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w ■uj Public nil forks Fsl L clearance and jsrernmonl finances IS ______ In home building is 1 •I 1 J bad * general ==>B ncovwy tor all *.■ Industries. ^Statesman SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIOlS !' I '_» r Higher Wages and Shorter Hours is the Big American slogan now being used in efforts towards industrial recovery. VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE, 1935 Price, Five Cents Won Members Are Wanned! evens Demands Decent Living the Right of Every Worker loun.—Keeping- up his record of sitting no opportunity to pass last taking a healthy wallop at j economic system, Hon. H. H. Mm, former minister of trade .tommerce, this week flayed insists for maintaining; "outrag- 11 labor conditions, cantly, almost at the same in. R. B. Hanson, Mr. Stev- . mccessor, echoed many of the (jr. views in nn address at Fred- Jton ind insisted that if capital- I il to be preserved it must be llitally" reformed. For one thing, _, Hanson declared, there must be Bpition of the fact that human Hi! ate paramount to property |Tid_tu»sinir labor conditions, Mr. mis declared that it is the sacred (tillevery man to have a decent (ing. and he deplored the fact that lay thousands are not now enjoy- JsT tt- pfe isk the workers to be hit," Stevens said, "and wc coun- il foibearance and fortitude. It is |n.rise to me to see them as con- iia they are. Ill- time is past when labor can Itnated as a commodity. Em- I should remember their obli- pion to the human element and (TBI themselves with thc fact that Jire'their brother's keeper'." i Wages for Six-hour Work Day following wage Bcale for m tradesmen, established by *•"na Building Trades Council ii now in effect in that t wage scales practically r to this one have also been 1 in othcr large coast cities in inn, Washington and California. (ports coming from across the •eindicate that the building trades Jlairiy well occupied. Ami Workers 17.50 !t5?.::". ?■!$ Masons g 05 '■0 Workers "" GOVERNMENT GIVES FARMERS LOW INTEREST RATE The Canadian Department of Finance in a statement explaining the new farm loan act said that .80,000,000 is now available for new loans to Canadian farmers on first mortgages at 5 per cent interest, which is the lowest rate every offered to farmers by the Federal Government. The maximum loan is to be $5000 and cannot exceed 50 per cent of the actual value of the land and buildings. The proceeds may be used to purchase land, buy fertilizers, seed, live stock, machinery, etc.; to erect farm buildings or make other improvements. The flrst mortgage loans are repayable within 25 years on terms prescribed by thc Farm Loan Board. Jjin. structural Ironworkers ■"•ratal Men '...".', _ 7*^0 milt Laborers "" 4*50 aTiSr?"1iCfr,,'."'":'rs' Ho'ipe.ii_ 4.50 K ■ .","' ;,rrliTH 6.00 ■*"*_Wat Mortarmtn 6 00 _ and Veneer Work 6.00 Waterfl Workers ... -*"'*'„.'**.'*"''" *', malice. . Jl»r Constructors Vtrs S_ayer.'-.---'; Engineers. H|,jB. Work".'.'.' WKt Crane and Derrloks Brootlon 5.25 7.50 6.39 7.50 J* Material • under f'Opera tor's." ' Operators 'Operalors' * Driver. "* Men _irs, Metul (•'n, Wood acks. . siiiks.. 'are/Ui ""'ITurriizi'o'Ho'i'pei ™ finer .M...:i,i„- \v,,rk •aim mtrtr* K".?n Workers ■"I Finishers . fitter, Sjr Fitters *S,yor "•' """«• 11.75 6.00 6.75 7 511 6.75 7.12 S._S 7.511 4.20 4.211 6.75 9.00 6.00 7.50 . 6.75 8.25 .. 8.25 . 8.25 7.50 9.00 . 6.75 per day lS^--'^^on,-,?''l. ■•Ue's Cafe Raises Union Scale • the t^- '"'sincss '>"»><*<* Whs' ft-•' •""' Restaurant Em- Nt. p mu'!' '''Ported to the B" Counni that Mrs. Love's F« their „?nVilk' Street' had r '»«ir employees an increase in We.ee, _ ln('r,:ils" '" thcse eleven _K«.se of ,8i **lvPn by M»- L°ve NS, .«-h- '"yal*y of these rm "id is above the union ___ w5_Wi-„ .e,vel°Pment the coun- tm iff Vi >,'ur<'n''si''e power. __P»f__ . "'"' **"od8 wifi pro- g^Ww than building dams Ontario Mothers' Allowance Amended Several amendments to the Ontario Mothers' Allowance Act have been adopted. Under the new law a mother with one child will be entitled to an allowance replacing the previous provision extending these benefits only to mothers with two or more children. The same provision will apply to a foster mother who has only one child under 16 years under her care. By another amendment a widowed mother who is not a British subject at the time of the death of her husband will become qualified for an allowance under the act if she becomes naturalized. Allowances are also made payable in the case where there" has been desertion for three years instead of five as formerly. The act is further amended to allow for it being operated by a one-man commission should the government so desire, and also to enable investigations to be made by whoever the commission may appoint instead of these being conducted by local boards as previously provided in the act. Health Insurance Bill Reported The special committee appointed at the last meeting of the Trades and Labor Council to consider the draft Health Insurance Bill, as prepared for the Provincial Government, re ported to the delegates as follows: We are of the opinion that the Act as proposed is very favorable to the medical profession, but not so to the working people of British Columbia. In our opinion, the limit of 21 days in any one year for free hospital care is too short and should ne at least 90 days. We believe that it should be possible to establish a satisfactory system of Health Insurance at a less cost than 5 per cent on wages and salaries amounting to less than $200 per month, 3 per cent of which is collected from the employee and 2 per cent from the employer. We are in favor of a Health Insurance Scheme on a contributory basis—and believe the Act as prepared is in the main a good one, but the cost is too high. We recommend that an invitation be extended to Prof. H. M. Cassidy, Director of Social Welfare, to attend the regular meeting of the Council on Tuesday, June 4th, at 9 p.m., so that all the information possible on the question can be placed before the delegates. Report received and endorsed by the meeting. STANDARD BRANDS _.„____ RENEW AGREEMENT Peekskill, N. Y.—Specifying wage rates of $1.05 an hour for mechanics and 75 cents for helpers, an agreement with the Machinists' Union was renewed recently by Standard Brands, Inc., makers of Fleischman s Yeast and related products. The renewal was negotiated by Acting General Vice-President Geo. Bowen of the Machinists. Building Trades Find Improvement Reports made at the regular meeting of the Vancouver Building Trades Council indicate that work is picking up among the various crafts and that prospects of bigger and longer jobs ahead has created an air of optimism. Efforts of Secretary Page and other union officials to have the alteration work on the Carlton and Angelus hotels and beer parlors done by union labor proved fruitless and the membership will be notified that this work was done by non-union labor. The following news item, taken from thc minutes of the Seattle Building Trades Council, gives an idea of the building activity across the line. It says: Brother Jack Hurley, International Representative of the Iron Workers, made a brief report on conditions in his craft in the northwest, stating that all members of his craft in the State of Oregon were working and that it was possible that they would have to call for men from Seattle. Brother Reid reported having visited Spokane and found the building trades in very good shape, majority of members being employed. Also that he had received a report from their organizer, Brother Barry, that at least 75 per cent of thc Plumbers in California were employed. Trades Council Notes Cowan-Dodson Bakery is now on "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Council. All motion picture theatres in the city are now union. Members of the now defunct All-Canadian union who joined up with the International have obtained a 40 per cent wage increase. Hotel and Restaurant Employees have enrolled another fifty members into the union. Musicians' Union has drawn up an agreement with the Vancouver Theatre for the employment of their members from June 1st. AUTOMOBILE LOANS $100-$300 "AT TERMS THAT YOU OAK ATTOStD TO MMT" FINANCE YOUR NEXT CAR WITH US •••Wtr-,.' vs ABOUT OVX »A»Y MTKIR »*A»I We qivh yoi' prompt and couiiteous attention. Gelin Brothers j PHONES 1 ntlHITT BOM or 2_0» [/"Si Trust Building, »2. Wait rW»r $»!**. VancoawW, S.C Barbers' Union reports many new shops signed up and displaying the union card. Look for this card in shops that have not formerly displayed one. Building Trades report increasing activity among the various crafts. Delegates were reminded that Con Jones stores and park are still on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Council. MR. FARRIS MAY COP THE PRIZE! Delegate Showier of the Milk Salesmen's Union informed the Trades Council that it looks as though Mr. J. W. deB. Farris, K.C. ex-M.L.A. was going to be the winner of the prize which is allegedly being offered by Turner's Dairy for obtaining customers. It is rumored, however, that Mr. Farris is one of the owners, so we fail to see how he can qualify for the prize. This disqualification however should not encourage members of organized labor to get into the competition, because it so happens that this firm does not employ union labor, hence cannot be patronized by union families or even the friends of union people. Vancouver Theatre Job All Fixed Up Grievance Committee reported to the Trades and Labor Council that the alteration job at the Vancouver Theatre had been straightened out and was being finished by international union labor. The delegates reported that this had been accomplished through the active help of the officers from the Musicians' Union, Projectionists' Union and Theatrical Stage Employees' Union. Negotiations had been going on with thc contractors for some time, but not having obtained any satisfaction, the Electrical Workers' Union, whose men were being employed by Hume & Rumble, union contractors, pulled their men iff the job Monday morning and brought the thing to a head. This brought Mr. Dawson, the theatre manager, into the picture, and the Theatrical Unions pointed out that they would not be able to accept jobs in the theatre if it was placed on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Trades Council. Mr. Dawson saw the unfavorable situation he was getting into and insisted upon international union labor being employed at standard union wages on the rest of the work. This was agreed to by the contractor and work was started under these conditions next morning. It was also reported that while this job was tied up, members of the dual All-Canadian Union were alleged to be trying to get the jobs at lower rates of pay. The Building Trades Council thanked the theatrical unions and the Trades and Labor Council for the assistance rendered in this dispute. "Workers' BilP For Insurance Is Suspicious Big Business Gets Conspicuous Ally to Obstruct Passage of Unemployment Insurance Legislation—Many Workers Fall for This Subtle Move MEMBERS OF ORGANIZED LABOR ARE WARNED in a rai 1 '■broadcast over CKWX, by Secretary Bengough of the Trac radio ades and Lahor Council, against gjving support to schemes which oppose the unemployment insurance legislation being enacted by the Federal Government, These schemes have all the earmarks of deliberate obstruction and will not stand up against close analysis or sound reasoning. Project To Provide Low-cost Houses for Canadian Workers OTTAWA.