Ing addressed by Mrs. Sheila Young _. Meeting. WW wa too Detit} 0 deal 2 latg mae wit Cease- fire debate at Courtney ee COURTENAY, B.C. Courtenay City Council last week decided to “receive and file” a let- ter, accompanied by a petition, ask- ng it to place itself on record as Supporting a cease-fire sin Korea — a only after aldermen divided Tee-three on the issue and Mayor Se Hitchen on a second vote de- cided against the proposal. The letter was drafted at a meet- Md B.C. Peace Council and signed. Y Some 30 persons attending the Ae will certainly endorse the idea Principle,” declared Ald. William * Moore, on Was supported by Ald. Sid , ams and Ald. Art Tilbe. renner Joe Hitchen contended it fs Just an attempt to put the , uncil on the spot,” argued that dine 8 outside the council’s juris- iction, eet is true that peace. negotia- “ § are in the hands of big and Moon tent, people,” replied Ald. we re. ‘But in a democracy Ae still express our opinion ; Th Cur desire for a cease-fire.” © Council, he added, was being’ mid in refusing to endorse © principle. n a-first vote, Aldermen Lest- er es : Dobenl, Tom Simms and W. R. 0 . . an € Supported a motion to receive Oe aoe letter, with Aldermen moins: Williams and Art Tilbe op- ing ae Mayor Hitchen, not hav- i leated his intention of vot- & Waly fore oe i ton. Jost. ed to declare the mo qoounell then rescinded the mo- mn. ; and the letter was read again. tone. Ore said he saw nothing’ 0 : Piectionable in it. in Kony ne is in favor of peace “ap £8” commented Ald. Dobell. Pag ot SO sure of that,” retort- oore, Jide Se ager Simms again moved servinetoe to receive and file, ob- ie T have a great dislike of nS of any kind.” With Mayor the ane Casting the decisive vote, 10N was carried. Cc Petition was returned to ~ *eace Council, with the - of Ald. Moore and Sid pum city’ clerk, added. pat Sih ee RB ainters ‘’skinge 25¢ Wage boost. Va - n . Pain ever Painters, members of tionay, if ape Decorators ‘Interna- thei, 74 0Cal 188, have made known Gnd op 8nds for wage increases ashi, enetits in 1953. "They N& a wage increase of 25 -theiy a hour, which would bring Nine Ty €arnings up to $2.25; ang Statutory holidays with pay, Y percent holiday pay. : n F Welfy at ion they are seeking a tribute Plan which would be con- 0 ° solely by the employers : Man-' : ue Ployey @n-hour basis, with the em- qonttibution expected to be Sht cents an hour, € fo Dart op T Percent holiday pay was ®bout Onciation wotity award of the Up ¢ Oard which was set h, the painters’ dispute ‘ points in the majority: ot Dow jority Sought by Local 138 ore to the union within 24 emplo over when he hires sca. Yee, and travelling time ts porn OY and Sunday for work- ‘ © out-of-town jobs. SID ZLOTNIK LPP names Sid Zlotnik in Burrard “The sitting Liberal member for Burrard, Jack MacDougall, is a two-bitt Senator McCarthy trying to import the shysterical methods of the Yankee witch-hunters into Can- ada,” declared Sid Zlotnik in ac- cepting nomination as Labor-Pro- gressive candidate for Burrard fed- eral riding at a public nominating convention held in Harmony Hall on Monday this week. Referring to proposals’ made by MacDougall in the House of Com- Zlotnik told his audience, ‘“MacDougall’s plan to outhaw the LPP and imprison its Washington-inspired, mons recently, members. is It has the purpose of stifling all de- bate on the question of war or peace, it is designed to silence all those who speak for peace.” Zlotnik characterized MacDoug- all’s concept of ‘patriotism’ as meaning ‘that every Canadian must blindly accept the lie that the So- viet Union is preparing for aggres- sive war. True patriotism, he said, involved not only a love of. one’s own people but a responsibili- ty for and a respect for all peoples. “Any one who advocates or sup- ports a war against the Chinese, Russian, Malayan, Czechoslovak or any other people because their way of life is different from ours, is not acting in the national interest,” said Zlotnik. “Any one who supports the sell- out of our national independence, our natural resources, to foreign in-> terests as the St. Laurent govern- ment is now selling them out to the Yankees, is no patriot. “Any one who tries to commit our country to Yankee plans for extending the war in China, with all the attendant dangers of pre cipitating a third world war, is not only betraying the national interest but threatening our very survival as a people.” Zlotnik, 88-year old Second World War veteran—he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery in France and Belgium — and com- merce graduate of the University of B.C., has been active in the labor movement since 1934. A: leading member of the Labor- Progressive party in the city, he first contested Vancouver-Burrard constituency as an LPP candidate in the 1945 provincial election. Chairman at the nominating . > > meeting was Tom McEwen, PRP federal candidate for Coast Cap- ilano. . The letter stated: “T am instructed’ by my execu- tive committee to convey to you our appreciation and approval of the