bipyard Head Aids Joint LE s te Labor Drive larence Wallace (center), president of Burrard Drydock Limited, is shown here as he anded a cheque for $250 to E. E. Leary (left), president of Vancouver Labor Council, and myjirt Showler, president of Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, as a donation towards the t int Labor Welfare Drive to make up the Welfare Federation’s campaign deficit of $58,000. Jrovince eed Raises $40,000 For Lanadian A\id To Russia Fund Total donations from British Columbia to Canadian Aid to Russia passed the $40,000- mark week with the probability that half of the $100,000 sought will be subscribed within the +t few days. Plans are underway for the huge Aid to Russia Ball, sponsored by the Women’s Com- tee of Canadian Aid to Russia, to be held January 25, at Hotel Vancouver. Dal Richards’ uRestra has been engaged for affair, feature of which will - brilliant Russian floor show. es worth $1000 will be raffled and include everything from ng room suites to Nylon stock- ’ Among the prizes will be early Victorian chest, which ains a number of war say- stamps. i¥ jen meetings will be held Jan- ee. 24 at three Vancouver the- tG 3, which have been offered ea} of charge. At the Beacon the- iW a program of music of all ons will be presented under direction of the Ukrainian-Cana- ig° Association. Plans for pro- im is at the other two theaters be announced shortly. vosts are being cut to a mini- “18 in alt Aid to Russia pro- 3,” state officials of the cam- m committee. “Very little ‘'s to be spent on administra- because. of the extraordinary pi peration given us by everyone ajcerned. A short film, ‘Children {| War, is being shown in all aiters, and Canadian Motion Pic- Wear Services has appointed a yj ial committee to conduct 2 pro- “tion campaign through all the- *s in Canada. the Canadian Broadcasting Fporation and practically -all yate stations in the Dominion | providing free services to licize the drive. Script writers, ors, singers, are all donating sir services. 3k wide panorama of Canadian } life is reflected in the group ac- tivities across Canada for aid to Russia. Organization of all types are devoting their energies to raise money for supplies.” In smaller communities particu- larly citizens are using imagina- tion and ingenuity to raise money |- to help relieve the sufferings of the Russian people. In one small town, the citizens’ salvage commit- tee conducted a “monster salvage collection,” the proceeds of which went to Canadian Aid to Russia, thus serving the war effort in two ways. In Camrose, Alberta, the women’s work committee held the largest “telephone bridge” the town has ever seen, and the entire evening’s proceeds were set aside for aid to Russia. Donations received by the BC section include: Canadian Czecho- Slovakian Committee, Vancouver, $475; Workers’ Benevolent Asso- ciation, Vancouver, $10; Workers’ Benevolent Association, Victoria, $11; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Vancouver, $25; Ganadian Russian War jRelief, $100; Finish Victory Club, $200; Dock and Shipyard Workers $250; Fraser Walley Milk Producers’ As- sociation, $100. The Ukrainian Canadian Associa- tion has donated $3,211 through its provincial committee and the fol- lowing amounts through its branches in the province: Haney, $239: Mt. Cartier, $126; Vancouver, Dock and Shipyard Workers’ Union | ANNUAL BALL Hastings Auditorium January 29 $100; Revelstoke, $77; Burnaby, $60; Steveston, $55; Prince Rupert, $33; Princeton, $12; Port Alberni, $10. Latvian Workers Collect $1000 During the past year the Latvian Workers’ Club of Vancouver has collected $1026.76 for aid for the people of the Soviet Union, it was announced at the last general meet- ing of the club. This money was turned over to Canadian-Russian War Relief, a subsidiary of Cana- dian Aid to Russia. Letters from the Soviet govern- ment thanking the Latvian Work- ers for their contributions and the bundles of used clothing they have eollected and shipped, have been received by James Lapin, secretary of the club. Mayor Heads Rupert Group PRINCE RUPERT.