Page Four _ THE Bic. LUMBER WORKER Little Squeezed Out By Anti-Labor Clique; Labor From Coast To Coast Demands Humphrey Mitchell Must Go Hlliott Liftle’s resignation has blown the lid off the crisis in Can- ada’s manpower program. ‘The labor movement and all Ca- nadians who favor the development of a total war effort view with serious corzern the resignation of Mr, Little rem the position qf National Director of Selective Serv- ice, j The obvious need of an all-over Manpower program for industry and the armed forces; The clear-cut, vigorous proposals put forward by Little to achieve such a program; The bull-headed incompetence of the Labor Minister which has dragged his stock to an all-time low; And the revelations of the Se- lective Service Director of how his efforts to put into effect Selecttve Service policies in keeping with the requirements of total war had been blocked and frustrated. Labor, vitally concerned in the manpower crisis, made its position sharp and clear in resolutions and messages to Prime Minister Mac- Kenzie King from one coast to an- other. It stood behind Little, de- manded the all-out policies thus far not forthcoming from Ottawa, and strongly protested the direction | given the Federal Department of | Labor by Mitchell, . CAN SPARE MITCHELL, The two top leaders of organiz- ed labor, President A. R. Mosher, of the Canadian Congress of Labor! and Acting-President Percy Ben- gough, of the Trades and Labor Congress, put the matter bluntly: “Mir Mitchell’s dictatorial and uncompromising attitude” was resented by labor, Bengough said. “Generally labor from coast to coast does not like him, If Mr: Little was going, we would re- a eT Meet Your Friends at MANITOBA HOTEL 44 West Cordova St. Outside Rooms — Hlevator serv-l ice — Steam Heat — Reasonable | Rates — Centrally Located | gret it as much as we would re- gret the present minister stay- ing” Mosher didn’t pull any punches either. “It is a matter of public know- ledge that the manpower program has bogged down,” he said. “But this is due primarily to the lack of adequate Government policy with regard to the whole war ef- fort.” ELLIOT M, LITTLE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE. Responsibility “for the present situation," he continued; rested on the cabinet and especially the labor minister. “Mr. Little from the start by the failure of the Govern- ment to make up its mind about manpower, and to give him the authority to carry out a definite policy... . The volume of protests from all provinces and all types of labor organizations against the accept- ance by the government of the resignation of Elliott M. Little as National Director of Selective Serv- ice, accompanied by outspoken de- mands for the removal of Hum- phrey Mitchell as Federal Minister of Labor is further proof that Ca- nadian labor is acting for the na- tional welfare and not in terms of sectional interests. Mr. Mitchell, who often refers to his “labor background” could not even obtain a vote of confidence from the Hamilton Trades and La- bor Council, in which he was for [ PA. 0267 N, J. Thompson, Mgr.| who is an employer, receives the support of labor organizations from coast to coast. The explanation is simple. Mr. Little sincerely and honestly strove for the complete mobilization of all Canadian resources of material and manpower. He stood for a total war effort and he recognized that to achieve it, labor must be en- listed as an equal partner with industry, He offered to labor no special concessions; he did not hes- itate to critizice labor practices he considered obstructive to a total war effort; he offered only the opportunity for labor to put its full weight behind a total war effort without being harassed by reaction- ary industrialists, more interested in licking labor than in beating Hitler, Thus Mr. Little won respect among trade unionists as a “square shooter.” Mr. Little nev- er claimed to be a special friend of labor but his actions proved that he was not an enemy eith- er; and because labor, too, rec- ognizes the necessity of an all- out war effort to destroy Hitler- ism, cooperation with Mr. Little was both practical and fruitful. Mr. Mitchell, on the contrary, might, with tears in his eyes, plead hi special devotion to the ranks of labor, from which he emerged to his cabinet position. He might sob he is protecting labor against “compulsion,” against a man who strove to become a “czar.” He is neither trusted nor respected by labor. He has shown himself more interested in his own personal ca- reer than in keeping his promises. During the Kirkland Lake conflict and in countless other instances, such as the Midland Shipyards strike and the way in which he mishandled the situation in the Vancouver shipyards, he has shown himself subservient to the preju- dices and desires of Canada’s most labor-hating industrial interests. He stands not for a total war effort but for the continuation of @ pol- icy of wishy-washy appeasement of all the most reactionary forces in Canadian life. That is why in the interests of the nation, of national unity and of victory, labor supports Elliott Little and‘his policies against Mr. Mitchell and his promises. paisa calcd ed led eda ead yd Sixth Annual Loggers’ Ball YOUBOU SAWMILL SUB-LOCAL CO-OPERATING W At our last Sub-Local meeting, President John Atkin told the meeting that Bros. Kill ular monthly meeting at Camp a very cordial welcome and he carried on with great effi pressed the hope that regular the two camps and the mill to help promote a better under standing of one another’s problems and of the taks that ahead. USSR Pact Seen Vital NEW YORK.—Paying high trib- ute to the Soviet Union and prais- ing the Red Army for exterminat- ing “at least 20 times as many Germans” as have the rest of the United Nations Allies, Vice-Presi- dent Henry A. Wallace this week told a Madison Square Garden rally of the Congress of American Soviet Friendship that “in order that the United Nations may effectively serve the world it is vital that the United States and Russia be in accord as to the fundamentals of an enduring peace based on the aspirations of the common man. “Russia and the United States,” the Vice-President said, “have had a profound effect on each other. Both are striving for the education, the productivity and the enduring happiness of the common man. “The new democracy, the dem- ocracy of the common man, in- cludes pot only the Bill of Rights, but also economic democracy, ethnic} democracy, educational demococ- racy and democracy i nthe treat- ment of the sexes. “Somewhere,” Wallace told a ca- pacity audience, “there is a practi- cal balance between economic and political democracy. Russia and the United Sates have been working toward this practical middle ground. “Russia has probably gone fur- ther than any other nation in the world in practicing ethnic democ- racy,” Wallace declared. He said that “we can learn much, for unfortunately the Anglo-Saxons have had an attitude toward other races which has made them ex- ceedingly unpopular in many parts of the world. We have not sunk to the lunatic level of the Nazi myth of racial superiority, but we have sinned enough to cost us already the blood of tens of thous- ands of precious lives.” iency. Brother Killeen addressed the meeting at camp and ex ® The boys:from Youbou were ZA =e Se G ‘ee ITH CAMPS: leen and he had attended a 6. He said the loggers exten noticed that their meeting y visits would be made bety ‘tertain after the meeting at home of Brother Joe Malbon wi promised a delegation for our day meeting. ; He fulfilled his promise by bring: ing with him seven other memb including Doug. Marshall, Camp sub-local president, and Lorne At= chison, negotiating committee men ber. 5 Brother Tommy Townsend re- ported a paid up membership for — October of 285. Stating that the membership had ropped slightly owing to men leaving the plant for other jobs, He asked the help of — the members to bring in new mem- bers to boost the membership. The general business of the sub- local was expected to allow as much time as possible for the dis: cussion of the new wage scale. Brother John Atkinson explained that the scale was far from |istactory, but as far as wage in- icreases wee concerned, it was as good as could be expected, under the circumstances without an agreement, Brother George Grafton, Local 1- {20 organizer, was present and prov- ed