Teel id i — | \cerasssrceanettll Sin : i 0 Bs LENT aan become legal in Canada? Apparently Yankee influence has so strongly impressed itself on government officials in north- central B.C. that they believe Canada has already been incor- porated into the United States of America. The pest office at Kemano, where the U.S.-controlled Alum- inum Company of Canada is con- structing its huge aluminum» pro- Continued BUCK 4 To Garson’s question as to whether the LPP advocated “force and violence,” Buck re- torted: “The minister of justice cannot find the word ‘forcible’ in the LPP program because we main- tain that in the political system and relationships of class forces in Canada, the united democratic forces of the people can achieve a parliamentary majority, make our Canadian parliament the su- preme governing power ?n the land, and can carry through the progressive democratic changes which will make our country and its people truly great.” The LPP foresees “a new kind of government representing for the first time the real needs of the majority of the people.” Buck said the LPP demanded of the federal government and Garson “that we be judged- by our words and deeds and not by a quotation torn out of the so- cial, political, historical and li- terary context in which it was written more than a hundred years ago.” Buck’s reference here was. to Garson’s quotation of two sen- ~ tences from the Communist Man-. ifesto “in his belated answer” to Buck’s protest against publica- tion, in violation of the Election Act, of a book by the RCMP which was a “blanket libel” of all LPP ¢andidates. “Garson asks me if the LPP has repudiated Marxism. My ans- wer to that is NO! We emphasize that the LPP program is the full, unqualified application of Marx- ism in Canada today.” Buck charged that Garson was aiding the Tory policy preached by Colonel Drew and appealed to “every democratic Canadian to voice his opposition to this introduction of McCarthyism in- to Canada.” The Vancouver rally is expect- ed to be the biggest of its kind held in the city in, the post-war. period. : Cavaleades Of cars are coming in from many Fraser Valley points, and a large number of people are expected from Van- couver Island. te ject, cancelled the envelope shown above without question- ing the fact that it bore a 3-cent Canadian and I-cent American postage stamp. Question to Postmaster Gen- eral Alcide Cote: When did use of American postage stamps be- come legal in Canada — or is there a secret order-in-council? r buena {sj | ae 8 Fifteen LPP eandidates now named in B.C. Nomination of five more candidates during the past week brings to fifteen the number of Labor-Progressive federal candidates now in the field in British Columbia. In addition, LPP provincial cam- paign headquarters here announced this week that arrangements had been completed to nominate a candidate in Burnaby-Richmond. The five new LPP. candidates nominated are: - VANCOUVER SOUTH: Gor- don Elder. FRASER VALLEY: Carl Hil- land. KOOTENAY WEST: Tilly Belanger. KOOTENAY EAST: * English. VICTORIA: Tom Seibert. Gordon Elder, 26-year old millworker who will contest Vancouver South, is one of the youngest candidates named by any party. He is a member of the National Federation of Labor Youth. Mrs. Tilly Belanger, Trail nurse, is a member of the Mine- Mill women’s auxiliary in that city. Sam English, of Michel, is a coal miner widely known in the labor movement of this province as a veteran member of the Uni- ted Mine Workers union. Mrs. Sam Appeal fine imposed on election workers An immediate. appeal will be launched on behalf of two election workers who were fined in Vancouver police court last week for dis- tributing LPP election material, it is announced by Maurice Rush, LPP city secretary. The election workers were fined $5 each under Section 81 of the street and traffic ‘bylaw which makes it an offence for ° anyone to give away a leaflet on any street if. it is of such a character that the person to whom it is given will probably throw it on the street so as to cause a litter. Evidence was brought forward at the trial to show that there was no litter. The arresting po- liceman said he spoke to the leaf- leteers telling them to stop and then he looked for leaflets on the ground. He found one leaflet on the ground after a search. Imposing the fine, Magistrate Orr said he could not under- stand why the bylaw did not pro- hibit leafleteering altogether, but he added that perhaps “it- was unconstitutional, and that was why the bylaw did not prohibit passing of leaflets on the street. The LPP. statement points out that in effect the bylaw and its interpretation by the court does outlaw leafleteering on city streets, which is a violation of a democratic right enjoyed by citizens and public organizations. Enforcing of this bylaw and the interpretation placed on it is a blow at democracy and can only be construed as interfering with the election campaign, states Rush. : Mine- Mill, IW A voting on awards & This week a government con- ciliation board recommended a bott has estimated that the gross ~ 14-cent hourly wage hike for 32,- 000 Coast woodworkers in the CIO International Woodworkers. Actual wage increase is 5 cents, with a 9-cent hourly cost-of-living bonus incorporated into the ‘basic wage of $1.35 an hour. The apparent gimmick is that the increase is “marginal.” If an op- erator says he can’t afford to pay it, he can negotiate his own price ‘at operation level. Original IWA wage demands included a straight 15-cents . ac- . ross-the-board, six additional paid holidays, and the cost-of-living bonus. No additional paid holi- days are included in the board’s recommendations for the 1953 IWA wage contract, which will be voted on by the membership. during the coming week. * * * Mine-Mill members will vote this week on the recommenda- tions of a conciliation board award on their 1953 wage agree- ment with