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[The Labour Statesman]
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1 . - m, Owned by the Vancouver; New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council < Supporting* The Canadian Labor Party hi£' 'the Makes Frank St»f» . „ T_ ~*« -^fWi311l*C»J .„. ~ fiy SYDNEY WARREN-"- — '•■ looIedreatS\St°ry.ab0Utacatt''^, .- cpiuiuerrimfl Min- W!lclfer jjf Canada outline the policy of 9 Governm*>*i* <■- ' f Government- In doing so he let I 3: proverbial cat out of the tirae- ?°r ta-n roi>on*"~'-- ' ■ ' Me't Capitalist Supports Ideajs of Labor Mr. Bernard Barron, the generous donor of £'5,000 to the election fighting- fund of the Labor Party, 13 the chairman anti r«— "fe receptacle; in fac,he 'ITSIT-*""* °f tho Lab("* Party i the feof the feiine creatures to"^ Kr3^""?»*-W. - the well-known firm of Carreras, Ltd., manufacturers of Black Cat and Craven ."A" cigarettes. His association with the tobacco industry began in America some 50 years ago,. when he worked at the .... , ... uu iie Drought "j" ^rjyal of the feline creatures to the t.lk of day. ' -, i MacKenzie King's speech in Van- I'. couver was a clear declaration that the Government of Canada- has committed itself body and soul to Cana- years dian Big Business. MacKenzie King, bench cigar-making with Samuel -is a modem type of politician. As a Gompers. That success has neither former industrial propagandist for spoilt him nor made him forgetful 'the Rockefeller Corporation, Cana- of his class is evident by his gener- ^a's Prime Minister has received a ous gift-to the movement. To this training that peculiarly fits him. to day he considers his proudest title become the chief spokesman for the to be "a working man." vested financial interests of this A ijfe.]0ng supporter Lof Labor ,'country. In his speech at the Arena i(lcais am| aspirations, heNjopes to he stated the objective of .Canadian ljve to 5ee a £„(,„,. Government not 'Capitalism w-ith amazing frankness, .mereiy jn'office..feufjn- in fact so much so that at.'imciyjig. ^^^j--^?^^ t!!s-ms^ting^}^^-'iM^'~an3hh support; .ers'on the platform seemed uneasy, NORTH BURNABY i though their leader was snnnt;.. delegates are requested to be in attendance and all secretaries of - organizations should have their local nominations in by that time. British Labor Now in Favorable Position The short term in office, of the British Labor. Party has ended by a dramatic election. The Conservative gain was almost to be expected in view of the elimination of so many three-cornered contests, and the quandary of the Liberal party" during the campaign. Tin's Conservative landslide, how ever, will be, for Labor, will b victo j .Review of Work Done Daring Eight Months of Office—Many, Beneficial Reforms Become Law in Spite of Vicious Opposition —r Labor's" March to Socialist Commonwealth. South Van. Labor Party Meeting The regular business meeting of the Party was well attended, much business being transacted. The membership are (teen for organization and a public meeting will be held on Friday,' November 7th, in the old Sehool House, close to 28th Avenue on Main Street. Speakers J. Rankin, George Hardy, Alex. Mc Donald and R. E. Rigby. Saturday Social The official manifesto of ihe British Labor Party, setting forth the programme on which the candidates made their appeal to the electors, was as follows: The Labor Government, defeated in the House of Commons by a partisan combination of ' Liberals and Tories, appeals to the people, ..... . Its Work for Peace The supreme need of this country, of the whole world, is peace among the nations, and the restoration of industry and commerce'. For this the Labor Government has con- I I I! I >\- Clynes. ' The Labor vote has been leathering"fa expectcd"t„T " "^ --eased tremendously, and having Community ^.^US •mating the I entertainers will- be W-Aamfc ~ ~ —■"• wis the Labor Government has con- On Saturday, November 8th, the tinudusly worked; and it has already social committee have arranged a achieved much. It has insisted on Social and Dance in the I. 0. O. F-1 maintaining, in the spirit as in. the *T " letter «■» «. "■ ■ that will bThe eatTw '♦ at bT".f ^"^ in the T- 0.0 rT acm^. »«<•"• It has insisted on ctorv" to use S. *, ° *«»H r ' 3°th Avenue ™« Main Street l??