January 14 1088 THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Page Five Radio Talk _ Denounced mW erat, ‘Fishermen Say Poole 'Proposal Advecated On Har Would Endanger ‘Livelihood. — Salmon Purse Seiners of the Pa- i {cific from a union meeting last Sun- day sent a resolution to McLennan, (MecFeely and Prior, city hardware A merchants, urging thet Jimmy 9} Poole, employee of the firm, be re- ‘strained from advocating in his “weekly broadcast the closing of ‘parts of Howe Sound to commercial “fishermen. Poole, who writes a columin in the "WNews-Herald on sports fishing, is employed in the sporting goods de- ‘partment of the hardware firm, and it was for sportsmen that he advo- 'eated restrictions on Howe Sound, Claiming that such a ruling would attract tourists and increase sales of sporting tackle, | Fishermen complain the proposal jendangers their livelihood in that } Hewe Sound is depended upon for ‘fall fishing, when hundreds of gill- netters go out to make a stake for the winter. George Miller, union secretary, claimed that commercial fishermen spend one hundred times the amount paid by sportsmen for boats, gear, Sas, repairs and other necessities, that Poole and his friends are gen- erally sure of salaries and do not appreciate the difficulties of work- ing fishermen. Youth Proposes Hunger Strike Bchoes of a threat against future tincanners made this week by Mag- istrate GE. S. Wood in police court, were heard in a statement made Wednesday in the PA offices by H. Paull, young unemployed man, who announced his intention of begin- ning a hunger strike. “IT am opposed to the idea of beg- Sing on the street and I shall not eat until I am granted relief and Siven the assurance of keeping clear of the Abbot street pogey,” Paull exclaimed. A number of single unemployed men stated they were in full sym- pathy with the stand taken by Paull. Magistrate Wood sentenced six tincanners to two months in jail, another six to one month, giving suspended sentences to 18 others jast Tuesday. “MMiy patience is becoming ex- hausted,” said the Magistrate, ‘and in future others guilty of the same offence will be more severely dealt with.” Commenting bitterly on the pro- ; HGuncement, one of the lads was - heard to say: “There are more im- portant things than patience be- eoming exhausted — food, for in- stance.” | THOMPSONS BAKERY ON Joyce Rd. carries full line of pies, cakes, bread. Baked on premises— at 5090 Joyce Road. REIDS MOTOR TRANSFER — Moving, Packing, Shipping and Storage. Broadway and Gommer- cial. Phone Fair. 5172. Le + Garfield A. King ot BARRISTER, ETC. : _ 1553 Granville St. Seymour 1324! 1 Vancouver, B.C. | = . oF = ake HEAR A. M. STEPHEN GUBRRENT HISTORY Every Monday at 7:30 P.M. — CKM O — DENTIST D'R-Doudtxs © SEY: 5577.- COR. RICHARDS & HASTINGS Wew West: Store: 741. Columbia St. Phone 2598 SPECIAL! While You Wait... Heels - - - = Ladies’ Half-Soles - NORTH AMERICA AND THE * Earl Browder Please note our New Address: 28 EAST HASTINGS ST. Oregon Farmers Isolated by Fleed Waters efor — ef as One of the many farm homesteads on the outskirt s of Portland which were endangered by raging waters following the rise of nearby streams after a series of heavy rainstorms in the northern part of the state. Floods caused much property damage, marooned many families. Quebec Padlock Law Denounced young city barrister. in the past three months have ban- med the CGlarte, French-Canadian progressive weekly, and the Clarion, Toronto labor daily, have padlocked stores and offices, raided homes of prominent trade union and pro- Eressive leaders, seized books and correspondence. From all parts of Canada thou- sands of protests against the Quebec government's violation of civil rights have poured in to Prime Minister Mackenzie King at Ottawa, to Pre- Mier Duplessis at Quebec. Heeding the warning that destruction of the trade union movement in Quebec is the aim of the law, progressive lib- erals, GCHers, trade unionists and other progressives are demanding that the federal government disal- low the legislation. Commenting editorially on the hearings before the Supreme Court of the disallowed legislation passed last year by the Social Credit gov- ernment of Alberta, the Daily Clar- ion quotes Hon. J. L. Ralston, for- mer minister of national defense, who is acting counsel for Alberta newspapers. Ralston stated in his brief: “Inherent rights expressed im such wide and general terms 2s ‘personal liberty,’ ‘freedom of speech,’ ‘freedom of assembly’ are all rights which, by the concep- tion of citizenship under the Con- federation, must, it is submitted, be uniform throughout the Do- minion and not capable of being so impaired by any one province as to degrade the quality of cifi- zenship in that province as com- pared with the other provinces of Canada.” The question arises,” the Clarion