Unions
battle
for
control
of
3600
smelter
workers
TRAIL
BC
CP
-
The
Trail
labor
centre
Is
anything
but
peaceful
these
days
as
two
rival
unions
fight
for
con
control
�
trol
of
3600
workers
at
Cominco
Ltds
giant
smelter
here
and
in
nearby
Klmber
ley
The
powerful
United
Steel
workers
of
America
USWA
are
in
control
but
a
new
nationalistically
-
minded
union
the
Canadian
Workers
Union
CWU
is
fighting
to
gain
control
of
the
men
who
work
on
the
hill
in
this
southeastern
British
Colum
Columbia
�
bia
city
of
14000
Cominco
dominates
the
town
its
giant
stacks
poking
up
from
atop
a
hill
on
one
side
of
downtown
Without
the
giant
smelter
Trail
would
Prices
crunch
brunch
By
Guy
Dcmarino
Southam
News
Services
OTTAWA
A
Canadian
institution
the
bacon-and-eggs
breakfast
may
be
pricing
itself
off
Canadian
kitchen
tables
A
detailed
Statistics
Canada
survey
of
retail
food
prices
released
Monday
showed
that
among
the
75
food
items
most
commonly
bought
for
home
consump
consumption
�
tion
bacon
prices
increased
the
most
last
year
by
465
per
cent
And
While
eggs
did
not
register
the
same
sizeable
increase
they
did
go
up
in
price
by
16
per
cent
in
1972
The
Statistics
Canada
sur
survey
�
vey
confirmed
that
the
price
index
for
home
consumed
food
went
up
88
per
cent
in
the
past
year
with
Canadian
shoppers
being
most
affected
by
a
147
per
cent
increase
in
the
meat
fish
and
poultry
index
Fruit
prices
rose
by
89
per
cent
Vegetables
by
four
per
cent
Pork
up
Beside
bacon
all
pork
pro
products
�
ducts
showed
large
price
hikes
as
much
as
26
per
cent
more
for
a
pork
shoulder
roast
22
per
cent
for
pork
chops
and
17
per
cent
for
the
humble
sausage
Honey
rose
by
41
per
cent
and
sugar
by
24
per
cent
in
1972
But
Canadians
will
have
noticed
meat
prices
the
most
with
hamburger
up
17
per
cent
chicken
by
18
per
cent
beef
liver
up
15
per
cent
Bread
and
milk
also
rose
in
price
bread
by
eight
per
cent
milk
by
23
per
cent
But
Butter
�
ter
edged
up
one
per
cent
over
the
year
and
margarine
went
down
by
13
per
cent
In
fact
margarine
was
one
of
the
very
few
items
whose
prices
dipped
down
during
1972
about
six
of
the
75
items
surveyed
to
do
so
A
few
fresh
vegetables
whose
prices
always
fluc
fluctuate
�
tuate
from
month
to
month
cost
a
bit
less
than
in
1971
tomatoes
lettuce
and
celery
says
Statistics
Canada
Also
down
were
oranges
and
shortening
And
if
you
need
a
coffee
to
mull
all
this
over
remember
that
instant
and
ground
cof
coffee
�
fee
went
up
in
1972
by
67
per
cent
and
5
5
per
cent
respec
respectively
�
tively
Nor
is
it
of
any
use
to
switch
to
tea
which
went
up
33
per
cent
The
metal
detector
in
use
at
federal
airports
to
single
out
potential
skyjackers
apparently
does
not
dis
discriminate
�
criminate
between
weapons
and
other
metal
objects
in
a
passengers
hand
luggage
Pat
Foreman
of
Prince
George
was
detained
briefly
prior
to
boarding
a
CP
Air
weekend
flight
from
Edmon
Edmonton
�
ton
after
the
detector
flashed
the
warning
sign
Investiga
Investigation
�
tion
showed
his
suspect
bag
baggage
�
gage
contained
a
box
of
hand
tools
needed
for
servicing
snowmobiles
at
races
near
Calgary
The
life
of
a
British
Columbia
MP
isnt
all
roses
Frank
Oberle
says
it
wouldnt
be
so
bad
if
he
had
a
chance
to
