Page Two THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE February 25, 1938 THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Published Weekly by the PROLETARIAN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Room 10, 163 w. Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C., Phone, Trin. 2019 One Year SR Nee Re ears $1.80 inlisvenrce < cee ise $1.00 MhreeeMonths ~ 2. i -00 IMEI OU SO pia i res ee -05 Make All Cheques Payable to: The People’s Advocate -FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 19338 . G. BLAYLOCK, manager of the Consolidated Mining company at Trail (a CPR Sugar daddy) addressed the Vancouver Junior Board of Trade on February 21. The address was broadcast over a local station. The burden of Sir Edward Beatty's man Friday was to the effect that the “only pos- sible solution to the country’s economic problems, lies in realization by all classes of people that the present ex- travagances cannot continue indefinitely.” These “extrava- gances” consist of unemploy- ment relief, high taxation by governments and two Cana- dian railway systems. The statement: “An in- crease in taxation might be disastrous,’ sums up the sources of Mr. Blaylock’s so- lution to our economic prob- lems, He wants the treatment of unemployment back to the “practice before 1930.” In other words, he believes in letting the unemployed fend for themselves, in depriving them of the miserable hand- outs which have prevailed in one form or another since . then. He wants less taxation on corporate incomes, and can see nothing but “ruin for the Dominion’ if private enter- prise and industrial monopoly capital are so treated. Above all, he wants the CNR for the CPR. “TJnification of the two sys= tems,” quoth Mr. Blaylock, ‘Gs the only possible feasible solution. Sir Edward Beatty has ably shown that such uni- fication will save 75 million dollars. Qur governments have spent on the CNR an amount equal to the total na- tional debt. It must be appar- ent that this is nething short ‘of financial suicide to con- tinue.” Mir. Blaylock wants to save this 75 millions for the bond- holders of the GPR. If the people—and particularly the workers, don’t agree with this “saving,” then Mr. Blaylock threatens a substantial in- erease in freight rates on all classes of freight subject to truck competition. OULD railroad men be displaced through unifi- eation? Ah! — but some sort of a scheme could be evolved to take care of them. Many could be “absorbed in new industries.’ Anyway, look at the ‘saving” that could be ef- fected. Seventy-five million dollars. Quite a sum, Mr. Blaylock, but not enough against the lives and security of probably 40 or 50 thousand raliway workers that your unification would displace. “Take the CNR. out of poli- tics” is an excellent slogan, but a despicable cover-up to a contemplated gigantic CPR steal—the greatest, perhaps, in its thieving career. _We would prefer the rail- roaders to read the whole sig- nal- “Take the CNR out of polities,” and give it to the CPR, and schedule the bulk of CNR employees to the scrap heap. This is what the “unifi- cation” plans of Messrs. Blay- lock, Beatty and company mean. Tt is time that the railroad- ers of Canada through their unions, were buckling down to the greatest anti-amalga- mation fight of their career. The railroad magnates are preparing to steal a railway system and the livelihood of 50,000 under the sham slogan of “economy, and ““anitica- tion.” The people of Canada must act. Again, it is the People vs. Monopoly, and with united ef- forts the people will win. The voice of Blaylock of the CM and S is the voice of Six Ed- ward Beatty and the Bank of Montreal. On Guard Against Fascism! By T. Maguire INCE the beginning of this year fascist organizations in Canada have greatly in- ereased their activities. From Montreal to the Pacific Coast their organizational and propagandist agencies are working full blast. Whereas in the past they have been undercover in some cities, they have lately come out into the open because they think they are strong enough to do so. Qn January 4 the local press Carried an account of an inter- view with Adrien Arcand, head of the iWational Social Christian party, with headquarters in Mont- real. This report stated: A fascist system of social justice and peace “far ahead of anything yet conceived in Italy, Germany, Portugal or elsewhere,’” will be Spread across Canada in 1938, Adrien Arcand, leader of the Ga- nadian fascists, asserted in an in- terview. “From one end of Ganada to the other,” he said, “great rallies will be held to spread the gospel of the Wational Social Christian party, as it is known in Quebec, and the Canadian Nationalist party in the West.” A few weeks following this in- terview, Arcand again made the headlines with a statement that By Victoria Post ETER all, I’m only human! : And with stores on every Side displaying sales signs, what wo- man can help talking about them ? January and February are “flat” months, everybody is try- ing to recover from the Ghrist- mas and New Year bust, and while it is true that most of the so-called ‘sales’ are merely “ef- forts to bolster trade, yet it is possible to pick up good bargains if you go out cold-bloodedly re- Solved not to be influenced by Sales talk or “reduced” price tags. Rely on your own memory to tell you how much the things cost be- fore the sale. Many of the china stores has had one continuous sale since be- fore