| Be Ga, WORKERS’ NEWS Page Three ‘iiarch 15. 1985 = ~ |YOUTH COLUMN | _Y.C.L. IN NEW WESTMINSTER {EW WESTMINSTER, March 6. Nhe Sub-District of the Young Inmunist Leasue here is defin- 'y turning to the broad masses of youth. m the past, we had a sectarian wroach to the youth, with no ught spent on the trainine of oui imbership to mass work and par- ilarly the role of the Y¥.C.L. in revolutionary movement. There S no Marxist-Leninist studies ried on, with the result that in daily work, we became leftist i began to fight among ourselves, uitine in the final break-up of @ League. \t the present time, we have mtught back several of our former “gmbers. and are recruiting many We have at the present time three unitS with a membership of twenty-five in New Westminster. We are going through a period of study on the role of the ¥-C.L., as well as a general knowledge of the revolutionary moyement. In the unemployed field we have Started a campaign to build youth groups. In Maillardville we have Started a braneh of the Coquitlam Young People’s Protective Associa- tion. It is in the organizational stage as yet, with a membership of ten or fifteen. In industry, we cannot say much as yet, although in one plant, con- tacts are being made with the pos- sibility of a unit in a short time. At the present time, we are mak- ing preparations te-Taunch an ex- tensive campaign, for the sending of sports delegates to the Soviet Union. —A. N.M. more, fust Promise te Work jut Doctor Bill Before Operaticn §. LDERGROVE, B.C., March 11.— 2re are two doctors here who re- ved $30 per month from the @ nicipality on the condition that 'y will treat people on relief and Fe a chance on gettine their ney or work One doctor has a fm and he asks the victims to fick off their bill. I remember one Baily Wes workine over forty days the farm to pay a debt incurred ough sickness. / ste the grievance we won a joint @2eation of the F.U.L. and Work- ®’ Provincial Council interviewed : of the doctors and he said that would haye nothing to do with complaint for four years and nothing about it. One man nied an operation, so we took Ba to the M.H.O. of the munici- ity and finally after a long talk Said he would do it. Lhe doctor fi he would get no compensation fm the municipality or govern- nt, but he would do it on condi- ba the victim would work the bill | when able to do so, provided it Dot interfere with other neces- Py work. The §.U-L. has protest- : against the working off of medi- bill and at one time was given ) understand by the Reeve that it uld not be strictly enforced. NDENTURED SLAVERY IN __ FRASER VALLEY DISTRICT VICTORIA STEPS INTO WAR FRONT Is Preparing to Launch Anti-War & Fascist League Editor, B-C. Workers News, Comrade,—I have been instructed to write’ you regarding the comings Conference Against War and Fas- cism in Victoria. As there is at present no branch of the League in VWictoria, an initi- ative committee has been formed and the aim of this committee is to set up a sub-district committee which in turn will set up branches of the League in this and other dis- tricts on the Island. Qver 200 invitations Raye been Sent out to trade unions, fraternal and cultural societies, churches, etc., asking them to participate in this conference_ The B.C. District Committee is being asked to send over a repre- Sentative whom we hope will speak for us. The youth groups will be ably rep- resented, as will the churches all others who wish to provide a speaker. and Mrs. S. Hodges, Sec. Initiative Com., League Agsainst War and Fascism. OMMONWEALTH’ EDITOR FAKED STORY, SAYS SCOTT NEARING enegade Pritchard Misrepresents Nearing In Order to Assist Trotzkyites’ Counter- Revolutionary Campaign Workers’ Correspondence C.C.F. Opposition Silent At Victoria WANCOUVER, B.C., March 10.