é 2 WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER oye LABOUR MINISTER STARR stated that he would ask the Unemployment Insurance Commission to review its decision that unem- ployed workers who staged the recent march on Ottawa should be deprived of insurance benefits for the day. * * % THE B.C. GOVERNMENT, using a section of “Bill 42”, has advised the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union in Vancouver that no conciliation board would be appointed in their contract dispute for shoreworkers and salmon tendermen, ¢ e * * ARBITRARY POWERS of federal fisheries officials to confiscate illegally used: fishing vessels or equipment have been watered down in recent fisheries act amendments, * * P CANADIAN DEPUTY DEFENCE MINISTER Elgin Armstrong informed the House of Commons public accounts committee that a service man wanting to leave the armed forces could get a better pen- sion deal if he is dismissed for inefficiency rather than retiring voluntarily. * * ae A WARNING that some American farm employers are seeking to escape the stricter protections of the Mexican Contract Labour Pro- gramme by bringing in Mexican farm workers under the McCarran- Walter Immigration Act has been sounded by the National Sharecroppers Fund in its annual report on the condition of farm workers. ES * ‘THE CHAIRMAN of the Rolls-Royce Company warned that the firm may go out of the car business unless British tax restrictions were changed. The new British budget limits income tax deductions to cars costing less than $5,600. Personal Search Ruled Se : eee e : 7 Invas ion of Freedo) } } FOLK-SONGS from around the world were beautifully sung by these children from the Unitarian Church School for the delegates : to the 11th Annual Labour Institute on Race Relations April 16, in Vancouver, Mrs. Jean Nixon, the children’s Musical Director i An arbitrator has ruled that The checks were conducted as a| (and Secretary to Regional President Joe Morris) conducted the singing. J Chrysler Corp. of Canada had no security measure rather than because +i right to dismiss an employee for | of any suspicion directed against the services that make life comfortable, : refusing to submit to a personal search. Judge C. E. Bennett of Owen Sound ordered reinstatement of the employee, a member of Local 444, employees questioned, the company maintained. Judge Bennett, acting on a griev- ance filed by the UAW local on be- half of the member, declared that On Tap and security in old age”. He appeals for a new approach to education. He insists that full and continuing education can he made available to all, regardless of means. United Automobile Workers of Se MHOHE tor coueh ah dndividial: is This column directs attention to readily available sources of information of | One of our goals should be to edu- America. : sae f Lf . value to trade unionists. Unlike the ordinary book review, it sketches in some of | cate a man so as to “fit him for a The employee was dismissed in ih CHOU ely tolO DO Lane rs Ola aLkCe- the more pertinent facts for the convenience of those who may not have the oppor- full life in what can be a sane Mpree e960) afier= twice xefirs- | 0Oo" tunity to read the source material. Subjects are selected only because of their | society”. ing to submit to a search of his per- son by plant protection officers. The company described the search re- quest as part of a system of spot checks carried out at the plant gates “I find therefore that the company did not have just cause for discharg- ing the grievor ... I direct that he be reinstated in his employ with back pay and without loss of seniority,” every three or four weeks. the judge ruled. Price-fixing Defended As Aid to Workers WwASHINGTON—Two Westinghouse Co. executives defended price- fixing as a necessary device to keep workers employed. Landon Fuller and J. T. Thompson told a U.S. Senate hearing they were sorry they had broken the anti-trust laws by meeting with com- petitors to keep prices profitable, but said they thought they were doing a good job for their employees and customers. The hearing is investigating the facts involved in a $2 billion price- fixing trial involving a number of big electrical firms and their officers. Thompson said today prices were rigged to make a profit and keep workers on the job. N / SING OUT FOR \\ CARLING’S CANADA'S BEST-LIKED AND BEST-SELLING BEER! "MABEL BLACK LABEL!” B-7010-2 THE CARLING BREWCARICS (QC) LTO, This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia bearing on present-day trade union problems (The Editors). Stanley Knowles’ recent book, “The New Party” has attracted widespread interest because the author writes with the authority of first-hand experience. As a former Member of Parliament, Exectitive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, and Chairman of the National Committee for the New Party he has had exceptional opportunities to study political developments as they affect Canadian workers. Out of this experience, he has made a tremendously important contribution to trade union literature. The New Party, by Stanley Knowles, McClelland and Stewart, 136 pp., Cloth $3.50, Paper, $2.50. His 136-page volume is packed with information regarding the main streams of political thought which have led to present plans for a New Party. No attempt is made to out- line the policy of the New Party, not yet in existence, but he lays a basis which gives convincing proof of the intentions of its founders. The publication of the book has caused a storm of criticism from the spokesmen of business _ interests. Scorn is heaped on the idea that any political re-alignment is necessary. The nature of this criticism is such as to point to the value of the book for trade union study. Why Political Action? The story is well told of organized labour’s continuing interest in legis- lative matters. The reader is given a convincing answer to the question “Why should labour take direct poli- tical action?” After recounting labour’s ex- perience in the last two decades, Knowles claims, “To realize the extent to which Canadian Lab- our has been concerned about legislative matters throughout its history is to understand the decision taken at Winnipeg in 1958. Likewise to appreciate the extent to which Canadian labour has struggled with the whole question of political action, the many ways it has tried to achieve the implementation of its legislative aims, is to realize that the decision to join with others in forming the New Party is one that is soundly based. It was taken by men and women who mean business. It signifies labour’s sense of mission, lab- our’s intention to win a better life, not only for its members, but for all the people of the country”. Labour’s ‘Legislative Aims The author spends little time on economic theorizing. He bases the need for trade union political action on the need for fulfillment of lab- our’s aims in important fields such as health, edycation, housing and employment. He makes a_ strong appeal for leadership in the develop- ment of a peace policy for the Ca- nadian people as well. “Good health for all is now pos- sible,’ he says. “Good health is part and parcel of a good standard of living, just as much as a decent in- come, a bit of leisure, goods and the easy low cost ... MONEY ORDER available at CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE 800 Branches in Canada send money Old Parties Failed The old parties are accused of failing to undertake planning that could provide full employment, Low- cost and low-rental housing could be part of such planning, instead of be- ing placed on the bottom of the list of proposed construction projects. He makes a strong case for the elimination of scandalous waste. Ar- resting comment is made on the main features of study papers placed in circulation in preparation for the founding convention. One effective answer to his critics is found in his concluding paragraph, “But who is going to build a Canada where people come first? Who is going to es- tablish the economic planning, the programmes of development, the health care and complete social security, the assistance to education, the opportunities for creative expression and human enrichment that are so long overdue? Not those who have failed to do so. The old parties have had their chance and they have had it for a long time. All they have done is make it clear that it is up to the ordinary people of this country, farmers and industrial workers, house- wives and professionals to those who believe in social progress through the democratic system”. OSLO, NORWAY (CPA) — The Norwegian trade union fed- eration has received a new appli- cation for affiliation. It comes from the Norwegian Army Offi- cers’ Association. SAFE way {fo is by pon ap = ceiideninediisaae ciate es ek ee