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MIAMI—Technological change and yirtually a stand-
still in organizing of the unorganized has cut. deeply into
the strength of unions in manufacturing and on the rail-
roads, the report of the executive council to the convention
ef the AFL-CIO that opened in Miami Dec. 7 disclosed.

The lesses in those fields
were only partly .offset by | $171, 061 for the past year be-
gome gains in the service in- | cause income was below ex-
gustries and government eim-| penditures and this despite
ployment. ‘special

| assessments for the

200,000 DROP | purposes fund’ that) brought

The AFL-CIO’s membership| in an extra $733, 283 for just
‘as a whole dropped by nearly ee Se

200,000 since the San Fran-

Pa a ec SSA 7S a Tee te

eold war document,” charges

Union, in a headline story in t

Seatbelt gi

Stevens brands Pacif
Treaty “Cold War Pa

“The present North Pacific (fishing) Treaty is

treasurer of the United Fishermen and Allied Wor

Hemer Stevens, secretar,

he December 8 issue of T

Fisherman.

The North Pacific Fish Pact,
supported by the American
Government and rubber stamp-
ed by Canada, allows the Jap-
anese deep sea fishing fleet to
net-fish Canadian, American
and Russian salmon stocks in
the mid-Pacific.

"And if you'll see mein the
yestry afterwards I'll give you
a few facts.on the high cost of

WHERE MONEY GOES .
cisco convention two years ago Next to salaries and related
from “12,677,000 to 12,487,- costs that eat up about half
Hoo. | the AFL-CIO’s annual general

“At the 1955 merger conven- fund. of: about: $9;500,000,: plus}
“tion, when the Teamsters and

travel’ expenses’ that» take. an-
_-gther “expelled ‘unions -were|other 19 ‘percent, «the | largest
still in, the: estimate « was '15,-

items .are «dues sand : contribu-
800,000. tions to the International. Con-
“The membership “data, * bro

_lfederation of “Free” Trade
‘ken ‘down union ‘by: union in unions and ‘for other opera-;
‘the -counéil’s *385-page report, :

living.” What is happening, Stevens
‘points out, is that ‘salmon

stocks reared and harvested in

SEASON Ss these three. countries, are in-

tercepted in mid-Pacific water
by the Japanese motherfleet |
| with devastating consequences
on the industry.

He quotes from a number of
American: fishing trade papers
{to show that fishing industry
sources. are alarmed and angry

GREETINGS

‘TO ALL OUR, FRIENDS
For Peace *& Goodwill

about the Treaty which was
recently renewed for the eighth
time.

sold to the public and fishi
interests on the basis that §
joint licence would be issuet
to Japanese, Canadian and U
interests to fish Russian salmot
on the high seas. ;

sent Treaty, according to es
vens, was to exclude and is
late the USSR and at the sam
time to maintain Japan withi
the American orbit, militari
and politically.

UFAWA. .opposed the . Treaty
from the beginning.

The Treaty was originally

The basic purpose of the. p

Stevens recalled _ that © a

May.& High Martin

tions abroad.
promised to figure strongly: in
the convention ‘fight between
‘the ‘industrial union ‘depart-
ment and the: -eraft-dominated
‘puilding -and-other anions: that
“took to the old-AFL: group: to
-give ‘them a-majority. «

MAIN »AIM |
The main pitch of the JUD)
.is for establishment .of.ma-

“The ICFTU received * $312,-
918 in the first and $324,527 in
the*seecond» year: since: the’ last
convention.

Also shown are contributions},
of $188,110 to the ICFTU® for
ithe first year and $693,971 for’
the second year from’ the spe-'
cial assessments.

In addition large sums went
directly to finance the Asia-

VANCOUVER — FEB.

ALL ABOARD FOR SUNNY CUBA
A WINTER PARADISE. FOR TOURISTS!

e GROUP DEPARTING FROM

6TH, 1962.-

chinery. for. settlement of jur- africa school for training trade

-is@ictional disputes with arbi- ynionists for cold-war policies * GROUP DEPARTING FROM

tration -the terminal stage.

_The. IUD holds that elimina-|

tion of the crafts versus indus-,
.jzial..unions strike. is..a.meces-

o cadit shows the “APL

| GREETINGS
To AllQur'Friends'
from .
COLUMBA & DON

- poeks is» much smore’ than is

“Fhe -- opening « “PRRRERADD of
‘Meapy’s. pane the
eouneil’s _ report nea ; “the:

iP Jine.” ‘He vterms ‘the “Soviet||

land other such sums went to
\ similar Latin-American oper-
; ations.

The nearly «$2,000,000 of
sueh: expenditures in the past
two years .apparent on the}

shown ‘for “organizing — “work!
~awithin: the United States.
MMEANY'‘S MENACE

“| Union «a © -menace “thet ‘Sover-
shadows” “the “problem . oe
persistent unemployment .
the United States.”

‘ Significantly, the repert
1 doesn’ t- eyen-mention the: grow-
ing uitra-right menace in the

f

TORONTO — FEB. 5TH, 1962.

There's Still Time for You to
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eountry that both President
“Kennedy and General Eisen-
hower saw fit to*denounce, ;
The civil rights section of
the report ignores entirely
the sharp criticism of the AFL-
CIO for. widespread discrimin-
ation- practices imside unions

or the efforts of vice-president

"4 A. Philip Randolph to.get ap-

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