ge
a
little
more
sleep
In
probably
not
exist
The
men
on
the
hill
earn
most
of
the
citys
wages
supply
the
trade
for
the
bustling
downtown
area
and
form
the
bulk
of
the
population
of
Trail
and
sur
surrounding
�
rounding
communities
Now
the
fight
between
the
two
unions
has
split
the
city
with
some
men
fighting
to
keep
the
workers
with
the
USWA
and
others
urging
them
to
break
away
and
join
the
CWU
Bob
Kiever
president
of
Local
480
of
the
Steelworkers
admits
the
problem
Right
now
were
in
a
big
mess
he
said
Indeed
the
USWA
Canadas
largest
union
is
in
a
mess
if
the
Canadian
Wor
Workers
�
kers
Union
succeeds
in
winn
SAIGON
AP
Procedural
disputes
today
continued
to
delay
the
dispatch
of
cease
ceasefire
�
fire
observers
into
the
South
Vietnamese
provinces
and
the
South
Vietnamese
com
command
�
mand
reported
more
than
250
new
violations
of
the
truce
by
the
North
Vietnamese
and
Viet
Cong
between
noon
Mon
Monday
�
day
and
dawn
today
Meanwhile
Vice
President
Spiro
T
Agnew
arrived
in
Saigon
for
his
first
stop
on
a
seven
nation
tour
of
Southeast
Asia
and
reaf
reaffirmed
�
firmed
the
Nixon
adminis
administrations
�
trations
suppqrt
for
Presi
President
�
dent
Nguyen
Van
Thieus
regime
as
the
only
legitimate
government
of
South
Viet
Vietnam
�
nam
He
also
said
the
US
government
does
not
recog
recognize
�
nize
the
right
of
North
Viet-
the
riding
yesterday
he
had
to
fly
out
of
Fort
St
John
late
last
night
and
then
continue
to
Ottawa
for
the
capital
pun
punishment
�
ishment
debate
He
says
hell
be
in
the
house
all
day
despite
having
had
no
sleep
during
the
last
48
hours
While
the
Winter
Carni
Carnival
�
val
people
are
thinking
in
terms
of
the
Exhibition
grounds
as
a
place
for
snow
snowmobile
�
mobile
races
the
Associated
Canadian
Travellers
are
lookingaheadtowarmerdays
when
the
grounds
will
be
required
for
less
chilly
pur
purposes
�
poses
May
28
to
June
3
has
been
tentatively
set
as
Rodeo
Week
in
Prince
George
to
coincide
with
the
ACTs
annual
festival
of
calf
roping
steer
wrestling
and
bronco
busting
ing
a
requested
certification
vote
from
the
BC
Labor
Relations
Board
The
board
has
just
finished
checking
workers
cards
and
a
vote
could
be
forthcoming
No
steelworker
official
admits
it
but
the
fight
may
be
for
survival
of
the
interna
international
�
tional
union
in
BC
Last
year
workers
at
Kitimat
BC
broke
away
from
the
Steelworkers
to
join
the
CWU
which
won
a
bitter
certification
battle
at
the
Alcan
smelter
there
Another
big
defeat
here
could
mean
that
other
work
workers
�
ers
at
the
mines
and
mills
would
join
the
Canadian
union
A
defeat
here
combined
with
the
Kitimat
loss
would
namese
troops
to
remain
in
South
Vietnam
Agnew
said
he
will
hold
important
consultations
with
Thieu
on
post
war
rela
relations
�
tions
The
four
nation
Interna
International
�
tional
Commission
of
Control
and
Supervision
ICCS
failed
to
get
its
seven
regional
teams
in
place
and
operational
this
morning
as
called
for
in
the
ceasefire
agreement
because
of
procedural
disputes
within
the
four
party
joint
military
commission
made
up
of
the
United
States
South
Viet
Vietnam
�
nam
North
Vietnam
and
the
Viet
Cong
A
second
planeload
of
North
Vietnamese
and
Viet
Cong
delegates
to
the
joint
military
