Upset in Vancouver Labor Council reflects unbalanced representation Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) emerged from its annual elections this week with an entirely new slate of officers elected by 2 minority of the affiliated membership. In a financial statement issued to every the largest in the council’s history, the executive resentation and per capita payments to the council. . Half the entire per capita paid to the concil, the statement said, comes from three large locals—International Woodworkers of America, Locals 1-71 and 1-217, Marine Work- ers and Boilermakers Industrial Union, whose a be represented by only 21 delegates. Repudiation of Coalition policy vital, says Morgan Approached by the Pacific Tribune .this week for his reaction to statements made by M. J. Coldwell, CCF national leader, and Harold Winch, provincial leader, on the Labor- Progressive ‘Party's united action proposal, small locals with a similar totat membership, but represented by 141 delegates, : With William White, president for the past year, declining nomin- ation, George Home, United Pack- inghouse delegate was elected by 79 votes to’ 65 over past council presi- dent and veteran trade unionist Ea Leary. George Mitchell, Interna- tional Woodworkers of America, Local 1-357 was elected vice-presi- dent over Marine Workers and Boilermakers’ delegate, Malcolm McLeod, with 80 votes to 65. John Turner, who has held the secretary’s office since 1944, was de- feated by Jim Bury, UPWA dele- |. gate, by 7T votes to 67. 4 Organization committee mem- -bers elected. were: Pen Baskin, Un- ited Steelworkers’ delegate, 4s chairman, William Symington, Bert Adair, George _Emary and Alex McLeod;. legislative committee: Nat Sadler, chairman, Jim Gard. ner, Rae Eddie, Ed Cockerill and J. V. Thorsen; grievance commit- tee: Hugh Allison, chairman, Stu- art McKenzie, J. Nielsen, Francis Lacasse and E. Orr; credentials committee: J. P. Lucas, chairman, M. F. Dean and S. Shannon, Course in history of labor planned “Twenty-five Years of Canadian é is the heading for one of the courses to be conducted by the Marxist Class Room, which will. open:.a: new session on .Feb- ruary. 16 in. Room 211, Shelly: Building, 119 West Pender Street. The course covers the policies of Sam Gompers and their ef- feets.on the Canadian labor move- ment; formation of the Workers’ Party in 1922, history of the fight for the shorter working day, the. story of the One Big Union and the Winnipeg general strike the rise of the Canadian Labor Party; and deals with all important phases of the labor movement in the past. quarter of a century. | SALLY BOWES Let Me ‘Solve Your INCOME TAX PROBLEMS Room 20 — 9 Kast Hastings Mar. 9965 a Style Value Quality Always at the Home of UNION MADE CLOTHING — and Friendly Service Established For Over 40 Years — ores a scant majority of delegates actually representing delegate at the meeting, which was one of pointed out the unfair method of rep- pproximate total membership of 11,000 can The other half of per capita is paid from numerous LPP provincial leader, commented, “All labor and progressive-minded people will regret their attitude.” * “No one can deny the great ad- vantages that would immediately be derived from unity in the fight against profiteering, anti-labor leg- islation, a rapidly maturing depres sion, and against the most provo- cative and bare-faced warmonger- ing this country has ever seen,” Morgan declared, ' “The LPP will not be thrown oft its course in its sincere efforts to achieve that measure of united ac- tion’ in the forthcoming elections necessary to check reactions full- Seale offensive and open the road to further advances. . “The old-line parties, who are re- sponsible both federally and prov- incially, for the destruction of liv- ing standards and security, for per- mitting. the most ruthless _price- gouging and profiteering, for shackling of the trade unions through anti-labor legislation, and for bartering away the foreign trade markets and national sover- eignty of Canada, must be stopped before it is too late,” he said : “Clearly. the people’s needs: ur- gently demand broad popular unity in political action aimed at defeat .of .the representatives of big bust- |] ness,” , “The LPP will subordinate all other considerations to that goal, and that is the only reason our par- ty. withdrew its nominee from the Saanich byelection. The Johnson- AnScomb ‘policies of anti-labor leg- islation, and opposition to needed tax reform to relieve the farm and ‘;Yural taxpayers; must be repudiat- ed. Regardless of what anyone else may say, the LPP intends to leave fo stone unturned towards that end,” he concluded, DON’T MISS © ‘Journey For Peace’ MON., FEB. 9th, 8 p.m. Ukainian Labor Temple 805 E. Pender Sponsored By > National Federation of Labor Youth met with sympathetic hearing this week from employers’ representa- ties Stuart Research Ltd which agreed to a further meeting on January 30 to discuss the appli- cation. J. H. Ruddock, representative