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THE PEOPLE'S

ADVOCATE

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TRADES COUNCIL.
FOR ROYAL CITY

“NOW PROPOSED

P. R. Bengough Cites
Need For Unions In
New Westminster

Special to the Advocate
NEW WESTMINSTER, BC,

Me ialy 6. Establishinen® of a
' trades council here was held

out as a possibility by Perey R.
Bengough, secretary of Van-
couver Trades and Labor Coun-
eil, to trade unionists who at-
tended a meeting in Canadian
Legion Hall sponsored by the New
Westminster Prade Union Commit-
tee in ccoperation with the Build-
ing LPrades Council and the Trades
and Labor Council organizing com-
E mittee.

While not holding out any im-

mediate prospects for such a move

the labor executive stated this
would be done when there were
sufficient local unions to merit
such a step.

Aljderman YWV. T. Cook, a staunch
supporter of labor on the Royal
City Council, stressed the necessity
of unionizing the waterfront and
mills, the basic industries in the
city.

The labor aldermen along with
his co-worker on the Council, Ald.
William Matthew, has consistently
striven for fair wage clauses in all

_ work let by the city.

: Qne industry was cited by the
| aldermen as being indirectly sub-
sidized by the city and yet was
paying blacksmiths 40 cents an
hour and millwrights 55 cents.

William Page of the Vancouver
Building Trades Council, In stress-
ing the need for more organiza-
tionai work among the _ building
trades, pointed out that hotel own-
ers had given assurance that none
but union labor would be employed
en construction, renovation and
operation of their premises.

This was the first meeting of its
Kind undertaken by the Trade
Union Committee and the enthusi-
‘asm coupled with organization
campaign already goine on in some
industries augurs well for a suc-
eessful drive to make this city 100
percent union.

New Union Elects
Officers, Charter Issued

The new local union of paint
makers, affiliated with local 566 of
the International Brotherhood of
Painters, Paperhangers and Deco-
raters, was officially chartered at
a recent meeting which also elect—
ed officers for the new local,
formed as a result of the Trades
and Gabor Council’s organizing
drive.

i J. Wihheat was installed as pres-

ident, receiving the charter for the
new local from Ed..Smith in a2
ceremony which officially linked
' the local with the international
; union and the Trades and Labor
Council.

W. Martin was appointed vics
/ president; WW. Thompson, financial
' secretary; IL. Lane, recording sec-
retary; G. Thompson, treasurer.
Executive officers are W. Healy,
W. Thyer, R. MeMenemy, F. Lar-
_s0n and J. Green.

The local embraces workers in
the’ paint making plants in the
Greater Vancouver area.

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LONDON housewives seen doing

RENT STRIKERS WIN IN LONDON

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picket duty which resulted in securing rent
much needed repairs. More than 200 families struck on Langdale Street in the

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reductions and
East End-

Trades Council Nominates
For Next Year’s Executive

Nominations of delegates for executive positions on the Van-
couver Trades and Labor Council were held Tuesday night
following the comprehensive report of Vice-President Alex
Fordyce on the Welfare Federation which cut short all other

business of the Council.

Further mominations will be en-

Pilcha rd
Parley At
Deadlock

Union Asks Boest
On Prices Paid
During Last Year

Wegotiations for an agreement
on pilehard prices, currently un-
der war between the United Fish-
ermen’s Federal Union and the
operators’ committee, remained
deadlocked this week after pre-
liminary meetings had failed to
reach a settlement. The last
meeting was on Monday, and fur
ther discussions are scheduled to
resume next Monday.

The disputed difference on
prices is 50 cents per ton. The
union’s negotiatine committee

has presented a demand for $3.25
per ton as opposed to last year’s
price of $2.75. Qperators have
countered with last year’s prices.

One factor believed to be influ-
encing the operators in their re-
fusal to come to an immediate
agreement is the fact that as yet
the annual pilechard run off the
coast of Vancouver Island has
not been sighted. Pilchards have
been sighted off the Oregon and
Washington coast, but the big BC
run, aS was the case last year, is
later putting in appearance.

It is expected, however, that
when the run is sighted, opera
tors will be forced to bring in
new proposals for settlement,
Since the season is a short one.
Last year negotiations were also
delayed until the last moment,
fishermen finally forcing a price
through far above what the op-
perators offered.

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Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia

tertained at the next meeting on
July 18 and elections, which are
noted as special business, will pro-
ceed shortly after commencement.

