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June 16, 1939

4apan Seeks Far East ‘

FRANCO STEALS
FOOD SUPPLIES
FOR ARMY'S USE

Quakers Quitting
Spain As Fascists
Violate Agreement

. NEW YORK, NY. — The In-
ternational Committee for the
Assistance of Child Refugees,
which the Quakers administer
in Spain, intends to withdraw
from that country in August,
it was reported this week, as
Administrator A. H. Cope re-
turned from abroad with the
news that Franco has been di-
verting the committee's food
supplies for the use of fascist
army men.

Gope explained that the Franco
regime has consistently diverted
Quaker food supplies intended for
more than 100,000 starving chil-
dren, and has refused to provide
milk for babies “because their mo-
thers did not have the proper poli-
tical qualifications.”

We said the Quaker adminis—
tration in Spain had already lost
six or seven shiploads of food
destined for children, but taken
ever by Franco “and so far as
we can learn, eaten by the army-”
The confiscation was orderedby
General Aranha in violation of
an agreement signed at Burgos
by the Franco government and
the Quakers.

“While the food lasted, more
over, the official orders in the
elinic were that the children had
to sing Franco nationalist songs
before they were fed. We never
asked them to sing Loyalist songs
when the Loyalists held that ter-
ritory, and we do not now lke
¢o ask them to sing Nationalist
songs for our food.”

Gope said that according to his
observations at least 70,000 Ita-
lian soldiers remain in Spain and
some 500,000 Loyalists supporters
are in concentration camps.

“There are camps everywhere,”
he said, “many of them holding
5000 prisoners or more. When the
Nationalists occupied Cuidad
Beal they crowded 20,000 Loyal-
ist soldiers in the bull ring and
kept them these 20 days with
almost no food and very little
water.”

The Quaker food administrator
said he didn’t know how many
pople were being executed daily,
but “when IF was in Murcia I know
that a great many shots were fired
in the jail between midnight and
tyro in the morning.”

PRINCE RUPERT, BC, June 15.
— Rather than become a burden to
his friends, James Laing, 74, car-
ried out his threat and ended his
life with a .22 calibre rifle

Robert Kydd and A. Wallin, close
friends of the deceased, spoke at
the funeral parior services, while
Harry Harecus spoke at the grave-
side. Laing was a native of Scot-
land.

OTTAWA, Ont—Labor Minister
Rogers reported this week that
over one million people in cities
and in the country had obtained
some sort of relief during the
month of April.

Bis statement said this figure
was about two percent less than
the same month last year.

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Military Defeats
Force Nippon Into
Desperate Moves

With the Japanese military

the move. The fact is, Japan

bogeing down in the China inva-
sion, nor from the swiftly matur-
ing economic and financial crisis
at home.

INippon’s jitters, with their con-
sequent wild provocations, grow
eut of the realization that these
conditions will continue indefin-
itely.

Tokio cannot tie the knot of a
military victory in the rapidly un-
ravelling skein of her economy.

Coupled with the economic-fin-
ancial military staus within Japan,
and as it effects Nipponese aggres-
sion in China, are unfavorable

First, the Hiranuma cabinet
seeking to wood its major imper-
jalist enemy, the United States,
and thus drive a wedge between
the United States and Great Bri-
tain in the Pacific.

This tactic is pursued in order
to try and avoid an American em-
bargo on war supplies te Japan.
For, shockingly, most of Japan’s
war materials come from the US.
Wext, by provoking anti-British
incidents, the Tokio aggressors
want to goad Mr. Chamberlain in-
to hastening Far Eastern appease-
ment. Tokio is learning the lesson:
the more threatening and bull-
dozing the fascists, the more the
Chamberlains speak of appease-
ment

Meanwhile the Japanese strate—

Every bit of evidence
seattered military news from
China and in the vain threats and
growing impotence of the Jap
anese high miiltary command go
to confirm the belief that Japan’s
situation in China and at home is
enormously more serious and des-
perate than any newspaper re?
port has yet concluded.