*****. » the spirit as in.the yne ' The I l ""^ °f J' R- Everybo^* «• welcome and a iart "^ the h°norabIe M"«ing Treaty Sealed ^^a.. ".!!!!E^ «* «» »< ~ fc £ 2? *» ^, "^ 'UfCeoff in a'-nost eh'mmating'the it T-onsen-nfiv,. vo t„i;:..i r. at the Was speaking "as though their Icade (TOO plainly. . MacKenzie King made two things 'clear to every Canadian working iman and women. Make a mental ■note of each and remember them! J First, every. ....Benny of—Canada's "cVwar. debt has yet to be paid and 'WILL BE PAID BY THE SWEAT '*VND.BLOOD OF THE CANADIAN j^OPLE! '"' . L>conrI, Canada is on the verge of la P-riod of intensive exploitation as a ,-teign financial colony and this , "„ . ' ';•'. • ,ie;i\t'.->.a vj-'-.w-f, -'l-rrCrinse-ivative^vsrLabor fight 1 next election.- Thc Conservative party will find. MEETING TONIGHT Iitself j" a yery bad predicament, be- cause it will either- be forced to finish The North Burnaby Branch, of the | tf,„ „„,.: ,..,.-■» — j ■ -- Federated Labor'Party will hold, a business meeting at t(ie hall on Gil- more and Hastings Street" this' (Friday) evening at 8 p.m. All member , . a " i'.'... *\ii members tfattS"^^^^^ W. B. Fitzgerald, first vice-presi dent of the Amalgamated r'PreS,"-'"ythin" e'Se if !t is l* *» of Electric £ t^ v!" *?.°! Hs »-'-■ - ...ftainauetl ASSOCl'a tion of Electric Street Railway Em ployees of America, has been in , o„u cms Montreal making arrangements for * aove/opment will be at the expense a big convention of his people to be "Canadian workers! held in Montreal next September. MThe. Canadian people are TODAY Thcy now have 135.000 members. (indebted to capitalist bondholders to I nf Turn "" ~^- .mtcu to nms! the various unfinished pieces of ieg- | islation, brought forward by the Li- | bor party, and still in various stages i of completion as Government bills, -or-kill"thennutrighf. To kill this legislation will bring the British people up in arms, yet the Conservative-party cannot do, anything else if it is to work in the | MacDonald Receives Greetings From U.S. Premier^J|IacDonald--reeently—re^ the extent of" TWO. BILLION, • THREE HUNDREDr AND FORTY- SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS, AND. /ANNUALLY PAY INTEREST ONJ .THIS SUM AMOUNTING TO ONE HUNDRED' AND THIRTY-Slf/flN (MILLIONS. Of the TWO BILLION DOLLARS I raised, during the war NOT. ONE ; CENT HAS BEEN PAID OFF—only interest! . These figures are from no less: a I person. than the Prime Minister of this country. ; .. ' Furthermore, MacKenzie King admitted that the Coalition War Government perni.i.tted Canada's war 'profiteers to invest their war profits .in long-term Government bonds hearing interest at five and one-half ' ''per 'cent and exempt from taxation but secured by the LIFE-BLOOD OF J THE CANADIAN NATION. , The Prime Minister pictures Canada cs the stamping ground for Big (Business exploitation. On this sub- i rjset he waxed eloquent and quoted 1 'long reams -of" figures to show that the, export trade pf Canada had in- ,creaf,ed 40 per cent during the. last ing of Canadian workers, nor mention the fact that Canadian skilled workers are among the lowest paid ;|| in the. British Empire compared to" Jjme*lo living costs. He was silent on the - i point that Canadian seamen arc the [■worst paid of those on British vessels—-this not alone in wages but. in actual living conditions. The Prime Minister was equally mute1 concern-j ing the. merciless exploitation of the lumber workers of this Province, and had not a word to say about the wages paid Canadian fishermen and miners. MacKenzie King's prosperity for Canada is an era of unhampered Big Business exploitation forcing down working conditions and wages hv thn v,,h«l —'- -' _..,. Many other hills that have become law will be attacked by the Consei-va.tive party, and in all probability will-be killed by further legislation. The Labor party will now be in a more favorable position than it has ever been in before. Its previous work can, from now on, be analyzed in conjunction with thpt which will j be done by the Consprvative party, anil then British Labor will win next •-'■ '■ ill time . ^^^ijMimia—reeentfy ceived the following cablegram: "The Socialist Party of the United States sends congratulations upon the determined and dignified stand of the British Labor Government ■ against the petty attacks of its combined reactionary opponents. "The forces of Labor, Socialism, and progress on both sides of the Atlantic are now engaged in a simultaneous campaign for the rights of the people, social justice, and world peace. May both be equally victorious and triumphant" *>;., The message; is sighed'by Morris Hillijuit, secretary of the- Socialist Party of the ttHte^d&fltes^^T^1 .. -.