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[The Labour Statesman]
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^Public Works Si.m clearance and government finance. |0r home building .1 lead a general recovery for all industries. • r or Statesman AHD mm-oniim ^^^^ E ymamyER TBMES AMD LABOR COUNCIL fr7 SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS Higher Wages and Shorter Hours ii tho Big American slogan now being used in efforts toward! industrial recovery. CANADA, JULY, 1935 Price, Five Cents Busier Times In Building Trades At the regular meeting of the Mding Trades Council held in the labor Headquarters Tuesday eve- Ling, there was again more spirit of 'optimism, as reports made by Secretary Page and delegates from local Lions indicated increased activity Lie various trades. At least three anions reported practically all mem- itts working and others had better 'prospects. lost of the work being done at the present time is alteration- work, lind there are iiuite a lot of new Mention jobs being figured on, but lie big construction jobs are getting nder way and will soon be scenes a! activity. Officers of the various unions live done i|uitc a lot of good work b getting these jobs lined up for !_ntemational union men, and, jn ii<w of the wage slashing policy of AlKJanadian unions and unorgan- J-Sed workers, it seems that wc have Ibeen making steady progress against -is element. Sometimes an em- itloyer is aware of the "boycott" list takes place after this element live completed a job, and the cm- nlofer makes a definite effort to mid this on future work. Such an inlance took place this week, when Hr. Lind, who has just taken over lie management of the Canada [Hotel, reminded our delegates that liens quite aware of the trade that He Hotel Canada lost after thc last alteration job there was done by dual lid non-union labor. He will not •ike thc same mistake that thc tamer owned did, he says. Building Trades mechanics have nod memories and when a job is Won or non-union it is remembered lor many years and the mechanics Beer their friends to or from these wees. The council, however, is Wto to be able to eliminate the M anil non-union labor entirely mm the field when jobs are a little "ore plentiful, and thus avoid this moralizing condition under which •otic has been carried on during thc pit few years. TWO MORE DAYS' WORK FOR CANADA SHOPMEN Montreal, P. Q. — Canadian National Railway shops will operate upon an 18-day month schedule, commencing in July, according to a statement issued by the System Federation. The extra two days were obtained in direct negotiation between the federation and management. ilia Movement Scored by Council Calgary—Iluring- the time that »e relief camp strikers were in Cal- Wit became known that the mili- Pmm the training camp had been m into the city. A telegram hi Immediately sent to E. J. Gar- »H M-l., and on Friday the matter »wised .., Parliament and the PWer stated that he would make W»ty as to whether such action n taken at the request of the Pro- ™™i authorities. The sending of the telegram which C.L11 lo-vs W!ls "-'""crsed at thc uracil meeting: S-J. Garland, M.I\, House of Commons, j. Ottawa, Ont. •ellef camp strikers in Calgary £L-.i y* certainly established _&!, wi,h dtizel» >>y their £,*_""•' ",ul courteousness. 2"Sarcco training camp were S ,, r*° nt-v uvcr »»» Period. ii.in„ " 'Vi,s ,nost objectionable C_-_ wa™nt.v for this unfriendly Sice i„ "fej8 thrcat °f KBtherlng feJk V"""l'eg is unjustified. mL . '""* " become il'cKal for loth.I u pri'S('nt ih"'r complaints Go ,!„„"*ht's* Plvil tribunal, viz., the prnmenl of Canada? SecV t Fred J' Wh'te, tc>., Trades and Labor Council. Blue Goose Cafe Uses Union Labor Secretary Page of thc Building Trades Council reported to the Trades and Labor Council that the alterations being made at the Blue Goose Cafe, next to the Orpheuin Theatre has provided work for quite a number of union men for the past month. The alterations have been so extensive that during this last week there have been three shifts of carpenters on the finishing work, Mr. Wolfendon, the new cafe manager, informed thc Building Trades Council that he would endeavor to have all the alterations done by union labor, and this policy has been lived up to. Mr. Wolfendon also informed thi union representatives that when the work is completed, the Blue Goose Cafe will be one of the finest and largest cafes on the Pacific coast. The remarks of Delegate Page were implemented by othcr delegates from the building trades. Thc Blue Goose Cafe also carries thc union card of thc Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union and employs Union Musicians and organ ized labor feels that this place ii worthy of increased support. ■nunr). • . "s ry mject8 more Pjntty Into its plans and pur- E»K"e wi ' 00 ll;ss occasion for Kn.„n' \ml lm»ines8 will become C5- y °f c'°-operators, and you ^co-operation puts a tin can on """I of competition. Union Is Taboo At Turner's Dairy Sonic employees of Turner's Dairy thought that thc conditions under whicll they were working could be improved if they banded together under the Milk Salesmen's Union, but when the boss got to hear about the new move on the part of these men he is alleged to have handed out an ultimatum to the effect that if any employee wanted to join a union they could do so after they had quit the firm, but while on his job the union was taboo. So organized labor is now taking a hand in this situation nnd the Grievance Committee of the Trades Council will make an effort to cither make this firm a union firm or to place them definitely on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of organized labor. CITY WAGE AND HOUR CODES ARE URGED BY MAYOR HOAN Washington, D. C.—In order to cope with the emergency caused by thc decision of the Supreme Court voiding the Recovery Act and its codes of fair practice, Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee, Wis., president of the United States Conference of Mayors, in session here, strongly recommended that municipalities make wage and hour codes for all public contracts. In stressing the validity of his proposal Mayor Hoan said cities had the authority to require all contractors, supply men and others doing business with municipalities to pay their employees a minimum wage and determine maximum hours of employment. He claimed the power of municipalities to do thia did not depend on the powers of either Congress or the President. Workers Raising War Chest To Fight Sweatshops in U.S. l»niz..I—0ver onc million or- Oty m_f .P eal'ners in New York States s L' 0(lict °t the United m _» prc?p Court declaring the "initio.Tst,tu''°nal with a deter- Uieir... _° "oblllze every unit of -?"" itfa HT I *-*c«jr unit ui fi». ami 1 '," l)rcvent wage cut- m h. lc_Kth™ing of thc work ffard ft, 8u.bv. raive employers who tree hand ,*u",'sion as giving them a •C the line"* 'iVing 8tandards feO.-t._i IS 'J**' mobilization are Wit ft,2"_Tr_d<>8 «nd Labor Coun- h W-K-'l" Now Yorl< and Vicin- S-fi. nhas, fi°0 unions with a F»D_lt_-P_r0f_mora 'ban 750,000; R 8ll!- ,Hl'brew Trades, embrac- m «t JL™111"™ and a member- "f '" and the large M 250,000, national unions of the needle trades, including thc International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union. , Joseph Catalanoti, general manager of the coat section of the New York Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, said that 60 business agents had been sent to visit 400 plants in the metropolitan area, which employs 40,000 persons, to watch for infractions of codes or contractual agreements. "Any violations in wages and hours, he said, "will be answered with strikes which we will continue to the last of our resources." in m oa_rr limn ooxumbia mosvon . VIKINO ARROW Flne «nd Coarse-PIPE AND CIGARETTE TOBACCO-IOc Packages *•»» coilna. than two t>ras_-U with other tobauao __aa_a.a-ta»* ia »,0. Sixty Added To Truckmen's Union Sixty men employed by the Johnston National Storage Company have been added to the Truck Drivers' Union during the past few weeks and in as much as this comprised practically all the drivers, negotiations were started with a view to having the firm sign the wage agreement of the General Truck Drivers' Union. Birt Showier, Secretary for the Teamsters' Joint Council, reports that the negotiations were carried out in an amicable manner and an agreement has been signed by the firm, which will improve conditions and pave the way for further improvements to a standard enjoyed by some of the larger unions down the coast operating under the same International charter. The General Truck Drivers' Union hopes to be able to obtain agreements from other firms just as fast as the employees can be enrolled on the union books. Employees of Exhibition Organize Delegate Fitzgerald, chairman of the Organization Committee of the Trades Council, reported that with the help of Delegate Scribbins of the Civic Federation, the employees of the Vancouver Exhibition Association had been enrolled as members of the Civic Employees' Union, Local 28. These employees now become part of the organization of outside employees covering many lines of outside work carried on by the city. They, in turn, through their union, become part of the Civic Federation, covering unions composed of the City Fire Fighters, City ".Tall Employees iihii the Civic Employees. Other affiliations make them part of the Trades and Labor Council and the Trades Congress of Canada. Negotiations that have been carried on with the City Council for a union wage scale and working conditions for these employees have just been concluded and they will receive the scale obtained hy the Civic Employees' Union. New York Unions to Fight Wage Cuts New York. — Employers in thc men's clothing industry who interpret the Supreme Court's anti-NRA decision as a dispensation to attack hour and wage standards will lind they have tucklcd the proverbial buzz-saw. . The general executive board of thc Amalgamated Clothing Workers met here and voted to raise a $1,000,000 fund to light any attempt by "chiselers" to break down standards. Within 2-1 hours, half of this fund had been pledged. "Our union will not yield one iota of the conditions and terms of work obtained during the last two years," said President Sidney Hillman. "The minimum wage provisions may be wiped off thc statutes of the nation but they will remain a living fact in our industry under the protecting banner of our union. "The full power of our organization will be marshalled against all sweatshoppers and chiselers whether or not they have the benefit of the Supreme Court's blessing. We have added many thousands of members to our rolls and wc arc in better condition today, both in fighting spirit and financially, than at any other time in our 20 years' history." The number of Amalgamated organizers is to be increased immediately and a drive launched to unionize the few remaining unorganized areas in the clothing business. "We are not going to allow the standards of the organized markets to be broken down in any way by those greedy employers who put profit flrst and human welfare second," Hillman declared.