$7,500 STILL NEEDED! and only 8 days left The PT Press Drive is down to its last eight days. We have only slightly better than one week to raise the $7,000 still required to keep Attention Press Clubs: In the lower right hand portion of Page 11 vou will see the up-to-date standings of all city and provincial ’ clubs. If your club is one of the few which has achieved its quota, canvass the membership to see what else can be done in the fight to sustain the PT. If the club to which you belong has not yet reached its target, emergency steps should be undertaken im- mediately. Don’t hesitate — the time is short! our presses rolling. At its last meeting, the Provincial Committee of the B.C. Communist Party called on all its members, as well as all supporters of this paper, to _ donate a day’s pay towards the drive (wherever possible) as the surest , guarantee that our obligations will be met. - Since this latest appeal was launched, $1,500 has come in to swell the coffers . . . but we still have a long way to go! THERE ARE STILL a great many people all over B.C. who, for one reason or another, have not yet mailed in their contribution; THERE ARE STILL a num- ber of Press Builders who have not turned in the amount of money they pledged to raise; THERE ARE STILL some Press Clubs dragging their feet in this vital drive! A breakdown of funds raised * the clubs is eared on Page 11. Look at it. Find out where your club stands. Utilize the final few days to make sure YOUR club makes its target. “TIME FOR WORDS IS GONE”... These Angolans, training with captured. Portugese weapons, may soon be getting help from a big brother—the union of independent African states— established recently in Addis: Ababa. The 31-nation conference pledged to assist remaining colonies to free themselves. African states adopt independence charter The history-making meeting in Addis Ababa. capital of Ethiopia, attended by the heads of 31 inde- pendent African states, drew up a-charter to ensure the peace, unity and full independence of African nations. The charter of independence sets up an organization of African states which will establish Afri- ean unity and consist of these institutions: e@ An assembly of heads of state and government which will meet at least once a year. e A council of ministers made up of foreign and other designated _ ministers of the member states, to meet at least twice a year. e A general secretariat with a secretary-general and one or _more assistants. — e A commission to which all ‘disputes between member states would be referred for mediation, conciliation and arbitration. The states which agreed to the terms of the all-African~ charter for indépendent African countries pledged to: e Affirm a policy of non-align. ment with any blocs. ® Dedicate themselves to the total emancipation of African ter- ' ritories still under colonial rule. @ Declare for non-interference in the internal affairs of other states. — @ Agree to settle disputes by peaceful means, having respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of other states. © Reaffirm their adherance to the United Nations charter and the universal declaration of hu- man rights. The charter will come into force when two-thirds of’ the signatory states have ratified it. LABOR ROUNDUP: Economic struggle sharpens on West Coast labor scene The labor scene is showing signs of sharpening struggle in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A. as a number of unions are engaged in battles to win badly needed demands. B.C.’s salmon fishermen have been told by the fish companies that they are expected to take a 22 percent (or 2%c per lb.) cut from last year’s pink salmon prices. “Salmon negotiations are off to a very poor start,’’ Homer Stev- ens, Secretary-Treasurer of the UFAWU, has stated. panies are trying to brainwash us into a cut — forgetting that fishermen have fallen away be- - hind other workers. over the past 10 years. Our rates per lb. are equivalent to piece work wage rates which have risen over 60 percent since 1951. “We'll listen to facts but we won’t be sidetracked by fairy stories unsupported by evidence,”’ Stevens emphasized. Further meetings have been scheduled, but the union has made it clear that ‘‘we are here to negotiate increases — not cuts!”’ ‘ e@ x Reg. Clements has been ap- pointed by the Provincial Dept. of Labor to conduct a government. supervised strike vote in the giant oil industry. The Oil, and Atomic Workers union (Local 9-601) asked for the: vote after negotiations broke down with the. province’s huge oil monopolies. Clements has indicated to the union that he intends to start pro- ceedings with the vote sometime around the 13th or 14th of June. The results of balloting should be available roughly one week later. Nearly 5,000 workers in the pulp industry are voting to ac- cept or reject a new one year “The com-’ Chemical — ‘Tommy Hawkins. contract giving them a four per- cent wage increase. The leader- ship of the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill workers and the Unit- ed Papermakers and Paperwork- ers unions are recommending ac- ceptance of the wage offer, which would establish a base rate of $2.18 an hour in the industry. . The new agreements would also provide for $50 weekly sickness and accident pay, instead of $40, which would apply for 39 weeks instead of 26.” @ Delegates from the Kootenay District Council of the National Union of Public Employees will go to the NUPE provincial con- vention next weekend with in- structions to oppose undemocratic sections of the Draft Constitution proposed for the jnew Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). According to the latest KDC Bulletin, this policy was made recently at a meeting of dele- gates and executive members. (See earlier story on Page 11). @ In the U.S., both the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union have gone out on strike against the so-called Big Six employer group in the lumber industry. The strike involves over 6,600 workers at U.S. Plywood, St. Regis Paper, Weyerhaeuser, Crown-Zellerbach, Rayonier and International Paper. Negotiations, revolving mainly around wages, have been going on for about a month. The unions turned down the latest Big Six offer of 8c an hour. According to the unions the- basic wage in the industry is $2.10 an hour, but employers claim it ranges from $3.22 to $3.98. ee YCL banquet honors youth anniversary Some two hundred ‘‘old’’ and young YCL'ers and guests at- tended the Vancouver YCL ban- quet in the Fishermen’s Hall last Saturday, to honor the “‘old or- iginals” of the Young Communist League and to mark the 40th anniversary of the YCL in Can- ada. The banquet also highlighted preparations for the forthcoming national convention of the YCL, to be held in Toronto in July. Inspiring songs and speeches topped off a sumptuous dinner. A selection of popular folksongs was presented by the YCL’s Columbia Singers song group and by Van- couver’s talented folksong artist, June 7, 1963—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page Among these greeting the bal quet and paying tribute to the YCL were national YCL secretary Rae Murphy, with Glyn Thomas and Bert Johnson of the Vancou- ver YCL. Among the ‘old’ YCL vers speaking on the early days of thes organization were Donald “Dusty” Greenwell, Bill Stewart and Maurice Rush, the latter serving as provincial YCL secretary in B.C. during the stirring days of the 30’s. Some twenty of British Colum- bia’s big delegation to the Y national convention were present- ed to the hanquet audience who gave the young people a rousiOEs “bon voyage.”’