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[The Labour Statesman]
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V y ,-Ar '. J SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FQtIR LOCAL UNIONS TO EACH UNION . MEMBER THE POLITICAL PARTY OF. HIS CHOICE j0i, tj OWT^D BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW TATE %t ES-.A LAB INSTER AND DIS^CT VANCOUVER,-CANADA, JTJ>fE-rWSz— Established 1924: STRIKE AND LOCKOUT SPREADS IN B.C. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BUILD STRONG UNIONS FOR SOCIAL; SECURITY All Building Trades Become |M%#*des Involved In Struggle-^Hold The Line" Issue Operates ,QN JUKI m 19SZ, THE GJEMia>uy.CONTIi^C*iX)l«'Assoc tion took a fatal step . . . they declared a lockout on' all ifieir operations irr the Greater Vancouver area. Their action/(vas a declaration of, war on. the Building Trades Council. UntiKthe employers took this irresponsible action, the Council had prevailed on the Carpenters and Painter? to limit the^sfcope of their strike to a few operations, feeling that a complete tie-up of the industry was not in (he best interests of the general public nor of the thousand • of workers who make, their livelihood in the btiilding trades. The, General Contractors made their declaration of all-out war on the eve, of an election. Soon after the count of votes started, they must have regretted their action; for, instead of a government which could be counted upon to assist them in their, program of smashing labor to its' knees, they had, in effect, no government at all.--Nor did they realize that their ill-conceived action would snowball until eventually e*ery single construction job, in British Columbia would come to a halt.throwing thousands of building trades workers into the fight. Blew The Lid Off •' The Building Trades Council had attempted to keep the strike limited. The action of the General Contractors blew the lid off and forced afi the building workers into the struggle on the side of the carpenters. These workers all feel that if they're in the fight, then the contractors should be made to settle with them before hostilities cease. . They have now announced as a matter of policy that the industry, as a whole, will remain .stnicjk..until jlljthe aezee- ments of the various unions nave been settled. For the workers it is now-an all-out war with no quarter given and no respite until victory is won.' > Unity between the crafts has never been greater in all the history, of the building trades. Every worker has a stake in the struggle for better wages and working conditions. No Vote On Question In some respects there has probably never, been a more confusing strike situation. From the start" the I.C.A. Act plagued the Carpenters and Painters. Government red tape robbed more than 609!- of their members of the right to participate in the government supervised strike vote. Angry workers, disenfranchised by a stupid law, stormed their union offices to -find out why they could not vote. Regulations of the I.C.A. Act then chopped the operations into two sections. On some of their employers'- jobs, the carpenters can legally strike, on others they cannot. As a result, some carpenters are striking one job while nearby their brothers are working. This is spite of the fact that at a large and representative meeting the workers voted over 95% for strike. Many of the other trades are wondering why some carpenters and painters strike and others work, and the newspapers refer to the "patchwork picket lines." The answer lies in the fact that the unions, wishing to remain in a legal position, have not yet attempted to strike jobs for which a government strike vote, is still pending, or has been disallowed because of a technicality. There are indications, however, that the militant workers may decide to go fishing and let employers who will not sign the new agreement worry about the technicalities of the Act No Government to Help There is no secret now to the fact that the employers in British Columbia set out to smash the unions this year and perfected a united front to do the job. The Financial Post carries a front page article giving all the details. .The Big Boys, however, did not figure on two elements. Firstly, they expected, as we men- Win 15c in Chicago AFL Building Trades in Chicago have won pay boosts of 15 to 26 cents^ an hour,' effective June 1, for 45^000 workers employed by the /Building Construction Employers Association. ,___. Specific raises and nW hourly scales arc: 28|000 carpenters 25 cents, $2.96; 14,000 laborers, 15 cents, $2.15; 1300 cement finishers, 15 cents, $2.85; 1450 hoisting engineers, 15 cents, $2.80. The employers also will pay five cents an hour into the welfare fund of the carpenters and hoisting engineers. The contract was renewed for five years, with annual wage re- operiings. "~~'f- * " " • tioned above, that they wour<Thave a government, and an Act, to help them'do the job. Instead, there nongovernment and the I.W.A. ^trampling all over their nice little act. In the second place they picked the General Contractors as .the cat's paw to start the job. It's all right for the big monopolies, who are behind this drive, to say that they.will hold the line to the end, but it's another matter for the contractors who are in comparison very small fry. They can't afford to hold on long enough to. smash labor, nor do they want to. For the moment they have been sold a bill of goods, but they know and have always known that in the construction industry a highly-organized, well-paid trade union is their guarantee of a well-stocked pool of the highly- skilled tradesmen necessary to their business. Also, they are completely aware of the fact that a decent settlement of this dispute will make little or no difference to the overall costs of the industry. Some_ of the Ggngral Contractors are already weakening. They have indicated that they would like to settle were it not: for their commitments to their organization. Soon they will realize that there is no profit for them in carrying the ball that was placed in their hands by the big monopolies. The strike will end when they refuse to continue to be used as a ca^'s paw for others not overly concerned whether they profit or go bankrupt. Most of them are smart enough 'as business men to see that the. strike—lockout will not last long. — Alex Dorland, Secretary, Building Trades Council. Typographical Union is Hundred Years Old Delegate Wood of Vancouver Typographical Union, Local1 No. 226 informed the Trades and Labor Goun- cil delegates that his -International is now 100 years old. It is a very democratic organization providing/a pension fund, Home for members, equal pay for equal work for women as well as many other benefits. Workers compelled to, go on the picket line receive 60,% of their wages while on picket duty. The jurisdiction covers any type now in use or yet to be devised. Apprentices must serve a six- year course. President Alsbury congratulated the delegate and his organization on their lbng success. , OI9E3 C*ai *#**v<ri "I used (o call this my Take-home' pav, but I never get lhat far with it anymore!" . , • Shipyard Trades Apply For Conciliation Officer Ed. Kennedy, Secretary of the Vancouver Metal Trades Council, reports thai the Shipyard Workers employed in the Vancouver and Victoria iron shipyards have applied for a conciliation officer. The unions, who are conducting joint negotiations between the two cities, have had no offer from the employers "in their request for a wage increase of 35 cents per hour. Present wage for journeymen, is $1.85. 650 RETAIL GROCERY CLERKS WIN INCREASE A ,^W AGREEMENT EMBRACING the Lower Mainland of B.C. and Victoria was signed recently between the major chain rcr.°oCer?r, t0res and the Retail Grocery and Food Clerks Union, Local IS 18. 1 he. new agreement is effective from April 21st and non, retroactive USE THAT LEFT ARM , Courteous driving means using hand signals to tell the other drivers what- you're going to do next. Signal for right and left turns, and when you slow down and stop, so the fellow behind you can act accordingly. Picketing Still On At Black Cat Cafe Hotel r.nd Restaurant Employees' Union, Local No. 28 is still picketing the Black. Cat Cafe at I486 West Broadway, near Granville. Business Agent Morrison reports that this place,is'only...being picketed ih busy hours; and that the month's picketing has slowed down the trade at the cafe, but there still appears to be people patronizing the place, who are wage workers. - ' NORTH VANCOUVER CLUB ' STAFF SIGNS WITH UNION ' Business Agent R. Beddome of the Beverage Dispensers' Union, Local No. 676 reports that his. union had signed up the staff in Unit 45 of the Army and Navy Veterans in North Vancouver. A one-year contract has been signed with the wage clause to be opened in six months time when contracts in other clubs fall due, Other veterans' clubs are now under negotiation. Street Rail way men to Hold Convention Here Delegate Sydney Wyb'ourne has informed the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council that his union had been successful in bringing the Street Railwaymen's International Convention to Vancouver in September 1953. Itiwill be the first time in 50 years that the convention has been held in thus city. It will bring many delegates and the Council would be kept informed as to progress being made .in ^rangements for the convention. VANCOUVER'S Leading Union Caterer Under Agreement with Local No. 28 UT11$ DO THE