recent action of the city council in announcing a hold-the-line policy with regard to wages for civic em- ployees. “Those who: recognize the neces- sity of levelling off and, if possible, reducing the cost of living (and this, of necessity, includes everyone engaged in industry or any form of commercial activity in this proy- ince) know that this cannot be achieved with constantly increasing’ labor costs. “We believe the example set by your council will contribute sub- stantially toward the best interests of this city and district.” The CMA’s specious plea found a ready response’ in Reeve John. Kirkland of Delta who told dele- gates to the annual meeting of the Fraser Valley Municipal Associa- tion last week, “We think a halt should be called to _ increased wages.” Vancouver City Council’s action, however, blew up in its collective face when determined spokesmen of five civic unions representing 3,600 workers insisted on clarification of council’s postion. Under fire from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Vancouver City Hall Employees, Vancouver Civic Employees Union, Vancouver Fire- fighters Union and the City Police- men’s. Union, aldermen appeared eonfused. Alderman Cornett stat~- ed that the city’s conciliation com- mittee was prepared to proceed with collective bargaining. This was in contradiction to Alderman Bill Orr's position} and a previous statement made by Mayor Hume in which he said, “We have decided to hold the line. This is our de- cision.” Secretary Foster of the Fire- fighters warned council that his union might take action to have the city prosecuted for violating the ICA Act on the basis that it failed Mi tedoRlfll Li men il Civic Outside Workers expose CMA hand in determining city council’s wage policy Vancouver City Council's resolution of January 19 to “hold-the-line” on wages was not intro- duced by Non-Partisan aldermen with the object of saving taxpayers’ money, but to serve the special interests of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association. the labor law of British} Columbia through its spokesmen on the city council was revealed last week when the Civic Employees Union (Outside Workers ) circulated a photostatic copy of a letter addressed to Mayor Fred Hume by the B.C. Division of the CMA over the signature of Hugh Dalton. The CMA’s plot to freeze wages and violate to commence bargaining within the | utility wage scales.” stipulated time after receiving notice of the union’s 1953 demands. George Gee of the IBEW -declared city electrical workers were deter- mined to “maintain parity with ' The meeting was adjourned after a communication from Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, con- demning aldermen for their wage- freeze policy, was read. City council compelled to reverse stand on racial discrimination An important victory in the fight against racial discrimination was scored on Monday this week when Vancouver City Council voted to have an anti-discrimination clause included in the revised city charter, which will be dealt with in the legis- lature later this month. This action, rescinding a previous motion, came as the result of the second week of pressure on councjl by a num- ber of civic groups, in which Van- couver Civic Unity Council played a prominent part. Corporation Counsel Russell Ba- _ker opposed the proposed bylaw on the ground that it could not be en- forced. The bylaw would make it “unlawful for any licensee in the city of Vancouver to discriminate against any member of the public who for payment seeks the goods or services of such licensee merely because of race, creed, color of such member of the public . . 2’ Similar bylaws are now in force in Toronto, Windsor and Oshawa. Knute Buttedahl, executive sec- retary of Vancouver Civic Unity Council, speaking for the Joint Labor Committee to Combat Racial Discrimination, replied to Baker’s objections by pointing out that when a similar law in the province of Ontario had been challenged it was upheld in the courts. A letter from Vancouver Board of Trade opposing the bylaw. on grounds that racism is a moral question was read. : Maurice Rush, secretary of the Labor-Progressive party, refuted the position taken by the Board of Trade. “It is not only a moral question,” he declared. ‘“Govern- ments have the responsibility to in- troduce legislation to protect the rights of minorities.” Effie Jones, who was one of the many delegates at the council meet- ing, pointed out to supporters of the measure this week that their fight was still not won. “Enactment of this resolution into the law still faces two hurdles,” she said. “It has to win support in the provincial legis- lature first and then a civic by- law has to be passed by city coun- cil. I urge all concerned to make _ representations now to their MLA’s in Victoria.” Take the whole family! ANNUAL LABOR BAZAAR ; PENDER AUDITORIUM FEBRUARY 18-19-20 Grand Opening 3p.m., Wednesday, February 18 j GALA DANCE 9p.m., Friday, February 20 PACIFIC TRIBUNE — FEBRUARY 13, 1953 — PAGE 7 — po a