f — employment EOPL (= AEBOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY DI. No. 25 5 Cents Vancouver, B:C., Saturday, June 26, 1943 Betion Needed On niild Delinquency » ung girls can become bus | chambermaids, night-shift mses, and night club workers » ‘vious dangers to the safe- } future character develop- f these young people? Is f 5 legislation to prevent ex- © on of these girls, and no | D made guaranteeing super- 3£ jobs assigned to under- Is? “into some of these ques- is week after a report that nager of Hotel Vancotver " fered jobs to 14-year-old _ they: could obtain their re- om school before the con- of the term. In this spe- ‘itanece, permission to leave © was refused because the W tfered was considered ex- ' undesirable. Wndiscour- /'€ manager thereupon stat- ' he would hire them’ on | tion of the school year. ieS made of provincial and authorities, _ ice, and the city legal de- it could elicit no informa- ‘to any protection for young §2i this age. Since Selective _ controls employment of ‘ver 16, evidently it is not 1 that those under that age given employment. But in § ©ncies of the extreme short- labor it is obvious that >) t true that young girls of 14 and 15 years are being hired ® al employers to do work unsuitable for their age? Are = girls being drawn in to fill the places left vacant by & x of older people to more essential industry? Is it a fact ' jresentative of The People | younger workers will be drawn to fill the gap. ; “This is war and all hands are needed to finish the job at hand,” commented Jean Mason, House- wives’ League president, “but if boys and girls under 16 are to be given jobs, then it must be made someone’s responsibilityto look out for their interests, so that their future may not be sac- _ rificed to the demands of the War emergency period. It is up to those of us who realize the dangers that might confront them to do everything in our power to protect these young folks from any contact which might exert a harmful influence or con- tribute te delinquency.” While there is some control ex- ercised under the \Factories Act over young people employed in factories, nothing prevents cafes, hotels or bowling alleys employing them on night work. A girl of 15 is reported working as a cigarette girl in one local night spot, and the coming of the summer vaca- tion will undoubtedly cause many boys and girls to accept any em- ployment offered -while shortage of older workers will cause em- ployers to hire boys and girls who would otherwise be considered too young for such work. in See ACTION — Page 2 VA Sees 10UrS in any + Secretary Bert Melsness, snnett, Secretary of Local WA, and Percy Smith, busi- sent, Local 1-357, TWA, ap- before the BC Board of In- 1 Relatiens. The lumbering © (7mill industries are the only + BC which do not provide for d-one-half as 4 condition for nting of overtime permits, | §fanting of overtime, an- F ig gain for BC lumberwork- /ises from a brief presented remium Pay Plea ablishment of time-and-one-half for all work in excess of one day or 48 hours in any one week for the ll industry of this province appeared likely- this week delegation including District President Harold Pritchett, Action On of Local 357. The Regional War Labor Board referred the matter to the Board of Industrial Rela- tions who, it is expected, will adopt the provision before the end of the week. The case of loggers, shingle weavers and plywood workers is also being taken up by the TWA and no stone will bé left unturned by the union in its efforts to see established this principle, which has long been in effect in other union- ized industries. TWA officials esti- Iaate the overtime provision will mean thousands of additional dol- lars in the pay envelope of British Columbia's thirty thousand lumber- workers, nada-Soviet Unity Pledged FEDOR GUSEV Tim Buck To Visit Vancouver In July Tim Buck, national secretary of the” Communist Labor fotal War Committee, will be in Vancouver on July 18, when he will address a mass meeting in Athletic Park on “Canada, Communism and the War,” it has been announced. Buck will arrive early in the week, and on Thursday, July 15, at Ji a.m, will preside at a press conference. Thursday evening he will appear as guest star on the regular Communist-Labor ‘Total War Committee’s broadcast over radio station CKWX. On Satur- day, July 17, the initial BC con- ference to discuss formation of a new political party of Commun- ists will be held in the auditorium of the Hotel Georgia. Plans are also being made for @ formal reception for Tim Buck so that he may meet his many “friends whom he has been unable to see during former visits be- cause of pressure of work. > Outstanding of all the rallies across Canada was at Toronto where 17,000 people packed Maple Leaf Gardens to hear Prime Minis- ter MacKenzie King, Hon. Joseph H. Davies, recently returned from @ special mission to Moscow for President Roosevelt, and Fedor Gusev, Soviet Minister, speak on relations