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• • • IN BCIEf We celebrate our thirty-eigh VISIT—Five Malayan students from Singapore visited a VLC meeting this month, told detega ler the./ nope to learn many things from Canadian trade unions that they will be able to carry back to (heir country. They're especially interested in the fields of pension plans, union security and health and wefaare on their educational tour of our country. The study of the Canadian labor movement and Canadian politics is sponsored by the Colombo Plan. * * * Thirty-eight years ago this month The Labor Statesman wiled its first edition off the pres*?. The Statesman was first m-b.i^e'-t ^"^^ It started as a weekly paper then later switched to once- a-month '■- The first edition stated one of its aims in these words: "This is the first new step for the further unity of the labor movement on the industrial and political field . . . all of you realize that nothing can beaccon.plif*hed on the injjusc. trial: ^pi- "the pofiIleal fielrT without unity." In its pages it advertised .sirloin roast at 25 cents a pound at the First Avenue Market on Commercial Drive; the Ambassador Cafe at 610 Seymour announced its opening; there was a coupon urging readers to write for further information on a. special ,offer..;ot- pill'sharesrp«i*wi^'_^jft:. "plug, "learn ithe truth about the wonderful Wainwright oil fields.'. The B.C. Electric advertised that it had traffic checkers out counting the street car loads "so that we can with scientific"ac>__r(jcy ljfake our schedules to smTifte public needs" and the Globe Theatre said "for this week we of- JeFap, .unusual crook drama. 'The Girl Who Came But*.'' It was the day of the silent movie. The editorial board of the Statesman, published by th_ (Continued on Page H) Labor St/ tesman CHECK—VLC will invest!- No. 726 gate the report that the city of '. Vancouver is purchasing non- „ .... « - _-_,,,»,. -._■___.. =cfS'X!rea',0' JUNE 18 CHALLENGE * * * OWNED BY TNI VANCOUVER «^g^.HlCT LABOUR COUNCIL ^ANCOUVT-P«■__£>* ?Htt, 30> 1W8 IK Established 1924 GUIDE—Good newt for union label pushers is the major project mapped by ihe CLC Union label department at its annual convention here: a buyer's guide to union goods and services. The department hopes to malts as complete a listing as possible for each province with the cooperation of union label committees of federations and labor councils. It will provide tha shopper with information thai has long bean asked for—what products are and are not union mad*. * * *' ,' , NOMINATED —Carl Erickson of Carpenters Local 452 and Bob Jefferies of Typos Local 226 have been nominated for the post of VLC second vice-president following the resignation of Bud Hodgins. Further nominations for tbe election takes place at the next awi-wl. meeting May 1. * * * lW-ETRO—Hie CLC has officially okayed the setting up of a/iew metropolitan municipal advisory committee under the constitution of the Vancouver Labour Council and the committee has now been named. Arne Hansen of Steelworkers is chairman and members are M. Adams of Grain Workers, R, Skelly of Street Railwaymen and K Kennedy of Longshoremen 509. One other member will be named leter. * * * NEWSIE—Retail Food and Drug Clark* Union has been certified to bargain for employees of Broadway Credit Clothiers. Negotiations far a first contract should start soon. j V "r *& Council urges support for NDP election bid Vancouver Labour Council delegates this month threw their support behind the New Democratic Party in the June 18 federal election. • An executive resolution approved by delegates tossed the.election challenge to all affiliated unions and urged active support for NDP candidates. "Give your help—as much as you can" was the theme of the VLC statement. Union memberships cap aid the NDP campaign by making voluntary donations to elK*** tion funds, by helping to dis tribute party literature and by speaking out in favor of the NDP platform and its candidates at every opportunity, delegates were told. Council vice-presidtnt Syd Thompson told council delegates that labor must fight the election under the handicap of restrictive Bill 42. He said that the onus for financial help to support NDP candidates rests squarely on individuals with Bill 42's prohibition against the use of union dues for political purposes. "We are entering a period where organized Tabor will really be put to the test, whether we will be able to produce or not,' he said, urging every local union to campaign for voluntary contributions from members to support NDP candidates. 'It would be a tragedy if organized labor sat on its haunches and did nothing in this campaign." Thompson said that his own local union, IWA 1-217, had voluntary funds for the NDP campaign. He said the drive for more funds would continue. * Council secretory Paddy Neale stressed that Bill 42 doesn't prevent union members from playing a big role in the election campaign. He said that members can give voluntary time, cah donate money and can speak out for NDP candidates. "You can still go from door to door selling the NDP/' he said. Unions can use their newspapers to publicize flat maniidmtwM and tha platform of the party." ED SIMS BILL BLACK JOG MORRIS VACCINE — Vancouver Is. land, Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley communities will NOT get the newly released Sill-in oral polio vaccine this spring. The area to be covered will be north from Lytton and east from Princeton and the provincial government said immunization plans- for other areas will go ahead when additional supplies are received later this year. TJie oral vaccine will be given to all persons, including the over-40 age group; gives protection to those who have not had Salk shots and acts as an effective booster dose for those who had Salk shota previously. '-■ Mm COURSE—The proposed Union Counselling Course will ^definitely go ahead this fall as part of the Night School, program in Vancouver. VLC Wet- fare Services committee chairman Angus Macdonald said the course will help labor to service its membership better on welfare matters. AT CONVENTION Three BC leaders elected to top Congress posts Three B.C. labor leaders Were elected to Canadian Labour Congress executive posts at the convention here this month. Joe Morris, western Canada regional president of IWA, was elected as executive vice-president, a full Unit- post that will see him move to Ottawa.. Morris will fill the spot vacated by Stanley Knowles who has stepped down to contest a federal seat in Winnipeg for the New Democratic Party. Ed Sims, presidepfpf Van- (■oiiver and District' Labour Council and Canadian representative of the Brewery Workers, and Bill Black, business manager of Hospital Employees Union, were elected as B.C, regional vice-presidents. Claude Jodoin was re-elected CLC president, easily defeating his first opposition since he took the post in 1956; Donald MacDonald was returned as general secretary-treasurer; and general vice-presidents reelected were: George Burt, Windsor, United Auto Workers; William Jenoves, Toronto, Bricklayers; Frank Hall, Toronto, Railway Clerks; and William Mahoney, Toronto, Steelworkers. Prairie vice-presidents are: Neil Reimer, Edmonton, Oil Workers; Donovan Swalles, Winnipeg, Musicians. Ontario vice-presidents: -Harold Daoust, Toronto, Textile Workers; Larry Sefton, Toron to, Steelworkers; W. J. Smith, Ottawa, CBRE; Mike ftygus, Ottawa, Machinists. Quebec vice-presidents: Roger Prevost, Montreal, Textile Workers; Huguette Plaman- don, Montreal, PackTngouse Workers; Louis Laberge, Montreal, Machinists. Atlantic vice-presidents: Joe Gannon, Halifax, Dockyard Workers; John Simonds, St. John, Bakery Workers. New agreement Street Railwaymen's Union- Division 134 has won a wage boost of 10 cents an hour from Dec, 1, 1961 in a new one-year contract with Mairs Transport of Burnaby. Big Convention hailed success The 1,200 delegates who came to Vancouver tor the CIC convention have put the wraps on another successful national conference. Special coverage oi convention decisions in this edition oi the Labor Statesman. Committee report on IWA-Carps The argument over New- toundland loggers between IWA and Carpenters was hot item at CLC convention. Full report oi committee recommendations Page 8 Half'Century of broken promises Old-line parties tor years have kicked around our hopes tor a national health care plan. NDP now otters what we've been wait- , ing tor Page 5 ; * , Labor council opposes bus sale proposal Strong opposition to the sale or lease of transit operations in the metropolitan area Came from Labor this month. The~"Vancouver and District Labdtl-V Council in a policy statement declared its opposition "to the sale, lease or transfer of any segment of public Railwaymen's utilities to private ownership." A private firm hate made a proposal to cities and "munici- '.- v, . . '.' ■ . :■".'.- palities in the rnetro area to takeover and operate the transit systems if and when the systems are turned over to municipalities by the "govern-,, ment. Opposition to the proposal also has come from the Street Union. The labor council's stand was part of a reiteration of pol- icy"_.avoring public ownership of public utilities. It said further that "inasmuch as the provincial government has taken over the B.C., Electric tand intehQ^p_T'etain the more lucrative portions, that the government accept its moral responsibility to the transit riders in the areas concerned." The statement also called, for an outright guarantee by the government that all employees of public utilities have full rights of collective bargaining under the provincial Labor Re- lattoTis. Act. ' _ ",'•, The SRU—the men who operate the buses—have proposed that municipalities take over the transit system and run it under a metro authority. And it warned that the provincial government is not keep- Education system is obsolete, too much conformity in schools young how to think for themselves. He said it was unfortunate that in the past decade, due to fears and threats, people had retreated into conservatism in Education in Canada is obso- j lete and a new progressive ap- | proach is needed, Dean Neville I Scarfe of the UBC faculty of I Education told Vancouver 1 Labour Council .delegates this education. There was a feeling 1 month. that education should revert He said the problem today back to the three Rs and a sim- was too much conformity and pie method of education. | schools must work to prevent Dean Scarfe said the original j all children from being turned Canadian education conference f out in the same mold. . was held in 1958 and its main Dean Scarfe was reporting intent wts to inform the coun- on the recent Canadian Con- try that Canada needed better ference on Education held in education and that it would Montreal. cost much more money. "We must somehow remove He felt that most delegates from the minds of our children left that first conference with all the taboos and prejudices the idea firmly implanted in they have been filled with," he their minds that they did not I said. mind paying for education but "We don't want io reject all they wanted to know what 1 of the past thinking, because kind of education they would some of it is quite good, but be paying for. many of our prejudices and taboos tend to restrict progressive thinking and we must have pioneering, adventurous education." This second conference, held this year, was called to establish the aims and purposes of education. And, he said, the conference was practically un- In his opinion, the church animous in its opinion that edu- and the home can teach past cation had to change, traditions but the schools He said that in his opinion, \ should be left free to teach the it had finally become estab- mm&mm; lished that education in Canada was obsolete and thai society - was far ahead of education. Schools must be used today to preserve people from being too much alike. Instead of em-1 phasrzing memory and teaching our children what has. happened in the past, we must now teach them what can happen in | the next few weeks or years, % he said. Children must learn the art 1 of judgment. -.