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January 3, 1935
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INADEQUATE
CLOTHES ISSUE

Single Men on Relief
Suffer Through Gov-

ernment Red Tape

Despite the faet that midwinter
weather prevails the majority of
Single men who are relief recipients
have not yet received their elothine
issue. Lines of men, many without
overcoats and most of them with
broken boots are compelled to waii
for days. Thirty men aré€ allowed to
enter the narrow opening at Hamil-

ton Hall, five days out of seven.
The number of men in line are
naturally far in excess of thirty,

compellin= the men to ensare in a
free-for-all when the door opens.
Those who survive the ordeal are
Provided with a slip entitling the

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vietini in his reom, Insulting re-
marks, while all the cupboards are
searched and all his possessions
Subject to the most minute examina-
tion, mark the usual methods of
these flunkies. After this experience
the worker finds his order has been
cut to a suit of underwear and a
pair of socks, then, after a wait of
a fortnight he receives his card to
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Single Men's Action Committee are
calling a conference ecomposed of
two delesates from every working
class organization In the city.

The conference will be held at 61
Cordova Street West on Sunday,
Jan: Sthy at 2) p.m:

Miner Killed
By Mine Gas

Mine Long Noted For
Gassy Condition

FANS INSTALLED AFTER

NANAIMO, Dee. 28.—Louie Hous-
ton, miner, was overcome by gas on
Sunday, Dee. 22, while working in
Wo. 7 section of No. 1 mine, owned
by Canadian CGollieries (Dunsmuir)
Litd., and died before he could be
brought to the surface.

No. 7 section has Jone been
noted for its sassy condition, Only
the night before Houston was

killed miners were compelled to
hurriedly leave to escape
death.

The company is feverishly trying
to absolve itself from blame and in

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assisted by the provincial mine in-
spector.
Canary Faking
Eight hours after the fatality the
inspector arrived on the scene, took
Gown canaries to test the air, and
applied to the doctor for a certificate
Stating that the canaries were alive.
It is reported that the doctor refused
to issue such a certificate.

Miners in a position to know
State that fans were installed after
the miner’s death and before the
inspector made his ‘test’? for gas.

The officials are hoping for a ver-
dict from the coroner's inquest of
“Death From Natural Gauses,’’
while the government and the Com-

pensation Board would be pleased

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HITLER’S PREDICTION

In his opening speech the
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Hitler declared “We will succeed in
shatterine the Communist Party in-
to atoms.”’

Goebbels, the Hitler govermment’s
ehief of lying propazsanda, tried to
outdo his leader with the declara-
tion:

“In fifty years time no man in
the world will know that Marxism
ever existed. The world idea of
fascism will march forward and
the Communist Party of Germany
will be finished forever.’

They reckoned without the United
Front against Wascism that is being
built in every country of the world.

SOCIALISTS FOR
UNITY IN FRANCE

PARIS.—The Socialist Party
ready to discuss further measures of
joint action with the Communist
Party against the emergency de-
erees, States a resolution adopted by
the National] Council of the Socialist
Party.

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SOVIET FARM PEOPLE ENJOY MUSIC

Although television radio sets are being manufactured by the thousands in the Soviet Union,
the humble portable gramophone still provides entertainment in the land of Socialism.

ROAD WORK AND
RELIF CRUMBS

Valley Farmers And
Workers Build Or-

ganization
DURIBU, B.C. Dec. 18—A new

piece of road is being built here. As
usual, the work is beings handed out
in small pieces at a time, Single men
receiving four days’ worl per
month and married men seven.

Relief recipients are not allowed
to work on this project as yet. Sinsle
men on relief get two days’ work
a month at $3.20 a day. It is re-
ported that “Work and Wages’ will
Start early in the new year. What a
hope!

Workers and farmers in this dis-
trict (Durieu-Hatzie Prairie) have
formed an organization to help fight
more effectively for more relief and
for a more equal distribution of re-
lief. With such an organization in
this district we will be better able
to press forward for our demands.