— What is the matter with the CCF. Opposition members in Victoria? In seventeen minutes of oration—pero- ration of thanks, ete., the efforts of the Opposition failed to put the case of the workers. Wot a lip moved to advance the interests of the unem- ployed, sick workers. Hospital Annex a Disgrace to Any Country- That Hell-hole of the General Hos- pital, the Annex, used for down-and- outs solely, could have been debated under the Hospital Grant. It is a disgrace to any country—a barn of dirtyness, worse than the miseries of Medical Camp 202. There are 26 beds with one toilet, and one bath. Adjacent to it, is the WRETCHED CONDITIONS FOUND IN GENERAL HOSPITAL ANNEX Venerial Ward, of Similar size. You are sent there from a yery limited stay at the big building, to await your orders to go—uncured. Too Repugnant for Medical Doctors. The M.D.’s do not visit there,—it is too repugnant an atmosphere; an interne the dirty work, to hound you out. Bread and mush for breakfast, ex- cept Sunday, then you get mush and occasional does bread, and a small pullet’s egs. The interne and orderly cater to your suffering, sometimes once a week, sometimes passed up the whole of the time. It is safe to say 95 per cent go out uneured. Some are wheeled out, some carried out, and most amble out, glad to get away uncured. The C.C.F. has been appraised of the conditions, but votes are in dan- ger and you guess the rest. spondenis is on the increase. although there is still room rection. ment. With Our Correspondents The number of stories coming in from worker corre- They are also more concise, for improvement in this di- _ There has been some complaint because of our cuttines down some of the stories and articles. should bear in mind that we have but a four-page paper as yet, and it is impossible to print everythings that comes in to the office. We are compelled to delete parts of many stories, and some are the better and more interesting be- cause of the deletion of unnecessary and irrelevant com- Correspondents Boil It Boil it down;, Boil it down. Boil it down. Boil it down: Fewer syllables the Boil it down. Boil it down. Boil it down; Boil it dewn. Boil it down. Down (AUTHOR UNKNOWN) If you’ve got a story scrappy, Make it short and crisp and snappy— When your brain its coin has minted, Down the page your pen has sprinted, If you want your effort printed Take out,every surplus letter— better— Make your meaning plain—express it So we'll know—not merely guess it; Then, my friend, ere you address it Cut out all the extra trimmings— Skim it well—then skim the skimmings— When you’re sure ’twould be a sin to Cut another sentence in two Send it in, then we'll begin to 2m reporting the speeches of ott Nearing during his recent it to Vancouver, the local reform- C.C.F- sheet, “The Common- jalth,” declared that Nearing sup- irted the Trotzkyists. Someone flit a clipping containing this mis- oresentation to the “Daily Work- | of New York. This revolutionary per took Nearine to task for such position. Apology to Nearing. The “‘Daily Worker” upon receipt ra letter from Nearing printed an itorial apology, part of which is follows: “The “Daily Worker’ on January made the serious mistake of ac- pting as true the story printed in € Socialist paper, ‘B. C. Common- ‘alth,’ that Scott Nearing had de- ired his support of Trotzkyism lille speaking in Canada.’ We ve seen a letter from Nearing lich declares: = Wearing’s Letter “Phe statement regarding the Vorkers’ Party (Lrotzkyists) uoted from the ‘B. C. Common- ealth’ was faked by the editor f that paper as part of a petty ar that he is waging against the ommunist Party of Canada.’ The ‘Daily Worker’ further mments: ‘The ‘Daily Worker’ tenders its ologies to Scott Nearing for hav- r repeated such an wunfounder nder from an unreliable sheet. is mistake will be taken as =z Son for the future, to be much re alert and watchful against de- ful attacks of malicious enemies.” A Shameless Retegade. There is nothing surprising in the my trickeries of the “Common- alth’ and its renegade editor 0, Guring the last provincial elec- mh campaign, put on such a dis- tceful exhibition or recantation of > all-too-few decent things he ever d in the labor movement. His Busting whinine to the bour- uisie for forgiveness for his radi- cal past, attributine them to his im- maturity and youth impulsiveness, is well remembered. By slanderinge Nearing he hopes to earm more kudos from the class at whose feet he groyels in reform- ist self-abasement. GOVT. STARVES NATIVE INDIANS Indian Fishermen Being _Rebbed By Bosses, ~ Left to Starve In answering a demand for imme- diate action, sent by the F.C:W.1.U. of C., the Department of Indian Af- fairs, in reply, asks for particulars to commence an “enquiry.’”” In the meantime, the Indians can starve to death while this “enquiry” is going on. The F.C.W.I.U.of C. has already written to several members of the Federal Parliament to raise the In- dian question in the House. This is what our generous govern- ment pensions its old Indians off with, any Indian 70 years of age or over gets this royal monthly allow- ance: . of flour . of sugar . of rice . of bulk lard of baking powder i bl. of bulk salt Have to Work on Starvation Rations To begin with, to get the above relief which amounts to about $4, aman has to work 24 hours to get that much. grub out of the Domin- ion Gowernment, and that much grub will have to do him and his family for a month, and there are men here with as many children as seven. it would not be so hard if we could get that work every month, but so far this winter we have had only two months’ relief work, Directory of Unions and Organizations Workers’ Unity League Council— Meets first Wednesday in the month at 305 Cambie St., at 8pm. Execu- tive committee meets every Wed- nesday at 2 p.m. Send all com- munications to the Secretary, 305 Cambie St. C.L.D.L. (Sam Carr Brench)— Meetings first and third Fridays in the month at 8 pm. Whist every Saturday at 8 p.m., at 4265 Main Street, Vancouver. Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League in Vancouver—Meets eyery Wedunes- day at 8 p.m. at 122a Hastings St. West. Hall open every day. Secre- tary, B. Liss, at above address. C.L.D.L., 5393 Victoria Rd., South Vancouver—Whist Drive & Dance every Saturday at 8 p.m. Cash prizes, admission 15c. Swedish Drill every Thursday at $ p.m., admission 5c. Business meeting every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. JOIN UP! Get a subscription from your neighor or shop mate for the B.C. Workers News. GORDON GRANT Room 29 163 West Hastings SOLICITOR FOR THE C.L.D.L. St. DANCE ORANGE HALL Corner Gore and Hastings EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9 to 12 wt Music by ORANGE HALL ORCHESTRA HALIBUT STRIKE REMAINS SOLID Five Hundred Fishermen Are Still Out VANCOUVER, B.C., March 13.— One hundred halibut fishing boats strike and at Prince Rupert for higher fish prices. It is reported here that two ves- “Lysikle’’ and “Ebla,’’ have been permitted to fish under an as- that they would catch black cod; however, “Lysikle’’ has put into port at Vancouver with about 8700 pounds of halibut and the “Ebla”’ 37 days is expected to arrive shortly The strike is now three weeks old and all fishermen should assist the halibut men in pickettineg- are on here sels, sumption which has been out for AN ABLE ARTICLE by F., Biggs, analyzing the Paris Commune, was crewded out of this issue. It will ap- pear next week.—HEditor. A $50,000 SALUTE The 21-gun salute fired in honor of President Roosevelt by the U.S. Navy in the New York Harbor cost the New York masses $50,000. While thousands of working-class babies in New York have no mlik, travagance is indulged in to prepare the minds of the workers for another this ex- world slaughter. All Out To Anti-Fascist Reception— Karlsruhe! “Work And Wages” For Building Trades Means Cheap Labor For Bosses Pattulle Gow’t. With Assistance of C.C.F. Launch Further Fascist Measures ~ Although the C.C.F. leaders may call it another “step towards so- ecialism” the No Work, and Starva- tion Government of Pattullo intends fo introduce another fascist mea- sure, backed up by the re-enacted Special Powers Act, to further regi- ment the workers and furnish the bosess with more cheap labor. This measure is designed to cover Six trades—earpentry and joinery, painting and decorating, plastering, Sheet metal work, plumbing and Steam fitting and electrical work, with others to follow at the will of the government. Slave Contracts. Young workers, especially those between the ages of 16 and 18 are to be sent in to industry as “ap- prentices,” a scheme to work them at starvation wages. Like serfs tied to the soil, they are to be bound by slave apprenticeship “contracts.” The measure is the brain-child of Pearson, the bosses’ Minister of Slavery, and like all fascist dema- sogues he puts it forward as “‘pro- tection” for young workers. DIGEST: OF LETTERS Crescent Valley a corres- sends us a letter compar- conditions of the workers with the conditions of the under Hitler Rule in Ger- From pondent ing the in Trail workers many. From Victoriaea worker sends us an excerpt from the Victoria “Daily Times , “wherein the City “Rat Catcher’ reports that “most of the rats are around Craigdarrach, Rock- land Avenue and Government House.’ The poem attached to this item is being held for further pos- sible publication. Finnish Branch of W.L.L. writes letter calling on Working Women to miobilize against War and Fascism and help to turn Imperialist War into Class War. Sointula writes in to Say that Revolutionary Educational Work is: being carried on. The Pioneer Log- ging Co. on Malcolm Island, with 60 men of a crew, work up to 10 hours a day with part crew working Sun- days. Few local men are hired. We are holding letter on St. An- thony'’s College for further use. Blind Institute: Will the writer of the letter dealine with this ques- tion please forward name and ad- dress (not necessarily for publica- tion). A lone letter from our old friend and comrade, J. R. of Notch Hill, we are unable to use through lack of space. Writer tells us that there is an urgent need of a Safety Committee at the Vancouver Gas Plant. Boys have replaced men in some jobs and injuries are numerous. From Sorrento Camp we have re- ceived verses, welcoming the new “Storeman-.” Pushed for room, we regret we are unable to print them at this time. Kit, from North Vancouver, writes to tell us of Mrs. Brennan of the Red Cross in North Vancouver, who “Tf the unemployed don’t they go always shouts, don’t like it, why back to where they, came from.’ The W.L.L. is building organiza- tion that will take care of Mrs. Brennan. M. R. of Kamloops states that Gib- bens and Cahan, B. GC. delegates to Ottawa Congress on Unemployment Insurance, addressed a well attend- ed meeting there. The delegates are on their way back to Vancouver. SOVIET UNION LIBRARY RAIDED BERLIN, Feb. 27.—(ATP)—Nazi olitieal police last night raided the Soviet Union library attached to the Intourist Bureau and seized several books dealing with the Cheliuskin Arectie expedition of last winter. No explanation was given. F.U.L. Wins Concessions Mass Meetings Demands 40 Per Cent Increase CLOVERDALE, March 9—Under the auspices of the Farmers’? Unity Leage about 75 taxpayers and relief recipients held a meeting on Satur- day, March 9, in the Council Cham- bers at Cloverdale. The question of the demand for 40 per cent increase in relief was taken up- A very lively discussion tool place and it revealed that last year the relief cost to the taxpayers was only a fraction in ex- eess of $8,000. The additional cost was worked out and it has proven that the Municipality has received many thousands of dollars worth of work on the relief basis, which otherwise would have cost them $40,000 an- nually. Qnce more militant action and determination which was shown by the masses won them the things they need and the F.U.L. is to be commended for its stand and leader- ship in securing the 40 per cent increase. : , Relief Dept. Stools Snoop By SANDY JACKSON. VANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 28.—Re- lief Department investigators now engaged in calling on the single unemployed men in the city to make Sure that they are not selling their meal tickets (paltry $2), or are sub- sisting from any other means, also asking when relief recipient expected to go back to work. While one man does the question- ing the other tales notes, which at any time may be used against the Single men. These investigators (nice names for stool pigeons) call early in the morning, thus they are sure of finding the unemployed at their reoms. e are LONG PRISON TERMS FOR ANTI-FISCISTS MILAN, Italy.—(A LP)—The fascist Special Court, resuming work after a brief recess, has sentenced thirteen anti-fascists from Prato, Toscano, to terms of hard labor from four to twelve years for reyolutionary ac- A number of the defendants had already served long terms of imprisonment imposed by the Special Court for the same offence. tivities. SUCCESSFUL DANCE FOR “B.C. NEWS’’ The B.C. Workers News dance and free drawing held at the T.0.0.F. Han, Sixth and Main Street, Van- couver, on March ist was a success- ful affair. The net proceeds twenty-seven dollars cents ($27.11)- First prize of fifteen dollars worth of merchandise was won by a work- ing woman holding ticket number 278-B. The ladies’ prize for the spot dance was a hand-worked purse do- nated by Mrs. A. Anderson of Gib- sons Landing during the previous campaign, was won by a Y.C.L.’er, whose partner, also in the youth movement, took the men’s’ spot danee prize a two-dollar order. amounted to and eleven CORRESPONDENCE As an ex-telephone worker I was very interested in reading in your paper the exposure of some of the girl operators and the method em- ployed by the bosses and _ stool pigeons, but do you know there are men working nine-hour shifts and getting paid for eight? The slimy way they put it over, is that a night engineer shift, say at 11 p.m. and comes off at $ a.m-, supposing to have an hour off for lunch, but he is respon- sible for maintaining heat during his Supposed hour off and cannot leave the building, unless of course, he wants to get fired. There are lots of grievances with this big¢ profit- making concern and it is time that all telephone employees were organ- goes on ized in one industrial union. P.B.X. Employee. RELIEF STRIKE IN MAPLE RIDGE Militant Farmers Take Action To Gain Better Relief Measures HANEY, March 8.—In Maple Ridge Municipality the conditions of the unemployed workers are intolerable. In Ward One, very few are on re- lief, as most of the citizens are em- ployed at the Hammond Cedar Com- pany. They are exploited to the ut- most. Some of them for ten hours a day at a wage of from 25c to 40c an hour, the 40c class being the fayor- ite “yes-men’’ of the bosses. In Ward Three, Councillor An- sell was elected and made many promises during his campaign. One of these was for a 40 percent cloth- ing allowance, but he has not acted on this as yet, and unless the work- ers force him to do so there is very little prospect of getting action. The relief workers in this ward suffer terribly. in Ward Four where a workers’ Councillor was elected, the situation is beginning to improve, in regard to better distribution of the relief jobs. Lhe former favoritism which was shown in regard to foremen, ete., is now abolished. Bosses’ Tool Gets In By Subterfuge Ward Five. This ward is under the supervision of the former coun- cillor “Brainless’ Parker. During the storm and fildods in this district with bridges washed out, ete., no nominations for councillor came in from this ward. So the council, com- posed of Reeve Hope, Fairwether, Ansell, Blackall, and Matson ap- pointed Parker. Blackall and Mat- Son were against the appointment, but the clique of Hope, Fairwether and Ansell had already decided on this tool, although the workers in this district had a petition signed by a majority of the voters fayoring a man named Larson. “Bramiless” Parker Docks Retief For Extra Begs CGenditions in this ward are rotten. if a worker has a cow, which has recently freshened, the councillor makes this an excuse for the dock- ing of one or more days’ pay. He will also dock a person if his few chickens lay an extra egs. Reeve Hope is a petty official in the Hammond Cedar Mill. It is his job to See that there are always men on relief at small pay as this gives the company a chance for greater exploitation of the workers in the plant. As a result of these intolerable conditions, the Maple Ridge Citizens’ Protective Association was formed. This body has taken up the workers’ grievances with the council. Relief Workers Strike The M.R.C-P.A. called a one-day Strike of relief workers on Wednes- day, February 6th. A delegation was chosen to meet the council, and pre- sent a resolution calling for the maximum scale of relief. The work- ers from all the wards turned out en masse and marched in orderly Style to the council to show support to their delegation. Couneillors Blackall and Matson supported the resolution, butit was defeated by the majority Composed of these unsym- pathetic representatives of the Capi- talist class. A seneral feeling pre- vails that the workers will gain their means only by direct action. —Press Committee of Haney. CHURCH WARDEN CALLS THE BULLS Warden of St. James Anglican Chureh, corner of Gore Avenue and Cordova Street, summoned police to Stop distribution of leaflets, issued by WS.L., ¥.CL., C.C-¥., to mem- bers of his church. The Chinese Soup Kitchen, sponsored and run by the Anglican Church, were under fire and apparently they wish to keep the truth of the conditions there from the rank and file of the chureh. Jf you don’t subscribe to this paper, send in a sub now. Geo. L. Donovan Typewriters and Adding Machines Supplies and Service WNew and Used Machines from $10.00 up — see US Burst — 432 W. Pender St., Sey. 282