*... ...a.!.-, no less than the agreement with the Northern ^grovincc. It has' mainfilagdj-, Uentiment with the Dominions upon which, rather than upon either force , or any Imperialism, the very existence of the British Commonwealth of Nations depends. The embittered relations between^ France and Germany left by the disastrous tangles of preceding Governments have been improved, and eprdiat-relations—es— TabTished between this country and France. Important steps have been WIN SYMPATHETIC CASE SYDNEY, New South Walea,-T*ie conspiracy ease against seven, union officials of the Transport Workers group of the Labor Council of New South "Wales, collapsed suddenly. They were arrested in. connection with the holding up of the steamer Port Lyttelton in Sydney harbor. They refused to allow .. -.« pei cent during the. last ' ^yon-^t^'Wbcoiiv.er""alone. He recounted the industrial and financial Recuperation of- Canadian Big Busi- . negs.'siiice the .War, but NOT ONCE ',' _Hid he mention the steady aiid_insist- Tlent lowering of the standard of liv- their unions to' work on the vessel unless she was made seaworthy, after .„....«K uonoinons and wages striking a rock. The vessel was held by the wholesale dumping of jobless up at Sydney for six months because immigrants to glut the already over- the unionists refused to carry out the crowded labor market, by the intro- repairs till certain members of the duction of the latest methods for the crew were released from jail.' speeding up of the workers in the mine, mill and factory. This is the objective of Canadian Big Business and MacKenzie King and his Government have declared Th, Tlie ion Kind That Brings Results ■ Brer- of the '"' "1"rc declared] „^_„, —«i- oi -tftc *!!t3Snadian- •w*rkers--Tnn^m"eer'*flns'*'Scitnow!eiiges with thanks receipts of formidable attack only by ending all S5.00, donation to party funds from fratricidal warfare—by stopping all L. S> Earle. • quarreling over labels and meaning- . "Teddy" Jamieson, of the Musi- less shibboleths. — by closing, the cihns Union gave fiye dollars as pay- runks and meeting-the COMMON ment "for "His "membership in the ENEMY! . Ward One Labor Party. Carbon Monoxide Kills Thousands . NEW YORK—Carbon monoxide poisoning is claiming more deaths in all modern countries than any other cause except deaths from vehicular traffic in New York city, said Dr. members of I Charles. Norris, in addressing a- na- „„, I tional association of police surgeons and medical directors. . "Carbon monoxide poisoning is a' disease of industrial. life, as in coal mines and among workers about gas machines." the speaker said. "It claims- more victims' as. regards health' and life than any other poison. • "In closed spaces, as garages, it is certain jnjmfcj£fe}m&^etf%3%ffi5r that are hot reeordcd'in .nor tuary statistics. A recent anxfistig* --.,j.».w..»i, oteps nave been taken at Geneva towards arbitration, security and general disarmament. The Labor Government has refused to exclude from this general pacification the Russian people, with whom it is essentia] to resume our trade in the interests of our unemployed and the, country as a whole. The Treaty with Russia, now awaiting ratification, open up for ' our fishing . industry thousands of square miles of additional fishing ground, and provide for new outlets for our manufactures and our coal. -Wlien-compensatioii has been Secured to British subjects for their losses in Russia, a third treaty will be negotiated providing for the raising, (from private financiers) by Russia of a- loan the, interest aiid sinking fund charges on which shall be guaranteed by Great Britain. It is laid down in Article 12 of the General Treaty that "the amount, terms and conditions of the said loan, and the, purposes to which it shall be.-ap-....,. plied," shall be defined -in the future Treaty referred to; and this Treaty "will not come into force until the necessary Parliamentary - authority for the .guarantee of the said loan' has been given." Will you allow this work for peace and prosperity to be stopped? 11 Its Work for Housing the Labor into law BT-TriuTh opposition, Government' has passed tion mo^mrr^i WWftSWm^sWWS cars or trucks the statuf/.1 th„* *_'_».,-.