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"« Of ZhoWNED AHD CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 VANCOUVER, CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1935 PRICE: 5 CENTS labor Bap Coition The world has never yet come to the point where there w__i nothing to be done. In the moil "idle" timet, when ihopi ere closed and men are out of work, there it always much that should be done. This is a mystery: With so much to be done, why should there be idle times? Solve this riddle and you will create a new earth. ••V:- •* Patfe Two THE LABOR STATESMAN BRITISH COLUMBIA'S MOST POPULAR BEER! This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by ihe Government" of British Columbia. Vancouver Breweries Ltd. DICK'S Limited Corner Hastings and Homer e SUITS YOU'LL LIKE FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN Prices: *20 $25 *30 *35 William fljffjfr Limited Pioneer Laundry and Dry Cleaners, Ltd. "A CompUt* Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service" SEYMOUR 8334 "Haa. Cast ii Moderate and (he Work Excellent" 900 RICHARDS STREET * VANCOUVER, B. C. United States Trade Continues Upward All lines of business continue to report progress in the long, hard pull oui ol ihe depression. A number ot industries this week told of gains that are spectacular, wnl.e soul, business leauers optimistically predicted that the country ,s at lasi headed towards prosperity. t-arauoxicaliy, these advances were made during a period of declining employment, payrolls containing lewer names man during earlier months ot thc year. It is also significant that while Dusiness is expanding plants, Increasing profits and dreaming dreams of the "good old days," tne cry gains volume lor wage reductions and nour increases, while Uncle Sam is roundly damned for feeding the needy. Stock. Going Up It is difficult to reconcile these unreasonable demands with the following harbingers of better days cuneu from the week's news: Accord.ng to a Wall Street Stock Kxi-naiiKi- compilation, more than two billion dollars have been added to the value of utility shares during the last six months, most of the gains Having been made in the last lew weeks. Evidently propagandists against the "holding company" bill wasted their solicitude for widows and orphans. *1 he national income lata year, the Department of Commerce reported, wia $49,440,005,000, a gain of $5,000,000,000 over lt»33, but .till $28,000,000,000 abort of 1829. Motori Ready to Expand The July automobile output was 32 per cent larger than a year ago und the highest since 1929. General Motors is so optimistic over the outlook that it proposes to spend .-_,-0-.U_. on expansion pians. ituick Motors has also set aside tl.,_-.,-._ tor new plants. Dun & Bra-Street reported that retail sales have gained 45 per cent during tne year and hailed this as "evidence that recovery has taken a firmer grip." The National Retail Dry floods Association says it looks lor a further increase in buying ot from HI to 16 per cent during the tall, which will be the top since 1981. Steel, long considered a reliable -ai-utneier, moved ahead 4.6 per cent lust week and its plants are now operating at -1!) per cent of capacity, compared with __.- per cent a year ago. Farm implement makers »aid they are having their beat year since 1930, and a number of concerns which have been an the "red" for five years are sanguine of substantial profits, thanks to the improved condition of agriculture. Swope in Prophet's Role Electric output is on a record- smashing spree and Gerard Swope, president of General Electric, told a New England audience this week that "prosperity lies just ahead." Evidently it has arrived for Western Union reported earnings of aj_._8 per share for the second quarter, against 73 cents last year. To what extent fake telegrams sent to Congressmen, by utility lobbyists figured in that showing is not disclosed. Notwithstanding textiles have been making a poor mouth, American Woolens reported a six-month profit of $501,000, which contrasts with a $585,000 loss last year. "The best half year in our history," company officials boasted. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FAVOR UNION LABOR One hundred per cent unionization of all employees of King County, Washington, over whom thc Teamsters' Union Local No. 17-1 has jurisdiction seemed assured following an enthusiastic meeting recently at which fifty-three drivers employed in the North District- made application to join the Union. South District drivers came into the Union some weeks ago. County Commissioners John C. Stevenson nnd Jack Taylor huvc given every assurance that King County's trucking operations will be on a strictly union basis and that they will employ none but union drivers. SAGINAW, Mich.—AKLNS)— The agreement which Gcyer Bros. Brewery of Krankenmuth, near here, signed with the Brewery Workers' Union, practically cleaned up Michigan breweries for union wages and hours. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Robert Fechner, Director of Emergency Conservation Work, announced that the CCC will virtually double its educational facilities in order to provide courses for about 500,000 at its camps next winter. Civic Work Policy Condemned by Union One of thc resolutions forwarded to me Congress convention by the Vancouver trades and Labor Council as presented by the Civic Employees Union, Local 28, asks Congress to condemn tne practice of Using relief labor to do muintainance worn and urging that all this kind oi work be made available to all Citizens regardless of whether they are on relief or not. ft appears that quite a large number ot civic employees have been laid off from time to time from operating and muintainance work and that at different times work has been undertaken by the city on this kind ot work but instead of using thc lormer regular employees who were familial- with the work, that men have been taken from thc ranks of relief recipients and put onto this work. The union feels that this policy is not a good one as it deprives an efficient workman of a job and interferes with his ability to pay taxes and his efforts to maintain a decent standard of living. Membership Drives Started in New York (By A. F. of L. News Service) NEW YORK, N.Y—Thc International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Longshoremen's Association started drives for new members along the waterfront, following thc dismissal of a suit for an injunction brought by a group of trade and shippers' organizations to prevent the unions from "interfering" with the movement of nonunion freight to and from thc piers. The dismissal of the suit gave the unions complete freedom to make full use of regular union methods to persuade workers to enroll in the ranks of organized labor and to convince employers it is a financially sound policy to deal with bona fide unions in determining wages, hours and work conditions. Most of the Ontario breweries are now fully organized, largely through the efforts of Canadian general representatives and general executive board member, John Gavin, Toronto, the latest loeal union to be chartered being that of the Blading Breweries in Ottawa. Winnipeg Active a Organization. A local union of'the Inter- Ladies Garment Workers lc been organized In Winnipeg,! the active efforts of the Council and I nternatioul ft Sam Herbst. The local wfUU as Local I nion No. 226 _. will be Bcnl to the TradeaC,, Organize. Ilergstein of tbe Hatters, Cap and Millinery! Union is in the city and'. propose to leave until he t_ a union for that craft. The Trades Council hast. thc International Fur Worker. asking for mi organizer, aibj assisted by the Council in or_ a local of that organiutiot city. President W. J. Nelson rj sent the Council as delega: Trades and Labor Congress tion in Halifax. Union May Provide Jobs For Si. Garment Workera Tile Ua of Girli Defended b. U Mayor ALEXANDRIA, Va.-J union wages in a ne* (aes expected to be provided soos employes of the Century Si_r. ufacturing Company who n .strike a month ago again. under .3 n week. Officials of the United t Workers announced this aa negotiations have almost Depleted for the establishnK union-operated pants facto, which will employ the striken, whom are women. The strike, although Ml 123 employes, was given a prominence when Mayor E. C. son not only refused to peri police department to smasi lines but caused the am* factory own. said to have pickets with Davison ia urer of the I of Machinist ifter the 111 . vaulted foil lis fists. I i-neral secreta. i er national m Prisoner: There goes my la I run after it." P. C. ('use.: And not com No. You stir here and 111 nt the hat! A RIGHT TO SPEAK RICH SAFE CLEAN MILK3 We feel we te a right 8 offer best wi is fo Orgs'* zed Labor oi abor Day. f" we ire all-Urn"" Dai:' _. Associated Dairies Fair. 1000 Valley Dairy Boy. 553 Steves' Dairy Bay. 2192 Royal Dairies C. J, Kearney <& Co* Ui UNDERTAKERS 808 BROADWAY WEST [•HONE FAIR1 y ■iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii l|FY and DEMAND .ENTRY" iRAND eb#S-LINES- TWINES i in a Canadian fac- loy Canadian work- Icduct that meets all petition, both on a fyand price basis. ada Western dage Co. Ltd. pater St., Vancouver 7 at Maw Westminster. B.C. ■aiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllir THE LABOR STATESMAN Impressions of International Labor Office Parley in Geneva Page Three fVARM WELCOME waits you at the SAINIER J M for the big ■ Friendly Neon Sign finier Hotel p most up-to-date leh-Mliment Parlor P Carrall Street •ad Cordova Sey, 236 ▼•ncouver, B.C. ■X-vOO We Hotel Limited ffhe Finest Parlors in rc»er; seating 500 '"ays Friendly to 0r.anized Labor | GRANVILLE STREET Vancouver 3ev. D, avis, Mgr. pYourWint Fuel from er's ut« Springs > Virg Co. Ltd. ■•! Doug, 5199 , A labor meeting where each the lid off speakers remarks are immediately Nation-wide translated into five languages and relayed through ear-phones to each delegate was described to Labor this week by International President Dan W. Tracy of the Electrical Workers. Tracy was a delegate to the worldwide labor conference held by the International Labor Office of the League of Nations at Geneva, Switzerland. After the conference adjourned he made a trip, observing labor conditions through Germany, Prance. Italy, Belgium, England and the Irish Free State. He returned to Washington this week. Every civilized nation in the world except Germany was represented at the Geneva meeting, Tracy said, h'ive languages were used simultaneously but with practically no delay or confusion. Interpreters Buay "Each speaker," Tracy explained, "would make his remarks into a microphone. His words were carried to interpreters in sound-proof booths. As rapidly as the speaker talked, each interpreter would translate what he was saying into another language and relay it to the delegates. "There was a device like a radio set with earphones on each delegate's desk. The delegate would put on the phones, turn the dial indicator to 'English,' 'French,' 'Italian,' or any of the five languages he could understand. If he could understand the speaker without translation there was no necessity for using the earphones." This translating system and the device were invented by Edward A. Filene, Boston department store owner, and donated by him to the International Labor Office, Tracy said. En_l:th Enjoy "Boom* Tracy brought back the news that England is experiencing a building "boom." ln London, he said, there is now practically normal employment in the building industry. In other English cities unemployment hns been substantially reduced. Other trades are also being benefited, he declared. Ireland, Tracy said, is hard hit hy England's tariff wall. Thc big Ford plant is closed down. Many other industries are moving to England. Germany is about the only remaining source of foreign trade for the Free State. Tracy found Italy up to its neck in war hysteria. Factories are working at top production to turn out materials for the expected conflict with Ethiopia. If Italy fails to wan there, "Mussolini is through," Tracy declared. Germany Is Boiling Unrest i3 boiling in Germany, Tracy said, but no reliable prediction can be made as to when it will "blow and overthrow Hitler, wage cuts in France have brought on a condition close to civil war, Tracy said. The International Labor Conference at Geneva was the first one in which the United States has been represented. Tracy made a comprehensive report of its proceedings to the A. F. of L. The conference was composed of labor, employer and government representatives from the various nations. Tracy was appointed vice chairman of the workers' group. ln his report, Tracy listed nine 'accomplishments" of the conference. Foremost, was the parley's decision to recommend to all governments of a 40-hour week with i eduction in wages. Most Liberal Parley "When it is borne in mind that the conference in two previous years lias voted down the 40-hour week, this conference must be looked upon as much more liberul and as recording a great advance in world opinion coward labor's contention," he said. This vote is especially significant when one considers thc voting basis of the conference, Tracy pointed out. Under the set-up, Labor and employer delegates from each country huve equal voting power. But the government representatives are allowed two votes to every one of labor's and every one of the employers'. And frequently government delegations have been composed of employers or persons with an employer's viewpoint. "However," Tracy said, "it should be stated that governments have very often voted with labor during the past two years. Labor Influence Felt "When labor has influence with its government nt home, that government can become u power within the conference for furthering labor's aims. The American delegation was quite friendly to thc aims of labor ..lid. generally speaking, thc labor, employer and government representatives from this country voted as a unit on important matters." International relationship appear to be growing, Tracy said, pointing out thai radio, fast steamship lines and airplanes are linking "nationalistic nations almost against their will." "The result is that a great many zones of international relationship are controlled by Big Business or by governments which are responsive to Big Business," he declared. "If labor is to have influence in these international xones, other than that now exercised through contacts with labor movements of the respective countries, it must either build its own international meetings or operate through the International Labor Office." Labor Day Made Lawful in 1894 (By A. F. of L. News Service) The 1884 convention of the American Federation of Labor started the movement to secure the enactment of legislation making the first Monday in September a general holiday for the workers throughout thc United States. A. C. Cameron, a delegate from the Chicago Trades and Labor Alliance, introduced the following resolution which was unanimously adopted by the convention: "Resolved, That the first Monday in September of'eaca. year be set apart as a laborers' national holiday, and that we recommend its observance by all wage workers, irrespective of sex, calling or nationality." Organized labor during the next ten years devoted its attention to securing the enactment of laws by State legislatures making Labor Day a legal State holiday. Up to 1893 23 States enacted Labor Day laws. Labor Day Bill in Congress In the early nineties officials of thc American Federation of Labor started a movement to have thc United States Congress pass a law making Labor Day a national legal holiday. Shortly after President Grovcr Cleveland convened a special session of the Fifty-Third Congress, in August, 18113, to consider the serious financial question which hod developed, Senator James H. Kyle of South Dakota, Representative Amos J. Cummings of New York and Representative Robert De Forest of Con- nectictlt, introduced bills setting npnrt Labor. Day as a national holiday. The Kyle bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, of which Senator Kyle himself was chairman. The committee favored the enactment of the measures. The Senate took it up for consideration and passed it on June 2_, 1804, after a Bhort discussion. The House of Representatives passed the bill on June 2(1 and it was signed by Speaker Crisp of thc House of Representatives and by Vice-President Stevenson, president of the Senate, on June 27. President Grover Cleveland affixed his signature to the measure on June 28, 1804. And thus, 12 years after Peter J. McGuire suggested to the Central Labor Union of New York City that one day in the year, the first Monday in September, should be set aside as a special holiday for working men and women of the United States, Congress enacted and President Cleveland signed the Kyle-Cum- mings bill making the first Monday in September of each year, "a legal public holiday." Gompers Announces Victory In his annual report to the 1804 convention of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation, announced Labor's victory in thc following brief statement: "National Labor Day—It affords me pleasure to be able to report that the demand made by the American Federation of Labor for making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday .Msled Congress and was mad.