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**Vl__ iiy?^ygfil'ftffliii 'i .' il. M^iv'Wsiit****sa*fmT^ SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOCAL ONIONS TO EACH UNION MEMBER THE POUTICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE TATK* OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEtf WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL ei1'1 BUILD STRONG , UNIONS FOR -T W\ SOCIAL vtÂ° I Security i*Â° i Y-548 â¢**= IVUMBER 589. VANCOUVER, CANADA, JANUARY, 1948' WHAT THEY SAID . . . It's Canada's Problem, Too Today, inflation stands out as an ominous threat to the prosperity we have achieved. We can no longer treat inflationâwith spiraling prices and living costsâas some vague condition we may encounter in the future. We already have an alarming degree of inflation. And even more alarming, it is getting worse. If we neglect our economic ills at hrtmp if we- fail tn halt-th**. march of inflation, we may bring on a depression from which our economic system, as'we know it, might not recover . . . The freedom that wq cherish in oiii* own economy and the freedom that w.e enjoy in the world today are botlTat stake.âPresident Truman, address -of-November 17 Ttrthe special session of Congress fb^pfovttTe^foreigri aid and curb inflation. "If a business be unprofitable on account of bad management, want of enterprise, or worn-out methods, that is not a just reason for reducing the wages of its workers."Pope Pius XI. . The Rulers ' "This book ('Who Owns Canada') shows that 100 great corpora tions dominate Canadian industry, operating in a Never-Never land of mergers, trusts; cartels, combines, watered stocks and interlocking directorates. "In hard facts these 100 largest non-banking corporations of Canada have total gross assets amounting to 86.9 per cent of all the wealth in Canada represented by corporate enterprises engaged in transportation, construction, mining, public utilities, merchandizing and manufacturing of all kinds. "Look at this sorry control of 'free' enterprise: Two companies manufacture 90 per cent of all the tobacco products; two companies control 85 per cent- of the meat packing business; two companies control 83 per cent of the fruit and vegetable canning business; three companies control all of the heavy electrical equipment manufactured iir Canada; four companies control 93 per cent of all tbe copper produced in Canada; five companies manufacture 90 per cent of all the pulp and paper. , . >~ 5 "So it goes right down the line . . ." "Our Town" by Jack Scott, Vancouver Sun, Saturday, January 3, 1948. It Pays To Co-operate with Organized Labor "Probably the best illustration in all Canada of. the successful operation of a daily alt-union newspaper is our own Vancouver Sun. "A recent statement to shareholders by Donald Cromie, president gives us ample evidence of.the difference .between publishers who get along with organized labor and those who do notâas, for instance, the Southam chain .... "Expansion in all departments and operationsâas well as a record - increase in paid subscriptionsâis also revealed in the (Vancouver Sun) report . . ."âVancouver Typo Bulletin, Jan. 2. 1948. Now We Know! Finance Minister Abbott, in answer to a resolution passed by the Co-operative Union of Canada, asking the Government to make known to the people why the policy of decontrol had been pursued, said: â¢ ". . .the policy is designed for the general welfare of .all Canadians, and not for tbe particular advantage or disadvantage of any group within our country." Bill 39 "A Mistake"-James Sinclar M.P. Addressing a meeting of U.B.C. Student Liberal Club, Mr. Sinclair said ... if more students took part in public life, mistakes, like some features of Bill 39, might not be made. He rapped the 90-day conciliation period which, he said, should not be longer than '11 .'o (lav-â"Vancouver Sun", November, 1947. No Time for Fads and Frills While school trustees Monday agreed to grant Victoria High School pupils one hour a year for the purpose of hearing a concert of symphony and classical music there were "Some objections on the grounds that "it took too much time."âVictoria Daily Times. ; Duff Sums It Up Former Premier Duff Pattullo, when asked why he was attending the December Liberal Convention called to select a new leader, replied: "To see the double crossers, double-crossed." (As reported in the Vancouver Daily Fress) vented the unions here from being included in the Master Agreement. Metal Tradesmen in British Columbia have been able to increase their wage scales this year, but the jobs have been considerably decreased, just as they have in other sections of the Pacific Coast. Shipyard workers,have obtained a 12Vic per hour wage increase bringing the mechanics' wages to $ 1.27 *?_. There Were three large shipyards in Vancouver, but one has closed down, leaving the other two with less than 2000 worker*!. . One of these, the Burrard Drydock Company employs at the present time 1432 shipyard workers, but only 376 of these arc members of the American Federation of Labor. The Pacific Drydock Company employs 487 workers, of which only 185 are A. F. of L. The balance in both these cases are members of dual unions such as Boilermakers, Electricians, Shipwrights and Laborers. This dual union set-up Is of pre-war making, and became strongly entrenched at the beginning of the late war, when they accepted 15c an hour below the wage being I negotiated by the A. F. of L. unions, "The United Worker", Ocean Fails. 7^â¢Â° tryin* lÂ° Wt "" 5feattle No Slums in Sweden "There are absolutely no slums in Sweden," gasped Council- woriia'ri Signe Hojer of Stockholm after a horrified look at Detroit's substandard housing. â ' - "We used to have slums," said Mrs. Hojer, "but government subsidies and the co-operative action of private capital eliminated them." . "'....' In Passing "We resent the attempts of Russia to create chaos in Canada | when we maintain a cabinet at Ottawa quite able to do that. b**^ stablished 1924. Coast Metal Trades Convention Pacific Coast Metal Trades Convention In Vancouver ORGANIZED LABOR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA extends fraternal greetings to delegates who are attending the Eighth Annual Convention of the Pacific Coast District Metal Trades Council, representing some 150,000 workers employed in various phases of the metal industry, on the Pacific Coast The convention will be held in the' Vancouver Hotel, February 9, 10, 11 and 12, and about 176 delegates are expected to be present from California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, as well as fraternal delegates from other places. President Frey of the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor will address the delegates, some time during the proceedings, as well as Brother Ed. Wetson, President of the Washington State Federation of Labor", and other fraternal guests. Greetings will be extended by officers of the Vancouver Metal Trades Council, the Mayor of Vancouver, officers of the Trades and Labor Council and representatives of the Federal and Provincial Departments of Labor and the Workmen's Compensation Board. This is expected to be one of the most important conventions of the Pacific Coast District Metal Trades Council for many years. A full attendance is expected, because unions, . _.,_â w )nHN, and councils have been reminded that â ,_*V , . _ .? 5 -.- this is not solely a shipyard organiz- .*"Â£**.-?' _ Â£* ., " Dl*' ation, it represents all sections of theltncl MÂ»ul T'*>dÂ« Council. metal trades field in the Western states, and joint action is being I In-the uptown shops, where the strongly emphasized insofar as the |A. F. of L. has control, such as in the Building Trades, the Boilermakers" scale is $1.60, the Electricians' scale -.a'+l.iJS and the Carp.nteis' grade is $1.40. But here again where the Machinists' are still having to battle the dual union, the rate is only $1.27 V., the same as the shipyard scale. In the uptown shops the machinists have 15 agreements where they have obtained that scale and there are seven other shops where their men are employed, that have agreed to the 12'/fee increase, but agreements are not yet signed. The specialists' rate runs from $1.12 to $1.17, and the helpers' rate $1.04>*.. ^â S *>*** THOMAS A. ROTELL Executive Secretisry.Tre_.urer of the Pacific Cout Di.trict Metal Trade. Council. Member of the Molders' Union, Local No. 164. future welfare of shipyard, shop and all other types of metal trades work in the west are concerned. â¢ During the past year, since the last convention held in San Francisco, the Council obtained Â«a renewal of their Master Agreement granting a 16c wage increase in Pacific Coast shipyards, for most of the 150,000 shipyard workers covering all classifications. This was later followed by agreements with small boat yards, operating in all major ports on the coast. The mechanics' scale is $1.54. with 3Vic added for vacation pay. Helpers and Laborers get $1.37 with 'I'ic vacation pay. This did not embrace the British BB^â" ââ- - -- -mm is*,' â¢*>-'! â *â HB''^^P _____% 1 J] -_H_:*_>H? 1 _ â¢:*Â».- *3r R. Cormack Elected to . 1948 T.L.C. Executive Spearheaded by the re-election of Birt Showier to the presidency, the delegates to the TLC returned .to office members of last year's executive, with the exception of Geo. Gee, who was defeated by Bob Cormack for the chairmanship of the Grievance Committee. President Birt Showier was reelected for his seventh consecutive term as president of the Council. He defeated F. M. Foster, Machinists Union, 145 to 123. Another old-time trades unionist, Sam Smylie,. Plumbers' and Steamfitters' Union, was re-elected vice- president with 164 votes to 107 polled by Josephine Hallock, Home Service Union. Beginning his fifth straight year as council secretary-treasurer, R. K. Gervin defeated United Fishermens' delegate, Tom Parkin, 163 to 112. Two-Vote Victory Closest vote was for chairman of the Organizing Committee. C. E. Herrett, Barbers' Union, won with 127 votesâtwo more than his opponent, F. M. Foster, who received 125. Sam Shearer, Railway Carmen, remains legislative committee, having defeated J. H. Irving, Laundry Work- M.L.A.'s Invited To Attend Special Meeting Of T. and L. Council The Council approved a resolution presented by the Executive asking that an invitation be sent to all Vancouver and district M.L.A.'s to meet with the Council at a special meeting at which they will be informed of our views on labor legislation. It is proposed to hold the special meeting before the forthcoming session of the legislature and immediately after the A. F. of L. Provincial Executive has held its meeting with the Cabinet. It was felt by the Executive that this would be the best procedure to make sure that all M.L.A.'s and Cabinet Ministers are fully aware of the views of A. F. of L. unions before the opening of the 1948 session. M-P.'s Reply to LLC. Re Price Controls Communications were received by the Trades Council from M.P.'s irr reply to the Council's request for support of its demand for the reim- position of price controls.- Angus Maclnnis, M.P. for Vancouver East, stated he is in full agreement with the Council's stand and that his party had already urged this policy in the House of Commons. He quoted in full the six-point programme which they had urged the government to adopt: 1. Reimposition at the earliest possible date of price controls on all the basicnecessities of lifeâfood, clothiuu and fuel. 2. Renewal of subsidies on milk, butter, bread, feed grains, cotton and wool. 3. The closing of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange and the elimination of all speculation in essential foods. 4. Reconstruction of the Wartime -Erices_and .-Trade-Board in such a manner that it can adequately administer the price controls. 5. Continuance of the Excess Profits Tax beyond December 31. 6. The rationing, if necessary, of any essential commodity which is in such short supply that some Canadians may not get thejr minimum share. .'>'.- *%,*_*i â _ ,."*" â â¢*â '**; C. C. Merritt, M.P. for Vancouvcr- Burrard, acknowledged the Trades and Labor Council's reference to price controls, subsidies and tariffs. James Sinclair, M.P. for Vancouver North, acknowledged receipt of the Council's letter regarding price controls. He stated that the government has called a special session to consider price controls, and that he would be glad to do anything he could to alleviate this matter. *â¢> 5,000 Older Workers Seeking Employment Employer. Refuse to Hire Them Columbia shipyards, because the jers' delegate, 142 to 106. dual union setup in this province pre- Tom Alsbury-'s continuing service 'as council press committee chairman, was uncontested Bob Cormack, Street Railway- men, was the i nly successful candidate to contest the election against a last year's executive member. He defeated George Gee, Electrical Workers' delegate, for the chairmanship ' of the Grievance Committee. Jack Stevenson, Carpenters' Union, was victorious over dele- R. Cormack *ate J*1*.*0" *nd Mrs. Hallock in a three-cornered contest for the office of Warden. Mrs, Hallock waa eliminated on the ballot, and Delegate Stevenson nosed out his opponent 136 to 126, Jack Eaves, Painters' Union defeated William Righy, United Fishermen, 148 to 108, for the post of statistician. President Birt Showier, reporting as representative on Advisory Committee for the City of Vancouver, stated that a survey of the number of unemployed men and women over the age of 45 had been made. At the present time there are in excess of 5,000 out of work, with very little hope of being able to find work. Employers are tending to adopt regulations against employing_work- ers over 40 years of age. The Dominion Government will not accept anyone over 35, and other employers have similar restrictions ranging from age 35 to 45. This is leading to a serious situation which will grow more acute as number of persons increase in thej older age groups. The Advisory Committee is planning to use all avenues of publicity âpress, radio, the Canadian Manufacturers Association â to impress upon employers that persons over 45 are still capable of doing efficient work and should not be discriminated against when labor is being hired. Trades Council Opposes Cut In Streetcar Runs âA- B.C.E.R. proposaa^to-eutHrVeti-- nesday streetcar and bus service by 300 car-hours, was vigorously protested by delegates to the Vancouver and New Westminster Trades and Ubor Council (A. F. of L.) The T. L. C. will take tin- matter up with the street railway company anil the~ city council. A letter from Division 101, Street Railwaymen's Union, stated that Wednesday is the only day of the week the public is getting the sort of service it is paying for. C. M. Stewart, Division 101 delegate, said the company is not playing fair with the public in reducing the Wednesday service. Instead the com pany should be doing something to cut down the over-crowding on other days. T.LC. Asks Reopening Of Health Insurance Act Pressure on the provincial government to reopen the Health Insurance Act was advocated by the Vancouver and New Westminster District Trades and Labor Council (A. F. of L.) during a discussion on hospital rates. William Black, Hospital Employees Union, No. 180, reported on satisfactory agreements with the Vancouver General Hospital. He said that orderlies who used to work for $60 a month are now getting $160, and nurses are getting $185 to $190. Black stressed the fact that the hospitals have to carry so many non- paying patients that it is impossible for them to make expenses without assistance. The government, he stated, is still paying 70 cents a day for indigent patients as they have been doing for a "donkey's years." Therefore, until the government brings its grant in line with increased costs, the public will have to pay- "Hospitalization, in the future, will not be given at the expense of the employees," Black said. if I.T.U. Strike Still On I.T.U. Local 226 is still 100 per cent strong after 19 months on the picket line, they reported to the T.