—As a result of a national survey of the housing situation in Canada, initiated by Thomas L. Church, former Mayor of Toronto, thc Federal Cabinet is considering an appropriation of $50,000,000 to finance a nation-wide housing scheme to provide especially for workmen's dwellings costing from $2500 to $3500, of which it is claimed there is an acute shortage estimated at more than 80,000. The report of the special committee, headed by Arthur D. Ganong, declared that thc housing shortage was due to the absence of a purposeful design for construction to meet normal requirements by private initiative, to lack of economic return from this class of building, to the lag in general dwelling construction since the depression, and the concurrent forced neglect and deterioria- tion of the existing dwellings. The report added: "The program of assisted housing which the Montreal Committee recommends as necessary is: "1. To liquidate existing slums; "2. To prevent slums on a far greater scale from developing all over the Metropolitan area; "3. In due time to provide a substantial amount of low-rent housing. Thc proposal is to provide under corporate ownership and collective management 4000 dwellings per annum for 20 years." Star Taxi Signs Up With Union Delegate Shaw of the Taxi Drivers Union reported to the Trades Council 18 new members had been signed up from the Star Taxi Cab Company nnd also an agreement signed up with the company embracing prneti- e«!ly the some conditions as apply to th. 'Gray Cab Coinpnny. AtMied to this was another 16 a_wiw:lwTf> from another taxi cab com- ptmo, flri-J* -whom the union expects ^a0ff0ttte an agreement. J 8-HOUR LAW FLOUTED ON BOULDER DAM WORK Washington.—Secretary of the Interior Ickes announced that evidence of violations of the federal 8-hour law by the maintenance of two sets of pay rolls by the Six Companies, Inc., contractors for the construction of Boulder Dam, had reached such Sroportions that he had ordered Louis ;. Glavis, director of thc Division of Investigations, to go personally to Boulder City in connection with the case. "The records of thc Six Companies," Secretary Ickes said, "were seized on the authority of a search warrant. According to special agents who have examined them, they show many thousands of violations of the law prohibiting contractors from permitting anyone to work more than eight hours a day on government projects." AFL Condemns Nazi Murder Regime (By A. F. of L. NewB Service) WASHINGTON. — The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, at the concluding session of its spring meeting here, adopted resolutions strongly denouncing the agents of Hitler's Nazi regime in Germany for shooting Fritz Hao.se- man, president of thc German Miners' Union, during a transfer of prisoners. Mr. Hauseman was imprisoned along with other trade union officials when the Nazi dictators destroyed the organized labor movement in Germany in 1933. The Council declared the shooting was nothing short of a "cold blooded murder" and urged a world wide protest by organized labor against the outrage. Copies of the resolution were ordered sent to the International Labor Office at Geneva, the International Federation of Trade Unions and to all organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. This evening .1 wish to warn members of the affiliated International unions not to be sidetracked from the policies they themselves have laid down on the question of unemployment insurance. The convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada held in 1918 opened the campaign for unemployment insurance in Canada and went on record for the creation of an unemployment fund contributed to by employers, workers and the State, and administered by the Dominion Government. For seventeen years our movement in Canada has carried on a continuous campaign for this much needed legislation. For years it was very unpopular. We were told that the dole had been the ruination of Great Britain and that the introduction of unemployment insurance would be the ruination of Canada. However, profiting by the experience of other countries, wc continued to press for what we knew was right. Campaign Was Successful In 1928 the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council prepared a resolution asking for unemployment insurance on a contributory basis. This was sent to all the members of the Federal Government at the time, to all provincial governments, to cities and municipalities, Trades and Labor Councils and Trade Unions throughout Canada. We received many replies stating that our resolution had been endorsed. And so the campaign was carried on and built up. Public opinion was changed and the last session of the Dominion Parliament saw the results of the campaign which we had carried on, and unemployment insurance was put through, establishing the principle of unemployment insurance in Canada on a contributory basis. Oppotitioaa from Big Buiinett Now we find this legislation being attacked. We find Big Business, as represented by Mr. C. L. Burton, president of the Robert Simpson Company of Toronto, which firm received unfavorable mention during the investigations of the Commission on Price Spreads, making very strong pronouncements against such legislation. Mr. Burton, according to thc Daily Province, stated: "Take the Social Insurance Bill, for instance. Certainly that cannot help tho present unemployment. Administration will cost seven million dollars a year and the imposts will amount to forty-two million dollars annually. How is that for adding another Canadian National Bill and hanging it around the necks of Canadian people?" Such are Mr. Burton's opinions of the Unemployment Insurance Bill passed at the last session of the Dominion Parliament. Then, in the Vancouver Sun on May 1st, the same gentleman goes on to say in a more lengthy interview, that Ottawa has enough potential legislation in its program to add to the national debt twice the amount of the Canadian National Railways debt and condemns what he terms the avalanche of threatened and costly legislation of self-seeking politicians whom he calls Political Racketeers. Interference with freedom of business, he is convinced, will result in more unemployment, will make prices higher to the consumer and so on, and so forth. Also in the Vancouver Daily Sun of May 1st is an article under the heading of "Keep Government Out of Business," where Mr. A. O. Dawson of Montreal, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, was speaking at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington, D.C., strongly condemning the legislation which has been enacted at the last session of the Dominion Parliament. "Comics" Help Big Business While Big Business is carrying; on such campaigns we And organizations which call themselves "revolutionary," carrying on a campaign by circularizing unions throughout Canada condemning the legislation which has been enacted ami drawing a red herring across the trail of the workers. They suggest one called the "Workers' Bill" and ask all and sundry to endorse this bill and to oppose the legislation of the last session, which, while not being complete, is a step in the right direction. A Hood of circulars and handbills have been released all across Canada that would certainly take a great deal of money to finance and one wonders just who is paying the bill, ln some of this propaganda, having its inspiration from various vest pocket editions of the Communist Party of Canada, we lind the argument advanced that in thc proposed Unemployment Insurance Act as passed by the Dominion Government, the first eighteen million dollars put up by the workers is a direct pay cut; that the second eighteen million collected from the employers is an indirect {iay cut, and that thc share of thc federal Government will also be raised by an indirect pay cut, such as extra taxes on commodities, etc. This argument comes from the Communists, w'ho favor a system of unemployment insurance based entirely on the Federal Government raising the whole of the money by extra taxation, which would necessarily be an indirect wage cut. "Something for Nothing" To decide as to whether an Unemployment Insurance Bill has merit, one has to compare it with Unemployment Insurance Acts which have been put into operation in other countries, and profit by their experience. It is very easy for a small group to draft a Bill on a "something for nothing" basis, without any exemptions or resident qualifications. All that is necessary is for the immigrant to come to Canada and get the first $14 handed to them as they come off the gang plank. They are wonderful schemes. The only thing wrong with them is that they will not work in any country and very few people in Canada would want such a scheme to work in this country. At the last convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, held in thc city of Toronto in September last, attended by close to 300 delegates from all parts of Canada, many of whom were unemployed, thc question of whether we should continue to ask for unemployment insurance on a contributory basis or whether the trade union movement in Canada should change its policy and seek such legislation on a non-contributory basis, wub considered for the major part of two days. The final conclusion of this democratic convention was that we should continue to adhere to our policy and favor the contributory form of insurance. This decision was arrived at unanimously, and until such times as the policy of our movement is changed by convention, our members should abide by the rules and regulations that they themselves have made on this and other questions. We are in favor of a contributory system for the reason that such systems have proved of value in other countries where they have been subjected to the most severe tests and have proved their worth. We favor a contributory system for the reason that we do not wish to fool ourselves. There is no such thing as a non-contributory system. If the Government, whoever they may be, has to provide all of the money, they have to collect it from the people. We would have to pay for it in thc form of taxes and by other levies, so we prefer to have our taxation direct. The fact of the working people themselves contributing direct gives them the unquestionable right to have representation on any boards which would be set up to administer the Act, and this fact hns been recognized in the suggested Federal Bill. In the non- contributory schemes that have been tried, such things as the means test Is applied. Applicants for unem- (Continued on page 4, col. 5) I ; m \ ■t.; I *_!'