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Workers’ Correspondenc The Unconquerable Fight For [haelman By ALBERT VITON A bleak, wet mornine in a narrow Street on the east side of Berlin. .. . The street is dirty and the rain con- verts the dirt into muddy puddins. Tenements flank both sides of the Street. z IT am hurrying to meet a friend at the Oranienburger Tor. It is early in the morning, a little past six. Bakeries and milk stores are being opened and news dealers display the morning papers. Bundles of the Voelkischer Beebachter lie on the sidewalk. They are permitted to set wet. The Eher Verlag takes them back anyhow. (Nearly 200,000 copies of the Rote Fahne used to be sold here). My friend. a metal worker, is Waiting at the Tor. He is a huge man with the strength of an ox. But his forehead is fine. Blond hair falls over his eves. “Good morning. I am have an American flag lapel. It may be useful.” he says as we begin walking. “I want you to see Some excitement. There may be shooting, but do not worry. Everything has been carefully planned.” Ble paused to observe the effect of his words on me. ‘‘We will take a street car to Tegel. Now take off the American -flag. We sit sep- arately. Get off the car when [I do.” The Wo. 25 trolley is packed with workers going to Tegel. It takes an hour and a half to get there, and to pass the time I unfold a Geobachter. But I begin to feel uncomfortable. Though I dare not look up from the paper I sense dozens of hostile eyes turned on me. A Tense Moment “You are tactiless.”’ my friend says as soon as we are off the car. “This is not the place to unfold a Nazi paper. But let that pass. I brought you to witness a Thaelmann demon- siration. It may be the biggest demonstration in Germany since the dictatorship. We expect about 25,000 workers to participate. You get into this cafe and watch from the inside and don’t forget to pin the flag on your lapel. You do not know me.” Then he leaves me. Though it is nearly eight o’clock already, the Mueller Strasse, one of elad you in your women shoppers and casual passersby are to be seen on the street usually filled at this hour with thousands of workers hurry- ing to the huge, massive German factories. They obviously are un- aware of the impending storm. Street cars stop, workers get out and disappear—but not into the fac- tory gates. Swift and Short Demonstration Suddenly from every direction comes the shriek of whistles and people begin rushing to the wide street. Within two minutes it is filled with thousands of workers. Wands go up into the humid air. Fingers clench into fists! The Com- munist salute: “Rot Front!” Rot Front!” Wo rostrums are raised. That would be suicidal for the leaders of the illegal demonstration and the vanguard of the revolutionary pro- Jetariat cannot sacrifice their Jead- ers for mere show. Therefore there are no formal speeches and every- thing is done hurriedly. A powerful voice splits the air with “Es lebe Thaelmann!” ‘Tone live Thael- mann!” Thousands respond. Slogans are shouted; there is no time for speeches! Only “Thaelmann remains the leader of the German working class.” “Thaelmann represents the uncon— querable mass.” “Only 2 united front of workers will save Thael- mann.’ Such demonstrations cannot last Hastings Steam Baths Always Open Expert Masseurs in Attendance High. 240 764 E. Hastings PICNIC! Gigantic! - Colossal! PICNIC! To celebrate the completion of the first six months ex- istence of the B.C. Workers’ News SUNDAY, JULY i4th (All Bay) SPORTS — GAMES REFRESHMENTS NORTH SIDE HASTINGS PARK Every worker will be there! lons in WNazi-land. Patrol arrive and tear through the Workers are run over. One lies in a pool of blood. His legs are smashed, and from the cafe I can see pieces of bone lyine next to him. The Black Shirts and Storm Troopers arrive in army trucks and charge with drawn revolvers. The regular police, armed with bayonets, and the mounted landespolizei arrive from side streets, surround the dem- onstrating workers and attack. The assault begins. Long rubber whips eraek and dozens of men fall on the pavement. From the cafe window I see the mad rush of the people, the upward swine of the police whips— there is steel in them—and their descent upon backs, faces, shoulders. Unconquerable Revolutionaries Suddenly a shower of leaflets be- eins falling: It has a hypnotic ef- fect upon the retreating crowd. The workers stop and turn back to piclx up the leaflets, disregarding the rubber whips in a renewed fight with the police. In ten minutes the demonstration is over. The street is quiet; crowded black marias depart filled with hun- dreds of prisoners; stores and cafes are reopened. Only the Black Shirts remain to pick up the leaflets from FOR RELIEF FOR STRIKERS’ KIDS Over one hundred women of the Women’s Auniliary of the loneshore- men and the Mothers’ Committee pa- raded