ireh 11, 1938 THE PHOPLE’S ADVOCATE Page Five - TELFORD : (Gontinued from page 3) atio 4 the provincial government, Nord stated, when it paid 60 per- : of the province’s taxable ={0) (th and received only $700,000 at last year. He flayed the in- pn of the Liberal government, tne that highways were a dis- le and a byword among Amer- ' tourists. * a sample of governmental dis- ssty, the doctor drew attention the recent appointment of Dr. fsarruthers to enquire into the vonald fuel report, on the as- ption that the findings are in- eet. » Can get a contract for coal i England at $5 a ton and bet- quality than BC coal, and the ier knows it, but is not inter- a,’ Telford charged. ‘Elect Right Council’ i€¢ speaker thought Vancouver's 2tion by no means hopeless as jad seen many cities solve even iter problems and regain stand- 3ut you must elect a council will take the proper steps and “after the bie fellows,” Telford ned. | jevertinge to te new tax in- se, the doctor said it was com- knowledge that for every mil- dollar increase in taxation, real te values went down 20 million irs. He gave glaring instances iis in the city. Spe Committee erected rrom the “sing should add to its numbers approach all organizations, in- ing real estate men, for the ose of changing the present 7 jition, Telford advised, offering is facts and figures for the use ny movement started. Boycott Japanese Goods. avr Kk owning Beauty Shop 130 W. Hastings St. INE - - SEYMOUR 241 —\ NOTICE! MAY DAY, CONFERENCE will be held at the VICTORY HALL 535 Homer Street tturday, March i9th at 7:30 PIL organizations are invited to rr send two delegates. Yew Age Bookshop — Gur New Location — }0-A EAST HASTINGS ST. ets About Canada’s 50 Big shots — “People vs. Manopoly” ty dam Buck = 2 10¢ iiders of B.C.—now -.__25c Pamphlets and Books on Spain and China JOIN OUR LIBRARY! Ha rt) Tune in... (COMMUNIST PARTY BROADCAST over CKMO EVERY WEDNESDAY at 7:30 P.M. Homeless returned to the desolated city. Their homes in the Pootung area destroyed by shells and incendiary bombs, these Chinese workers were herded in this compound, over which Japanese soldiers stood guard with fixed bayonets (left), when they Trotsky Spy Faces Trial Signalled Japan Planes In Raid On China Base HANKOW, China, March 10.—Ar- rested while attempting to signal Japanese bombers raiding Linfing, the Bighth Route army’s Shansi headquarters, Chang Mu-tao, Chi- nese Trotskyite, faces trial for treason. A search of Chang’s home uncov- ered 73 hand grenades, 8 automa- tics, a supply of cartridges and quantities of Lrotskyist lierature. Changs arrest Iea to the appre- hension of several other members of a Trotskyist spy ring whose con- nections with the Japanese general staff have been proven by docu- ments seized. HEAR A. M. STEPHEN CURRENT HISTORY Every Monday at 7:30 P.M. — CK M 0 — DENTIST BD? Rp x D LLEWELLYN OUGLAS. @ SEY= « SEIT: - COR- RICHARDS &€ HASTINGS | Grandview Lumber Co. Ltd. for ‘ ALL YOUR BULLDING NEEDS Lowest Prices — Highest Values 2350 Renfrew Street High. 176 HASTINGS BAKERY High. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 4068 East Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive Quality Products at Moderate Prices We Deliver to East End and Grandview Homes ) ‘“‘Thrifty Housewives Shop at _ Hastings Bakery! 100% UNIONIZED Mee ioe + pose Bee Demands Embargo On War Shipments Vancouver Local Council of Wo- men, in annual meeting here this week, pledged full support to the boycott of goods made in Japan and decided to ask the Ottawa head office of the Local Councils of Women to endorse the boycott. Discussion on the boycott arose out of a resolution sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace urging application of an embargo on shipments of war ma- terials to aggressor nations. Mrs. Whitehead, delegate who re- cently returned from China, re- ported that when she left Shan- ghai, where she lost everything, the city was a pile of ruins. She be- lieved all women should pledge their support to a move which would cripple Japan in her attack on China. The council unanimously voiced its approval of the resolution de- Mmanding an embargo. Another resolution adopted urged the dominion government to make a grant for establishment of voca- tional training schools and sug- gested that a placement system be instituted. Mrs. Thomas Bingham will con- tinue to head the council as presi- dent for another year. Vice-presi- dents are: Mmes. Paul Smith, MLA; David Hall, Ada