Ce ee eee A missionary who once served fags an advisor to Chiang Kai- | shek will give his impressions of Kuomintang China when he speaks at a public meeting in Pender Auditorium here this coming Monday, February 9. He is Dr. James G. Endicott, teacher and United Church mis- sionary in China for many year, whose outspoken com- ments on Kuomintang corrup- tion and condemnation of Can- adian shipments to China have attracted national attention. ithough born in China—his parents were pioneer mission-~ aries in Western China—Dr. Endicott was educated in Tor- onto and has served with the Canadian Army in both world wars, 3 He first went to China as a missionary in 1925 where he worked in churches and schools until 19388. At that time Madame Chiang Kai-shek in- vited him to be an advisor to Endicott to speak in city her and the Generalissimo in the New Life movement and other organizations established by the Military Affairs Com- mission and he worked with them for two years. In 1941 Dr. Endicott travelled across Canada speaking on be- half of Chinese resistence to Japanese invasion before such audiences as the Montreal Can- adian Club and the Empire Club of Toronto. He returned to China in 1944 to teach in the West China Union Univer- sity, supported by the United Church of Canada, but in 1946 resigned from the church and from the Missionary Society. He taught in Shanghai for a year ‘and then returned to Canada in July, 1947. Subject of Dr. Endicott’s speech will be “China’s Civil War—The Fight for Democ- racy,’ and admission will be by 50-cent ticket. Council delegates voice discontent with labor board - Announcement by Secretary R. K, Gervin that the B.C. Executive of the Trades and Labor Congress and its special Bill 39 Committee would meet the new Labor Relations Board Thursday this week was greeted with surprise and expressions of discontent by dele- gates to Vancouver Trades and Labor Council this week. General conduct of the board was hit by speakers from the floor, who felt that meetings should not be held in camera and that all unions and the public should be given a full opportun- ity to present their own individual recommendations. Pointing out that “some unions. feel more keenly about the re- commendations than others,” Wil- liam Rigby, United Fishermen's delegate, urged those meeting with the board to make two sug- gestions. First, he said, the board should be “asked to receive rep- resentations from any individual union that wants to make them. “Secondly,” Higby continued, “why is it that the hearings are not being held in'a public way? We were told when the board was first established that it was going to hear representations from everybody in order to de- cide what amendments to re- commend for inclusion in the act, but these hearings are all in private.” Rigby observed that “a, rather peculiar situation exists. Some time ago a statement was pub- lished that the government was going to amend the act. Recently a cabinet minister made the statement that ‘if there was any- thing wrong with the act, it was going to stay, wrong’.” Certain criticism of the board's members came from the floor, when delegates enquired why it was necessary for the TLC pro- vincial executive to appear before the board if the member at present sitting on the board, purporting to represent the TLC, were really doing his job? “Brother Wilkinson has been very cooperative to date,” claimed Secretary Gervin, “and I expect he will be in the future.” However, Gervin added, he “‘can- not convince the board unless we make representation to it our- selves that these amendments should be made.” The AFL position on charges made by Marine Workers and Boilermakers’ Industrial Union (CCL) against the AFL “raid- ing’ in Dominion Rustproofing plant would also be heard by the board Thursday this week, Gervin reported. Further criticism of apparent partiality and of the ineffective way in which the new Labor Relations Board is dealing with disputes was made this week by Workers and Boilermakers, com- President William White, Marine menting on the Dominion Rust- proofing dispute at present before the board. “The vital question behind this dispute, 1s being overlookedg” White told the Pacific Tribune ' “It is mot cae manor ® fjurisdictionat dispu whether the board is going to- enforce the Act or whether it is going to be entirely ignored.” Pointing out that Dominion Rustproofiing had admitted its Mability under, the act in a letter to the union and again before the board last week, White stated that the board was still refusing to accept this evidence as con- clusive. ' es Book club plans discussion of | new book by former Victoria man VICTORIA, B.C.—The recently published book. Rise of the New Asia, by Darshan S. Sangha, will be introduced in i before Victoria, where the author resided for seven years returning to India last fall, at a special film showing and book display. The affair is being sponsored by the Victoria Book Union Club Douglas Leask, featuring Paul Robeson. : Invitations are available from whose phone and will be held in the Eroe eee number is B 4028. Rise of the Conservative Clubrooms, 738 For Street, Wednesday, February 1 Film: shown will be Native Land, | Union FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1948 8.|New Asia is the current Book] selection. little general Political circles in the capital are speculating on the possibility of the government going to the people if it loses either the Saan- ich or Cariboo elections on Feb- ruary 23. Some believe that if the Coalition loses both seats a ‘general election is certain, Obviously the government is worried. The first organization to speak out in the election, the Marine Workers, Machinists and Boilermakers’ Industrial Union, Local No. 3, has called on its members to work for the defeat of the Coalition-Libera] candidate, Arthur Ash. “This action is taken as a resu.t of recent statements of Coalition cabinet ministers,” the Marine Workers statement de- clares, “Lhe statement of finance. Minister Herbert Ans- comb that ‘if there is anything wrong with Bill 89 it will have -o stay wrong,’ coupled with the statement of Labor Minister Wismer that ‘there is complete unanimity in the Cabinet on the question of Bill $9’ has convinced us that earlier promises of am- endments will not be carried out. The defeat of the Coalition