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B.C. WOREERS’ NEWS

August 21, 1936

Vancouver, B.C., Friday, August 21, 1936

ment.which hopes the fascists will
win and another element just as

The Issue in Spain

HE capitalist press is very cleverly trying to win sympathy

hopeful that the democratic govern-
ment will emerge victorious. This is
particularly so in Great Britain.
The London Daily Mail, owned by
Lord Rothermere, has declared that

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back -bar mirror
flourished, we used to be cursed by
a type of animal who loafed in the
saloons waiting for an invitation te
put away a schooner or a snort
They would drink anybody's beer,
whisky or whatever was forthcom—

favor of unity. G. R. Strauss, M.P..
L.G.C., stated, ‘The pressure for the
establishment of a united front is
yet young; but it is growine quickly
and vigorously. No time must be
wasted in making it irresistible.”

G D. H CGole in an article in the
“Wew Statesman’ on June 13th last
wrote: “It would be wise, I believe.
for the Labor Party to accept the

for the cause of the Spanish fascist rebels by presenting: the
issue in that revolt-tom repubhe as a eonflict between an 1m-
mediate Communist dictatorship and a Fascist dictatorship. The

“4)] decent-minded Britons would
welcome co-operation with Germany
and Italy” in taking action to end

ing. We called them bar-roon j
sponges. If they had any principles,
these were never allowed to em-

fascist-minded finance capitalists who own these papers are ex
ploiting the remnants of anti-Communist prejudices implanted

jn the minds of the people by

earried on against the proletarian revolution in Russia. They are
real issue in Spain by presenting the people with

obseurie the

the lying propaganda campaign

the fighting in Spain. Of course, the
only outcome of such co-operation
would be a fascist Spain.

But just as loud-voiced and far
more powerful than the Rothermere
press is the insistence from British

The triumphal arch erected in

to be torn down as Moscow city engineers push plans for moderniz-
ing the rapidly-growing capital of the Soviet Union. Standing on
Gorky Street, Moscow’s main steni,

1826 for Czar Alexander I is due

it has badly impeded constantly-

affiliation of the Communist Party
and for the Trades Union General
Council to stop its futile efforts to
suppress Communism inside the
trade unions.”’

Ts it asking too much cf Ben-

barrass them when the opportunity
for free drinks arose. A picture of
some of these old bar-room soaks
came into my mind a few days age
through reading a passage in one of
Tom McInnes’ essays.

> Rae fa Sp eee ayn A Oe Tabor that the Baldwin zovernment increasing auto traffic. ein INE id and Pimtchardet In his book, “Oriental Occupation :
t the choice ot supporing either Pascism or Communism. ‘ails Rise iS ald FAS Sogsmanioa: oF eats aaa Se = Mee rae of B.C.” McInnes explains his stand 4
¥ The issue today in Spain 1s not a struggle as to whether a2] spain, and up to the present the St Of : = SEES ae or as [OS the so-called Oriental question. i
Communist or Fascist dictatorship will be set up; itis a struggle | latter has had the greater influence atement Ommunists Commonwealth”? tS IS ems wee to allow Chinese =)
© carried on by the people to maintam per pam auany ee ee Beare pores. 2 eer e The introduction to the pamphlet Se SC ee ee one if
j Fascist barbarians who 2 ; to destroy democratic | 222" “=> abi EL. SUES V i ates: “ i i = = eee i
2 against the fascist barbax ce Se aoe Onn hn “Ttler alan forcing Baldwin to put a ban on the In ancouy er AF Unions ee i Sy Oe ees nae competing with white workers, that na
1 liberties and set up a murderous regime on the Hitler Pp = sale of civil planes—easily converted ; STaiodl eeeN regs eal O.K. by Mr. McInnes. But whem 7
£ Capitalists, in Spain or in Canada, have no regard for demo-|into fighting machines—to the S oe es Se eee ead hore, | {hey g° into business, tricky legal |
4. eratics government or democratic methods. The capitalists, big Spanish fascists, it has at least con- The forces of progress in Vancou- information to trades unionists’ ATTEND youR. MEETINGS AND ene snows be cps of 4
ai landlords and the hierarchy of the church refused to accept the vines “enka that the common people ver and British Columbia are mak- | with an introduction bearing the | ppopmer vOUR TRADE UNION.” = . ° inese merchants i
2 5 E S i. : = ° al . will not stand for their government | ing decisive steps forward in the | names of Colin MacDonald and) >, 2 Sent 7 oY should be allowed to thrive in B.C.
| yerdict of the elections, and resorted to torce and violence to re-| ‘:enine Gisele with fascist Hitler? direction of accelerating the process | Perey Bengough, the president and| <, pete one ent ene oe fie Seplaine-the need for a Dery:
‘ establish their rule. The Spanish workers had to choose between | and Mussolini against any demo-| of creatine a united people deter-|the general secretary-treasurer of Soe eS oe ous conspimcy. by the not class-conscious but race-consci-
. relying: solely on ““democrac » ond peacetul methods and allow | cratic country Only if the National) mined to preyent-further encroach- |the Wancouver, New Westminster = Se sae See ous that will keep the Chinese from

