Page Two Binks: We RAKE RS = NEWS October 18, YOUTH COLUMN | WOUCTH VOTED LIKE PARENTS. Oct. 22 —Meeting and dance at Tens of thousands of Canadian | Gleneden, B.C. youth for the first time eercised Oct. 23——Meeting and dance at their franchise on October 14. Cambie, B.C, Erom the results the majority of a youth have not yet jearned the U.S.S.R. CLIMBS UPWARDS. necessity of thinking independently A huge festival has been held in of their parents. Many youth voted} the Gorki Central Park, at Moscow. Liberal because their fathers and mothers voted Liberal. It is evident by the Liberal sweep throughout Canada, and particular- dy in FBastern Canada, that the youth of ihis country did not un- derstand the importance of the is- sues at stake in the Dominion elec- -tions. ; B.C, Youth Did Better. In British Columbia the youth, to ‘a much greater extent than in the Hast, voted an anti-capitalist ticket, aS is evidenced by the election of three C.C.F.ers in B.C. and a heavy vote for the other C.C.F. candidates. The reason for this is due to the in protest against Mussolini's fase struggles that have been, and still ist provocation of another world are, being conducted in B.C. since war, has now continued for many the eclection of the Pattullo Liberal | days. . . government in 1938. The relief The committee is composed of camp strike and Jlongshoremen'’s Negro, Italian and American youth strike, both of which included organizations. ‘Three demonstra— many youth, have done much to- tions have been held, at which avards exposing so-called ‘‘Liberal- youth speakers addressed the large ism” in British Columbia. Demagogues Used Youth. Youth in Canada have been used aS a political football by the capi- falist politicians. Tromises to “abolish the relief camps,” the “minimum wage Sham,” “save our} turnings youth” slogans, ete., show how we are kicked around. Proof that they fear youth votes is evidenced by the fact that over 50,000 youth in Canada were robbed of their vote whilst incarcerated in the relief camps. We do not raise the question in the manner that “the youth who voted Liberal are now going to get what is coming to them.” We must fully take into ‘consideration the tremendous political machine that was brought into play against the CCF. and Communist candidates | of tremendous assistance to the The radio, boss press, leaflets, pub- timber operators of Gritish Colum- lic mectines, ete., all were used to! bia, but they should worry about mold the minds of the Canadian the predicament that these young peopie and particularly the youth. The Road Ahead. Huge tasks confront the youth ef Canada during the next five years. The problem of educating the youth and winning their econ- oemie demands still lies ahead of the awevyolutionary working class. Votes for the capitalist parties will have to be turned to anti-capitalist deeds during the next five years.| ver “Sun” offices on Pender Street. On the other hand, the anti- Youngs men and women formea eapitalist votes recorded must be] the largest Section of the demon- backed up with constant united] stration. As they marched past the front actions to secure the needs of the youth, to allish the (relict eamps. to promote work for the youth at decent wages and to save the youth from capitalist wair. JIM TURNER MEETS. Following: is the itinerary for Jim] Ave. and Victoria Street in Kam- Turner, national secretary of the] loops, B.C.. on October 7, a young Workers’ Sports Association, in the] relief camp worker, whose name interior of B.C. besinninge on} and address has®*not yet been ascer- October 19 and concluding October] tained, was inmimediately siven first 23 aid in order to revive him. Oct. 19—Meetine and dance, Web- | Italian fascism. to mark the successful completion of the construction of the 72 new schools for the beginning of tue school year. The schools are attractive lawns and eolortful flower-beds, and are large airy buildings of four or five storeys” Next year more than 140 new schools will be built. surrounded by YOUTH LEAD WAR PROTEST. SEATTLE, Gct. 8.