“March 31, 1939 THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Page Five Modish Distinguished . j McLeod Tailor : Surts Made on Premises 657 Granville Si. | New Age | Book Shop 50a HAST HASTINGS STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. Beoks — Periodicals — Stationery ‘MANS HOPE—By Andre Malraux Price $2.50. >| An epic novel of the Civil War in Spain. Here is fascism on the march, implacable and ruthless. This book is shot through with scenes of nearly unbearable viol- ence and chilling excitement. It combines vivid journalistic obser vation with extraordinary imazgin- "ative flights. As a novel it is the > best that has come out of the Spanish Civil War. 6 . cHILD WOBHERS IN AMERICA —By Hatharine Du Pre Lumpkin. Price $2.50. ’ This volume is an intensely inter- _ esting document dealing with a major social problem in the United . States, mdustrial child labor. ® PAMPHLETS of the Month A BEPLY TO GEORGE McCUrL- LAGH — By Alderman Stewart Smith of Toronto. Price 2c. ne ie | A clearcut exposure of the aims " of Mr. G McCullogh, editor of the ' Toronto Globe and Mail, mouth- ) piece of bie business, and advocate » of a brutal fascist dictatorship in - Canada. A BEPLY TO SIR EDWARD a BEATTY—By Thomas Sims, Ed- : itor of the Daily Clarion. Price 2c. > Bisures and facts about the pro- posed amalgamation of the Ca- nadian railway system. It reveals it as the biggest swindle in the history of Canada, amounting to billions of dollars. THE STORY OF TIM BUCH’S PARTY—By Leslie Morris. 5c. ) The Communist Party since it was founded. Rfost inspiring to those participatine in the building of the Democratic Front. LENDING LIBRARY Agents for the LABOR MONTHLY 5 and the WORLD NEWS & VIEWS — Call in and Look Over our Stock PATRONS, Piease Note! — Start 2 ing Mond2y, March 27, our store will be open from 9 A.-M. to 3 P.M. only. On the air: LABOR NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Presented by AL PARKIN Sponsored by the People’s : Advocate 3» cooperation | with Dr. R. | Liewellyn Douglas Douglas TUESDAY and 3 FRIDAY 5:45 P.M. over CKMO ‘Mac-Pap Bulletins By JEAN CAMERON Sec’y, Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion ORKERS in the Mac-Pap offices are busy laying Plans this week for a renewed campaign to raise funds through- out the province, since even with the splendid support received during the past few weeks fol- lowing the return of the largest group of veterans, our present funds will not -earry us much further. In addition, we received word this week from our Toronto office that there are 80 Canadians still being held in Eranco’s prisons. This is a much larger number than was at first believed, but the news is good in one way since it means that many of those Mac- Pap fighters thought to be killed will now be returning. ) TEUVUTENANT JOR KELLY _ returned this week from a teur of the Interior where he met with enthusiastic response. Min- ing camps are beginning to take an active interest in our work and within the next few weeks we expect some large contribu- tions from all over the province. Both Zeballos and Britannia have sent in collections with more expected. And the Roving Reporter of the woodworkers paper keeps ac- tive and has given us consider- able assistance. Se HE work of our committee in supplying speakers for af fairs would be greatly assisted if organizations planning affairs would notify the office in time so that suitable advertising could be sent out At times it is difficult te guarantee speakers when they are requested at the last minute. e RIENDS in Masset, BC, de serve a hearty vote of thanks for the collection taken up these recently. A total of $17 was sent in and more has been promised, which is good work. Goming Events — This Friday night at 8 pm three one-act plays will be staged at the Maple Hall, 47th Avenue and Fraser. Try to turn out to this event as the plays will be really worth seeing. DONATIONS Donations to the Mac-Pap fund from organizations for the past two weeks are: East End Youth Committee, $20; International Club, $5; Jewelry Workers’ Union, $2.85; Women’s ULETA, Beaconsfield, ’5 cents; ULEFTA, Shere Committee, $6.75; Project 19, Vedder Crossing, $2.40; Shaw- nigan