OU PRS SELL LT " ie eee Trade Union Research Bureau Extends Labor Day Greetings 1950 BERT MARCUSE EMIL BJARNASON 5 DO Et tt ny 0 at Princeton Local Union 7875 U. M. W. A. Greets All Labor This Sixty-sixth Anniversary of Labor Day Pie im) A = Labor pil aac, From the : B.C. District Council of the’ 1UMM&SW rte a ee a | UE ee a a | 2 REE SLL LL LOCAL 213 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AF. L. Extends Greetings To All Organized Workers On Labor Day 1950 ee ten ig Maina dei De et er nt PELE et eld iia LABOR DAY GREETINGS Let us unite, for decent living standards, Peace and progress SHOE WORKERS LOCAL 510 International Fur & Leather Workers Of United States and Canada WEST COAST SEAMEN’S UNION ’ LOCAL 1 Extends Fraternal Greetings to Organized Labor’ LABOR DAY 1950 FRATERNAL LABOR DAY GREETINGS FROM THE | Shipyard General Worker ) _ Federation | Greetings to Organized Labor AND THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE _ Marine Workers’ and Boilermakers’ Industrial Union LOCAL NO. 1 Union ‘letter oF law’ operation hits service cuts BCElectric officials arbitrarily ¢ U rousing the anger of commuters forced of lines this week, cut service on. a number to stand on street corners even longer than usual and mem- bers of the Street Railwaymen’s Union, Immediately following the dras- tic cut in service, Stan Wilcox union president, announced that all railwaymen have been instructed to operate a new “letter of the law” running schedule. Daily papers de- clared that the union had launched “a slowdown.’ Wilcox objected to use of the term “slowdown” and said the rea- | son for the union actidn was that “the speeded-up schedule ~ had. undermined the morale and health | of union members.” Union action will see all street ' schedule.” Division 101, here. car and bus operators adhere rig- idly to all provincial, civic and company traffic and safety regula- , tions, which, they conceded, would make it difficult to observe speed- ‘up schedules based on less strict observance of safety regulations. Wilcox stated that ‘two thousand man-hours have been cut off the Weary would-be-pas- sengers waiting overtime on street corners didn’t need statistics to convince them that on many lines BCTR Czar Dal Grauer had chop- ped service in half. Drive for LPP fund passes $7000 mark With five days left to complete the Labor-Progressive party national financial drive, announced Monday in on the province's target of “Let everyone make a last min- ute effort, and we'll hit our ob- jective,” said Ruddell. “City clubs are only $800 short on their overall quota, but many provincial points are lagging. “Hastings East, Mt. Pleasant, Commercial Drive, Niilo Makela, Moberley No. 1 and No. 2, East End No. 1 and No. 2, Civic Work- Petitioners defy police threats SASKATOON Peace petitioners were ordered off the streets three weeks ago and threatened with prosecution under Section 222B of the Criminal Code. (This was the section invoked in the case of Walter Krehm of Tor- onto). A strong protest was regis- tered with the Police Commission and a public statement issued by Saskatoon Peace Council. The following week petitioners again went out. This time a visitor in the city from Redfield, Sask., Miss Nellie Konopelski, was taken to police station and questioned as to her identity. No charges were laid against Miss Konopelski or any of the petitioners. © Mayor J. S. Mills has written a letter to the peace council expres- sing hope that a solution can be found to he problem, satisfactory to all parties. Peace council officials stress that the only solution satisfactory to them will be the right to freely petition on the street unmolested by police. They add they intend to continue canvassing. ANSCOMB Another young Tory declared the resolution “would carry more weight” if Anscomb’s name was deleted, “since the same allegations might also apply to other cabinet ministers.” This indication that senior Tories might possibly be a group of Alcoholics Synonymous, is regarded in Coalition circles as sheer treason on the part of the Young Conservatives. If Brewer Anscomb were a phil- ‘osopher, he might recall the warn- ing given in Proverbs, 31, 32: “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the y cup... at the last it biteth like a B.C. trreasurer Elgin Ruddell this week that $7,089.45 had been turned $10;000- = ers and Victory Square clubs are all over the top. “North Vancouver section has done an outstanding job, raising $652.68 on a $425 quota. Burnaby | section has also surpassed its ob- jective of $325. “Many clubs are within a few dollars of their targets, and some have the money on hand but have not turned it in. Among such clubs are Kitsilano, Olgin, Halperin, Nor- | quay and Peng Pai. “We expect a flood of mail from provincial points in the last few days of the campaign, which will make the overall picture look con- siderably brighter.” All donations to the fund should be sent to the Labor-Progressive party, Room 503, Uord Building, Vancouver,” 14 days left fo get names on vofers list Time is growing short for Van- couver residents to get their names placed on the 1950 civic voters’ list. Fina] registration period ends September 14. The city clerk’s office, third floor at city hall, is open every weekday from 8.30-a.m. to 5 p.m., and will remain open until 9 p.m. on Satur- day, September 9, and from Mon- day to Thursday, September 11 to 14, for final registration. Tenants do not remain on the 1950 list simply because they voted at previous elections, and, must ap- pear personally at city hall to have their names added to this year’s list. Any tenant over 21 years of age, who is the owner of property of the value of $300 or over, is eligible to vote. “Thousands of voters are dropped from the list every year because they neglect to register,” said Effie Jones, head of Civic Reform Ass’n., this week. “It is high time registering voters was changed. But before that can be done, every progressive voter must See that he is registered this year, in order to be eligible to cast a vote for civic reforms in the December . elections.” ‘No froops for Korea’ sland urged on MP TRAIL, .BC. The Labor-Progressive party in West Kootenay this week sent a letter to 'W. Hy Herridge, CCF MP, urging him to take a firm stand in parliament against send- ing of Canadian armed forces to Korea. “As people who passionately de- sire that Canadians should live in peace with other peoples, we ask you to vote ‘No’ on the question of sending Canadian troops to Korea, and demand that Canadian ships be immediately withdrawn .from Korean waters,” the letter said. LABOR DAY GREETINGS from LPP clubs WEST END CLUB ELECTRICAL WORKERS’ CLUB KITSILANO CLUB LYNN VALLEY : CLUB OLGIN CLUB FAIRVIEW CLUB MOBERLY NO 1 & 2 CLUB SOUTH SURREY CLUB RENFREW CLUB EAST END No. 2 CLUB VICTORY SQUARE CLUB “HASTINGS EAST CLUB NANAIMO CLUB FERNIE CLUB VERNON CLUB BURNABY DISTRICT oe serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” JOIN THE LABOR-PROGRESSIVE PARTY For information write or call 203 Ford Building, Vancouver, B.C. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—SEPTEMBER 1, 1950—PAGE 6