_ tons, of grain harvested, 2,- September 7, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 UN committee hits Portugal A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly has strongly indicted Portugal’s policy in her African terri- tories and urged her to grant them “immediate indepen- dence’”’. . It charged that NATO arms were being used to sup- press her colonies. The 7-member committee on territories under Portu- guese administration recom- mended that the Assembly should adopt measures to ensure Portugal’s compliance with the U.N. Charter and appropriate assembly resolu- Mosley forces Sir Oswald Mosley was once again prevented from speaking in East London on Sept. 2. A huge crowd — ob- viously anti-fascist — gath- ered in front of the open air stage where Mosley had in- tended to speak and booed him right off the stage. An unusually large num- ber of police were on hand to protect the British fascist leader. They arrested several of the more vociferous anti- fascists present. tions. It recommended that the Assembly, which meets on. September 18; “should con- sider and adopt measures aimed at the immediate dis- continuance of such assist- ance” (as NATO military aid) “and a complete embargo on further sales and supplies of such weapons.” In the committee’s opin- ion, evidence “fully bears out that forced labor has not only existed in Angola, Moz- ambique and _ Portuguese Guinea but that it has been supported by law.” routed again All the while Mosley (pre- ceded by his lieutenants) was trying to get the crowd’s at- tention, he was drowned out with cries of: “Out with Mosley,” ‘Fascist scum” and “Go back to Germany.” This latest rebuff was yet another debacle for the lead- er of the fascist British Union Movement who has_ been routed by mass dislike and action several times recently, despite police protection of his right of “free speech.” Latest Pugwash meet opens The largest Pugwash Con- ference yet held — of 200 distinguished scientists from 38 countries — assembled in London on September 3 to take stock of the work of scientists in ensuring a world without war. : Greetings from seven gov- ernments of East and West were read at the beginning of the 5-day conference. This is a measure of the prestige and respect which the Pugwash movement — initiated just five years ago by Canadian _ industrialist Cyrus Eaton — has today achieved. A host of world-renown- ed figures sent greetings to the opening session, includ- ing Soviet Premier Khrush- chev who said that war must be banished — “ang nothing can serve as a justification’ for starting it.” Dr. Brock Chisholm and Dr. Norman Alcock are rep- resenting Canada. Trick merger in Singapore A trick referendum staged by the Singapore government brought it the majority which it sought for merger in the proposed Malaysia Federation, results of last Saturday’s voting have shown. Voters had the choice of three different forms of merger — but no chance to reject the whole principle of merging. The Singapore govern- ment’s favored form of mer- ger obtained 397,626 votes out of 625,000 registered voters. But some 144,077 blank votes were cast, showing the strength of the Left opposi- tion to the merger. The two other forms of merger re- ceived only 20,000 votes be- tween them. The _ opposition Barisan Socialist Party’s leaders : walked out of the counting centre during a recount — without explanation. Bumper Volgograd harvest Farmers in the Volgograd region have been congratu- lated by the Soviet govern- ment and Communist Party on achieving a bumper har- vest of 3,200,000 tons of grain. The message of gratitude (carried on the front page of Pravda) noted the great con- tribution made by the new farm production boards set up last March. The plan for the region called for 2,900,000 tons of grain, but the actual harvest surpassed this quota by 300,- 000 tons. Of the 3,200,000 500,000 tons are wheat. This result was achieved by reducing fallow from two million acres to under half a million, A. Shkolnikov, first secretary of the Volgograd region of the Communist Party, explained recently. This made it possible to produce from these lands 800,000 tons extra grain this year. In addition there was a one-third increase in the area sown to winter wheat. This change had proved to yield 160 to 280 lbs. more grain per acre than summer wheat, which had hitherto been fa- vored. A June 26 request by Mine Mill for a re-hearing of Steel’s INCO application will be heard by the Ontario La- bor Relations Board on Sep- tember 6th. The Mine Mill request was made on the basis of proof brought out in the Falcon- bridge case that three Steel organizers submitted a large number of forged cards to the Board. It is Mine Mill’s con- tention that because the three Steel organizers had also sub- mitted cards obtained from INCO workers during the same organizing period, all INCO cards and documents are under suspicion. The Mine Mill submission alsoemphasized that the sworn evidence given during the Falconbridge hearings by Steel organizers Robertson and Davigi concerning organ- izational methods, discredited any cards they may have submitted at INCO. The fact that the third organizer, Beaudry, deliberately avoid- ed appearing before’ the Board as a_ witness also places his cards under a cloud. : The OLRB has scheduled the hearing for Sept. 6 to hear Mine Mill arguments for a full scale hearing and to hear representation from Mine Mill as to the type of evidence to be submitted be- fore such a hearing; also what would be required of the La- bor Board itself in submit- ting material in evidence for such hearings. The Mine Mill submission on Sept. 6 will be a follow up on Mine Mill’s original sub- missions that Steel had used fraudulent practices to obtain cards and should never have been entitled to vote in the first place. While this issue is being resolved, the OLRB is reserv- ing its decision on the other matters in dispute concern- ing the vote itself and the violation of the prescribed “silent period’ regulations ‘by Steel. : Meanwhile, elections (sup- ervised by the OLRB) for a LABOR ROUNDUP Steel’s INCO petitic will be heard again permanent Local 5988 Exec- utive Board will take place on Sept. 12. Both loyal Mine Mill members and represent- atives of the Gillis faction have been nominated. 6 On the B.C. ldbor scene, a government-supervised strike vote in the province’s towing industry shows that both sea- men and marine engineers are in favor of strike. The vote was a resounding 85%. The main issue affecting the approximately 650 work- ers in the industry is the question of mechanization and automation. It has been reported that the unions involved in the dispute have met with all the other unions that would be affected by the strike — the IWA, Pulp & Sulphite, Oil, Chemical and Atomic work- ers, Longshoremen and Mer- chants Service Guild — and. that all these unions have pledged their solidarity and all possible aid. The strike deadline is Sept. 10. @ Millworkers of Local 1928 in seven Vancouver millwork shops have also voted to strike over wage and other - demands. In this case, those voting for strike action rep- resented a total of 84%. The government-supervised vote by 3500 men was fol- lowed by official 48 hours’ strike notice to the seven firms, but the union has not announced a strike deadline as yet. The strike vote came after a conciliation board recom- mended a 14-cent-an-hour in- crease, spread over a two year period. The union had demanded 25 cents an hour. -The “average” wage now being earned by millworkers is $2.26 an hour. The conciliation board also recommended acceptance of a union request which would permit union business agents to enter millwork shops. e Agreement has been reach- -ed between the 2,000-member NEW-BORN AFRICAN NATION. The people of the Kingdom of Burundi celebrated their independence on July 1. Photo shows soldiers of the newly-independent couniry. Operating Engineers Un (Local 115) and the Construction Association: The agreement for an increase of cents an hour retroacti June 1, 10 cents from Mar 31;,°219638;- anda further cents from March 31, 1964 : making a total gain of rs cents an hour over the of the three year contract: e@ i's The B.C. Federation of bor will be holding its } convention from Mone Oct. 22 to Thursday, Oct at the Empress Hotel in vi toria. The following ee conference of unions =~ ed to the NDP will ope? the same location. ‘ Deadline for resolu submitted to the B.C. Bee Sept. 21. Maximum nv of words per resoluti 150. ; By L. C. & F, W. 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