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CONVENTION
(Gontinued from page 1)
of the YCL, dealt with the prob-
Jems of youth in BC and througzh- |
gut Canada.
Cheers greeted a resplution, a2
“fopy of which was sent to the: con- |;
wention, which passed at the CCL:
$ndustrial and Jsmployment con-
ference calling on the executive of
the CCE for unity in the provincial
elections.
A eulogy by Bruce to the mem-
ory of John O'Sullivan of Calgary,
active Communist leader recently
deceased, called for a
silence from the
Tabulated credentials
elected delegates from the branches
eonvention.
¢hrouzhout BCG and which com-
prised miners, fishermen, farmers,
school teachers, loggers, clerks,
Jlongshoremen, ensineers, factory
workers and others. Fifty-five fra-
ternal delegates and 60 visitors
Were also recorded,
Resolutions to free Grange and
Molland were adopted. Resolutions
from party branches were discussed
and dealt with.
Presentation of certificates and
prizes by Leshe Morris for tasks
well done was a, popular feature of
the convention.
A provincial council of 30 was
elected by the convention from
which an executive of 13 was
formed. Woteworthy is the fact
that an Indian and a Chinese were
elected to the executive.
Adjournment was signalized by
ginging of the International.
Furniture
Workers Win
TORONTO, Ont.. Mareh
Pleven hundred furniture workers:
¢hroughout Ontario have returned
to work with wage increases aver-
aging two cents an hour.
Wictory climaxed a week-old strike
which ended wher manufacturers,
sovernment officials and representa-
fives of the Furniture Workers’
Union, affiliate of Wnited Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners,
negotiated the increase and agreed
to establishment of the 47-hour
week in the industry.
Agreement provides for a con
ference to be held under the In-
dustrial Standards Act to work out
Getails of wages and hours. Nego-
tiators laid down tentative mini-
mums to apply. until April 1, so that
detail inyvolyin= many classifica-
24 ——
tions fo labor could be worked out.
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DRIVE
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soing
“Do
places.’’ he
this. and we'll be
said.
| Phi! Gibbons ha xs done his best
district circulation mean-
| to make
: of the sates, Hal Griffin,
\-z stant litor, hela out a rosy Vi-
| sion of i delegates as a cub
| reporter.
| “Give us the facts,” he pleaded.
|
“Just tell us what happened, when
it bappened, where it happened, to
| whom it happened and how it hap-
| pened and we'll do the rest.”
Prizes Valued at 5600-
Arthur Byans presented the drive
| objectives clearly and concisely.
| The committee, he said, expected
| 20,000 trial subscriptions and doull-
| ine of the present circulation.
“Goncentrate on the raising of
| money by means of collection
| cards,” he urged. “We're offerins
ten prizes with an aggregate value
of $600 as a Special inducement to
subseribers and there’ll be addi-
tional prizes for salesmen.”
Wo sooner had Evans finished
his speech than the challenges be-
ean to fly. We ourselves soon lost
track of who was challenging who.
Not so Arthur Evans, however. He
was having the challenges recorded
by a stenographer, with the result
that the challengerse@re now faced
With cold facts and figures.
Opening gun was fired by Paddy
Ross of the Project Workers, who
voluntarlly raised his unions quota
from $40 to $100, pointed out $34
had already been raised.
“We challenge everybody to do
likewise,’? he declared recklessly-
Wancouver Past came right back
by offering to increase its quota
$50 to $175. while North Vancouver
challengzged Burnaby to ¢0 “over
the top” by 10 per cent by the end
of the drive, May 15.
“We Challenge Them Al”
| Gaught in the spirit of the thing,
the Croatians offered to raise more
than the Ukrainians, whereupon
the Ukrainians’ deleeate rose to his
feet and challenged, “We'll
more than the let of them,”
a blanket challenge to
Serbian, German, Croatian, Italian
elubs. to raise collectively more
than the Ukrainians.
As if this weren't enough, the
ULETA women's group challenged
the Croatian organizaiton to raise
more than it will.
The Scandinavian and Swedish-
Finnish clubs were a -little more
eautious. Their challenge is to
make the gerade, but we're willing
to predict that, onee started, they'll
find it difficult to stop.
Wot content with hearing Haney
and Salmon Arm take up the chal-
lenge of Surrey to raise their
quotas by 15 per cent or better,
Arthur Evans is now asking what
Matsqui and the Okanagan intend
to do about it. Cumberland has al-
ready doubled its quota.
