February 4, 1938 THH PHOPLE’S ADVOCATHE4 Page Five PROJECTS (Continued from puge 1) % “ood and shelter and they want to ‘xeep the camps going while they ‘oress for a genuine public works jecheme that will pay real wages,” neh added. — Let any reasonable person imag- fmne the present situation in the lbrojects, and there would be sym- pathetic understanding with the popes and fears of these lads, ‘tated Matts. “What they want is work, wages, yreedom of movement enjoyed by other workers, instead of retention 7 wages, the voucher system and jvhat amounts to rezimentation.”’ | Matts was proud of his union. He Maintained that citizens living in Greas surrounding the projects vere full of praise for the conduct of the boys and there was over- whelming support for the program 3§ a national works scheme which }vould pay decent wages. QUEBEC (Continued from page 1) rested by provincial police on a charge of setting fire to the col- leger, were scored by Evariste Dube, chairman of the Quebec pro- vincial committee of the Commun- ‘st party. : “Tt is, of course, an utterly shameless lie and a baseless slan- ler against our party,’ Dube stated. “It is no accident that this Family Split By Eviction Father Forced To Apply To Police While Chil- dren Removed To City Orphanage. The acute housing shortage in Vancouver was glaringly shown in the case of J. Taylor, 902 West 8th Avenue, relief recipient, whose | family was split up after his evic- | tion last Thursday. His wife and four young children | put out on the sidewalk by the sheriff and relief officials, Taylor protested his family would have to walk the streets while he looked for a house, but no allowances were made for this, other than the usual $10 grant made in such cases. Mrs. Taylor and the children waited around the relief office from morning to* late afternoon on the day of the eviction, and were forced to rent two rooms with the $10 that night when Taylor returned from a fruitless house search. They spent the rest of the money eating restaurant meals. Taylor located a house two days later, for $15 rental and hastened to the relief office to secure the money, but was told by officials that he could only have $10 deposit, with which he attempted to close the deal. Suspicious that relief authorities would not make good the $15, the Owner of the house declared his inability to take the deposit under Such conditions. Meanwhile, the relief office closed at the usual early hour on Saturday, with the result that the Taylor family was faced with spending a weekend on the streets or using the rest of the al- lowance for shelter and food. Application to the police for help resulted in removal of the children to Alexandra Orphanage yntil the father gets a house. Members of the Workers’ Alliance are bitter over cynical press re- ports that “weary relief officials worry Over a2 man who spent his rent allowance.” Every effort will be made to assist this unfortunate family, WA officials stated this week. Salmon Arm Asks Road Work Plan SALMON ARM, BC, Feb. 3A | stated Winch, encountered when, at the re- quest of many, and in the capac- ity of a people’s representative, he tried to get past penitentiary red tape. Ottawa is the final arbiter, the local warden informed the Social- ist MILA, but decision of the fed- eral department of justice was that to permit a member of the BC legislature to visit a federal penitentiary requires that the find- ings of a Royal Commission now preparing a report on Canada’s prisons, be accepted by_ the depart- ment first. “What the findings of a Royal Commission have to do with grant- ing permission to an elected rep- resentative to see an inmate of one of our institutions, I do not know,” “but I have forward- ed this information to Grant Mc- Weil, MP (CCE, North Vancouver), requesting him to raise this im- portant matter on the floor of the House.” Bears Cruel Treatment. The CCE representative posed three questions in his interview: Have prison authorities something to hide behind this wall of Silence? Are they especially pun- ishing Grange because of his past political activities? Was Winch discriminated against as an MLA beeause of his open inquiries into various BC institutions in the last few years? Hints of cruel treatment of Grange, a highly sensitive man, were deduced from a report given Winch by a late inmate. Grange was one of 22 prisoners who protested against the poorly cooked food some time ago, and a hunger strike was staged, this ex- prisoner informed Winch, the strikers being confined in the pri- son basement in separate cells without cots. “The fact that the food was im- proved and properly cooked after this demonstration makes one ask the question: “Then why punish the protesting vactims? And why single out Grange, who is certainly not a criminal, for special punishment?” Always an outspoken crusader against injustice, Grange suffered the same treatment from the courts as he received from the warden of the pentitentiary. It was after the single unemployed men’s demon- stration at Hamilton Hall for which he was sentenced, that the provincial government opened up forestry project camps. Boycott Japanese Goods. petition to the provincial govern- ment to start a program of road work in this locality is being cir- culated for signature around the district. With bad conditions pre- vailing it is hoped that farmers will at Ieast be given a chance to work off tax arrears. The recent election of Reeve M. Damgaard is encouraging to pro- Sressives around here because of his desire to improve conditions, and with a full slate of progres- Sive councillors returned in the mext municipal elections, still greater progress can be made. Pritchett’s Visa Again Extended § Again giving way to protests raised by both CIO and AF of lL unions and other progressive or- ganizations, the United States state department has extended the stay of Harold Pritchett, president, In- ternational Woodworkers of Am- erica, another 30 days, hearing of his appeal for a per- manent visa. Meantime a tentative committee known as United States Commit- tee for Harold Pritchett’s visa has been formed, on which 20 national- ly prominent people have been in- vited to serve. pending | f HEAR A. M. STEPHEN CURRENT HISTORY Around The City Promise ILGW Aid. Help was promised by the Trades and Labor Council, Tues- day, to Local 276, International Ladies’ Garment Workers, in its present task of organizing: a needle trades campaign among knitwear , workers. Two Dairies Unionized. Turner's Dairy and Douglas Dairy are now 100 per cent union- ized, delegate for Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees’ Union told the Trades and Labor Gouncil Tuesday. Organize Messengers. Delegate from the Truckdrivers’ union reported to the Trades and Labor Council Tuesday that Royal Transfer, Services Messenger and Snappy Transfer now have all union employees. Bengough Thanked. Japanese delegate for Camp and Mill Workers this week expressed the thanks of his union for assist- ance given by Perey Bengough, secretary, in organizational work. Local 28 Whist Drive To aid the progressive youth magazine, New Advance, local 28, Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, will hold a whist drive and social, Wednesday, February 9, 8 p.m. at the union hall, 702 Dunsmuir Street. Admission will be 15 cents. Free Course Offered A free course on Canada’s foreign policy is offered by Vancouver Youth Council and YMCA, every Tuesday, 7:30 pm. at the Duffus School, corner of Seymour and Pen- der streets. Wins Draw Irene WNasichuk, 3351 Norfolk street, Burnaby, holding ticket No. 488, is the winner of a hand-made wool cushion in the drawing held by Beaconsfield Ukrainian group recently. Ewen, Rush, To Speak Tom Ewen, Maurice Rush, Fred Lowe, will be the speakers at the Royal Theatre, Sunday, Feb. 6, 8 p-m., taking as their subject, Stop the War in China. Mother’s Council Vancouver Mothers’ Council meets every Tuesday, 2:30 p.m, at the O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer Street. Garfield A. 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