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PAGE FOUR An independent newspaper pu avery after Se ht as Fe Mundy, President; i] Secretary, wi : 1 Audit Bureau of Circulations, Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumber TORONTO OFFICE sentative, published : legal wa, Canada, by Mundy Limited; Chas, M, Alloway, The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Canas 'WURSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carvier; 30¢ a we ) ma land, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in {| & year; United States, $5.00 a ann "oy 407 Bond Building, ua Temperance "Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, H, D, 'Tresiddev, repre REPRESENTATIVES IN 0.8, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York snd Chicago, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1928 TEE fy A SAFETY DRAWING CONTEST Considerable interest is being shown by both teachers and pupils of Oshawa's publig schools in the drawing contest being con- ducted by the Ontario Safety League, Bev- eral pupils from this vicinity are competing, .and it is hoped that at least some of them may be able to bring honour to their school and to the city in the centest, Accidents and accident prevention, and fires and fire prevention are the subjects up» «* on which pupils may submit drawings in the competition, The work may be in the form of a poster, bulletin or illustration, and a committee of artists will judge the entries, In order that junior pupils may have an opportunity to adequately show: their ability and originality, equal prizes are being given in each of two classes, the first comprising pupils 12 years cold and under, and the sec- ond including pupils 13 to 16 years of age, The chief value of this contest, is not in {its encouragement of avtistic talent among the children, important as that may be, But: it is just one of the means in which children may be led to think safety for themselves and others, Arousing a child's interest suf- ficiently that he will originate and submit a drawing in a contest whose centrdl theme is safety in regard to either accidents or fires, means that he will be more prone to practise the safety cautions that he is taught by thoughtful teachers, And it is only as the child practises safety measures, that he yeally learns them, a ie A Research might, with profit to humanity, spare an hour or two from the pursuit of the electron, the atom and the causes of indus- trial unrest and political regularity in order that the world might know at last just now many bricks a bricklayer lays in a day, It would be a move in the interest of social ad- justment and the peace of mind of the pon- gering public, No other subject of contemporary conver- sation and philosophy, with the possible ex- ceptions of Russia, Mussolini and the L.C.A,, reveals such an astounding clash of data, It has been heard from self-styled authentic sources that the present-day bricklayer can lay 200 bricks in an eight-hour day, compar- ed with several thousand laid by masons when they worked ten and twelve hours a day, More moderate are the estimates of buuaings contractors, contrasting the form- er daily average of 1,700 bricks with only 700 under prevailing conditions, Against these estimates of the employers are claims of the masons themselves, which range from 3,400 to 1,600 bricks a day where there are no intricate ornamental work or architect- ural design to retard the work, k It should not be beyond the resources of an age which has brought the survey and questionnaire to such perfection to obtain a fair, representative and definite count. of how many bricks 2 bricklayer can lay in 8 brick-laying day. : BRICKS AND BRICKRLAYERS CHIVALRY AND COMMON SENSE Ladies in shops and offices are not always emphasizing their ladylikeness; sometimes © they show almost masculine common sense, At a recent convention of building owners and managers a committee of women real- tors turned in a report on certdin phases of the management of commercial buildings, Included was a recommendation that owners THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1928 petuate the memory of the horses that serv. ed and perished in the World War, It is fitting that man should thus remember the horses that have served him so well in battle 'but the sculptor should not, in molding his stone or bronze, attribute to the horse the quality of patriotism, When men go to war they know why---or at least think they do, But a horse is spur red to the front by ita driver and not hy love of country or call of duty, A horse has no country and consequently does not possess the right of human prisoners of war to re. fuse to fight on the side of ita captor, The captured horse is not leas willing to carry an enemy rider or pull the enemy's cannon than to "fight" for its owner's flag, All that the horse can hope to come out of battle with is its life, The spoils of war are not its, It is not promoted, There is a story about a horse being made a consul, but that was in Rome, before the time of Mussolini; and then, the story is probably more fable than fact, The horse of the French general that bit the Russian soldier in the battle of Eylau in 1807 was actuated by the thrusts of the Russian's sabre rather than by any equine patriotism, However, it would not be amiss if the Bri- tish were to place on their equestrian monu- ment some little tribute to those horses which so faithfully and willingly serve hu- manity in time of peace, / EDITORIAL NOTES Love's blind, but that shouldn't make a girl kiss everybody, : "Phe bottom rungs of the social ladder have been kicked out, The best reflections come from thinking instead of looking into mirrors, There are people who never lose an oppor- tunity to enjoy being miserable, The man with six children knows more about shoes than the man who makes shoes, It's a great life if you don't believe in everything you see, hear, think or know, The necest thing about neighbor's child- ren is they never turn out as badly as you expect, One of the needs of the times is to impress on many persons the importance of slowing up at eurves, About the only dictating 