*.. - ,■, i He said that citizens of the | future will be bombarded by j§ every possible media — they'll % be urged to use a certain tooth % paste, to believe certain poli- §1 tical views — and that educa-1| tion is the only protection ag- % ainst this "mass media fall-j out." The public must be alerted I as to how they can be taken 1 in or cheated, they must learn % the devious methods used by 3 advertising and public rela- §J tions firms to bring about this §f brain washing. "We can only do this if we §| are taught to use our own gray 1 matter," he said. STEPPING DOWN as Vancouver Labor Council second vice-president is H. B. Bud Hodgins who announced his resignation is for personal reasons and stated there was no dispute with council policies or any affiliated unions. ing the bus -fleet up to g00_ standards of maintenance "Whoever takes over the transit systemwill be_ face*. _Mth~tHCproJ}lem of an-*-.n. transit fleet," an SRU brief said. It urged a replacement program for vehicles should start immediately. The union also proposes * bargain fare rate of eight tickets for $1. Camp Assn. meets May 27 Semi-annurl meeting of the Children's Jubilee Summer Camp Association will be held at the camp site on Sunday May 27. '' All organizations are invited to send two delegates and registration fee is $2 each payable at the camp. The boat will leave Harbor Navigation Wharf at the foot of Gore at 10 a.m. and returns about 5:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome to take the trip for an enjoyable day-long outing. The boat fare is $2 return for adults and $1.25 for children. There will be a 75 cent charge for children under 12 years for lunch. , Spring clean-up is more than just sprucing up the appearance of your home and yard. Many of the fires which take so many lives each year would never have occurred if everyone kept his home and yard clean.and free from rubbish. DENTAL PLATES CLC NATIONAL MEET "Old *Vi?*" .- wraps up Doc" ive Economic and political policies designed to help Canadians in every walk of life were shaped at the week-long Canadian Labor Congress convention here this month. V&ncouver Labor Council played host to the big labor convention, the first national labor meet here in 11 years. And it. was written into the records as another exciting, colorful and productive convention. About 1,200 delegates came from all parts of Canada, drafted resolutions outlining meas ures to put more Canadians to work, to bring Canadians more benefit from natural resources through public ownership, pushed for more equitable taxation measures and adopted measures to aid education, housing, control over interest rates and dozens of other subjects. ' • One of the most, important decisions was a call for all-out support for the New Democratic Party in the upcoming June 18 federal election. The dispute between the IWA and Carpenters over or ganizing of loggers in Newfoundland was given wide press publicity, but this was only one of hundreds of items debated on the convention floor at the PNE Showmart building. To offset the increasing number of lost jobs in industry due lo technological changes., the convention urged all unions to aim sights at shorter working hours and longer vacations. (See other storiei. which cover details of convention issues). BC Labor Board rejects bid for decertification PENTICTON—The Labor Relations Board has rejected a bid to decertify the Retail, Wholesale and De_MrT_nrient Store Union in the Penticton branch of J. H. Ashdown Hard- Ware Co. (formerly Mc & Mc). ,, ., _ , Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas has The board said it was not been fighting over the years to satisfied that the trade union bring dentistry to the public at had ceased to represent the em- Prices they can afford to pay- ployees. ■* p In another bid at the com- "■ ■ ■»■ pany's Vernon operation, the board has ordered a representation vote. SAVE 50% as LLEWELLYN Phone MU 1-4022 Suite :: 712 ROBSON ST. Cor. Granville Vancouver 1, B.C -UPTON'S FLOWER SHOP FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS "We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere in the World" ALpine 3-7161 1-75 Commercial Drive Vancouver, B.C. BC anti-labor laws hit line barons and lumber tycoons are free to support their chosen parties with sua re-Holders' money" Argue forgot to count all the farmers there The largest labor convention in Canada met in the province that has the largest stack of anti-labor legislation. And B.C.'s restrictive labor legislation was scored by B.C. Federation of Labour President Bob Smeal,■»„to .y-hivspoke to the CLC convention. 'He said that Bills 42 and 43 are class discrimination of the worst kind. -,• "In many countries this kind would be called by its true name—Fascism," he told delegates. "These bills restrict the right of free speech and they consider trade unionists guilty until they are proven innocent," Smeal said. "They deny the right of free men to choose the political par- ' "" m ty they prefer while the pipe-The Labor Statesman—April 30, 1962 He said with the groups that trade unionists of years ago faced that B.C. is faced same recationary The claim by Hazen Argue that the NDP doe*sn't - adequately represent the farmers is so hollow that it doesn't deserve a second thought. However, those who don't know all the facts should be uation. (From The-Common: reminded that there were approximately 350 farmers at the NDP founding convention last August (fn Saskat chewan) who took> part in forming the party's constitution and policy. They were happy with the results and so apparently was Mr. Argue, for he did hot raise his voice in criticism in any way~at that time. Nothing has happened since to change the s;t- wfth the same reactionary wealth.' Page 2 Rutherford McRae Ltd. COMMERCIAL — INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MORTGAGE and INSURANCE BROKERS COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL SALES COVERAGE • - for , GfeATER VANCOUVER Call RE 3-8181 AN ACCURATE HOME APPRAISAL AT NO OBLIGATION! "SELECTED HOMES" by "SELECTED SALESMEN" 1774 W. BROADWAY, VANCOUVER CONVENTION CAPSULES^ Bargaining - The convention rejected a resolution calling for the CLC to co-ordinate the activities of all unions on the question of wages and working conditions — "in other words, that the CLC be the leader in the fight for improved wages, reduction of hours and conditons of work." It was argued that this type of action would eliminate the autonomy of affiliated unions and was not desirable. Merchant marine The government will again be urged to re-establish a Canadian Merchant Marine with, an operating subsidy. The approved resolution said that a stable merchant marine for Canada would mean jobs for Canadian seamen and would increase employment in the shipbuilding, ship repairing and ship servicing industries., Finances .The Congress ended the 1961 fiscal year with an operational surplus of $61,075 following a $14,369 deficit in the 1960 fiscal year. But Secretary-treasurer Donald MacDonald warned that shrinking membership was a matter af concern to the Congress. The Labor Statesman ■— April 30, 1962 PLUMBERS CHARGE Page 3 1 ■ ■. 'i< f» _ i Firms Qf gang up withdraw wage offer Housing Labor will seek amendments to the National Housing Act to relax present restrictions on home purchases sufficiently to make more housing readily available while safeguarding proper housing standards and protecting purchasers against excessive charges. The convention also said it will press the -government for reduction qf the NHA mortgage interest to 6. per cent. Minimum-wage 'A new-drive to boost minimum wage regulations, in Canada also was proposed with the goal of $1.25 an hour minimum for all male and female workers. MODELLING new gown designed for a movie role is glamoroiis star Mamie Van Doren, the pit_k for our union label gal of the month. The message: You should always reflect on the importance of buying union-made products. - AUTOMATION H ■■■__-a____«-H__-_____M__r___MH Short work week longer vacations Plumbers Union business agent Russ St. Eloi this month accused employers in the construction industry of pressuring a major plumbing firm to withdraw an offer made to the union during negotiations. He said that during negotiations with one of the largest operators in B.C., the company offered a settlement for a two- year contract based on a lucent hourly boost in the first year and a 15-cent increase in the second year. He said his union met to vote on the offer but because of the lack of attendance, it was decided to hold the vote in abeyance. Two days later, he said, the union received a telegram from the employer giving the union 24 hours notice to accept the oflfer or it - would be withdrawn. "We immediately contacted the employer and asked why a formal offer would be withdrawn on 24 hours notice," he said. . . "We were informed that a committee of employers were making the rounds of all his customers, including the B.C. Electric, and bringing pressure to bear on the company to withdraw the offer." St. Eloi said this was an.act of coercion and charged that a decent wage increase had been taken from the membership. This type of action was a far cry from voiced wishes of management that negotiations be carried on in good faith for labor harmony in B.C. He said that the employers have since offered a five-cent increase in a one-year contract. Aid for striking ¥■ Power -> The CLC delegates reaffirmed labor's goal of public ownership of all main sources of electric power, fuel and power resources. The Congress will set up a permanent standing committee on resources to draw up a statement of policy on natural resources. A resolution urging the nationalization of Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd., natural gas distributors, also was approved. White collar A drive to organize white collar workers in Canada was mapped