Page Four Be GC. WORKERS NEWS February $, i83> B.C. Workers’ News Published Weekly by THE PROLETARIAN PUBLISHING ASS'N Vancouver, B-C. Room 10, 163 West Hastings Street - - at Chairman of Editorial Board: GEO. DRAYTON Business Magr.: J. K. GOE a7 — Subscription Rates — @Qne Years 51-80 Three Months, ——— $i230 Tale Near ee 1200 Single, Gopy = -05 7 Make All Checks Payable to th C EWS Send All Copy and Manuscript to the Chatrman of the Editorial Board Send All Monies and Letters Pertaining to Advertising and Creulation to the Business Manager e B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS TIM BUCK CALLS FOR UNITY “We still have time to make our choice—the road to the left to Socialism, or the road to the right to Fascism and degradation.’—(Tim Buck at the Massey Hall before an au- dience of 3,500, Jan. 27.) This is the question the workers and farmers of Canada must ask themselves in 1935—now. All the forces of reaction are attempting to force the working _ elass along the road to the right. R. B. Bennett, the leader of the capitalist class, under the cloak of reform” is pre- paring to drive down the standard of living of the working class through legal measures. Surely the leadérs of the C.G.F. can see that Bennett is attempting to further fascise the State apparatus, and driving rapidly towards Fascism. In the first of the broadcasts by Bennett he stated : We cannot continue to make believe. We cannot continue to play with this problem. Bold action alone can bring victory. This should be enough to prove to the average student of present day society that preparations are being made to take that “‘bold action,” which will further lower the stan- dards of the working populate ues united struggle t owth of Fascism in Canada. - poe 2 "Sock exposed Bennett as the leading Capitalist politician who is fighting with his back to the wall, for the right of the capitalists to further exploit the workers. Tim exposed the danger in the statements of Mackenzie King and of Woodsworth, when they say that ‘Bennett cannot carry out his program.” This is dangerous because it attempts to make the workers believe that things will go on as they are. It is the same as saying that “The relief cannot be cut any lower, because we don’t get enough to live on now. ~ When reielf workers in Vancouver had two dollars a day, six days a week (married men) and one dollar a day (single men) we heard the same story from many people who failed to under- stand the life and death struggle that capitalism finds itself in. : : oe Tim Buck concluded his speech with a new appeal for the United Front, and appealed especially to the hundreds of G.C.F. workers present, to work for working class unity against the common enemy. This appeal represents the senti- “ment of every Sincere representative of all militant working class organizations. In another column of this paper we print the statement of Scott Nearing regarding the road for the | workers to follow, the road of unity. French wofsers are adopting it. British workers are moving towards it. Spanish workers utilized it to good effect. Let us profit by the ex- periences of those workers, and not wait till Bennett and the Capitalist Class of their new offensive. The Canada begin : eS basis of struggle against the Bennett program is working- class organizations, united. Build the United Front now! § 10 THE > WORKERS’ CLUBS AS ASSET | Isditor, REVOLUTIONARY LABOR MOVE MENT Ukrainian Labor Temple Of Militant Ass’n. Has Held Banner Labor High for 17 Years Jn 1918, leading members of S.D- Party of Canada decided to form an organization in Winnipese, “The Uk- rainian Labor Temple Association,” and erect a building for this erganiz- ation and at the same time a print- jing place for the Ukrainian workers’ paper called ‘Working People-’ In starting this work the comrades had mo idea that it would be the begin- ming of a solid organization through- out the whole of Canada, with hun- dreds of branches and thousands of members. Of the Ukrainian immigration into Canada, the majority were peasants svho could neither read nor write. Drinking, card playing and fist fight- ing is what they indulged in. The Ganadian capitalists use them for the heaviest work and paid them the lowest wages. This did not give them a chance to learn any better, as there was no organization of any kind. The Ukrainian bourgeois in- tellig¢entsia and priests immigrated to Canada at the same time and helped the Canadian bourgeoisie to exploit the Ukrainian workers and farmers by keeping them believing in old traditions and spreading hatred among them