| Causing hot words and near- ( y a hand-to-hand fight in the ity council on Tuesday and Vednesday, the campaign to ransform False Creek from an }-vil-smelling, unhealthy dump *o a park and playgrounds for -hildren was left in abeyance thursday when Ald. J. W. Cor- frett stalked out of the council Chamber in dissust after ac- jused by Ald. H. D. Wilson of »eins “rubber-spined.” At a previous session, the city sngeineer was instructed to prepare full report of the project, includ- 32s the possibility of obtaining a (oan under the Municipal Im- wrovements Assistance Act, and eport it to the next session of the souncil. » This campaign has received wide upport from organizations in the Pity. Led by the BC Federation n Unemployment, the Communist ) arty and Ratepayers Associations, itizens are determined to Have his dump removed. A delegation D Hon. Tan Mackenzie, minister f national defense, obtained his ®S romise of full support for the ) ian. City aldermen are emphatic in stating that people must be stepped from digging imto the dump for saleable junk and ed- ible refuse, but have no anwer te the caustic remark of Qscar ‘Saionen, Communist party city committee member, that “lack of relief provisions forces people to hunt for edible refuse regard— \less of danger to their health.” The land is at present owned by ndustrial Sites, Ltd., a subsidiary »f Worthern Pacific Railway Com- hany, and-could be acquired by the ity writing off a proportion of sack taxes owed by that company. \idermen, however, are not certain hat the project would be seif- iquidating and are dubious of their -Shances cf obtaining a loan under (Continued on page 5) See FALSE CREER SCORES PROTEST CITY EVICTIONS “Every alderman is being inun- fiIated with eviction complaints,” anounced Aid. Harry DeGraves at the civic social services committee on Monday in response to a dele- zation from the Workers’ Alliance requesting a 50 percent increase in’ rent allowance. : Relief recipients are being turmed out of their houses, an aver- age of five or six each day, to make room for tenants who are able to pay more. “The council can do nothing for you,” stated Ald. Helena Gutter- idge. “You must go to the people for action.” A petition circulated by the Workers’ Allance, asked for coop- eration from the city council in its plea to the federal government for a full time works’ program, ten days work per month with an extra day for each dependent, or 50 per cent increased rent allow-— ance. Discussion in social services committes revealed that negotia- tions had been started with Vic- toria for such an increase, but that government officials had refused to meet the council on this matter. “The council should call a meet- ine of citizens to demand govern- ment officials meet our commit- tee,” said Ald. DeGraves, agreeing with the delegation that a higher rent allowance was necessary. "A letter from Edmund D. Fran- eis, secretary, Taxpayers’ Defense League, asking the eouncil’s en- dorsation of its plea to the federal government for a “special immedi- ate session of the legislature to deal with unemployment” was “received and filed.” PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE THE British Columbia’s Progressive Home Paper Full No. 187. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUSE 12, 1938 a 5 Cents Charge Huge Steal From PLAN PROBE IN BURNABY Burnaby Civic Improvements Association intends to conduct a survey of the district water services, with assistance from the BC Federation on Unem- ployment, to find the propor- tion of Burnaby residents with- out plumbing or sewerage ser- vice. Under the new Municipal iIm- provements Assistance Act, Van- couver Water Board has obtained a $750,000 loan from Ottawa, but it is understood that this money will be used for Vancouver population only. Other municipalities are en- titled to apply for a separate loan through the Water Board on a2 $2.88 per capita basis for self- liquidating projects and it is esti- mated that Burnaby district is en- titled to receive $63,000 for im- provements under this Act Indicating that the federation had received a letter from Hon. Wells Gray, minister of lands, ex- pressing the desire to meet him, Fred Tyler, president of the BC Federation on Unemployment, stated today: ‘I intend to lay be- fore the minister the full data of Burnaby water system. The old wooden pipes must be substituted for new regulation pipes.”’ Tyler estimates that 15 per cent of Burnaby population are entirely without water service. Twin Girls Born To Mrs. H. DeLacy SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 11—\“‘its a firl—i mean, it’s two girls,” WCE Gouncilman Hugh de Lacy, an- nounced somewhat incoherently to his surprised colleagues Thursday, after a telephone message from the hospital had informed him that his wife had given birth to twin girls. “We'll have to buy another bas- ket, but at least we got two for the price of one,” he remarked. Destitution Facing Many Deoukhobors As Property Seized NELSON, BC, Aug. 11— (Special) —What ap- pears to be a huge Steal involving property valued at $7,000,000 is being perpetrated here against the Doukhobors. Behind the news that provincial police under Inspector C. G. Barber used teargas bombs “to disperse a minority group of Doukhobors in order to avert a riot” at Brilliant last Thurs- day lies the real story of an attempt to take from the Doukho- bors the community properties they have literally hewn from the wilderness by their industry and energy. Properties owned by the Christian Community of Douk- hobors are estimated to be worth $7,000,000. These proper- ties include fertile lands, buildings and farm machinery, a jam faetory and three sawmills. - In 1925 officials of the Christian Community of Doukhobors borrowed approximately $300,000 from the National Trust company and although twice this amount has been paid back in the ensuing 13 years, the community still owes $160,000. Dissatishied with the manner in which their affairs were being handled, delegates from a number of Doukhobor com- munities went last Thursday to Brilliant to seek an accounting from their directors. They wanted to know what arrange- ments had been made for disposal of their fruit crop and what the prospects for the summer were. They were astonished to find three representatives of the National Trust company in possession of their offices. They were still more astonished to discover their jam factory, on which the livelihood of so many of them depends, padlocked. (Continued on Page 4) — See WOMEN CANNERS MUST OPEN BOOKS Rescinding his ruling of Wednesday that individual statements for the past five years’ trading must be presented by each company, dudge Dennis Murphy yesterday stated that these must cever trading for 1937 only. Alternative offered the canneries by the governmmentappointed arbitration board in the dispute with organized fishermen, was ex- amination of each conipanys books by an independent auditor at cost not to exceed $1000, to be paid by canneries. Suggestion by Jack Stanton, representing the fishermen, that the matter be handled by a Royal Commission was ruled out of order. The board is continuing its investigation today. (RESeTa)or4 oa neg ezaiozdodinnd Sxq lod nea ona’ oxgra'sxe 64 Srg\02 Doukhobors VOLUNTEERS HOME SOON Reports received by the Friends of the Mackenzie- Papineau Battalion in Van- ecouver state that 30 Canadian volunteers now on their way home from Spain are badly wounded and will need consid- erable assistance and medical attention. Among the 30 volunters are several from British Columbia— Ted Gunerud, Dave Harvey, Chris Christiansen, Francis Ku- therford, William Tough, Arnold Staub and Charles Beason. A special appeal is being made by the Friends of the Mackenzie— Papineau Battalion for donations to its Rehabilitation fund to pro- vide for these returned men. A tag-day held in Nanaimo tast Saturday in aid of volunteers in the Canadian battalion in Spain realized $97.26. Gi this amount, $70 has been set aside for the Rehabilitation fund and the bal- ance will be used for the pur- chase of wool for socks. Stating that $300 was forwarded by the provincial to national headquarters in Toronto on Aug- ust 9, Jack Chivers, provincial or- Banizer, said, “L trust all friends will make their donations within the next few days so that BC may (Continued on Page 5) See VOLUNTEERS Surrey Workers To Stage Picnic Ehindreds of Surrey and Langley residents are expected to attend the Surrey Workers’ picnic to be held at Alder Lodge, White Rock, on Sunday, August 21. Many well known progressive Valley speakers are expected to speak in the afternoon, including Len Shepherd, MLA (CCE, Delta). An excellent program of games and sports haS been arranged and prizes will be given for many events. Threats, Bribery Employed by Japanese Fascist Agents to Influence Opinion Here (This is the fourth and concluding article in a series revealing the alarming extent of Japanese espionage and economic penetration in British Co lunvbia ). 5 ent y HAL FIN A GENTS of the Japanese espionage system on the Pacific Coast, as elsewhere, are both experi- enced and clever. mark the activities of German Nazi and Italian Fascist spies. ; For this reason the influence of Japanese fascism on British Columbia’s internal politics is never obvious and often difficult to trace. Only when one finds the connecting Their plans are executed with a precision and secrecy which does not always link between seemingly isolated happenings does this influence and the skilful manner in which it is applied become ap- parent. Make Significance Known Attacks City Manager Plan Urging that the public should be fully informed on any matter that “went before it, Alderman Wilson in the finance committee Tuesday Stated that there was a campaign under way for a plebiscite on the City manager plan and it was the duty of the council to acquaint the People with the full significance of this plan. “Gity managers aren’t going to fet us out of all difficulties, par- ticularly finances,’ declared Alder- man DeGraves “and if a city man- ager is to be controlled by finan- cial interest, then I’m not for it.’ Gouncil to date has taken no stand on this plan, and the finance committee on Tuesday was in- structed to obtain full data so that details can be presented to the €lectorate before 4 plebiscite 1s eranted. munist party sponsored a series of broadcasts on current events over radio station CJOR in Vancouver, urging a boycott of Japanese goods and an embargo on shipments of war materials to Japan. Despite vigorous protest, every reference to Japan as an aggressor country, to the boycott and the embargo was ruth- lessly censored by the station. Finally, an entire speech by the writer was rejected at the last moment, station officials offering the lame excuse that they “had turmed down an application from the Canadian-Japanese Association for time on the air and wanted to be fair to both sides.” Later this explanation was withdrawn on the ground that it was not the real reason. The entire speech, in the opinion of station officials, was too con- troversial. Last year the provincial executive committee of the Com-© (Continued on Page 6) — See PRO-FASCIST NTI-FASCIST BANNED FROM AIR WRITER'S SPEECH IS REJECTED Latest to be banned from the air under the unofficial, but vicious, radio censorship which prevents any: reference to Ja- pan as an aggressor power OF any eriticism of British foreign policy over Vancouver stations is Fred Rose of Montreal, na- tionally - known anti - fascist writer, who was refused per- mission to speak over CKMO this week. Rose, author of “Fascism Over Canada,’ an expose of fascist acti- vities in this country, sales of which have run into thousands, was to have been interviewed by A. M. Stephen, provincial presi- dent of the League for Peace and Democracy, over his regular Mon- day night broadcast. Station authorities, however, re- jected the entire speech after Paul D. Kerr, their legal adviser, had made numerous deletions. The same night, over CBR, net work station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation here, Tom McInnes, self-styled fascist, was allowed to make his weekly pro - Japanese, anti - democratie radio speeck. “All possible public pressure should be brought to bear to break this censorship which refuses pro- gressive speakers the right to voice their opinions and permits fascists to uphold the actions of an aggres- sor power,’ Rose told an Advocate representative. “I understand that this is not an isolated instance, but - a deliberate policy which objective- ly assists Japanese fascism. “My speech, however, dealt al- most entirely with fascist activities in Canada. Some of the matters |i referred to have been mentioned in the House of Commons. Most of the points I raised have been aired in the press. But the right to speak of them over the air is refused. This is an urgent matter which should be taken up imme- diately by every organization in- terested in the preservation of fres speech.”’ CANNERS WANT WAGES SLASHED Despite an official statement by the provincial department of labor Thursday that wages constitute only 15 percent of total canning costs and the fact that tomato growers have slashed their prices by 32 a ton, cannery operators re fuse to open their “canneries until the minimum wage board agrees to lower the wage scale of employ- ees. BC cannery operators are using the perennial excuse for their stand that they cannot compete “with cheap Eiastern labor.’ This despite the fact that past discussion in Van- couver Trades and Labor Council has shown that Hastern cannery operators use the plea of “‘cheap British Columbia labor’ to keep wages down. Already successful in forcing growers to slash their prices rather than face entire loss of their crops, cannery operators hope by their stand to increase their profits at the expense of poorly-paid em- ployees. They are demanding that present rates of 38 cents an hour for men and 30 cents for women be cut to 30 and 25 respectively and that all overtime be abolished. Although growers have already made big price concessions, Hugh Dalton, secretary, BC Manufactur- ers’ Association, refused Thursday to give any guarantee that canner-— ies would operate. This stand was sharply criticized by the depart- ment of labor in its statement. Dal- ton, it was announced, had refused to consider any offer made by the Industrial Relations Board. Union Protects Consumers Prevents Use Of Rusty Cans NAKNEK, Alaska, Aug. 11.—TIf you don’t get ptomaine poisoning from a can of US salmon this fall, you may thank the CIO Alaska Cannery Workers’ Union for it. Union spokesmen disclosed this week that they prevented use of rust-eaten containers for canning of this season’s haul of Alaska salmon. The cans were rusty, and it was learned that more had been or dered by the packers. However, because American Company plants in California were shut down by strike, new orders were slow in coming and the packers ordered use of the old cans. The union balked and prevented use of rusty containers.