*?law on June 28, 1894." The Canadian Bank of Commerce Has 20 branches conveniently situated in Greater Vancouver, where you are assured of courteous and efficient banking service. A~*++f\^*\\, ^m ::B^_B.a' 1 _____________-'-____-_________L___i 11 PH-w^J ij_tj|l A savings account may be opened at any branch. Why not start one today and insure yourself against future uncertainties? A small sum deposited regularly soon grows into a substantial account. 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ISI Page Knur T H E L A 13 O K STATES M A N Sepierabj (j/IJ+<j},w l^m^Tcri ViMCt^mJkmm \ u tm*M The Sun is Vancouver's own newspaper, owned, controlled and operated by Vancouver men. Its news columns are designed for Vancouver readers—its hundreds of features on all phases of "home problems" have won for it a high place in Vancouver's community life! Join the ever-growing family of subscribers to your "home town" newspaper. r *-.. _5SW»i»™ ^VANCOUVER SUN HOMEOF HtBISCUirSa 100 PER CENT BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCT A Burning Question! Have you tried the COMMONWEALTH Mutches? Thc most "striking" that money can buy; The wood will not bend, crack or splinter. Or the heads fly into your eye. They burst into flume on thc instant, On thnt you can truly depend; No fuzzing or spurting with these, sir, They keep alight up to the end. So burn up COMMONWEALTH MATCHES And give un incentive to trade; In addition to being so "matchless" You must know they're Canadian-made, DE LUXE BRANDS: MAGIC TIP GOODLITE MADE BYA 100 PER CENT B.C. COMPANY When you buy Home Gas you have the satisfaction of knowing that every cent of your money stays in B. C. to boost the prosperity of this province. "YOU CAN BUY NO BETTER" HOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS UMITED Roosevelt Signs Bill For Social Security WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Bill in the presence of a number of notables interested in unemployment insurance, old-a^e pensions and child health protection. In a brief address to the uroup Mr. Roosevelt said that although the measure will afford some degree of protection to .'iO.UOO.OuU people subject to the hazards of unemployment and old-age indigency, and an increase in services for children and the sick, it would probably never be possible to insure the whole population against all thc vicissitudes of life. He also expressed his conviction that the bill would provide a vastly improved economic structure. The President's remarks at the signing ceremony follow: Protect Million* "Today a hope of many years' standing is in large part fulfilled. The civilization of thc last hundred years, with its startling industrial changes, has tended more and more to make life unsecure. Young people have come to wonder what would be their lot when they came to old age. A man with u job has wondered how long the job would last. "This social security measure gives at least some protection to 30> wOO.OOO of our citizens, who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old- age pensions and through increased services for the protection of children and the prevention of ill health. "We can never insure 100 per cent of the population against 100 per cent of the hazards and vicissitudes (if life. But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age. Sounder Economic Structure "This law, too, represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means complete—a structure intended to lessen the force of possible future depressions, to act as a protection to future administrations of the Government against the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy—a law to flatten out the peaks and valleys of deflation and of inflation—in other words, a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economic structure of vastly greater soundness. CCC CAMPS CLOSED TO RECRUITING AGENTS When the army opened its drive .July 1, to recruit -16,500 new soldiers, it was under orders from President Roosevelt not to go into CCC camps for "rookies." The President made it clear that the CCC should be kept a strictly non-military organization and was not intended to serve as a "feeder" for the army. The 46,500 increase in the army's enlisted personnel was recently authorized by Congress. It will double the size of the army's fighting force, as all of the recruits wilt be assigned to vombat units. • • e • The Canada Year Book 1934-35 Tin- .f III. ,■ nubllcatlon "f the 1984-85 edition i .no Canada Year Hunk Is announced iy the Doneral Statistic- Brunch ot the Dominion Bureau of Statistics,. I In' Canada "fear Book is the official statistical annual of tin- country and contains ;i thoroughly up-to-date account of iim- natural resources ot the lionnn- i,„ ii their development, the history of Hi iintrv. lis Institutions, Its demography, tho different branches oi production, trade, transportation, iln- ai education, otc—In brief, a comprehensive siiulv within the limits or a single volume or the social and economic condition nt th. Dominion. This now i-(1111.111 h;is boon thoroughly revised throughoul and Inoludos In all its chapters the latest Information available up to the tliitt' of going to press. The 1034-36 Canada Year Hook ex- t.'inls I., over 1260 pages, dealing with every phase of the national life and more especially with those susceptible of statistical measurement Attention may be specially directed to the simis- tlcal summary nr the progress of I'uu- ada Included in the Introductory matter and giving n ploture in figures o_ the remarkable progress which the country has made sfnee thi' nrsi census of tin- Dominion was taken in 1871. Blxty-four years ago. Attention may be called tn some i.r the special features of the present volume, There is Included In Chanter 1 « brief description of Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada, which is of special Interest to those who travel either in the (losh or by radio, There will be found in Chapter III u discussion ,.r tho Representation Act "T 1033 mill u special nihil' Bhowlng tin. populations, ns in 1031, nt' each i>r the new electoral districts whicll will return representatives to Parliament ut the approaohlng general election. Probably the most extended presentation <>r tin' results nf tin- census nt' 1031 ihut will appear In ilu' Year Hunk Is tu be found in Chapter IV. where religions are cross-analyzed hy racial origin r..r the llrst tlnii'. anil several new elnsslllcn- linns ure added to the seotlon dealing wiih birthplaces; the chapter closes with statistics of tin- areas und populations of countries nT tho Hellish Knipire for the years mil. mm and 1081, nnd of the countries of the world fnr 1031, Tin- Mines und Minerals Chapter, together with the discussion of the new dlscuverles of eenlinniie geology 111 Chapter I. will be of interest <u those who ure concerned with this rapidly growing branch of our economic life. Again, attention may be direeted tn the Improvement <>r the Introduction to the External Trade chapter us well un tn Hie liual BtatlStiCS Uf the fellSUS uf Distribution ond Services nf 1030, to which tins been added a more summary treatment of retail trade baBed upun u 86 tu "it per cent sample or nil retail trade and covering the yearn mill tu 1033. Iii the i.ahur and Wages Chapter may he noted the ini'lusinn nf tallies Bhowlng both the occupational anil the Industrial distribution of the gainfully occupied population of the Dominion ns in 1081, In the I'uhile Finance Chapter appears, for the tirst time, a comparative utiiilysls or prnviiu'lii! revenues. expenditures, assets ami liabilities mi the imsis agreed upon nt the Dominion- I'ruviiieiui Conference of m:i:t: atlili- tional material regarding national Income Is also liu'liuleil iii this chapter, The Currency nnd Banking Chapter Includes a deseriptiun uf the new Hunk i.r Canada and a classification uf hunk loans hy Industries und ur deposits by amounts. In the Miscellaneous Administration Chapter (here appears a stuilv ill liiiunr control, liijiiur sales und revenues urlslnn tliere.rnm, nnd the concluding chapter lists the honors and awards made hy Ills Majesty the Kill)! tu Canadian subjects, from the resump- i t the granting i>r titles In Canada (in January, mini to June, 1086, The volume Is Illustrated hy many mups nnd diagrams and the latest available data ure everywhere Included. immigration and trade statistics for the fiscal year 1084-86 and dairying stntln- tles. whieh It was nut posshle to Itu'lude in Chapter viii when this was being printed, will be rnund In the Appendices. owing to the urgent need ror economy in the distribution of government publications, It has become necessary tu make a charge tu nil Individuals receiving the Canada Year Hook. Persons requiring the Year Book may obtain It from the King's Prhater. Ottawa, as long as the supply lasts, ut the price or fi.60, which covers merely the cost uf paper, printing ana binding. A. F. of L Plans to Expel Reds from Hi (By A. F ATLANTIC auguration ol oust Commun uted with the .ii Labor was reen, president f L News !=en| CITY. N.J a firm campi ta from uoIdn American F*| predicted by the NS I who la here presiding at the Iy meeting of the Executii of that organization. Charging that the Cra: were endeavoring to underq confidence of working men men in thc trade union ni1 stirring up stnfe anil iinj ence, Mr. Green said: "When il is dearly prove member of one of our ur.t Red carrying out the order; Moscow Communists the ra be called upon to expel him "Thc American delegatlm Communist Congress in HOI ported that there are now Reds In this country. "While thai number In J sun with the membership of) erlcan Federation of Labor. sequential, nevi rtheless they tribut.il among our trade** each is assigned to a •pee;*1 President Green added « Executive Council uf the ■*■■ Federation of I abor durWl cnt session here would «*>«. to handle thi Commun* in general and particular!' cent amalgamation of an' Communist organization *«', tornational Pur Workersi " thc United States and l{» affiliate of tin American "« of Labor. TEAMSTER HEADS Ma SEATTLE LABOR V Claude O'Reilly, who J active in the labor mover.», 1918, and who has repres^ No. 176. Teamsters and w^ in the Seattle Central WM a number of years, WMW president of the SeatW Labor Council. Karl Gunt « ntrical Stage Employ"* stalled as vice-presid«*, Doyle, who has served »«1 for nearly 27 years, was »■* secretary. Alice Lord, **. claim to being one ol "a members of the Council « service, was Installed a' - , arms. Willis M. "ole':°r ttivcly new member, was post of reading clerK. ■» George Early 'con*, retiring P"9 TSSRffift STRIKING CAMBRIDGE, Ma»svi'. week,' strike of 70 *#| pressmen employed o> a pany, nationally know publishers of this mJ'l by an agreement provW'WJ recognition of the union' a the five-day, 40-hoK *»M of the former l«-"0U,rln,_„J' increase in wages e«"" from 5 to 10 per cent There is good ret**,* that our national W"ft(» baseball or football, M'(k>___„ game of "passing tne Admiral S. K. Evans. Uiber, 1935 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five DAIRIES Vancouver IATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 ION'S DAIRY PRODUCE CO. (Wholesale Only) Seymour 7551 WILEY DAIRY, LIMITED Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMITED Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY; Highland 2228 •VES DAIRY; Bayview 2192 TWISG ISLAND DAIRY Seymour 2877 Km Westminster SOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. N(» Westminster 1445 .VortA Vancouver SOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN i .to. companies deserve your patronagi Manufacturer Urges High Wages and Shorter Hours San *_i '.. BEX-i m oapi on -3-iu ■xxn H _*_ii j;l -le N I -* *j* i _■___. till Cookie Simply Delicious I __ tJ U'S COOKIE COMPANY jn_e^l if Mi I UUD :il rp. _TJT-f ar l"»' irien :ae I it aW ■ w rut. I (By A. F. of L. News Service) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—Robert \\, Johnson, president of Johnson & Johnson, manufacturers of surgical supplies here, urged the united action of American industrialists to establish a "working day short enough to re-employ those who are unable to find work" and "minimum wages high enough for the people to buy what they produce." In challenging employers to accept his plan in order to save the system of private initiative, Mr. Johnson said "there are two roads open to us: "A—The present chaotic unbalanced structure, with high government grants for relief for many years to come. "B—The by industry in advancing the practical application of both policies, even at the cost of temporary losses, until the national consuming power is established on a basis which permits a national and hence an individual profit." Mr. Johnson declared the "NRA was a colossal effort in the right direction." He said it failed for two reasons: "Firstly, it did not go far enough; the forty-four hour week and the thirty-five-cent minimum hourly wage obviously failed to do the job. Secondly, industry itself, guilty of gross shortsightedness, sought and found ways to nullify the effort." "Business leaders," he concluded, "are shortsighted indeed if they be- ... _ ''eve they arc effecting any real !,„,-_ . aooption of shorter economies by working their em- wil..nV^Hh'K„h.t,r PaVn<i an e»?« Payees long hours and paying low willing and enthusiastic co-operation wages." Queensland's One House Shell Technical Government Is Efficient I Engineers Organize Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529531 BEATTY STREET UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH TRADES COUNCIL Baker? la-eaanen, Local lit, I. ll. T. C. and H.—Secretary, Blrt Showier, 631 Beatty Street, Seymour 7495. »<*MT_»«*l .Conf.otlon.ry Worker.' International Union, Locnl 468—Secretary, R. Small, 629 Beatty Street, Seymour 334.. Barbara—International Journeymen of America, Local 120—Secretary and Business Manager. C. E. Herrett, 631 Beatty Street, Seymour 3349. M.lltri' Union, No. TO—Secretary, H. Fader, 2726 Eton Street. Malntananc. of Way Bmployaaa, No. 187 —W. H. Mayne. 2063 Napier Street, High. .0.4-1.. Mental Xoapltal Auenaanta' unioav— Secretary, J. Met). Nlcolson, K-.on- dale, B.C. ■•""antra Dlspanaers' Union, Local 6761* ,_, „ , Business Manager, T. J. Hanalin, Moldere' Union, Milk laleaanen Local 464—1 — Showier, 631 Beatty Street, Sey. 7496. Dairy Banployeea, Local 464—Bus!nes__ Manager, Blrt 402 Homer Street, Seymour 4783. -Secre- Second ■lackamlthe' union, Local 151- tory, A. Armnn, 2048 West Avenue, Bayview 1567-L. •olltrm-l.ro' Union, Local 194—Secretary, A. Praser, 5079 Ross Street Fniser S01-Y. Loeal . John Browne. 638 W. Broadway, Suite li Phone Fnlr. 6.7_-__. 281—Secretary, lite bid"' DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES Peone Bay. 8780 Waal Fourth Ave., Vancoaa. "•■•ad VAN BROS.' 've Apple Cider U0NS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST •«>• Union Soft Drink Firm m Vancouver) ' sit*, to loss T_noa at. -_.r *ma. - J* SJiSf^'.fS.w. !■ ■»*_, We'll Hakt -anal >Wen Rule Bakery CO.. IaTD Rotary public "■ * BENGOUGH I C« ^* •°»~»31 B„«y it,,„ H __M iii" .01 :a.,! :< '">■ Trim,., A l.i.lior Council ^■Made Shoes WRNETTBR6I lltll'U assified Ads. lAiai ■utuuji iUui Mlktkm "Mtt»f• ltr«t Ban. , »»»*T__T| *«'M6., ioa «.