How The Loyalists Stormed Belchite PAGE FOUR Ihe Peoples Advocate. Western Canada’s Leading Progressive Newspaper Chu Teh— The Chinese Voroshilev PAGE FOUR FULL No. 142. «<= Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1937 . Single Copies: 5 Cents ‘ VOL. II. No. 38 CITY SPORTS Musical Revue At Auditorium Saturday Atlin Miners Donate $50 to Press F und tro eee (Aboud the joint People’s: Advocate-Glarion press drive, Which has as its objective the raising of $3,000, only commenced officially today, Friday, several con- tributions have already been re- ceived, states W. Ravenor, energetic drive manager. First donation to come in was that of Atlin Miners Union, local 252, which forwarded $50. Ol’ Bill, who always conducts a private campaign of his own through his column, also made his early appearance on the donor gaye $5. Other donations were received from Central Park branch, Wicteria seetien of the Communist party, which sent $2 and Bill Gee, official of the Wishermen’s union, who gave one dollar, Tomorrow, Saturday, October 2, as announced elsewhere in this issue, the drive will get off to a spectacular scoreboard when an anonymous | and, we hope, profitable start, with an ambitious musical reyue at the Auditorium. One of the most elab- orate efforts ever to be staged in a drive, the excellent program ensures that it will be well worth attending. Throughout the province, drive committees and individuals are ar- ranging big concerts and modest house parties and socials in a deter- mined effort to put this drive well over the top. And over the top it must go, if thiS paper and the Clarion in Toronto are to maintain the steady progress made during the past six months, Side by side with the drive for conducted. Feature of this cam- paign to your doorstep. funds an intensive circulation cam- paign for new subscribers is being is a special six-month sub- Scription rate of $1.50 which brings both the PA- and thé Clarion Weekly. Purvis Report Lines Up With Big Capital No Support For Public Works Plan Youth Rehabilitation Is Only Bright Spot SAYS CUT RELIEF By FRED TYLER Published this week is the interim report of the National Employment commission, cov- ering the period June 1, 1936, to June 30, 1937, containing findings and recommendations of 4 body appointed by the Dominion Soevernment, personnel of which in- eludes Chairman A. 3B. Purvis, Montreal; Tom Moore, past presi- dent, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, and Mrs. M. Suther- jand from BG. Cost of the survey was $111,744. Small satisfaction is derived from a study of the report because it is obvious that the commission is con- cerned mainly with the idea of pro- gressively reducing the numbers in receipt of relief, their classification, and a diversion of future relief ap- propriations into private enterprises in tne form of subsidies, with a view to increasing employment. he report shows 1,208,902 per- Sonus as public charges in the spring of this year. Classified as “employables” are: 260,000 men and women, heads of families or Single estate; farm relief cases, 70,000 heads of families with 331,- 000 dependents; “umemployables,” 618,663 persons, of which 560,402 are non-worker type and depen- dents of “‘employables,” and 58,261 chronically unfit for any labor. Two fields of possible re-employ- ment were studied, heavy construc- tien industries and agriculture. In the former it was found that heavy public utilities were lagging badly as compared to manufacturing, and in the latter, that poverty of farm- ers prevents hiring of help. To meet these problems the com- mission had initiated two schemes, (Continued on page 2) See REPORT. Mothers Back Jobless’ Case Delegation To tater view Social Services Committee | Se | That a strong delegation from the Mothers’ Council should interview the City Council Social Services Com- mittee, chairman of which is Alder- man P. Pettipiece, Tuesday, October 12, on behalf of sinsle unemployed | men, was the decision made by | menibers at the council meeting last Tuesday. A powerful appeal on behalf oF | his 95 comrades now in jail for street | soliciting was made by youthful R. W. Campbell, who stated that hundreds more are faced with star- vation or jail. A Denunciation of a plan to estab- lish soup kitchens in Vancouver for the jobless, came from council mem- bers after Mrs. Pelton reported that this idea was being considered in the office of Rey. Clem Davies. To aid the boys further, the Mothers’? Council will prepare for a public protest