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Canada Needs a lot of now blood in iti Federal and Provincial Parliaments to speed ui toward, industrial recovery. or Mgjjjjgj AW _gjjg|SB______ ____*_ Hr TBE VMCODV-R T__M_ES AM) IAMB COUN-H. SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS and Shorter Hours is the Big American slogan now being used in efforts towards industrial recovery. No. 422. VANCOUVER, CANADA, DECEMBER, 1933 Another $1,500,000 Lost To Destitute? New Minister of Finance Practically Substantiates the Previous Charges Made by M. H. McGeough and Organized Labor WHEN THE NEW PROVINCIAL MINISTER OF FINANCE recently stated thatabout. a mi\li^j^ir^__B7j^l^tt^sj3(^thp,, ii55n"ip""5yme.i^ ^ther ptt-pos-^it^reminrtcd the Vancouver, New Westminster aiid District Trades and Labor Council of its previous efforts to obtain an investigation of the alleged misuse of a previous million dollars, so it took immediate steps to call upon the new government to start an investigation into the foroier charges made in the name of M. H. McGeough and the Trades and Labor Council. The Trades Council first asked the Provincial (Tory) Government to launch a proper investigation of the charges,, claiming that the flrst one was sidetracked when the truth of these charges were being brought to light and proven. The government refused to act, claiming that the alleged charges were unfounded. As a matter of fact, Mr. McGeough was called to Ottawa in the middle of the investigation, held there for several weeks and then fired. The next move of the Trades Council was to call upon the Lieutenant-Governor) to cause an impartial investigation to be held. This was ignored, despite the fact that Brother McGeough supplied him with the undeniable facts and documents, showing a cold-blooded and callous misuse of the unemployment funds. Charges Ignored Brother McGeough followed this up with a communication to the Governor-General of Canada, supplying him with copies of the documentary evidence, and again supported by the Trades Council, but once more the request for an investigation was turned down, but the government which perpetrated this outrage has since been turned out of office. In October, 1932, the Federal Government supplied the British Columbia Provincial Government with three million dollars to take Care of the destitute in this province. In the meantime, the Federal Minister of , 4 _t . Labor, the late Gideon Robertson, I «r«l Government, appointed another brother, M. H. kuses were made . McGeough, as Assistant Director of Government as to reasons for not over 16,000 were from rural districts, and he makes the statement that he "had ample evidence that the majority of men drawn from rural districts were not entitled to relief employment as they were not in distress or great need." This was discovered after the Provincial Government had spent over three . million dollars, hence it was apparent that only a small amount of the money had gone to the needy and destitute in British Columbia. Relief Work Collapses When this condition of affairs was discovered, Mr. McGeough refused to pass the accounts and insisted on only the needy being employed. In one day over 300 men were let out from the Sunnyside and State Ktmd camps, and over 400 in one day from the Deroche camp. Similar conditions prevailed in practically all the other camps, and it is estimated that over a million dollars was diverted from the destitute in this way and given to thoBe who were not entitled to it. In fact, such a mess was discovered and so much money had been discriminately used that the Provincial Government found themselves forced to close down the camps. When the Federal Government sent another million to get the unemployed started to work again, the Provincial Government found it impossible to finance their share of the job, although $600,000 per month was guaranteed by the Ted- All kinds of ex- by the Provincial U. S. Launches Big Building Scheme _-."TJaauT Sam is-gomg-to -tackle—the-{- problem o'f slum clearance and low- cost housing for workers on a breath-taking scale that will make him the world's biggest landlord. The Public Works Administration has created a non-profit, government-owned corporation, with a Delaware charter, to construct decent homes at low rentals throughout the country. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Robert D. Kohn, director of the housing division of the PWA, are its only stockholders, and they hold their shares in the name of the government. Tbe corporation starts with $200,- 000,000 of public works money and has power to borrow or otherwise raise additional sums as needed. Has Broad Powers Its charter permits it to build, equip, furnish, operate, manage and maintain homes and buildings of every nature. In other words, it can do what any private contractor or builder may undertake. Secretary Ickes, however,"(leclared that the corporation will, confine its activities to tbe construction of homes for workers to supplant ramshackle structures that now disgrace nearly every city. ■ The government has been forced into taking this step, Secretary Ickes said, because private enterprise failed to respond to the needs of the emergency. Many of the housing propositions submitted by individuals and corporations, he declared were shot through with speculation. JOHN PRICE, M.L.A. Member of the Street Railway- men's Union, delegate to, and executive member of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. As a candidate of the C. C. F. in Vancouver East, was elected to the Provincial Legislative Assembly by 10,971 votes. 824 Charters Issued Since July Washington.—The American Federation of Labor has granted 824 charters to national and international unions, federal labor unions, and local unions since July 1, Frank Morrison, secretary of. the Federation, announced. The new unions are located in every part of the United States and Canada and include all classes of working men and women, J—bong- terrorised and -enslaved by the arrogant practices of anti-labor employers who forced the notorious company union down the unwilling throats of their employees, the workers have sensed their freedom under the National Recovery Act, which guarantees the right to organize in bona fide trade unions without interference from employers, and have come to the American Federation of Labor and its affiliated unions by hundreds of thousands. "Now for ten, million members!" is the slogan of the A. F. of L., with good prospects for the realization' of this goal. " . company who were on permanent pay, were put on the relief payroll, and, at another camp, the foreman and his whole family were drawing down $400 per month from the relief funds, and in other camps engineers were allowed $200 per month for their own automobile going from home to camp. In one instance, time '..,■-. .»o_.d-_.,,_ _m_-WV. V- - ""v. _ „r"-,-.-T i FL_~- -_ ISUSSSMW LIT i.llll].. _ll Vile iii.-i.lin,, villi- Unemployment Relief In British putting the 10,000 men to work, and books showed that 104 carpenters whole Columbia. It was not long before Brother McGeough discovered that the funds were being misused, and although another million dollars was sent to British Columbia and a promise to send another $600,000 a month, the alleged misuse continued. < Despite the stink that it made at the time, it now appears that the Government continued the misuse and divertion of further funds, if what the new Minister of Finance says is true, and judging by our knowledge of the previous case, organized labor feels certain that it is true. Needy Not Employed When the relief scheme first went into operation, the Federal Government stipulated that relief works were to be of a class which would not be undertaken under normal conditions, and that the men employed were to be obtained through the Employment Service of Canada and selected without discrimination as to creed or politics. On October 1st, 1932, the Provincial Government reported that approximately 10,000 were employed, hut by October 16th i - _ this had increased to 18,682. Out Itha_L_wasJtoJ-i-»i*«BH^ they "kept - stalling until the scheme practically collapsed. Purchasing Debacle —_——tr Mr. McGeough had, in the course of his duties, to examine accounts received and advise regarding any items which were not a proper charge to the unemployment relief funds. He says that casual inspection, covering money spent up to October 1, disclosed many items which could not be accepted and further investigation found that the Department of Public Works had made extravagant and unnecessary purchases. Among the items that he found and which be would not approve for payment were lumber at $18 to $21.60 per 1000, which could have been bought for $12.60. Three second-hand stoves for $700. Thousands of camp cots at $6.60, which sold regularly for $2.60. Small selected merchants received orders fpr carloads of groceries. Scores of typewriters and adding machines for camps when skilled office men were on direct relief. Heavy road making machinery was purchased to displace the labor of this total, however, and Geough discovered that only a small orders for tents were sent to Ottawa number had been taken from the while tent makers were idle in cities (Vancouver, 662; North Van- British Columbia, couver, 307; Victoria, 413; New The Payroll Stuffed Westminster, 170, etc.), and that At one camp the staff, of a logging were employed at $4 per day, while in reality only six were actually found. These are only a few of the items discovered and proof of these and others can be shown to an'y impartial investigators. There is sufficient and abundant proof, that the relief funds were diverted and that, instead of it going to the destitute mid the needy, it went to a lot of political heelers and their friends. Organized labor believes that those J guilty of such a disgusting fraud should be punished. Our last request for an investigation was made in July, but since then nothing has been done by the powers- that-be. Now that Mr. Hart, the new Minister