‘October 18, 1985 B.€. WORKERS’ NEWS Page Three DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST 801 Dominion Bank Building Vancouver, B.C. Phone - - - Sey. 3001 } Hastings Steam Baths z Always Open z Expert Masseurs in Attendance E | High. 240 764 E. Hastings at ORANGE HALL Corner Gore and Hastings ; EVERY ) Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9 to 12 rd Musie by. CRANGE HALL ORCHESTRA — Mr. and Mrs. Downing, Downing B 1S 2S Canadian Dry Goods BOOTS and SHOES 3820 EAST HASTINGS STREET “Distribution Without Graft" MATL ORDERS INVITED — WRITE FOR PRICE LISTS UU = === A AT = === (7 77S CES 11) A Men’s Half Soles Men’s Heels ae 90¢ ee 35¢ * Boys’ and Girls’ in proportion. HASTINGS BAKERY 716 EAST HASTING ST. We deliver from house to. house in Grandview and Hastings town- A. G. Mc. sends in an analysis Site districts. Call High. 3244 and|| of the results of the elections. our dtiver will be at your door. ane good points are maAde, al- 5 Z though in opinion of the “B. C. Support Those Who Support You Workers: News’ a much Hesnse analysis is necessary. The editor- ial board ‘of this paper will en- deavor to get the collective opinicn Geo A Donovan of the Communist Election Com- z 4] mittee, who have ao large amount et hand to study. Typewriters and Adding Machines Supplies and Service A. G. Me. touches on the Sisnifi- cance of the defeat of the Conserya- tives and Particularly their leaders (Cabinet ministers). New and Used Machines The tremendous anti-capitalist Yote recorded, especially by Tj from $10.00 u = Speespees nee ? Pp Buck and Jim McLachan and the GG. candidates, Gs’ also Signifi- — See US First — cant. z 508 W. Pender SE; Sey. 282 In an informative letter from G.E. of Red Gap, B.G. the writer correetiy points out the hypocrisy If you don’t subscribe to this > of British Imperialism through an imaginary speech by Stanley Bald- win, Premier of Great Britain. The paper, send in a sub now. : =o Selle Rha ee are a eg ee ea tenn Permanent Wave HEATERLESS CROQUIGNOLE, experience in Beauty: Culture, and a lifetime of loyal support of the 130 WEST HASTINGS (Opp. Woodward's) - - i ee eee! eg eee a A A aT Ladies’ Half Soles - G5¢é 66 E. HASTINGS ST., near City Hali : as is : Writer shows the bloody path of Patronize Our Advertisers British Imperialism in Africa, and he demonstrates that it is because Italy will interfere with British in- @ | terests that the latter is taking steps to stop Italy. It will redound to the interests of the working class. We have to hand a letter from CLUSTER CURL OR ANY STYLE G.H., Lasquieti Island, which takes . objection to figures printed in this We haye, to recommend us, 12 years’ paper re a report on R. GB. Ben- neits Arena meetin= held in tember. Sep- labor movement Our reporter stated in his writeup that during Bennett’s speech 6,000 Permanent Wave Specialists people left the Arena. This undoubtedly was an exag- eauty Shop seration. The audience seemed io ecentinually swarm out and jit was this that created the illusion of SEYMOUR 241 = eres, = “6,000" in the mind of our reporter. tae ta ee ea Because the boss press is a mass ot distortions, half-truths and down- oe eo right lies, it should serve to make Speciality the workers’ press the more accur- ate: A letter from H.B., Forestdale, GB.C., tells of the deplorable condi- tions in that district where the un- employed have to work for “relief.”’ He says. “Imagine A woman with small children in this wilderness, in many cases three and four miles from a neighbor, having to hunt cows. She has to leawe her children and take chances on getting them burned or else pack them along with her.’ Alex Manson was vigorously heckled during his election cam- paign in this riding. ©. J. Mel ieis City Gr LOW iis ss inteinle in ioloteteolaleieintatatsioleisiote ic iniete soo sos spasoAs RELIEF CLERK ' s s a for which I enclose }...... Sipe wie wie eicivie) TOL CUO VAT scars ace ce iccine DISCRIMINATES : €oMonthss ot eee : “Play and be Popular”’ Barney’s Music Studie Associate Teachers of Music, Singing and Dancing Phone for Particulars: Studio: Sey. 5338 - 679 Granville (Opp. Hudson’s Bay) “Music appeals to more people than any other thing’’ THE IRON HEEL DEMOGOG ROUTED Relief on Pretext of Active Worker Cut Off “Driving a Car’’ “The Burial of Gerry” No regrets were heard, not a sor- rowitul note As en masse to the poll booths we hurried; CROFTON, B. C., Oct. 6.