AAA nae ne ° | | : ; il ° | = Whet—he triad to oll you ¢ Sut thet ° i} - | r+) il Cn MW 1952 Pe te te ce UL ee Election standings Social Credit elected W. A. C. Bennett, South Okanagan Ralph Chetwynd, Cariboo Ken Kiernan, Chilliwack Irvine Corbett, Yale C. W. Parker, Peace River P. A. Gaglardi, Kamloops R. O. Newton, Columbia Lew King, Fort George R. E. Sommers, Rossland-Trail Cyril Shelford, Omineca Harry Francis, Similkameen Lyle Wicks, Dewdney J. A. Reid, Salmon Arm Hugh Shantz, North Okanagan W. D. Black,. — Nelson-Creston fom Irwin, Delta CCF elected Harold Winch, Vancouver East Rae Eddie, New. Westminster Vincent Segur, Revelstoke : Anthony Gargrave, Mackenzie Frank Calder, Atlin Pi i tt tt Leo Nimsick, Cranbrook George Hills, Prince Rupert Robert Strachan, Cowichan-Newcastle . John Squire, Alberni Frank Mitchell, : Esquimalt Frank Snowsell, Saanich E. E. Winch, Burnaby — Rupert Haggen, Grand Forks Randolph Harding, Kaslo-Slocan Jim Bury, . Vancouver Centre W. C. Moore, Comox Liberals elected Archie Gibbs, Oak Bay E. T. Kenney, Skeena Mrs. Nancy Hodges, Victoria D. J. Proudfoot, Victoria W. T. Straith, Victoria M. E. Sowden, North Vancouver Conservatives elected Larry Giovando, Nanaimo E. C. Carson, Lillooet Labor elected Tom Uphill, Fernie NIGEL MORGAN Morgan to speak at labor rally “Compel the bosses to settle the strikes.” This will be the demand advanced by Nigel Mor- of the when gan, provincial .leader Labor-Progressive party, he speaks to the annual Finnish picnic to be held at Seymour Park this coming Sunday, July 13, at 1:30 p:m. At 3 p.m. the same afternoon Morgan will speak on the strike situation at an open air meet- ing in Ryall Park, Queensboro. The meeting is being arranged by New Westminster LPP. On Friday, July 18, Nigel Morgan and Haryey Murphy will be the speakers at an open air meeting on Powell Street grounds here sponsored by Van- couver City Committee of the Labor-Progressive party. Morgan, prior to becoming provincial leader of the Labor- Progressive party, worked for several years as'an IWA Official. 1 PT te TT Sg City trade unionist going on delegation to Soviet Union “When I visit the Soviet Un- ion next month I want to spend the greater part of my time there meeting ordinary workers and finding out what their work- ing ocnditions are like and how they live,” John Hines told the Pacific Tribune this week. Hines, an active member of Local 38, Brotherhood of Paint- —i0ri0 ers, Decorators and Paperhang- ers of America (AFL-TLC) and last year vice-president of the Vancouver local, will visit the USSR as a member of a delega- tion of trade unionists from all parts of Canada, under sponsor- ship of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society. . He is being sponsored locally ono S10 E310 aart me? Change your ators, oy bem ed wy THE HUBT 45 E. Hastings The LONG and Union-Made Men’s Wear and extended friendly ser- vice for over 50 years. the SHORT of itis... The HUB has sold Vancouver, B.C. oo 0 20 00 2600 SSI Sor fo) — Co): by the: Vancouver Trade Union- ists’ Committee for Canadian_ Soviet Friendship, which is cur- rently seeking funds to finance the trip. Donations from organ_ izations and individuals should be sent to the committee’s sec- retary-treasurer, Jack Brierley, Room 20, 339 West Pender Street, Vancouver, “I~ve been a painter all] ny adult life,’’ said Hines. ‘‘My dad was_a painter in this prov- ince for 32 years, and at one time was vice-president of the union here. When I go to the Soviet Union I’ll be especially interested in meeting workers in my own trade. , “TI want to know what their conditions of work are, how their unions operate, how their standard of living compares with ours and if it is improving, how they live, and what their sports and recreations are. “When I return I will tell the truth about what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears. ‘I hope that many local unions will want to hear my report.” strike issue Lyle Wicks, newly-elected MLA for Dewdney and provincial president of the Social Credit party, this week evaded taking a stand on the issue of opening negotiations to settle the strike of 32,000 woodworkers, despite the fact that his party may soon be called upon to form the next government in B.C. Although Wicks sai a group “is prepared to act and act fast to end the strike if and hen “we are elected as the next government” he refused to be more specific as to what type of action Social Credit leaders would take. Wicks ducked the issue by telling reporters that his party has ‘‘some definite ideas” on the strike, which will be discussed at the Social Credit caucus July _ 15, called to elect a provincial House. leader. (Wicks previously . announced that he is not in the running for that position). With the continuing deadlock, it is expected that all newly- elected MLA’s will feel the im- pact of labor’s rising’ demand for employers to negotiate. ‘Meanwhile public pressure’ is being brought to bear on Prem- ier Byron Johnson, leader of the Liberal caretaker government. to intervene in the strike situa- tion and force employers to negotiate with the TWA. John, son has on three occasions re- jected appeals from CCF leader Harold Winch to take such action. Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, will call on the govern- metn to ‘‘compel the bosses to settle the strikes’? at a mass rally at Powell Street grounds July 18, As the strike situation entered its fourth week © woodworkers, carpenters and painters were still holding solid. with fisher- men prepared to hit the picket lines July 19 unless a deadlock over salmon prices is settled. At Pacific Tribune press time leaders of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union were meeting with fishing company officials in another effort to reach a satisfactory settlement. To date the operators have in- sisted. on cuts in fish prices, while the union says it will ac- cept nothing less than last year’s prices. Morale of the striking Inter- national Woodworkers of Am- erica ‘‘is still very high’ but the union needs moral and fin- ancial aid, district president Stewart Alsbury told Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) on Tues- day night this week. > Pointing out that a bad set- tlement in the IWA strike would affect all workers in B.C., Als- bury urged all unions to “do something to get these people in Victoria moving.” EVENING — PEACE: COUNGLE ; GARDEN PARTY > and Square Dance SATURDAY, 4022 PERRY (JOYCE-KINGSWAY BUS) Begin§ 1 p.m, Puppet Show 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m AFTERNOON TEA — SQUARE DANCE Admission - 35c PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 11, 1952 — da his HAROLD WINCH Denouncing the employer “hold the wage line’’ policy, B Stewart of the ‘Marine workers and Boilermakers informed dele gates that his union was facl?® the same difficutlies in bargain” ing as those which caused th TWA to take strike action 14. In order to bring the strike situation before the public, © COL is holding a big, ope? 30 vally Friday this week ‘at hg fi p.m, in Powell Street grounds Members of the B.C, Labor lations Board met again tie week to try. and find some ee tion to the IWA, woodworke, | and painters strikes, which @ ' affecting the economy of the hs tire province. ‘ Gardner on CJOR July “What are the moral issues the cold war between East ae’ West?” is the subject to Pe se bated ‘cn Town Meeting of y Air over CJOR this saturd® July 12, at 9 p.m. ee Ray Gardner. executive sere tary of B.C. Peace Council, ing be one of three speakers p part. The actual debate, ie ito public participation, nok place and is recorded at Orns Radio Theatre, Howe street © Friday at 8 p.m. JU 1G Yesale? i SUPPER