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Farmers

Unite To

Save Berry Crop

Redrafting
Endorsed

PRINCE RUPERT.—Request of
a meeting of all executives of ship-
yard unions in this city that re-
commendations of the Richard's
commission on the shipbuilding in-
austry in B.C. be re-drafted was
endorsed this week by Prince Rup-
ert Labor Council. :

The council also went on record
as supporting efforts of B.C. teach-
ers in their endeavor to bring sal-
aries into line with living costs,
and voted to donate $15 to Cana-
dian Aid to Russia Fund.

PRINCE RUPERT.—\Charges of
lack of cooperation on the part of
the management, hindering the
work of the labor-management pro-
duction council in Prince Rupert
shipyard, under operation of CNR,
were aired at a recent meeting of
Boilermakers’ and Iron Shipbuild-
ers’ socal No. 4 here.

Instead of dealine with problems
of production, the committee has
become little more than a grievy-
ance committee, members charged.

Officers for 1943 elected at the
meeting included H. 8. Harrison,
president, Harold Ponder, vice-
president, and J. Wicholl, secretary,
A. Dennison, recording secretary,
He. Varner, warden, and C. Vizer,

guard, while executive members
elected were G. Russell and L.
Vipond.

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* MISSION. — One hundred
and fifty berry farmers, repre-
senting the berry growing in-
dustry all over the Fraser Val-
ley, from Lulu Island to Mis-
sion, met in the Legion annex
hall here this Thursday and
laid plans for the coming seas-
on’s crop.

Deciding to organize locals of a
berry growers’ association to look
after the interests of farmers in
that branch of the industry, those
present elected Jack Little, Mis-
sion, as president, and K. Richard-
son, Mount Lehman, as secretary
of the new organization.

Addressing the meeting, Clem
Willingale, president of the Pacific
Coast Poultry Producers <Associa-
tion, stressed the need for organiza-

tion in all branches of agriculture
to meet the urgent requirements of
the industry in its efforts to cope
with food requirements for the Al-
lied Nations.

Berry growers have asked for a
subsidy of 3 cents a pound on
strawberries and raspberries in an
attempt to save this year’s crop, as
close to 2,000 acres have gone to
waste while the owners worked at
other jobs in order to live.

Farmers have also asked the
government's aid in setting up a
system of land army for the next
season’s crop so that the problem
of pickers can be dealt with before
a crisis arises. -

Labor Wom
Suddenly In

Lily Bruce, well known in
the labor movement across
Canada, in California and
Washington, died suddenly
here this Thursday, from pneu-
monia.

Though still a young woman in
years, 37, she was a veteran in
working class stryggles. Born in
the revolutionary movement in Si-
beria where her father was exiled
by the Russian Tsar, she remained
true to the traditions of her peo-
ple.

In Canada her activities em-
braced a wide field—in the YCL,
the Communist Party and the Ca-
nadian Labor Defense League.
During the hectic days before the
banning of the Communist Party
in 1931, when the eight leaders of
the party were arrested and sent
to prison for five years, she was
private secretary to Tim Buck and
was mainly responsible for saving
much valuable record material
from falling into the hands of the
RCMP.

In the GLDL, during the years
of the fight for the release of the
eight leaders, she was secretary to
AS &: Smith and much’ of the
strenuous work of that period fell
on her shoulders,

On the coast, where she has lived
Since about 1934, she took part in
many activities of the Communist

Di

Cit
business manager of the People’s
Advocate before it was banned.
Her- passing will be regretted by
those who knew her work in the
movement, and even more so by
those who, from experience, knew
her kindly, generous nature, for
she was a comrade who went with-
out herself to help others in need.
The sympathy of the labor move-
ment of Canada will go out to her
husband, Malcolm Bruce and her

daughter Mavis, in their bereave-
ment.

