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[The Labour Statesman]
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_„ '*#*> W*y-i^'r'ffl*"*!"'' Canada Needs (i lot of new blood in its Federal and Provincial Parliaments to speed til towards industrial recovery. or OWNED AND CWTOOUED BY THE YAMOQQVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS er and Shorter Hour- is the Big American slogan now being used in efforts to- . wards industrial recovery. . Nd429. VANCOUVER, CANADA, JULY, 1934 Price, Five Cents Wages Cut After^ $2,600,000 Profit by Dept. Stores Shameless Attitude of Woodward's Store is Shown Up at the Stevens Committee Inquiring Into Price Spreads and Mass Buying -?-.—: ■;. ■ WOODWARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE has made $2,580,754 in profits in the four years since commencement of the depression, and it is a well 'known fact that this firm can pay the most miserable wages of any in town; The story about th_is firm, which came but at the Stevens enquiry, has jmly_Jbeen scratched so far as the Employees are concerned, but unless we miss our guess the firm of Woodwards will still gather in the profits wrung out of the hides of its own employees and out of the hides of other sweatshop workers. Ottawa— Woodward Stores of Vancouver maintained the 1929 profit ratio by cutting wages and increasing its profit .spread on Roods, Major A. E. Nash, Toronto accountant, declared at the sitting of the Stevens' inquiry into price spreads and the effects of mass buying. This department store had made profits totalling $2,680,754 in the four years since the depression. Net profits totalled $2,064,088 and reserves were $516,671. After deducting reserves and showed an ' assets of dividends, the store ,;'~ In real appreciation $2,106,000. "Did the profits decline in relation to the fall-off in sales?" asked Commit.-- Counsel N. Sommerville, K.C "No, they reduced wages $100,000 a year and made higher profit on goods," replied Major Nash. "Did they ever call on their reserves to maintain wages or to keep their price mark-up down to where it was in 1929?" ,rNo." In boots and shoes, the 1929 average mark-up on cost was 43.6 per cent. Now it was 49.7 per cent. The profits on boys' clothing increased from 32.8 per cent, to 85.6 per cent, on cost. With department stores maintaining their profits in the face of lowered sales, Major Nash assured Hon. H. H. Stevens he would later show how the lowered cost of commodities had been, backed up on the manufacturers, resulting in lowered -wages. Reverting to the Woodward Stores Major Kennedy wanted to know their percentage of profits. Major Nash said it was 10 per cent, on capitalization, which included the $4,000,- 000 of "written-up" capital. "That would really mean 20 per cent, on invested capital?" "No. About 16 per cent," said Major Nash. Continuing his examples of department store mark-ups. Major Nash said a lady's squirrel-trimmed coat colt $42 and sold at $69, a 65 per cent, mark-up. Other coats and suits cost $17 and sold at $29.60, a 72 per cent, mark-up. A wolf-trimmed suit cost $3.5 and sold' at $69, a 69 per cent, mark-up. ■ A walnut bedroom suite, made in Stratford, cost $94.60 and sold at $169. "Stratford," observed Mr. Stevens, "is. where they had all the trouble last fall." "Mad* In a Sweatshop" Boys' coats were purchased at $4.84 and marked. in two lots at $8.95 and $10.95. "Made in a sweatshop," said Mr. Stevens, noting the manufacturer's name. Mr. Sommerville: "That is one of the Toronto firms against whom action was taken for infractions of the minimum wage law." ■', Assets More Than Doubled Turning to a survey of David Spencer Limited, a Vancouver department store owned entirely by the widow and family of the found er, Major Nash said the assets had grown from $5,821,091 in 1924 to $13,707,021 in 1984, The company had reorganized in 1931, transforming its capital stock of $200,000 plus' reserves of $5,605,401 . to a valuation of $11,000,000. This had been done by increasing the appraised value of the store by $4,000,000. Land and buildings were valued at $2,800,000 in 1934. Reviewing Spencer's set-up, witness stated seven .directors of the firm drew $94,000 in directors' fees in 1924, $145,000 in 1930, and only $30,000 in 1933. Paid No Taxes With the change in capitalization, D. Spencer Company had paid no Dominion or' provincial taxes in 1933 and 1984, the auditor's report showed. In the preceding.eight years it had paid $443,855. A general laugh greeted counsel's statement that the profit mark-up in the Thrift Shops was 44 per'cent, but 49 per cent, in the stores' "Flapper Shop." Mark-up on optical goods was 133 per cent., and on sewing machines 76 per cent.. Major Nash illustrated. Major Nash said the Spencer Store officials assured him there had been no infractions of the British Columbia minimum wage laws, although several departments showed wages of $7, $7.60 and $8 in their salary lists. These low figures were accounted for by the fact the female employed was under 18 years and had worked 'in the department less than three months. Trades Council Notes Professor T. A. Carrothers, chairman of the Economic Council, re. grets that he cannot accept the Trades Council invitation to give his views on minimum wages and what their basis should be. He adds, however, that the news item in the press was only a partial version of the statement he actually made. The request of the Milk Salesmen's Union asking the Council to endorse a resolution asking the Liquor Board to permit the sale of milk and buttermilk in licensed beer parlors, .was acted upon favorably; The Parliamentary Unit of the Trades Council was, upon recommendation of the unit, dissolved, and a suggestion that the Legislative Committee of the council be enlarged, was adopted. - Civic Employees' Union reported holding several large meetings in communities throughout the city in an effort to acquaint the residents with their reasons for opposing the City Council's plan of having civic work done in exchange for relief scrip. Typographical Union reported having presented a purse to their retiring president, C. S. Campbell, who has held the office for the past nine years. Bakers' Union drew attention to the efforts being made by tha alleged members of the Workers' Unity League to sell 4X bread as union- made bread. This firm is still on the unfair list of the organized labor movement. Work Scarce In BridgeRiver District A delegate from the Electrical Workers' Union, who has been working in the Bridge River district, reported to the Trades Council that conditions for workers in that locality are far from satisfactory. Hundreds of unemployed have gone into the district and are not finding the jobs as plentiful as the mining boom in that district would lead them to expect Very few men are being employed in the mines, and the boom has not made many more jobs available, except for mechanics -nnd miners. Where camps have been, operated, unemployed were at one time able to get a handout from the kitchen, but this became so noticeable that a stop has been put to it and the unemployed now have to shift for themselves. The delegate referred to the boom as having created a lot of "wildcat" mines, despite the good results having been obtained from producing properties. Hen working on the government roads are only receiving $2.69 a day and the suggestion is made that the government is taking unfair advantage of the unemployment situation. Pay Council Favors Work On New Highways Word has been received from the Central Labor Council of Seattle, drawing the attention of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council to thei .proposed, highway which is to connect the Yukon Territory with the United States. The Seattle Trades Council suggests that we urge the Dominion Government to lend their support to the building of this highway, so that the work can proceed as early as possible and thereby find. considerable employment, not only for American citizens but also for Canadians, who will obtain work on the portion of -the highway which will have to go through British Columbia. The Vancouver Trades Council haa agreed to give enthusiastic support to the suggestion. Musicians reported that the ex- members of the union who had joined the All-Canadian Congress union, had been disciplined and taken back into the International Musicians' Union. Bakery Salesmen reported that McGavin's Bakery were still 100 per cent union and deserved tbe support of the friends of organized labor. Shingle Weavers reported trade quiet. Attacks being made by dual union advocates against the International Union were of more help to the boss than to the men working in the mills. Delegate Scribbins, taking up the question of the quality of milk being sold.in the city, urged the council to ask the Dominion Government to raise the milk staiK_srd from 3.25 per cent to 4 per cent butterfat. Motion made and endorsed. A committee of three was appointed by the chair to investigate and prepare a brief on the subject of new relief regulations which the government intimates will be changed at the end of July. Delegates Fitzgerald, Ross and McDonald will act on the matter. Taxi Drivers' Union asked the Trades Council to put the Red and White Taxi on the "Unfair List." This was referred to the Grievance Committee. ——•>- ■» Aid. Jackson of Moose Jaw has urged the city to default in payment of-interest on bonds, to force the local government board to take action. » LOST! ;. The Patronage of Union Worker! and Sympathizers WE DO NOT PATRONIZE *-**» r. The Stanley Theatre or Glympia Theatre Projectionists' Union and Trades and Labor Council '.*_.- -* v.. ' ___, . aaa Musicians' Union reported that the "Harbor View Dance Hall" waa on their unfair list. Engineers reported that their dispute of .two and a half years with the Sake Brewing Company had been settled with the help of President McDonald, and union engineers will be employed. Ordered For Clerb "Pep" Talks Washington.