4 Foril 30, 1985 Bi Ce WeO) REKS ERS: NEWS Page Three [Beatty Plan Would ‘Increase Burden For ; Workers | WINNIPEG, April 17.—Details of 4 fe operating costs of the G.N.R. ' ba the C.P-R. recently made public mpletely explode Beatty’s myth fat unemployment resulting from aification of the two roads can be ‘guidated by natural causes, i.e., by eans of pensions, deaths, etc., and st by lay-offs. On the contrary ie figures reveal a minimum lay- ~ £ of 40,000 railroaders to effect the tying of $75 million aimed at by ~:e rail magnates. © The figures follow: otal operating ex- penses, €.N.R. and CePrRe in 3933-<.... $220,099,412.70 otal salaries paid to employees in 1933.. 141,130,268.69 : otal operating ex- penses exclusive of p Salaries) Sens we $78,969,144.01 Experts agree that the highest "ssible Saving that could be made 1 actual operating expenses is 30 ar cent, i.e., $238,690,743.00, which haves $52 million to be saved from bases and salaries. The average age of all railroad employees is »300. Therefore, to effect a sav- ™e of $52 million from the wages fia salaries account would necessi- te the firing of forty thousand. ‘\dditional Thousands of Workers Affected © But this is not all, this huge re- Siction in the purchasing power of { @ Tailroaders would be accom- inied by a similar effect in the lied and dependent industries. ‘noification would affect that steel fants, the coal mines, the tie-camps, e., and with the already talked-of lification of the telesraph services, "ould result in a gross total lay-off from 80 to 90 thousand workers. ail Amalgamation Means | Forty Thousand Laid Off ‘PEG WAITRESSES GET TRIPLE PAY Win Back Wages and A Shorter Workings Weelkx WINNIPEG, April 19.—A three- fold inerease in pay, $25 back pay and a reduction in the working week from 60 to 48 hours, were fained by the waitresses of the Dufferin Cafe yesterday after a Strike lasting only one day. The girls, who will now receive the mini- mum wage of Se-55, as compared with $2.50 and $3.00, previously, are members of the Hotel and Restaur- Workers’ Industrial Union, which has chalked up a string of victories in which hundreds of dol- lars of back pay have been won for restaurant workers paid below the minimum wage. ant OCHRANA FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ST. JOHNS, Nfid., April 8, (ALP) —Newtoundland is planning to es- tablish a police force patterned after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, it is announced here. Permission has been sought from the Dominions Of- fice in London, England. The new police force, which will have airplanes, automobiles, motor boats and horses, will combine the functions of political and regular police, will collect customs, admin- ister relief, and will perform other tasks. Turn out May Day and demonstrate mass resistance to wage-cuts and slave camps. Help to build united front working class solidarity. Vomen’s Auxiliary Do Great Work Feeding Picket Lines NORTH VANCOUVER, April 23. \-Seven ships are tied up in the /arbor today while the striking Ex- wt Loe Workers hold firm, The rikers have the support of wide ‘ctions of the organized workers on 16 waterfront, as well as of other 1ions, Men Staying By Demands Fair Wage Officer Harrison is aking efforts to end the strike. fe two main points in the demands * the men are: (1) Hiring of men irough the union hall, and (2) the age scale.- The mén also demand: ) no discrimination; (b) time and nhe-half for overtime, legal holi- ays and Sundays; (c) no man to sceive Jess than two hours’ pay for each call to work; ships Not Being Loaded As Strikers Hold Firm (a) all sub- contractors to be brought under the agreement; (e) peeling contracts eliminated. Excellent Work By Women. The newly organized Women’s Aumilliary is a great help to the Strikers. They are doing noble work in feeGing the men on picket line in conjunction with the W.I.R. and the Women’s Labor League. Twenty-four hour pickets and a picket patrol boat are doing mag- nificent work. Vancouver and New Westminster longshoremen are gZiv- ine financial aid and refuse to load unfair logs. Donations have been given from the Seafarers’ and CGoastwise Unions, and the unem- ployed are rendering support. Re- ports from Vancouver Island are that no ships are being loaded, as the longshoremen there are solidly supporting the strike. HASTINGS BAKERY 716 EAST HASTING ST. The Bakery that supplied bread to the Loggers’ Strike. We Specialize in Cakes and Fancy Bread ‘Support Those Who Support You ~ DANCE ORANGE HALL Corer Gore and Hastings EVERY — Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9 to 12 at Music by ORANGE HALL ORCHESTRA SOVIET