/ , no union: mployes Inil. As. mous standing vote accepted Sajllant was elected by the general council, as provided in the new constitution. Sir Walter Citrine of Britain at first told a closed session of the general council that the British Trades Union Congress would only vote for Saillant if his appointment Saillant Elected By ANTHONY JENKI PARIS.—Louis Saillant of France was new World Federation of Trade Unions a WETU formally into being. Delegates represen parts of the world received the birth of the new organization arts of the Palais de Chaillot auditorium came cries for singin Gen Bo NSON ; unanimously elected general. secretary of the fter the world labor conference here by a unani- the report of its constitution committee and brought the ting over 75 million workers from all zation with acclaim and from different g the ‘‘Internationale.”’ the executive committee, and the elections will be formalized by the conference tomorrow: Kuz- netzov, Mikhail Tarasov and Mme. Bassova for the USSR; CIO president Philip Murray, Canadian Congress of Labor for Hillman and Pat Conroy of the; Kupers (Holland) for western Europe; B. Volan. (Norway) for Seandinavia; Djuro Salaj (Yugo- shavia) for southeast Europe; M. Hernis: (Arabia). for the Middle and Near East; S. A. Damge and EK. K. Mukerji will alternate for India. and Ceylon—the decision * ijlermakers*and~ Iron ays’ “Local -N oe Ee(CCL)- the signing of an , with the Canadian “orporation this week '-a precedent for the ‘n movement in this (and possibly in Can- | ceement, approved by | office of the Corpor- 'sAontreal and with the ' mal office in Chica- les a clause granting fn security, and con- _ visions for a guaran- / aal wage, payable for -vur week 52 weeks of The agreement estab- ‘ie precedent, of the /d annual~ wage for E in that industry. E> gains recorded by the 'lude a joint application -:gional Labor Relations \oking upward revisions 10 cents to 15 cents per i holidays with pay. ‘ 4 the union, told P.A.: Fa aranteed annual wage is © .¢ that has been fought mhe United States, and I now of any case in this = in which it has been a It is something that =| are entitled to who are ; devote their entire time rbonic Corporation. have rst class,” White stated. jnanteed Annual — Boilermakers the. full extent in signing this Lume of work, all permanent em- “The company has cooperated to agreement and before it was signed the agreement received the approval of head offices in both Canada and the ~ United States: The attitude of this com- pany is considerably different to that expressed by the Canadian Liquid Air, a similar concern, with whom we have had con- siderable trouble in the past and who have carried on a fighht against the establishment of our union in their plants.” In.,establishing the precedent of a guaranteed annual wage, the Boilermakers have establish- ed a _beach-head in the fight of the ‘labor movement as a whole to establish security of income for trade unionists. In principle it means that regardless of vol- ployees of the company will re- ceive pay for fifty-two full forty- four hour weeks of the year, in- cluding holidays and slack peri- ods. If work is not available, it will be in the interests of the company to find employment for all permanent employees. “‘The Boilermakers have set a mark: for the whole labor move- ment. to- aim at,” stated Bill White. “Many other unions, in their efforts to establish stabil- ization of wage fluctuation in seasonal employment and other employment, will greet the ach- jievement of the guaranteed .an- nual wage by the Boilermakers as a step toward general accep-- tance by employers.” + Compliments lay Llewellyn Douglas 5 ote [ARDS and HASTINGS weave, snonuneuanesonavensadantevs WAND STUDIG “Anything With a Camera” 8 KE. Hastings St. PAc. 7644 VAN COUVER, B.C. were made provisional for . one year. Citrine said that “unless this was done he would support Walter Schevenels, secretary of the prewar International Fed- eration of Trade. Unions, who he: said, is better know in the labor nt than Saillant. However, “strong speeches by Leon Touhaux “of ‘France “and Vasili Kuznetzov ‘of the USSR, Citrine withdrew his, qualification...) = The permanent headquarters of 18-man constitution committee aber but he beli eves wa a de cent wag é chose CIO delegation head Sidney ~ is boss. So he helps on. the picket line of Building 1 Union, (AFL) in New York. _ “Hillman to present its report to the conference, which was also on a unanimous vote, The fact that Hillman was elected reflects the remarkable role he’ and: the CIO delegation have played in ‘recon- cilmg sharply conflicting opin- jons and producing unity.