wi

~ $4,000

peered bee

The People Press Drive

tional boundary for bombing prac-
tice of the RCAF, has been unsni-
mously endorsed at a meeting of

Mark Passed

more days to go!

McKean
Nominated

The speaker described the pres-
ent policy of the CCF as unreal-

voices heard as consumers, in

As Dri Hit lop For Center
ITH ten days still to go, drive returns went over the $4000 Pledging himself to fight un-
mark on Wednesday. City committee’s magnificent work tiringly for full labor participa-
was a major contributing factor and has inspired other com-| tion in the planning council of
mittees to «overfulfill their quotas before the drive ends 0M] the nation, Fergus McKean,
May 1. - Se.
Z ® The following committees have secretary of the Communist
RECEIPTS AND SEE Aa ee already shot past the 100 per cent | Labor Total War Committee,
mit. Ge ae a if 5 .
City Press Com. . $838.63 279.56 \mark: City Committee, Ol’ Bill,| accepted nomination as candi
Groatians  ....=.-.- 117.20 78.1 |Salvage, Loggers, AFL miscellan- | date for the Vancouver Center fed-
Ukrainians 64.50 21.8 |eous, Victoria, Fernie-Michel, and|eral riding on Wednesday night
North Burrard ---- sue pee Princeton. at a convention of five hundred
eee ae ions An encouraging feature of this | citizens in Hastings Auditorium.
West Coast- a eee | week's drive record was the lively) eKean, the unanimous choice of

Hamilton Bridge 206.50 59. | interest shown by outside points. the gathering, was nominated. by.
Loggers = 998.95 114.5 | Courtenay-Cumberland, Sointula afalbeind (MacLeod) bubiness eget

& IS ig i a ri ‘t brol lon BPcONe
= gransportation ax “ jens Sriee Ruper Saree . wee for Boilermakers’ Union, and

Blectricians 82.00 41. | silence with substantial remit- ; cae
Building Trades 59.00 59. |tances and the promise of more Ernie Dalskog, TWA vice-president.

Aircraft yg eae ae 20.00 20. \to follow. Shipyard workers raise Charies McGregor Stewart, presi-
: : = : % re = < : ’ x = . 4
or BM See 217.50 45. eee ae ee es eas eee iA Sa aS A ilwaymen’s | 4, her way to the plant where she is employed, this war Wi
Wew Westminster 28.00 14. |the coming week. een stops off to Jéave her two small children in a nursery s@
deraser CV alEY. SEk0 ee Following the nomination, Tom | ot yp by the New York Committee for Care of Young Chi
Fernie-Michel ...-- 41.00 164. < ae McEwan was named chairman of}; Wartime
Salmon Arm 8.25 Sa HANES and Gate ass es all a committee chosen by the con-

Princeton : 24.7 184.7 | supporters 0 e People go] _ = -

Courtenay- jto the Amalgamated Electricians, vention to organize the eS eS, 5

Cumberland ..-.. 51.00 25.5 |The Moulders’ and Foundry Work-| McKean in his nomination Housewltves Plan Ly
Prince Rupert .... 35.00 46.6 jers’ Union, and the Plumbers’ and | speech declared that the fight for
Sointula Syke SEE O 70. |Steamfitters’' Union for generous rea aitio for workin :
victoria ........... 308.00 102.7 |donations to The People’s sustain- sees ane Ae enen are e eye e
The Alberni’s 63.00 84. linge fund this week. people was fully in harmony Nationa an On
General miscellaneous, includ- | e the content and purpose of a war

ing trade unions . 464-70 EMBERS of the City Press| fought against fascism. He hailed : . Bers £ all

5 ) cons
Serbian Group 40.60 Committee are still receiving | recent amendments to the ICA Act With a view to pane topetn ere fe io
Finnish Group 18.00 congratulations on the splendid|,, a victory for progress won groups in British Columbia to consider plans or affi
ENO ISS SE ee aed success of their Beacon Theater | 1) oun unified activity on the part the National Consumers League of Canada, a conferens
: = : concert which netted The People ; been called by B.C. Housewives League to be held Ar
C $204.90. In addition to the chgir-| of the BC labor movement, and at Vancouver YMCA
losu re man and performers, City Com- urged that the fight be intensified : eux sc
mittee wishes to thank especially | for federal labor -legislation with ‘Much can be gained by eT
[225% ne yn aaa ae tecth that could effectively deal sumers all over the Dominion ae 1
b > s - ery rd, : i
(ee Bien : ee ae ae ee with attempts to sabotage the war ing together and working for their epor #
j ro OER ala en ; "i > uni ‘llustrat-| Tights,” states the conference call, ;
jand handled his job most effici- through company unions, illustrat- cata pett Sav, this’ De i. :

A petition, signed by more than | ently. ing his point by references to the and in no better way can ‘ ts
one hundred fishermen, protesting ; e activities of the Consolidated Min- done than by groups SYEnye. SEE CCl en ly
the closing of certain areas be- ONCENTRATION on dance | ing and Smelting Company at Trail. affiliating with the National Con-
tween Nanaimo and the interna- tickets, please! only seven sumers’ League and making their

