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The Regina

Victory

And Its Lessons

«

By J. P. BESPALKO

The Regina victory in the civic
election is a living example of the
correctness of the Communist
Party position that the creation of
a solid Labor front can bring vic-
tory to the anti-capitalist forces.

The Labor victory resulted in the
election of a Labor mayor, six
Labor aldermen out of ten, one of
whom was T. G. McManus, a lead-
ing Communist, the election of a
Majority of Labor-endorsed candi-
dates on the Public School Board,
—three out of four seats, and the
election of a majority of Laboren-
dorsed candidates on the CGollepi-
ate School Board, winning two out
of three seats.

Government Tool Defeated

The total Labor vote increased by
over 50 per cent over the highest
Labor vote cast in 1932.

The total Labor aldermanic vote
on Monday was 8,389 cast for two
aldermen in each ward, which in-
dicates an individual yote for Labor
of 4,250 as compared with 2,808
wotes cast in 1932.

In Ward 3, a working class dis-
trict, T. G McManus, Gommunist,

and J. M. Toothill, €.@F., had a

majority of 282 over the combined
vote of all five opponents who ran
in that ward.

One of the highlights of the
campaign was the defeat of H.
EK. Sampson, H.C., who repre—
sented the crown at the prelim-
inary hearings of the Regina
trekkers, for Public School Board.
In Ward 3, which is predomin-

antly Catholic and German, the
campaign was most bitter and un-
scrupulous. In an effort to defeat
Labor, the opposition, in their des-
peration, raised the Nationalist is-
Sue, calling for the election of
foreign-born candidates to repre-
Sent foreign-born workers to the
Gouncil.

Failing to win the workers by
this slogan, they raised the Red
bogey at the last minute of the
campaign, calling upon the work-
ers to defeat Communism, partic-
ularly centering their attack
against McManus.

Throughout the campaign these
splitters of Labor raised the slogan,
“If you elect an unemployed can-
didate, he cannot take his seat.”
The Labor Ward Associations is-
sued daily leaflets combatting con-
cretely all of these arguments. As

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN
WHO SAID ‘IT CAN'T BE DONE’?

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Press Campaign Gets
Away to Good Start;
Like OI Bill

,Anyoine who stands up in the
Labor movement today and opposes
progressive action is either away
behind the times, or an agent of the
capitalist class, or else just plain
stupid.

Before we launched the drive for
a *‘Daily Worker’ and for sustain-
ing of the “B.C. Workers’ News,”
there was a worker belonging to a
mass organization who said at a
meetins, “We can't accept a quota

There’s too much duplication

. . Too many campaigns and so
on.” Gast night that oreanization’s
members told of how they accepted
the quota ... increased it by $12,
from $38 to $50, and in four days
raised half of it.

As the timid one was reminded

pessimism, he felt
abashed; how the workers laughed.
They laughed him out of the room.

People of B.C. want “The Work-
er’’ and the “B.C. Workers’ News”
in order to get the truth about the
war situation — about Fascism —
about Kine, Pattullo and the City
Council. The workers want to
know how the strugsle for unity is
progressinge.

A Flying Start.

After four days we have $125 al-
ready in. One man came in and
said, “I like Ol’ Bill’s Golumn, and
just to prove it here’s $5.’ We be-
lieved him right away. Who's the
next to convince us they like it.

We are away to a flying start,
lets keep it up. It should be red
hot by Christmas. Send in funds
collected every week. Let us hear
from every point from Rupert to

White Rock, and from Alberni to
Cranbrook. Send reports for publi-
eation in “Lhe News,’

Doings Of

Public Meeting,
Hall, Sunday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m.
Auspices of Sec. 3, C.P.of C.
Speakers: Drayton, Lealess.
Collection for Joint Drive for
“Worker” and “B.C. Workers’
News.”

Garfield A. King, director
of the famous play “Waiting
for Lefty,” will address a pub-
lic meeting Sunday, Dec. 15th
at 8 p.m., at 150 W. Hastings
St., on Proletarian Literature.
Benefit of the Workers’
Press.

