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\ * v- l lit \ ■•:• ■ .-■■'•■'.;) ■■>..-,,■■:■.' ■ < . . _-■ ' 4>r: : SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOCAL UNIONS T* 'iffl#t*8%- -li * TO EACH UNION MEMBER THE POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE LABOR STATS-SHAN OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL ovr BUILD STRONG UNIONS . FOR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 597 VANCOUVER, CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1948 Established 1924 WHAT THEY SAID... A Reminder to King and St. Laurent •* "Give them justice, give them freedom, give them their rights, and you will have contentment, peace and harmony."—Laurier. The Liberal Government should take note of this. Terrible Legacy The people of tomorrow are today's children. They have a terrible legacy. Innocent in the causes of social misery, they are its chief victims. They will grow up bitter, suspicious, warped in outlook—or they can become healthy w_rld citizens — depending entirely on how they are treated in the next few years. It will take a great deal to restore their self-esteem, their faith in basic human values and in the ultimate, moulding of a better world. But without that faith, no peaceful tomorrow can be built—Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations,, speaking on the plight of the world's children. Subversive Statement of an Ex-President "This country with its institutions belongs tp the people who inhabit it. -Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it."—Abraham Lincoln, one of America's most famous president, in his first inaugural address. It's a good thing they didn't have the Un-American Committee in existence then or Abe Lincoln would have had to spend his life behind prison bars instead of becoming the greatest president the United States ever had.—Manitoba Common\_gjjytth Truth About "Labor" Legislation Senator Robert A. Taft speaking in April, 1947, about the Taft- Hartley bill said: "The bill is not a milk toast bill. It covers about three-quarters of the matters pressed upon us very strenuously by the employers." •..".> How to Keep Teachers from Getting Vulgar! One witness (at the Board of Education meeting) who objected to the whole business of paying teachers any more money was Theodore K. Resmey, of the People's Lobby of California. . . . "Too much pay vulgarizes the teaching profession," said Resmey. —From the Los Angeles Daily News. Tit For Tat President Truman today accused the Republicans in Congress of stirring up a phony spy scare to hide their failure to curb high prices.—UP dispatch in the Los Angeles Daily News. (Senator Alexander) Wiley accused Truman of throwing ijp a "smoke-screen" of high prices to conceal the Communist furofe.— UP dispatch in the Los Angeles Daily News. Timely Comment Unions which permit leadership to fall into the lunatic fringe of communism are committing suicide.—Washington Teamster. It's a Fair Question Governments all over this continent have been busy setting up Taft-Hartley laws, Federal Labor Codes and what are referred to as Labor Relations Boards—plus examiners, inspectors, officers and an army of employees, whose duty it is to regulate, control and discipline every effort made by members of organized labor to keep pace with the cost of living. But who ever heard of the same kind of governmental machinery being set up to take like control and discipline of industry ?—Vancouver Typo Bulletin. Who's To Blame For High Prices? Economic Outlook, September issue, has been delving into some facts and figures made available by the United' States Federal Reserve Board and United States Federal Trade Commission—and comes up with this conclusion. ". . . Industry's system is quite simple. Agree to a wage increas. of one billion.dollars, jack up the prices 'of products by two billion dollars, and blame it on the unions —while walking off with a billion in added gravy.. .. From 1945 to 1947 wages on this continent have gone up only 28.8 per cent; prices have gone up 60.8 per cent., while profits have soared 116.1 per cent. Profits for 1948 are now at the rate of 20 billion dollars, compared with 18.1 billion in 1947. . . . "—Vancouver Typo Bulletin, Sept. 10. Your Poor little Dollar Here is an item from a Washington paper that says: ' "The dollar is worth less than at any time in 165 years, but it isn't going to fade away as some other turrents have done after wars." If you happen to have a silver cartwheel with the stamp of a dollar on it, or a paper "shinplaster" it is now worth 57 cents compared with 1939. Well, don't .worry—with a little added "chicken-feed" you can buy a medium-priced steak with that dollar.—Chicago Federation News. * Organization Small fry are no longer small when they begin to organize. They take .on purpose and power.—Hey wood Broun. Hall's Suspension the Trades &labor by Violated Trades Congress Principles ■—-r Suspension of Frank Hall, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada by President Percy Bengough was supported unanimously by Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (AFL)^ At the same time, Hall was con demned for his part in the merger of the Seafarers' International Union (AFL) with what he called the "scab" Canadian Lake Seamen's Union on the Great Lakes. Heated Di»cu«iion Before the resolution was adopted, there was heated discussion between council delegates on their attitude to the "spilt" in the TLC over the strike problems of the Canadian Seamen's Union. Secretary R. K. Gervin first read six letters from local affiliates supporting Bengough and recommended that they be "received and noted". Jack Phillips, Civic Employees' Union, said, "If we go along with the recommendation of the executive, we are sitting on the fence, waiting to see which side wins." He said it was a straight issue between Bengough and the CSU on one side, and Hall and the SIU on the other. Gervin replied, "I believe that Frank Hall went in and messed into business that was none of his. "He violated a principle of trade unionism and for that I think he should be suspended." Leave It To Convention Jimmy Thompson, Pacific vicei president of the CSU, said the issue Labor Brief Presented To P.U.C., August 25 Delegate Sam Shearer, Chairman of the Legislative Committee, reported that his committee had presented the T. &'L. Council brief on the B. C. Electric to the PUC at the c__rthous_Trabifc'1re__i_8S~-i. August1~ 26th. -— _r There were, he said, many representatives from Vancouver, Burnaby and surrounding districts making representations on street car fares. The B. C. Electric representative who presented their case was Dr. Purdy. "What I cannot understand," said Bro. Shearer, "is why the B.C. Electric wants a 26-year franchise when they have not been making money, but have large deficits, according to their story." The only item paying a profit, according to the B. C. Electric submission, was electricity. "If we accepted the story of the B. C. Electric, we would pass a resolution of thanks to that company for its public spirit in running this mono* poly as philanthropists," said Tom Parkyn. Alsbury Elected Trades Council Vice-President An election held to fill the vacancy in the office of vice-president of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council -caused by the resignation of Saa Smylie owing to ill-health, wu wot by Tom Alsbury who received 94 votes as against 63 cast for Brother Foster. . This will necessitate another election for the office of Press Committee Chairman from which Bro. Ala- bury resigned in order to assume his new office. The eelction will be held at the next meeting of the council, Activated carbon has a very large surface area, which accounts for its better powers of absorption. It is ordinary carbon that has been treated by steam at close to 1,000 degrees Centigrade, and by chemicals such as zinc chloride. was not over the SIU delegates to the Council. It was whether or not the Council condemned the actions of Frank Hall. Alex Gordon, national vice-president, a member of the executive council which suspended the Brotherhood, told the Council that the Brotherhood was suspended because of Hall's acts contrary to the constitution of the TLC. May Be Amendment He explained, too, that under the present constitution suspension of the union was the only action possible, and that at the convention a constitutional amendment might be introduced allowing for the suspension of individuals and not just organizations. Tom Alsbury, Van. See. Teachers', said that the Congress hands were tied by the constitution and they could not distinguish between guilty leaders and innocent union members, but had to suspend the entire organization. The proper place, he said, to deal with the entire question was in Victoria at the Convention when delegates receive a complete report on all «■ of the question and can arrive fait decision. Hold Annual met In December -Banqi The Executive recommended to the delegates of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council that the annual banquet be held on December 7. AlI~_elegflteiniH(_ theirwivmrwif luf linl "to tiumil.— — Secretary Gervin reported that with the approval of the council, it is planned to hold the usual lively and entertaining affair which has been so successful and so enjoyable in recent years. Public Speaking Class Considered For Trade Union Members Chairman of the Education Committee, Brother Templeton, reported that his committee planned to hold a public speaking class this winter for trade union members. So far very little response had been received to the committee's questionnaire, replies having been received from only 7 of the 104 unions affiliated with the council. The Education Committee hopes that other locals will reply soon so that it may proceed with ita plans and get the class under way at an early date. li--. CSU Has Not Planned For Members Tp Strike The CSU has opened negotiation on behalf of deep sea officers, Dele- Site Thompson, CSU, reported to the ounciL a There is nothing the CSU wants less than a strike on deep sea vessels in the month of November, Bro. Thompson said, denying press reports to that effect The deep sea union might find itself in a position thaat they would have to strike to maintain their present wage scales from cuts. A strike has not been organized for this year, but the union is prepared to go along and ask for similar conditions labor is asking for at this time. The Case of Burned-out Vets... And Their Judges On May 18 the Liberal dominated Honse of Commons Committee on Veterans' Affairs defeated a motion to Increase maximum war veterans' allowances from $30 to $60 a month for single men and from $60 to $86 a month for married men. These allowances are designed as a social security measure for "burned- out" or prematurely aged veterans. Progressive Conservative members voted for the increase deeming the allowances much too small in theSe times of high costs. Liberals voted solidly against them. Liberal Chairman L, A. Hutch, Winnipeg South, casting the deciding vote. -Yet the Liberals voted solidly the same day for a motion to increase the salaries of the Liberal-appointed five man Allowances Board, which judges whether these burned-out veterans are eligible for allowances. One member is to? receive $9,000 a year in place of $8,000. The other four have their pay raised from $7,000 to $7,600. Nice going!—Halifax "Citizen". { Retiring Vice-Pres. Sam Smylie Has Had Long Career of Active Leadership in Labor Movement Vice-President Sam Smylie who was forced owing to ill-health to tender his resignation to the Trades and Labor Council, has had a long career of active leadership in the labor movement. SAM SMYLlE Brother Smylie came to Vancouver from Belfast, Ireland, at the age of 19 years, after completing his apprenticeship in six instead of the usual seven years. His early ambition was to complete his apprenticeship so that he could work at his trade and become active in the trade union movement. Shortly after his arrival he joined Local 170, Plumbers and Steamfitters Union. A few years later he became business agent. "No oiieowas'-iioire _urp-Tse-"_han I was to be elected," says Sam in thinking'back on'tBat period. Two votes were taken and each time the vote was tied. The chairman checked the members present and decided there couldn't be a tie. On the third vote, Sam won by a very narrow margin. A few years later Bro. Smylie became one of two International vicei presidents of his union in Canada, a position he held for 12 years. When the number was reduced to one, Sam generously refused to run against Lou Gerard, Montreal, who was "a good trades union leader." "I have kept myself in good standing all my life, always carried mjj union card,, and always had a job, he says proudly. As a guide to younger trade unionists, Bro. Smylie cautions them always to remember, "there's always two sides to every question'* to be studied before making a decision. If this is done, better decisions are made. . Bro. Smylie believes that the international trades union movement should be loyally supported as the parent body of organized labor. In submitting his resignation. Pro. Smylie said he had been advised by his doctor to slow up a little. He expressed his deep appreciation to the officers and delegates for many courtesies received during his long period in office and stated ne is looking forward to the time when-he will be able to resume his duties as a delegate. . ,„ The delegates accepted Vice- President Smylie's resignation with deep regret and instructed the secretary to write a letter of appreciation for his many past services and the TcailersTTm fie has "give.."the" labor- - u\io vemeht ".vTSFT'T-erlDli ~ of *" many - years. T. & L. Council Delegates Ask Resignation of R. C. McDonald Angered by the remarks of R. C McDonald, Minister of Municipal Affairs, at the recent. convention of the Union of B. C. Municipalities for "his poor judgment" and "irresponsibility" in expressing views opposed to the policy and labor legislation of the Government, delegates to the Trades and Labor Council passed a strongly worded resolution demanding his resignation from his cabinet post The resolution reads as follows: Whereas, according to press reports, the Hon. R. C. McDonald, Minister of Municipal Affairs, in the Province of British Columbia, told delegates to the Union of B. C. Municipalities Convention that wage awards should not be met if they are handed down after the budget of a municipality has been adopted; and Whereas, the Minister is reported to have said "It might be said the employees will go on strike. I say let them go on strike if the municipalities have not got the money with which the pay the award," and Whereas, if the Minister is correctly quoted, this is a departure from Government policy and principle of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, which Act labor has tolerated while'not totally in agreement; and Whereas, It has been labor's experience that municipalities close their budget without giving proper thought to the requirements of the employees; and Whereas, tbe Minister's advice savours of irresponsibility and poor judgment unworthy of a member of the Government of this great Province; Therefore, be it resolved that this Trades and Labor Council urge the removal of the Hon. R. C. McDonald from the Cabinet post of Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Premier notified accordingly. Speaking in support of the resolution, Bro. W. Black, Civic Employees, said, "there is nothing to prevent any municipality from negotiating with their employees at the beginning of the year but many of them choose to dilly-dally until their budget is brought down." The March Of Labour In the U. S. Navy the radio of white officers to enlisted men is one to seven; among Negroes there is one Negro officer to 10,000 enlisted men. » ♦ • Support organized labor! Buy union- made, products. Be sure the hat or cap you buy is union-made; see that it bears the union label—your guarantee of union manufacture. Labor With Teachers On Education Week In response to a request received from the B. C. Teachers' Federation for co-operation in the annual "Education Week", the Vancouver, New Westminster Trades and Labor Council named Brother Geo. Bengough to act as labor's representative. SPENCER'S DEPARTMENT STORE %'*% is on the X">T PATRONIZE LIST VANCO ;\\.. DISTRICT ; Issued by Retu. •'•q. ESTNflNSTER AND _nd LABOR COUNCIL lerks' Union, Local 279 ' t Page Two THE LABOR S TAT ESMAN September, 1948 r T. & L. Council Asked to Support "Stop BCE Project bob Mcculloch Business Agent Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Union, No. 464. Resolution Tabled Censuring Hall Until After Convention A resolution submitted by the Civic Employees Union, Local 28, Outside Workers, censuring the recent actions of Frank Hall, was tabled until after this matter was dealt with at the forthcoming convention of the T. and L. Congress to be held in Victoria next month. Delegates felt that no action should be taken on garbled and incomplete press reports or- until all * sides of the question are aired and dealt with at the convention. The Executive recommendation that no action be taken until after the convention was endorsed. Delegate Alex Gordon felt that the actions of Hall could not be passed over as they constituted a violation •of convention decisions. Decisions passed by majority decision in convention should be followed until the next convention and not be changed as in this case by a "rump conference". He favored severe censure of Hall. Delegate Thompson, CSU, said he wholeheartedly agreed with the Executive recommendation and expressed the appreciation of position taken by the officers and delegates and by the Congress in regard to support of the CSU strike from its beginning. They had taken a first- class trade union position. He said he would refrain from saying anything about the actions of any international that had stepped into the ' situation as that was a matter for the members and officers of that union. Bro. Sam Shearer supported the Executive recommendation and said that it was felt as there had been no information received except through press stories and that as no official statement had been received on the developments from President Bengough, no steps should be taken until all facts are made available at the convention in Victoria. "Who started the CSU," he demanded. "This 'renegade' Pat Sullivan." The Executive recommendation carried unanimously. A demand that the Lieutenant- Governor of British Columbia order the B. C. Electric to stop, work on the Boundary Road overhead power line project" was presented to the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades Council at its last meeting. The. property owners in the Boundary Road area wrote strong letters protesting the erection by the B. C. Electric of steel towers and 20,000 volt transmission lines through the residential district. The communication stated that the property owners had to. organize picket lines and asked for the cooperation, of the council and the unions involved in the work. The communications were supported by a delegation headed by Mr. Frank Walsh who was_given an opportunity to present the case of property owners to the delegates at the council. The Public Utilities Commission, he said, had ruled against the appearance of the Property Owners at the public hearings, on the grounds that they were not "interested parties." Application was being made to the Government to order new hearings of the P.U.C. so that the people be allowed to make representations. Towers are to be placed in front of expensive $15,000 homes, cutting off their yiew, Mr. Walsh said. The extra cost of putting the wires underground would be only $1 to $1*_ million in a total project amounting to $40 or $50 million. . "Underground wires are the only proper method," he declared. Mr. Walsh spoke on behalf of the B. C. Property Owners' Association as well as the local residents, and told the delegates that, along with Burnaby municipality, the association intends to ask the lieutenant-govern or to repeal the decision of.the Public Utilities Commission. The delegation will also demand a new hearing at which residents and others, previously denied a hearing would have a chance to "refute false statements of the B. C. Electric." The council decided to set up a committee of three to investigate the Boundary Road residents' "anti overhead power line" complaints. Referring to residents' picketing of the work now being done by B. C. Electric, Walsh said, "The company say we are .picketing against progress. That is not true. We are picketing for modern, underground installation against absurd, overhead eyesores which will destroy the whole district." Resigns From Council Owing To 111 Health Vice-President Sam Smylie has tendered his resignation from that office in the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Sam said in his letter that he had been advised by his doctor to slow up a little for the time being. Brother Smylie expressed his deep appreciation to the officers and delegates of the council for the many courtesies received during his long period in office. He further stated that he is looking forward to the time when he will again be able to resume his duties as a delegate to the council. The delegates accepted Vice-President's resignation with deep regret and instructed the secretary to write a letter of appreciation for his many past services and the leadership he has given to the labor movement over a period of many years. Council Purchases More Shares In The New Labor Temple On the recommendation of the Executive, the delegates to the council approved the -purchase of $2,000 additional shares in the new Labor Temple by the Council. "Emancipation" From Unions Not Wanted If die-hard foes of labor still hope that workers will take advantage of the Taft-Hartley Act to "emancipate" themselves from unions, they will find little comfort in the National Labor Relations Board's latest statistical summary of its work. One provision of the law, as "Labor" has heretofore reported, outlaws the "union shop" unless approved hy a majority vote in ah N.L.R.B. election. Sponsors of the law frankly spread the propaganda that workers, "held in bondage" by unions, would use this device to "emancipate" themselves. Yet now, almost a year after the Act went on the statute books, workers are still voting toJretaiiL the 1._S^^ June, the "union shop" was supported in 98 per cent of the 4,021 elections conducted by the board. That majority has held true month after month since the law' was first put into operation. Among unorganized workers, unions are also more than holding their own, the board revealed. During June, it said, 81 per cent of the workers who were polled on whether they wanted to be represented by unions voted "yes". The board also announced that it's slowly catching up with its huge backlog of cases. In June, for the second successive month, it disposed of more cases than it received. At the end of the month, however, it still had 12,700 cases pending-, more than four times as many as when the Wagner Act expired last year. —''Labor", Washington. Do You Just Belong? Are you an active member, the kind that would be miss'd? Or are you just contented that your name is on the list? Do you- attend the meetings and mingle with the crowd, Or do you stay at home and crab long and loud? Do you take an active part to help the Union along, Or are you satisfied to be the kind to "just belong"? Do you ever go to visit a brother who is sick, Or-leave the work for just a few and talk about the clique? There is quite a program scheduled that means success if done And it can be accomplished with the help of everyone. So attend, the meeting regularly and help with hand and heart; Don't be just a member, but take an active part. Think this over, Brother, are we right or wrong? Are you an active member? Or do you JUST BELONG? ,?.? —Author Unknown. More Workers Ovirir Forty-five Seek Jobs Ottawa. — In the last 12 month- the problem of employment for workers over 45 years of age has grown more serious in Canada, Arthur MacNamara, Federal Deputy Minister of !'Labor, states. In April of this year, 30.1 per cent of all job applicants registered with the National Employment Service were 45 or • over. The total was 49,777 persons, compared .with 48,- 351 a year ago. In four selected occupations, clerical, metalworking, construction and service, more than 50 per cent of the applicants were 45 or older. MacNamara points out that in spite of an active campaign aimed at finding suitable employment for these "senior citizens", carried on by the Federal Department of Labor and the National Employment Service, in co-operation with the Depart ment of Veterans' Affairs, many employers are discriminating against the older worker on the score of age alone. "They are failing to take advantage of the mature judgment, skill and responsibility that the older worker can offer," he declared. . "People in this age group are normally expected to play a large part in community and national affairs. In spite of this, they run up against an arbitrary age barrier when they try to find a job—a barrier which is not justified by the known facts." Mass Meeting Proposed To Protest High Prices Acting on a reaolution submitted by the international Association of Machinists, Lodge 692, the delegates to the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Tradea and Labor Council appointed a committee to "consider, and if possible, arrange such a mass meeting". The committee named consists of Delegates Gervin, Alsbury, Cormack and Dyer, The'.ajornmittee is authorized to invite outside bodies, such as Vancouver Labor Council, Ministerial Association, and various interested groups to participate in the proposed mass meeting. A report is expected at an early meeting of the council. You're less likely to kick the other fellow when you put yourself in his shoes. A plan without a man is like milk without a can—no one can carry it out. \l Do We Need An Indian Act? Through the recommendations by the. Special Joint Committee, the present Indian Act is virtually scrapped. Do we need a revised one, or a new one? The over-all problem is so gigantic and divergent that an overall remedy on any one problem just would nof"flt""the same in any two places. If there is any law for Indians in Canada at all, it should be only to guarantee the retention of treaty rights. The rest should take the form bf aims and the measures be so elastic so they can be stretched or shrunk to fit the needs of the situation anywhere. In other words, the problem should be looked at locally. Then the measures should dissolve themselves when they are no longer needed. All the recommendations so far have been made in the form of a gentle push from wardship to citizenship. When we db acquire complete citizenship then the questions of segregation, racial discrimination, mothers' and old-age pensions, social service, better health conditions, etc., look after themselves. - However, there should be a rousing educational program on all these questions and their importance so that our people have a full understanding of them. The question of education should have particular.attention. Could not our brightest children be educated at the expense of the Dominion Government as lawyers, doctors, social workers, nurses, teachers—in return they be obliged to spend a certain number of years on reserves practising their professions? When the present Indian Act was compiled, it literally took away all responsibility for his tribe from the , .... Chief, and he was left Chief in name In the face of the failure to pre- only. Now that responsibility should vent the Second World War-and in be given back to the Chiefs and to!this time of hardship and apprehen- Councillors — eventually this would sion- the question I want to ask is obviate the need of an Indian De-.this: "Are we a sick and corrupt so Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees Union Negotiates Agreement in Big Territory , The Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Union, Local No. 464, has just completed negotiations for a new agreement covering wage increases and an- escalator clause taking care of increases in the cost of living affecting fourteen hundred members. The agreement covers twdnty-four firms operating in Greater Vancouver, the Lower Mainland as far east as Chilliwack, and all of Vancouver Island. Its members are employed in all the fluid milk firms in this district, the canned milk plant at Abbots.ord and the plant at Sardis, which makes butter, milk powder and cottage cheese. A new agreement has also been signed with the Royal City Dairy, which will give the inside employees a general wage increase of from $20.00 to $25.00- per month, plus a cost of living adjustment clause. Bob McCulloch has now returned to the office after being on the sick list for about three months, during which time, Birt Showier, secretary of the union, and J. E. Dewar carried on the negotiations. Laundry Salesmen Being a part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Warehousemen of America, the union is now busy organizing Laundry Wagon • Drivers and Salesmen, with the objective of placing them in a loeal of their own when a sufficient number of salesmen have been organized to conduct their own J. E. DEWAR Assiitant business Agent, Milk Salesmen's Union, No. 464. business. The union has already organized the salesmen employed -by -he .Peerless Laundry, the Star Laundry and the Uneeda Linen Supply Ltd., all of Vancouver, and also the Standard Steam Laundry in Victoria. There Is Hope partment.—Native Indian.' One-fourth of White high-school graduates earn over $2,000 a year, but only four per cent- of negro graduates do. ciety, doomed to destruction by the laws of economics, as so~_e of the Communists say; sunk in degradation unless we repent, as some of the religious teachers say; condemned to be destroyed by atomic war, whatever we do, as some ordinary pessi mists say? Or are we still, as I believe, a very splendid, strong, progressive, and enlightened society, which has twice received a terrible wound but has the health and strength to recover?" — Professor Gilbert Murray, Britain. Horse-drawn carriages used to travel an average of 11 % miles an hour in New York's midtown traffic. Today the average speed of automobile traffic is barely 6 miles an hour. t WE DO SELL FOR VANCOUVER NEW WESTMINSTER New Method Of Pest Control From The Air The first public demonstration. in Britain of a new method of weed and peat control from the air by helicopter was given this month near Cambridge. Experiments have previously been made in the United States in spraying crops from a helicopter. But the United Kingdom method introduces a fresh technique based on an important new principle. The slipstream of air moving down from the helicopter's rotar at a speed of 20 miles per hour is used to carry the spray on to the crops. The rebound caused by the stream of air striking the ground enables the spray to reach the underside of the leaves which up till now hsve been so difficult to protect adequately. Thi. machine is flown very low, coming down-to jrithin one or two feet above the plattta. It can travel sideways, backwards or forwards with equal eas or hover for several minutes over one spot. Said Tommy Douglas: "The fight is between the people and those who live off the people. I know I speak for the CCF when I say we gladly take up the challenge." » * • "The vested interests would prefer to see a divided Canada rather than lieni- their share of the cost inherent in A national program of social security." * •'. ♦ "In 1936 we had idle poor. Nowl we have busy poor, but they are still | poor."—From the address by Premier T. C. Douglas at the CCF convention banquet Published to foster, in British Columbiana, a newt appreciation of our great and varied heritage. .. September, 1948 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three f QUICK SERVICE IN QUALITY RECAPPING BRIN6> YOUR SMOOTH TIRES TO US NOW. FREE INSPECTION. NO PERMIT REQUIRED. VULCANIZING REPAIRS WE CARRY A FUU LINE OF DUNLOP "ARMORIZED" TIRES AND TUBES FOR ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS. 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' * * ' « About four railroad workers are killed and fifteen injured for every 1,000,000 locomotive miles. Union Labor Best, Contractors Learn Dallas, Tex. — Even anti-union employers can learn. That's the moral of a .story that has come out of Dallas. A few months ago the superintendent of a large office building was unwilling to use union labor for the installation of an air-conditioning system. The Dallas Building and Construction Trades Council, A.F.L., put the job on its unfair list. "Work bogged down. Non-union men could be secured in only a few of the many n_iYts needed. The owners caught on, fired the.superintendent and notified the Council that they wanted the job to be all-union. Only thirty days later the work was completed — although architects, engineers and contractors. had said it would take all summer. So im- Sressed were the owners that they ought full page ads in 116 Texas papera to tell the people of the State how much they had gained by cooperating with the unions. Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened,' but go on In fortune or. misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.