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Alta. Communist Mayor
Aided Uphill’s Campaign

FPERNIE, BC, June 3-——Moved by the chairman of the local CGF
‘club, that a standing ovation be given guest speaker Tom Ewen, sec-
retary of the Communist Party of BC, a meeting of citizens here pledged
fo support Lom Uphill, MLA, gave the Communist leader a rousing
welcome.

Speaking on behalf of Uphill,
Mayor Enoch Williams of Blairmore,
Alta., told his audience that “a
united working class will find it
possible to do anything desired.”

Uphill was in good form a she
demonstrated the shams of the Pat-
tullo sovernment and visualized the
day when a progressive front of all

Anti-Fascists
Convene At

hearimg reports from public men,

Prominent in progressive circles,

among which were Howard Costi-

KLEBER gan, well known radio speaker.

Wather O'Wlannigan, famed anti-

Ss aes Fascist and Hush De Lacey, who

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decent people would
capitalist parties at the polls.
Tom Ewen used as an example
the once prosperous town of Fernie,
now reduced to abject poverty, with
almost its entire population on relief,
comparing it with the plundering of

sweep away

Seattle

SEATTLE, Wash., June 3—Let-
ters of consratulation from Seattle's
Mayor Dore and Congressmen Coffee
and Maenasun indicate the power-

Canada by the fifty “bis shots” | ful influence exercised by the Am-
which has reduced millions 10! erican League Against War and
penury. Fascism which held its Northwest

Amone the many questions asked
-of the speakers, that of the possi-
pility of achieving unity between the
Communist party and the CCF,
aroused most interests. The subject
of Spain was also dealt with fully.

As one old-timer declared, the
meeting was “Ivernie’s best.”

(Continued from page 1)

Active in Austria.

Kjeber, equipped with a Canadian
passport, used the “stake” he had
made by hard labor to visit his Aus-
trian home when he was thrown in-
to the unemployed ranks during the
worst period of the economic crisis.,
There he played an active role dur-
ing the struggle of the Austrian
masses against the armed Wascist
bands of Emil Fey and Von Star-
hemberg.

One of the First.

When Franco started his Fascist
uprising against the democratically
elected government of Spain last
July, Kleber was one of the first of
the non-Spanish fighters for democ-
racy to reach the scene of struggle:

In Madrid he mobilized the nuc-
jJeus of what later became the Inter-
national Brigade and his extensive
Military experience and brilliant
strategical talents won him rapid
Tecosnition as an outstanding mil-
tary leader and organizer.

Tt was not long before Kleber

placed
‘im in supreme command of the
“Mfense of Madrid.
She fact that every attempt of

co's superiorly-equipped forces
__zapture Madrid has failed is no

termination and courage of General
Emil Kleber.

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congress here last week.

Six delegates from Gritish Colum-
bia represented the BC section of
the Canadian League.

Nearly 300 delegates: from all
walks of life convened in the
Broadway High School for two days,

forees for progress and reaction in

the United States, stating that the
Srowth of Wascism could be sauzed
by the attitude of State forces, dur-
ing labor disputes.

Howard Costigan’s contribution to
the congress was stressing of the
value of a genuine people’s front in
comibattinge reaction, as typified by
the Washinston Commonwealth Wed-
eration, which he said was respon-
sible for the defeat of the so-called
Christian Party with its Silver
Shirts. The WCE was active in the
recent strike at the Hearst-owned
newspaper plant in Seattle. Coneluad-
ing with some trenchant remarks
on the need for a similar movement
in Canada, Costigan gave pertinent
facts on the growth of Fascism in
Quebec.

Father O'’Flannigan, in a short
speech, showed how Fascism builds
on lies and terror.

Doctor W. J. Curry and G. N. w.

Webster spoke for the Canadian
League and were given a hearty re-
ception by the congress.
All delegates took part in the
forming of resolutions and the
working out of a program for the
coming year; money to the amount
of $800 beine pledged by various or-
fanizations to carry out the tasks
set by the congress.

CAFES

(Continued from p2age 1)

meals for both categories, during
working hours. The proposed re-
duction is on this scale.

Should the offer be accepted,
Stewart informed that all union
members and the employers who
pay full union wages will be called
together in order that they under-
stand the situation and the tempo-
rary nature of the reduction pro-
posed at Wednesday’s conference.
“The union has no intention of
lowering the standard and present
employers of union labor are ex
pected to pay the full rate,” said
Stewart.

“Of course some owners wish to
hog it all and we shall go after them
with every union weapon at our
disposal,” he continued.

Asked about rumors of a company
union at the Wational Lunch, Stew-
“amt grinned easily, saying, “We'll
handle that all right. The natural
hatred abroad of such methods and
our tseady campaigning will break
that down.”

