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[The Labour Statesman]
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r; -"â "â¢â â¢J m* ,JSf.a7r tmeimm Shorter of work for labor will aid in making life aad working conditions better for all who toil for â¢ li-inr. aoor Statesman f /^OWNED AND OOKTOOLib m^^M BY THE VRMCOUVER TBJ.DES AND LABOR COUNCIL H Union Men of Vancouver district -ana half a million dollars each month, and spend their wage* at home with friends of Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions No. 386 VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1931 Friday, October 2nd, 1931 Financiers and Statesmen -Are Ail Agog Over Crisis Institutions Are Toppling Despite tbe Frantic Efforts to Save Them âPutting Up Tariffs, Scrapping the Gold Standard and Slashing Wages. Fail to Stop the Depression INDUSTRIALISTS, FINANCIERS AND STATESMEN are all 9t isea as to what to do to save their pet system from further chaos. llritish financiers have been turning somersaults with their financial institutions and liritish statesmen are-chasing every will-o-tjie-wisp ^n-an-effoTt ~%6r'bolster up"ffi."-otle"niig"ni3usfn_i"'u'liich once found markets in every part of the world. In the United States the industrial-magnates change their policies with every' new moon in an effort to cope with a stagnant situation, arid the Government and ^ijjjspcicjlijsit _Qn.±heâUap.'iiLa-liug_^pi --milli&nii-starve. The purchasing power- ofâsemeâtern millions of unemployed in the United States is almost nil, but the U.' S. Steel Corporation, which can pay millions to its officers in bonuses, orders a-10!per cent reduction in wages to its employees, thereby adding to the already depressed purchasing power of the masses. President Green pf the -American Federation of Labor continues his and organized labor's stand against wage reductions. The $25,000,000 slash in the wages of the thousands of steel workers scattered throughout the United States will not only affect workers in other industries,, but will also.affect the small businessmen who catered to the living needs of the employees of the mills. Even if the price of steel products are reduced, it will by no means offset the reduced purchasing power of that $25,000,000. And this same thing applies to every instance where a wage reduction is made. A reduced purchasing power can only intensify the depression. Referring to the 10 per cent, wage reduction of the U. S. Steel Corporation, President Green is quoted*!as follows: AMERICA VS. RUSSIA A united Press despatch from Soviet Russia reports that, wages of all employees in the steel and other metal industries, as well as in coal mining, were increased 30 per cent the day before the United States Steel Corporation and other large employers on this continent announced pay cuts of.10 per cent. "The reduction in wages imposed and literally forced upon the employees of the United States Steel Corporation and by other steel corporations is morally wrong and economically unsound.. No greater blow than this has yet been struck against the forces which have been and now are serving to bring about a return of prosperity. "The United States Steel Corporation violated a solemn promise which it made to the people of the nation when it assured the President of the United States, along with a number of other large employing interests, that during this distressing period of unemployment wages would be maintained. This great corporation has now broken its promise. In sharp contrast to this action, Labor has discharged its obligation and maintained the pledge which it made to the President. Workers' Buying Power Reduced "It is stated that this 10 per cent, reduction forced upon the employees of the United States Steel Corporation will mean a saving to this great financial concern of $25,000,000. That means that the employees of the United States Steel Corporation will have twenty-five millions of dollars less to spend. They will buy twenty- five millions of dollars less goods. Their purchasing power will be twenty-five million dollars less. "This will reduce the volume of sales for manufactured goods in an amount corresponding to the reduc tion in wages which the employees of the United States Steel Corporation are forced to accept Can reasonable- minded people believe that a return to prosperity will be accelerated through a reduction of the buying power of one section of the masses of the people amounting to twenty- five millions of dollars? "This action of the United States Steel Corporation seems to be a repetition of the old story; employers of labor know one, thing and that is to reduce woges when economic depressions come upon us. That seems to be their solution for unemployment and they seem to regard it as their remedy for economic distress. U. S. Steel Dividends "While reading the announcement of the United States Steel Corporation that it proposed to force a reduction in wages Of 10 per cent, beginning October 1st, one is reminded of the fact that in June, 1927, not so very long ago, this corporation declared a â¢'" per cent, stock dividend. It also paid cash dividends amounting to .160 14 per cent, during the Beriod between April 1st, 1901, and -cember 21st, 1930. "While paying these stock divi dends and these huge cash dividends, it created a huge reserve fund out of which dividends have been paid thus far during the continued period of unemployment which now exists. It seems to be the policy of this great corporation, as it is of many others, to distribute earnings most generously among its stockholders and its high paid chief executives during periods of prosperity, and reduce the wages of its employees during periods of adversity. Why did it not share with its employees in the distribution of the sum represented In this large stock dividend and cash dividends in the shape of increased wages when conditions were prosperous^*"* Bethlehem's Dividend Record "The Bethlehem Steel Corporation followed the announcement 'of The' United States Steel Corporation by declaring that a reduction in wages equal to the amount imposed by the United Steel Corporation will be forced upon the employees of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. "This is the corporation which, according to the court records made public during the hearing of the merger proposal of the Youngstown Steel and Tube Company with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, paid to its corporation officers bonuses amounting to $26,150,000 during the period between the years 1918 and 1930. The salary and bonus of the president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation averaged $826,000 annually. Besides, the records show that this corporation declared a stock dividend amounting to 200 per cent upon class B common stock in February^ (Continued on page 4) National Control of Our Banking System Resolution No. 68.âBy Montreal Trades and Labor Council and Montreal Lodge'No. "Ill, Machinists: Whereas, the banking and credit system'has grown out of the demands and needs of the expanding and ever-increasing industrial and commercial development; and whereas, experience has shown that the banking system is one of the most potent factors in our present life, and that it can, and does, wield enormous, powers in the industrial and commercial world, thus holding in its hands the economic destiny of practically the entire community; and whereas, in its very nature and fuctioning, thc banking system resembles and actually is a public utility; and whereas, the banks are the custodians of the people's, money and savings, and. therefore, should be responsible to the people for their actions; and whereas, experience has also shown that the private banking system,'as now constituted, works independently and irresponsibly for §rofits_and dividends for the share- olders of the banks with very little consideration for the general communal welfare; Therefore, be it resolved, that the Trades and Labor Congress goes on record as supporting the principle of national control of the banking system. Cancel War Debt or Reduce the Interest Resolution No. 29.âBy New Westminster Lodge, No. 280, Railway Carmen: Whereas, believing that the unemployment problem is an economic problem, where labor has largely shouldered the burden resulting therefrom, and that capital still reaps its reward In dividends from war debts which bear heavily on the finances of the country; , Therefore, be it resolved, that this convention petition the Dominion Government to take the initiative with the object in view of cancellation of^war debts, failing satisfaction on thi.-point, to press for a maximum reduction of interest on war debt. Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters nXDAY, OCTOBER _n_ Engineers. 11. , Railway Carmen, 58 ;".'.'. j FMnstcrerB' Helpers â ; Molders. 281 jj j Firemen and oilers ;_., jij Asbestos Workers 201 SATUKDAY Bakers. 488 _.â â..j __.___â. |~ SUNDAY Railway *_rlt>grapherg » * 8hlngle Weavers, 1781S '..'..'..'.'. 3 MONDAY ' Elertrlcal Workers, 213 1 Printing Pressmen : 3 Boilermakers, 194 â a - 4 Painters' Committee " ju Cement Finishers S15 TUESDAY Trades Council _,..,._... 1 Caretakers and Engineers . ' 2 Burnaby Civic Employees '.. I Mailers jjj Firemen nnd Oilers 315 â:â wro-mas ay Brewery Workers. 