ee Dp rm, r q . re 2. Bas ' [D 303 is Vol.6 No. 1] Vancouver, B.C., March 14, 1947 <>*° Five Cents Unions Score new B.C. labor bill as 'strait-jacket’ move eee House request for $1700 Raised : B.C. fishermen, through United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (TLC), have Taised $1,700 for Canadian Shermen and Fishandlers Union (TLC), affiliatea to ian Seamen’s Union, whose strike has tied up the Nova Scotia fishing fleet for the past 11 weeks. This week CSU here: also appealed for aid to the, strikers. @ At left, this Nova Scotia lass does her share to maintain morale. At Tight, 9 fishing vessel Passes a swordfish ang- ler’s boat, Leaders of unions in British Columbia’s basic woodworking, mining and maritime industries this week led organized labor’s denunciation of the Coalition government’s proposed labor legislation, introduced in the House on Tuesday. They termed it ‘a complete betrayal of the government's com- mitments to labor.” Addressing delegates to Vancouver Labor Council this week, CCL Regional Director Daniel O’Brien declared that ‘’this situation calls for all the united support the labor movement can com- mand, We must fight this issue now by a demon- stration of strength at Victoria, so that labor’s demands will be listened to and this legislation will not be passed.” (Continued on page 8—See LOBBY) Soviet letters on Gouzenko refused ee Anti-Semitism charged In citizenship ceremony By ROBERT M. LAXER _ OTTAWA—Disclosure of a shocking anti-Semitic Mstruction issued by a high government official whe Was then most prominent in the secretary of state’s de- partment, during the recent ‘citizenship’ ceremonies in Ottawa, was this week made to the Tribune by a person Close to cabinet circles. saree _., im preparation for the receipt of Canada’s first Citizenship’ papers by Prime Minister King and others in the Supreme Court Building last January, this high Official instructed his office that no Jewish Canadians Were to receive their ‘citizenship’ on this occasion and (Continued: on page 8—See ANTI-SEMITISM) OTTAWA — Refusal by External Affairs Minister Louis St. Laurent to table in the House correspondence between the Soviet charge d‘af- faires and the Canadian government on the mys- terious disappearance of Igor Gouzenko, star wit- ness in the ‘espionage’ cases, from the Soviet embassy in September, 1945, adds to the already widespread suspicion of the government's actions. At the same time, release-of Prof. Israel Halperin on all charges, the seventh acquittal to date, is bound to increase public disquiet over the gove ernment’s star-chamber methods. Typical of the reaction is a remark made by one Liberal member. “If it can happen to Halperin,” he said, “then it can happen to me.” ((Continued on page 8—See GOUZENXO) Discrimination hit Icelandia, a skating rink in North Toronto, first came into the mews a year ago when it barred a Negro boy. This spring, despite the pro- test its initial discrimina- tion aroused, it barred a Jewish girl. Recently, pro- gressive groups and individ- uals organized a demonstra- tion, one of the largest of its kind ever seen in Tor onto. e Here, Rev. James ML Finlay of Carlton United Church is shown taking part in the demonstra- tion.