Page Four THE PEHEOPLE’S ADVOCATE May 6, 7! Many Centres In British Columbia Mark May Day CJAT, Trail Omits Smith Radio Speech ‘ Band Program Instead Of ‘Whither Denne racy’ Broadcast Car- ried by Station. LISTENERS PROTEST TRAIL, BC, May 5.—(Spe- cial) —Due to wide advance publicity given to the broad- cast; thousands of radios in the province were tuned in to the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration’s BC network to hear Ald. Stewart Smith’s r ecent address in the “Whither Democ- racy” series relayed from But in Trail, ae Stronghold of t Consolidated Mining Za Scie company, listeners heard over CIAT, a network Station, not Ald. Smith but the Canadian Legion band. Phone calls to the Station elicited only the excuse that ‘complaints’ ageinst the series had been re- ceived, but that it woulda probably be resumed the following week. So many calls were received by the station however, that it was forced to appeal for listeners to write in Stating whether or not they pre- ferred the band program. There is strong suspicion that only one ‘complaint’ was made against the Series—by S. G. Blay- lock, GMS general manager. In the radiolog of the ‘Trail Daily Times the series was not listed. The item read “To be an- nounced.’ Vernon Rally Draws Many Qutside Points Send Contingents To Meet VERNON, BC, May 5.—May Day was celebrated in this Okanagan city with a rally in Polson Park addressed by Tom MHarper - and Mrs. G Andre, for the Communist party, and Mrs. Worth, for the CCE. Keynote of all speeches was the need for unity of these two work- ing-class parties to provide a basis around which to build a strong people’s movement in the province. Contingents came from many surrounding points, including Q@yama, Armstrong, Lumby, Trin- ity Valley and Cherryville. A basket picnic and a sports festival for the children rounded out a full day’s activities. Reid’s Transfer Gor. 10th & Commercial Dr. Harold Winch, and Tom Ewen. historical significance of May Day as a day of international and na- tional working class solidarity and keeping with the deepening crisis and growing fascist throughout the capitalist world. A day Thousands Estimat Day celebrations over two days thing to make a youngster’s heart happy. And in the evening the women’s auxiliary of the UMWA staged a concert to which young and old turned out. There was no lack of talent, adult or juvenile. The plays were worthy of Vancouver Theatre of Action in its heyday and, given the opportunity, some of the miners’ talented children would go far. Saturday night Cumberland danced, and the young miners dance the same way as they work, the same way as they go after the coal operators, with a will. Whole Town Marches May Day broke clear and fine. A crisp wind blowing down from the snow-capped encircling moun- tains whipped at the banners and slogans as Cumberland marched. There were very few spectators lining the sidewalks. Im this re- spect the parade in Cumberland was unique among Canadian cities, irrespective of size, for most of the citizens took part in it. Miners, housewives, loggers and children, all marched on May Day. About the only people of any consequence not im the parade were the coal operators. Even businessmen and members of the board of trade marched. But then, as the oldtimer said, “Cumberland is a mining town.” Floats depicting the work of the Bethune medical unit in China and calling attention to fascist out- rages in Spain, banners carried by the union, the CCF and the Com- munist party, all gave color and point to the parade. At the mass meeting, held in the evening, Colin Cameron was chair- man, and addresses were given by Speakers outlined the origin and unity. A day of stock-taking in reaction on which the Cumberland miners rejoiced that the great pro- letarian bulwark of peace and de- mocracy, the USSR, stood as a guardian and a symbol of all that the workers of the whole world held dear. A day on which Cumber- jland miners marched with their ippi i tho were defying the Packing - Shipping - Crating comrades Ww Just ene Sa es rest to us! fascist force and ruthlessness con- 2 FAIR. 5172 ecentrated against the democracy - of Spain and endangering the PICK THE BEST M Entry Form NOW .. Over 200 from B.C. ... the Flower of Canadian Youth Date-Stamped COFFEE Dated for Finer Flavour! Co) 3° $1 00.00 PRIZE Contest OVIES CONTEST . at Your Grocers ... Are Defending Democracy in Spain! of Terrace, B.C., fighting with Spain. ® leaving June 1 for Mac-Pap B GENE LEWELLYN Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Llewellyn nadians in Mack-Pap Battalion Rush all money for food shipment Parcels for individuals will be accepted. the Ca- in attalion. 