■ .. . jK1 duces one, and larger cars or trucks two, cubic; feet of monoxide per minute, and when an engine, in run-, ning idle With "doors closetl the at- moSphere "of a" space large enough to hold a car is contaminated to a dangerous extent." the statute* that enabled the local [authorities and the building industry to engage' in a 1-years' uninterrupted building programme, with such .generous financial assistance as will provide:— '..., (Continued on Page 2) *.»j~»- irr-—T ■ THE LABOR STATESMAN October 31st, 1924 Mt. Pleasant JAMES HARKNE5S . Tea and Provision Merchant 28tS Main St Phone Fair.1269 SPECIALTIES Coffee, Cooked Ham, Cheese, Teas, Ayrshire Bacon and Butter KEEP YOUR RESISTANCE AT PAR BY Adjustments and you will not have ailments and disease DR. E. L. BURRILL 207 Lee Bldg. Main and Broadway ' Phone Fair. 3383 City Electric Co. Electrical Contractors and Supplies Repairs Day and Night ElfJHT Phone Fair. 4865 AVE. AND MAIN ST. MORAN DRUG STORES Prescriptions. -. Courtesy and Efficiency 7th Ave. & Main Cambie & Broadway Fair. 3799 Fair. 1099 Bell Plumbing & Heating , Company 105 Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY Fair. 2593 Res. Phone Bay. 1098X For Watches, Clocks and Jewelry- Try ARTHUR WISMER Watchmaker, Jeweller and"* Optician A.H1LKER&S0N Anything in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Phone*: Fair. 58 Res.: Bay. 4766R MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO, LTD. AMBULANCE SERVICE COR. OF MAIN AND KINGSWAY BRITISH LABOR PARTY'S ELECTION MANIFESTO (Continued from Page 1) (1) (Houses to let at low rents; (2) A separate dwelling for every family in the land; (3) A continuous policy of slum clearance and an ending of overcrowding. Meanwhile the" Rent Restriction Acts (which practically expire next year) have to be continued and amended; and the Bill to prevent profiteering in building materials has still to be Dassed, It depends on the result of the election whether this great housing policy will bo carried out. its First Budget — In Finance, the. Labor Government has achieved a • marked - success. Whilst subjecting to the most competent examination its own and all other schemes for dealing with the war debt, and the terrible*5 burden upon industry of a tribute of £1,- 000,000 per day, the Labor Government has swept away no less, than £30,000,000 a year of taxes on the people's food (just six times as much in eight months as the Liberal'Government, did. in. eight years).,... The. Labor Government has abolished the irritating Inhabited House Duty, which no other Government- had dared to do, and has taken the first step towards the Abolition of the Entertainment Tax. It has found means to change the whole spirit of the administration of the War Pensions Ministry, to increase in many thousands of cases the pittance that the preceding Governments had allotted to those Ox-Service men who had suffered in the war, and to the ffiaiSDffiLand,.jjflnenjanjajoj'jjiose who Money Saving Specials Greb Work Boots ...I: ...?4.95 Men's Rubbers, sizes 6 to 11... 1.25' Men's Five Eyelet Laced Rubber Boots , 3.95 Men's Romeo Slippers, elastic sides, tan or black, 6" to 10.... 2.25 Men's Raincoats, samples and regular stock, from $6 to ...15.00 . Boys' All Wool Pullover Sweaters, open neck, colored trim, medium weight 2.85 VIKING Underwear, two piece or combination, sizes 36 to 44. Per suit fi.50 Arthur Frith & Co. Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Hats, Boots and Shoes. Phone: Fa"r„M 2313 Main St, Between 7fli and 8th have fallen. Above all, the Labor Government has found means to stop the contemptible deduction from the weekly 10s of many thousands bf Old-Age Pensioners, which the Liberal Government instituted, and the Unionist Government persisted in maintaining; whilst nearly 200, .000 more old people, to whom the pension has been hithertb denied, have been admitted to the pension roll. Is it not because the Liberals and Unionists fear the second Labor Budget that an excuse has been found for giving the Labor Government no further chance? What It Has Done for Education Labor's intention to "give every child equality of opportunity in-education" has begun to be fulfilled in the drastic change of the policy of the. preceding Government. The Labor Government has been insisting oitysmaller classes, an increase in the number of fully-qualified teachers, new schools, maintenance for the poorer children, more free places in secondary schools,' and scholarships to the university; all practical steps towards the ideal of securing to all children