Peg ge Ne a ne HHARGES HURLED AGAINST OAKALLA WARDEN Canada’s Leading Progressive Newspaper VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938 Jobless Stand CF, Social! Crediters dit Kins For Failure To Act On Demand Of Vien. ‘CALLOUS POLICY’ OTTAWA, Ont., June 16.— ie attitude of the federal gov- ament towards Vancouver’s agle unemployed was termed e of “cruel and callous in- ference” by Grant MacNeil —=CE, North Vancouver), i 2 House of Commons Tues- RAS fhe question of the unemployed )2imn came under discussion when “Prime Minister R. B. =Bennett _jected te the continued occupa- m of the post office and art gal- 'y by “a band of trespassers in -Gance of law.” -de was sharply reminded by —E leader J_ S. Woodsworth that men’s just grievances came be- ce the question of “law and or- } eH “Both CCF and Social Credit “2Inbers assailed the fovernment © its failure to act on the men’s mands for a work and wages ogram. “J. H. Blackmore, leader of the cial Credit bloc, declared that it ‘us obvious that the men had the pport of VYancouver citizens be- use of the wide public support -c their action. Grant MacNeil told members -at the situation in British Colum- 3 teday with many plants closed -d logging camps shut down is different from last year when large mumber of these plants and mps were running. Labor Minister Norman Rogers ated that the government was pportinge the policy of the Brit- h Columbia provincial govern- ent. Civil Liberties Union Active Campaigns Against Padlock IN ADDITION to the scores points by The letter, automatically becomes demanding disallowance of the padlock law sent by British Columbia church, youth, political, labor and veterans’ organiza- tions to Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe, six thousand circular letters were this week mailed to various provincial the branch of the Canadian Civil Liberties Union. which was ac- companied by a four-page ex- planatory brochure, urged all recipients to mail the attached resolution before June 21. less the federal government Hon. E. Eapointe Gisallows the vicious anti-labor legislation before July 8 it permanent law. of resolutions Quebec Vancouver OHMS: Un- lock law.” Expressing deep concern at the invasion of civil liberties and democratic rights, the Van- couver Civil Liberties Union describes the padlock law as subversive legislation. It announces that it has enlisted the support of many members of parliament, irrespective of party, to voice objection to the legislation. Advocate readers are urged to send a copy of the resolution given below to Hon. Ernest Lapointe, minister of justice, at Ottawa. ters require no postage, but should be marked Let- “TI view with alarm the Quebec padlock law as a menace to the democratic institution and personal liberties contemplated by the Fathers of Confederation and assured by the British Worth America Act. recommend disallowance of the Quebec pab- I, therefore, beg you to Woods Death Toll Mounts Twenty-eight Loggers Killed Since January Three more deaths in logging ac- Cidents are reported this week by the International Woodworkers’ Union, bringing the total of men killed in woods since January 1 of this year to the appalling figure of 28. A. Antoenvich, employed at Hem- ingsen Cameron camp, Port Ren- frew, died Wednesday, June 8, from injuries received the pre- vious Sunday. Wo details of the accident were given. Charles Lindstrom, employed at McNair Creek Logging company operations, Howe Sound, was killed Friday, June 10, and George Rich- ardson, 23, died last Sunday in Vancouver General Hospital, a vic- tim of the same accident in which Lindstrom met his death. Both men were crushed under a tractor which overturned on a steep bank. ntormation Smuggled Out “thiopian Legation One Of Busiest In London LONDON, Eng.— (By Mail) Thousands of letters, some six 1ionths old, some haying passed through as many as fifty or 39 xty hands since “postage, fest End of London. The house is the home of are arriving daily at a house in the the Ethiopian Legation. These tters contain secret information about affairs in Ethiopia, YeGraves Suggests Park On Flats Visualizing a swimming pool, aseball diamond, lacrosse box and golf course on the flats directly ehind the Main street site of the forthern Pacific Railway, Ald. HL eGraves urged the city council 1is weelk to acquire the 59-acre te owned by the railroad com- any. He presented a resolution » this effect on Monday, stating 1at the Northern Pacifie was will- ig to cooperate with city authori- es in working out the plan. Quits Burns GTBSONS LANDING, BC, June 5— Announcement was made this eek by H. McDonald, local butch- "> that he will not handle Burns’ roducts, sa a a Ee > 0 = © => 0 > O = 0 Ga 0
