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—-—* /-_-' labor ^^x*****\\\\\ A0WNED AND C0NTR0Lt ' '..O. 299—EIGHT PAGES -Vustralian Labor Checks ■ B. C. Lumber Mission Letter from Vancouver Trades and Labor Council to Australian Labor Starts Opposition to tbe Requests of British Columbia Lumber Industry o iLLED Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions VANCOUVER. B. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1930 RGANIZED LABOR IN AUSTRALIA has taken a definite stand against the British Columbia Lumber and Shingle Association's lttempt to open up a larger Australian market for British Columbia >umber products. This action has been taken because the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council informed the Australian unions of the conditions under which this particular industry was operated, that the operators had consist- sntly- opposed social legislation and had made labor legislation useless, and that the industry, as now operated, was of very little .enefit to the general public or working people of this province. When the organized Labor movement heard that this delegation of lumbermen were going to Australia to ask that country to make it easier for B. C. lumber products to enter that country, pictures of the antiunion, anti-social, anti-British labor attitude of the lumber barons during the past twenty years came before pur vision. We pictured the unabated attack the operators of this industry had waged upon all labor legislation, we pictured the ruthless destruction of the forests'by high-lead logging, and we reinembered the thousands of killed and permanently .injured workers whose widows and ■wives and children have cried out for (justice, while the industry has startled, or made, the fortunes of over forty Vancouver millionaires and many other scattered in all parts of the world. Could we, as workers, knowing these things, suffering these wrongs, fighting their political lobbies and building up these huge fortunes for them to enjoy, give our blessing to this mission? We conscientiously believed then, and we still believe, that we did our Iduty to the dead and the crippled, to the exploited and the unemployed, and to the widows and orphans, when we decided to inform the Australian Labor government, and the Austral- Labor movement, and the Austral- only our opinions, but the truth about this mission and the industry they represented. We felt that the industry was not worth building up, that the trees had better be left to grow, rather than that an arrogant, ruthless, oriental labor exploiting band of millionaires should be given further help to carry on this kind of exploitation. The action of the Australian Labor Movement, and the reports and explanations appearing since in the daily press, has met with the solid support of, not only the organized labor movement of this district, but also the unorganized, and for once the daily press has been unable to build up any good argument against our action, only one of the three dailies attempting to have anything to say editorially about it, and this one was not very well informed. The lumber barons have had their innings, and with the advent of labor governments in various parts of the world, irlooks as though labor is not o/ily going to have its chance, but is already taking it. Just before this lumber selling mission started for Australia, one of their fraternity, Mr. Chris McRae, who had just returned from Australia, made a violent attack, through the daily press, on the Australian Labor Party. This article was forwarded to Australian Labor Councils by P. R. Bengough, secretary of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, along with the following letter: "Dec. 10th, 1929. "Dear Sir and Brother: "I have been requested by the above Council to notify you regarding a delegation representing the lumber interest* in British Columbia who are at present visiting Australia with a view to securing markets .'for their products. * "The British Columbia logging and lu__bsr mar|uf«c-u-r_-_ are *.ejy much opposed to organized labor and are the largest employers of cheap Ori- _htal labor that we have We. They continually carry' on ah intensive campaign against the social and labor legislation established, and at all times do their utmost to block any improvements that tend to improve the lot of the working people. "One of them has recently return ed here from a visit to Australia. ] am enclosing a news item from our leading daily newspaper that demonstrates exactly, in his reference to your government, their views on la bor generally. Yet, while holding and expressing the view they do, they are prepared to solicit your government for a market for goods acquired by them out of the natural resources of British Columbia,by employment of the cheapest labor possible, in very many instances Chinese. "With best wishes for the success of the Labor government in Australia. "Yours fraternally, "P. R. BENGOUGH, "General Secretary-Treasurer.' Th. Killed cod Injured The following table, taken from the annual reports of the Workmen's Compensation Board of the Province of British Columbia, shows the slaughter that has gone on in the lumber industry during the past 11 years. It shows how many workers lost their lives, how many were permanently injured, and how many were painfully injured in order to build up or launch the fortunes of over forty local millionaires. We have fed you all for a thousand And you hail us still unfed, Tho' there's never a dollar of all your wealth But marks the workers' dead. We have yielded our best to give you rest, And you lie on crimson wool; For if blood be the price of all your wealth, Good God 1 we ha' paid in full. The following figures in order are: Date, total number of claims, per manent dents: partial disability, fatal acci- Total No. Fatal Date Claims P.P.D. Ace. 1918 2877 223 54 1919 3051 217 64 1920 «•.- 4711 235 90 1921 3952 241 58 1922 4250 288 49 1923 _ 5958 293 93 1924 6227 310 83 1.925 6247 . 316 78 1926 6873 371 82 1927 6743 402 87 1928 7033 366 83 57832 3262 821 • The dispatch from Australia. which appears in another column, as you can readily understand created quite a furore among the lumber interests, and Mr. Wilkinson, acting on behalf of these interests, immediately attempted to deny or excuse the accusations of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. His efforts, however, liave only tended to remind the workers of this province of the anti-labor activities of the operators of this industry. During the past b_x years The Labor Statesman has published hundreds of articles dealing with the. unfair attitude of the industry, and prior to that time th**rB.;'G.-P_derationist did likewise, \ \ For the past twenty years this in- dustry has maintained a. lobby at every session of the legislature, and in conjunction with the coal mine (Continued ori page 8) Plumbers' New Wage of $10 Now in Effect Local 170, Plumbers and Steam fitters Union, held the annual election of officers and installation at the last regular meeting. wThe following are the officers for the year 1930: Robert Simpson, president- Val Pearson, vice-president; William Watt, financial secretary and business agent; Jim.Robertson, assistant financial secretary; Scotty Gibb, recording secretary; Paul Morgan, inside sentry; Val Pearson, Howard Green, Jack Dillibough, Ed. Riley, D. A. McRae, W. Gemmell, executive board. The new wage scale went into effect on January 2nd, the scale for Plumbers and Steamfitters now being $10.00 per day, and the five-day week, which has been in effect for the past 4% years. The union looks forward to seeing all the other organizations in the Building Trades secure the five-day week this summer. Carpenters Adopt New Working Conditions The quarterly meeting of Local 452, Carpenters, was held in the Auditorium, Labor Headquarters, on Monday, January 13th. Reports from officers showed a considerable increase in membership, and, should this continue, an addition to the Auditorium will have to be planned. 1930 conditions were discussed and adopted. Unemployment has been very evident during the winter, but the members have been consistent in keeping in benefit, which proves that it pays to belong to organized labor, as this local represents over 1000 carpenters. The next meeting will be held on January 27th. : —W.H. Building Trades Notes All large jobs recently let to contractors are fair to Building Trades Council. » * * — Several large jobs tied up on account of weather, but all plan extensive operations as soon as weather clears. . * * * All hotel alterations are being done by International labor. * ... * * Unions report state of trade fair, several also reporting new members. * * * Building Trades Council aiding in organizing campaign for lathers. * * • A committee composed of Dels. Watt, Pettipiece, Hargreaves and Page was struck off to investigate alleged unfair conditions at the Red Cross Workshops. ■ * « » International Organizers Stevenson, Clise and Milne addressed the Council. AustraliaiJHbor Hears About B/C. Lumber Interests The following dispatch, which appeared in last Friday's edition iof the Vancouver Province, and which has caused the lumber barons to severely condemn the attitude of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, has also brought congratulations from both the organized and unorganized workers'" of this district. The general public believes that the lumber industry got what it was asking for and welcomes the attitude of organized labor. Sydney, N. S. W., Jan. 9.—The secretary of the Melbourne Trade Hall Council has expressed opposition to the_ British Columbia lumber delegation's mission to Australia. He said he had received a letter from the Vancouver Trades and Labor" Council advising the Australian .trades union movement of the antagonistic policy by British Columbia lumber interest*. towards labor unions of Canada and their attempts at all times to defeat social labor legislation. > ' * . , The secretary said that while representatives of British Columbia lumber interests accused the federal and state labor ministries of Australia of maladministration they were seeking the assistance of the federal labor ministry, which was certainly in bad taste. The fact that those interests employed the cheapest labor, in many cases Chinese, showed that the federal ministry was justified in providing an adequate protective tariff against timber produced under such sweated conditions. The Sydney Labor Council, which will second Melbourne's opposition, asserts that letters have been received from New Westminster carpenter* and other unions that at the shingle mills women, who displaced Chinese packers, were receiving eleven cents per 1000, enabling them to make only eighty cents a day. _ • The labor council's policy is for heavy duties on all dressed timber from abroad, but would allow undressed logs, square or round, to be admitted free because that would provide work for Australians. Building Trades Council Opposes Prison Labor Following the report of Del. Mac- pherson to the Building Trades Council pn the intended manufacture of automobile license plates by convict labor, and further information alleging that the government contemplated using convict labor on other work, the Building Trades Council instructed its secretary to write to the Provincial Government stating that it was strongly opposed to the use of convict labor for th* manufacture of goods in competition with legitimate business firms. I. L. P. MEETING SUNDAY The Unemployment Committee and the Propaganda Committee will meet in the Labor Headquarters on Sunday morning at 10:30. All members requested to be in Attendance,*..u,.**_,, Fair wages, short work day, sanitary conditions are always assured the workers where the UNION LABEL, SHOP CARD and WORKING BUTTON are used or displayed. Prison Labor Plan Not Endorsed by Union Last week some newspaper reports intimated that Dan Macpherson, business agent of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, had endorsed prison labor. This was in connection with the proposal of the Provincial Government to manufacture automobile license plates with convict labor. No such endorsement was given to prison labor by the union or the business agent. S.v-eral years ago the firm of F. Tacey & Son purchased machines for the manufacture of these plates, and obtained orders, through tender, from the Provincial Government. When the Conservative Government took office it gave the order to a man who is alleged to be a supporter of that party. Having lost the chance to manufacture these plates, Mr. Tacey attempted to sell the machines to the government. In doing this he asked Mr. Macpherson if the union had any objection to disposing of the machinery to a private party, and if not asked him to give him a letter to that effect Although Mr. Tacey's shop was union, the work on these plates did not come under the jurisdiction of the union, so Mr. Macpherson gave him a short letter to that effect, but its contents could not be construed as endorsing prison labor. When the cry against prison labor came up, Mr. Shelly, of the Provincial Government, intimated that the work had the endorsation of union labor, but Business Agent Macpherson did not know that the machines were to be sold to the government; neither did he know that convict labor was going to be used in the manufacture of the plates. Hence, in attempting to excuse its action by connecting it up with the union, the government is only further adding to its troubles. Special days for UNION LABEL agitation are good, but making every day a UNION LABEL day is much better. • ,. 5-Day Week in San Francisco District Following a referendum taken by the Alameda County Building Trades Council, in which the unionists voted fifty to one for the five-day week, it is announced that the whole Bay district, Oakland and San Francisco, will go on the five-day week, so far as the building industry is concerned. The San Francisco council was already on record favoring the five- day week, and it is said that a large majority of the building contractors, both there and in Oakland, believe that the shorter work week will be advantageous to all concerned. There has been agitation in Oakland for some time for the shorter work week for all building crafts, and the council decided to obtain an expression of sentiment of the unions. It had been conceded that the majority would favor the five-day week, but even the heartiest supporters of the movement had not anticipated such an overwhelming majority. There are 21 local unions affiliated with the council. Seventeen of them polled their membership and made returns to the council. Of the four failing to report, two already have the five-day week and refrained from participating. Of the remaining two, one failed to vote through an oversight in proceedings. Officers of the union say that the organization is favorable. One union made ne report nor did it advise the council of its reason for failing to ballot. By some it was believed that the union had voted and that its report had been overlooked. UNION PLASTERERS HAVE 5- DAY WEEK Duluth, Minn.—The five-day week has been established by organized * plasterers. .This is the second union in Duluth that reports the short week. Painters and Decorator* Union waa the first. What doe* it avail a woman to have troubles if she can't tell them- Shorten Hours of Labor Now THERE can be no logical argument against a shorter work-day or work-week with increased pay. Machinery has and will continue to displace labor; who, then, is to take care of the displaced labor? If man makes machinery displace man, who bat man must see to it that those men be provided with sufficient food, clothing, housing and pleasure to remain a member of society? Society must provide for all its derelicts, because, sooner pr later, these derelicts will be so numerous that they will menace the smug satisfaction of those who are working, or enjoying the fruits-of labor, or. the profits made out of ^he^^lalof^fiH ^■etw>*A;S--->rt_r^wfi_--*_^ envelope will easily make it possible for every human family to enjoy all the things that labor, with the aid of natural resources and machinery* can and will produce. An unemployed and underpaid man or woman is no help to the business community, hence merchants and manufacturers should boost this plan. Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, January 17, 193' BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3995-__L__*HNOB STREET BAM OI.B. 3*4 Mlg-ht OaUl Ol.n. -__, Carl. IMT* 1*0 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT (00,000 TXXX 9XX BAT SEE US FOR SPECIALS BUNGALOWS RED STAR DRUG STORE «i The Mail Order Druggist" w. _*___• . ■ pedal BBort to Ort Good* Oot by Flr.. Hall After _t.ec.lpt of Your Ord.r OO-UnS OOBBOTA AND OASBAXA VANOOUTEB, B. O. / iil_H* ' . PINTS POSTS This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Lit-Jtlpr Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Farmers' Organ Hits "Helped" Immigration Calgary—"Complete suspension of activities by the Dominion government and the railway*' and other agencies in the promotion of immigration, particularly of farm immigration, l* clearly called for by the prevailing situation in Canada, declares "U-P.A.," official publication of the Alberta organized farmers. "Assisted immigration," it adds, "should be no longer tolerated. The elevation of the minister of immigration (Hon. Robert Forke) to tho Senate should be followed by the elimination of the ministry. "Such routine matters a* must be attended to ean properly be included among the responsibilities of another department." A* the farmers have plenty of influence with the Dominion government, the foregoing elearcut demand may produce results. Organized labor also regards assisted immigration aa unsound. A Great Tragedy of Our Present Civilization '—.- Tb4*_9_*a_«l-. e-A-M**.._*_ wado__ "ta learning to swim when the first toll bridge was built in Scotland. Dressmakers Plan Strike in New York New York.—In the hope of preventing a strike of some 45,000 dressmakers employed in.300 shops in this city, a series of conferences were held recently between representatives of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and groups of employers. In the meantime the union officials proceeded with plans for a walkout some time thi* month. It will be the largest ■ women's strike ever staged in New York. Approximately 34,000 of the workers are women and girls. President Benjamin Schlesinger of the international union apparently consider* the strike inevitable and says it will be directed mainly at the sweatshop system. ■ Executioner (to condemned man in electric chair): "Is there anything you want before I turn -on the juice?" w.Ca__d_st_ne_lt "Yeah, loo*_K_r __*.. laces on -By IeftlfcOe; ray corn* are aeMnV » By H. ZELLA SPENCER, in Th. U. F. A. (Note: It is not only Labor people who are concerned with the great problem of unemployment in Alberta. H. Zella Spencer, who conducts an interesting column in The U. F. A. (United Farmers of Alberta) each week, shows a deep" understanding and sympathy for the out-of-work in the article reproduced below, wherein she reveals some of the tragic absurdities in the spectacle of life, says the Alberta Labor News). Looking over the daily papers at the season of the year we have recently celebrated gave rise to a great variety of emotions. Gifts of all kinds were suggested, jewels, and furs, silks and velvets, books and tobacco, furniture and silver, dolls and knives, skates and skis, and a great many of us had the"pleasure of thinking what we would like to have if Santa Claus were to have come to us laden with any gift we desired. On the other hand, there were and are staring headlines that made our hearts ache when we read the stories of the tragedies being enacted within our gates. Families where the father is walking the streets, going to the mines, looking everywhere to see if he can obtain 'even a casual day's work while the family, of small children are subsisting on the most meagre fare. In one such case I remember it was stated they were expecting another little baby soon, and I wondered if some of the kindly and sincere men and^ women who protest vigorously against birth control and the wrong it would be if it were openly taught and practised, do not think that there are at least some exceptions, some cases where it would be kinder. Not Shiftlesmeas We read day after day of families on the verge of starvation and we are assured that the condition is not brought about by laziness or shift- lessness, but sheer inability to find work. In many instances' illness, with its accompanying expenses, have depleted the family purse and the shadow of acute poverty has fallen over the home ever since. Pictures are drawn of the condition of the— shall we call them homes?— rather are they not more aptly termed inadequate shelters?—of comparative newcomers to our province; people who came enticed „ to the tale of abundance of work and. high wages —some who have attempted to farm, but gave it up because absolutely un- suited for the work, and have gone to the city in the hope of finding some more suitable occupation. It does not seem so very long ago when, if we read tale after tale of suffering and hardship in any city because of inability to get work, our thoughts would at once turn to some city in the old lands where the congested civilization of an older country had made that only too frequent an occurrence. Now, unfortunately, it is not a problem remote from us; it is in our midst. Sad to say, under our present system of civilization the prospects are that these happenings will be on the increase rather than the decrease. Those who make a study of social conditions have been reminding us for some time that we were riding gaily for a fall. Year after year we are reading of nature's powers being harnessed for the use of man, of mechanical inventions by_ the_score that save the labor of armies of men, yet we seem to make no provision for the changed conditions. Socially we are acting as if all that a man needed to make a success of life was a desire to find work, never questioning for a moment that it is there in abundance and the returns therefrom would keep him and his family. Becoming Universal The best drains in the world have pondered and studied and hands have modelled manifold new inventions to lighten the drudgery and slavery of life. Their successful achievements have been heralded with apnlause. f>nd for a while we almost fancied that we were well on the way to a world with drudgery and slavery a thing of the past. However, another evil seems to have developed and we have unemployment with all the suffering and misery that it can mean. These condition* are not confined to the old countries, but they are becoming universal. Sending the unemployed from one country to another —-e.ij_jrra_.on rand immigration—in many-cases i*;shn_ily-gntn«..ito me*ti that the same'fate n waits him in hi* new country', or if he is Wore fortunate-, -ho-in.c..M=.»n« wme other nerson fate; The folly of the spectacle of life might be amusing if it were not so tragic. We have the ridiculous picture of men and women by the score wanting to work; we have the raw material they could use; we have the forces of nature at our service coupled with the best of mechcanical inventions, and we have scores of people wanting the goods they could make—all the necessities and comforts of our present day life. Some one may well say, why not set the picture in motion? Having gone thus far, having the possibility and the ability to produce the comforts and luxuries of life, why not make that ability a blessing and a reality to all instead of to only a favored few? Our Contribution Is it not up to us to try to find where the cog has slipped and this machinery of civilization cannot function and why we have as a result bareness and poverty and starvation and suffering? True it is that "this world is so full of a number of things" that "we should be as happy as kings," but also it is so full of problems to be solved, of wrongs to be righted before man achieves all his latent possibilities, that it needs us all to add our contribution to the united thought that is necessary before changes can come. Possibly when we continue to read these harrowing stories we shall find the indifferent, or the ones intent only on their own affairs, and the ones who have gone no further to help than to give a pitying sigh and a passing help, will be beginning to think that it is not enough to play Santa Claus on Christmas Day. They will feel these cases are becoming too numerous, and too general, and realize that there must be some underlying cause that must be remedied, and they may begin to dig down to find what is wrong. When we have a sufficient number awakened to the cause the remedy will soon follow. We can well feel a thrill when we realize that our U.F.A. and U.P.W.A. are a school where there are many pupils being taught to think for themselves, to ask this very "why" of failure of present-dav civilization to function to best advantage, and here and there we hear murmurs of opinions of the causes and suggestions for the cure. Let us of the U. F. A. help humanity onward. U. S. Senators Told About Rochdale Plan Washington, D. C—"The trade dividend (division of profits), rather than cutting prices and depending on assessments to recoup losses, is the sound co-operative basis," said Senator Brookhart, in calling the Senate's attention to the eighty-fifth anniversary of the. Rochdale co-operative system in England. "This little co-operative store, which started in the town of Rochdale, in Toad Lane, in 1884, has now grown to be the greatest and most enterprising, the most successful and the most humanizing single enterprise in the world," said Senator Brookhart. He explained three basic principles of the Rochdale movement—one man, one vote, regardless of the amount of stock held; limiting the earning of capital, and the trade dividend. "Robert Owen is generally credited with having been the father of co-operation, but he did not follow the third co-operative principle (trade dividend)," said Senator Brookheart. "Owen's theory was to transact business at cost and in that way save consumers the profits of ordinary business. Then when he had losses he made assessments upon his membership, and that created dissatisfaction and his enterprises failed. "When the Rochdale store started the particular genius among the 28 flannel weaver* waa. Charles How- arth, who originated the principle of the trade dividend. He said: 'We will sell our goods at the usual and ordinary profit, and if we have profit* left over, after keeping 25 per cent of net earning* in the business to expand and absorb losses, we will distribute the other 75 per cent, of the net earnings among the members in proportion to the amount of business thev transact' with the enterprise.' This is the trade dividend. "These three brief principles are the foundation of this business. They are so eloouent, so powerful, so far- reaching, if private business would subscribe to those principle* for its regulation I would be ready to repeal every anti-trust law, because those principle*- would, prevent the evil which 1* called monopoly." Dl_pn_t.sfsItwi-. -^Shsv-mM .*___, to .be, the victim of th-wswe. unhappy had hidden charms, but I don't know where she hid them." For Health, Strength and Beauty, oat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread A whole-onie body builder Doctor, recommend it Fruit and Raiain Bread Pa.try and Meat Pie. Pumpkin Pie. THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST ELECTRICAL COHTBAOTOB Electrical Wart-!.. _ Hardware Mechanics' Tool. Paint., Oil*, tamp. Radio SnppU.. J?lp. Pitting. Tool. Olen 370 40*7 Haatlng*. »t. B. Able Laborite is Made Peer in Great Britaii London.—Prophets who have bee predicting that MabDonald would a' tempt to "pack" the House of Lord by making peers out of Labor part men looked rather sheepish when th: New Year's honqr list was announc ed. * . I Out. of six new peers, one priv councillor, four baronets and 2 knights, named by the King upo MacDonald's recommendation, onl; one has political significance. Arthur Ponsonby, one of the ables I of Labor party M.P.'s, was made il peer and^ should prove a tower o strength "for Labor in the uppe house. Ponsonby is parliamentary secre tary of the Ministry of Transpor and has had an interesting career ranging from being a page for Queei Victoria to an under secretaryshi] for Foreign Affairs in the 1924 La bor government. Career of New Labor Peer He is 58 years old and has been . member of the Labor party since 1922. His father was General Sii: Henry Ponsonby, who was Queer- Victoria's secretary for years. He it also a great-grandson (on his mother's side) of the Lord Grey who help- ed pass the Reform Bill of 1830 and. thus enfranchised millions of Englishmen. The new peer spent nine years in the diplomatic service, and was secretary to the Liberal premier, Sii Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 25 years ago. He was elected to parliament as a Liberal in 1908'and one of his first votes was with Keir Hardie on a motion to condemn the government for advising King Edward to visit the Czar during the suppression of a Russian revolutionary movement. Ha. Held Advanced View. While he was a Liberal he was always a thorn in the side of his party. He was always in advance—notably on the suffrage question and the move to deprive the House of Lords of the right to veto measures passed by the Commons. One of the bills he introduced sought to abolish hereditary titles. Reduction of armaments, democratic control of foreign policy, and the substitution of international cooperation for force were some of the other measures he advocated. He left the Liberal party in 1918 and became an ardent Laborite. He is the author of several books, including "The Camel and the Needle's Eye," "The Decline of Aristocracy," "Democracy and Diplomacy," and "Religion in Politics." U. S. STUDENTS INTERESTED IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS New York.—Consideration of social problems is beginning to crowd athletics for a leading nosition in the life of the American college students outside the class room, states the League for Industrial Democracy in a survey of its working during 1929. Student* are studying labor conditions first hand by taking jobs during summer vacations, end in a number of instances are taking part in strike activities a* picket*. The league reached 50,000 students directly during 1929; states Mary Fox, executive secretary. League speaker* spoke to 125 student group*, visiting 40 different states. You'vp got to hand It to the modern flapperTw"*-_H6*rtn|n»-*-"" ~"A" young Polish girl cut the tongue out of her™-*.*' friehd—a dentist—to make sure he would hot even talk in his sleep. I —*■■"■*■■■-— _■>■_ ' i . t Friday, January 17, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-631.BEATTY STREET r__uK»nt Th__U. u_ l_»ftor Council— Pre.l_.nl, J. Thomioi); «eneral S-crs- tary Percy It. Bengoufh. Office, 200 Labor Headquarter., 531 Beatty St. Ptione Sey. 7.»6. Meet. In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the flrat aad third Tues- | day. In month. * i.v.rag. Dlspcnsar*. Ualoa, *o. «T6— Meet, last Sunday at « p.m-. R<**™ No. 1, Labor Headquarter.. Pre.., W. H. Clancy: Secretary and Bui Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Room 1, Eagle. Hall, 635 Homer Street. Phone.. Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1858-R. Hours: » to 11 a.m. Irtdf. * structural Iron WorMsrs, I*- oal 87, Int. As.os.—Meets every Friday, Hall 311. Labor Headquarter., »t t p.m. President, Jamea F. Burn.. 2833 Turner St.; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 111. Labor Headquarter.. Phone • Fair. 2108 L. ' Building Trad*. ConacU, Vancouver— Meet. Becond and fourth Tuesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarter.. Preal-s dent, B. H. Morrison; Secretary-Tress- 1 urer, W Page, Room 101, Labor Headquarter.. Phone Bey. 7-»5. (arber.' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 130, meeta second and fourth Tu.«day» In each month, ln HaU No. 8. Labor Head- ouartera. Prealdent, Fred Dawe; Sec- Trea... C. E. Herr.tt. Office. 