2 Shipyard Workers Aid Seamen Initiated by Wallace War Workers Social and Athletic Club, with the assistance of Tom Howarth of Burrard Dry- dock Association, a project to establish a club for merchant seamen in Vancouver will now be realized as the result of sup- port given to it by shipyard workers and others. The Navy League has purchased the building at 111 Dunsmuir now ocupied by the Pro-Rec organiza- tion, and this week H. R. Gillard, western manager of the Navy League, and Tom Howarth sought the provincial Zovernment’s ap- proval of their request to have the lease of the building cancelled. Shipyard unions, cooperating ina eampaign to raise funds which has already brought in $13,000, have jade large donations from their funds. The two sub-locals of the Boilermakers on the North Shore have each contributed $1000 and the Dock and Shipyard Workers Union is donating $250 towards costs of establishing the club. Providing for the comfort and en- tertainment of merchant seamen while they are in this port has ap- pealed strongly to shipyard work- ers who recognize the great contri- bution to the Allied war effort made by, those who man the ships they build. Seamen Hope For Allied Labor Unity LONDON—Charies Jarman, gen- eral secretary of the National Union of Seamen, in a move which ex- pressed the growing unity of Allied labor, wired the annual CIO con- vention in Boston that British and other United Nations seamen “pray for the sinking of differences be- tween representative unions of the free countries.” The National Mari- time Union, largest organization of U.S, seamen and the one most fa- miliar to British seamen in the At- lantic, is a CIO affiliate. Jarman’s message reads: “The seamen of all allied nations, real- izing what is at stake in the war, send greetings to the delegates as- sembled in the annual convention of the CIO. No section of the world’s workers has stood up to its responsibilities as have the sea- men, We pray for the sinking of differences between representative unions of the free countries. That is the way to hasten the destruction of fascism and those who believe in it and what it stands for.” Candidate Bottlenecks Eliminated By Union one union’s fight against bottle- Announcement that he will be a candidate for Surrey Municipal Council this year has been made by John Bowles, Cloverdale poultry farmer and wellknown farmer, wellknown through- out the Fraser Valley as the energetic secretary of the Pacific Coast Poultry As- sociation. Medical Aid TagPlanned CLOVERDALE, B. C.—Organized by a committee of the councillors, W. GC. Franks, Ben Shepherd and Tom Binnie, set up by Surrey muni- cipal council a few weeks ago, a tag | day for Russian medical aid will be held in the municipality on Sat- urday, Nov. 28. The school board has agreed to allow pupils from Surrey’s three high schools to canvass the district, and Surrey Junior Chamber of Commerce and other local organiza- tions have been approached to as- sist. A dance in the Chicken House, Nichol Road, will be held in the evening, and al] funds collected will be turned over to the Red Cross for Russian medical aid. Qn Tuesday, Noy, 24, a public meeting has been arranged in Sun- nyside Hall at which Fergus Mc- Kean, secretary of the Yancouver Communist-Labor Total War Com- mittee, will be the main speaker. Councillor Tom Binnie and a rep- resentative from the Canadian-Rus- sian War Relief Committee in Van- couver will also speak. Chairman will be Councillor W. C. Franks. Proceeds from this meeting also ee be turned over for Russian |medical aid. No Discrimi nation, Employers Warned National Selective Service has issued a warning to Canadian employers that discrimination against any worker for reasons of race, color or creed will not be tolerated, and that any em- ployer found practicing such discrimination may be denied the right to hire labor. The instructions, lective Service officers, state: “Some employers continue to dis- eriminate against certain classes of persons on grounds of citizenship, nationality, race, language, name, ereed or color. Such discrimination impairs the war effort by preventing the most effective use of our total labor supply and: tends, by develop- ing well-founded resentment and suspicion, to defeat the democratic objectives for which we are fight- ing.” sent to all Se-© The warning specifies that no official of Selective Service shall do anything to encourage or facili- tate such discrimination, and that no questions shall be asked of any applicant which might be con- strued as leading to such discrim- ination. It further states that no other factor shall be considered in the placing of applicants aside from the necessary qualifications in order to fill the vacancy satisfactorily. necks that seriously curtailed production in a factory produc- ing bullets was recently told here. The factory’s three hun- dred employees were bent on beating their own records, but increasing difficulties eventu- ally cut production in so much that on one day less than two percent of the dies were ac- ceptable. conducted strike vote, from Princeton’s three coal mines remained off work again this Tues- day in protest against delay. ducted recently selves sentiment for strike action. NEW YORK. — The story of The workers, members of Local 1225, United Electric, Radio and Ma- ehine Workers of America, devel- oped a program to boost production, but their appeals were ignored by |the management. So the union got busy, The result was an agreement between the head of the company and the union’s representative, Jack Rand, along these lines: Since the company had been un- able to bring about efficient work- ing conditions for the betterment of production, a joint labor-manage- ment production committee should have full supervision of every phase of the work. The company was to reveal to the workers any necessary facts (no matter how closely guard- | The union agreed | ed previously). to a reduction of the working crew to a skeleton crew of 85, in order to locate the hidden snags. Work- ers laid off were to be given priority in vre-hiring. The company was to pay for experts whom the. union hired. And on this basis they went to work. The 85 workers kept on were carefully selected, with regard only for their ability on the job. An out- side engineer was hired to check the work, and finally the difficulty was solved. High praise is given MWarold Seigel, of the labor division of WPB, for his work in solving the firm’s difficulties. The union wrote him, “Your cooperation was invaluable. Your willingness at any time to at- tend meetings of the joint war pro- duction committee of the shop, even to the extent of coming back from your vacation when you heard how serious the problem was, is ad- mired by all of us.” Production has now been estab- lished at a new high level, and the company is now in a position to work harder than ever to produce the necessary bullets for the Am- erican troops engaged in the North African offensive. Princeton Miners Walk Out Again PINCETON, B.C.