Teer ene ataacereeat E PEOPLE LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY GL. I. No. 6. VANCOUVER, B.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1942 5 Cents @censres DFFE oPUR NSIVE IN AFRICA TO PRODUCTION ioldiers suests At ‘abor Dance NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. The War Workers’ social mmittee, recently set up her e Day dance at the Arenex, endeavoring to obtain co- aration of New Westminster ty Council in sponsoring ther social -activities for the ned forces. borg ibout a thousand soldiers and ilians attended the dance, to ich men and women in uniform t= admitted free. Proceeds were iated to a regimental social fund. ack Greenall, labor candidate alderman and a member of the amittee, which also includes the jal committee of a regiment now Hioned in the Royal City, said ay that an appeal had been made the council for a reduced rental /the Arenex, in view of the fact .t the proceeds from all proposed jal affairs will be devoted to ar- iging entertainment for the arm- ‘forces. The appeal, however, has m denied by the council, which also refused a request made ‘the regimental social committee a concession to sell soft drinks. the committee has announced its ention of proceeding with its ms and will press its appeal to + city council for lowering of the ablished rental in the interests the soldiers stationed in the a. lowing a successful Armis- | Another article stated that Kita’s mission here was to ef- feet-a union-of various branches - of the society here. Morii was described in the article as “branch director of the local society.” Telling of Kita’s one-day visit to the city, the article mentioned a luncheon at the Japanese consul’s home, a dinner-party arranged by Morii, and a lecture meeting in the Japanese language school with Morli as chairman. The meeting Was reported to open with “one minute of fervent, silent prayer for the spirits of the departed hero soldiers,” and speeches were deliv- ered on the “China incident,” on “conditions in this land’ and pre- paredness “for any eventuality.” Kita left Vancouver to attend an “international conference” in Hur- ope. Denying that he had ever heard of the Sokoku-Kai until Kita’s visit, Morii at first admitted that he had called for the silent prayer, then, through his interpreter, declared he See WITNESSES (Continued on Page 7) orii Admits Fascist Speeches ut Denies Fascist Links . Statements made by Kita, head of the Japanese Fatherland Society, and member of the Japanese Diet, were read in court Monday by Senator J. W. deB. Farris, counsel for the News-Herald, during cross examination of Etsujii Morii at the enquiry into activities of the Japanese Black Dragon Society here. 3 Translations of articles appearing in the Japanese pro-fascist language paper, Continental Daily News, one day after Kita’s visit to Vancouver in 1939, showed that Kita, in an interview, had expressed his wish to work for a coalition of German-Japanese “culture.” He also stated that he had conferred with Mussolini on a previous European trip and was eager to meet Hitler. Canada Produeings _... 4800 Planes Yearly WASHINGTON, D.C.—More than $100;000,000 of war sup- plies have been shipped from Canada to Russia, Munitions Min- ister ©. D. Howe said during his visit here to attend meetings of the Combined Production and Resources Board. Output Higher 2 Britain’s Coal | Fifty per cent of Canadian pro- duction of munitions has been shipped direct to British theatres of war, including Russia, 30 per cent to Canadian forces overseas, and 20 per cent to the United States and LONDON—The decline in SBrit- Pacific battle yards including China. ain’s coal output has been halted and the -outlook Fuel Minister Gwilym Lloyd George Stated here this week. Average weekly output of coal during last month was 4,124,500 tons, nearly 50,000 tons a week higher than the average weekly production for September, the min- ister said. fiosher Speaks At Sudbury As Union Breaks Ineo Grip SUDBURY, Ont.