‘“We'llGiveEvery | War Veter an A Job’ By H. SALLOUM “Jobs, we will give every war year the soldiers heard these words. mot believe these words, especi: veteran a job.” For many a sure, many did ally the onés who had known the hard years of the depression, yet a vast majority of the young men who had left school to fight for their country heard and believed these words To S85 veterans of this and the fast war these words seemed to become a reality, when on April ist of this year we were hired by the Civil. Service to work for No. 41° Ordnance Depot, at Hastings Park, for a wage of $128.00 a month as storemen. Though this Wage was not a preat deal, it was enough to live on with a chance for advancement, (so we thought.) There was no union or any form of organization among the workers, reasons for this were many, but among the most out- Standing were: first, there was ne need for unions since the civil “service employed us, but many who thought this, were soon to have their thoughts shattered; secondly, many of the men wha had never themselves belonged te @ union were under the impres- Sion that unions were something evil—only thought up in a totali- tarian mind. So when a person would talk about a union, he would be mocked or accused of trying to bring communism to the country. Everyone was happy for the first month of work. But one fine Gay in the first week of May, the ‘boss called the 35 men into his office and told us the civil service commission in Ottawa has re elasiied us as “packers” with a salary of $108.00 a month. A moan went up from everyone for how, Many realized that had they had a union such a thing could pot have happened. A few of us tried to get something organized in a2 hurried way to demand a remedy for this injustice for a thine like this demanded militant and quick action. But as I im- agine, the civil service anticipat- ed; some wanted to stay and work for the starvation wage while some wanted to quit. We notified the Legion and the daily newspapers, then waited a week to see what would happen. At the end of the week we were again called in and told that Ot- tawa had refused to change its mind, therefore we could quit or work at the lower wage. The Majority of us decided to quit, a |, Dramatic few Staying on fearing if they. quit they would antagonize the civil service. Many of us quit who had spent many years overseas. Some had been prisoners in Hong Kong for Over four years, and we felt that if this was how the civil Service was tun, let them get riled up. So our numbers were added to the unemployed. fT imagine as many veterans walk the streets looking for the non-existent work these words ring in their ears— “We'll pive every veteran a job”! Veteran-lLabor unity, welded in a strong union is the only answer te the problem of jobs. EL. SALLOURAL Citizens’ Rehabilitation Hostel, Vancouver, B.C. x Three Labor Arts’ Guild Features Three plays of social Signifi- cance will be presented by the Group of the Labor Arts Guild in the John Goss Studio-Theatre on Thursday, June 6, at 8 pm. “Hello Out There,” by William Saroyan, deals with the effects of lynch law; William Kozlenko’s “This Earth Is Ours,” calls atten- tion to racial discrimination and the power of large-scale monopoly over the lives of simple people; and a comedy sketch, ‘Musical Chairs, 1944,” throws a satirical light on the preyailing housing shortage. ; Stage direction is in the hands of Wallace McEwen who brings to his task a considerable experi- ence of Hnglish Theatre and Film Studios. The plays will be repeated on Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8. 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The WETU demand was based On mounting instances of murder of trade unionists and destruction and looting of trade union prop- erty by right-wing groups. ‘The erisis iS so acute that failure to act will endanger not only peace in Greece; but ternational cooperation undertak- en by the United WNations,” the WETU warned. Recent communications from Greece state that attacks and arrests of labor leaders and other democratic spokesmen are on the upgrade, the WETIU statement pointed out, adding that the WETU’s role.in helping to build the Greek Confederation of La- bor “makes it imperative” for world labor “to denounce acts which threaten the lives of Greek workers and the free development of the Greek trade union center.” Jews Excluded On Rose Jury MONTREAL. — Seiection this week of a jury of 12 from among 114 prospective jurors, 79 of whom were® ex- amined before the jury was completed, to judge charges against Fred Rose, M.P., Was notable for the anti- Semitic attitude displayed by Special Crown Prosecutor Hon, Philipe Brais, K.C. Ten of the talesmen with Jewish Names were ordered to stand aside by the prosecution. , Joheph Cohen, chief defense counsel, disputed Brais’ right to a list of talesmen, demanding: that a copy also be made ayail- able to the defense. After a sharp exchange the crown prosecutor was ordered to surrender his copy to the court and the defense was instructed to stop taking down prospective jurors’ names: DP ON: Pritt, c- M-P., noted British “jurist, was still absent as the trial opened, cabling the defense that he would be unable to reach Montreal before the be- ginning of June, A spirited battle by the defense to quash the indictment of Rose on charges of conspiracy was lost when Justice Wilfred Lazure ruled against two defense mo- tions, HIGHEST PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Lid. EST. 1905 719 Robson St. — MAr. 2622 > > “the task of in-|{ JOHN GREENE House: Giien. 0654-1 3 Chicopractor 402 DOMINION BANK BLDG: Office Phone: PA. 4840 207 West Hastings Quality and Purity As HOMEMADE HASTINGS BAKERY ; 716 E. Hastings HA. 3244 4 : > > WAND STUDIO - “Anything With a Camera” 3 E- Hastings St. — PAc. 7644 Vancouver, B.C. federation of Latin American and Phelps Dodge strikers. Members of the International Wnion of Mine, Smelter Workers, CIO, march with workers of the Con- of international solidarity at Jaurez, Mexico. proclaim support of the American Smelting and Refining Mill and Workers in a demonstration Placards friendliest way, of course, and when the little Chinese picket back. “You shouldn’t do’ that, rancour, Wing gave him a cigaret. The big guy horseplayed him for a few seconds. A tall, skinny Swede said: “This isn’t a health resort, Louie. itll teach you to take your shirt off on a picket line.” i moved on among the pickets. They had the big sawmill sewed up tighter than -a fat man’s trousers. Some of them were sit- ting in the grass, and talking about their kids, the prowess of this one in school, that one on the ball field. “My kid got an A in everything but mathematics,” said a short, big necked man. ‘He must take after his -mother.- fT could never pass the seventh grade.” A young vet saw me talking to a couple of green chain men, and moved over to join in the con- versation. He had a handsome, hardbitten face that lit up in a very pleasant way when he smil- ed, “None of us really knew each other.” he said. “Until we started on this picket line together. The last few days have developed a Camaraderie I haven’t known since I left’ France. Wing here, for instance, has told us all about the struggle the Chinese people are putting up against Chiang Kai-shek’s rotten dictatorship. And George, the planerman gave us a new angle on the Trieste set- up. Talk about the brotherhood of man! You’ve got it right here.” The vet went on: He was talk ing for hundreds, perhaps thous- Getting Acquainted On The [WA Picket Line By BILL FREISEN They were kidding the big ross carrier driver, in the he took it friendly like even slapped him on his sunburnt Wing,” he said, but without ands of striking woodworkers. “T never feit so close to my fellow workers in my life. I feel as if £ know every bucker, faller, and chokerman in the province.” “The men are pretty grim about . this strike. They are going to win it, if it’s the last thing they do. ive been in strikes before. This one is different ‘The men know what they’re fighting for, and what they’re fighting against. No one need worry that the TWA men won't stick to their guns. The op-- erators might as well throw all the old dodges out of the win- dow. Stuart and his gang may froth at the mouth, but were go- ing to win the strike” For Your Insurance Needs of All Kinds come o— Roy Lowther (N. E. COWAN AGENCIES) 303 Rogers Bidg. 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