Page Two THE ADVOCATE May 17, 1949 Collective Bargaining Right Won Other Concessions Gained By Paper, Pulp, Sulphite Unions POWELL RIVER, BC. — Wage increases and a week's holiday with pay for employes with two years or more service were major concessions gained by Pulp and Sulphite Workers and the Brotherhood of Paper Makers’ union (AFL) when a new agreement was signed this week in Vancouver with man- agements of Pacific Mills of Qcean Falls and the Powell River paper company. The agreements, retroactive to May i, provide a blanket wage in- crease of two cents an hour, thus bringing the basic rate up to 56 cents an hour. Japanese workers were given a four-cent boost to establish their hourly basic rate at 48 cents. Several other minor is- sues, including job re-classification, were conceded. In addition, the union locals Were recognized as sole collective bargaining agents for the 2000 employees of both companies. The Powell River company also placed $25,000 ait the disposal of the Sick Benefit Society to be used at its discretion. This will undoubt- edly be used in construction of a needed new hospital. Sick Benefit Society operates the hospital inde- pendent of company policy. Office, sales, technical and laboratory staffs were not covered in the union recognition clause. Union Asks Statement Representations were made by Printing Pressmen’s union this week in a letter to Vancouver Trades and Labor council to allow J. Maley, unseated by President E. A. Jamieson at the last council meeting, to state his case, Union Secretary Thomas Ezart told the Advocate. The union has also asked trades council officers to make public the names of the petitioners Jamieson claimed had demanded the unseat ing procedure and prompted him to name Maley, =. Leary and Charles Stewart as the first in his purge. Maley attempted to make a state ment at the last council meeting but was ruled out. The union secretary explained that political and religious issues are not allowed to be debated in union meetings and said that Maley had never spoken of Communists in the council meetnigs when mak- ing his report. Youth Opposed TORONTO, Ont — Highty-seven percent of the young people of Canada oppose conscription, Ken- neth Woodsworth, secretary of the Canadian Youth Congress told To- ronto Town Forum here. | ____——— rr DENTIST DR. W. J. CURRY Ste, 301, Dominion Bank Bldg. Gambie & Hastings SEy. 38001 Victory Square —— ANTON-KNOWS 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 Sl *k HOLIDAY TIME * Smartest, Newest, in MEN’S WEAR Se s Sees GPop 62 W. Hastings St. OPEN FORUM Sunday, May 19th 8 P.M. .? be 38 130 W. Hastings St. CANADIAN LABOR DEFENSE LEAGUE (Gentre Branch) Questions Discussion .? . Powell River-Ocean Falls Workers Win Wage Increase Throughout Canada Three Conciliaton Boards Asked In NS Glace Bay, NS.—(CUN).—Applications for three more con- ciliation boards in Nova Scotia have been made by Silby Barrett, SWOCE regional director and chairman of the Canadian CIO. They concern employes at Trenton steel plant, Eastern Car Works and Standard Clay Products. Drummon Wren, secretary of the Workers’ Educational Association of Canada, has been named repre- sentative of local 1231, SWOC, on the board. Officials of the steel plant were reported to have offered wage in- creases of 744 percent, but to have refused increases for men at the car plant Meanwhile, the concilia- tion board determining the isSue of wage increases for Dosco’s 3,500 steelworkers is still engaged in studying the firm’s financial state- ments. Defer Vote On Wage Increases ~-GLACE BAY, NS.—(CUN).—Em- ployes of Dominion Coal company, members of United Mine Workers of America, will not vote on slight Wage increases granted several months ago by a conciliation board until boards have reported on sim- ilar claims for Nova Scotia Steel and Coal and Acadia Coal com- pany, it was announced here. Steel Workers Win Pay Boost TORONTO, Ont—(CUN).