Stewart expressed ‘his thanks for
the publicity given his union in the
Advocate and stated that favorable
public opinion and support is half
the battle.

“The White Lunch episode is by
no means over,” he said. “This firm
is in a position to dominate the
industry in the city and contsitutes
a menace to labor and many

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or actually starving.
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when he talks about t
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penditures.

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These Tialian blackshirts, seen here being reviewed by Germian Minister von Weurath, may soon be
deserting to the Loyalists in Spain if Mussolini’s threats are implemented.

Canadian Youth Congress

In East Highly S

Canada’s youth gave its elders an object lesson in burying |
the hatchet and maintaining closed ranks for the common
good, at the great Youth Congress just concluded in Montreal,
with a record attendance of 775 delegates from all provinces,
129 of these being French-Canadians.

From the beginning of the con-<;
gress there were difficulties which
had to be surmounted by French-
Canadian delegates who apparently
hhad been pressed by their national

leaders to lay down certain condi-
tions before participating in the
Congress, but at a special plenary

session, agreement on the following
points maintained unanimity.
1. That the French-Canadians be

represented by a number at least
one-third of the official delegation
ut the Congress Sessions and con-

tinuations committee.

2. That the congress acknowledge
rreedom of creeds in Canada.

3. That the congress be known
in French as Le Congress des
Jeunesses Canadiennes,

4. That the congress fayors justice
to all.

5. That the aims of the congress
be internal and world peace.

6. That the congress proceeds ac-
ecordine to the principles of democ-

racy and affirms 4 belief in God,
the right of individuals to private
property, the necessity for internal

peace and Cooperation between all
sections of society.

The chief items on the agenda
were world peace and social and
internal justice.

Declares For Peace

The congress unanimously adopted
the report of the commission on
peace which rejected conscription

and demanded that Canada’s people
shal] alone decide the issue of war
and that the power of the govermor-
general to declare war over the
heads of the people is a violation of
democracy.

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Full adoption of the commission’s
report on social and internal justice

was given by the congress, which
ealled for “a definite improvement
in the conditions of the Canadian

people before social or internal jus-
tice is possible.’ Bill 62 and its pro-
visions for the right to orsanize and
bargain collectively was also en-
dorsed. ,

Addressing the session of the so-
cial justice commission, Jack ISing,
national secretary of the Coopera-
tive Commonwealth Youth Move-
ment, presented the position of the
CCYM caucus as follows:

Seek Joint Effort

“We do not seek isolation on the
road to freedom. We are willing to
work with all sincere people who
Want better conditions for Canada’s
youth. We wish to go forward not
only with our own independent
work but also in joint activity with
all groups in this congress.’

The officia] credential report
sued showed some 775 official dele-
gates present representing 552 or-
ganizations with a membership of
over 500,000.

Official Civic representatives were
sent from Toronto, Ont., and Ed-
monton, Alta.

The Vancouver

is-

council has «ar-
ranged a dinner in Hotel Georgia
on June 14, to which prominent
eitizens are invited, when the three

BC representatives to the Youth
Congress, Lois Sanderson, John
Stanton and John Jopson, who re-

turned to Vancouver Thursday, will
give their impressions of the meet-
ing.

Cash Prizes Offered In
Advertising Campaign

During the next three months p

given to those readers of the People’s Advocate most conscientious

in purchasing from PA advertisers.
Objective of this ‘‘Patronize Our

up of advertising in the PA by demonstrating to merchants the value
of this newspaper as an advertising medium within the ever-growing

progressive movement.

With the greatly increased circu-<
lation resulting from the recently
concluded subscription Gampaisen,
which in itself has increased the
value of our paper aS an advertising
medium, the management board de-
cided to launch this three months
campaign for increased advertising
and is offerin= cash prizes as fol-
1OWS: :

The three persons purchasing
the largest total value of goods
and services from our advertisers
during the months of June, July,
and August, will receive: (1) 515,
(2) $10, (8) $5.

The three persons making the
largest total number of individual
purchases trom our advertisers
during June, July and August,
will receive: (1) $15, (2) $10, (3) $5.

In addition, there will be a $2
order deposited with one of our ad-
yertisers every Saturday moins,
to be given to the first customer
making a purchase and at the same
time displaying the eurrent issue of
the People’s Advocate.

Wames of our advertisers will be
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will be drawn each week the name
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To be in the running for these
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press, it is necessary to observe the
following:

1. Buy from advertisers (an ad-
vertiser is construed as one ad-
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miade).

