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[The Labour Statesman]
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I ' SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOCAL UNIONS TOEStH UNIONS _v: MEMBER THE POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE HAH LABOR OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL Number 628, VANCOUVER, CANADA, APRIL, 1951. Established 1924 STRONG , UNIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LABOR LEGISLATION URGED BY CONGRESS Trades Congress Meets Federal Government to Make Annua! SiSmis^n â¢STRESSING THE URGENT NEED for price control and adequate measures to curb inflation as well as immediate action towards comprehensive national social security, the Trades and Labor Con- gre<i<j, nf Canada plarr-fl it-_-iaBaual-_M^nmrar.<ivw^*^^ Minister and the Federal Government. Flanked by members of the Executive-Council of the Congress and supported by a large delegation of Canadian officers of fiearly fifty internationafand national unions affiliated to thc Cohgress, President Percy R. Bengough pointed to the accelerating rise in living-costs and flatly warned that the only alternative to overall price control would automatically ;be.a drive by organized labor.for substantial wage increases. "The plight of old age and Retail Clerks Get Chain Stores Agreements age and war pensioners and others living on fixed incomes has become very grave indeed," said President Bengough. "Only action by the Government can rescue these Canadians from their misery." The official cost of living index stood at 179.7 at March 1st, up 4.5 points from the previous month. Price changes during the month of March indicate that the index will show a further substantial increase when the April 1st figure is released. "Organized labor as represented by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada is ready and anxious to co-operate with the Government to stabilize prices and expedite defence production, but the Government's failure ti> deal effectively with the situation may lead to widespread unrest and serious production delay", warned President Bengough. The submission of the Memorandum to the Federal Government followed meetings of the Executive Council of the Congress and conferences with Canadian officers of international and national unions in which all aspects ofthe current economic situation were considered. Present for the Executive Council meetings with President Percy R. Bengough and General Secretary- Treasurer Gordon G. Cushing were Vice-Presidents Birt Showier of Vancouver, Carl E. Berg of Edmonton, William Jenoves of Toronto, Claude Jodoin of Montreal, and James A. Whitebone of Saint John, N.B. Economic Insecurity The Memorandum commended the Government for the part it has played in international affairs, but it clearly stated that "Communism feeds and grows opon social and economic insecurity".. . "The Government of Canada has not been sufficiently concerned with the need of improving the conditions of our own people," said the memorandum, "too little has been done and a great amount of resentment and dissatisfaction extstaJ1âââ In urging immediate action to provide comprehensive national social security measures including old ago pensions without the means test and complete health insurance, the mem- orandum stressed that the Congress does not "accept the argument that the costs of the military defences necessary to protect our country must come before a programme of comprehensive social security." On old age pensions the memorandum recommended: 1. That the ished; means test be abol cent excess profits tax to act as a deterrent to those who wish to take alljthat the traffic will bear and also as a means to defray the cost of the subsidization programme, and the institution of a policy of allowing price changes only after application to and approval by the Prices and Trade Board on which there should be labor representation. "Wages are controlled," said the memorandum, "and it is our opinion that prices should be subject to control." Noting that the housing shortage is becoming more acute, the memorandum asked the Government to take, full responsibility for the construction of low-rental housing. While several provinces have assumed rent control, it was suggested that the Federal Government should see to it that such protection was extended to all citizens. Income Tax Exemption! Increases in income 'tax, if these vere contemplated by the Government, should be delayed until exemptions had been revised and collection techniques improved to the point where the present discrimination against the wage and salary earner had been removed. It was pointed out that only this group was required to pay full income taxes without recourse, redress and reassessment. The opposition of the Congress to all forms of sales taxes was stressed, and consideration was asked for reduction in taxes on tobacco and its products. Urging an immediate amendment to the B.N.A. Act to provide that the Federal Labor Code would apply throughout Canada, the memorandum asked that such a law apply to municipal employees, and-to all employees of the Federal Government, especially those on hourly rates. The right of collective bargaining, certification, and the ability to conclude signed contracts with the Government-should be afforded- all Federal The Retail Grocery and Food Clerks Union, Local 1518, R.C.I.A., A.F.L., reports the successful conclusion of negotiations for a new agreement with the major chain food stores. The agreement, which will be effective for one year commencing on April 23, 1951 covers over 650 grocery clerks employed by Canada Safeway Limited, B & K Economy Stores Limited and Superior Food Stores Limited. The contract also covers the "Super-Valu" Stores located in Forsts (E. Hastings St.) and at 6th Ave. and 6th St. in New Westminster. Territory covered by the sgreement takes in Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, New Westminster, Ladner, Cloverdale and Brig- house and embraces 81 stores. . A minimum increase of $4.40 per week lias raised the beginners' rate for men to $35.20 per week and the starting rate for girls to $30.80 per week. Journeyman scales (over three years' experience in the trade) now provide- for a rate of $44.00 per week for girls and $55.00 per week for men. Wage scales between the above figures are based on an approximate increase of 7c per hour after each 6 months' experience. The agreements also provide for union shop, dues check-off, overtime, 9 statutory holidays with pay, rates for relieving store managers, full credit for previous experience in the trade, two weeks vacation with pay after two years.' service, holiday. credit up to two weeks en termination, up to four weeks' notice or pay on lay-off or dismissal (dependent on length of service) and a full grievance and arbitration procedure. The agreement was negotiated by David A. Wade, Secretary-Treasurer, and John G. Patterson, Business representative. Unions Increase Pay Of Office Employees Twenty-one unions have been on the employer side of the table in negotiations for wage increases asked for by members of the Office Employees International Union, Local No. 15 of Vancouver, who are employed in the offices of many unions. With twp of three exceptions, most of the negotiations were carried out smoothly, and salaries in practically all cases were increased by $5 per week, bringing a wage range of from $35 to $50 per week. â Bill Watts acted as negotiator for the union, and he has been retained to negotiate a wage increase for the office employees in Dairyland, who were recently organized. President Vera Hughes has asked the International Head Office to assist financially in helping to carry out some more organizing work in Vancouver. Bernadette Guthro has been elected as a delegate to the International convention, which is to be held in Toronto this year. Collects $593,000 in Donations; Disburses $880 to Aid Britishers A BALANCE SHEET SURVEYING OPERATIONS of the â f*- United Emergency Fund for Britain, which has been published by the Financial Post, will come as a great shock to the thousands of Canadians who contributed, often at considerable sacrifice, to this undertaking. It shows that out of $593,000 collected for food and clothing to Britain only $800 was actually spent for the purpose for which the contributions were made. As a result of this information supplied to the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council by he Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Coca! No. 28 of Vancouver, and by Del. Alderman Birt Showier, the Council has referred the matter to the grades and Labor Congress of Canada for action and the Attorney-General is being asked to investigate. # The letter from Business Agent D. P' Alu'rrison says; Government employees under the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act. The check-off of union dues should become mandatory under the Act when this has been properly authorized by the bargaining agent. Delay Injunctions' The memorandum took strong objection to the granting of injunctions .,.,, ,-, ,â , ,- in labor disputes before all sides of Z.,.md t0 educ8t,0n on a Per caPita amendment to the Criminal Code to provide for modern treatment for those convicted of sex crimes. Financial aid for education was stressed. It was pointed out that such aid should be used to broaden the scope of technical education. The universities should be assisted especially in the fields of the social sciences and in departments dealing with industrial relations and labor-management problems. The memorandum supported the demand of the Canadian Teachers' Federation for Fed- News In Brief Percy B. Bengough and R. K. Gervin were endorsed as delegates from the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council to the Trades and Labor Congress Convention to be held in Halifax in September. Another delegate is to be elected at the next Council meeting. * * * . The Trades and Labor Congress has refused to, lift the suspensions of Civic Employees Union, Local No. 28 and also the 15 members of the union. . . y. Dick Osninii, business agent of Machinists Union, No. 692 reports that over 100 employees of the Finning Tractor Co., have been organized, and that an organization drive now under way among the Diesel machinists in the city. 2. That all ol<T age and blind pen sions become the sole responsibility of the Federal Govern ment; 3. That the monthly pension payment be increased to $65, as a preliminary measure while the machinery is being developed for the implementation of a full social security scheme; 4. That the pensionable age be reduced for. men to 66 and for women to'60; 5. That suitable housing arrangements be undertaken for all recipients where such is needed. Referring to the recommendation before the Government by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on old age pensions to pay pensions without a means test to all over 70 years of age, the memorandum "as a step in thc right direction" urged implementation of this change during the cur- -wnt sessiw T_f P__1fSH__*_f*" Increase Wcekley Benefits Among the specific requests for changes in Unemployment Insurance, the memorandum emphasized â -,the need for increased weekly benefit payments and for all workers to be included regardless of their income or type of employment. The memorandum recommended . four direct means for the control of prices including the establishment of a Prices and Trade Board with full powers to control prices, subsidies on basic food products sufficient to bring food prices within the purchasing power of those in the medium and lower income groups, a 100 per the case had been heard by the court. Injunctions Issued in Vancouver and Calgary In recent months had prohibited workers from lawful picketing. In one of these causes the judge reversed his decision on hearing the side of the workers. A tightening of security regulations to make screening of immigrants more effective and prevent those who oppose and despise democracy from entering Canada was urged upon the Government in connection with immigration. The memorandum offered the opinion that Immigration should be encouraged but not on a large scale. Such a scheme would be foolhardy when jobs and housing were not available. The Government was asked to undertake an educational programme to improve racial and religious understanding, and to make all Canadians more conscious of the duties and privileges of citizenship. It was also requested that Canada ratify the United Nations Convention of the Prevention .and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. A Fair Employment I'rnrlie<wfeet-wa.â¢,...*..«?