—Wage increases ranging from 2% to 10 cents an hour have been granted 200 employes of Dominion Wheel and Foundries, members of lodge 1089, SWOG, pending further ne- gotiations with the company, it was announced this week. While ne- gotiations are in progress concilia- tion board proceedings will be sus- pended. Following mediation by J. Campbell, chief federal conciliation officer, it was announced that the firm agreed to discontinue discrim- ination. The return to work is based on seniority. Labor Dep’t’s Delay Scored HAMILTON, Ont. — (CUN). — Delay by tne federal labor depart- ment in appointing a conciliation board to investigate discrimination for union activity and claim for Wage increases at the Canada Works plant of Steel company of Canada was protested by Silby Bar- rett, SWOG regional director in a wire to Ottawa this week. Lodge 1005 applied for the board three weeks ago after a strike vote. Barrett protested that the com- pany was intimidating employes during the delay. Labor Minister Worman McLarty claims that em- ployes are satisfied and do not want a board despite their overwhelming vote. Construction Union Formed GLACE BAY, NS.—(CUN).—Con- struction workers here last week formed an Industrial Union of Gen- eral Workers following discussions with Silby Barrett, SWOC regional director. They also decided to af- filiate with the All-Canadian Con- gres. sof Labor. Gas Workers Vote To Strike TORONTO, Ont— (CUN).—Four hundred distribution employes of the Consumers Gas company, mem- bers of the national union of In- dustrial and Domestic Gas Workers (ACCL), voted unanimously to strike last week after efforts to obtain wage increases and improved working conditions failed. Follow- ing the meeting which was ad- dressed by AGGL President A. R. Mosher, plans were made to apply for a conciliation board. Since other workers in the plant ap- proved the decision, it is understood that claims will be presented for all the company’s employes. Will Vote On ACCL Affiliation SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — (CUN).—Several thousand members of Algoma Steel Workers’ union will vote in two weeks on whether they will join the Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee, it was an- nounced following a mass meeting of the union addressed by Silby Barrett, SWOC regional director. Such action, it was emphasized, does not affect the organization’s affiliation with the All-Canadian Congress of Labor in view of the plans now being formulated by the ACCL and the Canadian CIO to form a new central labor organiza- tion. Barrett told the meeting of the problems faced by the 7,000 SWOC members of eastern Canada in seek- ing wage increases to cope with rising living costs. He expressed the hope that the Algoma steel- workers would join in a united and powerful organization to gain their objectives. Considerable favor was indicated in support of the move, it was stated here. General Motors Parley Ends OSHAWA, Ont. — (CUN). — Ne- gotiations between officers of United Auto Workers’ union and General Motors of Canada were completed iate this week, George Burt, UAW regional director an- nounced. Proposals concerning amendments to the company’s ex- isting agreement with the member- ship will be discussed at union meetings shortly. Court Frees Alberta Man EDMONTON, Alta—Appearing for the ninth time in police court here to answer charges under the Defense of Canada degula- tions of the War Measures Act for distributing peace leaflets, Alex Young was finally discharg- by Magistrate Miller after every. effort had been made to con- jure up a case against him. Nazi Scabs At Pioneer While the Vancouver Sun hysterical campaign against ‘Fifth Columnists’ it does not mention that heading the list of strikebreakers at Pioneer mine circulated by Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ union here is the name of Joseph Muller who, before the war, was an avowed Nazi. ‘Fifth Columnists,’ apparently, are not ‘Fifth Columnists’ if they are willing to scab. is devoting its columns to an WEST TAXI Your Nearest Cab 24-Hour Service we CORNETT BROS. 33 East Hastings S Men’s Fine Shoes CORNETT BROS. Agents for Astoria, Worthmore, Slater and Florsheim SHOES | GARFIELD A. KING BARRISTER, ETC. 558 Granville Street SSSSSSSSSSSSSS SOS SSS and Our Famous 6.60 FOOT FRIEND eee Wancouver, B.C. 3 S4 Continued Ban where the attack has not stopped at the Communist party, and should draw the obvious conclu- sions as to its effect on their democratic liberties.” Granting of the court order fol- lowed conviction of Harry Binder, his brother Louis Binder and Arthur Saunders at Ottawa this week on charges under the War Measures act of publishing and circulating anti-war pamphlets - The pamphlets in question were copies of the election manifesto issued by the Communist party dur- ing the recent federal election in which 10 Communist candidates contested seats. SEVERE SENTENCES. Harry Binder, 26-year-old former parliamentary press gallery repre- sentative of the Daily Clarion, later published as a weekly and banned