Flood the King Cabinet with
resolutions protesting persecu-
tien cf Regina Trek Leaders!

i. The most normal kind of order
in history is Revolutionary
Order.—_LENIN.

Workers NEws

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} Lundberg To Negotiate

Dockers’ Dispute Here;
Will Recomend Action

San Francisco Conven-
tion Sends Delegate to
Vancouver

HUGE TRADE LOSSES

“Hot Cargo’’ May Go to
Referendum in U.S.A.

VANCOUVER, Nov. 20: — Harry
isundebere, president of the Maritime
Wederation of the Pacific, has been
delezated by the special convention
of that body, to use his good offices
while here to negotiate in the pro-
tracted waterfront dispute affect-
ine the entire British Columbia
coast ports.

Should the efforts of Lundebefe
fail to place the men back to work,
he is empowered to make such re-
commendations, to the Maritime
Federation, as he thinks necessary.
A yote will then be taken on placine=
a ban on all B.C. cargo, based on his

Two fraternal delegates from the
B.C. locked-out men attended the
sessions, to place the situation of the
lock-out squarely before the conyen-
tion.

Since the lock-out commenced in

_ Vancouver on June 4th, the loss of

trade to this port has been tremen-

' dous.

Longshoremen state that only one
third of the scabs are working,
while at this time last year all long-
shoremen, including extra gangs,
Were employed to move the increase
of freight. Elevators are choked

© their actions of refusing

Seventeen Reeular Sailings
Cancelled
Seventeen regular sailings to and
from this port have been cancelled

by shipping lines rather than have
_ their vessels tied up in foreign ports.

Since three vessels lying idie in
the stream were released some weeks
ago by the longshoremen, no Ameri-
can vessels have called at this port.

The convention decided to uphold
to work
hot cargo vessels loaded in Gulf
ports where a militant strike is in

» progress for higher wages and union

recognition. Several ships are tied-

& up on the Atlantic and Pacific ports

4s 2 result of the ban. ;
The inclusion of B.C. ports again

> will present no difficulties to the
_ ILA. if Lundeberg finds the Ship-

pins Federation as stubborn and de-
termined to fight to a finish as they
have been in the past.

War Danger
Faces World

Ital. Fascism Approves

Convoy as it carried

battle line, while on the

Resistance to the
Sanctions

PLANES KILL 2000

Ethiopian Army Ready

for Bis Push, Captures
72 Trucks

Latest press reports on the ques-
tion of war in Ethiopia give every
indicaticn of the fact that extension
of the war started by Italy may
spread any day and burst into a
world conflasration embracing sever-
al countries.

BWascism highest authority in
Ttaly, the Grand Council, has approv-
ed the war plans of conquest of
Ethiopia by Mussolini and his plans
of resistance to sanctions.

Afussolini has stated that “‘no more
troops will be withdrawn from Lib-
ya. at the request of Great Britain.”’

Reports state that Italian planes
Hilled 2,000 Ethiopians this week,
dropping incendiary bombs and rak-
ing a column of troops with ma-
chine gun fire. The battle lasted
two hours, being an attack from the
air upon 6,000 Ethiopian troops and
was led by RMlussolini’s two aviator
sons.

Yesterday reports came to hand
that Ethiopia had launched a couni-
er attack upon some Italian troops
and captured a convoy of 72 trucks.

"The native troops ambushed the
supplics and
Wiped out the Italian soldiers. The
Matives are making night raids on
italian sentries and quietly mass-

acre them on the south sector of the

northern
Sector the Ethiopian army is pre-

Paring a mass frontal attack.

PARIS, Nov. 20—Phillippe de
Rothschild, member of the famous
bankine family, and Jean Rheims,
a stockbroker, today announced
their refusal to take a French bob-
sled team to the Olympic Games
because of the “‘persecution of Ger-
mans of Jewish religion.’

|DAVIDSON WINS IN

CALGARY ELECTION

CALGARY, Nov. 21. — Social
Credit candidate for mayor, W.H.
Herbert, went down to defeat in
yesterday s balloting. Mayor Andy
Davidson, Independent, defeated
him, the result being assured on
the third count, when Herbert was
eliminated.

