The names of another 195 lengthening lists of unemployed miners for whom there is || little hope of finding work again in the coalfields of southern Alberta. Morgan to tour Island centres’ “What’s Behind Sommers; Re- Signation — A Report on the Legislature,” will be the subject of a series of meetings to be ad- dressed by LPP provincial leader ' Nigel Morgan. : Morgan will start a provincial Speaking tour this weekend on Vancouver Island with the fol- lowing public meetings: Courtenay, Saturday, March 1%, 8 p.m.; Cumberland, Sunday, March 18, 2 p.m.; Campbell River, Sunday, March 18, 8 P.m.; Nanoose-Parksville, Mon- day, March 19, 8 p.m.; Nanaimo, Tuesday, March 20, 8 p.m.; Duncan, Wednesday, March 21, 8 p.m.; Lake Cowichan, Thurs- day, March 22, 2 p.m.; Vic- toria (Newstead Hall, 724 Fort St.) Thursday, March 22, 8 p.m.; . 4nd Port Alberni (Graf Hall) Friday, March 23, 8 p.m. Al- berni plans include a supper- time broadcast over local radio Station CJAV. Following his Island tour Mor- 8an will visit Fraser Valley, Ok- anagan and Interior points. eta he HUB HUMOR: i. he keeps on improving we'll just eve to buy him some strings.” Everything in clothes and fur- Rishings for men and young nen Ask about our FREE REDIT PLAN to buy them. -_45 EAST HASTINGS a es BEAUTIFUL PEKING i JUST ARRIVED Assorted Colors, Patterns, Also Lovely Linens, East-West Export $ Hours: Daily , 9-5 339 W. PENDER ST. l Coal crisis deepens as Alta. mines close ie * SSS SS SSS SS SSS SS=n EDMONTON men have been added to the Commander mine in the Drum- heller Valley closed down per- manently. A week earlier, the Adanac mine at Bellevue in the Crow’s Nest Pass, one of the most modern in the proVince, threw. I another 100 men out of work by closing down permanently. In addition, more than 100 men have been paid off at Coleman. The closures and shutdowns are a symptom of the continu- ing crisis in the coal industry whose production has fallen by half a million tons in the past year to an all-time low of 45 million tons. This compares with a production of nine million tons in 1948-49. While Canadian production continues to drop, with devas- tating consequences to com- munities dependent on the in- dustry, this country continues to import more than half its total coal requirements from the United States. Last year, of 34 million tons used in Can- ada, 19 million were imported from the U.S. The Labor-Progressive party, with strong support in coal min- ing areas, has been campaigning around the slogan, “Canadian Coal for the Canadian Market,” but the government, despite the grow- ing crisis, continues policies fav- oring U.S. interests. As a result, many coal mining communities are becoming ghost towns as families are compelled to move to other areas in search of work. Miners thrown out of work by closing of the Commander mine} last week have scant prospect of finding jobs in the Drumheller Valley. But many of them have homes in the district which they can neither maintain nor sell at any but giveaway prices. One miner has already been’ forced to sell his $4,400 home for $2,000. Unemployed miners are now de- manding that the provincial gov- ernment subsidize them in find- ing work elsewhere. SOVIET FILM “Origin of Life” and “Byelorussia” in color . Sunday March 25 at 8 p.m. Lower Hall . Pender Auditorium 339 West Pender. Auspices C.S.F-S. ALL WOOL RUGS FROM CHINA and Sizes 2x3 to 9x12 Hand Embroidered Large Assortment on i Guaranteed Finest Quality gc Reg westee aye x WE INVITE YOU TO CALL AT Import Co. Ltd. — Saturday, 9-12 PHONE: MA 6615 Last week 95 men were thrown out of work when the | | MAURICE RUSH He sent a letter... Mulligan’s boast spurs ROBERT BONNER .. demanding action to’... WALTER MULLIGAN --. bring him baek demand for extradition Ex-Police Chief Walter Mulligan must be brought back to Vancouver “to tell all and to stand trial for abuse of his office,” Labor-Progressive party city secretary Maurice Rush said this week in a letter to Attorney-General Robert Bonner. “The Vancouver Herald of March 13 reports in a front page story that Mulligan told ‘radio station CKWX, ‘If I ever do open up, I'll have plenty. to tell them ... that many people would never ‘ expect to hear.’ “This statement by Mulligan is extremely serious,” wrote Rush. “The only conclusion which can be drawn from it is that the Tup- per probe (into graft and cor- ruption in the police department) didn’t probe deeply enough, and that a full public airing of what went on in our police department is impossible without ex-Chief Mulligan being compelled to take the stand and tell all he knows. “The statement attributed to Mulligan casts a big shadow over the whole Tupper probe: How can the peeple be expected to feel that the Tupper probe com- pleted its task when the central witness stands from afar thumb- ing his nose at the people of Vancouver and saying in effect, I can tell you plenty if I ever open up.’ “In view of this situation your sdepartment, which is~ charged with enforcement of the law in B.C., must act to see that justice is done. “Nothing short of bringing Mulligan back here to face ' charges, and a full public air- ing of what he knows will satis- fy the people of Vancouver. “T therefore strongly urge that you act immediately to bring Mulligan back to disclose what he knows and to press charges against him for his abuse of public trust.” all BMRB EL RECTOR CIGAR | Only Union Made Cigar in Vancouver Hand Rolled Finest in Dutch & Havana Tobacco SOLD AT HOTELS or 214 Union St., Vancouve LABOR BRIEFS About 535,000 Canadians are now without jobs, or one out of eight in the country’s labor force. Donald MacDonald, secretary- treasurer of Canadian Congress of Labor, has called on the federal government to take “prompt and positive action” in the face of rising unemployment. “The fact that production con- tinues at a high rate and that job opportunities are failing to keep pace with the increase in the working force shows the need for an intensive study under government sponsorship,” -he said. “The need will undoubtedly in- crease as the impact of automa- tion increases. The time to act is now.” * * * Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) passed a resolution Tuesday this week opposing a move by B.C. Electric to cut off'city bus ser- vices from 2 a.m. to 4.a.m. A sim- ilar stand has been taken by Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. ; * * * Fred Smelts has been appoint- ed chairman of the conciliation board in the dispute between Vancouver Civic Employees Un- ion (Outside Workers) and City of Vancouver. The union will be represented by Sam Jenkins, president of Marine Workers, and the city by lawyer Hugo Ray. The union is seeking a dime an hour pay increase, one extra public holiday with pay, and other concessions. : * * * B.C. Electric bus drivers in Vancouver, New Westminster and Victoria, members of the Street Railwaymen’s Union, have presented wage demands calling for a 32% cent hourly increase. Hike would \bring rates for the 2,400 workers involved to a straight $2 per hour: ros x. * * Instead of buying nails manu- factured locally, Vancouver City Council recently okayed the pur- chase of 80 kegs of “dumped” Japanese nails. Vancouver Labor Council cen- sured city council this week for passing up “a local product man- ufactured by taxpayers” after Marine Workers president Sam Jenkins raised the issue. MARCH 16, 1956 — : hh se Soviet, Japanese delegates coming to UFAWU meet. Twelfth annual convention of United Fishermen and Alled Workers Union wil have dele- gates in attendance from the Un- ited States, Japan and the Soviet Union representing fishermen of these countries. The delegation from Japan will include Masami. Hagiwara, presi- dent of the Cold Storage Work- ers’ Union and Shooji Shibuya, ‘secretary of the National Fisher- men’s Council, both of which or- ganizations have their headquart- ers in Tokyo. - The Soviet delegation will con- sist of Alexander Koetkin, presi- dent of the Sea and River Fleet Workers’ Union, Alexander An- dreyev, member of the executive board of the .Food Workers’ Union which represents the fish- ermen, and an interpreter, Igor Michailov. The U.S. delegation is expect= ed to include representatives of the Puget Sound Salmon Sein- ers, Local 3 of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehouse- men’s Union, and possibly other organizations in that area. The fact that delegates from these three nations will be pre- sent provides an opportunity for discussions concerning the mid- Pacific salmon fishery and other problems of conservation of the North Pacific stocks of fish, which are of vital concern to Canadian fishermen and all other groups. Fishermen and shoreworkers have enthusiastically greeted the ; idea of having fraternal delegates — attending the convention from the major Pacific fishing countries. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE a