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NEWS

December 27, 1935

| YOUTH COLUMN |

Gonducted by MAURICE RUSH

ROD-RIDER KILLED NEAR

- CRANBROOK
Michael Halusko, 31-year-old Rus-
sian,

by a GPR. passenger train near| sands of Chinese students demon-
Cranbrook Saturday last. Strated their hostility to Japanese

FWalusko, unemployed, and seek-j/invasion of Ghina by marching
ing work, travelled from town to jhrough the streets of that city cry-
¢own “riding the rods,” until his | ing: “Down with Japanese Imperial-

fatal en deame, when he fell under
the wheels of the speedy passenger
4rain and was killed.

U.S. CONGRESSMAN AGAINST
; NAZI OLYMPICS

Tf. WH. Hildebrandt, Wnited States
Goneressman from the Hirst Dis-
trict, South Dakota, added his voice
this week to the growing demand
that American athletes do not par-
4icipate in the Olympic eames if
they are held in Nazi Germany.

In reply to enquiries as to his po-
sition on the Olympics, Hildebrandt
said, “I would say that I am strong-
ly opposed to a fascist dictatorship

or any other form of tyranny.
Therefore, I am naturally opossed
¢o any action that may aid or

strengthen such dictatorships.

‘Tf the charges made against Hit-
jer’s resime are true, it is substanti-
ally the same as Mussolini's fasc-
ism and is equally as cruel and op-
pressive. If these accusationS are
correct, we should certainly abstain
from participation in any athletics
jn Germany.

“Tor the great mass of the Ger-

man people I have the highest re- IN U.S.S.R. :
spect, as I have for the great mass Moscow, Dec. 21. — The Soviet
DE ees EATEN people. : OUR aire Union's Second Five-Year Plan in
honest, industrious racial groups .

that lave contributed much to the
world’s progress. it is unfortunate
that they should be held down un-
der brutal tyrants who despise lib-
erty and democracy.”
Canadian Olympie Committee

For the information of various or-
ganizations who do not know where
to send protest resolutions against
Canadian participation in the Wazi
Olympics next year, the following is
4he address: P. J. Mulqueen, chair-
man Canadian Olympic Committee,
497 Rosedale Heights Drive, To-
ronto, Ontario.

Miners Against American

Participation
Washingeton, Dec: 18—The recent
eonvention of Anihracite miners
there, passed a resolution against

American participation in the Olym-
pic Games in Germany. The miners
pointed out that fascism has de-
Stroyed all labor unions in Germany.

SCHOOLS CLOSED TO STOP
DEMONSTRATIONS

Shanghai, Dec. 20. — Aiming to
block anti-Japanese student demon-
strations in Shantung Province,
Governor Han Fu Chu, tool of
Ghian Kai Chek, betrayer of the
Chinese people, today ordered all
middle schools in the area be closed
for one month.

Despite a downpour of rain, stu-
dents continued to hold meetings
and demonstrations in opposition to
Japanese influences in China.

SMILES
A celebrated vocalist was in a
motor car accident one day. A local
paper, after recording the accident,
added: ‘We are happy to state that
the was able to appear the following
morning in three pieces.”

Squad Leader: “I heard the Bat-
¢alion Gommander called you a
blockhead. Is that correct?”

Plebe: “No sir, he didn’t make it
that strong. He just said, “Roll

was struck and instantly killed’

CHINESE STUDENTS DEMON-
STRATE AGAINST IVE
PERIALISM
In Canton, China, last week, thou-

ism! .. Down with the North China
autonomisis! Let us resist the
Japanese invasion and saye our
country!”

Government officials are expect-
ing more and greater demonstra—
tions of this nature by workers and
students in various parts of China
in the near future.

iS If STRANGE TO YOU?

Recent statistics show that more
jan twelve million young people
have reached the age of 18 since the
beginning of the economic erisis in
the U.S.A., and that now more than
three million are out of school and
out of work.

That on November 7 in Moscow,
505,000 passengers rode through the
Metro subway.

That Shirley Temple, ehild
actress, is now getting a salary of
over $2,500 per week.

That funds of the 537 labor unions
in Great Britain now total nearly
$66,000,000—the highest amount for
ten years.

HUGE BEDUCATIONAL PLAN

Education makes provision for an
inerease of the number of children
in schools, colleges and other educa-
tional institutions from 5.2 millions
in 1932 to 16 millions in 19387.

