| joruary 25; 1938 THE PEHEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Page Five | Bacop Urged Jouncil Turns Down ‘ea Of Ald. Gutteridge » Grant Tag Day To hildren’ s Camp. — ST Putting up a spirited battle to ve city council grant a tag day Jubilee Children’s Summer fmp, which is sponsored by pro- |zssive groups in the city, Ald. H. tteridge, while failing in her he challenged the right of the ‘asmen to sell apples instead of nding out tags. Aid. Gutteridge argued that an peal to the public with the sale ae apples constituted a tag day and §2t the Jubilee committee had the ; me right, urging that the Ghil- qs Summer Camp be made the arth institution to get a tag day the year. Alderman J. Bennett declared jat the Kinsmen were entitled to iped the city out in a tight spot providing money for dental pur- ses in city schools. The council ted down the request of Ald. Gut- idge. The site of the children’s summer mp is at Orhlamo Beach on the wrth Arm of Burrard Inlet, where )rkers’ children are sent on yva- sion for minimum charge. Forms Orchestra NEW WESTMINSTER, BG, Feb. —The Workers’ Alliance, Local here is forming an orchestra. = Loboyrie, pianist, will also eld the baton, and other mem- cS are Art Newman, drums; Al- rt Patterson, bass viol; Bill an, saxophone and violin. Phe first WA. dance is being held March 4 at Grays Hall, Ha- nds. = DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST 301 Dominion Bank Bdg. y¥- 3001 orward For ocialism By W. J. C. PETER a generation of gratifying L association with the cause of 2e0r, Which is the cause of man- ad, I gladly greet the People’s [vecate as representing the most _ entific and practical demands of ogressive democracy. It is the ampion of that unity which alone nh give victory over the forces of scism. -7 Besides the hosts of workers who _#sure us through personal obser- L¥tion that the Soviet Union is a fad of peace and progress, scores -¥ eminent intellectuals now testify i@ the same glorious facts. Sor instance, the Right Rey. svell Johnson, dean of Canter- ry, who last autumn toured the viet Union, now tells of the great ogress Made since his visit a lar previous. He declares that blest declarations of the rights man which any country has set rth.” The haunting fear of un- aployment, poverty and insecur-— y has gone, and with it the in- talthy development of the ac- uisitive instinct. “Tt is this regard for the individ- J and this new hope for all, that my mind constitutes Russia's ‘eat challenge to the Christian orld, and calls for our recogni- an, our emulation and our friend- lip,’ the dean said. =e a > BENEFIT TEA! Entertainment! Bazaar! Auspices Girls’ Brigade To Aid Spanish Orphans SPANISH DISPLAY FRIDAY, SAT’DAY, Feb. 25, 26 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. MOOSE TEMPLE 636 Burrard St. Tickets 25c — ecial consideration because they | Many Fishermen Apply To Join Naval Reserve After Address Made To Union. Applications to join the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve were ac- cepted by a naval representative who addressed a meeting of cighty fishermen last Sunday on the build- ing of coast defenses. The address was given after adjournment of the business meeting of the Salmon Purse Seiners of the Pacific, and a large group expressed willing- ness to apply for service. Conditions specHty-that appli- eants must be British subjects who or more. Wo age limit is set. Candidates must earn their living by fishing and must be prepared to serve with Canadian naval forces in the event of war or emergency. For four weeks every year, be- tween fishing seasons, training in quick-firing gun practice, science of navigation and boat group man- oeuvres will be given at RCN bar- racks, Esquimalt. Pay of skippers will be $3.75 per day; able seamen, $1.85. Union Takes Claims to Court Discovery of a complete set of financial statements in the posses- sion of a fisherman employed by Canadian Fishing company from 1928 to 1937, covering the earnings of two boat crews, will be produced as evidence in the civil action to be taken this week against this com- pany by a large number of fisher- men through the union of the Salmon Purse Seiners of the Pa- cific. After paying more than $1,500 to a number of fishermen, part pay- ment in the main, for illegal com- pensation deductions, Canadian ishing company announced that it would not recognize claims cov- ering the years before 1933, declar- ing it had no books or accounts verifying these claims. The civil action is to test the company’s stand and ‘to produce wage statements on hand. Union officials state the company is try- ing to evade these claims, and the fact that complete financial state- Ments recently discovered show elaims amounting to over $1,000 justifies the position taken by the union. Counsel for the union is Dennis Murphy. No