CATERING FOR PICNIC & OTHER PARTIES Kitchen Made Catering Service 719 WEST GEORGIA Phone: TAtlow 5733 - DOCTORS "CONFESS" DONT BE FOOLED BY PROPAGANDA OF "MEDICAL BUSINESS MEN" Everybody was fond of the old-time "family doctor", who worked all hours of the day and night for modest pay... How does it happen that the medical profession, of which such honest and unselfish physicians used to be typical, now is blackened by the greed and reaction of the American Medical Association—the "Organized Doctors' Lobby"? This question is particularly important now that, as LABOR reported last week, the A.M.A. has proved its political power by defeating in the House a Social Security improvement bill which meant much to millions, of aged and needy men, women and, children. . The answer to the question is simply this: The good old "family doctors" have largely been replaced by "business men doctors," who are "out for the money," whose ethic* would disgrace an ordinary man of business, and who are running the "Doctors' Lobby." — - • , * * , * If anyone consider that statement too harsh, he should ponder;two shocking "confessions" made this week by members of the medical profession. ■-. The House of Delegates of the New York Medical Society adopted a resolution admitting that "ghost surgery is increasing," and that something should be done about it at last. "Ghost surgery" was defined' as a variation of the old "fee splitting," in which a doctor sends a patient to a surgeon, who performs an operation, charges a big fee, and secretly gives part of it to the doctor. "Ghost surgery" wa* described as still worse. A patient goes to a hospital understanding that hi* own doctor will operate on him. Instead, after the patient is unconscious "under the ether," the operation is performed by an unscrupulous surgeon he never met and never will know. The original doctor collect* a big fee and "splits" it with the "ghost surgeon." , Either kind of fee splitting is hard on. the patient's pock'etbook, because the price charged for the operation has to be high enough to satisfy the greed of hoth the doctor and the surgeon. What does the state medical society propose to do about this deception anil robbery? Only this: Change "malpractice Insurance" policies so that, if a "ghost surgeon bungles an operation, and the victimized patient wins a lawsuit against the surgeon, the insurance company won't pay- the "damages. ' i * In other word*, "ghost surgery!' can continue unpunished a* long a* the surgeon and the doctor "get away with it." The resolution says nothing about' kicking such crook* out of the medical profession. • • •-,.*. The other "confession" Was made by an eminent physician, Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, former medical chief of the Veterans' Administration and now chairman of the President's Commission on Health Needs of the Nation. Talking at a hospital gathering in New York, 'Mngnuson said that "empire builders",in the medical profession often obstruct "the joining of medical forces for attacks on some illness or scourge of mankind," WHY? Because, Magnuson said, the "empire building" doctors fear; "in- . terference with their own private gardens," which are more profitable and important to them than saving mankind from some deadly disease. »■'■■• . * • * . - •These "confessions" throw some light on the "business men doctors" ^who are running the "Organized Doctors' Lobby." They are carrying ion a-< huge political propaganda campaign, labelling as "socialism" and plan to* provide more medical service at a price, people can pay. The purpose is to defeat liberal candidates and elect, reactionaries next November. .. .S°n'}. I** the** "business men doctors" fool you by posing a* good old "family doctor*."—Labor. •>'.•• Brick Makers to Take Strike Vote United Brick and,Clay Workers of Anierica, Local 629, stating, that after carrying on negotiations with the Chyyburn Company for their members employed at Kilgard, since early in February this year, a-major- ity report of a Conciliation Board recommended: .(1) No unio.n shop; (2) three statutory holiday with pay; (31 wage increases of 8c per hour retroactive to May 1st. This was entirely unacceptable to the members and the union has requested a strike vote. The Trades Council will support Local.629 in any Jegal effort to obtain a satisfactory agreement. Retail Clerks May Strike Three Stores Business Agent J. Wilson reports that Retail Clerks Union Local No. 1671 has been forced to take a strike vote in three stationery stores. Two- thirds majority were in favor of taking strike action. His union had Keen negotiating with these firms for eight or nine months.and the members had stayed with the organization, paying dues, while their wages were as low as $65 and $.71.60 per month with clerks receiving only $100. The compares have absolutely refused to better the offer or to concede union security. The membership have rejected the Board's Report'and since the strike vote has been carried they will endeavour to open negotiations. The firms concerned are Clarke and Stuart, Mitchel-Poley and Wilson Stationery, A meeting between the union and the store'operators has been .called by the Labor Relations Board for Thursday. Brother Wjlsor. also reports that negotiations are being carried on between the union and the General Paints Corp., on behalf of the employees of the three stores operated by the firm. The new starting rate for totallv inexperienced male food clerks will be $40.92 per week and will increase eyery six months to $63.14 after two ,years experience. Female food clerks will now start at a rate of $38,72 per week and will advance every six months to $61.92 per week after two years experience. All rates are based on total, comparable experience in the food business. • ' Other conditions presently enjoyed by Union retail food clerks that are retained in the new agreement include Union Shop, nine statutory holidays, two weeks vacation after two years service, up to four weeks notice or pay on termination^ prorata vacation pay on termination; a comprehensive grievance and abitra- tion procedure. i Sixty-Eight Stores The new agreement directly affects over 650 retail grocery clerk? employed in 43 stores of the Canada Safeway chain, 20 stores of the B & K Economy chain" and 5 Super Valu stores operated by Superior Food Stores Limited, located in Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, Ladner, Cloverdale and New Westminster. The Super Valu Stores directly affected are located in Forsts store on East Hastings Street at Forty first and Boulevard, on Den- man Stree, on North Lonsdale Ave. in North Vancouver and on Fort St. in Victoria. Over 150 other Union grocery clerks will be indirectly affected by the agreement and individual store agreements will be signed covering those clerks in the next few weeks. The agreement was negotiated by David A. Wade and John G. Patterson, representing the clerks, and by Mr. J. P. Leancy of Canada Safeway Limited, Mr. James Borthwick Jr. of B & K Economy Stores Limited and by- Mr. H. Woodruff and Mr. George Robson representing Superior Food Stores Limit,-.1. The Union"-has enjoyed amicable relations with these firms for as long as 14 years in one instance. . David A. Wade Business Representative Retail Grocery Clerks Union No. 1518. Castigates Labor Relations Board All of the gas workers are now signed up for dues deduction in the form of a legal assignment which has been recognized by the B.C. Electric Railway Company. That is the main point we were concerned with in order to establish their membership in the Union and to simplify the dues collections.- We have not heard from the Labor Relations Board in regard to our appeal for certification. 'Judging from the actions of that Board in the. last while, one would wonder whether it is Vise for a urn'on to ask for certification, It has been very clearly Tiro-figTif tcT-tne~ aHehlion oFTiir unions over this last month, that the ICA Act with all its ramifications is not there for the benefit of trade unions, especially as it is now interpreted by our famous Labor Relations Board. The experience of the carpenters' and painters' strike vote ought to be proof'enough for-that. Insofar as the Labor Relations Board is con- Master' Bakers Association. Business I cerned it would make one wonder Agent Melville Kemmis says that his; how the bosses can get a lockout vote union, is requesting an increase in <ln twenty-four hours when some the hourly .wage rate, reduction in j building: trades unions have had ap- hours and holidays with pav. At the plication in for a strike vote for as present time the journeymen receive' manv as tJ>ree or 10ur months with $1.55 per hour after serving a 4-yoar;st1'' no ac",o,n- , , .. x. . ...• apprenticeship. The union feels that!.' 0ne would wonder also what has the employers are in a position to pay; happened to the Board, when just the wage demands without making Bakers' Union Seeks Nieht Work Adjustment The Bakers' Union. Local No. 468 has applied for. conciliation with the Conciliation Officer For Building Laborers A conciliation officer has been, appointed to go into the question of wage increases for members of the Building Laborers Union, Local No. 602 employed by the General Contractors Association; The negotiations have been going on for four months, and has only just reached the stage for the appointment "of a conciliation officer, and will undoubtedly have to be referred, to n Board. Signs of Danger Keep an eye out for these hazards —they re common and dangerous. Slippery, wet, oil or rough floors. Obstructions in aisles. , ' Loose material underfoot. Worn and broken Btalrs. Open elevator shafts and pits. Insecure scaffolds and elevators, i Unguarded manholes and openings. any further demand upon the public. They have not pleaded inability to pay. The delegate stated that the hours of the bakers must be reduced if they are to have continued employment. The introduction of new machinery has reduced bakery staff by almost 1/5. Many of the bakers are seasonal workers. Night work is something that has followed this trade over the years. In the city the bakeries have not increased! their pl.