R relying solely oy ] : 5 Gov 5 : Nie sive Communists against the trade} (oo vein ne ee tit

a Fascism to triumph or to erush the Faseists by armed force and zovernment takes a stand against | ments on their living standards and and District Trades and Labor Coun-| [pions ° you ask your members to ever ig anything but competitors

2 f he R ila Thi shose the latter atter the former had Buropean fascism can it expect to] civil liberties. The affiliate unions | cil respectively. protect their locals. Can you hon- with white Canadian workers.

=< de end t e tvepubic. CY. EOOsS nae $ be backed up by labor. of the Workers Unity League in Eyer since the recent Convention Beste state that the danger to the His race-conscious party is to

= been: rejected by the fascist munority. There are wheels within wheels in | B-C. have successfully accomplished | of the C.C.F. and the abortive at-| {.,ge union movement comes from have the job of keeping our Aryan

Capitalist agents and apologists 1m Canada are not yet ready | tne Spanish situation. The fascists | the merger with the AJV.of L. thus fempt to split the GC. the “Com-| 1. Gommunists? blood free of any Chinese taint, just
‘ to declare openly against democracy and for fascism, hence their | still hold all of Spanish Morocco immeasurably strengthening the monwealth’ has been ear oae en 2 Communist “Bosey” Again aoe = New ary plans to Beek
; becloudinge: o£ the issue in Spain. They want fascism to triumph | where the revolt started and which | labor front and siving rise to new | campaign against the Commun sts. eee a enierne Se echon= ry,

2 s : fa : Be -der that th tension. adjoins French Morocco. General} hopes of organizing the workers | In its editorials it is trying to] sry forces of finance capital are do- by Jews or Negroes. {

0; there, as 1t triumphed in Germany, im order tha G Gxsons Franco's intention to transport large | of B.C., the vast majority of whom | “prove” that the Communists of B-C.| 7,5 ai] they can to smash the trade The tale “Song Wor

‘i of fascism will facilitate its triumph here. . mumbers of native troops to the | are as yet unorganized. The C.G.r., | have by_ some mysterious means and unions, when Tom McInnes is lead- A Ra Tai.” from “Chinook

Ss The workers and freedom-loving people of Canada are vitally | mainland has not been very success-| meeting in cenvention, decided to | for “sinister” purposes captured the | j,. 4 campaign inciting to violence C ce Days,” another Me-

P. interested in the momentous strugele in Spain, where the people ful because of the presence in the | join in ihe efforts to co-ordinate the ¢.G.F. Provincial Executiv e. (he |r calling for the smashing of the enscious ine = productions

re : = ee =i & straits yal war v Activities of all labor organizations | methods adopted by the ~Common- 3 : = E

i = im their hands, are bleeding and dying to hold back the ts of loyal war vessels. One of 8 acs n-| 4 FofL. trade unions, is the dan- | Party. shows just how
With arms im their hands, are x ec = AES 2Y Boa these ‘vessels set out to shell Ceuta, | as the best means to combat the | wealth’’ in its treatment of news, 10 | cer really coming from the Gom- much or little prin-

5 fascist attack not only in their own imterest but in the interest | }ort of Spanish Morocco, but was| greatest evil of our times—unem-|its mud-slinging attacks on re oes ee a Ee i) oe see wom SS

d of the people of Canada and of the whole world. : prevented from doing so by the ployment. A broad movement ini- Communists will be dealt with on are looking for it in the direction | mouthpiece and leader of the Na~

te ‘More or less openly the fascist states are assisting the rebels,| presence of the = Nazi stip ine tiated by the League of Nations So- | some other occasion. Here we will) \yere it cannot be found. Tacts| tionalist Party which is the “race=

See 3 - 7° : 2 Deutschland, which atrolled th ciety, that will embrace all peace | deal with the document of the si = zi ae ~

a ly the British imperialists are helping them. It is the schiand, eh patrolled the Va é 4Ea* a : 3 have been shown that the Commun- | conscious” party of his hopes, The

1 and secret y the british 1 ] zis j : dee 1 el _| harbor in the direct line of fire, | loving people of our province 1s in British National Labor Council. ists are upholders and defenders of | story opens thus:

a duty of the common people of Canada to render all possible a8-| oping, it is clear, to intercept a|the making. No one can deny that The arguments advanced by BNS|| oss Ao SIGE IS nS Ela Go Che eet Gay, way one Tino

sistance to the heroic people of Spain who are holding the front} shell or two so that Hitler would | all these steps are to the good. More- | National Labor Council are stale | unite our forces and combat the] way morning of 1908 along Dupont |

ag line trenches against the fascist bid for world domination. have an excuse for intervention on | over the violent eppesiaen by ee renoone 2 toe oe a Moses real danger coming from the Ship- | street in Vancouver, I was stopped Y

ms é a grand scale. McInnis, tool.and mouthpiece o he | gold,” written in the style o eac- ine Federation, the Boss Loggers ? 53

Ee < = p If the fascist forces are driven monied interests, is further proof |'tionary mewspap&r editorials of 15 Bo Nendo. You are eee pee BORE eas aine se jek

= Connell Revolt Pleases Finance Capitalists out of Spain they will retire to that these steps are beneficial to the years 25, Be aeed in ee ae ing your own aims aS labor fend=(| sc ane: bidithe Hen: fiends tor aun

see . ape | Morocco and set up an independenv laboring people. LoNAR ESS. om Meinnes, ta ers, and endangering. the position of 5 A = AS

ot T IS NOT to be wondered at that the enemies of labor are ae Sees aoe Nani ae Unfortunately there are some | ridiculous and false in face of Pres-| the working people of our province, a, oat ee

mY patting themselves on the back over the revolt stased by by Mr.| tic, This would sive the Nazis | People in the labor movement who ent dey teauues : ae aneumnents ee ats SIS Sal Aagoniions Gills = aoaasgs eigen OMoaomeon”

4 Connell and his handful of supporters 1m Hie © Wnt the |lerust they Have Jone dreamed ores | Sl atten eu ee of the National Labor ouncil state-| imaginary dangers to Gievcirade | — ety acc Geese isws ne 1ObIee

ic! Financial Post, organ of finance capitalism, and promoter of | foothold in Africa, and opportunity | tion to unity ane of date, Have ee eee cent pankruprcy | unions as coming from the Com-| zooq wine could be had for $150;

= cal geteee ee z : - See to expand in the direction of French | 2©W© e campaign, concentrating | 0 Ose : : munists. and I went to my good friend of the

PD! fascism in Canada, there 1s an expression of rejo1eing. Worecco, and to the menace to Brit their fire on the Communists. In In fairness to their readers, the What are the facts about the Com-