*L.C. Tuesday night. . , . They are confident o'f winning and convinced that circulation will be the determining factor. They appealed to the public, and union members in particular, to support them by refusing to buy a scab paper. - * The T.L.C. went on record in favor of compulsory car insurance. Lively Debate on Letter Re Hollywood Jurisdictional Dispute A letter to the T.L.C. from the international Alliance of Stage Employees regarding the recent disastrous jurisdictional strikes in Hollywood district produced some disagreement amongst delegates. The communication alleged that A. F. of L. members had been abused, intimidated, and suffered violence and that "much damage had been done to the entire trade union movement by the C.S.U. Conference of Studio Unions and their pro-communist, leadership who are accused of instigating the jurisdictional disputes. The C.S.U. used "terrorism and intimidation" agn'it fellow trade union members, t>,i*.-*i a letter, and this "constitutes - a agrant abuse of labor's legitimate weapons." that the actions of "violence Â«ss,u coercion" of the C.S.U. should not be supported. Delegate Rigby strongly protested the reading of the communication to the council and stated that the letter was "one more example of red baiting and should not have been read in this council." His motion which have prohibited the reading of communications not addressed to the council failed to carry. SPENCER'S DEPaARTi* ^NT STORE Wl .NOTPAl*. V**o of the *;ze LIST â¢*_ % VANCOUVt. Â»fyV WESTMINS , DISTRICT TRa. V . and LABOR COu Issued by Retail Clerks'- Union, Local 279 D CIL y. tr* , : 'j Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN "r*T=" January, 1948. BALMORAL HOTEL Say. "MEET ME AT THE BALMORAL" â¢ Smartly moa.n1âoomfortably fnrnl.h.d . . . jr.t rettialBsr a qul.t, dlfrnlfl.d atxno.ph..r that mÂ»k.Â« ft a w.lcom. pl.o. to bring or ma.t yonr frl.ndra. Managers: MIKE K08KI BOB I'ATTBItSON "JOHNNY" McKKNZIB FaMaW I -Aolflo 31*8 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVBR, B, C For GOODNESS Salsa . . . DAD'S ORIGINAL â¢Oatmeal Cookies The Moit Deliciou. Health Biscuit Ever Mada When sending parcels overseas don't forget to include some Dad's Cookies. Fhey will be greatly appreciated over cherel DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B.C.) LIMITED '468 Kingsway, Vancouver, B. C RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Manufacturers of Leader Sawdu.t Burner. R. D. McDougall, Prop. Patterns and Models of Every Description Gearing Propellers All work guaranteed Estimates Given 114 West Fifth Avenue Vancouver, B. C. Phone: PAc. 9681âRe.., KErr. 3240-L "RAY*rPATTERI*rWORKS Enefer Cartage Co. Ltd. _s7aVB-_ HAULERS AND GENERAL CARTAGE TRUCKS AND SEMI-TRAILERS LONG DISTANCE HAULING Phon.: rAlrmont 0393 3849 Commercial Drive, VancOnrar THOS. H. CLARK PAINT-NO CONTBACTOB PAINTING. DECORATING AND^SPRAYINO Work Guaranteed Phone: ALma 1613 3958 âTBST BIOHTllBaTH ATA. Patronize Our Advertisers Thousands of People Dying Unnecessarily Each Year" Ottawa.âThe lack of a national health plan in Canada was criticized in a public address here by Dr. W. G. Blair, Federal Progressive Conservative Member for Lanark. Blair charged that the Dominion government had "failed miserably to implement promises made to the Canadian people" for such a scheme. There should be a new Dominion- Provincial conference called by the Federal government, as urged by Ontario and Quebec. A new method must be found to meet hospital costs in Canada, and other medical costs, which are beyond the means of the average family, Blair said. There is a shortage of 40,000 hospital beds for immediate needs, and 10,000 additional nurses are required, while inadequate housing facilities are also contributing to ill-health. The health of the people of Canada is being subordinated by the Federal government to "political expediency," Blair claimed. "There are thousands of people dying unnecessarily each year. "Children are being left motherless. or fatherless; families, are being broken with all the sorrow and distress that follows, because our Federalâgovernmeirt~is^eii^ge11^in a quarrel of its own making with the governments of this country's two most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec."âLabor. r X Answering Your Questions ABOUT IMPORT CONTROL WirUOST of the countries whkh are Canada's regular customers have, not recovered sufficiently from the war to pay, in the normal way, for all the goods they need, despite extensive help from this and other countries. Nor are they able to send us enough of their goods to balance accountsâor to pay us in the kind of money which we, in Canada, can use to buy goods in other countries. At the'same time, Canada has been buying more goods than ever before from the United -States and other countries demanding U.S. dollars. This is because these goods were not obtainable elsewhere and because of demand pent-up during the war. Buying from the United States or U.S. dollar areas must, therefore, be temporarily reduced until our trading again becomes normal. e To meet this emergency, purchase of goods and servicesor expenditures for travel, which must be paid for with U.S. dollars, are now subject to control. If YOU Alt' AN IMPORTER OF CONSUMER GOODS ard wish, te find out what goods ara (I) prohibited, (2) subject to quota, or (3) unaffected by controls, see or write your nearest Collector of Customs and Excise. If YOU WISH TO IMPORT GOODS SUBJECT TO QUOTA and wish to establish your quota authorization to import, or need special information, consult your nearest Collector of Customs and Excise. Quota application forms (E.C. 1) and Instructions for completing them, are available at all Customs Offices. These applications must be filed with the Collector of Customs and Exdse. IF VOU WISH INFORMATION ON THt AMOUNT OF YOUR QUOTA. After your application has been filed with your Collector of Customs and Excise, all correspondence about the establishment of quotas or cases of exceptional hardship through import prohibitions should be directed to Emergency Import Control Division, Department of Finance, 490 Sussex Street, Ottawa. Quotas are issued on a quarterly basis and any unused portion may be carried over into the following quarter. It YOU AU AN IMPORTER OF PRODUCTION PARIS, STRUCTURAL STEEL, stone, machinery or other capital goods or automobiles, and wish to know the import restrictions in these classifications, write or see Emergency Import Control Division (Capital Goods), Department of Reconstruction and Supply, 385 Wellington Street, Ottawa. If YOU INTEND TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE CANADA aad wish to know about foreign exchange available for this purpose, consult any bank or the Foreign Exchange Control Board at Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Windsor, Vasicouver. tf you wish information about personal purchases of goods made during travel outside Canada, consult the nearest Collector of Customs and Excise before departure. ' IP YOU AM A MANUFACTURER, WHOLESALER OR RETAILER and wish information about excise taxes, or about the list of goads to which they apply. Consult the nearest Collector of Customs and Excise. â¢ If YOU NOD OTHER SOURCES OF IMPORTS consult the Foreign Trade Service, Department of Trade and Commerce (Import Division), Ottawa, regarding your supply problems arising from import quota restrictions. Through Ihe Trade Commissioner Service, the Import Division is endeavouring to arrange increased supplies from the United Kingdom and other "non-scheduled'' countries. If YOU AM A HOUSEWIFE and wish information on available alternate foods which have comparable nutritional values to those now prohibited or subject to quota, informational material which has been prepared by the Nutrition Division of the Department of National Health and Welfare may be secured from your Provincial Health Department or local health unit. The administration of those emergency import controls is tha responsibility of various departments of the Gov.rnmenf. The above information is given to aid Canadian citizens in complying > with Hie new import control regulations with a minimum of incon venience in Ihoir busineu and personal affairs. y^^*o-^--yetcu^a c^-Â«-cs~^rt Minister of Finance. |.$.DQIAM*S D.P. Doctors Needed Why Not Bring Them? The general secretary of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. T. C. Routley, thinks it would be unwise to' bring refugee doctors to Canada. He stated, on his return from a visit to Europe, that most of these doctors had been away from practice for several years and would need retraining. Would it lower the standards of medical service in a rural area which now has no doctor to bring in a refugee doctor? "Canada has the finest standard of medical care in the world, and we must maintain that standard," said Dr. Routley. There is, however, no standard of medical care whatever in a rural area which has not a doctor and cannot call a doctor in time of need. Dr. Routley is not unmindful of the lack of rural doctors: "Our problem here is to distribute our medical men on a proper basis as between urban and non- urban areas, and we can do this by making non-urban practice more attractive." But does the Canadian Medical Association intend to do anything _hfl_t making rural practice more attractive? Would it not be simpler to bring in some refugee doctors who would be glad to undertake to practise in a rural area for a period of ten years? Or is he (Dr. Routley) just determined to keep down the number of Canadian doctors in the interests of business ? â Andrew Hebb in The Rural Co-operator, Oct. 14, 1947. PRICES Food prices look like staying high levels for some time. The M shall aid plan, however it works in relation to Canadaâbarring the re- imposition of ceilingsâmakes that virtually certain; may send them up more in line with United States prices. â¢ â Here's how the situation may work out If the United States requires Canada to rewrite her food contracts in return for spending Marshall dollars in Canada, inflationary processes will be aided. And even if she doesn't, expenditure of 500 millions or more United States dollars in Canada over the next 15 months or more will be a virtual guarantee of continuing high purchasing power and productionâand prices. In the meantime, revision upward of prices which Britain must pay for bacon, eggs, beef, cheese, under the renewed contracts, can be expected to have its reflection in upward trends to the Canadian consumer. Meantime also the Canadian consumer can look to the grocery shelves and see: Butter prices now anywhere from 70c to 75c a lb. being "seriously considered" by the government as due for reimposition of control. Canned pear, and peaches up 'J per cent to 18 per cent above a month ago (new ceilings for new deliveries from the dinners); Olive, likely to go up in the New Year following increased material and labor costs at the Spanish exporter's end; Coffee due for another 2c to 4c a lb. boost (following an increase of 2c at the beginning of the month, the fourth rise since de-control, bringing the total increase to 9c); and Sardine, at almost twice prewar levelsâtrom $3.80 per 100 tins to the retailer then to 06.80 now (S5.S5 under control). Financial Post, Dec. 27, 1947. Forecasts Over 60 Million Jobs in 1948 The outlook is for a boom in jobs in 1948, Robert C. Goodwin, director of the United States Employment Service, predicted recently. Employment rolls are likely to stay above the 60,000,000 mark throughout most of next year, Goodwin declared. That figure was reached during the height of farm harvesting last summer, but has since declined. Should the Marshall plan go through Congress, total jobs may reach the 64,000,000 level in mid- 1948 when seasonal farm work hits a peak, Goodwin said. "The demand for farm labor in 1948 will probably be the greatest in peacetime history," he added. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE v:; EXTENDED (Authority, P.C. 4S5i, dated December 3rd, 1917) ON AND AFTER January 1st, 1948, every employee1 in insurable employment paid by the month whose annual remuneration does not exceed $3,120.00 will be insured under the Unemployment Insurance Act. AT PRESENT those paid by the month whose annual remuneration is $2,400.00 or less are insured under the Act. THE CHANGE will not affect the coverage of all hourly, daily and piece rated employees anoTthose paid on aTnileage basis, who will continue to be insured regardless of earnings. WEEKLY RATED employees whose earnings are expected to he $3,120.00 or less joer year will continue to be insured under the Act. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMISSION J. G. Bisson, Chief Commiasioner R. J. Tallon, C. A. L. Mubchison, Commissioner Commissioner =*= Phone! PAlr. 6773 Thompson 8C Company Warm Air Heating General Sheet Metal Work Furnaces and Repairs 2725 Main St., Vancouver, B.C. "Sweet Land of Liberty" (Of Thee I Sing) ALICE IN WASHINGTON Guilty. "Let the jury consider their verdict," the King said, for about the twentieth time that day. "No, No!" said the Queen. "Sentence firstâverdict afterwards." "Stuff and nonsense I" said Alice loudly. "The idea of having the sentence first!" "Hold your tongue!" said the Queen, turning purple. "I won't," said Alice. "Off with her headl" the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Something equivalent took place last week when Secretary of State George C. Marshall ruled "finally" on the firing of ten persons from the State Department. No charges; no. No hearings; no. Seven of the employees are fired and not permitted to, resign without prejudice;- yes. Charges cannot be revealed because they are based on "highly classified material" in .control of another department of government. To the man of stern military upbringing it was more important to respect the regulations of another government bureau than the rights of Americans under the Constitution. âNew Republic. Protests Composition Of Labor Board A resolution of the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Workers, Converters' Union, Local 433, protesting the composition of the recently appointed Labor Relations Booard was referred to the provincial executive. Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. S3 BAST HASTINOS BIEEII FlaORSHEIM â Hl.ATKH Men's and Youth's Model Boot Shop Aetata (or strla.r. Unlon-niad. 8-o.a. . Shoe, (or the whole (anally on OUR BAST CREDIT PLAN Model Boot Shop 57 win HASTIaVOa J. GLOVER PAINT1STO CONTBACTOB Estimates Furnished on All Fainting Joba MM BUPEBT ST., VANOOUT-B Phonal DBxt.r 0775 ' Immigration to Canada Shows 87 p.c. Increase Immigration to Canada during October, 1947, showed an increase of 87 per cent over the influx of new citizens during the same month a year ago, according to latest statistics released by the Immigration Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources. . < Total immigration for the month was 8,941, as compared to the figure of 4,760 for October, 1946. Worthy of note was a rise of 2,491 in the total of immigrants from the British Isles, 1947*3 October total being 6,6231 as against 2,740 for the corresponding month a year ago. Apart from the British Isles, the total for European races was 2,696, an increase of 1,773 over the October, 1046, total of 923. Indicating a marked upswing in the flow of Canadian citizens returning after having resided in the United States, the total number returned during the ten months ended October 31, was 7,774, an increase of 3,868 over the figure of 3,916 for a similar period in 1946. There was once a little baby rabbit who would not be content until finally mother rabbit told him that baby rabbits came from magicians' hats. Stand By Yonr Union We are told all men are equalâ That's how the story goes; All have the right to happiness, Perhaps 'tis soâwho knows? Just ask your kind employer To give you a small raiseâ You'll find the right to happiness Is just an idle phrase. And where is the solution? 'Tis easy as A-B-C: Solidify your forcesâ The union will make you free. We are told strength lies in numbers; This maxim is known to be true; There is power in organized labor, Naught can be done by few. The union is our salvationâ Can you picture what it would be Were it not for the strength of the union? We'd live in slavery. 'Tho you be black or you be white, Stand side by side in lyabor's fight; Let not enthusiasm waneâ We have all the world to gain. United we stand, divided we fallâ A logical slogan for one and for all; Standing together shoulder to shoulder, Protecting the one is protecting the other. Taft-Hartley contracts are taboo, We candidly admit. Such infamy is not.or usâ We want no part of it. âMarie Cherry Edelson. : Consistent Quality Supplying the finest in electrical installation it â¢ specialty with Hume A Rumble Ltd. The compsny ii consistently guided by the highest standard! to give you superior pcrform*nce. Indust- rltl leaders In Western Canada have regularly chosen them lor vital electrical contracts. HUME & RUMBLE Jfa^/i* **iA*- Cf4ti.4,%ei i _oCr utttt-ota Â£trt~f-^ir-iU C^st*Usi***--t<s'*'i VANCOUVER New Wcsfminster Victoria >â¢' / ******************* ' â¢. Aiaascraao . sajwfe %ia?s?f*^~;*^i^Â«vJ, Y " January, 1948 THE LABQR STATESMAN Page Three Arcadian Auditorium Formerly I.O.O.F. HallâSixth Avenue and Main Street The Management wishes to announce that their advertising contract with the Daily Province will be cancelled until such time as the paper is declared fair to the I. T. U. MODERN AND OLD-TIME DANCING EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY HALLS AVAILABLE FO RRENT FAirmont 2484 Dance to "Bob" and His Old-timers QUICK SERVICE IN QUALITY RECAPPING (RING YOUR SMOOTH TIRES TO US NOW. FREE INSPECTION. NO PERMIT REQUIRED. VULCANIZING REPAIRS WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF DUNLOP "ARMORIZED" TIRES AND TUBES FOR ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS. GORDON'S TIRE SERVICE 2636 Hastings St. Ea*t HAstingi 1294 B. G. Marine Engineers and Shipbuilders Ltd. ~~r FT. OF VICTORIA BRITISH GOLUMBIA DOOR CO. . 1206 WEST SBVENTY-FIFTH AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. * â ' â â¢ C. L. PALMER, Manager HOTEL REGENT Limited FULLY LICENSED 160 Hastings Street East Vancouver, B. C. HOTEL AMBASSADOR Fully Licensed In tho Heart of the Business, Shopping, Theatrical and Restaurant DistrictâQuiet, Comfortable, Convenient 773 Seymour Street, Vancouver Your Host: Abe Weston (Established 1911) SUMNER BRASS FOUNDRY LTD. Manufacturers of Brass, Bronze and Aluminum Castings â Phospher Bronze Bushings Manganese Bronze Propellers In All Sizes Phone: MArine 1548 619 Bid well Street, Vancouver, B. C. ANGELUS HOTEL Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B.C. PHONESi 143B.se. S7 OUS ANDERSON AND A. HARRISON, PROPRIETOR* Daly Heating and Sheet Metal Works Ltd. OB BtTBBEKS â OOaU, STO.CDM â rU-afACBS FU-NACEB â Ala* CONDITIONIHO â f___l_ATIsTs_ Q-aMA- JOBBING} â SAWDUST BUB IS BBS â SITLIOITI "Anything in Sheet Metal" Phone: 359 East Broadway, FAinnont 0204 Vancouver. B. C HOTEL PENNSYLVaANIA Corner HASTINGS and CARRALL STS. Comfort and Service "Art", "Jack" and "Joe" patron JSros.. limiteb FUNERAL DIRECTORS SS BAST T_-T~ AVS HUB Phon. i rAlrmraS SIS* 113 WBST SIXTH BTKBET. afOBTH TAHOOTTV-X StOlII 134 HIHOBWAY and ROYAL OAH, BUBafalBY DBxtar 3361 RICHMOND TRANSFER DAILY "MIGHT BB7AVICEâLULU ISLAND, SEA ISLAND, LIOHT AND HEAVY HAULINO rxoNEi HA.unra sasr 438 ALEXANDER ITBIIT MARR HOTEL,, LICENSED â (OKD I1CPEB.IAL) Remodelled - Newly Furnished â¢ Up-to-date Good Service 403 POW7SLL STBHHT Financial Post's 'Inside News" Â£TOCK YIELDS UP Yields on preferred, bank, common and mining stocks are all higher than a year ago; commons up 20.9 per cent, preferred 18.7 per cent, banks 15.2 percent, mines 6.5,per cent. A Financial Post staff writer tells why (p. 3). GOOD YEAR FOR BANKS . . Canadian chartered banks are closing a year, marked by new high levels in assets, deposits, loans and net earnings. Actual cash val,ue of loans outstanding increased to. over $2 billions, up ^5 per cent on the year and nearly ) 90 per cent since the end of the war. DIVIDENDS HIGHER Dividends declared by Canadian companies for payment in January, 1948, total $51,871,734 to December 22, against $33,874,733 for the first month of 1947. Biggest increases are in pulp and paper and base metal issues. â U. K. Timber Deal In B. C. Extended Ottawa.âOut of the recent U. K. food discussions has come an important decision to extend the present BritishâColumbiaâtimberâcontract PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS through till the end of 1948. This means Britain will take the same amount of lumber as had been contracted for but spread deliveries over 12 months instead of six. This will conserve their dollars and at the Same time provide an oppdttiinity for Canada to divert a much larger share of West Coast timber to the United States and other dollar markets. Details of the new plan are still to be worked out Involved as well is a possible switch of some purchases to the East Coast. No consideration has been given to any further B. C. contract beyond the end of 1948. Estimated amount of U. K. expenditure on timber in Canada in 1948 is about $80 millions. Industrial Accidents Cost $48 Million in'46 Industrial accidents cost Canada a staggering $48.2 million in 1946. This was nearly twice the cost of 1945 industrial casualties although there was little increase in the number of accidents and fatalities were lower. The 1946 accident toll added up to a sickening total of 375,804 mishaps. This included 1,010 fatalities. In 1945, there were 331,483 accidents, 1,101 being fatalities. But although fatalities were slightly higher than ih 1946, the coat was away down to $25.1 millions. But this only, tells part of the story.' Besides the dollars-and-cents costs of $50 last year, there was the untold cost in human misery and suffering. Furthermore, for every dollar paid out in compensation and medical bills, it has been estimated that industrial accidents cost industry another $4. Thus last year's toll may be said to have cost Canada $250 millions. Provincially, Ontario leads all others with British Columbia Quebec vying for second place. Following are the accidents accident costs for the eight provinces: Alberta, 23,068; $2.6 millions. British Columbia, 58,927; $12 millions. Manitoba, 18,074; $1.4 millions.' New Brunswick, 13.891; $1.2 millions. Nova Scotia, 20,367; $2.6 millions. Quebec, 90,000; $11.6 millions. Ontario, 138,570; $16.5 millions. Saskatchewan, 10,787; $1.1 millions. the and and Check Fundamental Rights and Freedoms A Federal Bill of Rights guaranteeing protection for every citizen against infringements of civil rights is urgently needed. Here are a few fundamental suggestions for inclusion in a Canadian Bill of Rights: 1. No government laws by order- in-council except with consent of parliament 2. Equal protection under the law. 3. Outlaw arbitrary arrest and detention. 4. Outlaw pro-court statements as a police device for securing convictions. 6. Outlaw cruel and unusual punishment 6. Outlaw all police promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before convictions. 7. Speedy and fair trials. 8. Outlaw excessive bails, and fines. â¢ 9. The right of habeas corpus. 10. The right to sue the crown for tort 11. Protection from arbitrary or unreasonable interference with privacy, home, correspondence or reputation. 12. Equality of Canadian citizenship. 13. The right to vote regardless of race, creed, sex or color. 14. The right of political opinion. 15. The right of petition. 16. The right of association and assembly. 17. The rights of access to information. 18. Freedom of the press. 19. Freedom of worship. 20. And freedom of speech and expression.âH.S.T., Manitoba Commonwealth. OCCUPATIONAL PAINS When the symphony concert was in progress the conductor noticed that one of the violinists had an expression of extreme pain on his face. In great concern the maestro stopped the orchestra to question him. "Gnido," he said, "you appear ill. Are you in pain?" "No," Guido replied sadly, "iL'i just that I don't like music." Trades Council Notes RE USE OF R.C.M.P. A letter was received from t he Minister of Justice, Mr. Ilsley, acknowledging the protest against the use of the R.C.M.P. at the Sheridan Mines. The Minister stated that t&e R.C. M.P. sometimes act as provincial police and in this instance the action was solely in the interests of law and order and in no sense was it intended as a threat against the workers on strike. â¢ Â» . Â» FISHERMEN NEGOTIATE NEW AGREEMENT Delegate Rigby reported that his union had negotiated a new agreement for herring at $7.40 a ton. This compares with $2 a ton received as recently at 1939. ., Â» * â¢ â¦ DEEP SEA AGREEMENT Delegate Thompson reported that the' recently negotiated, deep sea agreement included substantial increases across the board. His union naw has basic pay of $120 a month, a 10-cent-an-hour increase in overtime rates, a 40-hour week in port, and a completely closed shop. A. F. L. Will Rally Unions In Europe Mobilize. Support for Marahall Plan Aa Offaet To "Red" Propaganda . A campaign to assist democratic trade unions in Europe and to mobilize support for the Marshall plan was announced^ this week ~by the A. F. of L. Ihe Federation declared it will soon call a conference of labor representatives in 16 European nations, outside the Soviet zone, to discuss means of "combating the propaganda of Moscow which misrepresents the Marshall plan and seeks to destroy it" â¢Â» also, the A. F. of L. will expand its present program of assistance to free trade union movements' in Europe and appeal to all unionists in this country to purchase "Care" food packages for distribution to needy workers overseas. "We believe that world peace and security can best be fulfilled by the revival of free trade unions as bulwarks of democracy in Europe," the Federation asserted. President Green also announced that Frank P. Fenton, heretofore director of organization, will supervise the world-wide activities of the A. F. of I,., succeeding the late Robert Watt. She was fat and over forty, but she was still kittenish. The young man she had cornered at the party was thinking hard for some excuse to escape. At last he murmured: "Do you remember the youngster who used to tickle you under the chin at school?" "Oh," she exclsimed, gushingly, "so that's who you are!" "Oh, no," said he, blandly. "That was my father." "CHESTERFIELD" QUALITY MEN'S SUITS aAND TOPCOATS SPORTS SLACKS and SPORTS JACKETS POPULAR BRANDS of MEN'S FURNISHINGS '-â¢THE STORE THAT'S ALWAYS BUSY" Arnold & Quigley Ltd. 540 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. COMPLIMENTS OF A. W. JOHNSON LTD. "LOGGER AND WORK BOOTS" Phone: MA 7612 63 W. Cordova Street Vancouver, B. C. SMITH'S WELDING AND CUTTING EQUIPMENT-PAL-WELD PRODUCTS WELDING SUPPLIES-OXY-ACETYLENE RODSâELECTRODES ' CARBIDEâEQUIPMENT REPAIRS Phone: HA 0065 WELDING AND METAL TRADES SUPPLIES ' LIMITED 1530 Hastings Street East Vancouver, B. C. THE HOTEL WEST 444 CARRALL STREET. VANCOUVER." B.C. Phones: PAclflc 8374 â PAcific 8375 Over 100 Rooms . . . Every One Outside with Hot and Cold Water and Telephone . . . Rates Moderate. PACIFIC BOTTLE CO. Ltd. H. Kemp, Manager 215 West Second Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. Phone: FA 3948 X COOK WITH GAS Many'i the time you'll whir into the house with only a half-hour before friend hubby comes home for dinner . . . that's when you'll bless tht dependable speed of Gas. Gas gives you instant heat... a turn of the tap and there it is, the blue flame that adjusts so easily to the degree of heat you need. Equally important . . . when you turn off your gas the heat shuts off ... there's no continued cooking, or over cooking ... no waste of fuel. Your appliance dealer will be glad to advise you about the new gas ranges. GAS...THE DEPENDABLE HEAT V:f f*age Four THE LABCUi STATESMAN January, J948 THE LABOR STATESMAN Published third Thursday in each month "at "Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. " Authorized as second class niail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Owned by the_Vancouver, New.Westminster and District Trades . and Labor Council H. W. WATTS, M.n.ger TOM ALSBURY, Editor Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phone: PAciSc 2942 Vancouver, Canada, January, 1948 Still No Action On Price Controls The present price crisis is the most serious problem facing the Canadian people today. When the special session of Parliament was called, it was fair to assume that effective measures to deal with this menace to living standards would be introduced by the Government and receive priority over all other matters. This has* proven a vain hope. Parliament opened on Pecember 5. It sat for two weeks and then adjourned for the Christmas and New Year holiday. It will not reconvene until late in January. As yet, the government has neither dealt with the price crisis nor given any indication that it intends to do so. Apparently it has decided, by a policy of inaction, to let prices continue to rise still higher. '_ ' To date, the special session has been a complete waste of time. The government has continued to ignore the demands of the majority of Canadians for th re-establishment of price controls. This refusal ensures the continuance of bigger profits for. the few ând-lGwer4iving- standards for the-many.