SEATTLE Twenty thousand American fish- ermen and shoreworkers have merged their strength with that of ' the “International Longshore- men’s and Warehousemen’s Un- ion (ILWU), keystone West Coast maritime organization. The histor- ie merger announced last week by the International Fishermen and Allied Workers (IRAWA) international executive board, went into effect immediately. The IFAWA executive board hailed the organic joining of the two militant organizations as re-

establishing “the same powerful maritime unity which enabled fishermen, longshoremen, seamen

and allied workers to mobilize their strength in the nineteen-thirties and wrest from the employers decent wages and conditions.” Declaring “the very life of our unions is threatened,” the board cited the trumped-up “trial” of IFAWA by CIO, the arrogant at- tacks by the big packers, and the splitting activities of disruptionists from within. The “trial” of IFAWA

opened in Washington, D. C., with representatives of the union absent.

Other dangers calling for max~’

imum unity in labor’s ranks were the Truman _ administration’s mounting antitrust offensive aga- inst the fishermen’s collective bar- gaining rights and threatened raids by bosses of two West Coast unions, Dave Beck of the Teamsters and Harry Lundeberg of the Sail- ors, the board pointed out. Merger of IFAWA with ILWU had received unanimous approval at conventions of both organizations in 1949. It also won a heavy majority vote in) a referendum ballot conducted

among IFAWA’s’ membership during nine months of that year.

At its 1950 convention, however, IFAWA officers declined to exer- cise their authority to carry out organic merger, but moved ahead instead on a program of close co- operation between the two unions. Effecting of merger was delayed to seek maximum unity among IFAWA’s ranks on the issue,

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Mayor Charles Thompson’s recent visit to Australia, where he made Lord Mayor E. C. O’Dea of Sydney an honorary In- dian chief, was received with some derision by Australian workers, according to Australian labor papers just received here.

Cartoons in the Tribune, Sidney, show Lord Mayor O’Dea, who has drawn up his own blacklist of progressive organizations barred from using the town hall, wearing Indian dress embroidered with dollar signs and breaking a pipe of peace.

Lord Mayor O’Dea’s remarks too, were hardly pi icea to promote a better understanding among Australians of the prob- lems of Canada’s Native Indians. :

“T believe that the Squamish, in the early days of ee history, were a fierce cruel race who lived on their wits and refused

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“Now that the very life of our uniom is threatened, we can no longer debate the merits of this program or other programs for strengthening our fighting ability,” the board declared. “We must close ranks on the waterfront ... Our answer must be immediate merger with ILWU.”

The IFAWA board; in its detailed statement on the merger, cited some of the advantages to the or- ganized fishermen and shorewor- kers in its ranks.

“Through merger we will con- solidate the rank and file of the waterfront unions, which have stood always as the major fighting strength of the CIO on the West Coast...

“Through merger we will have sufficient strength to guarantee our Alaska membership trade union statehood and thereby create a solid foundation for political sta- for all the people of Alaska.”

Organic unity of the two great unions will lay the basis for in-

ine 20,000 U.S. Longshoremen, Fishermen into one Coast union

creasingly effective -work on legi- slative and conservation programs and will help in organizing the un- organized, it was pointed out.

Through its officers ILWU ap- proved the unanimous decision of the IFAWA board: to merge the two unions. )

As worked out in previous discussions between leaders of' both unions and approved unami- mously at the 1949 IFAWA con- vention, the Fishermen now con- stitute a division within the larger union, with full autonomy to all locals.

Over-all policy questions will be decided by ILWU conventions, and by the executive board between conventions.

On all other questions local au- tonomy will prevail. This includes questions of membership, local rules, election of local officers, dues and assessments of locals.

The Fishermen's division will also have autonomy on matters of con-

tract, negotiations, strike action and contract enforcement.

