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[The Labour Statesman]
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1455. or TROWED AHD qmrpnurp BY TOE VANCOUVER TRADES AMD LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 VANCOUVER, CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1936. PRICE: 5 CENTS labor I BapCbttton The world hu aevee yet came le the petal where then wu nothing la be deae. la the mott "Idle" timet, whoa shape an closed aad ana an ml of work, then Is always a e iÂ« . Â« â¢ â¢ * ' be union, uid. "A minimum of $5lout that ont ot ust roost. ._._Â«..,,... ...... er day wu ut tor nipping clerks, I ways of improving condition! la the picketed, ecelving clerki, chtcktn, packen bakery trade waa to have both thai iÂ« am md freight handlers. 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FORWARDING . . .DISTRIBUTING HE LABOR STATESMAN Constitutional Democracy and Labor Day (By P. M. Draper, President, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada) Labor Day, 1936, comes at a time when conditions are still decidedly unsettled for the wage-earners of Canada. There has been some improvement in employment, it is true, and one earnestly hopes that the trend upward mave continue and increase in rapidity, if at all possible. The spirit with which Canadian workers have met their misfortunes of the 'Sffs has been of the best, but after the severe testing it has had, surely it should be their lot to have some easing of their burden. Unemployment, underemployment and depression wage rates have too long held down the legitimate aspirations of the wage earners of our country, and their faith in the future deserves its reward without longer delay. As the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada has insisted for six years, there has been more complacency regarding unemployment than was good for our welfare. As a people we were too much inclined to think that things would right themselves and that there was nothing that we could do to aid in recovery except to carry on some public works and pay relief. Latterly, we have experienced some change of feeling in the matter. We have begun to see that we must aid recovery, and not be merely would-be onlookers. The setting up of the National Employment Commission by the Dominion Government, even if it only serves as evidence of a change in attitude in our approach to depression problems, is a fitting start. The human ingenuity which has given us machines to throw men out of jobs must give us means to have our people put in the way of being able to earn their bread. With this change of public attitude, one must feel more hopeful of the immediate future. But we cannot think only of conditions at home, for affairs abroad certainly influence our lives. Europe continues to set a mark in reaction which few thought possible a very few years ago, as country after country swings over to dictatorship. Human rights and civil liberties are wiped out in favor of extreme State worship. Political rights, religious freedom and the rights of the workers are trampled under foot in nations where previous generations thought they had secured the rights of man for all time to come. In Canada, as in other parts of the English-speaking world, we have been happily free from these encroachments upon our liberty. Through their unions workers should work for a continual strengthening of the lines of liberty we now enjoy. They should realize that liberty for their neighbor means liberty for them, and that they cannot enjoy those rights they cherish unless others enjoy the same privileges. In Canada the trades union movement has always supported constitutional democracy, and there is no better occasion than Labor Day for reiterating our convictions on the subject. In conclusion, one may hope that another year will serve to correct some of our difficulties and that when Labor Day returns once more the workers in whose interest the day is celebrated will, with braver hearts and freer minds, be able to face the future, that the anxiety of loss of employment, the severing of the life-line so to speak, will have grown gradually less. Fine Campaign Of Building Trades September! "BUILD R.C.PAYROU A Can of Milk a Day! AC** of nuts. SStt 11 fee slavsa seen Ml I leys mors tkta . Nt Mi I. ths nests el a_l wlu le tbe plctere 1 smtkl sj-Mk. la Mi -.st mtat a III ___!__ A spUaSlt IMS, a I kMMfc Mows. Pacific Milk| |m_lat.t 1 Doom 100 per cent. BrUis* C_* Oxxmcd and ConlrcM WtMBt AT Phona: Seymour 6761 Having obtained beneficial remlta from the organisation campaign during the past three monthe, the Vancouver, New Westminster aad District Building Trades Council has extended Its campaign to the end of October. There ia .till considerable building activity and the diminished supply of union labor makes it Imperative that tha non-union labor should all be gathered np into our ranks. Some local unions have every man working, but there are others that are not so fortunate because the employen ia their trade fail to get contracts unless the estimates are slashed to a point where they can only pay helpers' dares. Uniona are trying to help employers readjust these conditions so that the cutthroat competitor will stop being not only a menace to the trade but a menace to hia own business. The Building Trades Council has en very successful la getting union men on all the School Board jobs and hopes to be able to keep thia harmonioua relationship from year to year. Union men are working on practically all the big construction jobs and prospects still look good for a continuation of thia activity. Work oa the New Westminster bridge ia new well under way aad the job, which waa aot very well organised ea the atari, ia now practically 19Â« per cent anion with Trades Council buttons oa pan. DONT ALL SPEAK AT ONCE Young lady wishes business girl as room-mate, also have vacancy tor one "pang man.âAd In the Columbia Scribbens Supmded FroM frafc Cosncil During the discussion on the question ot discontinuing the affiliation of five Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Unions to the Trades Council, Delsgato Scribbens of the Civic Employees' Union made some derogatory remarks about some other unions and President Colin McDonald asked him to withdraw the statement. Thia. he refused to do, so the President informed him that he would stand suspended until he withdrew thoae remarks. Delegate Scribbens, la hia remarks, interred that the Jewelry Workers' Union existed oaly oa paper. Prealdent Colin McDonald asked him to withdraw the statement, but this he refused to do, hence the suspension. Delegate Scribbens Should make Inquiries before making each rash statements about soma other uaioa. The Trades Council is not ia the habit ot seating delegates from unions that "exist oaly on paper" aa aa/ delegate has a right to ask tor information relative to the standing of any delegate from any union. While the Jewelry Workers' Union Is not a large union, Us membenhip compares van favorably with many othen when the nature ot the work ia concerned, aad the number of people working at the trade. The Jewelry Worken' Union ia composed of 16 members, aad these are employed by the largest ot the jewelry firms In the city. PAY INCREASE SECURED BY IAN ANTONIO TYPOS San Antonio, Texas.âUnion print- en .employed by San Antonio news- K pen have won a 6 per cent, wage :reaae, retroactive to December 10, State. 1985. Attar the fallen of __ negotiations oyer a loag period, the matter waa submitted to arbitration and ths Increase was awarded bf the arbitrator. Prof. Teal Dowlas ot Narthweetera ynlverslty. â¢r e UNION-MADE I AND CAKES McGAVWSLT Phone: Bay. 720 IT'S GOOD, WHOIiSOMtJ AND NOURISHINft PHONE FOÂ» tHI UNIOIII HEAD SALESMAN! Inserted by Bakery Salesman's' No. IM With complimMti of Hotel Auri 200 Modern *< oomi with VÂ» â¢ p,:.-ote hHii- HOUSrKEEMMS WlW (i to 4 room) â¢====FU:.I.y'^Â§_ ?:opt*XtrnX W.Bennett. H. FieW. *â¢*" 1221 G ANVHii PHC :1E: SET. â *** LOGGERS, MWB&J FARMER AND <*" THMHOItfj WAY, 25"; 73 â¢44 E.aHM*Â»* Evary eonve- ;Â°"^S3l _-J end monlM. ""'â¦"â¢JjT worthy ol your wppw- t, IOURGOIN, Complin**"* f NEON PRO**!*; WESTERN' LIMN* KEY WEST WPA ***** Key West, Ftag*. WPA workers Â«g" West l>roJÂ«f1u'_l_3S_Â«*l| ****** r5tt.tly.i,l*S*"Â» we*. ^nÂ«kÂ£iE'i their main Â°WÂ«â¢3[ during recent rsJsfc*V laneeaceo w'j^nis e,m THE LABOR STATESMAN ilk (Labor Statesman I Tk.r_d*r la month, at i Vancouver, EC f the Vancouver, New jttr snd District Trades i Lsbor Council. IfATTI, Man. Edller. Istss: 11.00 per Years I ftps SMmbsr per month. U labanble. r, Can., September, 1936 E AGAINST COMICS Union Movement is, Urge movement, sub- â nplon from the inside as itucb from the outside. aoTiment attempts to bet- irking conditions of its ; it expects to meet strong from the employen or **" where employers have fleial to have a contin- l*r of .killed labor and J relstioiu with their em- Ik. Trades Union Move- up in offensive campaign -Bin in order to raise the w Bring in some particular -**-- conditions have be- â----- It also expects to "Missive campaign, when conditions tend to make think, that by slashing I tattering down working - they will be able to tÂ» itonn of industrial de- And in as much as all V are constantly taking m w ever prepared to meet I? ,,..n,t!"'r ot course, and "-JI that there was something Â» our movement if wa did to face these various epi- Â» wr organisational activities. M not blame employen for "ililnit wage increases or mug of working conditions; Â«t Slsme them for thinking 1MB wages and sweatshop â¢ssbles them to get the Â« Mme cut-throat competi- Ca ?Â°i_!en blÂ»mÂ« them for ISt ^nized Ubor needs wwelng to keep down the *** we movement seems hr every once in a whUe. â_rT* ******* and some- Â«Â« relish the attack because Â» keep us from getting or maybe too cocksure of , hence we do not develop it hrtred towards those P Â«PMt to do battle with. I " K" of oÂ»t objecUve .W t0-theM thl"Â«Â« ** â¢vto in the evolution of nil life. 'b growth and progress, .f-.._-Wes UnlÂ°n ****** â¢found that from time to _3_ [i*sdo battle ""â¢> â¢*** â¢WS sad outside ite ranksâ of lo-called workersâwho W trying to change the J. jown by the memben melrÂ»_,w,PMtive delegates im *Jhe *%** Â°* tn*** **- w tho_e with an alleged T.J. ed;- At onÂ« Â«â¢e this ffsft amti-pollUesal and anÂ«- hd___li ?pp0,'tlol> to politl- ffi**1 action has slowly l*m*e they found that "â¢ at not gather into their Imt Â»: Highland 491 tood Coal Sawdust ~Â»u> WI-THSS. Abbotsford fÂ«od and Coal Co. LIMITID ranks enough supporters. During this change, however, they have adopted nearly every Und of r that it is possible to adopt, and inglorious!? failed to get the sui and the adherents they hoped .... Now their policy ia to get into tha International Tndes Union Movement, get elected aa officen and delegates, and change the policy of the movement to a condition of chaos by whieh it is hoped to bring about a political and industrial revolution. The Trades and Labor Council and some of our local unions are permeated with this element, who obtain orden from some outside source from whence comes all the stereotyped suggestions. They have become a source of danger to the recognised policy of our movement, hence the Trades and Labor Council and these local unions an beginning to take the offensive against them. We do not propose that the movement shall become a political football in the hands of Communists. Our objective of raising wages and bettering working conditions must not be changed to one of constant strikes and street battles with the powers of the state. Our objective of organising tha industrial worken into strong unions whereby we can maintain and bettor our standard of living must not be chsnged into one of building up a Red Army to battle the alleged Fascists and the powers of the state. The Tndea Union Movement must not be sacrificed on such foreign tactics and those who are foolish enough to think that the comics should be permitted to lead our movement into those channels should be kicked out of the unioni along with those who peddle the stuff. The comics have failed in the Worken' Unity League; they have failed in their strikes and they have failed to organise a revolutionary organisation; and the Organised Labor Movement must sea to It that they fail to get control of the Tndea Union Movement or to guide its destiny. This can be done If the present memben of the movement attend a little mon to their trades union affairs instead of something else that is not ot such vital importance. The recent election of officen tor the Hamilton (Ontario) Trades and Labor Council showed that tha delegates got fed up with the "boring from within" tactics of a certain group in the council, says the Hamilton Labor News, and elected an almost clean slate of officers. It seems that tha comics have dictated S>llcles for the executive for some me and it haa apparently not been in the beat Interests of the tndea union movement, so when election time came, the delegates showed up in full force and cleaned the slate of all the officen who permitted themselves to be influenced by the comics. Manitoba Election Figures Interesting Winnipeg.âfinal elections results show that the Libenl-Prognssive government of Manitoba faces the prospect of struggling through next session with a minority. Standing of parties ia aa follows: _ Elected Last House Government ........ 23 S8 Conservative. 