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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1959

VOL. 18, NO. 37

VANCOUVER, B.C.

Peace Council planning
parade September 19

_ B.C. Peace Council is spon-
soring a peace parade on the
banning of nuclear weapons
tests September 19.
' Participants will assemble at
the Shelly Building, 119 West!
Pender, Room 414, at 9 p.m.|
Saturday, September 19, and
will then march for an hour in
the downtown area, along Has-
tings and Granville.

“Tt is our opinion that the

forthcoming exchange visits
between President Eisenhower
and Premier Krushchev can
promote friendlier relations,
and open the way to further
talks which will finally lead to
a summit meeting,’ said a
Peace Council.statement issued
this week.

“The immediate need is for
complete banning of further
nuclear tests.”

R ICE MELTING:
MEETING NEXT

MOSCOW-"It was the unanimous view that an early Summit
conference should be held and that positive decisions should be

taken which would contribute to the strengthening of world peace,

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said a statement issued here following talks between Premier
Khrushchev and the Labor Party delegation from Britain headed

by Gaitskell and Bevan.

“The participants of the
meeting unanimously agreed
that an improvement in
Anglo-Soviet relations is in
the interests of both -coun-
tries and will contribute to
strengthening universal
peace and international se-
curity,” says the statement.

“The development of Anglo-
Soviet trade, cultural ex:
changes and visits by organiza-
tions and tourists would play
a great role in achieving these
aims.”

Gaitskell told Khrushchev
how much he, welcomed the
Soviet premier’s forthcoming
visit to the United States and
expressed the hope that his
meetings would be a valuable
preparation for further nego-
tiations and particularly for a
summit conference.

Later, at a reception to mark
the opening of the Polish In-
dustrial Exhibition here, Pre-
mier Khrushchev told a group
of ambassadors that he would
go to China after his visit to

the U.S.
In a rousing call for peace-

Continued on back page
See ICE MELTING

The Union Label Trades Council operated this attractive booth at the Pacific National
Exhibition. Photo shows (left to right) Mrs. Oxendale, Mrs. Josephine Hallock and

Earl Hallock. Thousands visited the display.

Pickets at the National Cafe in Vernon.

Girls pound picket line
for five long months

VERNON, B.C. — “We’re going to win!” This is the

attitude of a young striker after five months on the
picket line at the National Cafe here. On April 7, seven
girls struck the town’s largest restaurant for union recog~
nition, ‘higher wages, and better working conditions,

The girls, all members of |
Local 835, Hotel and Restau-| As the strike has continued
rant Employees (CLC, AFL-} business at the National, own-
CIO) struck against shocking | ed by “Curly” Poulis, has
conditions and unbelievably | gradually declined. “‘He’s lost
low wages. One of the strikers | a lot of steady customers. Most
told the Pacific Tribune, ‘“We/| of his customers now are busi<
just couldn’t get by on the | nessmen and army cadets (from
wages. For a 48-hour week we | the big Vernon army base),”

got $26.50. Nothing extra was)
paid for overtime. We had to
buy our own uniforms too. On
top of that we received our
Wages in cash without a week-
ly statement of deductions.”
The girls are asking for a $5
per week raise and a 44-hour
week. Union recognition is also
a key demand. At present none
of the cafes in Vernon are or-
ganized. To the strikers a vic-
tory means the beginning of a
battle to hang a union shop
sign in every local restaurant.
In addition to these main
demands the union wants free
uniforms, transportation ‘for
girls on late shift, weekly wage
statements, and other elemen-

tary conditions.

one striker said.

The morale of the pickets
remains high despite the long
walkout. More than anything
else the girls need publicity.
The local paper, the Vernon
Daily News, refused to carry a
story on the strike, the pickets
said. :

While the strike may be a
small one compared to many
of the others which have taken
place over the summer, it is a
highly important one to the
seven strikers. Their militant
stand, combined with the sup-<
port of trade unionists in Ver-
non and elsewhere, can win
their demands and set a pre«
cedent for other unorganized
workers.

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