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-*_■■-■ (JUDGMENT RESERVED SINB DIE) THE PEOPLE vs INJUSTICE, BAD LAW. JUDGES, et al WILLIAM McCarthy There is a popular innocent belief that we have reached some sort of legal millennium. Intelligent people share with those concerned only about batting averages the sublime faith that the old inequities are gone, and with them went fears of injustice, prejudice, the law's delay. Never again would our law allow a man like J. S. Woodsworth to be jailed for quoting verses from Isaiah as he was in 1919. Consternation was natural then when the law and the judiciary were openly attacked. To many it was sudden and seemed capricious. It was neither. Discontent has long been festering but only recently brought to a widely publicised head. This came when C. P. Neale, secretary, Vancouver and District Labour Council, declared in an angry outburst that "the law is an ass" and added "judges are political hacks." It wasn't just one man's • passing ire. Later NDP president, Eamon Park, declared that Ontario's Chief Justice Gale used the bench as a political soap box. George Burt, UAW president, charged that most judges are mere tools of The Establishment. Mr. Park added that "the law is not only an ass, but a vindictive ass. Such statements indicate a crisis of the first magnitude. Yet few Canadians knew it existed much less the reasons behind it — only two or three eastern papers have attempted to explain the situation. There are three distinct legal elements involved which taken together form a ring that labour in particular fears is strangling it. First is the use or abuse of ex parte injunctions by employers in labour disputes. From this arose the question of contempt of court proceedings, whether civil or criminal, for failure to comply with these interim injunctions. And out of the first two came the question of the judges who granted the injunctions in the first instance and later sentenced unionists for criminal contempt for failure to comply. Labour and the NDP are not alone in their criticisms. These problems have been attacked by lawyers and judges themselves as well as dis interested legal scholars. As to the concept of ex parte orders ■ there is no quarrel. Designed to offer. relief when delay might mean irreparable damage, they are a necessary instrument of justice. • But by their very nature they should be a legal rarity, or as one legal scholar puts it "an exercise of extraordinary jurisdiction" (see TLS, January, 1966). Far from being rare, they are now commonplace in labour disputes, used increasingly by employers to hobble the country's unions. And. they are obtained from judges who seldom bother to investigate and sometimes never even read the application. Granted without investigation, without union representation the unions are caught on the horns of a dilemma: compliance means defeat of their objectives, disc* bedience means contempt of court. Many unions chose to ignore what they feel is rank injustice. Recently Vancouver longshoremen were ordered by a court to work on a statutory holiday. They refused. Ten of them are now in jail tor criminal contempt. A union demonstration against the use of ex parte injunctions during the TUcoi dispute in Peterborough, Ontario resulted in citations for criminal contempt. Today 26 union men are out on bail after being locked up like common criminals. As predicted by legal experts, the courts are increasingly held in disrepute as the judges are "dragged into the dust of the arena" and made to appear to take sides. The NDP, federally and provincially, is fighting to correct the situation and -bring it in line with English practice where such court orders are virtually unknown in labour disputes. Is such disobedience criminal or civil contempt, an important distinction since, the former can mean jail or fine or both? Again labour feels at a disadvantage for apparently there is no clear distinc- l_t all depends on who you are or what the judge _thinks of-you. According to Hugo Fischer in The Canadian Bar Review; MJ*?S " . . . there is still no certainty where the dividing line is drawn between criminal and other contempts . . . one and the same act may constitute criminal or civil contempt depending on the person of the contemnor." ■■_• «■"•" But what most upset Canadians, who tend to accept uncritically their institutions, is the charge that judges are "political hacks." Yet according to legal scholars the charge has substance. In fact, the former federal minister of justice, Guy Favreau, candidly admitted that the Cabinet weighs a man's service to the party in considering appointment to the bench. Patronage is always to be deplored but never more so than in judicial appointments. Yet Prof. William Angus, University of Alberta, supports the patronage charge in the Journal of the American Judicature Society: "Unfortunately Cabinet choice has often rested on patronage consideration rather than professional qualification. "On the Supreme Court of Canada level, the importance and attractive- ess of the position have generally resulted in appointments of a high caliber. "As one proceeds: through the courts of appeal to the country courts and district courts in the provinces, the quality of some appointees deteriorates to an alarming degree." (Continued on Page 11) 2. JULY, 1966 VANCOUVER — A report carried by The Vancouver Sun, on Opposition Leader Robert Strachan's call for a special legislative session omitted to report names of _ men who he blames for "collusive" anti- labour strategy in B.C. One of the men named by Strachan is E. Benson, a top executive with Pacific Press which publishes both The Sun and The Province. Mr. Benson and eight others are officers in a recently formed group called the Commercial and Industrial Research Foundation. Chairman of the group is J. E. Richardson, president, B.C. Telephone Co. Governors, including Mr. Benson, are: J. B. Clyne, of MB & PR Co.; F. Brown, White Pass & Yukon Railway; Mr. Brink, Johnston Terminals; Mr. Dawson, Dawson Construction Co.; Mr. Hobbs, Western Canada Steel; Mr. McLean, Stan-'* dard Oil Co.; and Mr. Salter, , Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. Mr. Strachan charged that the group which these company executives head was set up "specifically by the major companies in the province to plan strategy for industry as a whole." Strachan blames muc*r_ of-i the labour unrest in B.C. is a result of the "collusive action of the employers under the guidance of the recently formed Commercial and Industrial Research Foundation." The Sun's story dwelt entirely on Mr. Strachan's call for a special session of the legislature though he-_peci- fically blamed the existence of this group for the "crisis situation." Mr. Strachan made the disclosure June 22 after re- OMITTED NEWS DESERVED FRONT PAGE HEADLINES turning from a holiday overseas. At a meeting in Ashcroft May 12th, Mr. Strachan examined daily paper coverage. He pointed out that front pages of the papers had carried pictures of picket lines and trouble that had developed at Lenkurt Electric plant over the cavalier treatment of the workers by the employer. In the course of his speech he used this as an example of why new and improved management-labor negotiat- ing procedure. aT.T.qurred. '"'Mr:"Strachan then pointed put that the newspapers had failed completely to report in columns the Washington, D.C., report of the U.S. Senate Sub-committee inquiring into international business operations. This report indicates that giant American corporations are. effectively avoiding, not __OT__y' *_;S.ia-ws and regulations, but laws and regulations of every country because of their tremendous economic power and global operations. These companies are now a a multi-national character and are bigger than government. Mr. Strachan quoted Richard Barber, special counsel to the Senate Subcommittee, who estimates that at their present rate of growth, 30 corporations will control 75% of the world's industrial assets by 1975 and he said that most of these companies are American. Mr. Barber warned that this development would put world markets in the hands of a few companies and, further, that these companies would continue to effectively eliminate -price competition and be beyond the antitrust laws of any single country. "•" Mr. Strachan said: "This is the most important news that the consumers of British Columbia or Canada have had in years, but not one newspaper reported these happenings in its news columns. "The impact of this development is already being felt, and our present inflationary spiral, which is robbing the pensioner of the worth of his pension, the worker of his pay cheque, and the farmer of the value for his produce, is due not only to government failure both provincially and federally, but to the economic power of these corporations and their ability to set any price they please on what they sell. Thus, even when cost of production is going down, prices go up." . i. _ The Lenkurt Electric Co., continued Mr. Strachan, is a prime example of this foreign business domination that effectively thumbs its nose ait the people of Canada. Lenkurt, like the B.C. Telephone Company, is just another subsidiary of the giant U.S. General Telephone and Electronics Company, which in 1964 had a net profit of no less than $91,000,000. The Canadian Board of Transport Commissioners, inquiring into the profit picture of the B.C. Telephone Company recently, had to admit once again, said Mr. Strachan, that it did not have the power to examine the books of Lenkurt and similar subsidiaries. Until a New Democratic Party government is elected, he said, which will re- turn the B.C. Telephone Company Jtp Canadian ownership by making it a crown Corporation, the people will continue to have their telephone rates and their working conditions dictated by these U.S. cartels. Concluding, Mr. Strachan said that these are the procedures that should receive public attention, through the press, radio and TV, because "only in this way will the public have a full realization of how it is being robbed." : This economic development of major corporations will make the trade union movement, as it is now con- stitutedy_ook very insignificant in the over-all scheThe, he said. CHALLENGE TO SUE TLS The Labour Statesman has reproduced the union advertisement Pacific Press refused to accept with- oujLediting. We do so because The Sun's