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Organizer

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Pro-Fascist Policy
Followed In Film,

Radio Censorship

But the same thing happened on radio station CKMO where
whole paragraphs were deleted from speeches made by A. M.
Stephen, provincial president of the League for Peace and De-
mocracy. It became apparent that there was some understand-
ing between radio stations in Vancouver not to permit any but
favorable mention of Japan.

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The following are some examples
ef what CEMO’s censor consid-
ered too controversial:

three great powers, Italy, Germany
and Japan have proved over and
over again that they are the chief

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“Canada is aiding in the destruc-
tion of the Chinese people and
suicidally preparing an aggressor
state for further assaults upon de-
-Haecracy and democratic nations.”
—January 31, 1938.

“Only those who secretly want
war and fascism can advocate a
Jhush-hush policy that would sup-
press democratic freedom of dis-
eussion upon these vital ques-
tions.’—January 31, 1938.

“« __ . Knowing full well that the

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dangers to the peace of the world
and are, at present, engaged
their nefarious task of bludgeoning

of the peace movement,

Isord Robert Cecii of England,

Japanese goods.”
1938.

cist Broadcast

The excuse offered by the sta-

tions is that the Canadian Broad-
easting Corporation does not ac-
eept responsibility for censorship
and that any speech which arouses
protest endangers the siations’
Hcenses. But at the same time,
ever CBR, the Canadian Broad-
easting Corporation’s own station
in Vancouver, Tom Macinnes, self-
avowed fascist and spokesman for
the Wationalist party, now incor
porated in the fascist Wational
Unity League of CGanada, is per-
mitted to make a weekly broad-

east which is nothing more or less
than ill-concealed propaganda for
Japanese military-fascism.

MaciInnes does not reveal the
source of his funds. if he did, it
would probably occasion no sur-
prise. During Japan’s invasion of
Manchuria in 1931 no one was
more outspoken in defense of
Japan’s aggression than Tom Mac-
Innes. His line is no less vicious
teday. Yet he is allowed to speak
over a GBC station while com-
mercial stations suppress the
truth.

Banquet Speaker Censored

Recently the Medical Aid for
China Committee and the Chinese
Benevolent Association staged a
banquet at the Mandarin Gardens
in Wancouver in honor of James
Bertram, noted author and tlec-
turer, Ian ©. G. Milner, New Zea-
Jand Rhodes Scholar, and Shih
Kewan, of the University of Cali-
fornia.

The speeches of ali three were
broadcast over radio station CK
MO and to Milner fell the task of
explaining the Japanese boycott
end embargo. No one had warned
him of British Columbia’s unofficial
ban on references to Japan and

his forthright remarks led to his

being temporarily cut off the air
twice during his address.

Afterwards I spoke to H. M.
Cooke, GEMO official, and in an-
swer to certain questions Cooke,
in the presence of several wit-
messes, confided in me that Paul
D. Kerr, city barrister who acts
as censor for the station, had been
approached by certain Japanese,
but that he had fefused their pro-
posals. ;

The following day I ‘phoned
Kerr, repeating what I had learned.
Hie denied both that he had ac-
cepted money or been ‘approached.

“The Japanese know that my
sympathies incline towards the
Ghinese,” he said.

Bribes Offered To Newspapers

There are others in Yancouver
who haye been approached, how-
ever. I learned recently on good
authority that the columnist for
a certain Wancouver newspaper
had been given money by reaction-—
ary Japanese, although it would be
impossible to adduce documentary
proof because it is extremely
doubtful if any exists. One thing
is certain, the writings of the
eolumnist in question certainly re-
flected the bribe.

This is not the only instance
where Japanese agents in BC have
endeavored to influence public
opinion through the newspapers.

Last October the advertising

firm of Stewart-McIntosh was pre-
paring to launch a large-scale ad-
vertising campaign in behalf of
Japanese ‘official opinion’ when the
business was withdrawn because
of protest by the League for Peace
and Democracy and other _organi-
zations which learned of it in ad-
vance.

