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[The Labour Statesman]
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■"<■■;■!;,.-:.■ .. ,i .. ■:.^%"3r_ .■»■*" --~^~»^r«r T S^^nMNBQ^ Vancouver Hoards $1,700,000 While Chaos Grows I' I I ' ' ammmaaaama^amaaamaamaa.aaaaaaaaaaaamJLaaam ' I I aaaaaammaaa 11 . i _-_«----------_-----------------_--____-----_------_------_-----^^ Canada Needs. a lot of new blood in its Federal and Provincial, Parliaments to speed us towards induitrial ——recovery. ■■— 0f.< OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS arid Shorter Hour* it the Big American slogan now being used in efforts towards industrial recovery. No. 418 "Vancouver, Canada, august, 1933 Price, Five Cents Near $2,000,000 Relief Available Afraid of Banks? Annual Report of City of Vancouver Shows Huge Unexpended Debenture Balances but City Council Makes No Move to Have Money Relief for Work; - Too Many Rackets in Handling Unemployment. THERE appears to be plenty of evidence to' show that in spite of all the wailing that-goes on in the City Council of Vancouver, most of it is done with the idea of playing to the gallery. After looking over the evidence we must assume that the City Council is not sincere in their handling of the relief situation or that they are so afraid of the banks that they dare not do the right thing to improve the industrial situation in this city. We know that most of thecivic employees have been laid off, adding to the unemployment situation, and we know that the unemployment relief which has been handed out was very close to the starvation mark, yet we find in the city's, annual report for the year ending December 31, 1932, that there is a total of $1,700,941 (pages 32-33) of debenture balances unexpended. This is not included , in the $18,000,080 sinking fund. This money is still in the banks, drawing 3 per cent interest—or should be—while many thousands of citizens are looking: in vain for jobs. We have not seen any evidence of this money having been spent this year and we would like to know why steps have not been taken to use this money on civic works. The report also shows (page 53) that, like all charity rackets, it is costing as much to administer relief as is paid out We find that $193,637.88 was paid out last year for salaries alone, while the sum of $11)2,460.53 waa expended on food, bed and board to relief recipients. Can that state of affairs be termed -anything else than a racket? But this year it will be worse, for we notice, that the landlords are getting a big share of this dole, while the scrip of the needy unemployed is cut down should a child get a job delivering papers. The same kind of a racket goes on with the Old People's Home. On page 55 we find that out of $18,293 expended, $5,903.53 goes for salaries while $5290 goes for food and cloth- "ing for the. 48 men and 10 women inmates and, undoubtedly, the staff. We also note that these .old people assigned $7428 towards the upkeep of the institution during the year, so it appears as though the old people are keeping the staff. We may be wrong, but we are from Missouri. We don't want the City Council to offer any excuses on these things for we "allow fts^past-^Sistoryi—4Ehere-4» a lot of history to be explained and we feel that this is also an opportune time toprint the communication that Mr.TuTH. McGeough sent to Premier Bennett in connection with his investigation of relief activities. The letter shows that if the City Council had deliberately gone out of its way to increase the unemployment chaos it could not have done worse, and its reputation is almost as black as that of the provincial government/ The letter is full of meat, and the City Council has never explained it away. Here it is: le Union Gets Wage Increase; Puts Fine on Mills ^ -■ . ... , . * • The Shingle Weavers.' JJnion is keeping,abreast of the increased demand for shingles. All the men in the union are working, and wages are being increased. The union negotiated a wage increase of 10 pfcr .cent in June, IS per cent in July, and.there will-,be, another increase of 20 per cent commencing August 15th.' This, will bring the wage to an all-time high. For a niynber of years the* union has had considerable opposition f,rom various shingle mills in their efforts to obtain cheap labor, in once instance, female labor being employed at very low wages. The union now feels that it is in a position to retaliate, so.has placed a. big fine on. four local mills, no .union men being permitted to work there unless the fine is paid. The Westminster Shingle Mills (formerly .Beach) is- fined $1500. The Hammond-Cedar Company $1000, The Homalko Mills (Marpolel $1000, The Dr. Jamiesori Shingle Mill (Powell River) $750. - U.S. Labor Drive Signs Thousands Says F. Morrison A. P. of L. Secretary Tells How Organization of Workers Is Forging Ahead Under Impetus of Recovery Act; 200,000 Enroll in United Mine Workers. "On September ,26th, 1931, the Federal Government gave definite approval to-the City of Vancouver fora wo^x-__H>£K»_»^.t*^«mploy the* *-rOT_trt'lit'e "people of Vancouver, the total amount being set at one million dollars, the cost of Which was to be borne as follows; Ths Federal Government paying fifty per cent and loaning, the provincial and municipal ' governments their share. "When making application to Senator Robertson for consideration, the (Continued on page 4) Unsanitary Conditions in North Shore Mills a Complaints were made by the Vancouver Trades and Labor' Council to the Medical Officer of North Vancouver about the unsanitary conditions prevailing in two lumber mills operating on P. G. E. property. The Medical'Officer had the mills inspected and ordered certain changes! but further inspection showed that the changes had not been complied with, so orders have now been given for drastic Changes involving the destruction of shacks and 'other buildings and the rebuilding of same, all to be approved by the District Engineer. Commissioner Tisdall has added his support to the Medical Officer's instructions.' PERCY R. BENGOUGH Re-elected General Secretary-Treas- -urer^of—the -Vancouver, - New West- minster and District Trades and Labor Council. No Contest in Five Council At the regular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, held Tuesday, July 18th, five out of the nine officers were elected by acclamation, and the others participated in a lively election. Those elected by acclamation were C. Herrett (Barbers), vice-president; Percy R. Bengough (Machinists), general secretary-treasurer; Chairman, Organizing Committee, ('. Fitzgerald (Musicians) ; Chairman,. Legislative Committee, Chas. Watson (City Fire Fighters); Chairman, Grievance Committee, James Thomson (Pile Drivers). Those elected in the con- t-ste.ij,„s.eajts were: President, Colin McDonald (Tailors); Warden, Birt Showier (Milk Salesmen); Statistician, A. Ross (Railway Carmen); Chairman, Press , Committee, John Price (Street Railwayman). Auditors appointed were: E. C. Miller (Musicians), J. Jackson, (Barbers), A..Fisher {Sheet Metal Workers). The election is for one year ending June/30th, 1934. Labor Protests Wages Paid In Relief Camps The executive of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council has had some interviews with Col. D. W. B. Spry, administrator of the relief camps in British Columbia, in which strenuous opposition was made to the public works being undertaken on a wage basis-of 20 cents per day. The administrator is under the jurisdiction of the Department oT"National Defence "and little hope is entertained of any changes in the scheme unless Ottawa is flooded with opposition to it. This the Trades Council has done and word is being deceived from all parts of the Dominion to the effect that they are actively- opposing the scheme. The Trades Council understands that the Government is not only using this 20 cents a day labor on public-works but also oil"Hydro- Electric projects and military buildings involving skilled labor. In using skilled labor on these projects the Government contends that it is far better for a man to.work at his trade (on the 20c scale) than for him to get rusty doing pick and shovel work. Organized labor feels that this system of carrying on public works is a deliberate attempt to undermine the existing wage scale that organized labor has struggled hard to build up, and we "demand that the prevailing rate of wages should maintain on all Government work, wIiethei it be done under the guise of a relict scheme or a "National Washington.