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Canada Needs a lot of new blood in its Federal and Provincial Parliaments to speed ut towards industrial rscovfry. OWNED AND COHTBOLLED _ -^-ja**.*'',Z....^ . V â¢Jfâ¢.! â¢ * â ' BV THE VRMCQUYER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS er and Shorter Hours Is the Big American slogan now being used in efforts towards industrial recovery. - ^JB_K No. 428 VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE, 1934 WUL Workers Aid 'Unfair' . Firms While the Workers' Unity League is complaining about the All-Canadian Congress of Labor accepting groups of former strike breakers into their organization, they are coining pretty near to the same thing here in Vancouver. The Bakers' Union and the Bakery Salesmen's Union, affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, have ' been fighting" several bakery firms for a number of years, one large one in particular having been on the "unfair'' list for a long time. It would seem that the. activities of the jinion membership "and. trades union movement, has eaten into the trade of this firm to such an extent that we now find some of their employees flashing alleged "onion" cards in an effort to regain patronage. These cards are issued by the Food Workers' Union, another offshoot of the Communist Party, but it stands to reason that the employer is not paying the real union scale. If the firm had intended to do that they Would have had their men join the big union. This appears to be either an attempt to break up the Bakery Salesmen's Union, by the Communists or by the bosses, which we do not know, but they have worked together before and may do so again. If in doubt about any bakery or dairy, phone Seymour 7495 and get the facts. - Musicians Have Incres-ise in Union Despite the fact that the Musicians Union in Vancouver has been hard hit by the withdrawal of orchestras from local theatres, the union still manages to keep up a good sized membership through the medium of dance and radio orchestras. Whenever there is provision for an orchestra in any local theatre. Brother Jamieson, the local business manager, usually succeeds in putting union men on the job, despite many objections from the employer. Persistent activity has kept the dance and radio field fairly clear of non-union orchestras, most of the trouble in this direction having been caused by a dual onion of the All- Canadian Congress. That condition has now been practically cleaned up and the Organization campaign now under way by the Musicians' Union will probably pick up the balance of the stragglers who imagine that membership in the- union deprives them of obtaining the jobs that are offeaed at lower wages than the union scale calls for, instead of realizing that the union could prevent a lower Kale being offered were all musicians organized, . 45th Anniversary To Be Celebrated On December 6th, 1934, the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council will be 45 years old, having been organized on thatjjate.in 1889, and been in continuous operation ever since. At the regular meeting of the Council it was unanimously decided to organize some form of celebration for that event, so members of. organized labor in this city can look forward to this and do all that they can to boost the celebration. The movement during that time has grown with the city and, despite the depression, we still number sixty-two unions holding charters in this district). Trades Council Notes Musicians' Union requested that Embassy Ballroom and Radio- Station CKMO be removed from "unfair" list, as they-are now employing union orchestras.. Request endorsed. â * , * * Building tradea reported settlement on union conditions had been made at the Saki Brewing Company site, where a new plant was under construction. The contractors discharged the non-union men and hiring union men, paying 27 V4 cents more per hour for the labor. â¢ * » .. Milk Salesmen reported that as a result of the activities of the union the Vancouver General Hospital, Shaughnessy Military Hospital and the Old People's Home were now getting milk from union dairies. It was also noted that the cows belonging to the National Dairy were.pasturing on garbage dumps. â ' » "^sj Si Sheet Metal Workers reported subcontractor on Saki Brewing Company job was union contractor. â¢ - â¢ â¢ Fire Fighters' Union thanked the Trades Council for its efforts and help in urging the City Council to re-establish the old wages of Civic Employees. â¢ ,e* â¢ Reports were made to the Trades Council that the name of the Council was being used to solicit radio advertising and it was pointed out that remnants of the ACC were responsible for this, as they were trying various means for raising funds to obtain a meal ticket. â¢ . â¢ * Camp and Mill Workers reported Delegates Bartlett and Colin McDonald gave interesting addresses to their membership at the May Day Rally. "-" â¢ â¢ * ..*' At the request of the Burnaby, East Burnaby and North Burnaby relief recipients, protest was made to the Hon. W. A. Gordon against municipal work being done on a relief basis in Burnaby: â¢ â¢ « Painters and Decorators Union asked to have the Ideal Show Case Company placed on the "unfair" list. Referred to Grievance Committee. â¢ â¢ â¢ â¢ At the request of the Civic Employees' Union, the Council decided to invite Professor Can-others, chairman of the Provincial Economic Council, to explain his reasons for statements made in the press regarding the Minimum Wage Act. 3 Strikes Called By Shingle Weavers The Shingle Weavers' Union reported to the Trades and Labor Council that it had called three strikes when employers attempted to reduce wages. The strikes took place at the Sterling Shingle Mill in Vancouver, Home Brothers on, the North Shore, and McKercher's on Mitchell Island: The strikes did not last long aa the employers quickly changed their minds and paid the onion scale when the entire crews walked ont. Work in the shingle industry is slackening off at the present time, bot the onion will undoubtedly hold its membership together daring the slack season, because of the advantages it has obtained during the past few months. PAY BOOST CAUSES STRIKE Dunbar, Va.âSeeking to allay the rising tide of discontent among their employees the Fletcher Enamel Company here proposed wage increases of 10 per cent for some workers and only 5 per cent for others. Biff! Boof! Bang! There was a general strike of the 5 per centers, which gave 700 employees' a vacation. LOST! â¢ * The Patronage of Union Workers and Sympathizers WE DO NOT PATRONIZE The Stanley Theatre â¢ or Olympia Theatre Projectionists' Union and Trades and Labor Council Comics Heated Over Comic Strip - The Comics are all heated up around Vancouver on account of our Comic Strip in the last edition. The reference to Stewart in particular was threshed out by his followers in the Street Railwaymen's Union, who took advantage of a small business meeting'-to condemn the article and demand our apology. ' It seems to us that Mr. "C. for Comic" Stewart should have been made to apologize to his union for the statement he made about his fellow workers. That's own answer to their demand. Looking up .pne of their 'Comic papers, The Worker, dated May 12th, we find reference made about William Bennett, an alleged Communist, who sits back and directs the operations of the suckers in this district. William Bennett presented a flag (aping the capitalists again) to the captain and crew of the icebreaker, Krassin, when it was in the docks at Nanaimo. The article states that William Bennett is a class war veteran and a member of the Young Communist League. He in certainly old enough to be a class war veteran, but what we would like to know is how old a person haa to be before-he is ineligible for the Young Communist League. There is also another Comic by the name of Offer, who is a delegate from the Civic Employees' Union to the Trades and Labor Council. He wants wages and relief pay based on the cost of living. Sometimes he says he wants this pay based on the "standard" of living. We don't know what standard he means, Chin- see or plutocrat, but he sure gets all jumbled up In his attempt to talk economics. Bot it's alright, he's Sine of the coming leaders of the Comics. Trades unionists are not seeking wages nor relief pay on the cost of living. That term is just as meaningless as is the other term he uses, "standard" of living, and reminds-us of the old saying of the "blind leading the blind," which is a true Communist method. They use blind tactics and lead a bunch of blind followers. Loggers Led Astray By WUL Leadership The story told elsewhere in this edition by the Furniture WcrtWfc iif> Stratford, Ont, 'is a repetition of what has been taking place all over Canada. Lumber workers alleged the same thing here in Vancouver, and that is probably the reason that when the strike was practically settled a new demand was raised in an effort to keep the men from going back to work. Becaose of this demand for Camp Committees, which could have been settled after the men were back on the job with their new wage scale, the loggers have gone back to work on any terms that the bosses care to make. The conditions now are worse than at any time in the history of logging in British Columbia, and it will take a lot of effort to get the men out again unless they have a union that will eliminate the Comics. It was reported to as this week that a cook who was drawing down good wages qnit cold because he coold not bear to be a party to upholding %,.yiri- ditions under which the loggers"wore' now being compelled to work. The Hours of Work Act is flouted, the speed-up system is intensified, and all the rackets known to operators are being imposed upon the men. This state of affairs shows that the Vancouver Trades Council was right in its opposition to "the WUL leadership. ILA All Along Coast Are Standing Solid The International Longshoremen's Association locals'down the Pacific Coast are standing pat for their demands. Shipping, appears, to be completely tied â¢ up and there does not seem-to be any chance for a settlement except on the union terms. The intention of the men to see this strike through to the end is being indicated in many vote* and meetings. The strike is being loyally supported by all the Trades Councils to which the ILA is affiliated, ahd by trie international unions, who usually come in contact with the longshoremen. Down in Oakland the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees refused to permit strikebreakers to be transported over the Key System. In all these "coast cities teamsters, seamen, masters, mates and pilots had pledged not to remove cargo from ships or docks. Union Leaders Discouraged By NRA Washington (FP).