16 10 C.C.F. 7 * Social Credit 5 .... Independents 3 2 Communists 1 Papular Veto First choice and other votes cast for the various candidates were as follows: Government SMJJ Conservative Â«M00 C. C. F 81,000 Independent jMtl Social Credit IMJ5 Communist * S,SM â "You sold me a ear two weeks ago." "Yea, sir." "Tail me again all you said about it then. I'm getting discouraged." ' *"Â» KRIBnua AT TBB CE PARLOR "resTHAimiGi ,01*,*Â«eii_Â»ri*4aii_Ni DISPLAY WN NCON LTD. AFL UNIONI INCREASE _,. MEMBERSHIP I.4U.0SI Washington, O. CâFrank Morrison, secretary - treasurer ot the American Federation of User, announced^ that â the membenhip ot the national aad international organisation"*" and loeal unlona directly affiliated with tho A. F. of L. tor the month at July, 19S6. waa 3,547.808, which Is a gain of 1.431.MJ members ever the average membership tor the â¢seal fear ending August SI, IMI. Garment Strike In Winnipeg Settled Winnipeg.âWith the support and co-operation of the entire organised labor movement here, including the leaden of the Tndes and Labor Council of Winnipeg, a general stoppage ot work by 900 garment worken proved singularly effective. The work stoppage, on July 21, brought enthusiastic response and resulted in the signing of seven! shops that were heretofore nonunion. Seven shops that had refused to sign did so promptly, bringing the total to 19, with only one left on strike. Workers in the union shops, who returned the day following tne general stoppage, are reported as now enjoying better conditions, and Local 35, United Garment Workers of America, gives every indication of becoming a strong and solid organisation. 5,681,000 On Direct Relief Jobs m U.S. Struggling valiantly under the blight of widespread unemployment, while many who are employed receive low wages for long houn ot labor, the relief rolls of the United States incnased 217,310 from March 1, 1935, to the same date this year. These figures, necessarily delayed by work of compiling, have just been made public, along with other statistics ot a nvealing nature. The gigantic effort put forth by the present Administration, in cooperation with states and local communities, may be regarded as a fulfillment of President Roosevelt's inauguration statement that "no one will lie permitted to go hungry" if within the power of the Federal Gov. eminent to prevent it. The Works Progress Administration estimates that 1,930,000 families and single persons wen on direct relief laat March, In addition to the 8,751,000 who had federal work relief jobs. Those on direct relief this year wen handled largely by the states and local communities, since the curtailment by Congress of ths old FERA. According to a chart released by WPA officials, 70.4 per cent of worken on WPA projects and 55 per cent, of worken on PWA project., the latter chiefly low-coat housing developments, wen fnm nlief lists as of June 27. Aid waa also rendered to 295,405 high achool students. French Labor Leader On Bank Directorship Leon Jouhaux, president of the French Confederation of Labor, was the fint men appointed to the new council of 20 memben which will control the Bank of France, whose policy under the People's Front Government, headed by Leon Blum, will be to liberalise credit policies, but maintain the franc on the gold standard. The council of the bank will be controlled by the Government. Tha other memben will Include representatives of the French Cabinet, savings banks, conaumen' co-operatives, handicrafts, chamben of commerce and chamben of agriculture. The law passed by the French Par- "lament taking over control of the Bank of France, whieh houses the nation's gold and issues the national currency, was a nvolutionan measure. The bank waa established by Napoleon in 1800. From that date until the enactment of the present tatr-th. bank was controlled by a board of regente, all wealthy men fnm widely diversified branches of industry. Actual control of the bank waa in the handa of 200 large stockholders, who constituted a ruling oligarchy that pasaed on their power in family dynasties. During the recent campaign for electing the Fwnch Chamber of Deputies the People's Front coalition waa pledged to estabWh^Qovstnmeat control of the bank with a directorate representing all group, engaged in production and dlatribuMon. The clafm waa made that the hM* had not been administered In the inter; asta of ths national welfare,, sad that these Interests could only he protected by establishing fevjra- Seat control of the nation's banking SHUNO STYLE! Ths panties at City Ball token at their pnttleet now,âJeeksoa, Me., paper. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaa â â â â saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoi .trrrrTTc CARIBOU BRAND PANTS and OVERALLS FOR MEN. BOYS AND YOUTHS Are cut on large, generous patterns, well and strongly made of hard-wearing materials. They will give you the best of service. AT REASONABLE PRICES LOOK FOR THIS LAW. 5HH CARIBOU Hdani; FOR SAUK AY ALL GOOD DEALERS GAULT BROTHERS Ltd. BNBQUQBQBQHw wwaaBBaawaaBaaaaaaaawaaaBMaaaa MOVING PACKING SHIPPING STORING GOOD MEN! GOOD SERVICE! GOOD EQUIPMENT! ***** TELEPHONE: SEYMOUR MM CRONE STORAGE CO. Ltd. 760 BEATTY STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. I Anywhere -Any Timej By Bts. Anita* -**_____, _*Ta i HHuM ilUHl MU 7**N> RESULT OV TOO MUCH OMSK! ItMah-er ***%%, _.:_?-Â«=â ^-^:. -Lfpisirwa.- K.a.Â» p.... THE LABOR STATESMAN British West Indies DIRECT MONTHLY FREIGHT SERVICE FROM VANCOUVER TO TRINIDAD AND BARBADOES WITH EXCELLENT TRANSSHIPMENT FACILITIES AT PORT OF SPAIN FOR ALL BRITISH WEST INDIES PORTS. Vancouver-St. Lawrence Line DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS FOR OUEBEC AND MONTREAL. CANADIAN TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED 1001 METROPOLITAN BUILDING PHONE: SEYMOUR 1684 Cable Address: Transmacan VANCOUVER. B.C. Steinmetz, Electrical Wis Foresaw a 4-Hour Worh H. & H. Sheet Metal Works Automobile Penden a Specialty "Look hen, waiter, I Just foaad a I Wilkins: "Your hair will be gray it collar button ta my soup." it keeps on." "Ok, thank you. air. I hare been Watson: "It it keepa on I doj'f looklng all ore* tor It" lean what color Â£ become-." â¢ â¢ 2* *wa Kama was walkiag down the street. As he paendtS replied, "80 do "Tlmt denenb on whether yoa an .oT.lllng-ft or buying tl." (Reprinted from The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer, June, 1986) Charles P. Steinmets, who perhaps more than any other person with the exception of Edison, contributed most to the development of the electrical industry â some ssy moreâand as much aa any to the mechanisation of industry with its consequent decrease in employment, was an advocate ot a four-hour day to take up the slack thus created. This, he eaid, must come through change in the method ot distribution of the fruits ot mechanisation, which, he asserted, an today but little better than in the days of the cave man. Steinmets won universal recognition as an electrical wisard largely because he thought in practical aa well as scientific terms, had imagination and could see farther ahead than the vast majority of men closely identified with big business. These declaration., made when labor was battling tor the 8-hour day, the writer recently found in a little book picked up at a secondhand book stall, published many yean ago by John T. Broderick, long associated with Steinmets, entitled "Forty Yean With the General Electric Company". Steinmets is long in the grave. So as a voice from the tomb, and as startling, was Broderick's recording of the prediction of thie master of technological improvement, that ex- Eressed by a living man would today e branded as radical. Broderick quotes the great mentor as saying: "I view with satisfaction the reduction, finally, of the work-day to eight houn. I hope that, through mechanical invention, we shall Be able, even in the present generation, to reduce it to a much greater extent. Considering the rate at which machine production is superseding production by human muscle, it is quite logical tor one to look forward to a work-day of seven houn, ot six, five and even four. "At present, to be sure, it is no mora than a dream", Steinmets granted, "but while dreams ordinarily receive no recognition in my calling, the fact is that some ot them come trtte. "Baton we can make the dream ot a four-hour day come true we must, of course, learn how to distribute the fruits of machine production. From the point of view of society as a whole, you see, we an much farther advanced with production than we are with distribution. One is scientific, or measurably so. the other wholly unscientific. Wis cooperate, both voluntarily and under compulsion, to produce, and because we co-operate, we become mora and more efficient as producers. "In our method of distribution, on the other hand, wa are bat a few stages ahead of tha cave men. In effect we have no method of distribution: what we have ia a scramble for dollan, or other certificatea of material value, in which a certain form ot cleverness, not in itself a particularly admirable form, haa a marked advantage. "I have no bias against riches, and above all, against rich men. I just think there is no gain in the uae of accumulated wealth merely to produce mora and more wealth to be scrambled for. In fact, â¢ have to look very tu ' noses to see in it s pceHn. for it makes our social ud _ structure lopsided. "To produce wealth with 1 creasing efficiency, ia. of e altogether rational, pmiMl it with a valid object; but J object that appeals te at i a reduction of the work x necessary for us to do I we may have creators e in turn, in order thst U., incressed opportunity In i creative, pleasurable, ir' character. "With that object ia v.. tinuous shortening of the i, should be automatic nthertL outcome of agitation. Is 1 words, it should be s tf of incressed producthri i "Whatever the length i. day, whether it be eight I. or four, the earninp it I must he assumed, ihoiU I aua.e; but a shortenini o'" sy must be one of the a.. ot increased productit. brought about by ths Istn machinery and improridi the increased efficiency permanent social vslw. "An Increase of letaun li ive and cultural activity itX words, the main element ot t proved living standard. IWI elements are doubUea ill I flood, but they have so i ng upon my contention, omic equivalent is part of production, a wholeiale I which, through the sip mechanical power, ii my | "It strikes me thst rÂ»i ing the Important question ive", I said, passing to snot1 of the subject. "Ia there i ance that the incresiid Ws would come to them thror ution of necessary wort advantageously emplojill not ite effect be to crwd* waya and byways with WH "Your point ii a famillsror said dryly. "It is lestsni' books of homilies. OI < tive is Important, veryi times incentive to effort l tionately powerful, thst t of the object soughsjtoaMffijj to Justify the strength Â« "" tlve. During the MM! example, hundreds ol pilgrims underwent '"" ships, msny, of t__ . through a desire toobtalai of a distant city which isÂ« nothing of a substantial_e give them. They "Â«â¢?, Idea, the Impelling fÂ«*i not wholly intelligible toi "The question of is haa many aspects hut Vj- contend is that asahwW" and incentive ere not *â¢ Â«ous to the fsmousSua* Incentive I. linked **Â»**' ation, which *^mw*i human beings, irreeeedWÂ» '"^Thus, it mÂ«y J^iLi, that an increase of ***** be foUowed by sn >*****! ,, It would doubtless M.sÂ»n some of the Pâ¢"BÂ»'"21* activity and, ve'o***>.*rt ment of some new mm would be all to ths gosr. Anti-Labor Policies Pei Packer Loses Govt. Jena ^Aatj-labor policies ef the Menett Packiag Compear, Palla. South Dakota. haVe eai_ to loee all Federal eeatracta Â«. alaaahtariag aad processiag beef purchased ia the Dekotea aad JUane- eotahy the government la tbe fee recently Whoa the ceattaeta tat this week ire being arsaarsd tbe " were betag . Federatioa el . , , of the Itaaartmsat ef Agriculture te the firm's l.ag Heading refusal to concede the right ef orgealaatiea to ltaeaipleÂ»ass. .fAÂ»Â«*SUHSr.WÂ» riseT the Itiaaeseta federatlea that tbe eeatracta weald ba "' "" * tattaia-- * that** l .hSwV Thia Is the se< last tew weeks l has aaed its w inish labor "elâ leceaUy.^i^i. ***** *" J0*"- _Tj-ae Â»*** ''TegS1 contract from Uaghlin SUel bad been found leaal Labor BeU__ aetlve In their Ubor officials sail' a ao-iarameat se|^ nfaslag ta â¢K*| alas â¢elated out g* Lady: "When shall I fiad the caa- Boxer: "Have I *â¢â¢ *-*â¢*â¢ J -Floorwalker: "AD canned goods disgusted Seconds^ Â« 5JJJJ - o-r bunta Baaasaaat, â J-jftUfr.'