—Pickettine of lethe Italian consulate by the Bthi- opian Defence Committee of Youth erowds gathered in protest against FORESTRY BOYS FACE HARD . WINTER. hundred youns to Vancouver estry training camps are closing for the season. All of these youth, with the exception of a mere hand- ‘ful, will be confronted with severe hardships this winter. The money earned by them is not enoush to supply them with an out- fit of clothes for the winter. Russél Richardson, manager of ihe Campbell River Timber Com- pany, expressed keen satisfaction at the work being done by the forestry corps, and rightfully so; the Provincial Government has been Five men are re- as the for- workers face this winter. YOUTH SHOUT DISAPPROVAL. After the second count in Van- couver Burrard was held late Mon- Gay night, acknowledging the yic- tory of Arnold Webster over G. G. MecGeer, 2,000 supporters of Arnold Webster staged a demonstration at 12:30 acm. in front of the VWancou- _“Sun"” offices they lJustily shouted “vellow sheet.’ “‘dirty rag.’ ete. The youth are wise to the role of the boss press. YOUNG WORKER CRUCIFIED. Collapsing on the corner of Third Hunger is believed to be the cause ster’s Corners, in the Finnish Hall. of the incident. TENSELY THEY WATCHED THE PLANE Only Capitalists Need __ Have F ear Of Soviets Common People Will Be! Well Protected And E ae eating houses and food plants; so Will Benefit would the girls in the department Stores; so would house wives. Savw- : : . : . mills Yi ave be ie rates; Gommunists say their objective is ue ee nae fees Spare = = FE Ss, Prices, eatres ¢ e .z DSR eE Canada SS, office heatres and cultural a or a “Workers’ and Farmers’ Government.” Elec- tors need not fear the word “Soevi- ets.” How would a Soviet Vancouver How Are Soviets Elected? be carried on? Im the first place, a How would they be elected? WNot Soviet in Vancouver is simply = Maas as they are now. The workers in the couver Council composed of delegates | ydson’s Bay Store, Spencer's, etc. from representative bodies of people | Would hold a store meeting. They of the city who do the useful work. The Wancouver City Council as it is constituted at present is composed of one delegate from each ward who is elected by a small number of peo- ple who have property or are tenants of home of sufficient value to meet the approval of the capitalist class avho own most of the city bonds and property. Thousands of people in Vancouver eannot vote for Mayor, for Alder- men, or for money by-laws. The contesting aldermen or mayoral can- didates carry out 2 campaign in or- der to get themselves elected, just 5 j : 5 in the stores would then endorse a £ . eandidates do in the Federal = oS eg those who have the choice, or demand the recall of the eae ae to pay for propaszanda nomination as they desired. mos ye ay Q = a : : and election assistants, or the most Working people, whether of hand jnfluential friends, are elected. or brain, need have no fear of the What a Soviet Really Is word “Soviet.’ The word signifies On a2 Soviet basis under Commu- nist leadership the Vancouver City Council or Soviet would be eomposed of delegates from factories, plants, etc. For instance, the workers on the waterfront would have repre- sentation; so would the workers in institutions, in fact every phase of life would get full representation. would elect delegates to a city con- ference of store workers. This con- ference would deal with all the prob- lems of the lives of the store work- ers and the industry in general. From this wide conference there would be elected a council of store workers. This council would func- tion solely in the interests of the Store workers in line with the wel- fare of the whole community. The conference would also nomi- nate a delegate or delesates for the position of City Council Vancouver Soviet representatives. The workers everything that is good for the com- mon people, but it signifies the end of eapitalit luxury and license for a few and the end of exploitation of THIRTY-TWO SPINS 1 eee a clear blue sky a plane was plunging to- wards earth—falling towards destruction before tne eyes of the great crowd. “Two thousand meters ...a thousand meters... why doesn’t he jump? Where is his parachute? He’s inva Spin! He can't get out —. 