—Robert Louis Stevenson. Non-Union Spotless Cleaners Rapped; Unionists Asked to Patronize Union Laundries In a letter to all Trades and Labor Council delegates and union members, Bro. J. "*H. Irving, Business Agent for the Laundry Workers' International Union, states that some union members are patronizing the Spotless Laundry at 2085 Mlin Street, which is not \\\\VV\y////V'£ a union firm. .The text of Bro. Irving's letter reads: "It has come to my notice that some union members are having work done at the Spotless Laundry and Cleaning establishment at 2085 Main Street This is not a union firm. "More than one attempt has been made to organize in this particular establishment. We are again endeay oring.to bring the people employed in this plant into the union. The follow, ing list of union shops provides t wide choice for the worker to have attend his needs without going to a non-union plant Empire Dry Cleaners Ltd., 5 West 4th Ave. Campbell Bros., 1399 Granville St. Swan Bros., 401 East 12th Ave. Sanitary Cleaners, 866 Howe St. Four Stir Cleaners, 1191 Victoria Drive. Nelson Cleaners, 2300 Cambie St Ueerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning, 1698 West 3rd Ave. - Guarantee Cleaners, 1105 Ven- ables St. Farina Laundry and Cleaners, Ft. Woodland Dr. Roy Stevens Tri-Cleaning, 1170 Burrard St. Shaughnessy Cleaners, .928 Granville Street. "We feel that you can assist lis in organizing this plant by writing a letter to the management of the Spotless Cleaners. "Will you assist us by meeting this request and urging your. neigbb.flj_._P do likewise. We need your support in the campaign to organize the Spotless Cleaners." Report On The "Labor Statesman" Reporting on behalf of the press committee, Tom Alsbury, chairman, stated that the present arrangement with Bill Watts as business-manager, and Tom Alsbury as editor, had been in operation for over a year. The press committee chairman paid tribute to the valuable work and advice which Bro. Watts continues to contribute to the paper, despite the fact that he is carrying a heavy load of work in connection with his duties in his own Union. Bill, he also noted, has young ideas in connection with the Joke Department. The report pointed out that a number of innovations had been introduced into the paper in an attempt to improve it during the past year. Some difficulty is encountered in obtaining Canadian labor news as much of the labor press service comes f ron the United States. This is a matter that should be considered by the T. and L. Congress Convention, with a view to building up a labor press service in Canada. Another serious problem is encountered in securing information and news stories from local unions on their activities and negotiations. The chairman impressed upon the delegates the importance of having the local unions appoint someone to keep the "Labor Statesman" supplied with news. He also asked .for criticisms and suggestions which the committee would only be .__• pleased to receive in order to assist them in nutting out a first-class labor paper. With the co-operation of the delegates it is hoped to feature stories of their respective unions along with a photo and story of each delegate in future issues of the paper. Letters To The Editor LIFE IS LIKE THAT Editor, The Sun: Sir,—I am giving my reasons for not being able to meet demands for income taxes, because I have been held up,' held down, sandbagged, walked upon, sat upon, flattened and squeezed by the income tax, super tax, tobacco tax, liquor tax, motor tax, dog tax, and every society, organization and club that inventive mind can conceive. The yo.eminent has governed my business until I do not know who own*'it: f am suspected, inspected, informed, so that I do not know who. I am, where I am or why I am here at all. All I know is that I am supposed to have an inexhaustible supply of money for every need, hope and desire of the human race. The only reason I am clinging to life is to see what happens after the sales tax and hospital tax.—C.B. —Vancouver "Sun" Capitalist Confiscation Edmonton Bulletin, July 16: "Editor, Bulletin — I was amused to read the slogan put oue by one of the banks, 'Smart People Save*. "Any smart person who has saved for the last 30 years or so, will find his dollar will now purchase 30 cents worth of goods in any store, and moreover the interest on his deposit has been cut from three per eent to one-and-a-half per cent. "Truly the ways of high finance are wonderful to behold!" —"AJAX." "Beautiful LaJf Spies" A Des Moines newspaper columnist, who has just returned from Europe, writes: "Cloak-and-dagger stuff goes on in Berlin and Vienna nowadays. We pretend it isn't happening, and the Russians do, too. ' But it is happening. We have beautiful lady spies, and so do they. They try to get our spies to work for them, and we invite their spies to come on our payroll. The upshot is that the stuff the spies peddle — especially the natives who work for both sides — is none tob reliable." # .,. BRO. J. H. IRVING, Busineu Agent for the Laundry Workers' International Union. New Houses Out Of Range Of Low- Income Families Chairman of Dominion Legion Command Houiing Committee Streiici Effect of Home Shortage Ottawa.—While there has been a rebound in home construction in Canada from the stifling .situation which engulfed early postwar building, the real bad spot in the picture remains the severe scarcity of low- cost dwellings. Building of homes has picked up considerably according to the latest official figures. But even the government's agency, the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, admits the seriousness of the dearth of accomodation for those in the low- income brackets. A new booster for the long-standing plea to the Federal government for the establishment of some measure of Dominion subsidizing of home- building is J. E. L. Price, chairman of the Canadian Legion's Dominion Command busing committee. In an address in Montreal recently, Price urged a more realistic approach to the housing problem. "The time has come when all concerned recognize that the problem of providing shelter for families in the low-income brackets cannot be solved without resort to 'some measure of sbsidy," Price declared. Housing For Minority Of 77,000 new living units made available in 1947, he said, fully 90 per cent went to a minority who could afford to pay "inflated prices". This left only 10 per cent of the total to the great majority of families in the low-income brackets. "No further information is necessary," he said, "to prove that.apart from the wartime houses BuilF exclusively for the benefit of veterans in the last three years, practically no real progress has been made in Canada since V-.I day, so far as housing for families in the lower-income brackets is concerned." Canadians, he said, are existing in a "fool's paradise" where the housing problem is concerned. "If the present democratic way of life is to survive," he declared, "those in authority will have to very soon stop hiding their heads in the sand like the ostrich, to avoid seeing the ever-increasing danger of allowing the very core of the housing problem to go on growing and hardening without doing anything about it It will be a sorry dsy indeed for the Communists, who try to create trouble out of situations, when Canada ultimately starts to really do something about cracking the core of the housing problem." Marriages On Rocks Domestic havoc is being wrought due to the lack of living space. What about all the marriages that are going on the rocks, from coast to coast, primarily becsuse so many young couples have never been able to find any kind of a home of their own?" Price demanded. Unless something is done at once, it will be useless to try to cope with the housing of immigrants who, it now appears, will be flocking to Csnada in the yeara to come. How can we possibly hope to eope with the problem of housing these newcomers without first devising a formula to meet the dire needs of our native- born people?" Price questioned. One thousand veterans of the Second World War still have applications registered for wartime houses in Montreal alone, he said. The building of wartime houses for veterans, however, had completely bogged down, and not a single wartime house has been started around Montreal alone since last January 1, Price declared. Realistic PUn In addition to a subsidy plan, Price suggested a "realistic home- ownership plan. This would make available mortgage loans equal to 90 per cent of the actual costs of homes casting $7,000 or less, at ..'■_ per cent interest rate, with the principal amortized over 30 years. Mortgage loans of this description would naturally have to be made by governments rather than by lending institutions, he said. ** Final figures just released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show new dwelling units completed in Canada during 1947 reached a total of 79,369. SIGN A COMMUNITY CHEST PLEDGE It's the easy way of giving as much to the Community Chest as you'd like to. By signing a pledge you spread your donation over a whole year, through monthly or quiirt-rly payments. When your canvasser calls, give her what you can now . . . give her your pledge for what you'd like to. At work, where there are twenty or more employees, you can make your pledge by pay-roll deduction. Remember, this year, $775,000 must be raised for 43 Red Feather Services for a full year. .. '__ So please s GIVE...GIVE ENOUGH! //////A\N\\\X i Chronic Alcoholism Nobody knows how many persons in the United States are afflicted with alcoholism, but Dr. Selden B. Bacon of Yale University places the figure at three million, 76*0,000 of whom are full-fledged alcoholics. He estimates that fifty million persons use alcoholic drinks. Doctors now believe that uncontrollable craving for alcohol is a real disease. Many persons are "social drinkers" without any apparent ill effect, while others go gradually from the social drinker type to the chronic alcoholic. Alcoholism is not inherited. The alcoholic addict should be regarded as a sick person and treatment given by re-educating the indi viduals, helping him to establish new habits of living, thinking, action and reaction to excitement, disappointment or out-and-out frustration. A good treatment which will stop the alcoholic from drinking has not been developed, but research on this subject is going on constantly. An organization of ■individuals who have been themselves addicted to alcohol in immoderate quantities, called Alcoholic Anonymous, has succeeded jn stopping drinking among a great many chronics. Chronic alcoholism is a curse to the person who is afflicted and even more to his family. Trouble dogs the footsteps of the addict', heavy drinking aften leading into crime. The need for good methods of prevention and cure is pressing. _________ f mmmmmm /> Page' Four THE LABOR STATESMAN September, 1SM8 :\ i : . 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 H. W. WATTS, Manager TOM ALSBURY., Editor Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phone:.PAcific 2942 Vancouver, Canada, September, 1948 The 63rd Annual Trades and Labor Convention The 63rd Annual Convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada will open in Victoria on Monday, October 11. The delegates have no easy task awaiting them. They will be faced with many serious problems and will be called upon to make a number of critical decisions on matters which affect both the internal structure and the external policies of the Congress. Th* fact that the issues are not clear-cut renders their task more difficult. In a number of instances the issues are so involved and complex that it will not be easy,to arrjjjre at a simple solution which will neatly pigeon-hole what is right and what is wrong, which actions should be supported and which condemned, or which groups are to be commended and which censured. The delegates will be charged with a grave responsibility. They must have ample opportunity to hear and consider all sides of each issue. T''ey will have to weigh the evidence and reach judgments based on sound trades union principles. Admittedly this is a dyty which cannot be lightly assumed or easily carried out. The< unity and the future progress of the largest labor group of Canada may be at stake. We are confident that the delegates to the convention will discharge their responsibilities in a manner.that will be in the best interests of the future of organized labor in Canada. Not least amongst -tfjtse problems will be a decision on the recent actions of Frank Hall and others associated with him. Secondly, and this problem is inextricably interwoven with that referred to above, will be a decision as to what action, if any, should be taken in regard to Communists who have gained key positions in the trade unions, and who use their offices to promote their own political aims, regardless of consequences, and at the expense of the harmony and progress of their own organizations. There are numerous glaring examples all across the country both in AFL and CCL unions. Again, a decision is not easy. Democratic trades union principles demand that each union have the right to elect its own officers without outside interference. On the other hand, there is the question of how far the Congress can permit the actions of a minority of communist-led unions to jeopardize the policies and the very existence of the entire organization. A third question to be placed before the'Convention will undoubtedly be that of future political action. In Canada and the United States there is a growing feeling that the traditional policy of "reward your friends and punish your enemies" is no longer effectively meeting the needs of labor in the political field. There is a growing demand for the formulation of a new and more effective type of political action by organized labor. Just what form political action should take which will be more successful in achieving labor's demands, and at the same'time not endanger the unity of the trades union movement, is a matter to which the Convention delegates must give careful study.. The recent dangerous trend toward the enactment of anti-labor legislation, which has been gaining strength in legislatures across Canada, must unquestionably receive tlie attention! of the -Convention and effective steps taken to have the collective strength and the entire resources of the labor movement mobilized in a determined fight to have such labor acts removed from statute books wherever they appear. Build Freedom: Abolish Exploitation - An ideology cannot be destroyed by poison gas nor demolished by atomic bombs. The only way you can deal with an ideology is to present abetter one that has demonstrated its ability in practice to bring better living to men. The surest way to destroy Com* munism abroad is to build a social order so that every man who lives in it can live freely, and in freedom abolish the exploitation of man by man.—Bishop G. Bromley Oxman, U.S. Methodist Church. Respect Is Key In Worker£^i***r^?, '•-*•' imary requisite in all communication flPftTrinaRement with em- t„ , The primary fdoyees is "profound respect" for them as individuals of sensibilities and ntelli!:enee, it was declared by James 0. Bice, editor.and assistant secretary of the.American Management Association, "Communication is not necessarily a planned and calculated statement," Mr. Rice pointed out. "It can be the look in a foreman's eye when he rives an order, . It is the attitude of an inlerviewer in the hiring-Office. It is the' way in which a company takes care of an employee who has had an accident and the manner in which food is served to the employees in a cafeteria." One field where good employee communication and consultation ran do a job, he said, is in the field of fear. People are often insecure because they are afraid of what is going to happen to them. Sure Cure for Communism Can democracy—the kind we are familiar with in North America—defeat Communism, and how? We think Percy Bengough, president of the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, gave the answer in his Labor Day message. There was an eXcerpt in'last week's issue of "Labor", but Mr. Bengough's words will bear repetition., Speaking as the leader of a great democratic trades union movement, he said: "We know thb meaning of Communism. In all countries in which dictatorships have been established, the first to be destroyed have been our brothers and sisters in trade unions. "To preserve democracy it is only necessary to provide the working people with comfortable homes, happy surroundings and reasonable security. "Living under such conditions, workers won't worry, about v^-mft-ng our system of government" Who will say it is not possible to establish and maintain the modest standards suggested by Mr. Bengough?