Page Six THE PEHEOPLE’S ADVOCATE July 22, 1935 NICKASON MAY QUIT RING IF FORCED TO FIGHT FOR MOORE ATHER than continue to fight Lars Ted Moore’s direction, .Chuck WNickason, rising young VYan- couver light-heayyweight, this week threatened to quit the ring alto- gether. Chuck’s brother Don told the press this week, “Chuck will quit fighting if he has to fight for Ted Moore.” This statement was made after Chief Justice Aulay Morrison grant- ed Promoter Moore an injunction restraining Niekason from fighting except under Moore’s direction. Wickason, who has been trying te break away from Moore’s man-— agement for some time, Signed an agreement with Moore some two years ago when he was new to the game and eager to accept any op- portunity that offered. Moore held the whip hand and a clause was in- serted in the agreement giving him 50 percent of INickason’s earnings. In subsequent fights IWNickason made good and rapidly earned for himself a reputation as one of the most promising light-heavies in the West. But although other oppor- tunities beckoned and he fipured he could do better elsewhere, he was still bound by the old agree- ment with Moore. At the beginning of this year he terminated the agreement by writ- ten notice. Moore refused to accept it as final and went to court to ask for an injunction and an account- ing for all monies received by Nick- ason since January 4 last. He got both. Moore was jjubilant about the whole thing this week. “He wants money, doesn’t he,” he gloated. “Well then, he’ll have to fight for me to get it.” Wickason has been holidaying at the Flying U ranch in the Cariboo where he participated in an exhi- bition show last week. Beaudin € ‘On Seattle Card VSC Fighter Gets Special Invite Vancouver Sports Club was all agog this week over a telegram sent by Seattle’s Nate Druxman in- vitine Ronnie Beaudin, staunch club supporter, to appear on the card next Tuesday when Champion Fred-— die Steele and Al Hostak will fight for the middleweight championship at Seattle. A heetic main event wrestling match which resulted in a draw be- tween Don Pictou and Dancing Johnnie Lambchuck at Vancouver Sports Club last Saturday, had the fans on their toes. It went the scheduled five five-minute rounds. Usually clean, Bill Masson tried some of the shadier tactics on Koso- lanko from Haney, who put up a really good show until’ the third, when he was pinned. Scotty Moran kept up a tattoo on the manly chest of Don Lott in the best wrestling of the evening. Scotty was beaten fairly. ; Corporal Paddy O’Brien, of post office and Victoria fame, went to work on the torso of Tuffy Thomas, but the best that the rough-and- ready little Irishman could get was a draw. The fans enjoyed it im- mensely. ——_- fee --=>-—---==- ——— = = = oe oe t’s Creed Militant Democracy By WM. PURVIS That there is little danger of the hundreds of young British Columbian physical culturists in the provincial “co-ordinated” in the style of Nazi youth or of their becoming military automatoms, centres becoming recreation is my opinion after talking this week with Director Ian Eisenhardt, who has full charge of this government department of physical education and recreation. My mission, I told him frankly, was to find out where he stood on the matter of democracy, because Advocate readers were intensely interested in the viewpoint of one who has it in his power to influ- ence thousands of Canadian youth one way or the other. Is there danger of this impressive youth movement, which is deyoted to body-building, being contaminat— ed by Nazi penetration and influ- ence, I asked, hastening to explain that Nazi agents were Known to be active in the province. “Not while Pye got anything to do with the movement,” frowned the young physical direttor. Tak- ing his cue from this leading ques- tion, he told of his native country, Denmark, where democratic prac- tice and custom produces people who prize freedom of expression and action. “Trouble with democracy is that its supporters do not campaign vig- { ment in that country, aggression.” Sokol movement. orously enough in its defense as do the fascists,’’ Eisenhardt stated. In answer to my query, he declared that he would certainly follow up any Wazi or fascist lecturer who might propound his program at 2 reereation centre, by giving an en- ergetic defense of democracy. He illustrated his method of bringing home to students how democracy works in establishing recreation centres and furnishing of equip- ment. “—T tell them, if you want more and ‘better equipment then you must get together and make repre- sentations for it, and in this manner they learn that they have some say with the powers in office,’ the di- rector