Germanophile

Policy Scored
By Gallacher

LONDON. William Gallacher,
newly-elected Communist member of
Parliament, declared in his maiden
speech in the debate on the King’s
speech that the attitude of the na-
lional government to he League of
Waions is to utilize that body to in-
duce Italy to make a deal on safe-
guarding British interests in the Su-
dan and Beypt.

The naval agreement with Ger-
many, he said, had thrown France
into the arms of Italy and this, ow-
ing to the unsettled Buropean situ-
ation, has enabled Italy to invade
Abyssinia. Were it not for the goyv—
ernment’s Germanophile policy there
would have been no war against
Abyssinia.

Speaking of a possible German at-
lack on Britain, Gallagher declared
that this menace could be averted by
denouncing the naval asreement with
Germany and forming an alliance
with the Soviet Union.

Value Of Esperanto
In Labor Movement

By W. L. GREENWOOD

In Canada the majority of the
workers never heard of Esperanto.

Some who did hear it mentioned
paid very little attention to it,
others try to argue against it

although absolutely ignorant of the
language and its purpose. The pur-
pose of this article therefore is to
point out the value of PHsperanto
and the important role it can play
in the working class language.

The arguments which are used at
times to try to prove that Hsper-
anto supersedes the Wational
languages and such debates only
Gemonsirate their incorrectness
politically.

Some people assert that an inter-
national language completely
superflous and so long as we haye
the Emeglish language it is a waste
of time to study and learn Bsper-
anto. We, the proletarian Esper-
antists, are not deceived by any
such theories and will continue to
spread the Esperanto language
among our class.

In debating with the opposers of
Esperanto, and to convince them
of the advantages, some find it dif-
ficult te put up the correct argu-
ments. It is therefore our intention
io devote a little time to the sub-
ject in this article.

Workers organized in the ‘Inter-
national Proletarian Esperantists’’
accept the fundamentals on the
national problem, without giving a

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special role to Esperanto. They
quote the words of Stalin who said
“It is necessary to propagate all
possible developments of national
eulture in order to create the condi-
tions for a common culture with a
common language.”

The Marxist worker Esperantists
consider Esperanto at present as
one of the main methods for the
world proletariat to establish
national contact. They see Esper-
anto not exclusively as the future
“common language’ but as the
best language to eliminate ali
existing language hindrances.

Then follows the question, how
will a worker learn a foreign
language? If we take it on an in-
ternational seale the average
worker receives a very poor educa-
tion and is not getting to know his
own language. As a result of this
he lacks the fundamentals neces-
sary to learn a foreign language,
which is as difficult as his own, if
not in srammar then certainly in
pronunciation and spelling.

One of our Japanese comrades
gives us an answer to this. The
Asiatic language differs altogether
from the HBuropian languages and
they have nothing in common. The
Asiatic people when studying a
Europian lJlanguage have to start
from the very fundamentals, as
something entirely new, without
being able to find any support
from their own Janeuage. For in-
stance a Japanese in order to
master the Enelish language has
to study for twelve years. For 2

Japanese worker to accomplish this
in twelve years is difficult
However, for a Japanese to learn
Esperanto only three years of study
is required. This explains the
reason for the strong and extensive
Esperanto movement in Japan.

The Japanese section of the ‘‘In-
ternational Proletarian Esperan-
tists’’ is one of the largest and the
strongest in the world: For them
Esperanto means the link to
workers in other countries. With-
out Esperanto mutual contact be-
tween the workers of Europe
could not exist, and this is still
more marked for the workers in
Asia.

We are not in 4 position to pre-
dict how Esperanto will develop it-
self. It is certain that in the pres-
ent epoch it is of sreat value to the
Working class. In correspondence,
technical assistance at congresses,
personal contact and translation,
Hsperanto is of reat use.

