| PAGEANT OF HISTORY by W. Bennett PAGE SIX The People's Advocate Western Canada’s Leading Progressive Newspaper | JUAN MARCH— Swine Dealer Deluxe PAGE FOUR — FULL No. 144. 4 Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1937 Single Copies: 5 Cents VOL. III. No. 40 LOGGING CAMP Opposition Growing To Communist Party Holds Congress 10,000 Attend Opening Meet ten thousand, Browder, opening Session of A still greater burst of cheerine= Toll Bridge Fraser Valley Farmers To Bear Most Of Burden CIRCULATE PETITION NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, ; Oct. 14.—Fraser Valley farm- ers and.growers and residents and small business men of New Westminster, on whom the greater part of the burden will fall, are uniting in a wide- spread movement to oppose tolls on the new Pattullo bridge here, now completed. In New Westminster an initial committee of trade unionists and farmers from various lower Fraser Walley centres has been formed. With the slogan, ‘Donate dimes to save your dollars,” a peti- tion against imposition of tolls is being circulated and, according tu reports received here, is meeting with ready support. Those signing the petition are asked to contribute 10 cents to cover cost of organizing the petition and) to assist in extending the campaign. It is pointed out that, with aboli- tion of the free bridge across the Fraser here Vancouver is now ringed by toll bridges and ferries. Tolls are eharged on the Second Narrows bridge and the new Lions Gate bridge spanning the First Narrows will also be a toll bridge. Higher up the Fraser Valley at Spuzzum on the Fraser canyon highway a toll fee of $1 is charged to cress Alexandra bridge. The converted railway bridge at Mission which, with its sharp right- angle turns is incapable of accom- modating heayy traffic, is now the only free bridge across the Fraser. This, however, entails a long detour and can be used only by residents of the upper valley. Estimated Revenue. Takine toll limits set out in the first bridge act as a basis, receipts for the week, July 1 to 7, would have totalled $18,654.89 1-6. These toll rates were as follows: Pedestrians ose er = $ .0716 Automobile <2. .- 2... 25 Passenger --2.-- -- see -05 Motoreycle ...-..--...-- 071 Truck, 46-ton —.--.-.--—- -20 Ebutole, dsKeck weseayes sss 225 Truck, 2-tom ©.--.-.--* -35 Myrick, S-tOn -1-----.- 5s A5 Siubtate Freel sosen oR onG 71 TRESS shy Soe soo NSS -2D Stage or bus .....-.---- 1.50 Horse-drawn vehicle 25 Horses, with or without THtUDP oy SiS SH SSS SSCS 25 Other animals in proportion. All other vehicles in proportion. Traffic receipts for the week, July 1 to 7, estimated on this basis, would have been: miestic autos, 49,479, oR D5 ieee ie ee Sere $12,369.75 Foreign autos, 8,220, By Sa en eee 2,055.00 Busses, 720, af $1.50. . 1,080.00 Trucks (light); 3,524, at 2234¢ average ..--- 792.00 Trucks (heavy), 4,483, AUS ere at 512-3c average.. 2,316.2124 syeles, 547, at eee Ae REO 41.0244 This estiniate does not take imto account a large number of pedes— trians. (Continued on page 2) See BRIDGE Herald Raps News Story Hamilton Has Loaned Morning Paper $75,000 Followine publication of a story in the last issue of the PA, a tele-| phone call was received from R. H. Robichaud, publisher of the News- | Herald. In subsequent conversation Robi- ehaud refuted statements that the Wews-Herald had been acquired by Vancouver business interests, stated that the paper was Still staff Operated and controlled, would re- main so as long as he had anything to do with it. Dunean Hamilton, however, has Joaned the News-Herald $75,000 at Six per cent, is honorary chairman of-the directors’ board, Robichaud stated, adding that Hamilton has mot “one iota of control.”’ your | ; Sreeted the surprise arrival of An=- | gelo Herndon, American Negro youth leader, recently released from 4 southern jail by mass pressure. Greetings were read from the Communist Party of the Netherlands, | and from Harry Pollitt on behalf of the CP of Great Britain. After the opening remarks by Alderman Stewart Smitheof Toronto and Alfred Costes, on behalf of the Prench working class, the meeting reached the most dramatic moment. Lights were dimmed and one are lamp remained to illumine a mem- orial to the fallen Canadian boys in Spain. “Three girls laid wreathes and the huge audience stood in sol- emn silence while the strains of the Last Post rang-through the hall. When the drapes fell away a simple epitaph was revealeo, “They died in | Spain that democracy shall not | perish.” With a radiant look on his face, Tim Buck gave his report on “The Road Ahead.’ The people listened with intent faces to his clear voice. “The Gommunist party advocates People’s Unity . .. against all who are endeavoring to concentrate against prosress.’’ é Stanley Ryerson, Quebec provin- cial secretary of the CP, amid rounds of applause, asked that the next con- vention of the CPof€ be held in Montreal, “and we will do our darndest to see that by then re- action shall have been defeated in Quebec.” A warning note was sounded by Tom Ewen, BC provincial secretary, “the reactionaries are trying to keep eur ports open through which soods and war materials are being shipped to aid the Fascists.’’ Close relationship between Canada and the United States was stressed by Earl Growder, “Today on the most yital questions of war and peace, there is essential similarity between the solutions we find to the problems we both face.” Ralph Bates, political commiussion- er of the Fifth International Bri- gade, described the war in Spain as “the princes and bishops against the people.” He intends to drama- tize the Brunete offensive in a new book which will deal mainly with the Mackenzie-Papineau and American battalions. : During the morning session on Monday, a resolution, calling upon the Canadian government to stop the export, whether direct or in- direct, of raw materials. particular— ly nickel, lead and scrap iron, which are being shipped to Japan and used to kill Chinese people, was unani- mously adopted. The convention also passed a reso- lution supporting Bill 62, sponsored by the Executive of the Trades and Labor Council covering the rights of workers to organize in their own trade unions. Test Case To Be Appealed McDonald Fined For So- liciting Without License A precedent against soliciting for charitable organizations was estab- lished on Wednesday when John McDonald, member of the Ex-Sery- icemen’s League here, charged with violation of the License Act by Soliciting funds without a license, was fined $5 in City Police Court. Fred Tyler, ESL secretary, com- menting on the decision, declared: “This case is an instance of discrim- ination against the Ex-Servicemen’s League. Members of all charitable | organiaztions, soliciting funds with- out 2 license, will now be liable to | Prosecuon: This applies directly | to the Vancouver Welfare Federa- | tion, which is planning to send out | nundreds of solicitors throughout | the city seeking aid for charity, and to the Salvation Army, which has always solicited funds in the streets, to the churches, to the Chinese Ben- evolent Association seeking aid for a united China, and to progressive groups soliciting funds to aid Loyal- ist Spain.” At a meeting called Thursday by the CLDL, 12 delegates representing Lumber and Sawmill Workers, EM PB, FSU, League for Peace and De- mocracy, Project Workers’ union, ESL, CP of G, Restaurant Workers, union, IBU, People’s Advocate and Finnish organization, pledged sup- port in appealing the case- CONFERENCE TO MEET Vancouver Industrial Conference meets Sunday, Oct. 17, at 10:30 am, in O’Brien Hall. Five hundred delegates from ev US general secretary, Alfred Costes, repr France, and members of the Canadian Central Committee, ascended the platform at the the eighth Dominion convention which opened in Toronto last Friday. ery province in the Dominion, with an audience of roared their greeting as Tim Buck, general secretary, CP of C, with Earl esenting the Communist Party of f—o— Japan Rains Death on Shanghai Japanese imperialism brings death and destruction io Shanghai. Above are some of the hundreds of Chinese civilians killed in air attacks. Below, a scene outside the Great Central hotel. Protest Made Against Speed-up Hospital Workers Here Promised Increased Pay As a result of attempts at organization of General Hospital employees here, including laundry and kitchen workers, a Wage increase of five cents an hour and overtime pay has been promised by the management. . At the present time employees are not paid for overtime and must make up in extra time all statutory holidays. No paid holidays are given. An eight- hour day is set, but more often nine hours are worked. When complaints were made re- cently against the speed-up the gen- eral manager favored hiring of ex- tra help. The foreman, however, is stated to have rejected this pro- posal, asserting he would “make the girls do the work.” Two girls were laid off recently when two machines were installed in the laundry. MEXICO CITY, DEF, Oct. 14.