Glubs and houses of culture are to
expand from 49,300 to 76,900, with a
$00 per cent increase in the number
c= books.

Contrast the cultural advance in
the Workers’ Republic with decay-
ine capitalist culture obtaining in
Canada, U.S.A., Germany, Italy and
a host of other countries.

BITLER DEFIED
Tt is said that a Christmas slogan
in Germany will be, ‘Heil Hitler and
Jesus!” It is probable that the fasc-
ists may vet change the name of
Germany to Hitlerland.

ROTTEN FOOD IN CCC CAMPS

Los Angeles. — Doctors were
ealled recently to treat 41 youths
of the Givilian Conservation Corps
for ptomaine poisoning. Lhe youths
were stricken after eating a fish
dinner at a GCC camp near Tujunsa,
California.

STUDENTS CLUBBED ON

PICKET LINE
Paterson, N.J.—Thre high school
students were arrested and several
persons were clubbed by police for
picketing a theatre showing “Red
Salute,” a film which attacks the
progressive student movement and
elorifies vigilante action. The film
is also being picketed in New Or-
jeans and other cities by anti-fascist
groups.

ARRESTED AT ANTI-WAR
MEETING

In Los Angeles recently six young
socialists were arrested for attempt-
ing to hold an anti-war meeting on
a downt-own street corner. They
were immediately arrested and
taken to ail. When they appeared
in the Municipal Court the next day

down your cap, here comes a wood-
pecker.”

their case was dismissed by the pre-
siding magistrate.

Defence News

‘pledge to assist you in any way,

bars in Qakalla Jail.

_jarge sum of money

CAMP WORKERS APPRECIATE

SEASONS GREETINGS
C. L. D. L- The District Hxecutive Commit
Camp 901, Pender Harbor, B.C., | tee, Canadian Labor Defence
Dec. 23—“‘Just recently held 4] League, wishes at this time to ex-

membership meeting in this camp
and th question of sending tobacco
¢o you for the labor prisoners in
Qalkalla was taken up. A resolution
to take up a collection was unani-
mously passed. As the result of this
we are sending you 57 packages of
tobacco and 11 packages of ciga-
rette papers. Along with this please
accept our warmest appreciation for
the splendid work you are doing in
defending our own comrades who
are on trial in Regina.

“We camp workers (many of whom
have been defended by the C. L.
D. L.) realize full well the im-
portance of your organization and

shape or form.
“fWraternal greetings.
“Secretary» — — —”

WARDEN ALLOWS PRIVILEGE

Dec. 24—All morning was spent
by the CL.D.L. packing hampers
for our class brothers in Oakalla.
The Central Burnaby Branch of the
G.L.D.L. personally took charge of
two, GC. Smith and A. Stock, who re-
side in their area, and at 1:30 p-m.a

_—truck, donated by a member, left

for OQakalla, The warden agreed to
open the gates and allow the truck
risht in the yard.

GREAT SUPPORT FOR

PRISONERS
VANCOUVER, Dec. 24. — From

many sources and from various in-
dividuals, donations of cash, tobacco
and foodstuffs haye reached the
CL.D.l. to supply Christmas cheer
for our class brothers behind the
Among the
jlarger donations, Wictoria sent $15,
Cumberland $30, Prince Rupert $8,
Stewart Miners $18. Altogether a
was collected
and this is significant of the co-
operation which our branches and
supporters are giving: the D.E.C.

tend their most heartfelt greetings
to all the members and supporters
of the C.L.D.L.

The past year has been a strenu-
out one for our members, inasmuch
as hundreds of workers have been
arrested for their activity in better-
ing the conditions of the working
class, necessitating the raising of
some thousands of dollars and the
generating of a huge amount of
mass activity.

We can safely state that our or-
ganization came through with fly-
ing colors. Not a worker went un-
defended, and over seventy per cent
were acquitted through our activity.
Wine families today look to the C.L.

D.L. for some form of relief and
these are being supplied with a
small sum monthly <All workers

who were convicted were and are
bein= supplied with small comforts

and all-this was made possible
through the support of our mem-
bers.

Members of the C.L.D.L!
District Committee
of the way in which you have
worked this year, pledges to work
even harder in 1936, and further
pledges to intensify the campaigns

Your
in appreciation

for the release of all workers in
every capitalist country.
The D.E.C. wishes. all members

“and supporters a very, very happy
New Year!