—Labor. Another War: Final Lunacy Would Doom Mankind to Slaughter That Can Have No Other End, Say- Editor of Reynolds News, London. In the last war more than 400,000 British people were killed. A quarter of our national wealth was sacrificed to victory. More than a quarter of a million houses were destroyed and -1 Vi- million were damaged. Eleven and a half million tons of our shipping was sunk. These were the easily measured physical losses. Only the Recording Angel can calculate the sum total of human unhuppine_s that went into the cost of victory. Tears cannot tbe counted, but are perhaps the greatest item in the balance sheet of war. Why spoil a good week-end holiday by recalling these figures? Because this Bank Holiday sees Britain drifting dreadfully near tp the disaster of another war. There is war talk in the Press and words are used in the House of Commons that show how narrow is the margin between mankind and the final lunacy. . —_-, . It is "well to ponder this week-end on what another war would mean to this country. The two great land. masses of America and the Soviet Union could undoubtedly survive a struggle that would end inconclusively when each of them was exhausted. No Survival But it' is inconceivable that the complicated industrial and social structure of this tightly packed island could endure an atomic, highly explosive and bacteriological war without the collapse of orderly civilized society. And what is true of Britain is equally true of the even more devastated countries of Western Europe. ,, The people of this country would be willing to face all these risks if some giant spirit of evil was again stalking the world, as in the days when Hitler threatened to destroy every worthwhile hope of mankind. But we do not believe it to be true that the clash between East and West is one of these fundamental conflicts between good and evil that must be fought out on the battlefield—or, today, in homes shattered by atom bombs and over bodies poisoned by radioactive dust. We do not know what is contained in the Note to Moscow. We do know that any mother and child in Europe saying to the statesmen this week-end: begin again ... do not doom us to a slaughter that can have no end.—Reynolds News. Not Another Campaign Since 1931 your Community Chest's annual campaign has been the grea£ united appeal for contributions to maintain about forty-four health and welfare agencies of Greater Vancouver. Through periods of prosperity, war and depression, these united Red Feather Services have loyally depended upon this time- saving and money-saving fund racing method. These vital Red Feather Services have become more efficient and adjustable to changing conditions. Because the annual Community Chest campaign only occupies about three weeks of each year, certain national organizations have chosen other calendar dates for their independent money - raising appeals. While these projects are not the only annual solicitations outside the Community Chest, they attract the most attention and are largely responsible for the feeling that, despite the Community Chest, the public is again confronted by too many campaigns for funds. Your Community Chest has always maintained an "open door" policy relating to necessary and effective health and welfare agencies not yet included in its membership. They can gain admission by the same means used by present Red Feather Services. In the last three years five agencies have thus been admitted to Chest membership. While yotir Red Feather Seryices are subject to central, federated budgetting and coordination of services, these local safeguards cannot be applied to "outside" agencies. Fund raising methods of the independent appeals do not 'always conform to the rigid standards of your Community Chest. Too often such "outside" fund-raising organizations fail to inform donors as to their campaign costs, operating costs, distribution of the money raised or the extent of their needs and their services. Such important information is and always has been available with regard to your Community Chest. The Community Chest is maintained by you, for you. Its continued existence is your guarantee of a better community. Still Rising Ottawa. — Showing the narrowest change since January, 1947. The cost of living index in Canada advanced six-tenths of one per cent between July 2 and August 2 this year. The rise in the index over the one month period was from 156.9 to 157.5. At the beginning of August last year the index was 136.6. What helped to hold down the increase was the removal of the 25 per cent excise taxes. We can never learn the lesson too deeply that our action in the common places of life is deciding our destiny.—F. B. Meyer. Union Dues Pay Off About 1,000 Per Cent Does it pay to belong to a union? The United Packinghouse Workers recently added to the mountain of evidence that the answer is "yes". It cited figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics which showed that at unionized packing plants workers in most occupations earn from 20 toas much as 53 cents an hour more than in non-union plants. The higher wages in union packing plants are, on the average, equal to "at least ten times the monthly dues" paid by members, the organization declared. "In other words, for every $2.50 you invest in your dues you get at least a ten-fold return," the union informed its members.—Labor. Prefabricated Editorials "Thinking is already too stereotyped in America. Press and radio facilitate the process. But normally a person knows whose opinion he is picking up. Now, however, it appears that a surprising number of newspapers are offering to their readers as their own editorials that are actually produced in an 'editorial factory*. "This practice is exposed in the July issue of Nieman Reports, published by the Society of Nieman Fellows. It discovered almost by accident that a single editorial was carried by'59 newspapers, with a circulation of 390,000. Nieman Reports found that the material was prepared and sent out by a company in Portland, Oregon, which, it says, 'distributes prefabricated editorials to newspapers on behalf of power interests."—Christian Science Monitor, July 21. Belgium And France Reciprocate On Social Security Measures Belgium and ■ France have signed a treaty by which they extend the application of their social insurance legislation to their respective, nationals living in the territory of the other contracting party. The treaty, applies to legislation concerning such matters as sickness and invalidity insurance, old age benefits, family allowances, and insurance against employment injury. Humanity First Social Security Bulletin: "What we have come to call social security is the means whereby the modern state assures equitable distribution of the goods and services its people produce. In other words, social security is a device whereby the modem state makes certain that all its people shall enjoy a minimum level of well-being." Advice For Vacation To get the most out of a vacation the Michigan State Health Department makes 10 suggestions, which are well worth pondering. They are: % 1. Whether you are away or stay at home, get the vacation attitude of mind. Relax and enjoy yourself.. 2. If you are going away, choose the place that will give you the greatest change and pleasure. »■ 3. If you stay at home, carry on your usual routine and do things in a vacation way. 4. Spend time outdoors, and in the sunshine. Get a coat of tan, but gradually, to avoid sun burn. 5. Suit your activities to your age andl^don't overdo. 6. Eat regularly and moderately and enjoy the summer's fresh vegetables and fruits. 7. Drink plenty of pasteurized milk and drink water only from safe sources. * 8. Sleep eight hours or longer. It does wonders for your capacity to enjoy yourself. 9. Bathe at approved and guarded beaches. 10. Give prompt attention to even minor injuries, insect bites and ivy poisoning.—The St. Catharines Standard. Engineers Win 15- Per Cent Hike Montreal.—The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has made agreements with all the Canadian railways for a 15_ per cent wage increase, retroactive to March 1 this«year. This works out at approximately $1.80 per day more for passenger engineers as from March 1; $1.31 per day for freight engineers as from March 1; $1,28 for yard engineers from March 1 to the end of July, with an average of $1.69 per day starting August 1. In addition, a numbcr;„of concessions in rules have been agreed to by the Canadian National railways and the Canadian Pacific railways and their subsidiaries. The other Canadian roads have agreed in principle to adopting these, changes.—Labor. . Inherited Wealth Ruined Harry Thaw The story of Harry K. Thaw illustrates why Uncle Sam's inheritance tax should be raised and strengthened, instead of reduced as Congress did in the past session, or abolished as the Republican platform proposes. ■ Newspapers announced this week that Thaw, who died recently, left an estate of $1,211,000, of which $768,000 was in a trust fund left him by his wealthy father, before there was any estate tax. He "ran wild" like many other rich men's sons, married a chorus girl, Evelyn Nesbitt, in 1906, and a little later shot her former_"gentl»>nan friend," Stanford White. ' White was a famous architect, and hia murder was such a sensation that it is remembered to this day. The shooting was done publicly, on a fashion able "roof garden," and everyone knew who did it. Nevertheless, his lawyers got him off on the ground of "insanity." After a year in an asylum, Shaw escaped, was found sane, and went free. He divorced the woman for whom he had committed murder, and, in his will, left only $10,000 to her "or her son." The lawyers who hsd performed the legal magic of getting Thaw declared insane and then sane took a large chunk of his fortune, and he never earned a dollar, but he had over a million when he died. Harry Thaw would have been better off if he had been compelled to work for a living. Not even rich men's sons.will benefit if Congress further cuts or abolishes "the inheritance tax. 100% UNION LABOR Q__-_-.,-**___> COME AND SEE OUR FINE SELECTION OF FALL MERCHANDISE And Enquire about the CONVENIENCE OF SWEET, SIXTEEN PERSONALIZED BUDGET PLAN ... BE ASSURED of COURTEOUS, PROMPT ATTENTION. (5__-_S___--_- Of course . . . the garments may bebought SWEET SIXtEEN'S PERSONALIZED BUDGET PLAN No Carrying Charge 2204 MAIN ST. 4440 WEST 10th AVE. 1307 KINGSWAY 61.3 W. HASTINGS ST. 807 flfta-NVILLE ST. 1616 COMMERCIAL DR. 2438 E. HASTINGS ST. 2315 MAIN ST. NEW WESTMINSTER: 437 COLUMBIA ST. 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PAcific 1055 'MrtM {JWW This Is Better Than Killing People Amid all the talk of war and killing, some Americans and AuBtraliana turnod their hearts, heads and hands to something more worthy of the human race—saving a baby girl's life. The result is an inspiring story. Two months ago, 5-year-old Shirley Brown, of Allan-ford, Australia, was a "blue baby." She was blue because she couldn't get enough oxygen from the air. To keep alive, she had to wear an "oxygen mask." She couldn't play with other girls and boys, and faced early death. Touched by her plight, the 1,000 citizens of the little Australian town raised $8,000, sent her and her parents to Baltimore, where they heard that two American surgeons were curing "blue babies" by delicate operations at Johns Hopkins Hospital. This week, Shirley flew back to Australia, no longer a "blue baby" but a pink and healthy one,_WRh her, she took the oxygen mask, hot for use, but as a souvenir of the human kindness and skill that rescued her from the dread ailment. Chains Versus Independent Stores The latest report of the Canadian Government has revealed that in May, 1848, sales of 945 chain store units operated by 24 chain companies in the retail food field across Canada were 25 per cent higher than sales of 947 stores operated by the same 24 firms in May, 1947. On the other hand, independent food merchants had reported little change in volume of sales from May last year or a gain of only 1.4 per cent. Labour Government Gives More Wages Britons' wages have gone up much faster than the cost of living. The average male worker in England earns about $24.75 a week, compared with $14 in 1938. That's up 79 per cent, while living costs have climbed 32 per cent. Women, drawing an average $13*50 a week now, arc miserably paid by U.S. standards. But they get 107 per cent more thari in 1938, according to the British Ministry of Information. For Peace "In my opinion, if the Russians wanted war they would have moved in long ago; they could have overrun Europe in a week if they had wished."—Matthew Halton, Radio Commentator. « tj" ';:'/■■ September, 1948 THE, LABOR STATESMAN Page Five Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-631 BEATTY STREET Auto Work«r«' Union, Lodga Ao. 1B67, I. A. ol M. — Business Agent, L«n E. Butler, office, 631 Beatty St., phone PA. 2.35. Bkkery Salesman, Local 188, L- B. T. C. and K.— Business Asent, E Holmes, 631 Beatty Street; PAcific 6546. Baku™' Union, local 488 — Business 1 Agent. Melvln Kemmis, 16 East Hast- . Inus St., Phone PAclflc 4741. Barbers — International Journeymen of America, Vo. 130 — Secrelary, C.' E. Herrett, 531 Beatty St., PAclllc 4924. ■avaraff* Dispensers and Culinary Workers, Bo. 83S—Secretary, T. Dougherty, 128 Sandringham Ave., New West- Laundry Worksrs, Bo. 29- — Business Agent, J. H. Irving, 631 Beatty St., . Phone PAclflc 4648. Lithographers, Bo. 44 — Secretary, A. Robold, 2974 W. 16th. Lumber fe Sawmill Workers, U.B.C., Local Ho. 2968 — Secretary. Hugh Wood. Room 4, 629 Beatty St., Phone TAtlow 2743. Xaohlnlsts, Looal 899—Business Agent, Alf. Dyof, 631 Beatty St; PA. 2486. Maehlnlsta, Local 181 —Secretary. J Hj-Bate. 3167 Kitchener,-HA. 4969-L. •eyerage Dispensers and.Culinary Workers, Mo. 878— Business Manager, I.'. W. Mills, 68 West Hastings St.; MA. 4948. Blacksmiths' Union, Looal 1S1 — Secre- tsry. P Mitchell, 1793 Dublin St., New Westminster Boilermakers' Union, Ho. 3S9 — Business Agent, James Downie, 531 Beatty St., I'hilne TAtlow 1047 Boilermaker!' Union, Local 194—Secretary. P. Moore, Box 422, New Westminster. B. C. ■ :— Bookbinders' Unloa. Looal 105-^Record- T_-~f_.Oretary, P. Milne, 977 Brough- ton St. •. ._ Brick ft Clay Workers' Union, Ho. 130— Secretary, 8. W. Jeqery, R. K. No. 1, Matsiiul, B. C Bricklayers' Union, Local Ho. 1—L. Padgett, Sr„ 3393 W. 31st; KErr. 6293-R. Building Laborers' Union, Looal 603 — .. Secretary,...!,.. J....Mlllman,- Ml -Beatty St.; Phone MArlne 9042. Building Laborers' Union (New Westminster) No. 1070 .— Secretary, T. Pnner. 1605 Sixth St.; phone N.W. 1179-R. .. Bnlldlng Material and Fuel Trnok Drivers' Union, Looal (US—Business Agent, H. Bonn.II, 631 Beatty St., Phone PAclllc 7884. Bnlldlng Service Bmployees, Loos! 344 —Business Agent, A. J. Wybrew, 434 W. Pender St.; Phone PA. 8605. ■all-in* Trades Council — Secretary, X w Watts. (11 Beatty St.; Phone pa. in,- 1941 Canadian Stamen's Union (T. Ala. C. C.) —Secretary. J M. Smith, 51 Powell St.; Phone MArlne 4*41. Carpenters' Un;on, Ho. 4-3 — Business Agent, J. Stevenson, 631 Beatty St; Phone PA. 6567. CarpenUra' UnlOn (Chllllwack), Ho. 1843 — Secretary. J. E. Towes, Box 482, Chllllwack, B.C. Carpenters, Looal 1361 (Hew Westminster)—Business Agent, J. T. Bannan, 1008 -JO. Ave, New Westminster, Phone N.W. 613R. Carpenters (Nanalmo), Looal Ho. 637 — Secretary, P. W. Bolton, 96 Wallace Street, Nanalmo, B. C. Carpenters' Union Ho. 613 (Fort Alberni) —Secretary. R. Stubb, Box 908, Port Alberni, B. C. Cement Finishers (Section of Looal Ho. 803)—Business Agent, W. J. Baskerville, Labor Headquarters, 631 Beatty St., Phone MArlne 9042. Olty Hall Employees, Looal 69 — Secretary, T. H. Lewis. 2167 West 18th Ave., BAyview 4766L. Olvlo Bmployees' Union (Burnaby), Vo. 93—Secretary, J. E. Wilson, 2131 Mer- rltt Ave., New Westminster. Olvlo Employees' Union, Local 99—Business Agent, Donald Guise, 49 West Hastings St.; Phona PAclflc 4648. Commercial Telegraphers' Union, C.P.R. Division No. 1—Phyllis M. Cllne, Box 481, Vancouver. Distillery Workara, Looal Ho. 69— Secretary. Ft. P. Redman, 4(0 Campbell St.; New Westminster. B. C. Distillery Workers' Union, Ho. 99 — (U.D.f,.) — Secretary, H. K. Oawne, 1746 Comox St., Vancouver, B.C. Hleotrioal Workers' Union, Loeal 310 - Business Manager, George Gee, 611 Beatty St.; MArlne 9716. ■ lav-tor Constructors, Looal 83—Secre. tary. H. C. MacKechan, 1957 Eaat 7th Avenue. Embalmers, Undertakers and Assistants Union, Ho. 93374 — Secretary, J. A. Dougall, 1334 Nicola Street, Phone MArlne 3561. Engineers, Hoisting and Portable, Looal 116—Business Agent, A. W. 8cott 19S E. Hastings, Ste. 114-18. MArine 2149. Engineers, Sohool and Caretakers, Local 983 — Secretary, Len A. Roach, 2932 Sohpla Street Engineers' Union (Stationary Operating), Loeal Ho. 882—Business Agent, Harry Rereer. 193 E. Hastings, Ste. 214-16, MArlne 2849. Film Bxehance Bmployeea, Local B71— Secretary, C. W. Backus, 1921 East 40th Avenue. Fire Fighters (Bnrnaby), Looal MS — Secretary, B. J .Pontlfex, 4008 Douglas Road. New Westiplnster. Fin Fighters Hew Westminster, Local tht — Secretary. D. Anderson 1821 Hamilton Street New Westminster. Floorlayers* Union, U. B. of O.J., Looal Ho. 1641—Business Agent, It. V. Nash, 1978 E. Broadway. rnrnltnre Workers, UBC, Looal Ho. 3633 — Secrelary, Miss Haiel Hart, Room 4, 629 Beatty St, Phone TAtlow 1741. Furniture ft Mill Workera, U.B.O., Looal Ho. 3834 (Hew Westminster)—Secretary, Geo. Powers, R. R. No. 6, New Westminster, B.C. Ola-iers end Olaaa Workers', Local Ho. 1637 Secretary. A. Allen. (Ill Cui- loden St, New Westminster. Oae Workera' Unioa, Looal Ho. 938 - Secretary, F: Russell. 