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Hosts To CCL Convention

GREATER VANCOUVER AND LOWER MAIN!
(Left), N. Sadler, Bert Adair, Connie Stuart, Jack Lucas, e
Helen Middleton, Pen Baskin, J. S. Alsb ury, Jim Bury, secretary,

George Mitchell, President,
Orr, Pat Tirrell.

LAND LABOR COUNCIL executive and committee members when installed in office.

Vic Fors ter, George Home, Lawrence Vandale, Dick Henham, Sam Shannon,
Vera MacKenzie, Stuart M. Hodgson, E.

Pres. Mitchell’s Speech Of

Welcome

President Mosher, Distinguish-
-ed Visitors, Fellow-Delegates:

It is a great honor and privi-
lege to welcome you to this 11th
Annual Convention of the Cana-
dian Congress of Labor in Van-
couver, on behalf of the Great
Vancouver and Lower Mainland
Labor Council. It is the earnest
wish of the Congress membership
in the Vancouver metropolitan
area, that your deliberations may
be fruitful, and that your deci-
sions may still further advance
the interests of the organized
workers in the Dominion of Ca-
nada.

When our British Columbia
delegates endeavored to persuade
the 1950 Convention and the Ex-
ecutive Council to select, Vancou-
ver as this year’s convention city,
the reasons which prompted the
invitation were not entirely sel-
fish. We then believed that a con-
vention on the Pacific Coast
would more closely unite the East
and the West in our Congress
organization, for this province is
the true West. In all that has pre-
ceeded this opening ceremony,
during the past few days in Van-
couver, we find confirmation of
that belief. There has been a
happy inter-mingling of dele-
gates from all parts of Canada
with our local trade unionists,
amidst the scenic beauties of this
city, which we believe forms the
most admirable background pos-
sible for a national assembly.
You must agree that Vancouver
has something as a convention
city that few cities can equal,
and it’s been working for your
pleasure, and profit.

No Stone Unturned

Our invitation to this conven-
tion was backed up by a commit-
ment that the Vancouver Labor
Council would leave no stone un-

To CCL

turned to make this occasion
memorable, I am very proud to
tell you that the Committees of
the Council have labored with
great zeal to perfect your conven-
tion arrangements and cater to
your comfort and enjoyment. If
we have neglected anything,
please let us know, for we stand
ready to promote the success of
this gathering in every way pos-
sible. We thought that we had
done everything, when we fixed
the tides, so that our President
and some of his colleagues on the
Executive could catch some prize
specimens of our B.C. salmon, in
a few hours off from their work.
We invite him back again, and
we'll produce a tyee salmon that
he can safely brag about for the
rest of his life.

Enjoy Vancouver

We hope that you will find a
little time away from the more
serious business of this conven-
tion to enjoy as you must enjoy
the unique beauty of Pacific
Coast scenery. On the various ex-
cursions arranged for your pleas-
ure, we also hope that you will
take note of the amazing strides
which our province is making in
industrial development. British
Columbia is forging ahead so
rapidly, that the older provinces
of Ontario and Quebec must now
look to their laurels. I know that
these developments will impress
you with the great potential for
the organization of industrial
unions in this province. If you
note these things, as we hope you
will, we'll confess that we wanted
to impress you with the future
which lies before the Congress in
this section of the Dominion.

B.C. Gains Impetus

Quite apart from our natural
enthusiasm for our province and
city, we not only welcome you as

fellow-trade unionists, with whom
we are proud to be associated in
a common endeavor, but we wel-
come the decided impetus which
this convention will give to our
work in British Columbia.

Each and every one of us with
responsibilities for the Congress
in this city, will make our best
contribution to the success of this
convention and the attainment of
the objectives we are pledged to
serve here.

We hope that at the conclusion
of this convention, you will not
only think well of your brothers
and sisters in Vancouver, but
also that your decisions will bring
expanding strength to the trade
union movement, and thereby
greater enrichment and security
for our Canadian democracy.

I now declare this convention
open.

Farmer - Labor
Institute

OTTAWA (CPA) — Achieve-
ment of ‘Democracy in and
through organization” by _im-
proved group discussion methods
was the theme of Saskatchewan’s
fifth annual farmer-labor-teacher
institute, held recently near Qu’-
Appelle, Sask.

Some forty delegates from
the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool,
Farmers’ Union, Teachers’ Fed-
eration and Federation of Labor,
together with representatives of
the Province’s Education and La-
bor Departments discussed: and
demonstrated ways and means

leaders in all three groups could
use to stimulate effective discus-
sion-type educational activity.

More Houses
In Britain;

Rents Low

OTTAWA (GPA) — British
house-building is still carried on
for the benefit of those whose
need is current rather than for
those whose purse is deepest,
according to the 1951 edition of
the Labor Party’s Handbook.

This is true even though the
Labor government has had to
scale down its housing program
to a level of 200,000 houses a
year because of labor and lumber
shortages and defence require-
ments.

One important technique used
in public housing administration:
funds are made available to local
authorities for rental housing
construction at interest rates of
two and three percent. Substan-
tial subsidies are also paid to
home-building municipalities to
help ensure ultimate achievement
of the Labor objective of “a sep-

family.”

arate decent home for every ||.

1-85 SIGNS
LAUNDRY

Three new certifications are
reported by Local 1-85, TWA.
They are: Alberni Tie Co., Mu-
chalot Logging Co., Sandpoint,
Logging Co. (Tahsis Branch),
and establish IWA bargaining
rights for 300 employees.

Delegates clected to the IWA
International Convention at the
last membership meeting were:

Jack Nelson, Alec Gox. John
Squire, Al Hess, Ken Shore, Wal-
ter Allen, George Walt, Allen
Mannex. Alternates: Wally Tubb,
Steve Adams, George Fitzpatrick.

Due to the enterprise of the
officers of Local 1-85, IWA, the
workers employed by Twin City
Cleaners were organized recently
into the Laundry Workers’ Union.
Certification has been applied for.

Fewer Houses

In Canada

OTTAWA (CPA) — Fewer
houses are now being built in
cities and towns over 5,000 than
were going up this time last year,
according to official statistics re-
cently released. A drop of 20%
between May, 1950, and May,
1951, grew to a 22% difference
between housing “starts” this
July and last. The trend has
been continued into the summer
months and is attributed to the
tightening of National Housing
Act and other credit facilities for
prospective home builders which
took place during the last session
of Parliament.

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