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THE PEOPLE’S

ADVOCATE

August 19, 193 |)

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lf it took us two years

not todet a coffee in Madrid,
how long
drink in Valencia ?

till we don’E get a

PRORLEM OF STRATEGY.

Continued

Vets

ernment cut all single unemployed
relief ex-seryvicemen were offered
the alternative of entering these in-
stitutions in an effort to prevent
them from realizing their common
demand with other single unem-
ployed.

The scheme suited the directors
of Abbott House, who Had over-
spent their grant by several thous-
and dollars, since they received 43
cents a day for each man.

The poor food and unsanitary
conditions, however, were attacked
by veterans from the outset, cul-
minating in the present demands.
A petition was circulated among
the men and the issue taken up
with Col. W. S. Buell, Col. W. W.
Hoster, Robert Macnicol, provin-
cial secretary of the Canadian Le-
gion, and other veterans leaders
who, in turn, pressed the issue on
the government.

Plan Social For
China Aid Fund

Qn Friday, August 26, the Med-
ical Aid for China Committee
is holding a whist drive and
gocial at the Ex=—Servicemen’s Hall,
47 West Broadway, at which valu-
able prizes and unique favors will
be given. Admission charge will be
25 cents and proceeds will go to
the medical aid fund.

Donations to the Committee to
Aid Spanish Democracy for month
of August include: Marshall Group,
$2; Mr. Prime, $1; WLLL, 35c; G. B.
Wielson, $2; Prince Rupert, $26;
Mrs. A. Randolph, $5; Roman Xan-
dri, $8; Progressive Doukhobor As-
sociation, $4.81; Mrs. M. Joubin, $1;
Otto Shoen, $3.75: Mr. Archibald,
$2.36; Marshall Group, $2; UMWA,
Gumberland, $25; Eix-Servicemen’s
League, $10.59; W. Lapashin, Lund,
$3.05; Mrs. T. Russell, $2.20.

The Medical Aid for China Com-
mittee has received donations from:
W <A. Bozwell Cannery, $3.75; Mr.
Prime, $1; Marshall Group, $2.

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Grower Aids Mac-Paps

Organizes Group To Pick
Berries, Donates Proceeds

Last Sunday Pasquale Sciotti, Lynn Valley berry grower,

organized a group to pick cranberries in that district to aid the |

Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion’s Rehabilitation

fund.

Qn Monday morning the berries
were all sold and the proceeds, $15,
donated to the fund.

New regulations governing the
shipment of parcels to the Interna—
tional Brigade have beenreceived
by the Vancouver office of the
Friends. These regulations are ex-
plained in a letter from Luigi Gallo,
delegate commissioner of war in
Barcelona, who states:

“Two hundred and forty pack-
ages sent personally by the families
and friends of the combatants were
mailed by our post to the addresses.

“The other parcels, composed of
“standard” packages not sent by
personal fritnds or relatives, have
been distributed, mot only to the
Ganadian combatants but to the
combatants in general.

“This regulation has been estab-
lished in order that all combatants
of the different brigades might
benefit equally from international
solidarity, whether they belong to
democratic countries where the aid
can be greater and more generous,

or from fascist countries where
enormous difficulties must be over-
come to render any aid to the com-
batants. This regulation is also ap-
plicable to international soldiers
and Spanish soldiers fighting in the
same unit.”

Wext shipment is scheduled to
leave on September 7, and all par-
cels must comply with the new
regulations. No parcel must weigh
More than two pounds or contain
more than seven ounces of tobacco
or cigarettes.

Donations received this week in-
clude: Ex-Servicemen’s League, $30
(proceeds of the raffle for Paddy
O’Neil’s last letter, won by Tommy
Doumas, ticket No. 1235), Vancou-
ver and District Lathers Associa-
tion, $5; Blakeburn, miner, $2;
friend, $2: Tom Jones, $1; A. W.
Marshall group, $2; Mrs. B., Siege
J. Morris, $5; Russian Women’s
@lub, $7.50; Salmon Arm branch
of Friends, $2; Geo. Heney, $1; col-

lected by Frank Panpai, $15.85.

