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fsafe--*.'- , ,_-a__*___£__rar"'* .', «*rfr>«* SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FQUPJ LOCAL UNIONS TO EACH UNION MEMBER THE POLITICAL PARTY . ' OF HIS CHOICE :*%-.-,' fATESMAN mmm m OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL _v Number^ VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE, 1947 WHAT THEY SAID,,. SEZ MR. DO0LEY (SOUTHAMS, PLEASE NOTE) "What is the.open Shop? Sure, 'tis where they kape the doors open to accommodate TTi^uWeiit stream av* min comin' in t' take jobs cheaper than those what has th' jobs. M Tis like this, Hinnesscy. Sttpposc one av' these free-born citizens is workiu' in an open shop Tor the princely wage av' wan' large iron dollar a day av' tin hours. \. "Along1 comes anither son av' a gurKan' he sez t' th' boss 'Oi could handle th' job nicely f'r ninety cints.' XSure," sez th' boss, and th' wan dollar man gets out into th' crool wuruld t' exercise his inalienable roight* as a free-born American citizen an' scab on some other poor divil. ■" ._. "\ "An' so it goes on, Hinliessey. An' who gits.,th' binifit? True it saves th' boss money, but he don't care any more f r^money than he does f'r his roight eye. "It's all principle wid him. He hates t' see min robbed av' their indipindince, regardless av' anything else." "Hut," said lVIr. Hinncssey, "these open shop min o/e mensfHin say they are f'r unions iv properly conducted."' "Sure," said Mr. Doolcy, "iv properly conducted. An'there ye a An' how would they have them conducted? No strikes, no rules, no' controls, no scales, hardly any wages an' dam few numbers." . a_i WHERE ARE HUMPHREY'S CALLOUSES? Ottawa — (CP) — Rev. J. Matthews, CCF member of Parliament for Kootenay East taunted by a remark that he probably had never done a day's work in his life, angrily shook a "calloused hand at Labor Minister Mitchell in the Common recently and called for' withdrawal of the remark. Mr. Matthews, raising his hands for all to see, said: "I want to inform the minister that before I ever came into this House I worked as hard as he ever did and perhaps a lot harder. These hands have callouses on them from the work I did. Any callouses the minister had were not on his hands." JUVENILE JUDGMENT! Seeking to determine their understaricling of the oath, Mi*. Justice Matison questioned all three of the boy witnesses in the recent a\Iedos' murder trial. ' . * »**: ' One boy said that people who lie, "don't go to heaven". "You know more than some of your elders do," His Lordship said. Another described the Bible.as "a Holy book" and was accepted. Addressing the third lad, His Lordship said: '. • "Do.you go to church?" ; "No, sir." .:.._ „_ "Well, your people should be in jail for delinquency—what church do your people stay away from?" "I don't know, sir." ■a'And this country is supposed to be civilized—a Christian 'coun- try." It developed that the boy had gone to church occasionally, and he was permitted to testify.—(News-Herald, May 27, 1947.) . DAMNS. NAM POLITICIANS ' ,♦',' Washington, D.C—The attempt of Big Business and its Rebubli- can Congressional collaborators to sell the idea of "capital, government domination and control, as a means of industrial, peace, is insulting to the intelligence of every American worker," said AFL Secretary-Treasurer George Meany. . — — "Senator Taft had admitted that his bill contains1 three-quarters of the matters strenuously pressed upon him by employers. He has refused to divulge the names of these employers." —From a Radio Address. WHOSE PROSPERITY, MR. ABBOTT? "Today we sec Canada enjoying a degree of prosperity never exceeded in living history.". • . • ' * ' * * * .* • .- i "The exemption levels* established last year are high enough to exempt completely from tax more than half the people earning incomes in Canada." (Hon. Douglas Abbott, House of-Commons,'April 29th, 1947). ]..._*Income Tax Exemption Levels: Single, taxpayer, $750.00; Married taxpayer—no children, $1,500.00; .Married taxpayer—two children, $1,700.00. i. PAGE, MR. ABBOTT Halifax—(CP)—A bleak and darkening picture of needy unemployed in Halifax was painted recently by welfare workers, one of whom compared conditions to those.during the "early days of the depression".—(News-Herald, June 6, 1947). HOW TRUE Human**- relations with their employees-are badly needed in-industry. Alvin E. DoadJ^j**si4ejiita. American, Management Associ*- ation, told the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, Quebec Division. . . • - "Why should an employee be interested in his company's success if the company is not interested in the employee?" Dodd asked. The extent of management's failure in this matter, he said is reflected in research which showed that fifty per cent of North America's industrial wgrlters "are dissatisfied with !their work. .•■ , • .' BUILD STRONG UNIONS FOR SOCIAL iOJRlTY RESOLUTIONS ON LABOR BILL 3* PROVOKE BITTER DEBATE IN TLC Executive Council Resolution Endorsed—99 to 47 Resolutions' submitted by the Machinists- and Street Railway- men's Unions and a substitute presented by.the Executive, precipitated a hot debate at last Tuesday's Council meeting. After one and a half hours of hot debate, the Executive's substitute motion, which called for full support to "any affiliated union being discriminated against or attacked under the ICA Act 1947" and also pledged the coun- cil-to take all necessary steps to have the Act amended, passed by ■a vote of 99 to 47. _* AThe Machinits' resolution called for a committee to meet with the CCL to fight against "unjust and vicious measures under this Act". A similar resolution from the Street- railwaynYen's Local added a rider that Council officers had praised the legislation and were "opposed to the fight against it." Secretary Gervin reviewed the Bteps taken by the Council to have the Bill amended while it was under' discussion in the legislature. He pointed out that strenuous objections had been made to the strike, penalty, and other obnoxious clauses in accordance with Council instructions. Delegate Gordon Smith appealed for "a united front" with the CCL. Brother Stewart "couldn't see anything good in the Bill", but did not, wish to speak against the substitute motion as it "is a step in the right direction, but only a step". Delegate Rigby pleaded for all necessary support for any T. U. organization prosecuted under the Act. A number of delegates referred to newspaper reports in which it was alleged officers of the Council had spoken of the Act with approval. Delegate Alsbury painted out that unity" had been achieved in the submission of a joint brief by the AFL and CCL Councils but that efforts to continue joint efforts had broken down when a CCL committee had come previously instructed and without power to agree to other proposals. Delegate Ross of the Electrical Workers' declared that mistakes had been made on the Bill but if labor would consider some of its implications, "employers could be made to squirm". Referring to the pleas for unity with the CCL, Ross said "that a brief submitted by tne CCL, which some AFL locals had supported, contained a number of clauses that would wreck the craft unions." Vice-President Sam Smilie, in a' fighting speech, defended the actions of the officers. "If those men who broke away and started the CCL would come back then we'll have have unity," he said. "If some of the men who attack their officers, would support them, the, way they support the CCL, then we would go places." . Secretary Gervin reviewed the improvements in legislation won by labor since the early 1930*s. He outlined the procedure followed %tep by step on instructions from the Council both before and after the enactment of Hill 39; He pointed out that outside groups are constantly trying to tell the Council and its officers what its policies should be. "I take my instructions from this Council," he concluded, "I think that some of the delegates who are anxious for unity should bring some of that unity into this Council. That would go a long way to bring unity into this Province and this Dominion." B.C. Federation L.P.P. Leaders Attack A.F.L. A June emergency meeting of the B. C. Federation of Lahor (CCL) held in Vancouver dealt with a long resolution urging the necessity of initiating "sober plans to defeat the government, who in passing Bill No. 39 have demonstrated that they were representing only the reactionary . . . groups within the province, completely ignoring the wishes of the thousands of organized worker .. . ~ "This being true, can we as a Federation continue to be neutral and draw a line between the Trade Union and political front?" A 17-man committee was set up to ' -. '. , ., _ In spite of this doublecrosa the honest members of the AFL are just as much concerned as the membership of the CCL . . . ." At the conclusion of his diatribe against the AFL, he made an appeal for the unity of all trade union groups. Opposed to LPP Leaders Delegate Art McLeod of the United Auto Workers threw a monkey wrench into the discussion by suggesting that unity could best Be achieved by getting rid of LPP leaders. * He pointed out that the Communist Party had gone underground a few years ago, and the LPP came up in its place. . "Today, after, the spy trials back east, the! fact is that the LPP has not a Chinaman's chance of electing a candidate in B. -C," he declared, "so if" we are going to have a people's party, and if the heads of the LPP are going to be the heads of the new People's Party, the public knows it. They represent communism." He proposed that "the men and women here today" repudiate their political affiliations and get down and work for a Workers' Party and then "perhaps we would get somewhere". "'■ He added that "at the same time a lot of locals are going to believe that this resolution is going Ho be used to further (LPP Leaders),, political ambitions." work out a program and policy "which can rally the people to defeat the Government on Bill No. 39". The lengthy discussion on the resolution took on a decided political tinge. At one stage, BCFL president O'Brifen felt it necessary to caution the delegates by declaring. "This is not a political convention. It is a trade union convention." Then disregarding his own remarks, he went one to urge the convention to work to remove from office the Coalition Government and in their place elect a party "representing the greatest number of people in this province". The aims and wording of the resolution are almost identical with the policies of the LPP, which was well represented at the convention. A poll of the officers, speakers, and delegates would sound almost like a roll call of LPP leaders. The Language of Unity? Harold Pritchert, LPP leader of the IWA, launched a bitter attack on the Government; and then turned to the AFL leadership. He .stated that most of the proposals of labor prior to the passing of Bill 39, were presented by the offcials of the AFL. He admitted that these proposals would benefit the entire labor movement, if enacted. He then attacked the AFL by stating, "That some officials have since deserted and have even gone further by stating that Bill No. 39 is'not too bad." A. F. of L. Council Raps "Sweated Labo&" In Canada Organized. Labor Fears Strike-Breaking Tactics — Trades and Labor Council Protests Imports for Liberal M.P.'s Textile Mill Internationa] Affairs SURRENDER OF SOVEREIGNTY. Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Un7 der-Seeretary of State for External Affairs, speaking at Syracuse University said: "We are faced with the seemingly impossible task of reconciling the absolute sovereignty of the State with the demands of inter-dependence in the community "bt nations." He added that the reconciliation was to be found in "a voluntary surrender of some measure of sovereignty to a world authority in thsr interest of peace and security." ALBERT EINSTEIN. Every place on earth is vulnerable to atom bombs. World Government is the only way to' make! sure, of peace. The United Nations Organization is not World Government because its' decisions are not binding on member nations. .-, Sharp protests.against the importation of "sweated labor" were voiced at the Vancouver and New Westminster District Trades and Labor (AFL) Council when delegates debated a resolution scoring the federal government's order in council which permitted .Lurlgcr Dionne, 1.1.1'., to import 100 Polish girls for his Quebec textile mill. The most contentious issue currently facing Canadian labor was brought to the local Trades and U»bor Council by a resolution from the Vancouver Home Service Employees' Union. [introducing her union's prfttost, Mrs. Hallett told the council that '.h> ■■ girls are being exploited and Ua)ed to lower industrial and domes- tit wage scales. These girls are under contract for two years, at wages of 30 cents an hour and less. Tfsiey cannot marry during-the life of t|e contract. Mrs. Hallett forecast worse conditions than during the depression years if this immigration policy is allowed to continue. Quebec Sounding Board "All our jobs wi)l be at stake if they bring down-and-out immigrants in under- the contract system," asserted Sam Shearer, Railway Carman. He believed that Quebec would be used as a "sounding board" for strike-breaking tactics. He urged more positive action than mere passage of the resolution. As a result of the debate, protests in the "strongest possible terms" will be sent to Prime Minister King, Labor Minister Mitchell, all British Columbia members of Parliament and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada wilt be asked to initiate a nation-wide campaign. Huge Rally New York City. — One of the greatest mass demonstrations ever staged by organized labor—25,000 American workers packed into Madison Square Garden here—joined in a tumultuous condemnation of the Taft-Hartley slave-labor bill, an urgent appeal to President Truman to veto the measure and demands upon their Senators' and Representatives to sustain the veto. ' Heading an impressive list of labor and civic leaders who addressed the vast audience, A.F.L. President William Green told the meeting: "Your message to President Truman is: ' " 'Veto the slave labor bill!'" U. S. Professor Lauds N. Z. Social Security Wellington, N. Z.