can C
it was

of the

Campaign for
bylaw repeal

ee couver Women’s Committee

aie face Action is arranging a

ahi of afternoon teas at which

Ri Jones, delegate to the Cana-

“ aS Congress held recently
Sronto, will speak.

ae Committee hopes to send a
€sate to the Continental Peace

Cc .
hgress in Mexico City in Sep-
tember,

et. secretary of the Com-
©, told the Pacific Tribune
Bt & meeting of the organization
a Week decided to begin a
ceil for the rescinding of a
cate in the Park Board bylaw
Stan iting public speeches in
oh €y Park. Last month, city de-
ves attempted to enforce the
ad and prevent Mrs. Jones
un Speaking to women at a
Peace tea” in the park.

Lithographer
Strike solid

ee combined strike-lockout _of

ie 500 members of the Amalga-

cee Lithographers of America

ont CCL) at 25 plants in Tor-

Bee Ottawa, Hamilton and Lon-

tie entered its fifth week with
NM ranks solid and production
& standstill,

~«.

eae secretary Harold Keenli-
‘ Stated here “No union mem-

ng has gone back to. work—and

ais One will—until our demands

i Met. Only plants belonging

‘S a6 Canadian Lithographers’
Sociation are affected.”

bate lithographers originally
ck five plants for a 37% hour
i #0 percent ' wage hike, sick
ans accident insurance and a pen-
fund. The remaining 20. plants
po ioeed by the association in an
inte Eo intimidate the union
ing off the strige.

Bookblinders’ local presi-

Wil} lex Forbes said bookbinders

hep sel the strikers in any man-
he lithographers request.

The union struck after rejecting
Dog tiation board report pro-
cut ;2,.2 10-cent boost, with no
ow. 2 the work week. The union’s
resag nominee on the board, CCL
dum tch director Eugene Forsey
te the -union’s demands to
lithos the report unanimous. The
acee  ePhers weren’t prepared to
ha Pt Forsey’s recommendation

Voted to strike.

omithographers produce gaily col-
a Printing for packaging, la-
ape endar posters, cheques and

lone Allied Printing Trades un-
Bra, S are morally behind the lith-
Wout as a 37% hour week
booke assist typos, pressmen and

inders in negotiating agree-

e
Wee embodying a shorter work

| | Delegation from
Canada to attend
Peace congress

Delegates from Vancouver Peace Council will attend the Ameri-
ontinental Congress for Peace in Mexico City, September 5-10,
decided at a council meeting this week. Peace representatives

om Alaska to Patagonia” will attend the great gathering, and Can-
ada will send many delegates. Mary Jennison of Toronto, secretary
€ Canadian Peace Congress, will tour the country on her return

from Mexico.

Vancouver Peace Council elect-
ed the following officers for the
coming year: honorary _presi-
dent, Dr. Norman Black; presi-
dent, Rev. J. W. Melvin; vice-
president, Mrs. Sheila Young;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Risa Lourie; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. C. Marks; treasurer,
Rev. A. Hodgkins; program con-
venor, H. L. Penny;. member-
ship convenor) Eric Erickson;
publicity convenor, Mrs, Edna
Gibb; research convenor, W.
Thompson; literature convenor,
Mrs. Edna Farnsworth; provin-
cial convenor, Mrs. Sheila
Young; finance convenor, M.
Johnson.

. The call to the Congress, signed
by prominent writers, painters,
scientists, poets, trade unionists
and other public figures from
Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Costa Rica
and Chile, declared, in part:

“The activities of those who
would profit from another world
war are being felt more intensely
each day by the» peoples of the
Americas. The warmakers have
started an armament race which
already affects many nations of
this continent.. They have burden-
ed the people with unbearable war
budgets, have ignored the sover-
eignty of nations, have organized
aggressive military blocs, have
weakened the economic conditions
of the people and have violated
our sacred democratic rights.

“The peoples of the Americas
must not remain indifferent to
these acts. While those who would
benefit from war strlive to take
the nations of this continent along
the road to misery, slavery and
death, the people love and desire
peace as the way to well-being
and progress, But it is necessary
that they unite to show their will
and strength. This is our aim in
calling the American Continental

Congress,
“We call upon all individuals
and institutions throughout the

Americas who want peace; we
call upon all cultural, trade un-
ion, religious, women, youth, farm
and fraternal organizations which
are interested in freeing this con-
tinent from the horrors of the
new war. We call. upon all men
and women, regardless of their
political and religious differences,
who are ready to stop this drive
towards war. We know the demo-
cratic and peace-loving traditions
of our continent and we are sure
that our voices will be heard.”

Popular girls

BETTY - TARNOWSKI
“Miss East End”

ALICE PADGHAM

“Miss Vancouver East”

Faced with a blunt réfusal on

down because of the operators’
adamant stand. A government con-
ciliator was also unable to make
any headway. The companies have
countered union demands ‘with
proposals for amendments to es-
tablished conditions which would
cut the take-home pay of some
workers as much as $30 a month.

Shipyard workers are determin-
ed not to allow hard-won gains
to be taken away, and the 2,000
men in the five unions are ready
to take any action deemed neces-
sary to win their demands.

Victoria Shipyard Conference,
having met with a similar rebuff
from employers, is suggesting un-
ity with the Vancouver Confer-
ence, and proposing that both un-
ion groups appear jointly before
the conciliation board.

on professors
rebuff red-baiters

WASHINGTON
The American Association of
University Professors last week
defied U.S. witchhunters to. re-

affirm the right of teachers to
belong to the Communist party.
The organization in its annual
report declared: “So long as the
Communist party is a legal party,
\affiliation with it should not be
regarded as a justifiable-reason for
jexclusion from the academic pro-
fession.”

e

Effie seeks

Disabled and Handicapped Persons

“These unfortunate citizens re-
ceive $35 a month to exist on,”
Mrs. Jones told the committee.
“That is less than $1.17 per day.
How can anyone get along on
this miserable pittance? Married
couples receive only $48 per month,
plus another $5 a month for each
child.”