the same charite of advanced education as the children of ''the rich. The Labor Government has been steadily work ing — towards progressiyely higher qualification for teachers; and, consequently, of no niggardly treatment of; teachers' salaries. Shall this policy now be reversed? Labor and the Countryside The Labor Government has consistently acted on the conviction that agricultural prosperity is vital to the nation. It has helped the farmers by loans to their Co-operative enterprises', "by^assistance to their credit societies, by increased grants for agricultural education and. research. It has offered a substantial grant for the development of the sugar beet trict Wages Committees and an Agricultural Wages Board once more set ep by law, in the hope of obtaining and' maintaining a decent standard of life for the laborers. Unemployment Apart from the necessary transformation of the whole industrial system, the only practicable-way of dealing satisfactorily with unemployment is the working out of a constructive policy of National Development, along with the restoration, through pacification, of tlie production and trade of other.nations. It is along these lines that the Labor Government has made progress. Meanwhile the Government has stimulated useful enterprises and helped works of further relief in all directions. During the past nine months, in the face of continued depression in textile, engineering, shipbuilding aiid other industries, the number of unemployed has been reduced by considerably over 100,- 000, and, indeed, by many more when allowance is made for the increased number of workers brought on to the live register .as a result of the extension of the Insurance Act, and who had not previously been recorded as unemployed. The great works,-notably..in„th'e.way of. building, involving furnishing' etc., and in the way of iron and steel and engineering for the electrical and mining developments, should provide work for-a much larger proportion of the unemployed. For the others, Labor's slogan still remains "Work or Maintenance." By the drastic revision of the Unemployment Insurance Acts last August (1) the "gap" has been -abolished and- the benefits made continuous; (2) the arbitrary refusals of benefit by the aj^fidia&Xfly^mej}^ like one-fifth of the claimants haye been stopped; (3) the weekly *7.SO A WEEK BREWS TROUBLE NEW YORK.—- A mild mental 8>ombshell struck the foreign trade Jorum of the National Association of Credit Men in New York When 3. Heittjr Scattergood, president Am- "iaTTcal!''**'^?^^ recently visited Germany, said: - - "A modern nation ca,ru^o,i;,,r^ntinue -jrith-- its-workmen--gcttingZSJjoS^A meek. German labor is already in a disturbed condition and there will certainly be trouble if these starvation wages are not increased," amount has been increased by about 26 per cent. " The increased financial assistance provided by the Labor Government in aid of approved schemes of work and the improvements in the Unemployment Insurance—Acts, have together substantially relieved . the heavy burdens previously borne by local authorities. V What Liberals and Tories Combined to Stop All the Labor. Government's other Bills before Parliament, great or small, are now summarily brought to an end. The great Factory Acts Amendment Bill, the Bill to prevent profiteering, in Building Materials, Hie Forty-eight Hours (Washington Convention) Bill, the Bill to secure wages for shipwrecked seamen, the Bill to prevent frauds in the sale of bread, and various others, are stopped. But besides these Rills actually introduced, the work for the next session has been going on steadily. The measures still -in one or other stage of preparation for the next twelve months include proposals for:' The Reorganization of the whole Mining Industry (in1 conjunction with By-Products and Power Stations), on the lines of National Ownership, •-equitable treatment for all interests concerned, security -both for the taxpayer and the consumer, wages, under, properly-arrived-at" National Agreements, and participation in administration both national aiid local, by the various-grades and sections of those engaged in the industry. The continuance and amendment of the Rent Restriction. Acts with a view to providing adequate protec eluded exceptional provision, oh generous scale, for a 'vast-increase, of cottages in the rural areas at low'-renli^lvnTcTrwilt irsseTrthe-evil- of the tiod-cottage system. It has, after