—Retail sales promotion managers will no longer by permitted to impose on retail clerks by compelling them to attend "pep tails outside regular hours of em- pl.iyment without paying them for their time. This is one effect of a ruling made by Deputy Administrator Dameron of the National Recovery Administration and approved by H. O. King, division administrator. The ruling was in the nature of an interpretation of a question raised by the Code Authority of tbe retail trade regarding the responsibility of a merchant for the pay of employees attending meetings called by the management. It was held that unless meetings were for social or educational purposes the employees would be considered as working and should.be paid.for their time. to Work Staffs as Long asTheyLike New Act Permits Employers to Work Their Staffs as Many Hours as They Choose, Providing They Find Some Excuse Britain Has Boom In Building Trades London.—Great Britain's construction industry is enjoying a healthy boom that is making a substantial dent in unemployment. - For the flrst four months of this year, according to the Ministry of Labor, the value of new buildings was 21.17 per cent ahead of the same period of 1933. Barbers' Union reported some new shops had opened up on Granville Street and elsewhere,' but were not employing union men. It was pointed out that a new m former union Miop mean that it is still onion, hence it is always necessary to look for the Union Shop Card NATIONAL DAIRIES We regret that information published under "Trades Council Notes" in our last edition, in reference to the National Dairies, was. not reported as stated in the Trades Council. We have been Informed by other parties, however, that the National Dairies has no cows, obtains all its milk from Fraser - Valley farms and satisfies the requirements of the Health Department of the City of Vancouver. ROCHESTER PAINTERS WIN WAGE INCREASE STRIKE Rochester, N. Y.—About 300 union painters here secured a substantial wage increase after a one- day strike. The settlement called for an hourly wage of $1 until July 16, when the NRA code becomes effective and raises wages to $1.06 an hour. The painters had been receiving 90 cents an hour and had asked $1.20. Sees 5,000,000 Idle Even in Normal Times Chapel Hill, N. C—"What are we going to do with 5,000,000 workers who-will be without jobs when conditions return to normal?" - - The question was asked by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief administrator, in a speech at the University of North Carolina commencement. Hopkins claimed that in 1929, the top of the boom, 8.000,000 workers had been displaced by machines, and that 2,000,000 have since been added to the "unwanted" list. Local Longshoremen Aid Coast Strikers _^*#^i^ver"'1ftste notes with a great deal of satisfaction the stand now being taken by the local longshoremen in their active support of the coast strike of the International- Longshoremen's Union and- other International Unions. It has been a long time since the Longshoremen's strike was broken in Vancouver and it now looks aa though new membership in the ranks of. longshore workers were being properly inculcated into the spirit of solidarity, lack of which among workers has always kept the boss on the winning side. If the local group keeps that spirit up it wil lnot be long before they will deem it advisable and necessary to 'enroll their membership into the International Longshoremen's Union and obtain the full support of the local trades unions. _ "^"0 CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT could have hrought in a ^ piece of legislation such as "The Hours of Work Act,' 1934" in the face of such an imperative need for shorter work hours. The new Act is an insult to the many thousands of unemployed in- 'our- streets and to tJie dexelicts in _m%carnp_.'TAnd it is an insuTt to the , organized labor mQ.vement,_which. has long contended that evftir the 30-hour week is overdue. In fact, when we read the "Regtfta- , tions" as drawn up by the Board of Industrial Relations, we*were reminded of the Nut Brothers in the comic sectioii of the Vancouver Sun. Here we are living in a condition where intense machine production makes it possible to produce enough to feed, cloth and shelter the entire human race on the best of everything, by a few months of labor by every able-bodied man, and leaving- plenty of time for real leisure and travel, yet the Liberal government of British Columbia, which was elected on a promise of progressive legislation, permits an Hours of Work Act to go into force, which permits employers to work their employees "in excess of tbe hours limited (48)" on an excuse of exigencies, urgent orders, extraorodinary conditions, emergency, repairs, extra pressure of work, not sufficient competent help,-etc., ad nauseum. We have had an 8-hour day on the statute books for a long time and every excuse under the sun has been found by employers and i the courts to make that act obsolete, but along comes an Economic Council and an Industrial Relations Board, commonly called a "brain trust" that makes the old 8-hour day act look like real progressive legislation. The new act and regulations are so full of exemptions, such 'as the above, that the most humble and well-intentioned employer . in the province could find an excuse to work his employees over the forty- eight hours per week which is supposed to be the limit. We think the act is the greatest piece of hypocrisy ever perpetrated on an overworked and under-employed'citizenship. We still have hundreds of thousands of unemployed yet those at present employed are permitted, and, in most .instances, forced to work longer than the prescribed -48. ndurs' .per, week.' We hav. 'teen age boys and girls, we have old men and old women, we have invalids and cripples, working, grinding, toiling, sweating long weary hours, while others more virile, more mature and better fitted walk the streets looking in vain for work, or tramp the highways as derelicts, up and down a bounteous land. The regulations, which are supposed to be posted in places of business, contain a jumble of exemptions to the 48-hour work week, that looks like one of those old-time letters from some Honorable Japanese. It seems to us that the Economic Council or the Liberal Government, or whoever is supposed to get honorable mention, thinks that the 48-hour week is a stringest piece of legislation. They set out to make a loophole for any and every employer to use.'' in the exploitation of his workers. The Government, or. the Board of Industrial Relations, headed by that Conservative reactionary, Adam Bell, appears to have entirely overlooked the fact that even during boom times the 48-hour week never removed a large army of unemployed from our midst, and now that the 6-hour day or the 30-hour week is the most advocated by the workers, this Board deliberately permits employers to work their employees as "many hours as may be necessary to surmount the exigencies of the trade." Here is one: "8. During the months of May, June, July, August and until the 16th day of September in each year, delivery salesmen engaged solely In the distribution of non-alcoloholic beverages, may work such hours in excess of the hours limited by Section 3 of the said Act as may be necessary to surmount exigencies of! the trade." What chance have the unemployed under that section? The lumbering, sawmills, planing mills, shingle mills, east of the Cascade mountains, may work up to 54 hours per week. Various sections of the logging industry, fish canning, shipping, box making, laundries, etc., are given exemptions of varying numbers of hours, and other trades may be granted exemptions by making applications and reasons for same. The Vancouver Trades and Labor .Council has gone on record as being absolutely opposed to any exemptions whatever, especially in view of the imperative need for a 30-hour week, and we again reiterate that any firm that cannot or will not pay decent wages and put a strict 8-hour and, later, a 6-hour day into effect should not be permitted to operate any business in British Columbia. They and their business should be deported to Japan or some other place, just as other Undesirable citizens are shipped out of the country. • We think that the S. P. A. should be . used on this piece' of legislation to bring It more in line with the needs of the workers and unemployed of this province. 5000 Union Truck Drivers Win Sweeping Victory in Twin Cities Minneapolis.—What is regarded as the moat significant and sweeping victory ever won by_, organized labor in the Twin Cities' waa recorded ','<•'-■•■ v wl(.n the strike of 6000 truck drivers was settled. Lasting 11 days, the truck strike resulted in a complete tie-up of all commercial motor transportation of commodities except milk, ice, supplies for hospitals and, of course, the _ ,.,„ United States mails. The milk and HOw'aJ-rifii-SpM ot Vrt7v7t.es'. ice companies have been unionized for years, and were not involved A meeting of 100 farmers at Del- oraine, Manitoba, passed a resolution asking the Government to supply fodder to feed horses and cattle which it would be necessary to retain on their farms; they stated that 3000 head of stock must be removed from the district. The strike ended in a complete physical and moral rout of the Citizens' Alliance. Its members, who served as "special "police" and resorted to their usual tactics of clubbing strikers, were severely beaten by infuriated crowds. These "specials," comprising a sort of employers' "Fascisti, had served in previous strikes during the last 18 years, and the long smouldering resentment against their brutality flared up into serious riots. Immense pressure waa brought on' Governor Olson to use the; state militia fpr strike-breaking purposes. He did call out the national guard— but not to act as escorts for "scab" manned trucks. The trooper* were under orders to permit no trucks to move. Olson arranged a parley between employer and union represent- atjaja^riu^ncleSam's representa- *m tives co-operating, and after almost 48 hours of negotiations, a settlement was signed by both sides and filed with the Regional Labor Board. The settlement provides fer union recognition, collective bargaining, seniority rights, wage scales and hours of work, reemployment without discrimination of all strikers, and forbids overt acts of any kind against employees because of their The significance of the settlement, however, is that the strike dealt a terrific blow to the Citizens' Alliance —a powerful and wealthy association of ' hard-boiled" anti-union employers which has been ruthlessly fighting organized labor for two score years. There was a big spontaneous celebration of workers in all industries when the settlement was formally announced. Many. business men joined in the' demonstration. St. Paul.