thousand striking i oaesuoreniehe hold: protest rally pew contract “which fa ils to correct abuses: q \ anepusier,: 5 “New Westminster and ‘District Trades >or Council this week urged on the provincial gov- 40- -hour week with - securing information ports the, growing. .de- ‘organized labor. for, 2 >f earning power, the hé§ adoption ~ ‘of the 40- mum work week was je demand of. the: All- ~eterans Reconyersion for the immediate: 4 ee ©2 delegates.. rmack, New Westmin- #5 ‘Railwaymen, , opposed | ittee resolution, point- at the demand. for the eek wrould cause “oon- 4 snd Sunular eS were alresily °working a ork week. - Sam Shearer: how- ‘med=up. the feeling of ng by stating that the © of the Trades Council + realists. The 30-hour ‘ile desirable, is not as € as an immediate “‘ob- He pointed out) that \for the thirty-hour |} ould cause conftsion = rest of the orgarized vement throughout Can~} engaged in a fight for y-hour week. 1endment, introduced by tees, Civic.. Employees _ which: stated -that the week motion ‘should be back to the committee rwhelmingly defeated. ort was presented by the Council delewate-:to the ration of Labor Ford onference held last week- l the Trades Council vot- idorse the report. send a tative to the Federation Committee and support C ADVOCATE — PAGE ruck ‘off “for the. oats — ork. week without im- | of the shorter. work ha “{mission and the “city ~ fathers” were Sees by ‘a b Delegate: for the strikers. Che Town Planning Commis- sion ‘came under sharp fire from delegates ‘of the union, in discus- sion arising: out of an ‘invitation for. the “Trades: Council: to- send two: delegates to ‘a special meet- 3- | ine of the Town Planning Com- mittee to be held in the Hotel Ete te Shearer demanded h Town Planning Com- 'shéuld:be less concerned with im- “proving “Kitsilano and Point Grey and get down to ‘doing something about the ‘conditions in Vancouver Centre and Hast- ‘ings East.” Other points raised at the Tradés Council meeting included:. -@- A demand that the Trades of statements made at the con- vention of British Trades Union Congress by Robert Noble, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada delegate, which attacked the new World Trade Union Fed- eration. The-Trades Council will demand an. actual text of his statements ‘and whether such statements ‘were authorized by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. <@ The Canadian Seamen’s ‘Unions. ‘demand, that merchant seamen ‘returning to Canada _|since September 17 be accorded the same privilege with regard to the provincial franchise as those extended to returning serv- icement was endorsed by the Council. ' A demand for a complete ex- planation of the expulsion of Courtenay Ward for his sup- port of the World Trade Union Federation was. endorsed by the meeting. A further report is to be presented regarding the atti- tude of AFL President Wiliam ~Green. a Couneil. demand an explanation |’ Daniel O’Brien,’ President- of ‘the Federation, spéaking ‘to: ‘the conference, stated: “This fight is -the..fight..of every organized - worker ..in Canada. If the Ford Motor - Company is successful in forc- ing the striking workers back to work without union security, 20 on an all ow British Columbia trade uni fight of the striking workers 0 delegates from many affiliated eration of Labor. Delegates a mination to speed all aid possib _ campaign will be: ‘undertaken: t6 assure public. Support. ttending the convention B.C. Federation Rallies To Support Ford Strikers -- Raises Funds ons gave further evidence of their all-out support of the f the Windsor Ford Motor Company last weekend, as locals attended a special conference called by the BCFed- recorded unanimously their deter- le: to: “the Ford,-employees,, and £ave, evidence that a, great _ye know that this would be'the ||’ the | ‘trade cal, * golidate. their own” urions Turgines and: ‘ebsit “the! t ghvernment meet the’ “necessity of’ Bringing” the, facts of ‘the: Ford ‘strike élearly. before..the. membership. | A five-point ‘resolution Was “in | troduced: to the’’cortérencée*and delegates went-on record as: e Demanding. Government. in- tervention to,force the, Ford. Motor actionary-Tory candidate. movement. been stronger. os Guthrie F acieee Tory | .. The: ; ‘Cowwichan-Newcastle Constituentys: Gaminittee:. of . the | Labor Progressive Party: has authorized issuance of the follow- ing statement outlining its position in relation: to: the: Provincial election campaign in this: constituency. ~ a4 2 : “Tn Cowichan- Newcastle the coalition is ‘running a re- ’ Captain whose past record in the Legislature has been one of op- position to improvement of social and labor legislation. On the other hand, the sitting member for this constitueqcy, Sam Guthrie, has put forward a progressive