Page Four THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE , December 31, 1937 Inventions Suppressed Science And Society Re- veals How Progress Is Held Back. By Finance Capital. NEW, YORK Dec: 28—CHP) — How the big business practice of putting profits before human wel- fare suppresses inventions and holds back mankind’s scientific progress is discussed in The Frus- tration of Technology, an article by Bernhard J. Stern in the winter issue of the quarterly review, Science and Society, published here. Stern is lecturer in sociology at Golumbia University and co-author of the recent report fo the national resources committee, Technological Trends and National Policy. Though big corporations publicize their research laboratories as a blessing to humanity, the author points out that “what is most sig- Nificant is that these research de partments augment the control which large corporations have over technological changes in industry and facilitate the suppression of patents which, if used, might disturb their immediate profits.” A Federal Communications Com- mission report is cited showing that the Bell telephone system suppress- ed 3,400 unused patents and that it “has at all times suppressed com- petition in wire telephony and teleg- raphy under its telephone and telephonic appliance patents. This exclusion is extended to patents covering any type of construction.” US Steel, Stern finds, “has initi- ated few technological changes and has been slow to respond to innova- tions.’ Big changes it originally ‘passed by are Gray's invention of a Structural section that could be rolled together in one piece; Tytus’ method of manufacturing steel sheets by a continuous process; Gay- ley’s method of supplying a dry blast to blast furnaces; and the centrifugal process of casting in- gots which eliminates ingot molds, soaking pits and blooming mills. It delayed the development of the Stainless stee] market. Gourts Uphold Business Gourts have upheld big business in suppressing: jnventions, deciding. that “the public has no right to- compel the use of patented devices or of unpatented devices when that js inconsistent with the fundamen-— tal rules of property.” Corporation laboratories, despite their great technical advantages over the efforts of the solo inven- tor, produced only 12 of the 75 most important invention made between 1889 and 1929. Industry’s rank-and- file workers, in turn, have little in- centive to exercise their ingenuity when they know that new methods may cost them their jobs. Private industry, moreover, is un- able to keep abreast of technique be- cause of periodie business erises. Purchases of industrial machinery in the US in 1932 dropped 74 per cent under the 1919-29 annual average. Technicians were laid off. Govern mental officials began to talk of solving. unemployment by replacing machines by hand labor to the point where humorists suggested discard- ing even shovels for bare hands. Technolopical advance aS Occurs under fascism, as in Germany, “is primarily a handmaiden of militar- ism,’ says Stern, while in the Soviet Union, socialized ownership of the means of production greatly. quick- ens the rate of technological change and makes possible distributing the penefits between higher living stan- dards and further technological ex- pansion. Nazis Sentence _ Anti-Fascists PARIS, France, Dec. 29.— Any hour the headsman’s axe may fall on the necks of eleven German anti-fascists arrested by the Ges- tapo and sentenced to death at secret trials boier Wazi courts. Included in the eleven is Liselotte Hermann, mother of a 3-year-old son. The International Centre for Right and Freedom jn Germany in a world appeal declares: ‘Do not forget the martyrs in the German struggle for freedom. The protests of world opinion should sound so loud and distinctly in the ears of the brutal executioners that they will no longer dare to murder in- nocent men and women.” Hall’s Laboratories SEY. 4923 Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE COSMETICS Specializing in Private Brands e 150 Alexander St. Vancouver NEW LION HOTEL 122 BAST BASTINGS STREET fee Spokesman For France On Trip To Mend Fences Premier Camille Chautemps of Ssones (right) shakin i i i i : Se g hands with Sir Robert Vansittart, while Wvon Delbos, French foreign minister, bids goodbye to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. on their departure from a London talk. Delbos then visited Poland, Rumania, Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia in an attempt to cement old friendships and offset inroads of the fascist bloc in these countries. *|New Drive Launched | eee —— . CLASSIFIED *UMWA Organizes elie Chemical Workers 22:2 "2 = Se Jack Lawson Writes From Alberta Many More On Relief One Thousand Persons Never On Relief Before Forced To Apply, Says Report. VICTORIA, BG, Dec. 29——Number of people on relief in British Co- lumbia in the period of October- Wovember jumped 20 per cent, pro- vineial relief officials here stated this week. There-is an increase of 8,938 per- sons this year°as compared with 2,444 in the same period in 1936 and, of these, 1,000 are persons who have never been on relief before. Of 543 families drawing transient relief, the majority haye come into the province within the last year. Figures compiled this week show 58,492 persons getting assistance during November, against 44,554 in October. Relief officials endeavor to prove a steady migration from the prairie provinces by the fact that 1,500 transient men registered for for- estry camps this year as compared with 1,200 in 1936. Anti-Picketing Law Repealed DENVER, GColo., Dee. 29.