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THE PEHEOPLE’S

ADVOCATE

September 16, i938

Women Support Bay Strikers

Council Of Women
Brands Actions Of
Company Illegal

Branding refusal of the Pacific Lime Company to reinstate

blacklisted union employees as

“un-Canadian and illegal,” Van-

couver Local Council of Women at its meeting Monday adopted
a resolution presented by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Interna-
tional Woodworkers Union urging Labor Minister George Pear-
son to submit the strike at Blubber Bay to immediate arbitration.

The council also took a stand on
the question of hours and waxzes
for domestics, recommending to
Labor Minister Pearson establish-
ment of a 60-hour week for do-
mestics living in, with a wage
scale of $12 to $15 monthly for
inexperienced girls, $20 to $25
monthly for experienced. A rider
was added that the council intend-
ed to press for a 40-hour week.

Wage scale of 25 to 35 cents an
hour and an 8-hour day for day
workers was also recommended.

“Amendments to the Cinema Act
were proposed by Mrs. GC. A. W.
Whitehead who suggested that the
present set-up of a chief censor
and assistants be changed to a
eensorship board with equal re—
sponsibility.

Jewelry Union
Starts Drive

Campaigns to Organize
Industry In Vancouver

By GORDON FARRINGTON

The International Jewelry Work-
ers Union this week launched an
intensive campaign in the city to
organize workers in the press
metal industry, including platers,
engravers, metal and celluloid but—
ton workers. The organizational
drive is being conducted in close
cooperation with the organizing
committee of Vancouver Trades
and Labor Council.

A committee under the chair-
manship of President C. VY. Smith
has planned the campaign, to in-
elude shop and public meetings.
home interviews and publication of
leaflets.

Highlight will be the meeting to
be held in WNo. 2 hall at Labor
headquarters, Beatty street, on
Sunday, Sept. 25. This meeting,
open to all workers in the jewelry
industry and watchmakers, retail-
ers and employers, will be ad-
dressed by delegates to the quar-
terly session of the union’s North-
west Council, which will meet in
the Hotel Georgia here around this
time. =

Among those from Vancouver
attending the council meeting will
be G V. Smith, Roy Hawkins, W.
Craven, W. Richardson and Gor-
don Farrington.

Following the meeting a dinner
at the Hotel Georgia will be ten-
dered American delegates.

Shepherd Appeals
For Bay Strikers

SOUTH WESTMINSTER, BC,
Sept. 15—An appeal for vegetables
and fruit for picketing employees
of the Pacific Lime Company at
Blubber Bay was made by Len
Shepherd, MLA (CCF, Delta),
when he and Colin Cameron, MLA
(GGF, Comox), addressed a well
here on Monday night.

Shepherd stated that he would
personally deliver the produce to
the strike committee in Vancouver.

A collection of $5.25 was taken
at the meeting, held under aus-
pices of South Westminster CCF
Club.

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Anti-Union Sheet

Trotskyists
Distribute
Labor Truth

NELSON, Sept. 15—(Special)
—A definite linkup between
labor-hating employers’ organiza-—
tions and the Trotskyist organi-
zation in YWamncouver was estab—
lished here this weel.

Copies of Labor Truth, notor-
ious organ of the Shipping
Federation and other big busi-
hess interests in BC, were distri-
buted free in large numbers by
A. “Qne-Armed’”’ Ferguson and
other Wancouver Trotskyists at
Trail and Kimberley.

The current issue of Labor
Truth carries a slanderous at-
tack on the Communist party,
the Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers’ International Union
and Arthur Fvans, Western Can-
ada organized for the union,
whose successful organizational
campaign among hard-rock min-
ers is alarming the powerful
mining corporations.

Ferguson for some years has
been a member of Stanley Park
CGE Club, but officials at CCE
headquarters Thursday said they
did not know if he still retained
his membership in the CCE.

it was stated that investigation
would be made in view the fact
that Ferguson’s anti-union ac-
tions were in direct violation of
the new CCF trade union policy
as adopted at the recent Kam-
loops convention.

Union Wages On
Housing Projects

Assurance has been given Van-
couver Building Trades Council
that all housing projects under-
taken by the civic housing commit-
tee in its new scheme for low
rental houses will pay the trade
union wage of 90 cents an hour re-
cognised by the Dominion govern-
ment in all housing projects.

William Page, secretary, Build-
ing Trades Council, stated he had
approached Ald. Helena Gutteridge,
chairman of the civic housing com-—
mittee, and said she had agreed to
see the ruling was carried out.

Special Session

Possibility that a special session
of the Exchequer Court may be
held to deal with the Steve Brodie
fiat for damages against the gov-
ernment for injuries received dur-
ing eviction of single unemployed
from the post office on June 19,
was suggested by E. A. Lucas,
counsel for Brodie, Wednesday.

Declaring that he was ready to
go ahead with the case as soon as
a Vancouver lawyer had been ap-
pointed for crown counsel, Lucas
stated that the fiat had been grant-
ed too late for inclusion of the
present session of the court.

City To Halt Dumping

Health Officer

Declares

Flats Menace To Health

Reports from Dr. J. W. McIntosh, senior medical health of-
ficer, Inspector J. F. C. B. Vance and the provincial board of

health, showing False Creek flat
were presented to city council
Water samples taken from the
area showed a “very high degree
of contamination” and “the pres-
ence of animal and vegetable mat-
ter also heavy sewage pollution.”
“As people have access to the
whole of Faise Creek area, at-
tention is called to the fact that
the top of the box drain on CNR
property, about 250 feet east of

GNR passenger platform has col-
lapsed,” the report continues,
“leaving a dangerous condition
and very offensive odors.”

Charging that city scavenging
department used the area as a
dump, Ald. Harry DeGraves de-
clared that the city must devise a
“more sanitary 2nd scientific meth-
od of disposing of garbage than

s to be a definite health menace,
Monday.

cost a little money, but it will be

cheaper than an epidemic,” he
said.
Recommendations from the

health board for erection of a
fence, prohibition of dumping in
the area, a police guard at night
and creation of a free civic dump
were agreed upon by aldermen.
Enforcement of the recommenda-
tions will be left in the hands of
the city comptroller, city engineer

and Dr. McIntosh.
Aldermen refused to visit the
flats despite Ald. DeGraves’ re-

peated requests.

“One of the aldermen came with
me last week,’ he said, “and was

dumping it in False Creek. “It may

amazed at what he saw.”

Spanish Delegates

Senor Lombana y Foncea, Dr. Manuel Pastoriza, Miss Teresa Pamis
and Senor Manuel Azcarate (left to right above) are touring North
America rallying support for the feod ship which will sail for loyalist

Spain late this month.

Manuel Azcarate, son of the Spanish envey to England, Dr. Pastoriza,
twice secretary of state for Spain, and Miss Constance Kyle, director
of ten homes for war orphans in Spain, will speak at a meeting in the
Empress Theatre here next Thursday, September 22, at 3 p.m. Six
volunteers who recently returned to BC after service in the Mackenize-
Papineau Battalion, will also speak at this meeting, to be held under
joint auspices of the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy, the
Youth Committee te Aid Spanish Orphans, and the Friends of the

Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion.

The Sudeten Germans are not
demanding independence as op-
pressed peoples demand it. The
Sudeten fascists want to weaker

and then destroy the democratic
republic which has already grant-
ed them more autonomy and a
greater measure of freedom and
opportunity than any other capital-
ist country in the world has grant—
ed a minority.

It cam be conceded readily that
no capitalist country gives as much
consideration to its national min-
orities as they should receive, and
Gzechoslovakia is no exception.
But the Sudeten fascist leader,
Henlein, the agent of Hitler, made
use of demands for more conces-
sions only as a means of creating
strife and preparing for the ab-
sorption of all Czechoslovakia by
his master.

The desire of Czechoslovakia for
peace was shown by its action on
the eight demands put forward by

Fascist Demands Insatiable

British Tories Try

To Avert Defeat
For Hitler Regime

Hitler through HMenlein. All were
granted by” Prague with the ex-
ception of one and that one would
mean, if granted, that the republic
would in part renounce its sover-—
eignty and place the Sudeten sec-

tion of the population virtually
under the control of Hitler.
Furthermore, Hitler and Henlein
had the impudence to demand the
breaking of the mutual assistance

pact entered into by Czechoslo-
vakia, the Soviet Union and
France, the ome thing that held

him in check and either prevented
a war or assured the defeat of
Hitler if he started one.

That resistance to the aggressors
and not the treacherous Chamber-

lain’s policy of “appeasement,”
which covers support of fascist
aggression, promotes peace was

shown by the backdown of Japan
jn Siberia before the determina-
tion of the Soviet Union to fight
in defence of its territory-

The “talking point” of Chamber-
lain and pro-fascist Cliveden set of
which he is a part has been that
granting concession after conces-
sion to the fascist aggressors
would appease them and prevent
war. The history of recent years,
however, shows that the fascist
appetite is insatiable, that yielding
to their demands only teads from
smaller to greater wars and will
culminate in a world-engulfing
war.

Giving a free hand to Japan in
Manchuria in 1931 led to Italy's
war in Abyssinia, to the more than
two years’ slaughter of the Spanish
people, and to the attack by Japan
on Central and Western China.

