Twin - District = Commission Is Appointed To Gain Final Settlement SEATTLE, Wash. — “Clearly and fin- ally” refusing an employers’ demand to include “yellow dog” union maintenance terms in its recommendations, the Media- tion Board July 2 announced it would proceed “within a few days” to appoint a commission to investigate the unsettled issues in the twin-districts. The board’s refusal was a stinging moral defeat for the employers in as much as it once again affirmed that they should immediately enter collective bargaining with the union and confirmed again the elimination of the “yellow dog” proposals from the June 13 settlement. Since the operators defy the labor laws of the land and refuse to negotiate, how- ever, the board declared its only al- ternative was to appoint a commission to seek a settlement of the dispute, While employers maneuvered to whittle down the concessions already granted, twin-district local unions were resolutely digging in this week to protect the gains they have won. President Karly Larsen of Northern Washington District Council, sent a let- ter to the locals detailing immediate ac- tion to be taken in preserving these gains, Larsen urged the membership to de- mand the flat $1.00 increase over the rates of last September and reject the present attempt of operators to sluff off this raise by applying a substitute of fome small sum such as 4 and 5 cents per thousand on busheling rates. If operators are allowed to pay-a few cents per thousand instead of the flat $1.00 per day, they will be able to hullify the raise by manipulating the bushel scale, INTIMIDATION (Continued from Page 1) been intimidated, ete. Hundreds of work- ers In the plant have already signed a petition that they struck of their own accord because G.E. refused to bargain. Another worker told the delegates from Toronto, Hamilton, Peterboro, Brock- ville and Montreal that the RCMP had visited his home and questioned his jan- itor about his personal habits and whether he ever held meetings there, in an effort to obtain information for the prosecutions. Substantial organizational progress was reported. Tay JOHN STANTON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 503 Holden Building 16 East Hastings St, Marine 5746 LONDON Jewellers DIAMOND BROKERS 70 West Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C, The London Jewellers has reopened under new management, We take pride in the work we do and cater especially to workers. We specialize in Waltham, Elgin and Hamilton watches and all our work is guaran- teed or your money refunded, Mail orders are attended to promptly. THE BC. LUMBER WORKER July 22, 1941 4 Solid” on Proposal NEWS and VIEWS By EVAN LANE From Latvia, washed by the Baltic Sea, to Vladivostock in the Soviet Far East, in the cities, towns and villages of the vast Soviet territory, thousands of meetings were held on June 22 to affirm the Soviet peoples determination to resist and defeat the Nazi invaders. This is the stirring story told in Moscow despatches. Hardly had Foreign Minister V M, Molotoy concluded his historic radio speech, than millions of Soviet citi- zens were hurrying to meetings. In one of Moscow's aircraft factories, the workers, having listened to Molotov's grave announcement, decided to worl double shift to over-fulfill thelr produc- tion quota. Workers at the “Sickle and Hammer” metallurgical plant in Mos- cow immediately assured the government that “our whole people will fight for the fatherland, for honor and for freedom.” ‘At the Stalin automobile plant, workers adopted a resolution declaring: “The Red army and Soviet people will not only put an end to the war but also to fascism, will once and for all destroy this scum of the human race. Every one of us is prepared to' give his life in defense of the Soviet country.” In the capital of Kazakhstan, 25,000 people gathered to approve the govern- ment's action in. ordering the Red army ‘to clear the country of the Nazi planes in the early hours of the morning. All workers and office employees came to work at nine o'clock, despite the fact that it was a free day, e@ Prominent professional workers, writ- ing in Pravda, voiced the universal confidence of the Soviet people. “We Imow the struggle to be a hard one,” declared Kapitza, the eminent psysicist, “and that it will demand much of us. But the whole world will see that never before in the history of mankind was a country so united, so consolidated, as is the Soviet Union.” And Hero of the Soviet Union Baidu- kov, Chkaloy's co-pilot, wrote: “The peo- ple of the Soviet Union have constructed hundreds of thousands of plants, fac- tories and collective farms which will give the Red army weapons and every- thing else needed for warfare. e Pravda, in a feature article describing how the people of Moscow reacted to the Nazi invasion, declares: “Persons not over-observant would not have noticed anything unusual, As in the morning, life in a city flooded with sunshine after mid-day continued on its normal, unhurried course befitting a day of rest. “Everything appeared to be as usual. There was no tumult, no haste. only a discerning eye could perceive a general intensity that laid its seal on the whole life of a great flourishing city. It was as though the faces of the people all of a sudden underwent a change, touched by simple and resolute determination. They