Page 8 — Saturday, January 13, 1945 Gontinued.: from Page 1 CCL Council of the soldiers but of the whole nation, is the war, and our pledge to the men in the armed forces is that we give them all the munitions of war they need. That's the first point of labor and anyone fighting fascism. Be- cause today you fight fascism with a gun. Some people sneer at this. Id like to wipe that sneer right off their face. This war is a people’s war, and it’s jabor’s war.” FULL SUPPORT Stating that he is 100 percent behind the BCER workers and that their demands are just and can be won, Murphy urged adop- tion of the resolution and full support for the street railway- men. He pointed to the public support for their demands and said that labor must maintain that public support, and not an- tagonize it, in order to win the demands: “Under the No-Strike pledge we have changed one fed- eral act after another, and we are going to continue to change them. Ottawa reacts to public pressure. I believe the street railwaymen can win. It is a strike against the BCER, not against old people, the public or the war. We are not going out on Sympathy or general strike. If it means prolonging the war, if it means one extra soldier being killed I’m against it.? Exception to the No-Strike pledge was voiced by James “Shaky” Robertson, Hileen Tall- man, Pen Baskin, Arthur Turner, CGF MUA, and Tom Bradley. The last named gave the only no vote on the final ballot. _ Characteristic of the position taken by all the GCCFers was the indirect method by which they voiced -their hostility to organ- ized labor’s pledge. This indirectness consisted in again and again referring to “some who take exception to the ‘No-Strike’ pledge” without once stating that they themeselves were these people. In the name of unity, CCL policy or ‘“sup- port” for the street railwaymen, HARVEY MURPHY Miners’ Representative but not in one case of their own position on “‘No-Strike’ policy for the trade union movement, the CCFers tried to turn Council delegates against the pledge. AUTHORIPFY CHALLENGED Supporting the executive reso- lution, IWA President Harold Pritchett and Steelworkers’ de- legate Coray Campbell both stated their support for the street railwaymen, and said they would advise their union mem- bers to accept rides to their work, except with BCER equip- ment or private “jitneys.” Camp- bell challenged the authority of Robertson to advise Steelwork- ers’ members not to accept rides, thereby trying to foment a sym- pathy strike among essential war workers. He said that if the men were to accept this advice, in three days a shop working on vital war equipment, which was the only one of its kind in the West, would be forced to close down. A moving plea for support of their “brothers, sons and sweet- hearts” overseas by maintaining allout full production was made by youthful TWA delegate Alice Pack. “If we force war workers to even come to work two hours late we will be betraying their trust in us,” she declared. N. S. Gill Fuel Co. New West, 810—FR. 32381 Mill Run Slabs, Edgings, Insides, 2 cords $106 No. 1 Fir Sawdust GREETINGS to P. A. from DR. W. J. CURRY Continued from Page 1 Loggers Convention Urged To Intensify Political Action Murphy pointed to the great gains and victories which jabor has won through the mainten- anee of the No-Strike pledge, and describing the major politi- cal ‘victories won in the Ameri- ean elections, with the election of Roosevelt and also many pro- gressives to Congress, he asked, “How many strikes was that worth and how much further ahead are we now?” FULL -PARTNERSHIP Acceptance of labor as a full War partner, “giving direction and assistance to Canada as a full fledged member of the Uni- ted Nations,” was called for by President Pritchett in the of- ficers’ report. “Organizational an deconomic gains for the union in B.C. were unprecedented in the history of the woodworking industry of this province and our international,” he stated. “Wage increases for the wood- working industry for 1944 amounted to» three million dol- lars.” Pritchett called for acceptance by employers of the union’s ma- jor demand the union shop, as a measure for “the establishment of sound labor relations in the industry and resultant increased production in the interest of the allied cause.” Turning to the question of No- Strike policy, he related how the CIO had increased its dues-pay- ing membership by 669,000 dur- ing the past year while stand- ing by its ‘No-Strike’ pledge, and how similarly TWA District One had doubled its membership. oS SESE IEE Byrnes Typewriters . , Ltd. _ Distributors Royal Typewriters and Allen Adding Machines ALL MAKES RENTED AND REPAIRED 592 Seymour Street Phone PA. 7942 ———— CSN FETT POLITICAL ACTION The convention also went on record advocating both Gana- dian -and international labor the CCL and the Trades and La- bor Congress to take joint action in legislative matters and to set up a joint committee to press for labor’s program. They called for establishment ‘of a new ali inclusive labor movement of the United Nations to replace the old and wnrepresentative IF TU, which persists in excluding sey- eral of the world’s most impor- tant union centers including those of the CIO in the USA and the USSR.” OTHER RESOLUTIONS Among other resolutions adopted was a call for exclusion of Japanese from the coastal de- fence zone “until the last threats of Japanese fascism and aggres- sion have been completely elimi- VVANCOUVER’S Lawest Prices Army and Navy will never knowingly be undersold. We will meet any competitor’s price at any time, not only ceiling prices but floor prices, and we will gladly refund any difference. Army and Navy prices are guaranteed to be the lowest in Vencouver at all times. Army & Navy DEPARTMENT STORES Vancouver and New Westminster unity.-The delegates urged both nated:” and for the. Canadian — government to endorse the: American declaration of protec. tion of self-determination for < liberated countries. t The convention also took a’ stand on the housing question, ( Measures of increased aid for’ veterans’ rehabilitation, national Wage policy, union shop and | checkoff, granting of democracy to colonial countries, labor repre- sentation in the federal depart— ment of reconstruction, as well as many IWA matters. : NIAGARA CAFE for STEAKS, FISH, OYSTERS 425 West Pender SSEAUUEUUUSASUACTOROSEEESSSSLACERESSLALSSUUSGASTANASETIUTTNIAAEES LOANS Jewelry, Radios, Furs, Guns and ~ All Valuables: B. C. COLLATERAL | LOAN BROKERS LTD. 77 E. Hastings PA. 2959 OUCOUUCOUUCU CUCU UGHUUOUIOUOCOnUOUUOL ELLOCCOCUUCOC ELE EEE ECOUUC LLL) on Diamonds, Silverware, HAst. 0349 766 E. Hastings | Hastings Steam Baths Wancouver, B.C. Always Open. Expert Mas- seurs in Attendance 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.—40c and 50c WAND STUDIG “Anything With a Camera” 8 E. Hastings St. PAc. 7644 VANGOUVER, B.C. e@ Dry Kindling ®@ No. << SS SOHEN. 1685 KINGSWAY | © No. 1 Fir Sawdust—Bulk or Sacked 1 Fir Wood For Immediate Delivery Phone : BROS. FA. 6419 FA. 6867 For Your Next Party ;RENT A MUSIC BOX Automatic Music Service of B.C. 1063 Granville St. MA. 7954 a Now... get TOP NOTCH @ Luncheon with Lopez @ Results, Inc. @ Terry’s House Party @ Jane Cowl @ Walter Compton @ Cleveland Symphony PERFECT RECEPTION ... ON 9230 ON YOUR DIAL “MUTUAL” NETWORK PROGRAMMES » A Program of Political Comment Every “The LPP News AL PARKIN { PETES USS SEVIUECEPS See Cesricetisereetrisetessestitenararisetzerin STATION CKWX PeCePUSULishisceestiecceverteeievectviietscirtstititeeretiitiiitia hecord” WITH Friday at 9:30 p:m fi