on the basis of the different religious beliefs. That was the reason that the class conscious workers realized the necessity of forming the Ukrainian language working class cultural and educa- tional organization. Later in 1918, the Canadian bour- geoisie declared the Social Demo- eratic Party of Canada an “illegal organization.” Part of the members joined the Ukrainian Labor Temple Association of Winnipeg and others throughout Canada started to form different workers’ educational or ganizations. The first conference was called in 1921, and decided to broaden the or- ganization, U-L.T.A., in the Province of Manitoba and later all over Cana- da. From that time conferences were held every which made the basis for strenethenins the organiza- tion as a whole, by setting up by the UL.7T.A. of Dramatic Clubs, Ukrain- jan Workers’ Children Schools, Wom- ens’ Sections and Youth Sections. As a result of the growth of this roganization throughout Canada in year, 1924 it was decided to centralize and to incorporate these organizations for the whole of Canada under the name of “The Ukrainian Labor Farmer Temple Assn.” (U.L.E.T.A4.), because at that time organizational work had been started among the farmers. In 1924 it was decided to forni the ‘Workers’ Benevolent Assn.” In a short time this organization had the largest membership. In 1926-27 there Were organized Ukrainian Branches of the G.L.D.L. In 1931 it was de- cided to form one more organization, “Society for Assisting the Liberation Movement in Western Ukraine’ (To- dowyrnazu), and in a year and a half it grew into a membership of 7,000. The U.L.F-T.A. has been organized in the period of post war crisis and of the revoultionary uprising of the proletariat of the whole world, as the result of the revolution in Rus- The aims and tasks of this or- is to spread among the sia. ganization vrorkers and farmers, working class education, to cultivate the feeling of solidarity, collective life and eomradely relationships among members and solidarity with the in- true its ternational revolutionary labor move- ment. To give moral and financial support to the working class struggle as a whole is still another precept. The U.L.F.T.A. with the other revo- lutionary organizations stood in de- fense of the U_S.S.R., demanding the withdrawal of enemy troops from its borders. Funds were collected for the famine-stricken in the U.S.S.R. in 1921. Women’s committees were set up by the U.L.F.T.A. that took an part in collecting funds $60,000), and at that time the Women’s Section of the U.L.F. TA. was set up. active (collecting Almost if every working class the U.L.E.T-A. played role, but in the post-war period of a temporary capi- talist stabilization, the cratic remnants and traditions were The at strugele an important second social demo- rooted in the mass organization. property of organizations that time grew to about eighty builld- ings throughout Workers Benevolent Assn. bought a farm and buildings for an orphanage and old age home. This was one of the reas- these Canada. ons that the membership of these organizations paid more attention to HOW TO GET 40% FUEL ALLOWANCE Feb. 6, 1935. Workers News: Wancouyer, B-C., iC: Sir,—In view of the present cam-— paicn for Non-Contributory Unem- ployament and the mands being raised in every locality for an increase in relief, I wish to bring to your attention Low relief is administered in some of the B.C. Coast towns and yillages. Insurance, ds- Im a recent trip from Vancouver to Sointula and way points it was found that not in one of the places touched at was the provincial relief scale lived up to as regards to the 40 per cent clothing allowance. Gib- sons Landing has since unemployed organization formed an and have several de- mands granted, as well as the pay- ment of the 40 per cent. This shows that only through organization it possible to bring pressure on the re- lief authorities in every locality and force the payment of the 40 per cent elothing allowance. ben successful in haying ras} properties which caused legalism that lead to opportunism and isola- tion from the working class move- ment as a whole. It shows itself at the time of the deepening crisis and sharpening of class struggles and caught our osranization unprepared to meet this situation, as in Toronto U.L.F.T.A. they were not in favor of giving the Ukrainian Labor Tem- ple for mass meetings, on warning of the police that the hall should not be rented for such meetings. It was explained that we are liable to lose “our property,’ and that “fgteigners’’ and we can’t take a feading part in the class