of Finance, states that— what looks like another—million and a half dollars have been diverted from unemployment relief, the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council decides to make another attempt at starting an investigation by forwarding the following resolution to the new government: "Whereas,1 the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades Railwayman Wins On Liberal Ticket Among those Who were swept into office in the recent provincial election was Charles II. Tupper, local chairman for the Firemen and En- ginemen on the Kettle Valley Division of the Canadian Pacific at Pcnticton. He ran on the Liberal ticket in a constituency supposed to be strongly Conservative. One of his opponents was Hon. W. A. McKenzie, former Minister of Labor and Mines. Tupper, who ran in Similkameen, received 1410 votes. The others were:' C. C. F., 624; Non-Partizan, 1186; Independent, 112. Mr. Tupper was born in London, Ontario, but he has been on the West Coast practically all his life. He was employed by-the Kettle Valley Railway in 1910 and organized the first committee of his craft in 1917. He was general chairman of the Kettle Valley until it was taken over by the C. P. R. Street Railway Wage Cat Case Adjourned Arbitration. between the Street Railway Employees' Union and the B. C. Electric Railway Company has been adjourned again for several days. In the meantime the Union representatives are attempting to reach a settlement with the company on the new set of proposals made by the company. When the case first came before the arbitration board, both the board and the union representatives were surprised to hear the company bring in a lot of suggested changes in working conditions. The employees asked for an adjournment to consider these new proposals and the Board suggested that if the company and the employees would get together and adjust the new proposals and leave the first question of the 10 per cent wage cut Io the Board, that it would be. pleased. This the employees and the company agreed to do. Since that time the men's repre- Milk Salesmen Get 28 New Members Twenty-eight new members have been initiated into the Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Union in Vancouver during the past month. These are accounted for by the signing up of- a new dairy, and employees from other dairies. The new dairy signed up is the Steve's Dairy. Organized labor is urged to make a note of this place, as it is one which was on the 'We Do Not Patronize" list of the Trades Council. You can now inform your friends that this place is fair to organized labor. Efforts made to organize the employees of the Crystal Dairy have again been useless. The proprietor apparently has a strong whip-hand over his employees, because his opposition to them joining a union is still obediently adhered to. HAROLD E. WINCH, M.L.A. Member of the Electrical Workers' Union, Local 213, editor of the British Columbia Clarion, official organ of the Socialist Party of Canada. As a candidate of the C. C. F. was elected in Vancouver East 'to the Pro- . vincial Legislative Assembly by a total vote of 11,017. His father, Ernest Winch, who was a former President of the Trades and Labor Council," was elected to the Assembly from Burnaby. Business in Canada Shows Betterment For the first time in many months the Dominion Burea uof Statistics is sounding a decidedly optimistic note. Construction showed a substantial increase in October, and was ahead of any other month since November, 1931. The increase over September was 76.8 per cent. Car loadings were better in October than for the preceding month, and the improvement was general. Retail sales are up 14.6 per cent, but when allowances are made for seasonal changes, this advance is cut to 2 per cent. However, it is an advance, and the Bureau is quite confident that the trend of economic conditions in Canada is in the right direction. and Labor Council did«a_taas»»j«/^lW^My» - fc*>P ba<' ■**"&*.-£°»i*SSr- secure an_ inves«f^i6ir*oWSo#%!lftF frC WE DO NOT PATRONIZE The Olympia Theatre 2381 East Hastings Street Stanley Theatre . 2750 Granville Street . Edison Theatre New Westminster Projectionists' Union and Trades and Labor Council ner in which unemployment funds were used by the last Provincial Government; and * ' "Whereas, the present Finance Minister, today, publicly states that approximately one millian and a half dollars for unemployment relief was not used for that purpose, and is not how in the treasury; and "Whereas, these monies are not those of which the Trades Council requested an investigation; therefore "Be it resolved, that we request the present Provincial Government to cause an investigation of the whole of the unemployment relief funds as handled by. the last government, including the amounts as contained in the McGeough charges; and he it further "Resolved, that if any person or persons be found guilty of malfeasance of office, that they be dealt with according to law." r-|-e«ree»v 'Wittr ~ctte co-ftji-my, out* we are not in a position to state what the net results have been so far. The representatives of the men propose to put the final results of the present negotiations to a mass meeting of the men, but judging by the previous actions of the men, and the emphatic strike vote there is little possibility of very much compromise being accepted. We feel that it would be very injudicious for the company to force the men to strike inasmuch as most of the daily newspapers and an increasing number of public men state emphatically that conditions are improving. If that is the' case, it would not be a good policy for the company to undermine the purchasing power of a large number of citizens at the present time. Every dollar in reduced wages of any group of workers, ultimately affects every other worker and every other business. •' Nazi reports that the number of unemployed in Germany is now down to 3,800,000 are described as untrue by, the International Transport Workers' Federation. The actual number, it declares, Is 6,800,000—a figure deduced from official records. Addressing 6000 steel workers at Gary, Indiana, Cornelia Bryce Pin- chot, wife of Pennsylvania's governor, labeled the Steel Trust as "antisocial" and said the workers' only hope f°r better hours, wages and conditions lies in the American Federation of Labor. Union Barber Shops In North Burnaby Business Manager Herrett of the Barbers' Union reports three new shops signed up in the North Burnaby district This makes a total of 16 during the past half year. Organ ized labor in North Burnaby is urged to draw their friends' attention to the shops recently signed up. They are: «*ua3'*n,^ir-:r*iia*~~-" - - - •* A, I. Leech, 3766 East Hastings. Wm. Crittall, 3866 East Hastings. J. A. Lind, 4062 East Hastings. Business in the downtown shops has shown a steady increase during the past few months arid this has been of great benefit to the union. Brother Herrett takes this opportunity of thanking the members of organized labor for their assistance in boosting the business of these union shops. Shingle Weavers Still Enrolling New Members The Shingle Weavers' Union, with headquarters in Vancouver» but which covers all of British Columbia, has enrolled 25 new members during the past month. The union has members in practically all the important mills in British Columbia and has had a steady and continuous growth during the past year. At a special meeting held in the Labor Headquarters on Sunday, Harry Call, general organizer for the A. F. of L., who is a shingle weaver, gave an interesting address to the members, dealing mostly with the working of the NRA in the United States. He stated that the act has already been greatly beneficial to the organized labor movement over there, and that its benefits were being felt by the entire population. He congratulated the local here on the progress it lias made in lace of the general (repression in most _ other trades. Victory Hall Is On Unfair List The Victory Hall, 636 Homer Street, has been placed on the unfair list of the Building Trades Couhcil snd the Trades and Labor Council. This action has been taken because, despite the strong efforts made by the building trades unions to have the fair wage paid for the alterations done or) the building, the contractor refused to put this into operation. Members of organized labor, who are connected with other organizations, who hiim| iBrflubcials or other purpose^■ «._._„_. """*' lhii< matter ( Off 3J l« tdsej- urge theWSBil ^^^^^^ Union Benefits Aid *> • Many Local Homes Membership in the organized labor movement has been beneficial to many families during this depression, for when death or disability comes to a home during these times, it is often hard to meet the expenses that have to be incurred. Delegate Page of the Carpenters' Union draws attention to this by reporting that during the past half year, the International Office of the union has paid out |1376 to families whose breadwinners held membership in the local union. During that time $400 has been paid to one member for total disability, $300 each to three other families for death benefits, and one of $75 for death of a member's wife. Another claim for $400 has just ty&JWtolfo^ ■""This ss*lrr'cbriditTon applies to many members of other unions-and - the sums coming to Vancouver from International Offices undoubtedly aids many families during these hard times. Parliamentary Unit To Feel Out Unions The Parliamentary Unit of the Trades and Labor Council at its last regular meeting decided to ask the affiliated unions if they are in favor of the Unit affiliating with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. It was agreed that it shall require two-thirds of the. affiliated unions to favor the motion before the Unit will apply for affiliation with the C. C. F. The executive was instructed to meet with _ the executive of the Trades Council to determine the status of the Unit relative to some of the actions" it'desires to persue. Local unions have also been asked to d"*ft legislation desired by their ' craft, covering such things as safety and working conditions, in» order that the Unit might co ordinate this legislation and have it placed (before he Legislature. } > ****** ''*Jri_re_«_v»!