—All of the gains made by organized labor in the spectacular truck drivers' strike in Minneapolis were not confined to that city. While the walkout was effective, ten of the largest fuel and ice companies in St. Paul—the down-river . "twin" of Minneapolis—and 21 of the so-called independent firms hastened to sign agreements with the St. Paul local union of the Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs. *s II- .• ■: . h* Page Two. THE 'LABOR STATESJiAN JuIy^L934 The Labor Statesman '""■/: Published last Thursday In month, at «. Labor Headr|uartt-rH, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades _' „ . ■""—• and Cabor Council. -' - Subscription Rates; $T,0O per Year; ; '-io.ilInions, 4c ))er member per month. Phone: Seymour 6379 Vancouver, Canada. July, 1934 Support Pledged To Rubber Workers' Union Akron, Ohio. — "The American Federation of Labor is squarely behind you. in your fight to obtain what you are .entitled to receive," declared Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation, in an address to the delegates to the" convention of the United Rubber Council here. The Council, consisting of delegates from,tire and rubber factory unions from Akron Und many other sections of the United States, was convened to set up machinery for dealing collectively with employers. 10,000 in Parade ,. The convention Was, given a hearty send-off by a magnificent parade participated in by rubber workers' unions and all of the three score other labor unions in Summit county. It- was estimated that at least 10,000 workers -marched in the scorching sun as their tribute to the rising tide of organization among the thousands of employees of Akron's tire . and rubber factories, who are marching to victory under the banner of the United Automobile Workers' Federal Labor Unions, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The largest delegations were from the Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone plants, with more than 1000 marchers from each union. Employees of the India Tire and Rubber, Company's plant, claiming the - first 100 .per cent union shop, supplied color to the demonstration by carrying tires over their shoulders. Gil Workers'Union Has 250 Per Cent Membership Increase Fort Worth, Texas'.—With a mem- tions were all supervised by bership 2'50 per cent larger than it Petroleum Labor Policy Board. the - '■ , ■' - SWEATSHOPS—— There appears to be quite a lot of ballyhoo in connection with 'he Stevens enquiry at Ottawa. It looks more like a set-up for an election '.very time some new firm is brought into the picture. These same con- dit ions have been made public time and time again throughout the. history of this country, but the same old game_goeS-mernly on and every investigation or exposure shows that the condition has been intensified. We will probably have every Conservative politician in the country telling bow the grand old Conservative Party will make employers turn their sweatshops into kindergartens anfl their profits into higher wages. And when they are back in power it will just be a matter of time before the same old exposures, only more intensified, will be made public for the consummation ot an amazed public. The only trouble about this enquiry ia that the. story is only half told. The conditions under which the store employees have to work, and-the scandalous wages they receive, and the subterfuges used to rob the pay envelopes of those em- plo_ye.es, is so. widely known _thst.._!_ seems as though the enquiry is just a waste of time and ____&ne____ If the Government really meant business it could have passed enabling legislation immediately after the opening of the session, but inasmuch as it has not done so we feel that the enquiry is more bunk than business. But can we blame the Government for not taking any action? We do not see any desire on the part of either the overworked and underpaid store employees or any sweat-shop employees to take any action that would help adjust those conditions. Many times the organized labor movement has attempted to organize those employees, but the response has been so apathetic that we have been compelled to leave them to stew in the mess. Most of these employees can find as many excuses for not belonging to a trades union Geneva, Sw/itzerlajnd. — Govern- as the boss can find for paying low J ment representatives at the-Interna- wages or working his employees | tional Labor Conference here ap Strike or 1100 Closes Rubber Company's Plant Akron, Ohio.—The plant of the General Tire and Rubber Company here was closed when 1100 employees organized in the United Rubber Workers' Federal Labor Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, walked out in a dispute over hours, wages, and recognition of the union. Business circles feared the strike would spread to other factories in this area. During the past year employees of the rubber companies have been strongly organized by the American Federation of Labor, and lately a number of general meetings have been held to consider the questions in dispute. Representatives of the union accepted the company's offer to raise wages which would place the concern's pay level on a par with other companies, but they refused to return to work until the company union was abolished. had One year'ago, the International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers concluded its national convention here recently— the first held since 1926., . : The union has now passed the 75,000 membership mark and is still climbing. A year ago it was down to 21,500. It-has a national agreement with the Consolidated <Sin- clair) Oil Corporation—one of the largest in the nation—and negotiations are being carried on with a number of other big concerns.™" The Shell and the Cities Service companies are expected tp be the next ones to Sign up. Sweeping Through Industry The labor union spirit is sweeping through the oil industry: . Every time an election is held on the question of union representation the bona fide labor organization wins over the "company union." Recently in California, employees of the big Richfield company voted in a state-wide election almost 3 to 1 for the- Oil Workers. At Poncai City and Okmulgee, Okla., the "company union" got only a scattering of votes in elections at two plants ot the Empire Oil and Refining Company. The. bona fide union also won out at the Louisiana Oil and Refinery Company, Shreveport, La. The elec- Hard Shells Crack progress made by The progress made by the Oil Workers is typical of what, is .taking place throughout industry—-industries which have been violently and openly anti-union or have masked their labor, antagonism under a cloak of "company unionism" are being unionized by bona fide labor organizations. Officials of the Oil Workers freely credit Section 7A of the Recovery Act with having given the initial boost to; their union. They, and the convention.delegates, however, were sharply critical of the petroleum code, its administrators-and the NRA compliance- boards. ■» Seek Higher Wages "Had we had a virile organization, such as we have today, at the time the code was drafted for the oil industry, we would have secured a wage scale more nearly in line with what is due Us instead of what was handed us in< the petroleum code," President Harvey C. Fremming told the delegates. -The convention voted to notify President Roosevelt that the oil workers will not aceept the wage differentials of the code and are prepared to strike unless the abuses are corrected. !- Int'l Labor Conference Balks at 40-Hour Week Machinery Operated for Profit Threw Millions Out of Work long hours and just so long as that condition prevails no government can be expected to pass any legislation that will relieve the intensity of industrial slavery. It is quite true that in every industry a small group can be found who desire to organize, but there is nearly always a larger group who want to wait to see what the other fellow will do for him, and that ia the reason why workers are treated so contemptuously by employers and by governments. There is power In organization but until the worker makes up his mind en masse to organize we are going to have that treatment meted out to all of us. We wonder if there is any significance about the fact that of the $1,700,000 to be -spent in Alberta, $1,400,000 is to go to providing quarters for the permanent militia and the R. C. M. P. No doubt Calgary, being the home of the Prime Minister, would be the first place an invading force from Russia or Japan would make for, but even so there does not appear to be any immediate necessity to spend $1,200,000 to provide barracks for full-time soldiers. The invasion is probably not imminent. Railroad Labor Bill Is Enacted . Washington.