struggle and that the U.L.F.T.A. is .only a cul- tural and educational organization. At the 12th National Conference in 1931 it was decided to make a turn towards mass revolutionary struggles and full participation of all mass or- ganizations from day to day for the economic needs of the Ukrainian workers and farmers. Only by link- ing itself with the whole revolution-— ary working class movement will we we are + be im a position te meet the attacks of the Canadian Capitalist Class. From 1931 the Ukrainian mass or- ganizations made noticeable progress giving leadership and taking an ac- tive part in the struggle for immedi- ate demands of the working class as a whole. In B.C. the Ukrainian Mass Or- ganization with the W-.U.L. assisted in organizing the M.W.U.of GC. Princeton and Anyox; E.U.L. in Rev- elstoke and Canyon, organization a sroup of ¥.C.L. in Reverstoke and Vernon, organized branches ‘of the C.L.D.L. in Vernon, Canyon, and Kamloops, organizing farmers leading demonstrations for increase of relief in Canyon and Revelstolce- B.C. District of Ukrainian Mass Or- ganizations affiliated with the B.C. League Against War and Fas- in and is eism. Im every strike our organizations gave support. For the strike in Any- ox we collected $100. At the time of the Evans case that took place Vernon, our Ukrainian workers gave in their great help in collecting funds and food for the workers who came there for the case. In the loggers’ strike the Ukrainian Mass Organiza- tion gave $25 for preparation strike and at the time of the tag day over 100 members were mobilized in Vancouver alone, including the youth in collection. We donated $10 to the W.U.L. for preparation of strike in Cumberland. In Vancouver the U.L. F.T.A. assisted in organizing other language mass organizations such as Russian, Jugoslay, Polish, and Hungarian. We gave the hall free for mass meetings and for the relief camp strikers at the time they marched to Vancouver. of Italian, many In making these many achieve- ments we still have many shortcom- ings. Through looseness in our are still partly the mass revolutionary Lack of solidarity in the against Ukrainian fascist ele- or- ganizations we iso- lated from movement. fight ments and in forming a united front with the Ukrainian working masses around their immediate needs is one. There terest also has been lack of in- regard to organizine the youth, and this will have to be over- a in eome in the future, if we are going to build our organizations as we should. (In general, the Ukrainian Mass OrganizatGons recognize in full the ideological leadership of munist Party of Canada.) DANCE at GRANGE HALL Corner and Hastings EVERY Tuesday, thursday and Saturday from $9 to 12 4 Musie by the Com- Gore ORANGE BALL GORCHHSTRA THE COMMONWEALTH,” REACTION (Continued from Page i) [EAST OFROCKIES Gatholic Syndicate have accepted the support of the Workers Unity League in the strike. About 126 Tetreault workers are out. stated that “Bennett was urged to join the C-C.F.” Maybe they didn’t interpret Angus correctly, but “a hint is as goed as a wink to a blind horse.”’ The article quoted is “The C.C-F. says that the only motive that will meet the situation is that of use. That means not reforming the present system, but abolishing it. If that is-what Mr. Bennett means by reform, IT welcome it.”? No doubt Angus will tell us that he was only fooling, and never expects Bennett to abolish the present system by reforms, etc.; but if that is the only way which MacInnis fights the Bennett program, by “playing with words.” then his wife shouldn’t kick when the capitalist press plays with them too. Another article quoted by Grace, with which she wishes to reassure us that Woodsworth is Opposing Bennett, and talkeen from the “Montreal Gazette,” reads: “Complimenting Mr. Bennett for going directly to the people, and stressing that the G.G.F. would endorse the proposed measures when and if they were brought up in Parliament, but criticized what he called ‘an attempt to patch up an unworkable sys- tem’.”’ Does this sound like supporting Bennett? What are the G.C.F. leaders kickiné about! They are reported fairly correctly by the Capitalist rags. The headlines in the capi- talist press have no more garbled the speeches of the C.C.F. leaders than “The Commonwealth” garbles and cunningly misrepresents through various means the struggles of the workers. We will prove it with the following story of the struggle of 800 starving Chinese workers in Vancouver, and we print the story as run in the last issue of “The Common- wealth”: Chow Chokes Chinks, Police Are Called To Stop Revolution An incipient riot was quelled Tuesday by police at the soup kit- chen for Chinese, 143 Hast Pender. The mission which is under Angli- can Church auspices supplies meals to Orientals for which if is reim- bursed by relief authorities at the rate of eight cents per meal. The Chimese claimed that the fish supplied for supper was rotten, and that the Chinaman who does the buying for the institution was pro- fiteering. They refused to eat the fish, and attempted to mob the buyer, but police were called in and order restored. No arrests were made. At a meeting later in the Chinese section it was charged that the Chinese were being exploited, and supplied with very inferior food. An attempt is being made to in- vestigate charges by working-class organizations. ger were printed. This story ex- pressed at great length the suffer- ings and hardships, and struggles of the loggers since the last big strike, which was organized and led by the Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union. Throughout the whole story, which depicted very correctly the abomin- able conditions existing, was con- tained not oné word of the Union or its activities in attempting to rectify the miserable conditions. Pritchard Knows very well that the Union or- ganized and led the strike, and that the union is in the camps. The fail- ure to mention one word of the union in this struggle of the loggers is not accidental. It is with the same studied purpose as the ‘capitalist press Suppresses or distorts a story of facts regarding 2 labor struggle, when the fact would bring out the justification of the workers’ cause. This is what the newspapermen call “giving it the right slant,” which means sticking to the policy adyo- cated by the owners of the paper. ice Ir 5 oa C.C.F. Rank and File The Editor, as stated at the begin- ning of this article, is a thoroughly experienced and well read individual tion of Labor, All-Ganadian Congress At a mass meeting held on Sunday speakers urged the spreading of the sirike to other shops in the city. The priest who is the secretary-treasurer of the Catholic Syndicate was one of the speakers with Harvey Murphy of the W.U.L. TORONTO, Jan. 28—{ALP}—A joint committe of American Federa- of Laber and Workers Unity League painters’ unions, has been formed for the purpose of submitting a joint aereement to master painters and painters’ contracters here. The agreement, worked out by a confer- ence attended by official delegates from each of the organizations has been sent to the union locals for rati—- fication. TORONTO, Jan. 30—(ALP)—_Dele- gates from International Iocal 557 have been expelled from the Toronto Building Trades Coun- cil (A.F.of L.) because their participated in the united front set up here recently and composed of All-Canadian Congress of Labor, American Federation of Labor and Workers Unity League locals. ————— MONTREAL, Jan. 28.—(ALP)—_The Tetreault shoe workers here have come out in a spontaneous strike demanding a 20 per cent increase in pay, union recognition and -adher- ence to the Arcand Act (not the Ar- cand Bill) agreement. Forced by the rank and file the leaders of the Workers used ‘the telephone to good advantage here recently when 2 worker was arrested during a mass dale Bakery, where a strike was in progress. The sergeant at the police station refused to grant the worker bail, whereuon the Canadian Labor Defense League organized a veritable flood of protest. Workers in all parts of the city began phoning the police station and demanding the arrested worker's release. For hours the police station’s phone was ringing con- stantly. Finally the harrassed police officials surrendered. Low bail was set and the worker was freed. Painters local painters The Parkdale Bakery’s appeal for ! an injunction against picketing is being opposed jointly by the C.L.D.L- Union. To All Workingmen, Women, Youth, and Supporters of Labor! P.W.C. APPEALS 10 COMMUNISTS All Canada Delegation Goes to Ottawa to Demand Genuine Insurance on Feb. 18th Te the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation! To the Socialist Party and the Communist Party! To All A.F.of L. and A.C.C.! For five years the Bennett Government has robbed the wages, homes and farms of the toiling population, For five years the Conservative Government, with the support of the Liberal Party has plundered the salaries of office and stere employees, and the incomes of the middle class. For the past five years a whole generation of working class children have been condemned to under-nourishment. The youth of Canada have nothing