Howard Mitchell- ‘freedom fighter’ The Amalgamated Litho- graphers union is engaged in a strike at the Mitchell Press, in Vancouver. As reported in previous issues of the PT, this strike has won the support of the Vancouver Labor Council and the B.C. Federation ~ of “= Labor. =: The owner of Mitchell Press, Howard Mitchell, offered last week to ‘“‘set the union up in s: the printing business’’ instead si of agreeing to pay the same “= wages as all other union shocs =: on the Lower Mainland. = Who is this man Mitchell? “= Why did he make such an SS offer? What is his attitude to- wards labor? In addition to being presi- dent of Mitchell Press Ltd., he is also president of Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. (Kitimat, ‘B.C.); he is a member of the Board. of Directors of Mac- Millan-Bloedel & Powell River; * he is a member of the B.C. = Advisory Board of the Royal = Trust Co. and could be holding = key positions in other big = business organizations, includ- = ing the Vancouver Board of = Trade. = He is also one of the Na- 3 tional Vice-Presidents ‘of the = Canadian Chamber of Com- 3 merce. As such, it is virtually certain that he was one of the $$ architects of the infamous Lp Pty erelenecenete vp pp bp se ee ee eee" 0" 0" 5" 00" eee vat RN Se CER Peel ool, “Operation Freedom,” which had to be abandoned last year due to public revulsion and determination to prevent the spread of McCarthyism in Canada. £ HOWARD MITCHELL When the controversy on the: dangers of this type of ‘‘free-? dom”’ was raging, he was a: frequent contributor of letter to the editors of the daily press —letters in which he vehement- ly. defended the proposed “operation.” The _ International Typo- graphical Union told the PT that none of its members had worked in Mitchell’s shops for years, because it had signed no contracts with him. Mine Mill to appeal Sudbury decision to Ont. Supreme Court The Ontario Labor Relations Board has notified the Mine Mill union that it is turning down the union’s application for reconsid- eration of the board’s recent order, certifying Steel as the bar- gaining agent at _ International Nickel in Sudbury. The union has stated that the board’s decision to ‘‘stand pat’’ will be challenged in the Supreme Court of Ontario. The Supreme Court will be asked fo quash the certification and to require the board to conduct a new vote on the grounds that the board vio- lated its own regulations and denied “natural justice’ to the union. The immediate reaction of Mine Mill local 598 in Sudbury was to organize a cavalcade of several hundred INCO workers to To- Tonto, where they protested the board’s decision and urged an investigation into the activities of the board. Since the board certified Steel, the local 598 membership has swept all Steel supporters from office in a local election which saw President Tom Taylor and his entire Mine Mill slate voted into office by large majorities. Langiay in the Christian Science Monitor “This jump doesn’t, melt!” LOOKING FOR UNUSUAL BUYS “AT POPULAR PRICES? We have an interesting choice of goods from the ~ U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia, China and Poland. TEA AND CONFECTIONARY FROM U.S.S.R. — CHINAWARE — LINENS ‘__ EMBROIDERED GOODS — GLASSWARE — TEXTILES » — SOVIET WRIST WATCHES _— CERAMIC FIGURINES a in of Canadian lumber on the U.S. market. DECISION SOON: Last year Canadian lumber accounted: for an estimated 13.1 per cent of U.S. consump- tion. ‘ The U.S. lumber interests sought to justify its new ap- peal to the tariff commission on the grounds that the ‘‘ma- jor disaster” of last month’s Pacific coast storm which blew down many trees. They claimed in their brief that trees blown down would - have to be processed and that this would increase U.S. pro- duction by about one billion board feet in each of the next three vears. However, what the bri failed to mention was tha an earlier presentation their case the lumber co anies listed a large num of companies which had P forced out of business” “Canadian competition.” However, survey of companies in the U.S. h vealed that a large numbé them went out of busine: cause of insufficient log ply. The fallen timber she therefore help, not harm mills in the next period. It was reported in ington that a decision by tariff commission on dian lumber imports pected before January. North Van citizens incensé by smoke, fly ash polluti A group of North Vancou- ver citizens situated in the lower part of the city have decided to form a Ratepayers Organization. This has been precipiated by a continuing struggle against the smoke nuisance from Norwood Saw- mills and North Shore Shingle Mills. For some time now, citizens of that area have complained about the fly ash and smoke from these mills and have been assured time and again by city officials that the mat- ter would be rectified. Petitions have been taken up from time to time — the latest one containing 277 sig- natures. Following a _ conviction under the “Smoke Nuisance By-law,” city council decided to lift the business licenses of the two firms in question. ** lifting was to have t@ place on Dec. 15, 1962. However, the IWA ( 1-217) entered the scene © began picketing on Monda Nov. 19, protesting what claimed would be the 105° 200 jobs. As a result of action, council has withd the Dec. 15 deadline to companies. The ratepayers expreé the opinion in a Press Rel that remedies could be fou” which would not deprive one of their livelihood pointed out that many of’ members were work that they would insist thee companies take steps to el! inate further smoke and : . pollution. Independent candidate Stanton urg B.C. pay proper education share Independent Vancouver School Board candidate, Florence Stan- ton, in a press release issued last Tuesday, stated that ‘‘two things concern me: the growing tax bur- den on Vancouver citizens and the need for constant improve- ments in education. “These can be reconciled only of the B.C. government carries its fair share of the cost of edu- cating one-fifth of all B.C. chil- dren—those who go to school in Vancouver. Unless it does so, the city may soon lose some of its prized facilities, such as kinder- | gartens.”’ Mrs. Stanton went on to” s ‘that the provincial gover now pays little more than % third of Vancouver school compared to an average of half in the rest of the pro’ and charged that this coulda on forever, as ‘‘Vancouver is an inexhautsible gold mine: She blamed the NPA for ~ discrimination and said that time has come to elect who will act for Vancou\ benefit, without constant yle to government pressures.” , come a MY aMs, MY COLLERGUE 0 REE ENTERPRISE! “ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS” IN LATIN AMERICA—A MEXICAN VIEW —IVADILLO in SI@