—The enactment of the Railroad Labor Bill into law was forced during the last day's session of Congress by the determined attitude of Senator Dill of Washington, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, and Senator Wheeler of Montana, supported by all of the legislative representatives of the organized labor movement. The outstanding feature of the measure is th.e_J.an which it places on company unions. Railroads are prevented from interfering in any manner whatsoever with employees joining or refusing to join an organization or union. The choice of representatives of any craft must be determined by a majority of employees voting on thc question. The measure was, according to its sponsors, designed . to rewrite the Rsilway Labor Act and make far- reaching and important changes in operation of the adjustment boards to settle grievances and the work of the mediation board. National Adjustment Boards The bill creates a national adjustment board with four divisions, each composed of an equal number of representatives of railroads and employees and each permitted to select a neutral member. Establishment of regional or system boards of adjustment are permitted if the carriers and workers wish to set up such boards voluntarily. Further the present Board of Mediation of five members is supplanted by a national mediation board of only three. • ' peared to have brought about tbe rejection of the draft of the 40-hour work week convention by abstention from voting. After Article 1 was defeated, 44 to 8, without a necessary quorum showing, - owing to the government delegates' abstentations, the workers group obtained adjournment until the following day so that they would have an opportunity for a private conference with the government group. The British wete chiefly to blame, some delegates felt, one commenting that the draft was "one of the most subtle attacks on conditions -for workers which Great Britain has ever devised." LABOR PARLEY BARS SEAMEN, FISHERMEN, FARM WORKERS, FROM JOBLESS INSURANCE Geneva, Switzerland The International Labor Conference of the League of Nations adopted a convention which held that fishermen, farm workers and seamen should be barred from the relief afforded by unemployment insurance. The representatives of the workers put up a strenuous opposition to the exclusion of farm workers, but were outvoted by the government and employer representatives. Washington. — Direct responsibility for the millions of jobless was placed on those who own and control industry by Edward A. filene, Boston merchant, in a radio address .here in defense of the NRA-and other Roosevelt policies. Machines Make Breadlines—; He charged that the policy of private ownership of i machinery and the operation of industry for maximum profits coupled with the payment of wages far below the value of the wealth produced by the workers, brought on thc depression and compelled the inauguration of the "New Deal." He said, in part: "We built hundreds of great^ new industries. We installed marvelous new methods of production. We introduced scientific management until in the end we were able to produce enough to keep every American family living almost in luxury. "But vie didn't distribute this product nor see any necessity for definite planning to make this possible; but while the masses were employed building up these great industries, they got regular wages, and they bought far more than the masses of any country had been able to buy before.————— ■—«_■ - "When the machines, however, be came so productive that the masses could buy only a fraction of their products, the machines had to be run on part time. Jobless Appear and Poverty Stalks "That mean that millions lost their jobs. And that meant that the masses had still less buying power than before, so less was bought and more machines were shut down and unemployment and poverty increased. "Poverty, not because of any scarcity, but because we had learned how to produce so much. Poverty because we had built up a new economic order and were trying to operate it- on the traditions of an old economic order." TO MAKE SURE OF A HAPPY HOLIDAY! People sorfietimes spoil tbeir'fiolidays by taking along things they'won't need and leaving behind things, they Will need. ' .•:.,,... .,„" ; If you're goirig away, there-are many things yiu'll want to find .put in advance—what to take, where you're going to stay, etc. The quickest and mps/t effective wciy to get. this information is by long-distance ,. telephone. ■ Call up someone at the place where you're going. A few!, words over the telephone in advance may prevent disappointment later. ' v *. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. NEW DRINKING CUP TOP ■ l«- JUST HOLDS A SWALLOW %wm\$tim^ OLD EXTRA SPECIAL LIQUEUR1 l6ot. »i*rli OUNCE' International Labor Body U. S. Membership Washington.—The Senate unanimously approved a joint resolution empowering the President to accept membership for the United States in the International Labor Organization of the League of Nations. The resolution had previously received the endorsement of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Under its terms the President is "authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States of America in the .International Labor Organization, which, through its general conference of representatives of its members and through its international labor office, collects information concerning labor throughout the world and prepares international conventions for the consideration of member governments with a view to improving conditions of labor." A second section provides that in accepting such membership the President shall assume for ' the United States "no obligation under the Covenant of the League of i Nations." ,T Stubborn Boss Is ____- Given Strong Proof New York.—When William Galvin, president of the local Inside Bakery Workers' Union, chartered directly by the A. F. o f I.., called on Superintendent William Dresher of the National Biscuit Company, recently and asked him for a conference to negootiate a union agreement, Dresher said: "We won't recognize any union. My employees don't want to belong to a union. What proof have we that you really represent the workers."- — — Galvin replied that he could produce proof within five minutes. Dresher said he couldn't Galvin walked back to the shop anil con ferred with the workers' committee Back in the office he said to Dresher: "Look out of the window and see the proof." Dresher looked. And, he saw his 2000 employees marching out of the plant. Four hours later ne signed an agreement before the Regional Labor Board providing for rnion recognition and arbitration of wage and hour issues. The agreement also covers the '700 employees of the company's Philadelphia brand, factory. 50,000 UNION TEXTILE WORKERS IN S. CAROLINA Greenville, S.. C.—Approximately two-thirds of the total number of cotton textile operatives of South Carolina are now members of unions, surveys and reports released by the State Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry and the United Textile Workers of America show. The State Department reported that there are 80,100 textile workers in the State, the number.having been increased from 66,000 by the inauguration of tbe NRA last July. Of the number now employed in cotton textile plants 50,000 are members of unions, the U. T. W. reported. Geneva Labor Debates 40-Hour Work Week Geneva, Switz.—The International Labor Conference here began debate upon recommendations for'the universal adoption of a 40-hour week, the major plea in the discussion being that a general reduction in working hours in the United States under codes of fair competition established by authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act had brought this reform within the realm of practical achievement. Two long addresses were delivered. One was by Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish employer, who opposed the recommendations on the ground that the necessities of seasonal undertakings, divergence of demand and increases in production cost forbade their application. Leon Jouhaux, secretary of the French Confederation of Labor, representative of French labor, recounted the well-known arguments for shorter working hours, particularly stressing that the American experiment had proved their efficacy. imvsm _7e Ws VSmW&PTeA This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. THREE POUNDS OF BUTTER 70* - 90* DEPRESSION HASN'T HIT THIS HIGH-SALARY CROUP Ottawa,. Canada.—The forty ranking executives, including officers and directors, of the T. Eaton Company, Limited, received salaries and bonuses totalling $1,357,300 last year, an average of $33,900, the Parliamentary Mass Buying Committee was told by its investigating auditor, W. L. Gordon, Toronto. The average in 1929, the peak year for the vast retail and mail order house, was $54,800. BRICKLAYERS, ELECTRICAL WORKERS, CARPENTERS, JOIN AFL BUILDING TRADES DEPT. Washington. — The International Union of Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers; the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and the.International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America have enrolled in the Building Trades Department of the American Federation. of Labor, it was announced at the A. F. of L. headquarters here. All of the eligible national and international, unions are now members of the Department, officials stated. The T. Eaton Company paid out dividends of $4,780,000 in the past nine years, in addition to a lump - sum of $940,000 paid to the Eaton i instead of the former plan of closing family in 1929, it was revealed to | city offices at 4 o'clock on week-days the Stevens Committee. during July and August. V N NEW YORK CITY ADOPTS „. 5-DAY WEEK FOR SUMMER New York.—Mayor LaGuardia announced that all city departments not'strictly engaged in protecting the life, property and health of the cRy will go jin^a five-day week for J war, but we are meeting the crisis just as in war. APPEAL FOR FAIR WAGES i MADE BY MRS. ROOSEVELT Raleigh, N. C.