Lake Project, $7; Project 4, $10.46; Project 104A, $5; Ab- botsftord Committee, $18.66; Bur- naby meeting, 78 cents; House Party, $11; Langley Prairie meetings, $7; P. Cordoni, Lang- ley social, $5; Kardash Tickets, $5.65; Left Book Club, $2.25; Joe Kelly meetings, $80; Massett, BC, $17; Board of Trade, Westview, BC, $6.25; Capitol Hill branch, 25 cents; Zeballos collection, $10.50; Women’s Labor League, $1.50; Surrey Workers and Far- mers, $2; Langley prairie CP, $2; Little Mountain CP, $3.10; Point Grey CP, $1; Center Section CP, $2.35. Individual contributors of $1 each are: R. McAdam, M. Savy- age, Dorothy Steeves, R. Law, EB. Timmins and Dan. Barker. Dr. R. Liewellyn Douglas, $10; BH. Anderson, $10; J. Prederick- son, Sointula, $6; New Age Book- shop, $5; and W. Sherry, Miss M P., Jack Patterson and James Gunn, each $2. Machado, Murderer Of Cuban People, Dead MIAMT BEACH, Florida —Death removed one of the mostb rutal dictators in history this week in the person of Gerardo Machado, 67, ex-dictator of Cuba. He died on the operating table while under an anaesthetic for removal of a2 tumor. Machado fled from Cuba after the people rose in revoit against his bloody and tyrannical rule and found refuge in Montreal for sev- eral years, later moving back here, still an exile. Labor leaders, socialists and Communists were continually heunded and thrown into Morro Gastle in Havana harbor, one of the oldest fortresses in the Amer- icas, under his regime, where many of them were tortured to death or turned free permanent cripples. CCF Prepares For Federal Elections With three CCE mominees al- ready in the field for the federal elections, two nominating conyven- tions are slated for next month in Vancouver ridings. Grant MacNeil, sitting member for North Vancouver, is held as 2 sure choice when that riding nom- inates on Sunday. Arnold Web- ster appears as the choice of Van- couver Burrard when the CCF holds its nominating convention on April 19. Webster lost out by six votes to Gerry McGeer in 1935- Mrs. Margaret McNab was ac- claimed as the nominee for Kam- loops at a convention held there Saturday. Other CCE nominees in the field are William Irvine for Gariboo and Ronald Grantham for Nanaimo. Boxing, Wrestling ‘Pro-Rec Feature With entries to date totalling 60 fishters, the Provincial Recreational Centers’ closed boxing and wrestling tournament, to be held March 31 and April 1 in the Pro-Ree Athletic Club, has taken on the aspects of a major sporting event. Out-of- town entries have already been received from the Upper Fraser Valley Centers, Port Haney and other Centers in the Lower Fraser Valley. Keen competition is guaranteed in every division and with @2 minimum of 30 bouts already lined up, it may be necessary to run off some of them on the after- noon of Saturday, April 1, in addi- tion to the Friday and Saturday evening cards. The Provincial Weightlifting Championships held at the Pro-Rec Athletic Club on Saturday, March 25, saw practcally every Provincial record broken. Brom the opening performance of Bill Young in the 132-Ib. class to the final spectacular lifting of heavyweight Stan Morley, the meet was a succession of record smashing events. Comparative figures prove that we have in Vancouver some of the best Canadian weightlifters who have ever taken part in open com- petition. In the light heavyweight class, Russell Llewendon of Yan Horne PR.C. by breaking the Provincial record by a total of 68 Ibs, lifted 8 lbs. more than the first Canadian lifter in this class could raise at the last Canadian Weightlifting Championships held in Toronto on September 3, 1938. Stan Morley in the heavyweight division also tied the record of the best Canadian heavyweight at the Canadian meet for the two hand snatch when he lifted 215 lbs. TORONTO, Ont.