Page Two THE ADVOCATE May 10, 1949 Restaurant Workers Charge Violation Of Labor Act United Fishermen Choose George Miller George Miller, secretary of the former Salmon Purse Seiners’ union, which recently merged with United Fishermen’s union, local 44, was unanimously elected business agent of the latter union at°a meeting of the strengthened union. In addition Marion Ruljanovich, former SPSU president, and Clifford Cook, were elected to the executive board. The union has acquired the| Fishermen is MArine 4046. former premises of the Scandi- navian Mission at 138 East Cordova street, containing facilities for what will be one of the best trade union headquarters in Vancouver, according to Secretary W. Burgess. Wew telephone number of United Inland Boatmen’s union, which formerly occupied offices at 164 East Hastings street, has rented an office in the rear of the build- ing taken over by United Fisher- men, and its new telephone number is MArine 4947. IBU Applies For Conciliation Board VICTORIA, BC —Application for a conciliation commis- sioner under the provincial Industrial Conciliation and Arbi- tration act was made to Labor Minister George S. Pearson by Inland Boatmen’s union local here this week on behalf of whal- ing crews, IBU members, to apprehend a dispute between them and Consolidated Whaling corporation. The union charges that the com- pany signed an agreement with Ca- nadian Seafarers’ association cov- ering the crews, members of which have since been requested to turn in their IB8U books and join the CSA, which the union claims, is or- ganized and dominated by the Shipping Federation of BC to keep bona fide labor organizations off all vessels. The company is 4 member of the Shipping Federation, state union officials, and any efforts to restrain seamen from joining a union is contrary to the intents and pur- poses of federal labor legislation as defined in section 502A of the Criminal Code of Canada SeeuUxse wes Beer eBeSesesreeuess y FOR YOUR SUMMER SPORT SHIRT Call at Sam’s Shirt Shop 62 West Hastings St. BESET eve xrewBexr eure eure er=un Awana sg Ud 4 BSBA BRBEBREAT JOHN STANTON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 503 Holden Building 16 ©. Hastings St. ‘Trin. 4464 ANTON-ENOWS Reliable Scalp Preparation. Baldness, itch, dandruff, discoloration, dry and grey hair is caused by hair star- vation, Anton-Knows Prepara- tion prevents starvation and re- vives hair or money refunded. Sold only at Orpheum Barber Shop 671 Smithe Street ee OY THE —the hearty flavor and full-bodied goodness of the fine old beers of the past! W.C. Lager is Vitamin Conditioned. By an exclusive process we restore the natural malt yeast vitamins B and G, for true smoothness, mellowness and palatability. Phone SEy- 3277 for Free Delivery This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Gontrol Board or by the Government of British Columbia. = nn Cut Aid To Legless Man Slashing of $9 a month from the relief allowance issued to Paisey Lazaroff, a legless man, unable to work, is considered as being the ‘Maximum allowance applicable to this category,’ according to a letter by the Unemployed Joint council from Relief Administrator W. R. Bone. Mrs. Ellen Near, Unemployed Joint council secretary, wrote the Social Services department and asked for some adjustment in this Case, pointing out that the allow- ance is to provide food, clothing and fuel for a family of three. No reason was given by the re- lief head for the relief allowance reduction from $30 a month to $21.74. “A review of the case you mention indicates the family is re- ceiving the maximum allowance applicable to this relief category,” states Bone’s letter to the council. Jubilee Camp Meetings Called Plans for operation of Jubilee Children’s Summer camp at Or- lohma Beach will be laid at the committee’s semi-annual confer- ence to be held in O’Brien hall, Homer and Hastings streets, Sun- day, May 19, at 10:30 a.m. Applications of volunteer camp cooks, children’s leaders and phys- ical instructors willing to render their services when the camp opens Monday, July 15, will be welcomed by. the committee at the conference. Interested organizations and in- dividuals wishing to further the work of this organization are in- vited to attend. SEES DENTIST DR. W. J. CURRY Ste. 301, Dominion Bank Bldg, Cambie & Hastings SEy. 300] Victory Square DANCE SUNBURY COMMUNITY HALL Saturday, May 1¢ 9 to 1 Music by DOC’S WRANGLERS Admission: Women 25c, Men 35c Auspices of Women’s Auxiliary of P.C.F.U. Say Owner Sold Cafe To Wife Gateman Charges Attempt To Evade Conciliation issue A grave view is taken by Hotel and Restaurant Employ- ees’ union here to the attitude of Rivers (Cafe) Ltd., 728 Rob- son street, owned by W. Rivers and his wife, in discharging three waitresses after James Thompson was appointed con- ciliation commissioner by Labor Minister G. S. Pearson to arbitrate the dispute over working conditions. Prosecution of the firm was con- templated by the union, but at press time no further information on what definite charges would be preferred was available. Wine of the 14 employees joined the union and drafted an agree- ment primarily to improve work- ing conditions, which union Secre- tary W. Gateman stated “are pos- sibly the worst existing anywhere in the city,’ but knowing their em- ployers withheld the agreement and applied for a conciliation com- missioner. On April 29 James Thomson was appointed and the following day all parties to the dispute were so informed. However, that afternoon two waitresses were discharged and a third dismissed in the eyen- ing after attempts to force her to quit failed. Thomson notified the firm that this action was contrary to the meaning of the act, whereupon the company apreed to reinstate the employees, but on May 2 when the waitresses applied for their jobs they were told that the firm had been sold, but that their appli- cations would be placed before the new owner. The man and wife company was Sold May 1 to Mrs. W. Rivers and on the following day all employees were notified that their services with the company of Rivers Ltd. would terminate May 11. “This action was undoubtedly taken to defeat the objects of the conciliation commissioner,’ Gate man charged. Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ union, local 468, this week signed an agreement with Rollin’ Pin Bake Shop, 2415 Gran- ville street, which operates a number of stores throughout Vancouver. The union has also organized employees of Bader’s Dutch Bakeries, 3642 Commercial drive, and it is expected that ne- gotiations for a signed agreement will be opened shortly. VICTORIA, BC.—It took the management of Rennie and Taylor, Ltd., Victoria baking company, 28 years to find out that an employee had ‘unclean habits.’ Thomas Williams, an employee of 28 years loyal service with the company, was discharged on April 27 with no reasons given, but when Conciliation Commissioner James Thomson, acting in the dispute to bring together the company and the two unions, Bakery Salesmen and Bakery and Confectionery Workers, took the matter up with the company, it was stated that he had been let out for alleged un- clean habits, Negotiations between the com- pany and the unions for a contract covering employees, all of whomi have been organized for some time, were begun, but the company, owned by Weston’s Ltd., an eastern concern, refused to enter into any agreements, Qn application of the unions, James Thomson was appointed conciliation commissioner about April 20 and the disputants agreed to maintain the status quo in re- spect to employees, wages, hours and working conditions while con- ciliation was in progress, The com- pany, the union charges, has broken its part of the agreement. , SSS % : Men’s Fine Shoes % ETT BROS. | 3 x 3 % — Agents for Astoria, Worthmore, ¥ 3 ee Slater and Florsheim SHOES % % _,. and Our Famous 3 $ 4 2 > x? 6.60 « x : ~) : ) FOOT FRIEND % ee % ; : : : * CORNET oe Vancouver, B.C. 4 Continued From Page One Government Concerned - Over Outcome Of Meet sgovernment’s attitude and disposed to figure that if Chamber- lain had been compelled to address so urgent, even humble a plea to the Labor chiefs, then there were the immediate possi- bilities of ‘squeezing’ the government into ‘playing ball with Labor’ even without a declaration of political truce, possibly offering a series of apparent ‘concessions’ sufficient to ‘keep the Left quiet’ and not too seriously prejudice the position— vis-a-vis Labor and Labor support—of a Labor leader entering the cabinet. “Though reports on this changed attitude or changed cal- culation of Bevin comes” from seemingly highly authentic sources, we would add the general warning that there is the possibility of considerable shifts yet between now and Whitsun, depending in part on working-class reactions to the budget and on the course of events in Scandinavia. “Present plans for the Whitsun conference are that the executive should not ask outright for a mandate to enter the government, but should declare that in the present ‘state of emergency’ it will probably prove impossible for the execu- tive to consult the party on major matters of policy, and there- fore it will be essential to rescind the previous conference decision whereby Labor leaders were bound to consult the conference before taking such a step. It is calculated that with big union support, such a resolution could be shoved through the conference despite rank and file opposition from di- visional Labor parties. “And that would leave the road clear for Labor’s entry into the government at any convenient moment. “As corollary to this, there have been repeated discussions *twixt the government and Labor party representatives regard- ing ways and means of squashing Left opposition: for if the original Bevin plan for alluring them is going to be dropped, then evidently measures of another kind must be taken. “There is a parallel here between the position of the British Labor leaders and that of the French Labor leaders at the outset of the war: for it was the French Labor leaders who, in order to attempt to safesuard their “Left flank,’ first de- manded the drastic suppression of the Communists, since the Labor chiefs declared they would be unable and would not safely dare to declare themselves one hundred percent pro-government, pro-wage cuts, pro-lengthened hours, et- cetera, unless the Communist backbone of working-class op- position to such measures could be broken.” Issue Precipitated The issue has now been precipitated by the withdrawal of British forces from central Norway and the resultant attacks on the Chamberlain government in the House of Commons. While the Chamberlain government has survived by a vote of 281 to 200, in view of the continuing press opposition, the Conservative revolt headed by L. S. Amery, and the refusal of Greenwood and Atlee to enter any government headed by Chamberlain, it now seems probable, although still not certain, that Chamberlain’s ‘national’ government will