November 5, 1937 PEOP?P LE’S ADVOCATE Page Five LABOR ‘Continued from page 3) rapidly ahead,” said Conroy, who received grest applause. “Question,” shouted delegates as Bill Paige, Carptenters 452, and chairman of the trade union bill committee, made the concluding speech, and with a deep-throated “Aye” the Trades Congress “pill passed without a dissentient voice, a fact that Chairman Jamieson asked the press to record. Most important among the reso- lutions was that presented to the convention by Victoria Trades and Labor Council which called for formation of a BC Federation of Labor. Recom- mended by T/| Morrison, Local 213, Electrical Workers, and} chairman, reso- lutions commit-§ tee, was that the convention adopt a substitute reso- lution which called for another trade union conference next June. ; Urge Federation This did not satisfy the majority of delegates and the vote declared for the original resolution. Pete Munro declared that a complaint by Some that it would be an expensive proposition was not worthy of con- sideration. Wictor Midgely asked veterans present to recall the splendid work done by the BC Federation of Labor from 1911 to 1920, the length of its existence, stated: “I realize now that I made a mis- take in 1920 when I called for the dissolution of the Federation. Or- fanized labor throughout the prov- inte was well centralized and knit together by this organization, whereas now outside points are neglected with the consequence of weakness and disorganization.” Fired by the possibilities of a strong federation, there were many enthusiastic speakers supporting the resolution. Afraid of the possi- bility that the idea of the federa- tion would be shelved and allowed to die, younger delegates demanded that a committee elected from the convention work with the BC ex ecutive to conduct an immediate referendum among all locals on this question and take immediate steps on the results; all delegates taking for granted that the demand for such organization would be over- whelming. Elected for this purpose were Delegates Atkinson, Nanaimo; You- hill, Wictoria; Jamieson, Vancou- ver; Chivers, Victoria. Must Work With Jobless irrepressible Tom Uphill, MILA, who represented Fernie United Mine Workers, injected broad humor into the convention while he drove home a telling point on the relation between organied labor Pete Munro ) and unemployed citizens. The reso- lutions committee had recommend- ed that the word “request” should replace “demand” on the subjects of high cost of living, Work and Wages, and increased relief. Stating that he was delighted to see a delegate from the unemployed organization of Victoria given full eredentials, with voice and vote, Uphill-declared, “This is certainly ; a step in the right direction.” Asking whether the delegates really knew what unemployed were up against, Uphill passionately de- clared that the word “‘demand” was “the fit and proper word for semi- Staryed families which are badly neglected by our government.” “This convention,” said Uphill, “had better begin to realize that unorganized desperate men are a menace to living standards and it is up to the unions to work with | and for the unemptoyed.” zi | In dead silence the convention - listened to the member from Fernie | report that the government recently : spent $1100 to ship 10 people from his constituency back to the Old | Country, with more to follow; of _the rampant discrimination by the /government against Fernie unem- 'ployed because they went on strike /some time ago for more food to “enable them to work out their re- lief. : “Talk about Mussolini and Hit- ler, indeed,” declared Uphill “why, Pattullo is first cousin to Musso- lini — and I’m trying to keep out of politics.’ The convention rocked with laughter at this sentence, and the word “‘demand” stayed in the resolution. Present at the convention, which Was open to visitors, were Colin Cameron, GCF (Comox) and Sam Guthrie, CCF (Cowichan -New- castle), the latter accepting an in- Vitation by the convention to speak at a luncheon arranged for dele- gates. Powder-marked from years in the mines, Guthrie in a short speech pledged himself “to fight for the common people which the proposed trade union bill would benefit.” He declared that the CGF group in the house would support the bill to the limit. Guthrie recalled the Nanaimo miners’ strike of 1912 when he was chairman of the miners’ local and Stated that he was proud of the fact that he was jailed at that time for union activities. S “In the struggle to maintam democracy there may be many more put in jail and it is for such reasons that the trade union >) 3 Days only... ‘Beethoven Concerto’ ea NOV.4-5 EDISON THEATRE New Westminster S $2400-Mark Passed Atlin Sends Another $76 To Swell Drive Aggregate Every Daily Clarion reader will have noted the unstinted praise forthcoming from Tim Buck on Atlin’s marvellous showing in the current joint press drive, but not many knew that those miners had sent another cheque for $76 even while the article was being penned! Hastings Bast press committee has gone 7 per cent over its quota, Which was reached October 31. Averaging $3.25 each, many mem- bers of this committee will be on the honor roll. ULEFTA has raised $184. Vancouver Centre with $336, in- cluding 116 subs, averages $1.19 a member to date. Some of the outside points haye