i THE PRBEUPLE’S ADVOCATE ing SOVIET TRADE UNIONS MAY JOIN CONGRESS IF TU Federation Will Again Discuss Question Next Month PARIS, France. — The iri- ennial Congress of the Inter- national Federation of Trade Unions, which will convene in Zurich next month, will again discuss the all-important ques- tion of opening negotiations with the Soviet trade unions with a view to their entering the Federation. The decision to approach the Soviet trade union movement on this question was first taken three years ago at the last IRTU con= gress in London, but the question was hoisted and later defeated Gurine the Oslo meeting of the exe- cutive. Since the Oslo meeting, however, and at the meeting of the execu- tive in Brussels, Chairman Sir Walter Citrine declared that he wanted the Soviet unions to enter the Federation and there is no doubt that the question will play an important part in the coming CGoneress. The French trade union move-— ment is the strongest force in the Federation favoring the move. Benoit Frachon, leading French unionist, in an article in the French press this week, recounted the background of efforts to ob- tain international trade union unity following the decision made at the July, 1936, Congress of the THIT to open negotiations with all countries. _ Seoring the attack on unity Jaunched in Oslo in May, 1938, Frachon said that while Citrine was conducting negotiations with the American Federation of Labor, he completely ignored the Cio, at the same time launching an attack on the Soviet Union. “Tt now appears, however, thet our British trade union comrades faced with great danger from re- action, have come to 4 better un- derstanding of the necessity of unity. It is to be hoped that they will not disappoint us at this next congress of the Federation in Zurich.” | COMMUNIST PARTY BROADCAS! Every Friday CKMO .. 9:45 P.M. — This Week — MALCOLM BRUCE S THE MURDEROUS bombing atta futile attempt to shatter Chinese m with homeless people numbering in prepared to flee a city threatened with new. air raids. cks by Japanese fascists on non-military objectives in orale has created a gigantic refugee problem in China, the millions. Above is typical scene as Chinese refugees Bas Abolish Criminal Records Of Unemployed, TLC Demands Arrest and imprisonment of some 66 single jobless on charges FORCED OUT A. supplies YOULL ENJOY YOURSELF at the BANQUET and DANCE Sponsored by United Fishermen’s HASTINGS AUDITORIUM AD MISSION Union Local 44 35 CENTS H. COPE, administrator for the Society of Friends in Spain, forced out when Franco stole food intended for children. FRIDAY, JUNE 23 a ee see le ae a ees Week Starting Friday, June 23 The story NAZI TERROR EXPOSED! vivid, of a2 men and women wh defy WHitler’s terror COMPLETE f ENGLISH TITLESE searing ff Jewish PLUS 5 AJl-Star Acts of Roadshow Vaudeville BALCONY til 1 PIM. BEACON THEAT a a a a a ee ee neg EE a SE Ee of “obstructing police” while tincanning on Vancouver streets was protested to the Attorney-General by the Trades and Labor Council and a request made that criminal records of them be @2bolished. 1 } } PP. G Munro, sponsor of the mo- tion, said it was a “criminal shame” that hungry men should be jailed for trying to get something to eat and once convicted o fthe charge would have criminal records estab- lished against them which might debar them from future employ- ment. The delegate pointed out that the) men would be photographed and fingerprinted and their records sent to Ottawa. Mothers’ Council at a meeting on Tuesday protested to both federal and provincial governments the jailing of the men, and demanded they be allowed to enter the sum- mer work camps. Onus for the arrest of 26 men Saturday and another 40 Monday rests with the Provincial Govern- ment as the Hon. Norman Rogers, Federal Minister of Labor, in reply to an urgent wire from Mayor Tel- ford asking what projects were available, stated all projects wheth-— er operated by his government or jointly with provincial governments were open to single men. Wo special requests for assistance have been made by any of the provincial governments, although federal authorities are prepared to share the costs on a 50-50 basis. But in spite of this assurance from the federal minister, Hon. G. S. Pearson, provincial labor minis— ter, remains adamant in his re- fusal to allow some 250 men entry into the summer project camps. The men were eligible last winter for camps and did work in them during the early part, their places being taken later by provincial men. The arrested men pleaded not guilty to the charges and were re- manded for one week. During the tagging period on Saturday some $321 was collected and a further sum collected on Monday. Continued string: of popula weeklies thousands of mew.readers can be won,’ Griffin declared. Beginning July i, he said, the Clarion would be published from Toronto for Eastern Canada. The present Clarion Weekly would be issued from Winnipeg in August to serve the progressive movement in the three prairie provinces, and Clarte, labor-progressive weekly now circulated in Quebec, would be improved. “The fourth paper in the chain will be the People’s Advocate, now called upon to play an even more important part in bulding the de- mocratic front in British Colum- bia,’ stated Griffin. “For four years it has served the labor-pro- eressive movement in this prov- ince, growing in influence as the movement it has helped to build has grown. But if reaction is to be defeated, if united support for a Canadian New Deal reform pol- icy is to be achieved and victory for democratic forces in the fed- eral election assured, its influence must be increased tenfold.” In line with Griffin’s announce- ment, the editorial board of the Advocate now is considering pro- posals to enlarge and improve the paper so that it can better serve the interests of the labor-progres- | sive movement in BC. YOUTH TRAINING FAILURE CITED Failure of the Dominion-Provin- cial youth training scheme to em- brace all Canadian youth was scored by delegates attending the Ganadian Physical Education As- sociation convention in Normal School this week and formed the basis of a resolution introduced by Ian Bisenhardt, president of the BC branch. The resolution urges lowering of the age limit to include boys and girls of 14 years not attending school or where no physical train- ing is provided. At present thousands of Cana- dian youth are left out of the scheme because provision is made only for men and women between the ages of 16 and 35 who are not now gainfully employed. This point was severely criticized by the dele- gates. Provision of a physical education school by the Dominion govern- ment to train leaders will be asked in another resolution now before the convention. Several delegates are in accord with a proposal that persons in mnecessitous circum- Stances who desire to become lead- ers be given scholarships. There is a possibility that the federal government may yet launch a physical education and training scheme, but will be hampered through lack of efficient in- structors, it was pointed out by delegates. At the inaugural luncheon earlier in the week Miss Florence A- Somers, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Physical Education As- June 23, 1939 Uncovered Los Angel Give Vital Defense Secrets To Enemy es Police sociation, in an address deplored the state of affairs where many schools are without grounds for field hockey or Similar sports in 2 country whose vastness makes this condition look absurd. “There are many faults as well as virtues in the Dominion-Pro- vincial youth training scheme, but full advantage is not being taken of the opportunities afforded,” the speaker said. School boards will be asked to | cooperate with the scheme and pro- vide free of charge the facilities of the schools for the physical LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Mayor Fletcher Bowron this week awaited word from Federal agencies before launching an investi- gation into sensational charges that Los Angeles police officers are cooperating with Japanese and Italian agents on the Pa- eifie Coast. @ The charges wére made by John LL. Spivak, ace reporter, in a Care- fully documented story appearing in Ken Magazine. Among the American collabora- tors with the Berlin-Rome-Tokio axis, named in Spivak’s article, is ex-Police Chief James E. Davis, now employed by Douglas Aircraft Gorporation. This corporation is infested with spies seeking and ob- taining niformation on American aviation defense secrets, according to recent charges levelled by Pa- cific Coast CLO Director Harry Bridges. Also named were William fF. t China Yet Holds Big Territory Large Number Of Provinces Maintain Local Government = “Red” Hynes, former ecting chief of detectives on Los Angeles “Red Squad” and still on the local police force; and Detective Lieutenant Luke M. Lane, assistant to Hynes on the old “Red Squad” and still on the police payroll. Ken states that because of the gravity of the information and the documents secured by Spivak, all! information has ben turned over] to the American Naval Intelligence. Evidence produced by Spivak showed that: , i. High Los Angeles police offi- cials have been secretly supplying information to Japanese and Itali- an agents. 2 Qne of these police officials (Eiynes) periodically deposited to his bank account much more money than he earned as a police officer. 3. Present and former reserve officers of the American armed forces are building and helping to arm a secret army within the Unit- ed States. 4. The leader of this secret army now has $70,000 worth of hand gre— nades, guns, etc. stored in a Los Angeles warehouse. 5. This leader, who is receiving money from mysterious sources, worked for the British Intelligence Service, and one of his chief aides in the secret army is closely tied up with Japanese operating on _ the West Coast. 6. This leader is also in communi-— cation with native Americans worknig with Nazi agents. 7. Mayors and police officials in a number of cities have been drawn into the net of the secret army. 8. Japanese agents, operating out of espionage headquarters in three hotels in Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco, are secretly caching arms, oil, gas and short wave radio parts just south of the American border. 9. Japanese naval officers issued orders within the past two months for Japanese “farmers” just south of hte American border to get more Jand to build emergency airfields. 10. A mysterious German chemi- cal, capable of sinking American warships without firing a shot, has been stored south of San Diego and near San Pedro and San Francisco by Japanese agents working with; Wazi and Italian agents. Hynes resorted to bravado in the face of the charges that he sold out America to her enemies, threaten- ing a libel suit against Ken Mazga- zine. Ex-Chief Davis, who was oust- ed by the progressive Bowren ad- ministration, in a released state- ment brazenly admitted that he gave information to Japanese €s- training and education of youth 4s a result of Miss Somers’ address. This provision is made to youth training schemes in operation and delegates felt there was no reason why the Canada. Continued WORKS PLAN felt, however, that if the scheme does go into effect, it will prove to be a progressive step, indicat- ing that the government has final- ly realized that jobless men should not be penalized for seeking em- ployment. According to Fred Tyler of the BC Federation on Unemployment, the new method of administration is apparently an outgrowth of the survey of employment possibilities in BG undertaken last April by the provincial government. Mr. Tyler told the Advocate he had recently been informed by Minister of Labor Pearson that while the survey was not yet fully complete, copies of the findings would be ready very shortly. VICTORIA, BC. — New reeula- tions aimed at standardizing train- ing of domestic servants has been announced by the government. The move will pave the way for estab- lishment of minimum wage scales. in | the United States and in Europe | @ same facilities | : coula nto be rendered the plan in i Millinery Clearance This group ineludes many hats worth as high as $2.95. 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Im parenthesis, it should be ex- plained that a province is the largest administrative unit in’ China and a county or hsien is an intermediary unit with smaller divisions under it. A Chinese province may be composed of as many as 100 counties or as few as 50. The ii provinces which have been graphically surveyed are Kiangsu, Chekiang and Fukien along the sea-coast, Anhwei, Ki- angsi, Hunan, Hupeh and Honan’ in Gentral China, and Shantung, Shansi and Hopei and the North. This survey did not include Chahar and Suiyuan north of Peiping and Kwangtung, which bas Canton as its metropolis. Out of the total of 945 counties, 570 or 59 percent of them are completely under Chinese control, while in 35 others or five percent of them Chinese magistrates are still carrying out their admini- strative duties from their county seats although parts of these counties have been occupied by the Japanese troops. Meanwhile, in 257 counties, or 26 percent of the total, Chinese magistrates are functioning in the suburbs. In 11 counties, or twe percent of the total, the magistrates are con- tinuinge their functions in the neighboring counties. @nly in 72 counties, or a mere eight percent of the total, the Ghinese magistrates have found it impossible to carry on their duties. Dr. H. E. Young, Vancouver medical health officer, this week joined the ranks of those support ing a housing plan for the city. “We already have pure water and good sewage—now Wwe must tackle housing and nutrition,’ he said. pionage and consular agents, but claimed he gave them “public in- formation. Hynes confessed he was able to place more money in his bank ac- count than his salary called for by hiring himself out to private cor porations in labor disputes “In be tween” his police duties. 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