better to look forward to, than a life of hope- lessness in a National Defense Camp, working for 20 cents 2. rule of finance capitalists, with Bennett at their heads, the workers of Canada have had taken away from them, economic the ruling classes. picket demonstration at the Park- |) and the Food Workers Industria’ |% ii ee f AND SOCIALISTS FOR UNITY day in preparation for another war. After five years of the | and political rights which took them decades to wrest from j TORONTO, Jan, 24—{ALP}— | with many years of Marxist study. He knows very well that the title to that story is downright chauvinism. The story itself is garbled to try and mislead the readers to believing that “it is a Chinaman who is grafting on the food supplies,” and that “the Should Act Tim Buck recently announced that ‘“there is yet hope that the leaders of the ©.C.F. will come closer to the workers’ struggles for unemployment the bosses, and to the struggle against insurance to be paid for by Bennett’s Insurance Scheme Seals His Infamy Bennett, and chief now The multi - millionaire “Tron Heel’ Premier, spokesman for Big Business, intends to intensify this outrageous robbery and oppression of the work- 4 P.W.G. Calls for Unity The Provincial Workers’ Councif ther-fore calls upon ail workers and 7 their suporters to form a real united battle line against this new attack | of capital under the suise of reform which reality is a step towards i R 1 in heads of the Anglican Chureh are exempt.” The Editor Knows well that the term ‘‘Chink’’ applied to Chinese workers is the same derogatory epi- taph as applied to black workers. But Pritchard knows well as Woodsworth knows, that the Chinese workers have no vote Canada, and it’s “votes’’ that count with those leaders of the C.C.. That “The fascism.” We echo that sentiment, but we must expose such anti-work- ing class tactics as earried out by “The Commonwealth.” The measures to be adopted in bringing about the united front of the: work- ing class for better “nigeer’ real as conditions and erewth of fascism, the rank and file. The first thing the rank and file of the in in checking the rests with Commonwealth” article in brands it as opposed to the struggles CROSS a (eee SMe ely IS AE) eee of the working class just as much as mand a turn about in the policy of “The Commonwealth.” If, on the the dirtiest tory rag in the country. There other hand, the position of the paper is such that it is in complete control of Pritchard (and the two thousand progressive Canadians, whatever that is no wonder workers C.C.F. Clubs denounce it, and many in the refuse to subscribe to it. 7 > |means), then the rank and file of Emasculating Loggers the C.C.E. should get together and News organize a real mouthpiece that will In the last two issues of “The]| give expression to the interests’ of Commonwealth’? a story of the log-|the rank and file, and isolate those ging camps of B.C. as seen by a log- Power Of The Indian Agents who would mislead the workers. Saanich Vote (Continued from Page 1) individual some had expected to see as a Communist! Bennett’s Own Arrogant] pp. speaker had not gone far on Despots his discourse before I was aware of the fact that a tranfsormation had Vancouver, B.C. Feb. 6, 1985. | come over his listeners. There was a new alertness in the audience; I Editor, B.C. Workers News: Sir,— While making a purchase at the store at Egmont, B-.C., the fol- lowing facts regarding a case of an Indian woman asking for relief and saw in their faces that expression of rapt attention as they continued to listen, deeply engrossed, to the con- elusion of his speech, the final re- mark of which was the signal for an outburst of applause which for down- the miserable amount granted by the Indian Agent, together with his i = ieht si ity Tw x ; bureaucratic show of authority and right sincerity I would scarcely have believed could have expressed in so small a gathering. A friendly reporter from one of the local dailies who eallousness in the face of direst po- itself verty, shows to what extent the In- dians of the Coast are suffering at Was covering the election campaign yentured his opin- ion that not only would the Gom- munist candidate trail the other three Reeve the hands of their “big white chiefs.” The woman was accompanied by an Indian interpreter who stated to the Agent that small children and that they did not “this woman had two candidates but he would not poll a dozen votes in the whole mu- have a thing in the house’ The en Agent answered, ‘No! No! No more nicipality. ie tt 5 He was w G re i relief. But after the interpreter : STS VASO COORD, “SETS did not arail, he came third, one said that if he did not grant her re- i < 5 - .