July 24, 1936 B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS Page Three GO00D BOXING AND WRESTLIN It was pretty warm last Satur- day but the fans at the Vancouver Sports Clib show managed to sit through two solid hours of one of the best shows ever put on in this town. There was boxing and wrest ling galore and the music of the Cavelli boys who played a few tunes as only they can play them. Warner Carson (V.S.C.), 145, and Angus MacLean (V.S.C.), 142, boxed three thrilling rounds that had the fans on their toes from the first bell to the last. Ansus won the de- cision but he had no easy time of it. Don (Red) Lott (V.S.C), 160, and John Rossland (V.S.G.), 160, had the feature spot on the wrestling end of the card. Red took a fall in the second with a body scissors. Red won the match. : Stan Alford (Burnaby), 126, and Geo. Henderson (Burnaby), 130, Wrestled three five-minute rounds to a thrilling draw. Stan took a full In the second with a body press. Henderson took a fall in the third with a body slam. > Bill Keenan (¥.S:G), 90, Peter Patterson (V¥.S.G); wrestled three rounds to a draw. Ronnie Johnson (V.S.C.), 60, and Mike Banich (V.S:C.), 55, boxed three good rounds. Banich won by a decision. - Dan Adams (V.S.C.), 76, and Ari Sempt (V.S.C.), “79 put on a real fast bout. Sempt won by a decision. Marine Fuel & Transfer Co. 14% Cord Inside Fir - $3.25 Slabs - - - - $2.50 Light Mill Fir - $2.50 ALL LARGE LOADS 902 B. Hastings St. HIGH. 3131 and 39, HASTINGS BAKERY 716 EAST HASTING 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 S20 IN CASE GIVEN AWAY FREE $1000 Every Tuesday. $10.00 Every Thursday. Three Big Shows in One! Two Big Pictures! Admission ... 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July 18 — (ALP)—Committee for Industrial Organization (G.I.O.) leaders today charged that the Executive Council of the American Wederation of Labor exceeded their rights {1 adopting a rule which gave it the right to suspend refractory national and international unions, a power not specifically accorded to it in the federation’s constitution. ; The announcement came as a sur- prise to CJ.O. leaders, now in the midst of an intensive campaign to organize the steel industry, who re- ceived letters citing them for trial August 3. . While the council had power to adopt rules for administrative pro- eedure, Industrial union adherents maintained, it could not enlurge its powers “sO enormously’? without consent of the A. of IL. conyen- tion, labor's supreme Sovernins body. By adopting such a rule, it was Stressed, the council really amended the constitution without Soing to the -eeityvention for a two- thirds vote. Adopt United Front Plan ASAHIGAWA, Hokkaido, Japan, —Hight organizations of the toilers on Hokkaido Island, at a delezate conference held recently, udopted a! Prosram for united action in the coming election of the island as- sembly in Ausust. The conference Was called on the basis of the fight 2gainst fascism and to win political The prozram adopted includes the following: i. A state subsidy for works for the unemployed. 2. Government rice for the famine- Stricken peasants. 3. Passage of the Tenant Act and the Farm Insurance Act. 4. Passage of a Self-governine public Trade Union Act. 5. The formation of the anti- fascist united front. 6. Preparation for the election campaisn, with a strugsele against mass taxation and for the repeal of the carriage and bicycle tax. Police Increased; Relief Slashed CINCINNATI, July 15 (ALP) — As a prelude to the anticipated cuts in relief, Cincinnati's City Council voted to add 100 policemen to its force despite the protests of labor groups. 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Reg? to $19.50 SALE PRICE CUT Dress Clearance SLACKS July Clearance . . $2.95 Te ir (}9 More Nurseries Needed For Vancouver Kiddies We hear and read so much from Progressive papers and speakers on the wonderful nursery, creche and kindergarten facilities in the Soviet Union. But we know little of the facilities, limited though they be, right under our noses here in our own city of Vancouver. These agencies for child care and training operate under great diffi- culties owing to smallness of fin- ances and only cater to relatively small groups of our population, but exist they do, function they do in a limited sphere and several of them are worthy of our attention and hearty endorsation. We talk so much about the freedom of women under Socialism, particularly free- dom from being eternally tied to their children, but we forget that even capitalism could afford much more in the way of nursery and kindergarten training than it has in the past. Women passively accept their lot in most cases and think that only the rich can afford such luxuries. But a progressive govern- ment, for example, a C.C.F. govern- ment, could allot funds for such pur- poses, now diverted to much less desirable channels. Givie govern- ments, likewise, could better spend money on better care and group training for our little tots of pre- school age than on Jubilee rackets, entertaining officers from warships, etc. We have three nursery organiza- tions which merit our interest and moral support. We have in mind particularuy the Day Wursery As- sociation, Nursery Craft College and Wursery School Association. The Day Nursery Association (formerly the Creche) is a branch of the Wel- fare Federation and functions in the interests of mothers who work. It provides, at a low cost to the mother, adequate means to care for her child or children while she is away at work, either occasionally or every day. It also acts as an employment agency to secure house— work for mothers who are willing to earn an odd dollar in this way. It operates from an office in the Social Agencies Building on Tenth Avenue West, the said office being under the management of Mrs. Beck and Miss Thompson. Both of these ladies do the best they can with the funds at their disposal to as- sist these needy mothers. A mother pays only ten cents a day for the care of her child. The Welfare pays the remaining amount to the women who act as foster mothers in vari- ous parts of the city. These women Give the best of kind, motherly care to the children left in their charge and only a few are left in each foster-home. This also provides the children, mainly under school age, with the opportunity to play with other little children under kindly Supervision. The Nursery Craft College is a Privately managed undertaking op- erated by Miss Ruth Elliot and her staff of English lady assistants and nurses, at the corner of 54th and Adera Street, out Kerrisdale way. It functions both as a training schoo] for young women who wish to train as kindergarten leaders, nursery governesses, etc., and also as an infants’ home and kinder- garten. Of course, parents leaying their children here temporarily while away on a trip, sick, or who send their small children there for kindergarten training, have to pay for the same. However, Miss Elliot endeavors 3! = ZF) } iW FREE E ere ry to reduce her rates to a minimum for those not financially well fixed. She calls for and delivers those chil- dren who live at home and spend each day under her care. The only difficulty is, of course, that having no assistance from either govern- ‘| ment or welfare agercy, only those able to pay can provide their chil- dren with this care and training. The newly formed Nursery School Association recently inaugurated by Mrs. Stuart Jamieson, Miss Frances Moran and other prominent Van- couver women, does not yet actu- ally function. It will operate mainly in the interests of those able to pay little or nothing. It will really need financial assistance from both the provincial government and the city council to function permanently and with adequate scope. But the point is this.” No one will deny that almost every woman would avail herself of nursery and kindergarten training for her chil- dren if she could do so. We submit as proof of this statement the lives of millions of women in the Soviet Union who make use of the splendid facilities available there. Our women would do the same if they could. Of course, we all realize that only under Socialism will women be really free from the endless drudg- ery of housework and care of chil- dren. But we must not for a mo- ment forget that even under cap- italism these services could be greatly extended beyond their pres- bie Wlakeyeyka, Krivoi Roz and Mae- ent sphere with popular support and financial assistance from gov- ernment funds. So many of our women are des- perately in need of some reliable place to leave their children for a few hours or every day for a while. Take the case of a woman in the eighth or ninth month of pregnancy, so heavy and awkward that She can scarcely drag her feet around and bending over is a physical impossi- bility. She has to carry on her house- work as usual, is also expected, in fact cannot avoid, lifting her small children to their high chairs, in or out of their cribs, assisting them to the bathroom, endless washing of faces, daily baths, ete.. and all