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‘eoples Advocate

Hospital Hit

Forty Girls Working In
Over-crowded Building;
Fainting Fits Common
Occurrences

UNION NEEDED

Inquiries made by the PA
into conditions existing in the
laundry of the Vancouver
General, of which there are
many complaints both from
girls employed there and their
parents, show the need for
sweeping improvements.

While the hospital has been en-
larged, with consequent additions to
| the staff, and all washine= required

at the Haro Street Children's Hos-
pital is done at this laundry, there
has been no enlargement of the now
over-crowded building in which over
forty girls work.

Danger of electric shock from
washing machines prevents the girls
from wearing comfortable footwear
needed for the concrete floor. Toilet

= facilities, too, are inadequate.

i On the excuse that the mangles
H will cool off, windows are kept shut
| with the result that the laundry is
» constantly filled with steam. WFaint-
ing fits are commion occurences and
insufficient provision for these cases
prevents proper care.

Girls work nine hours a day for
» 281-4 cents an hour, the bare mini-
= mum wage. Girls are worked each
3 Sunday preceding or after statutory
’ holidays for the reason that there
% is no reserve of linen to permit a
shut-down on these occasions.

Weed for the enactment of the
Trade Union Act is demonstrated in

is ae TSE at ae : of organizing workers i MacPherson, (Cranbrook) Empress fe
Fas ERs. SEOs = OL oy ace | ence on Labor Unity were the fol-| shall be completely autonomous, | a national convention which shall | Changing of crews and would allow ee aoe as Ss, sep Hotel; R. lL. Maitland, KG, (Van. i
CEEENISD to) RSENS SENSE SA) fee lowing: operating under its own depart-| be attended by all of the national | the men to earn sufficient during Electrical Workers, as ony Sea Sie couver-Point Grey) Empress Hotel: - ;
/Steps to introduce the MTLaundry i. The American Federation of | mental constitution and shall be the summer to tide over the winter ! = Pp : i

Workers’ Union.

WASHINGTON, DGC, Nov. 11.—
(FP)—Further revelations from the
suppressed US Pederal Trade Com-
mission report on the growth of
= monopoly in the feed industry, as
presented by Farm Research, Inc.,
show that three grain firms con-
trol 85 per cent of the public ele-

third of the US milk supply is
bought by six companies.

' unions,

chinery workers.

Fresiuent Wavid Dubinsky (right), ladies’ garm ment workers,
M. Garrison (left), railway clerks, as committees re
cuss relations. Looking on are Chairman Philip Mu rray
President Homer Martin (left background, auto w orker:

is seen greeting President George
presenting the AF of L and the GIO meet to dis-
(centre), Steel Workers Organizine Committee,
Ss, and President James Carey, radio and ma-

Joint National Convention Proposed

CIO Stresses Principle Of Industrial
Unionism At CIO-AFL Unity Discussions

NEW YORK, Noy. 11.—Proposed
by the CIO at the recent confer-

Labor shall declare as one of its
basie policies that the organization
of the workers in the mass produc-
tion. marine, public utilities, sery-
ice and basic fabricating industries
be effectuated only on an indus-
trial basis.

2. There shall be created within
the American Federation of Labor
a department to be known as the
CIQ. All of the national and inter-
national unions and local industrial
now affiliated with the

CIO shall be affiliated with such
new department. This department

directed by its own properly desig-
nated officers.

This department shall have the
complete and sole jurisdiction in
regard to A) the organization of
the workers in the industries de-
seribed in point 1 aboye; and also
B) any matters affecting its affili-
ated organizations and their mem-
bers. »

3. There shall be called at such
time and at such place as may be
agreed upon between the American

Federation of Labor and the Gom-
mittee for Industrial Organization

and international unions and local
industrial unions affiliated with the
AF of I, and the CIO. This con-
vention shall be called for the pur-
pose of approving the foregoing
agreement and for working out
the necessary rules and regulations
to effectuate the same and to guar-
antee the fulfillment of the pro-
gram.

The unity conferences are con-
tinuing, the AF of I, meanwhile be-
ing bombarded by UWS workers for
an agreement.

Companies Of
Having Pact

Agreement Believed To
Exist Between Union
Steamships and Logging
Company

SIX-WEEK LIMIT

Suspicion that an agree-
ment exists between the
Union Steamship company
and Merril-Ring and Moore.
logging operators at Theo-
dosia Arm, BC, is voiced by
many loggers, states the
Lumber Worker, official or-
San of the Lumber and Saw-
mill Workers’ union, when it
was noted that 6 weeks is the
limit for a man’s stay in that
camp.

A correspondent suggests that
not only is it a transportation
racket, but that behind it all is a
scheme of the operators to keep
the men milling around to prevent
organizational work in the camps
as well as being a method of speed-
up in the scramble to avoid dis-
moissal.

Throughout the year, states the
Lumber Worker, there has been a
continual change of men at Bloe-
dells, Franklin River. Two weeks
ago several sets of fallers and some
rigging men were laid off from
this camp, only to be replaced soon
after.

To offset this vicious practice,
union officials suggest that opera-
tors be made to pay transportation
expenses and when awaiting trans-
portation back home, to provide
free board and lodging.

This would stop the continual

lay-off, these officials stated, in
urging a strengthening of organi-
zation and establishment of camp
committees.

CANTON, Noy. 11.—(FP)—Farm-
ers who, a year ago, when the
Dairy Farmers’ Union was formed,
thought of a union only as some-
thing for men in factories, are now
driving fifty miles at dawn to help
bolster picket lines in a neighbor-

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F space in Chicago, while one-

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Alliance and other groups,

felt that the people of the

Indication of what would

of labor, who, at mention
New

labor, even with a labor

observation to make,” to indicate
that the government would attempt
to shelve the trade union bill.
While he criticized the bill for va-
rious shortcomings, Winch pledged
the support of the CGF group in
the House in order to exert the
Widest pressure.

