LA pol January 7, 1928 ZHE PEOPLES ADVOCATE Page Five ~ LABOR ({Gontinued from page 1) ‘elauses in the Act, that he was cer- tainly ignoring the spirit and in- ‘tent of the Act. _ Pulling out a copy of Bill 94, “Gateman read the following from ‘Section 2-G: | “Organization, when used in re- jiation to employees, means any or- {ganization or association of em- yployees formed for the purpose of ‘regulating relations between em- tployers and employees, and in- ‘eludes trade unions.” “These particular employees had the courage to sign a document Which was sent to their union-hatine employers, signifying their intention to have local 28 act as their repre- sentative,” Gateman declared. ‘*Ap- parently this is not good enough for the minister of labor, when he al- lows Bill 94 to be pushed aside by any bulldozing employer,” he con- tinued: j “The fight is just beginning,” was fhe business agent's partine shot. MINES (Continued from page 1) Ywhich brought young inexperienced men from the prairies intd the mines rather than reach a reason- able agreement. And yet these Same two companies, Cariboo Gold and Island Mountain, declared divi- Mdends in 1937 of $133,332 and $52,535, respectively. Dividends paid by BC mining companies in 19387 were: Sonsolidated M. and S... $11,406,220 Bralormme: 233s = 935,200 Pioneer 875,875 Premiers - 3) 800,000 Reno 219,156 Sheep Creek — 187,500 Dariboo Gold — 132,332 island Mountain - 52,535 Ymir Yankee Girl ——~... £ 33,375 Sighland-Bell see 26,318 Beaverdell-Wellington __ 7,200 Sgirview Amalgamated— 2,668 Totals os si S14 679 379 Seat New Unions WVWiICTORIA, BC, Jan. 6.— Dele rates from Painters, Decorators ind Paperhangers’ union, and the Bookbinders’ union, two locals of which were recently formed here, vere Seated at the Trades and Labor Souncil Wednesday. DA Deacces © SEY: 5577. COR. 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But it had to cross a long open slope swept by a heavy cross- fire of machine guns and anti-tank Shells. It was here that our first- aid men distinguished themselves, being where most of the casualties occurred. All Canadians will be proud of the especially fine-work of Sergeant James V. Black, and Sergeant Rose, first-aid men in the first company, which occupied a position on the extreme left flank of the battalion. Sergeant Black saw service in the medical corps years ago and is a trained murse. Rose had had no first-aid training before he came to Spain, but worunteered for the first-aid school] of the International Brigade, Brought Aid Under Fire When the first wave ran into the machine gun fire it was Rose who was at the side of Joe Dallet, battalion commissar leading the charge, when he was mortally wounded. Through my field glasses IT could see Rose dash from one fallen com- Canadian Spain Volunteers (Below Dr. Julius Hene, medical officer attatched to the Mackenzic-Papineau. Battalion in Spain, gives a graphic account of the part played by the Canadians in the successful loyalist of- fensive last October in which Quinto and Bechite on the Aragon front were taken. Hea vy duties prevented Dr. Hene from sending the report earlier, The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion is now BARCELONA, Spain——(By Mail).—As battalion doetor for the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion I was in an especially good position to record the heroism of the boys on October 13. From my first-aid post about 200 yards behind the lines ot was possible to see the en- tire attack. Naturally I was concerned with the functioning of my medical corps, the evacuation of the wounded, the work of the stretcher-bearers and ‘first-aid men. mee tT. OX vere = = The battalion went over the the ‘Tiny’ Anderson % hy rade to another—stopping the flow of blood, applying dressings, dig- ging a little shelter or carrying the wounded to a shell hole until they could be evacuated. Further off Sergeant Black was field hospital. {done a good day’s work. doing the same. Meanwhile the attack had halted and the battalion had begun to dig in under fire. It was impossible to bring baek the wounded before dusk since it was almost suicidal crawl- ing from place to place administer- ing. to the wounded. Just as the pattalion never way- ered in the attack, the first-aid men went through the gauntlet of the fascist snipers bringing water, cig- arettes, cognac, and the men in the battalion appreciated it. At dusk the wounded were carried off the field and rushed to the emergency Black and Rose had BC Volunteer Is Cited For Bravery ALBACETE, Spain, Jan. 6. “Tiny” Anderson, hard-rock miner from British Columbia now a volun- teer in the Mackenzie-Papineau Bat- talion, has been cited for bravery on the Aragon front by his com- manding officer. Other Ganadians to receive honors for valiant deeds are Sergeant Rose of Hamilton and Sergeants Black and Pauliuk of Toronto. Present Plans Futile Financial Service here on the Carpenters Seek Increased Wage VICTORIA, BC, Jan. 6—Reports that a large volume of sash and door millwork is coming here from Vancouver, with the possibility that such miliwork is keeping down wages or carpenfers in Vic- toria decided the local union to take up the question with the Car- penters’ union in Vancouver. Carpenters’ union here nounced this week they will cam- paign for 15 cents an hour in- erease and are prepared to apply for Board of Conciliation should there be active opposition from the Builders’ Exchange and Con- tractors. BARRISTER, ETC. 503 Granyille St Vancouver, B.C. - —— + Garfield A. King | Fi — rn — rh HF HEAR A.M. 