In view of the fact that old-age
pensions were recently increased,
the Union of Disabled Persons is
asking for an increase of $10 a

higher

disabled allowances

Mrs. Effie Jones, president of Civic Reform Association, appeared
before the Social Services Committee at city hall this week to act as
spokesman for a two-man delegation from the B.C. District Union of

requesting an increase in allowances.

month, to help meet rising living
costs.

Ald. Laura Jamieson, chairman
of the social services committee,
told the delegation that the mat-
ter of increased allowances would
be discussed with the proper de-
partment in Victoria.

Bob Daniels, on behalf of the
organization of disabled . persons,
said that a meeting of all dis-
abled and handicapped persons
would be called shortly to bring
pressure to bear on provincial
authorities to increase allowances

immediately.

Shipyards try to
cut union gains,
refuse agreement

the part of local shipyard operators

to sign new union agreements, five unions in the Vancouver Shipyard
Conference (Marine Workers, Pipe Fitters, CCL Electrical Workers,
Blacksmiths and Painters) applied this week for a government con-
ciliation board. Bill’ White, president of the Marine Workers and
Boilermakers Union, will be the Conference’s nominee to the board. |
All attempts to come to a settlement through negotiations broke

College not
for workers

—OTTAWA.
Working class parents who want
to send their children to college
were given a verbal lashing by
Pat Conroy,  secretary-treasurer
of the Canadian Congress of La-
bor, during sessions of the In-
ternational Association of Public
Employment Services, Ontario
Branch, last week. In a startling
speech during a panel on unem-
ployment Conroy sank to a new
low in parrotting the arguments
of tight-fisted big-business on the
subject of university education for
the sons and daughters of work-
ing men.

“The rising generation and their
parents are becoming so damned
respectable,” said the top-ranking
CCL official, “they don’t want to
dirty themselves. Every father
wants to send his son to college
and keep him as far as possible
from overalls.

“I don’t know what the answer
is. Parents are conditioning their
children that way. We must bring
our parents down to earth. There
still is a lot of pioneer work to be
done with a pick and shovel. with
grime and sweat and rolled-up
sleeves and much initiative. And
in doing it ourselves we will be
so much the better nation.”

His talk was given wide publi-
city in the viciously anti-labor
Ottawa Journal in an _ editorial
“Well Spoken, Pat Conroy!” The
editorial speaks of the recent past
in which récord enrolments in the
universities in search of higher
training as having “filled our col-
leges' and universities with mis-
fits.”

Later in his remarks, Conroy,
who campaigned for CCF candi-
dates in the Ottawa area during
the federal election, declared that
it was just such a desire to go
to college and become a “white
collar worker” which created class
distinctions in Canada. If there
was a class distinction in Canada
it was between the laborer and
the white collar worker, he
claimed.

AND THERE'LL BE FREE CARE FOR fHE TOTS, TOO c

Nine hours of entertainment at picnic

Nine hours of solid entertain-

ment, plus an evening dance un-
der the stars, will be offered to
the thousands who attend the an-
nual United Labor Picnic at Con-
federation Park on August 7.
Highlights will include the pop-
ular girl contest; boxing and
wrestling; games and races; a
peace poster contest; bingo and
carnival attractions; dancing and
vocal numbers; and music by a
well-known band. ;
_ Parents will be able to park the
kiddies while they enjoy the fun.
An area will be roped off under
the trees. away from the crowds,
where skilled supervisors will keep
youngsters happy with crayons
and. paper, a big sandpile, an -as-

PSortment of loud-tooting horns
and gaily colored paper hats, and
other attractions calculated to ap-
peal to the “under seven” citizens.
Fee will be 25 cents per hour,
and this includes cookies and
fruit juice to the children. (Diaper
changing is also looked after,
gratis.)

This is one picnic to which it
won't be’ necessary—in fact, it'll
be downright foolish—to bring
food. A complete kitchen will op-
erate from’ noon until evening,
serving hot meals and specializing
in Italian, Ukrainian, and Finnish
dishes. In addition, sandwiches and
pie will be sold at a cafeteria.

Just to keep junior’s stomach
satisfied between meals, there'll

be booths selling ice cream, choc-
olate milk, candy.

Feature of the day will be the
“popular girl” contest, with sev-
en pretty girls contesting for
tle top prize. The six entries to

date are Doreen Barbour (“Miss
Lumber Worker”), Annabelle
Murphy (“Miss North Vancou-

couver”), Columbia Smith (“Miss
Burrard”), Millie Jazik (‘Miss
Fisher Lassie”), Betty Tarnow-
ski (“Miss East End”), and Alice
Padgham (“Miss Vancouver
East’).

Supporters of “Miss North Van-
couver” have already held two
beach parties for their candidate
and have collected a respectable
number of votes, but are keeping
the total secret at the moment.

Olgin Club held a party for
“Miss Burrard” this week, and
her supporters have arranged a
basket picnic for this Sunday at
Second Beach in Stanley Park.
“Everyone is invited to come
along,” says the Burrard picnic
committee.

Lumber workers and fishermen
are expected to give heavy sup-
port to their respective candidates,
but they’ll have to work hard to
outrun the East End, which has
a tradition of finishing on or near
the top in such contests.

The United Labor Picnic com-
mittee met a few days ago to
complete program plans. The pic-
nie will be extensively advertised
and a record turnout is antici-
pated.

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