Be : = > = : fe ” = ! 4 Gold Seal, now but a memory, and

ae Under the heading: C.C.F. Schism Hope For B.C. Older |-a= sai) of | the icditerrancan | t2ce et facts): the (most stubborn Commonwealth” and Messrs. suae- munists and the trade unions? In | aceq an order with rapidity, which

| Parties,” and with the sub-head “Tiberals and Conservatives Wel- from Italy would be added x new things in life, their energy in in- | Donald ae eee should publis years of severe crisis, the Commun- | 45 most honorably and generously

e ee) 5 : 5 ‘ i : venting and adyancing obsolete ar- | the true facts. ists assisted in the organization of | ~ ! 5

ze 2” ran SAYS: : one from Nazi Germany. 3 : : ee eee ae s illed. Then quickly, 1 got in touch
= come EP niction, | the teach ora. Calan ea ative were Ones Geom Saueh capitalism Gs ooo ee and) Bara Situation in Britain. the unorganized and quite success- aa those non faGuent would
Old-line politicians, Liberal an Se ey a eee bet ee Sasa sae a larly against the Communists is| mp its desire to establish unity to | fully halted the campaign of wase | _,.1:6 an appropriate and joyful ap-
treated last week to an event which vastly pleased them and Boe ee Ge G of = [wasted Workers cenerally) “2d )||defeat tue) Nationa eben Gover: |icuts in the years of 198351025. The | —ss = = gre Se os ae
added bounteously; to their store of confidence—a major | eee ee the capitalists. ene | trades unionists in particular, de-|ment and to assure the victory of | Communists realized thé danger of a | Preece LAS oe 2 sane for the
- break-up in the C CF party.” right to say when and Fee ea | mena facts: tos ba Up ae of|the Labor Party, the Communist |split trade union movement and| Cy ijese merchants who were claim-
5 -U.2. BfS : s 2 argument. Party of Great Britain applied for | were the first to propose and active- | - 4

. > P ate = 5 : : ‘ ty for the

| T% goes on to quote approvingly from the Connell statement, tus people a fight, and the an eu ining short of local arguments | affiliation with the Labor Party. The |1y assist in promoting trade union nee bodies) Toms ely fore
d eludes: = eLEbES eS SEU END Pp S UP-|__the opponents of Unity had to im- | application was turned down. The | unity, by the merger of the W.U_L. o=4 = £ :
a “To Tories and Liberals who have come to regard a |?>. Brest eer cere ya | oor wuem tromyGrean Britain GP. however, was not discouraged, | unions with the A.F.ofL. Is it not Lore oe Chinatowny (ie Devious

a5 i = threat at the next provincial elec- ERE EEY ESN SS Sh Se eee ie See Commonwealth’s Role and appealed to all organizations |a fact that the first substantial in- | “7” Se hy ee a aoe

ea united C.C.F. as a major threat al = Pp latable news SESAUES SIO. DOSEOD. WES BegooeS OU The statement of the Nationals comprising the Labor Party to ex-|crease in recent years of the’ trade who had ibe sae acees Z ou

Ti tions ... the revolt of Mr. Connell is the most pala € 5 Stee Hoos Sai ae a Labor Council against the accept-| press their opinions on the question | union membership of the A.F.of L. Chine ener aent ae Me ane

to they have read in many a day.” e near future may well depend the | 77 ce of the application of the Com-| of C.P. affiliation. The campaign jin B.C. and in Canada came as a re- ej p 5 SB ae

ai = oan ia = her to outcome of the great world-wide F ~ of Great Britain for S 1 CG ists’ effort aie one might almost say, express

SW) Of course, the Tory and Liberal parties were altogether too Cereals wes ( Igeets TD Senean munist Party o rea ritain for | started last January- sult of Communists’ efforts mainly | 1° ¢oregoin Bese, See eTS

ov : ee. : a eee a A = rali pipUp ele Eves oe a LOWES affiliation with the Labor Party, The figures tell the story plainly. | Is it not true that the Toronto Trades e Toren Oe? Bere >

