Page Six ADVOCATE Bennett Volunteers Return From Spain Repatriated to Canada under the general repatriation scheme the Spanish Government is putting into S Union Hits At Towboat Operators Discrimination Against Members of the Inland Boatmen’s Union Is Charged SEAMEN REVOLT Pressure by the boss loggers association, acting in conjunc- tion with the Shipping Federa- tion, upon five larse towing companies operating on the coast is held responsible by of- ficials of the Inland Boatmen’s Union here for discrimination against union members. Interviewing executives of Pres- ton-Mann Towing company this week, union representatives were told: i “Tf men want to work for us, they can’t be members of the union. We don’t care what union the men belong to, so long as it is not the Imland Boatmen’s Union.”’ : Union officials have attempted to utilize the Labor Conciliation and Arbitration Act in unsuccessful efforts to obtain agreements, -but the towing companies maintain that seamen are not covered by effect for foreign volunteers, the above group of Canadians, most of them having served for the past two years in the Spanish Republic Mackenzie-Papineau or Lincoln battalions, returned to Canada recently. They are, front row, left to right: Joseph Laurin, of Torento; Harvey, of Vancouver, and John Heitaanranta, ef Toronto. Standing: Walter Woodman, ef Fort William; David dohn Gilstrap, of Vancouver; Sam Stefanuk, of Toronto; Lloyd Evans, of Regina; James Wilson, of Edmonton, and James Bayden, WVinnipeg. Communists Urge Probe F. A. Ovenford Heads Okanagan Committee ENDERBY, BC, Aug. 25.—At- tended by delegates representing all points in this fruit-growing dis- trict, a conference held here last Sunday elected F. A. Oxenford secretary-organizer of the newly- established Okanagan Valley com- mittee of the Communist party. Present at the conference were Fergus McKean, provincial secre- tary of the Communist party, Les- lie Morris, western organizer, and Jack Gillbanks, of the lumber- workers’ section of the party, who will remain in the Okanagan for a week. Plans for increasing the strength and efficiency of the party in this district were discussed by dele- gates, all of whom endorsed the proposal that the Communist party should cooperate with the CCF and other groups in demanding a full investigation of charges made by Godfrey Isaacs. The Communist party’s stand on fruit marketing will be the subject of a radio broadcast to be made from Kelowna towara the end of mext month. Form Co-Op POWELL RIVER, BC, August 295A consumer cooperative store is being organized here and is re- ceiving the support of hundreds of mill employees who are feeling the strain of short time employment. PARIS CAFE Saves You Money... This Weeks Breakfast Special: Little Pig Sausage and 2 Eggs Fried Calfs Liver and 2 Egs Toast, Potatoes, Coffee 438 WY. Pender St., Vancouver Pacific Bedding Co. “Have a Better Sleep!”’ Rebuild your old mattress and get more comfort! 530 West 8th Ave. Fair. 1096 HASTINGS. BAKERY High. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 4068 East Hastings Street 1769 Commercial Drive CS Quality Products at Moderate Prices We Deliver to Hast End and Grandview Homes ‘‘Thrifty Housewives Shop at Hastings Bakery!’’ 100 % IZED UNION Ubyssey ment to approximately 2000. President lL. S. Kilinck stated, “The board's decision regarding fees and limitation remains un- changed.” As a result of the increase in fees, it is estimated, between three and four hundred students will be prevented from aitending for fin- ancial reasons. Garson McGuire, head of the Alma Mater Society, told the press this week: ‘The board’s decision means that “university training will be limited to wealthy students—and the last thing we want is a rich man’s col- lege.”’ Overcrowding on the campus 1ast year, he said, did not justify limita- tion of enrolment and increase in fees. A meeting of students Tuesday condemned the governors’ decision as “not acceptable and unsatisfac- tory.” Atkinson Opposed Unity Resolution Due to a reportorial error, marks concerning the trade union unity resolution made by R. Atkin- son at last week's trades and labor ounces were wrongfully attributed to Birt Showler. Tt was Atkinson, president of the Truckdrivers’ union, who asked to be placed on record as oppos- ine the resolution, and not Showler, who is secretary of that union, al- though not the union’s delegate to the council. re- SEPTEMBER ist. . . Spain. 7 ounces of Tobacce. é Papineau ROGRi 435 Reject Governors’ Stand on New Fees Despite a wide protest campaign at the beginning of the year against hisher fees, governors of the University of British Co- lumbia this week flatly refused to reconsider their decision of last January to increase all fees $25 and restrict future enrol- Private parcels accepted for this bulk shipment to Maximum weight 2 pounds. Send Youx Donations to: F riends of the Mackenzie- 615 WEST HASTINGS Students Continued Jobless one with being in possession of an offensive weapon to the common danger, punishable by terms up to five years in the penitentiary.. The defence committee intends, at the advice of Adam Smith Jobnson, counsel for the boys, to have jury trials for all the charged men, and is endeavoring to collect funds to cover expenses of the trials. A dance is being held at the Town Fiall September 15, proceeds from which will go to the defence fund. Donations should be sent to Room 44, 615 West Hastings Street. Fisherman Aids Spain Volunteers RIVERS INLET, BC, Aug. 25.