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ITOEACH UNION Ihe POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE of Statesman AMD (ntTOiXD |^^ ~ ~ -at^t^Y^ SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS 1BER 476. VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE, 1938 PRICE: S CENTS iprovement [n Building Trades ports from union, affiliated I the Building Tnde. Council steady improvement, although jouse building line for all tradei lone or two exception! ie badly ted of wage adjustments. Ef- |.re being made to organise tbe I contracton and if thli wen I the unions would have a better fe at stabilising wages on th.se The larger construction jobs an kg the scale for all trades and 1 is every prospect of this being kiued on the other large work, (ed for the future. Woolworth Store job, which 1007° union, ia well advanced Ihe Mother Hubbard Bakery, an- I union job, is also nearlng lletion. \tk is getting well under way on first Narrows Bridge, but there Icely to be some adjustments \ before many other trades get ae job in greater numbers. I committee of the Council is ing up a blanket agreement a the Council desires to put toleration with contncton in the 1 near f utun. The same com- je is also considering ways and Is of getting better control over Is being built under the Home 1 scheme, operating under govern guarantees, |e Lathers Union hai been resized and plasterers are taking later intereit in linking up with International Union movement, I are belag taken into the Int Finishen Union at the pre- Bime and placed on union jobi. brers helpen are being taken the Building Laborers Union. Jring the put few weeki several anion and dual union men have replaced with union men on us joba. lion Wage on estminster Works Get Union Charter Ed. Smith, Busineu Manager of Local 138, Brotherhood of Painten, Decorators, Gl.sien, Etc., states that a charter hai arrived for Local 1208 Automobile Painten of Vancouver. A special meeting will be held Friday, June 10th, at Labor Headquarters, at 8 p. m. to install the charter and officen. Any men following this trade are invited to the meeting and the charter fee of $3 for initiation will be open for 30 days to those wishing to join. For further information, Phone Seymour 4613 L. Safeway Stores Sign With Union Ail the retail clerks working for the Safeway-Piggly Wiggly Company in Greater Vancouver are now working under an agreement which the company signed with the Retail Clerks International Union, Local 279. The agreement covers working conditions and wages for a period of one year and covers 266 employees in the 75 retail 'stores. Don Maxwell, the union organizer, reports that the agreement with the company was negotiated without any great differences and as a flrst step will be of unestimabie value, not only to the retail clerks but also to the rest of the union movement. The company will display the union shop card and the employees are wearing the trades council quarterly button. Union memben are reminded that by trading with a union Arm they are giving a helping hand to the tradea union movement, which Includes their own union. The mora union men and Arm. th.re are in the district, the greater will become the strength of the movement. Bengough At Conference, Geneva Percy R. Bengough, General Sat- retary of the Vancouver, New We»t- minster and District Trades aad Labor Council, and Vice-President of the Trades snd Libor Congress of C.n.da, has been appointed by Order in Council by the Federal Government as the official delegate of the organited worker, of Canada at the June Conference of the International Labor Office at Geneva, Switxerl.nd. His .dviser will be ft. Trepenier, of Hontreal, also a vice- president of the Congress. Howard D. Chase, of Montreal, assistant grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineen, will be a government adviser. Mass Picket On Hollywood Theatre The Motion Picture Projectionists' Union is asking the support of the trades union movement to put a big mass picket Saturday evening, June llth, between 7 and 8 p.m., on the Hollywood Theatre, which is on the "Non-Patronage" list of the Trades and Labor Council. Each delegate will be supplied with a sash bearing the number of his local union and "We Do Not Patronise this Theatre" printed on the sash. The union allege, that the theatre management is trying to bresk down union conditions, and has broken the agreement it had with the union. The Trades Council has endorsed the picket and urges every union to participate. 100 Per Cent Co-operation Against Non-union Milk New Westminster Board of [Commissioners has interpreted Tair Wage Clause" in the spe- fions for the addition to the i at Queens Park to mean that nters are to be paid at the |>f 90c per hour, i matter was taken up with the Board by President Jamieson e Trades and Labor Council, IMucPherson, Chairman of the nnce Committee, and W. Page, Itary of the Building Tradei til, at the request of the Card's Union, Local 1251 of New ninster. Members of this union I not work on job because the actor would not pay more 180c for carpenters, and .the kctor told the Parks Board that len on the job were quite satis- 1 ith the wage. The union corns', however, convinced the Board Ihe "Fair Wage" was 90c and I have notified the contractor Ihe must nay this wage and lit retroactive. The Board also ates that this will also be the Ion the proposed new Sports Ing at Queens Park. file it is regrettable that this >age and the back pay will go In-union men, the union man Jow have a chance to accept Ion the job, and organised labor lave some satisfaction in know- Inat the contractor haa been Vied to pay the union wage Ither A. O. Forman of New Tiinster carpenten who brought Jiatter to the attention of the |il thanked the officen for Tefforts in thii matter. fywrd Laborers Get I Shop AgreenMnt . Burrard Drydoek Company ■signed an igreement covering linir condition, and wages, with ■Shipyard Labonn Union, No. 1 It is . closed shop agreement 1 ***** rising from 50c per hour figher scales for various Mad. ■ark. le union is negotiating with f _ shipyards in North Vaaeoaver I Vancouver for a similar agree- I- The union is chartered by kress and Is affiliated with th. I _. and Ubor Council and will bbly affiliate with the Metal ■es Council which ia being battt ■» thi. dlitrict. Trades Conncfl Notes Vancouver Exhibition Association invite, local unions to participate in the 1938 Parade of Progress, Monday, August 29th. Two years ago the Sheet Metal Workers' Union obtained the major prise for the best float in the parade. The City Council asked the Trades Council to give ita views on the question of making Monday of the week in which Victoria Day and Dominion Day fails a public holiday. The Trades Council unanimously favored the Monday holiday plan, so as to provide a longer week-end holiday. Communication from the Louisville Central Labor Council, advising that Seagram's whisky, etc., is now being produced under union conditions. Communication from the International Molders' Union advising that the American Valve Company, producers of valve, and fittings, are not being produced under union conditions. Communication from management of Con Jones Park asking if there is any misunderstanding with the Japanese Asahi Baseball Park. Executive's reply to the effect that there is no objection to them playing in the park and no misunderstanding with the club was endoned by Council. Barbers report shop card at Bud's Barber Shop, 600 Howe Street, has been taken out. Hospital workers report that application is being* made for a Board of Arbitration over wages snd working conditions. Boot and Shoe Workers report an agreement signed by the New Method Shoe Repair Shop at 387 Carroll St. Inland Boatmen'. Union reports that C. P. R. ha. ordered the men on the Coastwise boats not to we.r their union button.. The union aln .liege, that naval reserve men are displacing union man. GI.sswork.ra report negotiations for wage agreements with several Arms have been successful. Shipyard labonn *sk«d th. Coun cil to request the Government to abolish the use oe paint spr.ylng machine, on C. N. ships in dr.