resign to make way for a new ‘national’ government including Labor and Lib- eral leaders. Refusal of the Labor leaders to join a cabinet headed by Chamberlain arises not from a lack of willingness to enter the government but from a knowledge that the decision would meet certain defeat at the forthcoming Labor con- ference. es Speculation is rife in London as to who will be Britain's next prime minister. Lord Halifax is mentioned, but he is too intimately connected with Chamberlain’s fatal appeasement policies. Churchill, Eden, Duff-Cooper and even Lloyd George are mentioned as more likely to succeed Chamberlain because, like Reynaud in France, they opposed the government's appease- ment policies in their later stages and therefore can better create the illusion of a ‘new government. Much depends upon whether the Labor leaders, even now, consider this the appropriate time to move and upon the de- ision of the Labor conference. See in this respect the Labor party machine has already been put into motion to crush opposition through dis- affiliation of several rebellious divisional Labor parties. NOTICE Draw May 4th Winning Ticket No. 10. Won by G. Curran, 569 Homer Street. C.L.D.L. OUR COUNTRY The problem of the relations that should exist between the Do- minion Parliament and the Proy- inces will be projected into the news by the Report of the Rowell Commission, to be made public immediately. Valuable information on the present set-up is contained in the evidence submitted to the Commission by the Dominion Com- : = mittee of the Communist Party of Canada A limited number of this | GARFIELD A. KING BARRISTER, ETC. 653 Granville Street informative document are avail- able. 123 Pages Postpaid 30c SEy. 0445 "zie N ew Ag e - }| Bookshop PUBLIC — Note New Address — Room 14 - 163 W. Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C. MEETING Reyal Theatre PARAGON HAT MFG. CO LTD. Sunday, May 12 8 PIL Speaker: MALCOLM BRUCE Doors Open 7:30 p.m. Musical Prelude se AUSPICES CANADIAN LABOR DEFENSE LEAGUE = SS : 734 West Pender St. - Vancouver Ai Continued 55 | | OUuUNnCI son, adding that he, as president, © Was under instructions from the American Federation of Labor, 4 “No, you are not,” interjected © Stewart, “you are under instruc. - tions from the delegates of this council.” Delegate J. A. Humphreys, Bak- ers’ and Confectionery Workers! union, wanted to know if executive officers were fully aware of tha” Seriousness of the expudsion move. Charles Stewart, he stated, had been a member of the council for a long time. He, too, was ruled out by Jamieson, who refused to allow any discussion. G Phillips, © of the Painters ‘union, attempted * to ask a question, but the president curtly informed him, “Tt won’t an- Swer it.’ Further investigations to find Communists and their sympathizers were being carried out, Jamieson told delegates, Stating that as they were named charges would be laia against them preparatory to trial — by a committee. : Jamieson’s contempt for a for- eign born trade unionist was mani- | fest early in the packed meeting when, after having the names Of: eighteen visitors called out bp Warden S, S. Hughes, he sarcagi- ~ cally told G Dugenes, a Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ union mem ber, “You speak pretty good Eng | lish.” This statement drew a min. gled chorus of jeers and protests, but the uncalled-for remark Was. not withdrawn. : R. Cormack of Division 134) Stteet Railwaymen’s union, New Westminster, was told by Jamieson that his presence was not welcome at the cuoncil meeting when it wes learned his union was not affili- ated with the council. Following Jamieson’s abrupt ad- journment of the meeting, a move which was greeted by a chorus of jeers, nearly half the delegates re mained in their seats calling on the other delegates to conclude the council’s business in an orderly manner. A number of delegates gathered around Secretary Ben-/ gough and tried to prevail on him | to continue the meeting by having another chairman elected. Ben- gough refused and in the ensuing | argument threatened to lift char ter of Retail Clerks’ and Civic Em- ! ployees’ unions. : A delegate promptly told Ben- gough that Civic Employees’ un- ion delegates would not be pres- ent at the next council meeting. @ Ff “Everybody sit down and let us conduct the business of this coun- cil in an orderly fashion,” appealed | delegates as Don Maxwell called for | nomination of a chairman. Dele ~ gates whose unions were disputants were ruled out Alex Fordyce de- clined the chairmanship and urged | other delegates to adjourn the rump council meeting. Similar advice was} Siven by Vice-President J. Smith, | who was asked to take the chair i He urged delegates to not lef © their grievances lead them into‘tak | ing action which they might resret: at the next meetine, but to take | the matter mack to their unions His advice was taken and delegates adjourned. atronize A U nion i Restaurant Chris’ Grill 872 Granville St. Belmont Grill 1012 Granyille St. Piccadilly Coffee Shop Smythe and Granville Operated by a member of Local 2 Good Eats Cafe 619 West Pender St. Empire Cafe 160 West Hastings St. Melrose Cafe 716 W. Hastings St. Province Cafe 7386 Main St Douglas Cafe $44 Main St. Paris Cafe 438 West Pender St Palace Cafe 49 West Cordova St. Ye Olde English Fish and Chips 44 West Hastings St. Ford’s Cafe 516 West Pender St. Rex Cafe 6 East Hastings St. Only Fish 20 East Hastings St Kings Cafe 212 Carrall Street dint tne. SLR ATR ER,— jteine