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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1949

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This clipping shows one source of wmion-splitting policies.
It’s from the Wage Earner, organ of the boss-dominated, red-
baiting clique which heads the Association of Catholic Trade

Unionists in Detroit.

- Tenants in many

B.C, cities join

rent ‘fight-back’ |

Protests over federal relaxation of rent controls are mounting
throughout British Columbia and tenants in major cities are organizing
to fight for rescinding of the rent boost order. Tenants’ associations

~ have

already been formed in Vancouver and Victoria.

Meeting Monday night in the Moose Hall, Vancouver, citizens
from the West End heard plans for a fight-back campaign and many

joined the newly-organized West

In Victoria, tenants met and
‘formed the Victoria tenants’’ As-
‘speciation. ‘They plan to call a
blic yally soon at which speak-
s from the Canadian Legion,

_ ‘the trade union movement, and

| ‘pensioners’ groups will be invited

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‘te participate. The association
‘sent a letter to Finance Minister
“Abbott demanding retention of
Esra controls. Support of city
‘council will be sought.

~ B.C.-Yukon

section of

‘Yene a special one-day emergency
session of the provincial legislature
“to urge federal authorities to can-
ccelAhe rental decontrol order.

“Scrapping of rental controls,

 Jike scrapping of price controls,

would have disastrous effects for
“over a quarter of a million British
Columbians living in rented ac-
‘comodation,” the wire sent by
LPP leader Nigel Morgan said.

_ “The gravity of this ‘threat to
‘the welfare of people in this

_ province demands that the legis-

lature act and declare now its
intention of adopting controls and
“holding rents at present levels in
the event of federal abandonment
of responsibility-””

"Elgin Ruddell and Effie Jones,

“Civic Reform candidates for al-
dermanic posts in the coming elec-
tions, appeared before Vancouver
“City Council last week and asked

that body to protest the federal

decontrol measures. Council
‘side-stepped the issue by declar-
jing that “‘a special committee had
been set up some time ago to

~ advise council on housing policy~

and such matters, and we have

the -
_‘ Labor-Progressive party called up-
on Premier Byron Johnson to con-,

End Tenants Committee.

no intention of taking any action
until we hear from .the commit-
tee.” a

Rentention of federal rent con-
trols and opposition to the order
allowing rental increases after De-
cember 15 were demands incor-
porated in a_ strongly worded
sresolution passed by the annual
conference of the Victoria LPP
last week. The conference de-
cided to send a delegation to city
council urging members to protest
federal modification of rent con-
trols. \ ;

Vancouver Trades and La-

bor Council this weekewrote fed- -

eral authorities asking for restora-
tion of rent control ceilings to the
previous level. If ‘rents go up,
labor will have to launch a fourth’
round drive for wage increases at
once,” said one delegate.

The resolution on rent control,
submitted by Civic Employees
Union, called for a government
program of low-cost home. build-

ing and reported a “‘tragic short-

age of low-rent housing.”
City bazaar to aid
Spanish refugee fund

Christmas gifts will be on’ sale
at the Spanish Refugee Appeal
Committee’s annual bazaar to be
held Saturday, November 26, at
2 p.m. in Pender Auditorium.

Highlights of the affair will be
a display of photographs and

pamphlets of the Spanish Civil

War, and a‘concert in the eve-

ning, featuring Spanish music.
Proceeds of the two events will

go to the Varsovie Hospital in

France where many Spanish Re-~

publicans and their families are
eared for.

‘

x Trades Council, Legion

to discuss joint action
in unemployment crisis

Vancouver and District Trades and liaher Council will meet with the B.C. Command,

Canadian Legion, to discuss united
ito an economic crisis this “winter.

a first step.
Delegates to the

ment take “bold, constructive action to prevent the

Federal Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell was ~s

Vanocuver’s jobless situation, ex-
pressed in facetious remarks to
the press during his recent visit
here.

“On the day that Mitchell
opened the Unemployment In-
surance Building here, the build-
ing was closed to the unemployed,”
said Alf Dyer, Machinists’
Union. ‘Had he called around

on any other day, he would have
~ seen long lines of unemployed.”

“Mitchell said that unemploy-
ment comes like the snow in
winter, and nothing can be done
about it,’ said John Hines, Paint-
ers’ Union. “This council and
the Canadian Legion can make it
hot enough to melt that ‘snow, so
we can eat in the winter time.”

The resolution calling on coun-
cil to meet with Canadian Legion
officials was submitted by Civic
Employees Union. | A further

proposal to call a united public .

conference on unemployment was

deferred until the meeting with

the Legion. :

Kardash holds
seat in Manitoba

—WINNIPEG

Despite a gerrymander of the

riding he held for nine years and

an. election campaign marked by
DP-inspired terrorism, fanned by
the anti-labor Winnipeg Free
Press, William Kardash,,. sole
Labor-Progressive in the Manito-
ba Legislature, won re-election in
last week’s election.