■'I" LABOR STATESMAN, The Labor Statesman &^»¥?ft5S I««««BJ!Tax.I?ePorte1--. a lib _-.«»»• 1.1* tu sustai|) the jjred Scott decision, ~ Published last Thursday ln month, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. WATTS, Man. Editor. Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phon* l ■•ymour 6370 Vancouver, Canada, June, 1935 BE UP AND DOING During the past few months Ottawa has been inclined to enact social and labor legislation that would have given some relief to the unfavorable economic condition under which the working people of this country have been compelled to live and work. On top of that there was a lot of contemplated legislation which had every indication of giving further improvements to conditions and which many of us were looking forward to with great hopes. We felt that so long as the majority of voters favored Conservative or Liberal regimes, that wc should do all in our power to obtain legislation from those parties which would enable us to enjoy some of thc pleasure and leisure that the wealth producing workers had made possible. We are now faced with a new situation which does not seem so favorable to our optimism, yet it is quite possible that thiB new situation may develop into a motive power which will bring the promised conditions about even quicker than we expected. While cabinet changes may take place at Ottawa, just as thev have in Great Britain, we doubt if the progressive forces of even a Conservative government' will sidestep the legislative programme that they have had in mind. The NRA muddle may tend to slow down the forwarding of the legislation proposed by the Ottawa government, but we fail to see why they should endanger their political life because some other government finds its progressive legislation upset by a non-law making body. But again we feel that the Roosevelt administration will speedily mend the legislation to conform more to the alleged constitution und that this and that decision cost us the Civil War with thc loss of 1,000,000 lives and billions in treasure. Killed Income Tax Thirty years later this usurped power was used to deprive the country of an income tax. There was a great scandal over that decision, because one of the justices changed his mind over-night and thus saved the ry rich literally billions of dollars. It was necessary to amend the Constitution in order to legalize the income tax, and without that tax we could not have financed the World War. Then, during the Wilson administration, the Court dragged out its usurped power once more and declared the Federal Child Labor law unconstitutional. That was followed by a decision invalidating the Federal Minimum Wage law for women and children. Decided By One Vote The income tax, child labor, and minimum wage decisions were all carried by a vote of five to four. Now the usurped power is dusted off once more und is used to deprive 1,000,000 railroad workers of old-age pensions and may possibly be exercised to nullify any number of other reform measures. How long will the American people tolerate the exercise of this usurped power. The thought that five old men, serving for life and not elected by thc people, can exercise despotic power over the lives and happiness of the American people, is intolerable. Remnants of All-Canadian unions are claiming to have the sanction of the Federal Government to offer themselves as preferred workmen to employers who are hiring workmen. We hope this is not part of Bennett's New Deal! It looks as though Gerry McGeer was trying to make more noise than the Communists. You cannot best the Communists that way, Gerry, and you cannot evade responsibilities by tilting at windmills. While they are patching up the NRA across the line we will be pateh- Reveal Inequalities London, Eng.—Figures revealed recently in the Inland Revenue Commissioner's report show that of the 15,000,000 people in Great Britain, 112,000 had incomes exceeding approximately $10,000 a year. At the same time it was revealed that basic household needs for a man and wife on the dole "were assumed to be approximately $6 a week. Only 1004 had incomes over $100,000. The report, which covers the period from 1033 to 1934, stated that single persons in the $10,000 bracket had incomes of $146 a week, after payment of taxes, those in the next bracket had $330 a week, and those in the top bracket had $1995 a week. During the sume period, the estimated 2,000,000 unemployed without any outside assistance from friends or relatives and no other income, received an average of $3.81 a week to cover all needs. Overwhelming Vote Against Armaments The people of Great Britain are overwhelmingly in favor of the abolition of the private manufacture and trade in armaments. This fact is made plain by the analysis of the votes cast in the Peace Ballot up to May 3. In reply to this question on the ballot paper 6,617,787 votes for abolition and only 500,899 against. Thus 93 per cent of the votes were cast for ending-the traffic in death. In his evidence before the Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture and Trading in Arms, at the first public sitting on May 1, Lord Cecil cited the Peace Ballot as evidence of the state of public opinion on this question. He also quoted instances of the activities of armament interests in opposing disarmament proposals. Suggests Town Run Municipal Bank Mayor J. F. Johnston of Orillia, Ontario, created a mild sensation A Richer Brew! EVEBYWHEBE, Capilano law ajiowa la 7_S?l-_^: That sn*«Mj,<»«<-*• eoa_p._m.al ol a richar br«r .««ur o«.dJ» ___ wood, makaa new Meads every day. r_._. leave 11 to ehanca when yo« order Beet Ma Per Dos. $1.50 With »»JaiB el Phone Seyaao-t 3277 "•SSSirf™ q_ro__.ro larwDto co., iootd, vaitcotrrai. .... This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia ing up the political fracas over those among his fellow citizens recently who want to be leaders and who when he proposed the town operate don't want to give up the leadership It seems just too bad that we have no Mexican temperament in this country! Wc are expecting to get a flash n turn will speed our legislators to j from the city Ha_| at __ny timc now a fulfillment of the promised legis- ■ legi lation. We have been looking forward to many great changes in political administrations and wc think that we are just on the threshold of those changes, hence the muddle which now appears to be the end of our hopes will actually become the first step in a tremendous forward movement, which will vastly improve economic conditions and give labor the means whereby it wiil greatly strengthen its position and enable it to better battle the reactionary forces which control the industrial and financial activities of this country. These forces are small but powerful and they have long dictated the policies of all other businesses who have bowed to them just as governments have done. They have foisted their obsolete ideas and methods on people in every walk of life, and they have refused to see or admit that their policies, while giving them an opportunity to live und thrive, have placed an ever-increasing number in precarious circumstances. Anil so, irrespective of the progressive legislation which may be passed, those forces will have to be contended with and labor is hoping to obtain the power, legislative or industrial, to get an even break to battle it out with them. We are more optimistic today than we were a few months ago and labor is urged to be up and doing for vast opportunities lie ahead. to the effect that a commission will be appointed to find out why the city should use thc funds from the sale of Baby Bonds to launch a building programme in Vancouver. Now that the general strike bubble has burst let's see if we cannot bust up those little cliques in our ranks who are for ever trying to take us all for a ride. NRA FATE IN THE BALANCE The following story, taken from "Labor," was written just a few weeks before the United States Supreme Court practically ruled the NRA out of business. It seems, however, that those rulings have not remained operative so it is quite possible that some means will be found to continue the policies inaugurated under the NRA. Organized labor in the United States feels that, irrespective of thc shortcomings of that act, it has benefitted labor and has given labor opportunities for bettering the conditions under which they have heretofore been compelled t'o work. It was only a few days ago that demonstrations were inking place in every large city in the United Slates in order to show that the winkers wanted a two-year extension of Ihe NRA and luit a few months as proposed by the Senate. More than half a million workers went on a two-hour strike in New York, in one of the most impressive demonstrations ever held in that city. Thousands of small business men who have been feeling the beneficial effects of the Increased purchasing power anil curtailment of cut-throat competition, also Invaded Washington and "marched" In taxi cabs to the Capitol. President Green called upon organized labor to protest the action of the Senate and says that if the NRA is killed organized labor will call a general strike. The article referred to says: (By RAYMOND LONERGAN) This is a good time to read the Constitution of the United States. those who thumb through that venerable document will find it impossible to discover amy provision which grants the Supreme Court authority to declare am aact of congress unconstitutional. Th» Court oiurpn. the power 134 rears aXfO, at the beginning of the Jefferson administration, when John HartJu.ll wai Chief Justice, atvd need it in a trivial case, involving a jus- \i of ,th.° P°'lct' in tho li'tle city of Alexandria, Virginia, then a part of "w District of Columbia. The Court was exceedingly cautions „l„,„t -.-_-!_:-_ -«. . ? ■* .. Oakland Unions Win Prevailing Wage (By A. F. of L. News Service) OAKLAND, Calif.