cee Nec hee SO baht ot aereres Do not stop with Section 98; de- mand the repeal of all anti-labor legislation. B.C. WorkKERS NEW if Your subscription has expired the number on your label is below this number. Renew it NOW! VOL. II., No. 24 Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936 Single Copies: 5 Cents S- FULL NO. 76 OUSTED CLUBS FIGHT AGAINST CCF EXPULSIONS Toronto Meet Expresses Lack of Confidence in Executive TORONTO, Ont., June 20—(ALP) —Unanimously endorsing resolutions calling for an appeal to the nutional council of the C.C.I. against action by the provincial council in expel- linge four Toronto G.C. EF. clubs and in dropping three more upon their refusal to oust individual members, a meeting of C.C.F. members in the Labor Temple last night carried the fight for unconditional rein- Statement one step further. Express- ing solidarity with those expelled and a lack of confidence in the pro- Vineial council, the meeting called for an unofficial membership con- ference prior to the Nationa: Con- vention in August to guage the feelings of the Ontario membership on this issue. The clubs expelled were charged With participation in the May Day parade which took place in Toronto. These clubs were Lakeview C.CF. Club, Bast York Workers’ Associa- ion, Earlscourt C.C.F. and the New Dawn C.C.Y-M., a club in the youth movement. Three other clubs were ordered expelled on their refusal to conform with a decision emanatin= from the provincial council that in- dividual members who had partici- pated in the May Day meetings be aiso dropped. These were the Rev. Ben H. Spence, of the Bedford Park Club, J. M. Connor, of the Independ- ent Labor Party, and Mrs. Jean Lang, of the St. Paul’s Club. Insistine on the futility of taking the case of the expelled clubs to the national council, Reeve Arthur Wil- liams, of Bast York, leader of one of the expelled clubs, suggested that the continuing executive o1ganize regional meetings throughout the City by way of protest in order that “something Cleaner and better may result.”” SPAIN BOYCOTTS BERLIN GAMES ‘People’s Olympiad’ Of- fers To Pay Expenses of Canadians BARCELONA, Spain, June 20.— -special to ALP)—An offer has been made by officials of the “People’s Olympiad,” being held here late in July, to help pay the expenses of Canadian athletes to Spain to take part. This offer, transmitted through the representatives of the Associ- ated Iuabor Press, applies particu- larly to runners. Enthusiastic reSponse has been received to the call for an Olympiad that is definitely in opposition to the Hitler propaganda games in Berlin. France alone is sending more than 1.000 athletes, Switzer-— Jand 150, Belgium 60, more than 100 are registered from the Soviet Union, and there will also be teams from Palestine and from Algeria. Entries are being received daily. Although definite registration has not yet been received, cabled advices are that there will be teams from the United States. “In view of the great importance of the Olympiad as a mighty mani- festation against Hitler militarism and against the fascization of sport,” an official of the games said, “it is absolutely essential that Can- ada should be represented.” “We realize that time is very short,” a spokesman of the organiz- ing committee told the reporter, “and, even if you cannot do more, We suggest that Ganada at least send from four to six athletes, par- ticularly runners.” “In order to facilitate matters we are prepared to pay the greater part of the travelling expenses of these.’”’ Free board and lodging are being Supplied to all athietes during the games. CLERGYMAN HISSED AT SEATTLE MEET SEATTLE, June 24—The City Council public safety committee Tuesday pigeon-holed a bill to pro- hibit mass picketing during labor troubles, after a fiery hearin= in Which spectators boged and hissed the Rev. John N. Lyle, elderly head of the Religious Educational Work- ers’ Association, for his defense of the bill. : “Some day, because of men of the cloth like you, labor will rise up and close your churches,”’ expostulated James J. Duncan, School Board member and business agent for the Automobile Mechanics’ Union, Whose strike has closed Seattle’s 40 new-cCar dealers’ repair Shops and affected 800 workers. Duncan said the union may open @ large repair shop to serye the pub- lie pendine settlement of the strike. The union demands the closed Shop and union wage guarantees of 30 cents an hour and $25 a week. Coast, C2 JAMES LITTERICK 1 hing Communist Party Candidate in the Maniteba Provincial Elections J. Litterick To Seek Seat Is District Secretary of Manitoba Communist Party WINNIPEG, Man.