fees B ‘ he primary rule of haintenance of objec- | proposal of yours eve to “maintain the £ big business’ at. fpr. Here’s how they ]u are not on that aral,-and it will be f1 help them: f create job scarcity. /yment. "ey tell veterans to =-erans’ jobs. ©Y provoke non-vet- at to hold their jobs. whey sit back with ee to enjoy the bat @ help veterans (and = S are workers) by 3 full employment. - at decent wages. 5 only answer. And nly solution to the -auployment crisis. I as a veteran, Gen- .eister, profoundly it So soon after V-J ly vets are unem- _ veterans and veter- “re will be waiting er to the question: le are you on, Gen- _ ster? : ON DRIVERS #.° HASTINGS St. -ess and Hastings Z st. 0334 s = ; Electronic Radio 3 & SERVICE (stings — 442 Main ; PA. 1813 § ry = ON ALL RADIOS | Used Radios and =.cal Appliances 7’ loy May, \ book, French Canada, | ART. of B.C. | Auditerium _ilermakers) — ING ALLEYS nd Small Halls Rentals 9481 STANTON _ ‘ister-Solicitor ‘tary Public lolden Building Night AL: 2177M Eo 766 E. Hastings 13s Steam Baths icouver, B.C. »DAY and NIGHT rt Masseurs In ; Attendance os z> EEETINGS to , PLA. from . lee STANLEY B. RYERSON Noted Author Visits City Stanley B. Ryerson, prominent Canadian author and National Educational Director of the La- bor-Progressive Party, arrived in Vancouver this week, and ad- dressed a membership meeting of the LPP, a public meeting in Boilermakers’ Hall, and a ‘series of smaller meetings. A detailed report covering these meetings will appear in our next issue. Ryerson is well known to pro- gressive people for his two books, “French Canada” and “1837, Birth cf Canadian Democracy.” In his Ryerson related the growth and struggles of the French Canadian people as a battle for social betterment. “1837, Birth of Canadian De- mocracy’’ is the’ story of the struggle for responsible govern- ment in Canada, and is the first work published in Canada deal- ing with the French and English uprisings as part of the united move of the Canadian people to- ward freedom. Following his stay in Vancou- ver, Ryerson will return east where he will re-assume his du- ties as LPP Educational Direc- tor. SUQUSREESCRERERSSCOCEAUSECSCEUNCRAPRZSSLORCERIGERCRESSERRS SPEED ARES For Advanced Styles in Ladies’ Dresses, Coats, and Suits SHOP AT Vogue Ladies Apparel 932 Granville St. _- Vancouver, B.C. Trades Council Sees Job Crisis Vancouver’s ‘No. 1’ Problem Vancouver's unemployment crisis, now-the city’s number one problem, took first place in the discussion at this week’s regular meeting of the AFL Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. Highlighted by proposals from two délegates—-Sam Shearer of the Rail- way Carmen and William Rigby of the United Fishermen—that organized labor take the lead in forming a powerful unemployed orgovernment buck-passing, delegate take the.floor to sharply criticize government buck-passing, the need for closer labor-veteran cooperation. Discussion arose directly out of the council executive’s recom- mendation to send Sécretary R. K. Gervin as a delegate to the City Hall unemployment confer- ence called for Wednesday by Mayor J. W. Cornett. “We've. gone around the cir- cle and now we're right back where we started,’’ commented William Rigby. “Three months ago we went to City Hall to urge action on the V-J Day lay- offs. From . there -we went to | Victoria, then Ottawa, and now we’re going back to City Hall. Conferences are all right, but from labor’s point of view, a successful conclusion to. such conferences can be expected only ‘when our delegates are backed up by our organized strength.” Rigby urged that Gervin be backed up at City Hall by rep- resentatives of every affiliated union, and proposed further that ‘it was time. the trade unions started making plans to organ- ize the thousands of unemployed veterans and workers in Vancou+ ver under labor guidance.’ A similar position was taken by Delegate Shearer, who assert- ed “we are in an emergency just as important as the war emerg- ency.” “Tt’s not enough to send one delegate to City Hall,” he declar- ed, reminding delegates of the un- employtd struggles of the nine- teen-thirties. “We should become the leader of the unemployed, and fight side by side with them in the demand for works projects and a square deal for the return- ing veterans.” Pleas from other delegates for picketing of the City Hall and a mass delegation to the mayor’s conference were, however, turn- WAND STUDIG “Anything With a Camera” 8 E. Hastings St. PAc. 7644 VANCOUVER, B.C. ‘S cODOTOUOUODUDCURNODGUEQORSOUURD ESEPOCSURCRCSREDRUCESERESER ' and to emphasize and o emphasize ed down by the council presi- dent Birt Showler. A sharp warning that “cer- tain industrialists” in Vancouver were making a strong bid to sow dissension between labor and the veterans was also voiced at the meeting. The issue arose out of an ad- dress to delegates by C. A. Per- kins, representing the Airforce Association branch of the Cana- dian Legion, who was asking for the council’s support in his or- ganization’s attempt to erect a building in Vancouver. for re- turned RCAF veterans. “We feel we have much in common with organized labor,’ Perkins told delegates. “Many of us will be joining unions, and we are going to strive at all times for the utmost coop- eration between the labor move- men and the returning service- men,” he concluded amid ap- plause. ' Unionists immediately tok the floor to second Perkin’s remarks and! to pledge the fullest coop- eration from their unions. Alex Gordon, United Fishermen, pro- posed that council sponsor a mass “MOVING-TRANSFER” ASH BROTHERS CARTAGE 2239 CAMBIE — FA. 0469 rally sponsored jeintly by the AFL and CCL at which veteran and jobless problems could be aired. Turning to other matters, council unanimously endorsed a resolu- tion presented by the Canadian Seamen’s Union asking immedi- ate amendment of Section 2491E of the Canada Shipping Act, which deals with union organ- ization and “combining to de- lay the sailing of a ship.” It was under this clause of the act that erchant ‘seamen were re- cently charged and convicted in Vancouver courts of “mutiny”’ and other allegedly “subversive” actions. A letter from John Turner, secretary of the CCL Vancouver Labor Council, asking that the AFL body continue its present joint action in the political field by placing union candidates in the North Vancouver. civic elec- tion, was referred to the council Political Action Committee for a report. _ Vancouver local of the Sheet Metal Workers. union announced by letter it had collected $200 for the Ford strikers. Highest Prices Paid for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD, Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. Est. 1905 719 Robson St. MAr. 2622 Grandview Funeral Chapel COMMERCIAL DRIVE at KITCHENER STREE > HAstings 0083 ne Completely Remodelled and Renovated Owned and Operated by Simmons and McBride QGURAZSEERSEAASSEESapeOSED MR. CLARE SMALL, Manager MAGAZINES BOOKLETS NEWSPAPERS and JOB PRINTING of all DESCRIPTIONS EAST END 2303 E. Hastings W. J. CURRY A &, ADVOCATE — PAGE 7 QUALITY and SERVICE PRINTERS HA. 0095 first big retail stores in civilian clothes. discount. fi Discount To Returned Men The Army & Navy Department Stores Ltd. were the veterans a 10 per cent discount on their purchases of Several other stores in Vancouver are now giving discharged personnel a 10 per cent This fine gesture of material help is more appreciat- ed by our boys than fancy speeches and should, in our opinion, be copied by mere merchants. Army & Navy Dept. Stores Vancouver and New Westminster Canada to offer returned FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945