es 1938 , 1938. THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Page Five = Enderbury Island, in the central Pacific, one of the two islands officially claimed by 7 tinued both the United States and Britain. Its importance lies in its strategic position Continued as an aviation base. poh => Hl te Hitlers and the Musso- she asked. jemning the pro-fascist poli- f the Chamberlain govern- jRush said: “The road to fs through collective action | democratic countries; the faening of the League of Na- the assisting of the people nh and China in their strug- fainst fascist aggression; the off of supplies to aggressor and a large scale boycotting ist-made goods.” idance at the convention the great progress made league during the past year. tion to the 32 delegates rep- az city and provincial es, there were more than raternal] visitors present at o-day sessions. as McKean, provincial secre- ys the Communist party, ad- the convention on behalf party, and a short speech tren by Leslie Morris, central ee) es to = io a pf (o. & [ prty. frates in session urged all }men and women in industry a trade union, paying tribute = the trade union movement — ready achieved for youth — ji protective legislation and 50 wages: zovernment’s threat to ter- 2. Bs & a single unemployed relief in — as condemned as “callous — mt of homeless youth, for == uation arising friom which —“}horities must bear full res- PAYS Fig vy lity. —. }'s other questions discussed jconvention were juvenile de T= [cys testoration of cuts made grants; youth rehabilitation extension; and the work of Yvincial Recreation Centres. avention reaffirmed its sup- the Youth Congress move- f2rs elected were: Viola Mc- resident; Jack Phillips, vice- nt; Maurice Rush, secre- ‘ona Fletcher, treasurer. ice Rush and William Pal- * Vancouver, and Pete Joe, oria, will represent British ia at the YCL national con- at Toronto in May. Rush 0 represent the Young Com- League at the third Cana- duth Congress to be held in een City May 21-24. senses Withheld i the city council considered onday’s list of applications y trading licenses, License or Urquhart was instructed > all licenses except two ap- or by Japanese tradesmen. rt stated that he had not ge to investigate the Japa- eplicants, and that no dis- stion was being practiced. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY AWDUST BURNERS NE “LEADER” BURNERS, Alexander St. at MRay’s. las 390. SHOE REPATRS jON'S SHOE REPATRS — ork guaranteed. Reasonable s. 105616 W. Pender Stree. REPAIRS NEATLY DONE you wait. Only the best ma s used. International Shot irs. 1152 Granville St. BRIDGE'S SHOE STORE— 3 for all the family. We do ES 3303 Kingsway. Phone TRANSFER »> MOPOR TRANSFER — Packing, Shipping and ige. Broadway and Commer- Phone Fair. 5172. )tee members of the Commu- Disput Many Would Learn Trade Centre Cannot Cope With Applications Young fellows after taking a three months’ course in some of the trades, are better than the average apprentice and are going out on city jobs. This was told to an Advocate Re— porter this week at the Youth Training Centre, 37 West Pender street, where some thirty lads are practicing carpentry, plastering and painting under tutelage sup- plied by the National Employment Commission. Plaster is slapped on lath time and again, to be scraped off for further practice. A staircase is in the making. The art of stucco is seen in some fancy specimens on exhibition. Qne instructor told the Advocate that the classes could not begin to cope with the number of applicants and that their “lists are a mile long.” It seems that most young fellows yearn to be Diesel engineers, de- spite the fact that there is only one $15,000 engine in Vancouver, used for class purposes. Pupils in this class are limited to 15. When asked as to possibility of these new “im- proyvers’”’ getting jobs, an official shrugged his shoulders. “We give them a little free training—that's all,” he said. Some classes for vocational train- ing are attached to Vancouver Technical School and other schools, but the amount of carfare involved precludes attendance of a large proportion of learners, an instruc- tor stated, and in the main, most of the young fellows come from homes in the city where they are depend- ent on their parents. The registrar stated he expected a large number of applications from forestry project workers in the next few days, when camps are closed down. Many of them want to learn a trade and will endeavor to live while attending classes on the small amounts doled to them by the government from deferred pay, he said. The whole scheme is based on recommendations made by the Pur- vis Employment Commission and its findings. Boycott Japanese Goods. 