UNIONS HELP PRISONERS

NEW WESTMINSTER, Dec. 23.—
Expressing solicitations for the wel-
fare of the labor prisoners in Oa-
Ikalla, the Firefighters Union do-
nated $5, Swifts Independent Union
$5, Railwaymen’s Union $5, and the
Relief Workers Wnion $2 for the
Christmas Relief campaign.

All these unions are in New West-
Minster and on behalf of the C.L.

land miners who do not see eye to

Eye with the Union, along With
some men who are out to Curry
favor with the employer are pre-

paring to launch a company Union
with the active assistance of the
coal company, even goine to the ex-
tent of betraying their fellow work-
ers.

These men should think twice be-
fore they take such a step. They
should look around and see how
company unions in many other
plants, both in Canada and the
W.S.A. have always worked in the
interests of the emplovers and
against the interests of the work-
ers.

Trail smelter is a typical case of
fhe company union. The town of
Trail is supposed to be free of com-
pany domination, but in reality the
company owns it body and soul- The
company union is composed of one
delefsate from each department.
These delegates are mostly spies or
company suckers. If any depart
ment fails to nominate a delegite,
then the boss appoints one.

How Stool Pigeons Are Made

The company watches these dele-
sates carefully, and when a delegate
proves tobe a good stool pigeon who
ean work without the men findins
out what he is, or if a delegate can
Jjead some of the crew to be mili-
tantly loyal to the company, then
the manager sees te it that he gets
jis bonus regularly. Mr. Blaylock.
the manager, only recently, invited
the delegates to come up to his of-
fice any time to inspect a list of
names of men who work in the
plant, and who Mr. Blaylock con-
siders are “radicals.” Of course he
didn’t say, “I want you to spy on
them’’—oh, no! He said. “You men
ean look over the iist, and then you
can have a talk to them and con-
vinee them they are on the wrong
track.” He informed the delesates
that there was ‘‘a small group that
would haye to be fired,’”” but others
were just misled.

Renders Workers Helpiess
The real reason for a company
building or assisting in building a
company union is solely in order to
render the workers helpless and at
the merey of the employer so that
they can be the more easily exploit-
ed and the profits of the company
increased.

There are men with families in
Trail who were talking about the
time when they would be able to get

4) 5
: md WAVES r if ze
It is reported that a few Cumber- | ™ iter worked

Miners! Beware Of Company Unions

| Correspondence

there. They are in
Trail yet. They will die there like
smelter rats if the company union
continues to eist. They are broke.

Wo working class organization of
any description is allowed to exist
in Trail, Rossland or Kimberley. In
Trail there is a population of ten
thousand. The plant employs three
thousand, mostly married men. Por
these there are seven beer pariors,
a company store, and gambling
joints. Organizations that flourish
in Trail are the Elks. Knights of
Pythias, Oddfellows, Knights of Co-
Jumbus, Pree Masons, Orangemen,
Italian Friendiy Society, and the
Zero Club which is a straight fasc-
ist outfit. Then, of course there are
the various chruch clubs for youns
folks, ete.

The police guard the plants
against penetration of any labor or-
ganizers and the company Keeps a
host of stool=pigeons and labor spies
at work all the time.

Sni0uldermes Discontent
Stamped Out

There is planty of discontent, but
it cannot come to the surface. If it
does it Is immediately crushed. Be-
fore a group of workers can pos-
sibly get together openly, a com-
pany stool will carry the imforma-
tion and a selected few will be Taid

BLACKLISTED MEN
GET ‘MERRY XNAS’
BUT NO RELIEF

VANCOUVER, Dec. 21.—Cynical-
ly wishing a delegation a Merry
Xmas, Mr. Thompson, Relief Ad-
tmainistrator at Hamilton Hall, flatly
refused to grant and relief what
ever to the blacklisted camp boys
who have been victimized for their
part in the Relief Camp strike and
trek, and are now stranded in the
city without any means of support.

The delegation went to Chief Ivos-
ter for some assistance, but the
chief told them of his inability to
do anything insofar as relief was
concerned; however, he made a
personal contribution of $5.00, and
neyer mentioned anything of sea-
son’s greetings, evidently knowing
that he would be adding insult to
injury.

Organizations represented on the
delegation were members of the
blacklisted men, Single Unemployed
Protective Association, and the
Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League.
Many of those blacklisted are re-

out as far back as 1926 when the

turned men.