FILM BEFORE CENSOR The Soviet film, “Ten Days That Shook the World,’ will go before the censors on Monday, April 29th. If passed the first showing will be given in Vancouver on Thursday, May 2nd, places and other dates throughout the prov- ince to be announced later. SSS SS EAT at the ; LOG CABIN LUNCH ; 54 East Hastings St. gp UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT % Full Course Meals, i5c up 4 WOREBERS .... Support Those sg Who Support the Movement 4 Feawueuresr eer eee etr eer srusuurcl BMABABRABRBREBDADEDE Canadian League of Youth Against War and Fascism TRIANON FRIDAY, pattroom DANCE apa 26 LEN CHAMBERLAIN AND ORCHESTRA Admission 25¢ Dancing 9 to 12 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PAPER BY FILLING OUT THE FORM BELOW 6 Months, Please send THE B.C. WORKERS NEWS to: RATES: One year, $1.80. City or Lown for which I enclose $.............. 6 Wionths)) een eines e $1.00. 3 Months, 50c. | ] = Worl 4 espon ience INDIANS WANT EQUAL RELIEF Useless To Apply To Indian Agents We print below a copy of a resolution sent to Premier Pat- tullo and the Minister of Labor asking for alleviation of the ter- rible distress among the Indian people of B.C. It is significant that the Indian people are follow- ing the lead of their white brothers in this. The next step is to link up with white workers and farmers to fight as one—FEd. Lillooet, B.C., April 8, 1935. Abo Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Premier, Hon. Geo. Pearson, Min. of Labor, Hon. G. M. Weir, Proy. Secretary, Dear Sirs,—We wish to bring to your attention the terrible situation in which the Indian population find themselves in the district Lillooet. Our people are becomine entirely destitute in increasing numbers with consequent sickness and vitality. We cannot get even the amount of relief given to the white population and we need this mini- mum amount. Not Beggars. We have appealed to the Indian Department, as individuals, also through letters representing quite a few of us, but without results. As a matter of fact our conditions are becoming worse. We are not beg- Sars; we are simply asking at this time that we be placed on an equal footing with the relict recipients senerally throughout the province. This letter has been drawn up after wide discussion amone our- selves, and we trust that you will take the case of the Indians up and obtain redress for us. (Signed) Indians’ Protective Association. Per W. Adolph. HARRISON MILLS BEAT WAGE ACT Minimum Wage Legisla- tion Useless Without Organization around lowered Chinese and white workers at Harrison Mills, Ltd., compelled the boss here to reduce the board bill from $1.45 per day to $1.10. They got in touch with the government at Victoria and exposed the exorbi- tant prices charged. The boss, Mr. Geach, told the men that they could stay and work, if they wrote to Vic- and told the that they wanted to pay $1.45 per day for board. The men refused, and instead protested that the board should be reduced. toria government officer Increase Rent for Bunkhouse The boss beats the Minimum Wage Act by charging increascd amounts for rent for the houses. bunk- The sawyers were formerly charged 20 cents per day rent, now they are charged 50 cents per day. Packers paid formerly 70 cents and now have to pay $1.00. This is how the bosses beat the so-called labor laws of British Columbia. This ought to the workers that the legislation is not worth the paper it is written on unless the workers are to show organized strone enough to en- force it. INTERVIEW WITH BRAITHWAITE Finding Mr. Braithwaite we asked him if he would make a statement on the United Front between the C. P. and the C.C.F. He said that he was sorry, but he could not give an official opinion. “My opinion is not a political one; as a politician ’d make a good warsherwoman. Eventually there will be a United ront.’’ When asked what chances the C.C.F. had in the Federal elections he replied that they are not running eandidates in all constituencies. “However,” he said, ‘we have a chance of forming a good strong working opposition.”’ Asking him about the police bru- talities on Tuesday night Braith- waite was of the opinion that the brutalities unprovoked and unnecessary. were Jf you don’t think the camps are military, ask a camp worker to show you his discharge! May Day In Nanaimo Open Air Meeting Called For Big Day NANAIMO, B.C., April i6—A May Day Conference held here with wide recently representation decided to hold an open air meeting on May Day. Social affairs will be held on the same evening. The conference went on record as being in favor of the unemployed workers having a holiday May ist, and every effort will be made to bring it about as well as calling for a holiday for school children. The conferenee went on record as endorsing the Workers Bill for Unemployment Insurance. At the May Day meeting: several organiza- tions will have speakers on the platform. RELIEFERS WANT USE OF OWN CARS Send Resolution To Premier Pattullo NANAIMO, B.G., following April 20.