Cee Se MCU RECA eT Ne - sre Beihai = 16, 1839 THE PEOPLES ADVOCATE Page Thres By BARRY WEST project goes through. be exact. ORI for 10,000 Canadians. A savine of $25,000,- 000 every year to Canadian farmers. Freight re- ductions totalling $2,000,000 a year for Nova Scotia } coal producers. Other freight reductions totalling 7 $3,000,000 annually on other products like lumber and minerals. A 27-foot seaway channel capable of “handling 75 percent of the world’s shipping tonnage. » Hydropower resources of 5,000,000 horsepower. ' hese are some of the shining fruits held out to 'the Canadian people if the St. Lawrence Seaway : The only thing holding up ) the realization of this 40-year-old dream of expanded 7 prosperity is the reluctance of the Canadian govern- ment to sign the draft treaty offered by the US State . Department more than a year ago—May 28, 1938, to it is, of course, a political question of the first tion expected imaportance, especially because of the federal elec- in the fall. would mean an incalculable measure of prosperity for everybody in Canada is being blocked by a nar- row sroup of monopolists, linked with the power barons of the United States and represented here most directly by the Hepburn—Duplessis axis. Agree- ment between Ottawa and Washinston on the St. Lawrence Seaway would go far to smash the aims t6 keep Canada chained to scarcity economy for the benefit of privileged Hepburn, Duplessis, McCullagh, Beatty and Holt. For the scheme which interests represented by The enormity of Premier King’s mistake in still hesitating to Sign the treaty is sharply shown in the fact that conclusion of the agreement would mean the arrival of $89,000,000 in Canada from the US without the expenditure of a single penny of Canadian funds. The US plans to spend $178,000,000 international section of the St. Lawrence. would not need to start work until the American project is completed. Without immediate draft treaty proposes that United States begin immediately on its share of the project. The in developing the expenditures minion, nearly 10,000 Ganadian workmen would be put to work on the American project. be available for a period of from five to seven years for this number of workers on actual construction ig Business ‘Sits Down’ On St. Lawrence Seaway and the manufacture of necessary material. The sum of $89,000,000 would in this way be ex— pended by the US for circulation in Canada. Fifty thousand Canadians, in this period of unemploy— ment and distress, would obtain a steady income. And on the completion of the project, Ontario would have power resources totalling 1,000,000 hoerse— power available on demand. Matters of seaway development and jurisdiction over lakes and rivers have traditionally been lodged in the Dominion Government. Premier King can Sign the treaty. Clearcut expression of public opin- ion in Canada favoring the treaty, and urging him to ignore the Hepburn-Duplessis opposition, may do much to help Mr. King make up his mind. Canada by the Do- Work would /CHAMBERS RAPS [MEXICO ‘APPEASEMENT’ URGES EMBARGO Liberal Candidate Blasts ‘Nefarious’ Trade With Fascists Special to the Advocate NANAIMO, BC. — ::There | is mo sense in taxing our people for defense and at the same _ fime shipping war materials to | the very country at which the _ defenses are ointed,” Allan Chambers, Liberal candidate _ for the Nanaimo federal riding, told a public meeting called by _ the Nanaimo Embargo Council here last week in the Eagles’ |_Hall. Companion speaker was | Mrs. James Gray of the Van- | couver WCTvU. Spesking on the subject “The ) Pacific Coast and the Embargo,” | Mr. Chambers declared that Na- maimo had started the movement that spread across the whole con- tinent in taking the initiative in | picketing scrap iron shipments, and | said that as 2 Tiberal he would continue to support the embargo movement. Scoring the policy of “appease ment,” Chambers declared the de mocracies should be prepared to teke steps to quarantine agsressors by refusing to buy or seli to such netions. “No one nation has the right to impose its will upon another nation )» by force, and it is time we revived the system of collective security 2fainst such actions. We must be ready to defend democracy. We | are not looking for a fight, but if it comes to a fight, it would be senseless if we have to fight against } weapons forged from our own raw + in the particular country. materials. “I am a Liberal and IT speak as a Liberal,” Chambers said. “I am a firm believer in trade, but I also believe it is wrong and unjust to Ship raw materials to asesressor countries. That is trade, alright, but a nefarious trade. “The argument arises that an e€mbarso would harm the workers But the 4 workers, [I believe, are prepared to q 2ccept the temporary loss for the | greater gain.” Mrs: James Gray, one of the F original organizers fo the embargo » movement in BC, who was substi- . tutime for Rev. | appealed Harrison