PE OC 2h EB - S ADVOCATE September 3, 1937 Fisheries Dept. Relaxes Rules In Fishing Area WEEK’S FISHING LOST Purse seine fishermen who lost a week’s fishing awaiting a federal] ruling on fishing in a restricted area, have had their request granted and will soon be workine feverishly to make up for time they could ill afford to jose, George Miller, agent for Salmon Purse Seiners’ Union here, an- nounced this week. Enlarging on the dispute, Miller stated that three protest meetings were held in Wancouyer last week after hundreds of purse seiners had tied up their boats, claiming that it was not worth while fishing if pres- ent regulations were maintained in Area 17 of the Gulf of Georgia to them. Area 17, prior to this year, was of sufficient size to permit success- ful seine fishing off the mouth of the Fraser River, declared Miller, but through the campaign of Tom Reid. MP, who was successful in having the boundaries of Area 17 shifted away 42 considerable distance from the mouth of the Praser, only 4 narrow strip two miles wide was Jeft for legal seinins. Reid’s action was based, Miller stated, partly on the ground of fish conservation and partly on the eround that gillnet fishermen of the river claimed they were being de- prived of 2 livelihood. Imposed Difficulties. Peseribine the difficulties that purse seiners were UD against, Miller. who is a practical fisherman, said that a seine boat making 2 “set’? in the prescribed narrow strip must close the seine and get it en- firely aboard within the area boun- daries; otherwise fishermen are sub- ject to severe penalties imposed by fhe department of fisheries which, on July 29, stated: “7J~ is the intention to treat as fishing illegally, any seine which is found in the water outside the boun- daries of Area 17, even though it may be pursed and not actually catching fish.” Miller continued in his description, saying that a very strong tide runs in this locality, making seine fish- ing impossible as the drift of the boat and net is so swift that it is impossible to get the entire seine aboard before crossing the boundary. although the seine can he closed within the area. “So in order that the fisherman may add to their earmings without ¢he red tape of ridiculous govertn- ment regulations which make fish- ane impossible in an otherwise legal Fishing area, the department of fish- eries was requested to give the legal right when fishing in the narrow strip to drift across Avyea 17 boun- daries with seine in the water. This } payment in j— SS —— i EE ee BE s- | 4 eS i! i Scene From ‘A Greater Promise ee ee ee a ea | | | | Romance blessoms between Rosa (L. 4- Schmidt) and Kornei (S. K- Yarov) in “A Greater Promise,” production of the Leningrad studios, which will be shown at the Royal theatre here, beginning September 8- : Burnaby Ratepayers Protest Ruling | Traser at Edmonds to 4 ratepayers’ | | delegation Jast Monday, which pro- | tested the new ruling that a cash payment on all taxes must be made before permission will be given to work off the remainder. The commissioner finally admitted the impossibility of making the cash many cases and stated it would be waived in special cases of hardship. Wot to be sidetracked, the delega- tion pointed out that a relief recipi- ant could not be expected to pay any cash when he was strugeling to sive his family the hare necessities of life. Reporting the discussions 10 24 capacity meeting at Culley’s hall, | the delegation, urged ratepayers to | put up stubborn resistance to any North Burnaby, the same day, E. EX. Wineh, M.L.A., who had been on encroachments on their rights. Grant McNeil, MP, was also present. Ratepayers were urged to bring up their grievances to the nearest ratepayers’ association and to at- tend all future meetings. i New Soviet Fraser States It May Be Waived In Special Cases) a BURNABY, BG Sept 2-— No] may mean yes” was the oft repeated | remarlt made by Commissioner | Picture Here ‘A Greater Promise” To Be Shown at City Theatre “A Greater Promise,’ the new request has now been granied, Miller concluded. SBEK ACT REPEAL NEW YORK. — (@P) — President | Roosevelt has ben requested by the Worth American Committee to Aid | Spanish Democracy to eall a special session of Congress to repeal the 1937 ueutrality act “as jJegislation which has Served in aiding the ag- eressor nations, Germany and Italy, in their campaigns of terrorisni against the lives and liberties of the democratic Spanish people. Rea | warm, humorous, absorbing story | food; Dr. | — « Sedgewl SUN a hae regular contributions of this scholar and man of the world are among the features that readers of the Vancouver Sun find interesting and en- lightening. Of the widest social and political sympathies, Dr. Sedgewick