of the veterans’ organizations. The first morning a delegation from the United Clergy of Victo- ria waited upon the Provincial Cabinet asking that they give labor’s demands favorable con- sideration. We were able to go then to the lawmakers of our province with the dignity of labor and . yeterans backed by the churches to win demands that would pro- vide decent living standards and get action for the things we have worked for, and refuse to be sidetracked by promises of the futurue. Tt was extremely gratifying to find among the delegates 25 wo- men, nine of whom were repre- senting the IWA Auxiliaries: Sisters Leta Goddard, Peggy Kennedy from Port Alberni; Nor- ma Heyd from Duncan; G. Olsen, L, Beline, M. Sumner and E. Ed- Here’s how to be... whit Auxiliary _abor Lobby. 25 Women Participate ‘By KAY ROGERS, Vice-President, Federated Auxiliaries, [WA-CIO _ As one of the delegates to the recent Labor Lobby in Victoria, what impressed me most was the one hundred percent unity achieved _ between all branches of labor and the veterans’ organizations in presenting their joint brief to the B.C. Legislature. In the daily meetings held by the delegates to decide on policy and procedure, there was complete unanimity in deciding the tactics to be used. from day to day. On the steering committee there was representa- tion from the AFL, CIO and .CCL unions and from all branches THE CREDIT HOUSE OF QUALITY WELL DRESSED FOR SPRING Take advantage of the On Sale At All Our Stores FROM MAKER TO WEARER THE BC LUMBER WORKER News and Views Dorothy Richardson, Associate Editor Successful berg from Lake Cowichan; Anna Halstrom from Campbell River, E. Mitchell, New Westminster and myself from Vancouver. The Brothers who made up the different groups, whose duty it was to interview specified Mem- bers of the House, seemed parti- ecularly anxious to have at least one ‘woman delegate in each group., In this way our women were able to contribute tremen- dously to the success of the Lobby. Some of the Members of the Legislature remarked that they were glad the women were on the delegation. When it is considered that there are more women voters than men it is not hard to understand the influence our 25 sisters from all branches of the trade union movement had on these Legislators. The women took independent Sweet ‘16° Budget Plan Details regarding this plan may be obtained at any of the following stores:— 807 Granville St. 2438 East Hastings St. 1616 Commercial Drive 2815 Main Street 2204 Main Street 487 Columbia St, New Westminster For Your Dressy Coat for Spring —OPENING SOON— Our New Store at 61-63 West Hastings Accounts can be paid at any of our branch stores in your immediate vicin- ity or mailed to our Head Duncan Ladies Elect Officers The following officers for the coming year were elected in Jan- uary: President, N. Heyd; Vice- President, G. Parlee; Secretary, Mae Custer; Financial Secretary, V. Lowe; Conductor, M. Thoma- sen; Warden, C. Rutten; Trus- tees, E, Carson, one year; M. Stephens, three years. Sister G. Parlee was elected as Board Member and Sisters A. Gries- brecht and M. Stephens, District Council delegates, Sister N. Heya was elected as alternate delegate. Press Committee includes Sisters H. Heyd and C. Haddrell. Hospi- tal Committee consists of Sisters Lowe, McDonald and Ruttan. A meeting was held on March 12 in the IWA office. members were ill and it was de- cided to send them gifts of flow- ers or fruit. Several A letter was received from Frank Hall, our adopted boy at the Solarium, thanking us for the Valentine gift. It was reported that the bi- weekly dances are being success- ful. Sisters Coats and Boehn served refreshments after the meeting. action in interviewing the two women M.L.A’s, Mrs. Ralston and Mrs, Nancy Hodges. It was very gratifying to know that Mrs. Hodges is firm in her belief that women should have equal opportunity with men. She also took a definite stand in her speech on the floor of the Legis- lature that there should be wo- men in jobs and was prepared to fight even against her own party, if necessary. Mrs. Hodges should be given encouragement from the women of British Columbia to continue on with the fight for women's rights. I would be lax in my report if I did not mention the coopera- tion and help given to the dele- gation, and especially the ladies, by Tom Uphill, MLA, the vete- ran fighter for labor and the senior Member of the Legisla- ture. The Labor Lobby has gone back home but let us not forget, sisters, that this job is not fin- ished. Keep the letters and wires to your Members rolling into Victoria, At last we are march- ing forward fully united to help win the peace that we have fought for and a better life for the people of B.C. Lumberworkers, When In CHEMAINUS Stay At GREEN LANTERN HOTEL