by the Canadian Labour Congress convention. The program will be directed by a central committee which will launch a research plan to determine the best methods of approaching workers and how to sell them on the values of trade unionism. Organizers will receive special training and the committee will decide which groups of workers will be the first targets. Canadian labor has set its sights on a shorter work week and longer vacations to offset the increasing loss of jobs be- .cause of automation. The Canadian Labour Congress convention in Vancouver urged affiliated and chartered unions to "make every effort" to secure the reduced work week with the same or higher take-home pay in their next agreement. The convention resolution said that technological changes in industry are increasing productivity and making it possible for fewer and fewer The little old lady was saying her final good-byes to the minister, who was leaving the parish. "I'm so sorry you're going," she said. "I never knew what sin was until you carte here." CLC grants charter to taxi men The Canadian Labour Congress has granted a charter to cab drivers who had earlier launched decertification moves in some Teamster operations. The charter will be issued in the name of the Vancouver and District Taxi Cab Drivers and Dispatchers Union. Tom Gooderham, regional CLC representative, said the chapter was granted for unorganized drivers and those who have been decertified from Teamsters. ■'- He said there was no question of raiding as was charged by the Teamsters. E. H. Lenfestty is temporary president of the new cab drivers union. workers to produce the same output. The technological changes are almost certain to continue and even become accelerated in years ahead, it said. And the result will be a continuing increase in the numbers of unemployed, unless appropriate measures are taken. Another resolution will seek to establish a firm 40-hour week in industries under federal jurisdiction and urged a campaign for similar legislation in ell provinces. New contract at fraternal club NEW WESTMINSTER—New contract between Beverage Dispensers Local 835 and Eagles Aerie No. 30 provides for a three cent wage boost from Nov. 1, 1961, and. another four cents on Nov. 1, 1962. The agreement also provides that the employer pay 10 cents an hour for all employees into the union's health and welfare plan. Huge parade protests nuclear arms A large group ot marchers carrying-placards "no nuclear arms for Canada" took part in the Easter March to Stanley Park. The march was sponsored by the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The orderly procession started at Robson Park, Kingsway and Fraser, went along Kingsway to Broadway, over to Burrard and across the bridge to Stanley Park where it assembled at Second Beach. Vancouver Labour Council has voted $100 to aid striking retail clerks at the Woorworths store in Pt. Alberni. Meantime, Retail Clerk's Union strikes at two branch operations of Hudson's Bay Company have been settled. William Wells, secreYary of the clerk's union, said the 30 employees of the HBC store in PWell River will receive a four per cent wage boost under settlement terms and will have a maintenance of menibfership union security provision. At Kimberley, the employees won a five per cent wage increase and a similar union security clause. There are 15 employees at the interior city store. Chief conciliation officer Reg Clements acted as mediator in the strike which started on March 13. Meantime, clerks at the Woolworth store in Pt. Alberni continued theirpicket duty as their strike stretched on. There is still no sign of a settlement. A noted educator was entertaining a friend. Waiting for the main course at dinner, the friend asked his host, "Will you pass the nuts. Professor?" The professor replied*. "Oh, I suppose so, but they should be flunked." Oscar: "The rapidly increasing divorce rate indicates that America is indeed becoming the land of the free." Ralph: "Yes, but the continued marriage rate suggests that it is still the home of the brave." Vu Ilia my & Browned CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 220S Fir St. Phone RE. 8-3233 Vancouver, B. C. HURRY! — ENDS SOON. SOPHIA LOREN in her Academy Award winning role "TWO WOMEN" Restricted — positively no one under 18 admitted. Next: Agatha Christie's "MURDER SHE SAID" Studio Theatre MU 3-1511 Granville at Smithe "You don't sell used cars? What kind of a drug store is this " Customer (with laryngitis) whispers: "What flavors of ice cream do you have?" Waitress whispers: "Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry." Customer: "Do you have laryngitis, too?" Waitress: "No. Just vanilla, chocolate and strawberry." W. J. Heads Boot Pottery Ltd. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers. Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc. Our Shoes are Hand-Made — You'll be Satisfied 21 East Hastings Street , Vancouver 4, B.C. TO RENT Downtown OFFICE SPACE In sunny upstairs location. Consists of a waiting room, large main office, and two private offices, stationery closet, and large cupboard. Heating and janitorial services included. Handy parking. Rental halls available in building. APPLY TO Dunsmuir Auditorium 111 Dunsmuir Street MUtual 1-7381 I!__J_?_lgrJhateSman - April .10 1962 Page 4 THE LABOR STATESMAN Published last week of each month at Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. The Labor Statesman if owned by the Vancouver and District Labour Council and supported by 160 local, unions. ',,'...'. "To each union member the political party of his choice" "" ~",„, •'Build Stroit. Unions for Social Security"—' •- Subsv-riptibh Rates: II..10 per year; to Unions. 6c per copy THE WORLD SCENE unions ■ —If mtXHmm\KTT0 ,-,. -cr, 10 unions. Be per. copy C. P. NEALE, Secretary O. BRAATEN, Chairman, Public Relations Committee Election challenge The announcement of a federal election for June 18 provides the biggest political challenge trade unionists have faced in many years. We have more at stake in this federal contest than in any previous one because, this time, the Working man and woman together with other liberally-minded citizens have their own party. For B.C. trade unionists, there's a second arm to the . challenge. The Socred government has tried to silence the political voice of labor through Bill 42. Trade unions have been singled out by the government and told flatly that -they cannot dse their dues money to support a political party, directly or indiriectly. It doesn't matter what union members want, said the government, we forbid you to support any political cause with your dues money. These two facts —a new} party, the New Domocratic Party, with policies that labor had a role in forming, and a dictatorial edict that you can't use your dues as you see fit—have helped unite trade unionists in this federal campaign. It's the first election since the NDP was formed and the first since the discriminatory Bill 42 clamped on its ban. * Don't let Bill,42 scare you from the challenge of June 18. For one thing, trade unionists still can offer financial support through voluntary donations. You can give as many dimes, quarters and dollars as you want despite the aim of Premier Bennett and company to stop your money flowing to the NDP. For another, you can donate some of your time to the campaign itself: "There are dozens of jobs that require voir unteers. Campaign literature must be distributed, support for meetings must be drummed up. And- behind-the-scenes work never ends. And another. You can carry on your own political campaign between now and June 18 by convincing others that the NDP offer** the best political hope for all Canadians. mf- . -ft *f> w^ If Canadians study the records of the Conservatives and Liberals- they would need little convincing that these old-line parties have served first the special interest and privileged^ groups—the backbone of those parties—and that the average citizen has had a federal diet of hollow promises and crumbs. ■ * '• The views of the New Democratic Party are the views of the majority of Canadians today. No. one who studies the party's statement of principles and policies can honestly refute this. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Average Canadian have been riding in the back seat of the old-line political buses for long enough. They can move to the driver's seat with NDP on June 18. By C. P. (Paddy) NEALE General Secretary Vancouver Labour Council Today when the western worjd is uniting into a large economic and political entity, let's review the steps international labour has taken in this field. ___ Labour in Canada has a long history of international labour co-operation. Most of our unions are autonomous units of international unions which extend throughout North America. Our earlier unions were extensions of British unions, and many of the leaders of organized labour in Canada were immigrants from the United Kingdom who were themselves products of those historic trade union traditions. The mark these men made on Canadian organized labor remains, although the structure which evolved followed more -closely the developments in the United States. Today, as the world daily grows smaller in terms of economic and political influences, national labor organizations are increasingly working in consultation between themselves and national governments. ' Early in 1949, several_pf the world's free trade union movements, including the British Trades Union Congress; the U.S. Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations (later to amalgamate with the American Federation of Labor) and the old Canadian Congress of Labor, withdrew from the then existing world labor body known as the World Federation of Trade Unions. That body had become Communist-dominated, due to the upheavals of the post-World War II era, and still functions today as a pseudo-labor mouthpiece for the Communist, bloc countries and a few Communist-dominated labor organizations in Western Europe. In December 1949, more than 260 representatives of almost 50 million workers in 53 countries formally established the new and free International C. P. NEALE i The ever-increasing need for safety both on and off the I job is spelled out by the death I toll recorded in B.C. accidents 1 in 1961. 1 Fatal accidents by all § causes totalled 1,007—includ-- I ing 199 killed in industrial accidents. The total was down 133 from the previous year I but many of the victims died h needlessly through a lack of I care. X jjMotor vehicle accidents I took the biggest toll with 320, home accidents killed 241, VIEWPOINT cially underdeveloped countries. 4. To aid the economic, social and cultural interests of. countries suffering from the aftermath of war. 5. To protect the system of free labor and to eliminate forced labor throughout the world. 6. To support the United Na< tions, and to work for a world system of collective security. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has performed an outstanding task in its six areas of endeavor. It has assisted in the furthering of the European Common Market and has successfully resisted Communist efforts at the domination and subversion of free trade unions. It has done wonders in organizing trade unions in under, developed areas, and is acknowledged by both "governments and industry to r-ave. performed a valuable service in these areas—economically, politically, educationally and culturally. The ICFTU has its head office in Brussels, Belgium, and has regional and branch of- ficees in every continent and population area in the world —except in the Communist -bloc,— The ICFTU also operates two trade union colleges, one at Calcutta, and one at Kampala in Uganda. In the best progressive traditions of organized labor throughout the free world, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in which Canadian labor plays an active part, has anticipated and prepared, for the economic and political unions taking place in the free world today. LOWDONREPORf falls 167, drownings 153 andl VYtMT£ COllcirS outdoor accidents 210. ** The tragic note is that the biggest increase in the number of deaths was recorded in _ the younger age groups—from 0 to 9 years—which increased | by 41 deaths over the pre-i vious year. Most youngsters I in this group met death inf drowning but traffic and fire I also claimed many lives. I In the over 60 years group, | falls killed i49, motor vehicle I accidents 70, fires 21. and! drownings 21. Confereration of Free Trade Unions. The original constitution pledged the Confederation: 1. To co-ordinate the defence of free trade unions against any campaign aimed at their destruction or subversion by totalitarian or other anti-labor forces. 2. To enhance the dignity of labor. 3. To mutually assist in developing the growth of trade unions in economically and so- - - union tie By JOHN WALTON LONDON — More white-collar workers in Britain are looking to trade unions to take care of their interests. Food distribution by public utilitv* B, SB-NEST PAGE •-,.„.„. ^ .. . '' ' F 'M I 11II J** , By ERNEST PAGE (In the Co-op Commentary) In his book "The Affluent Society," Prof. J. K. Galbraith has written that ideas "yield not to the attack or other ideas but to the massive onslaught of circumstances with which they cannot contend." The idea on which our economy is based is simply that business is carried oh for profit. The theory is that the owners ot enterprises which provide goods and services are entitled to their costs and more. No matter how serious the heed for a service may be, it cannot be provided unless tfiere is hope for profit. This idea has been under strong attack through the years by those who advance the theory of the primary of the consumer. There art straws in the wind now which indicate that a "massive onslaught of circumstances" may be bringing changes along the lines foreseen by consumer spokesmen. The straws are not all travel-, ling in exactly the same direction but here are some of them: 1. The consumer cooperatives in Great Britain are old .and strong but patronage dividend rates have been declining. 2. Some cooperatives in Great Britain are experimenting with an "instant dividend." This is' a name for a drastic cut in price. ' 3. A group of citizens in Ottawa is exploring the possibility of establishing a cooperative which will provide its members with merchandise at wholesale prices with the ad dition of a service fee to cover operating costs. 4. "Closed door" discount stores in the U.S. have over two million members and make sales of between $300 and $400 million annually. 5. The number of independent stores in Canada continues to decline with the chains doing an ever increasing percentage of the total business. 6. The royal commission on price spreads found that the _ food chains are not low price operators and that profit rates have been high. (Five chains showed 17.1% profit over a nine-year period.) We suggest that these straws show two discernible trends. First, margins are being reduced. If this trend continues to its logical conclusion; cooper atives will be operating without surplus. Second, the food industry is tending toward monopoly. If this trend continues it will not be too long before government will take a hand to protect customers from the danger of unnecessarily high costs. So perhaps we do see Gal- braith's theory working itself oat '_lfi«*s^!*a«5F'>*-tl'iahOther -in the food. industry. Perhaps the age of affluence and plenty will bring us to a situation in which food distribution, at least in respect to necessities, will be operated almost as a public utility — either carried on in the direct interest of the consumer through cooperatives or regulated by government to ensure that the consumer interest is much more carefully protected than at present. Among the recent recruitment of 200,000 new members to unions affiliated in Britain's Trades Union Congress a significant proportion were in clerical, commercial and professional occupations. Delegates to the 1962 conference of unions catering for non-manual workers heard these observations from Victor Feather, assistant general secretary for the TUC. They also approved the general lines of a new TUC booklet to describe the growth of unions catering for non-manual workers and to point to the challenge of changing conditions such as those brought about by automation. The booklet will bring home to non-manual workers the opportunities that trade unionism offers for winning greater security and advancement. Anne Godwin, chairman of the TUC and general secretary c|f the 60000-strong Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union told delegates that within the past five years large-scale electronic computers had changed the character of non-manual work. . The significance of the changes taking place had prompted a growing number of non-manual workers to join a trade union, she said. / The 40. - year game of political football Old-line parties have done nothing to give us nalipnaL NDP now^pffers what Canadians have waife31of alfrtiese itiany years Organized labor for many years has campaigned for a comprehensive health care program for all Canadians. But governments — governments of the old-line parties— have always found some excuse to sidetrack this important national issue. In 1919, the Liberal party promised lo introduce national health insurance. When they left office in 1930 they had done nothing about it. Again in 1945 they made the same promise but When they were defeated in 1957, Canada was still without a health care plan. Can Canadians lake seriously any proposal"for health in" surance .the Liberals make in 1962? And all the Conservatives have done is lo set up a royal commission to investigate the need for a health care plan—■ as though this need were not already perfectly obvious. There is one important fact regarding this royal commission that should not be over looked: although the medical profession and the private insurance companies are fully represented on the commission, the average citizen who would receive the services of a health program has no representation. It seems obvious that neither of the old-line parties are prepared to give any guarantee that every Canadian has the right lo good health. Organized labor expressed its own ideas along with those of other groups when a health care plan was drawn up at the founding convention of the New Democratic Party. It is a plan which Labor believes is the answer to Canada's health care problem, and is summarised here. We need q national plan Medical science has made remarkable progress over the past 50 years. At the same time, the cost of medical care has increased tremendously, and this cost is something for which the average family cannot budget in advance. Illness cannot be foreseen. Consequently, even a family with a fairly good income can find itself in serious financial difficultiees when faced with heavy doctor, bills. This is all the more true if the patient happens to be the breadwinner of the family. Canada must adopt some means of protecting the individual and his family against the financial catastrophe which occurs when serious illness comes into the home. Nothing must become between the citizen and his right to health. Private medical plans do not guarantee every Canadian his right to health. They are inadequate for two reasons. a First, many people cannot belong to these plans. Some cannot afford the premiums. Others are not allowed to join because they are too old. Still others are. excluded because they have a medical condition which makes them a bad risk. Second, private plans do not take into account a person's ability to pay. They charge the same rate for every family. A family with an income of $2,000 a year must pay the same premium as a family with a yearly income of $20,000. Sometimes it is suggested that those who cannot afford to belong to a private plan could have their premiums paid for them by the government. But this means that in order to be covered, hundreds of thousands of Canadians would have to pass a means test. This would cost money -to administer and would involve a lot of red tape. Worst of all, .it would be humiliating. The New Democratic parity believes that all Canadians are entitled to medical care as a human right. The time has passed when Canadians should be required to prove they have no money before they can get the health services they need. The New Democratic plan will provide health care to all Canadians. It will be based on two fundamental principles. First, services must be available to every citizen when needed, regardless of ^income. Second, the cost must be snroad over society as a whole, each person contributing on the basis of ability to pay. -to -work laws destroy bargaining Right-lo-work laws—an evil method of stripping workers of security—were denounced in the U.S. south this month where they have gained a stronghold. Baptist minister. W. W. Fin- lator of North Carolina, said the laws cause low wages, economic insecurity and labor unrlsl. Their effect, he said, has been to prevent southern workers "from being on an equal economic level with workers in states which have repeatedly rejected tbp.s discriminatory legislation." He said the right-to-work laws are patently misnamed and that they "provide the right to weaken the position of the employee. "They subvert his right to work with security and dignity and meaning. They aim a deadly blow at collective bargaining . . . The right-to-w©rk laws spell the right to destroy effective unionism." There was an old man of heath I Who sat on his set of false teeth. . • He cried with a start, "Oh, Lord, bless my. heart, Tve bitten myself underneath! NDP program offers this: Coverage 1. Comprehensive Coverage— Every resident of Canada will be covered. Administration 2. Administration by the Provinces-'—The plan will be administered by the provinces in co-operation with the federal government, in -keeping with the spirit of co-operative federalism. Cost Sharing 3. Federal Share 60 per cent —The federal government will contribute 60 per cent of the total cost of the program. The balance will be raised by the provinces. Last year Canadians spent several hundred million dollars on health services of all kinds. The New Democratic plan will not constitute an additional burden on the taxpayer. Instead, it will redistribute the existing burden so that the cost is borne by all Canadians, rather than only by those who 5>-e unfortunate enough to be ill. Ability to Pay 4. Ability to Pay—The cost to each individual will be related to the size of his income. This is ensured by the fact that the federal government's share will be paid from general revenues. .' Services 5.