—Colo- rado’s 1905 anti-picketing law is in the ashcan. Holding the act unconstitutional, District Judge Henry A. Hicks said the measure was enacted “in a time now happily long past when the rights of laboring men, and especially those who sought to better their condition and the condition of their families by join- ing labor unions, were often trampled upon by legislative en- actments, and in some instances by the courts of the Jand. “The march of time in the past third of a century has brought with it more enlightened thought and a more sincere regard for the constitutional rights of labor- There has been stricken from the statute books of all of the states of the union except Colorado and one other state such unconstitu- tional statutes.” The other state the judge re- ferred to is Alabama. A 1933 act of the Colorado legislature directs courts not to enjoin peaceful picketing and constituted “at least an implied repeal” of the anti- picket law, Judge Hicks ruled. To hold peaceful picketing criminal would also be repugnant to the 14th amendment of the US con- stitution, he said. Urge Trade Policy SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 29.— The Communist Party of Australia is playing a leading part in broad- ening and extending the movement against Japanese imperialism. it is putting forward a demand that the Lyons government compensate farmers for any loss of trade and that a policy of trade diversion be developed in order that greater quantities of Australian wool will be purchased by countries other than Japan. Virile New Poster Art Is Developed by Spain Artists Out of the struggle of the Spanish people to free their country from the devastating clutch of international fascism a new virile art of the people, expressing itself mainly through poster work, is emerging. The story of how this creative art, liberated from the deadening influence of reaction, is developing is told by Jack Lawson, Vancouver volunteer, in one of the most interesting letters yet received by the People’s Advocate from Spain. Describing an office of the Inter- national Brigades at the Albacete headquarters, Lawson writes: “Qn all the walls are large copies of the latest posters issued by the various groups and brigades. “They are works of art, because the artists of Spain today are throw- ing their weight on the side of the people to smash fascism. Their work is proof of their desire and ability. “Qne big poster right in front of me is entitled, “A Nuestra Avia- +cion,” and shows a big tri-motored bomber with the swastika on it plunging to the earth in flames, while overhead is a pursuit plane of the people speeding away in tri- umph. This poster is issued by the provincial committee of the Com- munist party and is a pure work of art with magnificent colors and action. “ “Another poster shows a comrade of the International Brigades stand- ing beside a shield of the coat of arms of Madrid in the attitude of a guard with a rifle and bayonet fixed. “The picture is bold and solid and right across it runs the inspiring slogan: “El Frente Popular de Madrid al Frente Popular del Mundo.” Literally translated, this means, “The Popular Front of Madrid is the Popular Front of the World.” “There are thousands of posters of all descriptions all with the one doimnating motive—to win the war and smash fascism.” Loyalist Propaganda Lawson also tells of the various methods employed by the loyalists to win men from the fascist ranks to the cause of freedom and democ- racy- “Propaganda is a tremendous weapon in this war,” he writes. “Besides the publicity behind the lines in the rear to stimulate and arouse the masses of people, a tre- mendous amount of propaganda work is carried out on every front. “Teaflets are dropped by planes and also shot over the lines by rockets. One of the greatest forms of propaganda is the direct method through the medium of sound +rucks. We have big trucks which print. thousands of leaflets for dis- tribution. They are also equipped to broadeast speeches and have tre- mendous loud speakers with a radius of miles. “When I was on the Jarma front the agitation wes carried on night after night and the fascist officers used to force their men to open up with machine guns and bombs in attempts to drown out the loud- speakers. It’s pretty hard to smother the truth, however, and sometimes the sound trucks, which were away back of the lines, would play records —the latest music and songs of the different nationalities. When they played the International the boys in the trenches would join in and I might add that this was one song the fascists never succeeded in drowning out.” Decision Upheld STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 29. —The supreme military court of Sweden has upheld the decision of a lower court that soldiers and sailors may read Communist and other Left publications without in- terference by their officers. Ladies’ Half Soles and Heel Ladies’ Leather Heel NEW IMfen’s Half Soles and Rubber Heel —__ Guaranteed English Leather — METHOD SHOE - - 337 Carrali St. SASS gillo,” .declared A. Phillip Ran- Says 8000 Murdered Negro Congress Head Says Haitian Workers Killed By Dominican Soldiers. NEW YORK, Dec. 29—(FP)— “The 8,000 Haitian workers who were murdered last October were not killed by the Dominican peo- ple but by the soldiers of Dictator— President Rafael Leonidas Tru- dolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and chairman of the Na- tional INegro Congress, at a pro- test mass meeting held here. By BOB STUART, America! taking aspirin a la UMWA. NEW YORK, Dec. 29—(F'P)—Believe it or not, you can give the gir] friend perfume, rouge, nail polish or face powder all made by members of the United Mine Workers of If the boss gives you a headache, you may spite him by Monthly and contract rates on application. ee Federated