Delinquency linked to war expenditures by Dr. Evelyn Baxter

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More than 70 women, as well as a number of interested men, heard Dr. Evelyn Baxter, a practising clinical psychologist, address the open- ing session of the B.C. provincial convention of the Canadian ‘Congress

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“We cannot talk jof juvenile de- linquency without talking about the shortcomings of society and the amount of money spent for atom bombs,” said Dr. Baxter. “Instead, much could be done to provide bet- ter food, clothing and shelter. Ju- venile delinquency is therefore tied up with the question of war or peace.

“The great majority of women work outside the home because they have real need of supple- menting the family income. Working mothers are therefore more concerned about the wel- fare of their childiren. |

“In this period, when people are shivering because of the cold car intimidation, we must educate our people, particularly the young folks, to know issues. We must learn to think instead of just to feel. We must defend our rights. Liberty was not handed down to us, and it must be eternally fought for. Wo- men are people too, and must take their place with men in the strug- gle for better housing, education, and social services.’

So stimulating and inspiring was Dr. Baxter’s address that the audi- ence wanted more, and almost half of them joined her for a late snack after the meeting to continue the discussion,

In a personal interview even lat- er in the evening, I learned that Dr. Baxter was born and reared in Texas, where she was concerned for many years with problems of racial minorities. She took part in the fight for women’s suffrage and cam- paigned throughout the United States when it was considered very daring for women in the Middle West to attend a meeting address- ed by a speaker in the interests of women’s rights.

“We held many a meeting in a root cellar, attended by eight or ten women, who used money from the sale of a pound of butter or a dozen eggs hidden from their hus- bands to further the fight for their rights as women,” Dr. Bax- ter told me.

A widow of 61, with a married SOyn and daughter and two grand- children, professor of economics in several

Friday last week.

American universities, director of the Family Relations Center in Sac- remento, California, for three years, and now spends her time between Seattle and San Francisco. She is a member of the Congress of Am- erican Women, and hopes to see an exchange of delegations in the near future.

A particular point stressed by Dr. Baxter is the work being done for the defeat of the Mundt-Nixon Bill,- passage of which would do away With civil liberties obtained through the American Constitution, and endanger the Fair Employment Practisés Bill.

LPP rail group issues leaflet

Signed by “a group of progressive railroaders in Vancouver,” a leaflet was distributed this week calling on railroaders to vote for strike ac- tion aS a means of winning the 40-hour week and wage increases for 90,000 Canadian rail workers.

“An overwhelming strike vote will be our way of preventing any attempt by the Frank Hall leader- ship to conclude back-door agreé- ments with the companies,” the leaflet says.

CNR and CPR revenues are ex- pected to be up this year, and the progréssive railroaders call on

facts in order to answer the “false propaganda of the companies.”

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Civic workers to vote on board finding

“You be the Judge” is the head- ing of a leaflet issued to outside civic workers by Civic Employees Union, Local 28, calling all mem- bers to a special meeting in Pen- der Auditorium at 2 p.m. this com- ing Saturday to vote on acceptance or rejection of findings of a concil- iation board in the current wage dispute with the city.

More than 1,500 union members. will cast ballots. a

The board has recommended a five-cent wage hoist, except in. the case of 240 laborers supposedly “overpaid” four cents an hour in 1949, due to a clerical mistake, The award for these men is one cent. an hour. Awards are retroactive to January 1.

Another recommendation of the board is that all men not previous- ly eligible now be given voluntary pension coverage, through a private

insurance’ company — exactly what the union asked for.

Outlining the conciliation board’s findings in a broadcast over CKMO Tuesday evening, union secretary Jack Phillips said:

“They make no recommendation on the union shop, because the is sue is clouded over by legal claims of the city in respect to the city charter, but the board recognizes three important principles:

“Firstly, that the vast mapority belong to the union and the remain- der should join. Secondly, that all ‘outside workers gain benefits through the union and should pay for these benefits, and thirdly, the union has a degree of entitlement to union security.

“While these recommendations fall short of union security, we are not downhearted. The fight for union security is not over. We must now proceed to lift the campaign to a much higher level. Whether we accept the findings as a whole or whether we reject them, we will pee the fight for union securi- ye ,

Other civic workers signed agree ments earlier in the year, without gaining any wage concessions.

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