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[The Labour Statesman]
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ss-^ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssi r@iii#i^**^_i^*rr»^3c ETT!isill'i",'*'"-'"*T"' "* "^. SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOtTR LOCAL UNIONS TO EACH - UNION MEMBER THE POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE STATESMAN OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRI TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL Number 580 VANCOUVER, CANADA, APRIL, 1947. BUILD STRONG UNIONS for] .,:: SOCIAL SECURITY Established 1924 / TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS PLACES LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS BEFORE DOMINION GOVERNMENT Memorandum Suggests Many Items of Labor and Social Betterment — Federal Cabinet Gives Delegation Very Good Reception — Harmonious Relationship Continued SPOKESMEN FOR CANADA'S LARGEST Trades Union body met the Federal Ctfbinet..on i\!arch/28th.aii<l made the annual request for many kems of legislation, which affiliated unions throughout Canada have asked Mr through, their various.officers and delegates. Some new items were, brought forward in this year's brief and the Cabinet gave attentive hearing to the proposals. -Birt Showier, President nf the aVncouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, was a member of the delegation as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Congress. THEY PRESENT LABOR'S BRIEF AT OTTAWA BIRT SHOWLER Vice President of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. PERCY R. BENGOUGH President of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. . The Right Honorable W. L. Mac King, Prime Minister, and Members of the Cabinet of the Government of Canada. Honorable Sirs:— The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, on behalf of the officer and members, of affiliated international, national and provincial organizations, District divisions, City Trades and Labor Councils and directly charter- dd Unions, welcomes this opportunity of appearing before the Government of Canada and placing our views and requests before you. We have noted with pleasure the policies of our Government in the field of international affairs in support to the United Nations, the assistance rendered jn areas desolated by War and the commendable part taken in providing food for the hungry in devastated countries. Within the borders of our own country, we can again commentl the Government in expediting the general change-over from war to peace tinie conditions. The repatriation and demobilization of our Armed Forces nnd the conversion of industry nnd agriculture to pence time production unit.the passing of the Cnnndinn Citi- • /.enship Act hnvc nil been commendable undertakings. In the above great accomplishments very briefly cited. The Trades .and Labor Congress of Cnnnda, without hesitation, extends its congratulations to the Dominion Government for the good work done nnd the progress made. National Labor Code Ih view of the fact that Order in Council P. C 1003 will soon become inoperative, we wish to place our-, selves on record ns strongly fnvoring the establishment by the Dominion Government of a aNtiOnal Labor Code. We realize that the institution of such legislation will require the-co-operation of Provincial Governments und this Trades and Lnbor Congress hns "Used, its influence throughout the Dominion in this direction. However, a portion of such legislation' becomes the direct responsibility of the Dominion Government, that is the legislation that will operate in the field nnd tnkes the plnce previous occupied b ytho Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1907. ' While this Congress has officially placed its views more fully before the ' reftponsiblo.aiithorities jn the Depart-, mint of Litbor, we do wish to be re-, corded as strongly requesting that ' Section 12 of the Industrial Disputes Act be embodied in the Dominion Regulations, rending ns (plldwa: ''Ntr6t,itmscl or solicitor shall be entitled to appear or he heard be\ fore the Board exeeept with the consent of the parties to the dispute and* notwithstandirnr-sUch- consent the Board may decline to allow counsel or. solicitors to appear." This was one of the best features in the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act and in operation over many years proved its value. Hence we desire its retention. We also desire that such legislation include: All employees excepting those having the confidence of the employer in that they are consulted on questions of labor policy and relations between Management and Labor. Company unions should be definitely prohibited. That the union concerned be named ns the bargaining agency and not individuals. That where all employees of an employer or organization of employers are required by agreement to ho members of a specified union there should be no provision in the law tending to prevent. We most certainly request the inclusion of all civilian employees in such undertakings as Navy Yards, Harbours Boards nnd Crown Companies. There ure many other desirable features to be included hut as stated previously they hnve been placed before, and will be taken up with, the Department concerned. Price Control During the war period no country did n better job than Canada in controlling the prices of commoditieis. This Congress /ully realized the need of price control and strongly supported our Government) in its actions in Painters Negotiate Ten Cent Wage Increase A wage increase of 5c per hour immediately and another five cents commencing August 15th has been negotiated by the Painters' and Decorators' Union, Local No. 138. This brings the wage to |1,15 and $1.20 for brush painters and $1.25 and $1.30 for spray painters. Business AgentJack Eaves reports thaJLthis will afifPabout 66-painting contractors, who operate under closed shop agreement. urge our Dominion Government to reconsider the lifting of priee controls and return to the able and efficient methods demonstrated in actual operation to be fully possible and workable. Unemployment Insurance There is a general opinion that while the Unemployment Insurance Act has demonstrated its usefulness and value during the period of oper- atioin, weaknesses have been found that require adjustment and the following amendments are requested: That the Act should be applicable to all workers;' That there is an urgent need for a substantial increase in.the rate . of benefits; That where an employee has an extended period of unemployment and his benefits have become exhausted; the credit period should be extended to cover the full period of his contribution; That the provisions- following the three. Statutory Clauses in Section 111 o fthe Act be abolished; •That the latter part of Clause C, Section 43, in reference to leaving without just cause be deleted. National Health Insurance The establishment of an all embracing scheme-of health insurance is generally recognized as an urgent need. We feel disappointed that our Government has not crystalized the efforts that have already been made in this direction and come forward with constructive -proposals for a proper system of health insurance lor all Canadian citizens. It is recognized, that workers and others in receipt of moderate incomes cannot possibly afford proper medical attention. Governments and citizens believing in full or high production as a means of solving our economic problems cannot allow the continuation of hit and miss methods of caring for the health of our citizens. Apart from the misery and suffering that goes with ill health, far more lost time is caused by illness than from all other causes combined. We cannot place the needs too strongly before you and urgently request the enact ment of a National Health Insurance Scheme., Pensions to Aged Citizens We have long been convinced that the manner in which we treat our aged citizens is disgraceful. The very fact that to qualify, it is necessary to prove destitution or need is a clear demonstration of wrong thinking. We can provide relief to citizens of other countries yet we have not found the way to properly treat our citizens after a life time of service. ■, .We solicit the support of our Gov ernment in revamping the old age pension legislation and the establishment of a full and proper system of providing pensions to aged citizens that will guarantee a sufficient amount to maintain them in decency and comfort without any means test or deductions because, .of owning homes or receiving other incomes; that the qualifying age be set not higher than sixty years; that consideration should be given to reducing the residential qualifications. Taxation We regTet that the Government has not seen fit to comply with bur previous requests for a reduction in taxation of those in low income bracketsr The easing of price controls, the re- luction in corporation, income and excess profits taxes has not improved the status of those for whom we re- lucsted some relief. We again request, that the present income tax exemption be raised to $2,400 per, year for married persons and $1,000 per year for single persons. Citizens receiving annual incomes of these amounts or less need their entire earnings to meet mini The contractors offered a five cent increase, but this was turned down, with the result that the contractors made the offer of a further increase in August, which would give them time to adjust their contract estimates to the increase. The membership of the unjon is fully employed, in the uptown shops and the shipyards. Convention of Metal Trades In Vancouver Brother Kotell, Executive Secre Twenty-Third ANNUAL EDITION Building Trades Council Gets New General Contractors Pact The Building Trades Council has reached an agreement with the General Contractors' Association by ary of the Pacific Coast District which a11 building construction mem- Trades Couneilwas in Vancouver formers of the Association will hire, or clear, all their employees through this^worthy objective. We conscicn tiously believe itfis just as- necessary! mum living coats and should not he now, if the evils of inflation arc to be'subjected to taxation. avoided, that such controls be main-1 National Housing Act tamed. Frankly we view with alarm j We afrain request that the National the manner in which the Government Mousing Act be removed from the has weakened its effort in the direc tion of controlling prices. It must be recognized that evcry.rise in costs is a corresponding reduction in the standard of living of most Canadian citizens anil while, on the one hand, we see plenty of evidence of a desire to control lnbor. we see little or nothing being done in-curtailing the activities of big business in the direction of excess profits, in the operation of cartels in eliminating competition and enhiiiu'ing prices, in the prohibiting of watered stock and stock manipulation, the effects of which have and are still having a distinct adverse effect on, the ijves and standards of living of Cann'dian citizens that haVe been secured and which arc now rapidly being lost in the payment of higher costs, In the interests of the workers ami of most Canadian people, we strongly few days last week arranging for the convention which will be held in Vancouver in 1948. The date arranged for is February 9th as the opening day, and will be continued for from three to five days. At least 175 delegates are. expected to be in attendance from many cities on the Pacific Coast." Brother Rotell, attended the meeting of the Vancouver Metal Trades Council and gave the delegates a, very good outline of the situation up and down/the coast. He also flew over to Victoria and met a number of the officers and members there and started the suggestion that the* Victoria Metal Trades reorganize a council. They have a Metal Trades Council charter there, but during the depression the Council disbanded, but unlike the Vancouver Metal Trades Council they never-started up again. Ti.e suggestion is now in the hards of af- eommittee in Victoria. Endorsation of the action of the Victoria unions in the Shipyard situation was given by the Vancouver Metal Trades Council, and a further motion was made that if the CCL attempt to create trouble in the Vancouver yards, that the Council will call a special meeting to decide, what action they Will suggest to the affiliated unions. the union of the trade affected This was done in order that unemployed will not have to contact the jobs in search of work, and no non-union men will be given jobs by contacting the foreman on the job. It has long beeh'a disgrace to the building trades to have men tramping around from' job to job in search of work, instead of being able to contact the union hall and await their turn on the list for the job. Most of the sub trades operate under this condition,, and now the Carpenters, Laborers, and -others directly employed workers will operate under it also. Quite a number of contractors did hire their men direct from the union, lint there were some who did not, now they are all brought into line, and union members are expected to respect this new ruling and obtain their jobs from the union office. A labor-management committee is also being placed in operation, so that any grievances frdm either side can be taken up and straightened up. ■ ' All trades are very busy at the present time, although shortages in various kinds of material are still holding back work at various times. There is also & shortage of men in most trades, including Building Laborers. Out of town work is also keeping up a demand for men and this is expected to increase during the summer. .■'..•-. The following., contractors ..have, signed the Building Trades Council agreement: L. L. Johnson Ltd., 3231 Graveley St.; G. I. Builders, 783 East Hastings St.; Pacific Coast Contracting Co., 1063 Seymour St.; Ralph H. Fulton, 500 East 10th Ave.; Ed. Hickling, 303 Kingsway. The new booklet of the Building Trades Council, will be * issued in about two weeks time. It will be increased in size, and will contain the names and addresses of over four hundred contractors signed up under union agreements. .'-'-'. Fight Picked by CCL, Victoria, Cleans Them Out of Yarrows Efforts made by Victoria shipyard workers to enforce union agreements have met with success despite all the name calling and newspaper propaganda made by Canadian Congress of Labor (CCL) unions. The management of Yarrows Shipyards in Victoria, were under an obligation to live up to the agreement) made by them with Shipyard Workers' Federal Union, No. 238, chartered by the Trades and Labor Congress of Retail Bakery Firms Sign With Union Thirty-two retail bakery outlets are now union stores ns a result of two recently signed contracts. The Retail Grocery and Food Clerks' Union, Local 1S18, have completed agreements with the Canadian Window Bakeries (22 stores) and Village Bakeries (12 stores); George Johnston and J. O. Stinson conducted the negptiatjons. Approximately 100 employees" are involved. Village Bakeries was known as the Women s Bakery for many years. Union shop, dues check-off, 40- hour five-day week', pay for statutory holidays* two weeks' vacation with pay after two years' service, and average pay increases of $4.50 per week are the highlights pf these contracts, i The patronage of these firms by trade unionists.and friends would be predated by the Grocery Clerks' ion. ' .. anpi Uni. control of private hanks and mortgage corporations and' that loans be made direct through a Government agency such as the Bank of Canada.. The Federal Government should assume a larger share of the cost of slum clearance relieving municipalities of the greater part of the financial burden which must be met if slum areas are to be effectively eliminated. We strongly advocate that more-attention be given to the provis-. ion of rented shelter for low income groups. Cost of Living Index , there hi I general feeling that the cost of living index1 published by the Dominion Government is *not a true index of the, actual <*ost.of living of Canadian workers. We therefore request that a more accurate method be (Continued on Page Two) Meat, Grocery Unions In Organizational Gains Retail Meat Employees' Federal. Union, Local 222, announces that they recently receitfled certification for the following retail outlets of Ray's Ltd., B. C. Public Market, Ideal Market, Gratfd Union Market, Hy- grade Market (New Westminster), Ray's Superior Market (New Westminster) Snd Ray's Ltd, (Main St.). Robert's Superior Market, an independent was also organized. The Retail Grocery and Food Clerks' Union, Local 1518, gained certification for the grocery departments of the B. C. Public and Hy- grade markets, and bad previously organized the grocery employees of Ray's Ltd. (Main St.) and Ray's Super Market (New Westminster). Contracts will be negotiated for these units in the immediate future. Canada. This union has been trying for a considerable length of time to get the eight men, who Worked on jobs that came under their jurisdiction, to switch from the CCL Marine Workers, Machinists' and Boilermakers' Industrial Union. Having made every effort without success, to have this adjustment made the union called upon the management to enforce the agreement, so the eight men were laid off. Support to this action was given I by the rest of the A. F. of L. unions operating in the yard—Electricians, Steamfitters, Carpenters, etc. The CCL put up what the A.F. of L called a "phony" picket line, because there was not a strike, simply an enforcement of an agreement. Eventually this picket line was made up entirely of men—and women— none of whom worked in Yarrows, and most of whom were LPP party followers. , Eventually one of the units of the CCL union got disgusted with the tactics of their union officials and by ballot voted without a dissenting vote to return to work- This was the Machinists' unit of the Industrial union. Despite the "phony" picket line, these and other CCL members went to work, and are switching to A. F. of L. unions. At last report the yard is working at 90 per cent capacity with only 50 of the 600 remaining out of the yards. Communist leadership has received a severe beating in this affair, and just about finishes the switch from Communist controlled unions into the A. F. of L. and Trades Congress Unions which started two years ago. Paper Product Plants Award Wage Increases Four hundred and twenty-five em- . ployees in five Vancouver paper plants have obtained a ten cent hourly wage increase, as a result of negotiations between representatives of the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers' Union, A. F. of L. and the Bar- tram Paper Products Co. Ltd., National Paper Box Ltd., Pacific Mills Ltd. (Converting Plant), and the Canadian Boxes Ltd. The agreement also provides a four cent hourly shift differential, an increase of one cent. A ten cent increase was obtained last year. International 'Represent-, ative H. L. Hansen, conducted the negotiations. Typo Bulletins Word reached us recently that the non-union Southam Province was reaching the Bralorne mining camp. Enquiry was made, and the following letter from Fin.-Sec. A. AndersiTh of Bralorne Miners' Unions Local 271 is self-explanatory: ". . . You may rest assured that there is no foupis*,- tion to rumors that reached ... in ' regard to the Province in Bralorne. Early last summer all subscriptions that we know of were, discontinued and oven the newsboy resigned on our request. Up to date they have not been able to replace him. Subscription, of Province in reading- room has been cancelled upon union request, und certainly no man has been fired in connection therewith." Celling Tha Dross Editor Ernest Constable of the Winnipeg News says: ". . , The re^ COMJbmI- and respected Typographical Union printers whom the Southams had discarded, and who had given the company from 20 to 50 . years of faithful scrVKP without any contractual disputes, were relegated to the streets, while the nondescript strikebreakers were sickenly fawned upon and given almost everything that- the Southams hud persistently refused their fnithful employees. The Southnm directors must surely perceive how much the printers they have discarded excel the. strikebreakers they have taken to their bosoms, but arc apparently too blind to relinquish the dross from the gold." Information The ITU welcomes all inquiries about the lockout and haa- speakcrs- who will address meetings. If you want a, speaker communicate with the Vancouver Typographical Union, 529 Beatty. or, phone MArine 8841.. SPENCER'S DEPARTMENT STORE ■,; •a is "on the - '■•.'■ . WE DtVT patronize list X^oflhe VANCOUVER, ?,£ H'EST.v. '/ DISTRICT TRADR and LABOR " AND %4CAL Issued by fletail Clerks' Union, Local 279 __a_re;T' -'' .: :^^.*f*_Ss=*-a»»~^*s»*^^ . ■ . . THE L-AIfOR STATESMAN "- 1 _■ ' ' .,;* ''*'"' t^BBl1 st " II* '' llll 'I" **"" .__-_' _'.'•;• \ • April, 1947' n Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS." 529-531 BEATTY STREET ri}~ Aeronautical (I.A.M.) Financial Secretary. Tom 1'rlce. 4658 Henry Street: FAlrfnont " Lodsre " l P 382 Auto Workers' I.AofJI. — ] Butler, oiriet I'A. 2485. Union, - I.. .1 ■ iuslness Agei , 531 Deatty No. 1857, t, Len. E. Ht., phone ■akerr Baleamea, Local 1»». I. a T. C ~'■".!?■ Ji_TBul'>.M** *■«•*"• E Holmes, __*«2_ Beatty Straet: PAclflc «54«. . *"?!^, „n!on' J"***. *** —Business Ayent. Melvln Kemmis, 16 East Hast • Phone PAclflc '741. Laundry' Worksrs, So. 292 — Business Agent, J. Hi "lrvlnff, 531 Beatty St.; I'hone PAclllc 4548: rap. AA. RoboldT 2S74 W. 15lb. - Secretary, A. lngs St., ^5? i— ';'«rnatlonal Journeymen or America. Local 120 — Sacretary, C. B. Herrott, 611 Baatty.Bt.: PAclflc 4»lT ■safarsrs' Int Union or North America mfs?rpAcr.^8"vMu^p.hJ'• Ui w'M-8t- BsTerars Dispensers' Union, Local^-ele .—-Business Manager, P. W. Mills. Room 4, 531 Beatty St.; MArlne 4941. Bsverage Dlspenssrs and Culinary Workara, Ho. 838—Secretary, w. Mnrtnn '405.Campl.ell Ave. .... Morton, New Westminster. ■laoksmlths' Union, Local 161 — Secretary. Albert Arman. 2041 West Second Avenue: BAy. 1587-L. Boilermakers Union, Ho. 3 Agent, .lames Iinwnle, Phone TAtlow 1047 369(1— 5111 R, Buslnesa Beatty St.; Boilermakers' Union, Local 194—Sec're- 'ary. P. Nicholson: 490 . 14th Aye, -»e- Westminster. B. C. ■*?**_■■<'•«"■' Union, Local 105—Record- a'.i'S!""'' Mrs- w- Leak. 1837 Larch Street. - Brewery Workan.' Union, Local 300— Secretary. Ed. Sims. 6392 Clarendon St Brick a Clay Workara Ualoa, No. Ill— SarWfcV* J"*'er*** * Nf- »* Brlcklayere* Union, Local fcn. i—r, pa(j, »«"■ Sr.^339*1 W. 31st; KKrr' 5293-R Building Laborers' Union. LocalSM^ Secretary, W Baskerville, 631 Beatty PhnnA MArtn* ant. ••».»# Sachlnlsts, Lo'cal 692—Business Agent)' hi Oiman, 531 Beatty Street; Phone "PAclflc 2435. Machinists, Local 182 — Secretary, J. Bygale. 1784 E. Seventh; HA. 5760-Y. Machinists' Lodge, No. 151 — Secretary, J. 1). Wlldy. 1606 Seventh Avenue, New Westminster. MaUars' Union, No. 70—Secretary, R Q. Taylor, 1176' Duchess Avenue, West Vancouver, B. C. Maintenance-u'-Wny Employees, Local No. 167 (C. P, 11.1—Secretary, S. Wray, 2187 Kitchener Street. Maintenance of . *J,1—Secretary,' ■ lib Avenue. Way Employees, Local K McLura. 1716 *_ Marina Bnglnaera, National Association of; Council No. 7—Secretary, D. Heard, 319 West Pender StreeL Milk ■aleamen and Dairy Bmployees, Local 4<4 — Bualneaa Manager, Blrt Showier, 611 Beatty St.; PAclflo 6548 Molders' Union, Local 281 — Secretary, J. Smith, 1012 Queens A*e., New West-itirely minster, B. C. Motion Plotors Protectionists, Looal 348, lluslneHS Manager, J. K. Foster; Secretary, G. E. Thrift, P. O. Box 146; Phone M.Arine 1041. ,. , Musicians' Union, Local 141—Business .Manager. E. A. Jsunlaaon. Suite 11, 553 Granville St.; Phone PAolflc 7142. Office Employees' Int. Union Local No. 16—Secrelary, O. E. Vuughan, 681 Baatty-St.; MArlne 9042. ^Phone MArlne 9042. ■"SJ/rffF J*"*0**™' tfalon (New Westminster) No. 1070 — Secretary, M. J. Sixth Ayenue; phone Musa, H15 N.W. 1269-M. il Sa^i*V*t*i, 21.3—BuBlnesa Agent, Building ■ervioa Employee's, Local 2'44— Business Agent. A .1. Wyorew 4141 W Pender U. . Vnone pj^ r,lt^'W- *** W' Pender 8L; ■ Tradea Council— Secretarv "• ?:ai's. "* Beatty Si. ~ H BAclllc 2942 Phone Canadian Seamen —SB'S Union (T. A L C c. s H«,".,n'^r<y.' *k M' Sml'h »• Eait "" ** "L: Pnon" MArlna 4»4T. °pn 's?Svln,„'n,»n6l!62--BU",n^ PhonaJPAcHlc «667. Carpenters. Beatty St., ■ i ¥th-t22l .Ut-.WrK •Vestmln- l-Buslness Agent. IT. Bannan. 513R Westminster; 1008 -Sth Phone N.W °lS«,^.w„, Carpenurs' Union (Chilli—acki \'n un -.Secretary, .leorg,. Ha^clill.Twack. "^e,ct?eTarin,0rf ^&■* &"*Alhatni) _^lbggL*_ycR 8'"bb' b°X 9M* Poti K_»__SI_^4»t__5 Buntnaaa afaisarer, Eaves, 611 Beatty St.; MAr. 1616.; Palates-, Local 118 J. - Res.: HAst. 6879-L Paint k Varnish Workara Union, Local No. Ifi50 — Secretary, N. Stewart, 161D lOast llth Avenue. Paper Makers' International Brotherhood, Ocean Fnlls. Local No. 360—Secretary, N. H. Compton, Ocean Palls, B. C Papermakers' Int. Brotherhood, Local No, 456 (New Westminster) — Secretary, Waller Ross, 222 Ninth Street, Pile Drivers ana Wooden Brldgemen, Local 2404—Business Agent, S. Allan, . 193 E. Hastings St.; PAclflc 404S. T. and L. C. Places Legislative Requests (Continued from Page 1) instituted to determine what is the basic cost of living: ■' Selected Immigration This Conjiress appeared_before), the Senate-Committee' on Immigration-on July 25th of last year and we request that the Government extend every consideration to our views as placed before that Committee. Forty Hour Work Week We do request that this Government introduce the necessary legislation to put into effect the principle of the forty hour work week for all employees in corporations and undertakings coming within the jurisdiction of the Dominion Government. Holidays With Pay We ask that, legislation be passed establishing two weeks vacation with pay to all employees directly or indirectly under Government control. Injunctions in Labor Disputes During the last few years there has been a considerable increase in the use of injjunctions in labor disputes which have proven in operation to be both iniquitous and expensive and en- _ at Variance with democratic procedure. We strongly.urge the en- NO DOUBT ABOUT IT — A farmer brought a load, of produce io town, sold it for a good price, then decided to surprise his wife, who was always scolding him for wearing such old, worn clothes. So he^lioaght-a-complPtft new outfit and stowed the packages under the seat of the car. Half way home he came to a river. Here he pulled off his clothes,' threw them in the river and reached under the seat of the car for the new ones. They were gone. Some town thief had got them.,, Thoughtfully he climbed back into the. car; stepped on the starter, and said: • "Well, I'll surprise her, anyway." LACONIC REJECTION HE: "Well, baby, what's the good word?" SHE: "No." • TERRIFIC R.P.M. A woman approached the pearly gates and spoke to Saint'Peter. ' "Do you know if my husband is here'.' His name is Smith." "Lady, we have lots of them1 here. You'll have to be more specific." "Joe Smith." Lotsa those, too. .You'll have to iictment of legislation similar,to the be more definite. provisions" of the Norris-LaGuardia I • "Well, when he died he said that Act in the United States prohibiting if I were ever untrue to him, he'd the use of injunctions in labor dis nutes at least until both sides have been giveri an opporuniEy~of~appear- ing and stating their side of the case. Plumbers and auamflturs (Ballroad) — Local 671—Secretary, T. H. Poulton. 725 Second St.. New Westminster. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Local 170— Hii in,' : Agent, Frank Carlisle, 821 Heattle St.; Phone MArlne 3811. Photo Engravers, Local 54—H. H. tham, 3911 West llth Ave.; ALma 0689-L. Oran Phone Plasterers' Union. II. West. 141D West 23rd No. 779 — Secretary, BAy. 6333-RI Printing Pressmen aad Assistants' Union, No. 69—SecreUry, Thos. 8. Bxart, 1117 East 38th; FRaa. 0841 F. Pnlp and Sulphite (Converters) Union, Loral 433—Secretary, C. T. Qillard, 3640 Nootka St. Olty Hall Bmployees ',ary' I. H I*ewl«. "V*1-: BAyview 4755L Local 59—Secre- 2167 West 18th Olvtp Bmployeea' Union (Bnrnaby). Bo ,-/- _Ave. N'W Westminster. Oleic Bmployeea' Union. Local 28 nes. Agent w. L Ash, 531 Phone PA. 4548. St.; -Busl- Beatiy ^i^it,i*'*KT,1,'r»Pb«r«' Union, CPR IMvfslon \o 1—PhvNIi M r*ii«^T>- m, Vancouver. ' Cllne' n°x ^__^__j_ls_____t; *_g"jg ,>'^Un'7)W«i"'M,, ****'*. No. 231 _ 47ih L„)—Sfretary, Oeo riuy. 645 E 47th Ave.. VancoiiT^r, B. C. ■lectrioal workers' B«lo-.rLoc_I 'ii V_I m^oT^ntri^^**e"A**l*-*mta f5ou«il. Tir -S«retarv , MArlne 3661 »i""Nlc"olaS,>srr,e'e7' J. A Phone ' ^Jl""1"""' S*« 214'-1A6: MAfrne'i oca I 193 2849. Sophia S'l.ri Roach, 2932 BtisTlni fioc K_Tk?HB <***«•**** OpairattTiiT, Pllm Bxchaaga Secretary, c. 40th Avenue. Bmployeea, Local B71— W. Backus, U28 Baat SSl.t0.*,' Slt-Seerr,- l*ire Pighters. -LaJ:^Cha«. A. Wat»on;274J Ea%T Flr7t _JUn^o„8«^w^Sr'»«. **£, Ti*h**r* <BBraa»y),~Local 121 Booth "a J', "r**^* WcBae. """th Ave^New Westminster. 3506 Pursers and Chief Stewards. -Secretary, R. Stover, 14(1 Drive. Local Ut Woodland Ballway Carman (Port Mann). Lodge No. 280 — Secretary. A. M: nawley, R. R. No. 4. New Weatminater. B. C. Ballway Carman, Local No. 58—Secretary. Samuel Shearer, 2256 West 22nd Avenue; phone BAyview r, 152-L. Ballway and Steamship Clerks, No. 626 —Secretary, A. T. Tadgham, 51)13 Payne Street. Railway and Steamship Clerka, No. 626 —Secrelary. J. E. Flugerald. 925 Bute Street, Suite 15. Refrigeration Workara, Bo. SIS, U. A. J. P. S. F—Secreury. L. R Wlntle. 117 West 40th. Vancouver; FRaa 4401. Betail Oroctry and Pood Clerks, Local No 1518 — Secreury. Oeo. Johnston, 198 West Hastings, Room 406; Phone PAclllc 5720. BeUU Meat Employeea, Local No. 222— Business Agent. J. O. Stinson. 198 "est Hastings St.. Room 406; Phono PAclflc 6720. Betail Olerks, Local 279 — Sec.-Treas Oeo. Jolinslon. Room 406, Province Unlg, Phona PAc. 5720. Secondary Scliool Teachers' AssooUtlon —Secretary. Wm. AlshurV, 1604 Eaat Sixth; HAstings 2071-R. Sheet Motal Workara, was Manager, Jamea Walker, Beatty St.; PAclflc 9012. Canada Shipping Act ' In view of the fact that this particular piece of legislation is based mainly on 18th Century British shipping practices and at the time of its enactment was pdt into effect With little consideration to its implications, we request that a Parliamentary Com mittee be'established during this Scs sion of Parliament to thoroughly examine all Sections of this Act with a view to introducing the necessary amendments to bring this Act in balance with Canadian requirements and present day practices. The Standing Committee on Maritime Matters of The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada woujrf be pleased to place our views-in -detiail before «ueh a- Parlia montary Cohimittee. ,,- National Maritime Commission We desire your consideration in the setting up of a Maritime Commission with authority to direct traffic through Canadian ports, adjust rates and generally to ensure that this traffic is moved to the benefit of the Dominion generally. We also bripg to your attention the need of expanding Canada's merchant marine wiith faster and more modern ships so that Canada will be in a position to compete, on equal terms, with other Maritime Countries in expanding Canadian economy and. world trade. National Harbours Board We ask that action be taken through the National Harbours Board to see that Canadian ports are equipped on a basis comparable with American and continental ports for the speedy and efficient handling of all types of cargo. Use of Private Detective Agencies in Labor Disputes There is a growing tendency on the part of anti-union concerns to engage the services of private detective agencies. It naturally follows, the more, labor discord and strife — the more business for such agencies. Their use is a growing menace.to industrial peace and harmony and should be curtailed. For this reason we ask the Dominion Government to seriously take under advisement the introduction of legislation prohibiting the use of private detective agencies in all matters Coming within the scope of industrial relations between employers and employees and labor disputes either anticipated or in effect. turn ov?r in his grave." "Oh, you mean 'Pinwheel Smith.'' INDIRECT TECHNIQUE He rounded a bend- at close" To forty. A* sudden skid and the car overturned. They found themselves sitting together, unhurt, alongside the smashed car., He put his arm around her waist, but she drew away. "It's all very nice," she sighed, "but wouldn't it have been easier to run out of gas?" DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME One •/ morning recently a young woman Got out of bed Slipped into her robe Stepped into her slippers Raised tlie shade Uncovered the parrot _——_£. Put on the coffee pot Answered the phone Heard a masculine voice say: "Hello honey, I just got off the ship I'm coming right up." HP Who Will Pag the Bills? If you become ill or seriously injured—lots of friends will proffer flowers and sympathy—but who will pay the bills?' Write, phone, or call at our offices forcomplete information. . THENdRTH PACIFIC HEALTH AND ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION VANCOUVER, B. C. 736 Granville Street MArlne 53*8-49 VICTORIA, B.C. 313 Femberton Bnlldlng O Aldan 1011 Phone: HAstings 1886 Res., BAyview 2746-L ALEX.GAIR "*. REFRIGERATORS FOR DISPLAY OR STORAGE ; Show Case and Cabinet Maker Store and Restaurant Fitting a Specialty Designing - Drafting .. 955 HASTINGS ST. EAST VANCOUVER, B. G. So woman unlocked the the young door , Took off the coffee pot - - - Pulled down the shade Covered up the parrot Tpok-T)ff her robe Stepped out of her slippers Slipped back into bed And heard the parrot grumble: "Gol-darn, what a short day THAT was!." REWARD OF PATIENCE An old farmer went to the movies for the first time. He watched the proceedings with interest, especially one scene in which a group of girls started to undress to go swimming. During this process a train.passed by and in the next scene they were shown in the water. The old man had gone intd the show early in the afternoon. Late that evening, an usher, seeing him still in his seat, came up to him and asked why he stayed through so many "Waal," drawled the old codger, 'I figger that one of these times that train is goin' to be late." performances. In the opinion of this Congress there is need for a planned system of > ical S80—BusiT apprenticeship training throughout Sheet Metal Workers (Ballroad) Local 311—Secretary, O. H. Dobb, llll 7th Avenue. New Westminster. Shlnglers' and Xoofars' Union, No. 2311! —Secretary, J. A. Gllriermetstcr. 2053 Cypress St.; BAyview 262J-T. Shingle Weavers Vnloa, Local No. 2102 Secretary. Alex. Low, 1114 West 7lrd Avenue, Vancouver, Phone LAngara Shoreworkers' Local of tke O." T. A A. w. T*.--I)uslness Agent. Alex Qor- _don. lag E. Cordova; Phone MAr. sen Ufa aad Pictorial ".later.. Local 721— BssS(*_t_itLi<K Clarkson, t»02 Larch; KKrr. 0295-T. Street Railway Employees, DivisionvlOl -- l<uslness Agent, O. M. Morrison, Lee Building. J76 E Broadway: FAlr. WKatnW ^HS£v_yg|*W.s. ^iV •"J 0ta-» worisw. Loeal Uo ' s'ecw,0ar?;."r. S(* ,V;r Uf • s.&t office phone: MArlne Mil. e"' Glove - Loc Hal ■ -.w«ii^c^rr:~?-. H. 2114 Kaat Georgia Dorothy lorpltal Bmploy.es' Union,' No isa Secretary. X. f'atcrson 192 West uoT Ave.; Phone: FAlr. U81-U 211— Waat Borne Borviee Worken Union. fltCheAvr.y' «5 J Hallocf Iitlt Ave., Vancouver, B.C. Hot.l and B.staurant Bmployeea. Local 21— Business Agent Mn 1...11 ,T -S!^,JI''L8'-L^^A^'7Yt'l'. 4" taM,5?*MT,5!a, -*»"»-SBOrsm.n's Association, local So, 38 l«3 — Secretarr _____ga_g£,o" °_g»jg lTtS"*!?rt,,,n,J Local 97—Buslnesa Agent B. O. CoJk. M| East Hasiinrs BsEr Room 111 Jewelry Workers' tary, W. Houlle l>l:xter 2483-R ,1 J*"„,o!1,*B"n«" Street* MArine 0910. Union, No. 42—Secre- Street a.llwaymea'a Vain., We. 1S4 Iiuslness Agent, R. Cormack. 1114 Sperling Ave., New Weatminater. a a *•*£* nDrtT,r,4..'*?'-' "• — Secreury, £» ^Sla.*'1 Beatty. Street, Phone t Acifle 654s. tton. New Westminster ltuth McDonald, 221 aaadles' Oarment Workara, Local 27«— Business Agent, C. Carr. IU Weat Pender St.; Phone: DExter 27J2M Lathers' Unloa. Local 207 — Secreury, T. R Crane,. IM Waat Sixth Avenue: ' FAlr. J41 2-t; Hi the Dominion so as to have properly trained und efficient craftsmen in; balance with needs. We urge the Dominion Government in collaboration with Provincial Governments to sot up, on a National basis, a Committee composed of representatives of government, industry and labor for fhe purpose of drafting and administering a National Apprenticeship Plan to provide qualified workmen for the maintenance of high class craftsmanship. Postal Clerks—Letter Carriers— Mail Porters We desire to call attention to the fact that Postal Clerks, Letter Carriers and Mail Porters are often called upon to work overtime without any extra pay. The only overtime allowed is during the Christmas rush. We request that these employees be paid time and one half for overtime worked on week days and double time for overtime worked on Sundays; also that the regular hours of work be set at forty hours per week. Customs and Excise Officers There are times when it becomes necessary for Customs and Excise employees to work overtime, and we request that regulations be put into effect whereby they will be paid time and one half for overtime on week days and double time for overtime on Sundays and that the hours be established on a forty hour work week basis. Tranafer of Civil Servants As employees in Government Service have, at times, been transferred from the jurisdiction of Provincial Governments to the Dominion Government and vice versa, this has adversely affected their Btatus after many years in. Government Service. We ask that in any future agreements of transfer provision be made by the insertion of a clause stating that no employees shall suffer financial loss as a result of such transfer. Royal Commission Maritime Provinces This Congress desires to be placed on record as supporting the Maritime Provinces in their request for a Royal Commission set up by the Dominion Government to inquire into ways and Union Label *r»d.. OoonoU-Socralary.I.m^ns of.ire,ati'"^ neW indust*ie-'' "nd RT.I5]lB» 529 Beatty St.; phone lo investigate the reasons why the GOOD READING -"Did you read 'Forever SHE- Amber'? HE—"Yeah. After reading that book, it seems to" me that lots of the gals ia/'those days at Queen Elizabeth's court liked to curl up with a ... , , , lepod book, and lots of them pre- Nniional Apprenticeship Plan *-|*fcrred just to curl up with one of the pages." DRUGS REXALL The Owl Drug Co. Ltd. (A CANADIAN COMPANY) OWNED AND OPERATED BV A VANCOUVER CITIZEN ALWAYS READY TO SERVE LABOR TOBACCO CANDY IN VERM AY HOTEL 828 WEST HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. Always a Good Place! .... NOW BETTER THAN EVER! OLD FKIENDS. PLEASE NOTE: K. CAMPBELL. K. J. CAMPBELL and C. C. CAMPBELL. Proprietors "30" COFFEE SHOP 1238 OEANVILLE STBEET DeUclons Home-cooked Foods served la a friendly home-like manner We make our own Pies, Cakes, Muffins, etc. H. HAMPER, Proprietor CLEANLINESS MRS. J. S. CURRIE. Manageress QUALITY — COURTESY LION'S GATE PURE FOODS .' . 'PETER PIPER PICKLES — RELISH — VINEGAR Phone HAstings 1661 1304 NAPIER STREET - VANCOUVER, B. C. OH! THAT'S DIFFERENT '_ MINISTER: "Why, really, I'm surprised that you wish to fret, married so soon. Your -husband passed away only four months'ago." WIDOW: "Well, you see he was an invalid for almost a year." BERG CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. Contractors and Builders J. '!' I!l-:i:i:. President—Residence Phone: HAstings 2737 Room' 10, 441 Seymour St., Vancouver Phone: MA. 1559 Teachers' Assoolatlo: —1 Secretary, r Townsend Place, New Westminster Textile Workara' Local. No. IS—Secre. __tary, Betty Mellls. 78E«st Second Ave, Theatrloal atag. En Secretary. Walter Bay***"'"" . O. Box TU. T1.?,**t,*r,*.L.oc-1 No- *■—8ecretary, W. Richards. Pleaaantslde P.O., B.C. Til* Bettere* Helper*, Local No. Tl — Secrelary. T. P. Rowan, 8119 Fremlln. Phone LAngara 0194-R. Track Drivers' Union, Looal No. It— Iiuslness Agent. Reg. Atkinson. Ill Jinatty St.: Phone PAclflc 1141. TypograJnioai -Union, Local 111—Bee—k lary. Harry Neelands. Ill Beatty St MArlne nit. United Oarment Workera* Vnloa, Local ISO—Secretary. Walter W. Shaw. Mil West Sixth. United Oarment Workara* Union. Bo. 233 -Secretary. Mrsj. Dora Turner, 1911 Last 44th -Avenue.. - .- United risherinan and Allied Worker** Union - Secretary Wm Rlfhy, 111 Last Cordova: MArlne 404«. University' of British Colombia Im- ployees' ualoa. No. 11« —- A. c. HUL 4474 West'14th. . CUT THE FLOWERS! "This crirnc was the work of a master criminal," said the judge, "and was carried out in a skillful, clever mannc>." Blusjiine, the prisoner interrupted: "Aw, gosh. Judge; no (lattery please." PAclflo 7114. several established industries have in variably died out in these provinces during the last decade or longer. Broadcasting Debates We ask your consideration in the installation of. the necessary equipment so that all major debates could be broadcast with a view to creating more public interest in Parliamentary affairs. Conclusion "-' '': The foregoing opinions and requests for legislation are submitted in a spirit of co-operation and with a ili"-in> to advance the objectives which organized labor is striving for, and which we conscientiously believe the mass of Canadian citizens have a right to expect, viz.: full-employment and social security. We hope our requests will meet with the approval of this Government and Parliament an dthat this year's legislation will include our recommendations. ' ,We would, be pleased at any time to discus* any of the questions and recommendations su hmisted., in this Memorandum wills'•tlie-'oiTfcei-s-oYtho Departments concerned. We wish to be recorded as complimenting the Government for its continued support and participation in the valuable work being undertaken by the Interantional Labor Oorganiz- ation and for the co-operation received during the past year from Government and Department Officials. .. Respectfully ■ submitted on benalf of The-Trades apd Labor Congress of. Canada. • ,- Percy R.- Bengough, President. John W. Buckley, Vice-Pres. J. A. Whitebone, Vice-Prefc '' J. A. D'Aoust, Vice-Prth*.- Carl E. Berg, Vice-Pres. „•■' ' Birt Showier, Vice-Pres. BUTCHER AND PACKING HOUSE SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR COM-PLETK.BUTCHER SHOPS Pacific Saw Filers 8C Butcher Supply J. Ciaffonc, Manager 550 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone: HAstings .17')* THE CASABLANCA CAFE "EATS THAT SATISFY" - Ray Simpson and Bill limning 844 West Pender tercet , Vancouver, B. C. PACIFIC CEMENT PRODUCTS SPECIALIZING IN CEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS Estimates given ;—Art Makepeace Phone: FA. 0242 a- 528 Weit Seventh Ave., Vancouver, B.C. THE REAL CONCERN There was a sad incident one day. in the heart of the Ozark Mountains A farmer's mule kicked his mother- in-law to death. A treemndous crowd turned out for the funeral, but it was made up almost entirely of men. The minister commented, "This old lady must hav* been mighty popular because so many people will leave their work to come to her funeral:" fl "They're not here for the funeral," HidJIW surprised farmer. "They're here"to'buy the mule." • — Jhr Facta of Life • "E <•-<■ t," the teacher exclaimed, "what doea that spell, Mary?" "I dunno." "Well, what is it that a cow has four of and I have only two?1' So Mary told her. Girded For Action The Following notice was posted up at an RAF station: "Painting of the WAAF billet will take place on Monday next at 8.30 hours. Personnel are to leave the- room stripped aa much, as possible ready for the paint- ..r - " SO SMALL! YET YOU HEAR SO WELL! No Extra Battery Pack! No Battery Wire* with (Re£twie mono pac < mtii[i1* ''■ in imr jirxkrl -,1/r unit (with fit tl and rarptrrc)' About half the wrlffht of .jivwt h.'.ifitii: .-ii'li Kltxtrooicimprovement* make torn* richer, E. C. GqpUNG ~B__ BOOKLET 311 Dominion BnlKllnsr 907 Wast Rmtinsra. Vanccm».r. B. O. Phona r PA. 1830 Enefer Cartage Co. Ltd. LVatBEB HAULERS AND OEMEBALCARTAOE TItl.'CKS AMI 1 SKMl-TllAlLEUS I.ONO IlIHTANCK HAI'MNO Phona: PAlrmont 0393 ' 3849 Commercial Drive, Vancoaver ) ' >. . — i : :—: 1- %Wt&8Mtsas^ . 3te^3aT4-_»»- ■ - .. ,"». ■-—-■ ,.*~x--;-r:.*l jApriLJ947 THE tABQR STATESMAN PageThree "Build British Columbia Payrolls" TRY * PACJFICS GOODNESS Pacific's vacuum-packed milk is one.fpod we all require in our daily diet. Try some today. You'll agree, as have thousands, fhat irradiated Pacific. Milk, in the vacuum-packed can, is tops in goodness! ' Consistent Quality Pacific Milk "Irradiated and Vacuum Packed" ATTEND YOUR —UNION MEETINGS '1 his space donated by Bill Couper ...... 724 Seymour St.. Supplying the finest in electrical installation is <1 specially with Hume i Rumble Ltd. The company is consistently guided by the. highest standards .ia ^ ODESSA CAFE 327 MAIN STREET We ■peolalise Ira Scandinavian aad Slavic Dishes trmr-n'. Hnme A wnrkingn awiy from Home—where a good meat tastes better. Owned and Operated by Working SUA. Plan soon to visit ODESSA CAFE 327 MAIN STREET give you iwpc'ior- performance. - Industrial leaders in Western Canada have regularly chosen them lor vital electrical contracts. HUME & RUMBLE • LIMITED ■'ll'.ln'i ' _//-..-a/.r'.'-tx-.y VANCOUVER New Westminster Victoria THOS. H. CLARK PATNTTNQ COaTTaaACTOB I'AINTINO. DECORATING AND SPRAYING Work Guaranteed Phone 1 ALttu 1613 3958 WSST EIGHTEENTH AVE. A good thing to. remember, And a better thing to do, Is work with the construction . gang, —- Not with the wreckin' crew. —Maurlne Hathaway. Courtesy Peter D. Carr, D.C. .Chiropractor '*•"«».» ROGERS BUILDINO Phone: PAclflc 4736 Shoe Repairing H. PRICE 148 East Broadway FAirmont 6744 Where All Soles are SEWN! J. GLOVER PAINTING CONTRACTOR Estimates Furnished on All Tainting Jobs 461S RUPERT ST., VANCOUVER Phonei DExter 0776 THE LITTLE HELPER One evening, Johnny, aged seven, overheard his father (who vouches for the truth of this story) telling his mother that he could no longer afford to keep such a large house going. He intended to take steps at once to sell the house and move to a smaller one. The next evening, returning from his business, /nther came faro to face with a large notice in his front window: "Glass of Lemonade, 6c. Use of Lavatory, 2c." Wall Street Reports Huge 1946 Profits New York.—^The astronomical profits piled up by American industry in 1.94G were revealed in two separate surveys by Wall St. sources recently. '-.",■. '. , Barron's, national business and financial, weekly, reported that earnings on the Dow-Jones industrial average last year rose to the highest level.since the figures were first computed, in 1929. Helping industry to achieve the 18-year high were tax kickbacks from the government, Barron's said. Sample Earnings The Dow-Jones industrial average for 1946 was $13.60 compared with $10.56 in 1945, $10.07 in 1944 and the record high figure of $19.94 in 1929. Dividends on the industrial average last year were $7.50 compared with $6.69 in 1945 and $6.57 in 1944. The dividend total of $7.50 was only 55 per cent of the estimated earnings for the year. That is the smiillest relative distribution in the 18 years for which figures now are available, according to Barron's. From the Wall StreefTJournal came a report that earnings of American industry as a whole in 1946 far exceeded those of the previous year. The findings werebflsed on the Journal's compilation of 1946 earnings reported by 340 companies in 21 .'different industries. Consumer Gooda Profit. Consumer goods industries made the best showings in 1946. Of the 21 groups analyzed, textiles had the 'Bi'uaUat gain Willi a 219.9 per cent increase in earnings over 1945. Pulp and paper products was .second, up 162.9 per cent. Distillers was third, showing a gain of 144.6 per cent, and the rubber industry was up 103.9 per cent. Only industrial groups which showed a decline from 1945 were aircraft, autos and equipment, and electrical equipment and' supplies. Total earnings of the 340 companies^ surveyed were $2,430,286,232 in 1946 compared .to $1,812,905,953 the year before, an increase of 34 per cent. End .pf price controlsandelimination of wartime excess profits taxes were responsible for the high industry earnings, the Journal said. LEN E. BUTLER Buslneaa Agent of Auto Workers' Union, Lodge No. 1857, International Association of Machinists. Arrest Officers For Closed Shop Contracts Chattanooga,' Tenn.—T. R. Cuth- bert, editor of the Chattanooga Labor World, nnrl two AFT, nflfieinla tv WOODWARD Cliimncy Sweeping 8c Roofing Co. Our work stands up. A guarantee with every job. City and North Shore. 1339 Richard. St. MArine 7438 Vaacouver, B. C. Classified Ads. . ' B A THS , Haatlnsra ■team Bathe Meeat Private, 40a aad boo; afnbUe, aoe 766 Haatlnsra Street Baat . DBaTTIBTS Dr W. A. «,ntl.da-e. IM Ha.tln.rs Waat \% Union - Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. S3 BAST HASTIHOS ITBBB1 • PLORKIIRIM — SLATER Mcn'a and Youth's Model Boot Shop Areata for ■trKser* Union-mail. Sho... Shoea for the whole family on OUR BA8V CREDIT PLAN Model Boot Shop ST WBST HASTINOS -\ ECUPSE FOR POP Last night when all the stars were . lit, Pa went out to stroll a bit. When Pa came hoiM, Ma had a fit, The stars were out, but Pa was lit. Were arrested here on charges of vio lating Tennessee's anti-closed shop law, first step in testing the constitutionality of the new legislation. Arrested with Cuthbert were Pres\ Paul Harte and Sec. Claude .W.JShip- ley of Local 165, Intl. Printing Pressmen & Assistants Union, with whom the editor had signed a closed shop contract the morning of—their arrest. In the afternoon two men applied for jobs on the Labor World as press helpers and >were turned down by Cuthbert because they were not members of the union and refused to join. One of the applicants, William Haley, then brought the action.. The three men were bound over to the grand jury. Cuthbert said the suit was arranged by the APL in the hope of getting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the open shop law. Employers in the state, he told Federated Press, would rather not have a legal test, preferring to hold the law as a threat over the .h.eju|a.„o.f .organized labor. "They know the law's unconstitutional," he said. The Labor World, also has closed shop contracts with the - Typographical and Mailers' Unions. J-T Services Signs Up With Auto Union Another agreement has been obtained by Brother Len. Butler of the Auto Workers' Union, in Vancouver. The new agreement is with the J-T, _*___j8, fftd., who operate) i-H «*>■•_'. vice departments of the Johnston National Storage Ltd. and the Terminal Cartafe Company, two of the rtajfe sn*3*g Offer to Everyone a choice of ■ ips SHORT VACATION TRIPS « DAY TRIPS AND NORTHERN CRUISES THIS SUMMER Secure Accommodations Early at BOWEN ISLAND INN*. (Open May 16) or SECHELT INN . , (Open All Year Round). Reservations, and Further Particulara at UNION- PIER Foot Carrall Street — PAcific 3411 City Ticket Office: 793 Granville Street — MArine 5438 hsT***3at tX&BgB tympanies in Van- couver. ./ The new agreement caJJs for a union shop, the check-off and the prevailing rates as covered in the fifteen other agreements obtained by the Building Material Drivers Sign Up More Harry .Bonnell, Business Agent of the Building Material, Construction and Fuel Drivers Union," Local No. 213; reports that the following firms have been added to the list of firms having signed agreements with the union. Champion and White, 1075 Main St. Crane and Loder Rental Services Ltd., 1275 Powell St. Dceks Sand and Gravel Co., 1051 Main £t Marpole Transfer Co., 1216 West 73rd Ave. T. G. McBride & Co. Ltd mr.1 Mnin Service, 4th and SE McConnell Tire Granville St. Personal Fuel Delivery, 2140 Heather St. Oakland elevator operators have signed up for an increase to 82 cents,' with another boost to 97 cents on December 1 and also the 40-hour week. Runaway in the irbri and steel scrap market has culminated in a definite price break of $1 to $2 per ton, apparently climaxing the inflation .movement in this market,' the magazine Steel reported. - Remember—the man who is out of the union hurts YOU! Therefore— GET HIM IN! Vancouver Auto Workers -Lodge Nov4857- Bus. Aaront !■. af. Butler ia-A^fM; Phone: PAc. 3435 The following firms have signed agreements with the above Union and their wages and working conditions are fair: . .'" ..." . , , Automobile Dealers Begg Motor Co. Ltd. Bigg Bros. Limited Dan McLean Motor Co. Ltd. .1. M. Brown Limited Empire Motors Limited , . Howell MoDonald Ltd Oxford Motors'Ltd. • McDermott Motors Ltd. -1 A. W. Carter Ltd. Clarke Slmukins Ltd. Johnston Motor Co. Ltd. Truck Sealers White Motor Co. Ltd. General Truck Sales Ferguson Truck and Equipment Independent Oarageb ■» Auto Metal and Radiator Works Ltd. ... Maintenance Oaraares .. .-*-■ Johnston .National Storage ' ' Bairylarid MllV Producers Terminal Cartage Co. ' Quality .ind Service Phone: SEy. 6544 RAY BROS. TAILORING CO. LTD. . CUSTOM TAILORS—Made on the Premises Union Shop since 1910 80-82 HASTINGS STBEET WBST __ Moderate Prices VANCOUVER, B. C. <s CALL AND SEE US . . . WEST END HEALTH CENTRE 1142 Robson Street Phone: PAcific 6633 SCIENTIFICALLY APPLIED PHYSIO-THERAPY (Electrical Treatments and Natural Methods of Healfng) IF YOU ARE ILL OR IN DOUBT—TRY OUR TREATMENTS WE DO SELL FOR LESS! VANCOUVER NEW WESTMINSTER %mti%m a, ...IN B.CS GREAT OUTDOORS *<*?7s~i Straight down the fairway on a warm Spring day. You're feeling great . . . relaxed and unworried. Your game if looking up. Getting outdoors regularly will add mue0to your leisure time enjoyment — especially here in glorious British Columbia, where every type^pf open air recreation is yours throughout the year. Find out what your own district offers. You'll be surprised at the variety of wholesome fun within easy rejjich. Know that new,sense, of well-being which corner-from exercise in-the open air. For an afternoon, a week-end or a "week ... GET OUTDOORS IN B.C. WHOLESOME RECREATION THE WHOLE YEAR 'ROUND -*-*&' CAPIlANO^t) BREWERY LIMITED Page Four ***t*gr''9'***^ THE LABOR -STATESMAN April, W7 v The Labor Statesman PuHislugi third Thursday in nch mouth- as Labor Headquarter,, Vancouver, B. C. Authorized as second class mail, Post pffica ' Department, Ottawa. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades u' and Labor Council H. W. WATTS, aMan. EdHor Susbicription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions. 4c per member per month Phona: PAclflo Vancouver, Canad^a, April, 1947 WAGES AND PRICES Because of the continued increase .JTMirices, the inevitable has happened ^nu organized labor is seeking more wage increases. Labor cannot be expected to accept a reduction in the real wage:—because of these price increases —, without doing something about it, no matter what it may lead '■ to. ' , w Price increases have been leading -the way.during the war and since the war ended, hence labor has been compelled to seek-higher wages in order to offset tho increased cost of living. ^It is no use, therefore, blaming labor for the increase in prices: It seems that no sooner has labor obtained a wage increase to meet this situation ^^thaiithe upward trend starts in again. and then off we go chasing that in crease of prices. - Aside from the efforts labor has to make to keep up witn tne increased cost of living, there is also the ever continued need to increase the standard of living. It is no use having the market glutted with a lot of new inventions and serviceable goods and things that make life a little more pleasant, if the workers are not going to be in a position to purchase those things. If these things are good enough for the business element to purchase and use, then they should also be good enough for the workers to use. They want nice home, good furniture, and use of all the new fashioned gadgets used in the •homes, just as much as the business element do, hence unless our standard of living islincrcascd there is little demand for the new and beautif.ul things that can be produced. We think, however, that most of the members of our movement want to be reasonable in their demands for wage increases. We do not want to kill oi* shackle business, because that ' would only mean loss of jobs. We do expect business, however, to go operate in meeting the situation, am* not stand stubbornly in opposition, thereby creating chaos and strikes. ^ If I Were Boss If I were a boss, I would like to say, "You did a good job here yesterday." I'd look for a man, or a girl, or boy Whose heart would leap with a thrill df joy At a word of praise, and I'd pass it out Where the crowd could hear as I .walked about. • ..