Christmas, trying to get rid of their surplus stock of goods made in Japan. As the boycott strengthens, maybe they’ll follow the example of the stores in South Africa, which gave away their Japanese goods to get them out of the way. Fashion magazines and the daily press give us a lot of hooey about changing styles. Dresses must have this or that line, hats must be flat or tall, large or small, flowered or feathered. The fact is that they have to do some- thing to drum up business for their advertisers. The answer to the fashion trend question is—if the hat you bought last year (and paid a good price for) isn’t any use this year, then it wasn’t a good hat! HEN you're bargain hunting, j remember what basic colors you already have, otherwise you'll end up in a predicament like that of a friend, who landed home with a skirt, blouse and hat, all clashing violently with everything else she possessed, because “they looked so cute in the shop.” These days, more than ever, the manufacturers are trying to put over freak designs. Avoid them like the plague! They mean quick turnover of the manufacturer, as women get tired of them quickly and need something else. It isn’t very hard to anticipate what will be the predominating notes in new styles. The Spanish War gave us bolero dresses with wide colored sashes. The Sino- Japanese crisis is making us more aware of use for cotton, and dresses with long tunics are coming back again. The next big news item will determine the direction of the next swing. Unfortunately, unless you have large pocketbooks, it’s impossible to keep up with the swings. It is, howeyer, very easy to change accessories on a plain good dress or suit; so that it remains in style for ages. The increasing popularity of cotton and rayon will bring forth Jots of imrovements in the use of these materials, which will help out the budget considerably, and, by the looks of things, this style will stay with us a long while. OMETHING we have yet to see here in British Columbia is the cause for peace and democ- racy portrayed through the med- ium of dancing. Si-lan Chen, the Chinese dancer now in New York, received a warm welcome when she made her debut for aid to her people by giving short sketches showing the Chinese people at work and play. The titles of some of her dances are very descriptive of their content, “A Landlord on a Horse,” a “Boat Girl,” Shanghai sketches, “Empty Bowl’ and “Rickshaw.” his organizations would stage a mareh on Ottawa. This time pic- tures of Areand and his military staff in uniform were published. e@ pee province of Quebec, under Premier Duplessis, is at the present time undergoing a pro- cess of fascization. The padlock law, the threat of the minister of labor that direct relief will have to be stopped at an early date, the opposition of Duplessis to the en- actment of unemployment -insur- ance, and the proposal—to be con- sidered at the present session of the Quebec legislature—of Card- inal Villeneuve that corporatism be introduced into the farming areas to prevent farmers becoming subject to the “subversive doct- rines of the cities,” are the most recent evidences of this. Firmly established in Montreal, protected by the Duplessis sovern- ment, fascism is preparing to spread its tenactles all over the country. It is not by any means a phenomenon peculiar to French- Canada; a move is.on foot to or- ganize Europeans of a White Guard background into fascist units in all parts of the Dominion. German fascist organizations in Montreal have been listed as the Wational Social Democratic Work- ers’ Party of Canada, the German Union and the German Workers’ Circle. The objective of these is to unite under the banner of fas- cism all the Germans in Canada. The Italian fascists have similar plans, and so have the Japanese. The English-speaking organiza- tions are, the Canadian ational party, the National Social Christi- an party and the Canadian Union of Fascists, the latter an out- cropping of Mosley’s Black Shirts in England. These organizations are said to be planning an intensive propa- ganda this summer. Probably one of their next steps will be a na- tional fascist convention to unite the various bodies, a prospect suf- ficiently alarming to galvanize into new life the anti-fascists, not only in British Columbia, but throughout Canada. Constant vigilance against the immediate danger of fascism Sweeping across Canada is i1m- perative. e@ HE declared intention of Ar eand to march on Ottawa with armed fascist troops cannot be dismissed as an idle boast. At this session of the federal parlia- ment it is quite obvious that ex- Premier R. B. Bennett is fishing around for an excuse to rally wide opposition to the King govern- ment, to bring about a govern- mental crisis and perhaps another election. Whether he is in col- lusion with the fascst elements cannot be defnitely stated but from his “‘iron-heel of ruthless- “ness” record, he is quite capable of paving the way for them to march on Ottawa. Therefore, in its steps to amend the constitution so as to introduce unemployment . tion; insurance, and in its intention to investigate all fascist activities in the country, the Liberal admini- stration should receive full sup- port. At the same time it must be severely criticized for its delay in disallowing the padlock law. Any capitalist government in power tends to become corrupt, but Bennett’s charges of corrup- tion hurled in the House against the King government