804 Labor Headquarter.. Bookbinder.' Loeal Mo. 10*, Int. Brotherhood—Meet, second Tuesday in month at Professional and Bu.ln... Woman'. Club, Emplr. Bid*., 80S H»»h ting. W. President, Q. Low, 81—«8rd Ave. W.; Secretary, Tho.. Carroll, 842 Hamilton 8t. , Brio-tlay.r.', Mason.' aad Tile ■etten' Int. Union, Mo. 1—Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meet. Second and fourth Wednesday. In Hall No. I. President, L. Padgett, 2068 W. 8th. Phone Bayview 1668 R; Secretary, ■v.. S. Dagnall. 1244 East 20th, Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec, Albert Wright, 1050 Ea.t 26th, Phone Fairmont 8682 X. Camp and Mill Worker* r.d.ral Labor Union Xo. SI—Vancouver and vicinity, meet, every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell St. E. President, H. Mlyazawa; SecreUry, K. Tsuyukl. SOU aad raotory Worker.' Unloa, T_—1 MO. 1899 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenter. 4b Joln.r. Meet, flrst and third Thursdays ln Hall Na 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., O. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, H. Q. Avery, 7184 Montcalm Street Phone Marpole 848R. Millwrights' looal 163*—Oonstrucaea aad Operating — Meet, second and fourth Wednesday ln Hall 816, Labor Headquarters. J. H. Campbell, Prealdent; P. H. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray Ure, Rec. Sec. Box 127. Motion Flo-ore. Projectionists' Union, Looal 348, Of I.A.T.SJB. * MJPJM.O.—< 11:30 p.m., flrst Friday ln month, ln Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, J. R. Foster; SecreUry, Geo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923. -,-* Muslolans' Mutual Protective Union, Looal 14*, A. P. of Ms— Meets at the G.w.V.A. Auditorium, aecond Sunday at 10 a.m. President, B. C. Miller; General SecreUry, w. B. Williams; Organiser, F. Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-819 West Pender. Phon. Douglas 2290. _ Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Looal 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, J McCaughran; Rec. Sec, A. B. Varah, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 8609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf aad Book Builders, Looal No. M04—MeeU every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President, Al. Graham; James Thomson, SecreUry, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Pl.st.rers, Looal 89—Openttv. Plarter- •r»* and C.m.nt Finisher.' International Aaioolatlon—Meets flrst and third Wednesday In month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquartera. President, F. Walsh; SecreUry, A. Hurry, 861— 34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222K. Fin. Sec, E. A. Williams, 830 East 12th. Phone Fair. 5219X. Cement Finishers' SeoreUry, J. W. Balnes, 2846 Turner St. Phone High. 1238X. Carpenter, an* Joiner., United Brotherhood of, Local 482—President, Wm. Page: Financial Secretary. .R. W. Hatley; Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets aecond and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., In Hall No. 1. City Mall Employees' A.soolatlon— Meets flrat Wednesday of each month at 251 Vi Hastings East at 8 p.m,. President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W J Scribbins, 3208 Pender St E.; SecreUry, J. Tarbuck, 3617 West 86th. Printing Pro.m.n and Assistant., Looal Mo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. ln Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, A. G. Grey, 867 East 20th; SecreUry, Thos. S. Esart, 1603 40th Avenue E., South Vancouver. Olvlo Employ..* Union, Looal n*— Meet, first and third Friday, ln th. month at 261V. Hasting. East at 8 p.m. President, John McRltchle, 804 West Twelfth; Secreury-Treasurer, George Harrison, 3487 Triumph Bt i Bgg Grader.' Union, Mo. 11—Meet. In the Labor Headquarter., flrst and third Monday In month. President, G. S. Cooper; Secretary, M. A. Weight- man. 3906 Fraser Avenue. ■l.ctrloal Worker., Loeal *1_, International Brotherhood—Meets First and Third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D. Mc- Dougal; Business Agent, B. H. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3510 Bngln.er.—international Union of Op«r- •ratlng Engineers, Looal 844—Meeta every Friday at 8 p.m. Hall 315. President. J. Norrls; Rec-Sec, P. Bradley; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, George Pettipiece. Office, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. Plr. Fighter., MD. 18, International Assoolatlon of—Meets every month mt call of president at 261 Vi Hasting. E. President, N. McDonald, 1186 McLean Drive; Financial SecreUry. C. A. Watson. 1829—13th Ave. E. Floorlayers' Union, Mo. 1*7*. U. ». «J O. ■ J. A,—Meet, flrat and third Thursday. In month at Hall No. I, Labor Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. S«c. T. H. Hamlin; Rec Sec, John'-McDonald. 2906 West 12th; Business Agent, W. D. Wilson, 1636—6th Ave. W. Sod Carriers and Bnlldlng Laborers, No. 802, International — Meets flrst and third Fridays In month st Hall.No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President. Glen Harding, 1110 Denman St.; Fin. Sec. and Acting Business Agent. James Binding, 52 West 24th: Phone: Fair. 8169L. Mot.1 and BMtawraat Bmploy... and __bn>. Cook. 81 MfWUds. Looal ■-— Williams Bldg.. 413 Qranvlll. 8treet. Meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., .last Monday at I p.m. Prosldent, Thos, Edwards; Sec-Trea*. and Bus. Agent, J. Cumming. Phon. Sey. 118. UdlW Auxiliary. Looal 171 —UnltM Brotherhood of On_»SB«SJ»— Meets •very flrat and third Wednesday of each month In Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson. 780 llth Ave W.j Secretory, Elisabeth J. Rope, 1*42 Tth Ave. E. i Plumber, and SteamfltUr., Mo. 170, International Assoolatlon—Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane; SecreUry and Business Agent, W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. BaUway Carmen of Am.rloa, Lodge Mo. 58—Meets flrst and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, H. Warde. 816 East 12th.; SecreUry, J. R. Robertson, 637 West 18 th. Street sad BUotrld SaJlway Bmplovsst, Pioneer Dlvl.lon Mo. 101—MeeU K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. B. Smith; Recording Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, J. Auton; Financial SecreUry and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and,Main streets. Phone Sey. 6000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Looal Union Mo... 380—Meets second and. fourth Thursdays in Hall No. 8. President, Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. llth; Business Agent and SecreUry, D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Tailors' Jonrn«ym.n Union of Amerloa, Local Mo. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; SecreUry, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. S.; Financial SecreUry, H. Nordlund, 1*30 llth Ave. E. Taxi, Stage and Bus Drive, Local 151 Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. President, D. H. Coldlcott. Office,. 308 Labor Headquarters; Phone Sey. 7495. Teamsters, Ch.__Te_.rs, Stablemen and Helper., Looal 48*—311 Labor Headquartera. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters, President. A. A. McKay. 765 Cambie St.; Secreury-Treasurer . Blrt Showier, Room 308 Labor Headquarters. Theatrical Stage Employees' Unloa, Local 11* of the I.A.T.S.E. h M.P.M.O. Meets second Friday ln Labor Headquarters at 9:80 a.m. President, A. Harrington; Secretary, W. Park; Business Agent, H. Pearson, address, P. O. Box 711. Lathers, Wood, Win and Metal. International Union, Loeal 807—Meets flrst and third Monday. In month at Labor Headquarters. SecreUry, F. Macy, 2458 West Seventh Ave. Phone: Bayview 6831-L. .nT — ...... ..—President, Thos. Bills, 1362 Burrard St.; SecreUry. P- R Bengough. Office. Room t»0. I»- -tnr Headquarter*. HKe«t£«-**jMeo»d and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 818. Milk W.gon Driver, aad D.lry Employ- ..., Looal 4*4—Office 308. Labor Head- " quarters. Meets second and fourth • Fridays In. HAH No. 1. President, 8. O. Walter.; Secretary-Treasurer, ' Blrt Showier, 2-41 Triumph. - Phone High. 5387. Typographical Ualoa, Mo. SM Ident, C. 8. Campbell; Vlce-Pre.ldent, R Uouthro; S-cr.Ury-Treasurer, R. H. Neeiands, 300-2 Lsbor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Women'. Bldg., Thurlow street Union Label Trade. Council meets ln Hall No. 4, Labor Headquarters, 62* Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays In each month st 8 o'clock. President, Colin McDonald, 2834 St. George Street, Phone Fair. 3317-Y. SecreUry. Mollle Dolk, 1687 Fifth Avenue feast. Phone High. 477-T. —Prince Rupert 1 Trades <& Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each al month. President. 8. D. Mo- Donald, Box 268. SecreUry. Frank Derry. Box 498. Prince Rupert, B.C. Broach, Youngest Labor Chief Outlines Interesting Policies When the executive cooncil of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker* met last month to choose a successor to the beloved "Jimmie" Noonan,. the late international president, its unanimous vote was cast for H. It. Broach, the youngest of the organization's vice- presidents. President Broach is the most youthful of the chief executives of international labor unions, but, paradoxical as it may seem, is a veteran of the trade union movement. He has been a member of the Electrical Workers for nearly 23 year* and. yet, will not be 37 year* old until next April. The Electrical Workers' Journal for January is publishing a remarkable statement by Mr. Broach. With characteristic frankness he presents his views on the labor movement and makes clear the principles which will guide his course as head of the organization. Broach States Hi. Views The statement in full follows: "Each of my eminent predecessor* had his ideals, his dreams. Each in his turn had to lrt'eet new conditions, new situations. Each had his own views and desires, his beliefs, his own way of doing things. Naturally I have. mine. "Some of these I wish briefly to enumerate here: "1. I desire no fair weather admirers or supporters, no false impressions as to what I am, what I believe in or stand for. I detest sham and pretense, hypocrisy and evasiveness. Frankness, plainness, saves one much annoyance and much trouble. "2. I care nothing about titles and honors. These, I realize, are meant for the position, for the office, not for the individual. I do not want to be 'popular.' Popularity has too many dangers and pitfalls. PeoDle should be told frankly what they need to know, not what they like to hear. Leu Talk, More Work "3. I believe the day of emotionalism and bombast is done. We have had too much whining and crying and cheap oratory. "There must be clearer, deeper understanding, less talk and more results, shorter meetings and harder work. Speeches or 'a few words' should be tolerated only when a definite, worth-while object is to be attained. 'Chewing matches' have ruined many of our unions. "4. I believe. in democracy only when it works. Confused * idea* of democracy and free speech have wrecked more unions than any other thing. If democracy interferes with good business methods, then * it is not likely good democracy. Phrases, words, slogans—all mean little today. Only results count. "5. I hate bossism, cockiness or arrogance. But there must be strict discipline all along the line. Ni army ever got anywhere without order and discipline. Discipline and teamwork never fails to get result*. Need Courage and Brain. "6. The sentimentalists, the cheer leader and lazy good fellow, tbe theorist and sputtering orator—all have about had their day. They taught us our lessons. Today we need plain speaking executive*. We are already blessed with a number of these. "We need to encourage and develop more men to manage our affairs—men | of character, brains and courage—men who will not hem and haw over trifle* or technicalities, men who will proceed to do the- practical, common-sense thing. "7. Sloppiness, filth, laziness and drunkenness have no place in this organization. I believe that the men representing this international and our local unions should conduct themselves as well as those representing any business corporation. "So far as those representing the international are concerned, two things will not be tolerated—drunkenness and laziness. I believe we have some good men, doing excellent work. Certain ones should be pensioned. Others should be given a chance to do better. Others have had all the chance* they deserve. Labor Politic, a Curie "8. Labor politic* sickens me. It has been a curse to many unions. True, one must use common-sense snd caution when dealing with group* or crowd*. He must be tactful and sensible. But long ago I learned that one can do the right thing in union" work. The only pontic* that should interast us, as Chas'. P. Ford puts it, is the politics of service. It's,the best ilnd most lasting. "9. Today I look upon the labor union as a business. It must be aet up as a business, managed and ran as a business. It'* not the sociable organization it used to be. People cannot be rallied to 'causes' as formerly. Revivals no longer 'take.' "I have no illusions about it. Nine out of ten people invest in the union today for what they hope to get out of it. The same attention should be given to this investment as is given to stocks and bonds. Accomplishment of Labor'. Aims "The benefits must be made so attractive, the investment so profitable, that no one can afford to get out of our union once he is in. "This is not as mercenary as it sounds. We are dealing with people, not with sticks and stones. The great traditional aims of labor unionism are still before us, but these must be accomplished, can be accomplished, in this generation, only by efficient business methods. "10. Too often unions have been mere fighting organizations. But an army never built a town, nor prot duced a harvest. Nine-tenths of -a union's activities should go into constructive, peace-time efforts—into building. "1. No business ever got much of anywhere without a responsible head —neither can a labor union, local or international. We now face some of the same problems that business corporations have. Guarantee of Good Workmanship "We must meet them the same way. No successful corporation conducts its business by mass meetings. None ever think of it. Neither can a labor union that wants to be really successful. Delegated powers are more efficient than town meetings. "1. I believe in reasonably high dues, high taxation, local and international. It produces more than speeches, complaining, wishing and hoping. No successful business can be run on a shoestring. It's like poor people hiring poor lawyers—and getting poor results. "13. Every member should be an excellent mechanic. Excuses must not be tolerated. We must strive more diligently to see that everyone learns what he needs to know, what he is paid to know. "Our card must stand for exactly what it is supposed to stand for— the best possible guarantee of good, clean workmanship. This is fhe soundest structure on which to build. Mu.t Know the Fact. "Much is now being done to school and train our members. Thousands are now required to attend night school. This work must be hastened. I believe in compulsory school ing of certain journeymen as well as apprentices and helpers, as is now tne case in New York. "14. Our industry must come first. It's as much ours as the employers'. Its ups and downs, its gooa and bad practices, affect us more than any one else. We must develop com plete ahd accurate facts about every phase of it There must be better business, more business, and business on a sounder basis. . "15. I believe in honest, thorough and complete co-operation—not mere gestures—with our employers in every proper and legal way in ridding all branches of our industry of ignorant, uneconomic and destructive practices. "16. I know from long experience that our members are just as much responsible, if not more so, than their employers for the unsatisfactory and non-union conditions existing in certain places today. No Sputtering Over Trifle. "Some of our people have been so unreliable, they have committed so many childish blunder*, have been so arrogant and narrow, that I have not blamed some employers for declining to do business with them. - "17. Hy associates and I abhor wrangling, sputtering over trifles and sparring and maneuvering, for petty advantage in dealings with employ er*. "There must be no hair-splitting or quibbling. We must insist upon substituting honest co-operation and understanding for bargaining, trimming and quarreling. "18. We must urge and encourage our employers at every chance to put their part of the business on a higher plane, to clean their house of burdensome, ungentlemanly' arid unbusinesslike practice*, and to have as their representatives competent, open-minded, modern business men. "19. I believe agreements must be held sacred, faith must be kept at all -cost*. Hen once giving their word must keep it. Excuses cannot be accepted.:--' Not Afraid of Criticism. "I want to work with others, hut do not propose to waste any time toying to" tejl the labor.movement now to 'save*1 Itself. Mj, first job i* to try to attend to the need* of this organization. UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Opoa Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver** Beit Under Personal Management of HAROLD DECG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When tn a Marry, Drop tn at ArlMvt" FKE^8 "aK."1_y* Dairy Lunch "It's tbe CottAA" 73 Hastings West Always Op«n R. WILKINSON. PSS.. O. DUNCAN. IB, Reynolds'Cartage Co. Phonost Trinity 1227.