The Ooened issrs in ihe lumber industry deny the work- ers the right to organize. . . Support the Loggers! =B.C. WoRKERS NEWS Your subscription has expired if the number on your label is below this number. Renew it NOW! ! VOL. Il, No. 19 Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1935 Single Copies: 5 Cents SS FULL NO. 7 LABOR MINI EC. Youth Off To Ottawa Congress Mary Gower, Secretary Young Socialist League, Gives Her Impression of the Congress; Five Delegates from B.C. By MAURICE RUSH VANCOUVER, May 19. — Five delegates, representing a cross-sec- tion of the youth in British Colum- bia left Vancouver tonight for Ot- tawea to attend the first All Ca- nadian Youth Congress, initiated by the League of Nations Society and the Canadian Youth Council. This historical gathering of Ganada’s youth will be representa- tive of numerous youth movements, including, among many others, the WM: CAs YSWsC: A., Student Peace = Movement, Junior Boards of Trade, Woung Liberal As- sociation, Young Ganada Club, Jew- Christian Mov e- ment, Young Com- H. E. Winch, MZ-A.munist League, Go-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement, etc. Your reporter offers below a brief interview with Mary Gower, secre- tary of the Young Socialist League, who, together with Harold Winch, youthful C.C.F. M.L.A., will repre- sent the Socialist Youth organiza- tions in British Columbia at the Congress: Comrade Gower, what in your opinion is the significance of the Ottawa Youth Congress? “J think that the Ottawa Youth Congress offers the various youth organizations in this Dominion an opportunity of coming together to discuss the prob- lems of the young generation. On the basis -of such discussions work- ing outa program that will fulfill the requirements of the young peo- ple for peace, progress and- €conomic se ecurity.”’ “The fact that the @ongress is receiving tremen- : dous support from many communi- ties in Canada is an indication of the desires of youth, regardless of political opinion, religious or indus- trial affiliations, to unite and voice their opinion as one on the various problems of today.” Can you please tell me how it was possible for the Socialist Youth of British Columbia to send two dele- gates to the All Canada Youth Con- gress? Unity Brought Success. “This success can be summed up in one word, and that is ‘Unity.’ However, to explain how unity was achieved on this question be- tween the different working class youth organizations in BG., I might state, that on the initiative of the Young Gommunist League a conference was called for the purpose of discussing the sending of the socialist youth delegates. As 2 result of this conference Har- old Winch and I were endorsed as the official delegates. At the con- ference the Young Socialist League, Young Communist League, Youth Section, U.L.E.T.A- and five C.C.F. Youth Clubs were represented. Since then, two more G.CE. Youth Clubs have endorsed the delegates. All in all, Comrade Winch and myself carry the en- dorsation of approximately nine hundred organized working-class yout The success of the whole cam- paign, however, is the fact that the delegation to Ottawa repre- sents a large section of the youth of this province. Others on the delegation besides the socialist youth delegates, include Charles Bunting, representing Anglican Woung People’s Association and the Baptist and United Church Woung People’s Associations of Vancouver; Mrs. F. J. Rolston, League of Nations Society; Mr. Ennells, representing the Student Christian Movement and nine other youth organizations of Vic- Mary Gower (Continued on page 2) ANOTHER REMAND FOR CAMP BOYS Forty blacklisted camp boys, ar- rested for collecting on the streets aiter being turned down by the re- lief authorities and denied admis- Sion to the relief camps, were ou Tuesday, once more remanded for six days. This was done according to in- Struction from Gerry McGeer, who is in Ottawa and who is takine up their cases. Apparently, the courts are at a loss to know how to dis- pose of the men, as they have sen- tenced them already to one term of ? WILLIAM SQUIRES FREED BY JURY Wiliam Squires, arrested durings the longshore strike last summer, and sentenced by Magistrate Gil- lies, of Burnaby, to three years, Was acquitted by the Assize Court jury here today. Squires was charged with rob- bery with violence against a- scab Jongshoreman, August 10, 1935. At the previous police court trial, Squires was found guilty, but during the weel intervening between the trial and day of sen- fence new evidence proving con- clusively that Squires had no part in the attack. was unearthed. The magistrate, however, refused to re-open the case ,and Sunines was sentenced. The €.L.D.L. secured his release en bail, and a new trial was granted. After short delibera- tion, Squires was acquitted. LEAGUE WANTS INVESTIGATION OF FASCIST TOM Address on ‘‘Women Un- der Fascism’’ by Mrs. Steeves Well Received A successful Vancouver Council of the Ganadian League Against War and Fascism was held in the O’Brien Hall on Monday evening, May 18. Five trade unions, ten C.C.F, clubs, five women’s groups and others, brought the number of accredited delesates to twenty-eight. Mrs. R. P. Steeves gave an ad- dress—“Women Under Fascism,” which was well received. A report of the month’s activities of the League showed progress of the movement and the good effects of the League weekly broadcast were brought out by the delegates. The secretary reported that to date $200.00 had been disbursed for the radio and that more finances for this would be needed. Pledges from the delegates, who were unanimous in their approval of the content of Mr. Stephen’s addresses, were given. A resolution was approved, to be eirculated throughseut the province, ealling upon the government to in- vestigate the inciting radio speeches made by Tom MaciInnes against which there is wide-spread resent- ment. A report was made by a com- mittee on the possibility of publish- ing another issue of the PEOPLE'S FRONT, local organ of the League. Good progress is being made in the arrangement of material for this issue. The need for reaching wider circles was fully understood by the delegates present and co-operation Was promised. TORONTO DOCKERS WIN SHORT STRIKE TORONTO, May 18—After a short succesful strike, the 400 mem- bers of the Toronto Longshoremen’s Union are back at work today. The men struck midnight May 16, demanding improvement of condi- tions and 2 cents an hour increase in wages, The old agreement expired at midnight Friday, and the com- pany refused to sign another satis- factory to the union. The strike re- sulted, involving the Canada Steam- Ship Lines, Tree Line Navigation Co., and the Canadian Rail and Harbor Terminal. W. Gallacher ° Speaks Here August 19th Local Communists Plan Welcome for British House Member TORONTO, May 18—(ALP)—wWil- liam Gallacher, British Communist member of parliament, will begin his Canadian speaking tour at Montreal on July 31, according to announcement at Communist Party headquarters here. Gallacher, the first Communist to sit in the British Commons since Saklatvala, will arrive at Quebec on July 30. Itinerary of the Communist M.P. is as follows: Montreal, Friday, July 31; Hamil- ton, Saturday, August 1; Toronto, Sunday, August 2; London, Mon- day, August 3; Windsor, Tuesday, August 4; Sudbury, Wednesday, Avsust 5. Timmins, Thursday, August 6; Port Arthur, Saturday, August 8; Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, August 9; Brandon, Monday, August 10; Re- gina, Tuesday, August 11; Saska- toon, Wednesday, August 12; Ed- monton, Friday, August 14; Calgary, Saturday, August 15; Blairmore, Sunday, August 16; Drumbheller, Monday, Ausust 17; Vancouver, Wednesday, August 19. The Communist Party in Fan couver are arranging for one of the largest halls in the city, where Gal- Jacher will speak while .on his one- day visit to the coast city. Qn Thursday, August 20, at 3 p.m., Gallacher will leave Vancou- wer for Chicago, where he will ar- rive on Sunday, Ausust 23. He will leave Chicago on Wednesday, Auesust 26. ' Glace Bay will hear Gallacher on Sunday, August 30, and the next day, Monday, August 31, he will de- liver his second address in the Maritimes at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Qn September 2, William Gal- lacher will arrive in New York City, returning to Canada before sailing en September 12 for home. Japan Attacks Border Patrol Renew Hostilities On Soviet Guards U.S.5-R., MOSCOW, May 16.— (ALP Cable)—Further border in- cidents on the Soviet Far East frontier were reported here today from Kharbarovsk, breaking a month’s cessation of hostilities, with the firing by Japanese Man- echurian troops at detachments of the Soviet border guards. At five o'clock on the evening of May 13. according to the despatch, a Soviet border detachment, consist- ing of five persons, while watching the frontier from a position on Soviet territory more than a mile from the north-west frontier post No. 6, about eleven miles west of Wovokievsk, noticed three groups of armed Japanese totalling twenty- five men approaching the frontier. When the Japanese noticed the Soviet border guard, they opened fire with rifles from a distance of approximately a mile and advanced some 500 yards closer to the border and lay there without ceasing fire. The Soviet border guards did not reply to the fire. B.C. SEAMEN SEEK A.F.OF L. CHARTER VANCOUVER, May 20.—The con- vention of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific which opens today in San Pedro will be asked to assist the Seamen of B.C. in their fight for eharters in the A.F. of L. A resolution to this effect has been forwarded to the convention. Seven Reasons Given for Complete Whitewash of Police REGINA, Sask, May 16.—(ALP) —Buckets of whitewash were splashed over the stained police records of the “Qn-to-Ottawa” trek by the Royal Commission named to investigate Canada’s most stirring labor GCemonstration since the Wiin- nipee strike of 1919. Justifying the arbitrary action of the Federal Government in foreibly halting the trek at Regina because it allegedly menaced “peace, order and good government,” the re- port of the commission composed of Chief Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Martin; of Regina and Judge Doak of Prince Albert, made public today, charged that a riot far worse than three weeks. that which occurred in Regina Probe Absolves Police From All Blame In Regina Riot might have taken place had the trek reached Ottawa. The commission, in whitewashing government and police action in halting the trek, cited seven reasons. 1. Arthur E. Evans, the unques- tioned leader of the movement, in- Tluencing it at every turn, was an announced Communist. : 2. There was a percentage of men in the movement, who were danger- ous and had little or no regard for life or property. That was abund- antly proved subsequently in the riot experiences at Regina. 8. The leaders, both in speech and pamphlet. were constantiy charac- terizine the police force as their enemies ana thus creating an anta- gonism in the minds of the men to- ward the forces of law and order. 4, At Vancouver, the men had Seized the museum and had de- stroyed property and injured police, (Continued on page 2) Leader of the Itaiian Fascist army Saehich swept down into Addis Ababa and struck Ethiopia from the list of independent nations, Warshal Pietro Badoglio posed ior the cameraman just before he marched into the city. Military rule for Ethiopia looms as Italy’s legions civilize the country with gas and gun. Soviet Metro Huge Success Over Seventy Million People Travel MOSCOW, May 16.—(ALP)—Mos- cow subway yesterday celebrated its first anniversary, proud in its solid accomplishment in urban under- ground transportation and in safety to passengers carried. Nearly 77,000,000 passengers had been carried by the Metro in the past year without a single accident, while an average of a quarter of a million passengers use the Metro daily without confusion. The peak load was 574,000 last May Day. The speed of the trains was increased to an average now of 19 miles per hour. The operating; personnel has mastered this form of transportation, entirely new to Russia, sufficiently for the reduction of the staff from 23,000 to 3,400. The pride and affec- tion of Moscow for its subway are manifested in the scrupulous care with which it has been kept up. Every station is spotless and one cannot find a scrap of paper or a cigarette butt anywhere. No one dreams of violating the rule against smoking. Lhe concrete floors and marble walls are as immaculate as on the first day. From official accounts, the con- struction of the second link, of which nine miles is expected to be in operation by the end of 19387, is proceeding more rapidly than the first was built and is costing a third less per yard. P. P. Rotert, chief engineer, announced that only 31,000 workers were building the second link whereas 75,000 were regularly employed on the shorter first link. The first and second links, inter- sectine in the Theatre Square, will form a rough criss-cross beneath the city. They are to be steadily ex- tended into a system seryine all Moscow. HERE TOO, SOME DAY MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., May 16.— (ALP)—Soviet lumber workers, float- ing lumber down the Volga in the summer, will now be served by thirty floating movie houses. These “sea-going theatres’’ have been built on boats that will follow the lumber rafts throughout the summer Small libraries will also be established on each of the boats. FATAL LOGGING ACCIDENTS MOUNT VANCOUVER, May 20.—E£iner Johansen, Norwegian, an employee of Burns & Jackson Logging Co. at Douglas Bay on Gambier Island, Was drowned shortly after 4 o’clock this morning. The provincial police launch P.M.L. 3 left Vancouver this morn- ing for the scene of the accident with Inspector William Kier on board. Death is believed to have been accidental. Johansen, aged excellent health. recovered. about 40, was in His body has been * * E 3 + VICTORIA, May 20—Chu Boo, Chinese timber worker, was in- Stantly killed while falling a tree in the vicinity of Kapoor, near here. The body was brought to Victoria by provincial police constables. * * = * DUNCAN, May 15-—Hit by a Robert Pollack, about 30, employed by Ross & Gameron, trac- tor logeginge operators, near Take Cowichan, was killed Thursday af- ternoon. It is stated that he was Single and is survived by his mother in Saanich. snag, Miners’ F ight Is Successful Discriminated Men Are Reinstated CUMBERLAND, May 18 —The Mine Workers Union of Canada local won out in their fight for the reinstatement of miners discrimin- ated by the company. Forty-five miners were discrimin- ated against for their union activi- ties some months ago. Last week they had all been reinstated with the exception of one man of 73, whom the company claim was not discriminated against. The factors responsible for gain- ing re-employment for these miners are the strength of the union and the splendid turnout on May Day. Attempts by the company, with the aid of the Citizens’ League of Vancouver, to build a home local were defeated by the miners who re- acted strongly to this method of smashing their union. Thugs Attack Paper Seller Organized Attempt to Stop Sales of Working Class Papers Is there a gang of thugs being employed by Some body in this city, to interfere with the sales of work- ing class newspapers? There has some months past; our salesmen have continuously been threatened, been strong intimation of this for and appeals to police haye been met With derision. Emboldened by their initial successes, the thugs have now proceeded to carry out their threats, On Saturday, May 15, one of our salesmen, stationed at a Hastings Street corner, was accosted by a passerby. This loud-mouthed in- dividuul informed the selesman that he would like to “punch his face.’ The salesman, forwarned by pre- vious threats of intimidation, tried to avoid any altercation with the stranger, but the man was not being avoided so easily, and attacked the Salesman, bearing him to the ground and beating him. Through the ad- vice of the policeman on the beat, the salesman had his assailant ar- B.C. ontinue ISTER DODGES RESPONSIBILITY NEM SELON OF JUDAH” Loggers ers Vote To Struggle For Union Rights INCO DECLARES WAR ligduens Bee Faces Tie-up ON MINERS’ UNION SUDBURY, Ont., May 19.— (ALP)—Two hundred men have been fired by the International Nickel Company for union activi- ties, declared I. LL. Truax, mter- national representative of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union at last night’s meeting of the Sudbury city council. Truax asked that the council take action to secure reinstatement of the men. This request was refused. “We don’t want strife,” Truax said, “but if no adjustment is made we will have to do the best we can—and that means sirife.’’ WORKERS RULE STRIFE TORN SPANISH CITY Manifesto Demands Im- mediate Jailing of Po- lice and Fascists VIGO, Spain, May 14 —(ATLP)— Socialist and Communist guards as- sumed control of the industrial hfe of Vigo today as the general strike called to protest the shooting of workers by a fascist lawyer went into its second day. All business in the city is at a standstill but there are no disorders. Bread was distributed by means of requisition slips issued by Social- ist Party headquarters. Bakeries were controlled by Socialists ana Communists. The only automobiles seen on the Streets were driven by physicians. They carried Socialist or Gommun- ist guards to guarantee the doctors freedom of movement in the strike locked city. It Was indicated the strike would be called off at mid- night. Socialists and Communists issued a manifesto demanding removal of all local and provincial authorities, the imprisonment of police who fired on workers yesterday and the constitution of a popular tribunal to try fascists allegedly responsible for the trouble. The manifesto de- manded imprisonment of all fascists and reactionaries and creation of a Socialist-Communist militia. Because of Partiality of Labor Dept. Qn May 16 and 17 the striking loggers voted on the question of car- rying on the strike or returning to work. Seven hundred and forty-five votes were cast, 447 of these in favor of continuing on the strike, and 298 for return to work. The two camps, 8 and 10 Cowichan Lake, refused to vote, being adamant in their refusal to return to work under the conditions offered by the employers. In face of this overwhelming strike majority, the loggers are de- termined to fight. Union officials are confident that the industry on Vancouver Island will shortly be tied up. The issue is now clearly up to the minister of labor. The loggers used every avenue * possible to avoid a conflict. Their only recourse is to strike and spread the strike. Minister of Labor Pearson has stated that he recognized the men’s right to be- lone to a union. He has the power to settle that issue, and the logging industry of B.C. is facing a shut- down, and thousands of loggers facin= unemployment, because the minister of.labor refuses to act. The fight of the loggers is for the rights to organize. The boss loggers - Say there will be no organization. To the public, to trades unionists! which side are you backing? Stay away from the logging camps. Don’t scab! Give every pos- sible support to the loggers in this struggle, moral and financial. Pro- test to the minister of labor. The loggers demand the right to organize. : ES = * * HISTORY OF THE STRIKE Utilizing eyery known medium of publicity, the logezine camp and saw- Till operators have