FS a A ER Osoyoos Mine Conditions Attacked Western Canada’s Leading Progressive The People’s Advocate Newspaper < VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1937 WA PR OTESTS DYNAM TE USE Z Inexperienced Fr — no — Men Handling Explosives) - Ald. Gutteridge Refutes Mayor Miller’s harge FAIR DEAL ASKED Representatives of Work ers’ Alliance, at a meeting of the social service committee in city hall Tuesday, charged that inexperienced men have been allowed to work on blastine operations in connection with the Fraser Golf Course relief project. One of the delesates, John Kosti- nut, Stated that normally when a eharge had not exploded it was left for a few hours, but in this case, the men were allowed to examine it at once. He asked that in future, only experienced men, holding certi- ficates for such work, be allowed to Carry out these jobs. - Evading this charge, Mayor Geo. Miller insinuated it was ali Part of new respirator which covers a well organized effort to disrupt ESATO Es Having been tested the works scheme. Because no of- only the diaphram, leaving on normal Toronto. At left are fechnicians Leonar Lung For Infantile Paralysis Victims hi —n— ef children, it is now ficials of the works scheme were present to answer the Charges the mayor curtly recommended that the “Go Back To Alberta,” They Told Him Bernard Leibel (right), 22-year-old worker in the Banting Institute, Toronto, is seen here with his the rest of the bedy free for other medical in use at the d Brook and Jack Conley. ” League Here Will Conduct Peace Ballot Cash Prizes Offered For Best Letters On Policy 100,000 BALLOTS In conjunction with the Hospital for Sick Children, 5 council not waste its time in hear- ing such delegations, unless the complaints had first been put- in Writing before the special ecommit- tee for this purpose. Alderman Helena Gutteridge objected to the mayor's charge that such complaints were part of a plan to disrupt, pointed out'the men were only trying to get co- operation from the council to ob- tain safe worlidng conditions. Give Men Fair Deal Also defending delesates, Alder- man Hurry urged the chairman to See that the special committee for dealing with- complaints from-— the Workers’ Alliance met more rezu- larly to give the men a fair deal. Further complaint was made that eyes of the people of This bitter man of 86 years was Seek Action On Vigilantes on wet days. the men were kept hanging around until noon, and then were sent home. When they asked if they would receive payment for time lost the foreman informed | them they would have to come baci and make up their pay on the other days. This matter, Menace To Democracy Seen In New Groups together with the charge in regard to handling of powder, was left in the hands of Alderman Pettipiece, who promised to take the matter up with Parks Engineer Wootton and report back to the main committee. Wash. Sets Up Unity Council SBATTLE, Wash. Oct.’ 14. — (Special). — Keynoted by pleas to end labor’s civil war, a labor unity conference of ClO and AFL dele- gates here established a permanent State and regional organization to organize the unorganized and re- Store labor harmony. At the same / time, it sought to further national labor unity by sending a resolution to the AFI, convention in Denver, requesting the AFL to call a nation- wide unity conference between APL, NEW YORE, Oct. 14 —(FP)—“The most serious menace to American democracy that has presented itself in recent years is the rapid growth ef vigilante orsanizations which are Springing up in industrial sectons of the US,” says a statement Signed by a distineuished 2roup of religious, professional and civic leaders. The statement mentions the Johnstown Citizens Committee, law and order leagues, the Hershey Inde- pendent Labor Federation, the Weir- ton Employees Security League and Similar organizations as apparently “part of one highly organized devel- opment, backed by large sums of money.’ The signers ask publication of the list of donors to these organizations, removal from office of public offi- and CIO. Si cials who encourage lawlessness and To carry on the expansion pro-| toior in industrial areas and im- gram, the conference named a mediate and effective action by the Worthwest district co-ordinating federal and state governments to committee composed of equal num- bers of AFIL and CIO union repre- sentatives, which will act to co- ordinate the labor unity councils in numerous Northwest cities. Five hundred persons, including protect civil rights. Signers include President Frank Graham of the University of North Carolina; Francis J. McConnell, Methodist bishop; Dr. Stephen S. ebservers and fraternal delegates, | Wise, ee eee Jewish attended the conference with 134 | Congress; an Ea EU Sruif, 2 Scientist. The statement was re- delegates from 33 CIO unions and 48 delegates from 25 AFI. organiza- tions. leased through the American Teasue Against War and Fascism. Men’s Half Soles and Rubber Heels Ladies’ Half Soles and Heel Ladies’ Leather Heel — Guaranteed English Leather — NEW METHOD SHOE - - 85¢ ee SUST OFF THE PRESS! HEROINES—Sasha Small ..... 2... ee 10¢ || MASTERING BOLSHEVISM—J. Stalin ...................... 5¢ SPAIN’S YEAR OF WAR—G. Dimitroff ....................... 3eé 4 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COMMUNISTS—1I..Amter......-.. 2¢ : WHO ARE THE AMERICANS?—fEarl Browder ...........-.. 2¢ WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE U-S.S.R.?—Sam Darey....... 26 Store Hours: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. six days per week. Books — Pamphlets — Periodicals — Lending Library New Age Bookshop Please note our New Address: | 23 EAST HASTINGS ST. Vancouver, B.C. TRENEPY 5753 Vancouver on questions of r statement, made in the offices By WM. PURVIS After struggling for years to stay off relief, Bill H., in January, 1937, obtained a promise from an Al berta town council that his family would not starve while he hunted for work. Travelling by freight train in a vain search for work, H. learned that his wife had been refused re- lief after receiving $12 from local authorities. Desperately he con- tinued to hunt for a job, and by sheer luck obtained a job “running donkey” in Agassiz, BG, which en- abled him to send money to his family. Ironically enough he lost this job by enforcement of a new ruling that 90 per cent of employees had to be relief recipients, ~ Relief Refused Because of his specialized train- ing he was able to land a job at Yale, BG, and, worried about his family, suggested to his wife that She sell out and join him there. Before she arrived he was curtly told that BC had enough people looking for jobs without taking on people from other provinces. Porced to apply to BG authorities for relief, he was told that he must return to Alberta, which, declared H., means extreme suffering when destitution is added to severe weather conditions. Hi. is bitter because of misleading Stories of “jobs aplenty” and be. cause his two boys are nearing the age for unemployment and perhaps bearing arms for Canada which spurns its citizens when in need. Urge Unionizing Of Restaurants VICTORIA, BC, Oct. 14.—Efforts Will be made here to hasten organ- — — EEE ee ee ee ization of restaurant workers. At the meeting of the Trades Council here last weel: it Was point- ed out that, with union delegates | from all over the province comings to the conference this month, there Was not oné union restaurant in town at which they could eat. NEW LION HOTEL 122 EAST HASTINGS STREET Sa a EP ET EY Tradesman Tells Story of Struggle to Get Relief Here “I hope my story will prevent city officials from successfully pulling the wool over the elief and non-existent jobs.” of the PA recently by a competent trades- the conclusion of an interview w Struggle against adversity, with the cards held b stacked against his wife and four children. hich y municipal and provincia] | | | | 99900000660 0 HPSO99990 900 revealed the story of a governments Sointula Tops FMPB List Christmas Gift Cam- paign Gets Success- ful Start By sending eleven pairs of socks and $5 in eash, Sointula maintains its lead in collecting money and goods for the boys of the Mackenzie_ Papineau Battalion, J. GC. Chivers, EMPE organizer here, told the PA this week. Fishermen are running close to this lead with a collection of $37.75 from A. Lind at Prince Rupert fish- ing grounds, and the sale of twenty badges by H. Malyea and J. Cameron at Stuart Island. A total of $101.93 turned in this week, in addition to many small - parcels, brings the Christmas quota f within reach, if the high standard is maintained until the middle of November. Miners in Cumberland have for- warded a greeting to the boys through Bob Kerr, political commis-_ sioner, together with money and goods, while the transportation group put on a social at which F. Fox showed pictures of Spain. Net proceeds of $11.40 from this social are being used to provide comforts for the battalion. Women’s groups are still knitting hard to provide socks, and a new group, the Croatian Women’s Club, has joined the Supporters to make up the Christmas parcels. Maritime Council Seeks Embargo NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (FP) — A strict embargo on all war ship- ments to Japan, with no embargo on shipments to China, is sought by the New York Maritime Coun- cil, a federation of maritime unions. The council bas dispatched a letter to 37 CIO and more than 100 AF of L international unions asking them | to back up its demands to US Secre- tary of State Hull. The maritime | group seeks a state department hearing in Washington to clarify | its position that Japanese invasion | is a potential menace to organized labor in all countries. $3-0-3-93-$-330 We Also Specialize in 100% UNION HOUSE East Hastings Street SSESIOOIISCOCOOCSO CARLETON CAFE WHERE QUALITY AND SERVICE IS SUPREME Peace Conference to be held at Hotel Vancouver, October 29, 30; 81, the Ganadian League for Peace and Democ- racy 1s conducting a ballot on the three yital questions confront- ing: Canadian people at this time. Voters are asked to Say whether their sympathies lie with the League of Nations and Collective Security, or Isolation and self suf- ficiency, with the Loyalists or the Fascists in the Spanish War, and with the Chinese or the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War. One hundred thousand ballot Papers are being distributed and the resulting: poll will suide deliberations of the Peace Conference. Prizes are offered for letter as to what policy Canada should pursue to assist in stopping today’s undeclared war and prevent- ing future outbreaks. Ballots and letters must be de- livered before October 25 to Room 17, 615 West Hastings street. CLDL Holds Concert Meet Jobless Welcomed Qn Release From Jail Veterans and unemployed youth on their release from QOakalla jast Sunday were given a hearty wel- come by the District Office of the Canadian Labor Defence League at a concert meeting in the Empress ballroom: On the platform were delegates from various organizations, Rate- payers associations, Parent-Teacher associations, trade unions, women’s councils and professional bodies, who pledged their support of the league in its aims: Main speaker was W. F. Mahoney, who dealt with the past and present activities of the league. Refreshments were served to over two hundred people, and one hun- dred and sixteen dollars was col- ‘lected for the general fund of the organization. LA News Guild Charges Hearst LOS ANGELES, Gal, Oct. 14 — (FP) — Los Angeles chapter of the American Wewspaper Guild has filed charges withthe National La- ber Relations Board charging Wil- liam Randolph Hearst and the American Federation of Labor with | intimidation, coercion and collusion. Charges followed creation of the American Federation of Newswrit- ers and Reporters, Local 1. The guild contends that secretary J. W. Buzzell of the local Central Labor Union, and Bart Guild, who directed Hearst’s fight against the guild during the Seattle Post-InteL ligencer strike last summer, con- spired to destroy the guild. Further charges include firing of an ac- five guildsman. The new “union” was formed during negotiations be- tween the guild and Hearst's two newspapers here, the Herald-Ex- press and Examiner. Women Pledge To Boycott Japan | FORT LANGLEY, BC, Oct. 14 _|ff At their tenth annual district con- vention, held this week, twenty-six branches of the Women’s Institute in South Fraser district pledged themselves to Support the boycott of Japanese goods for the duration of Japan’s invasion of China. The convention was attended by approximately 300 women, repre- sentative of branches on the main- land and Vancouver Island. Try Our Special AT Private Dining Room JUMBO MODERATE for Banquets, WILK SHAKES PRICES Parties, Ete. CHINESE DISHES. JOHNNY KULAK, Mer. the best, R. B. Bennett Is Big Shareholder, Macfarland Head Men Obliged to Pay Dollar a Day for Board Although Many Eat at Home; Wage Rates Low COMPANY UNIONS MENACE LABOR Conditions in Osoyoos Gold Mining company’s