3 Friends of the Mackenzie- Papineau Battalion 43 - 615 WEST HASTINGS ST. Saturday was for the kiddies. Ice- eream, hot dogs, lollipops, games, merry-go-rounds—there was every- Everyone Marched In Cumberland Parade ed To Have Marched In Colorful Parade In Island City CUMBERLAND, BC, May 5.—(Special)—‘“The biggest event Cumberland has ever staged.” This was the comment of an oldtimer who has seen Cumberland rise from the primeval wilderness and grow into a thriving city. “But then,” he added with justifiable pride “Cumberland is a mining town.” The miners staged their May | Tom Ewen of the Communits party and an outstanding figure in the Ga- nadian labor movement, who spoke at a May Day rally held in Cumberland on Sunday. peace of the world. A day on which Cumberland miners took stock of this fascist development in Can- ada, expressed through the Hep- burn-Duplessis alliance with such instruments as the padlock law. CCE, CP Must Unite Declared Colin Cameron: “The CCE and the Communist party represent the two major parties of the Canadian working people. I don’t Know just how we will unite these two parties, but this i do know—that if the working people are going to save Canada from fascism, these two parties must be united.” Said Harold Winch: “My friend Ewen here, and I, through some coincidence or other for the last few months have always been together—at unemployed, trade union or some kind of a confer- ence or another. We have no major quarrel; there are some points of differences between * our parties, but I think in view of the crisis we are facing and the growing reaction, that we can set those differences aside. We must have unity!” May Day, 1938, in Cumberland, and in many other parts of BC, forged a powerful link in the unity and solidarity of the working peo- ple, brought parties and unions and individuals closer together in a common bond against a common enemy. A resolution unanimously en- dorsed by the gathering called for a complete boycott of the pro- fascist morning paper, the Vancou- ver News-Herald, for its recent slanderous editorials against the men of the Mac-Paps, maligning both the living and the dead as “traitors to the land of their adop- tion.” Colin Cameron branded the editorial as an insult to Canada and Canadians. The Island miners are awaiting the report and award of an Arbi- tration Board. They have produced great material wealth but do not enjoy or share it. The spirit of May Day has given them a new determination to build that unity and solidarity essential to progress and peace. ARMS FOR SPAIN - , - central committee member New High In Mining Dividends Sixteen Thousand Men Employed By Mining Industry In BC In Year 1937 RECORD OUTPUT VICTORIA, BC, May 5.— Final figures issued by the British Columbia department of mines show that the mining industry in this province reached an all-time high record output last year. Value of production was slightly in excess of $74,000,000, a gain of $20,000,000, or 37 per cent over production for 1936. Final figures exceed by $1,000,000 preliminary estimates made at the beginning of the year. The report states that the mining industry in 1937 gave employment to 16,000 men, 2000 more than in 1936, also a new high record, but while wages increased by $3,000,000 to $21,000,000, dividends paid jump- ed by $4,500,000 to $15,000,000. British Columbia mining com- panies, Many of which paid in- ereased dividends, contributed largely to the approximate $5,000,- 000 in dividends paid out by Cana- dian mining companies for the month of April this year. The sum of $2,800,000 was spent for machinery by BC mining com- panies in 1937 and another $650,000 went for buildings. Power costs amounted to $3,000,000. Nanaimo Sets 60 Mill Rate Cumberland Proposes Two Mill Increase NANAIMO, BG, May 5.