Crump, F. P. Paterson, FE. H. Lewis and H. J. EK. Labsik. Mrs. N. R. Porrer was returned as corresponding secretary; Mrs. S. H. Simms, recording secretary; Mrs. G. H. Harrison, treasurer; Mrs. EH. H. Tomer, convener of agri- culture; Mrs. F. T. Schooley, arts and letters; Mrs. C. A. Wilkes, child welfare; Mrs. C. A. W. Whitehead, cinema and printed matter; Mrs. D. E. Humphrey, citizenship; Mrs. F. S. Nowlan, economics; Mrs. F. J. Hollis, education ;Mrs. J. M. Mc- Govern, housekeeping and town planning. i ephrne Dauphinee, men-; bs Z ) Miss slonep £ = vestigation into the price of bread. tal hygiene; Mrs. A. E. Oakley, migration; Mrs. E. Mortimore, moral standards; Mrs. F. J. Thom- son, national recreation; Mrs. H. G. Morris, natural resources; Miss Amy Kerr, publicity; Miss Mabel Gray, public health; Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, MLA, taxation; Mrs. Worah Leavy, soldiers’ and sailors’ pensions and dependents; Miss A. MeMaster ,trades and professions for women; Mrs. J. Stuart Jamie- son, League of Nations; Mrs. J. Abercrombie, laws for women and children. DONOVAN Typewriters ADDING MACHINES CASH REGISTERS, All Makes Terms if Desired 603 W. PENDER ST. SEY. 9393 > SHOE REPATRS INSON’S SHOE REPATRS — il work guaranteed. Reasonable rices. 1056%4 W. Pender Street SE REPAIRS NEATLY DONE ile you wait. Only the best ma srials used. International Shoe ‘epairs. 1152 Granville St. ‘ODBRIDGE'S SHO STORE— Soes for all the family. We da epairs. 3303 Kingsway. Phone tari. 729. 7 TRANSFER DS MOTOR TRANSFER — foving, Packing, Shipping and storage. Broadway and Gommer- jal. Phone Fair. 5172. 4 UNIFORMS IERALLS, UNIFORMS — ALL Jinds, made tc measure. Patterns vesigned. Yukon Uniform Go., | East Pender St. ; WANTED LE) BUY POSTAGE STAMPS, fanadian, U:S. and foreign, in mall or large quantities. G. D. familton. 1976 Wrest 12th Ave. NEW WESTMINSTER: “A CHALLENGE TO * FREE ADMISSION : sa SAAT ————— R. L. CALDER, K.C. at THE MOOSE HALL FRIDAY, MARCH 1ith, at 8:00 P.M. Sunday, March 13th, 8 p.m. NANAIMO: Monday, March 14th VICTORIA: Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, March 15th who will speak on PADLOCK LAW” >) Canadian Legion Hall CANADIANS—THE : 2 COLLECTION Psi Local Council Of Women Pledges Support To Boycott Urges City Milk Depot City Will Consider Telford’s Suggestion A plan to introduce cut-rate milk depots throughout the city for the benefit of unemployed and those with “thin pocketbooks” was pre- sented by Dr. Lyle Telford to the city social services committee Mon- day. Cooperation from two of the largest city milk distributors had been obtained, Telford Stated, and the proposal was that the depots would be open between 6.30 am to 8.30 am on @ cash-and-carry sys- tem, least objectionable to retail stores selling milk. The CCE member stated he had been assured by dairies that such depots could be supplied at 7 cents a quart and that the producer stood to gain on the price of but- terfat. A sub-committee to investigate the plan was appointed, the ques- tion of registration of needy cases being involved. “Should Be Utility” When informed by Dr. Telford that as many as 24 different dis- tributors sold milk in one city block, Ald. F. Crone remarked that this was undoubtedly the cause of the present high price of milk, and that he had long felt that the com- Imedity should be handled as a public utility. “I intend to get further informa- tion on the setup and report to the committee later. Meanwhile I think we should thank Dr. Tel- ford for bringing forward the pro- posal,” Ald. Crone stated. Before leaving, Telford urged that the city council pursue its in- He unfolded an English newspaper which advertised bread at half the price charged in Vancouver. “You see,” Telford exclaimed, “bread is four cents a loaf there and it is made from best Canadian wheat,” “Wait a minute, Grone said, that is four pence not four cents.” “T’m glad someone hit on that one. You see it is four cents for a 16 ounce loaf for which you pay nine cents back. here,’ Telford shot Precoe BLUBBER BAY | (Continued from page 1) pany agreed to negotiate, recog- nized the union shop committee, promised there would be no dis- crimination and raised wages all around by three-and-a-half cents an hour. Then, in January this year, the company called a meeting of em- ployees, ostensibly to discuss the Labor Concilation and Arbitration Act. Chairman at this meeting was an employee named Simpson who acted as a strikebreaker