FRI DAY, MARCH . Lod HAN 1956 Continued LABOR looked ~ on economic develop- | ment not as an end in itself - but as “a means to the good life.” “We want the largest possible national income, and we want ; fair shares,” they said. “We are not anti-American. We recognize and accept the: uniquely intimate relationship of the Canadian and American economies, and the best proof that we do is the fact that the overwhelming majority of our members belong to internation- al unions. > “Nonetheless ,we believe that within the limits set by the na- ture of the world we live in, this country — its government, its industry, and its unions, should control its own destiny; and the best proof that we be- lieve this is that our new con- gress is to be an absolutely autonomous organization.” At other stages of their pre- sentation the labor organizations were sharply critical of the like- lihodd of control of the trans- Canada pipeline by U.S. cor- porations and of the place be- ing taken by U.S. capital in Canadian industry. |. The submission also urged ef- forts to assure equal progress throughout all regions of the country. Control of Canadian indus- try by U.S. interests might take on new significance in face of automation, the brief suggest- ed. The possible effects of auto- mation on Canadian industry were unknown, but steps should be taken quickly to assemble all possible information, the labor congresses said. Whether or not automation would cause mass unemployment would de- pend to some extent on poli- cies adopted with regard to such matters as full employ- ment. The influence of U.S. indus- try was an important factor: “Some of the,problems,” the brief said, “are: whether Am- erican automated industries with branch plants in Canada will think it worthwhile to auto- mate in Canada, or whether they will close down here and supply the demand from their American plants; whether Am- erican automated industries will let us use their patents; wheth- er we shall have to depend largely on the United States for our supply of automated equipment; whether higher pay _in the United States will lure ‘away all our brighter young Scientists, engineers and tech- nicians, and leave us simply un- able. to automate to any con- siderable degree because ‘we lack the people with the know- how.’ One of the hardest hitting sections of the lengthy memor- andum dealt with the proposed natural gas pipeline and charg- ed the federal government with having adopted a “give-away” policy to American industry, providing plants to the south ef the border with Canadian gas at rates far below those which would be charged Cana- dian industry. Said the brief: “Indeed it does not seem to have occurred to the government that the policy of Canadian control of the life- lines of Canadian étonomic ex- istence, long ago adopted in the building of the CPR, has any application either.” -the Socreds’ ‘Convention speaker Maurice Rush (above), secre- tary of the Labor-Progressive party for Greater Vancouver, will deliver the main political report to a city LPP convention which will be held here this weekend. More than 30 clubs in North Vancouver and Burnaby will send. delegates. Women’s Day meet planned Dorothy Lynas, member of North Vancouver School Board, will be guest speaker at an In- ternational Women’s Day’ cele- bration to be held Sunday, March 11, 2 p.m. in Swedish Hall, 1320 East Hastings Street. The concert program will in- clude numbers by the Ukrain- ian junior dance group, Chinese boys’ choir, Vancouver Little Folk Singers, and a dramatic ‘presentation by a group of UJPO members. Women wearing the national costumes of Canada’s major im- migrant groups will serve bak- ing specialties of various lands. Continued SOMMERS Sudden resignation of Som- mers, who had been under fire since the start of the session on several issues, notably forest management licenses and the Stewart-Cassiar road, renewed predictions of a general pro- vincial election this year. “The Sommers resignation an- swers nothing,” said Nigel Morgan in his press statement. “Tt will only further undermine public confidence in the Ben- nett administration. : “Making a sacrificial offer- ing of Sommers will not make giveaway of the province’s forest, gas and hydro resources any more palatable. “Sommers had become the chief executor of the giveaway to the U.S. trusts ane domestic monopolies. © { “Apparently the Ea uainent intends to continue these policies with which Sommers has been identified, unless it is compelled to change its disastrous course by public pressure. “The people of B.C. should force the government to take another look and establish a. royal commission to enquire into all aspects of natural re- sources and recommend a new policy ensuring that these re- sources are developed in the interests of the people.” igan be brought to trial? Vancouver's ex-police chief Walter Mulligan didn’t steal a “‘piggy bank’’ from a West End apartment while investigating a 1945 robbery — but he did accept thousands of dollars in bribes from bookmakers, sharing the graft with a former detective-sergeant. These