—Hundreds of thousands, of workers—more than 200,000 in the United Mine Workers alone— have been enrolled in the past two months in international unions , and local unions directly affiliated with the American Federation of Labor by 1600 voluntary organizers' working with official organizers in all parts of the country under the supervision of William Green, president of the Federation. , Organizing Forces Busy Co-operating with this labor army are others of equal or greater size, composed of the official and voluntary organizers of the national and international unions and of the State and local labor federations. They are trying to enroll in legitimate trade unions the maximum possible Defence" scheme. The Trades and Labor Congress^of Carfada has taken the matter up at Ottawa, but has only met with almost insulting replies from the Minister of Labor. The plan has, now assumed a "forced labor" aspect, and vt'e-are reminded of the uproar that the Government and other so-called patriotic citizens made against the alleged "forced labor" of Russia. Organized labor' must continue and increase its protest/. ~ ~~"^~ ..;•,. *" Public Works Committee Washington.—Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced the following revised Labor Advisory Committee to co-operate with Harold Ickes, Public Worka Administrator, in the $3,300,000,000 public worka program which Mr. Ickea will control: Isador Lubin, Comrhssioner of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, .chairman.; Michael J. Mc- Donough, president. Building Trades Department; American Federation of Labor; Richard J. Gray, treasurer. Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union of America; Charles L. Reed, assistant to ■ the president, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America; John Coefield, general president, United Association of Journeymen Plumbers of the United States and Canada, and Henry W. Blumenberg, general organizer, United Brother- Roosevelt Signs Blanket Industrial Code; Raise Wages Washington.—In undoubtedly one. 250,000 and 500,000 population, and of the most momentous efforts ever i not less than $14 in any city between undertaken in the United States, President Roosevelt called on every employer of three or more person* to shorten the work week to 40 hours for "white collar" workers, 35 hours for mechanical workers, and to pay a graduated scale of increased wages to his employees, Th*^Bsi^Aj_^_f_____auaoofae».»-will "be followed in the next six weeks by the most widespread and intense appeal to public opinion that has been made since the World War. The object of the campaign will be to get every consumer to sign an agreement to support and patronize employers who co-operate with the President. -Oft*. Will End Da y Labor The drive to end the depression by returning jobless persons to work and to increase the purchasing power of the country will end on Labor Day, the' first Monday of September. It is believed here that at least 6.000,000 of the 12,000,000 unemployed will have jobs on that day. Through Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, Recovery Administrator, President Roosevelt asked employers to agree: 1. Not to work any so-called "white-collar" employee, in all types of services, for more than 40 hours a week and not to reduce the hours of business to below 52 hours in any week. Maximum Hours Proposed 2. Not to employ any factory or mechanical worker or artisan more than a maximum of 35 hours a week, with the right to work a maximum of 40 hours in a week for any six weeks between August 1 and December 31. , 3. Npt to work any employee more than eight hoars in any one day. 4. To pay "white-collar" workers not leas than $15 a week in cities of hood of Carpenters and Jainers of !i00.000 population or more; not less America. than $14.50 a week in cities between 2500 and 260,000 population. Minimum Wag. Provisions 5. To pay mechanics, factory Workers and artisans not less than 40 cents an hour, unless the hourly rate for such work was less than 40 cents on July 15, 1929, in which case the latter rate should be paid, but hot less than 30 cents an hour. 6. Npt to redtice' for' the shorter Workweek the wages now paid employees for the longer work week. 7. Not to employ any persons under 16 years of age. A printed form containing these COLIN McDONALD Ke-elected President of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Russian Says Timber Trade ^JsFair _ A. V. Ozersky, Soviet delegate, told the World Economic Conference that charges by Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Canada's finance minister, that Russian timber competed unfairly on world markets were "baseless." Ozersky said Russia was. able to produce timber cheaply because she had no such cost of productions aa "unnecessary advertising, watered stock nor unproductive expenditure in the^shape of excessive directors' fees. ■ The Soviet Union, he continued, was the only country which had completely abolished unemployment, and in recent years raised considerably the standard of livinglof the mass of the people and increased wages. number of workers under protection qf the free labor clause of the National Industrial Recovery Act, that the voice of labor may be effectively heard in the adoption of industrial codes. Company Union Propaganda Countering desperately to nullify this new magna charta of labor and defeat the intent and purpose of President Roosevelt and the Congress when they preserved and strengthened this labor clause despite the protests and machinations of the American Manufacturers' Association and a host of other reactionary groups and individuals, tbe great industrial organizations are straining every nerve to force their employees into company unions, the so-called "employee - representation" groups. By this insidious but outworn plan, the big employers hope to befuddle the Industrial Recovery Administration when spokesmen for the workers are called upon to voice the aims and needs of labor. Federal Unions Chartered . Mr. Morrison declares the progress the Federation is making leaves no reason to fear !lie issue, and that the army of. reaction, while Still dangerous, and frenziedly active, is beaten. Waiving the old.requirement of organization along- strictly craft, lines, the Federation is meeting the emergency by enrolling fhe workers in entire industries in direct affiliation. In the last three weeks, says Mr. Morrison, charters were issued to 38 federal and trade unions by the American Federation of Labor. He said-he did not know how many were issued by the 108 affiliated international unions. He would not undertake, to estimate the gains of the past two months, but cited as the highlights from one day's mail the lojlpwing;. . Workera In All Industries Sign Up Ten thousand steel and glass workers In the New Kensington, Pa., neighborhood; another 10,000 in the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' Union; charter applications by rubber workers in Detroit, Flint and Pontae, Mich., and Akron, Ohio; charters issued to rubber workers in Cleveland, Niles and- Warren, Ohio," and steel fabricators in the last two (Continued on page .1) Parliamentary Unit of Local Unions At the