| : : | + 4 4 & k i i Sera cig ah gma En BE Re Oe ope SHIPYARD WORKERS WIN. _ Shows the Marine Workers makers picket line at Burrard drydock which beat back the attempt of the bosses to take away conditions won. over the years by the workers. The union voted 79 per cent this week in favor of ending the - Photo st and Boiler- two-week } , toe . (Photo. courtesy the Fishermen) ( strike. .The union .will get. the call time and shift guarantees it:demanded: The three-year agreement -will- also pro- vide. wage increases in January: of each year. Plumbers, : who -also- voted. strike last week; are expected to vote-on the new contract. Friday. _ ; 4 Columbia River Treaty | denounced by B.C-COF A front page editorial in the C.C.F. News for January. 25 announces the opposition by the B.C, C.C.F. to the pro- Posed Columbia River Treaty with the U.S.A. € editorial notes ‘not Only will hundreds be flooded Out of their homes but the re- lationship between Canadian expenses and Canadian bene- fits is heavily weighted against Canada. “Canada with expenditures of $710 million, will put up about five times more money for storage dams than does the UiS#! for this — “we get less than 50% of-the benefits.” ‘The major principle of the treaty is downstream benefits. he C.C.F. believes that Cana-| da has. been sold down the Columbia River because we are ten times the looser. Quoting General MacNaugh- ton, with whom the editorial expresses agreement, it says— € advantage powerwise in ie t project goes entirely to € United States. The net re- Sult of including High Arrow is that-unit eosts of the incre mental -power outputs. are. in- creased. in “Canada and’ de- creased in the United -States.” A further quote from ‘the: “It rememberéd - that} Milwaukee Journal - says: should be Canada: could have chosen- an all-Canadian would have meant more and cheaper power for that -coun- try. So Canada is being a good and generous neighbor in the} deal.” The. editorial concludes: “The C.C.F: believes that’ the | opposition by virtually: every- one in the Kootenays, includ- ing all political parties, and headed - by the people - who won't be flooded, is correct and should be heeded by Par- liament-in order that our citi- zens and communities may. be protected to the utmost.” 1130 KILOCYCLES. Every Sunday 7:10 p.m. Weekly commentary . of, Communist Party by Nigel. Morgan - . project’ “which: SIMS CALLS FOR UNITY IN FIGHT | “Tt is obvious: that the | employers are determined to take away. in 1961 ben-. efits which our fathers fought for in the streets’’ President Ed Sims _ told the Vaneouver Labor ‘Council -Tuesday night. | - Speaking at-the conclu- sion- of ‘the reports of untoms’ Sims. remarked that. these reports clearly demonstrated the-contin- -uation; of _ the . ‘manage- ments. rights’ campaign started - last ..year - and should: serve as a. clear warning to labor. ‘We must. get - solidly behind> those: who are-in the fight now. and ensure that ‘they win. .They in f |-essentiah services for ing. .off of lights,telephone and tia. dis- ‘tressed:. €ases.° Se . Summing up for the delega: | tien, Waugh -said he ‘‘heped that city’ -eounell recognized that every: day, of delay in re- | Solving: these: questions brought | untol@ -hatdships t6 countless workers’ and their families. While :these’ palliatives are im- portant;: he- said; ‘‘jobs are the real solution te. our. problem. That's -what ‘we: want action on.” The ‘demonstration began at the Pender auditorium where close-to 600 unemployed heard a repert: on. the plans: for the -Mareh:.6