Cooperation With
Unions In Civie Vote —

The CCF’s refusal to work with the trade unions for election of a progressive
civic administration was made clear this week when Frank Mackenzie, CCF pro-
vincial secretary, issued a statement declaring that the CCF “is not going to
oblige the Communists by supporting the Trade Union Representation Committee.”

‘1. I. No. 40.

LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY
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5 Cents This statement was immediately branded .as a “scurrilous, unwarranted and

Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, October 9, 1943

libelous attack” by George
Gerrard, vice-president of
Vancouver Trades and Labor

Operators
Forcing ees
QCI Strike

Persisting in their studied policy of refusing to
‘gn a union agreement with the International Wood-
vorkers of America in defiance of a government arb-
ration award and public opinion throughout the prov-
ice, Queen Charlotte spruce logging operators this
eek effectively blocked all efforts to reach a setile-
‘ent of the two-year-old dispute, despite the last-
jinute intervention of Justice S. E. Richards.

my already out, it ap-
sared probable that all
imps would place their
rerwhelming vote to
rike in effect this week-
id.

Reviewing the efforts
ade by the IDWA-since the
ginning of 1942 to obtain
is loggers’ demands for
aon recognition and con-
‘tions, Nigel Morgan, in-
‘rnational board member,
lt a statement issued
bursday night this week
lid:

Tregret to announce that
2 negotiations committee
t Local 1-71, International
yl oodworkers of America,
as had to wire the eight
lueen ‘Charlotte Island
amps of the Pacific Mills
ogsing Company, J. R.
lorgan Logging Company
ad Kelley Logging Com-
any that negotiations
mth the operators have
mmpletely broken down
sain and that we are un-
ble to report any basis
t all for a settlement.

—Continued on Page 8

With one camp operated by Kelley Logging Com-

Council and chairman of the
Trade Union Representation

Committee, formed some
weeks ago at a conference
representative of 30 trade

unions in the city.

“The secretary of our com-=
mittee received a communi-
cation from the CCF provin-
cial executive informing us
that they had referred our

r “We welcomed this move
as an indication that the pro-
vincial executive was anxious
for us to negotiate a civic
slate through this committee.

“However, without any
further communication or
contact with us, Frank Mac-
kenzie, secretary of the pro-
vinelal executive, issued an
ungoverned statement to the
Vancouver papers which un-
doubtedly was intended to
slander our committee and
direct the actions of the CCF

civie aflairs committee.

“This deliberate attempt by
Mackenzie to befuddle the voters
by branding the Trade Union
Representation committee a ve-
hicle of expression for the Com-

—Continued on Page 8

Florence Wolff of Moorestown, N.J., pins a badge
on delegate Peter DeGuardia as he registers at the
9th annual convention of the Industrial Union of

y Logging Marine and Shipbuilding Workers (CIO).
LETT TT TT

King Government Should

Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s stand, as outlined
in his recent speech-to the National Liberal Federation,
was described by Tim Buck this week as being “in
opposition to the expressed opinions and desires of the
majority of Canada’s people.”

The national leader of the Labor-Progressive Party,
who is now in Alberta on a tour of western Canada, de-

Submit
declared that Prime Minister King had voiced his sup-

e port of the idea of a long drawn-out war and revealed

his open hostility towards the growing progressive trend

People

“In the interests of national unity and a greater
war effort to reunify the nation around a Dominion
government which enjoys the confidence of a majority
of Candians, King should now dissolve the House of
Commons, submit his record to the country and give the
electors an opportunity to choose a government which
truly represents the attitude and aspirations of the Cana-
dian people today,” Buck stated, pointing out that only
28 percent of the Canadian people now expressed
themselves as being satisfied with the King govern-
ment.

Text of Buck’s statement will be.-found on Page 3.

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