pril 14, 1939 THE PEOPLE S ADVOCATE Page Thres E f CITY REFUSES PUBLIC CONTROL OF MILK SALES Housewives’ League Point to Need For Protecting Consumer __ Vancouver Social Services _ Committee of City Council was | informed this week by Solicitor 4A. E. Lord that neither the city “nor any other organization /could legally challenge the ‘Mainland Dairy Products | Board regarding milk prices. 4 ‘The information was offered io aidermen in answer to requests /'from several women’s organiza- tions, headed by the Housewives’ League, urging Council to make }distribution of milk a public util-_ ity. Council members interpreted }Lord’s ruling as barrine any sug- igzestion that the city might exer- eise control over prices and distri- a5 bution. \ The guestion of public control of "milk distribution in Vancouver, plone urged by the Wousewives’ [League, was again raised at its vlast regular executive meeting, )which endorsed a resolution to be “placed before civic authorities "which was to be accompanied by a letter setting forward the -League’s proposals. _ Accepting this Iead, recent meet- ings of the Local Council of Women )and the Women’s New Era League » bave gone on record as favoring 2 similar scheme. The Housewives’ League takes > the Position that under the present setup of the Milk Board, with its costly apparatus and complete con- }tol over fluid milk distribution, ‘ithe danger exists of an increase in ) 2onsumers prices, accordings to the . League secretary, Mrs. EF. Norton. “We take the stand that since the milk industry is of such vital "maportance to the people of Van- s-ouver, there should be sreater ontrol over distribution vested in he hands of the consumer,” she ssaid. “With the milk board setup, we actually have less say in the )matter than before.” = The League secretary expressed )cleasure at the fact that other women’s organizations were besin- aing to see along similar lines. City Grants Veterans > ?ermit On Drawing Permission to hold a drawins »*or prizes not exceedine $50 was \2ranted the Friends of the Mac- xenzize-Papineanu Battalion by Act ne Mayor J. W. Gornett Wednes- Silay: A letter was air-mailed to Hon. Norman A. McLarty, Postmaster seneral, at Ottawa Thursday ask- ing permission to use the mails -@ sent out tickets, Miss Jean Cam- > :ron, secretory of the committee, --eports. © it is claimed that the drawing "would not be considered a lottery ‘& the prizes do not exceed $50 and ‘the proceeds are for a charitable sause. Boycott Japanese Goods! <) ——— IS OUR BETRAYAL NEXT? 4 section of the crowd which gathers daily before 10 Downing Street and anxiously scans the faces of passing cabinet ministers entering Chamberlain’s residence for discussion of the European crisis. invaders On Chinese Sweep Back Many Fronts Regular units of the Chinese army and partisan detachments have cleaned out the enemy from districts adjacent to Tsungewha, Hiwasian, Nanhao and Tsengshin- sien. Street fightine was taking Place in the latter city. Poklo, situated to the south of Canton, was also being attacked by Chinese troops who again dislodged the enemy from Sinhoy, South of Canton. After the occupation of Nan- chang the Japanese killed more than 2000 civilians who had not managed to evacuate from the town. Many of the civilians who Succeeded in escaping the mas-— Sacre joined the partisan detach- ments. : Partisan detachments oper- ting along the Juichane-Teian highway southwest of BMiukians have destroyed this highway in twe places, including the destruc- tien of 16 bridges, rendering the road completely useless. South- west of Hankow, Chinese forces have captured Matang and a number of other points. Anticipating a Japanese inva- sion into the southwestern part of Chekiang province, the Chinese command has given orders to close the ports of Ningpo and Chenhai. in Southern China, Chinese forces have taken the offensive on the Kiangmin-Sinhoi line south of Canton. As a result of persistent fighting, Chinese forces have re captured Maping, southwest of Canton, from the Japanese. Chinese planes bombed Japan- ese gunboats in a recent raid east of Kiansmin. More than 30 bombs were dropped on the gunboats, two of which were badly damaged. During the return flight the Chin- ese planes were attacked by 10 Jap- anese aircraft, one of which was brought down. Coast Longshoremen i\To Reopen Agreements SAN FRANCISCO, Calif—A proposal to reopen the Pacific Coast longshore contracts which expire on September 30 with ‘the aim of winning improvements in conditions for the men on the docks was made here by Harry Bridges in his report as f2resident to the convention of ERE SEIS Yaising the possibility of International Tongshoremen )Warehousemen’s Union | Bridges cited two factors that nae believed made reopening of the contract imperative. »' i He charged that durine= the "past 18 months the shipowners have taken advantage of inter- union jurisdictional friction on the waterfront to chisel on conditions shat “definitely we should fight to regain.” 