Chiding “certain AF of L leaders”
for lack of enthusiasm in the task

of this weakness, declared he will
attend the local in future and strive
to change present policies with the
aim of thoroughly unionizing the
trade.

Handing the list of House mem-
bers to the secretary of the con-
ference, Winch urged the labor
press to print addresses of mem-
bers and request readers to press
for action by writing letters on
the trade union bill. Winch as-
serted he would raise the question
of the bill in the House “every.
other day until the government
had dealt with it.”

Headed by G. Maynard, the con-
ference resolutions committee
brought in resolutions which barred
dual unions from the conference
and made the function of the con-
ference clear in that it was in no
sense a dual organization against
the AF of L but took up problems
in effort to assist organized labor.

Following is the list of members

of the legislature and their ad-

| dresses at Victoria.

H. Anscomb, (Victoria) 356 New-
port avenue; W. J. Asseltine, (At-
lin) Empress Hotel; G. E. Braden,
(Peace River) 5 Tweedsmuir Apts.;
R. W. Brubn, (Salmon Arm) Em-
press Hotel; J. M. Bryan, (Macken-
zie) Empress Hotel; Capt. G. R.
Bull, (South Okanagan) James Bay
Hotel; R. R. Burns, (Rossland-
Trail) James Bay MHotel; Colin
Cameron, (Comox) 44. Battery
street; R. H. Carson, (Kamloops)
Empress Hotel; M. M. Connelly,
(Qmineca) Empress Hotel; Fred
Crone, (Vancouver Centre) Hm-
press Hotel; L. H. Eyres, (Chilli-
wack) Cathay Apts.; EB. Vy. Finland,
(Esquimalt) 948 Old Esquimalt
road, Esquimalt; J. H. Forester,

ity Meet Hears
Stewart, H.Winch

Private Members With Demands for Trade
Union Bill Suggested at Special Meetings of
Vancouver Industrial, Economic Conference

WINCH FEARS GOVW’T WILL TRY STALL

An immediate “bombardment of the government and
private members” with letters demanding action on the trade
union bill presented by AF of L officials recently, was urged
by Vancouver Industria] and Economic Conference at an all-

session last Sunday at the Orange Hall.
Called together to mobilize support for the bill, some 50
delegates including 10 CCF clubs, 11

unions, CP, Workers’

heard reports from speakers
directly involved in its adoption and presentation.

C. S. Stewart, previncia] executive, AF of L, who was a
member of the committee which presented the bill to the
BC cabinet last week, stated that while the usual courtesies
by government officials were extended to the delegation, he
province should back up organized
labor by bringing pressure to bear on House members and
by strengthening the organizations of the working class.
be attempted by the government,
declared Stewart, was shown by Hon. G. §. Pearson, minister
of advanced labor
f Zealand by one of the delegates, asked whether organ-
ized labor in BC would be satisfied with a bill similar to that
of New Zealand’s. Pearson was told that the committee was
not empowered to discuss other
that the clause of “compulsory arbitration” in the New Zea-
land bill, desired by Pearson, was objectionable to organized
government as in New Zealand.

Harold Winch, MLA, who accepted an invitation to attend
the conference, quoted Premier Pattullo

legislation in

bills, said Stewart, adding

as saying, “T have no

| Hotel;

(Revelstoke) Empress Hotel; EK. T.
Kenney, (Skeena) Empress Hotel;
T. King, (Columbia) Empress Ho-
tel; ©. S. Leary, (Kaslo-Slocan) 407
Cook street; T. LeBourdais, (Cari-
boo) Cathay Apts.; Hon. K. G. Mac-
Donald, DDS, (GNorth Okanagan)
1590 York Place; M. F. Macintosh,
(islands) Union Club; Hon & MM.

G M. Murray, (Lillooet) Savoy
Mansions; J. A. Paton, (Vancouver-
Point Grey) 238 Douglas street; F.
P. Patterson, MD, GM, (Dewdney)
Empress Hotel; Hon. T. D. Pat-
tullo, KC, LLD, (Prince Rupert)
951 Beach drive; Hon. G. S. Pear-
son, (Alberni-Nanaimo) Empress
T. G WH. Perry, (Fort
George) Empress Hotel; F. Put-
nam, (Nelson-Creston) Empress
Hotel; A. L. Shepherd, (Delta) 408
Superior street; Mrs, H. D. Smith,
(Vancouver - Burrard) 304 Bay
street; Mrs. D. G. Steeves, (North
Vancouver) Savoy Mansions; W. T.
Straith, (Victoria City) 1524 Glad-
stone avenue; J. Lyle Telford, MD,
CM, (Vancouver East) Windermere
Hotel; C. BH. P. Tupper, (Similika-
meen) Cathay Apts.; T. Uphill,
(Fernie) Dominion Hotel; Hon. G.
M. Weir, BA, MA, D. Paed., (Van-
couver-Point Grey) 2275 Oak Bay
avenue; Hon: N. W. Whittaker, KC,
(Saanich) Uplands Victoria; E. E.
Winch, (Burnaby) 1033 Pendergast
street; H. E. Winch, (Vancouver
East) 1033 Pendergast street; Hon.
G. S. Wismer, KG, (Vancouver
Centre) Bessborough Apts.

SAN FRANCISCO, Gal., Nov. 11.
—Counsel for Tom Mooney took
steps to appeal to the US Supreme
Court for justice, as the California
Supreme Court, after a two-year
stall, turned down the noted pris-
oner’s habaes corpus application.

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