Dbyiously pleased, Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky (left) md Marshal Gregory Zhukov, confer on the eastern front 's their armies smash across Polish plains to Berlin.

Ukrainian Halls To Be Returned To Owners

was “in full swing, with mes- sages of support from labor or- ganizations reaching Canada’s ereat war general from all parts of the country.

Voicing the opiniens of the majority of CCl tnionists, in

Wage Gains For Yukon Local -

WAIREHORSE, Ya == Bette Howard, Business Agent for Local 884, HL & REU, announced two major gains granted by the Western Labor Board in connection with submissions made by Local 884.

First gain was the granting by the board of a classification for -Head~ Meat Cutter with a rating of $225 to $275 per month, this classification applies to Standard Oil Company, and Com- pany had agreed to make similar submission to the Board for that rating. Previously employees

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Grey North Byelection Exposes Conservative-CCF Objective

= With nomination papers filed for both opposition candidates, the campaign to elect Defense Minister McNaughton in the Grey North by-election on Monday next and thwart the CCF-Tory plan to upset the gov ernment at the height of the European offensive,

opposition to the CCF clique which temporarily* twisted the CCL Political Action -Committee apparatus

into a vote-gettinge for. corporation director God- frey, CCF candidate, George

Harzis, United Hlectrical Worl- ers’ leader who recently resign- ed as PAC vice-chairman, broad- east to Grey North workers to support McNaughton and de- feat the maneuvers of reaction. At the same time, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Secre- tary Pat Sullivan announced that the TLC was “emphatical- ly”, not supportine Godfrey. Harly this week Prime Minis- ter King, in a short message to the econstituency’s voters, de- clared that he would call a gen- eral election before April 17 in

any case and that the appeal to elect McNaughton was based on the necessity of having the Muin- ister of Defense take his place in parliament.

Obvious evidence that the op- position groups were looking at the by-election as a means of playing politics and disregard- ing its relation to the war was seen in the effort of Tory leader Bracken to make the issue one of “ceonseription.” This is ob- viously the only issue which the Tories wish to place in the fore— front, and the CCF campaign, in

placing the main emphasis on the defeat of McNaughton, is directed in exactly the same

path—to the obvious advantage of the Tories.

Ulinder Found Guilty By Union Suspended From ‘All Activity

Charged with conspiring

against Officers and members

- Final steps to correct the injustice which the overwhelm-

doing that type of work were paid from $175 to $220 per month.

of the International Woodworkers of. America, John Ulinder, member of IWA Local 1-80, was found guilty by a trial

| : fast ee : ag democratic majority of Ukrainian Canadians suffered

sarly in the war, when their halls across Canada were seized yy the government and sold, at a fraction of their value, to wro-fascist Ukrainian groups in fany Cases, were initiated last yeek when the government, by rder-in-counecil, decided to take ack seven thalls, includinge one 1 Vancouver, from their present “wners.

by the Minister of Justice to the Exchequer Court or to a superior or county court of the province within which the claim arises.” Wiping out of this shameful page in Canada’s history comes after long months of public pres- | sure from all sections of the peo- ple. The halls were originally ‘seized when the ULFTA was de- 'clared illegal at a time when a lack of hostility to the Soviet Union was regarded as suspect by the authorities. The seizures were made by the government upon the “advice” of Ukrainian elements whose anti-Soviet stand was paralleled by a sympathy

Possession of the halls is to ‘2 delivered to the Secretary of tate not later than April 30, 945, who, according to*the order- -council, “shall. administer the ‘id properties on behalf of His -ajesty.” This is understood to sean that the halls will be omptly eg cd to their right- il owners, the Ukrainian Labor- armer Temple Association, from hom they were taken in the rst place.

“The order also provides for/and political connection with mpensation to present owners | Nazi Germany, whom they re- id states that this compensa-| garded as their protagonist in

The new rating makes a substan- increase for those employed under that classification.

The other gain is a classifi- cation for head waitresses with a rating of $#50 to $160 per month. Previously girls em- ployed under this classification were receiving from $100 to $135 per month. Boys dong the same type of work were receiving $150 to $160.

These gains mark the first to be granted by the Western Labor Board in connection with submis- sions made by Local 384. Further submissions will be made to the Board by the Union with respect to wage rates for other classi- fications.

Bette Howard is the newly- elected business agent for Local 884 and has thus far been doing splendid work despite the handi- cap of being new in the Yukon. She’s also actively engaged in the Yukon Garnival Week to be

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committee of his local whose report was adopted at a mem-

bership meeting in Dunean last week.

The adopted report provides that Ulinder be placed on proba- tion within the IWA. for a period of 12 months, dating from No- vember 18, 1944, and that he pay a fine of $15. During the probation period full dues and assessments, if any, must be paid to the LWA and he will have nei- ther voice nor vote at IWA meet- ings. Also, Ulinder will not be allowed to accept any official po- Sition within the union during the period of probation.

The charge of conspiracy im violation of the [WA constitution

arose out of the calling of an illegal “rump” meeting of a few IWA members and certain non- members for the purpose of Grawing up plans for systematic work against TWA leaders. The meeting was reported held in Na- naimo last November and “was apparently part of the GCE drive. te seize control of the IWA as well as other major B.C. unions. Ulinder was accused of calling and attendng the meet.

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