commission
sat
over
overnight
�
night
in
the
plane
that
brought
them
to
Saigon
refusing
to
give
tacit
recogni
recognition
�
tion
to
the
Thieu
government
by
filling
out
the
customs
and
leave
the
Steelworkers
rep
resenting
less
than
half
the
14000
workers
it
spoke
for
before
the
battle
began
So
tthe
Steelworkers
are
fighting
back
with
the
latest
battle
being
fought
around
the
CWUs
alleged
racist
policies
In
a
widely
distributed
statement
Mr
Kiever
said
socalled
union
leaders
who
preach
nationalist
slogans
are
in
league
with
the
worst
racists
in
the
Ku
Klux
Klan
or
the
Nazi
party
Following
the
statement
Mr
Kiever
said
the
CWU
was
antl
everythingparticularly
the
Americans
as
if
they
had
a
big
club
over
us
Not
surprisingly
the
CWU
GUYON
flERSEREAU
OF
ST
ANNS
ONT
marches
on
Parliament
Hill
Monday
carrying
his
own
portable
gallows
from
which
is
strung
a
noose
hanging
a
noose
Mr
Mersereau
wants
to
see
capital
punishment
permanently
abolished
Peace
keepers
delayed
as
violations
continue
immigration
forms
required
of
all
arrivals
at
Tan
Son
Nhut
airport
US
Ambassador
Ellsworth
Bunker
called
on
Thieu
a
few
hours
before
Agnew
arrived
and
the
government
waived
the
requirement
as
it
had
for
another
planeload
of
Com
Communists
�
munists
Monday
The
second
group
50
North
Vietnamese
and
40
Viet
Cong
who
had
come
from
Hanoi
left
the
plane
after
sitting
in
it
for
21
hours
The
joint
military
commis
commission
�
sion
held
two
meetings
Mon
Monday
�
day
but
both
broke
up
in
dis
disputes
�
putes
over
the
failure
or
refusal
of
at
least
one
of
the
two
Communist
delegations
to
present
credentials
The
commission
met
again
for
four
hours
Monday
night
and
for
nearly
three
hours
this
morning
but
there
was
no
word
whether
any
issues
had
been
resolved
disputed
Mr
Kievers
state
ment
Doug
Swanson
local
presi
president
�
dent
of
the
CWU
said
the
city
had
no
need
for
this
type
of
campaign
And
Kent
Rowley
secret
secretary
�
ary
of
the
Council
of
Cana
Canadian
�
dian
Unions
and
a
top
organizer
for
the
CWU
said
it
wasnt
racism
to
fight
for
a
free
independent
democ
democratic
�
ratic
Canadian
union
If
thats
racism
then
I
say
he
Kiever
has
lost
his
mar
marbles
�
bles
Mr
Rowley
said
First
they
charged
us
with
being
Communists
then
with
being
company
unionists
now
they
call
us
Nazis
Theyre
having
trouble
mak
making
�
ing
up
their
minds
Both
the
CWU
and
the
The
bill
would
extend
for
five
years
the
recently
expired
ban
on
hanging
of
all
but
murderers
of
policemen
and
prison
guards
A
vote
was
expected
soon
possibly
today
on
whether
to
give
the
bill
second
reading
and
to
send
it
to
the
House
justice
committee
for
detailed
study
Both
Liberal
and
Conservative
House
leaders
are
permitting
their
members
a
free
vote
without
party
direction
The
19
speakers
during
debate
Friday
and
Monday
were
divided
10
in
favor
and
nine
against
Inside
Today
Business
5
Clas
Classified
�
sified
16
17
18
19
20
Comics
10
Crossword
18
Editorial
4
Home
and
family
6
Horoscope
8
Second
front
11
Sports
12
13
14
Television
8
lend
me
your
ears
I
come
to
praise
Thieu
not
to
bury
him
Weather
Mainly
sunny
becom
becoming
�
ing
cloudy
with
a
few
periods
of
snow
and
winds
rising
to
fresh
southerly
today
Wednesday
cloudy
with