published "belief" that it contained three false statements. We do not believe that this ad contains any false statements. We believe that the facts stated are true j ami that any opinion expressed is fair comment. But if anything contained in this advertisement may legitimately be made the subject of legal action in the courts, we invite Pacific Press, The Sun, Dominion-Vancouver Motors or anybody else who feels aggrieved to issue a writ against The Labour Statesman. /~. FARMERS' INCOME ONLY THING NOT GOING UP PORT ELGIN (CPA) — Technological advances adopted in the agricultural industry have increased production substantially with a smaller v_ork force and a shorter work week, but this has not "stopped agriculture from declining when compared with the non-agriculture economy. This was the starting point for a comprehensive statement on the position of farming today by Prof. Meyer Brownstone, former deputy minister of municipal affairs in Saskatchewan and now at the University of Toronto. Speaking to the seventh annual farmer-labour-teachers' conference arranged by the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress, Prof. Brownstone said, "using constant dollars, agricultural. output rose from 1.7 billion dollars in 1946 to 2.6 billion dollars in 1963. "At the same time employment in agricultural fell from 1.2 million to 641,- 000, the work sheet shortened, and output per man rose from $1,500 per annum to- $f,672 per annum." The subject of the conference was "The Changing World of Agriculture" with Prof. Brownstone giving the main address. Following his presentation referred to by other speakers as a one-man royal commission on agriculture, comments were made by Dr. S. G. B. Robinson of Waterloo University and by Hugh Peacock, research specialist with the UAW in Canada. About 140 delegates, half of whom were farmers, attended the conference which wound up with five discussion groups and group reports by members of the Ontario Teachers Federation. While farm employment went down, employment in the non-agricultural sector of the economy rose, from three million to 4.6 million, Prof. Brownstone told the large gathering of farm, teacher and labor leaders. 'Outputin 1963 was $1,000 more pel* man in the non- agricultural economy than in agriculture." The fact that agriculture as an industry has not achieved the same level of BREAD PRICES "When there is only 3 cents worth of wheat in a loaf of bread, why should the loaf retail for 23 cents? Why should the cartons containing a few carrots or tomatoes cost more than the farmer received for the carrots or tomatoes in the first place?" —W. W. Warnock, The Commonweafih, Regina productivity as other industries generally is one explanation "for agriculture's chronic income disparity." Taking another tack, union researcher Hugh Peacock said that six companies control the farm implement market in Canada and all were making disproportionate profits. His union, the UAW which is well organized in the farm implement industry, has called for a prices review board to investigate price increases especially in those industries where prices are set by leaders in their fields like General Motors in autos and Massey Ferguson in farm -implements. He also suggested that farmers organize to gain some control oyer the prices they receive for their products from the processing industry. Most farmers present .agreed that marketing of their products was still a major problem, especially as they have to face competiti- tion on ** an international scale. Improved organiz a t i o n, public relations and marketing methods were all necessary, it was generally agreed. Evaluation of the conference was led by Mrs. Florence Irvine, president of the Ontario Teachers' Federation followed by John Dol- mer, president of the Ontario Farmers' Union and Charles Huffman, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. The conference was opened by David Archer, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, and was also addressed by Claude Jodoin, president, Canadian Labour Congress. Chairing the conference was Ian Heilly, member of the OFL Farmer-Labour Committee while arrangements were • in charge of committee secretary Morden Lazarus. * " n 3 JULY, 1966 «/»*_ ' •■■>Y%-yr,\'-/%f[i>"A CASE HISTORY: MONOPOLY PAPERS' ANTI-LABOUR BIAS Normally no advertising is carried on these TLS pages but those reproduced below are not advertiseirients in the usual sense. ' Rather they are each part of a series of everits, seemingly unrelated, which taken together indicate a serious anti-labour bias by Pacific Press. As nothing else could, these incidents explain why the public is so often misinformed about labour disputes. They explain why management always seems to be depicted as knights of progress while labour is seen as some grubby drag on the community. Note first the advertisement published in The Sun April 29 as a "statement by Rufus C. Gibbs." The head declares: "Union Action Closes Fishing Tackle Firm After 57 Years." The other ad "Unsafe At Any Speed"-never appeared in The Sun or The Province. It was designed to explain the strike of 15 car salesmen against one of Vancouver's largest Ford dealers because . union officials felt press reports were either inadequate or biased. The Rufus Gibbs ad is selected as a starting point here because of its contents and its proximity in time to the union's rejected ad. Also one man was involved in several capacities throughout. STATEMENT BY RUFUS C. GIBBS UNION ACTION CLOSES FISHING TACKLE FIRM AFTER 57 YEARS It is with deep regret that I, Rufus Charles Gibbs, President of Gibbs Tool & Stamping Works Ltd., 290 West Third.Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., announce the termination of this business which has been in continuous operation since its founding by me in 1908. Demands by the United Steelworkers of America, Local 2655, have imposed conditions which, in view of foreign competition and increased operating costs, have made it impossible for me to continue profitably. Strike action by the Union in August 1965 effectively terminated operation of this company and, as a consequence, fourteen employees were released. Orders which have been received from customers of long standing for the year 1966 were of necessity cancelled. The full line of Gibbs Fishing Tackle —Gibbs Spoons, Gibbs-Stewart lures, and all accessories manufactured under the Gibbs Brand name — shall henceforth cease to be marketed, and all real and fixed assets of the com-, pany shall immediately be made available for sale. To those loyal commercial and sports fishermen who have patronized the Gibbs line of merchandise so loyally during past years, my heartfelt gratitude. R. G. GIBBS, President. GIBBS TOOL & STAMPING WORKS LTD. Both ads should be examined carefully and -Indepen-' dently. One is blatantly anti- labour, the other as much pro-labour. Why was one published by Pacific. Press and the other not? The Sun claims it found "three false statements" "in the union ad. But more . about that later. For the moment'we should examine the accuracy of the Rufus Gibbs ad. There is no way of knowing whether Pacific Press demanded supporting affidavits and financial records for the company's charge that "union action closes fishing tackle firm ..." However, on the face of it the charge is of such a serious nature that it would seem to demand full investigation, the results of which would make a legitimate news story. Yet if such an investigation of the charge was made there was no word of it in The Sun-Province, as far as can belearned. There seems to have been little hesitancy in publishing this wholesale indictment of "union action." However available e v i - dence suggests that the Gibbs' charge is totally false. The ad is misleading and contains serious misrepresentations and omissions of fact. These defects were immediately pointed out to The ANTI-UNION THIS OKAY PRO-UNION REJECTED Sun-P r ovine e by Ray Haynes in a letter to the editor. Mr. Haynes was then writing in his capacity as a member of a Conciliation Board which had visitejHthe Gibbs' plant. _jS He found, he saicC it to be a "throwback to the Dickens era," adding "it was obvious to myself, as a board member, that the union's request for increased wages had little to do with the decision" to close the Gibbs firm. He found evidence of mismanagement, antiquated equipment and outdated production methods. Employees were working for a dollar an hour and one employee was making only $1.60 after 16 years with the firm. The letter was never published. A few weeks later Mr. Haynes, now in his capacity as RWDS union head, appeared with a personal representative before The Sun's legal counsel regarding an advertisement of an entirely different sort. This time it was an ad supporting labour. The lawyer combed the ad for defamatory and inaccurate statements. He raised several objections, including the use of one of his own profession's maxim's "Caveat Emptor." After a discussion taking the better part of three hours and after either being satisfied with the union's guarantees to accuracy and failing to find further legal objections, he allowed the RWDS union ad to pass to the advertising brass. Somewhere between the Sun-Province lawyer's office and the Pacific Press executive suite something happened. For now those who permitted the Rutus Gibbs in- . dictment of labour to pass now found much to object to in the union ad. 'ihey demanded further changes which, in the union's opinion, would so emasculate it that it would do more harm than good. It is not a new story for union people. That might have been the end ot the matter except that Mr. Haynes had donned a new hat, as secretary-designate of the B.C. Federation oi Labour, and during his first press conference he brought the ad incident to the attention of reporters. The Sun's labour reporter, Bill Bachop, gave an honest account ot what was said. But then The Sun went to the unusual length of inserting into the body of Bachop's story an "editor's note." 