-mls. Had they done so to keen up with the growth of the City of Vancouver the bakers could have gone on day shift. The bakers have decided they will not tolerate this situation any longer. They should work just like any other worker. The delegate pointed out that the bakers did not enjoy holidays. They are conii pell to take the day off previous or the day after the holiday which is not satisfactory as everyone is working at that time. The bakers will make a determined effort to have this remedied in this year's agreement. Two of the 16 Toronto construction ' unions have signed contracts with the Toronto Builders exchange to date. The latest union, the bricklayers and stonemasons, signed a two-year contract boosting their wages from $2.25 to $2.35 an hour with a five-cent cost-of-living bonus effective with each five-point rise or fall. The carpenters settled for $2.10 an hour, an increase of 10 cents. '•'".' ' before the election they were going to prosecute the IWA and the boss loggers for not bargaining collectively, out the day following the election they called it off. The IWA disregarded them, took their own strike vote, and went on strike, then the Board decided to take a strike vote. What-for? We wonder. We wonder if the upset in the Provincial Election had anything to do with the sudden change in the attitude of that Board. Could it be that the Board does not feel so secure in that they are not certain yet who their boss will be after July 3rd.— George Gee, Business Manager of Electrical Workers'.-Union 213. '.. Women's Auxiliary to x Street Railwaymen Delegate Sidney'Wybourne of the Street Railwaymen's Union, Division 101 reports that his organization had recently formed a Women's Auxiliary to the Division. Forty members enrolled up to the present time. The t delegate suggested some steps he taken on the question of organizing a council of ladies' auxiliaries which would be affiliated with the Trades and Labor Council and entitled to seal delegates. STOPPING DISTANCE Even with perfect brakes, it takes over 70 feet to stop a car going 30 miles an hour. With bad brakes, it takes even more. Remember, you can'tj-stop on a dime I You Can On, BE ASSURED That you are hiring a Union Driver if THE TA^LCAB DISPLAYS A UNIONSERVICE LABEL Taxi Cab, Bus & Stage Drivers' Union, No. 151 i*i*1-ti'.**. i VsUs. J—i**j - -.1. : v J ' A£. Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN 0 ■ '*£ June, 1952 THE LABOR STATESMAN , yA' '. Published third Thursday in each month at Labor Temple, ,307 West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. . Authorized as second class mail, Post.Office Department, Ottawa, Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and Districf Trades and Labor Council r H. W. WATTS, Managing Editor,, Subscription Rates: $1.00 per year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. .. . I Phone: FAirmont 4343U_ ."'"■ ■»-—— - Vahcouver, Canada, June, 1952 to make the doctors pal—although they eventually would obtain it .from the patient—because doctors are emphatically' opposed to Health Insurance. And in view of- the fact that a Federal Health Insurance Scheme is in the offing, the doctors might be induced, to' support'a worthwhile, scheme.if th<;y" had to pay for'.'so-jpi>f 'the facilities they now use without cost..' ■' - •_ .'„-"' • ,-' ;'.';'■': Reject Certification Desert Becomes For Gas Workers A "New State" Out in the Northwest they are c-etebtating the addition-of a "new, stt(?i~tirXhe Union—'a* mlllio^'acre The "Hold the Line" Strike and Lockout , . With the strike situation'in. British Columbia becoming more involved it seems imperative that some people will have to pocket their pride, come off their high horse and put somexonimbn sense into the proceedings. ,., • Take for instance the construction industry strike and lockout jjioth sides hav*? been jockeying fpr position during the past four months. Curing that time unions and* Employers: have been using the negotiating machinery to atrive at the position of where a strike vote could be taken. Neither the unions nor the employers have moved from the position they took four months ago. Now they have decided to close down the jdbs and wait for t»je inevitable. When the carpenters pulled their members off one or two jobs, the employers—as an Association—retaliated by declaring a lockout on all jobs. This meant that the employers "were not going to be divided while the union battled with one or two employers. Wheri the -painting trade employers turned down the cffnciliation board report they also knew that it meant a strike, but they were apparently prepared for a show-down. When the other sub-trade negotiations'were deliberately stalled in order to await the outcome of the General Contractors' settlement, thererwas proof that clubs were being used to "Hold the Line." What are we now up against? Judging by the determination of the employers to "hold the line" it either means that the construction industry will be closed down until the unions lower their wage demands, or until the employers break ranks and settle for what the unions are asking. But what are the chances of the employers breaking ranks? The General Contractors' Association is a closed shop of employers who are stronger than most similar organizations. If a general contractor is thrown out of the Association he loses all the advantages of being a "selected" firm and this could mean elimination from the construction field. It is a general rule among large industrial and commercial firms who desire construction work done, to obtain a list of "selected" contractors, so as to be sure of getting the job done according to specifications and also to avoid financial troubles. And the General Contractors' Association supplies those lists of "selected" firms. . ' When it is also considered that the General Contractors' Association has only added three or four firms to its list during the past ten or more, years, then one can get a picture of the power of that Association. Hence we find that this is the set-up that the Carpenters—and the other trades— have set out to battle. And ivheri that Association of sixteen general contractors declared a lockout on their jobs, it either meant that they were really going into a fight to a finish, or they wanted a quick settlement by expecting the union to cut down their wage demands. Our guess is that they intended to continue to "hold the Line" and that means that there will have to some belt tightening among the strikers, and the other -tr«iea-'*rW--v»i',r-b*' ■a'ffectedr by the struggle. Of course, the unions could settle with many smaller contractors, but in order to establish snd maintain any wage increase, that basic wage must be recognized by the General Contractors' Association, whose members are the largest employers of labor. Hence the settlement—to be of any lasting benefit—must be with that Association. In outlining this picture of the situation we do so in order that careful consideration should be given- to the next move if a quick settlement is wanted. If the unions feel that they are prepared to battle it out, there will be at least one month of stalemate, because unless the strike in the lumber industry is settled quickly, it may affect the lumber supply for the construction work. Of course, if the construction workers are "feeling their oats," not having had a strike for so many years, the employers will have a clearer view of the situation in a week or two, and the olive branch may be used to effect an early settlement. We have just received notice from •B.C'.'s semi-paralyzed,__I^J)pj Rata-, tions Board that our appeal for Gas .Worker?'.. GfixtificatjsujJias-.-bei'n. re-_^iua-.-. oiifi-thir^_J^ei^.iJiim..-R»]pde jected. 'Their position in Hint theITalon"?, It is.the "Columbia..Basin," Gaij Workers cannot become mem- which has beert a dry desert but now bers of our Union because our Co"" is To be a fruitful rejrioh of prosper- .sjfitution does not cover them, Wejpus farms, homes and towns. WHY? say, and our International office says, | Because Uncle Sams did some that it does cover them, under Arti- things whjch spme folks like to call cle 28, Settipn 4, which gives us jurisdictiorivover "Outside and Utility Workers" and "all1 emplfiycss of electrical generating companies or distributing companies." Who knows more about our Cpn- stitutipn, the Labpr Relations Boaril pr pur Interpatipnal pffice, which bargains with 100 companies through 200 unien locals fpr gas workers? May we" point put that the B.C. Electric pperates as an electric company, a gas company" and a public transit company, under the heading of the B.C. Electric Company Limited. ' ' ' . The Public Utilities Commission has ruled that all these concerns are regarded as ONE company. Why, . should not the Workers of ONE com-!' Everyone who drives a car will be pany-.