- The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada has consistently opposed the removal of price controls. It has repeatedly urged upon the government the fallacy and dangers of such a policy. At present it is conducting a campaign designed to impress upon the Government and Members of Parliament the necessity for the re-establishment of price controls if living standards and the stability of the economy are not to be further jeopardized. This campaign should have the active support of every local union, and of every citizen. The Real Test of Prosperity According to reports published in the daily press, British Columbia's four basic industriesâlumbering, farming, mining, and fishing âhave "pumped close to half a billion dollars worth of wealth into the people's hands in 1947âan all-time record." Such reports, no doubt, give rise to the boastful declarations which leading politicians are so fond of making, that "we" are enjoying the most prosperous period in our history. There is no question that the workers in these industries produced this half billion dollars' worth of wealth. What is open to question is that either the workers who produced it or the public generally have obtained their fair share of it. There is abundant evidence that a disproportionate amount of productive income is absorbed by profits at the expense of lagging wage income. What the writers of these reports and boastful politicians overlook is that prosperity cannot be measured merely by the size of our provincial or national income. The real tests of prosperity are: first, the extent which the people share in it, and, secondly, what the money will buy. Judged in the light of these tests, it is'exr tremely doubtful that "we" are enjoying our greatest period of prosperity. The Cost of Sickness Goes Up On January 1st, hospital rates increased $1.50 a day. No doubt the hospitals can justify the increase. They too, have been victims of the upward spiral of prices., But the most serious aspect of the matter is its immediate and ultimate effect on health. Medical and hospitalization have long been a heavy burden on the income of the average worker. A serious illness in the family can cripple it financially for years.. This latest rise in the cost of hospitalization will serve to put it still further beyond the reach of many people. We are rapidly approaching the stage in which adequate medical and hospital care is a luxury which only the well-to-do and those of high income can afford. There are in.operation a number of trade union, employee, and independent co-operative sickness and accident plans, which perform a good service in providing their members with protection against the risk of expensive illness. These organizations should receive encouragement and support. But there are still far too many people who lack protection of any kind against the hazards of accident and ill-health. The only effective solution to meet the health needs of all the people is a government sponsored health insurance plan. Recent prohibitive rises in the cost of hospitalization serve to emphasize the need for immediate steps in this direction. V ' NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE By PERCY R. BENGOUGH, C.B.E., -' President, The Trade, and Labor Congress of Can/ada I appreciate this opportunity, afforded through the courtesy of the Press, to extend to all people in Canada, New Years Greetings and wishes for health, happiness and prosperity in the name and on behalf of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The three hundred and sixty odd thousand Canadian men, and women from the Atlantic to the Pacific comprising this great labor organization that I have the honor to represent sincerely desires peace and security both at home and abroad. We will continue to strive for such worthy objectives. The vast majority of .the working people of Canada are not a dissatisfied section of Canada's population that hollers just for the sake of it. They are loyal Canadians who value Canada's democracy and democratic institutions. We want to make our democrtic way of life work. We don't feel that it is working effectively as long as we have fear and want still the lot of many Canadians. It is with such views that organized labor strives for change and improvement. We can be proud to be citizens of this great country. At the same time we cannot take pride in the way in which we look after our sick and care for our aged. We believe the time has arrived in Canada where the fear, of inscurity can be readily eliminated. Thre is no insurmountable barrier in the way of establishing a full and comprehensive scheme of health insurance and less in the way of establishing laws that will guarantee full protection to our aged citizens. We ask that these laws'be established on a contributory basis. .These are not dreams. They are practical objectives and in operation would do away with a lot of the fear and want and insecurity that gives rise to unrest and dissatisfaction. There are faults in our Canadian way of life. Let us recognize them and rectify them. The best contribution we could make to our democracy is a little more team work on the part of all Canadians, both on the, outside and inside of government. - None can deny that Canada has done a commendable job in assisting the citizens of other countries with urgently needed necessities of life. The Organized Labor Movement has strongly supported such worthy objectives. We do say, however, that more attention must be given to improving the lot of the many thousands of our own citizens who are on small salaries and pensions and whose far tod low a standard of living has been qrastically reduced as a result of ffie^rncrease in the costfof commodities. There are a few in Canada who seem to believe that the only way to adjust social and economic wrongs is to have a Government that prohibits all opposition and criticism- The trade union movement does not subscribe to any such beliefs. As a democratic institution, functioning in a democratic country, we do not want any form of dictatorship. We value free-' iluni and all that it implies, including the right to take issue with our Governments for delaying the introduction of the much needed laws to give more protection to pur sick and aged. \nThe Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, setting a high value on the freedoms that have been inherited and enjoyed by Canadian citizens, pledged itself to do all in its power.in 1948 to prevent their abuse. Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Starvation Deadlier Than War td Orr, Director of Food and Agricultural Organization, told tn*. U.N. Economic Committee in New York recently: "The number jlf people in Europe and Asia who will die ffbm direct or indirect effects of the food shortage in the next 12 months will be greater than the number killed in the fighting or in the bombing in any year of the war." . / * 130,000 Veterans Enrolled For Training Ottawa.âApproximately 27,600 war veterans enrolled for "trainlng-on- the-job" in Canadian industries up to the end of October under the Canadian vocational training plan, Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell announces. In private trades schools and business colleges, 14,609 additional were enrolled. Other kinds of training being carried out under the plan include correspondence courses, "pre-mstriculation" classes and training at vocational training centres. For sll classes of veterans' training, 130,000 had enrolled up to October 31st.â"Ubor". living Costs In U.S. Set All-Time Record **_?h'^,-7'â<AP)âUvinf* c0"ts in tho United States reached â¢ naw record high in mid-November, the Bureau of Ubor Statis"cs reported n%**cfU',aK .ththi!r,t that 1948 mÂ«y Â«Urt â * Â»>â Â«â¢"Â». M$M_â¢level Statisticians of the Bureau of Ubor Statistics said privftelv that . two ?tItÂ«â¢.rh.wfn*Jein?riCaeÂ», JUmp ,ince "â â d-November indicate,? thUnHed S&T3tt nPe.k.year at â¢consumer'* .Â»*â¢ "-' Â£ Are You a Part-time Citizen? By RUTH TAYLOR Being a citizen in a democracy is a full-time job. In other forms of government the citizenry makes up the background, appearing only in mob scenes to "yes the rulers of the nation. In. a democracy there is no room for part-time citizens. Our government is what we make of it. Ours is the fault if the wheels of government do not run smoothly, for the laws we make are the roadbed, and the men we elect are the machine. Do yon fulfill all your duties as a voter? Do you show up just at election time to cast your vote without due consideration of the full qualifications, record and principles of all candidates? Do you neglect to help select the proper candidates at the primaries? Are you a part-time Citizen? Do you obey the laws you have had a hand in making? Is your only thought, when you break what seems like an inconsequential little law, how you can get away with it? Are you a part-time citizen? Do you evince interest in all issues âor only in those problems which directly concern you, and then object when other groups do the same and infringe on your prerogatives? Only as citizens work for the common good of all can democracy progress. Are you a part-time citizen? Do you lend an ear to subversive elements who tell you how much better conditions are or.would be for you were there a different form of government? Do you thoughtlessly pass on these tales without checking on their accuracy or considering their source? Are you a part-time citizen? Do you stand up for democracy or do you condemn its mistakes without consideration of the good it has to offer? Do you Stress only its shortcomings and never let its long range programme which, slowly but surely, and in spite of stumblings, discriminations and detours ' has made this country of ours the best in which to live? Are you a part-time citizen? Now as never before the United States needs the full-time allegiance of all of its people. Don't be a part- time citizen I Closed Shop The closed shop is the essence of democracy, the rule of the majority. It applies a sound unit whereby workers can express themselves. To say that this exercises a tyranny over the minority would be to strike at the very roots of pur political philosophy. Outlawing the closed shop is against democracy in its full sense, the rule of the majority, the American way. â¢ A partial union divides authority between management and the union, but leaves the minority entirely without representation, and a primary cause of friction between the two authorities. Rising cost*, poorer merchandise and lack of effort in product improvement are natural consequences bf such a situation. The public is certainly the loser. The crux of the question of the closed shop is the effect of the closed shop on the community as a whole. Regardless of how the employee, employer or the business is benefited, the public must also gain. The effect on business of a closed shop can best be judged by the showing of business in which the closed shop prevails. unions, despite all their real or imaginary excesses, have done more to free, the working man and raise the standard of living in this country than any other force. It is the union that protects the employees from abuses and elevates workers frqm the low.levela of servitude to thl dignity of self-respecting citizens, enjoying equal liberty and bargaining power. It is a travesty to say that to be obligated to join a union is a violation of individual freedom when, in fact, it is a guarantee of freedom from the absolute authority of the employer.âHerbert J. i Buchsbaum, a Chicago manufacturer. Auto Work.r.' Union, Lodge No. 1867, I A of M.â Business Agent, Len E. Butler, office, Sti Beauty St.. phona PA. !Â«1B aakery Saaeemea, Local If*. I. B. T. C and H.âBu.ln.SN AtT.nl, E Holm... iti Beattr StrMt; PAolflc H4I. Baker.' Valoa, Looal 46* â Bu.ln... A.ent, Melvln Ketiinila. IS Baat Halting* St., Phon. PAclflc 4741. B*t***n --- International Journeyman of America. Local lit â Secretary, C. M- H.rr.tt. Ill Beattr St.; PAolflo 4114 leafar.r.' Int. Valoa of north Amarloa âSecretary, H. Murphy. 144 W. Hailing*; PAc. 7114. a.nrar. Bl.p~M.rsi and CnUnarr Workan, Ma. 836âSecretary. T. Dougherty, i2f Sandrlngham Ave.. New Weat- mlnater. â average Dl.p.n.ar. and Culinary Worker., No. 676âBuslnesa Manager, F. W. Mills, 68 West Hastings St.; MA. 4948. Bl.ok.mltli.' Valoa, Local 181âSecretary, P. Mitchell, 1703 Dublin St., N.w Westminster. Bo_.nsak.ni Valoa, No. iff â Bu.lne.a Agent, Jam.. Downie. 611 Beattr St; Phon* TAtlow 1S4T Boll.rmak.r.' Vnloa, Local 1S4âSecretary, P. Moore, Box 422, New Weatminater, B. C. Bookbinder.' TJnlon, Local 10SâRecording Secretary, W. C. White, 2026 Weat 48th; KB. 1974-Y. Laundry Workara, No. 2*2 â Bu.ln.ai Agent, J. II Irving. 631 Beatty BL; Phona PAclflc 4648. Jthpgr.ph.r., No. 44 â Sacretary, RoBol* tÂ»74 W. 16th. Machinist., Local 693âBuslneaa Agent. Alf. Dyer, 631 Beatty St;(PA. 2486. uaoaaaaaaaaa, Local 182 â Secretary. J. Bygate. 1714 E. Seventh: HA 6760-Y. Meohlnlet.' Lodga, No. 161 â SecreUry, J. D. Wlldy, 1(106 Seventh Avenue. New Westminster. asauar.' Valoa, No. 7*âSecretary, IL O. Taylor, 1176 Duch.m Av.nu*. Wsst Vancouver. B. C MalnUnanoe-of-Way Bmploy..., Local No. 1Â«7 (C. P. It.)âSecreury. S. Wray. 1487 Kitchener Street. ..â... -.i. af Way Bmaloyoe., Local 11âS.rr-tary. R. McLur.. 171* Baat nth A*âaa*. Marin. Bngln*.r., national Aa.oclatloa of; Council No. 7âSecretary, D. Heard, tit West Pender Street. Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employ..., Local 464 â Secretary, Blrt Snowier, 631 Beatty St.; PAclflc 8548. Molders" Vnloa, Looal SSI â Bualnea. Agent, Louis Herzeg, 531 Beatty St.; Phone FA. 1878-L. mwtl Work.r." Uaion, Looal ISO â Sacratary, BSd. 81m.. (Ill Clarendon St. Brisk A Clay Work.r. Valoa, No. US- Secretary, 8. W. JefTery. K. R. No. 1, Mauqul, B. C Brloklay.r.' Union, Local No. 1âL. Padgett, Sr.. tftt W. tlst; KErr. 6293-R. â nlldlng L.bor.rs' Valoa. Local 101 â Secretary, W. Baskerville. 631 Beatty St.; Phona MArln* 1041. Bnlldlng Laborer." Valoa (Naw Weatminater) No. 1070 â Sacratary, T. Porter, 1606 Sixth St.; phona N.W. 1179-R. Bnlldlng' Material and rn.l Trnok Driver.' Union, Local 313âBuslneaa Agent, H. Bonnell. 631 Beatty St., Phona PAclflc 7184. Bnlldlng' Serrloe Mm.ploy***, Local 344â Buslneaa Agent, A. J. Wybrew, 434 W. Pender St.; Phone PA. 1606. Bnlldlng Trad.. Ooaaoll â Sacretary, H. W. Watta. 631 Baatty St.; Phone PAclflo 1141. Canadian Seamen'e Valoa (T. AL. C. C.) âSecretary. J M. Smith, tl Powell St.; Phone MArlna 4I4T. He who has lost all confidence can i lose nothing more. ' Wealth and Health Your chances of dying or being sick depend, to a considerable extent, on the size of your income, according to the Twentieth Century Fund, a research institution. One evidence it cites is the fact that, in the depression years, 1935 and 1936, "persons on relief averaged 17 days illness a year," while those with incomes over $5,000 were ill an average of only 6*ri days. Canadian Profits Hit New Peak; Canadian Wages Take New Dip A GREAT YEARâFOR THE PROFITEER Ottawa ((Halt)âCanadian corporations made a net profit of $61.00 out of every man, woman and child in the country during 1946, compared with $31.00 per capita for 1938, the Dominion's Bureau of Statistics reveaied here. The 1947 total is expected to be even higher. The profit figure, taking a total of investment and gross corporate profits, was actually $3,059,000.OOonâone-third of the national income in a country of 12 million people. 'â The other side of the picture showed that real wages of workers, farmers and salaried people had dropped by 8 per cent since 1938. Consumers took a beating by being able to buy only 66 - per cent of goods and services groduced, compared to 72 per cent in 1938. 'This drop is more, glaring ecause output zoomed during the eight years. No Longer a Secret -- .Any Nation Can Make Atom Bomb that Has Equipment There is no such thing as an atom bomb secret Any nation can produce the weapon if it has the necessary Industrial equipment So says Robert M. Hiftchins, chancellor of the University of Chicago, who played a big role in the development of the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In an article in the "American* magazine, Hutchins declares that "public utterances which wolud have us believe we own an atomic secret are rooted either in ignorance or deceit" . He declared the bombs can annihilate all life on earthâbut that if war ceases, atomic energy can make man live "as long as Methuselah." "Atomic energy," he writes, "makes all our conceptions of daily living obsolete,/eradicates virtually all our limitations, cures all our maladies, and opens the door to a way of life as uncomplicated as that of a South Seas native basking in the sun and plucking his food from the breadfruit tree. "Our paramount problem, our chief hazard, in the atomic age will be what to do with our spare time. "Heat wiU be so plentiful that it will be used to melt snow as it falls." Ossrp.nt.ra' Un;on, Mo. 452 â Business Agent, J. Stevenson, 631 Beatty St. Phone PA. 6557. Oarpe-tan' Union (OMlUlssack). Bo. 1S43 âSecretary, J. R. JohnsDrtrltt Cedar St., Cultus take, B. C. _ Local lift (Naw Westmin. â far)âHuelneea Agent, J. T. Bannan. 