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Il, No. 16 Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936 Single Copies: 5 Cents — FULL NO. 68 HONOR LABOR’S GOLDEN JUBILEE TODAY UNITED FRONT WINS IN FRANCE, SPAIN \Srptee yr omer French Elections Show [LAST WORKER’; |TORONTO SHOPS | tEON BLUM co Victory For United Front FIRST CLARION’ CLOSE MAY DAY) F e e Fiftieth Anni £ ‘Lefty’ Given Pew perez.” e e Workers’ Rule Special Prize Approaching = Canada’s First Labor] Veteran Tom Mann Will Sp ain Votes Daily Out May Ist Address Evening Meeting Left-Wing Groups Unite To Defeat Re- actionaries Anti-Fascist TORONTO, Ont., Apt Ti CSL) 2 —Emnding a career of 14 years. the VOTE NEXT SUNDAY — VANCOUVER, April 28—Trades Will Tour Play in Ontario | unions, CCF. clubs, Communist T Party and fraternal organizations Owmns will march off from Cambie Street —_ grounds sharply at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in one of the greatest demon- strations for peace, freedom and a better living ever held in #his city. rolled TORONTO, April 25. — (ALP) — Polishing and shining, Toronto’s Mutual Street Arena Gardens stands final issue of “‘The Worker” off the presses here this morning to be replaced on the morning of May OTTAWA, April 27.—Favored to Socialists, Communists, win the Bessborough Trophy since i] 27 = 1 i ean ; ” ready today to house the greatest F - a apace é PARIS, France, April 27.—({By Left-Republicans in Day by “‘The Daily Clarion. are ee ee = ana Sty ae shee Ressenievon SE Yigiune meee finS Mier AG seis “sit os Cable to ALP)—Out of the almost United Front Leslie Morris, known throughout ee efty” last Wednesday, Ce Eaeaded by a union band. followed tricable tangle of yesterday's Canada as a labor leader and editor, wee e of Vancouver were edged out Satur- 5 z = SASS ee ete = rf = ; : “Needle trades workers don’t work z by the conference committee, im eneral election in France for =he z = will be editor of the new labor daily e 2 2 day night by the London Drama Taste Geiss Gham seill core A Gan ber of Deputies. with its enor- MADRID, Spain, evoetl ae GLEE) newspaper. on’ May, Daved peclared Ser Shae League with their performance of «aie =A Whe AGE. G2 i, sSEaeA oo mous number of candidates, the one | _ Other overwhelming victory for Coincident with the appearance of | ™2n, union leader, at the May Day “Twenty Five Cents.” the present time is the most active- the Left was registered here in yes- The Daily Clarion, which will have | Conference in the Labor Temple last 5 ; = The London Drama League were : i ee i i terday’s presidential election when | i+< main circulation with a 24-hour | Diehbt- Se * | ly engaged in a struggle with their elear and incontrovertible fact of an awarded the Bessborough Trophy employers—the Cowichan Lake vwerwhelming People’s Front victory £ : ‘s Sore es 1 : Benes out S a Buiding torch for | ‘he Rightists, seeing the futility ss radious of Toronto, will be The]. DEES TAODS, and all other nee for a Canadian play “Twenty Five | jossers. The parade will be mar. France’s millions, and spelling doom | PUUns forward their candidates, | Weekly Clarion. The latter paper is} ‘Tades EXO KOINIES Hy Mogene); las ae Cents,’ by W. Eric Harris, while the | halled by 25 veterans. Sey refrained from the polling. _| to be edited by John Weir. closed SAS LD eee HANES P.A.G. won second prize for best A short pause will be made to Upholding a program expressing: es eas ae ee oe gene OnEer” ase founded in See 13 Bios: factories and BISBEE ses on Eble, sound the Last Post and lay a the fight for peace, bread and free- | ~‘° Prcsidentia = ea ae x ey Roe 1 eh ae d = ee os Sedll Wevelosed Unlike “Waiting for Lefty” which | wreath on the Cenotaph ‘in memory dom and against the 200 reactionary | 2 eee te = eo pat ae Both The Daily Clarion and The Bees es = | ees a8 cat held a packed house spell-bound | of our comrades who would Have families who would rule France | as pee ws eke a =bresident | Clarion Weekly will use Associated zkG aes AREAS ne ae Mas Dak during its presentation, and climaxed marched with us today.’ through fascism, Communist candi- i = Sait Pome Sot All We dik LaborsPress news. 2 5 crane te Dene GGE THE re on a high note drawing wild acclaim Many floats and banners will add dates Maurice Thorez, secretary of Se ee reer ate ees DOR OS Se ey ee ey Se > D Se 1 a from the decided bourgeois audience, | 4 touch of color to the parade. Out: Tas Goraminish Dives Of Sees etoscal officially Within eight days TORONTO GREETS Ww hich nave no May Day clause in “Twenty Five Cents’ was a rather Standins anions thei eee Andre Marty, hero of the Black Sea Sau consisted 49 ENS “fort! ager cueir Contes me aad oecauea Sober and drab sort of a play. one borne at the head of the parade sanyo 1620) and cnelon ine sec: of votes cast. The constitution re- VANCOUVE R May Day Unity bounded forwar ce ‘Lefty’ was awarded second prize | Gith the dosen ree AS quires that more than half of the ees another step at the final meeting of | Leader of Socialist Party of for the best English presentation, World BPE Hiecto Ga de ee retaries of the Communist Inter- - national; Gaston Monmousseau, trade union leader; Paul Vaillant- Gourtourier, maimed war veteran editor of ’Humanite; Marcel Capron; Renaud Jean, Arthur Ramette and total electorate must vote to elect The following wire was receivea | tie conference. Notice of motion France, who was elected to the exclusive. of the ‘Bessborough | sacter Will be Gao Room tee Coa tee Yao ead electors: ue by the chairman of the Vancouver | W2S Put on the books last night | @hamber of Deputies in the elec- Trophy. The cast was entertained at | Grsanized work in th Me itim Rightists abstaining from voting, it May Day conference, from the | 0™ the floor that, at the scheduled! tion held last Sunday, which was tea in the Chateau Laurier on Sat- | meq Bee S Me es € sear Se is understood here, 1s an attempt to} Ghasrman of the Toronto United | Wind-up meeting after May Day,| marked by victory for the United | urday afternoon by the Hon. tan ae th ae ee =e : Gee 2 cate bring the total vote down below May Day conference. ways and means be considered to Front forces. MACKeaniO! == ee ee eetings to e workers the required per cent, thus hoping li continue the united efforts of the Leey have been elected. Thorez re- = 5 : ; Soe Greatest United May Day con- 2 ‘e Among the floats will be one repre— to inyalidate the elections. Well-in- ference Toronto history send ereet- trade unions, the C.C.&., the Com & Dp e ceived 18,961 votes, the largest num- ; ze senti the Labor ‘The Dail : formed observers, however, do not | ; munist Party and the other groups onven senung e or press, 2 ily” Har of wotes: 2 Zt 3 ings to your May Day demonsira- } = @ € c ion = ar S Clarion’ and “The B.C. Workers’ doubt that the required number of | tions Let the reactionaries tremble | 19 the conference. News,’ while another will depict 50 Leon Blum, leader of the Social-] — 2 ao 2 3 e yotes will have been cast. «ee : 3 Tom Mann, veteran British labor . t th erowins r 2 5 3 : = BR ee | eG ge iy ers | Os ee ee See In San Pedro May 4th [22 ene and Perec es sas on the Popular Front ticket are} tnrouen unity ~ | the Arena evening meeting, with 4 some Chinese workers who are now: “Samong those who must submit to| either Socialists or Communists, | 77705" UB: the Rev. R. J. Irwin of Donlands = : Sites iG oe Gl be = eee es the other five are Left Republicans. United Chureh; George Watson, discard the few © -e = env en Uen wilen- are the only official tags to be sold roll them. But the issuance of 2 1,000 to 10,700; in the Lower Rhine|/5Q OOO ( jres Wash i 2 in | Kelowna branch of the League sent | by the shipping interes inst th ly das + : * z = s on as =| cents in the camps and 25 cents in 210 3 £ ERY e Shipping interests against e aS z = z only on friday by the committee In region, from 12.200 to 27,600; in the} “|? , led the mills, with many of the mills | Some of its members, two of whom | coast locals, particularly San Wran-_ Shatist se OESTOEE ENS Co) eens. ington Loggers Ple ge and camps reported as evading the | spoke for the first time at a publie | cisco, this convention marks a mile- SeeSTSs Bude TRS. copyeniony aust (Continued on page 2) Support minimum wage and paying a much | Meeting. a Stone in the progress of unity Soe eae Saee eae on HARRISON MILLS, April 26. — lower scale. The interest of the popuiation | amongst Pacific Coast Maritime mince ene Bc ans GAG see May Day celebrations here will take =e m = E = = ae es 2 oan A year ago, the B.C. maritime p : the loggers of B.C. as May 4. the | poth in logesine camps and mills. | auestion period. laid plans to provoke the San Fran- wgnkeTS ore about to step into the tion of the camp boys who used it deadline set for the holding of nego- 49 Fatalities in 1935 cisco local into an isolated and un- | SA = last year in their strike wh i Beas = : : . ae aoe z IL.A. and the Maritime Federation. | © © Oe te AT MOOSE RIVER HELEIOAS, CuO FOR eNES. : Inadequate safety precautions is CHANGE GOVERNMENT prepared strucele, hoping thereby 10") 76 prevent that step, the employers Vancouver. The strike at Cowichan Lake, | another burning issue. In 1935 there CHANGE OF JOBS cause a split in the unity of the dis- forced a lockout. Finally after six A united front meetins will be sea es which has been in progress since | were 2,602 compensable accidents in = trict before the convention should GATEAS SECHESE ste anions aD held in the evening, at which Eawin Mareh 10, is still solid, and the/pe logsinge camps, 49 of which eae be held. Drolen Now comes the recpudines Baker, a camp boy and a @GE Motion Picture Me uls picket line of the loggers has effec- | Were fatal. Nearly weekly, a logger OTTAWA, April 29-—Seventy-six Wumerous attempts along this line he Ws. 6 se E = | Member, will speak. = tively prevented the employers from | naiq with his life for the gee of employees of the Vancouver Harbor | haye been made since fhe victorious | “ZICH 3S. amongst other things, the Minimum wage in the U.S. Pacific | here-abouts in the fight against | Workers. There is little doubt but Chain! Of coast oveanieations the form of a torchlight and a snake Enthusiasm is the keynote amioms | Coast ports is 55 cents per hour, | fascism, was displayed by the lively | that the Waterfront Employers have ze oe = parade, the latter beine an innova- 5 : : eaeeeds : bligati E - Cash in on Mine putting strike-breakers to work. proper organization. with which to | COMmission were dismissed during | outcome of the 1934 struggle, but poseeren De EAS Seen JAI conven n The strike started as a result of | combat the Speed-up and dire neg- | the period August 7, 1930, to October | on every occasion the rank and file SES Se ere : 3 ? Tragedy discrimination of two loggers for | ject of even the elementary Trane 31, 1935 (the life of the Bennett, | leadership has defeated the plans of fee ee tHetaons tow cbe i= —— union activity at Camp 10. At that | tions to protect the life and limbs of | Conservative Government), while | the employers. ceived by the Various BC. ee ze s time the Lumber Workers’ Indus-|the los Already bi : during the same time there were 132 The May convention promises to = Bi Serie eae rae = NWS 34 (ALP : S8ers. ready this year 2 Stiicersvlors: : = . Bee ey. peee eee ae ee trial Union was balloting on the} eleyen loggers have met death in| 2@W appointments. However, the | be one of the most interesting, and seissuies Sal co chen “eae & Ri a = sues ¥ Sibewr from the | Question of becoming members of | B.C. political football was then to be] most vital in the annals of the LL. Aral ake Westminster ee ene t Seed Pena Neroisi of the recent | the 4A-F.of L. Unquestionably the To date the boss loggers haye re- | Kicked in the other direction. In the | A. Democratic principles and rank alll ELC. Waesils The eee Seer = ae fat profits management of the Victoria Lumber | fused to enter into negotiations. A | Short time that the King, Liberal | and file leadership have brought acon jamonest the wieh mene ae Unemployed and Part- ae ONS, 2 Rae fhe motion pic- | 224d Manufacturing Co. took steps, | comprehensive scale of wages and| Government has been in office, | the maritime workers of the coast cellent, and undoubtedly with the Ti W orke tu = esis! aaa the theatre mag. | 2S they thought, to smash the union ; conditions has been drawn up and | from: October 23 to date, there has | through a sea of strugsle up to the AESISiAReA BF BAS (64S. GOnS: sae LES oe te ee manufacturers. and | Power at least at the Cowichan Lake : been 27 dismissals and 15 appoint- present, and it is to be hoped that ine Soe ee orts will be _ Active ae Laie oe tees that made | Camp. The result has been an in- (Continued on page 2) ments by the same department. the convention will sweep into the Oneanivcd Herore ese: eee eon — tensification on the part of all B.C. SSS vention rolls around. Three families living in one room, capital from Canada’s other “big- ~ 293 eg « loggers for preparation to protect sane ae =~ 79 f a relief recipients paying rent out of Bree ae Lite, Dintaee £ their union and gain better condi- 66 2 ; geste ae = eee and child SVarmer Brobtcrs nave amnouncea | Hor" and agen, 2 $ Kas 0 Fin nyone CABLES TO GIRD |__| thiows out on ae mree ana eae > wi ° a motion amp 6 in sympathy pelled to shake cans on the main poe EBS VM 5 Pup Uce = On March 10, Camp 8, Cowichan ORLD MAY DAY t ts f = = ah Picture called Draegermen Cour Lbs, Simei TA GHSSoe: a? SA) 5 A = 99 stree for rent money; ese were age’’—not to honor the heroes of Sings er Tae eee hs TORONTO, Ont.. April 27—(ALP) cases cited at the conference held at Moose River, but to cash in on the : Baie =Gapies) of Stes. Aes ys 150 Hastings Street West on Wed- = oe ad knowledge of mil- question of joining the A.F.of L. has Seen OE BLee snes 28V.C 2een nesday afternoon, sponsored by the recent ¥y acquire: owleagse been completed, with an overwhelm- Sent to seven countries where mon- = = y i: lions that draegermen are heroes. c STs Seo, ster May Day celebrations are beine= Unemployed and Part Time Work- Alfred Scadding, imprisoned for | 28 ™2Jority in favor. The Lumber ~ = = | ers’ Association, and dealing with the © e e@ Sree 2 Workers’ Industrial Union has been held, it is announced by the Golden z Sarre ie twelve days with Dr. Robertson and Accepted Gute thee uniied Brome Sa S Weedin: At Re ina rial Jubilee May Day Conference here. question we jeucen® TER aan the body of Herman Magil, has been 9 : | Each eable or telegram, sent to | P©O8tessive bodies in the city lai =—_—_>= S offered $500 a weelk to make per- | 2004 of Carpenters and Joiners, and May Day leaders, is signed by the | CUt 2 plan of work calculated to charters are now being prepared for arouse public sentiment against the Sonal appearances on the vaudeville | — . S Rev. Ben H. Spence, chairman of 5 stage. Veeeee eee apace one Pork 5 5 ment was evident among the civil- ; evidence shows you were not only a | tne Toronto peeeed Council of the | S24ameful state of affairs, : Both men have received offers | —~0°TN1-. Several local sawmill units Police Had Laid Plans ian section of the audience. When | Tioter, but a leader.” “And proud| G@G@@p. and leader of the May Day A survey committee of eight was from newspapers and magaines to have already been absorbed into Hous Alhcad: Regina found guilty, Weedin was asked the | of it.” interjected Weedin, looking Gentavenes ta fis Giese ~ | struck off to get the necessary data write feature articles. cristina locals: : z usual question as to whether there | the judge straight in the eye. Sen- France, England, Spain, the So- | 224 make arrangements for a still Manutacturers are beginning to ae Gave ee Ene ioeeers | of 2C: Paper Prepared for was any reason why sentence should | tence was pronounced and fearing a | yet Union New Zealand the United bigger and broader conference in “cash in” too by claiming that their | © Unionize the industry aud sbane Sco not be pronounced. demonstration Mounties whisked | Siates and Australia are the coun-| ‘e near future. An interim com- product helped in the rescue, thai | W2SeS and conditions to within a SP . A Weedin away in a flash. Hand-| tries to which greetings have been | Muttee of six was also struck off to the amazing vitality of the two men | Peaking distance of the United Perjured Evidence. clapping from the court room audi- | sent. approach the relief commission at the City Hail. « ; +45 States scale is long overdue. The “Yes,"" said Weedin. “I have been ; ; = Wes due to eating copious quantities M eee ss Sone ence, includin some of the other “ . = = ; Bi eeeea Peep ee P O L I C E TO BLA E found guilty, but I think iLbis| Verve | laeenced pare ae ene = Te ee on A number of ministers, who are in Ex-Premier Harrington, leader of SPANISH EXILES — easy to find anyone guilty on per | ywarks of Weedin. éomradeshin, sisussis, thor solidax close touch with the situation, were the Conservative party in Nova By CARL HITCHIN. jured evidence. It’s a cinch. Tf still Gibbons, the only witness in this | jj, and international peace,” reads | TePresented on the committee. = ? Comparison was made by the dele- Scotia, has jumped to the headlines : say I am not suilty of anything | case sniq UIGt? GAS GAG Sees Taoase one = nea a fo eti ation Cat RETURN IN GLORY REGINA, Sask., April 23.—Late | that took place on the Market throw a piece of iron sates ee eee i gates between the police chief and this evening Justice MacDonald sen- | Square on July 1. If I should find : = he purpose cf the cables. tele- city council, with their recent the mine cave-in, an attempt to reap & ; = = = E = sis Spee bons and wound him. Gibbons is a Zrams and letters, is to show our for the. Conservative party the vic- MADRID, Spain, April 27.—(ALP) | teuced Jack Weedin, youthful trek- | myself in the same position again shifty-eyed Mountie, who affects a Sena Sai Mabon Hin Onc oes policies of boosting their own x = s pet- | —With the muficipal band piaying | Ker- to fifteen months hard labor | of seeing men and women clubbed, © wife; 4 SA acne comet 4 | Salaries, and the position of over tory of the miners who are no be ae F 5 : Hitler moustache. on May Day,” said Norman Freed ime | the “Internationale” and Mayor | 10°F rioting and three months for|{ would do the same’ Mounties s j ie pe arene ete i ae —-? | three thousand men, women and ter off under the present regim zZ . : Sout ee 5 Defence Charges Perjur secretary of the Toronto Jubilee Pedro Rico of Madrid tendering | WOUnding Mountie Gibbons, against | and court officials popped wide eyes BT See eI UTS ary : a | children about to be evicted from Defence counsel sought yesterday | conference, ‘and to counteract the to have the court commit him on] jingoism and narrow nationalism than they were under Harrington. Promises have been made by the government that an investigation would .be held. them Civic welcome. 121 Socialist | Whom defence council yesterday | and mouths as Weedin continued. and Communist exiles who fled to | Made an unsuccessful application | “If the R.C.MP. and city police their homes. 