“March 20, 1936

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| Correspondence

The letter below is part of a
copy of a letter sent to Mr.. Con-
nell, M_L.A., by Mr. Jordan. Space
does not permit us to print the
whole letter; we are printing the
most important part.—Editor.

Wanaimo, B.C.
March 16, 1936.
Rev. Robt. Connell, M.L.A.
Parliament Bldgs.,
Victoria, B.C. °
Dear GComrade—ti take the liberty
of writing you regarding statements

| purported to have been made by you

recently in a speech in the House

at Victoria, and published in the.

Colonist. One was that the C.C.
BEffers were scientific socialists, but
not Marxian. As a matter of fact
Marx did for socialism what Dr.
Wallace did for plant life; and you
being a naturalist will probably
know what that is better than the
writer.

Another of your statements was
that Communism of today was not
the same as the Communism of
Bible days. That is rather wonder-
ful. Tsuppose the world should have
stood still, then we would not have
had to worry about catching up with
it. I would recommend you to read
“Fascism and Social Revolution” by
R. P. Dutt.

There are a numiber of really well
intentioned people today who, al-
though they are fully convinced in
their own midns that our social sys-
tem is anything but perfect, and are
fully reconciled to making certain
necessary changes, are so obsessed
with the idea of the “inevitability
of gradualism™” and so afraid of
causing hurt to any individual that
in the long run they are more likely
to inflict unnecessary suffering on
the community than the drastic-
minded social surgeons who see
nothing for it but a major operation
as speedily as possible.

The present methods for allevi-
ating unemployment, caused mainly
by. the rapidly improving technique
of modern methods of doing things
are merely palliatives and will get
us nowhere. Something in the na-
ture of a major operation is neces-
Sary and the sooner we get it over
and done with the better for the
world at large. As TI see things, it is
time for well-intentioned reformers
to put on their thinking caps to
consider whether in taking what
they believe to be the line of least

resistance, they are really doing a

useful service to society, or are in
actual fact but throwing as it were
a dam across the social stream,—a
dam which is destined ultimately
to be swept away by the pent-up
force of accumulated discontent.
Sincerely yours,
A. Jordan.

CORRESPONDENT
OPPOSES HEALTH
INSURANCE BILL

Under the pseudo title of “Social
Legislation,’’ many measures are
today being introduced in the United
States and Canada...

British Columbia is now contem-
plating a “Health Insurance Act.”
Why has a goyernmetn that has
been consistently attacking the liy-
ing standards of all workers, white-
eollared as well as manual, now
become so deeply interested in the
health of the two said classes? The
answers are, (1) The hospitals
throughout the province are in the
red, and the government finds it
more convenient to unload this bur-
den upon the small salary and wage-
earner than to make increased hos-
pital grants. (2) It will insure the
hospitals as goihe concerns ‘and
thus relieve the higher salaries from
contributing beyond the regular
charges. (3) It would create a
number of highly paid positions for
neglected but “deserving friends.’
(4) It will open a fertile field for
“benefit societies” which are pro-
vided for in the Bill. To see how
this works one has only to look at
the English Health Insurance Act.

When Mr. Evans, speaking over
the air; denounced the Bill because
of the 1 per cent of wages the log-
ging industry would have to pay,
the government hastened to say that
it would pay a part of that indus-
try’s share. Said payment would be
faken from deductions from work
ers and store clerks.

Why art part-time workers, un-

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Our

Lawmakers

Mr. H. Perry, Liberal member of
the B.C. Legislature, and honorable
speaker of the House, is president
of the Central Interior Printing Co.
and director of Prince George The-
atres Lid.

Mr. C. Tupper, Liberal member
for Similikameen, told the House
that the Pacific Great Eastern Rail-
way Co. is in good shape financially
and otherwise. He is a director of
the railroad. When he votes for as-
sistance for it in the House he votes
for himself.

Captain Leary, Liberal member
for Kaslo-Slocan, is manager and
owner of White Pine Lumber Go.,
with a sawmill headquarters at Na-
kusp, B.C. (Arrow Lakes).

Rolf Bruhn, “non-partisan’’ mem-
ber for Salmon Arm, and formerly
Minister of Public Works in the
Tolmie cabinet, is president and
owner of the Bruhn Logging Go.,
handling poles, ties and piling, at
Sicamous. He is also president of
the Shuswap Lake Lumber Go.

The B.C. Government will spend
this year for the keep of prisoners
at Qakalla Jail, $23,000, it is esti-
mated by the Minister of Finance.
The estimate for salaries for the
gaolers, however; is $97,489 dollars.
Are there more gaolers than pris-
oners?

The B.C. Government has 32 mil-
lion dollars in the sinking fund, ac-
cording to Minister of Finance
Hart. It is still short seven million
of requirements. Mr. Hart told the
House that we will have to put four
millions into it yearly. One million
dollars worth of New York bonds
matured last November, but Ottawa
is taking care of that.

Mr. Hart, Minister of Finance,
told the House last week that “re-
lief costs have increased but the
number of relief recipients have
decreased.” Maybe the relief re-
ecipients have had their relief scale
inereased; or is the increased costs
due to more “investigators” being
employed?

DEFENCE BAZAAR

The Canadian Labor Defence
League stands ever ready to rush to
the defence of persecuted workers,
but this is forthcoming only when
the organization is assisted by its
multitude of supporters and sym-
pathizers.

Many times, these supporters have
faithfully answered our appeals and
we realize that the past year has
been a tremendous drain on their
resources, but we wish to remind
all workers that the time for our
annual District Bazaar to be held
March 26, 27, 28, is approaching, and
donations of articles are needed to
make this affair a success.

We have a battery of collectors
going around and soliciting articles,
but in the heyday and bustle of
things, they will probably overlook
some person who will donate some-
thing, calculated toe raise funds to

for the families of working class
prisoners.

We therefore appeal to those who
would donate, to send their articles
to Room 28, 163 West Hastings St.
Remember that no article is too
large or too small.

Distriet Executive Committee,
Canadian Labor Defence League.

employed workers, and farm labor-
ers not included in the scheme? For
the same reason they were not in-
eluded in the “Bennett Contribu-
tary Unemployment Bill’’—they can-
not contribute enough!

Why are the doctors and nurses
in England forming a British Medi-

Trade Union Congress in protest
against a similar health measure?

Why are the doctors and chiro-
practors in British Columbia pro-
testing? Because they will suffer
together with their patients. ~

Why has a certain strata of so-
ciety been chosen for State Insur-
ance: firemen, policemen, postal
employees, office and store clerks,
teachers and manual laborers? The
Salaries of these individuals are
more accessible, and deductions
from their salaries can be made
without their consent. After appro-
priations have been made to hospi-
tals and administration, how much
will remain to pay the doctors?
There is another consideration: will
ALL diseases, chronic as well as
acute, be included?

Why have not salaries over $1800
been included? They would cer-
tainly have insured security to the
hospitals, but the contributions of
employers would have been heavier
too; and herein lies the class nature
of the plan.

i have noticed with surprise and
concern the stand taken by certain
C.C.F. members at Victoria, the
Trades and Labor Council, and the
United Church, in favor of this Bill.

We are al] in favor of Health In-
surance, but not a discriminating
Bill such as this. We want Health
Insurance that will include all class-
es in society, and which will tax
all classes on their ability to pay.
We also want an insurance that
covers medical attention, chiroprac-
tic, dentistry, and hospitalization,
including medicines and dressings.
What the final text of the Bill will
be is a matter of grave concern to
all.

It is not too late to bring every
pressure to bear on your Member,
to have this Bill amended, or de-
feated.

D. RAYMOND.
Wew Westminster, B.C.
March 18, 1936.

“Reforms are an auxili-
ary means in the class
strugele.”—Lenin.

assist in defence work and in relief.

cal Union, and affiliating with the

VETS’ VOLLEYS

While news of Hitler's goose-
stepping towards another world
Slaughter was still arriving here,
figures also arrived from Ottawa
showing that 606 Canadian war vet-
erans were buried last year under
the Last Post scheme—their only
escape from a pauper’s grave.

Canadian War Disability Pension-
ers of Winnipes endorsed a proposal
of the Vancouver Disabled Yeter-
ans Association that the latter ap-
ply for a Wederal charter. Local
vets qualified their endorsement by
requesting a national convention of
disabled men’s organizations to be
held prior to application.