---■■ If I rtrea boss, I would like to find The fellow whose work is the proper kind; And whenever to me a good thing came, ■' ■"* --:—»t■ • •■•— I'd like to be told the toiler's name, And I'd go to him and I'd pat his back • • '' And I'd say "That was. perfectly spendid, Jack!" , Now 'a bit of praise isfl't much' to give, ' But it's dear to the hearts of all who live; And there's never a man on this good old earth But is glad to be told that he's been of worth; And a kindly word when the work is fair Is welcomed and wanted everywhere. If I were a boss. I am sure I should Say a kindly word whenever I could For the man who has given his best by day Wants little more than his weekly pay — He likes to know, with the setting sun That his boss is pleased with the work he's done. —Exchange.. Reduce Prices Or Raise Wages: Truman Washington, D. C: — Wage increases-, are fully justified, unless business takes prompt steps.to reduce prices and to make the free enterprise system work: This was the firm .declaration of President Truman in discussing the general picture of soaring prices with Washington newsmen, and came one day following a White House conference with his Cabinet and Council of Economic Advisers at which the entire economic situation, with "special emphasis oh prices, was explored in. a session which occupied" an hour and 40 minutes. It followed alsoby a single day a formal statement by AFL President William Green calling upon Mr, Tru:. main, the Cabinet and Congress to "do everything in their power, to halt and reverse the rising price trend." The President told newsmen that the Government was studying possible steps to reverse the steady price climb, but was uncertain what Federal action could be taken if the initial moral suasion efforts prove Unsuccessful. Unions Must Hold To Their Contract A union agreement has taken on new significance in the last 20 years because -it has been endowed with public interest. A union contract must be kept religiously if it is to be of any, significance to collective bargaining. During the recent wave of strikes there were ... instances where unions . .'. broke their contracts with" the empfaiyeis. This has been done for advantage, but it cannot be condoned. It should be seen for what it is, a deliberate undermining of the union movement .with all it stands for. Employers have a right to complain against.unions when they do not keep the letter and spirit of a contract. If the contract represents a monetary disadvantage it still should be kept. Nothing but chaos can be created by tha-Jutaaking "f i-nnirai-u A union THE NEW LABOR CODE It is to-be regretted that some ele monts in the trades union movement have already made up their mind that the new labor code can be used as an ejtcuse to create .dissention in industry. They have already built up their straw man and are now preparing to batter the stuffing out of it-, just be cause it is going to give them the opportunity to turn on their propa ganda of discord. All kinds of dire things can be read into any piece of labor legislation but even the worst kind of legislation can be made useless if intelligent and diplomatic action is taken ngainst it. There is not any of us who can tell exactly what results the legislation will have upon our muvement. We are certain, however, that the legis- _J_tion, is not aimed at, or will create nwy harm to, any union that has*been in the habit of carrying on its business in a sane and legitimate manner. There is nothing in the Ttet that will affect any such union, weaken it, or lend support to any firm who attempts to smash a union. And we think, that our unions who desire to carry on their work in n peaceful and harmonious spirit, also know, that if the legislation can be used tn break down uniun conditions, then it will only take us a few days to "co-ordinate our forces and battle the legislation and any groups of employers who want to do battle with Us., We are not, however, going to be led into a chaos-creating campaign just to satisfy the political aspirations of a group of leaders whose actions have a distinctive red tinge. If economic conditions arc not satisfactory to the workers, there is an opportunity every few years to help change those conditions, but if the workers expect to take a short cut, then there will be a lot of blood spilled like there has been in many instances since the Paris Commune. forfeits the respect of the employer and of the public if it breaks the contract, and one such disruption of word and bond .gives the union a black eye for a" generation.—Journal of Electrical Workers. Strike In Honolulu Has Been Settled San Francisco, Calif.—The strike against the Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding V'lmpaiiy in Honolulu has been settled, according to a wireless received from A. S. Reile, Secretary of the Building Trades Council there. The cause of the dispute—transportation and pay for all mainland workers Who were discharged—has been resolved, according to the report received by Federation. The Building Trades Council secretary requests that all interested organizations take notice.. 8000 ALCOA Workers Given Another Raise Pittsburgh.—The Aluminum Com- panv of America announced a general wage increase of 10 cents an hour to-8,000 workers in three Alcoa plants. —-— .—. The wage increase was 'embodied in a new two-year contract signed with the Aluminum Workers of Am- erica lAr'L), alter six weeks oT negotiations in St. Louis. Plants affected by the increase are in East St Louis, Lafayette, Ind., and Massena, N.Y. Those plants employ approximately a fourth of Alsoa's workers. ; ' Not affected by the increase are workers at the firm's new Kensington, Pa., plant, where the-Congress of Industrial Organizations' United Steelworkers is bargaining agent. The agreement with the AFL union is retroactive to April 1. It follows.^ a l'.l cents increase granted in Feb niarv. 194*3. • Banks Held Worst Wage Law Violators Chicago.—Banks and .trust companies are among the nation's worst violators of minimum wage legislation! That shocking fact was disclosed by Thomas D. 'O'Malley, regional ilirpctni- nf the. Popart—,»nt nf 1 ah. or's Wage-Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, in a blunt address to a conference of 16 bankers' associations held in this city. O'Malley is a former Wisconsin congressman. Many of the financial institutions' are virtual sweatshops, his speech revealed. He pointed out that 20 percent of such institutions inspected by the two divisions during 1946 were found to be paying some employees less than the legal "floor" tjf 40 cents an hour. **" That rate of violations of the minimum wage provisions is "twice as high as the national average for all industries covered by the law," O'Malley said. Equally bad, he declared, is the fact that another 29 per cent of the banks and trust firms inspected were found to have violated at least one other major provision of the law— that' is, the overtime pay requirements or the restrictions'on child labor or both. - For GOODNESS Salt* y . ..- DAD'S < ' ORIGINAL Oatmeal Cookies The Moat Delicious Health Biscuit Ever Made ■ When sending parcels overseas don't forget to include some Dad's Cookies They will be greatly appreciated over there! DAD'S CQOKIE CO. (B. C.) LIMITED ." 468 Kinf.way, Vancouver, B.C. BALMORAL HOTEL Say. "MEET ME AT THE BALMORAL" • Smartly moaarn—comfortably fornlahaa . . . yat ratalalnsr a qralat. dlg-nltlarl atmoaphaer that make, it a walcoma pltsoa to brliur or meat your frl.nda Mscnasrera: , MIKE KOSKI BOB BATTERSQN^..^., "JOHNNT" McKKNZI- .'*_.''. -raotlal FAclflo 31*8 159 East 11jstings Street VANCOUVER, B.C. RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Manufacturers, of Leader Sawdust Burners R. D. McDougall, Prop. Patterns and Models of Every Description Gearing . Propellers \ All work guaranteed V Estimates Given ^ 1*44 Alexander Street Vancouver, B. C. Phone: PAe. 9651—Rea., KErr. 3240-L RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Phon.: FAlr. 57T3 Thompson 8C Company Warm Air Heating General Sheet Metal-Work _ 1 Fwrnagei an<* Hppatrn , 707 Baat Broadway Vancouver, B.C. 1,500,000 Canadians Receive Low Ineom. Toronto, Ont.—The average Canadian family is not receiving enough income to provide the standard of living necessary for good health. And the release of price controls each week sees the pay envelope grow smaller in purchasing power. The last issue of Labor News published here by the Workers Educa- tionalAssociation states that a family of five "requires an income of at least $2,000 a year to cover the bare essentials. On the basis of statistics available, at least 60 per cent of Canadian families—roughly 1,500,000— had an income of less than $2,000 after paying income tax in 1945." A^iATTER Of Principle ■ '•". For nearly 100 years the International ■ "- - '' Typographical Union has been build ing up an organization second to none. This growth and development of the '"' I.T.U. has been marked by a spirit of fair play, tolerance, goodwill and co-operation with industry.... The Southam Co. now seeks to dis- •'""*"' ••• turb this record of growth and achievement. - ■,- The I.T.U. has always fought for a -•"- matter of principle, no matter how long or what*the cost. —Tr- .-"-■■ '..*.■ * - Reitfember—The Southam Province is Produced with Imported Strikebreakers— VANCOUVER TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 226 BUY ■UY IT FROM YOUR GROCERY TODAY —YOU will ar OLAD YOU DID. *_i BREAD . . . ITI SWEET Lim A NUT. KEEP* FRCSH LONGER FOR THE TABUE AND IN THE LUNCH BOX EAT «B. B." QUALITY CAKES BROWN BRGiS. BAKERIES LTD; ! (HOME OWNEPI 1408 VENABLE8 STREET PHONE: HAarissaa 0014 RENT AN ICE BOX WITH SERVICE FOR THE SUMMER - For Only $3.00 You'll be glad you did! RIDLEY'S,ICE CO. Phone LAngara 0138 Today 8866 Hudson Street Vancouver, B. C. L. T. F. Manufacturing Co. Limited MANUFACTURERS OF BED SPRINGS. UTILITY BEDS, HARDWARE. OIL DRUM STANDS 1685 Franklin-Street Phone: HAstings 053 I Vancouver. B.C. I. Empty Belly Incentive Daily Mirror (England): "Mr. Walter Higgs, head of Higgs Motors, former ^Conservative M.Fj_ for West Birmingham, who lost his seat at the last election, has been i.'ill.il'.!',- in New Zealand. His speeches have been devoted to an exposition of the principles of government on Tory lines. He has a recip'e for industrial recovery in this country. It is a very simple one. The fundamental ingredients are two in number—unemployment and hunger. "These ure his actual words as reported in the New Zealand PresS: " 'We want eleven people aften ■ ten jobs^-eleven firms wanting ten orders. It's the only economic way. . . . Empty bellies are the one ng that will-make Britons work Empty bellies will force the miners back to the.pits.' " COULD RAISE WAGES Profits of the six big Canadian newsprint companies increased an average of 277 per cent from 1946 to 1946, according to a reliable report. It says these "huge profits," which are "after all taxes," will "almost surely invite demands for wage Increases." GREAT CANADIAN NAMES IN THE WORLD .MDffllMaS 1 'T'HE KILLING frost came early to the Prairie grain fields in the ■*• Autumn of 1907. At an experimental farm in Saskatchewan, the morning of September 12th dawned on a scene of heart-breaking desolation to scientists who had labored endless days and nights to produce a more frost-resistent wheat . ." but, amidst those ruined patches of different strains was one straight-standing beautiful picture of life and strength ... the red-gold miracle of Marquis whrat had come to the world. ' Charles Edward Saunders, Canada's first Dominion Ccrealist, developed the famous Marquis wheat and made it possible to roll back, the wheat map of Canada for many miles into the North. Untold millions were added to the national wealth by his genius and unending patience. He was born in London, Ontario, in 1867 and as a young man devoted himself to music. In his thirties, however, he followed the family tradition and worked with his father, Dr. William Saunders and his brother,.Perry, who were experimenting with strains of wheat that would ripen" before the Prairie frosts could ruin them. A scientist - to his finger-tips, he tested the baking and milling qualities of wheat from all over the world in the only way then known, by chewing little globules to compare the gluten strengths. Although the development of Marquis wheat was his most spectacular achievement, Charles Saunders also helped to give the world Garnet wheat and new strains of other grains of lncalcuable value. In 1954 he became SiK Charles Saunders. a*\fter twenty years of service to his country, he died in 1937, but his work, carried on by his successors, ■fill arwt nn in tlv gi-afr glnry nf Canada'a ariennfir Agriculture. San Francisco Cemetery Workera scttled for a 40-hour week at $11.25 per day, an increase from $9.85 and 44 hours. & ' Published as A csmtniSialion to the u _cr afyprtsMSnm of the •taxable part that the scientists of this nation, tu-cntvntnth among tat countries of the laorld numericjil^, have played in the drama of human enlightenment. Offered tn the public service try . . . . Forty million bushels of pain Uxrc thippci from Vancouver'*, famous all-year port in 1945 <«Q1> UNITED DISTILLERS LIMITED V A N CO U V E R AND G R I M -S B », CANADA MMMMW* *•■■ —T 7 April, 1947 THE LABOR STATESMAN CAMPBELL BROS. DRY CLEANING SERVICE "' * . ■ :— - ■'■• i Plant and Head Office: 1399 Granville Street, Vancouver Phone: MArine 5245 Have Your DRY CLEANING Picked Up and Delivered at No Extra Charge.-: ; - 85c $3.00 $1.75 Dry Cleaning: Suits ■ Coats - Dresses' '- Dyeing: Coats and Uniforms - - - - - Raincoats Cleaned and Proofed - - - - Our Mothproofing is Guaranteed in Writing For 10 Years! For Pick Up and Delivery Service, please Phone the Store Nearest Your Home 1399 Granville Street...._■„. MA. 5245 3715 West 10th Avenitt«to,™OT-^ ALma 1293 4378 West 10th Avenue .'....- ALma 2460 -2162 West 41st Avenue...___,.„ KErr. 2133 3185 Oak Street BAy. 1908 1001 Dentnan Street _!^_____L MAr. 8811 / ..AN ALL.UNION SHOP chabi.es j. qakrett Manager Telephone: MArlne SS31 INCOME TAX ADjPLJSTER^ BOOK 107, BANK Or If OVA SCOTIA BUILDING 603 WZ8T HASTINOS STBEET VANCOUVEB, B.C. An established tcc'o'iinling, 'Auditing, Bookkeeping Service Income Tax Returns prepared and filed A. E. Hemming Now Associate Sec.-Treas. of Trades Congress The Executive1 Council of the Trades and Labqr Congress of Can ada recently announced the appoint ment bf bro. A. E. Hemming as as soeiate secretary-treasurer of--„ie Congress. Art comes to ihis position well equipped to serve the Congress. He began work with the Canadian, Press in the Fariiam-entary -Press Gali-ery, Ottawa, afterwards joining the staff of Reuters News Agency, where for some year- he did newspaper work. In 193& Art left Reuters to become assistant to the director of publicity of the National Employment Commission, and when this commis Campbell Bros. Sign Dry ■? Cleaning Agreement A union agreement,, which Organizer J. Irving is proud of, has recently been signed by the Campbell Brothers, a first-class up-to-date dry cleaning "fstablishment in Vancouver. The firm wanted everything in the agreement which would make them'a 100'' fully covered union shop. We think that our readers would like to do business with such a firm, so next.time you have any'dry cleaning to be'done, phone Campbell Brothers at MArine 5245 at 1399 Granville and KErrisdale 2133 at 2162 West 41st Ave. Look up their advertisement in this edition for your nearest store contained in the list where you ean leave your goods.. $2.20 HOURLY MINIMUM SET BY SAN DIEGO Sanpicgo_Typographical Union No. U2T" has negotiated newspaper scale of $2.20 per hour days, increase 48.6 cents; $2,342 nights, increase 52.8 cents; $2,485 lobster shift, increase 54.5 cents. Retroactive to February 1. How To Punish Bad Newspapers VAUDEVILLE returns to VANCOUVER The STATE THEATRE now under NEW MANAGEMENT Presents Entertainment for ALL the Family 7 BIG AC#5 AMERICAN AND CANADIAN VODVIL KEITH LINFORTH'S New Picture Policy STATE THEATRE %g^*L- MArine 8292 32c plus Tax For once (Labor finds itself in complete agreement with Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New 'York "Times." A few,days ago Mr. Sulzberger was quizzed by a group of graduates' from the Columbia School of Journalism, "How can the people discipline' bad newspapers?", some one asked. Mr, Sulzberger promptly replied: "By refusing to read them." That's sound advice. Workers should heed it. If the paper in your town is anti-union, refuse to read it. There is nothing so sensitive as the pocket nerves of a newspaper publisher. . - dllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllKlllllllllg I PAINTING & DECORATING j | spraying Contractors . siGNst 1 R. H. NEVEN CO. LTD. _ 1365 Granvilla St. *_ Vancouver, B.C. Tolephona _ FAolflO 5821 E ^lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllln Eye Efficiency HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED Today's needs require men and women with perfect vision. Inefficiency in eyesight should not be tolerated whether it be in bush, sawmill, plywood factory or home. The Better You See—The Better You Work! 34 EAST HASTINGS D. J. SNELL Telephone: PAcific 6841 HASTINGS SHEET METAL FURNACES - FURNACE REPAIRS - SHEET METAL J. Priest, Proprietor Phone: HAttings 6244 2567 East Hattingt St., Vancouver, B. C. = QIGNAL OAK DESKS made to order in four standard sizes, out of I icJ the finest Oak. . . . ALSO desk extensions, reception tables, tele- = phone stands, cont trees, book cases, transfer cases, counters. (Made 3 on signed orders only). • _ FURNITURE REFINISHINC *SALQN 3 301 POWELL STREET • Phone: MA. 3900 =~< 11111 •< ii 1111 r 11111 r 111111 ■ 11 r 1111 e 1111111 (11 r ii 111111 f 111 ■ e t 111111 ■ 1111111111111111 ■ 111 f 111111111 i f 11 f Important AFL Gains In Big Toronto Drive Washington, D. C. — Important gains in the organizing campaign of the American Federation of Labor in Toronto, Canada, were detailed in a report, by Max Federman, chairman of the campaign there, to AFL President William Green. The report showed that jewelry workers employed by Coro Ltd., one of the largest such plants in the British Empire, voted three to one to recognize the Metal Polishers International (AFL) as their bargaining agent, the union also selected by workers in the Bond S Boyd plant. Similar successes were reported in other industries. Acknowledging the report, Mr. Green said: _ "I congratulate you and your associates most highly upon the success which has met your organizing activities among the costume jewelry workers, the cork and insulation plant, cleaners and dyers and in other fields. Please accept my thanks for this excellent service which you have rendered, not only to the workers of your locality but to the American Federation of Labor as well." COAST COPPERSMITHS COPPER AND ALLOY PLANT EQUIPMENT . PIPE BENDERS*- RETINNINS J. K. Crohn, Miinawr Phon*: HAittnff- 0777 1303 Powell Street. aTncoover. B. C. PACIFIC WELDING CO. OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDING AND CUTTING S|H'i-lallilng in Aluminum. Mas-iirKlum, Pie '*n*tlnRs (Pewter), Automobile I'urla. Cylinder*, ,'ic; Ilniiaa. Mullenhle Mill and Marine Steel. Gad Iron, etc. Pkout MArln. SOIT IM DavU StrMt . Phillip Prion. Prop. ORLEANS IRON ART CO. STAIR RAILING — flRE ESCAPES 536 Davie Street, *«incouvcr, B. C. WINDOW BASKETS — GARDEN GATES LAWN rURNITUBE — CURTAIN RODS , KSTIMATKS (II.ADI.Y 'IIV-KN Phone: MArine 5017 HUNT'S AUTO REPAIR PORTABLE ELECTRIC WELDING — GENERAL LATHE WORK ,jW. Hunt A Son " ***Lue Spiei, Motor Mechanic 1706 East Hastings St. (Cor. Commercial Dr.) Phone HA. 5368 City Employees Win Demands in Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio. — Following a vigorous campaign by the Join" Council of State, County and Municipal Employees, representing AFL unions, the city council enacted a new wage- hour schedule which embodies the main union demands. It provides a 40-hour week and annual wage for all city employees, $240 annual raises for police and firemen, incorporation of a recent living cost bonus in the regular salary schedules and bi-weekly instead of monthly pay checks. - . ■ "All organized groups represent^ -tint tity empluyetg~lroricing together won this battle," commented Hemic Schmidt, representative of the joint union council. After a series of mass meetings, union representatives appeared before the . city council. When Councilman Willis Gradison moved, to defer action for lack of funds, Edward Haggerty of the Intl. Assn. of Firefighters -aid: "If the GOP majority, says it cffy^JaVtind a way to get extra revenues',' the charter minority will." The city council subsequently adopted the new wage schedule 1 to 1. sion was dissolved he joined the staff of the Congress to write for t_e Trades and Labor Congress Journal, official publication of the? Congress. We-is now Associate Editor of the Journal. As well as holding a dual position, Bro. Hemming is also «a member of many boards and commissions in Ot taWa, among them being the Advisory Committee to the Dominion Government Minister pf Reconstruction, a member of the National Executive Board of the Dominion Fire Prevention Association, the National Advisory Committee to'the National Film Board, and many others. Bro. Hemming is a member of the International. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, carrying a card in Local B 804, Kitchener, Ont. .$ ■ : ---, Labor Opposes New Police Acf Toronto, -Ont.—The Ontario Pro- vincjfi), Federation of Labor (TLC) will initiate a campaign to demand the repeal of the jjplice Act, it was announced here by President D. A. Dunlop and Secretary-Treasurer J. W. Buckley. ,', The new Police Act, which refuses Ontario police the right to join trade unions, has also been condemned by the Toronto and District Trades and Labor Council. The new act, which was introduced during the recent session by Attorney - General L. BlacJtwelO will mean that those Ontario policemen now in unions affiliated to the Trades and Labor Congress— of_Canada—will_havo—to--leave their organization. "Organized labor will not rest content until this act is repealed," says the federation statement. HOORAY FOR SOCIAL CREDIT . SAYS "CANADIAN BUSINESS" Ottawa.—The conductor of the column "Trends and Portents" in Canadian. Business (March. 1947) writes: "Social Credit Party is playing down its monetary theories and emphasizing 'individual liberty' and 'freedom of enterprise'.'.. . . Social Credit Party in Alberta has done a political right about-face in the last five years. It is no longer anti-imperialistic, it supports the status quo, it is frienly with the Conservatives, and even its opponents iiilmit the party's provincial strength." And then there was the little girl who signed her arithmetic paper, "Mae West." because she knew she done 'em wrong. Real Wages Are Going Down Fast " The government has, during the past few years, spent thousands of dollars, probably millioflMfln propaganda dealing with inflaTioTV Organized labor was asked to go easy, on demanding wage increases because every wage increase, would tend toward inflation. The people were regaled with films showing the effects of inflation and how orderly purchasing of commodities would assist in everyone getting a fair share. Billboards, newspaper advertisements warned the people against inflation. Organized labor tempered its demands for wage increases; the public responded nobly to.the acceptance .of price controls and rationing be- cause thev _Saw_ thal^it-vvats-to their 'ultimate benefit to do so. Now we have the government disregarding all its propaganda warnings against inflation and throwing overboard price controls. Prices are rocketing skywards and the public is asked to accept the false doctrine that prices will eventually find their own level and will be more in keeping with prices in the United States. What has.happened in the United States? The manufacturers succeeded in killing the Office of Price Administration on the promise that prices would find their own level; consumer goods Would be more plentiful and everything'would be hunky- dory. Believe it or not, the cost of living in the United States has risen so high that it takes $68.19 ajveek. for a family of four to maintain a decent standard of living. It should be clear to all that when figure of $35.85 per week (in 1944), or $36.00 per week (in 1945) or $39.00 per week (in 1946), or $43.00 per week (in 1947), is used as a minimum weekly income, it means a bare minimum "required to cover the bare essentials for health and self-respect." Certainly a hare minimum does not represent a desirable standard of living. Yet over 60 per cent of all families in Canada have had to do with less. In 1945, only 13 per cent of all workers in Canadian industry had an average weekly income above the bare minimum required in that year. By far the greatest number of workers received less than necessary to provide food, clothing and shelter. Workers in the trades_and services earned on the average $9.00 to $16.00 lower than the minimum. Only two main industries showed higher average weekly earnings: the average weekly earnings (wages and salaries) of the 160,000 odd workers in transportation were $38.82—a mere $2.82 above the minimum. The average for the whole of manufacturing, which employed 60 per qent of all wage and salary workers in^Canadiaa-Jladustry^ _waa only $32.65 per week. Average weekly wages, excluding salaries, were only $29.84 in 1945—over $6.00 a week less than the bare minimum. In certain branches of the manufacturing industries, average weekly earnings, including wages and salaries, were slightly above the $36,00 minimum: pulp and paper, $37.08; light and power, $37.15; iron and steel, $37.64; and the non-metallic processing industry, $38.78. The average weekly wages, excluding salaries, for the four branches of manufacturing showing the highest earnings, was only 54 cents a week above the figure for the bare minimum standard of living. Eyen the workers in the highest paid industries in Canada live dangerously close to the subsistence margin. Unless the low wages paid to all wage earners are raised substantially the great majority of Canadian families will not only be forced to continue subsisting on small incomes; resulting unemployment will destroy the wartime gains in living standards. Vary Probably He gazed admiringly at the beautiful but extremely revealing dress of the leading chorine in a rather risque show. • • . 