position in the Legislature and has had the support of a united labor Sam Guthrie has not opposed labor unity, his position for such unity of progressive forces could have In view of the situation prevailing. in this constituecy and particularly the threat of a Tory victory, the Labor- Progressive Party joins with the rest_of the labor and pro- gressive movement for the re-election ‘of. Sam Guthrie and for the defeat of the Tory, Captain: McGregor - Bicintoske McGregor “McIntosh, although Steeves “Too requested by telegrams to meet with the LPP candidate, who. stressed the importance of dis- eussing labor unity in front of the electorate of ~the riding, Mrs. Steeves deftly side-stepped any possibility of debate. The telegram to Mrs. stated: “Issues of labor unity of vital concern to electorate of North Vaneouver. Open and frank dis- cussion of this problem between Mrs. D. Steevyes and. Austin De- lany is in the interest of labor. Our candidate personally re- quests the opportunity of a pub- lic debate at, your convenience.” Steéves stated: : election day has been fully filled up with meetings, and I there- fore regret that I -will not be able to accept the invitation of ‘discuss | unity,” stated, Austin Delany. in}, “and I] The reply, received this week,. “My time between now. and Busy”. u To Debate With Delany — Further evidence’ of the unwillingness. -of ‘CCF election’| candidates to be pinned down to frank°and> open discussions of the issue of labor unity. was evident this week in the re- fusal of Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, North Vancouver, to meet’on a public platform with. Austin | Delany, LPP candidate for North Vancouver. incumbent CCF MLA. for . Although the LPP to, discuss. the question of “unity.”’ ~However, I suggest that there are a number of. meet- ings scheduled.im the riding of North Vancouver and other rid- ings at which candidates of all political parties will be given the opportunity to address citizens’ organizations...... Differences of opinion between the various po- litical parties’ can be fully dis- cussed’on these occasions.” “There are, however, only two such meetings scheduled for North Vancouver between now and election day, and there will be little “or no_ opportunity to the matter of labor an. interview with P.A., feel: that in effect, Mrs. Steeves’ reply is in effect.a refusal. ‘to! debate publicly on this import-. ant isssue.” -mittee,on, the. Ford Strike a }in “the provinces KEES tnvelved, TW, _ ‘special speaktrowho will address patehe Fabliesy OT LA: ized PyoGon- 1 Windsor. | was. immediately =with! the: Labor: rep- sresentatives -on, their _|dust. ,-de- mands. nA @ Urging ‘Full equipliance ath the recommendation of the C4na- dian Congress: of: Labor.isub-com- £ one days’ pay ‘from er “Of Coneress unions lection every m ISO, Sah WE dpecints =@Omh — “@ Election of"! bmittee-be electedkc aa support -for strikers, Extension. : of. ‘the ‘Unité Automobile f Americal requéstingia . ‘the were solid ‘in. be ite oo thie Ford strikers, which offered:iaelearin- i| ;dication of the ‘importance, ,yeith which organized..labor..,in this province views the ‘struggle’ “an Reports “from” varidus unions‘indicate that the :“Day’s | Pay??;eampaign to' rally financial aid,to:the..strikers has already met with, fine results, many local unions having received donations from members prior to the con- ference. To popularize the cam-- paign, the committee has issued buttons which will be worn by workers contributing to the strike fund. Members of the Windsor-Ford Strike Committee include: Daniel O’Brien, Chairman; D. Radford, Vice-chairman; Harold Pritchett, Secretary; J ohn Turner, Haryey Murphy, Eileen Tallman, Mal- colm MacLeod, Bert Adair, T. MacDonald, K. Smith, and — K. Peaker | ~ Union Withdraw From CCF Regina Sask — The dissatis- faction of the trade union “ancve- ment with many phases” UE OCr government policy inthis: prov- ince has become further~évidént with the withdrawal of one of the important’ CCL unions of the city from CCF affiliation. The “Industrial “Oil - Workers Union, ‘Local No. 16f Regina, an affiliate of the CCL. at a. recent withdraw. their affiliation ‘from the CCF. movement as, a protest against CCF government policy in regard, to’ trade, union. oe The Is specific. question, which their. protest. was A ed the. failure _of the, CCF government to enforce. ‘recom- mendations of the Saskatche- wan Labor Relations: Board ‘Tre- lative to thé)! Saskatchewan Trade. Unions:: Act; :which the CCF government: placed ‘:on the statute: books:of the ‘Province in October of 1944. : Other’ “Valuable Jewellery’ STAR. LOAN CO. Ltd. - ,-Bst. 1905 =o: 719: ‘Robzon: St. JMEAgr. 2622 eS a ee SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20; 1945 ae it ast ae ere,