done splendidly: Quesnel has collected $56.25; Prince Rupert, $59.60; Rounds, $43; Gibson's Land- ing, $25.20; Salmon Arm, $34; Mats- qui, $16; Nanaimo, $70; ¥mir, $14; Trail-Rossland, $10; Cumberland, $4.50; Prince George, $1.50; Arm- Strong, $4.50; Sointula, $10.50; Grassy Plains, $11.60; Deep Bay, $6.50. Drive Manager Bill Ravenor and his hard-working committee this week expressed appreciation of the efforts of groups and individual sup- porters, miany of them doing their bit for the drive in isolated places. “One more big effort on the part of all and there can be no question but that November 15 will see the drive over the $3000 mark,” is his firm opinion. Atlin now has sent in $246. Raise $500 In Campaign FMPB Reports Success In Collecting Gifts For Spain That $500 has been raised and a number of Christmas Parcels mailed, While there are goods valued at $100 in the district office ready for ship- ment to Canadian volunteers in Spain, was the report of Qrganizer J. ©. Chivers of the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion this week. Chivers presided over a representa- tive meeting of twelve Sroups now Working: steadily to aid the batta- lion, each delesate reporting a col- lection of funds, sox, candy, cigar- ettes and clothing. [Around The City STEPHEN ON AIR. On the air over station CEMO, Monday, Nov. 8, 7:30 P.m., will be A. MI. Stephen, president, League for Peace and Democracy. In his sub- ject, “Current History,” he will deal with vital questions of the day. AIDS JOBLESS. Vancouver Mothers’ Council, which is doing sterling work for Single jobless men, holds its busi- ness meeting every Tuesday, 2:30 p.m., O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer St. Sponsored by Vancouver Mothers’ Council is an entertainment for re- cently released unemployed, to which all who assisted in the recent strug- sle to obtain justice have been in- wited. Smypathizers are asked to furnish food for this affair, which will be held Friday, November 5, § p.m., Orange Hall. movement must act politically,’ Guthrie declared amid applause. Other important resolutions passed by the convention were: Health Imsurance—a demand that an adequate act be passed and that the government consult central labor bodies on various clauses; that PGE railway employees have the status of civil servants and be eligible for the government pension scheme; that the Alaska Highway should be immediately started, with union labor and wages; that Vic- toria International Longshoremen, of which 70 are blacklisted, shall be able, aftér an investigation, to ob- tain a fair share of work in the port; that night work be abolished in the baking industry; that a fair wage clause be inserted into all government works contracts, in- eluding public works schemes. Delegate Stewart of Local 28 urged that the Victoria Trades and Labor Council begin to organize the restaurant and hotels there, stated that only one restaurant in Victoria had the union card. He thanked delegates for distributing union propaganda among employees in hotels and cafes, remarked, ‘“Vic- toria eitizens certainly know of this convention by the amount of union talk going on in various places.” The convention congratulated the Victoria Trades and Labor Council for its initiative in calling the con- vention, many veteran union men declaring that the convention would give impetus to the work of unionization. WHIST DRIVE DANCE Every Thursday Night e BIG CASH PRIZES = aleg = MODERN DANCE Every Saturday Night HASTINGS AUDITORIUM §28 East Hastings St. C7) > NEW CAFE OPENS. When you eat at The Mayfair, Vancourer’s newest modern cafe, you know that the management has a union agreement signed with Local 28, Hotel and Restaurant Employees. Operated by P. Ap- Souris, same management as that of the Pall Mall Cafe, favorite ren- dezvous of trade unionists in the city, the Mayfair will be the last word in efficiency. Opening date is Saturday, Nov. 6, when patrons and friends are invited t0 visit the premises at 29 West Hastings Street. SPAIN AFFAIR. To help in the campaign to send Christmas cheer to Canadian boys in Republican Spain, the women members of Vancouver Centre branches, Communist Party, will hold an affair, Tuesday, Nov. ), 8 pm., at Orange Hall. All sym- pathizers are welcome. *%& STAR *® THEATRE 330 MAIN STREET East End Family Theatre CLEAN COSY — Friday and Saturday — A Big Laugh Riot “PIGSKIN PARADE” All-Star Cast plus “KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED” with Robert Kent Wext Week a Change of Program Mon., Wed., Fri. Monday and Tuesday — “WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO Dik” Preston Foster, Anne Dvorak Eq. Everett Horton, in “HIS NIGHT OUT” Wed. and Thurs. — That pixilated picture you have all been waiting for— “ME. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN” plus SPECIAL Technicolor “Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor’ plus Ed Bergen, in “NUT GULLETY” A Right of Action! ... WRESTLING AND BOXING VANCOUVER SPORTS CLUB Saturday, November 6 830 P.M. Mike Paul vs Geo. Bunka The return of STAN SNOW- DEN, after three months’ ab- sence, and other good bouts. Scotty Jackson vs BILL MASSON will meet in 5 five-min. rounds. There will be at least FOUR Boxing Bouts ADMISSION: 10c ... 