_ June 5, 1936 = . Collective Farms B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS Page Three The Soviet Prize Picture Peasants The Drama of COMING Friday, June 19th to the BEACON THEATRE Balcony (Hxcept Saturday) 10c till 6:00 — 5c after 6:00 At The Theatres *‘Peasants’’ Will Show Here June 19 “Peasants,”’ the Soviet film drama of the collective farms which shared world first prize with “Chapayev’’ and “Youth of Maxim,” opens one week's engagement at the Beacon Theatre, commencing Hriday, June 19th. Vancouver is “Soviet film consci- ous’’ and more people viewed “Cha- payeyv’ during its recent showings in this city than any other picture for a long time. MAXIM GORKI CLUB SUPPORTS DRIVE The concert held by the Maxim Gorky Club, Sunday, May 31, in aid of the joint press drive; made u profit of $11.18. Ten comrades do- mated as follows: Tublove, Juby, Nesterok, Peser, Gobo, @zerchuk, one dollar each, and Bilobiosko, Roman, Ealisk, and Geruloff, twenty-five cents each. Patronize Our Advertisers! PUBLIC LECTURE Gen. Fang Chen Wu Famous Chinese War Lord : and Patriot “will describe conditions in the Far Piast Colonial Theatre Granville & Dunsmuir Sunday, June 7th 8 p-m. ATES Gan. League Against War and Fascism and All- American Alliance of Chinese Anti-Imperialists. $20.00 in CASH $10.00 Every Tuesday $10.00 Every Thursday THREE BIG SHOWS IN ONE! — On the Stage — Lee Jaxen and Company—i16 People TWO BIG PICTURES! Admission - - 5c, 10c, 15c : GIVEN AWAY FREE . =e e and CHINESE LEADER ON PEACE TOUR Will Speak & Sunday At Colonial Theatre Fang Chen Wu, fighter for peace and for the liberation of China from Japanese invasion, was accorded a welcome befitting a hero when he arrived here from Victoria, last Sunday night. ~ Approximately 100 flag be-decked ears, and several hundred of his countrymen paraded from Pier D, CPR. Real unity was effected by the Chinese organizations for the occasion. Gen. Fang. who is only 50, was born in Shao county, Anhwei proy- ince, of a family rich in revolution- ary traditions. He is an interecting personality, well built, broad shoul- dered, with a heavy black mous- tache and a gleam of genuine hu- mor in his inscrutable eyes. Like all of his distinguished countrymen, his bearing is marked by. courtesy, but there is an air of invincible de- termination about this man. His Chinese friends report that he is a dynamic speaker and a splendid in- terpreter of the aims and objects of the Chinese anti - imperialist movement. He is the spirit of China incarnate. Harly Military Career At the age of 18, Gen. Fang joined the Ko Lai Hui, a secret organiza- tion which played an important role in the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty in 1911. In 1908, Fang was arrested for his part in the Anching rebellion, but was soon released through pressure by his friends. Once again he joined the army and captured Nanking for the revolutionaries, then marching northward his volunteer army took the strategic city of Hsuchow. During the “second revolution”’ led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Gen Fang fought against the northern militar- ists and was severely wounded. From that time on Gen. Fang proved himself a leader and strate- gist in many battles. Im 1928 the General defeated the northern mili- tarists and held the city of Tsinan against the Japanese forces for 18 days. In 1929 when he assumed the chairmanship of the Provincial Goy- ernment of Anhwei he was again imprisoned by Chiang Kai-Shek who feared the power of Fang. When the Japanese were batter- ing Shanghai, Gen. Fang prevailed upon Gen. Tsai Ting-kai to defend the city against the invaders, but here again he was forced to retreat with the famous 19th Route Army, through the treachery of Chiang Kai-shek and T. V. Soong who failed to deliver munitions as contracted for. Chiang Kai Shek Treachery Chiang Kai-shek’s treachery was further exemplified in the Chahar campaign. Trains, roads, etc., were barred to Gen. Fang, and when he turned against the traitors he was surrounded several times and nar— rowly escaped capture. In the General’s opinion a war in the Far East is not far off. ‘““Hostili- ties will occur,’’ he says, “when we are compelled to defend our rights against Japanese invasion, and that time is not far distant,” Patronize Our Advertisers! 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Unity of all labor and progressive forees against evictions and the rent raising racket, was the theme of all speakers. Roger Bray said a vote of thanks should be made to the Real Estate Exchange for bringing the eviction Situation to a head. Families who have been living on the point of starvation right alongs, were now being thrown out on the streets by the real estate sharks and mortgage companies who saw the chance of reaping a few nickels through the Jubilee racket. Gob Lealess urged upon the audience the necessity of building the organization to a position where it could show ‘results by preventing evictions. So long as people were contented to stand on the side lines and Jet someone else fight their battles. then evictions would con- tinue and increase. The object. of the U. & P.T.W. Association was to bring the facts of the