300 1 Plasterers, 89 2 Iron Workers, 97 3 Boot and Shoe Workers 4 Photo Engravers * 313 Tilesetters' Helpers A 316 Big Convention Opens In Vancouver. Monday Delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention are pouring into Vancouver. They started to arrive last Friday and during this week various small conventions have been under way in the Vancouver Hotel, such as the Metal Trades Department of the A. F. of L., the Building Trades Department, the Railroad Trades Department, and the Label Trades Department. Frank Morrison,- the Canadian who occupies the important position of Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation' of Labor, arrived in the citjron Tuesday"," aHd. isfinishing preparations for thc two weeks' convention which opens in the Vancouver Hotel on Monday, October 5th. Practically all the hotel accommodation ... in _th.e--citjr_ has been reserved for the delegates and guests to this convention:- â' â-ââ ârâ-â City Council Hears Visiting Labor Men By motion the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, in convention last week, asked delegates who held municipal offices in other cities in the 'Dominion to form themselves into a delegation to visit the Vancouver City Council and place before them their views on the subject of wage reductions to civic employees. This was done through the request of Aid. Deptford. City Comptroller James Simpson of Toronto, Alderman Humphrey Mitchell, M.P., of Hamilton, and Alderman Fred White, M.L.A., of Calgary acted as spokesmen, and they were accomuanied by Alderman S. D. MacDonald of Prince Rupert, Alderman Rod Plant of Ottawa, Alderman E. Ingles of London, Ont., and others. They stated that they did not know of a Single city where a reduction in wages to city employees had been made. It was pointed out that if the city cuts wages it only tends to give a lead to other employers of labor and that a decrease in purchasing power only tends to intensify a depression. TBUHSDAY Barbers J, I 1 Painters, 1,18 â '2 Sheet Metal Workers 3 Label Trades Council .â 4 Carpenters District Council ;u;, FRIDAY, OCTOBE* 9th Milk Salesmen 1 Plumbers and Steamfitters 2 Machinists, 182 t 8heet Metal Workers, 314 811 Threatened Wage Cut May Tie Up Ports New YorkâUnless shipping interests back down from their demand for wage reductions and adverse changes in working condition/* of longshoremen, Atlantic Coast ports will be tied up October 1st, President Joseph P. Ryan of the International Longshoremen's Association declared last week. ' Al Ihe same time President Ryan warned employers if. they forced tbe issue they would be responsible for the strike. He said that 200 delegates who attended a meeting at the New York headquarters of the association were authorized by the 60,000 members.of the union from all of the Atlantic Coast ports from Halifax to Flodira not to accept the proposed cut. President Ryan produced figures showing that at present longshoremen average only about $15 a week, and that they could not afford to take a.reduction of 15 cents an hour. The existing agreement calls for a rate of 85 cents an^ hour. Representatives of employees contrast it with a rate of SO cents an* hour paid in 1912, as showing that the workers are overpaid. "We took the 30-cent rate because we had to," said President Kyan, "We are^organized today and in a position to>lrmuncl a fair wage." Wage-slashing Quacks Would Cure Depression by Starvation When President Green -f the A.F. of L. declared that the wage cutting campaign launched by the Steel Trust is "morally wrong and.economically unsound," he was speaking with almost painful restraint. When Julius Klein of the Department of Commerce said that there wfluld "be hell to pay all over the country if this policy is persisted in," he knew whereof he spoke. This is the heaviest blow ever dealt to our. present industrial sys- teiif^and it was Tiealt "by that system's pampered favorites. Consider two facts. U. .S. Steel, which led off in thc wage cut, is operating at 32 per cent capacity. The^-a-to-rndustryisrunning at 45 per. cent of the three-year average ending withrl929r_nd General Motors, which followed Steel in the wage slash, is probably about on a level with other companies. This means that the employees of the Steel Trust, taken together, have already lost 68 per cent of their income through layoffs and part time, and that workers for General Motors have lost 55 per cent of their income in the same fashion. These wage losses have slowed up all business in a dozen cities, broken thousands of storekeepers, driven tenB of thousands of people to beg the bread they would be glad to earn. Yet now we are told by the high priests of industry that a further cut of 10 per cent in these pay- Insolvency Act Is Hardship on Workers Resolution No. 115.âBy Quebec Local No. 730, U. B. of Carpenters and Joiners of A.: ... ....â_â Whereas, according to the Insolvency Act the claims of the worker takes fourth rank; and whereas, the claims, that have precedence over his are not.pressing needs for money, as the working man very often depends on his weekly salary to obtain the necessaries of life for himself and family, while loans, city taxes and court costs could certainly wait and even be lost without anyone having to suffer want as a result; Therefore, be it resolved, that the Federal Government be requested, through the Trades and .Labor Congress, to amend the said Act so that workers' claims take precedence over other claims. When better automobiles are made, most of us will still be paying for the ones we have now. Protect Citizens Against Deportation Resolution No. 2.âBy Toronto District Labor Council: Whereas, Section 98 of the Criminal Code of Canada was passed by the then Government in the year 1919 as a result of the hysteria consequent with the Winnipeg strike; and whereas, the Act has never been invoked by the Government of this country till the present time, and,as. this Congress has repeatedly gone on record for its repeal only to. find that the vested interests represented in the Senate of Canada are opposed; Therefore, be it resolved, that we again record our abhorence of such legislation existing in a democratic state which gives the rignt of a Department of the Government to deport those citizens whose political or economic, opinions are not in accord with those of the Government on the ground that length of residence or domicile in Canada does not protect them against deportation as citizens, under this Bection of the Criminal Code, they are not entitled to trial _y a jury of their peers. Public Health and Safety Legislation Resolution No. 36.âBy Prince Albert Lodge 551, Railway Carmen: Whereas, In some provincess the citizens of rural municipalities have the right to vote on whether they will have a system of municipal doctors and nurses; and whereas, this system has proven successful in reducing -the mortality rates and is conducive tp the best interests of the people's health; and whereas, so far residents of cities have not been given the same rights in this respect as those of the rural districts; Therefore, be it resolved, that this Congress instruct its Provincial Executives to urge the enactment of suitable legislation having for its objective the right of urban residents to vote on this matter. Resolution No. 96.âBy Vancouver Division No. 101, A. A. S. & E. R. E. of A.: Whereas, the economic condition of the worker is SBch that in most cases he is unable to provide adequate care wjien sick or injured; Therefore, be it resolved, that this Congress goes on record as being in favor of National Health Insurance; and that the Government be urged to immediately take steps to put same into effect. Resolution No. 97.âBy Montreal Trades and Labor Council: Whereas, certain of the provinces of the Dominion have under consideration the enactment of legislation seeking to provide system of heal-." and invalidity insurance, and have appointed commissions for the purpose of studying same; and whereas, the scute industrial depression at present makes the need for such protective measures imperative; and whereas, ln the interest of the citizens it is desirable that such protection be provided for all the people of the Dominion; Therefore, be it resolved, that the incoming. Executives for the different provinces be instructed to press upon their various Governments for- the adoption of such measures. DELEGATES TO CANADA'S PARLIAMENT OF LABOR Here Is a croup photograph of the delegates to the forty-seventh annual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress* of Canada, which was held in the Hotel Vancouver last week. Officials of the organisation and distinguished fraternal delegates are seen In, the front row. Reading from the left, thc->' are (12th) A. P. Swales of London, Knglunri, fraternal delegate from the British Tr.ides and Labor Congress; ... Case of Cincinnati. Ohio, fraternal delegate from the American Federation of Labor; Tom SI6ore, Ottawa, president of the Trades and Latsor Congress'of Canada; I M. Praper, Ottawa; J. T. Foster. Montreal; R. J. Fallon. Toronto, and James fllmpwm Toronto. At the extreme right are Percy Bengough and Blrt Showier.'chairman and secretary of the Reception and Entertainment Committee. s 1. "â¢ -â-â-â TtMOVtpsafsfia*>.%.-c»- â¢ -»-e*lajaa_- tisa-n-iiw.i.tfasy.. sVn'in. sj^TisWillWwitsites-'Sis. A Page Two T-JE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, October 2nd, 1931, Tr^desyCnioh Directory ..LABOR HEAQ<_UARTE_tS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades and Labor Councilâ President, C. McDonald; general secretary, Percy R. Ilengough. Office. 200 Labor Headiuarurs, 53' Beatty St. Phone Sey. 7195. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the ilr.it and third Tuesdays In month. Ea-ery and Confeotloi.ery Workers' In- ternatlpnal Union, Local No. 468, meets tlrst and third Saturday in month at 7:00 pm. at Labor Head- . quarters. . President. Jas. Brydson; Secretary's Office. Room 304, Labor r â â¢Hea_quftTtersrr~Hrror:s-fl_H>~-a;rm. to 12 noon. Phone: Sey, 3349 Beverage Dispensers' Union, No. 676â Meetslast Sunday at 8 p.m.. Room So. f; Labor Headquarters; Second Friday at 10 a.m. at the office.1 Pres., M. J. Oalvln; Secretary and Bus. -:âAgent, Tl J. Haiinfln. Office: Room 1, Eagles' Hall. B3.V Homer St. Phones Sey. 4783 and Day. 1656-R. Hours 9 to 2 P in. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Local Wo. 69âMeets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. ln Hall No. 2, I.aliur Headquarters. President, W. W. Qulgley. 