Prop’s, W. J. Drummond and J. Foley P.O. Box 171—Phones 79-51 Office and Factory at Sixth and Main. @ ot Hy i bu Delegates Report On Woman’s Day Meeting By MARGE CROY and DOROTHY RICHARDSON Delegates to International Women’s Conference in Vancouver, March 8, 1946 “yWomen of the world must learn to learn what is going on. We must study the newspapers, newsreels. We must face the fact that our; problems are not separate and apart from those of the rest of humanity.” This was the theme of the gripping talk given at the International Women’s Day meeting in Vancouver, March 8, by Annie Buller, manager of the Canadian Tribune and veteran labor leader. March 8, 1910, saw the found- ing of International Women’s Day in America, This was the beginning of the struggle to show what women can do to better the world. They fought for, and got, the vote. They took part in the struggle for a shorter work week when hours were cut down from 16 working hours a day to 8 CONGRESS IN PARIS Women today have set them- selves a task, Mrs, Buller Said, a@ task to do away with fascism. Over 900 women, from 42 coun- ‘tries, gathered in Paris last No- vember, before the ashes of war were cold to plan the building of a better world. They couldn’t rest while there was still fas- cism in the world. A great many of these women came straight from German and Italian con- centration camps with the marks of torture still upon them. “Don’t let America and Britain take the place of Hitler and Mus- solini,” they pleaded, and from the Indian women, ‘The winds of freedom are blowing; will they blow to India?” Instead of tak- ing a vacation after their long, hard years of suffering, these women came to Paris to help re- solve the problems of the little children and suffering people all over the world. There 1s no time to lose they said, Women have given a good ac- count of themselves, pointed out Mrs, Buller, They got killed for protesting against the imperial- istic war, World War I. In 1917, in Leningrad alone, 90,000 women were among the first to lay down the tools of industry to take up the cudgels for freedom from oppression, The women of China, on March 8 1927, tore off their veils, and joined their men against oppression. They became known as the eyes and ears of the army. Women of Italy are 280,000 strong in the resistance movement today. The promoters of the fascism we must guard agaisnt are right here in Canada, she warned. Du- plessis, in Quebec, emphatically stated: “We have padlocked homes before and we will pad- lock homes again!” Not to be forgotten is his action in taking sides against 10,000 textile work- ers who pleaded for a living wage, or his eviction of a fam- ily in Quebec because ~some- body said he was a communist. Prime Minister Mackenzie King placates and encourages Quebec and Premier Drew of Ontario comes out boldly and advocates war with Russia on the strength of Churchill's Fulton, Mo, speech. There exists’ today a scheming political block against the Soviet Union, not least re- flected in the actions of our own Canadian government, for ex- ample, in the spy propaganda which is threatening the unity of the United Nations Organiza- tions and therefore world peace. Canada gave Holland's reaction- ary Government a loan of $150,- 000,000 but declined to assist Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and other European countries be- cause they are not in line with imperialistic policies. Remember the Spanish revolu- tion, she admonished. Canadian boys, 1,200 of them, who went over had to virtually sneak out of Canada in 1936 to help the Spanish people fight fascism. Six hundred of them failed to re- turn, That's patriotism. PROTECT THE CHILDREN Fascism must be crushed,’ wherever it is, Women must play an--all-important-~part- -in~ the world of tomorrow. The women’s Congress in Paris laid the foun- dation for a world wide organ- ization, which would make com- mon cause with women all over the world. “We dare not allow the world to forget what Hitler- fascism did to children!” they said. American women were there and Canadian women must be there next time. There were women of all religious and politi- cal views, united for a decent, happy, free world for children; for peace, opportunity, equality for men and women, The evidences of fascist tend- encies appearing too often are a signal to all of us, “We women who give birth to and rear our children should rise in our wrath and smite these enemies of the people. It will take ‘all our courage, our wits, our intelli- gence and our fight to win the battle of peace,” Mrs, Buller said. LOGGERS Eat At STOCKHOLM CAFE (Harry Kolot, Mgr.) 311 Main St. Vancouver getamnnmcnientenuri When in Vancouver, for your health's sake, go to the. . . HASTINGS STEAM BATHS HAst. 0240, 764 E. Hastings Vancouver, B.C.