—The Oakland City Council adopted a resolution instructing the city manager and all department heads to insist on the prevailing wage scale being paid to all mechanics employed on public buildings, rented or leased. The action of the Council was taken following a protest by representatives of the Carpenters' Union and the Building Trades Council, who declared that wage scales for work previously done by lessees on the exposition and auditorium buildings cut the prevailing wage rates practically in half. The Oakland Teamsters' Union won a two-year union shop agreement and a wage increase of 50 cents a day from thc Draymen's Association of Alameda County, with time and one-half for overtime for both teamsters and helpers. The union has increased its membership municipal bank" which would make loans. "Why shouldn't the town go into the banking business?" he asked, when questioned about his plan. "It could pay ratepayers three per cent and save money for them. We operate on borrowed money on which we are paying 5 and 6>_ per cent. If we could get ratepayers to deposit their money at 3 per cent we could save 2 and 2*4 per cent ourselves and they would get higher interest rates." Mayor Johnston said if he were supported by the town council he would bc in favor of applying for a charter to give the town the right to operate a bank. "I think," he said, "that in a short time we would get a million dollars on deposit in a municipal bank." The mayor also expressed himself as favoring the socialization of bread making. "Also," he said, "we might socinlize milk. Wc could pay farmers more than they are getting for it now and sell it cheaper to the consumer." Scrip Planned To Help the Jobless Philip L. Lafollette, Wisconsin's youthful governor, is putting finishing touches to his plan to banish unemployment from thc state by using a $100,000,000 federal grant and augmenting it with an issue of redeemable state scrip. Two weeks ago he laid before President Roosevelt and the federal work relief chiefs a program whereby he could take $100,000,000 of federal money and multiply it into a $-06,000,000 fund. With this he hopes to wipe out the government several hundred during the last few I supported relief list and give employ- months. | ment in public and private enter- The Theatrical Janitors' Union of prises to everyone willing and able Oakland negotiated a 15-month to work. union agreement with the Golden ! New laws will have to be enacted State Theatre Circuit and has nego- because of the governor's plans to tiations under way with several use scrip other theatres in this district. The union was organized recently. It now has nearly a hundred members and is increasing its strength rapidly. Twelve members were initiated at the last meeting. Frisco Butchers Win Pay Increase Award (By A. F. of L. News Service) San Francisco, Calif.—The San Francisco Butchers' Union, Local No. 115, won a $2 per week wage increase, making the weekly wage $57, in an award made by the Board of Arbitration to which the dispute was referred. In addition to the $2 per week provided for journeymen butchers the Board awarded apprentices in retail markets an increase of $2 per week, which amounts to over 13 per cent. The Board also gave meat cutters driving wagons and jobbing drivers with one year's experience a wage restoration of $4 per week, which is an increase of from 13 to 19 per cent. In the latter classification the award brought thc weekly wage rates to within $1 per week of thc peak weekly wage rate prevailing in After full consideration the Board refused the employers' request for a flexible 48-hour work week for all employees and continued in effect thc straight 8-hour day. Thc award made provision for extension of the maximum hours in special cases, with stipulations for increased wage rates. The public pays the bill. Whv not buy union-mnde, Canadian products which will increase our payrolls, in stead of buying non-union, foreign ,.,„ , , .—.......„., _«.„- made goods which will increase oar tious about exercising the power it relief rolls? PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH BEING STUDIED IN TORONTO Arising out of a meeting convened hy Mayor James Simpson of Toronto a study of the problems of unemployment among the youth of thnt city, a strong committee has been formed for the purpose of carrying out investigations and prepare plans for dealing with the respective phnses of this question. Contractors Indicted On'Kickback'Charges (By A. F. of L. News Service) Philadelphia, Pa.—A special Federal grand jury here indicted 12 officers and employees of contractors engaged on Public Works Administration projects on charges of defrauding workers of their rightfu wages either through "kick-back methodB or by wrong classification ot jobs. ■ The jury turned the indictment over to Federal Judge George K. Welsh with a detailed report which dealt in a vigorous manner with the practices used to chisel wages by contractors and sub-contractors on the Delaware River Bridge highspeed traction line, the Naval Hospital and other projects. According to the grand jury's report, in some cases the chiselers defrauded the workers of two-thirds of their proper wages. Inspectors were charged with visiting the Delaware River job for a short time each day, when, the grand jury declared, a foreman would instruct workmen to hide their tools and "get brooms and sweep" so that they would appear as handymen, which was their classification on the payroll, instead of skilled laborers. The Federal law carries a maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment and a fine of $10,000 for conviction on the conspiracy charge. The penalty for conviction on the "unlawfully enforcing kick-back" charge is a maximum term of five years in prison and a fine of $5000. Social Security Bill Nearing Enactment (By A. F. of L. News Service) Washington.—The Senate Finance Committee voted a favorable report on the administration's Social Security Bill after making certain changes in the measure as passed by the House of Representatives. The bill proposes a tax of 3 per cent on payrolls of employers of more than 10 persons to assist in financing State unemployment insurance programs. Agricultural workers, domestic servants and certain other groups are exempted from insurance. To assist States in establishing old age pension plans the measure proposes to raise a Federal fund by a tax of 3 per cent on payrolls levied against both employers and employees. Benefits may run to $85 a month for retired workers of 65 and over. Agricultural workers, domestic servants and certain other groups are barred from pension benefits. The Senate Committee reinserted in the bill the original provision authorizing a compulsory contributory pension system which would permit employees to purchase annuities jointly financed by employer- employee contribution. This provision was stricken out in the bill as it passed the House of Representatives. The committee also included provisions for extending the old age pension and unemployment insurance systems to officers and crews of steamships, recommended the appropriation of around $30,000,000 for maternal and child aid to States which accepted plans and included an appropriation of $3,000,000 to establish Federal-State aid systems of benefits to the needy blind. EVEN A GENERAL IS A PEDESTRIAN This business of class consciousness Is being overdone. A producer Is a consumer; a worker Is an owner; a motorist is a pedestrian; and a pedestrian Is a street car rider. All of which suggests that there should be a "live and let live" policy among all users of the public streets. As guardians of the street car passengers, we urge you to respect their rights— particularly to live up to the spirit as well as the letter of the law which says automobiles must stop 10 feet behind a stopping street car. (B£6fetefc Cii-ln-fian of the Safety of 200.000 Pasienger* u Our aV-l a-aal Y.M.C.A. VACATION SCHOOLS WILL OPEN JULY 8 Each year for the past fourteen years the Y.M.C.A. has held a Vacation School for boys and girls from Grade 4, public school, to Junior Matriculation, inclusive. This school is primarily for pupils who arc in need of extra coaching during the summer vacation nnd has been the menus during the past fourteen years of hundreds of children saving a year of schooling where they might, through loss of time through sickness, have been forced to repeat their year. The fifteenth session of the school will open on July 8th next for Public nnd Junior High School pupils, and on July 22nd for High School .pupils. The school term is five weeks in duration, classes being held in the mornings only. An excellent staff of tenchers, experienced in just such problems as these pupils have, has been secured. A high grade recreation programme has been prepared and plans made for swimming instruction for those who are unnble to swim. Small classes ar__.the rule and in this way eoch pupil is assured of practically individual attention. The classes are held in the Central School building. Wholesale fish companies in Seat- tia era sow 100 par teat organized. Prompt Replies Come by Long-distance Telephon When you want word in a hurry from someone in another town, call him by long-distance telephone. In one conversation you can ask questions and get answers. You eliminate the wait that an exchange of letters makes necessary. Tomorrow may be too late — telephone today. B. C. Telephone Co. RELIEF FUND FOR JOBLESS WON BY CLOTHING WORKERS (By A. F. of L. News Service) Toronto, Ont—Thc Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union here won its long fight for an employer-supported unemployment relief fund when thc Associated Clothing Manufacturers, in a new contract with the union, agreed to maintain a fund equivalent to 1 per cent of their pay rolls to provide relief for workers of their factories while unemployed or in need of help. William Johnston, manager of the clothing manufacturers' organization, in commenting on the jobless relief fund, said: "If the Government passes a law to take care of the unemployed in the trade during the slack season and those in need of help, this will cease. The union has been maintaining a fund on the basis of 1 per cent of pay for members for four years. I imagine they grew tired of it and decided that manufacturers should maintain the fund." DATE IS CHOSEN FOR CANADA LABOR MEET Ottawa. — The fifty-first annual convention of the Trades and Labor FECHNER READY TO EXPAND. CAMP WORK Director "Bob" Fechner, "boomer" machinist, who has made an unchallenged success of the Civilian Conservation Corps, recently told President Roosevelt that he was "all set" to expand the forest army from 300,000 to 600,000 young men. Contracts are shortly to be let for additional quarters and equipment costing $50,000,000, and Fechner told the President that enlistments are already under way. So well pleased is the President with Fechner's handling of his part of the relief program that he has allotted him $600,000,000 to double the forest army's strength. AUTO REPAIR PLANTS NOW ON UNION BASIS Superior, Wis.—All automobile repair shops here have signed an agreement with the Auto Mechanics' Union, affiliated with the International Association of Machinists, it was announced recently. The pact, the first to be reached H_nn£0MMfeCaMd,!_wili emZe*e at | between the garage employers and Hai-ftm, U.S., on Jtondkay, Septem-1 the union, was negotiated by Paul ««!