—A4 conference of all national labor or- Sanizations is expected to mect here in December or January. 2. Telephone Agreement Called Gyp Federated Ratepayers Rap Committee Report STRIKE MOOTED “We always understood that the Pederated Ratepayers favored a rate of from $2 to $2.20 and now we find that our committee has sone Over the head of the Federated Rate- payers and has accepted a rate of $2.50 and then called this méeting to tell us of the so-called achieve- ment. If you don’t Gall this a Lyp, 1 don’t know what a gyp is.’ This statement was shouted by EF. C. Ginghiglia of Windermere Rate- payers, at a special executive meet- ing of the Federated Ratepayers’ Association at Mount Pleasant school Tast week, when the tepoct of the telephone negotiating committee was rejected and it was unanimously de- cided to tontinue the petition cam- paign which to date has been signed by 21,000 people. It is hoped that the 35,000 mark will be reached be- fore November 1 when the increase is scheduled to become effective. The telephone nesoulatin= com- mittee, members of which are Pres- ident MeLean, Mrs. A. LL. Rowan and Ernie Robinson, claimed in its report to the executive that it had saved telephone users of the city $40,000 yearly by the proposed 10 cent reduction. It was pointed out by: other members that this was mis- leading; that in reality BC Telephone Company would gain $120,000 yearly on the $2.50 basis as compared to the desired $2.20 or lower rate. Ex-Alderman Wilkinson, who was drafted on to the telephone commit-— tee without consent of Ratepayers’ officials, remarked: “It?s useless to do anything now. We would have to £0 to the Supreme Court of Canada —and that’s an expensive job.’ Non-Confidence Moved Ginghiglia’s outburst came as a result of the committee’s report PRESS DRIVE FUND Watch It Grow! Money Received to Noon, - Thursday, Oct. 14 $570 Leading Press Committees: Vancouver: GRANDVIEW British Columbia: ATLIN Attending the GIO meet at At- lantie City is Harola Pritchett, DWA president. when he moved a vote of non-con- fidence in the committee, also a vote of Mon-concurrence to the report, Seconded by Buscombe from Ward 1. The vote of non-confidence was later Withdrawn by the mover. President McLean objected to use of the word “S¥p.” Indisnation was expressed by ex- eculive members at high-handed methods of the committee, the sec- retary of which, Mrs. A. L. Rowan wrote to W. R. Bradbury, organizer of the petition campaign: ae - -- We have now completed our negotiations with the telephone com- pany and haye been officially ad- vised by them that effective Novem- ber, 1937, two party resident rate of $2.50, as asked by us, will become effective oe - There is no longer any ne- cessity to carry on any activities in regard to telephone rates. “Pp Siz The necessary advice the Board of Railway Commissioners has been forwarded.” W. R. Bradbury reported that the BC Telephone Company had a stenographer on hand when he ex- posed the affair over the radio. Persistent rumors exist of a telephone users’ strike against the proposed Imcrease in rates, an ex- ecutive member of the Wederated Ratepayers, stated to the PA. to Hi—m— 4 American Plant Builds Giant Plane For Soviet ‘The new Martin Clipper, being constructed for the that it is'being assembled outside the plant. The flying b 156-foot wingspread, USSE at a factory near Baltimore, is so huge oat, largest ever built in the US, has a ; burners have been COLIN CAMERON, MLA, EJECTED FROM TO SUE FOR ASSAULT President States Union Intends To Intensify Drive Cameron Was Canvassing Island Logging Camps With Petition For Trade Union Bill CHARGE WILL BE HEARD OCTOBER 21 COURTENAY, BC, Oct. 14.