Page Two THE AD VOCA TE September 22 1939 Safeguard Democracy, Keynote Of Youth AROUND THE PROVINCE Must Maintain Health Services, Says Weir VICTORIA, BC —Conviction that vital public health sery- ices are “more than ever necessary in wartime” and must there- fore be maintained at full organization was voiced here this weelx Democracy Must Serve Community 7-Point Program Urges Government State War Stand By LILLIAN COOPER VICTORIA, BC. — Urging Canadian youth to demand of their government an immedi- ate statement of its war aims and foreign policy, Victoria Youth Council has issued a T- point statement on its stand in the war crisis. “In the present hour of un- certainty and confusion, Victoria Wouth Council reaffirms its faith in the ability of Canadian youth to meet the situation with clear judg- Ment and yeasoned activity,” the statement opens, continuing: “The test of democracy must be that it serves the community in times of crisis.” Points of the council’s program are: i. Preservation of such funda- mental rights as freedom of expres- Sion, of speech and organization. 2. Minimum possible censorship; to include also presentation of un- colored facts in order that our young people especially, may de cide their course of action on the basis of truth, 3. Emndorsation of the statement of the Fourth Canadian Youth Con- f2ress that conscription of wealth in time of war is essential and must precede conscription of manpower Opposition to conscription as 2 violation of the democratic right ef freedom of conscience and also because it would be a most danger- ous factor in creating disunity in Canada, especially among the French-Canadian people. 4. Demand for stringent meas- ures to restrict profiteering, in- eluding, if necessary, the socializa- tien of industry, and that further support be tendered the regulation of manufacture of and traffic in arms, 3. Education against war hatred of the German people engendered by misleading propaganda and ‘atrocity stories. 6. Appeal to German youth to everthrow Hitler and prevent the Slaughter of another generation of youth. 7 Education of our young peo- ple to the realization that youth is primarily concerned with the is- sues of peace and war, with the purpose of securing a juster peace than the treaty of Versailles and ultimately of providing the basis for a better society. SSBB Se weBexSGeewreuencexsrcueuu=s=u YOUR SUPPORT makes MY support of this medium possible! Gordon Hardw2re 3322 Dunbar St. BAy. 6570 BWeSesSEBEevuwwueteTuex esr euwususv weve =ue SG BRAABBBaney Jamaaannnae Downing Beauty Shop 180 West Hastings St. PHONE - - SEyniour 0241 Statement ly Provincial Secretary G. M. Experts of the provincial Continued Protest | no housewife is hoarding. Legal and police officers are “study- ing evidence in many cities which may result in charges of hoarding and profiteering.” Meanwhile a bumper crop of fruit and vegetables is going to waste because there is not suf- ficient sugar available to the public to preserve it. Meat prices have been the source of worry to housewives for months. Before war broke out prices were far too high. Now even the lowly hamburger eosts 13 cents a pound, sometimes more. These outrageous meat prices remained unexplained. Author- itative sources declare that the farmer is not holding back his cattle as was the general im- pression f£iven. Quantities of beef in the wholesale houses are sufficient for all requirements. The Wartime Board, although it has revealed cases of hoard- ing and profiteering, has taken no action beyond warning the offenders. It has set no maxi- mum price levels, nor brought down those obvious cases of overcharging. The government of South Af rica has decreed that prices are to remain as at August 31, un- der heayy penalties against in- fringements of this decree. Canadian people may well ask why did not our government is- sue a like decree? if the Wartime Price and Trade Board intends to act in the interests of the people of Canada, severe and prompt ac- tion> must be taken to bring down prices and to punish the individuals responsible for their rise. Mine Union Head Will Visit Coast Rieid Robinson, international president of the International Un- jon of Mine, Mill and Smelten Workers, will arrive in British Columbia about the middle of Oc- tober following the CIO conven- tion for a visit of BC metallifer- ous mining camps, according to advices received at the union's district headquarters ver. in Vancou- High. 3244 716 East Hastings Street 40683 E. Hastings Street 1769 Commercial Drive QUALITY PRODUCTS MODERATE PRICES 100% UNIONIZED SS) Only Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union Fully Matured 16 In Oak Barrels 337 Carrall St. Se Weir. health department, Dr. Weir stabed, are working with civilian protection committees to en- sure protection of public health. S Ask West Coast Road Construction PORT ALBERNI, BC. — Con- struction of the Alberni-Long Beach highway for defence pur- poses and to provide employment for men thrown out of work through dislocation of the logeng industry was urged at a recent meeting of the Alberni District Board of Trade. In a resolution asking support trom the minister of defence, the Board pointed out that such a road would be a continuation