-docks. [TO UNION SECRETARIES fcions desiring the assistance ot ■rl for any kind of office help, ■essing envelopes or stenographic J can obtain same by phoning ■office of the Tradea and Labor pcil, Seymour 7495. Thia work ■ be done by union .tenograpken I work .tamped with office em- **** union libel. Congress < Starts Convention The Milk Driven and Dairy Employees Union is making a special appeal to all readen of the Labor Statesman, to all Union men, their families and friends to help Local 464 in our drive against the non union milkmen whose low wages snd poor conditions .re proving . threat to the jobs ot the Union men. If your milkman is not wearing the current quarterly Union Button; if his Dairy is not on the list advertised elsewhere in this issue, aak him why; then support us by telling him that you are sorry but you will not be able to patronise him until he becomes a Union man. While some ot the non union Dairies are paying their driven fair wages, to try to hold your business, they take advantage ot the lack of organisation among their employees and penalise then same driven by making them pay for credit and bad debts and they chisel on the wages of the inside dairy men to pay for the driven increase. Any dairy employee in the City is eligible and welcome to join our Union.. Thanks to the splendid support we have already enjoyed from the Labor movement, and the general public, our membenhip continues to grow: a little more pressure, a word from you to. one of these non-union men may be all that is needed to bring him into the ranks of organised labor. We feel sure we can depend on you to do all you can to help us in this organising drive: every new member in the movement strengthens your own position as well aa oun. On another page you will see a list of the Dairies on the "We Do NoMtatroniae Lie*" ef the Trade. Council. Prevailing Wages Won For Building Trades Workers Two More Afifiations WHh Trades Council The recently organised United Garment Worken Union, Loeal IM, applied for affiliation with the Tradea and Labor Council and wen accepted. Firm, employing then memben under agreement will be able to insert the union label on their products. Upholsterers Union, Local 306, which was also ncently organiied, applied for affiliation and wen accepted. Thia union Ii fairly well represented in the firms in Vancouver. Now Furniture Workers Are Organized Furniture Worken are now organized in the city of Vancouver, charter installed and officen obligated. Efforts to organise these worken have been under way tor some time but the final organisation was delayed until the workera had investigated the various sources from which they could obtain a charter. In reporting this to the Tradea Council, Charles Stewart, chairman of the Organisation Committee, stated that the memben are now in the International Furniture Worken of America, a Brotherhood ot Carpenten and Joinen of America affiliate. Local Union No. 74 ot the International Woodworken of America took an active part in the organisation of theie worken, but wai quite willing that the choice ot the affiliation be left up to the men themselves, The choice went to the International Furniture Worken and the officers of Local 74 were quite satisfied to abide by the decision. Rio Theatre Is Off Unfair list The Rio Theatn at Broadway and Commercial haa been taken oft the Non-Patronage list of th. Tradn and Labor Council. Mr. Calladine, the owner, announced his willingness to enter into an agreement with International Union for future work, and a committee from the Trades and Labor Council .nd the Building Trade. Council draw up a suitable agreement and it was duly signed by Mr. Calladine. In reporting this to the Trades Council the committee recommended that in consideration of thia agreement that the Rio Theatre be taken off the "Non-Patronage" list of the Council. The recommendation was adopted and the theatn. which ia manned by Union projectionists, hu the same standing a. othar loci theatres, with the exception of the Hollywood. By A. F. of L Weekly News Service Washington, D.C. — Hereafter contractors on Works Progress Administration Projects will not be permitted to chisel wage ratea for building trades worken below prevailing wage standards, nor will skilled mechanics be discriminated against by having their work performed by unskilled labor, These two grievances of organised labor against practices that have developed in some WPA projects have definitely ended as a result of conferences between representatives of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Harry L. Hop- kin,] Works Progress Administrator. -lis justice for unemployed building (trades workers temporarily em- Slojhd by the WPA waa outlined by o*ept\ A. Mclnerney, president of The Building and Construction ,les Department, in his statement before the Subcommittee of the House Appropriations in support of Ident's spending-loaning program, which include. $1,250,000,000 for the Works Progress Administration] to be used during the fint seven months of the tiscal year beginning Jul3 1. Jobs for Five Million Visioned From Three Billion Dollar Bill . Washington, D.C—The House of Representatives passed by a vote of 328 to 70 the President, spending- lending relief bill carrying $2, 519,- 426,000 in direct expenditures and $660,000,000 in loans and authorisations, making a total of $3,179,426,- 000. Friendly observers claim the bill, which has yet to pan the Senate, will directly and indirectly provide employment for Ave million jobless. In addition to an appropriation of $1,260,000,000 for Works Progress Administration, $966,000,000 for the Public Works Administration and $600,000,000 for the P. W. A. revolving fund, the major items in the)bill .re: National Youth Admin- ion, $75,000,000; Farm Secur- Administration, $176,000,000; Rico Reconstruction Adminis- >n, $6,000,000; Employ..' Com- ion, $3,500,000; Rural ElectriA- n Administration, $100,000,000. W. P. A. and P. W. A. appro- tions won ipeciAically recom- lid by the American Federation 12 The 63rd annual convention ot the Tradei and Labor Congren of Caaada will be held at Niagara Falli, Ontario, during the week ot September 12, 19S8. The General Brock Hotel will be Convention headquartera It will be some time before the Official Convention Call ii lamed but local unioni should plan aow to send a fall quota ot delegatea to thii all important labor gathering. Mr. 'Ernest Bevin, geaenl aecretary of the Transport aad General Worken' Union, will bring fraternal greeting! from the British Tradei Union Congrew over whieh he presided last year, while Mr. Joseph Kehoe, vice-president ot tho Amalgamated Anociatioa of Street aad Bleetrie Railway and Motor Coach Employees of Ameriea, wiU officiate In a like capacity for the American Federation of Lahor. Boot and Shoe Workers The recently organiied Boot and Shoe Worken' Union ii meeting with oppotition fnm Mm. of the place, in which th. mm wen orgaalaed. They expected that, and are naw meting that opposition with the support of the organised labor movement. The worken an not asking or expecting exhorbltaat wage., jum tair wage, and decent working condition, aad if th. employer la not pnpared to gnat that, then an ev.r-increaiing number ot organiaed worken will withdraw their pat-en- age trom th.se Amu. Thi. patronage i» alnady being withdrawn fnm H. Price and tha London Shoe Renew, aad tha opposition trom the shoe repair departments of Woodwards, Speneen aad Hudson's Bay, whos. department. are ran ander concessions, to H-ewtoe of th. orginiied labor movemeat Tka display ef tha Baton ahop card ia a guarantee af fair wagea and good working condition! for the employeei. Where there ia asi aaioa cs»d the owner should ha questioned about It h Cafe Hoars Of Work Not Jutted iotei aad Retfuurant Employees' Ul ia reported to th. Trades Cobb- eil that the spread permitted by th. .„_-___. jffijgy Beard ia •***- tm ta raat woi* to not oaly brlngtog • ha tship apoa th. .mployes., tat It ia alptag to bnak down conditio., wt cb th. onion ha* built up. Th. ^^ "- that tha employees wi e aot raprewnted .t th. m*-_ag la rhleh hotel and- cafe ownen eakad - concession., and that the ******** ot It to 14 hoan waa granted •alt-, besto that th. workers wire aasded between natal hoars. Tha claim that a taw little entry , which eleaa betwoea meal Ofe'might fe.1 jartiad to aaktaff fattbeae eo.c_--.ons, bat thete was ana why it ahoald apply to aad hotel, ia eitiea. The _atoa that ta par-ait a spread of It *--*- -"-*■ -1 employee abaU la oaly tatea* Unemployed Get Federal Advice Supporting the plan of the .ingle unemployed to charter a (hip to Victoria to place th.ir case before the Provincial Government, the Trade, .nd Labor Council made a donation to the organisation and urged the affiliated unions to give further Anancial support. The single unemployed who ar. holding the fort" at the Vancouver Post Office and Art Gallery, while the Provincial and Federal Governments are urging them to leave town instead of providing them with work and wages, are getting a lot of moral and financial support from citizens and organisations, The Trades Council wired the Hon. Mackensie King, drawing his attention to the fact that several thousand young Canadians were starving in the city and occupying public buildings, and the Trades Council felt that it was an obligation upon the part of the Government to supply these Canadians with food and shelter. Replying to the telegram, which had been referred to him, the Hon. Norman McL. Rogers, Minister of Labor, felt that the policy followed by the Government of British Columbia and the Federal Government "Is in the best interests of all concerned". The policy apparently is that these men should return to some other province, from whence they are alleged to have recently come, and await the work which tne Government of those provinces an sup posed to have waiting for them. Auto Workers* Charter Is Hung Auto Mechanics Lodge No. 1382, International Association of Machinists, got sway to a good .tart wh.n the charter wa. Bung, th. membera initiated and officen in- ■tailed by Organiser Harry Arbuckle on Tuesday, May 31st, In Labor