; ! Page Two B.C. WORKERS” NEWS January i7, 1936 ‘YOUTH COLUMN | Conducted by MAURICE RUSH “The Young Communist League and the Young Socialist League are co-operating with young people from the Young Canada Club, the Anglican, United, Presbyterian and Baptist Ghurch Young People in planning a mass meeting to protest against proposed jegislation to per- mit sale of beer and wine in the restaurants of British Columbia. This matter was discussed recent— ly at a meeting of representatives from these organizations, and it was decided to call a conference on Wednesday, January 22, at 8 p-m., at the First United Church, Gore Aenue and Hastings Street. Final arrangements will be made there to organize 2 mass meeting later in the month. Premier Pattullo. who is said to be in favor of the legislation legaliz- ing the sale of beer and wine in restaurants, has been asked to at- tend the conference. The commit- tee invites delepates from every group of young people to attend. PLAN VANCOUVER YOUTH CENTER. Plans are under way for the set- ting up of a Youth Center in Van- couver. A number of organiza- fions, including the Workers’ Sports Association, Young Canada Club, Progressive Hikers’ Association, ¥YS.L. and ¥.C.L., are working to- gether to realize this aim. The plans so far include the hold- ing of a sports’ show, and a series of dances to raise money to estab- lish this center, which will hold a gym, reading room and a head- quarters through which various Sports’ leagues and teams will be organized. Because of the slackness of in- door sports in the summer, it has been decided to concentrate on the raising of money until September, and in the meantime try to get a Summer Camp and organize a soit- ball league. The committee in. charge is holding a meeting on Sat urday, January 25th, at Room 24, 615 West Hastings Street, at 2:30 p.m., and an invitation is extended! to all youth organizations to send delezates. Anyone interested will be welcome. YOUTH KILLED IN LOGGING CAMP. DUNGAN, Jan. 13.—A i7-year-old youth, B. Hulme, of Ladysmith, died in the Duncan Hospital Satur- day night, from head wounds sus- tained while working as “‘whistle punk” at Camp 3, Youbo, Lake Cowichan. Employed Worker: “What hap- pens when the riot squad has a day off?” Unemployed aren’t any riots.” Worker: “There Send Resolutions. As has been proved in the past, & policy of mass pressure will ef- fect the release of our class war prisoners. Right now, sixteen work- ers lie behind the bars in Qakaila Jail serving terms ranging from six to twelve months, The C.L.D-L. appeals to every individual and or- ganization to address letters de- mandinge the release of these men to the Minister of Justice at Ottawa. LABOR OLYMPI4D PLANNED. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 9—A Labor Olympiad, with several thou- Sand American athletes and teams from ten or more different coun- tries expected to participate, will be held here July 3 to 5, 1936, consti- tuting ‘an effective protest by American workers against Nazism, Hitlerism and Fascism.” 22 STUDENTS SUSPENDED AT NEGRO COLLEGE. ALCORN, Miss., Jan. 8—Twenty- two students of Alcorn College, Mississippi's State Negro ,School were suspended by President Bell following protests by the student body against poor food and regi- mentation of the students. The students are demanding bet- ter food and abolition of uniforms for girl students. There are 350 students in the institution. YOUTH AGAINST NAZI OLYMPICS. STOCKHOLM, Sweden. —A joint discussion meeting between the Syndicalist and Communist youth organizations of Smalleftehamm met recently and decided to send a letter to the trade unions there demand- ing that they deal with the ques- tion of struggle against the Hitler Qlympiecs. It was also decided to hola further meetings in order to discuss vital questions of the work- ing class. SOVIET ENGINEERS VISIT SUDBURY. SUDBURY, Ont., Jan. 9—Four young engineers from the Soviet Union, accompanied by an inter- preter, are at present in Sudbury studying the production methods of the International Nickel Company. JEWISH STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH. OSTROW, Poland, Jan. §& — A youne Jewish student, on a visit from Warsaw to his parents here, was beaten to death by a Fascist erowd which attacked him with clubs. DO YOU KNOW THAT— Twenty negroes were lynched in the U.S.A. in 1935, five more than in the previous year. Production is growing so rapidly in the Soviet Union that officials of heavy industry expect the second Five-year Plan to be completed in four years. A Leningrad factory has com- menced production of television sets for Soviet workers. The set will cost about the same as a low priced radio. The Province of Saskatchewan has increased its appropriations for the R.GM.P. by $45,000. The proyv- ince now pays $275,000 yearly for the Mounties. PREFERS DEATH 10 DESTITUTION Winnipes Family Wiped Out; Suicides Increase By MARY HICHIN ; WINNIPEG, Jan. 8—Fear of poverty and its partner hardship drove Mr. S. WN. Richardson to asphyxiate himself, his wife and their nine-year-old son. They were found Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, by the janitor, after complaints of gas fumes were made by tenants of the local apartment block in which the Richardson family lived. When the death room was broken into, the three victims were found dead, all in one bed, with the little boy's arms clasped lovingly around the neck of his dad. Mr. Richardson is survived by two bothers, Richard and King, both residents of Vancouver, B.C. The terrible mental agony suf- fered by the father, a manufactur- ers agent, may he judged from the contents of a note written on the back of an insurance policy, in which he stated that he had con- templated the fatal step for six months. “J have been thinking this over for the last six months,” the note reads. ““We are going to die. I am talking my little boy and wife with me, because they are happy now and I don’t want them to experience the same difficulties that I have met, nor do I want them to even know poverty or charity.”’ Dr. A. N. MeLeod, provincial coroner, announced late today that no inquest would be held, there be- ing no necessity for one. As a fellow street car passenger said when he read of the tragedy, “Hard times is getting us all.” Bitter Irony A recent similar tragedy wiped out the whole family of a returned man, resident on Valour Road, so named because it had more Victoria Cross residents than any other street in the Empire. Both fatali- ties have brought widespread at- tention to the suffering facing the ruined middle class of this prairie city. CS Pa) | Greet Ivan Emery Imprisoned Longshore Strike Leader, upon his release from Qakalla Jail, at a BANQUET AND CONCERT to be held in Orange Hall Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets 35c, available Dist. Office — — Auspices C. L. D. L. — — Coquitlam Candidates (Continued from page i) lief scale as allowed by the Provincial Government. Resioration of all Municipal grants by the Provincial Gov- ernment to the Municipality, and the immediate assump- tion of the entire cost of re- lief by the Federal Govern- ment. No coercion on the part of the Wfunicipal Council to in- fluence the unemployed to ac- cept positions ef employment detrimental to the welfare of fellow taxpayers. The right of the Municipality to maintain the continuation of Municipal self-government. SCHOOL BOARD Adequate school accommoda- tion and the immediate in- vestigation into the advisa- bility of a high school within the Municipality. That full rights and privil- eges of the school act be To fight against the abolition of a democratically - elected school board as proposed in the King Report. POLICE COMMISSION Maintenance of a position in the interests of the taxpayers in all industrial and economic disputes. The above program was presented at a mass meeting of citizens of the municipality when the proposed candidates were called upon to sign a pledge to carry out its aims if elected. Nominate Full Slate Wominated for Reeve was Mr. Portelwaite, who was for many years a member of the Engineers & Steamfitters Union and is a consis- tent supporter of labor. Mr. Willow, barber, and Mr. Maisonneuve, long- shore striker and member of the Liberal Association, received the nomination for the two vacancies on the Gouncil. Mr. Webster was nominated for the Police Commis- sion and Messrs. Allard and Harris for the School Board. Declining nomination for Council, there already being a full slate pledged to fight in the interests of the people, Mr. Pare took the plat- form and stated that he was taking this step in the interests of unity. Declaring that the gathering to- gether, regardless of personal, po- litical or religious beliefs, was the greatest step forward yet made in the Municipality, Mr, Pare ieft the platform amidst great applause. Program of the Citizens’ Civic League has been printed and will be distributed to all homes. Social committees have been set up and house meetings have been arranged, while the candidates will make a house-to-house canvass of the municipality to discuss with the people the program and the pres- ent burning needs of residents. (e) (£) (g) (a) (b) (c) (a) WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM TO SUPPORT WORKERS’ PRESS VANCOUVER, B.GC., Jan. 15—With only a few days left to complete the drive for sustaining funds for “The Worker’ and the “B.C. Workers’ News,’ British Columbia stands tonight within $118 of the $2,000 quota set by the Joint Drive Committee. To be exact, this district has raised $1882.86 towards the sustaining funds without taking into consideration any money sent direct to “The Worker” from localities in the province. : Some organizations and towns excelled themselves and if the popula- tion is strutting around with a chip on their shoulders, they have a right to do so, as the chart below will testify. : During the period of the drive ne less than $292 has been received in the “B.C. Workers’ News’ office for subscriptions to our publication, nineteen yearly subs having been sent in from one small town north of 59. All of the organizations and places are not listed, others are not far behind. Those that