—WLetters. , and the report received by the B. C. Wot a voter but played a helpful Workers’ News of a conversation be- part tween Mr. A. Garrison and munici- In Burrard, where “Our Hero??" | pal and government officials, prove we buried that discrimination is being used against those who take an active part in labor disputes. Few and short were the prayers we Mr. Garrison was helping to picket said, in the longshoremen’s lockout at And we sang not a hymn, be-} Ghemainus and it was for this that = he was cut off relief, according to abers ; Boel 2 ; a verbal statement from city relief But we laughingly gazed on each “hoodlum” and “red” And recognized all as our neigh- bors. FE MM: For a time, excuses were made by the municipality, in order to cut Gar- rison off relief, that he was “riding around in an automobile.” Actually, 5 5 ~, | the car was furnished, gas free, by ESE “Eney ll pas Of 158 Gems a friend in order that he might pay that’s gone, a daily visit to a doctor resident 26 And o'er his rash speeches Up-]| miles fro mhis home. braid him, But little he'll reck if they let him rave on Of the Reds and the Grits who betrayed him. “BURRARD.” —From News-Herald, Oct. 9. clerk, Ansell. save his family from fulfilled the requir dis- In order to starvation, he mentse of the relief authorities, continued the use of the automobile and walked the 26 miles a day to the doctor. In spite of the fact that proof was forthcoming that others on relief owned cars while receiving relief, the relief officers would not listen to his ANNOUNCEMENT ease. Raffle Prize—“‘Gapital’ by Marx Keeping up the fight, he was fin- won by M. Dusan, East Georgia, } ally successful in winning the relief holder of ticket INo. 1738. to which he is entitled. Letter Digest Women And The Election Campaign Exposed The Need for Work Ameng Women If the election did nothine else, it exposed the neglect of work amone women by revolutionary labor bodies. When one looked over the voters’ lists it was noticeable that for every men entitled to vote there was a woman. How did these women vote? Did they vote according to their un- derstanding of the problems con- fronting them? In some cases they did, but in many cases they did not understand the problems, nor did they realize which candidates would fight for their interests. Why She Voted For Brice. In Vancouver East, the writer toolk Several women to the polls in a car to vote. One woman said, ‘I have looked over all the pictures of the candidates, and TI like the face of Maleolm Bruce, so I voted for him.’ Another woman said to the driver of the ear after she had voted, ‘“Do you think that the Communists or the C.C. will make the government at Ottawa?” The driver said, “‘No, I don’t think so; I guess it will be a Liberal government this time.’’ The woman eclaimed, ‘Oh, then 1 lost my vote.’’ The C.C.I. did have a women candidates in the election, which is a good start, but on the whole women have taken very little part in the election. It is time the revolutionary labor movement began to do active work among women by setting up auxiliaries of women to every union and e€very unemployed organization. HUGE SUMS TC AMUSE SEAMEN U.S.S.R. Sailors Assured of Good Time Ashore f£ec, number of “The question of greatly increas- ing the network of our cultural in- Stitutions to meet the demands of Soviet seamen has now been brought up before the People’s Commissariat of Water Transport,’ stated IT. E&. Kamenyey, chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Seamen, in a recent interview with a representative. A large club for seamen is bein= planned for construction in Mur- mansk, at an eStimated cost of two million rubles. The construction of a culture center for the seamen of the Caspian fleet is beine