Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 28, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday May 28, 1940 Page seven Moffat named City Cou of the City s present first of chairman. Reached wit of negotiate monday night granted employees in All branches Vico a 2.-ii per cent wage Cut restoration on in -.113 per cent on base rates dating from the Aid. C. E. Simonite. Civic finance committee that a conciliatory agreement had been sent a lives of the employees after months by us by 512 Rora required roughly Sll wooo Lor Bui in Virv the placed a City m statement c onime led by joint groups of civic employers Al a special meeting of the finance committee held monday afternoon and read by r. Bobbins Secretary of the federation of civic employees and affiliated unions was highly com mended to Council by Aid. Simonitz. It read in View in the present War Situa n and in the interests of peace quid we do not propose to Liny further action Al this in the Way of reconvening the i Donovan Board of arbitration in other serious action but e salaries i going to Appeal to the sports Alaric i Manship of your committee in that Iii have after years of fighting to obtain the 1940. In is in 1941, did have ii i d the the same High Standard hat has made service clothes famous. Restorations we now give up the fight in the interests of the War situation and throw ourselves upon the mercy of your committee when the employees Are expecting the attainment of the 93 per cent o. As suggested in the press 5.12 per cent restoration would have left seven per cent we Trust our desire to obviate friction at this time May find a Kindred feeling and action in your Aid. Simonite stated that Thi statement Worth because the employees have been very patient. An amendment to the restoration i motion was made by Aid. Dan me lean and Aid. Granet Coulter ask ins that restorations where Auplio Able be made to employees or leave of absence for War service this was unanimously carried. Voice objection Aid. Jack Blumberg and Aid Thomas Fly while voting for the 2.41 per cell restoration registered Strong objection to Council s failure to make a larger restoration to the employees at his time. Aid. Blumberg was appointed act ing mayor while mayor John queer was absent attending the mayors conference in Ottawa june 11 Council voted that the mayor Anc Aid. Paul Bardal attend the con Ference on behalf of the City. 3 there s to mistaking air school close Call 10 Washington May 28. Presi Dent Roosevelt recognizing the growing political importance of Canada to the United states yester Day picked one of the highest state department Pierre Pont Moffat. Chief of the european be minister to the do minion. He replaces James h. R. Crom Well who resigned last week after his nomination on the democratic ticket for the United states Senate from new Jersey. Moffat s last important assignment for the presi Dent was to accompany Sumner Welles to Europe on the Latteri fact finding Mission. Moffat tall soft spoken Ottawa with a diplomatic once of 23 years behind him. Oes exp Cri 13 britons flee in open boat London May 28. British officer and 12 men picked up at sea from a Drifting boat Wera brought to an English port last night by a Hospital ship. Hard pressed by advancing Ger Man troops and by machine gun fire from planes attacking a French seaport saturday the officer and his men raced to the Beach and swam a Quarter of a mile to a Drift ing boat. In the boat they found a nether Lander dead from machine gun fire to hide from the planes the soldiers Lay in the Bottom of the boat As it drifted Seaward. Machine gun fire had disabled the motor. They suffered from cold and hunger for 24 hours before sight ing the Hospital ship. I trained the appointment career Diplomat possibly crucial relations with the 8 t 10 Saint Jolt n.b., May 23. The National chapter of the Imperial order daughters of the Empire yesterday passed a Resolution urging the Dominion government and the Canadian broadcasting corporation to combat subversive propaganda by appointing an official news commentator for Domestic broadcasts and to establish a Short wave Sta Tion for regular broadcasts to Cana Dian troops in Europe. The Resolution presented by mrs. D. D. Detwiler. Of London. Out., educational Secretary for the com Mittee on platform radio and press asserted that subversive propaganda of a Subtle Type was sweeping through Canada arid reaching Cana Dian troops the National chapter decided to sponsor a nation wide collection of Silver and other precious metals to finance some form of War work to this be decided by the president and executive of the order. A flying ambulance was among suggested projects. The presides i also authorised to meet the director of auxiliary services and a representative of ill red Cross society to make arrange ments for collection and distribution of Field comforts. Licul parts i Manitoba London tin London May 23 ;