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^P" • • TOUCH UNION MEMBER I AB POLITICAL PARI? OP HIS CHOICE labo r Statesman -.--------------■ /J.OWNED AMD flflMiUfliiTi- _____________ _______!' __v _M_t \____V-ii____i ________im tlM_T__i fflimflt. r^ SUPPORTED BY SEVENTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS -^^____ VANCOUVER, CANADA, APRIL, 1940 PRICE: 5 CENTS rack Drivers lembership Increases Ai to the co-operation of the i ind Ltbor Council and the In of the membenhip, Buiineu . Atkinson hid an .mooting of applicants for initiation at * nesting of the Genenl Truck -t Union, Local 31. The usual l tttiB-ince wis evident and a interesting, discussion took warding the new agreements . effl ihortly be up for negotla- The suggestions of the Execu- mn tpproved and authority ■ them to work along the linei i _*»n. Frttar ud Ideal Ipitiflcation wat evinced over t tp, in the present agreement, J, the Fraser Transfer and the 1 fimengers, welcome addition! I-beady lengthy list of union s doing business with the s Joint Council, jry Birt Showier expreiud __. .in being able to intimate ■the Mortuary Benefit Fund is ally orenubscribcd, so now mem- fin inured that—provided their lit filled out—the beneficiary will Vs the $1,000; of coune, if you I Mt been interested enough to [> certain thtt your card hu been 1 in, difficulties may be en- Id. Alttadanct Pritu ittendance prizes wen dll- 1 In silver dollars, a novel de- J which certainly caught,the I of all present, evidently the ienta did not expect to retain (long enough to wear holet in pockets. i-th^W^Not | Popular In England [Wing on the "peace front" in British Empire haa been mora ethan scrapping on the Haginot . Although Herbert Morrison, (of the London County Council. xti thtt only one per cent of a'Pe-Ple wat behind the "end- r movement, pacifists in thii ' ire still thundering about V clsss revolt against the im- twtr". rdtag to dispatches from Lon- IKorriion reports that recent Votes among scattered groupt "we union workers and othen, tor the ILP, wat due "largely i influence of Communiitt and > st any price' advocatei." i British War Office hu given -tions that a conscientious ob- ' (CO.) must not be made to ims or do arms tnining of any l-Mre are within the structure i Army itself various corpt re- s u non-combatant, but even tare eliminated for C.O.'a who i he assigned to mechanical, tnd pay corpt.—The New i And Company . [Still Getting Deficit! 7-uncial report of Burnt and say for 1939 shows that the ny is still piling up deficits . started after the company I out union workmen. J company shows a net lou for Iff 1139,541 as against a net f $369,365 for 1938. • flrm is still on the "We Do F-tronize" list of the organited I movement. Stmt Railwaymen The officen of the three dlvisloni of Btreet Railwaymen In Vancouver, New Wettmintter and Victoria have bun empowered by referendum vote to apply for a Board of Conciliation in connection with the requeit for a new agreement with the B. C. Electric Ballway Company. Tha union will make application ihortly for a Cornmitiioner to review the cue after whieh it may go to conciliation and arbitration. Thit application hu bun made necetury becauu the company haa refuted to negotiate further with the union representatives unleu the demand for a wage incrtau wu taken out of tha igreement. Tha company wu only prepared to dUcuu the tgrte ment along genenl lines, The union ls ueking a 10 per eont increau for motormen and conductors and a 15 per cent increau for trackmen and harnmen. The union alio asks for two weekt holiday with pay in place of the preient week't holiday. Strong oppotition haa alto bun registered at Victoria by the union against the further introduction of one-man ears. This action haa apparently been successful. 30-Hour Week Urged By President Green WASHINGTON, D.C—Immediate institution of the tix-hour day and five-day wuk to provide new jobi in private induitry tor five million unemployed wm demanded by President William Gntn of the A. F. of L. in an addnu before the twenty- fint convention of. the International Union of Opentnig Engineers. This waa the major plank in a program offered by Pruident Gnen to reduce unemployment. He alio urged higher waget to provide in- created purchaalng power, greater unemployment compenution for thou made idle by technological changei in induitry and a lower act limit for ntirement under the Social Security Act Reporting on labor't progress, Hr, Green declared that the American Fedention of Labor is ttronger today, numerically, financially and in every other way than ever before in itt history. The paid-up membenhip in the American Federation of Labor, ht uid, it approaching the five million mark. Placing responsibility for failure to achieve labor peace on John L. Lewis, Mr. Green disclosed that "tome ot hit original followen are already back home in the American Federation of Labor and othen ara on the way." He uid many C.I.O. organisations have become disillusioned bectuse of the political machinations of Lewis and his policy of raiding the A. F. ot L. Mr. Green particularly denounced the attempt of the C.I.O. to raid the building trades uniont of the A. F. of L. and their offer to cut pay ratet. CIO Unioni Are Expelled By Toronto Coancil TORONTO, Can.—The Toronto Dittrict Tradei and Labor Council, largest in Canada, voted to expel all Canadian CIO delegatei. Uniont affected are Amalgamated Clothing Worken, Steel Worken Organising Committee, United Rubber Worken and American Nawtpaper Guild, with a combined membenhip of approximately 5,000. Total membenhip of affiliated unioni wat about 45,000. Ibor Section of Communist [Party Active in Raids on AFL « and San Franclteo iTcalltornia, and 8#ettta, %WJM"4 A**- - Washington. Then an more of then stories In thie current tnue. fi» instance practically, the ralda have been In a dlffwent 'ndnttry. "t workers, cigar worfort, agricultural ™**"V^JESS P"CBB, Sorters, marine workera, warehoutemen havt bun involved. ■ agreements have "i that, in no >n, have any mon in the industries involved. Longrtonmen «***M****t^ » of cigar maken, teamtten, tmitwfa "<>****; TextUe ******** faded the province of garment woAert. Unskilled CIO goona nave .