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There are three principal reasons for this exclusion of foreigners: First, the country is in a state of chaos; secondly, the country is far less safe for white travellers than ever it was in the days of Menelik or Haile Selasse; thirdly, famine is wide- spread. Italy claims that Ethiopia has been conquered. That is not true. The Italians control the towns and the areas around the towns. The rest of the country is uncontrolled. Only twenty 105 Subs Obtained Many Provincial Points Assisting Press Drive Hirst provincial returns in the current People’s Advocate-Clarion Weekly-press drive were received this week from Atlin, $9.40; Ques- nel, $7.55; Surrey, $6.50; Princeton, $6, and Prince Rupert, $4. Among plans for the drive in various cities and towns through- out BC is a raffle now being or- ganized by the Nanaimo committee. Surrey committee is also planning a raffle and arranging a dance. Im the city, the excellent work done by Victory Square committee has been mainly responsible for placing Vancouver Centre in the lead over Vancouver Hast. Proceeds of $28.34 from the sports card held last week were turned over to O)’ Bill's column, To date 105 subscriptions, the majority of them from new read- ers, have been received. Many press supporters have already qualified for a free copy of Bill Bennett's Builders of British Columbia, by selling three club subscriptions. Bundle order increases have been made by Blind Bay and Quesnel. Co-Op Sales Gain SEATTLE, Wash., March 31.— (FP) —Sales to member CoOps in the Pacific Northwest in 1937 totaled over $2,250,000, a gain of 26 per cent over the previous year, Grange CoQperative Wholesale announces. EES DONOVAN Typewriters ADDING MACHINES CASH REGISTERS, All Makes Terms if Desired 603 W. PENDER ST. SEY. 9393 miles from Dessye, a strong Ethi- opian force commands the main road from Asmara to Addis Ababa. Wo Italian vehicle can pass. All over the country bands of na- tive irregulars, sometimes only fifty strong, are harassing the Italians. The “‘conquerors’’ can move only in large forces, accompanied by tanks and armored cars, through country previously reconnoitered by air- planes. I learn from a well-in- formed source that more Italians have been killed since the war of- ficially ended than were killed dur- ing the war itself. The railway is taxed to capacity with the transport of these troops. Goods and stores cannot be carried. Qn the docks are thousands of car- loads of stores waiting for trains to take them to Ethiopia. An of- ficial of the railway in Djibouti told me it would take eight months to transport these stores. They con- Sist largely of perishable goods. By that time they will be useless. The Italians are feverishly build- ing an auto highway from Assab, but the work is progressing very slowly. It is to be a thirty-foot con- erete road, 225 miles long, across hte Danakil Desert. At present, only seven and one-half miles have been built, at a cost of aver $84,000 a mile. Ethiopia is shut off from the outside world, and famine is sweep- ing the country. For two years dur- ing the war, the crops were ne- glected. For two years, most of them were left to rot. The peasants refuse to work in the regions occu- pied by the Italians. They are afraid to bring their products to the mar- kets in the towns. A small expe- dition was sent out from Addis Ababa to requisition foodstuffs. It was attacked and annihilated. Italian troops who have been re- lieved return to Italy via Djibouti. They arrive in cattle cars, thin- faced, sunken-eyed, unshaved. Qut- side the stations, natives: are wait- ing with bread and vegetables. The food is snatched from their hands by the Italians. Ethiopia is in a state of chaos. A situation has arisen with which the Italians seem powerless to deal. DENTIST LLEWELLYN: OUGLAS. R D°A-D @SEY:- 5577 .- COR. RICHARDS E:HASTINGS TASTY SANDWICHES! DELICIOUS COFFEE! m Everything in CANDIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONS gm MADELON CONFECTIONERY 169 EAST HASTINGS STREET | A WARM WELCOME TO ALL 1H HRBHEEHBEHBEEBEEBEHERBEEBEeEHeEe EB BE GB CARLETON CAFE Where Quality and Service Are Supreme 100% Union House . 105 E. Hastings St. Johnny Kulak, Mer. Tel. Sey. 4060 Private Dining Room for Banquets, Parties, Etec. GO WITH THE CROWDS TO THE — ROYAL THEATRE Two Selected Pictures at Every Performance and News Reel Admission: ONLY 5c and 10c Milk city should be the first task of or- ganized housewives as a prelude to further attacks on high prices. Threatened loss of the right to buy both raw and pasteurized milk, seen in a bylaw to this effect now being drafted by Food Inspector Vance,, agitated many delegates and Chairman Mrs. M. Lusk ob- tained unanimous assent when she put the motion on this qquestion. There was no hesitation from the conference after it had heard that it cost 5 cents to deliver one quart of milk, in endorsing the proposal of a public utility. Mrs. E. W. Win- ter showed that Vancouver's 40,000 families would be able to get better and cheaper milk when distribution Was properly organized. The price of butter was a sore point to the conference, one dele- gate stating that she had been forced to cut down on this com- modity and substitute jam. An- other delegate averred that there Was a huge stock of butter kept in cold storage in the city in order to keep up the price artificially. The conference instructed its committee to investigate this mat- ter, and if the charge was correct, to place the question before the city council for action. Organization Sought. As to the form of organization for housewives, there was strong sentiment for straight membership and formation of branches. “I am against the affiliated form of organization as it is much too slow to act when speed is neces- Sary,’’ one lady declared . A motion to eliminate any con- sideration by the committee of this form of organization passed unani- mously. Several delegates urged speedy action and the proposal to call a mass meeting within six weeks was changed “to within five weeks.” Weed for initial funds to carry on the work of the committee was recognized by the conference which voted