last regular meeting of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council the executive brought in a report recommending that the Council form a , Parliamentary Labor Unit, and that details of a tentative plan of organization be left to the executive to draw up. This was adopted after an am end ment had been defeated wKi_Tr-'instrn-tetr~-'the'-_>arliam-htary Labor Unit to endorse the platform and candidates of the C. C. F. The executive—and apparently the delegates^—were "of the opinion that the Soviet competition was the least | Parliamentary Unit should determine 5,000,000 employers in the cpuntry next Thursday morning by the regular postman. The employer will be asked to sign it and return it at once to one of the district offices of the Commerce Department. Pads Effective August 1 The agreements will be in effect from August 1 to December 31, this year, unless before that date the President approves a code of fair, competition for the employer's industry. In that case, the terms of the code would supersede the agreement. Beginning at once and continuing until Labor Day, the Recovery Administration intends to carry on n campaign designed, as General John- ion expressed it, "to saturate the country with the dope about this thing.' To Reach Every Channel Not only will this campaign be carried on through every channel of communication — the newspapers, radio, motion pictures and public meetings, but the churches—Catholic. Jewish and Protestant—fraternal orders and civic organizations are being organized to Tend a hand in bringing home to the people that "this is t\ test of patriotism" and of all causes why Canadian timber failed to find extensive sale on the European, particularly the British Khe0rsS,Jill ^&dt0.«chnn?,.br!.r market' hV maintained, saying "that of others, will be.handed each of the thn m> imml. H.™-.iv.i_/i. ._: this -was amply demonstrated in recent months when, despite a British embargo on Russian goods, Canada was unable to substantially expand her timber exports to Britain, or to satisfy requirements of importers who were deprived of Soviet timber. every "the time to demonstrate tbe faith of our fathers and our belief in ourselves," as it was explained in the announcement "We are going td reach place where two or more meet," asserted General Johnson "We are going to ask the public to support those who co-operate. with us. We are not asking a boycott of anyone. To Mould Public Opinion' - "I believe that we can create a public opinion as strong as any war psychology. We did h with the draft law. When we started there was only a thin strip of the eastern, seaboard that wanted war, but in a short time we had the entire country wholeheartedly supporting the war. "Here we have something to build on—something that is poignant to the, human heart—the plight of the 1'"' _•>->_»_-/ iaVHStH in this "t „„,. ""in t° w»o eecr mu h •_. m its own policy."in respect to this matter. The Parliamentary Labor Unjt will lie composed of delegates from any local unions affiliate.! with the Trades Council who cares to subscribe to the aims and objects of the unit. . / Tom Mooney Defence Fund Is Criticized The committee appointed to investigate the Chartered Accountants' report of the Mooney Defence Fund made its report to the Trades Council, with a recommendation that the appeal for funds be received and filed. The recommendation was adopted. Birt Showier, chairman of the committee, pointed' out that of $81,000 collected from 1928 to 1932, only $2664 was spent for legal services; the balance going for salaries, publicity, pamphlets, office expenses, rent and meetings. The committee felt that, although it was"~of the opinion that Tom Mooney was innocent, the moneyk is not being judiciously spent in his interest . - .__. ■ 1 „ .'■'^^.SJUtjJW. ^PageJPvyo^ TH£ LABOR STATESMAN August, 1933 Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades and Labor Council President, C.' McDonald; gen.ra.1 aec- retary. Percy ft. Bengousrh. Office, 200 Labor -Headiiuarter., 531 Beatty St. , Phone Sey. 74.5. Meeta la Labor Mall ttt.<$ p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month Bakery aad Confectionery Worlera' International Union, Local No. 468. meets first and third Saturday In month at 7:00 p.m. at Labor Heatf- Suartars. President, R. P. Davis; ecretary'a Office, Room 104, Labor Headquarter.. Hour. tl|# _____ iff "II noon. Phone: Sey. 3349. aUverage Dispensers' Union, Local 070 —Meets last Sunday In the month at 8 p.m., 40. Homer Street. President, ' ('. - R. Leer; Iluslneas Agent, T. J. Hanitftn; Office. 402 Homer Street; ■ Phone Seymour 4783. Bayview 1656-K Hoym, 1. a.m. to 2 p.m, Bridtre and strnctnral Ires Workers, Local 97, Int. Assoc.—Meats '.Very aecond and last Wednesday, Halt 311, Labor Headquarters. atTip.ni. Pre.., R. McDonald. Frae. lr,.7-R; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phones: Oftlce, Sey, 7495; Residence, High. 1369-1.. Building Trades OonnoU, Vancouver— Meets second -and forirth Tuesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquartera. President, E. H. Morrison; secretary-treasurer. W Page. Room 301. Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets aecond and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters, President. Fred Dawe; Sec- TreaS., C. B. Herrett. Office. 304 Labor Headquarters. Bookbinders' Looal No. 100, tat. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bid.., 101 BKHS*".*' Pr.sld.nt Mr.. Harvey, ;:5! 9.ueb.cc: Secretary, Fred Klnselia, 3131 Portland St., New Westminster. BrloWayers and Mason. International Union JTo. 1—Room 101. Labor Headquarters. Meets second Wednesday, In Hall No. 3. President,.L. Padgett. Phone Bayview 1558-R; Secretary. X'. S'.P*?P*,_J uti Ba8t 2»'h- Ph"n« !Wf'.!_*'*-i Fln- Sec- Albert Wright. 1349 EaBt 29th, Phone Fair. 5559-X. Typographical Union, No. 236—Prealdent, C. S. Campbell: Vice-President, T. A. Holland; "Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands, 300-2 Labor Head quart- ' era- Khii last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquartera NOTARY PUBLIC _--.vP.-JL BENGOUGH—-—— Secretary Trades e_ Labor Council. Boom 200—831 Beatty Strset Phones: Sey. 74.5-S27t Union-Made Shoes The Labor Statesman Published last Thursday In month, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster' Itid District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: (J- Price, Chairman; P. R. Bengough '(Machinist Trades); R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades); W. Watt, Dan lie. Pherson (Building Trades); B. Showier (Teaming Trades); T. I lanolin (Beverage Trades): c. Herrett (Label Trades); Bert Sliced (Transportation Trade*). ' - Subscription Bates: $1,00 per Year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phone: Seymour 6279 CORNETT BROS. & CLARK 33 BAST KASTINOS STREET . Florsheim, Senders. C B. ft C ' Men's and Youth's Classified Ads. °w2 ™1 Sff ?««•»' a-*4.ral Kabor union Bo. 31 -Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at f_pm"_a,„B4< Pow.ll Str..t B. President, T. Sade; SecreUry, K. Tsuyukl Tsuyukl. 0,s, Hall Employ...' Association— oeta first Wednesday of each month at 196 East Pender St. at « p.m. President, D, Squalr; Treasurer and Business Agent, V. J. Scribbins. 1101 ff?r?'JL st .B'; Secretary, J. Tarbuck. J517 West 26th. Hastings Staam Baths Prices: PrlvaU, 400 and S0o! rabUo,30c 708 Hastings Street Eaat. DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Hutledge, 10S Hasting. West. f*' NOTAHT PUBLIC p. h. Bengough Labor Headquarter.. Labor statesman, Labor __.adaaart.rs. Oivlo Employe..' Union, Local SB — Meets first and third Friday* In th. month at 196 East Pander, at I p.m. President, P. Floyd, 2276 East ;lst St.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 2427 Triumph Street El.otrlcal Workers, Looal 913, Intsrna- JBSJI »roth.