speaks his mind freely in the Sun, drily but forcefully interpreting the world and its ways. : @ VANCOU SE = VER .. Phone Trinity 4111 for Delivery Subscribe to the Sun - Soviet film which comes to Lae Royal Theatre for its Vancouver premiere September 8 to 11, is a about an immigrant Jewish family | which comes to Birobidjan from a foreign country to begin life anew. In Birobidjan, the Jewish Au- tonomous ‘Territory, the family joins a collective farm and pro- | ceeds to make the fertile land yield | the forests, homes, and the waters, fish. All enter joyously in the tasks of the collective and find happiness in their new security, freedom and opportunities. All ex cept Pinya Kopman, played with yich humor and great dramatic ef- fect by V. bL. Zuskin, Honorary Artist of the USSR, who cannot co- operats with anyone. Pinya is in- tent on finding gold and when he does find it, will not share it with the collective. He fells Leva, who seeks to prevent him from conceal- ing the gold and flees, but is cap- tured. Around this main outline is woven the story of the other members of the family, their achievements and disappointments. The rich, new life and family encounters 1s dramatic- ally depicted. The final scene is a wedding between Rosa, daughter of old Dvoira, the grandmother of the family, and Kornei, 4 Russian, in- dicating the breaking down of old barriers. = DENTIST LLEWELLYN R es D*A-Doucras @SEY- 5577 - CORs RICHARDS & HASTINGS HASTINGS BAKERY High. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 4068 Bast Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive Quality Products at Mioderaite Prices eo We Deliver to East End and Grandview Homes | e | “Thrifty Housewives Shop at Hastings Bakery!’’ 100% UNIO IZED IMPERIALS — - — (Continued from page 1) must produce by blue-print evyi- dence satisfactory to officials. Class Distinction When H. Owens, British minister, department of pensions, was asked to tour the Dominion and see for | Cafe Workers Establish New Quarters | | | »f Scott’s himself the plight of his own coun- trymen, he replied that his move- ments were Strictly limited by his government, Stated Mr. Ellison. The Imperials’ national secretary is convinced that the Canadian Le- gion is a stumbling-block to aspira= tions of the Imperials and that yn the nine years of domination by the Legion, little has been done. We also protests the class dis- tinction shown when ex-army of ficers always receive quick and preferential treatment from the British government. On the basis that Canada had wel- comed now ageing veterans who had been paying taxes for years, Mr. El- lison stated that the recent conven-)| tion went on record aS fayoring a) 50 per cent contribution to any aid | given to Imperial yeterans by the Canadian government. One thing Imperial veterans are determined to get, said Ellison, and that is proper advocates to plead the cases for pension applicants. In Britain when advocates were gov- ernment officials, only 12 per cent Won appeals. In 1922 when govern- ment control was abolished and sol- dier advocates were appointed, suc- cessful appeals rose to 68 per cent. Proud of the fighting spirit of his organization which repudiated outrageous statements of Hon. G. KE. Powers who attacked veterans recently as “jingoes,” Ellison, who gives his services freely, described the march of the veterans at Brant- ford as taking 4% hours to pass; stated that the movement now has 35,000 members and growing rapidly. “Tf we can’t get a Royal Commis- sion from the old country to look into our grievances, then the vets will Send a commission over there is and won't their faces be red?” de- clared Ellison, referring to recent arrests of unemployed veterans. Ellison also stated that he would have advocated the plan of putting hundreds of veterans at street cor- ners soliciting, had he been in town at the time. Pickets Halt City Eviction Jobless Leader Aided By Labor League, Work- ers’ Alhance Members of the Women’s Labor League and the local Workers’ Al- liance rallying this week to the aid of W. Woodhead, well known unem- ployed leader, who refuses to vacate his home on order until he can find a suitable house for his family, prevented operations of a wrecking erew sent to demolish the building. Location of the house which is in a dilapidated condition 2335 Cambie, the landlord having turned the house over to the wreckers after sivinge Woodhead 30 days notice. Presence of the pickets inside the house halted the landlord who, how- ever, threatened to return on the following Monday morning, demand- ing that the Woodhead family va- by them. is cate Tn a statement to the PA, Wood-| head explained that he was having | ereat difficulty in obtaining 42) house, landlords refusing to consider | the rent allowance of city relief, “Tf IT can get plenty of support I will stay in my home until IT can set located elsewhere,” Woodhead declared. Sawdust Burners For Stoves, Restaurant Ranges, Heaters, Boilers, Furnaces, and Bake Ovens the new 8&4 Kitchen Unit. Furst class See fire- LEADER BURNERS $23 Alexander Ave. Vancouver Phone: Doug. 390 cS eae 38 Streamline | brick installations, $29.