that each organization send a minimum of one dollar to W. R. Bradbury, temporary organizer, 1114 Pendrill street. To Prepare Brief. First task of the committee, it was agreed by the conference, will be to draw up a comprehensive brief on the milk and high food prices situation, for immediate pres- entation to the city council, the brief to contain a plan of action for discussion by the council, with a delegation participating. Seventy-two delegates attended the conference, representing 48 wo- men’s organizations throughout Greater Yancouver. A noteworthy resolution from First United Church Women’s Association en- dorsing the conference won a round of applause. Blected committee members are as follows: Mrs. BE. H. Dalgleish, Mrs. M. Norton, Mrs. V. Ellingsen, Mrs. F. Clark, Mrs. J. Shankster, Mrs. M. A. Stuart, Mrs. P. Forkin. Mrs. A. Crawford, Mrs. C. E. Dick. The original advisory committee was elected by the conference as a body. Veterans’ League Plans Open Forum Sponsored by Vancouver Ex- Servicemen’s League, a new edu- cational feature to be known as Mount Pleasant Forum is being inaugurated at the league's new headquarters, 47 West Broadway, under chairmanship of E. Bref- fitt. Well known speakers have been contacted by the forum committee for a series of 12 lectures begin- ning Sunday, April 3, at 8 p.m. Housing, social welfare, history, economics are some of the sub- jects to be dealt with by speakers such as A. M. Stephen, Ald. H. L. Corey, A. J. Harrison of the Civic Housing committee, Dr. Shrum and several professors from the UBC. Speaker for Sunday, April 3, is A. R. Deaves, who will lecture on Technocracy. : City To Buy Boat For Harbor Patrol Purchase of a harbor patrol boat by the city to stop the raiding of fishing vessels principally, was de- cided on by the council this week. Ald. Fred Crone stated that the police department was unable to cope with thieves who operated by boat and asked for council's ap- proval on a boat he had in mind that would suit the purpose. A monthly rental of $250 until a total of $7,500 has been paid, and the cost of operating being an average $1 an hour, was considered a bargain by aldermen, Asks Union Label Alderman Helena Gutteridge re- quested city council Monday to en- sure that the union label was on all police and firemen’s uniforms, tend- ers for which were submitted “by Gordon Campbell and Hartle Broth- ers. A special committee appointed to look into clothing tender was in- structed to bear this in mind. Subjects: ‘‘The Labor Press” - $ COME EARLY MEN! cated. Regent VANCOUVER’S Around The City PUBLIC MEETING ROYAL THEATRE ——on SUNDAY, APRIL 3rd — 8:00 P.M. Obtain Wage Increase A wage increase of 75 cents per day for newspaper pressmen, effec- tive from January 1, 1938, was ob- tained this week when a contract was signed with local publishers. The agreement terminates Septem- ber 1, 1939. Concert Nets $31 The press committee for the Italian progressive paper, fl Lavor- atore, expresses thanks to the Ital- jan colony and the numerous or- ganizations for their co-operation which made possible the successful concert last Sunday at the Royal Theatre. A sum of $31 was sent to the maintenance fund of the paper. Veterans To Meet The regular business meeting of the Vancouver Ex-Servicemen’s League will be held at 47 West Broadway, Monday, April 4, 8 p.m. Hlection of a president comes up at this meeting. 9.000 Off Voters’ List Wames of 9000 have been crossed off the provincial voters’ lists in Vancouver East, because they fail- ed to vote at the last election. H. J. Smith, 3258 Vanness avenue, is official repistrar in this district. He informed The Advocate of the dele- tions after making enquiries at the Court House. WA Plans Public Meet Public meeting of the Workers’ Alliance will be held at O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer street, Saturday, April 9, 2 pm. All members are asked to attend. May Day Cards For Spain. May Day greeting cards with Spanish colors, at 5 cents each (40 cents a dozen) can be obtained from the national office of the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Room 214, 331 Bay street, Toronto, Ont. Students’ Dance. An informal spring dance will be held at the Peter Pan ballroom, Friday, April 8, under auspices of students of Harradine Commercial Gollege. All former students of the school will be welcome. Tickets may be obtained from the school. Social Worker To Speak Miss Edith Lester, well known English social worker, will arrive on Monday from China. Miss Les- ter has spent the last six months in the Orient speaking under the auspices of the Fellowship For Re- conciliation, an international order. She will address a mass meeting in First United Church, Gore avenue and Hastings street, the same night. Rev. R. W. Matheson will also ad- dress the meeting on behalf og the League for Peace and Democracy. ANTON -NOFE. HAIR RESTORER Nourishes the roots of the hair. Prevents dandruff and falling hair. Sole Distributor THe ORPHEUM BARBER SHOP AFTER USING etal G71,5MYTHE ST. VANCOUVER B)) : ey BEFORE AND Ah x sy J ooo Jack Pratt Pattullo and the Hepburn-Duplessis Alliance” - Fergus McKean Auspices Communist Party of Canada, BC District SILVER COLLECTION Here’s Goed News!!... To keep our Tailors busy during April we have reduced our Famous Manchester 22-ounce Indigo Serge from $45.00 to $32.50, tailored on the premises. 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