8278 Kremlin St. of/Ice phone; MArlno 2958. Hospital Employees' Union, Ho. 180 — Secrelary, A. Paterson. 192 West 18th Ave.. Phone PAIr. 1081-la. Home Service Workers' Union, Ho. 911— Secretary, Mrs. J. Hallock, U5 West llth Ave., Vancouver, B.C Hotel and Restaurant Bmployeea, Looal 99 — Business Agent. J. Price. 411 (iranvllle St.; Phohe PAclflo 7933. International Longshoremen's Association, Loeal Ho. 38/183 — Secretary, James IiarwooH. 2049 Kitchener St., HAstings 3154-M. Imisrorkses, Local 97—Buslnesa Agent, K >1 Cook. 193 Eaat Hastings Street Room 111; MArlne 09 40. Jewelry Workers' Union, Ho. 42—Secretary. W. Routley, 144 West Hastings 8t„ Room 71: PAclflc 2714. Ladles' Oarment Workara.' Local 171- Business Agent C. Parr. 119 Waat Pender St.; Phone: DExu)r I7IIM Lathers' U»lo_, M. Flnla-son, FA. C2T9,t. Local 207—Secretary, 4848 Dumfries St.; lachlniata' Lodge, No. iti — Secretary. J. D. Wlldy. 1606 Seventh Avenue. New Westminster. nailers' Union, Ho. 70—Secretary R. G. Tuylor, 1176 Duchess Avenue,. West Vancouver, B. C. Malntenance-of-Way Bmployeea, Local Ho. 167 (C. P. B.)—Secretary, S. Wray, 2187 Kitchener Street. Malntenance-of-Way Bmployeea, Local 31 — Secretary, R. McLure, 1836 East 14th Avenue. Marine Engineers, National Association of, Council Ho. 7—Secretary, D. Heard, 310 West Pender Street. Mil- Salesmen and Dairy Bmployeea Local-r .464 — Seoretary, Birt Showier, 531 Beatty St.; PAclflc 6646. folders' Union, Local 281 — Business Agent Louis Herzeg, 631 Beatty St.; phone PA. 1878-L. Motion Picture Projectionists, Loeal 348, Business Munager. J- It. Foster; Secre- tary. J. H. Leslie; P. O. Box 346; -Phone -MArlne S048. :— Musicians' Union, -Looal 146 — Business Manager, E. A. Jamieson. Suite 81, 553 Granville St., Phone PAblflc 7843. Office Employees' Int. Union Looal Ho. 15—Secretary, B. Gouthro, 631 Beatty Street; PAclflc 4740. Painters, Local 138—Business Manager, .1. Eaves. ,531 Beatty St., MAr. 1536; Res.; HAst 6ftI9-L. Faint A Varnish Workers' Union, Looal Ho. I860 — Secretary, Ann Lenlus, 1340 Home. Paper Makers' International Brotherhood, (Ocean rails) Local Ho. 360 — Secretary, Geo. L. Weldrldge, Ocean Falls. Papermakers' Int. Brotherhood, Local No. 456 (New Westminster) — Secretary, Walter Ross, 222 Ninth Street Fatternmakera, Looal Ho. I960 — Secretary, Leo. Wiles, 1584 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C.; West 1493-R. File Drivers and Wooden Brldgemen, Local 3404—Business Agent, S. Allen, 193 E. Hastings St., PAclflc 4046. Plumbers and Steamfltters (Ballroad) Looal 571 — Secretary, Lloyd Blrlck, 1877 Haro St., Vancouver. Photo Engravers, Local 54—Edwin Davis, 68 Lancaster Crescent, Sea Island, Vancouver. Phone Plasterers' Union. Ho. 1ft •— BeereUrj, . H. West, 3419 West 23rd, BAy. 6333-M. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Loos!.170— Business Agent, Frank CarlisIo,\5-9 Beattle St., Phone MArlne 3819 ' ' Union Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union, Ho. 69 — Secrelary, Thos. S. Ezart, 1807 East 18th Ave., FRaser 2065. Pulp and Sulphite (Conventers) Union, Looal 433—Secretary, P. Macklnnon, 2488 West Third Avenue. Pursers and Chief Stewards, Looal 130 —Secretary, R. Stover, 1451 Woodland Drive. Ballway Carman (Port Mann), Lodge Ho. 280— Secretary, J .It. Doutaz, 707 Dublin St.. New Westminster, B.C. Ballway and Steams —Secretary, T. W.' Street. lip Clerks, No. Ill Mrby. 1611 Triumph Ballway Carmen, LoeatvHo. 58 — Secre. tary, Sam Shearer, 2468 Nelson Ave., West Vancouver; Phone\West 1700-Iai. Ballway and Steamship Clir-s, Ho. 698 —Secretary, A. T-dghamJ 6013 Payne St., DExter 1275-,. BefrigeraOon Workers, Ho. 616, V. A. J. F. S. F.—Secretary, L. R. Wlntle. 137 West 40th, Vancouver; FRas. 4409. Reallllent Floorlayers (Section of Looal Ho. 1841) — Secretary, Cliff Bressler, Room 4, 529 Beatty Bt, Phone TAtlow 2743. Betail Grocery and Food Olerks, Local No. 1618 — Secretary, Geo. Johneton. 198 Weat Hastings, Room 401; Phone PAclflo 5710. Betail Olerks, Looal 979 — Sec.-Treas. Geo. Johnston, Room 406, Province Bldg., Phono PAc. 6720. Betail Meat Bmployees, Looal Ho. 999— Business Agent, A. Thompson, 198 West Hastings St., Room 406; Phone PAclflc 5720. Secondary Sohool Teachers' Association —Secretary, Wm. Alsbury, 2604 East Sixth, HAstings 2072-R. Sheet Metal Workers, Looal _SO—Bust ness Manager, James Walker, 631 Beatty St., PAclflo 9032. Sheet Metal Workera (Ballroad), local 314— Secretary, G. H. Dobb, llll 7th Avenue, New Westminster. Shlnglers* and Boofers* Union, Ho. 9348 —Secretary, J. A. Glldermelster, 1974 W. 7th; CEdar 7187. Shingle Weavers' Union, Looal Ho. 9909 —Secretary, Alex Low, 1184 West 73rd Avenue, Vancouver, phone LAngara 0985-R. w A.W. U. — Business Agent Alex Gordon, 138 E. Cordova; Phone TAt. 3256. Bhoreworkers' Looal of the V. 1. A Seafarers' Int. Union of ICorth America —Secretary, B. Joyce, 565 Hnmllton St.; PAc. 7824. Sign and Pictorial Painters, Looal 738— Secretary, J. Mlddleton. 5881 Dundas "St.; phone, GLen. 1326-Y. Street Ballway Bmployeee. Division 101 —Business Agent A. Jennlnga, l_e» Building, 175 I- Broadway; PA.r. 4111 Street maUwajnaea's Ualoa, Ho. 194 Business Agent, H. Cormack. II Lome St.. New Weatminater, B. C Taxi Drivers, Loeal 151 — Secretary, C. dower, 531 Beatty Street, Phone PAclflc >I54I. Teachers' Aaaociation, Hew Westminster —Secretary, Hester L, Richards. 2036 Stride Ave.. New Westminster, B. C. Textile Workers' Looal, Ho. 119—Seoretary, B»tty Mellls, 78 East Second Ave Theatrical Stage Employees. Looal 118— Secretary, Walte. BlnKe, P.O. Box 711 Tile Setters, Local NO, 1—Secretary, W. Richards; Pleasant side P. O.. B. C. Tile Setters' Helpers, Looal Ho. 79 — • Secretary. H Newbury. 1347 W. 71st Ave., KErr. 6744. Trnok Drivers' Union, Looal Ho. 91 Rttslness Agent, Reg. Lenfesty, 611 Beatty-St: Phone PAclflc 1541 -..814 Typographical Onion, l_ocal 111—Serve- ts-v Ferry Neelands. Ill Realty St. MArlne U4t. Those Agitators By "YAFFLE" I feel it my duty to warn the working class against the danger of Agitators. Dangerous alike in peace and war, these professional disturbers of the peace never cease from their efforts to create discontent, foment civil strife, and undermine national unity that they find it so often shows what wherever they find it. And the fact good eyesight they've got We were given an example of their methods a year or so ago, when there was a spoi,of trouble in Greece. Now, I am. not here concerned with the Greek situation itself. The point is that there, we were given, to understand, was a nation of nice- right- minded people, united in honds of patriotic fervor and singleness of aim, until a minority of unscrupulous persuaded them to start, complaining, j And what I want to point out is that this is what always happens. Whenever the common" people start complaining about their conditions, or some section of workers decide that the time has come to stop working for nothing or thereabouts, we are always told that their complaints are due to Agitators. Or, to give them their full title, Paid Agitators. . Apparently, the mass of the people never have any complaints of their own. Popular discontent is never genuine and spontaneous. It always has to be fomented, like beer. Come rain or shine, slumps, booms wage-cuts, means tests, or rationalized famines, the masses are always perfectly happy and contented until thet Agitator comes along and tells them they aren't. No working man ever knows his wage is too small until some professional Fomenter strolls up with a microscope and tells him to look at it- No working-class mother ever knows that her children are underfed until some salaried discontent- monger calls round with a pair of scales and tape measure and asks her to examine her offspring closely. No slum-dweller ever knows his roof is leaking until some Red-handed Plotter (on the pay roll) proves it by lending him a pail to catch the water in. * • • Does this mean that the workers of the world are a lot of nitwitted and insensitive turnips who don't know the difference between a strawberry.ice and a kick in the pants? Not at all. It means that, left to themselves, they are naturally satisfied with their station in life, desiring only to play their humble part in making life easy for their betters and maintain the economic stability of their -Empire, and thus, happy in the fulfilment of their duty, to wait with calm content the hour that bears them to the silent sod. That's your average working man, prior to the approach of The Agitator. And whenever I observe the unruffled serenity of the "poor, I envy them, and find myself wishing that Papa hadn't spoiled my chances of happiness by leaving me a fortune. Stop any (unfomented) worker in the street and ask him if he's satisfied with his conditions, and he will reply, " 'Tis want of courage not to be content," Ask his (un-Agitated) wife if she likes living in one room with part use of the gas-ring, and she will answer, "Sweet are the' thoughts that savour of content; a quiet mind is richer than a crown." That's your average worker — but I needn't labor the point. You've noticed them. No one who has ever put his nose inside an industrial area can have failed to detect an atmosphere of untroubled bliss that is stronger than fish and chips. Then, into this paradise of peaceful innocence, comes the Agitator, like the serpent into Eden, polluting innocent hearts with envy and ingratitude, dazzling innocent eyes with visions of lustful indulgence on another halfpenny an hour and jam for tea on Sundays. And immediately we get a situation . recognized by all responsible citizens as "The Red Menace", I entreat the British workers not to let that happen here again. Already seeds of dissension are being sown in the virgin soil of the worker's heart, and along the untrodden paths of the future may be discerned the footprints of the Hidden Hand. Women are already askine for electric cookers and even old-age pensioners are asking^ for old age. Take warning frprn the past. Remember the las(_o/ar and recall how easily a "hero" becomes a "work- shy" and a public nuisance. All he had to do was to discover he hadn't enough to eat, and say so. —Reprinted from "Pity the Poor Rich". Quite Timely.. Show We Balance Sheet (Certified), Year ending Dec. 31,**__47:— Population of United States 185,000,000 People 65 years or older 37,000,000 Balance left to do the work 98,000,000 People 21 years or younger ....: 64,000,000 Bal. left to do the work.. 44,000,000 People working for the government 21,000,000 Bal. left to do the work.. 23,000,000 People in the armed forces 10,000,000 Bal. left to do the work.. 13,000,000 People in the state and city offices 12,800,000 Bal. left to do the work.. 200,000 People in hospitals and insane asylums 126,000 Bal. left to do the work.. 74,000 Bums and others who won't work 62,000 Bal. left to do the work.. 12,000 Persons in jail 11,998 Bal. left to do the work.. 2 2—And you'd better get a wiggle on. I'm getting tired of running this country done. Labor Income Lags Behind Living Costs Goes Up From S40 Million In April To $557 Million In May . Statistics Should Wiggle A Political Asset Blair Fraser in Maclean's Magazine, August 1: "One of the leading garage owners in Regina, a man warmly recommended by anti-C.C.F. sources as honest, competent and level-headed, said: 'Frankly, the (Government Auto Insurance) system has worked better than I ever expected. We made a special point of being careful in our estimates of cost, and we've never had one challenged nor had a job taken away. At the beginning there used to be some delay in makJ ing the appraisal, and in getting payment through, but they've got that fixed.' Now the whole thing | operates just as fast as any other insurance.' , "Needless to say, the 6,000-odd insurance agents in Saskatchewan regard this portion of the C.C.F. program with anger and alarm. I could find no evidence, though, of any widespread resentment among the Test of the population. The Liberals made no issue of it, and tended to be embarrassed by ques tions on the subject. On balance, insurance looked like a political asset and not a liability to the C.C.F." '' Ottawa. — Seasonal increases In employment in Canada raised the estimated total of Canadian labor income to $557 million in May as against $540 million in April.' At the same time, in making this estimate, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics admits that wage hikes have not kept pace with the rise in living costs. Average earnings in the nine leading noti-iifrri.ultu.nl industry groups declined very slightly. In the same period the cost-of-living continued to rise, increasing about two-thirds of 1 per cent between May 1 and June 1. Labor incrome for the first five months of this year aggredated $2,704,000,000, as compared with $2,378,000,000 In the corresponding period of last year. Because moisture in tight grain bins used in storage migrates upward with slow air currents in the bins, a recommended practice is to remove the top one-foot layer of moist grain in thtr spring before it warms up enough to sprout. United Oarment Workers' Union, »o. 939 -Secretnry. MIhb M. Hansom, 3621 East Georgia St. United Oarment Workera* Union, wo. 190— Serre.nrv Walter W. Shaw, 1411 West Ith Avenue. United riahermen and AUled Workere' Union — Secretnry. Wm Rigby. 138 East Cordova; TAtlow 3256. Univenity of British Columbia Im- p'.oyeek' Union. Ho. 119— la. T. Funnell, 46-4 W. 7th Ave. Union Label Tradea Ooaaoll—Secretary. Ed Smith. .11 Beatty St; phone PAclflo 7114. What's Behind The Red Feather? Once again the suburban stores are proving that they are aware of the value to the comunity of the work of the Red Feather Services. By donating window space to the pre- campaign displays of the annual Red Feather appeal for funds, they are helping all those health and welfare services whose work is done for the benefit of every citizen in Vancouver. During the next few weeks you will probably see at least one Red Feather window display in your own shopping district. There are five of them travelling around the city, each one, through the courtesy and cooperation of youTT" neighbourhood storekeeper, appearing in his window for one week. So when you see the Red Feather in the window of your neighbourhood store, make a point of going in and finding out just "what IS behind the Red Feather". And while" yoii are in the store, why not tell the storekeeper that you think he deserves a Red Feather, symbol of service? He does, you know! New Quips By G.B.S. On Joe Louis: "I was delighted that a man much more famous than myself should want to come and see me." On Winelon Churchill: "He certainly was a fine war leader, imbued with the spirit of his great ancestor, Marlborough. He made wonderful recruiting speeches. But then it is the easiest thing in the world to be Prime Minister in war time . . . politically at home ChurcKill couldn't run a village." On Great Men: '"There are three great men living in the world today. One of the is a great statesman. His name is Joseph Stalin. The second is a great mathematician; his name is Einstein. The third one is a great playwright; modesty forbids me to mention his name." , "IT'S THE 'POP-OUT' TYPE . . . BUT YOU HAVE TO POP IN AFTER IT!" Lights dim, fuses blow and appliances won't work efficiently if you put too big a load on your wiring system, When you build or modernize, make sure you, have enough circuits, enough switches, enough convenience outlets and heavy enough wire so that you can enjoy complete electrical living. The B.C. Electric Home Lighting Department will prepare Adequate Wiring Plans to Red Seal specifications without charge. Mt. Pleasant Undertaking ~ Co. Ltd. KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUB Kindliness — Understanding — Dependability *- Lady Attendant Phonei: FAirmont 0058 and 0059 DRUGS REXALL The Owl Drug Co. Ltd. (A CAHADIAN COM-?AMY) OWNED AND OPERATED BT A VANCOUVER CITIZEN ALWAYS READY TO SERVE LABOR TOBACCO CANDY "30" COFFEE SHOP 1228 GRANVILLE STBEET Dallclona Home-eooked -Foods aerveS in a friendly homa-llka manner We make our own Piei, Cakes, Muffins, etc. MRS. J. 8. CURRIE, Manageress H. HAMPER, Proprietor QUALITY — —COURTESY — CLEAHLIHESS BUTCHER AND PACKING HOUSE SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLETE BUTCHER SHOPS Pacific Saw Filers dc Butcher Supply J. Ciaffone, Manager S50 Eait Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone: HAitingi 3798 MOUNT VIEW HOTEL uniuaaiT parlor WHERE GOOD FELLOWS GET TOGETHER CORNER VOW-ILK and HAWKS STREETS VANCOUVER, B. a 894 WEST BROADWAY Phona: BAyview 3235-M VAN PAINTERS & DECORATORS SPRAY or BRUSH — SIGN PAINTING J. O'Connor FREE ESTIMATES C. WebV SIGNAL DESK CORPORATION UMITED Makera of Fin. Office Furniture, Office Alteration* • General Woodworking Contractor*, Detail Work 438 Weit Pender St. (rear), Vancouver Phone: MArine 3900 "Makes Land Speculation Impossible" The Britiah Labor government believes it has "made (speculation in land impossible from now on." Those startling words sum up a report on a new British "land-use" law, which has just gone into effect , How does England propose to end land speculation? "In one stroke, the law has frozen all land values at their present level. At the same time, the government has assumed tight control over all land use." « That does not mean British Labor has "nationalized" the land. It means this: _ ■a._y«:^:i'V»5Mf^,"''''**i>.f«SJ * First, the government will plan the best uses of all land in England. If • private owner wants to use his land for some other purpose, the government can say "No." Second, an owner can profit by using And developing his land; but cannot make a profit by selling it, because all the price, beyond the value of the land, today, will go into the public treasury. Third, suppose the government wants to buy land for "planned development"—a new town, park, or other public improvement Under the old system, as we well know in this country, owners of the desired land would hold out for sky-high prices. The value of nearby land Would also be boosted, and its owner would reap unearned profits from the development ' That could not happen if the new British plan is effective, because the added values would not go to the owners. The whole world will watch to see how this unprecedented land law works. It does not go as far as was proposed by the American philosopher, Henry George, who would have "single taxed' all' the "unearned increment" of land into the public treasury, but Britain is taking a step in that direction. **************************** Page Six E -LABOR.