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VANCOUVER “SUN”
WEBSTER

Arnold Webster, C-C.F. candidate
in Burrard riding, whom the Com-
munist Party is supporting against
the pro-fascist Gerry MecGeer, is
subjected to an insidious attack by
the Vancouver “‘Sun,”’ Sept. 17th, on
its front page and also editorially.
Using as the medium of attack,
“The Amoeba,” official organ of the
C.C¥YM., in which Webster has a

ATTACKS

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paper. which was edited by Rodney

sure and slave camps.

The other part of the attack: that
which deals with the quotation from
the same G.G°¥.M. paper regarding
religion, is a distorted account of the
article intended to discredit A. Web-
ster. and to assist the enemy of the
workers, McGeer. This is the usual
slimy journalism of the Vancouver
“Sun’’ when it comes to a question
of taking sides with the workers
with the capitalists.

or

“Amoeba’ that articles henceforth

Positive Proof that Anti-
Capitalist Front Can
Be Achieved

GGELPH, QOnt.,
nominatine=
here, GC:

Sept. 16.—At a
convention a week ago
i. Fulton was endorsed as

Hurdles Cleared In Fight
For Unity Of CP And CCF

Want Change

In Agreements

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3:—si=
marine unions whose membership
plays a vital part in coast shipping

ments with employers. contracts

VERNON HEARS —
KELLY, SCOBIE

Meeting Calls for With-
drawal of Charges
Against Trekkers

VERNON, B:G., Sept. 18. — Well
attended meetings for defense of la-
bor victims are being held in and
around Vernon, with the main

and the Waterfront Unions respec-

EJECTED VETERANS HOLD
MEETING

Collins.wood ex-servicemen who
had joined the United Veterans of
Canada, six of whom were later
ejected on various excuses such as
‘Tjable to become disruptive,” “a
tactician,’ “haying attended another
meetine of veterans,” “beims a com-

‘Minneapolis Police Make

—A volley of police bullet fire looser
at 5000 pickets last night. left ty,
workers lying dead before the Flo

:

rhobmeneene ssocantyy ey

Murderous Attack On ~
Strikers

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 12

A i ed the presence of strikebreaker
Election Committee put forward seyv-

. Youngs.
Whilst we discount and repudiate
the ‘Sun’ as a miserable dirty capi-
falist raz and in no way qualified
to eriticize, the sentiments expres-
sed in the ‘Amoeba’ to say the least,
are not very responsible and surely
left Webster wide open to attack and
misrepresentation,

Tua our opinion, the editors of the
‘Amoeba, who claim to be stid-
ents of revolutionary literature. take
a decidedly leftist position on “Par-
liamentarism’’ when they limit this
powerful organ of the capitalist state
to the following extract: “What a
relief from the dread of hunger, ex-
posure and slave camps to fling, if
only for a few days in fiye years,
defiance in the teeth of the execu-
tives of the master class.”

Surely the youth, who are con-
fronted with the “dread of hunger,
exposure and slaye camps,” want
more than that from the forthcom-
ings elections. We fight in the elec-
fions to elect anti-capitalist candi-
dates who will fling the immediate
demands of the youth into the “teeth
of the executive of the master class
when they get to parliament, and
keep pounding on them for the en-
fire period in the House, and eonnect
them up with the struggles of the
workers outside. This mass action

be discussed and scrutinized collect-
ively. or pased over to the senior
body for editing, at least GQuringe the
election period so that our enemies
cannot get a chance to hang such
distortions on us so easily.

A “CONTRACT” LOGGER

A hard working logger came to the
city to “blow” the money that he
lad earned.

The next morning found him fac-
ing the judge, with ail his money
cone and charged with “‘drunien-
ness.”’

After the judge spoke lenethily to
the accused, he coneluded with, “as
you have misbehaved on the streets
of this city under the influence of
liquor, IT sentence you to six months’
hard labor.”’ :

The logzer (not being a union
man), immediately replied, “Your
Honor, if you give me a contract
Tl do it in four”’

A youne German worker was
brought up on charges of insulting
and defaming the Third Reich. He
denied the charges. The prosecutor,
angered by the denial, thundered at
the judges: “Now, I ask you, Honor—
able Judge, whom BUT our govern-
ment could the accused have meant

will be their greatest assistant in
fichting against hunger and expo-

when he spoke the words: “arsonists
and butchers of the workers ?”

