WFTU Convention Will
Be Historic Labor Event

MOSCOW, USSR.—The forthcoming World Federa-
tion of Trade Union convention in Paris this month will be
an historic event for the international] working-class, M. P.

Tarasov,
tral Committee of Trade Unions,
declared in an interview

with the newspaper TRUD.

A member of the WFTU ad-
ministrative committee, he had

just returned from a trip to the
United States where a Soviet la-
bor delegation visited key indus-
trial centres and met American
workers on the invitation of the
Cio.

Unlike the obsolete Amster-
Gam International, which ex-
cluded both the Soviet unions and
the CIO, the new organization
has been constructed to make “it
a militant organ of the working
class, competent to defend its
interests and demands.” He em-
phasized that it would establish
close coilaboration between the
trade unions of the various coun-
tries in the struggle for the im-
provement of living standards
and working conditions for the
workers.

It would be wrong to think,
however, that there was com-
plete unity in organizing=the new
world labor congress. The mem-
bers of the defunct Amsterdam
International, like Schevenels of
Holland, and who are on the ad-
ministrative committee of the
WETU, did ever ything they could
te hinder progress. They argued

that the Amsterdam  Interna-
tional was - still functioning.
When this was disproved they

objected to the statute that de-
cisions should be binding on all
members.

MUST BE STRONG

“The Soviet representatives
and others who, did not share
these views had to do consider-
able work to overthrow them,”
said Tarasov. “We held that the
principle of bindirfg decisions
Was necessary if the Federation:
was to become a strong and bind-
ing organization. Without this
principle the Federation would
be doomed to the inactivity that
was seen in the Amsterdam In-
ternational both at the time of
fascist aggression and during
the war against Hitler.

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secretary of the Cepn- |

here | arose.

When these objections fell by

the board, new - obstructions
Schevenels revived the
bogey that the Soviet unions

would attempt to dominate the
WFTU by virtue of their nu-
merical superiority. “Our dele-
gation showed,” stated Tarasov,
“that the Soviet trade unions
Lave never strived to gain their
influence by virtue of the nu-
merical superiority and that the
Soviet trade unions which are
profoundly democratic organiza-
tions really want unity and mu-
tual understanding with the
democratic trade union organ-
izations throughout the world.”

The Soviet, unionist also had

something to say about the
WFTU ‘and the United Na-
tions security organization. Al-
though the working-class was
Genied participation at San

Francisco on questions vital to
it, and only the Soviet Union
had a labor man as a delegate,
“we do not consider the question
- - . closed.”” He pointed out that
the 71st paragraph of the United
Nations empowers the economic
and social council to carry out
measures of consultation with
non-governmental organizations
whose interests are involved.
This, he declared, gives the

WFTU “the opportunity to estab- |

lish close contact with the eco-
nomie and social council of the
United Nations.”

Summariz:ng his views, and
commenting briefly on his trip
to America, which he said was
very productive, Tarasov con-
cluded: ‘“‘There can be no doubt
that the Soviet trade unions
will play the part of an active,
creative force in Paris and that
together with their friends, the
envoys of organized workers
from the other democratic coun-
tries of Europe, .America and
Asia, will build a firm and
sound structure for international
unity of trade unions.”

Insurance
Used As Lever
For Low Wages

OTTAWA, Ont. — Unemploy-
ment insurance, enabling laid-off
workers to claim benefits up to
514.40 weekly, may be used to
force them into other jobs at
reduced pay.

Measure says that payments
may be made until the claimant
is offered employment in “suit-
able” occupations at “usual”

rates of pay under “favorable”
circumstances. It also says that
when these are not available the
claimant may be offered work at
lower pay, under less favorable

conditions, after a reasonable
lay-off lapse.
How does this work out in

practice? Top man, Mr. Justice
Cannon, recently ruled that a
Winnipeg worker, earning 65
cents hourly as a welder, must
take her old biscuit factory job
at 35 cents per hour. If she did
not, her benefits would be cut off.

The ruling provides employ-
ers with “legal”? permission to
pressure workers into low-wage
jobs.

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Oil painting _....... .-... $1006
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Three judges from the Federa-
tion of Canadian Artists and two
from organized labor will com-
prise the jury.

John Goss, director of the
Guild, states that they have again
undertaken to conduct this labor-
art project in response to popu-
lar demand from artists, ‘public
and trade unions, following the
suecess of last year’s exhibition
which was the first of its kind to
be held in Canada. Nation-wide
publicity culminated in March
with the featured issue of Wall-
news, published by the Wartime
Information Board in collabora-
tion with the National Film
Board and circulated to their
18,000 distributing centres.

The works of B.C. amateurs,
professionals and worker-artists,
many exhibiting for the first
time, filled three halls of the Gal-
lery last year, and an even great-
er number of entries is antici-
pated this year, portraying the
industrial and working life of
the Province. Mr. Goss announ-
ces that entry forms including
rules and regulations are now
being mailed and are now avail-

Arts Guild Announ
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d annual $500 competitive art ea
ae Coe to be held in the V

Art Gallery from November 13 to December 2, as a;

by the Labor Arts Guild in May, will offer ee Vo

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