Press ‘AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE You may even chuckle up your sleeve when you ‘hear that the polish on the boss’s swankly par- quet floors, the gas that cooks his 10-course dinner and the paint on his mansion were probably made by the UMWA too. For members of UMWA district fifty make all these things and more. National in scope, industrial in setup, this year—old district has CIO jurisdiction over gas, coke and other jcoal-procession and heavy and light chemical and alled workers. Tt is not such a long jump from the coal which John L. Lewis’ hearty boys dig to the face pow- der produced in cosmetic sweat- shops, where girls work for $8 to $14 a week. — After bituminous coal is heated to obtain coke, great quantities of coal tar are formed. Erom this come literally thousands of by- products: materials to build roads and creosote lumber, food flavor- ings, thousands or medicinal in- gredients, perfumes, baking pow- der, dyes, phonograph records, plastics, mothballs, fountain pens, smelling salts, artificial rubber, soda water and germicides! Goal Preducts If the list is too long, just simpli- fy it all by remembering that coal tar yields five crudes, benzene, toluene, anthracite, phenol and napthalene, 300 intermediates, which then yield 1000 dyestuffs which finally yield 8000 brands of dye. UMWA District 50, formerly the Gas, Byproducts, Goke and Chem- ieal Workers, affiliated with the coal diggers at the latter’s August, 1936, convention. Headed by James Welson in Washington, it already has i110 locals in over 20 states. In organizing, it comes up against industrial giants like EH. I. duPont de Nemours, Union Carbide and Garbon, Allied Chemical and Dye, Gorn Products Refining Company, and Koppers Company. - The district has a labor board ease, for example, against Coty, Inec., manufacturer of one of the most expensive of feminine lux- uries,.but noted for its anti-labor policy and inhuman no-speaking “policy in the packing department where it drives underpaid girls. The union is out to improve conditions in paint and varnish factories, where pay is low, lead poisoning which in turn yields_ Boycott In Australia Labor Movement Calls For Boycott Of Japan Goods; Will Not Handle Exports, Imports SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 29. — Seeing in Japanese aggression in the Far Bast a direct threat to Australian security, the organized labor movement in this country has been quick to throw its full weight behind the Japanese boycott movement. Australia occupies an important position in regard to the present conflict in the Par East. After the US and India she holds third place in the foreign trade of Japan. Al- most the whole of Japanese re- quirements in wool are secured from Australia. Qn the other hand, Japanese ex- ports to Australia consist mainly of manufactured cottons, artificial silk and other textile goods manufac- tured locally in Australia. The Australian Trades Union Con- gress through its meeting in Mel- bourne has already endorsed the resolution of the British Council of Tabor on Ghina and sent it to all central trades and labor councils for endorsation. It is also calling upon workers to boycott all Jap- anese goods and to refuse to han- dle any goods to or from Japan. In this city, Adelaide, Perth, Can- berra and a number of other im- portant centres, labor councils have adopted plans to impose a complete boycott on all Japanese goods. ' Refuse Transport SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 29.— The Australian Railways Union with a membership of 45,000 has decided to boycott Japanese goods and will take steps to prevent rail rampant and hazardous fires and “A sharp line of distinction must be drawn between the workers of the Dominican republic and its fascist dictator. The Dominican workers'are completely unarmed, and these Negro workers were murdered by machinezuns.” Randolph declared that fascism has been making great inroads in Latin American countries. He called on liberty-loving imdividuals to arouse sympathy for the Haitian people in their fight against tyranny. A resolution was passed calling for joint mediation by the United States, Cuba and Mexico. Oscar Rivera, Wew York as- semblyman, pointed out that paid agents of Trujillo are busy in the United States propagandizing for the dictator and trying to hide the horrible crime behind a barrage of words. He cited as an example of their activity a page ad in The New York Times. Pritchett Given SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 29—Con- fident that the growing campaign man, CLO chief counsel at Washing- immigation officials have granted Pritchett a further stay in the US until January 3, 1938. Pressure from CIO and AFL organizations brought about an extension of his stay until after the Portland convention of the International Woodworkers of America, of which he is president, three weeks ago. Form PEI Co-ops CHARLOTTESTOWN, PEI, Dec. 29—(FP)—In May, 1936, St. Dun- stan’s College called a meeting of government, religious, educational, agricultural and fishing organiza— tions, out of which grew the Adult Education League. During the fall and winter, 338 study groups with 4.300 members thrashed out eco- nomic problems. Twenty-four eredit unions 12 co-op buying clubs and two co-op Stores have already been established. Several production units are being formed. Boycott Japanese Goods. Further US Stay for Harold Pritchett's right to be- come an American citizen will be crowned with success, Lee Press- ton, DG, has wired here, stating that explosions a Common occurrence. transport of goods destined for Japan. a f — Semi-Dispiay Classified CAFES PUBLICATIONS. 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