Convention opens with controversy

Original Toronto Star caption: Convention opens with controversy: The four-day national NDP conention was less than five minutes old when a socialist group within the party attempted to have rules of procedure changed. Discussing move are; from left: Mrs. Hilda Kristianson; Mrs. Grace MacInnis; Robert Strachan; B.C. delegates; Canadian Labor Congress official George Home of Ottawa; and Stanley Garrett; B.C. Legislature member for Burnaby-Coquitlam. Procedural motion was rejected.