—Nanai- mo’s mill rate on taxation will re- Inain at 60 mills, the city council decided Monday. The 1938 budget for $292,600 was passed by a vote of four to two, Aldermen Drake and Muir opposing the estimates. The council also decided to forego pay- ments into the sinking fund for 1938. Wanaimo’s taxes for 1938 will be 2209 mills for interest and payment of bonded debt; 22.21 mills for school; 15.7 mills, gen- eral purposes. School costs are up $5000 over 19387. Unemployed costs are up $5500. CUMBERLAND, BC, May 5. — Possibility of a two-mill increase in the general tax rate is seen at Cum- berland. Last year the rate was set at 20 mills, and the proposal is that this year it be increased to 22 mills. The council was to review the whole financial situation before finally striking the mill rate. The school rate has beer set defi- nitely at 18 mills, showing no change from last year. If the gen- eral rate is advanced to 22, GCum- berland will have a total mill rate for this year of 40 mills. Creston Students Stage Protest CRESTON, BG, May ’—Students of Creston High School, 50 strong, paraded from the school grounds through the business district with banners inscribed “We Want Marchbank” when Principal W. A. Marchbank was not appointed as head for the Creston Junior and Senior High School for the new consolidated school district. J. S. Graham, principal of Can- yon High School has been chosen to take charge of the new school next week. McKean, Gargrave Speak At Nanaimo CCF Members Urge Unity Of CCF, Communists Against Fascist Threat NANAIMO, BC, May 5—Nanaimo citizens turned out in full foree on Saturday to witness as colorful a parade as this Island city has seen in many years. ; Conspicuous among the thousands estimated to have marched was a strong contingent from the Nanaimo local of the United Mine Workers of America. Following the parade, a mass©@ meeting was held, at which speak- ers were Harold Winch, MILA, for the CCF; Arthur Evans, for the Communist party, and Maurice Rush, provincial secretary of the Young Communist League. On Sunday, more than 200 at- tended a May Day meeting in the UMWA Hall to hear Hergus Mce- Kean, provincial secretary of the Communist party, and MHerbert Gargrave, provincial secretary of the CCF. McKean, in the course of his ad- dress, sketched the growth of in- ternational fascism and stressed the importance of the outcome of the struggle in Spain to world de- mocracy. “United opposition to the foreign policy of the Chamberlain govern- ment, which is closely followed by our Own government, is essential if the world is not to be drawn into a war of incaleulable horror,’ he declared. McKean stated that the trade unions must; be still further strengthened to defeat the fascist aims of big business and concluded his address with an appeal for united political action by organiza- tions of the working class for a job and recovery program, for ex tension of democratic rights, and for the passage of needed social legislation as the road to peace, democracy and economic security. Commenting on the great ad- vances made by Nanaimo in build- ing a UMWA local, 1150 strong, after years without organization, Hferbert Gargrave drew attention to the need for greater organiza- tion of the workers in the logging industry where, despite gains, the majority remained unorganized. Only through strong organization, he said, could the appalling death toll in the woods be checked. In conclusion, Gargrave stated that labor could only attain its end in the parliamentary field through powerful organization of the work- ers in trade unions. Meet Supports Alaska Highway WEBSTER’S CORNER, BC, May 5.—Speakers at a May Day meetings attended by 125 people here on Sat- urday were H. Lundgren, provin- cial committee member of the Communist party, and William Mandale, CCF campaign manager in the Dewdney by-election. James Cameron was chairman. The meeting unanimously en- dorsed a resolution calling upon the federal government to expe- dite negotiations for construction of the projected Alaskan-Yukon highway, with a view to an early Start being made. The meeting also condemned the Vancouver News-Herald for its edi- torial slandering Canadian volun- teers in Spain and voted to boycott the paper. New Royal City Alderman Seated NEW WESTMINSTER, BGC, May 5.—Alderman William Cook, presi- dent of Division 134, Street Rail- waymen’s Union and progressive Candidate elected in last week's civic by-election, was welcomed to New Westminster city council Mon- day by Mayor F. J. Hume and Ald. J. A. Courtenay. Ald. Cook was appointed chair- man of the health committee. CLASSIFIED: ADVERTISING Zh of ADVERTISING RATES °} and contract rates on applica j} Classified, 3 lines 25c: aon BAKERIES THOMPSON’S BAKERY Joyce Rd. carries full line of j/ cakes, bread. Baked on premis: at 5090 Joyce Road. BEAUTY PARLORS. 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