under this terrific physical and nervous strain. She often has to Carry on in this way until she is rushed to the hospital in agony to bear the new child. Or take the case of the mother returning home with the new baby. For the first few weeks it would be sufficient for her to potter around, bath and feed the new baby and rest until strength re- turns. But no, at the earliest pos- sible opportunity she must take over the full reins of household manage- ment, care and discipline of her other children. Or how about the mother who is ill and cannot go to bed unless she actually collapses because she has to stay on her feet and look after her children. Even a quiet day or two in bed would often forestall serious illness. Do not these women in their need, deserve to have at their dis- posal somewhere to leave their little children where they will be well eared for? It will only be under Socialism that all women will have such means at their disposal, but even under capitalism much more could be done than at present, to handle the needs of those who require it the most.—M. J. DO NOT MISS YOUR “TREASURE TROVE’ Of great interest to all workers’ boys and girls is the coming publi- eation of “Treasure Trove’? Annual. This is the first Children’s Annual to be published by “Always Ready,” and those children who are lucky enough to subscribe to “Always Ready” Magazine will each receive a copy as part of their subscription. All other children can get a copy for 25 cents from Always Ready Publishing Co., 18 Grenville street, Toronto. The Annual will consist of 100 pages of fine stories, poems, pic- tures, comics, ete. The writers are widely known. For instance: there is Jane Neville, who writes for boys’ and girls’ Sunday School publica- tions, and who was very pleased to write for the Annual; also “Sevilla,” who has been in India, and writes the story of indigo; and a western labor organizer, who himself comes frm an old Canadian pioneering family, and who is none other than E. D. Rose, writes a story about the Indians—“The Outlaw.” A well- known social workers just recently returned from the Soviet Union writes “Peter Visits a School in Leningrad.”’ A great treat is in store for all children who get Treasure Trove Annual, and orders should be sent in well in advance, to ensure prompt delivery after publication. Threaten To Stop Relief KELOWNA, B.C., July 20.— The Kelowna Unemployed and Part. Time Workers’ Association is now shaping into activity. A signature list was prepared for the business people to sign, approving the im- mediate demands of the unemployed for cash in place of serip, presented by a committee of three. The business people have not Signed; they are waiting for the mayor to take the lead. The mayor is in favor of the demand but dare not sign for fear of being criticized by the city council. The minister of the United Church was ap- proached. Upon consideration he was also in favor, but would not Sign, saying he would raise the ques- tion at the city council meeting next Monday. Further, he stated that at a council conference to be held in September would be the best time to take the question up. But the unemployed do not fancy waiting that long. The next step will be to send a committee to the city council July 27th. The mayor has stated that relief will be shut off altogether. Amateurs, Take Note! Major Edward Bowes is demand- ing $18,000 weekly, will probably get $15,000, for his appearance on the air next Season. His weekly income, including tie-ups, magazine articles (Liberty), ete., wIll undoubtedly hit the $30,000 mark, making his an- nual income $1,560,000—the biggest in the show business. The amateurs on his radio pro- srams continue to get nothing—the performers in his unit shows an average of from $30 to $50 weekly, and these unit shows bring in thou- sands more. (Pacific Weekly, June 22; 1936.) MOSCOW, U.S.:S.R.—(ALP)—So- viet statisticians have been adding up vital statistics with results that throw into startling contrast trends in the land of Socialism and in the main capitalist countries. Por exainple, the natural growth of population per 1,000 in some lead ing Cities in 1934 was DGondon, 2.5; Berlin, 1.1; Paris, 0.1; Warsaw, 2.6; New York, 3.9. In some capitals the “natural srowth” went into reverse as in Vienna and Iudapest. In. Wienna deaths exceeded births by 6.1 per 1,000. Soviet figures for 19385 show the natural increase in Magnitogorsk to be 22.2 per 1,000. The Stalinerad in- er Was 14-7 I) Eleven years’ experience in MYST PA Take er 4 if F | i i | |