B By STEVE BRODIE (Fourth of series) __ Tcan say truthfully, that every _ Confrontation of which I am ‘Ware during that ten year Period known as the depression, Was prepared and provoked by € 60vernments concerned. Life Was desperate enough at best, pout marching unarmed into € attacks so regularly made on bik unemployed in every major I y in this country. Many men ®arned In relief camps, jails, or bo jungles, facts of history Bok, learned from their school Ever Teliet Y man who entered a Paic Camp learned the story of . oe loo, where the cavalry that fe! Napoleon in 1815 was fie _to slaughter a protest €ting in 1818, a meeting held Bee cles the poverty and un- Ployment which was their Pe of victory. When we tied and demonstrated in o pun cities, against un- Hera yen, we knew how eager 4 the authorities to find an Cuse for terror tactics. 4 igre the middle of May ben felt that the men were * ming desperate and more ae More doubtful that the “Sanization was anything but a thes Institution and I realized should ee eting really defiant x be done, and that once it Oye Successfully accomplished His fees disarm the forces sent submis With us by immediate fe pecs to the law, once and Se orcing all governments to empl responsibility for the un- demone? i. OP -openty tb, ac Strate that they preferred Althon pally and unlawfully. ~ hope é I hoped, against all throy 2 they would at least go : legal the motions of civilized Pony 5 ehavior, I dreaded their : Nown cure for protest. that ¥s Suspected for some years levey Meone at the leadership ONganinay the unemployed tion vy ation and the Party frac- ot fing. 4 police informer. I did When it Out who it was until 1942 - Prevent no longer mattered. To Teeeiyey C2kS, I asked for and tide y 4 vote of complete con- Mites’ I a select action com- e This committee was to Sion Ie eed only of the five divi- be Coorg. S: Ernie Cumber was the nator for the group, and At Were assured that in any aken they would be led, Teadepg > by their division aCtio bone. met in an old rooming afte, oa Cambie Street, and & hone .p at ideas were discuss- duced. Which were new, I in- the po, the plan to march on and the t Office, the Art Gallery ficuttj Hotel Georgia. Many dif- haq aS Were raised, but since I €d out the necessary or roagie ri a on ‘Bloody Sunday’ AVAILABLE SOON BLOODY SUNDAY — 1938 by Steve Brodie, epilogue by Maurice Rush Illustrated, Published by YCL paper $.95 Orders may be placed at Tribune off. People’s Co-op Bookstore, 341 West Pender distances and had an exact time table made out, the plan received approval, reluctant at first, but as the sheer audacity of the move became more apparent, enthusiasm grew. Knowing the advantage of complete surprise, we agreed to go into action im- mediately after the convening of the caily meetings in our five separate halls. All the division leaders were aware that any error in timing, or any incident along the way where men got out of hand, could leave them open to severe penalties but they acted with courage, daring much for no per- sonal reward. Fred Duncan and Tony Quinn joined forces at the Georgia Hotel. With an adjacent beer parlor, and well meaning citizens trying to ply the men with beer, and being under the gun in occupying private proper- ty, they were faced with a tremendous security and dis- cipline problem, requiring the ut- most in tact and leadership which they demonstrated in full measure and enjoyed the full ~ confidence and cooperation of their men. After, two days this: building was evacuated, after city council voted sufficient money to tide the men over the next weekend when Ottawa was expected to act to solve the problem. At the first sign of reasonable negotiation, the men left with no damage done, amid expressions of goodwill between the unemployed and hotel management. Norman Harris led Division III into the Art Gallery and im- mediately took steps to protect from damage the valuable art works there. Under extremely crowded conditions, one hundred men maintained perfect dis- cipline for thirty days in spite of constant harassment by police and invitations to do battle. Press stories of defections made rations scarce at times, but morale remained high. Somehow, in a way which I have never understood, leadership seemed to pass from Harris to Harold Winch, then an MLA, and later MP. He appeared at 5 a.m. June 