100* -tth Ave.. N.w Weetmlneter. Phona N.W. 6ltR Carp.nt.r. (Manalmo), Local Mo. 637 â Secretary, P. W. Bolton. 96 Wallace Street, Nanalmo, B. C. Ossrp.nt.ra' Union Mo. SU Wort Alb.ml) - âSacratary, II. Stubb, Box ttt, Port Alberni, B.C. Gamut nnl.h.ra (Section of Looal Vo. SOS)âBualneaa Asant, W. J. Baskerville, Labor Headquarter*, ttl Beatty Bt. Phone MArlne 9042. Olty Mail Bmploy..., Local tin--Secre Ury. T .11. Lewis, 2157 yftmt llth Av*.: BAyview 4766L. ^ ~ Olvlo Employ..â¢' Valoa (Bnrnaby), Mo. 33âSecretary, A. L. Francis, 60*1 Union St, New Weatminater. Olvlo Employ...' Vnloa, Local 28âBust nesa Agent, Donald Guise, 631 Beatty St.: Phone PA. 4641. Ooa-marelal VStagnphanf Valoa, C.P.R. Division No. 1âPhyllis M. Cllne. Box ttl. Vancouver. Dl.tuiary Workara, Local Mo. SSâSacretary, A. F. Redman. 460 Campbell St: New Weatminater. B. C. Dl.Hilary Work.r.' Valoa,. tto. tt â (U.D.L.)âSecretary. Oeo. Ouy, 646 E. 47th Ave., Vancouver, B. C. Bleotrloal Worksn* Valoa, Looal SISâ Bualneaa Manager, George Gee, 611 Baatty St; MArlna 0736. Elevator Coaat-utora. Local S3âSecretary, H. C. MacKechan, 2067 Baat 7th Avenue. Valoa, rst. .29174 â Secretary, J. A. Dougall. 1114 Nicola Street"; Phone MArlna 3641 â ngineere, BTol.tlng aad Portebl., Local 116âBualneaa Agent. A. W. Scott, ltl BL Haatlnga, Ste. 114-1*; MArlna 1141. Motion Picture Projectionists, Looal 348, Business Manager, J. R. Foster; Secre- âtary, J.âH:âLeslie, P. O. Box 846: Phone MArlne 3042. â atuiolan.' Valoa, Local 14i â Bualaaaa Manager, E. A. Jamluon. Bait. II, 661 Granville Bt; Phon* PAolAo 7141. Offlo. Employ...' Int. Vnloa Looal HoisâSecretary, O. B. Vaughan, 1041 B. ' 17th Avenue; â Palmare. Local 111âBu.ln... M.naa.r, J. Eaves, 611 Beatty St.: MAr. HIS.; lies.: HA*t. II7I-L Paint A Taralah Workan Valoa, Local No. 1660 â Secretary, N. Stewart, 1610 Eaat llth Avenua. Paper Makan* Intei-nattc-al Brotaurkoaa, Ocean Falla, Local No. litâSecretary, N. H. Compton. Ocean Falls, B. C Fapermak.r.' Int. Brotherhood, Local No. 466 (Naw Westminster! â Secretary, Walter Ron. 222 Ninth Street PH. Drlv.r. and Wooden BrUgeaua, Local 1404âHuelne.. Agent, 8. Allen. It] B. Haatlnga St.: PAclflc 4041 Plumben aad Bteamntter. (R.llroad) â Local B71 â Secretary, Lloyd Elrlck, 1877 Haro St., Vancouver. Photo Engravere, Local 64âEdwin Da via, 68 Lancaster Crescent, Sea I aland, Vancouver.- Phona â Pla.t.r.r.' Valoa, Mo. 77* â Secretary, H. West, 3411 West 23rd; BAy. Illl-M. Plnmb.r. ssad St.aunOtUr., Local 170â Buslneaa Agent, Frank Carlisle, III Beattlr St.: Phone MArlne tilt Printing Pra.emen aad Aa.latant.' Vnloa, Mo. 69 â Secretary, Thos. S. Esart. 1807 Bast 88th Ave., FRaser 2016. Palp and â olpbit* (Con-ertar.) Unloa, Local 423âSecretary, C. T. Glll.rd. 1840 Nootka 8t y Pnr.ar. and Oalaf Steward*. Local 11* -Secretary. R. Stover. 1461 Woodland Drive. Ballway Oanaaa (Port Hanni, Lodg* No. 210 â SecreUry. A. M. Oawley, R R. No. 4. New Weatminater, B C MaUway Oanaaa. Local No. IIâSecretary, Samuel Shearer. 2261 Wait lint) Avenua; phona BAyview 6462-L. Railway and Steamahtp Clark., No. Ill âSecretary, T. W. Klrby, 3566 Triumph Street â¢ â J- Railway and St.am.hlp Cl.rk.. Mo. SSS President, G. 8tubbs, 4827 E. Haatlnga. Bafrlgeratlon Workara, Mo. SIS, U. A. J. P if Fâ Secretary. L R Wlntla. UT Wait 40th. Vancouver: FRaa. 4411. Betail Grocery aad Pood Cl.rk., Local No. 1616 â Secretary. Geo. Johnston. Ill Wast Haatlnga, Room 401; Phon* PAclllc 6720. BetaU Meat Bmployeea, Local No. Illâ Bualneaa Agent. J. O. Htln.on, 111 Weat Haatlnga St.. Room 401; Phona PAclAc 6710. Betail Clerk., Local 271 â Sec.-Treaa. Oeo. John.ton, Room 401, Provlno. Bldg., Phon* PAc 6720. Secondary Sonooi T.aon.rr AaaoaUtUsa âSecreury, Wm. Alshury, 1114 Boat Sixth: HAatlnga 1071-R Sh**t Metal Workan, Local 111âBu*l- n.aa Manager, Jam** Walk.r. Ill He.tty Bt: PAclflc llll. Sheet Metal Workan (Ballroad) Local 114âSecretary. O. H. Dobb, llll Tth Avenue, New Westminster. â main.ara, Sohool aad Car.taker., Local 961 â Secretary, Len A. Roach. 2111 Attention: Union Secretaries I^LyÂ°D7R,i^T_eRnY.In irnofdT.oTma.S1,/0' *' â¢ UNI0N âEd Smith, Secretary. "Thinking People" Finance Minister Herbert Anscomb .. . told an annual meeting of the Victoria Provincial Projrressive Conservative Association . . . "It is evident. .. that we have lost contact with the thinking people of the province."âVictoria Daily Times. ' -. . '. Sophia Street Bag-war** Valoa (BUMonary Operating), local Vo. SSSâBualneaa Agent Harry Rerger. Ill B. Haatlnga, Ste. 214-11; MArlne 284*. rilm Bxaaaag* Bmploy..., Local B71â Becreury, C. W. Backus, 1128 Eaat 41th Avenue. Pin rlghter. (Bnrnaby). Local SS3 â Sacratary, G. McDonald, llll Suaaez Ave., Naw Westminster. Pin Fighter* JTew Wasn_ilasrt*r,. Ill â Sacretary, D. Anderson Hamilton Street New Weatmtnatt Ploorl.yer.' Valoa, V. B. of O. J., Local Mo. 45a iiuslness Agent It v. Naah. 1171 B. Broadway. 1-raltan Worker.' Union, Local Ho. 2S33 Secretary, Mr*. P. Merrick, 117 Howe St.. Vancouver, B. C. Olail.r. ssad OI... Workara', Local Mo. 1637â Secretary, A. Allen, 6216 Cui- loden St. New Weatminater. tM* Worken' Valoa, Looal No. IISâ Becreury, F. Alty, 1741 Tal. Street, office phon.: MArln* llll. dlor. . Workan* - X-tnaatlaaal Valoa, Local No. 104âSecretary, Dorothy If.le*ii. 1114 Baat Ooorgta. M_alo_*M* Valsa, No. 110 â iry. A Peterson, 111 Av..; Phon*: FAlr. llll-U BocnUry. Patersotij ll'l W**t llth Moat* Saaâto* W*trkÂ«n Valoa, No. Ill- Secretary. Mrs. J. Hallock, III W..t llth Av*., Vanooavari B.C. *1 and MMtaaraat Bmploy..., Loeal ^-Basln*** Aa.nt. May Ans.ll. 411 nvin. Bt: Phon* PAclflc 7111 ntermatlonal Loagakor.aa.n_ I **.Â»!Â« ttots, L*oal Mo. IS, IU â S.cr.ury. Jam.* Darwood, 1141 Kltch.n.r Bt. ffA.'Insra I1I4-M aworkar*. Local 17âBualnea* Agent, S. Q. CMk. _ll EaÂ«*_Haatlnga Street. Room 211: MArln. 1940. J.w.lry Workan' Valoa, Mo. 4SâBecreury. W. Routley, 144 West Hastings St. Room 71: PAclllc 1714. baSl*** Oanaaat Workan, Local 171â Iiuslness Agent C. Carr. Ill We.t Pender St.: Phone: DExter S7I2M Shingler.' aad Koofer.' Valoa. Mo. 134* âSecretary, J. A. Glldermelater, 1974 W. 7th: BAy. 1611-L. Bhlagl* WMV.n Valoa, Local No. llll Secretary, Alex Low, 1114 Waat 73rd Avenue, Vancouver, Phona LAngara 09I6R. Shor.work.r.' Local ol th. V. P. fl A. W. V,âBualnea* Agent, Alex Gordon, ltl E. Cordova; Phone MAr. 4141. sign aad notorial Palaten, Loci V Secretary, J. Mlddleton, 6181 Dundaa Btreet BtrMt Ballway Bmploy***. Dlvieion IM âBualneaa Agent, A. Jennlnga, Lee Building, 176 B. Broadway; FAlr. 4111. _ ___!Saa^UB_aqHH_r?p_r*-aÂ«-â¢ EfrunVneee Agent, 11. Cormack, 21 Lorna St., New Weatminater, B.C. Taai Drlv.r*. Local 111 â S.cr.tary. C. Gower, 111 Hsatty StrMt Ph*a* PAclflc 1141. T.achara' Aaaociation, New Weatminater âSecretary, Heater L. Richards, 1011 Stride Ave., New Weetmln.ter. B.C. Textile Workara** Looal. Mo. ISâSecretary. Betty Mallla, 71 Eaat Second Ara Taeatrtaal Stan Ma.Mayoa.LMal IU)â Secretary. Walter Rials.. P O Box 711. TU* S.tur., Local No. IâSecr.ury. W. Richards, PleaaanUld* P.O.. B.C TU* Batten' H.lp.r., Loci MO. TS â Secreury, T. F. Rowan, llll W. 16th Ave.; KErrladale 0177-1.. Truck Driver.' Valoa, Loci Vo. 31 â fluelnesa Agent, Reg. I.enfeely, 111 Baatty St.; Phone PAclflc 1641 A 7114. Typogr Ury. .. MArlne anlu.au Tajuta, Local 121âB*or*- R.rrr Nealanda, III Baatty St: In. 1641 Valted aanaaat Work.r.' Valoa, V*. S3S-Secretary, Mra L. Welt, 1411 Nanalmo Bt united Oarm.nt Workan' Valoa, Mo. 1*0âSecreUry Walter W. Shaw, 1411 West Ith Avenue. Valted Pl.h.rra.a aad Allied WortntW Valoa â Sacretary, Wm Rigby, 111 Eaat Cordova: MArlne 41*1. ****9***Â£ */****- atioeal SOT â 8ecreUry. FA. oJ7i"T"0n' Dumfries Bt; Unlver.ity of Srltl.h Columbia Vat. ?loye.e' Valoa, Mo. 118âW. T. ErwootL 114 Weat 14th. Valoa Label Tiaiaa OoaaetUâSecreUry. Ed Smith. Ill Realty St: phon. PAclflc 7114. â J- ^Kj-_rK_-i-*im3Â«n^ ~^X - January, 1948 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five FLAGG & CO. . t â YES! We do Manufacture Enamelled Membership BUTTONS. BADGES, FRATERNAL INSIGNIA. MEDALS 701-16 East Hastings ,, Phone PA. 2459 MIDLAND EXCAVATING. BULLDOZING, LOADING AND HAULING Free estimates without obligation furnished on request. K. 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MAYFAIR CAFE The city's most "At Your Service" cafe Quality Food* â Reasonable Price* 29 We* Hasting* St., Vancouver, B. C. PAcific 1055 $5 Into Jobless Fond For Each $1 Paid Ont Ottawa. â An all-time high of $413,008,000 was in the Federal Unemployment Insurance Fund on October 31 last Since the start of the jobless insurance system on July 1, 1942, less than $100,000,000 has been paid out of the fund. That means it has taken in more than $5 for each $1 it has paid out to unemployed workers.âLabor. The Major and the Lower Clawses .. Major Douglas in The Social Creditor (England), Nov. 8: "The lower class of unskilled labor in Great Britain has never, {.been so well off in modern history, and it would ensure the return of 'Labor' if there was an election in the near future. It is doing little or no work, and being paid fantastic wages, most of which are spent in the Black Market, and the Black Marketeers are equally delighted with the state of affairs. These sections of the country are entirely contemptuous of national or any other interest save their ownâeven that of their wives and children, whom they intimidate." U. S. Foreign Assets Are Over $13 Billion Washington (FP)âAside from the purely humanitarian reason in which millions share, the revival of American interest in foreign affairs and particularly in maintaining the political status quo in Europe has a financial basis. The United States Treasury department, December 14, released a "Census of American-Owned Assets in Foreign Countries," which showed that total foreign asset* owned in the United States on May 31, 1943. was $13,542,000,000, of which $8,866,- 000,000 was held by corporations and other profit organizations and $1,'â 06,000,000 by estates, trusts and non-profit groups. Of the total United States investment $4,446,500,000 waa in Canada, Newfoundland and French North â¢ America, and $4,418,300,000 in Europe, of which $1,027,600,000 waa in Great Britain; $1,079,800,000 in Germany and $397 million in France. The Treasury said total United States investment in assets in the Soviet Union were $13,200,000. UN-CORNCERNED Does my practicing make you nervous?" asked the saxophone player. ,-_Yd'd ?hen I ****}* ******* **â¢â¢ neighbors talking about it," said the man next door, "but now I don't care what happens to you." SWINGING BELLE "Where did you get the black eye?" "I went to a dance hall last night and" waa struck by the beauty of the place." lighter Side A LIFTING DIVERSION Goitie: "I sure like to watch dogs play games, don't you?" Moitle: "Dogs playing games? Don't be sill, Goit. Dogs don't play games." Goitie: "Sure they play games. Didn't you ever watch 'em playing hydrant seek?" NO DOUBT ABOUT IT A farmer brought a load of produce to town, sold it for a good price, then decided to surprise his wife. So he bought a complete new outfit of clothes and stowed the packages under the seat of the car. Half way home he came to a river. He pulled off his clothes, threw them in the river and reached under the seat for the new ones. They were gone. Some thief had got them. Thoughtfully he climbed back into the car, stepped on the starter, and said: "Well, I'll surprise her, anyway." COULDNT HELP IT "I hope, Nellie," Arthur remarked primly to his new lady' love, "that you don't park with boys on dark roads?" "Not unless I'm driven to it," was the hopeful reply. NO DIRTY DIG City Visitor: What do you raise on your farm? Farmer: Hogs. City visitor: Do they pay better than corn or tobacco? Farmer.: Nope, but they don't need hoeing. Vancouver Metal Trades CouneU Elects 1948 Officers TABLE Officers of the Vancouver Metal Trades Council were re-elected at the regular meeting of the Council this month. Jack Eaves of the Painters and Decorators Union, Local .138, was re-elected to the office of president. H. D. Foster of the Machinists bodge No. 692 was re-elected vice-president, and H. W. Watts of Electrical Workers Union No. 213 was re-elected financial secretary- treasurer of the council for the year 1948. ' . W. H. Goldsby of the Sheet Metal =. Workers' Union No. 280 was elected Warden and the trustees elected were W. Slinn of-the Painters' and Decor- ators' Union No. 138, and James Mc- Millan of Machints' Lodge No. 692. | Brother Val Pearson of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local No. 170, carries over as a Trustee. Banquet For Convention The local council has arranged for a Dinner Dance and f loorshow to be I held in the Vancouver Hotel Banquet j Room on Wednesday, February llth, i starting at 7 p.m., to which all dele- j gates, guests and their ladies will be invited. Other programs are also being arranged, details of which have not been concluded. Legislative Amendments Majority of council delegates reported trade fairly good, but material shortages still curtailing work in some trades. jjtolderiijrgportf'd erfc plovers would not accept award of Conciliation Board. H. W. WATTS - Finaacial Secretary, Vancouver Metal Trade* Council, Member bf Electrical Worker*' Union No- 213. JACK EAVES Preaident, Vancouver Metal Trade. Council, Member of the Painlera' and Decorator.