Defence News

BUY A BOND

At the time of writing, the Fall
Assizes are in session. No less than
28 Longhoremen, seamen and sym-
pathizers face jury trial for partici-
pation in the present dispute be-
iween the striking watefront work-
ers and the Shipping Federation and
all are being defended by the C.L.
D.l. with Gordon Grant as its coun-
sel.

Funds are urgenily needed ib carry
on the defense and to assist 1m this
syork. The B.C. Joint Defense Com-
qnittee is selling LABOR DELENSE
BONDS. The Canadian Labor De-
fense Leasue appeals to all trade
, unionists, sympathizers and orsgan-
jzed workers to avail themselves of
the opportunity of buying 2 bond
and thereby helping their class
jrothers who are victims of the sys-
tem.

POWELL RIVER DOCKERS ON
TRIAL
Six Powell River Lonsshoremen
‘are slated for trial at the Vancouver
Assizes on charges of “unlawtul as-
sembly” on Afonday, September 23rd.
All workers are being defended by
Gordon Grant, counsel for C.L.D.L.-

TWO MONTHS BACH

VANCOUVER, Sept. 16. — James
Gook and Tom Tewis, Longshore-
men, were both sentenced to two
months and Charles Martin was dis-
missed when they faced trial today
on charges of “malicious damage to
property.”

VANCOUVER, Sept. 13—Arrested
on charges of “assault,” the case of
Clarence Bunyon was remanded till
September 18th, today. Bunyon is
at liberty on $100 cash bail supplied
by C.L.D.L.

SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS

VANCOUVER, Sept. 16. — Charles
Sneddon, Longshoreman, was today
sentenced by Magistrate Matheson
to nine months in Oakalla Jail. Sned-
don was Charged with assault and
malicious damage to property and in
line with the constitution of the ©.
i..D.L., the District Committee plans
¢o assist Sneddon’s family of wife
and three small children,

ROTHERY ON TRIAL

VANCOUVER, Sept. 17—Richard
Rothery, John Lawson and George
Watson face trial at the Pall Assizes
on charges arising out of the riot at
{he Hudson’s Bay Store on April 23.
Ti will be remembered that on that
day, Mayor MeGeer read the Riot
Act. The ease of Rotheryeis on at
the time of writing, he being the
first to stand trial:

ENDICTS POLICE

Two women, Mrs, ©. Grisonwaite
and EE. Turner come up for trial at
the end of the week on charges of
““niawtul assembly.’ A leaflet is-
sued by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Longshore and Water Transport
Workers of Ganada absolves these
two women of any blame and places
the onus on the police who prove-
cated the attack.

IN DEFENSE

Issuing a pamphlet ealeulated to
clear up a good many items in the
minds of members of the CL.D-L.
and giving them an insight into the
wrork the G.L.D-lL. is carrying on
and the work it has accomplished in
the past, the District Executive
Committee, C.l..D.L., is offering SEE
Defense,’ to workers at 5 cents a
copy. Orders must be accompanied
with cash as only a limited number
of copies are aavilable.

EVANS IN W'PEG;
RALLIES SUPPORT

Eighty Delegates; Camp
Boys Support Con-
ference

By MARY HICHIN

WINNIPEG, Sept. 3—The Mani-
toba Relief Camp Workers’ Support—
ing Conference was held here on
August 31, being well attended and
represented by 80 delegates.

The reason for calling this confer-
ence was to raise to a higher level,
the support of sympathizers among
the citizens of the province, for the
relicf camp strikers.

Jim Litterick spoke briefly on the
purpose of the conference and then
ealled upon Arthur Evans, who has
recently been let out on bail from
Regina jail.

Eyans, in order to give a clear
idea of the situation, began from
the time the trekkers arrived in Re-
gina up to the campaign which is
now being rejuvenated, covered the
events that led up to the riot, the
riot itself, the arrest of the boys and
the preliminary trial.

In view of the coming elections the
main force of the trekkers will con-
eentrate in Saskatchewan.