became resrved in speech and gestures, viewed things with a steady glance, walked with a firmer step, compressed lips more determinedly. .. . “Tn all his perfidy the enemy reckon- ing on catching us unawares miscalcu- lated from the very first minute. We knew that the flame of an all-European conflagration was raging on the other side of the frontier, creeping ever closer to us. “Loyal to every letter, to every word of our agreements and pacts, we pre- served neutrality and tranquility, engaged in our labors. But we knew that the hour might come when all international proprieties would be discarded, when. all laws of human conscience would be for- _ MALASPINA GARAGE (Opposite Malaspina Hotel) NANAIMO, B.C, ° Fleet of 10 New 1941 CHEV. U-DRIVES REASONABLE RATES... PROMPT SERVICE gotten, and the foe who had so brazenly revealed himself would try to push his pig's snout into our Soviet garden. @ “This day has come. .. . It was for the sake of this day and for what will follow in its wake that we sometimes sacrificed our sleep, often denied ourselves a great deal, learned to treasure every minute of our labor, every kopek of the people and the state which have now gone into de- fence of the country. , . . “Everybody became nearer and dearer to one another, everybody is united by one deep striving, to repulse and destroy the foe — this black pestilence of Europe. “at plants where speeches full of sin- cerity and wrath had just rung out, the deep silence of people working at their machines with inspired energy was just as expressive... . “The sun had set in a rose-tinted glow. It was the close of the day in Moscow, June 22. Blue twilight descended over fir trees at the Kremlin Wall, and facing each other, standing motionless as if hewn out of granite, stood the guards at the entrance of the Mausoleum of Lenin. They stood silent, faces full of concentration and immovable, as they had stood yesterday, as they will always stand.” Robbing the People Like a thief in the night, price in- creases are quietly robbing the nation’s workers of hard-earned wage gains. If the upward price trend is allowed to continue, recent wage increases may be offset by extra expenses for the necessi- ties of life. There are three main items in the workers’ budget—food, rent and clothing —and it is in these three things that the greatest price increases are being noted. Once more it is about to be dem- onstrated that “war booms” are simply an illusion insofar as actually raising the workers’ standards of living are con- cerned. The Canadian food index Is 7.7 higher than when the European war began and Gov't figures for Vancouver show an 11.6% increase. In the average workers’ budget, food accounts for about 40% of all expenses. An increase in food prices hits hardest the lowest income groups because they spend more of their income at the grocery. It must also be pointed out that this does not take into account the increase in National Defence tax this month of 3 and 4%, and the de- crease in taxation exemptions, Rents take an average of from one- fourth to one-third of workers’ total spendings, and these, too, are on the up- ward grade almost everywhere, Rents of families that pay less than $30 a month show higher increases than rents of those who pay more than that sum to the landlord. This means that such fami- lies skimp on food and other necessities, causing malnutrition. Just as in the World War when the cost of living doubled, workers are faced with another period of spiraling prices. In that period food prices went up 119 percent, rent rose 58 per cent, and cloth- ing zoomed 177 per cent above pre-war levels. Government experts look for some- thing similar to occur again—and the answer this time as it was proven to be last time, rests in the building of a power- ful trade union movement, A Doctor’s Views On Trade Unions By DR. VIRGIL MacMIiCKLE Doctors, like all other people, must pay the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. To do this, they must receive fees for their services. And to receive fees, the men and women who work for wages must receive enough pay to be able to afford proper medical care. In a way, this is selfish, but it has its good points, too. Most of the income of the majority of doctors comes from working people. The doctors’ income, therefore, rises and falls with the income of the workers. Likewise, the state of health of those who need, but can not afford medical care. So, if for no other reason than a selfish one, all doctors should be in pitching with organized labor to raise the standards of all people who work for wages and salaries, But my opinion is only one man’s opinion — and the opinion of an out- sider at that. It comes, however, from a long study of historical facts and from the observations of the thousands of working people who have come to me for treatment and advice. So, until I am convinced to the con- trary by the shortsighted opponents of organized labor, I shall continue to cherish my belief in unions as a neces- sary creed of all good doctors and all good Canadians, And maybe, some day, you will help me and the others of my profession to form and organize a union for doctors ‘that will fight beside you honestly, fairly and intelligently for the high aims or- ganized labor has set out to achieve. 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