-122* Crating*, Packing, Bhlppln* and ■torses. Furniture and' Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Office an* Wanboussi 722 — CAMBIE BTBBBT — TM PERRY &DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West 33 # Anti-Union Tobacco Co. Is Fait Slowing Down This eventful old year for labor and industry is now drawing to a close and will soon have become recorded history, and we should be able to review the pages and, with pardonable pride, say, "I have done my best to carry the banner of organization farther into the opposition's camp," and add: "Thus far have we entered the bowel* of the land." Notwithstanding all we have done, there is still some unfinished business. We are recording the fact that the low-wage, non-union condition still obtains in the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert smoking tobacco are still the choice of some people, as non-union products. We are happy to say, however, that there is a terrible "limp" in their productive motion, work time has been reduced, thousands have been discharged from the working forces, and it is reported that the carloads of returned goods is increasing in number each month. The organized tobacco workers take thsi means of thanking the organized labor movement individually and collectively, and its thousands of friends and sympathizers, for the constant and steady support given to us during the now closing year, and 'we ask you for a renewed expression of your opposition to the non-union, low-wage condition obtaining in the R J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. We have a God-given right to organize into a trade union when we feel its necessity. This privilege the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company denies us, and has discharged hundreds of employes for so doing. To organize should be the undeniable right of any and all Americans. For this right and privilege we flght to the bitter end. To this end we ask the continuity of your past most loyal support daring the coming year. Assuring you of our great appreciation for your aid and assistance in this bitter contest, we are, Fraternally yours, . Tobacco Worker*' International Union, E. Lewis Evans, Prest-Sec.-Treaa. Look for the Union Label. "But" yon will not find it on Camel cigarette*. They are not FAIR. A lot of people put something by for a rainy day by saving op hard for a closed-in car. ?l "I shall not be onset by hostility, criticism or unkindnes*. I ara pretty well hardened to all thi*. I have no illusion* about men or life. I shall simply try to do the beat I can, the Vert I know how, consistent with Irving to preserve My strength and health. "And if the Brotherhood does not favor the view* and position outlined here, fiieri I am certainly anxious that another president be chosen as soon a* possible." Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, January 17, 193 The Labor Statesman .* i Published every Friday, st Lsbor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Wstts, Man. Edit PRESS COMMITTEE Wm. Page, Chairman; W. Watt (Building; Tradea Council); P.. R. Bengough (Metal Trades), R. H. Neeiands (Printing Trades), W.. Deptford (Transportation Tradea), B. Showier (Teaming Trades), T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades), C. Herrett (l_abel Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year: to Unions. 16c per month per member. Phon. Btvmour 6*7* Vancouver, Friday, Jan. 17,1930 THE MINISTER OF LABOR From the time of its formation as separate administration the Department of Labor at Ottawa has been considered by well-informed Labor men as something between a threat and a joke. The principal function of the department has been to stack the cards against Labor in any situation where by means of a strike Labor stands something more than an even chance to defeat a public service corporation. This to some may seem a little strong, but possibly its truth will become more evident if we imagine a strike covering the C. P. R. engineers, and, at another time, a strike by the maintenance-of- way men. The engineers' job could not be successfully scabbed, and, consequently, the Department of Labor would be on the job with a "Conciliation Board" within thirty- six hours. The section man's job could be scabbed, and, consequently, the Department would be unable to learn of his trouble until the railway company had handed his job with a new-comer from the Balkan States. Consistent with this, in any arbitration the Department's "impartial" third man is unfailingly a person who lives off Labor rather than by Labor. This and gathering a few inane statistics has been the duties of the Department of Labor. For a period of years the Department has been the kindly shelter of types ranging from the strutting young man, greedy for self-advancement, to the pompous second-rate-lawyer, enjoying the fruits of his political service and straterv. From then on the Department of Labor looked for nothing—and got what it looked for, When the present Minister was appointed Labor looked for a change. Peter Heenan had come up from the . working class—unfortunately, perhaps from the top of the class, rather than the bottom. If he had any weakness, it was not personal vanity nor laziness. In the Ontario House he had shown that he possessed vision and courage. We had expected that when the present ruinous Labor condition was forced on the attention of Ottawa, the Solicitor-General would be directed to tell the overburdened cities that under the British North America Act unemployment was a provincial or municipal problem, or, as the request was to the Government to enter a new field, -the Premier could quite fittingly have made the reply. The Labor Department has never yet given any evidence that it gave a hoot if thc wage-workers of the country sank even into cannibalism, so there was no reason why our Peter should have been trotted out to refuse assistance in the difficulty that the Government, .of which he is a part, has created. " During the four months to November 80th, the Government imported 58,710 immigrants. At. the present time there is something like this number of unemployed in Western Canada, and the Minister of Labor is sent out to tell us that the Federal Government is not responsible. Arising out of this, two questions present themselves: What has happened to Peter Heenan?—We know the effects of companionship, but this applies only to weak men. We thought that Peter was strong. We know that the cuisine at the Chateau Laurier would turn some men's head and cause them to fail to recognize their own mothers. We hope that Heenan is built of stronger timber than this. For the present we offer no answer'to our first question. The second question is: What interest can the Federal Government have in giving us this immoral repudiation from the month of the Minister of Labor. To this date1 Heenan has retained the confidence and remect of Labor throughout Canada, tf. any other mouthpiece had' been used, Labor'* confidence in Heenan would cause it'to. believe that,, as a niem- ber of the Cabinet, he had done a iting the Minister and destroying his influence could be found than to give us this repudiation from his mouth. —M. ■ Much of the present unemployment, misery and crime is due to the labor importing policy of the C. P. R., and, to a less extent, the C. N. R. How wholly indifferent these corporations are to the trouble which they have helped to create comes out very clearly at the present. During last summer, when employment was at its highest, the C. N. R. had a large crowd of men excavating half a block on Georgia street for a hotel. For some months the high barracade has menaced traffic on three streets and the peace of Valhalla has reigned inside, and the workers who six months ago were the evidence of our growth and prosperity are now in the bread-line. Several months ago the Railway Commissioners ordered construction of the Carrali street cut-off tunnel to commence on January 2nd. Working from both ends, this work would employ several hundred men. The C. P. R. had ample notice and time for any preliminary investigation or preparation, but it made, no move whatever until on January 2nd it "commenced construction" by placing a hiccoughing Ford engine on the edge of the Thurlow street sidewalk to prod a hole down so that the C. P. R. may know as to the strata, what-—and no more—than every student of geology in Vancouver can tell them. When this hole is finished, another and another will be put down until some half dozen are finished—and this is called "tunnel construction." And, by the way, the City Council is a party to this piece of hippodrome, and will pay a substantial portion of the costs. —M. Great Task For the ~*~i Alberta Government Through the intelligent and persistent negotiations of the U.-F. A. government in Alberta, ahd the reasonable attitude of the federal administration at Ottawa, the natural ret sources, have been given to this province on terms more favorable than were ever dreamed of by the politicians who did so much talking, and uccomplwhd so little, about the matter in all the years since 1905. Now we have the resources, tr will have very shortly. And now the question asked by an eastern paper arises: "What are we going to do with them?" The present government of Alberta has faced and solved tremendous problems since 1921, but the Alberta Labor News believes that the next five years will provide a greater test of the government's ability and purposes than any it has yet experienced. It is interesting to note the attitude of the official organ of the United Farmers of Alberta toward the government's task in connection with the development of the resources. We reproduce in full an editorial article from the current issue of The U. F. A.: "A Supreme Opportunity "The transfer of Alberta's resources to provincial control will increase heavily the responsibilities of the Alberta government, and of the legislative assembly. It will provide a supreme opportunity for the development of a policy of conservation and development under public ownership and control, for the benefit of this and future generations. No other government in North America has ever been so fortunately placed in this respect, because none has been so completely free from dependence upon party interests dominated by industrial groups which regard the public domain as a legitimate field for exploitation. We are confident that a policy of strict conservation, coupled with steady, well- planned development under public ownership, will meet with the approval of an overwhelming majority of the people of the province—certainly with that of the farmers, who are the most important element in our population; of the- substantial and influential Labor groups in the cities and some of the towns; and also of a large body of citizens of neither of these categories who are deeply devoted to public interests and inspired by a higher patriotism than that of the stock market. \7 "Alberta is in a position to avoid the disastrous errors of policy which have resulted in the premature depletion of resources of untold value in many parts of this continent, and at the same time to assure to citizens of today and tomorrow all of the advantages which should accrue from their inheritance. The men _*t* the head of affairs in this province are entrusted with as fine an opportunity for service as has .fallen, to the - lot of any body of Canadian* in posi- supr_..to. get- to -a—different+tioos-of •puHie*-resironsJ-tKty -fn-the* conclusion. No aurer wsy of discred- history of the Dominion." Use of Convicts in Construction Work Concern is being expressed in building circles over.a bill intrixJuc- ed in the United States Senate which proposes that federal prisoners be used on government projects and that they also be let to states and other political subdivisions for road building and other construction. . Associated General Contractors have appealed to local chapters to express their disapproval of the, measure and its possible menace has been called, to the attention of labor organizations. The hill was referred to the Senate judiciary committee. It was introduced by Senator Norris of Nebraska "by request," which appears to imply that Senator Norris says "This is not by baby.," Fear is expressed that adoption of the bill would not only work an injury to the construction industry, but that it would establish a precedent for the further encroachment of convict labor on the rights of free labor. Everett Labor Gets Into Good Stride Union labor of Everett—and the building trades constitute a big factor in the movement—is pushing forward the new labor temple, and financing has reached the point at which all doubt has disappeared. On the night of December 7 the labor movement had charge of a show at the local Fox theater that brought in more than a thousand dollars for the building fund. Connected with this incident is an interesting story. The' Moving Picture Operators had a disagreement with the theater, but all organized labor lined up behind the operators and the dispute was soon adjusted. The manager was so pleased with .the showing of labor solidarity that he gave the use of the theater free for the labor show and provided the films that made up a considerable feature of the show. Chris Solie, business agent of the Everett Building Trades Council, has been appointed City Building Inspector, covering all departments. Correspondence Editor Labor Statesman: Sir—I was at a Conservative meeting in Vancouver Heights on Friday, January 10th, and was surprised that they had got the health insurance into committee. Why the Labor party does not come out strongly every week on some political benefit, instead of petty things, gets me. If the Conservative party get this through it will put them in stronger than ever. At the above meeting was Mr. McQuarrie, M.P.; Rutledge, M.L.A., R. Planta, etc. The following facts were brought out: Rate—Two-fifths from employer and employee, one-fifth from government. Cost—Government, nothing, as the large amount of yearly grants to asylums, hospitals, etc., would pay for it. Employers, one-eighth of 1 per cent, of gross profits. Employees, about $2 on the $100 up to $3,000 per year. Benefits—After three days, 62 per cent, of wages, free maternity, hospital, laboratory, X-ray expenses, etc. Choice of any doctor. Effect—Reduce mortality, worry; not to be confused with unemployment insurance, so this needs separate control. Would be worked under workers' compensation act, as they state a man takes cold at work, is just in the same state as if he broke his leg. Now, this is in committee stage, and will be up this spring, by Mr. Rutledge, M.L.A. The public in general want action. A little is better than hojt air. Therefore, if it goes through, I bet it consolidates the Conservative party more than ever. Yours truly, J. 