„_,_„ w,„ ^ *aia.TSBf "***• t"«">r laaaiunm *«ti5AS; p*'o 'OB u.i. ,••-"■*" CT-"*<>. Wehuy all "i ■''"■'• s I'i'mlM'",', '-" to,-- »U ..,,..,i.iii.'.iIii Head cents. u> siai,,, i, Canadian coins. 01,1 I'.' J , ''"""dlona. Medals. SS 1 I, J',','";5'-,11"1'1' •'«■ Send '""* Si iilr ni1'''' l'r|co list nnd "Mi'il __„" 1',_ii Kuarnnleed or * WnJafSf. COlS »SO», 151- *'' «___., Ontario. Ih.°8h.* of "t'Seiiations be- N«-_._,'. '" C»i8My, wage b »c"jy "oen renewed, thc WW ' four »s in pre- The State of Queensland, Australia, controlled by the organized labor movement, was the first country in recent modern times to establish the unicameral parliamentary system. When the trade union movement secured control of the Queensland Government shortly after the outbreak of the World War, the legislature consisted of two houses. By a majority in the lower house organized labor won the right to initiate legislation and administer the laws. It was handicapped, however, by an upper house consisting largely of anti-labor conservatives appointed either for life or for a long term of years. At first the Tories who controlled the upper house defeated a number of outstanding labor measures. To prevent their program for the workers being sabotaged in this manner, the Labor Government initiated ami carried through legislation which abolished the upper house and transformed the legislature into a unicameral body. The Tories appealed this revolutionary action to the King of England with the recommendation that His Majesty veto the law, but the King, on advice of his Cabinet, gave the act his approval. The Queensland Labor Government finds that the unicameral parliament is an efficient system for enacting legislation. All political groups have representation in the parliament according to their strength at the polls. Bills are discussed and final decision reached by representatives directly elected by citizens to whom them must return for approval. There is no jangling between two houses. When a bill is passed by the one-house parliament it is the law of the land. Book-Inure' Union, Local 106—Secretary, Miss a. Grossman. 2525 Oak St Brewery Workere' Union, Local 300— Secretary. A. Bullock, 2424 West 13th; Phone Bey. 6585-Y. Bricklayer*' Union, Local No. 1—W. S Dagnall, 1442 East 20th, Fair. 845-R. ■ullldlng Tradaa William Page, _ Seymour 7495. Conncll — Secretary. 39 Beatty St.: Phono Camp nnd Secre* High , - - Mill Workers, Local 31— Secretary, T. Umezukl, 544 Powell St. land 2189. Carpentern, Local Union 452—Secretary R. w. Hotley, 631 Beatty St., Sey. 7495. City Ball Employ..., tary. J. Tarbuck, Bayview 2300-lt. Local 69—Secre- 3517 West 25th, Gibson's Dairy Gets Union Agreement The Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees Union report that Gibson's Dairy Produce Co. employ union men and have an agreement with the union covering their wholesale department, which supplies milk, butter and eggs to stores and restaurants. LOCAL TEAMSTERS TO ATTEND CONVENTION The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs will hold their thirteenth quinquennial convention at Portland the week of Sept. ilth. With a membership in excess of 160,000, it is expected this will be the biggest convention ever held by the International Brotherhood. Vancouver locals will be well represented, having elected six delegates in all, being Brothers W. F. Wood, T. Robertson, S. E. Chapman, H. A. Smith, J. Carson and Birt Showier. The Teamsters have a Joint Council in Vancouver consisting of Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employee! Union, Bakery Salesmen's Union Taxi Drivers Union and General Teamsters Union. (By A. F. of L. News Service) WOOD RIVER, III.—Joseph R. Kelahan, organizer of the Mcta, Trades Department of the American Federation ot Labor, forwarded to C. L. Kosemund, president of the International Federation of Technical Engineers', Architects and Draftsmen Unions, whose headquarters are in the A. F. of L. Building, Washington, D.C., an application for a charter for the chemical and technical engineers employed by the Shell Oil Company at its plant here. Inclosed with the application was a copy of the agreement between thc Shell Petroleum Corporation of this city and 14 international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, covering working agreements of the industry in this locality. The agreement includes various subjects, such us absence of employees on union business, seniority of employment, pay period and minimum wage rates, working hours, overtime, vacations, holidays, etc. In addition to providing for a federated committee consisting of five members of the union who deal with representatives of the employers, thc agreement includes a comprehensive system covering routine submission of complaints and also provisions of arbitration to prevent suspension of I work. The various crafts already Ironworkara, Btmotnrnl, Local 97 signed up contain specific stipula- • tions which are particularly applicable to individual crafts. Civic Bniploye.a' Union, Local 28 — seoretary. Walter Scribbins, 195 East Pender; Doogjas 5591. Blaotrlonl Work.r.' Union, Local 213— Business Manager, E. H. Morrison, 531 Bcotty Street, Seymour 3610. Btenator Conitrnetora, Local 82—Secretory, H. Holmes, 631 Beatty Street, beymour 7495. ■nrtaMra, atolatlng and Portable, Loral 115—ht-cretary, Hen. Ilarklnsmi, r.31 Beatty Street; .Seymour 7495. Bnrlnaara, atatlonary, Loeal 882—Secretary, R W*, King. P.O. Box 703: Seymour 7495. "SB"".'^' ■•»ool nnd Car.tak.ra, Local 963—Secretary. _>. M. Mitchell, 1960 Renfrew St.; HlghL^194-R. "..* VSh**"' 0,t/, ' 'I 18—Secretary, F. F. Enrlght, 8070 Hudson Street. 'i%r,T>i°Un' *•* Weataaalnetar. Local 256—Secretary, C. lllghstcd, 1230 Lwen Avenue. Motion Mature Prolactlonlata, Local 348 —Secretary, J. H. Leslie, Box 345; Bay. 6541-L; Bus. Man., Trln. 5708. Mnatelaaa' Union, Local 145—Business Manager. E. A. Jamieson, 319 Pender West, Douglns 2290. Paparhanfera and Saeoratora, "8—Busines *" Palntara, _„,.. _ Local 138—Business Manager, Ed. Smith. 531 Beatty Street, Sey. 7495. Res.! Sev. 4613-L. Pile Drivers and Wooden arldfaanan, Local 2404—Business Manager, Jan. Thomson. 142 W. Hastings, Sey. 7174. Plaate-ere, Local 89 — Secretary, W. Page, 531 Beatty St., Seymour 7496. Plnmbera and Stee-aanttera, Local 170— Secretary, C. Pritchard, 629 Beatty Street, Kerrisdalc 105-L. Plnmbera and ItananSttara (Ballroad)— Local 571—Secretory, T. H. Poulton, 725 Second St., New Westminster. Photo Bngravara, Local 54—I. V. Murphy. 3321 West 29th. Bayview 2892-Y. Ballway Carman, Local No. 68—Secretary, J. It. Robertson, 637 West 18th, Fairmont 2258-L. Ballway Carman, Local 280—Secretary, W. E. Bradley. 3020 Wilson Avenue, New Westminster. ■hot Metal Work.ra, Locnl 280—Business Manager, Dan Macpherson, 631 Beatty Street, Seymour 7495. Hosiery Workers Win Three Wage Strikes (By A. F. of L. News Service) PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Officials of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers here announced three victories for union labor work conditions. In Fort Wayne, Ind., representatives of the Federation reached an agreement with the Wayne Knitting Company whereby the strikers return to their jobs pending the holding of an election under the direction of the National Labor Relations Board to choose representatives for collective bargaining. The company is committed to the election policy. In Philadelphia officials of the Lucille Hosiery Mill, whose employees had been on strike for 10 days, signed a union agreement with the Federation covering the firm's 300 employees. In Mount Holly, N.J., the Holly Knot Hosiery Mill, whose 46 employees had been on strike for five weeks against wage chiseling and for a union agreement, consented to submit the dispute to arbitration. The three-man arbitration board includes Alexander McKeon, vice-president of the Federation, who will represent thc strikers. *4J._*fM"*1 ""V1 *»*»ncon.er. Local m—Secretary, Wm. H. dal-ralth, Fire Hall, North Vancouver. ■otel and Baatatarant Bmployaaa, Local 2»—Seoretary, Dlok McHugh, 631 Beatty Street; Seymour 7495. ,, ■ , - Business Manager. J. P. Rankin. 631 Beatty Street. Seymour 7495. '•Jfelry.. Workara" Union, Secretary. E. O. Howells, Dundurave. B.C. ".?^0l!,*",',•r■• *N'°' 44—S.cretaryTchaa. Vinllmark, 2575 Venables street. ******** ***, "nwrntU Workara' Union, Local 1617 (0. 11. of C. _._.)— Seer.- _ tary, Ulllliun Higgle,... f,;il Realty St ■h..t Metal Workara (Ballroad) Local 314—Secretory, Ueo. Watson, 1909 East 19th. ■lam and notorial Palntara, Local 726— Secretory, Wm. elorkson. 1823 Kitchener Street. Highland 567-K. ■tenographara, era, Local _ Maeliiiiiald. 531 Beotty St Typlata and Bookkeep- 18177—Secretory, Anne Sey. 7495. ■tone Outtera, Journeymen of North America—Secretory, E. AV. Tonge, 4119 tlrflce Avenue. New Westminster. ■ur.otpy.ri and Bleotrotppere, Local 88—Seoretary, J. MoKlnnon, 3635 w. 14th. Bayview 1119-X. ■treat Ballway Bmploya.a, Division 101 —Business Manager, Fred Qrlffln, Prior Street Car Barns. Trinity 4630. Local 178—Socre- 1268 Nelson Journeyman, Mrs. .1. ]■:. Harrison, Tailor*, tory, Stree Taxi Brlvera, Local 151 — Secretary, N A. Macaulay, 468 East 17th Ave.; Fair. 4712-11.. Theatrical Mara Bmployaaa, Local 118 —Secretary, H. Pearson, Theatre. Orpheum Textile Work.ra, Local 1700 - Catherine Wilson, 3327 Weat Secretary, Sixth. —....—-_. Local 692—Secretary, P. R. Bengough, 631 Beatty HL. Sey. 6279. Local 182—Secretory, J. O. Keefe, 4514 West llth, Pt. Grey 847-L. Tile ■attars, Local No. 3—Secretary W. llomm. 2646 Trinity, Highland 3120-L. Typographical Union, Local 226—Secretary, Horry Neelands, 531 Beatty St.. Seymour 6231. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE! HAVE ABSOLUTELY SURE PROTECTION BY INSURING YOUR CAR with THE WAWANESA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. 3W aad Ml, Ml BOWS ■TBBBT, TABCOUTBB, B. O. A. E. HARRON North Vancouver; Phone N. V. 134 J. A. HARRON 55 Tenth Ave. E.; Phone Fair. 134 Ifarrnn Sim Eimttri FUNERAL DIRECTORS 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 13. Communists will bc barred as delegates to the annual convention of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor, which opens at Red Wing on August 19, according to the call for the convention issued by E. G. Hall, president, and George W. Lawson, secretary of thc Federation. UNION SPIES PRAISE VALUE TO BOSSES „ ... MONTREAL, P.Q.—Spy work in- Employees side of labor unions is ''one of the most important functions of the private detective today," it was frankly admitted at the annual convention of the "World Association of Defectives" held here last week. Raymond C. Schindler, New York, told the delegates that they perform "one of the most important services to society" by keeping in "daily touch" with the "seeds of unrest" in industry tors." and "weeding out agita- RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" Wa Make a Ip.olal BCort to Oat Oooda Ont by rlrat Mall Attar Baoalpt « Tanr Order. COBBBB OOBSOTA ABS CAB-LAX.-. TABCOUTBB, B. C. 100 _>BB OBBT BBTTIIB COLUMBIA VBODUOTH VIK INC. ARROW Fine and Coarse-PIPE AND CIGARETTE TOBACCO— 10c Packages Bo not confine these two brands with other tobacco naannfaotnrad ln B. O. UNION MILK AT WEST VAN PIGGLY WIGGLY In our last issue we mentioned a list of Piggly Wiggly itorea in Vancouver which were handling union milk. We now take this opportunity of advising our West Vancouver readers that the Piggly Wiggly store in that conununity also handles union milk. I carding- tha f „>,,._, t__. __-__il.- I in effect and aaa anon aa • <!»»• '• •-♦ I Page Six THE LABOR STATESMAN PACIFIC COAST TERMINALS LTD. 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WHITE, Secretary-Treasurer i 11111111.n1.t11.1111mm.11iH MimtmniHiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiinii , iiiiiiiiiihn I _■.:..*- CAR MEN WIN PAY RAISE .amounting to around $700,000 nn- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Over 2000 nually in the arbitration award, street car motormen, conductors and The arbitrators granted an in- bus operators, shopmen ifnd barnmen crease of 10 cents an hour to train- employed by the Capital Transit | men; a* raise of from 5 to 6 cents Company here won a wage increase I an hour in the differential between one-man car operators and trainmen on two-car operation; putting one- man bus operators on the same scale as one-man car operators, and 5 c_nts an hour increase to shopmen and -Jther employes. International Union Meml Increase by Over One MilliF (By A. P. of L. News Service) ELMIRA, N.Y.—Despite the fact that a huge army of workers have been unemployed the unions uffili- nted with the American Federation of Labor have added over onc million persons to their membership during the last two years, Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation, declared in an address here before the thirty- ninth annual convention of the Allied Printing Council of New York State. He cited the Wagncr-Connery National Labor Disputes Act us one of the most important legislative achievements in the history or organized labor in the United States and paid a tribute to President Roosevelt for his courage in riveting thc attention of Congress and the people generally on the subject of unemployment insurance and old-age pensions as contained in the Social-Security Bill, which when approved by the President would banish to a very large extent the fear that prolonged unemployment and penury in old age have for working men and women. 39 Years Growth of Trade Uniona On the subject of trade union membership Mr. Morrison said: "Thirty-nine years ago, when your organization was formed, the total membership of the American Federation of Labor was 204,825 members. "I recall saying that if I were secretary when we reached the million mark I would feel that our cup of success was overflowing. Yet we passed the million mark in 1902, the two million mark in 1014, the three million mark in 1019, and in 1920 our membership was 4,078,740. "From that point the membership receded gradually from 1922 until 1933, when it reached the low point of 2,125,000. This was bro.A by the changes made in from unemployment ot ni our workers in 1.32. Duringdj period tremendous efforuL made to manufacture nftpt which was labor-saving, arl^ eliminating devices as mil forms of production, lo tha:, reds of thousands of workai displaced without seemis; tunity for re-employment. "During thc period of lit we have increased over a members with from ten it million idle, and you know it difficult successfully to or_i_B*= employed workers. Vitiona Four Million Mnaak "The membership of oun and international orginiut gradually increasing, some lj| and bounds. Half a dozen ol tional and international c. tions have shown very creases. While the reported i ship of the A. K. of L for 1! the lowest membership that had since 1916, the reporte. bership of all our affiliate! izutions and local unions I. 1935, was 8,1411,324—over lion members increase over -. age membership for 1933, standing that there were m ten million people idle dm period. "Everything points to a growth in membership, and I tain that when we emerge' deplorable conditions under we have suffered during * five years the A. F. of i. nil ated unions will have a mei exceeding the wartime mei of over 4,078,740 members." Compensation Appeals Are Opposed A communication was received by the Trades and Labor Council from the Vancouver Bar Association taking issue with the stand taken by the Trades Council in its opposition to the attempts being made to amend the Workmen's Compensation Act so as to provide for appeals from decisions of the Board. The Vancouver Bar Association stated that their members had workmen report that they felt that they hud been unfairly dealt with either by having their claims disallowed or as to the amount of compensation awarded. As a result of this the Law Society felt that some restricted form of appeal from the Board's decisions should be granted with the idea that the appeal should be given to workmen only. Noting this protest, the Trades Council decided to reaffirm its opposition to any such amendment to the act, but will be pleased to hear further information relative to reasons for such an amendment. Replying to a communication from the Victoria Trades and Labor Council on thc subject, Secretary Bengough wrote in part as follows: "Our position on the question of appeals from the Workmen's Compensation is this: that if we allow any amendments to the Act that will permit the legal profession to enter into it, the whole principle of Workmen's Compensation will be jeopardized. Pretty soon we will be back to the conditions that existed prior to the Board being set up, where almost every case became a process of law and where even in the cases where the men got the decision, we found the lawyer and the doctor had the money. "It is quite true that there are cases arise where we feel that there should be some anneal from the decision of the Board. However, we have to rccogni.e that such problem cases are only (.bout one-tenth of one percent ol the number of cases which are dealt with and to Introduce some j form of appeal to take care of theeoj cases, will mean that *•» will oral. be back to the poa_t«__t when ulmo»l every case would be nppeoWd. "I understand that the Bar Association are now advancing a recommendation that the proposed Bill is one to be given to Workmetl only and' that it is a privilege which he can exercise or not as he thinks, fit. However, undoubtedly if it could be done in the manner that they say, once it was established the employers would certainly want like privileges and undoubtedly they »'< eded to them and in mil! industries where we have ail tic groups of employers, those in thc lumbering indi appeal would be made ('•■ decision of thc Board, While wc fiankly admit ii Act is a long way lrom pert are thoroughly satisfied it I] be improved by permitting'J terferencc. The position of l»J profession on this question!! opinion, merely a desire on » to drum up .smiic business, crtainly add to the cost M cause Bomebody has to settle and to fix up thc one can that we arc going '°,llliVe:Bop for the process of la* «*** know to be. appeals, »'» cisions and lawyers bills. K_i Our advice is to keep ti'my raternally yours, M* PERCi Ii. BENGCMa "Genera! SccreUry-I"^M Quebec Law of Benefit Workers QUEBEC, P.Q.