_<_.. within the Federal jurisdiction to prevent discrimination in employment on the grounds of race, creed or color. Bill of Rights The memorandum drew attention to the need for the enactment of a Bill of Rights as a part of the British North America Act before that Act was further amended under the new Canadian amending procedures now under consideration. Such a Bill of Rights should extend equal citizen ship and voting rights to our Indian population without requiring them to give up their rights to reservation property. Also requested was an basis. Referring to the views of the Congress as these were placed before the Royal Commission on Arts, Letters and Sciences concerning the C.B.C. the memorandum urged the Government to maintain full control over this public utility and that the C.B.C. maintain full power to license and control broadcasting in Canada. Asking for more labor representation on the C.B.C. Board, the memorandum urged more public broadcasting of both radio and television and the greater use of Canadian talent and facilities on these programmes.' Reduce Votinf Ago to provide suitable car shops at all repair points, the use of the union label on all government printing and stationery, the establishment of a Canadian Coast Guard Service, and the reduction of the voting age to eighteen were also requested. In conclusion the memorandum had something to Bay about Communism. This outlet for the frus- ..Irsied./tte mciiMayotiutrr pointed out, atip'eals to the hungry, the fll-clothed, the poorly-housed and the misfits; to the prejudiced, the ignorant and the depressed; but it also appeals to the educated, the ambitious and the highly-trained when these, too, are without security and opportunity. The Congress stated its basic belief that social and economic security can be achieved without-.- interference, with the exercise of personal freedom and civil liberty. These requests for legislative changes were made, it was stressed, with the view of providing "internal economic and social conditions in which democracy can prosper and. our way of life be protected from the vicious designs of those who would destroy it,',' Harry Berger, business agent of Engineers Union No. 882 reports that over 100 stationary engineers in 12 B. C. lumber mills will get a. 15c wage increase retroactive to January 1st. Other negotiations are pending. * â¢ * Melvin Kemmis, business agent of the Bakery Workers Union reports the union is.having a wage increase conciliated.' Over 500 bakers and cake makers, employed in eight Vancouver plants are involved in the present dispute, which will also affect other plants. ~ ' " T~~ * . *' * The Building Trades Council has been assured that A.F. of L. members will only be recognized on the new six million dollar Capilano Dam, which is to be built for the Joint Sewerage and Water Board. « * * Negotiations by the Taxi Drivers' Union, Local No. 151 with 19 companies are now under way for a wage increase. The drivers also want' to increase the commission on fares taken. * â¢ â¢ Fire Fighters' Union, Local No. l.g reports settlement of a wage increase with the City of Vancouver has resulted in frwm $30 to $88 per month more to the members. * * * . B. C. Provincial Government Employees' Union are negotiating for a 15% Increase in wages, but do not eome under the I.C.A. Act....'-.:'â¢., ' *â _â¢ââ»â 'â â The Carpenters. District Council, composed of unions in Vancouver, New Westminster, Mission and Chilliwack and embracing the lower mainland with six thousand members are applying for a Conciliation Board. Last offer of the General Contractors Association of 17c, a wage of $1.85 per hour was turned down by the negotiating committee. * » » Negotiations in most of the other building trades are at a standstill awaiting the outcome of the carpenters situation,- except the Plumbers' Union1 and the Glaziers and Glass Workers' Union who are both in the process of conciliation boards. "At a meeting of the Executive Board of Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Local 28, held on the 13th inst., the writer was directed to bring to the attention of the Trades Council the recent expose in the public press concerning the fact that out of $593,000 raised by public subscription across Canada by the United Emergency Fund for Britain, only $880.00 was spent for food parcels for the British people. We note that in the Alberta Legislature action lias been taken requiring such organizations, in future, to submit to the Provincial Government, In advance of any such contemplated drive for funds, complete information as to the amount' to be collected, expected costs in connection with such drive and other pertinent information, prior to their obtaining permission to operate within the province. "We would urge the Council Executive to give consideration to making representations to the Government of the Province of British Columbia with a view to having similar action taken in this Province so as to prevent a well-meaning public from being taken for similar financial rides in future." Emergency Fund Disbursements In discussing the subject on the Trades Council floor, Delegate Birt Showier, reading from a newspaper report, pointed out that of the $593,- 000 collected, $118,000 went for,,a(i- vertising; $185,000 for salaries, $78,- 000 for travelling expenses, $75,000 for printing and $128,000 for the operation of various branch offices. Only *$800 was actually spent on food for Britain.. The Federal Government helped out with a donation of $30,000 and loaned a former military hospital, but this money apparently went for other things than aid to Britain. The report states that the Fund claims to have shipped a million and a quarter pounds of food and clothing valued at one million dollars, but most of this originated with other organizations which used the UEFB as a clearing house. A lot of people also donated generously of time and energy to further the effort, but the funds went to the purposes named, other than for food and clothing. The Ontario Government has instructed the PubHc Trustee to investigate the UEFB and may launch criminal proceedings. Employees of Motor Winding Shops Organize Don Wilson, assistant business manager of Electrical Workers Union, Local 213-reports that over one hundred workers employed as winders in motor shops have been organized. ______ â_â Eleven shops in Vancouver, North Vancouver and New Westminster are affected, and agreements are being negotiated, two of the largest already having agreed to the new conditions asked for by the union. The agreements call for a union shop, a wage increase that will average 38c per hour and provide for a wage of $1.78 per hour. It also provides for the employer to pay the full cost of the Welfare Plan, and pay for five statutory holidays. The shops will also come under the Inside Wiremen's Apprenticeship scheme as provided for in the basic agreement of the union. "The union grievance committeeman to sec you, sir, with fire in his eye!" Petition On Hospital Insurance Presented Secretary R. K. Gervin informed the Trades Council delegates that the meeting of union representatives held Thursday, April 6th to organize for the taking of the petition on hospitalization was very successful. The Pender Auditorium was full to overflowing with many standing in the street We sent petitions to outside points where we had the names of secretaries of organizations. Many private citizens wrote in for petitions but most of them were so late in applying that it was useless to try to get the petitions to them and back to the office by the deadline. The Steering Committee extended the time for the petitions to be in the office from April 12th to April 16th. The extension was advertised in the daily press owing to the shortage of time. The committee had no way of knowing when the petition would be presented in the House which made it somewhat difficult and we had to more or less speculate at the time which it might be presented and it was only at 3:30 p.m. Monday that I knew for certain that it would be presented Monday evening. As many of the-execurivememb-TS-arrpossible- were in the House when the petition was presented. The petition organized by the Trades and Labor Council, Canadian Congress of Labor and the Standard Railway Organizations had been very successful, Two hundred and five thousand, seven hundred and seventy (205,770) names on the petition had been received by Monday afternon and were presented in the Provincial Legislature and received on motion of the House Monday evening, April 16th. Several thousand names attached to petitions and the advertisements, have come in since the presentation of the main bulk of the petitions. The Steering Committee will meet again later to consider the results of the effort and what further recommendations, if any, may be presented to the organizations. The Painters' Union is seeking to reopen negotiations for a wage increase, owing to the tremendous increases in the cost-of-living since their last agreement was signed. Laundry Worker Sign' Two More Laundries J. H. Irving, business agent of the Laundry and Dry Cleaners Union reports that the Canadian Linen. Co., has signed an agreement with the upion, embracing all the employees of the laundry section of that firm, and provides for a union shop and substantial increase in wages. The Royal City Laundry has also been '-p'ned up with a wage increase. titlfli V TAXICABS ? SS on ffz U-+. teamsters: label IT IS YOUR ASSURANCE OF UNION SERVICE r- â 1 «* Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN April, 1951 British Ropes Canadian Factory Limited (Branch of British Ropes Limited, London, Enaland)' Manufacturers of All Descriptions of Wire Rope Index oj Quality ' !* Telephone: MArine 44p4 Cable Address: "BRITROPE" VANCOUVER GRANVILLE ISLAND VANCOUVER, B. C. PETER BLAKSTAD GENERAL CONTRACTOR Measures to End Seasonal Slack in Building Trades I Phone: CH2785 2160 West Twentieth Avenue Vancouver, B.C. G. H. Anderson & Sons BRICKLAYING CONTRACTORS Phone: Richmond 1486 702 No. 3 Road, Lulu Island, Vancouver, B. C. Stradiotti Bros. Ltd. RIVER TOWING and FISH BUYING Phone: FR. 9171 2582 KENT STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. Housing is still a major world problem, the International Labor Organization's c'ommitte for the construction industry declared in winding up its two-week session in Geneva. Further, the committee urged planning for the most effective use of raw materials and manpower and also measures to end seasonal unemployment. The report of the committee's deliberations was cabled to the Labor Department in Ottawa. Government, worker and employer delegates from a score of countries, including Canada and the United States, attended the committee's third biennal session. The workers' representatives from Canada were: Joseph Connolly of Toronto, general representative of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United ' States and Canada (A.F.L.), and J. B. Delisle of Montreal, secretary-general Building Federation, Canadian and Catholic Confederation.of Labor. The committee declared that "all efforts made since the end of the war to bring about a solution of the housing problem should continue to be of major ' concern to governments." â â â The committee concluded that it is possible to "nearly or completely' eliminate seasonal unemployment among construction workers by using modern knqwledge and techniques and by changing traditional habits of the industry and its customers. The report, on this qqestjnp " "Look, Sam! That non-union shop is afire! Shall we stroll down to the fire station and report it?" 16 specific measures. However, it said that, for these measures to succeed, it is necessary to maintain full employment in the economy as a whole and to have full co-operation among governments, workers and employers in applying winter construction techniquest. On the recommendation of its subcommittee on welfare, the commit- I tee approved a list of standard facdi- ties which it recommended to employers as a guide in furnishing facilities and amenities for workers on construction sites. In one of a number of resolutions adopted at the closing sitting, the committee voiced its concern lest a lack of skilled workers reduce the world supply of timber. It said this problem could be solved "by providing suitable training and by making the production of timber more attractive as an occupation."âLabor. Highest Street Railway Wage Rates in Canada Windsor Division 616, Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, reports the conclusion of a contract which makes their top hourly rate of pay, $1.40, the highest "ij^pfjlfor operators of local transit systems Bennett & White Construction Co. LtcJ. CONTRACTORS Phone: MArine 4457 660 Howe Street, Vancouver, B. C. TO SAVE YOUR LIFE OR LIMB You owe it to yourself and family to TAKE A FIRST AID COURSE Contact your local St. John Centre now or write to Provincial Headquarters, ST. JOHN AMBULANCE 710 Davie Street, Vancouver, B.C. COMPLIMENTS OF SMITH BROS. & WILSON LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Offices: _ Vancouver, B.C. Rcgina, Sask. Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: MArine 3729 1267 RICHARDS ST., VANCOUVER .ââUNION BUTTONS SMITH MARKING DEVICES LTD. We Specialize in Union Celluloid Dues Buttons. "Let Us Solve Your Marking Problems,,' Machine Engravings, Badges, Rubber Stamps, Ink, Pads, Stencils, Steel Stamps and DiesâUnionized for over 12 years , 622 HOMER STREET Phone: PA. 5840 VANCOUVER, B.C. B. C. DISTRICT TELEGRAPH AND DELIVERY CO. LTD. Vancouver, B.C. .- Licensed Premises "A Good Place to Meet Your Friends" 928 MAIN STREET PA. 5839 VANCOUVER, B.C. A. Anthony Ltd. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Phone: HA. 5149 453 EAST GEORGIA VANCOUVER, B.C. ssigysMK! in' Canada. Members of Division 61,6 signed the contract on January 6th which was retroactive to October 31, 1950. This contract, which expires December 31, 1952, provides for an increase of twelve and a half cents per hour, giving operators the previously mentioned $1.40 rate, while mechanics moved ahead to $1.50 per hour. In addition, the company agreed to pay a five cent hourly wage differential to the garage employees working shifts between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. Wages for the office staff and other salaried employees were increased by $20 to $26 per month, based upon the hours worked, and a cost of living clause was incorporated into the agreement whereby $1.40 per hour is the absolute minimum that can be paid to operators. However, for each three point increase in the cost of living index as published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, hourly wages will be increased two cents per hour until a maximum of six cents is reached. Windsor members also received a $3,000 group life insurance policy .with the entire cost paid by the em- embraced in the membership of the ployer. In addition, the entire cost Industrial Accident Prevention As- 0f Blue Cross hospitalization and sociations a recent monthly letter to | Windsor medical service for the em- industrialists stresses the hazard of ployee and his family is now borne Watch Out Below! Drawing attention to the need of carrying out surveys of plant and equipment throughout the industries falling objects and outlines four points to be followed in counteracting that hazard. ** Briefly the points are: (1) Look for improper piling of materials and overloading of floors, platforms, shelves, trucks, elevators, etc.; the possibility of a cave-in or rock fall. (2) See that correct tackle is provided, as a well-slung load will save time and material. See that standard crane signals are understood and carried out. Chains, slings and hooks should never be overloaded, and should be inspected periodically. (3) Watch for the bad practice of leaving tools on ladders or on platforms without toeboa'rds. (4) Check for loose window fraini's, signs and awnings. See that objects are not left on window sills. These are important points for all in industry and are based on taany years experience in accident prevention work. by the vompany. The medical plan includes payment for the entire cost of house calls, office calls and surgery. Australian Buy. Power Above Canada The purchasing power of American workers' hourly earningsâin terms of foodâranked second among 20 countries in 1950, the U.S. Labor Dept.'s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in its February 1951 Monthly Labor Review. Australia was the only foreign country studied where less working time was required than in the United States to buy a given amount of food. Following Australia and the United Ststea, in order, were--Norway, Canada, Denmark, Israel and Sweden (tied), Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, Ireland and Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands and Western Germany, Chile, France (Paris), Austria (Vienna), Hungary, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Soviet workers had to work seven times as long as Americans to buy a given quantity of food, according to the best available estimates of 1950 earnings combined with 1950 food prices. Wage earners in Canada, Great Britain, Israel and the Scandinavian countries had to work 20 to 60 per cent longer than the Americans. Workers in Sweden, Great Britain and Israel were' able o buy more food with their hourly earnings in 1950 than in previous years, relative to l In- United States and Canada. In comparing food purchasing po.wsrs of various countries, B.L.S. tpotnts'Out that-between 193-7-38 and the spring of 1950, V. §. food prices less than doubled and hourly earnings more than doubledâincreasing the power of American workers' earnings in terms of food at the market by about 17 per cent. It has often been found that people have had mild attacks of tuberculosis without suspecting it. Their recovery was probably due to their general good health. R_<rtila?'chest X-rayB can detect tuberculosis in its early stages when-freatment can be given to arrest the disease. When fresh vegetables are out of season, .turn to.the canned varieties, Thirty Million Dollars For Apartment Blocks A host of visitors was permitted to inspect the first of the eleven new 13-storey Metropolitan Life apartments in the Parkmerced development in San Francisco. It is announced that each month one of the other buildings will be opened. The Parkmerced project, when completed, will take care of nearly 3,500 families. The company reports that the total investment will exceed $30 million. Here's Why Auto Tires Cost So Much Last year U. S. Rubber Co. made more money than ever _before. Its profit amounTe3~-<r?2?7.00,000 compared with only $15,100,000 in 1949. That's an increase of 63 jjer cent. And that's after all taxesâincluding the excess profits taxâwere paid. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. made $35,100,000 in 1950â70 per cent more than the $20,200,000 it earned in 1949. And that, too, is after payment of all taxes. By the way, has your pay check gone up 70 per centâor even a mere 63 per centâin the past year? Seven T.L.C. Unions Added in Alberta Seven new unions were added last year to the growing Hst of organizations of the Trades and Labor Congress nf Canada In Alberta. The year 1950 was ah outstanding or- fanizational success and union mem- ership in the province increased substantially. Five of the new unions are in Calgary. New members added by all unions in the city amounted to nearly 600 bringing the city total to more than 8,000. In addition to new local union organization in the province, a new trades council was chartered during the year. The Drumhellcr Trades and Labor Council received Its charter from the Trades and Labor Congress to bring the total in the province to five." COMPLIMENTS OF The J. H. McRae Co. Ltd. ELECTR1CAI C0NTRACT0K5 Phone: FA. 4118 ___-, 2219 Cambie Street, Vancouver, B.C. DAVID BAIN PLASTERING CONTRACTOR Phone: CH. 2075 3580 POINT GREY ROAD VANCOUVER. B.C. iTie tired worker plodded wearily home. A hard "day at me factory." His last good tire had blown out. When he reached home, no aroma of J supper cooking. Everything quiet. A note on the table informed him that his wife had gone for good. A telephone i.il-lifi'ipin a nosey neighbor informed him that she'd gone with a sailor. ' "That's the last straw," he said to himself dismally. "One shot would end it all." So lieâgotâdawn -the bottle;-and took one. - THAT'LL BE STARTLING "Mable is ging around telling lies about me." "Don't worry now, dear, wait till she starts telling the truth." ^rCr^oncrete^or^itAr . Phone: KE. 7121 1025 West Seventy-Seventh Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Fairview Floorlayers FLOORLAYING CONTRACTORS Phone: FA. 2246_ 981 East Twenty-Third Avenue Vancouver, B. C. FRED WELSH & SON Plumbing and Heating Phone: TAtlow 1261 733 BEATTY STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. COMPLIMENTS OF SIGURDSON MILLWORK CO. LTD. â^-Phone: CH. 5161 1275 WEST SIXTH AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B.C. COMPLIMENTS OF Robertson &Hackett" Sawmill Co. Ltd. 1550 GRANVILLE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. ROOTS BROS. FURNACES AND SHEET METAL CO. Phone: FA. 752. 60 EAST BROADWAY VANCOUVER, B.C. Seaforth Candy Company (WHOLESALE) Phone: HA. 591. 2954 COMMERCIAL DRIVE VANCOUVER, B.C. SIMMONS & McBklDE LIMITED Directors of Funeral Service ''âS_5J> Phone: BA. .151 1995 WEST BROADWAY Guaranteed Repairing, ^VT)|7I1f/'D |^P|7|T>CJ Overhauling, Rebuilding 1 1 Â±£jlf}f lil 1 JulAdO We Buy Used Machines â Free Estimates * ANDERSON'S 534 West Pender Street, Phone: MA: 1646 Vancouver, B.C. feN'S, FLOWER SHOPâ 1520 COMMERCIAL DRIVE ' 1685 E. BROADWAV HA 0187 FA 5961 VANCOUVER, B.C. * .. â V ' ' ' u April, 1951 THE LABOR STATESMAN PÂ«ge Three Congratulations to Organized Labor THE O'NEIL CO. LTD. Phone: MA. 4431 1043 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B. C. BURNABY BULLDOZING COMPANY LIMITED Anthony Dcdemus, Owner .._ LAND CLEARING AND EXCAVATING New Special Equipment for Hauling StumpsâQuickâEconomical » Phone for Information regarding this New Method "l|i ' â ..'. PHONE: OL. 1.7. 5861 EAST HASTINGS STREET IOCIII)AIR P.O., B.C. _3#~ Floorcraft Limited ARMSTRONG'S ASPHALT TILE, LINOLEUMS, RUBBER AND STYROLITE PLASTIC WALL TILE 100 Per Cent Union Shop 1964 WEST BROADWAY PHONE: CE. 6210 VANCOUVER, B.C. L. COMPLIMENTS OF FOSTER & FENNER PLASTERING CONTRACTORS PHONE: DE WSS-Y 5347 EARLES ROAD, VANCOUVER, B.C. C. J. OLIVER LTD. BUILDING CONTRACTOR Phone: TA. 4241 660 HOWE STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. Pacific Marine Repairs Ltd. SHIP CONTRACTORS Boiler Scaling, Tank Cleaning, Hull and Hold Scaling and Painting, Engine Repairs, General Ship Work Telephone: HAstings 5733 1352 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. R. W. PAYNE PLASTERING CONTRACTOR Phone: KE. 71 .J 115* West Seventieth Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Gardner Regan LATHING CONTRACTOR Phone: N. W. 3967-R3 2204 Hamilton Street, New Westminster, B. C. R. R. Shortreed & Son Cement Contractors â¢_ Phone: KE. 4902 3075 Wait 32nd Avenue Vancouver, B.C. LOUIS S. SORENSEN GENERAL CONTRACTOR B i Phone: DE. 4554-F 2917 McKEE ST. BURNABY, B.C. A. K. Wood Floor Co. Ltd. Floor Sanding and Finishing New Hardwood Floors Installed Phone: BA. 1232 â Evening Phone: OL. OS44-R 1077 WEST BROADWAY VANCOUVER. 8.C. PRINTING-^-For Every Purpose Phone: PAcific 5836 DUNSMtJIR PRINTING COMPANY 437 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, B. C. .«'..v*.a«.;v*'...v»a:>v.p*'-.;p«^p*''..i*'.'.:i^ 17 AFL Unions Sign Historic Contract with Ontario Hydro AN HISTORIC MASTER AGREEMENT has been signed between seventeen American Federation of Labor unions and the Ontario Hydro Commission. The agreement provides for the 44-hour work week and the union shop. Approximately 6,500 employees are covered by the agreement which continues for the length of the job. It is expected that new power from Niagara will be available by tlie spring or summer of 1954. One significant feature of the agreement is that instead of having to deal with seventeen individual unions, the Hydro Commission will continue to negotiate with a committee representing the seventeen unions, known as the Niagara' Development Allied Council, A.F.L. Wage rates will be based on these prevailing in the Toronto and Niagara Peninsula areas. Carpenters will be paid $1.70 per hour, electrical workers, $1.75, and unskilled laborers, $1.00. Underground workers will receive a bonus of 10c per hour over the surface rate. Labor ^Minister Daley, speaking in the Legislature following the signing of the agreement, said it made the Niagara Fajls development the first completely unionized construction .project in the history of the Ontario Hydro Commission. Hydro Commission Chairman Robert Saunders said that by withdrawing their original demand for the forty-hour work week, generally prevailing in the construction industry, the unions have done everything within their power to have the pro- jectrT-omplete'd in 1954TZ;*f "Both parties faced the fact that without added power from Niagara, the whole National Defence programme would be seriously crippled," Mr. Saunders said. "The speed with which the* job could be completed became a matter of National importance." Unions signing the contract included : boilermakers, bricklayers, building service employees, carpenters, electrical workers, engineers and hotel and restaurant employees, laborers, laundry workers, machinists, sheet metal workers, office employees, painters, plasterers and cement masons, plumbers, teamsters and riggers.