2047 West Second; Secretary, Thos. S. Eiart, 1807 East Thlriy-elghth. Ballway Carman PI America, Lodge No. 68âMeets first and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, A. S. Ross. 5806 Sophia Street; Rec. SecreUry, J. D. Valllamy, 2215 West 15th. Bridge and structural Iron Workers. Local '*7, Ink Assoc.âMeets every V. ,-dnes'lay, Hall 3, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, W. Dickson; ---Secretary, P-.-L_OTct; Room 311. Labor Headquarters'. Phones: Office, Sey. 7495; Residence, High. 5C79X. Building Trades Council, Vanconverâ Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Hall 315, l_ibor Headquarters. President, E. H. Morrison; secretary-treasurer. W. Page, Room 301, Labor Headquarters. I'hone Sey. 7495. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of AmericaâLocal 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall N'o, 13. Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Dawe; Sec- Treas., C: E. Herrett. orflce, 304 Labor Headquarters. Bookbinders' Local No. 105, Int. Broth- â¢rhoodâMeets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., 603 Hastings W. Presldont, Mrs. Harvoy 4487 Quebec; Secretary. Thos. Carroll' 842 Hamilton St. ' rtoMayere and Masons International Union Ho. 1âRoom 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, in Hall No 3. President J. C. Greenwood. Phone Bay. 8047-T- Secretary, W. s. Dagnall. 1244 East 20th. Phone Fair. 845-R; Fin. Sec Albert Wright. 4128 Knight Road! Phone Fair. 2006-R. ' Camp and Mill Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 31âVancouver and vicinity meets every Becond Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell street E. President, H. Mlyazawa; Secrotary K. Tsuyukl. ' Street and Electrio Hallway Employees, Pioneer Division Ho. 101âMeets k. P. Hall. 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 1 p.m President, J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary J. Price; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed Office: Corner Prior and Main streets I'hone Sey. 5000. ah»st Metal Workers' Association, Looal Union Ho. 280âMeets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No 8 President. Thos. Burke; Business Agent and Secretary. D. MacPheraon. 308 Labor Headquarters. Tailors' Journeymen Union of Amerloa Looal Ho. 178âMeetings held second Monday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. Presi- «â¢»%_ Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 llth Ave. E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th *»-*i, Stafe and Bus Drivers, Local 161 âMeets second Monday at 8 p.m. and second Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. President, W. Wilson. Office 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, SeyJiSS. . Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, looal -66â311 Lnbor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, labor Headquarters. Presl- Hi.h Pia-i<l.00d.ch' 1239 Woodland. High. 2095-X; Secretary - Treasurer. Blrt Showier, Room 306, Labor Head- . quarters. ~T. The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at Labor lie-.quarter.. Vancouver. 'B.C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts; Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: i W. AVatt, Chairman; P. R. Bengough <M_4hln|st "Trades); R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades): Dan' McPherson (Building Trades); B. Showier (Teaming Trades); T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades,): C. Herrett (Label Trades); .Bert Speed ITransportatjon Trades). '_ Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per iriember. Pbone: Seymour 6279 U. S. Bankers Opposed British Idle Dole BRISTOL, Eng â Walter Citrine, secretary of the Trades Union Congress General Council, told the'Con- gress'that the budget of the new National g5vernment was only 'the beginning of a widespread attack upon wages, social services^ anil standards of living. He maintained that the Cut in employment benefits, amounting to $1-0,000,000, was planned at the dictation of foreign financial interests, and had its source Vancouver, Friday, Oct, 2nd, 1931 Theatrical Stags Employees' Union. Local 118 of th. I__.TJ._L _ M.P.M.O. Meets second Tuesday In Labor Head- ?,Vart.e.rs at ,:,° »â¢' President, Geo. sW. Allen; Recording Secretary H Pearson; Business Agent, B. McOlone address, P O. Box 711. Typographical union, Ho. 236âPresident. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President. F. ?; Bty'ey: Secretary-Treasurer, TC H. Neelands. 800-3 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month nt 2 p.m., In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of Locil 452âPresident. Frank Woodrow; Financial Secretary and Business Mannger, R.- W. Hatley I Office, Room 310 Labor Headquarters Moots second nnd fourth Mondays' 8 P.m., in-Hall No. 1. . t? H*.u Employees* Associationâ Meets first Wetlnestlay of each month »' 196 East Pender St. at 8 p.m. Presldont, E. Mitten; Treasurer and Business Agent, XV. J. Scribbins, 3208 £?,n,dc£, 8tiB'; eatrttary, J, Tarbuck, 3517 West 20th. Olyio Bmployees' Union, Looal 88â Meets lirst and third Fridays In the month at 26m Hastings East, at 8 P-m- Presldont. Jack Wood, 4671 Fraser Street; Secretary-Treasurer, Oeorge Harrison. 3427 Triumph Street 'X. Qt*A"* F"10"1' Ho- "-Meets In !?? -L?.bor. Headquarters, first and third Monday In month. President, R. Gela. 8287 West 21st; Record Secretary. Miss D. Simpson. 627 Carnarvon Street. New Westminster; Flnan- c al Secretary, Miss Marjorie Deyell. 565 East 20th. City. Union Label Trades Council meets In Hall No. 4, Labor Headquarters, 523 Beatty -street, second and fourth Thursdays In each month at 8 o'clock President, Colin McDonald, 2884 St Ooorge Street, Phone Fair. 3317-Y. Secretary, Mollis Dolk, 1587 Fifth Avenue East. Phone High. 477-T. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday in each month. President, S. D. Mo- Donald, Box 268. Secretary, Frank Derry, Box 488, Prince Hupert.B.C Eleotrioal Workers, Looal 213, Interna- ., ,"V *rot,h«r-oodâMeets flrst and third Monday, at. 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D Mc- Iiougal; Business Managor, E H Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Head- quarters. Phone Sey. 3510 1? Hg-ters, Ho. 18, International â ,"M0Clan011 ,_'â"""â¢ every month at call of President at 251 H Hastings E. â 'resld-nt. N. McDonald.. 1186 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary. C A Watson, 1824 East 8th Avenue Floorlayers' Union, Ho. 1876, V. E. of o. a 3. A.âMeets- lirst and third Thursdays in month nt Hall No. 2. Labor Headquarters. Presldont, Ralph SeT:T Fin'l«Sf;C" ??' kelson; Re" w f.J"TsAi "^"^'i ""-ilness Agent, XX. IV Wilson, 1535 Fifth Ave. W. Tbe Hotel and Restaurant Employees ""» ,«"!« Cook, and Steads" . Local 28, Suite 39. 413 Granville St., meets second Monday each month "t 3 p.m and Inst Monday at 3 p.m. President, R. ("Dick") McHugh; Sec- retary-lrensurer and Business Agent, Harry Wood. Phono .Seymour 126. . * Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 207âMeets flrst and third Mondays In month at Labor Headquarters. Secretary. F Macey 2456 Weat Seventh Bayvlew 6831 L. Phone â *_flft,U!-_-?S9!' «>«-Presldent, Thos. - Mils. 136. Burrard St.; Secretary, P. K Bengough. Office. Rooril 100, Lnbor Headquarters. Meets on second anil fourth Tuesdays In Hall 311 Milk Wagon Silvers and Dairy Hm-ley- ;es Looal patâOffice 308, Labor Headquarters. . Meets second and fourth Fridays In Hall No. 1. President^'; Mitchell; Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 6327. . .â¢ Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Looal Ho. 1599 âAffiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets tlrst and third Thursdays ln Hall .No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., «.,. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer. C. Carslake. 1134 Albernl It. **ur,r' Motion Pictures Phojectlonlsta' Union, Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. k M P.M O. 11:30 p.m.. flrst Friday in month, in Hall No. 3 Labor Headquarters. Free- â¢ ident. Lockaley Clark; Secretary, J. C. Richards. Box 346. Phone Douglas. '"â *-«'..Burtne^Agent.-r R.-Po-t-n 'â it--:-=âr- ' . '..'.'!â I'hone Trinity 6708. stutA-t .. i » Mnilolans' Mutual Proteotive Union. Local 146, A. T. ot M^-Meets at the <,W,YA. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. J. Bowyer: General Secretary, W Cotillng; Organiser, F Fletcher Office. Suite 307-819 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2190 Painters, Decorators and Paperbangers Looal 338âMeets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 8. President. A' B- H°.d.-e:â,Re_' Secretary, A. B. Varan, 1442 Clark Drive: Financial Secretary. T. Kane Office: Room SIS. Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. J609. Plasterers, Loeal ItâOperative -taster- era' and Cement rlnlahora' International AssociationâMeeta first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No 1. Labor Headquarters. President! F. tf. Walsh. 371 East 37th. Fras. 1"8R; Cor. Sec, A. Harry. Ills East SSrd. Fair. SJÂ« R: Fin. Sec. E. A 'Williams. 830 East 12th; Phone Fair. 5219 X. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades A Labor Council Boom 200â531 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7496-6279 Classified Ads. BARRISTERS AHD SOLICITORS Wnllla W. Lefeaux, 403 Metropolitan Building. Phone Sey. 8867. BATHS Hastings Steam Baths Price 35o Only 70S Hastings Street Bast DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Rntledge, 108 Hastings West. NOTARY PUBLIC r P. R. Bengough Labor Headquarters. PRINTERS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. E. Heard 818 Hobson. Union-Made Shoes THE ONLY UNION MADE SHOE snd Ropalr Factory In British Columbia. W. J. HEADS 10 WBST CORDOVA ST. SBT. 3330 MEN'S SHOES FROM 84.90 UP. OBSOLETE HOMES Thc editor of House and Garden asserts that "the building industry can never be brought back to health until people have learned tb junk obsolete homes." Referring to the United States, he says: "It has been estimated that 50,- 000,000 people in this country are Irving in obsolete homes. They lack good air circulation and light, much of their kitchen equipment is inadequate, they are not insulated, and consequently are hot in summer and wasteful of heating in winter. Thousands of them comprise fire menaces., Living in themâwhether they be in the slums of a city or the tag-end of a rural townâlowers the standards of-their- oee.pants.