Tim Buck To Run :
In Federal Election

TORONTO.—Five hundred citizens of Spadina riding
gathered here last week rose in tumultuous ovation when
Aldermen J. B. Salsberg and Stewart Smith nominated
Tim Buck for candidate in the constituency in the next
federal election. : z=

On a standing vote, Tim Buck was unanimously elected
as Labor-Progressive candidate by the meeting which in-
cluded representatives of labor and other public organi-
zations in the district and prominent citizens.

Outlining the general program of the provisional nom-
ination committee, Norman Freed explained that indica-
tions showed there might be a federal election soon and
that more than 10,000 citizens of the riding had, by their
election of Aldermen Salsberg and Smith at the head of
the polls in Wards 4 and 5, shown their desire to be rep-
resented by progressive spokesmen.

In a speech outlining main points of his program, Tim
Buck declared that the ‘greatest single need in Canada is
for the unity of all sections and classes of our people in the
struggle for United Nations victory.”

“This war, for us in Canada, is a war for our survival
as a free nation, We are fighting that Canadians as a na-
tion shall continue to enjoy the right to determine the
destiny of our country through the exercise of the will
of the majority of its people,” he said.

PUBLIC MEETING

Civie Employees
Win Dispute

Settlement of the dispute between the Civic (employees)
Federation and the city council centering around the question
of salary ceilings for cost of living bonus eligibility was reached
last Tuesday when the civic conciliation board adopted a com-

Continued

Main desire of the delegat’
seemed to be that “no ami”
ments should be made to the”
which restricts the operatio;(
cooperative associations or |;
mittees of employees whick
now or may thereafter be f/
tioning in the province.” H
Another report stated the |
gations felt that, if in the pro
legislation, “5i percent of tht
ployees in any plant be pern
to bargain for all and to ¢)
dues from all, it was claimed |
only would craft unions b™
separate agreements with the
management be denied their x”
but employees who preferred 7}
long to so-called ‘company UW
or to mo union at all would |
no freedom of choice.” igs
This apparently opposed
proposed amendments to the
Act, which asked that: “Fa
purpose of this Act a bona
trade union shal: be defined
chartered organization to a
ternational or national labor
and representing the major
the employees in any emy
unit, craft unit, plant unit, or
division thereof by reason of
acceptance and paid up me
ship in such organization.”

Recommendations of the ij
trialists’ delegation urged tha
Sloan Commission report on 4
men’s compensation be impiei
ed as a whole, rather thay
particular parts. ‘

“We take the stand thai
Sloan recommendations are
generous to labor—and tha
don’t object to,” a dele}
spokesman stated. “But we
feel that there are some &
mendations which are to indt
interest as well and we Di
out to the government ths
sides be equally treated.”

Potato Growers.

promise formula submitted by the employees when their
former demands were rejected.

The settlement calls for an $18.40
bonus per month, retroactive to

January i, for workers receiving
up to $2,100 per year, and $9.20
for those whose incomes are within
the $2,000-$2,400 bracket. In ail
eases, however, only half the bonus
will be paid to single workers with-
out dependents.

At a meeting of the employees
with the city council over a week
ago, civic officials rejected the Fed-
eration’s request that the National
War Labor Board referee the dis-
pute.

name of this board from ‘concilia-
tion to capitulation’.” He stormed
from the meeting, enraged by the
refusal of the employees to ac-
cept his proposal of a monthly
bonus of $16.25, with $5.00 from
January 1.to those in the $2,100-
$2,400 category.

Mayor Cornett declared he was
confident, however, that the form-
ula would be accepted when it

comes before the Council for rati-
fication on Monday.

Only opposition to the new form-| 7 7
ula came from Alderman John Ben-

civic finance chairman, who
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CLOVERDALE. — Potato
ers of this district will m
Libera] Hall here next &
at 8:30 p.m. to discuss organ
of a local potato growers’ a
tion.

It is expected that the 75 0
growers who will attend the
ing will discuss the presen
of potatoes, shortage of sé
tatoes, price of fertilizer, ani
shortage of farm labor.

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