__ioo«—M.eta first and third Monday, at 8 p.m.. at Labor Headquarters. President. D. Mc- Dougal; Business Manager. E. H. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarter.. Phon. Bay. SS10. _* "S"*"'.. No. 18, Intsrnatlonal A.ioclatlon of—Meets 2nd or 3rd Thursday at 196 Eaat Pender. President, N. McDonald, 11SS McLean Drive; Financial SecreUry. C A. Watson. 1626 East 13th Avenue. Th. Houi and Boatanimnt Employ... f"4 ,"_**}*• °°0*» *»* ftamtta— Local 8, Room 208, Labor Headquarters, meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m.. and last Monday at 9 p.m. President. Flo Allen; Secretary- Treasurer, Colin McDonald: Recording Secretary, Geo. Hurst. Phone Sey. mour 7496. llanktalsts' Looal eta—President, Thos. Sills, 1362 Burrard St; SecreUry. P. R. Iiengough. Office. Room M0, Labor Headquarters Meats on second Tuesdays In Hall 818. and fourth Milk Wagon Drivers aad Silly Bmploy- »'. Local 4*4—Office: 808 Labor Headquartera Meets aecond and fourth Triaaya in Hall No. 1. President, J. Pat.raon: Sccrctary-TTt_.!i. Ur»r, Birt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 6317. Motion Picture ProJ.otlonlrt.' Union, Looal 34S, of I.A.T.S_B. II -C_-._-.0_ Meet, at 11:46 p.m. first Monday In month In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters, Beatty Streot President, F. W. Slmmona; SecreUry, John C. Richards, Box 346; Business Agent, F, O. Graham, Phon. Trinity 6708. UNION DAIRIES .' Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES. LTD. Fairmont 1000' ■ VALLEY DAIRY, LIMITED Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMITED Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY Highland 2228 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Westminster 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve your patronage Vancouver, Canada, August, 1933 Correspondence English Prosperity Dead Says Labor Woman Chicago, 111.—England sees no immediate prospect ot the return of prosperous days, but the English people as a nation are watching with keen Interest President Roosevelt's "experiment," and are hoping that it will succeed, Miss Margaret Bond- field, British trsdes unionist and labor leader, told the International Congress of Women here, with distinguished women delegates from 31 countries. Miss Bond field was Minister of Labor in the Labor Government which took office in" 1929. and was the first woman cabinet minister lit i- •rnatslaas' Mutual Frot.otlT. union, &SH,V'AaF' °* at_-M».te at the O.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. J. Bowyar: O.n.ral SecreUry, Edward A. Jamie- son, office. Suit. 807-818 Wast Pender Street. Phon. Douglas 2290, . Paint..., D.cor-tors and -"ap.rhang-are, Jjooalias—Meeta aecond Thursday, at Hall No. ». President, H. O. McDonald. 845 Weat 80th: Recording Secretary iiml Treasurer, Root Stevenson; Financial Secretary, Bd. Smith, twice: Room 313. Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. S.09. Mb Driver., Bride, Wnarf aad Book ■_UM.rs, local Ho. 3404—Meet, every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 188 Hastings St. w. President, T. McGulrl.; Jaa. Thom«on, Secreury, P. O: Box 380. Phone S.y. 787». Flnmb.r. aad ■tsamflturs, 8To. 170, Int.rn. tional Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall No. 8. President. Val Pearson. 787 East 68nd; Financial 8.cr.tary and Bu.ln.aa Agent W. Watt, 8*1-7 Labot Headquarters, .__._ou_-~-.i~—-—™ ■tr..t aad m.otrlo Ballwajr Brnploy.... ** ""-J "1—Meet. Lnbor 1 Wo. 101. „ Headquarter.; flrst and third Monday. V ,J.:,s_,l'm- »na ' t>">. Pr.sld.nt. F. E. Oilltln; Recording SecreUry. A'_"i. __w™*l Financial SecreUry and Business Agent, H. W. Speed on-lee: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phon. Sey. 51(1. e-cutters Not Popular in Spain Madrid.—All members of the Executive of the Madrid Storekeepers' Federation, an employers' organization, were arrested because they refused to accept a scale of higher wages for their employees. First the employers rejected pro- Bosals from the Shop Assistants' nion, add then refused to accept the finding of an arbitration court. The Minister of Labor then decided on a transitional scale of wages, bat; the employers also refused to abijje by that The executive committee of the _,.,«_, _, ,. „__ employers' Federation circulated an *&S%£$ SSdajSSr.%? £9! "The Sinme'nt"^ ^ ^niSteT- ■h«t Mttal Wora.rs' As.ocution, Local Union Wo. saO—Meet, second snd fourth Thursdays In Hall No t. President, Thoa Burks; • Business Aff?' •i",_f*T"*,T- D' MacPharson. 303 I.shor Headquarters. firmi. Britain. "What we English are so terribly tired of is this sitting and' wishing that things would change," she said. "We're sick of inaction, and his (President Roosevelt) willingness to do and keep on doing has aroused our admiration and. our hopes." Trade union organizations in her home territory have done much to improve working conditions for women, Miss Bondfield stated. In the major industry, textiles, they comprise 70 per cent of the workers, and potentially are on an equal wage basis with men, although actually it does not work out in practice. "One man, you see, can work four looms, while the average women cannot handle more than two, and since the pay is a piece-work scale, the men earn more,,f she explained. "There are instances, of course, where women handle four looms and men only two, but the reverse is the rule, ana consequently while there is no wage discrimination, women get less than men" CANADA LAGS BEHIND (There is considerable optimism over the possibilities of the National Industrial Recovery Act now being put into operation in tbe United States, and it seems that if the regulations can be enforced, that pros, pects are good for a continued and increased industrial recovery. In the meantime there is no signs of the Canadian government doing anything but wait for the tide to drive tHem along the road to recovery. Premier Bennett is alleged to have taken a leading part in the World Economic Conference, but even if he has, it appears to have been as abortive as the Ottawa conference. Now he proposes to stay in London until Ramsay McDonald fixes up a lordship for him and then he will gracefully retire from leading a half-dead reactionary mob of Conservatives. It will take government activity for Canada to get into the tide of industrial recovery and it's going to take a lot of radical legislation such as they are putting through in the United States, but if anyone expects the Bennett or Tolmie, or even the Mackenzie King outfits to introduce that needed legislation they will be tremendously mistaken. There might be a revolt in the ranks of those old parties, just as there was in the ranks of the Democratic and even the Republican parties in the United States, bat there is, as yet, no indication that they are seriously considering a revolt of radical importance on this side of the line. There might be a lot of promises in order to get into office in the coming provincial election, but we see no reason why they should not follow their usual course, after election, and forget them or excuse them. Over in the United States they are doing greater things than we really expected of them, and they are patting up a splendid and encouraging fight against big busi ness, the financiers and the reactionaries. A quotation from an American paper, referring to Secretary Roper's radio talk, indicates the importance and the earnestness that they attach to higher wages and shorter hours, which has been organized labor's slogan for the past century. The article says: Speaking on the Recovery Act to a radio audience last week Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper said some things on the relations of capital and labor which deserve the widest possible circulation. " 'It used to be said,' Roper declared, 'that declamations on harmony between capital and labor were pious fiction; because labor was naturally dependent upon capital, while capital was independent Of labor. That tituation no longer exists in Wag, this country. " 'Practically the whole population forms a great national industrial system, which most look to those who serve, either as employees or as suppliers of raw materials, to buy its finished products. Capital has thus become, in a different but real sense, dependent upon labor. If labor ia unemployed, there will be too few purchasers for the .roods which capital, owns, or produces. If sufficient purchasing power is to be found, labor mast be employed. '."The (recovery) law contemplates that wages be raised, so that those who labor shall be able to buy and consume according to a reasonable and rising standard; that hours of labor shall be reduced, so that greater numbers may be employed and purchasing power distributed.' "Organized labor has been preaching that gospel for years; preaching it. not uncommonly, in much less clear cut terms than those used by Mr. Roper. Those three paragraphs would have been counted a pretty radical speech five years ago. Yet now, they are spoken with cool assurance by one of the most conservative members of the Cabinet "The world does move. Not swiftly, not evenly. Thousands of employers still pay only lip service to the doctrines which Mr. Roper expounds: are still -eager■■_© get back to the old scheme of grab and gather, and the devil take the hindmost. But when a conservative member of the government of the United States says that capital is dependent on labor, and that if capitalism is to exist, the worker must be able to buy what he makes, we may report progress." second Tu.sday at 10:80 a.m. Presl-1 dent. T. Robertson. Office: 308 Lahor Headquarter.; Phone, Say. 7411. Tailor.- Journeymen Union of *TTTrtlra, Monday, each month. 8 p.m Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarter. President. Colin McDonald; Saentari. W. local Wo. 178—Meetings held swoond W. Hock.n, 1583 18th Ave E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1383 18th Ave. ■. ■tag. -haployaaV Union, of th. I. A.T.O.B t, __._• M.O. Th-a-rlcal looal 118 of Meets aecond Tuesday In Labor Headquarters at 8:38 a.m. Pre.ldent. Oeo. W Allan: Recording Secretary. H. Pearson: Business Agent. Syd. 8hm_- mers. addrwa, P.O.Box TIL and ordered the members. stepped in then arrest of all the At the same time Lancashire cotton magnates decided in favor of a rationalization scheme to scrap 10,- 000,000 spindles and 10,000 looms. Thousands of the workers have been scrapped already. A general manager Is a man who knows very little about a great deal and who goes on knowing lea* and less about more and more until finally he knows nothing about practically everything. New Brunswick Union Federation Joins CCF. In response to a call sent out by the New Brunswick Federation of Labor, 98 delegates met in Moncton on Jane 28, when it waa definitely decided to form a provincial branch •J '»• Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the province of New Brunswick. Representatives were present _ from the trade unions, farmers associations, agricultural associations and other interested organizations. In sending ont the call, the executive body was acting on instructions received at the 20th annual convention of the New Brunswick Federation of Labor. SHOULD CANADA TRADE WITH, RUSSIA Should we trade with Soviet Rus-- sia? From a capitalistic standpoint, -"No"; but from a common sense viewpoint, "Yes." The action of Premier Bennett looks just like a little schoolboy just because he doesn't like the Russian system he will make the nation suffer. If he was not so prejudiced, and gavirotrr psople a chance to get. a little trade from Russia he would be doing the country some good, and at the same time would be living up to the supposed standard of our Christian teachings. Our capitalistic friends try to pull the wool over our eyes by saying they can't be trusted. They have repudiated their debt to Britain and France and other countries, but they forget to say the entrance of Russia into the war repaid them over and over again. What did Russia get by helping the Allies win the war? Nothing. Well then, the money the Allies lent them was well repaid by ', the sacrifice she made'in men, and at the finish went down into famine and revolution and her social structure destroyed. •" ' We all know she lost as many men as France and Britain. It was the treacherous way the Allies treated Russia that made the Russian armies collapse on the field. : We know,how the political situation was just before the war broke out. How Great Britain was trying to keep Russia down. The Jap- Russo War was engineered by Britain so as to keep Russia* from get-1 ting too powerful. Russia always was a nightmare to Britain; and no wonder. With Russia's teeming millions and her natural wealth (one of the richest in the world), they did not dare let her get too far ahead. Russia was a menace to " India. Johnny Bull used to have great dreams. In his dreams he could sea) the Russian armies coming through the Kybor Pass to take India from him. It was the dream of Russia to control the Dardanelles. So you see that the British capitalist had to take the stand they did or else Russia, who was emerging from feudalism to capitalism, would have been a menace to them. I was at a meeting in 1915 in the Vancouver Theatre, which at t^at time was the Orpheum. A Major something, who had just come from tbe Front, was thought quite a lot of because he was one of the first returned men, and he was panning the Germans and . their atrocities. He said "When we get through with Germany we are going to give the Russian bear a push in the face." That was the spirit they were beating Russia with. .We all know the Russians had no shells for their guns and some of the men were in the trenches with clubs instead of rifles, and that in 1917, just before Kerensky took control of Russia; the people were actually starving and the Allies would not help them. They just used the Russians to keep a big German force on the Eastern Front. When tney found they could handle the Germans on the Western Front they just let Russia slide, so that she would get a licking, because they did not want a victorious Russia at the end of the war. She would want the Dardanelles, and, with victory perched on her banners, with her acquired tech- nic of war, and the armies she could raise from her millions, she would have been too hard to handle, and Britain did not want that. So Britain over-ruled France's action in sending supplies, and France had to stand for it because the invader was in her country. So you see the money that was lent to Russia was Well earned. With Russia's help in holding a big German force on the Eastern Front it gave Britain and France time to organize, and made it possible for them to win; and Russia knew she was let down- When the new regime took over control of Russia, they accused the capitalist of Britain and the other countries for their downfall, and refused to pay the money spent in holding the German army on the Eastern Front, saying it was the capitalist of Russia that borrowed the money to carry on a capitalist war which was not of their making. Now coming a little farther, we can trace the development of the revolution which led up to the capitalist not . wanting to trade with Russia. In 1917 there was a complete social collapse. The capitalist and feudal lords of Russia gave np. Famine, revolution and pestilence stalked amongst them. That is how the Communists or Soviets took- it over. ■ The Soviets brought order out of chaos when they got control, and began to function. The rulers that gave up wanted to take control again. Lenine and Trotsky said "No." and then the world jumped on Russia, because the system they had waa based upon making goods for use instead of profit. If they made a success of it, it would undermine the whole of the capitalist structure,' and that is the reason why the nations at first would not trade with her. When other nations have for-1 "A Ship Without a ■. Lifeboat'' "It'syust as important to have a telephone in the home as to have a lifeboat on a ship," said Ed. Smith. "It's a matter of 'playing safe_J,..Some. folks think: they can"get along withouFone. but you know you can get along without a lifeboat until the ship starts to sink. _ "Believe me,- in emergencies such as fire, burglary or sudden illness, it's easier to telephone for help than to run for help. Then.you ^realize the value of having a telephone handy." B. C. TELEPHONE CO. NEW DRINKING CUP TOP ■ -JUSTHOLDS A SWALLOW %<^%*0fcat> OLD EXTRA SPECIAL 26 m. LIQUEUR rfoz. FLASK 0 **sv %t i1_t«*»-__7Sls5 A»'""'. 