June 19, 1935: following the police The parade, Many to hospital. November 25, Vancouver, Senator eloquent posteript: our work.” “Yesterday; attempt of mob incited by Communist leader to flout constitutional au- thority and to attack men lawtully at work + + . €ffectively suppressed. Wish to publicly express the fullest measure of appreciation of all law-abiding citizens for splendid coopera- tion extended to City police by the officers and men of the RCMP force stationed here.” This is the telegram then Mayor Gerald Grat- ton MeGeer sent to Prime Minister R. B. Bennett longshoremen which has gone down in Vancouver labor’s history as the Battle of Ballantyne Pier. led by a Victoria Cross winner of Worla War One, was broken up by mounted city police and RCMPolice who loosed tear gas and clubbed men ‘and women indiscriminately, sending And, in his speech to members of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association, meeting in the Hotel a candidate for the chief mapistracy, added this “Posterity shal) applaud, ¢ attack on @ parade of striking 1946: Gerald Gratton MecGeer, again and God approve [PP bazaar plans election rally, big time for kids, grownups The bazaar and civic elections ar incidentally the closing of the Wednesday, December 11, for lations as they are computed Bail, 111 Dunsmuir St. is the Place to head for, because aside from getting the latest on the civic vote, the games will be in full swing and all prospective Shoppers can get a lineup on the many articles being offered. Candy for sale, and as prizes for the Kids will interest all, for who hasn’t stood in the line- ups to get a little of the precious stuff There won’t be an unlim- ited quantity but a goodly amount will be on hand each day. Aliso there is 2 possibility that a very small amount of shortening. will be available and every effort is being made to exploit this to the fullest. The number of diamond secks may not be large as to quantity, but the appéarance of a few quality -pair will create a mamor struggle to determine who the lucky ones will be. Those articles that may not be con- ' sidered as really on the scarce st will, by their value and at- tractiveness,cause a rush on the Many booths, as the committee tras set their sights on high class Union hiring hall on waterfront Edeven years after the water- front strike of 1935, a union hir- ing hall will again be established ©n the Vancouver waterfront as the result of an agreement signed between Tocal 507, International Longshoremen and Warehouse- men’s Wnion, and Hmpire Steve- doring, Canadian Stevedoring and Enterprise Stevedoring companies. The agreement affects 150 full- time and another 150 casual workers. New Westminster and Port Al berni jiceals of the ILWU have Signed similar agreements with the Shipping Federation. This week, Ed. Winnerlowe, 1Lwu international representa- tive, announced that a joint 2D- plication entered by the union and the shipping companies for @ wage increase of 15 cents an hour and an additional three Cents an hour holiday pay—t1s Cents an hour in all—had been approved by the National War Labor Board. The increase also covers mem-= bers of the New Westminster and Port Alberni locals. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 3 € running neck and neck in their campaigns, but co- election launches the bazaar. A mass rally at 7:00 p.m. on election workers, supporters and friends will give radio tabu- and received from the many polls in the city. The Seamen’s §0e0ds with the club members more than coming up to expectations. Novelties and souvenirs of the days referred to as ‘the good old days’ by so many of the indus- trial barons will bring back mem- ories to more than a few. One item alone, namely, RPWU (Re lief Project Workers Union) but- tons should assist in prodding us in our determination that never again shall the necessity for mak- ing such a button present itself. The committee asks all those that have tickets to push them to the limit and that those which are solq be channeled into the office in the next week to elim- inate a last minute stampede. Also if the mothers who are plan- ning to bring their kiddies to the Friday Xmas Tree will give the office some notification ahead of time it will greatly assist in the final planning of this affair. Phone PAcifie 1455 ana leave your message. A correction of last week’s news—the leather class mention- €d as being conducted by the West End club is in error, as this enterprise was launched by Eing- lish Bay. 3 The Kits club reports the tea and shower held Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Peretz Institute 4 real Success financially and many goods were received. * Burnaby trustee calls for support of Kindergartens BURNABY, B.C.—Establishment of kindergarten classes, requiring only voters’ approval to be put into effect, and opening of schools for adult recreation and education are two accomplishments .to which Mrs. endorsed candidate, points in her campaign for re-election to Burn- aby School Board. “T cannot claim to have carried out all the proposals I advanced in my last program,” Mrs. Wil- MES. E. WILSON Elizabeth Wilson, LPP- Son said this week. “That is why I am standing for re-election, so that I may be able to continue my fight for the progressive measures the people of Burnaby endorsed when they first elected me two years ago. “I feel that the improvements I have.helped to bring about jus- tify my position. This year rate- payers will vote on a bylaw auth- orising the school board to spend $1,200 obtained from sale of school property on the establishment of Kindergarten classes. If this by- law is approved, the board can apply for a provincial govern- ment grant and Burnaby will be- come the first school district in the province to have such classes. “Mothers who want to give their children pre-school training will appreciate the need, I’m cer- tain,” Mrs. Wilson added. This quiet, pleasant woman, who, despite an infirmity, has jong been identified with cam- paigns for community improve- ment in the municipality, is par- ticularly proud of the fact that she has been largely instrumental in having schools