S pril 5, 1935 . Br Cz WORKERS’ NEWS Page Three = JA Farmer Seeks Reform i l'onfuses Role of Mass - Organization With ba Political Party ; Rayleigh Mt., B.C., March 10. id 5 the Editor: ; Dear Sir: I attended a meeting wid by speakers of the C.L.D.L. at effley Creek on March 2. Only sout 15 responded as it was held Qi a Saturday when most of the rmérs go to town. Now as an outsider I would like ask a few questions on my own. i. I have not been able to dis- = iver where you have a constructive atform of reforms. We would like at hear about it if vou have one. a rot it. out. e 2. Now why do you condemn id © C.C.I. Party. They, you must imit, have a platform of Reforms : lat may help. I do not see any- 4 une better on your side as yet. q Tf you want to get all the farm- and business men interested 1ough to join forces with you, you Yost aye a real sound policy to ork on, because we farmers have ‘en swindled and robbed enough, it to want any more promises or “Maberdash from any party. : 8. Ido not hold with your speak- Ss’ ideas of using Russia as an ex- aple. We want a system for Can- ‘@a, and Canada alone. Let the Wissian Rulers Ruie Canada? Noth- ‘= doing, we will rule our own ®untry without the help of Rus- 1. It would be better to sive us @ policy here and leave the Russian stem out. That's why so many We rather doubtful of your inten- A ns, and will not have anything to [B with the C.L.D.L. on that ac- unt. = Now trot out that first class Re- “orm Platform oi yours and let's ve a look at it and it must be a umed ainst the exploiting class. The > L.D.L. is what its name implies, defense organization. It is not a |litical party. } Any condemnation of the C.C.F. saders coming from the C.l..D.L. is ie to these reformists refusing to 2fend workers, as in the A. E. nith where Woodsworth sied up with the capitalist author- ies, and expelled whole C.C_.F. clubs 'r assisting in the defense of Smith. Qn the question of reforms, it is ecessary that a party not only ave a program for the amelioration — the conditions under which the case, ‘orkers work and live, but that it fzhts for them. The C.C.E. “reform program” is Capitalist program, drawn up for 2e purpose of getting votes. But ne greatest danger in the C.C.F. is gaat it spreads the idea among the rorkers and farmers that socialism an be attained through the gradual atroduction and securing of reforms rhile the state remains capitalistic. Using the Soviet Union as an ex- mpie is justified in the light of his- ory. The Soviet Union by revolu- ionary, not reformist, methods and dolicy, overthrew Capitalism and nade it possible to begin building £ Socialism. Nobody with any sense ever pro- yosed that the Soviet Union or So- viet leaders should rule Canada. When the Canadian workers and armers overthrow Capitalism in Sanada and set up their dictator- hip, they will select their own heads if the Canadian Soviet government. There would be no ‘“‘petting” of he C.P-R. as a private corporation, ut the property known as the C.P. %. Would be confiscated and admin- stered by us—and by “us’’ we mean he workers and farmers orsanized iS the ruling class, to the exclusion < the capitalists. -What would be paid to workers ind the hours per day, etc., would & determined by the condition of i Ma Program; Must be Good industry and the state of organiza- tion. But there would be nothing held out to pay profits to a parasite elass. The workers would get what they produced, save that which they agreed should be reserved as social- ist accumulation for the building up of Socialist industry and agriculture. —Hditor. UNITE YOUTH ON MAY DAY May Day, the Historic Day of Struggles for the Working Class, is again fast approaching and this year more than ever before it is impera- tive that the working class demon- strate theif srowiiie power to the ruling class of the world. May Day is the day when workers all over the world demonstrate their solidarity, demonstra- tions take place against Hunger Warand Fascism. When the activi- ties of the militant Labor movement is by of mili- tant toilers. The Young Communist League, a militant youth organization, has al- ways played an active role in the Day demonstrations. This year again we hope to hundreds of participate With us in the May affairs. We ask ail organizations of youth to imme- Giately get behind the May Day prep- arations. Elect your delegates to May Day committee meeting, which will be announced very shortly. Start to prepare your for this historic event. when mass reviewed thousands see youths membership YOUTH INSPIRED BY TIM BUCK SPIRIT VANCOUVER, B.C., April Last Monday, Tim Buck spoke to the members of the Young Com- munist League. Behind that simple Statement lies one of our rarest ex- of the so — perienees as members League. Before Tim spoke, we heard from Comrade Christie and Comrade Pete Lowe, who briefly outlined the ac- ecomplishments of the League in B. CG. and the problems we face. Questions were then invited, and knotty points were raised especially in connection with the United Front. i= Comrade Frank Joubin, President of the €CY. (B.C. Section) was present aS a visitor, and when he took the floor for a few minutes in support of unity, there was a great outburst of applause. Tim told us not to confine ¥.C.L. work to political meetings, but to start cultural activities such music, dramatie clubs, ete. “Make the Y¥.C.L. a way life,” he declared. If that means enthusiasm, pep and spirit, well, all we Y.C.L.