June 4, 1937 Po On ES AUD ye CATE Page Five Qne thing about James J. Braddock heavyweight champion of the world, is his forthrightness, and his declaration from the training camp in Michigan is worth while remembering, he meets Joe Louis in Chicago. Braddock realizes opposition, but figures that Louis i his plans for He says, “I'm going to step to to his left. I’m going to jab conti Pm going to hammer over a right Hivery time the left is at least unt] June 22) when he is up against tough 28S no change of pace and so maxes the conquest of the Nesro lad public. Louis’ right, and I'm going to step nually to keep him off balance and every time I see his left hand drop. up fll hit him as hard as I can in the middle. There is nothing fancy in these tactics and no reason for keeping: them secret.” “The crux of my campaign is built on the belief that any change of Style other than straight up fightins Will puzzle Louis and make him a Sure shot for a few good solid clouts. All I want is that chance. And if I get it early the fight may he over so fast surprised.” you and everybody will be * * The writer remembers that in 1919 Georges Carpentier said that he would lead with the left, feint with the left and hit with the right and Joe Becket would be out. Your commentator attention to the statement at the Quid ($5 te you young Canadians) to did not pay sufficient time it was said, but paid one good see the fight in the Holborn Stadium and managed to scramble to my seat as the fighters came out of their corners. By the time the old gabardine was draped across the back of the chair and the owner settled down Joe Beckett was draped across the canvas. No, I did not see the right land, but I took the word of the Man next to me that the battle had gone as planned. That is, according to Gorgeous Georges’ plan. Remem = ber the date in Chicago. It’s June 22. * = Matchmaker Ted Moore announces that he has Signed the Portland Scrapper, Cooper, to meet “Chuck’ * Wickason at the Auditorium. The Portiand man, it will be remembered, floored Sonny Buxton for a nine- count last year and has gone on to beat Joc: McComber in four rounds and has stopped Frank Riggi in three, so it would seem that Chuck: is in for a fight in the ten-round main event on June 9. On the same card Moore has arranged to have Eddie “Butcher Boy’ Ryan show his wares in a special s ix-round event with an opponent yet to be selected, and Tom Keist of Victoria will also show in the semi_ windup. = = = Bob Pastor of New York by his decisive win over Bob Westell of Los Angeles last Friday night put himself in the runnine for a shot at Dne ci the three top-ranking fisticuffers in the heavyweight division, possibly Max Schmelling. In the first round Pastor score d a knock-down for an eight count. Nestell came back strong in the second, but in the third was again smacked to the resin and from thence on it was Pastor's fight. Pastor weighed 18824 pounds, Nestell 191 - s Glenedin and White Lake, in the pounds. = = Salmon Arm district, played softball last Monday, the latter winnines the game 25-21. These two clubs are in the CASF. THE WISE and | THE FOOLISH “In Barcelona, as everywhere else in Loyalist territory, I was able to verify the fact that there was no re- ligious persecution.’’-—Very Rey. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, dean of Canter- bury. “My children got to eat, too. I haven't paid my rent for last month yet. What are you trying to do? Queer my lousy Seven bucks a day?” —Chowderhead Cohen, on taking strikebreakine job at an. artists’ supply house, after serving the na- tion’s mightiest corporations. “Bitter animosity against the Freemasons was exhibited in all the wholesale murdering of them by rebel troops whenever they captured a city or town where there was a Masonic lodfe or where any Masons resided.’’—New Age, Scottish Rite $2nd degree organ, commentin= on Spanish situation. “Buropean Catholics know and Bay in addition that no one can ignore what is doubtless the most poigmant aspect of the whole civil war—the struggle of the Basques to escape from the clutches of an iron totalitarianism. The three Basque provinces are the Ireland of the Tberias.’’—George N. Shuster in the Commonweal, Catholic journal. Labor Front Is Menace to Nazis “The Labor Front, set up as the instrument of Nazi mass domina- tion, will some day turn against its ereators and masters. It will tend to become Germany’s most revolu- tionary ferce. Let there be war or @ collapse of German’s economics, and the Nazi top sergeants will be Swept away.’ This is the opinion expressed by A. S. Lipschitz, direc- tor of the Labor Chest for the Re- ‘lief and Liberation of Workers of Europe,3 W. i6th St, New York City, in a pamphlet entitled Labor’s Struggle for FEreedom. William Green and John L. Lewis contribute additional articles. CLiiyvetTA XI SEY. 988 The Loggers’ Friend PATRONIZE NEW LION HOTEL 122 EAST HASTINGS STREET |OPEN FORUM Letters intended for publication in the Open Forum, which will be a must be short, snappy and to the point. We reserve the right to edit all letters in view of space limitations. regular feature from now on, Editor, The People's Advocate: Dear Sir and Brother,—At_a meet- ing of Local 452, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners held last night, exception was taken to cer- tain statements contained in a lIet- ter in your Qpen Jorum of May 28, signed by Joint Trades Committee, G. Campbell, chairman, A. M. Aus- lane, secretary. AS you are probably aware, the United Brotherhood charter has been in continuous operation since 1889 and during all that time has taken a leadine part in the improve- ment of wages and conditions for carpenters, besides assisting other svoups of workers whenever pos- sible. Regarding the statement that the Trades and Labor council readily accepted an agreement at a lower rate than asked by the carpenters, this is incorrect. Wage negotiations earried out this spring were con- ducted by a joint committe - of Loeals 452 of Vancouver and 1251 of New Westminster, the only car- penters’ unions in the Wancouver district. The facts as we know them are as follows: The United Brotherhood of Car- penters, at the latter part of Decem- ber, 1936, asked for a committee from the Employers’ Association to meet them to discuss a $1 per hour rate, with the five-day week to come into effect on April, 1937, and meet- ings were held to discuss same. During negotiations the Joint Trades Committee which is objecting to our action, by motion decided to ask the employers for an STl%éc per hour rate, and this action, in. our opinion, retarded the negotiations, which finally resulted in a settlement which provided for the five-day week to go into effect on April 1, 1937, and a 90c per hour rate for car- penters effective May 1, 1937. We do not propose to enter into any controversy regarding this mat- ter, and merely ask you in fairness to the carpenters’ union to make this correction in your next issue. W. PAGE, Secretary. ‘Somebody Got His Goat’ Editor, People’s Advocate: Dear Sir,—George Murray made the grade again for Lillooet, I see. That is one guy who has no use for the workers and farmers. He rep- resents finance capital and so we can’t expect much from that bird. Someone got his goat at an elec- tion meeting at Clinton about the Soviet Union. “Wha don’t you go to Russia,” he roared. Seems like he has bad dreams about the place which de- mands that a man shall be a useful citizen before he gets any privileges. Kelly Lake, BC. La Ge Fainted From Starvation Editor, People’s Advocate: Dear Sir—If only we women would get together, things would be changed very rapidly. I have to get all the nourishment possible out of a soup bone but there are people worse off than my- self. A little boy came running to my door Jast week begging me to come to his mother who was sick. What she needed was food, I found out. but there was nothing in the cupboard. She passed out completely and I hurriedly called a doctor who attempted to pass it off lightly. Had he been brave and spoken his mind, he would have labelled it plain malnutrition and caused a noise. Wot until the women, who are the greatest sufferers, get together, will conditions be changed. One for Organization. Vaneouver, BC. Here and There IN A WOMAN’S By VICTORIA POST WORLD HAVE just received a re- port from Enland giving the findings of a delegation Which was invited by the Spanish government to visit Spain and investigate charges from various quarters that the rebellion was a crusade to defend Christianity from a government bent on the de- struction of religion. The composition of the delecation Was as follows: Five Church of Eng- land, two Roman Catholic, two Pro- testant Free Church representatives. Incidentally, the report mentioned the obstacles placed in the way of the delegation by the British For- eien Office. Gesinning with the proyince of Biscaya, these ebservers state that there was no sign of religious re- pression, but on the contrary they found large numbers of private and public worshippers. They found that many Loyalists first obtained per- mission from their church authori- ties to bear arms in defence of their principles. The delegation stated in their re- port that they were glad to correct rebel miisstatements as to the de- struction of churches and convents, because they had witnessed that could only have been bombard- ed from the air, and not as the rebels had stated, “that the Reds had blown them up.” * HE delegation felt impelled to report conversations conducted with Italian prisoners who appeared to be thoroughly enjoying them- selves with zames and other amuse- ments. These prisoners had believed the way to Abyssinia they were on until landed on Spanish soil. Fear that their families would be ill- treated at home prevented them gsiy- ing allegiance to the Loyalist cause. 