'ihis "note," purporting to explain the. incident (see cut), must stand as a masterpiece of distortion. For it fails to mention that it's own lawyer was satisfied as to the legalities of the ad. Of course, "false" statements as alleged by the editor's note might be actionable and these surely would have been spotted by the lawyer. But the note only says that ihe Sun found "three statements it believed to be false." What anyone actually "believes" cannot easily be ascertained. But it is reasonable to ask what The Sun "believed" about the Rufus Gibb ad? Was the same standard of accuracy applied in that case? From all this, the reader is entitled to draw his own conclusions, one being that it isn't so much the law as leaning that determines what appears or dbes not appear in the pages of Pacific Press. An obvious surmise is that Pacific Press leans more toward Ford and General Motors which pour millions into advertising than to a handful of striking car salesmen who have scraped together $800 to tell their side of the story. This all makes for lousy newspapers. but it is admittedly good business. And business is business and bias is bias. ii ii UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED Now—Car Firm Forces Salesmen to Strike! Public Interest Involved in DOMINION VANCOUVER MOTORS LTD. STRIKE FACTS: 1. Worried about jobs and pay, 15 salesmen joined the Retail- Wholesale Union. Every effort to get an agreement blocked. Salesmen voted 13-2 for strike. 2. Company provoked strike by insisting on a clause whjch would encourage high-pressure tactics ... the sort of thing salesmen are trying to eliminate: the Company insited on the right to FIRE ANY SALESMAN WHO DIDN'T EARN $800 EACH MONTH. A ridiculous demand. 3. Salesmen's cause is right. Members of Unions and public have respected the picket lines at Dominion Vancouver Motors New and Used Car Lots, Parts and Service Department and Gas Station. 4. From the beginning the Company conducted a campaign to defeat the Union. The Company was charged in court with interference, coercion, intimidation and threat of dismissal; The Union was granted a Supreme Court injunction. ONLY A SUPREME COURT INJUNCTION RESTRAINED THE COMPANY THE ISSUE IS NOT WAGES Salesmen have the same right to organize as other people into Unions and associations. Agreement .with Dominion Vancouver Motors Limited will set a precedent. The Union maintains it is in the public interest that the 15 salesmen succeed. The public will be further protected by the Union imposing a high standard of sales ethics. Until the salesmen are unionized the public must trust firms like Dominion Motors Limited . . . Caveat Emptor. Inserted by the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union, 517 E. Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. / 4 JULY, 1966 FRANK PAYNE Not alwavs do I find myself in total agreement with "this sheet's editorial stance. But in its enmity toward George Meany, top banana of the AFL- CIO, I am in ' complete, and unqualified agreement. The man is no more representative of labour than is Defence Secretary McNamara in whose military band Meany plays first trombone-head. If any one man gives Canadian unionists cause for concern on the "international" aspects of many unions, it is Georgy- porgie and his pudny-pie- in-the-sky war capitalism. Recently Meany sent his delegation to the Geneva meeting of the International Labour Organization, a specialized UN agency. But understand that everything had to go the U.S. way or no deal; I mean, that's the way the game's played state-side. But what happens. Despite some table thumping by Jay Lovestone (that name has got to be a gag) a Pole is elected to preside over the meeting. Imagine some foreigner and a red to boot in a position to rap the gavel on the U.S. delegation. Not that the election wasn't fair. In fact the Pole was elected by just one vote. The point is that, well, it just ain't right that the buttoned- down American delegation should ;take orders from a guy whose name you can't even pronounce. So the orders go out from Meany — walk out! Boycott the ILO meeting. That's the way this team plays: "Either we appoint our own umpire or we take our ball and bat and go home." Just like the Russians play, or used to. So there it is, folks. "International" means "All- American" or no soap, at least not the kind that is 99 and 44 100 percent pure and floats. Maybe that kind of soft soap is okay when it has a full tub of hot war- bolstered affluence to bob around in. But it soon melts and when the tub runs dry it just lies there stranded on the bottom. That's what's going to happen to labour under Meany's washed-out leadership. EDITORIAL EVERYBODY WINS BUT THE STRIKERS Somebody won the strike of Outside VVorkers in Canada's third largest city, 'i hough they are now back on the job with a pay in- . crease, many experts claim the outside workers lost. -Maybe -thejr"did, maybe they didn't. But one thing is certain, Vancouver's top civic officials and administrators didn't lose. They had it won from the start. Like many peopie, including radio hotliners, they could ignore the strike, the picket lines and denounce all unions ior. "irresponsibility" and generally stay on the side ot the managerial angels. But at the same time they knew they would benefit. For once this strike was settled, or any other similar labour demonstration, they could go to the city fathers or respective bosses with hands outstretched for their share. And as happens in industry, city council held a secret meeting and granted top civic officials salary increases of up to $1,431 a year, or a little over five-and-a-half percent of present salaries. It is probably no coincidence that this is the same percentage increase received by most other civic employees through union activity. Surely this raises a large question of ethics: should anyone who doesn't belong . to a union, particularly those who are hostile to la-, bour, benefit fronY the nasty '" dirty battles labour is forced to fight? Ethically, it seems only right that any official who opposed the Outside Workers' strike should refuse to • accept any increase connected with what was called the union's "unreasonable demands." AncTThat goesfor those journalists, pundits, r&dio hotliners and ordinary citi-1 zens who think that men go on strike because they enjoy it. People who argue thusly, and they have been around since the first union was formed, by implication are making claims of class superiority. In effect, they are saying "unions are irresponsible. But I don't belong to a union, therefore, I am responsible, therefore, a better citizen." So - called "irresponsibility" is the anti-union reiram of a pair of Vancouver hotliners who play it with tireless daily trequency. 'lhey do not, of course, belong to a union connected with tneir job. Yet one may safely assume that tH.y use as their salary base the figure established by the ANG and broadcast unions and cheerfully accept any increase in the base rate won by these unions. 'this sort of freeloading is a bitter pill union people have to swallow. We have to endure the picture of this type of man or woman enjoying successive benefits gained in union struggles while they maintain a sort of aloof respectability in the community. But the freeloader's "respectable" picture of himself is really a picture of* arrant hypocrisy. And if this bothers them it doesn't show, perhaps because to see one's own hypocrisy demands an honest objectivity and intelligence foreign to their natures. This doesn't mean that LETTERS Sir: The 92nd general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada which met for the first 10 days of June passed the following recommendation of the board of evangelism and social action: "That the general assembly approve the principle of union security in collective bargaining whereby the payment of union dues is compulsory for all employees covered by the collective agreement irrespective of union membership and that labour unions be urged,to use their powers responsibly within the law, in the interest of all their members, the public image of trade unionism, and the welfare of all the people of our communities and the nation . . ." Edmund A. Oliverio, The Presbyterian Record, Toronto. - ■ such people lack skills or training or education or intelligence. It mea^is only they lack either the insight or conscience that even doctors and _awyefs~insist upon in their own form of unionism. They have a blind spot, a psychological defect which causes .them to develop a conceit about their own status, negotiating cleverness and unique value. The white collar clerks of yesteryear used to have this conceit about blue collar workers who were making twice as much as they were; White collar workers; now being automated out of ex istence, are changing but are now replaced by this other form of economic freeloader. Maybe it is time labour devised a way to leave them on their own — really on their own — so that they could in no way benefit from union action. In effect, a strike against non-union, particularly anti-union, freeloaders. Only in that way would they learn their true status, learn how clever or unique they really are against a rock-hard employer. They would soon be whining for union help. And no one whines like an aggrieved non-unionist. Sir: I have more periodicals coming in than I can manage to read — and having looked over the issue of TLS that came to my house, I can see no reason to subscribe to it. What I already read covers most of its contents. As for c6n_inu_hg to send" me this publication, I take issue with the method of "billing" a person unless requested otherwise. So I have to write you a letter to say "do not send any further copies." Mrs. Wm, Rowan, Edmonton TT THE Lai s ABOUR STATESMAN The Labour Statesman is published monthly at 517 East Broadwav Vancouver 10. British Columbia. Canada, jointly Toy the B C Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. The Labour Statei- man is authorized as Second Class Mail. Post Offlce Department Ottawa and (or payment of postage in cash. Unsolicited manuscripts must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Subscription fl 20 for 12 issues. 10c per individual issue. WILLIAM MCCARTHY - Managing Editor G. and B. SPENCER — Advertising Representatives . Sir: _ -.... «.. - ■ . ■■■ Our cheque was in payment for two. complete years, 1965 and 1966 Please send the January, April 1965 issues and all following on subscription. Robert C. Gibbs, Pennsylvania State University, Penn. (Continued on Page Nine) j 5 .iy_ky_.i_>6. ENT Bit: T A I NM EN T 'jjSftinV<r<rrr~,?T' .JS**, MILITARY INVADES CENTENNIAL SCENE The Canadian Armed our sweeping spotlights, his- Forces will play a large _>art f tory, action, comedy, fantasy ... *->-.„-.„-.