-ers have got that “‘elan’’ now. our sports, of as Directory of Unions and Organizations Workers’ Unity League Council— Meets first Wednesday in the month at 19 Bast Hastings St. at 8 p.m. Executive committee meets every Wednesday 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 $ p.m. Whist every Saturday at 8 pm., at 1265 Main Street, Vancouver. Socials Held Jointly With W.E.S.L. Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League in Vancouver—Meets every Wednes- day at 8 p.m. at 122a Hastings St. West. Hall open every day. Secre- tary, B. Liss, at above address. GiI.D.L., 5393 Victoria Rd., South Wancouver—wW hist Drive & Dance every Saturday at 8 p.m. Cash prizes, Swedish Drill every admission admission 15c. Thursday at 8 p.m., Business meeting every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. JOIN UP! Ronald Stuart Branch, C.L.D.L., meets 8:00 p.m., first and third Mon- at 2616 East es of each month Street. day Pender GORDON GRANT Room 29 163 West Hastings St. \ SOLICITOR FOR THE C-L.D.L. Geo. L. Donovan Typewriters and Adding Machines Supplies and Service Wew and Used Machines from $10.00 up — See US First — 432 W. Pender St., Sey. 282 Workers’ Correspondence > CUT FOR TIE MAKERS IN NORTHERN B.C. No Reduction in. Living Costs for Settlers ISLE PIERRE, B. C.. Mareh 28.— Enclosed find 50 cents for months’ subscription to the er’s: News?’ Tf three “WY ork- am a settler here in the Northern wilds, making ties for Our earnings on ties has been cut about 65 to 70 per cent Since the depression set in; whereas, living costs have been cut little. I can’t understand why the work- ers form so many groups. There is only one out of the whole cursed misery and that is to follow the trail Russia has brolxen for us, to follow the Conmimunist platform. The C. C. EF. appears to have a Strain of Hitler blood is its veins, whereas the Communist Party elear and open, and to the point. On a livine. very way is the other hand, there is good pros- pects in the offing of a WUnitec TIeront. I do miss the Russian emblem on the *“B. C. Workers’ News.” The Toronto “‘Worker”’ has it. Wow I have a problem on my hands. It concerns thousands of fel- low I was left alone over four My wife died and we had just adopted a boy fourteen months of Since then the boy and I have batched together, and we worship each other. But that is not all, our hearts £0 out to all the other unfortunate. J tried to secure a proper birth certificate from the Alberta government for him (he was born in Bdmonton,) but they gave beings. years age. age. me a fake one. My wife’s and my Rame iS on as natural parents. We were married six weeks after the boy was born, and the noble Alberta Sovernment calls him illegitimate. Well, I had Mr. Brownlee, Premier, on the carpet in the House in Ed- monton a year ago, and he admitted it practise they had adopted the last ten years. CORRESPONDENT. Editors Note—Tbhe last part of this workers letter has been emitted. It deals with correspond- ence with a local lawyer. We are referring it to the C.L.D_L. THE THREE SONS Bed Time Stories Up-to-Date By SUMPLE SIMON The eldest was just a A man had three sons. was a lawyer, the second a doctor, and the youngest, a miner. Baad times came along and they were all out of work. One day the father said: “ly sons, I can do longer afford to keep you. You must go forth and try your luck. Perhaps you will be able to bring home some money to help us out.” The lawyer son said, first. I am the eldest.” So the eldest son, who was a Lib- eral, went out to seek his fortune. After walking some distance, he came to a crossroad. There was a finger-post pointing in three direc- tions. One arm of the post had on it the word: FASCISM, via Mone- tary Reform. Under it was nailed a paper with the names of those who had taken this road: Mussclini, Roos- evelt, G. G. MeGeer. The second road ran close to the first and its finger-post read: UTOPIA, via Parliamentary Reform. Under it were the names: Kautsky, Ramsay Macdonald, Norman Thom- as, J. S. Woodsworth, and many others. The third road ran in the opposite direction and was shown thus: COM- MUNISM; via Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Carved into the wood