«teamsters, and building tradu artisans. ^furthermore, in every instance of a CIO ^Wlffl Ifees have been thrown around a plant that was n^*"____S____t I**, bona fide AFL contract, ILWlfmemtan have bun pr^ommaw Ijicket lines. (You can tpot them by their white caps and tne crate ^ In their pockets.) __. k M«,_ _. J««ry single instance, the nidi have bun ^tedtAwoh^gr J-f«rments and contracte exist when the mutaal «££?nd Vrhere ***_LVtWeen employer and employee an b«»««f1tai.^.~tVordtr. a*"*"** «d satisfictory employer-wnployu conditions were In ****** « sll the while the ILWU ralden art •^mPtl"«(&,c?I£ "f ££, ft raids by the false gesture of holdtag up »$*•__ aT"dScutt Lf-ise of their phoney "Five Year Pee™ "an". As tney uncut »y the ume "l_fluti.cea".T ."whore to the ndvuntagoT ^^ J sty to you, our brothen In the dlfftnnt •~^^!t*"i2ntk _p.w*htattff ^xnA^rd.^,to£^HV3 "Hem Fedention of Labor! Don/t gtve opl Beep op «"«jp£ Wjit then damnable deetroyent Wo ate wttt _w» to tp nana*— Li__.__._M! B____ ■> 1 ^*^*^*^ — —J" *xam*****m*n*m *. *Bi Stn Ftandaeo, Referendum on Communists Carries The nfenndum submitted by the Tndet and Labor Council to the affiliated uniont on the quettion of permitting communiitt and active tympa- thlttn to nmain or bt letted u dele- Sttei to the Tradu Council carried y a substantial majority. A committee ot the Tradu Council wu appointed by Preiident Jamiuon to scrutinize the ballots and they reported that 60 unioni took action on the question. Nine of these reported by letter, and a* thia wu not in accordance with the reftrandum and tha billet unt out, thete were not accepted. Three ballot! were not allowed at not being in order at required by the constitution, by not being affiliated with the International Labor Movement Thit left a balance of forty-eight unioni; twenty-nine of theu voted "vn" with 2861 memben voting; nineteen unioni voted "no" with 1628 memben voting. The ballot thowt that moit of the unioni obtained the vote from thou who attended the union - meetings, hence the vote it imall compared to tht entire membenhip. Local uniona have now bttn not! fled to immediately withdraw any communiitt at delegatei to the Tradei Council and elect delegatei in their place who ara not communiitt or tctive sympathisers of ume. Uniona are , nmlnded that the policy outlined can be enfonad not only through the medium of their International Unions but alto by the determination of a majority ot local unioni to rid the Council of an element whou outside influence! are not in the but inttmt of the local or International Tradu Union Movement. Victoria TLC Hu Big Celebration Victoria*! Tradu and Labor Council's Fiftieth Anniversary Banquet wu celebrated in gnat atyle in the! Empress Hotel'i big ballroom. It wat t splendid turnout of memben of organited labor and their women folk, all of whom obtained a great kick out of the event Besides Lieutenant Governor Ham- ber and Mra. Htmber, the guests included Federal and Provincial De- Kirtment of Labor officials, Mayor cGavin of Victoria and tht reevet of the surrounding municipalities. There wu a splendid array of talent composed ot dancen, tingen and musicians, all of whom were very enthuiiutictlly received. Among the speakers win Secretary Bengough of the Vancouver Tradea and Labor Council, Lieutenant Governor Htmber and Mayor McGavin. Pruident E. Fox occupied the chair and had everything going along smoothly and pleasantly. Congress Convention Here September 23rd Word hat bun received by the Vancouver, New Wettmintter and Dittrict Tradu and Labor Council from Tom Moon, pruident that the next convention of the Tradu and Labor Congren of Canada will be held in Vancouver on Monday, September 23rd. In conjunction with thii the Council will select a committee to handle the matten connected with the entertainment of the convention delegate!. Living Standard Lower, Green Says I Americana have been toned down to a atandard of living far below the level of 1929, Pniident William Gntn of the A. F. of L. declared thia wuk. . . Induttrial production hu reached the 1929 figure, but there ara now 10,000,000 more people to than that output whieh meant leu for everybody, Gnen pointed out He uid thto decfine to a grave tnnd, contrary to what hu occurred ln pott decade- Over 23,000,000 families—four- f If tht of the population—an living below "the minimum for health and efficiency," and theu millions eaa only bo taken out ot poverty by raising national production, Green indited. ' PHOTO <» CR^T MBTAt TRADES CONVRNTtON Photoe of the delegate! to the recent Pacific Cout Metal Trodu Convention, taken on the steps of tha Vancouver Court Houn. are available at the A. I. Commercial Studio, tttg Granville St Thto w«s a **nj*** picture and eaa be purchased (or 11.50. imiOH •TATWII'* Over two hundred urvtet otetiMO in Vancouver have signed op with the anion. Too will know theu eta- ttont by tho "Union Station" ttgn which wfll bed * * iatnt pert of iatendtto displayed < Warehousemen Are Delivering Tbe Goods Memben of the Wanhouu Employeu held thtir regular monthi}' meeting at Labor Headquartera on Monday, April 16th, at 8 p.m. While ltll] in thtir infancy, to far u organitation to concerned, thto local thowt a commendable aptitude in their meeting!, and buiineu to conducted with promptntu and detpatch. Their loyalty to the union and eager- nest to prove to the employer the advantage of colltcttvt bargaining, have resulted in incretsed morale on the job and an eagerness to improve their speelal branch of the operation. A committee hu been elected to bring ln recommendations regarding ■octal activitiei in the near future, to we may all look forward to an opportunity in Joining with tha Wtre- houiemen in their fint function, dance, tmoktr, or whatever it may be. Gratification wat expreiud by several of the memben at the support which they are receiving from othen in tht movement. They cited numerous cam whtn union mtn