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Tune in — Green Gold Program, CJOR, every Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. “The B.C. Lumber Worker” Organ of the LW.A. 16 E. HMeastings St., Vancouver STEAM BATH= DENTIST | DR. W. J. CURRY 806 Birks Bide. Se | GQ Hastings Steam Baths Always Open Expert Masseurs in Attendance Hi ghiand 0240 164 EB. Hastings fe PHOTOGRAPHERS. FORUM OF THE PEOPLE | | Missionary Tells Of Japan Terror In China Supports Telford In Stand To the Editor: I read with much interest the article by Kay Gregory. in a recent issue of your paper and agree with the views expressed therein. I think it is high time that the people who elected Mayor Telford took a hand and helped in this ficht. The BC E£lectric tells us “It’s fine to live in Vancouver.” I think so myself, if it is only to see some of the hypocrisy and nonsense car- ried on at the city hall by the so- called representatives of the peo- ple. There is consolation in the fact that the municipal elections are fast approaching again, when there will be a chance of unloading some dead weight, providing that enough ballots are printed! We must wateh that no new stunt, such as that, is thought up to try and put something over on us. it seems to Me that we have got Chief Foster with us for a while yet. Like a king, it seems that he cannot do anything wrong. Van- couver must be replete with mili— tary titles. The chief of police is a brigadier-general and his counsel is a brigadier-general. Thank goodness there are not many more of them. That little verbal hand- eut by Hon. fan Mackenzie, MP, to Chief Foster may be a reward for gallantry on the political field: i did hear that he ran a Punch and Judy show when electioneering as Conservative candidate fer the islands. Can you beat that? Old Soldier, Worthlands, BC. Draw Result Tt was announced by Transpor- tation branch of the Communist party, this week, that DD. Cross, Lynnmour, BC, won the gold ring With ticket No. 444. Ring can be ecbtained at Room 19, 163 West Hastings. In letters from Chengtu, Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Wilford, Ca- nadian missionaries in China, give a vivid picture of civilian life under constant terror of Japanese air raids. Circulated by the Committee on Missionary Education in Toronto, the letters describe Chengstu’s first air raid: . “On a peaceful Sunday afternoon suddenly the preparatory air alarm was Siven. _.. Several of the hos- pital staff and others were watch- ing the heavens and admiring the formations and maneuyvres of the Chinese planes, when suddenly there appeared in the northern sky, flying quite low, snd in massed formation, 27 big black planes. . . We watched a little while as they quickly approached and as they seemed to be coming right over the mission compound, we thought it the better part of valor to run into our dugouts. ...iIn a few seconds we heard the loud sounds of bombs exploding. ...” “We heard of no military objec- tives having been hit. After the ‘all clear’ signal was sounded the wounded soon began to come to ,the various hospitals and dressin= Stations. The men’s hospital had three operation rooms busy most of the night... By Leslie Morris “During the days following the raid it has been a sad sight to tra- vel through the burnt out areas / of the city and see the destruction. it reminded one of Ypres during the Great War. Also it was most pitiable to see the poor homeless folk digging among the ruins of their shops and homes and trying to find some of their belonsings which may have escaped the bombs and fires.” “We wonder Already plans what about the fail. and ideas are bein= pooled to see where best to open the school, As my next door neigh- bor said, ‘Surely a bomb made by the kindly co-operation of the USA. and Canada would not be so un- kind as to harm us.’ There are times when one finds it hard to love one’s neizhbor. “Tf businessmen: of our fair GCan- ada could see the awful agony and death caused by their business transactions they wouid surely never put through another deal { with Japan. The Ghinese are not ageressors. They are being slain by the thousands by a nation which has not declared war, but which is trying to terrify into sub- moission a half-awake nation. Sure- ly such things should not be. "The world seems to be reverting: to the Dark Ages. High ideals, freedom of worship, value of hu- man life, no longer seem to sway the thoughts of those in authority. But Might is Right. One shudders to think of what may yet be the fate of the North American contin- ent when these dictators gain their ends.” Urges Millworkers To Join Trade Unions vantage of the unemployment another unemployed worker to machinery. Accidents. cx| Erequent At Mill To the Editor—Three weeks ago Steve Steiner, an employee of Shooks mill on Lulu island, had his right hand cut off in the trim saw. This is the third accident in seven months on this particular saw. Absence of of a bumper at the Saw on which Steve was working, crowded working quarters and Speedup are responsible for this accident. The chain on which lumber is piled is very short, giving: the operator very little time tos square up the lumber before it reaches the saw. As it is, he must work at top speed in crowded quarters, whereas a longer chain would give him more time and more room te Move ‘around. There are two trim saws on this chain and only one bumper. Steve shouted to his partner to stop the chain when his hand was eaught, but his partner didn’t hear as he was working at top speed. | Steve is only 33 years old and was to be married in September. The men report that In 1982 a man who lost his left hand in Shooks mill saw received only $317 a month compensation Wo job bas ever been given an injured man, such as watchman or some thing he could handle after being injured. Teck of organisation in the mill, fear of loss of job, intimidation, lac kof safety committees, speedup, To the Editor,—The mill barons in this city are taking ad- employees to disregard life and limb for the sake of getting more production per shift out of them. Any slowdown by work- ers to protect themselves means the gate and a chance for} & Gents within the past three weeks. that prevails by forcing their try his luck against high-speed Hor high speed, long hours and