Again, weekly newspapers in
the Fraser Valley were approached
and at least one published in full
an address made by H. Wemichi,
Japanese consul in Vancouver, ex-
plaining ‘the teal situation in
China.’ This material, although iit
appeared in news form, was paid
for at full space rates.

Consuls Influenced Film Censors

The circumstances surrounding
the banning of the film, ‘China
Strikes Back, in Vancouver, are
better known. Consul Nemichi pro-
tested strongly against showing of
the picture and the censor board’s
reasons for refusing to allow it

to be shown reflected his protest.

“The censor desired to make
numerous eliminations,’’ the state-
ment read. “The chief offenses
running through the wording of
the dialogue were: Japan and the
Japanese were being assailed and

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democracy and spreading the
flames of universal war.’—Febru-
ary 8, 1938.

“The plan we propose is one

adopted by the great world leaders
such as

who recently stated that i23,000,-
000 people were refusing to buy
February §&,

Full of enthusiasm at the
support and encouragement he
received from the executive
board of the International Un-
ion of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers when he attended the
union’s recent convention at
Butte, Montana, Arthur Evans,
newly appointed western or-
ganizer for Canada, outlined
his plans to the Advocate on
Thursday.

His request to the convention
for a $400 monthly grant, a port
able public address system and at
least 1000 copies of the Peoples’
Press, union organ, was favorably
received, requiring only formal
ratification by the executive before
it can be put into effect.

Pointing out that a district of-
fice in BC would considerably aid
organiaztion in this province. Evans
reminded the convention of the
difficulty American organizers
found in getting into Canada on
union business.

“By establishing a BC district
office, we would not have to worry
about organizers getting across the
border,” he stated. ‘‘Locals in the
province would also be in closer
contact with the provincial organ-
izer, instead of corresponding dir-
ectly with head office, as Atlin and
Zeballos are doing now.”

Evans plans io tour the prov-
ince in 2 truck equipped with
the promised public system, call-
ing at every little mine, but con-
centrating particularly upon Nel-
son and Trail. ‘The latter will
be the tough nut to crack,” he
opined.

“When our Canadian convention
opens in Nelson next January,”
Evans said, “we hope to have re-
presentation from the miners
throughout the province. We are
going ahead with our campaign to
have silicosis recognized as an oc-
cupational disease and hope to

| elect a delegation from the conven-

tion to meet the government with
a petition to this effect.”

Gooperation offered by the
American locals of the MInterna-
tional Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers Evans termed a big step
in combatting the reactionary Can-
adian Federation of Labor.

Corn Roast Arranged

A corn roast in aid of the
People’s Advocate and Clarion
Weekly will be held at 3034 East
54th Ave., Friday evening, Septem-
ber 2,8 pm. There will be whist,

games and dancing. Admission
will be 15c, two for 25c, children
10c.

‘Parrot-Like Repetition’

: Appeals against the conviction of Blubber Bay strikers on charges aris- —
ing out of a fracas in the strike-bound company town, are
by the International Woodworkers of America, union officials said at con-
clusion of the trials Wednesday when four more persoms were sentenced,
bringing the total of convictions to twelve.

By JACK WILSON

Fascists Provoke Strife

Start Terror Campaign
In London’s East End

By FRANK PFETCATIRN

LONDON, Eng, Aug. 11.—With startling swiftness is develop-
ing a new wave of fascist attack upon the people of Iendon’s

East End.

In streets, clubs, shops, factories, docks and the offices of
working class organizations, the Fast End is asking itself, “What

ought we to do about it?”

Tt is only three months since
the present fascist campaign of
provocation was started after a
longish period of quiet in which
the fascist organisation was vis-
ibly falling to bits.

Wow things are at the point
where over the whole East End
hangs the fear of a general out-
break of the fascist terrorism of
two years ago.

There are streets in the East
End which today are a monument
to the terrorism which was tem-
porarily crushed by the resistance
of the people—streets with little
shops still standing deserted, their
unfortunate proprietors having
been driven out by the violence of
hooligan bands, never to come
back.