* Union. No. 138. In connection with the coming session of the Provincial Legislature, the Council is recommending some changes in the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, but is opposed to any change or removal of Section 10 which provides for the certification of craft union units. The Council favors amendment of Section 15-b so as to exclude the words "except in the ordinary course of the operations". Section 16 schould be amended so as to provide that if the employer or his representative is sick, called out of town, or in any way causes a delay in the concluding of an agreement within a reasonable time, that the employer shall provide a deputy to take his place. Section 31-a should also be amended, say the delegates, to provide that only members of the union having the bargaining rights,' shall be included in the strike vote. Building Trades Council Notes "Does your husband talk in his sleep?" . "No, and it's most exasperating. He just grins." RING OUT WILD BELLS Wife: "Darling, aren't those chimes beautiful? Such harmony! Such a lovely tone!" Husband: "You'll have to talk louder, honey. Those damn bells are making such a racket, I can't hear a word you say." THE EAGLE ONLY WHIMPERED Before signing a receipt for his pay cheque the young man was handed a company form slip with the wording: "Your salary is your personal businessâa confidential matter âand not to be disclosed .to anybody else." He read it carefully, then, shielding the paper with his hand, he wrote: "I won't mention it to anybody. I'm just as much ashamed of it as you are." SWEETEN WITH ARSENIC Customer: "Give me a pound of those grapes. My husband is fond of them. Do you know if they have been sprayed with any kind of poison?" Clerk: "No, ma'am; you'll have to get that at the drug store." SAVING THE DIFFERENCE*, Along a country road came a $7000 limousine. As it caught up with the small car, the owner of the big car' could not resist the temptation to slow down and heckle the other driver a bit "Good gosh, man," he said, "what is it about your car that makes such a dreadful rattling sound?" "That? Oh, that's the $6600 jingling around in my pocket," said the driver of the small car. (By Business Agent H. W. Watts) Some unemployment still prevails in one or two of tbe trades, hut the situation is by no means serious. There is plenty of work ahead for this year, which will be getting under way soon to take care of those who may be unemployed. The Carpenters' Union, Vancouver, with nearly three thousand members have only just over 100 unemployed on their books. The six hundred houses project in the east end of the city is getting under way and the contractors will be calling for more men every day from now on. All the other housing projects are making fairly good progress. Many large industrial and commercial projects are either in the blue print stage or are calling for estimates. Government building projects are' also increasing. ... Material shortages are still holding up work. The steel workers' strike is still tieing up structural steel, but an ever increasing supply is now coming from Eastern Canada. Sheet Metal is still on the very scarce list and there does not appear to be any relief in sight although there is a considerable quantity coming to the city, but the supply cannot keep up with the ever increasing demand. Pipe fittings are getting more plentiful but the mechanics complain about the make of these parts. Apparently, the workmanship in the manufacture of these parts are not of the best and the plumber or the pipe fitter has to do a lot of adjusting to get the parts to provide for a good job. * * * The Annual Banquet of the Building Trades Council willbe held in the Georgia Hotel on Tuesday, March 30th. This is a fifth Tuesday and will not interfere with any union meetings. The usual good time is assured, and delegates are urged to see that their union provides them and other officers of their union with tickets. ... The Tile Setters' Union has obtained a wage increase of l.'l'.c, bringing the wage up to $1.60 per hour. The Helpers' scale has been increased to $1.00 per hour. The, Plasterers' and the Painters' and Decorators' Unions have both opened negotiations for wage increases. The Glaziers' and Glass Workers' Union has accepted a conciliation award of 1-"'.â¢(' increase across the Board, with some other changes in working conditions, but the employers' group have not yet indicated acceptance. * * . * ' , _ Dual union welders, members of the Boilermakers' Union C.C.L., again tried to break into welding on construction work, but were stopped cold on the job. Bill White, along with reinforcements, had to take his men off the job, before they even got started. This was oii a refrigeration job. .***â¢'.â¢ . The construction industry will be closed down for the week commencing July 19th ns a vacation week. This date has been approved by the Building Trades Council and the Building and Construction Industries Exchange, and the Building Industry Labor-Employer Relations Committee. The Council and Its affiliates are not satisfied with the way the "vacation pay" is being handled, and efforts are again going to be made to get the Provincial Government to adopt the book and stamp system, or some system that is better than the present hit and miss arrangements now in operation, so that the casual employee can draw his vacation pay the week prior to taking his vacation. STRUCTURAL, IRONWORKERS ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1948 Bridge, Structural, Ornamental apd Reinforced Ironworkers Union. Local No. 97, elected the following officers for 1948: President â¢!. Fitspatrick; vice- president E. Foote; business agent E. G. Cook; executive hoard â A. Wilson, N. McLeod, J. Marcus, H. Taylor, V. Bratt. Demand Recognition for Overseas Fire Fighters The TLC-Â«ndorsed the request of the Provincial Federation of Ontario Fire Fighters in their efforts to.obtain "recognition and justice" for tire-fighters who volunteered for overseas services during the war. These men had answered the call of the Dominion Government, risked their lives and health. Their term of duty was for the war's duration and in general, they served under the same conditions and terms as men in the armed services. For these services, they were promised the same treatment as those on active service. To date, then*; promises had not been kept The Ontario Federation has taken up their case and has asked labor support for it petition to the Government to implement the recommendations of the Veterans' Affairs committee to keep faith with these men and honor its wartime promises to give to the fire-fighters the same treatment accorded to men in the armed services. Mt. Pleasant Undertaking COaLtd. KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Kindliness â Understanding â Dependability ' - Lady Attendant A < Phonei: FAirmont 0058 and 0059 DRUGS REXALL The Owl Drug Co. Ltd. (A CANADIAN COMPANY) OWNED AND OPERATED BY A VANCOUVER CITIZEN ALWAYS READY TO SERVE LABOR TOBACCa CANDY INVERMAY HOTEL 828 WEST HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. Always a Good Place! .... NOW BETTER THAN EVER1 OLD FRIENDS, PLEASE NOTE! K. CAMPBELL. K. 1. CAMPBELL and C. C. CAMPBELL, Proprietor* U 30" COFFEE SHOP 1328 Oa*aVAa*m&la_ ST_EET D.Uolâ.a a-onw-sook*. roods *erv*_ la * f rlantlly lioma-Uka mrannar We make our own Pies, Cakes, Muffins, etc. MRS J. 8. CURRIE, Manager*** H. HAMPER, Proprietor QsTAU-T â C0UBTE8Y â CLEANlalNEBS LION'S GATE PURE FOODS PETER PIPER PICKLES â RELISH â VINEGAR Phone HAstings 1661 1304 NAPIER STREET VANCOUVER, B. C BUTCHER AND PACKING HOUSE SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLETE BUTCHER SHOPS Pacific Saw Filers & Butcher Supply J. Ciaffone, Manager Ut Bast Hasting* Street, Vancoaver, B.C. Phone: HAsting* tltt MOUNT VIEW HOTEL aUVBMaT__DiaT_ PA-LOB WHERE GOOD FELLOW3 GET TOGETHER _ ' * * Jl"*, a. a 'â ' jowiil ut kaws. inum . ' JiyLmopxjTttJA. a.Â«is tM WEST BROADWAY Phone: BAyview 3U5-M VAN PAINTERS & DECORATORS SPRAY or BRUSH â SIGN PAINTING J. O'Connor FREE ESTIMATES C Webb SIGNAL DESK CORPORATION LIMITED Maker* of Fine Office Furniture, Office Alteration* General Woodworking Contractor*, Detail Work 4M Weit Pender St (rear), Vancouver Phone: MArine 390* Beverage Employees Elect Officers for 1948 The following officers were elected by the members of the Beverage Dispensers Union, Local No. 676. President, Wm. Lindsay;vice-president, R. Binney; business agent and financial secretary, Fred W. Mills; recording secretary, Robert Bed- dome; inspector, Mike McCarthy; inner guard, G. Rouke; outer guard, Stan Buckley; chaplain, Dave Ken- ney; trustees, Bill McEachnie and George Addison. Â« Union Member Are you an active member, The kind that would be missed ? Or are you just contented That your name is on the list? Do you attend the meetings And mingle with the flock? Or do you stay at home To Criticize and knock? Do you take an active part , To help the work along? Or are you satisfied To only just belong? Do you ever go to visit A member who is sick? Or leave the work to just a few Then talk about "The Clique?" * ' â J Think it over, member; You know right from wrong. Are you an active member, Or do you just belong? âOregon Teamster. Must Kill Only People Some of them are not satisfied with the effectiveness of the atom bomb. It should only kill people! This was the terrifying and "sane" thought raised by P. B. Harwood, vice-president in charge of engineering at Cutler- Hammer Inc. He is quoted.in the Milwaukee Journal as saying: "The atom bomb is a poor weapon because it destroys too much property. "Although it sounds cold-blooded," he went on to say: "the type of weapon we should haveâif we must wage war at allâis one that will kill only people!" , ,, - A. F. of L Political Action in 1948 "At no previous time in history have the rank and file members, as well as the leaders of labor, been so aroused as at present to the imperative need of organization in the political field . . . "If we are to serve most effectively the interests of the workers of the nation andf'adequately meet the challenge presented by predaT tory and vested interests, we must wholeheartedly respond Â«to the urgency of the occasion and Unitedly co-operate to the early attainment of the ends for which it is proposed to form And launch Labor's Educational and Political League . .." (From "Program of Action of Conference of A.F.L. National and International Presidents held in December, 1947). .... B. C. Job Situation Causing Concern More than 14,000 Unemployed in Vancouver, Labor Office Re-ports. "Ottawa. Winter has seen growing unemployment in Canada which the Federal Labor Department admits is 'slightly more than 'seasonal. . . " ,. . . Pacific Coast employment 'continues to deteriorate,' said the Labor Department. . . "âVancouver Sun, January 5, 1948. De Gaulle Calls for Fascist-Style Unions St. Etienne, France.â(AP)âGen. Charles de Gaulle called Sunday for a scrapping of the present French trade unions system in favor of an association of management and labor "incorporated Wo the state."âVancouver Sun, January 5, 1948. Z~^MliitFJ?MiZ!l*^ SWa-l8^tÂ»S[^BS_^a3)B5 Page Six THE LABOR STATESMAN January, 1948 1SEW, WESTMINSTER ADVERTISERS For Health!... Naturopathic Health .Service A fully equipped office in the Business Centre of New Westminster THE LATEST IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SHORT WAVE THERAPY - MERCURY QUARTZ LAMP MASSAGE - INFRA-RED RADIATION SPECIAL DIETS PRESCRIBED Complete X-Ray and Fluoroscopic Service in our own office Phone New West. 3357 for Appointment ,<i '-'-..''â¢ Suites 6-8, Hamley Ax cade. 624 Columbia Street So You Think You're Free 7* ihiitmaiivre... unnxaL <__,Â£'_Â«ir,t_;_* S. BOWELL & SONS Phone 2656 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. C. Cloverdale, B. C. â Phone: Cloverlale 193 "THE DOVE" Messenger Service in All its Branches Furniture Moved â Stored â Packed â Shipped Phone 1173â1anytime 519 FRONT STREET NEW WESTMINSTER For ANY OCCASION Olve HER a Box of ELLIS & PURDY Th* moat appreciated nam* In Chocolate* It Sixth St, New Westmlruter OH, THATS DIFFERENT Minister: "Why, really, I'm surprised that you wish to get married so soon. Your husband passed away only four months ago." Widow: "Well, you see he was an invalid for almost a year." Munitions Shipments To China Opposed The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is calling on all labor bodies to strongly protest the shipment of munitions from Canada. They are urging citizens to write their local member of parliament to lise his influence to all shipments of munitions cancelled and that steps be taken that no further shipments are made. The Council delegates went on record in support of the resolution and campaign. Freedom! Maybe you've been kicking the word around too carelessly. Perhaps you haven't thought the thing through and developed definitions and conditions that satisfy you. You hear so much about it: free competition, free enterprise, the four freedoms â and above all personal freedom. Well, how do you measure freedom?. Are you free if you can't live and work without paying tribute to somebody else? Are you free if a few people who are members of a few groups control everything you need and use, right down to the very job you must have in order to keep on living? ...... Why not stop merely saying the word and start thinking about the meaning of freedom? Here are some of the facts that may help you to understand whether or not you really are freeâfacts that .show how you are controlled by private monopolies and how the tentacles of the economic octopus of capitalism are wrapped around your very, life: â¢ 1. Two hundred and fifty corporations control almost two-thirds of the manufacturing facilities of this country. 2. These same corporations either own or are in a position to control to those of all corporations in America in 1939. 3. All the governmentâowned manufacturing facilities or the assets of 71,000. smaller manufacturing firms could be purchased with the liquid asset holdings of the 63 largest manufacturing' corporations. 4. During the war $1 billion was spent on federal research development. Sixty-eight large corporations received two-thirds of this money. 5. Eighteen thousand American corporations received government contracts during the war but 67 per cent of these went to only 100 corporations. 6. Six large corporations controlled almost 10 per cent of the manufacturing facilities in 1939 but by June 30 of last year they had acquired almost half of the value of war. plants sold by the government. 7. Two hundred of the largest non-financial corporations own about 55 per cent of the total corporate assets. 8. One-tenth of one'per cent of all American corporations own 52. per cent of the total corporate assets. 9. Less than four per cent of all manufacturing corporations earned 84 per cent of all the net profits of manufacturing corporations. 10. More than 57 per cent of the total value of manufacturing production is produced under conditions where the four largest producers in each industry turn out over one-half of the total output in their industries. âFrom the "Beading Labor Advocate." âââ World War II Set Your Fears at Rest... "Who is fooling us? Not the Russians. Winston Churchill pointed out, the other day, that if the Russians were intending to catch us off guard in a .shooting war, they would be lulling us to sleep instead of .shouting at us." âCarlyle Morgan in the "Christian Science Monitor" (Oct. 17) "I don't thing we can get along with Russia, but I don't think there will be a war.!'âLouis Fischer, "Saturday Review of Literature" (Oct. 4). "From what I can determine, the Russians do not want war any more than we do. They fear us. We fear them. It seems as if fear is the bogeyman. Isn't that ridiculous?"