comments, “of how the padlock law Of Quebec can be justified if the statement of Hon. J. L. Raiston means anything more than the pa- per it is written on. “Canada’s labor-progressive move- ment does not agree with the Alber- ta government's press-licensing leg- islation. But certainly the Quebec padlock act is even worse. Does the Hon. J. Ll. Ralston’s statement quoted above reflect the attitude of the King government on the question of freedom of press, assemblage and organization? “Tf so, then why not take action against the obnoxious Quebec pad- lock act?” “VYou pay less and get the best’? at... MEL’S MEAT MKT. Full Line of Quality Meats 4616 Earls Rd. Carl. 1247 BUTTERFIELD FPLORIST Wancourer Store: 4181 Granville St. Phone Sey. 7514 Members Florist Telegraph Delivery Association Men’s Half Soles and Rubber $1.00 65¢ - Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings IMPORTANT NEW THE FALLACY OF TECHNOCRACY—Sam Darcy THE PHOPLE vs. MONGCPOLY—Tim Buck WE PROPOSE—Resolutions of the 8th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada ......-----+---+-++-+-- COMMUNISTS AT WORK—Sam Carr. . CLO. WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS THE C.1.0. CRUSADE—Jobhn Lewis New Age Bookshop Vancouver, B.C. Greenhouses: 830 Ewen Ave. Phone 1827-R-1 Street SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS PAMPHLETS KX SOVIET UNION— TRINITY 5753 oS DOSSSSOSSSOSS Under this law Montreal police ? Although Thousands of Protests Sent to King Government Below is given the full text of the notorious Quebec padlock law passed by the National Union government of Premier Maurice Duplessis. copies have been available to the millions of Canadiai ens. Copy of the act was finally obtained by the PA this week through Nathan Nemetz, it became law last March, no ns whose democratic liberties it threat- Text Of Padlock Law Short title: The Attorney-General may, upon i. This act may be listed as Act@application to a judge of the Su- Respecting Communistic Propa- ganda. Interpretation: 2. In this act the following terms and expressions shall have the meaning hereinafter given them: “House’ 1. The word “house” shall mean any building, penthouse, shed or other construction under whateyer name known or designat- ed, attached to the ground or port- able, erected or placed above or be- low, ground, permanently or temp- orarily, and in the case of a house within the meaning of this para- eraph situated partly in the terri- tory of the Province and partly out- side such territory, the portion situ- } ated within the territory of the Province of Quebec. “Person” 2. The word “person” shall mean and include any indi- vidual, corporation, association, partnership, firm, trustee, lessee, agent or assignee. Deemed illegal use of house: 3. It shall be illegal for any per- son, who possesses or occupies 4 house within the Province, to use it or allow any person to make use of it to propagate communism or bol- sheyism by any means whatsoever. Penalty for infringement: 4. The Attorney-General, upon satisfactory proof that an infringe- ment of Section 3 has been commit- ted, may order the closing of the house against its use for any pur- pose whatsoever for a period of not more than one year; the closing or- der shall be registered at the regis- try office of the registration divi- sion wherein is situated such house, upon production of a copy of such order certified by the Attorney- General. Exccuting of order: 5. Any peace officer is authorized to execute such order by availing himself of the necesSary assistance. Petition for revision of order upon proof of: 6. At any time after the issuing of an order in virtue of Section 4, the owner of the house may, by pe- tition to a judge of the Superior Court, sitting in the district wherein such house is situated, have the or- der revised upon proving: Good faith, etc. (a2) that he was in good faith and that he was in ig- norance of the house being used in contravention of this act, or Won-use during certain periods (b) that such house has not been used so during the twelve months preceding the issuing of the order. Wotice of petition: A notice of at least six clear days of the place, date and time of the presentation of such petition must be served by bailiff upon the At- torney-General. Suspending of order by judges: 7. In the case of Section 6, the Judge may decree the suspension of the order, if tee owner furnish in favor of the crown such security as the judge may fix guaranteeing that such house will not be used again fer such purposes. Cancelling registration of closing PR B.C. The public is cordially inv perior Court sitting in the same dis- trict and upon proof that use is being made of the house in contra- vention of this act, obtain a new de- eree re-establishing in force the closing order. Security: The security shall be exigible immediately upon the issuing of Such decrees. Provisions applicable to security: The Criminal Cases Recognizance Act (Revised Statutes, 1925, chap. 148) shall apply to the security con- templated by this section. Cancelling of order: * 8. Im the case of sub-par. (b) of Sec. 6, the Judge may cancel the order. Cancelling of registration of order: Upon production of a certified copy of the decree of the Judge, the registrar shall cancel the regis- tration of the closing order. 