ap nrc secereta mary Canadian A.F.of L. Unions must oppose the wrecking pelicy of Green and his Executive. B.C Workers NEws SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE NEWS ON C. C.F. NA- TIONAL CONVENTION Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C.,. FRIDAY. AUGUST 7, 1936 Single Copies: 5 Cents S-> FULL No. 82 VOL. IL. No. 30 CCF LEADERS YI ELD ON DE WASHINGTON, D.G., Aug. American trade unjonism has been practically split into two factions by the decision of the committee of 18 vice-presidents, headed by Will- jam Green, president of the A.F. of L., to suspénd the unions support- ing John L. Lewis's programme for industrial organization. Whether this suspension is to be an indefinite one, or for a limited time, or to be a suspension of rights and privileges including coilabora- tion on Federation policies has not as yet been stated, but suspension of any kind means virtually the creation of a rival trade union centre in the United States. David Dubinsky, of the Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, asserts that suspension can only be under- taken by the Federation convention, the highest governing body of the organization, indicating that the de- eision of the vice-presidents may be appealed at the next. convention. WASHINGTON, Aus. 6—Unions affected by the American Federation ef Labor “suspension order® and representin= more than 1,000,000 workers are: United Mine Workers of America. Amaleamated Clothing Workers. Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. International Ladies’ Garment Workers. : United Textile Workers of Amer- ica. Federation of Flat Glass Workers. United Automobile Workers. Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. United Rubber Workers. Holds to Policy “Wee will not disband the Com- mittee of Industrial Organization,’ Said Lewis. “The decision of the executive council will not change the policy of the C.1.O., nor will it have any effect upon the organizing activities of the committee.’”’ He called the order “an act of in- eredible and gross* stupidity; an act dictated by personal selfishness and frantic fear.’ The Lewis group was composed of Council Votes $500 to Unemployed Picnic WINNIPEG, July 30.— (ALP)— City Council this week voted five hundred dollars to the Manitoba Conference of Unemployed for the purpose of paying part of the cost ofa picnic, which Alderman Forkin, Communist, anticipated at least 5,000 children would attend. Proved Guilty But Set Free Scab Turned Loose By Tool Of Bosses DAWSONS LANDING, Rivers In- let, July 23—A very fine example of capitalist justice was shown to the striking fishermen of Rivers In- let here today, when a case against Weodolph Johnson, a scab, charged with fshing without his Dominion Fishery gillnet license number be- ing painted on his boat was dis- missed by Stipenduary Magistrate Hill of Ocean Walls. The magistrate clearly showed his antagonism towards the strikers when he threatened to charge one for saying that there was no justice for the workers Four witnesses gave evidence against the scab, all having seen him picking up his net and unlead- ing his fish. Lhe magistrate, in _sum- mine up, declared that the evidence showed conclusively that the ac- cused was guilty, as all the wit- messes were so positive and all were able to identify the boat. But, not- withstanding this, all he could do Was to dismiss the case. Accused Not Present at ‘Trial’ In the past, this kind of a case has come up many times, and the fishermen involved were either fined or sent to jail. Here, where one of the strikebreakers is con- eerned, the very smallest technical- ity is used to acquit him so that he} Can carry on with his activities. The only point that the magistrate made was that the witnesses had only stated that they had seen the Scab fishing, but were not able to Say under which section of the Fish- ery Act that he was guilty. The scab was not present at his trial, no doubt being out scabbing at that very time. The striking fish- ermen are of the opinion that the fishing interests had assured him that they would see to it that he Was not convicted. Green Suspends 10 Unions From A.F.of L. In Effort To Block Industrial Unionism C.1.O. With More Than a Million Adherents Will Continue Organizing in Mass Production : Industries . {NO MORE LOANS | FOR DIRECT RELIEF VICTORIA, B.C., Aug. 3.