âEarl Bunting, president of the National Association of Manufacturers (Oct. 18). Oct. 27âUnited Nations Assembly unanimously passes resolution condemning warmongering by anyone against anyone at any time. ... But Not Entirely NORTH VANCOUVER ADVERTISERS BARRADELL'S Corner First ami Lonsdale Phone: North 1242 NORTH ViNCOUVER Where the Working Man's dollar buys better quality merchandise ai CITY PRICES AND LESS Caribou Work Clothes â- Ladies' and Children's Wear -** r6 ' Notions â General Dry* Goods A gathering of Toronto teachers, last week, was told that the atomic bomb is a "has-been" as a weapon war. Dr. G. Brock Chishblm, secretary-general of the World Health Organization, said that methods of bacterialogical warfare provide the "final offensive weapon". Addressing a gathering of 500 Toronto district teachers, the war-time director of the Canadian Army's medical services said even a small country using bacteriological warfare could "kill all living persons on any continent very quickly." "Any number of millions of human beings can be killed in a few hours by methods now available. It is impossible now to gauge' a nation's war strength by its capacity to produce aluminum, guns, tanks and so on. Dr. Chisholm said there was grave doubt in his mind "whether the major part of the human race will survive the next few years or not." â"Manitoba Commonwealth" Life Expectancy Average Now 66 Seven-league strides of medicine and public health have increased the average lif* expectancy a full one- third since the turn of the century. In 1900, the expectancy was 49 years. Now it is 66 years. This means .that the proportion of old people in the total population is steadily increasing, and since age brings illness the problems of caring for the chronically ill are mounting fast. ._ âââsâ The Council of Stat* Governments points out that the New York State Health Preparedness Commission recently issued a comprehensive report calling for a broad state programme among the aged. A report on the same subject has also just been completed in Illinois. ^eottfm^zem**** "le Me-ae. 1716". STRi*U)IVaÂ»_*U. The acknowledged master craftsman's actum. Judged te be ntw m sJie Mult of a prisiatc owner. Fine accomplishments striven for by craftsmen In any field become tradition. Thus Harwood's has, In the judgment of the discriminating, merited the esteem of those to whom appreciation of the finest It but natural. OHE OF THE TREASURES OP ALL TTMB id&umtaaUMi; S^ossm-SaW**** "**"n i osmj Mtstat a i***7 _ l^&tmmVtx/l'&T EDUCATIONâ1947 By L. B. SCHWELLENBACH Secretary U.S. Labor Department. Emphasizing the great value of education in the getting and keeping of a worth-while job, Secretary of Labor L. B. Schwellenbach told a press conference here that high school registration is lagging. Although about a million fewer people of 14 through 17 had jobs this summer and last than during the peak of the war, high school enrollments have not picked up more than a quarter of a million since the war ended, he said. "The total population of high school age is smaller nowâbecause of the low birth rates in the early 1930'sâthan it will be in another decade when the crop of war babies gets into high school," the Secretary â â â â â¢'â ' "But the boys and girls who said. cwwcct RYE WHISKY Dlt-3 This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia have left school for workâmany of whom have never found jobsâare still a very important factor in the low high school enrollments of recent years," he added. Between 3!. and 4 million boys and girls 14 through 17 years of age were working this summer, the Secretary pointed out, compared with a little less than 2 million in April. "A summer job may be a fine thing to give young people some work experience, but my advice is that they go back to school this fall and get the best education they can. For those who failed to find jobs this summer, school is even more clearly the answer. It is shortsighted in my opinion to quit school and work. It is ruinous to quit school and loaf. "It happens that I am in a position to know these thingsâthrough the child-labor inspections carried on by the Wage and Hour Division of the department under the Fair Labor Standards Actâthrough the investigations of the extent and conditions of child employment and. the hazards of specific occupations for young workers, made by the Child Labor Branch of that divisionâthrough the study and appraisal of state labor legislation affecting the employment of minors, for which the Division of Labor Standards is responsibleâ through employment statistics collected by the Bureau of Labor Statisticsâand through reports on job ap- ilications and placements received rom the. United States Employment Service. "I know, for example, that few employers are willing to give worthwhile jobs to young people who have not finished high school, now that experienced workers and specially trained veterans are available. "And I know that good education is a young worker's best recommendation on the job market today, and that it will pay lifelong dividends not | only to him in increased job satisfaction and income but to society through his greater contribution as a citizen and as a worker." Soldiers Play Santa Ottawa. â Canadian soldiers are sending a big shipmeat of toys overseas as Christmas gifts to needy children in the United Kingdom and European countries. The gifts have been made by members of the Canadian Army during spare-time hours. Seventy-three packing cases of a variety of toys, weighing some 3,320 ponds, are awaiting shipment. for your empty BEER BOTTLES 25c per dozen will be paid for empty beer bottles. â â â â¢ â¢ Deliver them to any of the following addresses: 115 E. Second Ave. 6 E. Second Ave. 60 8 Main St. 501 Industrial Ave. 1445 Powell St. 1040 Hamilton St. 2790 Vine St. 755 Homer St. or Phone TA 2753 ST. HELEN'S HOTEL The House of Hospitality â Friendly and Courteous Service Refreshment Parlor Walter Woods and Earl Bennett 1161 Granville St. Your Hosts VantÂ»uver, B.C. YALE HOTEL 1300 GR.ANVILLE STREET Fully licensed Refreshments Served John Corlett, Prop. AUSTIN HOTEL Licensed Premises â Good Service 1221 GRANVILLB ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. THE STRAND HOTEL IPO* rirry rsuuwi 624 Hastings Street West (near Granville) THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL IN THE CITY. FULLY LICENSED â POLITE SERVICE METROPOLE HOTEL VANCOUVER* POPULAR FAMILY HOTEL â BEFIIESHMENT __BX>OB â 320 Abbott Street (Opposite Woodward's Stores) J. E. (BLAOKIE) BENOERT. PROPRIETOR $>arolb Cbtoarb* Itfa. UNION FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS Phone: FAinnont 0528 705 West Broadway Vancouver, Ba C. CIGARS CIGARETTES TOBACCOS Dinner Bell Cigar Stand 660 West Cordova St root, Vancouver, B.C. Phona: MArina 0847 * - F. A. Smith J. G. Smrth PHONEY CONEY A Bronxite was wandering on the desert in his underpants when he met an Arab. "Where," asked the Arab, "are you going?" "For a swim," said the Bronxite. "A swim, eiTendi? Why, the ocean is 800 miles from here." The man from the Bronx blinked. "Wow! Is dis a beach!" ' VERSATILE CUSS Detroit reports that Zigmund ....or- koski, 39, paroled on his promise never to lay hands on his wife again, went home and butted her in tha teeth with his head. HAS SOMETHING THERE Gypsy Rose Lee said: "Men don't like me for my mind, but for what I don't mind." â¢ ^^l^^_^!^^Si^>>:a'-tBtBa'*^^',?a January, 1948 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven TAXICAB STAGE & BUS DRIVERS UNION President: A. HI.MS Secretary: C. A. GOWER Vice-President: A. MacINTOSH Rec Secretary and Business Agent: I. CAWKER LOCAL 151 Trustees: W. Sowden, W. Manford, J. L. Drapeau 529 BEATTY STREET Phone: PAcific 65*16 THE COMPANIES LISTED HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH I. B. T. C. W. & H. LOCAL 151, COVERING FAIR WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS: ACE TAXIâFA. 4244 ABBOTT TAXIâMA. 1373 BLACK & WHITE CABSâMA. IM* BLUE CABS-PA. 5577 BLUE * WHITE TAXI-FA. 4703 CENTRAL TAXI-MA. 5443 CITY TAXIâPA. 6151 CHECKER TAXI CO. LTDâPA. 3535 DAN MacLURE'S TAXI LTD--PA. 7171 DOMINION CABS-MA. 5252 DIAMOND CABSâMA. 2121 DEVONSHIRE CAB SERVICEâMA. 3656 EAST END TAXI-HA. 0334 EMPRESS CABS-MA. 2262 FAIRVIEW CABSâFA. 7001 KITSILANO CABS-BA. 4109 FORUM TAXIâHA. 2151 OWL CAB CO-MA. 6261 POINT GREY TAXI-BA. 7141 PACIFIC COAST TRANSPORTATION LTDâMA. 9255 RAINBOW CABSâMA. 4151 RELIABLE TAXI-MA. 4567 RED TOP CAB^PATiiZS - SERVICE TAXIâPA. 5454 ROYAL BLUE TAXI-MA. 4477 â SAFEWAY TAXIâMA. 3355 SEYMOUR CABSâMA. 8818 STANLEY PARK CABSâMA. 584S STAR SABS LTDâMA. 2121 STRAND TAXIâPA. 1345 TERMINAL CltY CABS-PA. 3311 UNITED CABS LTD.-MA. 5555 WEST ENDTRAILER TAXItt-MA. 2856 - WASHINGTON TAXI-HA.J100 YELLOW CABS-PA. 3311 CARLETON TAXI-DE 0032 AMBULANCE SERVICE: KINGSWAY AMBULANCE SERVICEâFR. 1246 NEW WESTMINSTER: ROYAL CITY TAXI LTDt-N.W. 424 TRAM TAXI LTD--N.W. 2121 INDEPENDENCE CABSâN.W. 236 VICTORIA, B.C.: BLUB LINE TRANSIT LTD. (Sightseeing and Taxlcabs) Garden 1155 QUARTER CAB CO. LTD.-En.plre 1197 How It Is Done Ottawa.âWith the calming of the political' waters in British Columbia and the safe harborage of the good ship, Coalition, the prospect of ex- Premier Hart's advent to the Senate of Canada becomes appreciably brighter ....'. . "]â . Everything having come out satisfactorily, Mr. Hart may expect at any time to hear Mr. King's voice on-'the telephone: "I have recommended to His Excellency that you be called to the Senate." That is how it is usually done ... Vancouver Sun, January 7, 1948. Sun Poses Ian's Dilemma (CABINET PLUMâOR SENATE SECURITY FOR LIFE) "Mr. Hart's appointment would still leave one vacancy in B. C. "Rt. Hon. Ian Mackenzie has first claim but as Cabinet Minister he draws $18,000 a yearâa Senator gets $6,000." Capitalist On Unions "If we doh't get enterprise going, we shall have. some other system forced upon usânot by revolutionaries from Europe, but by popular demand." â¢ "â¢.â¢ -t-x * "Americans have seen what their productive power can do; they will never again submit meekly to the misery and stagnation of the 1930's." ... "Unions will not be knocked out by anything less than a revolution' that will first destroy all employers." â¢ . * "Workers may be bitterly disappointed with this or that union, but they have not lost faith in unionism. On the contrary, they are more convinced of the necessity of unionism than ever before." LLC. Protests Death Law For Greek Strikers Reported action by the Greek government in passing a law, decreeing the death penalty for strikers was condemned by Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council (A. F. of L), and the Trades and Labor Council of Canada will be instructed to protest to the Greek consul at Ottawa. The motion was introduced by Local 101, Street Railwaymen's Union. WE DO SELL FOR LESS! VANCOUVER NEW WESTMINSTER Rest Rooms Requested A demand by the Home Service Workers that more adequate provision be made for men's and women's rest rooms in factories, restaurants and shops, was endorsed and referred to the provincial executive for action. Mrs. Hallock, Home Service Employees, said that in the construction industry, particularly, there is very little provision for the men to change their clothes and eat their lunch. Soaring Living Costs ââCause Crime Wave The epidemic of larceny sweeping over the country receives much of its impetus from the fact that living costs are climbing faster than incomes, according to many police officials.- ' lâ** In 1945 insurance companies paid out about $18,000,000 on burglary and theft insurance policies. . Last year they doled out over $27,000,000. This year claims are running about 50 per cent higher than last year. Shoplifting Increase* Thievery on the shoplifting level is of great concern to many merchants. Some big department store managers report that 1947 losses on this type of theft have zoomed about 50 per cent above last year. Store officials in many cities report stealing by clerksâoften greatly underpaidâis on the rise. Several large stores have established "special detection bureaus" manned by criminologists. These disclosures were backed by FBI figures covering 295 cities showing that robberies of business establishments in 1946 jumped 45 per cent over 1945 and that shoplifting increased 34 per cent. Show Boat Steam Baths YOU CAN STAY ALL NIGHTâHave a good night's, sleep and rest in one of our 31 Bedroom CabinsâExperienced Masseurs in attendance. STEAM ROOM - HOT ROOM â SHOWERS â SUN-RAY LAMPS Most Modern and Cleanest on the Pacific Coast Open Day and Night â Phone TA. 2955 â Reasonable Rates DOWNSTAIRS â VANCOUVER BLOCK 736 GRANVILLE STREET Cobalt Hotel Refreshment Parlor 917 Main Street Remodeled and Decorated â Service is Our Motto i W. M. HILL AND H. R. DAFOE. PROPRIETOR* Darlington, Haskins & Co. (1943) Limited TILES â MOSAICS â MARBLE â TERRAZZO Z144 Granville Street Phone: BAyview 4829 Vancouver, B.C. ECONOMY SAUSAGE CO. "THE SAUSAGE THAT MADE LITTLE PIGS FAMOUS" ' FOR SALE EVERYWHERE â TRY SOME 141 HAWKS AVENUE Phone: HAstings 4557 NO NEED FOR IT A lawyer became somewhat acrimonious in his cross-examination, but the little woman in the witness box remained calm. Eventually he said: "You ssy you had no education, but you answered my questions accurately enough." The witness replied: "You don't have to be a scholar to answer silly questions." cos.-*-*0"-'"' *****â¢â . -jiffta* _*c*' >te*** Â£*â **â¢* Une,pCÂ« ** * â ^^UfS-***^ a_*WÂ«* â¢ *** ._,. ***Â°ni . s..-.o\
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Why hasn't Washington thought of that? * e * Now that Herbert Hoover's working in Washington again, there's only one thing missing to bring back the "good old duys." atnd if current predictions of competent economists come true, we'll have that with us pretty soon. Â» Â» Â» With the eatlcss, wasteless, drink- less, eggless, meatless, chicke^.ess program -already in effect and more and more politicians talking about less and less, you can still bet your 47c dollar on a sure thing. Nary a one will add a "less" to the sacred word profit! ON EDUCATION "The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education ia not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance."âThomas Jefferson. â¢ â¢ e * RADICAL IDEASâ1847 "We (cannot) agree with those who affirm that it (the state) shQuld provide education for the people. We reprobate ita interference with education . . . We are convinced that from calling on the State to educate the people, to calling on it to equalize property, the stages are fe.w and short. ... â¢"Education is, with much, parade, provided by one class for another; after many years of schooling, the children have learnt little more than their catechism, and, perhaps, some little contempt for their less-instructed parents. After leaving school, it is a chance whether they ever And any use or advantage from what they have been taught. Were education left untouched by the State, its own beauties and inherent advantages are so great that the people would be as naturally attracted to it as they are to high wages, and would be as eager to obtain it as they are to get plenty of fine clothing and wholesome fpod. âFrom "The Economist," London, England. Two Weeks of Truth "True Democracy": â "Just imagine what would happen if the press, the radio and the book industry were to tell the truth for two weeksâthe truth, about poverty and the causes of poverty, the truth about wars and the corruption of the business world. Suppose that for two weeks you were given the truth about profiteering and exploitation, graft and plunder. And suppose you were told how it would be possible to provide abundance for all hy two or three days* work a week through the proper use of technology and inventions. If it were possible just for two weeks to tell the honest truth instead of the mass of trivia, of scandal, sensation, crime, instead pf horn* scopes and racing news and ' stock reportsâwhat a difference it would make! These would indeed be the two weeks that shook the World!" "Build British Columbia Payrolls" Vacuum Packed Pacific "I use Pacific Milk in all my cooking." This excerpt taken from the " letter of Mrs. K. McD. has also been given by scores of other users in telling why they like Pacific Milk. Nearly a!].say it goes farther when they write of its richness and flavor. Pacific Milk "Irradiated and Vacuum Pecked" WELCOME! METAL TaRADES CONVENTION DELEGATES â¢ktBafc This space donated by Bill Couper 721 Seymour Street A good thing to remember, And a better thing to do, Is work with the comtructioa gang, Not with the wreckin' crew. âMnurln. Hathawar. Courtesy Peter D. Carr, D.C. Chiropractor , MS--' ROOERS BUILDINd Phone: PAclflc 47ii PREMATURE SAMPLING Grandmother was busily engaged in the kitchen the night before the wedding, finishing up sandwiches and pastries for the reception. The bride, with the groom in her wake, bounced! into the kitchen. As the bride leaned over the table to admire the platters of lovely food the young man stooped and kissed the nape of her neck. "There, now," snapped Grandmother, "no nibblin' at the frosting before the cake's on the table!" y .