merican soldiers inspect the ruins of a water tank on
se road to Manila in the Phillipines.

orld Labor Meet —

New York (FP—Reetet at the absence of the AFL from

cleveland Editor A. I. Da-

|: fighters who are doing

( and send an observer to

* Londen conference and

* vast number of the rank

five council

le to “a man who sits far
Bn a comfortable seat and

kded that the
tn “just

* and supported the World

© organization in

p-ondon World Trade Union Conference and approval of

world labor unity shown at the conference were ex-
2d by three different AFL sources.

of the Cleveland Citizen,
J organ of the central ia--
jody, said in his weekly
broadeast that the AFL
“massed the
when it decided to boy-
jae conference.

ey compared the council’s

how he would lick either

ghting in the ring” and
council’s
doesn’t make

Before the conference
‘the Cleveland AFL adopt-
fvesolution asking the exe-

council to reverse its

nmdon conference.

jartford, Conn., the Gen-
abor Union adopted a re-
mh praising the decisions

the AFI, executive coun-
reconsider the question of
ig with the new world
ganization to be set up.

le of the ‘AFI, have in-

| Union Conference, recog-
the need for an interna-
which
fnational organization of
Wis represented,” the reso-
Said. :

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ew York City, Pres. Jay
Hof the New York Hotel
Council commented: “The
making decisions of the

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Big Three at the Crimea con-
ference were lauded internation-
ally in ali free lands as pointing
the way to. victory and demo-
cracy. In like fashion, the re-
sults of the unprecendented
World Trade Union Gonference
at London help pave the way for
international labor unity and
bring labor into closer participa-
tion in shaping the world to
come. :

“All individuals and all groups
in the American labor movement
who have the interests of labor
elose at heart should hail with
enthusiasm the decisions of the
London conference and all for-
ward-lookine elements within
the AFL should strive to bring
the great AFL into this inter-
national house of labor.”

LPP Choose
Candidates |
In 2 Ridings

Well known te the Pacific
Coast labor movement, two army

men serving at present in Eur-

epe were chosen as LPP federal
candidates for Vancouver con-
stituencies this week.

In Vancouver Centre a nomi-
nating convention elected popu-
lar Private Maurice Rush as the

LPP standard bearer, and in
Vancouver North Lieutenant of
Paratroopers Austin Delaney

was made the candidate.

Both men, despite their youth,
have a long and honorable re-
cord of capable service in the
B.C. labor movement prior to
their enlistment in 1942. De-
laney, a graduate of the Univer-
Sity of British Columbia, was
secretary of the Joint Shipyard
Union Conference in 1941 and
’42 and worked in North Van
Ship Repairs. Rush was active
in the coast labor movement for
the past ten years, was provin-
cial leader of the former Young
Communist League and one of
the chief leaders and spokesmen
of the Youth Congress move-
inent in Vancouver. He was also
organizer of the
Labor Total War Committee.

Prior to going overseas De=|!

laney was an instructor in battle
training at Vernon and held the
rank of captain. He was a staff
officer with the ist Canadian
Army when it landed in France
on D-Day and transferred to the
Paratroopers for more action.

PORTLAND, Ore. (FP—Some
2,000 Kaiser shipyard workers
who were laid off at Swan Island
because of schedule changes have
feund other jobs under a new
WMC plan put into effect with
the cooperation of AFI unions
in the yard.

Wehrmacht Reels Under

Simultaneous Drives

“New and even more powerful blows...

into the heart

ot Germany,’ promised by the Crimea Declaration, were set-
ting the fronts ablaze this week as an everincreasing crescendo
of attacks sent the German forces reeling back in the west

and east.

Canadian, British and Amer-
iean armies were threatening
the great Rhineland industrial
eenters of Gologne, Duesseldorf
d with the major
armaments city of Essen not
far in the background. At press
time, the allied armies were
Within sight of Cologne and
nearing Duesseldorf,
from the front indicated that
Nazi defenses were crumbling.

In the east, Marshal Rokos-
sovsky’s -2nd White Russian
Army was advancing on the Bal-
tic coast west of Danzig at a
pace which threatened to achieve
another major encirclement of
German forces similar to that
so skillfully executed in Latvia
and Hast Prussia... Further
south an accompanying maneu-

and news)

ver, rolling up the flanks for
Marshal Zhukov’s forees facing
Berlin, was being made by Mar-
shal. Koney’s ist Ukrainian
Army across the Neisse River
setting the stage for the final
assault at the enemy’s heart.
Parallel acceleration. of poli-
tical developments arising out of
Crimea brought an overwhelm-
ing defeat to die-hard Tory op-
ponents of United Nations’ unity
in the British House of Com-
mons. who attempted to use the
dying Polish issue as a lever
against the conference. decisions.
Turkey, Syria and Egypt de-
clared war on Germany as re-
percussions of Crimea were felt
in every European capital, with
tumors of Swedish and Swiss
anti-German action as well.