explained. Discussing the aggressive policies of international fascism, the strong stand of Czecho - Slovakia was praised by HMisenhardt. “You may not agree with this,” he said, “but it was the democratic youth move- which is very Similar to ours in British Columbia, that was the biggest supporter and factor in resisting the threatened Me called this the Appointed as he is by the present government, nevertheless this lead- the facts. er of youth exercised his demo- eratic right in criticising its policy and that of the federal government in their attitude to and treatment of the single unemployed. He stated that he was in Ottawa at the time of the riot and that he urged Hon. Worman Rogers, federal minister of labor, to go to BC and settle the problem. Eisenhardt has great respect and regard for his chief, the Hon. G M. Weir, minister of education. It was a coincidence that the in- terview had to be cut short because Bisenhardt had an appointment with an American visitor, who is establishing youth hostels on Van- couver Island, sponsor of which is a German expatriate fleeing his native land after refusing to be “coordinated.”’ - Try our machineless Permanent. it en- sures more comfort and less heat. Ex perienced operators make test curls, giv- ing you a finished coiffure. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. 2 Hastings Park HASTINGS PARK LANSDOWNE PARK a BRIGHOUSE PARK - é VANCOUVER EXHIBITION Vancouver Thoroughbred S Association Limited = 535 W. GEORGIA STREET July 23 - July 30 August 6 - August 13 August 20 - August 27 August 29 - September 5 Bag VANCOUVER, B.C. Continued Fi ire watch the fire, were taken by the company. Most woodsmen will agree that fire seldom starts in green timber, and that if one does start up it is easy to check. Were this not so, how will logging companies ex- plain why Stanley Park is not con- tinually on fire? Those concerns responsible for “safety” posters concentrate on cigarette smokers. How many careless smokers fre- quent Stanley park every day? if Pire-Chief Manning is an au- thority and if decades of experi- ence are a criterion, it is the pres- ence of unburned slashings which makes possible the holocaust now raging. What madness is it that causes logging outfits to pursue a course of lkiilling the goose that lays the golden egg? Is there any sanity attached to the yearly lobbying of timber interests in order to smother possible legislation covering plan-— ned reforestation and less wasteful methods of logging? To burn slashings out of fire sea- son requires considerable work and attention—and some financial out- lay. Lo do a thorough job on damp ground means proper superyision, otherwise the fire hazard still re- mains. The public has a right to know It is the government’s duty to place the blame and force recompense from law violators in the interest of those who have suf-— fered losses. Tt is tHe duty of all democratic bodies to press for strict observ- ance of fire regulations. More than that, to demand that the baneful influence of big business in the logging industry upon the legisla- ture be removed and a sane policy ef reforestation started immedi- ately. Continued Jobless Cross. VANCOUVER, BE, July 21.— Union officials at Single Unem- ployed headquarters, 60 Cordova Street, declare that the provincial government has again flouted the people in its about-face policy with the jobless. Lhe situation at Kam- loops, they state, where registration for jobs has been stopped and re- lief cut off, is on a par with its handling of the situation in Van- couver. Here, there is a continual line-up of hundreds at employment and re- lief offices, Secretary John Matts stated, and more than half are be- ing turned away without relief. “People believe the problem is be- ing handled, and the government is taking advantage,” he stated. Sixty tincanners released this week obtained relief in short order. Lansley Workers Hear Single Men LANGLEY PRATRIEB, BC, July 21—Two “‘sitdowners,’ members of the Relief Project Workers’ Union, this week addressed the local Rate-— payers’ and Workers’ Association here on their recent struggle and demands. Favorably impressed with the sincerity of the speakers, the audience applauded loudly and a collection of $6.25 was donated to their union. About 80 children from Langley Prairie, Brookswood and Fern- ridge attended a “People’s Advocate Picnic,” at White Rock, BC, last Sunday. Hree lunch, ice cream and transportation for the children was made possible by private donation and owners of trucks, who loaned them to the committee for trans- Jadiol dagaut 1002 West Pender St. (Cor. Pender & Burrard) - Sey. 5647 portation. ty hop ORANGE HALL BOXING and WRESTLING EXHIBITIONS Vancouver Sports Club SATURDAY, 8:30 P.M. Admission 10 Cents. HASTINGS BAKERY Hich. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 4068 East Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive e Quality Products at RMioderate Prices We Deliver to Fast End and Grandview Homes ‘“‘Thrifty Housewives Shop at Hastings Bakery!’’ 100 %_ SSN TOINEEZ TD Continued Penetration Threatens Security Of BC Coast. interests, the raw logs shipped to Japan for milling. Long-term con- tracts have been signed with the biggest mines in the province to buy their entire output. Japanese interests eagerly purchase all the serap iron they can get—and still they cannot get enough. From the Port of Vancouver across the Pa- cific to Tokyo there is a steady, ever-increasing stream of war ma- terials. Tomorrow British Columbia met- als will rain death upon the Ghinese people, soldier and non-combatant, young and aged. To Japan’s fanat ical exponents of totalitarian war- fare it does not matter. Nor does it trouble the slumber of the British Columbia mining’ magnates who make it possible. This process of economic pene- tration has been developing over a period of years in preparation for the war in the Orient today. It has been accelerated by the in- vasion of China and is proceeding apace in readiness for the greater storm Japan’s warlords plan to unleash on the democratic world tomorrow. . PROMISE UNFULFILLED Only the provincial and federal governments can deseribe the full extent of this economic penetration in BC. The Hon. A. Wells Gray, provincial minister of lands, in a patriotic address to the armistice luncheon sponsored by the Imperial War Veterans in New Westminster last year, promised to reveal the mames of those white Canadians acting as “dummies” for powerful Japanese interests: Hight months have passed, and Hion. Well Gray has preserved a most unpatriotic silence while the individuals whose names he prom- ised to expose stand hypocritically at service clubs and sing: “Q@ Can- ada! We stand on guard for thee.’ Whereupon they return to their of- fices to discuss new deals for sell- ing the raw materials of demo- eratic Canada to be: used in the service of military-fascist Japan. Even the Vancouver Sun has been forced to comment that Pre- mier fT. D. Pattullo remains un- concerned “by the fact that certain Japanese holdings are almost in juxtaposition to areas in which de- fenee works are now planned or in actual construction.” But Premier Pattullo himself Says, “The personnel, purpose and operation of these Anslo-Japanese eompanies iS under constant ob- Servation by the authorities. Far better to have them out in the open where we know what they are do- ing than in localities of which we have no knowledge.’ Tf the Premier's claim is correct, then, of course, he knows all about the suspicious activities of a cer- tain Japanese naval captain on the west coast of Vancouver Island and should, without hesitation, make known the facts to the people. If he does not know, then he should at once institute a public enquiry into these and similar activities. The names of some of those who are selling their country’s security of tomorrow for the great profits to be made today are known. But there are many white Ganadians trading under Canadian names, os- tensibly Canadian concerns, who are in reality only the front for the shadowy Japanese whose names the public does not know and will never hear unless it can succeed in forcing the minister of lands to fulfil his promise of last year. CITY HEADQUARTERS On the seventh floor at 744 West Hastings street there is a number of offices from which in- dustrious Japanese direct their growing economic empire in British Columbia, with its deadly threat to the peace and security of the Canadian people. Enquiries meet with bland re- plies. Qutside the office of the Sydney Inlet Mining company, op- erating the old Tidewater mine on the west coast of Vancouver Island, hangs a sign: “No Help Wanted.” One wonders if it would embarrass the company if curious workers se- cured employment with it. Large-scale penetration of the province by Japanese capitalist in- terests has, however, provided sec- ond generation Japanese-Canadians with rare opportunities for employ- ment. It is difficult for second feneration Japanese to find work except among their own people, and such enterprises as these provide needed openings. But there is no doubt that Japdn’s agents in this province-will utilize this economic hold to the utmost advantage. For the contemporary history of Mexico, Panama -and other Latin- American countries proves con- elusively that where the Japanese penetrate economically