- Ttic shim is the most obsolete thing we have in America." This same condition applies to Canada and to every other country, for that matter. Not only are half the houses in Vancouver obsolete, but so are the furnishings, equipment and utensils. But what are the chances of "junking" them in the face of the industrial depression and the intensified wage slashing that is going on, or is threatened. Every wage cut only forces the housewife to make do with the old equipment which she uses, or compels the householder to make some cheap repairs to the house instead of getting a new one built. The unemployed are even in a worse predicament, for they have to do without a lot of things that even the employed would like to jurtk. And yet right at our very doors are most of the natural re sources needed for the building of delightful hollies and equipment. Despite the intensified attack made upon our natural resources during the past twenty-five years, we still have vast resources that can be used to make this world a better place to live in. We can only^ake it better, however, by not only" junking a lot of old houses, but by junking a lot of our institutions. With the natural resources at our disposal, with science, machinery and labor, we can produce not only a duplication of everything that is already on the market, but we can also use pur scientific knowledge and labor to speed up production, if necessary, and increase the leisure tithe of every worker. We can scrap gold standards and tariffs, armies and navies, financiers and captains of industry, .but so long as we have natural resources and labor power, we can carry on the necessary production and distribution of the things required by the entire human family. Some well known people have stated that if all the workers went on a two days a week shift off eight hours each, that we would still be able to enjoy with" ease all that our labor, with the aid of machinery and science, could produce., Of course, that would involve all the workers getting a tremendous increase in their purchasing power, but if private ownership in the means of wealth production was "junked" along with all our old homes, this would be quite fiossible. Something along these ines must be done, for we cannot have these recurring and intensified" periods of depression without increasing discpntent. The situation looks very ugly at present and clash- 2s between the unemployed, the .unsatisfied, and the authorities are not going to be lessened by miserable allowances for relief work and a general attack on wages and working conditions. in ihe Unfted~"States. ~Re~said Ani-r-- ican bankers and large insurance ! houses feared the demand for Unemployment insurance would be uncontrollable unless they could discredit it by the charge that England, financially as strong as any country in the world, was going into bankruptcy because of unemployment benefits. He attacked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for having said that in many British industries wages have been paid out of capital. ^Theiogical inference of that statement, he said, was that the present level of wages could not be maintained and that the theory of low wages had been accepted. ii â¢ "Here is a direct challenge to the policy of trade unionism," he continued. 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PHONE SBT. 4837 TAHOOUTBB, B. O. Is Ramsay MacDonald a Traitor To the Labor Cause in Britain? CORNETT BROS A CLARK 33 BAST HASTINGS STBBBT Flornhefm, Strldera, C. B. A C. Men » and Tquth'H. WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Men and Youths.... i _ UNION-MADE Solid Leather Boots and Oxfords <js_ C for _,«n".::_^,â..,.râ..:_.T3-,v P Quality Shoe Stores 4123 Main St. 6195 Fraser St. 3980 Hastings Street East 1654 Commercial Drive 2219 Granville Street Cement Finishers' Coi\nRaines. '.'Sr.r, Turner St Sec, J. w. File Drivers, Bridge. Wharf and Doo- Bnllderi, _pc»l Ho. tea*âMeets every Frldav nlarht-et B o'clock in ir2 Haatinga St. W. President. A, E. Jones: Jas, Thomson. Secretary, P. o. Box >30. Phone Sey. 7|T4. rlnm.ers and SteemfltUre, Ho. 170, InternatIon_l AssociationâMeeta every aecond and fourth Friday In Hall No. 3. President. Val Peareon, TIT K;xM r.L'mi: Financial SecreUry and ITuslnees AgetiVW. Watt, S05-T Labor Headquarters. The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave- E. Union Label oa Requeat H. F. ST0RRY & CO. TAILORS Style, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed A. B. OATENBT, Associate Seymour 1383 653 Granville St. (Upstairs) JOBLESS WOMEN SLEEP IN PARKS OF CHICAGO Steps are being taken by Mrs. Elizabeth Conkey, commi_sion_tri of public welfare in Chicago, to provide lodging for the winter for the,,several hundred homeless women wfio have -been sleeping in the public parks. Investigation has disclosed that this city now has ho suitable shelter to provide for this number of women. **W_men who- 4>av* had to-aleep in the parks complain of the activities of procurers and of thieves, who steal the very~.o_tS which sleeping women have thrown about themselves," Mrs. Conkey said. "Unemployment and need impose an appalling strain on moral standards, and women struggling to maintain their respectability have come to us at their wits' end and literally wringing their hands." â¢ . THE FALLACY OF THE GOLD STANDARD The speaker at the regular propaganda meeting of the Vancouver â Branch of the Independent Labor Party provided an unusual treat when Mrs. Seott, who is blind, spoke on "How to Make Socialists." The evangelical touch injected by the speaker took some of us back to our early days in the movement,- when enthusiasm, was fresh. We all felt better for the address, and the discussion which followed was on a high and instructive level. The ns_xt meeting, Wednesday, October 7th, in the Williams building, will be on the subject of "The Fallacy of the Gold Standard." Robert Skinner, speaker. âR. - By ANGUS MaclNNIS, MP. When I was a young lad going to school the thing which attracted my interest and attention most were two large maps of thc world, one of the Eastern Hemisphere and the other of the Western HemTsphere, and a still larger one of the Dominion of Canada. The varied colors in which the geographical divisions were delineated made them the only bright spots in the â otherwise gloomy interior of the one-room school. Long before I had reached the stage where I was allowed to stand before the maps in the geography class, I had memorized the rivers of the countries of Europe by listening to the older pupils repeating them after the teacher, and following his pointer over the map. » In those days I often wondered why the teacher spent so much time with that part of the map of the Eastern Hemisphere, situated in the upper left hand ..corner. There were other parts which seemed to" me far more worthy of attentionâGreenland, for instance, colored in light green with a darker gren border, seemed a more pleasant place to spend the time. When I got a little older I found that the part which the teacher thought of so much importance was the British Isles, and by the eagerness with which news from that part of the world is watched these days it would seem as if Great Britain had lost none of its importance, although, in fact, it has. Some few weeks ago we were surprised on taking up our daily newspaper to find that James Ramsay MacDonald, twice Labor Premier of Great Britain, was at the head of a national government largely com-, posed of his erstwhile, political opponents, Conservative and Liberal. The title of this article has ever since been a lively topic wherever Labor and Socialist questions are discussed. Did Ramsay MacDonald and the other Labor ministers that went with him into the National Government become traitors to the working class and the movement and party, for which they had done so much? Without giving a definite answer, yes or no, to that question, I think it would be well to review the train of cir: cumstances lending up to the momentous decision which MacDonald and the other members.of the cabinet had to make at that critical moment. â¢In myj>pinionL if RamBay MacDonald" made a mistake when he became the head of the National Government last August, that mistake was only the continuation of the policy followed by the Labor party since assuming office in June, 1U.9, and for which the large majority of the party must assume the responsibility as they acquiesced in it for over two years. In fact, all but a small section of the Independent Labor Party, which maintained that the policy was wrong and would lead to.diggster for the party. And it ill-behoves the great majority of the Labor Party to' hurl verbal brickbats at MacDonald atthis time. After the British general election in May, 1919, the Labor Party elected the must members of any party, but not a majority over all other parties, and when theVjassumld office they knew full well that if th'ey were to put their programme in effect it would be by the c0fis6nT"6T"th. Lib-" eral party, which held the balance of power. The Labor Party was elected on a very definite' Socialist programme. When it accepted office Mr. Lloyd George, leader of the Liberal party, on whom the Labor party depended for support to keep them in office, stated, in a' public speech: "One touch of Socialism and out they go." . Here then we have a party elected on a Socialist programme, accepting office, knowing full well that they would not be allowed to put that programme into effect. The alternative then was to try and administer the affairs of the. country on the policy of their opponents, policies which they (the Labor party) had consistently stated for the last thirty-five years as being impossible of administration in < the interest of the working class. No one ought to know better than MacDpnald and Snowden that capitalism was not breaking up because of a lack of efficient administrators, but because of factors inherent in itself that foredoomed it to death at its birth. I think that it has been accepted by Socialists everywhere that be- Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. 