- the hoped-tor major split did not materialize. €| fascism and democracy ; = this sinister and pestilential. figure
ar sanguine ; t h Coal oS i a ee ible and i eonfined mainly = = published in the London “Daily |In January, 60 resolutions favoring |and Tabor Council, the largest in| - ach SS Se had not ne :
: - for the rev S S Y S © ; > ae 5 = = : Als A - s in ;

ni) support for the revolt 1s: almos neg IG1D1e = 5 : RS = AE Be Herald” on July iéth, was reprinted | unity, were received; in March, 234- | Canada, passed a motion rescinding Soe é a .
VE Peeoale in whom the yuembership of the C.C.F. placed confidence President Roosevelt a few weeks! jn full by the “Commonwealth,” and | in May, 481; in June, 500: in July, |a resolution adopted in 1927 forbid- veloped his Face consciousness
= nly to have them flout and defy the masses who placed them im | ago visited Quebec City where he had also appeared im the form of a) 1121. The flow ae Ra OREDIO Geso= ||dine maemibers of the Gr. to sit oni| se potas refusing) te oe e mere ay

OIE Bay. ae and which they use in an attempt met Governor-General Tweedsmuir ) four-page pamphlet, as “important | jutions starting in local organiza- |the Trades and Labor Council? Is paid for by Chinese Fee am a #

™m,| the positions they now occupy, aud V é = and.Prime Minister King. What tions, passed to ward and district |not the Trades and Labor Council Chinees money. ae ar-Spong' i

N to split and wreelk the party- : ah Snats these three talked about has not | tne 69 American Republics, and that | bodies and is at present in the stage | of Regina and its affiliated organiza— ook not eS ee = AEG listenin ae

u Surely Mr. Connell on reflection can nore the rane 4 been gisclose@, but a eee of * all encroachments of foreign powers | when a number of major national | tions working shoulder to shoulder rs Fe ee ret oN Eaten
alk 2 2 "AI arty which placed him im a High an is seen 1n e report of a speec their independence shall be| organizations are throwing their | with the Communists in the Regina :

S nse against the party wich p § : ee upon the P gs s a “ ” over the air,I also |

3 a ee and will NO Een Lane to damage further the C.C.F. wae eee noe ee considered as dangerous to the U.S. | weight behind unity and C-P. affilia- | Labor Party to the pomeotaee and Bee a nae ne Sea Twain's §

3 Pus ace, & das : .Y., by the President. There is no ienit ° is t 2 | ti i fit of all concerned? Is not ia

oO} #5 > c =P) Se S & 2 It might appear from this that the | tion. bene = ee
S and by so doing give more ‘palatable news” to the groups and) Gount they discassed the future of Tso seenras veafas the big brother | It cannot be said that the organi- | Mayor Bennet of Windsor, a trade chservalions, mace walle oes
Ww fee 1 : his Dominion in the present dan- fae -eake _ i ine tt resolutions are | unionist of many years, working to- 12 correspon ra§
Ww arties ot reaction. . 3 ; t : protecting the weaker ones, but | zations passing tMiesc e D Yass eo By LOs xe : as being carried :
ce z ‘Aynold Webster, 12 his radio speech last Monday, displayed a} gerous world war situation. when Theodore Roosevelt was pres- | of small significance. The 900 resolu- | gether with the Communists there? ND eel eae S s aprniiol |
aT lendid ¢& arosity toward Connell and his group. A staunch Roosevelt said that he had keen | ident he had no compunction about | tions received by June 13, 1936, in- Was not the assistance of the Com- u 4 carried out in demagogues!! i
eri splendid generoe ny = =tihta bho GLeLe and a respecter of the disillusioned in the hope that the] starting a revolution in Panama clude 389 trade union branches, 16 |munists decisive in the establish- | 2n¢ ©
eof upholder of democracy within the ~-\-—: Be h Setheless whole world could be led into the | which brought in a government so | District Committees, two national | ment of one trade union in the : None of the
he! decisions ot its supreme authority, the convention, Cave ; 4: “© | ways of peace, and that even na- | under his heel that it permitted the | trade union executives, four Miners’ mining fields in Nova Scotia, Alberta | A Comparison hirelings who
an holds open the door to Mr. Connell and his group. While regarding tions which most ardently desired] .S. to build a canal right across District Councils, five annual con- and British Columbia? _| Not Odious. attack the :
Spi + [ f Mr Connell as a desertion. of the C.C.F., he leaves | peace may be drawn into war, One] the country. In spite of its high-| ferences of trade unions, 25 divi- What tactics are the Communists trades-unionists, i
ug fe oat Sale aa tas Stren to the fold. It is to be hoped that | of the hishlights of his speech was | sounding ballyhoo American capital | sional labor parties, 61 local epee erring other than © streneien socialists and communists, on the
OE: e way clear he be as ese a reference to the boundary which | ism is interested mainly in seeing | parties, 59 Labor Party wards, 22|the trade unions an ua noW | air, in the press and from the pulp ;

i Mr. Connell will accept the imvitation and cease giving HOPE and ‘united’ rather than divided Can-|tnat no outside power shall have a| branches of the Labor League of powerful trade unions? You are us- | pave ever given us a true definition :
he gomfort to the enemy. ada and the U.S. His general re-| chance to reap profits from the ex- | Youth, 15 miscellaneous labor bodies, jing the false arguments of the lead-| 4¢ what capitalism is. Here is @

s) marks were a reiteration of the] ploitation of the weak Central and | 62 co-operative bodies, 19 ae & ee as British a mee! comparison I would like to pass on
un 2 7 j Monroe Doctrine. South American countries. It may | Labor councils, eight Trades Coun-|against the Communists and at tt to them from a German college pro-
eal Trotskyist Counter-Revolutionartes She Meese Doctrine 2 whe cor |aleaty sovision 2 prediine up) of| cle, 10.Soctellet bodies: 0) 07 BEeS Ce ounce ecealence ane | tye eene Sues a eine
x ~~ weelk i is ot e importance | ei licy of the U-S., first stated} the British Empire in event of a The Mine Workers’ lkederatt Soe 2 : -| parasitism the louse has a C} i

E s this week nothing is of more 1m} eign policy o : : Ue all eatin Te cee fone in Ehe ‘ _has al

di N THE world ELEN) so) : Sovi S ; i $93 48 i rorld WwW: db reparinge to ex-} Great Britain through a secret ba cluding e rade union the ideal of bourgeois civilization, |

Q Sasycis - we OVv1e by President Monroe in 1823 and still | world war, an e prep g z : Z
we than the Trotskyist plot to assassinate leaders of the Soviet Oe eh Reeoine | fo Gk ao | end its “protection over Canada. }lot taken on July 21st, decided to political labor movement. = surely | though its methods are more direct
ly government. ; European power or combination of During a world war the British support Communist affiliation, by a2| is not saree mp much Eee in | than those of business and pbank- |
ear Prior to the 1917 Russian revolution Trotsky was neither a European powers shall forcibly de- | Navy would spare few ships to look | majority of 45,000. ; your ee oe oF ea ae ing and its source of nourishmentis |
RE! = ik é ¢ onelliat that is he ivi i a £ the right | after Canada’s safety, and the Cana- Divisional Labor Parties and osses ant Labor Divide not its own species.” — (Dr. Hans
ct Mensheyik nor a Bolshevik. He was a2 -conciliator, 2 DELS eee Ss Th dian capitalists would just.as soon | Trades & Labor Councils which en- The maintenance of a strong trade Zinsser) :