-be- covered iy-ONJC-unioDriti interested--in-^^two serious -charges "socialism." He built the Huge Grand Coulee Dam, which backed up Lake Roosevelt, - the largest, man-made body of water in the world. Now, using - cheap public-owned electric power produced at the dam, vast quantities of water from the lake are to. he pumped 280 feet UP "HULL to irrigate the broad basin. If that, 'is "socialism,".' this country, and particularly our great West, would be enriched by a "lot more of it.—Labor; I Claims Oil Trust Bamboozles Car Owners they so desire. t We and the rest ef the Labor mpvement are getting fed up with the unwarranted and arbitrary, ru.1- ings ef the L,R.B. Where .dees THEIR jurisdictipn end? ' ,It weuld seem that the B.C. Electric have as much influence pver the Labpr Relatiens Board as they apparently have over the Public Utilities Commission. Could this be in any way due to the past business.con- hections of "Bpss" Jphnson, B.C.'s Lame Duck Premier, who, until taking office was a director of the B.C. Electric? ' . It is to he hoped that in the interests of stable Labor-Management Relations the new management in Victoria will clean out-some of the- dead wood on the public payrolls. The Gas Wprkers are sighed up 100% fer a VOLUNTARY dues deduction to bur local. They are considered by themselves, by us and by our Internatienal pffice, as members in gpod standing, and when the time comes we intend to bargain for them. The time has come when Lsbor must move to force a clean-up of the Labor Relations Board,' whose past record has been one of constant conflict with organized labor. No company and no Labor Board should have the power to interpret a Union's Constitution, and no Board should have the power to prevent a worker from joining a union of his choice, especially where the only objections are coming from "the employer. These kind of tactics lay Government Boards, which apparently are concerned only with the interests of big business, may be the reason for the recent upset at the polls.—Tom Forkin in the "Live Wire." More Hospital Insurance Chaos The emphatic protest registered by the, electors in British Columbia in the recent elections is undoubtedly aimed more at the Hospital Insurance mess than at any other one thing. While the final results will not be known for a week or two, there is indications that either the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation or the Social Credit party will play a leading roll in the next legislative assembly. * In such an event there will be some effort made to change the Hospital Insurance Act, so that it will be more acceptable to the workers of this province. There is one thing certain, and that is, that there will be an increasing number of persons who will not pay their June 30th installment, and this will add to the financial chaos in the insurance scheme. Irrespective of what the .findings of the Commission were— and which were side-tracked by the former government—we are still of the opinion that the whole set-up was financially unsound, unfair and expensive. It was unsound because it became a burden upon the very people it was supposed to help. It forced an ever increasing cost upon the people of limited means, while those in the higher bracKfets1 'wlioWPM easily have paid three or four times the $42 without finding it a burden, found the scheme a real money-saver to them. It was unsound because 100% collections were not only impossible from the start, but more and more people did- not, or could not, pay their installments as the rates increased. It was unfair because thousands of people in this province who had never been in a hospital bed, and probably never wold, were expected to pay into something which they would probably have little use for. The writef. lived sixty-five years without needing hospital facilities, and his wife has lived her life without entering a hospital bed, and we personally know or many others of which there could be thousands, who can say the same. ' ' It was expensive because it set up a new department which entailed a huge staff to make collections and keep books and records, as well as the cost of the propaganda in outlining the scheme and the payments. The government already had departments available that could have been used for the Hospital Insurance plan without very much more expense to that department. -s * ., i In other words we think thafthe sales tax could have been used to finance Hospital Insurance, without increasing the tax, and py using some of the millions-obtained from General Revenue and the Dominion Government, to cover the items formerly financed by the sales tax. .-""■. By the, use of the "Sales tax money, it could be 'then said that those people who could' afford! to spend more money, were also paying more towards the Hospital Insurance. In regard to Co-Insurance we are of tjie opinion that if. such a i payment was necessary in order tb keep more hospital beds available, then the doctors should have been billed for these amounts. The doctors put the patients in the hospital generally for their own convenience, and if they want to fill up the beds in the hospitals,, with patients who could be attended in their own home, then the doctors should pay tor that service. It- would also be a good thing ' ' '."V '•?■■''' Certification Contested By Ford BIdg Owners Business Agent Ben Morley of the Building Service Employees Union, Local No. 244 reports signing an agreement with Labor Headquarters Ltd., providing a 15c per hour increase for employees. Repdrtcd organizing the Ford Building some time ago. Certification applied for and the owner on his lawyer's advice had contested the certification befor« the Labor Relations Board. The wages in this building are very low (with janitresses receiving 55c per hour and elevator operators $22 per week. Uncovers Combine In Rubber Industry Nineteen Canadian rubber companies and the central trade organization, the Rubber Associatoit of Canada', are found to have, been parties to illegal combines, in a 700- page report prepared by Federal Commissioner T. D.-MacDonald under the Cembines Investigation Act Justice Minister Stuart Carson, in tabling the report in the House of Commons said he will study it and consult counsel on the question uf issuing presecutions. Combines, detrimental to the public interest in that prices were" regulated by private arrangements among suppliers rather than by free com- petion, the report finds, existed in mechanical rubber goods, tires and tubes, accessories and repair Materials, waterproof and canvas footwear, heels and soles and vulcanized rubber clothing. RACING DAILY RAIN or SHINE LANSDOWNE Weekdays Saturdays & ». 4:30 pji Holiday*, 2\|Mn. Bet with the Tote—Best ' Totalizator equipment on any North American track Admission, including tax GRANDSTAND $1 RESERV1JD SEATS 75c CLUBHOUSE fe Enjoy "The Sport of Kings" made in an article in the June issue 1 of "True," a national magazine. The charges are: '.,.'.. 'v . 1, The big. oil companies have bamboozled automobile owners into wasting hundreds of millipns pf dollars, by "changing oil" much more often than is necessary. Actually, under -"normal driving conditions" apd with an "oil cleaner" in good working cpnditipn, the article says, mptpr oil need not be changed for 8,000 to 10,000 miles. w 2. Contrary to the claims of the big pil companies, "oil never wears out." When it becomes dirty or diluted with gasoline, it can be "re- refined," made, even better than when it was pew, and thus be used over anrf-jDver again. Some of .the oil used in Greyhound bus engines, for example, has been repeatedly re-refined, used for as much as 200,000 miles, and still is at least as good as ever. Yet, the ^rticle says, the big oil companies, which profit from selling new nil and scaring motorists into changing it too sopn, are putting all surfs of obstructions in? the path of smaller companies which re-refine oil so it can be used repeatedly. As a result of this obstruction,' most oil is used once and then thrpwn away. Thus, the article declares, the "Oil Trust" is repsonsible for a serious crime — huge waste of oil—a national resource vital in both peace and war. The article . marshals impressive authorities and evidence to support its charges. • President Tom Alsbury Delegate to Convention Tom Alsbury, .president of', the Vanconyeri New ' Westminster" '-and District Trades and Labpr Cpiincil was elected by the Cpuncil as une of its three delegates, to attend the Winnipeg convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The other delegates are Aid. R. K. Gervin and Congress President, Percy R. Bengough. $12^00 InJPn^-- With Exhibition Tickets . Advance sale tickets'offering bargain rate " admission to the Pacific National Exhibition, August 20th. to September 1st, as well as the opppr- tunity tp cpmpete for more than $12,000 in .prizes ar-e now on sale throughout British Columbia, tfte PNE anneunces. ' ■>. The special price is five ticketsfor; twp dpllars as, against the regular gate admissipn pf 50 cents. Each .ticket admits an adult _ur twp children. Only advance sale tickets are eligible for the grand prize dnrwtngr a contest which provides fairs with a type of "tain insurance." Enquiries for tickets may be made to the Advance Sale Department, Exhibition Park, Vancouver 6; B.Or Tpp prizes are fpur new mudei'n cars: a .1952 Buick fpur-door sedan with radio, heater arid seat covers; 1952 Chevrolet four-door sedan with radio- and seat covers; 1952 "Metepr VrS Tudpr sedan with seat covers, and va J 952 Austin A40 fpur-dppr sedan. In addition there are 11 merchandise prizes, one at $400, another at $200, a. third at $100 and eight at $50 each. His Number's Up "It seems to me, Mary, that ypu're marrying very hastily. What is the ppliceman's name?" • "I don't knpw his name, but I've gut his number." RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Manufacturers of Leader Sawdust Burners JR. D. McDougall, Prop. Patterns and Medels of Every Description Gearing - Propellers All Work Guaranteed Estimates Given ' 114 West 5th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Phone: FA. U71 RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Phone: FAIr. 6773 Thompson 8C Company Warm Air Heating i General Sheet Metal Work Furnaces and Repairs 2725 Main St, Vancouver. B. C. Drive Slowly and'"Save a Life Bill Couper . 