Consolidated Mining and Smelting at Trail. The board’s proposals call for con- tinuation of 1952 wage rates as against CM&S proposals for a 10-cent per hour wage cut. Chief gain for Mine-Mill is the addi- tion of three weeks vacation with pay for all CM&S employees with 15 years service. The board also ruled that com- . pany pensions scheme now in ef- fect are negotiate as an integ- ral part of collective bargaining. CM&S has maintained that such company-financed pensions are strictly the company’s business and outside the jurisdiction of collective bargaining. , Memorial gathering honors — VICTORIA, B.C. “Never since 1897 has _ re- sponsible «government been in such jeopardy. On us, who honor Amos De Cosmos __ to- day, and who uphold his tra- ditions, rests a sacred responsi- b lity to fight for the independ- ence and peace of Canada,” Ni- gel Morgan, provincial leader of the Labor - Progressive party, told those gathered at De Cos- mos’ grave to mark the 56th an- niversary of his death on July 4, 1897. } Morgan went to Victoria’s Ross Bay Cemetery to pay tribute to the great Canadian patriot, to- gether with the three Vancouver Island LPP federal candidates, Commander W. S. E. Morrison of Comox-Alberni, Ernie Knott of Nanaimo and Tom Seibert of Vic- toria. : : . . In his remarks, Morgan re- called De Cosmos’ fight for re- sponsible government and his leading role in lay ng the foundations of the Canadian . nation, linking his name with the other great figures in Can- adian life, Mackenze, Papineau, Baldwin, Lafontaine and Riel. “He contributed more than any other individual in the his- tory of the province to our pres- ent form of democracy,” Morgan said. “He was the first, and so far, the best representative of © Victoria in the Canadian House *-of Commons.” “The labor movement carries forward the tradition of De Cos- mos and the other builders of Canada — and the labor move- ment will win,” he concluded. A spray of gay summer blooms laid by Morgan in the name of the LPP and its candidates, bore ines Bic, founder of B.C. democracy the following tribute: “To the memory of a great democrat and fighter for the people’s rights ‘and a pioneer whose vision of: Canada as a great nation shaped his whole political life.” A second ‘wreath was laid on behalf of the editors of the Pa- cific Tribune. It was inscribed with these words: “In honor of the founder of the democratic press of British Columbia in whose tradition we are proud to follow.” _ Shocked at the state of neglect into which the De Cosmos grave has fallen, the gathering named a committee of three to arouse public opinion on the need for restoring it. Approaches will be made to the legislattre for pro- : vision to keep up the last rest- ing place of the man who was Br'tish Columbia’s second prem- ier. © Continued “these questions in the course 0 - lumber, - are having a d fficult time. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 10, 1953 — PAGE ! CHINA Why is Canada lagging behind? Is it because Canadian business men don’t want to trade wi China? Or is it because Ottawa fears to offend Washington? Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor-Progressive party: which places trade with all coum tries to the forefront of its pol icies, is expected to deal with his speech on “World Trade— Canada’s Lifeline” at Exhibition Forum here July 12. But Cana — dian business, facing a crisis 2 trade, has already indicated its desire to seek new markets it the Far East. Finance Minister Douglas Ab national product for 1953 could approximate $24 billions. Cana dian productive capacity, almost doubled in the postwar years: now produces far more than our national market can absorb. BX panding international trade cat alone save us from a disastrous econom'c slump in the near ft ture. Our main buyer is the United States, which takes half of ou! total exports—about one qual ter of our total production. BU fish and agricultul products are being stockpiled £0! lack of foreign markets — a2 the U.S. arrogantly tells Ottaw4 that we must not trade with Peo ple’s China, the Soviet Union 2”! the People’s Democrac’es. B Canadian business is on th? horns of a political dilemma: which can only be resolved e adopting a “Put Canada’ Firs! policy and rejecting U.S. dom ination in favor of our own ne tional needs. There are signs that this truth is becoming known to im portant sections of Canadian bi business. The Financial Posty its issue of June 13, made significant editorial comment: “From our point of vew, Vo end of the Korean fighting 15 the one thing necessary before can start regularizing our ° tions with China under its De” rulers. It has long been obvious that such an endeavor must ¥” clude admitt’ng the Peking en ernment to the seat on the Security Council which belo to the effective rulers of Chin@:” “Canadians don’t like C™ munist governments any ™? than Americans do... but -, we have no intention of trying to fight, or even boycott, evel! country which has a comm. ist government ... We can’t pect any permanent peace ae prosperity with a great cht =) of Asia closed to internatio?™ trade.” It is the Western world, unde! the domination of the Unité States, that closed the door 0 trade with China. ef China, rap'dly attaining sh primary objective of industt® ization, can get along without | if need be. The question ls eu we get along without China: Th’s question is particulat important in. British Colum 3 where our primary indus lumbering, mining and fish wi jl B® will Open the door to trade China and our problem W' solved for years to come. it closed, and depression come in the window. $75 at 65 f+ In the federal election ae form of the Labor-Progt?” jhe party as published in full '" po Canada Day edition of the cific Tribune, point 3, under nd heading, “Protect the home ion family,” stated: “Old age pers 65 of $60 monthly for at id women at 60.” The figur have been $75 monthly.