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* » ^Statesman AMD gWMyffi |^^ tsv ~» fsmnm, ,»i~. a„a »— *—» f\ SUPPORTED BY SEVENTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS IKUMBER 524. Construction Industry Affected tht Federal Government recently Ikmaated to the construction industry I est working hours of tela than 48 Em i week in the pretent war sNrttaey was unfavorably affecting tet vtr effort. the matter was dealt with by the Hitiontl Joint Conference Board of jn Construction Industry at a meet- Sit Ottawa and they decided to er the matter to each Zone Com- __ttee of the Construction Industry ad let the opinions of employers asl employees on the subject. Ibis wis taken up by the British Columbia Mainland Zone Committee ■II tutting held on August 5th and it following resolutions were passed: Jl) It is the opinion of Contractors Employees that existing agree anta be lived up to. (I) The question of the 48-hour nek wis thoroughly discussed by loth parties, and the consensus of gpliion was that one hour extra be inked for each of the fsrst five working days of the week, for which time snd one-half shall be allowed, nd four hours worked on Saturday it time tnd a half, making a total Hae of forty-nine hours per week. These resolutions were tent to tha Hational Joint Conference Board, and It Ii to be hoped that the suggestion ol living up to the existing agreements, which call for time and a half for til time over 40 hours, will be itcipted by the government, The question of board and lodging (or building trades workers when working and residing sway from hone was also discussed, ana it wat ■treed that application be made to the Nttional War Labor Board for this concession. All concerned felt Hat tome inducement should be given i> liking men to leave their hornet to work elsewhere. Officers were elected by the Build- ing Trsdes Council for the ensuing lens. These are President, R. Mc- Donald (Ironworkers); Vlce-Presl jest, W. James (Building Laborers): JkLStc. and Butineas Agent, W. mesa (Ctrpenters) s Warden, H. W. flttt (Electrical Workers); Trus- tsaes W. Coombes (Carpenters), 0. 8. Bandall (Painters), J. Ross (Elec- Meitns). VANCOUVER, CANADA, AUGUST. 1942. Mega* es from Local Unions to T.ftLC. the followig delegate, from local •MMt were accented by the Trade. •J" labor Council, upon recommending by the Credentials Committee: Uaittd Fisherman Local 44.—Karl Drbktvn, John Meirte, W, T. Burgess, deorge Miller. I.tiawrs' Locsl No. US. — E. WMcner, J. A. Scribner, R. L. Smith. ■still Cl.rks' Local No. 878 uttrge Johnston. Crawlers' Loci No. 1181.—F. L. Slmpton. NhsUrs' Uaion No. 138.—David Wright. Civic Employes.' Union o ir~c' Jcnkinson. Fin Fighter.' fctfS (New WestmlnsUr).—L. J. WlthtHt, E. L. V. Insley, E. Rickey, *- L. Fitzpatrick. Council Protests Ban Not lifted Failure of Parliament to act on the "commendation of the Parliament <«y Committee on Defense of Can- Mt Regulations which advised lifting J"_b»n on all anti-fascist organisa- «ojs was severely criticised at the «w meeting of the Vancouver Trades "WUbor Council. Delegates unanimously endorsed a 2°lutlon introduced by W. T. Bur «•». Secretary of the U.F.F.U., pro. J__™»«f adjournment of the House be. rare implementing" the recommend Won of the Parliamentary Commit Speaking to his motion Burgess ffi2*V»t that the editorial com- 2*»\ of the daily press across the Wminion were demanding the 11ft- mi of the ban on all anti-fascist or- romstions after the Committee re- W in favor of such action had *J» tabled in the House of Commons. Burgess asserted that the voice of "nnised labor should make strong "presentation through their organ- lk.v"" an<l central 1l,bor nodlea. to k„ KI"E Government to lift the baa °y order-in-council as it was pre- SW in this manner that these or. iMisations had been declared Illegal. eh>u . in demoeraey and the prin- W* of human right, demanda Immediate action by the Government on We committees report. Ik1.il!' il'" despicable to let men EPtJ" detention when the mem- «^°.tthe,House coui<' «<* q«i«w» ?£"" ftS ad.vl« o» their own commit- Eti. Whether people are being held d.i..yJor.lwron"fly' h»m«n decency at j.nu that the committee report ot dealt with," —1J «- •> said Mr. Burgess. la.H?k«.for V"5 Un'on Taxicab card Bg th« «b and the union butt ""•the man when hiring a taxicab, Oil Controller's Action Condemned Emphatic condemnation of the action of the Oil Controller in padlocking 88 gat station in Greater Vancouver was voiced at the meeting of the Trades and Labor Council. The subject was brought up by Delegate Ernie Holmes, Business Agent for the Bakery Salesmen's Union, who instanced some of the reasons alleged to be the cause of the closing. He thought that it was an unfair stigma on the operators whose offenses were in most cases due to inadvertence or mistakes on the part of the customers. It was intimated that "stool pigeons" were employed and these could build up a case against the operator. We were a long way from democracy, he said, when such tactics could be employed. President Showier felt that action such as that taken by the Oil Controller should not be permitted. The operators were entitled to a fair trial and not subject to the questionable affidavits of stool pigeons. Ask for Plebiscite One-Man Street Cars At the request of the Street Railwaymen's Union the Trades and Labor Council has asked the City Council to hold a plebiscite at the next civic election as to whether or not the citizens of Vancouver are in favor of having one-man cars operated on the city streets. The union members claim that the citizens do not get the service they are entitled to by operators of one. man cars. When they pay a seven cent carfare they are entitled to a little more service than they are get- ting, a delegate stated. When this matter came before the City Council, the question was tabled for one month. Aldermen Corey and Price spoke in favor of the plebiscite. Local Delegates to Congress Convention Following are th. delegates elected by local unions to attend the Trades and Labor Congress Convention in Winnipeg which opens on Monday, August 24th. Vancouver Trade, and Labor Coon .11.—P. R. Bengough, W. A. Harris, R. J. Guthrie. Pulp .nd Sulphite Workers' Local 78 (Pow.ll River).—H. L. Hanson, R. Jackson. Civic Employes.' Loeal 88. —W. Scribbins, H. Ashton. Electrical Work.rs' Local 818.—J. Ross, J. Harnett, G. Gee, F. Parker. Joumtrm«n Barbort' International Union Local ISO.—C. E. Herrett. Teamster.. — Birt Showier, F. Drury, R. McCulloch, H. Janes, R. Atkinson. Sh..t M.t.1 Worker.' Local 280.— R. Macaulay. United Brotherhood ef Carpenter.' Local 482.—W. Wilson. W. Page. Plumbers aad Steam Fitters' Loeal ITO.—C. Pritchard, V. Pearson, _ Tasl Driver.' Local iSl—C. Mclvor _ Musician.' Union, Local 148.—E. A. Jamieson. Eagin..rs' Union Loeal US. —J. Flynn. Aeronautical Employ.*.' Local T88. —T. Price, R. Whent. International Association ot Machinists' Lodg* 888.—J. MacMillan, W. Clark. Assailamated At.oci.tion of Street Railwaymen, Dlv. 101. — T. Dunlop, F. Griffin, C. Stewart, R. K. Gervin. Merchants' Service Gelid.—H. L. Secret . „ Typosraphicaf Unlaw, Local 228.— W. C. Jones. United Fisherman's Local 44.