ais = Page Six THE PEHEOPLEH’S ADVOCATE LEGALITY OF PADLOCK LAW UNDER REVIEW Civil Liberties Union Tests Duplessis’ Right To Evict Communist MONTREAL, Que. — Chief Justice R. A. E. Greenshields ef the Superior Court is ex- pected to rule within the near future on the constitutionality of the padlock law following submission of arguments on the jaw’s validity in the case of Muni vs. Fineberg. The chief justice, in taking the action under advisement on March 30, issued an order restraining the attorney-general from placing a padlock on Muni’s home pending the outcome of the suit. The constitutionality of the law is being challenged by M. Muni, 30-year-old organizer of the St T.ouis and Waurier Division of the Gommunist Party, who is the de fendant in a suit brought against him by his landiord and father-in- law, Louis Hineberg. On January 18, FPineberg received a registered letter from Colonel P. A. Piuez, commissioner of the pro- yaneial police, ordering him to “take steps to expel’ Muni from the two rooms in Fineberg’s flat occupied ‘by Muni, his wife and infant son. If Wiuni was not evicted within four days, the letter said, the entire flat would be padlocked. In an effort to comply with Col- onel Piuze’s order, Fineberg sought cancellation of Muni’s lease in a suit before the Supreme Court. In his declaration, Fineberge contended that Muni was using the premises in contravention of the padiock act and consequentiy for an illegal purpose and that therefore the lease should be cancelied. In reply, Muni admitted that he used the premises in contravention of the padlock act, but he denied that he was using it for an illegal purpose and argued that Fineberge ecould not demand cancellation of the lease because the padlock law is unconstitutional In the hearing before Chief Jus— tice Greenshields, Muni was repre- sented by R. L. Calder, KC, coun- sel for the Civil Liberties Union. JAP WARSHIPS PEDDLE DOPE GENEVA, Switzerland. — Japa- mese warships and military trucks are being used to transport nar- eotic under the guise of war sup- plies, declared Victor Hoo Chitsai, Chinese representative on the League of Nations Opium Commit tee, in charging that the Japanese are deliberately encouraging the opium habit on the regions of China under their control. Stuart Fuller, United States rep- resentative, said that the increase of addiction in the Japanese-con- trolled areas of China last year was So great that enormous quantities ef Iranian opium had been im- ported. He added that he had informa- tion indicating that the Mitsuvishi Gompany had received instructions from Tolio to purchase more than 41,000 tons from Iran and in ad- dition nearly 240,000 tons was re- ported being purchased this year by Manchukuo. Mr Fuller declared the situation in the Japanese-controllied area concerned the United States deeply becuase much of the heroin now being smugegied into that country was known to come from the Jap- anese concession at Tientsin. welcomed by Premier Mackenzie Daniel C. Roper, former Secretary of Commerce, who was appointed by President Roosevelt as US ambassador to Canada, seen as he was King in Ottawa. Nazis Plot US-Canada Grab Dies Senate Committee Told WASHINGTON, DC.—Belief that a so-called United States” would eventually take over all the territory from the Panama Canal to the Arctic Circle was expressed this week by a witness before the Dies Senate Committee. “nationalist The prediction was made by theo wealthy New Yorker, Dudley P- Gilbert. Gilbert also said the Am- erican people would have to rise under some officer of the General Franco type to put down a “red” revolution. The committee called Gilbert as the first witness in an inquiry into reports regarding an anti-Semitic campaign. - The New Worker declared it was his belief that in order to avert a “red” revolution the mass of the people would have to start a revolt of the type carried on in Spain by General Francisco Franco. Another reputed leader in the so-called nationalist movement was army Reserve Captain James Camp- bell One of Gilbert’s letters to Campbell was introduced into the record to bring out the writer's statement that “successful leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini had suffered much.” Gilbert said in reply to questions that he did not mean to hold up Hitler and Mussolini as ideals. He said he was merely illustrating a point for Campbell’s benefit. Gil- bert admitted that one reference to “Fritz in his letters was an al- Iusion to leader Fritz Kuhn of the German-American Bund. Captain Campbell teld the com- mittee that a military in control of state and federal governments was necessary to prevent a “com- munist” uprising. Campbell denied, however, that he advocated a mili- tary dictatorship for the United States. Meanwhile, Representative Dies himself said he intended to follow through on charges that socially prominent Dudley Gilbert of New Work had started a “whispering campaign” in the south against President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Dies described Gilbert as “finan- cial angel” of a group which dis- seminated anti-Semitic propaganda below the Mason-Dixie line. The representative declined to discuss the Gilbert “whispering campaign” in detail, saying that it was “too vile’ to go into. Gilbert was summoned last week after correspondence in the com- mittee’s possession revealed plots and counter plots and involved a retired army officer — Brig.