can- didate in Saartich will prove to the government that labor is serious in demanding a decent labor code in B.C.” The government is keenly aware that its failure to make. good on its election promises is narrowing its support in what has always been a safe Coalition seat. It is trying to meet this situation with more promises and with red- baiting. Ash is promising to sup- Port all the things the Liberals and Tories have failed to produce. such as health insurance and old age pensions. Premier Byron Johnson and Finance Minister Anscomb led off the attempt to scare the voters into voting for Ash to pre- serve themselves from “commun- ism,” “socialism,” “totalitarianism,” “collectivism” and “foreign ’isms” in general. The attempt is re- peated from every Coalition plat- form, Anscomb is learning how to combine racism with red-bait- ing in a way that has earned the disgust of many voters, Saanich byelection like election By BRUCE MICKLEBURGH VICTORIA, B.C.—The Saanich byelection is like a little general election. Eight cabinet ministers are taking time out to take part in the campaign. formidable array of CCF and LPP speakers. They are being met by a stating, “kussia experimented with (communism and socialism) for 30 years and now is so ashamed of it nobody from a white country can get in or out. That is why our (tory) party is willing to cooperate with the great Liberal Party.” The CCF is bringing in Harold Winch, Herbert Gargraves, Doro- thy Steeves, Grace McInnis and E, E. Winch in support of its candidate, Colin Cameron, former MLA, who is waging a strong campaign through radio, public meeting and house gatherings. While the CCF failed by 2,000 votes to win the seat in 1945 two things have happened since to change that picture: The goyern- ment has become widely discred-' ited among both. labor and farm- ers; the LPP is now throwing its full support behind the CCF and in Saanich is working hard for Cameron’s election. The LPP has anounced these public meetings: Monday, February 9, KP Hall, Sidney. Bruce Mickleburgh and Doris Blakey. Monday, February 16, Hampton Rd. Hall; Bruce Mickleburgh and George Greenwell. Thursday, February 19, Mac- morran’s Pavilion, Cordova Bay: Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, and Bruce Mickleburgh. In addition the LPP jis spon- soring a series of radio broad- casts, including: CIVI, Tuesday, February 10, 6.45 p.m., Bruce Mickleburgh on “The government’s record of be- trayal.” CJVI, Tuesday, February 17, 6.30 pm., Brita Mickleburgh on “The government women want.” “Kunds are urgently needed for the LPP’s independent cam-— paign in Saanich to elect Colin > Cameron,” an appeal issued by George Greenwell states. “We hope progressive people through- out B.C. will realize the import- ance of this fight and send us the donations we need to give the govérnment a resounding defeat in their own backyard.” Greenwell asked that all dona- tions be forwarded to Room 1, 1116 Broad Street, Victoria, B.C. s . t ‘ Teachers fight suspension United Office and Professional Workers (CIO) were on strike against the Brooklyn Trust Company a few months ago. Isodore Rubin, New York city teacher and member of the Teachers Unior (CIO), joined: the picket line. Police arrested the pickets,. the newspapers learned that Rubin was a teacher, a pressure campaign was launched and he was suspended from his job. Now he is fighting for reinstatement. Here, Eugene E. Leftkowitz (left) gives Rubin legal advice as hearings opelt, ' before a school committee Leffects on living standards Back prices. drive MONTREAL — Montreal Labor Council (CCL) has unanimously passed a resolution to support the nation-wide price protest petition drive. Ten thousand petition forms have already been distrib- uted to union locals, consumer stoups, and community organiza- tions throughout the city. The Catholic Syndicate has also sent a& wire to Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King demanding that his government roll prices back to reasonable levels. Thesyndicate delegate has also pledged that the Catholic unions well get at least 25,000 petitions signed on the dotted line. Labor man appointed _CALGARY—Foster Shields, ‘re- tiring vice-president and active member of Local 690, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, has been appointed to Calgary Town Planning Commis- sion on the recommendation of the Calgary Labor Council (CCL). The appointment was made ans recognition of his work in the union and his participation in efforts to advance a United Labor Ae of candidates in civic poli- Unions protest act. TORONTO—Sending of two Can-- adian Seamen’s Union organizers to jail under Section 239 of the archaic Canada Shipping Act has touched off a union-led protest wave which promises to snowball into a major labor issue. The organizers, Lawrence K. Smylie, 18, of Toronto, and Nicholas Saw- chuk, 23, of Thorold, received a six months sentence from Magis- trate H. D. Hallett of St. Cath- arines on a charge of “boarding — a& vessel without the consent or order of the officer in charge.” The six months sentence, the mini-_ mum possible under the Canada Shipping Act, was’ meted out even though the two CSU officers had, under the terms of the union’s collective agreement with the Co- lonial Steamships, a legal right to board the company’s vessels on union business. Layeffs held warning MONTREAL—Mounting layoffs in radio industry here brought the warning from Local .531, UE-CIO that there will be an increase in depression conditions unless the Canadian people “put pressure upon the government to put con- trols back on the commodities of life.” UE adopts policy ST. CATHARINES—The United Electrical Workers has a_ policy in 1948 of seeking minimum wage increases of 30c per hour, elect- ing CCF governments provincially and federally, and intensifying campaigns for roll-back of. prices as a result of decisions arrived at there by the union’s district council. The union’s position stems from studies of present government policies and their ards of the. workers in the industry. Repre- — sentatives of 22 Locals of the UE in 14 cities in Ontario and Quebec were present at the con- ference to speak for the 25,000 union. There were 114 officials delegates and 58 observers. : PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE oe workers under contract with this _ :