Ls S «July 7, 1939 THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE Page Thres TRADES COUNCIL. FOR ROYAL CITY “NOW PROPOSED P. R. Bengough Cites Need For Unions In New Westminster Special to the Advocate NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, Me ialy 6. Establishinen® of a ' trades council here was held out as a possibility by Perey R. Bengough, secretary of Van- couver Trades and Labor Coun- eil, to trade unionists who at- tended a meeting in Canadian Legion Hall sponsored by the New Westminster Prade Union Commit- tee in ccoperation with the Build- ing LPrades Council and the Trades and Labor Council organizing com- E mittee. While not holding out any im- mediate prospects for such a move the labor executive stated this would be done when there were sufficient local unions to merit such a step. Aljderman YWV. T. Cook, a staunch supporter of labor on the Royal City Council, stressed the necessity of unionizing the waterfront and mills, the basic industries in the city. The labor aldermen along with his co-worker on the Council, Ald. William Matthew, has consistently striven for fair wage clauses in all _ work let by the city. : Qne industry was cited by the | aldermen as being indirectly sub- sidized by the city and yet was paying blacksmiths 40 cents an hour and millwrights 55 cents. William Page of the Vancouver Building Trades Council, In stress- ing the need for more organiza- tionai work among the _ building trades, pointed out that hotel own- ers had given assurance that none but union labor would be employed en construction, renovation and operation of their premises. This was the first meeting of its Kind undertaken by the Trade Union Committee and the enthusi- ‘asm coupled with organization campaign already goine on in some industries augurs well for a suc- eessful drive to make this city 100 percent union. New Union Elects Officers, Charter Issued The new local union of paint makers, affiliated with local 566 of the International Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Deco- raters, was officially chartered at a recent meeting which also elect— ed officers for the new local, formed as a result of the Trades and Gabor Council’s organizing drive. i J. Wihheat was installed as pres- ident, receiving the charter for the new local from Ed..Smith in a2 ceremony which officially linked ' the local with the international ; union and the Trades and Labor Council. W. Martin was appointed vics / president; WW. Thompson, financial ' secretary; IL. Lane, recording sec- retary; G. Thompson, treasurer. Executive officers are W. Healy, W. Thyer, R. MeMenemy, F. Lar- _s0n and J. Green. The local embraces workers in the’ paint making plants in the Greater Vancouver area. —@ LONDON housewives seen doing RENT STRIKERS WIN IN LONDON =<. = SSS picket duty which resulted in securing rent much needed repairs. More than 200 families struck on Langdale Street in the SS SAS reductions and East End- Trades Council Nominates For Next Year’s Executive Nominations of delegates for executive positions on the Van- couver Trades and Labor Council were held Tuesday night following the comprehensive report of Vice-President Alex Fordyce on the Welfare Federation which cut short all other business of the Council. Further mominations will be en- Pilcha rd Parley At Deadlock Union Asks Boest On Prices Paid During Last Year Wegotiations for an agreement on pilehard prices, currently un- der war between the United Fish- ermen’s Federal Union and the operators’ committee, remained deadlocked this week after pre- liminary meetings had failed to reach a settlement. The last meeting was on Monday, and fur ther discussions are scheduled to resume next Monday. The disputed difference on prices is 50 cents per ton. The union’s negotiatine committee has presented a demand for $3.25 per ton as opposed to last year’s price of $2.75. Qperators have countered with last year’s prices. One factor believed to be influ- encing the operators in their re- fusal to come to an immediate agreement is the fact that as yet the annual pilechard run off the coast of Vancouver Island has not been sighted. Pilchards have been sighted off the Oregon and Washington coast, but the big BC run, aS was the case last year, is later putting in appearance. It is expected, however, that when the run is sighted, opera tors will be forced to bring in new proposals for settlement, Since the season is a short one. Last year negotiations were also delayed until the last moment, fishermen finally forcing a price through far above what the op- perators offered. 