724 Seymour Street BALMORAL HOTEL |\'"Say: "MEET ME AT \THE BALMORAL I Smartly modern—comfortably ' furnished . . . yet retalnlnar * quiet, dhrnined atmosphere that make* ft a welcome pl*«* t* bring; or meet yonr friends. Manager*;- MIKE KOSK> I BOH PATTERSON ] "JOHNNY" McRENZIE Phone: FAclno 314* 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVER, B.C. For (iOODNESS Sake ._*. DAD'S ORKilNAL Oatmeal Cookies The Most Delicious Health Biscuit . Ever Made When sending parcels overseas don't forget tp include some Dad's Cookiei. They will be greatly appreciated oyer there I - I" DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B.C.) LIMITED 4«8 Kingsway, Vancouver, B. C. "i. THOS. H. CLARK PAINTINO COKTUOIOX PAINTING. DECORATING AND SPRAYING . Work Guaranteed Phone: ALmi 1613 3968 WEST EIOHTBEHTSt A VS. •*» everydayf You'll enjoy having unlimited hot water on tap at all times. With a gas or electric automatic storage water heater, you never lack the blessing of an unfailing supply of hot water for all personal arid household requirernents. "Round the Clock" convenience and comfort are always yours— for the laundry—for ihowers—foi" shaves—to make dishwashing easier and faster—for baby's bath—for every housekeeping chore that's made lighter With lots of piping hot water. The operating cost is small—only $1.0.0 per person per month in the average family of four. I.C. ELECTRIC S2I0 \. i ** - ,-i June, 1952 THE.LABOR. STATESMAN Trades Union Directory ' LABOR TEMPLE, 307 BROADWAY WEST: - — ' " ■ . / Amalgamated Meat Cutters and . B. W., Local 213—Representative, Geo. John, ston, 203 Labor Temple: FA. 9477. into Worker*' Union. Lodge Bo. 1857, I, A. of M-—Business Agent, Gordon Webb.;!!! Labor Temple; FA. 9517. Bakery Salesmen, Local 189, I. B. T. O. and H.—Business Agent. E. HoImeB. I'OS.Labor Temple; FA. 871*. Bakers* Union,' Local '468—Business —Agent, Melvltv*££envrnts; Nor S. rjabtir .Tempie, 307 W, Broadway; FA. 4628. Barbara — International Journeyman of America, Ko. 130—Secretary, C. E. Herrett. 11.'. Labor Tempi*; FA. 1762. Beverage Dlsusnsers and Culinary Worker*, BTo. 878—Business Manager, Robt. J. Beddome, 440 West Pender St. MArlne 3823-4848. Beverage Dispensers and Culinary Workers, no. e76-.llii.sin.---H Manager, F. W. Mills. 68 West Hasting* SI.: MA. 4941. aiacksmlths' Union, Local 161 —- Secretary, P Mltctiell, 1703 Dublin St., New Westminster 1 Boilermakers" Union, No. 369 — Business Agent: James Downle. 621 Beany St.; TAtlow 1047. - ' ... . ' Bookbinders' Union, Looal 106—Recording Secretary, F. Milne. 977 Brough- ton SI.; TAtlow 4926. XiAthera (New Westminster) Local No. 358—Secretary. Wilt. Walls, 17E2 Edmonds St.; New West, 2303-R3. Lathers' Union, r.ocai 307 — Secretary, M- Flnlayson, 4848 Dumfries St; EMrrald 1298. Laundry Worker*, No. 892 — Bualness Agent, J. H. Irving, 112 Labor Temple; - F**nrront 9612. -««—-" ;;--'...*...;-- ~:~~ Lumber, and Sawmill Worker*, U.B.O., Local No. 2968 — Secretary, Mrs. Ada Duthle, 101 Labor Temple; FA 9712. Machinist*, No. 182 — Secretary, R. H. ■ Graham,' 2674 E. 46th Ave. Machinists, Local 692—Business Agent, Dick Osman, 111 Labor Temple; phone FA. 9617. • Machinist*1 Lodge, Wo. 151—Secretary, A. K. Lord, No. 3, 606 13th Avenue, New Westminster. Mailers Union, No. 70 — Secretary, Donald Durno, - 8624 West 14 th Ave.: Malntenance-of-Way Employees, Looal 31—Secretary, G. R. Milt ■»•* ■!' ' t lllll J, \J. J^ t Creek, via Savona, B.C. Copper Marin* Engineers, National Association ?-'/ Co.I!?oU.,**0- 7—Secretary, H. B. Mc. o. .Si 3ll.yeat renuer Street Phone: PAclllc 8649. 2,000 Plumbers Strike For Health Payments Powerful domination of the Associated General Contractors* pver' plumbinpr contractors, forcing refusal' of payments into a WSB-approved .health plan starting April .4, has forced members of Plumbers arid Steamfitters Local 38, into a strike against employers in a four—ceunty section of , the San Francisco Bay Area. .....Itaiigh-AG-G is practkflHx.aiflt int. Volved in plumber affairs', it is dominating the plumbing industry and by veto pewer forcing refusal of payments into the health plan established August 1 last year and WSB- approved on April 4 <5f this year. Some 2,000 members of the union in San Francisco,,-Marin, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties are involved in the action, which is directed against members of the Northern California Conference o£ the Plumbing and Heating Industry. - Brick t Clay Worksr*' Union, No. 138— Secretary, E. F. Ayllng, Clayburn, B. CJ • . • . Bricklayer*' Union, Looal No. 1—L Pad- gett. Sr.. 1393 W. 31st; KErr. 62J3-R. Bnlldlng Lasor.rs' Union, looal 602 — Secretary. L. J. Mlllman. 30.7 West Broadway. Phone FAIr. 9112. Bnlldlng Laberers' TJnaUa (New Wast- mlnsttr) No. 1*7* — Secretary. T. Porter, llll Sixth 8t: plume N.W. Bulldlasr Material ant l-nsl Trnak Drlv- •*•' UalM, 1***1 318—Buslnsss Agent. II Bonnell. 3(6 Labor Temple; phone Balldlnr Bsrvlc* Imployee*, Local 244— Business Agent. Ben Morley. Room 206. 144 West Hasting*. MArlne 9462. Building Trade* Council — Secretary Alex norland. 102 Labor Temple; phone FAIr. 4787. ^-="— Carpenters' Union, No. 463—Recording Secreury, H. P. Hamilton; Flh. Sec, J. G. Smith; Business Agents: J. Stevenson and .R. E. Worthington, Labor Temple. FAlrmont 2398. Oarp.at*r*' Ual.n (Chllllwack). N*. 1*43 — Secretary, J. E. Toews. 224 Lewis Ave.. Chllllwack, B.C. at**** Union (Courtenay 1. at*. 1M8 Set, _<J._ Iverson. R.R. No. J, J I**! 1261 (N.W Wuttaln- ■**r>—*u«lne«« Agent. Robt. Groves, • IS. "'-ENL AT*- N*w Weatmlnster. Phone N.W. 1656 T. . Carpenter* (*ru*lmo), Local Mo. «*t — Secretary, rt- M. Strachan, 316B Elizabeth St.. Wanalmo. B C. Carpenters' Union No. 813 rrort Albernl) —Secreury, R. StObb. Box 908, Port Albernl. B. C. • ' \ Cement Flnlnher* (Bsotlon of Local No. 602) —Business Agent. W. J* Basker- vllle, 1*6 Labor Tempt*; FA.-8122. Oft* Hall Employsss, Looal 69—Business Agent, w. M.mack. 116 Labor Temple; FAlrmont 9233. \ Oijlo Employees' Union (Burnaby), Bo. 83— Secretary. J. P. Simpson. 955 llth Av*.. New Westminster. Olvlo Employeee- Union, Local 407—Business Agent. Sam Lindsay. Room 220. Labor Temple j. Phone FAlrmont 2941. Olnb and Cabaret, Culinary aad Same* ?"?}%*?!? Vnloa, Local 740, Room .3. 440 Weat Pender Street W. Mc- nermont; Secretary. PAclflo T88S. Fnlp and Bnlphlts (Conv.nt.rs) Union, Loo»I 433—Secreury. F. Macklnnon, Business Agent, O. Braaten, 339 W Pender. TAtlow 1642. 0o"™,*«»l**l*«rnBh*r»' Union, C.P.R Division No. 1—WT Pye, Box 432. Van- ai* tiller* Workers, Local No. •»—Secretary. H. F. Redman. 460 Campbell St; .«■*. ri. r. nenman, «e» t_ New Westminster. B. C. . (U.D.L)—Secretary. Frank Case. 836 I^aat llth Avenue. Vancouver 10. Blectrical Workers' Union, Local 213— Business Manager. George Gee. Ill Dunsmulr StjJ»AcllIc 7881-8. ' "levator Constructors, Local 82—Secre- $SL&i£l M^K'*««V?«2 Elm wood 8treet, Burniby, B. C WuglMm, Hoisting and Portable, Local 118— Business Agent .A. TV. Scott, 111 Dunsmulr St.; MArlne 2849 "SH^S*- •0l"X>' •a* OawtakM*. Looal I5?TA^rna5.r3r' Geor*"e Za"°' 3^° B«t Bnglnesrs' Union (Stationary Operating), Local Bo. 882—Business Ag«nt. H*rry Berger, 111 Dunsmulr St.; MA. 2849 Titan Exchange Employe*., Looal B71— ?lc.*?.'*"^' °m HIb1opT»54» Chart*. Avenue. «*• Tighter., Bo. IB—Business Agent. H. Foster. 4495 Nanalmo. Mr* rlghur* (Burnaby), Local aaa — W. F. Collnm. Loehdal* P. O., B. C. "re Fighters, N*w Ws*tmln*Ur, Local W«v-Seer»tary. F. Olund. No. 1 Fir* Hall, New Westminster. ..... „,... «,,»<Bu Looal No las 8*cr*tary. S. a A. Schodeld. 3241 Grant Street. %£.Hf1~Bu«lne.» Agent. R. V. Na*h. MOI East 19th At*.: DExter J4I9i "r^jraltM, Wor**r», U.». O, Local No. Ma»—Secreury. Hazel Hart. 4031 8t Catherine*. rnrnlture A Mill Workers, (New W.st- mlaBtw), ioeal Jfo. «6»4—8ecreury. B. W. ilola. 127 «h Avev New We*t- mlnater. 7— Olasl.r* aad Olas* Worker*', Looal No. 1M7—Secreury. W. G. Calrney, toll W 14th. Phone CHerry 2401. - Oa* Worker*' Union, Local No. 225 — Secreury. J. Cody. 130 East 12th Ave. ■nmalt* Ottsra' Union—SecreVary. R. a Swanson, 286 East 14th Avenue. Mospltal Employsss' union. No. 180 — Business Agent, W. M. Black, 111 Labor Temple; FAlrmont 9111. Hotel aad BMtaaraat Bmployees, Local 28—Business Agent, D. P. Morrison, 448. We»t Pender; Phone PAclflo ,7811, International Ladies' Garment Workers, Local* 876 and 287—Business Agent, Anne Marshall. 119 Weat Pender, phone TA. 5814; Home, HA. 6916-M. International Longshoremen's Association, Local Bo. 38-163—Secretary. James Darwood. 