Fred White, Labor party, and
Fred Peat, Independent, made a
poor shewing.

The aldermen elected were:

J. W. Gilman, Social Credit;
Mrs. Rose Wilkinson, Social Cred-
it; James Gourley, Social Credit;
k. H. Weir, A. J. MacMillan and
Cameron Sinclair, all of the Givic°
Government Association; WW. G.
Southern, Labor.

Four of the Social Credit candi-
dates for alderman were defeated.

PETITION FOR
MAIDES’ RELEASE

Worth Praser Protective Workers’
Association will make an atempt to
have the sentence of nine months
handed out to Harold Maides, either
reduced or limited to time already
spent in Oakalla jail.

Petitions are being taken for sig-
natures to every house in the dis-
trict where Harold Maides resides
and also to eyery organization, press-
ing for his release.

This young married worker was
arrested during the Battle of Ballan-
tyne Pier and the police dislocated
his elbow in the cells at police sta-
tion. His arm still requires medical
aid, and his wife is about to be con-
fined. Every worker should sign the
petition. =

RELIEF PROJECTS
MENACE UNIONS

Trades Council Takes
Stand To Protect the
Workers’ Living
Standards

At the last meeting of the Trades
and Labor Council of Vancouver,
held last Tuesday, a distinct separa-
tion of relief and worl: projects and
paid compensation for workers
foreed to serve on statutory holidays
during the year were endorsed.

On the motion introduction
Delegate Walter J. Scribbins,
council appointed a committee to
father information regarding the
Srowth of “relief work’? in the past
three years.. It was said that un-

by
the

employed are bein= exploited by
relief and work programmes to
such an extent that standards of
organized labor are in danger of

being seriously affected. All unions
are also asked to assist in collect-
ing information on this subject.
Pay for Holidays
A resolution moved
council urge the BG CG. executive
of the Trades Goneress of Canada
to ask the Provincial Government
to bring down legislation requirine
employers of labor in industries
where work on statutory holidays
is necessary to grant a week’s holi-
day each year with pay in lieu of
the holidays worked.

McGEER SEES
A RED BOGEY

VANCOUVER, Nov. 20—vVancou-
ver Mothers’ Council appearing be-
fore the Finance Committee, City
Hail yesterday, demanded that
blacklisted camp workers be placed
on relief pending re-instatement to
the camps.

Gerry MeGeer eut short Mrs.
Cowshill, Mrs. Meciellan and Ald.
Wilson, who were speaking on be-
half of the boys. Gerry stated that
he was “not against doing some-
thine for the boys if he could be
sure that the money would be used
for them and not for Communist
agitators.

that the

PUBLIC MIND BEING PREPARED

FOR WAR BY

War Office Starts Propa-
ganda in Preparation
for Slaughter

LONDON, Nov. 20—Scare head-
lines such as have not been seen
since the Great War appeared in
the press here today after a official
War Office announcement of the
arrest of a German, Dr. Gortz.

Dr. Gortz was arrested under the
Official Secrets Act.

Wewspapers said Goertz and a
woman companion were well known
at the seaside town of Broadstairs,
Kent, where they were said to have
been seen frequently wearing flying
coats and air helmets.

Goertz, who appeared twice before
a magistrate at Hargate yesterday,
Was remanded uptin next Tuesday.

JUSTICE’ GETS
GOING IN ALASKA

Judge Shows Which Side
He Favors Right at
the Start

JUNBAWD, Alaska, Nov. 18.—Twen-
ty-five miners and longshoremen
charged with rioting are on trial at
the present time in the Junean
court, defended by Irvin Goodman,
International Labor Defense Attor-
ney.