-STATESMAN;- September, 1948 NEW WESTMINSTER ADVERTISERS For Health!... Naturopathic Health Service A fully equipped office in the Business Centre of New Westminster THE LATEST IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SHORT WAVE THERAPY - MERCURY QUARTZ LAMP 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^i6.ixncEtjtz. .. *-?junzxal e^Eeivlas, S. BOWELL& SONS Phona 2656 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. Ol/ - Cloverdale, B. C. — PhonerCloverlale 193 "THE DOVE* Messenger Service in/All its Branches Furniture Moved — Stored — Packed — Shipped Phone 1173—anytime 519 FRONT STREET NEW WESTMINSTER For ANY OCCASION Give HER a Box of ELLIS & PURDY The i-l'ost appreciated name y In Chocolates 28 Sixth St., New Weatminater Working people suffer greater losses from fires than any other, group. Stop fires, save homes and lives, and save jobs. Only free people can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end, and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.—Woodrow Wilson. If You're Wise, Immunize! So runs the front-page headline of the monthly bulletin of the Federal Health Department, Ottawa. He_e is a quotation: "Immunization, combined with a healthy environment and strict isolation and quarantine regulations, is our chief defence against them (germs-or viruses which cause the communicable diseases of childhood). Note the catch: "combined with a healthy environment". With"1 one- third of the population in many of our cities being SLUM AREAS and little prospect of betterment under capitalistic governments and profiteering monopolies of building materials, what chance has the new. born babe even with free immunization provided as at present? Slum clearance call' for a People's Government—C.C.F. — Maritime Commonwealth. T^ It Might Be True One of the best authorities in World affairs now living on the sidelines ih Washington, D.C, observes that "neither the United States nor Russia is doing too well." And we are told that Britain is almost in the doghouse" and is having terrific financial troubles. France is wobbly. Italy is still uncertain. Germany is all cracked up and on the edge of starvation—next door to the poor- house. The United States is divided on what it should.do about Russia. One day we think we are going to crack down on Stalin and the next day our diplomats are reported trying to patch tip things- with Mblotov. "Th fact "NOBODY KNOWS NOTH ING," — nof'even the broadcasters and commentators. NORTH VANCOUVER ADVERTISERS BARRADELL'S Coma Fint and Lonsdale —; Phone: North 1242 NORTH VANCOUVER . Where the Working Man's dollar buys better quality merchandise at CITY PRICES AND LESS Caribou Work Clothes — Ladies' and Children's Wear Notions — General Dry Goods _ Depression In Housing Ottawa.—The view of "ther International Labor Office that there might soon be a depression in the housing industry has been supported .in Canada. In Ottawa today, R. E. G. Davis, president of the Community Planning Association and executive-director of the Canadian Welfare Council, said that the supply of purchasers for today's high cost houses may soon be exhausted—leaving the building industry without a market. "Without a market that can afford to pay the current high prices for houses, that is," he explained. "The potential market will still be huge— •t least 750,000 new houses are needed right new—but, unless there is some form of government subsidization of building, private enterprise will neither be able to build or sell np to the actual need. 11,0, a specialized agency of UN, states that there is every reason to believe houses will be produced in excessive numbers for the higher- income groups, "which will result in • depression in the building industry at a time when the real need for hollaing would demand a steady ex- pansion-of the industry." Building, according to ILO, provides a perfect example of both the need and opporunity for a union of public and private enterprise. With this point of view, Mr. Davis agree. "The most effective action to solve the housing problem would be," he says, "the public initiation of housing projects that would call upon the private resources of capital, labor, manufacture, and contractor." "The relationship between housing costs and income being what it is, private initiative alone cannot hope to build houses for the 80 per cent of Canadians who are unable to afford a $6,000.00 home—the minimum at which decent housing can now be provided." Both Mr. Davis and ILO say that, while actual building operations are best left to private enterprise, governments should carry out over-all Etanning, the stabilisation of the uilding industry, the reduction of costs which are beyond the control of the private employer, and the supplementation of the home purchasing power of low income groups. "Rent controls, the.reduction bf interest rates, the payment of- housing subsidies, the planning of local and regional developments, and the enforcement of legislation designed to eliminate slums and prevent overcrowding offer no threat to private enterprise in the building industry," Mr. Davis states. "O* the contrary," he maintains, "*tiejr actually open up to private enterprise a vast and stable new market." Confiscation, Liberal Brand Profe.aor F. R. Scott, National Chairman of tha C.C.F., in "Tha Nation's Buiineia" CBC broadcast, Aug. 12: "The conservative elements in the party won out . . . no sooner had the (Liberal) convention ended than the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported a further rise in prices of 2.6 points just for the month of June. What a comment on Canadian Liberalism. *• "The, official price index now stands at 166.9, the highest in our history; which is another way of saying that after all these years of wonderful Liberal administration the money In the pockets of the Canadian people is worth less than ever before. How many of u_ realize that a rise in prices is a form of capital levy? The $100 bond we bought in 1941 is-now worth about $70 in real money. Liberals preach against socialism yet they follow policies which confiscate the hard earned savings of little people in a way no socialist government would tolerate." Could The Cow Read? Why send the kids to school? Japanese scientists report they "grafted a cow's pituitary gland tissue" on a Jap, he grew three inches in four months, and his "mental activity" improved so much he can now read books he couldn't read before. CAPITAL SPRINGS AND FORGING CO. Electric and Acetylene Welding; All Types of Repairs 1121 HOMER STREET Plume: MArine 9420 "Oleo" Hearing Is Set For October 5th Ottawa.-^ctober 5, next, was set as the date for the hearing before the Supreme Court of Canada on the Dominion government's reguest for a ruling on the validity of the Federal ban on the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine in this country. Because of the importance of this case, the full panel of seven judges, with Chief Justice Thibabeau Rin- fret presiding, is expected to hear the arguments. Senator William D. Euler, from Ontario, whose bill for removal of the prohibition was rejected by Parliament for three consecutive years, has engaged Senator Salter Hayden, Liberal from Toronto, to argue that the ban is unconstitutional. Euler is a former Liberal Minister of Trade and Commerce. As yet, none of the provinces have indicated whether they will support or oppose the ban at the hearings. Industrial Employment Sets New High Record Ottawa.—Important expansion in industrial employment in Canada was recorded on June 1 when the staffs of the 19,908 larger firms in the eight major industrial groups totalled 1,- 984,974—an increase of 2.8 per cent over May 1. ■_■..-" The weekly earnings of these industrial employees averaged ' $39.31 at June 1, as against $39.70 at May 1, and $36.00 in the June 1 week last year. Based on the 1926 average as 100, the index of employment rose from 186.5 at May 1 to 191.7 at June 1. This is the highest in the record for the time of year, exceeding by 3.9 per cent the previous maximum of 184.6 at June 1 a year ago. During the war years, the peak index for the beginning of June was that of 181.2 in 1943. Housing In Politics When at their forthcoming party conventions the government and opposition parties devise platforms whereon to fight the next general election, they will fail altogether to meet the voters' acutest grievance, next to the cost of living, if they propose nothing to relieve the housing shortage for those with small incomes. Lack of housing has already influenced voters in by-elections. It will certainly influence them in the general election.. Sventy-seven per cent of the population consider housing to be a serious blot on the decencies of living, .and 37 pet cent of_lhem blame the "government". It is ■■ true that, according to a Canadian Institute of Public Opinion Poll, 16 per cent blame the housing industry as well but then 30 per cent blame both the government and industry combined. Clearly those who feel that Canada has failed to meet the post-war challenge of decent homes for the nation look to the government for the remedy. And it is to be noted that government subsidies if necessary, do not alarm the electors as much as they have alarmed the prospective candidate for the Prime Ministership, Mr. St Laurent, who in October last declared: "No government of which I am a part, will ever pass such legislation."—Halifax Citizen. In The Beginning ^'The Almighty God saw fit, in His infinite wisdom to segregate the races in the beginning," declares a Southern Methodist conference in a resolution supporting Jim Cr.wism. This throws new light on the story of Adam and Eve, who apparently, came in jrour choice of black, brown, red, yellow and white. Women's Corner -- Double Duty By MARY M. POTTER Your husband may desert you. But bugs? Never! Unless you wage constant warfare against them they will certainly move in and take over. Even the best housekeeper in town will have to engage in extra battles during the summer months when a puddle of stagnant water will hatch mosquito eggs and a piece of over-ripe fruit will attract an army of ants. Stores are stocked- with insect powders and sprays. You will find a good one for every purpose. By all means use them. But there is no insecticide that will take the place of cleanliness. The morning rush-hour at home often holds little time for breakfast dishwash- inig before you dash out to catch a bus for the office. A sink full of dirty dishes, however, will bring roaches in a few hours. Allow enough time for clean-up jobs. These are the most important part of keeping house. After every meal dishes must be-washed and every trace of food must be cleared away. The stove and drainboard can be wiped in a jiffy and it only takes a minute to sweep the kitchen floor. Wash the garbage pail frequently with a'good disinfectant and keep it tightly covered. Separate trash from garbage. Rinse your empty cans And hot ties before you dispose of them. These and lots of other chores are absolutely necessary if you hope for health and peace of mind. .Sometimes I think that household pests are in the world to force us to keep our homes in order. Yes, I'll.confess that I clean house like mad after I've seen a mouse in the pantry. • * . ' * « Home, sweet home I We sing about it, dream about it, and strive to preserve it as a haven for our family. Home—thfTdearest spot on earth? Yes, but at the same time the most dangerous place in the world. Automobile accidents, train wrecks, airplane crashes take a heavy toll. But these do not cause as many deaths and injuries over a period of years as are caused every day by carelessness at home. We, women, especially those of us who are working two shifts, will have to admit that we crash-bang around, always in a hurry. In our hurry we set the stage for accidents that waste the time we are trying to save. So let's relax and slow down. We'll live longer and the people we live with will be happier. __ Women's Responsibility, Protecting Union Label By Mrs. Herman H. Lowe, President, American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor. With the same courage and tenacity with which the officials and members of labor auxiliaries participated in the prosecution of the war, they have prepared for the pursuits of a peacetime existence. During the war years not a single wartime program was unaided by labor auxiliary effort. Likewise every worthwhile enterprise to bring normalcy again to the world will feel the influence of women through her organized labor auxiliaries. ,, The American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor is dedicated to a reconversion resulting in a stabilized economy which will denounce every known "ism" except Americanism and insure protection for every wage earner and his family. Through education the principles of labor will expand. With this expansion will come the realization that for the worker there is no security outside the ranks of organization. . A»-.a by-product of labor organization, women relatives will becdme affiliated with labor unions to pmtsent a unified front for the protection and advancement of the members of the A. F. of I_ With peacetime economy, industry will see the wisdom of manufacturing more commodities under fair labor standards and the Union Label will appear as an official symbol of fair and equitable opportunities for wage earners: Thus the duty devolves -upon wo- inen relatives of trade- unionists to constantly' demand the Union Label when purchasing goods and the Shop Card, or Service Button when using services, to perpetuate their use and insure the collective bargaining principle of American organized labor. Wars may come and wars may go, but the battle for decent labor standards goes on forever. Time was when a leader of a labor anion' alone was depended upon to carry the banner of workers and to champion their cause. But today all union members with their women relatives create a power of no mean proportion in securing reforms that rebound to the mutual benefit of all workers and those dependent upon their earnings. Women, through organization activities, spread the gospel of organized labor and gain favorable public action through channels inaccessible to trade unionists themselves. Thus the women's auxiliary movement comes into Its own — complementing the effort of the trade union movement and giving expression to its own program through its development and achievements. Since its Inception the women's auxiliary movement haa proved its worth to local, static, national and international organizations. However, since the Idea to federate the auxiliaries of all crafts into one great national women's groun under the name of the American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor was conceived by the Union Label Trade- Department of the American Feder, ation of Labor, the influence of women has multiplied and its usefulness to the American Labor Union movement has materially and numerically grown in economic and legislative fields. The best way to put money into the pay envelopes of our bread-winners is to insist on ths Union Label every time we take anything out of them. Be" consistent. If men and women workers desire union rates of pay then we must demand products CASH for your empty BEER BOTTLES 25c per dozen will be paid for empty beer bottles. • Deliver them to any of the following addresses: 115 E. Second Ave. 6 E. Second Ave. 60 8 Main St. 501 Industrial Ave. 1445 Powell St. 1040 Hamilton St. 2790 Vine St. 755 Homer St. or Phone TA 2 753 ST. HELEN'S HOTEL The House of Hospitality — Friendly and Courteous Service Refreshment Parlor Walter and Earl Bennett 1161 Granville Street Your Hosts Vancouver, B. C. YALE HOTEL 1300 GRANVILLB STREET Fully Licensed Refreshments Served John Corlett, Prop. AUSTIN HOTELS Licensed Premises — Good Service 1221 GRANVILLE ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. THE STRAND HOTEL iron rtrrr via**) 624 Hastings Street West (near Granville) THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL IN THE CITY. FULLY LICENSED — POLITE SERVICE METROPOLE HOTEL VANCOUVER'* POPULAR FAMILY HOTCL BUT WAMJ.OA — 320 Abbott Street (Opposite Woodward's Stores) J. U. (blackiK) .