Kept up a steady barrage of propaganda from the commencement of the present lume ber strike, with the. intention of placing responsibility for the tie-up on the officals of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union. At the outset, while the union was still sending out letters daily to the Various operators, inyvitine them to negotiate on the issues involved, namely, wages and union recogni- tion, their publicity agents, includ- ing Tom McInnes, were condemn- ine the organization for calling the Strike without first making an ef fort to arrive at a peaceful settle- / ment of the dispute. These charges demand a reply in the form of the true facts connected rested, but when appearine to lay the charge, he as well as the as- sailant was held for “causing an affray.” The Canadian Labor Defence League secured his release on bail, to appear for trial Monday. On Monday, after the usual pre- liminaries, the case against the salesman Was dismissed. Then came his assailant, Without hearing any witnesses, despite the fact that the salesman had a badly disfigured face, the magistrate merely warned the assailant not to go around look- ing for a fight, and dismissed the case. Back on the street again, Monday afternoon, the salesman was again accosted. This time friends stepped in, and seeing that he was not going to get off so lightly, the thug contented himself with a barrage of verbal abuse, and sneaked away. Qn an earlier occasion, accosted the same way, the same salesman appealed to a policeman, and was told to go ahead and peddle his papers. Who is hiring these thugs? Are they in the employ of the Citizens’ League? Is it an organized move to intimidate the salesman of work- ing class papers. Regina Elects Labor Men As Challenge To Ousters Successful Candidates Receive Majority of 2,000 Vetes REGINA, Sask, May 19—(ALP) —Rey. S. GB. East, prominent in support of the “On-to-Ottawa” trek- kers here last year and A. M. Derby, local teacher, both Civic Labor League candidates, were elected here Jast night to city council by an overwhelming majority in an election necessitated by the ousting of two labor aldermen, T. G. Me- Manus and P. Mikkelson. Labor leaders here, commenting upon this smashing labor victory in the face of determined reaction, point out that it was only through the united effort of all labor and progressive forces here, inclusive of the trade unions, €.C.F., Communist and other organizations, that this victory was made possible. The Civic Labor League, they continued, was largely engendered by the events that led up to the Dominion Day riot here, and demon- Strated the determination of the people of Regina to fight back re- actionary forces. Defeated for a time with the ousting of Labor Al- derman McManus and Mikkelson on a technicality of the anti-labor Muni- cipal Act, labor immediately put for- ward two other candidates and elected them overwhelmingly. Although the total voting popnula- tion of both wards in which the labor candidates ran is less than §,000, and Mr. Bast was opposed by Cornelius Rink, former mayor of Regina, while Mr. Derby was op- posed by J. HW. Sneddon, who ran as independent labor, the combined majority of the successful candi- dates was almost 2000 votes. (Continued on Page 2) Evict Family City Threat Mother, Five Children, Asked to Move Into Two Rooms Distressinge cases of people under threat of eviction are coming toe light. A young woman, in obvious mental distress, came to us stating that an order to evict her had been taken out by the city authorities, who own the house she lives in. On the verge of a nervous collapse, this young woman remarked ‘‘why don’t they evict me and end the terrible suspense hanging over my head.” There are five young children, This woman is being pestered to set out, and suggestions have been made that she take a couple of rooms. Such a suggestion ill becomes the eivie authorities, whose concern Should be the promotion rather than the aggravation of human welfare. The authorities should do all in their power to prevent evictions and overcrowding. The Unemployed and Part Time Workers is organized to fight just such cases as this. and bring theny to the gaze of the public. You can help by reporting all cases to our headquarters, 340 Cambie St. An anti-eviction rally will be held on Cambie St. grounds, Sunday, May 31, at 2 pm. A- permit has beer granted. LOGGERS ACCUSED ASSAULTING SCABS Six men, John Janis, John Jamie- son, Robert Horell, Lawrence IKken- nedy, John Hill, and Robert Mol- land, were last Tuesday arrested on charges of assaulting two scabs in the current loggers’ strike. These scabs, Campbell Brown and Teo Cummiings, however, failed in their efforts to identify two of the ac- cused, John Janis and John Jamie- son and these were dismissed. After hearing the evidence against the remaining four the cases were ad- journed till Friday, by Magistrate Matheson. eee