— Gervin puffs,
Miller burns
on pay issue

Vancouver City Council’s con-
ciliation committee, turning a
deaf ear to civic workers’ de-
mands for wage increases this
week, got a quick answer from
Vancouver Civic Employees Un-
jon, Outside Workers, ‘Unless
you can make us an offer,” said
union spokesman Donald Guise,
“we will take the next step in
collective bargaining, a concilia-
tion officer.”

Earlier the conciliation com-
mittee had proposed $27 a month
cost of living bonus to city fire-
men, who turned it down flat.
When representatives of ‘the Out-
side Workers asked for a 35-cent
hourly increase, aldermen hit the
roof.

“The demands are outrageous,”
spluttered Ald. J. D. Cornett.
“The trouble with labor organ-
izations is the fact that they are
pricing the ‘worker ‘out of a job.”

“These demands are outrage-
ous,’ echoed Ald. George Miller.
“Tf you scale down your demands,
we will be prepared to make you
an offer in the vicinity of our
offer to the firemen.”

Ald. R. K. Gervin, the “labor
representative from Shaughnes-
sy,” said nothing. He sat tight
and puffed furiously on his cigar.

Donald ‘'GuiSe, speaking for the
Outside Workers, was just as
blunt. “We came here to carry
on collective bargaining. If you
do not like our demands, you are
free to make a counter proposal.
These demands were worked out
by the membership. They are
reasonable demands and we have
no authority to drop any of them.
Unless you make an offer, we
will immediately call in a gov-
ernment conciliation officer.”

A second meeting: with ‘the fire-
men is scheduled for next week,
and indications are that this ease,
too, will go to conciliation.

Mrs. J. Danielson,
staunch worker
for labor, dead

Progressive labor lost another
staunch fighter “recently with the
death of Mrs. Jakobina Daniel-
son, 55, on January 18, after a
long illness.

Born in Winnipeg, Mrs. Dan-
ielson moved.'to Vancouver many
years ago, and soon became ac-
tive in labor circles. A member
of the Labor-Progressive party
and a diligent worker -for the
Pacific Tribune, Mrs. Danielson
(known as “Danny” to a host of
friends) continued her numerous
activities until illness forced her
to give up some duties.

At funeral services held Jan-
uary 22 a final tribute to “Danny”
Danielson was paid by Nigel Mor-
gan, provincial leader of the
Labor-Progressive party. Mrs.
Danielson is survived by her hus-

Appointment hit

Appointment of Percy George.
(above), former mayor of Vic-
toria and defeated Coalition °
candidate in the Esquimalt by-
election last fall, as chairman
of the Public Utilities Commis-
sion is under fire from labor
as rank political patronage.

‘He Wrote For Us’
popular reading ,
1090 copies sold

In one month’ since publication
nearly 1,000 copies of He Wrote
For Us: The Story of Bill Ben-
nett, Pioneer Socialist Journalist,
have been ‘sold, most of them in
this province where Scottish-
foorn “Ol’ Bill” Bennett, grand
old man of the British Columbia
labor movement lived from 1903
until his death in 1949.

Last week, 100 copies of the
book were shipped: to ,Alberta
where author Tom McEwen, edi-
tor of the Pacific Tribune, ad-
dressed Burns Night Affairs in
Edmonton and Calgary last week-
end. <7

Close on another 100 copies
have gone to Ontario, many of
them ‘to former residents of this
province now active in the labor
movement in Toronto and other
cities. ‘a ?

Orders for the books are eom-

ing from all parts of thé country,
even from Dawson City in the
Yukon Territory where McEwen
is widely known for his near-
successful campaign as a Labor
candidate in the 1945 federal elec-
tion. :
Published by the Tribune Pub-
lishing Company, Limited, He
Wrcte For Us is obtainable at
Pacific Tribune offices, Room 6°
426 Main Street, Vancouver, B.C.,
price $1 for the paper-covered
edition:

(CW chapier wants

, Meyer brought back

NANAIMO, B.C.

The local chapter of Congress
of Canadian Women has sent a
letter to Defense Minister Brooke
Claxton protesting removal of
Nazi General Ktért Meyer from
Canada and demanding that he
be returned immediately to this
country.

“We regard his removal as an
affront to the memory of Can-
adian ‘boys who gave their lives,
in the struggle against fascism,”
said the letter, signed by CCW
secretary Jean Waugh.

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Ex-Luftwaffe officers
strutted ship's decks

Swiss immigrants, a dozen or so
British, immigrants and ten re-
turning Canadians. These latter
were, With, only two or three ex-
ceptions, pro-union.

The eight days at sea gave me
ample time to talk to*a great
number of these DP’s.