-Mara.. ntopKirroa ECONOMY SAUSAGE CO. "THt »AU.AGE THAT MADE LITTLE PIO* PAMOU." POP. SALE EVEHYWHEHE — THY IOHI 141 HAWKS AVENUB Phone: HAstings 4557 OTTEWELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD. FREE ESTIMATES FURNISHED WITHOUT OBLIGATION. ____UX» OT-XWir.- A* TOUB ■■BTIO. I BUT l-th Phon.: _rO*T_- 6-7-1. ttOMTM TAHOOTTYTJm that are made by workers who receive union wages. Team-work re- quires that the collective - buying j horse pulls equally with his collec- ' tive bargaining mate. "In unity I there .is strength" applies today as well as it did in 1776. The Union Label is the guardian i sentinel of labor's rights — it is the ! responsibility of women, as consumers to protect it. Average weekly earnings of workers are increasing slightly, but they are far behind the cost of living. Women's Group Entered Float In Exhibition Parade The Council was thanked by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom for ita- co-operation in assisting them with their float whic hwas entered in the Pacific National Exhibition Parade. The communication came from the Recretary of the League, Sheila Young. September, 1948 THE LABOR STATESMAN / /■: Page Seven Electricians Back Building Trades Negotiate Bengough s Action Pacific Milk You'll like PACIFIC MILK'S creamy-rich texture. . . . It's irradiated to. give an extra measure of goo_ncss and it'a vacuum packed to keep indefinitely! Try some today! Pacific Milk Irradiated and Vacuum Packed ATTEND YOUR UNION MEETINGS <_____. This space donated by Bill Couper 724 Seymour Street BALMORAL HOTEL Say: "MEET ME AT THE BALMORAL" A Smartly niod.rn—con_tort»bly **** -nnUahad . . . y«t retaining- a qnl.t, -Jjrnin.a -tmo eplier-that make* It a welcome plaoe to fc-in_ or ta».t yonr friends. Managers: mike: koski bob patterson "JOHNNT" McKENZIE *hone: PAolflo 3148 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVBR. a a president of the Brotherhood* of Railway and Steamship Clerks, was expressed by Local 213, I.B.E.W., at their regular meeting Monday, Sept 20. Members voted their full support of President P. R. (Percy) Bengough and the executive of the T.L.C, who recently suspended Hall and his organization from the Congress. ' ►* It was felt that Hall's activities in giving a haven to Sullivan's scabs had sabotaged ^he legal anil justifiable strike of the Canadian Seamen's Union. The union executive was instructed to wire Percy Bengough and inform him of the Local's support. In-idc Wiremen Get $1.70 The inside-wiremen's rate of f 1.70 per hour went into' effect on September 1, following negotiations carried on in accordance with Article 1 of the agreement between the local union 213, I.B.E.W., and the electri cal contracting firms. Representing the contractors were H. F. Hume, J. H. McRae, and C. H E. Williams. George Gee, A. Sand- brook and Alex Tooth negotiated on behalf of the" union. The settlement was tied to the cost of living index as issued by the Dominion government. Panel Men Get 18c Boost Local 213 members, working for Electric Panel Manufacturing Ltd., received an increase of 18 cents per hour across the board, retrbctive to August 1, The pay hike followed lengthy negotiations which succeeded in boosting the original company offer of 10 cents. It is anticipated that subsequent negotiations will be carried on with representatives of all manufacturing companies in Vancouver, and that these negotiations will set the rate for the entire industry. An intensive campaign now underway is expected to bring these other firms under* agreement within the next few months. Condemnation of the strike-bteak-1 l_tvjllCT*ftl W Og@ J.-__C_r*B<lS6 A/I A DC _!__!___.'*-. °LFi2-_c.lH_."' ______ ^ In orde. t0 keeP UP with the ever-increasing cost of living, building |trades unions in Greater Vancouver and New Westminster have had to negotiate a further increase of 15c per hour to their wage scales this year. Early this year our unions found that despite their desire to stabilize construction costs, in order to Assist in maintaining a constant demand for construction projects, the continuous climbing of the cost of living compelled them to seek higher wage scales. Through the medium of the Building Trades Council the unions were advised that only a minimum wage increase of 15c per hour could' be acceptable, and our affiliates started negotiations on that basis. After some wage scales had* been adjusted to this figure the negotiations were taken by the Building Trades Council with the Building and Construction Industries Exchange and the B. C. Building Contractors' Association, and an offer _f a general 15c per hour wage increase was given, to become effective at the expiration of each union's agreement. A further increase of five cents per hour was agreed to on the basis of every five point increase in the cost of living index, from 155.0. This was provided through a review of the cost of living index every six months from August 1st, 1948. If at the time of the review, the index had risen five points (that would be to 160.0) the five cents increase would automatically go into effect. If the index at the time of the review was down five points, five cents would be taken off. This offer was referred back to our affiliated unions and has been accepted by all, except that the Sheet Metal Workers' Union and the Electrical Workers' Union has been able to better this through an offer of more attractive conditions to these contractors. The new agreements will remain in effect until April of 1950, when the agreements will be consolidated to go into effect at the same date every year, and general clauses in all agreements made similar, so that negotiations can be made easier, and through the medium of the Building Trades Council. Following are the new wage scales and the dates they have become effective: Asbestos Workers (August 15)" $1.53 Asphalt Tile Layers (August 2) 1.30 Bricklayers (September 13) ...._ 1.75 Boilermakers (Field) (October 1) :.... 1.75 Boilermakers' Helpers (Field) (October 1) .-. 1.45 Building Laborers (August 2) —...'._ _ _ 1.15 (With exception of GenerarContractors' Association) '-" Building Material Truck Drivers (September 15) 1.12 Carpet Layers and Lino Layers (August 2) 1.30 Carpenters (August 2) i _ 1.55 Cement Finishers (September 16) :. 1.50 Electricians- (September 1) 1.70 Floorlayers (August 2) 1.60 Floorlayers (Sandermen) (August 2) ..:.."1.45 Ironworkers (Structural) (October 5) i.. 1.76 Ironworkers (Rqdmen) (October 5)'".____- 1.42 Jack Hammermen and Breakermen (August 2) 1.30 Lathers (1947) : _.. 1.52 and 1.72.. Oil Burner Stoker Mechanics (August 15) 1.65 Operating Engineers (October 7) 1.67 Painters (Brush) (August 2)' 1.35 Painters (Spray) (August 2) _..: 1.45 Plasterers (July 10) 1.75 Plasterers' Helpers (July 23) 1.31% Pipe Fitting Trades (August 15) 1.65 Pipe Welders (August 15) 1.65 Pipe Fitting Helpers (August 15) 1.15 Sprinkler Fitters (August 15) , 1.50 Sheet M-tal Workers (September 2) ....:.._ i.65 Tffe__.ie_4 (July 19) \ 1.75 Tilesetters' Helpers (July 19) 1.15 Wcld.rs (Field) (October 1) :........._..._.„ ...................,._. 1,75 BIG-TIME WRESTLING EXHIBITION GARDENS . . EVERY WEDNESDAY " *_1.50 - $1.00 - 75c TICKETS , On Sale at ■ WRESTLERS SPORT CLUB 828 Granville St. (Next door to Capitol Theatre] Free Delivery Phone PAcific 6657 Neon Men Form Unit Neon workers of Local 213, L B. E. W., will meet regularly from now on, it was decided at a meeting Wednesday, September 16. Meetings will be held the third Wednesday of every month. This will give membe'rS^B1 better chance to discuss and solve problems peculiar to the T.eon industry. The new Neon unit will elect officers at the next meeting, Wednesday, October 20. Meet Your Friends at the . . EMPIRE HOTEL 78 EAST HASTINGS STREET • Licensed Premise's Refreshments served as you like it S. Brandolini 8. Sons, Proprietors. CENTRAL AUTO PAINTERS Body and Fender Repairs Metal Work__ . Auto Tops and Upholstery Repairs Car Upholstery Thoroughly Cleaned—Truck Painting and Lettering CECIL HUGGINS, Manager — ESTIMATES FREE 1245 Seymour Street _...,__..Phone MArine 2918 Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS. 33 EAST HASTINGS STUB* FLOUSHEIM — SLATER -ton's and Youth's Model Boot Shop AfttAut tor Stridor. Unlon-nuMe Show. Shoes for the whole family on OUIt EASY CREDIT PLAN Model Boot Shop 67 WEST HASTINOS For GOODNESS Sake DAD'S ORIGINAL Oatmeal Cookies Tbe Moit Deliciom Health Biacuit Ever Made When sending parcels overseas don't forget to include some Dad'a Cookies. They will be greatly appreciated over there 1 DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B.C.) LIMITED 468 King-way, Vancouver, B. C. ' y- RAYS PATTERN WORKS Manufacturers of Leader Sawdust Burner* R. D.*McDougall, Prop. Patterns and Models of Every Description Gearing Propellera All work guaranteed Estimates Given 114 West Fifth Avenue Vancouver, B. C. Phone: FA. 8371 — R..., BA. 2470-L RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Building Laborers in Wage Adjustment Building Laborers' Union, Local No. 602, have applied for a conciliation officer in a dispute with the General Contractors' Association over a wage settlement of a 15c per hour wage increase. The union notified the Association that it would accept the 16c per hour general wage increase negotiated by the Building Trades Council, but the Association wanted to adjust the increase from a base of 95c. The laborers had two wage scales in their agreement, one of 90c and one at $1.00 per hour. The Association was willing to combine these two scales and make one scale by adjusting the new wage increase from the combined scale of 95c. The Laborers' Union had been trying to get an agreement for one wage for several years, but this year the contractors for the first time desired to make the change. Ninety-five per cent of the.general contractors have been paying a minimum of $1.00 per hour during the past year, and the union contends that the adjustment should be made from the $1.00 rate, bringing the new waga to $1.15 per hour. All other contractors with the exception of the members of the General Contractors' Association are paying the new wage of $1.15. This includes the members of the British Columbia Building Contractors' Association,-who employ a large number of laborers on housing projects as well as many other contractors who are not members of either of the employers' associations. These have been paying the new scale since August 2nd of this year. The Building Trades Council is supporting the Building Laborers in their stand for the wage increase of $1.15 per hour. The Cement Finishers' Section and the Hod Carriers' Section 6t the union have had their wages adjusted to the following: Cement Finishers, $1.50 per hour; Plasterers' Helpers, $1.31*4 per hour. British Free Medical THOS. H. CLARK rU-BW CONTRACTO-L PAINTINO, DECORATtNQ AVT. ^PRATINO Work Guaranteed Phonei AX._u HII aasa wbst wmtmsth iti. The true way to live is to bring to each duty that comes to our hand our wisest thought arid our best skill.—J. R. Miller. Union Label Trades Council Elects Officers The following officers were elected for the coming year of the Vancouver and District Union Label Trades Council: President, Mrs. A. Halloran, Garment Workers, 232. Vice-president, C. Mueller, Plumbers and Steamfitters. Secretary-T*casurer, Ed Smith, Painters and Decorators. Sergeant - at - Arms, L. Corsiatto, Plumbers and Steamfitters. Trustees: J. A. Hinke, Photo Engravers, Local 54; A. Morris, linkers and Confectioners. Local 468; I. Cawkcr, Taxi and Bus Drivers, Local 151. Delegate to Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Convention., Ed. Smith. —B^ Smith, Secretary. Scientific Sparks . Infra-red radiators in orchards are used to prevent damage from frosts. .* e e U. S. Department of Agriculture is making a survey in 70 widely- separated American cities to find out what city-people are eating this year. • ■ • * Thinning of apples and peaches with chemical sprays is a growing practice. The spray is applied when the trees are in full bloom. A precedent system of "cradle-to the-grave" social security, the broad est of its kind in any large demo- cratic nation, got under way this week in Great Britain under a Labor goverifment. Perhaps the most unique feature of the system is the National Health Act, which provides free medical and dental care for all Britons from factory workers to dukes. It is financed in part by payroll taxes and part by government contributions. Under it, as the press associations reported this week, residents of Britain can "stop worrying about their doctors' bills". They will have little or nothing to pay directly. " Hospital service will be provided free. Doctors and dentists participating in the system—and most are —will collect their fees" from the government. Spectacles, hearing aids, artificial lims and other surgical de vices will be "free for IBS' asking" Druggists who fill p_i__._rp.ibns will send .their bills to the state. The biggest load at the start will be on the dentists, dispatches from London disclose. The reason is that the average Briton has very bad teeth, largely because he hasn't been able to afford adequate dental care. Besides many with poor ^teeth have held off for months, waiting for the free service to begin. Under the program, John Bull has also taken over ownership of 3,500 hospitals and clinics—practically all in the nation, except for about 200 run by religious orders. The rich will no longer have the first crack at the best hospital accommodations. That will go to those who are sickest. But those just moderately ill may, by paying extra, get special accommodations—if they are available. One catch to this phase of the program, however, is that Britain is shy of adequate hospital facilities—and these are expected to be swamped for some time Jo come. Another example of how the poor will great a "break" is the fact that government will supply the best possible lenses for spectacles to all needing them. Those wanting fancier frames, however, will get them at an extra charge. Over 85 per cent of the British physicians have agreed to cooperate with the program, and so far, about half the dentists have done likewise. In each instance, the patient will have his free choice of doctor or dentist. Simultaneously with the health system, a greatly improved national insurance program, which consolidates and expands previous piecemeal legislation, also went into effect. It carries far broader social security than exists in the United States, The system provides liberalized disability benefits, death grants; cash payments during sickness, injury or unemployment; maternity payments and various other forms of assistance, Prime Minister Attlee, in a radio address, described it as "the most comprehensive system of social security ever introduced into any country'*. The program, he told Britons, is "designed to cover you and your family throughout your life'*. Whether Attlee's claim can be challenged by any other nation remains to ' be seen. Liberal social security systems have existed elsewhere, particularly in the Scandinavian countries., ' . . And one little nation in the British commonwealth — New Zealand — perhaps blazed a trail in the breadth of its social security bene fits. As far back as 1938, a Labor government there put through a complete program of medical and dental care, on top of the other types of social security. Patriotism is a blind and irrational impulse unless it is founded on a knowledge of the blessings we are called to secure and the privileges we propose to defend.