E. A. Jamieson, the present in-
cumbent, is so far the only nom-
inee for president. .

For vice-president; J. Smith, Birt
Showler, Sam Smiley and Alex
Fordyce (inec.) were nominated.
Perey R. Bengough, the present
secretary was the only nominee
for that position.

W. Stewart Gne), Don Maxwell,
Tom Holland and Reg. Atkinson
were nominated for the office of
statistician.

Charles M. Stewart, popular
chairman of the organizing ecom-
mittee, was the only one named to
stand for reelection.

Four delegates named to con-

test the legislative chairmanship
were E. Morrison (inc.), J. <A.
Humphrey, Harry Weeland and

Sam Shearer. For the press com-
mittee, Tom Holland (inc.), J. Hay,
and W. Stewart were named. Can-
didates for the grievance chair
man were Dan. MacPherson, W.

riet.

Sam Hughes, the present chair-
man of the grievance committee,
Geclined to stand for this position.

Only one member is to be elected
to each position. The successful
candidate then chooses his own
committee members.

Watt, B.C. Hankin and GC. E. Her-’

LATHERS’ UNION
PICKETS JOB

Lathers’ Union members began
picketing Dr. Turnbull’s new apart-
ment building under construction
at Thirteenth and Granville Thurs-
day morning after a week's fruit-
less negotiations to engage union
men.

The dispute started last Priday,
according to Mr. Fontaine, union
representative, when Drayton, con-
tractor for the lathing and plastex-
ing, igmored union lathers and
hired a crew of green men, who

nailed the laths as they would
shiplap.
This crew was pulled off the

job by James Thompson, provyvin-
cial fair wage officer, when he
learned they were not being paid
the minimum wage, but another
non-union crew took their places—
the only men remaining outside
the union.

Dr. Turnbull asked the union to
withdraw its members while he
conferred with his contractor
when representations were made
to him to employ union labor.

With the doctor’s economy and
Drayton’s union busting nothin=
Came of the meeting.

MOSCOW, USSR.—Detection and
diagnosis of cancer and Syphilis
in their earlier stages is made pos-
Sible through an electrical disease
meter invented by Dr. E Selkoff
of the Leningrad Traumatological
Institute in cooperation with Engi-
meer ZI. Balygin, states MIzvestia,

Soviet Government newspaper.
Claims are made by the inventors
that cancer can be diagnosed much
earlier and more definitely than any
means previous and syphilis can be
diagnosed more quickly than with

the Wasserman test.

Japanese Millworkers To
Support Organizing Drive

letters received.

to strive for the affiliation of the
Japanese Amalgamated Fisher-
men’s Union to the Trades and
Labor Council and to organize the
unorganized Japanese millwork-
ers.

Wels Arseneau was appointed by
the IWiA to cooperate with the
Council’s organizing committee.
Marked improvement in unionizineg
the lumbering industry has been
experienced by the woodworkers.

Executive board of the Council
will meet the executive of the
Bakery and Confectionery Work-
ers’ Union, Local 468, on Monday
to seek some steps to bring the
dispute now in progress at the
Woman's Bakery to a close.

Ald. H LL. Corey was granted
permission to state his position re-
garding low rental housing and
why he objects to it. Both he and
Ald. John Bennett were the tar-—
gets of criticism by Delegate W.
Page at the Trades Council meet
ing on June 19.

At that time Jack Flynn, busi-
ness agent for the Steam and
Operating Engineers Union, said
it would be a good idea to test the
aldermen on their stand towards
the housing project when they
seek reelection in December.

Parks Projects Provide
Jobs Through Summer

“PORT ALBERNI, BCG, July 6—
Unemployed of this city will be em-
ployed throughout the summer
months in park development, funds
for which are available through the
provincial and federal governments,
according to Alderman J. M. Gross-
land.

It is planned to develop the Dry
Creek area and establish a new
park in the south end of the city
with the funds. A substantial por-
tion of the million and a quarter
announced by the governments for
works projects has beén set aside

for the city’s use,

The latter organization Pledged <

Vancouver Trades Council’s drive to organize the unorgan-
ized into the main stream of trade unionism has received the
endorsement of the International Woodworkers of America and
the Camp and Mill Workers’ Union (Japanese) according to

CO-OPS WARN OF
FASCIST GROWTH

REGINA, July 6—Cooperative
Union of Canada paved the way
this week for establishment of pro-
vincial sections to guard against
monopolistic control and fascist or-
§anization, by amending its con-
siitution allowing the new setup.