â T.L.C. News. Editor's Note: Power plants built British Columbia for .the B. C Power Commission have been done by a A.F. of (.. building trades unions. Film Showing on Accident Prevention Do not fail to attend a meeting to be held at 8 p.m. in Salon 'A" of the Hotel Vancouver on April 27th, at which the following talkie films in technicolor will be shown by courtesy of the B. C. Loggers' Association: "Falling Timber and Yarding Logs." A new film never before shown in Canada, "The Emerson Method of Artificial Respiration," will also be shown and discussed. The "Eve Rocker Method of Artificial Respira- ton'i will also be demonstrated. All trade unionists are cordially invited. âW. N. KEMP, M.D. Convener. Prices Soar The Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost-of-living index rose from 175.2 to 179.7 between February 1st and March 1st, 1951. This increase of 4.5 points was equivalent to an advance of 2.6 cents. All group indexes moved higher in February, although two-thirds of the total increase was due to higher food prices. The index for foods rose from 224.4 to 233.9, reflecting gains for most items, particularly eggs, butter, beef, pork, cabbage, carrots, shortening and oranges. An increase in the fuel and light index from 141.7 to 146.5 was mainly attributable to higher prices for coal and coke. Further gains in a broad list of clothing and footwear items moved the clothing index from 192.4 to 196.3, while the home furnishings and services index rose from 185.1 to 188.6, as floor coverings, furnishings, hardware and furniture advanced. The miscellaneous items index rose narrowly from 137.0 to 137.8, due to increases for personal care items, notably haircuts and health costs. Reflecting the results of the March quarterly survey, the rent index moved from 136.4 to 137.6. From August 1939 to March 1951, the increase in the cost-of-living index was 78.3 per cent There is every probability that the index will continue to climb for at least a few months. Union Label Corner Fellow Trade Unionists, if you make a check-up on the wages, union conditions, annual holidays and statutory holidays with pay, and many other things that you enjoy you will find they are all the result of the. untiring work and consistent effrt by your business agents and officers of your local union. They progress by co-operating with the officers of our many councils; by them making many personal sacrifices of their time,and pleasures; undertaking more and more responsibilities and keeping, pace with the moves of those anxious to wreck those conditions that you have, gained after years of struggle. Even our B.C. Labor laws that came into being by the persistence' of our unions are proving beneficial in some ways but also very objectionable in many others, and are giving our representatives many headaches. Without prompt action and the united support of every union member in attending hiir local's weetlngsT taking a sincere interest in these vital questions that affects all of us, these conditions and advances we enjoy now can be lost very rapidly. It has happened before. Think it over. What are you ing to retain them? Do you prefer the show or other pleasures instead of attending your meeting? Do you kick at what was done by the faithful few who did attend? Do you shout at the raise in dues or an assessment, but rejoice in a wage raise? Do you do all your talking on the job, of how the union should be run? Do you expect other union craftsmen to patronize and support you, but always fail to return the compliment? Do you make a point to always seek the cheapest so-called bargains, then count up and glory in the savings made at the cost of your fellow union member, who you expect to cooperate to get your agreements and wages? Do you know that by spending your union earned dollar with those firms who favor cheap labor you undermine your's â and the other fellow'sâ conditions? Do you explain to your wife and friends how they can help you to maintain your wages and conditions by only buying union-made products and services? ' Do you know and inform them union services can be had for most all your daily needs by looking for the union shop card and union service? Do you, when needing a plumber, painter, auto repairs, moving truck, taxi, coal or fuel, printer, baker, carpenter, contact a union'firm, as well as the many other services deserving your patronage? Do you agree that if we would do more of the things that we should do as a union member, and stop doing the many things we ought not do, it would pay off in harmony and progress? â¦ » ». A good place to go on your vacation, Union Industries Show, May 18-26, at Soldiers' Field, Chicago. Shinwell Emanuel Shinwell, British Defence minister, has a sense of humor. He told a meeting of his Labor Party that he has about decided to give up making speeches "because it seems to me that all the speaking nowadays is done by generals and admirals." He might have added that there is considerable danger in such speeches, particularly by generals and admirals on the retired list who have gone into the field of lobbying. They don't always make It clear that they are now retired. Vancouver Union Buying Week" will 1st to 9th this year. Label "Union be September The council now have four of Labor's most popular movie films: "We Serve the People", "Keep It in the Family", "The Pursuit to Happiness", 'Look for the Label". Also colored film of the Philadelphia "Union Industries Show" last year. Why not book a showing of one of these for your next union meeting. They are for your use,, cost you nothing. Write Secretary Smith. â¢ â¢ » Let's have team work . . . "Give the fair employer a lift by purchasing Union Label made goods." â¢ * * Don't double-cross yourself . . . "When you purchase non-union products, or use non-union services you are cutting your own wages." » â¢ â¢ Baseball season is here, play ball! . . . Break into the BIG League, Join your Vancouver Union Label League. â¢ â¢ â¢ Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council endorsed 1951 "Union Buying Week" last meeting. â Ed .SMITH, U.L.T.C Social person JUST THE THING Making tests,of a home-made brew which a cautious Scot had submitted for analysis, the chemist said: "I'm sorry, hut this stuff is dreadful. If you drank this I guarantee you would be blind for life. You had better let me destroy it." "No need to do that," said the Scot, stretching out a hand for the bottle. "My old friend McTavish has been blind for years. I might as well give it to him for a birthday present. ^Social Security Amendments to the U.S. Security Act provide that a 75 or over may. If otherwise "qualified, draw monthly benefits no matter how much he is earning. This is a special provision for those 76 or jpyer. . .A, beneficiary underlie. 75 cannot receive an old-age and survivor's benefit for any month he earns more than $50 for work-under social security. Pensions start at the age of 65. TOUGH LUCK A picture was being shown of a girl taking off her clothes at the edge of a river, before plunging into the water.. In front of her ran a railway IThe, and just as the girl was removing her last garment a train oame along, obscuring the view. When the train has passed, the girl was swimming vigorously. At this point a man muttered, "Damn.' "I beg your pardon," said his neigh- bor. ''did you say something?" "Yes," said the other, "I've been to see this picture five' times this Shoes that are too'tight or in a style unsuitable to your feet may have a harmful effect upon your health, causing fatigue and nervous tension. Well well-fitted shoes and bathe your feet daily in alternate hot .. and cold plunges; dry them well and week, and that darned train's on timej dust with a good foot powder. I every night." 7W -t_._..' I Page Four THE LABOR STATESMAN April, 1951 Fight CANCER 1 ewe NOW. / Provincial' Campaign Headquarters 518 W. Hastings Vancouver, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA CONQUER CANCER 1051 CAMPAIGN THE LABOR STATESMAN Published third Thursday in each month at Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver, B. C. Authorised as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa; - Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and l_abor Council H. W. WATTS, Managing Editor â¢Subscription Rates: $1.00 per year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phono: FAirmont 4343 Vancouver, Canada, April, 1951 The Dentistry Racket "BUILD B.C. PAYROLLS" WINTER SUNSHINE A wonderful all-purpose food, rich nourishing Pacific Milk is prepared from farm fresh milk of Fraser Valley herds: Now its increased Vitamin D content gives added "sunshine" to winter meatls. It's economical too. Pacific Milk Vacuum Packed and Hemocmlsad REMEMBER THE FIGHT CANCER FUND This space donated by Bill Couper 724 Seymour Street BALMORAL HOTEL Say: "MEET ME AT THE BALMORAL a* tmartty moa.rmâ__mfort_,_ly w fual_k«4 . . . yet r»taij___f a told, alf-ntn.a MmmBi %Im» makM ft a w.loom. pl_o. to 6rliir or moot your trumt*. Uananrs: ItnKE K08KI BOB PATTER80N "JOHNNY" MeKENZIE Vhoaai Facia. 3148 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVER. B.C. ^Efforts of the Detital Association of B.C. to obtain more legislation to stop dental laboratory technicians from poaching in the private enterprise field of the dentist shylocks, has had a setback. The association is now squealing like a bunch of stuck pigs, because their racket is being broken up by people-who go to laboratory technicians for their dental plates, instead of to dentists whose charges have become exhorbitant. . The association's closed shop brought them about $75 per hour, and not content with this they created cut-throat competition by jewing down the payments to the technicians. Years ago the dentists had a law made which provided for a $50 fine against any technician who made, or repaired, dental plates for anybody else than a dentist. With the law on the statute books, and tii blacklist against technicians who did private work, the dentists proceeded to double and treble prices for dental" plates, hence the racket. Under this set-up the dentist gets the sucker into the chair, takes the impression with about twenty minutes work, and then has the technieian call for the impression and do the work of providing the teeth and the plastics and making the_plate_^Jar_.vdiid_-h&_3ughtget- $30 and the dentist charges anything from $150.00 up. The destists had these technicians so controlled that if you broke a plate you would have to go to the dentist to get it repaired; the technician was given the job and the dentist got more than double charged by the technician. " All the ballyhoo about the health dangers invoked by' going direct to a technician's laboratory for the work is just window I dressing. In the old days these dentists used to do this work, or , haye hired help do the work, in a crummy little corner of the dental office. If there was any danger to health, there was more in that office, where the dentist was continually handling other people's face and mouth, than in the pretEfflflaboratory where only the den1 tal materials are handled. ^ Two years ago we had a set of plates made by one of these so- called "bootleggers" and he did a splendid Job at half the price that a dentist would have charged, and since that time we have sent other people there, and they are satisfied and still alive. The association claims that 50% of the technicians are tiow "bootleggers" but if that.is true, then the dentists have encouraged the bootlegging by charging such high prices. We don't think it is "bootlegging" because it is simply a manifestation of private enterprise. The dentist is actually the middleman, and we all know what happens to prices between what the manufacturer charges and what we pay the retailer. We are sure that organized labor is opposed to the action of the Dental Association in trying to smother free enterprise on the part of the technician, and the only way that the association can remedy this is to pay the technician a decent price and cut down the profit charged to the purchaser of dental plates. Government Ignores Petition The action of the Provincial Legislature in refusing to discuss organized labor's petition opposing increased hospital insurance payments is another attack on the democracy which the government is supposed to uphold. Over two hundred thousand people signed the petition and thousands more were probably willing to sign, but have not had the opportunity, yet in spite of this the government took safety in its numbers and its two more years of life and bruskly ignored the opinions of these thousands. Organized labor has been asking for hospital insurance for many years, but the government has gone into this insurance scheme apparently without sufficient planning. And it has tried to correct the mistakes by making more and bigger mistakes. But having made these mistakes it downs all criticism by steamroller methods. Instead of improving the financial position of the scheme we think that the government will now find that the assessments against those who are able, or willing, to pay will have to be increased year by year. More and still more people will try to find ways and means of avoiding payment, and this will place a greater burden on those who continue to freely pay, or who are -forced to pay through payroll deductions. It may be quite true that hospital insurance is hard to estimate as to costs and payments, and it is for that reason that we feel that an entirely different method of financing th£ plan should have gone into effect. Direct payments of any kind will involve opposition, because so many .people are able to avoid paying, and because it creates a doubt in the minds of those who have gone through life without having had to enter a hospital. We only spent two days in a hospital in sixty-five years, and thousands of other people can make the same statement, hence direct payments by us into the scheme comes with annoyance, doubt and opposition. For the government to ignore these facts and conditions, is simply treating the people with scorn, and shows a tremendous amount of ignorance upon the few government members of the Legislature and the officials who were engaged in the job of planning the insurance. But if the government members think that they can get away with it, they have another think coming. The financing of the scheme will become chaotic and this will bring about a change in government. COMPLIMENTS OF. mr British Columbia Bridge and Dredging Co. Ltd. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 544 HOWE STREET Phone: MArine 6451 VANCOUVER, B.C. Armstrong & Monteith Construction Co., Ltd. ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS Telephone: MArine 8101 1449 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B. C. COMPLIMENTS OF ^ MARSHALL-WELLS (B.C.) LTD. Distributors of Marshall-Wells Paints, Varnishes and Enamels 573 CARRALL STREET Phone: PA. 8211 VANCOUVER, B.C Commonwealth Construction Company Ltd. ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS , . CONSTRUCTION OF ALL KINDS WINNIPEG VICTORIA VANCOUVER Co-operation between Labor and Capital spells Success for' us all. Let's all pull together to 'make Canada the best country to live in. The Dominion Construction Co. Limited GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS 150 West First Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Telephone: FAirmont 6666 COMPLIMENTS OF CANADA CHAIN AND FORGE CO. LTD. Manufactures of All Kinds of CONVEYOR, LOG HAUL BOOM CHAINS. FIRE WELD CHAIN, STUD ANCHOR DREDGE AND CRANE, COMMON, BB apd BBB Established over Twenty Years in Vancouver PHONE: MArine 5426 GRANVILLE ISLAND. VANCOUVER, B.C. QUITE CHILLY A man appeared at the gate of a nudist colony, rang the bell and waited. From inside: "What do you want?" "I want to join." "You can't join with that blue suit on." "It isn't a blue suit â I'm just cold." For (lOOI)NKSS Sake . . . DAD'S Oatmeal Cookies Th. Most Delicious Health Dlscult . Ever Made When sending parcels oversea! don't forget to include some Dad's Cookies. They will be greatly appreciated over there! DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B.C.) LIMITED 4M Kingsway, Vancouver, B.C. Each day's food should include at least a pint of milk, an egg, a portion of meat or fish, whole wheat cereal and bread. Two vegetables, in addition to potatoes, and two kinds of fruit should also be eaten. Raw milk can carry the germs of bovine tuberculosis, typhoid and un- dulant fevers. If you cannot obtain pasteurized milk, you can do the 'joB*"Jt»arself by heating raw milk' to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, then stirring it thoroughly and cooling quickly. Children are not clean instinctively and don't take naturally to the use of soap and water. They must be carefully trained to wash their hands before eating and to brush their teeth immediately after. Water can make or spoil your vacation. If you can swim, it provides fun and good exercise and, in case of emergency vou may^bfableU?, save someone else's life as well ns your own. There is still time to learn before vacation days. It is very important that air<.! people should be helped to maintain a sense of usefulness to the community, through social opportunities and productive activities. Readers, Attention When you change your address, please notify the Postman or Post Office. ... / By doing this, you will continue to receive the Labor Statesman at your NEW ADDRESS. All your other mail will also go up to the new address. Dental disease affects 98% of our population, including children as young as three years of age. It ia not too early to take a child to a dentist as Boon as he has his first complete set df> teeth. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS "You boys of today want to make too much money. Why, do you know what I was getting when I got married?" Voice from rear: "No, and I'll bet you didn't, either." /is.HIS PLACE Building contractor., (at, a meeting) : "Ladies and gentlemen. 1 am not used to public speaking; my real place is on the scaffold." JUST OUT After a final row with his wife, a ,l>row-behten i husband took hip hat from the peg in the hall and said: "I'm going." Three years later he returned, and his wife demanded: "Where on earth have you been?" "Out," he replied, and hung his hat on the same peg. â W._T>?wafftfi^ftft-i^^ Henry J. Meyer & Son PAINTING CONTRACTORS Phone:-EA.-8.7- 4371 Perry Street, Vancouver, B. C If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.â-Confucius. Extreme shyness is a common but not a normal characteristic of children. There is usually a,basic mental or physical cause which must be discovered if the shyness is to be helped. He who ia a slave to his belly, seldom worships God.âSaaili. Newspapers ^â¢Publicdtions â Pamphlets â Books Commercial Printing of All Kinds BROADWAY PRINTERS LTD. PRINTERS and PUBLISHERS Phone: FAir. 0203 â¢ 6820 ' 115 East Eighth Ave., Vancouver A. & M. SAWMILLS LTD. * Manufacturers "J2T_uafic _joast'1r<orest Products Specializing in Maple, Alder and Birch Office: Foot of Cook Street, Vancouver, B. C, FAirmont 2330, Princess Tailors and Cleaners K. KATZ1.ELSON, Proprietor Phone: PAcific 9639 11 West Cordova Street Vancouver, B. C. Countries are well cultivated, not I Citrus fruit and tomatoes or their . __-i _,_. __. â¢!___ -._. juices should be eaten daily. Two as they are fertile, but as they are. vegeUbleg in addition to potatoes free.âMontesquieu. 'should be included in the diet. ,-* April, 1951 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five Compliments of Van Painters & Decorators ALL WORK GUARANTEED ' Phone for Free Estimates â CEdar 6424 2042 West Seventh Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. N. W. Hullah Construction Limited \nGENERAL CONTRACTORS . Phone: West 1183 1485 Clyde Avenue, West Vancouver, B. C. Compliments of Guernsey Breeders' Dairy Ltd. PhoneT CHerry ^181 2405 West Broadway Vancouver,, B. C. Compliments of Canadian Compression Joints Ltd. of Phone: PA. 8734 555 Hamilton Street Vancouver, B. C. Commercial Construction Co. Ltd. Phone: PA. 9943 198 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Compliments of ACME PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICE Phone: HA. 4020 659 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C. HOTEL WEST F. R. MARCHESE, Manager The Hotel with over 100 Rooms. Every one outside, with Hot and Cold Water and TelephoneâVery Moderate Rates. 4.4 Carrall Street Phone. PAclflc 8374 ROTARY BAKERY Phone: HA. 2671 24M*EÂ«tHartin^VStr^t- - -: ' Vancouver, B.C. E. NORDBY â Plastering Contractor Phone: HA. 4167 2736 East Eighth Avenue Vancouver, B. C. Columbia Trailer Co. Ltd. Phone: MA. 8185 1475 Howe Street Vancouver, B. C. CAMPBELL & GRILL LTD. __ _ ESTABLISHED 1905 INDUSTRIAL SHEET METAL Phone: FA. »20 124 Wert Sixth Ave, Vancouver, B.C. BELL-CRAFT LTD. VENETIAN BLINDS â STEEL AND WOOD PHONE: CHerry 8828 28S WEST ELEVENTH AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. ©i95i eJiet 'Stmh/iTi "No, my husband doesn't believe in price control, or rent controlâor any other kind, for that matter!" Union Certifications In British Columbia International Jewelry Workers, Watchmakers Local 57, A.F.L., for members employed as clockmakers and watchmakers, clock and watch repairers, clock and watch workers, crystal fitters, crystal grinders, watch material pickers, watchcase workers and repairers by the following; firms: Page and Wilson Ltd., 576 Seymour St.; Western Wholesale Jewelers Ltd., 301 West Cordova St.rL. Mc- Cracken, 4354 Dunbar St.; Ferguson _V.'i.!'' ^ ' j7_ .-*â _ ' i _ j >«.' Dect to save more than two millior People's Credit "Jewellers Ltd., 401 West Mastings; Taits Jewellers, 806 Robson St.; Henry Birks & Sons Ltd., 710 Granville St.; Park Jewellers, 3318 Cambie St.; A. H. Schiller, 234 East Broadway; J. O. With- erspoon, 419 Abbott St.; International Jewellers Ltd, 413 West Pen- ings St.; Potters Ltd, 695 Granville Council Continues To Support Letter Carriers . The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and organized labor is determined to support the letter carriers in-opposition to the extra work and hours pushed on them by the postal authorities. A communication to the Trades and Labor Council from the Postmaster-General states that the department expects to save more than two million dollars a year on the "economy" policy alleged to be necessary for National Defence. This saving is apparently to be taken out of the hides of the postal workers, hence the postal department is to be turped into a sweat shop, as well as being a low wage job. The letter from the Postmaster- General says: O ttuwa Ottawa, 4th April, 1951. R. K. Gervin, esq. General Secretary-Treasurer, Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, Room 106, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Gervin: , Your letter ot the 27th March, addressed to the Right Honourable, the Prime Minister, has been referred to me for reply. The reduction in the frequency of Letter Carrier delivery service in residential districts is part of the overall Government policy for the utmost economy in the cost of maintaining normal Government services, so as to offset, in part at least, the increasinglytij___y__-!xpe_p^i-t_re_-Te=jt~ pect to save more than two million dollars per year by this measure and I am sure you will agree that such an. economy is sufficii.it justification for a small amount of inconvenience during the period of adjustment. We expected that some overtime would be incurred until the men became accustomed to the new sections der; B C. Jewellers IB West Hast- added to their routes. 0n the other Fun in The Sun BARRY MATHER He's the down - to - cases humorist who gives his thousands of regular fans a daily laugh. For Fun, look to Mather! THE VANCOUVER SUN Vancouver'. Leading Newspaper r-», Harwood^ Rye Wis advtrtiiei-ent Is not publisher, ex di.playec* oy the Liquor Control "~ d-or by the Govtmacnt c_ firiB-h ColuBbla. -5"; hand, we have no intention of over- St; Rogers Ltd., 695 Granville St.; i burdening any of our Letter Carriers Shores Ltd., 207 West Hastings St.; and on the basis of a preliminary in- £â¢ S- _nM"Sr ?L â¢ . 5as*!ngs vestigation, we authorized a number St.; T. Eaton Co, 515 West Hastings St.; and the following firms in New Westminster: Reid Jewelry Ltd, 632 Columbia St.; L. Gadbois,,751 Front St.; Shores Credit Jewellers, 705 Co1- lumbia St.; Gilford's Jewellery Ltd, 515 Columbia; Sanguine Jewellers Ltd, 611 Columbia. Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local No. 1370 for carpenter employees of G. Briese of Kelowna, A. L. Patterson of Kelowna, W. J. Allan of Kelowna. Local No. 2412 for employees of Parksville Building Supplies Ltd, of Parksville. Local No. 1696 for Employees of A. C. Bate, Penticton and H. A. Werning of Penticton. Vancouver Photo-Engravers Union Local 54, A.F.L, for employees of Vancouver Daily Province, employed as photo-engravers at 198 W. Hastings St. Building Service Employees Nnion Local 244, A.F.L, for the employees of Vancouver Window Cleaning Company, 3306 W 5th Ave, and Neil and Mac Window Cleaning Service, employed by it at 2747 Parker Ave, Vancouver. Trail Civic Employees Federal Union, Local 343, T.L.C., for employees of School District No.. 11, employed as janitors, repair and maintenance men at schools and shop in School District No. 11, Trail. B. C. Projectionists Union, Local 348, A.F.L, for employees of Lad- ner Theatre and Holdings Ltd, employed as projectionists at Ladner Theatre, Ladner. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 610, A.F.L, for employees of City of Prince Rupert, employed as heating engineers at the City Hall, Prince Rupert B. C. Auto Workers Union, Local 1857, A.F.L, for employees of Haney Garage Ltd, and Modern Motors Ltd, employed in the garage and service station at Haney, except office staff. Beverage Dispensers and Culinary Workers, Local 836, A.F.L, for env ployees of Henwell Houses Ltd., employed in the beverage room at In cola Hotel, Penticton. Bro. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Local 1163, A.F.L., for employees of Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd, employed as brush and spray painters at No. 1 and fNo. 2yards at Bay Street and at Outer Wharf, Victorian Automotive 'Maintenance Workers Federal Union, Local 151, A.F.L, for employees of M. H. Mooney (Moon- ey's Body Shop) employed by him at the auto body shop at 937 View St., except office staff, service salesmen and car salesmen. Victoria Newspaper Guild, No. 219 T.L.C., for employees of Victoria Press Ltd, employed in advertising, circulation, accounting and maintenance departments at Victoria. of offices, including Vancouver, l amend the original pattern of reduction where it was found that the men were performing an excessive amount of overtime. We understand that this has already been done and that the situation has been corrected. The final result of this reduction in service will be fewer men on the payroll, but there has not been any large scale layoff of staff. Where- ever possible, the Letter Carriers rendered surplus to requirements have been assigned to other positions in the organization, left vacant because of retirement, death, resignation, etc. If these assignments had not been made, we would have had to hire people from the general labor market to fill the positions. Some Letter Carriers have been released but, in the majority of cases, their names have been placed on special lists and they will be re-employed as vacancies occur. I think it is generally agreed that there is no need for more than one daily delivery of mail to private homes. It is inevitable that a major change of this kind should cause some dissatisfaction at the outset but I feel that, when the purpose of the reduction is understood, there will be general acceptance of our policy. Yours sincerely, G. EDOUARD RINFRET. Counsellors Needed For Summer Camp Camp Alexandra, a Red Feather sponsored summer camp at Crescent Beach, is looking for voluntary eoun. sellers for its 1951 season. The camp directors are particular ly anxious to enlist the help of young people who have an eye on careers in social service, physical education, teaching or nursing. They would also welcome assistance from mature people interested in contributing two weeks' service. For over twenty years the camp has provided several thousands of underprivileged mothers and children a holiday at Crescent Beach. Information concerning the camp is available at Strathcona Nursery School, 616 East Cordova, HAstings 6407. Camp director, Mrs. Myrtle Judge. .... The camping season is composed of a succession of fortnightly periods from Juneto September.