2049 Kitchener St., HAstings 3154-M Ironworkers Local 87—Business Agent, I-:. O. Cook, 110 Labor Temple; phone TA. 9121. Ironworker* (Shopmen) Union, Local Bo. 17S—Secreury, v. E. steers, 661 West 19th Avenue. Jewelry Workers' Union, Bo. 42—Secretary, F. Hunter, 8420 Buckingham. Hnltwaar Local No. 287. I.L.Q.W.—Secretary. Mrs. A. Marshall. 119 Walt Pender Street MUlworkM* (Sash, Door and Plxtur*) »m!LI">;nf92?-r- Socre'ary Sidney FA 9712 Labor Temple. Phone Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees, Jo°nCV i64 ^T Secretary, Blrt Showier, 200 Labor Temple; FA. 1716: * Molders' Union. Irtoal 881 — Business ,eeni.^ouls Herzeg. 101 Labor Temple; FAlrmont 8712. ♦' Motion Plotnr* ProJ*otionI.t», Local 348, Business Manager, L. Walker Secretary, J A. Baldwin. P.O. Box' 346; Phone MArlne 3048. Musicians' Union, Local 145— Business Manager, Geo. E. Leach, 402 West Pender, Room 808; PAclflc 7842. Office Employees' In*. Union, Looal N*. . 1B—Secretary, Miss G. M Snrlns-att 107 W. Broadway; FAlrmont 9,17.' ' y^rMtf. Hooal las—Business Manager, FA 977*i™' '17 Lab°r T"nDl*'i Pnone r*int f..Ia,^■ll W****** Union, looal No. 1560—Secretary, Roy Elmer, 1106 ttiver Koad, Vancouver. FX' "***•»' International Broth.rhoo*. (Ocean Fall*) Looal No. 380 —Secretary. W. P. Martin. Ocean Falls. * rapermakara' Int. Brotherhood, Local i.°rv,6H (,New^Wes'mln»'"> - Seer*- vli' t"61?" . Ganlon, 227 *th Street. New Westminster. PatUrnmakera, Local Bo. 1280— Secretary, E. Westmoreland, 4296 Dunbar Street Vancouver. Pile Sliver* and Wooden Brldganun, looal 2404— Business Agent, S. Alien! Ill Dunsmulr St; PAclflc 4046. Photo Engraver., Looal 8*—E. J. Math- il"'--?'6*- Balsam. Phone Kerrlsdale 1670M. ■■'»•«•»»•' Union, Bo. 779-^Secretary, H. West. 3419 West 23rd, CHerry 606o! Plumber* and Pipefitters, £00*1 170-^ Business Agent, Frank Carlisle, 109 Labor Ternple; FA. 9766. Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union, No. 69 — Secreury. Thos. 8. Eiart. 5407 Commercial, FRaser 1348. Pulp and Sulphite Workers, Looal 312, Oosan PaU*, B. C.—J. W. Terry, Secre tary, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls, B. C. Pulp, Sulphite and Paper HOI Workers— Int. Of?., Reps.: H. L. Hansen, s" G. (.reen, 440 Vest Pender, Room I, TAtlow 3868. \ ' Purser, and Chief stewards, Local 130 —Secretary, R. 8ti>yer, 1461 Woodland Drive. Ballway Carmen (Port Mann),! Lodgs No. 280—Secretary, W.\Iackson, 1211 13th Street, New Westminster. ***ilw«y and Steamship Clerks. No. 686 —Secretary. T. W.. Klrby, 7241 Klichener Street Ballway and Steamship Ol.rk*, —Secretary, A. Padgham, 601 St., DKxKir 1276-L. Bo. .626 II Payne Hefrlg.ratlon Workers, Bo. 816, U. A. J. P. S. P.-^Secretary, Ij. R. Wintle. 187 West 40th. Vancouver; FRas. 4409. BssilUsnt Ploorlayer* (Ssotlon of Local Bo. 1841) — Secreury, G. Dressier, 101 Labor Tample. Phone FA 9718. Retail Grocery and Pood Olsrks, Looal Bo. 1618 — Secreury, D. A. Wade. 208 Labor Temple: FA. 8143. Secondary Sohool Teaoh.rs' Association —Secretary, Wm. Alsbury, 2604 East Sixth, HAstings 2072-R. Sheet M.t.l Worker*, Looal 2*0— Busl- ■ ne»« Manager, James Walker, J07 Labor Temple; FA. Till. ■"-,""? 1"""*1 *"To'*'M» (aUllroad), Local' 314—Secreury, T. Owen. 920 East 56th Avenue, Vancouver. Shiuglers' and Boofsrs' Union, N*. 8344 —Secretary. A. Tyckoson. 4344 Prince Albert FA. 3773-R. _ Shingle Weavers' Union, Looal Bo. 2*09 —SMretary,'J.,E. Hlrd, 1524 W. 65th. , KE. 4428-L. Ihlpwrlght*, Boatbntlder., Joiner* and Caulkers, Local Bo; 606 — Business £?ent' J- Bvans. 49 We*t Heatings. Phone TA. 2726. 3 Shoreworksrs' Local of the V. r. A i-"W- v: ~Z **u»lne»* Agent. Alex Gor- don, 138 E. Cordova; Pho^ie TAt 3266 •••far***' Int. Union of North Amerloa —Secreury, D. - Bremner, 666 Hamilton St.; PAclflo 7814. Sign and Pictorial Painter*, Looal 728— Secretary, J. Mlddleton. 5881 Diindas St.; phone, OLon. I326-Y. Stmt Railway Employee*, Division 101 — Business Agent, A. Jennings, Street Rly. Building, 135 E. 8th; FAIr. 4262. Stmt Hallwaymsn's Union, ate 134 — Business Agent, K. M. Armstrong, 69 Alexander St., New Westminster. Taxi Drivers, Local 161 — Secretary, c flower.i204 Labor Temple; FA. 8716. Tsrraiio MeohannVs, Bo. 4 — President J. Slrndeskl, 2341 E. 41st, DE 2905-R. Textile Wdrkers' Local, Bo. 18— Secreury, A. (1. Laity, 80 East Second Ave. Theatrical Stage Employees. Local 118— Secretary. Walter Blake, P.O. Box-fit. Tile Setters, Local No. 3—Recording Secreury J. Neville. 3231 School Road, Vancouver 16. Tils Setter*' Helpers, Looal No. 78 — Secretary, K 8. Kennedy, 670 Rupert Street 25-Day Construction Strike in Detroit Area An 18-cent package increase ended a 25-day tieup of construction in the fivS-couri'ty Detroit area in which 100,000 members of,; AFL unions were involved. Some 15,000 Carpenters struck May 10 and other trades respected their picket lines and took part in joint negotiations. The, old wage was $2.60 per houivj..:.-.-.'..---.^ The settlement, reached in a series of meoetings arranged by George E. Bowles, chairman of the state labor mediation 'board* provides for an 8- cent raise immediately following Wage Stabilization Board approval, an additional 5 cents effective Sept. 1 and a boost of 5 cents in health and welfare benefits beginning Oct. 1. Page Three Could Not Bargain For Future Employees The Vancouver Secondary School Teachers' Association in negotiating an agreement with the School Board must do so under the School Act and instead of conciliation they are bound by the findings of an Arbitration Board. The Teachers had recently received an' award of 16% across the board which was applied to all present employees but according to the School Act the association is' not permitted to bargain for future employees. The association did hope the Board would grant the increase to the future employees. It is found now that there is no intention to do so. No other group will find themselves in this position and the association will have more to say about it in the future. End Long, Costly Carpenter Strike Carpenters won a 15c wage increase but lost the 7V»X-for, a health plan, in the 42 northern counties. Other basic trades were still in negotiations on the same issues. Major jobs throughout Northern California-were shut down as the dispute sprmuL The rank and file Carpenter, having been forced into the strike by the big contractors, went through with it and won some gains, but there is solid determination that the union won't again be forced to take all the sacrifice—1 and that henceforth negotiations will be conducted jointly with other major craft's, as has been the practice for maify'years. This year negotiations were broken, up into individual bargaining by the five basic construction trades. It is now generally believed that if a united front had been maintained the long and costly strike could have been avoided. -^Labor Review Union Label Corner September 1st to Gth inclusive. .' . ■ Strikes.bf course there are Strikes, 1 „^g on6 Pf Labor's only Jwno«ju?'r^la Prot«ction of all those down through the years. Money is nnlla?" WeaP°n'The Union Earned Dollar a very, powerful one, in this world of to-day. Some members how- e,wi ,re satisfied with their own -C£ la'lltlonsI"n'!.J!£Y.er..tbiiik,h6w Sp,vJn use {hs weapon to'Help their fellow trade-unionist who tries norts ofh,8CTiition' We have re- ports of members wearing union ■;""flte' trough picket lines .ThSr,? usome °f these D<'ii'>"'- fellow 1 aI8 "r,e usecl tD dub <*<* fellow members . Watch out my and then" ,My b,ey°Ur ta™ "«* and then you wl]] yelI )ike ,.,,, This weapon-caj.be very effective so n„fn„n0tAiUSf 'TO Patronize only Union Made Label Products and ft Services ALL the time and .notice the reaction. ■ Every B8]lar donated- to your Union Buyiftg Week, fund gives you fne^nh1}?^ at-a cost Prohibitive ™? Vw^S" "^'at a minimum cost (With tKe-many Strikes now on, never before was the need greater for Organized labor to advertise. If your Loca - has not yet sent 'in its donation please do so at once as we must find out now- what amount' we can expect (o-carry out our program'for this year. .,_..„ Your Committee has contacted 164 Locals and 5 Trades and Labor .Councils in the interior of B.C to co-operate in holding a U.B.W. campaign in their own district, as an extended effort to get B.C. united, and sbould prove the biggest' campaign in Canada. Each union member- should realize that he benefits jinolteway or another through these campaigns. His fair employer is entitled to every support and patron-, age of the-union goods or services he offers, and so each member by buying these products makes his own job secure and also helps his fellow workers in the employ of the manufacturer or merchant who employes union- help, not forgetting the patronage of fair Building Contractors of the various building trades, and Teamsters, Tax(cabs, Cafes, Ice Cream Companys, and all other A.F. of L. union services. This exchange of your union, dollars among the firms of other union members will speedily exterminate the Non-Union unfair competition that break down the wages and*Miving conditions necessary for our skilled workers to keep himself and family on a standard of living which they are entitled to. Less apathy.arid more consistency in the support of the Union Label etc., will inspire .employers to a greater harmony between management and labor, resulting in better union agreements. Let us show these fair employers we are interested in increasing their business and in building up B.C. industries and creating more jobs. You must start sometime," if we are to progress, so why not start now and Buy only these products and services.' THINK it over Brother and see that yourjgood Lady, spends your union pay intne only way that will benefit you and your fellow members which will result in less PICKET LINES. ED. SMITH, Sec'y In Lighter Vein Good Old Days Remember way ba^J^when: the bN#gest grab from your, pay envelope took place after you got home? ■ *- * * • Despotism may govern without faith, out liberty cannot. 