| hundr a re 7—Di a = lief she would be begging her relief undred and twenty-nine yotes be ing polled for Communism, from him, the Agent laughed and said, “Gh, well, being it’s you, Mr. And in Saanich, of all places! So and So I'll sive her $5.00, but Comradely Yours, that’s the last; tell her.” And turn- Saanicus. ine to the storekeeper he told him to give this woman $5.00 worth of | will be in and eat it all up in one sroceries, and instructed him to meal.” The interpreter remonstrated spread it over a menth. And then,| with him, asking him, “Haven't you as an after-thought, “‘Oh, you bet-| sot a heart?’ The Agent then turned ter make that twe months. If she] back to the store clerk and told him class behind a “reform” pro- jn order to be better able to eut a new and more vicious against the working people. Fascism. We call upon all workers to rally behind, and support the Workers’ Insurance Bill which will be presented to the Dominion Par- liament on Feb. 18th. This bill wilt presented by a large delegatiom elected from the Ail-Canada Con- gress on Unemployment. The Workers’ Bill is the only genu— ers ine form of Unemployment Insurance Bennett, the second large shareholder because its principles are based om in the Royal Bank, denies insurance | the conditions and needs of all work— to the workers where most needed. ers, industrial and agricultural, em— Employed workers of the basic inb- ployed and unemployed. The Proyin- dustries of B-G.—lumber, fishing and | cial Workers’ Council has sent invi- A weekly to all organizations men- above to send speakers to ing gram, carry drive An indication of the essence and in- tention of Bennett’s reform policy now revealed in his Unem- ployment Insurance Scheme. With over one million unemployed work- in Canada at the present time, be stands agriculture—are ignored. tations benefit of six dollars a week as aj} tioned maximum is not only an insult teo|CAMBIE STREET GROUNDS ON the workers, but brands the whole} PHB. 18th at 2 p.m. to explain and Bennett Insurance scheme as an un-| support the Workers’ Bill. We call upon all workers to have their organizations endorse this Bill and demand its immediate enactment by the Federal Goverment. Support this movement for genuine unem-— ployment insurance by your presence at the grounds at 2 p.m., Meb. 18th,. Issued by the Provincial Workers’ Council. scrupulous attack upon the workers in their struggles for “real unem- ployment insurance.” The capitalist elass of Ganada must be told in no uncertain manner that the workers will not be deceived by such reforms. We must expose the whole scheme as a fraud and useless to the whole of the workers. MASS TURN-OUT GETS ACTION FOLLOW IT UP AT NEXT EVENT | Gerry McGeer intimated that he was “negotiating” with R. B. Bennett im regard to relief matters. However, he agreed to call a special meeting of the City Council, and to notify the delegates of the time of the meeting Gity Council To: Galll a! Special Meeting to Deal With Relief VANCOUNER, TWeb- 5,000 working men, women and youth assembled at Cambie Street Grounds today to protest against the miserable conditions obtaining among unampleyd workers. The demands of the workers for better relief, for abolition of the inhuman treatment of the Chinese workers in the soup kitchen of the Anglican Mission, and for Non-contributery Unemployment 4. — Nearly suffering intense hardships through unemployment and insufficient relief The committee refused to endorse the Workers Insurance Bill, they definitely line up with the bosses and Bennett. Insurance. A delegation of elected to go and interview the City. Relief Committee of the City Coun- cil and present the demands. The civic officials attempted to preclude eight of the committe without suc- cess. The whole eleven delegates spoke on the question assigmed to them. The Mayor sat in with the committee and the delegation pressed for a special meeting of the City Council to deal with this important question. MecGeer and Bennett in Cahoots. THIS IS THE STUFF! ————t eleven were WHO’S THE NEXT? Street Railwaymen’s Un- ion (Div. 101) at the last membership meeting had a resolution sent to R. B. Bennett protesting against his fake bill for jobless in- surance. The Union has gone on record as supporting the gets it all at once; all her relations to make it do for one month. i \ ) Workers’ Bill. | | so that they could state the case for™ the thousands of workers who are- In the course of the interview 4 i ; By ‘ 4 1 In this-