—With the Inter- ional Union of Mine, Mill and lelter Workers holding a series mass workers’ meetings here, the sn-shop Sway of the Internation- Wickel Corporation over its jusands of employees, who pro- cee almost the entire nickel sup- / of the United Nations, has at i last been cracked. The dem- strations, climaxing many months “underground” organizing by the lon, were the first ever to be held this INCO@-dominated town. >resident A. R. Mosher of the nadian Congress of Labor was necipal speaker at the meetings, originally scheduled for the Capi- tol Theater. At the last moment permission to use the theater was revoked. In response to a call by the union, workers jammed the re- centlyy-opened union hall and the street outside. Eight months ago the first union office was complete- ly demolished by a gang of thugs, and two officials, one of them in- iternational representative Forrest Emerson, were severely beaten up. Because of the huge crowds, Mosher addressed three meetings. Mosher declared that equitable wages, proper working conditions and abolition of fear of discrimina- | tion, all of which could be provided by a strong union, were necessary for the INCO workers to make their full contribution to an all-out war effort. His three addresses were enthusiastically applauded. President Reid (Robinson of the IUMMSW sent a message to the meetings, stating: “Greetings to local 598: Interna- tional union looking to great achievements at International Nic- kel in every way. Anticipate work- ers organized in local 598 will break every production record and simul- taneously improve democratic pro- is encouraging, | | and merchant ships, Howe ex-- cesses through our organization.” Indicating importance of the shipbuilding program, both naval plained that 45 per cent of escort work in the Atlantic between North America and Britain and the Soviet Union was done by the Canadian Navy in Canadian-built ships. One million tons of merchant shipping will slide down Canadian ways this year, and an estimated 142 million tons next year, in addi- tion to destroyers, corvettes, mine- Sweepers and other naval vessels. Wine types of aircraft are now being built in Canada at a rate of 400 a month. Significant, maybe of the swing to offensive, is the program of plane production for next year, when emphasis will be on big bombers-and flying boats, combat planes instead of trainers. More than 50 per cent of Can- ada’s natural income is spent di- rectly on the war effort, Howe said. Manpower shortages -threatened In several industries, particularly lumber, base metals and steel mills, the minister stated, but by and large, Canada is managing very well with women workers. Production of metals has been stepped up, he pointed out,-in the case of aluminum, an increase from Workers | Pledge Increase By GARRY ALLIGHAN Allied Labor News Writer LONDON.—News of the in- vasion of North Africa reached British factories at the end of a week in which more materials of war were produced than in any week since Dunkirk. Pro- duction drives organized by the National Council of Shop Stew- ards, part of a “birthday irib- ute” to Russian workers on the Soviet Union’s 25th annivers- ary, were stimulated at the start of the week by the great victory of the Bighth Army in Egypt. The effect a week. later of the North African invasion was il- lustrated by a statement by Thomas Willis union secretary at a mine which turned out 400 tons of coal above its highest weekly total: “From now on,’ he declared, “we are going to regard this record as _ our absolute minimum.” Reports of the 25th anniversary drive are coming in from all parts of Britain. In a Merseyside ship- yard jobs which formerly took a week were finished in a day. In an arms factory in Middlesex pro- duction last week went up 210 per- cent. The factory as a whole went up from 80,000 to 100,000. In the London area absenteeism hit a new record low of 5 percent. National production champion of the week was Bill Cobb, a dril- ler on crank cases in the Napier airplane engine facory who turn- out ten cases in six days, an in- erease of 600 percent over nor- mal. Cobb becomes Britain’s first “six hundred percenter,” a term borrowed from Soviet trade unionists. Competitions between depart- ments and shifts were arranged by. the joint production committee of a northwest royal ordnance factory, where “target boards” were decor- ;ated with flags showing day-to-day ,Progress of each department. The winning department, which stepped up its ordinary output by 350 per- cent, is staffed entirely by women. | Phe chief shop steward said: “This 2s.2. dress rehearsal for the real thing, We’re getting tooled up for a real production burst.’ (The 42 government-owned royal ordnance factories were the first ;Plants in Britain to set up joint production committees, and through See HOWE (Continued on Page 7) See COMMITTEE (Continued on Page 6)