Villett, “as a Christian” for the » Support of all Christian people in stopping the trade in war materials ageressor nations bent on de- stroying mnoccent women and chil- “I have been termed a ‘Commu- | nist’ by such people as Tom MceiIn-— nes,” she said, “as a result of my werk. ('p to new it is unfashion- | able to be a Communist, but if Mr. | Dargo Chamberlain consummates his pact with the Soviet Union, it may be Come quite fashionable within the _ hext year or two.” Pointing to the fact that the Ot- tawa pfovermment can be influ- enced by public opinion, Mrs. Gray urged that supporters of the em- IMovement coentinue their ' pressure on federal authorities if results are to be achieved. Mrs. Tom Barnard presided, and introduced the speakers. SEEK BAN ON BC SHINGLES WASHINGTON, DC—limitation G= Canadian-made shingles is the aint of a bill sponsored by Senator Bone (Democrat, Washington) who ' states. that reciprocal treaties have let down the barriers: too far, parti- cilarly the one. with Canada The senator intends to have the )- imatter settled one way or another _ Sither at this session of Congress or the next The United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners protested against the shingles being used on government spon- sered projects. it is understood that the action is aimed: to limit the shingle quota which is competing unfairly with organized workers in the US. Boycott Fapanese Goods! FOREIGN MINISTER Eduardo Hays gives US Ambassador Jesephus Daniels (left) a check for $1,000,000, Mexico’s first payment in the settlement of $10,000,000 claims by American ewners of properties expropriated since 1927 for Mexico’s agrarian program. Jewelers’ Union Signs Up Second Firm Within Week An order for union dress buttons for the CIO International Union of Mine, Mall and Smelter Workers palyed an important part im assisting the AFL International Jewelry Workers’ Union, Local 42, in concluding a closed shop agreement with Jacoby @ Brothers, PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN PREDICTED TORONTO, Ont. — Introduction by the Dominion Government of @ system of compulsory health in- surance or a form of state medi- cine to meet the demands of the CGanadian public was predicted this week by Dr. EF. W. Jackson, deputy minister of health in Manitoba, in a2 symuposhim address to the Can- adian Public Health -Association. The question of health insurance as is bow im operation in Britain bas been raised in the House at Ottawa and was talked out be- cause it was “too much akin to Socialism.” Dr. Jackson, tm reviewing the erowth and development in Mani- toba and Saskatchewan, said that one-fifth of the population in the rural communities of the latter provinee now receive medical ser- vices while in his own province a2 municipaliies have adopted the system and at least six nrore will be added this Fall. Three points cited by the doc- tor which the medical profession should demand in connection and operation of any such scheme were: The medicai branch or depart- ment of the plan should be under direct medical control. Certifying of sick benefits places responsibility on the medical man and should not be the concern of the profession. manufacturing jewelers located at Hamilton and Hastings Streets. The miners’ union demanded the union label of the makers on the product. in the agreement, which is for two years, a cheekoff system for dues collection is provided for and in the case of some minor points which require adjustment the agreement can be reopened on the request of sither party. Only union members will be employed in any plant or shop now owned or oper- ated by the company. improvers are granted a starting wage rate of 50 cents an hour and providing a six-cent an hour increase every six months for a two-year period at which time the employee becomes a journeyman at 75 cents an hour. During the Tire or the agree- ment, which is in effect until Gcta- ber i, 1941, the company has agreed not to take in any new partmers without first consulting the union. The agreement was signed by Roy Hawkins, trustee, and Gordon Farrington, secretary, for the union, dnd Sam Alberts, manager, for the company. Any scheme for state provision medical services must be worked in conjunction with the organized efforts of the public health departments. Britain’s experience with sov- ernment sponsored medical ser- vices and papers dealing with med- ical conditions in the United States and Canada formed the topic of the symposium. ot PARK SCHEME IS READY T0 GO Provincial Gov’t Puts Official Okeh On Vital Project Creation of a provincial park from the desolate flats of False Creek dump — at present an eyesore and a detriment to pub- lic health — seemed almost cer tain this week as Fremier T. D. Pattulle joined with Defense Minister Ian MacKenzie in sup- pore of the project. Agitation for a cleanup of the foul smelling dump and its replacement with a park has been carried on over a