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~ Veterans

The plumbing was wrongly con-
nected; the floors, which were
yarnished before stains were re-
moved, have shrunk so that a
50-cent piece can be placed in the
eracks, and kitchen cupboards and
the bath tub have pulled away
from the wall.

Another veteran, Tom Oldale,
who is paying $5,900 for his house,
states that the center portion of
his house has settled, the floor
has dropped half an inch around
the chimney and a faulty drain
under the house floods in wet
weather.

‘ A third veteran, Price Amos,
éxpresses the attitude of all those
Signing the complaint when he
says, “We feel we couldn't get
our money out of the houses if
we had to sell.”

An independent investigation of
the complaint is being made by
a committee set up by the Mala-
spina branch of the Canadian
Legion.

LPP to feature
big “Burns night’

Burns’ Night, January 25, will
be celebrated by the Labor-Pro-
gressive Party and friends at the
Hastings Auditorium. The haggis
will be piped in by Pete Munro
and Chas. Stewart will give the
traditional “Address to the Hag-
eis.”

Tom. McEwen will toast the
“Immortal Memory” outlining the
highlights in Burns’ work which
lead him to be acclaimed as “The
Working Class Bard.”

Other outstanding contributions
on the program will include re-
marks by Malcolm MacLeod, Wm.
Stewart and Bill Bennett. Elspeth
Munro will recite “A Man’s a
Man. for a’ That.”

Community singing and a full

Scots dinner will be included.
Everyone is welcome.
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Youth conference
to form council

A call to a second Young Adults
Conference was included in the
“Findings Committee Report of
the Young Adults Conference held
November 2, 1946.” The latest con-
ference will be held on Saturday,
January 25, 2:00 p.m. at the
YWCA, 997 Dunsmuir St. and
will have, as a primary aim, the
establishment ef a permanent
“Coordinating Council of Young
Adult Groups.” The Community
Chest and Council, which is
sponsoring the initial conferences,
has issued an open invitation to
all Vancouver youth organiza-
tions to participate in this import-
ant conference,

The Findings Committee recom-
mended that the permanent body
have the following functions:

@ A means of spotlighting. social
needs such as slum clearance,
ete.

@ To coordinate ang promote the
activities of the various mem-
ber organizations.

@ To serve as a general informa-
tion bureau with data on all
phases of the youth field.

@ To serve as a leadership pool.
A medium for publicizing the
youth movement,

It is expected that Vancouver
youth organizations will take full
advantage of this excellent op-
portunity, for, unquestionably, the
most serious weakness in the
youth movement at the present
time is the lack of coordination
amongst the many groupings.

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already received the approval of
the independent Railway Brother-
hoods.

Members of the delegation were:
Birt Showler, vice-president of
TLC. Ald. kh. Ke Gervin; ~chair-
man B.C. executive TLC; George
Wilkinson, Howard Webster and
W. Rigby, executive members

TLC; Daniel O’Brien, president;
Harvey Murphy, first vice-presi-
dent; Alex McKenzie, second

vice-president, and Harold Prit-
chett, B.C. District President, IWA.
(CCL).

Principal amendments to the
Industrial Conciliation and Arbi-
tration Act being sought by the
delegation, backed by more than

100,000 organized workers in the
province, are:
@ Establishment of collective

bargaining and union security
rights to give a certified union
full recognition as bargaining
agent and make union security
compulsory under the Act.

@ Banning of such unfair labor
practices as setting up of com-
pany unions, interference by em-
ployers with employees’ rights,
discrimination’ against employees
for union activity, employers fail-
ure to sign a negotiated agree-
ment, and industrial activity.

@ Compulsory maintenance of

membership and assignment of
pay for union dues when request-
ed by employees,

Presents brief

@® Definition of a dispute to
mean “only a bona-fide con-
troversy between employer and
union involving the terms of
agreement» or proposed agree-
ment,” in place of the present
definition under the Act which
includes “everything which may
be in controversy bétween an em.
ployer and the majority of his
employees.”
@ Establishment of a labor re
lations board, with representation
from organized labor and employ-
ers, to enforce fair labor prac-
tices.

Heading a list of nine amend-
ments to the Workmen’s Com-
pensation Act submitted to the
cabinet was that asking an in-
crease in compensation from 66
2-3 percent to 100 percent of ear-
nings, with a minimum payment
of $20 a week guaranteed during
incapacity.

Other demands contained in the
brief were:

@ A 40-hour week, instead of the
present 44-hour week.

e@ Establishment of a basic mini-
mum wage of 75 cents an hour

for all industry, with pressure for

a similar minimum on a national

scale.

@ Two weeks’ holiday with pay.
for all workers, instead of the

present one week.

@ An immediate start on a joint

Dominion-Provincial low rental

housing project, with provision

for final ownership by the occu-

pants.

@ Inclusion of a study of the
trade union movement in cur-

ricula of the schools.

@ Placing domestic workers un-
der present labor legislation.

Lenin meeting
fo pay tribute

A mass meeting commemorat-
ing the life and work of V. I.
Lenin, founder of the Soviet
Union, will be held on Sunday,
January 26, 8 p.m. at the Pender
Auditorium. Maurice Rush, pro-
vincial organizer of the Labor-
Progressive party will be the
main speaker, his subject being
“Lenin—The Marxist Architect of
a New World.”

The concert section of the pro-
gram will be directed by John
Goss, noted Vancouver singer, A
mass choir will .be in attendance
to. present a fitting selection of
songs.

Special souvenir programs, out-
lining the work and teachings of
Lenin ‘are being prepared, and
will be made available at the
meeting.

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