—In an address to an audience of 8000 here, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed for fair wages, backed by an informed public opinion for the benefit of the nation as a whole. "We women have a very heavy responsibility," she said. "And only if we take the trouble to now, can we meet the crisis. We are not at the summer beginning July 1, or be fore then,' if it can be arranged This method of dealing with the summer, parried was decided upon • "We have reached a point in our civilization where we have to readjust ourselves for new conditions." In giving the devil his due don't be foolish and add a bonus. Roosevelt Signs Long Work Week Code Washington.—The hope of organized labor that the length of the maximum work week in coded industries would be reduced to provide work for some of the jobless army numbering 10,000,000 was again deflated by the code for the bakery industry signed by President Roosevelt. Employers operating, 25,000 bakeries reaching into almost every community are permitted to work their employees 40 hours per week In mechanized shops and 48 hours in handicraft shops. The wage rates reflect the reactionary cost-of-living theory by being graded according to the population of cities, in which bakeries are located. For clerical employees the minimum is $14 a week, in cities under 250,000, $15 in cities between 250,000 and 500,000, and $16 in larger cities. Salesmen are guaranteed $18, $20, or $22 a week depending on population. The minimum for other employees is 40 gents an hour with the exception of leers, wrappers and cleaners, for whom the minimum is 32 cents an hour: In the south employers are permitted to reduce these minimums $1 per week or 5 cents an hour. An average family in Vancouver pays about two-thirds as much for electricity as it does for butter. Just another comparison to show what a trifling amount is paid for the ever-present convenience of electric service for lighting, cooking, heating, cooling, washing, cleaning and radio. AN EXAMPLE TO-KEEP Tha pioneer knew thrift as a stern necessity and by its homely virtue gave beginning to a nation. His example is one to be followed today. Regular deposits In a Savings Account are the sure road to financial independence and security. THE ROYAL BANK O F C A N A D A The small brain that talks too much is guilty bf overproduction. 60-HOUR WEEK FIXED FOR CANNERY WORKERS Washington.—A 60-hour base Week for canning seasonal products, with 10-hour day and provision for overtime are prescribed for canning industry employees in the code signed by 'President Roosevelt. In non-seasonal products canning the base week is 36 hours. Minimum wages run from 22 V, cents in the lowest pay area to above 35 cents. TEXTILE STRIKERS GIVEN RELIEF BY GOVERNMENT Greenville, S. C.—Adequate emergency relief funds from the government are being provided for striking operatives at the Victor-Monaghan plant at Walhalla, S. ('., and for workers at the plant of the Lonsdale .Manufacturing Company at Seneca, S. C., which has been closed for the last three weeks due to lack of business. '*< ■ ..':' f- ,-_->- >.«*•' ,;• ... ■'.' | July, .1934; . ■*»-■ -. t ■ n THjg, LABOR STATESMAN Page Three Trades Union Direietpry LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529'531 BEATTY^STREET Vanconv.r Trades and Lalior Council— '< President, (.. McDonald; general secretary. Percy R. B-ngo-gli. O-Hce. 200 I.abor Headquarters, SSI Beatty St. Phone Sey. 7.»5. Meeta Ih Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. Bakery sad Confectionery Workers' International Union, . Local No. 468, meeta first and third Saturday. In month at 7:00 p.m.- at Labor Headquarters President, R. P. - Davis; Secretary's pfflce. Roonr 101, Lanor Headquarters; Hours 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Phone: Bey. _..l. ' "*i . .. I Beverag-e Dispensers' Union, Local 676 —Meets last Sunday In the month at S p.m., 402 Homer Street. President, M. J. Galvin; Business Agent, T. J. Hanaflh; Office. 402 Homer Street; Phone .Seymour 4283, Bayview 16..-K. Hours. 10 a.m. to 2 pm, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Local »T, Int. Assoc Meets every second and last Wednesday, Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. Pres., R. McDonald. Fras. 1667-R; Secretary, J. P. Rankin. Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phones: Office, Sey. 7495: Residence, High. 1389-L. Bull-In* Trades Conncll, Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Hall 316, Labor Headquartera. President, E. H. Morrison; secretary-treasurer. W. Pate. Room 301. Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7435. Barbers' Joarneyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets fourth Tuesdays In each month, in, Hull No. 3. 1-nbor Headquarters. • President. J. L. Jackson; Secretary- Treasurer, C. R Herrett. Office, 304 Luhor Headquarters. Bookbinders' Local No. 106, Int. Brotherhood— Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club^ Empire Bldg., 60.1 ."..'"I?* w- President. P. J kllne, 148. Pendrell; SecreUry, Miss G. Grossman, 2038" Columbia St. Ftre Fighters, So. 18, International Association of—Meets 2nd or '3rd Thursday at 195 East.J_e-nder. PresU dent, N. McDonald.- 1136 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary. ' C. A. Watson, 1626 Btt.t 13th Avenue. .. '. f I, . Machinists' Local 892—President, Thos. Hills, 1263 Burrard St.; Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office, .loom 200, Labor Headquarters., Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays l|) Hall. 111. Milk Wagou Drivers and Dairy Employ. MS, Local 464 i' .on':i■•• 608 Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Fridays In Hall No. 1. President, Q. T. Blackman; Secretary-- Treas,, Birt Showier, 2841 Triumph; Phone High. 6327. Motion Picture Projectionists' Union, Local 848, I. A.T.S.I, and H-F.SCO. Meets 11:46 p.m. first Wednesday ■ .- h month In the Elks Club. 901 Dtinsmulr St. President. L. Clark, i.hone Sey. 6670; Secretary, J. H. Leslie, Box 345: Business Manager, F. G. Graham, phone Trln. 5708. Armament Racket Busiest of All Industries in World Today -The great armaments racket in Europe is nearing its peak. It has been carried on persistently, callously, and with deadly effectiveness for two. or three years. And so confident have' 'the armament kings become.'that it is now being worked openly, with a contemptuous disregard of everything but profit- making. ' . ,M A number of countries are in it Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 148, A. r. ot H_—Meets at th* ,. G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10, a.m. President, J. Bowryer: General Secretary, Edward A. Jamie- son. Office, Suite 307-311 West - Pender Street— Phone Douglas 2.SO.— 1* Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local Mo. 8404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President. J. Mcduffie; Jan. ThomBon, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 787s. . -I" Plumbers and Bteamnttere Ho. 170, International Association—Meets every second Friday In Hall No. 2. President C. Little; Financial Secretary, C. Pritchard, phone Kerr. 105-1.; Financial Secretary's Office, Labor Headquarters, Rooms 305-7.. ■ Bricklayers and Masons International Union Mo. I—Room 309. Labor Head- ■ quarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays In room 309. President, Alex. Fordyee. 20 West Twelfth, phone Fair. 4433-Y: Secretary ,W. S. Dagnall 1442 East .20th. phone Jfalr. 845^B. Fin, Sec, A. Whlttlngton, 2265 Eton St., phono High. 3862-L. Camp and Mill Workers' Federal labor Union Wo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell Street E. President, T. Sade; Secretary, Umezukl Takalchl. OH Mei ■all Bmployees' Assoolat-om— eets first Wednesday of each month at 116 Bast Pender St at • p.m. President, D. Squair; Treasurer and Business Agent, W. J. Scribbins, 3308 Pender 8t B.; SecreUry, J. Tarbuck, 3517 West 25th. Civic Employees' Union, Local 88 — Meets flrst and third Fridays In tile month at 1(5 East Pender, at 't p.m. Prealdent, P. Floyd, 2275 East 51st St.; Secretary-Treasurer,' George Harrison, 8427 Triumph Street Electrical Workers, Local 813, Intsrna- tlonal Brotherhood — Meets flrst and third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, J. M. Beezer; Business Manager H. H.- Morrison. Office. 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Soy. 3510. Street and Electric Hallway Employeess, Pioneer Division Xo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall. 8th and Scotia, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, T.'R: Carson: Recording Secretary,-.. P. Plttendrhrh; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, Fred Griffin:—"Officer-"Corner -Prior^-aneY Main streets; phone Trln. 4630. Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Looal Union Mo. 180—Meets second and fourth Thursdays in Hall No. t. President, Thos. Burke;. Business Agent and SecreUry, D. MacPherson. 308 Labor Headquarters. Taxi, Stage and Bus Drivers, -Vocal 161 —Merits second Monday at 11:15 a.m. nnd a p.m. President, W. Swain. Office: 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. Tailors' Jonrnsymen Union of America, Looal Mo. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1581 18th Ave. E.; Financial SecreUry. H. Nordlund. 1180 llth Ave. E. Typographical Union, Xo. 388—President, T. A. Holland; _yice-Presldent. G- A. Foster; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands. 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Saturday of each month at 7:30 p.m., In Hall No. 1, Labor HeadquarterB. UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES. LTD. Fairmont 1000 VALLEY DAIRY, LIMITED Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMITED - •--• Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY Highland 2228 steve's Dairy Bayview 2192 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Westminster 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve .- ;■■ ■ • your patronagr—, ' Union-Made Shoes ~|and.Great Britain-iB-playing a-laad^^, ing part. -,-.•' "' Poison gases deadlier' than any ever known are being "perfected." New types of guns are being tried out in secret. Some firms are taking on hundreds of extra men; and shares (especially of, aircraft companies) are soaring to remarkable heights. In Sheffield alone factories manufacturing special steels for aeroplanes are working on a scale not known since the war. There' is siqiila ractivity in other centres, and highly-paid agents from armament firms in England have been touring Europe, South America the Near East- and the Far East, booking—orders--—tot—death—and mutilation. Already, the League of Nations Societies' Congress has made known how the British Government . was issuing licenses for the export of 18,11(10,00(1 rounds of ammunition to South America, while its delegate on the League Council was trying to find a solution to the Bolivia-Paraguay trouble. Since then, and in a period of four months, no fewer than 101 machine- guns have been sent from this country to Bolivia, -while 5,000,000 rifle cartridges have, been sent to Paraguay. Representatives of nearly every European armament firm have been living in the capitals of the belligerent countries for months touting for orders^ahd getting them. That, of course, is merely a repe- t it ion of the old armaments business trick of selling to both aides. 'The last time it was exposed was two years ago, when it was officially admitted that, in the first three months of 1932, there were Bent from England to Japan 240 field guns and machine guns, and 6,000,- 000 raachirie-gun cartridges. In the sahie period China received 25 machine guns, 505,000 machine- gun cartridges, 500,000 rifle cartridges, and quantities of cordite and T.N.T. Selling to both sides doubles the profits. .. ■* n* _, : __________ Belgium, which has bought nearly £2,000,000 worth of war planes, engines1 and material in the past two years, is now being supplied with high performance fighting craft by a factory which was erected near Brussels' by the Fairey Aviation Company. Not content with this, Belgium has just placed another order for 36 Rolls-Royce Kestrel engines — the units that are used in Britain's own defence fighters. ' Finland is buying English Bristol Bulldogs—200 miles an hour fighting machines. One^ single order was plaoed by the Australian -Government ' for £345,000 worth of amphibian machines. '." «■ The South African Government is awaiting delivery of two squadrons of Hawker Demon fighters. Both Portugal and; Denmark are buying Hawker war planes,' while New Zealand has.placed substantial orders for torpedo .carrying ma- UNION TAXI GABS CORNETT BROS. * CLARK 33 HIT XABT1MOM II1I1T .'lorshelm. Strlders, C. U. A C. ■ , Men's and Youth's Classified Ads. Prlce.i Private, 40o aad Mo| FmblU, SO* TH HssUara Street Best. »a_mm Dr. W. A. Butledf e, 10S Mast-age Wert. -OVASY FU-sXIO ... P. X. Ben_-on_T_ Labor Headquarters. Labor Mattsaua, Labor Msad.urten. This advartisamsnt is paid for by Local 464, If ilk Salesmen and Dairy Employses' Union. "BUILD B.C.PAYROLLS" Home Patronage Is Generous! WHEN th* British Oov.rn- ment thinks It wis* to ln- da_» Its people to trade at horn* bj- dropping th* vain* of the pound, horn* patronage has merits that are receiving high recognition. Paclrio Milk always haa been very fo_.n_u.te for generously It rec-el.es th* patronage Of th* people of British Columbia. Pacific Milk 100 per ctnt^rBritish Columbia Owned and Controlled PL»MI AT ABBOMMrOBD Without an economic organization, and without economic power, the fruits of any political victory the workers may achieve will turn to ashes on their lips.—E. V. Debs. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trade* A Labor Council Boom too—Ml Beatty Street l'hones: Sey.'7.-5-6-7. Plans- for a naval programme involving the construction of one light cruiser and 16 destroyers are understood to have been prepared by the Greek Ministry of Marine. Swiss firms have for some time been supply arms to Germany, Austria and Hungary. ", • A report of an investigation shows that in practically every arms firm in Switzerland, there are one or two Germans on the board of directors. Apart from the export of arms to Germany appearing in the official statistics, quantities of arms are, it is alleged, being smuggled across the frontier into Germany by private transport- firms. ■-——r—— A German Saar firm is selling materials with which to fortify the Franco-German frontier. Czechoslovakia is pouring .runs and rifles into Turkey. Belgian small arms # arc being smuggled into Germany. United States arms millionaires are preparing to "bootleg" guns, gas and shells to South America, where they will keep the Bolivia-Paraguay war going. Turkeys imports practically everything destined for her army, navy and air force. , 'Czechoslovakia, France, Russia and Italy are the countries which mainly, supply Turkey with arms. The Czech Skoda works, which recently declared an increased dividend and took on large numbers of extra men, have sold "Turkey"large' __Luantities of field guns, Tnachine- guns, and small arms ammunition. In Italy the only factories where labor is in constant demand are those producing war materials. The big Breda works near Milan are working three shifts of eight hours each. Other factories manufacturing shells and machine-guns-^ like the Terni factory and the Fiat works—are also working night shifts. In Germany the I. G. Farben is supplying chemical war products to China. League of Nations' statistics show that in the past few years Germany has supplied large quantities of arms to the Far East. Seven thousand new workers have recently been taken on at Krupp's works. In Belgium, while most industries, including metal and iron, are still in the throes of depression, there is practically no unemployment _ in unemployment in the armament branches. —7.—;—; Several firms are working at high pressure and making good profits. The. nickel exports from Canada for May, 1934, are double those of May, 1933, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. GRAY CABS SAFETY UNION DRIVERS RESPONSIBILITY ECONOMY SEY. 7131 B.C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. MILWAUKEE MEAT PACKER SIGNS UNION AGREEMENT Milwaukee, Wis.—The Milwaukee local of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Uniqn won a short but emphatic fight for union recognition from Cudahy Brothers'- packing plant. Delay in recognizing the union brought the threat of a strike, following which the differences were adjusted in a five-hour conference between Michael Cudahy, president of the firm, and the bargaining committee of the union, lat eyesterday. The principle demand of the workers for. recognition of the urtion was granted. The company also agreed to observe seniority rights in employment and to guarantee a minimum, working week, of 32 hours.' Wage increase demands were held in abeyance pending a more general increase sought for in the whole packing industry. Teachers Meet With Membership Trebled Chicago.—When the annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers, affiliated with the A. F. of I,., opened here June 25, it was the-largest gathering in the union's 18-year history. Although the teaching profession has been badly hit by the depression and the incidental closing down of many schools, along with drastic salary cuts for the staffs -of those kept open, the union has tripled its membership during the past year and has 80 more locals than it had when the slump began. IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY SIGNS GROWERS AGREEMENT Montreal.—Gray Miller, President of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Limited, states that the Ontario flue-cured tobacco growers are now practically assured for 1934 a price based on 27c per lb., for an average crop. Although we are still without any assurance that other manufacturers will follow our lead, we have now agreed to meet the request- of the growers for .a 27c average price, and we have given them our definite undertaking in writing to adhere to that basis for the 1934 crop, provided they can secure an agreement from the other manufacturers to pay . the same price." _..---..—_. 1 TOLEDO ELECTRIC UNION WINS BIG PAY 4NCREASE Toledo, Ohio.—Threatened with a 100 per cent strike of its employees coupled with a general sympathetic strike of 103 local affiliates of the American Federation of Labor, the officials of the Toledo Edison Company granted a' 20 per cent pay increase and other terms regarded as a victory for organized labor by the Electrical Workers' Union. In, 1932 the Edison company cut the pay of its employees 20 per cent. The cuts were restored as of Jane 1 for one year. This five-day week, established prior to the negotiations, will remain. 10 WEEKS' AUTO-LITE STRIKE WON BY LABOR Toledo, Ohio.—The 10 weeks' strike bf the employees of the Electric Auto-Lite Company, under the auspices of the United Automobile Workers' Federal Labor Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, resulted in a distinct victory for the union: The settlement includes wage increase, union recognition and arbitration of disputes, A resolution opposing cadet training was passed by the Maritimes conference of the United Church of Canada on June 9th. Comic "Strike" Ends As Leader Gets Job Chicago.