and their ftmiliet an insisting on buying Sradically all their supplies from the afeway in appreciation of the fact that the Stent and Warehoute sre both working under Union igreementi. Thit to a practical policy well within the reach of everyone, patronite your friendt and pan up all the othen; in thit way tne work of organising will be made much taster, We, the buying public, are the largett employen of labor in tha country, let ut uu thit fact to further the alma of organitation. Spend union wagu with union mtn and more union men and union waget will be the result Service Station Employees Organize Organiution it proceeding apace in the Service Station field. The de- ination of the men involved, to i continut to work under the Jo conditioni which have ined for wme time, to giving to thtir efforta. and their policies and enthusiasm are new memben daily, new departure will mean a very land and deserves the active co-operation and support of every Trade Unionist At the lut meeting held in Hall 1, Labor Headquartera, a itart wai nude in tht distribution of Union Station Cards. The active support of all memben of the Teamtten Joint Council to assured, progress reports ve been made at all their meeting! and many of them ara already insist ing on patronising only Stations displaying the Union Card. Demonstrate your sympathy in a firacticsl way; atk your dealer if he i a member of the Gatoline Dealen Union and if not, why not? The men themselves retliie that they face no eaty tuk. that wm one of the reason! for their decision to enlist under the banner ot the International Labor Movement. We mutt show them our appreciation of their trait by our whole hetrted support and insistence that all the dealen muit line up with thou who havt aligned themulvu with at. Theu Union Carde ara plainly dii- cernable, your response to their appeal is of vital importance, thow them'that their confidence haa not been misplaced. Overwhelms CK) National Elections ihing victories for tha Amort- deration of Labor over the CIO fill ever the country were rein the latest official bulletin of _|m National Labor Relatione on the result! ot colltctWt ing election! during the put iorty-ont electloni littod in the raleue, tho retulte wen: . of L. unions won— 14 J Onions won. .—.. 7 pendent unioni won.— I id for no onion — 6 ilation of the retulte also I sweeping majoritteo for the n Federation of Labor in the . -.polar vote apt tho workers. TM tote-t compiled In tht forty-one aleetfios win: VoBTfer A. F. of L. unione....4,800 VoM for CIO unions. 1,718 tAW A, Con.—According to tho Bureau of Statistics, em- i March St. 1140, was n than in February, hot i ia nay othar Manh for " ) on available. thto grs. mttostill ! ptODlOM* COMCIUATB Construction Trades Hold Banquet Tha Annual Dinner ef the Building Tradu Council wu held In the Georgia Hotel on Tuesday, April Ith, and wm the biggest yet held' by the Council. Memben of 18 unioni were preient, including the bricklayen, building laborers, boilermakera, carpenten, cement finishers, electrical worken, elevator constructors, floor-; layers, ironworkers, lathers, operating engineers, tilesetters, helpen, painten and decoraton, piledriven, plumben and steamfitters, lign painten and iheet metal workera. Pniident Jsck Flynn occupied the chair and several membera wore called upon to make impromptu speeches. The invited guests wen Perey R. Bengough and Edward A. Jamieson, ucntary and pniident respectively, of the Tradu and Labor Council, both ot whom made thort speeches. Short speeches were alio made by J. McGuffie, ucntary of the Council, Dan Macpherton, Chrit Pritchard, W. Wilun, Ed. Smith, J. Steventon, Robt. McDonald and A. Mllligtn. W. Page, a former ucretarv of the Council, gave an outline of the growth of the building tradu and the council, which wu flnt organited in 1907 and norganited in 1926. He pointed out how the building tradu weathered the depreuion ran of 1981 to 1986, and told of the determined atand which the Council took in 1987 to inaugurate the five-day wuk, which it now operating on all the big jobi in the city. With the incretsed strength of the building tradu and general improvement in the construction field he wai of the opinion that the time wai approaching when the dollar wage rate for all building tradei mechanic! could be pat into operation. Songs, recitations, etc., were givtn by Joe Johnton, Bill Skinner, Bill Watts, Bill Mudle, W. Nelles and Bob Thompson, who hu been a member of the carpenten union for 40 years in continuous standing. The Council thanks the Musicians Union for obtaining the unices of W. Nelles at the piano, W. Mudie for songs and Dick Gardner for hit trick manipulation!, ventriloquism, tte. The committee composed of Ed. Smith, W. Wilson and J. Flynn were given a hearty vote of thanks for their effortt and everybody went home in a joyful mood. Beverage Dispensers Bert Cooper as B.A. At a well tttendtd meeting of Local 676 held at 404 Homer Street on Sunday, Manh 81, at 8 p.m. the meting elected W. G. Couper to fill the office of Secntary-Trauunr and Buiineu Agent tor tht balance of the year. Thit office wu left vacant by the death of the lata Brother Tim Hanafln who had held it continuously since the charter wu granted. Brother Couper hai held office m Pniident for tht put five or six yun and aln previously had served on the Executive Board. Ha hM bun Chairman of the Local Joint Executive Board for a good many yun and alto hu been a delegate to the Tradu and Labor Council for a long time. Brother Charles Leer, one of the oldest memben of our Union wu Vice-Pretident. Ht now automatically movet up to tho pmidency, and the rut of tha officen nmain taa ume. The following memben make up the rut of the Board elected at our general election in January: Brother Jackton, Recording Secntary; Brother F. Randolph, Outtide Guard; Brother F. Mills, Inttde Guard; Brother I. Mahon, Trustee; Brother C. Wllgreu, Trustee; Brother H. McDonald, Inspector. International Organiser Jack Weinberger, who hu always been a gnat help and very welcome visitor wu present