—Qm^j have drawn dividends of "*y $5,000,000 from the recentWji Collective Agreement Act, .w____i to Hon. J. C. Arcand, m labor and active m^'na\*k. Brotherhood of Railroad ia**m Some 47 agreements J'JM, lished shorter hours »nH "Wt, 1IBI1_U BJIUlLe, „v— • « - wages, and seven more " consideration. Where "J are strongly organized, ««■ ed out, little difficulty W»9 perienced in making tne The International U°i(,J Workers' Union, seeking W tor thousands of its Jl waging strikes in several • district plants in an £"•_____! balky employers into a^B- jority of bosses are ."°".T_B« under the act, and It """ijBl the low-wage 'rin*_J*%TBf*, against the pr»*"___«. i:____> strength and public <WfJW *">■ Mr. Arcand raw*"* waft* hat* bruttgW ercaws in the cost /L-ii ata-trc, the wages •« "TO WM toasted froat »« •" ft. art $.1 per week,'" L_«i to »18,wJth-»" oa-r t ce_it a loaf In >" n ccrtoin brand of brw°' Mother: Junior, y«»j*f any more chicken. »™ room for the cake. -.„,a Junior: I got plenty'""' The chicken can move o" :tu I tembti '■mber, ll^l Labor Statesman il "rough in :rJ . nrillij iring. fforis i nm i and well o that vorken mirif it. of lit, :r t n to owitij orgaiV 1935 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven __. lalt Thursday In month, at __-quarters. Vancouver, B. C Lj by the Vancouver, New jinster and District Trades and Labor Council. W. WATTS, Man. Editor. jjtion Bates: $1.00 per Year; EL. k per member per month. fana: .armour 8279 pier, Can., September 1935 ON THE UP TREND is the first Labor Day for a niny years that wc have been III see the silver lining among ,__J_ll, Almost everybody is now n ofeKjagthat business is on the up- il or^iitd we in the ranks of organ- inrare noting the steady drift Ii work of those in the many _* "JJiiko have been long idle. But also convinced that there are hundreds of thousands who isted Aver get back to the job unless *•*_ our rsf niat-T me m I for er :■_: takes place. The eight^hour drastic reduction in the hours ;e fra__pinent nder day it obsolete because work tbe provided for the potential iwer available to carry on the ttion of food, clothing and £ And just so long as our are filled with unemployed, will there be a tremendous of purchasing power. purchasing power makes busi- g tbeBIt helps to keep every man, . IrtiH.ai cn'1(' US1"K ""d enjoying lie necessary and luxurious of life that can be produced o and brawn. Just so long We person is denied, through Wpurchasing power, to use and something that their physical demand, then so long must we • ■ ? "lt'rt' ls sti" something naHlW the system of wealth pro- Tit! and distribution. "Labor Dny, however, wc also ibatan ever increasing number iiiieu executives are admitting lie hours of labor must con- lo be reduced and that wages It continuously increased. They jl»ng last beginning to admit mclusing Power is the grease "«ea the wheels go round, and "« that, they arc now busy ss. n___r* f 8" ""en fellow business- ,_■» also sec thc light and to aid I,|_PI worthy object. Some favor ase ■"" acli"ii while others would ■ J"8"'* among themselves, and wbiaM*"rali(in with organized labor, ,mmt hours ami increase wages. Wer plan, of course, makes it M that.every business became R' to thc contract, but organ- "._«« is confident that the -■'«n be made by this method Pt public opinion will help •'Successful. But if it is neces- » Bake the change by legisla- fm, we will co-operate with Wies Initiating the move. *IW convinced, however, that P there is an up-trend in f '.at unless there is a steady In the average hours of _ J ' ""'responding increase in J. mat the depression will drag J?,'W into its rut within a a two. which had resulted in bringing up the standard of living of those, who in many instances ore opposed to International Trades Unionism. We have been in this struggle for over fifty years and we know that the things we strive for cannot be obtained overnight, but we don't lose heart and we don't go blindly into strife. We bide our time and keep tenaciously at it. Some of our unions have built up reserve funds of millions of dollars, but it is not there to be frittered away on petty demands. They have helped us in many instances to renew agreements, increase wages and better working conditions without having to go to the bat with the boss. Hence this reserve fund which is partially earmarked for strike benefits, is saved and no time or wages are lost by the members, when agreements can be obtained by amicable negotiations. Last but not least each union, affiliated firstly with the local trades council, received power and prestige, through co-ordinated affiliations such as the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, The American Federation of Labor and the International Federation of Trades Unions which is a world wide federation. Jew i'gbk; reii^ acfl '^"NATIONAL UNIONISM "'. "im"1' **' m'ord the tact that , international Trades Union ».,t_on thl' N°rth American |' «« has increased its member- ind ») over one million during the „i arti yea„. that our Intcrna. * iiL "",s h"1'' P»'d out millions >'l a" m benefits of various H Z . ""-''"'""ship and we fur- *' ,„„*on* ""•' f»ct that although peases the workers have had £,„*l0 S.01"'"" better wages and ft conditions, in a majority of Rt'M agreements with em- »l havc been renewed without -"'hindrance, H -l.'c01-. includes Vancou- S!.ki •L,h (''"lumbia. While our pnnip has „„t increased to the iiyW_"" ,,s in ^e U. S„ we i without fear of contradic- '"•' WO have moved steadily K_ . 5f»mbe__Wp and we have anil made new agreements "'employers without any °9. »oout the event. We have •"J*?** increases and im- L™"tmg conditions, nnd no- _? b««r;l ahout it except the wvolveil. It is nobody's uy _-- tl,cirs so !t '« done \L*** amicably, but after it jT_™"» the result finally at- l«noT_I *<",k"»*a, both organized l-I_-fi»l«ed and thev benefit as _'*»ulF-f'' *!nd th.ey be"efit as I, Aul1 ot each craf 'hat our a.. legislation action _,.«ton each craft unions ef- K-V '^ijJth.»tP»»_r««»«t#*.tai SOCIAL CREDIT VICTORY Old party politicians have been saying many hard things about the Alberta Social Credit campaign and since the victory are still telling the people that it will not work. Of course the Social Credit Party have been saying that about the present system and it does not take very much argument for them to prove their case, and inasmuch as this appears to be a statement of fact, we are very much inclined to throw our cap in the air over their victory. It may be quite true that the real Douglas Social Credit plan can only be operated on a national scale, but there also appears to be sonic possibility of the Aberhart plan being made successful on a Provincial basis. At this distance it seems that they will make their plan work because they are determined to throw overboard some of the hard and fast rules of the present system of wealth production and distribution and when we realize that not a single member of the new party have been Members of Parliament or of Legislative Assemblies there is at least some hope of them attaining their object. Organized Labor has been asking for Unemployment Insurunce, Old Age Pensions, Health Insurance, Better Wages and Working Conditions, etc., and we are still unsatisfied with the crumbs that have been handed out. Besides Organized Labor, farmers and small business men in Alberta have been on the bread line for many years and it seems to us that they are sick and tired of old party promises and present day rules lor obtaining a livelihood, and have apparently become convinced that there is more chance of getting something out of the wealth and values which they have created, und can continue to create, through the Social Credit Dividend than through the promises of old party politicians. There are so many things that a Provincial Government can do without Federal consent, that we feel that Alberta is going to lead the way out of the present economic mess very much faster than were the present system left to pursue its leisurely and uncertain course, through booms and depressions. Building Trades Still Progressing Reports made to the Building Trades Council indicate that more and more men are getting back to jobs. There has been quite a brisk movement in building operations and the unions are kept busy putting men on the various jobs. There are a number of big jobs that have not really started yet, but they are mostly earmarked for union labor as the contracts call for the union scale of wages. Considerable work is also going on in outside points in the province and this is also causing the employers to send to Vancouver for the desired mechanics. There does not appear to be any slackening in sight, so the building trades ayepect to bc kept active well into the fall and winter. JUST H WISE* A pretty young nurse was selttng poppies when a ps.tewtiail buyer, a young man, teli nm .(rat fce would give her a |S Ml tot « poppy, apm- vided she would ipeocBai* to «»fi» him if, at any time, t» mat »* ftt» hospital. She agreed. •'By the way," the»ya»a«JfatA asked, "where is your hospita-T* I "I am at the maternity ho.pWStY* . meekly replied the pretty nurse, ji$h', ting the note in the box. after Labor Day or day of labor- delicious refreshment! NOTE: HAVE YOU TRIED THE NEW "MALKINS BEST" DATE STAMPED COFFEE? FRESHER. BETTER COFFEE AT A LOWER PRICE. PICK OF THE MARKET - at popular prices Swift's "Premium'' Ham For fifty years the world's standard of quality—always uniforml The Largest Selling Ham in the World! "OVENIZING" is a new, secret process which gives SWIFT'S "PREMIUM" HAM a real oven- baked flavor. Besides the Ham is More Tender—has a better color all through—even more economical. Add a New Delight to Your Meal I by serving SWIFT'S "PREMIUM" OVENIZED HAM, both for yourself and others. —Always welcomed. ASK YOUR DEALER INSIST UPON SWIFT'S "PREMIUM" MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA BY BRITISH COLUMBIA WORKMEN Under Canadian Government Inspection. • SWIFT CANADIAN COMPANY LIMITED CANADA Evans Throat Pastilles Dominion C.B.Q. . t. .1-1 ii »;n...........1.... The little brown tablet in the An English Pastille; popular mt|e rc(, ,)ox fireaks tor 2o years. a coId promptiy, 25c at AH Drag Stores, 25e at All Drug Stores. B* Cm UMITED Sift Bean; Street I m'rdl"n7'thr fn'™""" TCT'oaiauZ. I in effect and as soon ... . «•»*- « Page Iiiglit THE LABOR STATESMAN Septcmbtr, REGISTER NOW FOR OPENING SEPT. 9TH Director: CHARLES H. SCOTT, Dip. G.S.A. Trinity 26S1 VANCOUVER BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES VANCOUVER SCHOOL OF ART 590 HAMILTON STREET Day and Evenin. Couraea in Drawing and Paantang, Detain, Commercial Art, Modelling Pottery, Block Printed Teatalet, Crafta, Theatre Arta, Etc. PROSPECTUS FREE ON APPLICATION §afiway Stores Extend Cordial LABOR DAY Greeting, to all Organization! affiliated with the Vancouver Trades & Labor Council. Remember, your Safeway Store brings downtown prices to your neighborhood SAFEWAY STORES LTD. General Motors Products of Canada Limited OLDSMOBILE AND G.M.C.. TRUCK RETAIL BRANCH GENERAL MOTORS RETAIL BRANCH 1200 WEST GEORGIA STREET Open Evening! Phone: Sey. 234S Compliments of M. FURUYA CO., LTD. Importers and Exporters of Japanese and Canadian Products 109 Powell Street Vancouver, B.C. McGAVIN'S BUTTERKRUST BREAD "IT'S UNION MADE" Phone: Bey. 720 Siaiti te Order Union Labor Employed GORDON CAMPBELL'S, LTD. WHOLESALE CLOTHING Trades Council Notes Secretary Bengough was given credentials to attend thc Convention oi tne trades and Labor Congress of Canada. He is at present an Executive Member of the Congress. The Executive Committee and the Legislative Committee of the trades Council will hold a joint meeting to make recommendations for changes and additions to the proposed Pro vincial Health Insurance Act. Pile Drivers Union thanked the Council for the assistance given in enabling them to put fourteen men to work on thc renewal of the False Creek sewer by thc Canadian National Railway. Milk Salesmen report that Gibson's Dairy has signed an agreement with thc Union and that the Guernsey breeders Dairy were reporting that they employed union men. Such is not a statement of fact as they do not employ any members of the Milk Salesmen's Union. Street Railway delegates asked the Council to protest thc proposed closing of two lire halls. After this matter was thoroughly discussed it developed that the suggestion will not in any away affect the membership of the Kire Fighters Union and that it will increase the efficiency of the brigade and improve ihe rate from the fire underwriters. Job Insurance Not To Aid Chiselers The unemployment insurance section ot the Federal Social Security Act recently passed by Congress and signed by President Roosevelt protects unemployed workers against being compelled to accept jobs in plants wnere there are strikes or wnere non-membership in trade unions or compulsory membership in company unions is required or wnere employers pay less tnan the prevailing rate oi wages. According to the terms of the law the unemployment insurance taxes collected irom employers are placed in an unemployment trust fund in the United states Treasury and Irom there are transferred under certain rules and regulations to authorized agencies in the various States which nave established State unemployment insurance systems complying with the terms of the Federal law. the provision in the Federal Act which protects jobless workers in chair right to participate in the organized labor movement and not to uecome strikebreakers reads as follows: "Compensation ahall not be denied in aaach State to any other. wise e.i(ible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions: (a) If the position offered ia vacant due directly to a atrike, lockout, or other labor dispute; (b) if the wages, hours, or other conditiona of work offered are substantially leaa favorable to the individual than thoae prevailing for similar work in the locality) (c) if aa a condition of being employed the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organisation." These stipulations protecting jobless workers from being deprived of unemployment compensation unless they accept work in company union or anti-union shops or where labor disputes are in progress or where employers pay less than the prevailing wage rate were placed in the Social Security Act on the recommendation of the American Federation of Labor and othcr progressive organizations. Garment Factory Signs AgrttfV Claiming that the m. brought vastly improved tu working conditions to gamut ers in thc Jacob Crowiey fas Winnipeg, Sam Herbst, orgui the Cioakmakeri Union ^**w with the l.L.G.W.U, ind tat ol L., gave hard, cold facta. ol victory lor the Interna.; ganization. Some of the term agreement signed between ll pany and thc union are Barbers report that the shop at Alma Road and Broadway has been signed up and now displays the union curd, through thc efforts of members of organized labor living in that district. iter, F tla: of th tent nUti id to ncip The Typographical Union is sending Del. Holland to the Montreal Convention of the International Union. Seventy per cent of the receive increases in pay. lit is now a closed union shop garment worker who has noti card can obtain work that. agreement is for two yearsi of work are to be 44 hours in the first year and 42 ii. week in the second year. Ti a quarter for overtime ii concession made by the coi Open Shop for Yean | The Jacob Crowley conpa had an open shop for the. years and has fought bitter!; J unionization of the employ. I. L. G. W. U., through ft. Herbst, has accomplished it i| conference what the dustrinl unions failed lo dot.