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_ THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE

VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1938

TED SHOPA
ACQUITTED

Ted Shopa. youngest of the six
Single unemployed arrested on
June 19 following eviction of job-
less from the post office and art
Ssallery, was acquitted last Friday
On a charge of beins in possession
of an offensive weapon to the
commen danger.

Crown counsel A. E. Branca
charsed that Shopa was running
and carrying part of a hoe handle
when he was arrested.

Declaring that he had been badly
gassed by the bombs thrown by
90lice in -the post office, Shopa
tated he did not know what he
ras doing.

He stated that he had received
njuries to eye and shoulder during
he eviction.

Shopa, who recently obtained
werk with a tugboat company,
has lest his job because of pub-
licity given to the trial ‘

Counsel for the six arrested un-
mployed boys is Adam Smith
Chnston, prominent city barrister.

peck United Action

WINDSOR, ONT, OCT. 6—Labor
rsanizations here are endeavor-
is tO unite their efforts in a bid
or return of labor candidates in
ae coOmins civic elections:

Friends Issues Statement |

Volunteers’ Rehabilitation
Costs $4,997, Report Shows

TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 6.— (Special) —One hundred and eight
Canadian volunteers in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion have
been invalided home from Spain, while another 48 are now in
France awaiting transportation back to Canada, a report issued
here this week by Jack Taylor, national secretary of the Friends
of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, shows.

Sixty-one volunteers have re-
turned since July 1 and 25 are now
receiving a weekly allowance of
$6 from the organization, the re-
port states.

Cost of rehabilitatine veterans to
date has been $4,997, railway fares
accounting for $1,569.45, srants and
allowances for $1,466 and medicine
and bandages for $156.20. Other
Sums have expended for clothing
and necessities.

The report states that all return-
ing volunteers are given a thorough
medical examination. If rest or
treatment is required, the volun-
teers are given a weekly allowances
of $6. If fit, they receive $25 in
four weekly payments.

Thus far, 121 volunteers have

been medically examined, 45 de-
clared to be in need of prolonged

medical care, 18 requiring opera-
tions and hospitalization. Eighteen
2 Tay examinations have also been
made.

Taylor says in his report that at
least three of the returned yolun-
teers will need expensive artificial
limbs.

The present income of the organ-
ization is entirely inadequate to
meet the heavy expenses in the
coming period, Taylor adds, ap-
pealing for greater support.

The Medical Committee of the
Friends consists of 20 doctors in
Teronto, several in Montreal, two
in Winnipes and two in Vancouver,
all of whom donate their services.
The committee also has one SSray
specialist and a number of drug—
gists who supply medicine and sup-
plies at cost.

LEAGUE RAPS
RADIO BANS

Failure of the Canadian govern-
ment to take a firm stand for “in-
ternational morality, peace and de-
mocracy’’ was condemned by the
Greater Vancouver Council of the
Canadian League for Peace and
Democracy at its meeting last Fri-
day.

Resolutions passed by the coun-
cil demanded an immediate em-
barzo on shipments of war ma-
terials to Japan, italy and Ger-—
many and called for an extension
of the boycott of fascist foods.

The council also urged “Domin-
ion, provincial and municipal au-
thorities to investizate and curb
the activities of Japanese, German
end Ttalian organizations and
agents undermining democracy in
Canada.”

Protest was voiced that local
radio stations discriminated
against antifascist speakers
while showing “evident favor to
Pro-faseist advocates. and propa-
Sandists” and a resolution: to this
effect was sent to the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation.

Date for the league’s provincial
convention was set for Nov. 9 and
Plans outlined for Peace Week,
Woy. 7-13, in which the league will
play a prominent part.

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For Assault

Four Ribs

Blubber Bay Striker
Tells Story

To Court;
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Hospital for treatment.

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Labor Support
Project For
Flats Urged
By Barton —

f After listening to an eloquent
Plea from Dr. A. F. Barton, pres-
ident of the Hederated Ratepayers,
for cooperation on the False Creek
clearance project, delegates to
Vancouver Trades and Labor Coun-_
cil on Tuesday reiterated their
Stand in favor of the project.

“All attempts to get this matter

dealt with have been met with the
excuse, ‘We have no money,” de-
elared Dr. Barton.
“Yet if there had been a war
last week, as all of us expected,
Millions of dollars would have
been found to kill people. Why
cannot seme of this money be used
for making better conditions for
people to live in ?”

Stating that there was an open
sewer, 2145 blocks long, and sey-
eral feet wide, giving the flats
“the most unpleasant odor I have
ever had the misfortune to en-
counter,” Dr. Barton emphasizea
the danger of a serious epidemic
if the flats were not cleared.

“There are 28,000 people in that
Gistrict, directly affected by the
conditions there,’ he said,” and it
would cost considerably more to
deal with the epidemic which could
easily arise than it would to clear
the flats.”

Stating that he did not believe
that the proposed project should be
done- by relief labor, Dr. Barton
said he could not agree with the

r and it is developing very seri-

ously for the accused,” commented Magistrate C. L.. Fillmore in
District Court last Monday when he committed Provincial Police
Constable Andrew Williamson for trial on a charge of assault
occasioning grievious bodily harm, despite the plea of William-
son’s counsel for a summary trial.

The charge was laid by Robert Gardiner, 42, striking em-

at Blubber Bay, beaten so badly

on September 17 that he had to be removed to Powell River

> John Stanton, counsel for the

International Woodworkers’
Union, is charginse Provincial
Police Sergeant Sutherland with
being an accessory to the attack

upon Gardiner. A fiat is being

sought to bring action for dam-
3ges against the Crown.

At the preliminary hearing last
Monday Gardiner stated in evi-
dence that while he had done some
picket duty, he was not a picket
on Sept. 17 when the affray tool
Place on the dock at Blubber Bay.

“After the trouble,’ said Gar-
diner, “Constables MacDonald and
McLean came to my house and ar-
rested me. I was taken to a house
used as police headquarters and
Placed in a room with three other
prisoners. We were playing a game
of crib when Constable Williamson
called me out to speak to me.

“He took me through a passagu
into a bedroom and there he
knocked me down and kicked me
twice on the right side.

““Picking up a club,
‘Lm going to kill you’.”’

Gardiner told the court, “There
were two empty whiskey bottles
on the floor of the room where he
was beaten up by Williamson.’’

FOUR RIBS FRACTURED.

The report of Dr. J. A. Murison,
who attended Gardiner at Powell
River, listed four fractured ribs
and a number of abrasions and
bruises. This report was submitted
as an exhibit at the trial.

Sergeant Sutherland, in charge
of the detachment at Blubber Bay
was just outside the house during
the attack rushed in and prevented
Williamson from further assault—
ing Gardiner, later telling him, “If
I had been present, you wouldn’t
have got beaten up.”

Constable Williamson will come
up on Saturday, Oct. 8, when court

he said,

idea of “a man having to work five
Gays a week just to pay his taxes.”

“We should put some of our
unemployed men te work and
give them a chance to earn a de-
cent. living,” he asserted.
Pointing out that the city this
year must find $4,500,000 in interest
to the Bank of Montreal, Dr. Bar-
ton remarked, “Surely human lives
are more sacred than coupon clip-
ping bonds.”

of trial will be determined.

Popuiarity Of
Roosevelt Grows

' NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—The latest
survey taken by the magazine For—
tune on President Roosevelt’s per-
sonal popularity reveals that 65.3
of the American people favor the
president.

Fortune commented that Presi-

“I ask the full cooperation of
this council to assist in bringins
a better chance of living for men
and women of this city,’ he con-
cluded.

dent Roosevelt’s popularity was
four percent sreater than it was
in the period immediately before
the 1936 election.

Social Legislation Issue

Return Of New Zealand
Labor Government Seen

aries are making a bitter attack

Prime Minister Michael Savage.

At the last elections the Labor
party captured 53 of the 80 seats
in the House of Representatives,
defeating the reactionary Conser-
vative-Liberal coalition led by ex-
Prime Minister J. G Coates and Cc.
W. Forbes, who are today the chief
lieutenants of Adam Hamilton. The
Wationalists obtained 20 seats and
Independents 7.

Im most of the 68 constituencies
a straight fight between Labor and
the Wationalists is being waged.

PURE FOOD

Kelly Doug]

Vancouver

Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, New Wetminster,
Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton

WELLINGTON, NZ, Oct. 6.—Pinning their hopes on the Na-
tionalist party led by Adam Hamilton, New Zealand reaction-

on the social legislation passed

during the last three years by the Labor government.

With election day ?Oct. 15) only nine days off, all indications
point to a return of the Labor government of Australian-born

Labor and the Nationalists have
nominated 136 candidates, while 40
candidates are running under other
banners.

The Labor government is cam-
paigning largely on its domestic re-
form policy, citing reduction in un-
employment, introduction of the
40-hour week, establishment of 4
minimum wage scale, stabilized
prices in agricultural products and
increased relief.

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