OF TORONTO ‘Hear ALD. STEWART SMITH COAST-TO-COAST RADIO HOOKUP “WHITHER DEMOCRACY?” SUNDAY, APRIL 17, AT 7 P.M. OVER ... STATION CBR (1100 KCS.) VANCOUVER Le) The Peoples Advocate Western Canada’s Leading Progressive Newspaper No. 170. le Published Weekly VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1938 Single Copies: 5 Cents VOL. IV., No. 14 \mmitted. OYCOTT SHOW ‘} Union, against the owner e Capitol Theatre here last Ix, when a union agreement renewed and a scab op- raised union when joliganism fist the attacked the pickets. sed before the local magistrate fined $5 and costs, the magi- je stating: pecause you were not aware of serious consequences of actions as yours, I am treating you Jleniently.”’ e Kansmen’s Club publicly dis- small group, and this, coupled the public indignation aroused h resulted in a near boycott ae theatre, brought the owner ‘rms. Tenney, president of Local Stated the following to the Ad- te: he trouble at the Capitol atre in Port Alberni has been iitely settled to the satisfac- of the union, so thet this the- is now entitled to the support Hall organized labor and its Rids. Whe difference was caused not ie vages, hours or working con- Mons, but the training of ap- plitices and the employment of -union operator. Ve wish to thank all who as- i us in this dispute to bring @> a satisfactory conclusion.” hanticleer Hearing Ends Jobless Girls Still Wait For Ruling Direct contact and action by n employees and Local 28 with management of the Chanticleer Bich would have prevented this Zic farce, and with the as- anee of organized labor we will rest until the new Conciliation i Arbitration Act has either been ended or repealed.” o declares Secretary Bill Stewart the Hotel and Restaurant Em- yees this week after the conclu- 1 of an investigation by Concilia- 2 Commissioner J. Thompson > the cafe dispute in which sev- employees were fired for join- Local 28, an AF .L. affiliated ion. Thompson has yet to report Victoria. stewart stated that despite pro- dations from the cafe manager ieee the hearing that if employ- would contact him directly, all luid be well, an ex-employee ‘ted that the head lady made it ~ business to make life unbear- »e for one girl reinstated by the enager. While the Act seems to set a ven-day conciliation period, the sons affected have been waiting sce last January, Stewart stated. Our members are walking the reets when we could have settled whole business between last papimas and New Year,” he said. NEW YORK. — Ernst Thael- snn’s 52nd birthday will be arked here this Saturday by a ‘ee _Thaelmann meeting. Picketers rt Magistrate Says suths Not Aware { Grave Offense #—Public support and an ef gve picket line won the ; of Local 348, Projection- Sor replaced by a union its head junior bers of the local Kinsmen’s Sum- %.1e union, two young hoodlums ciated itself from the action of S No Pasaran Loyalist infantrymen (seen in ac- tion, above) and gunners (below) have stemmed the fascist drive. SS Suit Threatened Story’s Advocate in connection with a and suitable damages.” Consolidated Whaling company, owners of the Grey, were obliged to observe an unexpired agreement with the Inland Boatmen’s Union, after Dominion Fair Wage Officer Harrison and Mr. Currie had in- vestigated the dispute, and the non- union crew was dismissed. TBU officials) who released the report after full investigation of evidence and contact with individu- als connected with the case, declare the Advocate’s account to be cor- rect. Ww. McDougal, seaman, who joined the ship at Union Bay think- ing it manned by a union crew, left the ship at Victoria after he saw the real state of affairs. McDougal gave a signed state- ment at the request of the IBU, ex- cerpts of which are as follows: “The Grey hit something at Rose Harbor. J. Leduc, who was at the wheel, was pushed aside by the skipper. The mate had on a previ- ous Occasion taken the wheel away from C. Mayman. » “The majority of the crew, both (Continued on page 6) See SUIT Seaman Demands Retraction Court action is threatened by J. Leduc against the People’s report published in the April 1 issue which branded the now dismissed crew of the SS Grey as scabs and incompetent seamen. Leduc demands “an apology Brown Will Join Bethune Toronto Doctor New Member Of Mission TORONTO, Ont., April 14—Dr. Richard F. Brown, graduate of To- ronto university and for nine years a medical missionary in China, will take the place of Dr. Charles Par- sons with the first medical mission sent to China by the China Aid Council of the American League for Peace and Democracy. Dr. Parsons recently returned to the United States. The other members of the mis- sion, Dr. Norman Bethune, famous Canadian surgeon who formerly headed the Canadian medical mis- sion to Spain, and Miss Jean Ewen, Canadian-born nurse, are now on the northwest front in China. MP’s Greet Republican Delegation Spanish Leaders Are Welcomed By Huge Meetings In Eastern Canada. ‘GIVE US ARMS’ TORONTO, Ont., April 14.