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B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS

April 17, 1936

C.L.D.L. Defended

91 Since January 1

Appeals for Continued

Support in Defence of

Victims of Capitalist Offensive

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Already this year 91 workers al

heen arrested in the Province of
British Columbia for their labor ac-
4ivities. Camp workers who have
been refused re-admittance to the
Relief camps, denied relief in Van-
couver and consequently faced with
the necessity to resort to crime or
starve to death, are particularly
singled out by the authorities, ar-
rested and charged with “vagran-
-ey’”” and “obstructing the police.”

Due to the efforts of the Canadian
Tabor Defence League, of the 91
‘arrested, 49 acquittals were so far
gained.

In order to effect the release of
those still awaiting trial, as well as
to cope with the arrests which are
taking place daily, the Canadian
Tuabor Defence League appeals to
+he people of B.C. to join its ranks
and to become active members in
this organization that last year de—
fended 436 labor cases, and is
pledged to defend each and every
one that fights for a better standard
of living, that fights for freedom of
speech, press, assembly and organiz-
ation.

Clarion, News,
Drive Starts

(Gontinued from page 1)

$10; Finnish Organization, $50; Ger-
‘man Workers’ and Farmers’ Club,
“$15: Hungarian Workers Educa-
+ional Club, $10; Icor, $25; Italian
“Workers” Club, $10; Lettish Work
-ers’ and Farmers’ Club, $10; Maxim:
-Gorki Club, $75; Swedish Finnish
Workers’ Club, $75; Polish Work-
-ers’ and Farmers’ Glub; $10; Ukrain-

“tion, $100; Croation Workers’ and
“FFarmers’ Educational Club, $55;
“Serbian Workers’ Educational Club,
‘$20; Hx—-Servicemen’s League, $25;
“Chinese Worlers’ Protective Asso-
-eiation, $20.

The total of these quotas is still
some $300 short of the amount re--
‘quired for the provinee, which
means that many individual sup-
porters are expected to participate
as in the past, as well as the or-
ganizations and districts listed above
entering into socialist competition
and raising considerably more than
the amounts suggested.

CONVENTION AIDS
LAWRENCE’S TRIP

TORONTO, Ont. April i4—
(ALP)—Sam Lawrence, CCF:
member of the Ontario legislature
for Hamilton Fast, received a gift
ef $28.00 towards the expenses of
his trip to the Soviet Union from
the provincial convention of the
Go-operative Commonwealth Hed-
eration which ended its sessions
here on Saturday night.

Lawrence sails tomorrow, April
-45, from New York on the Acqui-
tania as a member of the Friends
of the Soviet Union delegation. In
the U.S.:S:‘R. he will be a guest of
fhe Soviet trade unions.

Soviet Rail, Coal
And Metal Figures

MOSCOW, April 1—On March 20
the metallurgical plants of the Us:
SR. produced 40,439 tons of pig jron
—101.1 per cent of plan; 45,248 tons
of stecl—98.4 per cent of plan; and
$7,218 tons of rolled stee]l—103.4 per
cent of plan.

On the same day the output of the
mines of the Soviet Union amounted
to 356,130 tons of coal—96.4 per eent
“of daily plan. The Donbas mined
$210,610 tons of coal—91.8 per cent
of plan. :

On March 21 the railways of the
U.S.S.R. loaded 93.821 cars — 123.4
per cent of plan, and unloaded
89,3824 cars—114.8 per cent of the

IN DIFFICULTY

Reactionaries Are Now
Rampant; Deductions
Restored

Left Parties
Unite

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promise riots after the elections in
the event of a united front victory.
They claim to have 10,000 secret
arms depots all over France. Five
of such depots containing machine
guns, rifles, bombs and revolvers
were discovered by accident last
week.

The cry of the reaction is: the
People’s Front intends to push
France into war with Hitler. Sev-
eral French Pascist mass meetings
closed this week with the cry of
“Weil Hitler!”” Such is the patriot-

scheduled program .

ism of men whose country is actu-
ally menaced by a formidable Ger-
man army and whose nation is
marked down by Hitler in his
book, My Battle, as the hereditary
foe of Germany who must be
“vernichtet”” (annihilated).

Objects of People’s Front

The People’s Front intends to
preserve France from being turned
into a huge slave camp like Ger-
many and Italy. The joint program
of the People’s Front parties is to
attack the privileges of the 200
families who own the steel mining
and armament trusts and to na-
tionalize these industries.

Faced with defeat at the polls,
the so-called parties of law and
order on the right excite the Fasc-
ist League to suspend the opera-
tion of democratic institutions and
plunge the country into chaos by
their violence. It avails them no-
thing. French liberals are not go-
ing to make the mistake of Ger-
man liberals and stand by idly
while the Fascists smash working
class organizations and kill or im-
prison workers’ leaders.

ALBERTA TO HAVE
PROVINCIAL BANK?

—

EDMONTON, Alta. April
(ATLP)—Alberta’s Social Credit gov-
ernment voted unanimously to give
Premier Aberhart power to set up
a provincial bank at the closing of
the first session of the Alberta
House today. :

“Development of our primary re-
sources makes necessary some
method of ensuring credit facilities,””
said Hon. Charles Cockroft, provin-
cial treasurer in moying the resolu-
tion.

“As things are now,” declared
Premier Aberhart, “due to our SyS-
tem of large banks and financial
institutions operating for commer-
cial purposes, they hola control over
eredit. When we have our own bank,
we ourselves shall have that con-
trol.”

New Organization
Grows In Strength

Relief cuts, rising prices, mass
evictions and police intimidation are
some of the reasons why a strong
unemployed organization is needed.
The Unemployed and Part Time
Workers’ Association, just recently
organized, fills this need. Their
second business meeting showed a
membership of one hundred, with
many applications of prospective
members.

Various committees were elected
and a relations committee of twenty
members was given the task of ap-
proaching other organizations to en-
list their support.

The present enthusiasm augurs
well for the future and a ‘powerful
movement will undoubtedly develop.
The next business meeting will be
held at 150 West Hastings Street on

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REGINA, Sask., April 11.—(A LP)
—With T. G. McManus and P. Mik-
kelson haying been officially unseat-
ed the night before, labor members
of city council here found them-
selyes in the minority by one at a
special meeting held Wednesday
night.

Noticeable feature of the meeting,
which was open te the publie, was
that the space in the council cham-
ber reserved for 200 of the public,
was entirely empty during a three-
hour session.

It was the first council meeting:
of the year when no member of the
public was present. Usually the
chamber is completely filled and
extra chairs have on many occa-
sions been provided. It was aiso
the first meeting at which the coun-
eil sat with two members less than
the usual number, McManus and
Mikkelson being absent.

Gouneil voted a $700 salary in-
erease to Dr. W. R. Coles, medical
health officer, from $2,900 to $3,600.
Alderman Toothill (Labor) was not
prepared to support the increase.
“Anyone drawing more than $200 a
month was not suffering,” he said.

Reaction Sets In.

When adjournment was taken
shortly after 11 o’eclock, deductions
which the labor aldermen had suc-
eeeded in carrying on other occa-
sions. had been restored.

Qutstanding result of the session
was a restoration of $4,817 in the
police department estimates. At pre-
vious council meeting the aldermen
succeeded in haying this amount
taken off the total estimated expen-
diture for the year.. The $4,817 de-
duction was moved at that time by
Alderman Toothill and was the total
reductions of Several individual
jtems, including salaries of the chief
constable, inspectors and upkeep of
ear.

“Tt would be a colorful thing to
have our city policed by the
Mounties,’ said Alderman Taylor,
lauding the training school at the
barracks as one of the finest in the
world. This comment followed im-
mediately upon the proposal of
Alderman Fines that the province
should pay part of the cost of the
police department since the com-
plete cost of policing the rural areas
was met by the provincial govern-
ment by way of the services of the
Mounted Police.

The srant to the board of trade
of $2000 will remain although Toot-
hill moved to have the grant entire-
ly eliminated. “Such a board was
not necessary,”’ he stated, “it is not
one that worked in the interests of
the common people. It is linked up
with the Home Owners’ Association
and with other big interests.”

CRIMINAL CODE
REVISION LOOMS

Other Tasks Face Gov't
After Easter Recess

OTTAWA, April 13.—(ALP)—With
the repeal of Section 98 as a prob-
able feature of the amending bill,
the annual criminal code revision
will be dealt with. on the return of
Justice Minister Lapointe late this
month from Paris, was the infor-
mation current here.

Selection of from three to seven
appointees to the National Employ-
ment Commission will be one of the
tasks facing the government during
the Easter parliamentary recess ex-
tending to April 20, in accordance
with the bill authorizing the estab-
lishment of this commission given
Royal assent just prior to the Easter
adjournment April 8.

Not more than seven nor less than
three commissioners may be chosen
and it is believed possible at least
one member may be a woman, Since
the act definitely instructs: the com-
mission to set up a sub-committee
of the commission to deal with
feminine employment. It is under-
stood some tentative selections had
been made, but no intimation has
been given the public, however, as
to who will serve.

GINA COUNCIL |“Loyal’ But Inefficient

Men Not Wanted On Docks

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Few Longshoremen Are
Rienstated

VANCOUVER, April 13.— Loyal
but inefficient workers are not
wanted on Wancouver’s waterfront,
according to a letter sent to em-
ployers of labor by the Shipping
Federation of B.C. Bona fide ilong-
Shoremen, who struck last year, are
also among the not wanted, as ap-

proximately 140 have been re-
engaged out of 500.
The Jetter of the Shipping Wed-

eration recommends the scabs high-
Iy as being “Joyal’’ although ineffi-
cient at longshore work. Employ-
ment of these men is sought from
employers of labor who are consid-
ering enlarging their staffs in order
to take them off the payrolls of the
stevedoring companies since the pur-
pose of the Shipping Mederation has
been aceomplished—the smashing of
the longshore strike and the
unions.
Federation Moves Hasy.

In the casting aside of the men
who accomplished the breaking of
the strike and the union, the Ship-
pine Federation. moves cautiously
lest they precipitate a strike of the
strikebrealkers.

For some time past there has been
animosity between the men new to

Labor Unpaid
By Companies

QUESNEL, April 10—Gypped out
of their wages by the various com-
panies they have worked for, many
men and women in this locality have
been forced to go on relief.

These companies, for the most
part are Vancouver and American
mining concerns, and owe the work-
ers thousands of dollars in wages,
and in some instances one worker
has as much as $500 coming to him,
which is long overdue.

When gypo outfits are pressed
for the wage claims, the best they
can do is dole out a little money at
a time, and in other cases the work-
er merely gets a promise of pay-
ment.

Editor’s Note: Our correspond-
ent should supply us with the
names of the companies, how long
these wages have been owing,
dates, ete.; also supply us with
the number who have been thus
Sypped.

NEW AGE BOOKSHOP
SCENE OF ATTACK

VANCOUVER,, April 15.— Armed
with a length of heavy wire, similar
to that used as guy wires on tele-

phone poles, Hugh Bryan entered
the New Age Bookshop, corner of
Pender and Homer Streets, this

afternoon, and asked for a book,
when the manager turned around to
procure the desired copy. Bryan
Started to wreck the typewriter.

Mr. O’Brien, the manager, ran
around the counter to stop any fur-
ther damage being done to the store
and was dealt two savage blows
across the face. Bryan then turned
his attention to the plate glass win-
dows and succeeded in smashing one
of them before he was stopped.

Police arrived on the scene a few
minutes after the wrecker got away.
They took all particulars and a de-
seription of the culprit. The piece
of cable was taken by the police.

INCREASED USE OF
LABOR SPIES IN U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11. —
Widespread use of labor spies in in-
dustry throughout the United States
was disclosed by witnesses testify-

ing before the Labor Relations
Board today.
Weber Blankenhorn, investigator

for the board, and testifying on
labor relations in the steel indus-
try, said more than 200 firms sup-
plied strike-breakers and spies to
the manufacturers.

Pinkerton, Burns and the Pearl
Bergoff detective agencies were
among the best known. said Mr.
Blankenhorn. Others mentioned
were the Railway Audit and Inspec-
tion Company, with headquarters in
Pittsburgh, the corporation’s aux-
iliary and the International Aux-
iliary.

Fraser Salmon

The Fishe

By J. GAVIN

Much publicity has been given the
1930 Fraser Sockeye Treaty, passed
by the Canadian government and
now before the U.S. Senate, on its
good points, nothing having been
said about its bad points or how
they affect the fishermen on the
Fraser River.

This Treaty gives a commission of
six, three from each side of the line,
full power to regulate the size and
type of gear to be used, and to
open and close the salmon season
at wall.

Traps are a more scientific and
cheaper method of taking fish from
the water than gillnetting, trolling
or seining, and as in all industries
the tendency is to reduce production
costs. The commission can exclude
the use of traps or can allow traps
in place of other types of fishing
gear, and in this the treaty has the
support of the cannery interests.

The State of Washington controls
the fishing in that area specified in
the terms of the treaty. In 1934 the
fishermen in conjunction with the
sport fishermen were successful in
forcing the state to close down on
the traps that were in operation

Teens And

rmen s Views

there, but with the ratification of
the 1930 treaty, placing all power in-
the hands of an International Com-
mission, the state loses control of
its own area, and any complaints
would have to be lodged with the
federal authorities in Washing-
ton, D.C.

A treaty is badly needed to pro-
tect and build up the salmon runs
to their former size, but such con-
servation cannot be done with the
‘present Commission as it is. With
representatives of bona fide fisher-
men on the commission this could
be accomplished in the interests of
the fishermen and the consumers,
and not in the interests of the can-
nery owners as is the case at the
present time.

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RELIEF REDUCED
IN WELLAND, ONT.

With LAND, Ont, April 14.
(ALP)—All dependents over the age
of 18 will be struck from relief rolls
on May i, Crowland welfare board
decided today. In addition, the
board will slash relief allowances by
7 per cent, starting next week.

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the werk who scabbed on the long-
Shoremen and those who broke
from the longshore union in order
that they might get a job. The
latter, aS more efficient men on the
docks, have been receiving a great-
er amount of the work than those
who never before did longshore
work.

Longshoremen Protest.
Members of the Vancouver and
District Waterfront Workers’ Asso-
ciation, who worked for the Harbor
Board, haye protested to EK. J.
Burns, manager of the port, that
they are not allowed to work on a
government dock without having to
be hired by the Shipping Federa-
tion. Protests will also be lodged
with the Members of Parliament by
these men, of whom there are
thirty.

CHILD ACTORS
ENTERTAIN IN
TWO PLAYLETS

Results of child cultural training
were graphically depicted on Sunday
night when children and children’s
groups, ranging from four years up,
Oceupied the close attention of a
large audience in the German Work-
ers’ Hall, 2237 Main Street, in a
two-and-a-half hour program.

Wee tots displayed remarkable
talent and showed results of careful
training in the playettes, “Oh for
the Life of an Editor” and Dickens’
“David Copperfield,’ in which they
portrayed child characters with
much charm.

Children from yarious Children’s
Council groups participated, pro-
ceeds of the collection going to the
children’s magazine, “Always
Ready.””

Other affairs of this nature will
be held within the near future to
raise money for the CGhildren’s
Summer Camp.

FLYERS PREPARE
FOR NEW FLIGHT

SHATTLE, April 13. — Russian
flyers who may attempt a non-stop
flight from Moscow to San Fran-
eisco this summer probably will use
a new type of airplane capable of
flying 8000 miles without stoppinse.
Wicholas A. Sokoloff, vice-president,
of Amtore Trading Corporation, said
here.

He and

Commander Sigmund
Levanevsky, chief inspector for
Arctic aviation for Soviet Russia,
were in Seattle en route to New
York after inspecting the Califor-
nia coastline in preparation for an
“across the roof of the world”
flight.

Sokoloff said the projected flight
was practicable because of low
fuel consumption by the plane’s
Single engine, a fluid-cooled motor
generating from 900 to 950 horse-
power.

The vice-president of the Soviet
trading agency flew
to Aklayik, N.W.T., last summer to

then.
by engine trouble about
north of Moscow.

REPEAL MOTION

ion
the C.N.R.-C.P.R.
filed. Under this law
were authorized.
Railroad men here noted the vot

railroadmen.
were: Mayor Kingsmill.
W. E. Dyer, W. A.

E. G. Killingsworth.
against the motion, or for the rail

Gray, FE. C. Wanless,
well, R. J. Carswell,
Cc. J. Skeges (C.C.F.-Labor).

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direct wireless assistance for Ley-
anevsky during his attempted flight

Levanevsky was forced back
700 miles

IS PIGEON-HOLED.

LONDON, Ont., April 4.—({ALP)—

On a motion carried by a majority sanitariums, who are refused com-—
of one, a letter from Regina city | pensation. In addition. large sums
clerk asking for endorsation of a | @te spent on others suffering from

resolution calling upon the Domin-
government for the repeal of
Act of 1933 was
pooling of
trains and similar job-cuttinge moves | 3

ing on the motion to file this reso-
lution and stated that those alder-
men who did so worked against the
Voting for the motion
Aldermen
Alford, P. H.
Currar, W. J. Herman, T. W. Gopp,
Those voting

roadmen were: lL. S. Holmes, Frank

Cc. R. Smith,

drawing the enemy’: fire. Shoot us

The Ruling Clawss

: By REDFIELD

“We'll have to step on it or the boss’ll be late for work.”

WITH THE TRADE UNIONS

GUELPH MINE
UNION MERGES

GUELPH, Ont., April 14—(ALP)
—Following the example of the Sud-
bury nickel miners, the Guelph local
of the Mine Workers’ Union of Can-
ago has decided to affiliate to the
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ In-
ternational Union.

Application for a charter has been
made and it is expected here within
the next week. I. L. Truax, repre-
sentative of the International, is in
Guelph and will likely present the
charter and install officers.

This local was organized last
summer after being on Strike for
three weeks at the local gypsum
plant. Recognition of the shop com-
mittee, better wages, better condi-
tions and reinstatement of several
workers fired for union activities
were won.

COAST LINER
IS PICKETTED

SAN PEDRO, Calif., April 13.—
(ALP)—A picket line of about 200
men prevented the Grace Miner
Santa Rosa today from unloading
freight.

The Maritime Federation of the
Pacific has termed the liner “un-
fair’’ in connection with replacing
federation members in the deck
crew at New York. The ship sailld
at noon for San Francisco without
attempting to unload 1,500 tons of
cargo consigned to Los Angeles
harbor,

Miners’ T.B. Costs
High In Timmins

TIMMINS, Ont., April 13.—(ALP)
—Silicosis, contracted by men work-
ing in the mines, is costing the town
of Timmins $717.40 monthly in the
maintenance of indigent patients in

this disease, who are unable to work

BREAD DRIVERS
WIN PAY BOOST

TORONTO, April 13.— (ATP) —
With victory on their side, 60 Bre-
din’s Bread drivers returned to work
this morning. The strike was con-
eluded Saturday, when the company
agreed to suarantee the men a
maximum of $20 per week and
granted them 10 per cent commis-
Sicn, as requested, on relief sales.

CLOSED SHOP
AGREEMENT WON

TORONTO, April 14. — (ALP)—A
elosed shop agreement was com-
pleted yesterday between Childs
Limited and the Cleaners’ and Port-
ers’ Union, covering both buildings
ewned by the firm, and a similar
agreement is likely to be signed
with the King Edward Hotel today,
the union reported.

The women cleaners in the Childs
buildings were given a $1 weekly in-
crease, Mrs. J. Patton, union organ-
izer announced.

TERROR IN POLAND
WARSAW, April 5.—{ALP)—In uw
drive to suppress Communist acti-
vity more thin 1,000 persons were

arrested in Poland last week.

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