*&, fi_3_£__T J_f-'2__.:_-.,,,w,n,»- 2_S,,2?,l-t_.t' «?-*?<! ,W represent.- ment by _"*_*__.«_. T_.m n__.re HARRISON HEADS RAH*'' ASSOCIATION George M, Harrison, prWlj thc Brotherhood of Railws. W was unanimously selected »J* man of the Railway Labor *» tives' Association at a niecu chiefs of the 21 Standard - . Labor Organizations held I" ington. . Mr. Harrison has been J! chairman of the association Im July, when he agreed to ■~;^jjsm position with the explicit _ma™_**___j accept I* tive of the Machinists. ing that it should be a arrangement. , At that time he pleaded »« he recognized the honor aw ( ates were disposed te,c0I"__ii him, he felt he had Ml»MftJ with the affairs of his owl w developing organization. Two women were, •jJJjPLo bus, which was nearly «»« " I came along. . .. ..j ,_t. "Room for one inside sun ) top," said the conductor. ^ "But surely you wealds «■»" mother and daughter. w "I did once," replied the Wf as he rang "■- hell. ■»»■ again." ' the bell, THE LABOR STATESMAN __L_*__-T__r__.e Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH TRADES COUNCIL pVJ!ft»"wr1tMdhIowV,68Ci ^iSSS^SeVmour 7185. !S^lUSmal° 629 Beatty Street, ftour 3319. i-_____i-t_rnatlO-Bl Journeymen ot s*sa*r loll 120—Secretary and W"10. .Kut-r C. 10. Herrett. 631 g5"gtS"S«y.nour .311 ffSs1'r1e"tSSeymour4783. —____ra*fcl» Union, Local 151—Secre- rW*5rArman 8048 West Second {ft..,'Bayview 1B67-L. _r____t_i' Union, Local 191—Secre- I*"". Krus" 007J Ross Street, .raaer 501-«• ' _-.__._i Ualon, Local 105—Secre- ■"■^fi" B. Grossman, 2525 Oak St. _!_i_rWorkers' Union, Local 300— Phone Bey. -s _"*-■•._• Union, 1j'>c:i1 No. 1—W, S. HSF.44I East 80th, Fair. 845-R. ^gimll, HI- E HI ail .laetar -.. aid Bill Wortars, Local 31— PSrattry, TTUmozukl, 514 Powell St., HHIilanU 2189. ________T_-ical Union 452—Secretar; WH.tle.,531 Beatty St., Sey. 748, ______ Employee., Local 59—S.cre- ftn. Tarbuck, 8517 West 25th, £,*_ 2390-U. „-, imiaoyaaa' Union, Local 28— WT>\. D garrison, 3487 Triumph St., DollBlas 5691 ____j__rWor*_-i' Union, Local 213— "Hr,, Manager B. H. Morrison, 111 Beany Street. Seymour 3510. _ntor Coaitroctora, Local 82—Secre- "JJ^Il Holmes, 531 Beatty Street, -.mour "195. ay__ara. Operating, Loeal 115—Secre- »£[■ Hunt, 531 Beatty Street, Seymour TIM' amitaii. BoUtlna, Local 882—Secre- ™H W. Whistler, 531 Beatty St., Styi-our 7495. ^ ____an_ School and Car.tak.rs, Local In-Secretary, D. M. Mitchell, 1960 Itolrew St.; High. 4194-lt rnNliUra, Oltr, I ul 18—Secretary, r. F Enrlglit, 8070 Hudson Street. to rl.lit.ri, Hew W.-tmlnat-r, Local '(Mecretary, c. Highsted, 1230 _*en Avenue. h. ncbten, North Vanoouvar, Local :ifi—Secretary. Win. II. Galhralth, Fire Hall, North Vancouver. mil end aeatauraut Employeas, Local lt~.__aln.B8 Manager, Colin MeDon- ild, 511 Beatty Street, Seymour 7495. bnvorkara, Structural, Loeal 97—Bust- o<£9 Manager, J. P. Itankln, 531 Beatty Street, Seymour 7495. ,'iiilr. Workere' Union, Secretary, Eli. Howells, Dundarave, B.C. _t_3_rap_ari, No. II—Secretary, Chas. Hallmark, 2575 Venables Street. let-llrtl, Loeal 6.2—Secretary, I1. It. Bengough. 531 llcatty St., Sey. 6279. wam-na, Local 182—Secretary, J. Q. Stele, 1511 West llth, PL Grey 847-L. lallara' Union, No. 70—Secretary, H. Fader, 2725 Kton Street. Uatauici of Way Employ..., No. 167 -IV. R. Mayne, -ut>;j Napier street, High iC.I-1,. ' ******* , »o»Pitaa Attanaanti' Union— ■t* sialeMnan and Dairy Brnpioraaa Loeal 464—Business -fan?™? ,*__??. Showier, 581 Beatty Street, ley. 7495. Mn*,"R",*it3Sl0"' Loca!, 281-Secretary; N.wJ'*v^e_?rn.n-ler!t' 6" "lh Avenue' Motion Kotur, _*_i__tion__.s, Local 348 B»ve0*«,-iiry. Jb H. Leslie,' Box 345; _____• 654KL^Bus. -ton., Trln. 5708! ata.lclans' Union, Local Til—Business Manager, E. A. Jamieson, 319 Pender West, Douglas 2290. "er aSS.l _!?~#tt_?oaS Manager, Ed Smith, 531 Beatty Street, Sey. 7495. Pile BriTauna aad Woodtn Brldg ,___n, Local 2404—Business Manager, Ja°! Thomson, 142 W. Hastings, Sey. 7874. Flaatarara, Local 89 — Secretary W Page, 531 Beatty St., Seymour 74951 Plan-bar. and Itaamnttars, Local 170— Secretary. C. Pritchard, 529 Beatty Street, Kerrlsdale 105-L. Plnmbem and B.-am-tt... (Ballroad) Local 571—Secretary, T. H. Poulton, 726 Second St., New Westminster. Photo Engraven, Local 54—1. V. Murphy, 3321 West 29th, Bayview 2892-Y. Printing Praasman, Local 69—Secretary, Thomas Ezart, 1807 East 38th. Phone Fraser 841-L2. Ballway Carman, Local No. 58—Secretary, J. H. Robertson, 637 West 18th, Fairmont 2258-L. Bellamy Canaan, Local 280—Secretary, W. E, Bradley, 3020 Wilson Avenue, New Westminster. •ha.t MaUl Worksrs, Local 280—Business Manager, Dan Macpherson, 531 Beatty Street, Seymour 7495. ■haa. Metal Worktri (Ballroad) Local 314—Secretary, Geo. Watson, 1909 East 19 th. Bhlngla Waavara, Local 17813 — Secre. tary, E, .1. Luck-art, 1584 West 65th; Marpole 817-Y, Sign and Pictorial Palntara, Local 726— Secretary. Wm. Clarkson. 1823 Kitchener Street, Highland 667-R. ■teaoffrapbara, Trplsta and Bookkaay- .ra, Local 18177 —Secretary, Anne MacDonald. 631 Beatty St., Sey. 7495. ■ton* Cutter., Journeymen of North America—Secretary, 1_. W. Tonge, 4119 Grace Avenue, New Westminster. Staraotpyara and Electtotypara, Local 88—Secretary, J. McKlnnon, 3635 \V. 14th. Bayview 1149-X. ■treat Ballway Employaea, Division 101 —Business Manuger, Fred Griffin, Prior Street Car Barns, Trinity 4630. Tailors, Journeymen, Local 178—Secretary, W. Hocken, 1582 East 13th, Office, 531 Beatty Street, Sey, 7496. Taxi Drivers, Local 151 — Secretary, N, A. Macaulay, ten Blast I7.li Ave.; Fair. 17 Ill-It.. Theatrical Stage Employaea, Local 118 —Secretary, H. Pearson, Orplieum Theatre. Textile Workers, Local 1700—Secretary, Catherine Wilson, 3327 West Sixth Tile Batters, Local No. 3—Secretary, W. Hamm, 2646 Trinity, Highland 3120-L. Typographical Union, Locnl 226—Secretary. Harry Neelands, 531 Beatty St., Seymour 6231. Demand'" DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES * Health Cookie Simply Delicioual DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY Phone Bay. 8780 HO Weal Fourth Ave., Vancouver Demand VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider UONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST "• »nly Union Soft Drink Firm in Vancouver! """«I Blgh. 90 1055 Vernon Br. ".II l"_*r 0ok•• »no Peltries ere Male, We'll Make 1ml Golden Rule Bakery CO., LTD NOTARY PUBLIC f- R- BENGOUGH •***«'•'. Trade, ,. Labor Counoll teem "00-531 B.atty Street Phonei; Sey. 7415-1171 "nion- Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. uu_?»HBIt- - si.ATl.lt __"»■ and Y,mili'a Classified Ads. •un ■^s*!.-** ***** ***** rr**- *»a aaaa soej *»___,, «, •«• *«Uit. at^e man '»■««.«,., 101 «««tn«a Walt. tat,, 1___to_,w»T»>« S5=aa=^,~a|I.ahor Saadqnartws. f'tw"-5? ,u,,n-">iinn products, the •"- pl"Ces hmself in the same *,l*.ory as» strike-breaker. K«oul„l.S0]en.t w">' '" sabotage WsanS s"'ls t0 buy non-union anH services. UP TO (SO BACK PAID PO» V.B. IMDIAK HEAD OEETS. Wc hoy all dates regardless of condition. 1'p to $1 each paid fur O. S. Llnciilll Head cents. l'|i to $U,U each for Canadian cuius. We buy Stamp collections, Medals Huuks, old paper money, Gold, elf. Sciul ... for large Illustrated price list and Instructions. Salisl'aetiuii Kiiiiniiuced or 2f,c refunded. HUB OOIH SHOP, 159- 137 Pront Street, Barnia, Ontario. KICK-BACK FIRM INDICTED (By A. F. o£ L. News Service) Wilmington, Del.—A United States grand jury indicted the A. W. Funk Company, a Pennsylvania contracting concern, and two of its officers, on a charge of feloniously inducing workmen employed by the concern in the construction of school buildings in Wyoming and Magnolia, Del., to return a part of their weekly wages. Funds for the construction of the buildings were furnished by the Federal Public Works Administration. According to the indictment one man paid $45 a week was persuaded to return $10 and another paid $4U.50 kicked back $17^ TEAMSTERS WIN UNION SHOP FROM PHOENIX CREAMERY Phoenix, Arizona —The Phoenix Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union secured a contract from the Maricopa Creamery Company here which calls for a guarantee of *1UU a month for regular drivers and $125 a month for relief drivers. The regular drivers are paid on a commission bases, but thc relief men do not receive a commission on their sales. Union officials say the creamery is the only one in the State operating on the union shop plan. ■>^->-'STS^r^rMEDlclNE Toronto.—More than 110 per cent of Ontario dentists have expressed themselves in favor of "state medicine," or health insurance, for all persons below a certain income, according to Dr. L. S. U«I>P. chairman of the public dental health committee of thc Ontario Dental Asso- C'Vhe majority of Canadian physicians seem to take thc same enlightened view holding that Canadians miarht verv well adopt something Ike .^health insurancPe scheme which has ojiernted so successfully in Great BrCnm.'dian trade unionists have been advocating health insurance for years. "NO*A:^ic^FDLABO,l The first Trades and Labor Council of Kenora was officially .launch with the organization meeting held in the council chaanbera, when oin era were appo ntcd, and arrange n ^completed whereby the char^ er could be secured, and the °°™£U function on a number of matters awaiting their attention. in ..-,!,,.. there is strength." U„denrurr.abe,|sThere is quality. Australian Unions Have Showdown With Communists The late.