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July 8, 1938

ES PH OPrih Ss ADVOCATE

Page Five

CFofL Linked With Big Business

Activities
Exposed By
"Peg Letter

Circular Notices For
CFofL Sent Out By
Western Manufactur-
ers’ Association.

BOARD ROOM USED

From Winnipes Trades and

| Labor Council this week the
» Advocate received a photo-

7a letter
/ business to associates, and an

static copy, reproduced here: of
from bis Winnipeg

explanatory letter on the role
played by the Canadian Fed-

» eration of Labor in Manitoba.

R. C. MeCutcheon, secretary of
the Winnipes Trades and Wabor

» Council, states in his letter:

“While this is self-exlanatory, we
would direct particular attention
to the last sentence contained in

' the second paragraph, as follows:

= “They will address you and explain
> what their organization
- for Canadian Labor and Canadian

is doing

business men.’

“Allan Meikle is an official of
the One Big Union, and we under-

) stand of the CF of L, being presi-

_ chinist by the CPR
» roundhouse, and has become prom-
-inent in recent years through his

:

vance Youth Club.

ing of entertainment in aid of the
children of

dent of the local central council
of that body. |.

“He is also employed as a ma-
in the local

cooperation with the CPR manage-
ment in promoting unification of

the Gamnadian railways-

Tt will be remembered that the
basic cause of the split in the All
Canadian Congress of Labor, out
ef which came into being the Ca-/|
nadian Federation of Labor, was}
the fact that the official maga-
zine of the former was being used
for the production of lengthy ar-
ticles purporting to show the ‘ad-
vantages’ of railway unification to}
railway workers, and bearing |
Meikle’s name as the author.” |

Donald Quits Job
ito Join Police

NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, July
7[— Glamor of “riding herd” on
hungry, homeless men in Victoria
had more appeal to Wm. “Bill”
Donald than driving taxi. Donald
quit his job with Royal eee
Jast week to join the provincial !
police for special duty in Wietoria-

Donald is reported to have asked

for an assigniment outside New
Westeninster on the ground ee
e

he is too well known here.
new recruit is not without Enoywl-
edge of the workers’ struggle for
their rights and is fully aware of
what is expected from him by the
provincial police.

Victoria Youth :
Hold ‘Spain Night’

VICTORIA, BC, — July 7 —
“Spain Wight,’ an attractive even-

war-torn Spain, was
staged here last week by the Ad-

“Flostage,”’ a one-act play on the
Spanish war by Hal Griffin, was

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presented by the Progressive rts
Glub, the cast including W- White,
W. Hutchinson and Miss P. Norris-

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Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union, Local 28

Western Manufacturers Association
Board Room, 460 Main Street

Dear Sirs:

Winnipeg, Canada

A. E. BURNS,
Managing Secretary

June 8, 1938.

It is requested that your firm be ~Tepresented, either by the Prop—

rietor or Manager, at a mesting on Friday June HOG 1956) ab 5-50 ssi.
office Room 36, 460 Main Street,

in my

which is between Bannatyne ana MecDermot Ave.

The purpose of this meeting is to listen to the Organizer or the
Canadian Federation of Labour, Mr. Cox, who will be accompanied by Mr. Allan

Meikle of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

They will address you and explain

what their organization is doing for Canadian labour and Canadian business men.

= realize there are contracts existing with Internationals and you
are not expected to come to any conclusion as to the merits of Canadian Vs.
international Unions at this meeting.

These gentlemen have a message to deliver to you and represent
ebout 8,500 Winnipeg workers and are entitled to consideration and courtesy

Hoping for a

full meeting.

They asked me for the use of my Board Room and to send out notices

or this meeting

Yours very truly,

A. EF. BURNS.

Above is the photostat of a letter sent out by the Western Manufacturers’ Association of
finnipeg. It affords further proof of the splitting tactics of the Canadian Federation of
Labor, in British Columbia as in Manitoba.

‘City Rejects

Plea For Aid

Delegation Proposal
Meets Litthe Support

That a delegation of 100 married
relief recipients should go with
aldermen to Wictoria to de-
mand financial aid to begin a civic
works scheme was the proposal
of a deputation of three represen-
tatives of the Workers’ Alliance to
the social services committee at
the city hall Monday. Ald. Helena
Gutteridge, however, was the lone
supporter.

