in Victoria this weekend, adjourned the hearings and is expected to hand, down a decision soon. Last week, in Ontario, the Labor Relations Board, in the most stinging rebuke ever levelled against a union under its jurisdiction, acuséd United Steelworkers of America. of engaging in fraudu- lent practices ‘in an effort to win certification at the Hahn Brass plant'at New Hamburg. -Mine-Mill spokesman Harvey Murphy and Ken Smith, and their legal counsel’ John Stanton, blas- ted Steels attempt to gain cer- tification or vote at Trail on the basis of signed blue cards representing neither initiations paid or dues payments. : Documents submitted to the board showed that more than 700 Trail workers originally duped into signing cards have since re- turned to Mine-Mill, and Murphy called a number of witnesses who told how they had signed with Steel because of misrepres- entations. i Majority of B. C. unions back _ Mine-Mill and have condemned Steel raiding. Electricians and Boilermakers had -watching briefs, and letters denouncing Steel’s attempt to gain certification on the basis of “just signed card” were received from Metal Trades Council and Building Trades Council, while local 425, Carpen- ters, sent a telegram in similar vein. Signed by Carpenter’s pres- > ident, Jack Steyensen, it reques-— ted “that no certification be is- sued to the Steelworkers on the basis of just signed cards.” * Mine-Mill received a letter from Vancouver Converters local 433, _Pulp and Sulphite Workers, un- der signature of Orville Braaten, busineSs agent; stating that a local meeting had condemned Steel’s raiding and that “we are further opposed to the LRB even granting a vote in this case; if this were done it could create complete chaos and ‘ industrial strife among all workers in this province, because responsible un- ions would have no protection from irresponsible labor organ- izers making attempts at disrup- ting the unity of well established unions.” 0a OOOO’ COMPLIMENTS of PRINCETON HOTEL MANAGERS George Coghlin T. J. BRODERICK MAY DAY GREETINGS TULAMEEN HOTEL STS UP rinedton, (By! UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT JOHN BLISS To Ou Friends and Patrons Operators want to knife O-hr. week Breakdown of preliminary bargaining talks between International Woodworkers of America and Coast lumber operators for a 1950 agreement has caused the union to apply for conciliation and reiterate its’ convention stand of “No contract, no work” Jure 15 deadline. IWA demands for 17 cents an hour and the union shop are backed by the combined strength of the union’s own membership and that of the Woodworkers Industrial Union, which is pressing for uni- ted action committees in every operation. Harold Pritchett, WIUC presi- dent, spoke to 300 White Pine workers at a noon plant meeting last week, urging “a shoulder- to-shoulder unity of all wood- workers’ to win our demands.” On’ May 2 Pritchett will address a noon-hour meeting at Fraser Mills, and on the same evening speak to the White Pine night- shift -at 8 p.m. Thousands 9f WIU leaflets cal- ling on workers to “get together to beat the bosses” are being dis- tributed every week at plant gates and in logging camps. Res- ponse to the leaflets indicates a growing sentiment for unity among IWA, WIJ and unorgan- ized woodworkers. Negotiations between IWA and operators deadlocked.when the bosses proposed a return to the, 48-hour week in the woods and the 44-hour week in mills. “Agree to this,” operators said, “and then we'll be willing to consider whe- ther we should grant a small wage increase.” Rallying workers to eke the 40-hour week, a special WiIU bulletin declared:. “If the bosses ever succeed squashing the 40-hour week, the road will be wide open for them to wipe out all overtime rates on the grounds that the industry cannot afford over- time pay- It will then be 48 hours for straight time. In fact, overtime rates for all work in excess of 40 hours exist only because the 40-hour week exists. Take away the one and the other vanishes.” Workers at North Shore Lum- ber Company took united action _this week to force reinstatement “of 12 workers laid off in viola-_ tion of contract. provisions on- seniority. Majority of the work- ers signed a petition demanding reinstatement, “and plant owner Ronald Graham and manager John Fairburn admitted to a meeting of the* crew that the Labor Relations Board ‘had in- quired about the case. “I guess the case will have to go to arbi- tration,” said Fairburn. — IWA and WIU members in the plant are continuing joint action to end employer discrimination and enforce contract provisions. — SOOO SMILE CLEANERS 594 RICHARDS ST. VANCOUVER, B.C. Extends May Day Greetings MAY DAY GREETINGS 1950 HOME FANCY SAUSAGES 264 East Hastings Street TA. 3613 Vancouver, B.C. Petitto To the Right Honorable Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, We, the undersigned citizens of Canada, acutely awatre of the suffering, horror and destruction brought about by the use of the atomic bomb, respectfully petition the government of Canada to take the following” immediate action: 4 1. Urge in the Assembly of the United Nations THAT THE ATOM BOMB BE BANNED. : 2. Press for strictest international control to ensure com- pliance of all nations in outlawing the bomb as a military weapen, 3. Encourage research in the use of atomic energy for peace- ful purposes and its practical application for the