The Japanese fascist-samurais
seem to be at their wits end about
what to do next. They are show-

ing signms-of panic.

Japan's smarting defeat
Changkufeng, furthermore, has
erimped the confidence of the mili-
tarists, and the crazy claims made
recently are really the good old
custom of putting the best pos-
sible face on the worst situation.

One Wail Street source declares
that: “Ibondon expectS a near-
term political showdown in Jajan
term political showdown in Japan

machine extending its blockade

of British concessions to Amoy and more severe restrictions
expected, speculations were rife this week as to what lay behind

is desperate. This has resulted

not so much from her immediate «factors of the world political situ?

ation.

While Tokio’s war Gn harmony
with the belligerent aims of the
Berlin-Rome axis) is directed
against France, Great Britain and
the United States primarily, the
Japanese militarists dread con-
fronting a united foe.

That is why there is a present
a top political crisis in Tokio over
what forms the alliance with Hit-
ler and Mussolini should take with-
out antagonizing and uniting those
against whom it is directed.

How is Japan trying to solve this
impasse?

Chamberlain’s Appeasement Holds Good in China.
is © British

incidents in China that
Chamberlain will be given another
excuse for not entering into
peace front with the Soviet Union.

With such Tory scoundrels as
Sir Francis Lindley openely ac-
cepted as an adviser of Chamber-
Jain in foreign affairs, Japan can

the British Munichmen.

Despite the arrogant attacks on

British interests, despite the
slaughter of British subjects, un-
der the advice of the Lindleys

(rabid Soviet enemies and admir-
ers of the Japanese fascists)
Chamberlain’s response to the lat-
est anti-British incidents is most
likely to be one of strong words

and treacherous appeasement

gists hope by stirring up anti- deeds.

Japan’s Position More Desperate Than Ever.
in thes At least three times they have

reported new giant offensives on
the way without these plans ma-
terlializing. This question, there-
fore, can be seriously asked now:
can Japan undertake any really
at this time without risking col-
lapse of her entire economy?
Japan’s economy cannot stand
the cost of the present expedition
to China, let alone undertaking
shipping 250,000 more men, which
would be a minimum required even
to give the appearance of attempt-
ing any new drastic offensives.

Militarists Smarting Under Soviet Victory.

at@on the issue of whether to make 2

gigantic effort for a quick re-
covery in China or get out before
the going gets too rough.”

This phrasing it rather erudely,
but it is symptomatic of the ex
plosive nature of Japan’s crisis.

However, in their desperation,
the Japanese military samurais are
capable of the most dangerous

gambles.

US Loggers Crack Down On
Attempt To Sabotage IWA

exposed two weeks

by the Northern Washington

When E. E. Benedict,

mentioned in the group out to
smash the union, took the floor to
deliver a slashing attack on the
Wew Deal policies of the interna-
tional officials as laid down in the
TWA convention last year, dele-
gates rejected his report by an
overwhelming vote and moved to
prevent recurrence of disruptive
maneuvers by sweeping through a
resolution endorsing the conven-
tion program and warning that
they would “not tolerate an offi-
cer diverting from the convention
program.”

This thrust at Sisruptionists
within the ranks came hard on the
heels of amazing revelations which
disclosed that lumber operators
were warring on the IWA with the
same tactics used by Homer Mar-
tin among the automobile work-
ers. Documentary evidence re—

District ~
Council secretary and one of those |

vealed that members of the union

WMastings Street

in Aberdeen were conspiring with

EVERETT, Wash. — A move to prevent recurrence of recent
attempts to disrupt the International Woodworkers of America,
ago by international officials, was taken here

District Council as delegates

the operators and with the Cs
Immigration Service in a union-
smashing move to involve the TWA
in suicidal warfare.

In addition to adopting a2 pro-
gressive program and nominating
progressives for the District Coun-
cil leadership, the convention de-
manded a third term for President
Roosevelt.

PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia.
Cze patriots have resorted to the
chain letter system as an effec-
tive means of distributing anti-
Nazi propaganda throughout the
provinces of Moravia and Bohemia.

The chain letters were said to
contain violent anti-Nazi circulars
urging the Czechs to rise against
their oppressors. The letters have
spread like wildfire throughout the
Gzech State. The German authori-
ties were at a loss as to how to
combat the system effectively with-
out disrupting postal service.

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Thetis Sub May Stay On
Ocean Floor: Hide Scandal

over the Liverpool Bay
the cables with which
pected to raise the undersea craft
and her 99 dead.

At once stories began to circu-
late from London that relatives
“preferred” that the dead remain
undisturbed. This was followed by
a statement from the Cammel
Laird shipbuilding firm that sal-

vage might teke months, while
Lord Stanhope, the Admiralty
chief, denied that salvage was

being abandoned but added omi-
nously that circumstances might
compel taking another course.

Prime Minister Chamberlain has
declared that the public enquiry,
reluctantly ordered under the whip
of public opinion, will not be held
before the submarine is raised.

The feeling is growing that the
fZovernment wishes to postpone the
enquiry and keep the Thetis safely
at the bottom of Liverpool Bay to
hide a scandal which could shake
the government out of office.

A scapegoat has already been
prepared. Stanhope is marked for
the exit in the next cabinet shuffle.
The government hopes thereby to
not only avoid an outery over the
Thetis, but also the scandal in
handing over the Czech gold to the
Wazis.

It is planned to railroad the en-
guiry through the Admiralty divi-
sion of the courts with near-star
chamber proceedings.

The big battle, however, will be
|to force the government to recover
the ship quickly and begin a full

cracked down on sabotage attempts and upheld the IWA|sna adequate enquiry.
;program.

Chinese Aid Group
Seeks Incorporation

PORT ALBERNI, BC, June 15—
Application for a charter under
the Societies Act is being made by
the Canadian Friends of the Chin-
ese Peaple which has headquar-
ters for the Upper Island estab-
lished in Nanaimo.

The organization was formed in
a number of places during the
tour of Miss Ieoh Tsei in the lat-
ter part of April and has such
public men as Mayor W. Cc. Hamiil-
ton and Alderman Jones of Port
Alberni and Alderman Hindmarch
of Nanaimo as sponsors.

One purpose of the organization
is to raise funds for the Chinese
Refugee fund and the first start
on this was accomplished last Sat-
urday when taggers collected
$215.28 for the cause. Of this
amount $28 was collected from log-
gers at Great Central Lake camp
and $10 from the men at Camp
one Alberni Pacific Lumber Com-
pany (APL).

Six Chinese girls from Nanaimo
took part in the tag day collection
which was okeh’d by the City
Council. Local Canadian and Chin-
ese pirls and the small son of
Wing Hay, one time prominent in
BC boxing circles, turned in 2
good record for the day.

Cerrection

Im a story in last week’s issue of
the People’s Advocate on the in-
ereasing death toll in the BC woods
the name of Olaf Olafson was listed
among those killed. The name

should have read Sam Olafson.

By FRED PATEMAN

LLANDUDNO, Wales—The submarine Thetis will stay on
the bottom of the sea off this coastal village if the present cam-
paign against continuing salvage goes on.

This campaign, opened when a swell caused by a rising wind
snapped ~

it was ex-

JAPS THREATEN
SALMON FISHING

| program and plans for the expan-

SEATTLE, Wash. — Large scale
Japanese poaching on the Alaska
salmon banks even before the sea-
son opened for American boats
is once more threatening to de-
stroy the whole industry, reports
reaching here from Anchorage in-
dicated this week.

Pilot Roy Holm sighted a float
ing cannery, Japanese, six miles
cif Port Moller, and this is the
second such report of invaders rob-
bing the fisheries already this sea-
son.

The emergency created by this
wholesale plunder was met last
year when coastguardsmen cut the
nets of the Japanese raiders.

