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»MacArthur plan’ for Asia

U.S. Republican Harold E. Stassen wants a “MacArthur plan”
for Asia. This is what MacArthur’s plan means for Japanese
labor as the Japanese government and U.S. occupation authorities

pursue their drive to smash militant trade unionism.

In_ this

picture, banned by General MacArthur's censors, American troops

help Japanese police
film studios.

to break a strike of movie workers at Toho

Section ‘
ction 98
Section 98 helped to bring down
the Bennett government. Your par-
ticipation in a campaign of protest
—khow—can help to stay the hand
of this government.

You can make your individual
protest, again if you have already
done so, to Prime Minister St.
Laurent or Justice Minister Gar-

son, and raise the issue in your
organization.

You can hetp in the work of
the newly tormed Committee to
Defeat the LaCroix Bill by get-
ting in touch with its secretary,
Jack Phillips, 1854 E. 15th Ave-
nue, Vancouver, B.C.

Prime Minister St. Laurent will
be in Vancouver on April 13, and
again on April 15. You can let
him know how you feel about
this new proposed gag on your
right to speak for peace.

Seamen

SIU cards, and rushed to Halifax
or other eastern ports to break
union picket lines.

Joe Ryan, boss of the ILA, is the
man who answered the CSU’s sup-
port of every longshoremen’s strike
by ordering his membership to scab
against the CSU in 1946 and 1948.

Ryan is the man who openly

boasts that he is proud of his as-
sociation with the gangsters who
run the New York waterfront. In
Time magazine of March 7, 1949,
it is reported that the “hoods” of
the waterfront “get along fine with
Joe Ryan, the loudmouthed boss
(at $20,000 a year) of. the ILA. Some
of the hoods hold cards in the un-
ion and go to big dinners with
Joé. Joe is touched by this. ‘Some
of the boys from the old ladies’
home up the river (Sing Sirg)
come down to the waterfront and
make good,’ said he reeently. ‘I’m

“| proud to have my picture: taken

with them and be in their com-
pany.’”

Throughout long months of ne-
gotiations with operators, and dur-
ing a recent conciliation hearing
in Montreal, the Canadian Seamen’s
Union made every effort to reach
a mutually satisfactory agreement
with the shipowners.

The union steadfastly refused,
however, to accept proposed wage

_| cuts or commit hari-kari by abolish-

ing the union hiring hall.

While negotiations were _ still
going on, the SIU “sneaked in the
back door’ and signed an agree-
ment with the East Coast operators
despite the fact that they have no
members on the East Coast.

It was this move on the part of
the companies which provoked the

present strike. .

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CREAN AND STETSON
HATS

approved the resolution 149-2.

not present.

Cariboo, B.C.; D. J. McCuaig,
McKay, Weyburn, Sask.; Mrs.

Vancouver, B.C. ’

“In the know” sources reveal
that St. Laurent got an agreement
with Drew and Coldwell around

{9:30 p.m. Friday for a. vote the

same evening, leaving no time for
many members to be on hand for

the vital vote. Whether this was
done to provide certain members
for a convenient “cut” is not known,
but the rush character of the vote
at that time of day was a distinct
surprise even to leading Liberal
MP’s.

J. Coldwell made reference to the
“widespread”fear in our country
“that this security pact may be a
step in the direction of a third
world war,” despite strong sup-
port to the pact. He spoke of “dan-
gers’ of such a regional pact in re-
tarding economic recovery of WeSt-
ern Europe and he provocation of
“a dangerous armament raec.”

Reports of strained relations be-
tween the national committee of
Ahe CCF and B.C. provincial coun-
cil appear to be at the root of some
of the critical remarks about the
pact made by Coldwell and Knowles
during the brief debate. A vote of
32-2 in the B.C. Council during
January against the pact as well

| a8 the news that six resolutions at-

tacking the pact will come before.
this month’s CCF provincial con3
vention in B.C. provide factual ma-
terial for this report.. ‘

Inside the CCF House group here
there is a,strong section opposed to
the pact, but following a caucus
decision, the vote of which is un-
known, this group, it is believed,
will officially support the pact.
Members of the opposition group
within the CCF caucus say the
only alternative to declared hostil-
ity to the pact would be their re-
signation from the party. This they
are not prepared to do as yet, they
point out. -

The CCF stand on the Atlantic
pact is a “convention matter’ ac-
cording to B.C. provincial leader

Speaking to the resolution, M. |

By MARK FRANK

Ten CCF’ers among |
91 absent from vote

—OTTAWA

Ninety-two members of the House of Commons were absent when the vote to approve sending of
a Canadian delegate to the Atlantic pact signing conference in Washington was called.

The vote

Two Bloc Populaire deputies voted against it. Whether by accident

Maple Creek, Sask.;

G. Strum, Qu’ Appelle, Sask. ;

or design, the absence of so many members on a, vote widely reported as being’ of “historic’’ significance,
added up to something that was far from expressing ‘‘wide unanimity.”