With scarcely an _ exception
these people, within a few min-
utes of the start of any conversa-
tion, even if only about the rough
weather, revealed their strong
anti-union biases, their dislike of
anything progressive. Even, as
in the case of many of the Poles
and ‘Latvians — who came not
from their own country but from
England where they had ‘been liv-
ing for several years, and where
they had enjoyed the union con-
ditions won for them by the
struggles of the British workers
—they felt obliged to reveal their
dislike of unions.

They seemed to know nothing
of organized labor in Canada and
even where, as in the case of
many ‘of the workers, they were
going into organized industries,
they expressed their strong anti-
union bias. What kind of union
members are they going to
make? It did not matter, as I
pointed out to many of them,
that had it not been for union
organization in the industries to
which they were bound, they
would be facing depression wage
Jevels. *,

These then are the people com-
ing to Canada to swell our labor

unions — and we have already
seen the attempt made—and as
in the case of some organized
fascist groups, to destroy the or-
ganization of progressive minori-
ty Canadian groups.

Are Canadian living standards,
steadily worsening during this in-
flationary period to be further
worsened by this influx of cheap
labor?

A quarter of a million Cana-
dians are unemployed ‘today, 60,-
000 of them in this province
alone. Canadian Légion offices
are being deluged by Canadian
veterans seeking work, handouts,
while every day close to 500 DP’s
pour in. :

Perhaps among the DP’s I
spoke to there were some who
weren’t convinced reactionaries.
But if there were such, they were
careful to hide their true feeli gs.
They knew what was expected of
them. None of these DP’s aboard
our ship were Jews—none were
the victims of fascist persecution
who so ‘badly need our intelli-

trary, many of them were like

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the ex-luftwaffe officers who
marched on, deck as though it
were a parade ground, wearing
their air force boots, ‘their air
force greatcoats. Indeed, they
did everything but give the Nazi
salute. :

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These people were arrogant,
unbelievably rude, and tensions
between our small band of Brit-
ish and Canadian passengers and
the DP’s ‘grew steadily to the
point of near-violence on occa-
sion.

Ironically, apart from a few
“international incidents” the on-
ly violence that took place was
when a German seaman who felt
he had ‘been defrauded of his
wages struck the Greek staff
captain during the “grand ball”
to mark our last night at sea. A
glorious free-for-all developed
which was only ended when the
seaman was attacked by a group
of the German “heirarchy.” and
unmercifully beaten up. This
confusing action, I later learned
was the result of a group of the
Germans feeling that 'the German
seaman had lowered the prestige
(sic!) of the Germans by brawl-
ing with the Greek officers.

On another ‘occasion, a Catholic
German had the good sense to
punch one of the Luftwaffe char-
acters whom he disliked. The
insulting attitudes of some’ of
the DP’s severely tried the pati-
ence of the British group but
stopped short of blows.

Nevertheless, I can’t make a
blanket condemnation of these
DP’s—some of them seemed to
suffer from little more than ig-
‘norance. Many of them were
clearly afraid to express demo-
cratic sentiments. One leading
trade unionist with whom I have
Since discussed my snipboard ex-
‘perience told me that he has met
with great success in re-inter-
preting genuine democracy and
militant trade unionism to DP’s
whi have been sent to this indus-
try. e

Yet, what appears to be a cal-
culated policy of importing fas-
cist-indoctrinated DP’s can’t ‘be
solved by a simple process of re-
education. -It is not that easy.
Canada must not be allowed to
become a dumping ground for
every self-confessed anti-progres-
sive in Europe.

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Councillor in
Burnaby found
guilly of theft

BURNABY, B.C.

Burnaby will have a municipal
‘byelection if the B.C. Court of
Appeals upholds the conviction
of Dr. R. E. Sargent, Non-Parti-
san councillor, on a charge of
theft.

Sargent was found guilty in
County Court this week of break-
ing into an RCMP storehouse in
Burnaby Municipal Hall and
stealing a bottle of liquor.

Confract renewed by
Fur, Leather Workers

Local 505, International ° Fur .

‘and Leather Workers Union, has .
-renewed its agreement with W.

A. Johnson Ltd. with increases
ranging up to 13 and three-quar-
ter cents an ‘hour, plus a cost-
of-living bonus of three cents an
hour for every increase in the
COL index, union district repre-
sentative Jack Brierley an-
nounces. ea

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HALLS FOR RENT

DANCE—Modern and Old Time
Music at Clinton Hall, 2605 E.
Pender St. every Saturday night,
9 to 12. Music by Clintone’s
Orchestra. Hall for rent. HA,
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RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME —
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In Memoriam

-Jakobina |
Danielson

who died in
Vancouver,

January 18, 1952
LABOR-PROGRESSIVE
PARTY,

BURRARD SECTION
Pevensie acia et ao

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