Financial Aid, Weir Tells Board “Sympathetic consideration, but no hope of early financial aid; was the reply of Hon. G. M. Weir, minister of education, to Vancou- ver School Board this week, but a slight increase in the grant toward teachers’ salaries was made. The board, which had written to the minister of education request- inng financial aid, pointed out that the $400,000 bylaw approved re- cently by ratepayers, was scarce- ly sufficient to meet this year’s requirements. Weir stated that the government does not make a policy of grant- ing money to first class cities for building purposes. The minister, in a second letter, informed school trustees that the grand toward teachers’ salaries in Vancouver School of Arts had been increased from $100 to $200 per teaching month, bringing the year- ly grant to $2000. Garfield A. King BARRISTER, ETC. 553 Granville St. Seymour 1324 Vancouver, B.C. ht — i — rn Of x—ar UNIFORMS OVERALLS, UNIFORMS — ALL kinds, made to measure. Patterns designed. Yukon Uniform Co., 1 East Pender St. BAKERY High. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 4068 East Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive Quality Products at Moderate Prices We Deliver a East End and Grandview Homes ® “Thrifty Housewives Shop at Hastings Bakery!’’ 100% ESTES LAS) Hastings Auditorium 828 East Hastings St. MODERN DANCES EVERY Thursday and Saturday 9 to 12 Malimin’s Popular Orchestra ADMISSION — Only 25c also INDEPENDENT WHIST DRIVE Every Thursday with Free Admission to Dance Two first Prizes $5.00 each, etc. and Pool. Also two other prizes and a $5.00 monthly prize- TILL SAT. Soviet Sereen Sensation Don’t Miss it! ROYAL THEATRE HELD OVER THE Around The City Guests of Mothers’ Council Members of Domestic Workers’ union were guests of the Mothers’ Council last Thursday, with a num- ber of unemployed men attending the dance which followed the con- cert and supper. Snappy dance music was supplied by a volunteer three-piece orchestra. WA Holds Draw Workers’ Alliance, Local 9, which meets every Wednesday, 8 p.m., at 906 Commercial Drive, held a draw- ing at the last meeting, prize-win- ners being: Mrs. Auren, ticket 283; D. Kirkpatrick, ticket 166. To Lecture on Eliot Organized by the Adult Educa- tion Committee, Vancouver Public Library, the fourth free public pro- gram of the season will be given on Sunday, February 27, 3 p.m., in the First Unitarian Church, 1550 West Tenth Avenue. Ira Dilworth, associate professor of the Department of English, UBC, and conductor of the Bach Choir, will lecture on T. S. Eliot, prom- inent English poet. Mothers’ Council to Meet Vancouver Mothers’ Council meets every Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer street. All interested in social problems are invited. \ YCL Convention The district convention of the Young Communist League will be held February 26-27, at the Victory Hall, 535 Homer Street. On the evening of Saturday, Feb- ruary 26, “A Pageant of Youth,” will be staged, which will include wrestling, tumbling and acrobatic display by performers from the Provincial Recreational Centre; the West End branch of the YCL will also entertain. Admission free. Single Men Reinstated Applications Of Twenty For Camps Accepted But Eisht Still Remain On Blacklist. Keeping its pledge to representa- tives of Relief Project Workers’ union and members of the Victoria Trades and Labor Council, who re- cently took up the cases of dis- crimination and expulsion from forestry project camps, the provin- cial department of labor this week removed from the blacklist some 20 men, their applications for the camps being accepted in the city registration office. Assistance to their campaign for reinstatement or relief was given these destitute young fellows by groups of forestry project workers who came to Vancouver this week from the camps, according to the government rotation plan, and further organized collections were planned. John Matts, union secretary, told the PA, however, that eight of the boys had been refused registration and representations were being made on their behalf. PTA Would Leave Consumers Choose Opposition to the campaign of Greater Vancouver Health League to further the use of pasteurized milk in Vancouver, was expressed at a meeting of Vancouver Parent- Teacher Federation Wednesday. It was decided that the Metro- politan Health Board be asked to ensure thorough inspection of all dairies and that the choice of raw or pasteurized milk be left to the consumer. NEW LION HOTEL 122 EAST HASTINGS STREET DONOVAN Typewriters ADDING MACHINES CASH REGISTERS, All Makes Terms if Desired 508 W. PENDER ST. SEY. 9393 Fishermen’s Union Denounces Attacks On Japanese People Charges Attempt To Use Union Against Japanese Fishermen In Nanaimo Dispute. An attempt to utilize the Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union