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VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937

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VOL. III. No. 26

HUNDREDS OF C.N.R. E

PLOYEES

Restaur

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Hotel, Cafe’

Both Sign
With Union
Gity lathe Held Fins

For Increased Pay
Rates

END PIECE WORK

Chalking up another im-
portant victory, the Hotel
Restaurant Employees union
this week won recognition
from the Georgia hotel man-
agement after a week’s strike
in which Bartenders’ and Mu-
sicians’ unions were also in-
volved.

The agreement calls for five cents
an hour increase for waitresses; 50
cents an hour bonus for each ban-
quet over and above the steady
Wage of 28 cents an hour; improved
working conditions for bus boys, in-
cluding a stipulation they will not
be required to do any janitor work.

At the Trades and Labor Council
Tuesday, Biil Stewart, business

"agent, thanked Bartenders’ and Vu

Sicians’ unions for their aid. Mu-
Sicians refused to go through the
picket line to perform at a banquet
the day the strike was called.

Stewart stated that union offici-
als made every effort to negotiate
with the hotel management before
callnig the strike.

Paris Cafe

Signs Pact

An agreement with jocal 28, Hote]
and Restaurant Employees union,
Was signed this week by the Paris
Cafe management after union em-
ployees had threatened to picket.

The pretext used by the man-
agement was that used by Scott’s

Cafe that a previous agreement had.

been signed with a “Canadian union”
organized by a man named Walker.
The proprietor of the Paris Cafe.
however, changed his mind when
faced with strike action.

Validity of the “Canadian union”
has been challenged by the Trades
and Labor council.

City Lathers
On Sirike

All Jathers in the city have been
on strike for the past week to en-
force a demand for 75 cents an hour
and abolition of all piece work.

Well attended meetings at O’Brien
hall show that men are solidly be-
hind the strike.

Controlling 60 per cent of the
work in Vancouver, it is said,
master lather I. A. Davis is the
main obstacle to a settlement. So
far he has refused to co-operate in
trade questions with other employ-
ers to whem he sub-lets contracts.

Evidence has been submitted by
workers to show that Davis is en-
deavoring to obtain lathers from
eCutside the city.

The Lathers Association here has
no affiliation here at present al-
thcugh locals of the craft at one
time belonged to the AF ofl and

ACC of L.
Withdraws From

Federation

Withdrawal of the National Har-
bor Board from membership in the
British Columbia Shipping Feder-
ation, which became effective Thurs-
day, July i, climaxes a long drawn-
out fight of the Vancouver and Dis-
trict Waterfront Workers’ Associa-
tion to break the Wederation’s
strangle hold on the port of Vancou-
ver and waterfront employment.

What the future policy will be in
regard to employment on these
docks will not be known until the
Ottawa Board has reached a decis-
ion.

Bethune Here
Next Month

Noted Canadian Surgeon
Te Lecture On
Spain

Dr. Norman BGethune. Canada’s
ace surgeon in the Spanish Repub-
lican forces, will be in Vancouver
August i, en route to California. He
will return to Vancouver August 14
and will give a series of lectures in
BC which will be illustrated by his
famous sound film depicting
his blood transfusion work and ac-
tual battle scenes of the Spanish

front.

“Nickel Mines’ concentrates are now

Lord Marley To

anti-Fascist and deputy-speaker of
the House of Lords, will arrive in
Vancouver July 11, in the course of
a tour under the auspices of world-
wide Jewish organizations.

ranged by the B’nai Brith Lodge
will be given in his honor on July
11, when he will speak on the prog-
ress of his work.

ant Workers Win Two Agreements

ARE

Belgian Premier

~ Roosevelt Greets

Paul van Zeeland, prime minister of Belgium, is welcomed by

President Roosevelt
Series of talks on

on his arriyal at the White House for a
trade co-operation and world peace.

Japanese Buy Mine, Timber -

BC Resources Exploited

For Japan’s War Machine

8.—British Columbia’s natura] re-
sources are to be exploited by Japanese capital to supply
the needs of Nippon’s imperialist war machine.

VICTORIA, BC, July

Announcements: made by
Japanese capitalists” this wee
the Iron Duke property on Louise
island in the Queen Gharlottes, ore?
reserves of which are estimated at
anything up to 10,000,000 tons, con-
stituting one of the richest deposits
in the province. The ore is esti-
mated to average between 65 and
70 per cent magnetite.

Japanese interests have already
contracted for three years’ produc-
tion of Granby Mining and Smelt-
ing company, which recently re-
sumed operations at Allenby, and
negotiations for purchase of BC

proceeding. :

A short while ago Japanese in-
terests purchased $1,000,000 worth
of timber on Vancouver Island and
in the Queen Charlottes.

