=, LABOR?S VOICE FOR VICTORY Ting es. agp IL No. 8 == 5 Cents. os Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, February 27, 1943 norms: = +1 eve of their twenty-fifth anniversary, Red Army men, /mewhere on the western front, examine Nazi artillery cap- Lifting Of Ban Necessary For Total War Wim. Stewart Again Elected President. Elected by acclamation to head the Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union, Local No. 1, William Stewart, whose elec- fion as president last December was declared unconstitutional by the Canadian Congress of Labor, was installed in office With the rank and file through the efficient operation of the shop stewards movement on all major questions confronting the union.” T. McKenzie for the post of sec- “Local No. 1 of the Boilermakers union is still very much alive, and no attack by any individual will prevent it from carrying on in the interests of the rank and file,” stated William Stewart, newly elected president. “Qur first task is the consolida- tion of our present union member- ship through a drive to bring our membership up to date in their dues payments. Implementation of recommendations contained in the Richards’ Commission report, call- ing for wage adjustments, will. be pressed for. Thirdly, a drive to or- ganize the unorganized subsidiary industries of the shipyards and un- organized industries “It is the intention of this new executive to keep in close touch Acclamation was also accorded red during the victorious western march of the Soviet army. Ive i BE tg TE a i fi it > PRINCE RUPERT.—In response to demands from Allied earings on workers’ grievances. The Allied Council was mned that agreements reached at: sittings of the Richards t apply to Prince Rupert. jumndreds of shipbuilders, say on members, leave the yards at first opportunity because of d0Ssible “living conditions, and constant labor turnover slows Yn ship production considerably. fand Trunk Development Com- ily, which operates Prince Ru- ‘t shipyards, is forced to scour } prairies and eastern Canada workers, about half of whom ment to Dr. R. J. McDonald, local medica] health officer, de- claring that conditions under which food was served were re- sponsible for an epidemic of diarrhoea and vomiting. An investigation by Dr. McDon- ald revealed that substandard milk (a mixture of 32 ounces canned milk to 96 ounces water) was be- ing illegally served, that kitchen ¥ in Prince Rupert only a few| employees, lacking supervision, # nths. _ | were unhygeniec in their personal Barly last week 95 men, repre | habits, that dishes were offered snting 1000 shipbuilders who and with t at the large Wartime Hous- ig dining hall, presented a state- unsterilized, undried, food still adhering. Complaints have also been made (ied Labor Council lo Meet Judge Richards Labor Council, a body formed he : s@ all AFI. and CCL shipyard unions here to take united action on questions of shipyard #ges and conditions, Judge S. E. Richards will arrive in Prince Rupert shortly for special established when local unions Commission in Vancouver did that local laundry services are in- adequate to serve the growing population, so that workers from Winnipee now employed in the yards find they receive their laundry eight days earlier by sending it home to Winnipeg to be washed than by having it laun- dered here. Some improvements have been made by the City Council, upon demands of its new labor ma- jority, which now imsists that all bunkhouses be built according to provincia] health standards to end crowding and the use of un- healthy, two-tiered bunks. Thursday at a special meeting in Hastings Auditorium. retary-treasurer and F. Cardwell as vice-president, to A. Mcleod as warden, and Vic Forster, report- er. Voting for secretary resulted in election of Fred Carr. Trustees elected by acclamation were Joseph Wright for the three- year term and John McColl for a two-year period, while trusteeship for a one-year term, contested by A. Staub and R. Benson} went to Staub. With two executive members to be elected, six nominations were named, H .Shaw, South Burrard; E. Fenton, North Burrard, J. Lu- cas, West Coast; E. Simpson, North Burrard; Angus Harley, South Burrard; and John Wood, North Van Ship Repairs. Elected were E. Simpson and J. Lucas. Second Committee Formed Trade unions, civil liberties leagues; church groups and other organizations have re- newed their demands on Ot- tawa that the ban on the Com- munist Party and other anti- fascist organizations be re- moved by parliament during the present sessions. Although a committee set up during last session of the house brought in a recommendation that the ban on communists and others be lifted, the report Was not acted upon by Justice Minister St. Laurent, upon whose instigation a new 15- man committee to consider the Defense of Canada regulations has been set up. In answer to St. Laurent’s state- ments (made under sharp attack from Angus MacInnis and other M.P.’s in the house this week) to the effect that he had refused to lift the ban because such an action on his part would mean legal sanc- tion to “the overthrowing of the government by force,” Tim Buck (Continued on Page Three) See BAN Foreman F Assault Charges Acting on complaint of a female employee of Fraser Mills, alleging she was struck in the face by one of the company’s foremen, John Stanton will appear in Fraser Mills municipal court next Monday charging Elmer McKellar, foreman, with assault causing actual bodily harm. The woman employee stated in her complaint that her niece, a young Married woman also em- ployed by the company, had com- plained to her on several occasions of insulting remarks made by Mc- Kellar, and finally of attempted famiuliarities. Acting on behalf of the younger woman, she had com- plained to other foremen in the mills, and finally in desperation had confronted McKellar and told him to cease annoying her niece. Mc- Kellar, she stated in her charge, “swung viciously at her and hit her on the side of the face, caus- ing severe swelling and bruises.” | aces however, refused to take the charge and told her to see a lawyer if she wished to prefer charges. B.C. provincial police at Coquitlam also refused to act, the woman stated. Acting on advice of John Stan- ton, she then saw Fraser Mills Justice of the Peace Marmont, who referred her back to the Fraser Mills police. _B.C. police at New Westminster told her to see J. P. Marmont, as B.C. police have no jurisdiction over company towns. Failure to get police action prompted the woman to take up the matter with legal counsel. Meantime Superintendent Frank Jordon has asked her to drop the Advised by IWA officials to lay | case. a charge against the foreman, the | The foreman charged with the woman approached Fraser Mills offense has since been let out by constable Cromwell. The Officer,'the company, it is stated.