4 } : TELFORD DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ACTION Food Profiteering Must End Led by Mayor J. Lyle Telford, who last Friday despatched an urgent wire on behalf of the people to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, am angry tide of protest against the umnecessary and exorbitant rise im food prices is sweeping the city. Telford’s telegram to the prime minister suggested that ‘‘im- mediate action be taken by your government to prevent price manipulation and hoarding of essential foodstuffs. swing in prices here without any justification whatsoever.”’ Pointing out that this was working terrific hardship upon) those on relief and in lower in- come brackets, the wire con- tinued, “If this state of affairs is allowed to continue and those who have already hoarded not . made to disgorge, it is inevit- able that much justifiable re- sentment and unrest will en- sue.” * The government has estab- lished a Wartime Prices and Trade Board which will have power to seize any hoard of food, to fix maximum prices and profit margins, to fix the amount sold or purchased by any person, and to itself buy and sell supplies through agen- cies. ” Vancouver Retail Merchants Association has recommended that a provincial advisory com- mauttee be established. But prices continue to rise. Scores of resolutions have flooded Ottawa from trade un- ions, women’s organizations, youth clubs, political parties, demanding action by the Board. In street cars, in every store, Already there is marked upward on street corners, bitter com- ment on prices can be heard. When war broke cut, mem-— ories began to flood back of the (Continued on Page 6) See CHARGE RACKETEERING Es The News Commentators Speculating On Actions of USSR By B.W.VE. Typical of the development of events in the last five weeks is the attitude of VYancouver daily newspapers. Yesterday (Thursday) the Sun in its daily column, “The War Today,” stated: “Pravda talks of a White Russian repub- lic of 3,000,000 people and a Ukrainian republic of 8,000,000. .-..- The Moscow plan might be like this. . . .’ It then goes on to sug- gest that the Soviet Union will join Germany in the partition of Poland, will help Hitler to take Ru- mania, taking back Bessarabia and will establish an armed protectorate ever Lithuania, Latvia, HEsthonia and Finland. RESULT: A LIF-. A Sun editorial repeated the same story as follows: “In Moscow the government - controlled press is talking about the need of setting up independent republics in Polish territory, under Russian protection —a. nice name for another ruthless partition of Poland, the fourth in history.” - "The same editorial added gently towards the end: “So far this is only theory. . . - The evidence of this intention is neither direct nor absolute.” Tt seems to us that “a theory” in the Sun terminology is only 2 nice mame for a lie. The only direct quotation from Pravda in yesterday’s news dis— patches was the following: “Poland is a multi-national state. The Poles constitute only about 60 percent of the population of Poland while the remaining 40 percent is made up of national minorities, chiefly Ukrainians, Byelo (White) Russians and Jews. Suffice it to say that Poland is inhabited by no less than 8,000,000 Ukrainians and about 3,000,000 Byelo Russians. These two largest national min- orities account for nearly 11,000,000 inhabitants.” Pravda printed a fact. The Sun invented a theory. The result is a lie. STORY REFUTED. The direct lie was given yester- day by the news dispatch of A. C. Cummings in the Province. The Province reported: “The Soviet embassy in London denies that Russia, though mobil- izing -two million men on the western frontier, has any inten- tion of intervening in the war. The Mobilization is intended solely ta Safeguard neutrality against both Germany and Poland. “The German general staff is known to be worried by Moscow's action, because, even if the Nazis conquer Poland outright, they will still have to keep big forces in the east not only to hold down the conguered territory, but aiso to watch the Russians.” APPEASERS REAILAIN. Of ereat interest in the same dis— patch by A. ©. Cummings was the following report: “Premier Daladier, now virtually France’s dictator, has dismissed Georges Bonnet from the foreign Gifice and reorganized his govern- ment, keeping the foreign office and war office in his own hands. “As Bornet filled the sinister role of chief appeaser in Czechoslo- vakia’s downfall, his removal gives yet another proof that France will fight to a finish” it appears from this that it is now admitted that M. Bonnet played a ‘sinister role’ at Munich, that he was the ‘chief appeaser’ in €zechoslovakia’s downfall,’ that ap- peasement now at last is never to be repeated. But is that true? M Bonnet re Mains in the French cabinet as Minister of Justice, and all the other sinister appeasers on both Sides of the channel are still in office. We agree with President Roose welt when he stated two weeks 280: “Do not believe, of necessity, everything you hear or read Check up On it first” < FORMERLY THE PEOPLES ADVOCATE FOR PEACE, PROGRESS AND DEMOCRACY The ADVOCATE FULL No. 244. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1939 aS 5 Cents Buck Urges Full Aid To Poland Communist Leader Sends Telegram To Prime Minister TORONTO, Ont. — Follow- ing telegram has been sent by Tim Buck, general secretary of the Communist party, to Prime Minister Mackenzie King: In the name of my party I urge full support to the Polish people in their resistance to Nazi agpres-— sion. The Communist party of Canada has stood consistently for adequate measures to prevent such ageression and to destroy fascism and reaction. Canada’s national and world in- terestS lie--in= the restoration -of democracy to the great German people, which can be achieved only by the defeat of imperialist ambitions of the financial and industrial overlords of Germany who are the masters of the Hitler clique and the destroyers of demo- eracy and labor. We stand for the independence of Poland and the restoration of the national free— dom in Czechoslovakia and Austria. At the same time we state as we have repeatedly asserted that this eruel war could have been pre- wentead had Canada, with the rest of the countries interested in main- taining peace, taken a firm stand for collective security and had it fought and exposed the fatal, im- perialist policy of appeasement and Munich which permitted fascism to grow strong and destroy peace— ful nations, and which had as its motive the desire of certain Bri- tish and French imperialist groups, centered in the Daladier and British mational governments, to provoke and instigate war by the fascist powers upon the USSR. OQnly a free and united demo- cratic people can conquer fascism. Consequently Canada’s effort in this war against Nazi dictatorship can be truly democratic and the cries of jingoists and chauvyinists silenced, only if attempts of these gentlemen to establish here a na- tional government of reaction to push their imperialist ambitions abroad and to defeat labor and the people at home, are frustrated. This requires the fullest freedom of speech, press and organization for all who stand unconditionally for the defeat of fascism in this war. I call upon your government to fuarantee these rights in order to permit the just and sacred anti- fascist aims of the democratic people to be carried through to a successful conclusion. A POLISH village near the German border going up in smoke, following a Nazi air raid. BULLETINS | Meetings in the Croatian educational home this week Van- couver’s Croatian community in a message to Prime Minister Mackenzie King declared its “wholehearted loyalty to Canada, our new homeland,” condemned “Nazism as an enemy of de- mocracy and peace which also threatens the security of our country of origin—Jugoslavia.” Ian Eisenhardt, Provincial Recreational centres director, teld the Advocate yesterday (Thursday) when asked if there were any truth in the rumors that the provincial government planned to reduce its grant, “This is hardly the time for a reduction. Rather, the work should be continued. Dr. Weir has told us we may go ahead with present plans, so that by October 15 we expect to be going full blast.” LONDON, Eng.—More effective British assistance in the war against Germany was asked by Poland yesterday (Thurs- day) in a note delivered to the British bassador Count Edward Raczynski. MOSCOW, USSR. “Absence of effective aid on the part of England and France,” is given as the principal reason for success of the German offensive against Poland by Pravda, official organ of the Communist party, and Izvestia, spokes- man for the Soviet government. SEATTLE, Wash.—A special session of the WCF state ex- ecutive board opening here tomorrow (Saturday) will throw the powerful support of the coordinating agency for progres- Sives behind a congressional program to insure internal se- curity and safeguard peace. government by Am- Mackenzie-Papineau Commander Thanked For Services Offer TORONTO, Ont. — In re- sponse to his offer of the services of the battalion, as composed of experienced military men, in the fight against Nazism, Major Ed. Cecil-Smith, commander of the Mackenzie - Papineau Battalion in the Spanish loyalist army, this week: re- ceived a letter expressing “sincere appreciation” from Defense Minister Ian Mac- kenzie. It was, however, a little early to decide on this and other similar offers, the de- femse minister said. Major Cecil-Smith was among the first to volunteer at Fort York armories one day after Britain declared war. “We are fighting in this war the same thing as we fought in Spain,’ he de- clared. STRUGGLE ABROAD AND AT HOME, SAYS CLARION the peoples of all countries are demonstrating in crystal clear fashion that they are for the utter defeat of the Hitler fascist regime, for an end to the policies of “ap- peasement, for the speedi- est possible ending of the war and a just, democratic peace. Thirsting for peace, bitter, and justly so, against the policies and interests that brought this war, reaffirm- ing their deep-seated con- viction that it is a crime that millions of lives and billions in wealth should be sacri- ficed to war, the people of Canada’ are confronted by ‘Uproot Nazism; Buttress Democracy’ TCRONTO, Ont.—In its leading editorial this week, the Clarion declares that the task before the Canadian people today “is to prevent this war from developing inte a world-wide conflagra- ticn, to end it quickly by a democratic peace, a peace that will tear up the roots of fascism in Cen- tral Evurope—and buttress democracy at home.’’ The editorial stated: Canadians, in accord with 2 the need for fundamental de- cisions. Our task today is to pre- vent this war from develop- ing into a world-wide con- flagration, to end it quickly by a democratic peace, a peace that will tear up the reots of fascism in Central Furope — and buttress de- mocracy at home. To achieve this the people of Canada mist carry for- ward the struggle abroad and at home—against the mur- derous Hitler regime end against all those who directly er indirectly aid fascism or reaction, against those who would profiteer while our (Coentinued on Page 5) See TAX {Gallacher ~~ Assails 4 War Bill States Industrial Conscription Wedge Contained in Act By GEORGE TATE LONDON, Eng.—(Passed by the Censor) Denying a press ; report that it has been disband- (ed, the British Communist par- ty wigorously proclaimed that it continues. to work more ac- tively than ever “to help win this war against fascist aggres-— sion.” A statement was issued by Harry Pollitt, general secretary of the Communist party, on the Gommun_— -ist- position. It-read: “There is no atom of truth in this statement. The Communist party is carrying on all its work and activities and in point of fact has never displayed greater activ- ity thatn at the present time. “The work of the Communist party will go on under all circum- Stances to do everything in its power to help win this war apainst fascist agsression and oppose the policy of the rich friends of fasc- ism in Britain who have in no small measure by their previous support of Hitler helped to bring about the present war situation.” The Communist policy statement on the war has been printed in large quantities and distributed throughout Britain. Reading in the House of Gom- mons of the Control of Employment bill “to confer on the minister of labor powers with respect to con- trol of labor during the present emergency, main provision of which is to stop workers from chanring their jobs, drew from William Gal lacher, Communist MP, the com- (Continued on Page 6) See BRITAIN Put Case ) To Public | Denied relief and rejected by the army, single unemployed men have resorted to soliciting funds in order to Maintain themselves. Two types of collection sheets, one for physi- cally and medically unfit men, and one for those too old for service are beings used. While a number have volunteered in the vyarious branches of the armed forces, others are kept wait- ing to serve as Buards, but in the Meantime no provisions are made for their sustenance. At the relief office young men are told the country is at war and there will be no Camps or relief Relief Project Workers’ Union officials are using every means to relieve distress among these men. Fishermen Sign Pacts Agreements were Signed this week between salmon canners’ op- erating committee and two unions of fishermen, WUWnited Fishermen and Salmon Purse Seiners, follow- ing ratification by joint Meetings of the membership Monday, for fall fish prices as from September i to end of the Season. _ fraser River is being Closed to fishing for one week by the depart— ment of fisheries in interests ef conservation. There are plenty of fish in the Gulf, it is reported but the run un the Fraser to SPawninge frounds has nct started