âIf you want to see blue air that can be carved with a knife, sit in with a group of trade union leaders -in Washington nowadays. The glittering promises of the "new deal," which American Federation of Labor leaders held out so hopefully to their members six months ago, are turning to dust. Day by day it becomes apparent that the, "partnership" â offered to labor in NRA was a dummy partnership.. Eyen the pitiful stand a ids set up in NBA codes mean little. Enforcement machinery, according to union reports,' is /practicairy" jifl, in""Its results. Clear-cut cHsesef discnmjn; ation against onion' workers ' drag through the local compliance machinery, the regional and national boards and the national compliance board for months. In the meantime the victimized unionists tramp the streets and new onions crumble. The only practical effect of NRA, as President Green of the A. F. of L. said at Cincinnati, is to give workers the beliefâor illusionâthat they have the right to organize. Big employers, have seized that opportunity and have done most of the organizing, A. F. of L. officials admit. The company onion movement grips nearly the whole of heavy industry, including steel and aotos. Meat Cutters Are in Need of Organization Experienced meat cutters in this city rre knqwn to be working for as low as 27 cents per hoar and it is quite possible that many are getting less than that, but they are ashamed to .dmit it. II seems that the desire to form an organization is again being dis- cusled among the butchers, but fear of bsing their jobs keeps them from taking an active part in such an organization. There is one man, however, who is prepared to take the lead in organizing the butcherly and wit- the help of the .organized labor movement feels that a good sized union coold be built up. Once such ait organization is built up a business agent could take up all the negotiations with the- employers for better wages and working conditions. ,. -.r.Jfra-j^^aichers are interested in thii organization they should get in touch with J. A. Jones, Bay. 7102. Our readers, are urged to draw this to the attention of any butchers they may be in touch with. Meetings Plugged by Workers Unity League At least -95 per cent) of the Mc- Lagan Furniture Company employees bf Stratford, Ont., are understood to have signed a petition calling on the workers "to have nothing more to do with the Workers' Unity League." Similar petitions, it waa stated, would be circulated in other furniture plants. HcLagan company employees are affiliated with the Workers' Unity Industrial Relations Board Lacks InitiativeâWages Are Getting Lower,.Hours LongerâGovernment Policy Creates ChaosâWorker. Getting RestlessâIt's Already - Time For a Change ORGANIZED Labor's stand for a blanket act covering minimum wages and hours' bf work is proving to be the most logical of the suggestions put forward in connection with these subjects. The minimum wage orders of the Industrial Relations Board are going to intensify the opposition from the workers, and will make the act of even less value than the one used under former governments- Organized Labor aslced for a blanket act covering.all industries and denying exemptions on any ground whatsoever. We wanted an act Which-would make it illegal.for any. one to employ another .far_. League through the Furniture and Woodworkers' Industrial Union, and aprearance»f the petition is the first â¢ pvrowc intimation the men are dissatisfied with the workings of the Workers' Unity League, an organization which/ has taken a prominent part in furniture workers' and other strikes. â¢ â Plug the Meeting * 'â "The Furniture and Woodworkers' Union at present is composed of a large number -of. unemployed who were never furniture workers in their lives," said a worker. "When the heads of the union want to put something across, thejn plug the meeting with unemployed. That's why most of us don't go to the meetings. If we propose something, there are enough of.the wrong element there to boo us down. We don't get a hearing at all." The McLaren men, although retaining membership cards in the onion, are ceasing to pay does, he said. They hope to continue with a strong union, one that will benefit the men. He charged Reg Ranton and other heads of the union were "railroaded" into their jobs at Toronto by the Unity Workers' League and'were not chosen by a representative majority of the men.âThe Labor News, Hamilton, Ont. QUIT C. B. OF R. E. Breaking away from the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, clerical and other classes of employees of the Canadian National Railways at Edmonton have formed a local branch of the International Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Ii-__-B_-^-ii}ijents-pet Jiour, anef"vve wanted an act that would also â¢ make it illegal for anyone to employ anyone else for a longer period ~ than six hours a day or thirty hours a week. Should Go Out of Business Instead of that we have the spectacle of an Industrial Relations â¢ Board calling together groups of employers to get their opinions on what the wages and what the hours of labor should be for the people whom they desire to exploit. If one member of the Board suggests that they should pay SO cents per hour the squawk goes up that it will ruin them to pay that amount. Organized Labor, says â¢ that if any firm cannot pay that amount then it should go out of business. No firm has a right to exploit the natural resources of this province and the workers of this province, and pay a wage that just keeps the employee from starving to death. If the resources of this country are riot great enough to provide everybody in it with a decent living and plenty of leisure time in which to enjoy living, then we should get out and leave it to the natives. â¢ When the Liberals won the election on a "work and wages" policy we decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and help in' putting that policy into operation: The months have slipped by and we are still waiting for both. To say that we are disappointed is only putting it mildly; "We are disgusted. The Industrial Relations Board, headed by Adam Bell, who has positively proven that he is ., on the side of the bosses, hold a "hearing" about once a month to deal with some particular trade, and when the "order" has heen made we find that it is a work of art on behalf of the employers. They have listened to all the twaddle that employers have used since one came out of the Ark, and the "hearing" given to workers is one" that goes in one ear and out the other. Workers Intimidated t* In the hearing for the Fruit Packing Industry any child could have seen that the" request from the girls was made through intimidation because the girls are not organized. This same thing is happening over in the United States, whare company unions are being used to ask for a lower scale than Organized Labor asks foev. The new scale for the .fruit packers is the same that former governments strenuously opposed because even they considered the scale and the conditions demanded by the industry too rotten for workers to have to accept. It seems that Mr. Bell is having more influence .with the Liberal government than he had with the Conservatives, although he is a died-in-the-wool Conservative. If the "work and wages" policy of the Liberals is to have some semblance of reality in it then they have got to get rid of Mr. Bell and some other members of that Board. ,: â¢ Cutthroat Competition Employers are flouting the labor legislation. Hours of labor,, which were already far too long, are being increased. Wages which were far too low have been pegged lower and every act that is supposed to go into operation is sidestepped by some other move on the part of employers. The huge unemployed army makes it possible for men. to be used to fill the places of eveni boys and girls at lower wages than the act calls for. This intensifies the competition â¢ and the few employers who would play the right game are forced to adopt the cutthroat policy put into operation by others or go out of business. That is why a blanket minimum wage scale is needed and a six-hour day, strictly and relentlessly enforced. Business can"- " not carry on under any other conditions, and governments arel not , going to survive long without creating turnmoil, unless if