Similarly, Hitler's unresisted an-
nexation of the Saar led to his mili-
tarisation of the Rhineland, his
invasion of Spain, his swallowing
of Austria, and his latest attempt

Chamberlain’s Real Mission

to dismember and absorb Czecho-
slovakia. z

With Hitler too, not appease-
ment, but a readiness to fight halt-
ed his aggression, proved effective.
Qn May 21, he suffered his first
major defeat, when, ready and
fully intending to invade Czecho-
slovakia, the declared readiness of
Gzechoslovakia to defend its ter-
ritory and the prompt declaration
of France and the Soviet Union
to come to its assistance if at-
tacked, made Hitler back down ig-
nominously.

Stripped naked diplomatically
and politically, Chamberlain was
compelled, at a late date, also to
declare that Britain could not keep
out of a war in Burope if Hitler
invaded Czechoslovakia. But Hitler
was stopped in his tricks without
Chamberlain’s assistance.

After Hitler’s defeat of May 21,
Chamberlain, Halifax, Simon and
Hoare, the pro-fascist Big Four of
the British cabinet, sent Runciman
to Czechoslovakia to do the Tory
dirty work in support of Hitler. He
went there uninvited by the Prague
government and was an affront.

The game was for Hitler to make
a show of force by mobilising more
than a million soldiers, thus cre-
ating a war scare, while simultan-
eously Runciman was encourap—
ing the Sudeten Nazis and putting
pressure on the Prague sovern=
ment to concede the demands of
Hitler—the whole diabolical busi-
ness being represented to the
world as efforts toward peace.

Frustrated, Hitler made his Nur-
embers speech. He spoke as 2
man who was suffering from the
effects of a humiliating set-back,
put knowing he had 4 friend in
Chamberlain, who was not only
putting pressure on Prague but
also on France, he was insulting
and defiant, inviting Henlein and
the Sudeten Nazis to begin dis-
orders and terrorism in order to
furnish him a pretext to move in to
fellow Germans in the Sudeten dis-
“preserve order” and “‘protect”’ his
tricts.

The British government is aim-
ing at forcing Czechoslovakia to
concede all of MHitler’s demands,
and prevent France from coming
to the aid of Czechoslovakia. If
France, under British pressure, de-
elares that if Czechoslovakia re-
fuses to concede Hitler’s demands
and Hitler attacks, it will not have
French support, then Prague will
have to surrender or suffer defeat
if it fights alone.

To bring this situation about is
the game of Chamberlain. And his
mission to Hitler is to tell him not
¢o rush everything by marching on
Czechoslovakia, but to restrain
himself and obtain what he wants
by the Chamberlain method of
trickery, deception, double-dealing,
threats against Czechoslovakia and
pressure on France, so that Czecho-
slovakia will be isolated and aban-

doned by France and have to
yield. 3
Were the Sudeten districts to

pass down the gullet of the Wazi
boa constrictor the rest of Gzecho-
slovakia would soon disappear.
This is known by the Soviet Union
and that is why it served notice
on Prague to grant no more con-

Back Fro

Crippled Veteran,
‘Would Go Again’

m Spain,

day night from Spain.

News Review
Highlights
Of Events
This Week

MONDAY—Hitler in Nuremberge
address declares Nazi Germany
is prepared to “liberate’’ Czechs.
British cabinet meets in special
session. Anthony Eden warns of
danger in making concessions to
blackmailing dictators, says Bri-
tain will be found at HErance’s
side ‘“whatever the consequences”
if Germany invades Czechoslova-
kia. French cabinet considers
general mobilization. Troops
peur into Maginot line. Czech
government invokes martial law
as Nazi provecators continue to
ferment disorders Sudeten
areas.

in

TUESDA Y—Henilein, Sudeten Nazi
leader issues six-hour ultimatum
to Czech government demand-
ing revocation of martial law in
Sudeten district. Czech govern-
ment rejects ultimatum, offers to
withdraw order if Sudetens will
publish proclamation
internal order. Proposal ignored
by Henlein. Six thousand Sude-
tén Wazis crash Czech-German
border, 500 crossing into Ger-
many. All negotiations between
Czech government and Sudetens
broken off. British cabinet con-
fers with army and navy heads.
Rome urges plebiscite as Musso-
lini voices Hitler’s demands.

assuring

WEDNESDAY—Czech government
moves troops to border as Nazi
Sudeten

provocations continue
Refugees from ter-
rorism flee from
Sudeten areas. Two
thousand Sudetens
armed with ma-
chine guns and
rifles battle Czech
police and troops
at Haberspirk
France prepares to
mobilize 2,000,060
more men, bring-—
ing the number of
3 troops under arms
: to 4,000,000. EHiitler
CG. R. AtleeSUMMoONS Nazi
leaders to meeting.

