Mitchell Clarence Jackson told the com- mittee that when his United Elec- trical Workers had written the WPTB about new price ceilings on various electrical commodities it received only evasive replies. The union has since found out that al- though manufacturers no longer pay a wartime 25 percent tax on household appliances the consum- er still pays wartime prices, equiva- lent to a 25 percent price increase. Eixamples of deliberate withhold- ing of goods from the market until higher prices could be forced through were cited by Jackson as evidence of “a full-blown conspir- acy On the part of manufacturers against the people.’ f Prize winners Prize winners, Labor Picnic, Confederation Park, Aug. 4: ast prize: Washing machine. No. 28393—Ben French, Camp 8, Elk River. 2nd prize: Radio Combina- tion. No. 1874—— W. Weims, 2604 East 19th Ave., Vancou- ver. 3rd prize: Boudoir Chair. No. 5131—_J. M. Smith, 2796 Eton St., Vancouver. 4th prize: Walnut night table. No. 21777—C. R. Charters, 3815 Dundas St., Vancouver. 5th prize: Pillows. No. 15849 —C. Zaydlik, 456 FE. Hastings, Vancouver, 6th prize: Coffee table- No. 21644. Jd. ©. Fennell, 804 Bur- rard St.. Vancouver. F wth prize: $10 dry-cleaning credit note. No. 2880 — Mr. Braid, 503 East 4th St., North Vancouver. 8th prize: 2 units of sawdust. No. 1416—J. Korshinski, 612 © Main St., Vancouver. 9th prize: Lamp. No. 20957— Danny Komeda, 3709 Droleta, Montreal. 10th prize: Fron. No. 15371— J. Power, 4825 Dumfries St., Vancouver. ; ROY LOWTHER INSURANCE Life—Car—Fire—Theft Sickness Rersonal Property COWAN AGENCIES 303 Rogers Bldg. MAr. 4587 = LO ie LOO Pat Conroy hit out at Donald Gordon with the pointed remark that it was no coincidence that Gordon’s figure and Stelco’s figure for what constituted a “reason- able” wage in the steel industry were the same. “Whether he realizes it or not,” he declared, “his basic principle is that ‘reasonable’ profit comes first and wages get what is left and the employers are the sole judges of what is reasonable profit.”’ The CCL, he continued, could not accept such a position. “It cannot agree that profits should take priority over wages, still less that employers alone should determine how high profits should be.” @ : With the Industrial Relations Committee now winding up its hearings, the problem of breaking the conspiracy between the gov- ernment and big business to reduce living standards and increase pro- fits remain unsolved. The irre- futable facts to justify the grant of labor’s wage demands have been placed before the committee, but it is unlikely that labor will get any satisfactory decision from it. The responsibility for settling strikes still lies with the govern- ment and only the united, coordin- ated action of the trade union movement can force the govern- ment to concede a satisfactory set- tlement. As the hearings have shown, this is what the Sever nment fears most. : al owners set for life LONDON. — British -coal mine owners, who are being bought out by the government, won’t have to spend their reclining years in the old folks’ home. The government is going to give them a perpetual erant of $19,200,000 a year. Pre-war profits from the mines averaged $48,000,000 a year, but these were collected on the basis of sweatshop conditions which the miners will no longer accept. Con- ditions were so bad that many workers left the mines and the re- sult is that the country now has a severe coal shortage. The compensation which the gov- ernment has decided on is generally considered higher than future profits would have been under private ownership. -Vancouver; United Auto Workers’ Union (CIO) Vice- Beeciden: R. J. Thomas addressing the work- ers of the Stalin Auto Works, while attending the executive conference of the World — Federation of Trade Unions held in Moscow recently Program @ Support of the Fred Rose Defense Committee. Resolutions on international is- sues approved by the convention: @: Demanded that the atom bomb be outlawed as a war weapon and called for de- struction of present atom bomb stores, @ Condemned those seeking to undermine friendly relations with the USSR and demand- ed changes in Canadian for- eign policy in order to strengthen Canadian + Soviet relations. @® UWrged severance of relations with Franco Spain and an- nounced support of all organ- izations striving for removal ef Eranco’s fascist regime. @ Opposed immigration to Can- ada of members of General Anders’ fascist - dominated Polish army and asked that the 4,000 men to be brought to Canada be sent instead to their native Poland to aid in reconstruction ~ of that coun- try. Opposition Officers elected by the conven- tion were: O’Brien; first Murphy; President, Dan vice-president, Harvey second vice-president, Alex Mc- Kenzie; secretary-treasurer, Har- old Pritchett. Executive officers: A. HH. Hart, Victoria; William Sand, Kelowna; Malcolm Macleod, Tom Ostle, Nanaimo; Coray Campbell, Vancouver. Dan O’Brien and Harvey Mur- phy were elected as delegates to the Canadian Congress of Labor con- vention in Toronto next month, with Alex McKenzie as alternate. Quality and Purity As HOMEMADE HASTINGS BAKERY 716 E. Hastings HA. 3244 Tenant’s League critical of court eviction edict By EFFIE JONES Canadian justice as administered by Bruce Boyd in the Rentals Court and ratified by Judge Lennox in Chambers, proved to be the opposite to impartial in the decision handed down to Ben Monsees, 83 years of age, the operator of a rooming house at 231 ‘Powell street. 5 The owners of these premises, Chow Wing Chee and May Kwan Chow, through their lawyer, J. Maguire served Monsees with a notice to vacate, expiring on the 31st day of July last. The reason for this action was given as being that the landlord needed the premises as accommodation for himself, “his wife and four children. In the court evidence, it was stated that Wionsees occu- pied and rented 18 rooms and a suite on the ground floor, Through every legal means available, Monsees attempt- ed to inform the judges that he rented 12 roeoms upstairs only, and had never at any time occupied any part of the downstairs of the building. When the members. of the Homeowners and Tenants League visited 231 Powell St. to investi- gate, they found the downstairs vacant. This part was comprised of a store and two fairly large suites. Neighbors stated that one suite had been empty for about a year and the other for some months. In this period of acute housing conditions, this seems an <= : 4 Pender Auditorium BOILERMAKERS) MODERN DANCING Every Saturday Bowling Alleys Large and Smail Hails for Rentais PHONE: PAc. 9481 or UNIVERSAL NEWS STAND 112 EAST HASTINGS * SoS festires Ais 6 Q Language and Home Town Newspapers and Progressive Literature IF WE DON’T STOCK IT, WE CAN GET IT x Also, why did occupy these astounding fact. not the. landlord two vacant suites. Despite the fact that he has been in hospital for three months, Monsees has made every ef- fort to bring the truth, of the Situation to the proper authorities through the recognized legal chan- nels. However, he has been un- successful and is now, faced with eviction The Tenants and Home- owners League strongly pretests the decisions given in this case, and also the procedure followed by certain members of the legal profession. This is another case where Ca- nadian law courts have been used as a vehicle of injustice. 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