planned in Baku. This building is expected to cost a sum of five million rubles. Clubs for seamen will also be built in the ports of Mariupol, Tuapse, Leningrad, Qdessa and Poti. Plenty For Workers. In spite of great achievements in the field of physical culture, sport organizations still lack well-equipped press stadiums, bathing pools, and yacht clubs. Therefore, a large stadium is Scheduled for construction in Odessa and swimming pools and yacht clubs in Vladivostok, Murmansk. Arch- angel and Baku. The estimated cost of all these constructions is two mil- lion rubles. A rest house, accommodating 150 persons, will be built near Wladivos- tok. Until now, the members of the Union of Seamen used to be sent to health ‘resorts and rest houses in the Caueasus and Crimea. This resulted in an unnecessary Joss of time . “The Union of Soviet Seamen naw has a membership of 150,000. Cul- tural recreation must be provided for Soviet seamen while their ships stand idle in the ports. The present cul- tural institutions controlled by the union are unable to meet the de- mands,” concluded IL EB. Memanyev. “NO WAR CARGO’’— ANTWERP DOCKERS A meeting of 800 dockers organ- ized in the Belgian Transport Work- ers Union unanimously adopted the following resolution: “The dockers of Antwerp express their vehement protest against Mus- solini’s aggressive war policy against Abyssinia. They also express their sympathy with the Abyssinian peo- ple and solemnly pledge themselves to prevent transports of munitions and food for the Italian army in co- operation with the Trades Commis- sion and the I.T.I*. The dockers ur- gently request the Trade Commis- sion and the 1... (International Transport-Workers Federation) to organize such actions on an inter- national scale in order to assure victory in the fight to avoid a new world carnage.’’ Dockers in Calais Resolve Not To Load War Cargoes A meeting of the Confederated Dockers’ Syndicate in Calais unani- mously passed a resolution to refuse all work whatever on war trans- ports, DID ‘GERRY’ HAVE A ‘PIPE DREAM’? One of McGeer's radio speeches left 4 feeling in the minds of many of his hearers, that he must have had a shot in the arm or been hitting a pipe. Im less than half an hour he spent 336 million dollars. Of this, 25 million dollars was to build homes in Vancouver. He saw in the future Wancouver as another Liverpool. I wonder if he was ever in Liverpool, where the slums are the finest-in the world, with the exception of Glas cow. We have enough slums here now without copying Scotland Road and if you want to know what 25 million dollars worth of new homes means to Vancouver, ask any of the disseusted home builders who have had their houses sold for taxes dur- ing the past few years. FORCED LABOR FOR BURNABY Boss Press Distorts the Facts Regarding Tax Scheme North Burnaby Taxpayers’ Assn. Burnaby, October 3rd. Ieditor, B.C. Workers’ News: “~ report in the Wanecouver daily press Gated Sept. 17th at Victoria, and headed “‘To save homes of Bur- naby jobless.’ gives the impression that 700 persons on relief are resist- ing to work on the tax scheme. The article States that “a strike ‘was called on working for relief.’ The facts of the case are as fol- lows: In May, 1934, orders were ossued that -recipients were to work out their relief, starting immediutely. The relief recipients received a slip of pauper notifying of the date and place to report for work; so many days, hours, minutes, at 40 cents per hour in lieu of direct relief. The speedy application of scheme showed that all was planned beforehand. The reaction of the workers Spontaneous against this scheme as it Was laid down. It must be made understood that there was no object- ing to work but objection to the con- ditions and terms Jaid down (or, should I say, the lack of them). the well Was The unemployed were willing to work for standard wages which are 50 cents per hour civie rate of pay, also the right to earn $15 more than their seript called for. This was iurned down by the relief officials. Starvation Pay for Work What does working for relief mean?