with banners and slogans Wed- nesday afternoon from the Majestic Hall to Vietory Square, Wreath was laid on the Cenotaph in memory of two ssilors and foui dockers who were killed on “Bloody Thursday,”’ 5, 1934, during the where a July 3, muritime strike of last year. Go to Relief Office From the Cenotaph the women proceeded tol the City Relief office, where a delesation of Jonsshoremen’s WOMEN PARADE ° OUTS! wives aitempted to Mir. Gone, relief officer. in this, the women paraded along Hastings Street to the Police Station, their Slogans, “We are behind our men,’ “Weep the police off the docks,” etc., drawing applause from the onlool- ers, After waiting on the steps of the see Failing locked-up police station, a deleza- tion was admitted to the Deputy Chief, who promised an interview With Chief Foster for the following morning. Upon gaining this small conces- sion in their strugele for relief, the women marehed to the longshore- men’s hall, where they expressed their determination to keep up their the muddy, blood-stained street and on every corner stands an armed sentinel. struggle until relief is sranted. The results of the drive to date are such that we have been forced to extend the time limit fot another two weeks to allow the comrades who Started late, or who have not really started, to set into the cam- puien. : Wancouver as a whole has sup- ported the drive very well. consider- ing the other work of a like nature which has been carried on at the Same tine. Gut the outside points have fallen away short of the amount which they were to have raised. This con dition cannot be allowed to continue, if the paper is to fulfil its role as 2 real paper for the workers and farm ers of the province, The amount of papers sold outside of Vancouver is enough to warrant a great deal more financial sid than has been forthcomins, and we feel sure that our readers will rally to the support of their Paper if they are only asked to do so by the com- rades who aré working on the drive. The extra two weels is ample time fo put the drive over the top—pro- viding all the forces are utilized in a veally intensive campaign. The chart for the week shows us to be just over fifty per cent, with many places to be heard from. Let's go from here to a-100 per cent on July 14th! It is up to the outside points to decide the fate of our paper. Only with 100 per cent success can we be assured of DE POINTS LAGGING BEHIND RESULTS OF DRIVE TO DATE > the continued issuance of the paper, SUSTAINING FUND Organization Amount percent COLE yet Seay een > 32.00 160 Marsim 'Gornd 2-52 40.98 135 unease 5.00 100 Germania 4.50 $0 Swedish-Finnish 31-250: 73 Seandinavian ...... 2.50 56 OR BABIES vee noes 20.89 41 SWORE ra Re a 6.50 32 es et eA: 14.04 28 IDS) SU err og 2.80 28 Tpsiae VV ee Lives (BI ma emer LAL 28 JUPO-SlaNa en ee 10.30 25 Wnnish Ores 2 2.0. 4.80 24 WS Cg eee ee 2.35 2314 Wise Lie dae eee eae ce 11.60 23 Domestic Servants 1.00 20 Hood Workers -75 7 Italian Workers : .30 6 Press Committees— INOS 74 = ee iSienee eee 29.538 118 INO ete eee 106.39 106 IN OWI Die fe eee eee 24.90 99 IN Ose89 coor tereeres 18.52 93 INO. S14 oes 18.85 75 INGER Sl as aes osenais 17.65 44 BN OSL Gees ecep ater 19.45 39 INO; 2a eee 1.00 5 NOt Osean e rnem 1.00 Z QO)’ Bill $67.50, Pesesy Warrison $5.00, Business Mer. $3.53, Iron Ra- 50c, and the MDistrict Press Committee $10.00 — making a grand fotal of $529.90. What Is This ‘“‘United Veterans Of Canada’’? By LEALESS Qn Thursday evening, June 27th the “United Veterans of Canada’ held a meeting of acbut 200 ex-ser vicemen and their wives in the small hall at the Moose Temple. Fourteen ex-servicemen were re fused admission because they be longed to other veteran organiza tions or because they could not pro- duce-their discharge papers. Jack Davidson, a prominent mem- ber of the C.C:F., former engineer of Burnaby, and at present an en- gineer for the Standard Oil Co., was in the chair, More Solemn Warnings A. M. Stephen, of the S.P. of GC. in an indirect way attacked Arthur H. Evans, and intimated that Eyans was a police agent because he was not arrested for calling Premier Bennett a liar. Stephen was more Concerned with warning the au- dience to “wateh their leaders” than he was with putting forward a con- structive program for the excervice- men present. Ellis, another C.C.F. member, gave a very good outline of the needs of the yeterans and the need for organization. A mimeographed sheet with the aims and program of the organiza- tion was distributed to the members of the audience. Some Pertinent Questions When the meeting was over, Lea- less. one of the ex-servicemen who was not admitted, asked Davidson, the chairman, why this organization, which claims to be against slave camps, did not allow Cumber, who is a foremost fighter against the re lief Camps and an ex-seryiceman, into the meeting, Davidson replied: “We don’t allow Communists be- cause they disrupt.’’ When he, was asked if he was aware that there were many Com- munists at the meeting, he replied: “Yes,” and admitted that the meet- ing was orderly and that there was no attempt at disruption. Some “Explanations” When Lealess asked if it would be correct to state that Gumber was not allowed into the meeting be cause he was a disrupter, Davidson replied, ‘‘Oh, no.’ Casey, another leading organizer of the meeting, Said: “‘Cumber was not allowed in because he did not haye his dis- charge papers. Lealess was stopped from entering the meeting by Stan- ton, who said that those who be- longed to other exr-seryicemen’s or- ganizations were not allowed to en- ter. The meeting, he said, “was for only unattached veterans.’’ ‘This People Are Changing House-to-house canvass with the working class press is a yery inter- esting and educational task. Doors that have been banged in your face during the past months are now opened in a friendly fashion. Working class mothers in homes decorated by pictures of rayalty, anxiously enquire as to the latest developments in the relief camp boys’ strike. Longshoremen at one time not in- terested in our press now search every nook and cormer to dig up the odd coppers in payment for same. Women talk of tear-gas and picket lines, and the youth are no longer hostile. Those workers who are feeling blue should take a few papers and visit their fellow workers at home and find out how the people are changing their minds about capital- TORONTO YOUTH BACK STRIKERS TORONTO, June 29.—(ALP).— Four street meetings staged lIast night by the Young Communist League to aid the Regina trekkers attracted Jarge crowds. Resolutions of solidarity were passed and tele- 2raphed to Regina and resolutions of protest against the police terror were sent to Gennett, At each meeting a collection was taken up and the funds were sent on to Regina. ; More than 1000 people, mostly youth, attended the four meetings, the largest being on St Glair Avenue where 300 young people Jis- tened to the speakers. A truck bearing slogans transported the speakers from meeting to meeting. Many young people registered for the trek to Ottawa. they would like to do with Riot-Act MeGeer and Blustering Bennett. Young News Agent ist democracy; hear from them what For the Workers’ Press. was the way the meeting was billed outside the Moose Hall where it was held. But the majority of the au- lience belonged to veterans’ organi- zations of one kind or another. Preventing Unity Who was responsible for the meeting? Some of the former mem- bers of the Centre Committee of Ex- servicemen, Casey and Laycock and the Centre Branch of the C.C.F. Club alone with the assistance of certain of the C.C.F., who are doing every thing to prevent the growing unity of the ex-servicemen from being ac complished. 5 DIGEST OF LETTERS We haye received a communica- tion from Gold Bridge requesting support for silicosis to be placed on the list of compensable diseases by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. While we agree wholeheartedly, we have already lent our aid to a move sponsored by the Longshore and Water Transport Workers of Canada. This organization has held a conference which was well repre- | sented by all the main trade unions in Vancouver. The Mine Workers’ Union of Canada presented a resolu- tion bearing on “silicosis” which was unanimously adopted. diseases and acci- were hernia, cedar poisoning contracted by loggers, and several others. A committee was elected and sub-comimittees struck off to gather material, and to call a further conference: Amone other dents discussed letter from Unemployed as to the WVU: issue of received a Vancouver enquiring on the in our We have the West Association souree of an article A. which appeared May 3ist- The article in question was Tre- ceived from a reliable source. if there were any inaccuracies in it we will be glad to print a correction after we verify same. In Aid of Striking Longshoremen MASS MEETING at ASH HALL, 20th & Fraser SUNDAY, JULY 7, at 8 psn. Joint Auspices of C.C.F. Club and Worth Fraser W.P.A. In Aid of B.C. WEDNESDAY, REFRESHMENTS Whist Drive - Social - Dance ORANGE HALL 6-Month Subscription for Holder of Lucky Ticket — Auspices Press Committee No. 3 — Workers News JULY i0th ADMISSION 10c = U.S. LONGSHORE (Continued from Page 1) San Francisco, seamen and water- front workers were massing on the docks for picketing duty. Lhe situa- tion in that port is tense, according to latest reports from the Pacific Coast Maritime Iederation. Vote B.C. Cargo Unfair The following resolution was passed by a vote of 179 for, 1 against, at a special meeting held at the headquarters branch of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific in San Francisco on the 29th ultimo: “Be it resolved that we, the members