0) 6 GEE - © 00 EEO GSS DO SEO SO SE 0 Ss Sa 0 SEDO SEED 0 SE 0-0) 0 GEES © GE, ¢trazic appeals for help and re- quests for information about exil- ed relations. “All Kinds of devices are used by people in our country to get letters to us,” an official of the legation said. “Missives are passed from hand to hand over hundreds of miles of country, eventually reaching the Sudan, Somaliland, or Kenya bor- ders, where they are posted. | “One letter got to us after a 500- mile journey on foot across the | wildest part of Abyssinia. “Juetters reach us dirty, torn but - intact. Thousands arrive every week, and we are in touch with our countryman exiled in all parts of Africa, Asia and Hurope. “We are quite the busiest lega- tion in London, and Dr. Martin and the staff of five secretaries are working far into the small hours every day.” Parole For . Fred Grange Urged Here With the knowledge before him that Fred Grange, his friend and erstwhile fellow prisoner, is lying Sick in New Westminster pentiten- tiary, Harry Molland told the Ad- vocate this week of his endeavors to get a committee tegether to Sponsor a campaign for parole. Molland stated that he had con- tacted Judge Manson on the mat- ter and was told by him that the warden of the penitentiary was not inclined to recommend a parole for Grange. “This means that all friends of the unemployed and members of the progressive movement shoulda redouble their efforts on behalf of Grange whom T learned to respect and for whom I have the deepest regard,” Molland stated. For reasons Known only to the warden, Grange is not permitted to write to anyone outside the peni- tentiary, and no one has yet gained admittance to see him as a visitor. The warden remains ad- amant that only near relatives can have this privilege. Grange has no next of kin in British Columbia~ Sentenced to two years, Grange is officially due for release in De- cember of this year, provided the “authorities grant him full time off for good behavior. He was con- wicted for leading an unemployed demonstration outside Hamilton Halli in the fall of 1936. All wishing to associate them- selves with the committee for the release of Grange are asked to write to H. Molland, 247 East 26th Ave. Phone Fair. 918-R. A resolution requesting imme- diate parole from Justice Min- ister Lapointe will be circulated throughout the city. Playgrounds Open Playerounds at Kitsilano, Brew- ers, Pandora, Norquay, Ceperlee, Robson, Memorial South, Grand- view, Riley and Mciean opened Thursday. Other playgrounds will open July i. Housing Needed CUMBERLAND, BC, June 16—— Weed for local authorities to take advantage of the Dominion Hous- ing Act is shown by the large number of families in this district living in garagees and shacks Moot Bridge For Barnston Wells Gray- To Press For Its Construction BARNSTON ISLAND, BC, June 16.—Pulling of a switch here on Monday to set in motion a pump which throws water into the Fraser River at the rate of 10,000 gallons @ minute, brought farmers on this fertile island immunity from floods and provided them with electric light and power. The steam-driven pump previous- ly in use had only a maximum ca- pacity of 5000 gallons a minute. Hon. A. Wells Gray, provincial minister of lands, who was present at the ceremony, pledged himself to press comstruction of a bridge to connect the island with the mainland at Parson’s Channel. At present there is only a ferry service. ARMS FOR SPAIN City Urged To Support Sitdowners Gutteridge Declares Jobless Forced To Drastic Action By Au- thorities. VICTORIA BLAMED Ald. Helena ,Gutteridge was the only member of the city council to give unequivocal support to the single unem- ployed when their plisht was brought before aldermen again on Monday. Discussion arose from a letter sent by Vancouver and New West- minister Building Trades Council, upbraiding the city fathers for their attitude and urging that they support the men’s demands for 4 works program. Ald. H. DeGraves took exception to the tone of the letter, declaring that “the boys were not forced to go to the art gallery and the post office.” He suggested as an alterna- tive that the men should accept the offer of city churches to house them, citing the ERYUED OB of Rev. Andrew Roddan. Ald. Helena Gutteridge disagreed with her colleagues on the council. The men had been forced to take drastic action by the callous posi- tion adopted by the governments, she pointed out. Victoria, which had virtually accepted the respon- sibility, must be forced to act, she declared. The lot of WPA workers across the line was contrasted with the misery of single unemployed in the city by Ald. Halford Wilson. “very worker seemed happy and contehted with the fact that he was working,” Wilson said in recounting a weekend visit to the state of Washington. “We Cana- dians couldn’t help contrasting’ their happy lot with that of the single unemployed in Vancouver.” City Clerk Fred Howlett was in- structed to inform the Building trades council of the city’s stand on the single unemployed question. 