—Labor. KELLOGG COMPANY CONTINUES WAGE SCALE AND 6-HR. DAY Battle Creek, Mich.—The Kellogg Company will continue present wage scales and division of the work into four 6-hour shifts, according to W. K. Kellogg, president of the company. "We nave found this policy of shorter hours and higher wages beneficial to our employees and the company," he said. "It has also enabled us to employ nearly 25 per cent more workers." Strike Situation Gets Airing [In Council Meeting Spurned Labor After Making Money The attitude of trade union members towards the Con Jones park and stores came up again in the Trades Council meeting and it was reiterated that this firm enjoyed an extensive working class patronage during the life of .the late Con Jones, but with the chunge in management conditions have altered. This firm made a lot of money out of workers' patronage, but when they erected their new hall park they proceeded to pay the lowest possible wages and it was for this reason that a strike was called and the place put on the unfair list. International trade unionists called the strike, but the places were filled by members of the All-Canadian dual union. That is how the position remains, hence the ball grounds and the stores lire still on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Council, and some unions have placed a fine on any of their members who are caught patronizing these places. Members are also urged to use their influence to have football and baseball associations refrain from using this park. th Trades Council Notes Dr. H. A. Cassidy, Director of Social Welfare, has been invited to address delegates on July 2, Typographical Union reports that me Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal and all Curtis publications are unfair to organized labor. Painters reported that most of their members are now working. Carpenters reported that a majority of their members are now working and more jobs in sight. Replies from the Dominion Minister of Labor with reference to unsatisfactory conditions in relief campa was not acceptable to tht Executive and Secretary Bengough was instructed to forward further criticism to the reply. Several New Unions Get Charters from Congress Word from various sections of the country indicates the trend of unorganized wage earners to join forces with their fellows in the legitimate trade union movement and local unions of various crafts and callings are being formed under the banners of the respective international unions and the American Federation of Labor. In addition, federal unions chartered by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada continues to increase in number. Recent additions to the rosters include: Kosher Butchers and Shochtim at Toronto, and Jewellery Workers at Montreal. A federnl union of general workers at Charlottetown, P. E.L, factory workers' locals at Brantford, School Maintenance Employees at Windsor, Ont., and the Sheep Shearers* Association of Alberta, have been granted charters by the Congress during the past month. Hamilton Steel Co. Strike Is Settled Hamilton, Ont.—After being on strike eleven days, 300 sheet mill employees of the Steel Company of Canada adjusted their differences with thc management. Both sides admitted concessions and both appeared equally satisfied with the basis of settlement. The sliding wage scale of the Amalgamated Association of ,Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, to which the men had demanded return, was replaced by a combination schedule providing for both tonnage and hourly rates. Hamilton Trades Council delegates said that it was the best conducted strike Hamilton has experienced, one delegate going so far as to say that it was an object lesson to other labor organizations. Windsor Street Railway Men Get Agreement Negotiations between representatives of Division No. 616, Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, and officials of the Windsor, Sandwich and Amherstburg Railway have resulted in an agreement being entered into which provides for an increase in wage rates for track workers, bringing thc scale for this class of employees up to 50 cents per hour. Previously these men received in the neighborhood of 30 cents per hour. Wages of car operators are to continue as specified in the old agreement, but the main point at issue had been wages of the maintenance staff. By the new pact, which is to remain in force until December 1st, 1936, the company agrees that in no case shall wages paid any employee engaged in connection with the maintenance of the railway be leas than 50 cents per hour, the minimum wage principle thereby being recognized. Two good reasons why you should eat Hazelwood ice cream—it's pure, and it's union-made. _ Right of Peaceful Picketing Urged by Tradet and Labor Council The Longshoremen's strike created quite a furore in the Trades Council, when the strike and the riot was being discussed by the delegates. Several days prior to the meeting of the Trades Council, thc executive held a meeting with several other union officials and it was there decided to take a neutral stand in view of the fact that, in the first place, a large number of the present strikers were former strike-breakers, who hud helped thc boss break up onc of the finest organizations on the Pacific Coast, and, in thc second place, that after breaking away from the company union several years later, these longshoremen gave a lot of financial and moral support to organizations dual to the International unions. While they were affiliated with the All-Canadian Congress of Labor they aided in building up several small unions which not only impeded the progress of International unions, but which offered agreements to employers far below the wage scale called for in International agreements. These small unions are still undermining conditions in various trades, and while only composed of a few members are tremendously detrimental to the bettering of conditions for organized labor. Finally the Longshoremen came under tne wing of the Workers' Unity League, and although they deny that affiliation, actions tend to convince us that if they are not directly affiliated they arc certainly under the control of supporters of that league. And the Workers' Unity Lcugue is also a duel union movement and while making a lot of noiso there is very little that they have accomplished in the way of improvement of conditions for thc workers. One of the finest organiza tions on this continent, the Lumber Workers' Industrial Union, built up hy the International movement here in British Columbia, nnd continued under the One Big Union, went completely out of business later under Communist leadership. And it was as an affiliate of the Workers' Unity League that a newly-formed Lumber Workers' Union met complete defeat after a strike last year. Thc United Mine Workers held a strong organization together in Alberta until the W.U.L. started to split the movement and now the bosses call the tune. The strike which the Workers' Unity League pulled off in Corbin is still fresh in our minds, and was that- a defeat'' We'll say it was! Was Norondn, Klin Flon nnd other Eastern mining strikes successful? Worse defeats have never been recorded. Many other industries, especially in the Eastern provinces, have recorded the loss of strikes, and this caused "Unity," the official organ of the W.U.L., to criticize the way various strikes were handled. Having all these things In mind and realizing that many rash acts have been committed which eventually led to defeat, the Trades Council executive felt that the membership would not honestly expect the Trades Council to support the strike, and therefore suggested a neutral stand. Naturally this stand was not acceptable to delegates who support the Communist movement and when the subject matter of the riot was under discussion, a motion to refer the matter back to the executive for further investigation was defeated 81 to 37. The use of police, and military forces in a strike always brings to the fore, strong opposition from the workers, and when President McDonald said he would accept a motion objecting to the use of military forces in the strike, und giving the workers the right to peaceful picketing, one was made to this effect, and carried by the delegates. Edmonton Civic Employees Get Trades Congress Charter Making trade union unity in Edmonton almost complete, nearly 300 civic employees, the members of Civic Employees' Local No. 30, became affiliated with the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and takes Its place as a unit of the International Trade Union Movement. Some years ago Local 30 lost its charter as an affiliate of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, largely due to a jurisdictional dispute. But although separated from the main body of the trade union movement in the city, the members of the union stayed with their organization and became associated with the so-called All-Canadian organization, being the largest and best organized unit of that movement. For the past two years dissatisfaction with the ineffectiveness of the so-called national movement has been prevalent in the ranks of Local 30. Although it was the largest per capita paying unit of the dual movement in Edmonton, the civic union received no benefits of any kind, obtained no assistance from the "National" officers and appeared to its members to be contributing a great deal without receiving anything in return. There was growing realization that they were associated with a comparatively useless and completely ineffective movement. Negotiations between local officials of the International unions and the members of Local 30 have been conducted in a fine spirit, each group being anxious to effect the new unity which would result from the return of the civic organization to the International fold. Local arrangements were concluded and the application for the return of the Charter went forward to the officials of the Trades and Labor Congress at Ottawa. Exodua from C. B. R. E. With the loss of Local 30 the dual movement in Edmonton is reduced to a handful of members, many of whom are almost as greatly dissatisfied with their position as were the members of Local 30. Recently new units of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks were formed in Edmonton at the request of local workers, and former members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees are now largely associated with the new unions and thc International movement. For some years many of the thinking members of the so-called National movement have realized that trade union unity may only be secured by their association with the main body of the Labor movement. Realizing the desirability of such unity there has been an attempt in Edmonton, on the part of members of both movements, to eliminate differences which kept the two groups of workers apart. The Alberta Labor News learns on good authority that the action of Local 30 is the initial move that may end up with all the legitimate National unions becoming part of the International movement The members of the International unions are extending a warm welcome to Local 30. Any differences that may have existed in the past or any feelings that were developed at the time of Local 30's break with the International have been completely wiped out and a fine friendly spirit prevails. It is expected that when the delegates of Local 30 take their place in the Trades and Labor Council they will be cordially received.