Growth of Fascism

«mhe fact that the trial is post—
poned to January is a victory,’
Byans stated triumphantly, “but
even if the boys are turned loose
we must not stop our campaign of
investigation. Mor here we have an
example of the growth of fascism,
and we must not permit another one
like it.”

Im conclusion Evans, being inter-
ested in the fight for the workings

‘Lined Up With Coal Co.

A.W. NEILL GETS
HOT RECEPTION

Against Miners

(By Worker Correspondent)

CUMBERLAND, B.C., Sept. 19.—
“Phese men are communists and
should be kept out of trade unions,”
said A. W. Neill, M.P., Independent
eandidate for Comox-Alberni, at an
election meeting here last Saturday
in attempting to excuse his anti-
working class stand on the recent
lock-out in Cumberland in which 45
men were discriminated against. It
is readily seen that Neill is lined up
with Col. Villiers, managing director
of the coal company, who stated ex-
actly the same thing when he de-
prived these 45 miners and their
families of bread.
The meeting was poorly aitended,
but the audience gave Neil an un-
comfortable time and barraged him
with questions.

Mack McKinnon Is a Fighter

Mack McKinnon, the labor candi-
date, and Jast president of the Lum-
ber Workers’ Union, is the direct
opposite of this agent of the coal
barons, lumber bosses, and fish pir-
ates. who has fooled the electorate
for this constituency for the past 16
years. McKinnon is the choice of
the miners, loggers and fishermen,
who are determined to elect him to
parliament.

rally to the support of the camp
Strikers, and not to let the authori-
ties deny the working class of its or-
ganizations,

A motion from the floor was car-
ried, to extend solidarity and greet-
ings to the Citizens Committee in
Regina and to set up a committee in

en points as a basis of unity in the
elections as follows:
1.Support for the League Against
War and Fascisni.
2. Support for the Workers’ Bill.
3. Repeal of Section 8.
4. Right to strike and picket and or-
ganize, free speech and assembly.
5. Abolition of slave camps. 9
G6. Work with wages for the youth.
7. Relief 50 per cent above the Camp-
bell report.
C.C.F. Reply
The answer of the C.C.F. council
is as follows:

1. We are prepared to advyccate
as part of our program all the
seven points brought up by the
Communist Election Committee.

2. We cannot as members of the
€.C.F. unite officially with the
Communist Blection Comuittee,
but will welcome theic support and
endorsement.

This reply was based on the de-
cisions of the Provincial convention
in Toronto where the C.C.F. clubs
agreed that they would not officially
unite with any other body.

In the above agreement, the C.C.
Tj. cannot allow any but CCI.
speakers on their election platforms,
but they would speak at all Jeft-
wins organization meetings and
meetings called by the Communist
Blection Committee, in their support
whenever possible. Joint meetings
of the two committees would meet
once a week to form united action
in the elections.

POLICE SPY
EXPOSED

with whom were automatically re-
newed by other maritime workers.

Last midnight all of the contracts
were automatically renewed for an-
other year except in the six cases,
where notice was given that changes
were desired.

The six unions filine formal
notice Were the Marine Engineers’
Beneficial Association; Pacific Coast
Marine Firemen, Oilers, Waterten-
ders and Wipers’ Association; The
Marine Cooks and Stewards’ Associa-
tion, Radio Telesraphists, and Mas-
ters, Mates and Pilots’ Association.

No notice was filed by the Inter-
national ongshoremen’s Associa—
tion.

The members of that organization,
in a recent coastwise ballot, voted to
renew their working agreements
with employers.

NO WONDER THAT
THEY’RE HAPPY!

MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., Sept. L—
“Cut cut all the red tape in deal-
ing with sick workers, and thus
hurry up the further lowering of
the sick rate among workers.”
That is the last paragraph in 2
decree issued by the People’s Com-
missars for the U.S.S-R.

The decree is a statement issued
on Social Insurance for 1935 and
contains a proposed budget, care-
fully detailed, and includes every
phase of workers’ activity in indus-
try and agriculture.

The total amount in the budget
for Social inSurance is five million,
nine hundred million rubles. This
includes old age pensions, etc.

The decree also charges the Trade

Unions with the task of positively
improving the service rendered to
Jabor invalids, and especially to the
old age penSioners, and to see that
holidays are given annually to the
workers.
What a difference this is to the
situation in Canada, where eyery ef-
fort is made to chisel a few cents off
eyery sick worker and old ase pen-
sioner, at the behest of the Capi-
talist government of the Dominion
and the Provinces!

