3 Sie Pacific coast. An experiement promoted by In- ‘@ rnational Longshoremen’s and farehousemen’s Union (CIO), hereby women work in loading nd unloading gangs at the ratio six women to two men, met with } much success that Pacific Coast aritime Industry Board—a labor- anagement-government commis- on which has had much to do 4 (th speeding up longshore work ts announced its intention of in- oducing women stevedores in San lMrancisco, Portland and Seattle. Meantime American women re- Sommission’s policy in taking off 1 women who held regular jobs U.S. Navy Supply Officer auds Girl Stevedores = NEW YORK.—American women stevedores recently hired on the Pacifie coast are doing. fetter work than men, according to Commander Thomas Cochrane, Navy Supply Officer on Many of them wives of sailors lost at sea, the women drive trucks, check cargoes and fave taken over many jobs freeing men for heavier work. Maritime Union asked that these women be allowed to return to sea in order to relieve a current short- age in stewards’ departments. it was estimated that about 300 women were willing to return to such jobs. Rose Shovell, 31, of New York, worked in the stewards’ depart- ment for more than six years be- fore the war, and stated she would go back to sea tomorrow if she were given the chance. “An army nurse crossing in a transport is in just as much danger as a woman on a merchant ship,” she protested, contending that Am- erican women should be given the opportunity to help in the vital work of shipping supplies to armed forces throughout the world. “Our lives are not more valuable than the lives of Russian women, who are doing their share at sea as well as on land to speed the de- feat of fascism,” Miss Shoveil argued. “And the objections on grounds of the ‘moral problem’ and lack of space are bunk too. There was Space enough for us before the War, and there were no morals problems then. e E. E. Williams, San Francisco delegate to National Maritime Union’s national council, claims that eight out of nine jobs in stew- ards’ departments could be filled by women, thus relieving the short- age brought about by increased Liberty ship launchings. Two major construction pro- scts in the Canadian north- rest, announced recently and m=e¢ndertaken by the United tates government, will ma- jpment in British Columbia’s Horthern territory. ‘Building of an oil pipeline Inning ‘across the top of the orld’ from the Mackenzie River alley in the Arctic Circle to ther Whitehorse or Mayo in the ukon Territory will, it is report- fi, rival the Alaska Highway pro- ) ct in immensity. While ali the details of the oil ae, to be piped from the source Fort Norman, across barren 5,9 Tetches of land, are still a mili- sy secret, it is known that all ork will be paid for by the United $8 ates government and that the fb is in the hands of U.S. Army mgineering Corps. Second big project in the north, iis week in a question asked by thn R. MacNicol, progressive con- irvative member for Toronto Dav- aport, will be construction of an fiditional highway to the Alaska! fackenzie rivers. Exact route of the road has not een disclosed, but MacNicol said / would probably run from the eace River to Providence at the This erthwest will undoubtedly open p vast possibilities of utilizing the ich resources in that territory, rhile the pipeline is possibly only ae beginning of what may be the ieans of solving important fuel roblems for both ships and planes, £ tapping hitherto unknown aurces of natural riches which nll naturally be of benefit to the Ountry generally and the war ef- ort in particular. $ | HAst. 0240 766 E. Hastings | Hastings Steam Baths! ne, Vancouver, B.C. ~ ea es > 232 — Bundle Orders: $1.00 per Year | 105 Shelly Building Always Open — Expert Masseurs] Boe Room 33 - 2 Gould Street 4 in Attendance ! _) Bien ie ero ae Toronto, Canada 119 West Pender MA, 6929 Vancouver, B.C. 8 a.m. to 1i p.m... . 40c and 50c/ LABOR YOUTH FEDERATION ti se 1+ = serially affect industrial devel-' tvealed in the House of Commons} McAuslane Reports Threatenina Letters Declaration that he had received: two threatening letters was lodged with Vancouver police on Jan. 29 by. A. A. McAuslane, CCL regional director, it was learned from police records this week. According to information on the police blotter the letters were writ- ten on Belmont Hotel stationery and were dated Jan. 12. Further in- formation that on that date the Housewives League of B.C. held its meeting in the hotel was entered in the police record. Asked to produce the letters, Mc- Auslane promised to mail them to police headquarters, the report stated. Approached for a statement, a spokesman for the Housewives’ League executive said: “We do not know the gentleman, but in common with many others who know of him only by hearsay and newspaper publicity, we doubt very much if he is one. ‘Why he should imagine that the Housewives’ League threatens his safety is beyond me. We cannot speak for the Boilermakers, whose affairs Mr. McAuslane seems to wish to administer, but as far as the Housewives’ League is con- cerned, we can safely say we have no designs upon him. All we want is to have