wete some of the findings of royal commissioner R. H. Tupper after ES seven-month probe into charges of graft in the Vancouver police force. Mulligan, with his money,. fled Canada while the probe was in progress. A three-man~ committee appointed by Attor- ‘ney-General Robert Bonner is studying the Tupper report to decide whether “any future course of action can be taken.” Noting that the Tupper re- port, while finding Mulligan and former detective-sergeant Len Cuthbert guilty of accept- ing bribes, cleared all other members of the police force in- volved, Effie Jones, who orig- inally called for a police probe in December, 1954, said this week: “The public still ae .to know the answers to many ques- tions. _Why was Mulligan al- lowed to leave. Canada? . Will legal steps be taken te bring him back? Will the report made by RCMP officers investigating the allegations be made public by Attorney-General Bonner?” Recalling that the police com- , mission under chairmanship of Mayor Fred Hume had on sev- eral occasions in the past ex- ‘pressed “complete confidence” in Mulligan, Mrs. Jones said that “at bottom the main re- sponsibility for the state of af- fairs in the police force lies at the door of the Non-Partisan Association which dominates the political life of this city. Voters will remember this when the next civic election takes place in December.” The Tupper report accepted as true the evidence given by Mulligan’s former mistress, Hel- en Elizabeth Douglas, who tes- tified that Mulligan had told her he received $38,000 from gamblers. Continued SOCREDS the vote taken. This did not escape the at- tention of Frank Howard (GCF, Skeena) who suggested that Robinson had left his seat “to 4 escape the _ responsibility voting.” * \ Liberal leader Art Laing ob- jected to this and , Howard smoothly observed that he didn’t mean to impute motives. Tom Uphill (Labor, Fernie) and Dr. Larry Giovando (Inde- pendent, Nanaimo-The Islands) voted with the CCF. Funeral services held ¥ e e for two Victoria men VICTORIA, B.C. Funeral services for two men both well known in the: pro- gressive movement were held here the same day, February 21. Robert Mezger, former LPP organizer in Victoria, - », died suddenly at Ucluelet, where he was manager of the co-op store. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Charles Boden, at one time Victoria organizer for the old Communist party and a leader in the unemployment movement here during the thirties, leaves ’ his wife, Irya, and two sons. of : Both Premier Bennett and ~ Public power urged by Nanaimo mayor NANAIMO, B.C. A call to the provincial gov- ernment to ‘nail down thedhydro resources of B.C. for the bene- fit of the people of the province and give the B.C. Power Com- mission the necessary funds to push forward development of ‘hydro electric power on a big scale,” was issued Wednesday last week by Mayor Earle West- wood of Nanaimo. He charged the commission was now finding itself in the position of being relegated to serving the high cost areas and was consequently in no position to compete with surplus power being offered to industry by the B.C. Electric. Thus areas now served by the commission were at a disadvantage in attracting industry, he said. “We must decide definitely whether we are in the power business or not, and if so, we must spend real money on de- velopment oi power _ sites,” Westwood told his Chamber of Commerce audience. He called for adoption of the Ontario system of hydro elec- tric development, under which the provincial government would develop power on the wholesale scale distributiong it either through publicly-owned — commissiéns or private.corpor- ations. Such a systém would aid in the dispersal of industry throughout the province. McEwen recounts role of Communists The contribution made by the Communist movement to the building of the now one-million ‘TOM McEWEN : strong organizations of labor and its role in advancing the interests of the people and the nation provided Tom McEwen, LPP provincial chairman, with the material for a stirring ad- dress on Friday last week when the 34th anniversary of the [| founding of the Communist movement in this country was celebrated with a concert-meet= _ ing in Pender Auditorium here. ' “Who can forget those Com- munists who in the twenties and thirties went into unorgan- ized industries and helped to lay ethe foundations for what are now powerful unions?” he asked. “Who can forget their role in the Hungry Thirties — ~ the On-To-Ottawa Trek? And today, the role of the LPP in the fight for peace, for the na- tion’s vital interests, shines through all the lies and slan- ders.” i RENEW YOUR SUB NOW AT OLD RATES Necessitated by increased printing costs, new sub rates of $4 for one year, $2.25 for six months will go into effect March 15. Until then readers can renew their subs at the old rates. 7777 ---Clip and Mail- - - - - - - Tribune Publishing Company Limited, Suite 6 - 426 Main Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. Please enter my Biibefition, to .the PACIFIC TRIBUNE. ° $3.00-i year... $1.60 -3 year........