@0 Up | i — Are 28 by. of business refusing union agree- ment calling for payment of decent wages, the union owes much of its rapid proZress. Latest gains were the Hotel Georgia, cents an hour for extra bus boys has been definitely established, $1.10 a week above the previous scale. registered at Because of the good union work | done by them recently, three mem- bers of Local 28 were elected to office at the last business meeting of the union. Erna Whitman, prominent in the strike at Seott’s Cafe, was elected vice-president and delegate to the Trades and Labor Council; while Anne Colebrook and Lou Red- man were elected to posts on the social committee. The new headquarters, 700 Duns- muir street, is fast becoming a cen- ' tre of entertainment for union mem- bers and supporters, through the efforts of the social Committee, which on Sunday evening, August 22, staged a successful social there. Loeal 28 has decided to assist the Loyalist government of Spain and the Canadian Mackenzie-Papineau battalion. Gifts of cigarettes, razors, socks, soap and other necessities are being solicited by an elected com- mittee of four. Union members who are fast awakening to a realization of the threat Fascism constitutes to the international trade union move- ment, are responding with enthus- jasm to the campaign. Vet Protests Relief Action Is Asked Why He Sells Only Progressive Papers Brow-beatinge by relief officials, of a lame, half-blind naval yeteran who sells the PA at the corner of Wastinegs and Carrall streets is be- | ing investigated by the PA and local veterans. Forced by cicumstances to apply for relief at the disabled single men’s section, this veteran whose number in the Royal Navy is 5871 was asked why he only sold working class papers and was ordered to get a statement from the PA as to what money he had earned by sales of the paper before he would be given re- lief. Contacting Alderman Hurry, the PA learned that relief officials are not authorized to act in this ar- bitrary manner. Relief Officer Bone has repeatedly made statements tu the effect that he would not permit discourtesy to relief recipients or those applying for relief and on previous occasions) had demanded the name of employees who had in- sulted applicants. Alderman Hurry promised to look into the case im mediately. Ask Improvement For W. Vancouver WEST VANCOUVER, BGC. Sept. 2. Need for a sidewalk on Inglewood avenue here is being taken up by the Communist party locally which will-shortly initiate a petition cam- paign among residents requesting the municipality to undertake the improvement. “Mhe fact that the street is paved and carries fairly heavy traffic makes it dangerous to children who must walk along it on their way to school,’ Bernard Stehelin, Worth Vancouver organizer for the Com- munist party, stated this week, “Mhere are deep ditches along cer- tain stretches but no sidewalk. We intend to circulate a petition to have a sidewalk constructed. Two schools are situated on Ingle- wood avenue. President Affirms Democratic Faith WASHINGTON, NC, Sept. 2 (FP) —''They do not believe in democ- racy. I do. My anchor is democra— cy—and more democracy. And, my friends, I am of the firm belief that ; the nation, by an overwhelming ma- jority, supports my opposition to the vesting of supreme power in the hands of any class, numerous put select.” Thus President Roose- velt, in a North Garolina talk, scored the Liberty League, the Na- tional Association of Manufactur- ers and the reactionary press for their bitter campaign against the New Deal. BAKER’S MEETING VICTORIA. BC, Sept. sanizing committee of 2—The or the 4 meeting for bakers for Saturday, Sept. 4, at 8 pm, in the Labor hall. All bakers are asked to attend. Just Off the Press! 53 War Vets Speak From Qakalla _.......