—G. Miller, John Meirte, W. Burgett. Council Protests Seamen's Wage Scale A protett will be made by the Trades and Labor Council against the wage Male, offered by the Federal Government, through the medium of the "Park Steamship Company," to officers and teamen. The men involved belong to the Canadian Merchant Service Guild anr the B. C. Seamen's Union and they claim that it Is a direct attack to break down the standard of living. The wales offered sre almost half that which are being paid by United States steamship lines. These men are taking the ships through war tones, and therefore are playing an Important part in the maintenance of democracy. Wages range from |106 up for officers, 8« per month lip to $64 for the deck department and from $56 to 868 1or thi engine room ferment. Cadeto get aa low as 88.90 per month. No cost of living bonus is paid, bu: a.war bonus of 844.60 per month Is paid to thejnen and S22.50to boys- , The Park Steamship ?ompw ships are being operated by the Canadian- Australasian line. Miracle Man Backs Closed Shop BOSSES NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT THE "LABOR PROBLEM" IF THEY REMEMBER WORKERS ARE NO LONGER SLAVES. SAYS KAISER. Hoary J. Kaissrl That's a name to conjure with these days. You can't pick up a newspaper but what you find it staring out at you from the first page. Kaiser is the man who constructed Boulder Dam, Grand Coulee and other vast hydro-electric and irrigation projects for Uncle Sam. He built them well and in record-breaking time. Then he turned his attention to ship building. He had never had a day's experience in that industry. But in a very short time he was shattering all recorda. Finally, he thrilled the nation just the other day with the suggestion that we build tremendous cargo airplanes, thousands of them, and thus transport our armies and their supplies through the air, where no Axil "tub" could touch them. It't the tort of thing that challenges the human Imagination. The cargo plane may very well be the instrument which will enable us to wipe totalitarianism off the face ot the earth. However that may be, at this moment Kaiser is hailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific as "the man who can get things done." That fetches us to the real point of this editorial: How does he get things done? First of all, he operates under an A. F. of L. closed union ship. At one time he was the bitter enemy of labor unions. Now he ia a flaming apostle in behalf of union wages and union working conditions. At a luncheon arranged in his honor by the National Press Club in Washington, Kaiser told the story to an audience made up of hundreds ot newspaper men, public officials and business men. "We have 123,000 employees in two shipyards in two cities, and we don't have any trouble with them," said Kaiser. "Only yesterday I said to an industrialist who is concerned about his labor problem: 'If you spent as much time and a. much money on keeping advised as to how your labor feels and thinks, and what it need, and wants, as you do about the development of your industry and your sales, you wouldn't have any problem.' "So far as our own company is concerned, we really spend some time on labor. Ones tha worker, wore .lava.) thoy are aat longor slave.. We have raised them to a higher standard, and now it ia important for us to know how to treat them on a higher-standard basis and work with them. "I didn't believe la unions at all many years age. I wouldn't have a union man on the job. When the government decided that the men should he organised and that we should have collective bargaining, I decided I should abide by what the government wanted to do, whether 1 agreed with them or not. "Now wo have a closed-shop contract la everythlag v/a do. If we have a shortage of men and women we call up the union and say: 'What about this? You better go get us some men.' And they work at it; it is their job. "It is 100 per cent, union with me, and they've got to do a 100 per cent. iob and I tell them so. All I am doing 1. getting the jobs for them. They lave got to do the work. I tell them that, they believe it, and they go and do it." During the last few week, he has been deluged with clippings from newspaper, and magaiine. describing his spectacular activities. The one that "thrilled" him most, Kaiser said, waa from an organising paper issued by the Boilermakers on the Paciflcc Coast. It read: "Well, we see that 'Pop' Kaiser is out for airships, and we are for him. We have learned to respect him and we are for him, even if we lose our job.. If he think, he can do it, he can do it. We will And jobs some way." "Of course, those hnilermakers have not lost their jobs and will not lose thank" Kaiser desisted, "because ws^jhU really get in and pitch for them." New A.F *"t— .L..C.I.0. Peace Move Chicago, III Tha teat of PraeMeat William Cress', statement oa labor poacs, issued at the Executive Coaaall SMSting hero, follow.: I regard Mr. Murray', letter of Aug. 1 a. official acceptance by the C.I.O. of the American Federation of Labor's proposal that conference, be resumed to seek a basis for establishing peace and unity in the labor movement. . The standing peace committee of the American Federation of Labor i> ready to meet with the committee appointed by Mr. Murray. Step, will be taken at once to arrange a time and place of meeting convenient to both sides. The members of the American Federation of Labor Committee are Vice- Presidents Harry Bates, Daniel J. Tobin and William L. Hutcheson. Re-establishment of organic unity in the rank, of organised labor 1. the greatest single contribution the American Federation of Labor and the C.I.O. can make at thi. time to the success of the war effort. It will eliminate division, discord and jurisdictional strife. It will expedite war production. It will permit labor to speak with a aingle and more effective voice, both in protecting the social snd industrial interests of worker, today and when world peace 1. finally negotiated. These conclusions are based upon my understanding that organic unity means the merging of the two organisations into one, the setting up of one national labor movement clothed with authority to speak for the organized worker, of the nation. ' , l ..;, It la idle to .peculate that conference, seeking organic unity may Interfere with the joint effort, ot the American Federation of Labor and the C.I.O. to arrive at joint policies since the beginning of the war, through the Combined Labor War Board which meets with President Roosevelt. The two matters are entirely distinct and apart. It success is achieved in establishing organic unity, obviously the affiliated union, of the American Federation of Labor and the C.I.O. can co-operate more closely than ever before. And even if the conference, ahould fail, rarely organized labor will not let its own difference, interfere with united action to .peed America', victory In the war. ,';.".._ The problem of achieving unity has been gravely complicated by the passage of the years and the organisation of dual unions operating In the same fields. Many difficult jurisdictional quettlont will have to be solved before an over-all peace can be reached. I appeal to the American people to exercise patience and give the contereea every opportunity to explore the problem, carefully and thoroughly became over-emphasi. on haste may jeopardise the chances of eventual success. I am confident that actuated by the desire for peace which prevails throughout the ranks of labor, the conferees trill be able to reach a settle ment fair to all concerned. ' .__. .... . .. . The American Federation of Labor never sought the division in the rank, of labor which now exists and haa done ita utmost to reunite the labor movement ever since the split occurred. The long history of previous negotiations I. well known to the public, as is the constant and unswerving willingness of the American Federation of Labor to seek to reach an accord at any and all times. Protest Non-Ui Milk at Shipyard A protest waa lodged at the meet, ing of the Trades and Labor CouneU by the Plumbers' Union against not being able to obtain union milk in tha shipyard ot North Vancouver Ship eThe™milk delivered to the yard ia from the Jersey Farms Dairy and is on the "We Do Not Patronise" list of the Trades Council. This dairy is allotted this yard In connection with curtailment of overlapping in the delivery service, but It was pointed out that if the •htpyard workera trill re- fuse to purchase the milk for a few day. there may be a. chance to make a .witch. Union milk can be obtained from the nearby stores. Just at the present time there I. alao a scarcity of milk, which may affect adjust- taents. United Fishermen Form Co-operathre The United Fishermen's Federal Union has done a great deal to 1m- Srove the economic situation of the shermen on the British Columbia coast. Efforts have been.mainly directed towards obtaining better prices, wages and working condition, in the salmon, halibut, herring and pilchard fields. With the war haa developed a relatively new industry, the high potency Vitamin A liver oils. The Union through the medium of ita Co-operative Society la now endeavoring to establish a basis for this new branch to that fishermen will be able to obtain an income the year around, an income commensurate with their ef- forta to produce. • PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISER! I Council Pledged To Second Front Help Considerable discussion took place at the meeting ot the Tradea and Labor