Page 2 — Saturday, March 24, 1945

days ..-

of labor and progress . of the people . .

for the provinces:

minster and Victoria.

OUTSIDE POINTS: Club

Prince Rupert ——- $100.00 INanaTmMO- —2e ns 25.00 juadysmiths = 35.00 Duncan 2s ee 50.00 Cowichan Lake _.. 75.00 HIxXtension= ss 40.00 Woeubow 2. 10.00 Campbell River ... 40.00 Couctenay == 40.00 Cumberland 50.00 Port Alberni ........ 50.00 Sointulas =e ‘40.00 Jeune Ldg. ...... . 25.00

Grassy Plains - Ocean Falls

Terrace

Kamloops

Malakwa S Mt. Cartier) ===: 30.00 Noteh Hall =: 20.00 Revelstoke __......... 25.00 Red Lake ___-2....... 20.00 Salmon Arm .......- 50.00 Granbrook- === 25.00 Creston= 2 25.00 Bernion \ ese 75.00 Kimberley -__........... 50.00 Michel Natal 100.00 Hjorth: Rd 30.00 Port Kells e 30.00 Richmond Fast ... 20.00 South Burnaby ... 20.00 Britannia. — 2 50.00 Powell River _._... 35.00

SPrA] DAY

who.

from Bill Turner.

with a bang!

greater efforts to overcome al] difficulties ... obstacles, and win through to that new and better world. achieve, not just “peace in our time,” but peace for all time .- . to achieve for labor a greater stature than ever. before in history. ... to make this, truly, the “cen

Club Cash Subs Burrard Hast -....... $150.00 75 Hast nds 250.00 50 Paty ewe ee 200.00 85 Southall 2s 50.00 35 TEST an Op ee 200.00 85 Hastings Hast _...... 200.00 85 North Vancouver .. 100.00 60 New Westminster 200.00 50 QO? Bill — 30

Cash Subs

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Sub-Finders

P.A. is launching its spring drive in momentous times—with the allies closing in on Berlin, and the United Nations preparing for the world ‘security conference in San Francisco .. . - pregnant with triumph; but fraught with dangers, too!

P.A. has an unique and significant role to play in winning this corner of the world for the realization of these great plans. The labor press is foremost in the ranks of the historic champions . . [ts headlines are the fighting slogans - its leadership will inspire them to new and to push aside ay

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tury. of the common man.”

Trophy and pennant for competition between greater Vancouver, North Vancouver, North Burnaby, New West-

great

HE labor press is ever vigilant in the defense of liberty, and the uncompromising foe of fascism .. . It fights tirelessly in defense of freedom, and against reaction . . you! Can you be complacent, while anywhere in our-province or in the world, the divisive farces of reaction are at work? Can you be silent when the demagogues and opportunists are loudly elamoring for the death of all that you hold dear? P.A. speaks for you and for those thousands of freedom loving people who need its leadership! Can you do less than contribute your work and devo- tion to P.A. for the period of the April drive? P.A. is asking for $5000 in cash and $2500 in subs, but we hope to go well over this amount... here are the proposed quotas

. in so doing, it fights for

Club Cash Subs West Hind: 2-223 $200.00 85 Victory Square 200.00 50 INOLGUAY ec is. aoe 135.00 75 Georeigs se =. 3 6...) 250.00 30 Grandview --..----2.---- 150.00 75 Swine S652 2 75.00 40 North Burnaby -... 200.00 80 Vactomia. ses 200.00 80 |

Club Cash Subs Blueberry Creek... 10.00 5 Welson.. = 2:22 5. 10.00 10 Rossland | 23.32 40.00 20 Silverton __... 10.00 5 aerail 40.00 20 Vernon 50:00 15 ism by Meee ke oe 20.00 10 Kelowna. 22-2 23 30.00 10 Enderby = _...... 20.00 10 Copper Mtn. ___..... 50.00 15 Hedley 2 15.00 5 Kelowna City -....-.. 30.00 10 Osoyoos 10 Princeton 10 Penticton : 15 Pioneer Mines _.... 20.00 10 Prince George -..... 10.00 10 Wrells= San ete 20.00 10 Wihitehorse.. 100.00 25 IO ASSIZi a eee 10:00 10 Mission: —222- 2: a 15200710 Websters Corners. 30.00 10 Aldergrove _........... 25.00 20 Bridgeview ......-.... 30.00 20 Gampiee —22 sa 25.00 10 Cloverdale ...........- 25.00 10 Fort Langley ........ 15.00 10 Green Timbers ..... 30.00 20 Manley, == ase 20.00 10 Queensboro ~.....-...- 50.00 25 Whiterock _..._...... 10.00 10 Central Burnaby .. 40.00 10 Gibsons’ Ldg. ........ 10.00

