Bes. Page Two Be. Giz Wr OeRIASE ER Se NEE Wes ‘YOUTH COLUMN | 4A CONTRAST Youth in Canada: *‘Nineteen-year-old rod-rider is crushed by freight.” ‘Fourteen per cent of the total Federal convictions are of boys under 16 years of age.” “Ten thousand children under- nourished in British Columbia, is explained by Dr. Weir as the cause of increased tuberculosis.” } All this—and more—in the coun- try of “Peace, Order and Good * Govyernnient”’! Youth in the Soviet Union: “A sports demonstration was held recently in Stalinabad (U.S. S.E.). Approximately 12,000 youths, members of 46 trade unions, toolk part in the parade.” “Approximately, 5,000 water col- ors, oil paintings, pen and ink spetches, wood cuts and wax mod- els, the work of school children, are now being exhibited in the House of Art Education tor Chil- dren in Stalmo, the Donbas. Many of the works are declared to have considerable artistic merit, and are atiracting wide attention.” In the above contrast can be seen the degeneration of Capitalist Society, and the growth and de- velopment of Proletarian Society. SPARTAKS TOPS SOFTBALL LEAGUE VANCOUVER, July 15—At to- night's softball ame played between Spartaks and the Red Wings at Woodland Park, the Spartaks had an €asy win. The score was 8 to 5. Spartaks is affiliated to the Work- ers’ Sports Association and now stands at the top of the league. The games now being played are for the finals. Spartaks are to visit Websters CGorners on Sunday, July 21, where “they will play a double header. H. A. J. Fellow Youth: In the previous issue of the “B.C. Workers’ News” a Youth Column _ Was introduced. Tt is expected that this column will Sive expression to the struggles and activilies of the youth in SBritish Columbia. : My honest opinion is that this eolumn can become the most popu- Jar in the ‘News.’ The only man- mer in which this can be achieved is by your own labor. Lhe youth column must become the heart of the youth movement. It must pump blood where there is none. It must express our ideas, struggles, experi- ences, activities, etc. : I therefore make this appeal to you; That each and every, young worker consider himseif and herself a special correspondent to this col- umn. Make it your duty to cover jmass meetings, picket lines, ete., and send the news to the address given below. This appeal has been made, fellow youth, in the hope that you will feel that the success or the failure of this column rests entirely upon you. Address your mail to the “Youth Column,” B.C. Workers’ Wews, Room 10 - 163 West Hastings St., Wancouver, B.C. Wour Hditor. “PEACE PARADE” AUGUSE 4th The B.C. Section of the Canadian Teague Against War and Fascism, together with the Youth Section have initiated a ‘Peace Parade” to be held on the World Historic Day of August 4th, which is known as International Peace Day. August 4th will be the 21st anni- versary of the commencement of the Great World War, which resulted in a reversion to barbarism with the destruction of human life and prop- erty on an unequalled scale. The youth were amongst the greatest sufferers of the last world slaughter. Tens of thousands were sent overseas from Canada, and thousands never returned, being murdered in Europe. With another war threatening, as can be seen by the aggressive atti- tude of Fascist Italy in Abyssinia, the open declaration and prepara- tions of Hitler for “territorial ex- pansion in Pastern HBurope,” and the prevailing strained relations be- tween Imperialist Japan and Soviet Russia, it necessarily becomes im- perative that a powerful youth move- ment against War and Fascism be built up in Canada to prevent the Warmongers from imposing Fascism and consequently war upon the youth of Canada. Already in the last ten years various Liberal and Conserva- tive Governments in Canada have THE YOUNG TREBEER The Relief Camp Section of the Younes Communist League have shown their initiative on the trek by publishing a very attractive naim— eoeraphed paper called the “Youngs Trekker.” This paper expresses very clearly the thoughts of the youth that par- ticipated in the trek. The articles are well written and deal mostly with the Regina situation. One article in particular deals with the leaders of the trek. There were people from without and a few from within their ranks who tried to dis- rupt the trek by asking where they came from and generally trying to discredit the leadership of the trek in the eyes of the trekkers and the public generally. The article goes on to explain how the leaders were democratically elected and had proven themselves as haying but the trekkers’ interests at heart. Another article deals with the question of opinion amongst some of the trekkers in regard to carrying on to Winnipee upon reaching Re- gina. This was pointed out to be the incorrect policy and was defeated by a heavy vote. Later events proved that the majority of the trekkers Were right, and that the correct pol- icy had been carried out. A further article deals With the situation in Dundurn Camp. Over 200 boys joined the trekkers from this camp. The conditions there were ierrible, although this was supposed to be a model camp. Several other articles, songs, and jokes completed the paper, which Was well written throughout and dealt concretely with the questions that arose on the trek. Congratula- fions, boys!