5 —De Tofqueville. * * * Petrified Goon: "Did you read ,about the ancient petrified burglar that was dug up in Egyjh\?" Moron: "Yeah, ^ust another hardened criminal." \ * * \* An optimist is a man who thinks his wife cnii drive a SK-foot automobile through an eight foot garage doorway. \ * * * . > ■ Foreman: "Why do you carry only one plank and all the other men Carry two?" Employee: "They're just too lazy to make two trips like I do." * * *. First Farmer: "My cow died of bangs." Second Farmer: "What do you mean, bangs?" First Farmer: "Some hunters mistook her for a deer and shot her." * * * "And this is our largest skyscraper," said the sightseeing bus driver proudly., . . -""A-skysWaper," exclaimed the'old lady excitedly. "I must see'it work!" * * * , Uncle Remus says the* worst place in the world to live is Just beyond your income. Truck Drivors' Tralon, Local No. 81 — Huslncs Afronts. Rep;. Lenfesty Ann C. golem, 208 Labor Temple, FA. 8714. TjDogTaphlonl Union, Local 336—Secretary, Harry Neelands, 212 Labor Tero- nle: TA. 2808. union Label Trade* Conncll—Secretary, i'«i Smith. 307 iv. Broadway. Phone fa. iiii.li. •**" .united Garment Work***' tralon, No. 838—Secretary, Miss RJlecn Scheelar, 1322 Beach Avenue. .' ' United Garment Workers' tralon, No. iso Ki-i-rei.'iry. Walter W. Shaw, 34:1ft . .West flth Avenue. United Plsliermen ana AUlsd Worksrs' ■ Union — Secretary. Wm. Rlgby. 138 Rust Cordova: TAtlow SZBG. University of British Columbia Em- floyees' Union, No.,110—W. T. Erwood, 664 West 14th Avenue. _.— . CORRESPONDENCE \ 'filter hearing numerous com plaints from our members and the widows of our deceased members of the exhorbitant prices charged by. the undertakers in Vancouver it was decided that we should set up a committee to investigate this profiteering in sorrow with a view to try and stop it as far as our membership was concerned. ■ Brother G. Watson, Chairman of the Federated Shop Crafts C.P.R., Brother Doyle of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and myself went into this very thoroughly and in doing so found out "that the "Glenhaven Memorial Chapel" 1235 East Hast-' ings Street was owned and operated by a trade unionist, so made an appointment with Mr. George Martin to inspect the establishment and talk business. The outcome was an agree- inent for all Standard Railway Labor Organization members and their dependents with a .very substantial reduction on his prices which were already lower than the average in Vancouver. This agreement was made last September and to date we haye had nothing but the very best of .reports from all who have had misfortune to have had to use this kind'of service with claims of savings up to $200. Mr. Martin infortns me he is now ready to offer the same agreement to any A.F. of L. organization wishing to avail themselves1 "of it if they will go and talk it over with him and I heartily recommend participation by all who like ourselves want to - do something about this "Profiteering in Sorrow" that is going on every day here in Vancouver. This offer is only good to the Labor Organizations .as he has already got his prices as low as possible for individual cases. Fraternally yours, > L. IMBER, B.R.C. of A; Del. to Federated Shop Crafts, Publicity Chairman, Standard Railway Conference Comm. Member, Standard Railway Joint Legislative Committee for the Province or B. C. ■''■■■'■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■n Product of » *THE VANCOUVER .i S PROVINCE IS 100% ' £ S UNION - PRODUCED BY I « BELONG TO ONE- OF « S . THESE UNIONS: £ ■ . ■ ; .,:,„r.v.., Ass^nx^'Z a Voncouvet Typographical Union. Local 226 (TLC-AFL). " ■ . ' ■ ^ Vancouve. Printing rWmcn A Assistants Union, u 3 Local 25. 'TLC-AFL). '■" ' 2 -■ ; "'• ■ ■ Vancouver Photo-cngroven Union. Locol 54 (TLC-AFL).) 2 ■ _ - . . ■ ■ Bextrorypcrs A Stctcctypcrs, Vancouver and Victoria, - . £ ■ Local 88 (TLC-AFL). ■ , ! ; -.-. r„ ia s, Vancouver Mailers Union. Local 70 ITLC-AFL) a ■ .':;.'_ ■■' ■ Vancouver Newspaper Guild, Local 207 ICCL-CIO). 2 ■ A-„ \. ■ j THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE f S PAeifie 4211 _ 2 "■■■••■■■•■■■■■■sIsiis>atiis.,t .„ ," •*ii?B= |£rtl'!ni.n> »««-•«*» 24-HOUR SERVICE HA. e*4* Memorial chapel 1235 EAST HASTINGS ST. Owned and Operated by a Trade Unionist ■ Funerals for Trade Unionists At Prices Trade Unionists Can Afford to Pay CE. 41*1 TOWING • 24-Hour Service Anywhere • Radio Control * CE. 4131 • Fully Insured • Bonded Drivers MEMBER AAA^— BUSTER'S AUTO TOWING VANCOUVER, B.C. UNION COFFEE BAR Opposite Labor Temple 324 WEST BROADWAY Good Coffee and Lunches KINGSWAY AMBULANCE SERVICES Ltd. * and operating BURNABY AMBULANCE SERVICE - * ■ . * Vancouver'* Only Union Ambulance Service Telephones: Vancouver, EM. 3321 — Burnaby, DE. 4411 REAL ESTATE - RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CEPERLEYROUNSEFELL^CO PACIFIC 3521 ESTAB.I886 646•*HASTINGS r Mt. Pleasant Undertaking Co. Ltd, : KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Kindliness — Understanding— DependabUity . Lady Attendant Phone*: EMerald 2161 and 2162 . She stepped out of the bathtub and onto the bathroom scales. Hubby came in the back door unexpectedly! walked past the bathroom door,, observed what she was doing, ~!and inquired: "How many pounds this morning, darling?" Without bothering to look up, she answered: "Fifty, and be sure you don't leave those torigs on the back porch." A flea and a fly in a flue Were imprisoned, so what could they dot Said the fly> "Let us flee," "Let us fly," said the flea. So they 'flew through a flaw in the flue. ■ * »• * Being an active member of a Union is no disgrace, but buying non-union goods is. . WE DO SELL FOR LESS! ARMY& NAVY DEPT, STORES VANCOLTVER NEWT WESTMINSTER I . 17 ~A Page-Four J£i 'HE L'AfioK STATESMAN June, 1952 HAROLD EDWARDS LTD. . THE FUNERAL HOME OF SERVICE ,' HEATHER CHAPEL 704 W. Broadway at Heather U FAirmont 0528 UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF.AMERICA S HEADQUARTERS for... IMPORTED TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPES and SMOKERS' SUNDRIES Com*? and See Our Stock — Largest in Canada j E. A. MORRIS LIMITED •MwrarrimM SOS OUXTOLX BT. 640 SEYUOUB. t 1116 QOVBRlTsrENT ST., VICTOBIA THE BIG FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY Try Us for Value. - Established la 1*11 ~i B. C. Marine Engineers and Shipbuilders Ltd. ,./• FT. OF VICTORIA Phone: FAirmont 6276 r.r- .. 'i Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works ll'r Specialize in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating Chrome, Kiekel, Copper, Electro Tinning, Polishing, etc. . 436 East 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Avje., Vancouver GEORGE'S CAFE Yukon and Broadway — Close lo New Labor Temple Home Cooked' Meals and Pastries — Reasonable Prices VS By GEO. S. BENGOUGH Vancouver and New Westminster Carpenters on Strike and Lockout by General Contractors Association yANCOUVER LOCAL NO. 452 APPROVED strike action with certain contractors at its regular meeting June 9th. Subsequently various firms were struck and pickets commenced regular duties otr'these particular jobs. By the end of the same week the General Contractors asked, the Labour Relations Board to conduct a vote of the General Contractors' members regarding locking out of the Carpenters. -Sixteen General Contractors voted -and sixteen voted to lock the Carpenters out on their respective construction jobs. The struck jobs, and the locked out jobs are all being picketed and construction work for these General Contractors is at a standstill. Still Employed ' A considerable number of construction jobs for other contractors are operating and .Carpenters are still employed on these jobs. These firms for whom the carpenters are still working were not certified under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration... Act of B.C., and therefore no strike vote could he held. These firms should all be certified before any negotiations take place, but in order to bring everything up to date certifications have now been applied for and granted. These later certifications represent some 19 firms and in due course, a Conciliation Board will be set up. MUSIC AND DANCING EMBASSY BALLROOM . M24 Davie Street Dancing every night except .Monday Ernie Buchanan'* Orchestra COMPLIMENTS OF COMMERCIAL HOTEL Phona: PAdfic 0442 Mil* Grbcic — John Car — Stan V.ljscic Fully Licsnid. NEWLY RENOVATED THROUGHOUT — M.ODERN AND FIREPROOF M» CAMME STREET VANCOUVER. B.C. r partem JJnwi limiieb \ FUNERAL DIRECTORS VkOMI FAlnnoat 0181 HOB.TH TAHCOUVBK HOKXX 134 INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID CERTIFICATES *j*»**»1 br tka Ti* Wotbsss'i Onnn»»**atlaa Bout of >. o. fl*—<>* and Correspondence- Courses for beginner* and for n*n*w*l of eartlneatea. Induslri*l First Aid Attendants ar. Invited to membership. For further Information writ* to: id luunuunwi aid imroum association op ».o. JOSIYI SIBOGUPHV AHD MIMEOGRAPHING SERVICE Available at Labor Temple III WEST. BROADWAY FA. 8936 typing;, corr.spona.nc., m*lll»<r list*, slrHmutli brief*, anna, *ysoHu*ao—, etc Residence: FAlrmont 0376-M RICHMOND TRANSFER ■UtT raUETOHT ajUHlUOJ—ITOP ISkAHD. MA ISI.AMD, BTBVEBTOM IIOBT AXB BMTT MAUT.INQ 452 Officers Elected Local 452 Vancouver elected their officers for the coming year Monday, June 23. Balloting was as follows: . President: D. jansen, 279, elected; R. E.' Guthrie, 2M); Mr. Ryan, .14; Spoiled, 21. Vice President: J. Gordon, 344, A. Zimmer,-.' 