eviction and rent raising situation clearly be- fore the public and arouse mass public opinion. Other speakers represented the Mothers’ Council and the R.C.W.U- Report all particulars of evictions to Unemployed and Part Time Workers’ Association, 340 Cambie St. Y.C.L. Challenges Communists To Softball Games Editor, B.C. Workers’ News: In view of the fact than an inter- national picnic is being arranged under the auspices of the Commun- ist Party of Canada, B.C. district, for the purpose of raising finances on June 28 at Mastines Park (North Side). IT take this opportunity on behalf of the Young: Communist League to challenge the Communist Party membership to a softball game to take place at any time in the after- noon on the day of the picnic. TI am prompted to make this chal- lenge on account of the many ac- ecusations of the Communist Party members that we are no lounger wu youthful, lively organization and will prove to these people that they are entirely incorrect by sivine then one of the worst trouncings that has yet been handed out on a ball diamond. How about it you Communist Party members; do you accept? We dare you to. The Young Communist League wishes the Communist Party the best of Success in every way except in the ball game. Fraternally yours, Wim. Palmer, President. BERLIN, May 30—(ALP)—There are still some 80,000 unemployed registered at the Labor Exchange in Hambure. Many are being sent to unemployment projects such as marsh-draining and road building where they are paid starvation wages. One to two hundred men are housed in one barrack. SPICY WATERFRONT PAPER APPEARS A new by-weekly waterfront paper, the “‘B.C. Maritime Worker,” has made its appearance. It is u mimeographed four-pager, “issued” as stated on the masthead, by a sroup of progressive longsshoremen and seamen, and sells for three cents a copy. A perusal of the second issue, dated Wednesday, June 3, convinces us, that so long as the B.C. Mari- time Worker pursues its present poliey, it will be well received and so a long way towards filling the role it has set out to do, help re- establish progressive organization amongst the longshoremen and seamen of B.C. In the current issue the paper’s proposal for the policy of the Seafarers’ Industrial Union is Set out. We conimicend this policy and have no doubt but that it wall be accepted by all fair-minded sea- men as correct. The new agreement between the two sStrikebreaking longshore organ: izations and the Shipping Wedera- tion is ably analyzed. Then there is spice, lots of it, in the exposure of the actions of the officials who are being used to subdue the workers to the will and way of the employers. Bon Voyage, Bee Worker. W omen Meet Atlantic City Workings Women Not On Speakers’ List Maritime Apparently women's organizations are on the move if we are to judge by the agendas of their national and international conventions now being held in various countries and cities. They all reveal a general tendency to investigate the causes for the troublous and stirring times in which we live today. The common problems of the gen- eral mass of people today are re- ceiving due attention. Unfortunate- ly the views of the unemployed and poorly, paid people are not given free or full expression and the speakers and leaders of discussion on these vital topics are largely from the more fortunately situated wf the feminine population. Take for example the Conference on Social Work with thousands of delegates from Canada and U.S.A. now in session in Atlantic City- Some of the topics under discus- Sion are to be “Democracy at the Crossroads,’”’ ““Public Welfare and Polities,” “‘International Peace and the Common Good,’ “Government and ihe Common Welfare.’ A thorough investigation of this dem- ocracy of ours, the connection be- tween politics and welfare projects, the relationship between peace and the welfare of the people on excel- Jent projects but it is too bad that the speukers in each case are rep- resentatives of the Roosevelt gov- ernment, deans of universities, etc. It is too bad that the people’s angle is not to be given by speakers elected by organizations of the common people, relief recipients, the students from the universities. Only then would these discussions result in decisions which would greatly better the life of the average citizen. Formation of arth, Council Set for June 8 VANCOUVER, June 1.—Achieve- ments and splendid enthusiasm ex- pressed by 61 delegates from many points in British Columbia marked the 5th provincial convention of the Youne Communist League held on Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31 in the Clinton Hall. Wollowinge the report on Jems of Youth in B.C.” by Pete Lowe, provincial secretary, Y-C.L., a lensthy discussion ensued during which greetings were brought to the convention by Pric Reaville, rep- resenting the provincial executive of the Young Socialist League, Mal- colm Bruce, Communist Party of Canada, as well aS a number of others including branches of the Y.S.L., the ¥YCLl. from Seattle, Washington, Canadian Amateur Sports Federation, etc. Many prominent people, including amongst them A. M. Stephen and Rev. Willard Brewing, expressed re- egret that they were unable to attend “Prob- B.C. Workers’ News Radio Broadcast EVERY FRIDAY ; 8:45 to 9 P.M. CKMO $99969$999990900000 THE STEAM AND TURKISH BATHS Expert Masseur and Masseuses 3 5 3 HOSPITAL COTS 9274 —— 1235 WEST BROADWAY Public Baths, 25¢ ALWAYS OPEN BAY. Private Baths, 50c IRIS Fifth District Convention Y CI Concludes Sessions aus to pcessure of work but wished the convention eyery success on be- half of youths’ efforts for a better life. . Presentation of resolutions lowed during which the many plex problems of the young people in B.C. were discussed. One resolu- tion dealing with an increase in re- lief for youth, pending the institu- tion of a public works program at fol- com- trade union rates of pay was un- animously adopted. Other resolu- tions adopted dealt with increased edueational and sports facilities as well as an extension and the insti- tution of a wide vocational train- ing system. Health insurance was also dealt with and aé resolution calling for the extension of the plan to include all sections of the popu- lation exempt from the present plan was unanimously endorsed. The formation of the Socialist Youth Couneil, of which the initial conference is to be held on June 8, ,; at 3691 ©ommercial Drive at 8 p.m., was hailed as a development of ex- treme importance to the youth of B.C. Sundays session was devoted to an orsanizational discussion ana resolutions following the report of Maurice Rush, provincial organizer, ¥.C.L. Many organizational changes were made to correspond with the changing situation of the youth movement in b.C. The convention amidst a wave of enthusiasni with William Palmer being elected pres- ident, Mona Fletcher, vice-president; Maurice Rush, secretary; Charles Was concluded Caron, treasurer; including an ex- ecutive of 12 amongst whom were several delegates from outlying communitie BALKAN CAF E TASTY MEALS — FROM i5c UP Our Specialty 719 EAST HASTINGS STREET Balkan-Hungarian and German Dishes Reverend Connell Out Of Touch With The Masses Never Has the Need of Unity and Militant Action Been More Pressing Than it is Today € By W.d.C. Many readers of your great little paper were pleased with your re- marks regarding the Reverend R. Connell's leadership of the GCF. When Labor leaders are praised by anti-Labor journals like the “Sun’’—and men like Tom McInnes —it is time to protest and to act. True démocracy must come from the masses. The great victory of the U.S.:S.R. came from “All power to the Soviets—the Workers and Peas- ants!""—from free criticism of pol- icy and people. Their Constitution was based on realities, on the class struggle. It was flexible enough to meet any and all demands—not an infallible and fixed document like the “Regina Manifesto.’”” Mr. Con- nell’s leadership seems more theo- logical than logical—Utopian rather than scientific. Expropriatinge the expropriators, overthrowing capi- talism by means of the constitution molded expressly to promote and perpetuate capitalism, seems like the old Biblical idea of “casting out devils in the name of Beezlebub, the Prince of Devils,” an idea ridiculed so long ago. Doubtless these leaders are sin- cere, but so were Kerensky and Ramsay Macdonald and James Thomas, so are Aberhart and Father Coughlin. Sincerity is needed—but is not enough. The road to the hell of Hitlerism, the bloody rape of Abyssinia—even the Spanish Inqui- sition—and the burning of witches— were all “paved with good inten- tions.” We have reached the great- est crisis, the most glorious, yet the most dangerous place in history, and there was never a time when real understanding of social forces, when the power of unity and militant ac- tion, when the surrender of personal and party interests to the Great Cause, are as imperative as they are today. The ereat enemies approaching: are War and Fascism, yet it seems that if some of our leading lights of Labor were paid agents of Fascism, they could not do much more to wreck the G.GF., and weaken the Gause than they are now doing. Mr. Connell has broadcasted through the platform and press a declaration that his party can never work with the Communist Party— that between these “there is a great gulf fixed which no united front can bridge.” Now, to some of us this may seem ridiculous in the light of experience, but when we realize how the minds and activities of the human sheep have been trained for ages to hum- bly follow their spiritual and poli- tical shepherds, this is a serious mat- ter. Wot only this, but the editor of the “Commonwealth” has recently endorsed Mr. Connell’s position, and has apparently sold out to the ene- my. A month ago he published an article from J. S. Woodsworth, which niust have afforded great satisfaction to the Citizens’ League and its radio artist in which he told of disastrous results which would follow an electoral affiliation with the Communist Party. He believed that had this been accomplished in the late Federal contest the C.C.F. vote would have been less than half what it was, and perhaps not a single candidate would haye secured a seat at Ottawa. Gertainly losing this economic se- curity and the luxurious environ- ment of Parliament, going back per- haps to find even the old jobs gone, would be just