—New Zealand's "New Deal'" was more thorough than America's because' N. Z. had an historic background of socialism without doctrine, and because for many years the N. Z. Labor party had prepared for its program of social reform. So said Dr. Dean E. McHenry, associate professor of political science. University of California at Los Angeles, after seven months in N. Z. studying achievements of its Labor government. New Zealand's "N Deal" was thorough, he said, because N, /... like Australia, had .never bean afraid of state intervention in aid of its citizens. The American Democrats, working under the pressure of events, had produced their "New Deal" without a great deal of forethought. "The political wind is dead against state enterprise in America," Dr. McHenry said. In his opinion one of New Zealand's greatest achievements is its health services under the social security scheme. Labor Chiefs Hit Duplessis'Actions OTTAWA.—Scorching condemnation of the outrageous tactics of the Quebec Duplessis government and. the Quebec Provincial Police, in the strike of the wretchedly underpaid textile workers at Lachute, Que., is made by the presidents of two big labor organizations. In a statement issued at Ottawa, President Percy R, Bertgough, of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, protests the "outrageously hostile" attitude of the Quebec Premier and Attorney General, Maurice- Duplessis. The arrest and holding without bail of union leaders is "astounding in this age and country," Bengough declares. T.L.C. INVESTIGATED. The Executive Council of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada has investigated the.causes and effects of the strike at Ayers, Limited, plant and the mill of Dominion Shuttle, a subsidiary of Ayers at Lachute, near Montreal, Bengough said. ' . Claims have been made, he stated, that the strike is illegal, in that thea. union did not continue in seeking a solution of the dispute-by the process of negotiation. "The evidence is that the company was the first to express opposition to following such procedure.. It refused to participate in discussing the need of an upward revision in the rates of pay. QUEBEC GOVERNMENT "HOSTILE." "Unquestionably the provincial government, as represented by its Attorney-General (Premier Duplessis), entered into the labor dispute extremely biased in favor of the company and outrageously hostile to the employes seeking improvements in their terribly low wages. ' ~ "The extreme to which the At- torney-General of Quebec has gone in this dispute in interfering with the fundamental rights end freedoms of the employes in Lachute is astounding in this age and country. LEADERS ARRESTED. 'Under the guise of combating Communism, the workers in Lachute, not by any means Communists, have been subjected to intimidation by the Provincial Police. , 'The manner in which the representatives tt the Textile Union-have been arrested and held without bail cannot possibly be condoned and must be deplored. • in the interests- of industrial peace and harmony and the 'good . name of Quebec, the Trades and ; Labor Congress of Canada sincerely hopes that sanity will prevail and that a common sense approach will be made in reaching an adjustment in this strike of employes at Lachute by the process of peaceful and friendly .negotiation at the earliest possible moment." Butcher-Shop Operation The Taft-Hartley Bill — what it does: - - 1. It prohibits the closed shop and so restricts all other forms of union security as in effect to impose the open shop. 2. It places countless new obstacles in the way of union organization and collective bargaining,, and gives employers many new devices to evade their obligations. 3. It denies workers the right to elect union officers of their own choosing, by providing that any union with any officer against whom employers can direct the "red smear" shall be denied certification for bargaining purposes. 4. It promotes company unionism, by giving the employers' stooge outfits a place on the ballot and protecting them against disestablishment by the N.L.R.B. SPENCER'S •v "PARTMENT STORE \ is on the V / PATRCVIZE LIST WE DO VANCOUVER, NV*V WESTMIIW -^ND DISTRICT TRADES and LABOR CO .Hi Issued by Retail Clerks' Union, Local 279 % ,^*^ms^€si)siipss^l_SfiipE iPjgeTwo^ _?JAE_L A BO R__S TAXES M AN June, 1947 For GOODNESS Salsa ... • DAD'S Original .Oatmeal Cookies The Moat Delicious Health Biscuit . r_ Ever Made When sending parcels overseas don't forget to include some Dad's Cookies. They will be greatly appreciated over there I \ .;.* . DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B. C.) LIMITED 468 Kingsway, Vancouver, B. Ca BALMORAL HOTEL Say. "MEET MEAT THE BALMORAL" ■martlr sss<MWna—comfortalilj fornlnb.il . . . yat ratalnlnr a ipbaar tut welcome place to , ttt. - «nlet, *IrnIO.kJ _tmo»ph..r I makes It a 1 brier or msat yoar frfeaaU. Manacers: M1KB KOSK1 BOB PATTBR80N "JOHNNT" afcKBNZIB Phon.i PAolflo 31«S 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVER. B.C RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Manufacturers of Leader Sawdust Burner. It. D. McDougall, Prop. Patterns and Models of Every Description Gearing Propellers All work guaranteed Estimates Given 114. West Fifth Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Phone: PAc. 96S1—Res., KErr. 3240-L RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Lumber Kings Get Their Reward By DONALD C. MacDONALD. ■ You can't lose—if 'you're a big lumber operator. An analysis of recent orders by the Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Reconstruction and Supply, reveals that when the export quotas of lumber companies on the B. C. coaBtal area were cut a mere 5 per cent, the lumber companies were1 compensated eight times over by increases on the domestic market. So the converse becomes equally true; you can't win — if you're a Canadian consumer, particularly a house-builder. On April 30, the export quotas for tho B. C. coastal timber area were reduced from 65 per cent to 60 per" cent. That is under the new quotas, the domestic market would get $0 per cent of their production. To compensate the operators for this small exclusion from the high priced export market, the Government has. raised the price within Canada more than 40 per cent. Now, if you'U come with me for little excursion into . percentages we'll discover exactly what that means. . .-<■', , •' WHAT IT MEANS. First, the losses because of reduced export quotas. A comparison of the new domestic prices for the B. C. coastal area with the prices prevailing abroad, indicate that when the companies are forced to sell in Canada they receive about 37 Vi per cent less than in Britain, and about 40 per cent less than in the United States. (These figures are an average of the prices which of course vary for the different types of lumber.) Let us assume, then, that the domestic price is 40 per cent below export prices. But this loss is sustained on only 5 per cent of their production (the export quota being reduced from ,65 per cent to 60 per cent). In other words, they lose 40 per cent on price for 5 per cent of their production, equivalent to 2 per cent income loss on their whole production. TIGHT TIMES MORE. To compensate for thaj, however, the companies have been given a 40 per cent price boost on the 40 per cent of their production which they must market in Canada, equivalent to 16 per cent increaae on their whole production. ' Loss is 2 per cent. Compensation is 16 per cent. Eight times over. Incidentally, here are some of the new domestic prices: Westminster Street Railwaymen's Progress Robert Cormack, Business Agent' for Local No. 134, the New Westminster branch of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, has been a member of that local since 1912. When he took over the office of Business Agent in 1938, the local had 267 members, today it has 520. Along with this growth has also come wage increases and better working conditions for members. Negotiations are carried on with the B.C. Electric Railway Co., in conjunction with the Vancouver Local No. 101 and with Victoria Local No. 109*. At the present time negotiations are being carried on for a wage increase of 20c across the board and other adjustments. . - Cormack Ford Boosts Assets Another $3 Million Although Ford of Canada reported a small loss of $239,448 for 1946, profits were so satisfactory in the early portion of this year that they were'able to pay two 25c dividends to shareholders, representing an outlay of more than $800,000. Dividends never tell the true story of Ford of Canada, however, since profits have been continuously ploughed back into the business. Despite .the reported loss in 1946, assets jumped from $98,8.09,325 to $96,- 688,628, a gain of nearly $3,000,000. All this, on an original investment of no more than $6,125,000. 1" x 4" vertical grain fir or hemlock flooring, formerly $55 per M, wifl now sell for $80 per M; 2" x 4" fir or hemlock, 16' length No. 1 Common, formerly $28 per M, will now sell for $40; 1" boards or shiplap No. 1 Cojn- mon, will rise from $26 per M to $38 per M; Base timbers, 6" to 12" x 12", are up from $27 to 189 ner M. Union Labels, Shop Cards, Service Buttons Hugo Ernest, General President Hotel, and Restaurant Employees' Int'l Alliance and Bartenders Int'l League so.f America. "When you find a Union Label on a garment, a box of cigars, or a loaf of,bread, you can be sure that not one of them ' was made in a sweatshop; that no children were . compelled to sort the tobacco in the. hours of the night intended for healthful and required sleep. "In discriminating between union- made and non-union-made products, not only will you be able to raise your own standards of living, but you wil|. be helping your fellow workers. The Union Label is the best guarantee that the product is not made by child labor. It is an assurance that fathers and mothers earn enough, to support their children, educate them, and also allow them to enjoy fresh air and sunshine instead of slaving in sweatshops. It Is insurance for healthy and useful citizens. - - ' "When you demands union-made goods and union services you help yourself, you help your fellowman, and you help the advancement of civilization to higher standards and accomplishments. —**-.— "American Federation of Labor members in the United States and Canada are urged to be sure that they do not spend good union-earned money with unfair employers who are in competition with legitimate American unionized firms. It is our duty as union members to endeavor to divert our union money away from unfair shops and direct it into union establishments or fair channels, and to spend it with those who are friendly to our movement and contribute to the good of America by paying living wages." Grosvenor Hotel Loses Appeal to Labor Board The Wartime Labor Relations Board (National) has dismissed the appeal of Grosvenor Hotel Limited, Vancouver, from a decision of the British- Columbia Board certifying bargaining representatives selected by Local 244, Building Service Employees Union, to act for the employees of the company. The decision followed consideration of the written submissions of the parties. THERE'S A LEADER IN EVERY LINE... BRIGHTON KING-Bred Columbia at the Brighton Stock Farm of Harry Homan and Sons on Lulu Island, this dark brown gelding, bom in 1941, by Gallator out of Modem Maid, won the Canadian Championship at Vancouver's Hastings Park track in 1946. Top money winner of B.C. racing for the season. ' Brighton king's Colon: Yellow, black sash, yellow caps. A prize-winning horse It ■ product of time; tht endless attention of experts/ limitless car* . . . there's t parallel in the production of U.D.L. Jockey Cap, where Ions experience and tested skills combine with scrupulous agin, in charred oak barrels to bring this finest Rye Whisky to its mellow maturity. ,-it«CtW ACS* |f tint Bed OAK BAR*-lS UNITED DISTILLERS LIMITED VANCOUVER AND GRIMSBY, CANADA JC-47-2 DRUGS REXALL The Owl Drug Co. Ltd. fA CAJSafDIAN COM-aTaNT) OWNED aVND OPERATED BT A' VANCOUVER CITIZEN _s= ALWAYS READY TO SERVE LABOR TOBACCO CANtfY INVERMAY HOTEL •828 WEST BsASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. f Always a Good Placet ...'... ./ NOW BETTER THAN EVER! OLD FRIENDS, PLEASE NOTE: K. CAMPBELL. K J. CAMPBELL -and C. C. CAMPBELL, Proprietors "30" COFFEE SHOP _v^t USB _aTaVAarn__~ BTEIET DsUcloos Homas-cooatsca Poods MrvaA ia ss frlwsaUy homt-Ulte naauuuc We make our own. Ret, Cakes, Muffins, etc. MRS. J. 8. CURRIE. Manageress II. HAMPER, Proprietor Q0__1TT — COURTESY — OT.- j WT.TW-M LION'S GATE PURE FOODS ■;■_, PETER PIPER PICKLES Phone HAstings 1661 1304 NAPIER STREET VANCOUVER, B. C RELISH — VINEGAR s»_ BERG CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. _ Contractors and Builders **^ J. T. BERO. Prealotht — Residence Phone: HAstings 2737 i> "■"*.-' '' ' Room 10, 441Seymour St., Vancouver Phone: MA. 1559 BUTCHER AND PACKING HOUSE SERVICE^ EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLETE BUTCHER SHOPS Pacific Saw Filers 8C Butcher Supply *- — J. Ciaffone, Manager. 550 East Hasting* Street, Vancouver, 11. C. Phone: HAstings 37»S THE CASABLANCA CAFE "EATS THAT SATISFY" Ray Simpson and Bill Henning ~ 844 West Pender Street Vancouver, B. C. 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! This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. CASH FOR YOUR EMPTY BEER BOTTLES You will receive 25c per dozen for empty beer bottles when you deliver them to any of the following addresses listed below: 1445 POWELL STREET 1040 HAMILTON STREET 2700 YEW STREET 755 HOMER STREET '—- 115 EAST SECOND AVENUE 6 EAST SECOND AVENUE 608 MAIN STREET &br#ot\?*o&*a3gf' ;'V#sst«sr«»f|»«i****«sfe - iJBBp? '-"■■"'"* ■■ ^!ii%ttc;i~3^^ Jtine, 1947' THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three "Build British Columbia Payrolls" British Columbia's Favorite Irradiated Pacific Milk may be hard to locate on your grocer's shelves these days-but keep looking arid asking for Pacific Milk, you will be well rewarded. Pacific Milk "Irradiated a-d Vacuum Packed" Flume! ~Alr. 8773 Thompson 8C Company Warm Air Heatlnr General Sheet Metal Work Furnaces rand Repairs TOT last Broadway Vancouver, B.C. Enefer Cartage Co. Ltd. LUMBER HAULERS AND OEHEBAI. 