—Al- most simultaneously with the voting of another gift of $25,000 from the public treasury to the Wancouver Jubilee promoters, the B.C. Government has announced that no more leans will be given to the municipalities for relief. Failure to secure funds from the Federal Government was given as the excuse for refusing the re- guests from municipal councils for financial assistance. : the A.F.of L. faction believing that all workers in each big industry should be organized into one union —industrial instead of craft unions. The suspension constitutes a major cleavage in the ranks of or- fanized labor. It has far-reaching potentialities. : Formation of a rival organization to the Federation already had been predicted by David Dubinsky if the unions were suspended. They comprise nearly one-third of the Federation’s membership. TRADES & LABOR BODY NEUTRAL ON LAB. PARTY Delegates Ave Evenly Di- vided on Question of Labor Party, C.1.O. Weutral positions were adopted by the Trades and Labor Council at its resular meeting Tuesday night on the question of a Farmer-Labor Party and support for the Commit- tee for Industrial Organizations, after a lengthy and stormy debate which took up almost the entire evening, and which ended in the ehair casting the deciding vote to carry the executive’s recommenda- tions on the two resolutions. The. resolutions were submitted by Division 101, Street°and Electric Railway Employees’ Union. The first one asked that the Trades and Labor Congress reiterate its previ- ous stand on the formation of a Farmer-Labor Party and that the Congress Should urge its local unions to seek affiliation within the Co- operative Commonwealth Federa- tion- f Lively Debate The debate was long and acri- monious, with President Colin Mc- Donaid freely using the gavel to keep order, or to drown out some deleeate’s discussion. One delegate withdrew. his imputation that labor leaders had accepted “plums” from the political parties. Two other delegates withdrew their remarks of “honest workers’’ and “let's have some fair play.’’ During this period delegates were heard to murmur protests at the chair’s ruling, one delegate asking “what the hell, can’t a delegate speak in this council any more?’’ A motion of non-concurrence in the executive’s recommendation that it be received and filed was ruled out of erder after considerable dis- cussion, A motion to refer it to the +— PXearst newspapers-- for (Continued on Page 2) On San Francisco-Moscow Flight SESS SESS ONS Sigismund Leveneyvsky and Victor Levychenko, Soviet aviators, are testing out this flect new monoplane at Downey, Calif., in preparation for a flight from California to Moscow across Arctic regions. Clubs In Victoria Support Executive Against Connell DISTINCTION FOR HEARST LIAR IN ‘HALL OF SHAME’ NEW YORK, Aug: 4—(ALP)— The American Writers’ Union, in whose ranks many of today’s out- standing literary figures hold membership, has instituted a “Hall of Shame” and will duly nominate for it such American writers deemed worthy of the dis- tinction, headquarters of Local 1, 312 Broadway, declares. The first to be accorded the accolade is H. R. Knickerbocker, foreign correspondent of the selling integrity, and for his counter- revolutionary stories on the Soviet Union and on the present conflict in Spain. Suggestions for further nomina-" tions may be sent to the Writers’ Union iccal RELIEF WORKERS ENDURE MUCH LITTLE FORT, Mt. Olie, B.C—_— Because the workers in this district live ‘fout in the sticks,’ away from the larger -centers, the provincial authorities think they can treat re- lief recipients like dogs. It is necessary to work for relief, and the relief department sends the worker an order to go to a camp, which is 60 miles up the river. No transportation is provided, the worker has to get there as best he can. Police watch every train for box- car riders and put them off if found, which means that often the work- ers have to pound the ties for many weary miles on an empty stomach. Sometimes the workers build rafts and navigate the river on the home- ward journey, as it is down stream, but this cannot be done on the trip up the river to the camp, which is located at Avola, on the Thompson River. A militant relief workers’ organ- ization is urgently needed in this district. FOR WILLIAM, Ont., July 30.— (ALP)—A conference of Lakehead organizations will be held here August 15 to elect a delegate to the World Peace Congress which meets in Geneva September 3. Only Seven Minutes Re- quired to Secure Agreement Seven minutes’ sit-down strike action, engaged in by twenty-five waitresses at the Melrose cafe, West Hastings street, Vancouvei, was all that was required to force the em- ployers to accede to the demands here Jast Saturcay. They gained $2.00 per week increase in wages and a closed shop agreement. The waitresses, all members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Wnion, local 28 (A-E of LL.) had heen negotiating with their employers since Friday, July 24 until Friday, July 31, with no satisfaction being offered. The bosses had offered 50 cents per week increase in wages, and as this was totally insufficient, an ultimatum was issued to their emplovers that if no satisfaction could be gained by 12:30 on Satur- day strike action would be taken. Up to the last minute no move Was made by the employers, where- Sit-Down Strike Effective In Winning Wage Increase >upon the girls pinned on their union buttons and sat down on the job when the cafe was filled with custo- mers during the noon hour rush. Seven. minutes was all that the bosses could stand of this new tac- tic in strike action, so they signed on the dotted line granting the aforementioned demands of the waitresses. Melrose Cafe is now a 100 per cent union house. 2004 WORKERS ON STRIKE DURING JUNE OTTAWA, Ont. July 30—(By ALP Correspondent)—During the month of June 2004 workers were on strike in Canada, according to the Department of Labor; 4,014 working days were lost. These are the official figures and do not include strikes which the department recognizes as “termin- ated”’ but which are really still in progress, such as the New Method Laundry strike in Toronto, which began on May 18 and is still going on. 4 fa opes of Insurgents Fade as Clubs Affirm Loyalty VICTORIA, Aus. 4——Givine unan- imious endorsement to the provincial executive of the C.G.F. and the plat- form adopted at the last provincial convention, more than 200 members of Victoria and Lower Island €.C.F. Clubs, meeting here Monday night, shattered the last hope of the few insurgents, led by Rev. Connell, who Staged a reyolt within the party. Pledge Full Support The meeting pledged full -support to the provincial executive in its disciplinary action® against Connell and his associates in the reyolt, after full discussion following ‘re- ports by Don Smith of the provin- eitl executive and Grant McNeil, M.P. : Mr. Connell, declared Smith, by repudiating the platform automat- icallly put himself out of the party. He also said that the convention’s decision to place members of the legislature under party control was justified by House Leader Connell’s present attitude alone. VANCOUVER, Aus. 5.— Provin-~ cial executive, ©.C.F., in session to- day was requested by Jack Price, M.L.A., prominent insurgent, for a postponement of 48 hours to allow him to consider his position. His re- quest was granted, The revolt of the Rightists ap- pears to have spent what little Strength it had. The ranks of the insurgents seem to be disinte=rat- ing as many of those who attended the “secret meeting”? and lined up With Connell are deserting his ban- ner and pledging their support to the executive and acceptance of the decisions of the convention. Ten district, councils and a large number of clubs have endorsed the provincial executive in its stand against Connell and his fellow- insurgents: To date not a single club has supported the Connell fac- tion. : PROV. EXEC. C.C.F. REACH IMPASSE WITH PRITCHARD Negotiations for control of the Commonwealth newspaper by the Provincial Executive Committee of the €.C. Ff. reached an impasse Tues- day with the receipt of a letter from W. A. Pritchard, managing editor of that newspaper. The tenor of Mr. Pritchard's let- ter stated that even if he turned over the 10,uvu shares of stock to the Provincial Executive he would not be turning over control of the paper. Just what steps the executive will take in further negotiations could not be learned, nor of the plans, if any, to publish a paper to represent the movement, although in some circles in the C.C.F. move- ment the belief is held that further overtures to W. A. Pritchard for control of the paper would be futile, and that the C.C_F. has only the al- would represent the movement. TAGGERS WANTED! For Vancouver Peace Pro- gramme Commiittee’s Tar Day, Saturday, August 8th. Report early at Tag Day Head- quarters, basement, Commercial Hotel, Cambie St., just north of Hastings. Funds to be used to send a delegate from Vancouver to the World Peace Congress at Geneva. ternative of launching a paper that. Communist Secretary Off To Europe MONTREAL, Que, July 31— (ALP)—Tim Buck, general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada, sailed from this city today on the Cunard-White Star liner Ausonia. He will attend the World Peace Gongress in Brussels. Belgium. PLAYGROUND FOR BURNABY WANTED BURNABY.