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THE STRAND HOTEL IFOR FISTV YIARS) 624 Hastings Street West (near Granville) THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL IN THE CITY- FULLY LICENSED — POLITE SERVICE STATESMAN '— : April, 1947* METROPOLE HOTEL VANCOUVER'S! POPULAR FAMILY HOTsTL — UTaUIHaOR F-JsLOB. — 320 Abbott Street (Opposite Woodward's Stores) J. *C (BLACKIE) BENOERT. PROPRIETOR THE KINGSTON HOTEL NEW — MODERN — DIFFERENT — REFRESHMENT PARLOR FULLY LICENSED /' - 757 Richards Street, Vancouver, B.C. t>. —LYNN — IT*ss GENIAL HOfaT MAYFAIRCAFE . The city's most "At Your Service" cafe Quality Foods — Reasonable Prices 29 West Hastings Sti, Vancouver, B. C. PAcific 1055 B.C. Retail Clerks' Locals At Washington Cpnference On Sunday, April 1,3, the Washington State Conference of .Retail Clerks' held its quarterly meeting at Everett. Over twenty locals from fourteen cities in the state were represented by the fifty delegates,in attendance. Qeorge Johnston attended as a fraternal delegate from British Columbia, and reports that the Conference was a tremendous success. Main item on the crowded agenda was discussion on the ways and means of co-ordinating the activities of the various locals in the State qf Washington to enable them to achieve their present objective of $65.00 per 40 hour week for grocery clerks. Many locals are now in negotiations at the present time, and other contracts Will be re-opened in the immediate future. Next quarterly meeting should be held in July, but this coincides with tho International Convention of tljie Retail Clerks' which is to be held in San Francisco starting on July 14. This is the first convention, of the Retail Clerks' Association since 1939 The Everett meeting discussed the policies they'would adopt on the many problems- that will be brought before the San Francisco Convention in July. The Executive Board of the State Council meets monthly,- and, plan to hold one of these Board meetings in Vancouver in the immediate future. NEW WESTMINSTER ADVERTISERS How Norway Labor Unions Progress Without Stjrikes How labor and employers in Norway have largely averted strikes by ironing out their differences over- the conferencei tableand when this failed resorting to mediation with a special court of arbitration Set up as a permanently established part of the Norwegian government was the theme of an address last Monday night in Bancroft Hall at the University of California, delivered by Hon. Paul Berg, former chief justice of this far- famed labor court of Norway. "Till the later, part of the 19th century,'' said Berg, "Norway remained a land where fishing and agriculture were the chief means of livelihood. With the development of electrical power industrial growth took place rapidly and labor began to organize into trade unions. Unlike 'many other countries where labor organizations encountered conspiracy laws and death penalties for their union activities, in Norway the right of labor to organize was never questioned by the government. Even the police have a right to strike. "When the Norwegian Federation .of Labor was organized in 1899 it soon became the central labor organization and spokesman for all labor in Norway and it still holds that position. This was followed by the organization of the employers. Collective bargaining and resort to mediation, when agreement could not be reached at the conference table, were early developments as the means most used for settling industrial disputes. Mediation Law "In 1911 a, large scale conflict took place. Then in 1915 the government took charge of the mediation law. The law of 1915 recognized the right of labor to organize and bargain collectively. It provided for a Some Profits Up Over 400 Per Cent Ottawa.—Sparking the return to legislative business after the Commons Easter recess, M. J. Coldwell, C.C.F. national leader, led off with a hardhitting attack on the government decontrol policy which he said, is causing widespread alarm as people see industrial profits soaring while the family budget shrinks. His amendment, ruled out of order before a vote was taken, urged the government to reverse the rising cost trend. , The average net profit on nine largest clothing manufacturers had increased 1077c over 1945, Mr. Cold- well claimed, while industries producing washing machines, mattresses, soft drinks and building supplies had increased their profits as much as 448,3%, the Orange Crush Company showing the largest profit increase. Chocolate bars had gone up to 8 i-i'nis on the same day all across the country. ' "Where is your competition?" Mr. Coldwell demanded. "Only a close knit organization could put into effect a general increase like that." Toriee Defend Profile Heckling- by Progressive Conservative members came to a sudden halt when Mr. Coldwell remarked coolly, "The strange thing about these interruptions is that I am complaining about government policy. But the government and big business is being defended most vociferously by the official opposition, (Conservatives)." The C.C.F. amendment urged the government to restore price control and roll prices back, especially on the necessaries of life, articles of food and clothing, shelter, household appliances and supplies, and machinery needed by the fanner for production." If money in our pockets buys less and less (goods will pile up on the shelves and we will reach the stage of recession, saW Mr. Coldwell. We have got to see that consumption can take what production turns but. "Natural Rieo" There was no comfort fo'rVonsum- ers in the words of Hon.'Tlouglas Abbott, minister of finance, who in a speech following Mr. Coldwell declared that the present level of prices was due to a "natural rise" result- imp from world conditions. Mr. Coldwell pointed out that prices had increased since January on shortening, sonp, shirts and underwear, leather goods and mitts, sugar and jam, tea and coffee, mattresses and rents. People's Weekly. ployees. There were illegal strikes but it was generally recognized that to apply the extreme penalties would be apt to boomerang, hence there were fe wpunishments of strikers for such violations. Functions 30 Yeara "The labor court has now functioned for over thirty years. Collective agreements have played a dominant part in bringing about labor settlements. Both sides have adopted a policy of taking steps to prevent strikes. Employers make a practice of meeting with their employees to deal with grievances. Under the present law the right of labor to strike is recognized but work stoppages must be preceded by proper notice, following which the mediator has ten days in which to effect a settlement. If mediation fails and work stoppage follows the mediator must make another attempt to mediate the dispute, after the strike has been on one month. "During the occupation of the Germans the shipworkers went out on strike in 1941. Martial law was declared and labor leaders jn no way connected with the strike were shot. After that many labor leaders fled to Sweden and England, where they proceeded to perfect plans for the post-war period. One-Year 'No Strike' "After the war ended a 'No Strike Policy' was approved for one year. This was extended and is still in force. ■ Unions of today are no longer merely unions. They are recognized as a leading force for stabilization. If prices go up they have a right to ask for revisions in wages and if prices go down employers likewise can ask for such revisions. Adoption of this policy has made it possible to carry on production with FRASER CAFE - "JUST^ GOOD FOOD" ....... . -_, .. „ti ; "' NOLAN & COTTLE, Proprietors 738 COLOMBIA STREET. . NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. For Health!... Naturopathic Health Service A fully equipped office in the Business Centre of New Westminster ■ THE LATEST IN ELECTRICaAJL EQUIPMENT SHORT WAVE THERAPY - MERCURY QUARTZ LAMP MASSAGE — INFRA.REP RADIATION SPECIAL DIETS PRESCRIBED Complete X-Ray and Fluoroscopic Service in our own office Phone New West. 3357 for Appointment Suites 6-8, Hamley Arcade, 624 Columbia Street J_)>£±iinaHcr£ ..«.-■. S. BOWELL & SON Phone 2656 66 Sixth (Street, New Westminster, B. Gr^ Cloverdale, B. C. — Phone: Cloverlale 193 Phone 439 C. H. Reeves, Mgr. COLUMBIA STUDIOS PORTRAITS Hamley Arcade, 624 Columbia Street New Westminster, B. C. Uthor—awur-ty-whieh^aaL-iiiaidfi-up nf | out interruption nn'rl [a hastening two members selected by labor and """ —*—-*--■ " *** - two selected by the employers. Its purpose was to mediate labor controversies and bring about. settlements by agreements. It also had two additional functions; 1st to interpret and enforce collective agreements after they were made. 2nd to administer penalties for violation by either party of such agreements. "During World War I compulsory arbitration was established for the duration of the war. It was not satisfactory to employer or * em- the restoration of Norway. A proclamation setting forth this plan has been signed by all the political parties of Norway including the Labor Party and the Communist Party. Concentration ' camps and firing squads developed a unity among the Norwegian people that they had never known before. Today we are basing our main hope on the establishment of international peace." There are six political parties now represented in the Storthing, which is the legislative body in Norway. A general election was held Oct 8, 1!)45, which resulted as fAllows: # Labor .. 76 Right (Conservative) '. 25 Left (Liberal) ....: 20 Communist 11 ' Farmers party .*. 10 Christian Peoples Party 8 Total :150 —Cal. Labor Review. Non-Union Man Is Enslaved. Cheated Nobody is.more tyrannized, browbeaten, cheated and enslaved than the worker who has to depend for his bread and butter on the grace of an employer and the whim of a straw boss. Instead of being an independent, self-confident being, he is forced to be meek and submissive, for he has no say whatever over the conditions of his work and his livelihood. All this has to be told and explained to the non-union worker. Confidence must be cultivated and true self-reliance must be taught him. By persuasion, by persistence, by example he must be brought to learn the lesson we who are. members of the union have long since learned, that there is no greater sense of freedom and dignity than the one we gain by pooling our strength in the organized community of our fellow workers. 9 In union there is not alone strength but also spiritual enrichment and the culmination of good citizenship. He walks with his head upright who knows that he .has the respect and the esteem of his neighbors in the community, his associates in the craft- It will be our endeavor to bring this lesson home to those who are still in need of it. We shall be opposed. Those who have selfish interests to serve and profit to gain by keeping the workers separate and disjointed will oppose ns. They will call us agitators and trouble makers when it will be they, who will be the real trouble makers. But the trouble makers will, not discourage us and their opposition we shall overcome. Justice, good will and good sense are on our side and they shall prevail. —Mobile Labor Journal. "THE DOVE" Messenger Service in all its Branches Furniture Moved — Stored — Packed — Shipped Phone 1173—anytime 519 FRONT STREET NEW WESTMINSTER BIO Columbia Street tt. SHAW BROS. Talaphona itta ' Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Frames and General Millwork OWNED AND OPERATED BT JOHN ("MACK") Tr__TT H_W WESTMINSTEB, B. o. Re-Nu-All Upholstering Depot Caaeaterllelda, Odd Clmlra—Sabnllt, Recovered Hotel Chairs and Brasskfaat Hooka Dona In Leatherette LEATHERETTE WORK A SPECIALTY 755 Carnarvon Telephone 2737 'We know your friends will, be pleased with 'Your Baking if you buy Home's Quality Bakery Products" HORNE'S BAKERIES LTD. NORTH VANCOUVER ADVERTISERS SO TACTFUL A salesman was proposing to his best girl. "And sweetheart," he finished, "I'll lay my whole fortune at your feet," „,'.,-'v "It isn't a very big'fortune," she reminded him. "I know, dear," he replied, "but it will look awfully big beside your little feet." He got the girl. BARRADELL'S Corner Fint and Lonsdale Phone: North 1242 NORTH VANCOUVER ' Where the Working Man's dollar buys belter quality merchandise tit"' ~7°"~ CITY PRICES AND LESS Caribou Work Clothes — Ladies' and Children's Wear Notions — General Dry Good* At the Old Sland The census taked viewed Mandy and the. six tots of varying ages around her with a puzzled frown. He seemed particularly intrigued with a Squirming infant in her arms. "I don t quite understand you," he admitted. "Did you say that your husband died six years ago?" "Yes, sir," she replied emphatically. "He died, but 1 didn't." , W.'r. Afroud Of It V" Moitle: "Say, Goit, what's a psychiatrist?" jr. Goitie: "Don't you know That? What ignorance! Why, a psychiatrist is an exploit that tries to find out if infants have more fun in infancy than adulUjhave in ndultery." Ordinary people do the world's work. So it's up to ordinary people to make the world work. TRIPUZ-AtTION V ' ■MMM '"',;'*"- ■I'*'.'.-' iv.-, MsttMl *m******* mm^nn*n***s*sssm ■«*ys/samp3sziss!BUe_ i~- ■.■*^lsilsi*SSSsgfi*k^i7Trim'"—-rn.r : - ~ April, 1947 TH £. L A g OK S TA TESMAN Page Seven' Arcadian Auditorium Fortnerly l.Q.O.F. Hall—Sixth Avenue and Main Street •'•'■'. "■ '■• .,' Tlie' ManageiTieut wisheTfo^aiTndunce thaF their advertising contract iryitH. the Daily P-rovince will be cancelled until such time as the paper is declared fair to the I-. T. U. .;■'. . ' MODERN AND OLD-TIME DANCING EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY HALLS AVAILABLE FO RRENT FAirmont 2484 • Dance to "Bob" and His Old-timers QUICK SERVICE IN QUALITY RECAPPING BRING YOUR SMOOTH TIRES TO US NOW. FREE INSPECTION. - "1 \.fNO PERMIT REQUIRED. < VULCANIZING REPAIRS WE CARRY A FUU LINE OF DUNLOP "ARMORIZED" TIRES AND TUBES FOR ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS. GORDON'S TIRE SERVICE 2636 Hastings St. East HAitingi 1294 Pulp and Paper Unions Obtain 12 Per Cent Wage Increase OVER FOUR THOUSAND pulp and paper mill employees ,n four British Columbia mills' have obtained a further increase in wages as a result of negotiations carried "on by officials d.f the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and the International Brotherhood of Paper Mill Workers. A. F. of L. The employees working for the HILKER'S Man'* Bulilic-r Psmta—$4.50 Mon'u Bulilior Coats—$4.95 Men's Raincoats—513.95, $15.98 nnd 317.98 Kaa'a Work Stalrta, Sizes 14!£ to io—si.oo to 82.25 You save at HILKER'S on the hill (Opan Saturday until 9 ji.m.l FAlrSonF6200 2425 Main Street B. C. Marine Engineers and __ Shipbuilders Ltd. ^-^i FT. OF VICTORIA l'oweil River Company, ■ the Pacific Mills, the B. C. Pulp and Paper. Co.,. anil the Sorg'Pulp Co. will receive si 12 per cent increase in the hourly lates. A similar increase was obtained last year.. This marks the eleventh renewal of contract between these unions and the, companies in B. C. Considering the fact that steady advances in wages and working conditions have been made by the unions through collective bargaining, with no work interruptions or trouble of any nature, the latest contract renewal marks a notable-record in the industrial history of B.-C. While it is the aspiration of AFL unions to reach a 40-hour work-week in this province, the unions arid the companies, having given consideration to the serious housing problem, the needs of pulp and paper consumers, and the part this industry is playing in, the rehabilitation of the nation's economy, consented tocpntinue the 4'»-hnur.w*'ekjthi'0UKhlthi|j)resent coTTtracryeTirr~TlaeTf6frt^ an increase in the night differential and new overtime provisions. In a statement issued at the con clusion of negotiations, it was stressed that the leadershU) of both unions "is opposed to airy [philosophy used for the- Bfeak~dowh{of the constitution, or our governmental'institution; that . these unions are basically responsible not only in the matter of cpndueUggwage negotiations with the" employer and recognizing management's part in the national economy, and accept their responsibility as an organization in helping to build a sounder economy throughout the nation and one that will meet and merit the respect'of the public at large, and serve the best interests of the workers." The unions' were represented by the following local.members: Thomas Waldron,' Henry Morris, James Curry, Powell River; Newman Compton and Donald MacDonald, Pacific Mills; Stanley Green and Ken Sturdy, B. C. Pulp arid Paper; Frank H<jrne, Sorg Pulp-Co. . ..' Jack Young, Pacific Mills, Ocean TalTsTaiid aT.'fc.'..Hanson, Internation al representative; 1BPSPMW, Powell River, were co-chairmen of the bar gaining conference.^ Style, Quality, Workmanship •<.'-;- -in Smartly Tailored-To-Meosure '. and ■'■'■' - Rear dy-To-W ear SUITS — COATS — JACKETS — SLACKS FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SAMMY GOLD'S ond Clothes Shop 312 WEST HASTINGS STREET Conciliation" Board To Settle Grocery Clerks Wage Demands With R. K. Gervin as- the employ- Local 1518 and Ray's Superior Stores ees' representative, a Conciliation | (grocery). Board has been established in an en deavor to break the deadlock in the negotiations between the . Retail Grocery nnd Food. Clerks'ei Union, BRITISH COLUMBIA DOOR CO. 1206 WEST SEVENTYFIFTH AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. C. L. PALMER, Manager BROADWAY HOTEL Vancouver's Popular Priced Hotel Licensed Premises — Fully Modern — Good Service 103 Last Hastings Street Leo Palitti, Manager HOTEL REGENT Limited > FULLY LICENSED 160 Hastings Street East Vancouver, B. C. HOTEL AMBASSADOR Fully Licensed In the Heart of the Business, Shopping, Theatrical and Restaurant District—Quiet, Comfortable, Convenient ^773 Seymour Street, Vancouver Your Holt: Abe Weston !• (Established 1911) SUMNER BRASS FOUNDRY LTD. Manufacturers of Brass, Brome and Aluminum Castings — Phosphor Bronze Bushings Manganese Bronze Propellors in All Sizes Phone: MArine 1541 619 Bidwell Street, Vancouver, B. C. Walter Owen, K.C., Loses Spencer Appeal George Johnston, International Organizer for the Retail Clerks' International Association, recently organized the employees of the David Spencer store at Courtenay. The Retail Clerks' Union, Local 1539 (Courtenay - Cumberland) received bargaining rights on December 28, 1946. Spencer's immediately retained Walter Owen, K.C., to appeal the de cision of the Minister of Labor. Hon orable George S. Pearson refused permission to appeal, but this was disregarded by Owen. .. A. K. Hemming, Associate Secretary of the Trades and Labor Con gress of Canada acted on behalf of |ihc_UerksiXoa^T-^nai_the-«Bpeal--by Walter Owen was set- aside. Having failed in their attempts to offset or ganization, the firm have adamantly refused to agree to the contract pre sented by the bargaining represent atives, G. Johnston and George A Wilkinson. They have offered a counter-proposal that when- analyzed grants exactly nothing. Spencer's are prepared to sign a contract if they do NOT have to make any concessions at all. This uncompromising attitude on behalf of Spencer's by Walter Owen has left, the bargaining representatives no' alternative but to apply for a conciliation officer. This has been done and if this fails, a conciliation board will be requested. Trade Unionists, when shopping should evaluate the attitude toward labor, of the various firms before spending the money these unionists earn under union contracts. ANGELUS HOTEL Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B. C. PHONES. S43S-39.37 a OUS ANDERSON AND A. HARRISON. PROPRIETOR* MeLEAN 8C POWELL IRON WORKS L. I. POWE1L, MA-AOEB STOVE and FURNACE CASTINGS GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK Phone: FA. 1546 398 Second Ave W., Vancouver, B. C. Daly Heating and Sheet Metal Works Ltd. OIL BURNERS — CO AI. STOKERS — F URM ACES FURNACES — AZX CONDITIONING — VENTIEATINO GENERAL JOBHINO — SAWDUST BURNERS — SKYUOHTS "Anything in Sheet Metal" Phone: i • ** ^ 359 East Broadway, FAirmont 0204 / Vancouver, B. C Compromise Ends ' 13-Week Strike Denver, Col.—AFL retail clerks here voted by a 13 to 1 majority to accept a compromise settlement ending their 32-week strike strike against the May Co., one of the longest and hardest-fought union disputes in Denver history. Although the contract does not include the union shop demand, Vice- Pres, Samuel Meyers of . Retail Clerks Local 454 said the agreement "contains a sufficient number of elements of union security to make it possible to achieve 100 per cent unionization of the store."- Maintenance of membership and full seniority for strikers are both provided in the contract, which runs to July 1, 1948. Wage increases ranging from $2.50 to $5.50 a week are retroactive to from July 2 to August 19, 1946. Minimums arc stepped up. Beginners go from the old $18.50 rate to $24 a week. Beginning April 2 the minimum goes to $26 for all employees with three months experience. As of June 30, beginners will start at $27.50 and workers with six months experience will get a $30 minimum., Vacation pay will be based on average weekly earnings instead of on base pay and workers will receive double-time for work on holidays, t - Picketlines have marched before the department' store since August 20, 1946. when the 510 clerks walked mil to enforce their demand for a $26 minimum wage, a 25 per cent increase and a union shop. . Most of Denver's organized labor supported the strike. Drivers for the Railway Express Agency refused to make deliveries. The union filed unfair labor practices charges against the company and later reported to former Gov. John C. Vivian i bill the store waa violating veteran training agreements. Point at issue is the employees demand of a 15c per hour wage increase. In some classifications no wage adjustments have taken place since 1941, and the employees feel that the requested wage hike is long overdue. No one is more aware of the fallacy of the Government's cost of-living index, than a grocery clerk. Clarence Darling, K.C., is chairman of the Board and Ian Cameron, lawyer, is the employers' choice. The unions' presentation to the Board will be handled by George Johnston and J. 0. Stinson. N.Z. People Like Social Securit By- MAURICE KITCHING Wellington, N. Z.—New Zealand's social security scheme, the most comprehensive in the world, was eight years old April 1. If for nothing else, the N.Z. Labor party will" earn a place in history for this great, hu inaBtariftn-legislation which has ba~*t ''CHESTERFIELD" QUALITY MEN'S SUITS AND TOPCOATS SPORTS SLACKS and SPORTS JACKETS POPULAR BRANDS of MEN'S FURNISHINGS VTKE STORE THAT'S ALWAYS BUSY". : . Arnold & Quigley Ltd, 540 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. ii ONLY" ! Fish and Oyster Cafe UNION HOUSE 20 Hastings Street East Here Since 1911 We use "Frank's RED HOT Sauce" — It IS Hot" In the United States overall food prices in February were 95'// above the August, 1939, level, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chrysler Corp.'s all-time high net profit for the last quarter of 1946 is equal to a 24% return on the net worth of the company. ished the fear of want from -the Do minion. Before the scheme was instituted tjbere had been in existence for years a system of non-contributory civil pensions on a comparatively restricted basis. For that the Social Security Act, which came, into operation on April 1, 1939, substituted a system of medical, hospital and other related benefits as a big step toward the socialization of medicine. The Conservative government, under the old pensions scheme, paid out little more than two million pounds a year. In the 12 months just ended the people of NiZ. have received social security benefits totalling £35 million. More than 700,000 of the 1,600,000 people in the Dominion have gained in direct payments from the social security fund, and the indirect benefit to shopkeepers, tradesmen and the business community generally is enormous. Goea Back to People For,apart from the humanitarian aspect of a scheme which really does give N.Z. a secure society, its economic consequences are important. The scheme is paid for partly out of the consolidated" fund and partly from a special tax of Is 6d in the pound on all earnings. But as quickly as it is collected this money goes back to the people in the form of social security benefits. The money circulates rapidly, to the benefit of the whole community. • Good Value The individual gets good value for his Is 6d in the pound. There are cash payments monthly to everyone aged- 60 and over; to widows, to orphans, to, permanent invalids and the temporarily sick. For every child under 16 years the parents, irrespective iif income, receive 10s a week, usually payable to the mother. Ana a substantial part of all doctors' and hospital bills are paid from the fund. Provision is made for tmemploy- ment benefit payments, but because unemployment is practically non-existent in N.Z. today very little is paid out under this head. "Notwithstanding the vastness of this undertaking there is still a demand for a widening of the legislation to bring in further sections of the community, as well as on the other hand demands for increases in the rates of benefits," said Hon. W. E. Perry, minister of social security. He gave a warning that they could not forever go on. widening the base and st the same time increasing the rates. On the other hand, as long as the people maintained, through increased production, a continuous supply' of .goods and. services, there would be continued advances in social security. "The government is not unmindful that further improvements may be necessary and will not hesitate to put them into effect consistent with the available resources of the country," the minister said. Al Upholstering Co. Guaranteed Built Upholstered Furniture You can safely order a stock of upholstered furniture, knowing it will satisfy your customers — No order too large or too small. Phone: HAjting. 6600 636 E. HASTINGS ST., VANCOUVER jj STANDARD MACHINE AND SHEET METAL WORKS (ieneral Machine Work — General Sheet Metal Work Phone: PAcific 7951 HU MAIN STRBBT VANCOUVER. B.C. STEWART'S CARTAGE & FUEL SUPPLY WOOD, COAL and TRANSFER Phone GLen 0881 . * . 3870 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C. Darlington. Haskins & Co. (1943) Limited TILES — MOSAICS — MARBLE — TERRAZZO 2144 Granville Street Phone: BAyview 4829 Vencouver, B.C. ECONOMY SAUSAGE CO. "THE SAUSAGE THAT MADE LITTLE PISS FAMOUS" FOR SALE EVERYWHERE — TRY SOME 141 HAWKS AVENUE Phone: HAstings 4557 Cobalt Hotel Refreshment Parlor 917 Main Street Remodeled and Decorated — Service is Our Motto W. 14. HILL and H. R. DAFOE. PROPRIETORS THE LITTLE CROESUS Then there's the one about the circus midget who married the giant fat lady. On the bridal night he stood up in bed and started walking around her, again and again. Clapping his 'hands with delight, he exclaimed: "Oh, goody, goody—acres and acres, and it's all miner* You are Welcome! .. . Meet Your friends at -the PLAYFAIR CLUB - 517 Granville St. PLAY BRIDGE, WHIST, AND RUMMY You'll like it! Make it a date! B. C. BOAT EQUIPMENT AND GEAR ' -. SPECIALIZED FOR THE FISHERMAN • NEW AND USED GEAR ' • Phone: HA. 5306 ' 544 Powell Street, Vancouver, B. C. _IIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|. I NIEL GILBERT = * THE kAN BEHIND THE SlGti BEHIND THE SALES | UPTOWN SIGNS = Phone: FAirmont 5027 2648 Main Street, Vancouver, B. C. > ^««wft;;-'s_**2-afit. - iMs^tmstmrns.■»-——- ■-■ riMvii »■ /- * *'■ Page Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN April, 1947 EDWARD ROBERSON Optometrist HARRY W. BACOiy Optometrist with Pitman Optical House 1st. 1921 605 W. Hastings St. MAr. 0928 v Resuosseble Coat — Term. If Deeired 1235 East Hastings HAstings 0015 WE CONTRIBUTE A FUNERAL BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ALL ->■• LOCAL TRADE UNIONS.