great difficulty and opposition from both the'other Parties, got Dis- bodied unemployed apart from the workhouse and pauperism. The Taxation of Land Values and such a dealing with agricultural land a3 will secure its maximum productivity, and with urban land and building sites as would protect the occupying tenants , and secure its best use. "-..'''"' The development of the present chaotic electrical generating stations on the lines' of a national system, uniformly standardized with transmission lines linking up town and country, with the object of-providing cheap power, not primarily profit for shareholders, but for industry, and cheap and convenient light for householders everywhere. . ... With regard to the measures to be taken in the national interest,against the evils-and burdens connected with the administration of the licensing laws, the first step, it is, clear, in the present "state of the controversy, is a full and impartial inquiry by a Royal Commission. This the Labor. Government had.arranged to begin next spring. Railways and Canals In addition to these measures proposals are being considered and prepared fyr:— '•""'■'.. A systematic reorganization, in the national interest aiid on "terms" fair to all concerned, of the whole system of transport, including the more rapid development of an entirely unified railway and canal system in national ownership and under exclusively public control, with fuller use of electric power and in more intimate connection not only with the ports, but also with the increasing road motor service. Without gi eater and cheaper transport facilities,, the British'producers of every kind will find jt ever harder to com- 'peTe^wit'lt -the-ir \ lvalsr'-"=5;■-* s-'-:■' " " "*' The prevention of Profiteering and Exploitation by Rings, Trusts and Monopolies, not merely in building materials, but also in foodstuffs and household necessities, in conjunction with . concerted arrangements with the Dominions and other... Governments for bulk importing and systematically—organized distribution" from- port to consumer, as a means towards establishing reasonable and stable, prices, A substantial improvement of the Workmen's Compensation Acts, which the Tory .Government denied to injured workers. Tlie Prevention of Excessive Hours of Labor in the distributive, trade, in the mercantile marine, and. in other Occupations (including those of women) omitted from the Washington Eight-Hour Convention; together with proposals for such a fur-, ther development of the system of Trade Boards as will prevent the still existing evils of sweating. Whether any of these projects can be .proceeded with, and which of tliem,' and to what extent, depends oil the electors''response to the present appeal. .A Word to the Women. ■' Is it nothing to you that the Labor Government's successful work for Peace, . its great programme of House-building; its sweeping reduction in the-Food Taxes, its forward policy for the Children's Schooling, should be interrupted, and that the Bill giving Votes for Women .at 21 on the same terms as men should be killed?. But there is .more tp—be said. During the .past, few months the detailed-working out of the Labor " Government's measure giving Pensions, for Widowed Mothers with Children has reached an advanced stage. In the very next Session it was to have been laid before "Parliament, "This is what the Liberals'and Main St. South of 18th al'i J. OWEN'S .''"■, ■ ■/ Albion Meat Market 3836 Main Street Quality Meats. Reasonable Prices..! J.C.C0LVIN Plumbing Heating Gasfitting - Estimates Cheerfully Given. 4178 Maim Street Phones: Fair. 3071. Res., Fair. 2375R 30 Years' Experience J. FRANCIS Victoria Bakery 3834 MAIN STREET FRESH CAKES, PASTRY AND BREAD DAILY ti ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Stej 3917 Main at ?3rd* •Is Specialist in Bicycle frame rep. Keys cut, Saw sharpened, . Buggy Tires repaired. Agen Wfr.M "Red Bird" Bicycles. i*g,«f SKATES' HOLLOW. GROUND KIRKHAM'S GROCERTERIA, No. 22 Our goods are always fresh. Our prices the lowest. Give us a trial and be convinced. I I 1; m I* "'if i. l ti therein inclicat Party, m conf sistent .