FOPL ately ABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY “EE No. 23 Ss 5 Cents 4 Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, June 12, 1943 ome Welcome to Moscow “| message from vlin’s reply. z at the Kremlin, Joseph E. Davies (left )former US idor to the Soviet Union, is greeted with a hand-shake ug smile by Joseph Stalin. Davies, who brought a con- President Roosevelt, recently returned 4 to its foundation, have ® the course of the world \ have created the neces- requisites for victory over Germany. This victory fmust be hastened by the s\ eiforts of the Red Army td troops. ot for one moment must eset Stalin’s serious warn- t the enemy is not yet d, that powerful blows meeded to rout him ut- rerman army which the ate preparing for the umer offensive is still ra- & one, even though it has terrific losses. Hungary and Rumania big forces in our coun- Hitlerites have suffered ses, not only in men, but Hment. It is a difficult mat- mplement these losses, and me-is needed, But time t, | one-hand, we see the in- brazen threats, the assur- bY the Germans that the Strategic plan of military verful Blow In West juld Defeat Hitler . By ¥. YAROSLAVSKY 'SCOW.— (By Cable) —It will soon be two years since when 170 enemy divisions crossed into the territory ®>oviet Union on June 22, 1941. These 24 months have f arked by changes which have shaken the Hitlerite war operations of the Italo-German co- alition is based on unity of plans, that their complex war apparatus functiors in one direction. Not a day passes without the Germans frightening public opinion with the allegedly invincible, impregnable Atlantic wall. “The German-italian fascist camp is experiencing a grave cri- sis and is faced with disaster,” Said Stalin in his May Day Order. “This does not yet mean, of course, that Hitlerite Germany has already met with disaster. “Another two or three blows in the west and the east as pow- erful as those which have been inflicted on the Hitlerite Army during the past five or six months are needed in order that disaster to Hitlerite Germany may be- come a fact.” Wo matter how grim and diffi- cult the struggle may be for com- plete victory over the Hitlerite fiends, we will fight to the end. Wo sacrifices can be too great when it is a question of saving Bosses Defy ie Gov’t Award To Loggers Under the award, which if im- plemented will have the most far- reaching effect of any decision ever handed down in connection with BC’s lumber industry, the em- ployers are instructed to sign an agreement with TWA Local 1-71 for a period of one year, with a 30- day termination notice at the end of the expiry period. It also rec- ommends the dues check-off sys- tem, seniority rights, and estab- lishment of safety committees. The announced intention of re- jecting the majority award by the companies affected—J. R. Morgan Ltd., Kelley Logging, and Pacific Mills Ltd—not only defies the ar- bitration board findings but the regulations of the federal Indus- trial Disputes and Investigation Act under which the lengthy con- ciation hearings before Judge J: M. Harper were conducted. The companies statement on the mat- ter declares: “The operators will, of course comply with their legal bargain- ing obligations, but on the ques— tion of a signed working agree- ment with these individuals (of- ficers of the TWA) we haven’t changed our minds.” This was taken to indicate that the operators were prepared to make a farce of the forthcoming negotiations with the union by holding to their previous position of refusing to “do business'’ with the union’s elected officials. During the arbitration hearings, Nigel Morgan, [IWA international board member, who represented the union before the board along™® with Attorney John Stanton, con- tended that “if the companies’ personal- attitude to the DWA leadership is te be construed as precluding company-union ne- gotiations, then the whole effect of collective bargaining is lost from the start.” Meantime -IWA President Har- old J. Pritchett, in a statement to The People, commended the ma- jority of the board and the federal gevernment in establishing this “justifiable decision.” “We look forward to immediate implementation of the recommen- See HITLER—Page 8 dations in spite of the operator’s Board Orders IWA Asreement Members of the International Woodworkers of America and organized labor throughout BC sharply condemned as an “anti- war action” the stubborn rejection by three Queen Charlotte Island logging operators on Thursday of the arbitration board award handed down this week by Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell recommending that the companies enter into negotia- tions with the IWA for a collective bargaining agreement. position,” Pritchett said. “It will result in the establishment of sound labor relations and thereby benefit Canada’s war effort by. stepping up the production of vital Sitka spruce. “Organized loggers in Queen Charlotte Islands must be highly commended for patiently pursuing their patriotic duties HAROLD PRITCHETT while awaiting decision on their just demands which, to say the least, has been anything but speedy.” ; Many local unionists believe the companies’ position will have an extremely bad effect on the 600- odd employees working in the firms’ camps. It is pointed out that the men have long been disgusted with the émployers’ anti-labor stand and the long-drawn out ar- bitration hearings. Any further hitch will be construed as directly flouting their established legal rights and will be strongly op- posed, Indication of the effects the agreement will have on the in- dustry is seen in the fact that the TWA is already certified by the BC labor department in 19 major operations on Vancouver island, and has the assurance of some Operators that they will fall in line with the board’s report. In addition the union has a ma- jority membership in camps of Aero Timber Products on the Queen Charlottes, and since this is a2 crown company, negotiations with this firm should get under way immediately. the © Lift Ban Campaign Growing TORONTO. — During the two-month period between April 1 and June 1, Canadian trade union organizations with a total membership of 136,683 endorsed and sent to Prime Minister W. 1. Mackenzie King the petition circulated by A. E. Smith of the Canadian ‘Tribune Civil Liberties Bureau, demand- ing the removal of the ban from the Communist Party of Canada. This figure represents only those organizations which notified the bureau of their action. It is under- stood that others Sent the resolu- tion to the Prime Minister with- out informing the bureau. Other or- Sanizations have sent in resolu- tions of their own. Provincial conferences of the United Church of Ganada have brought powerful pressure to bear on the government to remove the ban on the anti-fascist crganiza- tions in Canada, Following on the example set by the Alberta and Saskatchewan meetings, the Mani- toba conference Passed a strongly- worded resolution asking for the immediate lifting of the ban from the Communist Party, and the res- toration=of all properties of the Ukrainian Labor-Farmer Temple Association. The Toronto United Church con- ference (the Toronto organization is already on record demanding the removal of the ban from the Gom- munist Party) passed a Sharp res- olution regarding the Ukrainian Labor-Farmer Temple Association, The resolution reads in part: Unionists Form Drama Group Victory Drama Club, tecently es- tablished in answer to a demand for recreational and cultural activi- ties among young people in indus- try, will merge with the Johnny Canuck Club, an affiliate of Labor Youth Federation, it Was an- nounced this week. The group has opened a club- room at 322 Shelly building, and an invitation is extended to every- one interested jn Progressive dra- ma, music or dancing to attend the meetings and take part in the program now being drawn up. Search in Paris, a play dealing With the German occupation of France, is being considered by the €roup for presentation at a date to be announced. Meantime the members are showing a keen jn- terest in casting and production problems, and are building the membership of the Sroup in order to branch out into other activities “Jock” Taylor, organizer of the sroup, appeals to young people in every occupation to get in touch with the group and help it grow.