FOR MAINTENANCE
OF WORLD PEACE

ZURICH, Sept. 12.—Victor Basch,
president of the League for the
Rights of Man, in the name of the
French People’s Front, today con-
ferred with Premier Laval of rance
and Maxim Litvinov, president of
the Gouncil of the League of Na-
tions, for the defense of Hihiopia and
the maintenance of world peace.

Litvinoy also received a delega-
tion from the International Congress
for the defense of the Ethiopian
people, consisting of Professor Per-

Gordon IWreeze, who was exposed

in the columms of this paper as a
police spy who had wormed his way
into the Ganadian Labor Defense
EeaSue.

The “\Worker’’ also carried the ex-

posure of this police agent and it
has also been forwarded to labor
papers in the U.S.A.

The following is a reprint of his
description: Age 23; married; Cana-
dian; height 6 ft. 2 ins:; weight 160-
170 pounds; blond wavy hair; smiail
moustache pale complexion; middle
elass origin; sheik type; good plat-
form speaker.

G. McGEER AS
TAMMANY BOSS

Threatens To Have Ald.
Harvey ‘Thrown Out’
Or Silence

VANCOUVER, Sept. 16. — Noisy
shouts and threats of violence from
aldermen to one another, threats
which neyer materialize into action,
disappointed the crowded council
chambers of the city fathers, where
concrete problems and the welfare
of the poorer citizens receive scant
notice.

“Puppet” De Graves, who suspi-
ciously seems to hog the aldermanice
stage at the expense of more per-
tinent questions, actually started
screaming at the top of his voice to
all and sundry that he was no “po-
lice spotter.’’ On previous occa-
sions he always professed the ut-
most yeneration for the minicns of
‘awn order,’’ but catching himself
handily towards the end of his out-
burst, he paid tribute to the police
for their recent “‘cleanup.”’

Threatens to Call the Bulls

Tt was the noisiest demonstration
of McGeer’s henchmen, and the rest
of the session was devoted to irri-
tating quibbles about points of or-
der, which drove the aged ex-Mayor
Tisdall from the chair. This made
ream for the dictator McGeer him-
self, whose most outstanding contri-

bution was directed against Ald.
Harvey, with a thunder of “Sit
down, or I will have you put out.”

Ald. MacDonald objected to the
payment of the legal adviser who
had been provided for him by the
Council. In so many words, the al-
derman said ‘She’s no good.’ This
alderman was the least perturbed of
any at the fulminations of the Riot

class organizations, asks everyone to

Wainnipese to assist it.

Act Reader.

rin, representatives of the Socialist
parties of Italy and North Africa
and eight others.

Tax the rich to provide
work at decent wages!

tively, who are touring the Province
under the auspices of the B.C. Joint
Defense Committee. organized to de-
fend the arrested workers in the re-
cent camp boys’ strike and the wat-
eriront lockout.

Cheers greeted the remarks of
these speakers, who not only dealt
with their specific topic, but also
draw the necessary conclusions,
pointing out the need for a united
working class in the struggles
against poverty, threatening fascism
and the danger of war. The broad-
mess of their appeal was shown
when the need for co-operation by
the churches was stressed.

A resolution was unanimously en-
dorsed which ealled for a withdrawal
of the charges laid against the Otta-
wa trek leaders.

Two speeches from the floor of
the meeting brought out several im-
portant points in the case for the
arrested and the role of the trade
unions in the fight against war and
fascism.

The meeting in Vernon numbered
100, who gave a sood collection.

SCAB AND STRIKER
By J. R. BARRETT

“J am a scab,’ he said with a sneer
as he strode with the storm-troop
suard

From the sordid shade of the hbar-
rieade to the truck in the railway

yard.

“You are a scab,’ the striker cried
with a curse like the brand of
Cain;

“And you're marked with the mire
of your prostitute hire and you'll
never lose the stain.”

“Silence your tongue,’ snarled a
sterm-troop guard, with a hand on
the butt of his gun; :

And the eyes of the state were hot
with hate, and filled with the fire
of rum;

The striker stepped from the piciet-
line to salute the man of awe, —
And his lips were grim as he said
to him, ‘Hail the HITLER LAW?’