and on unanimoua request from the meeting acted u chairman and made a great Job of It Victoria TLC Notes Painten in Victoria have been organised under an international charter and Shut Metal Worken have alto taken out an International charter. The Carpenten Union hu pat a buiineu agent in the field and the union to making good piiitrut The Street Ka-waymenTt Union to negotiating for o now agreement in conjunction with Vaaeoaver and Mow Wutmiatter. Hto Honor Lieutenant Governor Mn. Bomber nnt a annlvtna-y banquet a new Dairy Employees Want Holidays Wftb Pay Holidays wtth nay. This hu bun an objective ot Organised Labor for many yean; for some thnt It hu bun part of tha platform of the Tradu and Lsbor Congress of Canada, originally Introduced by a branch of the Dairy Employeu, Local 414. • At their laat muting thit Local decided to take definite ttepi to I bring thtt to a hood and a representative committee wu appointed to bring in recommendatlont, with a view to | obtaining ume alleviation in their present conditiona. To many, the fact that holidays i an unknown in the Dairy Induitry, I must prove a startling announcement. It is true that a day or week off hu bten in effect for yun. tince the formation of the Union, which merely takes the place of the Sunday; the milk buiineu, however, It a continu- ou operation, and Chrlttmts, Euter, Dominion, Labor Day or any of tha other statuary holiday! mean mlnly extra work for the employeu in the processing and distribution ot the product. With unemployment ttill prevalent there ii no shortage of available help, it. fact, compulsory holidays with pay hu been utilized in other unioni, to improve thii condition, notably in Gnat Britain in the lut few yun. The short lighted attitude ot tht employeei of the Non-Union Dtirlet ii responsible for the delay In obtaining this moit necessary Improvement It to more necetury now thin tvtr Owing to the increuing strain, due to intensified induttrial activitiei in the. industry itielf. Demonstrate your sympathy and support to the Union I Dairy employees by insisting on having all your needi processed and delivered by our memben, and point out to any ot the employee! of the Non-Union Dairies you contact, that only by shouldering their ihtre and ioining up with the Union can they lope for any Improvement in their ' wages or conditioni. International Board To Review Agreement The recommendation of. the Arbitration Board made in connection with effortt of the Vencouver Typographical Union to obtain a new i agreement covering incnaud wagu | ind better working conditioni, hu been lent to the International Board of Arbitntion for adjustment. The International Board ii composed of memben of the American Newspaper Publisher! Anociation and thc International Typographical Union. The three local daily papen an connected with the Publishers Anociition. AFL Aid For German Labor Movement WASHINGTON, D.C—Fritdrich Stampfer, member of the executive of the Social Democratic Ptrty of Germany, left Ntw York on April 4 on hit Journey bock to France, carrying with him the moral and financial support of the American Fedention of Labor. The A. F. of L., which contributed $600 to the German Labor Delegation in the U. S., luw pledged to co-operate with the underground labor movement in Germany, of which Stampfer it spokesman. Official ReateuuteMvo The delegation, of which Albert Gneilniki it chairman and Dr. Rudolf Kate U. 8. ucnuiry, it the official representative of tht German Social Democratic movement working underground In the Reich for the overthrow of the Hitler regime. Ont evidence of the effeetiveneu of tha AFL't appul wm given Thurtday, Manh 21, whan Stampfer wm hailed on hto appurance baton the Central Tradu and Labor Council of Graater Ntw York, nprtunt- ing mon than 600,000 Fedention membera. New Wostmmstor Meat Cotters to Celebnte Local No. 94, New Wtttmlntttr Mut Gotten and Buteben Workmen'! Union, win hold a banquet in the Legion Hall In Ntw Wtttminster en Friday, April Mth. ft wttt toko the form of a calibration for the four yun of union activity of the * ..- -a-) 1S_ -.M- -_« ________ ,h n-HKl waget from a n_i_mom'of SM i. _- --.. •"tattooTtwo wei to 60c ptr hour, obtaine. .-- holiday with pay, full seniority rights and a safety easssstttto. CLBANBM AND OYBM UNION MAKES PIKMRBM The fuontl_ Ufa-toed eaten of m Wotltffi ■ nW taktat te •lis; -oeusuutieasou-inacarriuoo-. if ?i y«sWTw THI LABOR STATE-MAM 1 UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 EMPRESS DAIRY LTD. Trinity 0344 GIBSON'S DAIRY PRODUCE CO. {Wholeule Only) Seymour 7SSI GLENBURN DAIRY Highland 6110 VALLEY DAIRY, UMITED Bayview 0553 ROYAL DAIRY. LIMITED Fairmont 1000 TURNER'S DAIRY LTD. (Saatptaeut) Fairmont 2M0 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY; Glenburn 0159 STEVE'S DAIRY; Bayview 11W TWI6G ISLAND DAIRY (lastpsossU) Fairmont 5212 RICHMOND MILK PRODUCERS LTD. ' Highland 0062 NATIONAL DAIRIES LTD. Highland 0309 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Now Westminster 1441 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 TURNER'S DAIRY, LTD. North 271 TWIGG ISLAND DAIRY West 456 GLENBURN DAIRY High. 6110 Collect. ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve your patronage Union-made Bread, Cakes MeGAVIN'S LTD. Phono: lay. 4674 COWAN-DODSON BAKERIES LTD. Phono: Fair. 0636 ROBERTSON'S BAKERIES LTD. Phono: Doxtor 1212 HASTINGS BAKERY Phono: High. 3244 CANADIAN BAKERIES LTD Phono: Fair. 0044 BROWN BROS. BAKERIES Phono: High. 00B4 MONTREAL BAKERY Highland 6067 MOTHER HUBBARD BAKERY LTD. Phono: Bay. 2067 Nanaimo, B. C. CANADIAN BAKERIES Ltd. MeGAVIN'S LTD. WILSON'S SCOTCH BAKERS ——————~—— Bokory Salesmon's Union No. 189 Bakers Union, No. 448 The Labor Statesman rosusato nut todssmt m sua man » uaot asAPsoAtnas, vancoovst. s. e. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster a..d District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. WATTS, Man. Ed-tea-. Subscription Rotes: 11.00 per Year; te Unions, 4c per member per month. I* Vancouver, Canada, April, 1940 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES ' It haa become incretsingly apparent that many otherwise intelligent trade unionitti hive become involved and sympathetic to the subtle policies of the Communist movement. Some of them have bun ltd into theu actiona becauu they have become sentimentally sloppy ovtr the alleged "struggles" of worken in varioui industries who have been "taken for a ride" in <the Communist trade union or political bandwagon. Othen have been doped with the clumsy attempts of the Communiitt to brand every non-communist union official u a reactionary, overlooking the fut that the alleged "revolutionary" leaden have Ted so many "lost causes" that they would look comical if it wu not so serious. It will be noted that moit of the men who are dubbing othen u reactionary were either not in the union or wen jutt chairwarmen while the preient officials were battling on behalf of the trade union movement and getting retulte. And thew ume "reactionary" officials are ttill getting results, in spite of the impedimenti put in their way by the Communist membenhip and thote who follow them like theep. The pnsent trade union movement wai not built up by thou who are yapping about reactionary leaden, yet today thousands of worken an receiving higher pay and working under better union conditioni than they ever did before. Hundred! of union agreement! have been signed and the trade union movement hu, until recently, been looked upon with respect for our desire to do buiineu around a table with employers and for our achievement in obtaining better conditions for citiiens in every community In the province. Il there any outstanding: achievement that can be pointed to at having been accomplished by these communiitt in the many organizations that they have controlled and which have later died in their handi? Has anything been accomplished by the emotional hysteria that comes from them in the form of exhortations to "do something" or resolutions that are nothing more than a diatribe of worda? Haa any of these Communist "leaden" led anything that ended in anything else than a lost fight? Some of the "sympathisers" in our ranks are trying to tell ut that we are opposing the Communists because they are a political party. Let us state right here that the Communist Party ii not a political party. It'i a "Revolutionary" party and does not believe in electing a government. It is opposed to government and advocate! the destruction of all governments other than Its own form of dictatonhip. It ia oppoied to "reformist" and "reactionary" trade unioni and al lother capitaliat initiations, which they say, muit be attacked, crippled and broken down. In order to do thii a state of chaos muit be maintained, and all auch organiutiont at unioni and political parties controlled with that objective in view. Strikea must be called upon any pretense and whenever there is a possibility of a successful settlement, means must be found to prolong the itrike and prevent a settlement. Trade unions all over the world have now taken action against this subversive element, and they ara being effectively checked. This element obtained a lot of support from members who were carried away by the emotional blather indulged in speci- ally to catch that support, but since the acts of aggression on Poland and Finland many of them have withdrawn that support. The Communist movement will have to change ite tactics again in order to overcome thit opposition to them, hence we must ever be on the lookout for their new method ot approach to our movement. . Mackiaitta Out ia Front S cal Hi MtJor victories in National Labor Relations Board election! and in struggles againtt anti-union employer! were roiled up thit week by the International Association of Machinists. One of the biggest triumphs came at the General Electric plant in Fort Wayde, Ind., when the Machinists scored an overwhelming majority among over 300 tool and diemaktrs. A rival C. I. O. union ran up the white flag and withdrew from the ballot at the laat minute. At the Frigidaire diviiion of General Moton in Dayton, Ohio, the Ma- chinitta' Union twamped an "independent" group in a poll among metal finishert and wu certified by the Labor Botrd u exclusive bargaining agency. At the Hotetraam Heater Company in Cleveland, the Machinists swept in with 60 vote! out of 09 cut. Important Labor Board decisions against employers who tried to thwart unionitm were alio won by the Ma- ATTACK ON OFFICERS According to a ttory published in The Advocate, the pnsident of the Pioneer Minen' Union wye that the Pioneer strike wu defeated after five monthi itrike struggle, not through lack of financial rapport or being led by political partial, but "it wu sabot- ._._ __._......■;—...... - aged by the reactionary leadership of in prominent officials of tht Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. -Isn't and Tomb's Pender Shoe Renew Fint Cltu Repairing whilt you wait. Shou made to ordtr. Loals SSa-oau _,». CONTEMPT OF COURT „ ."Her husband waa a judge, wam't he?" , "Everybody thought so till ht married her." - certain _,»vm-h*-h. v-«w *>- -ne Vancouver Tndet and Labor Council by their apathy and indifference during the whole time ot the itrike." Thit itatement ia part of the new line of attack upon the Tradu Union Movement. "Certain" officlali, meaning thou who are not communists, are to be accused, ridiculed, obstructed and removed from office whenever the opportunity tcordt. Worken who have followed the progress of the Pioneer itrike know that the Department of Labor wat blamed in the flnt instance, and that officen of the Tradu and Labor Council have been thanked for the rapport rendered the minen. Our officen hive interviewed the government, have recommended financial assistance fnm affiliated uniont, hive given the floor to speakers to outline the progress of the strike and have refuted to give publicity to the communicttiont from the "Cooperative" union. Now that the itrike hu bun definitely loot the minen union officen throw the blame upon other officials instead of their own officials who have not