'Inion Labor Urged

Council Asked

To State

Stand on Organized Labor

“T would like to see union labor employed on all municipal
projects,’ Ald. H. DeGraves told the city council Monday.

“T.et us once and for all establish that this council is in favor

of organized labor, as the fair

nothing.”

The discussion arose while tht
council was deciding who should
receive the contract for city airport
lighting. Tenders had been received
from various firms, and Ald. Wil-
son, chairman of the special com-
mittee, moved that the second low-
est bid, that of Hume and Rumble,
Ltd., should be accepted, because it
was the only firm employing APL
labor.

Disregarding the Mayor’s warn-
ing that the council was “engaging
in a jurisdictional dispute in labor
matters,” Ald. DeGraves said he
felt council should support Vancou-
ver Trades and Labor Council. “Of-
ficers of the Trades and Labor
Council have always wholehearted-

wage clause means absolutely

ly supported any public work we
have carritd on,’ he said.

Pointing out that Hume and
Rumble have done previous work at
the airport, Ald. Corey remarked:
“Wor such a small difference in the
amount ($14825) and at the same
time we can use union labor which
will receive the difference, EF think
we should award the contract to
Hume and Rumble.” The motion
was passed without a2 dissenting
vote.

Commenting on this stand by Ald.
DeGraves trades council delegates
on Tuesday voted unanimously for
4 letter to be sent commending the
aldermen for their actions in this
regard.

Continued
‘Unity

Demanding that this statement
be withdrawn, Charlie Stewart
pointed out that 52nd and 53rd
Trades and Labor Congresses had
gone on record in favor of unity,
and he thought it was time the
council took a strong stand on this
issue.

“Onity will make or break the
trade union movement,” he as-
serted, “and many reactionary
forces are spending much money
to split the trade union move-
ment.” ‘

In support of his fellow-delegate,
Peter Munro, Street Railwaymen’s
Union, stated Ht felt the trades
council was big enough to take a
stand. “If we don’t believe in unity,
then we have no right to be called
trade unionists.”

The amendment to refer back to
Local 101 was lost 47 votes to 62,
and tht executive’s recommendation
of non-concurrence overruled after
a standing vote had been taken.

The resolution will now be for—
warded to the 54th Convention of
the Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada and will have the backing
of the whole trades council, with
the exception of Birt Showler, who
wished to be put on record as defi-
nitely opposed to such a policy.

“We shall have one of our own
delegates at the congress,” he
claimed, “and he will be instructed
to vote against the resolution.”

Jobless Volunteer
To Fight Blaze

POWELL RIVER, B.C. Aug. 18.
—Despite low wages paid by fores-
try officials, offers of assistance
were not lacking from local unem-
ployed when a fire, started in the
vicinity of Lund, spread over an
area of six or seven square miles
and destroyed quantities of fire-
wood and shingle-bolts, besides en-
dangering settlers’ homes.

Residents in this district feel that
the money collected from royalties
on the sale of shingle-bolts, fire-
wood and any saleable timber
might have been spent for reforest-
ation and fire prevention.

Powell River

time Workers anticipate
membership.
Shingle-bolt and firewood cutters

unemployed, are

of the coast.

Survey Planned

POWELL RIVER, Aug. 18-—As
a result of an organizational meet-
ing held hert last week, the recent-

ly-formed Unemployed and Part-
a large

married men on relief and single
co-operating to
make a complete survey of condi-
tions among workers in this part

oist Manager On Cit

City Big Business
Behind Intensive
Plebiscite Driv

: Determined efforts are being made to foist
city manager on Vancouver to serve the interest}
of the bondholders and of big business in the cit;
which, all too frequently, escapes the crushi
burden of taxation placed on the home-owner ani

the small businessman.

received considerable publicity

to force the council to conduct a
plebiscite on the question when the
civic elections are held in Decem-
ber and Capt. W. J. Conway, secre-
tary of Vancouver Council-Manager
Association, announced this week
that the association would tale the
field against unpledged candidates
unless the council agreed to foster
the plan.

