Dbyiously pleased, Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky (left)
md Marshal Gregory Zhukov, confer on the eastern front
's their armies smash across Polish plains to Berlin.

Ukrainian Halls To Be
Returned To Owners

was “in full swing, with mes-
sages of support from labor or-
ganizations reaching Canada’s
ereat war general from all parts
of the country.

Voicing the opiniens of the
majority of CCl tnionists, in

Wage Gains For
Yukon Local -

WAIREHORSE, Ya ==
Bette Howard, Business
Agent for Local 884, HL &
REU, announced two major
gains granted by the Western
Labor Board in connection with
submissions made by Local 884.

First gain was the granting
by the board of a classification
for -Head~ Meat Cutter with a
rating of $225 to $275 per month,
this classification applies to
Standard Oil Company, and Com-
pany had agreed to make similar
submission to the Board for that
rating. Previously employees

Saturciay, February 3, 1945, -—= Page 7.

Grey North Byelection Exposes
Conservative-CCF Objective

= With nomination papers filed for both opposition candidates, the campaign to elect
Defense Minister McNaughton in the Grey North by-election on Monday next and
thwart the CCF-Tory plan to upset the gov ernment at the height of the European offensive,

opposition to the CCF clique
which temporarily* twisted the
CCL Political Action -Committee
apparatus

into a vote-gettinge
for. corporation director God-
frey, CCF candidate, George

Harzis, United Hlectrical Worl-
ers’ leader who recently resign-
ed as PAC vice-chairman, broad-
east to Grey North workers to
support McNaughton and de-
feat the maneuvers of reaction.
At the same time, Trades and
Labor Congress of Canada Secre-
tary Pat Sullivan announced
that the TLC was “emphatical-
ly”, not supportine Godfrey.
Harly this week Prime Minis-
ter King, in a short message to
the econstituency’s voters, de-
clared that he would call a gen-
eral election before April 17 in

any case and that the appeal to
elect McNaughton was based on
the necessity of having the Muin-
ister of Defense take his place in
parliament.

Obvious evidence that the op-
position groups were looking at
the by-election as a means of
playing politics and disregard-
ing its relation to the war was
seen in the effort of Tory leader
Bracken to make the issue one
of “ceonseription.” This is ob-
viously the only issue which the
Tories wish to place in the fore—
front, and the CCF campaign, in

placing the main emphasis on
the defeat of McNaughton, is
directed in exactly the same

path—to the obvious advantage
of the Tories.

Ulinder Found Guilty By Union
Suspended From ‘All Activity

Charged with conspiring

against Officers and members

- Final steps to correct the injustice which the overwhelm-

doing that type of work were
paid from $175 to $220 per month.

of the International Woodworkers of. America, John Ulinder,
member of IWA Local 1-80, was found guilty by a trial

| : fast ee :
ag democratic majority of Ukrainian Canadians suffered

sarly in the war, when their halls across Canada were seized
yy the government and sold, at a fraction of their value, to
wro-fascist Ukrainian groups in
fany Cases, were initiated last
yeek when the government, by
rder-in-counecil, decided to take
ack seven thalls, includinge one
1 Vancouver, from their present
“wners.

by the Minister of Justice to the
Exchequer Court or to a superior
or county court of the province
within which the claim arises.”
Wiping out of this shameful
page in Canada’s history comes
after long months of public pres- |
sure from all sections of the peo-
ple. The halls were originally
‘seized when the ULFTA was de-
'clared illegal at a time when a
lack of hostility to the Soviet
Union was regarded as suspect
by the authorities. The seizures
were made by the government
upon the “advice” of Ukrainian
elements whose anti-Soviet stand
was paralleled by a sympathy

Possession of the halls is to
‘2 delivered to the Secretary of
tate not later than April 30,
945, who, according to*the order-
-council, “shall. administer the
‘id properties on behalf of His
-ajesty.” This is understood to
sean that the halls will be
omptly eg cd to their right-
il owners, the Ukrainian Labor-
armer Temple Association, from
hom they were taken in the
rst place.

“The order also provides for/and political connection with
mpensation to present owners | Nazi Germany, whom they re-
id states that this compensa-| garded as their protagonist in

The new rating makes a substan-
increase for those employed under
that classification.

The other gain is a classifi-
cation for head waitresses with
a rating of $#50 to $160 per
month. Previously girls em-
ployed under this classification
were receiving from $100 to
$135 per month. Boys dong
the same type of work were
receiving $150 to $160.

These gains mark the first to
be granted by the Western Labor
Board in connection with submis-
sions made by Local 384. Further
submissions will be made to the
Board by the Union with respect
to wage rates for other classi-
fications.

Bette Howard is the newly-
elected business agent for Local
884 and has thus far been doing
splendid work despite the handi-
cap of being new in the Yukon.
She’s also actively engaged in
the Yukon Garnival Week to be

om “shall, if no agreement is | conquest of the Soviet Ukraine.

held here in March.

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committee of his local whose report was adopted at a mem-

bership meeting in Dunean last
week.

The adopted report provides
that Ulinder be placed on proba-
tion within the IWA. for a period
of 12 months, dating from No-
vember 18, 1944, and that he
pay a fine of $15. During the
probation period full dues and
assessments, if any, must be paid
to the LWA and he will have nei-
ther voice nor vote at IWA meet-
ings. Also, Ulinder will not be
allowed to accept any official po-
Sition within the union during
the period of probation.

The charge of conspiracy im
violation of the [WA constitution

arose out of the calling of an
illegal “rump” meeting of a few
IWA members and certain non-
members for the purpose of
Grawing up plans for systematic
work against TWA leaders. The
meeting was reported held in Na-
naimo last November and “was
apparently part of the GCE drive.
te seize control of the IWA as
well as other major B.C. unions.
Ulinder was accused of calling
and attendng the meet.

The trial . committee which
heard the evidence was empan-
elled in December and met in
Dunean to conduct the hearing on
January 14.

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