Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
H0N0LULUCANTEEN
lis CROSSROADS
OF PACIFIC

HONOLULU. Hawaii NP) -Ha-
waits war-built labor movement mas
one Of the mos; terrific goodwill ideas
in the labor world by the tail here
in Honolulu, and with a little more aid
from unions in the L. 5, Ii will hold on.
The idea is the Honolulu Labor Can
teen. On the mainland most labor can
teens and &. /. O. unions have Teen
closed down SAGE " day, but acre the
rantcen opened iour days after VI day
and the need ior ii increases Every
week.
The Honolulu labor Cantecn is a
fuccl. Here financial contributions from
a. +. l.. and { ! Q. unions from the
| four corners Of the l. :. and from Can
( ada maintain quarters and all kinds
of activities Tor G. |. %unionists from the
four corners of the Pacific.
Probably half the scrviccmcn in the
Pacific hit Honolulu on the way out or
on the way back home. Here the new
Corners receive special training for the
Pacific area. Hire many OF the high
pointers sweat it out while they wait
Tor ships to the l.. S.-dream boats
hat never seem to come IN. And be-
sides, Uncle Sam has stationed more or
less permanently i'll the Hawaiian
islands a small army that would do
credit to many a nation in pcacetimc.
On the walls OF the cantecn are out
line maps OF the various states OF the
Union, Canada, and other Allied coun-
tries. Scrawled over them are the
names, addresses. local union number
OF visiting &. is. hungry for word from
home even, believe 1t or not, OF the
doings Of Local \ Of the Abe inter
national union back in C~oslocton, Mo.
No union man coming into the can
teen fails to find at least one union
brothers name, from his home town or
vicinity, on the wall maps. And nearby
hang the yellow sheets OF Federated
Press news copy, airmailcd from the
mainland. with news Of all their union
The labor movement in Hawaii was
= liOt ldlEC Mlt(ll tIt Wal ~
then civilian workers in the great Pearl
Harbor navy wards and Transfers and
the like have swcllcd the ranks OF the
4. +. l.. The {. !. q. has mushroomed
up IRON a few hundred To many thou
sand in a campaign Of the international
L.cngshorcmen's and Warehousemen's
4 Cnion that has organized pineapple and
sugar plantation field workers. mill OPP
orators and transportation hands.
And \. +. l.. and c. |. q. have CO..
, operated in a political action campaign
/, that elected a majority to the island as
scmbly and nearly hall Of the island
senate, with good labor laws an immc-
diatc result.
n I;ut the number oi union people hcrt
: Is still small compared with the number
/ Of &. /. unionists who make use q
d the cantccn. and support from the main
+, land is a necessity. From auto worker
IS in Oakland and lnglcwood. Calf, iron
h boilcrmakcrs in Kansas City, bartender
/ in cw York, carpenters in Clcvclant
iron moldcrs in Milwaukee, mcrchar
d scanlen in New York. and many other
have come Inc contributions.
From every known A. +. l.. an
III c. l.. Q. union and many unaiiiliate
RS I. s.. unions corne the men and womc
who visit the cantccn. They attcr
rs dances. public affairs formus addresse
he by g. is, Hawaii citizens, visiting Bri
al ish sailors talking on the British labt
OF government, men iron the labor mov,
mcnt all over the world.
Is They edit a paper, they instruct
az study III classes on labor history al
an N vocational subjects to fit them +
an jobs back home. But mostly they r
al sumo contact with their unions at llor
To- and get a few labor iacts-aitcr spcn
rk- ing months under a barragc OF an
nts union propaganda in most OF the mag
4 1t zines and papers that reach scrvicemt
red As long as there are troops in {
ely Pacific, the l~lonlulu Labor Canteen h
a job to do. and a big one. 1t as
IN from the unions at home just t,
he things:
us !. Airmail a copy Of your local
DDS international union paper, every issue,
in Honolulu Labor Cantecn, $50 Richar
the street, Honolulu. +. II.
}. Send a union financial contrib
yer ton to keep this swell job Of c%ivilia
is soldier public relations going.