Paie Two PH O27 be Ss] ADV CCcALe Ausust 20, 1937 CHINA (Continued from page 1) CONFERENCE (Continued from page 1) { | | | amibitions to the 4he southern tip of Manchuria. Then came the , World War. Japan joined with the Allied Pow- ers because it realized that Eng- Jand’s, and later America’s, concern | would leave the, Far Hastem field free to the Tokio jn European war schemes. Japan's first World War adventure was the seizure of the | German concession in Kiaochow, Shantune province. Next Japan and Britain made a secret treaty to di- vide the German South Sea isiands among themselves. The war was a golden opportun- ity for Japanese imperialism to fur- ther its conquest in China. Then ruling in Peiping, before the advent of the Kuomintang as the jeadin= political factor of the Chinese Re public, was the Anfu clique. The Anfus were the most corrupt successors of the Manchu manda- rins, agents of Japanese imperial- ism. They virtually sold China out ¢o Japanese imperialism for the Wishihara loans, outright bribes the accurate sum of which has never peen determined. The Anfus signed the infamous 21 demands giving Japan the upper hand in China. The tremendous anti-imperialist movement in China, however, later repudiated these infamous demands. In 1922, the US called what was known as the Washington confer- ence. Strengthened by the World War, American imperialism decid- ed to call for a show-down on rela- five naval strength -in the Pacific and on the attitude of its competi- tor Japan towards China. American antagonism to Japan bad strongly influenced Japan’s withdrawal from Soviet Siberia and had helped to prevent Japan’s seizure of the Chin- ese Bastern Railway in Manchuria. Forced To Retreat Because the United States in 1922 was able to smash the Angio-Japanese alliance, Japan was forced to retreat on the issue of paval parity with Britain and the United States. Japan was compel- Jed to sign the Nine-Power Treaty ostensibly guaranteeing the integ- rity of China. Later Japan was forced to disgorge Kjachow and delay the carrying out of the 21 demands. In 1923, a huge earthquake struck Japan, causing 2 $10,000,000,000 loss, further impeding Japan’s plans of conquest. Not for a moment though did the Japanese military clique pause in its scheming for the ultimate con- quest of China. In 1925-27 the rise of the anti- imperialist movement and the ini- tial unity of the Kuomintang and Communist Parties, gave China the offensive against imperialism. The Japanese jmperialists pbided their time. In 1928, as a preliminary to ¢heicr seizure of Manchuria, they assassinated Gen. Chang Tso-lin, | their erstwhile tool in Manchuria. Then the world economic crisis ghook international capitalism in 7929. At the height of this erisis in 1931, Japan decided to unleash its most ambitious scheme for the dismemberment of China. In 1927, Baron Tanaka had writ- ten down the aims of the Japanese in his famous memorial to the En- peror. That memorial is actually 2 pblue-print of Japanese invasion in the ten years that followed. It has been observed in the minutest de- tail. It calls ultimately for war of Japan against the United States and the Soviet Union. On Sept. 18, 1931, the Japanese Tewantung army struck at Mukden, capital of Manchuria. Japanese troops overran the whole of Man- ehuria. The- Chiang Kai-shek gov- ernment did not then resist. It was busily engaged in fighting the Red Army Which was the inheritor of the great anti-mperialist struggles of 1925-1927, and representative of remained true to the forces which DENTIST DR-Dowcras @5£Y: 5577- = COR- RICHARDS & HASTINGS Tawantung lease of | ganized endeavor on tne part of all workers for their mutual benefit, | protection and alleviation of dis- | tress; | (b) To secure the enactment of legislation and regulations designed to restore reasonable economic in- dependence and decent standards of | Jiving to those workers now impoy- erished and dependent upon relief; | (c) Lo impress upon the author- | ities and general public those condi- | tions arising from prolonged unem- | ployment and inadequate relief | measures which now menace the | safety and well-being of the entire community; (a) To such measures designed to maintain wages in conformity to an inereased cost of living; (e) To act locally. for the redress of grievances and, failing local ad- justment, to act provincially or na- tionally; (f) To encourage all community or- eanizations, interested in the gen- eral welfare of the people as a whole, fo participate by affiliating to this conference. secure the enactment of | | Organization. Officers: Officers shall consist of chairman, wice-chairman, secre— tary-treasurer and chairman of the following committees: Unemploy- ment, Mining, Agriculture, Wish- eries (depending on local conditions). Officers shall be elected from the conference as a whole. Executive Committee shall consist of table officers and chairmen of standing committees and shall meet before every meeting of the. confer- ence to prepare agenda and examine pusiness coming before the confer- ence (this does not necessarily pre- vent matters from being presented from the floor). Auditors shell be elected from the conference for each audit and an audited statement shall be presented monthly. Membership shall consist of two delegates from each affiliated group. Dues to be determined locally. lection of officers: Officers shall be elected every six months. Organization: It shall be the duty of each conference to promote and assist conferences in such areas where no conferences exist. Proviso: Permitting variations to suit local conditions and also allow- ing provision for sub-councils in specific areas. the ideas of Dr. Sun. Yat-sen of Gommunist—Koumintang unity. After the bitter lesson of the Jap- anese conquest of Manchuria, the Kuomintang began to realize the necessity of accepting the Commun- ist proposals of unity. Force Unity Japan was forced to delay its plans of further conquest in 1933, after the severe resistance of the Chinese at Chapei, and in Cha- har and Jehol. In 1933, however, the secret Tangku treaty was signed. In 1936 the Japanese attempted to continue their plot to dismember Ghina. Mongol princes were bribed. Mercenary troops were concentrat- ed on the Chabar-Suiyuan border. The aim was to drive through Sui- yuan. Previously the Red Army of China had moved to the North after its historic trek of 7000 miles. The defensive forces of China in the Northwest were strengthened and inspired. The Suiyuan defenders defeat- ed the Japanese-led Mongol troops. Japan was forced to delay its plan. A crisis developed in Japan? The Japanese repudiated the semi-lasc- ist Wayashi government. Then came the Konoe Cabinet. A treaty had been made with Hlitler. Japan Jooked to the Spanish Fascist inter- vention as its opportunity to con- tinue its historic plunder of China. On July 7, 1937, the Japanese stealthily attacked at Lukouchiao to continue the long train of terri- torial robbery besun in 1879. But China had passed through a tremendous political change. A Fi he | | | | a Gaptured at Villaneuva del Pardillo during the are questioned at the Madrid war office. Many of government offensive in Spain, the captured rebels them later joined the Loyalist forces. __ UNION BRIEF (Gontinued from page 1) Jewelry Workers Negotiate tions with employers. September 15. Union Here Seeking Pact Covering Wages, Conditions Seeking a stabilized wage scale in the jewelry manufac- turing and repairing industry in national Jewelry Workers Union, Deadline for Vancouver, Local 42, Inter- here, has opened negotia- discussion is set at “The uneven wage scale which exists in the industry at the present time are working a hardship on the majority of the employees,” states William Richardson, secretary of the union, in a press release to the PA this week. “This condition prevents the in- dustry from becoming stabilized and does not permit security to either those working at the trade or employers.” The new proposed agreement would include 90 cents an hour minimum wage, five years’ appren- ticeship and two years’ “improver- ship,” a forty-four hour week, time and a half for overtime, and closed shop agreements. Thousands In BC See Spain Film $190 Collected At Vernon; $112 At Saimon Arm Dr. Norman Bethune’s great film, “eart of Spain’ is being taken to various parts of the province, prior to being returned to Toronto, by ex- ecutive members of the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy. PORT ALBERNI, BC. — Two showings had to he made in one evening to accommodate the large number of people who were anxious to see ‘The Heart of Spain” here. SALMON ARM, BC.— Between 500 and 600 people, many of whom came jong distances, crowded into the sym hall here last week to hear Dr. Nor- man Bethune and see “Phe Heart of Spain.” The sum of $112.44 was collected. VERNON, BC.—Following 2 show- ing of “The Heart of Spain’ here last week and an address by Dr. Norman Bethune, $190 was collected. mighty Red Army had grown up. The proffers of unity were falling on more responsible ears. The Kuo- | Communist Party on the Air .