It took two days to pick the jury
from a pane] composed mostly of
people working for the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Company. The
prosecution excluded from the jury
any one who admitted approval of
peaceful picketing.

On the first day of the trial, the
defense, in the opening address,
tried to present to the jury the facts
that led up to the alleged riot.
Judze Alexander refused to allow
Goodman to present this necessary

information and excused the jury
from the courtroom, while the de-
fense and prosecution argued the

merits of the case in presenting the
information. Goodman cited prece-
dent for the admission of necessary
prior evidence but was over-ruled.
The defense was not permitted to
show that the efforts of the Alaska
Juneau Company to form a company
union may have caused the alleged
riot. The defense moved that a mis-
trial be declared on the basis of the
prejudice of the court, but the re-
quest was denied.

SCARE SPY STORIES

+ ‘COMMONWEALTH?

—US AND UNITY

Todays “Commonwealth” edi-
terial states in part: ... “Failing to
reach common accord with the

C.C.F. in Canada, the Communists
would prefer to organize a new
Labor party which, if successful,
could have but one result—the
splitting of the Socialist vote in
Canada to such an extent that
neither the €.C.F. nor the new
party could ever attain power...”

This is evading the issue. When
Stewart Smith stated, “We will af-
filiate with the C.C.F.,”’ this was no
empty gesture. It was a challenge.
A noble challenge, just as an of-
ficer rallies his hard-pressed troops
in war and calls, ‘Close ranks, men,
and follow me.’ It was a call for
unity and a challenge to capitalism.

EGYPT CALLS FOR
GENERAL STRIKE

CATRO, Egypt, Nov. 20. — Con-
tinuing thgir agitation against
British influence and rule in Egypt,
students are preparing to enforce
the general strike called here for
Wov. 21st. If the merchants in the
bazaars do not close their busi-
messes the students will march
down and close them up.

It is reported that thirty news-
papers will not publish on Novy. 21
in protest against press restric-
tions which have been imposed
upon the publishers since the stu-
dent agitation commenced.

Several students have been slain
and injured when police attacked
them in demonstrations.

CANADA ACTION
HELPS ITALY

OTTAWA, Nov. 19.—Canada today
ironed out her first problem iin
imposition of Economic Sanctions
against Italy by ruling the freighter
Farnham, carrying 5,000 tons of
United States scrap iron, will be
allowed to coal at Sydney, N_S.. and
proceed to her destination at Genoa.

Repeal Of Section 98
Asked In Fraser Valley

COUGHLAN, B.C. Noy. 14.—A
meeting here of the C.L.DL. un-
animously endorsed a resolution de-
mandine the repeal of section 98 of
the eriminal code and also another
demanding the right for the Com-
munist party to function as a legal
organization.

These resolutions were sent to the
premier of Canada.

HARMONY’ FOR
TWENTY YEARS

Col. Villiers Shows His
Hatred of Cumberland

Miners at Conciliation
Board Sitting

CUMBERLAND, Noy. 19.— Con-

ciliation Board commences its sit-
tings today at the courthouse. This
building will only hold about 20
people and efforts are being made
to have the sittings transferred to
a more suitable place.
_ During the short discussion that
took place, Col. Williers. of the
Company, showed his hatred of the
union, remarking “we recognize no
union here. We have had harmony
for twenty years, but for the last
few years agitators have been work-
ing to spoil the peace that prevail-
edu

The “harmony” and “peace” that
prevailed were unendurable condi-
tions, vicious speed-up, ete. and
lack of orfanization on the part of
the miners. The board is continu-
ing ifs sessions, x

CIVIC ELECTION
UNITY ASSURED

Communist and I. L. P.
Candidates at W’ peg
Move Towards the
United Front

By CARL HICHIN
WINNIPEG, Nov. 18—Aldermen
Blumberg and Gray, 1..P., speaking
at an election meeting held Sunday,
in the Peretz Hall, advised their
supporters to give their third choice
votes to Communist Candidate Jacob
Penner, and their first two choices

to the two I.L.P. candidates.