there the Japanese population is riddled with fascist spies and agents. These agents werk among the Japanese people, force them to join their or- ganizations by reason of the eco- can exert over nomic power they ana stb} S025) fee. use them to advance the Jap | anese dream of world domination, ‘) In this they are unconsciously, as | Sisted by racial prejudice which — raises an artificial barrier between them and the other people Gf thg ™ country and prevents them from | realizing a common basis of in- 7 terests. ot | At the same time, Japanese 4 agents endeavor to use the second | generation Japanese, speaking the. language of the country they were | born in, familiar with its customs, to work among the people as 35 whole in an effert to counteract the widespread hatred of Japanese aeeression. The mass of the Japanese people in BC may be antagonistic to Jap anese imperialism. They may rea- 9] lize that their one hope of obtain- | ing full citizenship rights rests with | the victory of the democratic forces ~ but where they are not actually | misled by Japanese imperialist propaganda then they are terror ized by the fascists at work among - them. If they are fishermen — and there — are 1464 Japanese fishermen in BC, according to 1931 census fiz ures—the Japanese consul can have their licenses revoked and deprive — them of their means of livelihood, — The same direct economic pressure may not be applied in other occu- pations, but there are other and less direct means of bringing pressure to bear on recalcitrant Japanese. And it is this tyrannical hold that must be broken because it enables - fascist agents and spies to carry on their activities without fear of ex posure by their own people whom they terrorize into silence. if the security and peace of the Canadian people rests upon the collective action of the great demo- eratic powers in combating the ag-— sression of the fascist dictatorships, ~ it is also true that the immediate concern of the Canadian people, | and particularly the British Gol-. umbian people, is the exposure and | defeat of Japanese agents at home, in their own country, and those i who assist them. MANY LINES. Hiven if nothing were known of | Japanese activities in BC, the ex posures conducted in other coun- tries would point to the inevyitabl- ity of their having an espionage ~ here. In eastern Canada the ramifica- tions of the German Nazi and Ttal- | ian fascist organizations, plentiful- ly supplied with funds, have been uncovered. But the operations of Japanese spies and agents in the west, in British Columbia where 90 percent of Canada’s Japanese live, © have remained shrouded in unheal- thy obscurity. it is only logical that, just as Ger many, Italy and Japan are linked against the democracies in the so- called Anti-Comintern Pact, so in this country, in the United States, in the Latin-American countries and elsewhere, the spies and agents of the three fascist powers work to- gether. It is only logical that they should also find a common basis of intrigue with the most reaction- ary elements and the fascist or- Sanizations of the country in which they operate. And it is in this as- pect that the greatest threat of Jap- anese military-fascism to Canada lies—the ‘fifth colum’ among the people. An official of the provincial goy- in February this year placed him- self on record as saying, “There can be no danger in Japanese penetra- tion, umless they are granted .the franchise and become a factor in the political life of the province.” Once the fascist influences at work among them can be weeded out there can be no danger of the Japanese people being used as a means of advancing Japanese im- perialist designs in Canada. They will be free then to find their com- mon affinity of interest with the vast majority of other democratic Canadians. But, if anyone im- agines that the Japanese consul, the Japanese agents and fascist influenced Japanese organizations are not already a factor in the pa- litical life of Canada, then he is due for a rude awakening. j This influence has been felt al- ready in radio censorship and other subtle forms. as I intend to show in a later article. It is found in the mutual interest of Japanese capitalist interests and those min- ing magnates who have allied them- selves with them in increasing prof- its and extending operations. The struggle against Japanese economic penetration and espion- age is at the same time closely linked with the fight against mon- epolistic mining corporations, com- pany unionism and all the evils that accompany it. (A second article will appear next week). Only Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union NEW METHOD SHOE 337 Carrall St.