9. Any judgment rendered in vir- tue of Sections 7 and 8 shall be final and without appeal. Occupying of permitter in certain cases: 10. The Attorney-General may at any time after the issuing of the closing order permit the occupa- tion of the house on such conditions as he may determine, if it appears to him that such occupation be ne- cessary for the protection of the property and the effects therein contained. Revoking of closing order: 11. The Attorney-General may at any time revolce a closing order and have the registration thereof can- celled by notice to the registrar. Deemed lawful acts: 12. Ti shall be unlawful to print, to publish, in any manner whatso- ever or to distribute in the Province any newspaper, periodical, pamph- let, circular, document or writing whatsoever propagating or tending to propagate communism or bolshe- vism. Infringement and penalty: 13. Any person infringing or par- ticipating in the infringement of Section 12 shall] be liable to an im- prisonment of less than three months, in-addition to the costs of prosecution, and, in default of pay- ment of such costs, to an additional imprisonment of one month. Provisions applicable thereto: Part 1 of the Quebee Summary Act (Revised Statutes, 1925, Chap. 165), shall apply to the infringement of Section 12. Confiscation, ete., of certain publica- tions, etec.: constable or peace officer, upon instruction of the Atterney- General, of his substitute or of a person authorized by him for the purpose, may seize and confiscate any newspaper, periodical, pamph- let, circular, document, or writing whatsoever, printed, published or distributed in contravention of Sec- tion 12, and the Attorney-General may order the destroying thereof. Coming into force: 15. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. Any Tr Se eee Shes RE OVINCIAL CONVENTION Communist Party of Canada @ Opening Sessions FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, at 8 P.M. VICTORY HALL @ Speakers: TOM EWEN, B.C. Provincia] Secretary LESLIE MORRIS, Member of Political Bureau of Central Committee @ DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 P.M. WA Planning City Canvass Questionnaire To Sound Out Sentiment Regard- ing Work Scheme Will Be Circulated. Plans of the Vancouver Workers’ Alliance which include a canvass of all project workers in the city and a series of mass meetings were re- ported to the PA this week by Bill Woodhead, newly elected president. “yen after six years of depres- sion, the more prosperous citizens of Vancouver are as yet unacquaint- ed with the plight which hundreds of unemployed families live in,” Woodhead declared, “and the Work- ers’ Alliance executive committee intend to begin this year with a campaign of publicity,” he added. Representatives of the Alliance will be on hand at the city relief office, employment office and on all the projects, the president stated, with questionnaire forms designed to obtain the sentiment of project workers toward the present scheme, with a request for proposals for a new works program which will en- able all who work to live decently. Bach branch of the Workers’ Al- liance will be urged to campaign for the assistance of other bodies and organizations in the neighborhood, and in this manner win support for elementary requests put forward by the organization, Woodhead de- clared. Following are the newly elected officers of the organization: W. Woodhead, president; H. J. Smith, recording secretary; J. Glover, fi- nancial secretary; J. Kostinuk, or- ganizer. Provision Lack Hit By Worker Reports of the recent snowstorm which swept the province filled the daily newspapers over the holiday season but made little mention of the men who worked in snow and rain to clear blocked roads and tracks, to repair telegraph and power lines. “We worked four days with hard- ly any food supplies,” one man who returned to the city last week after working on the SNR line in the Fraser Canyon told the PA. “Food was supposed to be brought from Kamloops, but the lines were blocked.” A relief train, he said, picked up workers in the city and at various Fraser Valley points. Many of the men had inadequate clothing for such work which added to hard- ships entailed by lack of food. Forty men were employed in his gang working between Yale and Hope at 25 cents an hour, he stated, adding, “We would have been in an even worse