--: - EVERY TUESDAY 7:30 to 7 High. 3244 716 Bast Hastings Street 4068 East Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive Quality Products at Rioderate Prices te Deliver to Feast Bnd ae Grandview Jlomes eS eT hritty Housewives Shop at Hasting CjOR || S 100% UNI! mintange began to understand that | China was doomed unless it united. confronted Jap-| of aggrandiza- A united China an’s latest efforts ment. | Will the latest Japanese attempt | at slicing away China meet with the united resistance of the Chinese | people? | ai- | points in t hat Everything rection. Sawdust 3 Burners For Stoves, Restaurant Ranges, Heaters, Boilers, Furnaces, and Bake Ovens the new 8 Streamline Kitchen Unit. Fiirst class fire- brick installations, $29.00 Up LEADER BURNERS 823 Alexander Ave., Vancouver ~Phon Doug. 390 oe ~~ = TAP oe ep! see | | | to the PAP maintenance fund. | Some 800 people attended the meeting. PAP Presenting One-Act Plays | | Three one-act plays will be pre- sented by the Progressive Arts Players of Vancouver at their club- rooms, 1273 Granville street, this Saturday, August 21, §:30 pm, in a special memorial performance for “Paddy O'Neill. Progressive Arts member killed while serving in the Mackenzie-Papineau pattalion in Spain. Plays to be presented are: Hostage, by Harold Griffin, PAP chairman; Gentlemen Be Seated, directed by | Sophie Shaffer; and Blocks, directed by Harry Louis. In addition, there will be concert numbers. Admission will be 25 cents. Halt | of the proceeds will be donated to fhe Mriends of the Mackenzie- Papineau battalion. the other half) Patronize Our Advertisers . Gome to the -..- F.M.P.B. Concert & Dance | SATURDAY, AUG. 28, at S p.m. 724 Fort Street. Victoria, B.C. One-act plays will be presented by Progressive Arts Play- ers of Vancouver and Progressive ADVANCE YOUTH CLUB ORCHESTRA Auspices Friends of the Wackenzie-Papineau Battalion TICKETS: 25 cents RS < = Ee eae | Arts Club of Victoria LABOR BACKS DEMAND FOR WORKS PLAN Protests Co. Union ‘Charter To Congress Highlights at ‘the Trades and Labor Council meeting this week were: Bakery Workers’ union reported the signing of a closed shop agree- ment with the Women’s Bakery- Local 279, Retail Clerks’ requested assistance from the organ- jzational commiittee, in its campaign for membership. Powell River Sentiment against all Burns products has made local merchants reduce their orders to 20 per cent of normal. The Fire Fighters’ local donated $10 to the Burns strikers- Plumbers and Steamfitters’ union donated $10 to Domestic Workers’ union. Resolution protesting the grant- ing of a union charter to Scott's cafe was ordered sent to the Trades and Labor Congress. Request will be forwarded to the Trades and Labor Congress that it hold its 1938 convention in VWancou- ver. Single unemployed workers’ reSo- lution calling for, the establishment of public works, was endorsed. A hearing will tbe granted at the next meeting of the Trades and Ihabor Council to a representative from the Friends’ of the Mackenzie- Papineau battalion- union, ‘Hostage’ Proves Success On Tour First of the Progressive Arts’ new mobile productions to go on tour, Hostage, Harold Griffin's one- act play on the Spanish war, is meeting with favorable Presented at White Rock two weeks ago under auspices of the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau battalion, it is scheduled for presentation at Victoria, also under FMPSB auspices, on Saturday, August 28, and in Surrey at a date not yet announced. Performances are also being ranged at other points on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. make her first Scheduled to public appearance in Vancouver under the auspices of the Wom- en’s Delegation Committee, Wirs. Elizabeth Kerr, recently returned from the Soviet Union, will speak at the Moose Hall, 638 Burrard Street, Sunday. August 22, 5 pm- Admission is iree. A keen observer, Mrs. Kerr can be counted on to depict 2 clear picture of the Seviet scene. For the past ten days she has been on Wancouver Island giving lee- tures on invitation of Colin Cam- eron, MiLA-elect, and at the CGE summer school Cumberland Gives $25 To PA Fund response. | | ar-| Creek | made at this meeting. | | | union here when the Royal City cafe reinstate a} | UMWA Says PA Vital Factor In Trade Unionism From Cumberland local, United Mine Workers of America, the People’s Advocate this week re- ceived a donation of $25 to the maintenance fund. In 2 covering letter, James Rob- ertson, secretary-treasure, states: “We sincerely hope that other trade unions throughout SBritish Columbia and other provinces will come to the aid of your progressive agreement submitted to the com- panies. The demands for union recogni- tion and the wage increases referred to above have already been present ed to the officials of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Limited, and the Western Fuel Corporation of Canada, Limited, by representatives of Nanaimo and Gumberiand local unions acting in conjunction with the officials of District 