ference —

j Canadian Congress of

aris meeting of the
Federation of Trade
5, according to the de-
of the recent CCL na-
1 council meeting in Ot-
,f. Lhe decision, agreed
" ‘nimously by the council,
ip ed a previous recommen-
;‘by CGL President A. R.
_ opposing the sending of
bos to Paris. because Gan>
{1 not been given a place
| WETU executive commit-
. | named Secretary-Treas- |
> Conroy and C. H. Mil-
}, anadian director of -the
_ Steel Workers, as official
2 legates. site aes
¥ -g opposition ‘by Congress
gS across Ganada against
* Vs isolationist stand, sup-
iby GC. EE Millard, forced
“onge in policy. The demand
L representation in. Paris

cate
ee

SSO.

The ‘razzberry’. is a gesture that can be understood any-
where, and that’s the way these Filipino children -greeted the
Japanese surrender delegates as they passed on their way to
Gen. MacArthur's headquerters in Manila. ,

irther strengthened when
- he CLO and the British
-.-Union Gongress gave as-
that their delegations
igropose to. the WFU con-

that Canada be repre-
on the international ex-
In the event the recom-
ion carries, and there}
ittle doubt about it willeec
jttle doubt it will, Conroy
‘the CCL nominee for the

| mové was one of the high-

-of the lengthy CCL na-
couneil “meeting, ~ which
= sa substitute for the post-
- nationalaonvention, which |
yw be held: ini: September, |‘
B.C.delégates.to. the meet-
.eluded: Harold: : Pritchett, :
a president of the. Inter-
/-al Woodworkers. of .Amer-
- d Malcolm MacLeod, presi-
-f the Shipyard General

2

_-vas perhaps the best meet-
the national council, from
_ewpoint of unanimity of

-rersion, 40-hour week, sev-

pay and public works pro-

<0 cushion the shock of con-

m from war to peacetime

ction.” :

.ong-the questions discussed

@ meeting were:

A decision to fight to the
for amendments to PC-
and for a Canadian labor

: Amendments to existing
_.ation governing reemploy-
3 of veterans so that. ser-
1en resuming employment
ibe included under terms of
collective bargaining

Appointments of a CCL
sate to the forthcomirg
d Youth Conference, to be
in Paris on October 31.
Full CCL support to the
ed Automobile Workers of
orlca in its present fight for
ae bargaining in the Ford
door Company’s. Windsor plant.
t the conclusion of the meet-
the entire national council

With the federal cabinet,
vere the whole problem of re-
aversion and layoffs was pre-
ated and fully discussed.

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= CIFIC ADVOCATE — PAGE $3

ment leaders,
construction C. D. Howe flatly
lstating his disagreement with
the demand for a 40-hour week.

housing
ister
opinion that .with the wars end
“shifts in population are bound
to take place and
eongested centres there may not
be any congestion six to nine
months from now.”

crisis to the federal cabinet.

The delegation, headed “by |

Congress President Percy Ben-
gough, met with the Cabinet for
several hours and its proposals
were not, according to reports,
favorably received by govern-

Minister of Re-

e gees eae in get- The Congress program  in-
iings done, that ave yet
pd = Patchett told "PA on eluded requests for severance
xturn from Ottawa last | Pay; the 40-hour week with no
ad. “Members of the coun- | reduction in earnings; a broad
_ re unanimous on the need| housing program; institution of
-zhting for such matters as £. RMOEP we
: necessary public works; and

speedy .reconversion of all. war
plants to peacetime production.

In addition, the delegation

stressed the need for an “effec-
tive” national labor code and re-
vision of the Wage Control Or-
der.

“In making these recommen-

dations, we do so conscientiously
believing: that now is the time
for the Dominion’ Government to
act boldly in this fast-developing
erisis,””
said.
great deal of unnecessary suf-
fering for thousands of Canadian
citizenss once more facing the
horrors of unemployment.”

President Bengough
“Action now will avert a

Answering the proposal for a
program, -Labor- Min-
Mitchell expressed ‘the

in presently

TLC Executive Presents
Program To Govt |

One of the final 2cts of the enlarged executive council
meeting of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, meet-
ing in Ottawa during the last two weeks of August, was to
present a six-point program for dealing with the reconversion

Council's

Following the collapse of
government conference, called
eight-point program’ for

ciation, B.C. Loggérs’ “Associa-
tion, and. Citizens’ Rehabilita-
tion Council by their refusal to
support the program ‘ officially,
Labor’s committee on reconver-
sion ‘succeeded this week in fore-
ing a promise of action to meet
the situation from Vancouver’s
Mayor Cornett. ro

The Friday meeting; highlight.
ed by the refusal of the group
led by» the CMA to support the
program and wrangling over the
formulation. of ,pointsin-the pro-
gram; came-to no.,..satisfactory
conclusion.. regarding .plans..to
implement the -program,.,.Labor
delegates, aware of the sabotag-
ing. of the conference, branded
the conference a “farce.” Bill
White, leading labor’s: delegation
to the conference, stated that the
meeting had been Ieft up in the
air and charged the City Coun-
cil, by its failure to express ‘an
opinion, with turning the meet-
ing into a fiasco.

Points upon which. labor de-
cided to act immediately includ-
éd:

e@ SEVERANCE PAY

The meeting decided to inform
Prime Minister Mackenzie King,
Finance Minister J. L. Isley, La-
bor Minister Humphrey Mitchell
and federal members of parlia-
ment in B-G. of the demand for
a minimum of one month’s sev-
erance pay. This would repre-
sent “subsidization” of displaced
war workers, and would be paid
by the federal government.

