Mh eee Pate Two October 1, 198% Test Case Will Be Heard US Nazi Leader May | Be Indicted For Libel! ; | By, NAT K. PERLOW | Federated Press NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (FP)—The outcome of an important case about to come up on the court calendar here may signal- ize the beginning of a major legal offensive against the brazen Nazi campaign in the metropolis—a campaign which involves espionage, extortion of money fomenting of racial] disorders from German-born merchants, and the broadcasting of libel against eminent liberal Americans. The important test case arises ¢ out of the indictment oyer a year ago of Robert Edward Edmondson for criminal] libel agaist Dean Vir- ginia Gildersleeve of Barnard Col- lege, US Secretary of Labor Fran- ces Perkins and the Jewish religion. #dmondson, professional J ew- baiter, has circulated millions of leaflets attacking “the Jewish PDR brain trust” and linking everybody from Madame Perkins to the Krem- lin in a huge and horrible plot for the extermination of mother, home and God according to bloody Jewish ritual. If the prosecution convicts Eid- mondson of libeling and slandering the Jewish people, Hederated Press is reliably informed that an indict- ment for libel will be asked against fritz Kuhn for publishing litera- fure intended to incite racial dis- turbance and for slandering various individuals. Kubn, a former Ford chemist and now Fuehrer of the German-Am- erican Bund, is Hitler’s No. 1 man in the US. The. espionage and propaganda activities of his brown network in this country have at- tracted wide attention and are like- ly to come under congressional scrutiny—as is his growing list of eamps on US soil where storm— troopers get military drill and anti— democratic instruction. Wazi, Fascist and vigilante groups throughout the country are not napping, as approaches, A large defense fund is being raised. Defense counsel is threatening to call prominent per- sonages to the stand. including Sec- retary Morgenthau and Secretary of Iabor Perkins, to put on a sen- sational show. “he trial is sched- the Edmondson trial: REPORT (Continued from page 1) the Home Improvement Pian and Farm Improvement Plan. In the former, the banks loaned money on federal government security to home owners for building alterations. Noticeable effect of this was that unemployment in the puilding industry had fallen from 40.5 per cent in 1936 to 24.6 per cent in 1937. Estimations as to redemp- tion of these loans are not made in the report. On farm employment, 46,961 men and women were sent out to farm- ers by provincial sovernments last winter under a plan whereby the farmer received a: bonus of $5 a month and the governments paid the wages also. Working on the premise that pri- vate industry can in 2 reasonable time absorb the army of the un- employed, the commission recom-— mends that private enterprises be encouraged by changes in the tax burdens to release money for plant renovation, and for this purpose the federal government should plan relief economies in relief costing in || order to burden. ~ Probational occupational train- ing for youth, to prepare them for industry is advocated. ‘Municipal Affair’ The commission asserts that re- lief for destitute people is a muni- Cipal affair and recommends that the federal government keep out of the relief picture as much as pos- sible and, where federal aid is ac- spare industry the tax and - uled to begin in mid-October and is expected to last about three weeks. For the past few months, a staff of investigators has been looking eorded, it should be used only for “employables.” : J | ‘The commission frowned on any system of public works, pointing out that industry would have to bear the costs. quietly into Bund activities under Japan. the guiding genius of Assistant Dis- trict Attorney. McDermott, one of the United States’ most brilliant eriminal investigators and legal ex- perts. State statutes have been searched for grounds of action. An #dmondson conviction will be the go-ahead signal. WELLINGION, NZ.—New Zea- Zind union longshoremen, on in- structions of the Labor Federation, are refusing to load scrap iron for eS | DENTIST. ‘DR-DéuZtRg @ SEY: 5577- COR. RICHARDS & HASTINGS HASTINGS ) BAKERY Hizh. 3244 716 Bast Hastings Street 4068 East Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive Quality Products at Moderate Prices We Deliver to Bast End and Grandview Homes & “Thrifty Housewives Shop at Hastings Bakery !”’ 100% UNIONIZED Canadian Boys Are Defending Bemocracy In Spain Gomment is almost unnecessary on these findings of the commis— sion; sufficient to say that the main job for the authorities now is to hunt down indigents and leave them to the tender mercies of charity or ganizations. The able-bodied that clutter up relief offices will be once more on the payroll by the simple | magic of reducing taxes on private | industry. Meanwhile, says the com- mission, forget about public works to take up the slack in the mean- time. Coast Towns See Spanish Picture Mnthusiastic meetings were held in Powell River and Westview where “phe Heart of Spain,’ film was shown, reports Don MelIntosh, pro- jection machine operator, during the recent tour. Collections of $s0 and $100 taken at these lectures, will be used to assist blood transfusion work in Republican Spain. McIntosh made special mention of assistance given by S. M. Seott and A. Prentice in organizing the meetings. | Communist , . Party . on the Air.. - CJOR EVERY TUESDAY 7:30 - 7:45 PM. OCT. Sth — Guest Speaker: FRED FOX Canadian Boys in Spain. LATS a = Over 100 From BC... The Flower of tive in ine the ae A XMAS AL OW. in the Canadian forces and as a trained soldier assist Republican Spain. Was ac- Vancouver work in the Canadian League for Peace and BWemocracy. The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion is making appeal to the anti-Fascists of Canada for support. PARCEL FOR EVERY FIGHTER! MARSHALL, served in France the Ex-Servicemen’s League in and did “Jimmy Higgins” Canadian history in Sp2in, fight- cause of world democracy. They SEND YOUR BONATIONS OF COMFORTS, ETC., to Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Room 43, 615 W- Hastings St., Vancouver, BC: Shipments of comforts are peing sent regularly. WIONEY, CIGARETTES, he MACKENZIE-P A PINEAU BATTALION! ade SSS a Praser Walley Industrial and Agri-| diive and dance hela at 2550 Kerr eultura] Conference. | Road, September 24, organized by Gomposed of labor bodies, pro- | the Jimmy Diamond sroup of the eressive organizations and groups, | EMPSB. The sum of $25 was raised 4 | the conference aims to organize im-}| for the comforts fund. Winnings — — = ——_— PD ——s = Terror in Refugees Flee Japanese hi FMPB Plans Christmas Campaign Shanghai Hi | | "Phe coastal steamer, Niinghsin, her decks crowded to capacity with civilians, starts on her way down the Whangpoo river for seaports where it is hoped thet J apancse chine-guns will be less in evidence. : nir raids, BC Leads In Support Of Canadian Battalion British Columbia leads all other provinces in its support : of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. “The sum of $950 has been sent to the national office of the Friends of the Macken- - zie-Papineau Battalion and BC is expected to lead the way in- the campaign to send a Christmas parcel to every Canadian- LONGSHORE (Continued from page 1) Tine that it is losing $100,000 a year in revenue, the American Ship- owners’ Association took issue and, to the Pacific Coast Marine Fire- men, Qilers, Watertenders and Wipers’ Association, made “a final and formal demand that crews fur- nished by your union allow long-) shoremen to work ships belonging | to members of. this Association without regard to the union affilia— tion of lonsshoremen who are em- ployed to work on the ship, or on the dock.” This “final and formal” demand artillery bombardments and ma- } | was accompanied by the threat ot A:mericen Writer Visits Vancouver revocation of the certificates of all | seamen who refuse to accept these CP Congress Opens Oct. 8 In Toronto Tim Buck To Speak At Public Opening Meeting | City Briefs | EDITOR TO PRESIDE. Alec Holmes, ‘editor of the eens | land Echo, will preside at a meet- ine in Grandview Theatre, Sundays | October 3, 8:30 pim., under ae | | MANY PROBLEMS of the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy. The talking film, ‘Teart of Spain,’ will be shown. Admission is free. Any group or of Gariada as commencing Oc | Xeevation wishing to have ine film shown im its area should com- tober 8, i Street APSA ee ee ee a municate with the League at 615 W-. ea) ae) =| Hastings St. Phone Trin: 6371. ganizational secretary of the | party, writes in the Daily Clarion | of the party’s role in fhe history of | cme ae ee Ee Communist party wish local readers = 00 | of the PA to k ctob