eae att ~ the workers employed at present | Street F source. namely the company, Communists labor everywhere Intensify the struggle fer peace for the union and agreement of cence see a demceratic parties of all coun- by Jouning Hie League Agains tries. MARX. ar an ascism. e@ @ VOL. I Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1935 Single Copies: 5 Cents S= No. 43 LONGSHORE STRIKE LEA Wage Cuts And More One-man Cars Called For In Smith Report Paving the Way to Mass Layoff of Motormen and Conductors WANTS MORE SPEED Part of Unified Plan Of Employers to Smash Militant Trade Unions In order to fool the people of B.C. that he is opposed to the profit- hunery BG. Blettric Co, Mr. Alan J. Smith, who was engazed by the City Council of Vancouver to investi- fate and report on transportation in Wancouver, offers some eriticism of the company in resard toe the road- bed cf the street railway, and some of the rolling stock, as a “‘cover up,” in erder to come out in his true - colors and try and put in the thin end of the wedge for a wa¢e-cut for the workers and for an additional mumber of one-man cars, with the consequent lay-off of a large num- = ber of men. After stripping the report of ali » the camouflage, all that remains is | the followine: “J. The wages of motormen and conductors is too high. A 15 per cent cut is suggested as ‘fair.’ “2. Instead of 22 per cent of the street cars being one-man cars as at present, there should be 70 per cent. “3. he cars should be speeded up.’ Woes. 2 and 3 means that many of as motormen and conductors should be laid-off 4nd put out of work The Railwaymen’s Union has fought these recommendations be- fore, when they came from another and according to reliable imformation they ,are prepared to fight them again—to the Jast ditch. Speed-up Is Terrific Now. The speed-up of the ears during the past few years has brought its toll amons the employees. There has | been a resular epidemic of nervous | diseases among the motormen and conductors, and in some cases these have resulted in permature deaths. There is every reason to believe that this report is part of the plan of the BC. Electric Company. Gerry MWeGeer and the Shipping Mederation and the rest of the largse employers | and the government to smash trade | through the report. unions that will not agree to a worsening of the standards of living of the workers, and increased profits for the employers. Report Is Part of Sinister Move. Indications of this is shown. all Tt is intended * to pave the way for the carrying out ae | Government of such a policy. The Provincgl introduced the Special | Powers Act to be used for this pur- ' ber Workers’ pose and assisted the boss Joggers in their attempt to smash the Lum- Union. They did not succeed. The Shipping Federation zot the assistance of Pederal, Provincial and City Governments to try and smash the militant Waterfront Workers’ Organization, and they are finding that a hard nut to crack. They will be less successful in this attempt. The Smith report should be the means of solidification of the ranks of the crganized trade union move- ment, and be the cue for the build- ing of trade union unity in B.C. ‘Sull Creek’ Job Held Up Slick Method of Forcing Men to Work for Relief BURNABY, BG, Nov. 5.—Seven hundred relief recipients, who have been working on the “Still Creek’’ project in rotation work have been notified that they will not be need- ed, although the job is unfinished. They are now faced with the pos- Sibility of working out their relict Serip on the project. The men were paid in cash at tke rate of 50c per hour and allowed to make 25 percent over and aboye what they were allowed in direct re- lief scrip: When these men apply precautions been talx- Schools ---A Comparison #7. VANCOUVER, Nov. 5. here, Supt. MacCorkindale inadequate for their purpose. The School Board has drawn attention of the City Council to this state of affairs on several occasions, and now they are hop- ing that they will be able to get some of the “Baby Bonds” issued by Gerry MceGeer, in order to repair some of the steps of the schools and to do other urgent repairs. The Trustees state that “their only hope is that the new City Hall will not take up all the Baby Bonds.” — At the last meeting of the School Board Trustees held reported that “some schools which should accommodate 1200 children are housing 1500, and in others pupils are housed in basement and attics.” In addition to lack of proper accommoda- tion, the Board finds several of its school gymnasiums are in very poor condition. Some of them border on the danger mark while others are not heated and are entirely MOSCOW, school term. schools so well dren will attend cisions of the Government of old schools. the new scho be built. U.S.S.R. — Beginning of fall “Never before were Moscow term, though more than half a million chil- to the report of the Assistant Chief of the Moscow School Department. He stated that “In accordance with the de- struction of new schools, the Moscow Soviet directly supervised the construction of 72 new schools, which were built in the record time of 145 days.” These new schools contain all the latest facilities for comfort and efficiency and for training children, which were absent in the Plans are now being made to prepare for 1936, when more than 140 new schools will ZHERE prepared for a new school schools this year,” according Communist Party and the February, 1925, on the con- ol construction program in Flagrant Neglect Cause : Of This Worker’s