mine at Osoyoos, BC, of which ex-premier R. B. Bennett is principal shareholder and J. P. Macfarland, head of the wheat board under the Bennett regime, president, were attacked by Harold Griffin, speaking on the Communist party’s reeular weekly broadcast over station CJOR Tuesday night. Declaring that “here the Conservative party’s concern for the rights of labor is shown in its true perspective,” Griffin stated that employees were paid one dollar a day less than in other mines in the same district, while married men, many of whom lived on small ranches nearby, were obliged to pay one dollar a day for board, regardless of the fact that most of them ate and slept at home. Wage rates were given as: muckers, $3.55; machine men, $4.75 per day. “There are in this province 245,000 people—one-third of the population of BC—directly or indirectly reliant on mining for their livelihood,” Griffin said. “And at the same time such towns as Trail, Anyox, Kimberley, Britannia Beach and Wells are company union centres with all that company unionism implies. Real Danger of Reaction “Here is a real danger of reaction and a standing challenge to organized labor. If labor’s rights in this province were indeed guaranteed by law, then it would be safe to Say that employees of these towns, given the opportunity to choose for themselves between the company unions and the inter- national union, would vote for the international union.” = ay Urging support of the proposed | s - £ j trade union bill to be introduced i Admiral Esteva | | into the Jegislature this session, & + Griffin stated: “Legal recognition of labor's rights has been won in the United States. It has been won in Alberta and Nova Scotia. And it must be won in British Columbia if the menace of company unionism is to be de- feated. 7 “But it won't be won without a fight, for reaction here will strain every effort to maintain this as an open shop province. These rights will only be won by the great body of progressive opinion rallying= be- hind organized labor in its efforts and forenge the hand of a reluctant government. “Every wage earner is directly concerned in this issue, for only by freedom to organize and bargain collectively without interference and intimidation can wage levels be raised in relation to the increasing cost of living.” a Ispector general of the French naval forces, who is in charge of French units co-operating in the international patrol established under the terms of the Nyon con- ference to keep the Mediterranean open to the world’s shipping. Factory Turned Over To Workers MEXICO CITY, DF, Oct. 14 — (EP) The factory Tex-Mex, a small textile concern, has passed into the hands of its workers by de- eision of the federal conciliation and arbitration board. Pr. Rupert Pulp Mill Is Endorsed PRINCE RUPERT, BC, Oct. 14— Completed plans for erection of an $8,000,000 pulp mill here were en- The workers had appealed to the labor board for 10,000 pesos in back wages which the company owed and was unable to pay. Under these dorsed by a 620-12 vote of property Cieuas ces, pine Sues ae owners in a recent referendum. turned over to Ee wOL mers: The mill will be constructed by a The companys machinery was company financed through Ney York, San Francisco ana Ganadian capital and, it is claimed, will be evaluated at 30,00@ pesos. The board decdied that the workers, now or- ganized as a cooperative enterprise, will have to pay this sum in 13 monthly instalments. If they are able to pay within three months, the sum will be reduced by 60 per cent. the largest single Sulphite pulp en- terprise in Canada with a capacity of 250 tons bleached daily. sulphite pulp Canadian Boys Over 100 From B.C. . . . The Flower of Are Defending Democracy In Spain SS Canadian Youth B. HAGERTY Ex-Service Man and Hard Rock Miner from Cariboo. The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion is making Ca- nadian history in Spain, fighting the cause of world democracy. They appeal to the anti-Fas- cists of Canada for sup- port. A XMAS PARCEL FOR EVERY FIGHTER! SEND YOUR DONATIONS OF MONEY, CIGARETTES, COMFORTS, ETC., to Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Room 43, 615 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. Shipments of comforts are being sent regularly. ADOPT A BOY of the MACKENZIE-PAPINEAU BATTALION! SES ee = sete meceres sehen,