Council upon the following resolution, presented by Delegate Burgess of the Fishermen's Union. Some delegates felt that the question of the Second Front should be left to military authorities, some saw the hand of the Communists in the demand, for the second front, and other, felt that it might look a. though labor waa not doing its utmost now in the war effort. The resolution, however, carried, 34 to 23, many delegate, not voting. RESOLUTION! Whereas it I. generally recognised that the present critical stage of the war confronts the United Nations with the urgent need for opening the second front in Europe aa that decisive undertaking capable of securing victory for our own and all free peoples. Therefore be it resolved that this Vancouver and District Tradea and Labor Council welcomes the momentous discussions just held in Moscow between Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Premier Joseph Stalin and other ranking United Nations representative! as strengthening the alliance between Britain, the Soviet Union and the United Statu, and holding the promise of early implementation of the full understanding on the question of the second front reached between the three nations last May, and Be it further resolved that this Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Council, which haa consistently expressed its full support of Canada's war effort, pledges to employ its considerable influence in the realm of production to ensure that the second front shall become the front of victory. Trades Council Notes Delegates R. H. Neelands, R. Macaulay and E. A. Jamieson have been appointed a. a committee to eonfer with Dr. Weir in connection with post-war training and placements. At the request of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, the firm ot Alex. Galr ha. been removed from the "We Do Not Patronise" Hat, the firm having agreed to employ union labor. Civic Employeea' Union reported that provision i. being made for their Business Agent to Jn covered by superannuation on the same baaia aa civic employeea The union I. alio protesting against the exclusion ot municipal employee, from the cost of living bonus. Aeronautical Employee.' Union delegate Brother Turner reported a rapid growth of the union, over one thousand members having been admitted to membership during the past few month.. The Council haa forwarded a letter to the Provincial Government, protesting the devastation of "Cathedral Grove" on Vancouver Island. City Council against 'allowing the City mailing list to advertise Park. Board projects which are in compe tition with commercial enterprises who are not allowed the same adver Using privileges. Business Agent Mclvor of the Taxi Drivers' Union report, that the Regional War Labor Board granted an increase of fifty cents per day to employees of certain companies. These companies signed an agree. ment on that basts. Business Agent Burgess of United Fishermen's Union, Local No, 44, reports a further increase in membership of about three hundred. Fred W. Smelts, chairman of the Vancouver Welfare Federation, representing some forty-odd agenetea, addressed the Council relative to the forthcoming campaign for funds He pointed out that five member, of organized labor held official position In the Federation and have been play. ing an increasingly active part in each year's campaign. All the year round expensea coat 8s out of every dollar, he said, a great deal of the work being voluntary. time books Tree Don't forget to drop In and get the time books given away by tha Model Boot Shop at 87 West Heatings St. There will be no obligation to purchase, just an advertising stunt to remind you thst the Model Boot Shop would appreciate your business some time. Laborers Get Contractors' Agreement A working agreement haa been made between the General Contractors* Association of Vancouver and the International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborera' Union, Local No. 802, an affiliate of the Building Tradea Council. The object—the agreement says— is to stabilize Industry; elevate the trade; and promote peace and harmony between employers and employees; to facilitate the peaceful adju.t- ment ot all strike, and grievance.; to prevent strikes and lockouts, waste, expense, avoidable and unnecessary delays in construction and repair work. The basic rate 1. 50c per hour: tackhammer men, vibrator men and irieklayera' helper. 75c per hour, cement gun men 90c per hour. A coat ot living bonua aa set or changed from time la to be paid on the above, the bonu. now ia 10He per hour on aJIO-hour week. "Overtime rate 1. time and a half. Job steward, will be recognized on ■II jobs. Business Agent will have access to all jobs. Transportation to all jobs outside of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster. The agreement was signed by M. Cameron and H. H. Johnson on behalf of the Contractors' Association and witnessed by Robt. Lecky and signed by S. Burnley and W. James on behalf of the union and witnesaed by W. Wilson on behalf of the Building Trades Council. The union has a separate agreement with Plastering Contracton, covering Hod Carriers, and also with a concrete contractor. The union also covers cement finishers. Gas Workers Got Industrial Charter About one hundred and fifty gas workera, comprising about ninety per cent, of the men employed, have been organised snd s charter obtained from the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfltters, They will be known aa Gat Workera' Union No. 376. The memben are employed in all departments ot the Gas Company. Theae Include the men who unload the coal, who work In the gas production plant, in the distribution plant, and in the service department to houses and placea of business. Several attempts have been made to organize these worken, but these were defeated by various reasons. Some months ago the Organizing Committee of the Tndea and Labor Council got busy on them again, and Chairman C. E. Herrett, Percy R. Bengough and Sam Smylie addressed a good meeting and started them on their way. Other meetings were held in which Frank Carlisle, Business Agent of the Plumbers' Union, took ?art, and finally a charter waa sent or. Now the memben intend to continue the organizing work until they are one hundred per cent, organised. TO ASK COMPENSATION BOARD TO INVESTIGATE At the request of Delegate George Bengough of the Carpenters' Union, the Tradea and Labor CouneU will aak the Workmen's Compensation Board to Investigate the accident to a fourteen-year-old boy who lo.t his finger, at the Peat Plant on Lulu Island. RESTRICTIONS HARD ON SMALL STORE KEEPERS Delegate McCullough, president of the Milk Salesmen's Union, asked the Tradea and Labor Council to send in a protest to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board against the. restriction on small stores. He pointed out that most of theae stores are operated by old or disabled people and that the people who have ao refrigerator! get their milk from these stores in the early morning or In the evening. Ha felt thst ths regulations would not benefit the man-power situation aa moat of these owners were beyond hard work. The resolution waa endorsed. SPENCER'S DEPARTMENT STORE is on the WE DO NOT PARTONKE LIST ofthe VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES and LABOR COUNCIL ' Issued by Retail Clerks' Union, Local 279 I. "V Page Two' THE LABOR STATESMAN atawKHraoeteWeoeoraaoB "Balld B. C. Payroll." Vacuum Seal: The Ideal Way A citizen ef Vancouver Is enthuiiettic ever Paeifle Mil's vacuum seel. He knows mat canning. He says the vacuum seel is the ideal way te can. The tint result Is the mat opens pure end fresh end the second immediate consequence the purity end freshness keep longer. Pacific Milk lrr.dl.Ld aad Vacuum Packed n\mmmnmmt>Mit^^ BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS This Space donated by Bill Couper 724 SEYMOUR ST. BALMORAL HOTEL Say. "MEET ME AT THE BALMORAL" Oh assault steana—.oaferteUy v faialsase . . . ytt ntalalag a saM, alawlSM atasesyJurstaat MSift a wslents alas, to Mat at stMt yoar f rbaas. Manas.r.i MIKB KOSKI BOB PATTBRSON "JOHNNY" McKBNZIB nwasi vaeisa net 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVER, B.C. SILVER , O/A/ ar clsplayed bt Bears ar Mr taltoaotpesllsM t tbe Utjaor Ooatrel the Oovtrssstet at r CLOTHES FOR THE | WORKING MAN AT WORKING