Page Two THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE July 21, Nazi Activities Okanagan Council Asks Restrictions On Citizenship KAMLOOPS, BC.—Demand that foreign-born residents of Canada be required to renounce their former allesiance before being granted citizenship was voiced by delegates to the Okana- gan Valley Municipal Association, tory extending from Summerland t meeting of the association here. Demand arose out of discussion ® of Nazi activities in the Okanagan Walley, where there are many Ger- man-Canadians, one delegate Com— menting that the Nazi problem in the Okanagan had become “most embarassing since Munich.” Tt was stated that Nazis were concentrating their activities upon the Q@kanagzan and that the presi- dent of the Deutschebund at Sum- meriand was a naturalized Cana- Gian who, despite his Canadian: citizenship, headed an organization fiving allegiance to a fascist power. During the past year Nazi agents have been particularly active in the Okanagan. Last October W.- Rodde, former German consul at Winnipes, made a tour of the en- tire district, ostensibly to cam- paign for a fresh fruit export trade with Germany, but actually to aid in setting up Wazi groups. There are Nazi groups at West Summerland, Osoyoos and HKe- lowna. representing organized terri- o Kamloops, at quarterly n Interior Discussed By Meetin Labor Protests Purchase Trades Council Hits Buying Of Japanese Saimon Purchase of 680,000 cases of- Japanese canned salmon by Bri- tish merchants recently drew protests of Salmon Purse Sein- ers’ and United Fishermens’ unions in @ resolution endorsed by delegates attending Vancou- ver Trades and Labor Council Tuesday night. Five Candidates Are Expected To Contest Nanaimo NANAIMO, BC—Probability that there will be five candidates for the Nanaimo seat in the coming federal elections was seen here this week when William J. Povah, farmer in this district, announced his candidacy as an independent. Liberais, Conservatives, CCT have already nominated candi- Gates, while J. S. Taylor, renegade GCF member for Nanaimo, who has been reported anglins for sup- Port from the old-line parties is also expected to run again. In a2 speech at Brechin hall an- mouncinge his entry into the field Povah declared he had a plan to “correct economic conditions.” His program, he said, would be based on abolition of excessive taxation and establishment of Iocal indus- tries to provide employment. SOHN STANTON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 508 Holden Building 16 E. Hastings St. Trin. 4464 | READ ‘THE FISHERMAN’ The Only Trade Union Paper in the Fishing Industry Published every other Tuesday by Salmon Purse Seiners Union and Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union. : Rates: $1.00 Year — 60c Six Mos. 164 Bast Hastings Street HASTINGS BAKERY High. 3244 71G East Hastings Street 4068 E. Hastings Street 1709 Commercial Drive QUALITY PRODUCTS MODERATE PRICES 100% UNIONIZED Specialists in Waving Fine White and Grey Hair € Downing Beauty Shop 3 130 West Hastings St. PHONE 2 = SEymour 0241 Call it Home! 445 GORE AVE. SEymour 03038 Hotel East The unions asked that copies be sent provincial and federal governments and the MBritish Trade Union Congress asked to register its protest to the Bri- tish government Hon. Norman Rogers, minister of labor, informed the council, in reply to a resolution calling for a works program to relieve distress among building trades workers who have been forced to seek relief during the building season, that the government has inaugurated a $3,000,000 works program apart from undertak— ings by other departments. A full appraisal of work under- taken by the government will be forwarded the council shortly, the minister stated. Building trades workers asked for a work scheme other than _ those intended for relief reci- pients. Cumberland Union Presents Veteran With Gold Watch CUMBERLAND, BC. Arthur Hoffheinz, Canadian volunteer re- cently released from a fascist pri- son in Spain, was on Sunday pre- sented with a gold ring at a wel- come home social held jointly by the United Mine Workers and its auxiliary. A. Keenan, another veteran, was similarly presented with a gold watch by the union local here on May Day. Both veterans are mem- bers of the union. Wearly $35 was raised at the so- cial for the Mac-Pap rehabilitation fund. on all projects. MASS WALKOUT of skilled workers from the airport York, largest WPA project. This picture shows some of ers who struck throughout the coun IWPA W orkers Demonstrate mien ata (Bengough Acclaimed | By Labor Trades Council Aliso Acclaims Charles Stewart Percy R. Bengough, veteran trade unionist, was returned by acclamation for his nineteenth consecutive term as secretary when delegates to Vancouver Trades and Tabor Counel elected their officers Tuesday | President —. A. Jamieson defeat “| ed Alex. Fordyce by 136 votes to ~§. 66 to retain his position for a third consecutive term. A second ballot was necessary to elect James main eee ail sah anisl aids drabalncitin Riese taut at North Beach, Tong Island, New the 200,000 building trades work- try demanding congress restore prevailing wage seales So tional Centers and certain former leaders of the RPWU for drawing up the rehabilitation plan without consideration of the men involved. The scheme advanced by the CRC now in operation allows a man six weeks work in camp and eight weeks out to search ror work. Main criticism is that it does not work out in practice because 2 number of men have not the $13.50 > ready cash as the sponsors claim. Civilian Conservation Camps as advocated by the Canadian Corps Association and taken up by Dr. R. J. Manion did not find favor with the 23 delegates in attendance ~ from 15 camps. They were looked on as a reversion to the 20-cent-a- day camp of the Bennett govern- ment. ASK FRANCHISE RIGHT. More than a score of resolu- tions were endorsed by the dele- gates. Among them being de- mands for extension of franchise rights to men in camps, qualified first aid men in every camp and regular visits of a doctor. Deferred pay, long a sore spot with project workers, was unani- mously voted down and the goy- ernment asked to abolish it, Robert Chandler was elected provincial organizer at the close of the convention. Other officers include Bert Flatt, provincial sec- retary, Arthur Rigby, secretary treasurer, and Stanley Doyle, as- sistant organizer. Labor Representation On Welfare Sought Organized labor will seek official representation on the Wel- fare Federation in order to advance the views and carry out the policies of the organized labor movement. This was decided by delegates to Vancouver Trades and Labor Council Tuesday night when they adopted their execu- tive’s recommendation to accept the Fordyce report on the Welfare Bederation with certain changes. The report, which re- quired eight months to complete, was referred to the executive at the last meeting of the council. Changes made were that Colum- bia Goast Mission should be taken over and financed jointly by fed- eral and provincial governments. The Fordyce report recommended the mission be financed by the pro- vineial government. Dealing with Seamens’ and Sail- ors’ organizations the executive ad- vised deletion of the clause advo- eating one of three institutions merged as the possible changes have already been made. ‘Jn our opinion,” stated the ex— ecutive report, “the Returned Sol- diers’ organizations could for the purpose of receiving assistance from the Welfare Federation cen- tralize their activities for this pur- pose with the idea of reducing ad- ministrative costs to save as much 4as possible of public funds” Action was deferred on the Re- turned Soldiers’ Club which was cited in the report as having ex- penses for 313 funerals when only 197 weterans were buried in the returned soldiers plot at Mountain dview cemetery. The executive had received information that the other 116 had been buried in various cemeteries throughout the prov— ince. Wouile the report was adopted the executive made the following state- ment: “Your executive is of the opinion that all such charitable activities as are carried on by the Welfare Federation rightfully belong to the state. We believe that good gov- ernment would fully take care of the sick, aged and physically han- dicapped and that such social ser- vice work @5 the full responsibility of the government. of the country and should not be left to any form of charity. ‘HWowever, we have to recognize the fact that governments up to now have not recognized their re- sponsibilities in such directions and that in the meantime some other means have to be found to provide the various agencies with the very necessary monies. Having in mind that we have to meet con- ditions as they are and not as we would like them to be, we be- lieve that it is advantageous to have our charities organized instead of unorganized. Prom this direction we believe that the Welfare Peder- ation is doing valuable work. it has eliminated a great deal of overlapping and is rendering a valuable community service. “We would recommend that the council seek official representa- tion on the board of the Welfare Federation and that our delegate or delegates would then be better able to advance the views and earry out the policies of the organ- jzed labor movement.” Expect Combine Probe Report Next Month OTTAWA, Ont.—A vol- uminous report is expect- ed next month when F. A. McGregor, combines com- missioner, hands down his findings into charges first made last year that a job- ber-shipper combine con- trols marketing of Okana- gan fruit. While no indication of the report’s contents has yet been given, it is gener- ally believed here that it will, in some aspects at least, bear out the charges vigorously pressed by the British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Ass’n and other growers’ organizations and given wide publicity in the press at the time. Proposal Endorsed Proposal for establishment of 2 district council of fishermen’s unions advanced by Percy R. Ben- fough, Vancouver Trades and La- bor Gouncil, secretary as a solu- tion to the many problems con- fronting the unions gained impetus this week with endorsement of the plan by North island Trollers’ Cooperative Association. Under the plan each local union would still retain its affiliation to Military Camps Scored By. RPWU In Convention NANAIMO, BC.—Measures aiming at bett conversion of them into works projects were convention of the Relief Project Workers Union In his report George Henderson, retiring organizer, schemes in operation in other provinces, and the Works Project Administration in the United States with that now in effect in BC. He scored the Citizens Recrea-< er relations in operation of project camps and taken by delegates attending the fifth annual here Saturday and Sunday. drew a comparison between work Surrey Will Seek Loan CLOVERDALE, BC Surrey municipality will seek $40,000 for a works program under terms of the Dominion Municipal Aids Act, whereby provincial and Dominion governments pay direct labor costs on projects not normally under- taken by the municipality. This amount is based on an al- lowance of $100 granted by the senior governments for each head of family now receiving material aid. All men to be employed on the proposed projects will be paid the minimum wage under the fair wage law. Hope was expressed by council that this work, equally dis- tributed, would reduce the relief burden for some time. Instructions were given the municipal engineer to draw up plans in consultation with council- lers for projects costing $7500 for Jabor in each of the five wards. Technicolor Film Of New BC Youth Hostels Availakle Paul Kozoolin, former varsity athlete, this week completed 2 500-foot technicolor film! of the new BC youth hostels now being established at Maple Ridge, Stave Falls, Harrison Bay and Harrison Take as an inexpensive travel aid to hikers and cyclists. Interested organizations, it is stated, may have the use of this film, depicting the natural beau- the trades and labor council and would have power to issue charters to new local unions established. That the plan is acceptable and workable is admitted by L. H. C. Phillips in an article in the Fisher- man. Wad not a conference pro- posed two years ago for Ccoopera-— tion along similar lines been sabo- taged by unscrupulous persons, the unions’ case against fish traps would be immeasurably strength- ened. The NITGA has endorsed the scheme and is prepared to work towards establishing @ district council. It has instructed its execu- tive board to take part in and en- courage all efforts to end. disunity- A resolution is being framed by the unions to be presented for ap- proval at the Trades and Labor Congress when it meets in London, Ontario, September 25. ties of Vancouver's surrounding countryside, by writing to Tan Bisenharat, director, Provincial president was eliminated on the first count Two ballots were necessary: to give Hughes 116 votes over his oppon- contestant, Dan MacPherson, was Smith, Carpenters Union, as vice- ) over Alex. Fordyce, Stonemasons union. Birt Showler Delegates selected S. S. Hughes, Buteher Workers and Meat Cut ters, for the position of warden. ent Ed. Smith, Painters. A third eliminated on the frrst ballot For statistician, two ballots were required to give Dan Mac- Fherson, Sheet Metal Workers, 2 clear mapority over Don Maxvwell, Retail Clerks. MacPherson got 127 votes while Maxwell retained his first score of 70. Reg. Atkinson was declared out on the first count Charles Stewart, Street Railway- men’s Union, was the popuiar choice of delegates for chairman- ship of the organising committee and was returned unopposed. J. A. Bumphreys, business agent of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers, save R. H. Neelands, Typographical Union, a close run for chairmanship of the legislative committee» Weelands won out with 91 votes to Humphreys’ 89, a third candidate, S. Shearer, being eliminated on the first count For chairman of the press com-— mittee W. Stewart, Hotel and Hes- taurant Employees, defeated Tom Holland and J. Hay for the posi- tion. Stewart received 94 votes, Holland 63, Hay i6. W. D. Wilson, Carpenters, won 4 clear majority over three other contestants for chairmanship of the grievance committee. The vote was: Wilson, 97; B. Hankin, 32; W. Watt, 25; and Gordon Maxwell, i8. Following the erection C, EH. Her- rett, vice-president of the Barbers International, installed the new officers. (eT Make The Truth Known In this pre-election period theold- time parties are doing all they can to confuse public opinion. Enact ments that enrich the few biz shots are painted-up to look like social benefits. Thus it is the task of progressive people in B.C. to e= pose this harmful demagogy se that the anti-social aims of Feac- tion are understood by tens of ¢housands of electors. An effective way to make the truth known is to gain wide distribution of the pamphlet “THE JOCKEY AND THE HORSE” by Alderman Stew- art Smith .. . 3 cents. NEW AGE BOOK SHOP 50a BE. Hastings St Wancouver, B.C. Recreation Centres, at 604 Hall Building, Vancouver, BC. Mail orders. Rm. 25, 163 W. Hastings e Richer, Fuller Flavor S. Westminster Loan Approved CLOVERDALE, BC — Approval of the $12,500 loan for South West- minster water project under the Municipal Improvements Assist ance Act was received by council Monday through an order-in- council. Application for final ap proval of Ottawa is now on its way. Resolutions from Surrey Work-— ers and Farmers Association de- manding that local youth be em- ployed on government local pro- jects and epposing any violation of the 40c minimum wage law were endorsed by council. For More Delicious Salads }<_» NALLEY’S : PURE Fees MAYONNAISE Made in British Colimbia DANCE REFRESHMENTS ~ FUN TOP FLOOR, 130 W. BASTENGS ST. ® Creamy Smoothness ADMISSION 10c Only Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union NEW METHOD SHOE - - 337 Carrall St- I Bn at oy be vt Se 4