— Cheering crowds here and in London and Windsor brought inspiration to the Spanish Re- publican delegation now mak- ing an extensive two-months’ tour of Canada and the United States. Heading the delegation is Ramon Sender, famous Spanish poet, play- wright and author, whose young wife was executed by fascists in the early days of the war. Other members of the delegation are: Senora Carmen Meana, out- standing social worker, Jose Berga- man, outstanding Catholic layman, and Ogier Preteceille? official rep- resentative of the General Union of Workers (UGT) with a member- ship of two millions. At Ottawa the delegation was received in the Chateau Laurier ballroom by a score of MP's, among whom were J. S. Woodsworth and M. J. Coldwell, national leaders of the CCF; Eric Poole, Social Credit; J. A. Glenn and J. T. Thorson, Lib- erals, and P. R. Rowe, Independent. A huge rally was held in Massey Hall here and other meetings were held at London and Windsor. “We need airplanes and cannon rather than good words,’ Senora Carmen Meana told interviewers. Women, she said, have run sub- Ways and taxis in Madrid since 1936 and have bled and died at the front defending children and the aged. She pleaded for colonies for Spanish refugee children in demo- cratic countries, adding, “The women of Spain prefer to die on their feet rather than to live on their knees.” Jose Bergamin, long the editor of Cruz y Raya, internationally- known Catholic cultural journal, had much to tell in support of his position that Catholics in loyal Spain are in no way persecuted. When the order for the evacuation of a town the following morning was given recently on the eastern front, the nuns in a hospital were told to do as they wished about leaving or staying after the town was taken over by the rebels. When morning came, they were all at headquarters with their baggage, asking not to be left behind. cae would wish to remind American Catholics,” he said, “that the first duty of all Catholics—and all Christians—can be summed up in one word, Charity, and applied to the present situation in Spain. “Some Catholics appear to doubt the fact of the bombardment of Barcelona. To these I would say that on Sunday, January 30, I was in Barcelona and saw myself what took place. I was at mass; bombs were bursting all around the church and shattering the windows. (Continued on page 6) See DELEGATION To Sell Anticosti Rainville. Jobless To Hold Rally Foster Says His Letter Misquoted A demand that immediate action be taken to begin a public works program in the province will be voiced at a mass meeting of un- é€mployed to be held on Powell street grounds, Sunday, April 17, at 2 pm. Both single and married unemployed people will be urged by distribution of 5,000 leaflets to attend this meeting. A parade through the city is planned. Police Chief W. W. Foster told a delegation of women on Wednes- day that the Vancouver press had misrepresented his statements when he was asked to explain his charge that 40 per cent of single unemployed in the city “had crim- inal records.’ Foster stated that he sent a let- ter to the city commissioner saying that there were 3,000 unemployed in the city and that last year when the tincanners were busy, 250 men came from the Hast, principally Ontario, of whom 40 per cent had eriminal records. He declared he Was not referring in any way to the tincanners or the unemployed here as a whole, and that he stated in the letter that unless something were done for the boys in the city they also would be forced to crime. Qn the so-called “records’’ the chief of police told the delegation that if he received letters request- ing that fingerprints and charges of tincannrs arrested be destroyed, he would support such a proposal. The delegation was sent to in- terview Foster by a conference of Women’s organizations, delegates of which met in the auditorium of the Province Building. Plight of single unemployed now facing starvation was the reason for the conference, and resolutions of pro- test were sent to the city council and Victoria. Plan Second City Rally For Spain The provincial committee of the Communist party is planning another demonstration for Repub- an Spain, similar to the recent en-air meeting on Powell Street grounds when over 2,000 people demanded lifting of the arms em- bargo imposed by the federal gov- ernment. Permit for use of Cam- bie Street grounds on Sunday, April 24, 3 p.m., is being sought. | | Link Duplessis inisters With Fascist Party Liberal Organ Charges Fascists Tried Island To Nazis MONTREAL, Que., April 14.— Several French-Canadian senators and fiye members of Premier Duplessis’ cabinet are named as actively participating in the work of the fascist Na- tional Christian Social party in Quebee by L’Autorite, organ of the more progressive bloc in the Quebec Liberal party. The five members of the Quebec cabinet named are: Hon. Bona Dussault, Hon. John S. Bourque, Hon. Onesime Gagnon, Hon. J. Bilodeau and Hon. William Tremblay, minister of labor. Among French-Canadian senators whose names are linked with the fascist organization are P. BE. Blondin and J. H. Only Senator Blondin has denied the charge. L’Autorite, which publishes the names of 18 members of the Fas- cist Grand Council, also accuses the fascists of having conspired to sell Anticosti Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to Germany through Ludwig Kemp, former German con- sul at Montreal. It charges that the island was to have been used as a Nazi aircraft base. Call May Day - Meet Spanish Unionist Will Be In City Ogier Preteceille, member of the Spanish delegation now touring Canada and the US, will be present at Vancouver’s May Day celebra- tions. Q@ne of the most impressive personalities to visit Canada in re- cent years, he speaks English fluently and will give authoritative news on the struggle in his war- torn country. The May Day committee expects Wide response to the 400 calls it sent out to progressive organiza- tions and trade unions to attend a second May Day conference at O’Brien Hall, Saturday, April 16, at 7:30 pm. The police permit grants the right to parade from the assembly point at Cambie street grounds, along MHastings, Burrard and Georgia to Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park, where a mass meet- ing, to be addressed by prominent speakers, will be held. A union band will lead the par- ade, followed by children for whom a huge picnie at the park has been planned by the committee. The