—J. McN, Where Sport Means Health and Happiness MOSCOW, July i7.—Athletes of Leningrad, 100,000 strong, turned out for the city’s annual sports parade before a distinguished audience, in- cluding party and government lead- ers. Four hundred white-clad athletes, carrying aloft the banners of Lenin- grad factories and schools, were fol- lowed by columns of students repre- senting a great variety of sports. Roller skaters, soccer players, Swinimers, divers, earsmen, basket- ball and yolleyball players, Sharp- shooters, parachute jumpers and chess masters marched. Motorcycles sped across the square, followed by 10,000 sportsmen on bicycles. allotted over $100,000,000 for military appropriations. The facts outlined should act as a spur in bringing together all sec- tions of the youth in this province in mighty parades on August 4th, which will register the anti-war and anti-fascist sentiments of the youth of British Columbia. The Peace Parades will be strictly non-political and mon-sectarian in character, thus. Jayinge the basis for the inclusion of all sections of youth,- athletic, political, religious, frater- nal, ete. ‘ We appeal to the youth of British Columbia to unite their forces with the rest of the working, intellectual and middle class people in a huge protest against the twin evils, fas- eism and war. The time and place of the com- mencement of the parade in Van- couver will be announced at a later date—H. R. % The huge underground anti-fascist movement in Germany has adopted various Ways and means of reach- ing the masses of people. A method they very often used is that of popularizing jokes to dis- credit and expose the yarious lead- ers and manoeuvers of the Nazi re- ime. Following is a very popular joke that the German people delight at: It happened that Hitler was to visit the Model German Insale Asy- Jum. The superirtendent, wishing to make a fine impression on “the Fuerer,” trained the inmates to simultaneously throw up their hands in the Nazi salute and shout “Heil, Hitler,” as he entered. Hitler finally arrived, and as he entered the asylum, all the inmates threw up their hands in the Nazi salute, shouting, “Heil Hitler!” Hit- ler noticed one man, with his back turned to him, shovel in hand, work- ing on the lawn. Walking up to him, Hitler said: “Why did you not give the salute with the rest of them?” “Oh,” replied the worker, “I'm not one of the inmates.” "YOUNG WORKER ; CALLS FOR AID By OSCAR MORGAN The weekly “Young Worker’ to- day is a better, more attractive and more popular youth paper than it ever was before, and there exists every possibility of rapidly trans- forming it into a paper with a mass circulation and a mass influence amonse the youth. Tt must be utilized to recruit thousands of young workers from mines, mills, shops and farms into the ranks of the revolutionary move- ment. Adults Must Assist The building of a mass reyolu- tionary youth press is not only the task of youth movement but also of our adult movement. Our adult movement today has grown tremen- dously, and embodies in its ranks thousands of workers from coast to eoast. : These adult workers exercise in- fluence over thousands of youth with whom they come in contact daily, poth at worl: and at home. Just think of how many of our adult workers rub shoulders with young workers on the relief line, on relief jobs, ete. How about our own sons and daughters whom we have not yet drawn into the ranks of our movement? Tt is precisely here that “Young Worker’ can be of invaluable ser- Nice 107 US: But the “Young Worker” finds itself in the most difficult financial position, and will not be able to carry on unless immediate financial as- sistance is received. Every reader of the B.C. Workers Wews who is at all in a position to help, either by means of a subscrip- tion or by sending in a donation should send in their contributions to the District Press Committee, 594 Union Street, Vancouver, immedi- ately. The district “Young Weorker”’ Press Committee are at present con- ducting a campaign in British Co- lumbia for a period of one month. The campaign is to take the form of a drive for am increase in circu- lation, subscriptions, and the build- ing of a sustaining fund for the “Youngs Worker.’ All workers are asked to please Anyox Will Close Down 1000 Workers, 2000 Dependents Thrown On Scrap Heap VICTORIA, Department July 11.