36-Hour Week Won Seattle Bakery Strike Ends In Union Victory By ELLEN McGRATH. SEATTLE, Wash., June 16.—Close co-operation between small bake-shops and unions forced settlement of the bakery strike here last week-end with a victory for the workers. The unions struck to protect conditions, and returned with greater gains than that. Van deCamp’s bakeries, Califor-~ nia chain, was operating a a0 oun Direct Route To week under special agreement. It was forced onto a 36-hour week which others now will observe. The strike was called when the big: bakeries’ association attempted to force all the bakeries onto a 40-hour week. Bakeries in Sesttle, Everett and Bremerton were closed at midnight June 8, when employees raised the hours in the work week from 36 to 40 hours, with no imcrease in pay. J. D. Fowler, strong man of the negotiating committee for the bak- eries, is also administrator of the state bakery code. An average increase of $3 per week which the unions asked for the additional 4 hours work was rejected by the large bakers. And when the amount was slashed to $1.50 per week the bakers con- tinued to hold out. White Rock Closed WHITE ROCK, BC, June 16— The shaky 400-foot Wicomekl bridge, built 25 years ago, which for the past few months has been limited to a one-ton load limit, has finally been condemned by the mu- nicipal engineer as unsafe for traf- fic. Closing of the bridge makes a break in the direct route to White Rock over the Johnston road. it is estimated reconstruction of the bridge will cost five to eight thousand dollars. Reeve John Hunter of Surrey will apply for as- sistance in financing from the provineial government and report results to the next meeting of Surrey Council Monday, DEFEAT THE PADLOCK LAW. will } JENY EXTRA FOOD FOR JOBLESS IN JAIL The People’s Advocate Western One Sack Of Flour Is Issued Warden Owens Said Heedless Of Men In Jail; No Additional Rations. GRAPEVINE MAIL It did not matter very much whether there were 300 or 600 men at Oakalla to be fed. The issuing of extra rations would not be authorized. This was the position stated to have been taken by Warden Owens when single unem- sleyed men, arrested for -so- iciting funds on the street and Sentenced to varying prison terms for “obstructing the police,’ ar- rived at Oakalla. The information was brought to the Advocate in a letter from one of the inmates sent out by -the “grapevine.” The letter charged: “When the tincanners came here the kitchen staff did not receive any extra food for distribution to them, except one sack of flour a day for bread. “All the kitchen staff could do was to turn on the water and put in a little flour. “When Warden Owens was asked about this he declared very plain- ly that it did net make any dif- ference to him whether there were 300 or 600 men, there would not be any extra rations given out by the storekeeper.” Stating that the sympathy of those in Qakaila is with the single unemployed in their struggle for work and wages, the writer of the letter remarks: “The environment here is not of the best for them. Men sare here from all walks of life, from low to high, all victoms of circumstances.’”’ Labor Wants Ban Lifted Two Millions In US Ask Arms For Spain NEW YORE, June 16—Senators and representatives will be bom- barded this week by resolutions de— manding the lifting of the embargo on Loyalist Spain submitted by more than 1000 trade union locals representing 2,000,000 organized workers. The resolution was prepared by the trade union department of the American League for Peace and Democracy and was adopted by both ARTL and CIO labor bodies in practically every state of the union. It calls for vigorous support of President Roosevelt’s peace policy and passage of the O’Connell Peace Act, Among unions and central labor bodies which issued the call to “quarantine the aggressors’ are 127 locals of the United Mine Workers (CIO) and 68 locals of the Brotherhood of Carpenters (AFL). Crafts as varied as the Musicians, Papermakers, Railway Brother- hoods, Automobile Workers, Stereo- typers, Teachers, Chemists, Bakery and Confectionery Workers, Litho- graphers and Coopers have en- dorsed the resolution. Tocal unions affiliated to 21 AFL international unions and if Cio internationals as well as four in- dependent railroad brotherhoods make up the impressive list which will be submitted to all Congress- men on the foreign relations com- mittees of both houses, to Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull, and to President Roosevelt. | HEAR... NA * A Party, AND AF Secretary B.C. = x LESLIE MORRIS Member Central Committee, Communist FERGUS McKEAN just returned from Toronto. Dist. Communist Party, Democracy im Danger Auspices: VANCOUVER CITY COMMITTEE COMMUNIST PARTY EMPRESS THEATRE SUNDAY, JUNE 19th 8 P.M. 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