John Lesire in Action
Tf past performance is anything
to <0 on, we’re entering our modest
prophecy right now that when the
final results of the drive are in the
mame of John Lesire, like Abou
Ben Adhem’s, will head all the rest.
Worth Vancouver's Leary having
eovyered his $15, he calmly doubled
it and its pretty difficult to fore-
tell where it’s all going to end.
Fined by this example, Otto Brun-
issued
ICOR, the
ing from Shere, raised Prince
George’s delezpate from $5 to $10.
Any report of the press confer-
ence that failed to mention P. Fiori
would be incomplete. Not only has
he offered to raise more than any
other individual, but he has been
haunting our office ever since with
reports of his phenomenal progress.
Inter-Office Rivalry
Just to show he’s not the kind
of #eneral who refuses to fight in
oe
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In the selling of tickets, Bins-
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The GCLDL, which has no quota,
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The ULEFTA, being gluttons for
punishment, in addition to all other
challenges, has offered to lick the
Lumber and Sawmill Workers and
the Street Railwaymen.
One thine we are looking forward
to and that is the day when Leary
will be called upon to push a pea-
nut with his nose up and down the
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Protest
VICTORY
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sent the Italians fleeing back over
roads only a few days ago stub-
Premier's Threat To Labor wo ine minions sor
offensive. Arms, munitions, sup-
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MONTREAL. One) March 94 @ Ole: to denounce qhicictter aaj, apsndoned qhasuiN wun
Awakening to the threat against an obyious forgery, the Communist pute SIGS on counter attack,
labor and ultimately all progres- party officially Stated: = Sanur gel by BIRO UENES and ERE:
sive forces contained in Premier “Our party utterly repudiates grees tes au zesiSiance BSEORS a5
Maurice Duplessis’ new law “to such methods. It is our considered Italian vanquished (talian as the
main government column of which
stamp out Communism,” the CCF, 5
J the crack Garibaldi brigade of Ital-
opinion that theSe stories are noth-
Quebee Labor party and organized
in= but an act of provocation, en-
labor are uniting in protest of this gineered by persons interested in fen anu asciss ie ENS SReat=
latest violation of democratic justifyine the repressive legislation bead drove a8 toward Sisuenza,
righis whereby the Communist of Premier Duplessis. This measure z BSeist base, 72 miles northeast of
party would be barred from con- | under pretext of savine Quebec from BENE a ;
testing elections and prevented Communism, is an attempt by the The Italians lost between 2,000
to 3,000 dead and wounded and
more than 1,000 were taken pris-
oners.
from holding meetings.
that “fa flood of Cum-
munist threats have been mailed to
premier to save his fast waning
political influence at the expense of
democratic liberty in this
and is
Allegine
province
various aldermen and businessmen directed against the entire “3°
ous e ae : - riti s
lin Quebee City,” Grand Knight Lu- labor mov SENSES B it sh Pre =
| cien Jobin, Laval council, Knights Meanwhile, “vith Quebec city Angers Duce
|
of Clumbus, was first to unleash a council already on record as favor-
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campaign of provocation against the |S the meturny ot section 989+) the |" Geaded™ into apopletic rage this
Communist patty, following Premier | C™mmal Code) the Wnishts Ok (Coe || - - :
week by that section of the British
press which made no secret of its
pro-Spanish government sympathies
thes Jumbus are also demanding similar
action.
In Quebec
Puplessis' announcement in
lower house.
City itself,
HEAR THESE
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3 ec a M if Jobir Sey 2 Gna GRSpawios ea AG Saar: oF was Italy's belliger ent Mussolini
our our officials have received these Tae acGish seein aac 7 4 who Saw the prestige of his oft-
F Ss Fascist Symp es. advoc:
threats. I myself have received 2 force “if meee erie en! advocate vaunted ‘8,000,000 bayonets” faul|
letter from a certain M. Racine.” aa cose aS Pore ins aS ft
fa) € Te wel cannot defend our faith ine before the telling blows of
Copy of this “letter” as
to the press reads:
‘We are answering the chal-
Jenge you have hurled to the Com-
released Madrid’s defenders.
Thundered Iditor A. G. Gardiner:
“Mhe Spanish people will never be.
conguered by the butchers of
(from the Communists) by law, we
Will defend it by force,” he boasted.
“T will not hesitate to place myself
at the head of all movements which
munists. JT am warning you that | haye as their aim the fight against Addis; Ababa, Che) syhole! suveele
Within a pnionth and a half we | Communism in Quebec.” me in Spain has now become Musso-
shall Jaunch an attack against the Last week Warwick Chipman lini’s — war, to il duces utter
Clergy and then your turn will | eminent Montreal lawyer, voiced his chagrin.
come. We give our reply this opposition to the act “SANS Fi. ScEeCVEE Searcely less outspoken was the
March 13. In fifteen days we shall
bomb your establishment.
Liberal Manchester Guardian which
to the whole of democratic liberty 2
migeratics Bperty published full details of the Italian
and civil rights,’ forced Premier bre 71 “ t disti
it ~* : . + } ‘s : : ; ; iS S é
(Signed) “S. Racine.” Duplessis to express “his pain’’ in ek a at ee aa ee
ese ee Shs “Sones. tion of being banned by both Italy
pe and Germany.
Mrs E Kerr STEPHEN as Meanwhile, growing restlessness
of Austria under Fascist yoke gave
Mussolini®more to worry about.
(Continued From Page 1) ttalians
Revolt.
themselves with the red-baiters who PARIS. Trance, March 24.—
are doing the dirty work for Hitler, | from reliable sources it is learned
Mussolini, Trotsky, Hearst, Cougsh-| here that many revolts have oc
lin and other enemies of unity and | curred among Ttalian “~olunteers’
progress. : serving with General Franco in
Rank, File in Adyance Spain, while desertions to the
oviIn its official statement, pub-]| Loyalists are imereasing daily. In
lished in ‘The Daily Province of | many sections Franco has been }
Thursday, March 18, the executive
speaks as if it were the CCI and
tries to convey the impression that
forced to replace Italians by Moors.
MILAN, Italy, March 24.—Scores
I haye been ousted by the CCE.| were arrested here following a2
The fact remains that the rank-| demonstration against aid to the
and-file membership of the CCP is | Pascists in Spain when news of
far in advance of the reactionary | [talian defeats leaked out.
little clique that calls itself the
CCF, forgetting that it is merely
a few members of the CCF who Sell Potatoes
machined themselves Into power at
the last convention.
“The official statement in regard
to my suspension is largely a tissue
of falsehoods and misrepresenta-
tions compiled by a desperate
clique that is fighting to preserve
itself from extinction at the com-
ine convention: Their protestations
of loyalty to the CCE principles
are contradicted by their actions.
“Their statement that I have ridi-
culed the CCF is a falsehood. I
have merely ridiculed a ridiculous
little clique that imagines it is the
CCF movement. The statement that
J attacked the CCE M.L.A.’s at a
meeting in Coombs is absolutely a
To Jobless
Full permission and cooperation
of the BG Goast Vegetable Market-
ing Board have been obtained by
the Action committee of the High
Gost of Living conference in Sell-
ing potatoes to all members of un-
employed organizations affiliated tu
the CCE Industrial and Employ-
ment conference, it is announced.
Action committee is accordingly
arranging to sell potatoes to mem-
bers ‘of such organizations and
farmers wishing to dispose of grade
two smalls are asked to write to
the secretary of the CCE Industrial
Aboard the Berengaria when she
sails from New York on April 15
Will be Mrs. Elizabeth Kerr, a well
known CCF member and delegate
representing women of British Co-
lumbia on the Canadian delegation
to the Soviet Union.
Friday, April 2, a “Send-off” dance
for Mrs. Kerr will be held at Vie-
tory Hall to raise funds to cover
rail transportation expenses across
Canada. Through the generosity of
interested groups and individuals,
the Women’s Delegation Commiittee
: 5 E and Employment rene at
has been enabled to pay steamship] falsehood. I did mention the doc- | Room Aa Eee as gh cba
fares. trinaire attitude of one of the) stating quantity available and price
Donations to help defray cost of | Winches, as reported by Mr- =
per ton,
rail transportation are urgently | Howard Gostigan of the
Wrashine-
sought, however, and should be sent] ton Commonwealth
Federation.
to Miss M. Hepburn, secretary, | That was all. z- - Ea p
Women’s Delegation Committee, Impossible Position IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
Room 216, 319 West Pender Street. “At a previous meeting of the
executive, I had been offered the
choice of suspension for a period af
one year or of giving up my execu-
tive responsibilities in other organ-
izations. Since the only other or-
fanizations in which [ held execu-
tive responsibilities are the League
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Sunday, March 28, § pm, speaker | a broad interpretation of the CCI —
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