Ably presented by W. Woodhead.
president Workers’ Alliance, city
fathers were forced to admit that
the case for married unemployed
needed investigation.

“You gentlemen will agree that
it is virtually impossible for a
family to live on city relief allow
ances, and we fully realize that
in order to get o comprehensive
ecivie works scheme started, the
provincial government must be
made to accept greater responsi-
bilities.’ Wooodhead declared, invit-
ing the committee to make a cash
donation toward the delegation’s
expenses or granting a tag day-

With the uneasy feeling they
had been “put on the spot,” all
aldermen, except Ald. Gutteridge,
sought excuses to avoid, in the
words of Ald. J. W. Cornett, “em-
barrassing the provincial govern-
ment.’

Ald. H. Wilson moved that the
matte rbe left in the hands of the
finance committee, but Ald. Cor-
nett, chairman of this committee,
objected, and in forceful manner
announced that it was no longer
his business because he had made
repeated appeals to Victoria for
financial aid to take care of the
city’s unemployed.

‘What these married men waht
is a chance to labor for decent
wages, I take it, and as you all
very well know, the city cannot
do more than it is doing,’ he
stated, adding that his department
was slipping behind $1,500 a day.

Said Ald. Gutteridge:

“But if we send a delegation of
aldermen to Wictoria, and at least
see to it that there will be no
discrimination against the families
of the hundred who propose to
go with the aldermen, the citys
ease will be that much stronger.”

Wo cash grant was allowed. The
tag day was rejected, and Ald.
Gutteridge-ss proposal that no dis-
crimination be used against those
who went to Victoria was also re-
jected.

Not

INew Masses Praises Film

‘Blockade’ To Be Shown
At Orpheum This Week

coe

ing pacifist protest. ‘Blockade’

and true.”

Blockade’ is a great anti-war picture, but it is not a shirk-

is a militant picture; partisan

This is what James Dugan, reviewing Walter Wangel’s film,

says of “Blockade,” which will
in this city this Friday.

“With a melodramatic spy plot,”
he comments, “John Howard Law-
sen tells the human story of pas-
tures trembling under the guns
of Hitler, a city in plaster and
rubble after a visit of Mussolini's
bombing squadrons, women and |
children starving in a blockaded
town, 56nd the unflagging courage
of the Spanish peasant, typified
by the hero, Marco, as he fights
the fascist invasion.

“Where we have been searching
through the progressive press, the
trade unions, by word-of-mouth
and hy protest wire to lift the
Spanish embargo, we have in
‘Blockade’ the biggest opportunity
to finish the job. _

“To be sure the picture is not
that explicit. The words ‘fascist,’
‘loyalist,”” or even ‘Spain, are not
mentioned. The republican uniform
has been disguised; there is no

topicdl reference whatsoever. Tt
has been submitted to Franco-
Italian agents at Naples; it has

open at the Orpheum Theatre

Caused international interest from
its conception. Walter Wangel has
complained to Secretary of State
Cordell Hfull that his sound stages
were over-run with fascist spies
during production. The public-re-
lations men of fascist barbarism
realize hoy damaging a film about
their crimes can be.

“It is put squarely up to the civ-
ilized world to see that ‘Blockade’
is used decisively against them.”

The film has been produced om
a lavish scale. One setting, the
Scene of much of the action, shows
the entire waterfront of a Spanish
town, with its sea wall fronting
on the Mediterranean and a build-
ing crowding down to the water-
front.

Stars of “‘Blockade’ are Henry
Fonda, who plays Marco, and Ma-—
deleine Carroll, cast as WNorma,
daughter of a spy. In the sup-
porting cast are Leo Carillo and
Reginald Denny.

Friends Urge
Regular Aid

Stress Need for Steady
Shipments To Spain

Regular monthly support from
trade unions and other democratic
organizations is sought by Friends
of the Mackenzie-Papineau Bat-
talion in a circular letter this
week, stating the need for steady
shipments of comforts to Cana-
dian volunteers fighting in Spain.

The month of July marks the
Second anniversary of Spain’s war
against international] fiscism is al-
so the anniversary month of the
formation of the Mac-Pap WBat-
talion one year ago.

