ns Co ‘¢ $100; water col- Poulpture $100; black P.0; poster or pastel q stition is open to = of Britsh Columbia. iy Regime Argentina ; : DEO.—In the larg- + dramatic demon- inst the Argentine ime, an estimated rentines from all e yesterday rallied streets of Buenos “Mareh of Consti- ‘reedom.” Carrying as “Death to the -atorship’ and “Bas- enough of the mili- E ¢he marchers were » workers, politicians, women’s organiza- P3, artists and law- the Committee of Coordination, the 1 eompletely para- mmercial establish- ries, stores and *s closed so that em- workers could joint- in the demonstra- was no police inter- the manifestation. ears patrolled the che demonstrators zans against Col. -'eron, government meospecially ‘Death to | the demonstration ied worker read a =» demanding a re- nstitutional govern- '. the demonstration a shout of over- (ge: “Do you swear | vuntry and on your ‘astitution that guar- 4 and justice?” jeilermakers) ° /2RN DANCING ery Saturday /LING ALLEYS and Small Halls fer Rentals ene PA. $481 a. HASTINGS ST. yancouver, B.C. monument-to France. = pproval of the fol- » mply with the_ fight seople freedom, prog- 2 a ¢ ‘© Auditorium % Ne an oy ARUUAUTDUREREDECOEEREGSEASUADESDESEEDEEEIOT ES te ntribute les For Art Exhibit ‘cond annual five hundred dollar competitive art “British Columbia at Work,’’. to be conducted + Arts Guild in the Vancouver Art Gallery from 3 to December 2, buted by B.C. Trade Unions: will offer the following cash Each entry must depict the in- dustrial or economic activities of the province, such as agricult- ure, shipbuilding, fishing, lum- bering, dairying, aircraft pro- duction, mining, construction, or any other phase of B.C. working life. Fach exhibitor is limited to 3 entries. The largest measurement of any picture must not exceed 48 inches. .All work submitted must be done by the exhibitors; copies of existing pictures will not be accepted; and work previ- ously exhibited in the 1944 “British Columbia at Work” Ex- hibition will not be eligible for re-entry. Framing of pictures is cptional, but any picture not framed must be mounted. Entry forms are to be forwarded not later than October 30, and all entries received not later than November 6. Regulation entry blanks and further particulars regarding delivery and shipping tare obtainable from the Labor Arts Guild, 641 Granville St., or from the Vancouver Art, Gallery. I% will be recalled that four of the 1944 major prize winners were members of trade unions. and the large number of entries from worker-artists and trade unionists exhibiting for the first time received the high commen- dation of press and public. Special appeal is again made to the workers of British Columbia to participate in this year’s ex- hibition. ° JOHN GOSS LPP Provincial Candidate for Point Grey Reign Of Terror Renewed InSpain LONDON.—The Franco go0v- ernment of Spain has made a series of arrests in the prov- inee of Huesca, on the French frontier, and in the neighboring province of Saragossa, the Lon- don,Times reported from Madrid. Members of a “Committee of Lib- eration,’ consisting of lawyers, doctors and other leading citizens of Jaca, in the province of Hu- esca, and one of the chief offi- cials of the town council, have been taken to Saragossa in cus- tody, the report added. “A number of politically active sympathizers of the Spanish Re- publicans in France have been arrested in the villages of La Naja and Lobres, also in Huesca province, and are stated to have said that they were expecting 63 West Cordova Street HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS HANDMADE JOHNSON’S BOOTS CIO Takes Action On Wage NEW YORK—The CIO Demands opened full blast its fight to maintain take-home pay levels as a wave of strikes and lock- outs spread throughout the country in face of slow con- gressional action. on . reconversion number of workers out on strike, mainly in the oil and automobile industries, was estimated today at 208,500. The action of another 350,000 workers employed in. General Motors plants, under contract to the CIO United Automobile Workers, was still undecided as GM officials gave no reply to the union’s demand for a 30 pereent increase in basic wage rates. The union may petition for a strike vote among the GM workers,’ but under the Smith- Connally , anti-strike law,’ an- other 30 days of negotiations will have to precede a walk-out. Explaining labor’s stand en the strike issue, UAW presi- dent R. J. Thomas hit sharply at hewspaper accounts of the strike situation which attribu- ted it to labor’s lack of co- operation in the problems of reconversion. The UAW does not want to strike, he said, but it does insist on securing compensation for its member- ship for the loss of wartime overtime pay. All major CIO unions now have demanded wage increases on this basis, arguing that unless the level of take-home pay is maintain- ed and raised, the purchasing power will not be available to Republicans from France to ar- rive in Spain,’ the Times said. “Members of General Franco’s guard,-composed of picked and trusted members of the Falange, including some who fought with the Blue Division in Russia are policing Saragossa at night in plain clothes.” The keep industry operating at full capacity, Thomas stressed that the union’s demands ‘“‘can be settled without a work stoppage” if em- ployers are ready to grant “a good faith increase.” Although GM officials did not give ‘their stand on UAW demands, the Ford Motor Company reacted to the union’s wage proposals by shutting down its operations and laying off 50,000 workers. President Truman, who has been target of labor attacks this week for failing to spring into action on his own reconversion program, stepped into the strike situation by overhauling U-S. Department of Labor and en- trusting it to investigate and settle the pressing labor situa- tion. The President placed the planning. total National War Labor Board, the» War Manpower Commissfon and. the U.S. Employment Service under of Labor Lewis B. Schellenbach. Truman also abolished the Office of Economic Stabilization, headed by William H. Davis; and transferred Davis’ powers to Reconversion Director John W. Snyder. At the same time, Tru- man repudiated Davis’ statement earlier this month that a new national wage- policy, aimed at raising living standards 50 per- cent in the next five years with- cut increasing prices, would be inaugurated. Truman asserted that there were no changes in the national wage policy, and Schwellenbach later declared: “Nobody in this government is going to make ,a statement on what wage policy is until the President, the cabinet and Mr. Snyder sit down and decide it.” jurisdiction of Secretary =~ Phone MA. 7612 Pacific NORTH STAR ; AND ; PACIFIC BRANDS B.C. OWNED AND OPERATED Meats ~ 8950 Shaughnessy REGENT Suit or Overcoat eome to the OLB ESTABLISHED RELIABLE FIRM 324 West Hastings Street FAILORS EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MADE Meet Your Friends at the EMPRESS HOTEL 235 EAST HASTINGS STREET @ Under New Progressive Management e@ Modern, Strictly Fireproof Building e@ All Outside Rooms @ Parlors Comfortable Refurnished @ Rates: $1.50 and up; Weekly, $6 and up PAcifice 5364 : Taarneass in ADVOCATE — PAGE VT SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1 945