7r*"'HW W&»s M This- advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. WRESTLING! ATTHE AUDITORIUM- every THURSDAY night Prices: 75c to $1.50 Firit Event at 8:30 p.m. BETTER THAN A VAUDEVILLE SHOW I ASK YQtJR LOCAL DEALER FOR CARHARTT'S OVERALLS AND gloves UNION MADE Vancouver Supply Depot, Fargey Agencies, 600 Mercantile Building buy 100,000 head of cattle in ex change for oil, which we buy from over the line. This would help out our cattle raisers quito a bit We may as well trade with Russia now because we will later on, as they are not so "black" as our capitalistic friends make them out . Let us be fair and look at this thing in an unbiased mind. We should recognize and let Russia work out her .own salvation. Because if she makes a success of her new form of government and raises the standard of living for her people, then I say we should do the same here, as the conditions of our people at tbe present time is of no credit to anyone. If she fails, then we " thankful, that we don't s»rV*TTS<rrgd through the misery the' Russians have gone through. The way our press reports the conditions of Russia is so one-sided that we can't make head nor tail of it.— Listening to Will Durant some time ago, he stressed the point that our men in the relief camps were well otl compared to the average Russian workman. Trying to tell us that we should be the capitalist world has done to Russia. But the* capitalist press is doing good wgrk. The more they rave about Russia the more the people are getting suspicious that there is something good in Russia, or else they would not show such an unchristian' spirit. . W. WOOLRIDGE. contented because there (rotten it and are taking all the trade was someone worse off than our- they can get, Canada, with Bennett solves. I say we should not be con at the helm, has been steering us away from a lot of good trade. How has Premier Bennett. shown his class interest in keeping Canada out of the Russian trade when everybody else has been trading with her. About two years ago Russia wanted to give us a $10,000,000 order for iarm machinery providing we bought $3,000.00(1 worth of bard coal that we have not found in this country as yet Can yon mind how Hr. Bennett turned "the order down, saying that by buying the coal we would be doing miners out of work; knowing at the same time that we were buying *30 000.000 worth of coal from the Pennsylvania mines in the United States. What is the matter with our business men to let him get away with it. I would not be surprised if he did not own some of those mines! He has put a monkey wrench into the order. The Russians wanted to tented with these conditions, and I am not a Communist; but they have a lot of good'points at that. I am sure the report of the press is all. propaganda against Russia. Every time some of our workers rebel against these •*!_r«^C2_Wlrtions they immediately blame Russia' for it They forget there was a Communist in Germany, France and other countries before there was any in Russia. But just because Rusaia was the first country to try that form of government, they are putting all the blame on her, in order to embarrass her as much as possible. The world should band her a little admiration for her courage in holding her own surrounded by nations who have done more interfering in trying to tell the Russians what kind of a government she should have, and the "little propaganda Russia has done is nothing compared to what Unique Trial Over Reichstag Fire The Ave men accused of burning the Reichstag (Parliament buildings) are to be tried not only in Leipzig, but at TheHague. BoJh„,.tr^te_jj»l.*ii*c4! ^t^.^^i^TiSrri-ime^xrte. ""r"*^ In Germany, they will be cOn- frpnted with forged documents and perjured witnesses. The Reichstag burning was the excuse for the Reign of Tyranny. So it must be rastened~"6if the Com-. munists. In Holland, jurists from nine countries will represent World opinion. They will hear the evidence of 25 witnesses, collected by a committee of which Einstein is the chairman, and examine hundreds of documents sworn to by hundreds and hundreds of witnesses- Clarence Harrow, the great champion of liberty, will represent the American Bar. D. N. Pritt, K.C., will go from England. Herr Otto Kate, the editor of "The Brown Book of the Hitler Horror," soon to be published, says that Goeb- bels and Goering are to be named as "the two author* of the Reichstag burning," and that evidence will be brought to show that three leading Nazis, who will be named, were actually responsible for the deed- As the. "evidence" produced at Leipzig is published it will be investigated by the jurists at The Hague, in the light of the counter-evidence before them. But—will the five men waiting trial at Leipzig ever reach the court? ' "No one could stop them from committing" suicide," said a Nazi police officer the other day. . . —'1 .'* '*,>.*. ''" *kaW&tfll&***F. August, 1933 THE LAB OT? STATESMAN Page Three ZHZZir:. Burglars and prowlers shun the light ♦ Torch lights back, and front/ lights' upstairs and down^ are your cheapest protection. Leave them burning at all times... the cost is trifling. BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. Here's a bright idea! Keep a dozen PILSENER handy on ice. It's a great summer drink! You get prompt delivery by simply phoning- Sey. 3277 e . New low price, $1.50 per dozen If Bottle. Are Returned VANCOUVER BREWERIES. LIMITED PILSENER—DUTCH GIRL—U.B.C. BOHEMIAN BEERS CREAM STOUT This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. WORTH SAVING FOR variety and the person who saves in order to explore it has a worthwhile objective. The most affective method of saving money Is r», foBow a definite plan of deposits • in a Savings Account at regular intervals. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Convention Call, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Ottawa, Ont.," July 14th, 1933.' To the Affiliated Unions, Trades Couriers and r . ■ ■ Provincial Federations of Labor: - ■'.'■' I Greeting: Jn accordance with, the "provisions of the Constitution, you'are' hereby notified that the Forty-ninth Annual Convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada will be held in the Convention Hall of the Prince Edward Hotel, Windsor, Ontario, beginning at 10. a.m. (city time), Monday, September 18th,'1933, and continuing from day ato day until the business of the Convention has been completed. __The J>gs___xg_ir has shown no appreciable Improvement in employment conditions. Both public authorities and private employers have Continued their policy of deflation, wage and salary reductions, etc., which has, in many instances, seriously undermined established standards of living. This has inevitably led' to reduced buying power and accentuated the unemployment situation. Against these forces of reaction the trade union movement has incessantly exercised its influence and in the interests of the country in which we live it is essential that our efforts in this direction should continue unabated, confident in the belief that ultimate success.must result. 