Ed. Pearce Ceremony Lai “Organized labor in British Columbia, and throughout Canada,’ this week mourned the passing of one-of its ablest and most respected members, when trade unionists gath- ered in Boilermakers’ Auditorium to take part in the last Tites for Ed. Pearce, ae Ed - Pearce, “whose passing struck the whole labor move- ment with a deep sensé of per- sonal loss, died last. week in the manner of a soldier who dies on the fieldof battle, deep in the ground, victim -of a fall through two hundred feet cf dark space, in the mines he had worked so long to organize The ceremony had>a majestic simplicity. The service opened and the group of mourners heard John Goss, prominent Vancou- ver baritone, sing ‘the ~plaintive melodies of the “Hymn to a Fall- en Comrade.” A respectful hush ' fell over the union hall in which id To Rest ollern the flower-heaped coffin lay, as Harold Pritchett, District Pres- ident of the International Wood- workers of America, stood up to open the service:“He paid glow- ing tribute to the ‘memory of the deceased unionist, and called upon Danny O’Brien, District Repre- sentative CCL, who extolled Ed Pearce’s record in the labor movement. “| Perhaps the most touching and solemn: moment of the ‘service came when Harvey Murphy, union brother of Ed. Pearce and International Representative of the International Union of Mine, Mill ad.-Smelterworkers rose to Celebrated Artiste Feature Of Arts Guild Program — t Noel Taylor, newly engaged first ‘cellist “of the Van- couver Symphony Orchestra, will be'the distinguished guest artist at the 27th People’s Concert, ‘conducted by the Labor Arts Guild and sponsored by on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p. ‘s Mr. Taylor, a native of. -Cal- gary, studied at the _ Royal Schools in London under the great English cellist, Ivor James, and received a standing offer from the London Philhar- monic Orchestra. Preferring, however, to become with the music development of Canada, he has returned after Six years in the RCAF to become the latest addition to that com- pany of eminent musicians now residing in Vancouver. Mr. Tay- lor plays a 1t7h century Guarni- erious violincello, recognized as among the finest in existence. Other leading artists on this stellar program will include Margaret Fewster, well-known CBR contralto; Nora Polsky, vi- olinist; Kay Farmer in Spanish dances, with Ethel Kalangis at, the piano; Harry Powell, bari- tone; Pamela Hartman, pianist; the Tait String Ensemble; the Philomel Choir, under the direc- tion of Mildred Robertson Sey- mour; and Guild aecompanist, Phyllis Schuldt. “BRITISH COLUMBIA AT WORK” The second annual “British Columbia at Work” competitive art exhibition presented by the Labor Arts Guild in the Van- couver Att Gallery from Nov- ember 13 to December 2, will be officially opened by Elmore Philpott, Sun columnist and CBR (news commentator, on Wednesday evening, November 14, at 8 o’clock. Special opening features will also include the awarding of $500 in cash prizes contributed by British Columbia Trade Unions, which will be presented by iR. K. Gervin, Secretary, Van- couver and District Trades and Labor Council. Greetings will be extended -by John Turner, Sec- retary, Vancouver Labor Coun- cil, and Lawren Harris, National President, Federation of Cana- dian Artists. The well-known Tait Family String Ensemble will furnish music. during the evening, and refreshments. will identified | the Vancouver Labor Council, m., in the, Boilermakers’ Hall. iliary of the’ Gallery. A cerdial invitation is .extended to’ mem- bers of Organized Labor, artists and friends, to attend this open- ing event. A. S. Grigsby, curator of the Gallery, anounces that enquiries and entries received to date in- dicate this year’s show portray- ing the industrial and working life of this Province will surpass the successful 1944 exhibition in both size and standard. “British Columbia at Work” will this year make an increased contribution toward bringing Art, Labor and they Community into closer understnding and unity,” anticipates Johhi Goss, Guild: director. GUILD CLASSES Children’s Creative Art Class- es: Conducted Friday afternoons by Maedi Kals (ALma 0438-R), John Goss: Studio Theatre. 