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Circulation Not Increas-
ing According to

Schedule

Surprises haye been the order of
the week with the drive, the sea-
son’s spirit having permeated the
ranks of the workers engaged in
gathering in the dimes and dollars.
Wevertheless we are only at the
half-way mark with four more days
to so. Many of the districts and or-
ganizations, while sending in glow-
ing reports of the activities, have
failed to send in the money so far
collected and in this way are hold-
ing up the parade toward ‘the win-
ning of the national prize for the dis-
trict raising the largest percentage
of their quota for “Lhe Worker.”

Nanaimo is Over the Top
Nanaimo overdid itself in sending
in 217 per cent of their quota and
telling us that there are Some more
contributions to be expected from
different mass organizations. A
splendid example of an energetic
and intensive campaign!

The Swedish-Finnish workers
should be mentioned for their ability
of arranging successful affairs
which put them in the lead amons
all the mass organizations.
Seasoned Fighters Lead the Way
Another interesting development
so far recorded, is the socialist com-
petition between the Ukrainian and
Russian organizations which at
times almost takes on the appear-
ance of a battle royal—never a day
foes by without some new turn in
{dhe tide. With all the other partici-
pants in the drive taking the same

Who Will Emulate Nanaimo?
We Challenge Comparison

interest we would have been over the
top by now.

Increased Circulation Needed

Circulation has- not shown the
gain it should haye in comparison
with the support received by both
Papers in donations, the subscribers
being the only bright spot so far.
As for increases in bundle orders we
must accept the fact that there has
been none and at once take advant-
age of the interest aroused by the
drive to broaden the sales to at least
twice the present figure. This can
be done providing we at once place
jhe sales and distribution of the
papers as an important task and as
such, place the best and larger
forces in charge of this work. With
a “Daily Worker” in sight and the
perspective of a six-thousand circu-
Jation of the ‘‘News” by the first of
May, 1937, there must be main-
tained a real drive tempo to our
press work.

SYD AND GRACIE
TO BE MARRIED

Two popular young members of
the labor movement are to be mar-
ried in Vancouver on Sunday, Dec.
29th, being Miss Gracie McCabe
and Syd Zlotnik. Both are mem-
bers of the Y.G.L. *

Gracie has been active in work
among the children, and Syd is in-
terested in anti-war and anti-fascist
activity.

They are to be married by the
Revi Andy Roddan.

The B.C. Workers’ News joins
with the rest of their many friends
in wishing them all possible happi-
ness with an active life in the labor
movement.

off and thus the movement will be
broken up.

Mr. Bsling, MP: for the constitu-
ency (Conservative) unwittinely
siated the case in a nutshell in the
House of Commons on the 24th of
March last, whem he said:

Mr. Esling: “Lhe mdustry is in
its splendid position by reason of
the fact that a co-operative work-
men’s committee practically di-
rects every matter as between em-
pleyer and employee. It is a
method which was put into opera-
tion by Dr. Blaylock, and it has
DONE AWAY ENTIRELY WITH
ANY EVIDENCE OF OGRGAN-
IZED LABOR.”

Cumberland miners would do well
to Kill such a scheme as this before
it <rows:

Hutlerism In
Canada

[A REVIEW]

There haye been @ smail number
of good books cireulated during the
past few years on the subject of
Fascism in Burope. The price of
those books, unfortunately, placed
them beyond the reach of many.
There has been a great Ssearcity of
jhe lower-priced publications, and
the price of amnti-fascist literature
should be as low as possible if those
who will suffer should Fascism tri-
umph—and they constitute the mass
of the people—are to be warned of
the reat danger ahead of them and
aroused to fight against it.

The Canadian League Against
War and Mascism has issued a few
such booklets, but their best effort
vet is Hiitlerism in Canada, written
by A. M. Stephen. who has packed
a mass of information mito thirty-
ene small pages! The author does
not, however, step at a mere state-
ment of facts, and he presents some
very Sinister ones. but he tells just
what Mascism is and just what to do
about it. He utters a stern warning
jhat Fascism, in its early Stages is
here, in Ganada, now. It has reached
its present stage hidden by the cloak
of democracy. While many have
been looking for a Hitler or Musso-
lini to arise, democratic rights are
being slowly but surely done away
with.

