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ONC VCas~ nits ialp oii sie orete Riss soa Ss es sea 33 IVER ao oon 5s 46s 55os Mine Owners | Win Out At Bridge River Bosses and Government Perfecting Set-up to Exploit Miners GOLDGERIDGEH, B-C., Sept. 1.— @pposition to postponement of the ¢onciliation board sitting by the mine workers was over-ruled and the date of the sitting of the board Svas postponed from Aug. 25th to Sept. 26th. The mine owners made the application for postponement of the board’s sitting. This is in line with the policy of ‘the mine-owners to discriminate Against all militant miners and clean ®ut most of clasS conscious union Miners out of the valley before the Hoard sits, so that they will not be present to give evidence before the “board, and to intimidate the rest of the miners. 'BENNETT’S PROSPERITY OTTAWA, Sept. 7.—The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports car | qoadines for the week ended Aus. 31 at 47,380, a decrease of 5,503 com- Pared with the corresponding week last year. Notice TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: We beg to announce that we be- lieve a lottery or sweepstakes pur- porting to be in our behalf is being conducted by certain unauthorized parties. We warn all concerned that we have no connection with the above and denounce this sweepstake or lottery as being unauthorized by us and very damaging to our interests. JAMES WHALEN, for the Central Strike Committee, Longshoremen and Water Trans- port Workers of Canada. SLAPPED HIS FACE unfortunate incident oc- arose due to a mis- at the dance at the week ago Wednesday girl slapped a face of whom she was danc- A very curred, which understanding Orange Hall a night, when 2 a logger with in= and left him standing on the floor. Upon inyestigation it wes learned that the logeer had whis- dance like a he nad pered in her ear, “You zephyr,” and she thought said “HEIFER.”’ Hitler went to see a palmist, who said she could read death in his hand. ‘Wes,’ she said, “you are going to die soon, and it will be on a Jewish holiday.” ‘WVhich Jewish holiday?” “Any day you die will be a Jewish holiday.” ITALY FOR WAR (Continued from Page i) ing the whole country and seizing? the richest parts for exploitation. Great Britain Not Ready for War Great Britain is not yet prepared to allow Italy to carry out its rob- ber war, not only from the viewpoint of conflicting interests in the exploi- tation of the country, but chiefly from the necessity of maintaining its rule over its own colonial peoples and because the population of Great Britain have not been won over to war and large numbers of the work- ing population are Strenuously op- posing war. This can readily be seen by the statement of Sir Samuel Hoare at the meeting of the Leasue of Na- tions Council on Wednesday, Sept. dith, wherein he issued the warning to Italy: “Too often artificial excitement of national feeling is made the ex- cuse for the repudiation of obliza- tions, or for a threat of force.” Great Britain ought to know something about this in view of its adventures in India, Africa and Egypt. It could readily be seen that Sir Samuel is acquainted with the at- titude of the masses is Great Britain towards another robber war when he made the following statement: “In the last analysis the strength of the leasue does not depend sole- iki on the members, but on the ‘strensth of public opinion and sup- port behind each member’s goy- ernment.”’ Italy Not to Be Put Off There is no doubt that the Italian delegates to the League resented the veiled threats to Italy. The only hint given in the speech by Sir Samuel that covld be construed as the faintest possibility that would lead to the averting of an armed eonflict was his suggested “peaceful reorganization of the world colonial and raw materials’ and this was brushed aside by the Italian repre- sentatives as ‘‘too vague to be in- teresting.” In the meantime. Britain is dis- patehinge war vessels and troops to the Mediterranean, and the Cabinet is constantly in session or in emerg- eney conferences, discussing every event takine place in connection with the Etthiopia-Italy situation. CCF & Labor Candidates In Comox-Alb’ni Danger of Splitting Anti- Capitalist Vote if Both Contest Seat EFFORTS TOWARD UNITY CUMBERLAND, Aug. 10.—An un- fortunate situation has developed in this federal (Comox-Alberni) consti- tuency in that there are two Wwork- ine class eandidates in the field— Cameron for the C.C.F., and Mac- Kinnon, a Labor candidate. The Communist Party has no candidate in the field. The nomination of Mac- Iinnon came about as a result of a split in the C.C.F., which was ex- pressed in the nomination of Pat- terson, of Courtenay, by C.C.F. elubs which were not satisfied with the way the nomination of Cameron was made, which they claim was by a minority, nor with Cameron, whom they felt was not the strongest can- didate the C.C.F. could put up. The majority of the C.C.F. clubs are still opposed to Cameron, al- though Patterson has withdrawn from the contest, their revolt being because of what they claim is the dictatorial and bureaucratic actions of the Provincial Hxecutive Council of the C.C.F. in foreing Cameren on them. MacKinnon the Stronger The yisit and speech of Dr. Telford in Courtenay did not help matters any; in