-Tr-'- ■jr«' > Page Two THE LABOir STATESMAN. '" Decexnbef>1933 '■■..' Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Tradss and Labor OonnoU— CreHldent, C. McDonald; general sec- ret_ry, Percy R Bencouch. Office, 100 Labor Headquarters. .11 Beatty St. Phone Sty. 7.S.. Meets In Labor Hall at I p.m. <><•• the first and third Tuesdays fa-month aakery aad Confsotlonery Workers' In- Urnatlona) Union, Local . No. 4-1, meet- "jr-l and third Saturday In month Jit 7:00 p.m. at Labor Head- 3uart-r(. President, R P. Dmrls; ecreuM* Office, Room 104. Labor Headq^ArUra: Hoars 1:10 am to 11 9 noon. Phone: Sey. l-4t. St.Vjarrf'-j-wJ Beverage Dispensers' Union, Local ere —MeetK last Sunday In the month at 8 J.m., 402 Homer Street. President, C, R. Leer; Hu^lneaa Agent, T. J. M.'imilln: Office,. 402 Homer Street; Phorte Seymour 4783, Bayview 1.6.-It Hours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ■ridge and Structural. Iron Workers, local tr, lat aiM-r^Mti every aecond and last Wednesday, Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.mi Fres., R. McDonald, Fraa. 15..-R; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 311. Labor HeaoK quarters. Phones: Office, Sey. 74.6; Residence. High. 1369-L. Typographical Union, Ho. 236—Presl' dent. C. S. Campbell: Vice-President. T. A. Holland; Secretary-Treasurer, R H. Neelands, 100-2 Labor Headquarters. M-t_*i laat Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Hall No. 1, Labor Head quarters. ' ' "* NOTARY PUBLIC P. R: BENGOUGH secretary Trades * Labor Council Boom 200— 531 Beatty Street Phones: Bey. 74.5-427- ■ aildlng Tradsa Got-noll, Tsannai-S1 Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Hall 316. Lahor Headquarters. President, ■■_■_. H. Morrison; secretary-treaa- urer, W Page, Room 301, Labor Headquartera. Phon* Say. 7485. Barbara' Joorneymaa XatsnUOonal Union of America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month. In Hall No. 1, Labor Head- t quarters. President. Fred Da we: Sec- rTreas., C. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquartera Booltb-ndsre' local Ho. 108, lat Broth. •rhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Profesalonal and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bids;.. 101 "-%_ffl-«,-W' PrasMent Mrs. Harvey, 4417 Quebec; Secretary, Fred Klnsella, J1J1 Portland St., -New Westminster. Bricklayers a_u_ — Union Ho. I—Room 10*, Labor Head- ""'W«_f«..,-|to«_a,-_acx«^UW_-_.---__r. • ii Hnll No. 3. President. L. Padgett, Phone Bayview 15.1-R; Secretary, .•J.*-, S. Dagnall, 1442 Bast 20th, Phone "Talr. 846-R; Fin. Sec., Albert Wright, 1349 East 29th, Phone Fair. 655.-X. Camp aad ami Workers' Tederal labor Union Ho. 31-*-Vancouver and vicinity meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m.. at 544 Powell Street E. President, T, Bade; SecreUry, Umetuki Takalchl. City Hall Bmployess' AssoolaUoa— Meeta first Wednesday of each month st 195 East Pender 8L at I p.m President, D. Squalr; Treasurer and Business Agent. W. J. Scribbins. 3208 Pender St. B.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 8(17 West 25th. Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. <% CLARK 33 EAST HABTIHOB STBBBT Florshelra, Strlders, C. B. & C. Men's and Youth's Classified Ads. BATHS Hastings Steam Baths Priess: Private, 40c aad 50c; Public, 30e 768 Hastings Strset Bast. ' ' DEHTISTS Dr. W. A. mat-edge, 108 Hastings West HOTABY PUBLIC P. M. Bengough Labor Headquarters. Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. Demand VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST The only Union Soft Drink Firm _,. InJJancouver! Phons: High. 90 10M Vernon Br. OlTlo Employees' Union, Local S — Meets first and third Fridays in the month at Its East Pender, at 8 p.m. President, P. Floyd, 2275 East '51st St.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 8427 Triumph Street. — Bleotrloal Workers, Looal 313, International Brotherhood—Meets first and third Monday, at I p.m., at Labor Hendquarters. President, D. Mo- nougat: Business Manager, B. H. Morrison. Office. 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. tilO. Fire Ptghtsrs, Ho. 18, International Association of—Meets 2nd or Srd Thursday at 195 East Pender. President. N. McDonald, 1138 McLean Drive; Financial SecreUry. C. A. Watson. 1826 East 13th Avenue. The Hotel and Restaurant Employ.es and Marin. Cooks aad Stewards- Loral 8, Room 308, Labor Headquarters, meets second Monday each month at X p.m., and last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Flo Allen; Secretary- Treasurer, Colin McDonald; Recording Secretary, Oeo. Hurst. Phone Seymour 7495. Machinists' Looal 883- President, Thos. Sills, 1353 Burrs/d St; SecreUry. P. R. Bengough. Office, Room 1*0, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall lit. Milk Wagon Drlvsrs aad Dairy Employ- Ms, Looal 18. Office: 101 Labor Headquartera Meets second and fourth Fridays In Hall No. 1. President. J. Paterson: Secretary-Treasurer, Birt Showier, 2141 Triumph Phone High. 6127. Motion Picture Projectionists' Union, Looal 348, of I.A.T.S.B. A M.P.M.O.— Meets at 11:45 p.m. Hrst Monday In month In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters. Beatty Street. President. F. W. Simmons; Secretary. John C. Richards, Box 345; Business Agent, F. a. crtil-ini, Phone Trinity 5701. Mnsiolans' Mutual Proteotlv. Union, Looal 148, A. T. ef M.—Meets nt the n.w V A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. Prssldent. J. Bnwyer: General SecreUry. Edward A. Jamie- son. Office, Suite 107-119 West Pender Street Phone Douglas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Fapsrhangars, Looal 138—Meets second Thursdays al Hall No. 2. President, H. O. McDon- .nld. 845 West 20th; Recording SecreUry and Treasurer, Rout. Stevenson; Financial SecreUry. Ed. Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Wharf and Dock Plls Drivers, Bridge, Builders, Looal Ho. 0404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President J. Mriluffle; .las Thomson. Secreury, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 787*. Plumbers and- Bteametters, Mo. 17D, Intsrnstlonal Association - Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall No. 2. President. Val Pearson. 717 - ^^f^^^^^rCaaol Hendqusrters. ■tr..t aad Bl.ctrio Ballway Bmployees, Plons.r Division Mo. 101—Meets Labor Headquarters, first and third Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President. F. E. Griffin: Recording SecreUry, A. V. Lofting; Financial SecreUry and Business Agent. H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 6111. Sheet Metal'Workers' Association, Looal Union Ho. 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No I. President, Thos. Burke: Buslntsa Agent and SecreUry. D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquartera UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 VALLEY DAIRY, LIMITED Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMITED Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY Highland 2228 STEVE'S DAIRY Bayview 2192 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Westminster 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve your patronage "BUILD B. C. PAYROLLS" 100 Per Cent at Home FlOK .very angle of dew this is the horns of Paclllo Milk. It gats all aad gives all la British Columbia. Bo oloss la this Industry to the people hsre that the money you spend for Pacific Milk may return to you again. Pacific Milk 100 per cent. British Columbia Owned and Controlled PLAHT AC ABBOTSPOBD Taxi, Stags aad Bus Drivers, Looal 1S1 —Meets second Monday at 8 p.m. and second Tuesday at 10:30 n m. Presl-1 dent, T- Robertson. Office: 306 Labor . Headquartefs; Phone, Sey. 7496. OAKLAND RADIO UNION ASKS SUPPORT FOR UNION STORES Oakland, Calif .—Radio Union No" 24, newly organized local of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers here has appealed to members and frjends of organised labor generally for support by insisting on the display of the union card when making purchases or having repair work done. Dan Kennedy, business representative of the union, reports that most of the larger stores in the city are employing union men and displaying the card. Tailors' Journeymen Union of Amerloa, Monday, each month. 8 p.m Bxecu- ' tlve meets fourth Monday of every * month In Labor Headquarters-. Presl- dent, Colin McDonald; SecreUry, W. Looal Bo. ITS—Meetings held second W. Hockon, 1663 13th Ave. E : Financial SecreUry, H. Nordlund, 111! llth Ave. B Theatrical stags Employ...' Union. Looal sjlo of th. I.A.T.O.B. ft MP MO Meets BKOad Tuesday In Labor Headquartera at 1:80 am. President, Oeo. W. Allen; Recording SecreUry. H. Pearson; Business Agent. 8yd. Summers, address, P. O. Box 711. FRENCH SCHEME TO CONTROL ARMS Nationalization of the French arms industry in the event of disarmament was provided in an amendment by the finance committee of the Chamber of Deputies in elaboration of the arms control section, of the government's finance bill. Believe it or not, this appeared in the Toronto Saturday Night: "Capitalism is the father of modern.progress, writes an American industrialist. That ia small consolation, however, now that father no longer seems able to worlt."