April 1 will be “P.A. Day.” Every friend and supporter is urged to get at least one sub or donation or both, for the official opening day of the drive. Everyone who does will be personally listed in the “P.A. DAY HONOR ROLL” in the issue of April 7. These will be listed by clubs, so see to it that your club is well and substantially represented! And all you supporters and friends who do not belong to clubs, send in your sub. or contribution to P.A. and help to make “P.A. DAY” a day to be remembered!

Space does not permit of reporting any drive plans until next week, although we could certainly tell a thing or two about who’s Before starting to report drive returns in next week’s issue, “we would like to acknowledge subs received up to March 19. The outside points are right out in front again; there should be some stiff competition for that new trophy and pennant! Six more each from Lumby and Cumberland, five from the new club at Ocean Falls, three from Mission, two from Vernon, and singles from a whole number of other points, including two from Squamish And in Vancouver, six good ones from North Van., five from Grandview, four from Kits., three from South Hill, two from Swing, two from Burrard Fast, and singles from Georgia, Victory Square, and Hast End.

In signing off, please let us have those drive reports, tell us what your plans are, what your challenges are, send us the pic- tures of those who do good work, ask for advice, send us advice; in short let’s get together and put the April drive over the top

JOHN L.

LEWIS

Demand Lewis Act

WILKES-BARRE. — John L. Lewis has been asked by miners to get them “shifting shanty pay” in line with a favorable War labor Board decision for the ClO Packing House Workers. Ignoring Mewis’s defiance of WLB procedure, and His current strike notice, Loomis Local 2444, one of the biggest in the area, has sent a resolution to the UMW scale committee. It requests that the new contract under discus- Sion include payment for time spent changing clothes in shift- ing shanties in the mines before and after work.

Leonard Statkewicz, Loomis president, told reporters this week that the “shifting shanty pay” will be sought on the basis of a decision handed down®last week by the WLB in favor of the CIO packing house workers.

FORMER RINGSTER

Statkewiez, a former prize fighter, who looks like a young- er, and light haired Jack Demp- sey, went into some detail on the new “shifting shanty pay” de- mand. His remarks recalled the famous “portal to portal” pay. The CIO Metal Miners won it through a court decision while sticking to their no-strike pledge. Lewis defied the WLB, refused to take the miners’ case to the courts, and used their portal to portal pay demands for his strikes against the war.

Statkewiez quoted a Washing- ton representative of the CIO that the WLB decision to pay packing house workers for time spent in changing clothes “re- presented a substantial victory.” He told how the WLB found that under the “abnormal conditions,” peculiar to the meat packing in- dustry, certain workers must change clothing on the premises. He quoted the WLB decision that “it is fair and equitable for the companies to make reason- able allowances” where such time is “appreciable.” ‘The officials,” he went on, “said that the time spent by the meat packing work- ers, including bathing,, was as much as an hour a day in cer- tain cases. We believe that the eenditions which makes it neces- sary for meat workers to change their clothing in the meat houses parellels our necessity.”

“We can’t wear our dirty clothes on the public transporta- tion vehicles without arousing

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LPP Club

Cariboo Constituency—

Prince George Club, John

Gavryluk, chairman. Wells

Club, Joseph Andre, chairman: Comex-Alberni Constituency—

Campbell River Club, Harry |

Pawlik, chairman. Port Al | ~

berni .Club, James F. Saxby, chairman. Courtenay Club, H.| Russell, chairman. Cumberland Club, John Steckand, chair-

man. Sointula Club, Arne John-|

son, chairman: East Kootenay . Constituency— Cranbroek Club, Pat Walsh, chairman. Creston Club, Ken- ny Doolittle, chairman. Fernie Club. Wm. J. Slemko, chair- man. Kimblerley Club, Joe Cyralik, chairman. Michel Club, George Gaseoff, chair- man.