*.. ir.lMfi. iÂ» dairy, LIMITED lyvlew 553 mmslet DAIRY, UMITED rtMWrt i**^ R HEIGHTS |MtY; Highland 22M DAIRY; Bayview 2192 ISLAND DAIRY Ssymeur 2877 12,1 SmWttlminstsr mâTED DAIRIES. LTD. ItaWsrhniniter 1441 Sttth Vancouver ATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 Ml UNION MEN |nbÂ» companies deterve Jtsr patronage IUNION I COMPANIES rCsbi; Say. 7131 I Cabs; Sey. 7131 ' City Limousines Seymour 7131 | for Taxi Company Seymour 9151 Mel Angelus |hHie Hub of Everything! â¢t Howe Street | Entirely Redecorated Miy Licensed ***â¢ G. Thomai, Owner, Manager I htaeae4elvMl Hdtaed LONGER OIL LIFE %!rfttSBJ8 ^ throughoat Western 'OH Co. of ,0J*RCENTWJIE 'ARAFFINIAS6 THE LABOR STATESMAN Board of Industrial Relations Betters Working Conditions Gradual bat steady progress has been made, and many more branches of industry and business have been brought within regulations respecting wagea and hours of work, says the Board of Industrial Relations in ite report for 1985 in British Columbia. In formulating these regulations the Board haa followed the aame policy aa heretofore in consulting employees and employen, so that their views might be obtained in assisting the Board to reach its decisions. As legislation under the Board's administration waa originally designed to apply to purely industrial concerns, its application and enforcement is comparatively easy when confined to the industrial field. When, however, it is extended to occupations not of a strictly industrial character, the wide variety of working conditions creates greater difficulties in framing suitable regulations. Net Within Prevlaelal Jerbdictloa Another point frequently lost sight of it that a number of occupations within the province are not within provincial jurisdiction with respect to hours and wages, but are, by virtue of Dominion law. within the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada. The experience of the previous year has been of great value,, tending to show where regulations could be strengthened and improved. This experience has been of assistance not only from the standpoint ot regulations, but also with regard to the Statutes ss well, and these have been amended by the Legislature on several important points. One of the most significant amendments wu that which enabled the Board to apply minimum wage orders to sll male persons Irrespective of age, instead of to male persons over 18 years of age only, aa formerly, In carrying out this new respoasi- buity. minimum wages In industries affording opportunities for employment of youth have been arranged on Males gradually increasing in due proportion to age and experience, in an endeavor to assess service at its appropriate value and remove the incentive to replace older boys with younger and cheaper help. Higher Rale, fee Part-time Worker. The principle of higher rates for part-time employees has also been applied in a number of cases where this was thought practicable, with a view to giving all possible encouragement to full-time work and discouraging the practice of broken time and split shifts, which waa becoming all too prevalent At the commencement of the present year all members of the Board and all Inspectors were called into general conference at Victoria. This, tha first meeting of its kind, proved to be of inestimable value, and the exchange of views, based upon practical administrative experience, provided a volume of information that has been of great benefit. The expansion of industrial payrolls and increase in wage-rates generally give evidence not only of the return of more prosperous times, but bear out the fact that we are within very short distance of what have been termed "peak" conditions. Mialmnm Net Standard Wage Our statistical tables demonstrste that the legal minimum haa not become the standard wage, and it is a fact worthy of note that during the period under review wages that for some time remained very close to the legal minimum have risen appreciably beyond that point It is not sought to claim that thia is due solely to the application ot the Statutes which the Board administers. ^^.SSSSSS^. Memben of Trades Council Committees The following were appointed members of the Legislative Committee by Charles Watson (City Firefighters) chairman, and ware endorsed by the Trades Council. R. H. Neelands, Typographical. A. McCaulay, Sheet Metal Workers. E. C. Millar, Musicians. Ed. Smith, Painters. R. 0. Pollock, Projectionists. A. Ross, Railway Carmen. J. D. Pittendrigh, Street Railway- men. W. Page, Carpenters. E H. Morrison, Electrical Workers. Orgaaiaaliea Cessntftlee The following were appointed on his committee by Dan. MacPherson, Chairman ot tha Organisation Committee: _ , P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. C. E. Fitzgerald, Professional Trades. T. Carson, Transportation Trades. T. A. Holland, Printing Trades. Prose Committee The following were appointed on his committee by Blrt Showier, chairman of the Press Committee and endorsed by the Trades Council. D. S. Fallen. Electrical Workers. J. Jackson, Barbers. L. Gibson, Teamsters. R. Stevenson, Painters. D. Blackman, MUk Salesmen. F. Griffin, Street Railwayman. Stage Fmplipy Theatrical Stage Enmloyees' Local No. 118 informed the Trades Council that H vigoronsly objects to the Council taking any action binding locals to political parties or supporting rebellious factions of ths America!. Federation of Labor, wtthout the matter being first submitted to affiliated unions. Se fan the Tradw Conncllhas beea able ta avoid taking this action, bat tt feek that tha saexestiea is a good oae and it these subjectsi cease up again they will be referred first to the affiliated anions. COOKS STRIKE FOR FOOD v.3io7.tSroMM..jcp^ â¢gainst mussllng the ox taatteeede oat the corn way invoked here recently when eooks aboard the S.8. Normandie went on stags for_ssssa food at their taeals. Their demands were granted in Maw for the big Unar to sail oa schedule. Strike of California Citrus Workers Ended Santa Ana, Calif.âTha and of the long cltrua strike in Orange County by an agreement signed by representatives of thc strikers' committee and the growers' committee was announced by Lucas Lucio, representative of the Mexican Consul in Los Angeles. When the strike occurred on June 11 the pickers received no hourly wage but were paid 6tt and 6 centa per box with an additional 1 cent per box bonus for remaining until the end of the season. The agreement, according to Mr. Lucio, provided a 20-cent hourly wage for a 9-hour day, plus three cents per box of fruit picked. Growers agreed to furnish free transportation for the pickers and to furnish bags and clippers. Although there waa no statute against either striking or picketing, the local authorities arrested many ot the strikers and jailed them with the evident intention of ending the walkout by illegal detention of the workers active in conducting it ICKES SPEEDS UP a LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECTS Washington, D. CâAn immediate etart of construction ot six development, ln as many cities has been ordered by Harold L. Ickes, Public Works Administrator, to speed, ap tho government's $180,000,000 low- cost homing program. HORSESHOERS; UNION STILL HAS OLD "KICK" Columbus, Ohio.âIn these dan of automobile mechanic, aad airplane machinists, It Is something of a aews item when there ia a strike of horse- shoers. Oae has just been settled here aad Loeal No. Â» of the later- national Horseshoers' Union haa won a cloeed shea agreement from the Bealah Park Jockey Clab. Tears ago the horseshoers had pne of the moot powerfjU labororganlsa- tions in Ameriea. Motor transports- tion, however, gradually shoved the trade almoot oat ot ^jS*â¢-** international uaioa le aflU ta extot- eace. hat with Jose thaa a total membership ef 1H. STEEL STRNUM WW Starting, IIU-A 10 per coat wage ers, and return of all strikers wUh- ^B.^^U.^"*" a e e The BEST bread is the most economical . . . . It im't the price you pay for a loaf of bread, pr the quantity you eat that decide! the actual velue of that breed to your body. It it the quality and purity of the ingredienti. Bread of high qualityâsuch ai 4Xâii far more economical became it provide! you with more itrength and energy. 4X Bread is tbe finest too can buy â¢ . . CANADIAN BAKERIES LIMITED VANCOUVER VICTORIA NEW WESTMINSTER NANAIMO home or 100 PER CENT BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCT Cnttrr & fanna th. (btaMshad 1193) Vancouver North Vancouver, Powell River, and Ladner, B. C. Lady (to tramp who has beea bof- rwwaaai -Wet* ap, BUI. 'art yer- ""im: "Veil b sss dtaaer heart* THE LABOR STATESMAN Electors of Vancouver-Burrard i t t i j i DR. FRANK f. PATTERSON Conservative Leader In Irttbh Columbia Candidate In krrard ly-Elaetion This is your opportunity to give safe, sound, aggressive leadership to British Columbia. Ai the recently chosen leader of tha Corner- vative Party in Britiih Columbia, Dr. Frank P. Patterton hat accepted nomination ai the party candidate in the Burrard By-Election celled for Wedneiday, September 2. Ha hai thui taken the fint pouible opportunity within the term of hit reipomible office to make hit leadenhlp affective in tha House et Victoria. Ai the Daily Province putt it: "In accepting thii nomination, Dr. Patterton hai dona tha right thing. It ii tha duty of a leader to laid. In thii reipect, Dr. Patterton has displayed in etiential quality of leadership, and his cow-mi will commend reipect throughout the province". Prominent in the affairs of British Columbia for the greater part of a lifetimeâ* resident of Burrard for a quarter of a centuryâÂ«keen, progreuive citizen, and a leader among mw âno conttituency could elect a more acceptable repreientative. DR. FRANK P. PATTERSON WILL SPEAK AT ALMA ACADEMY MONDAY, AUGUST 31st, 8 P.M. He wid be supported by several prominent loeal speakers. Thit meeting will be broadcast,? to MS pm. over CKFC and Short-wave VE9CS. DR. PATTERSON will broadcast over CJOR. Monday, August 3 Itt, 7 te 7)30 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 1st, 7 to 7:30 p_m., over CJOR. OTHER BROADCASTS: Tuesday, September 1st, 10:45 te II CKWX. Saa dally peperi. Monday, August 31st, 10:48 to II a_m_, CKWX. See daily papers. "SERVICE-NOT PROMISES" a a r t r h v il P h I * * I ii iÂ«**i*tSo*tsx*i^^ THE PRODUCT OF A BRITISH COLUMBIA COMPANY . . . Royal City Peas MADI MY HAPPY EMPLOYEE* IN A PROPERLY CONDUCTED. WELL EQUIPPED FACTORY htitksm%aa*m^ Pacific Coast Terminals Co. UMITID COMPLETE TERMINAL SERVICE! Fastest Growing Terminals in All British Columbia. Port of New Westminster, EC. IN NKW MTOTMINSTKRâ¢ J. THE FRASER CAFE re tnÂ« sioer cintbal. ths stoat aaaaawaate m amusa, aaa , IATINO nUtCC HOTSB FOB COUBTesV. CBWrO-.V ABm C4_M-MM rse sas.asiasa aaââ xsxam aaaea x.a.x, ntassi tfSBM BAY AÂ«_ aWMT METAL MINERS ADVOCATE ROOSEVELT'S RE-ELECTION Denver, Colo.âThe 83rd annual convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, concluded here, adopted a resolution endorsing the re-election ~ Win D. ~ of President PrankTl Roosevelt. It was declared that the President, "in view ot the detrimental and re- actionary forces which have combined against him, deserves the sap- port of all organised labor". Most of the convention waa devoted to routine internal matter.. The union, which already haa 33,000 members in the United States, Canada and Alaska, plans an extensive membership campaign for the near fatass. Richmond Radiator Company Union Firm Word has been received by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, from the International Brotherhood of Foundry Employees, of Union- town, Pennsylvania, to the effect that the Richmond Radiator Co. of that town is one hundred per cent anion and worthy of the patronage ot organised labor. Tha Arm uses the name of Richmond and Richvar on ita "products which compose radiators, built-in bathtubs, bathroom outfits, kitchen sinks, lavatories, and coal and gas boilers. Organised labor is requested to ask tor this make of fixtures from their plumbers and steamiltters. Italian Workers An R|fctm|Wa|oCnt Turin, Italy. âMussolini's hand leys heavy over Italy. Even the slightest move on the part of the disgruntled nnd war-tired workers is mercilessly stifled. Confronted with new wage cuts the workers of the Fiat motor plants near Turin complained to their department heads. When refused, i clash occurred which waa ended b hastily eaUod military forces. Al. those participating were arrested; live workers charged with "menacing and endangering the technical leadership", were turned over to the military authorities for speedy trial. SHEET METAL UNION MAKES â M OAINS IN MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis, Minn.âOver half of the employers in the local furnace inetalllng and repairing Industry ^â¢.i"? â¢Â«!!*. *â¢__*"'â¢Â» eontracta if". *kii*" .r^**1 Workers' Loeal Union No. 34, since the recent strike began. Effective picketing haa been main- tained, in the face of support for employers from a so-called nCitisen's Alliance", and other crafts have been co-operating fully with the sheet metal workers. The demand of the local is regarded aa vary modest, since the chief item in tho new agreement is a uniform wage scale o? only $1.06% an hour-!? lower rate than In many comparable communities. . VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, SPECIALS Items of I far Frisky ao-1 Saturday, August *****$ B-scham's Pills , Calvert'. Carbolic Tooth Powder. 1/. .Is. Woodward'. Grip. Wswr â Aristocrat ClesnlnS Is* 1 Absorbln. Junior, small . Bite Envelopes, No. *, White or Blue, per packet Cutlenra Ointment ar.sshopp.i- Olntm.nt, l/l else, M D-ob'o XMney Pills . M Fill, bottle , Alka Seltaer Cream of Witch Hud aa* I Tlneture of lo-lnt, l-<a.1 Croo-PIÂ»lntect-nt, IM* 8 Superior Bar Bum, â¢â Â» â¢ Fsryllum Seed. PÂ«r Â»â â Krjrsol (Antiseptic). 1H*__ __ro__atlo Cascwm, Liquid Petrolatum, Taas.avss's ewa Â» __Sff flMVV^M. Mal^A^M By-law Local 145, Musicians' Ualon, has asked the Trades CouneU to amend its by-laws so as to provide that notice must be given ef all resolutions affecting the policy of the council, before such resolutions are accepted by the president et the council. The anion felt that this change should be made In order to protect the .Trades Council against organised minorities who attempt to introduce resolutions that are contrary to the principles of the Trades Union Movement. *AV CUT OP BRITISH RAIL WORKERS PARTLY RESTORED London, Eng.âThe organised rail- w*2â ,,[0Lkâ ^, Â° Â°?*t "'â¢â¢â¢â¢n woa a partial victor* In their demand for a "â¢â¢oration of the remaining ttt per cent, of the 6 per cent, wages reduction imposed on them In 1981. The men secured the restoration of IM Sr cent. In 1Â»S5, but the national bunal to which their claim for Fraser R^|n Company. ******* PUBLIC WO** CONTRACTOR Phone 1011 Foot of II* Â»â¢â¢Â»*' N^W-MhaW.10 Palis paper. PRUDENT***. 8arith:IayoÂ«MJÂ»Pj Jonee: SometW* "E tf SO eandles 00 Â»"* "â "" xrl aba, 1936. THE LABOR STATESMAN n Holds 6-Hour Day To Provide Jobs for Idle Millions â iiik, N. Y.