-from a situation which © at’. =times. ference. ; The following were elected to Arts Guild Winter Schedule Colin. Ashdown, British bari- tone and featured artist of Thea- tre Under the Stars, now resi- dent in Vancouver, will be guest artist on the 24th Peoples’ Con- cert program, Sunday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m., in Pender Audi- torium. Other attractions on this sec- ond concert of the 1945 series, conducted by the Labor Arts Guild under the direction of John Goss and sponsored by the Van- couver Labour Council, will in- elude. Adeline O’Brien, soprano; Smyth Humphreys, violinist; Evelyn Olivier, pianist; Moira MacDonald, ‘flautist; Irish danees by Tighe, Mecredy and his daughter Pat; the Sylvan String Quartette, with Elizabeth Hennings, first violin, Betty Hernon, second violin, Annette Coates, viola, and Margaretta Hughes, ’cello; and the Swing Low Quartete, well-known CBR artists, with the three Proctor Sisters and Alexander Price, in Negro spirituals. GREETINGS to P.A. from DR. W. J. CURRY CUKTUUDCOLODOCGUETECEC CELE EO EES TER SOCS ECCS EOSESUSCLOLTELESE ST UOSOUERUUULTUOOTURUODRDUOTOCD OED HOMEMADE HASTINGS BAKERY < > ADVOCATE — PAGE 3 aux and Benoit Frachon for. France; A. E. Monk for Aus-| ‘tralasia; Chu Hsueh-fan for/ China; Brian Goodwin for Af- + America and the West Indies. | the federation will be Paris. An }- threatened to deadlock the ‘con-.}. North Americas Citrine and Eb-|. by Edwards for Britain; - douh=|" rieat Vicente Lombardo Tole- dano and Lazaro: Pena for Latin Giusseppe Di. io (italy) for southern Europe; Kazimir Witaszewski " (Poland) for . east- ern and ‘central Europe; E.. ; pe ‘Latin .America 23, P rica: 1; trade departments. 3-. White Paper On Palestine TORONTO, Oct. 6—Tim Buck, National .eader of the Labor- Progressive Party, has, today, addressed the following appeal ‘to Mr. J. L. Ilsley, acting prime minister to take action upon the increasingly critical situation in connection with the British bar- riers against Jewish ‘immigration into Palestine: ce “Try view of the critcal developments in Palestine I appeal to-you as acting head of Dominion Government to urge Prime Minister Attlee and his Government to abrogate the British White Paper on Palestine immediately and open the doors to country. The urgent desire of numbers of Jewish survivors ‘to escape from the scenes of their terrible experiences in Europe) to get away from the scene of Hitier’s frightful campaign to exterminate. them physically as a people, is the concern of all democratic, people. : “The deep and understandable desire of Jewish people all also:a matter of concern to all democratic people. Their great wartime contribution to the cause of the United Nations gives the Jewish’ people ‘a strong moral right to demand that the historic promise made to them by Britain and endorsed by the United States and other countries should now be honored. “Tn the name of the Labor-Progressive Party and hundreds ple appeal to you to urge the British Government to abrogate its White Paper and open the doors to the Jewish’ survivors of Hitler terror who desire to enter Palestine now.” ive Buck Urges Abrogation Of the hard pressed Jewish people now seeking admission: to that over the world to establish for themselves a national home is of thousands of democratic Canadian who feel strongly the need for action to honor the solemn promises made to the Jewish peo- OUEsOECOEEUROSKCREUUUUSAURSCURCRESSORGCGGEUISSUGUIUATECRROSECCUETG LE, Highest Prices Paid for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD, Other Valuable Jewellery Adeline Beauty Salon We Specialize. in PERMANENT WAVING 1148 Granville St. Opposite’ St. Helen's Horel MArine 6612 Est. 1905 719 Robson St. — VOUUPOUEUOCOOUEUOCUSUUTOSUEDETOES UOCUDODCROUUCEUCOUCSOUSCEOUEIEGL STAR LOAN CO. 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