2 2% it was the first plane of a new series. The machine Was of foreign design. Just half an hour before they had been preparing for the flight. Mechanics were fussing around. One sturdy Tellow, feeling the watching eyes of the committee of experts, kept from hurrying too much. With sure touch he examined the valves of the motors; with bie hands he groped over the springs and piston rods, with stubby fingers he hoped into every cranny of the ma- chine. Some distance away Yekatoy, a tall, thin pilot with a decoration on his chest, stood smoking a pipe. The ioaceo smoke wove gray spirals in the soft, warm air. Today was to be the last and most responsible test —puiting the machine into a tail spin and bringing it out again. Yekatov didn’t like having a lot around Aa machine that was goings up on trial flights. They always seemed to be looking at him and follow- ins every one of hs gestures and movements. TAKING NO CHANCES Finishing his smoke, he carefully Knocked out the ash and went up to the machine. A representative of the foreign firm, Engineer Reutz, said with a polite bow: “INo need for such a test. Our planes come out of a spin all right. That's been Known for a long je beets sy a. 554 “We'll soon know,” dryly. The mechanic started the motor. the exhaust it started up merrily. Yekatoy put on his parachute, and awkwardly fingering its heavy bulk, strolled around the machine. The parachute strap was cutting into his right shoulder. He wanted to put it right, but the engineer and then the whole committee of experts was shaking hands with him. “You'd think it was some kind of an opera... ... Gamn them... .’ muttered Yekatov, getting into th eockpit. He was in u bad temper with himself, with the en- gineer and with the mechanic who had forgotten to take the leather cushion off the seat. But, having firmly tied himself in with big straps, he calmed down of people ecrowdinge returned YWelatov, grimly and With a cough from at once. He was seized by the emotion of flying, fa- miliar and always pleasant. He tried the motor at full throttle, twiddled about with the joystick, care- fully and attentively looked over the ailerons and waved his hand in signal to the mechanic to remove the blocks from under the wheels. The quick and noisy life of the airport was in full swing. Im roaring clouds of dust, planes were alighting and ascending. Starters and finishers were waving their flags. In the first aid Wagon a doctor and orderlies, bored with having noth- ing to do, sat smoking. The air, soft and warm on the earth, became fiercely cold as they went up. On the right lay Moscow covered with a thin mist of smoke. Yekatov looked lovingly ever the city, over the network of roads and loops of river, on the 2litteringe instruments of his cockpit, on the wine tips and ailerons which were almost motion- less in the air. SUPREME TEST The machine climbed swiftly. ‘Tts got a good turn of speed, thought Yekatov to himself. He tapped the altimeter with his finger to see if it were telling the truth. The arrow pointed to 3,300 meters above the airdrome. Yekatoy cut out the gas and waited for the moment when the machine would begin a spin. Thousands of times in his many years of experience lhe had cut out the motor in just the same way, thou- sands of times he had been accustomed to wait till the plane suddenly turned over and madly began toa rush down beneath his eyes in a wild spin. And each time the same thing happened. Having lost speed the plane halted for a moment jn the air, and then sud- denly and sharply began to spin, while his body was seized by Sharp, cold expectation. The new machine, like all the others, went into a spin. “Not more than two spins the first time, Yelkatov cautiously decided as he glanced at the gray earth spinning beneath. this machine,’ obediently A STORY OF A SOVIET AIRMAN’S COURAGE By A. Gudimov “One,” he counted as the sun swam in front of his eyes. “Two... ~”’ Just then the throttle-down motor coughed and stopped. The propellot swung slowly, then stopped. There was an unpleasant quietness. “Three,”’ said Yekatov, counting the spins. Pushing the joystick away he tried to bring the machine out of the spin. The machine did not come out of the spin. The struts were whistling. The nose of the machine began stub- bornly to urge its way up. From a vertical spin the machine began to go into a horizontal position, into a flat spin. “Five,”’ counted Yekatov. “So, you old lizzie, you're going into a flat spin, are you?”’ The machine was falling. Turning wildly, it was slicing the air with its whole body. Yekatov swung the rudders vainly, trying to catch them against the moving air, but they flitered gently and uselessly. The plane continued its mad rush down. Without letting go of the joystick, Yekatoy bent down and tried to open a tank of compressed air to SQo WS eX + = —- SSS ———S DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, SHE SPUN NN start up the motor. He could not open the yalves. He pressed harder. Nothing happened. The valve had been closed firmly by the stout hand of the mechanic. ive Sopbetsy aes 477 He tried once more to open the valve’s cast-iron knob With its finger grooves. It did not yield. The earth turned into a gray, madly-spinning disc. Everything beneath was a mixture of white, gray anG black circles. “Wifteen ....’’ Glanecing at the altimeter he saw that he had lost 1,000 meters. The earth was coming closer. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and suddenly thought: “And Tll smash the machine.” ; The idea seemed so wild and absurd that he stopped swinging the joystick and, sritting his teeth, fung him- self once more on the yalve. The valve did not yield. “ft's bad business . ..I can feel the end coming,” Yekatov reflected. “What machine am I testing, the 1,413th or the 1,418th.... 4 A hundred machines a year... The parachute strap was cutting his right shoulder. A thousand meters left to the earth. Twelve more spins and the end . r “Damn ... © didn’t put that strap right because of that foreigner. Now I'll hurt my sShoulder’’—Yekatov remembered the engineer with anger—‘‘got to open the tank == .:Got to —-- 2, Seizing the knob with both hands. throwing all his strength into his hands, he wrenehed at the knob. The compressed air caught the pistons. The propellor began turning. Yekatov put on the gas. His ear heard the beloved, unbelievably calming roar of the motor. The plane came out of the spin.- Engineer Reutz had spoiled a nice starched collar watching the spinning plane in the air. The mechanic, ehastly pale, had been counting the spins. The doctor had jumped into the first aid Wagon. Then the deadly silence of the airport had been broken by the roar of the motor. The machine was coming out of the spin. ‘What's he doing?’ Reutz cried suddenly. Yekatov’s machine was climbing again. Reaching 8.000 meters, the machine dipped once more into a spin, went into a flat spin. came out of ?t and with deadly accuracy deseribed loops and figures of eight and then smoothly came down to land. In a few minutes Yekatov taxied to the hangar. Tired but happy he got out of the machine. Reutz ran up to him, grasped him by the hand and shouted something. Deafened by the motor, Yekatov did not hear him properly. ‘Why did you climb a second time?’ shouted Reutz. “T was flying to test the machine. I had to find out in which spin it went into a flat spin and how it came out of it.” “Pit surely that was clear... - “T answer for the machine and for our factory. The second time I learned that the machine comes out of the spin only three or four spins after you start the motor .... That is very bad, although, accordine to Wferel 5 = Ao We waved his hand and went to write a description of the test: on his back was the green parachute, and he rubbed his shoulder where it had been irritated by the strap. It was not till evening that he found he had made 32 spins. 37 Hired, Fired -- And Rehired! FURRIERS BUILD UNION IN WINNIPEG 4 ke < Bobby Jones was one of the last to By Mary Hichin. leave the bunkhouse to go to work. As he passed under the colonel’s of- fice the foreman hailed him and ters, the major wants to see you.” Suspectinge trouble, Jones went back to the bunkhouse and waited till nine o'clock, and then walked through the snow covered trail up to the office. The major was a thin, sour-faced man of forty-five, with a sandy moustache. “Jones, you're an agi- tator,”’ snapped the major. “We've been watchine you ever since you came into camp; sign this paper and then turn in your stuff at the com- missary.”’ : Jones elanced at the paper and sow that it was the usual form about “relinquishing all claims for relief in order to go in search of employ- ment.’