—Pending action on their request for a government- 120 miners The men had returned to work reently at the request of union leaders and federal sentative F. E. Harrison, to await result of renewed negotiations with companies affected. labor repre- Officials of United Mine Workers of America announced a break- down in the negotiations with col- liery men accordingly quit work, pending government action. operators Monday, and the An independent strike vote con- by miners them- showed an overwhelming The men are asking union recog- nition and wage increases to bring their scale up to Vancouver Island miners’ wages. Their demands were turned down board under the Federal Industrial Disputes Act, and accordingly they demanded mediately by an arbitration the government im- conduct a strike vote. For AARP Positions Announcement that women will now be accepted by AE authorities in the city as auxiliary wardens was the culminati} convinced long ago that should an emergency arise, the pre} ous ARP arrangements would not be sufficient. | I cei tie Arrangements have been com-@-— pleted, Civilian Protection Commit~| excellent work, releasing men still snore important tasks. tee officials stated, to permit two women in each block to be register- ed as auxiliary wardens in the ARP organization, to act as Yre- serves during times when the block mand for recognition of women a force in defense work, the Ci f warden is absent from his block area. Members of the Housewives’ League of British Columbia, as early as January this year, recom- mended that “committees of wo- men should be formed in every block, to deal with all phases of ARP work,” to deal with emergen- cies when the men wardens are away at work or other business. Several conferences and public meetings have been held on the question, many delegations have gone to the City Hall, resolutions have been sent to Ottawa, urging that this question be taken up seriously by the authorities. Not waiting for air raids to happen before they did anything, the women went ahead them- | selves and organized into block committees, taking as an example the system used so effectively in Britain, where tragic experi- ence has been gained from bom- bardment by high-explosive and incendiary bombs. Encouraged by the Housewives’ League, which had pledged full support to assist them, block com- mittees began to grow up all over the city, patterned on one initiated in the Mount Pleasant district, and described by League women by a member of the Vancouver Fire De- partment, when he spoke to one of the mass meetings last January. Women went from house to house, finding out how many occupants were in each apartment or house, what they did, whether there were special cases to be dealt with, such as invalids or cripples, what equip- meni was available for emergency use. : Until quite recently, they received no help from the authorities, only the discouraging statement that they were “duplicating” the general ARP system and would only “cause confusion” in the event of a raid. Quietly going on with their work, the women organized supplies in each block, designating one house to be the headquarters for the block in a raid, where hot water, blankets, eots, and simple first aid supplies would be available immediately in addition to Red Cross posts. One woman was elected in each block as leader, and another her assistant: additional emergency fire fighting equipment was located in certain houses, and every house= hold had some duty designated to them, should the need arise. When the appeal went out for thousands of first aid workers for post duty day and night, women flocked to hand in their names, then went home and waited patiently to be called. In some districts, the apparatus was set up fairly quickly, but in others, months elapsed before women were called for duty and training. Assistance was available in some districts from district wardens, who helped organize block commit- tees and set up training classes for first aid and fire-fighting. Visit of several firemen from Britain, who fought the Great Fire of London, modern version, brought home to a lot a people the important work that can be done by women. In London, the firemen said, wo- men were enrolled in the auxiliary fire-fighting service and had done As a result of the increased jan Protection Committee has 1 4p th admitted women to the ranks jf i auxiliary wardens, to receive pro D training and responsibilities qf emergency work. ae 0 A further demand still ve | ; heard throughout the city is tip? ARP training should be compuls¢ ; 4 experience having shown in Bi a land that one unprepared per : in a block can endanger the li) and homes of all the rest. i i Women will prove their mettle j 2 air raid wardens, as fire-fight ¢_ as watchers and the million 2) one other jobs to be done for fense, just as they are prov themselyes on the production frt™ and just as the women of Brit and her allies have proved w can fight off enemy attack as ficiently as the men. ; In eight city districts where bli committees are already in exister the new auxiliary wardens + have the benefit of an efficier organized apparatus behind th” should they have to take cha during an air raid. In other { tricts, formation of block comm tees will be. strengthened by 1; ognition of women as a force the community. Peles Avenge Mass Execution LONDON — Polish patriots Warsaw have avenged the deatk 50 Poles recently hanged by Nazis on charges of having se taged railway communications, cording to word reaching here. 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