^ Mt. Pleasant Undertaking ." Co. Ltd, K|NGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Kindliness â Understanding â Dependability Lady Attendant ' Phones: FAirmont 0058 and 0059 YALE HOTEL , 1300 GRANVILLE STREET Fully Licensed Refreshments Served John Corlett, Prop. _!_ . . ' APPU^CES â¢ APPLIANCE REPAIRS â¢PAINTS â¢FLOOR COVERINGS ^^i^^i/i^^tmi. 400 WEST BROADWAY FA. 7107-1 LOCATED ON MOADWAY. ONE BLOCK CAST OF CAMBIE When you have a cold, stay away from small babies. Any respiratory disease can be dangerous to an infant. Avoid other people as much as possible. Cover your mouth and nose with a disposable tissue when you cough or sneeze. Two men were , discussing coming marriage of'tlielfnBfiMy. "He is getting a wonderfully accomplished girl," said one. "She can swim, ride a horse, pilot a plane, drive an auto. She's an all-around girl." "They should get along well," replied the other. "He learned to cook in the Army." Daughter: What should I do if the brakes give way? Father: Steer for something cheap. ATTEND YOUR UNION MEETINGS Fear of heart trouble can cause a serious condition of mind. Many people have worried unnecessarily over what they believed to be heart disease. Periodic examinations by a doctor could have set their minds at rest or, in case of actual disease, treatment by modern medical science might have relieved or cured the ailment. In the five years from 1943 to 1B48 more than 70,000 infants died during their first year of life. Many of these were premature births, due to malnutrition of the mother and lack of pre-natal medical care. In most communities in Canada prenatal and well-baby clinics are con* 4-Ucbed" tip keep mother and child healthy. . .. naiai i 1 .& -iuc ted Many infant training practices such as frigid schedules* intolerant or premature toilet training and restriction of the infant's movements may be damaging to his development and may also affect his mental health later. Sailor: 'Doctor, now that I'm going to marry Betty, there's something I want to get off my chest." Doctor: "Well, tell me about it." Sailor: "It's this tattooed heart with the name 'Mabel' in it" . AUSTIN HOTEL Licensed Premises â Good Service 1221 GRANVILLE ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. THE STRAND HOTEL iron nrn viami 624 Hastings Street West (near Granville) THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL IN THE CITY FULLY LICENSED â POLITE SERVICE PUBLIC STENOGRAPHY SERVICE. . . AVAILABLE IN LABOR TEMPLE I Room 119â MURYL JOSLYN âFA 8936 j 307 WEST BROADWAY Horn. T.I.: PA 5093 ! sSlmmOgnsolMt, trvlng, corr.tpona.nc: m_l_ln* Ust., «gr..m.nt_', tetafa, xnasnsc-ipt*, «t_. â . * . Than.: _*_Ur. 8773 Thompson 8. Company Warm Air Htatlnf General 8he.t_.atal Work Furnat .s and Kepalrs 2725 Main St, Vancouver, B.C. THOS. H. CLARK FAIKTINO COItTBACTOB PAINTING. DECORATING AND SPRAYING Work Guaranteed Phon-: _X_bi IBIS 1958 WEST EIOHTEEIfTH AY*. B. BOE LTD. PLUMBING AND HEATING Phone: PA. 6174 652 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C. RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Hanufacturor. of Leader Sawdust Barners It. D. l_cDou.mll, Prop. Patterns and Models of Every Description Gearing Propellers All Work GuarantMd Estimates Given 114 West 5th Avenue Vancouver, BC. Pfcooe: FA. U71 RAVS PATTERN WORKS Radio announcer proposing to his B-irl: "Remember," he aaid, "thla is the last day for this astounding offer." âââ********* â ~v_. .*â . >â PP f Page Six THE LABOR STATESMAN April, 1951 RICHMOND MILK PRODUCERS' CO-OPERATTYp ASSOCIATION .__.' â 100% Union Firm Phone: FA. 2777 3277 Cambie Street Vancouver, B.C. o.C. Hotels Gssociatien CONGRATULATIONS TO ORGANIZED LABOR HOTEL ALCAZAR . "IN THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS, SHOPPING AND THEATRICAL DISTRICT" Corner of HOMER and DUNSMUIR, VANCOUVER, B.C. Save the Surface and You Save All The Best Paint Possible to Make MARTIN-SENOUR 100 PER CENT PURE PAINT Made in Vancouver, B.C. H. D. LAYFIELD & CO. ROOFING â FLOORING â INSULATION Distributors and Approved Contractors JOHNS-MANVILlY MATERIALS 1225 Homer Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone: TAtlow 1471 Phone: FA 6691 MACAUUY, NICOLIS.. MAITLAND & CO. LTD. . ESTATE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL AGENT A Generation of Experience in Vancouver * 435 Howe Street, Vancouver, B. C. Phone: PAcific 4111 Compliments ol NOVA ELECTRIC LTD. Phones: N.V. 2980 â N.V. 2087 North Vancouver Office: 132S Lonsdale, North Vancouver, B.C. Edmonton Office: NOVA EfiECTRIC (AtBERTA) LTD. No. 12, Merrick Building, Edmonton, Alberta WM. POOLE LTD. "QUALITY MILLWORK^ Phone: DExter 1060 3101 K1NOSWAY, BURNABY, B.C. Compliments to the Trade Union Movement from HAWKEN 8C CO. Manufacturing Jewelers â Diamond Setters and Engravers Telephone: PAcific 2714 Room 37, 144 Wett Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. KING PHOTO STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHERS Specializing in Wedding and Family Groups Copy Work and Passport Photos â 311 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. Phone: MA. 4812 MILLAR'S MEAT MARKET FRED I.I1.LF.V, Manager "FINEST QUALITY MEATS" Phone: FA 500J 328 WEST BROADWAY, VANCOUVER, B.C. New Budget Takes Swipe at Workers The new budget tax proposals appear to be aimed directly at our working people; to force them ilown to lov.'.er living standards. The" new taxes on, household equipment will doubtless push the price of these necessities beyond the reach of families in.I he medium and lower income groups." The increased 10 per cent sules tax will force a further increase in the price of many commodities. The result would seem to be that working people, rather than gaining protection through overall price controls, will be unable to buy many necessities due to further pricg, increases. These were the opinions expressed by the Executive Council of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada meeting in Ottawa following their annual meeting with the Federal Government. In the submission of the Congress to the Government it Was expressly requested that sales taxes be reduced since these weigh most heavily upon the medium and lower income groups. The budget proposal to increase the sales tax from 8 to 10 per cent is in direct opposition to this labor request. The brief also asked for consideration of reduction in taxes on tobacco. But the budget proposes, instead, that such taxes be substantially increased. The Congress did ask that union dues be exempt from income tax. The Government's decision to exempt union dues will be commended throughout the ranks of organized labor. The Congress has stressed the urgent need for overall price control. In refusing to apply price controls -Finance-MinisterAAbbott haa substi- tuted new taxes as a means towards the control of inflation. Unfortunately his proposed, tax changes will force prices up and make it more difficult than ever for lower income families to purchase the bare necessities of life. Rather than apply controls which would keep all families in the market, the budget has set a course aimed at forcing more and more families out of the market with consequent suffering and lowering of living standards. The immediate reaction of organized labor is that further and even more energetic efforts will have to be made to rescue working people from this plight. Failure of the Government to recognize the real needs of the people at this critical time, can only be the signal for renewed efforts to bring about a nation-wide and rational readjustment of prices, wages and salaries in order to protect all Canadians from the disastrous effects of inflation.âT.L.C. News. I Congress Welcomes j New Council The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada welcomed into affiliation the Oshawa and District Trades and Labor Council early this month. Officers of the new Council are: Presides E. R. Elliott; Vive-President, H. A. Wood; Secretary-Treasurer, A. McDonald; Conductor, G. Goulding; Warden, G. H. Stark; Trustees, G. B. Pendergast and A. C. Stork. Campaign Against Forced Labor The campaign of the Internatinal Confederation of Free Trade Unions for United Nations' action against the system of forced labor practised by the dictatorships, and in particular by Soviet Russia and the satellites, has just achieved a resounding victory in the Economic and Social Council meeting at Santiago, Chile. After Miss Toni Sender, ICFTU representative had presented a report backed up by a mass of documentary evidence, the Council voted 15-3 with no abstentions in favor of a resolution calling for a joint UN and International Labor Organization investi- gatino into slave labor camps in the Communist states, and wherever else the evil may exist. 1,2001.L.O. Pacts Now Ratified David A. Morse, Director-General of the International Labor Office, has announced registration of the 1,200th ratification of the Conventions adopted by the International Labor .Organization, a specialized agency associated with the United Nations. The ratification was deposited, along with- three other ratifications, by Canada. The previous total of ratifications had been 1,196. The ratifications were those of four Conventions adopted by a special maritime conference of the I.L.O. at Seattle in 1946. The Conventions deal with food and catering on board ship, the certification of ships' cooks, the medical examination of seafarers, and the certification of able ceamen. Canada has now ratified 17 1.1,0. Conventions. Countries ratifying the Conventions are obliged to bring their national laws and regulations into line with the standards the Conventions establish, and to report annually to the I.L.O. on how they are doing so. "Flower Fund" Finances Housing Swedish unions have hit on an unusual method of financing housing projects. This is the so-called "flower fund" of money that would otherwise have been spent on wreaths for funerals. These funerals without flowers, which need not be any less solemn or dignified than those with flowers, have made it possible to build 700 dwellings to the value of eight million Swedish crowns. The housing project is designed for people over the age of 60, with small incomes, and includes a number of social services such as medical attention. Rents are kept at a very low figure. Labor Group Meet Provincial Cabinet Reporting to the Trades and Labor Council, about the meeting held with the Provincial Cabinet by Labor's Steering Committee, Secretary R. K. Gervin stated: Following the canvass of members of the Legislature during March by representatives of the three labor organizations at Victoria it was felt that the Steering Committee should again meet the Cabinet Ministers to place' Labofta views before them. I wrote requesting this meeting on March 17th and when I had received no reply by April 9th I wired the Provincial Secretary, Honorable W. T. Straith, and asked when we might expect a meeting. He replied stating that the Executive Council had arranged to come in on Saturday, April 14th for the specific purpose of meeting the labor organizations representatives. This was a , very good meeting. The Government did not change their opinions on the course that should be followed but they did take time to discuss the problems that we placed before them, and the requests for amendments to legislation, at some length. Present were: Honorable B. I. Johnson, Honorable G. S. Wismer, Honorable J. H. Cates, Honorable L. Eyres, Honorable E. T. Kenne*/, Honorable D. Turnbull, and Honorable H. R. Bowman. Representing the Unions were: A. T. Alsbury, president, Vancou* ver Trades and Labor Council. D. Radford,, president, B. C. Federation of Labor (C.C.I,.). H. Elliott, chairman, Joint Legislative Committee, Standard Railway Organizations. , " C7 Peek, president, Victoria Trades and Labor Council. R.