[D)) [, ee = PE i I or. Vol 6. No, 21 Vancouver, B.C., May 23, 1947 <> ** eae x * : Rey oe | * \ Operators won't hear union case Negotiations for the 1947 contract for British Columbia’s 35,000 coast . loggers and sawmill workers reached a_ vir- tual stalemate this week when lumber operators represented by Stuart Research, stated they were “not interested” in dis- cussing wage increases above the 10 percent offer made to the IWA last Monday. Although operators claim that their proposed increases would raise wages 10 to 25 cents an hour, IWA estimates place them as amounting to only an average of 11 cents for each worker. The union is asking a general wage raise Five Cents Farben heads indicted for crimes @ A 20,000-word indictment submitted by, Brigadier General Telford Taylor, chief American war crimes prosecutor, Tges 24 top-ranking executives of the six-billion-mark I. G. Farben chemical combine with equal responsibility for azi crimes, Farben explosives were used to kill civilians in Rotterdam and Belgrade alike when Goering’s Luftwaffe still held Mastery of the air. Farben gases and poisons were used Murder thousands in the death camps at Belsen, Dachau and Oswiecim. ane i Five broad counts brought against the Farben executives e: 1—Conspiring with Hitler to wage aggression. 2.—Plunder and spoilation: of 15 countries. 3—Use of slave labor in Farben plants. 4—Membership in the SS (against three defendants). 5.—Participation in a common plan or conspiracy. @ Heading the list of those indicted is Karl Von Krauch (right), Another is George Von Schnitzler (left). Ree: of 20 cents an hour across- : the board. ay? Statement issued by the union’s wage policy commit- tee at the conclusion of this week’s negotiations; declared: ““Since the wage offer of the employers falls far short of the union’s demands, coupled with the fact that no consid- eration was given to all other important union demands, and the furniture industry was entirely excluded, it is likely the district policy committee * will recommend to our mem- bership non-acceptance of the Buyers’ strike cuts sales In several B.C. centers Acti ; tion of housewives and Sor ESS a a PS employers’ proposals.” of Recta 2 aNd g W ill ( a cj Other demands submitted ver stores last sat- t by the union for negotiation u : y : 4 oe 1S_ considered to be a ace may run or p resi en and rejected by operators are "gely responsible for the establishment of the 40-hour week throughout the industry, In his speech here last week to an independent voters luncheon, a company-financed welfare Henry A. Wallace said that the United States anti-Communist talk is @| fund, and a union shop. “disgrace’’ and denounced President Truman’s loyalty test for govern- A full meeting of the IWA mental employees as “a he a : district policy committee will $25,000,000 witch - hunt.” put in jail.” Wallace said} be held this Friday morning. The former vice-president that in countries he visited Meanwhile District President said he believed that “Com- on .his recent European | Harold Pritchett flew to Tor- “tp drop in sales of many as we tc staple commodities this Week, Sa ; les of jams, preserves an ee Peanut butter, which are * the buyers’ strike boycott © Housewives Consum- Ore cei munists should be treated tour he found “they had a} onto Tuesday to report on av Ssociation this week, | a, human beings rather healthy political climate | negotiations to the CCL na- according’; varies Sees than people who should be where everything was out tional ig wage co-ordinating fo) rs. orothy (Continued on Page 8. ) committee. (Continued on Page 8) @ HENRY A WALLACE See WALLACE (Continued on Page 8 ) \ See PRICES See CONTRACT Bae oa ¢ { Union seeks Malarctic probe My A B.C_The B.C. district union of the CIO Mine, We and Smelter Workers, at a policy conference here this dic? Called for a full investigation into the recent mine The ter at Malarctic, Quebec, where 11 men lost their lives. Touna on. _asked for a “report of the circumstances sur- ay g the disaster, and extent of rescue equipment ailable at the time.” ac conference expressed “complete disapproval of the mon taken by the management in sealing off and flooding © mine,” declared K. A. Smith, union secretary-treasurer. Smelter workers reject offer TRAIL, B.C.—In balloting last weekend, workers here and at Kimberley overwhelmingly rejected a first offer from Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company for a wage increase’ of eight cents an hour. The workers, members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, are asking a wage boost of 25 cents an hour across-the-board. The district policy committee of the union met here last Monday to discuss the CMS offer and general progress of negotiations, but its decisions were not available as the Pacific Tribune went to press. re Te a il