may quite likely be intended as a preliminary step to create the groundwork from which a national pro-fascist agitation can be built up. And the progressive sections of the population must be constantly on watch to see that the Liberals do not capitulate before the pro-fas- cist pressure of Canadian finan- cial interests. e STUDY of fascist leaflets be- ing circulated in Vancouver will show how they are seeking to pose as the only true spokesmen for the rights of the people. These leaflets, entitled, “Where Stands Fascism?” and “Fascism and De- mocracy,”’ are issued in the name of the Canadian Union of Fascists. They follow closely the Hitler plan and state that their intention is to get control of the federal parlia- ment at a general election. Once this step is reached “a fascist government will immedi- ately secure from the first fascist parliament the power to make the necessary amendments and altera- tions to the BNA Act and to im- mediately begin the reconstruction of Canadian intsitutions along fas- cist lines.” The German Nazis did not come to power through a revolution. For years they had built up their party and secured a large num- ber of representatives in the Ger- man Reichstag, and then, in a government crisis, President Hin- denburg called on Hitler to form a government and appointed him Ghancellor. The Nazi terror and the organiaztion of the country along Nazi lines came after the Wazis had political power. Canadian fascists are copying Hitler’s methods. To win a mass following, they are promising all things to all men. They are de- nouncing democracy and the party. system as an unworkable proposi- they are strongly anti- Semitic. There being a compara- tively small number of Jews in BC, the present anti-Japanmese agita- tion bears the earmarks of a fas- cist attempt to make a bogey out of all the Orientals. The provinces are to be abol- ished and replaced by admini- strative districts. At first glance this may seem to be a progressive step, but when one reads that all representative government will be abolished, and those who are in charge of administrating the dis- tricts will be appointed from the central government, it is at once realized aS a move of the most reactionary kind, concentrating all authority in one national fascist centre. IKE Hitler, the Canadian fas- eists hold out baits to the agrarian population, and promise to abolish monopolies. But Hitler when he came to power, gave an entire monopoly of German af- fairs to the German bankers. After he came to power, he acted di- rectly opposite to what he had promised before he came to power. He had learned this from Musso- lini in 1922. Before Mussolini's “‘March on Rome,” Mussolini was regarded as a great reformer, aS a radical. After he assumed political power, he established the most backward government in the world. They promise to guarantee em- ployment. No readjustment of the Capitalist system can abolish un- employment. Unemployment is here to stay as long as capitalism lasts. The Nazi government issues figures claiming a reduction of unemployment in Germany. There is a saying that “figures do not lie,’ and the statement is quite true, but it is equally true that any individual or government can lie with figures. If Nazi figures show any great reduction in unemployment, it is to a great extent due to the fact that hundreds of thousands of German workers are forced into labor camps on military road- building and other projects, for their mere upkeep. This is not reducing unemployment. It is re- ducing the standard of living of the workers; it is reducing them to a state of industrial serfdom, herded and kicked about by Nazi bullies and hoodlums. One item of the fascist program states: “All forms of industry will be organized into guilds or cor- porations each governed by repre- sentatives of the workers and em- ployers.” This means that, as in Germany and Italy, the entire Ca- nadian trade union movement will be wiped out and replaced by a set of fascist-controlled company unions. The amalgamation of the GPR and the CNR into one rail- way is another proposal. Here, very clearly, the fascists voice the wishes of big business, for this scheme has been for years the great aim of Sir Edward Beatty who sees in it the means to smash the railwaymen’s unions and re- duce their wages. qe f@eneral fascist line for the creation of a corporate state in Ganada is being supported fre- quently by speakers at luncheons of organizations like the Kiwanis. Although these speakers do not always mention the word fascism. their proposals to remedy present- day conditions indicates their close familiarity with and leaning to- wards fascist doctrines. Their re- marks range from the open sug- gestion that more Nazi methods are needed in BCE to the more hid- den suggestion that the difficulties encountered by business are due to the existence of trade unions He’s Got His Number Editor, People’s Advocate. Dear Sir: Referring to your ar- ticle about me being ordered roughly away from my stand at the corner of Main and Hastings, I might add that I was told to be quick, too. Police Constable No. 33 gave me five minutes at first to remove my goods. After telling him that I did not think htat I eould do it so quickly, he said ten minutes. Even then it would have been impossible to have obeyed him if the friend at the paper stand at that spot had not allowed me to put the things at the back of his stand. As one good turn