ISHKOV ON TOUR HEALTH INSURANCE due measure. Protection in lime of sickness ranks in im- portance with pretection against fire and _ violence which is already provided by public services. The shuffling back-and- forth of this responsibility be- tween ederal and pro- vincial governments must end. vidual Canadian families dy paying the major he bill for a national insurance plan and entitled to it now. y draw a compari- nstration between and provincial ts of something of f goodwill which sether separated labor move- of great ser- anadian people Ao to the ; time. ook forward to con- ion in our coun- t now begin- the full poten- in our boundaries anxious to see > developed to of all our peo- ) the develop- se resources — ted parts of Can- d technological eur factories and 2se changes, many under the gen- = of “automation,”’ ‘tunities fora of living. presents a management, government. The r Congress re- - of complete co- yn With the other two o that technological can be introduced disruption and suf- When we celebrate this holi- day in honor of Labor it is fitting that we should think, of our fellow workers ut the world, many whom are deprived of the 9m we enjoy. I would st to the membership of an Labor Congress they take part in celebrations they WATCH THIS SPACE LG kniuaianiiGQiif TT..TCUT.T CT.” CUR en) eee |S pause to think of the workers cf Poznan who, only a few weeks ago, were shot down in the streets of a Polish city be- cause they dared to lay down their tools and ask for bread. The responsibilities of the Canadian labor movement are by no means restricted by our boundaries. In our united and strengthened organization we hope to make a greater con- tribution to Canada and to our fellow workers through- out the world. This, we hope and pray, may be a contribu- tion to peace, bread and free- aom for all. U.S. layoffs increase e a in auto industry NEW YORK An estimated 214,000 em- ployees in the U.S. Auto indus- try have been laid off since the beginning of this year, a new peak, according to official figures. Plant: changeovers for pro- duction of 1957 models ac- counted for 19,000 new lay- offs this month. Additional layoffs are expected. Total auto production to August this year is 3,919,758 vehicles, nearly-1,500,000 fewer than in the corresponding period last year. ae 3 AIST BOR * Nigel Morgan (above), LPP provincial leader, will appear on a CBUT tele- cast (Channel 2) on the CBC freetime -political _program Provincial Affairs from 7:20 to 7:30 p.m. this coming Monday, September 3. This is the first provincial election in which CBC freetime privileges have been extended to include TV. Women‘s Auxiliary. In addition to examining Canadian fishing methods, the Soviet fisheries minister in- tends to spend about $200,000 on refrigeration and fishpack- ing machinery. He was anx- ious to buy some in Newfound- land but Sinclair suggested he wait until he has seen B.C. The Soviet Union is also in the market for fishing ves- sels and Sinclair is trying to interest Ishkov in negotiat- ing orders with Canadian ship- yards. The Russians are friendly guests and avoid talking poli- tics, but Sinclair (according to Wancouver Province re- porter Doug Leiterman, who is travelling with the party) points up the benefits of cap- italism at every opportunity. “One of the benefits of cap- italism the Russians encoun- tered was Immigration Min- ister Pickersgill, who toasted the visitors aboard his $15,000 schooner in Bonavista Bay,” wrote Leiterman. “Captain Jack had a little difficulty explaining how a prairie his- tory professor happened to be a member of Parliament for this fishermen’s -riding.” At St. John’s, Newfound- iand, the Russians were in- troduced to a heavy Demerara rum known as “screech” but found it too potent for their stomachs. They laughed heart- ily when the name was trans- lated for them, but declared the drink “much too strong.” The visitors politely com- mented that they liked St. John’s, which they said is like Murmansk only smaller. This caused Vancouver Sun report- er Stanley Burke to write: “Frankly, this is no compli- ment to Murmansk.” Flying up the Newfound- land coast to inspect. a new federal experimental plant. Ishkovy looked down at the barren coast and said, “These people must love their fishing The tt Tl UFAWU to ho! Soviet Fisheries Minister A. A. Ishkow and his party will leave © east coast this coming week and fly to British Columbia, for a tour of ince’s fisheries as guests of Canadian Fisheries Minister James Sinclair. On Saturday, September 8, Ishkov and his party supper sponsored by the United Fishermen and Allied io live in such a hard country as this.” The Russians were amused hy Canadian air safety rules and declined to use their safe- ty belts. “If we crash, we crash,” said Soviet Ambassa- dor Dmitri Chuvahin, accom- panying the party. In replies to questions about wages of Newfie fishermen, the visitors were told that the average fisherman earns $500 “to $600 for a three to five- month season but that B.C. Continued from page 1 will be guests at 4% Workers’ Union fishermen “average I as much.” Canadians were | aboard the Russial 9) vessel Sverdlofsk 0 this radical catchel” ship — the world’s operates. They weld vousing welcome bY — gers and crew, whith | 10 girls. 4 While on the west & Soviet party will Me Xupert, Namu ane@ ~= bor. SOMMERS CASE only with direct reference to tlie case of Sommers vs. Stur- dy, denied the charges made against him, he has alleged that those charges are part of a plot or conspiracy to which, ef course, he must mean that the defendant is a party. He has further, still within the armor of legislative immuni- ly, said that the chief witness to be called against him is a criminal, an. extortionist. He has voiced a thinly veiled threat to have that witness arrested if he returns to Brit- 1sh Columbia. “He has wielded both the whitewash brush and the tar brush and it ill becomes him to complain of a fair recital by the respondents here of a set of charges alrcady known *o the public. ... “The plaintiff stands as a candidate for the legislature. sfe does so with the full know- ledge that his character must te publicly discussed and the knowledge that his libel ac/ tion is pending. He has put nimself in the public eye and RADIO CK WX TUES.,®SEPT. 4 6:20 p.m. Mrs. Myrtle Burnell LPP candidate for. Delta yep August 31, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — while this will notJ act which can be CO contempt of court, inevitable some eXP 4) his record as a m@ as a minister.” "Let your ball go, Kilroy: you another one. Head for the woe complete selecti Made Men’s Weat ines clothes, dress cl0 ie furnishings, all 0? No CREDIT PLAN! 74 est, No Carryins