This year Japanese nets are al-
ready stretched for miles in the
path of the salmon run.

Miller Freeman, president of the
Toint Committee for Protection of
Pacific Coast Fisheries, last week
requested William Mecker, busi-
ness agent of the Alaska Fisher-
men’s Union, to place an observer
aboard the Bureau of Fisheries in-
spection ship now hurrying north-
ward to investigate the poaching.

ClO PLANNING
BIG CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON, DC.— President
John L. Lewis of the CIO called
his executive board into session in
Washinston this week to plan or
fanizing activities.

The meeting, Lewis said, will take
up administrative matters, reports
of special committees, legislative

sion of the CIO organizing efforts.
Tt is being held in the United Mine
Workers’ building in this city.

The meeting is the second held
by the executive board. The first,
convened immediately after the
GIO convention of last Wovember,
was held in Pittsburgh after the
board’s election. .

The board was elected in compli-
ance with the CIO constitution
adopted at the convention, which
provided that it consists of one rep-
resentative from each affiliated na-
tional and international union and
organizing committee.

The duties of the board were
defined to include enforcement of
the constitution and carrying out
of instructions of the convention,
and directing the affairs of the CIO
between conventions.

Each board member has as Many
votes in board meetings as there
are members of his national or in-
ternational union or committee, as
provided for conventions of the
whole CIO.

Prize winners at a dance on
June 10 in Ukrainian Labor Tem-
ple were: Mrs. A. Penns, 2778 East
Forty-eighth Avenue, No. 1276; EB.
Armstrong, 1811 Vaness Street, Wo.
2012: OQ Wick, Rounds, BC, Wo.
3841.

VICTORIA WOMEN
FORM AUXILIARY
FOR LABOR BODY

Malaspina Crew
Signed In Inland

Boatmen’s Union

By LILLIAN COOPER
VICTORIA, BC. — An im-
portant step was talen at the
last regular meeting of the
Trades and Labor Council
when delegates approved
formation of the Women’s Aux
iliary to the Council. Officers
were elected and work on the
drawinf up of a constitution will
begin immediately. Council mem-
bers were enthusiastic over the
move, since the enthusiasm of the
women members indicates that the
auxiliary will prove a vital factor
in organizing the unorganized in
Victoria and district.

Worman Coe, delegate from the
Inland Boatmen’s Union, reported
signing up the crew of the CGS
“Malaspina” of the fisheries depart
ment 100 percent. The union has
drawn up 2 proposal for adjust-
ments in the men’s working condi-
tions, which have been endorsed
and forwarded to the Fisheries De-
partment at Ottawa.

Wictoria’s organizing committee,
along with Vancouver’s is making
excellent progress, according to re-
ports. The committee is at present
working on building the Retail
Clerks’ Union, and reported havy-
ing received requests from a num-
ber of workers for cards. Local
union officials, however, were ap
parently stalling in signing the
men up, and the committee was
finally forced to instruct the secre—
tary to write Organizer Don Ma=z-
well in Vancouver, giving him the
facts and asking for some action.

The organizing committee has
also drawn up 2 plan to bring mem-
bers of the International Wood-
workers of America in the Moore
Whittington mill together at 24
mass meeting with a view of going
after a union agreement in the
plant.

Sharp criticism was also voiced
over working conditions of nurses
in the Jubilee Hospital WNurses
were reported working as many 3s
nine and ten hours in a day in
broken shifts. Any breakages have
to be made up by the nurse re
sponsible, which sometimes meant
little left in the paycheck. Many
were also working a full seven-day
week.

The opinion was expressed by
delegates that in order to have the
eight-hour day, the hospital should
inaugurate three shifts similar to
the system for the male nurses.

Gouncil, decided to forward a
letter to the Nurses’ Association
asking that two delegates from the
Trades Ccjincil be allowed to ad-
dress their meeting with the object
in view of affiliating the nurses’
organization to the trade union
movement.

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