Canadian MP’s were absent, 10 CCF’ers abstained from voting, 49 Liberals and 25

Some 70 or more French-
Tories were

CCF members absent from the vote were H. G. Archibald of Skeena, B.C.; William Irvine,
E. G. McCullough, Assiniboia, Sask.; E. B.

W. Ross Thatcher; Moose Jaw,

Sask.; F. W. Townley-Smith, North Battleford, Sask.; P. E. Wright,‘ Melfort, Sask.; R. Young,

THOUSANDS NOT ON VOTERS’ LIST

their names put on the lists,
a 1945 total of 40,000.

tion, resident in Canada for 12

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In Vancouver Center only 29,000 have been registered against

All British subjects, male and female, by birth or naturaliza-

months and in. British Columbia

. for six months are eligible to vote.

Citizens who are fed up with the Coalition government and
the unfair sales tax have an opportunity to turn the government out
this year—but first they must have their names put on the voters’
list. If YOU have neglected this vital step—call TAtlow 2348
to check whether your name is on the list. If it isn’t, call at the
registration office, 619 Seymour street, and have your name put on.

Harold Winch. Convention dates
are April 14 to 17.

Winch declared that a split in
the CCF on the pact is “impossible”
and denied that the CCF national
body will attempt to “whip into
line” the anti-pact section of his
party in B.C. .

Six resolutions doming before
the provincial convention condemn
the Atlantic pact in no uncertain
terms. In addition, the CCF cam-
pus club at UBC has registered
strong opposition to the pact.

One resolution from Elgin-
Sunnyside CCF club boldly -crit-
icizes Coldwell for having en-
dorsed the treaty.

Burrard CCF Association’s reso-
lution opposes participation in the
pact and endorses the United Na-
tions as the best hope of peace.

Point Grey CCF Association
demands that their MP's ‘bring

about a “sharp distinction” be-
tween their foreign policy and
that. of other partits, and calls
for barter trade policies to free
Canada “from the American dol-
larmexus which is gradually
strangling Canadian independ-
ence in international affairs.”

Pioneer CCF Club’s resolution
states that the pact is not in the
best interests of the Canadian pub-
lic, that it is “un-socialist in es-

sence” and not a guarantee of
peace. ‘

Commenting on the growing op-
position to the Atlantic pact with-
in CCF ranks, Nigel Morgan, Pro-
vincial LPP leader, this week said:
“How can a member of the labor

ovement, particularly a member
of the CCF, support the Atlantic
pact which aims to use war to de-
stroy socialism and stop demo-

cratic advance?”

CANADIANS ‘PICKED ON,’ SAY STUDENTS

Fourteen Canadian students now
sie 6S at Columbia University,
New York, have written Dominion
political leaders strongly _ protest-
ing expulsion of John Goss and
Prof. and Mrs. Barker Fairley
from the U.S. while attending the

East Hastings, Vancouver, B.C. |

ne

recent cultural and Scientific Con-
ference for World Peace.

Goss and Mrs. Fairley were
forced to leave the U.S. or face un-'
specified charges by immigration
authorities.

‘The students denouneed this
“highly arbitrary” action on the
part of American officials, and
added that New York newspaper
reports of the incident were irre-
sponsible and “hostile in the. ex-
treme.”

_ “It seems logical to agree that
the American Government, intent
on discrediting the conference,
picked on Canadian nationals be-
cause it assumed the government
of a small neighboring power, tra-
ditionally friendly to the US.,
would be reluctant to object,” their
letter reads. :

“There were, to our knowledge,
absolutely no charges laid against

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these Canadians, nor has any evi-
dence been offered as to why they
should have been treated in this
fashion. They appear to have been
in the U.S. with permission of both

American and Canadian govern- |

ments,

“We do not challenge the right
of the American Government to
question these Canadian citizens,”
the letter continued. “We do how-
ever, take exception to the manner
in which the questioning was done,
a manner apparently calculated to
obtain the maximum of bad pub-
licity.”

“Is seems to us that if the in-
cident has not yet become an issue,
an issue should speedily be made
of it,” they said. “Other Canadians
resident in or planning to enter
the U.S. have no way of knowing
what action may constitute
grounds for being asked to leave
the country.” .

Signing the letter were Clarence
Hopeh,, James Eayrs and John F.
Graha of Vancouver;, Vincent

Massey Tovell, Bertram Kelso, R.

V. McCormack and Ian G. Murray
Harry S. Crowe, R.
PACIFIC TRIBUNE, — APRIL 8, 1949 — PAGE 12

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of Toronto;

U.S. scored for expulsion of Goss

Kaminsky and Albert’ A. Shea of
Winnipeg; Augusta M. ‘Vineberg
and Katharine Schultz of Montreal;
Geoffrey F. Bruce, Kingston, Ont.,

and Jacques T. Tremblay of Que-
bec City.

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As an added incentive, all those

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Close to 600,000 eligible voters have registered their names
for the coming provincial. election, expected to be announced for
the latter part of June, but thousands of citizens have not yet had

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