âWith more than million, of working men and â still jobless in the United I despite the near approach of _)â to the production level that ml before the depression, Pres- Villism Green of the Ameri- Wention of Labor told the Un to the annual convention i New York State Federation of - in session here recently, that uoduction of the six-hour day only adequate means of coping continued chronic unemploy- . American Federation ot will not modify its program in t-pect", he said. "The fight f on until the six-hour day is .he. in the whole ol American Urge. Broader Social Secarity In discussing the Federal Social Security Act. Mr. Green declared that while welcoming the measure as the beginning of a comprehensive system ot unemployment and social insurance in tbe United States, the American Federation of Labor regarded it as inadequate and would continue to work tor its extension and improvement. "We must have a social security law that will meet the needs of modern society", he said. "And coupled with this we shall continue to battle for ever higher and higher wages as the essential factor in the struggle for the balancing of production and consumption". 100,000 Houses, Mostly for ow Incomes, Built in England instructive account ot what (overnment and private enter- ire doing in England to pro- idtquate housing, especially for it-income groups, il given by nt U. Nelson, secretary of the nil Association of Real Estate in an article in the New Herald-Tribune. ding at Harwich in east Eng- be motored to London, stopping number of towns to inspect i. projects developed by local iment authorities and private lures of new houses of brick for lud two families and many row â¢o appear everywhere", Mr. Nel- |aid. "They are substantial in tince and have plenty of win- lipice. They are built to a tew Itpitterns. Pit of the 'council houses', I by local city councils tor rent pnlies of low income, are lavish I bay windows at the front and I Of the hundreds of new aril houses' I saw in Stratford ] Warwick virtually all were It houses with a party wall. * the private builders sre doing soewhat more variety". Lnin_ to figures regarding the I of new housing in England, â Nelson continued: Since the World War there have been 3,000,000 new homes built in Great Britain, most of them for .hose of lower incomes. Last year there were 324,000 built Ot these, 270,000 were built by private enterprise. Nearly all of these hsve been ouilt for sale and have been sold. This market is slowly being saturated. Leaders whom I talked to here feel that the country still needs to build about 100,000 homes a year tor the next few years, particularly houses for rent to those who cannot buy or should not try to buy. They are pleased with what haa been done, but they would like to see public building stopped soon. "So far, 400,000 persons have been taken out ot bad slums under England's present bousing program. They are being taken out at the rate of 6000 a week. Thia ia action. No one need ever again suggest to me that, the British are slow. "Four-family and six-family .true tures, to rent at about $125 a year a unit, many of which are now being built in England, are readily finding buyers among investors who are content with a low return if their capital is secure". Sheet Metal Workers' Float Won Grand Prize f WAGE DAIRY FOUGHT i BY LONG BEACH UNIONS lag Beach, Csllf. â Notwlth- pt threats of bodily injury rear. Â«s made against members of â Truck Drivers' Union by gunmen |Wly hired by the company, and 1'irest of newsboys selling the â¢Â« News", setting forth the â jof the light, the strike against llichmaid Creamery here contin- l'ith increasing determination. Won recognition, with a very Viable scale of wages, is asked R union. Management of the K which has long refused to re- fjÂ» union conditions, has refused Iraer with representatives of the Pal Labor Council of San Pedro ffit Beach. PJF stories are current of abuses W upon the drivers, and organicÂ»nor is apparently determined pnder every possible assistance pinle thc Truck Drivers' Union fin their strike. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MAKES MEMBERSHIP GAINS Washington, D. CâThe American Federation of Government Employees, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, reached its fourth anniversary August 12, with notable gains. Starting in August, 1932, the A. F. G. E. had 34 lodges and about 2000 members. At the time of the 1933 convention, in September of that year, the organisation had grown to 71 lodges and 4000 members. In 1934 there were 139 lodges snd 11,000 members. This waa increased to 216 lodges aad 22,000 members in 1935. At the present time the Federation reporta 328 lodges of employees of the United States Government and 119 lodges of state, municipal and county workers, with a total membership of 37,199. Patronise our advertisers I Business Agent Dan HcPherson, of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, Local 280, has had considerable congratulations since the Vancouver Exhibition parade. This haa been because the float which he organised haa been given the Grand Prise for the best float in the parade. There were 225 units and this was judged the best. But Dan pointa out that, although it took a lot of work to get the thing organised and started, the real credit goes to the men who built it, and thanks is extended to them and to the firms who donated the material. Dan McPherson is the newly elected chairman of the Organization Commititee of the Trades and Labor Council, and if he can do as well on that job as he did on the float, there will be some good stories for us to tell in the future. The float was designed by Lou Parry, a former member of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, but who has developed into a designer, at which job he is now employed by the Neon Sign and Products Com pany, Bill Clarkson, secretary of the Sign and Pictorial Painters' Union, who works for the same firm, designed the lettering, which is made of strip and block copper. The float was made by members of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, in their own time, at the shops in which they are employed. The figure was made in the Neon Products plant by R. McKay, J. Freemont, W. Coulson, R. Hays, H. Janowye and S. Kay. The center piece (Sheet Metal Workers' Union) was made in the shops of McLennan, MeFeely and Prior by Jas. Strachan, E. Grant, L. Grant and T. Burke. The top base (The Modern Aim) was made in the Central Sheet Metal Works by B. Durst, S. Hall, J. Walker and C. Loomes. The lower base (Mske It of Sheet Metal) was made in the Terminal Sheet Metal Works, by A. Fisher, Lome Fisher, G. Wallace, R. Macaulay, K. Russell, E. Perry and T. Miller. It was slso fabricated in the Terminal Sheet Metal Shop, where other members of the union helped on the work. These were N. Smith and G. Babcock of the Western Steel Products, and G. Biddlecomb of Campbell a. Grill, and C. Stephens of Atlas. The material, composed of monel metal, copper, brass, nickel sine, stsinless steel, galvanised iron and tinner iron, was donated by the following firms: Wilkinson Wire and Steel Company; McLennan, MeFeely k Prior; Gordon Belyea Company; Western Steel Products; Campbell A Grill; Terminal Sheet Metal Works: Atlas Sheet Metal Works; Central Sheet Metal Works, and the Neon Products Company. The car that pulled the float was a Plymouth coupe loaned by Fred Russell. While on the subject of sheet metal we want to remind our readers that these union men are the best to employ when getting your furnace fixed for the winter. Any of the shops mentioned will give you a good job at a fair estimate. PIGGLY WIGGLY North, south, east and westâwherever you live, there's a Piggly Wiggly store m vour neighborhood with a service which exactly fits your requirements. tmJBJt. Your PIGGLY WIGGLY STORE brings you Down-town Prices in your own neighborhood-a service that will make your food buying both pleasant and profitable. PIGGLY WIGGLY (CANADIAN) LTD. This advertisement is not published or displayed by tha Liquor Control Board or by â¢ the Government oi Britith Columbia. â¢ _ jwewyewgwi must- M**i**sv*f WW PrgÂ»WlÂ»Â»U I ___mH_m_P THE LABOR STATESMAN September J All Union Dairies associat d * fAJLlOOO \nWe are proud of the fact that we have always been all-Union Dairies selling the best milk obtainable. Associated Dairies Limited Fair. 1000 Valley Dairy Bay. S53 Steve's Dairy by. 2192 Royal Dairies Mix Your Next Fizz or Collins with SILVER FIZZ LONDON DRY GIN SAME PRICES AS FORMERLY: 12-oz., - 90c 25-oz., $1.75 40-oz., $2.60 ) Now in a NEW FLAT BOTTLE More convenient to handleâ easier to carry. Garment Workers Win Important Strikes The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union has recently won three outstanding victories, reported by locals in Los Angeles, Chicago and St. Louis. In each instance, substantial gains were recorded. In Los Angeles a strike which began August 5, has been called off with announcement that the dress â hops there have accepted union terms, amounting to a decisive victory for the union. ln Chicago, Embroidery Workers' Union, Local 112, ILGWU, signed a new three-year contract on August 7 with the Chicago Embroidery Manufacturers' Association. Gains included an increase ot 10 centa an hour tor Bonnas operators and establishment of a minimum wage for hand workers of nearly 35 cents an hour. The contract provides that all hand work must be made inside the shop, under union conditions. In St. Louis, a strike called July 30 was settled August 10, when the Cardaie Cloak Company signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Joint Board of the ILGWU. Terms include "code" wages and hours and provision that all workers must be union members in good standing. This shop, which had been operating non-union for 19 years, employs about 75 workers. Newspaper Guilds Get Federation Charter New York.âWilliam Green, presl. dent of the American Federation of Labor, presented an A. F. of L. charter to the American Newspaper Guild at a meeting in the Hotel Bilt more here. The charter was recently granted by the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor. In welcoming news writers into the organised labor movement, Mr. Green pointed out that the newspaper publishers are highly organized. He did not criticise them for this. But, he added, "no newspaper owner or group of owners has any right to claim the right to organise and at the same time deny that right to men and women who work for wages and salaries". UNITED DISTILLERS LIMITED VANCOUVER. t.C This advertitement It net publish*"") er displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia.' British Bakery Unions Want 40-Hour Week London, England.âThe Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers and Allied Workers, meeting in conference here, received demands from all parts of the country for consideration of the 40-hour week. The standard work week of the union is now 48 hours, with minimum wages of about three pounds sterling per week, with some local units having minlmums up to four pounds sterling, with overtime beyond that. It was pointed out, however, that in many non-union shops, 12 and 14 hours a day with 18 on Fridays and Saturdays are common. Eighty hours a week for wages of 45 to 50 shillings is not unusual. Besides, it is claimed, these non-union workers do not get proper meal times and no pay for overtime. Trade union agreements were advocated for the entire baking industry and a trade board for the industry was proposed. The train was very full, but in one carriage there waa a seat occupied hy a bag. A passenger came along and asked if the seat In question belonged to anybody. "Yes", replied a fussy gentleman, sitting opposite it. "I am Keeping it for a friend". Just then the whistle blew and the train began to move. The seatless passenger lost no time in jumping in, and, saying it was a pity to let the friend's luggage go without him, ?ently dropped the beg on the plat- orm before the fussy gentleman had time to reclaim his own property. IN A HURRY Huaband: "Who was that you were talking to for a whole hour at the sate?" Wife; "That wu Mrs. Smithâshe hadn't time to come in". BUSINESS TO THE BITTER IND Two Jewa were in a boat which upset. The one who could swim held op the one who could not until he thought he could do it no longer, and said: "Can you float alone, Abet" "Vot's the good of talking business at a time like this?" cried Abe, What is the peeper" length for ladies' aklrts?-A HtUe about two feet. ia- .. i i> ;:oEn " txgsa PILSENER SPECIAL LAGER bias ravo rn This advertisement is not published or displayed by the I _ Control Board or by the Government of British ColurabijJ ^^a**m^SSS^**^^*aaaaS*s**samm*a*aa*m*a*aX^*amaasmmas*m SHAVING REQUISITE! GILLETTE RAZORS 25c, 49c, We snd) AUTO-STROP RAZORS $1.00 and I WILKINSON RAZORS $3.00, $5.00 and I RAZOR STROPS-Horiehide...... _ $1.25, $2.00, $2.50 to I HAIR-CUTTING SHEARS , :.....- 75e, Re, M BILLFOLDSâSpecial 75e.$l*W ROLLS RAZOR..-. ...._. $6.95, $â¢.Â«. jff DARWIN RAZORS - f LATHER BRUSHES-Rubbenet. Me, 75c, $1.00 and I LATHER BRUSHES-Pure Badger. $2.75, $3.00 and I HAIR CLIPPERS-Home use We, $|.4tend$l^ THE BEST FOR LESS B.C.BARBER SUPPLY*SUNDRIESLT 64 West Hattingt Street, Vancenver, I. C. Phone: T*.