or the Interior lumbermen’s associa- tion, gave a similar response to the request, and a meeting will be held shortly. It was pointed out by the Policy Committee that this interim wage increase would in'no way prejudice the union’s negotiations when in- dustry-wide contracts reopen this Nigel Morgan, Alberta figures : show farm trend By B. R. SWANKEY EDMONTON — Figures recently released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show the trend of farming in Alberta from smaller to larger farmers and from owner to tenant operated. In the 10-year period from 1936 to 1946 the population of Alberta went up 4 percent, from 772,000 to 803000, but the farm popula- tion declined 165 percent, from 400,000 to 334,000. The number of farms went down from 100,358 in 1936 to 89,600 in 1946 or 11 percent. (In the same period the total farm acreage in the province increased slightly, from 40,539,000 acres to 41,000,000.) The decrease in the number of farms was accompanied by an in crease in the number of acres in the average size of farms of from 405 acres to 457. The number ot Owner-operated farms decreaesd also from 67,116 to 56,000, but their total acreage remained the same, approximately 27,000,000 acres, The number of tenant farmers remained approximately the same, but today they form a greater per- centage of the total. 16,200 farms operated by tenants and 16,400 by part owner, part tenant, In Al berta 34 percent of the‘farm land is rented. “TENITH GAFE 105 E. Hastings Vancouver aan ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE Auto — Fire Sickness & Accident: ‘Personal Property Floaters, etc. LAURIE NOWRY : Representing : A. J. Rudland Insurance Broker & Auto Finance M.A.7756 163 W. Hastings M.A.9407 (after 4.30) Open and League Play Invited _THE PENDER BOWLING ALLEYS © FIVE AND 10 PINS Open Noon Till Midnight — Monday to Saturday $39 West Pender Street ‘ ALWAYS. MEET AT Excellent Acoustics S MEET AT — THE PENDER AUDITORIUM , -Renovated—Modernized—Hall Large and Small for Every Need DANCING—CONVENTIONS—MEETINGS : ‘“ Triple Mike P.A. System — Wired for Broadcasting | summer, as the actual amount to be asked at that time will be determined by the. Wages and Contract. Conference when it meets next March The IWA asked that this inter- im wage adjustment be negotiat- ed by mutual consent of both par- ties, within the confines of the present agreement, and that such adjustments as are agreed upon be retroactive to January 1, 1948, [t was also asked that the hourly rates of train crews in railway and logging camps be adjusted without prejudicing opening of the contract. Pointing out in its request that the tremendous increase in “prices has actually been equal to a huge slash in wages and hence living standards, the IWA maintainea that such a request for interim wage adjustments was not a de- mand for an increase in real wages but rather an attempt to maintain existing standards of liv- ing. IWA asks adjustment in wages fo meet living costs Request from the District Policy Committee of the Inter- natiotial Woodworkers of America, for “an immediate interim adjustment in wages, the amount to be mutually agreed upon on the basis of the unprecedented increase in living costs” Japanese — organization and covered by IWA contracts. Actions of the lands and forests department removes any benefit of a union contract from these people. “Second,” he continued, “this ac- tion takes away the basic rights of Canadian citizens, regardless of origin, to the kind of employ- ment they want.” Further vigorous protest was for- warded to Premier Johnson by the provincial executive of the La- bor-Progressive Party, demanding “a stay of the order pending’ gow ernment action at the next session of the provincial legislature to re- move the rank discrimination of this unjust and antiquated govern- ment policy of 1913.” “This cruel and arbitrary dis- crimination was ruled out by the federal government during the war so that these workers of Oriental origin could contribute ‘to Canada’s war effort,” said LPP Provincial Leader Nigel Morgan. “It has been rightly rescinded as it applied to Chinese loggers and the govern-- ment must be compelled to recog- nize that there is absolutely no justification for renewing this 35- year-old persecution against a loyal and industrious people. B.C. is the only province in Canada which de- nies those of Japanese origin full citizenship rights. This travesty of justice must be rectified at the next session.” HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS HAND-MADE JOHNSON’S BOOTS 63 WestCordovaStreet - -,- - - - - - Phone MArine 712 Phone: 3 ——— s \ : al yy NS Delivered Free C. 0. D. ‘PAcific 1 384 | For Empties when driver calls. ' 25¢ Per Dozen Paid Please have them ready ee i att 339 West Pender Street « ; _, This advertisement is Rot published or displayed by the Liquor . Control: Board or’ by .the Government of. British _ Columbia, .. fore iy * .PACIFIC. TRIBUNE—PAGE 8 sis wey