19, not at the invitation of the men, but as assistant to the chief of police. He claims credit for the fact that no clubs were used on the men, but fails to ex- plain the use of tear gas on men who had surrendered: to lawful arrest. ‘As an elected official, surely he had a right to ask the chief of police to either carry out the law or wait until directly ordered by the attorney-general to proceed in a lawless manner. This would have exposed the en- tire plot to provoke rioting but, as usual, politics produced some strange bed fellows. (Continued next week) resourcefulness and - HNAUANCIAL 1} \)= 1/5 Morgan speaks at SFU anti-imperialist week The Communist Party and the Young Communist League will be two of the organizations par- ticipating in the first ever ‘‘Anti- Imperialist Week,”’ to be held at Simon Fraser University, March 11 to 15. On Monday, March 11 the Com- munist Party will sponsor a film ‘showing of ‘‘The Teutonic Sword,”’ a powerful motion pic- ture exposing the role of: the ar- mament industries in financing German fascism before World War II, followed by Nigel Morgan speaking on Canadian in- dependence and the fight against U.S. domination. The YCL will be up on Friday at 12:30 p.m. to show a feature- length color film on the World Youth Festival, with a number of YCL delegates to the festival on hand to lead a discussion. The week of events are being held under the auspices of the Simon Fraser Student Society and cover a wide variety of ap- proaches to the theme including speakers, films, poetry readings, dancers and displays. Some of the weeks highlights are: Monday, March 11, Com- munist Party, 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.; March 12, 12:30°p.m., Bob Hamilton from the Van- couver Labor Council will report on the World Congress of Peace Forces in Moscow. Also at 12:30, the International Committee to Free South Vietnamese Prisoners will show the film ‘‘A Question of Torture’. At 2:30 Symbol of Simon Fraser University ‘Anti-Imperialist Week is adapted from the emblem of the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in Berlin last summer. MB DOUBLES ITS PROFITS Robert Bonner, chairman of MacMillan Bloedel announced last week in a report to shareholders that net profits” of the giant forest company had more than doubled in 1973. Net profits in 1972 were $40.2 million. In 1973 they rose to $81.8 million. é He also reported that MB had broken the one billion dollar barrier in sales in 1973 which reached $1,219,241,715. In 1972 sales were $966,495,- 492. Beaver Transfer * Moving * Packing * Storage 790 Powell St. Phone 254-3711 p.m. on the same day, Bill Giesbrecht will give a lecture on behalf of the Vancouver Labor Committee for Human Rights. Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. there will be a cultural concert with the AUUC. ‘‘Kobzar’’ dance group and the ‘“‘Ricon Flamen- co”’ Spanish dancers. Appearing with them will be the Surrey Youth Choir. Wednesday at 12:30 Hal Griffin and Milton Acorn will read poetry and at 2:30 p.m. Angie Dennis will talk about International Women’s Day. Thursday at noon, Clare Culhane will show a film on North Viet- nam and Friday at 12:30 p.m. the YCL will be in room 9201 AQ. For more information phone SFU Student Society at 291-3191. As civic workers in Kamloops, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees went out on strike last Friday seeking wage parity with lower mainland civic workers, CUPE business agent Bill Ferguson: (above) said that the workers were justified in asking parity as well as a raise in a time of inflation . of the Central Committee. Norman Bethune Marxist Classroom Series presents “The Communist Party and the Way Forward” “—A Minimum program for Unity” This seminar is a public extension of the pre-convention discussion which will prepare for the 22nd convention of the Communist Party. Come and join in the discussion which will be led by a B.C. member Tues., Mar. 12 at 8 PM in the Boardroom of the Fishermens Hall, 138 E. Cordova FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS Contact: GLOBE TOURS 2679 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C. 253-1221 254-2313 Classified Advertising COMING EVENTS March 8 — YC INTERNATIONAL WO- MEN’S DAYS, Speakers, Singing, Folkdancing. Refreshments. March 8 — 8:30 P.M. 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