I talked yesterday to a Jewish
shopkeeper in Bethnal Green.

“The first time Ive seen any
trouble was two weeks ago. They
came in from outside, played for-
eign Hitler tunes through their
loudspeaker, shouting insults at
the people, cursing and provoking
everyone.

“A few days ago they came
again. The same thing is going
on all over the place. Things are
beginning to look bad.”

There is a pretty general belief
that the authorities are not dis-
pleased by the fascist provocations,
because they think they see a
chance to use them as an excuse
to ban all working-lass meetings
in the Hast End.

I found everywhere a very sharp
eriticism of the attitude of the po-
Boys’—and strong doubts as to
their impartiality as between the
fascist inyaders and the anti-
fascist people.

Youth Lead
Way In China

Grant Lathe Tells
Of Great Movement

“The Chinese Youth Movement is {

the most important movement in
the country at the present time,”
Grant H. Lathe, secretary of the
Canadian Wouth Assembly, told
executive members of Vancouver
Youth Council on Tuesday during
his short visit to the city on the
way to attend the World Youth
Gongress in New York.

Accompanying Lathe were three
other delegates representing the
World Student Association, United
States Student Peace Committee,
and British Youth Assembly.

Stressing the fact that there ex-
isted a sreater fellowship between
the Chinese and other nationali-
ties, even Japanese, than ever be-
fore, Lathe pointed out that pro-
paganda was used, not against Jap-—
anese people, but against Japan-
ese imperialism. This was proven
by banners hanging on walls of
a Hankow girls’ school, one read-
ing, “Down with Japanese Imperial-—
ism’’ and another immediately be-
low, reading, “love the Japanese
people.”

Members of the Vancouver
Youth Council announced that
Grant Lathe would probably visit
the city again in the fall while on

Three strikers were acquitted. i

ea lecture tour under the auspices
of the Canadian Student Assembly.

being considered ©

This new action is being con- |
sidered in view of the attitude —

of the court and the evidences
of the police witnesses, which, ~
Garfield King, defense counsel, ©

repeatedly asserted was “a par- |

rot-like repetition of the evi-

dence of chief police witness —

Constable Campbell.” je

During trial of John McCuish
[TWA organiser, charged with “oeb-
structing Constable Campbell,”
Harry Colgan, erown counsel
vented the spite and spleen of
the Pacific Lime Company in ask
ing for a conviction.

Papers concerning McCuish’s

deportation from the US were ex- ‘ E

hibited to prove Him a dangerous
person.
action of the crown in digging up ~
the accused’s past were peremp- ~
torily overruled by Magistrate Ro |
A. Sargent on three occasions. 1

King’s objections to the ~

Colgan asked that McCuish be e

given the same sentence as meted ~
out to Hans Peterson on Monday, ©
$50 and costs or 60 days in Oakalla, —
and Magistrate Sargent obligingly |
granted the request. , Z ‘
Others convicted during Wed> —
nesdays trials were Keith Seive |
wright, Allen Whipple, and Mrs. |
John Hole. In the latter case
Garfield King entered a plea of |
Builty, remarking that he wes
doing so because of her health.
Mrs. Hole was given one year’s |

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suspended sentence under bond of }:

$100.

Seivewright was fined $25 and”
costs or thirty days in default cf
payment, while Allen Whipple was ~
allowed his freedom on one years ©
suspended sentence. |

Whipple was in court on July
29 as a witmess for the defences
when Garfield Hing asked if
further arrests were anticipated
and received a negative reply
from Sergeant Sutherland. Yet
ene week lIater he was arrested
while
River to the trials.