Headquartera. Organiser Arbuckle gave the members a lot of good advice nlative to the use and abuse of union cards and the advantage! of union membenhip, which wai very much appreciated by the membenhip. The union meeta on the second aad fourth -to-day. la She -Matin Room 316, Labor Headquarters. This union is the reiult of two monthi of org.nis.tion work by Organiser Arbuckle and it i. expected to show s steady and continued growth. Local Gas Stations E-aplojlMea Painters All the well known Gaa and„Oil companies operating statioai ia Vancouver and vicinity, with tha eneep- tk>n of the Imperial Oil <fc_aaaay, are employing memben of Painten Loeal 188, says Ed. Smith, Busineas Maaagar. ws The Imperial Oil Com pany an paring the uaioa Male of but have aot yet agreed to recognise the anion. Negotiatioaa, however, an still going oa. Look for painten label whea haying gaa. Pacific Lime Employees Strike Another strike is in progress at the Blubber Bay plant of the Pacific Lime Company. Last July then was a strike of two and a half months duration which was eventually settled in favor of better wages and working conditions. Since that time the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, under whose jurisdiction the union operates, claim that the company has practiced intimidation upon the active union men. Three Labor Department conciliations have been called in this year to try to settle the dispute and in each case the decision was in favor of the men. The company refused, however, to abide by the decision so an Arbitration Board was applied for and the decision again favored th. men, .long with reinstatement of 23 former employees. Again the company refused to abide by the decision of the Board and there was no other alternative for the union to do but call a strike. Strike action was taken on June 2nd aad involves over 100 men not including those who were to have been reinitated. Tbe union claims that had it bwn possible to cil th. strik. two month, ago wh.n orders for agricultural lime was being Ailed, the itrike may have been settled quickly. AU the red tape of the Industrial and Arbitration Act however haa Snvented thia aad the Ana to aew i a poiition to prolong the itrike. The union asks that all tha pro- ducts of tha PaciAc Lime Co.jp.ny be placed on the unfair list and that thto be extended Into the Wert Coast Porta in th. U.8. , Conference NORTH VANCOUVU DAIRIES North Vancouver readen are herewith Informed that there, are aow two union milk eompantoa delivering milk to the home, ia that district. Williamioa. Dairy hai baea taken over by Turner's Datoy, which to a union dairy, and the Associated Dairies 1. th. other aaioa Arm. Harbottli'i Dairy to still bob- Memben af Painters' Uaioa, 188. an aow being employed oa the Flnt Narrowa bridge. *osar ..srswflMrPP Acting oa a communicatioa fnm tha CTC.F. Iseaeatic Conference Committee, tha Eaecative Committee af tha Trade, aad Ubor Council ncommended to the del-gate, in the eon-Mend opinion of tha Board, thto Continue. Committee is a dual movemoBt to the Trades Couaetl aad mur be uaed to aademiM oar orgaa- laatloaa. No aaioa affiliated with the Council sbeald attaadithto pro- paaad eonfereuee, aad W. (Mar, wbe rigaa the latter aa ehairama, jatsd to a tn» WCW. . Uatoa, -beau retire aa aatil sweh thaw aa ba dto- Tba raaaaMMdatiM at Ska I m ■ ... ..,,< fei ,H _ I Pegs Two THE LABOR STATBS-tAM Union-made Bread, Cakes PHONE FOR THE UNION BREAD SALESMEN 1 MeGAWS LTD. Phone: lay. 4*74 COWAN-DODSON IAKERIES LTD. Phona: Fair. 434 ROBERTSON'S BAKERIES LTD. PHONE! CARL. • HASTINGS BAKERY Phone: High. 3244 CANADIAN BAKERIES LTD Phone: Fair. 44 BROWN BROS. BAKERIES Phone: High. 14 WOMAN'S BAKERY Phone: Fair. 1195 CAMPBELL'S BAKERY Phona: Fair. 4494 GOLDS BAKERY LTD. Phona: High. 2S37 Nanaimo, B. C. CANADIAN BAKERIES Ltd. MeGAVIN'S LTD. Bakery Salesmen's Union No. 189 UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 GIBSON'S DAIRY PRODUCE CO. (Wholesale Only) Seymour 7S5I GLENIURN DAIRY Highland 4110 HILTON DAIRY LTD. Fraser US VALLEY DAIRY, UMITED leyview 883 ROYAL DAIRY. UMITED Fairmont 1284 TURNER'S DAIRY LTD. (ladapeaaeat) Fairmont 2100 DOUGLAS DAIRY; High. 4447 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY; Glenburn IS9 STEVE'S DAIRY; Bayview 2192 TWIGG ISLAND DAIRY (faa-reaaert) Fairmont 8212 • RICHMOND MILK PRODUCERS LTD. Highland 42 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Naw Wettminstar 1448 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve your patronage "BUILD B. C. PAYROLLS" A Can of Milk a Dayi A I _f\f«v eltvss*. nan aaa —m* ears am. saa. a «... tola ie a» mas *t *tt. X, wa. to *a* ******* at a*****, tu _,!_■____. * ■ ___,# *t*aaWasaath*a ■IfMOT *fJh~*m-~*m N ffMW A Uli.SIS tee*, a. at. Pacific Milk 1 < 100 per tent. Britith Columbia Owned and Contrasted MBIT THB FRIENDS AT THB PALACE PARLOR 35-37 WEST HASTINGS Opp. T* Oil. Enillsh risk * Chip. The Labor Statesman ruiLismo mar tb.sid-t n tux man at usea BaAD«o_B-__. -r-acsavia. ac Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster a_d District Trades and Labor Council. a W. WATTS, Mea. -****. gabstrlpt-OB Bataa: 11.00 per Tear) to Uaieai, it pat mamaat per -Math. MMB.I WatB-om* shfi 14 Vancouver, Canada, June, 1938 SPENDINC-LENDINC PLANS In dealing with the unemployment situation upon the part of the various governments, one gets the impression of a dilapidated, broken- down piece of machinery th.t Wkea great effort to .tart and a decidedly greater effort to keep going. It seems to take much more red tape, grease and what have you, to get work projects under way and unemployment relief schemes operating or applied than is necessary. There has not been a single day during the regime of the present governments in which unemployment waa not rampant in every part of the country, yet it seems that the governments never really admitted the seriousness of the situation, and just as soon as there appeared to be a pick up in employment or trade, the governments stopped .11 plans for further amelioration of unemployment. It is quite true that governments have made some feeble attempts at providing work for the unemployed, and have even provided relief allowances for such people, but these efforts have been so puny that the situation was only intensified. Every relief worker, every relief recipient has not only added to the spread of unemployment but it has doubled and trebled the costs that anv properly organised and operated work scheme could have been done for. This city, this province and this country's resources are still untouched. There are thousands of people whose need for food, clothing and shelter is so great that were these needs only half filled, every able-bodied man could be working. Every bite eaten, every thread worn, every home used, creates a market for more goods. Every need for another loaf of bread, a pair of shoes, a shovel of coal or a new chair provides a job for another worker in the satisfying of that need. And every time another worker gets a job and a fair wage, his needs and his ability to buy creates more jobs. The only draw back to the development of this job- creating process is the fact that industry is run by private capital. And private capital has the habit of laying off workers and closing factories just aa soon as the purchasing power of -the general public begins to decline. The purchasing power declines because more has been produced than the purchasing power of the public can conaume, and every time a worker is laid off it adds to the decline of purchasing power, hence the cycle goes round: and round and gets worse. This is where the governments ought to step into the picture and create jobs out of the natural resources of the country. If private industry cannot provide jobs so that the population can live decently, then there is no excuse for the government to let such a situation become intensified by ignoring the fact that it is a government responsibility. The government in the United States is about to launch a four billion dollar lending-spending scheme and once this gets under way, it is bound to help the situation in Canada, but if the government acts the same in the future as it has done in the past, it will immediately sit back and wait for the decline, which eventually must take place. We feel that the small efforts now being made by the governments in public works schemes should not only be continued but intensified and that in the meantime efforta should be made to take advantage of the ever- recurring cycles of depression, by planning a steady improvement in wages and purchasing power and a continuous reduction in working hours without a reduction in wages, as organized labor has long advocated. The time to .tut on such . plan is right now, when the uptrend is in sight because when the decline sets in everybody desires to retrench and spending schemes are met with too much opposition from those who are supposed to pay the costs. Billion Dollars For Low-rent Howe Plan By A. F. of L. Weekly News Service Washington. D.C The Building and Construction Trades 'Department of the American Federation of Labor and the United State. Housing Authority finalised a nl»n to