5 3 vs Sys e = = - = jury. He was one of the now | that is rife.” the Soviet Union after the bruta] | £0r committal on a charge of per-|can sit down and draw a plan on a perjury s : Z suppression of the October, 1934, up- | Jury, committed during the trials of | blue print for a deliberate attack on | CUStOMary string of police and stool NO MORE RELIEF tising, returned to their native land. | the On-to-Ottawa trekkers. Tarlier | people listening to a speech, there | P!S¢0n aatpesses. URON wien, “the REGINA COUNCIL IN RICHMOND WHALERS GET -_ More than 5,000 comrades greet- | in the day, John Gallinger, 22 year |is no reason for the whole attack. | Prosecution is relying in these ing the exiles at the station were led | 0/4 Reginan was sentenced to eight | You yourself (Justice MacDonald— | ©2SeS- They had told their custom- DEBATES HOLIDAY BRIGHOUSH, April 28.—Strikin WAGE INCREASE by municipal councillors all singing | Months for rioting and two months | CH) admitted there is no reason | 27Y Story of stones being hurled, RBGINA SAS Anil 7 ae el ee Haee Ree ae relief eae === and shouting their slogans in wild | 10F assaulting City Policeman Bruce. | why the police were there.” “TI did | 274 0f the police going to the meet- tion SSeS SS ae Solleiter to Richmond municipal Brenorsties VICTORIA. B.C. April 21—_Crew exhilaration at the triumphant re- palinsens Ben ieuces mall Tune Con |b say that, interrupted the trial bring down a bylaw giving the | have decided that no relief will be : eS = | turn of their friends. SUPE DHS VST Seale Satie judge. “You DID say that, in the mayor power to decla a half holi granted in the municipality during of the six Victoria whalers gained The repatriated revolutionaries | COUSecutively. Both have already | first case.’ calmly, but emphaticaly, ae f ae 1st a = A ot } oa Ree © Soe to aa ane be a $5.00 per month bonus and in- were first escorted to the Casa de] | 20ne some months in jail, between | continued Weedin; “I am not here ae ses ares o ence x eee ae ae ee aa pce a crease on the price of whales, viz., | pyepio Socialist party headquarters. | bins arrested on July ist last and pleading for mercy. From your pes rae a ae Se es ee SOE Ces $3.20 bonus on Sperms and $2.80 on| phere they were erected and | beings released on bail. attitude in over-ruling the objections aan ateaee ne FRO MoW was fas Tt is poponicd Ant SRS foee ee Humps, Finns and Sulphurs. This| cheered as heroes. Then they A frapid succession of events, | raised by defence council, I cannot Gxtensive preparation for the May | notices have been posted through- imerease was gained due to organ-| marched through the main streets at | Carrying the fight of the trekkers | expect any merey. It's a cinch to Day celebration are being carried | out the relief camps of B.C.: ing to protect and aid, if necessary, plain-clothes Mounties arrest the leaders. But defence counsel has wrung from them that the meetins Was peaceful until attacked and that two Mountie stools had the leaders under observation for some two or three weeks prior to July 1, the day of the bloody attack. The story of ized efforts of the crews, who are | the head of 20,000 demonstrators to | into the trial court, had the audi- | convict on perjured evidence.’ Ee He A tay fe “) . 5 nj eae) y : Zi aes how Mountie heads and city police | GUt by the committee of thirty-fye All personnel in this camp are members of the Seafarers’ Indus-| the city hall where a cordial recep- | ence at a high pitch. When sentence Justice MacDonald replied, “I en- 2 : eueeeey polices representing all branches of labor | notified that employment will trial Union. tion awaited them. Was pronounced on Weedin resent- tirely agree with the verdict, The (Continued on page 2) activity. cease on or before June 30, 1936.7 SS ————— rig: a Hse cS SANE og PRPS MY, Pi eee Ree 1 | § F a