âSmecl, president,âV-ieteria- Labor Council (CCL.). ., R. McCulloch, vice-president, Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. G. Home, secretary, B. C. Federa- tion of Labor (CCL.). R. L. Bailey, Standard Railway Organizations. R. K. Gervin, secretary, Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. Industrial Conciliation Act Tbe Industrial, Conciliation and Arbitration Act was discussed and the Government feel that even while Labor has made representations previously, that the Committee appointed by the Government can do much to assist in gathering information necessary to the Government, before amendments to the Act are made. Some members of the Cabinet pointed out that it was their feeling that no good would come of an attempt to rush through amendments to the Act at this session as they would not get the study they merit and probably would result in dissatisfaction. The Premier and the Minister of Labor both assured our delegation that the Act would be opened at the next meeting of the Legislature. Workmen's Compensation Act On the Workmen's Compensation Act the Minister stated that he had, through the Attorney Qeneral, consulted with the Honorable Chief Justice Sloan, with a view to bringing down a report that would rectify some of the injustices presently existing under the Act The Chief Justice had replied that it was not possible to do so at this time and the Government felt that they must ac cept his finding. Hospital Insurance The Hospital Insurance Act was discussed at great length, the Government members taking the position that they were correct in maintaining hospitalization and they were justi fled in increasing the rates and in atituting the co-insurance in order to maintain tin' scheme. The. Attorney General pointed Out that the Provin cial Government had no power legally or constitutionally to assess industry for this purpose. The Premier stated the Government were certainly trying to find ways and means of putting an Insurance card under the Act in the hands of all of the people in the low income brackets who were unable to pay the premiums themselves. The committee feel that while the Government did not change their point of view that the meeting djd clear the air by having the matters frankly discussed from all sides. BUSINESS AS USUAL This happened in Scotland: A doctor and dentist had been close friends for over 50 years, but each had always taken particular care that the other should not discover his age. Wben, however, the dentist died, the doctor could not help looking forward to look at the brass plate, only to read: "Angus McLeod, Dentist. (Hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) "Mavis danced last night with a young Frenchman who cannot speak English." "How quaint!" "Very. This morning she bought a French dictionary and tonight she is going to slap his face." At the end of the fifth round, the heavyweight staggered to his corner in a dazed and battered condition. His manager approached him and whispered in his ears, "Say, slugger, I've got a swell ideal Next time he bits you, hit him back!" "I just got out of prison ,tbin morning','" a traveller told a man "on the train. "It's going to be tough, facing old friends." "I «in sympathize with you," commiserated the other. "I'm just getting home from House of Commons." It was Sunday morning. He slipped on his wife's robe and went downstairs to answer the doorbell. As he opened the door the ,ice man kissed him. After giving due thought to this strange occurrence, he has come to the conclusion that the ice man's wife must have a similar robe. An upcoast dad putting child to bed: < "Wow; what are you crying for?" Small son: "I wanna drink." Dad: "So do I. Go to sleep!" _____S__e3_SSE_i3_i_^^ Compliments of Westminster Iron Works Co. Ltd. Phone: N. W. 3066 1135 Queens Avenue, New Westminster, B. C. Ward & Son Ltd. - , * CONTRACTORS Phone: N.W. 4623 709 AQNES STREET NEW WESTMINSTER Westoinst^Boileiiand Tank Company Phone. N.W. 1710 114 ELEVENTH STREET, NEW WESTMINSTER John Hess & Sons INDUSTRIAL BRICK WORK Phone: N. W. 2446 418 First Street, New Westminster, B. C. COMPLIMENTS OF W. E. TERNAN CONTRACTOR CUSTOM-BUILT HOMES AT FAIR PRICES Phone: DE. 3270 2512 Wellington Avenue Burnaby, B.C. W. H. MUIRHEAD Bricklaying Contractor, All Commercial WorkâBoilers, etc. â¢ Phone: DE. 0747-F 3448 RUMBLE STREET BURNABV, &C. J. D. NICOL, M.E.I.C., P.Eng. CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS Phone: DE. 4181 4706 Douglas Rd. New Westminster, B. C. u mkm . ._â â ' April, 1951 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven COMPLIMENTS OF Boyles Bros. Drilling Co. Ltd. CONTRACTORS and MANUFACTURERS Phone: HA. 2881 / 1291 Parker Street Vancouver, B.C. Monarch Construction Co. Ltd. HALFORD D. WILSON - BRIT. P. FRANCIS . GENERAL CONTRACTORS Phones: FA. 9291 â FA. 0761 445 WEST SECOND AVENUE VANCOUVER,'B.C. Compliments of Johnson Walton Steamships ~~T LTD. Phone: TA. 4481 . ,_L 355 Burrard Street _. Vancouver, B. C. COMPLIMENTS OF Wilkinson Company Ltd. STEELS AND ALLOYS TELEPHONE: FAirmont 6100 OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE: 190 WEST SECOND AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B.C. TOOLS AND DIES â GENERAL MACHINE SHOP WORK METAL SIQNS â CUT OUT LETTERS â PUSH BARS KICK PLATES - DISPLAY FIXTURES ADVANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Phones: CH. 84.4 â BA. 3010 2034 WEST TWELFTH AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B.C. Fred M. Beatty Ltd. FLOORLAYING CONTRACTORS Phone: CH. 2525 2046 WEST BROADWAY VANCOUVER, B.C. CITY CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. Phone: FA. 3202 107 East First Avenue Vancouver, B. C. BEST WISHES TO ORGANIZED LABOR from ORGANIZED FISHERMEN FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION "Challenger Brand Fish and Fish Products" 995 East Cordova St.. Vancouver, B.C. , Telephone: HAstings 1791 VANCOUVKR - iPRINCE RUPERT - VICTORIA, B.C. Specialists in All Types of Hauling . CROWN CARTAGE AND WAREHOUSING CO. LTD. Light and Heavy Hauling 1293 HOMER STREET, VANCOUVER MArine 4121 James ErGalloway BUILDING. CONTRACTOR PHONE: CH. 1818 ,.:. 1011 RICHELIEU VANCOUVER, B.C. GEO. C. HENDERSON CO. LTD. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PAINTS -< Phone: PA. 9257 ' 1385 ORANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. Ik "Sometimes even I get fed up with these tattlers who run to the boss with everythingr **t Budget Highlights Aiming at raising a total revenue of ?3,730,000,000-, Finance Minister Abbott on April 10th, brought down his budget in the House of Commons. Personal income taxes were raised 20%, but this raise does not go into effect until July 1st this year. Following representations by Labor in thc past few years, the Government announced that union dues may be deducted from the 1951 taxable income. j Despite the fact that Labor asked for an upward revision in the exemptions allowed in computing income taxes to $2,400 a year for married persons, $1,200 per year for single persons and $400 for each child, and complete BYftnptinng^ nf the incomes oFchUHren eligible for family allowances, no changes were announced in personal income tax exemptions. Corporation tax on profits under $10,000 remain unchanged at 15'a but profits over $10,000 will be taxed at the rate of 45.6% instead of 38%, and this tax is to be retroactive to January 1st this year. . Cigarette taxes were raised .03c on a package of 20, but contrary to general expectations, beer and liquor taxes remained unchanged. The tobacco tax was raised to $1.15 per pound from .67c, but the taxes on cigarette papers and tubes were repealed. Effective immediately was a reduction in the tax from 30% to 15% on candy, chocolate and chewing gum. The 8% sales tax was raised to 10% ( while a new 15% excise tax was slapped on household refregera- tors, washing machines and cooking stoves, with the exception of coal and wood ranges. ' "^ The special excise tax on motors, cars, radios and other luxuries was boosted from 15% to 25%. The three-year tax exemption for new mines was extended to mines starting production in 1953 and 1954, while the tax deductions on exploration expenses for oil, mining and natural gas companies was extended for another year. , - I Escalator Clauses Allowed to Stand One of the principal issues on U.S. labor's feud with the government's wage price and manpower policies has been the validity of cost-of-living escalator increases. An important concession to labor was made by Eric Johnston, the Economic Stabilization Administrator, when he modified the government wage freeze so as to allow cost-of-living increases under escalator clauses signed before January 25, 1951. As a result 700,- 000 wage and salaried workers of the automobile companies have been granted conpenaatory wage increases of 5 cents per hour. Eastern U.S. Shipyards Get 25-Cent Increase Trail-blazing wage increases in the shipbuilding industry were negotiated by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers at two of the major shipyards on the east coastâthe Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. in Chester, Pa., and the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. At the Sun yard, the union won across-the-board raises of 15% pit cent, equivalent to 24.3c an hour in the case of mechanics, bringing the basic rate to $1,813 an hour. Also, it secured two additional paid holidays, which work out to another 1.4c an hour, making the "package" gain 25.7 an hour. That hikes the basic hourly take- home rate of mechanics to $1,827, with many craftsmen getting consld- ^raMyabove that. - At the New York shipyard, a similar settlement, including three additional paid holidays, yielded a "package" increase of 25.32c per hour. What makes these gains especially significant is that they were obtained at yards where the workers had previously been represented by the C.I.O. Marine and Shipbuilding Workers Union. Some time back the employees voted overwhelmingly to shift to the A.F.L. Boilermakers as their barganing agency, and that change has now "paid off." Over 10,000 workers vrill be covered in these two agreements when new ship construction contracts get under way. The Judge Speaks In Baltimore, Mil., a 39-year-old convict escaped from the Maryland Penitentiary-aft-T^spendingT two full years tunnelling under the walls. Labor leaders were fascinated by the comments of Baltimore Supreme Court Judge Eugene O'Dunrte, who said. "Perhaps it might be well for him to be recaptured. Then there might be a pardon, decorations for ingenuity, and two years' back pay, with overtime for the labor performed on Saturdays and Sundays." Dumb Consumer Duped On Bread Chicago (LPA)âThe Wheat Flour Institute has issued a press release hailing the tenth anniversary of the 'enrichment" of bread. Bread eaten by Americans now contains thiamine, niacin, riboflavin and iron, the press agents pointed out. They neglected to add that be- jfore these four important elements were added to the standard commercial bread, 20 were taken out. Fbr some 25 years now, a milling process has been used that takes these 20 food elements out of bread. It makes the product whiter. The consuming public is unaware, however, that this artificial enrichment is not adding to the original wheat germ, but merely replacing' part of what has been robbed from it. Union Meetings on Sunday Restricted To all Unions meeting in the Labor Temple: Greeting.:/ The problem of Sunday meetings in the Labor Temple has been under review for some time, by the officers and directors of Labor Headquarters Ltd. There are not many organizations that do meet on a Sunday, but nevertheless it has necessitated in the resident engineer being on hand at all hours. In order to permit our resident engineer to have his Saturday afternoons, and Sundays free of duties, we have taken on extra help. It is not practical or financially sound to have extra help for around the clock on Sundays, therefore, after checking the Sunday bookings over the period' of the last two years to ascertain at what hours the greatest number of unions meet in any eight- hour period we propose the following: a. The Labor Temple to be open on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. b. That from now on no bookings for meetings later than 4 p.m. on Sunday.' c. The Unions with bookings already established for hours later than 4 p.m. Sunday are requested to cooperate in this matter and change (heir time of meeting to coincide with our 8-hour period so that everybody will be out of the building before 6 p.m. We trust that this Sunday sched- .te^wW*tie â¢.ccelrtSriri a fefflHTW â¢cooperation, and that while* a few, unions will find it necessary to make j a change of time, that this change of ] time will not prove a handicap to the affected unions. 'â¢ â¢'â '", Fraternally yours, GEO. R. BENGOUGH, Secretary. A drunk barged down the main stem. Crash! He~Tan into a telegraph pole. "Eshcuse me, sir," A little farther down the street he collided with a fire plug. "Eshcuse me, little boy. Still further down he banged his head into another pole and fell to the ground stunned for a moment | Raising himself on one elbow he was overheard to say, "Well, I guesh I'll jusht lay here 'til the crowd passes." Wives Anti-Union In San Francisco, the officers of an A.F.L. union became increasingly worried over the way attendance at union meetings was faling off because more and more members were buying television sets. Finally, desperate, they hit on an idea they felt certain would drag members out of their living rooms. They sent out meeting notices with an announcement that a group of professional modelsâall â A.F.L. members, of courseâwould model evening gowns with necklines plunging deeper than anything to be seen oh television. The wonderful idea backfired with a thud that will never be forgotten by the A.F.L. on the west coast. Came the night of the meeting and the models outnumbered the members by six to one. The four members who turned up were bachelors. The rest of the male members were kept home by their wives, who had read the notices! Alimony Escalators In Walkegan, 111., divorce courts decided that union contracts with cost-of-living escalators were such a good idea that alimony should also be determined in the same way. The Circuit Court here, after granting a divorce to Mrs. Joan Scudder, ruled she can ask for additional alimony if the cost-of-living index of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsâwhich unionsreljrurF^^shows an increase. Faithful Fatties? In London, officials of Britain's! Labor Government pondered a re-1 suit of Labor Party rule that they had never anticipated in all their careful planning. Dietary experts discovered that, despite England's austerity program, British wives are over-feeding their husbands in order to get them fat The wives, according to the British Medical Journal, have hit on an ancient truth that "a comfortably obese male is less likely to stray from the path of virtue." Nude Benefits In Paris, Frapce, one of the country's top labor leadersj_was_namedl to ^*s«'i_e:**whct1.Ws"1iio*ofei_ who pose i in the nude are entitled to social j security benefits. The Paris labor p-iiurt tossed the pxo.blem to Emile Roussille, an official of the Commer-' cial Employees Union. The test case â¢ arose when a 22-year-old blonde. brought suit against the Academie: Julian, well-known art school, to de-; termine whether nude models are j entitled to the same benefits the law | gives to models who parade in fur: coats and lingerie for a regular' weekly salary. Two old maids .were in an insane asylum for years, always knitting and knitting. "Gee," sighed Mayme one day, "I wish some tall, handsome man would wind his arms aronnd me I and' squeeze me until I gasp." "Now you're talking sense," said 'Hattie. "You'll /__ out of here in a few days." HUME & RUMBLE â LIMITED Western Canada's Leading Electrical Contractor* Working in Co-operation withâ Locals 213, 230, 424, 1409 I.B.E.W. and the Building Trades Council embracing 32 Construction Unions Gilchrist Engineering Co. Ltd* Phone: FA. 6691 FA. 7411 135 WEST SECOND AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B.C. HAZELWOOD IQEJgEAM Made of the BEST PURE Ingedients Hazelwood Creamery Ltd. E. G. WELLER, Manager Phone: HAstings 1777 441 Keefer Street â Vancouver, B.C. COMPLIMENTS OF â¢ PITKETHLY BROS. LTD. SAND, GRAVEL, BRICK, PLASTER & BUILDERS' SUPPLIES 8699 ANGUS DRIVE (Turn South off Marine) Phone: Kerrisdale 1841 Night: FRaser 1520 COMPLIMENTS OF Pioneer Equipment (1945) Limited SUPERIOR BUS AND TRUCK BUILDERS Manufacturers of School Busses Agents for Latham Equipment and Daybroolc Hoists Office Phones: PAcific 2354-5 960 Richards Street Vancouver, B.C. W. D. WALLACE & SONS LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS r. Phone: CE. 9616 3626 BROADWAY WEST, VANCOUVER, B.C. COMPLIMENTS OF BLACK TOP CABS LTD. ALL UNION DRIVERS Phones: PA. 2337 â PA. 2181 , 999 Richards Street Vancouver, B.C. BOGARDUS WILSON LTD. GLASS â MIRRORS â PLATE GLASS Window Glass of every description Metal Store fronts â Glass Blocks Vitrolite, Structural Glass â Glass Table Tops â â¢â Phones: MArine 3248 - 3249 1000 Homer Street Ya .Sg¥-&JL*.?*. . . printed for every purpose in rolls, books, sheets or single. TICKETS NICHOLSON LIMITED Specialty Printers â Union Shop" . * Phone: CHerry 5191 2092 West Second Ave., Vancouver PARAGON WOODWORKS LTD. MANUFACTURERS OF Store and Office Fixtures â Store Fronts â Cold Storage Doors Refrigerator Display Cases â Reach-in Coolers Walk-in Coolers 425 West Fifth Avenue Phone: FAirmont 7361 ' â¢ Page Eight ' '' - at THE LABOR STATESMAN April, 1951' Li HAROLD EDWARDS LTD. THE FUNERAL HOME OF SERVICE â ..- ...... -â â¦' HEATHER CHAPEL " 704 W. Broadway at Heather FAirmont 0328 DRUGS REXALL THE OWL DRUG CO. LTD. (A OAJ* ASIAJT COMPAJrT) OWNED AND OP_.IU.TKD BT A VANCOUVBR CITIZEN Always Ready to Serve Labor TOBACCO CANDY >-. 'â â THE BIG FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY, Try Us for Value. â EitaMbhed ta 19H Phone: FAirmont 6276 w Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works fKlSpedalise in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating Chrome, Nickel, Copper, Electro Tinning, Polishing, etc. 436 Eaat 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver G. W. RIBCHESTER & SON LTD. Automobile Commercial Bodies and Repairs 1233 HOWE STREET MArine 0fi27 METROPOLE HOTEL vancouvehs r*oeui_A(i family hotel â nniimn pijuoi _ 320 Abbott Street (Opposite Woodward's Stores) J. E. (BLACKIE) â ENGEI.T. PROPHIETOR ANGELUS HOTEL Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B. C. Phones: MA. 2435-36-37 *** A. H. HARRISON, Manager GEORGE'S CAFE Yukon and Broadway â Clow to New Ubor Temple Home Cooked Meals and Pastries â Reasonable Prices MUSIC AND DANCINGS EMBASSY BALLROOM IM4 Davie Street Dancing every night except Monday Ernie Buchanan's Orchestra «* . COMPLIMENTS Or â¢ - COMMERCIAL HOTEL Mion.i FAcilic 0442 MIL Srbcic - John Cer - Stan V-lj.cie Fully Llc.nid. NEWLY RENOVATED THROUGHOUT - MODERN AND FIREPROOF J40 CAMIIE STREET VANCOUVER, I.C. "*^Si*OTS]-S*;W-rA'".;; $axori IBrosf. limtteb FUNERAL DIRECTORS )â¢' M 1UT TMMTM ITIIVI Phole- .lln_-.t Mm. wminin,!^!!*, io»n t_l»ooittm jufsvir ¥&££&&!S*mWb' PAcific 3855 Re,,, MArine 3766 EARL SYKES, Florist FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS " 56 East Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA By GEO. R. BENGOUGH \nDELAY IN CERTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES CREATES DISSENSION IN RANKS OF ORGANIZED LABOR 'TWERE WAS A TIME WHEN A GROUP of workers negotiated, or endeavored to negotiate, an agreement and failing to get an agreement, went on strike. Invariably the negotiations, the strike and back to work was all in one week. That time appears to be past. ., â¢ The I.C.A. Act, while it is not written to benefit organized labor, there are some times when it is more of a hindrance-than usual. We are now a little more refined, and we get along with an I.C.A. Act or rather we try to get along with it. . With more and more government interference we get accustomed to delays and delays but we think there should be a limit. -One case in point'is pertaining to the Millworkers' Local No. 1928. On the 16th of March, 1951, this local applied to the Labor Relations Board to be certified as the bargaining authority for the employees of "Aristocratic Plywoods" and 'B.C.' Millwork Products Ltd". To the best of our knowledge every employee was, and is, a member of Local 1928 and in good standing,âNoâother taring â Company nr« â Bgwd a now agreement with them, embracing the same conditions as those recently signed with the Cemco Electric This calls for 15c increase, a cost- of-living bonus of 2c per hour per year during the three-year-term of the agreement, and also an increase of lc per hour for each 1.3 increase in the index from 175.2. CITY OF VANCOUVER SIGNS The City of Vancouver has signed a new wage agreement with an increase of 12% and employees to be supplied with rubber clothes. Annual vacations will also be extended to four weeks for employees after they have had 25 years of service with the city. Electric Panel Signs -New Pact With Local Electrical Workers' Union, Local 213 reports Electric Panel Manufac union involved,""no members of any other union involved. On the 28th of Ma^ch, 12 days later, the union bargaining committee of No. 1928 sat down with the bargaining committee of the employ' ers. Other employers were involved, and these, two shops were active participants in the negotiations on behalf of the other employers. CERTIFICATION DELAYED In checking with a member of the Labor Relations Board, we were ad vised that any delay was not the fault of their office, the fault must be elsewhere and when the certificate for bargaining authority does arrive, then the union must bargain with the employer for 10 days prior to applying for any assistance from a conciliation officer. We know that is what the I.C.A Act provides for; no consideration of any request for assistance of a conciliation officer unless there has been bargaining for 10 days, and the union mutt have their certificate *» the bargaining authority. We won't argue about the qualifying periods of each step in this column at this time, but the certificate for bargaining authority did not reach this office until the 23rd of April for the two firms. This was applied for on March 16th, received on April 23rd. As we said when we started, sometimes the I.C.A. Act is more of a hindrance than usual. INSULATION APPLICATORS AND SOUND CONDITIONERS NOW PART OF SHINGLERS LOCAL 2346 t Good progress is befng made in organizing the insulation applicators and the sound proofing applicators into union. For many years these men had no organization to give them a hand, and now that Local No. 2346 has accepted these men as part of their local it will mean a lot to the trade. This move on the part of No. 2346 has the formal approval of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners International and the wholehearted support of the District Council of Carpenters. Plans are now under way to draft a suitable agreement for presentation to the employers involved. SHINGLE WEAVERS No. 2802 Activity of local has stepped up to a point where an organizer is to be on the union's payroll. President Tom Dumma has been selected by the members; this follows a survey made earlier this month by Brothers Wm. Bell and Johnny Thui- low of the various shingle mills in and around the lower mainland. Brother' Lou Cummings, after attending the Seattle meeting of the Washington-Oregon Shingle Weavers District Council, reported on the progress made to date in the American shingle mills for the organized shingle weavers. Mrs. Flanagan: "Was your husband in comfortable circumstances when he died?" Mrs. Murphy: "No; he was halfway under a train." f-r- Cemetery Workers Get 15c Increase in Wages After placing the matter before a Conciliation Board, laborers employed in the Ocean View Cemetery and Forest Lawn Cemetery will get a 15c per hour increase, bringing the wage up to a low of $1.10 per hour, retroactive to February 1st. The Conciliation Board, with J. H. Irving representing the Building and Common Laborers' Union, Local No. 602, brought in a unanimous award as above, and the companies have agreed to pay the increase. Hospital Employees Sign New Agreements During the past month, negotiations have been carried on at a rapid pace. New contracts have been signed with the North Vancouver General Hospital, Nanaimo Hospital, Royal Columbian (New Westminster) and Powell River General. Business Agent W. M. "Bill" Black reports all employees have received increased wages. Feature of the contracts established at North Vancouver, and at Powell River, is the inclusion of a "cost-of-living" bonus of 27 cents per week for each point rise in the cost-of-living index. Craft trades at the Royal Columbian will now be working a 40-hour work week. Application for Certification of Bargaining Authority have been filed on behalf of the employees of the Melrose Park Hospital and the Hollywood Sanitarium in New Westminster, and on behalf of the employees of the Grace Hospital in Vancouver. A conference of Local 180 will be held on May 5th and 6th in the Labor Temple, delegates from every hospital organized by the union will lip in attendance. Discussions will center about the problems of the Hospital employees in British Columbia. "Teh, tch, girls! Why not try a little collective bargaining?" RICHMOND TRANSFER i-aixy ra_nia__T sekt-CEâ_.ur.u is_._lhd, sba islahtp. hiiihW I.IOÂ»T -LMX> MJIATT KAOXINQ now i MMSMtUS* 6_*7 *JS AlBX AMD mm «____â * 26 Pipefitters Get Long Service Buttons Vancouver Plumbers and Pipefitters' Union, Local No. 170 celebrated its fifty-third birthday by pinning long service buttons to 26 of its veteran members, and by having a dinner and dance at the Commodore. The union was chartered in 1898 and one of its membersâWilliam Bartopâhas put in fifty years as a union man, but retired from the trade in 1944... The members with over 25 years in the union, who were presented with buttons by General Organizer John Bruce are: William Barton, 50 years; T. C. Atherton (treasurer), 42 years; James Robertson, 39 years; Frank Burch, 38'years; Nelson Taylor, 34 years; Jack Dillabough (president), .Jack Coe, .Norm Hftdge, Sam Smylie, William Allen, 3JJ years; James Hall, Howaitf " Greeny Harry Paul I. 32 years; Tom Matthews, Ted Michell, Tom Bi-wn, Norman Armstrong, 31 years; Sid Bromley, 29 years; Ab. Chase, 27 years; Chris Pritchard (Labor membor on the Workmen's Compensation Board) David Webster, 26 years; Guy Gibb, James Arnott, John B. Manson, Harold Patchett, 25 years. Local No. 170 is negotiating for a wage increase and the matter is now in the hands of a Conciliation Board. mwwm This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. REAL ESTATE - RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CEPERLEYROUNSEFELiACO PACIFIC 3521 ESTAB.I886 6.6W-HASTINOS IjunszaL <z3£.i<jlc£ S. BOWELL & SONS -. â Phone 2656 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. C. Cloverdole, B. C. â Phone: Cloverlale 193 BIG-TIME WRESTLING EXHIBITION GARDENS - - EVERY WEDNESDAY TICKETS: $1.50, $1.00, 75c, (Tax Free); ON SALE AT WESTERN SPORTS CENTRE US EAST HASTINGS STREET Phone: MArlne 5024 LUX CAFE 828 OUITIIU STREET Phone i MArlne 7934 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. â >m Sharpened by aa "ont" better EDDIE'S LOCKSMITHS AND -.P. »-... Bep-lxe. GRINDERS 313 Mam St. (Near Hastings) M*j* out la 1 mlnnte Look* _t.pe.re_ by Bonded lookemlth* Key Comblaattoaa Ohanfed MArine 1959 B.C. Marine Engineers land Shipbuilders Ltd. FT. OF VICTORIA TTDF.*2 NEWâUSEDâRECAPPING 1IKI-O guy them on easy Budget Plan! "BOURNE & WEIR LTD. Cot. PACIFIC area HOWE Plt.ne: PAcific 2IM Dau%|g?» Haskins & Co. (1943) limited rbSAlCS â MARBLE -^lk__AZ__d PS*. "; - .â¢â¢â â¢'..â¢.; â¢ * 2144 QnuWlIU Street Phone: CEdar 6232 V.ncourer, B.C. MAYFAIR pTATPPFPC l nJir un'on contract with .T-JHrfUIV WlIMUUg Hotel & ReiUunnt Employ- â ~"y"-1**"****â**âââââ. ee,. Unjon Local 28. Catering .o Meetings, Picnici .Banquets, Weddings, etc. For Further Information: Call MRS. EL1UK.-FA. 8ZM ih I ffi*-_^= MARR HOTEL â LitSMMMwo â (old nmauLb) Remodelled - Newly Furnished - Up-to-date â¢ Good Service 401 PO _"â __ ITU1T a»t rnLM, ata*ea#*r JOHNNY'S BARBER SHOP ' FOR GOOD SERVICE ' NEXT TO LABOR TEMPLE â 335 WEST BROADWAY
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