— The resolution was adopted here and ordered sent to Premier Pattullo at Victoria: RESOLUTION Premier Pattullo, — Parliament Bide, Victoria, B. C. Whereas, the unemployed Work- ers and Marmers now on relief haye been denied the right to operate a also they have been refused right to fake out a driver's licenee, and Whereas, car car, the the right to operate a is a necessity for the unem- ployed Workers and Farmers on re- lief in order to make the present meagre relief allowance go a little further; therefore be it Resolved, that we, the members of the Nanaimo and District Work- Association, numbering 240, at a regular business meeting demand that workers and farmers on relief be granted the right to operate a ear; and be it further Resolved, we demand that free car licences and free drivers’ licences be supplied to Workers and Warmers on relief when called for. PARADE GREETS LONGSHOREMEN Mass Parade During One-Hour Strike VANCOUVER, April 29.— Arthur H. Evans, organizer of the Workers Unity League, led the parade of 3000 striking Gamp Boys and supporters today through the downtown area, the recommendation of confidence in Evans by Division No. 3 of the strikers was approved by the entire strikers, this being a reply to a fas- cist leaflet which was distributed last night by questionable individu- als. “s Before the parade started, Evans, whose character was questioned in the leaflet, dealt with tacties of this nature previous strikes and struggles wherein the attempts were made to discredit those leading them, citing the loggers’ strike of one year ers’ in ago. The parade extended three and a half blocks, headed for the Long- shoremen’s Hall on Dunlevy Avenue to extend to the striking dockers ereetings of solidarity for their stand one hour in Camp in downing tools for sympathy with the striking Workers. Camp Boys Greet Longshoremen. Arriving at the intersection of Dunlevy and Alexander Streets, the marchers were greeted by the busi- ness agent of the Longshoremen and told that all the dockers were out on strike. Evans stopped for a mo- ment to extend the greetings of the Camp Workers, and then called for three cheers, which was heartily siven. Thousands of people lined the route of march. At various points Evans stopped and invited them to join in the march if they were op- posed to Relief Camps; many of them did, and swelled the ranks consider- ably. 4 GORDON GRANT Room 29 163 West Hastings St. SOLICITOR FOR THE C.L.D.L. recently | NO SUPPORT OF LIB, MEMBER Munn Is Opposed to the Workers’ Bill Workers’ Protective Association are on record since last February for non-contributory un- employment insurance, and defin- itely opposed to the bill of R. B. Bennett. We sent a Jletter to our sitting member, Mr. A. EB. Munn, in- forming him of this fact. We re- ceived the following reply: Ottawa, Feb. 8. Mr. A. J. Charman, Gibsons Landing, B.C. Dear Mr. Charman: I resret I cannot support your resolution. I must be honest with all the people in my riding. I am in favor of a square deal for work- first, last and always. I haye been an employer of labor for a great many years, and I have al- ways played fair. There are people living in your district who at some time or another worked in our camps, and if you will ask them they will tell you that they always received the best wages and the best treatment, I am in favor of unemployment insuranee, but it must be contibu- tory — employee, employer and the state. I might say, however, that I am not satisfied with the present bill before the house. Favors Liberal Heelers We workers know Mr. Munn very well, and we can truthfully say that he certainly gave the Liberal heelers in this district a good share of the Liberal Blood Money, if that is what he means by good treat- ment and wages, etc. We are not satisfied with this answer, however, and we are going to carry the struggle for the Work- Bill into every organization where working people congregate. POLICE CHIEF INTIMIDATES Chinese Workers in Vic- toria Struggle for Equal Relief « VICTORIA, B.C., Apri] 15.