only mil- guided tht worken, but badly mlt- managed the whole grievance. IS thould bt pointed out also that thia union wu a CIO union and in no way affiliated with the Tradu' Machinists Out In Front In National Labor Board Elections - - - aa., __,_„__ _. _.j __,_, aaat oXXaA OS** th* chinicti. One ot the first cited wu the Jasper Blackburn Products Corporation in St, Louis, Mo., which waa ordered to cign an agrument with the union. The company triad many dodget to escape dealing with tht union, though it included nearly all the employeu. One of the firm's maneuvers wat to insist that the union pott a f 10,000 bond u a guarantee It would live up to any contract that might be reached. Paul Hutchingt, representing the Machinists, ridiculed this demand in argument! before the board. "Our union bu bun in buiineu for over a half century, and we'n known to reipect contracte to the letter," he uid. "Thaft more than you can wy tor the employen." The board agreed and ruled out the bond proposal. In another cue, the Allsteel Product! Manufacturing Company of Wichita, Kan., yielded to a board order to ditch a company union, and signed up with the Machinists. TRADE UNIONS PAY DIVIDENDS Freedom to exerciu the right to organise it the foundation of induttriil democracy. In tpite of either open hostility or the practice of more subtle methodt to prevent organiution, trade unioni hive continued to grow tnd exercise their influence for ;ood in the life of the community. •/liile differences of opinion often occur ai to the particular form of union but raited, there it complete agreement that tney can only function properly when free from domination by employen. • "Company Uniont" are occasionally accepted for a time by worken u a chup tubititute for the reel thing but, at hit been thown in the United States, when worken an guaranteed a free choice, they join the ranki of organited labor. A "Company Union," at best, can only benefit a worker to long u he remains in the employ of the one firm, and becauu of thia isolation, they can play no part in securing the broad social measures that have done to much to nlu the standard of life among worken generally. Collective bargaining, by which means worken establish conditioni under which they will sell their labor, is only possible where worken are organiied, and it ii thrugh thit mum that wage standards have been established, noun nduced and life protected from the haurdt of unhealthy surroundings and industrial accidents. If proof wen needed for thii broad statement, it it to be found regularly within the coven of the Lahor Gazette, the monthly publication of the Dominion Department of Labor. Here one will find the schedules of njages and houn attached to contracte let by the Dominion Government and without fail, it will be uen that where strong trade unioni exitt, wage ratet are considerably higher than in localities where the worken are only partially organized into trade unions or have no organitation at all. Theu differences are often very material, reaching in many caut at high at forty cents per hour for the ume claat of work and the exercise of the ume amount of skill. It it to achieve theu results and tecure other benefit! that the varioui organitation! establish for themselves, that workers contribute from their earnings to their union tnaa- uriet. Wen the money to come from any other source, then their freedom of action would be immediately jeopardized. Often worken have been milled into believing that they can ucun equal benefit! without the payment of union duu, only to find in the long run that many timei the amount thua uved hu been loit to them becauu of failun to ucure reasonable ratea of wagu. The truth it that money paid for the maintenance of trade unioni it the but investment the worken can make, Membenhip in a tnde union givet return! not only in the wage envelope but in many other equally important ways. If there ia doubt on thii, again refer to another publication of the Dominion Department of Labor iuued annually, entitled "Labor Legiilation in Canada." Here one will find innumerable lawt passed for the benefit of worken tuch at Workmen'! Compenution Acts, Minimum Wige lawt, Mothers' Allowance, Old Age Pentioni, Regulation of Houn of Work Acts, Factory Acts, and to on. Without txceptlon these have been placed on the statute booki at the auggeition of and through persistent effort! of the organized worker.. Though much hu been accomplished, there it still much to be done. Unemployment insurance it today muting with organized oppotition by powerful employing interettt and for this to become operative in Canada, at it already ia in practically every major induttrial country in the world, it will be necetury for organized workers to continue to demonstrate their determination to have thia measure of protection accorded them. If exploitation of worken it to be prevented in the execution of wartime contract!, worken will need to be strongly organized. Government may pus lawt and regulations and appoint inspectors to deal with their violation, but it ii thnugh the vigilance and strength of trade union organiution that nal protection can be belt assured. By providing an orderly channel through which grievancei can bc adjusted, tnde unioni give stability to Induitry and thus avoid many ttop- pagei of work that otherwise would inevitably occur. For workan to he real partnen in induitry and play their part, ttrong trade union organiution it euentitl and there la no bitter medium through whieh dividend! in the shape of better working conditiona and a higher ttendard of citizenship can be tecured than through membenhip in a trade union—Canadian Congreii Journal. Council LABOR BOARD CERTIFIES A. F. L. MINE WORKERS WASHINGTON, D.C—The Progreuive Mine Worken of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., won another bitterly contetted election againit the CIO United Mine Workers and wu certified by the National Labor Relation! Board as the ule collective bargaining agency for employee! of the Dawion Daylight Coal Company minei at Dawion