\ thoes For House Committee Recommends Bonus System ‘Unions Approve Profit Sharing Plan thildren;, ‘Promised The announcement of the jartime Prices and Trade mepard this week that a Jj aser supply of children’s :geoes will be available for big> ensuing year, will be re- eed with enthusiasm by 2 many parents who have asing shoes for their chil- le pen. ‘ein spite of the tremendous ‘Jain in the manufacture of chil- en’s underwear, there is still serious shortage of this type ; merchandise. 3 F[o surmount the difficulties posed. by wartime restric- ns, textile manufacturers last ‘l, - maugurated a system th fereby knitters were put on ~gemonthly quota; that is each ll was instructed to manu- al sture a certain number of icles by basing the quota on st- records, current labor and mint facilities. ‘ “There should be much more = ious consideration given to rected production,” Hfifie mes, president of the Vancou- r LPP Womens’ Council, told le People this week. “Our ildren must not suffer un- icessarily because of wartime Wj strictions. Where there is a ortage of children’s wearing yparel, the adult lines should |. reduced to allow greater pro- Siction of children’s clothing.” he method of ascertaining seds by a survey of the goods jost sought after does not nec- ssarily produce the best results. Reconversion of factories hich are now producing luxury Ge iothine into factories for the troduction of children’s gar- Hients, and allowing the estab- shed children’s clothing fac- Bories a higher priority on the ecessary raw materials, would eo a long way toward solving rhe problem. a HAst. 0340 766 ©. Hastings ') Hastings Steam Baths ny ’ Vancouver, B.C. ; Always Open. Expert Mas- _ seurs in Attendance da difficult time in pur-. A House of Commons war expenditures committee recommendation that Canada’s aircraft industry adopt an employee bonus Scheme was greeted enthusiastically this week by officials of Aeronautical Lodge 756, bargaining agent for Boeing employees here. The recommendation calls for implementation of the 50-50 share of profits plan for work- ers exceeding 75 percent of an efficiency standard in order to speed up production and lower production costs. This plan thas been used suc- cessfully in Vickers Aircraft plant in Montreal. ‘“Pyofit-sharing with labor in Vaneouver’s aireraft plants will increase production at Boe- ings,” declared Stu Kennedy, union business agent. Future. Work ForB.C. Yards Bright prospects of postwar contracts for British Columbia’s shipbuilding industry were held out this week in the announce- ment that the Union Steamship Gompany plans to place orders for at least part of an enlarged postwar fleet with Coast ship- yards. It is believed that Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Steamships are also prepared to build ships in Coast shipyards, although it is unlikely that any definite announcement will be made until the Canadian gov- ernment outlines a postwar pol- icy for the Canadian shipbuild- ing industry, a step already urged upon it by several unions. Munitions Minister C. D. Howe recently announced in the House of Gommons that the Netherlands government was negotiating with the Canadian government for eonstruction of 30 cargo ships and the possibil- ity was held out that some of these might be built on the Coast. Z 5 n Hoy’s Radio Electric 605 E. Hastings HA. 1660 SALES & SERVICE — Specializing in Radio Repairs of all makes. Large stock or parts, radio repairs specialist. HOY MAH 7) S a.m. to 11 p.m.—40c and 50c - 63 West Cordova Street A PROGRESSIVE WORK BOOT FOR EVERY PURPOSE Prices According to Wartime Regulations JOHNSON’S BOOTS ec Phone MA. 7612 a | | REGENT Suit or Overcoat : come to the OLD ESTABLISHED RELIABLE FIRM * TAILORS 324 W. Hastings St. EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MACE “This is the type of incentive wage labor has long advocated, and we have high hopes for it,” said Tom Parkin, Lodge 756 executive member. Under the suggested plan, bonuses will be distributed to @ plant as a whole—not to in- dividual employees, That is, when employees of an aircraft plant raise production for the entire plant to more than 75 percent of the set quota, 50 percent of resulting profits wili be divided among them. - “This will enable labor-man- agement production committees to work constructively to im- prove efficiency and jnerease output,” said Parkin. Lodge 756 officials have writ- ten Aeronautical Lodge 712 (Vickers, Montreal), request- ine information regarding how the union there has contributed to the success of the plan. ‘We are ready to cooperate 100 percent.” said Parkin. The House of Commons com- mittee reported that Canada had produced 12,908 planes up to