MEN'S PRICES! ARMY4NAVY DEPARTMENT STORE 28 Hsitiagt Waat, Vaaewavar 38 Watt Hastings, Vancouver 878 Columbia, New Ws.tmia.tsv For GOODNESS Saks . . . DAD'S ORIGINAL Oatmeal Cookies Tha Most DslicioM Health Biscuit EvorMade When sending parcels overseas, don't torget to Include some Dad's Cookies! They will be greatly appreciated over there1 DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B. C.) LIMITED 4B8 Klagsway • • Vancouver, B.C. Union-Made Shoes coawrrr aaos. Msa'a aa* Tuatti Model Boot Shop Ataat. tet.emi.ta Walts null Smasa Shot, tor th. whole family on OCR BAST CREDIT PLAN. Model Bqot Shop The Labor Statesman •rMOMBM inwm Jerweaasjy M We tsssMM Of Labor Headquarters, Vemmtt, B.C Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster snd District Trades end Labor Council Subscription Bates: |1.00 par Year; to Unions, 4c ptr member per month A qdram|mp A Vancouver, Canada, August, 1942. WHO'S DRIVING? Just who has got hold ot the reins in this war? It's not going the way the masses expected it to go. lt't looking black in more placet than It looks bright. It's stUI "too little and too late" In various parte of the conflict and yet there is an undercurrent of optimism and certainty in various quarters. There are many things which we cannot print; many conclusions which we can draw from events and many assertions we can make aa to the future, but thia is a censored newspaper, so if we think we have a line on what objective the powers that be are aiming at, we must just keep it to ourselves. We are a mouthpiece of labor—all powerful labor—but a labor that it lulled to sleep by government hypnotists, divided by glib-tongued oratort and aensational-mongering journalists and treated with contempt by political fakirs. All-powerful labor is on the auction block. Our labor power is being sold to the highest bidder (who are very few) and the products of our labor are being used and sold for a war of destruction in which we are taking an enthusiastic and patriotic part. It seems however that our enthusiasm and patriotism have no outlet in the council chambers of the government nor in the direction of military affairs or the management of war industries. Our job is to work, fervently and patriotically until the bugles sound the cease Are. Then it will be our job to rebuild, to rehabilitate and to re-establish ourselves tn peace time industry. But there again, we will just be the workers. Somebody else will direct the course of events then, just aa they are doing now. A New World or a New Order may be just eyewash and we will only get out of the peace time conditions just whatever the powers that be decide we shall get. THE SHIPYARD INQUIRY The Richards Commission investigating the shipyard situation in British Columbia has heard the evidence and will send its findings to Ottawa. Sooner or later these will be made public and the government will render a decision as to the future operation'of the yards. It is to be hoped that the authorities will be a little more judicious in future action, and realise that they will get the best results by taking the workera into their confidence Instead of jamming orders into the ears of those who toil. Most of the evidence showed that the workers were not averse to the continuous production program, but they resented having their agreements side-tracked, especially in view of the fact that the yards were not able to keep up continuous production because of shortage in skilled mechanics, In supplies, and lack of co-ordination in carrying on the work. It is not impossible to remedy these conditions and to make the operations satisfactory to all concerned. Labor conditions, built up after years of sacrifice and struggle, should not be brushed aside the way they have been if harmony is to be maintained in the war work. Labor is making, and will continue to make, all kinds of sacrifices without being forced to accept conditions of work that are neither necessary nor economical. Labor can be tolerant and reasonable, but it is going to have something to say, when somebody comes along wielding a big club to enforce conditions of work, without being consulted. That situation must be remedied if the workera are to be expected to work harmoniously at the job they are doing. Power to dictate is not the kind of power to build ships, and the workera have the right to resent the uncontrolled dictatorial power of any individual or group, If it is not in the interests of the men who do the work of the world. August, 1942. Labor and Management Are "Teaming Up" To lick Axis MONEY TALKS AGAIN Last April a group of shipyard workers, hunters, mountaineers and hikers got together in North Vancouver for the purpose of forming a group of Ran iters, as was being done elsewhere. They selected G. 8. Stevenson, the provincial game warden, as their Officer Commanding, because he was very familiar with the territory the group would be called upon to cover. Many of the members of the group, who were hunters, provided their own rifle., drill, were held, districts were divided, a rifle, range waa prepared and then the whole thing collapsed. It collapsed because one hundred and thirty men were told that they would not be sworn in by Ranger Authorities unless they gave up the idea of insisting upon having the 0. C. they had chosen. The O. C. would have to be selected by Major Angus McAlister and Judge Lennox and that wa. all there wa. te It. These two men have tried sev. eral times since that time to reergan. lie the North Vancouver group, of Rangers, known as the Seymour Ranger., bat apparently they have not been successful, so there are no Ranger, for North Vancouver, thanks to the control given to those who have money snd leisure. Natives of the Virgin Islands have been limited to 2 pounds of flour a week. War Rationing Books, similar to those in use in the United States, have been Issued to the 12,000 inhabitants of the twe islands. Washigton. D, C. — Leader, of American labor and the chief, of American industry ere "thinking along the same lines" in these historic dayt, according to 1942-minded Eric A. Johnston, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. I Writin In the current issue of the American Federationist, he aays American labor and management are "teaming up" to bring victory to the United Nations. The nation has "every reason to be proud" of the way American wage- earner, and industrialists have met the challenge of World War II, writes this employer from the Pacific Northwest who respects union, and believe, it is common sense for employers and labor organisation, to respect each other and work together. Both labor and management, writes Mr. Johnston in hi. Federationist article, are "Arm in the belief that the American system of free enterprise is incomparably better and will yield far more benefit* than any 'managed' or 'treadmill' economy that ha. been devised." "Competent labor leaders are quite aware," he declares, 'Ithat their fol lowers have nothing to gain by starving capital and responsible industrial executives are quite as aware that they have nothing to gain by starving labor. The outcome, in either case, would be the very 'treadmill' economy which both are trying to avoid." Mr. Johnston pleads, in his article, that both labor and management wave up to the fact that "in the end" they will either stand or fall together. He says that if the one ia regimented. It i sinevitsble that the other will be, too. Looking ahead to the time when peace returns, Mr. Johnston write.: "When the cloud, have lifted, the ■un will not shine on a serene and placid world. It will shine, rather, on a world laid low by the storm of conflict and littered with the debris of destruction, "When the war ends, the fight for peace will have only begun. We shall need, in the same full measure, the willing co-operation that ia winning the vast battle of the factories, forges and workshop, in which we are now engaged." 48-Hour War Industries Work Week Urged Federal Agencies Washington, D. C. — The proposal made by eight Government sgencie. for a 48-hour celling on work in war industries means just that—and no more. It i. not intended to pave the way for relaxation of the Wage-Hour Law providing time-and-a-half pay for work beyond 40 hours a week. It is designed to prevent employer, from working men beyond the endurance point. Well-informed source, auert that the statement of policy was inspired by two major considerations: 1. Serious increases in Industrial accident, among workers laboring over 48 hour, a week as disclosed by recent studies. 