‘and Smelting Company, the oc- By BRUCE MAGNUSSON : : Local 2995 of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers, covering the northern areas of Ontario have forwarded stromg protests te the féderal government regarding the use of German prisoners of war in the lumber camps. The protest forwarded to Mackenzie King from the union points out that there are still some 9 Gf slave labor to lever down the | weee levels and working condi- tions of Canadians in the lumber and sawmill industry of Northern Qutario. : While it was tentatively promised that all such prisoners would be removed from the industry by June “ist, the building of new POW -eamps and the “Screening” of the POW’s, i.e. removing only the les- ser skilled workers, have given rise to grave-fears among the On- tario lumber workers, that Ger- man slave labor is to be retained for some time yet The union policy committee has been sauth- orizea to take a referendum among all civilian labor ranks in Worthern Ontario if the federal government fails to act upon the Wnion’s most recent protest against the continued use of German pris- oners of war in the lumber indus- ene union conference of all Nor- thern Ontario lumber workers also pressed their demands for the 46- hour week, vacations with pay, and a 65c per hour minimum.-wage. A wire of ereeting and pledging full support to the TWA strike in B.C. was forwarded by the Ontario lumber workers. The Ontario lum- ber and sawmill workers* union is an affiliate of the A-F. of L.., char- tered by the United Brotherhood of Garpenters and Joiners. Northern Ont. Lumber Workers Protest German Labor: Back IWA 000 German prisoners being used as a form BRUCE MAGNUSSON Pres. Local 2786, Lumber and Sawmill Workers. « .. the lumber and sawmill workers of Northern Ontario see in 2 victory for the TWA a vietory for themselves.” “We Can’t Get Rid Of Them” Says CM&S Chief By CHARLES SAUNDERS TRAIL.—A new page in the histery of this smelting town-Wwas written when management, civic officials, repre- sentatives of the Ministerial Association and the Canadian] Legion were guests of Local Workers (CIO), at a victory Gelebrating successful conclu- sion of negotiations which led to the signing of the second collec- tive bargaining agreement with the powerful Consolidated Mining casion was also significant in that it definitely established the union in the life of the com- munity. As W. S. Kirkpatrick, Consolidated general manager, put it, quoting the story of the cock- roach, “We can’t get rid of them so I guess we'll have to learn to love them.” Congratulating the union on its excellent negotiating commit- tee, Kirkpatrick admitted that management was “frequently chaerined at the way they looked after your interests.” Guest speaker Pat Conroy, sec- retary-treasurer of the Canadian Gongress of Eabor, stressed the importance of the union entering into the life of the community. He urged that the present rela- tions between union and manage- ment be strengthened to carry forward the fight for a ~better Canada, carrying on the struggle for a better life for all people. Harvey Murphy, Western direc- tor of organization, pointed out that this was one bright spot ina dismay national picture: “If all managements would act in the same way, and this is one of the greatest corporations in Canada, if they would take labor into their confidence and nego- fiate in good faith, there would not be strikes and threats of Stvikes. The union officers who conducted these negotiations are he different from the officers ne- gotiatinge for the IWA, and the members of our own local 289.” Daniel O’Brien, CCL representa- tive, and Stanley Dawson, presi- dent of the Canadian MLegion branch, also addressed the gath- ering. Introducing the speakers, Presi- dent Hred Henne paid homage to those “who have gone before and helped to lay the foundation for this great occasion.” He read a PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 3 480, Mine, Mill and Smelter banquet last week. telegram to the meeting from the MMSW international officers con- gratulating the union on its vic- tory- The banquet was supervised by the Rossland Ladies’ Auxiliary. AUUVUIUVUTEUUUTLUUUCT LUTEAL SYDNEY. — Australian police- men may have flat feet but they are far from flat-headed, accord- ing to resolutions passed by the Police Association conference here this week. The conference went on record supporting civil trade unions in their demand for a 40- hour, five-day week and unani mously urged “that police be of- forded full civil and political rights in order to give them the same freedom of speech and thought as is enjoyed by other members of the community.” Nu 'LPP Youth Cub Mobile Canteen For IWA Pickets Full support of the wood- workers in their strike for wages, hours and union se- curity was pledged Friday night (May 18) at a city-wide membership meeting of the Labor-Progressive Party. Four LPP halls—three in WVan- couver and one in New West- minster—have been offered to the strike committee for use as head- quarters, and clubs have pledged their assistance in manning soup kitchens, planning dances for the pickets, ete. Ginger Goodwin Youth Club. is organizing; a mobile canteen to tour the striking plants and provide refreshments to the pic- kets. An LPP entertainment com- mittee has been formed and the long nights on the picket line will soon be enlivened by the strains of accordions and mando- lins. Other plans under way in- elude a bicycle parade, distribu- tion of leaflets and canvassing of localities for support. Must Restore Price Ceilings, Say Prince Rupert Citizens By BRUCE MICKLEBURGH PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.