2 to 6 years, 2:00 to 3:30; 7 to 12 years, 4:00 to 5:30. Platform.and Stage Deport- ment: Conducted Saturdays, 3:30 p-m., by Alice Brewer (HAstings 4999-R),.641.-Granville St. _ Fundamentals. of Play Acting: Conducted -Mondays, 8:00 p-m.,; by Dorothy Somerset at Gordon House, 1005. Jervis: Phone Moira Armour, KErr. 2991-R. Dancing: Conducted by Paul- ine Hagman (HAst. 3092-Y), 1688 E. Ist Ave. Two Saturday children’s classes: 5 to 7 years, 10:00 a.m.; 8 to 12 years, 2:30 p-m. Girls’ Class, 13 to 25 years, Monday evenings, 8 o’clock. People’s Art Classes: Conduct- ed by Graphic Arts Group of the Guild on Friday evenings, 8 o’clock, in Faulkner Smith Stu- dios, Marine Bldg. Instruction by professional’ Group artists, assisted by W. P. Weston. Phone Ruth Wortman, FAir. 6397-L, for details regarding working groups in ‘elementary drawing. Writers’ Study Groups: Radio writing, conducted by Isabel Midmore, at Gordon House, ist and 3rd Mondays, 8 o’clock. Phone . Kitty Marcuse (MAr. 4905); also regarding -Short be served by the Women’s Aux- Story Workshop. PAGE 2 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE lakers pay a final tribute to the dead unionist. Murphy recalled the long' years of struggle in which Ed. Pearce had been a leader. He recalled the record of or- ganization that made Ed. Pearce a respected figure among the hardrock miners of Canada, a record that streched from Ze- ballos to the hardrock mines of the Arctic. He paid glowing tri- bute to Pierce’s work in organ- izing the mine in which he died, and recalled Pearce’s efforts in organizing the “tough company town of Trail.” As the service closed,’ John Goss sang “Joe Hill,” the song of tribute to one of the giants of trade union history, and in every mind the words seemed fitting and applicable to the life of ‘Ed: Pearce. - The pall-bearers raised. the coffin,; and carried it slowly down the steps and out of the hall. As Ed. Pearce was placed in the hearse, it seemed that thousand of trade unionists throughout Canada and the Unit- ed States, in the depths of the mines in the Interior in the -coal- fields of Vancouver Island, deep inthe earth in Nevada, Idaho, Colorado and Montana in the United States, paused in. their work, and ‘remembered the liv- ing symbol of many Ed. Pearces that the strong “mternational movement of organized labor represented. Two unions, the United Mineworkers of America and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelterworkers stad as a monument to the life of Pearce, who directed all of his energy to their organization From the tin mines ot Cornwall to the dark depths of Britannia, Ed. Pearce lived to better the lot of his fellow worker. As the hearse and cortge drew away from the curb, the front of the Boilermakers’ Hall stood as an example of the growth and strength of organized labor, and it was with sincere and deep feeling that unionists, many of whom knew Pearce only by repu- tation felt a moment's deep per- sonal sorrow, and mourned his passing. Labor Asks Minister’s Ouster The Saskatchewan Federation of Labor last week unanimously voted for the removal of the Provincial. Deputy Minister for his refusal to vote with organ- ized labor for a 35 cent per hour minimum wage for that prov- ince. The convention, which was attended by forty-four delegates representing organized labor from all sections of the prov- ince, also went on record as supporting the fight for improv- ment of social legislation. The two-day meeting was held in the Saskatchewan Hotel, in Regina. Harvey Murphy, attending the conference as representative of the B€Federation of Labor, was warmly greeted by the delegates, and addressed a Ford: Strike Rally, held in the Regina Town Hall. The president of the Unit - ed aFrmers of Saskatchewan also addressed the meeting. | Part: of 100,000 fur workers and their. fan | ined in voluntary tuberculosis detection progran | largest in any industry ever attempted in U.S. i Anti-Bigotry Launched Warm admiration for the fight of Frank: Sinatra, well