IN TWO SECTIONS Section One were. eerarerecnocernns SPECIAL TWELVE-PAGE EI FOR PEACE, PROGRESS AND DEMOCRACY ITION — x ““—BC-—1858 To 1933’ Miagazine Section FULL No. 205. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938 == © 5 Cents NON-PART TWELVE FACING PRISON Convictions against four Blubber Bay pickets on unlaw- ful assembly charges brought in by an Assize Court jury on Monday wrote finish to trials of 15 strikers, while two other men, Herman Shaak and Wal- ter Leibich, were acquitted on eharges of rioting and unlawful assembly arising out of the fracas mear the Pacific Lime company’s plant at Blubber Bay, September 17. Altogether fifteen men have been charged with rioting and unlawful assembly, three of this number being acquitted since the trials Started. a month ago. The twelve men were remanded at conclusion of their trial to the end of assizes which is expected this week. Convicted on rioting and unlawful assembly charges are: Ronald Mac- Donald, Jack Hole, Joseph Jacobs and Edward Stewart, while Robert Gardiner, Grant Empey, Roy Aber " erombie, Peter Bergman, D. Rac Side, George Cope, Joe Eng and iim Chung were found guilty on unlawful assembly counts. The last four were convicted Monday. Pickets and their witmesses have Steutly emaaintaineg ail during the trials that the fracas was premedi- tated by police and sirikebreakers. TPhey reiterated the testimony that police had driven strikers into am- bush where they were stoned by Stabs wearing white armbands. Threats by police that ‘there would be a showdown” that night were heard in court. in his charge to the jury, how- ever, in each case Justice Murphy ruled that evidence of events lead- ing up to the actual fracas, and of events following, was irrelevant; all that could interest the jury was that there was a disturbance and that the accused was part of it. Attorney-General Wismer and George S. Pearson were interviewed ever the weekend by John Stanton, jocal lawyer, and Colin Cameron, CGF member for Comox, strong protesis being laid with the attor- ney-reneral over the trials. Relief for those who have not been able to get back their jobs was taken up with the cabinet members and promises received for them that the matter would be dealt with by the departments concerned. VICTORIA, BC, Dec. 15—Credit Union Act, considered one of the most progressive pieces of legisla- tion passed this year, will be im- plemented when regulations which > Scores Export Of BC Logs Young Liberals Want Japan Sales Tax S ISAN Hi Electors Decisively Reject Spencer and Manager Plan As a result, Dr. Special to the Advocate DUNCAN, BC, Dec. i5—Charg- ing that Vancouver Island for- ests have been Systematically de— Pleted over the last few years to Provide a supply of cheap raw material to the Manufacturine in- terests of Japan, Allan Cham- bers, president of the Vancouver island 20th Century Young Lib- erals’ Council called for a sub- Stantial export duty on all raw legs being shipped to Japan ata meeting here. im a carefully prepared state— faent later issued to the press, Chambers declared that export logs are cut from selected stands only under high pressure methods “made possible in the main by Japanese interests operatine in this province.” “Were it solely a question of the export of surplus raw logs tO any purchaser from abroad buying on the open market,” the Statement continued, “it would be difficult to raise objection on commercial grounds. “A perusal of the official fig- ures, however, leaves little doubt on that score. Over the past three and one-half years (934 37) a total of 253,000,000 million feet of raw logs have been shipped to Japan at an average cost of $9.44 per 1000 feet for No. i logs. The average price in BC during the same period has been approximately $19 per thousand, or justi twice as much.” The report estimates that if BC mills had been able to pur-— chase this quarter billion feet at the Same price, 3,650 additional men could have been given Steady employment in the indus- try last year. “There has not been a substan- tial loss on the logs at the price at which they were sold at,” Chambers said, “but loss of em- ployment, loss of revenue to the provincial and federal treasuries, and the loss of what could have been saved the taxpayers by the Saving of relief monies, would also have been a considerable sum.”’ The recommendation Young Liberals’ Council federal government is that a bond be placed on all logs shipped, sufficient to cover the export tax, which would only be returned when the logs are re- ported to have been manufac- tured other than in Japan; and in this way to tax logs whether shipped directly or indirectly to Japan. Revenue from this source would be segregated frcm other revenues by the federal govern- ment and then turned over to the of the to the i Z r At are under consideration by the 5 1 ee : 2 rovincial sgovernmen : Ree eRe a eis purpose of reforestation. rafited. Single Jobless Win fenance of Clothing After a short but intensive campuen, {eerure’ oy a ees : I tions to the authorities, = ef protest meetings and delega : ith 1c nee unemployed were successful this week in obtaining a clothing issue for several hundred of their number. oe: Recognition of their demands did , pected to pay for them when y net materialize, however, until last Priday, when officials of the Single Unemployed Protective Association headed a demonstration to the re- jief office on Homer street. A brief interview with relief officials was Ollowed by an agreement to begin ssuing clothing the beginning of His week. An important issue for several weeks, the demand for adequate Nothing had become sharper with ipproach of colder weather z Majority of the men had received 16 ©elothing allowance since last pring. : Some objection has been ex with messed this week, however, he methods used in issuing the al- owance. : ; The men maintain they are given nly a bare minimum, and are ex- Yare sent out to forestry projects. | In addition, uniformity and style | of the clothing |much criticism. : ‘the authorities are handing out |elothes contracted for from firms which have not been able to sell the goods over the counter due to inferiority of style and fit. : Meantime officials of the Relief Project Workers’ Union report con- tinued strengthening of organiza— i i he camps. eee Enea particularly to the heartening response given by for- /estry project workers to raising 2 ‘fund for comforts and tobacco to send to tincanners imprisoned in Oakalla. | A sum of $150 has already been 1 ‘raised for tobacco $50 of this from _the Otter Point camp alone. issued is Causing | The men believe | campaigns in civic history. | New Mayor DR. LYLE TELFORD MAY RELEASE TINCANNERS VICTORIA, BC, Dec. 15.—Rep- Sentations made to Attorney-Gen- eral Wismer by Citizens’ Defense Committee and other labor froups for the release of 108 unemployed men by Xmas may meet with suc- cess, it was learned by the Advyo- cate. The minister of justice at Ottawa is being requested by the provincial Attorney-General to agree to the release of the men since all persons Sentenced come under the federal minister's jurisdiction. The men were sentenced to terms ef four and six months for tin- canning on Vancouver streets after relief authorities refused to grant relief to unemployed after a sum- mers hectic activities to get as- sistance or work. A strike at Oakalla a few weeks 2g0 was successful when the men won better food and treatment. This may have been a deciding fac- ter in squashing the provincial government’s threat to open Squam- ish Camp as a ‘common jail’ When released the men will be taken care of either through direct relief or in forestry project camps. New Discussions Gn Health Bill VICTORIA, BC, Dec. 15—Defin- ite plans are shaping here for the introduction possibly at the next session of the legislature of a health insurance scheme for Bri- tish Columbia. Dr. G M. Weir, sponsor of the Health Insurance Act which met with sharp opposition on the part | of the medical profession, has pro- | posed commencement of confer— ences shortly to bring in a bill suit- | apie to the public and the medical profession. | Meanwhile BE. H. Bridgeman, de- | puty minister of municipalities, will proceed to the prairie provinces and gather data on heaith insur-— ance schemes in operation there. While it is admitted there are difficulties in the way of including the rural areas in a feneral health insurance plan, still it is felt that material collected wili assist in for- mation of a health scheme. Vancouver citizens went to the as new mayor of the city, victor in a six jority over his nearest opponent, the present incumbent. Final standings gave the CCF member a vote of 17 istered poll of 42,372, and a plurality Colonel Spencer trailed far behind with a vote of As opposed to the sweeping vic-| tory of Dr. Telford, however, the progressive voters failed, despite