] ii Dy y fi q he ary Mh in fies l rT | C; eel as yl BE Lo Rod HAIN INI Dy. sit traseveras ( a008 GENIE oi I () | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1955 ‘Demonsiration for peace’ 4 i |. Vancouver's working people ‘ upheld their proud May - Day ! tradition on Sunday by turning : out in strength for the May Day } parade to Exhibition Park, where : some 3,000 gathered to shear : speeches reflecting labor’s fight : for a greater Canada, the domin- ant theme of the celebration. Headed by a band and follow- ed. by colorful floats and a long cavalcade of cars, the marchers | paraded in brilliant sunshine j through Vancouver’s East End. For the first time in more than * two decades they followed a new ‘route along Powell and Dundas streets to a new meeting place in Exhibition Park. ° Last year police: objections to . traffic obstruction at the ap- ‘proaches to Lions’ Gate Bridge , forced cancellation of the par- ~ ade, but the rally was held in its ‘traditional Stanley Park setting. 'This year a new tradition was be- ;gun, although resurfacing of ! Hastings Street compelled the parade to follow the waterfront kroute from Powell Street | Grounds. : A sound truck played familiar Jaber songs as the marchers as- “sembled on the lawns of the Out- door Theatre. Then heads were j-bared as the Vancouver Youth : Singers, led by Searle Friedman, : -; opened the rally with O Canada ‘and followed it with a brief pro- bgram of songs. _ it was an thcicing opening for ‘an inspiring rally. As Alex Gor- jdon, | ‘business agent for United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, observed, “This is a con- iivincing demonstration of the de- ‘sire for peace we in Vancouver 'share with people throughout the world.” » The crisis produced by cold ;war policies had been fanned to war ‘heat, he said. : | “But we don't want war,” he- picpiared. “We want friendship land trade with all countries. We vant our resouces developed to ‘create new industries. We want ‘the employment that will follow ‘sugh policies. And by our unity jand our strength we can win such *policies.” ? Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial «ed, ok t Three thousand at city May Day rally leader, said the atomic tests in Nevada had brought home to Can- adians how grave a threat of war hung over every man, woman and child in this country. He termed the impending merger of the Trades and Labor b Congress and Canadian Congress, of Labor “an event of extraordin- ary significance” to working peo- ple because it opened up avenues to new national policies carrying labor’s imprint. Mayor Fred Hume’s proclama- tion of May 1 as “Pray Day” in Vancouver was noted by George Harris of Toronto, secretary- treasurer of United Electrical Workers, in his opening remarks. “Let those pray who will — and they should pray for peace— but prayers are no substitute for the united action necessary to solve the problems facing the people today,” he said. “Prayers ‘ will not influence those evil forces which are pre- pared to plunge our country into the misery of another depression, into nuclear war, to preserve their selfish privileges. “Only working class action can influence them — united action for new policies, for new visions of what our country can be.” Sometimes, he said, there are winters which seem unending in their dreariness and everything seems ‘bleak until the sun bursts forth and new life stirs beneath Tt. “The working people, too, have their winters,’ he said, “and it seems to me that we have just come, through such a winter. “But we also have our springs where new life stirs and the whole people’s movement ad- vances. And it seems to me frow that we shall have our spring.” Speaking on the labor merger, he declared: “Unity of labor will be deter- mined ‘by events, by what the working class demands of its or- ganizations, not by what is de- cided iby a few top union leaders meeting in hotel rooms.’ Chairman of ‘the rally was Wil- liam Stewart, secretary of the Marine Workers and Boilermak- ers Union here. | ‘Fought 30 years for > TORONTO The developments towardss unity that are taking place in the Canadian trade union movement jeading to eventual establishment of one autonomous trade ‘union tentre, are an indication of the fact that there is growth of politi-. eal development and progress in €anada, Tim Buck, national lead- te of the Labor-Progressive party told a recent gathering here. “For over 30 years our move- ‘ment was the only organized \force which fought and work- ‘ed for trade union unity,” he ‘said. i He recalled that as a delegate to the 1923 convention of “the Trades and Labor Congress, ‘he moved a resolution calling for ¢ er ot ee ed > labor unity’--Buck establishment of one unified trade union centre in Canada. This position became and remain- ed the program of the left-wing movement. “What we foresaw and advocat- ed as something in the interest of the labor movement, is now ~ taking place.” Buck also commented on the drive for the Guaranteed ets Wage. ‘History is being made on the North American continent, when the entire working class move- ment says: ‘If the president, vice- president, directors and clerks ean get paid by the year jit’s high time that those who produce the wealth, the workers, should get at least the same,” he said. Participants in May Day parade ; These young Chinese Canadians, dressed in Chinese native costume and riding on 4 float surmounted by five golden stars, attracted considerable attention in Vancouver’s May Day parade last Sunday. Another popular float was that entered by building trades workers. Designed as “Canada’s House of Labor,” it showed a dummy labelled “union buster” head down in a trash can behind the house. The LPP float was a facsimile of the party’s wit displayed poster, “Stop the U.S. Grab of B.C. Resources.” Board spurns public pipeline ownership | The federal government’s Board of Transport Commissioners turned el. formal request last week that the trans-Canada natural gas pipeline be operated as 4 puby utility and not by a Texasowned corporation. The board, in an apparently — decision, granted Trans-Canada Pipelines Ltd. a six months extension to enable it 8 f :200 mile project—which it has failed to do over the past t! finance the $350 million 2 months. The extension was grant- ed despite the fact that no guar- antees of sufficient contracts to finance the line were forthcom- ing. Daniel Nerenberg, Labor-Pro- gressive provincial candidate in Ottawa, appeared for the LPP to oppose the extension on the grounds that it ‘was contrary to the national interests. He pre- sented the LPP’s case for public ownership in order to get the project. started and keep it under Canadian control. .- But the board, which retired before Nerenberg’s appearance, read a prepared statement imme diately after hearing him—a de-' cision, it was evident to all in the room—made beforehand. The board, however, did re- ject an outburst of opposition, by Trans-Canada Ltd. director J. Ross Tolmie against hearing thé LPP presentation. To this Jus- tice Kearney replied that “I like to feel that any Canadian citizen has an opportunity and Bavilege tc speak here.” Nerenberg drew attention sf the fact that Trans-Canada’s brief failed to mention the fact that financial assistance tendered by the federal government had been blocked by the Gulf Oil Corpora- tion of Pittsburgh. Tolmie, argu- ing against the LPP appearance underlined the “free enterpise” nature of the long-awaited pro- ject. G. S. Coates, vice-president and — general manager of the company, ex-senior vice-president of Ten- nessee Gas, testified in a Texan crawl — after much prompting by members of the board and the company lawyer — that he saw no reason: why “we can’t con- clude contracts for supply” with- in the six-month period request- ed. But only one-quarter of the capacity of the projected line is now under contract with gas- producer companies in, Alberta. Nerenberg charged that the government was more interested in protecting the U.S. financial interests thna it was in the pro- ject itself as a great contribution to the national economy. Suite 6 - 426 Main Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. ° » Please enter my subscription to the pacifio ' TRIBUNE. power for Clip ond Mail————| - Tribune Publishing Company Limited, oone' a. 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