18, United Mine Workers of America. The demands of the Union for recognition have been granted by the companies on condition that the union agrees to take over the existing contract at Cumberland and the rates as posted by the Western Fuel Corporation of Canada, Limited, at the mines at nanaimo in January, 1923. This position was later confirmed by the companies in their statement in reply te the application for establishment of a board of con- ciliation and investigation, dated at Cumberland, BG, July 21, 137, copy of wh9ich is attached hereto. “No Wages In Dispute. We feel, therefore, that the ques- tion of union recognition is no! longer a matter in dispute as it is very evident to us that the respons— ible officers of the Canadian Col- lieries (Munsmuir), Limited, recog- nize the inalienable right of their employees to become members of the union of their choice, and in this connection we wish to com- mend Lieut.-Col. Charles W. Vil- liers, managing director of the aforementioned companies, and his associates in adopting an attitude that is in keeping with progressive-— minded industrialists in all demo- cratic countries and we are satis- fied that had those who were charged with the responsibility of the mine management in the earlier stages of coal production on Van- couver Island, extended the same rights to their employees and shown the same industrial states- Imanship, many of the difficulties encountered and the hardships en- dured by our people would have peen wisely eliminated. The Canadian Collieries (Duns- muir), Limited, take the position that the agreement entered into on the 2ist day of November, 1934, and paper. We feel, and this was stressed at our meeting last night, that the circulation of the People’s Advocate must be kept up because of the vital part it plays in the trade union movement. “The meeting also elected myself as official correspondent of the PAP and the Clarion.” According to Phil Gibbens, circula- tion manager, the PA drive for 2,000 new subseribers, after climbing rapidly to top the 700 mark during: the past three or four weeks, has slowed down. ° “Of course, the 700 odd new sub- seribers we have gained in the past few weeks by no means represent our total fain in circulation,” he stated this week. ‘“‘Bundle orders have been doubled in many in- stances. But we ask all our readers to aid us in putting this drive over the top. Cireulation is the life-blood of a progressive newspaper.” extended on the 7th of February, 1936, terminating October $1, 1938, unless othergise terminated as pro- vided for in the terms of the said agreement, copy of which is at- tached hereto, and marked “Ex- hibit No. 3,” is still operative and binding on both parties until Octo- ber, 1938. The union, on the other hand, contend that when the employees exercised their right and served notice on the company that they desired to modify the contract; hav- ing done so and failed to secure the necessary modification they de- sired, that the agreement is null and void. - The need for higher rates of pay than those specified in the agree- ment at Cumberland and those posted at the mines at N@&=aimo, has apparently been recognized by the companies, themselves, as being too low and have, there- Five subscriptions were received from Revelstoke this week and an- other five from Allison MHarbor, while Gowichan has ordered two new bundles totaling 35 copies. Advocate False Creek Program Sponsored by the Broadway East branch of the Communist party, 2 meetine to demand a clean-up of disease-ridden False Creek areas, has been called for Friday, August 28. 8 pm, IOOF Hall, Sixth and Main, to which a number of com- munity organizations in the Mount leasant district have been inyited. Speakers will be: Alderman A. Hurry, J. Jopson of the Vancouver Youth Council and R. Lealess who will present a practicable health and works program calling for a rat-extermination campaign, clear- ing and cultivating of yacant lots, draining of stagnant pools, clearings of garbage dumps and the pbuilding of a reereational park on False flats. Suggestions for the financing of this program will be Taxpayers Rap Burnaby Policy balance. erowded out the At a protest | Tuesday, held by Vancouver Heigh Ratepayers’ Association in Hursts hall, resolutions - were privilege of working out rears tax delegation will eraser. see Cafe Capitulates As Strike Looms | | | Burnaby taxpayers are “clin | against demands for a cash payment of anything up to $50 on tax arears before sranting of contracts to work meeting | Ss passed con- demuing this policy which is tanta- mount to chargsing taxpayers for the ar- | Protest meetings are beings called | & throughout the municipality and a | Commissioner | | Trade Unionists: fore, paid in some instances, above the scale which they had by con- tract guaranteed to pay- Agreement Inadequate. The mine workers do not have to plead the inadequacy of the entire structure of such an agreement as the companies themselves have fully demonstrated such to be a fact. We were of the opinion that it would not have been necessary to apply for a board under the Indus- trial Disputes Investigation Act to settle this question, as the just de- mands of the mine workers are so rreasonable and in keeping with the almost universal increases In wages which have taken place throughout the North American continent, most sufficient to enable them to live in conformity with the Ganadian stan- dard of living that is recognized by the government and people of this dominion. The companies’ proposal to make an agreement on the Same basis as rates now being paid, is tatamount to a reduction in wages when one considers the increased cost of liv- ing since that agreement was made operative in the year 1934. This wall be substantiated by evidence sub- mitted during the hearing. There is, in all probability, not a single intelligent observer of current events who does not expect a fairly long continued upward movenient in prices. We, therefore, submit, in asking for an agreement based on the demands contained herein, that our demands are just and rea- sonable and in keeping with present day conditions. During the conferences held with the representatives of the coal com- panies we were reminded of the an- nual earnings of some of the em- ployees and that the increased cost of living should be compared with the annual earnings and not with the rates of pay. Translated into other terms, this eontention on their part means that when the opportunity for em- ployment is restricted, that the +‘orkman should suffer, but if the field for employment expands, the worker should be content because he has been given an opportunity to work—he should not seek to im- prove his condition by having his wage rates advanced. He should be thankful, the operators intimate, that he can work longer, even by working overtime and on Sundays, so that he may be able to subsist qn the face of constantly advancing level of prices. Want Living Wage. The desire of the mine workers is for a living wage but they do not accept a living wage the modest sum which scientists set forth es the minimum amount necessary for bare subsistence. They were, aud are still, somewhat afraid that ar- bitration decision based on 2 low seale of living might become stum- bling blocks in the way of future progress. For the workers, even the lowest of them, do not want to look forward to living on a per- manent level of more subsistence as determined by scientific analy— Sis of human needs. Their aspira— tions are for something higher, for an ever-increasing participation in the ever-increasing productivity of industry. The United Mine Workers of America recognize the necessity for the maintenance of industrial peace and uninterrupted production in the coal mines on Vancouver Island, hence the reason for our application to the department of labor for the establishment of this honorable board and we are keenly conscious of the far-reaching results which would obtain from a stoppage of work that would, undoubtedly, cause some distress to the public and be attended by serious and wide-spread dislocations in other industries. It is jn this spirit that we approach the hearings of this board of concilia- tion and investigation and welcome its appointment, having complete faith in the justice of our case and believe that an impartial analysis of the facts will vindicate our con- tentions. We wish, without reserve, to assist your honorable board in every way within our power, in ar riving at the true facts, believing the board will mete out to the mem-— pers of the United Mine Workers of America that full measure of jus- tice to which they are so justly entitled. Respectiully submitted on behalf of District 18, United Mine Workers of America, by its policy commit- tee. Gol. Villiers declined to present the operators’ statement on the ground that it would be injurious to their trade and commerce to have the contents made public, fil- ing the documents with the board employers apparently realizing the necessity for wage increases due to the increased cost of living and the necessity for wage-earners to earn 100% UNION HOUSE “ARLETON CAFE WHERE QUALITY AND SERVICE IS SUPREME under oath instead. Succeeding meetings of the board have been held in camera. Try Our Special AT Private Dining Reom JUMBO MODERATE for Banquets, WILK SHAKES PRICES Parties, Etc. 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