—Alberta Labor News. Seattle Council Creates A Maritime Section By a vote of 108 to 10, the Seattle Central Council created a new section to be known as the Maritime Section. The proposal came to the body four weeks ago, and was considered under the laws of the body, and a ballot waa finally taken. The new section will be organized and have delegates at the Council meetings within a week or two weeks. Ask for Hazelwood Ice Cream— it's union-made. A Saturday night musicale—our cat invited our neighbor'! cat to spend the evening in our back yard. Oxford Coffee Shop Displays Union Card Dick McHugh, secretary of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees'* Union, reported to the Trades Council that one of their old members was now manager of the Oxford Coffee Shop, 625 West Pender Street, a few doors east from Granville. The union has provided thia place with a shop card and invites members of organized labor to <feo_> in and see Brother J. Moffat times. When buying ice cream remember that the Hazelwood ice cream ia the only union-made ice cream in the city. 1 ij ivi .jj.ii i i ____■ i ______ • fl! The Labor Statesman Published kis-l Tkurstar In anoath, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New- Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. VV. WATTS, Man. Editor. Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phona: Saymoaar 687$ Vancouver, Canada, July, 1935 TIME FOR ACTION Just us we are emerging from the greatest financial and industrial de pression this generation has ever known, and just as the organized labor movement is again beginning to feel that thc field is ripe for an intensive organization drive, we find ourselves facing a condition that has all the possibilities of impeding the forward march of our movement. We have long been used to the tremendous power wielded by corporations und employers against organized labor in its struggle for better conditions, and we have found many ways of keeping some employers of labor on what might bc termed a "friendly" basis with trade unions, but there now appeurs to be a deliberate attempt made to place the trades union movement "on the spot" in order to pick a fight not only with employers of labor but with the political and military forces of the state. We agree that these forces are not supposed to be friendly to organized labor, and we have had to battle these forces time and time again, but we see no reason why we should permit ourselves to be deliberately jockeyed into a position where we are compelled to brazenly challenge these forces. But that is the position some unions are being led into today. Our ranks are being permeated with a type of worker — and non - worker— who either deliberately or foolishly puts organized labor "on the spot" in some cunningly made dispute with industrial ur military forces. Some of the challenges made to thc powers-that-be in recent disputes nave been of a very questionable nature, and because enthusiasm for un alleged cause and intense opposition to industrial conditions makes men anil women ready followers of wild leaders, organized labor finds efforts being made to drag us into a situation from which it will take us many years to repair. Today every union is being challenged to follow blindly into an abyss which will lose us the hard- wun conditions which are now covered in our agreements. We are being cunningly urged to take part in struggles tliut we would suy have been deliberately made in order to create a demand for the Fascist die- tatorsliip whicll the comics prate about. We are being drawn into conflicts made expressly for the purpose of continuing industrial turmoil and we have to put up with u bar- rage of abuse and villilicution every time we fail to fall into the traps set for us. This element is getting into official positions in our unions and becoming delegates to our councils and federations and one of these days the trades union movement may again lind itself under the control of those elements which thrive on turmoil and destruction. And it must be remembered that no union can survive with that element in control, because they are not satisfied with the ordinary trades union objective of higher wages and better working conditions, but desire to use the organized labor movement to further their chaotic and communistic activities. They want to make thc organized trades union movement the battering ram which they are using against the state and it will be workers' heads that will be buttered in and workers' bodies that will be riddled Willi bullets and not those who, unseen, are directing the forces uf this destructive movement, The majority of our members do not desire this condition, but because of apathy in conducting their union affairs, this element are being elected to the positions as delegates and Officials, by which they can direct our movement according to the orders received, or according to their own wild desires. It may be true that after they have obtained control our charters can bc lifted and the union or council reorganized as was done during thc One Big Union movement, but we do not desire this method of carrying on. but we would much sooner have the members take heed while there is still time and remove thnt element from the positions from whicll they can control und destroy our movement. The depression lias reduced our membership and it may have put a damper on our militancy, hut nobody can claim that we have lost very much in the wage and working conditions which we built up during the so-called prosperous times. During the depression we have had to battle against company unions, dual unions and job-hungry unorganized, but in spite of all that we have maintained our unions and conditions nnd we are now ready to again take advantage of the forward movement that now appears to have taken hold of our Industrial life. All we need is fur our members to take a determined stand against the communist element and to take a more active part in the direction of our union affairs and the objective which the trades union movement is striving to accomplish. While it may be true that the Civil Conservation Camps of the United States are only paying .30 a month and board to young men, we note that the government is greatly increasing the number of jobs available for that work and making other preparations to put these men into better paid jobs at a later date. Over here in Canada, however, thc government seems to think the young men should be turned into derelicts along with those whom industry has found too old to stand the industrial speed. Now that we have got the money to build that long needed City Hall there is going to be a real and delaying fight over where the darned thing should be located. We spent a lot of money on a town planning commission some years ago, but it seems that we have forgotten all about the suggestions made by it. The actions of Premier Bennett indicate that he is not very much concerned about what the people will think of the Conservative party. Perhaps he figured that they will not be given an opportunity to express their opinion. Financial Houses Lost Their Grip Canadian bond houses refused to bid on a $15,000,000 bond issue offered by the Ontario government. They were "peeved" because Ontario had threatened to cancel certain contracts with privately - owned power companies in Quebec. Instead of "taking it lying down," Provincial Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn promptly got into action. He ruised thc interest rates on deposits in provincial savings banks from 2 to 2 Mi per cent and declared thc bonds, in denominations of from $200 up, would be sold to the people "over the counter" by the publicly- owned savings banks. The bonds went like hotcakes. Incidentally, he announced he would clamp a tax on the bond houses, and that the province would refuse to take excess power from the Quebec compunics after July 1. Anil that's that! It has often been said that, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police always "(let their man" but wc wonder if they will get the man who recently said that there were not enough mounted police in Canada to stop thc relief camp strikers from getting to Ottawa. Employer Admits An Important Truth It is gratifying t0 occasionally find an employer who not only appreciates that good wages mean good business, but has sufficient courage to make public confession of his faith. A few days ago thousands of merchants from all sections of the country gathered in Chicago for the convention of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. According to the New York "Times," David Ovens, president of the association, declared in his opening address that "a good feature of the NRA code was the lesson it gave that in payment of a living wage and granting of a reasonable work week purchasing power was stimulated which benefited both employers and employees." Mr. Ovens pleaded with his fellow retailers not to reduce wages or lengthen hours. Electricians Win Demand in Wages Toledo.—Afte 24-hour strike which almost tied up the entire city and threatened a power shortage in 17 neighboring towns, electrical winkers and office employees of the Toledo Edison Company returned to work recently when the management receded from its refusal to submit a wage controversy to arbitration. Negotiations will now be carried on at a conference in New York City. The strike was called by the local union of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers when the company refused to arbitrate a 20 per cent wage increase request. Office Force Helps Shortly after the Electrical Workers walked out they were joined by the entire office force. The union made arrangements to keep hospitals and other essential services supplied with electricity. Over Half Million TofeonCCCWork (By A. F. of L. News Service) Washington, D. C—Concrete evidence of a forward movement in accelerating gigantic $4,800,000,000 work relief plan was given here when Robert Fechner, of the Machinists' Union, and now director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, began recruiting 328,570 unemployed men and war veterans to bring the membership of the CCC camps up to 600,000. The Department of Labor and the Veterans' Administration will select the recruits from relief rolls and turn them over to the War Department for enrollment and conditioning at the average rate of about 33,000 a week for ten weeks. Mr. F*echner pointed out that of the new men a total of 247,000 will represent outright additions to the corps while 81,570 will be replacements for those who have dropped out or who will be discharged prior to July 1. Work will be given mainly to young unemployed men between the ages of 18 and 28, who are citizens of the United States, unmarried, and who wish to allot a substantial portion of their $30 monthly cash wages for the assistance of their dependent families. DEADLOCK IS BROKEN; 10,000 WILL GET JOBS A deadlock between the Dominion and Ontario governments was broken with an agreement that will put 10,000 men to work on the trans- Canadian highway in northern Ontario. The work is to be done on a "50—50" basis. In addition, thc Federal government agreed to nay $3,000,000 to Ontario for relief work under the late Henry government which had not previously been approved by the Dominion. KENOSHA DAIRY WORKERS WIN WAGE INCREASE IN WALKOUT Kenosha, Wis.