June 30, and that im the Vickers plant costs had been substantiall~ lowered. : Nigel, Mongan, international board member, International Woodworkers of America, Saunders Appointed Editor Of The People Appointment of Charles A. Saunders, long prominent in the labor movement on the Coast, as editor of The People to succeed Hal Griffin, who is leaving the paper to take up’ full time work in other fields of writing, was announced by the editorial board this week. Saunders will take over his new post at the beginning of September. At the same time the edi- torial board announced the ap- pointment of Myer Sharzer to the post of associate (editor formerly held by Alfred C. Campbell, who recently left Vancouver for Toronto to join the staff of The Canadian Tri- pune in a similar capacity. Griffin, who left daily news- § paper work to join the B.C. Workers’ News as assistant editor in 1936, subsequently be- coming editor of its Successor, The Advocate, until its sus- pension in 1940, has been edi- tor of The People since its estabhi-hment in 1942. He will continue to serve aS a member of the editorial board and as af eontributing editor. “Since I have accepted the | nomination in New § federal Westminster for the lLabor- Progressive Party and have a number of writing contracts to { fulfil, I felt I could not meet these obligations and _ still earry out my responsibilities as editor of the paper,” Griffin said this week. Author of Alaska and the Canadian Northwest—Our New Frontier, published earlier this year, Griffin is now working on three other books to be pub- lished within the next year. Saunders, who resigned as president of the Dock and ShipyardWeorkers Union, Lo- eal 2, last week, was given life membership in tnat union in recognition of his four years service. A veteran Eee my t+ SQHEN 1685 KINGSWAY CHARLES A. SAUNDERS of the Spanish War, he serv- ed in the ranks of the Mac- kenzie-Papineau Battalion for two years, and it was while he was in Spain that he con- tributed his first articles te The Advocate. Since The People was estab- lished he has been a frequent contributor to its columns and his occasional column, As La- bor Sees It, has been a popular feature. BROS. | js € Dry Kindling i 4. @ No. 1 Fir Sawdust—Bulk or Sacked " ii @ No. 1 Fir Wood ” For immediate Delivery Phone : jj “FA. 6419 Y whose members produce airplane spruce for Mosquito bombers, stated: “Any system which helps qnerease production and the flow of materials for the fight ing front will ‘have our sup- port; and the [WA is in favor of a just system of incentive pay. “Profit-sharing will do a great deal for production and provide a better standard of living for the workers. “Some unions oppose incen- ‘tive pay because the idea has been confused with the piece- work system. Incentive pay on this basis does not mean piece- work, and we do not feel that it will result in a speedup.” Vets Issue Housing Brief So that all Canadian Legion members will be fully aware of the seriousness of Vancouver's housing erisis, copies of a mimeographed bulletin on the auestion will be distributed to the Canadian legion branches throughout the province, it has been announced. The bulletin will be distributed as part of a labor-yeteran campaign for better housing. The bulletin is based on a broadcast over radio station CKWX by Jack Henderson, president of Canadian lMLegion B.C. Command, and yice-chair- man ot Industrial Reconstruc- tion and Social Development Couneil. Time for the broadeast was donated by the Labor-Progres- sive Party. which postponed its regular broadcast to make way. for the address on housing. “Between January 6 and July 15 there were 1,052 notices to vacate in the Greater Vancou- ver area. It is safe to say that at least 80 percent of those af- fected thave loved ones in the armed forces,” states the bulle— tin. “Wihere are these people to go? Soldiers’ dependents can- not pay high rents. According to Housing Registry surveys, one-third of the most urgent cases requiring homes cannoz afford to pay more than $20 monthly. “There are those in the City of Vancouver who point to houses under construction here as evidence that the city is growing.” “But thére ‘are extremely few, practically no houses, that ¢an be rented for $30 being built today, and that is the ut- most any soldiers’ dependents can possibly pay. These new houses. moreover, are nearly all for sale im price brackets from $4,500 up, and they are snapped up eagerly even at greatly inflated prices, since no effective ceiling has ever been set on new houses. This in it- self is proof of a serious hous- ing shortage.” |HASTINGS BAKERY 716 EAST HASTINGS HAst. 3244 |Let Your Baker Ba®e for You F Purity — Quality