--9e — Also — War Vets Appeal, 1937 . .10¢ — Mailed Anywhere — EX-SPRVICEMEN’S LEAGUE 340-B Cambie St. - Vancouver Conducting Campaign In City To Assist FMPB Local 28. Hotel and Restaurant Workers union, is best sown to the public as the militant organizer of waitresses md other help in city cafes, and for its determination to see i struggle through to a finish, as demonstrated in the case Cafe. To this same public, which has assisted local not patronizing those places» City Briefs where the 37% | : | Friday, ! tory Hall, 535 Homer St-, to which Trades | and labor Council here has called LEAGUE COUNCIL TO MEET. An important agenda has been ar- ranged for the meeting of the Van- couyer Council, Canadian League for Peace and Democracy, to be held September 10, S$ p.m., Vic- all affiliated organizations and mem- bers of the league are invited. Arrangements for reception and tour of the League’s national chair- man, A. A. McLeod, for continued showing of the “‘Heart of Spain” film, for boycott of German and Italian-made gsoods, for release from Oakalla of veterans and single un- employed arrested recently, and for assistance to the Chinese in their struggle against Japanese imperial- ism are the main questions. Mrs. Elizabeth Kerr, lately returned front Russia, will speak on the peace policy of the Soviet Union at this meeting. PIE SOCIAL ARRANGED. A home-made pie social for all members of the WRelief Project Workers’ Union will be given at the Orange Hall, Monday. September 13, 8 p.m. by women members and friends of the CGommunist party here. All women who sympathize with the camp boys are asked to attend Do You Know... The People’s Advocate has not missed a single story of importance to British Columbia progressive- minded people this year- : The PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE e@ First with Labor News. e Clearest in Progressive Views q From Atlin to White Rock ... People are accepting the PA as the voice of Labor in British Columbia. HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED YET? Unions Best Supporters of FMPB and help make this a happy affair. A home-made pie is the entrance fee. Pies may be left at Room 50, Flack Block, 163 West Hastings Street. VETS ISSUE BOOKLET. Entitled “53 War Veterans Speak From Behind Prison Walls,” and with a strikine cover design. the Ex- Seryicenien’s League has issued a pooklet which is not only full of in- formation to the public on veteran questions, but is entertaining in its grim humor and flashbacks to world war days. Mimeod in 12 pages, it can be obtained from ESI, headquarters,. 3408 Cambie street, for 5 cents, in any quantities. FMPB SOCISL HELD A small house social and card party was held last week in West Vancouver, at which the objects of the recently formed group of Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, were discussed. - A eollection of $2.60 was the first sum raised by the group, of which Mrs. G. Gleed is convener. A num- ber of similar affairs for this worthy cause is planned. MRS. KERR'S LECTURES Mrs. H. Kristiansen, 778 Burrard street, Vancouver, BC, is secretary of the Women’s Delegation Commit- tee which sent Mrs. Elizabeth kerr to the Soviet Union. Any group or organization desiring to hear Mrs. Kerr lecture on her recent tour_ should Communicate with the sec- retary or phone Seymour 9494-¥. FIVE WA LOCALS Following are locals of the Wrork- ers’ Alliance to which all project workers in the respective areas are invited by the district council to at- tend. Local 1, meets every Tuesday, § pm, 49 West Fifth. Local 2, meets every Friday, 8 pm, 3336 Kingsway. Local 3, meets every Friday, $8 pm, Community hall, Fourth and Wind- ermere. Local 4, meets every Friday, 8 pm, Community hall, Thirty - eighth and Victoria. Local 5 meets every Wednesday, 8 pm, 20838 West Fourth. - YCL HAS NEW QUARTERS Need for more spacious quarters decided the provincial committee of the Young Communist League ca) move to room, 53, 163 West Hastings street. All business and communica- tions will be handled there. MOTHERS’ COUNCIL Vancouver Mothers’ Council meets Tuesday, September 7, 2:30 pm, in O’Brien hall, 404 Homer. PAPERS STOLEN 4 sneak-thief pilfered the tools from the automobile of Mrs. Booth, South Burnaby press agent for the PA and Clarion Weekly, when she parked her car on Commercial Drive, last week. The thief also grabbed the pundle of Clarion Weeklies Mrs. Booth was earryinge for distribution. Communist Party ... on the Air... CJOR EVERY TUESDAY 7:30 - 7:45 PIL September 7— MES. A. MATHESON ““Our Boys In Spain’’ September 12— W. RAVENOR What the Labor Press Rieans to the People Of British Columbia Businessman Gives Weekly ‘Until Fascists Driven Out’ “While there are plenty of local businessmen boosting for and supporting the Canadian boys fighting for Republican Spain, this is the first one to donate in such a manner,” said ale Cr Chivers, popular organizer for the Friends of the Mac- kenzie-Papineau Battalion, to a PA reporter this week when he told of a businessmen who has pledged to-donate $1 a week to the e EMPB “until the Fascists are driven Si nN g le Men In Oakalla Want Work out of Spain.” Chivers was enthusiastic on the food work being done by Mrs. Lb. 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