meeting. All interested organizations will be contacted to Send delegates to the next Mothers’ Council meeting Wednesday, October 8, 2:30 p.m., O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer Street. Fraternal Delegates to Britain } (AK ~hood of Bookbinders, is welcomed attend the Trade Union Congress representative. John B. Haggerty (right), president of the International Brother- On arrival at Norwich, England, to there by Carl E. Berg, Canadian Phoney Labor Council Proposed Here By WM. Revelations of an attempt to set up an “independent” lab held last week in Victory Hall, Displaced Cafe Girls Ask Jobs Mothers’ Council Hears Delegation Tell Of Plight Stating, “the judge wouldn't have anything to do with us when we asked for help in court,” a city waitress, who lost her job due to recent enforcement of city by-law on Chinese restaurants, told of the plight of 30 waitresses at the busi- ness meeting of the Mothers’ Coun- eil Tuesday. Speaking for a delegation of the girls present at the meeting, the waitress stated that relief is denied to many of the 30 involved, “and in any case no one can live on the relief they give you. What we want is our jobs back,’ she declared. Exclamations of surprise came from the audience when the speaker demanded to. know why 5 other Chinese-owned cafes employing white girls were not affected by the by-law. Termine the city ruling as “non- sensical’” the waitress outlined sev- eral anomalous situations in the city | to prove her contention. Cafes owned by Ghinese and managed by whites; Chinese litchen help mixing with | waitresses in the course of duties; some preferences for Frenchmen | yather than Greeks, and other al-| lusions which caused merriment. The delegzation Maintained that | any irregularities in Chinese Tes- | taurants were caused by “tough | youne white fellows’ who were al- Ways handled by Chinese owners in: proper fashion. - | A committee was elected from the | meeting to accompany the wait- resses to the city hall to demand a Te-openine of the question. Cafe Union Dance Local 28, Hotel and Restaurant employees which elects its officers for the year, October 4, is staging an installation party and dance at = Carleton cafe, October 5. | | | | | | | play Labor Renegades Aim To Undermine Unions PURVIS by a group of labor renegades or council were made this week to the PA by trade unionists who were inyited to a conference chief spokesmen at which were }>known strikebreakers and leaders of groups supplying non-union labor for the Shipping Federation. Pete Thompson, editor of the notorious “Labor Truth’’ and as- sociate of the Vancouver Citizens’ League, seemed to be the moving spirit at this conference, declared observers. He is said to haye stated that objectives of the proposed new labor body were to develop ‘‘Gana- dian’* unionism, discourage influ: ence of “foreign’’ organizations and to “combat communism.”’ Seeretary of the conference was W. Walker who is now heading the “union’’ which secured a court in- junction recently against Tocal 28; Hotel and Restaurant Employees. He called for a committee to draft a constitution for the proposed body and instructed listeners to report back on aims of the conference as set forth, and be prepared for an- other conference call, with power to act. Other spokesmen included W. J. Scribbens who led the breakaway of the Civic Employees Union from the Trades and Labor Coun- cil some months ago and who. it is well known, yearns to be a fuerber in the labor movement. Also present were H. Burgess, | Waterfront renegade, who worked | for the smashing of the longshore Strike of 1935, despite personal help donated previously by his organiza- tion and fellow strikers; EB. Young of the firefighters, who also took on the job of representing Jaundry workers, which seroup, it is al- | leged, pays him $50 a month as a | retainer. Adrain, of a dubious sea- men’s group in the city seemed to a prominent part in the con- ference. Following is a list of secession- ist, independent and company unions, furnished to the PA by visitors: Vancouver Longshoremen’s As- sociation, Canadian Waterfront Workers’ Association, Canadian Association of Seamen, United Hotel and Restaurant Employees of Canada, Victoria Wongshore- men’s Association, Vancouver Fire Fighters, Civic Employees, Hos- pital Employees, Laundry and Dry Cleaners Independent Associa- tion, White Lunch, Group of Rail- Wwaymen. Some delegates walked out as soon (Continued on page 2) See RENEGADES | / | ema Row Looms In Victoria Be Appealed To By ILA MAIL LINE CASE ——— VICTORIA, BC, Sept. 30.— Full weight of the powerful Maritime Federation of the Pacific will be brought into action against the Pacific American Shipowners’ Asso- ciation in its latest attempt today to keep Victoria a non-union port, local officials of the MInter- national Longshoremen’s Associa- tion stated today. Twice in the past week, American Mail Line ships have been worked by nen-union men belonging to the Victoria Tongshoremen’s Associa- tion which broke the 1935 strike there. The two ships, President Mc- to be worked in the past year of a lone line of American Mail Tine shins which have called at Victoria only to have their crews refuse to give steam because of non-union waterfront men appearing to work them. Today, ILA officials left Victoria for Seattle to swing the Maritime Federation of the Pacific behind the ILA in Victoria in its struggle to make Victoria a unionized port. Claimed by the American Mail (Continued on page 2) See LONGSHORE Paralysis Deiays Union Meeting VERNON, BG, Sept. 30—Enthus- iasm for a local union of agricultural workers is still high, although two cases of infantile paralysis reported in this district have prevented hold- ing of any mass meetings, including the orgajnizatonal meeting sched- uled for last Sunday. A strong committee is Carrying on to assist the PA-Clarion press drive by putting on dances and socials. Waterfront Maritime Federation To | aniey and President Grant, are first | organizational work and is planning | Warns League Brn yh Cy —< itn oe Dr. Wellington Koo, one of China’s ablest diplomats, who told | the League of Wations assembly | that Buropean and American commercial interests in the Par Esst would be doomed if Japa- mese forces invading China won in the present conflict. Film Union Wins Hoist Of Ruling Projectionists Here Gain Point In Negotiations , Announcement by the Provincial severnment this week that regula- Hons governing manning of theatre projection rooms will remain un- changed until January, 1939, is hail- ed by Local 348, Projectionists, and members of Vancouver Trades and Labor Council executive as a Well- €armed victory after months of neso- | Uation and strugele. | The order-in-couneil which made it | lesal for Wamous Players to main- tain only one man in projection reoms in the province, slated for en- forcement in January, 1938, would | have meant firing of 50 per cent of, projectionists and increasing of fire hazards 100 per cent. Trade unionists met the cabinet last week, presented their facts and | arsuments, outlined the solidarity of | the union on this question. Result |! was the decision handed down a few | days later by the government. | Officials of Famous Players will be H in Vancouver, Monday, October 4, to} confer with union officials on ques- tions of Working conditions and wages. The government edict will affect the nature of the See } | | j i | | | | | State projectionists, as the company will try hard to put over a wage cui, especially theatres, in the case of interior Call 6) (@) Meet | WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept: 30.— | (PP)—Presidents and asociated ex-| ecutive officers of 32 CIO national | unions will meet at Atlantic City | October 11 to formulate policies. INSTRUCTOR KILLED IN SPAIN ————————— Meets Death As Loyalists Sweep Aragon Sector Two Vancouver Volunteers Wounded in Bril= liant Offensiv e Which Won Quinto, Belchite LOYALIST ARMY I NVADES BADAJOZ Eighth volunteer from British Columbia to give his life in the cause of Spanish freedom, Charles Parker, 34-year-old former instructor of the Vancouver Sports Club, was killed in the recent Loyalist offensive Canadian and American units took part. on the Aragon front in which of the International Brigades Parker was killed in the storming of Quinto which, to- gether with the strategic town of Belchite, south-east of Saragossa, fell before the government’s drive. Word of Parker’s. death was received by J. ©. Chivers, - provincial organizer for the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papi- neau Battalion here, this week when the Toronto office of the FMPB announced a lengthy casualty list. Vaneouver Volu Wounded in the Aragon British Columbia lugger and m nteers Wounded offensive were Emil Goguen, ember In a brief communication to the Hx-Service Men’s League here, Goguen stated: “I was wounded in the left hip the day before yesterday and am in hospital near Barcelona just now, although I can still walk around. Iam