Monthly donations
erganization will ensure regular
shipments of comforts in bulk
“Which will go a lone way to keep-
ing up the morale of Canadian
fighters,” the letter concludes. |

Donations received this week at!

from each

615 West Hastings street, provin-
cial headquarters, were: Queen
Charlotte fishermen, $23.50; wives

|
of fishermen living at Sunbury, BC,
$3; Jimmy Diamond group, $6.74; |
Mrs. Padgham, for the rehabilita-j|
tion fund, $2.15; branch 2, Vancou-
ver CP of G, $3.10; Mission $1;
Miss R. Victoria, $3.50; Mr. P., $1; |
Friend, $2. :

Boycott Ball
Big Success

Cotton Outfit First
Prize In Contest

“All those wearing silk stock-
ings, please leave the floor!”

There was a general scuffle and
in a few moments the floor of the
Trianon Ballroom was practically
cleared. Spectators took up the
ery “Get off the floor, you're cheat-—
ing.”’ until only one couple remain-
ed to win the elimination prize for
a complete cotton outfit at the Boy-
cott Ball sponsored by the Boycott
Committee of the League for Peace
and Democracy, last Friday.

Despite innunmerable warning
posters, many fines were collected
at the door by a watchful inspec-
tion eommittee from forgetful
Gamsels who appeared in silkstock-
ings or blouses.

There were cheers when competi-
tors for the best cotton ensemble
paraded around the flcor, the win-
ner wearing a pretty cotton dress
made specially for the occasion,

eotton stockings and white can-
vas shoes.
American yisitors at the ball

were very enthusiastic and another
affair along similar lines is under
consideration by the committee.

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In Vancouver

News Of
The City
In Brief

Writer Visiting City

In Vancouver this weekend will
be James Betram, noted -writer
and author of “First Act in China,”
who recently spent six months
wath the 8th Route Army in China.
With him will be Shih Kwan of
the department of economics, Uni-
versity of California, and I. S. G.
Milner of Oxford University, win-
ner of the Pacific Relations Scho-
larship. Qn Monday there will be
Suests at a banquet given by the
Medical Aid to China Committee
of the League for Peace and
Democracy and the Chinese Bene—
volent Association.

Plan International Picnic

Sponsors of the big international
picnic, held annually at Seymour
Park, requests Advocate readers
to keep Sunday, August 28, an
open date. Advance tickets en-
titling holders to valuable prizes,
include transportation to the park
from Cassiar street.

YCL To Hold Weiner Roast

A weiner-roast will be held on
Wednesday, July 13, 8 p.m. at
Third Beach, Stanley Park, under
auspices of the Young Communist
League, South and Hast Vancouver
branches. There will be games,
music and a debate on Canada’s
foreign policy.

Meet To Support Jobless

A public meeting in support of
Single unemployed will be held at
501 Lonsdale Avenue Hall, North
Vancouver, on Friday, July 15, 8
p-m. Cash, food and clothing will
be accepted for the boys in YVic-
toria. The meeting will be held
under auspices of the North Van-
eouver branch of the Communist
party.

Draw Announced
At a recent drawing held in aid
of the Spanish orphans, Mrs. Mc-
Lagan won the prize with ticket
284. The drawing was held at 6116
Chester street.

Building Bee Planned
A building bee to help Liberty
branch of the Young Communist
League finish its cabin at Dog
Mountain, will be staged Sunday,
July 10. Members and friends will
meet at the North Vancouver fe-
iy at 7 asm,
Suggest Protest Strike
In a letter to the trades council
Tuesday, Cumberland local United
Mine Workers urged the council
to give full assistance to single
unemployed, suggesting a general
protest strike to force a program
of work and wages.

27 Locals Send Protests

Twenty-seven union locals have
forwarded protest letters to the
provincial government on the pro-
posal to bring in legislation per-
mitting one-man projection rooms
in movie theatres in BC, the dele-
gate from Local 348, Projection-
ists’ Union, told the trades council

Say Union Men Fired
Charges made by delegates from
Local 82, Operating Engineers, that
the management of the Nova
Theatre, North Vancouver, had dis-
missed union men because they
wanted the union wage scale have
been ordered investigated by the
trades council before this theatre

is placed on the unfair list.

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