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Stewart, popular chairman of the organizing ecom- mittee, was the only one named to stand for reelection. Four delegates named to con- test the legislative chairmanship were E. Morrison (inc.), J. <A. Humphrey, Harry Weeland and Sam Shearer. For the press com- mittee, Tom Holland (inc.), J. Hay, and W. Stewart were named. Can- didates for the grievance chair man were Dan. MacPherson, W. riet. Sam Hughes, the present chair- man of the grievance committee, Geclined to stand for this position. Only one member is to be elected to each position. The successful candidate then chooses his own committee members. Watt, B.C. Hankin and GC. E. Her-’ LATHERS’ UNION PICKETS JOB Lathers’ Union members began picketing Dr. Turnbull’s new apart- ment building under construction at Thirteenth and Granville Thurs- day morning after a week's fruit- less negotiations to engage union men. The dispute started last Priday, according to Mr. Fontaine, union representative, when Drayton, con- tractor for the lathing and plastex- ing, igmored union lathers and hired a crew of green men, who nailed the laths as they would shiplap. This crew was pulled off the job by James Thompson, provyvin- cial fair wage officer, when he learned they were not being paid the minimum wage, but another non-union crew took their places— the only men remaining outside the union. Dr. Turnbull asked the union to withdraw its members while he conferred with his contractor when representations were made to him to employ union labor. With the doctor’s economy and Drayton’s union busting nothin= Came of the meeting. MOSCOW, USSR.—Detection and diagnosis of cancer and Syphilis in their earlier stages is made pos- Sible through an electrical disease meter invented by Dr. E Selkoff of the Leningrad Traumatological Institute in cooperation with Engi- meer ZI. Balygin, states MIzvestia, Soviet Government newspaper. Claims are made by the inventors that cancer can be diagnosed much earlier and more definitely than any means previous and syphilis can be diagnosed more quickly than with the Wasserman test. Japanese Millworkers To Support Organizing Drive letters received. to strive for the affiliation of the Japanese Amalgamated Fisher- men’s Union to the Trades and Labor Council and to organize the unorganized Japanese millwork- ers. Wels Arseneau was appointed by the IWiA to cooperate with the Council’s organizing committee. Marked improvement in unionizineg the lumbering industry has been experienced by the woodworkers. Executive board of the Council will meet the executive of the Bakery and Confectionery Work- ers’ Union, Local 468, on Monday to seek some steps to bring the dispute now in progress at the Woman's Bakery to a close. Ald. H LL. Corey was granted permission to state his position re- garding low rental housing and why he objects to it. Both he and Ald. John Bennett were the tar-— gets of criticism by Delegate W. Page at the Trades Council meet ing on June 19. At that time Jack Flynn, busi- ness agent for the Steam and Operating Engineers Union, said it would be a good idea to test the aldermen on their stand towards the housing project when they seek reelection in December. Parks Projects Provide Jobs Through Summer “PORT ALBERNI, BCG, July 6— Unemployed of this city will be em- ployed throughout the summer months in park development, funds for which are available through the provincial and federal governments, according to Alderman J. M. Gross- land. It is planned to develop the Dry Creek area and establish a new park in the south end of the city with the funds. A substantial por- tion of the million and a quarter announced by the governments for works projects has beén set aside for the city’s use, The latter organization Pledged < Vancouver Trades Council’s drive to organize the unorgan- ized into the main stream of trade unionism has received the endorsement of the International Woodworkers of America and the Camp and Mill Workers’ Union (Japanese) according to CO-OPS WARN OF FASCIST GROWTH REGINA, July 6—Cooperative Union of Canada paved the way this week for establishment of pro- vincial sections to guard against monopolistic control and fascist or- §anization, by amending its con- siitution allowing the new setup. Robert Weir of Armstrong, Brit- ish Columbia vice-president, urged this move, pointing out the role which cooperation must play to counteract the advance of fascism which has its roots in monopolies and combines. “Surely in the face of facts that €verywhere in Canada pro-fascist opinion is organizing; that monop- elistie control, which