—Gen. Mosley and the self-styled leader of the Knights of the Camelia, author of the letters. The correspondence bared plans for a war on Jews, Communists and capitalists, the capture of artsenals in key cities throughout the country and “armed resistance” if necessary. BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOODS King Gives Assent To Labor Bill Reyal Signature RMiakes Bill 5 Law of Land Special to the Advocate OTTAWA, Ont—Before leay- ing the nation’s capital for Tor- onio and the journey westward, King George VI of England gave royal assent to a bill guarantee- ing labor’s right to organize. The occasion was the cere mony in the Senate Chamber last Friday when, in the presence of House of Commons members, senators and distinguished vyisi- tors, the King gave his assent to a number of measures passed by both Houses and ordinarily awaiting only the signature of the Governor-General. It was held fitting that on the first visit of a ruling British king to Ganadian soil, his signature should be affixed not only to the labor enactment but to a treaty of trade and friendship with the great democratic republic, the United States. ' Labor has hailed the amend- ments to the Criminal Code which the King signed Friday as the cornerstone in the edifice of a “bill of rights” for Canada’s organized labor movement. The measure makes it a criminal of- fense for employers to interfere with the rights of their workers to belong to a trade union, and climaxes a struggle of over 100 years by Canadian workers fight- ing to assure themselves the ele mentary right to combine with their fellows to improve their conditions of life. NS MINERS NEGOTIATING Valley Municipalities Given Aid Assurance Assurances were given the BCethree buses by a majority of 58 Union of Municipalities and the Eraser Valley Reeves Association that the Provincial Government will share with the Federal Govern- ment dollar for dollar, or 80 per eent of the costs of unemployment relief. The delegation, which inter- viewed Premier Pattullo and G S. Pearson, Minister of Labor, asked that the province borrow funds from Ottawa kith $-,000,000 to re—- advance to the municipalities for their share of municipal relief works. Reeve J. B. Leyland, of West Vancouver, leader of the delega- tion, received a promise from Pre- mier Pattullo that a thorough sur- vey of social services, hospitaliza- tion and education costs would be made soon after the Rowell Com-— mission report is brought down in July.. Should the provincial and federal authorities effect an agreement and put the 40-40-20 plan into oper ation it is felt that Surrey munici pality will realize a saving of $7000 annually if the scheme will cover all indigent persons, but if it cov- ers only the unemployables then the saving would be at least $3000. NELSON, BC, May 25 — Rate payers rejected a by-law to re- place the city’s street cars with. votes, but approved by a small ma- jority a by-law. to build an $18,000 addition to the WNelson High School. A record vote was cast in the by-law poll according to officials who stated 962 taxpayers cast their ballots. The by-law which sought author- ity to borrow $35,000 to purchase three buses and construct a garage was turned down by 503 voters as against 445 who voted for it, 14 ballots being spoiled. The City Council was authorized to borrow $14,000 as the city’s share of the $18,000 addition to the high school when ratepayers rati- fied a by-law. The vote was: For, 614; against, 336: spoiled, 12. PORT ALBERNI, BC, May 25— Permission to hold a tag day on Saturday, June 10, for the benefit of Chinese refugees was eranted J. G. Wong, secretary of the Chin- ese WNational Salvation League, who appeared before the City Council. The application found a ready supporter in Aldermen Jones and Woodford. Mayor M. Hamilton and Ald. Jones are sponsors of the Canadian Friends of the Chinese People which is part of the Upper Island organization bearing the same name. GLACE BAY, NS— Negotiations for renewal of wage contracts in- volving 12,000 miners in this prov- ince’s coal mining camps are being conducted at present by officers of the United Mine Workers. Considerable progress has been made and it is expected that the terms of the new agreements will be presented shortly for a refer- endum vote to the membership. Negotiations are being conducted with managements of the Dominion Steel and Coal Company, the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company and the Acadia Coal Company. In addi- tion the UMW is negotiating with the government for a eontract Ccov- ering employees in the government— owned mine. In the wage negotiations which are being conducted throughout the district UMW executives are being guided by decisions of the union’s convention in Truro. Boycott Japanese Goods! | _US MINISTER WELCOMED \Cripps Expulsion Facing British Labor Conference .- LONDON, England—Two parallel battles on unity will be fought next week at the Labor Parity Conference in the British seacoast resort of Southport. The first will be a straightforward fight on the expulsion of Sir Stafford Cripps, leading Laborite advocate of the People’s Front; the second is a more complicated battle on the Laborite attitude toward conscription and defense policy. BoBth will bring out the same line of division between those who are for unity of the pro- - @result of the appeal of the French gressive forces against Minister Neville Chamberlain and those who are for collaboration with the Chamberlain government. Although minor differences in the lineup will appear, the main division is the same because the issues are really the same. ft will berecalled that Cripps was expelled for circulating in the Labor Party a memorandum advocating forma- tion of a united opposition to Chamberlain of the Labor, Liberal, Communist and other progressives, in order to prevent dissipation of forces in disjointed and often con- tradictory campaigns. The Labor Party executive re— jected the proposals without con- sulting the membership and later expelled Cripps as a member of the executive. Cripps has since established! a committee for a peti- tion to the Labor, Liberal and Co- operative Parties for support for his proposals. The Labor xecutive then struck at the