Then he turned the blaze of his bit-
ter gaze to the scab on the eobbie-
stones;

You could almost feel the flash of
steel in the strengeth of his strident
tones:

« See you cringe like a husky eur,
and vou whimper their kind of
wiine

When you pass with the groups of
the state’s storm-troops, along the
picket Jine-

Tis every day my babies pray for
the bread E cannot buy—

But to bring the shame of ‘seab’ to

their name—oh God, Id father
die.
To those who come as the gutter

scum who scab—no matter when—
Dear God, forgive, but while we live,

we cannot call them MEN?’

Editor's Note.—This poem was
copied from the “Honorary Picket
Card,” issued by the Longshore-
men and Water Transport Work-
er of Canada.

The Workers Pay For War
With Their Life’s Blood

\Mayor At

Killed and Maimed While

Producing Weapons
Of Destruction

In November, 1934, three serious

explosions which resulted in many
ictims among the workers, took
place in the SEIMENS - ELMO

WORKS, BERLIN, which are en-
gaged in filling incendiary bombs.
In December, 1934, an explosion
took place in the munitions works
POLTE in MAGDEBURG and eight
working women were killed.

In April, 1935, four workers were
killed by an explosion in the Arsen-
al at BOURGES in PRANCE.

In June, 1935, the horrible explo-
sion in REINSDORF, GERMANY,
caused the deaths of 500 workers
and injured over 1000 others.

In July, 1935, a terrible explosion
took place in the munitions factory
in TAINO, ITALY. According to
the official report, 60 workers were
killed and over a hundred injured.
The real fisures of the killed are
considered to be much greater.

In July, 1935, six workers were
killed in an airplane smash in Ber-
lin. They had been compelled to
Serve as passengers on a new type
of war plane in an experimental
flight.

15 YEARS FOR
STEALING BREAD

OLYMPIA, Wash. Sept. 13——-
15-year sentence for stealing a piece

of bread was given Andrew Stur-
fess, thirty-eight, of Wancouver,
Washington, by Superior Judge

John W. Wilson today. Nothing but
the bread was taken.”

The above is a sample of the
“Americanism” which William Ran-
dolph Hearst claims the Commun-
ists are out to destroy. The Com-
munists do not deny it.

Make the rich pay to save
our country! ‘

The ‘Mike’

Burglars Steal Radio As
McGeer Broadcasts

Defending the squandering of over
half a million dollars of the taxpay-
ers' money to provide police protec-
{ion for scabs on the waterfront and
against the campboys, Mayor Me-
Geer pleaded for public support over
the radio last Sunday night for 45
minutes. It was apparent that he
was payvine the way to gain more
appropriations for police activity be-
fore the year is out.

Playing on the motherly senti-
ment for keeping her boys out of
trouble, he dealt extensively with
the vices of the slot machine racket.
and attempted to prove that burs-
Jars, bunco men, white Slavers, and
other criminals were making a rap-
jd exodus from Vancouver owing to
the efficiency of the police.

As a matter of fact, while the may-
or was speaking, a couple of shot-
eun bandits were holding up a dairy
and in several parts of the city
other burglaries were taking place.
At one place the burglar took the
radio.

Hints at Increased Police
Expenditure

The “Communist Revolution
which was crushed” was credited to
the police. The knobs of safes are
being broken off and the contents of
these safes are left untouched,
claimed Gerry, who explained that
this was done to prove that a crime
wave does exist and “in order to
discredit myself and the police de-
partment.” —

“We must maintain and train the
police force because we Shall need
them next winter,’ said the Mayor.

He gave no encouragement as to
the easing of the financial burdens
attendant on this policy, but prom-
ised to speak on finances next Sun-

to put in an appearance excepting
for one member, who stated he had
not been aware of the invitation but
had come as an individual to hear
the side of the six.

He will no doubt want to know
why he was not informed of the re-
guest to attend.

Comrade Rees Jones addressed the
meeting on behalf of the ejected
men, stating he had been asked to
join the U.V.of GC. by Comrade Sulli-
van, a member, and was accepted
by the local, only toe be barred by
the Centre dictators of the U.V.’s.
This organization claims to be
formed to defend democracy, but as
the speaker pointed out, their ac-
tions belie this.