| of strikes and by threats. The union has agreed t«j| take no strikes during the.' this agreement and the compt definitely pledged itself not I out employees. The next move is to or. remaining garment factories! nipeg. iMIMllllllllllllllllllllllilllH SHELLY'S LUN UNION HOUSE Next Door to Saa 0H"| on Pender Strut Best Coffee in Tn TOMMY JACKSON, Nl agre mbei loui Wl Lin adit emp lent iy. idu IIIIIIIIIU i'il'IS Musicians report that they have signed up a Chinese Cabaret and three union musicians will play the best Shanghai music. The union is also negotiating with cafes and night clubs for a raise in the wage scales. Through the efforts of Mayor McGeer and public spirited citizens the Symphony Concerts will be continued in the city. A 14 piece orchestra was used for a week's free dancing at Burrard and Hastings. Street Railwaymen's Union are sending four delegates to their In ternational Convention at Detroit they are President Carson, Business Agent Fred Griffin, J. E. Smith and Chas. Stewart. Upon request of the striking Longshoremen, the Council forwarded a communication to the Federal Government asking that a Board be set up under the Industrial Disputes Act to investigate the strike situation on thc waterfront. After a thorough investigation the Grievance Committee recommended that Delegate J. Flynn of the Engineers Union be suspended as a delegate to the Council for his activities in the interest of dual unions. The recommendation was endorsed 50 for and 18 against. i aaWT 1100*8 ATS. Taaaoavar, B.C. Bricklayers, Carpenters Agreementa Winnipeg bricklayers union and carpenters union have signed agreements with their employers covering working conditions and wages, one outstanding clause in their agreements being thai, the foreman on the jobs has to be a member of our international brotherhoods in good standing. INTRODUCING FOR FALL . . . NEW STYLES NEW FABRICS NEW TONES Tip 'Pop Tailors Stores arc Vancouver's style centrti discriminating men who demand the master designing' skilled craftsmanship that have made Tip Top the choic'" well dressed men who recognize the utmost in value. ONE PRICE TO MEASURE STRICTLY UN0 TIP TOP TAILORS LTD. 199 HMtinP *» (Corner CM*»I 637 Granville Street (Opposite Wool worths) Dr. Cassidy, Director of Social Welfare for the Provincial Government addressed the meeting relative to thc proposed Health Insurance Bill. Upon the request of the Milk Salesmen's Union thc Piggly Wiggly Stores were removed from the "We do not patronize" list of the Cmm- cil because the grievance had been adjusted. C. i. Hayes, business representative at Ute Perttand Retail Clerks' Umm., _-M__Minta> negotiated union t*wp «e.«(-i_i-_lrt(. with two large fur- actv.ro tftramt, Cohn Bros, and Har- ntwi'*; •furniture and Upholstery S*__% -ind with the Gallen-Kamp *)o_-j»_-_y, which operates four shoe stores here. S5e,!_f," a f*5od "tne *irl » '" »» good little girls -go, and as far as good little girli go, ihe went. VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, Utf CUT-RATE DRUGGIST We have pnrohaaad the right for "Dlona Qaalntaplat OaJanOar." A* ** man bow yon may obtain thia beautiful ealeaUuw toSSB- rVieJay and Saturday Special.—August 30th «nd Mj l.oii Natures Remedy To,***-.... aa .50 Mlnty Mouth Wain- .40 Hydrogen Peroxide. ie-_.«. _n 50 Mlnlv„ T„„.i, past* *" .35 Dr. Thomas Electric Oil ___ _™ ' , _ ,...„„ ot PI" 125 Dr. Loonhardt. Hem-Bold. In M £r *.," '" S£rttn o »<** • 30 Hatnlp ., '•«» Or. Holds Syrup °I......... .15 (Hovers Mange MediiTneZ .M .„ ,_,,*»*•» NorM *»_-, .30 l.J.r Kiss Talcum " ,'»J *' VJ*', 1 l-turn *f .30 Florida Rose Talcum M '°° **'-?'itallW *"»„ *•"*" ■5° Vanex Milk of Magnesia as 3 50 Klrst Ala **» *"" ' .80 foam Snail, 2 for M i6r, Minimis I.teHnent.-- SO Dlllmana Iloynl Embrocation Jl .50 Bovrll, 2-o» Ttmini.en.mnnH, We lava Tea Moms.. ****»■**»* Ten larriee. Telephone Ten Wants. ■n»*an»aa»_aaaBBa____B_a_a»a-Ba_a n, ifli id th, nier, 1935 btr Workers Win Pay Boost in Oregon ,A. F. of L. News Service) .HAND, Ore.—The Executive jl the Timber Workers' Union itemed an agreement with the _lativ.5 of five large Portland THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Nine unio0 d wage uuiai ^ facto otfUisM,.. by which 1200 men who Inn on strike fur three months lid to work with higher wages, tela thi j.„our week and recognition of innciple of collective bargain- agreement which was ratified traOers of thc union, included t_e, ..owing mills: West Oregon. Wilson, Portland and the Umber Company, addition to the 1200 men di- employed in the sawmills the lent means thc return to work ay men in logging camps and industries as soon as the mills wder way. Thc agreement is .lily the same as the one which Iy ended the strike in the In- oulsen mill. The shop i not a there. irs mil an per 2 ho_ r. Tin- is ai compi feara ompiti Ihe pa erly i Or. I in a e pel >mpal lot to r__i3» iesin KEIT SUGAR REFINERY (HIKERS FAVOR A. F. OF L. kett, Calif. — Members of 'lojwBiit, Sugar Refinery Workers' i No. 1, organized here after ikor troubles in the plant of California and Hawaiian Sugar ration last March, voted by a majority to affiliate with the can federation of Labor. 'Ut 1300 employees are eligible lion membership. Of this num- (20 Montr tu the union. In trtion, 501 voted for affiliation ID? against. Peter Kellher, lit of the union, announced ni agreement covering wages wking conditions was being lit. with company officials. m Iffici fow tit- Industrial Standards Act Gets Started in Province of Ontario . .LBe,p'?ins to a communication from Secretary Bengough for copies of The Industrial Standards Act" recently enacted by the Provincial Government of Ontario, J. F. Marsh, deputy minister of labor, and a member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, forwarded copies of the act and in replying said that the department had "received petitions for conferences to bc held from all parts of the province covering many lines of industry. We have found that employers are anxious to take advantage of this piece of social legislation in order that the present chaotic conditions in industry may be corrected. Employees are also showing a similar attitude and from day to day we receive communications advising us that steps are being taken to bring about some form of trade union organization in order that they may reap the advantages which this Act has to offer." Up to date schedules of wages and hours covering the following trades have been put into legislation: Furniture Industry; Brewing Industry; Millinery Industry; Bricklayers and Masons; Carpenters and Joiners; Electricians; Building Laborers; Lathers (Wood and Metal); Painters, Decorators, Papcrhangers; Plasterers and Laborers; Plumbers, Steamfitters, Gasfitters; Sheet Metal Workers (Construction). Following is a copy of the Act covering electricians, the other trades being somewhat similar except that the wages differ and are in accordance with the scales set by organized labor. SCHEDULE OF WAGES AND HOURS —for— ELECTRICIANS Toronto Zone (Schedule published in the Ontario Gazette, Saturday, July 6, 1935) ORDER-IN-COUNCIL I WEEK EDICT ISSUED U-CARY TO QUIET LABOR *fflL Hungary.—The Prime er of Hungary issued a decree nlng a ,8-hour week and a m wage fin- workers cm- I in industry. Hitherto, Hun- employers have compelled wrkers to toil from 70 to 85 a »eek. I„ addition to dels unemployment the decree •aed to mitigate labor unrest. UND CLERKS RENEW PACT WITH DEPT. STORE ' p'oyees "and. Ore.- Th,. Uotail Clerks'" of Portland renewed its an- Ptnct with Roberts Departure, which i. Ihe largest store m that employs only union The store i3 _i80 a ri,BU.ar *r in labor newspapers. Copy of an Ordcr-in-Council approved by Thc Right Honorable the Administrator of the Government of the Province of Ontario, dated the 3rd day of July, A.D.1U35: Upon the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Public Welfare, Municipal Affairs, and Labor, thc Committee of Council advise that,— WHEREAS, pursuant to thc provisions of The Industrial Standards Act, 1935, that part of Ontario commencing at the westerly point at Lome Pork to Malton, Malton to Woodbridge, Woodbridge to Richmond Hill; from Richmond Hill direct east to Unionville and through Unionville along the westerly side of the Rouge River to Lake Ontario (all towns within that area to be inclusive), has been defined as a zone for the purpose of the Electrical Repair and Construction Industry; AND WHEREAS a proper and sufficient representation of the em- nnd employers engaged in the said Industry in the said zone have agreed in writing to a schedule of wages and hours and days of labor by nn agreement in writing attached hereto as Schedule "A"; The schedule of wages and hours and days of labor contained in the said agreement shall be in force in the said industry in the said zone ten days after publication of the Order-in-Council in The Ontario Gazette und shall terminate June 24th, 1.36. Certified, C. F. BULMER, Clerk, Executive Council. Hett Copper & Brass Co. Ltd. COPPERSMITHS Distillers' and Brewers' Equipment Manufacturers of Copper Stills, Kettles, Vacuum Pans „____,,, and Coils for Any Process .„ ALEXANDER STREET .... VANCOUVER, B. C. 0. . PAPER BAGS FOR ALL PURPOSES! A British Columbia Factory B*RTRAM PAPER PRODUCTS CO. LTD. 333 Woodland Drive, Vancouver, B. C. I T TC Ur^TE" f With OompUmrats of *~i*JrJ rlKJ 1 MliLe W. O. Dawson, Maura: *tRALLV -W Street, Vancouver, B.C. ATKli AM. MOST COMFORTABLE Manartr QUABTBRSI Phone: Seymour 4094 ^VIES PAPER BOX CO. LTD. Vancouver, B. C. *i> iiiii-iii EMPIRE CLEANERS w*A«w_, .pram, cu_.T__i.ra axa axax*tl&Bjft-.'---- ___ " *■**• »n_ Ol DRY CLEANERS AND DYERS _.- w__ ONTAJ.IO, TAtrOOVTBB, B. O. "SCHEDULE "A" I. The rate of pay for journeymen electrician, shall be One Dollar ($1.0U. per hour. t. Ei_,nt hours .hull constitute a maximum working duy or shift; 40- hr. week. No work Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, except as hereinafter noted. Hours to be between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. where one shift only is used. i. Shifts to work at any time of the day or night between 1 a.m. Monday und midnight Friday of the same week. Eight hours pay for seven hours work where two or three shifts are worked. This to become operative only where the overtime shifts equal at least liti _l-3 per cent, of the shift. ■I. When work cunnot be done during the duy, such work muy be done as a night shift of not more than 8 hours, at straight time. 5. No employee will be permitted to work on more than one shift in _■. hours, unless overtime rates are paid. G. Employees who may be required for emergencies on Saturdays, shall be permitted to work, being paid straight time for the morning and double time for Saturday afternoon and evening. 7. All work done on Sundays, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, Civic Holiday, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day shall be paid at the rate of double time. 8. Overtime rate exclusive of the above shall be paid at the rute of double time. II. Apprentices shall bc governed by the Ontario Apprenticeship Act. 10. One apprentice shall be permitted to every thro, journeymen in a shop. II. All work contracted for and accepted prior to June 24, 11)35, of which due notice has been given to the Board on or before July 25, 1935, may be completed at a rate to bc approved by the Board. 12. The above Schedule shall apply to all electricians engaged in the trade but shall not include those working on thc assembling, testing, inspecting, rebuilding and repairing of any electrical motors or household appliances when done in licensed electrical repair shops. 4 VICTORIES WON IN TERRE HAUTE BY MASS PICKETING (By A. F. of L. News Service) Terre Haute, Ind.—Muss picketing of anti-union concerns is regarded bv Organized Labor in Terre Haute as one of the most effective methods used in persuading employers to recognize the advantages of collective bargaining and trade union standards. Recently, following a campaign of militant mass picketing, four largv employers here entered tractual relationship employees. in to with e:o»- Iftei* Phones: Sey. $1*4,, 32«/* i. :. „ .:;:-!-." " LEGISLATOR flESID" OVER ,*.. ..WASHINGTON BARBERS, ' Willia''X«tlal'»/ eta***. liPJJt LftS :Sp5e annus/ s*J^^#»,*'r«»-»-' aa^TktS ™ Angeles o 1*uy»B » » non-union has CARIBOU BRAND PANTS and OVERALLS tor MEN, BOYS AND YOUTHS Are made in British Columbia. Cut on large, generous patterns, well and strongly made of hard-wearing materials. They will give you the best of service. LOOK FOR THIS LABEL f*xi\ Brand w*/*'! Made in BC For Sale at All Good Dealers AT REASONABLE PRICES Manufactured in our own factory ant- guaranteed by GAULT BROTHERS Ltd. 'Good-bye to worry—we have a telephone" "I used to be so upset when we were without a telephone," said Mrs. Dropton. "I kept wondering how we'd get help in a case of sudden illness, fire or burglary. "But I've said bood-bye to worry—we have a telephone now." The telephone is a great protection at a small cost. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. The Vancouver Supply Co. Ltd. Wholesale Groceries ./JANITORS' SUPPLIES 25-27 Alesander &<*tmmmt\ ifcC. ftsa* «_na« 4a* _t»a_taliliOSiJf-«_» (ttyajt.Jdh I .v--.W<_*»«Mjt ___]_____. OH** *«v_i more back- .'&'*»^»y_ft<ratti status. l?*:;i*^.J%!