tntinued From Page One | proyide steel] for shipbuilding out depending on the long o @ from the east. hing presentatives from several mu- bs ial councils and organizations " % with the provincial cabinet thi: Hriday to discuss the many ‘preosals received on this question. f #ilegates to the last meeting of Pewee vancouver Labor Council, un- to FS ously elected President E. EB. imag to represent them at this facilities for supplying rivets be utilized before any be imported from the east was heartiy endorsed by all delegates. That establishment of a steel in- dustry is feasible here was made very evident recently by trial eper- ations in a small furnace at A-1 Iron and Steel Foundry here where a new direct-are furnace, the only one in Western Canada, will make production of high-grade alloy steel possible in the city for the first time: The new furnace will produce 200 tons of high-psrade steel a month, to be used by the company in the manufacture of vital small steel] castings for local shipyards HMurther evidence in favor of a western steel industry was heard from a committee studying needs for the United States under the leadership of U.S. Senator Truman. “There is ample evidence that the west coast... could provide the raw materials for considerable Steel Furnace In Operation expansion to supply demands there,” the committee reported. There appears to be growing in- tolerance in the west of a situation which compels dependence upon eastern mills for finished ste] goods largely produced from sera) originating in the west. During the five-year period pre- ceding the war, British Golusivdia exported nearly 200,000 tons of scrap steel, which would have been sufficient to keep a $1,000,000 mill in operation here for five years. Congestion of supplies has recently developed in the east, causing an accumulation of scrap here whi:n could be utilized now for a roliin= mill. Premier Hart, in his address to the House, pointed out that the government was interested in de veloping an industry that will de velop the iron ores of the province, rather than one just confined to serap. 3 Wiet meeting to press labor's thkie-nd for immediate establish- ip of a steel] mill in the city. Tj@arges that eastern interests ny wag clooded rivets into the city to Oulu, = GUL local labor, causing shut- § of many riveting machines aj piayoffs in some plants, were .qgpaired at the Council. Delegate = If Gampbell of United Steel- boniet 25S declared that the manage— ine fs had claimed a shortage of ‘5 2S reason for the layoffs. -His sh wr st that the regional steel con- Se be asked to see that B.C. erg its n * he 1 ihe oh np he aygFitness for victory” is the de slogan adopted by the Junior “8 d of Trade in their campaign against venereal disease to be “a ucted during Industrial Health week, Feb. 15 to 20. @@)Venereal disease is a vicious enemy and ignorance its infest ally,” said Al Russell, 2 president of the Junior Board. (@ CaInpaign aims to acquaint as many people as possible _ @ the facts, so that they will be able to do their part in the - to wipe this dread disease from the earth.” hiis and gonorrhea are rec- ed by international health rities as two of the most de- ) Mive saboteurs of the war ef- ma both civilian and military ae sussell pointed out, instancine “3, per cent rise in syphilis cases sat Britain to show the need fSorous action to cope with roblem, which is accentuated lormal wartime conditions. | believe that in directing our vgn primarily towards indus- 2 will be able to reach the St Bumber of people with the <5 at our disposal,” Russell “Of course, there is not a rate of infection among in- Asm al workers. But the fact that re organized together in large @2rs makes it easier to reach /t Dunmibers. By stressing the j!@:hat this is not a personal Ong m but a community health DEM mm, a threat to the youth of { # ation and a menace to our — ifort through time lost due ess and through early death jem DY venereal disease, we hope ime Ve that no person of responsi- } can say this problem is not concern.”’ le@ers and factual materials Wibeen sent to labor councils Miher organizations throughout Rimity to acquaint them with tis being planned during the guiign. Motion picures will be {for the benefit of any group IS Do ihe fa on request, “With These Weapons,” dealing with control of spyhilis, “Health Is a Victory,” dealing with gonorhea control, and a third film having particular reference to BG.'s own facilities for prevention and gure of venereal disease, “Nine ditness For Victory’ Slogan Industrial Health Week Cents Per Capita.’ available on call. “Labor will support this cam- Ppaign as very necessary to the health and well being of Cana- dians,” declared President Charles Saunders, Dock and Shipyard Workers, Local 2. Industrial Health Week is pro- posed to be a yearly event, each year focussing attention on one important health problem. Selec- tion of venereal disease for ‘the first campaign was due to increas- ing incidence of these diseases as a threat to wartime health of the people, according to Russell. Lecturers are Lower Wage Rates. Protested By Seamen Threat that Fiji Island merchant seamen will be employed at $24 per month was used to persuade muen to accept an approximate twenty-dollar reduction in wages, according to J. M. (Digger) Smith, business agent of Deep Sea and Iinlandboatmen’s Union, when they complained about the new rate of $56.50 for able seamen and $41.75 for ordinary seamen being paid on one boat. “The ship in question is at pres- ent manned by our members, and they are bing paid at the rate of $75 for able seamen and $55 for ordinary seamen. The new rate is the same as that prevailing in W. R. Carpenter shipping com- pany, which claims Atlantic owner- ship but appears to be controlled from this city,”’ said Smith. “Some three months ago we sent | : #7 ; ) Ht. 0240 166 E. Hastings | J z ohn Stanton stin i ee team! Baths, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary tys Open — Expert Masseurs j 503 Holden Bldg. in attendance = ||| 16 E. Hastings St. MAr. 5746 a. to ii p.m... 40c and 50c|_ ) S -~ 3 SJ. NOCK and SHIPYARD WORKERS’ UNION — Local No. 2 708 HOLDEN BLDG., Vancouver, B.C. 2w Address New Phone = PAcifie 8942 a brief to the National War Labor Board, asking that wages paid by this company should be raised to the standard prevailing on this coast. No reply was made to our brief until we sent another letter, which brought the reply that since the men were being handled by the Manning Pool, the board had nothing to do with the wage ques- tion. Prize Winners at DOCK & SHIPYARD WORKERS’ Annual Ball First Prize, $50.00: W. A. Hough, 1179; G. Lovatt, 2. Second Prize, $25.00: Mrs. F. Chattell, 625; T. Henning, 653. Third Prize, $10.00: Joe Stewart, 22; R. Drake, 1581. La; Fourth Prize: Something Scotch: H. Barnes, 191; Ticket No. 829. Call at 707 Holden Building For Prizes EWA District To Appeal Action NANAIMO.—Delegates to a special meeting of the TWA B.€. District Council here last weekend unanimously instructed their officers to appeal the action of the Canadian Congress of Labor in suspending the District from the Congress. After hearing a report on de-' velopments leading up to the sus- pension by a two-man investigating commission, delegates endorsed ac- tion of their officers in the matter under dispute and condemned the commission’s action as “unwar- ranted and a: violation of the Con- gress constitution.” ~ Proposed changes in the Indus- trial Conciliation and Arbitration Act were endorsed in a resolution adopted by TWA sub-local at You- bou, Camp 6, asking that the min- ister of labor “establish and main- tain the confidence of all organized labor by introducing amendments to the ICA Act to provide for com- pulsory collective bargaining, right of labor to belong to an organiza- tion of its own choice, the outlaw- ing of company unions and speed- ing up of arbitration proceedings.” Many other sub-locals have en- dorsed proposals contained in a brief submitted by a joint labor delegation which visited Victoria before the present session, accord- ing to Nigel Morgan, TWA district Secretary. Victoria Lumber To Negotiate CHEMATINUS.—Negotiations for a union agreement will open here this Saturday, when IWA repre- sentatives meet officials of Vic- toria Lumber Manufacturing Com- pany Ltd. The union will be repre- sented by Nigel Morgan, B.C. dis- trict secretary, and a committee of ten.men elected from among the workers. The conference will deal with wages and working conditions af- fecting one sawmill and three log- East Indian Workers Join IWA East Indian workers employed in Alberta Mills on False Creel last week joined IWA Local 1-217 in a body, according to Nigel Morgan, district secretary. “The Bast Indian workers realize that in the TWA they have an or- ganization which will help them to obtain their just rights in our so- ciety on an equal basis with the rest of the community,’ Morgan Stated. “The union has and will in the-future, campaign for the franchise to the East Indian citi- zens, and at all times fights dis- erimination by employers in the Matter of wages and conditions against the Oriental people. “An outstanding example of what has been accomplished was the re- cent award of the Regional War Labor Board granting all Oriental workers in Fraser Mills the right of equal pay for equal work. This was in answer to our application on this question made previously. “It has always been our policy to advocate equal pay for equal work for this section of our com- munity.” Well-Known Logger Dies Suddenly Death of Albin Peterson, well- known in the labor movement and member of the IWA was regret- fully learned by union members this week. Peterson was employed by Aero Spruce Products at Cum- shewa Inlet when he collapsed from heart failure. He and his falling partner, Nels Kravil, were well-knokn in many coast logging camps. Funeral arrangements are in the hands of the union, stated Nigel ging camps on the Island. Morgan. | STALIN—A Biography, | | Nikolai Tikhonov ~ Nos. 1 and 2 Nos. 3 and 4 119 West Pender MA. MIGHT IS ENDED A SELECTION OF THE POEMS OF J. S. Wallace $1.00 | © Marxist-Leninist Institute TALES OF LENINGRAD— INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE— INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE— The People Bookshop 105 Shelly Building issued by the Rite 6929 Vancouver, B.C.