Wo worker Esperanto circles are
in existence in Wancouver at the
present time. Therefore the pur-
pose of this article is to arouse in-
terest among the ivorkers of the
value On this international
language. Those interested in form-
ing such a circle are asked to com-
municate with W. I. Greenwood,
634 Georsia East, Vancouver.

MARINE UNIONS
ISSUE STICKERS

Tens of thousands of attractive
stickers in various colors have been
issued by the International of Sea-
men and Harbor Workers and sent
out to ports all over the world. Every
trade union opposed to war and fasc-
ism is asked to send a small donation
for a supply to help the strugele
ugainst war and fascism. They are
printed in three languages, and con-
tain several slogass and calls to the

Water transport workers to resist
the present war in Ethiopia. A

Sample copy reads:

WITHOUT COAL AND OIL
—Mussolini won’t be able to set a
suigle train, ship tank or bombing
plane in motion!

Without coal and oil Mussolini
cannot carry on with the war!

Seanmien! Dockers! Railwaymen!
Stop Mussolini’s supplies of coal,
oi] and other fuels!

Organizations opposed to war are
invited to send for same. The head-
quarters are at 33 Rue de la Viconte,
Rouen (Seine Inf.), France.

There’s one thing about bald-

ness—it’s neat.

NEW YEAR’S
GREETINGS!

The B.C. Workers’ News
extends greetings and best
wishes for 1936 to all its
readers and contributors.

RAISE BOYCOTT
BANNER AT GAME

Anti-Nazi Olympic Cam-
paign at Hockey
Match

By CARL HICHIN

WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 30. — A
thirty-foot-lone banner demandin=
the remoyal of the 1936 Olympics
from fascist Germany was suddenly
raised among the spectators of an
ice hockey game played here Wriday
between the Canadian Olympic team,
Port Arthurs, and Winnipegs.

Just as the two teams skated onto
the ice at the Amphitheatre, a group
of young ani-Mascists raised the ban-
ner which bore the inscription, ‘‘Wair
Play Demands the Removal of Olym-
pics Hrom Fascist Berlin.” It was
Kept aloft, rousing much favorable
comment for nearly ten minutes,
When rink police demanded that it
be furled and handed into their cus-
tedy until after the game.

Hoistine of the banner came at the
close of an energetic boycott cam-
paign of the game, conducted separ-
ately by the Trades and Labor Goun-
cil and the League Against War and
Ifascism.

During the four days preceding the
game, which was staged ostensibly
to raise finances to send the Port
Arthur pucksters to the Berlin Olym-
pics, the Amnti-Fascist Leasue had
distributed fifteen thousand leaflets
calling for the boycott and the re-
moval of the games from Berlin. As
& result, attendances at the two
Sames played here by the Port Ar-
thurs fell far below expectations and
the Amphitheatre telephone was kept
busy for days by sports fans and
others phoning in their protests
against the stagine of the matches.

RUMORS OF REVOLT
IN CUBAN NAVY

NEW YORK.—Rumors of a mu-
liny in the Cuban navy, followed by
the arrest of many officers and
Sailors, have been denied by the
naval command at Havana, reports
the United Press. The command ad-
mits, however, the unearthing of a
movement indicating inadequate co-
operation among the senior officers.
A eritical situation in the navy was
awoided by the resignation of seyer-
al officers.

The agency mentions rumors that
11 officers and 40 sailors have been
arrested and that the bodies of four
murdered sailors have been found
in the vicinity of Havana.

DRY-CLEANING
PLANT OPENS

Equipped with 15,000 dollars
worth of American machinery, the
sift of workers of Los Angeles,
California, the Soviet UWnion’s first
modern dry-cleaning enterprise was
formally turned over to the Ham-
mer and Sickle Plant at its Nov. 7

anniversary celebration.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The dance held by the Jugo-Slay
Local of the Fishermen and Cannery
Workers’ Industrial Union on Friday
night, Dec. 27th, at the Silver Slip-
per Hall, was marked by a good
turnout of the wives and children of
the fishermen, everybody spending
an enjoyable evening. A cake do-
nated by the National Bakery was
won by Miss Dorothy Hebert. The
affair was successful also from a
financial] standpoint, netting a little
over $80.00.