8 man can get away with now is what he pays the steno- grapher to take, Man has conquered the air, The young lady at the piano next door hasn't, Why bother to meet trouble half way, when the postman will bring the monthly bills to your door? Necessity is the mother of inventing some way to keep house these days without in- dulging in luxuries, Bit of Verse A LAGGARD IN LOVE! "I give you a key to my heart," said she, "So come when you will and unlock it, "Your key is just this (and she offered a kiss) : "Don't let it wear holes in your pocket!" { Two days flitted by ere I ventured to try My luck in that storehouse of blisses; I tried the new key she had given to me, But lo! she rejected all kisses, "You're reslly so slow," she yawned, "don't you know-- Or were you away on vacation? I know your key'd rust and--you don't mind, I trust-- WF i Ive altered the combination!" go the situation of the Osh Exhibition Official of Canadian Trades Anyway", is Parting Shot An interesting article, dealing with awa Auto Union, appeared in the To- tonto Telegram last night, The ars ticle reads: | The beginning of the end of Am- erican Federation of Labor control of Canadian laber activities may be sig» nalized here Saturday when repres sentatives of approximately 12,000 workers in automobile industries will meet to form an all-Canadian_ union and sever connection with United States organigations, The meeting will open in the Pfince George Hotel Saturday morning and will probably carry on until next week. From 75 to 100 delegates re- resenting the automobile trades of shawa, the Border Cities, Toronto and other industrial points in Eas- tern Canada will attend. It is probable that upon its incep- tion the new union will apply for affiliation with the All-Canadian Trade Union Congress, thereby al- most: doubling the strength of this purely national union of Canadian workers, This is regarded by members of the All-Canadian Union as one of the most decisive victories Canadian la- hor has ever scored against the Am- erican Federation, Workers Began in Oshawa This move towards a completely Canadian union of automobile work- ers began three weeks ago when the Oshawa local of the Federation com- pletely repudiated the parent body with headquarters in Washington, D.C, At that time a workers' com- mittee, appointed to examine into the affairs of the Oshawa local, report ed that the Federation, through its Canadian officers, had betrayed the local to the employers, had broken every promise through which the los cal had been brought into the Fed- eration and had kept members of the local in complete darkness as to the real state of the finances and condi. tions of the Union, Gross mishandl- ing of the local's funds was also charged. The committee reported: "We would summarize the situation with regard to the American Federation of Labor as follows :--Whereas it is apparent that the automcbile indus. try of Canada is in great need of a sustained organization campaign and that the organization of the industry should be of an industrial nature, and that 'whereas the American Fed- eration of Labor has shown no in: terest or desire to conduct such 2 campaign, be it therefore resolved that this local union take steps to become affiliated with a more ag- gressive hody and that the local ex- ecutive he instructed to take the necessary steps." The day following the presentation and adoption of this resolution, T, E, Maguire, until that time secretary: treasurer of the local, who had been appointed to the office by James Simpson, of the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress left Oshawa, 75 Cents in Treasury Thereupon, without waiting for the American Federation of Labor to rush organizers to the spot and re gain control of the situation, a com- mittee of the Union seized all the papers of the local, Examination of these showed that of all funds contributed to the support of the Union since its beginning, only 76 cents remained, Examination of correspondence be- tween Maguire, erstwhile secretary and the Federation headquarters re- vealed that since August the local had been under suspension by the Federation for non-payment of per capita tax, 'This was news to officers and men of the local, Ma- guire, it was discovered, was jre- ceiving official correspondence at his residence instead of at the of- fices of the Jocal, Discovery of the suspension of the Jocal brought to light the ap- parent fact that delegates from the local to the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress convention in To- ronto during September were tech- nically uncredentialed, without the right to any voice in the proceedings. As they voted on every measure that was brought before the Congress, however, they now regard all pro- ceedings of the Congress as con- stitutiopally null and void, J. Dowling, acting secretary-treas- surer of the local, who was appoint: ed upon the disappearance Ma- guire informed that the week before the Trades and Labor Congress con- vened, James Simpson went to Osh- awa and appointed 38 delegates to the convention. As of all letters sent to the Jocal by the American Federation of Labor should be received at the Labor Temple in Toronto, members of the local think that Mr. Simpson should have piready known of the suspen- sion of the Oshawa body when he appealed for delegates and Bm ih soe Be engage in liberations of vote. Denies Suspension But Mr. Simpson contended this THE WO OF THE LORD~ Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.