deserves another, I would like my many friends to remember the help he freely and gladly gave me, by pa- tronising his stand. He also took my best placard and displayed it for me. TI might add that No. 33 has kept telling me, “They'll get you yet.” His charge of obstruction, if not a lie, at least was not true. Wilbee, Senior. Vancouver, BC. Jap Oranges . And Marmalade Editor, People’s Advocate. Dear Sir: I got some groceries at the Red and White store at Mis- sion last Wednesday and they put them in two orange boxes. One of the boxes had an end with the stencil mark “‘Grown in Japan” on it, but it was turned inside; the other end had the stencil mark chipped off. The clerk told me in answer to my question that a lot of boxes had been obtained from the Shim- ic plant at Hatzic, which is United Farmers. The clerk spoke of there Open Forum being about 700 of these 40-lb. Jap orange boxes. In my opinion, all orange mar- malade should carry the country of origin of oranges used therein or be boycotted. The canning of cheap Jap oranges will have bad effect on the coming berry crop, as the market is overstocked with jam at the present time. Mission, BC. E. oH. M. Want More Democracy Editor, People’s Advocate. Sir: During 1937 a petition was circulated in Burnaby asking for the establishment of the metro- politan health unit in the muni- cipality. This service would have ensured the regular inspection of food supply shops. dairy inspec- tion, garbage and sanitary regu- lations, school nursing, etc. with- out and additional cost to Burna- by for five years. The commis- sioner turned it down and has in- creased Burnaby expenditures by the salary costs of two school nurses. This is but one of the many ways in which the finances of Burnaby are being dissipated without any benefit accruing to the residents. During the term of government by commissionership the munici- pality has gone over $1,000,000 further in the financial hole. While we do not claim that all of this sum has been squandered, every day we see fresh evidence of the preventable waste of our resources. The solution as we See it, lies in. the election of a council which, while its functions may be advis- ory, by keeping the viewpoint of the- residents always before the commissioner will act as a check on his extravagance and make for better administration. A committee of North Burnaby organizations has been formed and other similar bodies are be- ing considered in other districts of the municipality with the ob- ject of approaching the govern- ment with a proposal along this line. The next meeting of the Worth Burnaby committee is be- ing held at 311 Esmond Ave., on March 4, 8 pm, and all interested bodies are invited to send dele- gates. —Publicity Committee, Joint Committee on WMhinicipal Affairs. CP On Japanese Question Editor, People’s Advocate: Dear Sir: The provincial com- mittee of the Communist party has drawn up a statement of its position toward the Japanese population in British Columbia. We think it will be of interest to PA readers in view of the con- fusion prevalent on the question, and also because of present at- tempts by some to foment race hatred and violence against Jap- anese residents here. Please find enclosed copy which we trust you will publish. FERGUS McKEAN, Provincial Secretary. Vancouver, BC. Editor’s Note: The statement referred to, received too late for publication in this issue, will be carried next week. New Horizon My robe is edged with purple and my path Is strewn with roses. It was always so. Until you came I did not even know— Or only vaguely—of that other world Where people slave and suffer, grope for light, and die. ... Your hand in mine is rough and hard against The softness of my flesh and yet TI raise my eyes to yours. Your eyes are fixed On far horizons. ... You do not tilt at windmills when you go Across the land te champion this Cause, Your proud young head upraised agaimst the dark I clasp your hand more firmly. You speak to me. Your dark eyes glow with love— That greater love of all humanity. You tell me of the time all men shall throw A symbol of the dawn that is to come. Fasten my sandals then, and let us go. I am as fleet of foot as you, as keen of mind. Together we will climb the highest hills, Their shackles off and ever more be free, And women too, free from all tyranny. Together we will set our faces to The New Tomorrow. —Mary McQueen. and trade union rates of pay. Lagging slightiy behind the fas— cists, yet always close by like a bunch of camp-followers, are the Trotskyists, the outriders of the fascist parade- Knowingly or unknowingly, the Trotskyists are whooping it up for a fascist Canada. They worm into radical and progressive or- ganiaztions, not to build but to wreck: to block, obstruct and dis- rupt any progressive measures or proposals, by continually raising objections to this and that and the other thing, by continually slandering the leadership of the progressive organiaztions, by blackguarding the Soviet govern- ment, which is, as everyone knows, the greatest existing bulwark against the establishment of fas- cism throughout the world. What would be the prospect for humanity if there were no Soviet government? The answer to this question comes spontaneously; *“A very black, bleak prospect in- deed!” There is but one way to prevent formation of fascist government in Canada, and that is to estab- lish unity, trade union unity, unity of workingelass and