to preserve their union! Support the Fishermen and Can- nery Workers in their struggle against monopolist greed and B.C. WorkKErS NEws Your subscription has expired if the number on your Jabel is below this number Renew it NOW. a VOL Il, No. 28 Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1936 Single Copies: 5 Cents wa ta, ao, FULL No. 80 SASK. OPPONENTS OF UN GREEN ASKED T0 ASSIST IN STEEL DRIVE BY LEWIS Industrial Union Leader Declares A.F.L. Never Had a Plan WASHINGTON, D.C.—(CUNS)— American Federation of Labor sup- port for the drive to unionize the steel industry was asain asked by John i. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion, in answer to an attack by William Green, Federation presi- dent, on the organizing campaign. “Phere is nothing to stop the A.Flof Lk. from joining whole- heartedly with the GC.1.G. in the fight to establishsthe right to or- ganize and the right of collective bargaining in the steel and other major industries,”* Lewis said. Green had declared CIO. had “thwarted the purpose of the A.F.of L. to inaugurate an organizing campaign in the steel industry,” and Lewis replied at once: | “The executive council of the A.Flof L. never had a plan to or~ ganize the steel industry. They had instructions to inaugurate and con- duct an organizing campaign, which were first given the executive coun- cil by the San Francisco convention in October, 1934 ,and reaffirmed by the Atlantic City convention in Qctober 1935. “The instructions were never executed; the executive council] con- tented itself with heavy thinking on the subject, while in the mean- time not a single organizer was sent into the steel industry.”’ Moose River Hero Jobless Called Publicity-Seeking Politician ‘Murderers’ TORONTO, Ont., July 20:-—(ALP) —Billy Bell, Nova Scotia draeger- man who three months ago was the toast of Canada, is today hunting a job. a Perey Cole, staff writer of the Toronto Telegram, tells the siory. Cole was one of the reporters who waited at the pit head at Moose River while Billy Gell and his nminer-colleagsues fought their way through rock to reach the emaci- ated men buried below ground, Dr. D. KE. Robertson and Alfred Scad- dine. Billy Bell was the miner who called the crowd of officials and politicians who were “‘directinge” the rescue “murders” because they would not Jet miners who knew the job get the buried men out. Bell, miner, dracgerman, three months azo a national hero, wrote a letter to Scaddine who lies in Gaimy Beach hospital here. “I have been ‘aken off the pay roll,”” he said, “It's up to me to get employment of sonie sort.” “I wonder if you can tell me of anyone I might contact in other parts of the province, or Upper canada,” he asked Seadding, ‘‘so hat I might obtain employment of some sort. It doesn’t necessarily aave to be diamond drilling. I am villine to work at almost anythin= mn order to make a living for my- elf and family.” Three months ago at Moose River Billy Bell worked 72 hours vith his drill, biting through solid ock. It was he who heard the first aint tappine that showed that Dr. tobertson and Scadding were still live. Viiners Strive For Full Unity| CUMBERLAND, B:C.— The way > paved for the building of unity i Cumberland. The special meet- if Called last Wednesday night for i@é purpose of hearing Bob Liveit, resident District 18, United Mine vorkers of America, unanimously assed the proposal of the executive iat the charter be opened until uzust 31, thus holding out the and of friendship for everyone. Livett in his speech said he was sry much pleased to see that this as done, as it laid the basis for al unity, the way to 100 per cent ni0n and closed shop, and from en On anyone who did anything mtrary to the constitution could 2 dealt with accordingly. Communist Party Ranks Growing MADRID, Spain, July 16 (ALP)— seventeen thousand Spaniards wait acceptance of their applica— on for admission into the Commu- St Party of Spain. Total member up of the Party at the end of June as 102,000. These are the figures ipplied by the Secretariat and pub- shed in “Mundo Qbrero,” Party wspaper here. | that the’ 16 Hours a Day Worked Labor Min. Pearson Backs Boss Canners r + STEEL ORGANIZER 1 te te JOHN L. LEW4ds, president of >Tries Intimidation by Of- fering Protection to Scabs (Special to B.C. Worlxers' News) SOINTULA, B:GC., July 22.