Â« INSIST ON PURE FOOD "EMPRESS" BRAND! PRODUCTS Iff xjfijffi* EMPRESS MFQ. CO. LTD.. VANCQUVIJ__M UNION BARBER SHOP thi LOTue barbs* eMor in THCLerue hotsl. aeeorr COMPLIMENT* OF McGAVIN LIMITED â UTTKR-KRURT BREAD CAKfS h RAKIRY MRVICI . * '.nam rwpjy 3fer. THE LABOR STATESMAN I Ml re Evaders [en Into Court |S evasions are still fte*. wsy into the police |_t Vsncouver. There still I ll s number of employers ik that they can evade the EgMSti to their employees, sej or later the Department seill get them. K esses get into court I or their legal retainers i very feasible stories, limwator for the Minimum il___ usual;, manages to beat Iter defensive. We have I funny reasons put up to , {or not paying the mini- I to their employees or for Ik bop records, but the judge la mere as the law says he lint published these lists bent the following list of police liK-fds follow on from our ia lists. We like to publish |M because it shows conciliate tke Minimum Wage Board 11 lot of good work. I Bnuty Parlors, failure to wdj: fined $10 and coats. : Wood Products, Limited, I to keep records; .fined $10 _*: Wing less than the minify, fined $25 and ordered to 'Hotel, paying less than the n-ssge; fined $25 and ord- Farrears. aaart Construction Compsny, ft" Pest notices; fined $25 and l*eville. failure to pay mini- I ordered to pay arrears, I Cabs Ltd., failure to pay "swage; fined $50 and I ordered to pay arrears of Cabs Ltd., failure to minimum wage; fined $60 W* ordered to pay arrears of I* Upson, failure to keep re- f***t $10 and costs. ***m Products, failure to ntwdi; fined $10 and costs. "to Wood Yard, failure to L^?U;.fin"jd *10 *** *****> i-___f,'_Dairy Ltd- 'Â»Â»ure to mmt fined $10 and costs. mttio hemp, failure to pay â "town wage; fined $25 and Â» pay arrears of $179.10. Wach, failure to pay the " wage; suspended sentence M to pay arrears of $27.61. sag Beauty Parlour, failure to Hmimmum wage; ;fined $25 ****** to pay arrears of $60. ispit Apartments, failure to "inimuni wage; fined $25 or *â¢ in jail. JW Truck Equipment Co. Â»Â«Â«isive hours; fined $25 and - Service Stores Limited, ex- lours; suspended sentence. -HMnUi McRae, paying lew ""minimum wage; fined $26 "wed to pay arrears of E L Turnbull, paying less Â» minimum wsge; suspended -. ordered to pay arrears of _C-_si*r?. Â¥d-v|cto1, DÂ«Â»w -_..â Un"ted' B^H **** thÂ»" WÂ«nm wage; fined $50. TSUE HUMILITY _M^?e?d HoM: "l'm ****** 'tot a bad egg, Mr. Jones!" I J*Â»Â«Â«: "Oh no. my lord, I >Â»Â»! Parts of it are excel- Department of Labor Enforces Ubor Acts Upon our request tha Department of Labor at Victoria have supplied us with the data concerning some of the activities of the department in connection with the Minimum Wage Acts. We find that from the flrst of the year up to July 31st, a total of 6139 inspections have been made to see if the acts are being lived up to in the various establishments. Aa a result of these inspections snd also direct complaints, the Minimum Wage Board has taken 95 cases to court from the flrst of the year up to July 31st. Out of these 85 were convicted, which appears to us to be a very good record. As a result of these court cases, and also some private settlements, $15,128.26 has been collected for male employees and $12,128.63 hu been collected for female employees, making a grand total ot $27,256.88 from January 1st to July 31st of this year. This is a splendid record and goes to show just how necessary these acta were and we are pleased to note that the acts are being enforced. Frisco Ferryboatmen Win Dismissal Wage San Francisco, Calif.âWhen and if the Golden Gate bridge, now under construction here, results in suspension of ferryboat operations, throwing employees out ot work, the workers will be paid a "dismissal wage", the amount to be set by negotiation. A threatened strike of nearly 1000 members of the Ferryboatmen's Union was narrowly averted when the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferry Company and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company definitely agreed to negotiate with the union. The union had submitted its original proposition on the 6th of last January, but no progress was made with the two firms named until it was decided to strike. An agreement with the Southern Pacific was announced recently and a similar agreement with the Key System is reported in process of negotiation. Shell Oil Co. On Non-Patronage list The Shell Oil Company of California has been placed on the "We Do Not Patronise" list of the California State Federation of Labor, and at the request of the five international unions involved this action has been endorsed by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and will probably meet with similar action in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Arisona. The unions involved in the present dispute are: International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America, the International Association of Machinists, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Welders and Helpers of America, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers. The Shell Oil Company haa refused to renew its agreement with these unions, which it made in 1935. in accordance with the decisions of the Petroleum Ubor Policy Board. It has formed a company union which is believed to be the forerunner of a concerted drive to batter down working conditions. *P In Touch With Home by Long-Distance Telephone . When you are away from home, you can easily keep in â¢Uc" with the family by means of the long-distance Shone. .Don't spoil your trip by worrying about the folks at WÂ». Just call them by telephone and see how quickly w worries will be swept away. When great distance separates you from loved ones, 7re is nothing so reassuring as a long-distance tele- TOne call. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. WHIN VANCOUVER WAS YOUNG IN the growth of cities and Institutions It is well to look back and see how time and tide have made their Impress. When Vancouver was young. The Vancouver Sun, then known at the Vancouver News-Advertiser. waa working and fighting for Vancouver just as it ls today. Away back in the llSO's were giant fir trees where now stand the giant C. P. R. wharfs, the News-Advertiser was giving the news and supplying the Inspiration to these early pioneers who cleared the ground and reared foundation buildings of the present city. Tbese were the old days when the Hon. Carter-Cotton, as Editor, worked with his fine old pioneer associates, the Henry Bell-Irvtngs, the Openhelmers, the J. W. McFarlands and the Jack Woods, et al. Later came the UacLaggana with that other branch of our Journalistic family. The Vancouver World. The move waa on to the Klondikeâthe Robert Then there was that dynamic personality of The Kellys, the W. H. Malkina and the MicLennan>llcFeelys Sun Family, John T. ("Jack") McConnell, with his were laying the foundation of great wholesale houses ln Vancouver. That useful old pioneer. John Hendry, was bringing the Jim Hill lines Into Vancouver and was establishing world markets for British Columbia timber, and fame and fortune for himself and family. These were the days when Vancouver began to assume real growth, when Charles Woodward was struggling with a little store on Cordova Street that could today he dumped Into any one of the present 300 departments. These were the days when Georgia and Davie and Burnaby Streets were the bon ton streets of Vancouver, when David Spencer came over from Victoria and looked about to establish the connections which laid the foundations of the present huge house of David Spencer Limited. These were the days when Louis D. Taylor, with his World newspaper, was telling with "the largest editions published In the British Empire", of the real estate and trade opportunities of the Pacific Coast and Vancouver. It was the Inspiration of L. D. Taylor, then tn his prime, and the Impetus given the city by the energy of Dr. Eliot Rowe "100,000 population for Vancouver by 1900", that advertised and placed before the world the merits of VANCOUVER as the metropolis of Western Canada. These were the days when Robert Kelly, with rose In buttonhole, drove a four-in-hand or rode horseback In state around Stanley Park; when Vancouver's elite stood In line for 12 hours to buy box seats for the Horse Show; when Rosalie Spencer drove her now famous team of ponies; when that grand little Im- pressario, "Chunky" Rlcketts, in full evening dress and topper, welcomed social Vancouver to his opera, and later, to Dutch Grill suppersâall days and times to romance about and have humor about now, but like the past greatness of all cities In North America, still dear In memory to the hearts of the older and younger generation of real Vancouverltes. These fine old days with the going and comings and doings of Vancouver's pioneers are the things that up through the years count most In the people's minds who qualify aa real Vancouver! tea. famous belles lettres and mining contributions, and Hon. F. C. Wade, K.C. with his mineral and historical background. In the history of Vancouver, from Its conception to the present day. when things had to be said or done. It was to The Vancouver Sun and Its virile personalities that people always turned, because a home-town newspaper that haa its tap roots In the hearts of the community Is like a respected head of the house. The Vancouver Sun has always done and can always do things for Vancouver because It Is part and parcel of VancouverâIs not afraid of Vancouver people and does not hesitate to praise and critic tie and take Vancouver people fully Into Its confidence, because The Vancouver Sun la Vancouverâand Vancouver ls The Vancouver Sun. What a confidence to haveâwhat a noble birthright, to have been born and brought up and to ba ln full vigor with the rhythm of Vancouver, a great world city which now celebrates Its Fiftieth Anniversary. While Vancouver has been putting on Its wonderful growth. The Vancouver Sun, too, tn Institutional outlook and personnel, has kept as young and vigorous as the city (proved by the factâthe last years of The Vancouver Sun under the present ownership and management has shown tta greatest growth). The sons and daughters of these old Vancouver pioneers, now that they mora clearly see what their fathers and mothers have visualised and worked and fought for. each day become more proud of their city, VANCOUVER, more jealous of Vancouver tradition and proud of Vancouver's moat useful institution. The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, though young. Is rich In tradition but strong In fighting qualities and great In destiny. Working and fighting up through the years has made the present Vancouver Sun possible. As The Vancouver Sun Is today, so was It when Vancouver was young. THE VANCOUVER SUN fe â * JHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllHHIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII USE . . . SHAMROCK BRAND PRODUCTS BURNS & CO. LIMITED FOOT OP WOODLAND DRIVE IIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM SOUND TRUCK BROADCAST BANNED IN LABOR DISPUTE Reading, Pa.âAn intereetlng cue in connection with efforta of paMic officials to hamper organised labor aroee here when John Edelman, national research director ofthe American Federation of Hoeieey Workere, and Harry Boyer, eeere- tary-treaeurer of the plant ocalot the Berkehire Knitting Mills here, were arretted on charge* ofdtaord- erly conduct when they broadcaat appeal* from a sound truck to 6000 employees In the plant to join in mass picketing. The jlemonstration waa called to protest return of employees to a six- day work week. , SAND AND GRAVEL DRIVERS' STRIKE ENDS IN PORTLAND Portland. Ore. â In keening with the determination of organised labor throughout the country to be fair and try to co-operate fully with employers, peace now reigns in the sand and gravel industry Sara, replacing threatened controversy. The chief difficulty waa the matter of payment to drivers who report for work and do aot Sad work for â¢ full day or a full half-day. It waa agreed that a committee of three from the union would meet a similar committee from the employers aad "thrash it out". In case this joint committee fails to agree, it ia farther agreed that tha matter will be submitted to arbitration, all of whieh ia to be accompliAed within SO day}. POCATELLO UNIONS BACK STRIKE OP WAITRESSES Pocatello, Idaho.âTwenty unions, representing aa many crafts, have pledged cash contributions and othar effective support for waitresses on strike here. Culinary Workara' Alliance No. S10, in charge of tha effort to improve the lot of cafe workara. ia backed aot only by tha Central Ubor Union, but by local affiliated unions. Strike headquarters have been opened in tha Labor Temple, and a "Snlah Sght" ia reported ia the offing. DUMB FRIEND WantedâGuide or companion for **r*xfm wa aeMwaw vetsa} Â«Â«Â»â Â»*â¢Â«Â»â â â > Â«â < bakery trade waa to have both the employers and employees organised In explanation of ths fact thai Northim flhlrt rnmnaaa â ashsas Doddi- Kidney Pllle â THE LABOR STATESMAN Septei I The Canadian Bank of Commerce Has 20 branches conveniently situated in Greater Vancouver, where you are assured of courteous and efficient banking service. A savings account may be opened at any branch. Why not start one today and insure yourself against future uncertainties? A small sum deposited regularly soon grows into a substantial account. Save the Surface â¢nd You Suva AH Tht last Paint â oMlUate MARTIN-SENOUR 100 PER CENT. PURE PAINT â MADE IN VANCOUVER KAY BRAND Pancake Syrup will improve your waffles, hot cakes and biscuits! Sold at Al Good Stores *otr*******ta *aa* Sr****t earn* WW WIVIVf Manufactured by KELLY CONFECTION CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B.C. LOTUS HOTEL PARLOR CORNER Or PENDER AND ABBOTT Flalth the Night Sight Come with tha Band. After tha Maotlagl 400 feat from Headquartera (Manager, W. H. Clancy) B.C. Payroll Shows Increase Twenty-six Millions in 1935 As forecast in our last report, says the British S^jjJSJS_^*___ft_S__ ta Ubor In its 1085 report, we are pleased to state that conditions as Mown to the industrial renoiS tabulated'haye, eontlnuad Â£ improve during 1086, and, while there Us been the usual fluctuation, *â¢ Â«*Â»^ *l*Mjf_H been towards greater employment, higher wages to tha worker, and a reduction in the hours of labor. 