es - «Lc STAND ANGERS | COUNCIL a fo=s sl ae : TRIBUNE il IE ; LW lS (om rm Pe Li prRverS + Udall a ee Vol. 18 No. 21 LN Phone MUtual 5-5288 Authorised as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa 10c VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1959 A Vancouver Labor Coun- ‘cil resolution calling for “un- “conditional cessation of nu- clear tests” by all nations has _ the Canadian Labor Congress _ worried. : _ The resolution was passed by VLC delegates in April. _ This week the CLC sent a lengthy communication to council stating its position in favor of banning nuclear _ weapons but expressing “con- pers” over the “uncondi- TORONTO—A_ proposal to change the name of the La- a _ bor-Progressive Party to the . * Communist Party of Canada ~ national ok will be placed before all LPP clubs for consideration prior - to the party’s seventh nation- _ al convention to take place - next Thanksgiving. A resolution adopted by the committee . meeting held last weekend says: “Today, when the idea of socialism is seizing the im- / agination of the majority of all mankind, and the working class of our country is devel- ‘oping many-sided activities on VIC peace. resolution worries CLC brass tional” clause in the VLC resolution. The CLC backs the West’s demand for “on the spot inspection.” “The intent of the VLC resolution was to do away with polemics and get on with the job the people of the world want—banning the bomb,” said. Bill Stewart (Marine Workers). “If na- tions agree fo ban nuclear tests, the methods of eoninal could be worked out later. IPP to discuss changing name | to Communist Party of Canada the economic and _ political fronts, including wide discus- sions of forms of labor politi- eal action and of socialism, it is fitting that we resume the lime - honored, scientifically correct name sof our party, namely Communist Party of Canada which corresponds fully with the historic aim of our party—the building of a classless Communist society in Canada.” The proposed name of the party in the French language would be Parti Communiste Canadien. TREK 10 O1TAWA BACKED BY BEL Despite attempts by Canadian Labor Congress officials to throw cold water on the proposal, B.C. Federation of Labor is backing Vancouver Labor Council in its preparations to stage an "’On-to-Ottawa” trek on un- employment. The BCFL is also continuing to press the CLC to immediately convene a national labor conference to deal with the jobless crisis. This week some 18,000 B.C. unemployed were cut off Un- employment Insurance sup- plementary benefits. To meet this situation Vancouver La- bor Council two weeks ago decided to send a lobby to Ottawa to demand the gov- ernment , extend supplement- ary benefits.. Help from the Canadian Labor Congress was sought. “CLC officials reacted coldly to the action proposals. In letters to VLC officers from Donald MacDonald and Claude Jodoin, the trek plan was side- stepped. It would be “imposs- ible’ to organize a lobby on such short notice. The CLC was preparing to publish a pamphlet on unemployment and present a brief to a gov- ernment board. Jodoin’ was “concerned” that extension of benefits would deplete the Unemployment Insurance fund and change it from an insur- ance fund to a social assistance fund. And so on. VLC delegates reacted sharp” ly to these communications, ‘It is regrettable that the CLC missed the boat on this important question,” said Charles Stewart (Street Rail- waymen). “The B.C. Federa- tion of Labor is not concerned with all these legal niceties. We endorse the position of Vancouver Labor Council that a CLC - sponsored meeting should be held in Ottawa to focus attention on the prob- lem.” “We should criticize the Con- gress for not taking more direct action,’ said Jim Barton (Plumbers). “The CLC sat there and did nothing, although they knew May 15 was coming up and thousands would be cut off benefits on that date. They should have been preparing for ‘this since February. Some 18,000 people in’ B.C. have been lopped off the rolls — where in hell are they going to go now?” “This council took a bold proposing a trek to Ottawa— and it scared the top. CLC of- ficials half to death,” said Sam Jenkins (Marine Workers). ‘The temper of the workers is rising, and they want a lead from us right now. The CLC is going to put out a pamphlet —now isn’t- that something. If we don’t give the workers a lead, someone else will. It wouldn’t surprise me to see the unemployed camp in the Un- employment Insurance Com- mission building within a few weeks. If. I’m with them, I hope I won’t be kicked out of this council for it—because I intend to stick with the unem- ployed.” “Claude Jodoin is echoing Diefenbaker’s line on depletion of the UI fund,” said Bill Stewart (Marine Workers). President Lloyd Whalen said VLC officers will meet with BCFL heads to plan further action. Gromyko greets plan for Summit meetings By SAM RUSSELL GENEVA — The Soviet Union has officially and en- thusiastically welcomed Prime Minister Macmillan’s proposals for a series of Summit meetings. The welcome came from Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet foreign minister. Atmosphere at the foreign ministers’ confernce is described by Selwyn Lloyd, “very promising.’ the British foreign secretary. as “It is quite obvious,” said Gromyko, “that one can hard- ly expect even the heads of government will be able in the course of one meeting to consider and. solve all out- standing international prob- lems. “If Summit meetings could be held more or less regu larly this would be a great blessing for the cause of peace. ; “That is why the Soviet government welcomes the im- portant and _ constructive statemént by Prime Minister Macmillan to the effect that he’ considers the forthcoming Summit conference. not a single action to settle the problems of Europe | and the world but as the beginning of a period of negotiations which, given good will, might serve as a starting point for better relations between East and West. “The Soviet government fully shares this point of view and is prepared to insist on its practical realization” step at our last® meeting by he said. ANDREI GROMYKO Gromyko said the Soviet delegation was deeply con- vinced “that our task must not consist in seeking pre texts for differences and ex- aggerating what divides us. We should all focus our at- tention on the things which may unite us.” se a en mS oe em baie a a