\ ~ The Labor Statesman Century of Factory Published last, Thursday In month, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. ' Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and'District-Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: J. Price, Chairman; P. R. Bengough (Machinist Trades); R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades); W. Page. Han Mc- I'hi-rs-n (Building Trades); B. Showier (Teaming Trades); T. Hanofin (Beverage Trades); C. Herrett (Label Trades); Bert Speed (Transportation Trades). Subscription Bates: $1.00 per Tear; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phon. i B.ymour 8078 Vancouver; Canada, December, 1933 PLENTY OF ACTION NEEDED 'Now that we have a new government in British Columbia we hope they will get into action in the interests ol the wealth producers of this province. While we recognize, that the slogan of "Work and Wages" is more easily said than '*■ can be put into practice, there are many ways in which a sincere attempt can be made to put it into operation. During the sessions of previous legislatures, organized labor made many requests for labor legislation, and it has been successful in getting much of that legislation on the statute books. It appears, however, that quite a lot of that legislation, even though it could have been improved, would have been greatly beneficial had it been more intensely enforced, and, during the d>£prsssiop,..W.tli_,.oRe... or__.tw.fl,..$$<£%;. tipn8__the _enforcement has. practi__ calfy come to a standstill?™^ Now that prosperity is supposed to be on its way again, we feel that' this is a good opportunity to start in on the proper and thorough enforcement of these acts. The 8-hour day act, despite the fact that it is out of date with present needs, has been so entirely ignored that thousands of men and women are working above that all the way to 12 hours a day. There are all kinds of subterfuges used to get these workers to put in more than 8 hours a day, but not a single one of them should be tolerated or excused. While organized labor favors the 6-hour day, we feel that, even if the government strictly enforced the 8-hour day, it would make room for a large number of other workers. The Women's Minimum Wage Act is another act which is glaringly evaded. There are a tremendous number of subterfuges used to evade this act, and the loopholes are so many that the Minimum Wage Board is almost powerless. Organized labor has suggested that this act should be extended to cover boys, but across the line under the NKA, they have 'found that it is necessary to cover everybody in connection with wage acts. We feel that this is true of British Columbia also, but we are suggesting that if a start is made on rigid enforcement of the Women's Minimum Wage Act, it will be a step in the right direction. Any business that insists that its employees work more than 8 hours, or pays less than the minimum wage should not be permitted to remain in business, and the penalties should be made high enough to put them out of business if they cannot or will not live up to the acts. Such firms as these are not only a detriment to the community, but are a handicap to their competitors. That is one of the reasons why the NRA is insisting on every business firm paying the same rates and working its employees the same number of hours. Organized labor is ready to aid the government in the enforcement of these acts, just as the A. F. of L. is doing over in the United States. But if the government is not prepared to invite our co-operation, we suggest that there are now enough members of organized labor in the Provincial Legislature to help the government and advise them on these points. -■ Acts Celebration London, Eng.—"A mass conference and demonstration of trade union and trades councils representatives throughout Yorkshire is being arranged by the Yorkshire Federation of Trades Councils to commemorate the passing of the linst com prehensive factory acts in 1838," declares Herbert Tracy, publicity offi Cer of the British Trades Union Congress General Council. "The celebrations will be held in Bradford on Saturday, December 2, and will open with a mass conference in the Co-operative Assembly Hall, Thornton Road, Bradford. "The speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood, M.P., ex-Minister of Health, and Alderman Sir Ben Turner, J.P. •. - "After the conference there will be a procession to the statue erected to the memory of Richard Oastler, who did such magnificent work' on behalf of. factory children, and in the movement for a 10-hour working day in factories. "In a historical survey of factory conditions prior to the inception of the factory acts, the Federation recalls the terrible exploitation of children in the early days of the factory system, when infants of 5 and 6 years old were sometimes worked for 12, 14, or even 16 hours a day in insanitary conditions. "An act passed in 1802 limited the work of Children put out to work by the Poor Law to 12 hours a day. This faint beginning was followed in 1819 by another act, applying only to cot ton < mills, which limited the age at which a child could be engaged to 9 years. Both these acts, limited as they were, soon became dead letters. 'Richard Oastler began his agitation against 'Yorkshire slavery' in 1830. "Nearly a decade of lively agitation followed.,.. The revolt of _ the 'slaves,'-, however, gained- ' strength- yearly, and when, with the "growth of trade Unionism, the organized force of the workers began to come into play, governments were forced to inaugurate legislation which resulted in a wholesale 'clean-up' of the enormities of the early factory system." ALBERTA FEDERATION TO MEET IN JANUARY Urging every trade union organization in the province to have its full quota of delegates in attendance, the convention call has gone out for the eighteenth convention of the Alberta Federation of Labor which will be held in the Labor Hall, Edmonton, commencing at 10 o'clock on Monday morning, January 8. ready to urge on the federal cabinet that Canada hurry up and get in first. No use now, the chance is gone, the United States will have skinned all the cream off Russian orders. Thus this unhappy country is mulcted once again because its present chief minister allows his personal prejudices to influence the course of national policy. _____;___.___________ «f» Let us compare the relative position of the organized and the unorganized worker. The janitor, truck driver, the delivery services, the thousands of domestics, etc., that are unorganized and the victims of keen competition for daily sustenance. Is it the aim of organized labor to secure their demands, and allow the drifters to fight among themselves for the leavings? 'i ' • The way the British Labor Party is winning by-elect ions, or cutting down overwhelming Conservative majorities to the place where they barely exist, gives some indication of the real swing to the Labor viewpoint that is taking place throughout Britain. No wonder the "National" government is worrying. Its finish is almost in sight. Prominent Canadian trading and financial interests, scenting that ??-E-$"JP8*SSSaJHH between Hie \nmjMinjri ***■*"»l- "*■__:,t»M»:X~S U.«Sl*-'*&.SW^.3;__^^ Big Gains Made by New York Unionists A sharp rise in wages, shortening of hours and abolition of industrial abuses is the net result of 130 strikes in the metropolitan district of New York City during the last three months, according to an official report made recently to NRA Administrator Hugh S. Johnson. The report was submitted by Grover A. Whalen, head of the NRA's New York board, and is a 35- page detailed record of labor controversies mediated or arbitrated by the Gotham tribunal during August, September and October. It is of special significance because it covers probably the most important industrial area in America, with a population of . more than 11,000,000. Among the 18 "principal causes of strikes" listed by the NRA negotiators at least 13 were caused by employers being out of step with the recovery program. Ten appear to have been outright violations of the Recovery Act. Boost Wages, Reduce Hours Where wages were involved the increases ranged from 10 to 100 per cent. There were a number of instances where 84-hour work weeks Kent to 40 and 48 as a result of trikes. Interference with the , w_orJ_ers_ right to organize—a clear-cut breach of the law—was the main reason for the strikes, the report shows. Some of the strikes were caused by the employers' refusal to sign the President's Re-employment Agreement. There were even cases where the men Walked out when the boss discharged workers for asking him to sign the NRA. Whalen's report shows that, in the overwhelming majority of cases, the strikers' demands and the gains they won dove-tailed into the recovery program—increasing the purchasing power, elimination of sweatshops and child labor, shorter hours, and the right to collective bargaining. Sees Unionization of Big Industries Complete' unionization of the great mass production industries is not far distant, according to reports from A. F. of L. organizers. Workers in the automobile industry are coming into the bona fide labor movement by the thousand, "Jack" Anderson, member of the Machinists' Union,---f.old a "Labor" representative recently. For the past few months Anderson ANNIE ISN'T LEFT OUT ANY MORE! i • A-NNIE1 is a popular girl these days. Invitations to "^dinners, dances and parties come thick and fast, , and Annie, tcj. use"her own words, is "having a'won-. ""* <leT_i.I tifnrT.'" Not so long ago, Annie was being left out of many social affairs, because there was no telephone in her ■ home and her friends found it hard to get in touch with her. Finally, Annie explained her problems to .her parents and they had a telephone installed. So Annie isn't left out any more. Nowadays most invitations come by telephone. People without telephones miss many pleasant evenings. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. NEW DRINKING CUP TOP -*■ \*-JUST HOLDS A SWALLOW %mam W» OLD EXTRA SPECIAL LIQUEUR' Tm^"rusK Me.. M*5 *_& w«_2_S*. ,_, »««_j_ •*»7_,__«_s__. s^*" '*&"•*■ BtlMCC* i«<*___"3"*-. This' advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia., r WRESTLING! ATTHE AUDITORIUM every THURSDAY night Prices: 50c to $1.10 First Event at 8:30 p.m. BETTER THAN A VAUDEVILLE SHOW! ._ Detroit automobile manufacturing industry. He has now been assigned to organization work on the Missouri Pacific. In three months' time Anderson alone signed up 15,000 automobile workers. Other A. F. of L. men have I made similar showings. "The halls around ' Detroit and Flint were not big enough to bold the crowds that came to organization meetings," Anderson said. NORWEGIAN LABOR PARTY SEEKS OFFICE Oslo.