Progressive Veterans’ Associa-
tion, East York, Ont., are taking
an active part in striving for better
conditions for themselves and in
supporting the unemployed against
relief cuts.

Veterans of Mt. Dennis, York
Township, Ont., are calling for a
Special Soldiers’ Relief Department,
also for the dismissal of R. B.
Geggie, township administrator, be-
cause of his overbearing manner
and inefficiency.

OTTAWA, Ont., March 11.—Min-
ister of Pensions Power told the
House today that deaths among war
veterans are increasing. The House
of Commons passed a grant of $60
to the Last Post Fund to help bury
the vets. If a little money was spent
on those now living there would be
less funerals.

A BUM BEANERY;
A SWELL NAME

Being a working girl, broke, and
ready to take most any job that
came along, I felt fortunate last
week when I was offered a job at
the “Garbo Cafe.’ I told the man-
ageress that I was inexperienced
and was offered $5.00 a week with
meals. I had to provide by own
smocks, and the meals were atro-
cious. Cockroaches run wild over
everything. Dishes have food placed
on them before they are allowed to
dry, and thus the customer gets
dishwater with his meals. I was told
that relief officials inspect cafes be-
fore they are given any relief busi-
ness. The inspector who inspected
this place must have been blind and
without a sense of smell. Itis a ery-
ing shame that men have to eat in
such places because the meals are
cheap, and girls have to work in
them. I couldn't stand it even
though I was broke. I had to quit.

—N.C.

IS PARLIAMENT
JUST A FARCE?

AcHundred_6. © Bosses
Don’t Seem to

Think So

By GEORGE DRAYTON

Harold Winch told the house at

Wictoria last week that “‘parliament
Was the biggest farce on the face of
the globe.’’
' fo some extent he is right. It
appears so on the surface to the
eCasual observer, but the capitalist
class do not consider it as a joke.
One hundred B.C. capitalist class
representatives lobbied last week!
They use it for a definite purpose,
and when the C.C.E. get control of
it by electing a2 majority to the
house it will still be parliament.

it is the business of the seven
C.C.F_ members and the one labor
member for ernie to begin now to
change it from its present farcial
performance into a tribune for ral-
lying the masses of the oppressed
people -of B.G., and to indict the
present government.

Too Much Levity

It cannot be said that the GCE.
members have not done this during
the present session; but the lone
labor member in his contribution to
the budget debate last Tuesday
missed the mark altogether. Whilst
Uphill, the member for Fernie,
raised one or two pertinent points
be overshadowed them with humor
that was ill-timed and tended to
take the edge off a serious discus-
sion.

Labor is suffering intensely at the
present moment, especially the min-
ers. The situation at Corbin and
Fernie calls for the most intense,
serious efforts on the part of all
friends of labor in the House, as
well as that of the workers of the
entire province, to bring about al-
leviation. For after all, there is a
time and place for facetiousness and
a time and place to be serious.

Workmen Laid Off

KINGSTON, Ont., March 16. —
(ALP)—Workers are being laid off
at the locomotive works here. The
average wage paid was 30 cents an
hour. This rate is so low that
many workers with large families
would really be as well off on relief
lists.

MASS MEETING

in commemoration of

PARIS COMMUNE

Speakers:
ARTHUR H. EVANS
Subject: “War Clouds Over
Europe and Far East.”
MALCOLM BRUCE
Subject: “Lessons of the
Paris Commune.”
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Royal Theatre

Hastings St., near Main

Sunday, March 22nd

at 8 p.m.

Progress In
Soviet Union

AUTOMOBILE PLANT
ENLARGED

MOSCOW, March 13.—(ALP)—
The second section of Gorki, des-
lined to be the Soviet Detroit, is
being built, and on a grander scale
than the first.

At the centre of the U-.S.S.R.’s
automobile metropolis will be
lecated administrative and cultural
institutions, including a House of
Soviets, Palace of Cuture, movies,
a concert hall, and club. Other fea-
fures of the auto town will be an

automobile institute, two technicar
eolleges; an airdrome, food plant,
115 children’s mnursuries. © schools,

Sarages, Shops, hospitals, baths, and
restaurants.
GLIDER RECORD SET

MOSCOW, March 13.—{ALP)—
Authorities announced today that a
Soviet airplane with a eglider at-
tached had established a world alti-
tude record for air trains.