—Sailors on the Great Lakes are having a good laugh over a so-called "strike" that the Communists staged at Buffalo, according to Claude M. Goshon, secretary- treasurer of the Sailors' Union of the Great Lakes. The Communists declared a "strike" against the Lake Carriers' Association at Buffalo. The strikers were all unemployed men. Their grievance was that the Lake Car riers' Association, an "open shop" organization, did not keep its em- filoyyment office at Buffalo open ong enough. It was open 12 hours a day, but the Reds wanted it open longer hours for use as a clubroom and meeting place. The. association refused to accede to the "demand" and so a "strike" was declared and the place was picketed under the direction of George Anderson, the Red organizer. One day, when the "strike" waa in full swing and the pickets had the place guarded, the manager of the employment office stuck his head out the window and whistled to Anderson and had him come into the office. A helmsman was needed on one of the "open shop" boats and Anderson was offered the job. Anderson accepted, and the "strike" collapsed for lack of leadership. A Cooling, .__■• .V ; •■. Refreshing, Satisfy ing Slimmer Beverage! ■y LAGER FREE DELIVERY Order before 4 p.m. for delivery tame day. Phone: SEY. 3277 $1.50 per dozen This special price if' one dozen empties are returned at time of delivery. VANCOUVER BREWERIES UMITED Also brewers and bottlers of DUTCH GIRL and U.B.C. BOHEMIAN BEERS and CREAM STOUT This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia Lake Tugmen Refuse . Employers' Wage Pact Cleveland, Ohio.—A general tie- up of Great Lakes tugs, hampering the movement of bulk freighters at some ports, was in the making as union tugmen failed, to accept a plan of settling a wage dispute with their employers, proposed by a Federal arbitrator. *...' Tugmen here, in Buffalo, and several other ports refused to continue on their jobs, protesting a deadlock in the arbitration proceedings. Tugmen in other ports were expected to take similar action. The wage dispute settlement plan Proposed by the arbitrator, 11, Gil ert Francke, was based on an offer by the Great Lakes Towing Company, an__| 'called for a guarantee of 200 work.days a year, with minimum pay of $1800 and $1300 a year, respectively, for regular licensed tugmen and firemen. The demands of the tugmen were for an eight-hour day instead of the present 12-hour shifts; the 1929 wage scale; extension of an agreement to cover all the company's vessels; one day off a week; elimination of "call time," and a minimum wage of $195 monthly for firemen and linemen. I Sinclair (HfSi Unions Victor In j Sinclair un signs Globe Steel Strike I With OO Workers Union Union recognition, seniority rights, time and one-half for overtime, and a 3-cent hourly increase were won by the workers in the recent strike at the Globe Steel Tubes Company, Milwaukee, it was announced at grand lodge headquarters of the Machinists recently. The unions involved are the Machinists, Electrical Workers, Pattern Makers and Steel Workers. The Machinists' grand lodge also reported that a threatened strike of automobile mechanics at Newark, Ohio, has been averted by the employers' associstion signing an agreement with the union. . Helena, Mont.—Not a daily paper has been issued here, in Montana's "capital city," for more than three weeks, due to a strike of printers. There are two newspapers here, the "Independent" (morning) and the "Record-Herald" (evening), and both plants have been completely shut down by the walkout. The issue is wages and hours. Washington. — Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and Harvey C. Fremming, president of the International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America, signed an agreement running for one year, recognizing the union for all of the companies controlled by the Oil Corporation. The pact was completed after several months of conferences between Mr. Sinclair; Willifcrn <_V<f.ii, president of the American Federation of Labor; and President Fremming and R. H. Stickel of the International Association. It covers some 15,000 men working in development, production, pipe line operation and refining.. One way of assuring a rousing week-end is for the male head of the house to invite kinfolk without first consulting the real head of the house. London reports state that France has decided to fortify heavily Boulogne and other channel ports. ,,(.' ■»»■•»»•»•■■■ ■asasi -%■ y.. PsgeFour ■•*-'•-• -- THE LABOR STATESMAN" July, 1934 HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM THE ONLY Ur^ON-MADE, JCE CREAM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MA OE BY THE- Naze/wood Creamery, Ltd. _„.r_—"—".^ _.....^.^_-i-_; Phone: Seymour 2090 351-355 Keefer Street,.Vancouver, B.C. «*'• Dtmand'"' J)AD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES A Health Cookie Simply Delicious 1 DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY Phon. Bay. 87«0 2625 Watt Fourth Ave., Vancouver INDEPENDENT - UNDERTAKING 00. LID. a rum nwam SiSOLD I. lDiriMI 705 w. Broadway r»ir. IM Fruit and Raisin Bread, Pastry, Meat Pies, and Pumpkin Pies. THE ESTHER BAKERY nonet Wlfhlanil 130* 3728 HASTINGS STREET EAST Whsn Better Oakes aad vestries are Hade, WeOl Make _ml Golden Rule Bakery CO., 1TD. TWO ADDRESSES: 957 Granville St. - Sey. 8656 595 Granville St. - Sey. 2641 The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Feirmeat 122 439 7th Ave. E. Demand VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST The only Union Soft Drink Firm In Vancouver! Vhoaei m-lf-u SO 1058 Tenon Dr. 1 Vhone: Bey. 1434 STAR STEAM LAUNDRY CO. LTD. 1116 RICHARDS STBBBT Radio Musicians Are Getting Assistance Montreal, P. Q.—The strike of music-inns employed by the,Canadian Radio Commission here has taken on national and possibly international importance. Musicians in other parts of Canada have refused to broadcast programs to fill in the gaps occasioned by the Montreal strike, and union orchestras employed in local hotels and cafes decline to go on the air until the ^l-SM^.^^sritfoi-...---... r.r ■ Chairman Hector Charlesworth ... standing by his previous declaration that the- state-owned commission cannot discriminate between union and non-union workers. The irony of the situation is that, the All-Canadian Congress of Labor—• dual organization—supports this position. Machinist Mayor of Washington Town E. C. Davison, general secretary- treasurer of the International Association of Machinists, was elected mnyor of Alexandria, Va.—an historic little city ten miles down the Potomac river from Washington— this week in a raee, where he polled more votes than the combined totals of his two opponents. Alexandria is one of the oldest- cities in America. It was George. Washington's "home town," and he was mayor there at the time of his death. In one respect the office is the same now as it .was in Washington's time—it pays no salary. Davison was elected on a Progressive platform, , dealing principally with improvements in the public school system. Fourteen hundred employees of Canada Packers Limited are asking for restitution of a 10 per cent cat in their wages since October last, as a result of the -disclosure at Ottawa that the company had made $13,000,- .000 In the last seven years. Remington-Rand Strike Is Settled Seven thousand strikers in the Remington-Rand Typewriter Company's factories at Norwood, Ohio, Syracuse and Ilion, N. Y~ and Mid- dlelown," Conn., returned to work June 18 in accordance with an agreement reached over the weekend by officials of the company and representatives of the involved A. P. of L. organizations. In addition to granting union re- fognition, the agreement provides or a wage increase of about' 10 per cent for machinists, tool and die makers, molders, metal polishers, etc., and from 9 to 16 per cent for assembly workers. The 40-hour week is established, along with seniority rights and time and one-half pay for overtime. Women" workers who . perform subr stantially the same duties as men are to receive _ the. same-.wages as the latter. The pact ended a strike which began May 9. Seattle Union Butchers Secure Raise in Pay Displaying their customary solidarity, Seattle Meat Cutters' Union, No. 81, won a signal victory on the return of their recently taken strike vote, by obtaining their former wage scale of s year ago without a "fight" the restoration of the 10 per cent cut suffered at that time. At the same time, the $5 raise asked for meat cutters working in one-man shops to be given in two installments, was also granted by the master butchers, according to the announcement of Business Agent Joe Hofmann, received with enthusiasm by Central Labor Council del- Strike in Montreal To End Sweated Labor Montreal.—To eliminate alleged sweatshop conditions a general strike in the Montreal cloak and dress industry affecting 86 manufacturing plants and 3000 employees will be called toward the end of July, Bernard Shane, general organizer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union stated. Shane has just returned from Chicago where he attended the international union convention. Sympathetic walkouts are expected in Toronto and other manufacturing centres if the strike materializes here, Shane declared. The entire cloak and dress industry will be crippled as fall cutting orders .will be held up. He said the industry in Montreal alone represents an annual turnover of $10,000,000. Shop Craft Unions Gam Big Victory The vote of the mechanical department employees on- the Denver and: Rio Grande Western, held under supervision of U. S. Mediator Robert F. Cole, was concluded recently. The "company union" was decisively defeated—1212 to 486. During recent weeks it has developed that intimidation and discrimination on the Rock Island Lines against employees who have discarded the "company union" and '"jstOa\.i^iu»neiw.'i with the Fedee- :it-e-dT*Khop Craft Organizations, is being carried on with renewed vigor. Abolish Slums, Say British Workers Figures officially issued by the British Government recently made it possible, for the first time, to estimate total results of the national slum-clearance scheme in the next four years. Salient facts are: 300,000 ne whouses to be built. . 