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SsUatfs. IM BaeUn/fa Wsst Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. S3 EAST HASn-OS STBEBT PLOR8MEIM — SLATER Hen's and Youth's Model Boot Shop areata tor strides* nmon-mad. Sheas. 8hoes tor tlie whoWftamlly on OUR EAST CRKDlT PLAN ^ Model Boot Shop ST WBST HABTIHOS Buy UNION UNIONI you get paid THOS. H. CLARK FAINTING- CONTBACTOB PAINTING. DECORATING AND SPRAYING ! Work Guaranteed - Phone: A_ma 1613 3958 WEST EIGHTEENTH AVB. J. GLOVER PAINTING CONTBACTOB Estimates Furnished on All Painting Jobs 461S B0PEBT ST., VANCOUVER Phone: DExter 077a Room For Improvement! Two and one-half million Canadians paid income tax in 1946. Of that number, 18,000 had. incomes of over $10,000 and 109 of over $100,000. The great bulk of income taxpayers, 2,300,000, paid on incomes of less than $3000. The largest group of all, 1,314,000, were between $1000 and $2000. The total number with incomes under $2000 was 1,757,000. Taking into consideration that the Minister of Finance announced in parliament that half of all earning Canadians paid no income tax because they had incomes below the exemption amounts, it is seen that 3,257,000 workers, - farmers and others in Canada have incomes below the $20Q0 mark, most of them getting less than the $1500 which is the exemption for married men, or $7,50, the exemption" for single persons. There is plenty of room for improvement in Canadian standards of living. A Fable For the Feeble-Minded You hear it continually proclaimed that the only way for the workers to increase their pay is to increase production. The propagandists repeat, it on the principle that anything heard a thousand times is bound to be true. But is it? In the course of his testimony before a Congressional Committee in' Washington, Van A. Bittner, vice- president of the Steelworkers' Union, had something to say about this notion. Said Mr. Van Bittner: "Between 1924 and 1929 profits rose from four to seven billion dollars; productivity increased 35 per cent; but the wages of the average industrial worker increased only one- half cent per hour each year." The moral Mr. Van Bittner pointed out isn't a very happy one: "In 1929 this country wound up in the biggest depression in its history up to that date." Today labor's productivity is far greater than in 1929; yet wages are five per cent below the cost of living, while profits are at least 35 per cent over last year's figures for the U.S.A. Presumably, if American labor became 100 per cent more productive their average wage might go up another half-cent per hour per year. That is, provided a more decisive bust-up than in 1929 doesn't overtake a screwball economy first. P.S.—We're not overlooking the fact that the same type of economy operates in Canada, and that Mackenzie King is proud of it. Are Public Opinion Polls ^ Fair to Organized Labor? SUBJECT MATTER BIASED? First is the question.of bias in the choice of subject-matter. This can be quickly and decisively dealt with. The simple' outstanding fact is that the poll questions concentrate heavily on negative and vulnerable aspects of organized labor. The most common themes have to do with what is wrong with unions, what restrictive measures are required, what the public thinks about wartime strikes, make-work rules, undemocratic union practices, and similar points with respect to which labor is under' attack. By contrast ,the essential functions and positive accomplishments of unions in protecting and improving the lot of working people are only rarely mentioned. Of the 155 questions examined, only eight deal with positive or favorable features of unionism; 66 are neutral or doubtful; and 81 are concerned with union faults, activities the public condemns, or proposed restrictions upon unions • - Our second question asks whether the wording of tbe poll questions is satisfactory. The' answer is that four disturbing types of bias or misleading influence manifest themselves. With scarcely an exception, tbey operate in a direction unfavorable to labor. More than half of all the questions examined are open to criticism in one or more of these four ways: In summary, the facts regarding question bias are these: Of the eh tire (55 questions studied, only four appear to have a pro-labor bias; "80 to 90 are slanted in an anti-labor direction; the remaining 60 to 70 are fair and.balanced The third aspect of the polls to be considered has to do with the interpretation and reporting of TesTilts7~A" few illustrations will indicate that there ate some serious slips in this respect And once again, the errors Unions Active in 'Theatre Under Stars' One hundred per cent union operation is the policy of Vancouver's famous civic-owned outdoor show, the Theatre Under the Stars. When interviewed to.day, Gordon Hilker, executive producer for the Board of Park Commissioners, ran through the surprising number of unions involved in producing these delightful musical entertainments. The American: Federation of Musicians is represented by some twenty- five orchestral .players, plus four musical directors, who have recently been included in the union. All work on the stage in carpenter, property and electrical departments is done by members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Electrical installations, switchboard connections, etc., are made by the International Brotherhood of Electricians. Players imported from the United States are members of Actors Equity Association, the legitimate stage performers union, and while there is no union for performers in Canada, the Equity members work with the Canadian performers under an agreement approved by Actors Equity of New York. Scenic designs and blueprints for the settings are prepared by Adrian Awan and associates of Hollywood, which is a union house, and all their material bears the stamp of the United Scenic Artists. Scenic painters in Vancouver, are members of the Sign Writers Division of the Painters Union. The elaborate souvenir programs and all other printing for Theatre Under the Stars is done exclusively in Union shops. Approximately $55,000, which represents about 60 per cent of the total Theatre Under the Stars budget, is dispersed for local payrolls. run consistently in a direction unfavorable to labor. A first example is that of the Gallup poll in 1942, which reported a two-to-one vote of disapproval of "the Government's policy with regard to labor union regulations"—a definite black eye for New Deal labor policy. The sub-headline of the re lease announces: "Public Disapproves Government Policy Toward Labor Unions." But the percentages are not at all what they appear to be and the headlined conclusion is entirely unjustified. The percentages are not based on. the whole population sample. Instead; they represent the views of a specially selected group of people who had already declared themselves concerned about the need for greater regulation of unions.. Few readers can have failed to be misled by this report. Putting together all the evidence, one cannot escape the conclusion that the labor poll material is biased. It contains many varieties of bias, but they all point in the same direction. They are not random errors. Search as' one will, he can discover scarcely any. instances of pro-labor loading. In the choice of topics, in the wording of questions, and in the reporting of results, unionism fails to receive balanced and impartial treatment. The polls, taken- as a whole, Sre clearly not fair to organized labor..... In addition, there can be no question that we urgently need research centers devoted to thorough-going, continuing attitude studies in the labor relations-field;—under^the-Tela- tively non-partisan auspices of leading universities and perhaps of Government. Happily, important moves are beginning along these lines in several universities. TESTED ABILITY NEW JERSEY TEACHEHS GIVEN PAY INCREASES Trenton, N. J.—Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll has signed a bill providing a $1800 minimum salary for teachers in this State. The low had been $1500. The teachers had sojught a minimum of $2500, and that amount was contained in the bill of Assemblywoman Mattie S. Doremus, fo Passaic County. After a public hearing and numerous legislative caucuses, the amount was pared to $1800 on the ground-there was insufficient revenue to meet the added cost. 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Page Four -■■ ■-.: ■:-,* : '.": ■ ■:.:. ■' - .;■ • ■■< ■ THE LABOR STATESMAN June, 1947 THE LABOR STATESMAN Published third Thursday in each month at Labor Headquarters, . Vancouver, B. C>, . Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa..' Owned-by the Vancouver, New-Westminster, and District Trades " ' ,., and Labor Council ' .*''•' TOM ALSBURY, Editor ) H. W. WATTS, Manager Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions,. 4c per member per .month Phone: PAcific 2942 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June, 1947 Our Critics The Vancouver and District Trades Council has been severely criticised for its attitude toward the present Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. '. . ■ • *. Much of thisa-criticisni emanates from leading members.of the Labor-Progressive 8Party who ho|d office in certain communist- dominated unions. It is well-kndwn that Communist Party tactics demand that its members and fellow-travellers in the unions must at all times strive" to discredit trade-.iim'on leaders who ai*e not of their political "faith," and who expose their tagti Recently, Secretary Gervin has been called upon to state publicly . the attitude.of this Council toward the new Labor Act. He has, In consequence, been the target for attack. The usual tactic is first, to frlisqubte and distort bis statements, and then launch into a bitter personal attack. ' ' ' . Our Secretary has indulged neither in wholesale condemnation or in all-out endqrsation of the new Act. He has simply stated the official position of this Council, which li,as recognized that the Act includes some of the legislation asked for by labor; as well as reactionary clause's demanded by employers. In these circumstances, this Council declares the intelligent course to pursue is retain clauses beneficial to labor, to fight for the removal, of the reactionary sections, and for the inclusion of amendments acceptable to the labor movement. X Democracy — Nol> Tolerance! By PERCY R. BENGOUGH, ' .• President, Th.e Trades and Labour Congress of Canada. Canadian workers.have achieved their present.standard of living, their rights to bargain collectively, and their'rights to decent treatment through a common effort and unified struggle that lasted for more than half a century. They accomplished all this because there was unity in the ranks of labour, a unity that sprung from mutual appreciation,'from a common understanding. Now that labour has won these benefits, sinister forces are, at work to split, the house of labour. Their aim is to destroy labour's hard-won gains and bring back those "good old days" of the "open" labour market with all its frightful implications; 'ljhese forces are using the old methods so successfully employed by the .fascists: divide the house of labour, create distrust among the working people, sti rup racial and religious antagonism. They know, that racial ami religious hatred will create division in the ranks of organized labou'r and.thus weaken labour's position. Organized workers must, therefore, be ever on the alert against those who advocate,racial dud religious prejudices. Labour must realize that every attempt to stir up racial and religious differences is a danger to the trade union movement and Canada's future as a free and democratic country. Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 52S-S31 BEATTY STREET Aeronautical (LA. It) Lodge No. 766— Financial Secretary. Tom Price,' 4558 Henry Street; FAirmont 3824-M. Anto Workers" Union, Lodge No. 18S7, 1. A. of M.—..Business Agent, - Len K. Butler, office, 531 Beatty St, phone PA. 2135 Bakery Salesmen, Loeal 1*9. I. B. T. C and H.—Buslneaa Agent. E. Holmes. Sll Beatty Street; PAclflc 6646. Bakers' Onion. Local 468—Buslneaa Annt. Melvln Kemmis, 16 East Hastings St.; Phone PAclflc 4741. —aundry Workara, No. SS! — Business Agent, J. H. lrvina,-. ttl Beatty SL: Phone PAclflc 4648. era, No. 44 — Secretary, A Lithograph.... „, RoBoloVJt74 W. 16th. Machinists, Local 69:—Buslneaa Agent. K. osman. 631 Beatty Street; Phone PAclflc 3416. Machinist-, Local 182 — Secrelary, J. Uygate. 1784 E. Seventh; HA. 6760-Y. ■ — International Journeymen of America. Local 110 — Secretary, C. E Herrett. 