Huge rally in Italy protests U.S. ag 8 gression in Vietnam e Above is a view of the mighty protest demonstration in Rome recently against American aggression in Vietnam. LABOR ROUNDUP: bity labor hits U.S. aggression IN Dominican Republic, Vietnam 4 motion incroduced by the oe Labor Council exec- ae wire the Canadian Labor to co urging the government ee mand that the United ‘ er be given full authority Dibite math the Dominican Re- crisis” touched off an oN discussion at this week’s ar session of the VLC. j Many delegates took the floor me mnation of U.S. ag- SSion in Vietnam and the Dom- ni . ©an Republic, Some delegates Poi inted out that even sections of pees were expressing sus- Ke N and ridicule of the policy *Planation” given by U.S. Tesident Johnson, i a leeate pointed out that Poligi Present U.S. “free world* ae it could happen that if en elected a government Bohs: didn’t suit the U.S., (a “ nmMent headed by Tommy Blas), we could have the Rees in as in the Dominican “€Public, a one dissenting voice from Udelegate, who blasted the ih = a “thieves kitchen® which ty Murdered all over Africa,® Drain executive wire was over- troy ingly commended and ap- iy cage Delegate Kennedy of the eins informed the VLC that the mers expressed by his co- . Sate were not those of the oremen, «The position of : ILWU,” stated Kennedy, “is Support the UN, and I fully Prove of the executive motion.” , All affiliate unions, including pe cual trade unionists and r Wives, were urged to write Time Minister Pearson to for a halt to U.S. aggression oo and the Dominican ae A delegate also sug- that Mr. Pearson might @sked “what one of our Can- Call : ae Warships is doing down in Se waters?” * OK OK Introduced by delegate Mc- hald of the Electrical Workers ae a motion for a public ulry into the operation of the tish Columbia Hospital Insur- fe Service (BCHIS) was ex- Rded to investigate the whole *C. chronic care hospital setup, te McDonald drew attention to ®y of the problems involved = Cited many cases indicating oa BCHIS inadequacy, with 5 lal emphasis on the total of provincial-owned a ic-care hospitals, The Sate pointed out that Health Chron Minister Martin had recently stated “no legislation exists to assist ambulance services,” but said McDonald, “if they need legislation or money for other things they damn soon get it.” Delegate Hayward of the Transit Union declared that des- pite promises made by Health Minister Martin 11 years ago “not one chronic-care hospital has been established by the gov- ernment, but the privately-owned chronic care hospitals have been encouraged, You can’t have pro- vincial-owned chronic-care hos- pitals because there’s too much money to be made out of sickness, A complete investigation and overhaul is needed.” * * x It was reported at the VLC that the Medical Association and the College of Physicians and Surgeons are compiling material for a book which it is planned will be printed at the strike bound Mitchell Press. VLC Secretary Paddy Neale reported that the B.C, Lions are also having their season program printed at Mitchell Press, He had been in touch with B,C. Lions manager Herb Capozzi and had been informed that the Lions were “saving money” and that the contract for the job was now in, so nothing could be done about it, Neale told the Lions manager that his “contracts shouldn’t be used to subsidize scabs.” Delegate Dunsmuir of the struck bookbinders at Mitchell Press suggested “boycotting the Lions for the coming year.” Ca- pozzi had intimated in his “nothing to discuss” conversation with the VLC secretary, that any action the VLC took “would have to cut his program sales one-third before he loses any money,” It was reported that scib wages at the Mitchell Press were $1.00 per hour, “Only way to handle Capozzi,” another delegate sug- gested, “is to hit him in the pocket — with a picket line on the game,” Meantime, and despite VLC protests against the waste of taxpayers money by keeping num- erous police car squads tied up around Mitchell Press to intimi- date pickets and herd in scabs, Neale reported that there are still four police cars around the Mitchell Press plant. * kK Delegate LeBourdais of the Oil Workers raised the issue of the large number of unions still on the “outside” and not affiliated with the VLC. “Bring them in,” said the delegate, “to. help stop the Mitchell Press disease from spreading, Even now we see cemetery operators publicly ad- vertising for scabs, something unknown in B.C, for many years.” It was reported at press time that through the mediation of a group of clergymen, the cemetery _ strike at Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Ocean View Burial Park had been settled, with the strikers winning most of their demands, * xk O* The strike of 14 casket makers, members of Vancouver Local 1-217 of the IWA at Dominion Manufacturing, one of the largest casket manufacturers in Canada, is still holding tight, Resulting from almost seven months of frustrating negotia- tions, the casket workers took strike action on April 12, Union wage and other demands agreed upon by a conciliation board and signed by the company represen- tative of the board, has been arbitrarily rejected by the parent Dominion Manufacturing Co, in eastern Canada, It is noteworthy that this com- pany is one ofanumber currently under investigation by the Fed- eral Government for alleged combine activities in the casket racket, CASKET WORKERS PICKET LINE. Members of Vancouver IWA Local 1-217, these A Cuban view of U.S. imperialism —HOY, Havane U.S. aggression denounced at Security Council session Cont'd from pg. 1 “There is cause to fear that Pentagon militarists are seeking to create a pretext around the Dominican Republic for the mounting of new attacks on Cuba, “This coupled with the present escalation of the war against the Vietnamese people would put all the world under the gravest and most immediate danger of thermonuclear destruction, *In Vietnam, in the Congo, and now in the Dominican Republic United States troops are being used to deny people the right to freely decide for themselves the workers have held firm since they took strike action April 12. type of government under which they want to live, “It is imperative that the Pear- son government speak up at once to condemn the United States in- tervention in the Dominican Re- public, and to make it clear that Canada will giveno support what- ever to a United States foreign policy of aggression and inter- ference in the internal affairs of other countries, “We call upon all democratic Canadians, on all who respect the sovereignty of other nations, and on the labor movement of our country, to protest this flag- rant act of U,S, aggression,” The Canadian Peace Congress said in a press release that *the national sovereignty ofthis small nation must be respected, There can be no real peace in the world as long as the U.S, government continues to-try to impose its will on other peoples,” The release said that the Ca- nadian government “has been far too uncritical of American policy of military intervention in the affairs of other countries,” “If we want to have any friends left in the world, .: we want to exert any influence for peace, it is essential that Prime Minister Pearson speak out against US, gunboat. diplomacy and call for the immediate withdrawal of the U.S, Marines,” May 7, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 wR: