“March 6, 1935 B.C. WOREERS’ NEWS Page Three CCF. MEMBERS SCOREPATIULLO (Continued from page 1) ash by the camp foreman and the wrovincial police quite recently, and mot allowed to talk to the loggers. Two opposing forces on the op- position side of the house spoke on Monday, one Mr. Anscomb, inde- pendent conservative of Victoria, and Mrs. Steeves, €.C.F. member for Worth Vancouver. The former -stated in no uncertain terms where the belongs and whose interests he -defends. He wailed about industry eine unable to stand the taxation of health insurance of even one per cent as advocated by the proposed thealth bill. He told the house of how he advocated to the board of Jubi- dee Hospital at Victoria, of which he was a member, that they should refuse to accept indigent patients from Saanich and Bsquimalt, uniess the money was forthcoming for their treatment. Starvation of Children Scored Mrs. Steeves opened her address y- declaring that Anscomb stood Zor the bondholders. With gentle but biting sarcasm she castigated the government for their treatment of single men and women on relief and Yor ther starvation relief allowance for children. She congratulated the sovern- ment in a manner that struck home on the methods they had adopted to hanes onto office for another year and on getting rid of Gerry McGeer after he had done the dirty work for them. Maybe Not So Many Permanent Waves Disdainine to refute the charge made by a member that she had acted as chairman at a meetine of the Friends of the Soviet Union, Mrs. Steeves. instead, pointed to the fact that people like Sherwood Eddy, Rey. Dr. Brewing and Tom Wphill could also be included in the ranks of people who were friends of the Soviet Union-~ She told the house that Mrs. Paul Smith should read the book “Soviet Communism,” by Beatrice and Syd- mey Webb, who are well-known as Fabian socialists (near liberals) and she might gain some enlightenment. She said that the Russians were Building a new civilization. They are perhaps not gettin=e so many permanent waves and silk stockings as we are, but they are Huilding a new society. They may be living in the kitchen while they are building the house she said, but we are living in a house that is fall- ine apart and continuous patchine= of the holes won't save it. “Winch Calls for Workers to Unite =. E. Winch, €.C.F. member for Burnaby, made an appeal for unity ef the workers when he described the principles of scientifie socialism. In reply to Mrs. Smith’s claim that human nature can't be changed, he said that human nature was “10 per eent hereditary and 90 per cent en- vironment.” He drew a vivid picture of the misery and starvation of the settlers of the Peace River country svhere relief is 8.75 for a man and wife for a month. Farmers are go- ine around with rags on their feet for shoes and socks. Winch’s chief contribution was in relation to vio- lations and exemptions of the mini- mum wage and hours of work act. Warning the government that they had not heard the last of the fongshore struggle he pressed for Zovernmment action to compel the Shipping Federation to employ cap- able union longshoremen who could stow cargo to prevent accidents Such as recently happened to four ocean vessels. Clara Zetkin, Inspirer, Leader Of Women’s Struggle For Emancipation Clara Zetkin, German revolution- ary and fighting working - class leader and anti-war fighter, has be- queathed to us that spirit that fought for the working class until the day of her death. She fought continually against the Social-Dem- ocrats, the reformists, who were always compromising with the rul- ing class, content with “reforming” incidental ills of the capitalist sys- tem, but who were against a basic solution of all ills arising from capi- talism. For many years she edited the women’s paper of the Social- Democrats. During the war it was taken from her, but she still con- tinued her fight by speaking and writing. Degradation of Women In her now famous interview with Lenin=she wes confirmed in her ideas of putting forward demands favorable to women, not in an at- tempt to appease women by reforms, but demonstrating thereby the shameful humiliation of women, in bourgeois society, defenseless and without rights. The hatred of and the willingness to abolish everything which tortures and oppresses the woman worker, the house-wife, the farming women, the wife of the petty trader and in many cases the women of the small possessing classes, reflects their understanding of their position and interests and the rights and privi- leges to be demanded from bour- geois society. Soviets Gave Women Freedom As Lenin aptly put it, “We must fight now for this, now for that, but always in connection with the gen- eral interests of the proletariat.” He goes on to say, “Women must be made conscious of the political con- nection between the demands and their own suffering, needs and wishes. They must realize what complete equality with man in law and practice, in the family, in the state, in society, means for them.” “Soviet Russia shows that,’ in- terrupted Clara. Lenin’s answer was that not one state and no demo- eratic legislation has given woman half of what the Soviet power has given her in the first few months of its existence. Day of Class Struggle So our thanks are due to Clara Zetkin, who from 1908, when the first Woman's Day was established in the United States, tried to keep it a day of class character, when women demonstrate their stubborn fight against capitalism, fascism and war, now celebrated all over the world as International Women’s Day. SHEARER SPEAKS AT KELOWNA KELOWNA, March 3—Mr. Sam Shearer, vice chairman of the Pro- vineial Branch of the Canadian, League Asainst War and Fascism, gave a lecture on war and fascism in the 1.0.0.%. Hall here, on Feb- ruary 29, to an attentive audience of about 200. Mr. Shearer also spoke at the United Presbyterian Church to the Youth Group on the following Sun- day evenings. The minister persona)- ly blessed Mir. Shearer on the nobie eause for which he was working. Quite a number have joined the local branch of the League Against War and Fascism as a result of Mr. Shearer’s visit, CAMP MEN ARE REFUSED RELIEF VACOUVER, March 5—Seventy camp men have been rejected both for admittance to the camps and re- lief in town, under the new ruling of the Minister of Labor, Norman MeL. Rogers made to the House on February 26. The statement by Mr. Rogers which bars these men from relief or the camps reads: “The present strensth of the camps will not be increased. There will be no new ad- missions.” These men who have been thus rejected will hold a meeting on Sun- day, March 8, at 61 West Cordova St., to discuss what action can be taken to fain relief. Citizens who are interested in the case of these men are invited to attend and take part in the deliberations. Nine Loggers Injured In One Week On Vancouver Island Boss Greed for Profits Maims Scores Every Week VICTORIA, Mar. 2.—To show the extent of the speed-up and reckless disregard for human life by the lumber barons in their greed for profits a few of the loggers who were hurt in the woods on Vancou- ver Island during the last week of February are listed below: Jack Morasky, high rigger for Ex- port Logging Co. at Cowichan Lake, was thrown 30 feet, receiving back injuries and bone fractures. Gunnar Jackson, Camp 6 Youbou, fell 20 feet on his head and shoul- der. Expected he has fractured bones. Geo. Grank, Camp 3 Youbou, was struck by a falling limb and received broken face bones. K. 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Pete Predovic, Camp 6 Youbou, was hit by a tree and has a frac- tured rib and left arm and side in- jured. Kapoor Singh received possible fracture of the right foot in the woods at Youbou. This is only some of the accidents in the woods of B.C. during the past week. The bosses are expecting a big increase in profits this year. We can expect a big increase in loggers’ iillings and injuries, unless organ- ization compels the boss loggers to adopt safety measures, even thoush these measures slow down produc- tion. DEBAUCHERY Is there a madness underneath the sun More strange, more terrible? or any one More pitiful than this, that for a star A mother sells her flesh and blood to war? A son for slaughter, and a star for praise! Nor this the total madness of our days, A son to slay some other mother’s son, And by such murder mother’s bless- ing won! The Hindu mother, by the Ganges tide Drowning her babe, but with pride, Poor blind purveyor to a Saurian feast, Still spares her babe from murder’s maw, at least. heart-broken, Is there debauchery more deep than this? The State betraying mothers with a kiss? Bribing the Marys of the world to sell, For tinselled star, their flesh and blood to hell! —Robert Whitaker. LOCAL TAG DAY RESULTS MARRED BY WET WEATHER Dropping of Section 98 Charges Had Effects VANCOUVER, March 2.—Heayy rains played havoc with the Tag Day held here on Saturday, for the defence of the Resina trekkers. A total collection of $965.51 was real- ized. As early as 7 a.m. 100 taggers were out on the streets and at Some of the gates of factories and industries where a large number of workers are employed, and also at the car barns of the B.C. HFlectric Railway. Wery few citizens ventured down town until late in the afternoon when the rain sSlackened off and finally turned fair in the evening, but the wet weather had left its mark The number of taggers on the streets was not above 200 at any time, many workers who would have been only too glad to assist in tag- Sing for the defence of their brothers in Regina, were barred through lack of proper clothing and footwear, and with the recent cold spell just broken, many people are still suffering from the effects of bad symtoms of the ’flu. Dropping of the Section 98 charges against four of the trekkers also had some effects. There are still 22 trekkers who aire to be tried on charges of ‘rioting’ in the City of Regina, and the state will attempt to vindicate the R.C.M.P. for the riots, by jailing these workers. Those workers who tagged in the early morning during the heayy rains showed a spirit of solidarity that is hard to equal. NEWS NOTES FROM AFAR Unity Defeats Wage Cut AMSTERDAM.—(ALP)—New at- tempts on the part of the reaction- ary Wing of the Amsterdam City Council to cut wages of municipal employees have been defeated by the Socialist and Communist major- ity on the council. Silks For Soviet Workers MOSCOW, Feb. 29.—(ATP)—Sillc goods to the value of 114 million rubles and silk clothes for an ad- ditional 12 million rubles will be put on the market during the first quar- ter of this year. A much larger percentage of these goods will be sold in the vil- lages this year than has been form- erly, as the demand for silk is srow- ing very fast there. Cars Privately, Owned KHARKOVA, U.S.S.R., Feb. 29 — (ALP)—Among the many thousands of automobiles in this large city of the Ukraine, there are also over 1000 cars that are privately owned. Most of these machines belong to the workers in the big factories here. War Machine Grinds On BERLIN, Feb. 29 -—(A LP)—One million six hundred thousand train- ed or partially trained soldiers wiil be at the disposal of Germany’s war machine at the end of 1936. The air force, now consisting of 1,000 “planes of the first line’ will soon be enlarged to 2,000, and authorities are taking measures to speed up aviation production so that plants will turn out 4,000 planes annually. Charged With Assault SUDBURY, Ont., Feb. 26.—(ALP) —Too ill from malnutrition to face the court on a charge of assaulting a relief officer, H. Barry, Jr., was remanded for one week. Girls Lose Jobs NUREMBERG, Germany, March 2.—_(ALP)—10,000 Bavarian girls have been thrown out of work since the coming into effect of one of the several laws passed by the Reich- stag prohibiting Jews from employ- ing in their houses Germen women under the age of 35 or over the age of 45. Became Tired Waiting MUNICH, Germany, March 2. (ALP)—Grand Duchess Cyril, whose husband claims the throne of Russia —died today at her palace at Amor- bach, Bavaria, a victim of influ- enza and an apoplectic stroke. Help to circulate the B.C. Work- ers’ News and the Workers’ Press in your neighborhood. Sell your shopmate a subscription. VETS’ VOLLEYS South African Veterans held their thirty-sixth anniversary meeting last Saturday at the Hotel Georgia. Col. A. D. Wilson, in responding to the toast, “His Majesty’s Forces” stated “VYVancouvers military units up to now have been handicapped by inadequate quarters. Building of the Seaforth Highlanders Armory and the securing of new quarters for other units, is improving the situation.”” He called on the ver- erans to support the Active Militia. In the U.S.A. the National. Guarda has been continuously used for strike breaking. Canada has seen the militia called out at Stratforc. The South African Vets should bear this in mind. Robert McNicol responding to the toast, the “Canadian Iegion,” said he “was not sure that Canada has done all she could for her returned soldiers.”” He urged support for the Legion “whose work will not be completed until every man is talen care of."’ McNicol as provincial sec- retary knows quite well Canada has failed to do its duty to the veterans, or if he doesn’t its time he was re- moved. We welcome his statement that they will not rest until all are taken care of ,but if he does not put on more pressure it will be a plots of Jand in a cemetery that we will get, as We can’t wait for another 17 years. SOVIET MERCHANT MARINE GROWING LONDON.—The Soviet Union has increased its merchant marine fleet from 301,000 tons to 1,350,000 tons within the last eight years ac- cording to the annual report of the United Kingdom Chamber of Ship- ping, just made public. The report stated that Britain’s merchant marine has fallen from 45 per cent of the world total in 1913 to 31.61 per cent as G£ June, 1935, the report said, 65,000 Trees For A ‘Song’ Bakewell Shows How Gov’t Ignores Denud- ing of B.C. Forests VICTORIA, Feb. 29. — Ernest Bakewell, C.C.F. member for Mac- kenzie, gave one of the most in- structive and constructive addresses to the House last Friday that has been heard for a long time on the lumber and fishing industries. It was plain to be seen that this mem- ber has spent much time in research work and he covered the subject thoroughly, going into many de- tailed explanations which carried with them a severe indictment of the Liberal government. At one period of his allotted time he spoke of an incident that oc- curred since the last session of the House, when a United States con- cern which sent a man up to the Powell River district. This man en- Baged some unemployed workers last November to cut 65,000 Christ- mas trees at a price of $2,500. The trees had to be from 5 to 30 feet high and of good quality, well branched, ete. The workers were Sypped and were paid only $150 out of the $2,500 coming to them. The trees were sold in New York, Cin- cinnati and other cities at top prices and our government pays no atten- tion to such exploitation of our for- ests and our workers. Bakewell said that these 65,000 trees would have grown into per- fect saw logs and it would cost more than the price promised to plant seedlings to replace jthem, apart from tending the young trees after they were planted. He said it would lave paid the people of B.C if the government had paid the workers $2,500 not to cut the trees for the American enterprising racketeer. Demand Classification _Of Political Prisoners TORONTO, Feb. 29, — (ALP) — Seeking to have a special “political prisoners’ classification recognized in Canadas law books, representa-— tions will be made to the newly ap- pointed penitentiary investigation commission by the Canadian Labor Defence League. Communist Party leaders, eight of whom served sentences under Sec_ tion 98 of the Criminal Code, also Said that pressure will be brought on the commission to put into the report a proposal for a political prisoner’s Classification. Noranda Strike Victims. Seventeen prisoners are now in the penitentiary of St. Vincent de Paul near Montreal who would be classed as political prisoners, A. E. Smith, general secretary of the @.L. D.L., said. These men were sen- tenced to two years for their part in the bitter Noranda strike. They began serving their time last June. “There are more than a hundred political prisoners right now in Canadian jails,”’ the defence leader said, “most of them in the West.”’ Commission Has Power. The scope of the commission does not extend beyond the penitentiaries, but in the powers given by the soyv- ernment order-in-council will enable the commission to investigate class- ifications. “Qlassifications of of- fenders” is specifically mentioned in the order. When the commission was first mooted under the Bennett regime the C.L.D.L. sought to have a repre- sentative of the working class named to the body. The matter was dropped then to be later resurrect- ed by the Mackenzie King govern- ment. STRIKERS CLOSE TEXTILE MILLS SHANGHAT, China, Feb. 27.— (ALP)—Six more Shanghai textile mills have joined the anti-Japanese strike, thus makig a total of 18,000 operatives on strike. The original cause of the strike was the murder of a Chinese worker by the Japan- ese overseer at the Kiva mill. Three thousand mill hands at this and an- other mill walked out in protest. Now, however, wage increases are among the mill workers’ demands. Do You Wish To Be Well In- formed on Labor, Economic, So- cial, Political Questions? ... then read THE WORKER Leading Labor Paper in Canada Published Three Times a Week Subscription Rates: Year conan Gerson $3.00 6 Months .......... 1.75 3 Months 2.05220 2. -90 i Monthy 22 Si eenn. 40 Toronto, Ont. |98 Church St. HASTINGS BAKERY 716 BAST HASTING ST. We deliver from house to house in Grandview and Hastings town- Site districts. Call High. 3244 and our driver will be at your door. Support Those Who Support You Jobless Protest Relief Cuts FORT ERIE, Feb. 26—(A LP)— Hort Erie unemployed have asked council to meet them on March 2; to hear protests asainst the seneral relief cut which has followed the action of Hon. 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