—The Mines of the Provincial Gov- ernment is sreatly concerned over the closing down of the mine and smelter at Anyox at the end of July. Jt is expected that a Jarge number of the 3000 affected by the shutdown will be applying for relief immedi- ately, due to the low wages paid by the company. The closing down of this plant will mean that the eleven hundred men thrown out of york will more than offset any gains made in the minine industry this year. Ruihless Policy of Bosses The most Significant feature is that a foreisn-controlled concern ean come into Canada and_ exploit the natural resources, drive the workers to the point of exhaustion, pile up huge profits, get the assist- ance of the government police to erush the workers when they or- ganize to gain decent wages, and when the profits dwindle, they can just, pack up and get out, and tell the workers to £0 on relief or where- ever they like. When workers close down a plant, by withholding their labor power— that’s conspiring to destroy property, incite trouble, ete. Police are rushed into club the workers back. When the bosses close down_a plant it only means a regrettable drop in produc- tion. The closing down of Anyox proves eonclusively the coreret policy of the Workers Unity League, of mili- tant trade union action, of mass ac- tion against layoffs such as will oc- cur here. Puget Sound Seiners Strike Reject Claim of Packers That Price Can’t Be Paid By RAY STARI SBATILE, Juiy 15.—Purse sein- ers of Puget Sound are one hundred per cent out on a strike, which be- san July 10, and are demanding 15 cents for fish caught outside the Cape, 18 cents for fish inside (where they are larger), and $5 cents for sockeyes inside and out. Indian fish- ermen at Neah Bay are giving their full cooperation to the strike. The Old Eyewash The packers offer 60 cents for sockeyes and 10 cents for humps, with a trick clause that makes it possible for them to invaliate even this agreement on the flimsiest eEx- cuse. Mayor Mansfield of Anacortes, rep- resenting the Packers of Puget Sound and the Byerett Packers As- sociation, ‘‘proved” to the unien com- mittee that packers could not pay more than ten cents. Using Mans- fields own figures the committee proved that packers could make a profit by paying the prices de- manded, 300 Boats Fied Up The twenty-five hundred purse seiners refuse fo worl for less than the demands. Three hundred boats that the boat owners (who led, Jast year in breaking down prices and hypocritically offered the “back’’ the demands this year) announced would leave for the grounds August 9 are Still tied up- Thoush the Salmon Purse Seiners of the Pacific has applied for a char- ter, none has been received. Pete Gill, sailors’ union secretary, stated it was because of the slow action of the International that the charter had not come through. Defence News| VANCOUVER, July i12.—Guy Prentice, longshoreman, charged with assault on a strikebreaker was today sentenced to one month in jail. Phillip Anderson, charged with a Similar offence was given 15 days. July 15.—Bert Howell and David Anderson were arrested and charged with assault on strikebreakers. They came up for trial today and David Anderson was sentenced to three months and Bert Howell was given two months. July 12.—Charles Walford, owner of Lotus Taxi, was arrested today and charged with assault causing grevious bodily harm. He is alleged to ‘have delivered two strikebreakers into the hands of strike pickets where it is claimed that they were severely beaten, one receiving wounds necessitating hospital treat- ment. iF. Ferguson, seaman, was arrested today and charged with intimidation. The case was dismissed the follow- ing day. July 15.—J. Wolfe, seamen’s or- ganizer, was arrested and charged with “assault on a policeman.” His case was remanded for one week and he was released on $1000 bond. July 17.—Harry Pollard, long- shoreman, arrested at his home and charged with “wilful damage to pro- “assault on a police officer with in- tent to do grevious bodily harm.” This case arises out of the Hudson’s Bay disturbance on April 23 of this year, . Blake, relief camp worker, picked up by R.C.M.P. and held three hours for questioning. After- ward released. CRANBROOK, B.C., July 12.-—Alex Meronyk, Workers Unity League secretary, was arrested and is held pending laying of specific charges. John Sheidel and Frederick March, arrested about two weeks ago and charged with “threatenings”’ came up for trial today. Tom Nelson acted as defense counsel and brought out in perty.”’ George Watson, relief camp worker, arrested and charged with | who was supposed to have been threatened was at present scabbing on the waterfront, and furthermore there was absolutely no evidence that he had been threatened. However, the judge stated, “‘There have heen too many cases of strikers committing perjury in other trials so I find you guilty and sentence you to pay the cost of court, $2.50 each and bind you over on one thousand dollars to keep the peace for one year.’’ VANCOUVER.—A veritable mass of arrests are taking place daily, longshoremen, seamen, relief camp workers, etc. Some of these arrests emanate from as far back as the Mudson’s Bay store disturbance, the Battle of Ballantyne Pier, and so forth. C.i..D.L. is a beehive of activity. We are constantly raising bail bonds, appearing in court to get remands for various workers who are accused in the capitalist courts. In addition io this we are constantly at work attending to the needs of the fami- lies of these class-war prisoners and supplying tobacco and necessities to the prisoners themiselves. The following are a few donations received from various working class organizations, to assist in carrying on this work: Swedish-Finnish Club Mine Workers Union of C... Collections by Geo. Baldwin... Collections by member of Ronald Stewart Branch -.. 