-LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY

Vol. HE. No. 19. -

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Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, May 13, 1944

BRIDGE TO VICTORY

Gov't
Urged

- NORTH VANCOUVER,
3.C. — “When citizens of
North Vancouver vote in
‘he plebiscite to be held
tere on June 14, they will
jave a long sought oppor-
unity to restore selfsov-
‘stament to their city after
_long period under the di-
ection of a commissioner,”
‘charles Saunders, public-
ty director tor North Vian-
souver branch of the La-
#0r-Progressive Party, and
resident of the Dock and
shipyard Workers Union,
ocal No. 2; told The Peo-
dle this week in discussing
he campaign the LPP is
‘onducting around the
slebiscite.

_The plebiscite will read,
‘*#ze you in favor of the
20wers- and authority of
he commissioner being
ontinued for the years
945 and 1946?” If the
rote is affirmative, the
‘ommissionership form of
«dministration will con-
fue here for two years.
4 if is negative, an élec-

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BRUCE MICKLEBURGH

young Prince Rupert school
teacher who has been chosen as
the Labor-Progressive Party’s
standard bearer in Skeena fed-
eral constituency. Mickleburgh is
the fifth federal candidate to be
named by the EPP in this prov-
ince, candidates having already
been nominated to contest Van-
couver Center, Vancouver Bur-

_rard, Vancouver North and New

~Westminster constituencies.

This Sunday, May 14, a nom-
_inating convention is being held
to choose a candidate for Kam-
loops constituency, while another
nominating convention has been

called in Vancouver East con-
stituency for May 25.
The LPP provincial office re-

cently announced that it intend-
ed to name at least 10 candidates
in the 16 B.C. federal ridings.

nounced recently.

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Efforts To Block |

Attempts made by . 7 =
stockholders representing Steel LL

eastern Ganadian interests

to impede the proposed

erection of a steel mill at —
Zeballos were voted down Fojec
by a large majority at a

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shareholders
Mines this

meeting of
of Privateer
week.

This was seen as further

evidence that interests op-
posed to the development of

heavy industry on the Pacific i
Coast intend to fight any

World Labor Conference

Toronto Suggested

TORONTO. —The World Labor Conference called
by the British Trade Union Congress which was orig-
inally scheduled to open in London on June 5 may be
transferred to this city owing to the new restrictions on ~
travel to and from Britain imposed by the British goy-
ernment. : :

From Philadelphia, where he was attendins the ILO
conference, Sir Walter Citrine, TUC secretary, an-
nounced last weekend that after lengthy telephone con-
versations with the British embassy in Washington he
had failed to obtain assurances that if trade union dele-
gates were permitted to enter Britain they would also
be allowed to leave at the conclusion of the conference.
In consequence, steps were being taken to hold the con-
ference in Canada im June. : :

Vincente Lombardo Toledano, president of the Con-
federation of Latin American Workers, expressed the
hope the conference would take place in Toronto, Can-
ada. In a wire sent to Toledano the Toronto Trades and
Labor Council AFL) welcomed his suggestion and as-
sured him that “we will do all in our power to make

*such a convention an outstanding success.”

steps taken to establish a

steel industry in B.C.

An interesting development
at the shareholders meeting
was the resignation of two
the
Connell interests in eastern

directors representing
Canada as soon as it became
obvious that the big major-
ity of ‘Privateer shareholders
were determined to endorse
the steel mill project an-~

After hearing an account
of the results of investigation,
shareholders voted approval
of the work to date and au-
thorized the directors to con-
tinue the investigations.

The meeting -took a dra-

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Vets Repudiate

Anti-Union Gang

In a letter assuring Vancouver Labor Council that the “support the veterans
have received from organized labor is appreciated,” Naval Veterans Branch, No.
68, Canadian Legion, over the signature of Secretary-Manager A. H. Harris, this
week stated “that the leitterheads giving the address of Naval Veterans Club as
the headquarters of the Canadian Associated Unions were printed without our
authority.”

Exchange of letters between the two organizations come about as a result of
a document brought to the attention of council officers. Giving the Naval Veterans
address as its headquarters, an organization calling itself the Canadian Associated
Unions had circularized a plan advocating company unionism and offering to

supply employers with “keymen” to carry on activities against bona-fide trade

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