very glad to spill a drop of blood for Spain, for a good cause.” Popular in sports circles in the city, “Chuck” Parker was active in the progressive movement and, in 1935, sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for his part in the relief camp strike. Also killed in the fierce fighting on the heights around Quinto was Aleide Bigras, zo-year-old French- Canadian laborer, or Winnipeg. Loyalists Make Gains VALENCIA, Spain, Sept. 30— Further advances were made by the Catalan columm in the Zuera sector this week after heavy fighting, In an earlier engagement the column Stormed captured strong position dominating the Fascists’ flank. was MADRID, Spain, Sept. 30:—In the first organized offensive along the Portuguese frontier since the Fascist rebellion, Loyalist troops, in a sur- prise attack on Pascist positions in Badajoz province have made con- siderable gains, trapping a large | humber of Fascists in Granja de Torrehermose. Objective of this new offensive in the south-west is to strike at Franco’s vulnerable line of com- | Munications and sever that part of southern Spain held by the Fascists from the north. Now adequately armed and sup- plied, Loyalist troops on the south- ern front constitute a far more ef- ficient force than a few months ago when,. after defeating a Fascist at- tack on the valuable mercury mines of Almaden, on the borden of Badajoz province, Loyalists were unable to press their advantage be cause of ammunition shortage. Jobless Will Meet Pearson et WA Delegation Told Meet Will Be Arranged Stating that he was very glad to meet the delegation and expressing: Sympathy for its demands, the while he kept up a constant stream of counter arguments, Mayor G@ GC. Miller met a delegation from the Workers’ Alliance in his office, Wednesday, Alderman F. Grone be- ing present. Demands of the men were: di-day work minimum on city projects with an extra day for each ehild; restoration of medical and drug al- lowances; restoration of cut to men with larger families. On a promise py Ald. Grone to go to the cabinet in Victoria, a dele- gate requested that a delegation be permitted to go with him and that one-quarter of the $10 a day ex- pense money allowed the alderman, would pay the way of the Workers’ Alliance delegation. Grone admitted that he was not going to see the cabinet but to see President Roose- velt when he arrived in Victoria. Ald. €rone promised, however, to arrange a meeting between Hon. @ S. Pearson, minister of labor, and the WA delegation, when in WVic- toria, and would let them know the arrangement on his return. Veterans Released From Jail Refuse To Take Charity From Welfare Federation Released from Oakalla Six weeks’ sentence meted jail where they served five of the out to them by Judge M. Mathieson on the technical charge of “obstructing the police.” 54 vet- erans decided at a meeting Barring the Path to Japanese Invasion | E I As a heavy rainstorm drenches them, Ghinese infa has won the admiration of the world, take positions b ©2 oi Japanese units invading the Chapei district of Sha nghai. with a bravery which sarbed wire barricade in the path country held in the Ex-Service Men’s of the Ex-Service Men’s | League, and W. Tough, 39-year-old miner of Vancouver. : 3 League hall last week to inaugurate their own Solicitine campaign in- Stead of accepting organized charity which, they declare, is not in the Public interest. “The public will be astonished to learn that the Welfare Federation receives $1,500 per month from the department of labor, Victoria, for veterans, and that there was a dis- pute between Major Fordham, man- ager of the billets on Powell street, and the Central City Mission as to their ‘share’ of this frant,”’ stated an BSL official. Fordham, expecting {fo fill his billets with destitute veterans, held out for 43 cents per day per man, Which is the amount of relief paid to Single men when on relief, and the Mission Wanted a Similar amount. The Welfare Federation Promised to accede to Fordham’s request and any shortage “suffereq” by the Mission, would be made good by them. Yo their surprise, veterans repudi- ated billets and missions they had done for years past, alone with other unemployed. Instead, they. solicited on the streets as 4 eulmina— tion in their fight for 4 public works program. They were Jailed in face of many protests. as While solicitine from door to door, veterans are explainine the Situation and are Winning allies among small cafe owners and room- ing-house keepers. UA Ee SLY MeL S es