Robert Weir of Armstrong, Brit-

ish Columbia vice-president, urged
this move, pointing out the role
which cooperation must play to

counteract the advance of fascism
which has its roots in monopolies
and combines.

“Surely in the face of facts that
€verywhere in Canada pro-fascist
opinion is organizing; that monop-
elistie control, which is one of the
essentials of fascist operation, is
becoming more prevalent daily,
and the victory of fascism in this

country would mean the destruc-
tion of cooperation, it is time we
Should choose whom we would

sérve,”’ said Mr. Weir in conclusion.

Relief Families Benefit
From Butter Distribution

Distribution of 59,000 pounds of
Canadian made butter among Van-
couver’s unemployed will be in-
asugurated by city relief officials
BPriday (today).

Vouchers for the butter were re-

ceived from the provincial govern-
ment this week as part of a plan
ef the Dominion Department of
Agriculture to dispose of the sur-
plus and stimulate consumption of
Canadian butter.
- Social Service Administrator
W.R. Bone has announced that the
vouchers, which are redeemable
for butter through stores on con-
dition that a similar amount is
Purchased, will be given out ac-
eording to the size of relief
families.

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Jobs, Recovery,
Free Parliament
Herridge Program

Special to the Advocate

TORONTO, Ont.—Stepping

up to the microphone on the

platform of the Toronto Labor Temple last week, W. D. Herridge
launched the federal election campaign of the New Democracy
movement under the sponsorship of the Toronto Trades and
Labor Council, largest central labor body in the Dominion.
The old assembly hall on Church Street, scene of Imany his-
toric events, was packed to over-capacity and Herridge was
greeted with a thunderous ovation as he took the platform.

J. W. Buckley, Council secretary,
in introducing the New Democracy ¢
leader emphasized the standpoint
of organized labor and reminded
his audience of some of the strik-
ing statements made by Herridge
as far back as September, 1937, rel-
ative to reaction, fascism and
trade unionism.

At that time Mr. Herridge de
clared: “To gain power, fascism
makes trade unionism the public
enemy. To retain power, fascism
must destroy democracy in this
modern form. For there cannot be,
at the same time, fascism and
trade unionism. Write that down
as a fact, which all pious protest-—
ations of goodwill to labor cannot
qualify.”’

i<eynote of the former Cana-—

dian minister to Weashington’s
Speech was a call to progressive
Canadians in every constituency
to band themselves together “to
elect a free Parliament to serve

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us.” He called upon the people to
set up committees of citizens in
each constituency, advising: “See

that it represents the people of
that constituency and their pro-
Sressive views. With its guidnace,
choose your candidate. There
must be many women candidates
elected to the next parliament. We
need their vision. Where there is
no vision the people perish.”

Elaboratinge on that point, Mr.
Herridge told of progress already
achieved by the New Democracy
movement.

“We have already made a food
Start. In various parts of Canada
commiittees htve been set up. We
have tested the Simple procedure
I outline and fing it sound and
workable.”

National Recovery

Keynotes Program

As expected, Mr. Herridge ela-
borated his Platform dealing with
the problems of national recovery
from several aspects.

“The duty of Parliament is to
put the natural wealth of Canada
at the service of the people of Can-
ada,” he declared.

“To perform this duty, Parlia-
ment must raise production to its
optimum level—the level of our
Capacity to consume. It must raise
distribution to the Same level—
that means increased purchasins
power. It must ensure equitable
Participation by ail classes in the
high standard of living which will
result,

“& high standard living means
better conditions of life, better

outlined the position of his move-—
ment on the railway question, lay-
ing down as a principle of the new
economy the building of a great
new transportation system to
serve the requirements of the na-
tion.

“It is plain that the present sys-
tem does not even serve our pre-
sent low standard of living,” he
said, “yet reaction wants to fur-
ther limit it in personnel, in track-—
age, inefficiency in competition.

“The railways will be redesigned
primarily upon the basis of our

public services and not dividends.
Freight rates and other tolls will
be cut down. Today, they paralyze
efficiency.

“You call this magic?” he
asked. “I call it commonsense. If
it looks like magic, that is be-
cause you have never had jus-
tice. You have been exploited,
robbed, sometimes denied the
very right to live.”