a
few
sunny
periods
High
today
and
Wednes
Wednesday
�
day
30
to
35
Low
tonight
18
Steelworkers
issued
pamphlets
recently
which
either
reinforced
or
dis
disputeddepending
�
puteddepending
on
which
one
was
read
the
charge
that
the
international
union
was
taking
money
from
Cana
Canadian
�
dian
workers
and
using
it
in
the
United
States
The
steelworkers
pamphlet
quoted
government
statistics
to
show
that
all
international
unions
in
Canada
suffered
a
21
million
loss
in
the
years
1962
1969
Using
the
same
statistics
the
CWU
leaflet
showed
the
international
unions
actually
made
a
lll
million
profit
on
their
Canadian
operations
in
the
same
period
The
Labor
Gazette
official
spokesman
for
the
federal
Parties
divided
Peter
Reilly
PC
Ottawa
West
took
a
pessimistic
approach
as
he
appealed
Monday
for
support
of
the
bill
I
am
resigned
as
I
read
matters
now
to
being
on
the
losing
side
of
this
debate
I
am
afraid
that
too
many
members
of
this
House
will
not
vote
according
to
their
consciences
but
that
they
will
vote
according
to
the
way
they
believe
the
electorate
wants
them
to
vote
Mr
Reilly
the
first
Conser
Conservative
�
vative
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
bill
said
the
society
that
puts
people
to
death
is
a
sick
society
Ross
Whicher
L
Bruce
became
the
first
Liberal
to
speak
against
the
bill
as
he
likened
some
murderers
to
rabid
animals
A
dog
is
supposed
to
be
mans
best
friend
and
yet
there
are
some
dogs
that
become
mad
and
must
be
destroyed
Unfortunately
we
have
some
men
who
become
mad
also
and
they
too
must
be
destroyed
for
the
sake
of
society
labor
department
has
statis
statistics
�
tics
in
its
August
1972
edi
edition
�
tion
showing
the
interna
international
�
tional
unions
had
net
income
from
Canadian
operations
of
14549000
for
eight
years
The
Steelworkers
are
shown
with
a
balance
of
2043000
on
Canadian
ope
operations
�
rations
for
the
years
1962
1967
They
made
a
profit
each
ofthose
years
except
for
1966
when
they
lost
103000
But
an
article
accompany
accompanying
�
ing
the
figures
by
Ken
Eaton
said
it
is
probable
that
the
Steelworkers
subsidized
their
Canadian
operation
during
the
period
Mr
Eaton
said
the
profit
should
be
considered
as
the
Canadian
members
con
contribution
�
tribution
to
the
international
Aid
Lome
McCuish
called
Monday
for
a
city
crackdown
on
publicity
photographs
featured
in
the
display
win
window
�
dow
of
the
Silver
Kitten
theatre
at
1380
Fifth
Ave
The
theatre
features
restricted
films
shown
on
closed
circuit
television
monitors
and
advises
patrons
not
to
attend
if
they
are
offended
by
sex
or
nudity
McCuish
described
the
advertising
photographs
as
offensive
to
clean
living
citi
citizens
�
zens
and
called
for
clarifica
clarification
�
tion
of
city
regulations
on
obscenity
I
dont
care
what
they
show
in
the
theatre
McCuish
said
I
object
to
them
peddling
this
stuff
out
outside
�
side
Widow
son
hurt
by
parcel
bomb
PORT
COLBORNE
Ont
CP
Police
say
they
know
of
no
motive
in
the
parcel
bomb
explosion
Monday
which
sent
a
60-year-old
widow
and
her
son
to
hospital
with
multiple
injuries
Mary
Pulak
and
her
son
Larry
Michael
20
were
in
critical
condition
Police
believe
the
parcel
was
addressed
to
the
son
He
was
transferred