—Colin Cameron, CCF MLA for Comox, today swore out an assault charge against Pete Haranboume, foreman of the Elk River Timber company, charging that he was forcibly ejected from the company’s camp when he sought permis Sion to enter and canvass the men for signatures to the proposed trade union pill. The charge will be heard, probably at Campbell River, on October 21. When permission to enter their camps was refused by Superintendents of Hlk River Timber company, Campbell River Logging company and Bloede] Timber company, Cameron wired Attorney-General Gordon Wismer: “Have been refused admission to logging camps to inter- |view constituents. Please define right as member.” Back came Wismer’s reply: “Members have no rights other than those of private citizens in my opinion.” According to reports, Cameron went to the Elk River Timber company’s camp Wednesday night, asked to be ad- Colin Cameron 200 In Oakalla Approximately 200 Ployed men are now in Oakalla, according to officials of the single unemployed organization here. Twenty-eight men were sentenced to 30 days Thursday after they had refused to pledge themselves not to Solicit on the streets again. “We haye to eat,’ they told the magistrate. Single unem- >mitted and was refused. He is then said to have asked for a refusal in writing. This also was refused. It Was following this that Cameron charges he was thrown out. Union Will Intensity Campaign In a statement to the People’s Advocate Thursday night Jack Brown, president of the BC Goast Distriet Council, Lumber and Saw mill Workers, International Wood- workers of America affiliate, de- clared: “Ifor the past two or three months Colin Cameron has been workings in the interests of the union, can- vassing for signatures to a petition organized in connection with the trade union bill to gsuarantee labor rights. This bill which will provide employees with the right to organize in unions of their own choice and to collectye bargaining, will be pre- sented at opening session of the House.- “During the past few months Cameron has been in a number of camps on the Island, including the Comox Lumber company’s Camp at Comox, which is one of the Lumber- men’s Association's bie camps. “Now that the government has Stepped in and is attempting to pre- vent this campaign from being car- ried out, the union intends to inten- Sify its campaign and will give its full support to Cameron.” Pour months ago Arne Johnson, unon organizer, was refused permis~ Sion to enter Rounds and Burchett’s camp. Appeal from a fine of $5 im- posed on a technical charge of tres- Passing will be heard on Oct .26. Small Dealers Are Hit Large Fuel Companies Seelx Sawdust Monopoly By VAL CHRISTIE That smal] sawdust dealers are finding it increasingly diffi- cut to obtain sawdust to fill the orders in face of competition from large fuel concerns was learned by this writer in investi- gating conditions Boosted duirng the past few years aS a poor Man’s fuel, sawdust is being used in ever larger quantities. Thousands of homes where sawdust installed now rely on sawdust for fuel. Recom- mendations to be submitted to the city council, passed by the civic marset committee this weel, while providing for tags snowing type of sawdust and for uniform Sacks, do not make conditions any easier for small dealers. Ostensibly to stabilize the saw- dust industry, the Hog Fuel Deal- ers’ Association has been formed here. To become a member of this or- Ganization the dealer, accordine to the writer’s informant, is required to pay a $25 initiation fee and $3 each month, in return for which he receives a monthly membership card. This card entitles him to buy Sawdust. It was stated that most of the sawmills in Vancouver and New Westminster district are mem. bers of the association. Therefore, unless the dealer can show a mem- bership card he may be unable to obtain supplies. An invoice of the Sawdust and Hog Fuel Dealers’ Association with (Continued on page 2) See SAWDUST in the industry here this week. S) Conference To Back Boycott Nanaimo Urges Federal Relief For Drought Victims Resolution demanding the Domin- | ion and provincial governments | ‘immediately assume full responsi- bility of an adequate relief program assuring the sufferers in the drought areas sufficient food for themselves and their stock throughout the coming winter, following which the fundamental problems should be dealt with by the very necessary far-reaching scheme of rehabilita- | tion, and drastic readjustment of | ee burden; was endorsed by WNa- naimo and District Industrial and Unemployment Conference at its meeting Saturday, October 9, in Le- 1fion Hall: Wotice has been sent to the Mer- chants’ Association that the coun- cil intends to assume full activities towards establishing a boycott of Fascist goods on and from Noyem- ber 1. SEC et