—Attorney-Gen- eral Gordon Gonant announced this week that no evidence had come to him from any source, including provincial police investigation, of any illegality in operation of Sun- day schools which, it had been rep- resented to him, were sponsored by Communists. He added that many people misundersteod the law re- garding sedition and blasphemy. In Vancouver News Of The City in Brief A social in aid of the Woman's Bulletin will be held at 2561 Cam- bridge Street, Saturday, April 1, at 8 pm. A welcome awaits you. A community amateur evening will be held in Clinton Hall, 2606 Bast Pender Street, Sunday, April 2at8pm. Persons wishing to par- ticipate may get further informa- tion by communicating with Harry Bird at 2962 Venables Street or phone High. 5496-R. Workers Alliance will hold a pub- lic meeting on Powell Street grounds, Monday, April 3, at 1:30 pm to hear the report of its dele- gation to the Social Service Com- mittee. Vancouver Mothers’ Council meets every Tuesday in O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer Street, at 2 pm. Three one-act plays will be pre- sented at Maple Hall, Forty-sev-— enth and FE'raser, tonight (Friday) at 8 pm in aid of the Mac-Paps. A. EF. Black, BA, president of the League for Peace and Democracy, will speak on, “Does Canada need a Leadership League?” at 130 West Fasting s Street, Sunday at 3 p.m. Labor College Prize Winners Announces In Draw TORONTO, Ont.—Four British Columbians were winners in the Labor College Association dance drawing held here last week. A Piling, Vancouver, won a bicycle, while Henry Luis, Quesnel; J. Newham, Victoria, and W. Antifave, Bloedel, each won a $5 prize. The 1939 Dodge car was won by B. Homer, Sudbury, Ontario; refrigerators were won by FEF. Pir- ko, Cookesville, Qntario, and R. S. Hivans, Edmonton, Alberta. Fourth, fifth and sixth prizes, consisting of radios, were won by WM Benczalski, St. Catharines, On- tario; R. Madelin, Regina, Sask., and Mrs. H. Travis, Winnipeg, Man. The six bicycles were won by. S. Vigod, Toronto; Charles Gray- son, Windsor; lL. M. Purcell, Hali- fax; J. WPaakunen, Beardmore, Ont.; Dave Jandrick, Winnipeg. The following persons won $5 prizes: A. Ostapchuk, Sydney, NS.; L. Moore, Worth Sydney, N.S.; L. Durbinsky, Glace Bay, NS; L. Sydney, Toronto, Ont.; Elaine Henderson, Toronto,. Ont.; Julia Kowerko, Toronto, Ont.; W. Bush, Mimico, Ont; B. Bassel, Toronto, Ont; G. Charuk, Hamilton, Ont.; J. Mocyk, Fort William, Ont H Lalonde, Hurket, Ont.; W. H. Robinson, Mulvihill, Man.; N. Ma- sica, Winnipes, Man.; John Iskiws, Winnipeg, Man; J. CC. McCoy, Toomis, Sask.; C. A. Harris, Or- miston, Sask.; O. McNevin, Scout hake, Sask. Prank Balogh, Milk River, Alta; M. Kotyk, Edmonton, Alta.; I Wie— lechovitch, Cadomin, Alta. Employment Down, Relief Rolls Increase VICTORIA, March 30—Curtail- ment of employment throughout BC was one of the leading factors in the sharp rise in relief rolis which, during February, increased by more than 3000 over the preced- ing month. This shows a gain of nearly 7000 over the figures of February, 1938. In February there were 74,234 persons in receipt of direct relief as against 71,837 in January. Heads of families on relief in February numbered 16,948 as against 16,067 in January, an increase of 881. Dependents swelled the lists by over 2,500. In January there were 44,575 as compared to 47,095 in Bebruary and an increase of 4676 over the corresponding month of last year. island mines are mainly to blame for the increase as No. i mine in Wanaimo closed down throwing 306 men out of work, while Cum- berland contributed 150 men and other small mines laid off 120 miners. ¥ OTTAWA, Ont—T Mr. William Wright wants to play sugar daddy to a political gigolo, that’s his own affair,” John Gordon Ross, MP (Lib., Moose Jaw) told the radio committee of the House this week in reply to a recent editorial in the Globe and Mail, which attacked him for claiming George McCullagh was a “front man” for $100,000,000. and Continued LIBEL joining our union showed majority in favor. B. B. Sifton.” Hivans immediately visited the offices of the Times in company with Colin Cameron and told the editor he was giving them the op- portunity of displaying the correc- tion in a prominent position. Observers here interpret the Times’ action as another weak at- tempt to discredit the CIO in its drive to unionize Trail, and pointed to this and other frequent news dis— tortions as emphasizing the need for developing a strong labor press. Success of the union campaign in Trail was further shown this week oy strong rumors circulating here that Blaylock, through several company stooges, is now planning bo establish an “independent” union and wipe out the Cooperative Committee. USSR Population 170,126,000 MOSCOW, USSR.