25.05 These, contributions are most heartily appreciated by the C-L.D.L. and we call upon all workers and sympathizers to follow this exampie by doing their utmost to secure funds for the defence of all ¢lass- war prisoners. Individuals having property who would act as bonds- men should communicate with Dis- trict Office, CL.D.L., Room 28, Flack Building, 163 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, or phone Trinity 5806. No doubt arrests will contunue as long as there exists a class struggle and it is up, to every worker in the interests of his family, bhim- self and his fellow workers, to rally to the defence of these persecuted comrades. Any donations -will- be eratefully received at District Office. court the fact that the individual take note of this and to act accord- ingly. To further assist them in their drive we print below a form for either donation or subscription. Please take advantage of it. Youth Editor. Please send “Young Worker” to: Address for a period of: 8 months (S35) pee 6 months (60c)....-.- sbages, CHU RS Ss (Please mark period wanted with 3) Address herewith enclose the sum of $..---- to help the ‘‘Young Worker.” Too Bad! Too Bad! VANCOUNZOR, July 15.—An’ un- fortunate occurrence happened here a few days ago in connection With the longshoremen’s strike when 2 Special policeman fell into the dock. We was rescued by two striking lons- shoremen on picket duty. Eixpressions of sympathy have een heard on all sides among the workers in regard to this regrettable incident. ANTI-WAR LEAGUE PARADE AUGUST 4 The League Against War and Fascism in conjunction with other peace organizations is sponsoring 2 Peace Parade, which is to be held on Aueust 4th, Known as “Tnternational Peace Day.” Eyery one who is sin- cerely opposed to war should make it their duty to see that on this his- toric day, public opinion strongly registers its opposition to war, by participating in the Peace Parade. Watch for further announcements in this paper. PILCHARD FISHMEN ' WIN INCREASES VICTORIA, July 11—The strike of the pilchard fishermen on the west coast of Vancouver Island ter- minated in a partial victory for the workers. Fishermen had demanded $2.50 a ton for pilchard and the can- nery owners had offered BOER AS eompromise was reached whereby the bosses will pay $2-35 a tom for the fish. The profits from this fish through the extraction of oil and manufac- ture of fertilizer are enormous. A new refinery and fertilizer plant is te be construc; im the near future with a view & akins care of the British marke: : SHORT JABS By Ol Bill The result of the drive of Ol’ Bill for $100 will be published next week. Wee went over the mark but all the money is not to hand yet. The sweater donated by “‘Scotch Lassie’ was won by ticket No. 104. If the holder brings the ticket to the B.C. Workers News office he or she can take away the sweater: In the “Criticism of the Hegelian Philosophy of Right’ Mar= ‘says: “Phe last phase of a world historical fisure is its comedy,” and again: “The modern ancien regime is merely the comedian of a world whose real heroes are dead.’ The insight of the founder of the modern Communist movement is demonstrated forcibly. daily, in this period of capitalist de- velopment. Capitalism im its decline becomes not only comical, but dis- eustingely so. A Japanese ship, the “Wejian Maru,” arrived in Vancouver last week and on her passenger list were “Mr. and Mrs. America.” The manifest described them as “‘life- Sized ‘dolls’ Fiorella Tia Guardia, Mayor of New York, who clubs the unemployed with fSusto, it appears sent to Japan, a couple of dolls dressed up like the “best types of U.S. citizen.” Which particular “best type” was not stated, whether Capone, Nicholas Murray Butler, Aimee Semple MacPherson or Babe Ruth with their prototypes of the other sex. The Japanese re-dressed them in expensive and luxurious native costumes and returned them to La Guardia. They brought back with them 30 cases of presents. They travelled in a first class cabin in resular bourgeois style even to the twin beds. A banquet was staged in their honor on board and their share of the feed left in their cabin on trays. CGapitalism’s real heroes are dead all right. These dolls mark the degrading depth of hocus-pocus to which the imaginations of the American and Japanese capitalists have sunk. Starving unemployed Wew Yorkers are clubbed by La Guardia’s bulls; all radically in- clined people in Japan are jailed even for thinking “dangerous thoughts” but civilization is sate; ‘Mr and Mrs. America’? made the Pacific trip. Normal boys and girls quit this kind of foolery when they are about 10 or 11 years of age but the moron tricksters who run the political machine never grow more than 11 years old mentally. Falsehood, mendacity, duplicity, perjury, equivocation, are