—A petition signed by 500 persons, requesting that land at Marlborough and Kingsway Avenues be made into a children’s playground, has been presented to Gommissioner Hugh M. Fraser by a delegation of residents of the dis- trict. The delegation was headed by Mrs. A. P. Beaven of the Social Service Council of Burnaby. The land, now unoccupied, is muni- Cipally owned. Commissioner Fraser told the delegation he would have to discuss the matter with the minister of municipal affairs, because “Bur- naby is not in a position to finance parks at present.”” However, he as- sured them that the matter will be given serious consideration. BRITISH - SOVIET TRADES IMPROVES LONDON, Eng.—It has been an- nounced in the House of Commons that a new commercial trade agree- ment has been established between the Soviet Union and this govern- ment. For the purchase of goods in England, not to include munitions, a eredit of $50,000,000 has been ex- tended to the Soviet government. The negotiations between Eng- land and Italy relative to conditions of trade have been suspended owing to Italy’s proposals for debt ar- rangements having been considered inadequate. EDMONTON, July 30—W. Arthur Rees has resigned as secretary of the Social Credit Group of Salisbury, near here. He charged the Alberta government with tardiness inaug- urating Social Credit. REGINA RIOT ' . NOT FORGOTTEN VANCOUVER, B. C.—Desirous of placing the true facts before the people of G€anada about the Regina Dominion Day Riot last year, and the subsequent convic- tion and imprisonment of nine young camp workers, the Citizens’ Defence Moyement is holding a series of provincial conventions across the country. The British Columbia confer- ence will be held August 15 in the Moose Temple, Burrard Street, at 10 a.m. The conference will be under the chairmanship of Col. H. E. Lyon, and all labor, church, fraternal] and cultural organiza- tions are urged to send delegates. SOVIET WORKERS TO AID SPAIN CRUSH FASCISM Thousands of Meetings Held and Huge Collec- tions Beings Made MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., Aug. 3— (By Gable to ALP)—Collection of a huge fund has begun throughout the Soviet Union~to aid Spanish people in their fight against the fascists and “mutinous ‘Spanish generals.” Factory workers, engineers and “white collar’ workers will give a specified sum out of their pay to aid the cause of the People’s Front. Wewspapers, bulletin boards and radios are being eagerly scanned for news of the fighting and the movement to help out the be- leaguered Popular government has met with a tremendous response among the whole working popula- tion of the U.S'S.R. : Yesterday thousands of meetings were held. Lhe establishment of a fund began at meetings at Moscow and Leningrad where enthusiastic demonstrations of solidarity ‘were held. Speakers acclaimed Hight of the working Spain, united under the People’s Front, fascist rebels. “The fascists are trying to drown the working people of Spain in blood,” one Moscow factory worker the heroic people of the banner of fighting the declared, branding the fascists as “betrayers of their own people.’ Sentiments of hatred and con- tempt for the German and Italian fascists for sending arms and muni- tions to help the mutinous generals, were heard at every meeting. Unanimous resolutions were passed amid cheers to set up the as- sistance fund and the collection has already begun. COMMUNIST ON COUNCIL PARIS, France.—The left major- ity of the General Council of the Seine Department elected Georges Marrane, Communist, as chairman. Marrane ran as People’s Front candi date. The right wing candidate was defeated by seven votes. CCF Choice F or Burrard Will Be Arnold Webster Announcement Made by Dr. Telford at Capacity Meeting The C.C.F. is the first in the field With the announcement that Arnold Webster will be the party’s candi- date in the by-election in Burrard to be held early in September. This de- cision was made public by Dr. Tel- ford at the meeting held in the T:0.0.F. Hall on Tuesday evening and was received with cheers from the capacity audience present to s deal- hear Dr. Telford in an addr SOVIET FLYERS BEGIN FLIGHT ATAMEIDA, Calif:, Aug. 6.