Workers remove offending signs enn The shop stewards of the shown above are holding up sians labelled Cannery restrooms at Namu last Hall, Native Brotherhood; Marilyn _Mervene Beagle, UFAU.. United Fishermen and Al “Whites” and ; Left to right, holding the mann UFA'NU; Mrs. Kitty Franklin, ‘COURTESY THE FISHERMAN lied Workers Union and Native Brotherhood “Natives” which they took down from the offending signs, are: Mrs. Mary Carpenter, Native Brotherhood; Nanaimo CCW group hears Mrs. h “Women must live for their Omes.” Mrs. Nora Rodd, nationa °f Canadian Women who is now on a Visi Nora Rodd NANAIMO, B.C. . iti for their communities as well as | council member of the Congress t to this province, told the §naimo chapter of the CCW on Wednesday last week. Declaring that “women are not afraid of change,” Mrs. Rodd said fat women must face up to the ch lenge posed by these condi- tions: : + Two hundred thousand Can- adian children are listed as men- tally ill. ._ + Canada holds sixth place in the world in. the number of alcoholics. + Women and children are the first to suffer when there is Unemployment—and unemploy- Ment is now increasing alarm- 'ngly, ‘+ Women’s rights are bound Up in the fight for a Canadian CLASSIFIED . , A charge of 50 cents for each sertion of five lines or less with cents for each additional line 'S made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be @ccepted later than Tuesday noon °f the week of publication. NOTICES The committee in charge of the Weiner roast that was held ‘at Carlson’s August 28 at Websters Orners wishes to express its ap- Preciation to all friends from ancouver and vicinity who at- tended. Winner of the Italian Bedspread—E. & I. Niemela, 218 N. Garden Drive, Vancouver. 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"Bill of Rights. i ith The two great questions WI which the Congress of Canadian Women is concerned, Mrs. Rodd ‘said, are the outlawing of the H- bomb and the creating of security for the people. 0! tiation _It took two years of negotiat to bring peace in Korea, she point- ed out, but in Indochina it took only 20 days. i ii Jace all “Change IS: taking pl around us,” she added, “and for the first time in the past 20 years, there is no maior war in the world today.” | ‘Bruce slapped down after racist attack REGINA John Bruce, Plumbers Union official, was slapped down hard at the convention of the Trades and} Labor Congress here when dele- gates overwhelmingly rejected his racist attack made on non-union Italian workers and Jewish con- tractors during sessions of the Con- vention. Bruce had said: “Those we have liberated are exploiting us in To- rontu. In some projects it is im- possible for a Canadian to get a job.’ Italians are hired by Jewish contractors at rates so low it is im- possible for Canadians to accept them.” Delegates replied that the im- portant thing jas organization of all non-union labor, Italian, Irish, French, English, Scottish, and to face the employer as a united body. ADVERTISING UR PART- SEPT. 10 Nee Faut HOE N, Friday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m. a ee by South Vancouver Spark Committee. Floor Show, : se hments, Prizes. At Sout Be ioe Community Hall, 58th | and Ross. Admission 50c. BANQUET AND OCT. 2 DANCE URY ER — In honor of ST pA DICOTT, who recently return- ed from Hungary. Admission $1.25. Veryone welcome. : Ena Federation of Labor Youth. KEEP THIS DATE OCT. 6 ‘OPEN. Pete Seeger of ‘The Weavers’ is coming! BUSINESS PERSONALS AN SWEATERS (made _ to By $27.50 to $32.50. Standard and original designs. Mrs. B. Wheeldon, 1800 Brechin Road, Nanaimo, BC; (ee THE MOST MODERN CLEANERS Cleaning, Pressing and Dyeing. 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Phone HA. 4o2tt. uA : PENDER = | (AUDITORIUM | = (Marine Workers) 2 = 339 West Pender = LARGE & SMALL HALLS = = FOR RENTALS E = Phone PA. 9481 : a Fifty Italian skilled tradesme sulate in Toronto last week dem ment spokesmen from the Cana- dian embassy overseas, in radio and newspaper publicity and by the church organizations. . A consulate official said that the men were part of a- conting- ent arranged for by Prime Min- ister St. Laurent, and the Italian government on his recent world tour, which provided for entry of 5,000 immigrants. The official noted that 1,500 of the group had already arrived and thatthe situ- ation in Montreal was worse than in Toronto. “They are angry and hungry men,” he said, pointing to the score or so lined up at the counter or seated on the floor in his inner office. Chief