are listed below are the ones that have rung the bell or knocked it clear off the pole: Press Committee No. 1 Press Committee No. 4 Press Committee No. 8 Mass Organizations: Maxim Gorki Club Swedish-Finnish Club Hungarian Workers Club German Workers and Farmers Uae Be AS Jugo-Slav Ed. Club Italian Workers Club Lettish Workers Club Polish Workers Club Towns: GQUESNEL) cise essere eet whee ete oye eaateveieeouels Prince George Prince Rupert Nanaimo Victoria Salmon Arm Websters Corners — Haney Cumberland While the sum raised by Prince George workers does not look quite as good as their reports, it must be $29.00 that was raised there, but two mass organizations claimed credit for this amount. The Maxim Gorki Club have a branch at Prince George and they raised $19.53, while the Jugo-Slav Workers alse have a branch which raised approximately $9.50. (Figures given in this last paragraph may not be quite accurate, but are sufficiently close). Amount Raised Original Quota Eeeiee $290.10 $200.00 Signo Ne 102.00 $0.00. ern ae 50.00 50.00 Sooo 100.53 50.00 Sse 75.48 75.00 Raoosce 5.00 5.00 SaaS 13.76 10:00 is ageseesboes 129.06 100.00 Spots 70.78 65.00 Sigsevgeye 10.00 10.00 Sasie ye 6.15 5.00 ates 11.05 5.00 G opiec iene 9.10 5.00 rye 40.77 40.00 Byeceaae 26.45 25.00 Saaian 48.61 20.00 nid passers 59.75 50.00 prieteunite 30.05 30.00 ASSOC 58.46 50.00 Seas 30.70 30.00 remembered that there is another meeting, men demanded that they be granted an extra $7.50 for this month. They state that they have been subjected to extraordinary expenses lately ow- ing to the holiday season and the present widespread influenza epi- demic, which is particularly ram- pant among their dependents who are at present debarred from any’ medical assistance. Winnipeg Pensioners Active WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 9. — In- creased allowance for the month of January is being sought for small pensioners on relief by the Canadian wee Disability Pensioners Associa- ion. In a ‘resolution passed at their this week, the disabled The pensioners received an extra $5.00 for the month of January, 1935, and have for the past long time been carrying on an energetic campaign for increased allowances and medical attention for their de pendents. During the past summer they encamped and besieged for several weeks the local veterans’ re— lief office at Deer Lodge. Note.—We are indebted to 2 former well known Vancouver Ex-Servicemen for the above in- formation, Comrade Car] Hichin. We consider that the pensioners in Vancouver should adopt sim- ilar tactics as our comrades in Winnipeg. The need of free med- ical treatment for pensioners’ de- pendents is just as pressing here as elsewhere. * = * = Good News from Hope From Hope, B.G., comes news of a Very successful entertainment held by the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League in conjunction with the Re- lief Gamp Workers. Seme two hun- dred atténded. We think this must JANUARY 39, 31. ahead. . ‘Waiting tor Lefty’ The Progressive Arts Club has accepted an invita- tion to present ““Waiting for Lefty” in competition in the DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL for the Dominion championship at the EMPRESS THEATRE, Vancouver on ONE of the following dates: the exact date to be announced about one week —@— Tickets can be purchased now at P.A.C. head- quarters, 326 West Hastings St., at 150 West Hastings St., and at 130 West Hastings St. —@— Finals in the competition will be held at Ottawa. or FEBRUARY 1 oe Greeting One Year’s Publication Of The B.C. Workers’ News HE hotels listed below have supported the campaign for the B.C. Workers’ News. STANLEY HOTEL Sp 21 W. Cordova SE COMMERCIAL HOTEL Si 349 Cambie St. 43 Powell St. RAINIER HOTEL 309 Carrall St. NEW FOUNTAIN HOTEL 47 W. Cordova St. A Professional Greets the B.C. Workers’ News ... Long Life anda Successful Year! “THE WORKER” District Office Greetings to B.C. Workers’ News. ..- For a Mighty Workers’ Press! 25 L) Members of the UKRAINIAN WORKERS AND FARMERS MASS ORGANIZATIONS Send Proletarian Greetings to the B.C. Workers News on its First Anniversary We Pledge to Support this Militant Labor Paper LONG LIVE THE WORKERS’ PRESS! —1r— neds SECTION 3, DIST. 9, Greetings to the B.C. Workers’ News on its first anniversary! The great need for this paper in B.C. will be even more urgent in the future in the fight against Fascism and War and for unity of the exploited masses. More power to the B.C. Workers’ News! COMMUNIST PARTY tw “THE WORKER” Greets “THE B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS” Labor’s Militant Provincial Paper The Advocate of Unity in the Labor Movement The Leader in the Struggle Against Poverty, Fascism, and for Peace WEBSTERS CORNERS WORKERS, FARMERS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS Greet the First Anniversary of Publication of the B.C. Workers’ News May it continue to grow and help to strengthen the efforts of the working class in the struggle against fascism and war! M. Tapala — Armi and Arve Skythe — Lyyli, Jenny and Emil Rawnio — Jack and Mary Ranta — R. A. and G. Lundell — W. and