New attacks upon Mine-Mill foreseen

Recent additions of the Northern Miner, journal of Can- ada’s big mining, interests, point to the likelihood of fresh attacks on the militant International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, both open and through labor figures who for opportunist reasons have proved willing to aid the

Labor asks gold parley

The B.C. Federation of Labor is awaiting a reply to secretary-treas- urer Harold Pritchett’s wired re- quest to Premier Byron Johnson for an appointment with, the cabin- et to discuss the situation in the province’s gold mining industry. Operators are threatening to shut down the entire industry rather than meet demands of the Inter- national Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (CIO).

Mine-Mill is calling a district pol- icy committee meeting for Septem- ber 3 to discuss plans to meet the shutdown threat.

Conciliation hearings have been featured by display of a galaxy of military “brass.”

Company representatives have included Col. C. B. North (Hed- ley Mascot, Hedley Nickel Plate and Premier), Col. E. M. Thomp- son (Zeballos), Col. R, M. Blair (Cariboo Gold Quartz), General J, A. Clark (replacing Brigadier William Murphy for Polaris Ta- ku), and Major-General J. P. Mac-

_ kenzie (Bralorne and Pioneer). The latter was a former com- manding officer of the chairman of the Bralorne and Pioneer Major W. Berkeley Monteith.

bosses’ attempt to break Mine-Mill.

The paper in its August 12 edi- tion recounts how Alan C. Curtis, “vice-president of the Scovill Manu- facturing Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, has issued a _ state- ment openly attacking the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union with which it has a contract good until August next year.”

Curtis brazenly urged employees to revoke. their. checkoffs, stating that if this were done “Mine-Mill would limp badly in Waterbury.”

Canadian significance of this story is that Curtis’ attempted interference in union internal af- fairs follows the same kind of raiding and red-baiting attacks that Canadian operators are try- ing to foment in Canada, basing their hopes on CCL leaders who refused to fight against deporta- tion of Reid Robinson, Mine-Mill vice-president, at the height of the union’s wage drive in north- ern Ontario.

The Northern Miner makes it clear that its backers are hoping for similar developments in Can- ada by recounting the Inco-domin- ated Sudbury Star’s opinions that “the Canddian section of the IUMMSW would certainly be much beter off without political guidance in any form from U.S. headquart- ers.” These opinions are based on articles in the Union, international organ of Mine-Mill, that “Wallace is the leader in the fight against the bosses and fascism.”

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AUGUST 31

“RENEWAL NIGHT’

A number of men and women who have played a big role in building the powerful labor and progressive movément in this province are rolling up their sleeves. to tackle another im- portant job,

The job? Giving practical lead- ership to Pacific Tribune sup- porters in gaining thousands of new readers.

“It will take a lot of work,” Nigel Morgan, chairman of the committee, commented this week, “but it’s essential to the

‘PT big factor in anti-Coalition fight

deefat of the Coalition govern- ment. That’s because the thou- sands of people who are wait- ing for a paper such as this, when they become subscribers, will also quickly become leaders in the fight for the kind of fight- ing people’s unity, which reflect- ed at the polls, will elect the CCF.

“Naturally the job has to be done step by step. First step will be to renew a thousand subscrip- tions which have recently ex- pired. All it takes is a friendly

call. We're planning on making hundreds of such calls Tuesday, August 31, which we're organ- izing throughout the province as “renewal night,” with each team headed by a committee, member.

“The work on renewals will put us in good shape to help in the drive this fall for 2,000 new subscribers. That’s a modest ob- jective and it can be reached, with all it means to strengthen- ing of the fight for living stand- ards, democracy and peace.”

Port Alberni council rejects censure of LPP for prices parade, protests embargo lift

By NIGEL MORGAN

—PORT ALBERNI

The Alberni District Labor-Progressive Party successfully paraded through. Port Alberni Saturday to protest beef prices despite attempts at intimidation by some Port Alberni ‘aldermen. On the eve of the parade the council rejecter 3-2 the application for a parade permit, rejecting an appeal made by Ald. Walter Yates who declared that demonstra-

tions were one of the ways of fighting rising prices.

Mayor L. K. Jordan commented: “Perhaps the parade is not desir- able, but the time for such action is extremely opportune, considering the pending meat price rise.” He said a commission on prices had been sitting at Ottawa for some time, and approved of action to get the board into affected areas.

Opposition to the parade was led by Aldermen Vincent Rush and A. Flannigan.

The parade was led by a horse

carrying a banner which said, “Mr. King, am I to he forced to eat my horse?” A prime steer followed with the slogan, “The LPP says beef prices must come down,” and a goat bore the leg- end, “Mr. King is trying to make us eat this.” City crowds express- ed support of these and other slogans as the demonstrators distributed 4,000 leaflets,

Although Ald. Rush tried to stampede the council into action against the LPP for “flouting the law,” the council, at its meeting last Monday, passed instead a reso- lution demanding Ottawa re-impose the embargo on beef.

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‘Miss Nanaimo’

This is Annie Bravar, who is trying to edge out Betty Stock- and (Miss Comox) and Doreen Arsenault (Miss Alberni) for title

of Labor’s Sweetheart at the V.I. United Labor Picnic, Nanoose Bay, Sunday,

Island labor picnic to be

demonstration

for peace

—NANAIMO, B.C.

Labor supporters from all upper Vancouver Island centers will be converging on Tanoose Beach this Sunday to make the Upper Island United labor Picnic a powerful demonstra-

tion for peace.

Featured speaker at the picnic will be Nigel

Morgan, LPP provincial leader and labor’s unity candidate

in the Alberni provincial riding.

A sports committee, headed by Nanaimo Park Commissioner Ar- chie Lewis, popular president of the Nanaimo-Nanoose IWA_sub-local, has arranged a full program which includes an Upper Island tug-of-war pull, a horseshoe tournament and children’s sports. In addition, Ex- tension softball team, runner-up in league playoffs, is challenging all comers.

Highlight of the day will be the crowning of “Labor’s Sweetheart”, for which coveted title there are four contestants: Betty Stockand of Cumberland (Miss Comox); An- nie Bravar of Nanaimo (Miss Na- naimo); Doreen Arsenault of Port Alberni (Miss Alberni); and Billie Bird of Duncan (Miss Cowichan).

The affair will be a basket picnic, with the picnic committee headed by Vi Dewhurst supplying such re- freshments as pop, ice cream, cof- fee and hot dogs.

The committee announced this week that it had arranged for special bus transportation from the main Island centers.

‘Must fight for peace’

—VICTORIA, B.C.

“It is time we took a new ap- proach to the task of awakening Canada to the danger of war,” Alf Dewhurst, LPP organizer for up- per Vancouver Island, told Vic- toria’s United Labor picnic at Gorge Park last Sunday.

“It is long past the stage of pe- titions and resolutions. All Ppro- gressive-thinking Canadians in all organizations must speak up. Use the streets, meetings and all other avenues to expose the price-goug- ers and warmongers for what they are, We Canadians want peace, not war.

“St. Laurent, the new Liberal leader, together with the Tory fueh- rer to be elected, will attempt to pave the way to keep al] progress- ives out of government through a coalition of the old-line parties.

“People must fight for peace in the same way as they fight high prices.

“The Labor-Progressive Party will do everything in its power to stop the drive to war by working for people’s unity at the polls to elect a CCF government. ;

Pretty Pearl Kroeger, “Miss Laundry Worker,” won the queen’s crown in the popular girl contest, closely followed by Irene Onis- chuk, “Miss Retail Clerk.”

The first nicnic prize went to a woodworker, N. Wowchuk, 2544 Wark Street, who won a $50 week-

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