WA Auxiliary Council Backs Union’s Demands Fuli support to the IWA campaign to win the 1946 a ent demands was unanimously given by officers and delegates at the first 1946 quarterly meeting of B.C. District Council of IWA Auxiliaries held in Nanaimo last weekend. “This support will be extended to strike action if it becomes necessary and strike commit- tees are being set up by Auxtli-/ Locals to work with the union strike committees if a strike ocours,” district officers reported on returning to Van- couver. A donation was also made to the Fighting Fund by the Council and Locals are send- ing im separate financial con- tributions. Under auspices of the WEA, Watson Thompson lectured on “How can Women make their most effective contribution to the Labor movement, and so- ciety a5 a whole?” and Claude Donald, WEA director for B.C, showed a film on the General Motors strike and the women were particularly intgested in the part in which auxiliary members played in helping to make the strike a success, Sis- ter Morgan was in the chair for this session. A resolution demanding restor- - | BRITISH COLUMBIAN ! Established 1860 | A Daily Newspaper Covering The City of New Westminster 100% LARGER COVERAGE THAN ALL COMBINED OUTSIDE PUBLICATIONS 1, G. MacFarlane — Publisher ation of price control was pass- ed unanimously and the Council backed up the action taken by Vancouver Auxiliary last week in picketing the Wartime Prices and Trade? Board by staging a placard] parade through the main street in Nanaimo on Sat~- urday evening, The Council also recommended to all auxiliaries that similar action be taken to protest against lifting of price controls. Endorsation of the Cancer Campaign, housing and help for Spanish refugees were among other topics of resolutions passed. District Trustee Darshan Singh Sangha brought greetings from the IWA District Council and membership and stressed the importance of the work done by auxiliaries in the past and how necessary it was to the Union. “No one can do more to gain support for the Union in the community than the women,” he ‘ ¥ : al SHOP BY SERVICE SAVINGS at WOODWARD’S YouR WESTERN SHOPPING CENTRE VANCOUVER + - - B.C. Hotel West Ltd. FRED E. MAECHESE, Mer. “Moderate Rates and. Centrally Located PAc. 8374 — PAc. 8375 444 Carrall Street - - - Vancouver, B. THE BO LUMBER WORKER : Auxiliary News and Views Dorothy Richardson, Associate Editor Nanaimo Ladies Join Auxiliary Several wives and mothers of IWA members met in the Union Hall on Friday to form the Na- naimo Local of the IWA Aux- iliary movement. It was decided that each sister try to bring at least one other prospective mem- ber to the meeting on May Srd at the Union Hall, where steps will be taken to set up the Aux- iliary. District Vice-Presidents Mona Morgan and Rose Lesher met with the sisters and answered questions on organization, price control and ether matters of in- terest to auxiliary members. said. He traced labor's struggles from 1886 when the cry was first raised for the 8-hour day in Chicago to the present day and clearly showed how labor's program was inseparable from a program of world peace. “The pattern we set will last for some time; if we win our demands we can have peace and prosperity.” Membership trophy for gain- ing most new members during last year was presented to the Jordan River Auxiliary by Pres- ident Edna Brown. Honorable | mention certificates were pre- sented to Vancouver, New West- minster and Campbell River as runners-up. Sisters Mildred Hauk, retiring vice-president and Anne Webley, retiring secretary, were present- ed with a leather writing case and IWA ring, respectively. One minute's silence was ob- sreved in memory of a deceased sister, Hazel Pritchett. After two days of interesting and extensive work the Council members returned to their re- spective communities to carry out the program laid down by the district meeting. ETT LETTS, OLD-TIME i DANCING Hastings Auditorium Every Wed. and Sat. Alf Carlson’s Orchestra’ Moderate Eental Rates | 299900000901 00 0090-00000, “Money loaned on men’s cloth- ing, sleeping bags, watches, diamonds and jewellery. Clothes are kept in mothproof storage while in our care.” San Francisco Tailors 52 West Hastings Street [ A 5 Green Haven QUALITY LUNCHES SODA FOUNTAIN AFTER SHOW SNACKS Also a Full Line Of TOBACCOS and MAGAZINES (JOHN KERRONE — Prop.) DUNCAN, B.C. - Control Prices!! By DOROTHY RICHARDSON Price Control—is there any meaning to that phrase today? Definitely not. During the war years prices were kept under control as a necessary measure to maintain full production for victory and workers ‘accepted a wage freeze in the interests of defeating their main enemy—fascism. Now, as soon as the war is over the government has chosen to lift price ceilings while wages are still frozen. Now, at all times, when our boys are coming home the high prices will cut deeply into gratuities, when shipyards have prac- tically closed, when hundreds of men are unemployed and those who are working have smaller incomes; now, the government decides to raise prices, when ‘people can least afford them, Oh yes, they started out, as they put it, by lifting ceilings on 300 non-essential goods such as cars, furniture, etc, and the Prices Board in Ottawa stated, “Prices will not be raised on essential commodities.” This put the public at ease and smoothed the way for a gradual rise in prices. The next thing we saw was the rise in the price of jams and jellies by 4c; then blended fruit juices by 3c a can; tobacco went up 10c a Ib.; canned vegetables by 2 to 4c a can, ete. A hint of the removal of the milk subsidy raised such an outcry that the Government has announced its retention for another year. Men's socks and shirts, women’s and children's clothing have all been added to the list of higher priced .goods. One of the main problems is butter. Butter, what. is that? A good many housewives and their families are wondering. This necessary, nourishing food has gone up 4c a Ib, and is expected to rise by another 4c by May 15th. The Prices Board stated that if butter prices were raised the farmers would produce more, thus increasing the supply on the market. Prices. have gone up; still we find no butter. The farmer, however, does not get the added profit from the increase. Canada is one of the most resourceful countries in the ‘world, yet we cannot get the necessities of life because prices are too high. Is this what we fought and sacrificed for? Must our | children want for the butter and other foods, the decent housing and clothing that will make them strong and healthy because prices keep these articles out of reach of the average family, while profits are the highest in history? We women must recognize that it is our special job to help keep prices down. Send telegrams, letters and resolutions to your member of parliament, to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in , Ottaka, to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, protesting against lifting of price ceilings. Do it today. Do it now! Light - Hearted PRINTS IN STYLES THAT SUIT, = 4 FROM 16to60 «. For Your Con- venience GIVE To ida CONQUER CANCER 61-63 W. Hastings