—Two of the Soviet Union's ou = fiyers, Levanevsky and Levechenko, brought their monoplane to a land- ing here, on the first stop in their flight from San Francisco to Mos- cow. The route to be followed is via Alaska and the Gehring Sea, across Siberia to the destination. Wo attempt will be made to estab- lish lone distance records, the pur- pose of the flight being to make Scientific observations in the sub- Arctic and Arctic regions. >ing with the recent disagreement within the ranks of the party. Dr. Telford deplored the party’s inaction during the past two years, and declared that he could no longer remain a member if a more vigor- ous policy were not to be pursued. Such a policy, he said, was given a basis in the platform adopted at the recent conyention at which Rev. Robert Connell, the leader of the C.C.F. group in the Jezislature, was present as a delegate. When no objection was made by Mr. Connell during the discussion of the platform it was felt that com- plete agreement had been reached. and it was most upsetting to find later that Mr. Connell was unable to subscribe to several of the planks. nousness of the present situation is not denied by Dr. Tel ford, nor by anyone else within the movement, but the speaker declared his confidence in the ability of the executive to restore order and har- mony, The audience expressed its agreement by applauding this state- ment enthusiastically. Major Hooper, a witty and enter- taining speaker, who has recently returned from Russia kept his audi- ence interested throughout his hour long address, and answered readily him at its conclusion. a barraze of questions directed at AND FOR UNITY National Convention For United Front On Immediate Issues Right Wing Leaders Halt Unity on Political Field ELECT WOODSWORTH Mass Campaign to Free Regina Riot, Victims Endorsed TORONTO, Aug. 3-—Continued opposition to the extension of the C.C.F. into a federated Labor- Farmer Party, was the keynote of J. S. Woodsworth’s presidential ad- dress to the national convention of the party which assembled here August 3 and 4, in the palatial King Edward Hotel. This, the third national convention of the C.C.F., was attended by 115 delegates; wick, nine from Quebec, 67 from Ontario, 10 from Manitoba, 15 from Saskatchewan, three from Alberta, and eight from British Columbia. E. J. Garland, M-P., was chosen per- manent convention chairman. Woodsworth Still Suspicious Mr. Woodsworth’s address ampli- fied his oft-expressed opinion that unity with the Communist Party in a proposed Labor-Farmer Party would bring ‘“‘disaster’ to the ©G.E. He attacked the Communists for changes in their policy and claimed to view their unity proposals with Suspicion, although at the same time he did not wish to question their sincerity. The €.C:F. called for a complete ¢ehange in the present system, but— Mr. Woodsworth believed this Change could be brought about peacefully. Canada should follow-the example of the Scandinayian coun-— tries, he said. =e No Analysis of Situation The presidential address was dis- appointing in that it contained no analysis of the present economic and political situation in Ganada, neither did it offer any constrictive programme for the future. These (Continued on page 3) Jobless Men Are Jailed No Relief, Unemployed are Forced to Beg on Streets Seventeen single unemployed men were sentenced to ten days in the city jail today, when they appeared in police court for sentence, convic- tions of ‘beggins”’ having been estab- lished by the court yesterday. The eighteenth man was released. The sentence dates from day of arrest. The men were classified as single transient, i-e., not having “estab- lished domicile in this proyince prior to May 1, 19381, and on these grounds they were either summarily dropped from the relief rolls or given relief until July 31, and their cards held by the relief office. Discrimination Shown This discrimination practiced against these ‘single transient’ men, of whom the eighteen were only a Small part, started Jast month, when some’ were re-registered as ‘single provincial while others were dropped. Last Saturday when their relief was used up the men went out on Granville street with collection cans, and were arrested a short time later charged with “‘besginge.’’ Arrests Publicized Immediately after the arrests the Single Unemployed Protective As- sociation published leaflets giving publicity to the plight of the men. In the distribution of these some of the distributors were intercepted by detectives who took their names and addresses, as a means of intimidat- ing them. ‘ Defense for the men was handled by the Canadian Labor Defense League through their counsel Gor- don Grant. FRENCH WORKERS SUPPORT SPAIN PARIS, France, July 29—(ALP)— Organized French labor has started a drive to raise- funds for Spanish unions to assist in the fight azainst Rightist rebe in that country. - The General Confederation of Labor, which lists its membership at 4,000,000 warned that a triumph of the Spanish rebels would be “a permanent threat to our country and the French Republic.”’ Secretary-General Leon Jouxhaux signed the statement, nH three from New SBruns- - Leper bth com mart te nye) yah a oH lyre ORT eal me ‘ Sree