The train rose to a height of 10,-
#60 meters (34,989.4 feet). It was
said to be the greatest altitude ever
attained by a glider.

NO MORE BLACK BREAD
ODESSA, U.S:S-R., Mareh 14.
(AJLP)—The consumption of rye
bread Was practically gone out of
fashion here. On the other hand,
the use of all kinds of white bread
has increased considerably. In Jan-
uary of this year, 5,400 toms of light
wheat bread and 2,800 tons of pure

white bread of all kinds were sold.

ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPLETED

MOSCOW, March 14—(ALP)—
The work befun nine years ago on
the compilation of a technical en-
cyclopedia has just been completed
with the appearance of the last of
the 39 volumes. The encyclopedia
will be delivered to over 75,000 read-
ers who subscribed for it.

SAILING COMPETITION

LENINGRAD, March 14.—{(ALP)
—The Weningrad Yachting Club,
directly under the Leningrad Trade
Union Council, is now undertaking
serious training for the great sailing
competition of ice yachts which will
lake place in the latter part of
March. Phe final race of the com-
petition will take place on the great
ice plane of the Finnish Gulf.

Workers come daily from the
Kirov plant. from the great rubber
factory “‘friagolnik” and from nu-
merous other factories in Leningrad,
after to the yachting club to train
for the ice yacht races.

BUFFET STREET CARS

SVERDLOVSE, U-S:S.R., Maren
i4.—(ALP)—Street cars connecting:
this great industrial centre of the
Urals with the new machine build-
ing works beyond the outskirts of
the city, have been fitted up with
restaurant cars.

The thousands of employees of
these factories can now have light
refreshments on their way to and
from work.

TRACTORISTS’ WAGES RISE

During 1935 the tractor repair
shops of Bavleny, U.S.S:R., carried
out repairs to the yalue of 545,000
rubles as against 335,000 rubles in
1934.

The average earnings of workers
in the shops during 1935 increased
15 per cent as compared with 1934,
while the earnings of the Stakhan-
ovites in many cases were more
than double.

Sixteen members of the American
sroup haye applied for Soviet citi-
zenship.

AID ETHIOPIAN
VICTIMS OF WAR

For the purpose of assisting the
victims of war in Ethiopia, a com-
mittee has been organized in Paris,
France, with Victor Basch, Jean
Cassou, Count and Countess Michael
Karolyi, Professor Langevin, Jean
Longuet and many other interna-
tional notables sitting as members.

Organizations sponsoring this
committee are: International Doc-
tor’s Association Against War;
Children’s Relief Committee
France; International Committee
for the Defence of the Ethiopian
People; International Committee
Against War and Fascism; HBuro-
pean Mutual Aid; International
Mutual Aid for hte Radical, Demo-
cratic and Giberal Parties; League
Against Imperialism and Colonial
Oppression; League for Children’s
Right; International Teague for
Goodness; International Workers’
Relief; International Red Aid; So-
ciety of the Friends of the Quakers:
Union of Toiling Negroes, etc.

This Committee has sent to Gan-
ada a number of illustrated post
ecards which sell at five cents and
the entire proceeds will be sent to
Paris, France, to further the work
of aiding the victims of Mussolini.
Cards are available at the District
Office of the Canadian Labor De—
fence League, Room 28, 163 Wrest
Hastings Street, Vancouver.

HOW JUSTICE
WORKS IN B.C.

It will be remembered that the
magistrate in the Interior declared
that “they wouldn’t be here if they
werent guilty,’’ referring to some
camp boys who had been arrested.

Tom Uphill exposed the class bias
of this magistrate in the House at
Victoria when he pointed out that
in B.C. “a magistrate doesn’t get his
fee unless he gets a conviction.”

This magistrate was making sure
of his fee before he tried the case.

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or Mimeographing, Letterheads,
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Bob Lealess will address a public
meeting at 150 West Hastings Street
on March 23rd. His subject-will be,
“Should Ex-servicemen Support the
League of Nations?”
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