speed up the billion dollar low-rent housing and slum clearance program which the Housing Authority is administering with the signing of an agreement designed to prevent work stoppages and pay reductions on the projects. The Executive Council of the A. F. of L. department approved two resolutions providing that there shall be no cessation of work ia jurisdictional disputes until the unions involved and the Federal and local housing authorities have full opportunity to adjust the differences j and second, wage rates established when a project is begun shall remain effective until it ia computed. The finalising of th. agreement was announced by Walter Price, acting director of the labor relations division of the United States Housing Authority, and Herbert Riven, secretary-treasurer of th. A. F. of E. Building aad Conatractlon Trade. Departmeat Tho- Qmr Jap ami Under the above title, The Reader'! Digest. May, IM _««»*•-*»» following article, accredited to Robert Benchley. "The Japanese nam to have hit on a good -chime for lolling their goodi in the world market — they juat change th. nam. of their asan- ufacturing town to wit thearorld'i market taate. Whin the Bwadiah match manufacturer patented "Made in Sweden," tbe Japanese re-named one of their numeroui island, to "Sweden," aad made match., there. Recently they re-chriitened a village "Maccleifteld1', end now sell the eflk manufactured there is "Maccleefteld •ilk", thui doing iwiy with any prejudice English buyers might have againat Japanese silks, The opportunities of this system, once you have overcome a slight squeamiah- ness in your ethics department, are limitless/' sXada I. U.S.A.—J.M« Business Week is also quoted by the Digest as follows: "When Americans began to boycott "Made in Japan" goods, the Japanese re-named one of their towns "USA". They stamp a big "Made in USA" on products made there—toothbrushes, for example— and put the required "Japan" in tiny letters, thus fooling the casual shopper." War Impouibls Without Mon.y Modern warfare is enormously costly, as well as deadly. If any nation cannot sell its goods abroad, and purchase war material, then it cannot forever continue to make war. Canadians who desire not to assist Japan in her murderous campaign in Chin, can help best by rigidly inspecting every article purchased, by refusing to accept goods made in Japan, and thus make it impossible for Canadian merchants to purchase Japanese goods. No need here to speak of the Government subsidies paid by the Japanese Government to enable her manufacturers to compete in world markets since if we refuse to purchase these goods the bonus fails in its purpose. Our best way to assist China is to refuse to purchase Japanese commodities in any form at any time. White Helps In Winnipeg Campaign Winnipeg.—"If there is one thing th.t i. going to be . protection for the workers .gainst Fascism in the future, it will be a union," declared Fred White, amidst prolonged ap- Elause, at the Winnipeg Trades and abor Council meeting held recently. Introduced by Grant McLeod, Mr. White stated that he was in the city for the purpose of helping the general organising committee of the Council, and particularly the International Typographical Union, in their drive to organise the unorganised. N Mr. White is from Calgary and is the president of the Alberta Federation of Labor, and takes an active part in the political as well as the industrial labor movement. He eom- filained bitterly of the treatment of abor by the present Alberta government. Laws already on the statutes for many years were not being enforced as they should be, and much needed amendments were almost impossible to secure. Job Insurance b Shelved In Canada Ottawa—Premier King's hope of securing consent of the several provinces to amend the British North America Act to enable Parliament to enact a national unemployment inaurance act was dissipated recently when the New Brunswick provincial legislature adopted a resolution requesting delay until the Rowell commission on Dominion-Provincial relations reports. This is not surprising. In a communication to Premier King a short time ago, the New Brunswick government voiced opposition, and expressed the fear that the proposal might p.ve the way for a further curtailment of provincial rights. The Quebec and Alberta governments are also opposed, although Premier Duplessis of Quebec suggests that Parliament enact an unemployment Insurance act to become Agree_ntnts S4f_-J klUny Gtie. In addition to the renewal of ur.en.ont. exiiting *****!£* |«* mar. Ib most cam bringing into affect Increawd hourly **•**>"*** and improved working condition., the following new •P**""*.*'? been brought particulari_r to the at- tentlon of Tradei Congresi of Can- "_Iembers of Local 488, International AisocUtlon MaeMaiato ess- ployid by the Saint John, N.B., pry- Socle and Shipping Company have received a wag* increaae of IS}- P*r cent with proviiion being made for payment of time and one-half for work performed up until midnight; double time to be paid after midnight and on Sunday, and holidays. Th. union is recognised aa the bargaining agency for the employee! In matten of wages and working condition!. Vice-President, James Som- erville and General Representative, George.E. Murphy, assisted the local union in the negotiations. . A two-weeki' itrike of taxi driv ers in Toronto was successfully terminated when agreement was reached between the Livery Owners Association and the union providing for substantial improvement in the weekly wage rates. While drivers are to be paid on commission, a minimum of $12.50 is established. Under the new pact all driver, must become and remain members of the union which it is agreed is to be the bargaining agent for the employees. Of general interest was the strike called by the Canadian Seamen's Union on the Great Lakes. The dispute arose over refusal of the shipping firms to hire, members of the Canadian Seamen's Union unless they transferred their allegiance to a newly formed organization which the seamen claimed was brought into being to break up their union. Response to the strike call was sufficiently prompt and effective to cause the employers to concede the right to their employees to join the organization of their own choosing and guarantee no discrimination against the strikers. "Pat" Sullivan, presi- det of the Canadian Seamen's Union, stated that the new agreement also provides that officers of the organization are to meet representatives of the companies on matters affecting the members. Longshoremen at the port of Montreal, members of the International Longshoremen's Association, Local 375, receive a substantial wage increase as a reault of negotiations with the Montreal Shipping Federation. The basic rate for loading and unloading general cargoes is raised from 60 centa per hour last year to 77 cents for the current season, while payment for the handling of bulk cargoes such as grain is set at 92 cents as against 80 cents last year. Important improvements were effected in general work conditions through an agreement reached between officiers of International Longshoremen's Local 1567 at Pic- tou, N.S., and lumber shippers, MODERN DRESS Bill Schelble's wife had been on a visit to Paris. On her return they were about to go to a dance when her husband perceived that she was wearing a gorgeous backless dress made in the latest fashion. His remonstrances having no effect, he had to give in and accompany het. At the dance a friend came up to him. "Hello, old man," he said, "how are you? I see your wife's back from Paris." "Paris!" muttered the infuriated husband. "You could see it farther off than that." HICH TRIBUTE "Is she very pretty?" "Pretty? Say, when she gets on a street car the advertising is a total loss". operative when the provinces pass concurrent legislation, a. ia now being done with old age pensions. Tne Rowell commission is studying the whole question of Dominion- Provincial relation, and it may find a way to solve the problem. But there will be no legislation on the subject at th. present session of Parliament, to the disappointment of all clssses of worken. 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Send for tha girl with tha Sight.Savint Kit. Phone B.C. Electric, Seymour 5151 GOOD TR5T6 eaasr -. aaswsaissl vaNiouv-. VICTO.W This i.v-rt-iial la at puMfahcd or -isaUye4 by the Liquosl Control Beard, aer hv the Province of British Columt.!. ,/ i,j llllW I r° \ T*T Anywhere - Any Time I By Bat ■ Airpfaa* , StaaawMp I Uf.U. t HUH* nu PACIFIC STAIihS £_. ._&. •SWASH ROCK PRICE ON HEADS OP CREEK _ jLA»ORCH.BPB^^ Reward, ranging from approximator 111.000 to ,ie,000Whave b**n '".****_,b» •** _U«tetoe__h> gov- to a bulletin inaad hy the I tional Transport Worksrs' tion at Am_i.rd.rn, Hollaac, a fthe leaden of.tka Ores*, whieh waa sappri-wd by < ?r-htp, are now serving ] hat a few anaaged to W&ti*.:' '••.x'.y e* laws, tm TMt LAaOt «TATltMAM Trades Union Directory \ LAPPS MEADQW-JIT--R-. RMH MATTY BTREET ^_^i_^_^__g B_a*t7 asl OwtnMi.wrr WssUsss' ta. HO*** V-U-. Local III —Busl- Agent, J. tfrydaoo. Ill Beatty 'hone Beymour IKS. ness St.; Phon. —"3lnesiT3_iiai_.. T. J. Hawla. 