«__-^--« »_*.. t)u| mos| of them f)*M-» 'it. I irardinu- _h« fut.V__>" "rrC"'a^iiTl I in affect ana. »• »«« •••• *•»-«• -At * Page Ten THE LABOR STATESMAN ■■ - "7 THE ARISTOCRAT OF FINE LAGERS BECAUSE of its delightful, tungy flavor, its mellow ama-othnegH — the result of precise, scientific control in the brewing and aging process —Green Label is known everywhere as "The Aristocrat of Fine Lagers". Rich, healthful, easily assimi- lutcd, this fine beer has won favor with everyone. There is nothing more refreshing than a bottle of cool Green Label Lager. ff._t._-1 aad Botttad by a'APILANO BREWING COMPANY LTD V.nrouv-r, B.l'.. Price Per Dot. $1.50 aril/a return of empties. Plume Sey mom 3Z77 fitr prompt tree delivery. This advertisement Is nol published ot displayed by the Liquor Control Board oi by the Government ol British Columbia. ■" H «i •4 t The Product of a British Columbia Company MADE BY HAPPY EMPLOYEES IN A PROPERLY CONDUCTED WELL- EQUIPPED FACTORY 6-Hour Day, 5-day Week, High Wages Are Urged by Morrison The necessity of accompanying production based on labor-displacing machinery with shorter hours and i.igher wages in order to provide em- ployment and higher living standards lor all workers is emphasized by Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, in his Labor Day Message for 1935. Holding that low-wage jobs in new mass-production industries are no solution for unemployment caused by automatic processes, Mr. Morrison declares that employers must recognize organized labor's demand for progressively decreasing hours and niRlier remuneration equitably to distribute our increased industrial oucput and avoid a return to the sweatshop. Mr. Morrison's Labor Day Message was prepared for the Labor Day editions of the Official and Weekly Labor Press and issued from the neadquurters of the American Federation of Labor, Washington, D.C. The text of the message follows: "National holidays in America call attention to exceptional instances in history. Labor Day is an exception to that rule. "The first Monday in September .s not intended to remind us of one particular advance by wage workers out rather to attract us to their problems, their triumphs and their wrongs. "Thc wider acceptance of trade union viewpoint on social and indus- iriii 1 questions is noted on this Labor Day. "The new public attitude toward iabor-displacing machinery is also significant, Workers were formerly assured they could find other employment and the new industries and wants automatically care for those who have been displaced by machinery and scientific process. "Thc new industrial revolution, however, operates in new industries as well ns established industries. Low wage jobs, such as employment at gas filling stations and mass-produc tion industries, are no solution for unemployment of highly skilled workers and well-paid creative labor who have been displaced by auto- niatic processes that are yet in their infancy. "Organized labor declares that old standards of wages and hours must be rejected. The 10, !) and 8- hour work day and the living wage theory are obsolete. "The imagination and courage of inventors nnd scientists must be illlllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SAWDUST! Tlw Modvffi ccofioflMcw ruw fOf Al riirpottt* RETAIL AND WHOLESALE PhoM:St>y. 1622 Robert** A Hwkett Sswal Co. Ltd. IS50 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C. In reference to the organization I all attempts to discredit Orani-urci of the Winnipeg Cloakmakers, very Herbst by the W.U.L.,hnf* fctven in satisfactory progress is being made, | vain. The Capacity to Think The prime need of every person at present is capacity to think; the power to see problems, to relate facts to them, to use and enjoy ideas. If a young man or woman comes from school with this power, all other things may be in time added to him. He will find himself intellectually and morally. But, in the mass of things that have to be "learned," the ability of individuals to think is submerged. In consequence, too large a part of our citizens has left our schools without power of critical discrimination, at the mercy of special propaganda, and drifting from one plan and scheme to another according to the loudest clamor of the moment. Many who have escaped this tendency have found that they had to start their own education afresh. In thia connection, 1 may say that our present system is highly defective in opportunities for directed continuation of education. It is no disparagement of prnsent effort in "adult education" to say that the continued education of those who have left school should long ago have been made a paramount interest of public education John Dewey, in the Forum (New York). 40 HOUR WEEK FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES WASHINGTON, D.C—Thc many year*' struggle of over 100,000 civil service post office employees for the J .-hour week ia place of the present 44-hour week advanced one step nearer definite realization when the Senate passed the 40-hour measure already enacted by the House of Representatives. The bill covers around 235,000 employees, including assistant postmasters, clerks, railway mail clerks, letter carriers and others. Officials of the National Associa- ion of Letter Carriers, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and Ihe Railway Mail Association declare the shorter hours measure will provide steady work for several thousand substitute postal employees who are now trying to eke oufran exist- enoeton part-time employment guided into the field of distribution and labor's demands for shorter hours and still higher and higher wages be supported. "Society, for its own well-being, must be conscious of the need of the distribution of the wealth that has been created by machinery and scientific processes. "It is often claimed that the trade union movement demands equal pay rdless of work performed. Oi ganized labor has a minimum wage. If the union is strong, the employer is not permitted to go below that living line. That minimum wage is based on the trade conditions, necessities and the standard of living of the workers involved. Exceptionally skilled workers receive higher scales of pay, but in most trades that is arranged between the worker and the employer outside of the union minimum scale. "Our opponents refuse to accept this situation. They refuse to take our minimum as a base and grade up. They would have our minimum their maximum, their highest point, and from that they would grade down. Logically this system leads us back to the sweatshop, and places labor at the whim of the employer "Labor is not a trust. By its nature this is impossible. One of its great est expenses is organizing, and edu eating non-union workers to the benefits of trade unionism. A trust consists of a comparatively few who control solely for purposes of profit. The union is not organized for profit. "Labor demands a five-day week, a six-hour day and a wage that will enable a man and his family to live in reasonable comfort.'" FRESNO TEAMSTERS GAIN RECOGNITION A short strike of auto freight drivers in Fresno, California, some two weeks ago has resulted, according to reports from the south, in union recognition and the establishment of a minimum wage of 67 Me cents an hour. The strike was effectively prosecuted by the Fresno local, only four trucks engaged in inter-city business moving out of that city (luring the two days of thc strike. World Champion I Union Lod NEW YORK.-JariTe.J.B the new heavyweight .ha-jj the world, is a union man,a_ of the International Longshoit Association. And are his fellow longsl proud of him! They gav. evidence of this by present with a gold travelling card International Convention, .hi held in New York, with 151 gates in attendance. Braddock wasn't given a to beat Max Haer. The odds the longshoreman ranged (n to 10 to 1, but he won i and scores of his fellow "cleaned up." They arc sure he can best ing, either at Ilcrlin or the Square Bowl. On all sides one hears the: appealing stories of Braddock'al tion to his wife and their children—Jay, Howard ati ____. Marie—and the Damon nil P|__p'' friendship that exists betnea battler and his diminutive m "Joe" Gould. Gould has handled Brad.; years without a contract—aa unprecedented thing in modi ilism. Less than a year ago Bi was on relief, and the recorlil that he drew about $Z30. Thai his win over l.asky, and Braj received $1K0() as a reward. The first thing he did till a check for $300 to the N'or_| gen relief fund "He's certainly a square prjj clared a friend who had tolled** him on thc dock LOS ANCELES BREWERY WORKERS WIN UNION LOS ANGKI.KS, Cal.- —After a vigorous campaign eral months against the products of the Globe Works here thc International •# ery Workers' Union persi company's official to sign • c for a 100 per cent, union Carrying the concern on tl" list of the I ns Angeles ami Lahor Council was lnterpris*^ having been an influential '"■^ the company's accepUnte | union shop policy. BRAND Pancake Syrup will improve your wattles, hot cakes and biscuits! Sold at All Good Stores Manufactured by KELLY CONFECTION CD. LTD., VANVOUVER, It Quality nnd Service. Ray Bros. Tailoring Co. Ltd. CUSTOM TAILORS t'Tilon Shop Since 1910 •0-m It-.'iHiiw Vancouver. 8lr«i * Canal" .* Vivian Gas Engine Works soaxbt Patroalt. Union Hon... EMPIRE CAM AMD OB1LL at the 160 Wear. >ut_nf • It. tn<! • WHBRB THI. FOOD TASTES BETTER AND COSTS GOOD EATS CAM aVatP ?_Fv7.rt »tan*"' ember. lb mber, 1935 THE LABOR STATESMAN WILD B.C.PAYROLLS" Kit. the I - lit I dotilf their I ad | audi) etuis WHY TALK ABOUT IT? llCiVII of its. important.*, I Jrttiih Columbia m __■.«■ Faolflo [ibiturmllk How? XafKih- t nttr. rich grailnf, itran* Mtt thi jr«r round. FsjdlfTM i ud TMuum pMkinf add i crowalnr touch. Th* flavor i it, ud the patronafs is |Pacific Milk 1. a tint. British Columbia Owned and Controlled I run at ABBOTiroan " oLoans-$50-$100 USY MONTHLY PAYMENTS Gelin Brothers *wl Pender Street, Vancouver NEON DISPLAY ALBURN NEON LTD. IOW11 TBI*, ion II THE FRIENDS AT THE AUCE PARLOR M> WEST HASTINGS P ti OUe English Pi_h s chlps tt Laborite Visits Vancouver er Qeorge I.athnn, secretary TOteh Association of Great .•»w In the city for four days He met with the execu- officers of the Trades ami left on Tuesday after- Eastern .'.,„a(|a. omV_,h"-' .-I -"'atornal Deleft* the British Trade Union i and i Y c"nvention of the c. pni„ ""' ' ,,'"«ross of Can* * loth!B'" ","itax on SeP" 'radetv1""1,,1" very a<*tive in mi Union Movement in Great iffi t.^8 ?,e,!erttI Council J*1"" Trade Union Congress • p_rty •('hn,™»n of the British WIN ,\?Ar WORKERS W'N mCREASE IN WAGES ,,,l200o *",""■ (AFLNS) — Boa C„ TPhm* ol the Ele»* «a.ei i- ""'' won a four Per* _■*!' ur. roaso ■"lder an 18* '«e.tf„r. T".1' whieh includes WttW of the 36-hour week. Millions in Union Benefits Trade union benefits to nelp union i o{ sxk\t a million dollars each. The men and women through the trying periods of unemployment, sickness and old age and provide their families with assistance when death calls tor the breadwinners are among the outstanding protective measures whieh organized labor gives to its members. A national summary of these benefits, totalling millions of dollars, is included in the annual report whieh the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor makes to the Federation annual conventions. Incomplete data for 1934 already in the hands of the A. F. of L. indicate that organized labor continues to regard these benefits as an integral purt of trade union structure. The large extent of these benefit services was strikingly shown in the summary for 1933 which the Executive Council reported to the 1»3. convention. Out of 114 standard national and international unions 90 reported the payment of some of the regular forms of benefits. The total amount paid by all the unions reporting was $40,692,112.72, classified as follows: Death benefits, 1jr4"780,206.42; sick benefits, $4,678,636.41; disability benefits, $4,837,730.42; miscellaneous, $946,230.85. Nine unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor reported having paid benefits in excess names of the organizations and the amounts follow: International Typographical Union, $3,668,040.71; International Photo- Engravers' Union of North America, $1,743,195.13; United Mine Workers of America, $1,000,000; Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, $997,394.21; International Stereotypes and Electrotypers' Union of North America, $882,490.37; United Association of Plumbers and Steam- fitters of the United States and Canada, $748,071; International Printing Pressmen's and Assistant's Union of North America, $617,794.67; International Molders Union of North America, $603,720.44; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America, $522,952.34. Although the total benefits paid by the smaller unions do not run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars which characterize the outlays of the larger unions, the individual benefits to relieve distress among their members are equally as important as the benefits granted by the big organizations. The long record of benefits paid by American trade unions demon' strates that the program of the or ganized labor movement includes more than wages, hours and work conditions. Machinery and Unemployment The social importance of the job' less army problem, with around 11,000,000 able-bodied adults totally without work and 19,000,000 per sons dependent upon public relief for their living, was stressed by Dr. Irving Langmuir, Nobel prize winner, in an address before the graduating class of the Mohawk school, Schenectady, N. Y. He told the graduates the seriousness of thc unemployment situation was due to the fact that "there has never been a time in the world's history when such a small fraction of the people can produce the necessities of life required by the people as a'whole." Thc condition pointed out by Dr. Langmuir has been brought about by the policy of those who own and control industry to have inventors devise machinery through the use of which a few workers can produce as many commodities in a certain time unit as a larger number of workers could produce without the machinery. Industrial leaders, who control wealth production and distribution policies, should have used this machinery to shorten the hours of labor without reducing wages, thus affording working men and women the opportunity to provide themselves and their families with a constantly rising standard of living proportionate to the workers' increased productivity. Instead of doing this, industrial executives imposed and continue to impose thc long work week, locking out millions of workers for whose skill and strength the machine has been substituted, and appropriated as profits an inequitable portion of increased production. Statistics show that between 1919 and 1929 the productivity of industry in thc United States increased 50 per cent, while real wages paid the workers increased only 27.5 per cent. In 1919, labor received in wages 17.5 per cent of the value of goods produced, while in 1929, despite the 50 per cent increase in output, the percentage of wages to the value of goods was 16.5 per cent, or less than it was in 1899. As Dr. Langmuir truly pointed out, one phenomenon of our present economic order is the fact that under machine production a relatively few workers can produce nil the necessities our people require. Another phenomenon is that employers have Kept the few working long hours and ruthlessly locked out millions of so- called surplus workers to pound the streets in idleness and be supported by either government charity or work relief. Thc answer to both of these phenomena made by Organized Lnbor is the compulsory 30-hour week for all industrial workers without reduction in earnings. WINNIPEG CAP MAKERS START ORGANIZATION First Vice-President M. L. Berg- stein, Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union addressed a specially called meeting of those workers. A good attendance at the meeting resulted in a special committee being selected to further the actual organization work, and it does appear that before very many weeks we will be successful in having an organization of cap workers in Winnipeg. SEE... DUFFUS ABOUT YOUR Business College Training !^<"» ind Pender Day and Night Phon. Ssy. 5771 Center & $anna Itb. (Established 1893] »____. ViftftMM-'-aVi.- ^Vancouver, Powell River, bnd''£«'l|l»fi.4C, South Vancouver Juvenile fond Unfair | For many years the Musicians Union has been lending every assistance to juvenile bands in and around Vancouver, but has intimated that this assistance would continue so long as the juvenile bands did not enter into the competitive fields where musicians had to earn their livelihood. This agreement has been fairly closely lived up to, but recently the South Vancouver Juvenile Band, conducted by J. OlBon, has entered the competitive field, thereby taking away the livelihood of men with families to support. After giving the band every opportunity to change its attitude in the competitive field, and failing to obtain any change, the Musicians Union, Local 145, has been compelled to place the South Vancouver Juvenile Band on its "non patronage" list and has asked the Trades and Labor Council to also place this band on the "We Do Not Patronize" list. Thie request will take the usual course and will be investigated by the Grievance Committee of the Council. 