20th Anniversary... UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS i cle i Wh hs hn ela Sn is Ss ols ks ncn ols is cle Gs hs is cle ls Ss is Ss is es ss ws Sais Ss ws a Se as BEACON THEATRE & P.M. - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7th Progressive Arts Players will present three acts of “BURY THE DEAD” Supported by 30-piece Concert Orchestra PROMINENT SPEAKERS Auspices: Communist Party, Vancouver District Ns Es ha as is Sols Se es Sn we wes in cls is Seis ae es cis Se ws is a ps SS SS SS as SS SS aS A SS Tickets for reserved seats are for sale at New Age Book Store, 28 Hast Hastings St., and Room 50, Flack Block, 163 West Hastings Street SS TT BRITANNIA (Continued from page i) the company making a pretence at cutting hoarding-house prices and rents. Condition of the Oriental workers is worse. Where at the highest peings during summer month their Wases were $3.05 per day, now, with one 10-cent and one 15-cent bonus cut, their wages stand at $2.80, with the likelihood of their losing another 15-cent bonus. Japanese workers, of whom there are 60 here, invited their foreman to attend a meeting September 12, when he was instructed to present their demand for a Wage inirease. Wih no response from the com- Pany after 40 days had elapsed, these Japanese called another meet- ing which authorized presentation of the demands next day, but not before the foreman had fired one whom he suspected of being a leader . Following presentation of the de- mands, two more men were fired, with the result that all the Japanese marched to the manager's office, where Mr. Brennan, acting-manager, and one of the white foremen met them. The manager, whose company has declared over $1,000,000 profit during the last three months, announcing that the men’s demands could not be granted, stated: “Were we to grant you an in- crease, then tomorrow the white men [would come and demand the same.” That same day fourteen of these Canadian-born Japanese were forced to leave Britannia. Miners here are beginning to real- ize that racial differences should be forgotten in a common effort to bet- ter their conditions. The recent vic- tory at Blubber Bay, BG, where Orientals and Whites held firm to- gether and won, even when a strike was forced on them, has had excel- lent effect in Britannia. UMWA Active NEW YORE, Nov. 4.—(P)— United Mine Workers, District 50, which covers’ New York City and vicinity, now has members in the fas, coke, chemical, cosmetic paint and varnish and allied chemical in- dustries. MEXICO CITY, DF, Noy. 4.—(FP) —More than 1,500 youth delesates from all over Mexico will gather here~- for a national conference in December, to organize the worker and peasant youth into one organ- ization. Ga =) DANCING... | every WED., FRL, SAT., PALOMAR NOVELTY DANCES Every Friday till 1 a.m. De Santis and his 15-piece or- chestra, Canada’s greatest dance band ... featuring Ethel Lang, Chuck Gale and Floyd Simpson on Vocals. Don Baker, King of Novelty Songs. Carl De Santis and his famius swing jam band. 0) GIANT ARMISTICE BALL and FROLIC Thursday, Novy. 11, till 1 a.m. Balloons, Novelties, Hats, Cy Amusing Scene from New Film Ca Noisemakers, etc. Adm. 50c NS Y ROYAL THEATRE Se ee eee Vancouver's Biggest Vaudeville and Stage Show Special Today and Tomorrow — “STATE FAIR”’ with Will Rogers Complete Change of Show Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3 Big Feature Pictures at all showings, including VAUDEVILLE : STAGE SHOW in Perman- J Grandview Furriers SPECIAL: French Seal Coat, To Order - - $50.00 and up REMODELLING into New Styles, and Repairing. Fur Coat Relined, $7.00 and Up. All First Class Work. High. 1378 1323 Commercial b Specialist. ii Years’ experience ent Waving “— White,Grey and Fine Hair, an, Downing Beauty Shop 130 W. Hastings St. PHONE = - SEY. 24] NEW WESTMINSTER — Installed Free — ELECTRIC and GAS RANGES Phone JIMMIE DOUGLAS PAIR. 1218 - New West. 1364-R-2 Prigidaires, Oil Burners, Radios, Washers, Ironers TERMS TRADES UNIFORMS OVERALLS, UNIFORMS — ALL kinds, made to measure. Patterns designed. Yukon Wniform Co., 1 East Pender St. 7 Tr Apart from the attraction of its music, the Soviet film, “Beethoven Concerto,” has a special appeal in its delightful children’s capers. Chapayey, a popular game of the Soviet youngsters, is the theme of our photo. critics and film enthusiasts, opens in The film, which has won high praise from music Vancouver at the Globe Theatre with a special midnight preview, Sunday, November 7, and continues to the end of the week. Commenting on the picture, the New York Telegram says: “Lest you be terrified by the title, let me hasten to advise you that ‘‘Beet- hoven Concerto,”’ the new Soviet film, is a heart-warming and appeal- ing story of two talented youngsters who would rather play games than practice their music like any other normal kids. The sequence in which the children stage a burlesque on Chapayev is one of the most charming the current screen has produced.” Any single unemployed relief recipient showing his card or union card can go to the first showing of ‘ Monday, November 8, for 10 cents. ‘Beethoven Concerto” at 11 a.m. The World-Telegram says: “There are no false notes in the per- formance of children or adults. Though the children are not pro- fessional actors, or perhaps because they are not professional, they achieve their effects by simply being themselves. 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