long period of itme by the Grandview Section of the Gommu- nist Party, and won the support of not only the residents affected but the trade union movement and the CCE. Others came forward later as “champions” of the proposal with intentions of capitalizing on it, but the plan got no further than the talking stage. The Communists did carry on a great deal of agitation through pe- titions and carried them to the City Council where the proposal was given some thought, but fin- ally pigeon-holed. Now representatives of both the provincial and federal sovernments are heartily in accord with a park plan which may, if it does not be— come another election talking point as it has been by others, become one of the best recreational centers in Canada. industrial Sites Limited own the area, which is said to contain some 46 acres for which they are asking $1000 an acre. However, to it. The provincial and federal gov ernments are prepared to shoulder 80 percent of the cost, with the city furnishing the balance of 20 per- cent or $30,000 of the $150,000 said to be the expenditure for the pro- posed park and which will be creat- ed by relief labor as one of the pro- jects under the goyvernment’s work schemes. The representatives of the pro- vineial and federal governments, city and parks board officials are in full agreement with the project, and urge that a start should be made now. NEW WESTMINSTER, June 15 —Permission to hold a tag day was granted a delegation from the Workers’ Alliance by the City Council Monday night and the date set for Saturday, June 24. The funds are to provide the children of unemployed parents with a pic- nie sometime in July—the place to be announced later. EF. Smart, spokesman for the delezation, pointed out to alder- men that these children do not have opportunities whereby some small measure of enjoyment could be gained and the picnie was the best feasible method of providing the children with some pleasure. Windsor Bans Fascist Goods MAKES FIRST PAYMENT) FALSE CREEK ~ 2S | Premier second important city in the coun- Pattullo seems to have a scheme try to take action against aggres- whereby the city can acquire title Sor nations. Toronto City Council Reactionaries On Council Fail To Block Resolution Special to the Advocate WINDSOR, Ont.—This Southern Ontario city, center of the automobile industry for Canada, has joined with other progress- ive center in sponsoring a rigid boycott on goods produced in Germany and Japan as a result of the motion approved at the last regular City Council meeting. Reactionary members of Council attacked the resolution introduced by Labor Alderman Reg. Morris and attempted to put up a united reactionary front. This resulted in a deadlocked wote of 7-7 and gave Mayor David? Croll the deciding and affirmative e oes | Gu b F al Im introducing the motion, Ald- e S Morris said it was meant not only to place the city fathers on re— cord, but te encourage other city councils to do likewise and to-set the example for Canada generally Castigating the aggressor states, Morris declared: “The ruling class of Germany and Japan can understand no other language than force. This motion is designed $ hit them in the pocketbooks—the place that hurts them most.” “ The vote revealed a straight split as between the Labor-CCF and Communist aldermen and control- lers who voted “yes’”’ and the re actionary Conservative-Liberal group who voted “no.” Mayor Croll, a progressive-liberal, broks the tie and carried the vote. Ald. Morris then served notice he will introduce a separate motion at the next City Council meeting ealling for a boycott of goods pro- aguced in Italy. Windsor has now become the Appeal On Padlock Quebec Gov’t Hits Again At Trade Unions MONTREAL, Que. Muni Taub, central figure in the recent test case on the legality of pro- fascist Premier Duplessis’ pad- lock law, this week deposited 31200 to guarantee the costs of his appeal from Chief Justice Greenshield’s judgment uphold- ing the legislation. The case had its origin when Provincial police warned Touis Finebere last winter that his premises would be padlockd un- less he evicted Taub, his tenant and son-in-law. Taub plans to take his appeal from the ruling to the Quebec Court of Appeals, and accordins to his counsel, to higher courts if necessary. He is being given full support by the Canadian Civil Liberties Union, Montreal branch. Meantime a new attack on or- Sanized labor in the province was seen this week as the attor— had previously approved a rigid boycott wYich has since been ex- tended to cover the purchases by the Toronto Board of Education. Alberni Okehs New Waterworks Loan PORT ALBERNG, BC, June 15— ney-general’s department pre Application was made this week |} pared to take court action to the federal government for 2 against an unnamed official of loan of $66,000 repayable in 20 the International Ladies’ Gar- years at two percent interest to replace worn out wooden water mains which