41B3 FIRMS MAKE RETURNS The number of Arms reporting has increased from 8056 in 1084 to 4168 in 1036, and we desire to thank those firms who were prompt in making their return, and again to remind all Arms that the value of statistical information is greatly enhanced by ita early publication. TOTAL PAY-ROLL The pay-roll of the 4163 Arms whose returns were received ln time for classification in the twenty-five Ubles and in the summary amounted to $02,068,867.00, an increase of $10,304,486.00, or 11.10 per cent This, however, is not the total provincial industrial pay-roll, which, from the figures given below, has now reached $126,812,140.16: Pay-roll of 4153 firms making returns to Dept. of Ubor.... $02,068,867.00 Returns received too late to be included in above summary 028,205.70 Employees in occupations included in Department's inquiry. not sending in returns (estimated pay-roll).. , J-??9*222'2S Transcontinental railways (ascertained pay-roll) 1i'ili'?lS'S5 Dominion and Provincial Government workers Â£**9S'$2S'XX Wholesale and retail firms â â¢ â¢â¢ 2,750,000.00 Delivery, cartage and teaming, warehousing, butchers, moving-picture operators, coal and wood yards, and auto transportation 2*522*222*22 Ocean services and express companies 7,S22'2!2-22 Miscellaneous 1,300,000.00 Total $126,812,140.16 During 1033 the total for the above was $00,126,653.28. It will therefore be apparent that thia province has made a splendid recovery, showing as it does an increase of $26,686,000 in the two-year period. Expansion of international commerce, extension of foreign markets, increase in domestic trade, aggressive business initiative, and active expression of the aspirations of our working people to higher wagea and better conditions are all factors that have played their respective parts. Concurrently with all of this, however, the enactments of the Board has exercised an influence which we may justly claim has not been void of beneficial effect. INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT A vigorous policy of enforcement of regulations waa maintained throughout the year, and with an augmented inspection staff it was found possible to make 4527 actual inspections at employers' establishments. These investigations were made in all parts of the province, some entailing visits to quite out-of-the-way points. Working conditions for men, women, and minors were carefully checked, and one tangible and beneficial result of the Inspectors' work was the collection of arrears of wages in the sum of $16,660.47 for women and girls and $27,022.65 for male employees, makingthe imposing total of $42,638.12. In addition to the aforementioned sum turned over to employees through the efforts and co-operation of the officials of tha Department, employees in some instances availed themselves of the right of recovery of arrears by direct individual action through the civil courts. Tha Board has no record of the sums collected In tills manner. COURT CASES While the Board does not look with favor upon court cases to compel compliance with the provisions of the Statutes, or orders and regulations made thereunder, in contingencies where amicable adjustments are not possible, recourse must be taken to prosecution. "What .color ot bathing suit waaf Jane: "Frank told me I was tha she wearing?" only girl h* ever loved." ... "I couldn't tea She had her back | June: "And doesn't he aay it .beau- turned." tiftjljyr , â¢ "Company Union" It Ordered DuUnded A strike for a closed shop is not in any sense illegal, the National Ubor Relations Board ruled recently in a decision ordering the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company to disband ita "company union", re-employ all strikers without discrimination and cease all unfair labor practices. The company, located at Juneau, Alaska, is a $16,000,000 corporation and has paid $6,000,000 in dividends since 1031. It is the largest gold mining enterprise in the United States. Still in progress, the strike began in May, 1084, when the entire working force of 887 miners walked out On one occasion the Juneau police precipitated a riot by marching strikebreakers through the streets. United States deputy marshals also acted as escorts for "scabs". According to evidence presented at tha NLRB hearing in Alaska laat March, City Attorney H. L. Faulkner of Juneau assisted the mine bosses to form a "company union" and drafted police regulations to interfere with the strikers. WRECKING CREWS FORMED IN CITY OP TORONTO Toronto. âWrecking workers la Toronto are conducting an organisational campaign to include all workers In thia trade in tha Toronto **_**Â«Â£ Local of the International Hod Carriera. Building aad Coauaon Laborers' Union. The union, although it ia only ate weeks old, has applied for a charter and have 166 paid up members. _"^"**_F_L,0,,,r Â»Â°Â° ******** 'Â» tnla trade in this city. Wrecking firms are being canvassed vrltS a view to getting them to accept the union and the condl- tions desired. A HARD CASE "gin I tstjst him?" * wojiv? pulls over your ayaa is, half A Nation'! Strength What makes a nation's pillars high And ita foundations strong. What makes it mighty to defy The foes that round it throng? It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand Go down in battle shock; ***J*m*** â¢_*â¢ taid on sinking sand, Not on abiding rock. IÂ» j* the sword? Ask the red dust Of empires passed away; The blood haa turned their stones to mo. ,****' Their glory to decay. And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown â¢> *** ******* to nations sweet; But God haa struck ita lustra down In ashes at hia feat Not gold, but only men can make A people groat and strong; Â«._!!_i0.,__f *"!!* iBd .honor,i "*â¢ Stand faat and suffer long, Brave men who work while others __ sleep, Who dare whUa others flyâ ThK_.bS?J?l "â t,on*Â» PU1Â«Â» <â â¢*Â» And lift them to the sky. Ralph Waldo Emerson. NEW CARPENTERS7 LOCAL â RECEIVES CHARTER Daring tha paat month Thunder JK, *Â» ?' *Â»"iVÂ»lted BrotWrEid ?,.c*Â»PÂ«ntÂ«Â» aad Joiners of Amar- ifihJBS â tS___*t^__J*Â» â¢** <*Â«ter Â»Â£ etta.*' __tC0!ffr'Â£!?Â£â â Â»! *****t*****l _W aaa S â '^phood, whan about 200 members of tha naw or- Gai-rtUa gathered in TradaTaad bor Hall. Port Arthur. Worker! SSefSB I" i0*""*1 fomariV h3S cÂ«it,!!_,%,7*Ar!"LAT|Â«' ^^_t_f*________- ******** 'W&* *""-*Â«**,< im. velly <JH) FUNERAL DIRECT) AND EMBALMEAn t__y 2SS9 Cambie! Phone Fairmont 2_Hg llllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiilllll Castle HotJ Limited 750 GRANVILLE STO Vancouver Bev. Davis, Mgr. IIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI Demands DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES A Health Cookie Slsa-7 DAD'S COOKIE COWAW LIMITED 4M Klnf.w.., Vsa-eswr,- Demaad VAN St-*' Pure Apple' UONS GINOtt *Â«â¢ ORANOBWT â¢Â»â¢on"' S'&SWP vfcoaoi __Kk.se aa* * ataXamB* Golden Riii â¢WO l - HT Granville St. â¢ JJJ MS -â¢âÂ»-"_- **â â¢ SJ NOTARY I r.i.HMifL S__r-ur. TrÂ»_* Â» **** Phones: S**- Union-Mt^1 CORNEIT Â«____" UP AND-***. "Poor Ms,*-* nada of trouble. ' automobile, and thse-^.1 up. ThaB_he^JÂ»**" aad U blew s*nf. â ber, 1936. KIFY snd DEMAND SENTRY" BRAND Â«$â¢LINES -TWINES tde in a British Columbia factory by Canadian workmen. product that meets all competition, both on a quality and price basis. mi* Western jritge Co. Ltd. Witer St., Vancouver it N.w W.itminit.r, |.C. â iELMONT HOTEL , you nave not visited our -WNSTAIRS PARLOR -have missed something FULLY LICENSED 1006 Granville Street fane: Sey. 2230 Vincouver, B. C. Â»WARM WELCOME â¢*_YI .waits you at th. RAINIER Wkw the Crowd! Uinier Hotel "Â»omÂ»l The moit up-to-d.t. _-Tr.ihm.nt Parlor. J* Carrall Street ead C.rdeve fane: Sey. 236 â¢aato.v.r, |,g# ***â¢ Clerk, Manager Abbotsford Hotel WU.Y LICENSED Derate rates *â¦â¢ E. T. McLennan Manager !l^Â«tPervÂ«WStrÂ«e)Â» vÂ«couver,|.C. Seymour SMO ified Ads. â¢ana THE LABOR STATESMAN i*jng to remember, RaSf' thing to do, Â« * -ot wiS.'._con,tr,*f{4** ***** "w Â»ith the wreching^rjrw. Federal Council of Churches and Labor Sunday Sermon "How can we reconcile a world which provides, on the one hand, luxury and freedom for the few. and a sordid, drab and pinched existence for the many!" asks the Federal Council of Churches in a message which all affiliated clergymen are asked to read from their pulpits on the Sunday preceding Labor Day. The council, national spokesman for 86 leading Protectant denominations, believes that such a reconciliation is not and should not be possible for any person calling himself a Christian. "We cannot merely look the other way", the message declares. "Rather we must look straight at the harsh reality and never be at rest until we have set in motion redeeming social purposes which can change old (acta to new ones, luster, fairer and more kind". Today's Danger A solemn warning against forgetting the tragedies of the depression is sounded by the council. "Our danger today", it declares, "is that the discontent with social and economic evils which these recent tragic years have roused may try to satisfy itself with soft compromise. As the first signs of industrial recovery begin to appear and men's energies launch out with a reviving boldness, we may think that we can leave behind us the dark record of the depression years. "We may imagine that unemployment, poverty, the disintegration of families and the disillusionment of millions of people, old and young, will somehow take care of themselves. Mustn't Forget Cost "The ships of economic fortunes are on the high seas again, we think, and never mind the cost at which they were put there. "But this cost we must mind. It is intolerable to the Christian spirit that we should forget human havoc which economic depression has caused, and which no haphasard business revival can possibly cure". Those readjustments, the council points out, may be accomplished "through voluntary co-operative organisations, through taxation, or through other practicable social controls": And, ai all times, "Christian individuals and Christian churches must be sensitive to the need of those who suffer". "We must not", the churchmen emphasise, "allow ourselves to for- Set, nor let the community forget, te men and women in industrial towns reduced to a bleak and almost hopeless existence through unemployment; the under-nourished children in families where relief budgets are too small; the sweatshops and child labor in some industries; the wretchedness of those who live around the shafts of idle coal mines; the exploited sharecroppers and homeless migrants in many ot our agricultural areas; the negroes denied equal justice, and all others upon whom the bitter pressure of unfair conditions fall". Peril, ef Dictatorship In no uncertain language, the council condemns all efforts to interfere with liberties of the people. "The Christian spirit", it is pointed out, "must stand like a flaming sword against all frightened attempts to bring upon America that shackling of human thought and that stifling of independent speech which lie like a shadow on those lands where dictatorship prevails. "The teachers' oath bills introduced in many legislatures and passed by some, the 'gag' laws introduced in Congress, the vicious assaults upon academic freedom and ultimately upon academic honesty, the widespread denial of the right of labor to organise and bargain collectively, which have been launched by sinister influences under the mask of patriotism, are denials not only of political democracy, but of the Christian faith" Ye OMe and Ye New (By Betty Barclay) Try this good old-fashioned pudding and a few days later the modern "glorified" way of turning rice into a delicious healthful dinner dish. You will want both recipes in your file for future use. Canadian Rice Padding 14 to V. cup rice t_ teaspoon salt H to H cup sugar 4 cups milk Orated rind of % lemon Mix ingredients and pour into a buttered casserole, set in a pan of hot water and bake 3 hours in a very slow oven. Stir the pudding every 16 minutes for first hour to prevent rice from settling. Serve either hot or cold with thin cream. Rice a la ItM 1 y* cups cooked rice 6 tablespoons sugar 1 Vs cups whipped cream V_ cup nuts 1 teaspoon maraschino Mix cooked rice with sugar, fold in whipped cream, flavored with maraschino. Chill. Serve tn tall sherbets. Sprinkle each **rixnst with nuts and garnish with additional whipped cream and red cherry. LITTLE PIGGY DISHES Don't stick to fried ham and pork chops when serving "Piggy Dishes". Try these for a change and see how delightful they are: Raked Sparerlbs With Apple. Wipe fresh snareribs carefully with a cloth which has been wrung out of hot water. Arrange the meat in a dripping pan and ptace In ahot ovea which should have the tempera- tare lowered gradaally. Baete wRh drippings â¢ccaaioaaUf. When the meat Tw.ll nw*Â»W axaea ajialm. which haa beea cored, la the pan with the seeat. fill the eavKy at each apple with brown sugar aad let bake uatil toft. In serving, arrange the apples ae a border around tbe the apple sparerlbs. Saataara Vet least 1 small pork shoulder 1 demiam onion sliced 2 eupa canned tomatoes Salt aad pepper 2 tablespoons flour Fry oat the trimmings la aaa salt- able for the roast, eUmovaeraek- lings and all fat. leaving but oaa tablespoon. Add. flour. Brown slewlr Add onion. Brown sllghUy. then add tomatoes. Season the meat and add. Cook in tireless cooker four hours. â¢ ' Transport Union Head To Address Congress Ottawa, Ont. âHarold E. Clay, national secretary of the passenger services group of the Transport and General Workers' Union of Great Britain, will be the fraternal delegate of the British Trades Union Congress at the September convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Clay, whose union has a half million members, will also speak at the Labor Day celebration in Queens Park, Toronto. President of the Transport Workers at the age of 26, Clay haa been active in the British Labor Party and was for msny years president of the Leeds Trades Council. CONVENTION KILLS UNITED FRONT By a vote of 88 to 7 the National C.C.F. Convention reaffirmed ita stand for political independence of the party. The "United Front" issue involving alliances with the Communist and other parties, was swamped under practically a unanimous vote. it, GARNISHED PLATTER Cold boiled ham, French fried jtatoes, green peas and a slice of imato make an excellent platter for supper. Place the tomato on a crisp leaf of lettuce and surround it with a trio ot picklesâan onion, a piece of csuliflower and a email whole cucumberâand you will make the pUtter far mere attractive. Furthermore, yea will have added to ita piquancy and to its food value. SCALLOPED POTATOES Into a well-buttered bektag dish put a layer ot thlaly.elleed prtatoes. salt, pepper and a thin scattering of na_iy cut cheese and one-halt the thia white sauce (1 tablespoon flow, 1 tablespoon butter, to 1 cap nrilk). Repeat and cover with bettered crumbs. Bake in moderate oven about an hour, until the white sauce bubbles through and the potatoes are well done aad brown -on top. If cheese la omitted, add small pieces of Gutter to each-layer of potatoes. In order to save time of making eteam sauce, a "_Â«_Â« f^Â»Â«Lof ,"* flo_5 ^.