art Postwar Proj CIFIC ADVOCATE PEOPLE'S VOICE FOR PROGRESS , 5 Cents ; ht against mass lay- Ladusuy. touched off * sunday s ‘mass meet- * Athletic Park, was 2d this week to in- * ,OOO affiliated mem- 1e AFL Vancouver and * minster District Trades pi. Counc of the most spirited 2 in years, featured by 'nunciation of | federal, and municipal govern- “sharp policy fight over = L-CCL participation in ‘f struggle, and a suc- jallenge of a ruling by *man which would have | mited- action, delegates ' and won agreement on Das of action. These were: ficial Trades Council F ion in the newly-formed n-Layoffs, made up of -“L and - Amalgamated ‘he meeting instructed ': of the TLC executive . Secretary~R. K. Ger- jake -part in the special con. Wednesday between ‘qnists and. Premier John 0 came over from Vic- = cially for the occasion. e calling of a special se in the “fear future” 'L unions in the province, ‘eld in Vancouver. The .e Trades and Labor Con- Ganada, will have the ourpose of substituting ystponed annual conven- he Trades Congress and ing action on the prob- »stwar employment. on joint AFL-CCL ac- ; touched off early in the + when Delegate James Hof the Plumbers and aters Union asked why les Council was not of- yrepresented at Sunday’s ass meeting in Athletic hen Secretary Gervin’s Eat a reply failed to sat- £ meeting, Delegate Mar- bodueed a motion asking member of the Council accompany the Coun- ayoffs to Qiterview Pre- “f a§ Prt oe : bie: -by vice-president S\ylie, acting as chairman ntinued on page 8) called by the B.C. execu-. as rf 2 ye f. ects Now LPP Statement Demands Action; Implement Plans To Halt Unemployment Following the crisis caused by the abrupt layoff of thousands of shipyard and aircraft workers, the Provincial Executive of the Labor-Progressive par- ty addressed the following open letter to Premier Hart and members of the Provincial Legislature: * Frenchmen, some still wearing the uniform of Nazi con- centration camps, carry a ‘cross down the steps of Palais de Chaillot in Paris. It will mark a former Nazi camp where many of their comrades died. Union Delegates Will Meet Province Cabinet -Labor’s grave concern with the situation precipitated by the sudden layoff of thousands of shipyard and other war industry workers, which followed immediately on the heels of cessation of hostilities with Japan, crystalized this week in the decision to immediately send a labor lobby to Victoria to demand an emergency session of the provincial legislature to discuss, the situation. The de- cision arose out of a_ special meeting of ,zepresentatives of the trade union movement with civie officials. The meeting, which followed a mass meeting on the layoff question called by the AFL-CIO-C CL - Amalgamated Unions of Vancouver and- vicin- ity in Capilano Stadium on Sun-- day, August 19, presented a four- point program for the mayor’s acceptance. The mayor’s décision to meet with the representatives of the trade unions was in direct contrast to his attitude-when_ quested to attend the mass meet- ing, and led to his being de- nounced by the meeting: Mayor Cornett originally came under fire for displaying an at- titude of utter callousness to- ward the situation which faced the thousands of workers in de- fence industry. Bill- White, presi- dent of the Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union, Local -No. 1, and chairman of the Sun- -day “meeting. flayed. the mayors of Vancouver and North- Vancou- ver for declining invitations to attend.the meeting, and one of (Continued on page 8) ee APPOINTS DEL. faces a serious crisis. proud. The shipyards, victory through great labor and sacrifice the people of this prov- ince, in common with those of the’ Dominion, are determined that the fruits of victory shall not be denied them. The new situation created by the .ending of the war has brought to the fore the conse- and unemployment, and places a ernment, especially on our pro- vincial government of which you are the leader. For some time past Govern- ment committees have been dis- cussing and presenting preposals on how the problems of the post war were to be met in British Columbia. The recommendations cf the Post War Rehabilitation Council, have in the main been good and provide a start on how the problem of organizing for the peace should be handled. Un- fortunately, those recommenda- tions have so far remained on paper. The time has come for ac- tion! We are in the postwar period now! It is time to roll up our sleeves and tackle the problems of peace with the Same energy, vision and plan- ning as went into production for war. In this emergency the La- *bor-Progressive Party calls on you, as Premier of this Prov- ince, to immediately convene cur legislature to act on 2a number of measures which are essential to the well-being and prosperity of British Colum- bia. It is a responsibility which must not be shirked. The Labor-Progressive Party urges that our provincial leg- islature take immediate action on the following questions: @ SAVE OUR WAR-TIME INDUSTRIES. Unless immediate plans for reconyersion of shipbuilding, aircraft and subsidiary indus? tries to peacetime needs is car- ried through, and contracts pro- cured, B. C. faces the prospect of losing these vitally important industries. This would repre- sent a step backward in our eco- nomic and industrial : squent—propienis- “of--reconversion- great responsibility on the gov-. develop-* Sir:—-With the war in the Pacific ended our province Before the celebrations of V-J Day had ended thousands of workers in our shipbuilding, aircraft and subsidiary industries were already being laid off. The new industries created during the war are under attack and threatened With extinction. The valuable training and ex- perience gained by tens of thousands of working people in wartime industry is now in danger of being wasted. B.C.s production record is one of which we can be justly aircraft and other industries played a major part in Canada’s war effort and in winning final victory over Nazi Germany and fascist Japan. Having won ment must probe every avenue to save our industries. @ 21,000 NEW HOMES FOR B.C. To help take up the slack iz employment. caused by the end- ing of war contracts the Provin- cial Government must immedi- ately. move. to: establish a. provin- cial housing authority as pro- posed in the Interim Report on Post War Rehabilitation. Under this authority. a ‘large scale low rental housing program must be initiated to solve the serious housing crisis and at the same time create new jobs for thous- ands being laid off. Labor is now available in greater numbers for increased production in our woods and for construction purposes. In addition to wood qother sources of materials such as cement, brick, slate, ete. must be devel- oped and more fully utilized. @ LARGE SCALE HYDRO ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENTS. To maintain and extend sec- ondary nYanufacturing industries in B.C. cheap hydro electric pow- €r must be made available. Only 10 per cent of the hydro electric power of this province has been developed. The advantages of cheap .power would be far reaching and benefit every . household and community. The Bridge River power project is al- (Continued on page 2) A THEE: