“FOR UNITY IN STRUGGLE” Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1935 Single Copies: 5 Cenis No. 11 }-C. Sportsmen Prepare To Compete With Soviets ve from This Province To go to Soviet Russia TANCOUVER, B.G., March 26-— 2 District Board of the Workers’ srts Association hald a meeting th the delegates to the Soviet ion, from which four were elect- as follows: $. McIntyre, well Known amateur hlete, who will represent the Ter- 1ai Baseball League. (ustin Delaney, one of Canada’s standing soccer players and ts writer to the Vancouver 1ily Province,” will represent the C. Football Association. . EB. Munroe of Westminster City i represent Westminster Royals, which club he is secretary. ial Straight, basketball player i assistant sports editor of the aecouver “Sun,” will represent C. Basketball Association. ll these sportsmen will partici- pate with Soviet athletes while stay- ing in Russia. The election of the Workers’ Sperts Asseciation delegate is under way throughout all W.S.A. clubs in B. C. the UNITED FRONT GROWS VANCOUVER, B.C., March 25. —The C.C.F. Club “Unity,” Kingsway and Victoria, at a re- cent meeting with 18 members present, decided by a vote of 17 to 1, to agree to the proposals of the Communist Party for united action and participation in the Congress on Unemployment to be held in Vancouver, April ith, and to support the walk-out of the Camp Workers April 4th. The Club extended its greetings to the Communist Party. NLR. BARGE CREWS MAKE — _MINOR GAINS THRU UNITY - Hour Day Remains [To be Won from Govt. Owned Company TANCOUVER, B.C., March 26.— a result of negotiations, initiated the Seafarers’ Industrial Union behalf of the crew operating the ct Mann, C.N.R. Barge and Ferry “vice, .Some concessions have been ined, altheugh the major demand, S-hour day, has been left in >yance. Reporis of the crew > that Mr. Chappell, ident, has apreed to: Small Goncessions Gained. mistali a telephone at the wharf to the S.1.U. the Superin- the crew live four to five miles m town. Pay checks to be at the dock iich otherwise would be handed out the depot, half a mile away. Dne day off in seven. The 8-hour day demand has been over until negotiations are sned up from Qntario, according Mr. Chappell. Issuing of pay Checks at the dock. hile this does not appear to be a ry important gain, it benefits the sw to the extent that stokers com- = up from the hot stokehold will 't have their health endangered by alking for the checks, also mem- bers of the crew coming off watch will mot have their sleeping hours broken as was the case with the old system of check payment. STUDENTS TO FIGHT WAR AND FASCISM NEW YORK (ALP) — Thou- sands of students at universi- ties all over the United States will £o on strike at 11 a_m- on April 21st, it was announced at headquarters of the student movement against War and Fascism recently. It is ex- pected that at least 100,000 student in from 75 to 100 institutions will go out in demonstration against the in- ereasing preparations for war and the continuing process of fascization under Roosevelt. The strike will also involve 20,000 high school students in New York City where the moyement is most stronely organized. It will last but one hour, sufficient to demonstrate the strength of the student opposi- tion to War and Fasicsm, A similar strike was called last year and more than 25,000 students responded. BC. Congress Important Wide Unity Necessary ! : 5 rom National Congress ‘On Job Insurance To Provincial April 7th, the date set for the ©. Congress on Work and Unem- oyment Insurance, will prove to ; of decisive importance to the orkers and poor farmers of B. C. irst, because it is set at a time llowing immediately the National neress on Unemployment In- irance; secondly, because, “now if rer,’ is the time to arouse the sople against Bennett's fake insur- ce bill, and to create a strong mad of unity which will cement the esent scattered forces of the ex- oited workers and poor farmers to an organized aggressive power. The keynote of the B. C. Congress ust be militant. It must combat iy tendency to a submissive aquies- nee, which, if allowed to develop ithin our ranks, will spell defeat id enable the proposed reactionary zisiation to become an added bur- m securely fastened to the backs the workers. True, Bennett’s Bill has passed its ird reading; true, it went over th blessing of all but one dissen- ant vote. It is also a fact that e reformist leaders are helping to eate the impression that the ac- ptance of the Bill is inevitable, and ainst which it is useless to strug- e. And these are precisely the asons why the April 7th Congress ust be made the date of depar- re from the narrowness and mis- derstanding which has character- 1d past campaigns around real so- i] and unemployment insurance. More thousands of people are now coming clear on the wide scope of ite insurance. The bare-faced rob- ry of Bennett’s scheme, wheih has thing at all in common with real employment insurance, confronts Vast army of wage earners and w is the time to drive home these sons and win the workers, organ- d and unorganized, to fight alons- le the unemployed; for an insur- ee, the burden of which shall be tne by the rich. This same realization gripped hun- dreds of thousands of British work- ers and which brought them out on the streets with effective results. The British Act of Parliament which was intended to cut relief, was an es- tablished fact, as far as the rich were concerned. But the British working class decided otherwise, united their ranks, and defeated the attack of the government. Today the trade unions of Great Britain are drawn overwhelmingly into discussion and the formulation of plans to force through Non-Con- tributory Unemployment Insurance. The Canadian workers are faced with a like situation and the same resent- ment against additional burdens can be roused as in Britain. With this example and the developing situa- tion, the B. C. Congress on Work and Unemployment Insurance must prove to be the turning point. BESSBOROUGH AND BUCK “4 few score dejected and shiv- ering stragglers, a handful of newspapermen and several police- men constituted the welcoming throng.” The foregoing is from the Sun’s story of the arrival of the Gover- nor General of Canada in Vancou- ver last weelx. In striking contrast to the “few stragglers” was the crowd of thou- sands which met Tim Buck on bis arrival. Noranda Miners Appeal TORONTO, March 22. (ALP)—The appeals of the sixteen Noranda miners, now held in Bordeaux jail following conviction for tivities, are expected to within the next two weeks, the Ca- nadian Labor Defense League has learned. Funds are needed at once and should be rushed to the C.L.D.L. strike ac- be heard office here. Port Moody Shingle Men Struck; Won Boss Concedes Demands When Faced With United Action Some time ago the workers in the Port Moody Shingle Company took strike action in order to estab- lish pay day on a definite date, in- stead of receiving payment on ac- count and the balance some other time, which had been the case preyi- ous to the strike. The management then decided to use the old tacties of shutting down the mill, and then start the mill up with two active workers discrimin- ated against. United Action Wins Out. The workers immediately called a meeting of the whole crew, drew up their demands, elected a strike com- mittee and presented them to the boss. The boss in the face of this stated he would take back one of the workers but the other one was unable to do his work, notwithstand- ing the worker has been in the em- Police Jail Turner On Fake Charge ttempt to Crush Camp Walk-out by Terror (By Wire) CRANBROOK, B.C. Mar. 28.—Jas. Turner, District Organizer of the Re- lief Camp Workers Union, sentenced to forty days on vagrancy charge. Police arrested him on highway. They raided his premises and con- fiscated the “Camp Worker” and al) material. Defended by the Canadian Labor Defense League. Communists and agitators were mentioned by po- lice in asking for a heavy sentence. Police stated district must be pro- tected against camp Strike on April fourth. Adams. ploy of this company for pretty near two years. Picket Line Set Up. A picket line was established and the boss then stated he wanted two hours to decide. In an hour and a half he was back and conceded to the demands and the mill was started next morning. - ommunists Strive For United Front Send Out Call for United Action in Defense Of Brave Spanish Revolutionaries and For Workers’ Needs The ‘call’’ printed below for United Action has been addressed to C.C.F. and Socialist Party branches and higher committees by the Dis- trict Committee of the Communist Party. The “B. C. Workers’ News” has received a Gopy with a request that it be published in our columms. We are glad to comply and add our voice to urge upon all workers, farmers and people sympathetic to the Workers’ Cause to rally to the eall of Unity in Strugele—Ed. March 26, 1935. Secretary C.C.F. District Commit- tee, Secretary C.C.F. Provincial Council, Secretary S.P.of C. Comrades: News that Pena and Menendez, Spanish Socialist leaders of the province of Asturias, are sentenced to death, is undoubtedly a prelude to the vengeance of the Fascist Lerroux Government upon the thousands of brave anti-fascist fighters of Spain. The working class of Canada are not fully aware of the terror which is being exercised In Spain and only the joint efforts of the €.C.F., Socialist and Communist Parties to arouse the workers to jom in the international protest movement, can save these Social- ist leaders and others from the Fascist executioners. We propose that the C.C.F., S.P.of €., and C€.P.of C. shall eall united from meetings in Vancouver and other towns in B.C. to pro- test directly to the Spanish Gov- ernment and Parliament against these death sentences and demand the liberation of all those impri- soned for anti-fascist activities. We also propose that we utilize these protest meetings to popular- ize the “B. C. Congress on Work and Uneniployment Insurance’”’ and to assist the Relief Camp Workers who are strugeling against monstrous conditions of living. These two latter proposals, whilst not of such a political na- ture as the Spanish question, are unguestionably deserving of the full supportand co-operation of the three political parties which have in their membership an _ over- whelmimng majority of workers and poor farmers, as well as the sym- pathizing sections of the petit bourgeoisie. On this basis we ask that you consider the foregoing Proposals for united front action. Any fur- ther suggestions or alterations can be mutually agreed upon. Please instruct bearer as to the earliest possible moment for offi- FRAME-UP ON ORGANIZER Vagrancy Charge Fails, But Judge Convicts Anyway CRANBROOK, B.G., Mareh 20.— Alex. Meronyk was fined $20.00 and costS or one month in jail on a framed-up charge, by Magistrate Col. Mallondoine, Creston, B.C. The or- iginal charge of vagrancy could not be made stick by the Provincial Po- lice thugs, Set. Barber of Nelson and Constables Hassard, Cartmel, and Corporal McDonald. Capitalist Justice Tool Convicts Anyway. The magistrate could not convict on the vagrancy charge, so he started to get sore about so many protests being sent him and then convicted Alex, making him responsible for these protests. Mass protests are now needed. Princeton Greets Tim City Awakes from Sleep With Cheers for Tim Buck PRINCETON, 8B.C., March Tim Buck passed through here at 2:10 a.m. and was met by 150 work- ers with their wives and children. These represented the Young Pion- eers, the Mine Workers’ Union of Canada, the Relief Camp Workers’ Union and the Communist Party of Canada (Princeton Units). Tim spoke to the crowd for five minutes out of the seven-minute stop. The crowd of workers cheered the leader of the Canadian masses and sang the International, which roused the rest of the town out of its slumbers. B= cial representatives of our party to meet your committee. Comradely yours, On Behalf of the B. C. District Committee, Communist Party of Canada. TIM BUCK National Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada Sunday, March sl ARENA, 8 p.m. Buck will Reply to R. B. BENNETT'S “NEW DEAL” Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. - 9 ee Te EET Jam the Arena Cram Full! Crew of “Border Prince’ Win < MASSES GREETED TIM BUCK Over 7,000 people who gathered at the C.P-R. depot last Tuesday roared out their welcome to Tim Buck. Packed shoulder high by a squad of members of the Workers’ Sports Association, Tim was carried to a seat which served as a platform from which he spoke-to the sea of faces. “Communism cannot be crushed by terror! I realize now that I made a mistake when stating that for every Communist arrested, ten would spring up to take his place; I should have said 100 or 1,000.”’ Tim Buck will speak at the ban- quet held in his honor at the Em- bassy Hall, Burrard and Davie, Fri- day, March 29. Admission 35 cents. On Sunday at the Arena at 8 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Qn Monday, S@uth Vancouver, Norquay Hall, Slocan and Kingsway, at 7 p.m., and at Maple Hall, Fraser and Worty-fifth Avenue, 9 p.m., the same evening. On Tuesday at New Westminster. COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS FOR UNITY TORONTO, March 24. — Sam Lawrence, ©.C.F. member of the Provincial Legislature, spoke at the Conference of the League Against War and Fascism and at the Huge mass rally in -the Massey Hall. At both places: he spoke strongly for Unity, par- ticularly in the fight against Fascism on the Trade Union field. ‘Under fascism there is no difference in Unions,” said Lavw- rence. Speaking for the Communist Party of Canada, Stewart Smith welcomed the stand of the C.C.F. leaders, and pledged the Com- munist Party to Unity on the issues of Fascism and War. SEAMEN CHALK UP ANOTHER VICTORY WITH STRIKE ACTION Small. Fight Effectively Carried Out In Quick Time VANCOUVER, B.C. March 26.— Four deckhands on the S.S. Salvor, small coastwise freighter, owned by the Galt Steamship Company, de- clared a strike at 9:30 a.m. and set- tled it before noon today. The concessions granted were: 50 cents overtime to be paid for hours worked before $8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. No cargo to be handled by crew in the Port of Vancouver, B.C. Overtime to be paid for all cargo handled on Sunday. Wo discrimination. AS result of this action and a gaining of above concessions, two extra Coastwise Freight Handlers will be employed. EVANS TOURS NORTHERN B.C. Farmers Getting Wise To Exploitation VINSULLE, B.C, March 25.— Arthur Evans was here recently and spoke at a meeting. He certainly opened the eyes of the farmers around this district. Please find en- closed $2 for four subs. for three months each. The farmers around here are beginning to wake up to the fact that they are being ex- ploited by all or any of the capitalist parties, no matter which happens ito be in office. Your paper will help to further the struggle for organiza- tion and sunity.—S. T. D. PLAN MASS TREK FROM RELIEF CAMPS APRIL FOURTH Huge Strugsle Carefully { Prepared to Materialize Throughout Province the Relief throughout the along with fraternal dele- Representatives of Camp Workers Province, gates from Alberta, met in confer- ence at Kamloops, B.C., on March 10th and i1ith, where plans were drawn up for a Proyvince-wide walk- out of workers from all Relief Camps. After prolonged and serious discussion, it was clearly brought out that the only way to force the hand of the authorities and expose the yviciousness of the National De- fence Relief System, was to leave the Camps in a body. Camp Work- ers will converge centrally, the ma- jority coming to Vancouver. Camp Workers Demands Are Just The following seven demands were drawn up at the conference in Kamloops.