2. Demand that merchants with
whom you deal regularly carry an
advertisement in the PA.

3. Turn your receipts for pur-
chases in to the advertisms de-
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Small purchases made frequently
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sugar soap, razor blades, having
your hair <¢ut or your teeth fixed,
look over our advertising columims.
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American
Canin
Union

Delegate Showler, business agent
of the Teamsters’ Union, reported
to Vancouver and New Westminster
Trades and Labor Council at Tues-
day's meeting that many former

agreements had been renewed
with the union and that a
closed shop agreement had

been signed with Chess Bros. Water
Street. Showler predicted a full
sign-up of teamsters in Vancouver
and New Westminster by the fall.

Delesates reported that the Amer-
ican Can is now organized and that
Loeal 223 of the Laundry Workers
had been set up in New Westmin-
ster.

The council endorsed a resolution
from. Relief Project Workers at
Harrison Lake protesting the de-
ferred payment system and chare-
ing’ that 150 men were remoyed from
the voters’ lists without absentee
vote being permitted.

VOLUNTEERS

(Continued from page i)

This. week the Communist party
of BC is launching a drive as part
of a national campaign to raise
funds for an ambulance to be at-

tached to the Mackenzie-Papineau
battalion. Arthur Evans, Jeadine
British Columbia Communist, is
making a tour of the province, and
Saturday, June 5, 3 p.m., a mass
meeting is beine held at Lumber-

man’s Arch, Stanley Park, at which
the principal speaker will be Rev. T.
Jackson Wray.

Eight Canadians
Killed In Spain.

Bight Canadian volunteers have
already been killed in action, giving
their lives that the menace of Fasc-
ism may note extend to their native
land.

They «are:

Joe Campbell, 41, Montreal; Michael
Russell, 27, Montreal; Arthur Morris,
30, DBlairmore, Alta.; A. Vander-
brugge, 33, St. Catharines, Ont.;
Bias Aviezer, 38, Montreal; G. Las-
kowsky, 38, Toronto; A, W. Garcia,
37, Montreal; Fred Lackey,
Toronto.

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Burns Goods
Still Unfair

While Burns company employees
decided to call off their longs, drawn-
out strike for the principles of trade
unionism, last Wednesday, the
Trades and Labor Council still keeps
this company on the unfair list and
urges the pubic to maintain their
present cooperation by continuing to
buy only union-made products.

Union officials fake the position
that no genuine negotiations took
place between the company and its
employees, 25 strikers haying been
re-employed and a ‘promise’ made
to the remainder that they will be
back “when business conditions per-
mit.”

Lewis Hits At
AFL Conference

NEW YORK, June 3.—(FP) —
Characterizing the Cincinnati con-
ference of the American Wederation
of Labor as a “council of despera-
tion,’’ Committee for Industrial Or-
ganization Chairman John LL. Lewis,
in New York to confer with local
CIO leaders, declared: ““‘We are not
in the least concerned with paper
resolutions.”’

Lewis indicated that many inter-
national unions, Sympathetic te the
CIO, would refuse to pay the in-
creased per capita aSsessment “to
finance warfare on that organiza-

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Saturday, June 5, 3 p.m.. Lumber-
men’s Arch, Stanley Park, Commun-
ist Party of Canada. Spain Wroeek.
Speakers: Malcolm Bruce, Rev. R. N.
Matheson BA, Alderman Helena
Gutteridge, Rev. T. Jackson Wray.

Sunday, June 6, 8 p.m. Orange
Hall, Auspices: CLD. Speakers:
Malcolm Bruce on the provincial
elections, and Pegsy Harrison on the
Northwest Anti-Pascist Coneress
held recently in Seattle.

Sunday, June 6, 8 pm, Edison
Theatre, New Westminster. Aus-
pices: Communist Party of Ganada.

Spain Week. Speakers: Arthur
Evans and Harold Griffin.
Every third Thursday in the

month is business meeting of Domes-
tic Workers’ Union at Labor Head-
quarters, 529 Beatty Street.

Sunday, June 6, 10 a.m., O’Brien

Hall, CCE Industrial and Employ-
ment Conference.
Saturday, June 6, 7:30 pm,

Orange Hall. Banquet and dance
under the auspices YCL, to welcome
home Maurice Rush, from the Cana-
dian Youth Congress. Admission
25 cents.

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Joe Campbell, a native son of Mon-
treal, was a member of the Daily
Clarion Montreal bureau, while
Arthur Morris was secretary of ihe
miners’ union at Blairmore up to
1935.

34 Americans

Give Lives.

To date, 34 Americans, members
of the Abraham MLincoln battalion,
have been killed in Spain. The Abra-
ham Lincoln battalion bore the
brunt of the battle in the Fascist
drive to ecut the Madrid-Valencia

ighway.

“FRANCO CAN’T WIN”

“Franco can’t win,’ said Ernest
Hemingway, famed novelist and
War correspondent who returned
from Spain this week. “The de-
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