There is a temptation to quote ex—-
tensively from this booklet, but quo-
tations from this or that page can-
not do justice to the vitally im-
portant message Mr. Stephen
brings.

Hitlerism in CGanada should sell
in thousands. It costs only ten
cents, and those who can afford it
should buy a dollar’s worth at a
time and circulate it through the
highways and byways. If it does
not run through several editions its
purpose will not be achieved.—E.B.

UNION DOCKERS
OR—NO STEAM

Crew of U.S.A. Liner
Refuse to Take on
Scab Cargo

VICTORIA, Dee. 21.— Consider-
able consternation has been caused
in the ranks of the Shipping Ped-
eration here by the refusal of the
crew of the S.S. “President Jeffer-
son’”’ to give steam to strike-break-——
ers to operate the winches.

This American Mail Liner is the
first American vessel to call at B.C.
ports since the strike of the mari-
¢ime workers was officially declared 4
ended on December 9th. It sailed to
the Orient from this port today
minus 125 tons of cargo.

When the ship docked here from
Seattle to pick up passengers and
cargo, the ship’s delegate informed
the port authorities that no steam
would be given unless union longs-
shore sangs were employed to work
the cargo, and as this was refused,

jhe wessel sailed without the con-
signment.
The Shipping Federation are

alarmed over the action taken by
jhe President Jefferson’s crew, and
fear that other crews signed on
West Coast articles will take the
same stand when they arrive in B.C.
ports.

ongs for Workers

(Many new workers are commg into the revolu-
tionary movement. Thousands of them marched on
May Day. In one demonstration, when the “Inter-
national” was sung some of these new comrades

THE SCARLET BANNER
Arise, you workers, fling to the breezes
The Scarlet Banner, the Scarlet Banner;
Aries, you wrokers, fling to the breezes

D.L. membership the D.E.C. says,

“Thanks?’

shouted: “We don’t Know the words!” Herewith we
print two of the mest popular workers’ songs . They
should be clipped and kept for future parades and
meetings.)

% * * * =

SOLIDARITY FOREVER

The workers learned their lesson now

As everyone can see.
The workers know their bosses are
Their greatest enemy.
We'll fight and fight until we win
Our final victory,
For the Industrial Union.

Chorus:
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
For the Union makes us strong!

The men all stick together
And the boys are fighting fine,
The women and the girls are all
Right on the picket line.
Wo scabs, no threats can stop us
As we all march out on time
In our Industrial Union.

The Scarlet Banner triumphantly!
Chorus:
Wave, Scarlet Banner, triumphantly!
Wave, Scarlet Banner, triumphantly!
Wave, Scarlet Banner, triumphantly!
For Gommunism and Liberty!

The sweating millions, the working masses,
March onward under the Scarlet Banner;
The flaming standard of the suffering masses,
The Scarlet Banner triumphantly!
Chorus:

Sailors and farmers and factory workers,
United under the Scarlet Banner,
Raise up our emblem against the shirkers,
The Scarlet Banner, triumphantly!
Chorus:

Qne party welded of all the races,
We carry onward the Scarlet Banner,
We face the danger, the rebel raises,
The Searlet Banner, triumphantly!
Chorus:

Arise, you workers, your chains of slavery

Will vanish under the Scarlet Banner!

Come rally ‘round it, come show your bravery,
The Searlet Banner, triumphantly!

The article in last week's issue in
which Bill Bennett corrects some
faise ideas on art expressed by Mr.
Guy Glover should clear away cob-
webs from the minds of a lot more
as well.

Art is something that active
workers in the labor movement
have been accustomed to mention
with a sneer, and an. artist was
generally regarded as a harmless
freak. It was considered as some-—
thing with which the labor move-
ment had nothing to do. Such an
attitude was as wrong as that of
those of the middle class who prat-
ed about “art for art’s sake.”

For long the “upper classes” have

admitted that they had a corner on
art. It was regarded as an attri-
bute peculiar to members of the
“very best families’; it was un-
thinkable to them that an overall-
elad, calloused-handed worker could
either produce anything artistic or
even dream of doing so. To men-
tion art as something with which
a worker might have to do, was
profanity and heresy.
They thrilled to» tell of those
young “geniuses’’ who so roman-
tically “starved in a garret” for
art's sake, the majority of whom
were simply unable to produce any-
thing that bourgeois art critics or
salesmen cared to: purchase. There
were a few notable exceptions to
this, of course, a few whose art was
so real that since their death, of
starvation or disease brought om by
starvation, the bourgeois art world
has made much of socially and the
art dealers much of financially.