1,-300,000 dwellers to be accommodated. £116,000,000 total cost. 110,000 persons to find work. The number of programmes-provisionally accepted is 1428, and they cover 90 per cent, of the total population of England and Wales. Work Sp«d Up 7500 Per Cent. ' This estimate of building means that' nearly seven times as many slum-dwellers will be rehoused by 1938 as have been rehoused in the past 68 years. In other words, the work of slum clearance is being speeded up by over 7600 per cent. A White Paper issued in England states that programmes by Meal authorities already submitted .-to the Minister of Health (Sir E. Hilton Young) provide for the demolition of 266,851 houses, replacement by 286,189 houses, and the re-housing of 1,240,182 persons. - Authorities whose programmes are still under consideration, including 62 from small authorities still to be submitted, number 283. Huge City Schemes Details of some of the larger authorities' plans are as follows, the first column being houses to be demolished and the second the number of persons to be rehoused: London 33,000 265,000 Birmingham , 4,600 19,360 •Bristol .....rc... 2,900 16,212 Coventry 1,007" 3,894 Ipswich ,t..... 1,996 7,082 Leeds 30,000 111,000 Liverpool 11,937 69,685 Manchester 15,000 63,000 Norwich .......'. 2,616 8,099 Nottingham 2,223 7,717 Portsmouth 1^304 6,628 Stoke-on-Trent .... 3,612 17,881 West Bromwich .. 1,681 7,307 West Ham 482 2,234 Wolverhampton .. 2,878 11,112 No programmes are included for Leicester, Croydon and Maidstone, where Ministry of Health inquiries created controversy. In addition to the slum-clearance schemes the Government is preparing a bill to deal with houses not scheduled as unfit for habitation but needing reconditioning or overcrowded. 100,000 in Basements Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, speaking in London, said that in many London boroughs—Padding- ton, for example—there was hardly a house that was demolishable, according to the definition of the Slum Clearance Act of 1930. - "The clCx of the matter," he declared, "is the gross overcrowding, and one vile feature of it, the incarceration of some 100,000 tenants in dark basement dwellings."' For an increase of 3'-id. in the rates 75,000 five-storey flats could be built to let at inclusive rents of 12/- a week. The provision of these, flats would mean that basement dwellings would become a thing of the past. e_.-A .-tough job—trying to induce a girl member of a nudist colony to accompany you tp a formal dance. Relief Works Will Help Unions . The long-promised works program for unemployment relief was introduced in the House of Commons by Premier R. B. Bennett. It calls for an expenditure bf $40,000,000, with ihe large industrial centers getting the larger share. Ahxgaljt significant feature of the program is that it is to be .financed without borrowing money through a mild form of inflation, for which legislation has been proposed. A non-interest bearing note issue* to be floated will put about $75,000,- 000 in circulation. Government spokesmen claim this will not interfere with the nation's credit, pointing out that the ratio of gold to the dollar will still be much higher than the. limit agreed upon at the World Economic Conference. The relief legislation provides that, contracts over $26,000 will be by tender. This indicates that trade union wage rates and working conditions will prevail, since all contracts awarded or underwritten by the government are governed by the Fair Wages Act.. • Winnipeg Unions In Organizing Campaign Winnipeg. — The various trade unions are doing everything possible to get those not now organized into their unions and the Trades and Labor Council are attempting to organize those industries where the employees are not already affiliated with some organization. Our legislative committee together with a comrnjttee of the Railway Train Service presented a memorandum of1 proposed legislation to the Provincial Government covering', the following points—regulation of bus and truck competition, the special income-tax act, garnishment act, unemployment and the minimum wage act. Barbers have started their organization campaign with a meeting of over 150 employers and are following that up with district meetings as fast as it is possible to arrange them. A survey is being made of the needle trades with a view to developing their organization. Housing Shortage Found in Toronto Toronto—Slum conditions do exist in this, "the Queen City of Canada," and there is a serious shortage of satisfactory housing, was the statement made here recently by Hon. Dr. Herbert A. Bruce, lieutenant- governor of Ontario. A committee, of which the lieutenant-governor is chairman, has -been investigating conditions in this city. While it has not concluded its work, Dr. Bruce stated sufficient evidence was already at hand to warrant his declaration. About 2000 dwellings were investigated and four out of five were found defective. .After enumerating some of the defects, he said: "Winter is a season of terror to the unfortunate tenants of these dilapidated dwellings. - Chills and colds are the daily lot from October to May, and there is no relief from the excessive heat in summer." Code To Cover 300 Minor Industries A basic code for aJ_out 300 minor industries is being prepared by the NRA and will be announced soon. Instead of having .separate codes for various secondary industries, the new plan is to have a single pact to cover all of them with no regard to how, widely separated their activities may be. The new plan is intended to simplify the NRA's work, cut down the cost and effort of administration and to provide a few simple regulations that can be more easily enforced. New rules will deal with hours and wages, the right of employees to unionize, and will probably contain a few general curbs on unfair trade practices. ' " Suppose you are a -winner. You merely beat a fellow who isn't as good as you are, and anybody can do that. . She: Hiv ye seen ma thimble, Angus? . He: Aye; ye'll find it by th'whus- ky bottle. I gave McWhister a nicht cap last nicht! • VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LLMfrED CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS TWENTY-FIVE YIABS riJTHr_LLY 8ERVIN0 O-X MANY PATRONS, -■-'-■ AND mm CONFIDENCE IB THE HOST QRATlrYINO FEATURE OF OUR BUSINESS " FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIAXS-^IUNE 39th end 30th .25 Ayerst's A.B.8.AC. .SO Krysol (Antiseptic) S-oi.'. __f _„ _!_*'. '.ri •_•••;•;••••-*•.•;■'•- "!__ .50 Dr. ReW. _.«mm CleanWnr ... Milton English Antiseptic,.... .39 Cream __r .65 Vanex Genuine Russian . V* —etr.-.*™-™^- ■*. _t-n_-_#«~Orerrh-r^_»r*rnia .50 Dr. Keld's Syrup of Figj .... _M .25 French Cleaner, 16-oz. ...—.... .14 .50 n?. Reld'a Eczema Ointment, _M .50 blycerlne and Rose Water, 8-oj .£..... Jtt .25 Extract of Lemon 14 .50 Dr. Reld's Royal Embro- catlon ....—..'.', .87 and Rose Oerantutn Perfume —.,..«.; __• .26 Plver's Talcum .-.—<...-...'...-.... .19 .60 4711 Brilllantlne .39 .60 Dr. Reld's Blsmuthated Magnesia Powder or Tablets _ _M -l._5.irn.taba ., _._._,-_ .T» .56 D. & R. Perfect Pace " '' Powder _ _M .80 Pure Glycerine, _-o» _ _!• .10 Dutch Drops (Haarlem Oil) .06 .35 Hire's Root Beer Extract _«T VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUG STORES. WE SAVE YOU MONET. NINETEEN STORES At YOUR SERVICE. TELEPHONE YOUR WANTS. l«*S For Bettef Driving, Use HOME GAS a You Can Buy No Better" PRODUCED IN NORTH VANCOUVER BY HOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED A 100 PER CENT BRITISH C_OlUMBIA COMPANY §AFEWAY§TORES THE SAFEWAY EMPLOYEE Talk with any Safeway store manager—you'll find him alert, ambitious, happy—proud of hit work. He it paid a proper and permanent salary for hit industry and loyalty. He works reasonable hour* and it supremely confident that, no matter how critical timet may be, he will always receive fair and generout treatment from hit company. DISTRIBUTION! WITHOUT WASTE A. E. HARRON Phone N. V. 114 North Vancouver J. A. BARRON Phone Fair. 114 65 Tenth Ave. E. O. M. WILLIAMSON Phons Fair. 114 65 Tenth Ave. E. farrnn Sim & WiUtatnBott FUNERAL DIRECTORS 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE — PHONE FAIR. 1S4 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" W« Mate a SpMtol Effort to Oct Omnia Out to *irnt ntmll Attn Rsoslpt of Tour Ordsr. CORNER CORDOVA AND OSRBiT.T. VANCOT/VRR, B. a Millions To Work On Housing Plan The Roosevelt administration apparently is dead in earnest in trying to put several million skilled workers on jobs through the Bousing law. Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, will be put in charge of the work, and when Hopkins is put on a job it means that the President is more than commonly anxious to have something done with the least possible delay. ThiB view was strengthened recently when. Senator. Robert F; Wagner (Dem., N. Y.). went on the sir and told his radio audience that a genuine revival of building would give jobs to 5,000,000 men now idle. He described tho Housing bill as something that would "free the borrower frawt impossible burdens, and also free the lender from retribution' for his own folly." Boys and Girls Are Depression Hoboes ' Minneapolis. — Thomas Minehan, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, has discovered something that railroad men knew long ago—that there are thousands of boy and girl "depression Hoboes" hopping freights, travelling together in box cars, beggin and stealing. In his new book, "Boy and Girl Tramps of America, he tells how he travelled arid-lived in the "jungles" with these unfortunate children, and how they are becoming more, and more hopeless as starvation closes in on them. He recommends government camps to take care of them till the depression passes. Young Man: Does your mother object to Kissing? 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