—A committee to study price controls was set up by the City Council of Prince Rupert last week. Acting on a unanimous motion from the alder- men, Mayor H. M. Daggett appointed alderman Rudderham, Arnold, and Johnson, to report on the matter and bring in recommendations. This action was the result of the appearance before the Coun- ceil of a WLabor-Progressive dele gation consisting of Doris Blake— ey and Bruce Mickleburgh, who presented a brief and resolution asking the city to demand of Ottawa that price ceilings be re-established on the bulk of the hundreds of items on which they had recently been lifted. The LPP spokesmen pointed out that the current hoists in prices were the direct result of a prolonged pressure campaign by monopoly groups who sought to enrich themselves at the ex- pense of the rest of the nation. “The voice of the people through their democratic bodies from coast to coast is needed to head eff this inflationary attack on living standards,” they declared. Labor Aldermen Hills, Rudder- ham and Sinclair sponsored the move to refer the question to a committee. While they expressed general sympathy with the ob- jects of the delegation, they felt it was a “broad economic ques- tion” which needed careful study. Most “independent” aldermen supported the committee idea, with the exception of Alderman Ham, locai small business man, who felt the council should pass / here. the> motion right away and that a committe was not needed. Potential opposition was indie cated when Alderman T. Norton Young, tocal coal dealer, wanted to raise the phoney issue of wage control That most of the people of Prince Rupert don’t need any further “careful study? was im- dicated the following night, when LPP canvassers hit the streets with a petition for full mainten- ance of price controls and the curbing of monopoly profits. The canvassers reported 95 per- eent support for the petition. “This petition was greeted with open arms—the people are really sore!” was the unanimous report. HNC MOSCOW .—Hardly a month has gone by recently without a trade~ union delegation from, another country visiting its colleagues im the USSR. A Hungarian trade union group is here now, 2 British delegation just left, and before that, French, Finnish, Bulgarian, Wugoslav and Polish unionists were Next month, Moscow will play. host to members of the Worl? Federation of Trade Unions execu- tive bureau. : ARANETA get a chance to talk back. McDonnell, who in his less. pub- lic life is manager of McDonnell Metal Manufacturing Company in Vancouver, arrived at his plant Monday morning this week to be greeted by a picket line. This did not worry him unduly. Ap- parently some one had informed him that only one of the 20 foundry workers among his 65 employees was a member of the Striking Vancouver District Metal an@ Chemical Workers Union which has closed down 32 of the approximately 40 foundries and metal plants in the city. Had he been better informed he would have known that the Internation- al Association of Machinists (AFL), at a mass rally Sunday Barred trom Halifax Yards But SGWF Organizers Speak HALIPAX.—Gary Culhane, secretary of the Shipyard Federation, and Tony Beck, head shop steward at Pacific Drydock, Vancouver, now touring the Maritime provinces and Quebec in a campaign to umite all Canadian shipyard workers around a national wages and hours program, were barred from Halifax shipyard s this week. Despite refusal of shipyard op- erators to allow them to enter the yards, the B.C. unionists ad- dressed a mnoon-hour meeting of some 2,000 workers outside the yard gates. Culhane, in a press statement, asserted he had been informed by a reliable source that the man- agement of the Halifax shipyards had been advised by B:C. ship-— builders not to allow them te enter the yards and not to hire for employment, j them if they made application!| wage Marlier, ticipated Relations Dalbousie Culhane and Beck par- in a Maritime Labor Institute discussion at University. American Federation of Labor unions in the shipyards were re ported by Culhane to be calling @ special meeting of their mem-— ; bership to hear the B.C. union- ;ists’ proposals, centering around demands for a 25 cents an hour increase and the 40-hour week. ference between a select election rall A Boss Places A Small Bet... But Foundry Workers Call Bi The next time A. J. McDonell, Coalition MILA for Vancouver Center and Conserva- tive running mate of Liberal Attorney-General Gordon Wismer, wants to bet on the tem- per of his workers he’ll keep his money in his pocket and remember that there’s a dif- y and a picket line. On the picket line the workers uff night, had voted not to cross picket lines. The MEA produced a $10- bill, according to union officials, and offered to bet the pickets that his men would crossetheir line and go to work. But his men thought otherwise. About a doz- en “of them, some of them AFL unionists, were outside the plant. The thought that their employ- er might lose $10 through his misplaced confidence in them left them unperturbed. They stayed where they were. And to add insult te injury, picketing strikers, who are de- manding a 25 centS an hour wage increase and the 40-hour week, taunted the M&A about the in- ereased indemnity he voted him- self at the last session of the legislature. Afterwards McDonnell issued a press statement. The incident coulda not be expected to strike the voters of Vancouver Genter, a majority of whom are woarkers, in a favorable light. He stated that in everything they did te gally the unions could count on his support, “but in everything they do illegally, I can’t go along with them.” In_less plausible language this Statement merely aligned him with other employers who take the stand that the strike is ille- gal and refuse to negotiate un- less the strike is lifted. This ‘the union refuses to do, contending that employers were given every opportunity to negotiate when the union demands were first pre- sented months ago. At that time every union proposal was flatly rejected, leaving strike as the only recourse. Section of Vancotver’s monster May Day parade leaving the Georgia Viaduct. Tens of thousands of citizens lined the streets to watch Labor’s march-past. EREIDAY, MAY 24, 1946 \