=t Moscow directive on trade Union work, issued to the j Communist sections, stated, among other things, that before thc Com-1 munists could capture the Trade Union Movement, they would firstly have to gain control of all minor positions in the Trade Unions. Victorian Communists immediately set out to carry out the Moscow orders, and many Trade Unions can testify to the disrupting tactics adopted. Many prominent Communists who had never been in Trade Unions in their lives immediately became members of several Trade Unions. In some instances the tactics adopted to gain membership were very dishonest. Others suddenly discovered that they had been members of unions several years ago, and promptly attended their unions, with the object of carrying out the Moscow instructions. The most prominent method employed by the Communists to gain their objective is the stacked meeting, and, if possible, to have committees set up at the stacked meeting. The Communist faction sees to it that their members are on the committee, which is supposed to have been set up to investigate some trade union matter, but in reality is the first step by the Communists to get control of the trade union. It might be stated that the bona fides of several supporters of the Communists at the stacked meeting is questionable. The trouble, of course, lies with the genuine trade unionist, who has not as yet learned to fight this form of anti-working class tactic. A classic example of the above tactics in operation was witnessed during an attempt by the Building Trades Federation last year to formulate a policy for one union in the building industry. Moacow or Melbourne The Communist Party immediately seized upon this as a good opportunity to carry out the Moscow orders, and set about organizing for the opening meeting. As was to be expected, the meeting was stacked, some of those present not being members of trade unions; but, of course, they were present to swell the Communist vote when the committee was elected. Let us examine the trade union history of two prominent Communists present. Firstly, let us take the organizer of the Communist party, who stated he was a stonemason. On enquiry we find that this individual joined the Mason's union years ago under another name, has never attended the union meetings, and, in fact, is not recognized as a member of that union. Since thc O.B.U. meeting, however, this individual, under another assumed name, joined the Builders' Laborers' Union. Through the vigilance of certain members of this union he was expelled before he could do any disrupting. The other Communist referred to attended the O.B.U. meeting as a carpenter. He was challenged at the meeting, and said that he was from Sydney. Since then he attended the city branch of the Carpenters' union, was asked to show his membership card, was unable to do this, and had to leave the meeting. Inquiries in Sydney revealed the fact that his trade union history was not a good one, and, although still residing and working in Melbourne, he has not attempted to get his clearance from Sydney. At this meeting a report on the formation of O.B.U. was read by the secretary of the B.T.F. In opposition to this the Communists produced a report on how they thought O.B.U. should be formed, and, although no vote was taken on either of the reports, the Communists had the audacity to publish in their own press the statement that a mass meeting of building workers had unanimously voted, for the line of the Minority Movement (an alleged Communist trade union). It is necessary to explain that at no time during the meeting did the Communists inform the workers present that their report was a Communist one. Two Reporta The committee set up at this meeting "to go into the two reports and submit same to a further mass meeting" had a majority of Communists on it, and, owing to their disrupting tactics, so disgusted the other committee men that by the time the second meeting was called the committee was 100 per cent Communist. Having the field to themselves, they set about building an apparatus of their own within the Trade Union Movement, elected their own secretary, and suggested that he be paid £4/10/- per week to organise the O.B.U. The result has been that this Communist Committee has been scrapped, and the B.T.F. is now taking the matter up with the Building Trades executive. With few exceptions, the work of the Communists in the Trade Unions is one of disruption, as can be seen by the following case regarding one of the Communist candidates in the present State election, who styles himself a journalist: This individual attends a branch of the Carpenters' Union, of which he is a "book member," only when Mr. Journalist wants to windbag and show off. One of his rare attendances was during the Wonthaggi Miners' Strike. When a miner was addressing the branch meeting, Mr. Journalist got up and wind-bagged a bit, and then moved that a certain sum of money be donated to the miners' strike. When Mr. Journalist was informed that this could only bc done through the State Management Committee of the Union, he fumed and raved about trade union rules standing in the way of striking men, their wives and children, and he hoped that the miner present would let his fellow members at Wonthaggi know what a bureaucratic organization the carpenters was. No one was impressed by his Communist wrath, and the branch saw to it that the question of Wonthaggi was sent on to the S.M.C. Journalist or Carpenter Mr. Journalist's record in the Carpenters' Union is not of the best; it would be much better if Mr. Journalist paid more attention to his union and left journalism to others. No one queries the politics of a trade unionist if he is prepared to get down to the everyday needs of his union and attends the meetings regularly. This is not, however, the case with the Communists, who are out to get trade union positions. They think they can do whatever they like, and that trade union rules arc not for them. They are only answerable to the Communist Party, and not the members of the union. We will always have Communist Party members in the trade unions, but it behoves every trade unionist to see that at all times they arc mnde to abide by the rules of the union. After all, the rules are the decision of the majority, and thc minority must submit, even if they arc Communists.—J. Ronnie in The Labor Call, Melbourne, Aus. UNION TAXI CABS RESPONSIBILITY + SAFETY YOU PAY ONLY FOR THE DISTANCE YOU TRAVEL- UNION DRIVERS RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Ipeclal llait to Set OooAs Oat oj l-lrat Mall Alter Beealpt of Toor Order. .OB_r» COBDOVA AHD CABBAX.X1 TAaOOUTBB, B. O. LOOKING AHEAD Watchful attention insures safety. The Royal Bank hat alwayt kept in dote touch with the timet. It regardi with confidence Canada's continued progrett. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA HIGHWAY WORK STOPPED-, 15,000 WORKERS FIRED Toronto.—Following an order issued by Peter Heenan, Minister of Lands and Forests, 60 road work camps on the trans-Canada highway construction employing 15,000 men closed and the men were discharged. Mr. Heenan explained that formerly the Federal Government contributed on a 50-50 basis to trans-Canada highway work and on a 40-60 basis to arterial roads, but that recently thc 40 per cent contribution was discontinued. "We cannot continue to finance these projects ourselves," he continued. "Last year we spent about $23,000,000 on relief camp work and received very little money in return. We had hoped that the Federal authorities would realize their responsibility to the unemployed and restore arterial road contributions and give us definite assurance as to what portion of the trans-Canada highway costs they would bear." A Forceful Reply The Communist Party in thc United States wrote to the Socialist Party of America requesting that body to "instruct all Socialist Party ■n'lbcrs in the automobile and steel 'ustrics to come together with the a united effort to ind Communists in bui" th iiiniunisis in a uiiivou <-•.,-■ •• «; Id the Auto Workers' Union and me Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers into pow situ Cum the i, steel ana _in "ui-..,a ,„v 'crful unions capable to meet th. situation." The reply of the national executive committee of the Socialist Party is interesting and forceful and may serve as a guide to the C. C. F. in Canada when dealing with the inunist Party as it indulges in same sort of tactics in this country: "Your proposal is rejected. Our members in the steel industry are hard at work trying to build the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers into a militant and mighty union, which can not only bring the steel bosses to terms but which can also take a leading role in establishing a labor irovcrnnicnt in the United States. We observe that the Communist party is now supporting the A. A. of I. S. anil T. VV., but recall that you were very recently fighting it tooth and nal| through a dual organization known as the Steel and Metal V. ork- or_' Industrial Union, and that you ever characterized the entire American Federation of Labor as little better than a company union. "Your shift in policy is so sudden that wc are compelled to believe that either you are insincere in your present line, or wore recklessly irresponsible in your earlier estimate of rade union problems. Whichever may be the case, members of the Socialist party do not wish to be associated with such uncertain allies. "Our suspicion to your labor responsibility is further .increased by your request that we join w th you in building up the Auto Workers' Union. We thought that even the Communist party had abandoned this bankrupt dual organization which it I. o long dominated ^xZ^C the Daily Worker of December that his union had been dissolved and that the former members had been advised to join the United Autpmo- bilc Workers of America, affiliated as federal labor unions with the American Federation of Labor. We concluded that this was perhaps one story in thc Daily Worker which was accurate. "If, however, this story was untrue, or if the Communist party has turned another of its frequent somersaults and seeks to revive the Auto Workers' Union, members of the Sociulist party will have nothing to do with it. Wc shall continue to build up the United Automobile Workers of America. "The past tactics of the Communist party have convinced us that we can better serve the working class and aid them in achieving Socialism by continuing our struggle without the questionable support you offer." —Alberta Labor News. FOUR STRIKES CALLED Cleveland.—Four major strikes hit a large segment of Cleveland industry recently. The White Motor Company, the Industrial Kayon Corporation, the National Carbon Company and the Addrcssograph-Multi- graph plants are practically closed down by the walkouts. BANGOR CLOTHING WORKERS WIN STRIKE Bangor, M.—At the conclusion of a two weeks' strike members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America employed by the Reliable Pants Company of this city returned to work with their grievances settled and a guarantee that two weeks' back wages would be paid. MILLINERY WORKERS WIN STRIKE After a three-day strike involving 1400 members of the Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union in Montreal, an agreement was reached with the employers providing for a 40-hour week and an increase of $1 per week in the minimum wages of operators, blockers and trimmers, bringing the respective rates to $28, $111 and $16 per week. The new contract also provides for the union shop. Approximately 35 factories were affected by the short walk-out. BLOODY CHAPTER RECALLED Harrison, Ark.