in a cam- paign to be led by well known Nanaimo citizens in order to “chase Japanese from the fishing indus- try,’ using as a basis the present struggle of thirty Nanaimo herring gZillnet fishermen against unfair fishing practices of Deep Bay Fish- ing Company, was reported this week to the PA by Jack Gavin, PCFU secretary. A license was issued by the fish- eries department to permit Deep Bay Fishing Company to use seine nets for herring bait, over the pro- tests of the gillnetters, who de- clared they would be forced on re- lief by this unfair competition. Gill- netters also claim that the seining season is officially closed and that the license department is favoring the big company. On instructions from his union executive, Gavin went to Nanaimo to win public support for the gill- net fishermen and publicity in the local press against Deep Bay Fish- ing Company. Gavin stated to the PA that the local editor proposed that the fish- ermen’s union join with him in a campaign to run all Japanese fish- ermen out of the industry and that he, in turn, would assist the gillnet fishermen with publicity in their campaign against unfair seine fishing. Says Mayor Favors Plan. Several prominent Nanaimo citi- zens favor this plan to eliminate the Japanese from the fishing in- dustry, Gavin declared, among them being Mayor Victor Harrison. Services of McGregor McIntosh, MLA (Cons., The Islands), now prominent in the present chauvin- istic campaign against Japanese in BG, would be sought in the form of a lecture. “Needless to say, I quickly in- formed them that the Pacific Goast Fishermen’s Union would not lend itself to sueh a campaign,” Gavin stated. “Our union does not stand for being used as a front for anti- Japanese propaganda,” Gavin asserted, “and by no stretch of the imagination could such a campaign be in the interests of white fisher- men.” In the opinion of the fishermen’s secretary such a campaign would split gilinetters inte two groups to the detriment of gaining better fish prices. Although there are four Japanese seiners on the Deep Bay Fishing Company’s boat, the real exploiter is the company and equally culpable is the fisheries de- partment for issuing the license. “ATl thoughtful people should quickly see through the smoke sereen made by those responsible for the proposed anti-Japanese campaign,” Gavin stated. “The main issue centres around better prices for our labor and we are up against canneries which are de- termined to keep prices down, even if fish is offered by both Japanese and Whites,” he added. $144 Raised Here For New Advance Wew Advance, Canadian progres- sive youth magazine, benefited to the amount of $144, exclusive of pledges for the future, in the sus- taining fund drive concluded in BC this week. From the audited financial state- ment supplied to the PA by Jack Phillips, drive manager, the ex- penses of the campaign were a trifle under $20. Most enthusiastic sup- port came from the ranks of the Young Communist League. Subseriptions and donations from organizations amounted to $154, the William Lyon Mackenzie club rais- ing $53 and Pairview branch, YCL, $20. ndividuals who collected most were: Babe Grad, $21.26; Anita Sarich, $16.45; Sara Rosman, $11.37; Vivian Lundstrom, $6.90. Boycott Japanese Goods. In Austria new pro-Nazi secretary of state for foreign affairs. minister. Neumayer, reappointed finance ... the call has gone forth for unity of the people against the menace of Hitler. (Right) Dr. Guido Schmidt, (Left) Dr. Rudolph CCF Wants Non-Contributory Form workers. BENGOUGH (Continued from page 1) insurance scheme in some form. He warned the conference that there were a good many abuses existing under such schemes and that they could not be looked on as a cure-all for unemployment. “Any- one with such ideas is badly mis- taken,’ he stated. That there would be a great need for amendments of any Act passed Bengough was sure, but he thought this should be no deterrent to the pressure now needed to get an ini- tial form of jobless insurance. “What I think is going to take place is that the federal government is going to ask of all the provinces an enabling act which will give Ottawa the right to operate federal unemployment insurance in the provinces, and I believe the govern- ment will tell those provinces which refuse to pass these enabling acts, to go ahead and settle their unem- ployment problems without any federal aid,’ Bengough concluded. Dore Defeated In Seattle Primaries SEATTLE, Wash.,. Feb. 24——De- feat of Mayor John F. Dore, who failed of nomination in the mayor- alty primary here, is hailed by all progressives as a blow at reaction and a, definite setback to the prestige of Dave Beck, main sup- porter of Dore, who dominates the Teamsters Union in ten western states. Wominated were City Councilman Arthur B. Langlie, 50,389 votes; and