Prime Minister

Mackenzie
King indicated that the govern-
met does not want to start a

@ 40-HOUR WEEK
The committee’s demands to
be sent to federal and provincial

reconversion, engineered’ ‘by
Canadian Manufacturer’s Association, B.C: Loggers” Asso-

public works program. Labor’s
proposals for a shorter working
week will be considered, King
said, “but what we need at the
present time is maximum pro-

departments of labor.
hour week, plan will not affect
the workers’ take-home pay, and

duction in certain industries.”

The 40-

does not preclude the possibility
of a shorter work week than that
called.for in the program.

Victoria Union Applies
For Admittance To SGWF

The injunction granted. to the Shipyard General Work-
ers’ Federation last week restraining former executive mem-
bers of the Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union Local
No. 2, from acting in any capacity and restraining them from

the use of the union properties
was lifted this week. The move
further complicated a ‘situation
that was originally created by
the suspension of executive mem-
bers of the Victoria local by the

Federation for refusal to ob-
serve the constitution of that
body.

The newly-elected executive

will make application to the Vic-
toria Labor Council for re admis-
sion of the suspended local, and
if aecepted, will be recognized
by the trade union movement. A
trial of the case is pending in the
Provincia] Supreme Court to test
the validity of the suspension.

Commenting on the situation,
Maleolm MaeLeod, president of
the Shipyard General Workers
Federation told P.A. “Since the

union passed a motion to dis-_

continue per capita payment to
the Federation, the situation of
the workers under their jurisdic-
tion has steadily declined. Card-

well, by his refusal while presi-,

dent to accept the SGWF recom-
mendation regarding holidays
with pay was instrumental

in!

the workers being cheated out
of pay for their holidays. Again,
his refusal to accept the Feder-
ation recommendation regarding
time off for voting in the federal
elections resulted inthe workers
being penalized unduly for tak-
ing time off to vote. Workers in
all other sections of the prov-
ince, under Federation leader-
ship, received full pay for holi-
days without the qualifying
period of three hundred days,
and were not penalized for exer-
cising their franchise.

“It was on the basis of these
losses sustained that the trustees
of the union in Victoria called in
the Federation officials to try to
clean up the mess that Cardwell
ereated of the union affairs.

“The situation at the moment
as far as the SGWF is con-
cerned is that Cardwell, Latta

and Ross are no longer officers
of the union, and J .D. Smith, F.
H. Dykes and the other new of-
ficials are the only officers recog-
nized by the tradé union move-
ment as bona fide officials of the

fc indecision
Sabotages Conference

the joint labor-management-
last Friday ’to consider: labor’s
the

-@  RECONVENING OF THE:
‘DOMINION-PROVINCIAL

» CONFERENCE isbjas cay
The conference to be broaden-
ed to include labor and manage+
ment representation. for: the), es-
tablishment..of nation-wide, ,re-
conversion .program..In addit Th,
the committee calls for the im-
mediate. establishment of the
Regional Reconversion and Re-
habilitation Board, as outlined in
the federal government’s recon-
version program. The lotal chair-
man, -R. 0.’ Campney, K-C.; has
as yet made no move to appoint
a committee, and labor demands
the immediate establishment of
the local-board. ~ oe AS
@ SPECIAL SESSION OF | --
* THE LEGISLATURE °°’
“It was recognized bythe ¢om+
mittee that récent developments
preclude the possibility of a spe-
cial session of, the- Legislature,
instead: labor demands a meet-
ing with.the provincial cabinet
of representatives of labor-man-
agement-municipal governments
to take. steps to develop peace-
time industry and launch new in-
dustry. The .demand  ineludes
implementation of the Perry Ke-
port on Rehabilitation and Re-
conversion, and the launching or
a provincial works program.

e SHIPBUILDING :
Copies of a resolution demand-
ing maintenance of a shipbuild-
ing industry for the province. to
be sent to Mackenzie King,. Re-
construction Minister C. D. Howe
and Premier Hart. If necessary,
labor asks that thé federal’ gov-
ernment subsidize.; thes industry
ie compete with British ship-
building. The demand further
asks that a commission, similar
te the United States Maritime
Commission be established” in
Canada. :

@ DELEGATION TO
OTTAWA

Mayor Cornett refused to com-
mit himself on this point, pleading
that he lacked the sanction of
the city council to make this
msove. Labor will arrange the
details of its own delegation, and
is prepared to make the trip to
Ottawa alone if necessary. Cor-
nett promised a special meeting
of the Council next Monday ‘to
discuss the delegation. The CMA,
Loggers’ “Association, Rehabilita-
tion Council, and other bodies
will be requested to take part in
the delegation.

The points in labor’s. program
covering civic works and estab-
lishment of a provincial housing
authority were shelved for the
present. :

The meeting further decided
to send a delegation to the Con-
ference of B.C. Municipalities,
meeting at Qualicum Beach ‘this
Friday, to present labor’s pro-
gram for endorsation. The Qual-
icum Conference will © include
representatives from all munici-
palities of the province. Labor
representatives on the delegation
will’ probably: include Harvey
Murphy; International . Repre-
sentative of. the Mine, Mill and
Smelterworkers’? Union, -William
White,.. Boilermakers: and Iron
Shipbuilders Union Local No. 1,
Jack Henderson, of the Canadian
Legion, and R. K. Gervin, Yan-
couver,, New Westminster and
District. Trades and Labor Coun-

union.”

eil..
SATURDAY, SEPT, 8, 1945