aterest between the, Piet witch-hunt, ng that Anglo-U.S. ranian agreement /oviet bubble, but the sill work to inflate it. rHILE the UN Security Council, the leadership of US. Secretary of State #yrnes,.and the British Sir Alexander Cado- jan, were struggling to turn Iran into another inland, as a base for Anglo-American pro- Socations against the Soviet Union, Russia ind Iran concluded an agreement of mutual under Geared two countries. o a London- Washing Ona anti-So- _ Byrnes precipitated what aight well have been the end of UN. His ‘ction was provocative in the extreme show- imperialism have defin- ely embarked upon an tick” policy against the USSR. The Soviet- “atomic-bomb-big- pricked another anti- “atomic diplomats” the Byrnes-Cadogan insistence to discuss Iran, USSR Ambassador Andrei Gromykoe (left) watches as the United Nations’ Security Council dele- gates in New Work vete 9-2 against his proposal to postpone Iran discussions until April 10. On while negotiations were on between that country and the Soviet Union, Ambassador Gromylko left the Council sessions. \ yOvl x0d “oyHd ‘NOSNHOS ut ad 9y-b Avil "9 a Noh No. 8 >= ———— 5 Cents Vancouver, B.C, Friday, April 12, 1946 2 Formerly. PACIFIC ADVOCATE “Iron Curtain” In ) ee Poland Of Today ANCGOUVER, B.C.—Speaking to a capacity audience Hastings Auditorium on April 7, Walter Dutkiewicz, “Canadian Democratic Committee Poland’ told of his recent visit to Poland. ai secretary of the tehill’s charge that the Unien maintains an iron around the new Poland,” itkiewiez, “is nothing but ) Slander against the Pol- ple. Churchill must know ©. British inter-party parli- Bry delegation visited Pol- » January this year; Brit- Bperatives have had a rep- tive delegation in Poland, Ritish trade unionists, con- | Ves and all shades of Brit- ion have visited Poland Sar. Mrs. Anthony Eden in the guest of the Polish 2ent.. All have reported democratic progress the seople and their govern- ‘e making, and even the who visited Poland on legations did not dare to mChurehill’s slander of a = "on curtain,” Polish people suffered losses during the war in materials, but they are building up again and = assistance of all demo- =ad fredom-loving j,eoples” ®ker declared. “Food sup- sve been generous from WALTHER DUTKIEWICZ Who has just returned from a two-months’ tour of Poland. ficient. The food grants of UNRRA to Poland works out at about $4.00 per person, compared with an estimated $40.00 per per- son in Greece.” Since widespread (Continued on Page 8) “Absent” Shipowners in Eastern Canada failed to show up at a scheduled meeting with Canadian Seamen’s Union delegates to draft a new 1946 wage — agreement. Speaking for the CSU, President «J. A. (Pat) Sulli- van said: . “On behalf of my executive and the membership . . . I wish to protest most vigorously against the attitude of the ship- Owners in refusing to céoper- ate with the union and the De- partment, in attempting to reach a decision on the 8-hour day question.” The meeting was to have con- Sidered the establishment of an 8-hour day on all lake and coastal shipping, in place of the present and. hours-of-work| - of Local 289 unanimously voted all Vancouver engineering shops covered by the Union on April 15. Speaking of the treatment re- ceived by the union negotiating committee at the hands of the CMA, representative, Harvey Murphy, International Represen- tative of the TUMM&SW stated: “Tf the word “no” to all our de- mands is a counterproposal, then we have had it. Ruddock didn’t spend ten minutes with us. The 12-hour day now in operation. fact is that when we met him, he Opposition to the grantine of ing Enterprises of Canada, ing houses. AG great number of home con® struction jobs are being held up because the bulk of building ma- terial’ priorities go to the mon- opoly concerns. Holding up of priorities to small contractors simply means that the latter are unable to carry out their con- tracts and home construction is seriously delayed. Delegate Fraser Wilson of the Newspaper Guild strongly con- demned the run-down condition of BCER equipment and tracks, and pointed to recent accidents which show that equipment in such condition is a danger to public safety. A motion demand- , but far from being suf- See POLAND ing immediate action on repair- Ltd., tion to the Federal government asking ‘ the necessary materials to the contractors who are build- Home Building Held Up By Priorities -- VLC Delegates to the Vancouver Labor Council expressed material priorities to Hous- and forwarded a resolu- ‘the channeling of ing streetcar tracks was passed by the Council. The Council recommended to all its affiliate unions to set up committees to enable the fullest participation in the May Day parade and celebration. Delegates from the IWA reported steady progress in wunion membership Srowth as a result of the wide support for the TWA “wages and hours” drive. Extensive preparations are be- ing made by Council officials and a large number of union ex- ecutives and delegates for a big: May Day. The final May Day conference is on May 24th at the Pender Auditorium, where a large union representation is expected. A fully representative - meeting for a strike ballot to be taken in™ UNIONS TAKE STRIKE VOTE Foundry-Steel Workers’ Move For Wage Increase J. H. Ruddock of the Canadian Manufacturers’ _Associa- tion, and designated as the bargaining agent for the Foundry industry in Vancouver, gave a flat “no’ committee of Local 289, International Union of Mine, Mull and Smelter Workers with which several hundred Vancou- ver foundry workers are affiliated. Union demands are a general increase of 25c per hour and a 40-hour week. * to the negotiating started skimming over the wage proposals of the Unternational Woodworkers of America, emit- ting a series of “nos.” When we brought it to his attention that these weren’t the proposals of the foundry workers, he replied answer is the same. That is how seriously he dealt with our pro- posals.” Local 289 set up a large com- mittee to supervise the balloting in all the shops for a strike vote, and to take all necessary steps tqwards publicizing the demands of the men and consolidating the union. Spokesmen for the Union stated that strike action was “a strong possibility.” All United Steel Workers’ of (Continued on Page 8) See STRIKE VOTE AL PARKIN Radio commentator of the “Pacific Tribune.” Mionday through Friday on CKWX at 6 p.m, in “Behind the Head- limes.”