main report to be give by Tim Buck Bea date Rue oe ee pees Cane ae Soe Clea eres ne planned a meeting at the Souvearee | Sac = ae ees ieee declares} jty Hall to celebrate the 20th anni- ee eae Boeke ee Gees be-| versary of the achievements of EBS ena. workers of the Soviet Union. A _™@his decision is in keeping with | concert, eee dance is the tee Comm ost ane program of the) yjenu, and Harold Winch and Dr. pera eee Ne the fact that) jyie Telford, MLA’s for the con- eee aa oe fe etal stituency, have been invited to sive rS< 2: € 8) anada) an address. ‘ Since its first convention in 1922, | MER EES te Garr declares. ee TO DISCUSS SERVICE. poe Soe ae oe: ee South Hill GCF Club wishes to in- sanda wW ims he Salita Aiea ti F s : 2 form all organizations which haye Reet 1s pee eee | promised ‘to send delegates to form are maintains D: e it i i 5 committee for discussion of the de- ereatest factors that contributed to- ploralble service on the Rraser ayy | wards the present development of | enue No. 7 carline, that the com- unionization 1s the unity achieved jittee will meet at Maple Hall, 47th by merging the Workers Unity | snd Praser, Monday, October 4, ae | Teague into the international trade | ¢ p.m. All interested organizations union movement; the WUL haying! i+. invited to send delegates. always followed the policies of the | party. ei Declaring that a strong Conmu- nist party is needed in Canada to- day, Carr outlines the great work of the party in Clarifying the is- Announcing the Sth conven- tion of the Communist party ANNIVERSARY MEET. | Nanaimo Park branch of the! In aid of the October press drive, Broadway East branch. Communist party, is staging a2 concert, lantern sues of the struggle in Spain and | lecture and dance in Qdd TPellows the tremendous assistance organ- Hall, Sixth and Main, Thursday, jzed by the party for the Republican | eause there; that in every towne) oso spared to y village and hamlet in Canada the esting, evenins for a good cause. unselfish leadership of Communists | Lantern slides, shown by Fred Fox, can be seen. are on John Reed’s “Ten Days That There are at present 15,000 mem- Shock the World.” We Ravenor, bers in Canada and the immediate leader ot eRe pressive and anes phjective is to recruit to 25,000, he | arity on the internal economy of the states, concluding his article: with Soviet Union, will give a short ad the following: ie {j dress: Petroni Bros. Orchestra will “ppe Sth convention of the Com-| provide music for the dance. A sil- munist party of Canada reports to | wer eollection will be taken. its only master, the people of our dominion. This convention will mark | DRIVE FUNCTION. | | October 7, at $ p.m. No efforts have make this an inter- CP MEMBER DIES. 4Snother milestone on the road to a Cc. J. Johnson, well known in free and prosperous Socialist Can-| West Vancouver as a PA booster : | «and salesman of the paper, died | | | | Conference Will ada. | Jast Wednesday in the General Hospitak Wuneral will take place from Barron Bros. undertaking parlors. Johnson, who was a meni- ber of the Communist party, © pressed the desire for his party branch to preside at the funeral. Consider Tolls | NEW WESTMINSTER, Sept. 30. | _ Patiullo bridge tolls and market- ine board operations are items om the agenda of the New Westminster, About 50 people attended a whist mediate action on progressive DrO-| tieket for an occasional chair was posals brought forward at any time. | No, 191. ay V3 JALKINS Willard Espy Has Praise Fer Chile People’s Front conditions; power of revocation to be obtained by an appeal to the Maritime Commission of the United States. Jes | Tor the latter reason the crews of: the McKinley and Grant furnished | steam, but under protest. 4 TLA officials’ haying forseen this - : showdown, are eonfident that organ- Will Assist League To | zed labor will win this fight. Organize Peace Campaign Mi i iner Dies Visitor to the city this week is : = 2 Willard R. Eispy, legislature repre- From In j uries sentative of the American League ; Against War and Fascism at Weash- inéton, D.G., and: well-known Amer- ican writer. Espy, who Death Takes Man Hurt In Princeton Disaster Is a contributor to several liberal magazines in the United States, was the author of a member of progressive bills on the Spanish war introduced - into the House of Representatives. PRINCETON, BG, Sept. 30.