Death > Two lhousand For 300 Jobs Relief Work Plan of City Couneil Is Cruel Hoax VANCOUVER, Noy. 6—Through- out the past week, regardless of the cold weather, there were anywhere from 50 to 100 men lined up during each work day at the city yards on Union St., waiting to register for work on the jobs that are to be pro- vided by the sale of Gerry Mc- Geer’s baby bonds. It is reported that 1,800 men made application for work last week and the applications are Still pouring in. There are to be 300 jobs available. City officials are now sorting out the applications. The city officials are stated to have made it known that the “needy eases’ will get. work. This 1s of course so much chatter. as it is well-known that only those who Gan do two days’ work in one who will be hired. Starvation Monthly Wage Will Be Paid The men will work 12 days a month, 7 hours a day, and a five day week and will receive 5334 cents per hour. Thus, the maximum that a man will be able to get will be $38.34 for a whole month, and will wear out Shoes and clothes not to mention car fare that will have to be provided and the rainy weather when he will have to appear on the job two or three days in order to get one days’ work in. Gerry's baby bonds are go- ing to turn out to be “bastards” for the relief workers. MATT SHAW AT SALMON ARM SALMON ARM, Nov. 6.— Matt Shaw spoke here last Sunday night te a packed audience at the ¢.C Jr. Hall. He eave a clear review of the Regina trek and the events leading up to it, and was listened to with wrapt attention by the people zgath- ered there and received splendid support. A local member of the League Against War and Fascism, Max Honey. spoke briefly on the fascists nature of the methods the authori- ties handled the trekkers. A local preacher announced ihe J ine ER IS CONVICTED Emery Gets Guilty Verdict On Second Count; Defense Contends No Breach Of Law; No Intent Prosecution Insisted Not Words Uttered But Ef- fect Created is What Counts JUDGE TELLS JURY Justice Murphy Says We “Have Free Speech In Canada’”’ Ivan Emery, leader of the Vancou- ver waterfront workers, was charged at the Assizes on three counts, in- eitinge to riot, and two charges of counselling unlawful assembly. He Was found guilty on the second count With a strong recommendation to leniency by the jury. Gordon M. Grant defending Emery contended that the words used did not constitute a breach of the law and that there was no intent behind them. He further brought out that there had been a previous demon- stration on the waterfront and that when Col. Foster had asked Emery to disperse the crowd Emery had done so. Prosecutor Byades Real Issue. Prosecuting counsel made a strong appeal for a conviction, insisting that it was not “what was Said’ that counted, but the ‘effect’ of the words used. He also brought out that in these trials 9 “bogey” is raised. This boeey is that the police are spoken of in terms which would imply that they are “an armed en- emy of the workers.” To infer that if their machine suns rattled and workers fell we would know that we had Fascism, as he alleged’ Emery Stated, was incorrect The police be contended are a body of men pledged to carry out their duty, that of maintainine “Peace, Order and Good Government." We Have ‘Free Speech”? in Canada. In the summing up of the evidence Justice Murphy stated that: “In Canada we have the right of free speech, but we must not over- step that right.” He also charged the jury that if was not so much the words used which constituted a crime, but that consideration must be given to the crime at which these words were spoken, under what conditions, the situa- tion existing, and what a reason- able man would expect the result of his words to be.” Workers Give Emery An Ovation. Emery was remanded until the end of the Assizes for sentence. On leav- ing the court house under police escort he was given an ovation by. the workers assembled and numerous expressions of solidarity and the in_ tention to still further carry the fight on the waterfront were given him. Judge Murphy is well known to the militant workers of B.G and is the Same judge who sent Allan Campbell to Oakalla for one year for organizing the unemployed workers a few years ago. Nov. 11 To Be Public Holiday Worker Veterans To Hold Mass Meetings Qn Monday, November the lith, all busmesses and stores in Canada will close their doors. Some of the large store owners in Vancouver at first demurred in regard to this edict and questioned the power of the Ppro- vincial Sovernment, but were set right when they were reminded that it Was the Bennett sovernment at Ottawa, on Jan. 29th, that passed this bill makine= November ith a public holiday. It is therefore a national holiday. Thus we see the ripening of the War plans of the Canadian fovern- ment. At first the Armistice was celebrated each Noy. 11th by a two- minute silence at 11 a.m. Later it develoned in B.C. to a publie holiday to be observed by those who were “patriotic” enough. Other provinces failed to observe the day as a holi- day. And now it is declared a nation- al day of observance of the sigminge of the Armistice Thus the 2lorifica- tion of the war goes apace. Worker Ex-seryvicemen’s : : organiza— Mons will hold mass meetings throughout B.C. after the patriotic ceremonies, and various speakers Will expose the sham Patriotism of the government and the Canadian War-monegers, —— ee ———————— meeting from the pulpit j i g y in church. a A resolution presented ee : at the meet- Was Unanimously adopted.