THE BCG LUMBER WORKER CONSCRIPTION ‘The favorite subject of false leaders oday is conscription. Organizations, ups and individuals, certainly un- representative of organized workers, have ‘been vociferously demanding conscrip- ‘tion of wealth, industry and labor. In ‘existing conditions this means, in effect, ‘conscription of labor only, The experi- ence of the British people has shown clearly that Industrial conscription is used as a means of furthering the de- struction of trade unién rights and im- posing upon the workers conditions of industrial serfdom. There are also pow- erful tory forces in high places clamor- ing for military conscription; in fact, a prominent military authority was quoted in the Vancouver papers recently as hav- ing said, “Canada is making what may be the last voluntary call for recruits.” The King government has repeatedly pledged itself against conscription for overseas service and in that pledge we unanimously support the policy of the government. The Canadian people are opposed to any kind of coercion of men to enlist in the armed forces, because coercion runs counter to Canadian de- mocracy. It negates the basic democratic rights we are informed we are fighting for. The Canadian people reject abso- lutely the claim of fascist totalitarian- ism that an individual must give un- questioning obedience to the state lead- ers, whether right or wrong. Neither the state nor any other power has the right to compel a person to engage in that which his beliefs declare to be a wrong- ful act. Conscription cannot achieve any- thing except to create irritation, bitter= hess, a sense of intolerance and universal dissatisfaction, which is destructive of na- tional unity and leads to deep internal divisions of long duration, just as it did in the last war, Conscription is contrary to the desires of the vast majority of the er © Canadian people, and that vast majority | ean and must insist that the government adhere to its oft-stated pledge, and not deceive the people, Dividends i CIO militant strike policy has brought more than $50,000,000 in annual wage in- creases to its members, AFL no-strike Policy is making it harder for AFL mem- bers to win wage increases. This didn’t stop the five railroad brotherhoods from following in CIO foot- steps to demand 30 per cent wage in- ereases for 350,000 workers. This would put another $168,000,000 in pockets of Am- erican workers, “Tho greater the difficulties are, the stronger we resist. The final vi must be ours.”—Dr, P, D, Chang, in “China Today, HANEY TAILORS WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION! Santen eet ese e nents . ’ When In Vancouver $ é eee Sena a eeenecennnnl IWA Lauds Murray Position On Troops Following is the text of a message from International President 0. M. Orton to CIO President Philip Mur- ray, sent June 16: “Your forthright and unequivocal statement on the position of the CIO condemning the use of American troops to break strikes thus creating forced labor, your charge that the work or fight edict of draft board constitutes a flagrant abuse of the conscription law, your condemnation of any move by the National Defense Mediation Board to usurp or be given the authority to impose compulsory arbitration or interfere in any way with the base rights of Iabor, meets with the full approval of the IWA and its membership. Rest assured that we shall carry out your request for action || at once in support of your categorical denunciation of the administration's present labor policy. Your courageous and inflexible stand in behalf of the basic rights of free labor merits the support of every sincere and liberty loving American. O. M. ORTON, President, International Woodwork- ers of America.” IMPORTANT MEETS (Continued from Page One) part in finding a solution to the prob- lems of increased wage taxes, heavy taxes on travel to and from the job, refrigeration for food carried on the Union boats, higher wages and better working conditions which can be ob- tained through SIGNED UNION AGREEMENTS. The time: THURS- DAY, JULY 3rd, 7 pm. The place — EIFTH FLOOR, HOLDEN. BLDG... VANCOUVER. Loggers’ Dance. On July 4th the Midsummer Loggers Ball will be held in the Embassy Ball- ;7oom, Davie St. Vancouver. Good music, j Valuable prizes, refreshments, and every- thing that goes to make for a good time will be available. Come and meet your friends where all loggers meet twice a year 38 KILLED (Continued from Page 1) A delayed report has come in of the death on May 26, of Alex Berisoff, a Doukhobor logger, employed in the cutting of fence posts for Stanmore and Lindstrom at Salmo, about 25 miles south of Nelson. Berlsoff was killed when struck by a falling tree top. A later report recelved regarding the death of Hjalmar Larson, who was re- ported in our last issue as having been accidentally killed, shows that he died of natural