fact, made things worse. Telford laid down the law and threatened those who held out aeainst the candidature of Cameron With expulsion. Tt is conceded even by those who back Cameron that MacKinnon, the Labor candidate, is the stronger of the two candidates. and would have the greatest Chance of defeating Neill, the sitting member, who has lost considerable of his popularity. MacKinnon is well known to the workers a fearless fighter for their interests, is a well-known union organizer and the possessor of exceptional ability. The miners here are overwhelminely for him, as are also the loggers and fishermen. Struggle for Unity Despite the greater popularity of MacKinnon, the P.E.C. of the C.C.r. are adamant in keeping Cameron in the field. Efforts have been made by the supporters of Mackinnon to bring about unity, but so far with- out success. These efforts will be continued, for the most advanced workers are determined that unity must be achieved and a single work- ing class candidate be in the field to brine about the defeat of the re- actionary Weill. Meanwhile both Cameron and Mackinnon are holda- ing meetings and otherwise carrying on their separate campaigns. as Notice! Veterans who were refused mem- bership in the United Veterans Carleton Branch are inviting all ex- servicemen and also the executive members of the branch to attend a meeting at 3365 Kingsway, C. © De Wall, on Monday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. to make their position clear. The public is invited to attend. Defend the Gamp Strikers—buy 4 Liberty Bond. CCF ORGAN DERIDES UNITED FRONT TO CAPITALIST PARTIES IN BURRARD FEDERAL RIDING Belittles C.C.F. Rank and Filers Who Stand For Unity The reaction of some of the pro- vineial C.C.F. leaders to the an- nouncement that the Communist Party will support Arnold Webster, C.C.F. candidate in Burrard riding, is in striking contrast to the wel- come it received from the rank and file members of the €.C.E. who hail with pleasure the prospect of a united front against the fascist Mc- Geer. The attitude of these leaders is in line with their reformist brother leaders of the Social-Democratic party of pre-Nazi Germany; they re- ject collaboration with the most ad- vaneed section of the working class, the Communists, but collaborate with the capitalist class. They fear the fascist blasts of *MeGeer and Tom MeInnis over the radio. Instead of boldly facing the class issues, they retreat before the attacks of the bourgeoisie, and in asserting their bourgeois respectability move closer and closer to the camp of the cap- italists. But .this cringing avails them nothing. Byven when they most viciously slander the Communists and disclaim any connection or Col- laboration with them, they cannot al- together escape the whip of bourgeois eriticism. The reformist leaders of Germany refused the united front against ris- ine fascism, the Social-Democratic Chief of Police Aorgiebel shot down striking and demonstrating workers and supported the reactionary Hin- denbure against the Communist Thaelmann, and when Hitler tri- umphed they bent their knees to him and sought places in his fascist gov- ernment. But this did not save them or their organizations, which were ruthlessly smashed. And middle-of- the-road temporizine vacillation and compromise will not save the C.C.F. if persisted in. Minimize €.P. Support A columnist on the staff of the “Commonwealth” affects to believe that Communist support of the C.C.. candidate will be responsible for the eleetion of McGeer—if he is elected. The editor of the ‘“‘Com- monwealth” follows a Similar line. Unwilling to form a united front with the Communists for fear of antagon- izing some bourgeois voters, the timorous C.C.i. leaders are prepar- ing an “‘alibi’’ in the event of defeat. The C.C.F. columnist in minimizing the value of Communist support pre- tents to believe that Tim Buck would receive not more than 20 votes in Burrard if he was a candidate there. His prototypes in North Winnipee would likely say the same thing if Buck was not running there and of- fered his support to the reactionary Heaps. And perhaps they would say the same thing if Bruce was not running in Vancouver East. Why, then, do they object to Buck and Bruce as candidates if they can get only 20 votes? Im their hearts these ©.G.Ir. lead- ers know that Communist support of Webster greatly increases his chances of election against the fasc- ist McGeer. They know that in spite of their provocation and cowardly retreat before the feared attack of WMeGeer and his fascist friends, the Communists will sincerely support Webster, but they hope that repudia— tion of the Communists will ward off the attacks of the capitalist parties and establish the C.C.Ir. with sections of the latter. Lessons From History Tt seems that these C.C.F. leaders are ineapable of learning’ anything. They learn nothing from the results of the election in Alberta where the C.C.F. rejected the united front pro- -posals of the Communists, and were wiped off the political map- They cannot blame Communist support for that. Nor ean they learn from the opposite result of the eivie elec- tion in Windsor where a few C.C.F. leaders bewailed the united front es- tablished by the @.C.E&. and Com- munist Party, declaring that such association with the Communists