is one of the essentials of fascist operation, is becoming more prevalent daily, and the victory of fascism in this country would mean the destruc- tion of cooperation, it is time we Should choose whom we would sérve,”’ said Mr. Weir in conclusion. Relief Families Benefit From Butter Distribution Distribution of 59,000 pounds of Canadian made butter among Van- couver’s unemployed will be in- asugurated by city relief officials BPriday (today). Vouchers for the butter were re- ceived from the provincial govern- ment this week as part of a plan ef the Dominion Department of Agriculture to dispose of the sur- plus and stimulate consumption of Canadian butter. - Social Service Administrator W.R. Bone has announced that the vouchers, which are redeemable for butter through stores on con- dition that a similar amount is Purchased, will be given out ac- eording to the size of relief families. | | recovery with the basic questions or i Jobs, Recovery, Free Parliament Herridge Program Special to the Advocate TORONTO, Ont.—Stepping up to the microphone on the platform of the Toronto Labor Temple last week, W. D. Herridge launched the federal election campaign of the New Democracy movement under the sponsorship of the Toronto Trades and Labor Council, largest central labor body in the Dominion. The old assembly hall on Church Street, scene of Imany his- toric events, was packed to over-capacity and Herridge was greeted with a thunderous ovation as he took the platform. J. W. Buckley, Council secretary, in introducing the New Democracy ¢ leader emphasized the standpoint of organized labor and reminded his audience of some of the strik- ing statements made by Herridge as far back as September, 1937, rel- ative to reaction, fascism and trade unionism. At that time Mr. Herridge de clared: “To gain power, fascism makes trade unionism the public enemy. To retain power, fascism must destroy democracy in this modern form. For there cannot be, at the same time, fascism and trade unionism. Write that down as a fact, which all pious protest-— ations of goodwill to labor cannot qualify.”’ i<eynote of the former Cana-— dian minister to Weashington’s Speech was a call to progressive Canadians in every constituency to band themselves together “to elect a free Parliament to serve »» us.” He called upon the people to set up committees of citizens in each constituency, advising: “See that it represents the people of that constituency and their pro- Sressive views. With its guidnace, choose your candidate. There must be many women candidates elected to the next parliament. We need their vision. Where there is no vision the people perish.” Elaboratinge on that point, Mr. Herridge told of progress already achieved by the New Democracy movement. “We have already made a food Start. In various parts of Canada commiittees htve been set up. We have tested the Simple procedure I outline and fing it sound and workable.” National Recovery Keynotes Program As expected, Mr. Herridge ela- borated his Platform dealing with the problems of national recovery from several aspects. “The duty of Parliament is to put the natural wealth of Canada at the service of the people of Can- ada,” he declared. “To perform this duty, Parlia- ment must raise production to its optimum level—the level of our Capacity to consume. It must raise distribution to the Same level— that means increased purchasins power. It must ensure equitable Participation by ail classes in the high standard of living which will result, “& high standard living means better conditions of life, better outlined the position of his move-— ment on the railway question, lay- ing down as a principle of the new economy the building of a great new transportation system to serve the requirements of the na- tion. “It is plain that the present sys- tem does not even serve our pre- sent low standard of living,” he said, “yet reaction wants to fur- ther limit it in personnel, in track-— age, inefficiency in competition. “The railways will be redesigned primarily upon the basis of our public services and not dividends. Freight rates and other tolls will be cut down. Today, they paralyze efficiency. “You call this magic?” he asked. “I call it commonsense. If it looks like magic, that is be- cause you have never had jus- tice. You have been exploited, robbed, sometimes denied the very right to live.” Unity of Farmer And Labor “To a2 minimum wage must be joined a minimum price for our primary products,” the New De- mocracy leader declared. “Today Our producers share starvation; with wheat at sixty, seventy, eighty cents; with