too bad. it would, |however, have helped to put some M.P!’s more in touch with the masses which they are supposed to represent,—yet, even then their case would not be so hopeless for there is a decided swing leftward all along the line. The great tide of revolt against poverty in the midst of plenty—the great growing Co-operative Com- monwealth already established in the Soviet Union where peace and progress reign, are forces which no true labor leader nor labor party can ignore, and when leaders appar- ently do so, they remind us of that foolish king, Canute, who stood on the seashore and expected his com- mand would throw back the in- coming waves of the ocean. Never was that clarion call, “Workers of the world, unite: You have nothing but your chains to lose, you have a world to gain,” heard and heeded as truly as is it today. Streetcar Men Oust Another VANCOUVER, June 3—At their meeting last night Division 101, Street Railwaymen, disbarred one of the carmen from employment. This man, Mr. Scholtz, was strike— breaking on the waterfront during the strike last summer, and follow- ing dismissal-“from the waterfront at the conclusion of the strike, ob- tained work with the B.C. Electric as a conductor. His waterfront acti- vities were reported to the union of- ficials, and upon investigation the action of last night followed. This makes the third man _ dis- barred by the street railwaymen’s union, for strikebreaking on the waterfront. Several cases are under investigation. Investigation is also proceeding in other industries, into which streakebreakers are reported to have been drafted, and repetitions of the action taken by the street railwaymen will undoubtedly follow. During the Waterfront dispute it is understood that the Citizens’ League placed many of itS adherents amone the strikebreakers. Now that they have fulfilled their mission on the waterfront, they are apparently being distributed in the other in- dustries. In his radio broadcast of last Sunday, Yom MacInnes inti- mated that the employers and the Citizens’ League were preparing to attack one of the major labor organ- izations of the city. Following His usual tirade of abuse against the loggers and longshoremen, he sparracel his listeners that the trouble makers were preparing more trouble for the near future. In view of the fact that the B.C. Electric is endeavoring to place picked water- front strikebreakers on the street cars, the remarks of Tom MacInnes are Significant. Does it mean that they are now preparing to attack the street railwaymen’s union? The fishermen’s union also has put a ban on strikebreakers. Re- cently waterfront scabs, who habitu- ally went to the fishing grounds every summer were refused a card by the fishermen’s union. Ex-water- front strikers say that they are Keeping a close watch, and are acquainting all workers’ organiza- tions with the names of all strike- breakers. Recently the Shipping Fed- eration wrote all large employers of labor asking them to absorb the surplus strikebreakers. All organizu- tions are warned to be on their fuard against these probable stools and agent-proyacateurs. *= = % * The regular drummer was sick and unable to play at the dance Jast Wriday at the Unity Hall, North Burnaby. Another drummer was re- eruited, who turned out to be a Waterfront strikebreaker, and son of a postman who was a _ strike- breaker during the 1923 waterfront strik Many of tho present pro- tested to the orchestra leader, and the drummer was forthwith dis- missed. Patronize Our Advertisers! HASTINGS BAKERY 716 EAST BASTING ST. We deliver from house to house in Grandview and Wastings town- site districts. Call High. 3244 and our driver will be at your door. Support Those Who Support You WHAT PROFITS FRESH SALMON? A fair day’s catch of red spring salmon on the upper Fraser River was estimated at 50 to 60 pounds per boat. This was before the fish- ermen’s strike started. At that time the buyers were pay- ing the fishermen six cents per pound, which would give the fish- erman $3.00 for his entire catch. The buyer working on a 2 cent ¢om- miisSion basis was able to make $1.20 on the buy. Two fish buyers bought up 3 tons of salmon at this price making a profit of $120 or 25 per cent of the total paid for the daily catch of fish. : A good days catch when the Season is good is estimated at 200 pounds per boat, and at this rate the buyers would do a whale of a business. Is it any wonder that the fisher- men went out on Strike for 7 cents per pound, when all a buyer does is go around buying fish and making: two cents per pound out of the hides of the fishermen. The buyer then sells the salmon to the fish companies who squeeze the difference between 8 cents per pound and the price it is sold on the market, out of the consumer. What profits fresh salmon? N.Y. Shipping Strike Ended Reactionary I.S.U. Of- ficials Force Men’s Hand NEW YORK, Climaxed by 1,500 seamen June a mass 1.—(ALP)— meeting of who discussed the situation for hours in Manhattan ibyceum, the seamen’s strike came to an end here Wriday morning When the strikers voted to accept the terms of the Executive Board of the International Seamen’s Union. 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