411 Homer _jj__j_g _j__r_a.Br StSS. 'ury. A. Ave... *•-*-_-«,. I_m»i 1S«—ssc _.._Fraser, ISTS Hon Street Bookbladsra' VBtn. Loeal 115 — Secretary, Miss P. MacDonald. Knst 4Sth Ave. Rec. 2326 Boot aaa BkN WMtsn* Vain, No. BOS -Secretary, o, Morris, Hllieott at. Brewery Works*.* Valoa, Local MS— Secretary. A. Bowers, 1207 Cameron Ave.. New Westminster. Rankin., SSI Bricklayer.* ValM. Local No. 1—W. 8. rmgnall. 400S Perry 8t. arilee, Btr B-iarsreed Ruslness Agent .. .. , neatly gt, jaymour TtSS Secretary, I1W. Watts. Ill Beatty St.: Phones gey. S27S, Trln. .SIS. »___a_- avals. OeiUMU — Secreury. William Page, IIS Beatty St.; Phone Trinity HSS. TeSreSrV *1|_£^« .«£«% HlghUnd SltS. Cannery Werken, Jam, Fruit and Vegetable Loeal No. 10B—Secretary, V. B. Jackson, lis Powell St. eseSaetSs* Local Union SIS—Baeretary, R. W. Hatley, 111 Beatty at, Trinity 4316. Carports-., Loeal last (New Westminster)—Secreary, A. B. Corbett, 1514 Inverness St., New Westminster ..meat ____*_», Mwl ITS—Secretary, A. Wilson, llll Onurlo St.: Phone Fair. 404S-T. Olty BaU S.BMIII, Local II—Mere* tary, j. Tarbuek, 1117 West Blev.nth, Ei'iiott'•..-__. Civic Bmploy.ii' Valoa (Baraaby), No. 25—SecreUry, T. O'Connor, SS46 __________ St. Civic Bmal-rt-s'traloa, Looal BS—Busl- ncHt. Agent, W. J. Scribbins, 195 East Pender: Phone Douglas BBSt. Dom.ttlo Wortwi' Uaioa, No. 91—Sea. rctary. Mildred F. Dougan, 3147 EaKt Heorgln. High. B99SR. aiMtrteal WMrikars* Stale*. Loeal 111— Business Manager. B. H. Morrison. Ml Beatty atreet, aeymour SI IS. Blevatai O-aetraater*. Looal SI—Secretary. R. Holmes, 111 Beatty Street, Seymour f 415. annatsrs, XeiaMag tit* WaeteM*, Looal 115—SecreUryTJ. Flynn, 111 Beatty Street: Trinity 4MB. n_»Hff_s_wrw iy* '.fflWMWBflrm^ MssklWUrtf _o.ee, No. 181—SecreUry, H. Walsh, ills Douglas Road, Now Westminster. ^,l»n_^Y»^•,•,,'",,• * -SmSOm-w. ea* *****m — H. DoofUuVllt D.wsoa Bullllni; Sift. Trln. Local 14—SecreUry. Wm. Bymlngton. llll Edinburgh St.. New Westminster. w3i?B55t%!Sffil? Local . Showier, HISiW Wats*. LmsI SSI Saer itary, John Browne, III W. Broadway. Sulfa 1; Phone Mr, SS.S-L. __„ , Local 141 —SecreUry, F. W. Smith, 8117 Dunbar: Phone Kerr. 907-R1. SSulaUu* traloa, Leeal Ml —Business Manner, B. A. Jamieson. Ill Seymour St.: Phone: Drag. ISSS. ftST" ft£-$S$SS_ 'ttuBSSrTtt Smith. Ill Bwtty Street, gey. liji. Res.: lev. 4S1I-L. til. -Mm. aa*. Wis... BBSSgss__ Loosl t.lt-B.olnoe. -*****'..A. A. Tatton, 141 W. Haatlmi, Sey. TOTS. aeSHsn, L.e.1 19 —SecreUry, W. Pais. Ill Baatty it, Seytaear im. ^reU^crj|rTtf&rL Street, K-rrl-dal- 1SS-L. Local ITS— BirB-.tty Looal ltl—SecreUry. T. H Po-iton, TIB Second St.. New Westmlnstir. Bhet. Bagmen, Local 14—1. V. Mor. phy, llll Weat SSth, Bayview llfi-T Mnm aad Chief Btswards, LomI ISO —Secretary, J. S. Hale. 531 Beatty Street: Phone Fraser 1353-L. BaUway Panes., Local Be. IB—SecreUry. C. Williams, ISIS Venablsa St.- Phone High. SSS1-R. Ballway Oemes. Leaga We. MO (Port Mann Shop-)—Secretary. R. Mitchell, 71« Gloucester St., New Westminster. Beta.1 Olsrlis* jm-Staat-W.1, Local 279- Secretarv, t). Mexwell. «15 went Hastlnm: Sey. 9310. ■MS am wenwA Locsl III—Business Manager, Dan Macpherson. Bll Beatty Straet. aeymour 7411. I BheM Btot-1 ******** (W*Ut***X Local 114—SecreUry, • Oeo. Watson. 1109 Baat llth. Bai-aeers, atatloaary, Local ««2—Secre- tnry, E. W. King, P. O. Boa 1102: Sey. 1110. . ., - - r* ■-*- Bag-Men, Beko.1 _ad tl»t«*»Ss«.. Looal 913-Secretary, J. L. Enefer. B2S Bast 4Bth Ave. nun SecreUry. Tit* i_*«e. tary, Chas. Baehaafe Bmaloyeee, Local B-Tl— reUry. D. Flnlay. 1141 Burnaby gt. i, Olty, Loeal SIB—Secre- A. Watson, llll B. llth. live SPifMna, _. 251—SecreUry, B. Nlaon, i Bew -..-—~_v._,ary, _. m St., New Westminster. _.. Looal •2B llth I Deatral «nwk Stiver.' traloa Leeal SI. I —President, R. Atkinson: Secreury, Blrt Showier. I euss Workers, Local IM—International 1 Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhang- er_, Decorators of America. SecreUry, Norman J. Bajus, 4181 West llth. I Botel aaa BesteareM employees, Local ■ 21—Secretary, W. Stewart; 702 Dunsmuir Street Trinity 17IS. I Inland Boat-tea's Vale, at Ox* BmSBs. t. a. V. ef A. (B. 0. Btvtalra)—Secretary, Jarnen Maskell, 47 Powell Street, Vancouver. I lnur.etls.al Loagskmssm*. _ tie.. No. 33/121 —Secreury. L. J. Hillier, 281 Main St.. Beymour 1411. I Jewelry Workers' Valoa—Secretary, W. RIchardBon. 4825 Lanark 8t. I Ladles' CMnaeat Workers' XateraatumaJ 1 Valoa, Local 271—Secreury. R. Jack- son, llll Porter 8t: High. Illl-L. I Laaalty Workers* lateraatleul 1 Local 221 (New Waatmlnatar)- Ury, Mary Mill., 714 Fourth Avenue, New Weetmlnstsr. I -Itkegrsyaese. Be. 44.—Beeretary. J. A I M. Addle, 417 Bast llth Ave. I tusker aaa Bawwau Wmnsaea* Wa, 1 Lee-l ana (Lake Oewte__.)-a«-»- ury, J. c. Bailey. Bos 11, Lake Cowlchan, B.C. "|| Classified Ads. iBrleesi BllvaSs, OSB BBC 00.1 M-Bl. SN BMnrard L.korm. Fedenl Valoa, Na I2S—SecreUry. K. Kennedy, .108 Ea-t Enplannde, North Vancouver. lira ud notorial Fslateis, Local 721— Secretary, Jas. B. Collin, 4461 James St.: Fair. 42SS-L. Btmecnpaen, *r«M. aal Baekkeep- ers, Looal 1I1T7 —SecreUry, Anne MacDonald. Ill Beatty St.. Sey. 749B Btoae Oattera, Journeymen of North America—Secreury. Frank Halt. 2911 Bast 42nd; Carlton I4S-R. Btereotypen aad Bloetrotnen, Local 88 — Secretary, R. M. Myles, 3569 met Ballway B___.ley.ee Division V —Business Manager, Fred Orltfli Prior Btreet Car Barns, Trinity 411 _._ln, 4111. Tallon, Joaraeyaaea, Local 171—Secre. tary, J. Cormack. 477 st 44th Ave. ttest Bttvw*. Loci 111 —SecreUry. c. Mclvor, 727 W. llth Ave. •heatrloal etage._STsssl.rs-., Local lit —Secretary^ H. Feafson, Orpheum .■a—iia.klaal VBtaB. Loeal 121—Secre- ^ryjTRrr?.lS-BEida. IS- Beatty St.. rry Ne tin. United Oarmaat Workan Valoa, Local 190—Secretary, W. R. Harrison. 3046 West Second. VMtel Flskensum's Valoa af B. O., Local No. 44—SecreUry. M. B. Quest, 114 East Hastings St.; Seymour 7016. Vpholatann lauraatloaal Valoa, Local 306—Secretory, R. Hall, 1632 Burnaby St. Wankoaseasea's Valea, Local ni, LB. of T.C.S. ft H.—Secretary, H. Seed, 2411 East 12th Ave.: phone High. 4184a MACHINIST PASSU Andrew Miller Stewart, a gold edge member of 36 yeara member- I ship in the International As.oci.tion of Machinist., p»ssed away thi. weeh .t his horn, in Wnt Vancouver. Grand Lodge Representative H. Arbuckle and other members of the Machinists' Union attended the funeral. Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaulti Offer you ebiolute protection lor your tecuritiei et leu then . cent s d**/. SOXES, 12.50 A YEAR UP. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Seturdeys: 1:30 to I p.m. 402 WUT rlNOI* STUP I.C.MININ« lUILDINft 4H _______ I_____s_____ttt Th.ro haa been an iaereasa of 400,000 in the membenhip of unioni affiliated with the HrlHih Trade Union Congress, higher wage ratei r.ising the weekly income of ap- proxim.Uly 3,920,000 worker, nearly tyto and one-half million dol- lata, and a succesaful driva to enroll white collar working men and women in the labor movement Within the last two yean, membenhip of the unioni affiliated to CongreM ha. risen by about a million n.w entranU. Thii organlnd boat, represented by Congrew, ia today quite four and a quarter million, embracing a very wide variety of industries, trades uid profenion.. Th. British tr.de union, hav. an annual incom. of approxlmaUly fifty million dollars and their reserves aggregate over 80 million dollars. These figures .re significant when it is borne in mind that all unions maintain a system of trade and friendly benefits representing cash returns to their members aggregating millions a year. 2242 Idle Youth Are Given CCC Jobs Washington, D.C—The great service performed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in providing jobs for jobless youth w.s revealed in the fifth annual report of Director Robert Fechner, who said that since its establishment the CCC. had given employment to 2,242,000 unemployed at a total cost of $1,920,000,- 000. "In my opinion," he said, "the results achieved through use of CCC men in advancing conservation projects have been, or soon will be, so great ia dollar value as to offset the dollar cost of the program," Director Robert Fechner i. • member of the International Asso ci.tion of Machinists and was appointed to this job by the Federal Governm'ent of the United States. Theatrical May West Goes Labor-Conidoui New York.