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S535 5 05 as Sg piniel sie jel sis eiwia pols = a's) n (0-0/0 sosonss556555 g Nels Fe lsis} SAS Sa asa eg seiqess Ss 95056555 S53 agS50 050 SSS sseo5ssc00 City or Town ........ pinibivistnipiwiniiwlalaJalejalsin'clecsin tole ) throughout Germany. Literally there is not enough of Germany's productive effort left over from armament building to feed her population. Finally, and this is the essential point, Germany’s pre- sent situation is a mirror in which we in Britain can see what our own future is to be if we allow our pre- sent rulers to continue in. power. Imperialism is the final stage of capitalism. Must Will to Live Armament building on ae scale suffieient to dominate the whole economie structure is the final stage of imperialism. Every capitalist state must devote itself, body and soul, to the manufacture of the in- struments of death. It must do so, not only because of its imminent perils from its rival, but also because this is the one remaining way by which it can keep its population in employment, Was there ever a greater night- mare than this? The only way in which capitalism can now keep us alive is to employ us in preparing to kill each other. In a world which cries out bitter destitution, Which lacks with an adequate supply of every single necessary of life, the one and only form of economic activity which our capitalists will allow us to engage in is the manufacturer of tanks, of bombers, of gas, of cruisers and of suns, Will Intensify Problem It is hardly necessary to add that the economic relief which capitalism can obtain from armament building is extremely temporary. It is one of those “solutions’’ which themselves intensify the problem. An armament boom is in essence exactly like any other capitalist boom. It can only be maintained by an ever-increasins ac- celeration. For reasons which it would take too much space to explain here, but which will be familiar to every Marxist, it is impossible to stabilize such an upward movement. It must be pushed higher and higher in an ever-dizzier and more precarious pyramid until inevitably the crash comes. In other words, once a capi- talist state has embarked on arma- ment building on the new scale, has embarked on this last and most des- perate and most horrible device for the maintenance of the system, it cannot pause or stop. The vast mass of capital and of human labor which is sucked into the military machine must not only be maintained but must be continually increased. If there is a pause or hesitation or eheck, a new crisis will break out. Arament Program Meahs War This is why for economic reasons alone every such armaments race must end in war. The breaking point comes when one or other of the rivals simply cannot stay the coure. One dictator or another finds that he must crack within another month. He dare not throw his mil- lians of munitions workers out of work or demobilize his millions of eonseripts. Capitalism cannot demo- bilize. At this moment war must come. This is then the prospect held out to us by our rulers’ pet device of preventing a new slump by initiatine= a great armament program. i This is the conveyor belt to death on to which they would herd us, on to which they will herd us unless we awaken in time. CCF Enters City Election (Continued from Page 1) of only property-owners and ten- ants. : 6. Abolition of property quali- fications for civic election candi- dates. 7. Extension of library facili- ties. §. Strict enforcement of sanita- tion and health regulations. School Board Trustees. For the School Board program the main points are as follows: I. Free and equal opportunity for every child, including benefits of all services up to and includ- ing university courses. 2. Elimmation of fees for even- ing classes. 3. More vocational and tech- nical training. ~ 4. Special classes of children of school leaving age who cannot find employment. 5. Extension of social services in schools. Parks Commissioners. Program on Parks Administration inclue the following: 1. Free speech and assembly in all public parks. 2. Work in public parks to be done at union rates of pay. 3. Commission to be set up to investigate the Trout Lake sit- uation with a view to making it safe for children for bathing in summer and skating in winter. B-C. District Communist Party Invites Unity Discussion. The Communist Party in Vancou- ver has communicated with the C.C.F. inviting discussion in order to reach mutual understanding con- cerning the civic election and has enclosed a draft program for all phases of civic administration for discussion, adoption or amendment. It is fully expected that the Com- munist Party will swing in behind C.C.F, candidates and help to elect them and to defeat the present up- holders of the MceGeer policy in the Vancouver city council. Mothers’ Request For Tag Day Turned Down The request of the Vancouver Mothers Council for a tag day for the blacklisted camp workers has been refused. Mayor MecGeer Mothers Council that the request had been referred to the police authorities and they had seen fit to turn it down. informed the Fisherman’s Choice By J. S. WALLACE | Hither to starve on shore Or drown in the ocean’s mesh (Por the only thing cheaper fish today Ts fisherman’s flesh). —From “‘“‘Worker” of Oct. 31. than Get a subscription from your mneighor or Shop mate for the B.C. Workers News. ANNOUNCEMENTS The sum of $30 was raised for the B.C. Joint Defence Committee at a social staged by the C.C_F. Club and Communist Party unit at the Mar- pole C.C.. Hall. Arts now Club presents Clifford QOdets famous play, “Waiting for Lefty.’”’” at the Com- munity