in July. When company spokesmen | asked the meeting whether or not the union committee had the right to represent the men in view of the fact that four of its members were ! laid off during the slack season, employees demonstrated their loy- alty to union principles by walking out in a body. After a second meeting called by the company, at which a new committee of strikebreakers was declared “elected” despite the fact that employees voted ten-to-one against the nominees, employees asked for appointment of a con- ciliation commissioner. Conciliation Commissioner Mc- Geough supervised a vote among employees to determine who should have the right to represent them. The result was a victory for the union. Highty-seven voted for the union committee, 30 against. But two days after taking of this vote, the company flouted the com- missioner’s ruling by refusing to re-employ three union committee- men. McGeough was again asked to intervene. Then, two weeks ago, Cecil Ash, company engineer and member of the union committee, was dismissed for burning out a diesel engine bearing. The union offered to bear the expense of bringing a diesel expert from Vancouver to render judgment on the alleged careless- ness. The union committee charged that the company was discrimina- ting against union members and district officials of the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America de- termined to demand a show- down. Conciliation Commissioner McGeough was again called upon to intervene. Unions Protest Project Policy NEW WESTMINSTER, BG, March 10—Protest is being made by the Workers’ Alliance and a humber of trade unions here against using unemployed to en- large the arena at Queens Park, a $63,000 municipal project. At a special meeting of the Labor Representation Committee, com- posed of unions affiliated to the Trades and Labor Council, two dele- gates, members of Division 134, Street and Hlectric Railway Em- ployees, were elected to interview the city council next Monday on the questions. Unions will demand that the practice of rotating relief recipients on this work be stopped and that union wages and working con- ditions be established. At one period, the city council attempted to farm out relief re- cipients to contractors, and at‘the present time a large amount of work done in churches, cemetery and roads is being done by relief labor. A bylaw was passed last January to raise $63,000 for enlarging the arena, $5,000 expenses being at- tached to the raising of this sum. Another bylew to provide further facilities for sport and recreation calls for the raising of $19,000, ex- penses of floating the loan being $1,500. IMBF Building First BC Hall NEW WESTMINSTER, BGC, March 10—Construction is under way here on the first Independent Mutual Benefit Federation hall in British Columbia, on the site of the old fire hall at Queensboro, cost will be $7,000. Permit for the structure was is- —The Screen’s Dauntless Challenge to the Alien Smuggling Racket! “Daughter of Shanghai’ with ANNA MAY WONG plus “ROMANCE IN THE DARK’’ with GLADYS SWARTHOUT, JOHN BOLES sued last week by city council to the local branch of the IMBF. FOR QUALITY AND YIELD use Buckerfield’s Elephant Brand Fertilizers ASK FOR OUR BULLETINS “FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1938” “LAWNS AND GARDENS” AND FUNGICIDES” FOR SALE BY Buckerfiela’s Ltd. Branches “INSECTICIDES and Reputable Feed ORPHEUM — NOW PLAYING — THEATRE Dealers Everywhere Now Showing... The NEW STYLES and Patterns for Spring A wonderful range of patterns to choose from. Custom Tailored in Vancouver at popular prices. Ws Ladies’ Tailored Suits Our Specialty TRY US! —— Ws Regent VANCOUVER’S Tailors 324 West Hastings Street OWN TAILORS Proud Of Youth Centres Young Communist League To Convene On March 26 The need for a clear-cut stand on the issue of war and the building of an anti-fascist youth movement in British Columbia will be key questions at the seventh annual convention of the Young Communist League of BC which opens at Victory Hall here Saturday, March 26. In an interview with Maurice, Rush, the league’s provincial secre- tary, the Advocate was told that the organization was stronger since the last convention, and its pres- tige higher among young people. “While our membership is an ac- tive one, and we have sponsored such movements as community youth centres in various locali- ties,” Rush stated, “there still re- mains the burning need of build- ing an anti-fascist