—If the victory of the Labor party in the Storthing election recently results in a Labor cabinet, as it almost inevitably will, Norway will haVe a government which, theoretically at least, will be more radical than any other except that of Soviet Russia. On the strength of their extraordinary gains—from 47 seats to 69 in a house of' 150-^the Labor party executive has already demanded the immediate resignation of the present Liberal cabinet Premier Mowinckel, whose party lost nine of its thirty- three seats, insists that he will hold on until the Storthing, which meets in January, votes otherwise. PILSENER LAGER A bottle at home is worth two in the Liquor Store! 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Madison, Wis., is also about to Molt of the _treet-ie«_r tracks have substitute busses for street cars. ■.v.- BJP ill ' ^^•mmaaiamJ-s * . i*)*rrmm§Mmm°>-x- -■ ?''.'.>' .£.•*_,. ;i - December, 1933 £& THE LABOR .STATESMAN Page Three": '■*' THESE delicious lager beers satisfy every taste. They are perfect ly brewed under ideal. hygienic conditions in your own province and have won an international reputation and preference for their rich goodness, full-lxiilied flavour and high uniform quality. "ST Pure, well-matured lagers, such as, Old Milwaukee, B.C. Bud and Si.twr Spring, are healthful and invigorating. They quench the thirst, soothe the nerves and nourish and delight better than any other beverage. Order your requirement* in andy carton* of on* donen pint bottle: T Brillah Columbia mall lx-.tr_■»_.*• ■ re now obtainable at Government Liquor Stores at the new low price. r '°tfTCOAST BREWERIES LTD. VANCOIVER . Al*o Brewer* and Bottler* of: ENGLISH BITTER BEER BURTON Type ALE XXXX INVALID STOUT This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Women Start Big Drive For Label Clothing New York.—A nation-wide campaign to mobilize consumers, especially women, in support of the NRA garment label was started here by the representatives of a number of leading women's organizations under the auspi«Jti",'i(-<J'«iittf*'€^i-t '««.• "Soft Code Authority. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was represented by Miss Fannin Cohn. George W. Alger, chairman of the authority, declared that if the support of American women could be won for buying only garments with the NRA label, there was a good chance of bringing "order,, peace and stability" into the garment industry. Cost Not Increased The label, he insisted, does not mean buying a rnore expensive garment, as there is a plentiful supply of cheap coats and suits made by workers who receive full pay. He said that while the label has been introduced by the cloak and suit industry, it is the intention, to co-ordinate all needlework labels under the recently signed dress code and the prospective code for men's clothing. He warned against an attempt to put children's wear under a separate "sweatshop" code. Seven Cents An Hour For Wealth Producers Astounding confessions of starvation wage policies are frequently made by employers at code hearings. They do it in an effort to show their "big-heartedneBs" in agreeing to minimum rates such as 25 cents and 30 cents an hour. The Wood Pulp Industry's code calls for 30 cents an hour in the South. B. E. Babbitt, secretary of the manufacturers' association, admitted that some bosses have been paying only 7 cents. _.._- .** Miners employed digging feldspar —a mineral composed chiefly of aluminum and silico—are granted "an 80 per. cent increase in wages and a 28 per cent reduction in working hours," W. H. Hipps, spokesman for the bosses, said at the hearing on a code for that industry. These workers have been getting 10 cents- an hour, and Hipps declared that "more than an ample supply of labor is available" at that rate. The code calls for 25 cents. DOCTRINE OF "DOC EAT DOG" REPLACED BY CO-OPERATION n*p^^i^i^Si^^l^m. "' 3KrT'\-V -'...-.s.-y.- >_*-_rtr-«i_ nieh, industrialists and utility officials, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes recently thus defined "rugged individualism." "It means the exploitation of the weak by the strong; it is a doctrine of the devil take the hindmost, of dog eat dog." As guest of honor at a dinner celebrating the centennary of the Board of Trade, President Roosevelt's outspoken cabinet aide flayed "that shibboleth" that has made it possible for 2 per Cent of the population to accumulate 80 per cent of the nation's wealth, "by taking unconscionable profits out, of overburdened women working in sweatshops and from little children toiling at machines, the controls of which they can hardly reach." LABOR CAPTURES 69 SEATS IN NORWAY ELECTION General elections for the Norwegian Storthing gave 69 seats out of the total of/150 to Labor*. The Conservative representation was reduced to 33 and the Liberals—the government party—to 25. The farmers'-, party, allied to the Conservatives, returned 23 members. The remaining seats went to minor parties. The Labor victory is regarded as due in the main to the party's unemployment relief program. RETAILERS ARE WARNED NOT TO VIOLATE CODE New York. — Retailers of New York City were warned by Grover Whalen, local NRA chairman, that violations of the NRA retail code "are severely punishable." Speaking at a dinner in his honor by the Retail Stores Executives Association, he explained that -the retail code -.:_:!;,-,;•;..- will not be "a prosecuting agency" and that "our primary concern is compliance, not conviction." He added: ' "t~suppose the cKiselers, like other violators of the law, will always be with us. And I am glad that General Hugh S. Johnson, is going after them. I know that the ieneral, in that customary way of his, which has become famous; is going to take for a ride some of the retail hijackers who have been boosting prices beyond reason. More power to him." Union Tobacco Firm Builds Large Addition LOUISVILLE The Axton-Fiecher. Tobacco Company—a 100 per pent union concern—had to build a larger factory because it is doing a $40,- 000,000 a year business on account of cutting cigarette prices to 10 cents a package. Wood F. Axton, president of the company, gets" $10_000 a year. At the dedication ceremony the largest stockholder said he was going to have the board , of directors raise Axton's pay. Axton' rejected the idea, declaring that "one of the troubles with business is that executives take too much out for' themselves," and "if there is any raising to be done in this factory, it will start at the foot, not at the top." The 10-cent cigarette price will remain. The processing tax goes to the farmer, Axton explained, and "we're going to like to pay it because it goes back to tbe people we've taken too much profit out oJ_."- ..-..- The dedication was closed by a federal official who described the factory as a place where, during the depression, nothing has been reduced except the hours of labor and the prices to the consumers." Company Unions Are Being Toppled Over The death rate of "company unions" is increasing every week. Not only are these fake organizations being toppled over by railroad, shop and clerical employees but workers in other industries are repudiating them and voting overwhelmingly for bona fide labor representation. Two of the most outstanding "company union" debacles reported to "Labor" recently were in Wisconsin, where employees of the Nash Motor Company -at Kenosha and the Kohler Manufacturing Company at Milwaukee, nationally known makers of plumbers' supplies, emphatically turned "thumbs down" on the "representation" schemes the bosses had devised to defeat genuine' collective bargaining. Solid for Bona Fide Unions In both instances the vote was unanimous. At the Nash plant, 2500 employees—all members of the United Automobile Workers, affiliated with the A. F. of L.—cast a solid vote against the "company union." The result at the Kohler factory was 1865 for bona fide labor representation and not one vote for the employer's scheme. International Paper „ Again Boosts Wages The International Paper Company announced this .week that another wage increase of '6 per cent had been granted all employees- of the company in Canada and Newfoundland. _• ,- This restores 16 per cent of the 30 per cent reductions made during the past few years,- but leaves rates 14 per cent below those existing in 1929. Efforts of the International to organize company unions are not succeeding. Papermakers in the plants at East Templeton and Three Rivers voted almost unanimously against the proposal and declared their preference for the Brotherhood of Paper- makers. The International is the only large newsprint producer in Canada that does not co-operate with bona fide unions. ' * MONTH'S RELIEF COSTS UNITED STATES (61,600,000 The extent to which Uncle Sam has assumed responsibility for caring for the unemployed was revealed recently by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief administrator. During August—the last month for which complete figures are available—local communities contributed 22.8 per cent of the $61,600,000 spent for public assistance, while the states contributed 12.5 per cent and Uncle Sam "kicked in" with 64.7 per cent—or almost two-thirds of the. total. .. 4 - r Condemn 45-Hour Week For Laundry Industry . Washington,—The" demand that the»35-hour week for laundry employees be substituted for the 46- hour week which laundry owners placed in the code of fair competition for the laundry industry was made by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, at the hearing on the code held by the National Recovery Administration here. ' . . < "The reduction and regulation of the work-week forms one of the industrial pillars of the entire National Industrial Recovery program," Mr. Green said. "Only by control of hours worked can we hope to solve the tremendous problem of unemployment. iWe have by no means solved that problem as yet. We must face the fact and adjust our future action to it. . . Over 9,000,000 Still Jobless 'The best estimates we can secure on, unemployment in October show that between 9,500,000 arid. 10,- 000,000 persons, eager and willing to work, were still hunting jobs. And in this connection we must remember that most of the major industries were already working under codes which had reduced hours to somewhere in the neighborhood of forty per week." Machinists Add 1000 Per Week to Ranks The International. Association of Machinists is gaining new members, at the average rate of 1000 a week. That was the encouraging -announcement made recently by International President A. O. Wharton, who had just finished analyzing a report of th(S organization's activities for the past few months. . -Since- Joly-M.