^.dd^to'SvS-.. Safeway Â§toheÂ§ It Was True in Euclid's Day In our school days we learned from that old Greek, Euclid, that a straight line it the shortest distance between two given points, and as we get out in the world and try to get tha most value for our money, we find that the seme thing is true. Every unnecessary stop and every unnecessary round-about route between the producer and the consumer robs both parties. The shortest distance between those who produce and the rest of us who consume groceries is the Safewey Store, and their prices reflect the savings they affect. Wank in and week out you can save hard cash and keep it in your own pocket by buying at Safeway. 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IN Hotel Beepers "I'kave moans tor fifty aad eerea.iM.ve cento a at**." â¢Guest: "What's the difference between VtamtH j â â -â Hotel Keeps*: "Net much, oaly the seventy-live cent eaee hare tat trap. la thee-." _ , â¢ e Â» Â»â¢ â¢â¢ Â«â¢ Shop Ass-ttaat: "Tat very sorry, madam, that we have beea eo loach letting yoar new swim tail. The EuKer advised aa that it had beea despatch.*, bat it wee oaly. this site* noon that we louad H, stick te the inside Â«j| the eave_epe".>* . e e â¢ _ jiiw *a*J-gni. wftn *t ELECTRICITY CHEAP VANCOUVER THE LABOR STATESMAN THE SIGN OF A GOOD DEALER Stop et this sign for good gasoline, good motor oil, good service. Imperial Oil Products tax backed by the reputation of Canada's oldest and largest oil company. IMPERIAL OIL UMITED more clogging of drains, for it is thoroughly solublel SOVEREIGN Bleached White Toilet Paper Soft - Sanitary â¢ Soluble SMITH, DAVIDSON ft WRIGHT LIMITED Vancouver Victoria *tlfsS**SSa*B*l**3s******^ jbsS****Va***Jt*mBJaVB^^ Grown Life Insurance Go. MtNTON â¢."â â tOWN. PROVINCIAL MANAOKR ROOMS) BUILDING VANCOUVCR. B.C.* â¢ s Convention To Rule On AFL Dispute A resolution requesting the Trades and Labor Council to endorse the John L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organisation waa, upon recommendation of the executive, turned down by the delegates. The executive felt that the best interests of the movement here would be served by not participating in the dispute. The resolution provided that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada should also approve of the Committee for Industrial Organisation, and this again would involve the movement in Canada in a dispute which would only bring dissension into our ranks. Many of our unions here are operating on an industrial basis and we have no extensive industries in which it is imperative for the John L. Lewis plan to operate. The American Federation of Labor haa passed over the dispute in order not to widen the breach, and will leave it up to the convention to decide what action shall Anally be adopted In connection with the International uniona involved. We feel that Canada cannot do better than to leave it to the convention also. Annual Report Shows Increased Employment Continued improvement, says tha Department of Labor for British Columbia in ite annual report for 19S6, is revealed in the figures showing the numbers employed, and it might be advisable to state that these figures are positive proof that enforcement of minimum wage laws does not decrease the number employed, as is so often claimed by opponents to these laws. We have always held that increased spending- power will increase business, and therefore employment, and the figures for 1935 justify the claim. January, 1936, shows 82,889 employees. As revealed in the returns, these increased to a peak during September with 72,124, declining to 62,243 for the month of December, a total of 9,904 in excess of the beginning of the year. The effect of the minimum wage legislation has not in any possible manner reduced employment Orders of the Board of Industrial Relations governing male employees began to take effect in April, 1984, and have applied te various industries since that date; and notwithstanding the claim that these orders have decreased employment, our records show an increase in the number employed of 20,076 from January, 1933, to December, 1985. WASHINGTON BAKERY DRIVERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES Washington, D. C. â Twenty-six driver-salesmen, employed by Dutch Baker Boy, Inc., here, members ot Bakery Salesmen No. 33, are on strike to enforce union recognition and union pay, of $38 a week. Any settlement, it is announced, must also include provision for the employment of union bakers, members of Bakers' Local No. 118, in the plant All of the district's 160 labor organisations, with 106,000 members, are lining up in support of the bakery salesmen on strike, whieh haa the formal approval of the Washington Central Labor Union. âBu.ln.__ Mauser. T. 1. tUnenn, 401 Homer Street Seymour -tu. Bookktaden' Valaa, Local 105 â Rec. Secretary, Mies P. Portman, 1041 Daw- eon St., Burnaby, B. C. CANADIAN GOV'T. OFFICIAL URGES INCREASED WAGES Montreal.âFinding truth in tbe established philosophy of organised labor in both Canada and the United States, the Hon. Wilfrid Gagnon, Minister of Trade and Commerce in the Godbout Cabinet, has urged increase in wage levels aa a means of aiding the return of prosperity to all classes of society. The working class, together with the farmers, Minister Gagnon stated, constitute the backbone of the country and he could not see how aay true prosperity could be achieved unless these two elements of society were prosperous. The Minister also declared that the Godbout program recognised this important principle of economics. BRITISH INDUSTRIAL BOOM LEAVES 1481,078 JOBLESS London, Eng.âOfficial figures reveal that despite the "industrial boom" the unemployed ia Gnat Britain number 1,662.072, a dacraasa of only 820,868 daring, the laat year. ana total number of Insured unemployed, exclusive of agricultural workers.. _Â» now 10.89_.000. â¢ . * *' â¢ . * * . â¢ *â¢ I Tri LABC Trades Union Dii LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 819 831 BEATTY STUlf] UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH TRADES COUNCIL. Beatty Street eeymour 7411. "tt__Â«L0Â«__r^Â»W4,_Â«^ tary, a Imall. IIS Beatty Street Seymour 114*. -International Journeymen of America, Loeal 110âSecretary ana Business Manager, C B. Herrett til Beatty Street Seymour 1141. .___ ajasse. Looal HIâSecreUry, A. Armaa, 1041. West aecond Avenue, Bayview 1II7-L. sÂ«rr^,^.,^iteV.4nRsK Fraser lll-T. "Kf^^,_?Â«iiJJe,fti4tw:.t .ite; Phone Bey. IISI-T. -trick-anas' Valsa, Looal No. lâw. 8. Dagnall, 1441 Cast Mth, Pair. I4I-R mO*mS, Buelneas Agent 1. P. Ranklna,~Yll Beatty St.. Seymour 74tt. __ _,_____, âSecretary, William Page. Ill Beatty St.; Phone Seymour 7411. laiueiaf William Secre tar; Hlghlam aaa Mill Weeks**, Loeal 11â itary, T. Umetukl. N4 Powell St, land 111*. Oejt_a_.ro, Local Union 4--âSecretary. KW. Hatley, 111 Beatty St, Uf. 1411. My Hall -hap'syoss, Looal IIâSeoretary. 1. Tarbuck, 1*17 Weat Eleventh, Bayview -I0.-R, S.creury. vVaTter 8crlbblneOC.l6 Beet Pender; PougUs KH, Business "Manager. -. ... ây, 111 Beatty Street Seymour lit*, ?1_V^rrV.!__; HevMor eeaetraeten, Looal ItâSecreUry, B. Holmes, 111 Beatty Street Seymour 74*1. mâSecreuTyTJ. Flynn. (tl Beatty Street; Seymour 74*1. â _^ y, Local IIIâSecre- _..ry_ E__!Â»i K,nÂ»' p- O. Box 1101; High. I10.-Y. Renfrew at; High. 41Â»4-R. ^if-Bam-fta-Mr- â wen Avenue. ^Â£Â»r^_-T,Tlftlbr^ Fire Hall, North Vancouver. â¢eaeral flask Meets1 ValeaâPresident, M. L. Gibson; SecreUry, Blrt Showier. Meeta Second Tuesday, Labor Headquarters. 21âSecretary, W. EHmHlTlTBeatty Street; Seymour 7411. ff^HoTMunffif!-. &"*"â Lltheewpkeee, No. 44âSecreUry, WaTlmark, 9571 Veaablos Street , Chut ^*sWÂ«n_a.ir Business Agent N. O. Arseneau. 1413 West 71et; Marpole lit. â â Â»â ,â â â __. Local litâ__M__ Bengough. 631 BeettylUI Maehlalats, Local ii_-_Â«n__ Keefe, 4514 Weet lltfcPU] ' Valoa, No. Fader, 2725 Eton Strn_~ i of Way i _ Hospital aa Secretary, J. McD. Nl_g|_n,| Local 464âBusiness . Showier, 531 Beatty Itmtl Molten' Valoa, Local Ill- John Browne, 631 W. Broads, 1; Phone Fair. 5671-L Motion Mature SM__e____e_.Ii âSecreUry. J. tt Leilli I Bay. 1541-1.; Bun. Man., "' Valoa, Loeal in- Manager, E. A. JamlHoa, llll West, Douglas 2210. " Local llfâ BiiiftL. . Smith, 111 Beatty line. I Res.: Sev. 4613-L. Mle Brlvere aad Weeds I Local 2404âBusl-tll Hi A. Tutton, 144 W. Hastitlll Plasterers, Local II-I Page, 611 Beatty St, I" Plea-ken aad SliialWei, tea] Secretary, C. Pritchard, Ml Street, Kerrladale lli-L Ple-ebers aad eteaaUWm X Local 671âSecreUry, T. I 726 Second St., New WW Photo â agnvers, Local it-L *. phy, llll W ' â" *** Weat llth. S-fUffl Hallway Carmen, Local No. I tary, 3. R. Robertson, 411 Wai Fairmont 2251-L latlway Sense*. Local IM- W. E. Bradley. 1010 WIW I, New Weatmlnster. Sheet Metal Workers, Ljcal Â» noes Manager, Dan MÂ»c._Â«Â« Beatty Street, Seymour 1411 Bkeet MeUl Worken <**Â§*** 114âSecretary, Oeo. WlUÂ» Baat llth. Slga aaÂ« Wrtortal *s_riM *j Secraury, oner Street 1IB wreury!" Wm. Clarkioi; 4 â ', Highland Ml* â¢"s_rs&"'.-?7raÂ§-3 MacDonald, 531 Beatty It ** Oattere, JouineW-J * AmericaâSecretary, rnu- â East 42nd; Carlton J4I-B. aureotpyere aad, ********** TtâSecreUry, j. KdHass. 14th, Bayview 1141-X âBualneaa MananriTcL Prior Street Car__lj_______!_- Street. an Driven, Local "J-1 C. Mclvor, 727 W. Â»0U ->"â¢ Vksatrisel Stage SsulllJ" **M* âSecretary, H. Pserns. -***m Theatre. â â feartUe Workera, Local IjMj* Catherine Wilson, 1117 ***. Hamm. 2646 Trinity, Â°;s_____mi ' Seymour 6231. __________ â .â A. B. HARRON .iUUOlu North Vancouver: Phone H. V. 114 II Tenth Ave. B.; ***** ^ .farrott Iroa. Ctmitri- 88 BAST TENTH AVBNUI pHOKEW^ RED STAR DRUG Â§T0I "fie Mall Order Druggist" _ *** ssske a Bpulsi asset to e)et seeds eel fct PtrM SM_aÂ»Â» nia aVXmexXSe*. TOUR ONION SHOT FACTS WON BYDALLAS Dallas, Texas.âThe 40-hout aad p-4v__illt_g uaioa wages obtained by J*******, Union No. 168, of**' Clothing Worken ef â¢ â¢Â» ,1936. THE LABOR STATESMAN iportant Information To Trades Unionists lowing has been taken from the British Labor paper, "Daily Fdated July 16, 1936. lout the considered opinion of the National Labor Council In, which represents the Industrial, Political and Parlia- ry sections of the British Labor Movement. jecutive Board of the Vancouver, New Westminster and jl Trades and Labor Council believe that the information . is of vital interest to our affiliated membership, as the ctics have and are being used here. (/ywr meetings and protect your Trad* Union. COLIN McDONALD, President. PERCY R. BENGOUGH, General Secretary-Treasurer. KURE of the "United Front", latest manoeuvre in the ceaseless effort me Revolutionary Communist Party to capture the democratic Labor V, ii made in a statement issued by the National Council of Labor. r nearly 20 years", declares the Council, representing the industrial, J ind Parliamentary sections of the movement, "the campaign to liritish Labor to Communism has been pursued. tkods have varied, tactics have deviated, but fundamental Com- pirp.se has remained unchanged". PURPOSE. .rial purpose of the "United Front" tactics, says the Council, is â noonday". Itrn last meeting of the Communist International its secretary, I, explained that the object was to "weld" the democratic Labor Th into "a revolutionary army, led by the Communist International, isied of so qreat and wise a pilot as Comrade Stalin". k Communist Party, asserts the Netional Council, continues to pro- I belief in armed violence and dictatorship. 