This move towards a united effort
to return to city council a Labor-
Communist majority, came after:-the
Manitoba District, Communist party
had addressed a letter to the city
board, I.L-P., offering similar sup-
port in order to “elect a majority of
1L.P. and Communist candidates to
the city council and school board.”

No written reply to the Communist
letter had been received up to late
Monday afternoon, but the speeches
of Gray and Blumbers, both mem-
bers of the city board, are interpret-
ed as a measure of success in build—
Ing anti-capitalist unity in the
present Civie election campaizn.

CITRINE FAVORABLY
IMPRESSED WITH
THE SOVIET UNION

LONDON, Nov. 12.—Sit Walter
Citrine, secretary of the British
Trades’ Union Congress, just return-
ed from the Soviet Union, declared
that the Soviet Union must now be
regarded as an industrial power.

“J expect that there will be a de-

ANS LEADS TREKKERS’ STRUGGLE AT PROBE

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Liberal Governments Appoint

Four

Lawyers Defending RCMP

At Regina Riot Investigation

HEAVY EXPORTS
OF NICKEL FROM
CANADA TO ITALY

Dominion Bureau of Statistics
reveal that Italy imported almost
twice as much fine nickel during
October as it did during all last
year. Imports for Qctober totalled
12,779 ewt, worth $558,713, while
the entire 1934 import was only
6,968 cw.

Mussolini was apparently racing:
to get in the nickel prior to the
applying of sanctions and he found
Canadian capitalists only too will-
ing to assist. Latest reports indi-
cate that Canadian nickel is find-
ing its way to Italy in spite of sup-
posed imposition of sanctions.

MILLIONS FOR
MINE BOSSES —
MINERS JAILED

The powerful Noranda Mines Ltd.,
great Quebec copper-gold producers,
made a profit for the first nine
months’ of 19385 of $4,071,869. Over
and above this amount $630,000 was
reserved for depreciation and $615,-
000 for taxes.

Sixteen miners are at present sery-
ing a sentence of two years in St.
Vincent de Paul penitentiary, to be
followed by deportation, for partici-
patting in a Strike for the return of
Wage cuts and better conditions in
the Noranda Mines.

All forces of the state were used
to crush this strike and to enable
the company to continue to pile up
super-profits.

Mass working class action is need-

ed to secure the release of these
prisoners, who have now served
half their sentences, and to stop
their deportation to Fascist coun-

tries.

Commission Refuses To Come to Vancouver To
Inquire Cause of Campboys’ Strike; Events
That Led to Ottawa Trek

Bakers Strike
At Winnipeg

Walk-out at 16 Bakeries
for Wage Increase

WINNIPEG, Noy. 18—More than
one hundred and seventy-five balk-

ery workers came out on strike,
Monday morning, demanding wage
inereases and union recognition.

Sixteen bake shops are effected, by
the strike action, which was decided
upon utter a conference call sent by
the Bakers and MJDrivers Local,
W.U.LL., had failed to obtain a satis-
factory settlement with the bosses.

The strikers are picketing the
plants.

Among the demands of the strik-
ers are a weekly wage of $24 for
head bakers, $18 weekly for bakers,
$15 weekly for benchmen, $12 for
helpers and 35¢ per hour for cake
makers.

Prominent among the demands of
the drivers is one that their pay be
changed from a commission basis to
a wage basis and that all credit
Should be carried by the bosses and
not by the drivers as at present.

The names of the bakeries inyvoly—
ed follow: City, Manitoba, Maple
ieaf, Modem, Markoyiteh, Inter-
national, Robbins, Star, Ukrainian,
Buckwolds, Sures, Royal, Winnipes,
Workers, Renown, Brothers, and
National.