between the two coun- tries. It was at this meeting that the Canadian-Russian Council was formed, under the chairman- ship of Sir Ellsworth Flavelle. Among the sponsors of the Coun- of Quebec, a number of federal cabinet ministers, M. J. Coldwell, national CCE leader, and a num- ber of prominent Canadian union leaders including Nigel Morgan of the International Woodworkers of America. Founding of the Council of Canadian-Russian Friendship un- der such official and prominent auspices was regarded as 2 step of tremendous historic import- ance, helping to wipe out the still lingering hostility and intrizue against Soviet Russiaf and pav- ing the way for the fullest co- operation between Canada and the USSR in the war and post- War periods. The importance of unity between our countries and the USSR was emphasized by Joseph B. Davies in his speech to the Toronto meeting. “Mutual confidence between Russia and her allies—particu- larly Canada and the United cil-were Chief Justice Letourneau- Against Axis Form Couneil Of Friendship The bonds of unity among the Allied nations were drawn firmer and on friendlier lines this week as hundreds of thou- sands of Canadians observed “Salute to Russia” days in a score of leading cities while a broadly representative group of Ca- nadians from all walks of life got together to sponsor the Coun- ceil of Canadian-Russian Friendship. States—is essential to a lasting: peace,” Davies declared. “Without Russia there can be no stable peace. It is vital that there should be mutual trust, and that can be based only on mutual respect, friendship and mutual confidence. Mr. Davies cited three major impressions which he gained on his most recent trip to the Soviet Union: (4) That the fighting men of the United Nations are on the way to victory. (2) The disturbance of peace anywhere comes right home to our backyard. (3) We three great mations — Russia, Canada and- the United States—will be the hub of & new contracted world, geographically, politically, militarily and “economi-_ = cally. : Prime Minister King, who acted as chairman in introducing Joseph E. Davies, declared in his opening remarks that “the interdependence of nations is the only basis of a sound foreign policy.” Speaking of the heroism and en- durance of the Russian people, the Prime Minister pointed out that in this global war we of the United Nations are all débtors one of the other, that the resistance of Great Britain and the dominions gained for the USSR two years in which to strengthen her defenses. “In turn the marvellous resis- tance of the Rusisans relieved Britain of the, weight of the Nazi attack. It gave us all time to pre- See COUNCHL — Page 8 Fishing Unions Win New Contract The Federal Department of Fisheries and Wartime Price Board early Wednesday tacitly admitted a mistake and took steps to rectify it when, as a result of strong public protest, they agreed to remove the controversial Order-in-Council A-723, which threatened to tie up the en- tire BC salmon fishing industry by pegging prices to fishermen at last year’s minimum and profits to operators at last year’s maxi- mum. At the same time in Ottawa, United Fishermen’s Union secre- tary Bill Burgess and Andy Paull and Dan Assu of the Native Bro- therhood signed an agreement with the Salmon Canners Operating Cemmittee granting the union men every point they journeyed to the capital city to demand. The action was taken after Con- servative, Liberal and CCE MP’s from British Columbia made a joint appeal to Dr. D. B. Finn ask- ing that the order be amended to permit fishermen and canneries to renew their last year working agreements. Fishermen emphasized that they were not fighting for Wage increases, or to raise prices to consumers. Their only demand was that their incomes be pegged at, rather than below, last year’s levels. Also encouraging was word re- ceived here last Sunday that dur- ing discussions in Ottawa Finn ex- pressed the opinion that the es- tablishment on the coast of a joint advisory board, suggested by union members some time ago, would be considered as a helpful step by the department although it is not clear whether the department of fisher- ies will take the initiative in the creation of such a board. Satisfaction has already been ex- pressed by local fishermen on the Signing of the agreement, which includes clauses stating that fish- ermen pledge themselves to con- tinue work throughout the season without strike tie-ups or interrup- tion. “The understanding arrived at is perfectly in line with the instruc- tions we yeceived from the fisher- men,” said Bill Burgess, Wednes- day. “We are quite satisfied. Schedule A, which geverns prices to us, has been removed and the agreement is based on the mini- mum conditions as prevailed jin 1942. At the same time, the price to consumers, both British and Canadian, remains pegged at last year’s level, a point we consider equally important. After an amic- able discussion our viewpoint has been conceded.”