Scandinavian Dance, Dec-
ember 16th, 9 to 12, Orange
Hall. Admission, gents 15c,
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Whist Drive and Social. on
Friday, Dec. 13th at 8 p-m., in
Orange Hall, Gore and Hast-
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Table Lamp; admission, 10c.
Proceeds for the Press Drive.

Credential Cancelled

One of our accredited delegates,
collecting funds and selling Labor
Defence Bonds, was Arthur
Marsh, who was to cover part of
the Interior and then to go to
Vancouver Island.

To date we have had no report
from this former representative,
and we wish to state that <A.
Marsh is no longer authorized to
work or collect funds in the name
of the B.C. Joint Defence Com-
mittee. :

His credentials, stamped by the
L.& W.T.W. Central Strike Com-
mittee, Helief Gamp Workers
Union and signed for the B.C.
Joint Defence Committee have
been cancelled.

We ask the general public, and
particularly all labor organiza-
tions to please take note.

B.C. Joint Defence Commiitee,
W. EF. Mahoney, Sec.

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a result of this good work, the
masses voted solid for Labor.
Organized Campaigning

Almost 700 workers were active
in the campaign with daily house-
to house canvassing in all wards,
guided by each Ward Association.
Catholie workers canvassed steadily
outside the Catholic church for the
Labor candidates.

About 12 trade unions donated to
the election campaign, and many
trade union members were active
canvassing for Labor. As a result
of this united front activity, Labor
Swept to victory.

During the campaign, many of
the candidates brought forward
Labor’s attitude to Imperialist War,
against fascism and for defence of
civil liberties.

The election results were fol-
lowed by a spontaneous demonstra-
tion of over 1,000 people to the City
Hall, where the successful Labor
candidates spoke.

Rejoice in United Front
€.C.F’ers Catholic workers, Trade
Unionists, are saying, “Now we
know what unity means!” Our
greatest victory is the fact that
the masses have learned, through

life itself, the value of unity and

common action. This great lesson
is a milestone in the history of Re-
gina Labor, a Jesson that will be
rapidly picked up and emulated
throughout Ganada. The unity in
the civic election was the result of
unity and the gains won in the
previous relief strikes that put a
stop to forced labor in this city.
Weed for Mass Labor Party

But more than this, the Regina
police riots brought out clearly to
the masses the bloody, bestial char-
acter of finance capital, and the
need for the unity of the common
people to beat back the further at-
tacks that are being made.

The civic elections show Labor
united. It is the first step, but we
must not stop. Lhe workers call
for a strong united Labor Party.
We must consolidate our victory by
building a strong united Labor
Party embodying the mass of Trade
Unions, Unemployed and oppressed
people, a Labor Party which can
give full support to its members
on the council, a Labor Party
which will see that Labor’s policy
is carried out by its representa-
tives.

Forward to the building of a
mass Labor Party!

By M. DICIx

In Bulletin No. 1 of the Citizens’
League, there are quotations from
the Fish Report, Matthew Woll’s
leters to the secretary of state, Cor-
dell Hull, as well as part of the
speech delivered by Joseph P. Ryan
on communist activities among the
longshoremen and seamen in the
United States.

The Fish Report and the quota-
tions contained therein are false
and have long been disproyed by
the Communist Party of the U.S.A.
Since this is the case we will there-
fore confine ourselves to discussing
things that are happening in Can-
ada, for the sake of convenience of
the Canadian working and middle
class people. It is apparent that
the - Citizens’ Deasue wishes to
utilize A. Tof L. leaders so as to
Strengthen its false arguments. But
we decline to enter here into dis-
eussion on A.F.of L. leaders. The
communist differences and criticism
of A.F.of L. leaders are entirely sep-
arate issues.

Is This True?

“W. I. Lenin, i.e. Vladmer MTlitch
Ulianov, aided by Trotsky-Braun-
stein, Zinovieff-Apfelbaum, and 300
New York revolutionaries, over-
threw, reputably by secret ‘arrangee-

The Citizens’ League
And Their Bulletins

ments (Secret arrangements with
whom? M.D.), the Kerensky ‘So-
cial Democrat’ Government utilized
to remove the Czarist regime, Nov-
ember -17th, 1917." (Citizens’ Lea-
Sue Bulletin No. 1.)