2. “Business indices show a £en- sral upward trend,” he declared. ‘Official statistics show that the fongshoremen performed more work in i938 than in 1937, larger sonnmage moved across the docks, ‘5ut payrolis were many hundreds of thousands of dollars less than -H 1937, therefore entitling the ongshoremen to a wage increase.”’ | Pollowing the practise of previous years, Bridges recommended that the longshoremen move in con- unction with other maritime anions and urged the utilization of “all possible time and effort be- sween now and September 30 to and strengthen our unity with the Maritime unions without loss of principles.” . Meantime the WNationsl Maritime Bion ioined the Maritime Pedera- on of the Pacific in protesting Sainst the fovernmenit’s plan to Spen hiring halls on the West east. The Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, new AFI. seamen’s union. E possible disputes on this question. The various maritime unions have maintained their own hiring halls for the past several years. HOGAN'S ALLEY CLEAN-UP NEAR? Housing and sanitation condi- tions in Hogan’s Alley will be in- vestigated by the city health and building department, the social services committee ruled Monday. Chairman Ald. HL. Corey stated it would soon be necessary to take a stand and have some cabins de- molished. Ald. Helena Gutteridge, Civic housing chairman, warned that it would be futile to make a drive against cabins and shacqs until some arrangements could be made to house the tenants else where. Unhealthy and unsanitary con- ditions were prevalent in many waterfront shacks and until the ety takes advantage of the low- rental housing scheme as provided through the Dominion Housings Act any move to demolish these cabins would drive the occupants into tents, the housing chairman ar- gued. also joined the Federation in its BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOOGDS CHUNGKING, China.—Chinese troops were engaged this week in a sweeping counter-offensive along a 1300-mile front from Shansi province, north of the Yellow River, to the South China coast in the region of Canton. NAZIS WORK IN BOEING PLANT SEATTLE, Wash—A full inves- tigation of the activities of the German Bund members in the Boe- ing airplane plants here was asked of the Civil Aeronautics Authority by the Aeronautics Mechanics Union, Local 751, this week. The Boeing plant constructed the huge Stratoliner which crashed at Alder last month, killing eight high-ranking Boeing technicians and two representatives of a Dutch airline. The resolution declared that known members of the Bund, in- cluding one officer in the Nazi mil- itary organization, are employed at the Boeing plant and their activi- ties should be serutinized by virtue of the importance of the company in the US national defense pro- gram. Citing the un-American program of the Bund, the resolution called attention to the treasonable utter- ances made by Nazi spokesmen at a recent Madison Square Garden meeting in New York. The resolution was also referred to Thomas Hardin, vice-chairman of the Air Safety Board. Hardin said that wing tips and part of the tail of the Stratoliner fell off before the huge plane crashed. | Legalize Unions Is Greeted In House OTTAWA, Ont.—Penalizing of employers for interfering with the right of workers to join unions of their choice, one of the key demands of Canada’s organized labor movement for many years, appeared close to realization this week as Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice, announced his intention of inserting a clause to that effect into the Criminal Code. In taking this step, the Minister of Justice in effect adopted as a government measure CCF leader J. S. Woodsworth’s bill to amend the Criminal Gode making it an offense for employers to block the right of employees to organize. Woodsworth’s bill came on the floor of the House Tuesday and received strong support from both Liberal and Conservative members during a brief debate on its sec- ond reading. Angus MacInnis, CGF