301B VICTORIA DRITB iesi Blgb. 10» and jT_lr.414B-B Vancouver Tamale Parlor 618 HOBSON, H-Blook OS Oranvllle T-males, Bno-U-d-s, Spaghetti, Hoodies Delicious Bakery Union-made Bread and Pastry. Dodson Hotel "A COOL. PARLOR" 23 Hastings Street East X. Wishart - Props. - W.- Stirling (Late of Central Hotel) cause of the very nature of capitalism the function of capitalist government must be to facilitate the exploration of the propertyless wage workers under its control. The machinery of government is designed for that purpose. Under such a handicap it is a marvel that the Labor Government got away with as much as it did. What then should the Labor party have done after the election of 1929? Should they have refused the responsibility of office? I do not say that they should have refused to take office without power, but on accepting office I do say that they should have let it be known in no uncertain terms that they were going to put the programme on which they were elected, as outlined in "Labour and the Nation," into effect, and that) if the Liberals and Conservatives joined to opppse them and caused the party to be defeated in Parliament, then the responsibility for forcing another" election on the country immediately following the one that had just taken place would have to be borne by the Conservative and Liberal parties. Assuming that they had followed such a coui-«v.:t_«..wo--t'y»b irav^^=-f^«St^iflE--yaaT iswai .store could befall the Labor ,party would or PHONE HIGHLAND 704 be a defeat at the polls. Even a de- an(| nave our salesman deliver it feat would have its compensation, as in that case the Conservative party would have the unpleasant task of administering the affairs of the country in an impossible situation. The Conservative party would get the brickbats, and incur the unpopularity, that was the increasing portion of the Labor party the longer they remained in office and tried to administer the capitalist state. The five years of Conservative rule, from 1924 to 1929, had increased the number and prestige of the Labor party materially, and there is no doubt but a few mere years of Conservative r.ule,. .particularly under the conditions prevailing for the last two years, would have given a majority over all parties and a mandate for a Socialist programme. Regardless of what we may think of the late attitude of MacDonald, Snowdon and Thomas, we must admit that the working class of Great Britain benefitted by having the Labor party in office, even if not in power. Not'only did the working class of Great Britain gain because of Labor's tenlire of office, but because of their world leadership for peace the working class of the world gained. Instead then of feeling down-hearted at seeming defection in the Labor party of Great Britain we should teel greatly cheered by what has been accomplished under great difficulties and accept it as harbinger of a great and glorious future, when individual greed shall have .given place to collective co-operation. As post-mortems are usually unprofitable,-and as principles and parties are greater than individuals, let us thank MacDonald and Snowden for what they have done for the cause,' and leave them, if they so wish, to enjoy a well earned rest. If they definitely cast their lot with our enemies then we shall have to oppose them. . The social order, the Labor party has been, and is, striving for, jjiust sorae oj.civilisation must perish. If we cannot prove that Socialism is possible world-wide conditions amply provVThat 'capitalism is impossible. ARE YOU CONSISTENT? 1_.- When- ordering 'â¢ - PRINTING Insist on TTMlOir -.ABB WAWWB. Carried In stock by A. H. Timms 238 14th Ave. E., Vancouver Fair. 205 **&> FÂ«'r. "72 Five-day Week.âImmediate inauguration of the five-day week offers the only lasting relief for unemployment. This change permanently established will return the necessary balance between production and consumption to place the. economic situation upon an even keel.âCharles P. Howard, president of the International Typographical Union. HOTEL BALMORAL â Telephones â Bey. 793 and 753 RATES: Single, with use of Bath. 11.50 ner -day and up; Double, with use of Bath, i2 per day and up; Single, with Private' Bath, )3 per day; Double, with Private Bath, JS.60 per day. Strictly modern. Q. Oougji and A. W. 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"average six - cylinder passenger automobile, traveling 11,000 miles a year, uses $ 189 worth of gasoline, oil and grease. This is more- than nine times tbe average annual bill for domestic electricity in Vancouver. Electric service is, in fact, the cheapest item in the average household budget. It averages about 6 cents a day. â ' -Both the- automobile anrKelectric service in the home have passed out of the class of luxuries arid are now considered as everyday necessities. The cost of electricity is becoming less year by year. This is due, to a vcry large extent, to increased use in thc home, on farms, as well as in manufacturing and transportation. Mass production and distribution have thc same effect on light and power rates as it has on the cost of any other commodity. men . who have been regularly employed on roads and other municipal utilities and has told them to register for unemployment relief. A mill close to Victoria discharged six men and filled their places with workers at relief pay, and the city of Victoria ', has reduced the daily wage from four dollars to three. Workers will be given five days a week, and a man with a family will be permitted to keep them through the winter on tj.th.' pwnccjy pay^-ef~-Hrty -dollars * month. .., . ", Employees in the civil service have been politely requested to vote whether they are in favor of relinquishing one day's pay a month or not, and as each ballot gives the name and status of each employee, it is a foregone conclusion that the referendum will carry by an. overwhelming majority. If the ballot had been secret a different, result might have been obtained, but in this BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. LTD. The Four Big Stars in B. C. Beer! PILSENER- DUTGH GIRL BLUE RIBBON B. C. 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A teacher appears, a great economist, statesman or prophet, who, by his wisdom, knowledge of of-Sa_mch--h_s-j_st -dischargedâthe- 4rfe~an4-oi-thetrend- .fjnen ani way tire-Government will-have a con- ^ope-tc--4orce -everyone- to think ex- venient alibi and can say that the cut in pay was sanctioned by the cm- 'oyees themselves. -A brain is only as strong as its weakest think, but conditions such as these should sink throughâtfie most solid ivory and cause a reaction in the most stolid mind. If the " "naif million" "unemployed workers" are to be condemned to a starvation wage on the basis of a bare subsistence, how long do you suppose it is doing to be before the employed are reduced to that basis as well? And how long will they have any jobs at all, as capitalism hastens to its doom? . â * * * - In last week's "Labor Statesman" there is a very able editorial by "M," which concludes with the followingâsentence which I quote in part: "We are borrowing money on the credit of our grandchildren, to buy back sufficient of our surplus goods, to keep our wage-workers from starvation." That is very true and is a part of the capitalist expedient of passing an insoluble problem on to a succeeding generation, -whichâwill have to keep on passing the buck or else end capitalism altogether. But now Margaret Sanger advocates a two year's moratorium on children, and H.B.W., in "The Victoria Times," suggests that this moratorium be made permanent. Now how «an we borrow money on the credit of our grandchildren if we are,not going to have any? I hope the banks won't get wise to this or what little credit we may have left, and which is based largely on the assumption that the next generation will be as gullible as we have been, will be gone, unite gone. * * * Upton Sinclair has been reviewing Karl Kautskyjs .Jatest book, "Bolshevism at a Deadlock," and says that Kautsky is like the farmer who went to the circus and seeing a dromedary for the first time, looked at it critically and then said: "There ain't no such beast." Kautsky looks at Russia and says that it can't be because the existence of the Socialist Soviet Republic is contrary to the teachings of Marx and Engels. He thinks that the revolution should iJiave-come first in England and. Ger= many, which are highly industrialized countries, just as Jack London says in the "War of the Classes," that the upheaval will likely develop first in the United States. Kautsky writes: "If Lenin is right, then my whole life's work, devoted to the propagation, application and further development of the idea of my great masters, Marx and Engels, has been in vain." Comrade Sinclair thinks that this impossibilist attitude on the part of Kautsky is due to hisadvanced age. It may be, but age is no excuse for being enslaved by a formula. However, Kautsky has plenty <Tf company, as the world is full of people who are so taken up with the letter of a great teacher or prophet that the real spirit escapes.them entirely. Kautsky spent his life poring over the letter of Marx,; while Lenin caught his spirit, and that is why he will