— According to preliminary data announced by the state planning commission of the USSR as a result of the All-Union census of population conducted January 17, the population of the USSR numbers 170,126,000. The final Gata of the census, with divisions according to republics, re— gions, districts and large cities, will be announced on April 19. SPECIAL! While You Wait... 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In his apinion the only pos—- sbile source was the USSR, but now that must be ruled out com-§ pletely since the smashing of thef bloc of Rights and Trotskyists. ~(2) Central and southeastern Hurepe must be completely “neut— ralized” and the United States must be driven into “rabid isolation” by Nazi propaganda inside and out- side the country, branding Roose- velt and his supporters as “war- makers.” (3)) EFranco’s army must be en- tirely reorganized and rearmed. Prance’s task, should war break out, has ben defined by Pierre Got, former air minister, as follows: “To act as cover for the democratic coalition which will go into action against the aggressors.” The Nazis realize that too, and that is why they are doing every- thing in their power to prevent that “army of democratic coali- tion” from coming into existence. Hitler's big weapon is still, of course, the policy of “appeasement” and Munich. it is the policy which even now is bringing France to the point where she is being forced to sur- render her colonies, to make con- cession after concession, until she is reduced to the point where Hitler is able to carry out his final—and not far distant—plan of attacking the republic as forecast in Mein Kampf. Whether Mainichism succeeds in this and precipitates a world con- flict rests, after all, with the labor and democratic people’s movement generally. That is the only possible answer. BURNABY PLANS MAY DAY FLOAT SOUTH BURNABY, BC, March 30.—The nucleus of a May Day committee was established last Sunday in the Jubilee Labor Hall by delegates from Jubilee and Elighland Park CCF clubs and the South Burnaby Section of the GCom- munist party. Initial plans of the committee are to enter a float in the Van- couver May Day parade which will portray working class solidarity as expressed in the South Burnaby committee. Circulars containing a brief history of May Day and its Significance and stressing the need for unity will be distributed to the residents. The committee also plans te hold a public meeting in the Jub- ilee Labor Hall and another in East Burnaby if it can be ar- ranged. Other organizations will be invited to join in and broaden out the present committee. Delegates were elected to attend the May Day conference in Van- couver Wednesday night Unload Aggressor Guns Aim Of Embargo Meet Vancouver. A feature of the conference will. be the appearance of Miss Loh Tsei, China’s “Joan of Arc,” who, besides attending the sessions, will also hold a public meeting in the Ivric Theatre on Sunday, April 23 at 3 pm. Proceeds of the meeting will be sent to the new Interna- tional WHospital in Worth China, headed by Dr. Norman Bethune, famed Canadian surgeon. Prominent among those to attend the conference will be Howard Costigan, executive secretary of the Coordination of peace forces in the Pacific Northwest and | Aiberta with a view to unloading the guns of the aggressor na- tions will be the theme of the Pacific Northwest Embargo and Boycott Conference when it convenes on April 22 and 23 in >Washington Commonwealth Fed- eration, Joseph H. Hope, Chinese Waticonal Salvation Bureau, and Rev. E. Atleberg, Presbyterian Chureh, Seattle. Organizations sponsoring the conference are, American Commit- tee for Non-Participation in Japan- ese Aggression, American Friends of China, WCF, and all Embargo Councils in BC. Mrs. James Gray, president of the Vancouver Embargo Council, 445 GORE AVE. SEymour 0308 Hotel East DONOVAN Typewriters CASH REGISTERS, All Makes ADDING MACHINES Terms if Desired 608 W. 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