4000 MEXICAN MINERS WIN PAY RAISE STRIKE MEXICO CTTY—Officials of the El Fresnillo Company's mine at Fres- niflo. in the State of Zacatecas, in- eeees-rd .the wages of its four thousand miners following a walk out to enforce « 60 per cent pay raise demand. Unrest occasioned by low «■_«__. Ind been brewing among the . eamteyees for many weeks.. Details : e_ .be jrav concession were not made f •psW-i.. fhe company is owned by ■t*it<r»a interests. Page Eleven UV I'M STRONG FOR STREET CARS" "The more people ride in the street can, the better I like it," said the man at the wheel "If everybody rode in automobiles there wouldn't be room for us all and we'd have to widen the streets and pay for that. "Street cars save street space. A street car passenger needs only about six square feet of street space and an automobile passenger about 40 square feet. "The more people ride in street cars the more space it leaves for me. Maybe I'll take my own medicine some day." (hmmc There'* No Substitute for Mass Transportation f«* hi. TRflUEL BUREAU bus T.RminniijRn.a.JUFRBC PACIFIC STAGES l IMIIIIJ UNION TAXI CABS RESPONSIBILITY + SAFETY YOU PAY ONLY FOR THE DISTANCE YOU TRAVEL- UNION DRIVERS iiliiiiiiilllllillilllllllllllllllllllllliiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllliiillililllililiiiii Pheae Highland SIS1 Detail Work Mahogany Doom and Trim 11 SO Glen SA$H. JDOORaS *W MaUWORK WIUWNI IHHQRMNr* (MARDWOODS ut "JtCfafl" . |lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIII Vakonwr, |.C. i lllllll &• ■ will leav? all ^iScTelhiV"" I ""^oncX The scheme V.l«^|a^nVannuai;.e_ai0Mat-Qei_v_---- ||| .. _-ardin_- tha ...a..— fa. __.____•. I ill eff««_-..u» m«<» « • «••♦» *■ —•• Page Twelve THE LABOR STATESMAN September like rare Champagne. Lucky Lager Is crystal clear and hill oi lively, long-lasting sparkle. This is due lo special brewing processes and an exceptionally long ageing period in glass- lined refrigerated storage tanks. No artificial methods are used to give Lucky Lager its abundant, rich, creamy loom and Us smooth, mellow taste. AGE AND PURITY GUARANTEED BY 10,000 BOND On Sale at Government Liquor Stores and Licensed Premises. COAST, BREWERIES nw__ -a*n.l. Mntinmi-I O.iimhHi M__rh-_„T, This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquo- Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. THE GOOD START Before a ship puts out to tea, ihe muit be fully equipped. Regular lavlngi depoilti, accumulating at compound intereit, can be uied to equip boyi and girls far their life voyage. RO Y A L BANK OF C A N A D A Health Insurance Plai Outlines of Proposed B. C. Health Insurance Legislation Fifteen minute talk made over radio CKWX for the Vancouver- New Weitmimter and District Trades and Labor Council, by Percy R. Bengough, Secretary of the Council, on Wednesday, August 14th, at 7:30 p.m. The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, to whieh this Council is affiliated, at its convention in Winnipeg in 1921, introduced a resolution which pointed out that the wages of working people are mainly based on uie bare necessities of life and such being the case makes little or no al- ,owance for medical attention and lurs per month and their dependents und tnose drawing unemployment relief, etc., are all to be covered, 'there ure some exceptions in unorganized districts to be included at the discretion of the commission to be set up to administer the scheme. It is proposed that the scheme be financed by contributions from employees, employers, rural municipalities on behalt of farmers and their families, voluntary contributors in some cases, and the province. Em- p.oyces are to pay not more than three per cent of their wages and employers not more thun two per cent of their payrolls. Rural municipalities are to pay sufficient to loss of time through sickness. It [ cover the cost of medical benefits was pointed out that wage and sal- grunted to their residents and may ary earners find themselves destitute raise funds by taxation to reinburse during periods of sickness and un- the municipality. Voluntary contri- doubtedly the resultant worries oft- butors must pay enough to cover the limes cause a state of mind not tend- cost of benefits to themselves and ing to recovery, but tending to pro- their dependents. The province will long incapacity. From thut time on, pay thc full cost of benefits to in- u very active campaign was carried digent persons and half the total *' ' ~ costs of udministration, not exceeding one million, two hundred thousand dollars in any one year. The medical benefits to be granted under LOTUS HOTEL PARLOR CORNER Or PENDER AND ABBOTT Vanwh the Night Right—Cam. with «tte Bunch ****** *hr WwtAng! 400 feet from .kin_i_ua_i,t,_T_ . <Ml.r_:urtf., W. U. Ctawacy) on by the International Trade Union Movement in Canada, for a system uf Health Insurance. Every year ..ince that time our Legislative Committees have requested vnrious pro- vinciul governments for a system of Health Insurance. The Government of British Columbia has been considering the question of Health Insurance for many years. In 1920 a Royal Commission on State Health Insurunce, was set up under tbe chairmanship of the Honorable C. F. Davie and in their final report rendered in 1U32, which was very comprehensive, it was conclusively proved from the hearings held and evidence received from all parts of the province, that there was un overwhelming desire on thc part of the public generally, for the introduction of both State Health Insurunce and maternity benefits, and nn undeniable and acute necessity for such a scheme. On Mnrch _:2nd of this year, the Honorable G. M. Weir, provincial secretary, presented to the legislature a draft bill of Health Insurance for the consideration of the members and the general public. Doctor Weir stated that tbe draft bill wus offered as a basis for discus- sion with a view to formulating finally a Health Insurance measure for adoption at the next session of the provincial legislature, Copies of the draft bill have been distributed to those interested who have been asked to submit critical comments. The government desires to encourage active public discussion on the subject und to give every facility for representation from nil who desire to be heard. The hearing committee hus been appointed nnd until the 4th of September hearings will be heard in the interior of British Columbia. The lime und dates of these hearings will be advertised from time to time in the daily papers. On Monday, September llth, until Friday, September 13th, inclusive, the committee will sit in the City of Vancouver. On September 14th in New Westminster; on September 23 to 25th in Victoria, and on thc 26th in Nanaimo. These hearings have been arranged for the express purpose of getting the opinions of individuals and organizations with a view to getting the best plan of Health Insurance suitable for this province. It would be better if it was understood that the government has definitely decided to bring in a scheme of Health Insurance in the province and that what is desired now is constructive criticism so that thc best possible scheme can be arrived at. It would be advisable for organizations and individuals to forward their recommendations to thc chairman, Dr. Allan Peebles, Parliament Buildings, Victoria. This would be the best method to adopt both for those making thc recommendations and for thc committee. For the purpose of bringing about a more general understanding of the proposed plan of Health Insurance, 1 will quote from a memorandum prepared by Dr. Cassidy, director of social welfare. Thc persons who may bo insured under the British Columbia plaa, bacl.ede practically all wage earners, _a»«-ers, Indigents anil other peeswns o. lew or moderate income w*t» tH-ei* d»|mm..nts. Employees «!»*-»-!» farm th_r» _wo hundred dol- the proposed act, include for every insured person: first, general medical practitioner service, including maternity care; second, hospital service including 21 days free public ward cure nnd 75 per cent of the cost of cure for nn additional period not to exceed 10 weeks to be fixed by regulation; third, the services of medical specialists as may bc required; fourth, drugs, medical and surgical and optical supplies, provided that insured persons may be required to pay not more than one-quarter of the cost of such supplies and services; fifth, laboratory services as may be required; sixth, limited home nursing services, primarily a visiting nurse service; seventh, limited denUil services, primarily of a preventive nature; eighth, special dental services, mainly of a preventive nature as may be decided upon by the commission but not to exceed in cost, five per cent of the total annual expense of medical benefits. Cash benefits ure to be puid only to those who are insured as employees ut the rate of one-half of ordinary wages but not to exceed 10 dollars per week. No cash benefits are to be puid until after thc employee has been disabled for one week and they ore not to continue for more than 2(i weeks. Medical services ure to be provided by existing private practitioners and health agencies as fur as practicable. Every insured person is to have the right to choose tlie doctor or pharmacist who may serve him. The act is to bc administered by a commission of five persons, three of whom are governmental officials already performing other duties and who are to serve on the commission without additional salary. These three are, thc director of social welfare who is to be chairman, thc provincial health officer paid advisory council of fa representing employers, em and other interested ..roups.. unpaid advisory councils re; ing doctors, dentists, nurses, tuts and pharmacists and by appeal bourd of three niembm appointed by the iiovernmen; is to pass upon appeals of persons from decisions of ths mission. The plan is designed broadly inclusive. The lack quote medical care for the the laboring and ugricultui lation is now fully recogn; the proposed plan of ance aims to provide adequate cal service both curative ar. ventice for the bulk of the tion. It goes beyond European Insurance in making profiii-| farmers and indigent person their dependents as well as earners und their dcpendenn the plan extended to its full practically 90 per cent of it. mtion of the province of Briti lumbia will be covered, stresses medical benefits nnd cash benefits. It is estimated with a full plan in operati-] penditures on medical benef- bc approximately five times thun on cush benefits for Ii earners and their families aM wage earners being the only entitled to the cash benefits i as the medical benefits. However, the scheme doesM! pose to offer a complete service to insured persons. been estimated that to give i plete service would cost about' teen dollars and fifty cents p< per insured person, The KM proposed costing spproni twelve dollars and fifty year per insured person, ■ therefore about SO per cent complete service. At the sani limited cash benefits are to ■ vided. It is not presumed payments limited to ten M week will serve adequate! » tect wage earners against tie omic hazard of absence rot on account of illness, but « pected that the cash benefit" particularly In the case ol ML wage earners. There is a AM of opinion regarding cash J and as to whether cash I f should be included m surance scheme or not. t M I questions that the heMiWj tec would like to get the >r| of the general public, This is a very brief out i«« proposed scheme and I *«™'L vise Trade Union organizat BJ othcr interested groups top J information possible on tn ■ W as it is a very ImpojWif legislation and one «b c - them to quite a degree' posed scheme should be K such organizations an "^ tending to Improvements fore thc hearings commBMJl ing, to be followed by iW> It is legislation that «.,*; extent effect the daily "'"■ era and their famities.Wl ment has made provision Mi opinions so that the , mini, me provincial health officer changes can be ma a Y% and the chairman of the Workmen's I bill being enacted ana' . Compensation Board. The other two interested organization' rf() members are the administrator of Health Insurance and the director of medical services. The latter arc to bc appointed by the government vantage of the facilitiesi < The Vancouver, New J»«J1 and District Trades and w I cil will be with you «•» ,J -_.,.-„._.- UJ „,,,. Ru v_.iium.ii. __| will _,_ ...... „- varV for a term of five years. The com- station at 7:30 p.m. ***" mission is to be assisted by an un- day. Oxford Barber Shop W.I O WMTWOOB, Froprl.tor 436 Abbott Street rhoMei ley. •aei.saea-a.4«, THE VANCOUVER TOBACCO COMPANY Wholesale Tobacconists' •oTslt-as el aU Mlada—_jn»ort»r» Cigarette., Vobaceoe, Kunv. f'*m.ir. Pijaae, SmoV Cljari 5fc._l.63.65 Venter Strut Wait Sun*'!] H. & H. Sheet Metal Wot** •vm. wmj or shut mtitax ***** ran.... laaauUM ___* «-f-4.w»™«-. *m m*w*S» •*** -Phone Sey. -S93 Automobile f*t.«aV«>» fsssm'stas •BJ ■un** ''*™>}.'<.i"!l*'i!.'p'' J Ucr, 1935 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Thirteen kTHE BEST DELICIOUS CAKE AND PASTRY FLOUR "None Can Compare" JLVERFIZZ LONDON DRY GIN Males a Wonderful Cocktail or Collins" 12-oz 90c 25-OZ. »tle75 40-OZ. JpZ.oO UNITED DISTILLERS UMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. ..■•fee's Bur d a of j Teachers' Unions Issues Debt Is Growing i 165 Charters in 2 Years ei4.tr rr Mv_rti__m.nl is not published or displayed by the Liquor Wrol Hoard Iiv the Government of British Columbia. UNION. BARBER SHOP HE LOTUS BARBER SHOP IN THE LOTUS HOTEL. ABBOTT STREET I htra-ag. Ulock l'rum Labor Headquarters red. L. JACKSON, Proprietor if ■n.'! ins ll •-IL. -"___» of io pC| ** expentli and heavy t; * -ami' Werc ordi it ■hied recent IY\"] aml 5'k'> f Ubrun. h decrees Nations wer HkWftu and men, Iteration of Wto pla _?e«"lg of p. [il lie r . ld__a- t in French s, salary re nine protest ustily added i _erv.ee or- a of the gen- or promptly muster com- ist, The or- lt_j orO o«*| V. -»• N declVr.1",'";sl;„ lne,or* it_..-_t _/.• ' the reduc- e cost of li\ I 111. ",,s. which .,„ E writs, red JP*" "id eh R are Insult 7 '»' the din ""» imposed. •'Iron, war '»N seeurili, KLm,,';• '»>-' income, in the ^tntsl«estcir„rtto balance it.'-" Wo have 8i8"^ de- ■?.*■ h««vy sacrifices." Laval J his speech, but added ^the/u,,, 'yesrs," he i ',"*-___!""" "ill, "the state m 200 to 3.0 . _nd "Oirie of the <_*- S»«nd,i <"","u"u's Me in a 1 W*">1 situation than the ."a 1 and (By A. F. of L. News Service) S salary re-1 CHICAGO, 111.