—Jimmy Lit- terick, an old fighter in the labor movement, and a Communist party member of long standing, was nom-— inated at the district conference of the party here recently. The con- ference pledged mobilization of the membership and the working masses for a successful election. The follow-— ing program was formulated by the conference: Repeal wage tax; extensive pub- lic works program; abolition of fi- nancial and political restrictions on municipalities; radical extension of relief to needy. farmers and rural workers; assistance to farmers dur- ing seeding and harvesting without soup kitchens and relief camps; ex- tension of educational and cultural facilities for youth and a raise in the minimum wage. U.S. COMMUNISTS TO NOMINATE NEW YORK, June 23 (ALP) — William Z. Foster will swing the gavel when the Ninth National Gon- vention of the Communist Party of the U.S.A. opens here tomorrow, Wednesday. On Sunday the Communist Party, at a mass nominating convention, will name a candidate for the presi- dency. A section of this meeting will be broadeast over two net works, Columbia from 5 to 5:30 Sunday afternoon, and the National netword from 5 to 6 o'clock. Eid. Note—Pacific Coast time for these broadcasts will be over the Columbia from i to 1:30 p.m. and the National from 1 to 2 p.m. hampering restrictions; abolition of San Francisco Sets Pace In - Pacific Coast Unionism 36,000 Maritime Work- ers Welded Together In One Federation Painting a glowing picture of the Suecess of the maritime unions of the U.S. Pacific Coast, Stan Blake, of New Westminster, who was dele- gated by the deep sea union longs- Shoremen of B.C. to represent them at the recent convention of the In- temational Longshoremen’s Associ- ation, and the Maritime Pederation of the Pacific, has been busy since his return, givine his report to the various groups of ex-strikinge mari-_ time workers of B.C. A story that puts the best suc- eesses of our union movement to shame, is the story of ’Mrisco. Under the able, and we must say, remari- able leadership of Harry Bridges, and a corps of able and honest co- workers, the ‘’Friseo local out- maneuvered the shipping interests in their several attempts to provole premature strugsies. On the job, the membership, through a series of short, quick job actions forced the employers, to concede point after Point, until today, earnings and conditions of the ’Frisco. longshore- men are the best on the coast. Today 4500 longshoremen are working on the “Frisco waterfront, all making an average of more than $50 monthly. Before the 1934 strike there were only 2000. Why the dif- ference? THEN AND NOW. Before the 1934 strike the ship- ping barons had full say on the waterfront. The size of the load was limited. only by the lifting power of the winches, the length of the work ing day was controlled solely by the boss. Since then they have forced a 6-hour day from the employer, and working regulations which has cut down the speed-up. Highteen thou- Sand is the limit load, not a pound more. Qn the dock the jitney is not allowed to pull more than two dol- lies. Bach gang has a hatch boss, despatehed from the hall with the Sang. If a worker “lays down’ on (Continued on page 2) Union Crew Cops Honors Cape Lazo Fishers Set, and Haul in Nets in 15.49 Minutes Completine the contest in 15 min- utes and 49 seconds, the Cape Lazo, captained by Joe Cirezin, won the purse seiners setting and hauling race at the Mishermen’s Day regatta in Vancouver -Harbor, Monday, June 22. The prize was $80 cash, and a Pair of rubber boots for each mem- ber of the crew. Fishermen’s Wnion circles are highly elated at the vic- tory, The Cape Lazo carries a 100% union crew, all members of the Jugo-Slay section of the Fishermen and Cannery Workers’ Industrial Union. This crew, and skipper, all ardent and active members of their union, are well known up and down the coast. Their motto is, ‘Wwe are organized.”’ At work or play, this crew is gov— erned by union brotherhood prin- ciples, and they tell the world that it is because of the spirit of unity that the crew works so efficiently. Good luck, Cape Lazo! VANCOUVER, Ju June 22. — Mr. Mosher, president of the A.C.G. of L., was in Vancouver to negotiate an agreement with the C.N.R. of- ficials for forty stewards who 2re or- ganized into the C.B. of R.E. on the C.N-R. vessels running out of Van- couver. There must be a reason for Mosher rushing to Vancouver from the East to make a deal with the C.N-R. officials for a few stewards. Have no doubt brother, there is a very good reason. Mr. Mosher knows that the Seafarers on the WPacific through their organization, the Seafarers’ Industrial Union, are negotiating for a charter from the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, for all seamen sailing out of B.C. ports. This being the case, Mr. Mosher is bringing forward a dual organization which is a detriment to the Sea- farers on the Pacific Coast. Dual Organization There is at present an “‘organizer’”’ on the waterfront representing the A-C.C. of L. This “organizer’ is dis- tributing leaflets which call for the organizing of the Seamen under the auspices of the National Seamen’s ANTI-JAPAN MOVE IN MANCHUKUO TOKYO, Japan, June 23:—({ALP) —Serious fighting between 120 in- surgents who attacked a detach- ment of Japanese guards on the Harbin-Beiyane line near Lunyi- angmio, was revealed here today after it was learned that the in- surrectionaries had captured the commandr of the guards. During the fishtine four uards were killed and two wounded, ‘Red Johnson and others, Sailors’ Statement On Non- Union Policy Of A.C.C.L. i Working for this union are who were identified with the notorious scab- herder, €. P. O'Donovan, in supply- ing strikebreakers for the ship own- ers during the recent waterfront dis- pute. These “gentlemen” are a stench in the nostrils of all honest seamen on this coast. The interests of the seamen on the Pacific Coast are best seryed by linking up with their brothers south of the line an@ working in Close co- operation with their brother seamen in the interior on the lakes. This, however, does not seem to suit the individuals of Mr. Mosher’s calibre, as it is becoming clearer every day that they are workings hand in glove with the shipping interests instead of the rank and file, the men who are paying them. We had the assurance from the local National Labor Coun- cil of the A.C.C. of L. officials onty recently, that they would not impede the progress of S.1U. by starting dual organizations. They also agreed that the S.1.U. is the only bona fide organization of seamen in Van- couver. Benefits Bosses In plain language, Mr. Mosher is splitting the Seafarers on this coast into factions and fractions. Such tactics can only be to the benefit of the shipping interests in this parti- cular case and to the industrial barons in other cases. This is the reason we state quite frankly that Mr. Mosher is being aided aud has the full co-operation of the ship- ping interests, since the shipping interests are the only ones who will (Continued on page 2) FRENCH SEAMEN IN GEN. STRIKE 68 Ships Tied Up, Red Flag Floats Over the Waterfront PARIS, June 23—Sixty-eight ves- sels of the French Merchant Marine were tied up today as thousands of workmen downed tools in a general strike. The strike spréad to the naval shipyards at Saint Nazaire and stopped construction work on six submarines and two cruisers. Other shipyards were expected to strike momentarily. Red flags fluttered from the hal- yards of the struck vessels, and officers who moved to haul them down were barred by striking sea- men. The Marseilles port is completely erippled. Ships are allowed to de- part, but arriving ships are evad- ing the port. The striking crews will mot permit the tricolor to be flown anywhere along the water- front. Simultaneous with the strike ac- tion of the seamén and the naval workers, the Chamber of Deputies delivered a smashing defeat ot the reactionaries by an overwhelming confidence vote of 382 to 198 on Leon Blum'’s foreign policy. The People’s Front cabinet has served notice on the power that they will demand permanent international control of war industries. Section 98 Off Statutes Repeal Legalizes C. P., Is Toronto Legal Opinion a R.C.M.P. Is Charg OTTAWA, June 22—(ALP)— Sec- tion 98, the law relating to “unlaw- ful associations,, which was made law in 1919 by an order in council in forty minutes, is off the statute books today. This section, under which Tim Buck and seven other Cominunist Party leaders were sent to Kingston Penitentiary and the Communist Party declared illegal, has been a major political issue in Canada for years. Leading the fight for its re- peal has been the Canadian Labor Defense League. In the House of Gommons the act was repealled five times, only to have the repeal vetoed by the Senate This time the Liberal Party, under the Rt. Hon. W. i. Mackenzie King, managed to get the Senate to grant repeal by substituting new clauses designed to deal with “subversive activities.’’ On Saturday night, after a lone day of debate on many other ques- tions, the Senate voted on Section 98 and wiped it off the books. Leral opinion in Toronto today is that the repeal act legalizes the Communist Party, which in-spite of nominal illegality, has been con- tinuing to function and now has a membership of over 10,000 with prospects of a membership of an additional 500 by October_} Support Summer Camp Tag Day On Saturday The Children’s Summer Camp Committee, which is com- prised of prominent Vancouver citizens of all walks of life, have been granted a tag day for Saturday, June 27th, for the purpose of raising ‘funds to purchase outright a per- manent camp Site at Alohma Beach, the estate of the late Mr. Bamfield, fifteen miles from Vancouver up the North Arm of the Inlet. This Committee has, for the past six years, annually provided a camp for under-privileged children. Last year, two hundred and eighty-five children were accommodated. The facilities were inadequate to meet the demand. This year, the Committee, in purchasing this location, hope to be able to accommodate a minimum of five hundred needy children of Vancouver. A successful tage day should raise sufficient funds to purchase the site, erect necessary buildings and provide equipment. In order to do this, a great number of taggers are needed, as well as cars or trucks to transport taggers to and from outlying points. All sympathetic men, women and children who can as- sist for any period of time as taggers on Saturday are requested to come to the Taz Day Headquarters, 330 Cam- bie Street, downstairs. NO MORE RELIEF FOR SINGLE MEN Closing of Relief and Logging Camps Timed Simultaneously Single men applying for their re- lief issue at Hamilton Hali this week have hen notified that this is their final issue. That means hundreds of single unemployed are to be thrown on the streets in the same manner as were the rejected ecampboys last winter, and forced to beg, steal or starve. With thou- sands of dollars squandered in wage increase and bonus to the Chief of Police; in the building of a fountain in the centre of Lost Lagoon; in the expenditure of hundreds of dollars for paint and bunting for the decora- tion of the business streets of Van- couver, so as to hide the slums, the cutting off relief of the single men of Vancouver is significant. Simultaneous with this policy comes the closing of the Federal re- lief camps, throwing a further six or seyen thousand single men on the streets. At the same time the logging companies announce that camps will elose this year July ist. What is in the offine? As a result strike threats mill workers of the strike and of the loggers and recently, warzes throughout the B.C. industry were increased about 50¢ per day. Shingle mill and logging operators writhe under this forced increase. They have intimated that a war will be waged to cut wages. Certain tools of the lumber barons, masquer- ading under the fuise of union lead- ers have proclaimed their threat to smash every A.F. of IL. union in B.C. and set up company unions under the wing of the A.C.C. of L. Tom MeInnes, paid mouth-piece of the (Continued on Page 2) TORONTO, Ont., June 25.— (ALP) —The Canadian Youth Congress has asked the federal povernment for a $5,000 grant to help defray the expenses of youth delegates to the World Youth Congress in Geneva this summer. “We haven't had any reply as yet,’’ an official of the Congress said. The World Congress is to be held at the seat of the League of Nations from August 31 to September 7. EDMONTON, Alta., June 23.— (ALP)—With a C€.C.F. candidate in the field against her, Alderman Crane polled 6,428 votes in her run for the Alberta legislature. She was defeated by Dr. Morris, Liberal, who polled 9,979 votes. STREET SCENE 193?! i —— rn — EF Ca Charming picture of civilization is this photo of an English mother Carrying her daughter through the streets during a gas mask erill. Scenes like this are increas- ingly familiar as Europe girds itself for the coming second world war. FATAL ACCIDENTS INCREASE IN WOODS VANCOUVER, June 23.—Acci- dents m the logging camps of B.C. have taken a toll of 23 fives since the first of the year, accord- ing to a report from the Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union to- day. Francis Fors, 18-year-old boom man, was drowned Sunday when he fell from a boom at Stave Falls, where he had been employed by Walter Patterson. Fors was a recent arrival from Alberta, and his death brings the total number of fatal accidents in the logging industry to 23. In the corresponding period for 1935, twenty loggers had met their death in fatal accidents m the in- dustry. Soviet Russia | Country, Says A. McLeod England, © “I travelled through Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, ete., on my way to and from Russia and found the people of the Soviet Union by far the most progressive of all.” So said Alex McLeod, a motorman on the Vancouyer street railway, who has just returned from a visit to the workers’ republic. Wo Unemployment “There are no unemployed there. The spectre of unemployment and want has been banished completely. The youths are not spending their time in slave camps or tramping the streets looking for a job. They are working. Everybody is busy building the new world.” Alex spoke of the spirit of the people, happy and enthusiastic. Wases are good, and living costs low. His sojourn in the Soviet Union cost him five dollars per day, in- cluding meals, transportation, hotels and guide. “However,’’ he added, with a smile, “I soon learned that it did not pay to cultivate a taste for oranges. They cost a dollar each in Moscow.’ But that applied only to oranges. Oranges were scarce, but all other fruits were plentiful and cheap. A Moscow “The May Day celebrations in Moscow were the greatest sight I ever saw. Seven thousand aeroplanes flew overhead, while the guardians of the workers, the Red Army, marched past in their thousands. Then came hundreds of thousands of workers, armed and unarmed, from the mines, mills and factories, from the transportation industries, from offices, colleges, and univer- sities, all celebrating their muaemnifi- cent victory over the forces of ex- ploitation.”” The street cars of Moscow are crowded with jostling, smilin= peo- ple. Despite an excellent service, it Seems impossible to provide enoush cars. Everybody has some place to and the price to get there. A Beautiful Subway May Day £0, s A Great most beautiful and efficient subway in the world, in fact there is no comparison,’” says Mr. Mcleod. Speaking of food, Mr. Mcleod Searched for a comparison with the City of Vancouver. “Well.” he said, “Chicken and turkey come under the heading of ordinary meals.’ Soviet Women Mr. McLeod Taid special emphasis on the vast difference between the condition of the working women of Finland and those of the Soviet Union. In Finland the women were obliged to perform the hardest kind of work for the smallest pay, while in Russia the Women draw equal pay to the men, and are free to choose the employment they want to follow. “All in all,”” says this conservative young man, “the Soviet Union has a great and glorious future ahead.’’ Communist Parley Proceedings To Be Head ed With rovoking Riots il J. S. Woodsworth De- mands Release of Nine Camp Boys DISMISS McBRIEN OTTAWA, June 23——(ALP)—J. S Woodsworth, M.P., national leader of the €.C_F., in the House of Com- mons today, demanded the dismissal of Sir James MacBrien from his position as Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, charging him with responsibility for the riot on Regina’s Market Square Dominion Day last year, when a peaceful meeting of Regina citizens were attacked by ‘combined forces of the City Police and R.C.MEP- The C.C.F. lead- er in pressing for the release of the nine- men now Servange sentences on charges of as- sault, argued that the relief camp workers were jus- tified in coming to the seat of government for redress of their grievances, and there was no need for the action of the police, which claimed the lives of three people. Hon. Ernest Lapointe, minister of justice, partially admitted the blunder of the authorities Jast July 1, as he held that “hindsight was preferred to foresight,’ stating “that no g00d purpose was Served J. S. Woodswortn by saying that authorities should have acted differently than they did~’’ Asnes MacPhail, MP. for Grey- Bruce, took exception to the $12, 000 per annum Salary of the Commiis- Sioner, and urged a reduction. The Commissioner was charged with being over-paid by Miss Mac- Phail who said it seemed ridiculous that the head of the R-C.M-P, should receive almost as much as the Prime Minister and more than a cabinet minister. R. B, Bennett, M.P:, Conservative leader, stated he was not ashamed of the previous government’s action in allowing the Commissioner his present Salary, which also provides food, fuel, light, medical care, a car and chauffeur besides other al- lowaneces and pickings. Grits Weaker In Omineca C.C.F. Increase Shows Grit Riding Swinging to Left BURNS LAKE, B.C., June 24,— Despite the fact that the Pattullo administration has studiously nursed the Omineca Riding, the MWTiberal hold on this constituency got a severe jolt at yesterday’s elections. In 1931 Omineca gaye the Liberal candidate a plurality of 541 over the C.C.E. candidate. Yesterday’s eléc- tion cut this fizure down to 189. Talking into consideration that the Liberal government concentrated all its forces towards winning the sup- port of the miners and farmers of this riding, the narrow margin over the C-C.I*. candidate, is not very en- couraging to the Liberal Party. Omineca has always been considered amy “ace in the hole’’ for the Liberal Party. The former incumbent, A. M. Manson, saw to it that his riding receiyed special favors from the Zovernment in the manner of road improvements, etc. During this cam- paign, the premier himself, and: three of the cabinet ministers per- Heard At Picnic The International Picnic to be held at the North Side of Hast ings Park on Sunday, June 28th will be international in more than name and in the fraternity of nationals attending. It will lis- ten in on the mass nomination convention of the Communist Party of the U.S. The convention, Ninth Nation- al Convention of the U.S. party, presided over by William Z. Fos- ter, will choose a candidate for the presidency. A section of the Convention will be broadcast over the Columbia Network from 1 to 1:30 pm., and over the WN.B.C. from 1 to 2 p.m. Lhose attending the pincic here will be able to sit in on the New York Convention. Loud speakers are being arranged on the picnic grounds, and all are assured a good reception. “The Moscow Metro subway is the sonally stumped this part of the eountry in aid of their candidate Still the swing is decidedly to the left. The vote of 34 out of 39 polls is: Connelly, Gab): 23s eee 837 Godwin (Cl Cat) ins eee 648 Thompson (Con.) .......-. Ss lik. CITY COUNCIL TO i CALL CONFERENCE VANCOUVER, June 23.—Decision Was made today by the City Council to call a conference of interested parties and organizations to find=a method of stabilizing rental charges which have recently caused a great deal of inconvenience to families on relief. > Last week the Vancouver Presby- tery of the United Church of Can- ada, in a resolution, asked the City Council to call a conference of landlords, relief officials and in- terested organizations. Ald. H. L. Corey moved that a date be set for the conference. It is planned to in- vite the Minister of Labor, relief officials, real estate men, and social service bodies in the city to attend. i ga IE ED tees oe ae eee a tt ie MS on 7k 8: AT 4 Oe eee 0) 5 CIR are irink i = ce aa