-Wharton^sattfr'ST new local unions, 24 of them composed exclusively of men on railroads where the managements have been maintaining "company unions" for shop employees, have been organized. Stratford Strikers Back With Pay Boost Stratford, Ont.—The 7-week-old strike of workers in the furniture factories of this city came to an end over the week-end. The workers got wage increases ranging from 10 to 25 per cent. There is no recognition of the union, but the- management will deal with shop committees. For seven weeks 700 workers have been on strike. There were mild disorders in the early stages and 120 regular soldiers and four baby tanks were brought into the area. They were not needed. Most of the strikers were native- born or British immigrants. Many owned their own homes. To consider them "reds" was, of course, silly. These workers have learned the value of labor organization and are expected to identify themselves with the bona fide unions. UNION TAXI CABS GRAY CABS LOWEST AaTES IN VANCOUVER No Charge for Extra Passengers. Union Driven. . ' "Yon only pay for distance yon actually travail SEY. 7131 B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. 1 J"i if; " 1 ' LABOR PICKETS BRING NRA CODE CHISELERS TO TERMS Fort Wayne, Ind.—Picketing sponsored by the Fort Wayne Federation of Labor persuaded a restaurant owner here charged with violating the labor provisions of the NRA code to mend his ways. The convert to the benefits of the NRA is Otto Bonahoon, proprietor of a dairy lunch on Main Street. The picket line around the dairy lunch was ordered by NRA Violations Committee of the Federation of Labor. TECHNICAL ENGINEERS v INCREASE MEMBERSHIP Washington.—Many new locals'of You have probably robbed one socket to replace a burned-out lamp. Always keep a carton of lamps handy for such emergencies. Make it 6o's. They cost no rnore to buy than 40*s. AFL Wins First Test On Construction Code Washington.—The American Federation of Labor won a decided victory in its determined fifjht against the reactionary labor section of the construction industry code, sponsored by the Construction League of the United States, when General Hugh S. Johnson, Recovery Administrator, at the conclusion of the new hearing referred the controversy to a committee -of 12, with William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and M. J. Mc- Donough, president of the.Building Trades. Department of that organization, representing organized labor. The NRA is represented by General Counsel Donald L. Richberg and Deputy Administrator Malcolm Muir. the International Federation of j The other eight members of the com Technical Engineers, Architects and mittee represent the various branches NRA WORKERS ARE IN THE UNION NOW Office, employees of the NRA in Washington took Section 7A of the Recovery Act at its face value this week and exercised their "right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing." They have been issued a local union charter by the American Federation of Government Employees, I affiliated with the A. F. of L. The points on which they intend to "bargain collectively" are salary adjustments, restoration of the 15 per cent pay cut, union hours, leave, and more, according to an announcement made by the new union. Practically all of the NRA cm- filoyees have been working extremely ong hours since the "code mill" be- garr-_anrtfotitnYla8T'Ju1y7-T-rMy"sr them-put in a seven-day week and also worked far into the nights. Draftsmen's Unions have been formed throughout the country as a result of the recent organizing campaign, according to C. L. Rosemund, president of the organization, which maintains headquarters in the American Federation of ' Labor Building here.' There have also been considerable increases in membership in the unions already established. SAY JOB INSURANCE MUST COME IN UNITED STATES Before a meeting of child welfare workers in New York City, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins renewed her demand for job insurance and gave new reasons why the country must come to it. ■ There are, she said, 6,000,000 children in want and misery, being kept alive by relief agencies, whose plight is due solely to the failure of industry to care for workers during slack periods. 1 San Francisco.—Employment for hundreds nt workmen was forecast through action by San Francisco voters in approving approximately $20,500,000 in bond issues for five civic projects. ,' AAA REVOKES MILK LICENSES FOR PRICE PACT VIOLATION Washington. — The Agricultural Adjustment Administration wielded the milk price control big stick for the first time by an order revoking the licenses of two milk distributors under the Philadelphia milkshed marketing agreement. The dealers are F. S. Miley, Ephrata, Pa., and Stanley R. McCoy, Hagerstown, Md. The administration charged both of them with buying and selling milk at prices lower than provided in the agreement. CALLING OUT TROOPS WAS EXPENSIVE TO ONTARIO Toronto.—The military occupation of Stratford during the seven weeks' strike of furniture workers cost the province of Ontario 115,000, according to an official estimate. . .Troops and extra provincial police were sent in shortly after the strike began and following minor disorders. They were equipped with four baby tanks, but were never needed, aa perfect order was maintained by the strikers and their sympathizers. LACE ACCESSORY WORKERS WIN PAY INCREASE STRIKE Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—The strike of Lace Accessory Workers' Local No. 15393, American Federation of Labor, was settled here through the efforts of David Williams, A. F. of L. organizer, when the Wilkes-Barre Lace Company conceded them a • 7 per cent wage increase retroactive to July 17, and agreed to submit the matter of a further increase to the National Labor Board for adjudication. The employees returned to work pcndi!lii'M"il^^'*TOent' "TRAM"COMPANY UNION WIPED OUT IN DENVER Denver, Col.—The company union scheme was given a black eye here when employees of the Denver Tramway Corporation voted 853 to 326 to substitute the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, for a "company, representative Committee" as their agency for collective bargaining under the NRA code. Joseph S. Myers. Conciliator of the. United States Department of Labor, presided over the election. . ■ ' . . LABOR POLICY BOARD FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY Washington.—A labor policy board to advise the Oil, Code Administration on all matters affecting the workers in that industry was established by Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Administrator of the code. Labor's representatives on the board will be George W. Stocking, Austin. Texas, who; drafted most of the lahor provisions in his position of technical adviser of the Labor Advisory Board of tbe National Recovery Administration; Harvey C. Fremmimr, Long Beach. Calif., nresi- dent of the Oil Field. Gss Well and Refinery Workers of America, and Charles C. Jones of Bayonne, N. J. of the construction industry, . Allied Anti-labor Forces Lose The hearings which ended in the appointment of the committee were decanded by the American Federation of Labor and granted over the combined opposition of the Construction League, the Associated General Contractors, the Chamber of. Commerce of the United States, and the American Institute of Architects. Organized labor's opposition to the code was led by President Green and President McDonough, both of whom claimed that the maximum 40- hour week proposed in the code, with a possible extension to 48 hours, was too long, the minimum wage rates too low, the merging of the building industry code with the general construction code essentially unjust to the building industry workers, and that nothing less than a wholesale revision of the code would be acceptable to labor. - London, Eng.—The Shop Assists 1 aWs^^JMBYftvpoift*. scandalously low wages in some sections of tbe distributive trade, declares the. industrial" correspondent" ~ of the Daily Herald. • By the time some women have dressed for a function they are ont of fashion. saw- TIRES —DSHD . STBTBjn-OJ-T. » Tires ltetrended - 11 00 up Blowouts Repaired from Il.su 1 Give us a trial 1366 Granville. Phone Dons. 464 \ One Store Only Hastings Bakery QUALITT B______D, CAMS, TTr-lon Katie 688 B. HAstlr-rs M. Phon. 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Recent tests with various makes of cars , '. and different kinds of gasoline, supply " positive proof/that HOME GAS GIVES GREATER MILEAGE. . ... YOU CAN BUY NO BETTER! 100 per cent British Columbian [British Labor Sweeps Polls in Smashing Municipal Victories Labor Party Gains 242 Seats in England and 43 in Scotland—Results Were Greater. ■■;.... Than Expected ASK YOtm.J-OCAI. DEALER FOR __ CARHARTTS OVERALLS AND GLOVES™" UNION MADE Vancouver Supply Depot, Fargey Agencies, 600 Mercantile Building Besides Its numerous gams and .81 Beats in England and Scotland. British Labor Gains Fourth __-____,—'Scat^"^ Labor's most brilliant by-election victory since the war was scored in East Fulham, Mr. John Wilmot crashed through a Conservative majority of over 14,000 and established in its stead a Labor majority of 4840. East Fulham had never before been won by Labor. Mr. J. C. Wilmot (Labor) 17,790 Aid. W. J. Waldron (Con.) .12,950 Labor majority 4,840 The figures at the eGneral Election were: Sir K. Vaughan-Morgan (C). 