g yey pres 5 : E . | dit alists as s 2 2 : : |
ey stood between the two trying to conciliate the difference pee esac ee SS as Ge aaate of ce nase Gicie investments guarded by | dorsed the resolution include: Bootle | union moyement will not be achieved Ga ates ees
aS them—trying to get the party of Lenin to one pee ae ““| U.S. to uphold the independence of } American forces as by British. and Liverpool, ee Deh by altecks on Co eee Apilletante” sige. ae
mi 7 ik i is ti > sever: 3 : bury, Nelson an olne, Ayr s : Seu :
a \fensheviks. During this time he made several O1te = ; aA : r ; : E ionaire. in ths
le ee Lenin Following the Kerensky revolution, March, | of him, the capitalists, and other enemy torces, the Soviet workers SG as oe Het eo ne ae cece ‘Totals Flay boy) journalist game,

* zs ne a a2 ak = aa. = * —— Mg ae Cs 5 < , = - a = : }
ow 1917 he leit the United States, where he had been editing ae have built uy Socialism ; they have collectivized the EISEOS they ae as Son The National| and depriving them of proper, ade- | tells in an interview how he travels :
=e Novy Mir, and returned to Russia, but it was not until June] have prospered while other countries have declined; they have | Committee of the Amalgamated }jn-| auate and just representation on the | around news-gathering- He hes) & :

hi 5 . * = a ays 2 ~ ap Re . 2 aor i - j j e i 0 a ’
nly of that year that he was admitted to the Bolshevik Party. abolished unemployment ; they have constructed the world’s great- | emeering Union endorsed unity. The constitutional bodies oe soe : iets yoke ct He owe See Peete
aly During the November revolution and afterwards he played | est industrial undertakings and they have learned to operate their UT ee ee es oe ve es capan uinity, is required in the. | necessary: Ele bas| crossed the ats
: ir Se VE =a i E d its Ap , Srea Z ; a
ay an important part, using his undoubted abilities as a writer and } machines. : : se the result was for affiliation. | trade unions to repel the attacks of |-lantic 120 times, the Pacific 44 times
stil rator, to promote the working-class revolution. But when once Tt is a fact that when Communist renegades turn against] 7), wational Union of Clerks, the| the greedy employers, There is one | and the American continent 300
ent 0 oe E re firmly established and the workers under enin’s the Party they invariably dritt into the camp of counter-revolu- Sccitish Union of Bakers, the Derby- | common enemy facing us all. Differ- times. : iis

j the Soviets were frimtly este YO, Li Ares a eS a 5 a Hence: say ee eo odaa doing: | shi Miners. the Northumberland | ences, petty and major, must be With all this equipment at
the leadership began to tread the hard road to Socialism, all Trotsky s]| tion. In every country this is so- Doriot in France is today doz f Shue 1 nee Morenur finers' | subordinated to the greatest need | command and the experiences of sO
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a old vacillations began to be reasserted. He lost faith in the ability everything he can to aid the Fascists and break up the Unites Mederation voted for unity in April] of the hour—unity to defend our- | much galivanting, does anyone read
iti li rorkers ild up Socialism because ot their | Front. None have stooped lower than Trotsky, whose agents 1n ne of this year. The Annual} selves from our common enemy. the drivel he writes? His one vel=
itic of the Russian workers to bul ] : ) : : and Ju 3 , : : : out
vitl k of technical training, and fashioned a theory that it waS|the Soviet Union, led by former Bolsheviks, Zimoviev and | acc;srence of the Associated Society! There is a lot of work to be done | ture in the newspaper business oe
new lac Dee nea eral - one country, that unless in-; Kamanev, have been caught red-handed in a diabolical terroristic | of Locomotive Engineers and Fire-[in B.C. The major industries in| his father and 5,000 trusting ee

ossible to ET, : i: ae) 5 3 Sire a | =k avored unity with the €om- e province are still unorganized. | yestors a ¢ i ;
1 impossible to build up eae ighly developed | plot t ler St 7 other leaders of the international work- | men favored 3 Ae e es a g t ool million and a Hh