takes, heed of what the Organized Labor movement has been .asking for. Workers Being Aroused i Slowly but surely the worker is being aroused to a recognition of the necessity of organizing, and once that desire is put into operation nothing will stop the workers from attaining the things they have been longing for. Over in the United States things are coming to a head fast. There is going td; be a showdown between labor and any other forces that are opposingthem. And once that showdown takes form it will spread across to Canada and the long-suffering but aroused worker will take hold of his destiny and guide it into the channels he has been so long denied. - Big Business cannot have its-way-for. all .time. Poverty and * exploitation cannot be tolerated forever. Governments and their ' henchmen will either have to heed the handwriting on the wall or be .swept-aside by an enraged army of exploited toilers and workless- derelicts who are now looked upon as undesirable citizens by those in power. - » * â¢ Onus on Government Great changes loom ahead. We ar* sick and tired asking the Government to take heed of the desjres that are being expressed by the organized workers. The onus will be on their own head ifthey do not attempt to move more quickly, faithfully and intelligently in the direction we have indicated. Too long have the interests of capital been attended to as against the interests of the wealth producers. Too long have governments promised, things which they were not desirous or able to put into operation. Too long have they tolerated poverty in the midst of plenty. Hence we say that if the Government has not the desire or the intelligence to get on the side of the workers then the consequences will be on their own heads. m -/;:- L ' _.. «*» â¢ ,*--â¢' â¢ â¢ V *'-fi«V_' *_ y : ' â ^ Page Two THE LABQR STATESMAN June, 1934 If The Labor Statesman Publish.- last Thursday In month, at Lahor ..eatlqiiurters, Vancouver-, l$..C. Owned "by the Vancouver, New 'Westminster and District Trades ' : .' and Ifabor Council I'RKSS COMMITTEE: BenpooKh Net-land- Dim M J. Price, Chairman; p. R. (Machinist Trades): R. H. (Printing. Tradss); _W.. Page VhtlSBB UlUlhllUB Innl(-H); I'. >IV"Wjcri-...:ââ â_ armnii n<itinn-wirt» biw (TeamiiiB Tr.nii-Hi; t. iianoiin"â (li.-v.-r-Tsetting up a souim nauon.-wiae. sys- «ge Trades); c. Herrett (Label Trades); | tern of unemployment insurance Bert Speed (Transportation Trades). Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year.) to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phons; Soy mom- 6279 Vancouver, Canada, Jyne, 1934 Praises Unemployment Insurance in the U. S. Rochester, N. Y.â^The prompt en- .-iet.iie.it of the Wagner-Lewis unemployment insurance bill, now before Congress, was urged by Secretary of Labor Frances Feskins^j n an address here before the convention bf the Amalgamated Clothing Worker's of America. . She said its passage won. d lead to BREAKERS AHEAD Organized Labor in the .United States is asking "What is the matter , with Roosevelt?" They point out that Roosevelt sees the evils of thc present industrial system and has attempted to lead the nation out of the chaos by slow evolutionary methods. Organized labor has stood solidly back of him- in this attempt and offered him help and advice in the struggle, but' at the same time Big Business has offered him strong opposition and his political .friends have double-crossed him. Washington has been invaded by more powerful lobbies-than at any time in its ' history, and their attacks have not only undermined the NRA program, hut have greatly undermined President Roosevelt's health, and, from this 'distance, it looks as though the reactionaries will have increased that power by the end of July. In spite of the support given to him by Organized Labor, President -Roosevelt?- has -apparently. f earedâto take labor more fully into, his-confidence, and his big man, Johnson, sidesteps every opportunity to give labor better and stronger representation on code authorities. This has naturally thrown more power into the forces, who are fighting him, and it is slowly but surely alienating the support he needs from the organized labor movement. Like our own Premier Pattullo, he has picked up some alleged economists from the universities and some back-alley cats and dogs from which he- forms advisory committees and administration bodies and then expects them to direct the NRA into channels leading to the sane-industrial system,, wherein lies health, wealth and happiness for all. Instead of fearless legislative action increasing wages and reducing hours of lnbor, the government has permitted thousands of little crafts to wrangle over codes, thereby causing more confusion and chaos. And after every code. has been agreed upori, organized labor has to step in to help enforce the code, which generally is far from satisfactory to labor. The breakers ahead appear to be far more dangerous than those which the administration expected to meet, and it is quite possible that drastic changes will have to be made or industrial strife will be intensified. within the next few.years. Tliis, she predicted, would go far toward1 preventing "and.lessening the pgriodsof industrial inactivity in the future because it would give purchasing power to a small but steady market for all industrial products. "If unemployment insurance had I Deen inaugurated" in the years "Before the crash of 1929 it would have put a bottom to the fall of depression and unemployment," the Secretary stated. "We have only estimates to show what would have happened under unemployment insurance, but they are "by competent actuaries and cover not the whole country but reasonably small areas." U. S. Senate Favors * â¢* Old Age Pensions at 65 Washington.âThe Senate Committee on the District of Columbia made a favorable report on an old age- pension bill for the nation's capital. The measure would provide a maximum allowance of $35 a month for each needy person 65 years of age or more, who had been a District resident for at least 10 years. A somewhat siniilrfRtiill is pending before the House, bearing; the ap- _proval of its District Committee, but House action ~on" the"." measure has been persistently blocked by Representative Blanton (Demacrot, Texas) whose home state has no such system of security for its-needy-aged. - Washington Carpenters Make Gains in Strike Washington. â Officials of the Washington Building Trades Council reported that 20 independent contractors had signed the union scale for .$1.37% per hour and the 30-hour weed. The strike for the union scale began on May 1, when the old contract for $11 a day expired. The Master Builders' Association, the principal employer in the controversy, refused to sign the new scale and attempted to mobilize outside contractors having Government contracts in the fight for Tower wages. The new contract calling for the 30-hour Week means less wages for each carpenter but provides more work for the craft, which has a large number of unemployed in the District of Columbia. Prison or Fine Order Protects Workers Washington.âSubversive employers who dismiss a'lftl otherwise victimize their employees for niaking complaints charging violation' of NRA codas or giving evidence in code violation cases. were strongly" reminded of their unpatriotic position in an executive order issued by President Roosevelt making such actions subject to fine and imprison- men*f. . The official statement by the National Recovery. Administration announcing the issuance, of the order stated-:--;-ââ'â-â«~r» ~â â'-- 'President Roosevelt has issued an executive order giving complete protection in their jobs to employees who make complaints or give information concerning alleged code-violations on the part of .their employers. s'The order decrees that no employer subject to a code shall dismiss or demote any employee for making a complaint or giving evidence with respect to code violations'under penalty of a $500 â fine or six months' imprisonment, est both.', "In numerous cases before the National Labor Board, employees have charged that their employers have demoted or otherwise penalized them for making complaints or giving testimony regarding alleged code violations." Health Service Lottery Started by Puerto Rico Sari_f Jqan, Puerto Rico.âPuerto Rico's new health service lottery will begin to function July 1 under the supervision of the Insular Treasurer and under control of the Executive Council, by the terms of a bill which be.came law with Governor Wanton Winship's signature.1: â¢' Maria Luisa Arcelay, the island's only woman legislator, was among the sponsors of the bill. All heads of government departments advised the Governor to sign, as well as the mayors of 70 out of 79 municipalities. Not more than half the lottery receipts are to be given in prizes. The balance will be divided as follows: 40 per cent for smaller municipalities for health services and 60 per cent to be used-under the eommisi-hraer"Qf f Health to combat tuberculosis. Geneva Labor Office Urges Idle Insurance Geneva, Switz.âfc strong recommendation for unemployment insurance featured the report of the International Labor Office of the League of Nations, prepared for submission" to the International Labor Conference which opens here June 4. Mounting costs of unemployment frelief in both the United States and Europe were revealed in the data accompanying the report. Special comment was. made regarding the failure of private relief efforts in the United States, Where once private agencies undertook all relief work, it was said, the Treasury provided 82.2 per cent of $500,000,000 spent on relief in 1932. It was estimated that 4,000,000 _ families, totalling from 8,000,000 to Buffalo, N. Y.