3 pea : eye project Working at sub-zero temperatures, U.S. air force and navy personnel carry on Project Summit at the top of Mount Washing- ton, N.H., highest peak in New England. An engineer (at top) watches through a control room window as a jet engine operates. Ice covers equipment and buildings (below). The other half of the pictuve is to be found at a score of points in the Canadian Cold war north where American military experts periments on Canadian soil. conduct their war ex- Steel raiders seek to rush vote at Trail, cards reveal gimmick C. H. Millard’s United Steelworkers of America, knowing that their raid against Mine-Mill is bogging down at Trail, took a desperate gamble this week and announced they have applied to Bic: Labor Rela- tions Board for certification for all eligible employees of local operations of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Smelter workers who have refused to join Steel are being bombarded with religious and political propa- ganda designed ta encourage them to quit the union they built, Mine-Mill. organizers are circulating blue Steel membership cards, but are trying to conceal from workers the provisions in USW’s consti- tution which give almost -unlimit- ed power to a few top officers. Mine-Mill exposed the “‘gim- mick” by reprinting one of Steel’s membership cards. in a paid ad- vertisement and drawmg attention to a line which, requires contin- uance of membership in USW as a condition of continued employ- ment. “If you sign one of these ‘Steel cards,” says Mine-Mill, “‘it pro- vides that you cannot resign or quit the Steelworkers without also losing your job on the hill; and if you get expelled by the Steel- workers you must lose your job.” An open letter to all CCL and AFL. unionists, issued by Mine- Mill, tells the story of Trail. In 1938 smelter workers were un- organized. Laborers’ wages aver- aged 48 cents an hour and work- ing hours were unlimited. Speed- up was rampant. “A man could not call his soul his own im this company-dominated town.”’ Then Mine-Mill came to Trail. The workers were unionized. Attlee panders to Malan racial policies in Seretse decision _ Behind the decision of the Bri- tish Labor government to -exile Seretse Khama, chief-designate of the Bamangwato in the British protectorate of Bechuanaland for five years, is a story of pander- ing to the fascist racial pdlicies of the Malan government of South Africa and a concern for the rising wave of nationalism now apparent throughout Africa which threatens to sweep Britain from colonial areas of exploita- tion. A revolt by a group of Labor members has forced the Attlee Coalition debating ways of raising hospital premiums —VICTORIA, B.C. British Columbia's __ ill-devised Hospital Insurance Act, malad- ministration of which has drawn a storm of criticism down on the government, continues to harrass the Coalition. This week political observers in -the capital were trying to sort fact from fiction out of the many ‘rumors current about the gov- __ ernment’s intentions. There have been. heated discussions in the * Coalition caucus, at which some ~ members have expressed their concern over the effect of popu- lar resentment against increased premiums and continuing lack of hospital facilities which force people to pay, through private ward rates, for hospital accomo- dation Supposedly guaranteed by the government’s scheme. Two possible “solutions” are be- ing discussed here. One would provide payment under. the scheme for the first seven days in hospital but require patients to pay part of the cost of the next 10 days, with all time over 17 days paid for under the scheme. The government’s ‘ex- perts” claim this would serve “‘as @ means of keeping down the rush to hospitals.” This, in ef- fect, would be an indirect in- crease in premiums for those compelled to go to hospital for more than seven days. The other “solution” is to raise premiums for the second time, with three dollars the suggested amount. government to modify its deci- sion to the extent that it will allow Seretse to return to Bechu- analand until his wife, a former London office worker, gives birth to her child in June, when he must go into exile. Previously, Seretse had announced that he ~ would defy the exile order. ' The Guardian, South African progressive weekly comments: “This decision may effect Bri- tish policy in all the protector- ates. It seems the system of in- direct rule through the chiefs is no longer serving its purpose, as even the chiefs are being driven to demand greater inde- pendence from Whitehall. “It is not known to what. ex- tent Dr. Malan and the Southern Rhodesian government influenced. the commissioner in deciding against Seretse’s claims. But the high commisioner for the (United Kingdom in South Africa, Sir Evelyn Baring, seemed in a great hurry to communicate to Dr. Malan as soon as possible, ‘And Nationalist circles have overjoyed at the outcome. “Swaziland’s chiefs and royal councillors are known to be none too happy about the develop- ments. Will they also be deposed ene of these days?” — “THT HIT = . on = been They were able to stand erect and challenge the company dom- ination ‘of their lives. Today smelter workers’ wages range from $1.05 to $1.49 an hour. The maximum work week is 42 hours. Any grievance re- ‘garding conditions of work is promptly processed by effective union job committee recognized by the company. “Trail smelter workers want to maintain their union,”’ Mine-Mill’s open letter says. ““They want to maintain and extend the wages and working conditions that Mine- Mill has won for them.” The Mine-Mill letter concludes by appealing to all trade union- ists in B.C. to stand up and fight for union unity, and to help Mine-Mill fight off the Steel raid. U.S. jet planes for Japhe TRAIL, B.C. \ Highly paid Steel WIUC will : —CRANBROOK, B.C. A Woodworkers Industrial Union conference of job stewards and members held here last week decided to appoint a full time organizer and business agent and press for implementation of a conciliation board majority award handed down some months ago. This “Dawson” award, as it is known locally, provides for a basic minimum wage of $1 per hour and two and one-half cents across the board increase, retro- active to September 1. WIUC members have accepted the award, but employers reject- ed it. The union executive is preparing to take a strike vote if other methods of gaining 2 signed contract prove ineffective. —VICTORIA, B.C. Tom Uphill, veteran Labor MLA for Fernie, rose in the legislature this week to denounce the bill introduced by Attorney General Gordon Wismer to authorize the Coalition government to negotiate with the federal government for policing of this province by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The proposal has already drawn strong protest from labor and other organizations and a section Os the provincial press. “I can see no reason why there Should be a change,” declared Uphill. “A spokesman for labor has spoken strongly against the changeover and was of the opin- ion it is being sought on account of anticipated mass unemploy- PACIFIC TRIBUNE—MARCH 17, 1950—PAGE ! Dismantled F-80 jet planes stand in a long line at a Los An- geles harbor dock awaiting loading aboard a freighter for ship- ment to air units of General Douglas MacArthur in Japan. This is the second such shipment in recent weeks. Uphill denounces Coalition scheme to bring in RCMP. ment. This official evidently fi8 ures that clubs, not tear 44 will be used this time.” The proposal to turn over polit ing’ of the province to the RC. has been raised on a number occasions in the past but hithert? | has always been dropped pecaus® of popular opposition. RC. brutality against the unemployed in the Hungry Thirties, and pat ticularly during the Vancou Post Office sitdown when stoni® of RCMP in the new federal building by an angry crowd citizens was averted only by th appeals of labor and unemploy® leaders, has not led to their bel regarded as servants of the peoP!® but rather as an oppressive f0 engaged in espionage. agai? labor and popular organization®