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As a miner "who came up the) hard way" with the old Western Miners' Union. he said that he to-,' day represented the United Mina; Mill and Smelter Workers as an: elected executive member. l Legislators should recognize that} there are two types of labor mam! said R. A. Carlin 1C.C.F., Sudbury)) -~one group. the union executive! democratically elected by bona fide! unions: the other. self-appointed.) self-authorized persons with no real,' authenticity. Unfortunately. hot said, the latter often reached high) office on false pretenc-es. l Early days had been hard. Oper-l ators had fought the unions. Biti by bit. hours of work had been re-l duced and wages gradually in-': creased. And experience had taughtl the need of unity and need for con-' tractual guarantees of security. That was why the present. demand was for union security-o guaran- tee against company unions con- trolling by chiselling bosses, Mr., Carlin told the Assembly. Labor and other intelligent citi- zens recognized that public legisla- tion was needed to maintain labor peace, he continued. So labor asks only that. when a majority of work- ers in a plant were members of a union, that union should be recog- nized as the bargaining agent of the workers and be supported by a check-off \xhich paid it the just dues of its members. The press of Canada, he said, had been gener- ally fair, and recognized the jus- tice of the claim. To cry "Red" when labor was discussed "as evasion. said Mr. Carlin. It was evasion ot the real needs of labor for 40-hour week, no cut in take-home pay. two weeks' annual vacation. a true labor code. To say Ontario had good labor laws Mas laughable. he said, when Orr. lario workers had to strike for what other countries provided by law. hosts in Ontario. a hotel trades school was planned and opened and a course in institutional manage- ment set up at University of To. ronto. he advised. Mr. Porter said he cited these tasks to show the Government's concept of planning. a co-ordinated study before launching into only needed services. 'wo Types of Unions Unanimous. voted opinion of all organized labor in Ontario had condemned Canada's legislation, he declared. Low-Cos+ Housing Mr. Carlin suggested that an educational campaign be launched among workers so they would avoid errors which occasionally deprive them of workmen's compensation benefits. A more lenient. interpre- tation of the old-age pensions regu- Lations would also be approved by Ontario, he said. Mr. Elgie urged that pressure he brought on the Federal Gov- ernment to enter into arrangements with the Province and munici- palities to embark on a major low- cost housing program which would solve the housing shortage and. in providing employment, accelerate a return to prosperity. The next five years, he said, mould he critical years in On- tario's future and that if energetic measures were not. taken to meet present problems "we may find that we have provided the breeding ground for the malcontents. the ex- tremists and others who would lead our citizens into a path booby- trapped with doctrines foreign to our way of life. This Government can cut the ground from under the feet of our extremists by lead- ing the way, as it has done since it assumed office, to broad meas- ures of social security." "We are pledged to wipe out the slums in this Province in the next tire years," he said. "If we do, we will have erased an inexcusable blight now in our midst." He rec-om- mended that a board of skilled town-planners co-operating with financial experts meet municipal officials and speed solution of the problem. He advocated that the increased widows' pensions rates be made applicable to all, instead of ex- cluding widows who received pensions before April, 1943. He also advised amendment of the Work- men's Compensation Act to pro- vide tor 100 per cent disability, setting up of a separate board to hear appeals from ruling of other bodies such as the compensation board and liquor authority control board, and a reduction of the old age pension age from 70 to 65 re- gardless of whether the Federal Government look such action. By arrangement with the Federal Gov- ernment, he believed family al- lowances could be increased. A Dominion-Provinvial major low-cost housing plan, hospital and surgical treatment for all through a co-operative plan and regardless of the patients' ability to pay, and introduction of a 40-hour week wow among social improvement measures recommended to the Gov. ernment by G C. Elgie (P.C., To- tsonto-Wootlbin'st. Increased Pensions Muck IA, To divert into constructive chan- nels the restiveness of labor, Mr. Eigie said. the Province was ready to undertake many projects which should provide jobs which the Fed- eral Government had failed to sup- piy, but, which it had "dangled as election bait before the workers of the country." In collective bargaining,. he thought all employees in a plant should vote and that the majority of the employees and not only of the voters as at present should determine the bargaining agent. It was the duty of the Government, too, to indicate how far it felt unions were entitled to go to ob.. tain union security. Serious consid- eration also should be given to ex- tending vacations with pay to two weeks. Go North, Young Man Enlargement. of the Ontario ' Labor Relations Board lo expedite its commendable work also was' advocated. -' Assistance for students desiring a university education through a loan program was suggested. stu- dents to repay the Government at a later date, extension of the touts ist industry and establishment of a conservation authority to safeguard and develop Ontario's natural re- sources. Northwestern Ontario was de..; scribed as an area always noted for; its pioneering spirit. J. M. Newman: (L., Rainy River, said. Returning; veterans had revealed its continu-; ance as they had shown ingenuity'; in re-establishing themselves. Government aid in land clearing and drainage could be valuable and would be more than equalled by the assistance the riding's resi- dents would give. By co-operation, he said the Departments of Lands and Forests. Highways and Agricul- ture could launch a valuable pro- gram which would foster farming on the million fertile acres of the district. Evidence of fertility was shown in the potato records pro- duction long held by Rainy River.