i China and the “The world will either move toward unity and widely shared prosperity, or it will move apart into necessarily competing eco- momic blocs . . : as long as these four nations (Britain, Russia, USA) stick together in determination to keep the Fpeace, there will be no possibility of an aggressor nation arising ito start anether world war.”’—_(Franklin Delano Roosevelt.) world.” (Lenin, “Complete equality of rights of all nations; the right of na- tions to-self-determination; the amalgamation of the workers of all nations—this is the national program that Marxism, the exper- ience of the whole world, and the experience of Russia, teaches the Selected Works, Vol. IV p. 293). 1. 1. No. 9. 5 Cents Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 19, 1946 Formerly PACIFIC ADVOCATE i jupert Citizens Protest fov’t Neglect Of Resources A direct appeal to Prime Minister Mackenzie King by a people of Prince Rupert for definite clarification of the ih what appears to be the ae Industrial Development imittee, headed by Mayor H. @ Dageett, after a winter of runarou nds from CNR and government of ficials, made a final appeal to the Prime Min- ister, who re- ferred the ques- tion to the Hon. Tionel Chevy- rier, minister of transport. Mr. Chevyrier this week re- that the yard. wall now revert SS pre-war status of mainten- * and repair work, although fmepeats the classic brush-off m=m™ment of the winter’s nezo- sons, namely that carefuls Rideration will be given to its Ence Rupert's yor Daggett @tawa has apparently spurn- “he city-wide demand for one Pie new CNR hulls desperate- yceded on the coast. All the S| personnel of the shipyard ) left and there are scarcely 1en left in a yard that a year Shad 1500 employees. is body blow at the indus- future of the north fully irms charges made by the eidian Congress of Labour G2 the government has had no Swar plan for jobs and se- eitus of the local CNR drydock and shipyard has met final brushoff. Reject Stalling IWA Ready For Strike Action With ninety delegates from fourteen locals of the Inter- national Woodworkers of America attending the quart- erly session of District Coun- cil No. 1 in Vancouver, -on April 14, the following reso- lution was passed unanim- ously: RESOLVED: international Woodworkers of America, Dis- trict Que, meeting in regular quarterly session April 14, - 1946, in the City of Vancouver, ' instruct our entire membership te immediately establish strike committees on every job. Final preparation should be made for full stoppage of work and the membership should stand in full readiness for- a strike call from the district officers to en- force our just demands. BE If FURTHER RESOLVED: That the district negotiating committee with authority vest- ed in it by an 83 percent posi- tive strike vote of the mem- bership, reject any and all stall- ing on the part of employers or government. Strike preparations are being. completed in every IWA local by the formation of active strike committees, “on call” for a full stoppage of work, should the boss loggers’ representatives “stall” Ey in operation. on wage negotiations. La Rose, MP Montreal-Cartier, Mr. D. N. Pritt, KG. noted British Labor counsel has been retained to defend Ered Hose. Trial is set for May 20th. The M.P. for Montreal-Gartier is free Duplessis gag-law proviso that FRED ROSE MLP., Montreal-Cartier - .. judicially gagged.” (fs on $25,000 bail, with a. typical charged under the “Official Secrets Act’ with giving information to Soviet officials. “the accused must not make any Speeches or writings bearing on the case,” with the same bench ruling applying to “friends”* or Rose, under threat of bail can- cellation. The press and radio campaign of smear charges and inuendos against the Soviet Union, and the Wabor-Progressive Party, in- dicate that the case will become |’ top-ranking in the annals of Ca- nadian political trials. “DAILY WORKER” CASE The noted British attorney. served on the Campbell case in Britain, preceding the notorious Zinoviey letter’ forgery in 1924, and again on the defense coun-| sel panel in the Dimitrov Liepzi¢g “trial.” In both cases his clients won a great moral victory. Atl Canadians who are interested in helping to expose this reaction- ary-inspired attack against the Soviet Union and the Labor-Pro- gressive Party, can send financial donations to Alderman Michael | Buhay, chairman of the “Rose Defense Committee, 5285 St. Ur- bain Street, Montreal P.Q. ‘PRICE CONTROLS - HIGHER GES; AIM OF B.C. LABOR” Trail Smelter Workers Vote Down CM &S Offer TRAIL, B.C., April 16—Trail and District Workers Union, TUMMSW Local 480 held a record membership meeting today to consider wage proposals of the Consoli- dated Mining and Smelting Company. D.N. Pritt, K.C., British Labor wyer To Defend Rose MONTREAL, P.Q-_A “Fred Rose Defence Commit- tee” under the direction of Alderman Michael Buhay of Montreal has been set up to aid in the defence of Fred Fred Henne, union president, reported that the offer of the company had been rejected by unanimous vote and the union decided to hold a referendum vote of the entire membership in Trail and Kimberley on April 25 and 26, with the recommenda- tion that the membership reject the proposal, maintaining that the wage rates offered were in- sufficient and did not provide for the same take home pay. Present at the meeting were Internation- al Board Member Maurice Travis, Harvey Murphy, the Kimberley negotiating jcommittee and the “Trail bargaining committee. Pointing out that the referen- dum did not represent a strike vote the union stated that nego- tiations were still proceeding and, *. that consideration of strike would necessitate a further vote. Decision followed recent re- ports of climbing metal prices and boast of company that pro- duction had increased despite shortage of labor, whose recent annual report disclosed eleven and one-half million profit. | Still Going Up | Further relaxation of the price ceilings was announced this week by the Ottawa Price Board. Twelve categories of goods, rang- ing irom caskets to surgical and office supplies. A number of canned foods are on the latest list of commodities to go up through the price ceiling. Wide- spread indignation is against this new rise. Sperry Gyroscope plant, Long Island, N.Y., REARS SOS possible temporary home for the UN. Present facilities in the Bronx and Manhattan are unsatisfactory. A permanent site for the UN is as yet undecided. mounting ’