jero p © ‘ather of three soldier sons, Frank Kulikowski of Local 426, Inited Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, CIO, has een proclaimed a hero on the production front. Kulikow- “&i won a Certificate of Individual Merit from the War reduction Board for makings a single-action draw press -o the work of a double-action press. on the Home Front — 7 pihe part of Ottawa. ':sides hundreds of letters and lutions submitted to Ottawa by } organized labor movement, © ec of the most powerful news- P2rs in Canada have printed ited editorials on the subject. iid the Toronto Star in a lead orial: {i over the country a move- ‘tt has arisen to get the ban the Communists removed. in /press of Toronto, Montreal and idsor there appeared in the past days an open letter to the Hon. i. Michaud, MP, the chairman he parliamentary committee on “nse regulations. It was signed ) leading English and Prench- cng citizens — professors, &y, doctors, authors, trade mists, most of them known to mg to the orthodox political Niies. They call upon parliament ‘remove the ban on the Com- Paist Party ... Today the Com- fasts are among the most zeal- » Supporters of an all-out war pri.” ‘he Winnipez Free Press, as ‘ly as last July, stated that Aolesale banning of the Party is Llonger necessary as a protection ‘the country,” expressing senti- mts that were echoed two mnths later by a Winnipeg Trib- 2 editorial which declared “the | © Demands that Justice Minister St. Laurent lift the ban from » Communist Party mounted in volume this week in every = of Canada, and citizens groups, trade unions and church /anizations joined in one united appeal for democratic action bald fact is that the ban on the Gommunist Party, as such, has ceased to be useful.” The Toronto Daily Star~ stated: “Weither in Great Britain nor in the United States has the Com- munist Party been outlawed dur- ing this war. The fact is that only in Canada and in WNazi-controlled ecuntries is the Communist Party banned and its members and sym- pathizers hunted.” The Toronto Globe and Mail add- ed its voice to the cry with the assertion that: “The elected repre- sentatives of the people have pro- nounced for the removal of the ban upon three groups (Commun- ists, Jehovahs Witnesses, Techno- cerats) and Mr. St. Laurent by his obduracy is defying their will and making Canada look ridiculous and hypocritical in the eyes of our Russian allies and other nations.” John Bracken, premier of Mani- toba, has stated that he viewed favorably the recommendation of the Qttawa parliamentary ~ com- mittee on lifting the ban. “Let us have whatever political differences we desire in time of peace,’ said Bracken, “but when democracy has its back to the wall in time of war, we should seek all rational means to compose our domestic differences and to pro- mote the utmost national unity.” each on all shifts. The agreement between the union and management provides for “smoking periods’ which will be observed inside all plants with the exception of certain depart- ments where danger of fire will make it necessary for workers to €0 outside. The decision to use the term “smoking” periods is seen as a face-saving gesture on the part of the government as well as the management since the re- sult will be the same as originally requested by the workers prior to the six-day lockout of two weeks ago. The agreement will cover some 8,000 employees of Boeing Aircraft and 900 at CP Airlines’ plant in New Westminster, Successful conclusion of the dis- pute is seen as a complete vindi- cation of the position talcen by the workers at the time of the lockout, forced by Ralph Bell, di- rector-general of aircraft, and Munitions Minister G. D. Howe. Their stand, reiterated throughout the dispute, was for maintaining production first, and for boosting output through institution of rest periods which had already proven successful at CP Airlines. Big factor in the final settle ment was the Winnipee national convention of aircraft lodges last week where representatives of 40,- 000 Canadian aircraft workers ap- proved as their main resolution “wholehearted support of the stand taken by Vancouver Lodge 756 in 3 fest Periods Won At Boeings Union Position Now Vindicated Workers of Boeing Aircraft of Canada, the majority of them members of Aeronautical Mechanics Lodge No. 756, this week won a smashing victory when representatives of the union reached an agreement with the Boeing management, later rati- fied by the membership, for two rest periods of ten minutes its efforts to establish the principle of rest periods.” ‘A telegram also endorsed by the conference was sent to Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King urging the “immediate removal from office of Ralph Bell, and the choice of some- one more capable of handling the job.” Several specific proposals were later transmitted by a delegation from the conference to Ottawa cabinet ministers, including Hon. Cc. D. Howe, Hon, Ian Mackenzie, and Humphrey Mitchell. On the delegation were Robert Haddow, IAM Grand Lodge representative for Montreal, D, S. Lyons, TAM vice-president for Canada, and Pete Canavan, Tom Price, Rio Mc- Comber and Casey Jones repre- Senting Boeing employees. The Winnipeg convention also approved a general Canadian air- eraft policy including (1) a na- tionad agreement for all Canadian aireraft plants; (2) placing on a national industry basis; (3) crea- tion of a national-aircraft district representing all lodges and with a Canadian director; anda (4) ap- pointment of a trade union repre- Sentative to work with the direc- tor-general of aircraft. During the Ottawa discussions, the union delegation also received proposals regarding holiday with Pay for Boeing and CP Airlines workers, and it is expected this question will figure in current ne- gotiations with the managements. Granby Wins Union Agreement PRINCETON, BC. — Union recognition and the checkoff system of dues payments were won by more than 400 hard- rock miners and mill workers employed at the Copper Moun- tain Mining operations near here when Harvey Murphy, representative of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, met with Granby Gon- solidated management last week. A joint recommendation of union officials and management provid- ing for one week’s holiday yearly is being referred to the Regional War Labor Board, while the pro- posed union agreement, of which the local management approves, will go before the board of directors for formal acceptance shortly. Hardrock miners here formed their TUMMSW local after one of the swiftest organizing drives in trade union history, which began last March when 365 miners joined the union in a body after a mass meeting addressed by Murphy. Copper Mountain is the second largest operation of its kind in British Columbia. Murphy credited the success of the campaign partly to the passing of the new IGA Act amendments. Correction In a news item in last week’s paper, it was erroneously stated that Mary Mezger was secre- tary of the Special Fuel Gom- mittee set up in Victoria. The secretary of the committee is G. Greenwell of the BG Teach- ers’ Federation, for which he, the accused, was agent. Cook was found guilty and fined $100 and costs with an al- ternative of 30 days in jail. Charges were preferred against Cook following an investigation by the provincial department of labor requested by Chemainus TWA sub- local after a number of Oriental employees “had complained to the union that Cook had for some time collected a monthly fee from them as “job insurance.” Following the meeting with