>- -—*—--I" __-._-_ —j —• - ■ •*> in Canada's centenniar cele* brations by taking one of the greatest road shows in Canadian history across the nation. From St. John's, Nfld., to Victoria, B.C., Canadians will have the opportunity of seeing the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo which will be the principal contribution of the Services to Canada's centennial celebrations. This colourful sepec- tacle will provide the ultimate in military entertainment within the framework of the development of Canada's Armed Forces from their French and British origins to our time. ' Scheduled to appear at 40 locations across Canada during 1967, the Tattoo -will feature music, pageantry, col- and variety to provide en tertainment while at the sjame time making use of a subtle historical line to link the various scenes. Throughout the performance, authentic costumes or dress uniforms including the include accommodation, messing and recreation facilities for the troops in addition to transporting stage requirements, such as sets, props and auxiliary lighting equipment plus vehicles to ferry those items from the railway sidings to the per» formance, locations. On reaching Vancouver, the two trains will combine and with, additional troops obtained frbm the local area, the larger-cast stadium shows schedule will commence with appearances at Vancouver, Victoria, Ottawa, Expo 67, the Canadian National Exhibition in Tor- .- onto, and Hamilton. ..» i -Two historical sites shows, w e a pons, accoutrements, at Fort G Niagara-on- and the music, songs and the-Lake, the Citadel, Que- HtmII +-"_*• +_-._-_ _•-.■_-.--_ _J/_*\.n_</_/« ■_ —-. ' _ ' ^- ANNOUNCERS TALK FOR A CHANGE MONTREAL — The Association of Radio and Television Employees of Canada (CLC) has decided to begin affiliation talks with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CLC). An ARTEC announcement said it hopes, ihat formal talks, which began in June, will be a first step towards unity among CBC employees. The charter edition of the first SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK will be published in late August, 1966. The hard-covered 160 page yearbook will feature the exciting campus, architecture, theatre productions, sports events, tbe unique tri-semester academic system and many other color- ful highlights of S.F.U. The 2,300-member ARTEC, largest single union in the CBC, with 13 locals throughout Canada, represents among others the Corporation's announcers and clerical staff as well as its employees in the international service. Commenting on the announcement, ARTEC President Ota Reichman said in Montreal: "Continuing disunity among the broadcast unions will weaken their strength in bargaining with a common employer and thereby hinder improvement of their working conditions. Experience in the National Council of Broadcast Unions has clearly shown that unity can be brought about only with-* in the framework of a large and influential Canadian union. "We believe that CUPE is our best hope of achieving this goal of unity, of preserving the present national bargaining units and of im- proving_theJq$ 0f the unorganized in private broadcasting." ARTEC locals are in St. John's, Nfld., Halifax, Monc- ton, Chicoutini, Que., Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor, Ont., Winnipeg, Edmonton, Cal gary and Vancouver. drill for the era depicted will be used to portray key and interesting activities of Canada's Armed Forces during the last 300 years. The transportation arrangements for the performers call for two identical trains with a complement of approximately 250 performers each that will depart from a main assembly point in the Trenton-Picton area in April, 1967, and commence the arena shows schedule. One train will proceed EaSt to Sydney, N.S., for a performance at Glace Bay, N.S., and from there will commence its westward journey. The other train will proceed West after a performance at Barrie, Ont. The trains will be self- sufficient in that they will bee City, will involve approximately 400 performers, and the two largest shows of the tour at Expo 67 and the' CNE are planned to , feature close to 1,700 per- I formers. I On completion of the CNE, ah arena-type show will be presented at Char- lottetown, P.E.I., St. John's and Corner Brook, Nfld., completing the Canadian tour. ■ . , SLEEPY HEAD "There is not a single proverb in favor of early rising that appeals to the higher nature of man." —Robert Lynd Those Greek women of pleasure are at it again . . . t-j tji t-v . . . even on Sunday! LANTERNS A jarring story about four women who - make Irma La Douce seem like a Sunday School frolic. Sffl» Granville & Smith* RESTRICTED I -ii'- Planning a trip? LET US MAKE ALL YOUR ARRANGEMENTS RAIL, AIRLINE AND STEAMSHIP TICKETS Vutltamy & Brownell CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Phone RE. 8-3233 2205 Fir Street Vancouver, B.C. -Aff-AS-L-^i. TRAVEL AGENCY 2643 East Hastings Street. Telephone 253-1221 Vancouver 6, B.C. . SAVING MONEY IS ALWAYS IN STYLE! FOUR CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 96 EAST BROADWAY - - - 879-6241 5606 VICTORIA DRIVE - - - 325-8044 2626 EAST HASTINGS - - - 255-3721 3295 WEST BROADWAY - - 736-7451 Toes, to Thurs.: 9:00-5:00 Friday: 9:00-6:00 . Saturday: 9:00-1:00 Closed all day Monday "Where people are more important than money" CITY SAVINGS Y) 6 GJEJJJLRAL JULY, 1966 FIRST PRE-PAID DENTAL PLAN The first Canadian pre-- paid dental plan has been sorted through agreement bltween CU & C Health Services and the Dental Services Association, representing B.C. dentists. The agreement was reached through the co-operation of these two services with the Sheet Metal Workers Union (Local 280). The plan is available to any group of 50 or more members and extends to families. The plan rounds out CU^ro-^C- comprehensive health care program. The dental plan agreement was signed May 18 by Joseph H. Corsbie (left) CU & C general manager; J. E. Mead, Sheet Metal Workers business agent (center); and Dr. William Joiner, representing the Dental Services Assoc. STUDENTS BRAINWASHED NEW YORK, N.Y. — An _ off - the - record meeting of student activities and trade union leaders has laid the basis for a series of youth- labor dialogues to be promoted by Jewish Labor Committee field offices across the country. ,-A dozen labor leaders and an equal number of students met for an informal discussion at the biennial rights conference sponsored by the National Trade Union Council for Human Rights, a division of the Jewish Labor Committee, on May 27-30. Steve Max, 26, field secretary of the League for Industrial Democracy, explained that students have no conception of the history of labor's struggles. "The big corporations — individually and through _5*ayips like the National Association of Manufacturers —spend huge sums of money to propagate their anti-labor point of view. Social science and history courses contain little or no reference to labor's role as a positive major force for progressive change," he said. OFFICE SETTLES VANCOUVER — A first agreement has been negotiated after a lengthy strike by Office and Technical Employees Union (Local 15) against Sherwin - Williams Co. here. The agreement, covering two years, gives an increase of $45 a month on the starting ral;e. Top category personnel will receive an increase of $70 a month. 40 FULLY MODERN UNITS • HEATED SWIMMING POOt • 4-STAR RAT.ING - AAA • T.V. - TELEPHONES • BACHELOR & FULLY CONTAINED UNITS Ten Minutes from Vancouver City Centre YUkon 8-3181 1748 Capilano (■/_ Blk. N. Marine Dr., N.V.) OPPOSES FRENCH. ENGLISH BARGAINING FRAGMENTATION OTTAWA. — Abandonment of present Canada Labour Relations Board policies of national collective bargaining would lead to fragmentation of bargaining units with workers divided by cultural and language differences and an n_- evitable increase in industrial disputes, the Canadian Labour Congress has declared. Officers of Canada's major labour organizations were invited to meet with the cabinet to discuss a proposal made by the Confederation of National Trade Unions for regional rather than national recognition of unions. The delegation was headed by Claude Jodoin, CLC president, who explained the CLC position: "The national employer and his employees should not be exposed to a process of fragmentary collective bargaining and to what this implies: lack of uniformity of conditions of employment, the entrenchment of regional disparities, limitations o n promotional opportunities and mobility, the tendency for the disintegration of regional units into even smaller ones and the sheer difficulty of any rational bargaining at all in view of the multiplicity of units. We submit that' the'hazards of industrial disputes is multiplied in such circumstances." The CLC said the main reasons advanced by the CNTU for certification of unions on a regional basis .was simply "that the employees they seek to represent speak' the same language and share the same culture." The CLC continued: GOOD TIMES KELOWNA, B.C. — A union educator says the affluent society made it harder to get workers to devote their time to union activities. But shop stewards remain the backbone of the union despite the sophistication of modern labor relations, James Dowell of Ottawa, director of education for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CLC), said recently in Kelowna. Mr. Dowell, who addressed the annual convention of CUPE's B.C. Division, said that in the affluent society of the 1960's union education programs are "a necessity and not an extra-curricular activity." "What the CNTU is suggesting is that a distinction * in language or culture is so important that it should produce a cleavage among workers who otherwise share the same occupations, work in the same industry and are citizens of,the same country. "... Is the CNTU in effect undertaking to organize only those workers who speak French and Who shai. the French culture in Canada to the exclusion of others who do not? Will other workers in Quebec be placed in other bargaining units werely because they do not speak French or share in the French culture?" It was pointed out that according to the government's official figures for early 1965, the CLC represented 1,181,- 147 members, compared to the CNTU- 150,053. In Quebec there were more than twice as many union members outside the CNTU as in it, and most of them were affiliated to the CLC. During 1965 CLC unions were certified for 18,578 employees