Page 6 == Saturday, Apnl: 7, 1945 CCL Request Delegate A request that; the Canadian delegation to the San Francisco world security conference include an official representative of the Canadian Congress of Labor has been presented to Prime Minister Kane by the national council of the Congress. The request went forward from the council meet- ine held last week in Ottawa, and attendea by representatives of major Congress unions across Canada. Harold Pritchett, dis- trict president of the Interna- | tional Woodworkers of America, | attended from B.C. . Two other important decisions were veached by the meeting, Harold Pritchett reported on his arrival back in Vancouver. The CCL brief urging amend- ments to PC 1003 was endorsed and presented to Minister of La- bor Humphrey Mitchell. The brie&é was the product of consid- erable research by Gongress of- ficials assisted by J. L. Cohen, K.C., C€Ci counsel, and urges that the severnment amend PC 1003 so that ne loophole exists by which certain anti-labor em- ployers may refuse to conclude a collective bargzainins agreement with the bargaining agencies of their employees, and to grant | union security conditions such as maintenance of membership and union shop. Arrangements are also being completed for the annual presen- tation of the Congress legislative program to the federal cabinet. i is believed that the cabinet interview, which gathers to- gether representatives of all unions from coast to coast, will take place some time in the latter part of April. Exact date now awaits an answer from the Fov- ernment. ; Pritchett also had praise for the report of Secretary-Treas- urer Pat Conroy on the World Trade Union Conference in Lon- don, which Conroy attended as a CCL delegate. The report was MARGARET BLACK P.A. Circulation Manager Housing Crisis Montreal Threat. MONTREAL, Que. — Refusal of the City Council to aecedé to urgent requests to declare Mont- real an emergency housing area, despite the pleas of almost every important civie organization and a number of leading newspapers, |has brought a new housing crisis |in this city. Traditional moving | day is May 1, and through the |failure of the council to take |any action, hundreds of families | face eviction with no other quart- | | | | | i | | ;ers available. | latest attempt to have -an |emergency shelter administrator appointed was made by CGouncil- |lor Michael Buhay at the last |meeting, but his move was-block- led. Excuse given was that it is [too late to appoint such an ad- | ESE, Buhay, who speaks for labor on the council, main- |tained that if the civic govern- | ment would indicate a willing- Iness to aid the evicted families, ;}and cooperated with federal | authorities to that end, the whole | problems of evictions could be |solved as it has been in other if a Suu | Canadian cities. endorsed hy the national council |and copies will be forwarded to all Congress affiliates in Gan- ada. (7 = GREETINGS to Ontario Labor Rallies Strength To Assure Defeat Of Drew TORONTO, Ont.—The Ontario labor movement, principal facter in the recent feat of the Drew government, already promises to become the key factor in defeating a Ty comeback and electing a progressive government in the coming provincial elections. This was made clear early this week following Sunday’s emergency session of the ( nadian Council of the United Automobile Workers of America CIO, at which it was decided to mobilize labor’s forces against the Tories, work for the election of coalition candidates, and no- minate some of its own candi- dates in industrial areas where the union members form a large part of the population. The UAW council represents 51,000 workers, the largest group in the Ganadian Congress of La- bor. Some 40 delegates attended the meeting from 12 cities. The council appointed a com-| mittee of three to interview lead- ers of the CGF, Liberal and La-| bor-Progressive parties seeking | united support of any UAW ecan- didates put into the field. Co-| operation of all other trade un- | ions in the areas affected will be} asked. Immediately following the UAW announcement, Leslie Morris, Ontario Leader of the Labor-Progressive Party, is- sued a statement welcommg the union’s move and declaring that the LPP is prepared to discuss “at any time” the with- drawal of LPP candidates in favor of labor candidates no- minated by the UAW. A copy of his siatement. was sent to | Malcolm Murdoch, secretary- treasurer of the UAW Cana- dian Council. The LPP leader also stated | that LPP constiztuency conyen- | Wo sn ee eo bbb bbh hb bbhbbep ob Re Re Byrnes Typewriters Ltd. Distributors Royal Typewriters and Alien Adding Machines ALL MAKES RENTED AND REPAIRED shell died ib sb ebb dire ofa date P. A. on Diamonds, Jewelry, Radios, Silverware, Furs, Guns and from All Valuables. 592 Seymour Street DR. W B. C. COLLATERAL |= Phone PA. 7942 R. - J. CURRY LOAN BROKERS LTD. ie — y 77%. 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VASUASSNUUUSSSELIUSERSAU AGENT AAASS SARE URA BACCO REM EUTERNS SCTE ETUCUNEENATEASSUCHUCHUTUAITTACAATRNARSAREESEREERE SSS Anaad ES AAYERIT Canadian-Chinese Friendship Society ee BA Sl MITA ETT GAMES AFTERNOON DANCING over the province. with the likeli- jtound for all workers and if la- jis to be desired. | forces in, Ontario find a means | of coming together to unite the |anti-Tory vote. We recommend es yp st eo le a na se a as as to the local unions of the WU that they direct their eff through their Political Act: Committees to this end. ‘ “The UAW-CIO feels that has the right to take part these elections in indusj centers on the basis of non=pq san, independent political act and to help to decide who > represent these centers in | next Legislature. | LOCAL CANDIDATES “Consequently, we recomm to UAW locals in Toronto, Wi sor, Oshawa, St. Cathari Brantford “and other localit that they at once consider | ting forward candidates + will support, that they come for local electoral agreement unite the anti-Tory vote and ¢ in some of these constituent UAW candidates Tepresen| | the majority of labor in centers, should be recommen by the local unions for consi ation as the united labor cs dates in these constituencies, © tions were now being held all hood that 30 LPP candidates would be chosen to contest the provineial election. : Full text of the statement on political action issued by the UAW) reads: ; “The UAW-CIO cannot stand aside from the present political crisis in Ontario as the inter- ests of its members demand a progressive government in the province. if employment is to be bor legislaticn is to be all that “We regard the Tory party as the worst enemy of iabor. The return of the Tories to power in Ontario would be disastrous to labor. The re- actionary Tory party must be defeated in the coming pro- vincial election. The best and only practical way this can be Suaranteed is by all labor and Progressive people getting to- gether to win =z majority of the seats. Any party standoff- ishness on the part of the pro- gressive camp will only assist in electing Tories. “The UWAW therefore mends that the “We do this because it is — stated policy that no one p: is regarded by the UAW as sole expression of labor’s pa cal ainis and because if is ne sary for=:the=trade unions exercise their: non-partisan {7 tical authority m this erit election.” recom- progressive ef, * ie Wo He We 5 Ee Ee OR ek SN ek SU a 5 ER RE Se nk SL J aL SS SE SE SE Se A ee eso endo slo cheb bbihhhbbrhed 138 East Hastings Street - - - features . -- Language and Home Town Newspapers and Progressive Literature * IF WE DON’T STOCK FT, WE CAN GET IT vs ttbrterttitiebtt tbh bbb bbb bebhshbdcbdetbebdele : Watch This S pace for “Wait For Me” 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. 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