—A Canadian Aid to Russia Committee has been formed here, with Mayor W. M. Watts as honorary chairman, Rev. A. F. MacSween as chairman, and G. R. 8. Blackaby as treasurer. Representatives of all city or- ganizations have been asked to join in the campaign. Prince George To Raise $1000 PRINC GEORGE. — The local eommittee of Canadian Aid to Rus- sia, headed by Mayor A. M. Pat- terson, has as its objective the col- lecting of $1000 for Russian aid during the January campaign. = Other officers of the committee are John McInnis, first vice-presi- dent; A. B. Moffat, second vice- president; Frank Clark, secretary; and Frank Smith, treasurer. island Camps To Negotiate Negotiations involving eleven logging camps and sawmills on Vancouver Island and covering wages, working conditions and hours have commenced, it was announced this week by Nigel Morgan, international board member, International Wood- workers of America. About 2000 men are affected by the negoti- ations, approximately 90 per cent of them IWA members. Preliminary meetings with John Humbird, manager of Victoria Lumber Company at Che mainus have resulted in the com- pany’s agreeing to meet the nego- tiations committee Janudry 23. Industrial Timber Mills at You- bou will commence negotiations January 30, and H. W. Hunter Company mill and camp will also meet the negotiating committee, Morgan stated. Camps in central Vancouver Is- land, Cowichan Lake, and Duncan are also affected by the negotia- tions. | The committee includes: John Parkinson, Chemainus Sawmill; John Starling, Canyon Camp; Bur- ris Boley, Fanny Bay Camp; Carl Montgomery, Youbou; Cecil Car, Mayo; George Parlee, Hillerest Lumber Company; Wilf Killeen, Youbou Sawmill, Art Gammie, In- dustrial Timber Mill, Camp 3; Lorne Atcheson, Camp 6 ;Albert Kidd, H. W. Hunter mill; Paldi, and Ken Carpenter, H. W. Hunter camp, Cowichan Lake. Elect Committee At Fraser Mills NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The production committee recently elected by sawmill workers in Western Lumber Company's plant at Fraser Mills is expected to make an immediate contribution in over- coming production problems ac- cording to Jack Greenall, interna- tional organizer, “The men were well-chosen,” Greenall stated. ‘“Old-timers—men who really know production—are on the committee, and we expect to forge ahead now that we have such keen production-boosters on the job.” Election of the committee was given every assistance by the man- agement, Greenall said, and the election was conducted in the plant with the assistance of the foreman. Representatives of the night and day shifts will meet with the man- agement to discuss production problems. “Nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of an all-out program to produce lumber vitally needed for the growing offensive in 1943,” Circle EF, IWA Fraser Mills bulletin, states. “It is very evident that logs lying idle in Comox Lake are not doing Hitler any harm. The fact is that until these logs become lumber and a part of the war effort, they repre- sent wasted effort on the part of the men who logged them. “The Allied armies now have an excellent chance of defeating Hit- ler this year, providing they can get supplies. . . . The need is for labor-management production com- mittees to iron out the bottlenecks. Anyone who interferes with or hin- ders their work must be exposed to the Ganadian public.” Application to the Regional War Labor Board for a ruling to give equal pay to East Indians and Orientals in the lumber industry received a favorable response, ac- cording to Greenall. A communi- eation received by the TWA this week stated that the same rates now paid other workers in the in- dustry will apply to these workers. DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST 207 West Hastmegs Street Tel. PAc. 1526 3 Canning Workers Get New Rates Endorsement by Regional War Labor Board of wage adjustments for cannery workers has been an- nounced by Bill Gateman, secre- tary of Fish Cannery Workers, Local 89. Covering all fish canneries in the province, the new rates make a considerable improvement for can- nery workers. “This is the first time an agree- ment has been signed with the canneries,” Gateman said. “We are naturally gratified.’ Protest of Queen Charlotte Fish- eries against payment of the new basie rates is being taken up fur- ther with the Regional War Labor Board, the union asking that the plant be made to conform with the new rates. (7 John Stanton ‘ Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 503 Holden Bidg. jae E. Hastings St. MAr. 5746 J, se HAst. 0240 166 EK. Hastings Hastings Steam Baths Vancouver, B.C. Always Open — Expert Masseurs in Attendance 8 a.m. to 11 p.m... . 40c¢ and 50c DANCE EVERY SATURDAY 5 in the CROATIAN Educational Home 600 Campbell Ave. + @ Ladies - - - - 25c¢ @ Soldiers - - - 25c¢ @ Men in Civies - 35c LABOR YOUTH FEDERATION cs e Men in Uniform .. . 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