4 description of a visit to a mili- tary hospital in Valencia is given in the report and a lack of medical supplies was noted. This Jatter point is one in which all help, and this week is opportunity for us to we can the special I MASS Helena Gutteridge nadian Battalion in Spain ruins |} do so. I hope each one of you will do your very utmost to help these sufferings, misunderstood people, by collecting as much as possible for the ambulance to be Sent to Spain from Canada. There are many ways in which we can all help, and I for one am going to be very busy in the next few days telling all I know about the situation in Spain and helping to the best of my ability. ANCOUVER will have the honor of having the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference, July 21-24, and delegates from every type of women’s organization are expected to attend. An opportunity like this does not come our way very often and I suggest that you take imme- diate steps to see that your organ- ization or group sends delegates. There will be all kinds of interest- ing women there to guarantee the broadest of viewpoints on innumer- able questions. The president of the conference is Mrs. Tsune Gauntlett, of Tokio, who is at present in Washington, D.C, attending a WCDU conference. This lady is also vice-president of Japan’s YWCA and has represented her country in various international conventions, such as the disarma- ment conference at Geneva. x Ro those of you who have the time and inclination, the latest thing to patchwork is to fasten all the pieces of thin muslin together, eut out by a pattern and you have one of the newest house coats to pop on over your house dress when visiters call unexpectedly. This is a yery new idea and ap- peals to me tremendously, because I’m one of those unfortunate beings who always manages to be untidy when someone calls. However, whether or not I'll have the time to make a patchwork house coat re- mains to be seen. These coats are very nice, too, if you spend a lot of time in the sun, as you can put them over your bathing suit. By EDGAR SNOW (China Correspondent London Daily Herald) What is the Communist policy toward the Nanking government? I think it safest to quote directly from an interview I had with Mao Tse-tung, chairman of the Soviet government, at Pao An. I asked Mao Tse-tung: Will you please explain the United Front policy of the Communist party and its change in attitude toward the Kuomintang government? He replied: Three main factors have influenced the decision lead- ing to the policy announced in our recent manifesto. First of ali the seriousness of Japanese aggression: it is becom- ing more intensified every day, and is so formidable a menace that before it all the forees of China must unite. Besides the Commun- ist party we recognize the ex istence of other parties and forces HELP SPAIN ... make the World Safe for Democracy! LUMBERMEN’S ARCH Stanley Park SATURDAY, JUNE 5%, 3 P.M. . Speakers . . Rev. R. N. Matheson, B.A. Malcolm Bruce Chairman - - A. H. Evans Collection to help provide the Mackenzie-Papineau Ca- Ambulance. AUSPICES C.P.C. AMBULANCE FUND COMMITTEER in China, of course, and the strong- RALLY Rev. T. Jackson Wray with an equipped Medical Why The Anti-Japanese United Front In China? with the Communist party. Certain est of these is the Kuomintang. Without co-operation our strength at present is insufficient to resist Japan in war. Nanking must par- ticipate. The Kuomintang and the Communist party are the two main political forces in China, and if they continue to fight now in civil war the effect will be unfavorable for the anti-Japanese movement. Secondly, the Communist party has been urging, by manifesto, a union of all parties in China for the purpose of resisting Japan, and to this program the populace has re- sponded with sympathy. Today the Chinese people, as well as many patriotie officials, are eager to see the reunion of the two parties for the purpose of national salvation. They are eager to see an end to the civil war. Without it, the movement for resisting Japan is faced with great obstacles. The third point is that many patriotic elements, even in the Kuomintang, now favor a reunion anti-Japanese elements, even in the Wanking government, and WNan- king’s Own armies, are today ready to unite because of the peril to our national existence. These are the main character- istics of the present situation in China, and because of them we are obliged to reconsider, in detail, the conerete formula under which co- operation in the national liberation movement can become possible. Such a formula has, in fact, been proposed in the recent negotiaations with the Kuomintang. The funda- mental point of unity which we in- sist upon is the national] liberation anti-Japanese principle. In order to realize it we believe there must be established a National Defense Democratic government. Its main tasks must be: (1) to resist the foreign invader; (2) to grant popu- lar rights to the masses of the people; and (3) to intensify the de- velopment of the country’s econ- omy. Such a program fulfills the will of the people at present and will win their unanimous support, and that is why the Soviet government | favors the establishment of such a united people’s democratic govern- | | ment. By JOHN R. CHAPLIN HOLLYWOOD, — Whatever the final outcome of the strike of paint- ers, scenic artists, makeup men and other crafts that has rocked Hollywood, a real need for theroush and honest organization has made itself felt, and in the months to come we shall be hearing more and more of militant labor action in and around the studios. ... The dormant Sereen Directors’ Guild has elected new officers. including Kine Vidor, president, Lewis Milestone and Irranis Tuttle, yice-presidents, Rich- ard Wallace, secretary, and John Ford, treasurer, The