were laid in 1912. Iast week ratepayers gave the by-law their approval in a light vote which registered 107 for and 19 against and one spoiled ballot. Work is expected to start as Soon as the money is available and tenders for the supply of pipe will soon be ealled for by the City Council. A number of local men will be employed on the project whieh will extend from the city to the dam at China Creek. In Alberni the ratepayers gave the City Council an even more de- cisive majority when i101 voted in favor of borrowing $10,000 for con- ment Workers’ Union under one of the “labor” laws enacted last year but kept secret. Pretext for the court action will be that he allegedly attempt— ed to “intimidate” strikebreak- ers, this in a province where in- timidation of employees by em-— ployers is more widespread than in any other province. Parallel with this move, it was revealed that the government had revised its taxation of in-— dustry so as to exempt manufac- turers who have sought to evade unionism by moying their fac- tories to- small towns and rural districts. Under é indus- tries in towns with less than 20,- the exemption, struction of a new reservoir and 000 population will not have to a new water main down along |. A : Be esi ect Guy See pay the tax for meeting the Fair = aes Wage Board expenses. In ad- Payers voted in opposition. dition, when this ruling goes in- ‘Professor Hailed as the Soviet Union’s greatest film masterpiece, chosen as one of the ten finest movies fer 1938, “Prefessor Mamilock,”’ which will show in Vancouver next week, should be seen by every theatergoer, since it will un- doubtedly prove one of the events of the year. eS By ME. HRIGER HERE are certain works in literature, painting and the cinema so closely bound up with the facts of living actually—with the latest political news—that the dividing line between art and life is erased in them. When you read Lion Feuchtwanger’s The Oppenheims, you do not think whether or not the book is well eS done, whether you like the au- Mamlock’ Shows Here Soon; Hailed As Soviet’s Greatest Movie thor’s style, whether he succeeds in his dialogue, his description of nature, and so on. You are in no frame of mind to judge these subtleties. Indigna- tion chokes you. You feel a pas- sionate, burning desire to lay hands on the scoundrels who have trampled on a beautiful human life, who have spit in the face of humanity. After reading such a book, you can neither for- get nor grow calm again. On the contrary, you want to awaken those who are asleep, to show them the most terrible pages and say: “All this is the truth, the sacred truth; all this actually happened.” S T IS a question of such a work of art in the film “Professor Mamlock.” If py some miracle a S person who did not know what is going on in the heart of EHur- ope were shown the story of Mamlock the surgeon, as pre- sented on the screen, he would Say that it was absurd, 2 mon- strous invention, the result of the disordered imagination of an author, the fruit of his idle fancy But we know that the econ- tents of the film do not embrace even a hundredth part of the afflictions suffered by scientists, writers and every representa- tive of true culture, who still re- main within the borders of fas- eist Germany and who are being handed over to the Hitler youth for torture. We know thousands of honest people whe have been deprived of work, driven from once fam- ous institutions and laboratories, and tortured in the chambers of “s to effect, executives of firms will be exempted from paying in- come tax on earnings above $3000. DENIES BOARD EXCEEDS QUOTA KAMLOOPS, BC, June 15—Alle- gations that the Interior Vegetable Marketing Board had exceeded its quota of potatoes for the coast market by some 80 cars was re- futed this week by Vice-chairman R. B. Homersham and S. H. Hord, a member of the Coast Board, asked to publicly retract his state- ments. The Interior Board has shipped 80 sacks over the 300 car quota allotted under a working agree- ment with the coast board where- by potatoes would be shipped to the Pacific seaboard Market on 2 two one ratio. in the working agreement a pro- viso is made that in the eyent the coast market can absorb more than the $00 cars the same ratio prevail as buSiness warrants. the Gestapo. We see that the wave of pogroms, murders, and “suicides” has spread from Ger- many into Austria and Czecho- Slovakia. Yes, we know all that, and so we cannot see the picture “Pro- fessor Mamilock” without emo- tion. One must see the stormy re- action of the audience during a showing of the film; one must hear the applause that bursts forth at the sequences where the fascist ruffians meet with real resistance from the populace; one must lock at the expressions on the faces of spectators to understand the feelings that are aroused in their hearts by this film which tells about the suf ferings of a scientist who is dis- (Conttnued on Page 5) See PROFESSOR FAMLOCK