- TO SERVE AS WE WOULD BE SERVED CANADA PERMANENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION SAVINGS AOOOUafTS • DBBBarrTWaHia ISSUED Established in lttt tr. J. BELL, Usuier, British Columbia Brfsaeli BICHAJUJS STREET afa__Je SS31 EARLE'S AUTOMOTIVE Ernie Miller Rear 786 Hamilton Street, Vancouver Phone: MA. 7516; Night, FA. 6963-L W. J. HEADS BOOTlSXrrORY tTD. irfstAeM of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc. .' t- . •; Our Shoes are hand-made — You'll be satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C. ■■ • Phone: FAirmont 6276 Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works Wi Specialist its Hard Chromium ond Htovy Industrial Plating. Chrome, Nicklt, Colter, Electro Terming, Polishing, tic. 436 East 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver CENTRAL AUTO PAINTERS Body and Fender Repairs Metal Work Auto Tops and Upholstery Repair* Car Upholstery Thoroughly Cleaned — Truck rain ting and Lettering CECIL HUGGINS, Manager — ESTIMATES FREE 1245 Seymour Street Phone MArine 2918 DINNER BELL CAFE 660* WEST CORDOVA (Opposite C.P./J. Station) Oiir Customers compliment us on our Delicious Lunches ... ' to take out. ! G. W. RIBCHESTER & SON LTD. Automobile Commercial Bodies ' and Repairs , 1253 HOWB STRBET MArine 0827, MELBOURNE HOTEL REFRESHMENT PARLOR , It's Refreshing —Courteous Service Corner of Main and Powell Streets, Vancouver, B. C. SarrnnUrO0. Cttmtein FUNERAL DIRECTORS SS "AST T-at~T_ AVEMUB Themol TAlrnlont 01*4 IM WBST SIXTH ITUIT, HOalTH VAWCOTJVX- VOBTH UM 1»T_ ud aSLAJUHB DTUVE. WBST VAJICOUVE- WBSSx 1S4 NEW—USED-RECAPPINd Buy them on easy Budget Plan I TIRES Bourne & Humphrys Ltd. ? Cor. PACIFIC and HOWE Pbone PAcific 21SI JAMESJWcMlLLAN Local Representative of the International Auociation of Machinists. 1 J. H. IRVING Business Agent (or the Laundry Worker* Union, Local No. 292. Leading Papers Sign Contracts With LT.U. The Vancouver Sun and the, News- Herald, have renewed their contracts with the Vancouver Typographical Union. These contracts contain the "objectionable clauses" which precipitated the lockout of five newspapers betongiiig-to-the-Southam-Goa— The publishers of the three Toronto dailies made no objections to these "objectionable clauses" and have also signed new contracts. The publisher of the Ottawa Journal likewise has signed a renewal without any objection to these clauses. These contracts have been signed within the past month and there are others which have been signed previously. Recently at an unveiling of the honor roll of Montreal Typographical Union, Mr. W. J. C. Sutton," vice- president of the Montreal Gazette, said that-the 80 years of momentous growth and development of the Typographical Union were marked by a "spirit of fair play, iolerance, goodwill, and a spirit of co-operation with industry." All this would seem to indicate that the International Typographical Union is not the monster pictured by the Southam Co. The International Typographical Union is at all times ready to bargain honorably and fairly with the newspaper publishers. —E. H. Coast Shipyards To Renew Talks May 12 _;NegotiatiQnsJ>etween Pacific coast shipyard labor and management were adjourned at Santa Cruz and are to be reopened at Salt Lake City on May 12th. The conference was widely attended by coast shipyard management and labor, and government agencies were represented by Admiral Crisp of the Navy's Bureau of Ships, Labor Advisor Edward J. Tracey of the Maritime Commission, and E. A. MacMillan, chairman of the Labor Departments Shipbuilding .Stabilization Committee.- MacMillan was elected to preside over the conference. Rotell Praised Not one or two, but a-large majority of the labor delegates attending the coast negotiations at Santa Cruz voiced very outspoken praise of Bro. Tom Rotell, the new executive secretary of the Coast Council. One said his capable handling of conferences and affairs in general was plainly "inspiring". Others suggested a vote of thanks for his fine work and attention to the job at hand. It was, briefly, a test for Tom, and he passed with flying colors, demonstrating a superior ability in this type of work. —Calif. Labor Review. Winnipeg Building Laborers Form Union The laborers and helpers in the construction industry in Winnipeg have applied., to the' International Union (A.F. of L.) for a charter, and report a membership of well over the 400 mark, it was reported by J. B. Graham, president of the Building Trades Council, at Tuesday's meeting of the T. and L. Council. Mr. Graham explained to the delegates that much.of the success of this organization could be attributed to the good work performed by A. J. Hebert, R. G. Anderson, T. Blow and A. Murphy who gave unstintingly of their time in order to set up the new local. At present W. James, International representative, is in charge of affairs and has already met with the employers in the construction industry with a viow to securing an agreement with an increase for all helpers and laborers in the building trades. —The Winnipeg News. Union To Conciliate With O.K. Markets Application for appointment of—a concitation officer was made by the Retail Meat Employees Federal Union, Local 222, when the manage ment of Ray's O.K. Meat Markets (14 stores) refused to grant their wage demands. Application for certification on behalf of this group was made by the meat local last October. The Company contested the inclusion of market managers. This delayed the granting of bargaining rights until January. Final certification included market managers as requested by the union. Qualified butchers (over four years experience) are requesting 91c per hour.and market managers SI.02 per hour, plus bonus. When these figures are compared to the rates paid to other skilled trades, it can be seen that the employees' demands are just and fair, and even conservative. Laundry Workers Union Makes Steady Progress J7 H. Irving reports that good progress is still being made in the organizing—of employees .in dry cleaning plants in Vancouver. Another plant has been added to the list operating Uaider union agreement, ■ this-being Gam pbell Bros-. Ltd. at the corner 6f Granville and Pacific Sts. This agrosjnent contains clauses embracing the closed shop, union checkoff and calls for a substantial increase in wages. Employees of another firui.known_ as the Union Cleaners have been organized and negotiations are now under way for a signed agreement. Brother Irving says that conditions at present are very good for organizing purposes and his plans for the future is with the objective of getting all laundry and dry cleaning plants in the city signed up this year. tf • • , CCL. Tries To Steal Civil Servants, No change in policy appears to have taken place within the C.C.L. about endeavoring to steal organizations, and their most recent big campaign has been an effort to steal the Civil Service Association of Saskatchewan. In a general letter to all organizations, the Saskatchewan Civil Service- Association, affiliated with the Trades arid Labor Congress of Canada, has informed its membership and the other organizations just what has been going on. ■ ^ The C.C.L. has been carrying on a campaign for the last few months and during that time were able to secure the names and addresses of most of the civil servants in Saskatchewan, particularly those employed with the Power Commission, arid has circularized these people, inviting them to sign authorization cards empowering the C.C.L. to act as their bargaining agent. The Civil Service Association of Saskatchewan has been organized since 1913, and a few years ago affiliated with the Trades and Labor Congress. In 1044 the C.C.I, tried to raid the civil servants, but their efforts were not successful, and they failed. The Association, in its circular letter, state that they will continue to fight any raiding that is tried within its organization, and will continue to give its full support to the Trades Congress. —The Call—Calgary. $1000 Death Benefits To UMW Families Now Washington, D.C.—Decision to pay death benefits of $1,000 to the families or other beneficiaries of UMW members in soft coal employment was announced here following the first meeting of the trustees of the wel-' fare fund. The first benefits will start going out within the next month and will include the families of the 111 miners who lost their lives in the recent Centralia, 111., mine blast. The $1,000 benefits will be paid regardless of the cause of death. Afthu "same time John L. Lewis, UMW President, and one of the trustees of the fund, declared that the union would not sign an agreement with the operators unless it provided for continuance of such a fund. He implied also that the miners would demand industry payments into the fund at the rate of 10 cents a ton, instead of tho present 5-cent rate. John W. Buckley Is Acting Secretary, T.L.C. Vice-Pres. John W. Buckley, of Toronto, has been appointed Acting Secretary-Treasurer of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. A. Sullivan recently. Bro. Buckley was born in Manchester, England, May 27, 1S82, and after serving his apprenticeship in wheelwrighting in England, he came to Canada in May 1906 and went to work for the C.P.R. Bro. Buckley joined the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen in May, I'.ill. and since that time has held many offices in the Railway Carmen. He has also been an active worker in the Toronto Trades and Labor Council since becoming a delegate in 1912 and has held the position of secretary of that council since 1929 up to the present. Bro. Buckley has attended 20 conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress since 1916 and was elected a vice-president in 1943. He was also elected secretary treasurer of the newly-formed Ontario Federation of Labor last year. He has secured a leave of absence for his positions of secretary of the Toronto Trades and Labor Council and the Ontario Federation of Labor so that he can devote his full time to tin- work as secretary-treasurer. Try O-r CHICKEN PATTIES No Tokens Required Eet More MAPLE LEAF BISCUITS Baked Fresh Daily .:.-.'.» Union-made Sold at all Grocers OTTO Ji\NSEN, Prop. Listen to CJOR Every Morning 7 - S ' HA*t 4091 =® REAL ESTATE --RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CEPERLEYROUNSEFEUACO PACIFIC 3321 *•***■ "■• »46 W. 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Also at door, Thursday evening. Telephone: MArine 3548 WALSH'S AUTO WRECKING CO. NEW AND USED PARTS AND ACCESSORIES TOU AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS AND BOAT* 720 MAIN STREET VANCOUVER, _. C. OVALTINE CAFE Food that Satisfies — Good Service — Private Booths - 251 EaAST HASTINGS STREET PAcific 3855 Res., MArine 3766 EARL SYKES, Florist FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS 56 East Hastings St. -. Vancouver, B. C. MUSIC AND DANCING EMBASSY. BALLROOM 1024 Dsvle Street Modern Dancing every Night Micely's Orchestra CIGARS - CIGARETTES - TOBACCOS DINNER BELL CIGAR STAND CCO WEST CORDOVA BTREET. VANCOUVER, B. C. Fred A. Smith Phone: MArine 0847 "PERSONAL FUEL DELIVERY" An* All-Veteran Company operating under n 1'nlon Agreement with the TfamiHer*' l'nlim,jI.oenl aia, ^'aneouver, B.C. Mixed Tstlllrun li.i" no leiliir—nun no —irue'e—Ihe very, minimum of elilpa and lui.iirhSB.OO (or I1! eortte. All I'll—-mill mn S5.50 per cord; IH cord. S8.3S. Phon.: KArln. 0282 3440 H.alh.r St Earl rishsr—John Xrasmlkov **~ M«<**&m*otr\v&%*^^ • April, 1947 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Nine. President Green Asks Defeat Of Anti-Labor Bill In U.S. ' JACK BANNON Carpenters' Union Business Agent for the New Weatminater District, Local No. 1251, New Westminster Carpenters Progress The New Westminster Local of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is the third largest of the fifteen carpenter locals of . the Brotherhood- in British Columbia> . Brother Jack Bannon, business agent of the local, has taken full advantage of the construction work in that city and his -members are , .,, "fftJfsloyed on most of the VfsV;ltMtsW-and in the currounding district. The Amalgamated uilding Workers who once had a fairly good representation in the city, can no longer be found, because of the activity of the members and officers of the Brotherhood. The New Westminster local operates under the same wages and working conditions as the Vancouver local. SAN FRANCISCO AIR GROUP , WINS PAY BOOST FIGHT. San Francisco, Calif.-r-The two Independent radio stations of this city, KYA and KSFO, are back on the air after a three-day strike by the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFL). A. compromise settlement was won providing an 18-month contract, retroactive to last January 1 nnd guaranteeing no discrimination against strikers. The new agreement provides wage scales.for announcers ranging from $67.50 to $77.50 a week, with a further $2.50 weekly raise on October 1. Former salaries were from $55 to $60. Stockton Teamsters got a $1.20 per day boost for all draymen. UNION-MADE GLOVES •••• "The Wear isThere". Treat Your Hands To a Pair of WATSON'S You Will Appreciate the Difference Sold by All Leading Stores John Watson Limited Vancouver, B. C. Wsshington, D. C.—In a. final plea on behalf of America's toiling millions, AFL President William Green addressed letters to every ' member of the House urging rejection of the omnibus anti-labor bill which would wipe out the gains won by workers over long years of heart-rending struggle for s decent standard of living. Striking sharply at labor's foes who are sponsoring such legislation, Mr. .Green declared in his letter: - "These millions of workers who will be the victims of this restrictive and oppressive legislation are the same workers who served so patriotically during the recent war, and who produced the' airplanes, ships, tanks and guns and who serviced the transportation systems of the nation to win the war. Is this to be their reward? Are they to be punished, oppressed, anil their rights and liberties restricted by vindictive, punitive laws? "Why this drive to weaken and exploit labor? The men and women of labor here in America who cherish the blessings of freedom and liberty cannot accept or become reconciled to, such drastic legislation. No nation under the sun has proposed or considered the adoption of such legislation^ as this sinee the-close of the war. •» "This earnest and sincere personal appeal is based upon my knowledge* and understanding of the heart and mind of the working people of the nation. In their name I earnestly appeal to you to vote against this bill." The appeal from Mr. Green reached each member of the House as the overall bill to paralyze the union movement arrived on the floor for debate: The measure would ban the closed shop, industry-wide bargaining, jurisdictional strikes, secondary boycotts and mass picketing. It would make unions liable to law suits and authorize use of injunctions in strikes which were held to threaten national health, safety or welfare.' It would go far beyond these limits and its effect, labor leaders agreed, would be to render the union movement impotent and block any effort to obtain wage increases for workers to meet skyrocketing costs of living.' ■As the House opened debate on the measure, members of the Senate Labor Committee, drafting a somewhat similar but less drastic bill, was rejecting some of the more punitive proposals sponsored by labor's foes. The Senate group voted 8 to 5 against a suggestion by Senator Taft Of Ohio to allow individual employers to bring law suits and obtain injunctions against jurisdictional- strikes, secondary boycotts, strikes in violation of contracts and strikes for recognition. The committee agreed to make these items "unfair labor practices", to be handled by the National Labor Relations Board. The Senate group also voted 7 to 6 to strike out a section restricting union welfare funds and dues checkoffs. ,. " Sections approved by' the Senate Committee would: 1. Create an independent Federal mediation service and a Federal mediation director. The latter would be aided by an advisory panel composed of six labor and six management members. 2. Allow suits hy and against labor organizations. 3. Force unions to register and file financial statements. 4. Create a 14-hiember Senate- House "committee on labor-management labor relations" to study basic problems. The committee eliminated a provision to establish a council of paid committee advisers. Meanwhile, Senator Taft's plan to throw all antilabor legislation into a general bill was sharply attacked by spokesmen of both partiesr * Senator Aiken, Republican, pf Vermont, declared he believed * Taf t's plan to keep all labor legislation in a single all-or-nothing bill was an attempt "to put President Truman on the spot" "I haven't seen such high-handed political bossism since I've been in Congress," he added. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, bitterly assailed the current move to wreck trade unionism and deprive workers of the gains for which they fought for generations, declared :■ "This bill constitutes a grand assault on our industrial democracy. Ib is an attack further to undermine the forces which could help raise the purchasing power of the people at the very time when business itself is becoming alarmed by. the inordinate profits it is reaping. . "If the leadership in Congress wants to assist the Communist Party in the promotion of widespread class warfare, industrial chaos, and economic depression in this country, they could not devise a better method of doing so than recommending the enactment of such legislation. "AH who are interested in the basic human rights of the-ordinary citizen should diligently and vigor- ously resist such legislation." Real Estate Lobby Blamed For "Squeeze in Housing" Chicago, 111.—Charges that lobbying real estate "tycoons" have been deliberately prolonging the "housing squeeze" at the cost of the public interest by blocking low-cost housing were made here by Lester Washburn, International President of the AFL-International Union of the United Automobile Workers of America. In an article written for the union's official publication, AFL AutQ- Worker, Mr. Washburn declared the purpose of the real estate interests is to keep property values and old houses 50 per cent higher than original costs. He added: "As a defense raised to explain the lack of construction, we hear the old, old plaint, labor costs are too high. The truth is, these real estate tycoons don't want new construction. Why should lhey build homes when they have to wait 60 or 90 days for a profit? Besides, each new home built means an easing of the short-, age, and that worries the real estate dealers. With the disappearance of the shortage comes the end of the pyramiding of prices on ancient dwellings now heing unloaded at levels cost It's much quicker and easier to buy and sell, pushing the. ceiling price ever upward while keeping the shortage. "The only possible fly in the ointment for the real estate operators was the expected interest of the government—local and national. The aim of such intervention would be, of course, to provide low-cost housing to as many families as desire it. But armies of high pressure and well- padded lobbyists swarmed into most legislatures and hamstrung the low- cost housing programs so effectively that they seldom got beyond the blueprint stage." Very Unsportsmanlike - One mon was telling another about the time he served on a jury in a case where a woman was on trial for murder. He said: \ "Yes, I served on the jury. They were holding a woman for shooting her husband. She was so good looking we coudn't convict her and we couldn't turn her loose on account of our wives, but it worked put all right 'cause her husband was an Elk. We just fined her $25 for shooting an 50 per cent higher than the original! Blk out of season." ■JONS s*ROM CAPILANO BIV15H Cexteet&iuj Compliments to ORGANIZED LABOR Coast Breweries Ltd. Westminster Brewery Silver Spring Brewery Victoria-Phoenix Brewery COMPLIMENTS OF THE SPECIALTY MACHINE SHOP ALL CLASSES OF INDUSTRIAL REPAIRS AND MACHINE WORK "-.. '. R. LAWRENCE, Manager ~ * _. _ REAR OF 732 PENDER STREET WEST, VANCOUVER, B.C. Phone: PAcific 2427 STEVEDORING - GRAIN FITTING - GENERAL SHIPS SERVICE SPECIALIZING JN CLEANING OIL DEEP TANKS AT ALL BRITISH COLUMBIA PORTS _ ~\ Canadian QeOebokinc CO. LTD. J. H. MITCHELL, President and General Manager Cable Address: "STEVEDORE" 1285 FRANKLIN STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. 217 CENTRAL BUILDING, VICTORIA, B.C HAstings 4571 CArden 1441 Central Sheet Metal Works Ltd. SHEET METAL WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS CONDITIONED AIR HEATING VENTILATION Hotel, Institution, Bakery, Resi.1u1.111t and Dairy Supplies and Equipment Skylights and Cornice, Eave^-oughs and Conductor Pipe ' ■ „ E.E. Elliott S.J.Anderson R.C.Douglas 1067 Richards Street Vancouver, B. C. MArine 6821 NEON PRODUCTS OF WESTERN CANADA LIBMTED 260 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. Compliments of Management and Staff HOWDEN SALES & SERVICE LTD. BULLDOZERS :: SHOVELS :: TRACTORS . CONTRACTORS' AND LOGGERS' EQUIPMENT Phone: FAirmont 7607 - 8 306 West First Ave., Vancouver, B. C. NATIONAL MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED NEW AND REBUILT MACHINERY SAWMILL AND LOGGING MACHINERY — WOODWORKING.MACHINERY MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT — CONTRACTORS' AND MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT PUMPING MACHINERY, ETC. — MACHINERY TO RENT GRANVILLjS ISLAND,. VANCOUVER, B. C. e , . ,, ..... Office and Yard Phones: MArine 1251 • 12S2 Arthur L. Newson, Manager ,' ASK WAGE RAISE Port Arthur, Ont.—The annua] spring conference of Local 2786 of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union announced that timber operators will be asked for a 25 per cent wage increase. • ■ TwaU Her Undoing Reporter (interviewing old lady of 102): "Tell me, grandma, what's life like at your age?" Old Lady: "Well, son, you might say it's nothing but buttoning and unbuttoning." A salesman is a man who can convince his wife that she would look fat in a fur coat. There were 322,637 casualties, including 6,224 deaths in U.S. coal mines from 1942 to 1945, United Mine Workers (AFL) figures reveal. ■■ ,-* i y,^eg&zrmttma**>~ Page Ten i THE 'LABOR STATESMAN April 1947 Erickson Economy Scaffolds /" Features Which SAVE Time Arid Material .... ^ ,—3—.—^ ■ i—__——__ * All Metal Bearer with Patented Locking Device: . Made to fit 2F4 or 2x6 tingle standard uprights. Adjustable to 3' to 5' widths * Same as above, made to fit double standard uprights. * Patent Locking Device can be bolted onto wood bearer. Any length or thickness required. Sold knocked down with bolts end- brace hooks: ■ ■>.■-. * Metal Union to join double or single uprights. Adjustable to 2x4 double or 2x6 double. Same patent metal locking device.11 * All Metal Pulley Hoist. Adjustable to single or double 2x4 or 2x6 standard uprights. Equipped with locking .device. Can be attached' and detached quickly. * Metal Ladder 7-ft. length. Hooks onto bearer. Can be placed where needed between stagings. * Metal hooks for the purpose of bolting onto permanent wooden bracings. This eliminates nails for main bracing. Also saves time and material. Make Your Scaffolding Once For All Time. Eliminate Perpetual Waste of Lumber, Nails, and Man Hours. MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY: F. J. Erickson & Son FAirmont 8469 367 - 369 EAST BROADWAY VANCOUVER, B.C. ~no\ht MANUFACTURED BY W. FREEMAN &, SON LIMITED 275 Woodland Drive, Vancouver, B. C. Terminal City Iron Works Ltd. SORBO-MAT PROCESS LICENSEE Manufacturers of HYDRANTS, VALVES AND WATERWORKS SPECIALS, Etc. 1949 Franklin St., Vancouver, B. C. Phone: HA. 0131 ii L I \ British-made Motors Telephone: HA. 3253 1616 Pandora St., Vancouver, B.C. Phone: FAirmont 3849 Evening: KErrisdale 2164-M [ Compliments of s. W. A. Thorn Sheet Metal Works Ltd. "Marine^Shctst Metal Work" Phone: MArine 2725 1779 West Georgia Street (Rear) , VANCOUVER, B.C. I 1' "CONDITIONAIRE" GERMICIDAL UNITS brings the outside freshness into your home : Lessens hazards of colds. Lessens cooking and smoking odors. Burnett Power Saws and Engineering Co. Ltd. FOREST KING POWER CHAIN SAWS Powered by 6 and 8 H.P. Villiers Vancouver Art Metal Works "* Manufacturers of Fire Escapes — Light Structural Steel Work i - Welding and Ornamental Iron Work 16 SECOND AVENUE WEST VANCOUVER, B. C. Scaffolds That Save - . Time and Material A unique scaffold device that is becoming popular with building con- tnu'Uirs.,,'ind workmen, is being produced by Mr. F. J. Erickson. Tl^ere are ipany featufces about these devices that not only save time and' material, but also add to the safety of the workmen who are continuously working on scaffolding.; •Mr. Erickson has been improving this device since it first went on the market and is now practically perfect for every service which any scaffold might be needed for. " It is a time saver and a material saver, which are two big items needed these days in cutting .down costs of construction. '•.'.'.. ■.' ■ . „_^ Workers should, encourage, their employers to investigate this devise, a picture of which can be seen on triis page. Contractors should take time off to see this Ecoaoniy Scaffold at Mr. Erickson's plant at 367 East Broadway. '•...'