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CHARGE RCAF VETS
RECRUITED FOR

CHINA

_ Arms sale protest grows

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A merry Christmas

As we go to press with this edition, reduced in size to
give printers and editors alike an opportunity to enjoy
the holiday, we wish all our readers and supporters
the warmest greetings of the season. For you, as for us,
the uppermost thought of the season is the desire to
translate into reality the words that ring down the cen-
turies: “Peace on earth, goodwill towards men.”

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Munitions ship protest

Here’s what was said

Canadian Congress of Eebor t by President

Following is the text of the :
A. dc aioe and Secretary Pat Conroy of eho Ganadian Con:
gress of Labor to Vancouver Labor Council: Seaereeere

“The officers of the Contre Ba od heap eas
cers of Vancouver Labor Coun DF oe: -ahinbollatig

ions
ent members of Congress un 8
ane from adhering to the terms of their collective agr

ae are further informed that officers of the Vancou-

steamship Colima an
would lead to this ship not pelne

with cargo. : Labor will not tolerate the
“The Canadian Congress of r ranch of the Con-

terms of their collective agreements,
to desist forthwith from s
ties for which your counc

secretary of Vancouver Labor Oo ally? acceding to the demand,
wired CCL headquarters
read:

“Ir; compliance

Secretary Conroy, :
of Vancouver Labor ation in picketing SS Colima

ticip
draw with regret from par
which is scheduled to load mun
pes Seely believe in caine ‘
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president Mosher and
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pelled to with-

of trade unionists and
f the federal gov-

Will you support this?

ragedy of
must face the trag
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(| OTTAWA — Charge that RCAF
personnel are now in Shanghai to as-
semble Mosquito bombers bought by
the Kuomintang regime from the War
Assets Corporation in Canada was
made here last week by Dr. James G. Endi-
cott, former United Church missionary in
China and for some time adviser to Chang
Kai-shek. Dr. Endicott told newspaper men
that arrival of RCAF personnel in Shanghai
last month had been disclosed by a press re-
port. According to the report, the "RCAF
personnel were consulting with members of
the Shanghai Bomber Base Command of the
Chinese Nationalist Air Force,

There is also a current report in the cap-
ital that some 200 former RCAF members
have signed up with the Chiang Kai-shek
government for service in China as avia-
tors and mechanics.

Discharged RCAF members are report-
edly being approached by officials of the
Chinese government supply agency, headed
by T. Van, which is acting as a recruiting
center,

Meanwhile, government officials and
members of the Chinese purchasing commis-
sion have confirmed the fact that out of
a total $60,000,000 credit awarded China by
Canada $25,000,000 has been negotiated for
purchase of surplus war materials and sup-

(Comtinued on page 8—See TRAFFIC)

Despite action of Canadian Con-
gress of Labor executive officers in
ordering Vancouver Labor Council
(CCL) to “desist forthwith” all activi-

ties to prevent loading of the SS Colima,
China-bound munitions ship, forcing with-
drawal of the picket line established last
week at Ballantyne Pier and Burrard Dry-
dock the protest against sale and shipment
of Canadian arms to the Chiang Kai-shek
regime continues to grow, both locally and
nationally,

Typical of the support for the protest
which is coming from trade unions and other
organizations across the country is the state-
ment issued by William Longridge, president
of Calgary Labor Council (CCL):

“Shipment of Canadian ammunition to
the totalitarian government of Chiang Kai-
shek is reminiscent of the supplying of the
Japanese war lords with Canadian war ma-
terials in the thirties,’ he declared. “It has
the same purpose, the murder of Chinese
people, the suppression of democracy and the
extension of American and Canadian imperi-
alism.

“Canadian workers should demand an
immediate halt to the sale of death-dealing
tools of war to the undemocratic govern-
ment of China, for they will be used for
killing of fellow workers in China.” Reflect-

(Continued on page 8—See PROTEST)

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