? In other words, he was leay— ine the camp “of his own free will.” Jones remonstrated, “Why should J sign this. I don’t want to leave ihe camp, its winter time now and T haven’t any warm clothes.” The major grunted, *‘Three differ- ent foremen have reported that you are inefficient in your work, and s9 you'll have to go.” “But listen,’ Jones insisted, “a minute azo you said I was an agi- tator, and now you say I’m ineffi- cient. This is a relief camp, not a $5 a day construction job, what do you expect for 20 cents a day and bum chuck?” “Youll have to there’s been trouble you’ve been in!” leave the I) every camp, gang Jones again insisted, but the major shouted, “You're through, and that’s final” Jones said, won't. leave and left for “Well then, ieyeb. Ul the the bunkhouse. major, I colonel,” sce The Camp Policeman. Half an hour later the camp policeman looked in at the bunk- house and hollered, “Haven't you left eamp yet?” E “J’m waitine to see the colonel,” replied Jones, and, laying down the magazine he was reading, he casual- ly picked up a pick handle that han- pened to be standing in a corner of the bunkhouse and confronted the policeman and in a hostile attitude, saying, “and all the bulis in B.C. won't prevent me Seeing him, so get that.7 the working people by the capitalists. The policeman sauntered away, re- said, ‘‘You’d better go to headquar-' | marking as he went, “That's your privilege, my boy.” At eleyen o'clock Bobby Jones walked into the headquarters to see the colonel. He deliberately waited until eleven, because he knew that the gangs would then be entering camp from work. His co-organizer signalled him as he passed. As he entered the colonel’s office he noted there were three! foremen and the major with the colonel. Walking boldly up to the colonal, Jones said, “T want to know the reason I’m fired.” . The colonel looked at him and blurted out, “Three foremen have re- ported you as being incompetent, you are here to work, and seeine that you are not doing the work as- signed to you, you are discharged.” Jones Takes a Chance. “That's funny, replied Jones, ‘“vour major says I’m an agitator, and as regards your three foremen, maybe they do a little agitating themselves, when they go around camp blowing their heads off about the nine hundred dollars that is missing from the canteen funds, and about all the new clothes that are ; beings sold, while the men are hand- ” ed out secondhand clothes. Jones was taking’ a long suess about this, but he knew that the rumor was prevalent, and he knew that the three foremen and the major were robbing the workers in the camp, and he just felt hornery enough to throw a scare into the whole bunch of them to see how they took it. The major and the foremen look- ead askance at Jones and, exchans- ine swift glances at each other, they were all about to burst out with in- disnant repudiation of the cha when the colonel, who had retained his usual dumb impassive counten- ance, monotonously repeated, “My three foremen report that you are incompetent and I must abide by their decision.” Pullimg out a copy of the “B.C. Workers’ News'' from a drawer, he opened it up and pointed to an article about the camp, remarl:- ing, “I guess you had something to do with this.” rge Jones made as though he was about to leave and then he turned to the colonel and asked, “Can I see you alone for a minute, colonel?” “No,’’ shouted the colonel. “Well.” said Jones, I guess there’s nothing else to do but te expose the whole gang of you. I did think that you were not mixed up in this ‘this district. WINNIPEG, Oct. 11. — Rapid presress during the past few weeks in the organization- of the employes of the local fur trade is reported by the International Fur Workers’ Union, Local 91. Speaking at a mass meeting of the fur workers, held here Thursday evening, officers of the union stated that out of a total of 350 workers over 100 have already taken out union cards. Work days of 12 to 14 hours, the lowest wage scale in the Dominion and speed-up so intensified that in one shop only 15 minutes is allowed for the whole of the sixty eniployees to use the one and only washroom, speakers at the meeting stated were characteristic of the whole trade in crooked work, but I guess I made a mistake.” Jones walked out of the office. The colonel sent a foreman after him and as Jones entered the colonel beckoned the rest to leave. Bobbie Pulls a ‘“‘Sandy.” As Jones was walking over to the bunkhouse, the major accosted him and asked, “Well, what's the ver- dict?” Jones answered, “I’m starting starting work at noon, and I’ve got a job in this camp as Jong as I want to stay-’ Jones immediately got in touch with his co-organizer in No. 2 bunk- house. His partner told him, “I tried them out this morning when I knew that you were fired and there wes only 10 per cent ready to strike to demand your reinstatement, that’s why I signalled you thumbs down as T saw you going into the office. Tt’s no good walking out with 10 per cent and JeaAving the other ninety per cent in camp.’ Solid Organization By Christmas. “VYes,’’ said Jones, “I got your sis- nal, so I tried mnother tack when 1 fot in the office, and I put it over. T always suspected that these birds were crooked, so I took a Jong chance and it worked. I can stay in this camp forever. I'vo got the goods on them. We Can now start work organizing the eamp. If we work correctly, we ought to have her jined up solid by Christmas. Vi £o over and See our mail contact to- nizht and send for some more collec tion sheets for Slim Evans’ defense } efence News| TWO MONTHS IN OAKALLA. ber and charged with assault on a seab, was sentenced on October 11 to two months in Qakalla jail. Brien has previausly served one month in QOakalla for activity in connection with the waterfront dispute. Leslie Bell, another lYongshore- with assault. He is alleged to have thrown rocks from his fishing boat when passing a scow where scabs were unloading lumber. He came up for trial on the same day and was fined $10. REMANDED TO OCTOBER 26 Albert Edison, longshoreman, ar- rested and charged with assault. Case remanded until October 26. Out on bail. SEAMAN REMANDED. Thomas Burnett, seaman, arrest- ed on October 12 and charged with wilfull damage to property. Case remanded till Iriday, Qctober 18. Qut on bail. SHIPYARD WORKER HELD AT SEATTLE WICTORIA, Oct. 10. — Jack Drummond, militant shipyard work- er of Victoria, is_held in Seattle for deportation to Scotland, despite the fact that he has resided in Vic- toria, B.C., for seven years and his wife in Canadian born and have one ehild, The. Victoria C.L.D.L. is VANGCOUMEER, Oct. 16: MM DOUGAN ARRESTED. 1% Brien, longshoreman, who was .2r- VANCOUVER, Oct. 11. — James | rested on the picket Jine on Octo-| Maskell, leader of the striking sea- — men, and Mildred Dougan, izer of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of tha) Longshoremen’s Union and man, arrested and chatged with a longshoremen and sea Similar offense, was acquitted on|men, Sathered at the station October 12. f and threatened to-storm the jail” Z unless these two were released im-— FISHERMAN FIENED. mediately. The whole police,force | Oscar Crook, fisherman, was ar-| was ordered to suard the police. rested on October 10 and charged | Station and Chief Foster and In- tina enradominme tigers). 9 JIM MASKELL AND MILDRED orsan- in the forefront in the strike, were are rested on the picket line on October — 11 and charged with assaulting police officers. As soon as they were arrested a demonstration of about $800 spector Darling of the R.C.M. Police were immediately sent for. A deéle- — gation was elected to interview Fos- ter. The delegation was informed — that the bail was set at $1,000 each, Mass Action Gets Results. i However, the demonstrators re- fused to leave and finally the auth- orities consented to let Mrs. Dou gan out on her own recognizance and the bail for Maskell was re- duced to $500. This is a very splendid example what mass action can accomplish, and no doubt this | procedure will be applied more : : quently, and particularly on Frida October 18, when these vo and many other militant workers come up for trial, in the police court at 9:30 a.m. 5 SHAMAN ACQUITTED. Wm. Farrell, seaman, arreste and charged with malicious damage to property, was aequitted i October 15. trying to raise the $1,000 necessary to get him out on bail. They aré also arranging the defence of this worker. : ; 2 - Smiling faces are in eyidence as the Vets greet each other with con- eratulations on the defeat of “Riot Act’ McGeer. It is now necessary that we strengthen our organizations to see to it that the in-coming soy- ernment lives up to its promises. Their memories are likely to be short if not jogged steadily by the orgean- ized ex-servicemen. A 2 We have a real fighting comrade jin hospital at present. Our comrade, who lives up country, aiter being on