member for Vancouver Fast, Ross, Liberal member for Moose Jaw, both added their support to the proposed amendment, as did Hon. R. J. Manion, Conservative leader. Several members the Minister of Justice in accept- ing Woodsworth’s bill as a govern- ment measure. The CCF leader’s amendment is supported by unions and ‘Trades and Labor Councils throughout the nation and is made to apply to “any employer or his agent, who wrongfully and without lawful au- thority, refuses to employ or dis- misses from his employment any any person for the sole reason that such a person is a member of a lawful trade union or a lawful as- sociation or combination of work- men formed the purpose of advanc- ing’ in a lawful manner their in- terests and organized for their pro- tection in the regulation of wages and conditions of work.’ PLAN ERECTION [INDIAN SCHOOL PORT ALBERNI, BC, April 13— rection of a new Indian residen- tial school at a cost of $150,000 to replace the one destroyed by fire two years ago is expected to get underway soon, since the Ottawa Hfeuse brought down supplement-— ary estimates for its rebuilding. A new $18,000 postoffice is pro- vided for in the estimates and pro- wisions for repairs to the assembly wharf. The Indian Boarding School was operated by the United Church of Canada for the Dominion govern- ment with Rev. FE. E. Pitts as prin- cipal and it is assumed that the Same arrangements will be in ef- fect when the building is erected. Much eredit is due to A. W. Neill. Independent member for Comox- Alberni, who has consistently fought for measures which his con- stituents have deemed necessary. Hearst Loses Grip On Giant Newspaper Empire WM. RANDOLPH HEARST Elect Delegates To Embarzo Conference VICTORIA, April 13— Arrange- ments for an embargo fetition campaign for April 15 and 22 are nearing completion here. Managers of a number of local stores have agreed to display posters showing the effects of bombs. Delegates elected at the Victoria Embargo Council Tuesday night to attend the Pacific Northwest Em- bargo Conference in Vancouver April 22 and 23 were: Dr. D. M. Baillie, Joseph Howe Hope, Miss Ruth Kipling and Miss Lillian Cooper. > NEW YORK, NY.—William Randolph Hearst is no longer financial czar of his tottering publications empire. Hearst's dethronement was made public in a terse announce- ment at the offices of American Newspapers Inc., parent concern of the Hearst chain, stating that John St. Claire Brooks, Jr., had been named president to succeed Hearst. Brooks, a former secretary and general counsel for Koppers Com- pany, one of the major corpora- tions in the Mellon trust, is linked with International Paper and Tom Girdler’s Republic Steel Corpora- tion. informed sources expressed the opinion that Hearst himself would probably retain editorial control of the properties for the time being. The reason for this would be, first, that Hearst is one of the few people who understands the devi- ous ins and outs of the amazing financial colossus and could thus best hold it together, and second, that he serves the anti-New Deal interests of these corporations as well as anyone could. Hearsts rickety financial posi- tion has long been a well-known fact. It was emphasized when he closed several of his newspapers and instituted mass layoffs on others. His extreme difficulties came to light a few years ago when control of American Newspapers Inc., the parent corporation, was turned over to a voting trust headed by Clarence J. Schearn, with Hearst retaining the title of president. The recent action wiped Hearst’s name from the roster of the giant hold- ing companys directorate. NEW WESTMINSTER, April 13 —Surfacing of about 14 miles of the new ‘eace Arch Highway be- tween here and the United States border is expected to start in a few days, according to informa- tion received here this week. Road gangs have been working steadily on the new highway this year. and Gordon ! City Hall Highlights This Week congratulated | Ce Hall circles were busy dis- cussing this week the sched- uled by-election to fill the City Council vacancy caused by the death of Ald. Fred Crone. To date the only name to appear def-— initely as a candidate is that of ex-Mayor George CG. Miller, Non-Partisan Association mem- ber. Hx-Alderman R. P. Petti- piece, who was also said to be interested in running, has with- drawn in Miller’s favor and will Sign his nomination papers. One other candidate has been mentioned, ex-alderman Alfred Hurry, who will carry the CCE banner if