B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS

Page Three

“March 27, 1936

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A.F.L. Union Condmns
Attitude of Gev-
ernment

VANCOUVER, Mar. 24. — Three
rejected campboys were arrested
yesterday and their collection cans
confiscated by police. The boys,
who were collecting for their own
relief at the B.C. Electric car barns
were ordered to move on. Refusing
to do so, they were arrested on a
eharge of “obstructing” police of-
ficers.

Qn Saturday morning the camp
boys paraded to the Police Station,
where they were told that nothing
could be done for them, but they
hhad the sympathy of the police. At

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REJECTED CAMP BOYS HARRASSED,
BEATEN AND ARRESTED BY POLICE

night, when ten of the boys were col-
lecting in front of the Seaforth Ar-
mories where an automobile show
was being staged, the police punched
them and confiscated their collec-
tion cans.

Last night when a representative
of the men was given a very sympa-
thetic hearing by local 452 of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, and although members
are mostly unemployed, a collection
was taken up among the members
which yielded $4.59. The union also
endorsed resolutions condemning
the disclaimer attitude of those in
official government positions.

The Canadian Labor Defence
League has undertaken the defence
of those arrested.

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Letter Digest

EDITOR’S NOTE: It is the in-
tention of the BC. Workers’
Wews to have an enlarged paper
as quickly as possible. Negotia-
tions are going forward now.

Wm. Qualm sends us a letter
warning of the danger of a serious
epidemic of contagious diseases ow-
ing to the poor workers being un-
der-nourished, and warns the rul-
ing class that unless they feed the
workers better, they themselves will
not be immune.

From Aldergrove we have two
letters telling of the reactionary
policy the small town weekly papers
adopt towards the C.C.—. and Gom-
mumnist farmers. This correspond-
ent rightly suggests a method for
counteracting them, and that is to
spread the circulation of the Com-
monwealth and the B.C. Workers’
News.

From GC. H.° of Salmo Airport
Camp we have a story of-how win-
ter is “enjoyed” in camp. Owing to
lack-of space we are turning it over
to the Camp Workers’ Union for
publication in their paper.

From “A Churchman” we received
a clipping and note of comment on
the late imperialist poet Kipling.
We are unable to run it owing to
lack of space. Will “Churchman’”’

please write again on conditions of.

the people in his district.

We have word that Allan Puito-
nen. B.C. student to the Sports in-
structors School is progressing. The
Swedish-Binnish Workers Club has
donated to this cause, and so has
Sointula Athletic Club. The CGa-
nadian Amateur Sports Federation
still needs $100.00, however, to see
his course through. Send donations

to the secretary, U. Soderholm, at |

2605 East Pender St.

Last weelx we overlooked a splen-
did account of what the Burnaby
Social Service Council really stands
for. This council has the support
of most progressive organizations.
They sent a delegation to interview
the provincial Cabinet. Dr. Telford
kindly allowed them to broadcast
over the air, and at public meetings
the delegation told of the results of
their interview. We are unable to
print their letter in full, but anyone
interested can be enlighteded by at-
tending one of their meetings, They
meet every Saturday morning at
Unity Hall at Burnaby.

Camp 375 Annis in the Salmon
Arm District sends us the news to
the effect that the workers in this
camp are still getting paid on the
20 cents a day rate. We are turning
over the letter to the Camp Work-
ers’ Union for action.

PONTYPOOL, Ens. — (ALP) —
Hundreds of unemploved in Mon-
mouthshire are being asked to un-
dertake a course of physical (mili-
tary) trainine.

The local branch of the National
Unemployed Workers’ Movement
called a mass meeting of all the un-
employed. At this meeting a pledse
was taken to refuse training.

We Can’t Lose
Gerry NicGeer

3000 Miles Away — But
Telephone Brings Us
Near!

The boon of the telephone and
teleeraph to modern civilization is
inestimable. The housewife can
phone the butcher and get ham-
burger for dinner in less than a
jiffy. A girl can call off her en-
gagement by telegram without hay-
ing ascene. Business executives can
eall in their tramp salesmen inside
of 24 hours if they phone during
license hours. But for real modern-
istic executive business acumen you
haye to give the palm to “Riot Act”
MeGeer. He can run a city while
he sits at a "phone three thousand
miles away.

The other day the Vancouver City
Council was in a dilemma. They
couldn’t balance the budget. One
bright lad suggested wiring “Field
Gun’ McGeer, our long distance
mayor, to see if he had any ideas:
He had. He immediately got busy,
and by long distance ‘phone and

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Support Those Who Support You

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Visit The
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306 Carrall St.

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hair and roughness.

Dominion-wide Campaign To
Free Regina Camp Trekkers

Commission Justifies Po-
lice for Causing
Riot

TWO~LIE DEAD

The fact finding Commission has
concluded its sessions in Regina,
and although no report has yet been
given, there is no doubt that their
verdict will have a great bearing on
the forthcoming trials of the twenty-
two young trekkers.

The feature of the closing sittings
was the opinion expressed by Chief
Justice Brown that if there had not
been a strong police force on the
Market Square July ist, the trek
leaders would have been released by
the people, and therefore, the action
taken by the police in precipitating
a riot was justified..

A review of the sworn evidence
placed before the commission proves
conclusively that the responsibility
for the riot lies with those respon-
sible for issuing the orders, namely
Gommissiener Major General J. H.
McBrien and Assistant Commission-
er 5S. T. Wood. To substantiate this,
there is the statement made by At-
torney General Davis that the avail-
able evidence was not sufficient to
warrant bringing the trek leaders
to trial. This brought about the
withdrawal of all charges under
Section 98.

Tf the ends of justice are to be
served, these twenty-two young men
must be freed, and our united ef-
forts which brought the fact finding
commission into being with the
subseguent freeing of the trek lead-
ers, must now be redoubled on be-
half of these boys. .

Two of the trekkers have sacri-
ficed their lives, one of them dying
as a result of injuries received dur-
ing the riot. Shall we allow twenty-
two more to be imprisoned in order
to prove that the government can
do no wrong?

Rey. East Speaks Out

We could do no better at this time
than quote from Rev. S. B. East,
who prepared a statement for the
commission to take under consider-
ation.

“Youth cannot wait for the slow
processes of trade recovery, even if
it were possible for these to restore
normaley. Futility, frustration and
despair caused one of these young
men John Thomas, who was one of
the guests of Regina in July,
to commit Suicide during the
last week. Such tragic events will
multiply if a remedy is not speedily
found. Thousands of others have
already committed moral suicide as
a way of escape from mental an-
guish. Tens of thousands of youths
and maidens who with diligence,
most commendable self-mastery,
and fine determination have over-
come great difficulties to prepare
themselves to serve their country
only to find every door of oppor-
tunity for service closed to them.
=m I beg you not to allow any
breath of yours to dampen the ar-
dour of those who are honestly en-
deayoring to find a way out of the
appalling darkness which enshrouds
hundreds of thousands of fine young
men and women whose future pre-
sents scarcely a ray of the light of
hope, but who are justly entitled
to a full, free and happy life as my
sons and daughters or your own.
As you would that society should
do to your own chidren, try to do to

MISS BLAKELEY
A BOWELLESS HAG

Suffering from anemia and gen-
eral debility caused through having
no teeth and thus not being able
to masticate her food, a woman on
relief in Vancouver obtained a pre-
seription from her private doctor
for extra relief allowance. This was
given to her for a limited period and
then it was cut off by Miss Blakely
of the relief office without any ad-
vance notice.

The woman visited her doctor,
who again recommended that she
be given extra allowance, but upon
presenting this letter to Miss
Blakely was informed that Dr.
Muscovich, the relief doctor, had
ordered her to have the extra al-
lowance cut off. When the woman
insisted that she obtain an inter-
view with Dr. Muscovich, she was
informed that he was now on his
holidays 2

This is a sample of the efficiency
of the relief department in Vancou-
ver. Workers on relief should come
together to abolish the cruel treat-
ment meted out to sick relief re-
eipients.—L.G.

these disinherited youths.”
National Youth Day April 4

April 4th, the anniversary of the
walkout from the relief camps, has
been set by the Gitizens’ Defence
Movement, as NATIONAL YOUTH
DAY! On this day, protest meetings
will be held all over Canada against
these youths being convicted of
something for which they are in no
way responsible.