from
Port
Colborne
General
Hospital
to
Toronto
overnight
Police
say
the
mother
and
son
received
the
parcel
in
the
morning
from
a
delivery
ser
service
�
vice
and
the
explosion
appar
ently
came
as
the
son
tried
to
open
the
package
Edward
Richert
visiting
his
mother
three
doors
from
the
Pulak
house
said
he
heard
an
explosion
followed
by
screaming
and
moaning
Then
he
saw
Mrs
Pulak
run
from
the
house
to
a
neighbors
I
went
to
the
door
and
I
saw
this
man
on
the
floor
the
son
all
covered
with
blood
There
was
blood
all
over
the
house
in
the
kitchen
the
dining
room
all
over
He
was
saying
My
eyes
I
cant
see
and
I
told
him
to
stay
there
the
ambulance
was
coming
union
office
in
Pittsburgh
These
contributions
he
said
never
amounted
to
more
than
seven
per
cent
of
the
inter
internationals
�
nationals
total
expenses
although
Canadian
workers
make
up
12
per
cent
of
the
USWA
membership
A
brief
strike
by
Cominco
workers
last
summer
was
the
flash
point
for
the
CWU
The
Steelworkers
called
the
men
out
in
a
bid
for
a
1
anhour
raise
or
at
the
least
parity
with
pulp
workers
in
Castlegar
20
miles
away
After
two
weeks
the
men
returned
to
work
and
Mn
Kiever
said
the
strike
didnt
yield
much
in
money
except
a
few
cents
for
tradesmen
MPs
air
emotions
over
hanging
vote
OTTAWA
CP
-
The
emotion
charged
Commons
debate
on
capital
punish
punishment
�
ment
cut
across
political
lines
Monday
as
two
Conser
Conservatives
�
vatives
supported
the
govern
government
�
ment
bill
to
extend
the
par
partial
�
tial
ban
on
the
death
penalty
and
two
Liberals
opposed
it
Only
the
New
Democrat
and
Social
Credit
parties
maintained
a
united
front
on
the
issue
New
Democrats
for
the
bill
and
Social
Credit
against
Observers
predicted
a
close
vote
with
perhaps
one
quarter
of
Conservative
MPs
voting
for
the
bill
and
a
third
of
Liberals
voting
against
That
could
kill
the
bill
and
bring
back
the
death
penalty
for
all
forms
of
deliberate
murder
Commons
debate
split
Porno1
bugs
McCuish
LORNE
McCUISH
Ugh
he
says
Oberle
will
vote
to
retain
death
Fraser
Fort
George
MP
Frank
Oberle
will
vote
for
retention
of
capital
punish
punishment
�
ment
during
a
Commons
free
vote
expected
later
this
week
or
early
next
week
Oberle
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Ottawa
said
response
from
a
Citizen
poll
a
telephone
survey
of
2800
homes
and
reports
from
citizens
groups
all
indicate
a
strong
desire
to
retain
the
death
penalty
The
three
scales
Im
look
looking
�
ing
at
all
show
the
people
in
my
riding
want
to
retain
capi
capital
�
tal
punishment
said
Oberle
I
had
strong
but
mixed
fee
feelings
�
lings
on
the
death
penalty
but
based
on
the
substantial
response
from
the
poll
pub
published
�
lished
in
The
Citizen
and
the
other
responses
I
know
I
must
vote
for
retention
of
the
death
penalty
He
said
capital
punishment
is
a
deterrent
to
crime
and
that
the
public
wants
to
retain
deterrents
to
protect
themselves
from
criminals
Oberle
said
he
is
still
count
counting
�
ing
the
results
of
the
Citizen
poll
butthafit
is
overwhelm
overwhelmingly
�
ingly
in
favor
of
retention
He
said
he
would
release
the
totals
later
today
or
tomor
tomorrow
�
row
Our
society
isnt
ready
to
abolish
the
death
penalty
said
Oberle
They