a strong bid, to’ elect other candi- dates of the ©CE and Labor-Pro- Sressive slate. Only ex-Alderman Hurry, CCE Candidate, came close to election, losing out to Ald. Fred Crone by an even 200 votes. Other CCF candidates were con- siderably behind for all positions contested. Dr. A. F. Barton, Labor-Progres- sive Mayoralty contestant, trailed fifth in the field with 778 votes; Charles Stewart, aldermanic can- didate, with 3,842; while Mrs. Effie Jones polled a total of 8,991 votes for school board, an excellent show— ing. Summarizing the effect of Wed- nesday’s poll labor and progres— Sive people could point--with satis— faction to a number of excellent re- sults. Election of Dr. Telford, recoz- nized as the CCE standard-bearer though running as an independent was interpreted as a major setbaci for the policies of the Non-Partisan Association. Election of other as- sociation candidates was explained mainly by the unusually wide and expensive Campaign conducted, a handicap to CCF and LaborPro- Sressives. Gutstandinge was the rejection 5004, over 40 of 2154 votes over Mayor Miller, who was given 14,859. 8,388, despite one of the most expensive of all City Manager plan candi- dates. Electors ieit no doubt as to how they regarded the man- ager plan by accordme: oniy a minority vote te such candidates. Equally decisive was the defeat of Col. Nelson Spencer, bU’s lead- ing partner of Japanese tascism. His connection with Japanese exploitation ef BC timber and mines became a major issue in the campaign aided to a great ex- tent by the frequen: exposures of his Japanese connections ec2r- ried by tue Peopie’s Advocate. Observers attributed the appar- ent contradiction of an overwhelmn- ing, vote for Dr. Telford and a comparatively smaller vote for other CCF and progressive candi-— Gates to the disorganization exist- ing in the ranks of working and middle class electors, combined with the extent of the campaign Staged by the winning candidates. Only attempt to bring direction to labor and progressive forces Came early in the campaign when the Labor-Progressive slate ap- proached the CCF on a proposal for a joint program.’ in addition, the strongest Single voting force in the city, that of the trade unions, was completely disorganized. Slowness of certain sections of the trade union movement to rec- ognize the importance and neces- Sity of Participating in municipal affairs on a labor program badly weakened the drive to defeat the IWNon-Pantisan Association, observers declared. Royal City Elects Labor Candidates NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, Dee. 15. — Three labor-supported candi- dates were swept into civic office on a popular vote today. Alderman William T. Cook was re-elected with a vote of 2561 and his running mate, William Matthew | was elected with 1476. Mayor Fred. J. Hume was = | | turned by nearly a two-to-one ma- jority over his opponent, A J. Courtenay. Other candidates elected were | Ald. Mott and Aid. Trapp. | Phe Quecensvore school bytaw | was approved. : a polls Wednesday in near record numbers, turned thumbs down on Mayor G. C. Miller, standard-bearer of the Non-Partisan Association, and decisively rejected the mayoralty bid of one of the city’s leading reactionaries, Col. Nelson Spencer. Lyle Telford, CCF-MILA for Vancouver East, was today being acclaimed -cornered fight which saw him roll up a convincing ma- per cent of the total reg- Labor Presents Program Trades Congress Leaders Urge 30-Hour Week OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 15—Of- ficials of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada presented their annual legislative proposals to the federal cabinet today alone with two other delesations representing the railway brother- hoods and the Gatholic unions. The Congress brief, which coyv— ered many labor problems, made reference to a resolution passed at the Niagara Falls convention Jast September urging the federal eevernment call parliament to State Canada’s stand on the Czechoslovakia crisis. Premier King, in company with ten cabinet ministers, questioned the resolution Stating the gsov- ernment “had better knowledge of the situation than the eritics had.’’ Main points put forward in the Congress’ brief were: A 30-hour week particularly on government projects, slum clearance and a home building Program, amend- ent of the Criminal Gode to al- low peaceful Picketing during in- dustrial disputes and penalize employers who denied workers the right to organize. The brief pledged defense of mational unity and opposed any movement of reaction which Sought to weaken that unity. This was unquesticnabiy aimed at Pre- Mier Mitche)l Hepburn of On- tario and Premier Maurice Du- Plessis of Quebec. Other points stressed by the deputation included Opposition to lowering of relief Standards; a national unemployment insur- (Continued on page 8) See LABOR PRESENTS | the TEN BOYCOTT SWEEPS COUNTRY Boycott of German, Italian and Japanese manufactured goods was sweeping Canada and United States this week as reports reached here of new new protest actions which in- dicate the movement may de- velop to a point where both provincial and federal govern- ments will be foreed to take a stand relative to embargoes against aggressor nations. At Vancouver YMCA headquart- ers Monday night, an embargo council was formed from amone the representatives of more than 25 organizations. “More good can be done Dy peace ful picketing at this time than by passing resolutions for the next three years,” declared Mrs, J. Stu- art Jamieson, delegate from the Women’s International Leasue for Peace and Freedom. Her senti- ments were also expressed by a majority of the delesates. The meeting elected 2 committee to investigate a shipment of Scrap iron on Evans Coleman and ivans deck, reported recently in the Ad- vocate, where welders had refused to cut the iron and students had been. hired from the Liquid Air school to do the job. Qne million ‘names will be sought in a petition requesting the govermments to halt ship- ments of war materials to az- eressor nations and all BiLA’s will be questioned on their stand to such a move. The Meetin=s was sponsored by Women’s Christian Temper- ance Union, Mrs. Gray was named president, and John Stanton tem-_ porary secretary. Meanwhile at Wanaimo,picketin= of scrap iron continued under dir ection of the Citizens Committee. George LesStrange reports the iron is being moved under heavy guard | of provincial police, but hauling is proceeding slowly and under very difficult conditions. At Brantford, Ontario, boyeott of German goods by Canadian import ers was strongly advocated by W. Ross Macdonald, MP at a public meeting held to protest recent atro- cities against Jews and Catholics in Germany. A resolution was moved by Mayor RR. J. Waterous, seconded by the member for Brantford after a (Continued on page 8) See BOYCOTT Gov't Concedes Demand For North Shore Park VICTORIA, BC, Dec. 15.—Campaign of Holiyburn Ski Pro- motion Committee to have the provincial sovernment take over Hollyburn Ridge for park purposes and thus prevent it from being logged off, Asseltine, trade and minister, ordered a Survey of the entire Worth Shore for a provincial James Sinclair, the trade min- ister’s secretary, has been appoint ed to bring in a report of the project, which includes land be- longing to the provincial fovern- ment and the Worth ‘Vancouver District Municipality. Im this he as the cooperation of the lands de partment. The huge project extends trom Howe Sound to Seymour Creek ‘to back of the settled areas of the Worth Shore. Roads, ski trails and alpine hiking areas are planned by Asseltine’s department. This scheme Starting point is Said to be the of a far-reaching project which bids fair to become a huge public worlcs prosram, in- cluding a start on the Alaska High- Wey and extension of the North Shore highway up Howe Sound to Pari, eventually linking of road Garibaldi the last 13 miles from was rewarded this week when Hon W. ae commerce . Bridge River to Lillooet and fhus | providing a comprehensive scenic loop road system. Such a program, carried out in its entirety, will change Vancouver from a “dead ena” eity to a starting place to BC’s if and when hinterland and provide joebs for hundreds of idle men. Credit for initiating the cam- p2ien, which finally resuited in the fovernment complying with the popular demand of Vancouver pec- ple, is due to the Hollyburn Ski Club, which, alarmed at the move by the Heaps interests of California to log off Hollyburn Ridge and de- nude it of its natural beauty, or- Sanized all ski clubs and interested &roups into the Ski Promotion Com- mittee. Assisted by E. Rowe Hostliand, who helped the committees in drafi- ing the proposals and Settine over the legal aspects of the matter, the committee is more than pleasea with the results as announced by Asseltine’s department.