made available for community work. vey Murphy, attend the convention. , All locals of the union have completed balloting on the recom- mendations of Commissioner Jus- tice Sloan for a settlement of the S-month hardrock miners’ strike. hatest estimates of the balloting indicate that almost 90 percent of the gold miners voted for ac- ceptance of the recommendations. it is rumored that a number of the mines’ On the proposals, and that their Tanks are badly split as a result. The Sheep Creek gold operation has been shut down on the grounds that it ‘cannot afford’ to meet the wage increases ‘awarded. The miners? convention will deal primarily with union con- Solidation problems, the enforcing: of the new wage agreements, and @ Concerted move against the government Mines’ department in its attempts to cancel out the 442 hour week legislation for the min- ers and compel them to return to a 48-hour week. : : While the long strike has been a heavy drain upon the financial resources of the union, the soli- darity and determination to ‘win was never higher, and the District Union convention will feel a jus- tifiable pride in the victory that has been achieved. Financial Support from other unions has also been a factor; indicative of broad labor solidarity. At its meet- ing last week the International Longshoremen and Warehouse- men’s Union took up a collection of $32 for the striking gold min- ers. Members of the TuWWU Local 507 expressed the view that: their Own success in winning an 18- operators are hedging |" cent swage increasee had been t BS >) | . 2 B : Miners’ meet aims at & a2 . union consolidation — The B.C. district of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union will open its 4th annual constitutional convention in the Pender Auditorium on Monday, Dec. 2. According to Har- MMSW western representative, approximately 45 delegates from every mining center in the province will made possible by the concerted struggle of the TUMMSW. Mac-Paps to aid Spanish refugees Veterans of the Mackenzie- Papineau Battalion and mem- bers of Vancouver trade unions this week came to the aid of four Spanish stowa- Ways now being held for de- portation by immigration of- ficials here. fhe four, who said they were deserters from #ranco’s army, stowed away on board the Van- couver freighter Tipperary Park under the impression she ‘was bound for Mexico. They assert that they will be shot if they are returned to Spain. Emil ‘Frenchy’ Gougin, of the International Woodworkers of America, who fought in the Int- ernational Brigade against Fran- co's army, talked to the men, as- Suring them that the Veterans of Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion and other sections of the labor move_ ment would fight to halt their deportation to Spain and endeavor te secure a haven for them in Mexico, their original destination. As evidence of the quick Syim- pathy their plight evoked, Gou- gin collected $19 for them ‘within ten minutes of hearing their story. 2 OTTAWA—There League, and George Bleakney, charged with interfering with ment property, opens in county court here this Monday the trial will become that of the federal government instead. The charge: eriminal neglect of veterans’ housing needs. last week, the Veterans’ Hous- ing League, through a two-line Wwant-ad in local papers, drew re- plies from 100 people, effectively disproving figures quoted by C. E&. Pickering, the Board of Trade’s chairman of a local Citizens’ Housing Committee, who had as- Sured the city that “all emere- ency cases have been looked after.” This Citizens’ Housing Commit- tee was launched a month ago in an attempt to weaken public sup- > port of the Veterans’ Housing League and forestall further seiz= ures. For one week Hanratty held membership in it, but when he pressed Pickering for positive proposals he was told he was “out of order? ang the meeting Was abruptly ended. The red. bogey has also been dragged into the campaign through combined efforts of tocal newspapers and Father MacDon- ald, representing a Catholic social service agency. Father Macijon- Recognition of trade union rights is another issue upon which Mrs. Wilson has taken a frm Stand. During her term of office the school board has incorpor- ated a union clause in all Gon- tracts and established good rela- tionss with Burnaby- Civic Em- ployees Union and the B.C. Teach- ers Federation. Mrs. Wilson is now supporting the BC ‘Teachers Federation in its demand for a closed shop in King govt. on trial In vet housing issue By ROBERT M. LAXER Burnaby. is every likelihood that when the trial of F. E. Hanratty, leader of the Veterans’ Housing the League’s counsel, jointly ~ police and occupying govern- ald “discovered” that there were two communists on the execu- tive of the Veterans’ Housing: Teague and demanded that Han- ratty “purge” the League of all communists or resign from the Citizens’ Housing Committee. When Hanratty refused to per- mit such partisan questions to interfere with the League’s cam- Paign for homes, Pickering with- out bothering to take a vote or the whole committee, expelled Hanratty. Since then, the Citizens Housing Committee has held its meetings in “camera”, issuing: a series of misleading figures and promises on housing. Last week Hanratty. led a delegation of men, women and children into one of the com- mittee’s closed sessions, con- fronting its members with liv- ing proof that emergency cases still existed. Lhe committee refused to listen to a woman who asked, on the verge of tears, “How would you like to live in a room the size of a clothes closet with a young ehild?” Next week, by the time the im- Posing array of witnesses — na- tionally known bis shots as well as modest citizens to whom the housing problem is no mere aca- demic exercise—have been heard, the public will have had 4. dra matic reminder of the plight of thousands of families. In the meantime, the League is continuing its financial assistance. All progressive organizations and individuals are being urged to rush their contributions to the Veterans Housing League, at 78 Bank Street, Ottawa. ERIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1946