—In an arbitration settlement of their dispute with thc Vincent-McCall Company here 125 striking milk wagon drivers won an 8-hour day instead of a 0-hour day, wage increases, and a week's vacation with pay. Both sides agreed that the increase will not cause an udvancc in the retail price of milk. AGE GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED "*> 3 STRR RVE A «jm.I.I qwlHv old ry« ol Hiw flavor, thoroii.-ly i - matured In oak for seven yean. ■"W- F0RSS0Z5. 13 Oi. HANDY FLASK #I°° This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by The (rovernment of British Columbia. 44-Hour Week Act On Public Works A 14-hour week bill for public works was introduced in Parliament by Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice, speaking for W, A. Gordon, Minister of Labor. ln addition to making the 8-hour day and -1-1-hour week compulsory on all government works and contracts for government works toward which Federal aid was granted either by contribution, subsidy, loan, advance or guarantee, the bill provides for the application of the Government's fair wages policy. The method used for determining What are fair wages, rates of wages for overtime and other regulations relating to wages and hours will be determined by the Govcrnor-in- Councll on the recommendation of the Minister of Labor. Mr. Guthrie pointed nut thnt the measure does not apply to thc purchase of materials, ' supplies or equipment for use in the work contemplated. HOLY LAND IS SAID TO BE UNION STRONGHOLD What is the best-unionized country in the world? According to a recent issue of "The Railway Review," newspaper of the British railway unions, it is Palestine, where 82 per cent of all Jewish workers arc said to be organized. Thc General Jewish Federation of Labor, formed in Palestine in 1920, includes both manual and "white collnr" workers. Will some ambitious agitator ttll us how we can hope to build tip by tbe method of tearing down. N. Y. Actors' Union Blocks Sunday Shows (By A. F. of L. News Service) New York.—Frank Gillmore, president of the Actors' Equity Association, announced that the Association members in New York City cast 152 votes for Hat refusal to play on Sundays and 152 votes for acceptance for one year on conditions that actors were paid double wages for each Sunday performance. The tie vote was interpreted to mean that Sunday shows on the legitimate stage in New York City appeared to he a dead issue. The law permitting Sunduy performances was enacted by the recent session of the State legislature. The Sunday-show question must still be put to a national referendum of Equity members, but producers almost unanimously agreed the double pay demanded would make it impossible to finance Sunday shows profitably. Mr. Gillmore said that if the producers expected to make a lot of money out of Sunday shows "the actors ought to share in it." Civic Electors Beat Anti-Union Forces Minneapolis. — Organized labor swept its candidates into control of the city government here in the most sensational election in Minneapolis' turbulent political history. In addition to electing a mayor, labor captured control of the city council, and won places on the board of education, the board of estimates and taxation, and, for the first time in history, on the municipal library board. "Open Shoppers" Trounced The election was a clear-cut battle between powerful anti-union interests and labor. And the "anti's" got the trouncing of thei rlives. Thomas E. Latimer, labor candidate for mayor, was elected by a majority of more than 21,000. Three new and four incumbent aldermen were elected, which, with its holdovers, gives labor 14 of the 2li votes in the city council. On two previous occasions, Minneapolis has had labor mayors, but each was blocked in almost every move by a reactionary city council. Once labor had a majority of the aldermen but not enough to override the vetoes of the conservative mayor who was in tbe chair then. POLICE ARREST PICKETS New York.—Police here arrested 11 pickets in connection with a mass pickeing demonstration before the Times Square and Liberty theatres, sponsored by Local 306 of the Motion Picture Operators' Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. About 150 union members and sympathizers participated in tho picketing. Police laid the charge of "disorderly conduct" against the arrested pickets. Wage Cuts and Strikes Are Visioned by Filene Boston, Mass.—Edward A. Filene, Boston merchant-economist, believes the decision of the Supreme Court invalidating the National Recovery Act will result in employers imposing wage reductions and a longer work week on workers throughout the United States. Just before sailing for Europe to attend the International Chamber of Commerce meeting in Paris, Mr. Filene said that while many business leaders desire to continue the wages and work hours prescribed by thc fair practice codes established under thc NRA, the usual "chiseling 10 per cent" will force wage cuts and longer hours. "These chiselers," he said, "will make it impossible for the better type of business men to retain thc code provisions voluntarily. I believe that by next September the five-day week will no longer be general, wages will be cut and price cutting will begin. Thc outlook is for a great deal of labor trouble and bad business." He reiterated his belief that the only cure for the depression is a buying wage and not a mere "living wage" for workers. "I am for capitalism," he added, "but not for the capitalism of the present order. I believe it must adjust itself to changed conditions. Things will improve when business men get over their traditional 'age of scarcity' thinking and adapt themselves to 'the age of plenty. There is a tremendous amount of waste not only in materials but in management, technique and distribution." Mr. Filene culled President Roosevelt "the wisest leader in any nation of thc world" and predicted that his official home would be in the White House for a number of years. Freight Handlers Get Favorable Award Shortly after becoming organized in the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express nnd Station Employees, thc employees of the Western Stevedore Company and the Canadian National Railways at Fort William and Port Arthur, sought an agreement with the employing companies for increased pay and improved working conditions. Failing to obtain satisfactory results a board under the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act was applied for, the workers naming Mr. Marcus Hyman of Winnipeg as their representative and the companies, Mr. II. P. Hill, K.C., Ottawa, to represent them. Mr. Justice R. M. Dennistoun, of the Supreme Court of Manitoba, being made chairman. The report of the board has now been submitted to thc Dominion Minister of Labor, a majority, consisting of thc ehnirman and the men's representative, recommending substantial increases for all grades. It is recommended that the increases take effect- as from April 15 last. GANGLAND'S WORST The most grisly tale that ever ennic out of gangland is related in despatches from Providence, R. I. "Danny" Walsh, once a rum-runner of distinction and a possible participant in large-sized mail robberies, was given a "death supper" by a group of his enemies on February 2, 19113. He hasn't been seen since. According to information reaching the police, Walsh was taken out in a boat and his feet immersed in wet cement. He was forced to wotch the hardening process and then he was tossed-overboard. The .«*.- thought of it gives one the creeps. A man's pay shouM U _nr*d_r»_*al on his product-Ion. Chair Company Has Union Agreement (By A. F. of L. News Service) The Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wis. (nnd its subsidiary, the National School Equipment Company) is the first- and only plant in this industry which places the union label on it's products, declares Miss Maud McCrcery, editor of the Sheboygan New Deal, the official organ of thc Central Labor Council of Sheboygnn, Wis., in an article in a special issue of that paper describing the Port Washing- ton situation. The company, which manufactures theater seats, school furniture, "public seating" and a line of household goods, has a closed shop agreement with Furniture Workers' Local Union No. 1131, affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and through it with the American Federation of Labor. Thc firm employs 350 men ami is the largest industry in Port Washington, which is a small community. Free Acceaa to Boolaa "In thc Wisconsin Chair Company factory," Miss McCreery says, "the union has free access to the books of the company at any time. Meetings between the firm heads and the union shop committee are held at regular intervals when problems of the management and of the workers are freely discussed." WHOA, NELLIE! Hr s A miss is as good as a mile for the motorist. But what about the passengers in the street car? When a motorist dashes across the bows of a street car, the passengers are shaken up. Besides, the street car motorman might not see you in time to stop. Please respect street intersections as you do level crossings. Campaigning for safety on behalf of both motorist and jxu-Mftfff mil Make Vacation Arrangements by Long-distance Telephone If you are going away for your holidays, there are many tilings you'll want to find out in advance. Call first by long-distance telephone. In one telephone conversation you can ask questions, receive replies and, if you wish, make reservations. A long-distance call first may prevent disappointment later. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. aSouthern California Witnesses Union Drive Extensive gains in tho organization drive in Southern California are reported by Joint Council No. 42, with headquarters at Los Angeles. With the co-operation of San Francisco and other locals in the northern part of the state, hundreds of over the road drivers are being brought into the various unions under whose jurisdiction they fall. Local 208, General Teamsters, Los Angeles, is building up its membership daily, gaining strength and prestige us it goes along, and is now engaged in a struggle with thc California Milling Corporation, one of the largest non-union employers in that part of the country, which, according to all reports, is seriously hampering thc business of that com- New locals recently established at Long Beach and at San Diego are ship and are expected to soon be f» !i;_-. commanf the same reapect in their communiti.. ___ is now had by Te.mrtere' locals "other dtle. Auto Loans - $504K AT EASY MONTHLY PAYMB"- Gelin Brothers 628 Weat Pender Street, Ves**** Hikers' Safety Club To Hold Marat* The Hikers' Safety Club,J*Wi an active branch of the «"",'_. British Columbia Safety WMJJI got away to a good start unw^ chairmanship of Lcs Golan". known mountaineer. The Hikers' Walking *fa, will be held July 6, at 2.P* t_ race will be from the Lookout w j Grouse Mountain Highway op "J Chalet. An Invitation to all" M to attend the rally at the WfijB mountain is heartily **zm whether they enter the ««\'JM There are aeveral valuabw r- ,| and a lot of fun and W*1*" hikers generally. • !___J9 y__!___ THE LABOE STATESMAN Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-H1 MATTY STRUT UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH TRADES COUNCIL ____ ___M_aal, Local 189, I. B. T. C. "Tli—SMrelary, lllrt Showier, 631 ggtty sfreot. Seymour _74»6._ _.,.,. aol Oonfactlo»ar Workeara' laa- •S-Jtlotal Onion, Local 488—Secre- ~Jl" Small, 629 Beatty Street, _.jmour S3«. __n_____nteni!itloiiiil Journeymen of nTJrlrs Local 1.0—Secretary and Km Manager, C. e. Herrett, 581 pt]. street. Seymour 3349, _______ Dispensers' TTniosa, Local 676 r__ig|ness Mamser, T. J, Hanafln, ll"Homer Street. Seymour 4783. *__b_mlt_a' Union, Local 151—Secre. VSrTT Arman, 2018 West Second Sue, Bayview 1567-L. »,i-rm_kin' Union, Local 194—Secre- Tiry A. Fraser, 5079 Ross Street, Fraser 501-Y. ukUaaan1 Union, Local 105—Secre* tary, Miss G. UroBStnftn, 2525 Oak St. a-narr Worker.' Union, Local 300— Se-Ttary. A. Bullock, 2424 West 13th: Phone Bey. 6'8r,-Y. nick-Jan' Union, Local No. 1—W. S. Da__all, 1M2 Eust 20th, Fair. 845-R. _!____ Trades Council — Secretary, William Page, 580 Beatty St.; l'hone Seymour 749.'. C_a| aad Mill Workari, Local 31— Secretary, T. Ume-auki, 544 Powell St., Blchlind 2189. Ganaatan, Local Union 452—Secretary, _rw.Halley.531 Beatty St., Sey, 7496. _U _uu Employees, Local 59—Secre- nry. J. Tarl'ii'--, 3517 West 25th, Bayview 2300-H. One amployoe.,' Union, Local 28 — Sfi-relnry, waller Scribbins, 195 East IMder; lioii-las 5591. (actheH Worker.' Union, Local 213— Bualnesa Maiianer, E. H. Morrison, ill Beally Street, Seymour 3610. Iterator Constructors, Local 82—SecreUry, Ft. Holmes, 531 Beatty Street, Seymour 7195. laflusra, Operating, Local 115—Secre. Bry, P, Hunt, 1.31 -tcittty Street, Sey. mc-r 7195. 8a|Uaars, Hoisting, Local 882—Secretary, H. W. Whistler, 531 Beatty St., Seymour 7495. taiuuara, School and Caretakara, Local Ill-Secrclary. D. M. Mitchell, 1960 .nitre. St.; IIIbIi. 410.-14. Bra flitter., Olty, Local 18—Secretary F. F. Enrlfht, S070 Hudson Street. tin Writers, New w ...minster, Local NI—Secretary, O. Hlg-h-ted, 1230 .aen Avenue. Un fll-ten, North Vancouver, Local HWhcretary, Wm. II. Galbraltb, Fire Hall, North Vancouver. total and Beltatu-nnt Employees, Local '-in-Miiry. Dick Sti-llugh, 531 y Street; Seymour 7195. taiulers, Structural, Local 97—Busi- uta Man-,.., J. p, Rankin, 631 Beany street, Seymour 7495. **"_. Workers' Union, Secretary, Et>. Howell., Duntlarave, B.C. Wfopphers, Xo. 4 4—Secretary, Chas. __alll_ark, __7i*, V.nabl.s Street, laa-talitt, Local 092—Secretary^ P. R. Bengough, 531 Beatty St.. Sey. 6279. aWlalata, Local 182—secretary, J. O. Ktete, 4514 West Ulh, Pt. Grey 8.7-L. *am Union, No. 70—Socrctnry, H. Fader, :;_» Eton Street. ""W!"**,,"' Way Employes!, No. 167 m,...'i i','1"'' *"" •N'n"lor sueet- ******* ■___-,.__ Attanaanta' 0_1____ daeier,eBr& J' M^'TSTSlt-n.'fer: *i.lk a.al«__a_n arnd Dairy im.i.._.. Local 464-BuXess __an??_? *B?rt Showier, 531 Beatty Street, ley, 7495: Holders' Union, Local 281—Secretary Motion Mctui-e Froleotlontst., Locnl 348 1__v -541°. Ji_ "• „L6I"I<!. B°* 3«" Bay. 6541-L; Bus. Man., Trln. 5708 afualclana' Union, Local 145—Business **}*****• »»P»rh»nrer» ao_l Decorators. Smui Hf-*?uslne_a Manager" Ed *H* tt!rtnn, *n4 Wooden Brldganun Local 2404-Buslnes- Mana"er! Jos Thomson, 142-W. Hastings. Sey 7874 'ff*'"?. Local 89 — Secretary, W Page, 651 Beatty St., Seymour 7495! -Mumoers a_utlt_a-a__.tt.a-a, Local 170— i?2-_.**ff' 9- Pritchard, 529 Beatty Street. Kerrlsdale 105-L. Plumbersi and iteamnttere (BallroadI— H°cCa- 6"r?,ecr.'arJ'- T- H. Poulton, 725 Second St., New Westminster *ll0.to s*tft**m, Local 54—1. v. Mur- phy, 33?1 West 29th, Bayview 2892-V. '"-S*1** Pressmen, Local 69—Secretary. Thomas Ezart, 1807 East 38th, Phone l- raser 841-L2. Ballway Oannen, Local No. 68—Secretary, J. R Robertson, 637 West 18th, Fairmont 2258-L. BallWM Oa-rman, Local 280—Secretary, _,' E.„Brad ey, 3020 Wilson Avenue, New Westminster. Sheet Metal Workers, Local 280—Business Mnnager, Dan Macpherson, 531 Beatty Street, Seymour 7195. sh.f?. *****! Workers (Ballroad) Local 314—Secretary, Geo. Watson, 1909 East 19th. Shingle Weavers, Local 17813 — Secretary, 10. J. Lock-art, 1584 West 65th; Marpole 817-V. Sign and notorial Painters, Local 726— Sec-rotary. Win. Clarkson, 1823 Kitchener Struct, Highland 567-R. Stenographers, Typlata and Bookkeepers, Looa I 18177 — Secretary. Anno MucDunald, 531 Beatty St., Key 7495. Stone Cutters, Journeymen of North America—Secretary, E. W, Tonge, 4119 Grace Avenue. New Westminster. Stereotpyera and Electrotypere, Local 88—Secretary, J. IIoKlnnon, 3635 w. llth. Bayview 1149-X. Street Ballway Employees, Division 101 —Business Manager, Fred Griffin, Prior Street Car Barns, Trinity 4630. Tailors, Journeymen, Local 178—Se< tary, Colin McDonald, utile,•, Beatty Street; Sey. 7496. Taxi Drivers, Local 151 — Secretary, N. A. Macaulay, 468 East 17th Ave.; Fair. 471.-1... Theatrlcal Stage Employees, Local 118 —Secretary, H. Pearson, Orpbeum Textile Workers, Local 1700—Secretary, Catherine Wilson, 3327 West Sixth. T1U Betters, Local No. 3—Secretarj, W. llnnim, 2646 Trinity, Highland 3120-L. Typographical Union, Local 226—Secre- tary, Harry Neelands, 531 Beatty St., Seymour 6231. Ihnand'" DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES * Health Cookie Simply Delicious I BAD'S COOKIE COMPANY Phone Bay. 8780 SB Weat Fourth Ave., Vancouver! Demand VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider UONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST n> only Union Soft Drink Firm 111 Vancouver! "»wi Blgn. 10 1055 Tenon Br. *Vr_ l',.'r S."*" »»« 'aatr.es i «e Ba.o, We'll Hake 'Bml Golden Rule Bakery OO., LTD. TWO ADDRESSES! W'Cr.„v:iicSt. . s 8656 _"« Granville St. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH -"clary Tradea (i Labor Council *'•» ai»--531 Beatty Street nan Bey, 7495-6J7» UP TO (SO BACK PAID FOB U.S. INDIAN HEAD CENTS. Wc buy all dates regardless ot condition. I'i* to ll each pniii lor U.S.Lincoln Head cents. Up to $ir,u each for Canadian coins. \\,. buy stamp collections, Medals. Books, old paper money, Gold, etc. Semi _6c for large Illustrated price list and Instructions. Satisfaction guaranteed or 25c refunded, hub COIN SHOP, 159- 137 front Street, Sarnln, Ontario. "nion- Made Shoes C0RNE1T BROS. USMI-.IM _ SLATKU ' ' and Voiith's Ossified Ads. BATBS N«Mi _*,'■l""'■ <"•»•» Bat*. '-a?.''' 40° •»« ***> "*W^ •*» 766 «*t__r. SIMM mm. N W a _, *'****>**• ' *■ ■«!««« e, ih Biun>_an Was*. fett _______*yw— ^"■•»s, ______ _**&_? _^,0bltm! T1>« »ts*** Pi Int.- •".l.lwotM* th« irorkirui F*0rB^t°* ,r0tW*tt,«V **» Machinists Getting New Wage Agreements That the collupse of thc NRA is not affecting workers who are strongly organized is illustrated by reports received at general henil- (|unrt«rs of the International Association of Machinists in Washington. New agreements are being negotiated and old ones renewed, all providing for substantial gains to the employees. In Chicago, District Lodge No. 8, one of the largest in the country, renewed its agreement with the Chicago Manufacturers' Association. Thc new pact raises wages on an average of 5 cents an hour, establishing a 90-cent hourly rate for machinists, including automatic and hand-screw machine operators. The new rate for tool and die makers is $1.08 an hour. Helpers are boosted to 58 cents, with double pay for all overtime work. At Philadelphia, H. Loeb & Son, manufacturers of brewery and bottling machinery, have come into the union fold. Similar pacts were signed for the first time with the Troy Sunshade Company. Troy, Ohio, and'thc Milwaukee Coke and Gus Company, Milwaukee. The latter pact is a joint agreement which, in addition to the Machinists, was negotiated by the Boilermakers, Painters, and the Coke and Gas Workers' Union. Produce Drivers of Seattle Organized Following a final organization meeting of Local 1!>5, Produce Drivers, Salesmen, and Helpers of Seattle the charter of that organization has been closed and the initiation fee rniscd to $25. Forty-six members were initiated nt this meeting, and the charter was closed with n membership of approximately 170. Efforts of the new union will now be concentrated in two directions. The bringing into the union of the few employees in the industry who have not yet- become members, and the establishment of the 8-hotir day for til commission house employee.. COLD lTO»AC_. WOMOIS Members of Seattle I.ocil 185, enraged in the nsh and eald atorage Jnd of the Ice indnstry *wjujt elected officers and will ta the foture operate aa a separate vast, *•$»»'•* howew, their iffiltOtiMi •«* *»• purist local. e Six Thousand Delegates Plead For Unemployed Here Pige Three Montreal, P. Q.—That people are pretty much the same wherever they may be was demonstrated anew when 6000 social and welfare workers of Canada and the United States gathered here to discuss problems that were strikingly similar. America's "First Lady," Mrs. franklin D. Roosevelt, headed a large and distinguished delegation from across the border and charmed the delegates with her innate simplicity and practical understanding of social conditions. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins and his assistant, Aubrey Williams; Katharine F. Lenroot, director of thc Children's Bureau of the Depart- nient of Labor, and other outstanding leaders of the republic were on the speakers' list. Tiea That Bind The close ties that bind the two nations were emphasized at the outset by James S. Woodsworth, veteran leader of the C. C. F. in the Canadian Parliament, who said: "Whether or not Canada and the United States are destined to become an economic unit, it is clear that they are definitely linked together. While, politically, Canada tends to follow the lead of Great Britain, industrially she is almost a northerly extension of the United States. "Many of our factories are branches of United States concerns; most of our labor unions are affiliated with American unions. Social developments are more or less parallel. Advanced social measures in either country arc not likely to lag far behind those of its neighbor." Wante Real Recovery Mrs. Roosevelt, who brought greetings from the President and presided at one of the sessions, made a distinct hit when she declared that "we want recovery in thc United States, but not the kind of recovery we experienced when wc had 'prosperity' there." The government, the "First Lady" emphasized, "still intends to devote itself to bringing security, happiness and justice to the people of thc United States." The task of the hour, Miss Lenroot declared, is to reconcile individual freedom with social security, and she insisted that "social work will be only a stretcher-bearer and minister of first aid if it does not help to justify the courage and hope of the people for a bettor order." Harry Hopkins contended the Government of thc United States has a philosophy "that it should govern for the people and will act upon it." Praiee For William. The relief administrator caused chuckles when he remarked that anything he might contribute would be unimportant after Aubrey Williams had spoken. Williams discussed social security legislation before Congress, which he claimed was anything but satisfactory and acceptable only because it was 11 "substantial beginning" of a more comprehensive program. For those who want to turn hack the clock and revert to the days of "rugged individualism" Williams said he had only contempt. Many of the problems with which government is grappling, he contended, date from the "boom" period when there was supposed to bc a chicken in every pot, and added: "For years blocks of workingmen and their families have lived in impoverished conditions. For them there have been no prosperous years; all their lives have been spent in destitution, in chronic want. Depression poverty has merely aggravated conditions that have always been with us." Rape Hoover Prosperity In the so-called Hoover prosperity, Williams pointed out, there were more than 2,000,000 unemployed workers in the United States, and millions at work were paid starvation wages. "During 1929," Williams continued, "5,750,000 families had incomes of less than $1000 a year and were able to save absolutely nothing. Ten and one-half million families had incomes of from $1000 to $2000 and were able to save an average of only $80 a year to meet the hazards of unemployment, illness, and old age. "That's not very much, is it. Yet we must remember that during this same year 42 per cent of all the families received less than $1500 a year." Scores Doctora' Truat Dr, John A. Kingsbury, former commissioner of charities in New York City, assailed the "merchants of medicine" for using dishonorable methods to perpetuate a "doctors' trust." The American Medical Association, he said, had adopted "every trick known to certain big business organizations and politicians" to stem the rising tide of public sentiment favoring health insurance. In many instances, Kingsbury asserted, the doctors had resorted to downright lying to mislead the public and legislators. President Tom Moore of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada predicted rapid extension of job insurance in both countries. "The taxpayers," Moore said, "are pleading for more rigid economy. The bondholders claim their pound of flesh. The financiers urge a sound money system. Those who control our industrial machine demand their profits. Humana Come Firat "Whatever the claims of contending interests, the welfare of men, women and children must have priority." Hon. David A. Croll, minister of public welfare for Ontario, said legislation of the type of the NRA had given Canada a chart for economic reform and declared that- greater progress had not been made against the depression because remedies had not been on a national basis. "Reform must come before recov. ery," Croll declared. "We won't be able to talk about social security unless there is a fairer and greater distribution of wealth." Recalling thnt in both Canada and the U. S. enemies of social progress are taking refuge behind constitutions and shouting that they are barriers to reform legislation, W. J. Couper, formerly of Yale University, said that Premier K. B. Bennett had cut the Federal knot by basing job insurance legislation on the government's right to ratify treaties. "This action," Couper declared, "is in line with a growing movement in both countries to make Federal labor legislation unquestionably valid by forthright constitutional amendment."—Labor. UNION TAXI CABS RESPONSIBILITY f SAFETY YOU PAY ONLY FOR THE DISTANCE YOU TRAVEL- UNION DRIVERS THE FORWARD LOOK Th* feeling of security and well-being that a savings Fund givei to its owner helps him through many a temporary disappoint ment and Ion. Hit eye is on the future, and he saves regularly with that in mind. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA American Federation of Labor Wars on Communists in Unions New York.—Firm action to eliminate Communists from unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor was announced here by William Green, president of the Federation, who declared that unions violating the rule against admitting Communists run the serious risk of having their charters withdrawn. His declaration was interpreted to mean that international unions that permit their affiliated locals to accept Communists as members may likewise expect to have their A. F. of L. charter revoked. , Fur Workers' "United Front" The militant policy declared by Mr. Green was the result of the action of the International Fur Workers' Union, an A. F. of L. affiliate, which at its recent convention in Toronto adopted a resolution authorizing 11 "united front" with the Fur Workers' Industrial Union, an organization under Communist leadership. The Toronto resolution permitted members of the Fur Workers' Industrial Union, headed by Ben Gold, a Communist, to be permitted to join the Intel-national Fur Workers' Union. Enrollment of members affiliated with the Gold group had already begun. Mr. Green declared that the A. r. of L. decidedly disapproved of the action taken by the International Fur Workers' Union and was determined to stop the movement townrd a "united front" with the Communists. "The Communist Party nnd its industrial affiliates, such as the Fur Workers' Industrial Union, have once more altered their policy. Instead of continuing to foster dual unions against the American Federation of Labor they have now re turned to the old policy of boring from within. The situation in the fur industry arising from the resolution adopted hy the International Fur Workers' Union opening wide the door to Communists is a consequence of this policy. "United Front" Blocked in Chicago "The American Federation of Labor will not countenance any such action. The Chicago Federation of Labor has recently taken an unequivocal stand against the attempt to put through a united front of A. F. of L. and Communist fur workers in that city by announcing that no 'united front' organizations would be adniitted to the Chicago Federation, "The American Federation of Labor will not he duped by the latest maneuvers of the Communists. "We have no faith in their professions of solidarity or in their desire to be honest members of a bona fide labor organization founded on democratic principles. War to the Finish "The latest Communist maneuver to stab the labor movement in the back will be halted. The A. F. of L. will make no compromise with Communists. They are out to destroy us, hut we are equally determined to destroy them." California Takes Action 111 order to effectively meet the flood of Communist propaganda, the California State Federation of Labor announced thnt it would publish a bulletin for State-wide distribution to be known as the "California Fed- erationist." This publication will regularly tell of thc activities of the California State Federation of Labor and smoke out thc anonymous persons who seek to disrupt the California labor movement. PAGE HECTOR, THE COP I A young lady came down thc hill at high speed. Hector stopped her. "Youve been doing sixty miles an hour," shouted Hector at her, and looking her right in the eye. "Don t yon care anything about thc law? The young lady, without winking an eye, replied, "Why, officer, how can I tell yet—I've only just met you. Who are your two friends on the _«_«__»." Htctor fot excited and told kit •*» » **t that *a*ain. OLD AGE PENSION PLAN APPROVED BY ILLINOIS Springfield, 111.—The Illinois Senate passed the bill, already approved by the House of Representatives, providing a system of old age pensions. Persons 65 years of age or over will be entitled to $1 a day if they have less than $5000 in property and are not inmates of a public institution. A revenue measure to provide a fund for the pensions remains to be approved. e _ • .„ , » t*.ir. Landslide Changes Capilano Beauty Spot On January 25, at 1 o'clock in the morning, inhabitants near the Capilano Canyon were awakened by. a roaring sound not unlike a chimney burning out. Tons of earth had slid into the canyou, blocking the river, which, at that time, was a roaring torrent after four days of incessant rain. The force of the water was such that a considerably large area of hillside on the other side of the canyon was cleared away and a much larger space, all level and cleared, is the result—an improvement, in fact, for now more people can congregate and enjoy resting there without any overcrowding. The sunlight prior to this huge slide never had much access to Salmon Pool. Now many more hours of sunshine will blaze down on the swimmers who defy the Capilano's coolness—a blessing in disguise for the many swimmers who enjoy swimming in Salmon Pool but who would prefer a little warm sun after coming out. Some might feel the beauty of the canyon at this particular spo thas been marred by the gigantic slide. Where giant lirs stood and countless ferns grew in profusion there is now barren rock and gravel, a scene not unlike the sagebrush country in the Interior—only the sagebrush is missing. The scenic grandeur of the canyon is not spoiled at this spot for those who can tind beauty in nature in its many ramilications. The slide gave the canyon just another suene to break the all-sameness of abundant vegetation and a different color than prevailing green. We do not have many scenes like this new one, so it can be looked upon as just another attraction. It is about this time of the year that a hike through the forest sKirt- ing the Capilano Canyon is to be enjoyed by countless of