NANAIMO OPERATORS BRING IN
MINERS WHILE LOCAL MEN IDLE

UNITED FRONT
GROWS IN SPAIN

PARIS.—formation of a united
front of Spanish Left Republicans,
Socialists, Communists and Anar-
cho-Syndicalists was announced by
the Left Republican leader Asania
at a large meeting, writes the Madad-
rid correspondent of “Jour.”

finite improvement in the next two
or three years in the standard of
life,’’ Citrine said. IT think, too,
that the improvement will be main-
tained.”

Police

Act As Censors

On “Waiting For Lefty’

Threaten Te Cancel Li-
cense of Theatre if
Performance Is
Repeated

DIRECTOR WRITES CHIEF

The police of Vancouver have
served notice on the Ukrainian Lab-
er Temple Association, in whose
theatre the play, “Waitine for
Lefty” was produced on five oc-
casions to packed houses, with hun-
dreds turned away, that its hall
license would be cancelled if they
permitted the play to be produced
again in their building,

“Waiting for Lefty” received high
praise from all papers in the city.
The excellence of the play and the
fine performances by the cast spread
rapidly over the province, and be-
yond. The result has been that re-
quests haye been pouring in to the
P.A.C. from points on Vancouver
Island and on the mainland for its
production in those places.

The following quotations from a

letter sent by Garland Kang as-
sociate director of the play with
Guy Glover to Chief Constable

Foster explains the points at issue.
64, 553 Granville St
Vancouver, B.C.,
November 19,1935.

Col. W. W. Pester,

Chief Constable,

Vancouver, B.C.

Re “Waiting for Lefty”

Dear Sir:
As arranged by you, I met your
Supt. Darling of the C1I.D., to whom

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you had referred the matter of this

play. As a result of our lengthy con-
yversation it was agreed that I should
write to you and state the position
Which I take and the undertakings
I am prepared to sive on behalf of
the Progressive Arts club with res-
pect to the play “Waiting for Lefty”

Which was given recently at the
Ukrainian Labor Hall.
I understand that Major Darlings

made a report te you on the play and
that you in turn gave certain advice
to the license inspector, H. A. Ur-
auhart, who in turn wrote the fol-
lowing letter to the owners of the
hall:

“J am adyised by the police de-
partment that a recent perform-
ance entitled “Waiting for Lefty’’
exhibited at 805 East Pender St.,
was of such a nature and charac-
ter that a recurrence of such a
type of play in the future, that
they will request this department
for a cancellation of the license of
these premises in question.

In accordance with the report of
the police department, I am there-
fore advising you that an inimedi-
ate cancellation of the license will
be effected, if and when, a simi-
lar performance is shown as com-
plained of above.

Yours very truly,
(Sgnd-) H. A. Urquhart,
License inspector.

The result is that Mr. Urquhart
has become, in effect, an official
eensor of Plays, while you are the

deus ex machina, However, I gladly
acquit you of any responsibility for
the atrocious English used by the
license inspector in the exercise of
his jurisdiction over matters of a
literary and critical mature. It ap-
palls one to realize that in a metro-

(Continued on page 3)

NANAIMO, Nov. 20.—The action
ef the Canadian Collieries (Duns-
muir) Ltd. in importing outside Ia-
bor while a great number of local
miners are on relief is causing a
strong feeling of resentment among
the workers, business men, and
tax-payers of Nanaimo.

In the past month more than
thirty strangers have been put to
work, while local unemployed min-
ers are applying for work day af
ter day and being turned down.

The working abilities of the lo-
eal men are not questioned by the
company, many of them being laid
off due to the slackness of the
Summer months. It is ironical when
we compare this discrimination of
the local men with appealing com-
pany advertisements that decorate
the billboards throughout the prov-
ince, “Make the Island Miner Hap-
py—Buy Comox, Nanaimo, Well-
ington Coals.”

WORK IN WOODS,
£S5c PER HOUR

THE PAS, Man-., Nov. 11.—About
500 men are to be employed in the
lumber camps of The Pas Lumber
Co., at about 15 cents an hour, for
the winter months, out of which they
will have to pay their board and
other expenses.