611 Beatty St.; PAolflc 4924 Let's Do Public Business In Public All publicly elected bodies would do well td act on the principle that the best interests of the citizens who elect them are best served by conducting public business in public. This is by no means a new proposition. On the international level, it was set forth some-thirty years ago in the famous 44 points of the late President Woodrow Wilson, the'first of which reads: "Open covenants, openly arrived at-; after which diplomacy shall proceed always ... in the public view." Not more than a week or two ago, British Eoreign Secretary Bevin was scathing in his denunciation of secret negotiations', and came out boldly for a "cards-on-the-tablc" policy in international affairs; • •'• - Within the past few we«ks\ the Halifax press has been critical of their City Council and School Board for excluding the press and public from discussions of public interest and have declared editor- .ially that "the question is a vital oijc regardless of how small or local the issue may be, for the continuance of bur democracy way of life depends upon a well-informed public." - In this connection, it is interesting to note that only recently have meetings df the Vancouver Poark Board Committees been thrown open to the .press,-at the insistence of labor men on the Board. This serves to emphasize the importance of Labor representation on. elective public bodies. • ■ • - * ■ Our local elective bodies have a good deal to learn in the matter of the value of taking the public into their .confidence. It is of advantage to those in positions of public responsibility to have the support of an alert, well-informed.public for their polisies. In order to give intelligent support, tlie people must.know not only what the policies are but also how and why the policies were arrived at. ' Labor's Share in Income Falls While Profits Rise "Figures^ dealing with the current distribution of the national- income idicate a iluwiiwardtTentl in labor's share, ard profits In the aggregate aTe breaking all records," Secretary of Labor h.' B. Schwellenbach told the National Textile Seminar at Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. He was comment*- ing on legislative proposals offered as a means of curbing labor and "restoring equlity" at the bargaining table. Olie of the proposals Secretary Schwellenbach discussed was the one to prevent industry-wide bargaining, which had brought more stable industrial relations to the textile industry. He said the purpose of restrictions on the scope of bargaining is two-fold: First, to prevent widespread shutdowns caused by labor-management disputes, and, second, to cut down the economic power of unions at the bargaining table. Discussing proposals which are aimed at the closed shop and kindred forms of union security, he said, "Union contracts are bread and butter contracts and union security is an essential ingredient. Restrictions on union security would be an open invitation to widespread industrial strife " We Did the Impossible Figures have just been released in Ottawa showing that the total cost rt in the war to March 31st, 1947, was $2.0,255,865,996— over-tw •The highest expenditure of any year was 1943-44, when the" total spent for wat was $4,587,023,094. In two other years the spending exceeded four billion dollars. It is to be hoped, that Canadians will not forget these figures. In 1936, cabinet minister, spokesman for the government of the day—Mr. Mackenzie King's government—made the statement that the expenditure of $300,000,000 a year to put the unemployed to work producing the things they and the country needed, would be beyond the powers of a nation with a population ..of only twelve million people! Three years later, we were on the way to an expenditure of fifteen times that much —for war alone. The' war expenditure proved that the ability of a nation to do anything is limited only by the value of its material and human resources. Let's not forget that when they tell us a year or two from now that it is impossible, to provide employment and a decent standard 'of living for Canadians. Profits The "pattern" wage increase of 15 per cent that has been won by .some workers seems pretty small in comparison to the way tse wages of capi For example, the New York Stock Exchange discloses that the first quarter profits of 322 companies whose common stock is listed gained an average of 112.9 per cerit oyer the same period last year. ... Only 13 of the companies .reported no profit- at tall. National Debt Stands At $13,069,000,000 Subject to adjustments before the final accounts are struck, Finance Minister Abbott estimated the gross liabilities of the Dominion of Canada as $17,660 millions. Against this are active assets of $4,590 millions. Estimated ntjt debt as of March 31 is therefore $13,069 million. This figure-is, of course, $352 million less than a year ago, as a result of this year's surplus. Seafarers' Int. Union/of North America —Secretary. H. Murphy, 144 W. Harat- Inge; PAc. 7(24. 7* Beverage Dispensers and Culinary Work- era, Ho. 836—Secrelary, T. Dougherty, 228 Sandrlngham Ave., New West- , minster. Beverasre Dispensers and CnUnary Workers, Ho. 83S —- Secretary, W. Morton, j 405 Campbell Ave., New Westminster Blacksmiths' Union, Loeal 1st — Secrelary, P. Mitchell, 1703.Dublin St., New Westminster,. BoUermakers Union, No. 359 — .Business Agent. James, Jlowjile.-aUl -Beatty-St-i. Phone TAUow 1047 Boilermakers' Union, Local 1»4—Secretary, P. Nicholson, 4S0 - 14th Ave., ' nter.-H.-C .— Bookbinders' Union, ing Secret St., North Loeal 10tv—Record- enl' ncouver. ing Secretary, T. Jenkins, 637 Seventh Vr Brewery Workara* Ualoa, Local 100 .- Seiretary. Ed. Sims. 6392 Clarendon St. Brick A OUy Workara Union, No. 116— Secretary. S. W. Jeltery, R. R. No. 1, Matsqul,-B. C Brioklayen' Union, Local No. 1—L. Padgett, Sr„ 3393 W. 31st; KErr. 5293-R. Building Laborers' Union, Local 602 — Secrelary, W. Baskerville, 531 Beatty St.; Phone MArlne 9041.. Machinist*' Lodge, No. 1*51 — Secretary. J. D. Wildy. 1606 Seventh Avenue. New Westminster. -— ^ 1 _ Mailers' Union, No. 70 -Secretary, R. G Taylor, 1176 Duchess Avenua. Waat Vancouver. B. C • , » MalnUnanoe-of-Way No. 167 (C. P. K.)- __ 2487 Kitchener Street. , Bmployeea, Local No. 167 (C. P. K.)—Secretary. S. Wray. Maintenance of Jl— Secretary, nth Avanaa Way Employees. Local R. Mcl-ure. ITS* Baat Marina Engineers, of; Council No 1 319 W National Aaaociation —Secretary, D. Heard. est Pender StreeL ■•? Dat Ossify Bmployees, Local 464 — Iiuslness Manaser. .Blrt Showier, 6S1 Beatty Bt ; PAelSe 111* Holders' Union, Local 281 — J. Smith, 1012 Queens Ave, Ne minster, B. C. Motion Picture Projectionists. Local 348, BuBlnesa Manager, J. R, Fouler: Secretary. O. E. Thrift, P. O. Box 346. Phone MArlne 1041. Mturteiana* Union, Local 14S — Baali Manaser. K. A. Jemleaon. Suite fll - 65S Granville St.; - II. Phone PAolflc 7(41 Office Employees' Int. Union Looal Ho. IS—Secretary, O. E. Vaughan, 3042 E. 17th Avenue. Painters, Local 111—Bualneaa Mi J. Eavea, til Beatty SL; MAr. Res.: 11 Ant. 6I7I-L. Winston Churchill, in 1927: "If I were an Italian, I'd wear the black shirt." Bnlldlng Laborers' Union (New West; minster) No. 1070 — Secretary, T. Porter, 1505 Sixth St.; phone N.W. 3179-R. Building Material and Pnel Truck Drivers' Union, Local 213—Business Agent, H. Bonnell. 531 Beatty St., Phone PAclflc 7884. Building Serviee Bmployees, Local 344— BuNlncss Agent, A. J. Wyhrew, 434 W Pender St.; Phone PA. 8606. 'sliding- Trades ' Council H. VT. Watts. 511 Beattl PAclflc 2942. Secretary, Beatty SL; Phone Canadian Seamen's Union (T. &L. C. C.) —Secretary. J M. Smith, 63 Powell St.: Phone MArlne 4947. Statistics Prove New Zealand Is a Good Place To Live By MAURICE KITCHING. C.P.A. Correspondent. Wellington, N. Z.—Though statistics usually make dull reading. New Zealand's 1946 figures relating to births, deaths, marriages and immigration tell a story of real interest. Its highlights are that last year N. Z. had: A record number of live births; A record number of marriages, promising an even greater total of births this year; A lower death rate than the previous year; The lowest infant mortality ever recorded by any country irt any year; More immigrants than in any year since 1927. . _ Every one Of these achievements was a reflection of the greatest-good- for-the-greatest-number policy of the Labor government, which has guided New Zealand since 1935. RISING BIRTH RATE. The rising birth rate shows that people in N. Z. today think it is worth while to raise families. It was not always so.' For the 30 years' from 1905 until the election of the Labor government, the birth rate declined almost uninterruptedly from year to year. Since 1935 the trend has been upward. Not only war-delayed marriages caused the record total in 194(1, Statistics show that the proportion of first births to total births was not unduly high, which means that additions to existing families helped to make the record figure. ECNONOMIC SECURITY. The record marriage figure also provide proof of the economic security that belongs to the people of New Zealand today. Marriage figures do not soar to record "highs" when people fear the future. The all-time World record low infant mortality figure reached by N. Z. last year is evidehce of the intensification of the "save-the-babies" idea that has always been widely held in this dominion. . Few countries have the pre-natal and infant welfare services as easily available and as e....ci- ent as they are in. New Zealand today. Immigration figure improvpments indicate the belief in other countries that N. Z. is a good place to live in. New Zealand's fame as a socialistic democracy, • with no very rich and absolutely no poor, is 'spreading, and in the next few years might well see another absolute record set in immigration figures. Carpenters' Union (Cliilllwack), Wo. 1843 , —Secretary. J. R. JoTtnson, 368 Cedar St., Cultus Lake. B. C. Carpenters, Local 1251 (New Westminster!—Business Ascent, J. T. Bannan 1008-6th Ave:. New Westminster; Phone N.W. 513R. Oarpenters (Nanalmo), Local No. 627— Secretary, Wm. Little. 217 Irwin SL, Nanalmo. B. C. Carpenters' Union (OhlUlwaok), No. 1843 —Secretary, George Hanna, Chllllwack, B. C. Paint * Tarnish Workers Union, Local No. 1550 — Secreury, N. StewarL 1610 East llth Avenue. Paper Makers' International Brotherhood, Ocean Falla. Local No. 160—Hecretary. N. H. Common. Ocean Falla, II C Paper-makers' 1st. Brotherhood, Local No. 456 (New Weatminater) — Secretary, Walter Ross, 222 Ninth StreeL Vila Drivers and - Wooden Bsidgemen, Loral 2404—Buslneaa AgenL 8. Allen. 193 E. Hastings St.: PAclflc 4046. Plumbers and Steamfltters (Ballroad) — . Local 571 — Secretary, Lloyd Elrlck, 1870 Hard St., Vancouver. Photo Engravers, Local 64—R. H. Grantham. 3941 West llth Ave.; Phone ALma 0669-L. 'lasterers* Union, So. Ttt — Secretary. H. West. 8419 West 23rd; BAy. 6III-M. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Local 170— Business Agent, Frank Carlisle. 621 Heattle St.; Phone MArlne 881*. Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union, No. 69—Secretary, Tin.a S. Kiart. HIT East 18th: FRaa 0841-J". Carpenters' Union Vo. 513 (Port Alberni) " Box 908, ~ —Secreury, R. Stubb, Alberni. B. C. Port 0,ni;nt aWniehers (Section of Local Wo. 602)—Business Agent, W. J. Baskerville, Labor Headquarters, 631 Beatty St., Phone MArlne 9042. »*™»r Olty Hall Employeea, Local 59—Secre tary, T .IT. Lewis, 2157 West 18th Ave.: BAyview 4755L Olvlo Employees* 33—Secretary. »ey Ave., New Westminster. - Union (Bnrnaby), No. : I—Secretary. Doris Smith. 3633 Jer- Clvlo Employees' Union, Local 28—Business Agent. W. L. Ash, 631 Beatty St.:.Phone PA. 4548. . " ". bonunerolal Telegraphers' Unlonrc.Pit. JaJr"i?" No 1—Phyllis M. Cllne. Box 432. Vancouver. What Is a Labor Leader? , Best Way To Defeat Communism Communists at home and abroad made the most of May Day. In thia country they alarmed a good many people, and there was much talk about using "strong measures" against the "Reds." - LABOR doesn't think that is th* way to baat Communism. With all its weaknesses, democracy is better than anything the "Reds" can show anywhere on earth. That fact must be demonstrated. In every democracy, the condition of the masses must be steadily improved. There is grave danger we are not paying enough attention to the needs of the plain people in Western Europe and other lands, where we are in a position to exercise great influence. . Wa seem more anxious to keep kings on Usasr thrones and to preserve sntact vast landed estates than wo are sn establishing real democracy and assuring food and opportunity for the manes. If we persist in playing that foolish game, nothing on earth can stop the advance of Communism. But just give democracy a real chance and it will win.—Labor. Look Out! It's Catching! (From an ad published by an Ottawa paper in the interesta of Universal Tolerance)'-" This hate business is as'dangerous as disease.. It creeps into the mind and heart—it withers the soul. It can kill kindness, blind reason, inflame passion, annihilate love. It can turn man against man, creed against creed, race against race. Worst of all—it can shatter that priceless thing wa call Unity—without which there can be no peace on earth. i If hate we must, let us hate the things that foster hate: intolerance— narrowness—bigotry. Let ui remember that a man's religion, be it Catholic, Protestant or Jewish, is the little acre that yields him his belief in God—it's as much his own as the home he lives in. Let us remember it is not for us to judge men by color.race.creed or national origin—but by the character of their lives—alone. . ' , And if we realize that the antidotes for Hate, and Prejudice are Common- Sense and Understanding—then the billions we will spend to rebuild this world may not be spent in vain. By RUTH TAYLOR In the eyes of the public today, it isn't the rank and file of labor union members who personify labor.- It is the labor leaders. And the resopnsi- 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 faet on the ground. The wise labor leader never forgets that there should ba 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 is 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 mtual confidence and co-oparation. The real labor leader knows that the ability that has lifted him up as a leader means simply that his responsibilities are greater, and Ke 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 1 guide not a master, that his post is not for his own aggrandizement but for the betterment of those whom he serves. Increase For A. F. of L Coast Shipyards 150,000 Pacific Coast shipyard workers have just about completed their negotiations for a new-wage scale and better working conditions in the Master agreement, embracing shipyards in California, Oregon and Washington. The wage rates on ship repair work has been concluded with a~ 13c per hour increase for mechanics, which will bring the wage to $1.67 per hour. Helpers and Laborers will get an increase of lie to $1.37 per hour. On top of this is a vacation payment of 8.34 centa per hour, this amount to be paid for every hour worked instead of vacation pay being paid only if 1200 hours were worked per year. Shift differentials are 10 and 15 per cent .The results of the negotiations for a wage increase on new construction work had not been received before going -to press, but according to information culled from the California Labor Review, these were expected to be concluded any day. These negotiations were carried out by a large group of representatives from all the large locals in the three States, as well as a large group of representatives of shipbuilding firms. All the local unions affiliated with the Pacific Coast District Metal Trades Council .will take a vote on the proposals, which are retroactive to May 19th. It is anticipated that signatures to the agreement will be made by July 1st. Distillery Workers, laocal Mo. ea—Secretary. If. P. Rclman. 