147; S. Garrett, 52; Spoiled, 4. . ' Recording Secretary: H. P. Hamilton, acclamation. Fin. Sec. and Treasurer: P. Deplis- sey,-acclamation. Warden: E. Bytalaar, acclamation. Conductor: R. Buchanan, acclamation. Trustee: H. Conliffe, acclamation. Executive: A. Zimmer, P. Maksvle- wich, H. Conn, Ed. Bott. 5 Business Agent: J. Stevenson, 312; C. Worthington, 252; A. Caravan, ,102; R. Dig-by, 72; S. Garrett, 41. Millworkers Conciliating. Millworkers (Local No. 19281 got surprise at their Conciliation Board hearing. The Bosses representative told them that on an average their income > around $3000.00-ahd $3200,1)0 a j year for Benchmen. During a Conciliation Board hear- __ll-uie recently between Local No. 1928 |l Millworkers of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and: B.C. Millwork Products Ltd., Aristocratic Plywoods Ltd., David Mitchell Company, H. J. Briggs (Imperial Manufacturers), Bell Craft Ltd., Quality Woodwork's Ltd., the employers representative Mr. H. Falls submitted the following as evidence that the employees represented by Local No. 1928 were not justified in asking for an increase in wages. "Average Income Classification Income for 1951 Benchman 'A' . . . $3,281.27 Benchman 'A' ... 3,062.78 Benchman 'B' . . . 2,441.7G Benchman 'B* . . . 2,692.32 Detail Machineman . 2,905.58 Machineman . . . 2,882.14 Break-out .■','■' .- . 2,646.67 Sticker ..... 2,926.06 Machineman . . 2.6T0.09 Break-out . . : . 2,583.41 Sash Department . . 2,553.95 Sander 2,628.23 Sash Department . . 2,684.67 Sander 2,652.09 Tenoner 2,822.34" Mr. Falls did not give the union representatives so much as a hint as to whose figures these were; that | apparently is a secret. Mr. Falls has labelled his sub- mision /'Average Income". > The Union Figures The present top paid classification is $1.48 per hour which is Bench- man "A" or Machine Man "A" and even if this hypothetic individual worked all the regular working hours he would fall short' of these Average Income figures. There is only one conclusion to come to when employers submit such material to a Conciliation Board Chairman, material without any identification whatsoever, and.obviously intended to mislead when1 labelled "Average Income". That conclusion is that all is fair if it will assist in keeping, already low wages at a continuous low level, and the, wages of $1.21 — $1.36 and $1.48 are low. The actual wage structure with the aforementioned employers is: "A" Benchman $1.48 "B" Benchman .... 1.36 "C" Benchman 1,21 "A" Machineman . . . t.46 "B" Machineman . '.- 1,36 "C" Machineman . . . 1.21 Breakout Man .... 1.36 Darlington, Haskins & Co. (1943) Limited, TttJBS — MOSAICS — MARBLE — TERRAZZO 2144 Granville Street Phone: CEdar 6232 Vancouver, B.C. PATRONISE OUR-ADVERTISERS "A" B" 1.31 1.21 Glueman Glueman Glazier "A" .» . . . ; i'"ji L21 1.16 1.41 1.81 T.16 Glazier "B" Puttyman i ... Shipper "A" Shipper "B" . .• Helpers . Boys under 18 yrs. (helpers) ...... ,96 Yardmen and Kiln Man . 1.21 Saw Filer .....',. 1/54. Head Millwright .... 154 I Millwright "A" . . . . 146 Millwright "B" . . ■. >. i's6 Local No. 2534 Furniture and Millwork, New Westminster Local Np. 2684, after .prolonged negotiations finally reached a settlement with "West-Min Woodcraft Ltd." This company manufactures office ani| school desks as a main~ line of woodworking. The.agreement provides for a 10 cent hourly increase across the board. This agreement was reached Only after a strike vote was taken by the Labour Relations Board of the employees. Local No. 2534 have completed their agreement also with Dodd Furniture Manufacturing Co. ..Their con- itract calls for a 10 cent hourly increase. » '. ,' "Say! What is this, Myrtle?... You told me I was being initiated into a . union!" Construction Records in U.S. Hits New High Washington, D.C. — Expenditures for new construction rose to $2-% billion in May, setting a new record for the month, according to a joint report of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Building Materials Division, U.S. Department of Commerce. During the first five months of 1952, total new construction outlays amounted to $11.9 billion, 3 percent more than the total for the corresponding period of last year. 15c Increase For Shipyard Workers A 15-cent, across the board, hourly wage increase for 20,000 AFL members employed in 150 west coast shipyards from San Diego to Seattle, was won by labor negotiators at a recent wage /conference in Long Beach under the coast-wide master shipyard agreement. The increase brings the wage rate for standard skilled mechanics in (he coast shipyards to $2.13. A dozen international unions, a dozen coast metal trades councils, ■ the district council, and several hundred unions are signatory to the master ■ agreement. Although the wage conference wa one of the shortest on record, lasting a week and a half,' every item proposed at the recent coast metal trades convention in Seattle came up for full discussion and vote. Major change adopted was the 15-cent boost in all classifications. 14 Cents For Gulf Shipyard Workers -■Some 20,000 AFL metal trades workers in shipyards on the Gulf Mexican Coast obtained a 14 cents hourly increase. The amount was approved by WSB, - retroactive to January 1. This brings the basic mechanics' rate in most of the yards to $1.87,'this in several yards in the western part of the. Gulf, rates of $1.94 have been negotiated. The 14 cents raise follows an 18 cents hike secured prior to enactment of stabilization regulations. Still pending before the WSB' is a Boilermakers' agreement with Sun Shipbuilding at Chester, Pa., calling lor a 9 percent boost which would bring the basic mechanics' rate to $1,98 an hour. . 'Frisco Carpenters Get 15c Wage Increase Some 12,000 carpenters in four Sag Francisco Bay Area counties, majority of whom were off the job for eight and one-half weeks, returned to work recently after voting by 6,000 to 400 to accept the latest settlement terms, which call for a 15- cent increase now and a health plan (TAc) to start next yea,r. They had hoped to get the health plan started immediately, but compromised on a March 1, 1953 date instead. ANIMAL LOVERS ATTENTION! " .,-- ','■'. ' • ■* Behind the closed doors of medical research laboratories appalling tortures are inflicted-upon animals allegedly in the name of science. The practice is known as vivisection, and includes maiming, blinding, freezing, burning and beating of dogs, cats and other animals. Further details of these atrocities can be obtained from medical ioTj™aTsr^b1h;'ufr^ horrors. Write us for further information. '. NAME .'. '. ;... - _; Address.. CANADIAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY 608 Scollard Building, VICTORIA, B.C. MEMBERSHIP SI.OO BIG-TIME WRESTLING EXHIBITION GARDENS - EVERY WEDNESDAY , . TICKETS: $1.50, $1.00, 75c, (Tax Free); ON SALE AT WESTERN SPORTS CENTRE TICKET OFFICE 135 EAST HASTINGS STBEET • Phons: MArlno 0034 828 aBAHVII.EE STREET Phons: Mtrlns 7934 JO>L±tinctxve.... UnztaL ^zividE =— ^ S. BOWjciLL & SONS ' ' Phone 2656 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. C. Cloyerdale, B. C. —/Phone: Cloverlale 193 W. J. HEADS BOOT FACTORY LTD. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, Miners, : ::-■-■-> -A-Cruisers, Surveyors, etc ' -.-.—.—L Our Shoes are Hand-Made — You'll be satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B. C Saws Sharpened *>T a* "oat" better Tool* and Cutlery Sharpened Tar' Knles B«pslxed 313 Main St. (Near Hastings) EDDIE'S LOCKSMITHS AND GRINDERS -- Xsys out IB 1 mlaut* Locks Bspalred *7 Bonded EooHsmltn* *:*» Combination* Chang-ed MArine 1959 ■' ''AFRAID OF DOCTORS' BUXSr Who Isn't? The present day trend in Union Agreements is towards medical protection: Before opening negotiations for a new agreement see us for the most complete coverage for the, lowest rates for Groups in B. ;Cy today. C. U. & C. HEALTH SERVICES SOCIETY Broadway at Quebec %' VANCbUVER 10, B.C. METROPOLE HOTEL VANCOUVER'S POPULAR FAMILY HOTEL — BEPBESHMENT FULOI — 320 Abbott Street (Opposite Woodward's Stores) ' J. E. (BLACKIE) BENOERT. PROPRIETOR > ANGELUS HOTEL ^Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B. C. Phones: MA. 2435-3o-37 A. H. HARRISON, Manager ***= TIRES NEW^USED—RECAPPING Buy them^irjasy-Butrget Plan! BOURNE 8c WEIR LTD. 99 West 2nd Phonal FAirmont 8821 -^ JOHNNY'S BARBER SHOP FOR GOOp SERVICE NEXT TO LABOR TEMPLE i- 335 WEST BROADWAY STERLING LAUNDRY LTD. , 100 PER CENT UNION , COMPLETE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING y* 1480 W. 7th Avii Vancouver, B.C CH. 7191 Sweet Young Thing: "My bpss gave me a diamond bracelet because my typing was so neat" ■ . '.]'-**.'• I.i'l Gee Gee the office vamp comments that prosperity is being able to pay more for the things you don't need. , Overheard. "We plan to get married as soon as he asks me." -'*'.•* The class had just finished a lesson on Eskimos, and the children were asked to write an account of it. One bright yougster began: "The. Eskl- moes are God's frozen-people." .
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