{ ner any verything. For 4 The Offensive wh Following is the call issued by Labor’s May Day Victory Parade Wi mmittee, for the 1943 May Day celebrations. 2 ALL LABOR, FRATERNAL, : \OMEN’S & YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. ya] REETINGS: ia This May Day finds the United Nations in the most # itical stage of the war. Our armies are gearing their !rces for the invasion of Europe; for a battle which will sscide the destiny of all free peoples for years to come. wath this decisive battle fast approaching, and our boys = pith the armed forces of Great Britain, the USA and the ~ @>°R preparing to deliver a knockout blow which may tell destroy forever the Hitler menace, let us work to- i ther to make labor’s May Day Victory Parade a mighty “j:monstration of the people’s desire to give everything be i the offensive and victory in 1943. The role and responsibility of the labor, movement in jar country’s war effort is growing. The Fourth Victory oan campaign is at hand; therefore it is fitting that labor, @: well as demonstrating its united strength, should demon- @rate its united support and participation in the Victory oan drive. 2 : The committee responsible for initiating the celebration, hich includes officers and members of all main labor ® ganizations in this city, with the assistance and coopera- yn of the War Finance Committee, is proposing an after- l Tn sate rounds to the Brockton Point Oval in Stanley Park where mass Labor Rally will be held. Pat Sullivan, Vice-President of the Trades and Labor sngress of Canada, and President of the Canadian Sea- en’s Union, Montreal, has accepted our invitation as the ain speaker. Invitations have also been sent to leaders ‘Vancouver’s main labor organizations. The War Finance pmmittee have joined in a joint appeal to General sarkes, Officer commanding this military district, and = onorable G. S. Pearson, Minister of Labor, to address 'e tally. They are also endeavoring to arrange for par- } -ipation of units of the armed forces and military bands. The main these of the parade, which with your coopera- 32m we hope to make a fitting demonstration of labor’s ‘@ pport of the Fourth Victory Loan, will be “EVERY- = TING FOR THE OFFENSIVE — BACK THE AT- te ACK.” We invite your organization to send two delegates to a ynierence, which will be held in the BELMONT HOTEL -§: MONDAY, APRIL 19, at 8 pm, where arrangements vt the parade will be completed. If your local° doesn’t eet before that date, please have your executive con- “) der the matter. 3 Let us make May Day a United Nations Day! Let’s ® ack up the invasion of Hurope by expressing our support @{ the Fourth Victory Loan! Let’s make May Day 1943 day of mobilization — a Victory Day, in which labor will # ledge the armed forces with more planes, ships, guns, 4 mks and munitions of war to finish the job this year. May we count on your support? If so, please communi- fate as soon as possible with our Committee. Remember— bie time is short. : é ; NIGEL MORGAN, 2 Chairman, pro tem. S. L. ROGERS, Secretary pro tem. | jon parade on Sunday, May 2, from the Cambie Street ~ ee (7 Bist. 0240 766 EK. Hastings flastings Steam Baths John Stanton ncn Be i Barrister, Solicitor, Notary jp*ays Open — Expert Masseurs/} 503 Holden Bldg. | in. Attendance i 16 FE. Hastings St. jum. to li p.m... . 40c and 50c MAr. 5746 eek J) | DR. W. J. CURRY 4 DENTIST 407 West Hastings Street Tel. PAc. 1526 IWA Mill Conference \Lays Plans Plans for opening negotia- tions between the International Woodworkers of America and several sawmill ‘operations along the Fraser River were further speeded this week when 70 IWA shop stewards representing nine mills met in conference at New Westminster under chairmanship of Harold J. Pritchett, IWA District Council president. Among the important decisions adopted was a working plan where- by all organized sawmills could apply for certification from the Department of Labor as represent- ing a majority of employees in each operations. Delegates report- ed that as a result of the union’s decision to bring all men up to date in dues payments, over $1,250 had been collected within a 10-day period, an indication, they felt, of the strong support the TWA will receive during negotiations which will get under way soon. - Approved was a draft agreement which will form the basis for dis- cussions with the employer. The agreement includes clauses for unicn recognition, closed shop and dues checkoff, methods for arbi- trating grievances, seniority terms, vacations with pay and the provi- Sion of labor-management produc- tion committees. Support of the Victory Loan Drive was unanimously endorsed by the delegates, all of whom pledged to work in their own job to help put the campaign across. Also endorsed were reso- lutions calling on the government for a system of democratic ra- Hioning and a revision of the cost- of-living index to bring it more in line with actual conditions. Delegates present represented such operations