23,438 Sir J. Maynard. (Labor) 8,917 Mr. J. H. Greenwood (Lib.).... 1,788 Kilmarnock Lost To Labor by Split Vote The Rev. James Ban- has failed to win. Kilmarnock" in•' the Parliamentary by-election fur -a Scottish seat.- Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, the "National" Government candidate, kept the .eat by a majority of 2653 votes. The figures were: Mr. Kenneth Lindsay (Mac- \ Donaldite) - 12,577 Rev. James Barr (Lab.) 9,934 Mr. James Pollock (Ind. Lab.) 7,575 Sir Al MacEwen (Scot. Nat) 6,098 tremendous increase in votes in the parliamentary by-elections, the British Labor Party made sweeping gains in. the English and Scottish municipal elections. Final figures of the municipal elections show that Labor has" performed the magnificent feat of capturing 261 seats from its opponents. Deducting 19 losses Labor has 242 net gains. Conservatives and Independents lose 208 seats; Liberals lose 34. Out of 880 Labor candidates in the principal boroughs, 444, or more than 50 per cent., have been successful. . Labor has now approximately 2500 members on town and city councils, and the following 25 boroughs are under Labor controls—-" •—— Barnsley, Barking, Myth, Untitle, East Ham. Ilkeston, Leeds, Mansfield, Merthyr, Neath, Nelson, Norwich, Port Talbot, Rotherham, St. Helens, Swansea, Sheffield, Thorna- by-on-Tees, Wallsend, Walthamstow, Wedjnesbury, Workington, WHIesden, West Ham and Wigan. The total population of these boroughs is close on 3,000,000. In Scotland, despite the split between the I. L. P. and the Labor Party, the Labor Party won 43 seats Speaking, of the elections ... England, George Lansbury said: "The tide has turned more rapidly than many people expected." ..'.'Those of us who, in 1931, preserved our faith and refused to be" stampeded, are now justified," . "Our gains are wonderful," said Mr. Herbert Morrison, commenting on the results. "We expected an advance, but this has exceeded our hopes. This great sweep shows the widespread revolt against reactionary methods in national and looal affairs. The tide is flowing in Labor's favor." Mr. L. P. Pitches, the_.baker who was dismissed by his employer for Standing, as a. Labor candidate in Southampton, won a great victory in Town Ward. His employer, Mr. Crook, was defeated in another ward in the town. Labor's successful attack Over a wide front produced sensational results from one end of the country to the other. AH through the night orue Tory stronghold after another fell before the onslaught of Labor candidates. Labor's victories were not confined to one part of the country—but ex- and lost one, making a total gain of tended north,; south, "eastand west' Majority over Labor- 2,653 At the general election the figures were: Craigie Aitchison (BcD.) 21,803 J. Pollock (Labor) 14,767 Conservative majority 14,521 I'.'asi. Fulham is the fourth seat to be gained by Labor since the General Election two years ago. ' The others are Wakefield, Wed- nesbury and Rotherham. ANOTHER BY-ELECTION RESULT British by-elections continue to go against the "National" Government. In Skipton, Yorkshire, the Conservative polled 18,136 against 28,013 only two years ago, a slump of close on 10,000. Labor on that occasion didn't think it Worth while putting up a candidate, but in this contest, J. P. Davies, the Labor candidate, polled 14,157 votes, running an easy second. The Liberal candidate dropped 3,800 votes. Nemesis is fast overtaking MacDonald's treason. ,_..'. A Real Labor Man In Percival' Davies, Socialism- has an ideal candidate. In his earlier days he founded several Fabian branches. ■ _.-.,^,__,_-rsf«***s"** He is a cotton employer with a conscience, and a Quaker who stresses the ethical side of the Socialist case. He runs two mills in Darwen. Once, he advised his own operatives to cease work rather than stay in while the rest of their fellow wor-tera'-n-O-het mills-were out.-He McDonaldite majority ... 7,036 It will be noted that the combined votes .of the Labor Party candidate and the Independent Labor Party candidate (who was supported by the Communist Party in an alleged United Front) were nearly 5000 votes more than those obtained by the Liberal-Tory candidate, , and were 2700 more than in the general election. London Labor Wars On Bad Housing War on bad housing in London, England, was declared by a great conference at the Kingsway Hall, London, at which leaders of trade unions, the Labor Party,, religious organizations and the - Co-operative Women's Guild joined in an urgent appeal for action. Many hundreds of delegates from these bodies passed a resolution calling on all men and women to join in the war on bad housing with a grim determination that "this monstrous evil shall forthwith be. re- Hurry Is Candidate For School Trustee "" A Hurry, who was elected to the School Board last year to fill a one- year term, is a candidate again this year for a two - year term. He was a former school trustee in South Vancouver, serving on that Board during the yean 1926, 1927 and 1928. He is secretary of the Plasterers' Union having been a member since 1905, and a delegate to Trades and Labor Council. During his term on the School Board he has obtained the confidence of a large number of people and will undoubtedly be an easy winner. is one of the very few Socialist employers in the trade. He has rigidly kept to all agreements entered into between employers and operatives. His firm does everything possible for the welfare and comfort of the work people. Ano Ih - r 10,000 Dropped Out 111 the Harborough by-election, on November 29th, the Conservative vote suffered a drastic shrinkage for the third successive by-election, as the Conservatives retained the Harborough seat, figures of the by-election snowed results were: Ronald Tree, Conservative, 19,320. W. Bennett, Labor, 12,460. W. Carey Wilson, Liberal, 6,144. In the general election- the vote. showed: -Conservative (National) _ 29,790; Labor, 10,213; hence the Conservative vote has dropped 10,000. Unionist Is Mayor of Harding's Town Marion, Ohio, once the home of Warren G. Harding, one of the most reactionary of Presidents, has entrusted its municipal government to a trade unionist. Clarence A. Bolin, first president of the Central Labor Union of Marion, was elected mayor on the Democratic ticket in the recent election. The first plank in Mr. Bolin's platform declared for municipal ownership and operation of all public utilities where such a policy may be regarded as feasible. That was followed by a sharp declaration against wage cuts. In recent months Mr. Bolin has been Very active in organizing local unions- under .the direction pf the central body and the American Federation of Labor. The conference is part of an intensive campaign initiated by the London Trades Council. 100,000 la Cellars "There are 30,000 cellar dwellings in London—dark, damp, beetle-invested basements — inhabited by 100,000 people, the population of a city in itself," declared the chairman, Mr. E. Friend, president of the Trades Council. "There are 250,000 people living in slum conditions," he added, "while 500,000—one-eighth of the population—live more than two to a room." They wanted the greatest systematic exposure of this hideous state of housing. While, in London alone, 250,000 people needed rehousing, in the country as a whole, fewer- than 15,000 houses had been built since the war in connection with slum clearance. Mr. Thomas Barron, president of the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives, who moved the resolution, said that, in dealing with the economic problem today, people acted on the view that there was too mnc0 ____fe__fi__K___--J-_|fe^fc»*K*B*'%' therefore, busily engaged in restricting production. ' Whatever might be thought of that policy, no one could say there was too much housing. [ TeTTHere Sas- The Farmer-Labor Party in katchewan is contesting every seat in the forthcoming Provincial elections', Practically all the .nominations have been held and a strenuous campaign^ under way. The Farmer-Labor Party is part of the C. C. F. movement. were 175,000 skilled building trade operatives walking the streets! 125,000 men skilled in road- making and public works, and 128,000 makers of buildings materials unemployed. All of these could be working on producing the houses the country so desperately needed. It could not be right to spend £12,000,000 a year on keeping these men idle. As Sir Raymond Unwin, the eminent architect,- had effectively said, every house the Government did not build cost the country £100. One of their London rulers had declared that 50 per cent, of the slum dwellers did not want to leave the slums. The same argument was used 100 years ago about the slaves. It was not true; but, even, if it were,,it would be a damning indictment of the social conditions which created such apathy and resignation. Labor Majority On Calgary Council Calgary Laborites are highly elated over the results of the civic elections in that city, especially in .view of the vicious campaign conducted against them by both the daily newspapers, who not only strongly criticized the Labor nominees but came out very decidedly against the retention of the recall, the elected commissioner, and one-day-off-in-seven for the firemen, all of which plebiscites carried in the recent elections. City Council Labor elected W. G. Southern to the City Council, but F. F. McNeill and Thomas Sutcliffe, who have never previous appeared before the electors, were not -successful on this occasion. However, Labor co-operated in electing the ex-servicemen's nominee. J. B. Seymour, and, as a result of tne contest, will have six out of twelve members on the City Council. Aid. F. J. White and Aid. J. W. Russell were elected last year and on this occasion Labor also cooperated in electing Aid. Harry Humble and Aid. R. H. Parkyn of the Unemployed Married Men's Association. School Board With the election of Miss Amelia Turner and Perry Brooks to the School Board, Labor gains control of the