PREDICTION FOR B.C.” FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1956 Liberals lose no time The Liberal party in Vancouver is losing no time in seek- ing to convince Hungarian refugees that as the government party instrumental in bringing them to this country the Liberals deserve their support. This item, taken from the Vancouver Sun of December 10, is reprinted in its entirety: “Hungarian refugees in’ Vancouver have been invited to attend a meeting of the West Point Grey Liberal Association, in the golf course clubhouse at 8 p.m, today. Dr. John Kovacs will speak on ‘Refugees from Hungary.’ ” Kadar explains why Hungary refuses UN BUDAPEST Hungary refuses to admit United Nations observers be- cause “the events in Hungary are our own internal affair and we uphold our sovereignty.” This is what Premier Janos Kadar told newsmen in an interview here. There were also other con- siderations his government could not ignore, Kadar add- ed. Counter-revolutionary forces were now desperately striving to prolong the conflict, heedless of the bloodshed and misery caused, clinging to the hope of foreign intervention. To many, he said, foreign intervention meant UN inter- vention and some in fact iden- tified UN troops with U.S. troops. The actual presence of UN representatives would be seized upon by counter- revolutionaries to bolster the rumors they were spreading that foreign intervention was coming. “Why are UN observers call- ed for when there were 600 foreign newsmen in Hungary who saw everything?” Kadar asked, “But they left when armed resistance was crush- ed.” Kadar reported that’ UN Secretary General Dag Ham- marskjold had been given full information on the situation, including documents and eye- witness reports. Outlining his government’s immediate policy, Kadar said it was “to consolidate all pop- ular forces so that we can go forward.” All kinds of political and ec- onomic demands were being advanced, he observed. Some were being advanced by coun- ter-revolutionary forces with the intention of using any con- cessions made to put forward demands for still greater con- cessions. Other demands, par- ticularly those being advanc- ed by some intellectuals, were far-fetched and unrealistic in the circumstances. “Then there are the working people’s demands, demands that are quite legitimate, but they cannot be met at the pres- ent moment,” he said. “It is simple enough to vote for one or another economic demand, but there must be some foundation upon which it can be implemented. “So far, we are still produc- ing very little. How then, can we meet the demand for high- er wages? “We could, of course, set the presses going at full speed and print money. But this money has to be backed by commodi- ties. “That’s why, until normal life is resumed, these demands cannot be satisfied.” Concluding his interview, Kadar commented: “International reaction is spreading all kinds of cock- and-bull stories about the gov- ernment I head, But no one has Said, nor can they say, that we are a government of bank- ers and landlords.” Jobless may reach 35,000 During the next few months unemployment in this province will show a sharp increase. This view was expressed over a month ago by William McKinstry, region al director of the Unemployment Insurance, Commission, when he stated that applica’ tions for UIC benefits would ‘‘climb rapidly’ during the coming months. Provincial Labor minister Lyle Wicks expressed the same fears when he stated this week that the Board of Industrial Relations will cut down on the issue of overtime work permits in order to “spread the work around.” Wicks said the board has ask- . ed employers to “cooperate.” In the lumber industry, al- ready in the doldrums, almost all logging camps on Vancou- ver Island, the Coast and In- terior areas have been closed, a good three weeks ahead of the annual Christmas shut- down. Last week a big logging op- eration on the west coast of Vancouver Island called in its crew and told them that the camp was closing down for at least three months and per- haps longer. In order to make this “seasonal” layoff more of- ficial, the company deducted three months’ MSA premiums, The company also advised the men to register immediate- ly with UIC because in the next several months “jobs are “going to be scarce in the lum- ber industry.” This early shutdown of the majority of logging camps will add some 15,000 loggers to the jobless lists. There is a tremendous cut of logs in the boom and on cold decks, and it is the opin- ion of many loggers that be- cause of the declining market in lumber, many sawmills will probably be faced with lay- offs and shutdowns. Aggravating the unemploy- ment situation will be hund- reds of Hungarian refugees now being brought into the province by the federal gov- ernment, While expressing its sym- pathies with the plight of these Hungarian immigrants, organ- ized labor is beginning to voice Labor wins in Barbados vote BARBADOS, BWI The Labor government of Prime Minister Grantley Adams was returned to power in the general election held on Friday last week with 15 of the 24 seats in the general assembly. The Democratic Labor party, a breakaway from the Labor party, replaced the Conserva- tives as the official opposition by taking four seats to the Conservatives’ three. How many will be jobless this winter? its strong disapproval of a federal immigration policy de- signed to flood the labor mar- ket, and at the present time, beyond the ability of industry to absorb the newcomers. It is also becoming clear from the attitude of many of these Hungarian “freedom fighters,” that the St. Laurent government has not only given them “preferential” treatment in transportation and mainten- ance, but has apparently as- sured them that they will have “preference” over Canadian workers in securing employ- ment. Native Indians on Vancou- ver Island are already com- plaining that their jobs are being taken by Hungarian im- migrants. Some trade union leaders who up until now have been swept along with the federal government’s cold war “hu- manitarianism,” are now be- coming alarmed at this influx of Hungarian refugees which threatens the jobs and ‘the economic standards of Cana- dian labor. While the federal govern- ment releases no national fig- ures on mounting unemploy- ment, industrial centres like Toronto already report over 18,000 workers unemployed. It is highly likely that by mid- January there will be not less than 35,000 unemployed in B.C. In the United States the de- partment of commerce and labor reports that unemploy- ment indices rose during Oc- tober and November by 550,- DECEMBER 14, 1956 — 000, with the total now stand- ing at 2,463,000, : Meanwhile, Immigration Minister J. W. Pickersgill, noW over in Europe directing t movement of Hungarian Té Us gees to Canada, said in a pre statement this week that “Cal ada may admit 25,000 Hungat ian refugees,” a total of 10; 00 by January and another 15; by the.end of March. Pickersgill claimed that we crisis is so great in Austt!™ “that the sooner we get every, one out. of there the better, implying that no limit shou be set on Canada’s “effort. ; Regardless of the affect, f a reckless immigration pol to the jobs of Canadians, ee ersgil wants to show ‘a ... that the problem of att garian refugees is not t00 {0 for the Western worl it handle,” even if a like ee ber of Canadian workers their jobs in the process. U.S. quits big Greenland base COPENHAGE Danish authorities ann? pas ed last week that the U- “ua almost completed its e¥V4 ase tion of the big air force uth at Nassarssuaq on the 5° ern tip of Greenland. , will Danish air force units. (9s take over from the Amet es" and convert it into am at cue base. oy 707 The U.S. however, WY sne tain two other bases © yal island, as part of its strategy ringing the %° countries. 6 GE} PACIFIC TRIBUNE — P4 | | naa - i