would alienate middle class voters and defeat the ©-C.. candidates to- eether with the Communists, just as the Commonwealth editor and its facetious columnist now lament in the case of the election in Burrard. Gut the C.G.F. rank and file members in Windsor were right, and the lead- ers who were trying to hold them back from united front struggle were wrong, for George Bennett, ORCAS candidate for mayor, with Commun-— ist support, elected by a ma- jority of nearly 7.000, and several C.C.F. and a Communist alderman were also elected. Power of United Front Refusal of the united front by the C.C.F. brings disaster to the work- ing class and to the CCP. itself. Bvents in Germany, Austria and Al- ebrta prove that. A clear break with the bourgeoisie and fearlessly meet— ine the attacks of the eapitalists with a united front of anti-capitalist forces brings success and an advance o fthe whole working class, the proot of which in the of fhe united front in compelling the National goyernment ot Great Britain to withdraw infamous was is seen success its amendments to the Unemployment Act. in the success of the united front in repelling the fascist ad-— vance in France, and in the united front success in Windsor, yet the backward C.C.F. enemies of the united front close their eyes to these facts of recent history. The G.C.. members who, far in advance of these leaders, and with true proletarian appreciation of the jmmediate menace of fascism and imperialist war, are fighting for unity, are contemptuously dubbed “dumb clucks” by the C.¢.F. journal. Such superciliousness and petty MINIMUM WAGE FOR FOOT DOCTORS WICTORIA, Sept. 3—Adam Bell, chairman of the Board of Industrial Relations, announced today that a minimum wage in accordance with the act had been set by the board for female help in chiropody and mussage establishments in B.C. The order also specifies that wo- men who worl in these occupations Jess than 40 hours a weelk must be paid at the rate of 37144 cents per hour. TWO MILLION MORE AT SCHOOL 25 Million Registered School Attendants in Soviet Union MOSCOW, Sept. 1—The opening of the current school year in the Soviet Union will see 25 million children registered, an increase of 2 million over last year. Literacy of the population as a whole has increased from 65 per cent in 1931 to 92 per cent in 1934, and during this five-year period a total of six billion rubles was allotted by the state budget for education. One hundred and eighty million rubles were spent this year on school eonstruction. Cities in the Soviet Union will open 374 new, spacious sehool buildings, the projects of the best Soviet architects. Children’s Health Consctruction of a children’s health resort for the 6000 children of the Stalin Auto Plant, has started near Moscow. The resort will occupy 82 hectares of land and will consist of 20 houses for the Pioneer camp, 6 houses for the kindergarten, 3 houses for nur- series and a sanitorium for 100 children. NEW SWEATERS FROM UNDIES Exhibition Proves Of Value to Capitalism, Degrades Workers @ne of the ‘“features’’ which caused much comment among exhi- bition visitors was an exhibit by Mrs. M. Taggart of Vancouver. This was in the “Thrift Class.” It was a sweater made out of some old un- derwear. The Self-Help Club were greatly interested in this exhibit. Modern methods of doing house- work were demonstrated, but the Self-Help Club also showed that old- fashioned methods which entail back breaking work for women have not vanished. As long as capitalism lasts, they are not likely to. Tt is expected that women on re- lief will be asked to learn the method of making old underwear from the hussies on Shaughnessy Heights into sweaters for their kiddies and them- selves, unless organization is built up to fight for decent clothing ior relief recipients. MANGLED LOGGER BRINGS TOTAL TO 32 SINCE JAN. With the death in St. Paul’s Hos- pital on Monday evening from a fractured skull and broken legs, Joseph Powers, loader at the Camp- bell River Limber Company, makes the thirty-second logger killed in the woods of B.C. since January ist, 1935" Powers was loading a flat car when one of the logs struck a sap- linge which sprane back and knocked him off the car. The log-hungery company are not bothered about the mounting death roll, all they want to see is a “‘hi-ball’”’ crew taking all the chances in the world on the job. Powers has a wife and kiddies in the Old Country, having been in Canada for only a short period. Their erief can be imagined. bourgeois snobbery reveal their in- herent contempt for and lack of faith in the common people, partic- ularly in the workers, and their lean- ing upon and collaboration with the bourgeoisie. Webster Can Be Elected McGeer knows, as Bennett knows, how to drive these collaborationist leaders into a panic. All he has to do is to raise the “‘Red Bogey”’ and they will fall all over themselves dis- claiming association of any kind with Communists. But C.C-Ir. leaders like Wineh, Jack Price and others were not afraid of association with Com- munists in support of the Relief Camp boys’ strike. By such support they drew the fire of the anti-labor forces, and no one will say they are weaker with the masses for it. Tt appears that the €.C.F. leaders who repudiate communist support in the Burrard riding prefer de