Hall, 48rd and Victoria Rd., Vancouver. Tickets 35 and 50 cents. Progressive The Womens’ Labor Nanaimo held an enjoyable evening, Nov. 24, at the home of Mrs. Haukedahl, who is shortly to leave Nanaimo for the mainland. League of social The annual conyention of the Women’s Labor League will be held Sat., Nov. 30th, at 2 p.m., and Dec. ist, at 10 am., at the Clinton Hails The social to raise convention ex- penses will be held at 130 Hastings West, on Saturday, Noy. 30th, at 3 p.m. CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN NAZI GERMANY A former inmate of these camps will speak at 150 Hastings St. West, Sunday, Dec. ist, 8 p.m. Overflow meeting at 130 Hastings St. West. Malcolm Bruce will also speak. “The Red Salute”- Pro- : War, Pro-Fascist Trash they had left the hotel he, half drunk, had told her that he loved her and they had kissed. The general greatly infuriated at the newspaper publicity of his daughter becoming involved with 2 common dousgh-boy gets busy as only a general can. But he forgeets his class snobbishness when he learns that Drue is determined to marry the Red student. At the im- migration department he is told that the student is not an Ameri-— Gan, he is a foreigner who is in the land of the free under a student’s visa good for a year, and that they cannot deport him unless something definite,’such as starting a riot, were pinned on to him. The official thinks but is unable to prove that he was sent to America to agitate. There is to be a May Day meeting at which the student is to be the main speaker. The general sends for Uucle Sam pours several drinks into him, and implies that it would be a great thing if the May Day meeting ended in a riot. Sam, who joined the army to fight for eyvery- thing that Old Glory stands for, at- tends the meeting ,sets on the plat— form, and starts a free-for-all fieht. Immigration officers who have been waiting on the outskirts of the meet- ing rush in, arrest the student, and tell him he is to be deported im- mediately. Unele Sam is beine beaten badly but Drue calls some police- man to rescue him, and there sit- ting on the ground she confesses that she loves him only. : The final scene shows them, hap- pily married, travelling in a new trailer for Mexico. No doubt the general, who is a good ‘fixer,’ will have all the charges against the hero dropped. Anyway he gives them five thousand dollars for a weddins present. This is the story of The Red Salute film now being shown at the Strand Theatre. It is an indication of the times, times getting so close to war and ascism that the motion picture industry is being used to pre- judice people’s minds against those who dare stand up and fight both these menaces. It tries to show that the anti-war fighters are foreign “agents,” that the young women who join the anti-war movement are unconsciously seeking only a mate. The moral of course is obvious, be a big strong scissor-bill, like the hero, and you can get away with almost murder, marry a beautiful girl, be- come wealthy, if you are only will- ing to fight for “four great American institutions.’ The picture shows, too, that the Capitalists will employ the dirtiest of frame-up methods to crush the movement against war and Mascism. It is a warning to be on guard against such things. Advertised as the year’s outstand- ing comedy, the picture is a good one to stay away from and to tell every— body you know to stay away from. The success of pictures of this kind is determined by the box-office re- ceipts, and it may be that if the management of the Strand loses money on this one they will hesitate to show others of a similar nature. —F. B. Blacklisted _ Camp Boys (Continued from page 1) its present position by abolishing production for private profits. The Banks Dictate The question of the blacklisted camp boys in Vancouver without food, shelter or clothing apart from that raised by individual donations was raised by Alderman McDonald. He asked that the delegation from the City Council to Ottawa take up this matter with the government. McGeer explained that this city has an overdraft with the Bank of Montreal of between six and seven million dollars and that the bank decides which cheques shall be honored. A cheque for the camp boys would be returned “N.S...” Harold Winch clashed with the mayor. “It is strange,’ he said, “that a cheque for support of these boys would be returned from the bank marked ‘N.S.F.,’ and a cheque for $72,000 for maintenance of law and order would be met.,’’ Plenty Money for Police McGeer immediately flew into 2 tantrum and splutterinely stated: “Tt is a simple matter to get money for police purposes... . the bank wishes to preserve law and order. ... As long as I am mayor of this city I will see that law and order is maintained. . - . The rich will always organize against the poor and for the im- poverished mass to move against wealth will inevitably lead to a clash.” At the close of the meeting Harold Winch, in response to a request from a member of the Mothers’ Council, asked that a tag day be granted the black-listed boys. At the close of Winch’s speech Mc- Geer, stating that they had this mat- ter under consideration, rose from his seat and thus ended the meet- ing without allowing any further discussion. NEEDLESS UNEASINESS Sandy M’Pherson was travelling to Glasgow, and on the way he felt thirsty, so he took out a bottle and drew the cork. Just as he was about to take a taste, a fellow pas- senger in clerical garb addressed him. “Fxxcuse me, sir, but I am Sixty- five years of age, and I have never tasted a drop of whiskey.” “Dinna worry yersel,’ said Sandy, “you're no gauntae start noo.’