— Fishing boat with the largest catch, known as the “high boat,” was this season owned by Lawrie Wilmunon, who announced that instead of buy- ing the usual “bottle” he was go- ing to donate $10 to Canadian yvol- unteers in Spain through Mrs. Aili Malm, secretary, Sointula Friends of the Mac-Pap Battalion. Single unemployed boys touring the province in search of work sent in $10 from Penticton and $8.33 from Vernon. No more than Battalion STREET NEW Wi Only Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union ETHOD SHOE 337 Carrall St. the Act, that they will lose their contracts if they employ members of the TBU and that employees holding TBU cards will be fired im- mediately. -Reply of union officials is that if shoreside workers and ferry boat employees are covered by the Act, there is no reason why its provi- sions cannot cover tugboat em- ployees also. : CREW MEMBERS FIRED Pat Driscoll, I8BU official, this week cited the Kingsley Navigation company as discriminating against employees. Himself a member of the Mer- chant Service Guild, association eoverine deck officers, Chief Officer Stratton of the Kingsley WNaviga- tion’s ss Rosebank refuses to allow union officials aboard the vessel to interview the men. The crew, forced to join the Can- adian Association of Seamep formed during the 1935 waterfront strike by the Shipping Federation, has revolted and many members have refused to pay their dues. Two have been fired by the com- pany, with threats that other dis- missals will follow refusal to ac- cede to company demands. E. D. Kingsley of Kingsley Wavi- gation company is president of Pacific Lime company, whose Blup- per Bay employees have been on strike for several weeks despite police terrorism and intimidation. 4 DAYS ONLY AUG. 31, SEPT. 1, 2,3 MIDNIGHT SEOW, SUN., AUG. 28, 12:01 A.M. The flesh and blood story of Czar Peter the Great, warrior. lover, emperor, and of the captured serv- ant girl who rose to share the Russian throne as Catherine. Sensationly pro- duced ... tremen- dously acted ...- superbly directed. —Toronto Daily Star / FIRST PRIZE, PARIS, 19537. AMABIMN@© Pre~ent— RUSSIAN DIALOGUE s Manager Pla 'Bondholders Holding | Lower Interest Rate As Bait Voicing his unyielding opposition to any at tempts to foist a city manager on Vancouver, Ak John Bennett, at a special meeting of the finance committee Tuesday, declared the plan ‘‘un-demoa cratic and un-British.’’ ‘Neither the trades and labor council, representing the bac bone of the city, the board of trade nor the Federated Ratepayer has asked us for a city manager, and until they do, weve ni need to worry. I-intend to fight this plan from its very incep tion, he stated. If evidence were required that the campaign to mstal bondholders, it was proved in the assertion make by W. =f Barrett-Lennard, representing Vancouver Council-Manager the city’s debt, would be willing to consider acceptance of lower interest rate. Return to the ward system was¢ advocated by Capt. J. W. Conway, secretary, Vancouver Council-Man- ager Association, as a means of averting political control. Ald. Bennett immediately point— ed out that elections in England, eontinually referred to by associa— tion spokesmen for instances of the plan in operation, were all run along political lines. For the same reason Captain Conway recommended a council of 48 aldermen because “lobby- ing “and pestering minorities would have no chance” with such a large body. ? Wohile the city manager under the plan would receive anywhere from $12,000 to $25,000 a year, aldermen would receive no remun- eration, thus hampering labor and progressive candidates standing for office. A point brought out was that the city Manager, as proposed, would have no control over police, school and park expenditures, approxi- mating $9,500,000, but only over the balance of the citys revenue now controlled by the city council, ap- proximately $4,500.000- Charges were made by aldermen that signatures on the petition presented by Vancouver Council- Manager Association were obtained under false pretences through small boys who solicited from door-to-door and received a prize for the largest number collected. ven the notice above the peti- tion was a2 mis-statement, accord- ing to Ald. Helena Gutteridge. Tt read “Sign the petition for city manager and lower taxes,’ yet the association’s spokesmen admitted that a city manager would not be able to lower taxes without some agreement with bondholders. For Pla Royal City, | Coquitlam Sa ipert ope ia ho ———- Ask Loans COQUITLAM, BC, Aug. quitilam Council this week decide to apply under the Municipal Im sent water system. a: a. ' NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, Aug 25.—iIt is expected here that the © city council will authorize applies eation for a loan under the Muni Cost, it is estimated, will be around $15,000. 4 Drafted by Ald. J. W. Cornett, Soviet Russia’ s Mightiest Film Triumph! chairman of the fnance committee and City Comptroller Frank Jon an alternative plan, to be dis- eussed at a further meeting of the council, was presented. 4 gal This alternative plan proposed “to place the administration of the’ city’s affairs definitely in the hands of the three senior officials, citz comptroller, city engineer and cor poration counsel.” i Under its provisions, these three officials would be charsed with. control of all civic departments at present under the council's con- trol, all standing committees would be abolished and the council would meet every Monday to hear reports from the committee of three. 3 } “One of the finest films ever made.” —W. Dieterle, di- rector of “Zola. 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