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IRONTO. — Delegates to
aational conference of the
inion Communist - Labor
=| War Committee in session
Jast weekend outlined
proposals for a govern-
ij: wartime labor policy:
Sranting of the steelworkers’
demands for 55 cents an hour
wage rate, collective bargain-
ights and labor-man&igement
‘ction cooperation, and set-

nt of the aircraft workers’
ances,

Establishment of a ministry of
ction with authority to as-
} full charge of planning, co-
ation and control of Canada’s
trial production:

Pobilization of hundreds of
Jiands of women for industrial
work, with establishment of
fnwide services to care for pre-
»1 and school-age children.

jimclusion of labor representa-
chosen by the workers on all
boards charged with direction
ar production.

beadership by government of
westablishment of joint labor-
yasement production commit-
in all war plants and in-
Fies. :
ich}Revision of present federal
| of policies to fully guarantee
ij protect the rights of labor to
ionize and bargain collectively
; the employers: 2
nd?Rejection of the false “theory”
iH adequate wartime wages are
“use Of inflation. Adoption by
ronment of a total war wages
Hy which will allow of lifting
jub-standard wages now pre-
ne in general in Quebec, and
tio peéring production in many in-
lo cies, payment of equal pay for
l work to women workers, and
1 28 Of wages through increases
ost of living bonuses, to re-
the scissors between. real
ss and the actual rise in the
of living.
‘roduction of incentive wages
3 | us to increase productivity
worker and to provide a
jod for the rewarding of the
‘er for increased efficiency
output.
wision of the present federal
uction and labor policy, de-
0 ded by the entire iabor move-
t and the nation, will open
way for fullest development
our industrial potential and
overcoming of all obstacles.
gilding up of a labor unity,
gaging into the trade unions of
qq bundreds of thousands of new
gers, strengthening of the total
effort of the labor movement,
Vital questions in the national
gegle for total war and unity.

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Gariboo and a member of the committee on Post-War Recon-
struction and re-establishment, told The People before he left
for Ottawa last week. :

“T agree with Vice-President Wallace, that we must strive
for a collective security that will guarantee application of
the law of international relations. But we have no right to
insist upon the nature of government to be adopted by other
countries, except insofar as it may be necessary to make cer-
tain of the collective security that will flow from international
democracy.”

- Asked for his views on Canada’s post-war relations with the
Soviet Union, Gray Turgeon had this to say:

“T am definitely in favor of the widest possible relations

with the USSR and with China. I shall be very happy if the
new Alaska Highway—most of which was built within my
constituency—brings about an even closer relationship be-
tween our countries.
_ “Im our own country, many fundamental changes in our
system will be necessary. We must make certain that in post-
war Canada it will no longer be possible to accumulate great
wealth—and the political power that sometimes accompanies
it—through excessive profits.”

As to what changes would be, Turgeon would speak only in
general terms. However, regarding labor’s part in the post-war
world, and in our present war effort, he repeated what he had
stated earlier to the Burrard Liberals:

“TJnder our present conditions, a great deal of the energy
and ability of labor is wastefully expended in trying to secure a
recognition of labor unions. The time, the energy, and the good-
will that could be used in industrial operation are wasted in

bitter strife... . :
“The present custom of having large numbers of industrial

Union Recognition Essential

To Production, Says M.P. .

“Canada will be in a position to exert greater influence when a new world order is under
discussion at a post-war conference of the United Nations only if, before that conference
takes place, she has already relieved he own people of the social and economic injustices of the
past. And our representatives will have great weight at that conference. if the world knows
that their proposals are fully endorsed by all classes of our people,” Gray Turgeon, MP for

workers in a plant working individually without a union or-
ganization, is unsound. Industry is social, and labor is social.
There are community responsibilities attached to both, and
the community responsibility of labor can best be fulfilled
when labor is properly organized.”

Robertson
Russ Aid
Speaker

Ben Robertson, former Rus-
sian correspondent with PM,
and more recently feature
writer for the New York Her-
ald-Tribune, will speak at the
Vogue and Orpheum theatres
here at the Canadian Aid to
Russia rallies planned for this
coming Sunday evening.
Speaking with him will be
Elmore Philpott, editorial di-
rector of the News-Herald.