—An epilogue to the bloodiest und most disgraceful chapter in this city's history was written here recently when the management of the Missouri and Arkansas signed a standard union agreement with representatives of the shop craft organizations affiliated with thc A. F. of L. Railway Employees' Department. Twelve years ago—on January 16, 1923—1000 armed men, recruited by high railroad officials and bankers and brought here on two special trains, drove every known member of organized lnbor out of Harrison, after first torturing several prominent unionists and brutally murdering E. C. Gregor, secretary of the Machinists. The railroad, then known as the Missouri and North Arkansas, has since changed both its name and its management. PULP AND PAPER MILL WORKERS HOLD CONVENTION The recent bienninl convention of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers of the United States and Canada, held in Buffalo, N. Y., endorsed labor's program for the 30- hour week, old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Buyinf union-made goods is the most practical way to carry out the "nrime tha Din." theory of "BUILD B.C. PAYROLLS'' Irradiation by Ultraviolet Ray FOB aa low a_o aa (obi years the packer* of PaclB. Milk have been making- a staady of the reanlte of _BBA2.AT_0> BY TBB UtTBA-TIOMT BAT and are now naaklne preparations to pot in thia prooeaa. Many other paekere are follow- lne our example. Undonbtedlj* the increase of the VITAHW B content by thia method can beet be maintained by eeaUnt* the cana la paclfl. la the OBXT VACUUM PAOBBD nil IB OABABA. Pacific Milk 100 per cent, liritish Columbia Owned and Controlled PLANT AT ABBOTirOBD WIN $2 PAY RAISE San Francisco.—Wage increases ranging from 13 to 19 per cent were awarded by a board of arbitration to union workers in the local meat industries. Butchers were boosted $2 a week, making their wages now $57. Meat cutters who drive wagons were raised $4. CHAIN GANG BRUTALITY Charlotte, N. C—Julge Phillips of the Supreme Court ordered five former prison officials held for trial on charges in connection with alleged whipping and maiming of convicts at State chain gang camps in this county. A prison camp superintendent and three of his guards were required to answer charges of assault with intent to kill two 19-year-old convicts whose feet it became necessary to amputate after being chained standing on a concrete floor in an unhealed solitary cell during the dead of winter. The county physician who had been prison camp attendant for 30 years was also held in the case. 'prime tie recovery. pump Delegates alleged that employees of the Crystal Dairy are telling prospective customers that they receive $5 more than the union scale. This firm is on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of organized labor, hence the efforts to offset the effects of our campaign. Seattle bakery salesmen are organizing a baseball team. • UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 VALLEY DAIRY, LIMITED Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, UMITED Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY; Highland 2228 STEVE'S DAIRY; Bayview 2192 TWIGG ISLAND DAIRY Seymour 2877 A'..-1 Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Westminster 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve your patronage The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122 439 7th Ave. E. NEON DISPLAY WALBURN NEON LTD. O 1410 BOWS tbib. iota -ll.I.T THE P-UDNDfl AT THE PALACE PARLOR 35-37 WEST HASTINGS Opp Ye Olde English -'tub « CMva ■mat Diner: I see that *ti_» ere forbidden here. Waiter: Lor' hlaoa _wo_ awn, so was the apples in the 4__pth-a of Eden. • | I il .1 » ,.' '.' -A \ m\ \. Like the Famous Beers of Europe m PVERYWHERE —among ilmne who kilo to i;noil liiit'r—yon lu-ar |H-o|>]« *im.paring I.IH'kJ ..IIK'T to I lit. costlier -t.mitint-._- tul Im-ith. It is no li-i.li I, K|>iirkliii(i< mtUfying a rid hiiimiliiiiiifr, Try it and net* how dilTcrrnt it is. Same Price as Ordinary Beers* AGE GUARANTEED by $10,000 BOND On Sale at Government Liquor Stores and Licensed Premises. COAST.BREUJERIES '_____ / »l i. t _•*./.< Owned bq nearlq 2000 British Columbia Sharptioldrri This Advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. ST. LOUIS BAKERS WIN WAGE INCREASE STRIKE (By A. F. of L. News Service) St. Louis, Mo.—Union bakers in •It'll retail shops here secured a 10 per cent wage increase as the result of one of thc shortest strikes in the history of St. Louis. Militant in their determination to secure higher pay, more than 1000 bakers employed in wholesale bakeries and wholesale stores walked out in support of their demands. All of the wholesale and 100 retail shops signed up within 12 hours. The others signed the next day. Under the new agreement, which lasts for two years, the following weekly wages will be paid in retail shops: Foremen, $40; bench hands, $86: apprentices, $10 to $26. In wholesale bakeries the wages range from $11 for foremen to $29 for helpers. Our neighbor's wife says that her husband was looking for a clean shirt during her absence and when she returned she thought the house had been burglnrized. TRACY NAMED FOR LABOR CONFERENCE AT GENEVA (By A. F. of L. News Service) WASHINGTON.—Daniel J. Tracy, president of .International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America, will represent American labor at the International Labor Conference which opens in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 4, according to an announcement by the State Department here. The Government of the United States and American employers will also be represented. All three sets of delegates will be accompanied by advisers. QUEENSLAND LABOR INCREASE Increasing its clear majority from four seats to 28, the Labor government of Queensland, third largest of the Australian states, won a notable victory in the state elections this month. In Queensland the government headed by E. Morgan Smith, whose Labor achievements have won the enthusiastic praise of the whole world, won 45 scats to 17 for all the opposition parties. In the last House the party line-up was 33 Labor to 29 for the entire opposition. Shingoleen and Bapco 50 THE STANDARD OF QUALITY FOR ALL EXTERIOR PAINTING "ASK YOUR PAINTER" HUNTER, HENDERSON PAINT CO. LTD. 555 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. Shell Oil Signs Up With 14 Unions ST. LOUIS.—A federated trades agreement, covering the members of 14 A. F. of L. unions employed at the Wood River, 111., plant of the Shell Petroleum Corporatipn, has been negotiated here. The agreement is easily the best one existing in the petroleum industry. "The conferences were carried on in a most pleasant atmosphere and a thorough spirit of co-operation and understanding of each other's rights and feeling were displayed at all times." Similar agreements will be negotiated by the firm at other plants where the unions can show they represent a majority of their respective crafts. Conferences are now scheduled with the Shell Oil Company of California. Crafts Covered Crafts covered by the pact just signed are the Machinists, Railway Carmen, Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Electrical Workers, Sheet Metal Workers, Painters, Asbestos Workers, Teamsters and Chauffeurs, Building and Common Laborers, Operating Engineers, Plumbers and Steamfitters, Carpenters, and the Bricklayers. The agreement is effective to May 1, 1936, and contains a continuing clause that automatically renews the past for each succeeding year unless formal notice is served for change. It provides for craft autonomy. Transactions with thc management may be carried on by either craft or federated committees. Education Costs Are Lowered in Canada Expenditure for schools, colleges and universities dropped from the peak of $178,700,000 in 1931 to $163,945,000 in 1932. The corres- ponding figures for the school year ending in 1933 show a still greater drop, to $146,922,000. The fall continued in 1934. Though its exact extent is not yet known, available data indicate that the total for 1934 was probably not over $130,000,000. Up to 1933 the percentage drop was much greater in Ontario and the Western Provinces than in Quebec and the Maritimes. Capital expenditures have generally been brought to a very low level, and teachers' salaries, in the provinces for which 1934 records have been received, show a three-year decrease of about one-third. Reductions have been much more severe in rural schools than in towns and cities. A shortage of funds has led some communities to shorten the teaching year by a few weeks, but very few schools have been continuously closed for any considerable time. MANITOBA WAGE LAW . PROTECTS BOOTBLACKS The Manitoba Minimum Wage Board has taken under its wing men who do work usually done by boys and part-time workers. Bootblacks, delivery boys and bowling alley attendants are included in a minimum wage schedule effective now and calling for $8 a week for the first six months, $9 for the next six months and $10 a week after a year's employment. A 48-hour week is fixed by the order. Employees on a part-time or piecework basis shall have to be paid for at least four hours of any day they are required to work and on a payment basis at least equal to the minimum wage rate for their particular class of work. Wages must be paid in cash once a week. The union has been successful in their boycott of the Arlington Dairy, the firm virtually having gone out of business. DETROIT CARPENTERS WIN 5-DAY WEEK AGREEMENT Detroit, Mich.—The Carpenters' District Conference here announced n new contract which includes a strict five-day week, double time for all Saturday, Sunday and otherwise overtime work with the limitation that work in excess of the five-day week shall be done only "to protect life and property." PEORIA BUILDING LABORERS, CARPENTERS, WIN PAY BOOST Peoria, 111.—After a well-directed walk-out lasting for a number of weeks the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Building Laborers' Union here won contracts from the employers for wage increases. The carpenters secured their original demand of $1.25 an hour and double time for all overtime. The Building Laborers' Union, which has a membership of 500, secured a scale of 75 cents an hour in place of their former scale of 65 cents an hour. A Scotch gardener has succeeded in crossing the potato with the beet. Next you will be able to buy salads at two bunches for 25 cents. cUhe CANADA ^PERMANENT EIGHTY YEARS' SERVICE TO ITS CLIENTS AND TO THE PUBLIC TRUSTEES • EXECUTORS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT c_s__> ALBERT WHITTAKER, ACTING MANAGER PHONE: TRINITY 1381 m WCHARDS STREET l.l_Yi *Vr»MY«M7»WaMV_Vi7_V, Hourly Wages Up One-fifth In 2 Years (By A. F. of L. News Service) Washington.