nature- lovers. Leaving the paved Capilano road about one mile and a quarter from the carline the hiker can start on the trail at the Glenrose Kennels. From here on the hiker can have an hour of thrilling hiking all thc way to Salmon Pool. Coming back, the hiker can elect to walk on paved road by ascending the switch-back trail to the Capilano Grand Canyon Hotel. The hiker may become lost, but not for long. It may be necessary to retrace steps now and then, but if a northerly direction is followed, the pool will be reached. Superabundant vegetation and giant fir trees are everywhere in evidence. . A few trees have fallen over the trail but none large enough to stop a hiker. A trail through the jungles of British Honduras has nothing on this local trail as far as scenic attraction is concerned. Hut the Hritish Honduras trails offer the hiker no security as far as his life is concerned. There the dense forests are the happy hunting grounds for constrictors that swallow pigs in one gulp. Poisonous insects and wild beasts too numerous to mention greet a hiker along those jungle trails. Even savage tribes of head hunters are there to interfere with a hiker. This local trail has the jungle scenery without all that sort of interference. A berry bush might unintentionally scratch o passing hiker but this can bc avoided by wearing some good outdoor clothing, manufactured right here in Vancouver. By the time the pool is reached a ham sandwich is much relished by a hiker, in fact, that's all the equipage a hiker need pack on this adventuresome trail. But in a tropical forest what kind of protection would a ham sandwich be? It's worth while for the Capilano hiker to consider this and for that reason enjoy the hike that much more. Each day more Vancouver citizens enjoy the Capilano Canyon Park—a scenic wonder—situated right at the doorstep of Vancouver. The Board of Trade welcomes the citizens of Greater Vancouver to spend a day this coming summer in tne beautiful area set aside for their enjoyment. "BUILD B.C. PAYROLLS" That's the Point—It's Good! IT'S awfully attn.pl* to *u\y It yet lt'i a inonntain of a fact. The simple reason why folks Ilk* and nn ao mnoh Pacific Milk is bee an Be It's food. Ob, that applies to everything. Certainly— to good thlnfs. Bat ws hear It so often, hear of food so often, It glides hy unnoticed. Immense though It he in meaning as It Is ln this good milk. Pacific Milk 100 . er cent. British Columbia Oxvned and Controlled PLANT AT ABBOTSrOKD UNION DAIRIES Vancoxiver 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 TWIGG ISLAND DAIRY Seymour 2877 A'.'i' Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Wei'miniter 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deservi your patronage The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122 439 7th Av-. E. NEON DISPLAY WALBURN NEON LTD. 9 1420 HOWE Tmitt. 1033 MEET THE FH.IENHS AT THE PALACE PARLOR 35-37 WEST HASTINGS Ojip. Ye Olde English _T_t.il & Chips Workers cannot lift themselves hy their bootstraps, but they oan eaitw their wage, by purchaiiig —- label products. OAKLAND WAGE INCREASE Oakland Teamsters last month reached a new agreement with the Draymen's Association of Alameda County calling for a 60 cent a day increase in wages and time and one- half for overtime. The contract calls for all union operation and will ran for two years. Extensive organization activity _n ihe erose-kay diwt*act has i-teroq-nt. the -M-abeiekip ef the hutt. kvji «_*■ mstsi h_BtJn. hi tu tsj** Una m#m ! 1 11 (•j : "; 1 J'-'., ; i l;,-A ' :■'!.! -1 . i ' ■;. ■! 1 | -' :' '1^ ■ E -____■ I • ■ ! IH ll [i ■) •! [ 1 1 < j THE LABOR STATESMAN -P.'hi - i ; :v'* I J l _ I j j. IT JU \^__|p.: ? »i if --ll _i. ■ i ;|i',H| ! 111- i ■ Ordinary Bern Happy aad full of energetic psrton- elity. Dili Lucky Girl radiilea perfect good haalth. You juri know ehc en|oyi a gists ol light snd apsrkling Lucky Legtr rsgulsrly. It'i such sn Invlgorst- ing beverege snd supplies many needed elemsnh to often lacking In tltc modem diet. UKK¥ Largest Co-operative Signs Up with Unions The Washington Federation of Butchers reports the signing of a union agreement with the largest poultry and egg concern in the Pacific Northwest, which means in the country. The plants at Vancouver, Winlock, Centralia, Tacoma, Everett and Seattle are included. Culminating months of negotiation, the agreement provides for union houses, wage increases, vacations with pay, seniority rights, overtime rates, holidays and various adjustments in working conditions. Farmer and Labor Co-operate The attitude of the "Co-op" officials and directors at all times was extremely fair and open-minded, stated the secretary for the unions affected. The agreement lays the groundwork for stabilization of labor costs in the poultry and egg industry. Heretofore hours and wages varied a ip-eat deal in the industry in this district. New Teamsters' Union At Centralia-Chehalis Immediate organization of a Teamsters' Local at Centralia-Chehalis, Wash., is the latest step in the campaign to completely organize the trucking industry in the Northwest. An organizer is now in the field, approximately seventy men have signified their intention of becoming members, and it is expected that a charter will be applied for immediately. The Central Council in Centralia is a very live and active body, and is lending its assistance in many ways to the campaign. The Mill and Timber Workers have pledged their assistance, as have also the Culinary crafts of the Twin Cities. Jim Kidder, representing the Joint Council, is in the two cities getting the new local under way and reports ;. wonderful response from drivers in that territory to the union's appeal. Two hundred members, with resultant improved wages and working conditions, is the immediate outlook for the locnl. 'Black Fury" Depicts Tense tl Struggle of Union Miners July, New World's Champion Is Member of Union New York.—James J. Braddock, the new heavyweight champion of the world, is a union man, u member of the International Longshormen's Association. And are his fellow longshoremen proud of him! They are preparing to give tangible evidence of their admiration. "Braddock will receive a gold travelling card, as will his manager, 'Joe' Gould, at our international convention when it convenes in New York at the Governor Clinton Hotel on July 8," International .'resident Joseph P. Ryan announced to a representative of "Labor." Braddock wasn't given a chance to beat Max Baer. The odds against tile longshoreman ranged from 5 to 1 to 10 to 1, but he won decisively, and scores of his fellow workers "cleaned up." They are sure he can best Schmel- ing, either at Berlin or the Madison Square Bowl, On all sides one hears the most appealing _to_.es of Brnddock's devotion to his wife and their three children—Jay, Howard and Rose Miirie —and the Damon and Pythias friendship that exists between the battler and his diminutive manager, "Joe" Gould. Gould lias handled Braddock for for years without a contract—an almost unprecedented thing in modern pugilism. Less than a year ago Braddock was on relief, and the records show that he drew about $230. Then came his win over Lasky, and Braddock received $1800 as a reward. The first thing he did was to send a cheque for $300 to the North Bergen relief fund. "He's certainly a square guy," declared a friend who had toiled beside him on the docks. (By P. J. KING, Machinists' Union, Boston) In a desire to reach and please the greatest number of patrons the average motion picture has been diluted to a state that is an offense to adult intelligence. After a long series of pictures that have little or no relation to real life it is a thrilling relief to view a picture like "Black Fury," a story of miners in their harsh and frequent struggles to rise from a meagre and wretched state of living. The foundation of the story is based on the death of John Barcoski, a miner of Imperial, Pa., who was beaten to death by mine guards, 1929. The utter savagery of the killing aroused the people of western Pennsylvania to such a high pitch of indignation that a spirited demand for the abolition of the coal and iron police system followed. No one was more incensed than Judge M. A. Musmanno, then a young attorney serving his first term in the legislature. Out of the things Musmanno learned during his personal investigation of the case there came the story of life among the mines, "Jan Volkanik." From this book came the play, "Bohunk." And now for the first time there is a pic- turization on the screen of American-Slovak life in the coal mines. Paul Muni, famous for his dramatic realism in "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" has the leading role of Joe Rndek, a big happy-go- lucky coal miner. Life of Grim Struggle The story in brief: Joe has saved enough money to buy a little farm near the mines, on which he hopes to settle down with his sweetheart, Anna. Just before the wedding, Anna runs away with a company cop, and Joe, completely stunned, goes out on a terrific bender. For weeks a detective agency that specialized in strike breaking, had agents in the mines, fomenting discord, and trying to undermine the influence of the national union. At a meeting of the miners the union organizer urges the men to stick to their agreement with the mine operators. The detective agent is shouted down when he pleads for a strike. Then Joe, filled with liquor and looking for trouble, staggers in and yells for "fight." Joe is popular with the miners, and the detective seizes the situation to make Joe the leader of the radicals. The result is that half of the men withdraw from the union. The next day these men are locked out of the mine and a battle ensues, following which the mine operators declare a general lockout, evict the families from the company houses and decide to break the union. The detective agency brings in carloads of strikebreakers and thugs employed as guards, who raise high jinks, while the families of the miners starve in the frozen hills. Joe is blamed for their troubles and shunned. One of the imported thugs attacks the daughter of a miner. Mike, the union secretary, rescues her, and in the fight that follows, Joe is knocked cold with a blackjack and Mike is killed. Anna returns home penitent and wiser, but Joe, in the hospital, refuses to talk to her. When he is released, he learns that the men have decided to surrender and return to work as individuals at a lower wage scale. Joe le Penitent Knowing this means the loss of all they have struggled for through past years, Joe steals a truckload of dynamite and provisions and barricades himself in the mine. First he blows up the powder plant and conducts a one-man strike against the entire mine police force by threatening to blow up the mine unless the operators recognize the union and take back the men at the old scale. The operators decide to starve him out, but ns the days pass, the newspapers take up the sensational case, and finally the government steps in and the strike is settled by mutual agreement. "Black Fury" gets down to hard earth, and depicts incidents which are neither attractive nor peaceful. Because there are so many scenes that- are controversial in subject matter. Chicago and the State of Maryland banned the film. There are features of this picture that will not be entirely pleasing to labor, and certainly not to business and the police. But, allowing for such objections, the realistic description of life in a company-owned coal town, the scabs, the brutal beatings by mine police, and inhuman evictions make it the most powerful strike picture that has yet been made. —Electrical Workers' Journal. 