—"Come up and see me some time. And bring your union card." That was Mae West's new line, as the curvaceous beauty came to town with $40,000 worth of gema and 10 trunks of finery. But somewhere in those 10 trunks were some books on economics — and a Screen Actors Guild card. For Mae, like so many other film stars, has gone social-conscious, and you sing a song of social significance if you want to gain her ear. Interviewed in her suite at the Sherry Netherland on her arrival in New York for a week of personal appearances, the scintillating Venus with the come-hither appeal told how Hollywood has become labor-conscious. Everyone is talking economics, politics and the labor situation and giving benefits for Spain and China. To keep in the social swim you read. Mae is half through Plato and loves it. While in the metropolis, Mae talks union backstage to the troupen. And while talking to this writer, she suddenly asked: "S.y, where is your union card?" I searched my pockets and replied meekly I had left it home. She was sympathetic and went ahead with the interview. HENPECKED. PERHAPS "I've worked under the aam. boa. for 20 ye.n". Petronite Oar Advertisers! Railroad Ubor WiU Fight Wage Slash By A. F. of L. Weekly News Service Washington, D.C. — George M. Harrison, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association and a vice president of the American Federation of Labor, told President Roosevelt that the twenty-one national and international unions whose members are employed on the railroads will put up a one hundred per cent resistance .gainst the proposal made by the managements of 139 railroads for a 15 per cent wage cut, effective July 1, affecting approximately 925,000 employes. It was estimated that the wage sl.sh would .mount to about $250,000,000 on an annual basis, Mr. Harrison informed the President that labor found the wage-cut proposals absolutely indefensible at . time when the nation was seeking to find the road to recovery. The wage reduction scheme waa voted at a meeting of the Associa- | tion of American Railroad, in Chi- 1 ego, attended by mor e than 100 railroad executives, including most of the presidents. PHOENIX RETAIL CLERICS SIGN UP THREE STORES Phoenix, Arts.—The Retail Clerk. Union here report, excellent pro. Ken in its campaign to organise od store worken, union agreements having already been, secured with three important concern!. The well-known Union Store Card now adorns the Market Wholesale Grocery, O'Connor*! Grocery and the A. a. R. Food Market, and others are expected to be displayed won, a. additional itorei are signed ap. Th. thirty-fourth coaveati.a af the lateraaUeeu- Alliaaca of Theatrical Staaa latpl.yi.s aad Moving Pictare Machine Operator* ef the Uaited Stata. aad Caaada coaveaed June 6 in Cleveland, Ohio. The convention, which lasts through the week of Jane 6, will he attended by more thaa 900 delegatea from 700 local unions. Con.ider.bl. interest will cater on the biennial report to be submitted by George E. Browne, International Priildent of the Alliance. During Mr. Browne's tenure of office, wage scales aaid working condition, hav. been vastly improved and the membenhip hu been substantially increased. Ai a result of Mr. Browne's efforta Hatty- wood studio worken have obtained the fint closed ihop in Southern California. "We shall leave theory to the campus economist, and the curbstone jurist.," asserted Mr. Browne In a pre-convention statement, ".nd attack our problem, in practical and re«li.tic fashion. We ot the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operaton of the United States and Canada are an integral part of the amusement business. W. seek to obtain steady employment at proper wage levels for our membenhip and to maintain the jurisdictional integrity of the IATSE. To that end my1 administration bends every effort." The fint local of the IATSE was organised more than 50 years .go .nd today the membenhip exceeds 50,000 workers engaged in the legitimate theatre, motion picture studios, motion picture theatres and allied fields. The IATSE is the dominant labor organiution in "show busineu" and is an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. Portland Dock Workers Favor AFL Portland, Ore.—The most spectacular of the C.I.O. attempts to raid the A. F. of L. International Longshoremen's Union here has been decisively beaten by the men themselves, who votet) five to one in favor of remaining in I. L. A. supercargoes and checkers' locals. Of the reported total of 164 membera of I. L. A, union 38-78A, 142 cast their ballots in the recent 60- day open referendum on the question of affiliating with the C.I.O, or remaining with the A. F. of L. Of the total votes cut, three were blank, 115 were for the A. F. ot L. and only 24 for C.I.O. affiliation. Following this decisive victory, the union unanimously passed a motion precluding any further C.I.O. discussion, thus completely rebuffing the few individuals who had attempted the "raid" on the I. L. A. local. PegeT-see A Home Improvement Loan WILL TRANSFORM YOUR HOME! When you borrow money to improve, extend or repair your home you ere investing in your own comfort end pride of ownership. A few dollan wisely ipent een tram- form your home, provide modern refinement! you have long wished for and make postible rapain and exrentiom often badly needed. Home Improvement Loans can be arranged et any branch of The Royal Bank. No security or endorsers are required, but borrowers mutt be able fo retire their loam in. the stipulated period out of Income. Repayment it made by monthly instalments, spread over a period of from one to three yean. For loam over $1000 . the period may be extended to five yean. the ROYAL BANK of canada U.S.S.R. Workers Will Receive Social Service Moscow.—Worken in Russia will receive this year the sum ot 6,000,- 000,000 rubles (approximately Sl,- 132,000,000) above their regular wages in the form of social insurance and other social services. The budget of the All-Union Council of Soviet Trade Union., just approved, shows that more than half of the total sum will be expended for payment, for temporary disability. Appreciable sums are also allocated for care of mothen and children, support for sanatoriums, vacation places, sports activities and excursions, and labor inspection. The social insurance fund is provided by industrial enterprises and is calculated according to rates fixed by the government for a definite percentage of the total payroll. Although all funds are supervised by the trade unions, employees do not contribute anything from their own P«y- 00,000 CALIFORNIA CANNERY WORKERS CET AGREEMENT Positiv. assur.nc. ot labor peace in northern and central California's Seat fruit and canning industry has en realised by the blanket agreement between reprnentatives of the American Federation of Labor cannery worken uniona and the California Processon and Growers, Inc. The blanket agreement, covering 60,000 cannery workers, is uid to be the largest union contract ever negotiated in California. It recognise, the union (which i. defined as meaning "the California State Federation of Labor and the cannery worken union which hu adopted this agreement") u exclu.lv. bargaining .gent for the employe!. NOT FIT TO PRINT A school girl wu required to write an esuy of 260 word, about a motor car. Sh. submitted the following: "My ancle bought a motorcar. He was driving in the country when it broke down. I guen this is about 16 words. Th. othar 226 are what nrr ancle aaid when he wu walking back to town, but they are not fit for publication". ___^ OVER tIT "Hey, milter! Yer engine's smokin1." •Well, it'i old eaough". SAME PIN I QUALITY Oil PILSENER Proudly maintaining the •ante Sn. quality that won two flrat prl.es at the British Empire Brewer. Exposition, London, 1936. VANCOUVER BREWERIES UMITIO THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS NOT PUBLISHED OR DISPLAYED BY THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OR BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A. E. HARRON North Vancouver; Phone N. V. IK J. A. HARRON F>6 Tenth Ave. B.: Phone Fair. Ill iarrntt 8ro0. Sumtrfo FUNERAL DIRECTORS 66 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 184 COMPLIMENT* OF . . . McGAVIN LIMITED BUTTER-KRUST BREAD CAKES BAKERY SERVICE RED STAR DRUG STORE "Thc Mail Order Druggist* Ws seen. . Bpeolal Wt*t% «. 3%, BOT A AXX Oa—S-T, r fins tSaX Alls. Booelft -__*OeVTBB. B.O. ■—~—~—- _—__——_——- WHEN YOU WANT FISH—TRY YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH RESTAURANT MASTS «e WE SELL MORS P18H THAN ANT RMTAURANT IN CANADA English Co-op Signs With 33 Tnde Unions Manchester, England (CLNS). — The Co-operative Wholesale Society has just concluded a contract with 33 trade unioni covering the employment of 66,000 employees in the co-op. wholesale and it. affiliated productive works. The blanket agreement sets up conciliation m.chinery, recognises the principle of the closed shop and agree, to employ only members of trade unions approved by the Trade Union Congress. Conciliation machinery is already in operation covering the 118,000 employee, in retail co-operative.. The new agreement will Ht up .imi- lar machinery covering employee, of C. W. S. SPOKANE LABOR SETTLES HOTEL LAUNDRY STRIKE Spokane, Waih.—Whea attorney! for the Spokane Hotel agreed in Superior Court here that the laundry would not he operated In the future, union representative! agreed that picket* would be withdrawn. Thai the union won the beiic point of the .-month-old controversy, ln that aa operating laundry must have an agreement with the laundry worker.' union. An application for an Injunction aad a damage action filed by tbe hotel management were dkuauaed aad similar action wai anticipated la tho eaae of the. Davoapor. Hotel. With a flnal working out of an arrangement satisfactory to lahor, it waa hoped that Spokane will mou have a major hotel available for convention, aad ilmtlar gathering* of organiied labor. Demand'" DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES A Health CssUs Simply MkUmt DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY (B.C.) UMITED see Klagsway, VaaMUMr. R. C. Union-Made Shoes CUbo's Shots Stem ^PW^OMPMF W "_^-WW~^-_r **W*W***>*m ******¥ This edvertlsement Is nrf published et <«igays<l ey HwJ.i^uer Wrttrel Government of British Columbia. ;_■?