—Service — All medical, surgical, obstetrical and psychiatric care; optical treatment and glasses; dental care; essential drugs and appliances. Choose Own 6.—You and your doctor— The relationship between the doctor and his patient will be. maintained. You will continue to be treated by the doctor of your own choice. Doctors will bt paid on the basis of fee- for-service renc-ered. The only difference will be that instead of the doctor sending his bill to you, he will send it to be paid by an agency of the provincial government. Freedom 7. Medical Freedom—There will be no interference whatever with the practice of medicine by doctors. The New Democratic plan is concerned solely with removing the financial obstacles so that services can be made available to those who need them. Medical decisions will remain entirely under the control of the medical profession. I CLARKE'S FLOWERS FRESHER . . . LOVELIER ... FOR ALL OCCASIONS 100% Union Shop 3418 Cambie Street, Vancouver ?, B.C. TRinity 4-9416 MARK HAMILTON U. W. (BILL) HAMILTON" Hamilton Iftcrtuartt £% FUNERAL ADMINISTRATORS r FA 5-3311 Fraser Si. al 38th Ave. Vancouver IS, B.C. Quality New Steel pact sets savings - vacation plan V>m United Steelworkers new pact with the big steel companies sets a precedent in agreements and aims at creating job opportunities and strengthening job security in the industry. The two-year pact contains no wage increase but is estimated to have a value of 10 to 12 cenjs an hour in the first year.' The agreement provides for a savings vacation plan carrying new vacation and retirement benefits, improvements in the supplemental unemployment benefit plan and other improvements. The new savings vacation plan is financed by company contributions of three cents an hour and provides for a retirement benefit of one week's vacation pay at the 1960 va.a- tion pay rate for every five years of continuous service before Dec. 31, 1960. In addition, for every two years of continuous service after that date, one week of special vacation will be made available to employees on, a seniority basis uptilieauh eligible employee has had a special vacation, after which the cycle starts again. These vacation benefits at the employee's option can be deferred at interest until retirement, termination or time of special hardship. The plan, said Steel's wage policy committee "will make •available valuable new vacation opportunities and retirement benefits to those eligible and new employment opportunities for employees who replace those who receive these benefits. 8. Quality of Care—To ensure continued high quality care, a program of financial assistance will be established to expand teaching and research facilities, and to train new doctors, nurses, dentists, technicians and other health personnel. CLERKS VOTING Retail Clerks in food chain stores in the Lower Mainland and Victoria are voting on a wage offer from the companies. The contract talks affect about 3,000 employees in Safeway, Super-Valu, Dominion, Shop-Easy, L o b 1 aws, HBC, IGA, and some independents. Decision on the vote is expected shortly. STERLING LAUNDRY LTD. 100 PER CENT UNION Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning 1460 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. RE 8-7191 DISTINCTIVE . funeral Service S. BOWELL & SONS LTD Phone LA 2-1671 219 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B.C. Cloverdale, B.C. Phone Cloverdale 3-7331 Bett's Shell Service Broadway ft Arbutus GAS — OIL — TIRES BATTERIES—ACCESSOR BATTERIES ACCESSORIES LUBRICATION & REPAIRS UNION SHOP RE 3-4712 Darlington, Haskins & Co. (1943) Limited TILES — MOSAICS— SLATE — TERRAZZO Phone TRinity 9-1565 ■ ■ 525 WEST EIGHTH ; VANCOUVER, B.C. Simmons & McBride Ltd. Directors of Funeral Service • , PHONE RE 1-4151 19.5 WEST BROADWAY "CANADA'S FINEST MORTUARY" The Labor Statesman — April 60. IW- Page 5 ™_."...-*>'.Ui^,, .i,.ul„i_\„-|.vV'* !*-*!-V_l .*. \v __fc_ __________ •*•!____' • 'm-m-i.''.' '.■'.' fiS8_S___l___________i___K%! -ft-^--:^^ 'v:':???£:$%¥-:£^^^ . > ■ * --»-- ----■---".*■»■■ . - * --M » i'i ..•■.-. --_-_-_•_■-_•__.•_■__•. SS^S:":':'-'.-':'-'^ FLASHBACK .V.*.*.-.\V.*. .-_!-.-, ...-.- -. ■--.-.-. /::::::::::::::::v:>>::::;:>>^'o:;:::vA':'::;';v'X:'::'-x^,>';:::v:vi::::::::? feSfe:::**^^ F/rsf /oior council paper folded, then Statesman born The Labor Statesman really had its birth during the Longshoremen's stWI__r~of 1923. Although the first edition of The Statesman was . dated April 25, 1924, the inspiration that led to its publication came from a short-lived strike bulletin a few months earlier. From the files of The States-, man, the origin is explained: "By way of explaining this Irishism it is necessary to take our readers back a few months to the days immediately following the cessation of the Longshoremen's strike. * "At that time, as a product of the strike itself, a paper had appeared under the name of The Longshoremen's Strike Bulletin which had left not in- :":' Cash. $twu/'U "Got some .small change?... That iion-unio.ij firm is paying today!" "01' (.us always said his old union spirit would never expire!" 673. C^^rm^t "Got going! Can', you realize that tniou means VOl'mon?" _m jffliJ "Miss Reed, your union contract aays you must give thirty daya jwtkc before you strike." New test project as Chest studies problem families By CHARLES LAMARCHE Labour Staff Representative Community Chest and Councils Our city is a city of wide clean streets, good homes and schools—a healthy city. But is it? What about those headlines a few months ago, "Hoodlumism Hits a Vicious Peak—Police Helpless," "Man Threatened by Four Youths with Switchblade Knives," "Youths Fight with Broken Bottles in West End street"? And what about illness, alcoholism," drug addiction, child neglect and so on and so on? This, too, is our city. And then there is the multi- problem family — a family which has a long history of needing major help for major health and welfare problems; a family which has never learned to stand on its own feet; a family which is a constant drain on our social resources. These are families with at least two problem situations such as alcoholism, child neglect or ill health. COSTS HIGH The average citizen doesn't often see these families, possibly because these troubled families represent, after all, onl ythree per cent _>f our family population. Yet, fanastic as it sounds it is estimated this three per cent, this mere handful of families, costs nearly half of all the money spent on subsidized health and welfare problems in Vancouver today. For this reason the Vancouver Community Chest and Councils are spearheading a project to make these families less susceptible to problem situations, to find out how they get that way, help them sort out their lives and helo them to stand on their own feet. These people are members of our community. They are poor, many suffer ill health, they live in squalor, they have no hope. And an even greater tragedy, their children are born into this environment and may never know better. 1960 SURVEY One of the jobs to be done was to find out more about this problem. In June, 1960, the Chest research department undertook a survey to learn all it could about the numbers of these multi-problem families and just where they were to be found in the community. Research Analyst Beverly Ayres at the Community Chest reports: "It was estimated from this one-month sampling that over the year about 2,500 families would be classified, as multi- problem families. "It was seen that many families were served by two or more agencies, and the survey further revealed that those families were known to the agencies for an average of seven years, and that in one case the family had been known for 31 years." The survey revealed, too, that the heaviest concentration of multi-problem families was to be found in the area around False Creek, and in the two low rental housing projects in South Vancouver. With the results of the survey, it became eyen more evident that drastic steps had to be taken if the problem was to be dealt with effectively. SERVICE CENTRE A demonstration project in one city area will create a neighborhood social centre to provide basic health, welfare and receratiosal services to all residents of the area—with intensive service for multi-problem families. There are many problems which can be solved only with the help of several agencies. With a neighbourhood social service centre, the person in (Continued on Page 10) MUtual 5-8181 TOWING • 24-HR. SERVICE • FULLY INSURED • RADIO CONTROLLED • BONDED DRIVERS BUSTER'S Auto Towing Service -.":',;/ Ltf». 376 E. HASTINGS ST Exclusive AAA Contract Vancouv«-» HARRON BROS. LIMITED FUNERAL DntECTOR- "Hritish Columbia's Finest Funeral Service CHAPEL OF CHIMES 55 E. 10th __-• TB 0-8877 Vancouver ROYAL OAK CHAPEL HE l-fi577 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby considerable impression upon the wage-earners ** and public generally of this city. "In any case, the executive committee of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council of the day, some of -whose members had been functioning as a negotiating committee for the disputants in the strike considered it might be a good stroke of business, from the standpoint of organized labor, if ways and means could be developed for adopting wholesale the lusty though shortlived literary infant of the Longshoremen's strike. "Thus it came about that a paper, carrying the endorse* ment of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and known as the B.C. Labor Bulletin, was issued. "There's no use lamenting over spilt milk. That paper was issued in the throes of the Christmas holiday season, when business is peculiar and everybody is intent upon his or her own celebrating. It had to be suspended. "But as a result of tha* arises now The Labor Statesman." That was 38 years ago. And The Statesman has published continually ever since. Lunchbox News Here is a recipe for one of the most popular Of the eggless cakes — a chocolate one-layer called a "Crazy Cake". '* . CRAZY CAKE V/i cups sifted flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. soda 2 tbsp. cocoa l _ tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tbsp. vinegar 6 tbsp. melted shortening or oil 1 cup cold water Mix dry ingredients in an ungreased square cake pan. Make three depressions in mix- lure. In one part put shortening; in another vinegar; and in the third the vanilla. Pour the water over all, and mix with a fork. Do not beat. When thoroughly mixed, put into a 350 deg. F. oven and bake for 30 minutes. Frost when cooled. Ever hear about the housewife in Tibet? Smelling something burning, she rushed into the kitchen crying: "Oh, my baking yak!" LOS ANGELES — The death of two major newspapers here has prompted an inquiry by Attorney Gen. Robert Kennedy. Hundreds of newspaper workers were without jobs with the folding of the afternoon paper, the Mirror, and the morning' Examiner. Stubby Products Ltd, Union Made Beverages 6329 Bercsford St. Burnaby, BX. BUY IT BYTHECARTON VANCOUVER PLUMBING CO. LTD. One of Vancouver's Largest Plumbing Contractors We specialize in Apartments—Industrial and Commercial Installations. Hot water heating—Finest fixtures available. 