chosen. Hurry was within 200-odd votes of election in last December’s contest. e USEINESS licenses for Orien- tals came to the forefront again this week in a letter from from the Retail Clerk’s Union asking that such licenses be can- celled since Oriental shop own- ers constituted a menace to wage and working conditions in stores. Ald. Wilson has indicated he will conduct a vigorous fight on the question again, specifically charg- ing that Japanese-owned busi- nesses were operated in unfair competition, adding that he doubted the loyalty of Japanese in the event of war: eo SUB-COMMITTEE of the Social Services Committee will shortly interview Hon. George S. Pearson in a new ef- fort to have relief shelter allow- ances increased. This issue has been urged on the Committee by a large number of civic organiza- tions and unemployed groups. e HE NEW Public Utilities Com- mission at Victoria ‘will be asked to compel the BC Electric te place all its power lines in back lanes, according to the Civie Utilities Commission. Ald. Corey broached the question, arguing that if it was found im- practicable to do this, power lines should be installed in con- duits. > SUBSCRIPTIONS IN PRESS DRIVE BIG OBJECTIVE Circulation Plus Sustaining Fund Is Stressed by Groups With many press drive com- mittees centering activities on obtaining subscriptions, drive totals to date of $347.12 includ- ing 177 subseriptions show that more subscriptions have been solicited than at the corres- ponding date in the October Press Drive, according to Drive Manager W. Ravenor. “But with this good showing it is still too early to hazard any Buesses as to the winner of the trophy, since there are 4 number of committees now struggling for leadership,” Ravenor declared. Leading the entire British Go- lumbia field is Grandview with 28 percent and right behind is Gum- berland with 25. Vancouver Gen- ter with 18 percent of their $550 pledge have a close Tival, with Worth Burnaby right on their heels with 17 percent, while Prince Rup- ert trails with a percentage of 12 to their credit. In Vancouver Center the trans- portation committee of trade union- ists has forged its way to the front leading all other sub-committees with 68 percent, turning in 25 sub- scriptions. Sidney Sheard’s Vancouver Gen- ter Committee is banking on a big social evening at 130 West Hast ings Street on Saturday, April 22. to put it in the lead of all other committees. , Hugh MacDougal, William Chureh of West End and Gharles Stewart and W. Bennett of Trans- portation have set the pace in Vancouver Center for all others to follow. They have an average of seven subscriptions each to ‘their eredit. The WNanaimo Committee in charge of Charles Beasor is plan- ning a big dance to swell contri- butions to the People’s Advocate— Clarion Weekly maintenance fund of $2800. EB. H. Merrill at Mission has sent in three subscriptions and promises that his committee will raise $25 which brings the total pledges for BC to $2807. Quesnel committee has entered the race and has four percent to its credit but it is expected to come up materially in the next 10 days. At present 27 committees have sent in returns, which is four more than at this date in October, the time of the last drive. ‘Ken’ Ban Protested VICTORIA, April 13—Democra- tic Book Club at a recent meeting endorsed a resolution protesting the banning of the American mag- azine Ken from entry into Canada. Copies of the resolution were for- warded ic R. W. Mayhew, MP and the government. The government's action was cited as an intfringe- ment on the people’s rights and the freedom of the press.” Your Weekly ‘Form Sheet’ If you’re one of those who want to impress your dinner partner with a knowledge of international affairs, then the People’s Advocate is “must” reading. Just To MakeSure... We looked back over our files the other day (with par- donable pride), and saw where we had warned against Chamberlain’s sellout of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Memel, predicted Munich and its results, including the present drive against France, declared war was inevit- able unless the democracies took collective action against the fascist aggressors. And this was months ago. Were Weeks and Months Ahead! Check our predictions then with the news in the daily press today, see how weve been calling the shot right along, then make up your mind, as tk usands have al- ready done, that such a paper is far/.oo valuable to so under. 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