460 Campbell St : New Westminster, B.C. Dletiiiery Workers Union, No. 881 — (II.D.L.)—Secretary, Geo. Olty, 645 E 47th Ave., Vancouver, B. C. Union, Local 213 - 63« Electrical Workers1 .Business Manager, George Beatty St.; MArlne 0736. , Oee, Elevator Constructors, Local 32—Secretary, H. C. MacKechan, 2067 East 7th Embalmers, Undertakers ana Assistants Union, No. 2JS74 — Secretary, J. A Iiougnll. 1SJ4 Nicola Street; Phone MArlne 3661. ■nglneers, HoUting and Portable, Local 116—Business Agent. A. W. Scott, 163 E. Haatlnga, Ste. 214-16; MArlne 2849. ***}?****• "oaiool and Caretakers, Local 9«3 — Secretary, Len A. Roach, 2932 Sophia Street. Pulp and Sulphite (Converters) Union, Local 433—Secretary, C. T. Olllard, 3640 N'ootka St Pursers and Chief stewards. i...rai lit — Secretary, R. Stover, 1461 Woodland Drive. - .5 Railway Carmen (Port aiann). Lodge No. 280 — Secretary. A. M. Oiwley. R. R. No. 4. New Westminster. B C Hallway Carmen. Local No. 68—Secrelary, Samuel Shearer. 2256 West 22nd Avenue; phone KAy vl-w-r,!".;!-[,. Railway and Steamship Clerks, No. 630 —Secretary, T. W. Klrby, 3566 Triumph Street. Railway and Steamship Clerks, No. .626 —Secrelary. J. E. Fiugerald, 925 Bute Street, Suite 15. Refrigeration Workers; Ho. 616, U. A J. g. S. F.—Secretary, L. R Wlntle. 117 West 40th. Vancouver: FRaa 4409. -eia- Retall Grocery and rood Olerks. Local No. 1518 —■ Secretary, Geo. Johnston. 198 Went Hastings, Room 406; Phone PAclflc 6720. Retail Msat Employees, Local No. 222— Iiuslness Agent. J. O. Stinson, 191 Went Hastings St., Room 406; Phone PAclflc 6720. Retail Clerks, Local 279 — Sec.-Treaa. Geo. Jonnaton. Room 406, Provlnc* Bldg.. Phone PAc 6720. Secondary Bcnool Teachers' Association —Secretary, Wm. Alsbury, 2604 Baat Sixth: HAstings 2071-R Sheet Metal Workera, Local 2*0—Business. Manager, Jamea Walker, til Beatty St.: PAclllc 9032. 11 Sheet Metal Worker. (_a~srcaa) Loeal 814—Secretary.*!. H. Dobb, 111* 7th Avenue, New Westminster. nglneers' Union (Stationary Operating) Local No. 882 — Business Agent, J Henderson, 19.1 E. Hastings, Ste. 214- 16; MArlne 2849. rilm Eiohange Employees, Local 1171 — Secretary, C. W. Backus, 1928 East 40th Avenue. lira fighters Secretary, O. "McDonal. Ave„ New Westminster. «■" «-»»■>. atVoeal 343-- 8319 Sussex rire Fighters Maw Westminster. Local 266 — Secretary. D. Anderson 1123 Hamilton Street New Westminster. . rire rlghtera (Bnrnaby). Local 121 — SecreUry. Roderick MacRae. 150* Booth Ave., Naw Westminster, rioorlaysrs' Union, U. B. of C. J., No. 462—Buslnesa Agent. R. V. 1268 East 22nd; FAlr 6019-T. Loral Naah, a*unlt-re Workan' Ualoa, Loeal Mo. 8533—Secretary, D. D. Gray, 1412 12th Avenue, New Westminster. 01**i*** **_\ OI->*' *eorkat*'. Local No. If.?.7. ~. Secretary, E. Shirley, till Wllllngdon St., New Westmlnstsr. Oas Workers' Ualoa, Local No. 225— 8*.?™t,lr.J'- f-AKr. 3746 Tale Street, office phone: MArlne 2956. Ihlnglera' and Roofers' Union, No. 314* —Secretary. J. A. Glldermell Secretnry. Dunbar Si.; J. A. Glldermelster. 3843 ALma, 2639-L. ■ Shingle Weavers Union, Local No. 1861 Secretary, Alex Low. 1184 West 73rd Avenue, Vancouver, Phona LAngara 0985R. i ■ - Saaoreworkers' local of the U. r. A A. W. U^-Buslness Agent; Alex Gordon, 138 E. Cordova: Phone MAr. 4*46 Sign aad Pictorial Painters, Local 726— secretary, W. - 0296-T. Secretarj KErr. , W. O. Clarkson, 6601 Larch: Street Railway Employees, Division 101 —Business Agent, A. Jennings. Lee Building, 175 K Broad—ay: FAlr. 42(2. Street Ball way-en's Ualoa, sTa. IM — Buslneaa Agent. R Cormack. 11*4 Sperling Ave.. New Weetmlneter. B C. Drivers. Local 1(1 — Sacretary. £•. 92m*i- -"* Be-",* Street. Phone PAclflc 6646. Teachers' Association. New Westminster —Secretary. Hester L. Richards, 2026 Stride Ave.. New Westminster. B. C. Mo. 18— Secre- t Second Ave. Textile Workan' _i___ Ury, Betty Mellls, 78 A budget is a device to make you worry about spending your money before instead of afterwards. e e e e Total wage income of all workers dropped from 114.5 billion dollars in 1945 to {109 billion in 1946. Silcpce is the substitute I know Robert Pencbl'V only satisfactory of for brains.— Upon our leadership rests the decision as to the path we will take. Let us look well to our leaders! •low Workers' InUrnaUonal Ualoa, Local No. 104—Secretary. Dorothv Halaall. 2(84 East Georgia. 1Jorou»- Hospiui Employees' Ualoa, "" A. Peterson, 192 West 18th Secreury, Ave.; Phone: No. IM — FAlr. 1081-L. Moras Servloe Worken Ualoa, No. 811 Secretary. Mra. J. Hallock, (15 West llth Ave., Vancouver," B. C. Hotel and Restaurant Bmployees, Local 26—Business Agent. May Ansell, 413 Oranville St : Rhone PAclflo 7911 International longshoremen's Association. Local Wo. 86/168— Secreury. James Darwood. 1049 Kitchener St.. HAstings 1164-11. Ironworkers, Local 97—Business Agent. E O. Cook, 193 East Hastings Street, Room 216; MArlne 0940. ' Jewelry Workers' Union, No. 42—Secre. ury. W. Routley. 2747 East 18th Ave.; DExter 2493-It Ladles' Oarment Worksn, Local 176— Business Agent, C. Carr. 119 Weat Pender St.: Phone': DExterJ782M. — Secretary. East Hth; aVatben' Valoa, Local 207 Bert Fulljamea. 1318 DExter 2218-R. aeatrical Stare Employees, Local na— Seoreury. Walter Blake. P O Box 711 TUa Setters, Local No. 3—Secretary. W. Richards, I'leaaantslde P. O.. B. C. Tile Setters' Helpers, Local No. 76 — 8ecteUry. T. F. Rowan, 6419 Fremlln, phone LAngara 0164-R. Track Driven' Ualoa, "Local No". II— Business Agent, Reg. Atkinson, 691 Beatty St.: Phone PAclflc *(4*. Typographical Union. Local 22*—sacretary Harrv Neelands. (81 Beatty St.! MArlne 8642 United Oarment Workers' Ualoa. Mo. 233—Secretary, Mrs. L. Weir, 149* Nanalmo SL United Oarment Worken- Ualoa, Bo. 233— Secreury. Mra Dora Turner, 2911. East 44th Avenue. United Fishermen and atalUed Workers' Union — Secretary. Wm Rlgby. Ill East Cordova; MArlne 4*41. University of British Columbia Employees' Ualoa, No. 11* — A. C. Hlli. 4474 West 14th. Uaion Label Trades CoaacUa-Secreury. Ed. Smith, 529 Beatty St.; phone PAclflc 7(14. . . tdn)tW_taSuutM_torra»im,mm 1,^ ''Jfj ********** *^*6jWsv*y June, 1947 THE "LAB-OK STATESMAN. Page Five CAMPBELL BROS. , DRY CLEANING SPECIALISTS >o Plant and Head Office: 1399 Granville Street, Vancouver Phone: J^Arine 5245 • Have; Your DRY GLEANING Picket} Up and - Delivered at No Extra Charge Dry Cleaning: Suits • Coats - Dresses - - - 85c Dyeing: Coats and Uniforms - - - - - - $3.00 Raincoats Cleaned and Proof ed - • • •-'•'- $1.75^—- Our Mothproofing is Guaranteed in Writing For 10 Years! 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Magnesium, pie Casting* (Pewter), Automobile Parts, Cylinders, etc; Brass, Malleable Mill and Marine Steel, Cast Iron, etc. Phone: MArln. 5017 636 Davis Street Phillip Prlnn, Prop. DETROIT TEACHERS GIVEN RAISE OF 1400 A YEAR Detroit, Mich. — Approximately 3,700 students in East Detroit schools have returned to their classes as 115 teachers ended a week-long strike. The teachers, members of the American Federation of Teachers (A.F.L.) voted to return to work after the Board of Education agreed to increase salaries $400 annually. The board established a new salary schedule of $240Q to $4000 a year from a previous scale of $1800 to 128.10. _ Hnlf frantic, he rushed into' the telegraph office and sent tHe following telegram: "Delayed. Don't marry 'til I arrive." The heroes and heroines of today are surely, one thinks, the young couples who decide to get married in theae days of a housing shortage and of soaring prices? And if they are Nova- Scotians they may even have to face "deportation"! The public health is the foundation upon which rests the happiness of the people and the welfare of the nation. The" care of the' public health is the first duty of the statesman.—Disraeli. Beautiful blonde, to clerk: "This sweater is a- perfect fit. Give me two sizes smaller." * Trades & Labor Council Notes B. C. TELEPHONE URGED TO- BUY HERE. —- . Declaring that large amounts of new equipment now being installed by the B. C. Telephone Company is being purchased in the United States, and that there are' several firms in Vancouver, capable of manufacturing 'this material, the International Association of Machinists, Vancouver Lodge No. 692, asked, the. T. & L. Council to "take, steps to contact the proper authorities in Victoria, demanding that measures be taken to persuade the B. C. Telephone Com pany» to have a larger proportion of this wtjrk done in B. C, where they make their profits." It was estimated that this would create a greatdeal of local work and would me-ffilyousands of payroll dollars. »'■■-'•■ The Council agreed to take the matter up with the ?. C. Telephone Company. FIRE FIGHTERS REAFF1LIATED. The local Fire Fighters Union informed the T. & L. Council by letter that on May 21st they became re affiliated with the Association of Fire-Fighters. They will now be known as Local No. 18 Members of the old local 3»ilg will be admitted ta-L-tTcat-No. 18 without upullc-ttoir The council expressed its pleasure that the fire-fighters had taken this step and extended an invitation to the newly affiliated local to affiliate with the T. & L. Council. The.council also received a letter from the Canadian Seamen's Union stating that their director of national organization, Conrad Sauras, has been sentenced to six' months in jail under Section 239 of the Canada Shipping Act. This, the C.S.U. says, is contrary to their agreement with the shipping companies, which permits union representatives to board ship on legitimate union business. The old Act is being revived to obstruct trade union organization. The T.L.C. endorsed, the C.S.U resolution calling'for the amendment of Section 239 of the Shipping Act and the release of Sauras. Vice-president Sam Smilie reported having attended the banquet and ball of the Garment Workers as representative of the Council. The, gathering was a most enthusi astic one. "It is gratifying to see so many young people interested in their organization," said Vice-president Smilie. "As we contrast the con dition they enjow now, with those of the past, we can certainly say that organized labor is doing a good job." At its first meeting in June the T. &.L. Council received a communication from the Carpenters & Joiners Union requesting that a letter be written to the A.F.L. stressing the need of an organizer in this province. The Executive's recommendation of endorsation was accepted by the council. Oppose Private Imsnigation Schemes A communication—from President Bengough stated that the T. & L. Congress is opposed to immigration being handled by private industrialists. The letter was in reply to a protest forwarded' regarding the importation of 100 Polish girls to6work in a textile mill at Beaiice, Quebec. Another letter from the Congress, in response to the suggestion of a boycott op goods produced in Quebec, stated that considerable progress has been made there in organizing the. unorganized, in materially increasing wages, and in improving working conditions. In many instances, wage rates compare favorably with other parts of the Dominion. Any general aversion, the Congress pointed out, against goods produced in Quebec could do a great deal of harm. Specific cases of nationally advertised goods, if produced under sweat-shop conditions could be put on the unfair list. Labor Broadcast. CBC is arranging a series of 15- minute broadcasts dealing with "Labor-Management Problems". President Bengough will speak in the first oT HU series. The second broadcast will be heard over CBC at 8:15 p.m., on Wednes- day; -• July 2. . The secretary of the Congress will speak on "Wages". M.P.'s Reply To Protest Importation of Polish Girl. Secretaray Gervin summarized replies received from B.C. M.P.'s as follows: Hon. Ian McKenzie: "Contents of the letter .will be noted and receive consideration." Hon. Grote Stirling: "Seems to be a departure of what we understood to be the Government's policy." W. J. Herridge: . "Supports the attitude of the T. _ L. Council and will do all he can to support it in the House and in the country." • ... Harry Archibald: "His group, lead by Mr. Coldwell, moved an adjournment of the regular business of the House, to discuss this matter. They exposed it to the whole country and will continue to do so as the opportunity arises." Cecil Merritt: "He notes our opposition to such schemes." William Irvine: _, "He and his party (CCF) have taken a very definite and strong stand against importation of indentured labor into Canada." Mr. Cruickshank: "Does not believe any further permits to private concerns to import labor will be granted and is opposed - to any being granted." Howard Green: "Believes that the debate has had the effect of having 'he Government drop the policy." Secretaray to the Prime Minister: "The letter will be drawn to the attention of the Prime Minister on his return to Ottawa." James Sinclair: v "These girls are to be employed at the prevailing rates which are shamefully low by B. C. standards. "The two-year contract has, -been changed to a 2-year guarantee of employment. The Unions Report... RETAIL CLERICS Defegate Johnson expressed the appreciation of his.members of the action of. the Council in endorsing the efforts being made to secure all day Wednesday closing. He pointed out that most clerks do hot have a civic vote and are being organized to get their friends, plebiscite. Hje branded as "loose plebiscite. ' Be branded as "loose talk" 'the suggestion of a six-day, shopping week, as this is not obtainable without repeal of legislation which has been ,in existence for thirty years. The real issue, he said, was whether 7000 retail clerks-would get a five-day week or continue to work five and a half days. LAUNDRY WORKERS— Delegate Ham Irving reported that at the present time there are seven dry cleaning plants which have refused to negotiate an agreement for a union wage. These are Swan Brothers, Sanitary Cleaners, Union Cleaners, Guarantee Cleaners, Four Star, Valetor, and St. Clair. The union was certified on February 12 for most of these firms, and has tried to come to, an agreement withthem. They are ■ represented by thelawyer, Walter Owen. The offers submitted by the employers are lower than-thespresent wage rates,~in some cases as much as 60 per cent lower. Conciliation has been asked but not as yet approved. It is the intention of the union to conciliate, arbitrate, and strike if necessary. Campbell Brothers is the only company which has signed a complete agreement. • "Blood On Our Coal" APRIL . . . "CHICAGO.