live in history when Kautsky is forgotten. And when the social revolution is o'ecom- plished in Canada, no doubt "there will be many life-long students of Marx and Lenin who will refuse to accept it, because, it fails to come up to their particular conception of how it ought to have happened. â â â "â 'J :::ir:~:r"Tr' ----â --' events, is able to indicate the need for a clearing away of old conditions and outline the path which the'new ieVolutionary forces, must follow. He falls foul of the established order, is ridiculed, meets with opposition, persecution, and, in many cases, death. His message persists, however, and is carried to the world by a band of devoted followers. They organize a church or society and set themselves up as the only true interpre- ter-gâef- the. teaehef-'_-.ayjnss. The fact that his teachings have become perverted in the course-of time, and that he would totally repudiate their interpretation makes no difference to the orthodox, for by this time they have become popular and powerful in the affairs of state. They are so convinced that theirs ia the only and final truth that all who may disagree with them are- called heretics, infidels, fakirs and traitors, and they are ready with the torch, the rack or the actly as they do. This they call "spreading the only true gospel" or "fighting for correct theory." Then by the time everyone has been converted the teacher has to reincarnate in Order to get the world out of the terrible mess in which his followers have placed it. -ind _tjie. _ life force kicks their dogmas, creeds and formulas into the middle of next week. And so the weary round of human misery and suffering goes, on until we learn by bitter experience that it it just as impossible to make two men think exactly alike as it is to pour the sea into a pint bottle, and if you cannot reach a basis of understanding with your fellow man on the ground of a common humanity and in the spirit of reasonableness and commonsense, you are simply courting disaster by-following any other method. Public Ownership of Beauharnois Project Resolution No. 71.âBy Calgary Trades and Labor Council: _____ Whereas, the special committee of the House of Commons enquiring into the Beauharnois Power Company found in the limited time at its disposal .that a very unsatisfactory condition existed as to the promotion of this undertaking; and whereas.,, there is reason to .eliieve that persons, members of the legislative chambers of Canada, acted in a manner which, if proven, should debar them from further membership in such bodies; Therefore, be it resolved, that this convention urges that a royal commission be appointed to make the fullest enquiry into the whole subject and that all persona who have illegally benefitted, directly or indirectly, therefrom be prosecuted; and, be it further resolved, that it is the opinion of this convention that the Beauharnois power project ought to be developed. as a public ownership undertaking. 'ihis advertisement is'not published or displayed by the Liquor ' Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Lest Choice The prisoner had been called to the bar and had informed the judge that owing to lack of funds he was not represented by counsel. "In that case," said the judge, â¢*the court will provide a counsel for you. Sitting over there on the first bench are Mr. Smith, Mr.-Tompkins and Mr. White, and there is another lawyer out in the hall. Whom do you want to represent you?" The prisoner looked the three lawyers over very carefully and, turning to the judge, said: "If it is all the same to you, your honor, I think I'll take a chance on the fellow in the hall." Margaret Fuller once wrote that she accepted the Universe. "By gad, she had better," snorted old Thomas Carlyle. Kautsky .had also better accept the Russian revolution, because it is ho longer a mere theory but an accomplished fact. There is no use finding fault with the way in which it came or the manner in which it is developing, and if Kautsky hopes by minimizing the achievements and enlarging on the mistakes of the Soviet regime to-bolster up his own pet interpretation of Marx, he is simply wasting his time. To say that similar conditions will obtain in Germany or any other country is, of course, an entirely different matter. History may move in cycles and repeat itself, but details are never the same, and the forces of life and evolution cannot lie'comprised in any set formula. Lenin had a.clear idea of his goal, was above all else a realist with a close contact with aijd understanding of the people and conditions with which he had to deal, and was. also able ta change his mind quickly if his theories did not fit in with existing facts. In other words, he was a great statesman, while Kautsky is only, an interpreter. * e e Every vital movement in the world's history seems to go through Want Fair Wage Clause Violators Prosecuted Resolution No. 80.âBy Edmonton Local 1325, U. B. of Carpenters and Joiners of A.: Whereas, the Dominion Government has a fair wage clause in all contracts issued by them and call f.or the same to be inserted in all projects participated in; and whereas, contractors have, from time to time, directly and indirectly violated the said clause in performance of contracts, cither by not paying^wages specified, working longer hours, by causing employees to agree to a refund of wages before and sometimes after contract is finished, also by causing, employees to agree to work on other work than the government contract for little or no wages at all; Therefore, be it resolved, that we request the Dominion Government to insert a penalty clause in all contracts, that will render all parties violating such contracts liable to prosecution under the Criminal Code, and also that such parties be permanently barred from working or tendering on any future contracts of the government. 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B. of Carpenters and Joiners of A.: Whereas, from time to time, subsidies are voted by the Provincial Government and municipalities to hospitals, churches, asylums, universities, etc., out of the public funds; Therefore, be it resolved, that the Provincial Government and municipalities that show s.o mucb genernsity with the taxpayers' money, be requested to see that a fair wage clause and limitation of hours of work be, inserted in the contract, and that this be the first condition to be accepted before the subsidies- are voted. - . Dimples will be scare, when Dame Fashion covers the dear girl's knees with skirts. j. Demand"", PAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEALâ¢ COOKIES A Health Cookie Simply Delicious 1 DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY Phone Bay. 8780 2625 Weat Fourth Ave., Vancouver CRAIG'S BAKERY 187 HASTIKGS STBEET EAST (Opp. Library) Tbe Horn, of Farmbouee Bread and 8uper-o.-allty Cakes Kingsway Photo Arts 78 XIHQSWAY . VANCOUVEB Commercial Photography, Kodak PlnlehlniT, Picture Framing-, . Enlarging. MENS SHOES ONLY I Trick's Shoe Store 148 CORDOVA BTBBBT Same Address for 83 Tears I For ' Healthy Strength and Beauty, eat onr Whole Wheat Brown Bread. A wholesome body builder. Doctors recommend St, Fruit and Raisin Bread, Pastry and Meat Pies, Pumpkin Pies. THE ESTHER! BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST pbonsi Bayvlew 8487 Demonstrations and Estimates Given. Hygienic Rug Cleaners Bugs and Carpets Electrically Washed ln Yonr Own Home or at Oar Plant One Day Service Orientals a Specialty All Work Guaranteed Specialising la Cleaning Chester- fislds and Upholstery 1116 West Broadway Buy B. C. Products and boost tour own â¢a payroll Try Dutch Maid -~-J-**4____l_______, at all stores DUTCH MAID PRODUCTS LTD. Vanconver, B. 0. Ye Olde English Fish and Chip* ALL WHITE HELPI Pbone Sey. 75-4âYour Order Will Be Beady) 814 HOBSON ST. THEO. TITUS, Prop. Pitman Business College ICIOHT CLASSES, 83.50 PEH MOUTH. Enroll now and be ready to All the best positions In the prosperous time ahead! OBANVII.ee AMD BBOADWAT Phones: Bay. 88-4-8888 * I-'.VAI.IW A. C RICHARDS. President. Office Boy; "The boss is beginning to take an interest ln roe." Head Clerk: "Is he?" Office Boy: "Yes, he asked me yesterday if I worked here." GREGORY & REID PAINT CO. Everything for the Wall Paints, Brsshes, ___oml_es, Wallpaper, 3-Vly Panels /Ultimo White II Wstt Haitings Street ' Telephone: Seymonr 4888 PHOHE MT. -800 Star Steam Laundry CO. LTD. HIS BIOBABD8 STBBBT . Also Pun-Co-VeeU Dry Cleaners M7 Howe Street Pb.ne Bey. -834 ______ â - â ' 'â I P-ge Four â THE LABOft STATESMAN â y. Frida)cjJ___-_-r 2nd. 1931 4 _nrfir" -ITSsnr- dick;s Reorganization Sale! A s-ore-wlde sale' Of quality t_.rc___.lse at drastically reduced prices. Come ln and see tbe valnee we are enbrnlttlng;. Every department Is represented la tble feast of barara-a-. QUiniNG THE BOYS' DEPARTMENT We are closing ont tbe Boys' Department. Tbe entire stock Is bains' sUnarbtered. Wise parents trill take advantage of tbe savins, which can be effected ln this rlrantlc clean-np sale. Tonr Money's Worth or Tonr Money Hack HASTINOS at HOMES BetTlstared Optometrist Pbone Bey. 7887 B. LINEHAM DIAMONDS, WATCHES and JEWELBY . Expert Watch H e pairing- (Ssflf AAAretinnnr _tt..___r») 1UÂ»H ___Jrv__-_ STBEET TOXEMIA, OR POISON In the blood Is the only disease! We teach you how to cleanse the blood. A. S. MURPHY, M.D. 8.5 Oranvllle Do-flaa 888 Swain's OLD COUNTRYr A. V. SWAIN. Prop Makers of Financiers and Statesmen All Apog Over Crisis (Continued from page 1) 1.917, and dividends to the stockholders amounting to $133,000,000 in th period between 1918 and 193.0. Hsfch Tt_nff Beneficiarse. "Again, these steel corporations which are arbitrarily reducing the wages of their, employees are the beneficiaries of a very high protective tariff. "They are protected against competition from abroad. The American market for the sale of their products is their own. They are the beneficiaries of these special privileges granted by the Government upon the TsreteTf_-~fhat they.' must Tbe given them as a protection to wages and wage earners. "The protective tariff is based upon the thory that it is necessary in order to protect the American wage standard, American wages and the American standard of living. If these corporatons became the beneficiaries of a high protective tariff in order to protect wages, then it seems reasonable that since they accepted this favor and reduced wages.