were the names: Marx, Lenin, Thael- mann, Dimitroy, and others. The lawyer didn’t take Jong in making up his mind. Monetary Re- form sounded good to him, so he chose that road. Soon, however, the road led into a bog, and he found himself in a thick junele called Fas- lurked all “Let me £0 Gsm. Savage beasts around. When the eldest son did not re- turn, the father said to his second son: “Go forth and seek your for- tune. Perhaps you may have better luck than your bother.” The doctor son, who was a C.C.F. believer, set out at once. When he came to the crossroads, he read the three signs. Monetary Reform at- tracted him,but he had heard ugly Tumors about Fascism. “‘Socialism all right,’’ he thought. At first it was all very nice, but many paths kept on turning off. He didn’t know which one to follow. is One said “Social Credit,” another Unemployed Demonstrate Before Toronto City Hall Spy System Instituted By City Authorities 27 TORONTO, March (ALP)—Al- most 1500 unemployed workers dem- onstrated at the City Hall here this morning during a meeting of the Board of Control while their repre- sentatives were inside the building demanding a 50 percent increase in relief, $15 monthly allowance for rent and against the proposal that the police department be used to investi- gaterelief recipients for “fraud.’’ The demonstration was led by the Ward Ten Unemployed Association and the two delegates to the Board of Control were J. Cowan and J. EB: Riel. The Board refused to give a defi- nite answer, telling the delegation 2 Toronto unemployed are angered bythe action of the Board, led by Controller McBride, in instituting a “spy” system whereby citizens have been invited to send in confidential letters to city authorities containine information ‘regarding unemployed workers and their families. The ayowed object is to cut at least 1000 families off the Toronto relief rolls and the Board of Control] doesn’t care how this is done. The result of this “spy? system has been hundreds of letters to the authorities denouncing unemployed workers. People with grudges, Jand- lords anxious to get rid of relief ten- ants, police “stool pigeons” and others are taking full advantage of the offer. The system, however, has a much more important aspect. It is designed to split the ranks of the that “it would be handled in the reg-| unemployed by creating suspicion ular way.’’ among the jobless workers. Letter Digest | VIGILANTES From Victoria, signed W. have poem entitled “The Prime Minister's Dream.” We are pushed and not able to use it at HH, we a for present. space From Esquimalt, a worker writes to say that Vie Midgley Garries out disruptionist work in some of the Cc. C. EF. clubs. In one club, he at- tempted to split the ranks tacking a worker there, but finding it too hot he retreated. by at- We have two cartoons signed with the initial “‘M.’’ We are not in a position to have cuts made of these at present. The expense is too great with our meagre resources. SUNBURY HELPS WORKERS’ SPORTS In order to raise funds for the Workers’ Sports Delegate to Soviet Union, a dance will be held in Sund- bury Hall, on Saturday, April 13th, 9 pm. Admission, gents 35 cents and women 25 cents. Orchestra from Vaneouver will be Trucks will be going from Wancou- ver, return fare eents. Tickets on sale at the Workers’ Sports Asso- ciation Office, 603 Hastings St. West, In attendance. a5 25 Room 210. Also boats will be goings from New Westminster wharf at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments and enter- tainment. Take a night off and come and enjoy yourself. U. SODERHOLM. said “Technocracy.” It grew dark, Suddenly his foot slipped, and he found himself up to his neck in a rushing river. A boat came by with some working men in it. Seeing his danger,they threw him a life-belt, but when he saw the words ‘“‘United Front’ on it he turned away and clutehed at a lof that floated by labelled “Compromise.” This log car- ried him downstream to Fascism. He had no sooner made this alarm- ine discovery than he was struck a mortal blow from behind by his Liberal brother, who was still in the jungle. At home, the father and youngest son waited in vain for the return of the other two. Finally the youngest, who was a Communist, out in search for help, and his father went alone with him. Coming to the miner wasted no time, ately tools the road marked “‘Com- munism,” though it looked rough and steep and ran uphill. Gut they were not lonely, for Soon they caught up with bands of workers like them- selves. Presently they came to a lofty open space. The air was wonderfully clear and they had a wide view. Below them they saw how the road to Fas- cism and the road to Utopia both ended in the jungle. Scattered on the edges of the jungle were the dead and dying reformistSs who had re- fuse the life-belt of United Front. Some