—Des- pite the efforts of the canning com- panies, the Provincial police and the Provincial government, the strike of the salmon fishermen holds almost 100 per cent solid. All canneries in the Smiths and Rivers Inlets are completely shut down. All of the Indian and most of the white fishermen have left the area. A delegation of fishermen will meet the federal minister of fish- eries, who is touring the area, and ask for a thorough investigation. In support of the fish canning monopoly to smash the salmon fish- ermen’s strike, and to drive the workers back to work at the old miserable scale of 40 cents, the gov- ernment is issuing decrees of a bribery character to the strikers and as a means of allowing the canning companies te recoup their losses occasioned by the strike. The established prohibition in the Rivers Inlet salmon gillnet area of the use of gillmets of less than six and one- the United Mine Workers and chairman of the Committee of In- dustraial Organization, who de cleared in a radio speech broadcast over a national network that the drive to organize the workers in the steel industry is a fight for industrial democracy. GOV'T PROPOSES TRAINING CAMPS Propose Work Without Wages; ‘Benefits’ Only to be Given OTTAWA, Ont., July 18—{ALP)— Relief camps tor unemployed Single men will not be re-opened next winter, Tabor Minister Norman Rogers, declared today. But, the minister declared further, if there Was a necessity for further care of Single unemployed, he would prefer to follow the English system of training camps, whereby a 44-hour week is worked without wages, onty “benefits” to be given. Announcement at the same time came from Arthur Purvis, chairman of the nationai employment and re- lief commission, that the commis- Sion next month will rush re-reg- istration of unemployed throughout the Dominion. More Resimentation Mr. Rogers stated that it would cost $12,900,000 to keep 15,000 men in camps and said he would prefer, if necessary, to establish a system of training camps similarly to the British. Mr. Purvis, describing what the commission hopes to do, said the re-registration would take place only among those already on relief rolis. In a few weeks, he said, a national advisory committee will be formed and the local committees will follow, in municipalities where they are needed. The provincial governments each will appoint a registration officer to half inches extension measure has been lifted, and fishermen are per- mitted to use nets of a smaller mesh. This means that smaller fish, which hitherto could not be retained in the larger mesh nets, will now be used by the canners, regardless of the depletion such practice will do to the natural fish resources. (Continued on page 2) a registration questionnaire will be drafted. ater the provincial officers will organize registration in their Own provinees and send the results here. Announcement of the abolition of the relief camps for single unem- ployed was received with welcome by all sections of labor. The sus- festion ef trainine camps, however, was looked upon as a reactionary step in approaching the problem of unemployed youth. The proposal for a re-registration of all those on relief, which will call for “exhaustive information’? about himself and family, indicated, in the opinion of prominent labor leaders, rave possibilities. “It enables them to create a black list of workers,” one labor man stated. JUGOSLAV-GERMAN SECRET AGREEMENT PARIS, France, July 16 (ALP)— A secret agreement, allegedly con- cluded between Yugoslavia and Ger- many, informed political circles in Rome, according to the Rome correspond- ent of “Paris-Soir.” The agreement is said to be liable to come into force automatically in case of a Hapsburg restoration. It is stated that Dr. Schacht signed the agreement during his visit to Belgrade. PARIS, France, July 18 (ALP)— Decision to participate in the World Peace Congress was passed by the bureau of the Railwaymen's Union, one of the largest French Trade Unions. A number of preparatory confer in Ottawa ata mectinge where measures were decided on. Ex-Relief Camp Workers : Strike Against Conditions Without Overtime Payment PRINCH GEORGE, B.C, July 20 —Disgusted and in revolt against the rotten conditions under whicn they are compelled to labor, a strilce of the ex-relief camp workers em- ployed on C.N.R. Extra Gang No. 59, on the Skeena River, took place the first of this month. The men demanded forty cents per hour instead of the prevailine twenty-five cent rate; time and a half for overtime; one man iccal, to eés- tablish the union on the job and re- organize the waterfront, to take ac- tion themselves by contacting the crew of the Golden Bear and asking them to demand 1.L.A. men. One longshore delegate approached the ship and spoke to a member o£ the crew, but was quickly surround- ed by police and shoved back beyond the “barricade”’ at the dock head. Seamen witnessing this incident were indignant and came ashore to investigate. Qn learning the situa- tion they immediately wired for authority to “tie up’ the ship. Althoush the delayed wire pre- vented this, the resigned delegates expressed themselves as determined to have the whole matter thrashed out when they reach San Francisco. No more Finks aboard their ship behind armed guards. Union men or nene at all, say the crew of the Golden Bear. KIDNAPPING CHARGE LAID IN YORK COUNTY TORONTO, Ont., July 20—(ATP) —Stanley Jennings, charged with kidnapping in connection with the alleged holding of Reeye WwW. A. Armstrone of Etobicoke Township in Alderwood School until demands of unemployed strikers were franted, Was remanded until Friday, July 24, when he appeared in York County Court here today. Masistrate W. E. Mcllveen stated that a second charge of unlawful as- sembly would-also be laid: Delegates to National Convention Instructed. to Fight for United Front VOTE WAS 306 TO 8 Security For Farmers and Urban Workers in Homes De- manded REGINA, Sask., July 18 (ALP)— With the national convention of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federa- tion in Toronto but two short weeks away, the left wing of the Saskatch- ewan section of the ©€.CF. put the finishing touches to their complete victory in the provincial convention here last night. They elected a com- plete left wing executive. George R. Williams, unity advo- cate, was elected provincial presi- dent and Dr. Hugh Mclean of Re- gina named vice president, with a strong possibility that Jack King, head of the C.C_F. Research Bureau and of the Youth Section, would be selected by the new executive as pro. vincial secretary. Events moved Swiftly in the . convention following the first major battle in which the left wing, by a smashing victory of 306 votes to 8, on Thursday night decided on cooperation with the Communist Party, going the length of taking that party into affiliation with the €.C_F. If the national convention should blocix the motion, the convention de- cided to seek provincial autonomy “which would permit united action. J. S. Woodsworth, member of par- liament and white-bearded leader of the €-C.F¥., led the fight of the right Wing against the rising tide on the left, and his voice broke many times during his impassioned plea against united action. He was snowed under on the vote. Including the officers elected, the new provincial council will be as (Continued on Page 2) 130 In Field In Manitoba Electio ns Voting on July 27; Judge Stubbs Running on C.C.F. Ticket WINNIPEG, July 18— (ALP)— Co-operative Commonwealth Fed- eration candidates will contest 19 of the 52 Manitoba legislature seats for which elections are to be held on Monday, July 27. One Communist, James Litterick, is running in the 10-member constituency of Win-= nipeg. Official nominations yesterday resulted in one acclamation, S. &. Garson, Liberal-Progressive, in Fairford, and 130 candidates nom- inated. There are 55 seats in the provincial house but elections in two of them, The Pas and Rupert’s Land, have been deferred until Au- gust 21. The present Liberal-Prog- ressive premier, Hon. John Bracken, is the member for The Pas and the Hon. E. A. McPherson, provincial treasurer, for Rupert’s Land. Communist in Field Liberals are running 47 candi- dates, Conservatives 37, Social Credit 20, and six others: In Winnipeg, where a Communist is in the field; the C.C.F., Canada's socialist federation, is running six candidates, including louis St. George Stubbs, former judge who Was forced from the bench by the reactionaries because of his pro- labor decisions. The provincial leader of the G.G.F., J. Farmer, is a Winnipeg candidate. The Gon- servatives are running five in this riding and the Liberal-Progressives have a similar number in the lists. There are three Social Credit candi- dates and one independent in the same fight. At dissolution the standing of parties was: Liberal-Progressive, 36; Conservatives, 9; CCE. 5; Inde- pendent, 2; vacant, 3; total, 55. Decline Riot Insurance WINDSOR, Ont., July 15 (ALP)— Members of city council do not think there will be riots here this year. They turned down a com- pany’s offer to cover them on “riot and ciyil commotion insurance.” “Have them offer it tao Queen’s Park,” suggested Communist Alder- man Thomas Rayceraft. Preis oe “2 ae ot iis tpaae ae