—In a stirring editorial, the 'Christian Advocate,' official publication of the Methodist Church, charged this week that 'there is blood on our coal' and that 'damning the unions and.their leaders will not wash it clean.' "It described the Centralia tragedy as a 'ghastly commentary' on the 'free enterprise' system and declared that the explosion which.killed 111 miners 'could have been prevented' hod the management and public authorities done' their duty. "Sympathy with the victims is 'not enough' and 'something more than laying of flowers' on the caskets must be done to prevent future disasters, the magazine insisted. It lauded John L. Lewis' fight for greater mine safety. ^ " 'If Lewis has been a hard man to deal with, the events at Centralia go far toward explaining his incorrigibility,' the magazine declared. 'He is the trusted representative of 400,000 men who go down into the earth/"• * MAY ... (United Mine Workers Journal). Indic'.ment* Charge Centralia Co. With "Wilful Neglect" in Death of 111 Miners; Illinois May Bar On- Shift Shooting. Bulletin: As the Journal goes to press, the Washington County,' (111.) grand jury has just returned two indictments charging the Centralia Coal Company with "wilful neglect to do things required" by the Illinois state mine safety code in connection with the death of 111 miners in the March 25 disaster at the company's Nq. .5 mine. Two' additional, indictments were not made public, but Circuit Judge R. W. Griffith said the persons named in the supmnssed indictments would be ordered to appear for arraignment at Nashville, IU., on May 21. "Dionne must be doubly careful as he is a member of parliament and cannot afford to create sweatshop conditions. "I believe that the permit granted to Mr. Dionne was wrong in principle. "The incident has done one good thing in focussing attention on the fact that Canada has done nothing for displaced persons. Noble thoughts, fine speeches and pious resolutions are of little value to these despairing, hopeless, homeless people who, if brought here, could do much for our Dominion." Angus Maclnnis: "I was the first to raise this matter in the House of Commons by a question in April. The minister admitted permission had been given to bring girls to Canada to work in a factory. On June 2, Mr. Coldwell moved adjournment to discuss a matter of urgent importance: (a) The action of the Government authorizing private individuals to import displaced persons; (b) Traditional policy of Canada that indentured labor be completely prohibited. "We are under obligation to do what we can to assist in the resettlement of displaced persons, but we should not take advantage of their need for our own profit. F. J. Fulton: 'The type of contract Dionne sought to impose on these girls is undesirable. The Government did not discharge, ita..t«**0JisU>Uits.'. ,„-. ;.,.-.., "I am not in favor of postponing action on immigration indefinitely. If employers are ready to take steps to import people, they should be allowed to subject to be subject to certain restrictions." With Sweet 16's Playclothes m m Hum HAVE FUJI... BUT . . . how is it possible to take a vacation and pay for clothes as well? 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The Nathan report proves that wages could be increased 25c an hour out of excess profits without any rise in prices. , So much for the false charges of Big Business against trade unions. UNIONISM EXTENDS DEMOCRACY.. The view of Big Business thst unions are a menace to society is not shared by. some of the world's! greatest democratic leaders. Although I have not the exact words at hand, I recall that Lincoln ranged himself in spport of the right of workers to organize. In 1941, President Roosevelt expressed himself in these words, "Trade unionism has helped to give everyone who toils the position of dignity which is his due." In 1937, the Supreme Court of the United States said: "Long ago we stated the reason for labor organizations. We said they were organized out of the necessities of the situation; that a single employee was helpless in dealing with .^an employer that union was essential to give laborers opportunity to deal on an equality with their employers," So, contrary to the vicious propaganda of Big Business, unions are not a menace, but perform a useful and important function in society. The purpose of unionism is to extend lemocracy. But today, reaction is in the saddle. Current labor legislation is designed to smash unions. Big.Business and reactionary politicians are in an unholy alliance to turn the clock iback to the days of slave labor and low wages. MENACE ALL WHO WORK. A.F.L. President Green has warned against labor legislation now being enacted in Canada and the United States in these words: "Every one who works for a living today faces The Truth About Labor By TOM ALSBURY What is. the first thought that comes into the mind of the average citizen, when he hears organized labor discussed? What ideas does the man in the street associate with trade unions? If he' is influenced by what he reads in the daily press and the expensive advertising of Big Business-^if he is conditioned in^his thinking as they intend him to be—then'the. ideas he associates with unions are —"strikes," "agitators," "powerful monopolies," and "dictatorial leaders." That is what Big Business wants the average citizen to think. That is why they spend huge sums on propaganda—to condition his thinking. Their scheme is to disredit labor in the eyes of the public. ' , ■ . ■_£_ But let lis see how,little is true and how much is false in all this vicious propaganda. The truth is that unions decrease strikes. Government statistics prove it, The Wagner Act, American labor's Magna Charts, passed back in 1937, states its purpose is to "diminish the causes of strikes." Now what are these "causes of labor disputes" and how does this Act proposed to "diminish" them? It says, in answer, that there is "inequality of bargaining power" between unorganized workers and employers. Labor tries to strengthen its position by organizing to bargain .collectively. . But, as the Act points out, employers try to prevent the formation of unions and they often refuse to bargain collectively. The result is strikes. That is the real cause. of most strikes. The Act says: "The denal of employers of the right of employees-or organize and the refusal of employers to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes and other forms pf industrial strife or unrest, which have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce " The result of the Wagner Act in the United States was, for the first time, to give labor greater equality in bargaining power. That is why employers dislike the Wagner Act. That is why they are now trying to turn the clock back, and have progressive Wagner Act replaced by the anti-labor Hartley-Taft slave legislation, which is designed to weaken" labor's bargaining strength and to liquidate its fundamental rights./ Citizens tend to associate unions with strikes because they read so much about strikes in the daily papers. Do you ever pick up your paper and real headlines that. 500 or 5000 workers are very busy every day bottling your milk, baking your bread, or making linoleum for your wife's kitchen floor. No. But you do pick up your paper and read, very frequently, that "20,000 workers are on strike, or taking a strike vote," although you are told very little by the press about why they strike, Workers, quietly and efficiently producing goods,- as they do 99.9 per cent of the time, are not news. But workers on strike are. "By— playing up strikes, and playing down the con- structiva work of unions, the capitalist press gives a false impression of the frequency and seriousness of strikes, and of the true services unions provide. "One thing we must always remember," said-Mrs. Roosevelt in her column of July 25, 1945, "there is seldom any great' difficulty in getting management's side of any story printedr-but when it comes to gettini labor's side into print, that is a very different question." The truth is that from 1941 to 1944, time lost during the war by strikes |n the United States was about one-tenth of 1 per cent. Time worked was 99.9 per cent. Labor took s strike pledge and kept it. When the country was threatened, and life was in danger, it was Canadian employers who went on a sit- down strike. They refused to' produce bullets and guns, tanks and planes, unless guaranteed unlimited profits. They refuseed to produce until the government removed the 5 per cent profit limit They compelled the government to remove it. This can be verified from the speech of Hie HoiirCTT)." Howe in the House of Commons debates of September, 1939. ... BIG BUSINESS SMEARS LABOR "Agitators" is a favorite smear word Big Business propagandists like to apply to labor leaders. They declare strikes are promoted by "foreign" agitators. Such charges are false. Authentic records prove conclusively that it is conditions, not agitators, which are the cause of most strikes. . Another favorite accusation hurled by Big Business is that unions are powerful monopolies. This is an attempt to hide t he fact that Big Business itself is the real monopoly which menaces "the little man." The giant octopus of Big Business the 50 big shots—the 200 corporations— whose giant tentacles spread out into every field, largely determine the living standards and wages of the average' man. Indeed, they even try to determine what he shall think. In their blind and greedy drive for profits, which are now at an all-time high, they are prepared to smash unions and anyone who opposes them. They hate labor unions, because unions by their demands for better wages, better working conditions, better health and accident protection, and old age pensions for all, threaten to cut into their swollen profits. For that reason, they sponsor restrictive labor legislation. Eyen prominent churchmen have joined labor in opposing the present drive for anti-labor acts, in a nationwide radio talk recently, Archbishop Lacey said that the church "must concern herself with every-day conditions she must plead for security She must stand for the God given right of workers to associate for their own betterment and the good of society..... Therefore, I oppose the labor legislation pending before Congress." He cited—the charge that labor was attempting tor "lord it over management" ...... "Where to this strength?" he asked. "Since the end of the war labor has bSeti falling behind in the race of wages against prices and profits." Thnt brings us to another false NEW WESTMINSTER ADVERTISERS For Health!... Naturopathic Health iService A fully equipped office injlte Business. Centre of New Westminster Tarffi LATEST IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT^. SHORT WAVE THERAPY - MEi*t&JRY QUARTZ LAMP >jhh MASSAGE - INFRA-RED 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 {^UtinatLve.. .. ■■■ S. BOWELL &, SONS — Phone 2656 4 66 Six Cloverdale, B. C. — Phone: Cloverlale 193 Phone 439 C. H. Reeve*, Mgr. COLUMBIA STUDIOS PORTRAITS Hamley Arcade, 624 Columbia Street Nfjw Westminster,.B.C. ■10 Colombia Strs.t W. SHA^^ReSr Tslsphon. imi Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Frames and General Millwork OWNED AND OPERATED BT JOHN ("MACK") Ha-TT NEW WESTMINSTER, B. O. desperate fight for self-preservation these labor bills....are the product - of anger and hatred rather than reason. "Instead of promoting industrial peace, it will unleash chaos. It will eventually prove oppressive to employers. It will undermine the American standard of living. It will lower wages of. every man and woman who works for a living. It will dry up pure hatting- power and lead to lower production and mass unemployment.' * That is what an outstanding labor leader thinks. Leading churchmen, progressive politicians and sane business men nave echoed his views. These backward labor bills threaten not only workers, but every citizen and our economic stability as well. Reactionary labor' legislation is not confined to the U. S. We have it in B. C. Notorious Bill No. 39, so bad that even Labor Minister' Pearson warned the government against it, is now law. The best the News Herald could say about it in a recent editorial was that it is not as extremely reactionary as those of the U, S, That is cold com fort for labor. Apparently our reactionary politicians differ from U. S. reactionaries only in this—that they administer bitter medicine to labor in smaller doses. The danger lies in the fact that the new Labor Act lacks the support and confidence of labor. If we are to have industrial peace ih B. C. the reactionary clauses of the present Act must be removed. We need, and must have, a Bill of Rights for Labor in this province. LABOR'S OBJECTIVE. What then does , Labor want? Workers want what all progressive- minded citizens want. They want freedom. They want a full measure of democracy in industry. They want some say in laying down the rules on the job and in the shop where they spend so many years of their adult life. As citizens, they can go to the polls and have some- say on how things are to be run. They want some rights on the job which so vitally affects their lives f, and their families. They want to be industrial as well as political citizens. In short, workers want to enjoy the status of free men. What labor wants both for themselves and for all citizens is best summed up in the word "security"— security in the job—security for the family—security against the hazards of sickness, accident and old age. Trade unions have always insisted that "labor is not a commodity to be bought and sold, or dealt with like an article of merchandize. Unions have insisted that labor is composed of human beings with all the needs, hopes and aspirations of mankind. Unions, have in short, 'through collective bargaining, raised millions of men and women from sweatshops to decent 'working and living Conditions. But Labor aims at more than this. It seeks to attain for all who labor the place in human society to which their contributiaait-entitsefa■ them Organized labor- stands for freedom and democracy—Tot democracy on the industrial as well as on the political front. Sam Gompers, that grand old man of labor, saw clearly tne close connection, between democ- Re-Nu-AIl Upholstering Depot Claesterllelds, Odd Chairs—Rebuilt, Uncovered Houl Chairs and Breakfast Nooss Don* 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. COST OF WAR. The enormous cost of war is. reflected in the U. S. Federal expenditures for the year ending June, 1947, which are estimated at 42.5 billions of dollars. Broken up into per capita expenditures, the result is as follow*: — ' , • s International Finance $ 45 Veterans 54 Defence i — 104 Interest _ 35 Refunds 15 Other ....