BC Mines Pay
Big Dividends
But Winexc Have To fe

On Strike for Higer
Wages

VICTORIA, BC, July 8.—A total
of $124,277,897 has been paid in divi-
dends by British Columbia mines in
recent years, the annual report of
the department of mines here re-
veals.

Silver-lead-zine mines have
most productive in dividends, ac-
cording to the report, paying $70,-
861,364, as compared with copper
mines $15,797,718 and gold mines

been

$27,618,815 during the last forty
years.
In all, $1,479,344,609 has been

wrested from the mineral areas of

BC since the white man’s advent.

Miners who produce this wealth,
however, have to go on strike and
fight bitterly to gain even a smail

share of it.

Visit Vancouver

Lord Marley, leading JSBritish

A dinner and public reception ar-

“representatives of powerful
k confirmed the purchase of

Fishermen
On Strike
At Namu

Strikes Loom
In BC Waters
On Fish Prices

NAMU, BC, July 8. — In what
promises to be the beginning of a
series of strikes, 150 Namu fisher-
men pulled in their tackle this week
to demand 8% cents a pound for
sockeye.

Low prices offered by the canner-
ies and the average weight of the
Sockeye being less than usual,
Caused dissatisfaction and a dele-
gation of fishermen to the Provin-
cial and Beaver canneries demand—

ed the new price.

Strike vote is being taken at
Rivers Inlet and preparations are
being made for a sale of fish by the
union to supply food for strikers
When needed.

“This unrest is traced directly to
stubborn refusal of the big canners
to negotiate with the fishermen’s
joint committee representing 2,000
men,” stated J. Gavin, union or-
anizer,

Barbers Here
Win Increase

Working barbers haye won wage
increases rangin= form $2 to $6
under the new scale, it was announce-
éd at the Trades and Labor council
Tuesday.

No House
Leader For
CCF Group

Will Not Appoint Leader
Till After First

Session
H. E. WINCH NAMED

No house leader for the CGF
legislative group of Seven at
Victoria will be named until
after the first session.

This decision was reached
at the CCF provincial conven-
tion here last week-end only
after the matter had been
thrice referred to the legis-
lative group for recommenda-
tion.

When the first recommendation
of the group was brought in Sun-
day evening, that the best interests
of the group and of the movement
would be served by not designatine
a chairman, George Weaver immedi-
ately moved coneurrence.

Dr, Lyle Telford rose to oppose
the recommendation, Stating that
he was the only one of the Sroup
not in favor of it. He asserted that
such an arrangement would lead to
difficulties.

His views were not shared by
HB. E. Winch who declared that
Past experience had shown the
folly of giving any one individual
undue prominesice.. He “yas sup-
ported by Dorothy Steeves whose
plea for centralization of power in
the hands of the executive was in-
terrupted by Matthew Glenday’s
cry of, “Dini Buck told her that.”’

Finally, upon Chairman Arthur
Turner ‘ruline the recommendation
out of order, Joe Round moved that
the conyention elect the house’
leader. An amendment offered by
Trevor Dayis that the matter be re-
ferred back to the legislative group
Was accepted and carried.

H. Winch Named

In an electric atmosphere Monday
the group brought in its second
recommendation naming Harold
Winch house leader.

The recommendation was quickly
moved and seconded. Matthew Glen-
day requested that the motion he
read again. Secretary Herbert Gar-
Stave complied, whereupon Glenday
moved non-concurrence.

“You ought to know better,’” com-
mented Chairman W. W. Lefeaux.

The question being called with-
out discussion, the reconimenda-
tion was carried 75 to 26.

Joe Round rose to deplore the fact
that there had been no debate and
Was reminded by ILefeaux that op-
portunity for debate had been given.

“I'm going to refuse to re-open
the question,” he stated. “Of course,
if you want to challenge my rul-
ing: . ane

Round challenged the ruling
Lefeaux was upheld 62 to 41.

Immediately Dr. Telford, who had
been sitting near the press table, got
up and walked out of the hall.

Later is became known that a
sroup of delesates dissatisfied with
the recommendation would attempt
to reopen the matter from the floor
of the convention and the legislative
sroup conferred again to revert to
their former recommendation that
no house leader be appointed, with
the modification that a recommenda-
tion would be offered to the 1938
convention after the first session.

Glenday and Gargrave, both of
whom had preyicusly fought against
the recommendation, reversed their
Stand and advocated adoption and a
motion embodying the group's deci-
sion Was finally carried.

and

DONATION TO PA-

The Ladysmith, BC, branch of the
Women’s Labor Leasue this week
Sent 4 $1 donation to the PA main-
tenance fund. :

Two Parties May
Unite In Spain

Enthusiastic Meetings Held In Madrid Over Week:-
End To Discuss Possible Merger Of -

Socialist, Communist Parties

By TED ALLAN
MADRID, Spain, J uly 8.—While Loyalist armies intensi-
on all fronts, Madrid last week-end was the
scene of a series of historic meetings of the Spanish working
five of the city’s largest theatres
enthusiastic meetings addressed by Communist and Socialist

leaders were held, speeches being broadcast all over Spain.
i It is caleulated that some 60,000

fied offensives

class. Simultaneously in

New Premier

Sooner

At the head of the new cabinet
of the French People's Front gov-
ernment is Radical-Socialist Ca-
mille Chautemps.

Position Of
Federationist
Disappointing

Colin Cameron
Deplores Tone
Of CCF Weekly

That the position of The Federa-
tionist, official organ of the CCE in
British Columbia, is “disappointins”’
was revealed at the CCE proyncial
convention Sunday when the report
Was presented.

A reasoned appeal for Serious cen-
Sideration of controversial articles,
such as those which had character-
ized The Wederationist of recent
months was made by Colin Cameron,
who thought that opinions of minor-
ities should be respected.

He referred to recent articles by
Ansus MacInnis, which had con-
tained cheap jeers and jibes against
the Soviet Union. Certainly such at-
tacks as these were not calculated to
appeal to people who looked to The
Federationist for what they had a
right to expect—attacks on the real
enemies of the people and not on the
Soviet Union.

Harold Winch declared that the
paper wes in “a parlous financial
position.” Gargraye endorsed this
Statement, ‘but later modified it.

In general discussion it was shown
that, despite the CCF’s 100,000 sym-
pathizers, The Mederationist had less
than 6000 circulation.

Complained Evelyn Grey: “So
many subscribe to the People’s Ad-
vocate and not to The Pederation-
ist.”

Actions of Don Smith, editor, and
J. ©. Cloutier, business manager,

ndians |

as

forward to take the bait.
use of the services of the

tent, and gone sadly on his way.

Thus the Indians have won the first round in a
strike staged to win them a greater measure of free-

dom from the tytannical restrictions

posed on them by government agents in this district.
The Indians wefe not conquered; they ceded their

n North-

tween equals.

due them under

West Territories Win Firs
Round Of Strike Against The Gover

FORT RESOLUTION, NWT, July 8—The Treaty
Tent was pitched the treaty gifts beguilingly placed
on display. a five-dcllar bill was ready for all comers
—hbut no Indian of the Great Slave Lake district came
So, after vainly making
REMP, Dr. J. E. Amyot,
Indian agent, has packed up his dignity, struck his

land to the government on the basis
But more and more. the Indians elaim,
the government has encroached on them and has
been treating them as paupers who must do as they
are told. In defense of their liberties the Indians
Struck, announcing they would not accept what was
the treaty until another representa-

were upheld by the convention.

ste

of a treaty be-

tive of the government came to examine into their

grievances. Dr.

increasingly im-

Amyot thought his
Prove too much for them. The Indians stood solid
and proved otherwise.

No charge has been made as yet that the Indians
are foreign agitators.

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FIRED

Full Crews
Needed For
Road-Beds

Discrimination Charged
Over Interior
Layoffs

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DANGER TO TRAINS

Summary dismissal] of hun-
dreds of CNR employees, last
Wednesday, came as “a bolt
from the blue” to shopmen,
maintenance men and others;
over 150 in British Columbia
being: affected by a sweeping
decision, made, almost over.

took part in these historic meetings

, between the Communist and Social-

ist parties. Their objective was
discussion’ of formin=® one unified
Party of the proletariat — meaning
the fusion of the two largest work-
ing-class parties.

Declarations of
Sreeted with wild enthusiasm by
Workers, peasants and soldiers on
leave from the front.

Mundo Obrero, Communist Party
organ, devoted a leading article to
the event which it deseribes as an
“act of historic importance’ and
adding “if words of the vyarious
speakers should not suffice to con-
Vinee us of the necessity of unity
of the two parties, the enthusiasm
of thousands ‘of workers, peasants
and soldiers present and the ap-
pPlause which was received by the
speakers prove the unanimous desire
that the union should be affected.”

The meetines actually culminated
the long campaign for unity. Ma-

Speakers were

_drid, always the forerunner of the

example of umity to the rest of
Spain, once again proved itS posi-
tion by takine the lead.

Phe first speaker, Santiago “Car-
rillo, general Secretary of the United
Socialist Youth inviting the people
to follow the example of the youth,
said, ‘In our organization all voted
for a unified party. Let us get to
work at once to make this a reality,’’

Great Progress to Unity.

Luis Girola, representin= the
Communist Party in the absence
of Jose Diaz due to illness, said the
plenum of the central committee of
his party had pointed out the great
progress achieved toward unity at
the front, in the factories and the
fields. -

“We are working together and
fighting together. Joint committees
have been formed everywhere,’’ he
said. He referred to Alvarez del
Wayo's contribution to the progress
of unity, praisinge him for statements
uring the unification of both parties.