2. Pirating of workera by Arms offering lucrative overtime assignments beyond the 48-hour limit. The declaration on the 48-hour week emphasised that it in no way affected the provisions of the Wage- Hour Law for overtime pay. But there is widespread fear that the sttaement nevertheless will be distorted into a renewed attack on the 40- hour-week law. The campaign to wipe out overtime pay featured the anti-labor offensive last spring. Agencies subscribing to the new sttaement included the War and Navy Departments, the Maritime Commission, the Public Health Service, the War Manpower Commission, the War Production Board and the Labor Department. The pronouncement was underlined by the disclosure that more than 1,600,000 worken now were employed more than 48 houn a week. In announcing Government work policy the Office of War Information set forth these standards a. the basis for the policy: "For wartime production the eight- hour day and the 48-hour week ap- Jroximate the best working schedule or sustained efficiency in most industrial operations, "One acheduled day of rest for the individual out of approximately every seven, thould be a universal and invariable rule. "A 30-minute meal period is desirable. "Vacations are conducive to sustained production and should be spread over the longest possible period." The statement was released as a "guide to Governmental establishments, to Held representative, of procurement agenetea and to contracton working on war production." Dispelling any notion that the statement was framed to increase work hours without extra compensation, the declaration aaid: "The major effect of the new policy statement on houn should be to reduce excessive working houn per week per person, which cannot be sustained without impairing the health and efficiency of worken and reudcing the flow of production." Despite these declaimera, it is expected that a lot of newspaper, and commentators will now hint that the Government want, the 40-hour-week- pay yardstick abandoned, with overtime rates beginning only after the 48th hour. It i.n*t so. Street Car and Bus Operators $2,000,000 Wage Boost Detroit Detroit, Mich.—Wage adjustments that will ntake Detroit's union street car and bus operators the highest paid mass transportation workers in the world were won as the result of an arbitration award. The increaae, which amount, to 20 per cent, for bus driven and 15 per cent for motormen and conducton on trolley can, will add almoat two million dollar, a year to the Income, of theae 4,500 employees. Raises are retroactive to April 1 and will amount to between 8135 and 8150 back pay per man. Under the term, of the award the ttreet car motormen and conducton wilt receive 81 per hour after one year of service, and but operators 8)1.10 per hour. The overtime rate was doubled and now becomes 30 cent, an hour additional after eight houn' work. Operaton Instructing student, are to be paid $1 a day extn. Formerly they received 50c per day. The increaae in wage, amounted to 18 cents per hour for bus operaton and 13 cent, for motor- men and conductor.. These employees of thl. municipality-owned property are memben of Division 26 of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach employee., A.F.L. Arbitration wa. re.orted to after attempt, at negotiation failed. Tobin A.F.L. Delegate To British Trades Union Congress Chicago, III.—The A.F.L. Executive Council appointed Vice-President Daniel J. Tobin to serve as fraternal delegate to the annual convention of the Britiah Tndes Union Congress which will be held "somewhere In Gnat Britain," beginning Sept. 7. A.F.L. President William Green announced that a second fraternal delegate to this convention still remain, to. be named. The British Trade. Union Congress, he added, is sending two fraternal delegates, as usual, to the forthcoming annual convention of the A.F.L. which will be held in Toronto, Canada, beginning Oct, . It wa. alao revealed by Mr. Green that the Britiah Tradea Union Congress ia sending Ave representative! here tor the first meeting of the new American-British Trade Union Committee which will be held in Washington, D. C, Sept. 23. The A.F.L. members of thia committee have not yet been appointed. The objective of thia committee will be to And ways and mean, by which the labor movement, of the United Nationt can help promote tpeedy victory in the war against the Axis Powen. Montreal Union Drive NeU Fine Remit* Montreal,—Trade union organisation Is proceeding apace here with some important victories scored by the War Labor Organising Committee. Over 2000 worken at the Bouchard plant of Defense Industries Limited have voted for the AFL Organising Committee ia a poll conducted by the Federal Department of Labor. The vote gave the AFL committee an overwhelming majority over the CCL, which received approximately 500 votes, and tbe Catholic Syndicates, which received 125. A similar vote waa to be held later in the week at tha Verdun plant of Defense Industries, where the AFL Organising Committee la alto expected to be chosen bargain, ing agent for the workers. At St. Paul L'Hermite CCM plant negotiation, are reported progressing satisfactorily Between representatives of the Metal Trades Council and company officials. An agreement haa also bean signed between ths Holland Paper Co. and ths Interna tional Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workara, covering about 750 employeea in tha com- Kiny's planta at St. Jerome and ont Rolland, Plane Workers Urge Second Front Now Montreal. — Organised aircraft worken in Montreal aviation planta were this week intensifying their efforts te step up production in response to an urgent appeal for an increased now ef planes for ths coming second front, issued at a special conference of Aircraft Lodge 7ft. The conference, attended by representatives of employeea la plants ia this district, sssassad tha work of labor-management committee, in tha aircraft industry, called for the expansion of tha armed forces, suggested appointment of a representative of tha International Assocl.tion of Machinist, aa assistant to aircraft controller Ralph Ball, urged "the training of more women in the industry for all types of jobs" Ind speedy opening of a aeeond European Wont. ■A WtHMtst (Utisttf tfsm&kf. A Wirttai Itf iraf • REFRESHING, INVIGOAAtriNO «d ECONOMICAL This edvt. is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. a Telephone Installations Restricted In the interests of the national war effort, the Dominion Government has issued regulations greatly curtailing telephone installations. If you are contemplating any telephone move or installation, it is desirable that you ask about these restrictions before making definite plans. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. Russian Workers Develop New Turret Russian workera have recently perfected tile design and manufacture of' the tank turret. 12 montha of war having shown the tank builders the necessity for modifleatloa. These re- visions have provided a mors efficient weapon, cut usage ef vital war meter- lata and speeded production. The joint efforte by workers and engineera resulted in cutting in half the time required for heat treatment, casting waa substituted for welding- reducing tha number of required toolt and operations, and the consumption of valuable metals was reduced 18%k A sturdier torrent waa the outcome. * •» • HAVE YOU TBIED .., 30 COFFEE SHOP Is the nearest 100 per cent ALL-WHITE Union Cafe to Labor Headquarters. "Meet aha Boys after the Mining at »t)Cafe" 133 Weat Pender (Opposite "Tha Sun") „ 8tridar'a Union-made Shoes cas M Bbtelned drom the Model Boot 8M •,1? «**«"»•"* ^ • e Ai i j j i 5 i — 1 THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory •** ...iaeie»B| .fSessi ■«• mm9 A*mny slVa«B*t»«ai LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 818-881 BEATTY STREET iJgte'gfrJE •M — "f. Price, ^Bgff^? {gjlt Phon. PAclllc 4Ttl. •—r.,-rnation.l Jouro.ym.a J.Sf 4111 aggj^iff£,TBagT8ft _,_.„,«•' Valoa, Local Sit MArlne 4941. - .- tnloa, Beesl ISl —Sscrs- S»«rt%cllr:™.m. I8SI Bind. Ave.. Pet* Three fcbTaionT-fl,?UtewKtMW' ft * ft\V__itsr.hsll, Room I -Business Aaent, „ Jf.r.hall, Room 101, 111 Baatty Bt: Phons: PAcino 4740. sllao., ..