Meetings will be held in various
parts of Vancouver, and the B.C.
Section of the Gitizens’ Defence
Movement urges everyone who be-
lieves in justice to support these
meetings, and join in urging upon
the authorities the necessity of the
withdrawal of all charges in the in-
terest of justice.

Watch your local papers for time
and place of meetings and speakers.

Canadians Want A Living Wage

And Decent Working Conditions

S
KENORA TEACHERS ASK
SALARY INCREASES
KENORA, Ont..—Supported by
the Trades and Labor Council, rep-
resentatives of the Kenora Public
Sehool Teachers’ Association sought
a general increase in wages from
the Board of Edueation here today.
It was also urged upon the board
that the annual $50 sdilary increases

be restored,

UNIONS PROTEST CIVIC WAGE
CUTS

TORONTO, Ont.—Protests from
five unions against further reduc-
fions in civic wages and salaries
Will be read at this afternoon’s spe-
eial meeting of city council for con-
Sideration of the 1936 budget and
strikine of the final tax rate. Those

tabling protests were: - Toronto
Building Trades Council, Toronto
Bookbinders and Bindery Women,
Sheet Metal Workers’ International

Association, Intemational Beverage
Dispensers’ TJnion, and the Interna-
tional Union of the United Brew-
ery, Plour, Cereal and Soft Drink
Workers of America.

EDMONTON FACES BUDGET
ATTACK
EDMONTON. Alta.— Wazge cuts
ranging from 5 to 10 per cenit,
restoration of the city service tax,
increase of 10 per cent in light,
power, water and telephone rates,
and a boost in street car fares to

four tickets for 25 cents to give
Edmonton a 55-mill tax rate and a
balanced budget this year were con-
sidered by the city council Friday
night.

OFFICE WORKERS SEEK TO
JOIN A.F.of L.

TORONTO, Ont.—Applicution to
the Dominion Trades and Labor
Gongress for a charter has been
made by the Office and Store Em-
ployees’ Association.

Cecil Green is organizer of the
union, which was formed last April.

POCKETBOOK WORKERS’
STRIKE

TORONTO, Ont.—Complete stop-
pase in the pocketbook trade in
Toronto was affected this morning
when 300 men and women workers
came out on a general strike call.

Demands are: Recognition of the
International Pocketbook Workers’
Union; better working conditions;
revision of wages.

Seven shops are affected and
about 85 per cent of the workers
are on strike, bringing the whole
industry to a complete standstill.

WORK WITHOUT WAGES

THE PAS, Man.—Men are being
employed in the lumber camps of
The Pas jLumber Co. and after
payine for their clothes, iaundry,
board, tobacco and incidentals are
owing the company money in the
spring. {

HAMILTON STREET RATDLWAY
EMPLOYEES MAY GET
INCREASE
OTTAWA.—Statinge that they had
no doubt “that the railway com-
pany can take care of this inetease
Without particular difficulty,’’ the
board of conciliation recommended
to the minister of labor, Hon. Nor-
Man Rogers an increase of 4 cents
an hour for all employees of the
Hamilton Street Railway and a 44-
hour week for operators of one-man

cars and buses.

DRESS WORKERS STRIKE FOR
44-HOUR WEEE
MONTREAL. — Cutters of the
Little Queen Dress Shop struck here

for the 44-hour week. The dress
cutters’ local of the international
union is fighting against scabbinge

tactics of the company.

WAGE TAX LABOR VICTORY

WINNIPEG, Man. Manitoba
labor forces scored a wonderful par-
tial victory Jast night, when Hon.
A. BE. MePherson, K-C.. provincial
treasurer, announced an increase
from $960 to $1,2000 in the 2 per
cent wage tax for married persons,
as the minister brought dewn his
budget in the legislature.

The increased exemption removes
20,000 workers from the wage tax

rolls. It saves them approximately
$400,000. Labor is jubilant at the
victory.

telegraph he suggested that they
dig into the “rent money.’’ It seems
they have made sure that the bond-
holders will not go hungry, and so
they have set aside $300,000 more
than is coming to them. This is in
case of a rainy day. Gerry is wise.
There may be 2 contingency arise
any day. Another 600 special police
may be needed to guard the site of
the new City Hall from angry East
End ratepayers.
Never Do Today What You
Can Do Tomorrow!

The council discussed Gerry’s sug-
gestion, but weren’t quite sure that
it was legal, seeing that Gerry is
also a lawyer, so they decided to get
a line on it from corporation coun-
sel. It seems that our City Solicitor
is off sick. Evidently the thing
wasn’t burning anyway, so they de-
cided to wait till he gets on his feet
again.

The council is shy one and three-
quarters millions dollars of balanc-
ing the budget. Even if they were
to put into operation Gerry's sug-
gestion and also capitalize on the
relief fund for another half million,
they would still be a few hundred
thousand dollars short.

It is reported that the council
have three plans in mind. First they
can slash the estimates of the vyari-
ous departments, and let the chil-
dren occupy the dilapidated schools
as they are, and let all the other
necessary work go to pot; secondly,
they can raid the sinking fund, the
relief fund, and any other handbag
that happens to be laying around;
or thirdly, they can plaster a few
thousand dollars more of taxation
on the ratepayers, being careful not
to tax the big one dollar a year
philanthropists such as the BC.
Blectric and the C.P.R.

Tf the Vancouver City Council
keeps on like they are, and Ottawa
keeps our “Long Distance’’ Mayor
down there, we will certainly have
our taxes raised another mill to pay
for Gerry’s phone calls.

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An early date will be set for audi-
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People’s Bloc Disclaim

Church Burning Deeds

Fascist Government
Functionaries Being

Weeded Out

MADRID. Spain, Mareh 72}
(ALP)—Behind the church burnings

and street fighting which has al-
ready taken more than 50 lives
Since the elections lie agent pro-

vocateurs.

This charge has been flatly made
by the new government in the face
of Faseist threats to Seize power
“if the excesses do not stop.”

Large Caballero, titular leader of
the People’s Front, has issued a
denial that the Front is responsible.

Fascists are skillfully playing on
the misery of the people in an effort
to ereate a erisis favorable to a
eoup and People’s Front leaders are
taking steps to see that the workers
and poor peasants are not robbed

Attackers Of C.1.O.
Scored As Splitters

NORWICH, Conn.,
(UNS)—The actions of A.F. of L.
executives against the Committee
for Industrial Organization are des-
cribed as “‘splitting maneuvers,’”’ in
a resolution adopted by Norwich

March 12.—

Local 2038 of the United Textile
Workers.
Declaring that the whole labor

movement is endangered unless it
succeeds in organizing the wunor-
ganized in the basic industries, the

Norwich textile workers commend
the C.I.O. for “performing a very
valuable service in furthering the
cause of organizing the unorgan-
ized.”’

On the other hand, they assert
that the “craft-dominated execu-
tive council of the A.F. of L. has

criminally neglected organizing the
unorganized and is now engaged ia
threatening to split the A.-F. of L.

ings Street.

by ordering the C.I.Q. to dissolve.”

‘of the fruits of their electoral vic-

tory.

Plans for the restoration of con-
fiscated Jesuit property back to the
religious order haye been halted by
the government.

Huge workers’ demonstrations,
directed against the Fascists, have
been beld and former political pris-
oners are cheered wherever they go.
The journey of the president of the
Catalonian cabinet, Luis Companys,
from prison was a triumphal pro-
cession.

Fascist appointees

in the army,

police and telegraph and telephone J

services are beings weeded out as a
precaution. When local authorities

refuse to carry out this process
demonstrations of workers force
action.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Concert and dance will be held in
the Labor Hall, 805 Pender Street
Fast, on Wednesday, April 8th, at
8:30 p-m., in aid of the Radio Fund
of the League Against War and
Fascism, Drawing for a table lamp.
Admission 15 cents.

A. M. Stephen will speak on “War
and Fascism’ at South Hill CCF.
Club, 47th Avenue and Fraser, on
Tuesday, March 3ist, and at Fraser
C.C.F. Club, 31st Avenue and
Fraser, on Tuesday, April 7th. Both
at 8 p.m.

The Mothers’ Council will hold its
regular monthly whist drive and
lecture on Tuesday next, March 31,
at 2:30 pm. Miss Frances Moran
will be the speaker. Refreshments
will be served. No admission fee.

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