Kardash was elected on the
‘seventh count in the new Winni-
peg North constituency.

Two pro-unity members of the
last legislature, Berry Richards,
in The Pas and W. G. Doneleyko
in St. Clements, were defeated by
supporters of the Coalition gov-
ernment, ‘their vote split by the
right-wing CCF, which engineered
their expulsion from that party
earlier this year. oe ‘ ‘

TLC meeting Tuesday night passed a

a

Report debated

“The four - milling

report”
- ease which resulted in the re-
signation of F. A. McGregor,

above, whose report alleging
illegal price fixing at high
levels was suppressed by the
Liberal government for nearly

a year, was discussed in par-

liament again this week de
spite strenuous efforts of the
government to block opposition.
mémbers’ demands for a’ full
debate.

WorldY outh

Members of the Federation of
Vancouver Youth and the Student
Christian Movement united to
celebrate World Youth Day, Nov.

10, at a meeting and concert in
Ukrainian Hall here.

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Theme of the meeting was the

role of youth in fighting for peace.

“Canadian youth want jobs, not

atomic death,” said NFLY léader

Steve Endicott. A petition was
circulated asking the Canadian

ning of the atom bomb.

A lively concert was provided
by youth members of the Russian ,
- Canadian Youth’ Federation, As-

sociation of United Ukrainian
Canadians and United Jewish
People’s Order.

MORGAN URGES WORKERS: ©

province,
; Morgen
vention leave no room for

Fight union busters

Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, this week urged all
unionists to rally on the job to save B.C. unions from raiding
and splitting tactics threatening unions in the U.S. and which
some disruptive elements are seeking to import into this —

said that “developments following the CIO con-
: doubt that the union wreckers
are engaging in a deliberate and calrefully-calculated plot, also —
that the plot to dismember all militant, fighting unions is ah
going to be extended into Canada and into B.C., unless stopped. .-
“It is the electrical workers in Ontario and Quebee who
bear the brunt of the attack today. But is there anyone who
hasn’t heard that it is the halrdrock miners, smeltermen, long-
shoremen and shipyard workers of B.C. next. — 4
“And is there anyone who can ‘argue that the weakening —
of unionism—whether CIO or AFL and whatever the province |
—with the worsening of wages and conditions that must —
inevitably fellow, won’t affect the conditions of all workers in
Canada? Every working man knows it will.” : :

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER) 18, 1949 — PAGE 12

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~ Workers.

“government to work for the ban-__

action to prevent mass unemployment from plunging the province
Calling of a huge public conference on unemployment may be

resolution demanding federal govern-
blight of mass unemployment.”
harply rapped for his casual attitude to,

Ken Smith

Mine-Nill

president

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_ Former B.C. district secretary
Ken Smith of Britannia has de-

feated Claire Billingsley, Trail,

1761 to 1642, to become district
president. of the International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Elections were ~ held
in all locals-last month and votes

were tabulated in Vancouver this.

week:

In’ the contest for board mem-

ber, district No, 2, Douglas Gold,

Kimberley, won over Kitchener

Bannatyne, Trail, 976 to 670.

The new elections reversed the
results of an election in April
‘which were later declared void
by the international because sev-
eral B.C. locals were behind in
per capita payments and ineligible
to vote, eat

The five-man district board of:

the union now consists of president:

Ken Smith, secretary Dave Me-
Ghee and board members Doug

Gold, George Anderson and

Glen Osborne:

On the canvassing . committee:

.

which counted the ballots were —

A. J. Halcrow, New Westmin-
ster; J. R. MacFarlane, Kimber-
ley, and Mrs- K. Erickson, Van-

_ couver. 5

—CHICAGO
The four top officers of the
International Union’ of Mine,

Mill and Smelter Workers have.
been reelected, partial and unofh-
cial returns received here indicate.’

In the referendum election held

this month, president John Clark
_and_ vice-president Orville Larson
were unopposed. Election reports

from local unions showed that _
vice-president Reid’ Robinson de-

feated Stanley Wenham, president
of Local 593, Buffalo, N.Y.;

and that secretary-tréasurer Maur
ice Travis defeated James Corri- _

veau, president of Local 623,

Bridgeport, Conn.

Board: members, according to

still
District 1,
Butte,
Chesley Smothermon, Local 415,

incomplete returns, _

| are:
William Mason, _
Montana; District 2,

“Carlsbad, N.M.; District 3,

Ray Dennis, Local 735, Cleve-
land, O.; District 4, Roy Frew,

‘Local 429, Henryetta, Okla.;

District 5, Charles Wilson, Bes-
semer, Ala.; District 6,. Albert

- Pezzati, New York; District 7,
Chase Powers, San Francisco. —
~The Mine-Mill canvassing com-
mittee will tabulate the votes offi-

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‘December 1. — ;

~ cially when it meets in Chicago,