children will assemble at Central School grounds. ; Neglected Project Worker Dies R. C€. Rowe, unemployed, active member of the Relief Project Work- ers’ Union, died from a heart ail- ment at the General Hospital Wed- nesday, after being delayed entry apparently because he had no money. - Rowe took ill Monday night, and it was two hours before his room- mate convinced police officers that he was in a dangerous condition. Conscious until a few minutes before the end, he urged those at the bedside to “carry on the struggle.” He is survived by a sis- ter living at Smithers, B.C. By ANNA LOUISE STRONG HE amazing Chinese victories in Shantung are due to Japanese over-confidence, clever Chinese strategy, and most of all, to the growing political unity of China under the hammer of war. The chief victories in the past two months have been won by armies which were fighting against the Nanking government of China only a few years ago. Most conspicuous in this are the Kwangsi generals from a province in the extreme south of China, who only three years ago all but launched a civil war against Nan- government to resist Japan’s en- croachments in Manchuria. As soon as the Chinese govern- ment took determined action against Japan, the Kwangsi gen- erals sprang into action as loyal supporters. One of them, Pai Chunk-hsi, is chief of staff for the united armies of China, and work- ed out the plan of fighting in Shan- tung. Another, Li Tsung-jen, is commander-in-chief of the Shan- tung front. The success of the Shantung front was due to a combination of frontal attack with guerilla fight- ing in the rear of the Japanese lines. While Li Tsung-jen’s troops have distinguished themselves for their frontal attack, they could never have succeeded so well had it not been for troops formerly commanded by the so-called Chris- tian general, Fen Yu-hsiang, which harassed the Japanese rear from the Shantung hills and prevented the bringing up of tanks and big guns in which Japan notoriously excels. While the most spectacular re- cent fighting has been on the northeast front in Shantung, this is continuous with the front of the north and northwest where some- what over a month ago the Japa- nese attempted to drive due south on the Peping-Hankow railway to- ward Hankow. This drive was checked by the excellent mobile warfare of the 8th Route Army, which so harassed Japanese lines of communications that they could not advance. Guerilla fighting alone cannot bring final victory. Its function is to harass the enemy by surprise attacks, by cutting his lines of communications and generally up- setting his plans. China today com- Unity, Smart Strategy, Led To Chinese Victories -king over the refusal of the central troops tics with these harassing tac- in the Japanese rear. They Carry on operations over vast areas. They are using the geog- raphy and man-power of China to smother the invader. The recent victories by China are much more spectacular than ex- pected, and it is hardly to be hoped that they will continue so spectacularly. They have, how- ever, Shown the Chinese—and the Japanese—that Japan’s army is not invincible. They have raised the morale of China tremendous- | ly. In this sense they may prove a bines a frontal attack by regular | turning point in the war. JEBEC SENATORS NAMED AS FASCISTS Iberni Theatre Strike Won Jobless Leader Release Molland Asks Manson To Interview Grange In Penitentiary Next Month. JOB PROMISED By WM. PURVIS His comrade, Fred Grange, whom he left behind in New Westminster penitentiary, was the chief worry of Harry Mol- land, single unemployed leader, when I interviewed him follow- ing his release from prison. “T’'ve been to see Judge Manson and he said he would interview him on May i, so f hope Fred gets out pretty soon because his chest is bothering him quite a bit,”’ Mol- land stated. The young un- employed leader said he felt pretty good after his 138 months’ impris- onment and that his convictions were unshaken on the raw deal given the unem- ployed youth of Canada. “T don’t feel too bad,” he said, “for a man out on ticket-of-leave, but I am astonished to see the Same parades of single unemployed. I thought by now Harry Molland an adequate works scheme in progress.”’ Molland is awaiting work promised him by the court, and is looking forward to earning wages He spoke enthusi astically E Jack Patterson, who escaped sen- tence at the same trial and who has worked in Britannia mines for Over a year. If the government would provide work there would be no trouble, Molland declared, stating he, and for that matter, all the camp boys were not trouble makers. Store Clerks Hear Winch Employees Urged To Join Organized Labor Fred Grange Join a trade union affiliated to the organized labor movement. This was the advice given to re- tail clerks, members of the Re- tail Employees’ Association, by Harold Winch, MLA, and Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, MLA, guest speakers at a meeting held at Vic- tory Hall, Tuesday. “You must belong to an organ- ization affiliated to the trades and labor council,’ Mrs. Stéeves de- clared. ‘It is either that, or face fascism, =s of personal freedom and the thre- —af_war.” Two hundred and fifty clerks, members of local 276, Retail Clerks’ Union, met in the assembly hall of the Medical-Dental Build- ing here on Tuesday to discuss Wage agreements with Piggly- Wiggly and Safeway Stores. Solid sentiment for a closed shop and wage increases was voiced. At its meeting next week the recently chartered local will elect its officers. Dr. Tao In City Dr. Heng Chih Tao, distinguished Chinese scholar now touring Canada, arrived in Vancouver on Thursday. He will address 2 mass meeting in the Auditorium next Tuesday night.