•' •* Machines Without Men Fortune magazine tot November publishes the proposal emanating from two young Canadian engineers, namely, E. W. Leaver and J. J. Brown. They call, this article, "Machines Without Men." ''The TaTream of the automatic factory has haunted economic thought mairy-years. It has nauirttid—labor, too, ever since labor discovered the sharp if transient pains of technological unemployment. Early in the thirties, Fortune printed an article that saw the approach of the age of automatism in the A. 0. Smith Corporation's amazing semi-automatic production line, capable of fabricating autSftnobile frames so fast that in six months it could supply a normal year's requirements. Except for a few such isolated and highly-specialized examples, however, automatism did not spread rapidly in manufacturing industry. , Continuous Flow System "But devices and techniques for building an automatic factory piled up at an unrealized rate. And the war added still more of them. At least one development readied a degree of automatism not yet achieved on the assembly line. This was the continuous-flow system, reported by Fortune in August, which brought entirely automatic production to wartime chemicals, petroleum, rubber, "and atomic materials. Oak Ridge is run from a central control room linked to some 10 miles of instrument panels, with fewer than 20 human operators to the mile. "Now two young Canadian radar men, Eric VV. Leaver and John J. Brown, come forward with a proposal to transform the manufacturing and assembly line into a mechanism as cleanly automatic as -a chemical plant. Their provocative Thesis is firesented on page 165, and the fol- owing portfolio attempts to visualize its basic features. This thesis is worth the study of labor as well as management. For unless breadth of thought is brought to the many technological changes ahead, the dislocations may be catastrophic. New circuits, some of them developed in radar and gun laying, now make possible the electrical linking and direction of machines. Behind them is banked a great number of well-known magnetic and electronic devices never integrated into a fully automatic system. Leaver and Brown attack the problem by boldly developing a theory of machine design around twentieth-century electronics." Here is the way that the young engineers describe their project: New Picture of a Factory "Imagine, if you will, a factory as clean, spacious, and continuously operating as a hydroelectric plant. The production floor is barren of men. Only a few engineers, technicians, and operators walk about on a balcony above, before a great- wall of master control panels, inserting and checking records, watching and adjusting batteries of control instruments. All else is automatic. Raw materials flow in by conveyer, move through automatic inspection units, fabricating machines, sub-assembly and assembly lines, all controlled from the master panels, and arrive at the automatic packaging machines as finished products—radios, refrigerators, tractors, fountain pens, carburetors, helicopters, or what you Will. "his factory of tomorrow will be as different from the present manufacturing establishment as a hydroelectric plant is different from an old steam-power installation fed by digging coal. OTnce a hydroelectric unit is installed, all that remains is to control and distribute the power. The same, in principle, will be true of the factory of the future. Our ? resent machine tools belong to the ormer coal-anil-iron technology. The new organization of machines will be | electrical. This is made possible by the development of a great variety of circuits and devices for linking machine units together in a new way. It will entail a greater and greater regimentation of machines, . rather than of men." In the profoundly moving current discussion of the atomic bomb and atomic energy, with its possible uses for peacetime advancement, many observers see "something new. That Something new is only new if you do not see it against the background of technology and machine production since 1929. The atomic bomb Is just another step in the control of nature by man. In that whole period of a generation, there has been a cold indifference to the human element in the situation. The effect upon work ere, atnPWre effect upon society, has not been stressed—it has been merely used first as an instrument of profit and -nn instrument of production. Now humanity is reaching an im- Kasse. It has to make a decision. It as to decide the moral values against the commercial and mechanical values. Humanity must make the choice between saving the human race, or going down in an orgy of universal destruction. In Lighter Vein STELLAR ATTRACTION An old lady who was about to die asked her niece to bury her in the best black dress she owned. "But cut the back-out," she added "and make yourself a dress out of it" -'-.,.' "Oh, no/' said the niece, ■ "I don't want to do that When you and my uncle walk up the golden stairs I wouldn't want people to say you, didn't have a dress with a back in it" "They won't be looking at me," replied the old lady. "I' buried your uncle without his pants." •NEVER TOO MANY Ralph Edwards, learning that radio producer Herb Moss and Mrs. Moss had a baby son named John Eric, wired them: "Congratulations. You can always use another John around the house." DAMNED FOR SEWAGES The woman rushed into the marriage license bureau one morning. Almost out of breath and clutching in her hand the familiar document, she angrily demanded: "Did ypu—or did. you not—issue this license—yesterday—for marry- in' me—to Jefferson Driggs?" The, registrar examined the marriage license carefully and admitted that he had indeed issued the document ' . . —"Well!" biased the-woman, "what, are you going to do about it? He's |*escapedl"' SAMPLING PREFERRED "Has he ever spoken to you about marriage?" inquired the friend of the family. "Only indirectly," confessed the ingenue. "He said the only reason he never smokes a pipe is because he could never try it before he bought it." A BALANCED DIET ** When the fleet visited a small college town, the officers planned a dance. The officer in charge sent a young naval officer to the gills' school with the Admiral's conpliments and a request to the director to allow some of the students to attend the dance. The director thanked the officer for the invitation and said she would allow a dozen of her best and most trustworthy students to attend. - The naval officer hesitated a moment. "Would it be possible," he asked finally, "to send half a dozen of that kind and half a dozen of the other?" VERY PROBABLY He gazed admiringly at the beautiful hut extremely revealing dress of the leading chorine in a rather risque show. "Who made her dress?" he asked his companion. "I'm not sure, but I think if war the police." KNEW HIS STUFF Little Willie was sent out to bring in the . kittens. His father, hearing a shrill meowing, called out: "Don't hurt the kittens, Willie." ' "I won't," Willie said. "I'm carrying them very careful by their stems." HOW WARS START WIFE: "What is the difference, George, between a sigh, an auto, and a donkey?" HUBBY: "I .give up." WIFE: "A sigh is 'Oh, dear,' and an auto is too. dear." HUBBY: "What's a donkey?" ' WIFE: "You, dear!" BRITISH HUMOR Fat regimental cook (to excessively thin British Tommy): "Looking at you, you blinking skeleton, anyone would .think there had been a famine!" "" Tommy: "Yes, and one look at you. would tell 'em who caused it!" PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE Someone admiring the lovely clean teeth of Bill Nye, famous humorist inquired how he managed to keep them so white. "Oh, that's easy," the humorist replied. "All teeth will remain white if they are properly taken care of. Of course, I never drink hot drinks, always brush my teeth morning and evening, avoid all acids whatever, and, although I am 40 years old my teeth are as good as ever." "And that is all you do to preserve your teeth, it is?" asked the other. ** "Yes, sir," replied BUI, "that's all —barring, perhaps, the fact that I put them in a glass of soft water each night" PARTLY UNDERSTOOD A young wife, wishing to announce the birth of her first child to a friend in a distant city, telegraphed: "Isaiah 9:6." Which passage begins: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." Her friend, unfamiliar with the Scriptures, said to her husband. "Margaret evidently has a boy who weighs nine pounds and six ounces, but why on earth did they name him Isaiah?'* GOING TO THE DOGS "Really," said Mrs. Scott reading her paper at breakfast, "the' world is getting worse and worse. Just listen to this advertisement—'Typist wanted, must be young, fast and experienced.' " ATOMIC OSCULATION The roadster skidded around the corner, jumped into the air, knocked down three pedestrians and a lamp post, collided with three cars, finally ran into a stone wall and stopped dead. • '" A girl climbed out of the wreckage, blushed, brushed back her hair, straightened her stockings and exclaimed, "Dairling, that's what I call a kiss." What I say carries a lot more weight if what I do is on the same scale. . . r Westland Iron and Steel Foundries Limited - ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS and ALLOY CAST IRON H. J. TURNEY, President Phone: Hastings 6251 1395 Franklin St., Vancouver Pressed Metal Products Ltd. METAL STAMPINGS — DIE SINKING DIE MARKING — STEEL STAMPS, Etc. KECH-MOR MAKE 'EM BITE! 466 Railway Street Phone: HA. 6060 WELDING & METAI/ TRADES SUPPLIES Limited SMITH'S Welding and Cutting Equipment Pal-Weld Products Equipment Repairs. 1530 Hastings Street East Vancouver, B. C. HAstinf s 0065 *** Compliments of Leek & Company Limited HEATING, VENTILATING, POWER PLANT ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS llll Homer Street Phone: M/\rine 3251 - 3252 McLean & Powell Iron Works I . S. I'OWELL, Manager STOVE and FURNACE CASTINGS GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK Phone: FA. 1546 398 Second Ave. W., Vancouver, B.C. SMITH BROS. & WILSON LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS OFFICES: -A-cotrv-m, a. c »-ai-A. a ask. saskatooh, bask Phone: MArine 3729 1267 Richards St., Vancouver Ross & Howard Iron Works Company Ltd. , ■ , Established 1892 Engineers, Iron and Brats Founders, Blacksmiths, Patternmakers, Boilermakers Office and Work*: Woodland Drive, Vancouver, B. C. Phone: HAst. 0106 (Exchange connecting all department!!) FRED WELSH & SON PLUMBING and HEATING 733 Beatty Street Phone: PAcific 2547 i .( » .t_3l—i«--£*->'*«ir«-'' April, 1947 -'» THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Eleven s-H HARRY BONNELL Business Agent of Building Material, Construction and Fuel Drivers' Union, Local Ho. 213. Building Labor#Gets 6 Hrs., Premium Wages Demands for return to the 6-hour day enjojyed before the war and a 25c hourly wsge increase were won by 450 AFL plasterers, lathers and hod carriers here after a 29"_ay work stoppage. The 6-hour day goes into effect immediately and the 25c raise begins May 1. Overtime at time-and-a-half rates after six hours will bring pay of plasterers and lathers for an 8-hour day up from f 16 to $18 and for hod carriers from $14.40 to $16.20. On May 1, with the 25c added, plasterers and lathers will receive $20 while hod carriers will be paid $18.45. A notable feature of the agree ment is establishment of a labor- management committee to stabilize •the indastry, eliminate labor pirating and recruit new workers to overcome a scarcity of trained workers. - TACOMA WINS COMMERCIAL STRIKE Tacoma, Wash.—A strike of five days' duration in the commercial field produced weekly increases of $15.00 days, $16.00 nights, $16.00 lobster shift. Day and night shifts consist of 35 hours; lobster shift, 25 hours. Seven paid holidays and apprentice wage percentage increase also obtained. Retroactive to February 1. . IWA. Doesn't Want Real Unity-■ With A.F.ofL. Union Firm Opens New Funeral Parlor Apart,f roin the extreme beauty of its surroundings the location of the new Royal Oak Funeral Chapel could hardly be improved upon, as the population is increasing by leaps and bounds about this pojnt. Mr. C. B. Atchison, appears to be an ideal choice as manager and we learn by careful enquiry that he is a young man of much more than ordinary tact and experience. The firm of Harron Brothers prides itself on maintaining those labor conditions which.are most conducive to efficient service. All their assistants are union members. Lately, AFL Lumber & Sawmill Workers' local unions and district councils have been barraged by "appeals" from local and district units pf the CIO International Woodworkers of America for "unity" conferences. The maneuvers of the dual unionists have been so tricky that a number of our own members are frankly confused. "Surely," they say, "disunity in the labor movement is regrettable. What harm could possibly come from sitting down and talking over the question with the other side?" In view of this confusion in the minds of some LSW-AFL members, we feel that it is tbe duty of The Union Register to come out frankly and attempt to clarify the thinking of our membership on the question of unity between the AFL and CIO. In the first place, let us make it clear, once and for all, that we are opposed to the split in labor's ranks, which weakens solidarity. But we are not for "unity" on any kind of terms; neither are we in favor of just any kind of approach to "unity." There is a'-correct way of going-at' it; and there's also an incorrect way. There is one way that has a real chance of succeeding; but there are other ways which would only make matters worse. The so-called "unity" conferences proposed by certain IWA-CIO spokesmen are of the latter variety. They would do more harm than good. -.' The only possible -way to secure unity between the AFL and CIO is through bargaining by the top leadership of both organizations at the national level. AFL President Green and CIO President Murray have made appeals for unity, and a negotiating committee from each organization has been named to explore the possibilities of unification. Green made his appeal first, stating that only through a united labor movement could unionists adequately resist anti-labor legislation and Keep the unions free. The threat of restrictive legal measures against unions has forced the top leadership of both the AFL and the CIO to reconsider the unity question. Whether these national AFL and CIO committees will actually meet or not, we do not know. But they are trying to discover the formula for a correct unity program on the national level. The split originally occurred on the national level in 1936; and if it is to be healed in a permanent and satisfactory manner, the healing process will have to start on the same level —not through haphazard "conferences" on the local, district or even regional levels. We said that such "conferences" between AFL and CIO members would do more harm than good. We mean exactly that. Local and district spokesmen don't have all the facts; neither do they have the authority to settle anything. Granted that the overtures were sincere, such talks would only muddy the waters. But judging from the, IWA's past performance (and especially the past 'performance of the Communist Party element in the IWA, which is responsible for the. overtures), we have every reason to believe the invitations are not sincere. It would he childish on our part to believe that" those who disrupted the unity of the labor movement ten years ago—ami have done everything possible to cause disruption ever since—are even < slightly interested in honest unity. They are not. They don't really want unity. They want submission. They want the same kind of "unity" that Hitler got in Austria, Poland and other occupied countries. 'Talks with irresponsible CIO spokesmen at the local or district level would only sow seeds of distrust and confusion—and result in gaps in our own ranks for further raiding of our local unions. That is what the CP boys ih the IWA really wantl Therefore, let's be emphatic in turning down all overtures for local "unity" conferences, and leave the question of real unity up to the national AFL and the national CIO. We-prediet that if a formula for genuine unity is ever worked out by Green and Murray and their committees, it will follow a pattern something like this: Standards will be Bet up for AFL re-affiliation which provide adequate safeguards for industrial unionism hut at the same time exclude Communist-controlled sections'' of labor. Internationals like Harry Bridges' ILWU will be isolated, and their jurisdictions given to unions under non-CP leadership. The same may happen to the Communist-dominated sections of the IWA. Joe Curran's recent move to get the National Maritime Union extricated from the CP's labor network gives point to our prediction. . It shows that he is trying to wash the Stalinist dirt off the NMU's face, so that it will be presentable for possible admission to an expanded and all-inclusive American Federation of Labor. Many other instances could also be cited to show that there is a tendency in this direction within- the ranks of the CIO. In several CIO unions the Communists are being exposed and isolated. It the CIO is honestly moving in the direction of unity, then the "purge" of the CP fits into the pattern. Some day the CP "captive unions" may be left standing alone—isolated from a united and powerful American labor movement. Then wouldn't it look silly to have ever "bargained" with a CP-controIled union—a union that never had the slightest chance of ever being unified in the huge reunited labor organization? — The Union Register, official organ of the North-western Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers for all Wood Working Unions Chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.& Joiners of America. ROYAL OAK FUNERAL CHAPEL "Bewty blended with dignity'' "Beauty blended with dignity" is the phrase that best describes Burnaby's newest and most beautiful funeral honie located on Kingsway at Royal Oak Avenue. Harron Bros. Ltd., are pleased to announce the completion of their "Royal Oak Funeral Chapel" situated in the midst of a lovely garden where stately trees and flowers abound. • •• •' ' Newly re-decorated and enlarged, . the interior- of the premises strikes a nqte of home-like simplicity that is particularly typified in the reception hall, which leads into a lovely '.private office furnished with the appointments of a living room, to be used for funeral arrangements; also, to a large, bright display. room where friends can make their selection undisturbed. G. B. ATCHISON Manager .Royal Oak and Kingsway DExter 3361 Buy UnfonLaM goods andputmore money ihjwpy envelope/ BUY GOODS THAT BEAR THE UNION LABEL Union Label Tradat Dapt, AFL GRANITE CUTTER UNION STRIKES FOR $12 SCALE Quincy, Mass.—Seeking to better contract conditions won elsewhere in New England, 350 members of the Granite Cutters' Intl. Assn. (AFL) struck some 30 granite plants here and shut them down. The strikers demand $12-a-day pay, a 7-hour day and 5-day week. Quincy granite cutters took no part in a recent agreement the union reached in other cities. Boston granite cutters are getting $13 a day for eight hours the first six months of the contract, then $12.50 for a 7-hour day the last six months. 7,000 ON STRIKE Bombay.—Transport and electric power workers in Bombay, numbering T.O(li), are on strike following the failure of government mediation. The workers want a 50 per cent wage increase to cover inflationary increases in living costs. .. Young Man With a Future "Jones," remarked a neighbor, "I understand that boy of yours is learning a trade. Do you think he'll work at it?" "No," was the candid reply, "I don't think he will. He's just learning it so that when he is idle he will be able to tell people what kind of work he is out of." ELEVATOR MEN GRANTED $8.50 PER WEEK HIKE New York.—The 25,000 workers who operate the biggest city's vertical transportation system won 21',i cents hourly raises averaging $8.60 a week in an arbitration award. Arbitration machinery was set up following settlement of a strike in October 1945 by Local 32B, Building Service Employees International Union. BUILDING MEN GET RAISE Spokane, Wash.—A twoyear wage agreement has been signed here by the Spokane Building Trades Council and the Associated General Contractors, providing for a flat 20-cent hourly wage increase. The agreement also provides for time-and-a- half for all overtime except Sundays and holidays, which will pay double- time. But Not Forgotten Mary went to the horse races. Just as the horses were lining up at the barrier Mary grasped her husband nervously by the arm and in a voice which was filled with emotion asked him for a safety pin and at the same time grabbed frantically for something that seemed to he slipping at the knees. Just then someone nearby shouted. —"They're off!" and Mary fainted. . PACIFIC MARINE JIPJIISLTI. SHIP CONTRACTORS - BOILER SCALING, TANK CLEANING, HULL AND HOLD SCALING AND PAINTING, ENGINE REPAtRSrGENERAL SHIP WORK Telephone. HAstings 5733 1352 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. CAJVADA CHAIN AND FORGE CO. LTD. Manufacturer! of All Kinds of FIRE WELD CHAIN, STUD ANCHOR, CONVEYOR, LOG HAUL BOOM CHAINS, Phonei MArine 5426 DREDGE AND CRANE, COMMON, BB and BBB , Established over Twenty Year, in Vancouver Granville Island, Vancouver, B. C. COLUMBIA MACHINE WORKS PORTABLE SAWMILLS and EDGERS GENERAL MACHINE WORK L. C. MILES Phone: FAirmont 2504 360 West Fourth Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. Ellett Copper and Brass Co. Ltd. METALSMITHS Manufacturers of Processing Equipment in Copper, Stainless Steel, Monel Metal, etc. 92 Second Avenue Weat Vancouver, B. C. Damned For Sewage* The woman rushed into the marriage license bureau one morning. Almost ont of breath and clutching in her hand the familiar document, she angrily demanded: "Did you—or did you not—issue this license—yesterday—for marryin' me—to Jefferson DrifCgs?" The registrar examined the marriage license carefully and admitted that he had indeed issued the document. "Well!" biased the woman, "what are you going to do about it? He's elsaped! " /s LTNN CAKYOV ANn SfSrEVBION HIIIK'iK And Check the Brains Barber (looking ' at the young sheik's sleek hair): "Do you want it out. or shall I just change the oily WIN 40-HOUR WEEK Oshawa, Ont—A 40-hour week, plus payment for three public holidays was agreed on here between the Jambi Sportswear Company and the AFL United Garment Workera Union. The agreement was.signed on behalf of Local. 253 by Sam LaPedes, union official, who announced that several other gains had also been won. Purely Eranesvcnt " It was at the Atlantic City Beauty Parade. Miss Teras slithered by in her form,fitting white bathing suit An excited lotharioi found his heart beating faster and declared: "Joe, this is love at first sight!" "Don't be silly," counseled his friend, Joe. "It's just a passing fanny. : Enx-.eacr Brak. -■sILTS moon!i«nt> -nd he had Vr a $1 "* alon« the ***• of the .J *2-\ .bfPn fe«°into *** dufch act. Said the girl: tM.ilVl"KlJm one thinK ' wanKtb tfill you before you go any further " ^What's that!" Mk.d the eager girl.00"'1 *° a"y furtner'" rePlied the. Different Objective. Moe: "What's the difference be- Sgr" '** lady and an 0,d ****-. Zoe:. "Search me—what?" tAtZ "W/^LtHe '"'»* is trying t?y it"' "nd tHe *Pin,t*r * W"*** ■ MlsEsffiii'i.i'siifitt ?*r 5ES3S 1 :&a- Page Twelve THE LABOR STATESMAN April, 1947 :■ EMPLOYERS MUST OBTAIN NEW UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BOOKS All 1946-47 Unemployment Insurance Books expired on March 31st, 1947. New books will be issued by National Employment Offices to employers, but only when old books are completed and turned in to the Offices. ".;■',. .. ^/ Employers are urged to exchange Unemployment Insurance-Books immediately. I Penalties are provided for failure to comply. Unemployment Insurance Commission . n.■'..'.- • -. '■'".. V.LC.-i CHARLIE GOWER Full-Time SecreUry of the Taxi Driven' Union, Local No. 151 IVOR L. CAWKER, Business Agent of Taxi Drivers' Union, Local No. 1S1. Britain Shuts Door On * l__Child Labor Exploitation TAXICAB, STAGE & BUS DRIVERS UNION President: C. E. YOUNGS Secretary: . C. A. GOWER Vice-President: A. MaclNTOSH Rec. Secretary and Business Agent: I. CAWKER London.—Britain closed the door on labor-hungry employers in order to open it a little wider for some 130,000 schoolboys and girls. Resisting strong pressure, the government increased the compulsory education age from 14 to 15, carrying out on schedule the principal dream of the late education minister, Ellen Wilkinson. Many industrialists, leading political figures of all parties, and some educators had sought to postpone the action for a year. They argued that in its present grave condition, with a shortage of manpower in all vital industries, the nation needed the youthful laborers SMITH MARIONG DEVICES LTD. "Let us solve your marking problems" 622 Homer Street We Specialize in Celluloid Buttons EKO-avmOB, badges, »_■■__ ■_____, item:, pads, STEaSClXS, STEEL STAMPS AWD DIES Phone: PAcific 5840 HOTEL ABBOTSFORD TOURISTS' HOME — FULLY LICENSED Capt. E. T. McLennan, Manager 921 W«st FenoV Sire* Vancouver, BM* m&-:tpmt\ HARDWOOD CHAIR CO. LTD. W. G. Ferry; General Manager e Ma\NUFACTURERS OF FINE FRAMES 1634 Franklin Street, Vancouver Phone: HA. 1296 THE HOTEL Ca4STLE In the centre of the shopping and theatrical districts You'll enjoy your slay at the Castle! 750 Granville Street Vancouver, Canada W. R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Boat Builders Office Phone: MArine 6839 Office and Ways: 630 Cardero Street, Vancouver. B. C. Britain's Industrial Morale The recent White Paper issued by the British Government haa focusaed attention on the efforts of the people ' there, to,achisjyc higher production within a tuff i*ht*lToyment economy. The importance of morale and good working conditions in reaching this objective is emphasised in a recent speech by Sir Staffort Cripps, Preaident of the Board of Trade. "We must still stress whenever we can the simple and fundamental fact that employment in industry is the way of life of the great majority of our people.- Whether they like it or dislike it, there is no escape for them from that means of livelihood, and therefore it is essential alike for their comfort and happiness and for our prosperity as a nation that we ahould make the working conditions and psychological atmosphere of. our factories as good as possible. "We know from our wartime experience that the ordinary man or woman will put up with almost any conditions if their morale is good, if they have hope and satisfaction in what they are doing. The greater the satisfaction the stronger and better they are at their job, but once that morale falls, then their work goes to pieces. . "It is morale that counts in achieving a good man-hour output, and thereby not only efficiency in production but—what is equally Important —happiness BTwork . Golden Gate Council ot Lathers has settled for a new hourly rate of $2.25, effective April 1. Taxi Drivers' Union Get Victoria Pacts more than the children needed the additional year in the classrooms. . Some of the youngsters would have gone to work in April at the end of the winter term. The remainder would have been available in July. By December, 1948, it is estimated that industry will have lost 380,000 potential workers. ■ • However, Miss Wilkinson, who died earlier this year, and her successor, Ueorge Tomlinsbn, with the backing of Prime Minister Attlee, refused to retreat. "As a nation," Tomlinson said in a radio speech, "we have' come to realize that we cannot affort to send our young people into the battle of life untrained and ill prepared." Taxicab, Stage and Bus Drivers' Local 151 have broken, grbund in Victoria. Sightseeing tours and Taxicab Service is now available to delegates and visitors to the Capitol City through Blue Line Transit Ltd. and Quarter Cab Co. Ltd. Up to the minute service will be provided by calling Garden 1165 or Empire 1197. Watch for the TeamsteiV Buttons when in Victoria. Service Taxi Ltd. and Red Top Cabs are now under contract with the Local and merits the support of our affiliates. A new Agreement has been" signed covering Tram Taxi Ltd. and Royal City Taxi in New Westminster bringing conditions to a par with our top Agreements in Vancouver. Edwards Funeral Firm Signs Union Agreement J. A. Dougall, Secretary, Embalmers and Undertakers Assistants, Local No. 23374, announces the signing of an agreement between the firm of Harold Edwards, Ltd., 705 W. Broadway, City, and the aforementioned Union, which became effective on 15th April, 1947. Negotiations for the Company were con- tes^f^Wa^ttt: and were marked by a most cooperative and reasonable attitude on the part of Mr. Edwards throughout. By the terms of this agreement full "Union recognition, and a Union Maintenance Clause received the assent of the Company, and ih addition a considerable increase in the wage scale was agreed to, making the employees concerned amongst the highest aaiil, in their particular business, in the City, and in addition, hours of work, employees duties in the building, and various other matters under discussion, were brought to a mutually satisfactory conclusion. The Union hopes that the signing of this agreement will prove to be only the forerunner of a series to be signed in the near future, and in the meantime requests the interest and support of all Union Members for the firm already mentioned. Bro. Dougall reports that the union has cancelled its agreement with the Bell funeral Home. Barbers' Union Signs More Barber Shop Another large group of barber shops have been signed up with the Barbers' Union by Business Agent C. E. Herrett The new agreements in New Westminster makes that city 100 per cent organized. Following are* the shops signed up recently: Eric Johnson, 607 West Pender St. Sam R. Parker, 3365 Cambie St. C. Vanstone, 4125 Main St. Dewey Truitt, 832 - 20th, New Westminster. Harold Hanson, 468 Columbia East, New Westminster. _ ** Hugh Clark, Westview, B. C. W. Horton, Port Alberni, B. C. RAINBOW CABS-MA. 4151 RED TOP CAB-=PA; J8M ~" ROYAL BLUE TAXI—MA. 4477 LOCAL 1S1 Trustees: A. Uradcn, A. BlaU, J. McNeil 529 BEATTY STREET Phone: PAcific 6546 THE COMPANIES LISTED HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS .' WITH I.B.T.C.W.&H. LOCAL 151, COVERING FAIR WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS: ABBOTT TAXI-MA. 1373 j BLACK tt WHITE CABS-MA. IM0 BLUE CABS-PA. 5577 BLUE A WHITE TAXI-FA. 4703 CENTRAL TAXI—MA. 5443 CITY TAXI—PA. 4151 COMET TAXI—MArine 3939 DAN MacLURE'S TAXI LTD--PA. 7171 DOMINION CABS-MA. 5252 DIAMOND CABS-MA. 2121 DEVONSHIRE CAB SERVICE—MA. 3456 EAST END TAXI—HA. 0334 EMPRESS CABS-MA. 2242 FORUM TAXI-HA. 2151 GRANDVIEW TAXI-HA. 2244 McKAY TAXI-MA. 5722 • MAPLE LEAF TAXI—MA. 48*8 OWL CAB CO.