in Quebec and the CNTU for only 8,790. HARRON BROS. LIMITED FUNERAL DIRECTORS "British Columbia's Finest Funeral Service" CHAPEL OF CHIMES 55 E. 10th Ave. TR. 6-8877 Vancouver ROYAL OAK CHAPEL 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby HE. 15577 W0RKBOOTS by DAYTON The No. 209 For MEN on A sturdy workboot in California tan upper, with outside leather counter, single vamp, and neoprene cork soles and heels. Created by & for UNION MEN DAYTON SHOE MFG. CO. (B.C.) LTD. 2249-50 East Hastings Street VANCOUVER 6, B.C. 7 JULY, 1966 -A-€ R O SS TH E LAMB ALTA. NDP DRIVES HARD NOMINATING FULL SLATE GRAND PRAIRIE, Alta. —Rev. Alan Bush was nominated June 4th to contest the Provincial Constituency of Grande Prairie. The nominating convention was held in the Grande Prairie York Hotel and the meeting was chaired by Mr. 0. Christensen. Barry Mather, M.P. for New Westminster, B.C., addressed the convention. His excellent address was centred mainly on the government's Broadcasting Policy. Mr. Mather answered many questions on this subject and others that were asked by the enthusiastic audience. Rev. Bush, in his acceptance speech, thanked the people for their confidence and promised to do everything in his power to insure them that he would be their representative in the Legislature after the "next provincial election. Rev. Bush was the New Democratic Party candidate in the last Federal election for the constituency of Peace River. The Alberta New Democratic Party held three nominating conventions, in June. A joint convention of the provincial Constituencies of Edmonton No^th and Edmonton North-West was held June. 25, and the provincial constituency of Ponoka held their convention on June 24. Ed Nelson, First Vice-President of the Alberta New Democratic Party will be contesting the nomination in Ponoka. Rev. Gwen Symington, United Church Minister for Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt and Sangudo was nominated June 13 at a convention held in Sangudo attended by nearly 100 people. Miss Symington, who holds her B.A. and B.D. degrees from the U. of A., has been in the district seven years. She is the ninth candidate chosen so far by the Alberta New Democratic Party to contest the next provincial election. Speaking to the convention was Tom Barnett, M.P. for Comox-Alberni, B.C., and Neil Reimer, Alberta NDP Provincial Leader. Mf. Barnett spoke about the many problems facing Canada and criticized the Liberal Government for lack of leadership. REIMER HITS 'MANNINGCARE' speaking to a convention attended by some 100 people here which nominated Rev. Gwen Symington, United Church minister. "Manning medicare," he said, "will make out premier the little darling of the insurance companies and'right wing interests across Canada." SANGUDO, Alta. — A sharp attack on Premier Manning's position ori Medicare has been made by Neil Riemer, Alberta NDP leader. Mr. Reimer charged last month that Albertans will lose $60 million a year to underwrite "Mr. Manning's federal ambitions." He was MARITIMES NEED UNION STANDARDS FREDERICTON — A Union educator last month called on organized public employees to spearhead a drive for a higher standard of living in the Maritime provinces. Jim Dowell, education director, Canadian Union of Public Employees, said Maritime locals of the 100,000 member union "can provide the leadership to push for a better economic deal for all citizens in the Maritimes." "But we are expected to pay for his political ambitions;" he said. Mr. Reimer added that Alberta will lose $25% million because "Manningcare" will not meet minimum conditions set out in the Hall report. "If you add that figure to the $12 million that Alberta government is already paying plus the premiums paid by the rest of us the cost goes well over $60 million," Reimer declared. John Liss, organizer for Lac St. Anne constituency, —was chairi-ian. OflflGfi FINEST ORCHARD-RIPENED CHERRIES. PEACHES, PEARS, APPLES, TOMATOES, ETC. First Orchard Fruit Stand Over the New Richter Pass Highway Into the Okanagan F. K. GABEIMANN OSOYOOS, B.C. EDMONTON — Alberta's "one-party" legislature has announced its intention of passing the Human Rights laws which have been urged' on it by the fyberta Federation of Labour for years. But mere passage of such a law, a Federation spokesman said, does not mean that the law would effectively end discrimination in the foothills proyince. Human Rights legislation was announced in the Social Credit government speech from the Throne in March. The proposal is seen as % direct result of _y e a r s of pressure from the Alberta LESS TALK, MORE ACTION ON NEW RIGHTS LAW-AFL Federation of Labour and other civic-minded groups. The Federation earlier presented Premier Manning and the cabinet with a brief urging legislation in three areas: Human Rights Code; Fair Accommodation Practices Act ;a Human Rights Commission. Besides preventing job discrimination, the proposed law should ensure that "no person shall publish or cause to be published or displayed . . . any notice, signr symbol, emblem or other representation indicating discrimination . . ." Canadian politics have been likened to ditch water — dull and dirty. Lately, what with dope peddlers, furniture deals, brok.n down spies and pussy cats, they may not be so dull — but they're still dirty. ** Altypo Review, Edmonton This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia For a great weekend...get a great beer. Every meUow drop of Labatt's is loaded with, great beer flavour. It's aged slow and naturally for extra taste and authority. And Labatt's is a traditional beer: brewed from an award-winning eighty year old reeipe. You'll rarely taste a beer with such downright satisfying flavour. So this weekend, give the bold one a try, — fill your fridge with Labatt's. ASK FOR Labatts THE BIG BOLD BEER 8 JULY, 1966 LOCAL ^X^S PR. GEORGE PRINCE GEORGE —The Prince George and District Labour Council at its monthly meeting June 4th again reiterated their support of the International Union of Pulp and Sulphite Workers in their dispute with a breakaway group in Prince George. This was done after hearing an encouraging report from Pat O'Neal, organizer for the union and recent secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labour. Toby Mogensen, recording, secretary, was elected tostt- tend a group of conferences held in Vancouver in June by the B.C. Federation of Labour." The Council requested the officers to prepare a brief , for the hearing on paid statutory holidays being held in Prince George on June 20 by the B.C. Board of Industrial Relations. The Council decided a protest should be lodged with the city of Prince George regarding the award for 1966 paving in the city to a bidder, who was not the lowest bidder for the contract. It was felt that two summer months meetings could be'dispensed with but it was 4eft to the table officers to call a special meeting if necessary. _ C. H. Webb. KELOWNA KELOWNA — May was scholarship month in the Okanagan and several unions were prominent in the announcement of awards. In Salmon Arm, Frank Smith, president of the Okanagan School Employees No. 523 (CUPE) announced that his union's scholarship of $250 had been awarded to Carol A. Prebble, a graduate of Salmon Arm high school. In Oliver, Mrs. Alma Faulds presented two scholarships of $150 each on behalf of the B.C. Interior Fruit and Vegetable Workers No. 1572 (CLC). This had been intended as a single award but was evenly split when judges were unable to decide between the two top candidates. _ OUR CORRESPONDENTS WRITE The two scholarships went to Tommy Townrow, of Osoyoos, and Eileen Eberle, of Oliver. Mrs. Townrow, Tommy's mother, is first vice-president of Local 1572. The Penticton unit of the Hospital Employees (Local 180), awarded their $150 bursary to Maureen Zornes, a grade XII graduate of Penticton high school. The presentation was made by Mrs. Emily Powell. The Okanagan Labour Council has recessed for the summer months, although President Jim Currie warned delegates to the June meeting that it might be necessary to call an emergency meeting. He said that if conditions throughout the province didn't improve some type of assistance in strike situations might be necessary. Mrs. Faulds reported on the success of a talk on "The Role of the OpDosition" given by Robert Strachan before pupils of Oliver high school. Mention was also made of a talk given to senior students of Kelowna high school by Bill Schumaker, president of IWA (Local 1- 423). Delegates to the Labour Council indicated ' that this was an experiment which should be pursued further. The executive were i n - structed to investigate the possibility of having labour speakers appear in as many of the Valley high schools as possible during the coming school year. H. G. Buchanan. PRINCE RUPERT PRINCE RUPERT^-Sec- retary-Treasurer of our Labour Council is in jail because he, along with nine other B.C. labour leaders, refused to be governed by an ex parte injunction. When convicted of contempt of court, he chose to go to prison as a protest against an unjust law rather than pay a fine. Mount Pleasant Chapel Ltd. J_k KINDLINESS UNDERSTANDING - LADY ATTENDANT DEPENDABILITY The Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce has asked for Labour Council .support in its attempt to get City Council to authorize another vote on a $75,000 money bylaw for a new public library as a Centennial project. A previous vote resulted in a 57 per cent vote in favour," just short of the required 60 per cent approval. Tom Freitas, reporting on the CLC convention at the last Council meeting, stated that the CLC. is "too old fashioned ,in its thinking" and "is not representative of all labour in Canada." In making this statement, Tom was referring to the problem of the many labour organizations that are not affiliated to the CLC. Conrad Hadland VICTORIA VICTORIA — Many people are worried nowadays about the changing patterns of our economic and social life' wondering what lies ahead in a world where we are confronted with an almost alien way of life which seems to be making unmistakable progress. Extended shopping hours is a case in point. Will the super-markets of the future be on a "wide open" basis all the year round? (One department store in this community is now open till nine six nights a week). And since this is the case in one instance, how long will it be before the practice spreads — along the fines