■- ■ ■V4', ft 0 m >vi t ■ Page Four NOTICE! The following companies heve signed agreements with the General Truck Drivers snd Helpers Union No. 31 -T-rWVlWwnSWSn ******ar** *m**a* rrtONii T8INITY 1*01 Arrets Trees?er Ce. Ltd. mONIilAYVIIW7l7 A-M0Cl*4t#4 ft*Om*m\*wWf SHOW. IATVHW M4 #fW 9*W9MtW*fw \sf*_m •A. d *s***W**W**§W e mat nMNfc'flUNffl. ■• ***** DtftflCt TOWflfOM #M Del)vary Co. Ud. SHONIiSIYMOUKSIM PowfiMfi I MOf#f# Ltd* PHONI: HIOHIAND tM lurk. » Wood moNii sivMoua isti •urrerd Cartage Ce. Ltd. PHONI: HIOHIAND 1114 fcyee Cortege end Storege Ce. PHONIi SIYMOUR MIS Campbell's Storege Ltd. PHONIs StYMOUft 71*0 Centre! Transfer Co. Ltd. PHONIi DOUGLAS SSIO Chess Ires. Ltd. PHONIi SEYMOUR SOS Cherlie's Delivery PHONIi SIYMOUR mi Columbia Cortege PHONIi TRINITY ISIS Comet Delivery ft Cortege Ce. PHONIi SIYMOUR ISIS Crone Storege Co. Ltd. PHONIi SIYMOUR MM Crown Cortege Co. PHONIi KY. ltll I. CReeid Transit Ltd. Fraser Valey Freight Lines Chapman's Meter Cortege Ltd. PHONIi MYMOUR THI Eagle Time Delivery System PHONIi SIYMOUR MM CW.FtissoN PHONIi PAIRMONT MM Freser Transfer PHONIi SIYMOUR SM7 Johnston National Storege Ce. PHONIi TRINITY IMI King's Motor Cortege Ltd. PHONIi TRINITY Mil Mainland Transfer Ce. Ltd. PHONIi SIYMOUR MM Merchants Cortege Co. Ltd. PHONIi SIYMOUR IMI Notional Transfer Ce. PHONI: SIYMOUR SMS North West Messenger Service PHONIi SIYMOUR SMI Owl Messenger end Transfer PHONIi TRINITY MIS Royal Transfer Ltd. PHONI: SIYMOUR S SklWng't Transfer PHONI: TRINITY 4322 Service Messenger Co. Ltd. PHONI: TRINITY MSI Snappy Service Trantfer PHONI: SIYMOUR 4SJ3 Terminal Cartage Ltd. PHONI: SEYMOUR MM 300 Trantfer PHONI: PAIRMONT 3M Wellt Cortege Ltd. PHONI: HIOHIAND MOI •JWJ The co-operation of all Trade Unionists and their friendl in patronising the above companies will be appreciated. THE LABOR STATESMAN ^B*B*S**********A *i The following firma arc on thc "We Do Not Patrooiie" lilt of the VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER and DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL: DAIRIES Crystal Dairy, Jeney Farm. Dairy, WMtvi.w Dairy, Powell River. FUEL Reliance Fael and Heating Co. Lealie Coal Company. FOOD PRODUCTS Burn. a. Co. Product.. PLUMBING bbM HRATINO Mitchell Bros., RESTAURANTS Edaa Cafe,' Peter Pan Cafe, Waldorf Cafe, White Lanehei, THEATRES Hollywood The.tre. TRANSFERS Broadway Msneager Service. SIGNS AND PAINTERS Victor David Neon Signs. David Decorators Ltd. SHEET METAL SHOPS Mitchell Bros. SHOE REPAIRERS H. Price, US E. Broadway. Loadaa Shoe Reaew, Granville St, I CAM N«w Umms Orftwxed ThrMfkeot Canada Throughout Canada organisational activity proceeds apace aad saw unioni organised and chartered daring the pa*t month include the following: Recent addition, to tha Boater of Federal Uniona chartered by the Trade, and Labor Congraai of Canada include St Lawrence, Kingston- Ottawa Pilots' Association No. 188; Canadian Navigator.' A-weiatioa, Ontario-Quebec Division No. 188, alio Groat Lake. Division No. 140 of th. same Association; C.N.B. Special Agent., Montreal Union No. 181; Toronto Red Cap Homager. Union No. 184 aad Drumheller Civic Employee.' Union No. 186. At Port Arthur, a now local of the United Brotherhood of Carpenten and Joiners of America wa. installed. Plan, are under way to establish another loeal ot tha United Brotherhood in Fort William. The musicians of Port Arthur have also formed an organiution and application ha. been made to the American Federation of Musicians for . charter. In Halifax a charter w.s presented by George A. Smith, president of the Halifax Tradei and Labor Council to th. newly formed loci union of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers of America. Another charter received in Halifax was that of Local 671, American Federation of Musicians. At St. Thomas, Ont., Organiser Fred. Molineux of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorator, .nd Paper- hanger* of America, recently organized a new local union. John W. Bruce, Representative of the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfltters, has also Instituted ■ n.w local in St Thomas, chartered ■s No. 694 of the United Association. In Smith Falls, Ont, two new locals were organiied under international trade union charters. The International Association ot Machinists est.bli.hed . n.w union to be known as Loci 1387, J.s. Campbell, special representative of the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helper, also instituted * new union ot blacksmiths. Civic Employ...' Federal Union No. 136 wa. established in Drumheller, Alta., as a result of activities of the recently chartered Trade, and Labor Council of that city. Largely through the effort, of Canadian Representative, "Al"' Ba_- tien, of the American Federation of Labor, a trade, and labor council wa. set up in Sherbrooke, Que., a charter being iseued this body by the Trsdes end Labor Congress of Canada. W__u-_pefOrgaa_niif GLinufii htawfied Encouraging and wall attended meeting of the Organising committee of the Winnipeg aad District Tradea and Labor Council with 16 volunteer organism from est. lished uniona present Th. Canadian repreeentative of the Joaraeymea Barbers' International Union; tha Palates.' and Decorators' Union; the Hotel and Ret- tauraat Uaion as well aa eeven bast- net, agent, of local union, ware in atteadaaco. Plana were advanced to continue and intensify the general organlss- tioa work, the preliminary stages of which are now ander way. Although .art nicely started, excellent progress reports were received indicating work, accomplished in the printing, upholstering, bar- baring, hairdressing tradn, ai wall a. among th. Retail Clerk, and Needle Tradea workera. Arr.ng.rn.nta war. mad. to hav. literature printed for general distribution. Reports received indicate that at least six more field men of the different International Unioni will be arriving soon. Ontario Carpenters Want Act Amended Toronto.—Revival of the building industry is, to a great extent, contingent on a Federal Housing fscheme. Frustration of the good intentions of the Housing Act and the Fair Wages Act are incongruous. Consequently, in tbe larger centres, most of the house building is done by cheap, unorganised, and often inefficient, labor. People .till have the old-fuhioned, foolish idea of judging the cost of . man by hi. hourly rate rather than the efficiency of hi. work. The "cheap" man often proves to be a bad bargain. All local unioni arc requested to write to their district members of parliament pointing out th. necessity of amending the Housing Act to conform to the Fair Wage. Act House building would take up the slack of our building trades' unemployment. We need it to act aa a counterbalance to our present, casual employment. Hamilton is trying to negotiate an ■greement for increased pay. Ottawa report, considerable unemployment there for carpenten, in spite of misleading advertisements to th. contrary. Woodstock L. U. 8116 is welcomed .. th. newest Ontario local. Steady Increase In Wnnipef Membership Reports from local unions showed a steady increaae in membenhip, end . constantly rising strength of those affiliated with the Council. Organiser Sykei, of the Retail Clerki' Union, reported th.t they had applied for affiliation aad a charter. Excellent progress had been union would approach the Safeway- made and it was expected that the Piggly-Wiggly management for an agreement at an early date. Office worken, stenographers and clerks launched a drive to organise the "white collar brigade" when they packed the hall to the doon at a meeting Tuesday night. "BILL" BURR. HAMILTON, SUCCEEDS LATE FRANK HEALEY For many years business agent of Hamilton Local No. 700, Wm. J. Burr wa. recently appointed Canadian Representative of the International Union of Operating Engineers to succeed the late Frank Healey of Niagara Falls who had occupied the office for many years. Mr. Healey passed away on March 9th. CIRCUS TO OPERATE "CLOSED SHOP" An event of unusual Interest wa. rn.de known recently in Toronto, when M. T. O'Donnell, representative of the American Federation of Actors, announced that the Garden Bros. Circus had signed a closed shop agreement with the union. According to Mr. O'Donnell, this the flnt Canadian circus to operate under union regulations. Efforts ar., he stated, being extended to organise vaudeville, night club and banquet entertainers, including chorus, throughout Canada. SASKATOON LABOR OPPOSES IMMIGRATION SCHEMES At a meeting of Saskatoon Trades and Labor Council, thc question of immigration wm the subject of discussion and a resolution was unanimously adopted reaffirming labor', policy that there be no assisted immigration schemes launched by government! until such times a. worken already resident in Canada have