Any thinking men will under-
Stand that such a thing is impos-
sible. Just imagine Lenin, Trotsky
and Zinovieff with 300 New York
revolutionaries overthrowing the
ezarist regime!

The Citizen’s League want to con-

vey the impression that only ‘303
revolutionaries” were dissatisfied
with the Czarist rezime and not the
millions of workers, peasants, army
meén with professional and middle
class people. led by the Communist
Party and V. I. Lenin as its leader
which put the end to the rule of
landlords and rich capitalists rep-
resented by the Kerensky Govern-
ment.

A government which, notwith-
Standing the horror of these years
of war, resulting in poverty for the
maority of the people brought com-
plete ruin to the country. In spite
of all this, the ruling class, with
Kerensky, wished to continue the
war for bigger profits at the ex-
pense of the poor people. These
were the things which removed the
Czarists and Kerensky regimes.
Precisely so, Miss Citizen’s League.

Since we are given to under-
stand that Tom McInnis is the
editor-in-chief of the Citizens’
League Bulletins there is no basis
for wonder.

Three Mysterious Guestions of the
Citizen’s Jieague.

Yes, we are only too glad to an-
Swer any genuine questions per-
taining to the work of the commun-
ists. In fact, I am inviting this
from all those who read the bulle-
tins or listen to the radio broad-
casts of the Citizens’ League. How-
ever, we do resent, and even object,

twelve fraternal delefates from the
Marine Federation, Canada, and
international representatives of the
I.S.0. :
One of the main resolutions dealt
with at the Convention was the
one relating to the International
Salmon Treaty. It was felt by
fishermen delegates that the treaty
in its present form is at variance
with the interests of the fishermen.
It places authority in the hands of
a Commission of six, the whole
questions of the fishing industry
such as conservation of Fraser
River sockeye salmon and other
problems:

The main objection to -it is the
fact that fishermen| have no repre-
sentation whatsoever on the Gom-
mission, and that the conservation
of fish was used as a cloak to set
up this Commission. :

It was this as well as for minor
reasons that the resolution con-
demning it in its present form was
adopted.

Other resolutions passed called
for the release of Tom Mooney, for

radio and operations be put on fish-

and one against war and fascism,
B. C. Fishermen Striving For
Unity.

The Fishermen's and Cannery
Workers’ Union in B.G. is holding
their annual convention in Vancou-
ver December 14 and 15, when the
main question for discussion will
be unity of all existing fishermen’s
unions on: the Coast and a program
of united action for the season of
1936.

United States fishermen will send
fraternal delegates to the B.G. con-
vention.

Citizens’ League, nor do we know
whether the funds of the B.C. Elec-
tric Company, Shipping Federation,
ete., supply enough money to keep
Tom McInnis and Edgett from
Starvation?

Question Wo. 1: “The Marxian
and the neo-Marxianist protest to
utter disregard of truth, that ‘Lib-
erty, Equality and Mraternity’ is the
basic principle. :

In answering this question, we
would like to ask the gentlemen of
the Citizens’ Leasue to giye us the
names of the intellectual leaders of
old time Russia who have been
murdered. This is the only and the
best way to deal with the people
that are accustomed to seneralities

empty phrases. - We have had all
sorts of delegations yisitinge the So-
viet Union and upon their return
they gave us truthful reports on
the conditions in the Soviet Union.

However, we deem it advisable in
this ease to turn our eyes to Dr.
Brewing, prominent Vancouver
pastor, who ‘yisited the Soviet
Union in 1934.

Speaking in the Hotel Vancouver
on Wednesday, September 26, 1934,
Dr. Brewing declared:

“Yn Russia, mention either of
God or capitalism will raise a
hearty laugh, but there is not 2
church in Moscow which has been
suppressed because of its reli-
religion, It has been suppressed
because of its politics.”