MOTHERS THANK
CONTRIBUTORS

The Vancouver Mothers’ Coun-
eil wishes to thank all those who
so kindly contributed towards
making a success of the dinner
given on Monday, December 23,
to the blacklisted Relief Camp
workers.

MARPOLE DISTRICT
Ticket Number 23 won the turkey
at the draw December 28 held by
the Press Committee. Draw was
held at Orange Hall.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Winnings numbers in the draw at
1605 Renfrew Street on New Year’s
Eve were: ist, 478; 2nd, 327; 3rd, 229.

TAXI MEN FIGHT
FINGERPRINTING

Mass Meeting of All Af-
fected Called For
Tonight

Over-ridine objections of the Fi-
nance Committee, Vancouver City
Council, the Police Commission Fri-
day last endorsed the proposal of
Chief Foster that all ta drivers must
be finger-printed. Members of the
Council yoted against the proposal
on the grounds that it was discrimi-
nation asainst one Sroup of citizens,

While the proposal was supposedly
voluntary when first brought in, this
was disproved when drivers who re-,
fused to submit to finger-printinge
were refused renewal of their li-
censes. All pretense has now been
thrown aside, and decision of the
Commission means that all drivers
must be finger-printed when they
2pply for 1936 renewal of their li-
censes.

; Protest will be lodged and a meet-
img of all members of the industry
has been called for 7:30 p.m, tonight
(Priday) at the Castle Hotel. Gom-
mittee callings the meetin= Comprises
representatives of drivers, owners,
driver-owners and unemployed driy-
ers. Tentative Proposals are to ap-
Ply for a writ of mandamanus com-
pellin= the isSuance of licenses with-
out submittine to finger-printine and
4 POSSibility of carryine the fight to

the Supreme Court of
necessary. Soe

CAMP WORKERS
HELP DEFENCE

The proposal at the last confer-
ence of the Relief Camp Workers’
Union in iamloops that workers in
the camps donate one day’s pay to-
Wards the defence of their comrades
In Regina is meeting with an en-
thusiastic response.
With only ten camps heard from
as yet over $100 has been forwarded
from camp Workers in B.C. Alberta
district reports that enthusiasm
there is equally as great, several

camps reporting a 100 ber cent col-
lection.

B.C. IS RADICAL.
SAYS BABSON

_World-famous bourgeois Statisti-
cian, Roger Babson, considers that
there is no risk to the majority of
Canadian bonds, but has very de-
cided ideas on the two western proy-
inces. :
“We favor disposing of all bonds
of Alberta and British Columbia,”
he States, “because of the present
radicalism which is in the saddle of
those provincial sovernments.”

SOVIET DOCTORS
CAN CAN BLOOD

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Dr. Morris
Pishbein, editor of the journal of the
American Medical Association, told
a Tepresentative of the Associated
Press, that he gaye credit to Rus-
Slan doctors and chemists for the
Sreatest discovery in 1935, in the
field of medical science for develop-
ing the method of “cannins” blood
from persons who died and making
it available for blood transfusions.
He said that “Russian doctors had
used this method Successfully in
more than a thousand cases.”

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NOTICE

YAHE ATRPORT RELIEF CAMP

Campboys in this camp are in ur-
Sent need of Pamphlets and books
dealing with political econoniy, trade
unionism, and Subjects of seneral in-
terest.

Anyone having any used books on
these subjects and able to spare them
please send them to

Gordon Ransome
General Delivery,
Yahk, B.c.

The campboys haye appointed hint
to gather some Study material,

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