-the,-tariff- scHeaule should be reduced and"the special favors accorded them by the Government withdrawn. - ... , ""It is unfair to expect that the 'American people will throw around these specially favored industries a wall of tariff protection when they behold these great corporations engaged in a policy of reducing wages, forcing down the American standard of living, compelling working people to sacrifice still further the necessaries of life. y Qnality Bread, Cakes, Pastries,'pies aad Slab Prnit Cake. All Goods Baked Fresh Daily on the Premises. HIGH. 1351 2454 HASTINOS BT. E. Truss Torture Eliminated by Wearing Onr Support. A. Lundberg Co. 838 Pender St. W., Vancouver, B.C. YO.B SHOES are yonr Best Mends! âKeep them ln Oood Bepair I â REPAIRS WHILE TOU WAIT! Fraser Shoe Repair Co. Phone Dongla> .4388 181 Hastings St. East (Opp. Library) JACK STEARMAN Limited for HABDWABC and TOOLS, eta Phone Sey. 9405. We Deliver. 880 OBAHVILLE, Corner Helson S , . â â¢ L. GALLAZIN CtJT-J-BY AND BICYCLES --pert Orind.r, Saw Filer ft Locksmith First Class Work Guaranteed. MMOMM SMV. < SONAX O N A X England's Premier Sanitary Was Polish for Floors, Fnrnltnre aad Antos Sold at Stores In All Districts 458 Hastings Street East Phons High, at* Clapp's Shoe Stores BETTER SHOES FOR LESS Store No. Iâ-â~â -'Store No: . Main aad 7th Commercial at 2nd Stun: No. 3 Maun at 25th Retires From Business SELL.lN_.OUT SALE ATTRACTS LAROE CROWDS Big Hastings Street Store dives Up Vancouver Branch â Pabllc Beceive Wonderful Bargains Dnr- ' MM Cloelng-ont SaleâLarge Stock of > Merchandise Tbiossa on the Vanconver Market. . -The well-known Army _ XaVy Store at 40 West Hastings Street was the scene of great buying enthusiasm tbe past few days; greater bargains than ever before are being offered now. New lines of merchandise from the upper floors are to be removed to the main floor and placed on sale at bargain prices, starting today at 9 a.m. The crowds attending this sel!lng-out sale have been terrific People in need of __ Boot*.-ShtiOT.-FuTnlsh1ngsrHaTs,~Clonp Ing, Outdoor supplies, etc., will do well to pay this concern a visit, as the values offered during this _SclUu_-ou_ Sail* are truly remarkable. A few of-the bar gains are mentioned here. 60c and tl. Work GloVes, tic; |1.50 Children's Shoes. 49c: 115 Raincoats, 13.8.; . $20 Overcoats and Halncoata, 17.95; 130 and 1.1.-, Men'a Fine Suits and Overcoata. now only 19.95; Work Shirts, reg. II, soiled, for -9c; t: and $3 Iiroad- cloth Shirts, 98c; Men's Suspenders, reg. -5c. now 9c; 50c ll<-lts. now 19c; -.'.,- r_ncy Hose,- 9c; l.litiollve or Ivory Soap, now c; 40c Heavy Wool Socks, now 19c; Men's and Young Men's Suits, reg. ttb. now 18.95; 115 Men's,, Youths' Suits, now selling at 14.95; ; m and 150 Suit values, 114.95; 13 Slicker Coats, soiled, »8c: Men's Fine Felt Hats, worth 13. now 9<c; Men's Wool I'nlon Suits, worth 13.50. nnw ji its. |2 Caps, now 39c; fie Laundry Soap,, now 2c; 7.English-made Dress Boots at 13.95; one lot of Boots, sold to 11.50, now 91c; II and 16 Men's Boots, |1.9«; tf.50 Men's Work Boots, all slsss, now 12.49; 16 Officers' Breeches, I1.954 M.-n'.- 11.50 Bib Overalls) -i.ll.il. 19c: lot Men's 12 nnd *_...<> Work Pants, 79c; Men's Pants, sold up to 13.50, for $1.95: Men's Dress Pants, sold up to *T. now' 12.95; 36c Men's Wool Hose, now at 13c; 13 Khaki Wool Shirts,, 98c: 60c Ties.,8c; ?5c CM1- . dren's Rubbers, now 29c; 50c I_idles'. Kulibers, 9c; 20c Collars, 3c; and 'hundreds, of other bargain A Pledge to President Broken "The United StatesN^feel Corporation and these other corporations which have announced reduction in wages have subjected themselves to the charge that through the imposition of a reduction in wages upon their employees-they have broken a solemn pledge which they made the President of- the United States to maintain wages, and by their action have contributed to the development of social unrest and industrial discontent. "As one American citizen having at heart the interests of the nation, concerned over the preservation of our free institutions and as a spokesman of the organized workers of the United States and Canada, I protest most vigorously against what .1 regard as the indefensible action of these steel corporations in their de termintion to enforce a ten per cent, reduction in wages upon their employees. "The press reports Assistant Sec retary Julius Klein of the Department of Commerce as having said that: 'There will be hell to nay throughout the "United States in the event of a general wage reduction.' I am not sure that Assistant Secretary Klein has been correctly quoted, but it is my honest, sincere opinion, arrived at after deliberate and calm consideration, that whether this jpre- diction of Assistant Secretary Klein may or may not come true, the fact is that it ought to come true, the outcome of the wage-cutting policies pursued by the highly protected employing corporations of the nation." Bengough Elected as Congress Vice-President Percy R. Bengough, General Secretary-Treasurer of the Vancouver, New. Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, headed the poll in the election of vice-presidents for the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada at the Thursday afternoon session, of th. convention. The votes were: P. R. Bengough, 158; R. J. Tallon (Montreal), 141.; James Simpson (Toronto), 106. J. T. Foster of Montreal, who held the office previously for eight years, was defeated, obtaining 91 votes. P. R. Bengough was nominated by S. 1). MacDonald, Labor- aldermanâand president of the Prince Rupert T. & Li. O. Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada for the past thirteen years, was returned unopposed. P. M. Draper was also re-elected by acclamation for his 32nd consecutive |erm as secretary-treasurer. / - Hamilton, Ont., was the unanimous choice for convention, city in 1932. C-olin McDonald, president oi. Vancouver and New Westminster District Trades and Labpf Council was unanimous choice as fraternal delegate to the American Federation of Labor, which wijl meet here October 5th to 16th. / / Crawford Wins Post Arthur J. Crawford, , representing * -Vancouver Sheet Metal Workers, was '^successful in winning election, with 115, as fraternal delegate to the next' convention of the British Trades and Labor Congress. He was opposed by Elmer E; Roper,"Edmbnt6h, who received 82 votes. Provincial -executives elected are as fallows: British Columbia: Colin McDonald, Vancouver; E. H. Morrison, Vancouver; R. W. Munn, Victoria; S. McDonald, Prince Rupert. Saskatchewan: W. E. Stephenson, Mtrose-Jaw; Ar^M." _J__y7 Saskatoon; Reforms Needed In Old Age Pension Act Resolutions Nbs. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61: Whereas, due to the present economic crisis and the present mechanized age, workers are being thrown out of employment at an earlier age than ever before in the world history, and, whereas, the age of seventy does not meet the situation for the aged workers; Therefore, be it resolved, that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada go on record requesting the Dominion and Provincial Governments to lower the age requirements, shorten the residence period and increase the monthly rate of the Old Age Pensions Act throughout the entire Dominion. H. Perry, Regina; H. D, Davis. Prince Albert. Manitoba: Harry Kempster, Winnipeg, elected chairman, Other (members to be elected by local Trades and Labor Councils. Ontorio: H. Mitchell, M.P., Hamilton; R. Plant, Ottawa; Albert Call, St. Catharines; Tennyson Jackson, Toronto. Quebec: P. Lefebvre, Montreal; 0. Fleury, Quebec; H. Vallaincourt, Montreal; J. Cuppello, Montreal. N. S. Election Deferred Naming of Nova Scotia executive is left with the Congress executive. In Alberta and New Brunswick provincial federations function in place of executives. ROMANCE STILL LIVES â¢ Wanted by a bachelor of middle â¢ge, to correspond with a lady or widof of same age, with idea in mind of entering poultry business.âAd in a Montana paper. NORTH BURNABY NOTES A very successful whist drive was held by the North Burnaby I. L. P. Friday, September 18th. This was the first opportunity_the members of this new local have had to cultivate the social side of the movement A feeling of good fellowship and harmony was the dominant note of the gathering, and the proceedings were concluded by an informal dance. â¢ e * There was a .large attendance of members at the regular business meeting of this local, held last Thursday evening in Capital Hill Community Hall. The President, E. Burns, opened" the meeting with a short address on current events and their significance from a Socialist point of view. A-rrtrm_er nf que*, tions, mainly relating to the financial situation, gave rise to an interesting exchange of opinions. A proposition to establish a perma- ment headquarters for the North Burnaby I. L. P. was laid before the meeting, and a committee appointed to complete arrangements to this end. A public meeting was arranged to be held in Capitol Hill Community Hall Friday, October 9th, at'8 p.m. The main speaker for this meeting will be Miss F. Moran, who will give some experiences and impressions gathered in her recent' Russian tour. '"' -a âE.B. Friends of the Soviet Union EAGLE HA__. 