as Fraser Mills, Hammond Cedar, Mohawk TLum- ber. Boundary {Road shingle mills,” and Alaska Pine. George Mitchell acted as secretary. The conference followed a mass meeting the day previous at Fras- er Mills where Nigel Morgan, TWA International Board member, spoke to over 700 workers of this big operation at the mill gates. Fraser Protests Layoffs TIM BUCK TORONTO. Reflecting the growing alarm among Canadian citizens at reports of lay-offs in many vital war industries in the country, Tim Buck, secretary of Dominion Communist-Labor Total War Committee this week sent the following telegram to Hon. G D. Howe, minister of munitions and supply: “I am alarmed at mounting Signs of layoffs in strategic Can- adian war industries. In past weeks I have been told of sub- Stantial layoffs in aircraft, tank and munitions plants in Ontario, Quebec and the West. Latest news is that a layoff is scheduled for Inglis Ordnance Plant. These lay- offs are a serious blow to national morale and unity at a time when Canadians desire a fully united effort to carry the spendid vic- tory in Africa forward to early large-scale invasion of Europe as decided upon at Casablanca. I urge the government to take immedi- ate measures to halt layoffs. If MacNaughton has all the weapons and munitions he needs for time being I propose that the govern- ment make arrangements to in- crease the supply of aircraft, guns, tanks and munitions to our Ghin- ese and Russian allies who are still bearing the brunt of the fighting and can use all that we Milis is organized into Local 1-357 of the union. Can produce. - “(Signed) TIM BUCK.” en Reject Company ‘Union’ linger Local Set Up At Kimberley KIMBERLEY, B.C. — Fol- lowing closely on the heels of another deféat for the Blay- lock company union scheme in which the workers of the Kim- berley concentrator plant de- feated a proposal to establish a new company-controlled “union” by a vote of 180 to 108, workers in the Sullivan mine and the con- centrator this week swung solidly behind the CIO International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers by applying for and es- tablishing a chartered local of the union. Within 24 hours after the charter had been established by Interna- tional Organizer Harvey Murphy and Local 480 President EF. W. Henne of Trail, over 200 workers had joined the new local, forming a Majority of these employed at the concentrator. Defeat of the company union at Kimberley even prior to organiza- tion of the union is regarded here as a striking victory for labor, in- dicating the intention of Consoli- dated employees to finally sweep out of existence a form of com- pany domination that has kept them from the benefits of genuine trade unionism for over 25 years. This fact was stressed by Murphy and Henne at two mass meetings in Kimberley on Sunday. With the union drive opening sO successfully in the Kimberley area, the membership here are eonfident the campaign to unionize the great Sullivan mine and the concentrator plant will be put across within a few weeks. Two further mass meetings are sched- uled here for Friday. Both will be addressed by Tom Uphill, Labor MELA for the district; Ghase Powers, international board mem- ber from Denver, and International Representative Harvey Murphy. May Day Parade Feature Labor Pylon To Be Dedicated We= event in this year’s May Day celebrations will be the dedicating of a labor pylon at Brockton Park Oval, it was an- mounced this week by the May Day Committee. The pylon will be made of plywood, and will bear scees representative of British Columbia’s outstanding industries and representative figures in Can- ada’s armed forces. If arrange- ments can be made, it is planned to light a small gas flame at the top. The flame will be kept burn- ing as the pledge of the labor movement to keep production ris- ing until Hitlerism is destroyed. Brockton Oval is the finishing place for the huge May Day par- ‘|ade on Sunday, May 2, which will start out from Cambie Street grounds. From there it will pro- ceed along Cambie to Hastings, along Hastings to Burrard, along Burard to Georgia, and thence to Stanley Park, where the rally will be held. The principal speaker of the day will be Pat Sullivan, President of Canadian Seamen’s Union, and vice-president of Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The central theme of the parade which will be demonstrated along with labor’s united strength will be support given by the labor movement to the war effort and Fourth Victory Loan. The slogan chosen is “Everything for the Of- fensive—Back the Attack.” The parade will be held on Sun- day, May 2, the committee has decided, so that it will not inter- fere with war production. $2.15 per Gallon PAINT Kalso, 4 Ibs. 25c Millis’ 156 West Cordova St. | Buy now while buying is good ! ~— You'll Enjoy Our HOME COOKING at the Shelly Coffee Shop | 121 West Pender FOR SALE New Hampshire Pallets and Baby Chicks JOHN BOWLES | Phone bL-M _—- Cloverdale, B.O. a (30) ae