—Robert Hall. Cobalt Hotel Refreshment Parlor 917 Main Street Remodeled and Decorated — Servicers Our Motto W. M. HILL AND H. R. DA. OE. PROPRIETORS Darlington, Haskins & Co. (1943) Limited TILES — MOSAICS — MARBLE — TERRAZZO 2144 Granville Street Phone: CEdar 6232 Vancouver, B.C. . • Shipyard Unions Get New Wage Adustments With the exception of the Marine Workers' Union, unions whose members are employed in the Burrard Dry Dock and the Pacific Dry Dock have accepted a 13Vic per hour wage increase. The new wage scale for mechanics will be $1.41 per hour and there will be a review of the cost of living index every four months with an increase of 25c per week for each point increase oyer 156.9 at the time of the review. A. F. of L. unions affected by the new agreements are: Machinists', Lodge No. 692; Pipe Fitting Trades, Local No. 170; Sheet Metal Workers, No. 280; and Painters' and Decorators', No. 138. It's an old trick of our enemies to slander-Labor leaders; the purpose is to destroy confidence and thus weaken the Unions. A whisky of proven excellence, meriting plaudits from those discerning (oiks who demand tnd will accept only the finest, Jockey Gp if ■ leader by virtue of its fine characteristics: it if fully aged; scrupulously blended from grains that must meet the most exacting standaids. Jockey Cap if • rye whitky of recognized leadership. PERFECTLY AGED IN OAK BARRELS UNITED DISTILLERS LIMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. AND 'GRIMSBY, ONT. Thii .d»«rli.tmtnl Is .lot published or displayed by Ihe Liquor Control Board or by the Government ol British Columbia ./. I'age Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN September, 1948 "CARIBOU BRAND" ljVHEN BUYING WORK CLOTHES ALWAYS LOOK FOR THIS BRAND! Shirts—Overalls—Coveralls—Bone-dry Repellant Clothing • B_n.to-kburn Tweed Pants r kadi and ouahantkcd »v GAULT BROTHERS LTD. UNION-MADI VANCOUVER ». C HEADQUARTERS for ... IMPORTED TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPES and SMOKERS* SUNDRIES Come and See Our Stock — Largest in Canada E. A. MORRIS LIMITED potra stokes 438 WEST HASTINGS ST. SOS OSAMVILLE ST. 640 SEYMOUK ST. 1116 GO VXKNMEN T ST, VICTO-lIA CANADA PERMANENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION BATINOS ACCOUNTS • DEBENTITKES ttmVMB Ettablishtd in lift i PAolflo Ml Union Label Goods THE BIG FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY Try u» for Value.—Established in 1910 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 Zl East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C. INVERMAY HOTEL 828 WEST HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. Always a Good Placei • NOW BETTER THAN EVER! OLD PRIE-TDS, PLEASE NOTE: K. CAMPBELL, K. J. CAMPBELL and C. C. CAMPBELL, Proprietors Phone: FAirmont 6276 Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works Wt Specialise in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating Chrome, Nickle, Copper, Electro Tinning, Polishing, etc. 436 East 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver G. W. RIBCHESTER 8C SON LTD. Automobile Commercial Bodies and Repairs 1253 HOWE STREET MArine 0827 BERG CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. Contracton and Builders J. T. B-SRO, President — Residence Phone: HAitlncs 1717 Room 10,441 Seymour St., Vancouver Phone: MA. 1559 TTPPQ NEW—USED—RECAPPING ** *•**»>_-__> Buy thg-,, on eMy Budget Plan I Bourne 8C Humphrys Ltd. Cor. PACIFIC aad HOWE Phonei PAcific 2188 MUSIC AND DANCING EMBASSY BALLROOM 1024 Davie StrMt Modern Dancing every Night Joe Miceli and his Orchestra COMPLIMENTS OF COMMERCIAL HOTEL Phone: PAcific 0442 Milte Grbcie — John Car — Sten V.lj.dc Fully Licensed NEWLY RENQVATED THROUGHOUT — MODERN AND FIREPROOF . id"CAM4IE STREET ' ",* VANCOUVER, IC-. FOR . . REAL ESTATE, LOANS )AND INSURANCE COVERING GREATER VANCOUVER ' ASK FOR ~- J. FRANK LOONEY 3643 KINGSWAY Phone: DExter 3471 Night Phone: DExter 0672-Y UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA IN ^'Pf I1 ^ On tho 4th of August a/ joint application for Certification was'applied for to the Labour Relations Board by Locals No. 2533 and No. 452 covering carpenter shop employees of a large Vancouver Department Store. On that date out of 19 employees, 10 were members of either Local No. 452 or Local No. 2533. On the 9th of August an Inspector for the Labor Relations Board made his check up with the company and the unions concerned. On the day immediately following the Inspector's visit to the company, the 10th of August, six employees were informed their services were no longer needed, two to lay off that night and four the following night. By the end of the week out of 19 employees only 5 remained, all those belonging to a union had got their walking ticket. The company stated before the Labour Relations Board and a Representative of the United Brotherhood that they had arrived at the end of their renovation program and laid off employees with the least seniority, with one exception. Home Of those fired had over two years employment with this firm. Later a vote was ordered in this department even though members of the Labor Relations Board were aware that none of the Union members were any longer employed by this firm. The Chairman of the Board stated the result of that vote clearly shows that the employees do not want a union, but we contend that the majority of employees on August 4th were in favor of having the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners' union represent them. While it was not possible to prove to the Labour Relations Board that .unfair labour practices had taken place, nevertheless in the minds of those fired and all those having anything to do with this case, it appears to be more than a coincidence that a _'._ year program should come to an- end the day after a union applies for bargaining rights. * " * » Here in Vancouver the Convention of our Provincial Council of Carpenters gets under way October 7th for a 2-day session. This is one of the most important conventions held in British Columbia. President Jack Stevenson expects an even greater attendance this year and many important resolutions concerning the welfare -of the Carpenters of B. C. will be on the floor of the Convention. The Executive of the Provincial Council thoughtfully set the date for the Convention earlier this year knowing that many of the Locals would have delegates to the Trades and Labor Congress Convention in Victoria commencing October 10th. This earlier date will prove a money saver to the Local Unions and assure full attendance at both conventions. Some 35 Carpenter Locals from all points of British Columbia will be represented, making this Provincial Council of Carpenters' Convention one of the most important gatherings of Carpenters in Canada. - * * * ' . The furnitrue and Millworkers' No. 2534 Local, New Westminster is steadily going forward and extending its activities many ways. In one more sash and door firm the majority of employees haye signed up with this Local, thus putting tne United Brotherhood as tbe leading union in the Sash and Door industry in the New Westminster area. This newly organized group of members are working for Shaw Brothers, a well established firm in New Westminster. We learn that Financial Secretary Mrs. Burton is now working in Vancouver, but she hopes to be working nearer home very shortly. Mrs. Burton keeps her financial records in very good order, and even finds time to mail a card to all members to remind them of the night of the meeting. * • e The Shop Stewards at the Inter- City Distributors are an enterprising team, for as well as endeavouring to have a 100 per cent organized plant, they are attending to the functions of the Safety Committee and are now devoting time to studying a comprehensive insurance plan. * ■ * «' We note that Kenneth Dainsly is now working at Ball's Woodworking, Kenneth was Local 2533 _ staunch supporter at the Hollywood Furniture. We hope you like your new Job, Kenneth, and your co-oworkers are all members of Local 2534. ■ • • • The men who erect the signs for one of the largest out-door advertising firms in Vancouver are now organized. Local 2533 Vancouver, is now certified as their bargaining agency and a proposed agreement has been presented to their employer, Seaboard Advertising. The firm contested the application for certification before the Labor Relations Board without success. e * . Local 2533,has prepared their new proposed Furniture Agreement and presented the same to all the furniture firms organized with this local. Only two organized firms in Vancouver are not with the United Brotherhood which speaks well for this Local Union of our Brotherhood. . . Presentation Made to Active Union Member "JIMMY" SMITH ■___ ... The mechanics employed by the Vancouver School Board recently made a presentation to "Jimmy" Smith for services rendered to the school board employees during the past twenty years. The presentation was a 21 jewelled Elgin watch, suit- ably inscribed for services rendered. "Jimmy" always acted as. spokesman for the rest of the tradesmen employed by the School Board, whenever there were grievances to be adjusted. He was a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and was well respected by the members of the Brotherhood and the other organized tradesmen employed r>y the School Board.. The presentation was made when "Jimmy" Smith had to leave the employ of the School Board to take over the paid duties of Financial Secretary for Local 452 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, to which he was elected by the union membership after the death of John Nicholson, the former financial secretary. Brother Jimmy Smith has been an active member of the Trades Union movement since 1903, and hss held practically every elected office in Local 452 of the Brotherhood. He was also an elected member of the old South' Vancouver School Board, until it was amalgamated with Vancouver. He was always active in the political labor movement and has been well respected for his labor activities and knowledge." Nanaimo Carpenters Report Past Activities Local 527 was formed in January, 1940, during the early stares of construction of the Nanaimo Civic Arena. A wage clause in the arena contract stipulated 75 cents per hour as the minimum rate of pay for carpenters employed on the job. Through the forming of Local ^?7, a provincial order establishing 75.cents per hour for carpenters in the city of Nanaimo and district was obtained in the spring of 1940. In the fall of 1940 construction of Nanaimo Military Camp was' started arid Local 527 grew in size until around 400 paid-up members shared its benefits. After the completion of Nanaimo Military Camp in August, 1941, the membership dwindled to a small group and Local 527 was more or less inactiv until the spring of 194.., whe through the efforts of organizer Bro. Wm. Page of Vancouver and Fin. Sec. Wm. Little of Nanaimo, the first wage agreement between 527 and the Nanaimo Building Contractors was signed, with a wage rate of $1.10 per hour. Since that time a working agreement has been in force. The present agreement, which is for $1.40 per hour expires on October 1st. Negotiations are under way for amendments to the agreement which will bring it in line with the Vancouver agreement after October 1st as to working conditions and wages. At the present time, Local 527 is going ahead quite rapidly as several big jobs are in the course of construction in and around Nanaimo and these jobs are practically 100 per cent unionized as far as carpenters are concerned. Expectations are that Local 527 will be very active during the next few months. A new procedure is reported from the Netherlands for producing ammonium nitrate for fertilizer. Nitric acid is used to dissolve phosphate rock, giving a mixture of ammonium nitrate and dicalcium phosphate. Nitrogen is to be used in cooling two giant Westinghouse electric motors being built for an oil refinery. The use of this inert gas will exclude explosive gases and air. * * * "Alcisn blue" is a new dye developed in England for textiles. One of its claimed advantages is the facility with which it can be applied to all the principal fibres, both natural and synthetic. •"X THE DAILY PROVINCE (Owned by the Southam Co. Ltd. of Montreal) IS STILL PRODUCED BEHIND AN LT.U. Vancouver Typographical Union, No. 226 _____ REAL ESTATE - RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CEPERLEYROUNSEFELL^CO PACIFIC 3521 ESTAB.I886 8.6 W* HASTINGS MArine 1959 w. nil Tools, C_.tl.rr, Looking D.vio.., ■Mt Qu-llty sw._-.-h Handsaws, -tip and Oro_-_at EDDIE'S LOCKSMITH and GRINDERS 313 Mam St. (Near Hastings) SERVICE St.ja eat ta 1 mill-to, Look. K.palr.a by Bo-dad Look- ____-., Tools and c_-1.it ■barponod, laws aharp.nod By aa "oat" b.t*_r "Physician Heal Thyself" The Southams apparently feel that tbey are in a position to "preach" to other corporations with respect to labor disputes. Consequently it is not surprising to read in the Citizen the following under the title, "Blame in the Seamen's Strike." We quote: "It is not proposecf to examine in any detail here the validity of the claims of the two rival groups to be the qualified bargaining agents. It can be stated, however, that much of "u3 responsibility for this unwanted bor trouble lies wtth the steamship ' companies, who during the past several months have refused to comply with the government regulations designed to settle such disputes." We agree with the Citizen that 'much of the responsibility" does lie with the steamship companies. However, how does the Southam Co. conduct their own labor relations? In the dispute of the Southam Co. with the ITU printers, there is no question as to whom is the "qualified bargaining agents." The Ontario Labor Board has again named the ITU. Did the .Southam Co. follow the former ruling of the board and negotiate with the ITU? They did not. The Ontario Labor Relations Board now finds that there is a "continuing illicit relationship" between the Southam Co. and the strikebreakers that the company employs. In the face of their own refusal to negotiate with a democratic union, Buch as the ITU, the Southams seem to be placing themselves in a ridiculous position in giving advice to the steamship companies. There is apparently similar tactics employed by both corporations. To Mr. Southam we would say: "Physician, heal thyself." — Typo Times. That's What We Say! Marriner S. Eccles, U.S. banker and former member of the Federal Reserve Board" under Roosevelt, in a recent speech said: "We talked about taking profit* ont of war. Of course, we did no such thing. "Plenty of fortunes lwve been made, during and since the war, which make anything in the past look insignificant" , These fortunes, resulting from profiteering and inadequate taxes, Eccles explained, are a main reason for the present "inflation" and the coming "bust". Gist and Jest In the last analysis the economic system is simply a reflex of the mind of the workers. Things are as they are because the workers are where they are and what they are. Our houses are small because our souls are small.' Our lives are small because our demands are small. —Dan Griffiths. • • . • The way things stand right now, about the only "revolutionary" ideas .AV^-tef* ,n tne U.S.A. are in the realm of washday soaps or any other "radical" advances announced by the advertisers. If you have "revolutionary" ideas about bubble gum, you're a hero; but if you have them about political or economic topics, you're m danger of being hauled up for sedition.. Heil! DONT FORGET TO ATTEND THAT j UNION MEETING.' The "Und of tbe Free and the Home of the Brave" will begin a system of universal peacetime conscription on August 80. That is now the law of the land. We say "begin" advisedly. What will happett-iiTAugust, 1948, will be merely a point of departure from a traditional concept of Americanism. It will direct the American people toward a way of life similar to that under which Germans lived in the days of the late Kiaser Wilhelm, the monarch whose militarism American boys died to destroy in World War I. But it will be only a beginning. Having embarked upon the road to all-out militarism, the United States is more likely to go forward than to turn back. No vivid imagination is required to enable one to envisage the U.S.A. as a nation which, in a very few years, will be as completely militarized as wefe any of the nations of Europe in 1017. Advocates of peacetime conscription of youth justify our new way of life on the grounds of "necessity". Perhaps they are right — If what they air to gsin is an extension of the life of the capitalist profit economy. "We are willrag to admit — nay, we assert — that capitalism cannot live much longer unless the American people are controlled absolutely by government. And what beginning for such controls could offer greater and more menacing promise than all-out conscription of a budding generation? In the past we have warned those Americans who would listen that A society woman rushed up to a their freedom is the price thst they famous instrumentalist after a con- will have to pay for rejecting the cert and said: "I hear your wife has task of controlling their own eeon- just giveh birth to twins. Isn't it omy and planning their own affairs. wonderful? How do you feel?" Promptly the musician replied: "Madam, I feel as though I had received two fees for one performance." Now we are again sounding the admonition that militarization has always been the last phase of any social system.—Reading Labor Advocate.
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