âAdmitting that the 10,000,000 persons, were aided in the prolonged depression has -brought first nine months of 1933 at a cost the pinch of unemployment to the to the Government of $600,000,000. professional classes as well as to As regards Europe, unemployment those who are generally described as costs were tabulated as follows: working men. and women, the_______£ Germany.-l-ia-V $1,185,300,000: Bel- WHEN TIME-SAVING MEANS LIFE-SAVING! v In times of emergency, when a few minutes. saved . may mean the saving of life or property, it is important to have a telephone in the house. ~ I One never knows where or when burglary, fire, acci- * ' dent or sudden illness will strike. I The telephone brings help in a hurry. B. C. TELEPHONE Ga V y" New York Dentists Near Relief Stage Many retail stores, have been in the habit of working.their employees after 6 o'clock behind closed doors, but even that precaution is being thrown to the winds now, and we note that the London Grocery throws its doors open wide after (i o'clock nnd up to 9 o'clock to probably test the apathy of the Government. Well, Mr. and Miss Retail Clerk, maybe that will get you into the mood to organize, Half Million Back On Relief in the U.S. Washington.âThe tragedy" which the abolition of Civil Works projects by the Federal Government caused million* of persons in the United States is revealed in the report, on the shnrp increase in relief needs since the termination of the CWA program made public by Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator. Summarizing figures received from 140 cities and urban counties, representing 64 per cent of thc urban population, the report showed that between March and April the number of families "on relief" .rose from 1,428,818 Io 1,975,273, an increase of 546,955 or 38 per pent. Steel Workers Demand Recognition of Union "Pittsburgh, Pa. â Threat of â¢ a nation-wide strike in the giant steel industry arose as the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers demanded recognition. The demands were sent simultaneously by local lodges to steel company officials throughout the country. An answer was demanded by June IO.' '__ / The union" men decided at the amalgamated Convention here last month to ask for a showdown; It was voted that unless every exit-. ployer of amalgamated labor agrees to recognition, a genera] strike would be called. â¢ York State Dental Society meetjng here_-discussed..plans...ofâthe .State temporary emergency relief authority to supply'dental care to persons unable to pay for It. Dr. Jay G. Roberts, of Buffalo, president of the society, declared it would prove a financial blessing to many demists "now on the verge of seeking welfare aid themselves." Under the plan already approved by the State health department, two-thirds of the cost will be paid by the relief authority and one-third by municipal or private charitable agencies. This same condition obtains in Vancouver and practically all other cities in Canada, but. althougl state health insurance has been talked about and promised for a good many years, unemployed and the nedjcal profession still remain unaided gium, 1932, $234,400,000; Great Britain,. 1933, $546,770,000; Swit zerland, 1932, $21,177,000; Czecho Slovakia, 1932, $23,409,000. NEW DRINKING CUP TOP -* I *-JJISTHOLDSA SWALLOW %mMM^ EXTRA SPECIAL LIQUEUR1 rioz. 'FLASK Wk RARE OLD 40 OUNCE. M41 -HA es*4XEat*vfz St. Louis Packing House Workers Declare Strike St. Louis, Mo.âA strike affecting virtually all the packing house? of St. Louis was called at a mass .meet-* ing of union butchers and . neat cuttfers. The strike call, involving atout 2500 workers, included plants lere of Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and those of several other major «on- cerns. About 25 packers are included in the strike area. Employees of the packing houses are seeking minimum wages of 75 cents an hour for butchers and 60 cents ah hour for laborers, with a guarantee of a 32-hour week. The l»fjjj<M-. was taken in protest against What union officials termed a failure on the part of employers to heed union demands. $6 WEEK BUTCHER FREED IN THEFT The above is the heading to an article which appearod in the daily press, in which Magistrate McKay severely criticizes Mr. Betterton of the English Bay Meat Market for paying a wage of $6 per week to a fully qualified butcher with dependents, who had admittedly stolen $27 from his employer. The magistrate said: "It- is a disgrace that a man of the age and experience of the accused should have to work for such wages." He was'given a suspended sentence, It. is well known that thousands bf other workers are being hired in this city for wages that are just as miserable. ARIZONA TRADE UNIONS RECORD RAPID PROGRESS . Phoenix, Ariz.âThe organized workers of Arizona are rapidly reaching the conviction that their interests can not be protected unless they are a part of the trade union movement, according, to Lester B. Doane, special organizer for the State Federation of Labor, who reports that there are now 12 A. F. of L. federal labor unions in the State with more applications coming in every week. Gloria Swanson has made her fourth mistake in the matrimonial market. She is trying'to keep up, -.-,,,_,_-,, with our record in the mining market. | with a small culvert? Dentist: Your teeth are in bad. shape. You should have a bridge put I in at once. Patient: How much will a bridge cost? Dentist: About fifty dollars. . Patient: Say, doc, can't I get along th a small mluort." Company Union Bosses Cause of Bloodshed Washington, D.C.âWilliam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, placed responsibility for the two persons killed and many injured in the strike of the employees of the Electric Auto-Lite Company at Toledo, Ohio, directly on the management of the company, which, he said is carrying out the anti-union policy of those who dominate the automobile industry. "It is the outcome of the determination of the management in the automobile parts industry to maintain the company union at any cost and to resist the attempts of the men to organize and bargain collectively under section 7-A of the law," Mr. Green said to the Associated Press. "The loss of life is to be deplored. The responsibility for it must be placed where it belongs. "The Toledo affair is bound to have a repercussion in all industrial centres and will serve to inflame the minds of the workers everywhere. I nave been doing all I could to bring about a settlement, -but have not succeeded owing to the unyielding, stubborn - attitude of the employers. "There is a widespread state of discontent all over the country," Green added, in backing up his assertion, that the Toledo strikers had beeif'-^goaded to desperation," and "so much so that other laboring people have been aroused." fi__ This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. A PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES A DAY. ..20* MILLINERY WORKERS WIN WAGE INCREASE STRIKE Los Angeles, Calif.âOne of the shortest strikes in the city's .history ended here within a few hoars of it- inception when 2000 millinery workers signed a new agreement with employers. The NRA Labor Board conducted the negotiations. Workers were granted wage increases of 10 per cent and reduction bf the working week from 40 to 37% hours. All employees were granted two holidays with pay. San , Francisco, Cal.âNegotiations for settlement of the Pacific Coast longshoremen's strike, which virtually, closed the gateways to the Orient, remained deadlocked. Opposition of employers to the strikers' demands for recognition of the I. L. A. created the impasse. Both sides are willing to arbitrate other demands. The average home in Vancouver uses only a little more than six cents worth of electricity'' a day ... only six cents for lighting, cooking, cleaning, radio and all the other services electricity affords. What a trifling amount compared -with your other purchases, not nearly so valuable! Pay Boost Strike Won by Longshoremen New York.âAnnouncement waa made by Joseph P. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, that he and Franklin D. Mooney, president of the Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, had worked out a satisfactory agreement covering work on the piers of the Clyde-Malory Line, The agreement, which is retroactive to 1 p.m., Monday,. May 21, when the striking longshoremen returned to work, is to expire September 80, the , ___ same date as the deepsea agreement, j PHILADELPHIA PAINTERS It provides for a wage scale of 75 cents an hour for regular time and $1.10 an hour for overtime, with definite time for "shaping up." Heretofore the men have been obliged- to stand around for hours awaiting the call to work. Fixing of a definite starting time eliminates this. Recognition o fthe r. _».. A.,-tuao is definitely established. AKRON BAKERY WORKERS WIN PAY BOOST STRIKE JS_anPto.