absolutely nothing to do with him in the future, as in the present and in the past.” John Stanton Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 503 Holden Bldg. i E. Hastings St. MAr. 5746 DANCE EVERY SATURDAY in the CROATIAN Educational Home 600 Campbell Ave. Aid To Russia Over $138,000 Now well past the $138,000 mark, Canadian Aid to Russia Fund in B.C. still receives plentiful dona- tions from all sections of the proyv- ince; with contributions from small- er centers pouring in to swell the total. Among recent donations were: Moulders’ & Foundry Union Wo. 1, $22.90; Ukrainian Canadian Associ- ation, Haney, $175; Student Nurses, Vancouver General Hospital, $20; Gregori Garbovitzky, $25; United Fishermen’s Federation, Sointula, $10; International Machinists’ Union, Lodge No. 692, $115.75. NANAIMO. — Canadian Aid to Russian Fund was boosted by $777- 26 following a tag day here Satur- day. Closing date of the appeal has been extended to February 15. Objective for this district is $3,500. NEW WESTMINSTER —A. Kirk Gerow, organizer for Canadian Aid to Russia Fund in this district, announced this week that the min--+ imum objective of $6,000 had been reached. This includes Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and Surrey, as well as New Westmin- ster itself. Men in Uniform... NEW ADVANCE first issue of 1943 is especially for you! @ “4 POLISH SQUADRON BOMBS BREMEN” A true story by one of the crew. “ARE YOU COMING OVER” For men of the forces going to England. “BASIC AT BRANTFORD” By a basic trainee. Picture story of 1943: FROM DEFENSE to ATTACK’ t=) New Advance Youth Magazine 10 Cents per Copy Commending the recent repre- sentative committee for its brief submitted to members of the pro- vincial cabinet preceding the pres- ent session, the convention asked the government to: develop vast ore deposits in BC to supply steel at a cheaper rate for BC industries, urging immediate erection of a stee] mill and smelter on a site allowing for adequate expansion, Maintenance of the shipbuilding in- dustry on the Pacific Coast as an essential part of post war recon- struction plans was also urged. Recently disaffiliating from the Canadian Federation of Labor, the ABWEC decided “to remain an in- dependent body at this time.” Government development of hydro electric resources in BC was also proposed under public ownership, “to supply electric light power and transportation at a fair price for public and in- dustrial use.” Other resolutions called for ex- tension of the holiday-with-pay plan, as authorized under govern- ment order DB 17 of the National War Labor Board, to include all shipyards, industrial and building construction workers, income tax exemption to cover upkeep of me- chanies’ tools, and rehabilitation schools to provide training for re- turned men and industrial work- ers “to fit them for their place in a post war era which must be es- sentially different from that of the last post-war era.’ Another resolution asked that the federal government include in their post-war planning a national interest-free home development loan to be made available to all on a ten-year-plan of repayment. Pledging “full support to the United Nations and the subjugat- Building Workers Back Labor Act Amendments Endorsation and support of proposed amendments to the ICA Act recently submitted to the provincial government by a joint labor delegation was unanimously voiced by delegates at a three-day convention of Amalgamated Building Workers of Canada concluded last week in Vancouver Hotel. ed peoples in the various spheres of this war-torn world,’ the con- yention called upon the workers “to make the winning of this war against barbarism their chief alm.” Proportional representation was decided upon by the delegates to elect the national executive board of eleven members. The convention re-elected Bernard Brathwaite as general president by acclamation. Wominees for general secretary were S. C. Baxter (at present pro- tem secretary following resignation of Johnston McKinley), M. J. Tes- key, and J. Sutherland. For the ex- ecuttive board, nominees were: R. Swan, GC. Robertson, R. Romans, H. Pattison, G. Berg, C. Gibbard, R. G Hall, D. Hieenman, FL L. Barratt, A. Gracey, Ian Park, M. G. Smith, W. L. Cooney, and J. Beaton, from whom 9 will be elect- ed. Voting for all these posts wall be by referendum ballot. Management committee of 30 members for Vancouver district will be elected by Vancouver locals. A plea to newer members to “step up and take their part in the lead- ership of the organization” ‘was made by Bernard Braithwaite, president, speaking at a dinner, marking the conclusion of conven- tion sessions, to which officers of al] local affiliates, convention dele- gates and their wives were invited. Citing work done by some of the “old timers” in the organization, Braithwaite said it was time for new forces to come? forward. Re- duction of the time qualifications for membership on the manage- ment committee, decided on by the convention, will permit more of the newer members to participate in the leadership of the organiza~ tion in the future. 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