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The unemployed men claimed they had paid from $5 to $20 to get jobs. All they got was a long ride to fictitious addresses in different parts of the outskirts of the city. - When the men discovered that th had been swindled they decided get their money back or "beat u] the agents. While they failed to attain eith objective, they did wreck the offi and apparently extracted a good de of satisfaction from the perfon ance. Police dealt gently with the mo but arrested two of the agencj proprietors. They were held in bi of $5,000 each. Magistrate Smith, before who they were taken, said it was appa ent that thc agency had collect! about $1,380 from the protestan and had done nothing in return. BUILDING WAGES UP BUT COSTS DECLINE The monthly survey for January of the American Federation of Labor punctures the story that the building industry is handicapped by "the extortions of labor." It takes the building wages given by the U. S. Department of Labor, couples them with building costs found by a leading construction company, and finds that while wages have increased notably since 1923, building costs have declined 7 or 8 per cent, in the same period. "Developments in building," says the survey, "show that when model engineering methods are put to wot wages can be increased without ii creasing production costs." RETAIL CLERKS ARE ORGANIZING IN TORONT Encouraging reports are to han regarding the organization of reta salespeople in Toronto. At a largel attended meeting held in the Labo Temple it was decided to apply for charter from the Retail Clerks Intel national Protective Association. Th new union starts off with approx mately 200 members. CONFLICTS OVER WAGES FREQUENT IN POLAND I WARSAW. Poland.—This country had 729 strikes during 1928, of | 554 were conflicts over wages, according to the Statistical Year Book [ just issued by the Polish government. The majority- of the strikes took I place in the ..textile industry! al.l though metal Workers aad mineral "were -ate©- involved."-v v—-__--- I A "total of 354,660 workers were | affected. -, X , An optimist is a guy who ca_i"l_oS_1 afca pt_S-t>->ttl -rithrtt.tMnkiiig _ow| much it costs. .»«.,.-.'._,..■■• ■ .,. Carload Sale of Furniture TEN CARS BOUGHT FOR THIS SALE! Through an extremely fortunate circumstance our buyer bought ten carloads from 25 per cent, to 50 per cent, discount. These savings we are now passing on to our customers, presenting a most unusual opportunity to purchase medium and high-grade furniture at extremely low prices. ALL CHESTERFIELD SUITES AT SPECIAL PRICES li%3 m 3-Piece Suites in figured damask, reversible Marshall spring cushions. Regular $225.00. <l_17^ OO Carload sale price . «r-»-* -J.VV 3-Picce Suite*, in covers of figured tapestry, semi-pillow arms, reversible Marshall spring cushions. <j|»'^ ^ C AA Regular $300.00. Carload sale price «]]-■___.__- _.. \J\J MANY BARGAINS IN HIGH-GRADE BEDROOM SUITES Dreiser, Dreniog Table, Cheit of Drawer*, Bed and Bench, in shaded walnut. Regular $200.00. <j»| CA AA Carload sale price W -»■ *fV» v/Vf ATTRACTIVE VALUES IN QUALITY DINING ROOM SUITES 9-Piece Suite, in solid walnut, 60-inch buffet Suitable for small or medium size dining room. Regular $225.00. 'ftf-V^i OO END-TABLE BARGAIN In walnut "Hi-Lite," jEnglish Carload sale price.. PULL-UP CHAIRS In walnut "Hi-Lite," English tapestry. Regular $25. <jj?1 C Carload sale price . •r. brown and red mahogany. Regular $12.60. foQ AA Carload sale price....*B» \w~* \J\J Do Not Miss the Great Sale—Bargains in Every Department! THE Maher Furniture Co. LTD. VANCOUVER'S LEADING FURNITURE STORE /'«'V'_. 929-GRANVILLE STREET-929 —^•~ w Friday, January 17, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five Inter-municipal Conference on Unemployment, in Vancouver ______ Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers '■ • isa Cordova w. Phono Bey. 8G87 Mirrora Reellvered. "*' Auto Olaes Installed. . Broken Clans Replacements. Polished Plate Glass. Flat Drawn Sheet Glass. Ornamental and Wire Glastf. . Orders promptly tilled. UNION MEN! We do appreciate yoor patron- nge, and dourvi It by serving , rood.food, properly cooked, at very moderate prlcee. CENTRAL CAFE 608 Pender W. at Seymour Phone: Seymour 9147 VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatlsmi Lumbago, Neurttla Bad Told MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINOS W. SEY. 3070 UNION MEN... want tool! of reliable makes •ad quality— that's why they boy from Sterling Hardware Phone: Seymour 1433 8 CORDOVA W. (near Carrali) Chapman's Recreations. Ltd. Phone: Trinity 5632 1106 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C. X. J. Chapman NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE Is hereby given that an application will be made at the next session of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia for the passing of an Act substituting The London and Western Trusts Company, Limited, as executor, administrator or trustee, or as the case may be, in the place and stead of The Standard Trusts Company, In or In respect of every trust deed, deed, mortgage. Indenture, conveyance, will, codicil, probate, letters of administration. Judgment, order, appointment or other document whatsoever, or trust howsoever created wherein or whereby or of which The Stand;*rd Trusts- Company Is or was named as or became Trustee or appointed to any office or trust and vesting all such trusts and the trust properties and estates and the assets of The Standard Trusts Company in The London and Western Trusts Company, Limited. Dated at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 17th day of December, A.D. 1929. THE LONDON AND WESTERN TRUSTS COMPANY, LIMITED. THE STANDARD TRUSTS COMPANY, By their solicitors. LENNIE & McMASTER. WORKERS IN PORTUGAL INSIST ON 8-HOUR DAY Oporto, Portugal.—Going on record for the eight-hour day in industry is a glorious gesture, but putting shorter hours into effect accomplishes much more. That is substantially what the Portuguese labor movement — Fed- eracao das Associacoes Operarias— told the government in its recent memorandum urging the application of the eight-hour-day act. Portugal was one of the countries that ratified the Washington Hours Convention, but with the exception of some of the larger factories in the cities, the 12 and 14-hour day is being worked throughout the country. - One good turn deserves another. Your demand for the UNION LABEL or UNION SERVICE will usually cause the other fellow to do the same for you. Yon might just as well dine at the BLUE GOOSE Everybody else docs! 1109 Granville Street Phonai.,Seymour 3617-0 At time of going to press, nothing definite had been accomplished at the Inter-municipal Cpnference, called by the Vancouver City Council, except the introduction of several resolutions, and a great deal of speech-making. Thej-esolutions committee, which was" appointed on Tuesday, will bring in its report on Friday afternoon at the City Hall. The committee is composed of J. Sidaway, I. L\ P.; Ex-mayor C. E. Tisdall, Aid. Angus Mclnnis, AJd. G, W. Vance (North Vancouver), and Mrs. T. H. Kirk. The conference was opened by Acting Mayor Aid. Fraser, and delegates were present from Labor, Service, Soldier and Women's organizations, municipal bodies, business firms and other organizations. The meeting was called at the request of a delegation from the Independent Labor Party, and was opened, at the request of the chairman, by J. Sidaway, who outlined conditions of unemployment, which he termed a social disease. Mr. Ireland, of the city relief department, stated that out of the 1700 registered at his office, 900 had been given relief work. Other speakers, during the discussion, pointed out that there were at least 8000 unemployed in the city. Strong objection was made by several speakers to the $1 and $2 per day paid these relief workers, and this will come' up later in the form of a resolution. Neill of Alberni Although the Federal Government refused to be represented at the conference, and the local provincial members said they could not attend, Mr. Neill, M.P! for Alberni, addressed the meeting, as also did Mr. Rutledge, M.L.A. for Burnaby. Mr. Neill pointed out that the question of unemployment insurance, because of the B. N. A. Act, comes Under the jurisdiction of the provincial governments, but that the federal government could contribute to the scheme. He believed that all immigration should be cut out until such time as the situation was adjusted. He believed that, if some effort was made to adjust seasonal trade, work could be so regulated as to spread over a longer period, or to the winter period. He also believed that the working day, or week, should be shortened to take care of a greater number of workers, and, at the same time, increase the purchasing. power of all. A conference of provincial governments should also be held on the subject of unemployment, he said. Mrs. McGill favored the planning of public works ten years ahead by federal, provincial and municipal governments. The distress among women was greater, she said, than many people realized. Cause and Cure Alderman Mclnnis pointed out the fundamental causes of unemployment. There are two classes in society, he said, a class that owns the machinery of wealth production and does not produce, and a class that produces the wealth but does not own it. When the machine has produced more than the workers can buy back, the workers are laid off. Machinery has been made for the profit of the owner rather than the comfort of the worker, whom it is continuously displacing. The machine can be made to enable the worker to enjoy the comforts and leisure that the awning class now enjoy. It can be made to enable the worker to work in the summer and lay off in the winter, or vice versa. At the present time, however, we must look for something to paliate the situation, he said, but while the City Council could not shoulder the whole responsibility, it should be prepared to do all that it was financially able to do. Several communists were at the conference, and, while advocating revolution and condemning paliatives, succeeded in upsetting all this by asking for work. W. Bennett, never failing in his attack upon the Labor Party, said that, although Alderman Mclnnis dealt with the causes and cure of unemployment, he was not sincere. A delegate from the Hope-Princeton Board of Trade advocated urging the government to start immediate work on the Hope-Princeton highway, which, he said, would employ 500 men. Want "Pork Chop." A. Campbell, of the Unemployed Workers' Association, said that it was up to the city and provincial governments to deal with the problem. What we want is "pork chops," he said. Mr. Rutledge, M.L.A. for Burnaby, advocated .the continuation of work on tJ>i*_ ._£_• ot ^ej__Trans-C_nada highway, and it is up to the- City Council to initiate the work, he said. J. Litterick, of the Unemployed Workers' Association, reported that relief workers, who had been agitating on the job, had been discharged, arrested and railroaded to jail. He stated.that 82 men had been sent to the Okalla prison farm because the city relief department did not want to give them work. He denied Mr. Ireland's statement to the effect that the relief workers were only clearing brush. He said that the men were doing road grading, work usually done by civic employees. Mutt Find Immediate Relief At the meeting on Wednesday, Dr. Lyle Telford, of the Independent Labor Party, presented several resolutions opposing the full day's work for $1 and $2 a day; unemployment and health insurance; reduction of working hours, and birth control. He stated that, while it-was-advisable to discuss the real cause and cure of unemployment, we must not lay down on the job of doing something to relieve the situation, tie felt that the federal and provincial governments should be cenS&red for their indifference to this problem and conference, but we had to go ahead to find some immediate relief. Several other speakers followed, including delegates from the Disabled Veterans, Kiwanis Club, Rate-' payers' Associations, Chambers of Commerce, Labor Unions, Local Council of Women, and City Aldermen. Middle Class Bandits Dr. Curry referred to the fact that the unemployment problem was affecting all classes, and. he knew that his class—the middle class—were entering the ranks of the unemployed through loss of business, and he had no hesitation in saying that many of the bank robberies and other holdups were being done by former members of the middle class. While unemployment was a world problem, common to all countries under capitalistic production, he felt that considerable work could be found by the city and provincial governments in and around the city. This work, he said, will pay for itself, and it was up to those who have some power to urge the provincial government to do something. May Help Themselves Jas Thomson, president of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, stated that the organized labor hiovement had been 45 years trying to get the government to adopt social legislation to cope with unemployment, and it was getting time for drastic action. He pointed out that' British capitalists were opening factories in China to make goods for British and foreign consumption and that Canadian capitalists were doing the same. Logging and railroad companies were bringing hordes of immigrants to this country, and Canadians were driven out just as fast. Even the C. N. R. was bringing men from Winnipeg to work on jobs in this city and paying them 60c per hour, instead of the regular union scale of $1. Work in the logging camps was of such short duration, pay so low, and board so high, that loggers found themselves with about a hundred dollars when they arrived back in town. The situation is getting intense, he said, and it is up to all of us to find ways and means of helping the "unemployed. If we don't, he said, after a while the unemployed will help themselves. ASKS SIX-HOUR DAY AS AID TO JOBLESS New York.—Organized plasterers in this city inform employers they will work six hours ~a day for two months to care for unemployed members. The union, last August, won the 40-hour, five-day week and a 10 per cent, wage increase. The plasterers have no intention of violating their contract, but appeal to employers to aid them in relieving idle members, who total 40 per cent, of the union's 10,000 membership. The contractors ignore the humanitarian request. The fear of a six- hour day in the future looms before them. UNCLE SAM WILL BUILD A LITTLE Adoption by the House of Representatives of the Elliott Bill on December 16th seems to assure that the government building program will be accelerated by the authorization of annual expenditures of SK0.