-r--_ix hundred-bakers a Tiakery drivers won their strike for higher wages and shorter ..hours after live days' withdrawal of their labor power from thc master bakers. The settlement, drawn by Ralph A. Lind-of the Cleveland Regional Labor Board, was the fourth he had achieved fn Akron and Barberton 1n the past month. Wage increases of lfi to 20 per cent, a decrease in hours, a compromise on the open and closed shop issue .and a, minimum wage scale were in the agreement. MARINE DRIVE. NORTH SHORE CIVIC EMPLOYEES OF REGINA ORGANIZE During the past month employees of the City of Regina, Sask., organized under a charter from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The new union, which is known as Regina | Civic Employees' Association, No. 21, is rapidly building up its membership among the staffs of the several civic departments and recently affiliated with the Regina Trades and Labor Council. STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY Philadelphia, Pa.âA strike call was issued to 2.100 members of District Council 21, BrotherHrJod of Painters, Decorators and Paperhang- ers of America. The walkout was vested at a meeting at which a compromise wage offer from employers was rejected. The National Painters' Association, representing employers, offered a gradually rising scale, be- â¢ ginning with 7.1 cents and reaching $1 an hour on May 1, 1035. The painters demanded $40 k week for forty hours or less. A SMILE OR TWO He: We are told the human race sprang from monkeys. â - â¢ She: If they did, the wnmpn sprang farther than the men. He: Then you'll agree that men descended from monkeys! She: Some descended but most of them just dress decently. r \n ^ .A: June, 1934 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 629-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver. Trades and _.a_or Councilâ President. C. McDonald; several «t- . refary, Percy R. Ben_rou_:ti. iiff'ce. 200 Labor" Headquarters, 5S/I Beatty St. Phone gey. 74.5. Meetaln I-al-<»r Hall at t p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month * Bakerv and Confectionery Worksrs' International Union, Local No. 468, meeta flrst and third Saturday In .month at 7:0p p.m. at Labor Headquartera Prealdent, R. P. Davis; . Secretary's Office, Room 104, Lat.pr Headquarters; Hours, ill. a.in to 12 noon.' Phone: Sey. 3349. Beverag-e Dispensers' Union, local 676 âMeets Inst Sunday In the month at i p.m.. 402 Homer Street. President Al-.J X-.-v.-n; .«-«->,.-« Ai.»Ht-. T I Hanafln; Office. 402 Homer Street; Phone. Seymour 4783. Bayview lMS-IV Hours... 10 ii.m: to 2 ij:m. BrldR-. and Structural Iron Wortsrs, Local 97, .int. Assoc. â Meets every second and last Wednesday, Hall 311, Labor Headquartera, at 8 p.m. Pres.. It. McDonald. Fra« 1567-R; Secretary. J. P. Rankin, Room 311, Labor Headquartera Phones: Office, Sey. 7495; Residence, High. 136S-L. Bnlldln* Trades OonnoU, Vancouverâ Meets aecond' and fourth Tuesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquartera. Prealdent. E. H. Morrison; secretary-treasurer. W. -Pase. Room 301. Labor Headquartera. Phone Sey 7495 - â â¢J?.1* "â '«â¢»â â¢â¢ International Onion of AmericaâLocal 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month, in Hall No. 3. Labor Headquartera. Prealdent, Fred Dawe; Sec- Tress., C. 6. Herrett. Office. 304 Labor Headquarters. Bookbinders' Local Ho. 105, Int. Brotherhoodâ Meet- second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire B.3g._ 603 Hattlnm W. President. F. J. Milne, , 1465 Pendrell; Secretary. Miss O. weMinim, 2038 Columbia St Fin Flj-hters, Ho. IS, International Association ofâMeets 2nd or 3rd Thursday at 195 Kast-PenderâPr«Â«l» dent, N. McDonald. 1136 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson. 1626 Eaat 13th Avenue. Machinists' Local 699â President, Thos. sill-<, 1352 Hurrnnl St.; Secretary, -F. R. Bengough. Office. Room 200, - Labor Headquarters. Meeta on aecond and fourth Tuesdays in Hall 313. Milk wagon Drivers and Dairy Employ, ees, Local 464 â Office: -OS Labor Headquarters. Meets aecond and fourth Fridays in Hall No. 1 Prealdent, O. T. Biaekman; .Se.reta.y- Treas,, Birt Showier, 2841 Triumph Phone High. 6327. Motion Picture Projectionists' Union, Local 348, I. A.T. 8.E. and M.P.M.O. âMeets 11:4.1 p.m. first Wednesday each month In the Elks Club; 901 Iiuosmulr St. President, I.. Clark, ilihone Sey. 6670; Secretary. J. H. .[Leslie. Box 345; Business -Manager, |K. O. Graham, phone Trill. i708.. Musicians' Mutual Froteotlvo Union, Local 145, A. T. ot ___âMeets at the Ci.W.V.A. Auditorium, aecond Sunday at 10 a.m. President, J. Bowyer; .General Secretary, Edward A. Jamie- son. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender Street. Phone Douglas 2290. r^:â â ' i u â^âââ _>Ue Drivers, Bridge, wharf and Dock Builders, Local Ho. 3404âMeets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President, J. Mci3uff-_; Jas, Thomson, Secretary, P, O. Box 32u. Phone Sey. 7874. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Ho. 170, International AssociationâSleets every second Friday In Hall No. 2. President. C. Little; Financial Secretary. C. Prltr-hiir'd. phone Kerr. 105-L; Financial Secretary's Office, Labor Headquarters, Rooms 305-7, Bricklayers and Masons International Union Ho. 1âRoom 309. I-abor Head- quarters. Meets second ant] fourth Wednesdays in room 309: President, . Alex-Eordjiec. 20 West.Twelfth. phone _-Eal__-4m.y.^-ccot_-=y-^W,-S.- Magna 11 1442 Eaat 20th, phone Fair. 84--R; Fin. See. A. Whlttln_.ton, 2265 Eton St. phone High. 3862-L. Street and Electric Railway Employeess, Pioneer Division Ho. 101âMeets K, P. Hull. 8th and Scotia, first and third Mondays ut 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, T. R. Carson; Recordins Secretary, J, _'. Pittendrigh; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, Fred -Griffin. â¢ Office: Corner Prior and Main -atreeta. phono Trln. 4630. â Organized Labor's Tribute To the Tolpuddle Martyrs (By Walter M. Citrine, ' I jury had been done to Loveless and . . , I his coinrades. Ultimately a free par- General Secretary, British Trades Jon was granted to them. Union Congress General Council Editor's Note: Extensive exercises to commemorate the. memory of the six farm laborers of Tolpuddle, England, who were'deported by the British Government in 183. for organizing a trade union, will feature the 1934 British Trades Union Congress which will be held at Weymouth, a few miles from Tolpuddle. It was the sacrifices of these men which laid the basis for the modern trade union movement in Great Britain. The following account of the martyrdomâof - -hen-Tol_>uddle laborer* is written by Walter M. Citrine, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress General Council. Camp and Mill Wortere- Federal Labor Union Xo. 31âVancouver and vicinity meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 544 Powell Street E. President T. Bade; Secretary, Umezuki Takalchl. City Hall Employesa' Associationâ M.'*._-nr?- Wednesday of each month at 195 East Pender St. at 8 p.m. President. D. 8qunlr; Treasurer and Business Agent, W. J. Scribbins, 1208 Pender St. B.; SecreUry, J. Tarbuck. 3517 West 26th. Olvlo Employees' Union, Local W â Meets flrst and third Fridays In the month at 195 East Pender, at I p.m. President, P. Floyd, 2276 Eaat 51st St.: Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison. 3427 Triumph 8treet Eleotrical Workers, Local 213, International Brotherhood â Meets first ani* third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labo' Headquarters. President, J. M. Beoier; Business Manager. E. H. Morrison. Office. 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3610. Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Looal Union Ho. 280âMeets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No. I. President, Thos. Burke; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson. 308 Labor Headquarters. Taxi. Stare and Bus Drivers, Local 151 âMeets second Monday at 8 p.m. and second Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. President, W. Sweln. Office: 306 Labor . Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7496. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Loeal Ho. 178âMeetings held aecond Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Execu* live meets fourth' Monday .of every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hoeken. 1581 llth Ave. E.; Financial Secretary. H. Nordlund, 1930 llth Ave. 10. i- Tj_Pl d.-'-ae ,F T. 'Og-raphlcal Union, Ho. 336âPresl- e'nt. C. S. Campbell: Vice-President. A. Holland; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meeta last Sunday of each month at I p.m., In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters. UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 VALLEY DAIRY, LIMITED Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMITED Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY Highland 2228 STEVE'S DAIRY Bayview 2192 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES. LTD. New Westminster 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. _*-, NwHr la__â______ Union-Made Shoes ALL UNION MEN . The above companies deserve your patronage CORNETT BROS. ft CLARK 33 HART HASTINOB mill Florshelm, Stridors, C. Ii. ft c. Men's and Youth's Classified Ads. Hastings Steam Hatha Prices: Private, 40o and BOc; Fa-lie, I0e 768 Hastings street Haat. â¢ DENTISTS Or. W. A. Butledge, 108 Hastings West, NOTARY PUBLIC P. B. Bengough Labor Headquarters PRINTHHS Labor Statesman, Labor Hsadquarters A hundred years ago on February 24, 1834, six agricultural laborers in the little village of Tolpuddle, in Dorsetshire, were arrested in the early hours of the morning. -The police constable who arrested them, took them to the Bridewell at Dorchester. They were brought before James Frampton, justice of tne peace, and were charged with administering an unlawful oath. They were tried on March 17, and sentenced to- seven years' transportation. Thc case against them was that they had