responsibility for their plight, he added, was to be placed at the doorstep of the Canadian government, which had urged them to emigrate. (In Sydney, N.S., 45 Italian im- migrants who arrived a month ago, headed for the Navy League Centre durin® a rainstorm protesting their treatment at the hands of a lum- ber company at North River. (Hired through the immigration department, one said he had, work- ed. 10 hours a day for eight days and was paid $16. He held up his calloused hands to prove his story. The others said they had been paid $1.35 a day-and that accommoda- tion given them were terrible. The 45 men were put in a shack built to hold 15 persons. Refusing to accept these conditions, the men quit.) 5 Discussions with the men reveal- ed they had come mainly from northern Italy — Udine, Treviso and Vicenza. Many spent their nights at Union Station or in the parks. Most of them had come to this country with only a small amount of money, some with no more than $15, expecting to get im- mediate employment. They had _ borrowed money to pay their passage, anywhere from $300 to $400 each. When they could not get jobs after their arrival here, their money quickly ran out. Asked their trades, there was an outburst of shouts: “Mechanic!” “Welder!” . “Carpenter!” “Electrical mechanic!” One of them bitterly described how ‘‘the Bishop of Treviso bless- ed us” when they embarked for Canada. 8 Another thrust forward a per- sonal recommendation from the Fratelli Triches works at Udine dated August 14. It described the holder as a qualified electrical mechanic. | Still another opened up a list of some 60 Italian building con- tractors in the'Toronto area given him by the immigration depart- ment. “We’ve visited them all. But they refuse us jobs, saying there are none, and telling us any- way that we have to speak Eng- lish, which none of us can.” One blacksmith showed the form he was compelled to sign on leaving Italy issued by the Cana- dian Department of Citizenship’s Immigration Branch. The form was entitled “Imm. OSs S (a)” and while specifically Many of them said they had left good jobs on the promise that in Canada they would find superior employment and be able to save “a million lira a year.” The prom- ises were given by official govern- PACIFIC TRIBUNE — SEPTEMBER 10, 1954 — PAGE.7 a Consul besieged by immigrants TORONTO n just arrived by boat amd air and unable to find jobs crammed the stairs and offices of the Italian con- anding food and lodging. undertaking not to guarantee jobs at their own trade, said however that on arrival the immigrants “shall engage in the class of em- ployment which may be selected for me by an authorized represen- tative of the Canadian government at the wage rates and under work- ing conditions prevailing in the locality of employment.” At no point does it ask the | prospective immigrant to sign up for a period. of indefinite unem- ployment, without provision for food or lodging. Yet this is the actual situation that confronts these new immigrants to Canada. The men complained they were being sent from pillar to post in eae hunt for food, lodging and jobs. migration department and then to the Italian consulate. At the im- migration office they are told: “Nothing today — come back to- morrow.” At the consulate it’s: “Why don’t you go out and try and find a job by yourself?” Every so often the officials clear their offices of immigrants without any explanations. Price index shows jump - OTTAWA The government’s Consumer Pric Index took its biggest jump in two and a half vears in July. It now stands at 117 — highest since January 1952 and third high- est‘on record — with little sign of let-up. The index is based upon 1949 prices. But while prices went up, wages fell. Government figures show that Canadian industrial workers took a wage cut of 79 cents a week between May 1 and June 1. Biggest increase in the \ index Rents also went up and are due to 'go higher in cities like Toronto now that controls have been re- moved. : ‘ . Both Canadian Congress of Labor and Trades and Labor Congress officials have renewed their de- mands for government action on prices and unemployment. “Durn it, Cactus — that's two out of three you've beat me!” It’s always time for the HUB’£ FREE CREDIT because if costs you nothing extra to wear the latest in clothing. Come in and look over our new fall suits and top coats. Buy yours with FREE CREDIT and make your terms. 45 EAST HASTINGS: First to the Canadian im-. was for food — a rise of 2.8 points. . Ah MU VE Ui LLU A)