1535 HOMER STREET Thurs., Oct 8th, at 8 p.m. Aa Address will be dsUvsrsd by Miss Frances Moran wis. baa recently returned from â¢ visit to tbs Land of tha Soviets. Snbject: "MY EXPERIENCES IW. AND IMPRESSIONS OT THB U. 8. â¢.,__"" Chairman: Dr. W. J. Carry. All Interested cordially lnvlud to attend. CoUectlon. Presentations Made by Congress Delegates During Friday afternoon's session of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada convention, Del. Jack Bruce, of Toronto, made some presentations on behalf of. the delegates. C. J. Case, of Cincinnati, fraternal delegate from the A. F. of L. was presented- with a gold watch. A. B. Swales, fraternal delegate from the British Trades Union Congress, was presented with a diamond stickpin, and Mrs. A. B. Swales with a necklace. Percy $. Bengough, chairman of the Reception and Entertainment Committee, was presented with a stickpin, and Birt Showier, secretary of the.committee, with a set of cuff links. All expressed their appreciation of the gifts. Bakers Still Have Prizes To Give Away There are still several prizes to be given away by the Bakers' Union in connection with their recent union label campaign. Each one of the pamphlets given out in the stores and in meetings contained a number, and persons holding certain numbers were entitled to prizes. If you have one of those pamphlets around, check over the following numbers again and see if yours is amongst them. If it is phone up Seymour 3349 and ask for ihe secretary of the Bakers' Union. He will then instruct you relative to obtaining the prize. It will not cost you a cent. The first number was overlooked when the others were published, so check up again: 9485, 1637, 8438, 8793, 7353. 4768, 7647. _ââ ASTHVB J. OBAW International Organizer. Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. Elected as Fraternal Delegate from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to the British Trade's Union Congress, 1932. Member of the Vancouver Local No. 280, Sheet Metal Workers. Teamsters-Chauffeurs Meeting Friday, Oct. 9 ..._he.r". wi" be B ma8» meeting of Milk Salesmen, Taxi Drivers, Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Bakery Salesmeni on^Friday evening, October 9th, In the Labor Headquarters, to meet President T.bin and general office), of the International Brotherhood. All member. -_re-irrvfteti-t._ttend: â¢ -Thi- will be the only notice of the meeting, so keep the date in mind. Construction Work by Inmates of Prisons Reslution No. 108.âBy -Toronto Local No. 27. U, B. of Carpenters and Joiners _£,A.r Whereas, it is with considerable interest that the members of our craft, as a unit of the building industry, pote that certain constructional work has in the past and is presently being done by inmates undergoing penitentiary terms of im pnsonment; and whereas, this is totally detrimental to our economic entity, and further viewed aa an ever present danger of establishing a precedent for future projects on said institutions; Therefore, be it resolved, that the members of organized labor, here assembled, are totally opposed to the present system of reform which exacts labor from inmates of penal institutions on any constructional work of said institutions and which, in our opinion, should be executed by outside bona fide contractors and competent mechanics of the building industry. Labor Party To Contest Three Wards The six Vancouver branches of the Independent Labor Party met in convention last week and selected a municipal ticket for the forthcoming municipal election. Wards 6, 8 and 11 were selected to be contested, and Jack Price received the nomination forWard 5 and E. S. "iougham for Wara a. The selection of a candi- date for Ward 11 was left in the hands of the Vancouver District Council, which is composed of five delegates from each branch. The District Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday in Room 39, Williams Bldg. This committee will also act as Campaign Committee. The convention decided to run four candidates for School Trustees: Three were selected, Mrs. J. A. Clark, H. W. Oakes and S. T. Wybourne. . The selection of a fourth caididate and also a candidate for the Parks Board was left in the hands of the District Council. Another branch has been organized in the Marpole district and another is in process of formation in West Point Grey. . Reeve Pritchard of Burnaby has been appointed to conduct a mixed choir for the Vancouver and Burnaby locals. f % IWunsT^e d-omp0na.$! IMCOftS-KATIB «fT HAY 1-7-. "*%_.'»: ../..-â¢ - DOWNSTAIRS ECONOMY FLOOR Men's Light * Wort Boots .$1.45 'â¢ 3 -A worke a carpenter? Then you want to try these easy - fitting black or tan grain blucher boots-âthey're just the right weight â not â too heavy. Sizes 6 to 11. Vanconver Drug Company (1928) limited DRUGS MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA WT! ABE THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF PHARMACEnTICA_S, HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES AND PROPRIETARIES IN BRITISH 0O_._l._IA. -TraPA-_.OIi_A_lO._-- TO _JfROXl_rA-_-r 8-00,0-0 A T_--t.' â BUY MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA! â ^â^ r RID AY AND SATURDAY SPECIALSâOCTOBER 2ml nnd 3rd, 1831 .15 Sterno Cant 4 Heat........8 for .3. 1.00 Horllek's Malted Milk. .71 .50 Dr. Keld's Royal Embrocation Js. .25 Carter's Little Liver Pills 18 .25 Extract of Vanilla. .14,. .50 Plnaud's p»ntal Cream -.. .22 .35 Baby Bite' Teething Ring..... .32 .50 Superior Bay Rum; 6 os .26 .10 Presto Soap (for soiled ' hands)-. 3 for .21 .50 Owhrldgc's Lung Tonic .33 .10 Pear's Soap:.... 2 tot .18 .15 Jergen'a Transparent Soap; 8 for 18 .50 Dr. Reld's Fig Syrup XI .50 Purltall Milk ot Magnesia 38 1.00 Pipes .-. 84 .10 Rex Argosy Cigarette Papers. 100 In box; _3 for .14 .60 Finest Italian Castor Oil; 8 os - :.... Ml. .60 Glycerine and Rose Water; 8 os MB .25 Benso Almond Cream 44 1.00 Dr. Reld's Triple Tonic JW 'l WE SAVE YOU MONEY. AIL PHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUG STORESâSIXTEEN IN THE CITY AT YOUB SERVICE I Theatre Owners Fight Projectionist Laws Resolution No. 103âBy Twelfth District, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees: Whereas, since the advent of sound motion pictures in Canada, about three years ago, various provinces have enacted legislation for the protection of the theatre going public requiring that two motion picture projectionists be on duty in all theatres exhibiting sound motion pictures to the public; and whereas, the' employing interests are carrying on a diligent campaign across the Do-;I million of Canada combating this " legislation and seeking to rescind or amend it to allow one projectionist to 'operate sound motion pictures, thereby endangering life; Therefore, be it resolved, that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, in convention assembled, in the city of Vancouver, B.C., go on record as favoring and demanding that two projectionists be placed On duty in all thfcatres in Canada exhibiting sound motion pictures to the public; and, be it further resolved, that copies of this resolution be forward ed to all Provincial Governments in the Dominion of Canada, Provincial Federations of Labor, Trades and Labor Councils, and all other central labor bodies in Canada. B. C. BARBER SUPPLY & SUNDRIES, LTD. 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST. VANCOUVER, B.C. PHONE: TRINITY S717 â .'.*âº' - â¢ â WE WELCOME DELEGATES TO THB CONVENTION OP THE AMEB- _e__r__IO-__lTIOX OT LABOR. ABS WB SUOOEST "THAT YOU SAVE WHILE YOU SHAVE" COLGATE'S SUP SHAVING SOAP ....'. ,.8 oaUrss 16o B-i SHAVING CREAM JARS s....:...., _ 880 KING CUTTER RAZORS.'. ; .....:...: , â¢_-_ SHAVING BRUSHâEnglish Spe-lal:;.-........ , 88o EVER-READY SHAVING CREAM (60c site), RAZOR and 2 BLADES.... 39c HARRIS' HAIR TONICâThe best dandrulT remedy fl.00 and »_80 BOOSTER HAIR TONICâFor scalp e'e-ema. - _ $1.00 WB GUARANTEE SATISFACTION ___ Japanese Resolutions Come Before Congress Resolution No. ,79.âCamp and Mill Workers' llnion (Japanese), Vancouver, B. C, was changed and the following substituted: Resolved, that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada request the Government of British Columbia to amend the Provincial Elections Act at the next session to insure that every, born native Canadian shall receive equality, of treatment and full rights ..of citizenship, under the Provincial Franchise Act. Naturalization Resolved, that this convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada make such representations as are. necessary to the Government of Canada to the-end that applications for naturalization by Japanese may be considered and treated on an equal basis with the applications of other aliens. » â¢ » ' Oriental Exclusion Instead of deleting Article 9 of the Platform and Principles, as requested by a resolution from the Vancouver and Vicinity *.amn and Mill Workers Federal Union, No. 31, the Congress (with the consent of the Japanese delegates) agreed to amend Article 9 to read: "The exclusion of all races that cannot be properly assimilated into the national life of Canada. DU PONT RAYON PLANT ADOPTS FIVE-DAY WEEK Richmond, Va.âThe du Pont Rayon Company has adopted the five-day week in its Richmond plant. Willis Shackleford, plant manager, said the new plan will give jobs to from 150 Established 1896 In three years the Policy Holders of the "FIRE INSURANCE MUTUAL" âTHE WAWANESAâhave saved ONE MILLION DOLLARS WAWANESA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. FIRE 624 Birk* Building AUTO MMllllllll ' HI! YOU ARE LOYAL t- to your fellow British Columbia workers in j thjeir efforts to make ai living wage for their femilks-withswt-a_kingâ_^ the local quality '. _ â â¢ Gregory Tires One Grade Only The Highest! GREGORY SUNDICATE 631 Howe St. Phone: Sey. 8810 !___s_s________Ma___ to 200 additional workers. Tbe Richmond plant im-from 1,300 to 1,400 men and women on its payroll at this time, Shackleford said. These workers have been on a forty-eight hour week and will now go to a forty-hour week. The new policy is not general throughout the du Pont system as yet. 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