—“‘Take a good look at this man and the next time you see him in a demon- stration, pick him up and throw him in the can.” This is what the Chief of Police said here to the whole detective force, as he pointed to one of the members of a delega- tion of five (three white and two Oriental workers) who visited the police station in the struggle for re- lief for the Chinese workers. This was after a mass demonstration to the Relief Office, and to the Mayor. Threatens to Invoke Section 98. He also tried to intimidate the workers by stating, “We got Kroeger and we will get you under Section 98." This is the reply of the city authorities to the ery of the Chinese workers for bread. They are going back to them, however, on Monday for the relief, and the chief yill find that he cannot intimidate them be- eause they will add to their numbers until they get what they demand. Elphistone ers, ers’ FASCIST SPAIN FEARS REVOLT MADRID, Spain, April 9. (ALP)— In the attempt to smash the rising tide of revolutionary strugele against Spanish fascism, an order is- sued by the Governor of Asturias re- inforeces guards and police force by large “emergency” additions. Nine hundred more guards are to be sta- tioned in Asturias, 260 more in Leon, 45 in Palencia, and 50 more in San- tander. Sixty-eight new fortified barracks are being built in Asturias, all of these in workers’ neighbor- hoods. Fortified barracks are also to be erected in eyery mining village. Police Await Delegates’ Return Excerpt from letter received by P.W.C. from Golden Workers Pro- tective Association: “Our delegates to the Provincial Workers Council Conference and to the B.C. Congress on Work and Un- employment Insurance, arrived home on Saturday, i8th. Bennett had a delegation of three R.C.M_P.’s and a Proyincial bull to meet them at the train, and to escort Cli Sor- one of them, to a free break+ Me is now out on suspended under the ley, fast. sentence of two months, Railways Act.” (: / In the interest of workers who may be misled by statements ap- pearing im the capitalist press, and who may be contemplating coming to the Cariboo with the idea that they can get rich, or even make a living on the bars in this district, I would ask you to give space in your paper to the following article: It should be Known that the bars and benches here haye been worked for the past 60 years and are pretty well pawed over. These bars can, of course, be worked only during low water; on an average there are 100 days during the year when operations can be carried on. This year on account of a heavy fall of snow and late spring, water will be unusually high, which will cut down the length of time work can be carried on. Fifty Cents a Day The average earnings of bar work- ers during the past season, accord- ing to reliable reports, was from 25 to 50 cents per day, even a conser- vative member estimated it at 60 eents. When you take into consid- eration the fact that a large per- centage of these were men of ex- “SOURDOUGH” IS RIGHT! GOLD’ MINERS RELIEF RATIONS Glitter of Goldfields Mirages Starvation Conditions Of Unemployed perience, it cuts the earninss of the inexperienced men to almost noth- ing. i Much has been said about the high price of gold, but I have yet to see the small miner get more than $25 per oz. for gold, All the Small miners are on relief, at least during the winter months, and as the price of provisions here are high, the standard of living is of necessity low. itven experienced miners often limes are on relief before spring. Bosses’ Lying Propaganda It is the general belief of old- timers here that the whole gold boom is an effort of finance capital to get money invested in low grade properties, and to entice the unem- ployed from the cities and camps te do their starving out of sight, and to boost business for a few local businessmen. Misleading statements by a local correspondent appear in the “Sun- day Province” with the evident pur- pose of encouraging the unemploy- ed to come here. ““Worker’’ Quesnel, B.C. Correspondent. Individual Grievances Means Relief Being Cut _—_—— A Recently the Municipal Council of Cloverdale decided to cut the relief of all married men in half and to remove all the names of single men from the relief rolls. A United Front was formed he- tween the ratepayers’ associations, the local €.C.F. Clubs and the Farmers’ Unity League. Also hree hundred and fourteen signatures of taxpayers backed the following de- mands: G) Restoration of the 50 per cent eut. (2) Re-instatement of the Single Men. Qn the occasion of the council meeting, April 20, 150 attended. The couneil turned the demands down flat. A decision was taken in the mass meeting that the council should be prevented from leaving until the demands were granted. Mr. Swailes, the C.C.F. member for the constituency, and the Rev. 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