'SUBSIDIES. bot responsible even to its own members, but is subservient to the piit International. wives heavy subsidies of many thousands of pounds from abroad. wild the Communist Party affiliation be accepted, further finance Irnade avail able from abroad to consolidate the success and to pturther inrt.,)ds into the ranksof the Labor Party and the Trade Unions". .Communis! Party's application will be considered at the Labor Party iterance October at Edinburgh. itatement I ogins by describing the democratic organization of the w Move ont, and noting that the British and other Labor Move's always iefended the constructive echievements of the Soviet lainst attac'. â¢6 PARTIES. ftheless- continuesâthis sympathetic interest in Soviet economic (has beer jalified by growing resentment against Russian effort l"ie Comn 1st International to establish and finance revolutionary N Parties other countries with the object of destroying existing PC industr and political Labor Movements, end of bringing about â¢"row of tl existing social system by violence. ICommun International's continuous efforts to substitute revolu- lJs again; iemocratic authority, regardless of varying national 1 and clrc stances, have -tlmuleteel Fascist end Neil reaction in *i*> with sastrou* consequences fe the Seeiali*. end Trade Unten Britisl abor cannot be blind to these consequences. I fcnsi* des es to work out the telvation ef ft* people unhindered _r*TT*.tnc. from without. That claim b undewteed end freely It .ould carry with ft, however, the recognition that 'Mev*m. tt elsewhere heve e right te delm elmiler Immunity â¢ foreign ii orftrence end orgenhed disruption. WIVE CAMPAIGN. [nearly 20 â , ]*""iÂ«m has â¢nods havt W purposi mCommunl Pc work is Wry purpc of âºiditions. appr rs the campaign to subvert the British Labor Movement eon pursued. varied, tactic* have deviated, but the fundamental 'as remained unchanged. Party's claim to co-operate with British Labor in itt validated by its demend for liberty to pursue it* own ' as dictated by the Communist International, a body dating Britith conditions, British temperament, end (Continued Overleaf) DIPLOMA COURSES, DAY AND EVENING CLASSES IN DRAWING AND PAINTING, DESIGN, COMMERCIAL ART. MODELLING, POTTERY, CRAFTS, THEATRE ARTS ANCOUVER CHOOL OF ART NE AND DUNSMUIR STREETS LK FREE ON APPLICATION. p: CHARLES H. SCOTT, G.SA REGISTER NOW IFOR OPENING Sept 14 This advertujement le not or dltplayed by the Liquet; Control Bocrt or by i of Britith Qfthimtrf-ii CABLE ADDRESS: "DISPATCH," VANCOUVER CODE: "BENTLEY'S" EMPIRE STEVEDORING COMPANY Ltd. General Stevedores and Contractors Head Office: VANCOUVER, B. C. Covering â¢! British Columbia port. President: CAPT. W. M. CRAWFORD Political Moves of "Comics" Defeated Efforts were made at the meeting of the Trade* and Labor Council to have it endone a resolution calling upon the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to reeqnest its affiliated unions and trades councils to seek affiliation with the C. C. F. This suggestion was sponsored by memben who, a very short time ago, were battling the C. C. F. and who in some cases were even Communist condldate* and in others were Conservative candidates. It is alleged that Communists are already boring from within the C. C. F. and this move to link up the trades union movement with the C. C. F. through which the comic* could send more delegates, would strengthen their operations againit that movement. The executive of the Trade* Council recommended that the resolution be Med, feeling that the trade* union movement Mould not get mixed up In political entanglement* and especially so when there i* eome ulterior motive behind the move. The recommendation carried. Toronto Sheet Metal Workers Get Pay Boost Toronto, OntâA pay boost of â¢even and a half cents an hour haa been won by the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, it is announced. Former pay wa* 76 centa an hoar. Toronto Fur Dressers and Dyers' Union ha* obtained an industrial agreement guaranteeing a 44-hour working week, time and a quarter for overtime, and two holidays yearly, Labor Day and May Day. Four shops are now under tha agreement and another shop is now being organised. Plato worker* in the industry ar* lighting for a reduction of the present 44-hour week to 40 hours. Other fur worken have beam working on a 40-hour, basis for a number of month*. The union hopes to make the short week unlveseal throighoet the industry under the Industrial Standard* Aet. â¢ â¢ LECKIE'S SHOES FOR MEN Shine by Comparison WORK BOOTS ORESS SHOES BOYS' BOOTS Now it ffio fifito fo fry on e pair ef LECKIE'S-te .ACfOMo o ptyro** import* attt ta I YWI Mt EVERYTHING . tag Wear # P*WsbtM **af**i*>s*wt*B*a*Wa LECKIE S J. LECKIE CO. LIMITED. VANCOUVER. B.C. MAKING GOOD SHOES BY MODERN METHODS SINCE 1898 WHIN YOU WANT FISHâTHY YE OLDE ENGUWn^ ws ecu. Monte Fiatt than ant i__-*tau__ant in Canada SEATTLE IAMBUS PLACE UNION CAID IN 10 SHOPS Seattle, Weak.âThe local Barber* Union I* reported,** receiving est* iii upport frees organised ltdjor general le a vigorous campaign. Aa a rtMt, th* union la conaUAly an- nounelng eew cakes shop*. II Union Shep Card* having been plated fat reCVIVlQK _Â«-__Â», KIWW.1W, _,_Â»,_>_._ i _-__,_. _._ . and freight handler*. Other class!- [employer* |gj _______________ an_________|____ â MM THE LABOR STATESMAN Septetnb. tl pi P' 2 hi io 41 H in V. A B Â«i eÂ« Wl fa' in ei fe et ee In s el 2 8 *e INFORMATION FOR TRADES UNIONISTS (Continued from previous page) The Labor Movement has been reviled as a "pillar of the capitalist system". Its "reformist" methods have been scornfully derided, and its achievements in steadily and progressively improving the standard of life of the people have been denounced as being calculated to make the worker reconciled to capitalism. Every effort hai been made to undermine the confidence of the worker* In their leaders, whose integrity he* been attacked by a venomous campaign of dander end ebuie. It is with these "reformists", "capitalist lackeys", "traitors", pillars of capitalism", and "Social Fascists" that the Communists now wish to combinel Why? OLD AND NEW COMMUNIST TACTICS. After all these years of subsidised effort to convert British Labor to Communist belief, the membership of the Communist Party in this country was reported to the Communist International in 1935 as being about 7000. It it th* abject feilure to secure a substantial membenhip that hat dictated the more subtle tactic* of the "United Front". This insidious method has been promoted in almost countless ways, as suggestion after suggestion, direction after direction, plan after plan, have emanated from the Communist International. "SCOUNDRELS" OR "IDIOTS". In the discussions at the Conference of the Communist International, the objective of the "United Front" tactics is frankly avowed. In 1922, Radek stated quite clearly: "The way of the 'United Front' leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat". The "Communist Thesis on Tactics", published in 1925, was no less clear. "The tactics of the 'United Front' is only a method for agitation and the revolutionary mobilisation of the proletariat for considerable periods. The tactics of the 'United Front' were, and remain, a revolutionary, and not a peaceful and evolutionary method". Dimitrov, the new secretary of the Communist International, chided his doubtful comrades, who feared that Communist doctrines and practice migh be diluted, if not diverted, by contact with freer democratic spirits. At the Moscow Congress in September, 1935, he said: "We want all this (the 'United Front') because only in this way will the working class at the head of all the toilers, welded into a million-strong revolutionary army, led by the Communist International, and possessed of so great and wise a pilot as our leader, Com rade Stalin, be able to fulfil its historical mission. . . ." NOT LIKE FRANCE. What common ground of meeting can there be between representatives of the British Labor Movement and Communist leaders, who, whatever they may profess,conduct all theirnegotiationswith these fundamental aims in mind? Political developments on the Continent of Europe are now made the excuse for renewed attempts to give the Communist Party a place on the platforms of the British Labor Movement. In considering this matter, regard must be paid to the different political traditions and circumstances at present prevailing in Britain from those which exist in other countries. In Iritein tbe strength ef the Communist Petty end itt electoral tuccette* hevo been negligible. The one parliamentary teat held by the CommunM Party wet obtained et the *ip*nt* of the Ubor Forty. In municipal service nearly 20 years of Communist effort have provided no solid contribution to Labor s advance. HEAVY SUBSIDIES. L .. .,. ... No Movement with an insignificant membership could have pursued the range and type of Communist activity, both direct and indirect, which has been evidenced for so many years without extensive and secret financial support. It is common knowledge that heavy subsidies running into many thousands of pounds are received by the Communist Party in this country from abroad. _ _._/-. â¢ i o __. This is the primary reason for the subservience of the Communist rarty to the Communist International, and its implicit obedience to the orders it receives from Moscow. ; , Unlike the British Labor Party, it does not represent a free and unfettered expression of opinion of its own membership. In the future, as in the past, it must, while its present constitution remains, accept its instructions, not from its individual membership, but from the Communist International. NO SPURIOUS UNITY. After years of intense and expensive propaganda, the Communist Party represents no substantial part of British public opinion. It has completely failed to win the people to the cause of dictatorship. What reason is there to believe that its affiliation with the Labor Party, or its unity with the Labor Movement, would strengthen the ranks of Labor? Experience thow* that ft would create eonfuiion of thought, distention, and disruption. Its principles, rooted in violent revolution and dictatorship, are diametrically opposed to the basis upon which has been established the strongest Labor Movement in the world. FURTHER FINANCE FROM ABROAD. It is as clear as noonday that should the Communist Party affiliation be accepted, or should it be brought into a "United Front" with the Labor Movement, further finance will be made available from abroad to consolidate the Communist success, and to reinforce further inroads into the ranks of the Labor Party and the Trade Unions. The advance of Britith Labor and the success of Britith Soclelttt* will not be gained by tuch meant. Only by convinced Soeialiitt end convinced Democrat* will Socialism and reel Democracy be won. Communist association with Labor will only serve to distract the Movement, mislead the electorate generally, and store up difficulties against the day of Socialist victory. The issue is plain. The Labor Movement will remain firm to its principles. It will not attempt to achieve a spurious unity with those who hold principles so completely irreconcilable with Labor and who have no faith in democracy. The clear-cut refusal of the Executive Committee of the Labor Party to accept the Communist affiliation is a guarantee for the future development and progress of British Socialism. DRAG ON THI LAIOK MOViMINT. One of the reasons why the National Council of Labor ii opposing the plea of the Communists for affiliation: "Communist principles, Communist propaganda, and Communist organization have clearly made no helpful contribution to the advance of British Labor, "On the contrary. Communist influence in Britain has been a serious drag upon the Labor Movement wherever and whenever it has been exercised", 5 Unions Disconthu By Cow At the hit regular nwt Vancouver. New Weitnii District Trades and _ Ave Lumber and Sawmil locals, charttred by tht Hi therhood uf Carpenten â¢ were, upon vote of the delegates, informed thst iation with the council toi continued. These local unions mi; representation on the Tt cil through their own In bringing in this rax tion, the Trades Council Kointed out that such local ave no direct represents! other Trades Council Labor Council in Cat United States, and t local unions are non- have no direct repi their own international The five local unions, gates on the council il tive pointed out that 1 fair to other affilisted ui debate it was pointed out Electrical Workers' Union members than then combined only had lis del the Street Railwsynvn 1 that they only hsd elf-t with a membership of 11* Naturally there wu tÂ» cussion on the subject I it was brought out thst tive accepted the s_81isti_Â» they did not want to J them at that time bec_sÂ» carrying on a strike, up- expressed, that these lea. came in as a group with xm ideas and policies which Â« monize very readily Â«*Â» Â« by the Trades Council. Al siderable discussion the iÂ« datlon of the executiM tat vote of 71 to 29. Johnny: "Dad, Ruth born." . Dad: "I don't know,-Â« Johnny: "Where Â«*â¢-Â« sey born?" ,J bad: "I don't toiÂ«" Johnny: Why, Dsd, * very good in history, *Â» |_swir< * tl IABOR-VOTI fOR FORESTIR AND SOUND, SANE, STABLE GOVERNMENT Editorial, Vancouver Province, (Conservative), August 3rd, 1936: A Bigger Payroll British Columbia knew, of course, that things were getting better. The people could feel it in their bones. But it is satisfactory to have the record of improvement in black and white as it comes now from the Labor Department at Victoria. The record shows that the payroll of the province was up to $125,812,140 in 1935, an increase of over 10 per cent, above the 1934 level and of nearly 27 per cent, over 1933. Of the 25 main divisions of industry in the province, 22 enjoyed increased payrolls. The lumber industry held the lead with an increase of more than $3,000,000 in wages and salaries paid. This is the largest British Columbia industry, supporting in normal times more than one-third of our people. It has been enjoying a renewed prosperity under the Ottawa treaties and its prosperity is reflected in tne happier conditions which prevail in the other industries. Increased payrolls mean increased purchasing power, and purchasing power, being a fluid thing, spreads and permeates. If British Columbia can only keen her payrolls mounting, unemploymentâso far at least as the employable are concernedâwill cease to worry, tax burdens will grow lighter, and such things as social dividends and Townsend pensions will lose their charm. Does this not indicate that the LIBERALS have increased Work and Wages? WORK fl WAGES! The LIBERAL GOVERNMENT came into power November, 1933. Wages paid in British Columbia, 1933, $ 91,892*% Wages paid in British Columbia, 1935, $12 ,812,149 Increase.. $33,969,277 WHO SET MINIMUM WAGES IN INDUSTRY? THE LIBERALS. WHO SET MINIMUM HOURS IN INDUSTRY? THE LIBERALS. WHO INSISTED ON OVERTIME PAYMENTS? THE LIBERALS. WHO IS AGAINST COMMUNISM AND REACTION? THE LIBERALS. VOTE FOR JOHN HOWARD FORESTER LIBERAL CANDIDATE, VANCOUVER-BURRARD ^J.__?.!!2! fyAâ¢* m?w ^******* Â°* Â©bjteth-t, nor *AI Â«â¢ "f uMified until erf those who require and desire employment sKrfk** been placed tn gainful employment. ***** w-s.8 Ha â Nth Iks Alkti â¢s Ce_-n â __Â£ m 1 a, i y
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