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City jobless to hold
mass rally April 20

Around the slogan “Action Is Needed Now” the Van-
couver Council of the B.C. Federation of Unemployed

have called a mass unemployed rally Thursday, April

20th, 1 p.m. at the Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender.

Alarmed by .mounting un-
Employment in B.C., where
x iy are close to 100,000 out
; Work, the B.C.F.U. is pro-
Posing actions to bring . the
Stavity of the situation before
eh bublie; strengthen its ma-
‘ pa a? for taking up and set-
ee the grievances of the
=f Dloxed, and. extend pres-
b € on all levels of govern-
Ment for action for jobs.
we for serious consideration
ae as meeting will be the
ck ee of suplementary
eh ovment benefits. Cut
: pee around the middle
iad +g and by May 15 all
ie FP menbans benefits — will
jae off. - Unemployed
; A €esmen. point. out — that
‘ea € are more workers affec-
offs aaa year by these cut
i. Rey. argue that the theo-
behes winter supplementary
gid its. were based’ on the
nile Concept of. “winter unem-

yment” which the spring

aw would wipe out.
Owever: this is not and has
for. some time been the
=! a ieee or summer there
the Pees of unemployed as

L sures show, they claim.
ne = week the B.C.F.U. -liv-
moni = the menu at a testi-

ace eet for Premier

. ae, given in his honor
: &roup of Okanagan bus-

i
amen, Pickets from Van-

Not
Case,

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couver,Surrey and Okanagan
points, unable to. afford the
$4 a plate charged for the
‘Bennett Banquet,’ serenaded
the gathering from the out-
side with the familiar chant,
“We Want Jobs.”

Unemployed Chairman Eric
Waugh presented the Premier
with a letter asking him what
he had done about the re-
quests made in the brief pres-
ented to the government by
the recent unemployed lobby.
Bennett was “not available
for comment.”

Meanwhile, plans for the
National lobby at Ottawa Ap-
Yil 24 are taking form. Big
locals of the powerful United
Automobile Workers Union
have swung their support be-
hind the lobby and George
Burt, Regional Director of the
(U.A.W. has given the green
light for support of locals.

It is estimated that close to
1,000 unemployed will take
part in the demonstration
from many cities and towns
in Ontario and Quebec.

The unemployed committees
have an appointment with
members of the Federal Cab-
inet for the afternoon of Ap-
ril 24.

ABOUT 1% OF IWA LOCAL MEMBERS VOTE

Lakusta to fight against
McCarthy - like expulsion

George Lakusta, who was expelled from the I.W.A. against strong opposition at

a small membership meeting of Local 1-217 last Sunday night, told the Pacific Tribune

that he would appeal the decision.

The vote to expel Lakusta
was 72 for, 34 against at. a
regular membership meeting
of the 6000 member local. The
vote was carried by a group
constituting 1.16% of — the
membership.

Again and again throughout
the trail proceedings, and fin-
ally when the vote for expul-
sion was taken, Lakusta was
told that he could retain his
membership by announcing his
withdrawal from the Com-
munist Party. “All you have
to do is withdraw from the
Party. The decision is yours’
stated Stu. Hodgson, who act-
ed as prosecutor during the
trial.

Lakyusta told the Pacific
Tribune “I am being expelled
from my union for the ‘crime’
of running as a candidate for
the Communist Party in the
last provincial election. The
platform on which I stood in
the election is. completely con-
sistent with my responsibili-
ties to my union and my fel-
low workers. It in no way vio-
lates the legislative demands
of this union.

“The leadership of the IWA
and Local 1-217 would serve
the membership much better
if they devoted themselves to
mobilizing and unifying the
labor movement in the fight
against employer speed-up and
threatened wage-cuts, and
against anti labor legislation
like Bill 42 instead of
promoting division in .Our
ranks by the false issue of
who belongs to what party.

‘Witch hunting is the boss-
es weapon. It is aimed at div-
iding and weakening our. un-
ion. Those who engage in it
are doing the bosses job, par-
ticularly now when the work-
ers throughout the industry
are being victimized by speed-
up, and when conditions on
the the job are getting worse;
and especially when.we are
entering negotiations and the
welfare of 28,000 woodwork-
ers and their wives are at
stake.

The bosses are acting tough
and are calling for pay cuts
up to 20%. In these condit-
ions maximum unity is re-
quired. With unity we can
call the employers to account
and make gains.

“This decision is McCarthy-
ism of the worst order. I know
that I speak for the overwhel-
ming majority of the member-
ship when I say we don’t want
McCarthyism in Canada, and

a inbaest

; member for 10 - years,

least of all in our union.”
Lakusta stated that. he in-
tended to take. his fight te
retain his. union status to the
highest tribune in the E.W.A.
When. asked by the Pacific
Tribune what steps he. intend-
ed to take in his appeal, Lak-
usta said he would leave no
stone unturned to aquaint the
whole membérship. of the
I.W.A. with the gravity ‘of the |
action against him, and with-4 -
in the constitution of. the I: |
W.A.,.of which he has been a |
seek |
support from the broad labor j
movement. |

GEORGE LAKUSTA

Space Flight Hailed

Continued from page 1

people acclaim your valiant feat which will be remembered
down the centuries as an example of courage, gallantry
and heroism in the name of service to mankind.”

The spaceship named Vostck (East) was in constant
contact with its Russian control station by radie and
television. Messages from Gagarin were broadcast over the
Soviet radio, :

Immediately following the announcement of the suc-
cessful trip to space top Soviet scientist Pref. A. Blagon-
ravov said the Seviet Union will soon launch anether man
into space. '

Not For War, But Peace

Simultaneously with the announcement of the space
flight the Soviet government issued an appeal to the
world in which it declared that the Soviet Union’s spaca
achievements are not being put to the service of war but
are designed for the peace and security of all people. Iti
called for world peace and disarmament. : ;

Instead of using its tremendous lead in space achieve
ments for war-like acts, as imperialist powers do, the
first Socialist state has set an example by calling on the
world to use the great scientific resources of mankind
for peaceful development instead of war.

Communists Blazing Trail

The Russian achievements by which man is blazing
the trail to the planets and stars, is a demonstration ef
the superiority of the socialist system over capitalism.
The fact that the first man into space is a Communist
is more than a passing coincidence—it is living preof that
Socialist society will be the one which will open new
vistas for mankind.

The achievement of Soviet science this week has
brought much nearer the day of interplanetary travel
and has taken man a giant step forward in his knowl-
edge of the universe in which he lives.

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