of the "domino theory" — to other locations in tiie greater Victoria area? BROADWAY PRINTERS printers and lithographers —-— ' since 1911 KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE PHONE: TRinity 6-2161 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Telephone 876-2101 These are questions that are bothering three local organizations at the present time. In a singular display of teamwork, to be sure, the three groups, made up of the Retail Merchants' Assoc, yhe Chamber of Commerce land the Labour Council, ■Jhave joined forces, calling for a 6 p.m. curfew all nights but Friday, when 9 p.m. would be acceptable. _un-~ day, of course, would be kept the traditional way. At a recent public meeting held here at Union Cen- , tre each side's special interest in the question was freely discussed and plans made to continue the fight. First and most immediate objective: 'buttonhole' members of Saanich's municipal council and impress on them the need for regulatory civic action. For Saanich is where the problem is mainly centered. Some of the area's biggest retailers are located in that municipality. It will be interesting to see how its laissez-faire- minded Council will react to the callers. *5 ~\. John Nicol of the Retail, Food and Drug clerks' union is carrying the ball for organized labour in the project. The skill and discretion that the job entails will doubtless be forthcoming from him. Larry Ryan SULPHITE SUCCESS An agreement in line with the recent IWA settlement is expected as a result of a Conciliation Officer's report now before Pulp, Sulphite Workers and United Paper Workers. • It is expected that the agreement will be for two years with a yearly increase of 20 cents an hour. Pulp and Sulphite Workers Union were successful in negotiating an agreement for an additional 10 cents an hour for mechanics, three weeks vacation after four years, health and welfare benefits of $65 a week, and improved job security. A spokesman for the union said: "No doubt the 'breakway' union will now freeload on this agreement because they have failed to make similar progress." At home or ot play vacation-ease all the year round. At better shoe stores everywhere. Ask for them by name: LECKIES ___ J. LECKIE CO, LTD. 220 CAMBIE STREET, VANCOUVER 3, B.C. 9 JULY, 1966 LETTERS (cont'd) . z : :: : __.,,. ____— J Sir: I thought your readers might like to know of the kind of statements that are being made by employers when faced with trade union negotiations or strike action. The following incident happened to me, when in co-operation with the Retail Wholesale Union, I became involved personally in the Union's attempts to unionize car salesmen. , The place was Belmont Motors on East Broadway. I was told — upon asking the salesman what the picket line was doing outside his premises — that the trade union movement wanted to organize the sales force, which would mean that salesmen would only be allowed to work 4 hours per day, and not earn more" than $5,000 per year! This statement was so simple in its implications that I am sure your readers will appreciate again the problems of successfully organizing new units. r* May I say, on a personal note, that on the following day when I was on the picket line with Ray Haynes, Stan Colbert and John Squire, I saw at first hand the use of ex parte injunctions, about which I am sure this newspaper is devoting much of its space. Ernest Hall, NDP Provincial Secretary Sir: I am a member of the I.T.U. and have been a member for 40 years. Purely on account of my financial strain, only having the sum of $75 O.A.P. plus $30, total $105 per month to support my wife and self, I am totally unable to subscribe to your magazine, so please do NOT bill me, as it will be ignored. A copy of this letter has been sent to another source. - * ' George W. Latham, Vancouver Sir: Your Hollywood sex article** was nauseating and in very poor taste, offensive, inappropriate and-the worst type of yellow journalism. Please discontinue my subscription. B. T. Keeler, Edmonton. to their sons or daughters when they returned. Large meetings were held by the public (voters) in every town on the southern line protesting the sale of this property. The government paid-heed to its people and stopped the sales. In the meantime the federal government called it ultra vires, but the provinr cial government found a loop-hole in the Queen Victoria Act and* temporarily stopped it. There have been many public meetings and changes since. ' • This was the wish of the people — not the government. Please check with the Alberta government for the truth! R. H. Bradley, Nelson. Sir: In answer to an article (June, TLS) re: the Hutterite colonies in Alberta. During the last war the Hutterites were buying large townships in southern Alberta from ranchers whose sons and help were forced to serve in the armed forces and could not look after these lands. Most land owners wanted to hand down their holdings Sir: I am not interested in subscribing to your paper as I receive The Commonwealth which keeps me informed on NDP affairs. I am 76 years of age. C. M. Johnson, Edmonton Sir: Paddy Neal's reiteration of a commonly recognized malady in the administration of justicfe seems to have stirred the lethargic minds of our local law establishment. What else but onerous truth could evoke such professional pomposities and sanctimonious sophi s t r i e s from the Attorney-General and Law Society treasurer Leonard DuMoulin. The danger in tnis type of exchange is that the public and their legislators may be conned into giving the lawyers a deterinativei"1 way as to which of the number will enjoy the perquisites of judicial office. Any human situation b e do m-es^, political wnen three or .nrfore individuals are involved. Let no one be misled into believing that the 1,500 B.C. lawyers have been marshalled into a society of militant self-interest without then- own brand of internal politics which transcends conventional party lines. This unnaturaJJy,^pxiyi-* leged professional group, with its own powerful and entrenched h i e r a r c h y of Benchers, has a disproportionate influence in all phases of society. Yet in practice it and its members are not amenable to effective public scrutiny. For the most part they are answerable only to themselves and even law enforcement agencies confronting them through esoteric legal- ese must rely on prosecutors who are, first and foremost, fraternal members in a society that exists to further special interests. From this homogenous body, which makes a fetish, out amorality, emerges our sponsored judges who are. but lawyers entrusted with authority ... There is little contemporary and no historical justification for the lawyers' self- laudatory phrase that their's is an ancient and honorable profession ... D. Garnet McKenzie, Vancouver. Sir: I wish to thank you for sending sample copies of The Labour Statesman. They will be-distributed to the members of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers (Local 539) at.o_ur.next meeting. I sincerely hope that the members will all send for subscriptions. Thanking you again. Laura Smith, Calgary. Sir: Sorry I cannot take the Labour Statesman as a subscriber. My age (81) limits. too much reading. '"' , A. W. Stones, Victoria AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO Ml PULP & SULPHITE WORKERS Hear PAT O'NEAL, Regional Director of Organization, PULP & SULPHITE WORKERS UNION, report on current contract negotiations and other Union matters at: YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION: Campbell River Nanaimo Prince George Prince Rupert - or Vancouver's CKWX Duncan Kamloops Sechelt Port Alberni Powell River Victoria DON'T MISS THIS IMPORTANT BROADCAST and those which will follow EVERY FRIDAY AT 7:15, SAME STATION -"■$*# REMEMBER. . .your /ufure^w^sra^^ For fully detailed report on your Union and ALL its activities, write to: International Pulp & Sulphite Workers Union ROOM 202 — 1098 WEST BROADWAY Si**:;-.. tlf________ VANCOUVER, B.C. 10 JULY, 1966 GENERAL ST. LOUIS — A picture of deceased international vice president of the Beverage Dispensers Union was presented to the international office during a recent meeting here. The presentation was made >by Vancouver Local 676 and the picture is of Archie R. Johnstone. Inter national president E. Miller (fourth from left standing) promised the picture would have an honored place. Mr. Johnstone, a bartender, emigrated to Canada and became international representative in 1936 and served the international union until his death in Sept., 1964. A large contingent of Canadian representatives attended the meeting, held during the last week of May, and included James Morri^ son,president of Local 676. The two ladies seated are Mrs. Gertrude Sweet (left) and Mrs. Myra Wolfgang, active members of the international executive board. 'MORE STRIKES COMING1 — DOUGLAS OTTAWA (CPA) —" . . . This is only the beginning. There will be more strikes before the- year ends." The blunt words of warning came from the national leader of the labour-oriented New Democratic Party as he spoke to an Ottawa audience following the settlement of the five-week old St. Lawrence stevedores strike recently. They came too, as a gen- " eral consensus was building up among parliamentarians that the time had come for some drastic new legislative measure aimed at preventing further labor-management disputes which endanger the national economy. pear, as one put it, that a giant dam was about to break. And despite the invocations of Finance Minister Sharp in his budget — that labour should exercise "prudence" in their wage<. demands so as not to upset the tottering economic balance — the realties of the situation are forcing labour into a_-position where they must either demand more or do without. According to Mr. Douglas, "Our systems of conciliation are outmoded." "We are appointing mediators only days before the strike deadline is upon us . .. surely with the rash of labour disputes which is now before us, we cannot have the cabinet sitting up for half the night for several days to settle each of these." The pressure is mainly for a speeding up of government plans to meet the onrush of automation through adequate retraining of workers, early pensioning of older employees who have become displaced by computers and other modern machines, and other methods. WHAT WILL THEY SAY ABOUT Labour is invariably blamed for increased prices. Whenever union m.h and women demand wage increases to keep up with the climbing cost of living, editorial writers, private radio commentators and businessmen talk about "labou_'s irresponsible demands." What ane the facts? Has the price of labour increased enough to explain the current inflation crisis? What part do profits, seldom mentioned by popular pundits, play in the mounting living costs? The figures speak for themselves. Below are the dollar profits of representative major companies in Canada for 1962 as compared with 1S65, the percentage increases along side. Compare these with the average weekly earnings in manufacturing in dollar and percentages. The source is The Financial Post, a publication that could never be accused of pro-labour bias. Net profits in $ thousands Imperial Oil $ 68,433 $ 86,178 26.8 Aluminum Co. 37,781 62,448 70 Con. M. Smelt 23,227 53,037 130 International Nickel 94,221 143,794 52 Algoma Steel ......... 