Since the revolution all sorts of
people have been uncovered with

it somebody else, and particularly | evidence to show their connections
the Citizens’ League, do the work with, and full financial support
which really should be done by the given them by certain capitalist
communists, who are best qualified countries. Some of these groups
to make interpretations of their organized sabotage in various in-

programme.

We wonder whether the Citizens’
League will concede our elementary
right? After all we refused to make
any financial contributions to the

Expose Hypocrisy Of
Thanksgiving

SATIRE THAT BITES

(From U.B.C. Students Publication)

Every campus in Canada has
been watching with imterest the
trouble caused in Saskatoon by an
editorial that appeared in the Uni-
versity of Saskatchewan ‘‘Sheaf,”
which was attacked by the Cana-
dian Legion there. The Ubyssey
presents -below the offending edi-
torial.

Yesterday was the day set aside as
the one on which Canadians might
pause for a thoughtful hour and
count their blessings.

The gratitude and tribute are in
good hands and “Staff Observer’’ is
content to leave them there, but feels
nevertheless that a few words of
thankfulness for one or two matters
might be justly given in case they
are overlooked in the general out-
pourins.

Imprimis. We are thankful that
we do not belong to a sreedy and
imperialistic country like Italy, but
to the British Empire which has a
record of rapine, sayage murder,
diplomatic devilry, cold-blooded

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bargaining, wholesale stealing, un-

holy alliances and general ag-
grandizement unequalled by any
other nation in the world’s history.

We give thanks that we do not live
in repressive Nazi Germany, but in
a country of free speech and where
the rights of bargaining and petition
are recognized and where our Goy-
ernment is paternal but firm and
meets the unarmed heart-sick youny
Canadians at Regina with mounted
men with clubs and with bullets and
tear gas and Section 98.

We are thankful too that we are to
be protected against ourselves and
not allowed to adopt socialism except
the Liberal way and that the Gov-
ernment had foresight to secure
some baby tanks all nicely equipped
with machine suns which it will be
able to turn against coal miners in
Nova Scotia or Drumheller, or fac-
tory workers in Toronto, or dock
workers in Vancouver or farmers
in Saskatchewan.

We are more than thankful that
the Canadian Officers’ Tramins
Corps regulations will allow the
shooting down their fellow citizens
at the order of any Government
which sees fit to perpetuate itself
by those means.

We are thankful for the editor of
the Toronto Varsity who knows and
prints more Polonius platitudes than
Hearst ever dreamed of.

We give thanks to the genera-
tion of our fathers -which saved

dustries to hamper and present the
successful building of Socialism.
They adopted yarious means to do
this dirty work. They destroyed
food in order to create discontent
among the people and in such ways
tried to discredit the Soviet sov-
ernment. Punishment imposed on
them was necessary and pustifiable.
Some such agents of capitalism
were even executed for assassination
of Soviet leaders like Volodarsky
and Uritsky and the attempted
murder of Lenin.

tianity and killed most of their
sons in the doing. Theirs was a
noble work and worthy of the hyp-

ocritical fudge they so enjoyed
preaching.
We offer thanksgiving for the

League of Nations which has served
as so useful a cloak for France and
England and the Little Entente.

We are thankful for Sir Samuel
Hoare, the biggest dupe and fakir
that the decade has discovered. He
can find moral reasons faster than
the Italian press can answer them.

And we are thankful too, that cer-
tain preachers of Canada are already
beginning to shout about patriotism
béing a duty and murder being sanc-
tioned by God. It makes them so
consistent with their sweet sticky
sentimental sayagery of 20 vyears
ago.
We give thanks that in the com-
ing world war the blind and
interested patriots will be able to
find a shibboleth and that while
it will be somewhat frayed it will
still suffice to Ill a few million.

We give thanks that within two
years the plains and valleys of Eu-
rope will again receive to their soil
the sweet red blood and the rotting
bodies of one-third of the male pop-
ulation of Europe. Think of the pil-
srimages that generals and states-
men will be able to make and all the
wreaths they will haye excuses to

democracy in the name of Chris-

lay on cenotaphs.

the compulsory establishment of ~

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and no facts to substantiate these —