'In this respect the importance of the annual conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress cannot be over emphasized, providing as they do a meeting place for representatives of our affiliated units from the Atlantic to the Pacific, where past policies can be reviewed and others formulated that may be considered necessary from time to time. Since the "foundation of the Congress, forty-nine years ago, its conventions have been held annually without break and we have now become established as a part of our national life towards which governments look for the true expression of working class opinion. Though times are difficult there is a responsibility upon each unit of our organization not'only to maintain this unbroken record, but to exert every means at their command to be represented at the forthcoming convention by their ablest delegates in order that the unshuttered virility of our movement can be publicly demonstrated both by the numbers attending the Convention and the soundness of the decisions reached. .—— Time and time again in the past it has proven its ability to fulfill this responsibility and had its policies on such important matters as immigration, tariff, education, regulation of industry and many other equally vital social and economic measures been earlier adopted much of the present distress existing throughout Canada would have been avoided. Notwithstanding this experience, the Federal Government has not seen lit to accept organized labor's proferred co-operation when dealing with matters particularly affecting the interests of industrial workers. The promises of a year ago that an. unemployment insurance policy might be adopted in this country have not been fulfilled. On the contrary, the British North America Act has been again used as an obstacle towards enactment of this much needed legislation and many other measures in the same category. Insidious attacks upon hard won liberties are having to be constantly combatted and by the methods of granting relief to those for whom work is not available, wage standards and working conditions are, being jeopardized and will continue to be until Labor's policy of "work under fair conditions" is unreservedly accepted by public authorities as the preferable one to that of direct relief now in effect Conditions are today forcing governments more and more towards the policy of exercising regulation and control over economic life and this uncertainty of the future demands that the trade union movement must be prepared at all times to fulfill its purpose of defending the interests of those who toil. In this each and every one must do their part. See therefore that the opportunity afforded to be represented at this convention of the Congress is not lightly passed by. Windsor, located as it is in the heart of the industrial section of Canada, provides a convenient rallying centre for both east and west to gather in a united effort. We respectfully urge that you take immediate action to select your delegates and thus demonstrate to all the undiminished determination of the trade union movement of this country to continue the struggle against oppression, destruction of standards of living and poverty, wherever and in whatever form it exists. UNION TAXI CABS GRAY CABS LOWEST RATES IN VANCOUVER > No Charge for Extra Pas»en|er». . Union Driver*. ' Yon only pay for distance) job actually travel! SEY. 7131 B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. QC.F. Convention Calls For Planned System of Economy CLOTHING WORKERS STRIKE WINS BIG WAGE INCREASE Port Chester, N. Y—Dead tired of trying to buy a decent living with the low wages received, 400 clothing workers employed by the S. _t K. Manufacturing Company here went on strike. The walkout waa brought to an end by an agreement under which the company granted increases of 10 per cent to employees receiving 120 a week or more, and increases of 18 to 18 per cent foriclaii workers receiving less than $20 per week. - With a fine spirit of enthusiasm prevailing among the 130 delegates and many visitors who thronged the convention hall, the first national conference of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation opened its sessions in Regina on Wednesday morning, July 19th. The presidential address of J. S. Woodsworth, M.I'., elicited prolonged applause and everything points to a most successful convention with differences of opinions confined to nonessentials. The manifesto which was submitted to the convention presents in greater detail the program of the C. C. F. seeking establishment of a planned system of economy for the production, distribution and exchange of all goods and services. In drawing up the manifesto the provisional executive had the assistance of professors from the universities of Toronto and McGill, who advised on constitutional points as well as on social and economic phases. The emergency program places responsibility for unemployment relief on the Dominion Government and involves enterprises to increase the real wealth of the country. A brief summary of the manifesto follows: . Establishment of a planned, socialized, economic order in order to make possible the most efficient development of the national resources and the most equitable distribution of the national income. Socialization of all financial machinery—banking, currency, credit and insurance, to make possible the effective control of currency, credit and prices, and the supplying of new productve equipment for socially desirable purposes. Socialization, dominion, provincial or municipal, of transportation, communications, electric power and all other industries and services essential to social planning and their operation under, the general direction of the planning commission by com petent managements freed from to day political, interference. Security of tenure for the farmer upon his farm and progressive removal of farmers'' debts on conditions to be laid down by individual provinces; insurance against unavoidable crop failure; removal of the tariff burden from the operations of agriculture .encouragement of agricultural producers' and consumers' co-operatives; raising of the price level of agricultural products relative to other commodities and services; improving the efficiency of the export trade in farm products. Ask Import Boards Regulation in accordance with the national plan of external trade through import and .export boards. Encouragement by the public authority of both producers' and consumers' co-operative institutions. A national labor code to secure for the worker maximum income and leisures, insurance against illness, accident, old age and unemployment, freedom of association and an effective voice in the management of his industry or profession. Publicly-organized health, hospital and medical services. Amendment of the Canadian constitution, without infringing upon racial or religious minority. rights or upon legitimate provincial claims to autonomy so as to give the dominion government adequate powers to deal effectively with urgent economic problems which are essentially national in scope; the abolition of the Canadian senate. A foreign policy designed to obtain international economic co-operation and to promote disarmament and world peace. A new taxation policy designed not only to raise public revenue but also to lessen the glaring inequalities of income and to provide funds .for social services apd the socialization of industry; the cessation of the debt creating system of public finance. Is Tolmie's Application In ForUelief Camp Position? Following are some excerpts from a letter relative to the relief camps in British Columbia, written by the secretary of a committee of the provincial cabinet. The letter eulogizes the camps to such an extent that we have a picture of Premier Tolmie when he becomes "ex" lined up in t>e queue along with the rest of the unemployed who are clamoring for a job in these camps. The letter says: "Camps are being established to provide these homeless men—who are wandering around the country with no visible means of subsistence —with good, wholesome food, shelter, clothing and medical attention. There is no compulsion for men to go, to these camps, and there is no form, of militarization whatever. There are certain simple rules and regulations which would obtain in any ordinary camp for the good running of tbe same. "Camps on a similar policy have been established in the East for some considerable time end are operating very successfully indeed; in addition to the foregoing, sports equipment of various kinds ia provided, as well as instruction in various forms of education. The men are happy and contented and are physically and morally better for being in the camps; in fact, they are so popular that there is a constant waiting list of applicants to go there. It is anticipated by the Department of National Defence that the camps in British Columbia will be operated under the same policy." "Yours obediently, (Signed) "H. T. Whitehead, "Secretary, "Committee of the Executive "Council on Unemployment Relief." A good-looking Kitsilano maiden . "Widja hear 'bout m'operation? ims Canadian speed record: A run They took out my appendix and in- from ankle to knee in .0007 of a J stalled an Atwater Kent with a dyn- minutej lamic speaker!" Why Send Government Money Across the Line? The slogan adopted by employers throughout Canada, "Why send your money to the other side?" and broadcast by uninformed workers, evidently only applies to working men in this country. In order that we may get the true value of this propaganda, spread locally. by some members of the Building and Construction industries Exchange, let us quote one glaring example: Pacific Engineers, Limited, of Vancouver, have been exceedingly successful in tendering on Dominion and Provincial Government contracts since the election of the present government, and organized labor has found it very, difficult, if .not impossible, to have Government regulations enforced where 'this contractor is involved. Col. W. W. Foster ia credited with being a very good Tory and patriot to boot. He is the shining light in the Hritish Columbia Conservative Association, and until recently was president of the General Contractors' Association. He ia very active in politics and it is possible that his influence may extend as far east as Ottawa. According to court records, the shareholders of the company of which be is manager are as follows: De Beck, Edwin Kerry, barrister, 063 Sixty-sixth Avenue, Vancouver; •11) ordinary shares, 50 preferred. Ford, James Livingstone, accountant, 1134 Dallas Road, Victoria, 10 ordinary shares, 10 preferred. Foster, Wm. Waabrough, manager, (no trade), 4816 Belmont Avenue, Vancouver, B. C; 446 ordinary shares, 446 preferred. Green, John C. E., 1916 West Fourteenth Avenue, Vancouver; 1 ordinary share. Total, 606 ordinary shares and 606 preferred. Strong, C. A., engineer, Tacoma, Wash., If. S. A., 444 ordinary shares, 444 preferred shares. Tucker, W. H., banker, Aberdeen, Wash., U. S. A.; 60 ordinary shares, 60 preferred. Total, 494 ordinary shares 494 preferred. Approximately 60 per cent of stock owned in the United States and entirely different to the benefits received by trade union workers in strike and-death benefits, pensions, etc. This case shows profits from Government contracts going to the United States through Col. W. W. Foster's company. . It appears that this company considers fair wages schedules and labor regulations something which only applies to employers who do not happen to have political influence, notwithstanding the fact that all successful tenderers are required to sign an agreement promising to observe, labor regulations.' _r - It) is reported that the gallant colonel is to be the Tory nominee for the Gulf Islands in the coming Provincial Election. He should make an excellent addition to the present Provincial Cabinet—if he' and they should be elected I Organized labor in Vancouver curiously awaits the decision of the Minister of Labor, Ottawa, with reference to infractions of Government regulations on Lapointe Pier extension, Vancouver, B. C, by the Pacific Engineers, Limited. Will the Government dare enforce the regulations and pay all employees the minimum rates of wages inserted in contract and agreed to by the contractor, or will the department sacrifice some of the departmental officials who may suggest that the same rules should apply to Col. Foster as applies to other contractors on Govern ment work? This matter was brought to the attention of the Government in January, 1938, and, on investigation, the charges of infractions were found to be justified. Having waited for seven months and no decision arrived at by the Department of Labor, it is unnecessary to make any further comments, —G. "BUILD B. C. 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Hamilton, executive representative of tbe International Air Line Pilots Association, in an article in the Air Line Pilot, the association's'official organ. Mr. Hamilton says wages must be raised to afford a market for the increased production of the workers with improved machinery. BAKERS' UNION ENJOINED FROM CONTINUING STRIKE ^ New York.—Supreme Court Justice Conway, in Brooklyn, issued an injunction forbidding Local No. 605, Bakery Workers International Union of America, from continuing a strike against Messing Bakeries, Inc., wholesale bakery concern/ Partly offsetting this invasion of the rights of labor, such aa would be impossible now by a Federal judge, since the passage of the Norris anti- injunction ' bill, Judge Conway ordered the company to live up to a written contract fixing the wage scale. 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Lang & Co ?' •'- r~e_tTTmrrr-r- .— Page Four ..-%.*• THE LABOR — ■—: «~—i—-,-0 ■ ■ —'-—.: .STATESMAN August, 1933 ^•IIIIIIIIIII|||IIIIMII|IIIIIIIIIII|||Ilf||llll|ll||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfllllIllllltlll(.<lliIlltlllll Illllllllllllltlllllllllfllllllfllllllltllllllilll^ HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM I a- - ..." .-... . ' . ■ ;-:'■'; y; § '§■ ' ."* '..' THE ONLY ' .1']" .'. § UNION-MADE ICE CREAM ■ . IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MADE BY THE Hazelwood Creamery. Ltd. E. S. WELUER. MANAGER * Phone Seymbifer 2090 351-355 Keefer St. Vancouver, B. C. ^IIMMIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIMMMIIIIVIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII? DRINK B.C.BUD FOR HEALTH • B.C. BUD LAGER is a natural brew from the very choicest malt, selected hops and tested yeast. It is a pure, healthful, invigorating and delicious food and beverage combined- Drink a bottle of B.C. Bud, to quench your thirst, to soothe your nerves, to nourish and delight. B.C. tttnl ia note obtainabla at .Government Liquor Storen at a net. low price. Be certain to Order by brand name and do not accept: a siibmitiiir. • A PRODUCT OF COAST BREWERIES VANCOUVER B. C. Atno Brewer* and Botttere oj Old Milwaukee Lager - Silver Spring Lager - English Bitter Beer Burton Type Ale - \\\.\ Stout This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the « Government of British Columbia. The Prince George Citizen—The Merritt Herald Enderby Commoner — The Review (N. Van.) Toln Platfo tain ot defeat. Resignation on the Prince. George Citizen: Premier eve of an election of a minister who Tolmie has presented to the electors I served under Premier Tolmie, and of British Columbia the platform himself was more responsible than upon which he will appeal to themi 'I"' leader for handling, or mishand in the approaching elections. No ' "
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