15 years experience to serve you. AL 5-8454 1784 East Hastings Vancouver, B.C. Loyal Protective Life Insurance ffc R.'N. Larson, Manager MU 1-7649 736 Granville St. MU 1-4413 Vancouver, B.C. Mount Pleasant Chapel Limited KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE KINDLINESS — UNDERSTANDING — DEPENDABILITY * LADY ATTENDANT I Phone TRinity 6-2161 The Labor Statestr.-in — April 30, 1962 Page, 6 CONVENTION POLICY The Labor Statesman — April 30, 1962 Page 7 Control to meet worker influx A r_\ ' L_~4- -mmi* h™.•■-.•-'-:-*- **«*»»_'**•".-' -—__» job needs Canada should control'immigration to protect both the immigrant and the Canadian worker, the CLC convention declared. The Congress convention said government policies should regulate the admission of immigrants according to the volume of employment and unemployment in Canada. yThis sensible policy was urged both to protect the jobs j.f Canadian workers in times of slim employment and to ensure that immigrants don't arrive in this country and are unable to find work. The convention resolution specifically said that immigration of people in occupations in which there is surplus manpower at any given time should not be encouraged. In a general statement on immigration, the convention said it will work towards elimination of objectionable features of present government policy and will keep a watch- Unions set merger talk Top level committees have been appointed to discuss a merger between the AFL-CIO affiliated American Bakery and Confectionery Workers and the Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union which was expelled from the AFL- CIO in 1957 on findings .of *r corrupt leadership. The BCW last January elected a new "reform" slate of officers pledgi-d to a cleanup of the union an i to seek reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO through a merger with the ABC. Canadian local unions are affiliated with the BCW. ful eye on the application of new regulations "with a view to determining the fairness and effectiveness in making possible immigration into Canada of suitable immigrants without distinction as to race, creed or color." The convention also urged INVESTIGATION the government to provide more effective education of immigrants to facilitate their ad-- justment to life in Canada. Labor also wants the government to take a greater initiative in protecting immigrants against exploitation by unscrupulous employers. Allowance underpaid for four long years Vancouver and District Unemployed Council has charged the Vancouver social assistance administration with negligence in a case currently being investigated. The council said a woman on social assistance allowance has been underpaid $40 a month for four years and that the department has admitted it made a mistake. But it declared that the woman was paid only two months' retroactive pay, $80. and the department has not made up the total underpaid allowance she is entitled to. The case, as reported by the council: The woman and her two children, boys aged 4 and 5, were living in a small house without light or heat. When the council investigated further, it found that the lights and heat had been turned off for five months. Last Christmas, the woman appealed to her case worker to have the power turned on for the holiday season and the social service department made a deal with the B.C. Electric NEWS * convention coverage • world, notional and regional news hear complete, accurate news and informed commentary on CBC television - channel 2 radio - 690 Ices. ".'•■itf.smi^ ■:■■' ;,:,::<:.::■ :,:■■:■■ ■:;■„.■■>■;: ;;-;-*;: .1 i „'. City Centre footer Hotel Vancouver's Largest (3 minutes 'from downtown, recommended by A. A A.) COFFEE SHOP __. DINING ROOM — PHONES 1 6th Ave., and Main St. on Highway 2111 Main St. TR 6-7166 ■. , B to turn on power if the woman gave them her Christmas bonus. This was done ahd sh_ had power for one month, then it was shut off again. The unemployed council found that the woman had been receiving $40 less a Big jump lit prolit- at MBPR The giant forest complex, MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Ltd., showed a sharp increase in net profit for the first three months this year. Figures disclosed at the an* nual meeting showed a net of $8.7 million from Jan. 1 to March 31. This is $3.14 million above the net income for the same three months oi last year. Company chairman J. V. Clyne said the increase is the result of "improved costs and better markets." He said the present outlook for continuing good earnings is encouraging. ' month than she was entitled under social assistance and that this underpayment had been going on for four years. Said a council spokesman: "We feel that further compensation must be paid for the worry and misery this family has been forced to live under. We are prepared to fight in (Continued on Page 11) Big firms ^dominate New figures on how U.S. industry is concentrated in few hands show that while there are over 286,000 manu- facuturing firms in the United States, a mere 7,129 of these — of 2.5 per cent — "account for 90 per cent of the nation's manufacturing assets and 83 per cent of its sales." These 7,129 have 100 or more employees per company, while all the others have less. Moreover, 13 manufacturers employ over 100,000 workers each, possess 15.3 per cent of total U.S. manufacturing assets and 13.6 per cent of the sales. These 13 are General Motors, General Electric, U.S. Steel, Ford, Standard Oil of N.J., American Telephone & ^Telegraph, Western Electric, Bethlehem Steel, Westing- house, Sperry Rand, General Dynamics, Clhrysler and Goodyear. Such concentration of power in a few corporate hands can hardly bode good for the future of America. —Labor REWARD YOURSELF 4mth refreshing mm CABLING PILSENER (YOU DESERVE A COOL ONE TONIGHT!) THE CARLINC BREWERIES (I.C.) LIMITED This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by Ihe Government of British Columbia. V. SPECIAL FEATURE CLC committee Police, firemen awarded reports $8 monthly wage boost Newfoundland dispute The Canadian Labour Congress convention here this month passed by an overwhelming majority a resolution urging both the IWA and Carpenters to submit their cases to the loggers of Newfoundland and let the loggers decide for themselves which union they wanted to represent them. The' Newfoundland issue, the most controversial to come before the convention, W£.s the subj-fet of a report by a special Congress committee which submitted its report to convention delegates. It's recommendation: "The only fair way to settle the dispute is by a properly conducted vote of the workers concerned." Congress officers had hoped the issue could be settled without an open split on the convention floor and President Claude Jodoin later commented: "I sincerely regret that this matter has to be brought to the convention floor. I would hope that eventually all differences and all misunderstandings that might exist within the free trade union movement could be solved within this national labor centre." During the convention, 47 —delegates representing Carpenters union walked from the sessions'. They did not return to take part in the discussion of the committee's report. Here is the committee's report as submitted to the convention: Vancouver policemen's and firemen's unions have brc_i_^rth---cit^iAvage freeze stand. " - - e^_-_s;_a-r---*- - A binding conciliation board award has called for a wage boost of 1% per cent for the 700-man police force and the 650 firemen in the city department. The boost will raise first-class firemen's pay about $8 a month with a similar increase for a journeyman constable on the police force. Properly-conducted loggers' vote Is fair way to settle problem The undersigned, having been appointed as a special committee to deal with the charges levelled against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners by the International Woodworkers of America report as follows: While there is much history of limited relevance to the controversy, we have set out the basic factors involved. The charges and request for suspension of the Carpenters laid by the IWA were for violation of the Congress Constitution. IWA case .... ,-tJf-y <*, ... ,f In support of the alleged violation, the IWA has contended in part: "1. That within the framework of the facts as they relate to Newfoundland, the International Woodworkers of America has 'an established collective bargaining relationship' on behalf of the loggers of Newfoundland. "2. That the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners have in effect raided the established collective bargaining relationship. "3. That any other interpretation of thjs Constitution is a violation of its letter, intent and spirit." Carpenters In denial of the alleged violation the United Brotherhood stated its position in part as follows: "1. The United Brotherhood denies that the IWA has 'an established collective bargaining relationship' on behalf of the loggers of Newfoundland. Any such relationship which may have existed in the past, as the IWA admits, has been destroyed. "2, The United Brotherhood has not, in any sense of the word 'raided' the IWA in Newfoundland: The CLC has specifically admitted the right of the United Brotherhood to organize the loggers of Newfoundland. The CLC and the IWA have both conceded that Ihe organizing activities of the United Brotherhood in Newfoundland are not 'raiding' by proposing a vote by the Newfoundland loggers in which they Would have an opportunity to express a choice between the IWA and the United Brotherhood. "3. The United Brotherhood is now and has for almost 20 years been engaged in legitimate organizing activity among the loggers in Newfoundland sod its jurisdiction to organize the loggers and to organize in Newfoundland cannot be ieriously questioned." It does not seem necessary, other than the foregoing, to record in detail the supporting data and contentions of the disputants. There were three hearings at Ottawa at which briefs were submitted, and some correspondence. It was thought by the Committee that; insofar as essential facts were concerned there