He stated he had made personal
inquiries as to the make-up of the
Central Executive of the U.V.’s and
found most of them to be “Coun-
ter Revolutionary Trotslcy-ites” and
as such, enemies of the working
elass.

He also picked out many flaws in
their preamble, showing it to haye
fascist tendencies as it did not want
any militant veterans who would ac-
tively oppose any infringement on
what few rights we have left.
Later he went further into the
history of some members of the
executive, mentioning that Casey
and Iayeock had been members of
the defunct Central Committee of
Ex-Servihemen who, while in this
position, had advocated the use of a
Mx. Maddison, an ex-seeret asent
of the R.C.M.P. to nyestisate vet-
erans who applied to have eriev-
ances adjusted. This was strenuous-
ly opposed by the W-E.S.L., who
withdrew from the committee.

He further stated that this com-
mittee never issued a financial state-
ment.

Other ejected members stated how
they had been asked to join, and
then had for no yalid reason been
turned down, and some were very
bitter especially as up to the present
they have received no refund of the
money Spent to join and pay dues.
CGomrade. O’ Niel, organizer of the
Workers’ FEx-Servicemen’s League,
who had been asked to attend, now
took the floor, stating that mem-
bers of the Legion should work for
Unity on the pressing needs of ihe
Vets, the same with the A. and WN,
DayVcks, ; Cte:

Fer the working Glass
who are unattached, there is the
Workers’ Ex-Seryvicemen’s JLeague,
which has always worked in the in-
terest of UNITY and for the rectity-
ine of grievances for the VETS.
O'Neil was well received and after
the meeting Seven mien joined the
Leasue with others promising their
support.

This continuous setting up of new
veteran eroups is not in the best
interests of the exX-servicemen. We

veterans

must work for UNITY.
Protest
At a mass meeting held by the
Excluded Wets on Monday, Sept. 16,
at 3865 Winesway, G:Gi. Hall, we;

the Excluded Vets, condemn the ac-
tion of the Executive and local
Branch in expelling these Ex- Ser-
vicemen from the United Veterans’
Organization. .
Legion Follows Lead of the
W.E-S.L.

We see by an Ottawa report of
Sept. 13 that the Legion is sending
out a questionnaire to all camdidates
to find out whether they will imple-
ment the Hyndman Report.

The action Committee sponsored
by the W-.E.S.L. goes further than
that, asking for the endorsation of
the minimum demands of the VETS.

“Lest We Forget”
Action Committee of Ex-
Servicemen

Speaking at the regular Thursday
meeting, Mr. Paul McD. Kerr, Inde-
pendent candidate for South Van-
couver, endorsed the demands of the
Action Committee 100 per cent. Re-
plying by letter, the candidate for
the South Vancouver constituency
states: “I have a copy of your pro-
gram for the improvement of the
conditions affecting ex-servicemen.
While I believe it would be wise to
drop any reference to clothing if the
other requests are granted, let me
say that I fully endorse your pro-
gram and if elected to Parliament I
will support it and will back up any
member who speaks for it.’’

Endorsing the demands, we en-
dorse this candidate. Other candi-
dates in this constituency have not
yet replied, but we will be seeing
them.

Mr. Arnold Webster, candidate for
Burrard, places himself in the
“Worthwhile Voting For’ column
and is worthy of the support of Ex-
Seryicemen in Burrard Constitu-
ency. Writes Mr. Webster: “It is
unnecessary for me to say that any
sroup of men or women who are
striving to secure a decent measure
of economic security in Canada have
my fullest support.”

Mr. Herbert W. Herridge, candi-
date for Kootenay West, replies:
“Your iletter to hand. JI heartily

aeree with your Minimum demands
for ex-servicemen as outlined in
your circular enclosed with letter.
As a veteran and one having taken
an active part in veterans’ activities
I know only too well the handicaps
under which veterans suffer, parti-
eularly the small pensioner, who is
beings more and more discriminated
against owing to the intensification
of this Bankrupt Competitive Sys-
tem. Ex - Servicemen, Kootenay

without warning,

cars:
faced in the slaughter.

nizht and it was 37:30 a-m. before th
Jast
neighborhood of the plant.
and girls fought in the ranks of th

police attacks.

anyone they saw.