There are several of the greatest
composers of music in this cate-
gory, and in the field of painting
an outstanding example in the per—
son of the Dutch artist Van Gogh.
He came from a middle class fam-
ily and was educated for the church,
but for some reason or other be-
came obsessed of an irresistible
urge to paint. He chose to paint
miners and farm folk, and he also
preferred to live among them. Dur-
ing his starved existence he re-
ceived not more than $200 for paint—
ings he managed to sell, and a few
months ago in New York there was
an exhibition of his works, which
today are valued at more than one
million dollars. If he had painted
Jadies and gentlemen, would he not
have died rich?

A Vancouver high school girl was
recently heard to express her con-
tempt for one of the great poets.
I am not quite sure but f think she
mentioned Wordsworth. How, she
asked, could he lie on the ground
and after gazing into the heart of
a flower get up and profess to un-
derstand all about life? It is ar
tists of this type who have so pre-
judised workers against art.

But there is art and art, and one
doesn’t have to wear his hair a foot
long, or go unshayen and dirty, or
be in any other way eccentric, to be
an artist. Neither need one follow
the example of some bourgeois
waiters who seem unable to pro-
duce unless their jaded creative
faculty is prodded to activity by
alcohol or dope. An artist is one
who does exceptional or difficult
work with the appearance of ease:
Im his striving for perfection, even
though it is never reached, his
work of art may be an Object of
use or a thing of beauty, pleasing to
the eye or ear. A stone-cutter who
with a hammer and chisel can fash-
ion a rough block of stone accord-

-erans: to the ranks of those fighting

‘having; left Lansley and not having
{the

ing to building specifications, down
to the thirty-secondth of an inch,
is an artist in stone as Much as a
sculptor who can carve a statue.
A cabinet-maker is an artist in
wood. And there is no common-
sense reason to regard these crafts-
men as one bit inferior to those
whose efforts are expended to pro-
duce something amusing or enter-
taining.

To say that art has no place in
the Labor movement is ridiculous.
The class struggle is waged on the
cultural as well as on the economic
and political fields. Proletarian art
may have to use the same methods
as bourgeois art, but the content is
proletarian, not bourgeois.

“Revolution,” said Lenin, is an
art,” and he was the most accom-
plished in this art. Trotzky, too, is
an artist in counter-revolutionary
activity. He can distort the truth
and lie and misrepresent facts of
fistory so convincingly that some
misguided people accep his writ-
ings as authoritative. And it should
not be omitted that Comrade Ben—
nett is an artist; himself to the
contrary. He has so mastered the
art of popular writing to express
and apply his vast fund of know-
ledze and wide study as to lead
many to believe him to be the out-
standing labor columnist in Cana-
da, a very enviable title.

There is a crying need for artists
in the Labor movement, particular-
ly in journalism. Artists who can
draw cartoons, artists who can
write about the lives and struggles
of the workers under capitalism.
Those who do so are at the same
time historians. Artists who can
write proletarian plays, and artists
who can produce them, are doing
their bit in the movement, as much
as the organizer and speaker. That
there are so few proletarian artists
in Canada is a thing to be regret-
ted, and those workers who display
signs of being talented in this line
should be encouraged and assisted
to develop their artistic possibili-—
ties. E. Biggs.

Through the medium of your
paper the discriminated miners in
Cumberland wish to express appre-
ciation to the employed miners owho
voted at the Athletic Club meeting
to donate $7.50 to each adult and
$2.50 for each child this Christmas.

This action, carried through with—
out a dissenting voice, shows the
spirit of solidarity of the miners
an dgives promise that when the re-
port of the Gonciliation Board is
given we can rely upon Our fellow
miners to see that we get back to

Chorus:

The following ietter has just been
received from Hope. B-C.:
Hope, B.C., Dec. 21, 1935.

The Hope Branch of the Work-
ers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League held
their first meeting is the Hope Me-
morial Hall on December 21 tor the
purpose of electine officers.