Springs, Kentucky. U. M. W. objections to the election results were dismissed by the Board. BAKERY UNION WINS CASE AND I-.0M IN RACK PAY WASHINGTON, D.C—The National labor Relatione Board announced approval of a conunt decree to be presented to the United Statu Cinuit Court of Appeals in full nttlement of all iuuei involved in its January 11, 1940, decition involving Collins Biking Co., Columbus, Giorgio, and Bakery A Confectionery Worken Local Union No. 486, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. By the termt ot the dune the company agreed to ceau ditcourtg- ing membenhip in the union and to award $2,090 in back pay lotus to five employeei. GREEN ORDER* A. F. OT L. AID FOR MINE DISASTER VICTIMS WASHINGTON, D.C—Pniident William Green of the American Federation of Labor promptly instructed loctl A. F. of L. organisation! to extend all help possible to tha families of the victims of mintn who wen killed and injured in the diaaet- rout Willow Grove Mine explosion in Ohio. In a telegram to George J, Barrett, ucntary of the Central Tradu and Labor Council of Belmont County, Ohio, Mr. Green uid: "I appeal to your central body and to other American Federation of Labor unioni in Eastern Ohio to render all assistance within your power and to extend all help possible. We deplore the awful tragedy and the terrible lou of life resulting from the explosion. My hurt and my tympo- .a— --— —* .- -* - * - * .-- r . SAVE FUEL cook with )ay6€4~ • THE AVERAGE COST OF GAS COOKING IN VANCOUVH IS ONLY $1.70 A MONTH .. . B.C. ELECTRIC , FIRST AID ATTENDANTS, B.C JOIN NOW Take advantage of our educational facilities which are free to n Our training ensures your success. If you are interested In i FIRST AID, call 303-A WEST PENDER STREET. TRinHy] Unkm Ubel Libel (By Hy Hurdle in "The Railway Clerk") I didn't think to uk for th' union label" ia a tag that it bein' worn by th' thinkin' apparatus of io many union worken that we can euily ue, one reason why th' worktn' clan o' people are to often tpoke of ai btin' theu* own wont enemitt. It'i a double-dyed cinch", hi went on, "that if every union mem' btr in Canada wat to itart in to morrer an' demand th' union label on tvery article they bought, there would be a decided change in th' economic life of our country before Saturday night It'd be a change for th' betterment o' all clauu o' worken that produce to mueh o' th1 ■tuff that union worktn boy. "Th' union Ubel on a article muni that th' article wu mode hy union worken, drawin' union ratal o'.pay, an' th' ihame of it it that tuch a imall parcentagt o' nt union worktn ever uk io ue that union label on a article that we go to bar. In lote o' eutt, in fact, Pd like to believe that in mott caut, thia indifference to th' union label ia due to th' buyin* worker not thinkin' about it at th' time. But in a good many instances union-made goods are Bussed up by bargain-minded union uyeri bectuse you can't buy a union-made article wtth a iweatihop price tag on it an' ume ot our brothen an' sisters go thoppin' with th' idear that, io far aa they're individually concerned, n ntail bargain it worth mon thin a wholesale principle. Such union memben u worn an libels on th' union label they carry themselves. "But, u It sometimes th' uu o' that kind o* union-user, th' 1' wm th' biggut letter in tht word 'union'— he never give a thought to th' 'u' in th' ume word. In other worda, he wu in favor of a airtight, ironbound union an' n ltakproof worktn' agrument u reg-rdiV hit own claaa o' labor. Th' union wu strictly n ptr- sontl affair with him an' he never considered unionitm u tt affected other klndt o' worktn' people an' his thought! never dwelt on W "I alwayi had a suspicion that he wu a union-user, an' my suspicions wu confirmed one pay-day whan I run into him on th' street at he come out of a bargain atore with hit arms full o' bundles. He didn't even blush when he spied me. In fact, he walked right up an' stopped an' commenced to cum about th' local growler. "It teemed that he had filed a nitty overtime claim with th' growler tome days previoui an' it wun't gittln' th' handlin' he thought it thould have. He wat burnin' about it an' he performed with hit mouth io long that h» worked hiuelf into a dither an' dropped one o' hii bundlet. It hotted open an' I noticed that he had bun purchasin' hiuelf tome Shirts. I noticed thty wu marked "Made in Japan" u I helped him to pick 'cm up. "Even then I didn't uy nothin'. He kept on cuuin' th' growler an' fln'ly worked histelf around to ex- hortin' about unionitm in general an' he got plum full o' hiuelf. He flung up hit chin an' then wu a hero in each of bit eyeballs at he uyti '.I believe in th' itrict enfonemtnt of every rule in our contract with no ■hading! nor exception!. I am a union man becauu I btlitve in unionitm an' all it standi for". "'Yeah! I uyt, you are a hot union man. You pay union duu and git union houn that afford you enough time off to come to town an' spend your union pay-cheque. An' what happens to tout union princi- nltt then? How do you spend your union-protected money? W'y, you got enough bundlet In your armt right now to make Santa Claut hump-shouldered an' you have made th' rounds of every cheap ttort an' thtre's a bargain in every bundle— not a union label in th' lot! You puff your chut an' point to your own union label which it your union cord, but you libel that label in th' way you expreu your lack o' union principle!". " 'Here you an now, a union man with a arm full o' no-bjll products. You condemn cheap lahor on lodge night, but you patronise it on payday. Too many "high wage" criers an chup buyers. An' a man, like you, that spends to mueh time htrpin' on unionism an' then dou hit par- tonal buvin' without regard for th' union label, is like a Midler that spends most o' his tralnin* for war an* then, when th' enemy appean, tornndtn without flrin* a shot! "'The simplest an' most convtn- 55*"**\tot*k*h union man to eon- tribute hii share towardi th' general welfare of unionism it to intitt on th' JS'0"_*J_-"_? ""-splayed on everything he buys!" A. F. OF L. MEMBERS IN N. Y. TOP C I. O. TOTAL IN U. S. NEW YORK, NY.