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WHAT IT IS AND HOW If WORKS.........-.-...-. 10¢ % THE C.1O: CRUSADE—John Lewis 2. .-5.52.-.s essence ees 5c % ¥, Bookshop : TRINITY 5753 4 SSSSSSSSSS SSS FEEDS ¢ an- Montreal Service Hints » Federal Housing Scheme MONTREAL, Que., Jan. 6—Hint that the federal govern- ment may introduce a national] low-cost housing scheme sim- ilar to that of Britain at the coming session are made by strength of Ottawa advices. > The service outlines details of the scheme as follows: Aim will be a building program of at least $100,000,000 to be car- ried forward by private enterprise and designed to furnish 10,000 new homes that can be rented for from $12 to $15 per month. Tt has been estimated that such a program will result-in materially reducing unemployment in the Do- minion, while many Canadian cor- porations, directly or indirectly, are in line for substantial benefits should the scheme materialize. Inadequacy of the present Do- minion Housing Act, which is based on loans through financial houses, With federal Security, and only when the collateral is available, is Shown by the results after two years of operation in Greater Van- couver, according to figures recent- ly released. Vancouver, 152 loans, $675,710; Burnaby, nine loans, $26,853; West Vancouver, 25 loans, $79,658; North Vancouver, one loan, $3,000. Total, 187 loans, $785,221. For the entire Dominion the in- adequacy is-further shown: Num- ber of loans, 1,940, valued at $11,- 898,303. See Hope For Unity NEW YORK, Jan. 6—,FP) — Breakdown of peace negotiations between the -American Federation of Labor and the Committee for In- dustrial Organization is view with “profound regret” but with refusal to “abandon hope” in an editorial in Justice, official organ of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union, CIO affiliate. Ask Pen Probe Federal Minister of Justice H. La- pointe replied this week to a request by the Canadian Labor Defence League that conditions in New Westminster penitentiary be in- vestigated: that a report will be se- cured from the Superintendent of -Penitentiaries on the situation. 99S99 0099400990 5-400000000-00 JUST A REMINDER! to have lunch today at The Baltimore Cafe 100% Union “Always a Warm Welcome” 331 CARRALE ST. SEY. 31 NEW LION HOTEL 22 EAST HASTINGS STREET Project Workers On Radio Weekly Program To Be Given Over CHW K At Chilliwack Is An- nounced. (Special Correspondence) CHILLIWACK, BC, Jan. 6.—A New Year’s day broadcast, made possible by the owners of station CHWE here, was given by union members of project camp 19, Cul- tus Lake, much to the delight of residents in this district who are helping in many ways to lessen the monotony of camp life. introducing the broadcast, the camp spokesman made the follow- ing announcement: “The work we are doing at Cul- tus Lake is, we hope, an honest en- deavor to increase the beauty of the park, and we think that as a community asset its value will be increased. “We appeal to you to support us in our endeayor to have established a permanent works program in which the community and our- selves may benefit.” Old-time tunes sung by the camp “Hiill-billies,” a tap dance perform- ed with a pair of soup spoons, piano selections, guitar with song, the while a racy commentary was given throughout the program by the camp announcer completed the program. Ten phone calls were received before the boys left the station. Station CHWK, Chilliwack, an- nouncer stated that the boys would be on the air every Saturday 1 to 1:30 p.m. This station is included in the CBC network. Wumerous parcels of magazines have been sent to this camp by local residents, while service clubs have sent groups of entertainers to camp 19. The ministerial associa- tion has arranged a Sunday service. Two hundred visitors, among them many girls, attended a camp eoncert and dance December 30. Sask. Fascists SASKATOON, Sask., Jan. 6.—Pos- sibility that an organized fascist group will contest the next Sas- katchewan provincial election is seen here in the announcement by the Canadian Union of Fascists, which has offices in Regina and To- ronto, that fascist candidates of the Saskatchewan Wational party will be placed in the field. Announcement was made in the Thunderbolt, organ of the Canadian Union of Fascists. NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, Jan. 6.