**""**Â«. ' â '. Page Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN >QMg}I.Krr:vSStWs0ti^^^ January, 1948 Sril 3nmvnl f omr-- Reeeeaeble Coet â Term. If Deeired 1235 East Hastings HAstings 0015 WI CONTRIBUTE A FUNERAL BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ALL LOCAL TRADE UNIONS. TO SERVE AS WE WOULD BE SERVED CANADA PERMANENT MORTGAGE COaRaPORATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS â¢ -MBVTUKM ISBtTBD Establish!, in IH) w. J. bell. Maaager, Britiah ColuinbU Brenoi eaa SUOKABDS STBEET -Aolfle taai W. J. HEADS BOOT FACTORY LTD. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc." Our Shoes are hand-made.â You'll be satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C. JUST ARRIVED THE BEST VARIETY â THE BEST STYLES THE BGST VALUES We have had In Men's and Boys' Dressing Gowns for some years. Besancloth Gowns at $5.98, $8.25 and $13.98; Rayon Gowns (crush-proof), $17.98; All Wool, $10.75, $11.48, $13.48 and $18.88; Camel Hair Cloth, $18.98; Boys' Dressing Gowns, size 8 to 16, $6.95. EXTRAâMen's Dress Gloves, $2.98 Best value in the city â A deposit of % the purchase price will hold any garment until Christmas â You save at . . . 2425 Main Stret HILKER'Sâ(OH THE HILL) FAirmont 0200 COURTEOUS SERVICE LATEST TECHNIQUE FOX'S 0RGAN0-THERAPY INSTITUTE PHYSIO-THERAPY â HYDROTHERAPY .â MASSAGE STEAM VAPOR BATHS â DIETING AND FASTING REGIMES Phone: MArine 3919 P. O. BÂ« 93S 411 WEST HASTINGS STREET VANCOUVER. B.C. ' (Above 5hore's Jawelry-StoTsh m Phone: FAirmont 6276 Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works WtjSpeciolttt in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating. Chrome, Nicile, Copper, Elictro Tinning, Polishing, tic. 436 East 5th Ave:, cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver G. W. RIBCHESTER 8C SON LTD. Automobile Commercial Bodies and Repair i 1253 HOWE STREET MArine 0827 BERG CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. .. Contractors and Builders J. T. HEHil. President âReeldence Phone: HAstings 2737 Room 10,441 Seymour St., Vancouver Phone: MA. 1559 TTPPQ NEW-USEDâ RECAPPINd laUU-Ct Buy them on etfy Budget Plan I Bourne & Humphrys Ltd. Cer. PACIFIC and HOWE PfcOM PAclflc 2111 MUSIC AND DANCING EMBASSY BALLROOM 1024 Davie Street Modem Dancing every Night Ernie Buchanan and hla Orchestra "In Good Faith n Grievance and arbitration procedures are not a cure-all for every strike but if we can eliminate a percentage of strikes, no matter how small, through a greater utilization of voluntary arbitration we will *M4Â£gK made a long stride forward toward greater industrial peace. Ihe record indicates that there have been many instances where strikes have been averted thrbugh agreements between the PÂ»i^?Â«to Â«,bml _tt_fâ^, ff"'l'" * capable arbitrator who has the confidencesjfEm sides. / Popular phrase in many collective bargaining agreements is 'union ""d^'X roliev bargain in good faith." Experience will make more popular the policy "let's arbitrate in good faith."-The Labor Management Arbitration Letter, December, 1947. Who Makes The Dough? By LORNE INGLE With controls removed from the price of bread and the federal .subsidy removed from flour; and with the price of bread jumping as much as live centa a loaf in some places and rye flour jumping overnight by more than 450 per cent from- $4.40 a barrel to $23.20 it might be interesting to see just how "free" is the "free" enterprise to which the control over flour and bread has been returned by the Liberal government. Flour milling in Canada is dominated by six large companies who control production of 72.2 per cent of all the flour milled in this country. These companies own 93.7 per cent of the total assets of all milling companies in Canada. These companies are: The Maple Leaf Milling Co. Ltd., the Ogilvie FloW-IilliTCo. Ltd., thtTLakTof the Woods Milling Co. Ltd.', Purity Flour Mills Limited, International Milling Co. Ltd. (Robin Hood Flour), Quaker Oats Co. of Canada Ltd. Of these six, the last two, Robin Hood andâftuaker, .arejtholay^asrned subsidiaries of United States corporations. Flour milling, however, is not the only* thing these companies control. Four companies, producing a large proportion of the nation's bread, control the Canadian baking industry. COMPLIMENTS OF COMMERCIAL HOTEL Phone: PAcific 0442 Mite Grbcic â John Cer â Stan Vfel'acic Fully Licensed NEWLY REI^V^iÂ«j^_*liWOUT - MODERN AND FIREPROOF ' 340 CAMIIE STREET VANCOUVER. B.C. THE MOBILE FISSURE Tha) family was having company for dinner. Julie, aged five, laid down htfr spoon, looked at her mother and aaid: ''Mommy, there's a hair in my soup." â¢'Hush, dear," implored the embarrassed mother, trying to cover the situation, "It's just a crack in your plate." Julie picked up her spoon, stirred dubiously a few times. "Mommy," she insisted, "can a kwack move?" Lawyer: "Where did the car hit you?" Lady: "Well, if I had been wearing a license plate, it would have been badly damaged." PREVENTIVE MEASURE Moitle: "You say you slapped your boy friend? I never do thatâit only makes the boys mad at you." Goitie: "I know, but I never slap The Maple Leaf Milling Company Limited, for example, controls three bakery chains operating in every part of Canada. It owns the Eastern Bakeries chain iik the Maritimes, the Canada Bread chain in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, and the Canadian Bakeries chain in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Thus Maple Leaf Milling is able to dispose of a large part of the 16,000 barrels of flour it produces daily to its own bakeries. The Maple Leaf company owns it own grain elevators, flour mills and bakeries. It even makes its own flour sacks. Like Chicken Little in the fairy tale, it handles the grain all the way from the farm to the consumer's table. Ogilvie Flour Mills Company Ltd. is also interested in the bakery business through the Consolidated Bakeries of Canada Ltd. Six of the directors of the Ogilvie company, headed by Hon. Charles A. Dirjnning, are also directors of the Consolidated Bakeries. Consolidated in turn owns the Hamilton Bakeries Ltd., the Dixon Dairy Bread Ltd., and the Wonder Bakeries Ltd. The Wonder Bakeries Ltd., in its turn, owns and operates the following bakeries: James Strachan Ltd., Montreal; James M, Aird Ltd., Montreal; Dent Harrison & Sons, Westmount; Neal Baking Ltd., Windsor, London, St. Thomas and Sarnia, Ont.; Ideal Bread Co. Ltd., Toronto and Hamilton; Nasmiths Ltd., Toronto; Stocks Bread Ltd., Peterborough, Ont., and Palmer Baking Co. Ltd., Chatham, Ont. Ogilvie's also own seven flour mills, 146 country elevators, eight terminal elevators, and. its own carton mill. Lake of the Woods Milling Co. Ltd. is also engaged jn the bakery business through the . Inter-City Baking Co. Ltd., which in turn own the Brown's Bread Ltd., Standard Bread Co. Ltd., and A. & L. Strachan Ltd. * e Â» The other major milling company, Purity Flour Mills Limited, is linked with the baking chain of George Weston Limited, which has been purchasing large blocks of stock in the Purity company. The Weston chain owns 14 subsidiaries making bread, biscuits and cakes in every part of Canada and in some parts of the United States. Some of the subsidiaries are Edmonton City Baking Ltd., Lawrence's Bread, Toronto; Dietrich's Ltd., Paulin Chambers Co. Ltd., West- Bakeries, Kitchener; McCormick's em Grocers Ltd., Dr. Jackson Foods Ltd.. etc. To sum up, the 34 major baking companies in Canada are owned or controlled by or directly connected with four large milling companies. According to the reports of these companies issued so far this year, the latest net profits (after taxes and all expenses) of these Canadian companies aloneâexcluding the giant U.S. corporations making Robin Hood and Quaker flourâwas $5,883,367, compared with $4,349,434 for last year, an increase of more than 35 per cent At 10 cents a loaf the latest net profits of these milling and baking companies would buy 38,833,670 loaves of bread. That is approximately five loaves of bread for every man, woman and child in Canada. The increase alone in this year's profits over last year's would buy 16,- 340,000 loaves of bread. These are the companies which would like the public to believe that it is the farmer and the government which are solely responsible for high prices for bread and flour. Book Reviews "Clarkton," by Howard Fast; New York; Duell, Sloan & Pierce; 1947. Not so long ago we all had pur eyes on Upton Sinclair as he went around lifting all sorts of lids to let the great American public' seeâand smellâ what was cooking. Sinclair is still pen-pushingâand pushing ia the wordâ-as you'll know, if you ' have been sampling his latest, an attack on race prejudice, "Kingsblood Royal"âbut Howard Fast has now stepped into his place as priest and prophet of progressive America. .Last year's testament of democratic ;faith, "The American", has now been followed up by "Clarkton," a moving picture of a company town. . ;â¢ _, We get a close-up of three vital days in the course of a typical postwar strike, and see it, remarkably fairly, from all angles?- This does not mean that Fast is losing any of his sympathy for labor's cause. It is just that he is too good a0writer to be content with the usual caricature of the local capitalist. The result is that George Clark Lowell (yes, one of the Lowells, though only just)- virtual owner of Clarkton, is drawn very human indeedâa cultured gentleman whose thoroughly adequate income quite satisfies him, and who Would gladly shut down his plant except that he feels he owes it to the town to keep things going. Then the strike hits him, he is far from clear why, but things have never been the same since the C.I.O. moved in on the excellent company union his father had sponsored. On the advice of his manager he calls in strike-breakers, who go to work with their usual techniques â bribery, red-baiting, manhandling, and so on. When the strikers reply by throwing in a mass picket, shooting starts and two pick-' eters are killed (only a Jew and a k'nuck, however!) and the book erids in a fermentâthe strikers far from quelled, and the strike-breakers figuring out a new angle. Only Lowell can't take it. Regularly unfaithful to his wife, he is now rapidly turning into a drunken sot in his futile, search for security. Lowell is the only person in the book who is developed at all fullyâ the book, for that matter,, is just a long short story. In contrast to him are outlined the handful of communistsâthe doctor and his wife (Lowell's best friends), the lawyer, the workers, the party organizerâwho are supporting the strikers. Distinct from capital and labor, who each believe in a cause, stands Gelb, the notorious strike-breaker, disillusioned and glib, and Butler, the professional stool-pigeon. Both of them, while admitting its falsity, carefully spread all the usual anti-communist propaganda for their own dirty purposes. Fast is remarkably objective in demonstrating all this, but he does not pull his punches. He shows quite clearly that red-baiting is the best' labor-splitting tactic that has been developed this centry. "Clarkton" is neither as great nor as moving a book as "The American" out it is just as provocative, and should not be missed. Most significant, I think, in these dark days, is Howard Fast's determined faith in the future of the common American. N.B.: Books discussed in this column should be available at your public library. If the yare not in, keep on asking till you get them. A HOME TRUTH Hon. Aneurin Bevan, British Minister of Health: "A Government of businessmen at the end of 191'. war built 1600 houses in two years. The present Labor Government in the same period of. time has built 250,000." SPARE THE KIDNEYS! With >a dead pan we reprint an item whifch appeared in Dorothy Kil- gallen's/columns in the Journal- American a short while ago: "Ethel Smith,/ the recent Mrs. Ralph Bellamy, As in for' more real estate troubles. The tenants of the apartment she and Ralph sublet (he subsequently moved Bill 39 To Be Redrafted For House Meeting Victoria.âRedrafting of "Bill 39" the new labor code which caused so much trouble in British Columbia's ndustrial. relations in 1947âlooms now as one of the government's main tasks before the Legislature meets. It is learned here that appointment of the new labor relations board, has been deferred until the return of Attorney-General and Labor Minister Gordon Wismer, who is in eastern Canada and expected back about January 10th. After its appointment the new board will make a tour of main industrial centres of the province to hear what both labor and management think of the act as it now stands, and to get their suggestions for improving it.âVancouver Sun, January 3, 1948. How They Bought Factories in Sweden The Swedish co-operative movement now famous for breaking the power of one trust after another by means of its co-operative factories was too poor 25 or 30 years ago to own any factories at all. It was not until the late 19'20's that the Swedish movement began to expand rapidly into manufacturing. Before the, movement could go into manufacturing and processing it had to accumulate capital. This-is did by asking members to contribute capita) and' provide for the plowing back of co-operative savings. Today the movement has capital to enter almost any line that needs the regulating effects of co-operatives.âThe Maritime Co-operator, Sept. 15, 1947. Goitie: "I know, but I never slap quently moved out) are trying to my boy friend to hurt his feelings^â | evict Ethel and hyer organs, but she just to ,stop them." won't go." â " . ^ Page Churchill! Despite all the gloomy predictions to the contrary, India and Pakistan announce an agreement on practically all important questions. That will be bad news for Mr. Churchill, because he predicted they would never get together. /4 ^emUtden, â . *.--â â *â .. â Hie LT.U. PRINTERS are Still NOT WORKING for the Vancouver Daily Province U-*-, IN VANCOUVER THE SUN AND NEWS-HERALD Are Produced with LT.U, Printers and ARE 100 PER CENT UNION Vancouver Typographical Union, No. 226 UEA AL ESTATE - RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CEPERLEYROUNSEFELL^CO PACIFIC 3521 â alasb. 1SSS 846 W. HASTINOS "CARIBOU BRAND" WHEN BUYING WORK CLOTHES ALWAYS LOOK FOR THIS BRANDI Shirt*âOverall*âCoverall*âBone-dry Repellant Clothing Bannockburn Tweed Pants -r rÂ» Â»fi MADS* AND aUAStANâFsTD >V GAULT BROTHERS LTD. UNION-MADE VANCOUVER, B. C HEADQUARTERS for . . . IMPORTED TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPES and SMOKERS' SUNDRIES Come and See Our Stock â Largest in Canada E. A. 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You owe it to your fair Bones to boost them in the "UNION LABEL DIRECTORY." Send in your particulars as requested.âEd. Smith, secretary. THAT SETTLED THAT A husband and wife couldn't speak to each other except in the sign language. One night when the husband came home rather late the wife let him have her raging anger, her fingers flying a mile a minute. Just as he raised his hands to answer her, she turned out the light. Professor: "Name a liquid that won't freexe." Freshman: "Hot water." a beautiful nurse you "That's have." "I haven't noticed her." "Man. you're sicker than I had thoughtl" . /
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