Lieutenant-Governor Victor A. Mey- ers, 27,268. Dore received 21,369 votes. A record total of 118,418 votes out of 194,784 eligible was a remarkable feature in this election. IBU Negotiates With City Ferries Negotiations between the Inland Boatmen’s union and the municipal- ly-owned North Vancouver Ferries for restoration of pay cuts to meet the rising cost of living, are being made this week. Deck hands, firemen and watch- men stand to benefit through the action of the IBU, aim of which is to get pay scales to the pre-depres- sion level, around $130 a month. Statistics on the cost of living are used as a basis of negotiations, J. ANNA LOUISE STRONG Famous Authoress and Traveller Just Returned from China at OAK ROOM - TICKETS AT 50c — Obtaimable Trinity 2418, or at Room 17, 615 West Hastings St., —_— boo 00000o0s000bbs60006006006000000600000000000004 — Medical Aid for China — HOTEF VANCOUVER SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26th at 3:00 P.M. the at M. A. 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Men’s Half Soles and Rubber $1.00 65¢ Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings Street Heels’ - is Ladies’ Half- Soles - TROT ey ee ae Y ‘But This Is No Time To Split Hairs On Insurance’ —— Harold Winch Declaring that he voiced the official opinion of the CCF on federal unemployment insurance, Harold Winch, MLA, in a forceful speech given at the conference held in Victory Hall last Monday, asserted that the non-contributory form which placed the entire burden on industry was the most suitable for the “FWowever, we are in the position where we have to accept all palli- atives which will assist workers in their fight for an existence, and therefore it is no time to split hairs when there is the need for some sort of reform measure to be passed,” Winch asserted. This was also a constitutional issue when the Dominion was div- ided into progressive and reaction- ary provinces, and where the West was wanting to go ahead, he de- clared. Another shortcoming was the re- lation of the jobless to the pro- posed scheme, in that they would not come under its benefits, Winch stated, and he agreed with P. Ben- gough that insurance was not a cure for unemployment. Winch declared that in his opin- ion it was a sure thing that the Act would be passed, stating that the fact of the employers wanting it also, was sufficient evidence that it would be passed. HEAR A. M. STEPHEN CURRENT HISTORY Every Monday at 7:30 P.M. — C K M 0 — IR a SSE] + YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH & CHIPS RESTAURANT SEA FOODS High Quality Food, Cooked and Served by All White Help 100% Union from Frent to Back — Visit Us at — 46 WHST HASTINGS ST. <—) CONCERT SUNDAY, FEB. 21 - 3:15 P.M. Bar Bell — High Bar and Tumbling Display Silver Collection Auspices of Van. Sports Club XS 4) ee) Grandview Lumber Co. Ltd. for ALL YOUR BUILDING NEEDS Lowest Prices — Highest Values 2850 Renfrew Street High. 176 CLDL Here Disbanded Defense Organization To Be Replaced With Broader, Non-Sectarian Movement Delegates at a recent confer- ence of the BC section of the Ga- nadian Labor Defense League de- cided unanimously to wind up the affairs of that body and to declare the CLDL officially disbanded. Five trustees were elected to supervise disposal of equipment, meet outstanding obligations, and evolve plans for the building of a broad non-sectarian, non-political defense movement in British Go- lumbia. Statements from delegates at the conference and letters from out- Side points lauding the great tra- ditions and work of the CLDL, urged that the spirit of struggle for social justice, so well preserved by the CLDL, be carried into any de- fense movement that may be or- ganized. The committee plans to develop defense movements around vital is- sues of the people’s struggles. Gases like those of King-Gonner- Ramsey in California, and Wnwin and Powell in Alberta, will serve as the base for defense activity. around which great movements of the working and progressive class can be built. Special efforts will be made to interest the trade union movement in this activity, members of the committee stated. Amnesty for Grange and Mol- land, unemployed workers serving two years in New Westminster penitentiary, for their part in the struggle for relief, will be the first concern of the new committee. Mi. PLEASANT BILLIARD HALL and BARBER SHOP Everything in Smokers’ Supplies Cigars — Cigarettes — Pipes Lighters — Etc. 2341 MAIN STREET DENTIST oOUG LAS. S577 - ‘D'R-D COR= RICHARDS & HASTINGS % >) New Age Bockshop — Gur New Location — 50-A EAST HASTINGS ST. READ Our New Pampbiets, 6 “What's,Behind the Padlock Law” 3c “People vs. Monopoly,” by Tim Buck —___________10e Communist International (January) 15¢ A Manual of Industrial Unionism, by. 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