broken an Act of Parliament passed in 1797 to deal with tha mutiny at the More. That was the technical reason why they were arrested. The real purpose was to try to break up the trade union which they .had formed in Tolpuddle. Tbe letters which passed between the Home Secretary, Lord ' Melbourne, and James Frampton, the magistrate in Dprchester, prove that they themselves did not know in what way the laborers were breaking the law. Frampton and his fellow justices of the peace were becoming disturbed bscause" the laborers there were forming "trade' unions. Their conduct was becoming much too independent to satisfy the landowner! and farmers. Wage Promises Broken Two^years before the men had met the farmers who promised to raisi their "wages to lQs. per week. Th« farmers not only did not carry out their promise, but reduced wages t« 88. Some months later there was i further reduction to 7s., and a threat was made that eventually 6s. only would be paid. Then it was that the men formed their trade union. Frampton wrote to Lord Melbourne and asked what means should be employed to check the growth of the unions. Melbourne was doubtful. He did hot know in what way the'laborers were breaking the law. He told Frampton that in 1824 an Act was passed which gave the workers the right to combine in trade unions. Evidently, after some consultation with the law officers of the Crowsv he concluded that the men could be proceeded against because, in part ol their initiation ceremony, they ad. ministered an oath binding the mem' berj/bf the society to secrecy. Why were these men singled out. Strong trade unions existed righj throughout the country. All of then: had initiation ceremonies similar tc those used by the Dorsetshire laborers. The Oddfellows and others Cheated Out of -Pardon The story of how Loveless read in an old newspaper of the granting of this jrardon, which was carefully withheld from him by the Government officials at Hobart, makes dramatic reading. Some of the others served several years of their period of transportation without becoming aware that they had been pardoned. It was from such sacrifices and struggles as those of the six gallant man of I '-ii! -ot: hire that I he- trade union movement grew from strength to strength until today it is a force which no Government can igndte. It is" this epic Btory which the Trades Union Congress is to commemorate from August 30 to September 2, 1934. The Trades Union Congress will be held in Weymouth, which is eight miles from Dorchester, and from which there is good communication by rail and by road. Wire Companies Fire Trade Union Members Washington.fc»Low wages, discrimination against union members and the employment of spies to attend union meetings were included in the chargejs wjiich messenger boys hurled against the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies here at the hearing on the code which General Johnson proposed for the telegraph industry,.- : ; Six messenger boys from New York City protested against the proposed wage scales and alleged that the two telegraph companies â had attempted to break up the telegraph messengers' union. Abe Dubroff, who said he spoke for 3000 messengers, claimed he was dismissed for union activities and that the" boy who succeeded him as president of the Messengers' Union was also discharged after attending code hearings in Washington last month. He asked that the code fix minimum wages'at $15 a week for a five-day week for both North and South. Louis Zucker, a' Brooklyn messenger, said that at the request of his employer he attended a messengers' meeting in plain clothes, reported back to company officials and re- eeived an extra $3 in his pay envel. ftpe. Tha^secohd time he was asked to "spy" on a union meeting he refused, and was discharged on the -Hound that his reference were un- Hatisfactory, he asserted. He turned f,he $3 over to the union "to. clear my conscience/' . UNION TAXKCABS GRAY CABS J.QWEST RATES. t^VAjrjCSrSWBH â â¢â â No Charge for Extra Passengers. Union Drivers. Yon only pay for distance you actually travel 1 SEY. 7131 â _________t__s_r MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTO. YOU^fcLLIKE did likewise. Why was it that these | expected WHAT A DISASTER! Cocoa production has increased from 76,933 mtric tons in 1895 to 560,159 metric tons in 1933. The government has issued a memorandum stating that: V "If there is any substantial likeli-. hood of a similar increase of production in the near future, it is clear that nothing but disaster can be This advertisement is paid for by Local 464, Milk Salsamen and Dairy Employees' Union, t "BUILD B.C. PAYROLLS" Payroll Owned Here! PACiric MILK has another importance besides a plaoe as a payroll bnllder. It's ownership and control reside here and make this province both centre and elr- enmferenre of all monies arising' from Ite production and sale. 100 per cent of He value as an Industry remains with the province. Pacific Milk _ 100 per cent. British Columbia ' Oumed and Controlled PLANT AT ABBOTSrORD Grandma (looking up from paper): "It says here that young women are abandoning all restrictions. Now, mind you, don't let me catch you going out without yours, Ethel." NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades A Labor Council Boom aooâS31 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 74.--.I7I r BRIGHT BOY WORKS Five years ago Thomas Edison named a committee to select the "brightest boy in America" to be educated at Edison's expense in the hope that he might follow in tho great inventor's footsteps. The boy selected, Wilbur B. Huston. 16, Seattle, Wash., received a scholarship in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and specialized in chemistry, his favorite study, graduating with high honors last June. Returning Tiome, he was unable to find employment in'his chosen line so took the first job he found open, ordinary hand labor. "And I am lucky to have that kind of a job," young Huston says philosophically. He has plenty of time yet to justify the faith Thomas Edison put in him. , Oh yeah! Sure, Bill, it is perfectly O.K. to remember her. birthday, but take an old-timer's advice and forget her age. six agricultural laborers from this re. mote part were picked out? Lord Melbourne's Plot Lord Melbourne was Home Secretary in the Government. It was the 4c*i.-Government elected under th. Reform Act of 1832." "His party had promised to liberate the people, from the oppression of the landov/ning class. Yet he was one of the prime movers in the persecution of these six men. This can be demonstrated quite clearly from the correspondence which passed between' him' and Frampton. Melbourne urged, in one of his letters, that the men should be brought before the Assizes at the earliest possible moment. They were arrested on February 24, 1834. They were sentenced three weeks later after a travesty of a trial. It is note- worthy that the foreman of the grand jury was trie Member "of Parliament for Dorsetshire. He was also Melbourne's brother-in-law. Practically all the jury were farmers. A careful sifting out of the jurymen was effected to try to prevent anyone who had the remotest sympathy with George Loveless and hjs five brave colleagues from sitting on the jury. A man called Bridle, who kept a shop in Bere Regis, was objected to on the grounds that at some time or another George Loveless, who was a Methodist preacher, had preached in the same chapel where Bridle himself worshipped! â¢ An Unjust Justice The principal informer was the , | ,-iiiii i if JO. v i.i .Men's gat«faS-_-l â !â¢'-..-. -,v, j ;â Ton," who was supposed to administer justice and to try impartially the cases that came before him, was looking for sqme means whereby he could deter people from joining the union. The conspiracy between him and Melbourne, the Home Secretary, succeeded. _ The six men were sent across the seas to sweat and toil under conditions akin to slavery. Jnmes Loveless, James Brine! John Standfield, James Hammett, Thomas Standfield went to New South Wales,- ami George Loveless to Tasmania. The repressive action of the Government had quite a different result, however, from that anticipated by 'M..-mM'i!:'T. Almost immediately trade union delegates from London were on their way to Tolpuddle to administer relief to the harassed and worried dependents of the six brave men. A mighty agitation was set on foot. The Central Dorchester Committee was established in London. A great demonstration took place in the Copenhagen fields. Questions were asked in Parliament, and, although the workers had no direct representatives there, such men as Hume and Thomas Wakley took up the case. The Government, frightened at the growing volume of opinion in the country, admitted that a palpable in- Some form of restriction in all producing countries is 'expected. Cocoa is to be added to the coffee and wheat that is burned, not because people have too much cocoa, coffee, and wheat, but because they have no money to buy them. And it's better to burn nature's bounty and let people die of want than devise a sane method of distribution. It's a great system! LAGER 4t's Good For You, Too! Refreshing, appetizing, stimulating, satisfying! Pure, wholesome, health- "lul. a valuable tonic! â _- PHONE SEY. 3277 Order before 4 p.m. FREE DELIVERY $1.50 PER DOZEN . CARTON When empties . are returned. VANCOUVER BREWERIES UMITED Alto brewers and bottlers of DUTCH GIRL and U.B.C. BOHEMIAN BEERS and CREAM STOUT This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia JOBS .TOR STRIKERS WON BY SHOE WORKERS' UNION Milwaukee, Wis._r-The five weeks' strike of the Boot ahd Shoe Workers' Union here' against the B. B. Shoe Company was settled when the strikers voted to accept a compromise agreement providing that all strikebreakers shall be discharged, that 19 strikers employed in the main plant are to be employed immediately and that 30 strikers in the second plant, now closed, will be given preference in employment as soon as the plant is reopened. Officials of the company also agreed to meet with committees of its union employees to settle future grievances. INCREASE IN PAY WON FROM WHITE MOTOR CO. Cleveland, Ohio.