S. Bolky — O. and E. Salmi — H. and C. Bell — H. and W. Ojaniemi — I. and Vie Hyvari — Me and M. Saari — M. and W. Katainen — H. and K. Kuk- kola — W. and H. Ranta — I. and L.. Rauppinen — A. T. and W. Kakela — E. and A. Paltlila. ICOR GREETINGS! Unity Against Fascism RUSSIAN FARMERS’ & WORKERS’ CLUB Defend the Workers’ Fatherland—the Soviet Union SWEDISH-FINNISH WORKERS’ CLUB WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE? Happy greetings to the B.C. Workers’ News on the occa- sion of its first anniversary of continuous publication ... “Many Happy Returns!” BE. O. HAUKEDAHL. SOINTULA WOMEN’S LABOR LEAGUE Greetings! Long live the Labor Press! Mr. and Mrs. P. Hiebert extend greetings to the B.C. Workers’ News upon completion of one year of uninterrupted publication. UNIT 6, SECTION 8, COM. PARTY OF CANADA B.C. Workers’ News is a formidable weapon for the masses. .. Greetings! GERMAN WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ CLUB Greetings! Help unite all anti- fascist forces for Peace and Civil Liberties! ON GRATULATIONS and Greetings for your fearless stand in the struggle in the interests of the exploited. . . For your championing of unity of the toilers. —From the Progressive Working Men and Women of Nanaimo and District. Sunbury Branch of the C1... DEL: Greets the First Anntwersary of the B.C. Workers News MORE POWER TO THE . WORKERS’ PRESS! ‘DER KAMPF’ Canadian Jewish Labor Paper & Greetings to the B.C. Workers and Their Press | Long Live the Struggle for Democratic Rights and Peace! Loggers and Lumber Workers of the LUMBER WORKERS’ INDUSTRIAL UNION More Power to the ’ Efforts for Trade Union Unity United We Are Strong! Fishermen & Cannary Workers’ Industrial Union For Trade Union Unity! Greetings tothe Workers’ Press! GREETINGS FROM L. H. R. VANCOUVER HEIGHTS WOMEN’S LABOR LEAGUE Hearty Greetings on your First Anniversary ! T. Kulchyski, Mt. Cartier, B.C. Greetings to the Workers’ Press! ... Now for a “Daily”! JIMMY PETERS Greetings to the “News”! Long live the Workers’ Press. SECTION 9 COM. PARTY OF CANADA Revolutionary Greetings! | For Unity in the Coming Period Central Burnaby Branch of the C.L.D.L. Greetings to the B.C. Workers News! May It Have Many Anni- versaries of Continuous Publication! Centre Branch WORKERS’ EX-SERVICEMEN’S LEAGUE Vancouver ‘Unite to Resist War Preparations! Greetings to Workers’ Press. be about every one in the district! They now have thirteen members in the League and prospects of seven more with good possibilities of having a Women’s Auxiliary to help. We believe if this branch is run on true democratic lines they will be a real sid to the veterans of Hope and district. Vigilance and Unity, should be the iS watchword. Tolerance, 5 ee A A a Mass Action is Needed Vicious treatment is being handed out to a veteran living in Vancou- ver. A comrade bought a home here after leaving Langley Prairie, but, being unable to obtain work, was forced to apply for relief for him- self, wife and child. This was Te fused on the grounds that he is 2 Langley charge (this in spite of him being a city property holder). Our comrade refuses to be driven back to Langley, where he has no home to take his family to, and is now becoming desperate, declaring that if he has to break the law to as- sure his wife and child food he is prepared to do so. We must rally mass support for this comrade and his family. Eix-Servicemen must insist on having the right to live where they choose. Are we, who fought for this country, to lose those very liberties our comrades died to de- fend? = = * * Officers Elected At the annual election of officers for the Gentre Branch of the Work- ers’ Ex-Servicemens League, Com- rade J. P. McDonald was chosen secretary for the coming twelve months. Comrade McDonald has always had the best interests. of the vet- erans at heart and we wish him well and call on the members to give him their active support. * * * Ed When Major Powers Comes A delegation of the W-E:S.L. has been chosen to interview Major Powers of the Board of Pensions, whom, we understand, is to visit Vancouver. The purpose is to bring to his attention the promises made by the Liberals and to further press for increased pension allowances for small pensioners, $18.75 being quite inadequate; also to urge upon him that unemployed veterans be granted an equal allowance to be issued through his department, * = * * What Price Glory? We do not see much about the Ex-Servicemen in G. G McGeers Jubilee announcements. Maybe Gerry realizes we have little to be jubilant about, what with pension cuts, relief camps and inadequate relief. * * * = Last Call for Press Drive This is the birthday issue of our paper and we wish to thank all fhose Ex-Servicemen who have given it loyal support. A number of veterans in various parts of the province are subscribers and we trust that they will be the means of introducing this paper to many more old comrades in the New Year just commencing. With your support in getting new readers it will not be long before its size will have to be increased. 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