-MA. 4241 POINT aREYTAXI—BA. 7141 PACIFIC COAST TRANSPORTATION LTD.-M^9255 RELIABLE TA5WMV.A. 4567 SERVICE TAXI-PA. 5454 RITZ TAXI CO.—MA. 4789* SAFEWAY TAXI—MA. 3355 SEYMOUR CABS-MA. 8818 STANLEY PARK CABS-MA. 5848 STAR CABS LTD.—MA. 2121 STRAND TAXI—PA. 1345 TERMINAL CITY CABS-PA. 3311 UNITED CABS LTD.—MA. 5555 WEST END TRAILER TAXI-MA. 2854 WASHINGTON TAXI—HA. 4100 YELLOW CABS-PA: 3311 CARLETON TAXI-DE. 0032 AMBULANCE SERVICE: KINOSWAY AMBULANCE SERVICE—DE. 0032 » NEW WESTMINSTER: ROYAL CITY TAXI LTD.—N.W. 424 TRAM TAXI LTD--N.W. 2121 VICTORIA, B.C.: ' BLUE LINE TRANSIT LTD. (Sightseeing and Taxicabs) Garden 1155 ~~ QUARTER CAB CO. LTD.-En.plre 1197 \ SEVENTY NEW TEACHERS' LOCALS CHARTED BY A.F.L. New Haven, Conn.—Seventy new locals have been chartered by the American Federation of Teachers (AFL) since the start of the current school year—30 of them since January 1, the largest number chartered in any comparable period in the history of the AFT. This disclosure highlighted an address by Irvin R. Kuenzli, AFT national secretary, before the newly formed Connecticut State Federation of Teachers at the Yale Divinity School Audj_oriurn The. . tftrte National Edu cation Association to check the rapid progress of the AFT, Mr. Kuenzli declared, "rather than hindering its expansion, is serving as a boomerang and accelerating the organization of teachers. CARPENTERS WIN RAISES St. Louis.—Wage increases of. 26c an hour, effective May 1, were won by AFL carpenters under new contracts reached with a majority of the 200 contractors and builders engaged in commercial work here. The new scale is $2.20 an hour. WOMEN L4KE 40-HOUR WEEK Washingto.!,' D. C.—-The Women'B Bureau of the Labor Department study entitled Women's Wartime Hours of Work, just released, indl rates that the 48-hour week in factory work is about the human limit, and that the 40-hour week is preferred despite the attraction of overtime pay. • CLARKSON QC DROWN Up to date in Garden Equipment— Trellis, Pergolas, Lattice, etc. 338 Powell St., Vancouver, B. C. Phone: MA. 0026 Merchants Cartage Co. J.td. Crane Service — Heavy Hauling — Light Cartage Machinery Moving — Trader Trucks Phone: MArine 3271 716 CAMBIE STREET VANCOUVER. B. C. Green To Help Wall St. Union In Great Fight for Increase Chicago, 111.—Full support of the 7,500,000. members of the American Federation of Labor was pledged by AFL President William Green to the United Financial Employees in its threatened strike against Wall Street exchanges and brokerage houses. The entire membership of the AFL will stand firmly behind the financial workers "until they win victory," Mr. Green declared in an address before the Chicago convention of the Office Employees International Union, parent body of the UFE. The union announed that it would act soon to cancel its nn strike contracts with the New York Stock, Curb and Cotton Exchanges as an outgrowth of the refusal of the brokerage firm of A. M. Kiddler & Co. to arbitrate a wage dispute with the UFE. Thirty days' notice is required before the cancellations become effective. Mr. Green told the convention delegates that he was proud that "the workers in the Stock Exchange have the courage to stand up and demand improved standards. "If there is any place in America where high wages and better working conditions should prevail," the AFL president said, "it is in this money-making establishment in New York, the Stock Exchange." Referring to the union's offer to arbitrate, Mr. Green declared: "We want better"«Ws»ge» and -conditions of employment." "The employers say: 'No, you must surrender to us.' I do not believe the people of the United States will support the owners and operators of the Stock Exchange in this prsition. I consider that refusal (to arbitrate) as justification for the workers to go on strike and fight for their rights." THE OBVIOUS MORAL The teacher was of the progressive school that teaches by object- lessons rather than mere words. She set before the class a glass of water and a glass of gin and dropped a little wor min each. The worm in the gin promptly died but that in the water looked comfortable. "Now, children, what does that prove?" she asked. Bespectacled Tommy, aged 10, , said: "That we ought never to drink water, only gin, and we'll never get worms." .t totrnttaB or ssrss. quick or ths pacific, under lions' gate bridok. vancouvxr teworo. aaasaasa* on,«,i»a mdwd .*,,..., '"•T. April, 1947 : „ • ';...•■ . '". , THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Thirteen MEN... Remember We carry the Best in SHAVING SUPPLIES HAIR CLIPr-ft, $2.50 to $5.50 HAIR BRUSHES HAIR TONICS • — ." HAIR DRESSINGS AND MEN'S TOILETRIES SPECIAL VALET AUTO-STROP RAZOR with 5 blades and Strop #1.25 at . . . 64 Hastings West THE B.C. BARBER SUPPLY CQ. RETAIL DEPARTMENT EXPERTS TO SERVE YOU" Established for over 40 years! Home of Union-made Clothing and ' Friendly Service *«*fo% 45 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Retailers of Union-made Men's Clothing and Furnishings' Food Is a tool During the last eighteen months, little has been heard about the feeding of the industrial worker. What has happened to this program which was given such impetus by tbe war effort? Is it being continued and expanded, or have reconversion problems temporarily delayed further developments? It is impossible to answer this question at the present time, but it' is safe to say that the answer is important to industrial morale and efficiency. 'Health plays an important part in the physical efficiency of the worker and influences production rates, safety records and quality of output. Too often, people forget that they can never be healthier than: the food they eat, and that food limy directly influence their work. On the other hand, some executives and workers feel that better nutrition is the "cure-all", expecting rapid results from the installation of a new cafeteria or food service, or even from fads like vitamin pills. In general, results appear slowly and may not be forthcoming if other factors are not improved as well. - Food Deficiencies Nutritional deficiences have many direct and indirect effects which lead to absenteeism from illness and other causes. For example: the lack of thiamine in the diet may result in digestive disturbances which upset the employee and slow down his rate of work. The deficiency may affect his nerves so that he quarrels with his neighbour thus interfering with normal production; or it may affect Plant Food Services During the war years every effort was made to keep production -at a high level. . As a result the health and efficiency of the worker was always in the foreground. In order to reach higher health standards and achieve adequate production levels for civilian goods, it is necessary to maintain and expand those nutrition facilities in industry which were developed during the war. The serving of adequate, well prepared food to the worker at the plant is an accepted part of modern industrial practice. This applies not only to large plants, but to small ones as well. Statistical evidence can be given to show the benefits arising from better plant practices, including feeding. In most cases, the introduction of a plant food service has resulted in a simultaneous improvement of health services, working conditions and plant sanitation. Thus the benefits of plant feeding go hand in hand with other improvements and cannot be assessed separately.' Some of the above-mentioned improvements may have more dramatic results than the changed eating habits of the employee but none of them can give optimal results with the employee being well-fed. Ways and Means Canada is a country of small industries where the installation of cafeterias or dining room services would be impractical in many cases'. One reason is that employees of many small plants go home for the sensitivity of his fingers so that their mid-day meal. However, well he spoils many pieces of work. Since equipped lunch-rooms, should be .a. ,, —mm * a 1 a. .... L_ «.._:f--s.1. PUDIEofiheWEST Shirts, Pants Sanforized Manufactured in Vancouver, B. C, by MACKAY SMITH, BLAIR & CO. LTD. 206 Cambie Street Phone: PAcific 8331 BOWMAN STOJfcAGE LTD. STORAGE — MOVING — SHIPPING — PACKING Household Goods, Etc. Local and Long Distance Office Phone: HAstings 0920 829 POWELL STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. the B vitamins tend to occur to gether, the many may show signs of other deficiencies such as sore, watery eyes and blurred vision which may lead to accidents. People seldom trace such assidents to a nutritional deficiency*, '. i One of the most common deficiencies is the lack of sufficient calories in the diet (energy content of the food). A certain amount of our food must supply energy for essential re- quirements, such as breathing and the work of the heart. Work can only be done when the caloric intake is greater than this basic need. The number of calories in the daily diet must be sufficient to provide the energy needed for the day's work. Insufficient calories or too long a time between meals will produce hunger which may not be sufficient to cause pain but may cause irritability, weakness and diminished ability to concentrate. All these symptoms are associated with impaired health and efficiency. Deficiencies from lack of other food elements might be cited showing their effects on physical efficiency and illustrating the importance of Sroper nutrition in an industrial ealth program. . . BAYLIS TENT & AWNING Established 1900 "Awnings a Shade Better" Specialists in: Awnings, Tents, Flags, Camp Furniture, Boat Covers liarden Couch llammock«, Window Shades Venetian Blinds and Canvas Hoods ESTIMATES ON .APPLICATION Phone: FAirmont 1066 2824 MAIN STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. SAWDUST! THE MODERN ECONOMICAL FUEL FOR ALL PURPOSES Retail and Wholesale — Phone: MArine 1311 * Robertson 8C Hackett Sawmill Co. Ltd. 1550 Granville StrMt, Vancouver, B.C. MT. PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO. LTD. KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Lady Attendant Phonei: FAirmont 0058 and 0059 S HOW HE BROKE HIS ARM The information-seeking summer visitor was seated with a Yankee in a thta. "He^sed S&J_"£Lw*3f5?. t0 "" y0a™H °° *« ^ "Just \ for minding my own busi- Iness." was typical New. England country talk, to be more friendly-like: "I say, stranger, ain't you broke your arm theme?" "Well, yes, I did." "Had an accident, I reckon as how." "Not exactly." "Wall, then, how in tarnation did ye come to break UT" "I did it trying to pat myself on the back." . * - "My Und I On the back! Now. what in the name o' Goshen did ye PHANTOM ROMANCE ' Bob Hope insists he has documentary evidence to prove that he crested, without outside help, the gag about the little boy-ghost who met a little girl-ghost in the graveyard one midnight, and asked: "Will you be my ghoul-friendT" LPJP. Not Acting For Good of Trade Unions The Labor Progressive Party have adopted their old routine of that of the - martyr. They would- like us to believe that they are an injured party who seek nothing more than to better the welfare of the working people. On the contrary, however .this, party is intent on disrupting the. labor movement and seeing that the trade unions make no progress if it is within their power to prevent it, the idea being of course, that so long as they can keep trade unions from making progress there is a fertile ground for their seeds of radical doctrines. These people want a revolution and nothing short is going to satisfy them. Prior to the war they carried on in this same fashion. When the war first started the Communists were very much opposed on the grounds that it was an imperialistic war, and against the interests of the working people. However, immediately Russia joined the war these people came out wholeheartedly in support, and made a real effort to work with the Trade Unions in a genuine endeavour to beat the Fascist Foe. They could not do enough, and rightly so, to maintain harmony in the Trade Unions. The Trade Unions consequently made good headway during the war when all hands wei-e pulling together with a common purpose in view. Following the war the L. P. P. again shifted position. They are now picking up where they left off in 1940 and '41 and are setting out to see that the Trade Unions do not progress. If the L. P. P. members within the Trade Unions would keep in mind, that Trade Unions are organized for the purpose of bettering the economic conditions of the workers, and that whether we like it or not we are living under a capitalistic system, and must work under this system, until we are organized to the extent where we are able to elect aj government of our choice and work with the Trade Unions to that end, they might then be able to say they are doing something for the working class. However, these people boast of being the saviours of the working class but make a very poor job of it. We realize there are many throughout the Trade Unions who support the Labor Progressives simply because they do not understand what they are driving at with their pious resolutions and speeches. The Labor Progressive Party members are not good for the Trade Union Movement and must be kept under control. On the whole they are a group of people who are in the forefront in criticizing the elected representatives, but in few cases have the courage to take the position of the elected representatives themselves. In the slang of the day "they can dish it out but they can't take it." No doubt when this article is read another howl of "red baiting" will go up, but; the facts are there, and available for those who carry their lunch. Little or no. expense is, entailed in having a daily milk delivery to the plant. Such a service enables the employee to purchase milk for the mid-morning snack (which may supplement his breakfast and ward off fatigue) or for his noon-day meal. A factor which has often been overlooked is that the employee eats twq of his meals outside the plant. Though the noon-hour meal purchased at the plant may be adequate, the other meals may not be sufficient in quantity nor adequate in food value.. Thus, additional foods at the noon meal, or provision of a really nutritious meal, may swing the whole balance of the employee's health. A Nutrition Program Efforts to improve the food habits of the worker may be done indirectly through food arrangements within the plant and by direct educational methods. Co-operation of the plant medical -services, msnagement and the food service staff are all needed for this purpose^ Any effort by management to improve the eating habits of the employee must be based on a long range program. Such a program must In- planned in advance and , for the most part, should not intrude too much upon the worker. The health of the industrial worker is a national asset which must be maintained at the highest possible level. Better feeding services in industry will play an essential part in achieving this goal. —Industrial Health Bulletin. What Is a Labor Leader? By RUTH TAYLOR In the eyes of the public today, it isn't the rank and file of labor onion members who personify labor. It is the labor leaders. And the responsi bility for these leaders is that of the men who put them in power. The need for .able labor leaders is great but no matter how great the need, leaders must be—and remain— high. Mediocre men at the helm today may well mean disaster in the hour of crisis. What we need today are men who can be selfless enough to stand for the right, who can prove the strength of democratic processes. There is plenty of room at the top for those men of action who can dream dreams and see visions and yet keep their feet on the ground. The wise labor leader never forgets that there should be no separate labor problem. It is but one phase of the national problem. He does not make the interests of labor the only issue. He stands by principle unflinchingly. The real labor leader knows that once the fight is won for those whom he serves, then antagonism must stop. Once the contract ia signed, the "war" is over and his job is to build mutual trust and faith in the pledged word.. He knows that to properly protect his people, he must show the employer that their common interest can best be served by co-operation— and he must sell the same idea to his own people. Lasting prosperity is impossible without mutual confidence and co-operation. The real labor leader knows that the ability that has lifted him up as a leader means simply that his responsibilities are greater, and he must wear the mantle of responsibility with that humility which is the true sign of strength. He knows that he must veer away from untenable positions in which labor can be fired at The real leader of labor is a man who knows that he is no greater than those whom he represents, that he is a guide not a master, that his post is not for his own aggrandizement but for the betterment of those whom he serves. Upon our leadership rests the decision as to the path we will take. Let us look well to our leaders! W. ^^^^^^^ ine: rigidly skyward. Knowing that anyone who gives thought to the «•> j this ^was_ dqne to save on expenses. tions of this Party within the Trade Union Movement, will agree that they are not working in the interesta of the Movement. —R K. Gervin. THAT LUSH CLIMATE C. Field was an onlooker in a movie studio, where Clark Gable bravely shot a tiger hidden in the branches of a tree. With a.kerplunk, a stuffed tiger fell to the ground and flopped there with all four legs point W. C. Fields turned to the director and said, consolingly: "Don't let that worry yon. Yon can explain that rigor mortis sets in fast-in the tropics"' • r* Now is the time ' to Install An Automatic ELECTRIC GAS or OIL Water Heater Abundance of hot water available 21 hours a day. Great saving in labor Sec Them Today at OTDDBR0S.1.' 180 W. HASTINGS ST. MA 2557 Quality Products Packed to the Highest Standards ALWAYS ASK FOR >&_, NAB OB KELLY, DOUGLAS 8C CO. LTD. VANCOUVER, B. C. GET YOUR COATS - SUITS - MILLINERY anzou± 623 HASTINGS STREET W. DAT TT Make your own good earth by using your A Composting Compound own garden waste ROT IT with ROT-IT ANOTHER PRODUCT OF THE OLD GARDENER PRODUCTS LTD. Makers of the Famous Old Gardener Fertilizer 1156 East Fifteenth Ave., Vancouver FAirmont 6161 DISTINCTIVE PORTRAITS Phone: PAcific 9722 413 GRANVILLE STREET- VANCOUVER, B. C. BRIGHTEN UP WITH Sherwin Williams Paints MARK DRUMOND 832 MAIN STREET PHONE: MArine 7040 Latin Mowers — Hardware — Garden Supplies CROWN CARTAGE & WAREHOUSING CO. LTD. Specialists in All Types of light and Heavy Hauling m 1293 Homer Street, Vancouver . MArine 4121 Patronize Our Advertisers A Lilting Diversion Goitie: "I sure like to watch dogs play games, don't you?" Moitle: "Dogs playing-' games? Don't be sill, Goit Dogs don't play games." Goitie: "Sore they play games. Didn't you ever watch 'em playing hydrant seek?" . t JUST NO AMBITION An American journalist out In the Near East was trying to penetrate the mystery of the Oriental mind. He asked a Moslem what he thought about the American idea of restricting a husband to one wife. "Christian men lazy," said the Syrian. .' '— A Page Fourteen THE LABOR STATESMAN April,Jgg LOOK to the FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE Independence is a sure way to acquire confidence in yourself. LEARN THE BEAUTY PARLOR PROFESSION We are well qualified to train you in this pleasant profession. Our school is modern in every way, with qualified instructors to teach you expertly. START ON THE ROAD TO A BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN. Moler System of Schools OF BRITISH COLUMBIA UMITED Addre.i All Inquiries Or Call At 303 W. Hailing., Or Phone PAc. 7029 "'" ~T • (EsTabTisTKa* 1927) Importex Company Ltd. Manufacturers of LAMPSHADES - GIFTWARE Brands: tte" - Corona- Plastipleat - Porcella 1654 FRANKLIN STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. HAstings 2858 — Phones — HAstings 2859 Compliments of Ryan's Garners Ltd. TRUCKS — MOTORCYCLES — BICYCLES 606 Homer Street, Vancouver, B. C. T. A. Ryan, Manager Phone: MA. 3321 (Private Exchang ange) Columbia Trailer Co. Ltd. LOGGING TRAILERS — SEMI-TRAILERS . • * t Phone: MArine 8185 1475 Howe Street Vancouver, B. C. PIONEER EQUIPMENT (1945) UMITED GOODYEAR TIRES and DOMINION TRAILERS TRUCK AND BUS BODY BUILDERS Office Phones: PAcific 2354-5 960 Richards Street Vancouver, B. C. Collins Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Commercial Body Builders New HoisU Supplied, New Hoists Installed, Hoists Repaired Freight, Furniture, Insulated, Refrigerated, Commercial or School Busses Body Repairs, Fender Repairs, Welding Repairs * Phone: FAirmont 6460 356 WEST SECOND AVE* VANCOUVER, B. C, Leonard C. Stevens & Co. BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS . Brick, Concrete, Mill and Frame Construction Office Phone: MArine 9532; Residence: ALma I6I8-L Room 37, 615 Hailings Street West ■ Vancouver, B. C. Speedy Servica A lady tn a rush to the matron at the S. P. Station:."Have you a ladies' waiting room in the station?" - "No, ma'am, but we have a room for ladies who can't wait." Quoth the Raven Moe: "Know what the doe said as she walked out of the woods?" - Zo.: "No—what?" v! i Moe: "She said, Tll.never do that for a buck again'." . A devoted wife is always anxious to get home to her husband. She is afraid he may be enjoying her absence. CLEVER "I hope you enjoyed your game with the major," said the hostess to one of her guests. "He's very clever at cards, Isn't he?" "He certainly is," replied the guest. "He started by tolling my fortune, and now he's counting it." MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING A Capetown manufacturer an nounces that his wife is expecting their 80th baby. Asked what he thought about the modern tendency towards smaller families, he replied, "I think people spend too much time in cinemas." Older Worker Can Do * His Share If Given Chance Some of the arguments that have been used against the employment of older workers are analyzed by Arthur MacNamara, Federal Deputy Minister of Labor, in the current issue of the Labor Gazette. MacNamara concludes* that the older worker can do his shar.e if given a chance. "Too old at forty*' was a popular slogan with many employers in the depressed 1930's, when the supply of workers greatly exceeded tie demand, and the prejudice aroused has not been entirely removed, he states. Arguments commonly used for refusing employment to older workers are enumerated by MacNamara as follows: (1) The older worker is not adaptable to learning new techniques; (2) advancing age results in declining productivity; (3) pension plans of industry are affected adversely by the employment of workers over 40 years of age; (4) accident frequency increases with age; (6) group insurance plans which include a high percentage of older workers jarc much more expensive. Cam. Into Their Own MacNamara asserts that the necessary employment bf older workers during the war refuted the claim that they were not adaptable to new techniques. "During the critical manpower shortages, the older worker came into his own and many -industries realized that the former practice of turning the cold shoulder to workers over forty was not only cruel, but stupid," MacNamara declares. Defects peculiar to advancing age were more than balanced by such qualities as "judgment, dignity, patience, calmness, unselfishness, trustworthiness and loyalty." Reached Peak at SO MacNamara recalls that a pre-war report on the employment of older men in the automobile industry showed that the earnings of piece workers reached their peak in the age group, 50 to 55 years. ' This, he maintains, tended to refute'the argument that the older worker could not hold his own in the matter of production. While it is true that a middle- aged worker coming I on a pay roll for the first time could not complete a sufficient number of years' work to enable him to retire" on full pension, he would doubtless be willing to accept a smaller pension, or in lieu of that, the return of hisr contributions with interest upon reaching retirement age, MacNamara states. This factor should not provide any insuperable barrier to the satisfactory employment of the older worker. , '■ 'Young Have More Accident. In referring to a commonly held belief that older workers were more likely to be involved in industrial ac cidents, MacNamara points out that statistics show that the highest incidence of such accidents comes to the age group of 20 to 24 years. This, he says, .has been attributed to "youth's inexperience and light- hearted willingness to take a chance." On the other hand, ''the most unlikely years during which workers will suffer an industrial accident are between the ages of 30 -and 55." Costa Little Mora , The group insurance argument against employing older workers might have some validity. However, many plant managements do not provide this benefit and, in cases where provision is made.for it, unless a considerable percentage of the working force is in the older age brackets, the difference in cost is usually "inconsequential." In summarizing his rebuttal of the arguments advanced against the em- Sloyment of older workers, Hac- lamara declares that "it would appear that any evidence which tends to prove that older workers are less desirable is of a meagre and fragmentary nature. The older worker can do his share if given a chance." —Labor. Metal Trades Calls on Labor For Intensified Campaign Washington, D. C.—A broad program in which labor, management and government would join in an intensive campaign to insure greater safety in factories throughout the nation was proposed in the most recent Issue of the Bulletin of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL. Citing a series of disasters attributed to laxity of enforcement of regulations, the statement called for a thorough study of existing safety measures and action of Federal, State and Municipal governments to improve them and a constant insistence by labor on their enforcement. Reviewing casualties of last year, the Bulletin article reported: Last year, according to the best estimates available, there were killed in American industry, 16,500 workers. Another 100,000 were maimed and about two million more were temporarily disabled. The time actually lost from work, reached the staggering total of forty-seven million man-days. That is enough, days to provide full-time employment for an entire year for 150,000 workers. What is more, these figures make no allowance for the economic effects of deaths and permanent impairments. Granting that the labor movement has never failed to mention the importance of industrial safety, it has failed to emphasize it sufficiently and, of late, to give it the importance it deserves, the article said. It pointed out that as labor moves into the atomic age, where use of new materials, different types of machinery, equipment and techniques are rapidly being developed and used, workers can no longer relegate safety to a secondary consideration. As an immediate approach to the problem of insuring greater safety, the article proposed that labor insist Acme of Diplomacy Mr. Whoosh, master plumber, observed his new gilt sipi, "Whoosh & Son," with keen Satisfaction. "Now that you are a member of the firm, my boy," he told his con, "I must remind you again that one quality a plumber must have above all others is tact. Plumbers have to fix leaks in very strange places sometimes. I will never forget, for instance, the time I went in to fix the pipes in a bathroom in a Park Avenue penthouse. There was a beautiful lady sitting in the tub! I remembered about tact, however, and quickly said, 'Pardon me, sir, and walked out without quickening my pace at all." . " The son promised to remember. A few week later he reported to his father, "Pop, your little lecture on tact stood me in good stead this morning. I had to fix a break in the pipe in the bridal suite of a big hotel on Fifth Avenue. When I walked in, I saw that the couple who were occupying the suite hadn't gotten up yet. I didn't say a word until I ban stopped the leak. Then,' on the way out, I simply nodded my head and said, 'Good day, gentlemen.' " APPRENTICESHIP RATE CONTINUES TO RISE IN BUILDING TRADES Washington, D. C.