^..M»,,,.? .,..-—.. fteags, No. Ill—seeraurr, H. Walsh, all Douglas Ross. H.w Weetmlneter. sums' Valoa, No. 7t — secretary. B, O, Taylor, UTS Ouch... Avenue. W..I V.ncouv.r, B. C ataataaaa. ef Way BsnHr.ee. Loeal II—BMretary, R. atcLur., 4lil Vie- torla Drive. -rr^amWl valoa, Irani. 1S4—S.cr«- **!P^K. Bailey, 6J4-18th Av.nu., {{J}'Westminster. Valos, looal WS—Bocort- l llth Avenue. S|g5(_^,6a\,Slni.. wft-j;_»»5sS',SlSer- "TijI^w Vnion, Local No. .*rrA ■■fflfflton" °* Eton St.: High. SISI. "*ft»4lsriro?w'orl_srsiTocii: cDonald, 111 rSM~l*borere' Valoa, Basal[.ses— •CjStrTw; James, 6tl Bestty St., PAclllc 6567. Mast Oattsrs1 Valoa, Bosal .. tary, 8. 8. Hughes, 1117 Blthth Av... N.w Westminster. Metal tnsse Ooaaoll —J. Ross, Secretary, 531 Beatty St.; phon. MAr. 0711. Local 414 Showier, 111 Bueln*,.* Manaser. Blrl Bestty St: PAclflo IMS. Valea, Looal sSl—Secretary. John Brown., til W. Broadway, Salt. 1: Phon. Fair. IS7I-L. Business Manager, J. B. Poster. Secretary, J. H. Lealle, P.O. Bos 141, Phone MArlne Itll. —I— '—■' Union .SJr-agcretsjrv. °XSI"*n«on. 631 Beatty St.: PA. I68T. Looal 1SS1 (New WMtmln- rtSfEaeoretTry. E J. Barrett. IMS gfrflls It, DEI. 0801-F. (STaaslmo), Local No. 687— 1 <"™ "ittle, 217 Irwin St.. WSlU employee., Local 61—Boor.- atTl.'iruA 3917 We.t Bl.V.Bth, tlllott 144-L. am SWfloyeee' Vnloa (BuraakyY. Jo. Tl-SKretary. J. drover, 3111 Hyrtl. Ire., New Westminster. ataalslaaa' Valoa. Looal It* —.Business Manaser, B. A. Jsmleeon, Suit. II 663 Oranville St.; Phon. PAclflc 7141. Fainter., Loeal MS—Bu.lness Manaser, . __ _ ... -. 4ft0. J. Eaves, ill Beatty St.; Res.: High. 6879-L. Flit Btivsft aaa Wooeea Brlagaawa. Local 1404—Bu.ln... Aaent, J. Mo- Qullle, 144 W. H.etlnge;T>Aclflo 4041. Fimmber. aaa ettamStttta (Batlma)- Local 671—Secretary, T. H. Poulton. 725 Second Bt, Now Weslmlneter. Flumoer. aaa BMamSMsis, Local 170— Secretary. F. Carll.le, III Bestty Bt. MArlne 3111: Home: FRaser Olll-L. Photo iota aaneven, Local 64—Joseph A Hlnke, 1771 W. llth; KErr. J6I4-L. 'rlatlaa Pnseaua aa. Aieletutr Vain So. »—Secret.ry, Thos 8. Bssrt. 1107 ist llth: FRaa 0141-F. Paly aad Salsalt. (Ooanrtenl Valoa, Looal 43S—Secretary, F. McDermott, care Paclflc Mills. SjU BWSlortos' Valoa, local SB—Bu.l- MM Agent. W. J. Scrlbblns, 116 Bsat Pinter: Phone PAclflo 4641. Farters aad Chief BtewaMs, Loeal IBS —Secretary, R. Stover, 1451 Woodland Drive. tatataU Workers' Valea, Loeal 111— Rnlneee Manaser, Jack Rosa, 881 rlne 0781. SMesw Coastrsotoro, Looal SS- l!rr7R Holmes. 631 Beattr -8«r»- BtrMt. Mans, Bolstlng sad Fottaal., Leeal lit-Secretary, J. Flynn, 631 Beatty It, Phone PAclflc (667. hm Aleut, Stationary, Looal BBS—Busl- m"J. Tlynn, 631 Beatty St., Phone PAclllc 6667. tetlsiiti, Sohool aad OsNtaasrs, Locsl 111—Secretary, Jas. McOrath, 1110 twrtttrr, street. "fiffloT'fiT'cSirta Is. flfMtrs, Olty, Local 811—Secre an, Chan. A. Wataon, llll B. llth. Ik. rifkters, Slew We.tmlajt.r, Local Ht-lecrelnry, V. Insley, No. t Fir. Rill, New Weetmlneter. j. Local IIJ,— Auviche, No. I Fir. Ballway Cannes, Lodge No. Ill (Port Mann Shops)—Sec, T. O. McLean, 130 Alberta St.. New Westminster. small Olerk.' lateraattsasl, Local I7t— Secretary. D. Maxw.ll, Room 404. It Hasting. Bt. B.: Phone PAclflc Hit. Sheet Metal Worker., _ ness Manager, James Beatty Bt: PAclllc 4740, Busl Walker, 611 Sheet Metal Work... (Ballroad) Local :114—Secretary, George Watson, 1909 Kant 19th. Shlngl.. Wearers' Loeal Bo. Secretary. Q. F. Moul. 2017 West *tUird. Sirs aad notorial Palatals, Looal TH— Secre" ~ KErr BecretsrVTw. O. Clsrkson, HOI Larch; 0I9S-V. »t^^^'U>'!iig land. 639 Beatty Bt; Phone MAr. 0711. Strut Ballway Ban 1st nrktsrs (Barney), leerittry, L. C. *■■•—•' Ball. Edmonds. Htwil ximek Driver.' Valoa, Local II -lecretary, Blrt Showier. 511 Bestty Itreet; Phone PAclflc «5lt. __ —.Division 111 —Business Aaent, It. Qervln, Lee Building, 175 B. Brosdwarj FAlr. till. Taal — C. Mclvor. ill PAclflc WW. Ill — SecreUry, Bestty St., Phon. ■tn Wotker.' inttraetloaal JMen. Toosl No. lot—Secretary O. Derrick. Worker.' inuraatloaal I No. lot—Secretary O. I IIH Minor St., New Westminster, HM ud Be.taar.nt Bstldsyeee, Local ll-8ecretary. J. A. Wilson. 411 Gran- tills Bt; Phone PAclflc 7111. fcnfer Workers' Valoa, Ny. *t—B.cr.- ttrr, Carl Huker, It Eaat Hastlns. 8t, Room 617. „ _ IttlM' etrment Worker.', Local 271— PAc. «5t; lliis. ABent, R.„JackBon, HAM. 6197L; See., ('. Curr. NO 1360 H, TextUe Worker.' Loeal Bo. IS—Becre- tary, Marie do Pledge, 75 B. Seventh. lecrotary" Waltor Bias" P.O. Boa tit Til. Barter., Rlcbnrds, Local No. I—Secretary. W. 5811 Bpencer Bt: CA. lOtIL Typographical Valea, Local 231—Beer.. tary, Harry Neelands, 831 Beatty Bt MArlne till. Waited earme.t worksrs' Valea, Losal 1»0—Secretary, Walter W. Sltaw, 1436 Vest Sixth. Valted Flskennea's valea ol B. C„ Leeal Mo. 44 — Secretary, W. T. Burgess, 131 B. Cordova; PAclflc I04t. _____ Utter* Valoa, Local 107 — B«or.tary, M. 0. rinlayBon. HI W. Hastlags, Phone PAclflc 3111. VpholMonts' lawraatloaal vain, Loeal 108—Secretary, D. Oarald., Ill Beatty St.: residence phone High. ItSI-at. Chicago Building Trades Oppose Forced Savings Chicago, 111. — The Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council, representing tome 125,000 workers, unanimously tdopted a resolution favoring the "roluntary and democratic method lor implementing the plant to nave it least ten per cent, of the national income invested in war savings bonds, "rttherthan forced savings by law. The council recommended that each of its members subscribe ten per «nt of his income through the payroll tllotment plan or any other plan in force for the purchase of war leavings bonds. Total purchases by 32 labor groups affiliated with the council since December 7 were $12,180,357. Tens of thousands of Poles, forcibly brought to work In Germany's Ruhr mines, are compelled to live in barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences and to sleep huddled together on the floor. They are fed waste foods and various ersati products. Hot "meals" are a once a week event. Typhus rages among the workers. What Canada most demand of Yoa... and why CANADIANS realize thlt to be a war for survival that must be won the bard way. It should be as unthinkable for those at home to evade any part of what Canada needs of them, as for our fighting men to desert in face of the enemy. If you have doubt as to what your country needs of you in these critical times, the following facts should dispel it. Canada must now spend about five dates as1 much per war on war effort as at the peak of the war of 1914-18. This huge effort will absorb In the financial vear of 1942.} nearly 12 million dollars a day-over half the Nation's total income I Canada must raise this money from her people. She must spread the burden over each according to bis or her means. It is as critical a problem as any in history. How does it affect you? SUPPORT YOUR spared loss through inflated living costs and have more savings to lend. To lend is no longer a matter of sentiment or emotion, but of necessity. Nevertheless, the harsh dictates of war can be used to help your future. Money spent now can bring you little benefit... e backlog of savings in peace will bring much, Canada is depending on you. Leek up end take your rightful placet Nstiwiof Wor FJsssst CwassWaa Vewntery aeviege iOU>T vfew Necessarily severe taxes will provide just over six million dollars a day— only half tht money needed! Because part of this money is returnable, with interest, after the war, every taxpayer is making a minimum wartime saving. Many people will have exemptioni in the form of insurance premiums, payments on mortgages, pension funds, etc., offsetting tbe compulsory savings requirements. Whatever the case, compulsory savings cannot rtfttact voluntary effort! The six million dollars a day still needed must be lent by people like you! This means severe economy in which spending must be cut to bare necessities, with all spare dollars put into War Savings Stamps, Certificates and Bonds. The Government regit* lation of prices means that you are LOCAL WAR PINANCI COMMITTII tVaatstt Yswr less! T»«x *«!