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Saturday, March a 1945 — Page 3

Labor Arts Guild

PES Royal Canadian Air Force Band, under the direction of

WO. Miceli, will be the distinguished guest artists featured at
the 19th People’s Concert, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., in the Boiler-
makers’ Hall. :

Also highlighting this program wall be
a return engagement by popular request, of
the Vancouver Cymric Singers, conducted
by Ifor Roberts. On this occasion, the choir
in national Welsh costume will present
special selections commemorating St. David’s
Day, the great national day of Wales cele-
brated on March 1.

: A unique comedy skit in the manner of

old-time melodrama entitled “Suffer, little
Children,” or “How's About a Housing
Plan?” by Elsie Anderson, and directed by
Moira Armour, will be presented by Neil
Tracy, Jack Bowdery, Vivian Carlson and
Alice Bowdery. —

Other leading attractions will include Inez Tame, coloratura
soprano; Elizabeth Hennings, violinist; Frank Dowie, comedian;
Irene Gibson, pianist; Babe Foote and: the Dumaresq Dancers;
and a fencing exhibition by Bill and Betty Hernon. Accompanists
will be Annette Coates, Edith Holroyd Paull, Pearl Kerr and

Stan Randle.

These weekly concerts, arranged by the Labor Arts Guild
‘under the direction of John Goss, are sponsored by the Boiler-
makers’ Union.

NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

March 5, Mon.: Executive meeting, 641 Granville St. 8:00 p.m.
March 6, Tues.: Literary: Arts Group meeting, 34 E. 16th
Ave., 8:00 p.m.
March 7, Wed.: Ways and Means Committee, 641 Granville
St., 8:00 p.m. ;
March 9, Fri.: Spring Frolic, Boilermakers’ Hall, 9:00 to 1:00
March 11, Sun.: 20th and final People’s Concert this season. —
“Hamlet” rehearsals: Call Frank Smith, director, MAr. 4883.
Four one-act plays rehearsals: Call Jack Bowdery, director,
KErr. 0582R. ; : ;
Current projects of Graphic Arts Group: Call Marjorie Park,
chairman, FRas. 3628. °
“Six Men of Dorset” rehearsals delayed because of incomplete
casting. Special call issued by Director Bob Orchard
(Alma 2109L) for additional support of experienced
actors to facilitate early production of this important
trade union play.

LABOR ART PRIZES

Montreal, has donated one of his famous oil paintings, as
first prize in the art drawing at the Labor Arts Guild Spring
Frolic, announced in P.A. last week. Also, Jack Shadbolt, ywell-
known progressive artist of Vancouver now a lieutenant in the
Canadian Army, who is best known for his murals at United
Services Centre, has contributed a water-color of a North Van
shipyard scene as second prize in this unusual drawing, which

by the lumberjack artist, Oscar Hillsren; and a handsome illumit

will also be drawn. -

SPRING FROLIC REMINDER
Cx and play next Friday with the Labor Arts Guild, Billy
Jones Orcestra, Mary Mack, Don Pedro, “The Frolichorines”
in their original gaucho girl numbers specially created for the
Frolic’s South. American floor show, and the popular Dumaresgq
tango team. March 9. at the Boilermakers’ Hall, from 9:00 to
1:00. Surprises, refreshments and the valuable prizes to be drawn
will complete the biggest night you ever had for a dollar. Tickets
at ae door, or in advance at the Boilermakers’ Hall and from Guild
members. oe

(pee great Canadian labor artist, Frederick B. Taylor, of.

will also include hand-made pottery by Irene Porter: woodcarvine

nated vanity box by craftsman, Julius Fuerst. A $50 Victory Bond:

Negotiations Proceed
On National Agreement

National agreement covering seamen in all ships a the
Park Steamship Company is now being negotiated by the
The agreement is' to cover ap-
proximately 160 dry cargo vessels operating on the eas? and

Canadian Seamen’s Union.

west coasts.

J. M. “Digger” Smith, secre-:
tary of tlie Pacific Coast Dis-
trict of the (SU, left for the

east last week to participate in|P°StWar Provisions as well as
the sessions of the union’s ne- pe ee in present condi-
| tions.

gotiatine committee which draft-
ed its prcposals for the national

The negotiations are directed
to securing.an agreement with

The Pacific Coast District of

agreement.

‘Arrengements were made to
meet with officials of the com-
pany for the negotiations. Dewar
Ferguson, CSU acting president,
headed. the delegation which
consisted of representatives of
the east and west coasts and of

|the CSU national office.

the CSU recently won the elec-
tion for collective bargaining
representation for seamen on
west coast Park ships with a two
ite one vote over the rival B.C.
Seamen’s Union. The GSU was
then certified as representative
for all Park dry cargo ships in
Canada. -

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