Youth Parade

On Monday night, Sept. 16th this} 4g jmported geuards within thi
meeting was held, with 25 exser-]| pant. = >
vicemen in attendance. Although The pickets were singing sons
the executive of the U.V.of C. had) 4,4 shoutine slogans. Suddenly :
been invited to attend, they failed ke

a barrage of gas with the help 6
seven armored cars and six squat”
One hundred police were en

The fighting began before mid

striker retreated from th |

Wome;
strikers, undaunted by the sSavag ©
Bricks and stone §
were hurled from door-ways an
roof-tops and the police fired upo ~
A. re-organize ~
picket line was on the job the nex
morning. = ;

By Campbhors (

First Parade On Interna:

tional Youth Day In
Oliver

OLIVER, B:C., Sept. 9.—Imterna ©
tional Youth Day was celebrate —
here and a parade of youns SwOKer |
marched through the town carryin; ©
banners and slogans to encourag ~}
the strugele against slave camps |
fascism and war, and for the dems |
eratic rights of the toilers.

There were fifty-five young cam
workers participating in the parade
and as this was the first parade a
workers for the struggle for bette ~
Gonditions for the youth of Oliver, i
eaused much sympathetic commen ~
from the townspeople. 5

The superintendent of the camj{
called for the bulls, but when th;
police saw ihe workers were dete) 4:
mined to parade, they thought is
better to allow the parade to pre
ceed. i

When the camp bheys returned £55
camp the superintendent informe,
them that the next parade they hi
vould be held in their own tim
The boys returned to work as Usuai
feeling great satisfaction in hayinj
accomplished their task for the tim
being.

Union Is Run |
By Gangster:

Bureaucrats Hire Thug, |
To Beat Up Militants ©

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12.5
Gunmen and plug-uglies hired © 7!
reactionary officials of the Interne”
tional Seamen’s Union (1.5.0) a7
beatine= up and threatening know)
militants who are making a stay |
against the bureaucracy who refit
to hold meetines of the union, ove 4)
lone periods. ie
On Monday, the Seamen's Hz :

:

{

Lis)

was backed with these tough chai
acters who had no business at 3/4

there, and mass expulsions Wei:
rushed throush ‘for distributa |
Communist literature.’ ie, Tab}

and file union papers.

John Traber objected to such pr”
cedure and he was immediate!
blackjacked and flung out of th”
hall. Howard Naylor, seaman, ha
A sun shoved in his stomach 47
was told to “set the hell out
town’ ‘and attempts were made t
push him into a car. This is ®
Studied policy of Wm. Green, At
of L. head, and his hirelings, wh |
are anxious to head off the possibl
Seamen's Strike and is in keepin
with his hatred of militant Seame
and Communists.

NOTICE :
A downtown canvass will tak”
place on Saturday, September 2
from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., to: collec
money for the defense of the labe
victims in the waterfront strugs
and the recent camp strike, who 2!
now up for trial. Longshoreme
their wives and daughters and blaci
listed camp boys are especially ure
to give their services to this en
Report at 150 West Huastings.

mittee wishes Mr. Herridge ae
at the polls. |
Maleolm Bruce, candidate it
Vancouver East, endorses the &
mands 100 per cent. We endor
him and ask all Ex-Servicemen
five him their fullest support. —
Carrying on a Dominion - wiv
ecampaigen, the Action Committee —
endeavoring to place the deman
before all parliamentary candidate
eallinge for support of all Wetera'
for those candidates who endor
our demands. :
Party lines and politics have ~
penumbra of vagueness, the ple
form of one party overlappins ~
many dnstances the platform :
others. Es-Servicemen will have ~
hesitation deciding where to pia.
the cross on their ballot on the 4)
of election. We endorse those C3}
didates who endorse us. '
Captain Ian McKenzie will spe
for the Action Commitiee, Th
day, Sept. 26th, at 150 Pastin
Street West, at 8 o’clock. All Ve
erans should attend this meetin
Watch for Bulletin: “Gest ¥
Forget,’ out shortly. News of elt
tion and list of candidates endors®
the demands.
Secretary, ;

day.

Wrest, please note, the Action Com-

Hdatrs., 150 Hastings St }

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