last November, was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of $2000. The judge set the alternative to the fine at an additional year in prison. Louis Binder, 22-year-old brother of Harry and a former private in the Royal Canadian Engineers, was sentenced to 214 years in penitenti- ary and fined $1000, the alterative to the fine being an additional six months in penitentiary. Arthur Roy Saunders, 27-year-old Dominion civil servant and McGill University gold medallist, drew the Same sentence as Louis Binder. Defense counsel announced that the convictions and severe senten- ces would be appealed. — Earlier, defense counsel] had en- deavored to obtain adjournment of the trial on the grounds that the War Measures act was un- constitutional and that the pres- ent session of parliament might amend the act with resultant ef- fect upon the trial. This was re- fused. A few minutes after the supreme court jury on Tuesday had brought in convictions Ontario's Deputy At- torney-General ©. L. Snyder pre- sented his application for a court order banning the Communist party under section 62 of the Canada De- fense regulations providing for out- lawing of an organization upon conviction of any one of its mem- bers, RAIDS LAUNCHED. On Wednesday the judge in pro- nouncing sentence, granted the ban. Simultaneously, Mayors of several Ontario cities announced their intention of launching police raids on the homes of known Com- munists and Communist Sympa- thizers. The Manitoba provincial government on ‘Thursday an- nounced its intention of outlawing the Communist party in that prov- ince, while similar action was fore- cast in Alberta. In British Columbia, Attorney- General Gordon Wismer said he was awaiting action by the fed- eral government CONANT ‘SUBVERSIVE.’ Meanwhile, in Ontario, arch-reac- tionary Attorney-General Gordon Conant is urging the federal gov- ernment to intern all Communists and ‘members of subversive or- ganizations,’ so that appeals against convictions under the War Meas- ures act will ‘make no difference.’ For his speech at Oshawa last week advocating that “the time- honored principle of British justice that a man is innocent till proven guilty be set aside,” Conant was himself called subversive by Arthur W. Roebuck, Liberal MP. Said Roebuck: “The attorney- general poses as leading an attack against subversive elements. Noth- ing could be more subversive than his own attack on the safety of the Subject and on peace, order and good government. “The attorney-general would jettison the rule of law and would. substitute the rule of the gangster. The Gestapo is to take the place of the police.” Piss ae EES JOHN STANTON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 508 Holden Building 16 E. Hastings St. Trin. 4464 DENTIST D?R-Dowctas @5EY: 5577 COR. RICHARDS & HASTINGS PARAGON HAT MEG, CO LTD. © The Only Union Hat Shop in B.C, © &s Ne 784 West Pender St. - Vancouver SSSSSSsssssssssss ral UnionT akes Cafe Case To Court Charges City Cafe With Violating Conciliation Act Hearing of two charges against Rivers Ltd., in Vancouver police court was remanded until next Wednesday. Meanwhile, both Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ union and the firm have been asked to name representatives to arbitrate the dispute, as concilia- tion proceedings are deadlocked. Violations of the provincial Industrial Conciliation and Ar- bitration act by Rivers Ltd., restauranters at 728 Robson street, were sworn to in two separate charges laid in Van- couver police court Monday by Hotel- and Restaurant Em- ployees’ union, local 28, acting in behalf of waitresses. W. Gateman, union secretary, contends that the company threat- ened waitresses with loss of posi- tor and actually caused loss of em- ployment when three ‘waitresses were dismissed April 30, the day on which James Thomson, conciliation commissioner, notified disputants of his appointment by Labor Min- ister G. S. Pearson to arbitrate the dispute over working conditions. Two waitresses were reinstated Saturday and a third, who was dis- charged after pressure to force her to quit failed, has since refused to go back. Last week the firm was advised by Thomson to reinstate the employees. When they sought their jobs they were informed that the assets, owned by W. Rivers and his wife, were sold to Mrs. Rivers, but that their applications would be placed before the new management. With reported sale of the com- pany two days after Thomson was named to arbitrate the dispute employes were notified that their services would terminate May 11 when the new owner took over. This action is claimed by union officials as a method of defeat- ing the conciliation commission- er’s purpose. Negotiations to bring the dis- putants together to reach an amic- able settlement struck a snag on the question of union recognition, which union officers contend is the only guarantee that conditions of work and wages will be improved to employes’ satisfaction. Mine Union Head Killed NANAIMO, BC.