youth movement in the province, and the YCL will make a fresh start in this work after the convention this’ month.” Rush mentioned with pride the Victoria Road Community Centre and the Youth Centre at Milner, BG, as examples of good work done by the Young Communist League, in ‘that something is of- fered to interest young people liv- ing around these centres. He maintained that the YCL as a mass, socialist youth organization, must be strengthened because “it is the best guarantee for unity among young people faced with new problems every day.” The convention will open at i p.m., Saturday, March 26 when Viola McCrae, League president, will welcome delepates from Van- ecouyer, the North Shore, Fraser Valley, Island and interior points. Maurice Rush will give the main report, Jack Phillips the report on organization. An added attraction will be a Pageant of Youth on Saturday. evening to entertain delegates, fea- turing the Provincial Recreational Centres’ gymnastic and tumbling troupes. There will also be a spe- cial wrestling bout staged by the Workers’ Sports Club, an exhibi- tion of folk dancing, with a public dance from 10 pm until midnight. Seeks 700 New Subs @ x Press Committee Opens Drive For New Readers Fired by the need to spread the progressive press among people who are loolxing for clear answers to increasingly difficult questions, Communists, Socialists and other progressive readers of the People’s Advocate and Clarion Weekly, western Canada’s leading labor papers, are meeting to discuss press drive plans. W. Ravenor, organizer for the campaign to obtain 700 new subs in March, told the Advocate this week that he conferred with no less than 40 press supporters from Vancouver Centre who met in the O’Brien Hall last Monday to begin work in the drive. They elected J. Pratt chairman of the Vancouver Centre drive com- mittee and, on his suggestion, read- ily accepted a quota of subs. Pratt issued a challenge to press sup- porters in Vancouver Mast federal riding, that his committee would exced any quota raised by them before April 1, and declared that at the end of the three-month period Vancouver Centre would still be on top. “We are going to get that press drive banner this year,” was the chorus which greeted Ravenor when he appeared at 573 Fast Hastings street to discuss drive plans with Advocate-Clarion enthu- Siasts of the Relief Project Work- ers’ Union last Tuesday. “And T believe they will do just that,” Ravenor told the Advocate. “T think the fighting spirit of their comrades in Spain has fired them to show what single unemployed men can do in distributing a paper which is their champion,” he said. Grandview readers are rallying around Oscar Salonen, outstanding figure in the last drive. These sup- porters have set themselves to raise a cool $700. They meet next Sunday at 10 am to plan the cam- paign. They have arranged a dance in aid of the press at Orange Hall, Friday, March 18. Phone Sey. 2690 Bissonnette’s Dance Band 100% Union Currently Featured at the Melrose Golden Room Around The City Panel Discussion Penal Reform is the subject of a panel discussion in the fifth free public program of Vancouver Public Library ,to be beld at First Unitarian Church, 1550 West Tenth The members of the panel are: avenue, Sunday, March 20, at 3pm. Alderman Helena Gutteridge, Miss Josephine Kilburn, psychiatric so- cial worker; Rev. J. B. Hobden, secretary, John Howard Society; Major Walter Owen, warden, Oak- alla prison farm; Dr. GC. W. Top- ping, associate professor of eco- nomics and sociology, UBC, author of Canadian Penal Institutions. ESL Calls Meet Fred Tyler, executive member of Vancouver Eix-Servicemen’s League, will explain the new deal from Ot- tawa for mnon-pensioned, unem- ployed veterans, at a special mect- ing of members, called Monday, March i4, 8 pm, at new headquar- ters, 47 West Broadway. Letters from Grant McNeil and other MP’s on this subject will be read. A big rally is urged by the ex- ecutive, to formulate a strong pol- icy for action this summer. Women Plan Meet Halse Creek Women’s Labor League has arranged a whist drive and dance tonight (Friday) at 49 West Fifth avenue. A draw for a erochet afghan will be also held. Tea Arranged A Saint Patrick’s Day tea will be held Wednesday, March 16, at 2 pm in the home of Mrs. Grad, 2036 East First avenue. Arranged by Grandview Women’s Club, all pro- ceeds will go to aid Spanish orphans. 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