-The dues-pay. Mon of Ubor anions in New York ?_____*_*■_••' ***** M0.000 to 1,- 150,000 during IMS, according to itatlttiu made public by Thomu J. &■-%»/•__?»« ef the State Federation of Labor. Mr. Lyona declared that the A. F. of L membenhip in New York State alont wu greater than the paid-up membenhip of tht C.I.O. In tht tntlrt nation. Ike State Fedention hood CANADA'S" FINEST UNION DAIRY protects the purity I and richness ofl your dally milk supply. Ill tt* Hetty by aaioa FA. 1000 ASSOCIA1 DAIRIES Ll FUNERALS! PS to $500 S. R. BELL | FUNBRAL HOME I Funeral Director,* Embalmers 1231 Eatt Hattinot TOWphOM! High. Ill gr- ^^TK^igj-aafff as-at sahthis.atatement was Intended "to f^_fs*| C.I0„ compared with the AF_#l ta Uke . USe t-h^Snx* * °f L' *»* the great big Bt^ For First Aid end I Nursing Insti Phono: TRInity. St. John Ambulance. 7l0DuvloSt„ VancouvsM MAN TO MAN ... For a Good St. Rime, its II Fi earn*, 1 El-Roi 10c—JH»« •Tea, Ite -MA- vnon I -_-.- *** mt» ****L0 THE"ONLY*f thty an Alwayi I Communiitt on pin their connection with t Party, hence in ordtr this tho term "active con now be applied to th Communist connections actiona place them in tssj fory as those who admit e ship In the party. WEIGHTY . Sandy: I hur thatt**! have boon reconciled c— married after all. „ , , Mae: Quito right Tsfl -wn pat on weight an.IS gt^tt. n_m_M_. .!»_________= Trades Union Directory IjtaOR HEADQUARTERS, ISt-SIl BEATTY STREET P«fft« _ (I. A. *). ■T. C. Dearlove, ,odte 19(1 ■^_^,*»yB«»ttg*_ ffaSoMtsry, Lodt« No. llll. Ii Ret. Jackson, ltl So. HOI — Recording WPl, l_i.tl.-hle, 511 Butty am**, Local 111, 1. B. T. ft W__t-_r_ury, Birt Showier, SSI *%wn*. ssymour IMS. "tsffg^feSMg 5i-"Humptiwys. 11 East Hast- ISr'rSa-. Trinity l-H. fc*-®^-SS_Sirf ___. JrTill B-attr 8ti ■ey.SS-t. "^wn^sjjsrk^^*- a. traloa — Secretary, H. * _St>le St.: -Bin. 111-. JJTatO Oinible I *,iS?l^^_.^^!rss',,^ i tNtssasarf Valta,. Lual SIS M_T_(Tr_«.r. T. J. .RtuSt. B-r tireet, Seymour 4.SS. , Local 111 — ,-_~Annan, 2041 West ~Bsy»lew 1B1T-L. ■eUwai.Ottsnao, Local No. It—SecreUry, 8. Shearer, ltll But Pander. am traloa, Local 114—Sacra- nTreatherstone, 305 Shelly Bldf. i tjaloa, Loeal IN—Raeord- jfccretary, Flora MacDonald, llll I Oil Avenue. 'J!^1***- Sims, 3141 Fries It JfSetarr. IT Maiwoll. Ro_ni 404. If Hastings Bt __.: Phone TRIn. 001T. ' Valea, Local No. 1—W. B, BK'4005 Perry St sa_l Otr Wntsn* Valoa, Ve. US Ltntuy, T. E. Holttbaum, Abbots- Mnetual, Onsaawatel aaa •t mawsrktns, Local IT — j Asent, Robt McDonald, 111 I St; SEy. 7415. I Moron' Valoa, Loeal SSS— TlTV. Watte, ill Butty iii Bey. 1171, Trln. 4111. ___• OoamoU — Becratan. rltebard, Bit Beatty at I Phont i llll. II — i _r_ mil Worsen, Loeal ._ r, T. Umesukl, 111 PowtU Bt, I llll. _ . Fruit tnd Vtg- itli local No. 105—SecreUry, V. B. r Werkere, -seal No. . , 111 Powell St. , Local Union 452—SecreUry, Utnenson, 531 Beatty St.; TR. 4116. , looal ltll (New Wettmln- Jar)—Secretary, E. J. Barrett, 1141 InlUe St, New Westminster. __l ritlsken, Loeal TTt—SecreUry. i Wilson. Office phona: Trln. -Ills ■ > phone: Fair. 4I4S-T. I I_.ple.yeee, Locil 59—Seore- i, J. Tarbuck, llll Wast Kttvulh, (tit lll-L sSa»loyHs* Vnloa (Banaey), No. -Kretary. R. J. Smith" SS1T I Are., New Weatmlnatar. i SnOHVoes' Valoa, Meal SB—Bail -, Atent. W. J. Scribbins, IIS ler; Phone Doug lat llll. ) Workers* Valea, No. tl—Sec- Isry, Bona Martin, lilt Barelay St I Workara1 _ is Manater, Jacl_ ' St, Seymour llll. ita. Loeal 111— Lade Root. SSI n, Local tl—Bten- 611 Bwtty Street, '■^.^yirsNsstr ., StsUonery, s Atent J. -T III.. Local SSS—Bail- Flynn, 111 Butty Bt, rotary, J. L. Bntfar, FsViS. Ill^rTU. IIrajklen, Olty, Loeal Sll—Secre- PT, Ckis. A. Wataon, ISIS B. llth. , Bow , gcrelary, V. Inalay, I New Weatmlnater. No. Local 1 Pin ["Skiers (ainsaby), Leeal 111— "t_.'y, L. c. Auvacha, ISSS Invar- "tthi Hlth. IIOT-LT Minsk SriTon' vatoa. Local 11 sjoiary, Blrt Showier, Sll Bettty sst: Phone SEy. 7411. I Vstton, Local 154—International wnwhood ot Painten, Paptrhtaa- iweoratorn of America. SecreUry, *"*n J. Bajua, 4016 West llth. ■stlBottearaat _ -lecretary. w. Otttman, Tn Soy- ' Workers' Uaioa— Secretary. O. -__."-..n- 377 Eaat Eighth Avenue; _5__J_A_r. 0177-L. ' fltrmeat workan* S-tamattaaal •J. fcoeal tTt—secretary. R. JSt*- • Mil Porter St.; Hlth. .Ill-L. f ,*■"?"■ latenttteatl Valta, I 111 (New Westminster)—Seen- . Theima Brownley, Ull MB . New Westminster. Local 807 — Secretary, MaaUaat! ■& -IttlV^^"7^' WTi BtgassBlten, Loeal 170- C. Pritchard, 611 Butty Stnet, Karrltdala 1SS-L7 Tfitf ^'a^^WlsSr- HiFRae, 1141-p. -_.__ st C _. , —8eoretan_J. 8. Halt, in St.; Phone Prater llll-L. BaUway Ottawa, .fcoaga ne. ISO (Port Mann Shops)—Secretary, R. Mitchell, 711 Gloucester St. Ntw Weatmlnatar teat Strut Bettors' dec. Mil! Killer. 114 Local 141 laat Hut. . State! Workan, Local HO—Bualnesa Manager, Dan Itacpheraon, ill Baatty Btreet, Baymour 7111. Shut Motel Wotken (BallnU) Local -teat-Sth* ' Watson, 1101 THB LABOR STATESMAN stefte Weaven* Letal Ba. SOSS— Secreury, H. Hamper, llll Otter Bt SklMiU 1-abereet, PUeral V-tea, No. JSl—Secreury. <1 Laurence. T7S ISth Street But, North Vtncouvtr. "SS , Local 711— -jcreury, Jaa. a Collin, 4461 Jamas Bt: Pair. 4111-L. Mate aaa _. Local 1117*1 — Secretary, MacDonald. Ill Butty St., 8ay Till. BteM Batten, Journeymen of North America—Beeretary, Prank Hall, llll But 41ndi Ctrltoa 141-R Btereotypera taa BUetrotnen, Local II —Secreury, a M. MyTea, till Waat llth Avenue. Street BaUway amp-ones, Division 101 —Bualnesa Agent, ft. Qervln, Lee Building, 175 E. Broadway; FAIr. 4111. laat Drivers, Local 151 —SecreUry, C Mclvor, 717 W. 10th Ave. Beanie Worken* Ury, C. Legrove, New Weatmlnatar. Letal Mt. IB Secre- e, 1114 Aatrlm Ave, Vhtat Bee lecretary, r?lra_St_CT.WU%: Kit Batten, Local No. 1—Secreury, w. Hamm. ltll Trinity, Highland Illo-L. Vypesvuhltil Vnloa, Local 111—sacra- Ury. Harrr Neelands, 111 Bettty Bt, Beymour Sill. Valea Lake! *r_Ui Oou-il arid Diatrlot—Secraury, . 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