of them, however, were alive and had themselves become beasts, hunting their fellows. By now, thousands of workers had assembled round the Communists. They all turned their faces toward a higher plateau above them called Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Af- ter a sharp and painful but vic- torious climb they forged the neces- sary tools, and set to work to build a vast and shining city called Com- munism. Set crossroads, the but immedi- Have The DELICIOUS BAKERY Deliver Your Gread PHONE: HIGHLAND 705 1500 EAST HASTINGS ST. TRIANON BALLROOM Admission 25¢ | Canadian League of Youth Against War and Fascism DANCE LEN CHAMBERLAIN AND ORCHESTRA FRIDAY, | APRIL 26 Dancing 9 to 12 IN PRINCETON Lying Rumors Spread to Whip up Fascist Reaction PRINCETON, B.C, April 2: — Many lying rumors about the walk- out of the camp workers, on April 4th, are being freely circulated in and around Princeton. The probable source of these lies being the police officers, who hope to create a vigilante spirit, when the inmates of the slave camps mar- Shal their forces in preparation for their long trek to Vancouver. Four Years of Slave Camps For four years these relief camps have been in operation, with a ten-— dency by the authorities to establish more and more of them, to receive the youth that are leaving school and who are denied the opportun- ity of getting a job in industry. The whole country is beine= turn- ed into one huge slave compound. Coupled with this we are forced to endure the fascist military dom- ination of the Department of WNa- tional Defence. Any protest by the inmates against the deplorable conditions is met by the most flagrant charges being preferred asainst them by the D.N-_-D. with police. hve ats) general practice to fire men, and on in town they are arrested by the police on the -request of the D.N-D. charged with “stealine’” sovernment clothings. Camp Workers State Position We are warning the police and faseists that will not this indefinitely, and we submit this and of Princeton that there is no intention on our part to turn this community down” the police and vigilantes would have you believe. in collaboration the a their arrival and we tolerate to the workers eltizens “upside as Neither are we prepared the rest in government \We the every fair-minded person of Prince- to pas Sively spend of our lives these compounds, eamestiy seek support of ton in our struggle camps of slavery. DEBT COMPARISONS WASHINGTON, \March 25.—Debt against these comparisons are fashionable, and Statisticians have figured out that by June the public debt per capita in United States will be nearly half that of Britain's. Here is how they stand: Wational debt of LB Bets hae Aas ey oe $28,500,000,000 Debts of states, counties, cifies..- 19,500,000,000 Total U. S. public debtce. See 48,000,000,000 National debt of Britain: 2.2 - se 38,500,000,000 Debts of local sub- divisions ......-.. 6,500,000,000 Total British debt. 45,000,000,000 U.S. per capita debt NOW Se ese ore 382 U.S. per capita debt by June: ......—. 426 Gritish per capita debi == 967 The SGritish government's ‘peace preparations” March 6th introduced in the House of Commons amounts to $620,011,860, yet the same goyern- ment has reduced unemployed to absolute starvation, taking from them millions of dollars means test and reduction in the dole. by When you have read this paper, pass it on to your friend. A Woman’s View of Tim Buck’s Meet Georgina Murray Points The Lesson of Arena Meetings for Bosses “We've seen plenty of meetings at the good old Arena, political and otherwise. Aimee Semple McPher- son, Souza’s Band and Mackenzie King have prayed, played and flayed before the people of Wancouver, along with others from the platform in the past 25 years ... “But for a gathering that could out-Semple Aimee, out-fire the old Ising audiences and still retain the zest and enthusiasm of a splendid march, we give you the Vaneouver Sabbath night meetine of Tim Buck, ex-convict, secretary of the Communist Party in Canada “Tt (the program) was all so per- fectly simple, so brightly pictured and so nicely settled in the two hours, that it took the cold night air to snap us back in WVancotiver, the looming camp strike and the bridge ... . “Some incidents of the meeting: AS Chinese Communist clapping hands, whenever the audience burst into applause; Buck’s violent attack upon “Mr. Price’ causing friends of Jack Price, M.L.4., Vancouver Fast, to be uneasy; the Mr. Price referred to was the former Attorney General of Ontario, not the popular Jack; a buxom Jass in white silk, member of the Athletic team, making a suc- cess of collecting dollars and dimes; entrance of the drum band beneath red banners .-. “Lesson of the bie meeting in a nutshell: Old Line parties are through unless their leaders awaken and move forward with the times.”’