- 000.000, about one-thira of which will be in the"nation's canita!. Scat-, tered cities throughout the United States wi'l get pbstoffice and customs buildings varying in cost The above bill is in addition' to a special ..bill j_wropriaOn_„neaiiljt___ million doITars for a new sunreme court building In Washington, D.C. One of the most popular brands among Union men sold by the Liquor Control Boards of Canada CATTO'S Old, Highland Whisl\ey Obtainable at All Government Liquor Stores Please Ask for CATTO'S This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Dominion Furniture Co. Buys Stoddart Building Messrs. G. and E. Newman of the Dominion Furniture Company have purchased the building formerly occupied by A. I. Stoddart, corner of Seventh and Granville streets, and will shortly open a branch of their very extensive business on that site. This will be the fourth store operated by Messrs. Newman, others being located at 1082 Granville street, 968 Granville street, and 106 East Hastings. The firm of Newman Brothers has been in business in Vancouver for eighteen years^ and during that period has established an enviable reputation. Their stores carry nothing but new furniture, * specializing in Chesterfield suites and upholstered furniture of their own manufacture. The firm's customers are thereby enabled to effect .substantial savings in the purchase of High-grade furniture as the middleman's profits are eliminated. The new Fairview property has been purchased by this enterprising firm for two main reasons—'the possibilities for a very elaborate display and to facilitate the parking problems which are daily becoming more acute in the downtown section. The avenue alongside tha new store offers an ideal place to leave tho car while shopping at leisure. Without Exaggeration We had to engage' a new office boy last week, and for a time we thought we had really secured a treasure, as he seemed so civil and polite, and, stranger still to relate, apparently was not addicted to that invidious practice of chewing gum which we have found so detestable in his predecessors, so had it not been for one little defect we should have said he was as near perfect as it was possible for an office boy to be, but, unfortunately, he has a great tendency to stutter when he gets excited. Of course, it took Archibald to find it out, he would do. While hunting around our desk a day or so later for the office scissors, we hastily summoned the lad to enquire if he had seen them, and finally, getting rather impatient, sent him out to see if Archibald had taken them, a favorite trick of his. So you can imagine our surprise when a few seconds later Archibald burst into the office with "Come and see the office boy; I believe he's going mad. He's behaving like a steam engine." So, hastening out to see what was the matter, we found the boy very busy in the poet's corner, and on enquiring what was the matter he replied: "I'm sis-sis-sis-sor- sorry, s-s-s-sir, I'm s-s-s-s-s-still s-s-s- s-sea-searching for those s-s-s-s-s-s-s- sis-scissors." So we thought it was about time to give Archibald a little advice about getting down to business and trying to do something for once without exaggeration. P.A.B. Without Exaggeration Now, to keep up to date is a part of my scheme,* For I'm Johnny you know on the spot, So I'm writing some lines on a popular theme, Of which we've been hearing a lot. For I see in the papers they're making a song, Tho' their story I hardly believe, When they tell us the action of Labor was wrong, With the trick that they had up their sleeve. My ignorance kindly put down to my youth, But the matter I wish to discuss Is, if Labor is only revealing the truth, Why is it they're making this fuss? But it seems that, no matter how much they may rage, The Australians are certainly wise To our cheap Chinese labor and underpaid wage, Which are things that they simply despise. They'll be sore, I suppose, if they cannot dispose Of the lumber they made from our trees, But I'm doubtful,-indeed, if a deal they will close With our friends in the An-tip- odes (Antipodes). For they'll find that this action is clearly endorsed By the friends that we have in tbe South; So now they are busily counting tha . cost Since Labor did open its mouth. The cat's out of the bag, so no longer I'll lag, For matters have come to a paas, We no longer can brag of our country or flag When we see such a damnable farce; v To see our own people parading the street 'Tis a sight to be sadly deplored, Not doing a tap, being pushed off tha may For a cheap Mongolian horde. —P.A.B. FRANCE HAS A SHORTAGE OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS While Great Britain and Germany are perspiring over their unemployment problems, there is a labor shortage in France, according to reports received bjr the Unitcd^Statea Department ot 'Labor.'- More worR- ers are needed in tbe steel and textile industries. In order to meet the demand ten.ffi-0-AO.O...ww.kers..ar.e„.heii__.. imparted from Poland and other nearby countries. - . ■ ' ' *• .'.', ' PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PAYS WELL IN NEW-BRUNSWICK ST. JOHN, N. B.—PuWie ownership is succeeding in New Brunswick. The Power Commission of the province has just finished the best year in its history, with,an increase in revenue of 10.4 per Cent, and increased service reaching 800 additional families. The commission has 156,000 in reserve for the purchase of, auxiliary power. . ; ., ' . ■:-'""-. jgff '"-■' " ■ '* -c~ ' \C.. }< The more praise a man bestows . upon himself the wiser he isn't . Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, January 17, 1930 "B.ild B. C Makes Into Cream Cheese A LADY of Victoria, who has used Pacific Milk for years, in a splendid letter, recently received, says: "It (Pacific Milk) whips beautifully for jellies or cream cakes and makes a lovely cream pie. Also I make with it a cream cheese that is really deli- C ciousin sandwiches.'' Other uses to which Pacific Milk is put are also given, j Pacific Milk Factories at Abbotsford and Ladner INDEPENDENT LABOB PJLBTT VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turner Secretary-Trees., R. E. Tlmmlns 636 Drake Street Meets Second ana Fourth Fridays at I. O. O. F. Hall. . . ' . 2217 Main St. Membership Fee Si Per Tear NdTARY PUBLIC P. ft. BENGOUGH SecreUry Trades * Labor Council Koom 300—631 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7_»5-M7» V 'COUTTEB TRADES AMD Z.ABOX ooxrxaa .Jamea Thomson J. Bartlett Fre.ld.nt Tlc.-Pr..la.nt.... ... .. ».„.„ 2__._J5? ***» •»■ __■ Beafooch BUtl.tldan .... . .0. B. H.rrett W«**_n —, Walter Deptford Bxeonttve, Committee Ohelrman. COVJUVXJBBBi Or-ranliaMon: v Colin McDonald (chair.), Tallore. P. R. Bengough. Mnchlnlets. W. J. Bartlett, Blacksmith*, Jae. Thomson. Pile Drivers. \ . C. Herrett. Barber*. \ -.agtslatlve: X. H. Neeiands (ohalr.), Typog-rmphloel. W. J. Scribbins. Civic Employees. P. R. Bengough. Trades Council. F. A. Hoover, Street Railwaymen. C A. Watson. Fire Fighter*. W. Hargreaves. Caroenters. J. Thomson Pile Drivers. C. Lamb. Typographical C. McDonald. Tallon mm W. Page (chair.), Bnlldlng Trade* Oou-oU. W. Deptford, Transportation Trade*. R H. Neeiands. Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough. Metal Trade*. T. Hanofln, Beverage Trade*. B. Showier, Teaming Trades. W. Watt. Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trade*. Qri«.___c«i Geo. Pettipiece (ohalr.), Operating Engineers. R. <• Miller. Musician*- Union. B. Showier, Dairy Bmployeea. R. H. Morrison. Electrical Worker*. H. W. Watts, Electrical Workers. Wilson & McNeill | Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. I 115S E. 13th. Phon* Fair. S248 ENGLAND MAY PASS A FULL CREW TRUCK LAW London.—Great Britain may be the first country to enact a "full crew" law for motor trucks and busses. The road traffic bill recently introduced in the House of Commons provides that where trailers are used behind trucks additional persons must be employed to attend them. Tha bill also seeks to limit the working time of driven to not more than five consecutive hoars or more than an aggregate of 10 in any consecutive 24. Tbe office boy, though not lazy, could scarcely be called energetic, and finally his employer decided that perhaps it would be best for himito talk to the youth himself. * He sent for the lad. "Now look here, young man," he began, when the delinquent.appeared, "yon know you're inclined to be slack. The boy. I bad before you was worth twice as much as you—" 1' "Perhaps he was, sir," interrupted the lad; Hut I'll bet he didn't get it" ' C Heartache! so By Desmond Ryan ONE summer evening in 1920 two men in a London restaurant were reading the evening papers. The first was startled when the second dropped his paper and exclaimed: "So that was the end of it!--Pat* rick MacGowan's dream is out." The first, the younger ,of the two, glanced at his own paper. He had been reading the same story. "The identity of the second assailant killed in the Kilbarry ambush in County Cork last week has now been established as Patrick MacGowan, 36 years, a former Dublin school teach er. He was highly popular amongst a wide circle of friends, to whom his tragic death comes as a complete surprise. He was not known to be connected with any political organization, and had only recently taken a post in the local college." "Lister." said the second man, "Cupid, not Mars, is responsible for MacGowan's death. The paper is right, and his friends are right. He had no more to do with revolutionary organizations than you or I have. He was a studious'- and retiringman. He would not have hurt a fly, let {done a Black and Tan. * * * "And yet a year ago he dreamed of his death, and six months later he went down South convinced he would never return alive. Twelve years ago his trouble began, a love trouble. I remember meeting him in a Dublin cafe—we had been at school together, and were pretty thick"—the speaker's face was like that of a man who had seen a ghost —as perhaps he had. "He told me that the previous night he had had a curious dream, and he was not given to dreams, the dream of a group of islands and a woman whose face he could not see struggling for her life among the waves that dashed against the rocks. A voice he knew vaguely sounded in his ears, and then he awoke the household with a shout. He remembered the voice and a half-glimpse of the face. It was Winifred MacGowan, his own first cousin. * * » "Next morning he read that she had been drowned while bathing off the Donegal coast. The pair had been engaged once but drifted apart, and he had no more idea she was in Donegal than she was in the moon. I still recall - his tone and look as he kept repeating, 'Terrible, isn't it? Isn't it terrible?' And I felt something uncanny about him and noticed he was a changed man from then on. "I knew the whole story of Winifred MacGowan. She had run away with a wild fellow who left her in London, and her life had been a sad one and a dark one until that last morning in Donegal. Patrick himself was a quick-tempered lad about once in ten years, like a volcano bursting up in peaceful meadow. Something like that caused the trouble between himself and Winifred, so when she went off with herself he stuck his nose into his books and never looked at Cupid or a lassie again. "But sometimes I could see tbe heartache breaking out in a phrase he'd use or ih his eyes or in a bitter word. * ■ "Six years ago he told.me si curious thing. He had had another dream; himself walking along a lonely country road beside a river and then great cars full of armed constabulary, dashing past shouting and cheering. . ...» •.. • "The dream faded as Winifred walked towards him. Next mortfTng he opened the papers and he read that England and Germany were at war. That woke him up, for he was a mooney-headed chap and had no idea that things had been hot in Dublin let alone in Europe. So he wrote to me and told me about his dream and went on with his schoolmaster- ing, ignoring the wars and more excited about the Greeks and Romans and isosceles triangles than the fate of Belgium or all the wars at home or abroad. "Indeed, a recruiting sergeant once fished for him, but fled five minutes later in despair, so abysmal was Patrick MacGowan's ignorance of the world around him. But I often thought about him and the phrase in his letter: 'Heartache.' "Twelve months ago, when I had lost sight of him for years, he wrote to me again. He told me he had had the same dream two years after, and the Easter Rebellion had broken out the next morning. Then he had dreamed no more until that night, and there was the unknown river, the shouting- constables, and shots from both sides of the road, and he, Patrick McGowan, looking down on his own dead body with Winifred MacGowan standing beside him. « » » "He would have no rest, he wro.te, until he wandered through the south and saw the place he saw in his dream. The rest of the dream—the lorries, the shouting men even he could read in the newspapers every morning in those wild times, but I think to the end he was liable to mix up the Sinn Feiners witn the Black and Tans. "Six months ago he wrote to tell me that he had taken up a job in a college near Kilbarry, in County Cork, and one day when out walking he had recognized the lonely road and river of his dreams. But he felt at rest and his heartache was fading. "Yet his dream came out as you have read. No weapon was found near him. He walked into that ambush as he walked through his dreams and through his own life, which was a dream, too." "I don't like those quiet fellows," said the first man. "Perhaps the volcano burst up in the meadow as you mentioned. <"' "Have another coffee," said the second, "and don't spoil a good story." (The End.) HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social - Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale " ' Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS.. LTD. 1055 VERNON DRIVE ijiiiiiiiiiniiii Milliuiiiiiii mill iiui-uiiii-mii iiiiiiiiiiiijj I ************ _ For Good Coal! I ipTM phone Highland 279 1 NANAIMO-WELLINGTON FOOTHILLS _ DRUMHELLER ind SOOTLESS EGG, $9.00. | Star Coal Co., Ltd. = FREE DELIVERY PHONE: HIGH. 279 i mi 11111111 ■ 111111111 ■ ■ ■ i-iiiiii-iiiiiiiii milium mi iiiiimiiiiiiiii i MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER Census of Unemployed in U. S. Will Be Complete in Details Poor People Rejoice in T. P. O'Connor's Constituency "Miracle Man of the Slums" I» Re- tamed Unopposed to the House of Common.. There was great rejoicing in T. P. O'Connor's old constituency when Aid. D. (,. Logan, the "miracle man of the slums, was returned unopposed to the British House of Commons. Here is the London Daily Herald's account of how the people in_ Liverpool's poorest district received the good news: "Scotland road, in the heart of the Liverpool slums, is supposed to be a thoroughfare famed for its wild Saturday nights. "Last night was wild, but in a different sort of way. Dave Logan, the miracle mah of the slums, had been made an M.P. "Thousands of people forgot that they were out of work, thousands forgot the hovels in which they have to live, and thousands forgot that rent day comes on Monday. "Scotland road is not a nice neighborhood, like Wallasey, for instance. There are nasty smells, in some of the back streets, and one cannot say always what one would like to say. "There is only one man who can. That is Mr. .David Logan, a city alderman, and now an M.P. They call him 'the miracle man' because he cuts red tape, gets houses and work, G_*rdi«_s' relief-pensions, ete-rfdr neople who could never pet them before., "He has the habit of interfering when the bailiffs take out the furni ture, not illegally, but by earnest arbitration. "Mr. Logan was returned for.'T. P.'s' old seat without opposition, and from what transpired when I wandered in and around Scotland road last night there is little doubt that Mr. Logan would have been an M.P. whatever the opposition. "Scotland road is the land of poverty. Hundreds of people wait until a few minutes befo ret..e shops shut so that they can get things cheaper Dinner Luxury "I saw one woman open her shawl as she entered a butcher's shop, and, banging half* a crown on the counter, said, 'Joint' "The butcher looked surprised. 'Not pieces this week?' he inquired. "'Not likely,' said the purchaser. 