—Eight waitresses in the Fraser Cafe here have pledged themselves not to buy silk stockings while the Japanese boycott is in force. MEMORIAL CHINA (Continued from page 1) Pan's finances are in a precarious state. With the pursuit of hostilities the Japanese economic situation will become werse.” By MILDRED PRICH. (Federated Press) Far Eastern eyents which, after Six months continue to shake a startled world, may seem reduced to a mere procession of Japanese military victories, but actually nothing has happened which was not foreseen—and planned for—by astute Chinese at least a year be- fore the invasion from Tokyo be- gan. : As long ago as July, 1936, the Chinese statesman, Mao Tse-tung, predicted to Edgar Snow, London Daily Herald correspondent and best known reporter in China to- day, that “not only North China, but the lower Yangtse Valley and our southern seaports are already included in the Japanese continen- tal program.” The coming invasion, Mao went on to say, could be met only by the union of the- whole Chinese people for resistance, and that union, he predicted, would re- sult in the ultimate collapse of the Japanese empire in China. That China plans such a long- range Campaign to undermine Jap- anese victories and bring them to naught appears with the reorgani- zation of the military defense coun- cil to include representatives of every patriotic group in the coun- try from right to left. Chiang Kai- shek, hero of the Chinese people and symbol of their national fer- vor, leaves the premiership to be- come commander of all the GChin- ese forces. Pai Chung-hsi, long an adherent of unified resistance to the Japanese, is vice-commander. Dr. H, H. Kung was made premier. Parched Earth Policy. The new plan is to confiscate all Japanese property in China, and where this is impossible, to destroy it so that the Japanese or their puppets cannot use it as a base for their attacks. The invaders will inherit only “parch- ed earth” Far greater reliance from now on will be placed on trained and well-equipped guer- rilla troops, adept at surprise tac- tics which will make the lives of the Japanese miserable. Economic reforms will be carried out. The state will expropriate and operate war industries, important plants will be transferred to the interior, and there will be a more systematic collection of taxes. Uni- versal military training will be en- forced. China has been divided into seven war zones for these pur- poses, Reorganization did not come too soon. In a half year of fighting, the Japanese, with about 1,000,000 men under arms in China, have taken Shanghai, commercial cen- tre, Hangchow, capital of Chekiang province, and the historic and beautiful Nanking, never before conquered by foreign armies. In North China, Tienstin and Peiping, the ancient capital, have fallen to the Japanese—also Tsinan, capital of Shantung, and Taiyuan, capital of rich Shansi province. Terrible Cruelty. Uncensored private letters from American journalists coming out of occupied areas of China tell of the terrible cruelty of the conquerers. Two days before the occupation of Chapei, Japanese airplanes scat- tered leaflets promising that sol- diers who laid down their arms would be spared. As small bands of soldiers threw down their wea- pons and marched forward with arms upraised to within a few yards of the enemy, machine guns mowed them down. In the same area, unarmed citizens, made to dig their own graves, were then imme- diately flung into them by pistol shots. The Japanese, on some fronts at least, take no prisoners. This inhuman invasion is caus- ing suffering at home among the Japanese people themselves. War costs of about $150,000,000 a month have to be paid somehow and so the government is putting through every economy possible. The well-to-do, to show that they are doing their part, have started a fashion of wearing patched ki- monos. The poor suffer more con- certely: .Rice bowls are not very full and,*in country districts, hard- ships are especially acute. Even before the invasion, farm laborers were working incredible hours on the estates of absentee landlords” for 48 sen (about 14 cents) a day. Even in those relatively prosperous days, Japanese industrial workers were -getting about an eighth the wages of American workers, while women textile workers got a twelfth the American ‘standard. -The outcome of the Chinese war LENIN depends as much on internal condi- tions in Japan-as on China. No one can say just how long Japan- ese economy-can hold up against Chinese guerilla warfare. But Ja- pan will soon know, if she doesn’t already, that by capturing Chinese cities and railroads, she has not conquered the Chinese. ASSEMBLY in the Sunday, January 23, at 8 p.m. ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS SPEAKERS Auspices Communist Party, B.C. District TICKETS 25¢ St O33} es $ S Empress Theatre 4 $ $ $ 2 : on : 3 3 : Doors Open 7:30 Are Supreme 100% Union House 105 ©. Giastings St. F CARLETON CAFE P Where Quality and Service P 2 Johnny Kulek, Mer. Tel. Sey. 4060 Private Dining Room | for Banquets, Parties, Etc. Around The City| The cushion raffle which was scheduled to be drawn New Year’s Eve at 37 Hast Pender was post- poned and will be drawn for Fri- day, January 7, 8 p.m., 906 Commer- cial Drive. Results of the recent prize draw- ing held at Victoria Road and 38th Ave., are: Mr. Howell, 267, $25 ehair; Miss S. Cantrell, 192, tur- key. The winners traded prizes. East Vancouver section of the Communist party is holding a con- vention Sunday, January 9, 10 a.m., at the German Workers’ Hall, 2237 Main Street, to which visitors are invited. Annual general meeting of Van- couver Ex-Servicemen’s League will be held at the new headquarters, 47 West Broadway, Monday, January 10, 8 p.m. All members in good Standing are requested to attend. Mrs. Munro, residing on Twenty- fifth Ave., holder of ticket 35, is the winner of the bedspread raf- fled December 22, at 1273 Gran- ville Street . Vancouver Centre section of the Communist party has issued an in- vitation to the public to attend the first session of its semi-annual convention on Sunday, January 9, commencing 10 a.m. Hall, 404 Homer Street. at O’Brien A mass meeting to rally support for the new youth magazine, New Advance, will be held Sunday, Feb- ruary 6, 8 p.m., Royal Theatre. Well known figures in the progressive movement will speak and the col- léctiow will go to the sustaining fund of the magazine now being raised by the drive committee. Vancouver Mother’s Council meets every Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. at O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer Street. SPAIN (Continued from page 1) that only English money could be taken out of the fascist zone, while fascist customs authorities clapped bans on export of silver and copper. Defense Minister Indalecio Prieto, who spent much time during the fighting directing operations at Teruel, declared, “Krom an immedi- ate military point of view, the oc- cupation of Teruel affords the re- public a solid defensive front freed of the hitherto existing dangers. It fives us a system of communica- tions which shortens distances and facilitates maneuvers, And it in- creases the offensive ability of the republican army by strongly. forti- fying its morale.” Higher Mill Rate Seen Increase Forecast By Cornett As One Million Dollars Paid On Civic Debt. ; Vancouver citizens paid civic tax collections to the tune of $9,455,641 in 1937, which is 90 percent of the budget levy and the highest col- lection percentage since 1929, yet, according to a recent summary of last year’s civic finance made by Alderman J. W. Gornett, finance chairman, an increase in the mill rate for 1938 is almost inescapable. Among the “dark” and “bright” Buys War Bonds NEW YORK, Jan. 6—(FP) — A million yen (about $290,000) worth of China Incident Bonds have been purchased in Tokyo by Benjamin Kopf, manager of the Ford Motor company in Japan, as a mark of Sympathy with Japan, a dispatch to the New York Times states. Al though he could have bought ordi- Nary government bonds, the Ford executive particularly asked for the securities used to finance the in- vasion of China. B.C. PROVINCIAL CONVENTION Communist Party of Canada @ . — Opening Session — FRIDAY, JAN. 14th at 8 p.m. VICTORY HALL @ — Speakers — TOM EWEN B.C. Provincial Secretary NORMAN FREED Member of Political Bureau of Central Committee DOORS OPEN at 7:30 P.M. The Public Is Cordially Invited. to Attend. spots outlined by Alderman Gor- mett who felt it necesary to in- erease taxes in face of a 3-mill in- crease last year, paying off de- bentures amounting to $1,032,000 in 1937 was listed as “bright” spot number one. Restoration of 2% percent of civic wage reductions, which will cost the city $150,000 in 1988, is looked on as a dark spot. Tax sale properties realized a total of $97,700, while cost of snow elearance will be over $70,000. Chief reason given by Alderman Cornett for the proposed mill rate boost is a loss of more than $100,- 000 in 1938 tax revenue due to the fact that in i937 the taxable as- sessment was reduced to the ex- tent of $2,500,000. Against the total of $320,000 “dark” spots, claimed to be the reason for a new tax, is over $1,000,000 paid out on the civic debt. More than 33 cents on the civic dollar is paid yearly to “bond- holders, OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 6—Renewed plea that Canada impose an em- bargo on export of war material to Japan was made here by M. J. TOOT 2208S ATCT =24SS TTT TANS TTT TTT ON THE AIR Be Sure To Tune In The PA News Broadcast ‘over CKMO (1410 Kilocycles) e NAUGURATING a Sunday morning broadeast of local and provincial news. Se SUNDAY, JAN. 9th 9:45 A.M. 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