The following offices were filled:
President,. recording secretary, so-
cial. convener, organization chair-
man, and hall convener.

it is our intention to hold con-
eerts, dances, meetings, eic., for
the: purpose of raisin= organiza-
tional’ funds,

é E.. Middleton,. Press Agent.
Tt is with pleasure we welcome
this new progressive Sroup of Vet-

for the best interests of the Ex-Serv—
icemem and: trust that by their united
efforts they may be the means of im-
proving the conditions of the re-
tumed men in the district. We ex-
tend to them. seasonal sreetings and
trust that they will be able to in-
erease the membership in the New
Year.

Another correspondent writes from
4 company town, hayin= seen in
this column how an ex-seryiceman
was refused relief In Vancouver for
necessary residence here, al-
though owning Lis own home.

towim witere he now lives ©
because he has been blacklisted and ©

of werk there. He informs us that |
fre expects to be im & position to Sup-~
port, himself for a few weeks but
should he fail to get work—CAN

is umable to answer this question ©
but believes should he come here he ~
will be sure of the support of all
presressive veterans. a
Wee claim the ex-servicemen have
every right. morally and otherwise, =
io reside where they choose, in 2
country they fought to defend.

Last Sunday night the West Ena

Children’s Club held a very success- ©
ful concert at 150 West Hastings ~
Street. They were supported by the ~
Ukrainian children’s orchestra and ~
the North Fraser Children’s Club ~
with several individual turns. Ali
turns were given a fine reception By ~
tire audience, many of whom had to |

He |=
‘inquires as to what would be his 4E
status, as he imtends to leaye the —
| company

consequently has mo possible chance ~ ;

HE GET ON RELIEF? The writer 2.

stand owing to the hall bemse
erowded. A collection of $27.00 was

musical instruments with which to
form an orchestra.

Granville Street, on December 23rd.
The Women’s Auxiliary and a com-
mitte from the Centre Branch of the
Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League
were responsible for arranging the
dinner for the members
branch. About eignty sat down to a

prepared meal. x
Comrade Sherlock made the open- ©
ine remarks on bebalf ef the com: :
mitte in charge, pointing out how —
the working class had many diffi- ©
culties to contend with in putting ©
on an affair, not the least being the ©
refusal of the Board of Trade to”
endorse any collection lists put out”
on behlaf of the working class Of
ganizations.
We also gave great praise to the
members of the Women’s Auxiliary
for their hearty co-operation.
Among other speakers were: Geo:
Drayton, of the staff of the B:C3
Workers’ News; Bob. Kerr, of ihe
W.U.L.; S. O'Neil, for the Centre?
Branch membership. :
Then the manager of the Eden
Cafe, an ex-servicemen himself, ad=
dressed the boys, stating: that “he
was ust a little worried about hayv—
ing the W.H:S.1l. as guests as he
had heard they were wild Bcishe=
viks, but he was pleased to find they
were simply his old comrades im
arms who were now back in the
‘ranks of the workers from whic

:
:

they had been recruited to the
forces.’ He further stated “he had
every admiration for those wh

fought for better conditions for the
veterans.”

Amonge the non -ex-servicemen
suests was Comrade McKendrick,
well known for active work in the
Ganadian Labor Defence League.

Mrs. Wanderasen replied to the
toast to the Auxiliary, sSiving the
male members of the committee
due credit for their work.

All speakers stressed the need t&
work for unity of All workers.

The evening finished with sing
ing, the hit of the evening being
made by Tommy Carder in witty
monologue and comic songs.

Comrade Cumber, of the Cam]
Workers Union, also contributed &
the entertainment.

The manager suggested we Sro%
long beards for our next dinner s
as not to disappoint him. Ever
one left feeling the evening ha
been a real success.

The Carleton Branch of the W.t
S.L. held their Christmas Drawin
at their Hall, 3366 Kingsway, De
Bist. The following were the luck
holders of winning tickets:

First prize, a turkey, went to M
Padgham, Joyce Road. Second priz
a goose, went to Mr. J. Bennett, 78
Prince Albert. Third prize, a be
of cigars, went to Mr. P. Brur
1349 East 3rd Avenue.

Doings of the Drive

Garfield A. King, Director |
the Play, “Waiting for Left;
will address a Public Meeti
at 150 W. Hastings Street, «
“Proletarian Literature”
Sunday, Dec. 29th

work.

at 3 p.m.

4
taken to aid the children in getting =

¥x-Servicemen celebrated a sea- |
sonable dinner at the Eden Cafe, :

of the |

turkey dinner with all the season's |
trimmings, and right here we Con a
gratulate the management of the F
eafe for the service and the tastily- j