'Joint I said and joint I mean. It's not every day that a pal of the poor gets into parliament.' And that seems to be the spirit in which the 40,000 people in Scotland Division received the news that Mr. Logan, who started in life aa a pawnbroker's apprentice in a musty-smelling shop in the division, had been made M.P. As a lad: he worked "iii* "the division. and today he works and lives there." Asked what he thought of bathing beauties, Charlie O'Donnel replied: ..'Gosh, r-dptifjittow. I neve* bathed one." Six months from now yon will be picking May flowers I * Uncle Sam is about to take a census of the unemployed. It will be the first in the history of this country, and officials of the Census Bureau believe the data secured will be the most complete and accurate ever gathered in any country. The-problem of preparing a questionnaire proved extremely difficult. Just what do we mean when we say a man is unemployed? It seems simple enough, but officials of the Census Bureau, assisted by an advisory committee of prominent leaders of labor and industry, have been struggling for months to find a satisfactory answer. As finally agreed upon, the "unemployment schedule" is rather an impressive document. Divided Into Two Classes Persons "usually gainfully employed" have been divided into two classes—those who have jobs and those who have no jobs of any kind. If the person visited has a job and is actually at work, the enumerator will pursue the subject of employment no further. If the person visited is idle, then the enumerator will fill out the "unemployment schedule." It calls for the "name of each per- son-, who usually works at a gainful occupation, but did not work yesterday (or on the last regular working day)." The next question is: "Does this person usually work at a gainful occupation?" and then: ''Does this person have a job of any kind?" Question* To Be Asked If he is found to have a job, then these questions are asked: (1) Why was he not at work yesterday? (Or in case yesterday was not a regular working day, why did he not work on tbe last regular working day?) For example, sickness, was laid off, voluntary lay-off, bad weather, lack of material, strike,.etc. -."..-.... •-■ (2) Does he lose a day's pay by not being at work? (3) How many days did he work last week? week. If the person has no job of any kind then these questions are asked: (1) Is he able to work? (2) Is he looking for a job? (3) How many weeks has he been out of a job? (4) Reason for being out of a job (or for losing his last job), as for example: plant closed down, sickness, off season, job completed, machines introduced, strike, etc. Instructioni to Enumerator. The enumerators are instructed to make no entries for retired persons, for young men and women seeking their first job (that is, those who have not yet been employed as gainful workers) or for married women keeping house at home who have no other work and are not now seriously trying to get a job. The enumerators are expected to supplement the answers with such explanatory matter as may be available. For example, if a locomotive fireman is found to be on a lay-off day on a regular run, the exact effect of his pay envelope must be explained. ' . In the case of a glass blower whose trade has been destroyed by machinery, his efforts to secure employment along other lines must be explained. Some Interesting By-Products The Census Bureau expects to get some interesting by-products from the unemployment census, including much information about the actual length of the working week In this country and the extent to which the five-day week has been adopted. Dr. Joseph H. Willits of the University «_of Pennsylvania acted as chairman of the advisory committee. Among those who assisted him were Daniel Willard, president of the B. & O.; David B. Robertson, president of the B. of L. F. and E. and chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association; William Green, f resident of the A. F. of L.,' ana Ithelbert Stewart, commissioner of the Bureau Labor Statistics. EX-STRIKERS' RIGHTS HAVE BEEN RESTORED Montreal.—-Seniority right*, including pension and. pass privileges, have been restored by the Grand Trunk Western, according to R. J. Tallon, president of Division No. 4; . 14) How gusny _._«&J_-J» fulUime ^aita_*|f_Sinployeei--Dei>ar-m_B_;--A; F. of. L. These were taken a way following the shopment's strike of 1922, which, Mr. Tallon states, "the 'management has agreed to forget." I —■ : Friday, January 17, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven : Union -Made Shoes CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 BAST HASTINOS STUB* Florshelm, Strlders. C. B. & C. Men's and Youth'.. HUDSON'S BAY CO. Utdl.H': Hohansen, Bancroft-Walker, Colella-Lelghton. Men', and Youth's; Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 C1__AJ.VII.LB Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Label shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WW*. — Tetrault's Men's and Youths; also Stridor and Slater's Union Label shoes. > Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronise fair employers and em ploy UNION LABOR. Classified Ads. BAKBISTEBS A_R» SOLICITORS WalUs, w. Xrtf.anx, '403 Metropolitan ' Buliaing*. Phon. Sey. 6687. BATHS Hasting. Steam Bath. Price 35o Only 766 Hasting. Street Bart. DENTISTS fir. W. A. HnU.djre, 108 Hasting. West. HOIIBT PUSLIO 9, M. Xsmgovgh Labor XesAtsssisrttis Alberta Federation of Labor Holds Its Fourteenth Session Labor Statesman, Labor H.adqnarter.. bottom specialist 0. B. H.ard 812 __o__on. VBDBBTAXBB* ft Hot.on, 304 Dnnl.vy Ave. "We Do Not Patronize" COMMERCIAL TAXI. VANCOUVER BOYS* AND GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD. the Clothier, 60S Hading. W. CLARKE __ STUART. MURPHY * CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN A LATTA. ' GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Anthorli.d by the Vanconv.r, Hew Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, for th. Information of all nnlon members. With more than 40 resolutions already in the hands of the secretary of the Alberta Federation of Labor, the convention of that body, which began Monday morning, January 13, in Edmonton, will not lack material for discussion by the delegates in attendance. The number of resolutions sent in is already greater than all thos** dealt with at the 1929 convention and this is one of the many indications that the 1930 gathering will be a record one in point of interest. Unemployment, the Workmen's Compensation Act, with' particular reference to the 3-day waiting period, and Old Age Pensions, are the subjects of a number of resolutions, but the matters referred to cover a wide field, ranging from closed mining camps to traffic regulations. An important resolution submitted by the Garment Workers' Union of Edmonton asks that the Minimum Wage Act be applied to all the province. At the present time only certain communities come under the jurisdiction of the Act, and the suggestions of the Garment Workers' would mule, the legislation province-wide. Immigration A resolution from the Rosedale local union of the United Mine Workers of America asks the Federation to go on record as advocating the closed door policy with regard to immigration, and another resolution from the same organization would bar the entrance of Mennonites unless they are prepared to abide by the rules and social legislation of the province. This union also wants the Provincial Town Planning Commissioner to see that mining camps are laid out in such a way that congestion is avoided. Mothers' Allowance Act The Railway Clerks of Edmonton are asking the Federation to* seek for an amendment to the Mothers' Allowance Act which would provide for allowances to deserted wives and the same union would urge upon the provincial government the necessity of arranging a housing scheme for the workers on lines similar to that now prevailing in some of the states in Australia, and thus enable wage- earners to build homes for themselves at a low rate of interest. The Calgary Fire Fighters are ask ing that The Workmen's Compensation Act be amended to include rheumatism, lung ailments and smoke poison as compensable injuries for employees in the various fire departments covered by the Act. The same organization also requests a regulation which would make it compulsory for at least two employees on each platoon in the various fire departments to be trained and competent in the use of oxygen helmets. Reports of the president and secretary make references to legislation passed at the 1929 session of the Legislature and many other matters which have received the attention of the officers of the Federation during the year. ./ Vice-President Fred Smeed, of Lethbridge, who was the delegate to the convention of the Trades and Labojr^Congress-of Canada has a report on that gathering. Membership Gain The report on membership shows an increase in per capita payments and the treasurer's report of receipt, and expenditures shows the standing, of the Federation to be "better than for some years. Indications are that the attendance at the convention will compare well-with previous years and delegates will be present from all sections of the province. Opening Session The opening session will take place in the Labor Hall on 100th street, when the delegates will be welcomed by E. EvOwen, president of the Edmonton Trades and Labor Council. Hon. J. E. Brownlee, Premier of Alberta, and Mayor J. M. Douglas of, Edmonton will also speak at the opening session. Following the usual custom fraternal delegates will also be heard on Monday morning and adjournment will take place about noon, the balance of the day to be devoted to committee work. The convention will reconvene on Tuesday morning to hear the reports of the various committees. Two important pieces of new legislation will be considered by the convention through special committees appointed for that purpose. These are the new Mines Act and the new Mechanics' Lien Act, which will be introduced at the coming session of the Legislature. __.. DAY DREAMERS OF PRACTICAL DREAMS © ,.C. Electric engineers are working in the future — foreseeing British Columbia's demands for electrical service in tbe future. To be ready to serve a Greater and still Greater Vancouver, and a greater British Columbia, these men plan. And their plans are carried out. Today a program is already underway calling for the expenditure of $26,000,000 on power development between now and 1936. The Greater Vancouver of the future, just as the Vancouver of today, will have electric service at the snap of a switch, and at the lowest rates on the Pacific Coast. British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited G.W.2. President of Mexico Acts in Rail Strike President Emilio Portes Gil of Mexico acted as arbitrator in a railroad labor dispute last week and rendered an award which pleased the workers but deeply offended the employing interests. «_, The controversy waa between the British-owned Mexicano railway, operating between Mexico City and Vera Cruz, and 3,500 employes. A strike was called on December 6 and for 18 days no trains moved. President Gil was accepted as an Arbitrator by the company and the employes. The following are among the important points covered by his award: The men to be paid for time lost; adoption of a seniority system in filling vacancies, thus abolishing the ■elective system, one of the chief causes of the strike; deduction of anion dues by the company, or the check-off system; establishment of additional jobs held unnecessary by the company, arid signing of a new contract between the company and the union within 45 days. The award also strips officials of the company of the power to establish arbitrary rules governing employment Naturally, the bosses re- SOME WAR! . ""It'» no'wt-irdw* you're such a sissy," laid the bad boy. "You're pa and ma were married by a justice of the peace." , ■ "Well," retorted the othe., *fr_m the noise I hear comin' from your house, your pa and ma must have been married by the secretary of war." ' "\ . ' is Machinery Is Still Taking Men Off Jobs Louisville, Ky.—"Workers are be- be absorbed by other branches of industry," says John Walker Rogers, ing_ displaced faster than they can deputy labor inspector of this state, in his study, "The Elder Worker, Restricted Employment, Annuities, Relief." Mr. Rogers says the displacement of workers over 40 years of age by younger men "is a problem that tends to become more acute, more extensive and more difficult of solution," and that this practice "will become a general policy in the industrial world." "AU the modern trends in industry seem to be working against older employes," says Mr. Rogers. "The increasing standards of efficiency necessitated by fiercer competition; specialized industry; the elimination or at least reduced demand for skill and experience because of the use of mechanized production methods and automatic machinery; consolidations of large enterprises with the consequent reduction of personnel, and many other aspects of modern industry," are listed as factors that operate against'employment of 40 and 45-year workers. "While the percentage of employers who arbitrarily dismiss skilled workers at the age of 40 or slightly more than that is comparatively small, it is, nevertheless, certain that great numbers of men are thrown out of employment for that reason. These men are finding themselves hard pressed to find work, merely because their appearance shows then- age as being that of the middle portion of life." On the question of old-age pensions, Mr Rogers says: "The old threadbare gard the provision as "Bolshevistic."I... "r.n«, •'a 2»___ff_ "wment I that it is the employe's duty to provide for his own need Is unsound. Wages paid to workera of the class who come to need help are not sufficient for them to save enough for the time In their latter life when they are'no longer able to engage actively in Industry." Ontario is full of chicken thieves A. F. of L To Hold Its 50th Annual Convention The fiftieth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will convene one year hence in Boston, Massachusetts. This will be a '.Teat historic event, deeply significant to the membership of organized ■abor. For fifty years annual conventions of the American Federation of Labor have been held with unbroken regularity. During that period the number of officers and delegates in attendance at conventions has increased in proportion to the increase in organizations and in membership. From a small beginning, with a scattered membership of a few hundred or a few thousand, we have increased our numerical strength until we have reached approximately three million steady, loyal, devoted, dues-paying members of our great international labor movement Through alternating periods of economic and industrial changes, during this fifty-year period, we have made steady progress. We are -proud of our * achievements and we are determined to go forward. , There is no more fitting and appropriate way to observe the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the American Federation of Labor than to report to this great Congress of Labor that during this year we secured a large increase in the membership of the American Federation of Labor. Such a distinct accomplishment would create profound rejoicing among the officers and members of the American Federation of Labor and their friends, and, at the same time, would serve to confound our enemies. We have an entire year in which to put forth special efforts in organizing work and in organizing campaigns. During the coming year we can increase our membership many thousands. The opportunities are great Conditions are favorable and the celebration of our Golden A. nnl-«»rKary* should serve as an .inspiration to all officers and if embers of onr great movement to serve as never before In organic- •• "I can assure yon," said the phil ing the •inorgonized and in adding- J>MSk^„>%br&.