11,000,000 Homes Put in Slum Class by U. S. Administration (By A. F. of L. News Service) Washington, D. C. — The housing conditions throughout a great portion of the United States are so bad that they constitute a national emergency demanding Government intervention, according to a report on "Slums and Blighted Areas in the United States," prepared by Dr. Edith Elmer Wood for the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration. Based on a thorough survey, the report declares 6,000,000 non-farm and 5,000,000 farm homes are "definitely sub-standard, the two constituting over .'.(J per cent of our total housing." This deplorable and socially-dangerous condition exists not only in the slum areas of large cities but also throughout the farming districts. Families numbering one-third of the population of the country, the report asserted, are living in dwellings and neighborhoods "of a character to injure the health, endanger the safety and morals and interfere with the normal life of their inhabitants." In discussing the remedy for bad housing the report declared that the facts and figures obtained by the survey leads to the "inescapable conclusion" that private enterprise is unable to meet the situation. The needs of the low-income groups, it was pointed out, cannot be met either by housing constructed on the ordinary profit basis or according to the limited-dividend plan. Therefore, the report went on, "the time has come for private enterprise to abandon an impossible task and let the community take it over." Security, Happiness, Greater Wealth Distribution for U.S. AGE GUARANTEED By 110,000 BOND COAST,BREWERIES IM Baj wurlai MOD Mil J, lolnmhn M__rti___Ti This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. "WITH THE BEST WISHES OF THE OLD MEN" Commencement day addresses con tinue to fill thc daily papers. For frankness, savored with common sense, we commend the following, delivered by Glenn W. Stephens to thc graduating class of a Madison (Wis.) high school: "I have a confession to make," said Mr. Stevens. "I must confess the inability of my generation to solve any of the problems that confront them. "We did pretty well during good times, but we failed miserably when the going was tough; so we are leaving you many problems to solve. "There is the problem of money— we haven't got it and we don't know where it went. There is the problem of pence—with more armies, more navies, more unrest, there is a fine possibility of another world conflict. There is thc problem of jobs. "We can only leave these things to you with thc hope that you successfully solve them and with the best wishes of the old men." Thnt puts it up to the youngsters. May God give them the vision and courage to avoid the blunders of their "dads"! When you look up, be sure you step up, otherwise you may stumble, for remember the feet follow the mind. The world is full of starters, but it is only the ones that finish who count. NOT ENOUGH NUTRIMENT An old darky was sent to the hospital, and one of the nurses put a thermometer in his mouth to take his temperature. Presently, when the doctor made his rounds, he asked: "Well, Mose, have you had any nourishment?" "A lady done gimme a piece of glass to suck on, boss, but I'se still powerful hungry." A little more "Serv" and a little less "ice" is what this old world needs. Age is an asset, when ac.o_.pa_a- ied by ambition. Years »M tat youth when conserve, tp _to_aaj health. I'm telling you. (By A. F. of L. News Service) Washington. D. C. — President Koosevclt at one of his press conferences here condensed into tabloid form the social objectives of his administration. His ideals were summed up in response to the following question asked by Robert Cromie, editor of the Vancouver Sun: "What would you say was the social objective of the Administration?" The President looked up in surprise and then replied extemporaneously: "That is a difficult subject to discuss, offhand. It would take an hour or two hours at jeast. "The social objective, I should say, remains just- what it was, which is to do what any honest government of any country would do; to try to in crease the security and thc happiness of a larger number of people in all occupations of life and in all parts of the country; to give them more of the good things of life; to give them a greater distribution not only of wealth in the narrow terms but of wealth in the wider terms; to give them places to go in the summer time—recreation; to give them assurance that they are not going to starve in their old age; to give non- est business a chance to go ahead and make a reasonable profit, and to give everyone a chance to earn a living. "It is a little difficult to define it and I suppose this is a very offhand definition, but unless you go into a long discussion it is hard to make it more definite. And I think, however, that we are getting somewhere toward our objective." Labor Man Heads Hydro Commission During the past month Jas. A. Whitebone, prominent St. John labor man .was named as labor representative on the commission established to investigate affairs of the St. John Civic Hydro Commission. Judge J. A. Barry is chairman of the commission. Mr. Whitebone is a member of the Theatrical Stage Employees' and Motion Picture Machine Operators' International Alliance, nnd has been active in labor circles generally both in the City of St. John and the province of New Brunswick for some years. He is past president of the Trades and Labor Council of the city, and has serve- as vice-president and legislative representative of the New Brunswick Federation of Labor for several terms. PLIASE OMIT FLOWERS "What became of the hired hand yog fot from the city?" "H. ami to b_ a chauffeur a.d Mae MM «•«_._ axoin « aoW to <MAxa%,i**aH\m* Congress May Be Invited To Calgary Calgary. — Recently the Trades Council of Calgary sent out an invitation to all the various locals chartered by the Trades and Labor Congress and International offices, as well as civil servants, to meet and discuss the possibility and practicability of raising funds to extend an invitation to the 1936 convention of Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to meet here in that year. It was back in 1911 that the convention last met in this city of the foothills and so next year will make the 25th anniversary. It has not met in Alberta since 1927, when Edmonton was the seat of the conference. STRIKE WON A strike of 800 produce truck drivers and teamsters in Philadelphia ended when their demands for a (30 minimum weekly wage and a 44-hour week were Met. 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Vegetal. .50 Superior Buy Rum, 6-oa .30 Oxo Cubes "" .75'T.unch Kits TanoouTtr'e Own Drlf ■tores. We Ban Yen Monty. Tw.nty.on_ ittn, _J Your g.rvio.. Telephone Your Wants. ■ TO Anywhere - Any Time By Bus - Airplane - Steamship TRflUEL BUREAU BUS TERITJinflL -UPnCDUUtR B.C. i PACIFIC STAGES in FOR YOUR SUMMER DRIVING, HOME GAS MEETS EVERY NEED . On the short trip or the long treli, an city or country, HOME GAS meets every requirement of the moat exacting driver. The slogan: "You Can Buy No Better" is an actual truthI HOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED A 100 per cent British Columbia Company A. K. HARRON North Vancouver; Phone N. V. 134 J. A. HARRON 55 Tenth Am. E.; Phone Fair, ill larron Iroa. Cimitri. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. M AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE! 1IAVK ABSOLUTE!/? SURE PROTECTION BY INSURING YODB CAR with THE WAWANESA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. 305 and 308, 335 HOWE STBEET, VAHCOTJVEB. B. C. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Ipe-lal laUTort to Set Ooode Out by Vint Mall Af ur aW# of Yoiar Order. COB-TO-. COBDOVA AMD OA.U_A_.Ia VANCOBT1B, ■.«• MORE RELIEF SOUGHT SINCE CODES' PASSING Philadelphia.—Relief rolls in this state, which were steadily decreasing in the months preceding the Supreme Court's decision against the NRA, have been mounting since the codes were knocked out. According to Robert L. Johnson, state relief administrator, the number of unemployed asking for assistance jumped 2629 during the first 10 days after the court's decision. This is interpreted as indicating that "chiseling" employers have driven many workers to relief stations by cutting payrolls and spreading work over longer hours for those still employed. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS The preacher was on the links and thought a small moral lesson might not be amiss. "I notice," he remarked mildly, "that the players who get the lowest scores are not those who swear." "What the h—1 have they to swear abo»t?" snorted the gloomy golfer as he dug up another -dice of turf. NOT ALL CHARITY Little Richard: Mother, may I have a nickel for the old man who is crying outside? Mother: Yes, dear, but what is the old man crying about? Richard: He's crying "Peanuts 6 cents a bag." ANOTHER HANDICAP A minister haa written a sixth verse for the hymn, "America." That makes five verses of it we don't know. A TOUGH BREAK Poor Sandv. He walked 10 miles to see the football match between Glasgow and Edinburgh, and when he got there he was too tired to climb over the fence. Marriage is like eating mushrooms. You never know if you are safe until it ii too late. in ?™^rJ#et the "°"*ln« **tes de* in front of you than the pe»rly _■__■ behind you. waaa. HORSE RACING LANSDOWNE (Vaaeosrir), 1st Meet—Saturday, J«a»" to Saturday, July 6. BRIGHOUSE (Vancouver), W Meet—Wednesday, Ml !J to Wednesday, July IT- HASTINGS (Vancouver). | Meet—Saturday, July *>• " Saturday, July 27. LANSDOWNE (Vanco*-*); 2nd Meet—Saturday, AM*' 3 to Saturday, Aug tut '•• BRIGHOUSE '\*axt**m 2nd Meet—Saturday, A**** 17, to Saturday, Aula* ** VANCOUVER EXHIBITI* ASSOCIATION, HASTIHB (Vancouver), 2nd «•"-"" Wednesday, Auguit » w Wednesday, September 4. A GRAVE MISTAKE Mri. Jones was spending *ejfl with a severe cough, Jnd.?J«a_.l band was working in the ""-JJJjJ hammering nails into some "" ■ Presently a neighbor came ow "How'g the wife, Jones?" "Not go well." "la that her coughin'. y^gl "No, you tatUki; H'» » eB* ■ coop." I think • m*» -r-^-r; •Dialed U amatta tjrtMSm* * "t.«| 'i_t__ • •
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