— (Georgina Murray in Vancouver ex Sun.’’) Arena Souza’s There are two ways of “mov- ing forward with the times.” One is the revolutionary way, and the other is the fascist way. The old line parties, i.e., the parties of capitalism, are awakening all right. They are awakening to the degeneration of their system and te the revolutionary upsurge of the workers; and the only “move forward” they are capable of it toward fascism. Only the broad united front struggle of all who suffer from the effects of capital- ism can prevent such a move for- ward.—Hditor. POWERS FORCED TO RECOGNIZE _ SOVIET UNION LONDON, Fng., Mar. 29 (ALP)— According to a Reuter agency de- spateh from Prague, the Rumanian foreign minister Titulescue intends to visit Moscow after his forthcom- ing visit to London and Paris. PARIS, Mar. 29—According to the Havas News Agency, the new Bel- gian premier, Vanzeeland, has de- manded the establishment of normal diplomatic relations between Bel- giuma nd the USSR. Peewee weecueseewuwewunuue BAT at the LOG CABIN LUNCH 54 Bast Hastings St. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Full Course Meals, 15¢ up WORKERS . .. - Support Those Who Support the Movement BWARAREAEDRAE ED AtLAABABRAAABDBUA SD “BABB ET SESS ee eer esvesaesesessr NOTICE Grand Benefit Softball DANCE Good Friday, April 19 9 p.m, - 1 a.m. Embassy Ballroom 1022 Davie Street Admission 25c Good Music Auspices Workers’ Sports Association LET’S GO! DUFFY CHARGE IS WITHDRAWN Ex-Serviceman Freed Of Charge of Removing Nazi Wreath VANCOUVER, 3B.C., April 3.— When Albert Duffy appeared in City Police Court this mornine the charge of “Wilfull damage,” laid against him by the Fascist loving city police, was withdrawn at the request of the prosecutor. The reason given for the withdrawine of the charge was that the wreath, alleged to have been damaged, was the property of the “Tkarlsruhe,” and as the ship had sailed there was no one to press the charge. Evade the Issue This was a direct evasion on the part of the authorities. The true reason for the withdrawal of the charge is that the police found they had taken on more trouble than they could handle and were sliding out the best way they could. When the city authorities sanctioned the placing of the Fascist wreath on the Cenotaph, they went a step too far. This was proven in no uncertain manner when over one hundred ex- servicemen marched to the Cenotaph and forcibly remoyed it. The arrest of Duff arose from this demonstra- tion. Gordon Grant, G:l.D.L. law- yer, defended. Warship, Socialist Calls For United Front Suggests United House- To-House Drive VANCOUVER, B. GC, April 1.— Editor, “Workers’. News’: Accord- ing to the daily press it appears that the old line political parties are re- considering the question of sinking their alliances to their parties with the view of forming a national gov- ernment at the next general elec- - tion. Wherethe Sosialists are well organized, as in Winnipes, Vancou- ver and other cities, the national- ists, by uniting their forces, will be able to defeat us, probabiy by only a few votes. Should we not, there- fore, have an intensive propaganda drive, house to house, to reach those people who turn off the radio when our speakers are on the air, and who never think of attending our meet- ings? With suitable leaflets and enthus- iastie workers we could easily turn the scale and send a majority of So- cialists from the Western Provinces to Ottawa. . Instead of our speakers travelling long distances to speak to a few con- verted ones, we should use our meet-— ings to strengthen our organizations and develop new methods of propa- ganda. Make Supreme Effort For Unity Amother suggestion: Is it not time we practised what we preach— “Workers of the World Units’? Our object is the abolition of the present capitalist system. Therefore, let us concentrate on this, find out things we can agree upon, and ALL work tegether on these lines. Why should we let Great Britain lead the way are doing? The Socialists and Communists are now getting to- gether and making arrangements not to oppose each other in the forthcoming general election. They are also sharing the same platform against fascism and unemployment, thus setting an example to the rest of the world. We must make a su- preme effort in the general election to show our full strensth and we should then know better where we stand and be better prepared for action in the future. Remember, united we stand, diyided we fall. Yours, as they The best and only way to fight against Fascism and War is to build the United Front of Labor and fight Capitalism. F.S.U. RUSSIA TODAY (England) US.S-R. IN CONSTRUCTION MOSCOW NEWS SOVIET TRAVELS (Mfoscow) LABOR MONTHLY (England) CHINA TODAY LITERATURE } SOVIET RUSSIA TODAY (Canada) REPORT OF J. 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