# nathn*lsttPi»ti f; t is m tin Mm •/ yoav total Committee. tint National Vat Tmantt Com- tasttat teas antistsst tor tktt tmekott touttiolnnleerteorkeeiwboie aiiUlj and nptritnta Hit ibentpmtrtttlarli for ibis important sit), their rfoni art nnlkmr. Half them hi M»t sour pan retnlarly ami stmt. Patronize Our Advertisers! Teamster's ( Joint Council M Comprising MILK SALESMEN AND DAIRY EMPLOYEES GENERAL TRUCK DRIVERS AND HELPERS BAKERY SALESMEN TAXI DRIVERS WAREHOUSEMEN A$k the co-operation of all reader* of this paper in insisting that all goods delivered to them are handled exclusively by Union men. If in doubt, phone our office PAcific 6546 or 4740 •nd we will gladly tell you the standing of any company • ' towards our argefiixation. St. Louis Hospitals Get Iron Longs from Unions The A. P. of L. Milk Wagon Driv- era and Inside Dairy Workers, Local 63, has presented an iron-lung to St. John's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. The mechanical respirator has units to fit both adult, and children and can be operated by hand in case of an emergency. Thia is the second iron-lung to be presented by unions to St. Louis hospitals within the last few weeks. The other went to De Paul Hospital and was presented by the Teamsters Local No. 600. The practice of donating these val uable life-saving instrument, was started by a California Teamsters' Union last year. Since then 51 Iron lungs have been donated by teamsten' unions throughout the country. aassssssswasV t t • Shipbuilding Increases I Through Workers'Tips More and better destroyers and escort ships are being turned out at high speed in the yards ot the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, because of the effective work of a labor-management production committee set up by the corporation and the Metal Trades Council of the American Federation of Labor, representing the 10,000 ship workers. Four to Ave hundred valuable suggestions are presented to the labor- management committee each week, and have proved to valuable, production in every area of the yard haa been streamlined. Production it kept at high levels by introduction of many safety measures suggested by the workera to the committee. The Japanese have imposed obnoxious nuisance taxes on almost all purchases and transactions. And any Chinese wishing to spend the night away from hla home must get per. mission from the Japanese authorities. A tight political and economie control is imposed on all movements. Nazi Labor Rules Are Announced The Nazi Commissioner General for the Direction of Labor has issued a drastic decree further restricting labor in Germany, a Berlin domestic broadcast announced July 30, 'It is necessary to take severe measures against the few outsiders who could disturb wartime discipline in work shops," the announcement said, apparently referring to the more than 2,000,000 foreign workers shipped to Germany. The announcement also attacked "demanding unjustified high wagea in private enterprises." Under the new decree a worker must not: "1. Refuse or slow down in breach of his obligations any work allotted to him by his employer or his deputy, including overtime work during nights, Sundays, and holidays. 2. Illegally stay away from his work without sufficient excuse. 3. Repeatedly arrive late for work without good reason, or leave hi. work contrary to hla obligations. 4. Disturb normal execution of work by behavior representing a breach of discipline, for instance, by violence or insults." The announcement said, "A worker ia not allowed to demand any remuneration which exceeda rates ruling in the works or in the trade." The regulations apply to private enterprises and households and cases in which members of a staff have been sent to occupied territory or foreign countries. BARRACKS FOR WORKERS DEFEATED BY AFL UNIONS Philadelphia, Pa.—A plan of Na- tional Housing Administrator John B. Blandford, Jr., to erect barracks in stead of decent housing for 500 Navy Yard worken hen has been defeated by the combined efforts of the Building A Construction Tradea Council, I the Philadelphia Navy Yard and tha I Philadelphia Homing Authority. PLUMBERS' UNION BUYS I3.M3.4M WAR BONDS Washington, D. C. — Secretary- Treasurer Martin P. Durkin of the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitten ot the United States and 1 Canada reported to President William Green of the American Fedentlon of Labor that the memben ot the union had purchased $1,860,408 war bonda aad the local unlona $1,673,088,.a combined total of $8,653,486. "IH *.*.. ITS V.C." ^BWBBBBSSjaBBS. „ . L- ORDIR THI III* THAT OIVII YOU MORS rhli e<rv«rtiaemsTitlsoo^!Illahe^fd!*^ Control Boerd er by the Government of Britiah Columbia. Page Four THE LABOR STATESMAN The Union Card is now on display tn the . window of the Central Cafe 60S WEST PENDER ST. (One block west of Granville) e Come in end meet your friends! e WE SERVE THE BEST OF GOOD EATS When you need shoes for yourself or sny member of your family just Cannery Negotiations To Start Aignst 24 Local 89, Fish Cannery end Reduction Plant Worken' Union, haa Just received word from the Operating Committee that negotiations on terms ot employment for cannery worken will open next Monday, says W. Gateman, Business Agent of the Union. Tha operators point out that the reason tor the delay in getting negotiations under way haa been the vi.it of Dr. D. B. Finn, Federal Deputy Minister of Fisheries which haa necessitated several meetings rela tive to tha fishing inrustry. In tha meantime we are pleased to say that the membenhip of tha organisation la growing exceedingly fast, new memben coming in from all planta on the coast 80 to our new advertiser, the Model oot Shop at 57 West Hastings St Make sure that it it the Model, at there are other shoe shops nearby. THE FIRST AUTHENTIC FEATURE OF WORLD WAR II. Don't see it unless you are prepared to witness the most shocking and horrifying scenes of truthful happenings ever photographed. "MOSCOW STRIKES BACK" Photographed by U.S.S.R. government in the Front Lines NOW SHOWING PLAZA THEATRE Metropolitan Stores Beat Union Effort The Metropolitan Stores of Victoria have been placed on the "We Do Not Patronise'' list of the Tndes Union Movement in Victoria. The Arbitration Board, which reviewed the case, found against the union on the grounds that the Board was not convinced that a majority of the employees wen involved, claiming that they did not join the union ot their own fne will. The company apparently went to auite an expense to beat the case, •en being three King's Councillors on their side of the battle. The Retail Clerks' Union report, that the chairman of the board, Judge Shandley, waa by no means impartial. The Victoria Tradea and Labor Council has asked the Department of Labor to throw out the decision of the board, and the council has also sent a letter to the Head Office of the Metropolitan Stores, protesting the anti-union attitude of he local manager. The employees, who were In no way forced to join the union, are now taking a strike vote, the result of which will be known next week, and action taken accordingly. 7/svACE f>n HASES — 4V M GILBEYS GIN I Ask for GILBEY'S SPEY ROYAL Scotch Whisky This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Retail Qerics Get Raise for Girls Delegate Long of the Retail Clerk. Union report, a wage increase of $1.60 a week for beginnen, bringing their wage up to (16.50 per week for a trial period of three months. Six o'clock Saturday closing of food store, has gone Into effect in New Westminster as a result of-the efforts of the union. Don Maxwell, Business Agent of the Union, state, that some of the merchants in other line, are kicking up quite a rumpua over it. Employees of thee, other .tore, are not yet organised so they do not share the benefit. Some 66 members of the union, who work in the food .ton., come under the new early clo.ing by-law. BAKERS' UNION GETS NEW AGREEMENT Business Agent Humphries of the Bakery and Confectionery Worken' Union report, that the Master Bakers' Association haa signed a new agreement with the union, covering the award made by the Regional War Labor Board. The union did not get all that It went after, but it came close to It The new agreement change, the dally rate to a weekly rate to be paid on the basis of a 47-hour week. Nine statutory holidays during the year will be paid. Girls who formerly worked on an hourly rate will be paid on a daily rate of (3.60 per day. Theae an the finisher, and cake wrappers. All the large bakerlea are covered In this agreement. Hundreds of union memben have taken advantage of the easy payment plan in the purchase of boot, and .noes, which is in opention by the Model Boot Shop at 57' Weat Hastings street American Shipyards Have Good System At the regular meeting of the Metal Trades Council held in Labor Headquarters endorsation waa given to s proposed convention of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades Council, to be held in Tacoma, prior to the AFL Convention in Toronto, for the purpose of discussing important matters relative to .hipbuTlding. _ A report wa. made relative to the condition applying to condition, in the shipyards of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. In Seattle the agreement calls for a five day week, time and a half on the sixth and double time for the seventh day if worked. Wages an $1.20 for mechanics and around 95 cents for helpers. Some 24,000 men are employed tn one yard. Absenteeism on Sunday ia quite large. In Portland, they have a .even day work week with the eighth day off. The week Is not staggered but then are two days off every seven weeks so as to change the day off. Rate, are same as Seattle. 