arent
ready
for
the
permissive
soci
society
�
ety
the
present
government
wants
to
impose
on
us
The
ultimate
result
of
a
permis
permissive
�
sive
society
is
that
you
dont
punish
anyone
NDP
slammed
for
ignoring
unemployment
crisis
VICTORIA
CP
Opposition
members
of
the
British
Columbia
legislature
wasted
lit
little
�
tle
time
Monday
before
proposing
a
non
confidence
motion
in
the
New
Democratic
Party
government
for
its
failure
to
alleviate
the
critical
state
of
unemployment
It
was
the
opposition
members
first
day
to
speak
following
the
throne
speech
last
Thursday
and
opening
speaker
Ed
Smith
C
North
Peace
River
kicked
things
off
by
accusing
the
government
of
increasing
the
number
of
civil
service
jobs
because
of
its
negative
attitude
toward
growth
They
have
not
enhanced
the
investment
climate
Mr
Smith
told
the
legislature
at
the
close
of
his
speech
which
lasted
nearly
two
hours
Liberal
leader
David
Anderson
said
there
was
still
an
air
of
uncertainty
in
BC
as
to
what
the
NDP
government
which
took
office
Sept
15
is
going
to
do
Such
uncertainty
he
added
has
lessened
investment
in
the
province
and
cut
down
on
the
number
of
jobs
that
could
be
made
available
The
Liberal
leader
reiterated
his
partys
belief
that
an
economic
council
should
be
set
up
in
BC
to
examine
the
jobcreatlng
potential
in
the
province
Mr
Smith
also
told
the
house
the
govern
governments
�
ments
promise
of
automobile
insurance
meant
a
bleak
and
dismal
future
for
2000
employees
of
private
auto
insurance
agencies
in
BC
Your
party
has
talked
of
nothing
but
slow
slowdowns
�
downs
cutbacks
higher
taxes
and
crown
corporations
to
take
over
private
industry
In
order
to
be
gainfully
employed
youll
have
to
work
for
the
BC
government
is
that
what
youre
saying
Mr
Smith
con
tirued
Do
you
want
to
leave
nothing
at
all
in
the
province
in
the
hands
of
private
owner
ownership
�
ship
Mr
Smith
said
it
was
hard
to
find
a
lot
of
meat
in
the
speech
from
the
throne
but
he
did
agree
with
its
promise
of
a
Bill
of
Rights
However
enshrinement
of
high
sounding
ideal
in
law
wont
eliminate
hatred
or
war
or
poverty
he
said
These
are
the
result
of
human
failings
This
bill
will
not
do
anything
we
our
ourselves
�
selves
could
not
do
The
governments
promise
to
hire
1000
new
provincial
civil
servants
is
meaningless
Mr
Smith
said
because
the
annual
increase
in
the
size
of
the
civil
service
now
at
31000
is
double
that
lie
slammed
the
governments
forced
amalgamation
of
outlying
aicas
with
the
cities
of
Kelowna
and
Kamloops
and
called
for
the
creation
of
a
school
of
municipal
affairs
It
would
give
short
courses
in
new
develop
developments
�
ments
and
techniques
to
keep
municipal
officials
up
to
date
on
changing
ideas
and
technology
he
said
Crop
failure
in
the
Peace
River
district
of
northeastern
B
C
was
mentioned
with
the
government
criticized
for
the
small
payment
to
farmers
for
losses
On
average
the
1200
farmers
who
applied
for
crop
assistance
will
get
840
which
wont
even
pay
for
the
fertilizer
used
in
1972
He
called
the
payments
shamefully
inadequate
a
pittance
token
payment
Pat
Jordan
SC
North
Okanagan
seconded
the
non
confidence
motion
put
forward
by
Mr
Smith
and
in
doing
so
labelled
the
NDP
a
no
job
government