—Last respects to William S$. Atkinson, United Mine Workers’ unions 34-year-old sub-district representative, killed last Friday in an automobile smash on South Wellington road, were paid by members of Nanaimo and Cumberland locals, civic, legislative and provincial cabinet representa- tives on Tuesday at funeral services conducted from D. J. Jenkins funeral chapel by Rev. T. W. Reed. Labor Minister G. S. Pearson and Mines Minister William Assel- Stine represented the government, Mayor V. B. Harrison the city, and Vice-President Pat Conroy and Secretary-Treasurer A. G. Morrison, MLA, represented UMVW=A district 18, of which Atkison was recently elected vice-president. Colin Cameron, Sam Guthrie and Tom Uphill, MLA’s, F. E. Harrison, Dominion labor department, R. K. Smart and P. S. Fagan, Canadian Collieries ,and H, N. Freeman, Na- naimo industrial council, attended. Union committal services were conducted by President Thomas Ostle and Richard Coe of Nanaimo and Cumberland UMWA locals re- spectively. Ed. Boyd, Percy Law- Son and William Leigh were union pallbearers for Nanaimo and James Robertson, David Tweedhope and John Bond for Cumberland. In- terment was made in the family plot, Nanaimo cemetery. Atkinson is survived by his wife and young daughter Joan, his par- ents in South Wellington, a brother Jack in Ladysmith and a sister, Jobless The labor minister nas stated he will seek a report on T. Jones and ~ Joseph Bells, both 55 years old, who | have been refused further relief ' official has overstepped his aire relief. During winter months some 3600 single men were in receipt of relief but this number has been reduced to 2000, most of whom, the min ister claimed, went off relief vol untarily. Unemployed Joint council and Re lief Project Workers’ union are continuing their campaign of reg- istration of all persons cut off re lief and will present the survey to Labor Minister G. S. Pearson for review and reconsideration. Enlisted Man Denied Relief Shameful treatment of 4 world war veteran by relief auth- orities in Vancouver who used resi_ dential qualifications and other | technicalities to reject his applica-_ tion for relief was reported here this week, £ The veteran of this war, who for certain reasons wishes to be known only by regimental number D77058, enlisted last September in the Royal Montreal regiment and saw service with the army in France until sent back to Canada in De cember, and later obtained his dis- charge as medically unfit in March | The 34-year-old veteran applied to the Army and Navy Veterans for help and received a few sand- wiches, while Abbott House gave him a bed and two meals. War Veteran Takes Life Second recent death in the city attributed to scaling down of gelief expenditures occurred last weekend when the body of William King Morrison, 54-year- old world war. veteran, was talen from Fraser river. The veteran told friends he had been cut off relief and might as well jump in the creek. Morrison, who resided at 207 Bast Georgia street for several years, served overseas with the 158th Bsi- talion, CEFR. Residents of the house at which he boarded are concerned at the treatment which causeq him to take his life. | Po ene | i Patronize A Union Restaurant Chris’ Grill 872 Granville St. Belmont Grill 1012 Granville St. Piccadilly Coffee Shop Smythe and Granville Operated by a member of Local 28 Good Eats Cafe 619 West Pender St, Empire Cafe 160 West Hastings St. Melrose Cafe 716 W. Hastings St Province Cafe 736 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 616 West Pender St. Rex Cafe 6 East Hastings St.” Only Fish 20 East Hastings St. Kings Cafe 212 Carrall Street Mrs. Jack Park, in Nanaimo. Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince Vancouver PURE FOOD PRODUCTS Rupert, New Westminster, Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton Kelly Douglas Co. Ltd. : Canada Continued 8 In the light of the new policy it ~ appears evident that some minor ~ thority in cutting these men Off | | ie er be