—Florence Curtis ion of nil big Hanson, secretary of thc American by decrees Federation of Teachers, reports that by Premier between June, 11133, and May, 1.35, y President 'be Federation chartered 165 locals, which is the largest gain during any period in the history of the organization. Pointing out that this unprecedented growth in the union movement among class room teachers "is stimulated by conditions arising out of the business depression but not caused by it," Mr. Hanson adds: "The active membership is about 20-000, forming an aggressive nucleus for protecting the interest of the class room teacher. Gains durina this period are spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific with several States appearing actively for thc first time. The movement haa developed because of thc inadequacy of the conventional State and national professional organizations. "Teachers are realizing that the school situation is a national problem. They are realizing that hope for a solution does not lie with their administrators but with themselves. They are realizing the truth of what sociology has taught them—that it is group action which is most effective today nnd that no onc group standing by itself can win in a struggle so vital to all and that they must unite with the American Fcderatiton of Labor with its lone history of active and intelligent aupiport of public education."' promised by ides provision ■I'd coal and i per gas and lent to comic wage and "lustries and were taxed lie Republican preserved by finance, on a t,,™' expectation „f t_.e .,,!,,n,™ revenue, waa deficit l"1'*1"" "f -»e eleven ■^ha-S.'1 ** bttd,N,t " are »o» thinking about, ft " you, Mary," '■^do-niVcream!" MAN? W1U. HO TO TEAMSTERS CQPtVXNUON One hundred per cent "S»_«yB^ tion of twenty-one locale «WW, with Washington Joint Council Kw. 28 at the International Ce«vOTt«w;. to be held in Portland in Sentemlrer is confidently expected as the rcsalt _of information now on hand at Joint oCouncil headquarters. Trades Union Law In Canada Under the title "Trade Union Law in Canada" the Dominion Department of Labor has recently published a bulletin whieh reviews the legal status of trade unions under tbe common law, and federal and provincial legislation. Quotations are made from numerous legal decisions in Great Britain and Canada involving trade unions and their activities. An outline is also given of the history of this legislation, making thc entire presentation one which is not only authoritative but of particular interest at the present time. Tracing thc origin of trade union law in Canada, it is explained that, although with other laws it has a common derivation from England, yet Canadian Trade union law differs considerably from the existing law in Great Britain. In Canada a strike of printers in Toronto (March 25, 1_72. precipitated thc movement for protective legislation. The printers, striking for reduced hours, had been imprisoned on charges of criminal conspiracy. Public opinion forced remedial action. Accordingly, in June, 1872, the Trade Unions Act was enacted with the immediate objective of freeing trade unionists from liability under the common luw on conspiracy in restraint of trade. The Trade Unions Act. however, differed from its English prototype in that the Canadian Act was declared to apply omy to unions registered under tne enactment, At the same time, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, also copied from an English Statute ol tne previous year, wus passed lo prevent, intimidation in connection with industrial disputes. This statute torms the basis of the present law on picketing. Tne bulletin proceeds to detail the changes in these two Canadian statutes pertaining to picketing, conspiracy, etc. the complexities of legislation, due to the jurisdictional provisions ot the Canadian constitution, are summarized as loliows: "Statutes affecting trade unions may be either Dominion or provincial according to their subject matter. The Trade Unions Act was passed a few years after Confederation when trade unions were lew und isolated and the only phase of the law with which Parliament was then concerned was the criminal law on conspiracy and intimidation. But the Trade Unions Act as copied from that of Britain confers thc right tu hold property and to sue and bc sued in regard to it, a civil right. Criminal law is a mutter for the Dominion Parliament but luw respecting property and civil rights is a matter for tne provincial legislatures under the British North America Act, and the constitutional validity of the Trade Unions Act has been questioned. In fact, provincial statutes concerning trade unions were enacted in British Columbia (Trade Unions Act of British Columbia) and Quebec (Professional Syndicates Act) in 1U02 and 1.24 respectively." An analysis is made of the position of trade unions under the law in British Columbia and Quebec with particular reference to the liability of trade unions for thc acts of their members and the rights of trade unions tu sue. There is also a section on collec live agreements between employers and employed showing their position in English law and under thc Collective Labor Agreements Extension Act of Quebec. Thc latter statute is attracting a good deal of interest just now as a means of protecting thc employers and work-people who enter into agreements as to wages and hours of labor against thc employer who would pay inadequate wages for long hours. Thc bulletin has been prepared by Miss Margaret Macintosh, of the Department of Labor.—Labor Gazette. OAKLAND FOUNDRY MEN WIN WAGE BOOST STRIKE OAKLAND, Calif.—Onc hundred nnd twenty-five members of the International Brotherhood of roundry Employees' local union here at the end of a week's strike against thc Vulcan Foundry Company won an increase of 10 cents an hour m the wages of non-journcymen moulders. Thc old rate of 40 cents was raised to 50 cents. The increase was granted only arftw the employees, including jour- _)«'rt»»i<o molders, teamsters and lnaHaarrni .walked out 100 per cent, com- 'aaarf-tror <he closing of the plant. Ihrien teamsters refused to haul material to or from the plant daring the strike. • 0 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR Labour Legislation Governing Wages and Hours Minimum Wage Orders apply to the following Industrie.: Logging Order No. I, Weit of Cascades, effective April 7, 1834 Watchmen in Logging Industry, Order No. la, effective Nov. 9, 1934 Shingle Bolts, Order No. lb, effective - - - - Jan. 4, 1935 Sawmill., Order No. 2, Weit of Cascades, effective April 27, 1934 Office Occupation, Order No. 4, effective - - - May 25, 1934 Public Housekeeping, Order No. 5, effective - - May 25, 1934 Taxicab, Order No. 6, effective Jan. 29, 1934 Box Manufacturing, Order No. 7, effective - - - Aug. 3, 1934 Barbering, Order No. 8, effective Aug. 3, 1934 Mercantile (Male), Order No. 10, effective - - - Aug. 10, 1934 Woodworking, Order No. II, effective - - - - Aug. 24, 1934 Comtruction, Order No. 12, effective - - - - Oct. 19, 1934 Logging, Order No. 13, East of Cascades, effective Oct. 19, 1934 Sawmills, Order No. 14, East of Caicades, effective Oct. 19, 1934 Shingle Industry, Order No. 16, effective - - - Nov. 23, 1934 Baking Industry, Order No. 17, effective - - - - Nov. 23, 1934 Stationary Steam Engineer!, Order No. 18, effective March I, 1935 Stationary Steam Engineer! (Apartment Building*) Order No. 18a, effective April 18, 1935 Elevator Operators, Order No. 19, effective - - March I, 1935 Shipbuilding, Order'No. 20, effective June 4, 1935 Fruit & Vegetable (Female), Order No. 21, effective April 18, 1935 Fruit S Vegetable (Male), Order No. 22, effective April IB, 1935 Janitors, Order No. 23, effective April 18, 1935 Mercantile (Female), Order No. 24, effective - - - July I, 1935 Manufacturing (Female), Order No. 25, effective - - July I, 1935 Transportation, Order No. 26, effective - - - • July 4, 1935 Penonal Service (Female), effective Sept. 15, 1919 Filhing Industry (Female), effective Feb. 28, 1920 Laundry Industry (Female), effective .... March 31, 1919 Telephone & Telegraph (Female), effective - - - April 5, 1920 HOURS OF WORK ACT, 1934—The following occupations are subject to the Hours of Work Act and Regulations made thereunder: (1) Mining, quarrying and other worki for the extraction of minerals from the earth. (2) Industries in which articles are manufactured, altered, cleaned, repaired, ornamented, finished, adapted for sale, broken up or demolished, or in which materials are transformed; including shipbuilding and the generation, transformation and transmission of electricity or motive power of any kind, and logging operations. (3) Construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, alteration or demolition of any building, railway, tramway, harbor, dock, pier, canal, inland waterway, road, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, sewer, drain, well, telegraphic or telephone installation, electrical undertaking, gaswork, waterways, or other work of construction, as well as the preparation for or laying the foundations of any such work or structure. Mercantile Industry; Bakeries; Barbers; Catering; Elevator Operators; Transportation Industry. Copies of Orders and information regarding Hours of Work and other Labor Legislation may be had on application to the DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. VICTORIA. B.C. GEO. S. PEARSON, ADAM BELL, Minister of Labor Deputy Minister of Labor GOOD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE- Restmore Furniture .at you**WU__*MI PUftNITUftt CfOflt ' <'V'«'.''».-.^,>u , Lsrardimi u__ * .-.^"""Wr'^SI-J in effnet iW..l..~..7".7i; Page Fourteen H1H.HUJI | V|i •oaEi-b ««_.*__-< "%•*< Mi THE LABOR STATESMAN _*! SeptemJ BUILDING THE FUTURE OF CANADA © HERE is a definite stage in the development of all great nations, when, with its internal economy complete, it turns to the development of foreign trade. CANADA has reached that stage. The rapid advance of Canada among the world's trading nations has been one of the most remarkable features of post-war history. This fact turns the spotlight upon her seaports. Nerve centres of her foreign trade, Canada's harbors are advancing rapidly into an era of intensive development and expansion, with consequent benefit to the nation as a whole. WHAT THIS MEANS TO VANCOUVER • The dynamic impact of foreign trade has already transformed the Port of Vancouver. Mighty grain elevators to compose the greatest collection of any of the world's ocean ports have sprung up on the shores of Burrard Inlet. Giant piers, warehouses, oil tanks and railway systems have come into being—the provisions of Vancouver's great harbor for the handling of world goods. To what magnitude these will eventually attain it is impossible to foresee, but the advance of Canada in world trade predicates inevitable expansion for Vancouver. LABOUR'S GREAT HERITAGE The mighty surge of products through the Port of Vancouver is the generating force of employment for thousands of Canadian workmen. As Canada's overseas trade increases, this great edifice of labor will be strengthened and built up by the pressing demands of trade. The interests of Canadians as a whole are bound up in the future expansion of her seaports. VANCOUVER HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS BLOEDEL, STEWART & WELCH LTD. LOGGERS AND SHINGLE MANUFACTURERS Saw Mills: Port Alberni tVtcj Great Central Lake. Red Band Shingle Mill: North Arm Freter River, Boundary Road. Logging Camps: Memie'i Bay, Union Bay, Great Central Lake and Alberni Canal. 904 Standard Bank Building Vancouver, B.C. Htona: Say. 2201 Longshoremen To Lead Halifax Labor Day Fi The following news item, culled from The (Halitax. Citizen, is of interest because ot the preparations being made lor the Holding of the iruues and Labor Congress Convention, this month. Labor met this week and heard some very encouraging reports of its umerent commit/tees, one in respect to tne celebration ot Labor Day, ana tne other was tne coming ot tne big congress convention to oe held in llamax opening September _(>tn. Ihe meeting this weea was large and very enthusiastic, and thus far everything points to the coming events being of a most successful cnaracter. Lead The Way At this meeting the Ways and Means (.ommittee reported splendid progress, while the nades and Labor Congress convention committee are making good headway with the arrangements for the big meet. In connection with Labor Day, tne committee were able to report an outstanding feature, and one which illustrated me spirit and ideal of the committee itseil, which as Chairman jas. wood put it: "We want every ihe secretary read a letter from r'. Ii. laui, Deputy Minister of Labor, stating Mat there would be .louu available irom tne provincial treasurers oiiice tor the Labor council, for the purpose of assisting the latter in connection with the expenses of the Congress Convention. A letter was ordered sent acknowledging the letter and donation with thanks. President Ramsay said he was in touch with Mayor Cragg and that the city of Halitax could be depended upon to do its share for the success of the Convention, and possibly the ball and banquet planned by the committee would be financed by the cuy council. Later, however, .'resident Kamsay said he would report deliniteiy on this part of the program. member of every union to u_ Labor Day and feel _l__.Jl sonal pan of the big pmjj statement whieh evoked -J thusiasm win. that the Haliful national Longshoremen. _i_f strong, will imn out Labor_____ probably lead the way, Longahoreaua BaaaJ The LoiiKslioremen's _J this year is showing toi spirit in celebrating thel noliday. Thanks to the good which exists hetween tti ■ .he shipping interests ol Hi; new atmosphere seems to among our waterfront *«r_j thia is manifest this yen ii? that not only are they _oii|i tor thc celebration, but ill mination the hoys are goia. J a banquet, details of which present lat' Get New Ferry Baal The Council expressed a pleasure tor the kindneu Dartmouth Town Council, tie Commission ami all others ill ity in bcm.; abie to secure. terry boat tor the big excoo oe held on the harbor in cos with the big convention to op on -September 16th, at _t scotia Hotel, and at whirl three or four hundred I wives, are tl ess than fo_a(olori is excursion ut| he tretted la •h will include strumental ail gates with tl to spend not Halitax. At t are going tu program, wh music, both dainty refreshments, <lincir_l nothing of ti close up view many attractions which mi by our harbor and Bedford I Then there will be tha Commission 1'lant, vast in in while outsith the harbor it guests will be shown the inc points ol interest, otherwise. Will Rogers Was Loyal Member (By A. F. Chicago, 11 lor teachers support of tl; n main intt ■ussion und . annual come In the death of Will liogers, organized labor has lost a kind friend and an active member. With all his brilliant success, Rogers remained the plain American citizen and never was called "Mr.," even by strangers, who recognized his marvelous mental powers. Hel"""'''"'..1'!1" was an active member of The Equity\*eaerauon '■ Association, the legitimate union oflmeet '" ^ his profession, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. His loyally is shown at the end by a provision in his will that .60,00. should go to the Equity Fund to aid in the humanitarian work of his choaen union. Kogers waa a fountain of living water in a dry and thirsty land. For he was first of all a real artist, and in addition he was a philosopher, and a man who preached sermons in his pictures, far better sermons than usually are heard elsewhere. Above nil Rogers remained sane in a world which long ago went crazy. His clean and wholesome mind penetrated the veneers, shams and rackets of a sophisticated world as the sun penetrates a morning mist. TEAMSTERS' UNION GETS SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS Wonderful progress has been made by Teamsters' Union locals throughout Southern California in the past few months. Many hundreds of long distance drivers have been brought into the various locals and much enthusiasm is evident all down the line. The San Pedro local, chartered only about a year ago, has now some six hundred members and ii reported as having brought all beer drivers in that territory into the Teamsters in the last month. CANADA FORCES LAST LINK IN HIGHWAY FORT WILLIAM, Ont -Four brVl__-__ -£_-__?I___L *«"• "ove Iy Botw' ISX*^^*^ «* »«w- \m^^!im^^^^ I V™" ~» "•«* ***=i labor has been provided in the United States. Teachers Strive for Intel! dual Frtf meet in C ot August _ atlon annuu here. The bi convention n "In thc fn baiting pro. aity oat ns a; lsiation, the teachers for in conform!;. ity, the atta chambers o patriotic soi. interests Inl resulting in educational i can Federal launch a cou gressive can teacher prof Raymond and Florence I L. Ne*l Set. Intellectual nd adequate schools «re * .st scheduled* ion at the ni" ;ion of the M_.__., ; eacheri, "•"•yor S and, Ohio, t*Mng._, ilficiils ol "»___„ in ,1 at its ""'•.com ement "."""•m of the Hu*Bo_.._ a, the delupMhtT] . other natfi*1^ holesale ninking tt* ,vith those ia upon the» commerce. ies and bif i-sted in <•________-_- ustic cart*-*™-, i portunity, *■"» .i, of fiu, te.-atUek «t for m iign lion." I. Lowry Curtis Ha»»5 Leg ince, Ihe of ( pe tiat nn Trie irici lite, thia >er. A. Tn tl latlor Cove . Cm kJa I'ni h»d< •tern « of of XX an . cit •pec. *«yi to °_rei lion i T.. ident ind i miii lea n (sfvnte; Ti the! luted and Florence iurns "•" tary-treasurci of the raw CLOTHING COMPANY »« EMPLOYEES FOR Wjl CLEVELAND, Ohio-™ Company, nun's clothm?^™ turers here < uiploying *JJB men and women, has •"ratine policy of paying the hourly "med u for idle time caused, _>'__^B»' »i furnishing work, breskd»n» chlnery, or oilier cauiw "^t workers' control. Thei eo» union label shop of the w ment Workers of Ameri» The plan was adopted »J year's experiment. It '• *** many quarters as a ,t'" equitable labor relations. [»J'i_ I0,0i . *o ,"00 - .-J"' e OAKLAND, Cal.-0*Jgm_»«i —■re also won a distinct W» James Doyle, organiseroi» era und Dyers' Un'0"',?.™ union agreement with '» cleaning and dyeng g, .with the Campbell clesmW ;{ing concern. 'ion. most of the right enough, out w ~l_, royided by relief the telephone is like » ffi those to familiar Man: A straw hat? *f "• . . Girl: Why, it Isn't «««• "i of htani fking 'nt I Am. the w«, iin8 ,
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