21,059 30,804 43 Can. Gen. Electric _ 10,114 16,575 60 Massey-Ferguson .... 18,074 40,067 120 Steel of Canada ...... 30,299 43,454 ** 43 Abitibi Pulp, Paper 15,495 16,736 7 MacMillan Bloedel .. 36,911 40,454 11 CPR 24,906 41,476 70 Canada Cement ____. 7,594 10,345 37 Bell Telephone 65,285 86,525 32 B.C. Telephone 9,483 13,704 45 Weston's 11,531 17,103 48 Seagram's 31,613 41,059 33 Domtar 20,717 26,646 30 Goodyear Tire _ 1,946 2,282 17 55 companies 803,499 $1,106^987 27 Average weekly earnings in manuiacturing _ $76.55 $86.86 13.2% GAINS, PAINS "If little labor, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains." —Robert Herrick / With the pressures of automation bearing down upon business and industry in many directions and with living costs on another upward swing, the predictions of Mr. Douglas are being regarded by observers here as no mere irresponsible threat. In fact, the rustlings of restlessness which MPs were sensing in news from their constituencies made it ap- Tbe Holiday ol your lire may be right on your doorstep . . . LY CAMPING BY THE SEA on °V_. parklike acres by s safe, sandy beach, with all the facilities you could possibly wish for. TENT or TRAILER LOW RATES HIAWATHA CAMPSITE (BEA & EV. DICK) 15090 Beach View Avenue White Rock, B£. 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B.C. 1 Family Teamwork in Craftsmanship since 1907 &itJa&_A 11 JULY, 1966 GENERAL ttPft^ntrivr>iiw_w>3^r^iyr\fiti\n i*J _ tn: GIRLS UNDERMINE PENTICTON, B.C. — An increasing number of women are taking jobs as part-time workers and they may undermine "t h e hard - won rights and benefits' of the full - time employee," Mrs. Grace Hartman of Willow-* \ - LAW Continued from Page One These three factors have led unionists across Canada to defy the law, and, to the extent that they feel injustice may continue to defy it. Such defiance, however, has an honored place in the development of our legal system. Defiance of King John's law led to Magna Carta. And critical editorialists might recall the defiance of Peter Zenger, a newspaper man who went to jail rather than submit to an unjust law and a prejudiced bench. His subsequent acquittal in 1735 is credited today with establishing the principle of freedom of the press in both England and America. The legal historian, F. W. Maitland, said that law which forgets society is "in danger of becoming an occult science, a black art, a labyrinth of which the clue has been lost." By calling the law an ass and judges j political hacks, labour and the NDP may remind the law that they represent a lot of Canadian society. They may even provide a clue to ihe labyrinth. dale, Ont., I* general vice- president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CLC), said recently. In an address here to the annual convention of CUPE Local 180 which represents 5,500 British Columbia hospital workers, she said unions should ensure that part-time workers are covered in their collective agreements. She/4aid many employers prefe/ women workers be- causp they are more patient and more safety conscious than men. And some employers preferred older women because of their sense of maturity and responsibility. "The number of working women in the 45-54-year age group has more than doubled in the last decade." It was a concern of unions that women will work for lower wages. "Adequate wages and working conditions will not be handed to women workers on a platter by the bosses. "Anything we need, as women, to make our working fives more pleasant and profitable, we will have to fight for, and what better way to fight than through trade unions?" Mrs. Hartman is also president of CUPE's Ontario Division and of Local 373, representing North York municipal employees. PRESSMEN EDMONTON — The first area seminar for Western Canada of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union will be held in Banff, Alberta, Sept. 4 and 5. HOME INSURANCE Combine all your home and proper- ly insurance under one policy. One expiry date ... one premium lo pay. There is a special bonus saving- — on this plan. CO-OPERATIVE INSURANCE SERVICES CO OF.RATIVt UK WSURANCi COMPAHr • CO 0P-MTIV. HUE 1 _«S_»m COMPAXr YOUR COOP INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE B.C. BRANCH, 96 E. BROADWAY, VANCOUVER, TR. 2-7454. OTHER OFFICES: VICTORIA, DUNCAN, NANAIMO, PORT ALBERNI, PARKSVILLE, CAMPBELL RIVER, LANGLEY, MISSION, CHILLIWACK, WILLIAMS LAKE, PRINCE GEORGE, DAWSON CREEK, FORT" ST. JOHN, TERRACE and PRINCE RUPERT. VICTORIA — Negotiations were recently completed covering bus drivers employed with Island Coach lines who are members of Canadian Brotherhood o f Railway, Transport and General Workers Union (Local 234). The settlement provides for an increase in wages of 43 cents per hour effective March 1, 1966. Additional 23 cents per hour increase effective March 1, 1967. _ __Ihe bonus for drivers assigned to sightseeing buses was increased from 15 cents to 25 cents per hour, additional to the regular rate of pay. The total money .settlement in 1967 will establish Island Coach Lines bus drivers' wages at $3.28 per hour. BUS RIDE TO VICTORY The holiday provisions were improved, which will give employees 4 weeks vacation after 19 years. A settlement covering the office employees provided for increases of 10 percent in 1966 and 5 percent in 1967. SHOE WALK OUT? VANCOUVER — Employees of the Dayton Shoe Manufacturing Co. have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. Wage demands are behind the strike vote by 32 employees of the company. Negotiations b_gan in November, 1965. By the end of June no progress had been made. .»._■___________-■________-_■■■■______ At present the wage level for the employees involved range from $1.20 to $2.02 an hour. The company manufactures logging and mining- boots. A union spokesman said if strike action becomes necessary "an almost 100 per "cent boycott of the company's products would probably result." DISCOVER THE PIONEER Have you discovered U.B.C.? Just right for a man-size thirst ... real beer drinking satisfaction, U.B.C. traditional beer has been enjoyed by British Columbians for 95 years. Make friends with U.B.C. today! ► UNION Q-fUp,,^ madM DID YOU KNOW THAT New Westminster^ became the provincial capital because it was on high ground on the north bank of the Fraser and harder for the Americans to attack than Fort -•--trrTglgyr""'— (CARLING) U-11072-2 Thr. advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. St —~* 12 THE LABOUR STATESMAN JULY, 1966 * ALBERTA UNION DIRECTORY ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LA- bour, F. C. Bodie, Executive Secretary-Treasurer; Room 201, 10026 105th Street, Edmonton, Alberta. B.C. UNION DIRECTORY __■ AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA. Local 178 — Room S — 2475 Manitoba. Vancouver 10. John Zastre, Business Agent. TR. 9-3031. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND B.W., Local 212 — Representative Geo. Johnston, 203 Labor Temple; TR. 6-5735. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION; Div. 101 — Business Agent, C. Stewart, Street Railway Bldg., 125 East 8th, _TR. 4-2010. IMKLG--I AM*_-GAMAT--D TRANSIT UNION, No. 134 — Bus. Agent, D. L. Bryce, Room 22, 774 Columbia, New Westminster, LA. 1-7330. AMBULANCE EMPLOYEES UNION, "Local873, CUPE — Secretary, Charles Redhead, 1502 London St., New Westminster. Pnone 526-008. AUTOMOTIVE LODGE No. 1857, I. A. of M. — Business Agents, Jack Chapman, Brian Trodden, Room 17, 2414 Main. TR. 8-4104-5. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS, Local 460 — 337 W. Broadway, TR. 2-5205. BANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION, Local 387, Office Employees' International Union-—President Marsh W. Bluck, FCBA, 337 West Broadway, TR. 4-3515. BARBERS— INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AMERICA. No. 120 — 421 West Broadway. TR. 6-0841; Secretary, Allan Cole- man. ' BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION. No. 676 — President-Business Agent, James Morrison; Secretary - Treasurer - Business Agent, H. D. Courson, 440 West Pender, MU. 3-3923. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS (New Westminster) Local 835 — Business Agent, Jack Tomson, 601 Royal Ave., New Westminster, LA. 2-7410. ' BOILERMAKERS, IRON SHIP BUILDERS, BLACKSMITHS. FORGERS AND HELPERS, Lodge 359 — Business Manager, Ro|>ert M. Macintosh, 113 Shelly Building, 119 West Pender, Vancouver 3. MU. 2-7564. BOOKBINDERS UNION Local 105— No. 8, 199 East 8th Ave., Vancouver 10, B.C.; phone 872-1013; President, Frank 5. Allen; Union Rep- resentative, William Dunsmuir. BREWERY WORKERS UNION. Local 300 — Secretary. A. Lipp. 3309 Williams St.. Vancouver 6, B.C. AL. 3-1820. BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No. 1 — Secretary. D. C. Fraser, Room 208, Labor Temple, 307 W. Broadway, TR. 9-1331. Home phone 434-3431 B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR —E P. O'Neal, Secretary-Treasurer, Rm. 210, 517 E. Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. TR. 9-3568. B.C. PROJECTIONISTS, Local 348 — President, A. E. McManus; Secretary, Frank M. Smith; Business Agent, D. A. Cooper, 1356 Seymour, MU. 4-7024. . BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL. Local 244 — Business Agent and Secretary, Ben A. R. Morley, 359 Homer. Phone 685-5251. - BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL — Secretary, D. C. Fraser, 108 Labor Temple. TR. 9-1210. C.U.P.I-. Local 707 (Kitimat Municipal Employees), P.O. Box 1170, Pnone 1154, Kitimat, B.C. President, R. Grieve, Box 333 N.P.O., Kitimat, B.C. Phone 1043-L; Secretary-Treasurer: Victor F. Peppar, Box 5088, Kitimat, B.C. Phone 1154. CARPENTERS (New Westminster) Local 1215 — Business Agents, Ray West and Harold Hanson, office, 732 Royal Ave., New Westminster. 