âFederal Labor Union, No. 18643, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, secured a contract for good wage increase frotti the White Motor Company. I The agreement raises tbe pay of common labor from 43 cents an hour to 51 cents. The pay of semi-skilled workers receiving 60 cents per hour was raised to 67 cents, and those receiving 65 cents to 72 cents. Workers whose rates are in the higher brackets received an increase of 5 cents per hour. TRY THE "TASTE TEST" ON B. C." B U D / â f~ '4. '.'-v, ... ^ftagc Four â .â **#i»-»Mi iOR STATESMAN HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM J â â *'â THE, OJULt UNION-MADE ICE CREAM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MADE BY THE â -. â ' l:- ^, E. S. WELUER. MANAGER Phone: Seymour 2090 351-355 Keefer Street, Vancouver, B.C. Trite Remarks About Present Employers London, 'England.âSir Percival Perry, chairman of the Ford Motor Company, in an address on "Work and Wages" at the rrionthly luncheon of the Industrial Co-partnership Association here, strongly criticized the industrial conditions which modern employers on the average impose on their employees. Pointing out that the whole of human endeavor could be summed up in the word wo,rk,^_ind'the result or return for work iir the word wages', though that was not our normal habit of mind, he declared it was a great misfortune that "employers of human labor bad invariably been tir_tcn â¢ .ess-seirs1b1e "than " tritr "eni BRAND'S [M Specials â^FOR THE GARDEN ABOL Insecticide Certain death to all insect pests. T|ie best spray for roses, etc. Pints 85c Quarts $1.50 'â .-gallons $2.25 Gallons' $4.00 ABOL Fertilizer The Meal Plant Food 6-lb. 7_J- 10-lb. *i or sack â¢WV sack.. vleeKJ S*£ $2.00 BEDDING PLANTS Geraniums, Calceolaria, Lobelia, Asters, Stocks, Antirrhinums, Petunias, Zinnias, etc., at lowest possible prices ms@> 873 Granville St. jJJengough On Way to Geneva International Labor Conference Percy -R. Bengough, Secretary of basis for this report, which contains thc Vancouver. New Westminster,.the replies received from 27 coun- "IXf E take this means Of invit- ing you to become another ' of pur great number of satisfied customers. Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults Offer you absolute protection for your securities at leas than a csnt s day. BOXES, $2.60 A YEAR UP. Hours: 8:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays: 10 to I p.m. 402 WEST PENDER STREET Fruit and Raisin Breed, Pastry, Meat Plat, and Pumpkin Pit*. ESTHER BAKERY Pho_,i wtghlawa 130S 3728 HASTINGS STREET EAST . When Better Cakes una Feetrl.s are Mads, Well Hake 'Eml Golden Rule Bakery OO., LTD. TWO ADDBESSES: .. . 957 Granville St. â¢ Sey. 8656 598 Granville St. - Sey. 2641 The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122 43* 7th Ave. E. Demand VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST The only Union Soft Drink Firm In Vancouver! . vkoaei XigA. to loss Tenon Br. 1 Phons l Say. 14a* STAR STEAM LAUNDRY co. ltd; 1115 KIOKABPI irUIT and District'Vtrades and Labor Council, and Vice-Rresident of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, has been appointedX adviser to Ton- Moore, President >f the Congress, who has also been appointed delegate tp the Interiintioniil Labor Conference of the League ofNations at Geneva by the Dominion Government. Both are on theiK way to Geneva now. - The.- Seventeenth' Session of the International Labor Conf erenceNheld in June, 1933, decided that the. International Labor Office â should send out a questionnaire to governments'' 6n the desirability of a reduction of hours of work. It also decided that the question should be placed on the agenda for second' discussion at the Eighteenth Session of the Conference "which will be held thur JuheV when consideration will be given to the proposals of the International Labor Office which have been made in the light of the replies received from the governments and which have just been published in the form of a "Blue Report." The Blue Report Owing to delays in sending replies to the questionnaire it was not until February last that a sufficient number had been received to provide a tries. Government Attitude T The replies reveal "a very considerable and highly encouraging measure of agreement anions; the governments that a general reduction of hours of work is an important and even necessary factor in any serious plan of reconstruction designed to deal with the prevailing scourge of unemployment, /There is also a substantial majority of replies in favor of the adoption- of international regulations in some form in order to. secure .this' general reduction of jhoiirs of work. Further, there is a substantial majority in favor of these international regulations being in the /form .o,f a Draift Convention or Convention's." The' Blue Report draws/this^ conclusion from the re- pliep of TBhe governments which the International Isabor Office, in accordance with its usual custom has analysed in Order to facilitate the Work < of the Eighteenth Session of the Conference. -It should be remembered that for the adoption of a Draft Convention by. the Conference a two-thirds majority, is necessary, and that the replies analysed in the present report come frbm only 27, out.of the 55 States Members of the Organization. \niJuff. 1934 employers of cattle of human slave labour, who realized the wisdom of good treatment. In practice labour regarded capital as a natural enemy artd capitalists for the most part ex- pIoitecHabour to the margin of subsistence. Co-partnership, the equitable distribution of the profits of industry, would sound -the death-knell of pseudo-charity and enable the worker to maintain self-respect." Co-partnership. Schemes Fail Claiming that no one had as yet succeeded in formulatingfa system of industrial partnership which fitted all circumstances, Sir Percival continued: "Success could only be achieved by recognition of the fundamental principlesâfirst, that capital today was only the accumulated labour of yesterday, and every form of so- called wealth originally derived from wages, whether paid by Nature or by human employers; and secondly, that the reward of surplus wages (capital) should be confined within reasonable limits and never allowed to intrude upon the payment of current wages. It could not be done by many of the methods called co-partnership. To give shares.in an enterprise to em- "pfoyees ultimately -exchanged one" set of absentee capitalists for another. So-calledprofit-sharifig should~_fttach to the actual work as and when it was performed." Facts or Fiction About ACC andOBU From time to time claims are made by dual organizations that they represent substantial groups of Canadian workers. Figures issued by these bodies are accepted in good faith by the Department of Labor for publication in its report "Labor Organization in Canada," as a result of which much misleading information is circulated throughout the Dominion. Two glaring illustrations of the difference between facts and fiction are disclosed in the membership returns reported to the Labor Department by the C.B.R.E. and the O.B.U. In the last issue of "Labor Organization in Canada" the former re- fiorts a membership of 15,..70 in 194 ocal units, while the official report of the Secretary-Treasurer submitted in closed session to the convention of that body in September last year, gives the membership in good standing as 6400 in 148 divisions. The same publication reports the membership of the O.B.U. as 23,340, whereas in giving evidence in the Manitoba Court of Appeal, Secretary Russel stated the membership to be approximately 7000. Of course, it may be that these discrepancies represent the actual loss of membership of these two organizations since the Labor Department report was issued but it is more likely that disregard of actual facts is the truer explanation. The laxity in the use of figures by these and other organizations composing the "All Canadian Congress of Labor" was further demonstrated during the past few weeks. A deputation of that organization anoeanng before the Government to press its claims for representation on government bodies placed its membership at 92,000, almost double that reported . in "Labor Organization in Canada," while a few days later the Secretary of the All Canadian Congress, giving evidence to the Parliamentary Committee on Radio Broadcasting, stated the membership to be 70,000. . If this is illustrative, and we believe it to be so, of the members' ' reported by i_tf_ Jyjj$»6S-S8-tf^ gress and its affiliate's, then it would appear to be ample time that the Government should only accept statements of membership which are corroborated by some form of documentary evidence, such as the annual financial statements which the Tirades and'Labor Congress of Canada submits to its conventions in open session.