Eentertainers at the theaters will
include Arthur Benjamin, the
noted British pianist, and John
Goss, famous British singer; the
Kitsilano Boys’ Band, conducted
by Arthur W. Delamont; North
Vancouver Ship Repair Orchestra,
conducted by Jack York; and the

“Glassics for Today” string or-
chestra conducted by Jean de
Rimanoczy.

Red Army songs, music and danc-
ing by Ukrainian, Serbian, Slov-
akian and Croatian groups, will be
featured in a program at the
Beacon Theater under auspices of
the Ukrainian-Canadian Associa-
tion.

While there will be no charge
for admission, a collection for Aid
to Russia will be made, and many
unions and other groups have sig-
nified their intention of formally
presenting their donations at the
theaters.

This Monday, Jan. 25, Hotel
Vancouver will be the setting for
the gala Canadian Aid to Russia
Ball. Entire proceeds, including
those from a number of casino
wheels which will be in operation,
will be turned over to the fund.

Vancouver girls in costume will
sell cigarettes, and the Junior
Board of Trade is in charge of
games at the ball. Winning tickets
for the $780 worth of prizes, which
include a pair of silver foxes, three

MP.

GRAY TURGEON,

Form Unit
Of Reserve

PRINCE RUPERT. — The Re-
serve Army unit demanded by
Prince Rupert citizens ever since
Pearl Harbor is now being formed.

The wire stated:

The stoppage of steel
duction in Sidney and Sault
St. Marie endangers Cana-
da’s production of weapons and
war materials that are essential
now to guarantee the success of
the coming great offensive action
foreshadowed by yourself and Gen-
eral McNaughton. The steelwork-
ers’ proposal for a basic wage rate
of 55 cents per hour is extremely
modest. It is enough only for a
minimum standard of decent exist-
ence. No man should be asked to
perform that heavy and exhausting
work for less. Your government
proposes to subsidize wages in cer-
tain cases. The majority of Cana-
dians agree that such subsidies
are necessary in the existing cir-
cumstances to ensure maximum
war production, and a majority
also support the present govern-

pro-

Buek Urges 55 Cents
For Steelworkers

That Canada’s production of vital war materials is endang-
ered through stoppage of steel production at Sidney and Sault
Ste. Marie due to disputes arising out of the freezing of wages
below sustenance levels, and that the basic wage rate of 55 cents
an hour proposed by workers in steel plants is a modest one is
the view expressed by Tim Buck, general secretary of the Do-
minion Communist-Labor Total War Committee in a telegram
he sent to Prime Minister King this week.

ment subsidies to stimulate steel
production.

“In such a situation, it is anoma-
lous that steel workers should be
compelled to accept a wage so low
as 4314 cents per hour. Steel work-
ers have demonstrated patience
since last September. I have, in a
public statement, appealed to the
workers in steel and other indus-
tries not to allow any extension
of the existing strike situation, be-
cause no one but Hitler can re-
joice to see our industries stop
producing for war needs.

“At the same time, I appeal to
you now in the interest of the
national war effort to use the pow-
ers which your government enjoys
to grant the steel workers of Can-
ada a basic minimum wage of 55
cents per hour and reassure the
workers of Canada that decent
standards shall prevail.”

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Machine Gun Battalion began Jan-
uary 11, and Colonel ©. G. Oswell,
administrative officer commanding,
declared that there would be no
more delay in establishing the Re-
serve Army here. Leading trade
unionists, it is reported, are set-
ting an example for their members
by enlisting immediately.
CGommenting on the importance
of equipping local men with uni-
forms and training them to man
machine guns against the pos
sibility. of action here, Colonel Os-
well pointed out that Japan was
still a definite menace, and Prince
Rupert a strategic point in the
Pacific area.
‘Tt is quite possible,” he stated,
“that Prince Rupert may be called
upon to defend its own backyard.”
Personnel of the permanent staff
o£ officers has already arrived, and
training will be of a practical and
technical nature, with a minimum
of attention to straight drills, since
speed is essential. The unit will
specialize in machine gunnery, and
will have an Ail priority on equip-

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