British cabinet in emergency ses-
sion. King George returning to
London from Scotland. Major
Glement Attlee, Labor party lead-
er, calls executive meeting of
Labor party for Friday. Rome,
again voicing Hitler's demands,
states separation of Sudeten
areas from Czech state “only
means of preventing war.” Tokyo
formally backs Nazi stand.
Prime Minister Daladier report
ed to be willing for peace “at any
price.” Chamberlain announces
he intends to fly to Germany to
meet Hitler at Berchtesgeden on
Thursday, either to buy Hitler
off or to arrange sellout of

faj.

By JACK WILSON
Exploits of sheer courage in the Spanish People’s Army were
recalled by two wounded BC veterans on their return Wednes-

“The Mac-Paps are the best fighting outht in Spain,”
elared Kris Kristiansen, 41-year-old carpenter and former lieu-
Ss Penine in

de-

the Tom Mooney ma-
chine-sun company of-the Abra-
ham Lincoln Battalion.

Kristiansen, who saw four years
service in the British navy during
the Great War, stated the struggle
then was more equal. This was
borne out by Marcus Haldane who
cited the dislodging of 300 fascists
from a ridge at Caspe on the Ebro
front. Ninety Internationals, some
without rifles, and Haldane armed
only with two concussion bombs
and a box of ammunition, equipped
themselves with captured weapons.

After this engagement Haldane
suffered the loss of his left leg
when a bursting shell killed two
of his gun crew. Bob Turner of
Extension, BC, was, said Haldane,
“as brave 2 soldier and officer as
I ever hope to meet.”

Haldane remarked he would
gladly give his other leg to crush
fascism after he saw fascist planes
bomb and machine gun unarmed
women and children in cities.

"We were soldiers and expected
this, but not war on women and
children,” he said.

Tazzaman
Returning

Another BC volunteer, Arthur
Tazzaman, is now on his way back
to Vancouver .after 18 months’
service in the Washington Bat-
talion in Spain, according to advice
received this week by Jack Chivers,
provincial organizer for the
Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau
Battalion.

Tazzaman was wounded on the
Brunete front a year ago and has
been in a Spanish hospital ever
since.

He is a member of the CCF in
East Vancouver riding and a mem-
ber of the Electrical Workers’
Union here-

Fascist Film .

Shown Here

Sponsored by Fascist-
Dominated Veterans

Ttalian fascists in Vancouver
came out into the open last Sun-—
day when “Casta Diva,” a film pro-
duced in italy, was shown to spe-
Cially invited Italians at the Col-
onial Theatre.

Wewsreels shown depicted Mus-
solini in propagandistic postures.
Fiascists in the audience cheered
and clapped. Others were notice-
ably silent.

The picture was Shown under the
auspices of the Ex-Combattente,
Italian veterans organization here.

Its president is Gregorio Fuoco,
lknown Italian faScist and a mem-—
ber of the Italian fascist party
here.

Says Ottawa Cold

WASHINGTON, DC., Sept. 15.—
Secretary Ickes of the Interior De
partment said today many diffi-
culties, including a possible lack
of interest by the Canadian govern-—
ment, were delaying plans for a
highway between the United States

Czechoslovakia, or both.

and Alaska.

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Stages Demonstration

from the Workers’ Alliance.

Accompanied by approximately
150 unemployed men, the delega-
tion marched from Powell street
grounds, where a mass meeting
had been held, to the city hall, and
was met there by a force of nearly
80 policemen. City hall doors and
windows were immediately locked
and barred.

The men sat patiently on the
grass outside the city ball until
their representatives, R- Lealess,
secretary, BC Federation on Unem-—

ployment, L. Sleigh, president,
Workers’ Alliance, and H. Abe
Smith, interviewed Acting Mayor

Ald. BT Kirk, Ald. Ee i Corey
and Ald. Fred Crone. :
Expressing sympathy with the

men, the aldermen declared they
were unable to do anything
them.

for

eessions to Hitler.

The delepation stated the Work-

Workers’ Alliance Asks |
Minimum Work Scheme

A minimum of ten days’ work a month, with an additional
day for each dependent, until inauguration of a federal works
program and a fifty percent increase relief allowance for all un-
employables was urged at the city hall Monday by a delegation

ers’ Alliance intended to take a
vote among its members to apply
to Labor Minister G. S. Pearson
for an arbitration board to go into
the question of wages and condi-
tions among men now engaged on
city “‘work tests.”

Ald. H. T. Kirk later instructed
Gity Engineer Charles Brakenridge
to ascertain if relief workers on
civic unemployment projects took
part in the parade.

A resolution from Mayor G CG:
Miller previously passed by the
eity council prohibited such demon-
strations, and Ald. Kirk stated that
mien absenting themselves from
the projects should be penalized
despite the statement of Dr. EA.
Gleveland under whose jurisdiction
several of the projects are, that
this procedure is in accordance
with general practice.

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