board having returned E. H. Starr and R. T. Alderman last year. The Labor trustees were subjected to a most vigorous criticism of their actions by their opponents during the campaign and the results of the School Board elections are particularly pleasing to the Labor Party of Calgary. Mayor Andy Davison (Independent) was elected by a large majority. He is a member of the Typographical Union. * Labor Candidate Roy Finley, Labor "candidate for alderman- in Ward 8; has 'been a member of the Operating Engineers' Union for the past 20 years. He is a delegate from that union to the Va n c o u v e r Trades and Labor Council and has received the endorsement of that Council. He has also received the endorsation of the Building Tr a d e s Council and his union, which he is secretary of. He is a native son and has resided in Vancouver for the past 20 years. Residence, 2617 Ontario Street; phone. Fair. 148-L. Headquarters, Room 310, Labor Headquarters; phone, Sey. 7495. Labor Candidate In Ward Eleven Pettipiece, a former the city of Vancouver, .is contesting Ward 11 again as a candidate for alderman. He is a member of the Vancouver. Typographical Union and an executive officer of many years' standing. In the present campaign he has the endorsation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and will be a strong conterid- PFTTIPIECE er against Alderman I.out, who has not got the confidence of organized labor. VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED DRUGS AT CUT PRICES FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. VISIT ANY OT OOB NINETEEN STORES AND SEE THE BARSAINS WE ARE OFFERING AND BE CONVINCED OP OUR CjT.AI.ITY, SERVICE, SAVING) 1 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS—DECEMBER tond 2 ■i.W D.D.D. Ordinary „ .64 .35. Auto-Strop Shaving Cream ..._(_ .50 PurltaH Milk ot Magnesia .27 .50 Finest Australian Euea- lyptus Oil, 4-oi _ : Sfi .30, April'Showers Perfume ,-L.ul ..(original bottles) 24 1.15 'and 1.26 Cheramy ■'» mas 8ets .75°*V'artex jCtenuine Russian Oil. 16-o_ _» .'60 l)r. Keld's Syrirp-.o. Figs "-. .26 l.'OO 'Christmas 1'apetr.les .08 .50 Yardley'. 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CORNER CORDOVA AND CABRA-.T, VANCOUVER, B.C. HARD TIMES, ISN'T IT? HIDDEN WEALTH —FOUND MONEY! Dig out your Scrap Gold, Bridgework, Old Jewelry; I pay cash for It TAKE YOUR WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY REPAIRS TO E C* 1DDT 1?HV 438 RICH ARDS STREET, . Kj. l\T r _L-t-/l3 I (Near Pender) THE OLD COUNTRY EXPERT As I can save you money on your repairs R. Parm alderman in Public Works Plan Speeded Up In U. S.--Work for 4,000,000 $400,000,000 To Be Spent by Federal, State and County Officials—Wage Rates to be from 40c to $1.20 Thirty-hour Week Probable SWISS VICTORIES Swiss Socialists are cock-a-hdfcp these days, and with reason. The electoral victory in Zurich has been followed by a plebiscite victory in Geneva. •' —hr-Zurte-i—Tn'.H_jjji_jriSTTlie "united" front of all the "bourgeois" parties, from Fascists to 'Democrats," the Socialist Party not only kept but increased its majority on the Cjty Council. In Geneva the,two laws put forward . by a reactionary Government —ont to prohibit picketing;, the other to place all meetings under rigid police control—were rejected by j popular vote. Glasgow, Greenock and, Paisley, Scotland, have elected Labor councils. In Glasgow it was the first time Labor has had a majority! The 16 Communists running in Glasgow were at the bottom of the poll. HOUR SLASH HINTED BY OFFICIALS OF NRA A hint that NRA codes may be reopened to make further reductions in working hours is given by Deputy Administrator A. D. Whiteside. Whiteside, emphasizini. that he speaking "unofficially and giving my oyrn opinion,'* said that "if immediate improvement in employment is not noticed it will probably be necessary to reduce the hours of all industries." More than passing significance is attached to Whiteside's remarks. Around NRA headquarters he is re- farded as being closer to General onnson than any of the other deputy administrators. Labor Controls More Municipal Offices Mayor Knott, Labor, was reelected to the Edmonton City Council with a majority of over 6000. The Labor party also gained one more seat on the council,'giving it control. The new alderman, Miss Margaret Crang, aged 23, is believed to be the youngest ever accorded such an honor in Canada. She finished second in a field of 17. The Labor party of Manitoba gained control of the Winnipeg School Board, and added one more to the City Council. The Labor Party will have eight members on the School Board as compared with seven Independents. (By Budd L. McKilJlps, in "Labor") With the., federal government furnishing the money, slashing away "red tape',' and giving state officials full authority to approve projects to put '1,0oil.imki men to work "on regular jobs at regular wages"— 2,000,000 of them last week and 2,000,000 more by December 15— responsibility for the success, of the administration's new mass attack oh unemployment has. been put squarely up to the states, counties and cities of the nation. Five hundred governors, mayors and relief officials meeting in Washington:—the largest gathering of that nature ever held—had the plan explained to them by President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and Harry Hopkins. Hopkins, who has been doing remarkable work as chief of federal ^relief, is head of the newly created Civil Works Administration, the agency which is to supervise the nation-wide job plan. He furnished the conference with the CWA's definite regulations regarding the nature of projects, wages and hours. Just Two Tests Gtenera|lly speaking, there will be no restrictions placed upon the kind of projects which the localities can undertake. The two "test" questions, it was emphasized to the conference, which must be applied to all proposed projects are:."Can the work be gotten under" way immediately?" and "How many jobs will it provide." Cities and counties will hi '■ «*- pected to furnish part of the $400,- 000,600 required to finance the program. But where this is not possible the federal government will put_>*p the money. The Public Works Administration's wage scale, approved by organized labor, must prevail. These rates are $1.20 an hour for skilled labor and £0 cents for unskilled in the- northern zone, $1.10 and 45 cents in the central zone, and $1 and 40 cents in the southern zone. The pay for semi-skilled workers ranges from 65 cents to 85 cents, according to locality. The 30-hour week is to be maintained. GETS HIS JOB BACK, •aUo_-aias_i»4riHA*IKS TO UNIONS" Earl Walker, mayor of Liberal, Kans., announces that he has been restored to his job with the Rock Island, "thanks to organized labor." —'Mayor"Walker lorcei'a reduction in gas rates and in other ways undertook to compel the local utilities to behave. This was resented by members of the Liberal Chamber of Commerce, who notified the Rock Island that they would /withdraw their patronage unless the carrier forced its employee to resign as mayor. J" * • The battle has continued for some time, and this is the second victory for Walker. Incidentally, he was re-elected mayor. NEW CANADIAN GROUP SEEKS DICTATORSHIP Hon. W. H. Price, attorney-general of Ontario, has ruled that the recently organized "Blue Shirts of Canada," a Fascist association, is a legal organization. Now he has another problem on his hands. The 'White Shirts," or the National State party of Canada, organized along similar lines to the Nazis in Germany, has put in a bid for recognition. Its manifesto bitterly attacks organized labor, denounces public ownership and calls for a dictatorship of "tried and true White Shirts." Alarming Plight of Schools Shown George F. Zook, United States Commissioner of Education, declared recently that 2,280,000 American children ofscTfooTage are not geP ting schooling. The statement shows the alarming plight of American schools, owing to the depression. In 24 states, 2000 rural schools did not open this fall. Sixteen institutions of higher learning have been discontinued, many parochial schools have been closed, and some 1500 commercial schools and colleges have shut down. As might be expected, teachers are suffering heavily. Salaries of teachers have been cut below the lowest level that the NRA allows for factory hands; thousands of teachers have no position, and $40,000,000 of warrants issued to them are still unpaid. NOVA SCOTIA MINERS EXTEND AGREEMENTS Sydney, N. S.—The existing wage agreements covering the coal mines of-Nova Scotia was continued without change until February 1, 1936, at conferences between officers of the Dominion Goal and Steel Corporation and executive officers of District No. 26, United Mine Workers of America. Some 12,000 miners iare involved. _. New N. S. Government Ignores Promises Word pomes from Nova Scotia that the Liberal government, which has now been in office over two months, has nut lived Tiprtcr iU J-TO-tl- ises of providing work for the unemployed, granting old age pensions and other 'progressive policies promised to the electors. It has been spending its time taking care of the patronage jobs and the division of these jobs has" already caused a lot of dissatisfaction in the ranks of the Liberals. Among those who have been fired off .the jobs sre Chas. MacDonald, Secretary of Labor, a member of the Railroad Brotherhoods, ..' and I Tod Wren, president of the Laborers' Union,'who was a member of Unemployment Relief committee for the city of Halifax. mm *•-.'-*•'■ ■ The government has disfhissed all kinds of employees, even down to , the charwomen.. Sacramento, Cal.—Governor Rolph signed a bill fixing a 30-hour workweek on all public construction projects, whether undertaken by the State or any of its political sub- div. ions. The bill runs in force until July. 1, 1986, unless the Governor sooner shall proclaim the end of public emergency. A fat woman is ofte na charming woman gone to waist. Hlf__l 'I i'_w-_»^_."—
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