--Isg 40:10 and 11. PRAYER--O Lord, Thy gentleness hath made me great, James Simpson States Oshawa Strike Mistake, of Temper and Labor Congress Com ments on Action of Oshawa Auto Workers' Union in | makers, Breaking Away from American Federation of Labor May Form All-Canadian Body -- Move Engineered By | Sta Communist Party, He Says -- "All Fools Down There, morning, that the Oshawa local was not under suspension when its dele- tes voted in the Congress, Mr, as Sungrees, Hn us. Oshawa local had not paid ita per Spa tax to the Federation ay and that it was under notice of suspension, He says, however, that he had written privately to the secretary of the Federation and had asked that the part of the constitu tion providing for suspension in such cases be overlooked, as the wa body was in Joor financial condition. He had notified Maguire, the secre tary of the local, of this action, "If Maguire did not see fit to noti- fy members of the local what the situation was, it is not my fault," Mr, Simpson sald, "I cannot be held respensible for the behaviour of every officer of the Federation, 1 knew the local was still in good standing, or I would never have ap- ointed delegates from it to the ongress." Notified of Arrears The first letter regarding the sus. pension of the Oshawa union was mailed from the American Federa- tion of Labor headquarters on June 15, and in part reads as follows: "Any organization affiliated with the Federation not paying its per capita tax on or before the 15th of each month shall be notified of the fact by the Secretary of the Federa- tion and if at the end of three months it is still in arrears it shall be suspended from membership in the Federation and can be reinstated only by vote of the convention when such arrears are paid in full" The Oshawa local continued to re- main in arrears on its per capita tax payments, No payments have been made since May 15th, therefore the suspension became operative August 18th, In explaining the attitude of the Oshawa workers, J. Dowling told The Telegram last night that when they joined the Federation upon the urging of James Simpson they were expressly promised by Mr, Simpson that they would be permitted to form an industrial union and that the Federation would organize auto. mobile workers in other parts of Canada, Constitution Forbids It is pointed out now that indus trial unions are forbidden by the constitution of the American Fed- eration of Labor, although nothing of this kind was mentioned when the Oshawa 'union got thelp Fed: ed us we permi helped to organize industrially, Soon after we joined the Federation, how- bade any such proceed formation was also wi The letter from Federation head- uarters referring to this aspect of the matter was posted from Wash: ington on April 12th and says in rt: "It is distinetly understood hat in granting a charter to your Federal Labor Union the purpose is to organize from among its members trade unions and that your union shall, conform to the constitution, policy and principals of the Ameri can Federation of Labor." "Our sole purpese in joining the Federation was to further the for- mation of an automotive industrial union in Canada," Mr, Dowling said further, "and we were promised the full support of the Federation to- wards this objective. We understood Federation organizers would be sent into Windsor, Toronto and other automobile manufacturing centres to do the organization work, In fact we collected money to help in this work and it was turned over to Fed- eration representatives. Absolutely nothing has been done." A last minute attempt to 'woo the rebelling automobile workers work into the Federation fold was made a week ago when two organizers were dispatched to Oshawa to con. fer with the local executive, The meeting resulted in a storm of re crimination from the union officers and the organizers left the meeting abruptly just as a move to eject them forcibly was being made, Alleges Communism Discussing the desire of the Osh- awa local to break away from the American Federation and ally itself with the All-Canadian Congress of Labor, Mr, Simpson asserted the whole move had been engineered by the Communist Party of Canada, "The Oshawa loeal has proved traitorous to the Federation," he said. "They are allowing themselves to be made the tools of the Commun. ists. Any troubles they have had are due to themselves and their lack of experience, They are all fools down there, anyway, They don't know what they want, and wouldn't know how to get it if they did, Their strike last spring was simply an ex: pression of temperament and should never have been held, "The majority of the automobile workers in Oshawa are mothing but transplanted farmers, and they be- .L. HUDSON'& Co. have as such, They haven't the merest ion of what a labor organization fa The union was organized after the strike. Accord: t0 Mr, Sim . there were about 4.200 potential members, whom 3,800 paid the initial dollar fee, but of these only about 1,800 stuck in the union as by subsequent closing of plant, some 2,000 men were employed, Few May H The 1 MAL Hold. © eration of Labor would continue to remain in Oshawa despite its repudiation by workers here, he predicted. "We only need about 10 members to hold the Federation charter there," he explained, "We can get those easily enough." Mr, Simpson was violent in his denunciations of the All-Canadian labor movement, *I don't call it the All-Canadian Congress of Labor. 1 call it the all-Canadian Rats, They are nothing better than rats, and they are inspired in everything by Moscow, . "The Communists have wormed their way into the good graces of the Toronto press," he added. "That is obvious from the Red propaganda that is frequently printed." Mr, Simpson scoffed at the idea that a puny organization, such as the automobile workers of Canada could form, could have any.lasting effect on the American Federation of Labor, "We have gone through that sort of thing before, and we always lick them to a standstill, They'll be crawling back to us With in a year," he prophesied. 3 PACIFIC STORM NOVING TOWARD WESTERN COAST Dominion Weather Bureau Station Reports Very Dan. gerous Zone: ov Victoria, B.C,, Nov. 3--0One Bf the most extensive ocean storms Lecord- ed i. the Pacific for a considérable time, centred about 1, miles from this coast, is now moving eastward toward the Pacific coast of North America, it was announced from the Government Meteorological Bureau at Gonzales Heights today, Trans- Pacific liners and other vessels bound to and from British Columbia will in all probability encounter terrific gales and may be delayed by the upheaval of the elements, which extends' from the Aleutian Islands southward al- most to the Hawaiian Islands. 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