521-0525. _. CARPENTERS (Vancouver) .Local 452 — Business Agents, Larry Anderson, Lorne Robson, Bob Smith; Financial Secretary, Carl Erickson; office, Rm. 103, 307 West- Broadway,'Vancouver. TR. 8-1212, TR. 4-2720. CEMENT, LIME & GYPSUM Local 400 — President. Roy Qgilvie, 837 West 15th Ave., Vancouver; Secretary, Dick Stewart, 5241 Ewart St., Burnaby l.B.C. CEMENT MASONS' Local 919 — Business Agent, Frank Stevens, Rm. 202, 2520 Ontario St.. Vancou- ver 10, B.C.; phone 872-2221. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNi6n, Local 407 — President T. W. Sikstrom, FA. 7-4688. . DENTAL TECHNICIANS — Local No. 1543—Secretary George Hygh,— 4007 Dunbar. DISTILLERY WORKERS, Local 69 —President. Roy Cairns, 734 - 10th-, St., New Westminster, 521-7946; Recording Secretary, Harry Nev- ard, 118 Regina St., New Westmin- ster, LA, 1-7672. ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION, Local 213 — Business Manager, A. O'Keeffe, 111 Dunsmuir Street, MU. 1-7381-2. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS. Local 82—Sec, II. C. MacKichan, 3755 Elmwood St., S. Burnaby, HE. 4-7651 FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby) Local 323 — Secretary, H. Brown. 2011 Cliff Avenue. Burnaby 2, B.C. FIRE FIGHTERS (VANCOUVER) Local 18 — President Gordon R. Anderson, 1386 East 81st Ave., FA. 7-3729; Secretary, J. E. Bunyan, 7810 ThornhtU Drive, 321-8443. FLOORLAYERS UNION. U.B. of C.J., Local No. 1541 — Room No. 109, Labor Temple, 876-2423; Business Agents, Bruce Robson, HE. 5-0702; William Kessel, 988-HM. - GLAZIERS AND GLASS WORKERS. Local 1527 — Recording Secretary, A. Allen, Room 4, 2475 Manitoba, TR 4-7535. GOVE R N M E N T EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (B.C.) — E. P. O'Connor. Gen. Sec, 2090 West 4th, HE. 1-5361-62-63. . GRAIN WORKERS UNION. Local 333 — Recording Secretary, D. J. , Phillips. 203 - 3890 Sunset St.. S. Burnaby; President, B. Chapman, 3033 Graveley, Vancouver; Sec- Treas.. H. Ramsey, 501 E. 13th SU North Vancouver. GREATER VANCOUVER WATER DISTRICT AND GREATER VANCOUVER SEWERAGE 4 DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES UNION — P.O. Box 4686, Station C. Vancouver 10. Secretary, Den- nls Mulroney. HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS No. 118, Room 112, 307 West Broadway. Telephone 876-6814. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, No. 180 — Business Manager, W. M. Black, 335 W. Broadway. TR. 6-5822. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, Local 28 ~ Secretary, A. E. Morgan, Room 406, 402 W. Pender. MU. 4-8441. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 and 287—Business Agent, Harry Minuk, 119 W. Pender, MU. 4-5514. CLASSIFIED INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, Lodge 456 — Union Centre, Quadra St., Victoria, B.C.; President, S. G. Gard- , ner, phone 656-2610; Recording Secretary, J. Bradley, 210 Dur- . ranee Rd., R.R. 7, Victoria; Business Agent, H. B. Wydert, 2371 Lansdowne Rd., Victoria; phone EV. 3-7736. IRONWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 97 — President, J. D. Paterson, 319 Shelly Building. U9_**_est Pender, Vancouver 3, phone 681-8628. , IRONWORKERS' SHOPMEN'S,~i& cal Union 712 — Business Agent, Benjamin D. Parry. Room, 210, 307 W. Broadway, TR.' 2-5515. JEWELRY WORKERS' INTERJLA- TIONAL, Local 42. Office, 339 W. Pender, MU. 1-5831. President. Roy Stork, 1144 E. 12th Avenue, Vancouver 12. KAMLOOPS AND D I S T R I C T LABOUR COUNCIL — Box 562, Kamloops, phone 372-5747. Secretary, Mrs. C. E. Mclnnes. LABORERS CONSTRUCTION It GENERAL. Local 602 — Secretary, C. H. Savage, 3434 Fraser St., TR. 4-9233. LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SALESMEN. Local 334 - J. A. Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, 2632 West Twelfth. HE. 8-9649. LAUNDRY WORKERS, No. 292 — Business Agent, Mrs. Catherine Browne, Suite 1, 224 East Broad- way. TR. 6-4543: LETTER CARRIERS UNION OF CANADA Local 12 — Secretary- Treasurer, R. C. Hamilton, 104- 532 Homer St., Vancouver 3, B.C.; phone 684-4823; President, Ray Andrus, phone 434-4905; Grievance Chairman, Ron Gomez, phone 325- 6958. MACHINISTS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Lodge 692 — Busi ness Representatives: R. G. Carr, R. Taylor, Rm. 17, 2414 Main, TR 4.513, TB. 6-7035. MARINE WORKERS _ BOILERMAKERS' INDUSTRIAL UNION. Local 1 — President, Jeff Power; Secretary, W. Stewart, 339 West Pender St., MU. 1-9481. MILLWRIGHTS' UNION, Local 2736 — Room 116. 307 W. Broadway, Vancouver 10, 876-3744. Business Representative, W. J. Herbert. MUSICIANS' UNION, Local 145 — Business Manager, Room 510, Dominion Bank Building, 207 West Hastings, MU. 4-1564. MOULDERS UNION Local 281 — Representative, C. Pitman, 3604 Oxford St., Vancouver 6, B.C.; phone 299-3608. OFFICE _ TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES UNION, Local 15. Ste. 9, 246 East Broadway. 874-5201. President, Jean Mohart; Secretary- Treasurer. Opal Skilling. OFFICE AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 378 — Business Manager. William Swan- ___, 1116 Hornby, 683-6604. OIL CHEMICAL & ATOMIC WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 9-601. President, F. G. Geddes, Fin. Corres. Secretary, T. T. Riley. 5550 E. Hastings, CY. 8-3940. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS, Local 1550 — Secretary, M. Nlel- son, Room 4. 2475 Manitoba. PAINTERS UNION, Local 138 — Business Agent. Jack W. Fradley. Asst. Busine-s Afent, Tom Carson, Asst Business Agent, H. V. (BUI) Baldock, Room 3, 2473 Manitoba, TR. 6-033. PATTERNI-IAKERS' ASSOCIATION — Secretary, John S. Pratt, J20 Anderson Cres., West Vancouver. Phone 922-6043. PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN. Local 2404 — Business Agent, S. Allen, Room lie. 307 West Broadway, TR. 4-7817. PLASTERERS' UNION, No. 779 — Secretary, J. V. Chambers, 517 East Broadway, TR. 2-2122. PLUMBERS _t PIPEFITTERS, Lo- cal 170 — Business Manager, J. R. St. Eloi; Asst. Business Managers, W. T. Weir and E. Fay, IM Labor Temple, TR. 9-1428. PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS-^ Local 238; ■ phone 563-3416; 1331 4th Ave., Prince George, B.C. H. T. Traxler, Business Agent. CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS (Vancouver Local) — O. N. Johnson, General Secretary- Treasurer, Box 2411, Vancouver 3. Office, 532 Homer St. 6858724. PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL - 909 5th Ave., Prince George, phone 191L2. PRINTING PRESSMEN, Local 69— Sec.-Treas., W. H. Putz, ,Ste. 2, 8655 Laurel St., Vancouver 14, B.C. PRINTING SPECIALTIES &Ttfc PER PRODUCTS UNION, Local No. 598 — Secretary-Treasurer, Bob Banninger, 2753 Horley Ave., Vancouver 19, B.C., HE. 1-8443. PULP & PAPER WORKERS No. 4, Box 296, Prince Rupert — Secre- tary J. H. West PULP SULPHITE Local 76. I.B.P.S. & P.M.W., 5814 Ash St., PoweU River, B.C.; Telephone 483-4130; President: C. M. Mouat, 5515 Maple St., PoweU River, Tele- Khone 483-3306; Secretary: J. C. jane, 5511 Manson Ave.. PoweU River, Telephone 483-9132. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converters) UNION. Local 433 — Business Agent. 5608 Victoria Dr., 321-3471. PULP SULPHITE AND PAPER MILL WORKERS, Local 312. Ocean Falls, B.C. — Secretary, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls. B.C. PULP, SULPHITE AND PAPER MILL WORKERS — International Office. Suite 202, 1089 West Broadway; S. G. Green, Vice-President. RE. 6-7448. REFRIGERATION WORKERS UNION, Local 516 — Secretary, L. R. Wlntle, 137 W. 40th Ave., 321-3613 and 936-5353. RETAIL. WHOLESALE & DEPT. STORE UNION — Room 212 - 517 East Broadway. Vancouver, B.C. Phone 879-2996. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby). Local 379 — Secretary, W. E. Apps. 4865 Triumph St., Burnaby SHEET METAL WORKERS, Local 280 — Business Manager, Alex McGee. 207 Labor Temple, TR. 4-8020. SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION. Local No. 2802 — Business Agent and Financial Secretary, Harold P. ReUly, Room 116, 307 West _ Broadway, TB. 6-3744. SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS. Local 726 — Secretary. J. A. Middleton, 6464 Kitchener. N. Burnaby: Room 4, 2475 Manitoba, TR. 4-753S. THEATRE EMPLOYEES, Local B-72 — Secretary, Mrs. F. Foster, St.. 1. 4508 Main, TR. 9-5453. Business Agent, Frank M. Smith, 4395 WiUiam St., North Burnaby. B.C. CY. 8-2938. TT THE Lai s ABOUR STATESMAN Just clip this coupon and fill it in Mail to: THE LABOUR STATESMAN, 517 East Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. I wish to subscribe to The Labour Statesman and I am enclosing | J or bill me later [ ] the sum of $1.20 for 12 issues. By subscribing The Labour Statesman will be mailed directly __ __. ; -fro ■■■■ **mmmiiamm*M«_^gmMmmmWfBB -■' to the _aa__5r below." ""**"*" -^~~^- NAME.. __ ..- STREET. _._ CITY ml - PROV. TILE SETTERS, Local No. 3 — Recording Secretary, D. P. Ewan, Room 208, Labor Temple. 307 West Broadway, TR. 9.331. TILE SETTERS HELPERS, Local 78 — Room _m, Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, TR. 9.133L TUNNEL 8c ROCK WORKERS. Local 168 — 337 W. Broadway, Secretary, H. Croft, TR. 9-3231. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, Local 226 — President, Len Guy; Secretary, Robert Jefferies, 517 E. Broadway, 876-6810. UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL — Secretary, Mrs. A. E. Hallock, day phone, TR. 4-0827; evenings, TR. fa.48.' UNITED GARMENT WORKERS', Local 190—Secretary, Annie Fast, 1435 E. 62nd Ave.. Vancouver 19. UNITED PACKINGHOUSE, FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS. AFL- CIO, 785 Kingsway, Vancouver 10,. B.C., 874-9358. Field Representative, William Symington. Field Representative, James Smith. UPHOLSTERERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No. 1 — Business*'Agent, Karl Reich; offlce, 666 East Broadway. TR. 4-1727. VANCOUVER & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL — C. P. Neale, General Secretary-Treasurer, 307 W. Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. TR. 5-421. WOOD, WIRE & METAL LATHERS; Local "207 — President, A. Son- nenberg; Rec. Sec, D. 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