Americans stage jet plane operation in Alaska A United States Air Force announcement from Washington last week revealed that a squadron of “winterized” jet fighter planes has arrived in Alaska for the first mass tactical operation of jet aircraft in the Arctic. Simultaneously, General Frank Everest, officer commanding the Yukon Sector at Fairbanks, told citizens not to be alarmed by special “alerts” to be held at giant Ladd Field, three miles outside the Alaskan city. Military police, he said, had been instructed to take “prisoner” all civ- ilians attempting to enter Ladd Field who did not know the proper countersign. Attention was also drawn to American war plans in the Arctic this week by the crash of a B-29 some 95 miles north of Nome. Six survivors were rescued by vet- eran Alaskan bush pilots, but others, including the pilot, navigator and three para- chutists dropped to aid survivors, were still missing. Because of the large number of plane crashes in tactical and training operations, the Alaskan Air Command has been training its fliers by “marooning” them on ice floes for four-day periods equip- ped only with such items as they would be likely to have if they actually crashed in the wilderness or on sea ice. Shown here is a small pilotless rocket plane with which the British have been experimenting. This one was successiuily launched from an RAF Mosquito bomber and attained a speed of 900 miles an hour under its own power. Rockets and robot planes figure largely in American war preparations in the Arctic. White charges government with both been invited to address the British Columbia district conven- tion of the International Wood- workers of America (CIO) at its afternoon session this coming Sunday, January 4. Other speakers at the conven- tion, which opens Saturday, Jan- uary 3, for three days in Veter- ans’ Memorial Center here will be: James Fadling, international pres- ident; Alex McAuslane, CCL vice- president, representing the Cana- dian Congress of Labor; Andrew Whiskers, representing the provin- cial labor department; and Ald. R. K. Gervin, representing Mayor Charles Jones. The 14 IWA locals throughout the province will be represented at the convention by 124 delegates. High on the convention agenda for discussion will be the question of the union’s wage and hour de- mands in negotiations for the 1948 agreement in view of the fact that wage increases won dur- ing the past two years have been more than absorbed by increased living costs. In the same period, however, operators’ profits have soared to unprecedented levels through increased production and efficiency throughout the indus- ify aie g. Winch, Morgan invited to IWA convention Harold Winch, CCF provincial leader, and Nigel Mor- gan, LPP provincial leader, who recently spoke before the British Columbia district convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (CIO) have Style Value Quality Always at the Home of UNION MADE ~ CLOTHING — and Friendly Service Established For Over 40 Years 45 E. Hastings — Vancouver Phone PAc. 3645 Open and League Play Invited THE PENDER BOWLING ALLEYS FIVE AND 10 PINS Open Noon Till Midnight — Monday to Saturday 839 West Pender Street stalling promised investigation Ships’ officers arrested under antiquated act Arrest of 16 officers aboard §.S. Seaboard Pioneer at Vancouver and S.S. Seaboard Star at Port Alberni on charges of wilfully disobeying commands to sail arising out of the dispute between shipowners and three officers’ unions, Na- tional Association of Marine En- gineers, Canadian -Merchant Sea- men’s Guild and Canadian Com- munications Union, has again drawn attention to the antiquated Canda Shipping Act by which seamen are governed. The arrests were made under section 249, clause C, chapter 44 of the act, against which the Can- adian Seamen’s Union, particu- larly during its Great Lakes strike SEASON’S GREETINGS to all our friends in the Labor Movement MAY and PHIL LENICZEK HIGHEST. PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. EST. 1905 719 Robson St. — MAr. 2622 MEN’S WEAR - 54 W. Cordova Phone TA. 2657 Y, Block East of Woodwards Work Clothes for Worker PERSONAL ATTENTION Friendly Service FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1948 in 1946, has directed a consistent campaign for drastic amendments. Announcing that CSU members would not sail ships now tied up by officers’ “no contract, no work” decision unless they had full com- plement of officers, James Thomp- son, CSU vice-president here, said: “We signed a contract with shipowners two weeks ago and our men will carry on and do their work on ships in port, but they will not take out under- manned vessels,” Charge that the provincial government is stalling on its promised investigation into dis- crimination against Canadian Congress of Labor unions by James Thompson and other pro- vincial labor department officials was made this week by, William White, president of Vancouver Labor Council (CCL). “There have been repeated com- plaints from our unions about dis- crimination by officials of the provincial labor department,” | White told the Pacific Tribune this week. “The provincial gov- ernment has promised us an in- vestigation, but now apparently it is stalling. “We have some open-and-shut cases on our files that clearly show discrimination, malpractice and malingering by the provincial labor department and unless the government takes prompt action to make good on its promise we shall have to consider other means of giving publicity to our com- plaints.” We Sell Army and Navy ence, For Less will never know- ingly be undersold. 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