of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, hereby absolutely re- fuse to be used as strilie-bréaliers against our Canadian brothers by transportine cargo worked by seabs in the SBritish Columbia ports, and any other port where strike conditions prevail.” [oul Seattle Too By ag0, June 20th sut from the S:S. “Point Judith,’ according=ro—— The “News” has received a letter from Mr. G. N. W. Webster regard- ing a story which appeared in our isSue of June 28th, as follows: Editor, B.C. Workers News: Dear Sir,—L note in your cur- rent issue an item headed “C.C.P. Leader Praises Police,’”’ in which, without exactly so stating. the readers are given to understand that Mr. R. P. Steeves voiced ap- proval of the speech of the Rey. Cc. ©. Owen on the Ballantyne Pier affray. ‘ As is well Known. headline writ- ers do not always make their dis- Play conform exactly with the Story which appears beneath, as is evident in the present instance. Believing that you did not de- liberately wish to convey a false impression of what occurred’ I Write to inform you that: (1) Mr. R. P. Steeves is only a rank-and-file member of the €.C. I. The fact that he is campaign manager for the candidate in Bur- rard does not give him any official standing as a “leader.”’ (2) That Mr. Steeves did not voice any approval of the speech in question, and (3) That, in conseqence of that speech, he resigned his member- ship in the Lions’ Club as a pro- test the following morning. I trust that you will give this disclaimer the same prominence next Week as you gave the, no doubt unintentionally, misleading story in your June 28 number. ane G. NN. Ww. Webster, | Bulletaqter The Commonwealth. you really think that strik } i i strike cor ¢o rush into print Takes Objection To News Item Re Steeves © with stories of this kind directed against the ©.C.— helps in any way to bring about that unity of action between yourselves and the C.C.F. which your adjoining ar- ticle on the same page appears to desiderate? EDITOR'S NOTE.—The story re- ferred to by Mr. Webster was not an attack against the ©.C.E.; it was a story of an occurrence which is of great interest to the workers and to accuracy of the story is not ques- tioned by Mr. Webster. We see no reason for covering up the anti- working class actions of the reac- tionary Lions’ Club, even if a C.G.B. member enjoyed membership in such an organization. We accept the statement that Mr. Steeves did not voice approval of the fascist speech delivered by Rey. Owen at the same Lions’ Club meet- ing at which the letter to Foster was decided upon. However, it is re- grettable that Mir. Webster did not assure us, if the facts warrant it, that Mr. Steeves opposed the speech of Owen and also opposed the send- ing of the letter of appreciation to Chief Foster. Our information is that the decision to send the letter was unanimous. We welcome the resignation of Mr. Steeves from membership in the Lions Club. If our story played any part in bringing about his resigna- tion, then we think that it served a good purpose, and in no way mili- tates against the unity we desire, for such unity can be more easily at- tained when all connections with such organizations as the Lions Club are severed. Sa refused to travel on yessels manned by scabs. Other means of travel are being utilized by these workers. Cancellation of picnic trips are also being reported to the longshore- men. Eyidently the public do not care to endanger their lives on the scab ships. United Front Support The Trades Union Action Com- mittee consisting of 24 official and three unofficial delegates (11 A.F.of LL.) met in the Orange Hall Sunday afternoon. A committee of three were appointed to work in conjunc- tion with the Central Strike Commit- tee. Numerous resolutions in support of the strikers were adopted. The expense of conducting this struggle is yery heavy. Official re- lief collection sheets have now been issued by the Central Strike Com- mittee. Funds and foodstuffs are urgently needed. Send all donations e2sh to J. N. Gunn, treasurer, Ventral Strike Committee, 633 ast Hastings Street, and foodstuffs to the Relief Depot at 696 Powell St., Vancouver. comings from the logzing camps haye Compulsory Slave Labor For Germany BERLIN, June 28—Two hundred thousand youns men and one hun- dren thousand youne women will be forced into MHitler’s slave labor camps annually, according to a new dictatorial decree which went into effect today. The decree also provides compul- Sion for all people in Germany, for- eigners included, to take active part in the air exercises in preparation for war. An investigation is being speeded up to sterilize those whom the state so desires to prevent “unsound progeny.”’ This is aimed at all work- ers, and particularly at the Com- munists, who are leading the struggle for freedom and for a Soviet Germany. the common people generally. The ~ =