relief for two years got a job only to break his le= just after starting. He has been the means of keeping conditions of the relief recipients in his area to the highest standard. Af present be is taking an interest in the conditions in the hospita, where he claims the nurses are terribly ex- ploited. ¥: * cd = * In spite of Telford’s slanders, our = membership continues to increase. Last week several new members joined, among those several who stated they were C.C.FVeers. + Unity of ex-Servicemen is a burn- ing isshe. At present there are many bodies of Veterans in Canada with- out any national leadership, such 4s the unemployed ex-servicemen'’s or- = = = ganizations in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, ete. Under these circumstances is it any wonder that the bankers and all the other subversive elements who are the enemies of the veterans have been able to prevent us from receiv— ine our just dues (unfulfilled prom- ises) and even cut the meagre allow- ances (pension cuts and pensions dis- continued) that had previously been allowed. As long as this condition pre- yvuils, the veterans cannot expect to gain their rights. Without UNITY the politicians will be able to make a “political foot- ball” out of us. A national convention of all Vet- erans’ organizations and independent eroups a necessity in order to bring about unity in our demands is and united action to see them granted. All ex-servicemen are asked to work for unity in whatever organiza- tion they may belongs to. : * * x ae Monday, October 21, a business meeting of the W.E.S.L. will be heia at 150 Hastings Street West. Time, 8 p:m: All members are asked ‘to attend. Important business to ve discussed. Sunday nisht a concert will be held, same address, at $ pm. Come and enjoy yourselves. Silver collee- tion. Dances and whist drives are held Tuesdays, HWridays and Saturdays in aid of organizational expenses. Our friends are asked to support them. fund, There goes the dinner bell, let's so and eat, we'll fix it up to- night. sy UNITY GAINS ; FOR RATE-PAYERS WINNIPEG, Oct, §.—WUnity of the Communist and [.L.P.-C.c FE. aldermen in city council, Monday, beat back determined bourgeois op- position and secured a favorable first reading of a recommendation from the housing committee that a money bylaw of $500,000, ta he spent on the construction of houses on city owned lots for rental at reasonable cost, be submitted to the rate-paying electors at the forth- coming civie elections. Second and third readings will be sought at the next council meeting, for this measure which will commit the city to the building and rental of houses at cost. | Lack of Unity—Cause of Suffering Lack of labor unity, on the othe hand, was responsible for continua: tion of much suffering among smal home-owners, when the I[.L-P: C.C.F. greup voted solidly with thi bourgeois aldermen to defeat a mo tion by Communists Penner ani Forkin, which sought to abolish th present practice of registering “liens for hospitalization and socia welfare relief against houses océu pied by the owners or a fhous which is the only property of 21 owner although not occupied by th latter.” Obituary Well Known Fighter Die: In Fraser Valley CLOVERDADLE, B.G., Oct. 5. - James Roebuck, well known in th labor movement in this district, die and was buried in Fleetwood, Oc 3rd, the funeral service being attent ed by a great number of his forme co-workers. Comare Roebuck was always 3 the front ranks of the poor people i their struggles for a decent standai of living. There is no doubt that ] would not have died so early in had he have had sufficient nouris! ment and care. According to his own wishes j was given a burial befitting a mi! terlalist. The capitalist class ¢v had to try and make political capit out-of this funeral by distorting Tt! facts, especially aimed at the ©.C. eandidate, the Rev. Baker, who re: the funeral service. : Heartfelt sympathy of the whe labor movement in this district go out to Mrs. Roebuck in her loss her husband. The B.C. Worke News extends sincere sympathy 4 ealls on the workers and farmers the district to re-double t},eir effo! inbuilding the United Front and bringing about the rapid improx ment of the conditions which caus the early death of such loyal me! bers of our class as Comrade Re Good music to dance to. buck.