„ 36 General government :'. 11 (Cleveland Trust Company Bulletin, April, 1947). The cost of two world wars is the price being paid for failure to organize the World for Peace. The price of a Third War would probably be crippling. Population Riser The population of Canada was 12,- 307,000 in 1946, a rise of 188,000 from 1945, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported. Since the last census in 1941, the bureau said, this country's population has. increased by 800,000, or more than 7 per cent. • • * * THE RIGHT JOINT. "Did *oo fordet your wench?" the cutie lisped to the plumber who was fooling around beneath the sink. "No baby," he replied. "1*11 get around to you in a few minutes." racy and' the right'' of labor to organize. Hitler, the arch enemy of freedom, saw that too. His first step in crushing democracy was to destroy'trade unions. Legislation which oppresses and represses working people is antidemocratic and pro-fascist in nature. That is the type of legislation Vrhich is being placed on statute books today. ' All who hate dictatorship in any form, and who love freedom, must join actively with labor in its efforts to stem this flood of fascist slave-labor legislation. For ANY OCCASION (live HER a Box of ELLIS ;& PURDY The moat appreciated name _ In Chocolates 28 Sixth St., New"WeKtmliuter "No," replied the husband during a quarrel. "No, you didn't run after me. But listen, my dear. A trap doesn't run after a mouse, but it catches it just the same." Howard Scott, Dircctor-in-Chicf of Technocracy Inc., will address a public meeting at the Hastings Park Forum, July 2, t p.m. Tickets available at Kelly's on Seymour, at Technocracy Headquarters, UM Weat Oeorgia St and S.K Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, or from any Technocrat Admission: SIM. NORTH VANCOUVER ADVERTISERS BARRADELI/S Corner First and Lonsdale Phone: North 1242 NORTH VANCOUVER Where the Working Man's dollar buys better quality merchandise at —--dTlf PRICES AND LESS Caribou Work Clothes — Ladies' and Children's Wear Notions — General Dry Goods June, 1947 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven Arcadian Auditorium Formerly I.O.O.F. Hall—Sixth Avenue and Main Street <■■ ~ ■'- ' * - '■'"'-.-• The Management wishes to announce that'their advertising contract with the Daily Province will be cancelled until sudi time as the*' paper is declared, fair to thei. 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. NO PERMIT REQUIRED. VULCANIZING REPAIRS WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF DUNLOP "ARMORIZED" TIRES AND TUBES FOR ELIGIBLE. PURCHASERS. GOI»QN'SJTIREJSERm.E= 2636 Ha.ting. St. East HAitingi 1294 HILKER'S Ken's Bobber Pants—4M.50 Ken's Bnbber Oooto QUtt Jlsn's BaUncoats—812.95, J1S.98 and $17.98 Men's Work Shirts, Sizes 14!i to 18—(1.00 to (3.3S You save at HILKER'S on the hill —... (Open Satnrflay nntU t pjn.) 2425 Main Street FAirmont 0200 B. C, Marine Engineers and r Shipbuilders Ltd. FT. OF VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA DOOR CO. 1206 WEST SEVENTY-FIFTH AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. C. L. PALMER, Manager HOTEL REGENT Limited FULLY LICENSED 160 Hastings Street East , Vancouver, B. C. HOTEL AMBASSADOR Fully Licensed In the Heart ofthe Busineu, Shopping, Theatrical and Restaurant District—Quiet, Comfortable, Convenient 773 Seymour Street, Vancouver Your Host: Aba Walton (Established 1911) SUMNER BRASS FOUNDRY LTD. Manufacturers af Brail, Bronx* and Aluminum Cartings — Phosphor Bronx* Bushings Manganese Bronze Propellors in Al Sires Phon*: MArine 15*18 619 Bidwell StrMt, Vancouver, B. C. ANGELUS HOTEL Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vanccmver, B. C. PHOM-s, *4S*-**-S7 OUe ANDStPHON ANO A. HARHIBON. PHOTS! I-TOW* McLEAN & POWELL IRON WORKS la. ». fOWML, MAMAOEB STOVE and FURNACE CASTINGS GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK Phone: FA. 1546 398 Second Ave W„ Vancouver, B. C. Big Business Profits Advance Sharply at Expense of People FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY AND PRICES A little more than, a year ago Prime Minister Mackenzie King stated that the Dominion Government had decided upon an "orderly retreat" from price controls to prevent the "disaster of soaring prices and'living costs". The rapidly shrinking income of former** and workers, since that time,' tells a different story. "Orderly retreat" has turned into an utter rout, as the removal; of price ceilings and the abolition of subsidies wreaks havoc with .the purchasing power of the Canadian people. Government spokesmen have their tongues well in their cheeks when they say that Canada, has controlled prices and avoided Inflation. •_, . . THREAT TO CANADIAN MARKETS AS LIVING STANDARD DROPS The Honorable Humphrey Mitchell quite correctly pointed out, some months*ago, that Canada can only remain prosperous if her citizens maintain a high level of buying-power. Urban workers can buy farm products, manufactured goods, and, most important, imported goods from other countries. Over two-thirds of our production is consumed in. Canada. Any shrinkage of purchasing power reduces the home market and leads to lay-offs in industry and depressed prices for agricultural products. PURCHASING POWER AND OUR EXPORT TRADE In 1946 we exported 35 per eent of our total production—over four billion dollars worth of manufactured goods, foods and raw materials. While much flf this trade is being facilitated through loans and credits, we —n*^ii-goed8^wif*-otla«i*-*'©untaTeat—Out expurL traded Plan the Piuxliase or Construction of Your New Home on EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS! {i6_.5 PER THOUSAND PER MONTH INCLUDES INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL. A ^4,000 LOAN REQUIRES A _ MONTHLY PAYMENTQFf25.12. '•"' . * 20-year terms VANCOUVER MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD. 601 Howe Street Phone: MArine 4311 ■r- BROADWAY^HOTEL Vancouver's Popular Priced Hotel Licensed Premises — Fully Modern — Good Service 103 East Hastings Street Leo Pali tti, Manager in the final analysis, depends a good deal upon our ability to purchase imported goods and the reduction in public spending at home is an actual threat to the stability of our overseas markets. ■ , ' • The skyward trend of prices in Canada is progressively diminishing the 'ability of the Canadian people to buy essential commodities. . . . (Remember 1928-29 and the "hungry thrties" which followed.) The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports on March 7, 1947, that unless a "timely downward adjustment of prices" is effected, United States will enter a business recession in lateJUiT.—The reason-— "A declining volume of purchasing power in the hands of wage earners" since V-J Day. The trend in Canada, for the same reasons, is unmistakably the same. INFLATIONARY TREND AIDED BY REMOVAL OF SUBSIDIES The Federal Government says that it can no longer afford to pay subsidies on farm produce, cotton and other essential goods. An estimated 200 million dollars will have been removed in such subsidies by the first of May, 1947. This .policy has resulted in very substantial.increases in the price of milk, cheese, beans, corn, tomatoes, tea, clothing and clothing fabrics, oil, gasoline and many other commodities. The 4c per quart increase in milk has already reduced the consumption of milk by millions of gallons in Canada. Moreover, it means that not- only will our children be getting less milk, but that there will be a continually reducing market for dairy products. The end of the subsidy on butter will raise the price by at least 8c per pound, and bread will risefrom 3ctoBc per loaf upon removal of the flour subsidy. The removal of subsidies throws the entire burden of increased costs on the consumer—the worker and the farmer in the main. Subsidies have enabled the Canadian consumer to purchase many essential commoditis in fairly adequate quantities, which has assured an increased domestic market The removal of subsidies results in a serious curtailment of sales of-the ai^cler concerned, deeply affecfing'tlie national economy. Dwindling buying is the road to recession. Subsidies can be restored and maintained if the level of taxation oh corporations and large incomes is held. All indications at present are that big business taxes will be substantially reduced. ■ PROFITS SOAR ... LABOUR-FARMER INCOME SHRINKS Monopoly industry only, much of which the people of Canada have been subsidizing by means of tariff and high freight rates, benefits from skyrocketing prices. With price controls "off in the U. S. A., American corporations have had a field-day, with over 12.billion dollars net profits for 1946, while tRe take-home pay of workers dropped 5 % billion dollars. No wonder that Canadian capitalists press and lobby for the removal oi controls in Canada. Even so, Canadian corporations aTe notdoing so bdly. The H. JL McMilln- Enterprises ■(_r,«3f- lumber firm) increased profits in 1946 by 40 per cent—an average of 451200 for eaeh of its-4300 employees, and this with no legal increase in the price of lumberand a 15c per hour increase in wages. ! Alongside of the increasing, profits of Canadian industry, the "real wages" of workers have dropped sharply in the last year to an average of $25.18 at.December 1st, 1946; ($21.54 in 1939).' When income tax, other deductions from the pay cheque and quality fall-off in goods is consideredr real earnings are not much higher than in 1939. Present average earnings are at least $6 per week below the amount rquired to maintain a worker's family on a minimum standard. And yet, in 1946, 28 Canadian corportions lifted profits 56 per cent (fter taxes) over 1945. Only one worker out of six in Canada received wage increases in 1946. PROFITS, NOT WAGES, CAUSE PRICE INCREASES ' The paid "economists" of the big press, all "facts" to the contrary, are still insisting that "high wages," and "higher prices for farmers," are the main causes of price increases. The facts are: That with the exception of those industries employing a very small proportion of machinery in production, wages are only a relatively small item in production costs. A survey of the Federal Trade Commission, United States Government, in the farm implement industry, included findings such as the table below. While this table was prepared in 1938, the relationship of labor to other costs remains the same. OUT OF EVERY |100 IN THE PRODUCTION OF A TRACTOR CULYTIVATOR Material costs , $37.10 $30.80 Factory Overhead _ 8.20 8.70 General Selling and Administrative Cost 9.70 9.90 Freight Costs 1.20 1.60 Manufacturer's Profit _ 14.30 21.20 Dealer's margin Discount for Cash _. Direct Labor „ _ The above table offers aome idea of what Labor means when it states that a 25 per cent increase in wages could be given without increasing prices. INCREASED WAGES mean Lower PROFITS, but not generally, higher prices. A decent living wage and stabilized, fair farm prices are essential if Canada is to cushion the oncoming business recession. "CHESTERFIELD" QUALITY MEN'S SUITS AND TOPCOATS "SPOR'TS'SLACkS and SPORTS JACKETS POPULAR BRANDS of MEN'S FURNISHINGS ; .'THE STORE THAT'S ALWAYS BUSY" Arnold & Quigley Ltd. 540 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. *V UNION FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS Phone: FAinnont 0528 705 West Broadway Vancouver, B. C. 9.80 17.60 4.90 . 