accidents, the McBain mill takes the prize. Here, to my knowledge, three more workers have had to apply for compensation for acci- Wour paper keeps the score on the logging accidents and deaths. I think you should keep the score of other accidents to workers, such as in the mills, and expose this massacre by money barons in- their race for the pot of gold in_ utter disregard for mankind. To combat this terrible toll of human life in mill accidents, log- fine accidents, and the like, work- ers must organize. Only this way will they protect themselves and their fellow men and make possible a better life for all. G. EF. Smart. New Westminster, BC. Corrections Made In Draw Results | Due to typographical errors, ad- | dresses of three prize-winners in the International Picnie draw as announced recently in the Advo- Gate were given incorrectly. | First prize-winner, B- Kaplan, address should have read 3890 Laurel. Third prize-winner J. Humphries, address should have read 1853 West Broadway. Tenth prize-winner, Gerda Pear- son, address should have read 930 Mclean Drive. W. Bennett won the prize for sélling the winning ticket, not, as announced, for selling the most ticicets. all are reasons for these accidents. The men feel, rightly that the only way to correct this situation is to organize the mills. Gs i: New Westminster, BC. NEW HE NEED for studying the fundamentals of socialism was never more obvious than at this moment of international crisis, when the shifting seene, coupled with the twisted des- patches of the commercial press, make it difficult for many workers to see through the gloom and interpret events through their socialist unders$anding. Letters which have been adressed to this column in the past fortnight prove that people want to understand and to read books-that will give them that understandins. Let me quote from a few. @ ERE is a very good letter from a young man in West Toronto, Steve Evans. I think: it is typical of thousands of young people’s thoughts: “In a recent edition of the new Clarion you drew atten-_ tion in your column to the reading of books and pamphiets. © You also invited readers to write you letters, and so you have only yourself to blame for receiving this one! “May I assure you that to the best of my Knowledge the young people of my own age who are frequently in my company all read good educational books. I myself take two books weekly from the library. One is always a recent book on world affairs or Russia. The other is on my new hobby, newspaper writing and advertising. Lhis summer I attended a picnic in Eldorado Park and heard a number of speakers, including Ald. S. Smith and yourself. I enjoyed listening to you as much as I enjoy reading your column, especially when you take a slap at somebody. Keep up the good work. My main reason for writing is to draw to your attention last evening’s broadcast concerning trade relations between Rus- Sia and Germany on Walter Winchell’s radiocast and in the news. His attitude was rotten, and he deserves to be taken down a peg. If you could give a moment of your time you might have an answer for him. Incidentally, I often read books which you recommend in your column, so don’t forget to put in the odd one now and again.” Wy = NEED more young men like that! Another one from Saskatchewan, Bill Davies, who is in charge of the Regina Clarion Bureau, has written to me outlining a grand plan for writing the life of Louis Riel. “I read your column in this week’s issue and was interested by many of the ques- tions you raise. One of the things I have had in mind for some time is a development of tradition in the West, through getting our comrades to write concerning its great fisures and events. “I believe there is a great need for us to do something in this line concerning the life of Louis Riel and the events concerning the imsurrection. You probably know, by the way, that there will be a film released this year or next dealing with the life of the West. I heard there is a Holly- wood representative here scouting for information. He figured the story would be built around the old RNWMpP, but he was convinced by an old-timer that the real figure was Riel. So I expect the film will follow along some such line. You may also have read of Clark Gable goings to Duck _Lake for ‘atmosphere’ and so on some two weeks back. They say they will cast him as Riel. (My God, I hope not!)” @ BX DAVIES develops his theme, and is enthusiastic about writing something about Riel. All power to him. As he says, Regina is the place where the rebel leader was hanged, and as Nicholas Flood Davin, editor of the Leader- Post in the “eighties, was sympathetic to the Metis’ cause, the old files of the paper are full of intimate accounts of those stirring days. That’s what we need in Canada. © | ae CONCLUDE, I shall recommend here a few books and pamphlets which will give a better basic understandins of the policy followed by the Soviet Union in fishting to preserve world peace, and to protect the first socialist nation. Whether or not you have read Left-Wing Communism, by Lenin, it would be an incalculable aid toe go through its pages and see what Lenin said about a lot of the confused, leftist arguments one hears so often at the moment (and especially from the Yrotskyist poisoners). Lenin describes the difficulties of the young Soviet republic, and how it fol- lowed a diplomatic policy which was directed, as is the USSR’s policy today, to making the country a centre of inspiration and confidence for the toilers of the world. Read again, and again if necessary, Stalin’s Leninism, the short edition at the moment preferably, to get a picture of the basic and undying principles of Socialist construction. Dimitrov’s masterly speech at the®7th ‘Congress of the Communist International, in the summer of 1935, will help you understand the fight for peace and how it is your fight and mine, no matter where we live. Read, too, of the respon- sibilities of the Socialist leaders, and remember that again and again the Second International has let down the cause of peace by refusing unity in action with the Communists. And finally, read Stalin’s speech at the 18th Congress of the CPSU last March. Of all speeches, this is the most im- portant at this time. 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