—Steady progress in increased wages and buying power during the last two years was reported by Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, in elaborate statistics covering the period up to March, 1935. The increase was shown in both average wages and real wages expressed in purchasing ability. In an introduction to the wage statistics, Miss Perkins said that the cost of living of wage earners and lower salaried employees was increased approximately 10 per cent from March, 1933, to March, 1935, and that during this period food & rices were advanced 34.5 per cent. [er claim for increase in real wages expressed in buying power was based on an adjustment of money wages to increased living costs. "On the basis of reports to the Department of Labor," Miss Perkins said, "detailed comparisons may be made between March, 1933, and March, 1935. Average hourly earnings increased in manufacturing industries from 43.4 cents to 56.8 cents, or almost one-third (31 per cent). After adjustment to retail changes, the increase in real hourly wages was 19 per cent. In manufacturing industries the increase in average hourly earnings ranged widely. In anthracite mining, an industry in which no code was adopted, there was a decline of almost 2 per cent in average hourly earnings. In thc telephone and telegraph industry which also did not adopt a code, the increase in average hourly earnings was 8 per cent. "The increase in retail trade was 22 per cent; in wholesale trade, 18 per cent, and in bituminous coal mining, 62 per cent. In the manufacturing industries nnd 13 non- manufacturing industries combined, average hourly wages rose from 45.3 cents to 67.4 cents, or 27 per cent. Thc increase in real hourly wages, after adjustment to cost of living, was from 45.3 cents to 52.2 cents, or 15 per cent." Miss Perkins also said that the increases in wages and purchasing power were shown in the weekly payrolls of the 90 manufacturing industries surveyed monthly by the Department of Labor. The payrolls in March of this year "were 91 per cent larger than in March, 1933, when not adjusted to changes in the cost of living, and 74 per cent larger in terms of purchasing power after adjustment to retail price changes." The statement showing increases in real wages was interpreted to bc in answer to the findings of the Brookings Institution that the recovery program had not benefited working men and women. Laundry Drivers Better Conditions There are between three and four hundred union teamsters employed in the laundry and dry cleaning industry in Seattle. They are members of Laundry and Dye Works Drivers' Local 566. They are receiving a minimum wage of $30 a week, plus commissions, for a 48-hour week. In co-operation with the Laundry Workers' Union, the employers' association and thc press shop operators, the drivers' union has built up a condition in the industry which guarantees good wages to employees and a fair profit to the employer. Millions Spent On Military Affairs The following despatch clipped from the daily press is enlightening on how Canada can squander money on the military machine: CANADA SPENT $146,478,320 ON MILITARY AFFAIRS IN 14 YEARS Ottawa, May 21.—Canada spent on militnry purposes alone $146,- 478,320 from 1921 to the end of February this year, according to a return tabled in the House of Commons Monday. The year of largest military expenditure was 1929-30, when $11,206,294 was disbursed. Last fiscal year showed thc smallest, with $7,996,948. Seattle Produce Drivers Organized One hundred and fourteen members were initiated into Produce Drivers, Salesmen and Helpers' Local 196, at the first regular meeting of that organization following receipt of their charter from International headquarters, and the new charter was installed amid great enthusiasm on the part of the membership. Big things can be expected from this newest group of militant trade unionists. The flrBt official action of the new union was to unanimously pass a motion raising thc initiation fee to $25 effective June 1st. Sentiment of the union was that those who waited beyond that date to come into the organization deserved to be penalized for their dilatory attitude and for "letting George do it." Secretary Bowcn addressed the meeting of the organization as to the principles and aims of Teamsters' organizations at some length. Ho cautioned thc members against hasty action, and emphasized the fact that conditions that will stand thc test of time arc not built up over night. He stated that the desire of the organization would be to proceed in a systematic manner to better conditions, and not, by foolish actions, to put men on the street it?J*5 Sff,_ln over5' 4000 'n the United States, or 15,000 in all, is physically perfect, says a sculptor. And nil the others insist an wearing one-piece bathing suits. VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, WttJH DRUGS AT CUT PRICES Hill A ▼___rCOirY-» BBVO COHTAWY STOBB "YOtTR DSUO _____ FUBCKAIE AiL TOUB DBUC. WABTS I-XOK us an "**" HOTS TBB QUAXITY, SBBTIOB, aATIKOl TBISAY ABB IATUBOAT WBOIAI*—MAY 31st ana JU_m _„ Cusson's Solid Brllllantlne IB -30 Ratnlp .25 Cucumber and Witch Hazel Cream 15 .50 Ture Glycerine, 8-oz _W 25 Keepclean Tooth Br___ *X with Holder ... " 10 Vanex Clinnioinil,. Hcrli-i tU Shampoo, a for 50 Dr. Reld's Neuritis -50 Aromatic Cascara, 1-oz. - '_! Capsules ** -20 Pear's Soap, a for -9 -a ™_ -.„,-.- _>--„-._.i„ . -25 Bcnzo-Almoiid cream ... 9 1.00 Dr. Reld's Rheumatic Remedy .50 Vanex Milk of Magnesia .65 Vanex Genuine Russian Oil, 16-oz .50 Dr. Reld's Royal Embrocation . J-* _» 1-xtract of Vanilla, Lemon or Almonds 1* .25 Nail Scrubs .35 Tooth Brush .25 Ayerst's A.B.S. a _, Ta.l.i." 1.50 Pure Norwegian Cod. Liver" Oil. Imperial Quart .„._.' J .25 Boraclc, Carbolic or Sulphur Ointment Vancou.ar'a Own Bra* ■toras. We Ban Ton Monay. Iwa„t?-o_a .toraa at Tow »arrloa. lalaphona Tonr Wanta. an i TO Anywhere - Any Time By Bus - Airplane - Steamship TRflUEL BUREAU bu5 TEF.min.u-••unncouuER bc. PACIFIC STAGES 15 Drops of HOME GAS will start your engine! I/200th part of a gallon will run it for one minute! These results of recent tests prove the outstanding economy of Home Gas. HOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED A 100 per cent British Columbia Company A. E. HARRON J. A. HAltllliN North Vancouver; Phone N. V. 134 55 Tenth Ave. 10.: Phone Fair. Ill Jjarrmt Broa. Simttri. FUNERAL DIRECTORS .6 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 13* (Continued from page 1, col, 5) ployment insurance, to participate in something that they have not directly contributed to, have to show need, or, in other words, have to be destitute. We want a system of unemployment insurance that will give to a worker his insurance benefit, just for the fact that he is unemployed and not keep him waiting until such times as he is destitute. Don't Want Destitute Schema Visualize the case of men laid off. Those who had saved a little would not be entitled to insurance. Those who were broke, even though as a result of their own methods of living, would be entitled to receive benefits. Very few would see any fairness in such an arrangement. We cannot subscribe to a policy that people must become destitute before they are worthy of assistance. A contributory scheme makes the position clear. Unemployment insurance is paid wrlfen one becomes unemployed. The Act which has been brought down is not by any means all that we desire. We think it is too limited in its scope. We support it because it is a step in the right direction and as such, can hardly be condemned. There are many who are exempted that will need to be included if the Act is to be real effective. The argument that those at present unemployed would not be covered is perfectly true. Unemployment insurance is not a solution to unemployment. The unemployed, as we have stated on many occasions, should be taken care of by the creation of useful public works and paid real wages for thc work performed. Wc have never claimed that unemployment insurance will wipe out unemployment. We do claim that a system in operation would lead to the modification of unemployment. ,lt can never be a substitute for the better organization of employment opportunities, but when the cost is placed partly upon industry it is likely to lead to a more vigorous attempt to stabilize employment It will prevent demoralization °l ..ihe individual; will encourage thrift and by compulsory savings during periods of employment provide a reserve spending power during periods of depression and will thus lessen the volume of unemploy- ment- It would lead to the employment of labor already, in Canada instead of seeking more immigrants, as has been done in the past. The Bill -!Lpa.7d '." a Ion8 W»V from being complete, in our opinion. We are not opposing it for the reason that, !!.. Kiiyi."-S • of ?ffort- we have it it wint0^* ln _'rinciPle- One thing twit '".J1*' aoovtt an<l that i» conformity throughout thc Dominion ZtJr fl\the "=Pon»ibility o. SovZ'St"1 °n the D°rai"*°*- Bill as passed at the last session i the Dominion Parliament. Big But. ness wants the working people ol Canada to oppose, and remembtt, they have the means to emploi others to do their work. We la our members and friends not to bl led away by the flood of propaganda released against the Act. Do nt oppose the Bill. Treat it as a good start in the right direction »nd d. vote your efforts instead, to broad- ening its scope and bringing about the improvements that are necesiitj for us to have an Unemployment I> surance Act in Canada that will _>" the required protection to all of OB people. In conclusion, I have pointed out Jn. ttf-bUilneS8 n Canada ls °PP°9- .ng the Unemployment Insurance MONTREAL MILLINERY WORKERS GET INCREASE and 40-HOUR WEEK Montreal. — Amicable scttlemeii of the week-end strike of 1400 m* inery workers was reached "e'e.r' tween representatives of the Milluv ery Manufacturers' Association u» officials of the United Cap, HatteB and Millinery Workers' Intcrnatioul Union. . . As a result of the negotiation" t* manufacturers agreed on slight increase in the minimum wage rata* a 40-hour week and a "closed shop policy. Representatives of the MtJ- ufacturers' Association stateA /! majority of their members aT,Z. vanced views on labor lefpilw" and desired to sec the industry operating on a sound controlled ba«u. BREWERY WORKERS ORGANIC Added to the long list of ne« unions recently established in •" province of Ontario by the Breweo Workers' International Union," that chartered in the Border CIWj This brings the local plant of xu British-American Brewing ConOT under the same union regulations >■ those adopted in othcr plants OtM company throughout tho Pf0,™" and established almost complete »r ganization of thc brewery «'«JJ in Ontario, under thc banner ol *•_ international union. MEXICAN WORKERS STRIKE .„, AGAINST COURT OtCOx0* Washington, D. C.-Repor* * ceived here from Mexico <-><*>i nounced a strike of the employ""" the electric light and power conig ies in nine Mexican cities *<L paralyzed industrial activity- . workers walked out in *V*r~!l with the strike of the P.werli__ pany employees in Tampico, w, waB called to protest against a yew decision of the Federal Sup*" Court in the case of the HUM"" Petroleum "Company. The ded"*1" | paved the way for thc come' appeal a conciliation board •-jt i that it Bhould pay full wages tojWB ing employees of the Mats a**SZ Refinery at Vera Cruz. J" ."a Cruz the strike spread to hotel "J restaurant employees ani "»or* |j on Gulf coast vessels.
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