causes, having suffered a, heart attack on his first day at work after an illness. W. G. MANSON, D.C. CHIROPRACTOR PALMER GRADUATE The latest technique in X-Ray Service used in this Office 602 Dominion Bank Building Marine 9718 (Opposite Cenotaph) ne aesseencecunce E> () E> () E> 0D 0 SEED 0 GED 07 PALACE CAFE 41 WEST CORDOVA STREET 988 GRANVILLE ST. A Satisfied Customer is Our Best Advertisement 100% UNION HOUSE LABOR AND THE LAW By y ATTORNEY JOHN STANTON (PC 7440 Continued) You will remember that the first part of PC 7440 pegs wages at the 1926-29 level by ordering Arbitration Boards to recog- nize that the wage level then. prevailing is “generally fair and reasonable.” But what happens if the 1926-29 level is found to be higher than the prevailing wage today? In that case PC 7440 re- quires Arbitration Boards to limit a wage increase in any one year, if granted, to five per cent of existing wages. This is a point often overlooked by unions in their campaign against PC 7440, It is perfectly true, as Unions say, that this order-in-council “pegs wages.” But the “peg” is not always inserted even at 1926-29 levels. It can be lower. And it must by law be lower if to restore the 1926-29 level would result in wages higher than those prevailing today in a given industry or locality. The full implications of this order are not often realized. It means in effect, that if employers since 1929 have succeeded in forcing wages in a given industry or locality downwards, these wages cannot now be restored to the 1929 level. They must remain below it except for a maximum annual in- crease of five per cent. Note also the words “industry or lo- cality.” They permit a Board full free- dom to set wages in one locality at lower levels than those prevailing in the same industry elsewhere. For example, if a new steel workers’ union in Quebec, -where— wages’ ‘até “generally low, “seeks” a wage increase, it is useless for that union to prove that in the same steel industry in Ontario higher wages prevail. The question might well be asked whether a union going to arbitration for higher wages might find the Board order- ing lower wages than those already being paid. PC 7440 does not go quite that far because it provides that established wage rates in effect as of December 19, 1940, “ought not to be reduced by reason of any principle herein set out.” You will note, however, the word “ought” which means that a Board would, technically speaking, be free to lower wage rates now being paid in an arbitration in which a union was seeking a wage increase. Of course, it is doubtful whether a Board would go to such lengths in view of the above provisions; but it is nevertheless a possibility, Join the TWA and Help Boost Page Five In Defense Of Interned Labor Leaders One of the first principles guaranteed by. a democratic nation is personal lib- erty. No person suspected of an offence should be deprived of his freedom until he has had a fair trial in an open court with a-full right to present his side of the case. 5 The people of England established this right in Magna Charta, wherein it states, “No free man is to be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed or outlawed or exiled or in any way destroyed—except by legal judgment of his peers,” Yet, here in-Canada today, people are being quietly removed to concentration camps without trial’ and without any charges being laid and consequently with no possibility of defending themselves. Many of those thus interned are prom- inent labor leaders, such as International Vice-President C. S. Jackson of the United Electric, Radio and Machine Workers of America (CIO),. who was spirited away this week in the latest “Gestapo-act” of the R.C.M.P. This is happening here and now and is made possible by Section 21 of the De- fense of Canada Regulations. A group of interested people, trying te obtain justice for these interned labor leaders, have formed the Committee for the Release of Labor Internees, From June 15 to July 15 a campaign will be conducted to establish a fund with which to carry on ‘this work, as legal advice and other necessary expenses will be in- curred. The committee, in launching this cam- paign, urges everyone to assist them fin- ancially. Further information may be obtained from the chairman of the com- mittee; Mrs, -McKean,-at HIgh. 0900-¥, 2561 Cambridge Street, Vancouver, Those labor leaders who are trying to convince people that Roosevelt is still “liberal” will have a very hard time, After all, there isn’t any “liberalism” in the steel of a bayonet! HASTINGS AUDITORIUM 828 EAST HASTINGS ST. High. 3248 Four separate halls for your weddings, meetings, socials, dances, etc, etc, Reasonable Rates. | PAc, 3918/ NOTICE! ARE YOU GOING AWAY?—Suits or Overcoats stored, 250 a month. Pressing done while you walt. 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