4.10 4.80 6.20 Daly Heating- and Sheet Metal Works Ltd. OH BUat**-*fl — COAI. STOKERS — rtTRffaVCES • •v I-UKNACES — AIX CO-DITIOKIltO — VEBTHaATIBO OElfEBAI. JOBBING — SAWDUST BUHMEBS — SKTEIOHTS -» „ "Anything in Sheet Metal" Phone: 359 East Broadway, FAinnont 0204 Vancouver, B.C New Edition Of Canada Year Book The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has recently issued the 1946 edition of the Canada Year Book, in which the review of the country'* economic progress and organization is brought up to date. The publication is, in fact, a compendium of information useful alike to business men and the general public. It continues the policy of giving as much space as can be spared to feature article* of special importance. New features of this particular edition cover "Hydrography of Canada", "Dominion Provincial Relations", "The Coal Resource* of Canada", "The Finding* of the Royal Commission on Co-operatives", "Reconstruction in Canada", and "Developments in Art and Science". Production, trade, finance, labour and transportation, in addition to such subjects as population, health, and education, receive detailed treatment in the individual chapter. There has been a wide demand from the general public for this edition which appeared in print only a few months ago. However, the proportion of copies going into industrial, educational, financial and business channels js not so large as could be desired, partly it is felt because the Year Book has not drawn to the attention of these classes in particular. The Bureau of Statistics would like to achieve a more balanced distribution as it is felt that this Standard Reference Book would fill a distinct naed among these groups. r ■_'■ • _c By special permission of the Minister of Trade and Commerce a limited number of paper - bound copies have been printed which are available from the Dominion Statistician at $1 per copy to bona fide students, teachers and clergymen. The regular cloth-bound edition is available through the King's Printer, Ottawa, at %Z per copy a* Ions; as the supply last*. STANDARD MACHINE ANP • SHEET METAL >VORKS (iencral Machine Work — General Sheet Metal Work _^_ Phone: PAcific 7951 MM MAIN STREET VANCOUVER, a C. 1 STEWARTSTARTAGE § 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 X144 Granville StrMt Phona: BAyview 4829 VaacMv-r, B.C ECONOMY SAUSAGE CO. "THI SAUSAGE THAT MADI LITTLt IMOB -AMOUe" ron balst everywhere - tuv some 141 HAWKS AVENUE Phone: HA*rting» 4557 Cobalt Hotel Refreshment Parlor 917 Main Street Remodeled and Decorated — Service is Our Motto W. M. HILL AND H. R. DATOfs, PROPRICTOn* PACIFIC CEMENT PRODUCTS SPECIALIZING IN CEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS btimotes given ---Art Mautspooca Phone: FA. 0242- 528 Weit Seventh Ave., Vancouver, B. C. JUST TRY IT.' The gloomy man eat in his flat bemoaning his fate .md lack of wealth. His visitor tried to cheer him up. "You don't need to waste money travelling mils** to get pleasure," said he'. "You can And plenty of fun on your own doorstep.' "Oh, yes?" moaned the other. "I'd like to see you get lively on half a pint of milk!" MISTAKE.. Two young schoolboys, one of Italian and the other of Irish parentage, saw an Episcopalian minister on the street "Good afternoon, Father," said the Italian boy politely. Tbe clergyman replied to the greeting and passed on, whereupon the othen-lad said: "Shucks, he ain't no Father. He's got a wife and. four kids." B. C. BOAT EQUIPMENT AND GEAR SPECIALIZED FOR THE FISHERMAN NEW AND USED GEAR Phona: HA. 5306 544 Powell Street, Vancouver, B. C. -•IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIlK I NIEL GILBERT § THE MAN BEHIND THE SIGN BEHIND THE SALES 1 UPTOWN SIGNS 5 Phone: FAinnont 7804 * ' 2648 Main Street, Vancouver, B.C. CIGARS - CIGARETTES - TOBACCOS DINNER BELL CIGAR STAND '"a, OCO WEST CORDOVA STBEET. VANCOUVER. B. O. Fred A. Smith Phono: MArine 0847 Adequate Preparedness A •boy and girl were out driving. They came to a quiet spot on the country lane and the car stopper. "Out of gas," said the boy. The girl opened her purse and pulled out a bottle. "Wow!" said the bey. "A bottle— j what is it?" i ', "Gasoline," replied the girl.— "PERSONAL FUEL DELIVERY" An All-Veteran Company operating under a. L'tjion Agreement with th* , Teamsters' Union, laocal 21.1, Vancouver, II. C.*- sTttatsd TaUlIrisjs—has no cedar—has no spruce—the very minimum ot chips / j and rui.i.i- h *6.00 for I'a cords. K AU tit— mill run (D.SO per cord; l**i cords (BUS. ' -hon.: MArln. 0883 8440 H.ath.r It Earl rlsh.r—John Xnoslkov 1 ...I--- %0SrmMr-r^M»rf)t_mmsmB^es Page Eight THE LA.B.OR STATESMAN r-:f June, 194?" EDWARD ROfeERSON ^ Optometrist HARRY W. BACON ~ . Optometrist f with Pitman Optical House lit. 1921 605 W. Hastings St. MAr. 0928 i R~.on.bl. Cost — Term. If Dasoired 1235 East Hatting* ... Hastings 0015 WE CONTRIBUTE A FUNERAL BENEFIT FDR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TN ALL LOCAL TRADE UNIONS. TO SERVE AS WE WOULD BE SERVED CANADA PERMANENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS • DEBENTURES ISSUED Established in MS . W. J. BILL. Mas—(or, Britiah Columbia Branch aa. BICHABDS STBEET TACttU) 8881 EARLE'S AUTOMOTIVE I: arte Miller ' Rear 786 Hamilton Street, Vancouver -0~. Phone: MA. 7516; Night, FA. 6963-L W. J. HEADS BOOT FACTORY LTD. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc. Our Shoes are hand-made—-- You'll be satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C. Phone: FAirmont 6276 Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works Wt Specialise in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating. jC]ir£m.t,J^>c!tltj£opperJ Electro.Tinning, Polishing, tte. 436 East 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver CENTRAL AUTO PAINTERS Body and Fender Repairs Metal Work - , Auto Tops and Upholstery Repairs Car Upholstery Thoroughly Cleaned — Track Painting and Lettering CECIL HUGGINS. Manager — ESTIMATES FREE 1245 Seymour Street Phone MArine 2918 A. F. of L. Notes 6000 AFL workers inien Seattle metal trades unions, employeS in seventy shops have received a 12>/2c wage increase. .... * A new labor teirtple is to be built in Oakland,. Cal., at a cpst of $591,- 000. ■•":■■.:•• * * * ! , • ■ "- ,' San Francisco Painters' A. F. of L ] union have obtained a 7-hour day at $2.00 per hour. The agreement is with 261 contractors. * *.'" * St. Louis AFL machinists have ob i.iined an agreement guaranteeing at least 2440 hours work annually; ThU does not include overtime. Loss of work through illness or injury whether caused on the job or not =hall be paid by the employer. , • • ♦. » Teamsters' and Laborers' unions in Bremerton have purchased two buildings and will "turn them into a Labor Temple. ~~* • , • • Automotive shops in Vancouver, Washington, have granted a ten-cent wage increase. i • « * 2,000 IBEW employees of the Union Electric and Power Company pf St. Louis, Mo., have obtained a 13c wage increase retroactive to Jan. 1, and an additional 5c increase starting Aug. T7 .'""' - ♦" • ■ ■•. ■ *— The U. S. Navy Department is laying, off'25,000. employees. o • ■ * "Fortune", the Big Business man's publication predicts a serious depression if prices are not reduced. They urge a 15 and 20 per cent reduction in prices, so as to increase purchasing power of the workers. ' ' * • * Decline in production in the U. S. is declining at an . ever increasing rate. Purchasing power is decreasing at an alarming rate. Workers' debts have increased by over 50 per cent from one year ago. In Lighter Vein TRUE "Please, can you tell me why the tide is not up this morning?" asked the little girl at the seaside. "Yes," replied the old fisherman "it's because" it was out last night.' ONE ANSWER The Sunday school teacher was telling the class a Bible story. "Elijah built an altar and piled wood on it," he said; "then he cut u|){he bullock in pieces and laid them 6ffl%o\>. Next, he 'Ordered the people to/fill four barrels with water and pour it on the altar. Now, ean any boy tell me why all this water was poured over the .bullock on the altar?" . .*. Up spoke a bright boy. "To make lots of gravy," jie said. EVOLUTION When a gal is 16 she's sweet and good looking. When she's 25 she has wrinkles. When she's 30 she has gray "hair. When she's 35 she turns blonde and starts all over again. Electrical Workers Re-elect George Gee George Gee was elected Financial Secretary and Business Agent, and J. Astbury was elected president of Local B213? the Vancouver Local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, at the election of officers which took place Monday, June 16th. The other officers elected at the same time by the union were: Vice- president T. B. Smith, Recording Secretary (acclamation) W. C. Daley, Treasurer (acclamation) A.. C. Hill. Executive members are: Waj. Fraser S: H. Spring, J; McSorley, C. C Moore, C. Nelless. , Examining Board members are: W. Halliday, V., Usher and T. Ham- mersmark. Frank Plantec acted as Judge" of the Election Committee. The local is confposed of over fourteen hundred members employed in the various electrical departments of the B. C. Electric Railway and Power Company; a large group of inside wiring contractors, some electrical manufacturing firms and power plants in various parts of British Columbia. POOR JOBI Nod one finds quite so many things of interest in a' newspaper as Aunt Samantha. ".loh Printing!" she read from nn advertisement in 'The Weekly Clarion.' "Poor Job! They've kept him .printing, week after week, year after year, ever since I can remember. If he wasn't the patientest man. that ever was, he never could have stood it so long no how!" Hear On The Picket Line YOU DO NOW "Tell me: Who was braver than Lancelot, wiser than Solomon, more honest than Lincoln, wittier than Mark Twain, and more handsome than Apollo?" , "I didn't know you knew my first husband." ':' . BY GEORGE 1 - "Dorothy," remarked father, as he frowned across the breakfast table at his comely daughter, "how many times have I warned you not to en- tet* tain more than one beau at a time in the parlor? Last night' I could distinctly hear two young men talking down here." "Oh, no, father," rejoined Dorothy, "those weren't two boys—that was just George—his voice is changing." "What's in this bottle?" asked the Customs officer. . "It's only ammonia," stammered the passenger. "Oh—is it," sneered the Customs officer, removing the cork and taking a long sniff. It was! • . * * A Scotsman was told by his doctor that his wife should have had her tonsils taken out when she was a little girl. He had the operation performed—and sent the bill to his father-in-law 1 ■ '. ! 1_ CLARKSON 8C DROWN v Up-to-date in Garden Equipment- Trees, Pergolas, Lattice, etc. 338 Powell St., Vancouver, B.C. Phone: Mt. 0026 G. W.RIBCHESTER & SON LTD. Automobile Commercial Bodies and Repairs 1253 HOWE STREET MArine 0827 Unemployment Spreads The U.S.A. Had 2,500,000 'jobless workers in April of this, year and later reports snow that this figure is being Increased' in 22 -labor market areas.' 500,000 young people will leave school in June to be added to I the labor market and there will be l.Hiii.iKKi veterans completing theirj schooling and 'training during the next year to swell the ranks of the jobless. ' In a recent flash' report from New fork, unemployment increased by. 50 per cent in the last two months! to June 12th. The figure on that date was 450,000. Many smaller goods manufacturers are closing down, and others being gobbled up by larger corporations. Adding to ithe confusion is the report that workers, are being "disqualified" for insurance benefits for refusal to accept jobs at their owntrades, in open shops at salaries far below the union scales. • • . VeteransJ job training and apprenticeship programs are being forced to a complete halt because of the layoffs. Unemployment has also increased on the Pacific Coast, all the larger cities showing increases, in every kind of business. Unemployment shows an increase in anada, not as great as in the U.S., but a steady trend from last year. .Hint a million workers are unemployed in New York an increase of 150,000 in two months. The Federal government of the United States is now estimating thatthere will be six million unemployed by the end of the year. iVlELBOURNE HOTEL REFRESHMENT PARLOR It's Refreshing — Courteous Service 1 V. ■ ': Corner of Main and Powell Streets, Vancouver, B. C. TTPPQ NEW-USED-RECAPPINO . IlXVaCO Buy them on easy Budget Plan I Bourne 8C Humphrys Ltd. Cor. PACIFIC and HOWE Phone PAcific 2111 Kingsway Septic Tank Service I1UILT AND CLEANED SEWERS INSTALLED — .DRAINS I.AID raOjn: PAlrmon 7761. 3346 BT. CATHERINES ST., TAWOOsTTBaB DONT FORGET TO ATTEND THAT , UNION MEETING/ The new minister had asked Eph to lead in prayer. It was Eph's first experience of This sort. Twenty minutes passed and he was still praying. The congregation became restless. Finally from one of the deacons came a stronge "Amen."' Eph looked up and - exclaimed "Thanks, deacon. That's the word I've been trying Uo think of ever since I started." ii ... • The doctors, after much consultation, had decided that, after twenty years- in the mental hospital, Mr. Blank was fit to be released. On the morning of his release Mr. Blank was allowed to shave himself instead of having to submit to _the attentions of the barber in the home. Turning to address a remark to one of the attendants who had come to wish him goodbye, his razor caught the string which supported the shaving mirror, which fell to the ground. ' When Mr. Blank tried to go on with his shave he looked at the blank wall. "Well," he said with a sigh, "if that isn't my luck. After twenty years in this place, on the very day I'm going to be let out, I've cut my head off!" • * • . , Two barbers named Wood and Stone were standing on a street corner. A pretty girl passed by. Wood turned to Stone, Stone turned to Wood. They both turned to rubber and the girl turned into a beauty shop. . * * m.. • "I Have a terrible toothache and want something to cure it." "Now, you don't need any medicine. I had a toothache yesterday and I went home and my loving wife kissed me and so consoled mc that the pain soon passed away. Why don't you try the same?" "It's a good idea. Is your wife at home now?" . • « * ♦. * An old Irishman collapsed in the street and a crowd soon gathered, all trying to help and each making suggestions. . , One, Maggie Riley, kept shouting, "Give the poor man whisky," but little attention was paid to her. Then the agonized voice of the Irishman rose above the din: "Will the lot of ye hould your tongue and let Maggie Riley speak." ~JUST LIMBERING UP. The boss of a niidtown hotel noticed some employees parading out in front during their lunch hour. "What're you guys picketing for?" moaned the bos. "Our contract has three weeks to run!" "Does it hurt you," flipped a picket, "if we practice?" . ■ •» • . NO FANCY TRIMMINGS. Nelson Antrim Crawford tells of meeting a fanner in Kansas who said: "That sure is a great school. It's practical. They don't teach no goddam grammar there." • » l * * -Dancing school ad: "We guarantee mit-. only not to make you a wallflower, but we also pledge to remove the pot" This month marks one year on the picket line around the Daily Province, and the locked-out I. T. U. printers rededicate their determination ut carry on this fight until the Southam Company < will bargain. in. good faith with the International Typographical Union, the only recognized printers'union on the North Ariteri-, can continent. ''",'.'• ' ,'•*/ - v ■ The International Typographical Union1' has always been ready and willing to dp business with the Southam Company on the same basis . as it does business with all other newspapers in Canada and the United States. That basis is fair and honorable and prevailed fpr nearly 100 years. , Other Publishers Can Agree . . • Why, Not Southams? Vancouver Typographical Union, No. 226 BUY a, ■UY IT PROM YOUR •ROCKRY TODAY,— YOU WIU. Ml OLAD YOU DID. BREAD . . . ITS sTWEsTT LIRB A NUT.' KEEPS FR1BH LONGER FOR THI TAB LB AND IN THC LUNCH BOX V. EAT "B. B." QUaALITY CAKES BROWN BROS. BAKERIES LTD. (HOME OWN1 MCI VENABLEB BTREET PHONE; Ha.tinos OOB4 =W REAL ESTATE - RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CEPERLEYROUNSEFELL^CO PACIFIC 3521 ■.tab. isss 846 W. 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