Cooperation With Unions In Civie Vote —

The CCF’s refusal to work with the trade unions for election of a progressive civic administration was made clear this week when Frank Mackenzie, CCF pro- vincial secretary, issued a statement declaring that the CCF “is not going to oblige the Communists by supporting the Trade Union Representation Committee.”

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5 Cents This statement was immediately branded .as a “scurrilous, unwarranted and

Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, October 9, 1943

libelous attack” by George Gerrard, vice-president of Vancouver Trades and Labor

Operators Forcing ees QCI Strike

Persisting in their studied policy of refusing to ‘gn a union agreement with the International Wood- vorkers of America in defiance of a government arb- ration award and public opinion throughout the prov- ice, Queen Charlotte spruce logging operators this eek effectively blocked all efforts to reach a setile- ‘ent of the two-year-old dispute, despite the last- jinute intervention of Justice S. E. Richards.

my already out, it ap- sared probable that all imps would place their rerwhelming vote to rike in effect this week- id.

Reviewing the efforts ade by the IDWA-since the ginning of 1942 to obtain is loggers’ demands for aon recognition and con- ‘tions, Nigel Morgan, in- ‘rnational board member, lt a statement issued bursday night this week lid:

Tregret to announce that 2 negotiations committee t Local 1-71, International yl oodworkers of America, as had to wire the eight lueen ‘Charlotte Island amps of the Pacific Mills ogsing Company, J. R. lorgan Logging Company ad Kelley Logging Com- any that negotiations mth the operators have mmpletely broken down sain and that we are un- ble to report any basis t all for a settlement.

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With one camp operated by Kelley Logging Com-

Council and chairman of the Trade Union Representation

Committee, formed some weeks ago at a conference representative of 30 trade

unions in the city.

“The secretary of our com-= mittee received a communi- cation from the CCF provin- cial executive informing us that they had referred our

r “We welcomed this move as an indication that the pro- vincial executive was anxious for us to negotiate a civic slate through this committee.

“However, without any further communication or contact with us, Frank Mac- kenzie, secretary of the pro- vinelal executive, issued an ungoverned statement to the Vancouver papers which un- doubtedly was intended to slander our committee and direct the actions of the CCF

civie aflairs committee.

“This deliberate attempt by Mackenzie to befuddle the voters by branding the Trade Union Representation committee a ve- hicle of expression for the Com-

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Florence Wolff of Moorestown, N.J., pins a badge on delegate Peter DeGuardia as he registers at the 9th annual convention of the Industrial Union of

y Logging Marine and Shipbuilding Workers (CIO). LETT TT TT

King Government Should

Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s stand, as outlined in his recent speech-to the National Liberal Federation, was described by Tim Buck this week as being “in opposition to the expressed opinions and desires of the majority of Canada’s people.”

The national leader of the Labor-Progressive Party, who is now in Alberta on a tour of western Canada, de-

Submit declared that Prime Minister King had voiced his sup-

e port of the idea of a long drawn-out war and revealed

his open hostility towards the growing progressive trend

People

“In the interests of national unity and a greater war effort to reunify the nation around a Dominion government which enjoys the confidence of a majority of Candians, King should now dissolve the House of Commons, submit his record to the country and give the electors an opportunity to choose a government which truly represents the attitude and aspirations of the Cana- dian people today,” Buck stated, pointing out that only 28 percent of the Canadian people now expressed themselves as being satisfied with the King govern- ment.

Text of Buck’s statement will be.-found on Page 3.

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