Ss one x ace immediately Im more highly developed } plot to murder Stalin and other leaders 0 eRe eee ists Open shop conditions, refusal of the | mot Premier Applecart script put
ari surrections toox piace . ! munists. } ‘ 2 s :
nec ntries the Russian revolution was doomed. : ing-class. : : Unity Campaign Widely right to bargain collectively is still | real American dollars. a
oa ae Around this theory he gathered a number of men as dis- In his insane counter-reyolutionary depravity Trotsky ee Recognized the predominant policy of B.C. em- For all his private yack jee |

ATO = eure Ff eae - Ss en bya Seer Bale a OA at a ) ac lis z S5-|plovers of labor. These same em-| flying machines he does 10
Bo Se ARE fc ; re e eB ca wr ots = 5 secre 8) e, to accompls The annual conference of the So ploy ying
aj gruntled and pessimistic as himself and greed Wen re schemed with the Gestapo, eee pares Hee oe se Ele wae annuas aud of the University | ployers are doing all they can to | out a job like, say, Bouchette, who |
a a secret group within the ranks of the Communist : BEN 2 this dastardly aim. Tt 18 eee © me ae a : Aue th the | Leber Federation voted for Com-| disrupt the ranks of labor, prevent | travels on a street Car pass, or
= this he was expelled from the country, and ever since he has | Union to have the slightest tolerance of Trotskyism, or wit e| Labor eeflation, The Fabian So-| their organization and the eee ares Cam cane tatjotae iat aimme :
vad -pvines a des nicable campaign ot slander ag@ainst what Trotslcyists 1. Canada. ciety, which shaped the policy of | trade unions. The employers wane have to get about on shoe leather:
nit been cial ie Cece in. the Soviet covernment. He sold The assassination of Kiroy in December, 1934, was to have | the Labor Party from its very birth S ae Eye oe ee ee fs soles ade

: e Ss ary Die staat : : Saad CP aie eae SC epO RE TS in . e Se eee : av. so voted f nly the united solid rank =
at he ah to any capitalist paper 1D any capitalist country that | been the beginning of a counterre\ glutiouamys etre ee ED ee eee eens, ne ee can frustrate the plans of the em- Own Your did not tes :
mo) 2 ld cay +t. and wherever he could, formed eroups within the} 1J.S.S.R., and the murderous plot just exposed is a continuance | UDIIY Witt | Ging Labor MP’ de-| ployer. British Columbia Labor in Howmet Vancouver pap Be |
's Comme parties He wrote often and extensively prophecying | of it. At that time Zinoviev and Kamaney were implicated, | qareq themselves in favor of unity | its Sorts ee eae ee a of love, rest, contentmemt and
thi Beery CE on oe short periods the peasants would rise up and | pleaded guilty and were given light sentences. It was expected —including Aneurin Bevan and Ben and exten zete e unions will | © ety in the evening of life. Secure

that within yar1ous s a . 2 eaK drop all ¢ ter- | Smith, Labor M.P. for Rotherhithe. find in the Communis staunch, g 5 ads
n € th the Soviets ; that the U.S.S-R. could not escape eX} that they would live up to their promises and drop all counter eee eee ayes the unity | loyal and energetic support. This is | OUT list of desirable tore aa
sae nee ne the bad effects of the world crisis as other countries | revolutionary activities. But as leaders m the plot to murder campaign in Great Britain is rec-| no time for quarrels and disruption. DEG Beceem eee ee yam |

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ae are Ses ‘the tempo of building up Soviet industry was too high Stalin there can be only one fate for them, the one donendcd By ognized by Conservatives, Liberals, | A foes seurene, : ten eu a Heal 2nd Hopes snonide tee
Ss ail would lead to disaster, and so on. ‘ted i _ |the Soviet workers—the death penalty, the one they so richly | by the gener? press By ne wae unisE 5S) eee

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== have been fulfilled. In spite] deserve. ,

But not one of his prophecies