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\BCFL parley makes

Moening unity move

nf i First move to bring expelled and suspended unions back
Ay the main stream of the labor movement was made at the
eg ederation of Labor convention here last weekend when

a"
ve a based on a
© unions concerned.
k Mons outside the Canadian
tt line Congress here include
“Mill, United Fishermen
Allieg Workers, and Van-
ier Civic Employees Union,
of Side Workers.
i) {he © resolution urged the
8 thy © to ‘Teview the situation”
Ohio lew of the fact that the
{e' 10 nal reasons for expulsion
foudea © Unions “have become
Mh Y estimation, this (reso-
ana represents a step for-
be 8nd registers the think-
the average delegate to
Q Convention anywhere
i fs “Nada,” said Jack Phil-
loye. Pentouver Civic Em-
dit,’ Union, Outside Work-
Ma aa he average delegate
BIS Loop; 8n end to the split. He
Mou) Mg for a way out which
High,  MOt require a sharp
s ®2 constitutional changes
sf) *t the same time, would
alt ne table to the expelled
: hg Tew It is significant that
Metin ea made no dis-
hip. between the member-
! iy pcse unions and their
tke ected officers. This
Mt, ®2 advance over the

Sates Passed. a resolution calling for a new look at the
“sincere application”

for reaffiliation

“Sputnik and its meaning
to mankind” will be the sub-
ject of an address by Pacific
Tribune editor Tom McEwen
at Pender Auditorium this
Friday, November 8 at 8 p.m.

EMAND GOV'T
MERS CASE

Leaders of the CCF, Liberal, Tory, and Labor-Progressive parties in B.C. are de-
manding a royal commission probe into alleged bribery and corruption in the handling of
forest management licenses by R. E. Sommers, former: minister of lands and forests.

But despite the fact that
Sommers is still in hiding and
his slander action against his
accuser, David Sturdy, has
been dismissed without trial,

Premier W. A. C. Bennett and
Attorney-General Robert Bon-
ner refuse to act on the Som-
mers scandal.

In a trans-Atlantic telephone
call from England, Bonner told
the Vancouver Sun on Wed-
nesday that he will not order
a royal commission inquiry,
nor will he bare the secret
RCMP report.on the case.

In his defense in the slander
suit Sturdy said $193,000 was
involved and that a group of
companies and individuals had
conspired to pay more than
$40,000 to Sommers. Mr. Jus-
tice J. V. Clyne ordered dis-
missal of the case when Som-
mers failed to show up in
court and his lawyer admitted
he did not know where he was
hiding.

The Labor-Progressive party

-this week issued a statement

which said:

“Many months ago the LPP
demanded an inquiry into the
administration of the forestry
department while Sommers
was at its head. This demand
was turned down by the Ben-
nett government. Instead of
taking measures to bring the
matter before the public the
Social Credit government did

everything possible to cover

up for Sommers. Particular
guilt rests on the shoulders of
Attorney-General Robert Bon-
ner.

“The turn of events in this
case, which have shocked pub-
lic opinion, makes it impera-
tive that a detailed account of
Sommers’ actions and the
charges against him be reveal-
ed to the public through a

proper inquiry.”

DAVID STURDY

“R. E. SOMMERS

Anti-Semitic speech
applauded by Socreds

A vicious anti-Semitic speech by Dawson Creek account
ant Percy Young won warm applause from delegates attending
the annual convention of the B.C. Social Credit league here

last weekend.

Although press reports of
the speech have aroused wide-
spread revulsion and caustic
newspaper comment Premier
W. A. C. Bennett has failed
to repudiate Young or the ideas
he propounded.

Speaking on a_ resolution
calling for the Social Credit
League to institute an educa-
tional study program, Young
was. applauded when he
launched into a bitter attack
on Zionism” which he claim-
ed “has completely destroyed
Christianity . .. and will de-
stroy Social Credit too, unless
th people have proper educa-
tion.”

Young blamed “Zionism”
for all the world’s evils, and
declared that the “Zionists”

controlled communism, nazi-
ism, socialism, the trade
unions, banks, the press and
radio, “everything in fact ex-
cept Social Credit.”

Young, a Social Credit “the-
oretician,” charged that “Zion-
ism has a very underground
way of getting destruction.
You have,to know your enemy
to fight it.”

According to Young, Zion-
ists ‘call. themselves Jews, but
they are really Russians from
Outer Mongolia who went to
Israel in 952 B.C.”

Social Credit leaders have
often stated publicly that their
movement is not anti-Semitic.
But the delegates at the So-
cred parley listened to Young’s
speech, then warmly applaud-
ed it.

Complete convention reports

C. FEDERATION OF LABOR

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