PEOPLE’S VOICE FOR PROGRESS | No. 19 5 Cents VANCOUVER, B.C., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1945 niluence on the -postwar. {| was one of the repre- res of the Canadian Con- s= Labor at the meet. } conference gave, to my ‘he told P.A., “striking #f the new confidence and lof solidarity which ani- the workine class move- ‘she world over. The 12- Ssion ended on a high unity and \ enthusiasm. 2S, representing 45 na- = organizations of 35 na- | unanimously committed ves te work together for eation of a powerful, atic, all-inclusive World Union Federation. = sel the conclusions and in adopted by the con- | hold out a great hope, “y to labor but to the en- srid. There is certainly age 6 For Story of ligel Morgan’s Yreason for satisfaction & outcome. true that the conference immediately establish a )ternational organization CI@, Latin Soviet, In- d a number of other de- as. But the unanimously f compromise certainly sup in unity for what it an saw in the final de- and the progressive con- NS committee of 40, as the ageressive working %e of seven—made up in im of those favoring ra- fion—a firm foundation new. body. These results orld Labor Meeting ill Have A Profound fluence In Postwar iligel Morgan, IWA international board member, re- i! this week from the World Trade Union Conference in an and expressed confidence that the historic gathering tld labor was a great success and would have a pro- came from the deepseated desire of workers throughout the world for unity and overcame “sec- tional interests and antiquated prejudices expressed by the old AFL and IFTU type of leader- ship.” The B.C. labor leader thought that the most able labor states- man at the conference was Vin- cente Lombardo Toledano, presi- dent of the five million strong latin -American Federation of Labor. He also was highly im- pressed by the capability of the small, colorful Mexican dele- gation. WOMEN DELEGATES The largest and probably the most powerful influence in the new organization was the Soviet delegation, which had some 35 delegates, amongst whom were numbered practically the only women delegates represented. This delegation’s close and seri- ous attention to the delibera- tions and its evident sense of responsibility to the high pur- poses of the gathering impressed everyone. Another outstanding contri- bution was made by the GIO de- legation in leading the fights against those who would have delayed further the establish- ment of the new federation, the main question argued during the first week of the preceedings. Sidney Hillman, Reid Robinson and R. J. Thomas distinguished themselves particularly. LIBERATED COUNTRIES Trade union leaders from the liberated countries of Hurope made a profound impression on the conference. Active leaders of the Resistance Movements like Saillant and Franchon of France, YTogliatti of Italy and the leader of the Danish trade —Continued on Page 8 »® ABOR MARCHES FORWARD Unions Press Nationwide Drive For Amendments ToGovt.LaborLegislation Major campaign to improve radically federal and provincial labor laws, led by moves in the two highly-organized provinces of B.C. and Ontario, gathered force across Canada last week. : Preparations to follow up success of “’Labor’s Legislative Lobby” in Vic- toria (reported in last week’s P.A.) with speedy action from the special com- mittee agreed on by the B.C. government, were reported to be in Progress as Little Tiger Joe, a Chinese refugee boy adopted by units of the U.S.14th Air Force, is the hero of a movie named after him, filmed “on location,” with titles framed by an ancient Chinese doorway. The movie will be shown in U/S. SSS SEES The aftermath of this terrible disaster has brought to light the fact that the companies are not required to pay compensation, as no Federal law exists compelling them to do so. Anything paid is done so purely through goodwill. SS BOWNESS CREW PASS RESOLUTION The crew on the SS Bowness Park, the ship which was laying astern of the SS Greenhill Park when the accident occurred, took action immediately to have the Federal Government enact legis- lation which will assure seamen working in the Canadian Mer- chant Marine adequate compen- sation in case of injury or full Need For Compensation Exposed By Ship Blast VANCOUVER, March 7.—The explosion on the SS Greenhill Park which occurred on March 6 at the CPR pier, has left a trail of maimed and wounded. As yet the dead total has not been ascertained due to the fact that firemen were unable to go into the holds immediately. protection for his wife and chil- dren in case of death. ; Text of resolution follows: __ Whereas: The disaster aboard the Greenhill Park brings at- tention to the question of com- pensation for seamen, and Whereas: Ships of that class are Operated ‘nationally by a crown coInpany, thus negating provincial jurisdiction, and Whereas: All seamen on both coasts should be covered by a federal compensation act, and Whereas: The recent labor delegation to Victoria stressed the need for seamen’s compen- sation, organized labor rolled up its sleeves to see that a job is * done. In Ontario, the pressure campaign of hundreds of lo- cals which forced the Drew government to establish a se- lect all-party committee to in- vestigate labor laws on motion of J. B. Salsberg, LPP Mem- ber of the Provimcial Parlia- ment, was continuing. Reso- lutions were being sent in te the committee outlinine= type of labor code necessary in Ontario was in prospect. : Among the important labor themselves on record were the District Conference of the -Pa- per, Pulp and Sulphite unions (AFL) m Port Arthur, and the Joint Council of Amalgamated Local 195, United ‘Auto Work- ers (CIO), in Windsor, repre- senting 8,000 members in 30 plants. In Qntario, LPP leadership of the campaign in the Legislature was being followed by special campaign in the unions and amongst the general public. Tim Buck’s open letter to Prime Min- ister ‘King, outlining necessity for changes in federal wage sta- -bilization and labor code orders- in-council, has been published in 20,000 copies for distribution at plants and unions, A petition to the government is also being circulated by the LPP on these demands, with 100,000 signa- tures as the objective. j LPP Alderman Charles Sims in Toronto is introducing the subject in the city counci! with a motion to endorse a resolution urging the federal government to amend the two wartime o1- ders-in-couneil. ‘The national PAC of the CCL, from which several of the larg- est unions haye withdrawn in protest against its kidnapping by the CCF, also found it neces- sary to take a stand at its meet- ing last week. While most of its sessions were devoted to organizing a partisan CCE machine, it was compelled to recognize the stand of the workers and asked local PAC’s to apply “pressure on the Ottawa government and varicus provincial governments “for re- vision in labor legislation, par- ticularly P.C. 1008 and PC. —Gontinued on Page 7 9384” and> a -united labor presentation. bodies who had already placed