Conway expressed confidence
that, if the council agreed to can-
duct the plebiscite, his association
could raise betwen $15,000 and
$20,000 “to put over the idea.”

When the association’s petition
for submission of the question to a
plebiscite was presented at the city
council this week a check revealed
that a majority of the signatures
were not those of city voters.

Ald. J. W. Cornett contended that
the petition was faulty because it
had not been taken under the Muni-_
cipal Manager Act.

This Act requires the city coun-
eil to submit a city manager bylaw
if requested by 5 percent of quali-
fied electors te de so. Under the
terms of the Act, however, the city
manager has none of the power
vested in the council, and this is
not the kind of city manager the
sponsors of the campaign want.

Im city council this week, Ald.
John Bennett stated:

“Wo communications have been
received on this question from re-
sponsible organizations, such as the
Federated Ratepayers, Vancouver
Trades and Labor Council and the
Board of Trade.”’

Ald. H. DeGraves thought a spe-
cial meeting should be called to
allow full expression of views.
LABOR OPPOSED

The matter was also raised by
Alex Fordyce in the trades council
meeting this week.

“This council has gone on
record as being definitely opposed
to such 2 plan,’ he said, “and
we should have a representative
at the meeting when the city man-
ager is discussed.”

me. W. King, representing the In-
ternational Union of Operating En-
gineers, urged the council to obtain
full data from other cities in order
to combat the plan.

He claimed that im every
city where a manager had been
installed trade unionism had been
_ Suppressed.

Fordyce was appointed by Presi-
dent A: E&. Jamieson to attend the
meeting of the civic finance com-
mittee when the plan is discussed
as representative from the trades
council.

Ask New Trials

On recommendation of its execu-
tive, the trades council Tuesday
unanimously passed a resolution
presented by the International
Woodworkers of America protest-
ing unfairness of recent Blubber
Bay trials and urging new trials.

Phe city manager plan has been advocated for a longs tim
by the Vancouver Sun and during the past few weeks it h;

launched by Vancouver Council-Manager Association.
For many months, however,

Pressure is being brought to bear®

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through the petition campaig :

an insidious campaign to

Labor Raps.
City Parking
Meter Plan

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Vancouver Trades and Lah
Council went on record Tuesdgj
night as opposed to the installs
tion of parking meters in the ©
of Vancouver, despite considera
dissension among the delegates:

“Tt is unfair te impose more tax
tion on Vancouver citizens,” state
Tom Holland, Typographical Unie
“Parking at five cents a time is]!
pretty expensive business, and eva —
though Woolworth did make a for
tune from a five and ten cent ae

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the city council should not try
| follow his example.”

Birt Showler, Teamsters Union
favored meters, while the delegs
from the Taxidrivers Union c
plained that it was impossible ig
taxis to set down their passengem
within reasonable distance @
stores. They were frequently forces
to drive around the block ‘whill -
waiting for a passenger to pay 4
eall, he said. +

Delegate Pete Munro, Local 104 :
Street Railwaymen’s Union, sus
gested that parking spaces, thre —
or four storeys high, should & -
built instead of installing parking
meters. - 4

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An amendment to the motion i
ferring the question to locals fol
consideration was lost by 31 vole
to 40, and delegates voted to sens
a letter of protest to the city coum
cil on the proposed installation, ~

Obtain Aid For
Starving Family

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Eefforts of Vancouver Mothers
Council and the BC Federation @&
Employment were successful in ob
taining assistance from the chu
welfare department for Mrs. ve
insky and her family of sevel
children, who have for some tii
existed on a diet of pincbonice a
potatoes, as stated in last weeks
Advocate.

Taken to the hospital last wees
by a member of the Workers’ AF
liance, Mrs. Levinsky was told
come back on August 23 when SHE
would be given treatment. No sug
gestion, however, was made as @
how she and the children were @
exist until that time. ;

Asked if she thought starvation
for another thirteen days would

improve Mrs. Levinsky’s health, the

nurse produced a fifty-cent mil

ticket.

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