^public work irr Pari! fl A drastic dealing with the whole Poor Law System, so as to secure -the economy and cfficiency„Sl unified...administration in .each locality, and complete and honorable provi sion for the sick and infirni,""the aged, ' the children and the ' able- and in the spirit of public sen-ice therein indicated., that the Labor liformity with its con- declarations, would iament. to\vai-ds""'""iCl!e. transformation, gradual'as it must dUstriiil system into a genuine '.Com'-' monwealth of Labor. We know the facts, We realize the difficulties. The path to our goal is long and narrow and sometimes sd hard to travel that men and women faint by t'li way. But we have faith in 'humanity." We refuse to believe that there j is ...nothing to be done but conserve J[j the present order, which is disorder;*-; or that the misery, the demorali%aJ| tion nnd the ruin that it causes tip innocent men afuTwomen and -chi,' ren can be remedied by the perpeJS- . \ repetition of tile abstract print H of Individualism". We appeal to the People \j; port us in our steadfast >n €§E ,» taking each step only after :" \'J| -1 examination, making sure eaui mf- i vance as we go, and using eaili ...."', || cc-ss as the beginning of fun'■'■ I achievements towards a really «4a cialist Commonwealth, in ;. I 1 there shall at least be opportunity for Good Will to conquer Hate .and, Strife, and, for. Brotherhood*, if not to supersede Greed, at least to set; due . bounds to that competition which leads only to loss and death'.-,-' J, RAMSAY MACDONALD, f (Leader of the Labor Party) i J. R. CLYNES,'" - ,'-'.' ';»;,". (Deputy Leader): ROBERT SMILLIE, (Chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party). GEORGE LANSBURY, . ,...' (Vice-Chairman). A. B. SWALES, .(President of General Council of! - the Trade Union Congress). , \f FRED* BRAMLEY, '..'.'.i.'::..!.. ...:.' £ ', I (Secretary). '■■ .. c t. cramp, :' - • .-;.: „ •'--.- (Chairman of the Executive Com* mittee of the Labor Party). ARTHUR-HENDERSON,". 1.' (Hbnorable Secretary). i tion. f oiLtenants. mrl depends on this Election whether the Labor Government can make this S'leat reform law. . - 7~" Tne^Spif'? -flurtrGiyeth-Lile-— .. It is along such lines as those marked out in the present appeal, S. 11 'M ""fffSTITNGTON. and mechanics'and other workers in the U.-S.-navy yards, are. asking fpr an increase'.in.pay, while the depart- mental- ehiofs.are.-prjoposing_fi. jeduc- l^on in .wages,, as the annual, wagi fixing negotiations start P»S°P'»"™B)B8^I^M«RWteS»**Hn»M8(*KW^ EMBWi»iwii,,iij,,u,irt^Mj '*~«<*!»l<n«iw MM ****™MiW!W«B«»S«^ October 31st, 1924., TRADES UNION DIRECTORY Waneouver T^adco' and Lbabor Coanoll— President,' H. H. Nedlando. M.L.A.; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough. Office, 803 Holden Blder-, 16 Hastings East. , Phone Sey, 7495. .Meets in Labor Hall at S p.m. oh the first,and third Tuesdays In month- THE LABdR STATESMAN Amalgamated- Society of Carpenters nnd Joiaeso—rVrmcouvi-r 1st Branch meets • 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each,month. President,, W. Taylor; •secretary, r-s. Prosger; business agent, 3* MeKfnley. Heudquarters, room 3ii. 163 Hantlngs" at: W. ■okery' Bale ernes. Xjocftl 371 — Meets second Thursday every month. Holden Bldg;. 16 Hastings B. President, A. Wylle. .asac-a Elgin Street; .financial secretary. H. A- Bovvron, 929 11th Ave. E. Official Organ of the Greater Vancouver Central Council CLP. Journeymen Barber*B Siitoi-natloaoi Union of America—L«ocaH2u, Vancouver, ~B. C, meets second and fourth Tuesdays-. In each month In Room 310 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Bast, president, C. E. Herrett, 7i Hastings Street East; secretary, A. R. Jenni, 728 Hastings Street West. Phone Sey. 1813 Bookbinders x*oral no. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday in month 80-1 Holden Bidg. President, F- Milne, 536 Drake St.; secretary, A. H. Hos- MnR, 118 52nd Ave. W. -*(. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. TTnion Ho. i—Meets second and ' . fourth Wednesday in.the Holden Bldg. . President. G. E. Halliday; Secretary,,] W. S. Dagnali. 12« "A"- * — "~ Phone Fair. 845 R. 20th Ave. e! "■City Hail Employees' Association 3 first Wednesday of each month ; IS —,, ..«»»* Autpiuyees' Association meets Efgl first Wednesday of each month at 44: ■m" Richards St at S p.m. President, F 'the M. Bentley; business agent, W. J. Seribbins. 320S Pender St. E.; secretary, D. Robson, 1006 Pendrell St. wor '.seve ■ 'rlo Employees' TTnion meets first nad [Iftf' third Fridays In the month at 445 ■1 Richards Su at 8 p.m. 'president, J David CathiJl, 2G52 Albert St.;xseere"- ■ tary-tr^ajjrer.—Geocge-JJapFison;- -H82 ""
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