Jit LI price curbs OTTAWA A plan of action to curb rising prices is under re- view by officials of the Canadian Labor Congress, Gordon G. Cushing, CLC executive vice-president, told the 2 Ss or” Canadian Tribune last week. . “We are very unhappy at the cost of living,” he said. “Right now we are preparing our presentation to the gov- ernment and expect to put this matter before them in much stronger language than we’ve used before. Pretty soon there is going to have~to be other methods used than those pres- ently employed by the gov- ernment to keep prices: in line.” Shoving up of interest rates, said Cushing, was not the answer. ‘Workers going to be the guys in trouble. are Their credit is extended right now to the breaking point. “We're officially opposed to increasing interest rates, par- ‘SEL CHARLES CARON North Vancouver Ballot A the continuing rise -in ticularly in house - building. All this does is make more for the financial loan com- panies. They’ve just reported formation of 1,500 new private loan companies. That wouldn’t be happening if there was no money in the business.” Cushing referred to the fact that CLC research director Eugene Forsey was currently engaged in a study of prices. The direction of his investi- gation is indicated in the an- alysis of company profits ap- pearing in the last edition of the CLC publication Labor Research, edited by Dr. For- sey. GLYN THOMAS North Vancouver’ Ballot. B Caron, Thomas contest North Vancouver seats Ex-plasterer Charles Caron, now LPP city organizer, and electrician Glyn Thomas, sec- retary of National Federation of LaborYouth, are the Labor- Progressive candidates for North Vancouver riding in the coming provincial elec- tions. Charles Caron, 47, was born and raised in Saskatchewan, moved to B.C. in 1931. During the Second World War he worked in Vancouver ship- yards, and for a time held the post of secretary of Marine Workers and_ Boilermakers Union, Later he was a member of the Plasterers Union, until he became an LPP functionary two years ago. Glyn Thomas, 29, was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, but has lived all but a few months life in this province. of his Tiga Wan | Gee tiie TT eee nT He attended Kitsilano High School, later was one of the leaders of the famous “choco- late bar strike” in 1947 when thousands of youngsters dem- onstrated against the increase in chocolate bar prices. Thomas married Doreen Barbour in 1948 and they have two children, Michele Bar- bara, 6, and Christine, 2. For several years Thomas worked at his trade as an elec- trician, and he is a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 213. For the past three years he has been the fulltime provin- cial secretary for National Federation of Labor Youth. Whi) |i DORIS BLAKEY Victoria Ballot A LPP fields full slate to conte three-member Victoria ridin A logger, Ernest Knott, and two housewives, Myrtle Berg- ren and Doris Blakey, are the three Labor - Progressive can- didates for Victoria in next week’s provincial elections. Victoria and Vancouver-Point Grey are the only two provin- cial ridings which return three members. Ernest Knott was born in Nanaimo in 1919, and has been an industrial worker and active trade unionist most of his adult life. In 1942-45, he was a member of ‘the. RCAF, but on demobilization return- ed to his job in the woods. Deeply interested in~ com- munity affairs, Knott is secre- tary of Nanaimo Ratepayers and vice-president of John Shaw Jr. PTA. He is a former secretary of Nanaimo Joint Labor Council and a former vice-president of IWA Local 80. He was an aldermanic can- didate in Nanaimo in 1955, and was LPP candidate in Nanaimo constituency in the 1953 federal elections. Doris Winifred Blakey, housewife and mother of a 19-year-old son, was born in England but has lived in Brit- ish Columbia since 1941, after spending several years in Winnipeg. Victoria organizer for the LPP for some time, Mrs. Bla- key has been three times a candidate. for her party in provincial elections. Myrtle Bergren lives in Lake Cowichan and is marri- ed to a logger, Hjalmar Berg- ren, a former IWA official. Mrs. Bergren was born in Devonport, England in 1919, but was raised and educated in this country. After taking business training in Kelowna, she worked as stenographer and secretary in a govern- ment agency at Princeton, and later in a newspaper office. —e i | CCS SC MYRTLE, BERGREN Victoria Ballot B In 1943 she joined the Wo- men’s Division. of the RCAF and served 16 months in pub- lic relations at Ottawa and Vancouver. Married in 1946, and a resi- den of Lake Cowichan for sev- eral years, Mrs. Bergren is active in community affairs. She is a member of the Scan- Labor around’ the province y_\ ERNEST KNOT! Victoria Ballot C — dinavian Social Clup Cowichan Cooperati ‘ ty and Lake Cowich: Union. Mrs. Bergren is # in writing, has ha@ = ticles published in papers’ and is the an unpublished nov around the theme peace. Vote to decide disp in Okanagan plant) The year - long battle be- tween International Brother- hood of Teamsters and Okan- agan Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Workers for juris- diction over some 4,000 Okan- agan packing plant workers has moved nearer a_ solution have the provincial labor de- partment hold an impartial with both groups agreeing to membership ballot. to settle the issue. FFVW officials had started court proceedings to regain possession of its Kelowna of- fice, which Teamsters took over after an affiliation vote passed at the FFVW conven- tion. Claiming the vote uncon- stitutional, FFVW leaders re- organized and now control 10; locals which had “officially” come under Teamsters’ lead- ership. Teamsters have agreed to the government ballot and FFVW executive members are expected to okay the move. One provision is that. a con- vention will be held immedi- ately after the vote, which- ever side wins. 5 © o 5 Tom Gooderham, Canadian Labor Congress director, says Tunnel and Rock Workers Lo- cal 168, which voted to be- come independent recently, will not be allowed to join the CLC “because such a move would be encroaching on the SEPTEMBER 14, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUN® jurisdiction of th®,; international unio? Officers of the ind union say they hav! all their member: gaining in strength: x 2 Seafarers: 1m Union has offered auto workers on S¥¥), toria by boycottiné of automobiles 2? Picket lines have a up around 10 maj? in Victoria and ne - have appealed to thes an Labor Congress id filiated locals for ee. Dealers have To union’s last of ef hour wages on re i and $2.05 on May 7 tl! jolt Henmnenenenereneuenenssle! RECTOR RECTOY RECTOR CNG Only Union Maer Vancouve, A Hand Rolled Finny and Havana 7 H or ‘. . fos 214 Union Spf SPECIAL REDUC, For Pacific TS