Fraser Valley

Constituency— Websters Corner Club, Harvey Gustason, chairman.

Kamloops

Constituency— Kamloops Club, ©. H. €eok, chairman; LPP Hall, 145 Vic- foria ‘Street, West. Malakwa

Club, J. A. Johanson, chair- man. Mount Cartier Club, P. Balyn, chairman. Wotch Hili

Club, T. A. Huhtala, chairman. Revelstoke Club, Mac Ivanaus- kas, chairman. Red Lake Club, J. W. Smith, chairman; Salmon Arm Club,” Jack Honey, chairmen.

Nanaimo

Constitueney— Extension Club, Louis Tellier, chairman. Nanaimo Ciuab, James Forsythe, chairman. Dunean Club, George Hawk; Ladysmith Club, Ethel Michel- son, chairman. Lake Cowichan, Fred Wilson, chairman.

Victoria Constituency— Victoria, Bill White, chatir-

man, Room 1, 1116 Broad St.

Director

New Westminster Constituency— Richmond East, Paul —

chairman. South _ Bi ' J.. Vipond. Central E> -«Charles_ Stewart, _ch

White Rock, - Fred

chairman. Fort Langs! gelo Gentile, ch “Queensboro, Bert_ te chairman. Langley, y McDonald, chairman. d Timbers, A. B. Hyton® man. Bridgeview Cluk Armstrong, chairman. Westminster Club, Miller, chairman, 59 Al St. Aldergrove, Victor back, chairman. ;

Skeena Constituen Ocean: Falls, Harold chairman. Prince Bruce Mickleburgh, ch Box 405. Terrace, Joi chairman. 4

Vancouver North

Constituency— North Burnaby, worth,

Len chairman, j/ Hall 3890 Hastings North Vancouver, Mrs thy lWynas. chairman.

River, G. A. Harris, chy Gibsen’s Landing, Dr. | lis chairman. Britann. G. Garesh, chairman:

West Kootenay

Constituency— Blueberry Creek, S.. Be chairman.’ Nelsen, J. aA chairman. Rossland € | mer Thompsen, ch Trail Club; Al Mei ehairman. Yernon €) Sokoloff, chairman. 1 Club, R. Jones, chairm lowna City Club, M. | chairman. QOsoyeos Cli! Rudnoy, chairman. P |

E. R. Cebb, chairman.

Yukon Constituenc: Whitehorse Club, Boy’ don, chairman.

U.S. Army Stand 0, Communists Greeter

Prominent Americans from all walks of life have indicated their support of the recently disclosed policy of the U.S.-War Depart- ment not to tolerate discrimina- tion against Communists in the army.

In a statement signed by sev- eral hundred wellknown public figures the department’s. policy Was termed “common sense and

the ire of those in clean clothes. We would much rather use a shifting shanty. Many miners refuse to do that now because of the amount of time spent changing clothes in the mornings and then bathing and getting back into street clothing at night.

“However, if the proposal of the Loomis Local is approved by the scale committee, and John L. Lewis inserts it in the contract to be discussed in a few weeks, the miners will feel satisfied to spend the time in the shifting shanty. The local believes that the international and district of- ficers, as well as miners in gen- eral will back up our idea.”

the only sound policy for | eracy,” and as a democi €ision carrying out “ou | try’s stated policies of © all forces seriously su the war etfort.” See Among the “big nami signed the statement ¥ eluded the following:: Louis Adamic, actor F Massey, Joseph E.E Day dio Commentator William rer, Rabbi Stephen S Author Thomas Mann, f Frederic March, Harvard F sor Harlow Shapley, & f Dr. Guy Emery Shiplei } wright Donald Ogden 4} Paul Robeson, Pianist # Schnabel, Labor Ieade # Robinson and a host of ¢} At the House of Rep f tives committee meeting } the policy was disclosed General Bissell, chief of intelligence, pointed to # tinguished record of mal § munists and alleged Com } Turning to charges agal cific persons, he said: “1% ficers have shown by the gf that they are upholding

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