been re-established with a normal st.nd.rd of living. The discussion wa. the reiult ot introduction of a resolution in the Saskatchewan Legislature declaring sgainst immigration at thi. tim. and fear was expressed by a number of delegates that the opposition to the resolution inferred a desire on the part of the government to revive immigration activities. Not Sore Who They Are Dealing With Herbert Morrison, chairman of the powerful London County Conncll, now touring the United States, made the following pertinent remark, at a banquet tendered to him by organised labor in New York. Referring to the British Labor Party and emphasiiing the need for political independence, Mr. Morrison stated: "We are broad enough for everyone who accept, th. ideal of socialism and of democracy to come within our ranks—all", he added amid laughter, "from the dustman down to the duke". He gave two reasoni why the British Labor Party c.nnot admit memben of the Communist Party: 'Flnt, because we find it difficult to accept protagonists of on. kind of dictatorship to assist in th. defence of democracy. Second, because owing to Moscow control, we're never sure who we're dealing with". Five-Day Week For Vancouver Printers As a result of arbitration recently concluded, memben of Vancouver Typographical Union employed in newspapers received an increaw of 10 cents per hour for diy work .nd 11 cents per hour for night work, making the wage scale $39.76 par week and $43,60 per week for day and night work respectively. Seven and one-half houn per day for a five-day week will be in the new agreement. FLINT BAKERS' UNION PREVENTS WAGE SLASH Flint, Mich.—The loeal Bakera' Union successfully resitted an attempted 10 per cent wage cat, announced by the Home Dairy Company the flnt of last February. Announcement of the cut followed the usual line of "neceaiary economy", often used ai an excuse to lower wage standards. White the union was prepared to strike if necessary, negotiations were followed through patiently and with ultimate success. Only effective organization of the baken prevented the wage cut and It wai understood that some other employee! of the firm, In other department, that ar. not organised, would be required to accept the cut a. originally announced. Garment Workers Strike hWmnipefbSettbd "Fifteen .talking employeei of the Canadian Sportswear Company have won s complete victory, and the company agreed to the demand, of the worken," declared L. VassU, Masking on behalf of th. Needle fades CouncU, at the Winnipeg Trade* and Labor CouncU meeting. Cemgaay Refused ArMtratU. "The company had broken the agreement end refilled to arbitrate, so a 1005- walk oat took pleee," ha itated. The picket line waa maaned aad tha worker, refund the offen of a couple of hoodlums, who approached them, using anti-swamc propaganda, and stating they were from the Fasciit party. ™The Fascist party was fsit becoming the acab agency," stated Mr. V.ssU, who urged that worken mast not only fight Fascism in Spain and Quebec, bat also right in Winnipeg. The Needle Trade, ar. well organised aad ready to do their part to protect the worken, he concluded. Halifax Workers Have Two Wage Disputes Halifax. — The lituation in the can of the Plumben' Union, tor the 16 cent! an hour increan, hai not yet been settled. The other three units of the Building Tradei, painten, plasterers and carpenten, have accepted the 6 cent an hoar increase, while It Ii undentood the Electrical Worken have arranged a satisfactory arrangement. The cue of the Acadia Sugar Refinery Worken, ai to their resuming work there, is also undecided, but both cues are now being considered .nd . solution is expected by the week end. Creosote Workers Apply For Board The Winnipeg Tr.de. and Labor Council will take action in support- ing the Creosote Worken to apply for a Board of Conciliation, under the M.nutoba Strike, and Lock-out. Act. Thi. decision wu made u a result of the worken to re.ch an agreement with the management of the Canadian Creosoting Company. Negotiations hsd been carried oa for an agreement to include seniority and overtime righti, is well a. an incre.se in hourly and piecework rates. The protest to a loeal firm offering teapot., made in Janan, as a pre mium, had resulted Tn tbe company stating that they would avoid all future purchase! bf then goods. It wss also stated that paper companies would be approached and aaked to carry boad with the union water mark. Chflfiwack Council Grants Union Favor By courtesy of Mayor Barber and the Council of Chilliwack, the MUk Driven and Dairy Employeei Union, Local 464, hu been granted the use of the Board of Trade room in the City Hall, In which to hold their Union meetings. Local 464 wishes to voice our appreciation for this most friendly gesture and to commend the Mayor and Council for their willingness to co-operate with our memben in the Fraser Valley in this moit helpful way. UNIONTOWN BARBERS WIN STRIKE FOR UNION SHOP Uniontown, Pa.—A brief itrike by memben of Journeymen Barbers' Local Union No. 604, affecting 32 Uniontown barber shops, brought a firompt victory, with 16 shops sign- ng up after the strike had been in effect only half a day, with negotiations for settlement continuing with the other 16 shops. The barbers, who had been getting 76 per cent of the first $83 and 60 per cent of all over that amount, had asked . change in contract that called for a straight commission of 70 per cent. The former contract had expired March 81. The contract, signed recognise the union demands. CANADIAN SEAMEN'S UNION HOLDS CONVENTION Reports submitted to the recent convention of the Canadian Seamen's Union, held in Montreal, showed a remarkable growth la membership daring the past year, having increased from about 100 to 4800. During the meeting strong eon- damnation wai voiced regarding the reported signing of a contract between a number of shipping companies snd the Canadian Brotherhood of Ship Employeei, a dual body which it wu charged repre- sented but a small fraction of the men employed on Canadian shlpa. Tha Canadian Seamen'i Union ii a part of the International trade union movement which embrace! mon than 170,000 memben in Caaada. NEW LONGSHOREMEN'S LOCAL ATPICTOU, N.S. At a largely attended meeting held at Pictou, N.8., long.hor.man decided to organise ander charter from the International Loagihoro- men's Association. Th. new anion ttarta off with practically a 100 per cent org.nls.tion and-, deterralaed •Ifort to to be mode to improve . wagea aad working conditioni af the worken concerned aa hu ra- raitad from org.nls.tiow at othar I psjrta in jthp Marttim. province. The UNION CARD in All SAFEWAY and PIGGLY WIGGLY Stores • ANNOUNCEMENT To Gtizens of Greater Vancouver • We, the employeei of SAFEWAY and PIGGLY WIGGLY STORKS are proud to advise ths public of Greater Vancouver that after mott agreeable and friendly negotiation! with the management, aa agreement whieh is most lath. factory to na haa been concluded between SAFEWAY STORES LTD. aad oar union, which is loci 279 of thi Retail Clerks International A-socUtion; affiliated with ths Vancouver end New Weatmlnatar Trades end Labor Council and the Tradw and Labor Congnse of Canada. At no time during negotiations did tha management discourage organisation bat oa the other band have bna moit helpful Neither waget, houn nor condition, of work were at any time point, of lira., and both the num. agement and ourselves feel that the union shop card will bt an added .srar.no under whieh we work. In fact — after negotiations were completed the compeny voluntarily offend ui a wage agreement which will during the next twelve montht reiult tn $32,000 greater earnings tor the 265 employeei la tome 75 stores. We hope that thia organiution stop, tha flrst in our line ef busineu in British Columbia, will be of intereet to our nuay friends across the counter and ws alw take thia opportunity of voicing our appreciation tor the co-operation of Mr. u W. Haley, the president, and the management generally, ia bringing about thli agreement. Signed— J. A. STINSON (President) Safeway and Piggly Wiggly Employen Local 279 of tha Retail Cleric* International Association. 'It's So Easy To Talk by Long-distance Telephone" i "I used to ba nervous about talking by longdistance telephone," said Mrs. Cribbling. "I thought I would have to lift my voice and screech in order to be heard. But I know better now. It's really so easy. "I talked to Aunt Jane in Winnipeg the other day, and—would you believe it?—we chatted away just as though we were both in the tame room. "I'll be calling her often, now that I know it's so simple." B. C. TELEPHONE CO. Thii advertisement Is not published or _ : Board or by tho Government i by the Liquor ' ish Columbia. UNION TAnonvAMES •eckerd Ceba; Sey. 7111 Terrnteel CJry Umo^aem Till YeeWCafcej Sty. 7141 Ster Cefc United •fcyirwMrt.il ,T_,_t2K* _• _f***«o smn rUINJTVM SAUUMUN. PACT tnett mtb nh ncwm ww bmmi Uaiea Na. ItU, canst* IT stares MN| wm flppVMNMNMy Mf •W*W*m *■____. __________aA __a __________ f____ _l_a_t *** •*tVS*maJf YV*a*Pa*r* , m Of an* **U am BM Ml m ruifcH wW» tl»B«teU
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