âCanadian Congress Journal. I. A. OF F. CHOOSE VICE-PRESI DENTS FOR CANADA Thomas Vyles of London, Ont Local- Union No. 142, >m li.'.n elected Vice-President of the Thirteenth District (Eastern Canada) of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Mr. Neil MacDonald of Vancouver Is .the other Canadian Vice-President representing the Sixth District,' whichnmKeslo^all Western Canada. t Let us be thankful that we lived in the good old days when you could kiss a girl and not taste anything but girl. 5-Day Week j§i British Drug Employees Nottingham, England.âLord Trent announced to the 6000 employees in the Nottingham factories of Boots Pure Drug Company, Limited, the immediate introduction of an experimental five-day week, without reduction in pay, for the summer season. The number of hours worked in the different departments will be determined by the requirements of the various trades, but'all employees concerned will have a shorter work week. "The good results which were anticipated when our new factory was built in Nottingham are now being realized," Lord Trent said. "Modern plant, up-to-date machinery and efficient methods have made our production more efficient. On the experience gained during the next five months the directors will decide whether the scheme can be made permanent. The directors are confident that they will have the full cooperation of the employees in making the five-day week a success, and hope that their experience of five months' working time will enable them to continue the plan of some modified verision of it." UNION RECOGNITION WON BY GAS STATION STRIKE Cleveland, Ohio.âThe strike- of hundreds of gasoline station attendants sponsored by Gasoline Station Operators Union Nq. 18378, affiliated with â¢ the Amerienn Federation bf Labor, was settled by both the union and' the employers accepting the agreement submitted by Secretary of the Interior Ickes, who is also Petroleum Administrator. The agreement provides for full recognition of the union and direct negotiation between representatives of the employers and the union to settle various points in dispute, with provision for an arbitration board if direct negotiations break down. COURT FINES NEW JERSEY NRA WAGE CHISELER $500 Camden, N. J.âFederal Judge -o-fav"-wiva"^_tnt Company of Camden guilty of persistent violation of wages and hours provisions of the National Coat and Suit Code, fined the company $500, and ordered restitution of the amounts due the concern's employees to make up the underpayments. .â* ___ RETAIL CLERKS CELEBRATE TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY The Retail Clerks Association of Victoria has celebrated the 21st anniversary of its founding, March 19, 1913. Throughout the 21 years of its existence, through good times and bad, the association has always stood ready to advance the welfare of store clerks and its record of achievement is one of which its founders and members can feel justly proud. Hubby: I can't raise $100âthafs all there is to it I received notice this morning from my bank about being overdrawn. Wifey: Well, can't you try some other bank? They can't all be overdrawn.*". $417,000,000 Tax On Dividend Clippers Washington.âPresident Roosevelt's signature to the $417,000,000 revenue bill raised the levies on coupon clippers and dividend receivers in an attempt to plug a number bf holes through which rich persons for many years have evaded income tax payments despite their financial ability to meet such, just demands toward defraying the expenses of the government which devotes itself largely to protecting their interests. While the new law digs deeper into the pockets of the wealthy, it also lightens the tax burden on the little fellows, who file 90 per cent of the income tax returns. VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS THIS PH-ST-OF-THE-MONTH SPECIAI. IS THE BEST WB HAVi; OFFERED FOB SOME TIME. 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F. OF L. LEADER ADMITS MASTERS CONTROL WORKERS Washington (P.P.)âIn a dramatic exchange of views in NRA hearings, with Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, and Gen. Johnson's labor adviser, Fred Hewitt, editor of the Machinists' Journal, summarized the clash of unions and employers on section 7» of the Recovery Act as proof that "the employing classes have not changed their historical position toward organized labor and do not intend to permit workers to join the American Federation of Labor." â -\n"The time is coming," Hewitt warned, "when we will no longer be able to hold the workers in check. We will have to drop the reins.and let the workers proceed." SEMINOLE OIL FIELD WORKERS END STRIKE Seminole, Okla.âThe 863 striking Seminole oil field employees of the Sinclair Oil Company will return to work. Dr. George W. Stocking of the Federal Petroleum Labor Policy Board announced, pending his negotiation of an agreement. Demands to be mediated include union recognition and restoration of the- -1929 wage scale. Work will he resumed in four gasoline plants and on 119 leases, shut down since the walk-out, May 2nd. â: NEW AFL CEMENT CROUP - IS FORMED IN BATH, PA. Bath, PaâDelegates from eight Federal Labor Unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor at a meeting here organized a permanent delegate body representing the cement mills in this district. It was said to be the first group of the kind in the history of the Federation. Thirty-five delegates were present It was decided to name tbe new organization "The Conference Board of Cement Mill Employees, American Federation of Labor." The form of organization used by the A.- F. of L.. in the make-up of central labor Unions will be followed by the new conference board. BANKS PAYING LOW^SXLARIES Ottawa.âCanadian banks are opposed tot the unionization of their employees, J declared S. H. Logan, general, manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, in testifying before the Hpuse of Commons committee which is investigating banking. He made the old plea that the banks prefer to deal with their employees as individuals rather than through an organization. He argued that bank clerks were "fairly well off." INCREASED PAY ASKED BY NORFOLK FIREMEN Norfolk, Va.âCity fireman here, whose union activities are fought by the officials of the fire department, asked the city council for an increase in wages. They took the logical stand that their services are equally important to the community as are the services of school teachers, who recently demanded boosts in salaries. For Better Driving* JJse HOME GAS "You Can Buy No Better" PRODUCED IN NORTH VANCOUVER BY . HOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED A 100 PER CENT BRITISJ-f COLUMBIA COMPANY SafewayStores STEP INTO YOUR NEAREST SAFEWAY STORE AND COMPARE PRICES! 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Mirrors Re-silvered. 158 Cordova Street Wert Phone: Sey. 8687 Public Works Plan Started in France Paris, France.âThe French Cabinet issued a decree authorizing the official old-age pension fund to turn 75 per cent of its collections over to the Federal Commission for the construction of a vast scheme of public works extending over a period of five years for the purpose of relieving unemployment. It is estimated that the funds made available for the commission will total 1660,000,000 and make jobs within one year for at least 100,000 men of France's registered unemployed army of 341,000. The plan calls for a modern network of main highways. The countryside is to be almost completely electrified, school children will be housed in modern,' well-lighted schools; water will be brought to the farms and villages, and even the smallest -communities will have modern sanitary services. The money will be used only in productive, works and will be spent in districts 'Vhere unemployment is greatest. That means Pans will get the major part. FIGURES DON'T LIE Ottawa.âCivil servants numbering 13,270 have been retired, dismissed or dispensed with in other ways since July 31, 1930, with a salary saving of $11,026,970, the minister of finance revealed in a statement issued. There were 73,571 government employees in 1930 and 60,299 in September, 1933. Of the staff reductions, -5867 were permanent civil servants and 7405 temporary employees. The total wage bill of the government in 1931 waa $88,000,045 and in 1933, $69,815,767, a decrease of $18,784,277. In addition to the eleven million odd saved by the staff reductions, $7,757,807 was saved by the 10. per cent deductions. Demand- DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES A Health Coold* Simply Delicious I DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY Phone Bay. 8780 'â '. 2625 Wait Fourth Ave., Vancouver INDEPENDENT UNDERTAKING .00. LTD, O. TXAXX BDWABDS iisold x. aowABoa 70S W. »r_i-dir»7 - -fair. BW WINNIPEG BARBERS REORGANIZE UNION Following several large and enthusiastic meetings of barbers, held under the auspices of the Organization Committee of the Winnipeg Trades-and Labor Council, the Journeymen Barbers of that city have decided to again become affiliated with the International Union of Journeymen Barbers. CLOTHING WORKERS â¢ GIVEN PAY INCREASE The outcome of negotiations conducted by Business Represents t(ye George Duncan, assisted' by Sattl Spivack, Toronto, members of Local No. 210, Amalgamated Clothing' Workers of America, have been given a 10 per cent increase in wages. Over 400 men and. women will gain, by the pay advance. â¢ - La»t September, Hamilton's clothing workers had their wages raised 10 per cent.
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