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LAUNCH MASS POSTCARD DRIVE

OTTAWA DELEGATION TO DEMAND

ACTION 10 SAVE

The fight to seek a reversal
by Parliament of the Liberal
government's order-in-council
ratifying North Pacific Fish-
eries treaty amendments, and
to obtain a full hearing be-
fore the House Marine and
Fisherise Committee, will be
carried forward by a 10-mem-
ber delegation to Ottawa from
the Uniteq Fishermen and Al-
lied Workers: Union.

This was decided by an em-
ergency meeting of the
union’s board last week. The
delegation will be in Ottawa
around the end of the month

or early in June.

The union also announced
that letters have gone out to
all B.C. M-P.s and Senators,
to Prime Minister Pearson
and leaders of opposition par-
ties. urging that the govern-
ment’s order-in-council be
tabled in the House of Com-
mons for debate.

It also urges that the issue
be referred to the House Mar-
ine and Fisheries Committee
for discussion before a vote is
taken in the House,

First response to the letter

came from NDP national

United effort needed, |

“We rejoice that the num-
ber of peace movements is
growing in Canada. We wel-
come this development, be-
cause this is a united front
against war.”

With the above declaration,
Dr. James G. Endicott, Pres-
ident of the Canadian Peace
Congress, called for ever
greater efforts on the part
of all peace loving people in
Canada, in order to prevent
this country from joining the
nuclear club. Endicott was
Speaking to a “No Nuclear
Arms” rally, held at the Pen-
der Auditorium in Vancouver,
last Thursday night. Close to
400 people attended the rauy.

He reminded the crowd
that, not too long ago, Canad-
ian peace workers who circu
lated the original Stockholm
“ban-the-bomb” appeal were
Openly accused of acting
against the best interests of
Canada. “We have seen the
Stockholm appeal become a
United Nations resolution, en-
dorse@ unanimously by all
Member nations,” he declar-
ed:

Endicott then went on to
quote extensively from Pope
John’s Easter encyclical
“Peace on Earth” — and pre-
dicted that this development
Would also be embraced by

Endicott tells rally

the majority of the earth’s
people in days ahead, and
that the foreign policy of the
Vatican could not help but
“undergo a fundamental
change’”’ in the near future, as
a result of this historical doc-
ument.

Pointing out that the en-
cyclical was adressed not only
to those of the Catholic faith,
but to ‘all men of goodwill,”
he stated: “This document
should enormously encourage
each and every peace work-
en
Turning to the internation-
al scene, Endicott stated that,
important though it be, Can-
ada’s struggle against nuclear
weapons has to be seen as
only a part of the long ranee

jecti of rational human-
op eet complete and general
disarmament.

When viewed in this per-
went on, it be-

ective, he
sh that the most

comes obvious
pressing problem of today is
to peacefully resolve the
German question and prevent
the ex-Nazi generals from 00-
taining atomic arms.

The audience responded
warmly to an appeal by B.C:
Peace Council president Laud
Gardner by contributing near-
ly $400 to further the work

of the council.

B.C. FISHERIES —

leader T. C. Douglas, who con-
gratulated the union on its
well documented case, and as-
sured the union “there will
be a real fight on this.” He
said the NDP would “do
everything possible to secure
fair and just treatment for the
fishing industry.”

The UFAWU is also send-
ing letters to trade unions and
other organizations across the
country, urging them to sup-
port the union’s demands.

Commenting on the cam-
paign of the union, Homer
Stevens, secretary-treasurer,
said “our concern is not only
to obtain a reversal of a de-
cision which encourages Jap-
an’s demands upon all our
fisheries, it is to prevent give-
aways of our resources by
order-in-council.”

JAPAN ‘WANTS ALL’

= Stevens also charged last
week that a revealing article
from an authoratative Japan-
ese economic daily “lets the
cat out of the bag. The Jap-
anese, aS we predicted, are
not satisfied with the halibut
and herring concessions which
we were asked to _ believe
would protect other aspects of
the treaty.”

The article states that Jap-
anese representatives at the
upcoming talks for revising
the Japan-U.S.-Canada fishery
treaty, which expires in June,
will press for complete aboli-
tion or relaxation of the ‘‘vol-

_untary restrictions.” Removal

of these. restrictions would
open all North Pacific deepsea
fisheries to Japan and strike
a major blow at Pacific coast
fisheries.