More than 5,000 worke
their lives in British Colui

° e ° istic in relation to immediate prob- poLmine e pene the aciuies of|_ result of industrial
the United Fishermen’s Union Viol f n iSt lems. That the CCF tended to take each organization are 1 no way |from Jan. 1, 1917, to Dec.
ERS curtailed—but broadened.’”, according to a report Ss

Bill Burgess, UFFU secretary,

was instructed by membership to
take the matter up immediately
with the Department of National
Defense and the Fisheries Depart-
ment. Fishermen point out that
the area in question is not only
highly productive of vital fisher-
ies products, but is also an area

To Perform

Gordon Staples, brilliant young
pupil of Gregori Garbovitsky, and
Len Holland and his Accordion
Band, well-known radio enter-

| orate blueprints for the future and
| he saw inconsistencies in a policy
-which the CCF described as revolu-
tionary when at the same time

statements of Harold Winch, CCF
MLA, suggested that under a CCF
fovernment BC would be a safe

[ese from the present in elab-
j
4

Objectives of the
League, a nationwide body with
headquarters in Edmonton, are to
represent, promote and protect the

Consumers™

interests of all ultimate consumers,
to develop and promote consumer

Workmen’s
recently.

During the same perio
persons received injuries |
them with permanent, p&
total disablement. In al

Compensation

education in schools, commencing
with the individual’s problems of
wisely buying and using goods and
services, and growing into a con-

tainers, will highlight the big con-
cert for The People, to be held
in Hastings Auditorum at & p.m.,
April 25. Mrs. Boy, Ukrainian
singer, a group of young Ukrain-

were 744,079 industrial mis
the years covered by the
with an average of 28,6
year. a5,

field for capital investments.

Expressing his disappointment
that the CCF had shelved for fut-
ure consideration resolutions deal-

through which passes a great deal
of water-borne traffic. j

Major Motherwell, of the fish-
eries department, told the Union

tha he liad not yet received all
information from the Department
of National Defense regarding the
areas to be closed, but has agreed
to obtain this information and
submit it to the union as quickly

PAY
CHEQUES
Cashed

If you cannot get to your
bank, bring Pay

your
Cheques to the. Army &
Wavy. We shall gladly

eash them for you. There
is no obligation to buy.

ARMY & NAVY

DEP’T STORES

Vancouver and Westminster
re En cE Sa a

ian dancers, Bill Hollick, banjoist,
and Leonard Gibson, agile young
negro performer, who brought
down the house at the Beacon
Theater concert, will round out
a variety program of unusually
high caliber. Jack Wood, chair-
man of the Joint Shop Stewards’
Committee, North Wan Ship Re-
pairs, will preside and will speak
briefly on behalf of The People.
Por an excellent Sunday evening's
entertainment in support of the
best of causes, come and bring your
friends.

Tendermen Ask
Wage Agreement

Fishing companies will be in-
formed that United Fishermen's
Union desires opening of negotia-
tions on tendermen’s wage scales,
it was decided at the regular union
meeting on April 16.

UFFU have in the past had
agreementswith operators on hour-
ly wages for netmen. This year,
however, Cannery Workers, Local
89, is negotiating seales for net-
men both on a pre-seasonal and

seasonal basis.

ing with affiliation with the trade
unions and co-operation with the
Communists, McKean . stressed
his own willingness and willingness
of his committee to discuss con-
crete proposals for united action
in the coming election with the
CCF at any time.

“There is no bonafide unity of
the labor movement without the
Communists,” declared McKean.
“Progressive unity lies at the very
heart of that national unity whica
was the surest guarantee of victory
ever Hitler-reaction the world over
and the building of the future in
the interests of the commoa ] eo-
ple.”

Malcolm Mclueod and Ernie Dal-
skog, speaking to Mr. McKean’s
nomination, spoke eloquently of
his long association with the labor
struggles which finally resulted
in his internment fololwing the
outlawing of the Communist
‘Party. MeKean had been the chair-
man of the first sawmill workers’
local. He became a well-known
figure in Vancouver and Burnaby
labor cireles during the unem-
ployed struggles of the early
thirties and was chairman of the

seamen’s committee in the water-
front strike of 1935.

sumer “philosophy,” envisaging a
worldwide planned economy, in)
which consumer needs in food,
clothing, shelter, health, education,
freedom and justice are controlling
influences.

Proposed activities of the group

include promotion of a total war
effort, promotion of grades, stan-
dards ‘and informative labelling for
goods and services, to be adminis-
tered and enforced by the govern-
ment, and creation of a “Depart—|
ment of the Consumer’ and a na-
tional consumer research agency,
devoted solely to the interests of
ultimate consumers.

The conference will be addressed
by A. J. Wirick, Department of
Extension, UBC, who will speak
on “The Value of a Consumer
Movement,” David Duncan, organ-
izer for National Consumers,
League, and Mrs. Doris Hartley, of
BC Housewives’ League, who will
explain the necessity for a consum-
er information bureau,

All interested groups are invited

to attend. Among those sending
delegates will be Auxiliary to
United Fishermen’s Union, and

The report showed tt
than 10 percent of industt
dents are caused by i
fuarding and faulty eq
The solution offered for
maining 90 percent was &

or development of safe
sciousness.

GEE ee

Communist-Labor
Total War Committee .

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