associates in the Cripps campaign, expelling leaders, in- eluding members of Parliament, and suspending local sections. The outery aroused in the labor movement, however, showed itself in that only a tiny majority was won for these expulsions, and postponement of further steps un- fil the conference was decided. The outery was also shown in the scores of resolutions on the Congress agenda protesting Prime ~ GRIPPS SIR STAFFORD against the expulsions, supporting the Cripps proposals and demand- ing that he address the Conference. Meantime thousands signed Cripps’ petition, which will be pre sented to the Conference, have fur- ther strengthened the movement” for unity while some powerful unions, which may decide the out-— come of the issue, have supported the resolutions. More strength was gained as a -pledged to national security and ~~ a pact with the Soviet Union. a The issue will depend on the | General Confederation of Labor (CGT) for a world labor confer ence, and although the Labor Party argues this belongs to the Trade Union Congress, resolutions urging such a conference appear in the Labor Party CGonference agenda. : Should the Labor Party accept the world meeting would follow. Tt will also bring out the possi- bility that still exists for a united the people against Chamberlain and replace him by a government view to defeat the group striving — to keep the movement tied toe Chamberlain’s apron strings, the — Wational Services Committee. a. Already there are signs of such a revolt against more collabora- tion, and when the meeting of trade union executives finishes, co- operation with these committees may be ended. ae The resulting demonstration — against Chamberlain could sweep him from office. = Behind all technical questions of expulsion and defense policy lies the single political question: Will British labor unite with its allies at home and abroad? if the Con- a movement able to secure peace and end aggression in the world Chicago Newsmen Again Meet With Management to management negotiators. settlement negotiations were these Guild suggestions: i. All strikers to return to jobs as good or better than those they held prior to the strike. Strikers to include those whose firings precipitated the strike. 2 Discharge of all strike- breakers, 3. A membership con- tract, covering all guild members in the white collar departments (editorial, advertising, circulation and business) and all those who become guild members in the future. 4. Reinstatement of Ben Yablonky and William Allen, fired for guild activity; and rehiring of Harry Read, also discharged for Suild activity. 5. Payment of back and severance indemnity to the widow of James (“Pop”) Quinn, circulation branch manager, who died while on strike duty. 6. Full back pay for all strikers. 7. Job and union security. 8. End of the threat to the guild of company unionism in the plant. 9. Dropping of all legal actions by both parties and obedi- ence by the management to all NLRB rulings. Although the management agreed on the foregoing points as a basis for negotiations, and indicated its acceptance of some, it failed to ac- quiesce to others and left the major issues for further discussion. Vancouver Sports Club headquarters in the Orange Hall received a further erant of $500 from the City Council Tuesday, a grant of $700 was made to the sports organization last Qctober. NOTE THE CHANGE! COMMUNIST PARTY BROADCAS! EVERY FRIDAY CKMIO - 9:45 P.M. MALCOLM BRUCE Speaker Contributions to this broad- cast should be sent to Room 19, 163 West Hastings Street RES Only Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union NEW METHOD SHOE - - 337 Carrall St. CHICAGO, Ill—As a result of preliminary negotiations looking toward a settlement of the strike of the Chicago News- paper Guild against the Evening American and Herald Ex- aminer, guild negotiators presented a contract draft this week Accepted as a basis for strike® Both the Guild and the manage- ment representatives expect nego- tiations to continue for some time. with TALLON CHOSEN FOR GENEVA OTTAWA, Ont—Secretary R. J. Tallon of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada will represent Canadian labor at the coming ses- sion of the International Labor Organization in Geneva, it was an- nounced here recently. Assisting Mr. Tallon as adviser will be W. H. Phillips, vice-pres- ident of the Order of Railroad Telesraphers. Mr. Talilon is also president of Division No. 4 of the AFL railway employees’ depart- ment, The Federal government recog- mizes the Congress as the most rep-— resentative labor center in the dominion and the delegate and adviser were appointed on the rec- ommendation of that organization. Included in the government’s panel of advisers are representatives of other labor groups. HARLAN COAL BARONS YIELD HARLAN, Ky —Hoidout of the Harlan County Operators’ Associa- tion against signing an agreement with the United Mine Workers of America appeared nearing an end this week as mine representatives and union leaders resumed neso- tiations. Federal Conciliator John Con- nor declared that he expected the conference to end in early settle mnt of the dispute. Observers in- dicated that federal relief to the miners was responsible for the change in attitude of the open shop operators. Federal government agencies ever the week-end rushed food to the miners thus bolstering their cause against the holdout operators who are notorious foes of union- ism. All other affiliates of the Ap palachian soft coal conference Signed union shop agreements with the UMW two weeks ago. The miners’ case was presented early this week through a nation- wide broadcast by Lee Pressman, general counsel of the CIO, and members of the faculty of the University of Chicago. They spoke on the universitys round table radio hour. 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