** * ENDORSE JOBLESS’ DEMAND KAMTOOPS, BC, July 7— Delegates to the sixth provin- cial convention of the CCF at Kamloops last weekend en- thusiastically endorsed de- mands of single unemployed, unanimously approved the ac- tions of Harold Winch, MLA, in the struggle for a public works prosram. Motion pictures of Bloody Sun- days events in Vancouver were shown to a large audience Sunday night at a public meeting held in Eeamiloops. Speakers were Dr. Lyle Telford, MILA; Colin Cameron, MLA; E. E. Winch, MLA; and W. W. Lefeaux. NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, July 7—Permissicn to hold a tag day in support of single unemployed was granted New Westminster Trade Unions Committee Monday. The city council required that only local residents take part, Cigar boxes, used instead of tin cans, and that all taggers resister with the city clerk. Tas day com- mittee members have set Satur- day, July 9, as the day. Room 22, Hfart Block, 26 Lorne street, will be used as tag day headquarters. Tagging hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p-m. A reply to Mayor Miller’s recent broadcast against the single un- employed will be made by Van- couver Mothers’ Council over sta- tion CKW2 on Monday, July 11, from’ 7:15 to 7:30 p.m., it was an- nounced Thursday. Unions Rap Labor Act Unmistakeable hostility to Bill 94,. Conciliation and Arbitration Act, was shown Tuesday night by Trades and Labor Council when reports of the recent interview be- tween officials of the council and the provincial cabinet were given by E. Morrison, Birt Showler and CM. Stewart. On motion by Sam Shearer, a committee of five was elected from the floor to find ways and means of combatting the Act described by ons delegate “as a wicious piece of legislation which is crippling the trade unions.” Those elected were C. M. Stew- art, Alex Fordyce, Bill Stewart, Sam Shearer. G. M. Stewart reported that the cabinet seemed prepared to con- sider some amendments, but not until the next session of legisla- ture. Shearer was applauded when he deciared that another four months of waiting was too long for the trade union movement. In the annual election of officers cniy two new delegates accepted nemination for office in the first round of the election, others de- Clining to run. They were Alec Fordyce for vice-president and J. A. Hay for the organizing com- mittee. President H. Jamieson, Sec- retary Bengough, T. Holland, E. Smith and Dan McPherson were Sole nominees for the offices they held previously. A delegate from the Railway Carmen raised the question of the executive's veto of the proposed meeting in aid of single unemploy- ed, asking for an explanation. President Jamieson stated that his committee had nothing further to add. SLA * ear Gov’t Plans New Violence 2 Declared Untenable | ae ORS us! =" BARBATE ~ <> THE PEOPLES ADVOCATE British Columbia’s Progressive Home Paper event of war, are negotiating for an alternate base at Faro, on the extreme south Algarve coast of Portugal. now in Victoria. and discipline provocation. In either case, unless works program. AN EDITORIAL LARMING reports come from Victoria. filled with police—RCMP, provincial, city and specials. The cost to the taxpayers amounts to $1000 a day, a sum which would go far toward providing for the 800 single unemployed The capital is On top of this, all militia leave in the capital has been can- celled as from Wednesday. To what purpose? We can only conclude that the government is preparing to repeat the shameful events of Bloody Sunday in Vancouver, to provoke further disorder, bloodshed in the name of “law and order.” Certainly the single men offer no threat either to person or property. They have proven this by their orderly conduct throughout the struggle, despite extreme Their demands for an adequate works program, or relief, have the overwhelming support of the people of BC. Even Mayor Miller acknowledges this. And yet, in Victoria, a cab- inet consistently refuses to take constructive action. Either its stubbornness is that of the weak, refusing to admit its in- ability to solve the problem of its youth or it is the considered indifference to suffering that brands the reactionary. it accepts it has not tried—a works program—the people must force the government's resignation. Public patience is growing short. There must be no more bloodshed. There must be an end to vilification and distortion by public officials claiming authority while disclaiming responsibility. And there must be a public the one real solution Union Policy CCF MEET DEFEATS TROTSKYIST MOVE made by Harold Winch, Mi.A, for a special committee of trade union- ist delegates set up following lengthy debate on trade union policy at Saturday morning’s ses- sion. The report stated: “The CCE is not concerned in the particular form that labor or- ganization May take, maintaining that it is a question to be decided by the workers thmesives; but it is concerned with the necessity for ereatine and Maintaining economic organization of the workers own choice.” KAMLOOPS, BC, July 7.—Active participation of the CCF in aiding and encouraging organization of unorganized workers was decided by delegates to the sixth provincial convention of the BC section of the CCF meeting here Sunday night. The convention adopted a report] it recommended: Active participation of the CCE in aiding and encouraging the organiaztion of unorganized work- ers. 2 Establishment of the necessary mechanics to bring about a harmonious working relationship between the CCE and the trade union movement. Eneouragement of organization 3 among farmers and their co- A further recommendation was (Continued on page 6) See UNION POLICY Full Ne. 182. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938 SS © 5 Cents Capital Contributes $1000 To Jobless; 61 Taggers Jaile Axnti-Fescists Demonstrate At Toronto Thousands Hear Former US Envoy TORONTO, Ont. July 7. — Thou- sands of Toronto citizens answered the threat of the newly-formed Wational Unity Leasue of Canada on Monday night by packing three rallies in one of the greatest anti- fascist demonstrations ever staged in the queen city. A huge meeting in the Maple Leaf Gardens heard R. L. Calder, KC, warn that Canada was much eloser to civil war than the ma- jority of people suspected. The prominent Montreal barris- ter, vice-president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Union, said that a potentially fascist state had been set up in the province of Quebec, where civil rights were being crush- ed under foot. Responsible authori- ties, he stated were aiding and ap- plauding this action. William E. Dodd, ex-US ambas- sador to Germany, stressed the need for stern vigilance to suard against attacks on Canada’s demo- cratic institutions. “More than $30,000,000 has been spent by Nazi agents in attempts te undermine these institutions,’’ he declared. Dodd said that “democratic peoples must become more demo- cratic’ and advised application of a rigid boycott where fascist dic- tatorships yiolated treaties to start a war. In contrast, a specially invited audience numbering a few hundred listened to Adrien Arecand, fascist leader, denounce the Jews and praise the corporate state of Mus- solini and Hitler. Areand, Quebec Wational Social Christian party, was named national leader at the Kingston convention last weekend leader of the which saw the National Unity League of Canada formed from faseist organizations in Canada. Joseph FE. Farr, leader of the Na- tional Social Christian party in Ontario, was chosen national or- ganizer. Admission that the new national faseist party was the most un- popular party ever formed in Can- ada was made by Arcand speech at the convention. Heeding widespread public pro- test, Kingston city council refused to grant use of city-owned halls or parks. In Toronto, the huge anti- fascist demonstrations were evi- dence of the people’s hatred for fascism. “All leave for militia units in Victoria has been cancelled.” This information, obtained by the Advocate Thursday night _firom a provincial sovernment official, lends strength to the fear that the government, ap- parently bankrupt of constructive action, may provoke further bloodshed in the capital. By NIGEL MORGAN VICTORIA, BC, July 7—(CBy Wire) — Sixty-one single unem- ployed tincanners were arrested Thursday and tried before a spe- cial court session. They were de- fended by Pat Sinnott who yol- unteered as counsel. Thirty-one pleaded guilty, the remainder be- ing remanded. Mrs. Firth, who was also arrested with the boys, was released on her own recognizances. Taggers collected over $1,000. Despite public indignation at government inaction, and the fact that the delegation represented a fenuine cross-section of Victoria life, the city council not only re- fused to grant a tag day to buy food for the hundreds of destitute (Continued on page 6) See JOBLESS Arbitration Award Soon Arbitration proceedings between the Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ Union and the “Big Four’ city bakeries ended Thurs- day with the board’s promise of an award within the next few days. Union demand was for a 9-cent an hour wage increase which later cents. Employees claim they can- not pay. Nathan Nemetz, young city bar- rister, in an able manner pre- sented the case for the union. Mrs. D. G. Steeves, MILA, con- sented to sit on the board at the request of the union and R. Camp- bell, city accountant, for the bak- ers. Sydney Smith, barrister, was agreed upon for chairman. Invite CCF To CP Conference Invitation to send a fraternal delezation to the Communist party : S| provincial conference scheduled for in July 15 in Vancouver has been ex— tended to the provincial council of the CCE the Advocate was im- formed this week. Special attention will be given to the way in which Communists can assist the domocratic forces of the province, and to the improvement of party organization. VESSEL WILL BE PICKETED BLUBBER BAY, BC, July T. —Picket lines around Pacific Lime company’s plant here, now barely operating with scab labor, are being main- tained in face of police intimi- dation, in order to force aboli- tion of the company’s blacklist. There is a proscribed area around the plant, which, while interfering with free movement of local resi- dents, also necessitated police per- mits being obtained before tele- graph services situated in company offices can be used. Some unsuspecting Chinese la- borers managed to desert the plant recently when the strike situation became clear to them, but others are watched night and day by police to prevent escape. @uene Yip, Chinese scab herder in Wancouver, employer by Winze Sang Company, Pender street, suc— ceeded in rounding up i6 Chinese workers for Blubber Bay this week. SS Border Prince, long used by the Shipping Federation for scab cargoes, is due to sail from Marine Dock Friday for a cargo of lime destined for Tacoma and Seattle_ Besides the picket line at Blubber Bay, American longshoreman have declared they will refuse to handle the cargo. SS Westham is due to leave Blubber Bay to bring back 30 tons of lime for Brackman-Ker, Wew Westminster. Picket lines will be ready, union officials state. PORT ALBERNG, BC, July 7— Reinstatement of a number of the 85 employees fired for union ac- tivity by Bloedel and APT, mills, is reported this week. Protest by a city council con- fronted with new relief cases, and | seneral public indignation, are re- sponsible for the reinstatements, union officials state. Public meet-— ings and a signature campaign are being continued. In an effort to stifle the voice of protest, local police have com- mandeered a number of active unionists to fight forest fires out of Port Alberni. Fish Arbitration Board Set Up VICTORIA, BC, July 7—An ar- bitration board to determine prices to be paid by canners to fishermen for all species of salmon caught in gillnets and seines is being set up under the Fisheries Act, Hon. G. S. Pearson stated Thursday. A. W. Neill, MP, will represent fishermen; R. R. Payne, the can- ners. Judge Murphy will be chair- man. The Salmon Purse Seiners and Pacific Coast Fishermen’s unions have accepted arhbitration under protest that canners’ request for arbitration was granted while their Own prier application was refused. IND MILITIA VE STOPPED iain epi