The union has also launch-
ed a postcard campaign ad-
dressed to MP’s. The cards
emphasize the point that the
government, by issuing its
order-in-councii only eight
days before the opening of
Parliament, has made the sup-
remacy of Parliament the is-
sue.

(The postcard is reprinted
on this page for the use of
readers of the Pacific Tri-

bune.)

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LABOR ROUNDUP

B.C. longshoremen
prepare for strike

Stating that ‘‘our people don’t
want to join the ranxs of B.C.’s
40,000 unemployed,"’ Roy Smith,
chairman of the International
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse-
men’s union negotiating commit-
tee, told a press conference last
Wednesday morning that a strike
in the industry is imminent. In-
volved in such an action would
be 12 ILWU locals, involving
about 2,400 workers in the prov-
ince.

Wages are not a major issue in
the dispute between the union
and the B.C. Shipping Federation.
Main points at stake are a Master
Contract for the entire industry
separate agree-
ments at present) and job secur-
ity in face. of increased mechani-
zation.

Smith stated that only a few
years ago, it took between 40
and 90 men over one week to load
a 7,000-ton ship. Today, 10 men
can load a 43,000-ton freighter in
only four days. While the union
was not opposed to technological
advance, it felt that such advance
should not be made at the ex-
pense of wot kers’ jobs. ‘“We want
a share of these tremendous sav-
ings,’ Smith pointed oul.

The union plan for Canadian
longshoremen, which has already
been won in the U.S., would guar-
antee each union man pay for 35
hours a week, and make it pos-
sible for a worker to be moved
about in the industry without loss

of pension rights, vacations and
other benefits.
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The Oil, Chemical and Atomic
Workers union, which has been
in negotiations with the giant oil
monopolies since last fall, has
conducted a strike vote of its
membership in B.C. Ballots are
expected to be counted by May
24th.

A conciliation officer had rec-
ommended a seven cent an hour
wage boost from Feb. 1 of this
year, with an additional eight
cents on Feb. 1, 1964. The com-
panies have not indicated whether
they will accept the proposal,
but the union executive has rec-

ommended rejection.
&

Vancouver Labor Council
agreed at its last meeting to pro-
test to Vancouver City Council
“carrying ‘ts austerity program
to the point where it necessitates
laying off a considerable number
of permanent employees.”

Council ‘secretary Paddy Neale,
in speaking to the motion, pointed
out that the budget for necessary
public services had been slashed
by the city council A number of
key services such as the placing
of sewers and re-laying of water
mains would go by the board,
along with the jobs of 109 out-
side civic workers — including
some with seniority of up to six
years.

B.C. Communists wire
protest on fisheries

A strong protest against the
order-in-council adopted by
the minority Liberal govern-
ment, ratifying the amend-
ments to the Pacific Fisheries
Treaty, was made this week
in a telegram to Prime Minis-
ter Pearson by B.C. Commun-
ist leader Nigel Morgan.

The wire said:

“B.C. Committee, Commun-
ist Party, strenuously protests
ratification by order-in-coun-
cil of North Pacific Fisheries
Treaty amendments. We are
unalterably opposed to such
giveaways.

“Cabinet finalization of
such treaty amendments only
eight days before Parliament
was to convene constitutes an
inexcuseable abrogation of
the rights of our elected rep-
resentatives.

“We demand immediate
tabling of Cabinet’s decisions,
and calling of an open and
full hearing of all interested
parties by House standing
committee on Marine and
Fisheries, and full opportun-
ity for debate by the House
of Commons.”

Parliament Buildings,
Ottawa, Ontario

Dear Sir:

Support the fight to
save our fisheries

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Parliament is the supreme governing body in
Canada. The Cabinet decision of May, 1963, amend-
ing the International North Pacific Fisheries Treaty
giving Japan the right to fish halibut in the eastern
Bering and herring west of the Queen Charlotte
Island, B.C., constitutes government by “order in
council.” I most strongly condemn this attempt to
prevent full debate and decision in Parliament. I de-
plore Cabinet refusal to refer the entire matter to the
Parliamentary Committee on Marine and Fisheries
where all interested organizations could be fully
heard, thus ensuring intelligent debate. As a Cana-
dian, Idemand the Cabinet approval regarding
North Pacific Treaty amendments be tabled in the
House of Commons for final decision by our elected
Members of Parliament.

(Postage Free)

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