„in.fcS_^.s-*__M»'.. to the numerical strength of onr at the present time. No, they are .great movement ■J* the kind ot chickens yon think We made substantial progress last they ara! ' _ - ■ lyear. We ought to make greater pro gress during the coming year. Therefore I appeal to the officers and members of organized labor to re- dedicate themselves to the task before us, to bring in new members, to organize the unorganized, to carry the message of organized labor into every section and community throughout the land. I urge that National and International Unions launch special organizing campaigns and carry on these campaigns continuously and aggressively throughout the year. There are millions of _ workers who come under the jurisdiction of the National and International Unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor who are eligible to membership and who ought to be identified with our great organized labor movement Let us bend every effort possible, during the ensuing year, to bring these workers into membership with the American Federation of Labor. Let the work of National and International Unions be supplemented by State Federations of Labor, City Central Bodies and Local Unions. Special organizing campaigns can be launched in states, cities and communities. Literature suitable for special needs and situations will be supplied by the American Federation of Labor upon request. All assistance possible will be given ,to those engaged in organizing work and in organizing campaigns. Let our great objective during the coming year be to organize the unorganized, to arouse interest in our great movement, to overcome indifference, to -create enthusiasm, to attract attention to the problems of unemployment, discriminations, court injunctions, higher living standards, increasing leisure, human betterment and freedom to organize. Let us appeal to men and women to unite and to fight and struggle* for the realization of Labor's ideals and for the full enjoyment of all our social, political and economic right*. I hope and trust that this year will be a great year, great in accomplishment, wonderful in achievement and most, gratifying in results. Let our goal be to report to the Fiftieth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor a larger, stronger and greater American Federation of Labor.. Fraternally yours, WM. GREEN, President, American Federation of Labor! thoughts rise Move "That's right," agreed the cynic. "She's probably thinking of a new bat" Negro Labor To Hold Union Conference Problem* of Negro Workers Will Be DUcu.ied at National Meeting. In January there will be held in Chicago a National Negro Labor Conference sponsored by the Sleeping Car Porters' Union. This snlen- did organization of negro workers has recognized that the fundamental problem of negroes, as of all workers, is industrial, and that the first attack on this problem is organization in trade unions. Organization is the way to status in industry, higher wages, just and honest working conditions, shorter hours of work. These things are essential to higher social and political standing. Trade union membership is open to all negroes. The majority of trade unions accept negroes as members, but when regulations are interposed the rules of the American Federation of Labor provides that negro workers may apply for charters direct from the American Federation ot Labor. The second step in meeting the needs of negro workers is vocational training. Workera who have no craft or special training must join the ranks of unskilled workers. Unskilled workers have lower rates and less continuity of employment They are the first workers dropped when business slows down. Unions are the agencies through which workers can assure proper vocational courses through public schools. The leadership of the Sleeping Car Porters is guarantee that the National Negro Labor Conference to be held in Chicago in January will consider negro problems from this practical and constructive approach. All phases of the lives of negro workers are to be discussed and many of the speakers will be negroes who have achieved distinction in their work. This conference ia an opportunity to promote better understanding between all who work and that co-operation will serve the best interests of alL No group or race can win ?ermanent advantage by taking un- air advantage, by exploitation or undercutting standards. Through union organization the negro can raise his standards, and the American Ftttonttott *itf Labor stands - ready to help. Why does onr girl abstain from ...J__ji the day _.» tak»,h« (Hit for waning dinner. •' * * Stick to facts and you'll never gat •tuck. T* _______ Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, January 17, 193C N. Si 1 am tor for cii 'its we hai am As in< lsl Pl« <-t( an tin tw i at th. ei io P> uj h< k% Painless ^ Methods »V_LiT M***' ' lOHef) Prices >rR_D6uGi__& Ground Floor—City Hall Sey. 1460 12 H.-ting. Eait BBOTSFORD COLD HAS NO TERRORS for th* men ot either of these thoroughly dependable coals. NANAIMO-WELMNGTON This famom ooal la keeping th* majority of Vancouver home* warm and snag- these cola days. ROSEDEER Proved by test to be tbe finest soot- less and smokeless coal yon can bay. Makes a real hot lire that lasts for a long- time, let a ton prove It. Also clean, sound wood of any kind—promptly delivered. Abbotsford Wood and Coal Co., Ltd. Extra 'Phone: High. 910 I SMOKE! KURTZ CIGARS J "Union made by Union men" "Panotella" and "Invincible," 10c "Perfecto," 2 for 25c PHONE: FAIR. 913-914 MERRITT'S ,. TRANSFER Moving, Packing, Storage 140 E. 2nd Ave., Vancouver, B. O. Union Bakeries The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th At*. E. SJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU i Hastings Bakery 1 H HIGH. 4537 = 5 Choicest Bread, Cakes snd = __ Pastries. Soar Rye Bread = E 764 Hastings Street East § -iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiii. Delicious Bakery Union-made Brand and Pastry. Ask for it at your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman'deliver it Growing children and grownup folk aa** food rich ln mineral salts—tbsse are con- ______ *-.-■* • - • tain _ d' ■s-i-^m" MUTTERS WHOLE —-WHEAT BREAD-"——r MUTTER'S BAKERY Main at Sixth Union Shop Four Doomed To Die Go To Funeral of Friend What price luxury for a few months? The answer is death. Four women, in their own expensive automobiles, wearing fur coats and fine clothing, accompanied the body of a fifth woman to her grave in Orange, N.J., recently. The four'living women are dying by inches, of the same malady that took the life oi the fifth, whose funeral they attended. When they watched the casket being lowered, each one of the four living women realized that it is only the question of a few weeks or months, at the outside, before they will also be lowered into their graves. And for that they have enough money_to_keep them in idleness and luxury for the little time they have left on earth. The women, including the dead one, are victims of the use of radium in making watch dials luminous. These women were employed by the United States Radium Corporation, at small wages. They dipped the brushes with which they painted the dials, into the luminous paint, after wetting them with their lips'. Then they wet them again and again with their lips. The radium poisoned them before they realized their danger. And thus they were doomed to die. The woman who died is Mrs. Quin- ta MacDonald. One of the surviving victims of the poison fainted at the grave. Settles Cash on Victims When it became known that these women, and some others, were fatally poisoned by the radium paint, the company by which they had been employed made a settlement out of court with each of them for $10,000 cash, and $600 a year as long as long as they lived. They have been trying to have a good time with their $10,000 each, but have failed dismally. One of the Chicago newspaper columnists in commenting upon the tragedy which has overtaken these industrial workers said: "None of these women would have put the brushes to their lips if they had known that by so doing they were killing themselves; not if the compensation had been a million dollars instead of ten thousand dollars each." While the cases of these women are more spectacular and creative of newspaper interest than those of hundreds of thousands of other women workers, they are only a few of the vast army of women workers who lay down their lives for a chance to make a living. In the laundries —in a thousand places—they are killing themselves by inches, because they must live, and in order to live they must die—by overwork and strain and villainous working conditions. And when one of them dies the others who attend her funeral do not drive there in expensive automobiles which they buy from money paid them in compensation for having worked themselves to the edge of the grave. Three Union Men Are Elected in Toronto Toronto.—Toronto has just come through a hectic municipal campaign and organized labor finds it has done very well. Of the four members of the board of control elected, three carry union cards. James Simpson is a "Typo" and a vice-president of Canadian Trades and Labor Congress. W. A, Sum- merville is a member of the Musicians' Union, and W. D. Robbins belongs to the Street Railwaymen's organization. The principal issue was a proposal to expend $19,000,000 on a downtown "civic center." The daily newspapers were evenly divided. Mayor Sam McBride, who was seeking reelection, . supported the proposal, while his rival, Bert Wimp, a World War veteran, took the other side. McBride lost out by over 4,000, and the improvement proposal was beaten by 2,528. Simpson was the only advocate of the proposal who was elected to the board of control. This is taken as evidence of his great personal popularity in his home city. 7^7- SHEET METAL WORKERS ELECT OFFICERS FOR TERM At the last regular meeting of the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 289, the following were duly elected and installed for the ensuing year: '.,*/*''.* President,-J. Strachan ;* vice-prest-* 4«_t, N; C. Smith; recording secretary, R. Caldwell; business agent and financial secretary, D. Macph?*- son; treasurer, A. Fisher, conductpr, R. Alexander; warden, .P. Vance: trustees, B. Stephens, J. Walker and ,W. Sceans. _ AUSTRALIAN LABOR CHECKS B. C. LUMBER MISSION (Continuedjfrpm p.age_ljL___- operators, consistently, and many times successfully, opposed every kind of labor legislation. Every labor man who held a seat in the legislature had to- fight this powerful lobby year in and year out, and if the legislation was eventually placed on the statute books it was so full of "jokers" that it was invariably nol worth the paper it was written on to the workers. If the act was joker proof, the lumbering industry proceeded to ignore it, and have con-, sistently got away with it. Does the industry take any notice of the Employment Agency Act which is supposed to prohibit private employment agencies? These private "Logging Employment" agencies flourish all around the Government Employment Agencies, and help to keep up the old system of one gang working, one gang coming out and another gang going in. The newly arrived, immigrants, who-cannot speak or understand English, always manages to be in the gang that is going in to the job. He seems to have a pass to the job, as he generally makes direct from the immigrant train to the Loggers Agency and then from the Loggers' Agency to the job. Union Busted Up Ten years ago there were 15,000 organized loggers in this province. A short intense campaign, when lumber was in such a demand that the operators could not chance opposition to the organization, built up this union, but after the building boom was over the operators launched their attack and the union has now passed out of the picture. Mr. Wilkinson says that the lumber industry has never been antagonistic towards a man wearing a union button. Well, those 15,000 loggers can answer that, and it needs no comment from us. Minimum Wage Act A few years ago we managed to get the legislature to pass a Minimum Wage Act. This act was first applied to the lumber industry, as that was the biggest industry, and then to gradually apply it to other industries. Through court action the act no longer applies to the lumber , industry, and when the Minimum Wage Board recently listened to the petition of operating engineers for the minimum wage a 20-page brief, presumably from the lumber industry, was presented in opposition to it. Hours of Work Act The Hours of Work Act (8-Hour Day) is supposed to apply to every industry in B. C, but the lumber industry treats it in the same way as the Private Employment Agencies Act, living up to it when trade is Act, living up to it at many other times. - Of course the industry employs so many workers who cannot read or speak English that the evasion of this act becomes easy. Payment of Wages Act The Semi-Monthly Payment of Wages Act is another one that can be conveniently ignored. Last November The Labor Statesman pointed out a flagrant violation of this act in the Brunette Mills and the company was made to pay up by the Provincial Department of Labor, but if it had not been for the fact that we came into possession of the notice posted by the company this violation would have gone into operation. But how many companies publish such notices, although practicing the violation? We believe that the few cases men-, tioned show conclusively that the lumber industry does oppose Labor legislation and that we know that any man who tries to enforce safety regulations in the woods is not as welcome as he should be. Human life is too cheap to have it interfere with the speed and the profits of the industry. Every once in a while speed and production has so interfered with the amount of lumber on the market that it has tended to reduce the price of lumber, but the industry has now adjusted that by organization and curtailment. Some time ago the West Coast Lumberman, one of the official organs of the industry, pointed out that that curtailment of operations had stabilized the price of lumber, and went on to say: "There is already more or less talk of a four- day week, and undoubtedly many manufacturers will deem it expedient to curtail still further in the hope that such curtailment will stabilize the market. Meanwhile loggers would do well, to restrict their operations. Tn fact, some loggers are already doing it. While curtailment is pretty general up ahd down the coast, tne facts of the matter are the increased efficiency of_ nulLem. ployees is dtTsettliigSome "of the reduced (iapaf-i-y.". Conditions are no better, today -han^thej," were "then, hence" our streets are filled with the unemployed, who work but a few months a year' and produce a year's supply of lumber. • *•*"''. ^THINGS FOR MEN! Dependable Goods—Satisfactory Service—Satisfied Customers. 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Ye Olde English Fish & Chips You are Invited to Inspect all our beautiful sanitary equipment—it will be an eye-opener. 8 Boor* Wait of ''Panta*-.." 44 HASTINOS WEST The Labor Statesman has pointed out how Oriental labor has displaced white shim.ew_av_.s, and of a recent case where striking Chinese, who had formerly displaced white strikers, were being displaced by white girls and Japanese women. A once- strong shingleweavers' union is fighting for existence and should it fail to survive it will put an end to what was once a white man's trade. True, there are a few lumber mills and logging companies who attempt to run their plants with white labor, but these have to struggle along in competition with the other cheap labor plants, and unless some drastic changes are made in the industry, either by the operators themselves or by legislation,. this industry will become a menace to "every other industry. Other industries will, want Oriental labor ami foreign labor in bulk, and this cheap .labor.will be able to purc-SBe only irtma.l Snjputit of the goods manufactured and sold, in this province. The industry must stop the influx of cheap Oriental and European labor because-it is a duty to the citizens of this country. It must stop its attacks upon labor legislation; it must do everything humanly possible to safeguard the lives and limbs of its employees. Until it does that, organized labor will feel compelled to offer all the opposition it can to the industry, just as the industry has done and is doing to the workers of this province ind country. In this fight we feel that we shall also have the wholehearted support of, not only the unorganized workers, but also of that portion of the business element who face losses in business through the*inability of British and Canadian citizens to purchase the goods they manufacture and sell. . Our idea of a convincing talker it, one who can show little Willie just wherein algebra is essential to hit IsJApii&iVt^^ Babe: "What do you think about' this here evolution?" ■ Yokel: ''It's a good idea—but can they enforce it?" .•-■- y i.
Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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