EOPLE | LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY 41, HL. No. 7. OSs rss 5 Cents Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, February 20, 1943 2 = ‘ 3 mm New the 7 Ee r , Canada’s foremost labor the new board. Statements issued by Acting udent Perey R. Bengough for | Trade Pat Conroy for the Ga- an Congress of Labor, com- ding the government for its ac- , ii was revealed that labor had i consulted and had given full foval to Cohen's appointment. fe is exceptionally well quali- ‘to Serve the workers and the giie cf Canada,” Conroy's state- declared, while Bengough -d that Cohen “is a proven Hid of labor, possessing the ex- }mce, qualifications and ability ssary for the position.” Te have confidence in the new ij@ oman, Hon. @ P. MeTacue,” psough declared. “He has had eat deal of experience on vari- a iabor boards and at all times @ °s demonstrated his honesty of 3 ose and fairmindedness.” | *tting forth the functions of } new board, Chairman C. P. 4 'ague declared that it would 4 cern itself “with matters which ee-man National War Labor Board, headed by Hon. Charles MecTague, with Hon. J. J. Bench as indust Trades and labor Congress and | I.L. Cohen Will tepresent Labor Board OTTAWA.—Representatives of both labor - congresses in nada last week united to acclaim appointment of J. L. Cohen, attorney, to the reconstituted ry s representative bear most directly upon the full- | est mobilization of the economic resources, talents and labor pow- er of the country for the war effort.” af The board, he said, would pub- lish its decisions and keep the pub- lic informed of the principles un- ; derlying its judgements, much as if .it were “a court of industrial rela- tions’; it would avoid a “legalistic or narrow technical approach” to wage rate problems; it would seek |to build up some sort of labor code and the correction of injustices to ensure “a proper livelihood” and the “maintenance of morale.” in turn, the new board hoped to receive the fullest cooperation of all sections of the community, Mc- | Tague said, so that the maximum contribution may be made to na- tional unity and effectiveness in {this critical and momentous ' period.” | First duty of the new board will be to open hearings on the steel _ Situation. & Unions Acclaim Reconstitution Of Labor Board Demand Conant Enact Bill TORONTO. Organized labor in Ontario this week vigorous- ly protested failure of the gov- i\losed Shop ireatian Hall. funtaining their willingness to ISs reaffiliation with the Can- alla Congress of Labor at any a , aembers yoted unanimously g2cede from and sever connec- i with the CCL. # Ominations for a new slate of cers will be taken at a meet- in Hastings auditorium next will take he membership know full well gseriousness of the step taken. -g' realized the effect this would on the Congress and the trade a movement in B.C. They ex- 2d every possible avenue by ‘a this step could be avoided, the determination of the Con- joilermakers’ Aim \ drive for closed shop agreements in those yards at present gout agreements and organization of the unorganized work- “| in local industries will be immediately undertaken by lermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union, Local No. 1, ac- Jing to a statement issued this week by the shop stewards ‘King committee following last week’s meeting of the union #5 leadership to pursue its hys- wal and destructive course left Contracts © no alternative to the rank and file,” a Shop stewards’ bulletin said in part. Concurrence with the aims and objects of the CCL as announced at the last convention was stressed by William Stewart, elected president in the December election later claimed to be un- constitutional by the CCL na- tional executive. “However, we feel certain that the officers of the parent body are not acting in accordance with the decisions of that convention,” he added. Statement issued by Tom McKen- zie, secretary of the shop stewards’ working committee, outlining a (Continued on Page Three) See SHIPYARDS ernment to introduce its provincial collective bargain- ing bill at the present session of the legislature. Resolutions from AFL and CCL central labor bodies flooded the Conant government, expressing: “shock and dismay” at the an- nouncement that the whole ques- tion would be placed before a legis- lative committee rather than intro- duced in the house. Labor spokesmen declared the move jeopardized the bill and de- nounced the obvious pressure cam- paign against the bill engineered by unscrupulous employers. They deplored the fact that the govern- ment had backed down in the face of a minority group’s anti-labor (Continued on Page: Two) See LABOR ACT ‘ various affiliations had been able to bury their differences for the Sake of a united war resolution cited the high degree of efficiency and cooperation that has been attained and stresses the de- Sirability of maintaining the mazxi- mum effort in war industry. Council Meet Lauds Unity « Unanimously greeting the unity which had been achieved between unions of different affiliations in war industries on the west coast, delegates to the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council this week went on record in support of a resolution from the Plumbers’ and Steamfitters’ Local 170 condemning disruption of these united efforts in local unions “by any indi- vidual or sroup of individuals.” Pointing out that “unions of effort,” the Pledging their organization to do ‘everything possible to maintain the highest degree of production in our war industry,” the resolution continued: “This organization deplores and condemns the effort of any indi- vidual or groups of individuals who want in any way to disrupt this mutual trust and unity of the workers or lessens in any way our war effort by causing dis- putes in any war industry during this crisis.” @ Nazi Strongpoints Ee © Miles ——o Velikie Lukif= & moscow 5 200 ay | to Berlin Vyazma F Boi 250 Miles _ISmolensk E—|THE FRONT BERLIN \_—— {© Minsk + : WARSAWe po) AND ‘ Brent OS \ Fe y @ Brest Litoysk Ps i —s ; % Kursk Voronezh iy. 4% : / @ Kiel SOVIET § RUSSIA e H i - : ac — SS Rostoy to KHARKOV (3p ~ S I Berlin % NN 1 11200 Miles % STALINGRAD ~N Gaze =) Dnepropetrovsk & Voroshilovgrad & AZ UKRAINE pe =x ROSTOV The sweeping offensive continuing along the whole Russian frorit is threatening devas- tation to the whole German army, and is aimed like a dagger at the heart of Nazi Ger- .many. Recapture of Rostov, Kharkov, Kursk, Voroshilovgrad, the drive southward to the Sea of Azov, make up highlights of a drive which has liberated approximately the area captured by the Germans in 1942, about 150,000 square miles, a picture of Nazi humiliation and Soviet victory which transcends anything in the history of warfare. But the cost of this Soviet offensive is a factor which cannot be overlooked, and a second front in Eur- ope must be opened soon enough to relieve the almost superhuman endurance and stamina of the Red Army. Map shows the key points in the Nazi front, now in Russian hands.