a a 4 4 2 i seattiinatlii tian ideo. i ——Ls: {20 ; ih M, (dda Gute’, | | wei) lac be - Ibu 702 IBE o> CHINA'S LEAP FORWARD Cuil iN ni tan dd o>s—Ltdoteyy Mine-Mill pension gain FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1959 i : 4 j first in major industry TRAIL, B.C.—More than 5,000 employees of the Con- solidated Mining and Smelting Company will benefit from a major pension gain won by the Iternational Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. The winning of vesting rights for the workers involved is the first gain of its kind in a major industry in Canada and will organized labor generally. The vesting rights, which went into efect last month, mean that workers who have attained the age of 50 with 20 years of service with CM&S may leave their employment with the company for any reason and will still receive their pension at the retirement age of 65 years. Previously it was necessary for a worker to keep on work- undoubtedly be of interest to ing for the company until he was 65. The CM&S non-contributory pension plan was always prop- erly considered by. Mine Mill as part of a worker’s remuner- ation. This fact was established by the union in 1953 when a majority report by a concilia- tion board ruled against the company position that pensions were not a subject for collec- tive bargaining. ‘We want more sewers but no more tax hikes’ BURNABY, B.C.—‘Burnaby ratepayers should vote down the proposed sewer bylaw. Of course we need sewers, but we must demonstrate once and for all that the growing needs of municipal government cannot pocket.” - This is the message distrib- uted to Burnaby citizens in leaflet form by the Labor- Progressive Party. “The proposed $7 million loan and the $21 levy is just a beginning,” the leaflet contin- ues.. “There will be additional loans and levies .before the plan is completed. “Senior governments must bear the main share of the cost. “The $450 million wasted on the Arrow jet could have built be met out of the ratepayer’s a lot of sewers, There is always money for armaments but never for schools, sewers or hospitals. --“Senior governments can be forced to finance municipal works projects when ratepayers refuse to stand for further tax hikes. “Start now. Vote down the sewer bylaw on April 25. De- mand federal-provincial grants to finance this project.” Congress plans. a new upsurge > By R. S. GORDON PEKING—In 10 brief years of socialist development China has swept into the moder jet age from semi-feudal, semi-colonial backwardness, defeating all foreign intrigues against her, establishing unprecendented rates of growth in industry and agriculture, liberating on quarter of the world’s population from conditions of serfdom; national oppression and po cal tyranny, raising her peoples cultural and living standards to levels never before aspired to in the Orient, and forging ahead on all fronts at a pace never achieved by the world’s | leading capitalistic powers. That, in essence, is the heart of the report made by Prem- ier Chou Ens-lai last week to the opening session of the National. People’s Congress, China’s supreme governing body. Premier Chou in a 30,000- word message on the work of the government, revealed that China will continue her rec- ord-smashing rate of progress in this second year of the three-year “gyeat leap for- ward.” His figures made ludicrous the anti-Chinese propaganda campaign instigated by Am-. erican leaders. He revealed that China, 10 years ago fill- ed with landless, jobless and homeless people and beggars, has now abolished unemploy- * ment and in fact suffers a la- bor shortage. As part of the great cultural revolution he announced that illiteracy is being defeated and about 100 million stu- dents are now enrolled in primary and middle schools and institutions of higher learning. While the world system of capitalist states is undergoing economic crisis, he said, China and the world system of soc- ialist countries are in the midst of tremendous socialist construction and economic up- surge. Premier Chou was _ inter- rupted frequently by ap- plause from the 1,022 mem- bers of the Congress meeting in the beautiful Huai Ren hall. The delegates, ranging in age from 22 to 93, repre- sented all strata and all the nationalities in the country: workers, peasants, leading in- tellectuals, scientists, former serfs, Buddhist priests. Tibet- ang in their long distinctive robes, others in vivid cos- tumes of China’s many auto- nomous national minority areas, leaders of the Communist party. and nine other democratic “parties, and men and women nationally famous for their exemplary work in the factories and on the farm. In 1958, Premier Chou said, the total industrial and agri- cultural output increased by an astounding 65 percent. This year’s total industrial output will be equally astound- _ ing. In absolute figures, ex: pressed in money terms, it will top that of 1958. : Thus, for first time in_ China’s history, she will this year have more than one ton — of grain for every man, wo- man and child in the country. | Nigel Morgan's tour draws good audiences Nigel Morgan, Labor-Progressive Party provincial leader, completed a series of successful public meetings on Vancouver Island this week and after addressing four meeting in Greater Vancouver over the weekend will begin a tour of the Interior Morgan ‘is speaking about his recent trip to the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary and Great Britain. At Lake Cowichan 32 peo- ple attended a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hjal- mar Bergren. Morgan des- cribed the new Seven Year Plan in the USSR°as ‘one of the great landmarks of hu- man progress.” He said; that workers in the Soviet Union, in a few short years, will have the shortest work week in the world, with no reduc- tion in wages. In fact real wages will go up by 50 per- cent. All personal taxes will be abolished and production of consumer goods will in- crease by 70 to 80 percent. Morgan also held _ success- full meetings in Nanaimo Campbell River, Cumberland, and Victoria. F This Friday he speaks i Lonsdale Hall in North Van- couver; Saturday, April 25 : a house meeting at Pritchett’s home, 5245 ir Drive, Burnaby, at 8 Sunday, April 26 2 p.m. a Burrard constituency lic meeting in Harmony 1655 West Broadway; and same evening at a m Clinton Hall 2605 East der, at 8 p.m. On Wednesday, April Morgan will speak at the Hall, Cloverdale; Mo May 4 at Kamloops; es May 5 at Vernon; Thursday May 7 at Trail; and Sunday May 10 at Fernie. : 3 MAY DAY PARADE AND RALLY SUNDAY, MAY 3 MAY DAY PARADE DETAILS | DATE: SUNDAY, MAY'3 TIME: 1 P.M. START PLACE: POWELL STEERT GROUNDS, CORNER POWELL & DUNLEVY | ROUTE: VIA HASTNGS OR POWELL TO {|} EXHIBITION PARK | RALLY: 2 P.M. OUTDOOR THEATRE, EXHIBITION PARK oy April 24, 1959 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAG