NS ER MTET NT | LAKES & NINNIS June 23, 1939 THE PEO PeeeeB 3S ADVOCATE Page Five Sheet Metal Works Furnace Repairs and Sawdust Burners 952 Commercial Dr. High. 2250 V7 > t | Dr. J. M. Campbell | Naturopathic Physician Short wave diathermy and other electro-therapy measures for re— lief of illness. Thorough exam- ination before any treatment is begun. SEy. 5790 227-3 Vancouver Bik. 736 Granville St. READ ‘THE FISHERMAR’ The GQnly Trade Union Paper in the Fishing Industry Published every other Tuesday by Salmon Purse Seiners Union and Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union. Bates: $1.00 Year — 60c Six Mos. i164 East Hastings Strest JOHN STANTON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 603 Holden Building i6 EK. Hastings St. Trin. 4464 HASTINGS BAKERY High. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 4068 E. Hastings Street 1708 Commercial Drive CS = Quality Products at Mioderate Prices We Deliver to Hast End and Grandview Homes e “Thrifty Housewives Shop at Hastings Bakery!” ; ° 100% Unionized On the air: LABOR NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Presented by AL PARKIN Sponsored by the People’s let your Advocate in cooperation with Dr. R. Liewellyn Deuglas Br. Dougias TUESDAY and FRIDAY S:45 P.M. CKMO 455 GORE AVE. SEymour 0308 Hotel East Mac-Pap Bulletins By JEAN CAMERON Sec’y, Friends of the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion Cee of activity in Spanish veteran circles is devoted to making the picnic on Sunday, July 9 at Seymour Park, spon- sored by the Mac-Paps, an out- standing success. Bus service will be provided from the corner of Cassiar and Hastings to the scene of festivities on the Worth Shore. A £World’s Fair barbecue, Sports, games, and other enter- tainment ensures those who at- tend an enjoyable day besides- assisting the yeterans. Games of chance will be handled by sup- porting organizations it was de- cided at a meeting Wednesday night and the food will be sup-— plied by the Ukrainian Labor Farmer Temple Association, one of our staunchest supporters. e OQ DATE $339.75 has been re— ceived at the office for the sale of tickets which will be drawn at the picnic, but the funds from this are totally in- adequate to provide artificial limbs, medical treatment and vo- cational training for the vets—a plan we had in mind when we distributed the tickets. Star salesmen among the vets are Gerry Delaney, $43.75; Bill Tough, $14; and S. Robertson, 39.25. Other veterans are doing their share for the wounded and incapacitated yweterans. Charles Beasor in Nanaimo is working hard and George Edgar up in Fort Eraser is busily engaged speaking at meetings for the Mac-Pap fund. This week he sent in $3.05. Remember the boys who fought for democracy in Spain fought for you. Will you fight for them now. They need your sup- port. @ ECEIPTS from ticket sales are: Trades and Labor Coun- eil, $17.50; PCEU, $5; RPWU, $3; Civic Employees, $2.50; Pile Drivers, $2.50; IWA, Lake Cow- ichan, $24.75; Hotel and Res- taurant Employees, 75 cents; Cumberland, $42.75; Extension, $22.50; Hedley, $12.50; Giscombe, $11.25; New Westminster, $10; Barkerville, 37.50; Blakeburn, $6.75; Kamloops, $1.25; Spanish vets, $86; Communist Party, $31.25; James McGavin, $10; ULETA, Beaconsfield, $9; I. Kim- mel, $8; Girls’ Brigade, $4.75; A_ Barron, $425; HH Harris, $3.75; E. Merrill, $3; B. Steven, $2.50; Mrs. LGamadee, $2.25; Mrs. Bell, $2.25; EX. Bjarnason, $1.75 and H. Lewis, 50 cents. in Vancouver News Of The City HALDANE ANALYZES SUBMARINE DISASTER tions must be pressed home. mechanical side of the disaster, which I am going to ask here. The crew was apparently not drowned, but suffocated. This may have hap— pened in several ways. A doctor said that the rescued men were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. I do not believe this. Carbon monoxide arises from in- complete combustion. But presum- ably the Thetis’ motors were stopped before she dived. If so there was no source of carbon monoxide. I hope that the crew died from exhaustion of the air by their own breathine—because this form of death is not painful, Human respir ation produces carbon dioxide and uses up oxygen. A submarine Should be equipped with a mixture of lime and soda to take up carbon dioxide, and with a supply of oxy- gen in cylinders or in chemical combination. We know that the air was get- ting bad after 20 hours when the survivors escaped. But there were 103 men aboard, instead of the normal 57. This means that the air was being used up at twice the normal rate. But was there twice the usual supply of oxygen and soda-lime on board? As I have breathed both air con- taininig excessive carbon dioxide and air short of oxygen till I was pretty well unconscious, I can say that although the carbon dioxide causes severe panting, it does not give the horrible feeling of pres- Sure on the chest which occurs if one is buried alive. But if, as is pos- sible, the crew died of chlorine poisoning, they must have suffered. When salt water gets into ac- cumulators, the salt reacts with the sulphuric acid in them to make hydrochloric acid. This is then ox idized by the lead peroxide, and ehlorine gas is formed. This causes terrible coughing, and the victims finally die from want of oxygen because the membranes of their lungs are so swollen that air cannot reach the blood. In Brief Progressive Women’s Group of Victoria Road, a comparatively new organization in the labor movement, has contributed some $28 since February to benefit vari- ous causes sponsored by other or- ganizations. The group has donated $19 to the Mac-Paps; League for Peace and Democracy, $2; Chinese orphans, $4; People’s Advocate, $2; and CP Provincial School Fund, $2. Extension of the civic franchise to all residents of 21 years and over is the aim of the League for Women Voters. At present a com- mittee is studying the charter of the City of Vancouver with a view. to proposing certain amendments granting this privilege, now en- joyed by citizens in a number of cities on the prairie and in the Hast. The league at a recent meeting and strawberry social also protested the ballot shortage in the May 10 civic by-election. Adjournment of the Mothers’ Council during the months of July and August is announced. How- ever, the executive will function during the period. For informa- 4 tion, telephone Mrs. Lusk, TRinity 4540 i. As a windup the Mothers’ Coun- f cil is sponsoring a Products Lunch- eon and cards in Spencer’s store (Fifth floor) on Tuesday, June 27, at 12:30 pm. Tickets are available § from any member at 25 cents. Boxing, sports and musical en- tertainment by the Ukrainian Or- ehestra will feature a picnic at Military Park, corner of Slocan and Seventeenth Avenue Past on Sunday, June 25, at 1 pm. SPECIAL! While You Wait... Mien’s Half Soles and Rubber Heels Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings Street res > physiologist, Attempts have been made to seal up the accumulators (batteries) so that water cannot get in. Unless this has been fully successful, we must ask the following question: ‘Was the crew protected against chlorine poisoning either by respirators of the army type or by something like the rescue apparatus used in colliery ex- piosions?” The survivors escaped with the Davis apparatus. This consists of a oxysen opening into a rubber breathing bag strapped to the man’s chest. There is also a bo= of soda-lime to absorb carbon diox- ide. The man breathes into the bag through a rubber tube and a mouthpiece strapped onto his face. His nose is clipped and he wears goggles. He puts the apparatus on and, with another man, enters an escape chamber. Water is let in and they open an outer door and are floated to the top by the buoyancy of the air in their breathing bags. The outer door is then shut, the water emptied into the bilges, and the next two men enter. At least this is what ought to happen. But about half the men who used the appara- tus were killed. The most probable reason for their death is as follows: the pres- sure on a man escaping from a submarine changes very quickly. First of all the pressure rises as he lets the water into the escape chamber. Then it falls again as he rises to the surface. Now the in- ereased pressure squeezes the air in his lungs into a small volume, and the falling pressure make ist expand. Tf the wearer breathes freely this does not matter. But if in his very natural agitation he closes his throat there may be such a suction in his lungs as to burst the blood vessels, or such a pressure as to drive air from his lungs into the blood. One of the crew of the Poseidon was killed in the latter way in 1932. The apparatus includes a vane (or knotted line) to prevent the man from arising too quickly. Im fact the Davis apparatus, though excellent with highly train- ed men, is no more foolproof than the ordinary Kind of parachute. Fortunately, however, it is easier to learn its use than that of the parachute. Qne can learn the use lof the Davis apparatus at small depths, and thousands of men have done so in the dummy sub- marine in a tank at Portsmouth. Had all the men in the Thetis, including the civilians, had thorough practise of this Kind? If not, no wonder they were lilled. Of course the cause may have been that owing te the tit ef the submarine the water could not be properly drained from the escape chamber. If so, the design was faulty. Finally, another question must be asked. The safety of the men /in the submarine depends on a mumber of physiological principles. Thirty years ago the Admiralty employed my father, who was a to make submarines safer, which he did, and with Sir Robert Davis, the designer of the By PROF. J. B. S. HALDANE LONDON, Eng.—(By Mail)—It is very doubtful if we shall ever learn the whole truth about the terrible disaster which killed 99 men in the submarine Thetis. can be hampered by official secrecy. A good many questions have been asked about the delays in salvage, the absence of a diving bell, the failure to use cranes, and so on. Even a public inquiry These ques- But there are others concerning the human, as opposed to the pam apparatus, collaborated with him. But physiclogy does not stand still. Has a2 first-rate physiologist been employed im the last 10 years to apply modern develop- ments of his science to the safety of submarine crews? if not, the people must demand that in future research must be carried out on the men as well as the machinery concerned, and that those who are responsible for this omission shall be replaced by others with more respect for hu-— man life. : This is a horrible article. I am sorry. But it is about a horrible Subject. So long as the nations can- not agree to abolish submarines brave men are bound to bein dan- ger. But lovers of peace can insist that every, step should be taken to reduce this danger to the mini- mum, Continued CONGRESS a United Canada” the five-day Congress, which will be attended + by more than 500 delegates from all parts of Canada, will discuss problems of national importance under the five headings of Agricul- ture, Industry, Education, and Canadian Unity and Peace. Such vital matters as marketing acts, price control, soil conserva— tion and reforestation, unemploy- ment insurance and health protec- tion, vocational training and place- ment together with the national! and international situation will re— ceive the earnest consideration of the delegates. Recognizing the importance of the Congress Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King has sent the fol- lowing message “The opportunities which the Canadian Youth Congress provides for discussion of the many prob- lems, domestic and external, which have an immediate bearing upon the fortunes of Canadian youth, are greatly to be commended. The very conduct of the Congress will in itself be an objeet lesson and a@ reminder of the variety of these urgent questions, and of the best means which can be initiated with a view to securing the most bene- ficial results.” Procedure of the Congress will be in the form of commission meet- ings. There will be a commission for each heading on the agenda formed on the first day and each will bring in its findings for pre- liminary discussion by the entire Congress. Another session will finally pass on the deliberations. An excerpt from the call sent out by the Youth Congress reads: “No matter what our occupation, eur individual opinion, our lan- guage, religion or race we must come together to contribute to a common program for progress: a program in which we all may share equally without sacrifice of our separate individualities.” “Therein lies the strength of our nation. Therein lies our responsi- bility.” Continued HOUSING large sums are spent restoring peo— ple to health and then allowed to go back into homes where disease can easily be contracted. Three out of every five people in BC were de- pendent on the lumber industry and his organization was in full ac- cord with the housing scheme since it would mean employment to its members. Executive member W. Stewart related an anomalous situation where tradé unions were demand- ing of the Federal Government the inauguration of a works program and the city has an opportunity of using $1,300,000 for a housing pro- fram, but was held up because real estate sharks were opposed to it. “We should demand the city go ahead with the scheme,” he said. “Here is a real opportunity to See houses built by union Iabor,” said Don Maxwell, Retail Clerks’ delegate, in supporting the motion. Dr. G M. Weir, Minister of Health, at a meeting of the Van- ecouver Housing Association Mon- day spoke favorably in support of a housing project and attacked the indecent housing conditions which five this city the dubious honor of having more one and two-room dwellings than any other large city in Canada. The old saying that many a geni- us is born in a hovel may be true in some cases, but there are many more of them die there. Need for eradicatin= congested areas was stressed by the minister because health can not be built in hovels. “The question is not whether we can afford a housing program, but | rather, can we afford to delay?” he concluded. <> July 1 Aug. 5 July 12 Hastings Pa Aug. 28 —_— i <== ates este le} lm) “ | lent lon) a) | lay | EE ( Horse Racing Seven Races Daily Rain or Shine Lansdowne Park - Aug. Brighouse Park Aug. 19 - July 22 - Vancouver Exhibition —_— July 8 12 - July 19 Aug. 26 rhc July 29 - Sept. 4 ( <> () SEE () ESE () SESE () SSE (C) GEES () <> () GEE ()- 32> OGD 0) > 0 D>) ED ED) D> 0 ED 0 GED 0 GED 0D O For More Delicious Salads @® Richer, Fuller Flavor NALLEY’S PURE MAYONNAISE Made in British Columbia ) PE SEES Smoothness THE CENTRAL Refreshments Served cordially invites you to WHIST . BINGO . CONCERT . DANCE 130 West Hectee: Street Wednesday, June 28th, at 8 P.M. COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS! SOCIAL CLUB Admission Pree Ww e Need BUY A DRAW TICKET to - - - Come to the Mac-Pap PICNIC at SEYMOUR PARK, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 9th, and meet the Boys! .. . Catch the bus at Cassiar and : Coast Lumber FRIENDS OF THE MACKENZIF-PAPINEAU BATTALION Room 43 - 615 West Hastings Street Help the Disabled Spanish Veterans BILL TOUGH Veteran of the Great War. Went to Spain April, 1937. Wounded on the Aragon Front, and again at Teru- el. Bill has had six opera- tions, including four am- putations. : | There are others, besides Bill, who need artificial Tans and medical atten- E tion. out Help the New York World’s Fair Hastings Streets. Jean Cameron, Sec’y Tycoon Approves Japan Fascism TORONTO, Ont.—Open espousal by the Globe and Mail financial editor Wellington Jeffers of the pro-Japanese senti- ments and anti-democratic proposals of H. R. MacMillan, has ereated a great stir in Toronto. Mr. MacMillan has just returned from the Orient amd while he had “nothing to say’ about the blockade of Britishers in Tientsin he had much to say, to the loud approval of the Globe editor, on the neces- sity of Canada copying Japan’s sys- tem of government. Hm. R. MacMillan is one of the “big Shots” in Canadian financial and industrialist monopoly circles. His main holding are in British Columbia, where cooperation of Canadian firms with Japanese has created a definite danger to Can- ada’s defense on the Pacific, as debate in the House of Commons recently revealed. MacMillan is personally director of the Canadian Bank of CGom- merce, president of the H. R. Mac- Millan Export Co. Litd., and the same company in the U.S.A, of the Canadian Transport Co; Austra- lian-British Columbia Shipping Go., British Columbia Packers tItd_, British Columbia Fishing and Pack ing Co., Gossing Packine GCo., Ga- nadian White Pine Co. and the Al- berni-Pacitic Laimber Go. Much of his wealth comes from exports to Japan-