The Pas Lumber Company, repre-
sentative of many other American
capitalist concerns doine= business in
Canada is hiring men for work in
the woods at $37 a month. Any men
familiar with logging camps will
know the hours of labor and this
camp is no exception. This company
has worked things out so that their
employees take very little money out
with them. Their expenses are:

Board at 75 cents a day ...... $22.50
Bah bb oY eb eaten asses eis es S75)
Medical:service: jee ee 1.00
Total Deductions! <2.22 se $24.25

This leaves a balunce of $12.75 per
month to buy clothing, tobacco and
other necessities. Anything that is
left goes to keep the wife and
family, if unfortuately the man is
married.

week.

your donations NOW!

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lr orty Dollars a Day for

Commissioners; Seven

a Week for Evans

5 STILL IN JAIL

Strikers’ Delegation Go
to Place Demand for
Concessions Before

Kings Cabinet

REGINA, Nov. 20.—The Provin—
cial Judicial Commission to investi-
gate the police inspired Regina.
riot on Dominion Day, commenced.
its work today. One of its first
actions was to refuse to adjourn to:
Vancouver to investigate the events
leading up to the trek and the riot.

Despite the election ballyhoo
against the forced labor camps by
the Liberal party, they have ap-
pointed two expert lawyers to cover
up the actions of the Bennett £0v-
ernment and of the R.GMP. The
Saskatchewan Liberal sovernment

have also appointed two lawyers to
work on the commission.

Sparing no expense to whitewash
the Bennett government and the
R.C.M.P. they are placine all pos-
sible barriers in the way of the trek—
kKers and refuse to pay the expenses
of the camp boys.

Forty Dollars a Day for Looking
Wise

Members of the commission ~re-
ceive $40 per day and all expenses.
These same members have allowed
Arthur Evans, who is working with
the trekkers’ lawyer, the miserable
amount of $7 per week. This amount
must cover the cost of his living
and all other expenses.

A delegation comprising Matt
Shaw, Rev. East, and a member of
the C.G.F. provincial executive is
proceedings to Ottawa for the pur-
pose of interviewing Mackenzie
Kins. Letters and wires should be
Sent to Hon. EF. Lapoint, minister of
justice, Ottawa, demanding that the
delegation receive 4 hearing and
that the five demands be granted.

The demands are:

(1) Broadening of the comumiis -
sion in personnel and in scope,
With federal authority.

(2) Payment of the
lawyer by the federal
ment.

: (5) Release of the five trelikers
Sill held in custody.

(4) Repeal of Section 98.

(5) Dropping of charges against
all charged under Section 98.

FRANS-PACIFIC
CARGO PLANES

WASHINGTON. — New fiying
boats are being constructed for
tran-Pacific service which is ulti-
mately to link China and America
in three and a half days. The 25-ton
seaplane, China Clipper, has been
completed and has made several
short flights. It is said to surpass
all flying boats in load earrying and
in cruising range of 3,000 miles, It
carries a crew of seven, 18 passen-
fers and cargo.

trekkers’
fovern-

Mothers’ Council Meet;
Ald. McDonald To Talk

Alderman MacDonald will five an

address to women at the O'Brien
Hall, in Vancouver. Tuesday, Noy.
26th, at 3:30 p:m., on his “Public

Defender Plan.” The meeting will
also take the form of an entertain-
ment inasmuch as there will be whist
from 2 to 3, and later refreshments
will be served. The affair is being
Staged under the auspices of the
Mothers’ Council and it is expected
that a large number of women will
be present.

Another $1,000,000
Loan Teo Alberta.

EDMONTON, Nov. 19 —Another
$1,000,000 loan was advanced to AJI-
berta today by the Dominion Goyv-
ernment to tide this province over
until the Dominion-Provincial Con-
ference is called at Ottawa on Dec.
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