Unity of Farmer
And Labor

“To a2 minimum wage must be
joined a minimum price for our
primary products,” the New De-

mocracy leader declared. “Today
Our producers share starvation;
with wheat at sixty, seventy,

eighty cents; with farm, dairy,
fish, mineral and forest products
at prices below production costs.
Starve the primary producer and
ultimately you starve the rest of
us.

“The old order of scarcity
turms labor and the primary pro—
ducer into economic enemies,”
Mr. Herridge continued. “In the
mew order of fair prices and fair
wages, the primary producer and
labor will be associates, united
by a common interest. Theirs
will be a friendship which will
Safeguard the nationar security.
Hiew can there be security with-
out that friendship?” ;

Turning to the main despoiler
of Canadian wealth and oppressor
of the people—the big trusts and
monopolies Mr. Herridge out-
lined his plan to cut the ropes with
which they have tied Canadian
economy.

“The sting of big business is
combine and monopoly We will
draw that sting. We will legislate
trusts, combines, monopolies, into
submission to the rules observed
by ordinary business.

“And to small business, ordinary
business, we will lend our earnest
cooperation. It is in a perilous
State.”’

food and clothing, better housing,
better transportation and ecommun-
ications, better health and greater
happiness.”

Referring to Canadian youth, the
Speaker emphasized that the effi-
ciency of the youth of today is
what will count tomorrow.

“The politician of the old order
of scarcity sees the youth of Can-
ada perpetually in that old order.
He therefore would equip them not
for employment but for unemploy-—
ment. Instead the politician con-
tributes his classic exhortation on
the uses of adversity and idles

with the thought that possibly it
might be wise to Segregate our
youth in camps which would be
operated on the fascist formula.”

Minimum Wages And

Minimum Prices

On the matter of increased pur-
chasing power, wages of workers
and incomes ef farmers, Mr Her-
ridge laid down the followings
planks:

“If increased purchasing power
is to correct the present iniquities,
it must be equitably distributed.

“Therefore, wages, prices for pri-
mary products and consumer costs
must have the right relationship.

“There will be a minimum wags.
There will be a minimum price for
primary producers. There will be
no undue price spread.

“¥ have said that every layw-
abiding citizen is entitled to a
basic standard of living, and
therefore, enttled to a minimum
wage. If he works, he will get
that wage. If he is willin £& but
unable to work, he will still get
that wage. If he is Sick, that
wage will be paid to him in
health insurance. Tf his crop
fails, in crop insurance. If he
has reached the voluntary pen-
Sion level, that wage will be paid
him by way of pension. We will
have real pensions. Why should
our people work until they break
or die?

“Wares must be fairly and
widely distributed. Increased pro-
duction along existing lines will
cut down unemployment. But new
Works must be started.’

Linking up the fight for national

transportation, Mr. Herridge

Must Fight Against
Reaction, Fascism

Referring to the Plans to unite
the two old-line parties and set up
a national government which “in
fact will be a fascist sovernment,”
Herridge warned that these tacties
are being and will be used to try
and forestall a people’s victory.

“Reaction will struggle to divide
us,” he said. “It will resort to any
means to turn the farmer against

labor, the consumer against the
Producer, the Fast against the
West.

“It will say we are disloyal
and un-Canadian and that we
undermine the institutions of
our country; we who defend
them against exploitation almost
worse than war; this same reac-
tion which in the last war urged
honorable men to the trenches
and itself stayed heme and
jJeered and fattened on the spoils
of war.’

The task was to “sweep them
cut of Parliament,” Mr. Herridge
Said.

“If we succeed we will have put
the natural wealth of this country
at the service of the people. We
will have made democracy work.
We will have started off the part-
nership of freedom and security in
a. glorious way. Canada will at
last be a nation !”

Faith in the people and in the
future of Canada ran like a theme
throughout Herridge’s entire
speech. It spread through the
Labor Temple assembly hall in his
concluding words which were fol-
lowed by stormy applause of an
inspired audience:

“On our side is all the streneth
of those whose cause is just, and
all the faith of those who mean
to fight for it, and all the pray-
ers of these who cannot fight
but know that when we win, real
happiness will come to them.”

NEW WESTMINSTER, July 6.
Sponsors of a pienic for ehil-
dren of unemployed parents re
cently collected $68 in 4 tag day.
Failure of Boy Scouts to muster
the 40 promised is blamed for the
poor results.