farm, dairy, fish, mineral and forest products at prices below production costs. Starve the primary producer and ultimately you starve the rest of us. “The old order of scarcity turms labor and the primary pro— ducer into economic enemies,” Mr. Herridge continued. “In the mew order of fair prices and fair wages, the primary producer and labor will be associates, united by a common interest. Theirs will be a friendship which will Safeguard the nationar security. Hiew can there be security with- out that friendship?” ; Turning to the main despoiler of Canadian wealth and oppressor of the people—the big trusts and monopolies Mr. Herridge out- lined his plan to cut the ropes with which they have tied Canadian economy. “The sting of big business is combine and monopoly We will draw that sting. We will legislate trusts, combines, monopolies, into submission to the rules observed by ordinary business. “And to small business, ordinary business, we will lend our earnest cooperation. It is in a perilous State.”’ food and clothing, better housing, better transportation and ecommun- ications, better health and greater happiness.” Referring to Canadian youth, the Speaker emphasized that the effi- ciency of the youth of today is what will count tomorrow. “The politician of the old order of scarcity sees the youth of Can- ada perpetually in that old order. He therefore would equip them not for employment but for unemploy-— ment. Instead the politician con- tributes his classic exhortation on the uses of adversity and idles with the thought that possibly it might be wise to Segregate our youth in camps which would be operated on the fascist formula.” Minimum Wages And Minimum Prices On the matter of increased pur- chasing power, wages of workers and incomes ef farmers, Mr Her- ridge laid down the followings planks: “If increased purchasing power is to correct the present iniquities, it must be equitably distributed. “Therefore, wages, prices for pri- mary products and consumer costs must have the right relationship. “There will be a minimum wags. There will be a minimum price for primary producers. There will be no undue price spread. “¥ have said that every layw- abiding citizen is entitled to a basic standard of living, and therefore, enttled to a minimum wage. If he works, he will get that wage. If he is willin £& but unable to work, he will still get that wage. If he is Sick, that wage will be paid to him in health insurance. Tf his crop fails, in crop insurance. If he has reached the voluntary pen- Sion level, that wage will be paid him by way of pension. We will have real pensions. Why should our people work until they break or die? “Wares must be fairly and widely distributed. Increased pro- duction along existing lines will cut down unemployment. But new Works must be started.’ Linking up the fight for national transportation, Mr. Herridge Must Fight Against Reaction, Fascism Referring to the Plans to unite the two old-line parties and set up a national government which “in fact will be a fascist sovernment,” Herridge warned that these tacties are being and will be used to try and forestall a people’s victory. “Reaction will struggle to divide us,” he said. “It will resort to any means to turn the farmer against labor, the consumer against the Producer, the Fast against the West. “It will say we are disloyal and un-Canadian and that we undermine the institutions of our country; we who defend them against exploitation almost worse than war; this same reac- tion which in the last war urged honorable men to the trenches and itself stayed heme and jJeered and fattened on the spoils of war.’ The task was to “sweep them cut of Parliament,” Mr. Herridge Said. “If we succeed we will have put the natural wealth of this country at the service of the people. We will have made democracy work. We will have started off the part- nership of freedom and security in a. glorious way. Canada will at last be a nation !” Faith in the people and in the future of Canada ran like a theme throughout Herridge’s entire speech. It spread through the Labor Temple assembly hall in his concluding words which were fol- lowed by stormy applause of an inspired audience: “On our side is all the streneth of those whose cause is just, and all the faith of those who mean to fight for it, and all the pray- ers of these who cannot fight but know that when we win, real happiness will come to them.” NEW WESTMINSTER, July 6. Sponsors of a pienic for ehil- dren of unemployed parents re cently collected $68 in 4 tag day. Failure of Boy Scouts to muster the 40 promised is blamed for the poor results.