Two convictions were obtained ©
by the crown at Monday's trials.”
Wans Peterson, union official, and
Lim Ghung, Chinese. The latter
was fined $25 and costs. He pre
ferred to serve the time, 30 days.

ast Eriday Yim Kee, Chinese;
Clarence Ross, and Chas. Kingsley
were each fined $25 and costs oF
30 days, Ne. Chow was fined $50

and costs or 60 days.

condemned, and as the censor felt
that serious objections could and
might be taken against denuncia-
tions of this kind of a foreign
power friendly to Canada, and as
objections have been made on
numerous occasions to releasing of
films with these tendencies by rep-
resentatives of foreign jgovern-
ments, we therefore feel that this
film would not be in the best in-
terests of our neutrality.”
When this decision, made
Robert McKee, Allan Ross

Nemichi Puts Pressure

by
and

Mrs. Thomas Bingham for the BC
Appeal Board of censors, was read
out before an audience of 3,000
people gathered at the Orpheum
Theatre to see the picture it was
roundly booed. A resolution de
manding government investigation
of film censorship in BC, and par-
ticularly of the influence exerted
by Japanese, German and Ttalian
consuls in Vancouver, was passed
with only three of the 3,000 people
dissenting.

On Police

The activities of the Japanese
consul, H. Nemichi, have been all
that one might expect of the rep-
resentative of a military fascist
aggressor state. The League for
Peace and Democracy placed a car
on the street carrying a banner
urging citizens to boycott goods
manufactured in Japan- Consul
Wemichi went to Deputy Chief of
Police Grundy and told him he
‘feared’ that if the car remained
on the street he would be unable
to ‘restrain’ some of his young
men (read fascist provocateurs).
He was ‘afraid’ they might wreck
the car. Police immediately Tre
quested’ the League for Peace
and Democracy to take the car
off the street.

The Japanese consul has also

been inordinately active in address—
ing service clubs and other organ-
fjzations explaining the circum-
stances of China’s unprovoked at-
tack on Japan. At least, that is the
impression one gets from reading
the reports of his speeches which
are given considerable space in
the daily press.

The fine hand of Consul Nemichi
could also be discerned in a 16-
page pamphlet’ entitled “Sino-
Japanese Conflict Elucidated,”’ is-
sued by the Canadian-Japanese As-
sociation in Vancouver and widely
circulated. Weedless to say, the

pamphlet contained official Japa-
nese fascist propaganda, excerpts
from speeches, official pronounce-

ments and the like.

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Utmost Done To Defeat Boycott

Fascist elements among the
Japanese population in MSBritish
Columbia have done their utmost
through pamphlets, newspaper

propaganda and by word of mouth
to defeat the Japanese boycott
They have utilized even second-
generation Japanes eCanadians
working among progressive youth
organizations to further their
ends.

An example of this is the attempt
made by a certain Japanese dele-
gate to the third Canadian Youth
Congress at Toronto this year who
spent his time during the train
journey between Vancouver and
Toronto attempting to align first
the BC and then the Manitoba

Investigation Must Be

delesations behind his suggestion
for opposition to the boycott, using
the exploded argument that it
would harm the Japanese people.
This attempt was defeated wher
another Japanese delegate at the
eongress spoke strongly in favor
of the boycott

Im this series of articles I have
been able to give only a few facts
which nevertheless, prove beyond
doubt the existence of a wide
spread Japanese espionage ring in
British Columbia. Its activities and
the activities of Japanese capitalist
interests in obtaining control of
the province’s natural resources
constitute a grave threat to the

peace and security of the Canadian
people. :

Made

No defences, no fortifications
will avail the Canadian people if,
within the country, fascist agents
are permitted to carry on their
unceasing efforts, in close col-
Jaboration with Canadian reaction-
ary forces, to destroy. democratic
rights, to exert political influence
which leads to banning of films
and radio addresses.

No high-minded phrases about
neutrality will save Canada from
war with a country bent on dom-
ination of the Pacific, which states

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that ‘war is not war when unde
elared.”’

Only the fullest government in-
vestigation and public exposure of
Japanese fascist espionage, to
gether with a determined anti
fascist policy which will shut of:
supply of Canadian war materials
to Japan will assure Canada G
that peace which the overwhelm
ing majority of its people desire
This investigation must be mad
without delay.

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