35,000 men work in one yard. The yard has a co-ordinator appointed by the Metal Trades Council, but paid by the firm. He i. the trouble shooter, but all grievances must be in writing. All employees must go through his office, and if the member is one month in arrears with his duet, the union notifies the office and the man I. laid off. In arriving at the seven day week agreement, all the unlona and em- Jiloyers had a conference on the sub- ect and made the necessary arrangements. Building Trades AU Steadily Employed Most of the unions affiliated with the Building Tndes Council report trade good, and many unfilled orders for men. Outside work Is steadily increasing, but unsatisfactory wages offered make it hard to fill these jobs. The matter is slowly being adjusted but government regulations prohibit contracton from meeting the situ ation. Men are .till being despatched from local union office, to the jobs, but the employers must report to the unemployment office within three days. Union, find that there are .till some contracton who want to chisel on wages, hours and overtime. This keeps the Business Agents very bu.y straightening out the jobs. Thl. ap- plie. mostly to new contracton who are getting in on some of the work. A new contnetor got in on some work at a hotel recently by claiming he wa. n union contnetor. The Hotel Men'. Association, with whom the Building Trades ha. an agreement, has been warned that the contractor, by the name of Vaglio, I. unfair to the Council. DRUGS Auguit, I9tt ■Bt REXALL The Owl Drug Co. Ltd. ia\ taetr**** eeess>su*t> OWNBD AHD 0PWUTBO IT A ▼AHOOOTsW CITItBN ALWAYS READY TO SERVE LAK» TOBACCO CANDY HEADQUARTERS for . . IMPORTED TOBACCOS, CIGARBTTBS, CIGARS, P1PBS and SMOKERS' SUNDRIES Come and See Our Stoelt—Lmgest in Canada E. A. MORRIS LIMITED 43S Wen Ha^waoff Street 5SS OHMwiMe Street CEPERLEY, ROUNSEFELL & CO. (Established-IBSe - 1942 is our Both year) We invite applications for residence loans in Greater Vantouver INVESTMENTS AND INSURANCE 14 W. Heatings Nieeei PAeMe 3S2I VavieeBver, I. C. 'CACASH PRIZES:: WHIST DRIVES JJUtUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS eeaee btbbt utnui — may mail sm HAPPY TIME SOCIAL CLUB — Embassador Orchestra Embassy Ballroom—Davie at Burrard QUICK - TASTY -- ECONOMICAL MEATS for every day of the year! SPORK... the meet of meny uses is equslly delicious baked, fried, broiled or cold . . . Order from Your Grocer Today! I ] : fkadytofrrv £2x4/ot /&t Spork &tu ofa &<*/ MONEY TO LO/Uf ON MODERN HOMES Easy Terms of Repayment Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation H. G. Fonon, Manager 432 Richard* Street PAcific 9221 BACK TO SCHOOL- Old Shoes Interfere With Children's Education SCHOOL DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. Boys and girls don't like ahatty stmee wheat geessj beck so the school after the hnliilavi. Sostnisnn tt gives ahem sat safer.* compos* eaad dais will iattarteee with disk studies. You em twees' this by get** the erhool chsUroa footwear on a 30-DAY CHARGE ACCOUNT PLAN JUST LIRE THOUSANDS OF OTHER VANCOUVER FAMILIES ARE DOING. DROP IN TOMORROW AND TALK IT OVER MODEL BOOT SHOP 57 WEST HASTINGS STREET Vancouver Island Conference Questioned Affiliated union, are advised by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council to refrain from sending delegates to a "group dual to this Council" known a. the Vancouver Ialand Joint Labor Conference. The Executive stated that inasmuch as this was a conglomeration got together to make representation, to the Provincial Government, it. action, would be dual to that of the Provincial Executive of the Trade, and Labor Congress of Canada, which has collected desired legislation from local uniona for a great many yean, and presents these proposition, to the Provincial Cabinet every year. All affiliated union, have the right to present legislation to the Executive for presentation to the Cabinet, and every year the cabinet haa received organised labor's viewa with interest. Our brief is also presented to the C. C. F. Some members of organised labor think that the "Conference" is to be used aa a means of launching another political labor party. J. W. Wilson, Molder, Dies of Heart Attack James W. Wilson, well known and active member of the Molder.' Union, Local No. 281, pasted away from a heart attack July 13th. He was one of the union's most active memben. He waa financial secretary of the union, was a delegate to the Metal Tradea Council, a delegate to the International Molders' and Foundry Worken' Convention in St. Louis, 1940, and to the A. F. of L. Conven tion. A fine tribute waa paid to him at hla funeral. Men ana women from all walks of life attended and tha two car loada of flower, and thirty car load, of friend., bore mute testimony to the affection felt for him. The pallbearers were J. S. Wilson and J. Browne from Local Ml. twe from the Foresten' Lodge aad twe personal friend.. The local union and other atawrben of the Trades Union movement ex tend sincere sympathy to hie wife and family. Taking a tip from tha Bostoa, Man., Bartenders' Union, tha Minneapolis Bartenden' Union ia now considering plans for registering all of Its memben in a "Nip Rumors at ths Bar" Corps. ThU Is on the theory that many an unfounded rumor that gives aid and comfort to the enemy was born at the bar, over e cetsgeeiel glass of beer. A Real Home Away from Home . . . HOTEL DUFFERIN Corner of Seymour and Smyths St .(Opp. New Orpheum Theatre] Where e Cordial Welcome elwayi eweits youl Drop in and meet Adam ("At") Peterson larrott Iron. limit* ft FUNERAL DIRECTORS IBB AVBsTVB •BITS, Wssfff TtaVOOVTBBs If. out IN ISt Classified Ads. RED^Mr^TORE w. Has* a eestsal Meet *Jft•*•£*£ »» *"• "•• An- m—lt% VA ABB OaBaUBB WMeBWTB*. B. 0 ECONOMY SAUSAGE CO. "THS BAUBAOB THAT MADS LITTLI S>IOB fAHOUB" BOB SALS BVBBVWHBBB — TBV BOMB Ml HAWKS AVENUE Mteeei Hlghlaad MIT Next Issue Will Be Labor Day Local union secretaries are reminded that the next edition of the Labor Statesman will be the Labor Day Edition. Copy from most ot ths unions is already in, but if yon have not sent in your loeal union advertisement, or the data wa ashed you to send in, will you please attend te this at once, aa tha data la drawing near. Moscow Strikes Back "The Rout of tha German Amies at Moscow," described by American -It in* correspondents erhe sew ss "among tha greatest films ot ths sort," will have Its Canadian Premiere at the Plan Theatre, Vanvouver, ttartiag August flat The film, which will be known here as "Moscow Striktt Back," constitutes a complete factual record ef the vast Soviet counter-offensive that ripped the Nasi time-table te threes and Seat Hitler's Jjgiea. back toward tha waat tai panic. With th* Hatted Nation, girdle* far effamtve action an the greatest teals in history, tha «■ effete ea htaaret- sive visual dtmiatttatise at hew the Nasia ware b setae ease east tee he beaten again. mimmu rati M MTI To be released by hla comrades, after being in the hands ef tha enemy for 8« days, ia a unique experience thlt is aat often reseated ia war time, bet thet la what happened te the mutest sse ef Ml .Wlsttf. •ettoeal ■aseessatetlea fee ssressar ■ ef Carwtjvara. 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