The last speaker. Ramon Lam-
oneda, secretary of the Socialist
Party, said all Socialists desired a
unified party. He referred to the
meeting of the two Intermationals
(the Communist and Socialist and
Labor International) saying, “this
is the first battle won for unity.”’

Significant were his final remarks
to the audience: ‘The Soldiers of
Spain could not die in the trenches
Singing an Internationale which did
not reflect their ideals.”

The majority of Madrid papers
are giving much space to the meet-
ings. All are expressing a view
Which will speed the process of uni-
fication of both Parties.

Kleber Commands

Huesca Offensive

VALENCIA, Spain, July §.—Ap-
pointed to command Republican
forces on the Huesca front last week
was General Emil Kleber, comman-
der of the International Brigade dur-
ing the Critical days of the siege of
Madrid last fall.

Opening of the new Republican
offensive on the Huesca front was
sigmalized by one of the freatest air
battles of the civil war. More than
a hundred planes of Republican and
Fascists air fleets were in the

lican airmen, once again demonstrat-
ing their superiority over planes of
italian and German manufacture
used by the Fascists.

Labor Supports
Johnson Appeal

Vancouver Trades and Labor
council Tuesday decided to support
the appeal of the Lumber and Saw-
mill Workers union against the re-
cent court decision imposing a fine
on Arne Johnson, union organizer,
who insisted upon entering a camp
on lawful union business.

Council delegates were> told
by A; Fordyce that after ‘a long,
hard fight” with those responsible
for advancing the ideg of substi-

night, by the directors.

As reported in the Trades and
Labor council, Tuesday, by a dele-
gate from the Railway Carmen’s
Union, 47 shopmen representing:
Various crafts were laid otf.

rom each section between
Prince George and Red Pass on the
CNR, a laborer has been laid off,
totalling -73 men.

Reports received by the PA from
Smithers, BG, State that now, more
than ever before, is the need for
full section crews to repair the road
bed which is in a dilapidated con-
dition.

Complaints from passengers tray-
elling on rough-riding trains pe—
cause o fthis condition is further
evidence for intensive repair work
and recent derailments threaten
serious accidents, state reports from
this district.

Ruthlessness in dismissals is
shown in the case of 4 Chinese sec-
tion hand at New Hazelton, BG,
who has worked 18 years for the
CNR.

Advised, some years ego, by rail-

Joe Ting has been a Member of the
Maintenance of Way union for 4

Pite seniority, because he is about

to qualify for the pension,
Officials of the CNR State that

the layoffs are necessary because

forseen by experts.

Agitation for the six-hour day for
all employees of Canadian railroads
will be intensified in all union locals,
it is understood.

Work Test Is
Hit By Hurry

Aldermen Resent Aiti-

tude of Pettipiece
To Jobless

Resentment Was expressed this
week by aldermen Sitting on the so-
Cial services committee at the se-
crecy maintained by Chairman Pp.
Pettipiece regarding the new provin-
cial proposals for Sivine work to the
unemployed and a demand was made
that present methods used in dealing
With jobless be discontinued.

Interviewed by a delegation from
the Workers’ Alliance, Pettipiece
Stated that he was reasonably sure
that the new plan would do away
with the work test, whereupon Ald.
A. Hurry moved that the work test
be immediately done away with, but
without success. Alderman Petti-
piece voted for its continuance.

air, }
the Russian planes flown by Repub- |

tuting concrete for the granite spe-
cified for pier facings on the First
Narrows bridge approximately
$130,000 would be expended for
Sranite work,

Consideration of the Proposal that
unemployed should be taken off re-
lief rolls and employed for a mini-
mum of 11 days per month at union
rates of pay, was promised by Pet-
tipiece, who insisted, however, that
he be allowed to work out full de-
tails of his plan before any changes
were made.

A minimum earning of $38 a
month is obtainable under this pro-
posal.

The vote conducted by the Work-
€rs’ Alliance as to the desirability of
continuing the work test of five days
a month for bare relief, resulted in
96 per cent of the unemployed being
against the test.

Trade unionists showed their dis-
sust at the stand taken by Alder-
man P. Pettipiece in fo cing men to
work for miserable relief allowances,
in a debate on this question at
Beatty street labor headquarters Jast
Tuesday, and although a strong cen-
sure proposed by some delesates was
voted down, the executive of the
Trades and Labor Council was in-
Structed by the council to investi-
gate the matter.

Union Signs Up
Richmond Milk

Richmond Milk Producers Assoc-
has signed an asTement with the
Milk Drivers’ Union, Birt Showler,
business agent reports.

road officials to change his name, _

long time.
Local railroaders believe that ~
Ting was laid off with others des-

of crop failure on the prairie, -

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