was enough material to permit of logical conclusions without further investigation. However, because we were unable, due to our own work, to go to Newfoundland and because also there seemed to be a feeling in the province that some inquiriese should be made on the ground, a special commission of inquiry was appointed for the purpose, in the person of Congress Vice-President Joe Gannon and Henry Harm, Regional Director of the Congress staff. Not jurisdiction The Carpenters and the IWA were invited to attend a meeting called in Cornerbrook. The Carpenters said that owing to the short notice they would not be represented. However, while the work of Vice-President Gannon and Brother Harm was useful as background information, it did not modify in any way the conclusion reached by the Committee on the basis of the earlier evidence and presentation. , It is important to remember, in this dispute, that the basic matter of union jurisdiction is not involved, Both of these affiliates have exercised parallel jurisdiction over loggers for many years. This has been recognized in the United States by the AFL-CIO and here in Canada by the Congress. The question here involved is, has there been actual raid- iig by the United Brotherhood.? The Committee cannot establish that such has been the case. Background The facts of the intervention of Premier Smallwood of Newfoundland in eliminating the IWA and setting up another union are well known. The Congress took a strong stand , against this repressive legislation, and, indeed, collected a large amount of money in an endeavour to frustrate it. This legislation came at a time when the IA had been certified as the loggers' bargaining agent, and had indeed taken a consequent wage dispute to a conciliation board. But the fact is that at the time of the intervention of the Carpenters there was no "established bargaining relationship" or "established collective bargaining relationship" be tween the IWA and fhe Companies concerned within tse meaning of the Congress Constitution. General Construction Co. ltd. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Granville Island MU 3-4164 Vancouver, B.C. Contrary McCann's Caterers A COMPLETE CATERING SERVICE • Accommodations for every occasion • Full range of menus • Smorgasbord our specially (Members H & R Employees Union) HE 3-4051 3845 Kingsway Avenue Burnaby, B.C. With -respect to Article IX, Section 6, however, there can be no question that the policy of the United Brotherhood in the matter is contrary to the policies of -the Congress. The respective submission on this were voluminous. During the uiscussion with the conliictmg parties, and the correspondence with them, the Committee urged that negotiations between the Carpenters and the Companies be suspended pending final decision in the case or the reaching of a mutually acceptable solution. In the final conference with them, the Committee proposed the following: "The undersigned, acting on behalf of a sub-committee consisting of the four general vice- presidents of the Congress appointed by the executive council, to deal with the dispute between the International Woodworkers of America and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, convened a meeting in Ottawa on March 15th. CLC union "The objective of the Congress and the stated objective of both urfions involved in the dispute is to enable the loggers of Newfoundland to take their place in the legitimate labor movement of Canada and have an organization that can, th«.ugh collective bargaining, improve their wages and working conditions. "In order to accomplish this objective and end the turmoil that is doing a disservice to the loggers in Newfoundland and bringing discredit to the whole Canadian labor movement, the committee makes the following proposals: "1. That the situation should be composed, at least temporarily, by having the Congress issue a charter for the loggers in Newfoundland. "22. In light of this, the contesting parties would maintain the status quo and not pursue any further organizing activity among the loggers of Newfoundland for a period of one year. Any negotiations to arrive at a collective agreement for ,the loggers of Newfoundland would be suspended by the parties to the dispute. At the end of one year, the Congress would facilitate and assist both the IWA and the Carpenters unions in making a presentation to the loggers of the merits of their respective (Coadinued on Page 11) The Labor Statesman — April 30, 1962 BENNETT'S TRANSFER I GENERAL HAULING I PIANOS > FRdEZERS RE. 3-1323. 1673 West 5th Ave. Voncouver, B.C. SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. READY MIXED CONCRETE Placing and Finishing if Required I Evenings: R. Rasmussen, AL 3-1946 — I. Stubson, LA 4-3188 City Wide Delivery, CY 9-7555 I 5284 Still Creek Ave. Burnaby, B.C. NEW DELHI - CABARET 1 ^RESTAURANT • Orchestra • Special Floor Shows Dine & Dance 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. 544 Main St. MU 2-9616 Vancouver, B.C. 1 ■■:■ I I All Hilton Ltd. Your Furnace Oil Distributor 24 Hour Service Serving ihe Entire North Shore YU 7-292$ 225 West 17th St. North Vancouver Train Now — Pay Later No Aire Limit Kigrh. School Not , Required Switchboard P.B.Z. Receptionist Train, on 3 Cord & Cordless Board! Short Course Day-Eveninsr Classses Grocery Cashier Checker Stockman Earning-* to $78 — $103 Wk. Pree Place ment Service .M.T.I. School- QovL Licensed M.T.I. SCHOOLS 630 Seymour St. Vancouver, B.C. Page 8 —*__■• ! V^__4 LC: Distribute the tax burden more e eles and stop corporate tax evasion CanadaV income tax struc- \~^e^S-«»overh-iuling to jive greater relief to the low- br income groups and to eliminate the many loopholes in regulations which allow-corporate taxpayers and com- jany executives to evade paying a proper share of the tax surden. This declaration became ..abor policy as delegates to (the CLC convention adopted resolutions aimed at a more .quitable distribution of the kax burden in Canada. .,-, The. conventioB- also said it "would" work for "a change in tax regulations to allow deduction of certain expenses incurred by tradesmen in their work, The policy adopted by the convention resouved: •. Setting exemptions at $3,000 for married persons and $1,500 for single persons, with $500 per dependent child —the $500 to be increased to $1,000 for a handicapped or retarded child. mfflmmmmmmmmm> mm ■■• Remove the percentage ceiling on approved medical expenditures with the inclusion of premium payments under both public and private health insurance plans as approved expenditures. • Provide that loggers may claim as deductible expenditures from income, expenditures on the following: transportation to and from their place of work; board and lodging at, .logging camps where the logger has to maintain a separate establishment else where; articles of cloth ing which are required for logging operations; and depreciation on tools required, by mechanics. • Provide that, where applicable, tax relief be provide ed to workers other than loggers who work under similar circumstances. • Increase the maximum amount which a student attending university may earn and still be considered as a dependent for income tax purposes. ;'.:V;:!v. :.:..:. ■■: Yli., The Labor Statesman SECOND FRONT PAGE CONVENTION AND POLITICS "ii SPARKY SAYS Support NDP defeat parties of privileged Clear Out "Junk" from cellar, attic, closets! STANLEY KNOWLES nowles: abor can ad way Retiring Congress executive /ice-president Stanley Knowles irged trade unionists to take greater interest in he poli- cal affairs of Canada—and specifically in he New Democraic sarty—when he visited Van- >uver Labor Council delegates lis month, I Knowles said that the labor jvement has been in the fore- ant of the fight for "all good lings for all people" and th/ fig opportunity to implement lis philosophy is close at hand -in the June 18 federal elec- |on. "We have today the capacity produce so much that it is |ow literally a different world lan it was a decade ago," he J aid. "Humanity has dreamed \ or hundreds of years of a I ^orld in which we could have i ■quality and human brother- 1 flood and a decent standard of 1 Iving. "This is now possible be- . lause of the increase in our I productive capacity but unless 1 lomething is done to assure the jf proper distribution of the goods *j| ve produce, our world, as we i ^now it, could fall apart." Knowles said the hope lies'1 the NDP. By electing a New Lemoc'rat government, we vould assure the proper distribution of goods we are now ole to produce. More than 1,200 voices gave a rousing endorsation to a policy of "fullest possible support" to the New Democratic Party at the CLC national convention here this month. The convention cheered as the convention's political education urged election of a NDP government "w h i c h would put the community and its people ahead of the interests of special and privileged classes." Delegates strongly supported a four-part recommendation which: • Welcomed the formation of the NDP and approved and endorsed the role played by the CLC executive council, as instructed by previous conventions to bring this new political instrument into being. • Urged the executive council, affiliates of the congress, provincial federations and local labor councils to bring this resolution to the attention of all local unions and their members as a means tap encouraging local unions a»d their members to affiliate to or join the NDP and-$o participate in its work and activities. • Expressed satisfaction with the NDP organization which fully represents farmers, workers and other liberally-minded groups and individuals and commended it not only to organizedMabor, but to all sections of our society, as a party capable of serving faithfully the best interests of all the people of Canada. • Urged that, in the June 18 federal election, affiliates and local unions and indivi- dal trade unionists be encour- . aged to give their fullest possible support to NDP candidates. The committee said the NDP "has demonstrated that it is an effective alternative to the parties which have dominated the political life of Canada 'for nearly a century and that it can give to the people of this country an opportunity to make a real choice when they go to the polls."' Fire fighters in the district of North Vancouver have won a $20 a month across tbe board increase in a new one-year agreement. * * * CONCILIATION — Carpenters Local 452 have moved to the first stage of conciliation in negotiations for a new contract with major contractors in the construction industry. New delegates NAMES — Delegates seated this month at VLC included: G. Soames, Longshoremen Local 512; Mrs. Y. Hadvick, Government Employees, Woodlands branch; K. Steiixer, Firemen and Oilers Local 134; J. A. Martin. Oil Workers Local 16- 601; B. G. Johnston, Government Employees, Essondale branch. Don't give fire a place to start in your home! Get rid of stacks of old magazines and newspapers, discarded clothing, rags, mattresses, old furniture — all the junk that gathers in attics, basements and closets. OPERATION FREEDOM' Birchism, mcCarthyism I If you are a do-it-yourself I In, don't let your home work- 1 pop become a fire-hazard. Dis- j t>se of shavings, scrap lumber, | lly rags and old paint. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce's "operation freedom" campaign has been condemned by Canadian Labour Congress President Claude Jodoin who branded the move as Birchism and McCarthyism. In his opening address to the CLC convention here, Jodoin strongly condemned the employer group for lumping socialists with communists as enemies of Canada. He said the so-called "operation freedom" was an importation of John Birchism and McCarthyism into Canada, trying to copy a plan proposed by the U.S. chamber of commerce. "No one in this country has fought Communism harder than has our* labor mvement," he said. "We will continue that fight and at the same time we will figh't this kind of John Birchism." (A feature article of The Labor Statesman April edition exposed the "operation freedom" smear campaign.) 'ilf the Chamber of Commerce has all this energy and resources then let them direct them to overcoming problems of unemployment, automation, education and discrimination," he told the convention. *•**•-' r~i"* ?. -** Impose »_-•» cap-*_J' gains tax. * • Changes in; the present. tax* structure with a view to redistributing the burden of taxation more equitably by diminishing the role of sales tax as a source of revenue, especially as it affects those with low incomes; effecting greater equality of treatment in tax exemptions and making the income tax more progressive N in its application than it is at present. Your fire department — a 600-man force of union men— this month pushed the spring campaign to clean up homes and business premises with the slogan "don't give fire a place to start." Do your part to eliminate fire hazards. Clean out your basement,'your garage, your place of business—get rid of the hundi-etd-and-one things that are stored away but are unneeded. A clean building is a safe building. Vancouver proposals Policies advocated by Vancouver labor to protect the public in instalment buying, for a tighter control over interest rates and for stronger measures to protect workers against unscrupulous employers won endorsation of the 1,200 delegates at the national CLC convention here. The campaign against high interest rates and for disclosure of rates charged on instalment buying was started by Vancouver Labour Council last year. A substitute resolution embodying the intent of the Van* couver proposal urged: • Federal legislation requiring all companies engaged in making loans or in providing purchases on credit to indicate clearly on the contract with the borrower or purchaser the interest rate per annum ex* pressed as simple interest. Breach of this resolution should be a criminal offence, the resolution said. • Interest rate on loans be limited to not more than one per cent per month on any part of the principal balance not exceeding $1,000 and one-half of one per cent per month on any remainder of the unpaid principal balance exceeding $1,000. The convention agreed* in . the intent of a resolution from Vancouver local of the Paint- . ers aimed at protecting workers against employers who go -into bankruptcy. The Painters said workers do not have adequate protection under present laws and urged the CLC to press for a change in the Criminal Code which would make it an offence to issue a pay cheque to an employee for work performed without sufficient funds to cover payroll cheques. The convention recommended study of the problem and will come up with proposed legislation, both federal and provincial, to safeguard workers' wages in all industries. The convention approved a second resolution from the same union which would require contractors to post a bqnd covering an estimated monthly payroll. It calls for amendment to the Federal Fair Wage and Hours of Work regulations to require "all contractors on federal contracts to post a bond covering an estimated monthly payroll for the duration of the job and specifications on federal contracts." They say baby looks like me, A circumstance I dreaded, But the only likeness I can see Is that we're both bald- headed. ■■I (3 11 1 ] I t i tchewan plan The Labor Statesman — April 30, 1962 Page 10 going • (Spec'al) REGINA — Premier Wood- row Lloyd said here that the government Medical Care Insurance plan will start on July 1 despite the objections raised by Saskatchewan doctors. The premier, in a special radio and TV broadcast, said he could not understand doctors' •'charges of "political interference" and told the medical profession: "You hold a special and honored place in our society and deservedly so. "There is no greater confidence than that which we place in you when we are ill or injured. In prescribing for our medical treatment your knowledge and your word are supreme," he said, "The government has no wish nor intention to change or to challenge that spremacy." But the premier said that when it comes to deciding how to pay the doctor's bill, "I think that we, your patients, can claim some rights. . "If the people in their wisdom wish to organize through their government a means of insuring themselves against the high and unpredictable costs of medical care, I suggest they have that right—provided doctors are suitably rewarded in a manner satisfactory to them." He said the doctors have worked with public agencies in the past to make other plans work successfully. ■ "None of these have interfered with professional judgment or have injured doctor- patient relationships," he said, "Instead they have given greater scope to doctors and better care for people." He urged doctors to give the government plan a fair trial. jJ*PSB*K«gi&M*3^^ ' CROSS SECTION UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE .zed for society's failure A special committee of the federal government is studying Canada's unemployment insurance system. Its study-is bound to consider the quest;on: How much should an unemployed man receive in unemployment insurance benefits? The Canadian Labour Congress has told the committee that an unemployed worker should (get insurance benefits amounting to two-thirds of his normal pay. Last May, the British Columbia conference of the United Church, of Canada suggested 75 per cent oi his usual income. Thus^ if he were getting $84 a week when laid off, he would get $56 or $63 a week in benefits, depending which system of reckoning were adopted. The most he can get now, if married, is $36. Some will think these proposals extravagant. But "they are not really if we accept the view that a well-ordered society has a responsibility to provide men with work or, if it can't, to ensure that they can maintain a decent living standard. If Canadians have any rights, surely the right to a job is fundamental. Without the right to earn a living, a Canadian's VANCOUVER PHOTO FINISHING CO. W. S. (Bill) Hodgson EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC AL 3-7501 1605 Commercial Drive Vancouver, B.C. WIGWAM INN BOAT TOUR Daily cruises sailing through the sheltered waters of the Indian Arm. April 1 to September 30th. for sailing time and information PHONE MU 3-7696 p HARBOUR NAVIGATION CO. LTD. 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For \ a breadwinner to be lopped off a payroll and suddenly reduced to this pittance is to face undeserved penury which, if prolonged, can reduce His family to squalor. To subject workers to this fate is to victimize people caught in the toils of business recession, automation or seasonal slack. It is demanding of the unemployed the bitter payment for society's failure to recognize the right of every man to a job. The Lesson Why do we single out the unemployed to pay this price? The undoubted reason is that we have not learned the lesson of silent factories during the '30's, and of postwar mass unemployment: That unemployment is due to factors beyond the workingman's control. Too many people still suspect the unemployed are persons who "don't want work" or have themselves to blame for their plight. Organized labour and the B.C. conference of the United Church deserve to be supported widely in their view that every Canadian has the right to a job. When a jobxis lacking, he has a right to unemployment insurance benefits which can provide him and his family dith adequate shelter, clothing and food, and maintain his self respect until work is again available. —(Star Weekly, Toronto) WE APPLAUD Two Montreal women flew to Geneva recently as representatives of the 6,000-strong Voice of Women. The purr pose of their mission was to seek, by whatever means possible, to convey to delegates at the disarmament conference the view of the Voice of Women that disarmament must be achieved to save humanity from destroying itself., Mrs. Therse Casgrain and Mrs. George Roy told interviewers: 'You may laugh at our naivete but we are using now an unusual means of getting our point across. I know that people may think we are silly to think we can achieve anything, but we must try." People of goodwill everywhere will applaud the bravery and initiative of these women and their organization. :»^a«ssaif©*iis'»«»4>ffl» PROBLEM FAMILY STUDY (Continued from Page 6) trouble can receive help in all " of 7hJ_£~problems and will not be asked to move from agency to agency as frequently is the 'case sow. Major agencies such as the Metropoitan Health Committee, the Juvenile and Family Court, the City Social Service Department, family service agencies and children's aid societies will pool workers for the project. As a health and welfare team, workers on loan from these agencies will work closely together. And, of course, will call in services of other agencies if and when necessary. SAVE MONEY Dr. Joseph C. Lagey, research director of the Community Chest sums up the multi-problem family project as follows: "It is an ambitious plan but in the final analysis it spells out many benefits for our community. "For one, it will save the taxpayer considerably because the present situation in which a -mere three -per ee«v«e_-.the- family population costs us nearly half of our social service budget is way out of line. "Secondly, it will help save the taxpayer considerably be- and re-shape lives—the lives of many innocent boys and girts who are born into these families and who will, unless they can be shown other ways, be following os the same paths of alcoholism, crime, neglect, physical and mental illness, and of course, hopeless despair." MINNEAPOLIS— Members of the two rail unions—Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen — have approved a proposed amalgamation .agreement in a refer-. endum ballot! Merger talks are now going ahead. Mu Alexandra Fabulous Floating Restaurant Delicious Business Men's Luncheons on the High Seas. Thrilling evening dancing afloat for the whole family at moderate prices. 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