State if a line crew had not come through and shared their pro- visions with us.” City Council Says ited to attend. Cannot Waive Fee In a letter to Alderman H. Gut- teridge which was read to the civic properties committee, Harold E. Winch, MLA, who is doing the elec- trical work on the new Croatian Workers’ Hall on Keefer street, de- scribed the new building, termed it a community effort, requested that the usual inspection fee charged by the city on issuance of a permit be waived. The council decided that it was not its power to do this. Alderman Wilson, ascertaining the approxi- mate amount of the inspection charge, declared it was only around six dollars. He thought there might have been in idea that an appreci- able charge would be made. Warns Teachers EVANSTON, fill., Jan. 13—(FP) —Prof. George E. Asxtelle, vice- president of colleges of the Amer- ican Federation of Teachers, urges teachers of German to be on guard against an attempt to prevent exiled opponents of Hitler from holding positions in American schools and colleges. Confidential reports are that pro-Nazi elements are preparing a drive against refu- gees. Bar Pensioners Ex-service men who have hit on hard times must not expect full re- lief allowance if they are in receipt of a pension for war-time disabili- fies. Alderman H. Gutteridge’s was the Jone dissenting voice when Mayor Miller reiterated this ruling in City Council social services com- mittee this week. A letter from an Imperial veteran to Relief Officer W. R. Bone raised the question. ba ia REGENT s GF ITT OT eT TT NT ee NT ee * : WE EXTEND sreetings to the Delegates to the Communist Party Provincial Convention! C xe) 394 W. Hastings Street x a Our New Spring Line of High-grade Suitings and Coatings Are Now on Display. TAILORS” 3 Are Supreme 1009, Wnion House 105 EB. Gastings St. SO ae r CARLETON CAFE iP Where Quality and Service Johnny Kulek, Mer. Tel. Sey. 4060 ee ee ee ee ee ee a ee Private Dining Room F for Banquets, q Parties, Hic. q 4 s MEMORIAL TICKETS 25¢ LENIN ASSEMBLY in the Empress Theatre on Sunday, January 23, at S p.m. ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS SPEAKERS Auspices Communist Party, B.C. District Doors Open 7:30 [Around The City| Heart of Spain, outstanding film of the Spanish battlefield, will be shown Tuesday, January 18, 8 p.m., Orange Hall (top floor). Auspices Loggers’ committee to aid Spain. Gompetent speaker. Admission 25 cents. Area conferences of the Com- munist party, preparatory to the district convention, ‘were held throughout Greater Vancouver last week-end, when delegates to the district convention were | elected, and resolutions were passed for discussion on the floor. Election of officers at the gen- eral meeting of the Ex-Service- men’s League this week results as follows: R. Watts, president; Fred Tyler, secretary; W. LL. Wolfe, vice-president; J. Collins, social convener. Decision was made to hold socials and whist drives eyery Tuesday and Saturday. A mass meeting of veterans will be called immediately on release of the final report of the Veterans’ Assistance Commission, A mass meeting to rally support for the new youth magazine, New Advance, will be held Sunday, February 6, 8 p.m., Royal Theatre. Well known figures in the progres- sive movement will speak, the col- FRIDAY AND SATURDAY— “TUN Admission: ROYAL THEATRE for the Best Amusement Value in the City! Big Stage Show and Two Selected Pictures at Every Performance A Saga of the Alaskan Wildernéss MONDAY, TUESDAY, JAN. 17-138— Bette Davis in “GOLDEN ARROW” ALSO: BUCK JONES in “BOSS OF THE LONELY VALLEY” 5e, 10c, 15¢ DATE STAMPED COFFEE Vancouver Mothers’ Gouncil meets every Tuesday, 2:30 p.m, O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer Street. Officers elected for the coming year by the Croatian Society are as follows: President, J. Strodl; Vice-president, Eranka Racich; secretary, John Vrlack; treasurer, George Stimac; auditor, N. But- kovich. i Tiocal 11, Workers’ Alliance, holds a combined business and so- cial evening Tuesday, January 18, 7:30 p.m., at 4141 John Street. Refreshments, cards, music and brief speeches is the program, and all WA members and their wives are invited to attend and get acquainted. : Special showing at Ukrainian Labor Temple, 805 Hast Pender, of three films depicting Soviet Har- vest Festival; Ukrainian operetta “Poltawka”; International Dance Festival (London). Starts January. 24 to 29; two shows daily, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.; matinee Saturday, 2 p.m. Admission 35 cents and 40 cents; 15 cents for children: From a Barn to a lection going to the sustaining fund Portrait for the magazine. Painting of Every Description SIGNS DESIGNS Boycott Japanese Goods. PICTORIALS (7 > ADVERTISING DISPLAY Complete Laundry Service... 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