Racism —

‘Sharp eriticism of the growth
of race discrimination in Van-

couver, exemplified in the re-
fusal of hotel owners to accom-
modate the cast of “Carmen

Jones,” was voiced at this week’s
regular meeting of the CCL Van-
couver Labor Council during dis-
cussion of a resolution “con-
Gemning the Hotel Owners’ As-
sociation for their flagrant dis-
crimination against the Negro
artists.”

Council secretary John Tur-
ner, speaking to the motion, de-
clared it was his opinion that the
refusal to accomodate the ar-
tists was based entirely upon the
color of their skins.

“I have it on good authority
that the advance agent. for the
show got in touch with almost
every good hotel in the city, and
though the excuse was given
that there were no rooms avail-
eble, it is more logical to assume
that discrimination was at the
basis of their action,” Turner de-
clared.

He added that he had already
attended an initial meeting of
the Canadian League for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, set
up two weeks ago- in Vancouver
during the visit of A. Philip Ran-
dolph, prominent American Ne-
gro leader, and that this new or-
ganization would undoubtedly be-
gin to mobilize publie sentiment
against race discrimination in any
form, and whether against Ne-
gro, Chinese, Indian or Japanese,
There was every likelihood, Tur-
ner ‘said, that the labor council
would be represented officially in
this organization.

The resolution was adopted un-
animously.

Committee

; The Provincial committee also
initiated Preparations for the
third annual convention of the
B.C. Labor-Progressive Party, to
be held in the Boilermakers’ Hall
September 13, 14, 15. Pre-con-
vention discussion is proceeding
in the clubs, centred around the
national committee resolution.
(We expect to carry this resolu-
tion in our next issue).

Recognizing the vital import-
ance of this convention, taking
place after the military defeat
of fascism, facing all of the
problems of the peace, arrange-
ments have been made to afford
the fullest consideration of all as-
pects of the task confronting the

people of this provinee and the
nation,

Panel discussions wil] be held
°n provincial, Federal and muni-
cipal problems, party organiza-
tion, education, publicity ete. Na-
tional Organizer Sam Carr will
address the convention, he will
also address a full membership
meeting of the party on the 10th.

Tt is confidently expected that
the party will come out of this
eonvention stronger and more
united. than ever ~before, girded
for the next stage of the strug-
gle for the ultimate attainment
of socialism.

PACIFIC ADVOCATE — PAGE 6

Celebrants

pour onto the
fire escapes of New York
City’s tenements to cheer as
Japan’ surrender is pro-
nounced official.

IWA Refute

Lewis Charge

A protest was registered this
week by the International Wood-
workers’ of America, District
Council No. 1, at assertions of
David Lewis, National Secretary
of the CCF that workers in Brit-
ish Columbia woods are being
paid at rates as low as 40 cents
rer hour. "8

Jack Greenall, IWA District
Secretary, informed P.A. that
there is no. case where any work-
er in the logging industry in
British Columbia is paid at a
lower rate than eighty-three

5

Seamen
Demand
Bonus

Protest at the alleged at-

tempt of shipping operators of
the “‘Park’’ shipping company
to cancel war bonus payments
to Canadian seamen was made
last week by J. M. “Digger’’
Smith, West Coast represen-
tative of the Canadian Sea-
men’s Union. Contending that war
bonus has been included in sea-
men’s wages throughout the war
period, the union. has threatened
immediate action if a further
move is made to cancel this bonus.

At a membership meeting call-
ed early this month, the Cana-
dian Seamen’s Union passed a
resolution calling for the merg-
ing of Seamen’s War Bonus into
the basic pay in the postwar per-
jiod.

The resolution points out that
seamen were largely instrumental
in bringing about the victory
over fascism and have never re-
ceived adequate remuneration
for their duties. It points out
that in many cases seamen re-
ceive as low as twenty-five cents
per hour for their work and the
supplementing of their wages by
the bonus stil] leaves them far be-
low the level of industrial work-
ers. It protests the move to
ecancell the bonus and points out
that it might well lead to a mass
exodus from shipping by num-
bers of seamen.

The resolution asks the gov-
ernment to protect, the living
‘standards of seamen by main-
taining the bonus and protests
the attempt to cancel the bonus
as not conducive to orderly re-
habilitation or the interests of
the nation as a whole.

cents an hour. A similar protest
was lodged at the reconversion
conference by representatives of
operators who pointed out that
green men in the woods receive
eighty-three cents, and that the
majority of the logging opera-

tions on the coast are protected
by union agreements.

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and F. Lowe. Also Vaudeville. Boiler.
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(Clubs and: Chairmen listed
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GINGER GOODWIN CLUB— <
Meets every Sunday “8 p.m. at 875 East
Hastings. For information telephone Glyn
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WwW END CLUB—Charles Caron:
ES ets every second and fourth Wednes-
day each month, 1332 Davie St.
VICTORY SQUARE—Jack Taylor:
Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. 339 West
Pender St., in Boilermakers’ Hall.
EAST END—John Sawitsky:
Meets every second and fourth Wednes-
dav, 875 East Hastings.

RGIA John Stark: — :
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each month, Croatian Hall.

AND VIEW—Carolyn | McFarlane:
leer: every second and fourth Thursday

each month. 875 Ease Hastings.

VANCOUVER EAST
HASTINGS EAST—Helen Mathieson:

Meets every second and fourth Wednes-
day eacb month, Olympia Hall, 2303 East
Hastings. moss

NORQUAY—Effie Jones:
Mests every second and fourth Wednes-
day of each month, Norquay Hall, Slocan
and Kingsway.

SOUTH HILL—J. Henderson:
Meets every second and fourth Wednes-
day ‘of each month, Horticnitural Hall,

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SOUTH OKANA_
KELOWNA CITY—M. Popo
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SIMILK AME,
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PENTICTON—E. R. Cobb.
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HEDLEY—John Govik.
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Meets every second and fourth Wednes-,
day of each month, 1302: East 12th.
FAIRVIEW :
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Harmony Hall, 1655 W. Broadway.
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SWING SHIFT—Meetings will be resumed
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NORTH VANCOUVER—Dorothy Lynas:

Meets every second and fourth Wednes-
day of each month, Eigbth and Lonsdale.

BURNABY
CENTRAL BURNABY — Charles Stewart,
Meets. 2nd -and 4th Thursday
of every month 3019 Woodland.
NORTH BURNABY—Len Ainsworth:

Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday.
Norburn Hall. 3890 Hastings East.

SOUTH BURNABY—Robt. Le Comte:

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NEW WESTMINSTER—Jack Greenall:
Meets at 59 Alexander Street.

QUEENSBORO—Bert Samson.

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Winnipeg, Ebourne, B.C., at 8 p.m.

DELTA
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RICHMOND EAST-—Paul Bloom.

WHITE ROCK—Chairman, A. Cheverton.
BRIDGEVIEW—A,. B. Armstrong. *
ALDERGROVE—Victor Vesterback.
PORT KELLS—Stanley Lowery.

HJORTH ROAD—Gladys Ferguson.
BRIDGEVIEW CLUB—A,. B. Armstrong.

DEWDNEY
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HANEY CLUB—A. Cordoni.
MISSTON—Shellv Rogers.
WEBSTER’S CORNER—A. Hilland.

REVELSTOKE

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