all words that mean the same thins—lying, fibber, perjurer, dissembler, equivo- eater and liar are the names by which those who indulge in the prac- tices mentioned are known, but liar is the best, the most expressive, the Jeast capable of misconstruction. We have in Canadian polities, verily, a wondrous wintage of liars, anrongst them R. B. Bennett at the top. Slim Evans is now in jail in Regina for calling him by his true name. Then Guthrie, his Minister of Injustice, who was compelled to admit that 11 shots were fired into Tim Buck’s cell after he had consistently led about it for 18 months. And our own mountebank mayor lies about many things, particularly im broad- casting that the Gommunists are financed by the “Gnternational bankers.” The latest to come into the field in a big way is J. H. McVety, who doles out Provincial relief in Van- couver. This renegade from the Jabor movement, now a tool of the Provincial government, save a Story to the press last week that one of the camp strikers made the follow- ing statement to him: “Between the cool velvet hand of the National De- fense Department and the iron heel of the Communist committee, I pre- fer the former. That's why I am soinge back to camp.” MeVety is a liar. No striker said anything of the kind. This vile, grovelling double- dealing turneoat was once a prom-— inent member of the Socialist Party and the Trade Union movement in Waneouver. There are old-timers yet who credit him with selling out the Shopmen to the C.P.R. in the dis- pute of 1910. When the vigilante Citizens’ Conimittee of 1918 tried to deport the leaders of the general strike, this unprincipled, self-seek- ine traitor had already earned the respect of the enemies of the work- ine class, as the following extract from the “Province” of August 3, 1918, shows: “The name of J. EL MevVety which was originally handed in with the rest, was scratehed off, when cool-headed soldiers discussing the situation uttered their belicf that MeVety had, by his actions and words displayed genuine efforts to avert this and other labor troubles and assist the Ottawa government.” The “cool-headed soldiers” were of the same breed as the gane of ex- colonels now running the Citizens League. The mercenary rat, Me- Vety, for betraying the workers who trusted him, now has a scurvy “gov- ernment job’? earned as Judas earned his thirty pieces of silver. Judas went and hanged himself. .... raze] thou and do likewise.’’ The sins of the Citizens Committee come home to roost. P. R. Crowe- Swords, who pulled off a phoney kid- napping story about being slugzged and robbed the other day was one of the most loudmouthed members of the infamous Citizens Committee of 1913, forerunner of the present Citizens League. This eriminal, Crowe Swords, is typical of all the inciters to riot and mob-inspirers of the Citi- zens Leasues and if they all had their desserts he would not be the only one to plead guilty to a real crime. When they land in jail the charges against them are stealing, men and women whom they attack, bribery, swindling and so forth. The land in jail for fighting for better Mass Meeting Held At a mass meeting of Veterans held under the auspices of the Ex- Servicemen’s League at their hall, 150 West Hastings Street, much dis- cussion took place on the suffering of the Vets and their dependents. All were agreed that the present relief, whether drawn from Shaugh- nessy Hospital or by the non-pen- sioner from Hamilton Hall was en- tirely inadequate. In fact it means malnutrition or in plain Bnslish— slow starvation. Another point brought out was the injustice meted eut to the man drawings a straight fifteen dollars a month pension. These comrades get mo clothes al- lowaneces and are in a worse plight than the man drawing seven-tfifty who has this made up to $15.00 at Shaughnessy. Section 98 came in for severe eriti- cism as two Veterans are held under this infamous section for their part in the Qn-to-Ottawa trek, namely Comrades Black and Cosgroye. The practice of sending Veterans to Slave Camps was strongly con- demned. A committee of ten was elected from the floor to draw up resolutions to be sumbitted to our next meeting which will be held Monday, July 22nd at 8 o'clock. A number of new members joined the -Women Active The Women’s Auxiliary of 1 3, W.P.A., which was organized Mareh, is gainin=S in influence membership every week. There now 31 members. Meetings are eyery second and third Tuesday the month. Grievances are taken up by tl women of relief workers; contrib tions are gathered for the childre camp, and now the organizatio rallying support for the striki longshoremen. Their next meetif will be held July 23rd at 2 p.m. atl corner of Yenabies and Comm ee Drive. Women are welcome to @ tend. z 3 GRADUATION Rock a bye baby on a tree top When you grow up don’t work fi a shop; 3 Just go to Varsity; and when yi are through, iB Apply to the Mayor for a nic shirt of blue. : The Chief will instruct you—that if you would ; Cover the waterfront swinging club. : And when it’s all over you'll sa \Wwnat a flop—