> Pacific FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1963 VOL. 24, NO. 29 VANCOUVER, B.C. <>" 10¢ Test ban talks open, Pentagon is frantic The eyes and hopes of humanity were focused on Moscow on July ‘15 as 3-power talks on the ban- ning of nuclear tests opened. Rep- resenting the U.S. at the con- ference was presidential assistant Averell Harriman. Britain sent Lord Hailsham. Present for the Soviet Union were Andrei myko and Valerian Zorin. Indicating the importance which is attached to the meetings by the Soviet Union was the fact that Premier Khrushchev broke with diplomatic protocol and at- tended the opening session in per- son. Although chances for success: in the talks seemed reasonable, the Sinister shadow of the U.S. Penta- gon reached out half way around the world and cast a cloud over the Moscow parley. Utilizing the traditional news “leak” the Pentagon let it be known that it was irreconcilably Opposed to any easing of cold war tensions and would carry its op- position into the halls of the U.S. Congress. A Washington dispatch by Bill Galt, carried in the Were au said: Sun of Monday, July 15, “The Pentagon brass nave tau. ed an attempt to sabotage any chance of a nuclear test ban. . . Gro- “Their move has ensured a stiff fight in Congress over any agreement reached at the talks.” But not all forces in the U.S. are prepared to follow the bank- rupt course taken by the mili- tary. The National Committee for ,a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) has urged the Kennedy adminis- tration to not only conclude a test ban treaty, but it ‘‘should be willing to consider a non- aggression pact between NATO and the Warsaw pact countries.” It urged a treaty which would ban all testing, including under- ground, but proposed that a limit- ed treaty should be concluded if the all-inclusive one proved un- feasible. SANE is perhaps the best known internationally of all American peace action groups. It is com- prised of scores of famous per- sonalities — artists, actors, writ- ers, scientists, professors, etc. In Vancouver, the labor council meeting of last Tuesday unanim- ously decided to ask the Cana. dian Labor Congress to send “sreetings and best wishes for suecess to the 3-power confer- ence.” The resolution also urged the CLC to condemn Pentagon sabo- tage attempts. U.S. negotiator Averill Harriman (left) an Lord Hailsham (right) were greeted by Premier Opening session of test ban treaty talks in Moscow, on d British representative Khrushchev at the July 15. | All-in unity can prevent trusteeship ORRIS PROPOSAL THREAT 10 By JERRY SHACK LABOR The Norris Report on Canada’s maritime industry, handed down last Monday, poses serious threats to the labor movement of this country. In particular, the rec- ommendations for establishing a government trusteeship and the ruling out of any new union in the industry are measures which, once the precedent has been esta- blished, could place a strait-jacket on the entire labor movement in Canada. To understand fully the implica- tions of these they should be seen in the light of what has transpired in this in- dustry over the past 15 years or so. In 1949, the Liberal government of Louis St. Laurent together with the shipping magnates de- cided to smash the militant Cana- dian Seamens Union. It was, the first step in scuttling the mer. chant fleet which existed at that time. The union was unalterably opposed to destroying the fleet and ‘sso it had to be done away with. The gambit employed was one of anti-communism. To their everlasting shame, the Jodoins and Halls (and other top brass) in the Canadian labor movement aided and abetted this infamous campaign: which wiped out a legitimate Canadian union. To do the job, a gangster outfit called the Seafarers International Union was imported. Its leader, Hal C: Banks, obtained. Canadian citizenship through the efforts of leading citizens like Claude Jodoin and Frank Hall, who vouched for his character and reputation. proposals, The ruthless tactics of Banks & Co. paid off. The CSU was killed and any Canadian wishing to work at his livelihood as a sea- man had to sign on with the SIU. Now, the very people who im- ported Banks and the SIU rea- lize that they have a Franken- stein monster on their hands and are trying to get rid of it. Ever since the CSU was de- stroyed, Canadian seamen have never had the chance to belong to a union of their own choice. The trusteeship proposal, if im- plemented, would simply perpetu- ate that situation. In fact, it would carry it further, because the report fails to specify the length of time of trusteeship and, in fact, expressly forbids the formation of any new Sea- men’s union during its term. Back in 1949, this entire con- cept was opposed by the Left in the labor movement. It was point- ed out that Banks would be used to blacken the name of all trade unions — and that is precisely what has happened. CLC president Jodoin has stated that while the CLC is opposed in principle to trusteeship,, in the case of the SIU, because it is not “a bona fide trade union,” the step seems to be in order. Tuesday night, at a meeting of the Vancouver Labor Council, the executive brought in a recom- mendation to concur with this ‘opinion, but it was unanimously rejected by the delegates to coun- cil. : Leading the fight against ac- ceptance was Charlie Stewart of the Street Railwaymen’s union— one of the people who opposed bringing the SIU into the country 15 years ago. ‘‘We were opposed to Jodoin in 1948 and we are opposed to ac- cepting the Norris recommenda- tions today,’’ Stewart said. ‘‘Who is going to decide what constitutes ‘a bona fide trade union’? Today, it’s the SIU, but tomorrow it could be the Teamsters, or Mine Mill, or any other union — whether in the CLC or not.” The proposals have been tabled in the House of Commons for ac- tion. Only the greatest unity from below will prevent the govern- ment, assisted by the right wing leadership of labor, from putting a halter around the neck of the labor movement. It is the sacred duty of every trade unionist, every progressive, to resist the Norris proposals, which could set a precedent that would in effect sound the death knell of the Canadian labor move- ment. It will also be the duty of labor’s political arm — the NDP — to vigorously fight this attempt to shackle labor in Parliament. There is only one way to re. solve the problems in the mari- time industry — by giving Cana- dian seamen the right to belong to a union of their own choice. Such a Solution is the only one which can be lasting. Ideological talks still in doubt S As the PT went to press, reports indicated that discussions between & the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of the Sov- iet Union had been recessed but not broken off. Mikhail Suslov (right) head of the Soviet delegation, greeted Teng Hsiao-ping when the Chinese delegation arrived in Moscow for the parley. _America, Alberni, IWA protests A-dump The 4,000-member Local 1-85 of the International Woodworkers of Vancouver Is- land, has sent a sfrong letter of protest to Defence Minister Paul Hellyer regarding the establish- ment of a nuclear dump at Co- mox, on the island. Full text of the letter follows: “A recent announcement by your Liberal government _ that Comox RCAF base _ has_ been selected as one of the five nuclear weapons storage dumps for Can- ada fulfills the prophecy made by Tom Barnett, NDP Member of Parliament for Comox-Alberni, during the last election. “Tt is ironie that one of the first storage areas selected should be in a constituency that rejected the Liberal defence policy with such a decisive vote. “This action by your Liberal government can only be viewed as an example of arrogance and total disregard for the wishes of the electorate. “On behalf of the membership of this 4,000-member local of the IWA who reside in the Comox- Alberni constituency, I wish to inform you that we do not want nuclear storage dump in our midst and thereby create a target area of our beat Island in the war. iful Vancouver event of nuclear The letter was signed by M. J. Corbeil, Financial Local 1-85. The IWA action came just as announcements vy ere hat the question of who would control nuclear weapons on Canadian soil had been ment between U.S. The that the terms would soon be Parliament. Secretary of made resolved in an Canada and announcements agree. the stated of the agreement “revealed” to