—Atf- termath of the Copper Mountain boys in Spain, states J. C. Chivers, organizer. Mainstay of the support is the number of quite small but efficient eommiittees which are springing up all over the proyinte, Secretary Mrs. B. Biwen declares. They make it their business to inform the com- munity of the fact that Canadian boys are fighting in Spain and why. In Burnaby a Tom Nelson group has been started up. This commit— tee dedicates its activities to Nel son, who was killed in Spain and because of his sterling work in the Canadian Labor Defense League- Mrs. Ewen and Fred Fox haye spoken at a number of meetings re- cently on behalf of the boys. “The staff at the New Age book- store, 350 West Pender, has con- stituted itself a committee to help the battalion in the name of EH. Stern and E. Fromberg who worked in the mimeograph department there before they went to Spain. Seandi- navian workers can get more parti- culars about this committee at the store. Gumberland miners always do things in a big way. They have sent for 36 battalion badges which cost $1 each. The children there are especially proud to wear them at the Open Heart club, organized by Cumberland children for the boys in faraway Spain. Dootsie Capello is a great little worker, the distrdct office was told. RENEGADES (Continued Prom Page 1) Se | 4s it became obvious what the con- ference was all about. Contacting GC. Stewart, provincial | executive member of the Trades and | Labor Congress, the PA was told j that a set-together of such persons Was inevitable. A former staff member of The World Tomorrow, peace magazine published in New York, Espy spent 18 months in Europe in 1933-34 studying the situation, and recently returned from 2 tour of South “These people will be looking for publicity pretty soon and they are assured of plenty from the big employers. I firmly. believe, how- ever, that civic employees, fire fighters, laundry workers, in fact cage disaster Six weeks ago when 17 miners were hurled 400 feet to the shaft bottom, is the death of Val- entine Vogrig, who, a coroner’s jury here declared on Tuesday died from a lung blood clot as 4 result of the accident which fractured his spine. Local doctors had considered all America. He spoke highly of the progress made by the People’s Front in Chile} the men out of danger when Vosris, | which, he declared, is making con- who had been out of bed fora week, sistent gains. ; : While in Vancouver Hspy will aid| chest and died without warning. the provincial League for Peace andy : . TORONTO, Ont.— Ald. Stewart Democracy in organizing the pro- pected! Dedce Ca smith has written Mayor M. D. Rob- bins asking a special meeting of the city council to pass 2 bylaw to | forbid distribution of handbilis “de- signed to ereate. race hatred.” WA MEETING. Project workers in the city are asked to attend branch meetings of the Workers’ Alliance. Local 9 meets Wednesday, 906 Commercial Drive, and Local 7 meets Wednesday, Ukrainian Labor Temple, 305 Pender East. Both at $ p.m. Soviet Russia WHIST DRIVE AND i DANCE A Every Thursday Night BIG cask PRIZES MODERN DANCE Every Saturday Night HASTINGS AUDITORIUM 828 Bast Hastings St. 5 MALMIN’S ORCHESTRA Dance Music’ Broadcast over CKMO at 9:45 direct from the Auditorium every Saturday. Admission Always Only - - 25¢ SPECIAL! a While You Wait... Heels ee = OL Ladies’ Half-Soles - Cy suddenly complained of pains in the ; | Stewart. NOW! .. . Till Saturday Nite! Plus: USS.R. ON THE SCREEN SHOW YOU *ViLL NEVER FORGET Starts Daily at 11 a.m. Men’s Half Soles and Rubber 65eé Empire Shoe Ladies Free Before 9 PM. 66 East Hastings Street all rank and file working people who are seeminesly being dragged into this miserable affair, wall de- ounce such proposals when they are Clear on the issues,” declared | Stewart also stated that while he ‘Spelieved such attempts were doomed to failure, at the same time it is up to the Trades and Labor Council to get busy in the field of unorgan- ized labor and offset work of these yenegsades. 's Masterpiece! 751 Granville St. -OG Repairs ENSEMBLE OF 130 VOl DUETS — TRICS DANCING Vancouver's Greatest M usical Show of the Y ear at the AUDITORIUM (Georgia at Denman) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2nd at 8 p.m. (Doers open 7 p-m. ) __ 7 Features of the Program Include J)“ QUARTETS — SKETCHES - ADMISSION: 25 Cents In Aid of the Labor-Progressive Press: CES “FHE PEOPLE’S ADVGCATE - - - - THE CLARION Roel ah CNR AIR CAN Cec ae RTE OE