—Although unfavorable weather conditions lowered the volume of new construction in February, the decrease failed to halt the rise in the number of apprentices hired in the building trades. The Apprentice-Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, reported that at the end of the month there were 93,- 035 apprentices in the construction industry, as compared with 91,093 at the end of January, an increase of two per cent The February figure was based on 4.180 reports from all parts of the country. , jt True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost'when honors are withdrawn.—Massinger. that management observe all existing safety requirements, press for further safety measures in bargaining agreements and initiate educational courses in safety. Management, it said, can promote safety by eliminating fear caused by job uncertainty on the part of workers, and where employers are callous and decline to observe safety measures the use of a club is justified. Such a club could be in the form of refusal to permit workers to report at factories where hazards were known to exist. Most states have laws requiring that employers shall provide safe places for work, the article conceded, and, although this theory is fine, in practice it cries to high heaven because of lax enforcement and indifference. Many of the regulations, also* are sub-standard, it pointed out. RUDYARD B. KIPLING Secretary Isutructor of the St. John Ambulance Association. Instructor in Homemalter. Cour.e on "First Aid ill Home Nursing". First Aid Training For Industry and the Home Mr. Kipling has been training in First Aid for Firemen, Police, First Aid Attendants, Ambulance Drivers, Armed-Forces and School Children since 1929 and has been in charge of the Vancouver Centre since 1931. An average of 4,000 are trained in Vancouver each year and during the war years, 1939-1945—32,000 were trained in ARP services albne. Vancouver Centre has 110 trained instructors, men forever at the service of the public and will train any group for industry, public service or private citizens. He supplies at least 400 trained First Aid Attendants for British Columbia industry each year. B. C. industry has a "hole in its pocket" to the extent of $66,000,000 each year. This is the amount it costs industry for compensation, medical fees, etc., irrespective of the suffering, of the injured workers. First Aid training prevents injuries, creates safety consciousness, saves lives, prevents long and costly disabilities and keeps workers at work. Mr. Kipling believes every union man interested in himself and his fellow workers should be so trained, for'tbere is no side of industrial life whefe the interests of employers and employed are most closely Identified and where combined efforts towards improvements work mote for mutual benefit. Further, every-vworker's wife or daughter should have Home Nursing training annd information on child welfare. What does it cost? $1.00 and 20 hours of their time. Our thanks to all Union Members for their continued support of our Canteens and Concession Stands Canadian National Institute For the Blind Come up and see pur handsome and useful ^JfAND-MADE LEATHER GOODS. •;■..■ The price and quality will please and surprise you. Phone: BAyview 8841 1101 West Broadway, Vancouver, B. C. Office Phone and Factory: HAstings 28S1 Night Phone: DExter 1JM.L Hardwood Milling Co. Ltd. --•; ..' Manufacturers (^ ";- OAK FLOORING AND SUPPLIES MOULDINGS, ETC. GEORGE HARDY 225 Salsbury Drive Vancouver, B. C. -* • HOME NURSING -Wednesday—7:30 p.m. INDUSTRIAL FIRST ATO^S,,rJ* Tuada» and ***** —/:JU p.m. JUNIOR FIRST AID-i!2,^1^88" of age> -^-V* V" ST. JOHN AMBULANCE 710 Davie Street Phone: MA. 7042 Defiance Lumber & Sales Co. Ltd. H. J. WELLS LUMBER CO. LTD. HARRY WELLS LUMBER LTD. McLEOD SASH AND DOOR CO. LTD. —— J. O'HAGAN, Manager • Phone: FAirmont 6651 175 East Second Avenue Vancouver, Bj^C, Telephone: MArine 6421 B & R Decorators Ltd. W. H. BRADFORD Specializing in all types of Decoration INDUSTRIAL - COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL Brush or Spray VANCOUVER, 67C. 933 WEST PENDER ST. ^H. D. LAYFIELD & CO. . ROOFING — FLOORING — INSULATION^ Distributors and Approved Contractors JOHNS-MANVILLE MATERIALS N. • /• 1225 Homer St., Vancouver, B. C. Phone: TAtlow 1471 Masterbilt Doors Limited Manufacturer, and Distributors of \- . "MASTERBILT" DOORS, FLOORING and FINISH Trade Mark Manager <, "MASTERBILT" 101 West Second Avenue M. MclNNIS Vancouver, Canada CHASTE OCCUPATION JONES—"What is your son's favorite hobby?" SMITH—"He's a girl scout" . JONES—"You mean a boy scout, don't yo*l?" SMITH—"No; he-'* always scouting for' girls." On Her Way Up Moe: "That dame has sure become prominent in the sassiety pages, hasn'e she?" ' Zoe: "Yeah. Her folks didn't have anything either. How come?" . . Moe: "Oh, she just climbed the social ladder, lad by lad." ( GOOD PREFERENCE Army Sergeant: "Have you any preference?" Draftee; "Yes, sir." Army Sergeant: "What would you like to be?" Draftee: "An ex-service mart with a pension." DEFINITIONS - • •' Scandalmonger: " A .prattlesnake. Inflation: A period when two can live as steep aa one. Cocktail: An ice cube with an alcohol rub. Li :.'.>.: '■"..•■■>" "■'■ scs)uuu_anfmf^i. . "'."': -»'•':, ^aftillsT*«Eii'^^ April, 1^47 Li/ THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Fifteen Headquarters for Hardwoods LUMBER — FLOORING — PANELS VENEER |; J. mfFE SMITH CO. LTD. 1320 Richards Street Phone: MArine 2564 OEO. W. MAJOR 30 years contracting in Vancouver, B.C. Served his apprenticeship In England. Prominent In comtruction of residential, commercial and Industrial properties. WE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CO. LIMITED General CoittrdctOfi" ' Specializing in APARTMENT BLOCKS STORES OFFICE BUILDINGS 615 W.HASTINGS HAVE THE MEN AND MATERIAL TQ GIVE PROMPT SERVICE MA JOB Kit NIK HUDSON', M.Ii.K. President. Bulldin* Contractor! Association. BuUdtnr con- trtctor In Winnipeg before comlnc to coast. 15 years with Home Taylor & Co. Ltd., manaser of estates dept. Assistant Regional Construction Comptroller for B.C. MAr. 8832, PAe. 7050 Vancouver Structural Steel Ltd. Office Phone: LA. 0834 1270 West Seventy-fifth Avenue Vancouver, B. C. I'reHldent" and Managing Director: E. io. BAKER — Residence Phone: HAstings 3891-1.. Office Manager and Purchasing Agent: T. H. SHIELDS —Residence Phone: Richmond 1276-R. City Construction Co. Ltd. W. C. DAVIS, Manager - # Phone: FAirmont 3202 107 EAST FIRST AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. "SPEED GETS 'EM" Hodgson Lumber Co. Ltd. ROOFING and INSULATION Telephone: FAirmont 00S6 20th Ave. and Commercial Dr. Vancouver, B. C. TheJ.H.McRaeCo.,Ltd. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Equipment — Motor Repairs — Service 2219 CAMBIE STREET Phone: FAirmont 4118 Superior Woodworks Limited DESIGNING AND DECORATING Interior Millwork Store Fixtures FAirmont 7356 3725 Commercial Dr., Vancouver In Lighter Vein FIRST THINGS FIRST . From a father's letter to his son, a freshman at the University of Kansas: "I must, upbraid you for the size of your expenditures. Your spending is outrageous. I have studied your excuse that you spent all this money on women and liquor. I must insist that you cut one of them out. I suggest that you cut out the liquor, son; you can do your drinking when you're old." FALSE PROPAGANDA In London, during.the war, an Irish girl in an air raid station, who knew nothing about the facts of life, was persuaded by her doctor, only after many difficulties, that she was going to have a new member of the family. When he started to give her some elementary information on the subject, she interrupted him angrily: "And that horrid air raid warden said it was artificial respiration!" EYE FOR BUSINESS Bishop: "And why, my little man, do you say your prayers at night?" Little Boy: "To get the cheap rate." THE REAL PROBLEM Sweet Young Thing (to milkman who has just pulled up to the curb): "Do you have the time?" Milkman: "Yes, but who'll hold my horse?" ALDERMAN R. K. GERVIN General Secretary-Organizer of til. Vancouver, N.w Weatminater' and District Trades ond Labor Council WRONG^TJOMBINATION Goitie: "I bought two rabbits, and two years later I still had two rabbits/ — ', Moitle: "How'd that happen?" Goitie: "Well, how was I to know they were brothers?" (JUST BREEZED IN A woman consulted her doctor about her condition. "Merely flatulency," he said, "I'll give you something for indigestion." Two months later she saw him again. "No, it's merely flatulency," he insisted, "try a little peppermint." She tried another doctor instead, and some months later the first doctor met her wheeling twins. . "Ah, it was something else after all," lie" said. "Oh, no," she said, "this is just some of my flatulency dressed up." OyfE WAY TO DO IT Marshal Joseph Stalin was recently taken to task for his new attitude towards the Poles, Lithuanians, Finns and Rumanians, all amoitg his former enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an ambitious associate in the Kremlin. "You should try to destroy everyone of them who has been against you." "Am I not destroying my enemies," Stalin laughingly replied, "when I make them my friends?" Such Impertinence Widow: "I wonder if I've been insulted. My lawyer just told me that I have a nice fat legacy." REAL COMPLICATIONS A woman social worker called on a poverty-stricken housewife with a brood of dirty, hungry children and a drunken husband. A woman- to-woman talk ensued, during which the poor mother unfolded her miserable story—hunger and privation, two boys headed for the reform school, and a drunken husband who loafed and stole the.xe^t mpney. To make the unfonunSte .woman more comfortable, the social worker had confided a few minor details of her own personal life, including the fact that she was a spinster- Hearing of her visitor's unmarried state, the housewife was filled with pity and compassion. "Oh, deary," she sobbed, "I can feel - for you. Ain't it hell to be an old maid?" THERMOSTATIC CONTROL MAC—I went to bed last night.and dreamed that I died. JACK—And the heat wok up? you THE BITTER MEMORY When the Ziegfeld Follies were at the height of their fame, Florenz Ziegfeld met a merchant whom he had known in his childhood and as a special treat, took him to a rehearsal of the new production for that year. One beautiful girl after another came out on the stage in a scant rehearsal costume. The mer chant stared intently, but all he said wss an occasional Phooey." Ziegfeld, very annoyed, finally said: "I simply can't understand you. Here I show you some of the most beautiful girls in America, with practically no clothes on, and all you do is sit here and say 'Phooey*." "I wasn't thinking of the girls," said the merchant sadly. "1 was thinking of my wife." WOULD LIKE TO KNOW . The teacher was explaining to the class the meaning of the word, "recuperate." "Now, Tommy," she said to a small boy, "when your father has worked hard all day, h* is tired and worn out, isn't he?" "Yes, ma'am." "Then, when night comes and his work is over for the day, what does he do?" "That's what mother wants to know," Tommy explained quickly. Complete Waahout Slepperman had trouble with his daughter, too. He sent her to an ultrafashionable girls' school and enrolled her in an extra-special ($600) .class i*i etiquette. When Becky j graduated, she plunged into society. I One morning he found her crying j hysterically. On the previous evening, it seems, she had attended a dance, met a very handsome and charming young man, and gone for a ride in the park that' had disastrous results. "So," cried papa. "Who is this scoundrel, this wolf in ship's clothink? Tell me his name." When Becky shamefully admitted that she didn't even know his name, Mr. Slep- perman's patience was at an end. ''After all your lessons," he screamed, "you still no having the courtesy to ask,- 'With whom am I having the plsTSiH-e?'" 11 Code Amendments -> ■. Embodied In Act Aniie March 4tfi meeting of the Trades and Labor Council a recommendation of the Executive to have a delegation of 10 hold a watching brief on Bill 39 was concurred in. ■ Bill 39 became the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act which will take effect and govern labor relations in the Province of British Columbia when Order in Council 1003 is revoked in the month of June. ., The committee met in Victoria, obtained copies of the draft bill and gave thorough study te the entire proposal. This committee recommended 18 amendments in all to the Bill. It was felt that such amendments were necessary if labor was to have a right to organize, negotiate and conclude agreements maintaining industrial peace in the Province. The Minister of Labor with whom the committee met and discussed their recommendations for amendments agreed to make certain-lrecom- mendations to the Government on our proposals. . Of the 18 amendments recommended 11 were passed by the Government. The amendments include: Widening of the interpretation of employee, to include those in a position to recommend discharge, as well as apprentices in indenture under the Apprenticeship Act; * The notification of the assignee, as well as the employer, when the assignment of dues is revoked; The reduction to 90 days of the length of time, in which a union has a right to reapply for certification, when such has been rejected; The elimination of the section that permits the Board to reject an application of a union for certification of employees in a fish cannery, fish processing plant, fruit and vegetable cannery and fruit packing plant, when the number of the employees, at the date of application, is below 60 per cent of the average employment in the unit for the 12 months prior to the date of application; The deletion of Section 17, which gave the Minister the right, to determine any question that arose regarding the right of either party to a dispute; The deletion of the 14 days' waiting period prior to taking strike action ; Ail strike penalties cut in half; Provision for fees of witnesses summoned to appear before the Board; The deletion of Section 68, which gave the Lieutenant Governor in Council the right to exclude any class of employers or employees from the provisions of the act. It will be found that the new Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1947 is. very similar to the same Act of 1943. The penalty clauses are much more severe. There is a restriction on representatives of organizations entering the employers place of business. Then there is the clause requiring that the Minister supervise a strike vote taken by secret ballot. This, of course, will not affect many of our organizations, but at the same time is objectionable to Labor. A great deal of the .effectiveness of this Act will depend upon the Constitution of the Labor Relations Board which will have the responsibility of administration. —R. K. Gervin. Personal Fuel Co. Signs With Union A union "man who recently went into the fuel business in Vancouver, made the signing of an agreement with the Fuel Drivers' Union, Local J No. 213, one of his first steps. He was of. the opinion that union labor trade is worth going after, but he could not expect to get that trade unless he employed union drivers under a union agreement, to pay the wages and accept the working conditions called for by the union. Having done that he now solicits the trade of organized workers, and hopes to continue to obtain repeat orders by giving every customer a square deal. Simple Deduction Teacher: "Where do we find mangoes?" Student: "Where woman goes." PANORAMA OF VANCOUVER HARBOUR ti.mou.un vu mans. .... Baked up to a Standard Not Down to a* Price Quality Products — Fresh Daily — From Your Grocer Canadian Bakeries Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. E. HICK LING . ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING BUILDING CONTRACTOR OFFICE: PHONE: FA. 8540 303 KINGSWAY, VANCOUVER f E. M. MARLATT Res., ALma 28M-R L. O. SEWELL Res., BAyview 4078-L Phone: MArine 0743 - Ricketts-Sewell Electric Ltd4 Engineers and Wiring Contractors Maintenance and Repairs 872 RICHARDS STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. Vancouver Pipe Works Ltd. Coppersmiths « Plumbers - Pipefitters - Pipe Benders Brazing - Oxy-Acetyletie and Electric Welders Telephone: HAstings 3235 1571 EAST PENDER ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. Robertson Sash & Door Co. •»**? Manufacturers of SASH, DOORS AND GENERAL MILL WORK J. SAXON SLEDDING ALma 1939-R Office Phone: HAstings 3427 Office and Factory: * 1758 East 15th Ave. (at Commercial Dr.), Vancouver, B. C. Telephone: FAirmont 2330 Telephone: Residence BAyview 2127-L A. &M. SAWMILLS Manufacturers of t, PACIFIC COAST FOREST PRODUCTS Specializing in Maple, Alder and Birch ■- - - Office: Foot of Cook Street Vancouver, B.C. "A COMPLETE SIGN SERVICE" Sign-Ads (B. C.) Limited Service • Craftsmanship ■ "• ' Phone: FAirmont 8334 2315 CAMBIE STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. H. M. NUGENT & CO. TENTS AND AWNINGS TARPAULINS SAILS Estimates Given On All Canvas Work 54 Water Street, Vancouver, B. C. Phone: PAcific 3910 Patronize Our Advertisers & iPage Sixteen . ■• x Not In May Day Parade .-_|No endorsation was given to the May Day Parade by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. The parade was sponsored by the C.C.L. Sheet Metal Firm In Business 36 Years We are glad to draw our readers' attention to some pertinent facta in connection with the Terminal Sheet aM'-'.-il Worlcs Ltd., a good union firm of 36 years' standing. Mr. J. T. Macdonald, the proprietor, is one of those men whose employees stick to him. He has been in business for 36 years, has one employee *ho has been with him all of that time, two who have 25 years of steady association to his and their credit,. and the others have only worked in this bright, airy and pleasant plant £or-8 or 10 years. However this is a condition Which time can yet mend. Labor peace makes for labor efficiency and it was indeed a pleasure for the writer to go through this up- "'td-tsafchilh'ute plant, ftsrfromlmrry and worry, and nulled with goodwill and steady accomplishment. All the employees work under a union agreement signed with the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, Local No. 280, and Mr. Macdonald is one of those employers who tries to operate under the best of union conditions. Australia's Lottery erks Start Rumpus Sydney, Australia. — Unless the New.South Wales government honors a 15-year-old promise to abolish Saturday work for state lottery clerks, the Australian treasury may lose its most valuable source of'revenue. Lottery clerks have decided to strike unless a 5-day week is accepted. Civic Employees Ask For Wage Arbitration Givic employees have had to go to arbitration in their effort to obtain 15 <cents per hour wage increase asked for by the union. Endorsation of the efforts of the civic employees was given by' the Trades and Labor Council, at its last regular meeting. ' . William Fraser, the provincial government conciliator will take the matter up with the city council in an effort to save the matter from going to arbitration. The four aldermanic representatives on the Civic Concilation Board —which does not include either Aldermen Gervin or Price—notified the union that they were not pre* pared to offer a compromise offer to the union's wage demands. The "Maintenance of membership" clause will also go to conciliation as the aldermen would hot agree to having the clause in the agreement with the Civic Federation. Nineteen other clauses in the agreement, however, have been approved by the Board, eleven of which are in the old' agreement. This leaves only one clause undecided, which is a question of the pay received by employees required to assume the duties of senior positions. BEATS STEEL TRUST Kaiser making steel cheaper at Fontana,-780,000 tons a year, than the mills in Pittsburgh,' Pa. Open hearth scrap rose $3 a ton to ?38 at Pittsburgh last week, highest since 1917. PEACEFUL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS: Joe Boshard, head of a Urge Vancouver painting and decorating firm, sign a now agreement with the Painter*' Union, Local No. 138, while in a St. Paul's Hospital bed undergoing treatment for a spinal condition. Spectator, from left lo right are: W. SUnn and J. W. Eaves of the Union', negotiating Committee; Mr. Harold Cole, Assistant .Secretary of the Building and Construction Industrie* Exchange; Mr. Frank Brawn, another large contractor and member of the contractors' committee; and B. Mitchell, president of the painters' union. And then there's the stenographer who is so dumb that she thinks a boycott is a male davenport. GOOD SALESMAN "Have you any cream for restoring the complexion?" asked the faded spinster. "Restoring, miss? You mean preserving!" said the clerk, heartily. He sold her ten dollars' worth. WATCH FOR SIGNALS Motor tourists are warned to be on the lookout for traffic signals, stop signs and other traffic regulations in smaller communities. "Take It Easy" in built-up areas and avoid accidents. Ohio AFL Unions Open Drive To Elect Labor's Friends MOVING • PACKING • STORAGE • SHIPPING 2_%«#2 _. !__£•__*, ^SS*m\\\\ AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L AMD B OF P. D. AND P. OF A. TRADU AND LABOR CONGRESS OF CANADA VANCOUVER. NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADE* AND LABOR COUNCIL VANCOUVER. NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT BUILDING TRADM COUNCIL DEMAND OUR UNION LABEL ON ALL YOUR SIGN WORK passidcNT. J. GOODWIN ssrcaiT»«v. Wis. OFFICERS VICI-FfttSIOSNT, T. O. CLARKSON mtsmn. A. LACEY SPENCER CONDUCTOR. FINANCIAL SSCIHTASIV. R. GAMBLING WAISOStN. W. CARTER Cleveland.—More than 2,000 representatives of AWa local unions from every part of Ohio, speaking for 500,000 members, went on record at a huge rally here to launch an intensive "register and vote" drive at once to weed their foes out of public office and replace them with people who will give labor a square deal. Watchword of the movement will be: "Send a friend to Columbus, send a friend to Washington." The declaration adopted by the rally also called upon the State Legislature and Congress to "cease consideration of, destructive labor measures," and "return to constructive labor" legislation." "We are the people who were extolled for our wartime patriotism,, who fought on foreign shores, who gave up the right to strike, who were in the forefront of every wartime cause," the declaration added. On behalf of these workers and their families, the unions demanded that the Ohio General Assembly anS Congress, "for the sake of national harmony and in the name of American common sense, stop the hysterical attacks on bona fide union organizations composed of loyal work ingmen and women." ■ This was in line with the declaration of principles adopted at the recent^ State-wide legislative confer- ei^eNlof the Ohio State Federation, of Labor, which said in part: "For many months now, labor's foes have heaped abuse on our. movement, castigating our deeds, defiling Our aims. Legislation has been proposed in Congress and the General Assembly to destroy our loyal, patriotic unions. Therefore, we meet in Ohio's capital city today in somber mood. "We arp the people who are ma- linged every morning, avery afternoon by publications spreading confusion and distrust about labor's intentions. "Yes, we are the people who have been subjected to the'sputterings and blusterings of legislators and industry heads alike—all heralding themselves as experts on labor legislation, experts on labor relationships, ex perts on almost everything except the fundamentals of common sense. "We are assembled here today to request a return to fairness, a return of stability in thinking, a return of intellectual honesty; and yes, a return of common decency in considering labor laws. "Now, today, in this time of crisis for our great labor movement, and the time of crisis for our beloved nation, we ask our fellow trade unionists: Who will rally to the cause of common sense, of fairness, and to the challenge of freedom for the 30,- 000,000 workers in America, organized and unorganized? "The answer is plain. We, the officers and members of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, must rise up with mie mighty voice to protest the confusion, the evil intentions of those who would maim our movement, our people, our nation. We must discard our silence, we must cease our passive contemplation of the disaster confronting us. - "We must thrust the light of truth through the smokescreen of confusion and deception. We must become awakened politically. We must examine the actions of elected officials. We must heed politics, we must discuss legislative records with onr fellow members, our wives, our relatives, our friends. We must follow the nonpartisan policy of electing our friends and defeating our enemies. We must register. We must vote. ' During the present crisis we must let legislative b.oTlies know in firm, strong tenhs of our wishes, our aims. "This conference today is the beginning of the fulfillment of these aims. With all our enemies we shall strive for justice for the workers of Ohio, for the workers of America." Short Work Week Aids 1,650,000 in Britain London, Eng.—Announcement that shorter work weeks became effective in January for 1,650,000 British workers was made by the Minister of Labor. More than 500,000 received wage increases in January the report revealed. The hour changes affected mainly workers in the automobile, machine tool and other types of machinery operations. The normal week was re-* ***■ duced from 47 to 44 hours. Iron and steel,, tobacco manufacture, rubber manufacture, glass containers, flour milling and wholesale trades received wage increases during January, adding £100,000 to the weekly wnge bill. Four hundred and twelve thousand working' days were lost through industrial disputes during January. This represents an increase over December, 1046. Particular importance is attached to the loss of 21,000 working days in coal mining as a result of labor disputes. - Horrible Alternative' Then there was the chap who* grabbed off an ugly woman and married her just because she happened to be filthy rich. He dragged her with him to every party, show or entertainment that came his way. "I can understand," said a friend, "how you'd marry that painfully ugly Woman for her dough, but why do you have .to bring her with you every time you go out?" "It ■ very simple," the husband explained. "It's easier thap kissing her good-bye." An. income is Something difficult to live within, and impossible to live without. Idle Rich Rushing To Florida To Loll Clearly a lot of ^people in New York made a lot of .money out of the war. , At the rate of about 7,000 a day, they are going to Florida to loll in the 'im. watch tha.races and otherwise pursue luxury. Trains are jammed and, with the exception of coach seats and a few upper berths, they are sold nut. The Miami "Herald" estimates that considerably more money will be thrown around than was the case last year, when close to a billion dollars were, harvested by the hotels, night clubs, horse and dog tracks, gambling casinos and-other businesses,™. - catering to the free-spending visi**amit*v*fc$'*) Of course, there are no workers n this exodus and precious few 'aimers, except the corporation /ariety. —Labor (Washington). DONt forget to ATTEND THAT # UNION MEETING/
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