middle-class political parties, unity of all pro- gressive social, religious and farmer organiaztions. If this unity is not established firmly and soon, the fascists when they “March on Ottawa” will walk unimpeded through the divided ranks of the Canadian people and set up the corporate state. Stage and Screen By John R. Chaplin T= YOU haven't already seen The Thirteen, newest Soviet picture showing at the Royal The- atre in Vancouver, we strongly advise you to do so—now. The film is being held over until this Saturday after a successful initial run of four days. We saw it ourselves at the midnight pre- view last Sunday when a packed house showed its appreciation in no uncertain applause. .. The pic- ture has a fast swing to it, the Story grips, and the photography, as in all Soviet productions, is superb... At the 1937 Paris Exposition, the highest motion picture award went to Peter The First, the Sov- iet=-produced film about Russia’s most famous czar. The film, which was three years in the mak- ing, and employed a cast of over 5,000, broke all attendance rec- ords in the Soviet Union, where 800 prints were released at once. Its American premiere took hte form of a simultaneous opening on Christmas Eive in the ten larg- est American cities, a record for any foreign film in the US. In several of these spots, the film is now in its fifth week. Peter The First is being released in Canada some time this month... Russia is making rapid strides in the production of animated car- toons, according to Lucille Cra- mer. Miss Cramer, who was for- merly with Max Fleischer in New York, told The Film Daily that the company with which she has been associated for four years in Russia will make from 12 to 15 cartoons this year. The company, which is known as the “All-Union,” has seven directors and more than 200 persons working at its studios. ~ e OLLYWOOD.—Perhaps no in- dustry si feeling the adverse effect of fascist policy so much as the film industries of Germany and Italy. It has long been a known fact that the advent of Hitler had gutted Berlin's studios of their best talents. Now, reper- cussions on the foreign markets are showing Hitler and Mussolini that no one who is not forced to accept them, wants their propa- ganda pictures. A few items: German films, once dominant in Roumania, have been crowded off that market by Hollywood and French films, despite pro-Nazi leanings of certain Roumanian politicians. Poland, once a strong- hold for German films, has seen them drop before the influx of French pictures, bolstered both by the high quality of the French product and a reciprocal film trade agreement between Poland and France. Because of dearth of current productions, Mussolini's ballyhooed Cine-City has shut down: the studios are idle. In England, German films have virtually disappeared, and French films, risen to great heights under the People’s Front government, are creating a real threat to the Native films, which come second to Hollywood features on the Brit- ish market. Upshot of it is that fascist (German and Italian) films have lost out immeasurably, with democratic (US, English and French) films grabbing the world Market. Soviet films, on a higher cultural plane, predominate the world over with discriminating theatregoers, but have never fully hit their stride in catching the fancy of workers wearied by the capitalist grind and accustomed to the vapid capitalist films. Hollywood liberals are hoping that the international failure of fascist films will ultimately con- vinee American producers that fine film-making can go hand in hand only with a militant espousal of the cause of the people against their despoilers. _ with 40,000 Gey Short Short man Nazi troops cj Jabs. the Austrian bc! der, Schusschni; | reorganized his cabinet, taking ‘ some Austrian Nazis. This is dj seribed in the London Daily Ma} organ of British pro-fascists ;) “a natural development broug’/ about by peaceful negotiations | (Vancouver Province). : “The parachute fire-briga:)) _ employed in Russia to fight fore t fires have proved so successi § that they are to be enlarged. Ti} * men are dropped from aeroplan + with supplies of chemicals us = for extinguishing fires and la ji)” year were able to put out 92 fore; fires.’ (London Times). pt Schusschnigg had an intervie | with Hitler before he reorganiz:) his cabinet. Hitler laid the lay? — down to him. (Local press). | “Mr. Chamberlain had a confe | ence with Count Dino Grandi b4} ; fore facing parliament.” (Vancoi; , ver Province). He had the la jf; laid down to him, too. 4 “Hifteen hundred years of em }] pire ending like a shepherd’s tale {| fe trem (Byron's “Sardanapalus’’). “Political education of tk broad masses must appeal primi: rliy to the blood and the primitiy instincts.”’ (Alfred Rosenber. philosopher and guide of the Na: party). “Housewives! Hor the sake ¢ the Fatherland, don’t buy mea fat and eggs.” (Women’s pag Der Angriff, official Nazi organ ‘“Iuabor protection is not to E confined to supervision of th laborer while working; the direc: | ing of his general mode of liyin is also a matter calling for speciz regulation.” (Page 203, Germa Labor Front’s annual report). © Last year more than one-and-< half million “fully employed” ri ceived assistance from the Winte1 | hilfe (relief). (Page 17 of the san report). Joyce Kilmer’s poem, “Only Ge Can Make a Tree,” is out of fave with the Nazis. It is “lese majeste against Hitler. Brave fascist Mussolini!