of the Trans-Canada highway and would give “the shortest route from boat and railhead to the West Coast and Barkley Sound, which is a strategic point for de fence purposes. Kennedy Take which has been considered as a naval air base is served by this highway.” Protest Award Of Bus Contract CLOVERDALE, BC—Action of the public utilities commission in allowing BC Electric monopoly control to prevent award of a transportation contract to William Inglis, local bus owner, is being protested by Surrey municipal council. Contract for proposed new bus lines from New Westminster to Timberland, Port Mann and Sun- bury was awarded to Moorhouse Stages, charged by Councillor Frank to be a subsidiary of the BG Transportation company. Recalling that the start of the proposed line was a direct result of inglis’ request, Councillor Frank demanded to know why Moorhouse Stages could operate in New Westminster and a local man could not. He said that the commission had been willing to grant Inglis a permit to operate, but that the “BC Electric would not let him run into New West- minster.” The council will demand an ex- planation from the commission as to why local first class transporta- tion cannot go into New Westmin-— ster. Griffin To Speak In Royal City NEW WESTMINSTER, BC —At a public meeting to be held under auspices of New Westminster sec-— tion committee of the Communist party in the Edison theatre here next Sunday, Sept. 24, at 8 pm, the speaker will be Hal Griffin, editor of the Advocate. Griffin wlil speak on the war situation. Disrupters Fail - At Salmon Arm SALMON ARM, BC. — Attempts by a local organization to disrupt a public meeting here recently proved unsuccessful when A. QO. Oxenford, Okanagan organizer for the Communist party gave a clear, concise outline of events leading up to the present war situation. Failing to prevent use of the hall, an organized group resorted to heckling and interruption in aa attempt to disrupt the meeting. During the question- period, re- marks and queries were flung at the speaker, obviously without any sincere attempt to obtain informa- tion but in order to create con- fusion, Oxenford’s cool, direct replies confounded the disrupters and won support of the audience generally. p § f 4 f f f f q f f] i p f f f f q f f f DRUGGIST FIREWORKS SUNDEIES SANG LUNG JAN CO. 35 East Pender St. AKKBABREAAE A fanaa annaaed Smee =B eee es SEEBDeSVeSBESC™= Quality You Will Enjoy .. . pecial Rye Whisky Distilled and Bottled in Bond Under Canadian Government Supervision Sq -65 -OZ. -60 ek 4Q-oz. 54 a This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board of by the Government of B.C. Unionists leave For Convention Vancouver Unions Send 17 Delegates To Trades Congress Representatives of trade unions attiliated with the Am- erican Federation of Labor and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada lef{ Vancouver this week for London, Ontario, to attend the 55th annual conven- tion of the Congress, which opens Monday. Some 17 deleates comprise the Vancouver contingent, three of them representing Vancouver Trades and Imbor council. They are P. R. Bengough, council’s vet eran secretary organizer; Charles M. Stewart, organization chairman; and W. D. Wilson, member of Van- couver Building Trades council. iocal union delegates represent— ing some of Vancouvers largest and most influential unions are: Jack Ross, Electrical Workers; VWi4il_ liam Stewart, Hotel and Restaurant Employees; Birt Shovwler, Milk: Salesmen and Dairy Employees; George Miller, Salmon Purse Sein- ers; and Ben Hankin, Upholsterers. Other delegates represent the rail- road brotherhoods and the street railway employees. Jack Ross, Electrical Workers’ business Manager, will fly down to the convention this week-end. UNITY MAIN ISSUE. Questions of labor unity and labor’s stand in the present war will be the main issues at the con- vention. - Indications of how Canadian la- bor views the war have already been given in Labor Day speeches and in more recent utterances of labor leaders and union bodies. Several trades and labor councils including the powerful Toronto and Vancouver councils, have already gone on record as being opposed to profiteering and speculation. TLa- bor’s firm stand for defeat of fasc- ism has been stressed many times in the past and is being reiterated now. If labor maintains unity in its ranks at the convention it will be able to play a decisive role in the battle to wipe out war profiteering to guard the rights it has won in the past, and extend democracy in Canada. Continued CCF protest the Canadian govern- men’s decision to send an ex- peditionary contingent over- seas. Under the movement it is planned a register of all who are: opposed to conscription of manpower for war; favor retention of civil liberties, e.i., freedom of speech, press and radio; and favor immedi- ate action by responsible au- thorities to curb rising costs of foodstuffs. The conference hopes to bring together trade unions, chureh, farmer, youth, wom- en and war veterans’ or- ganizations in support of the program outlined. Among the most im- portant questions before the organization will be press and radio censorship. Quality Eats! Steaks, Oysters, Chops, Etc. “One friend tells another.” REX CAFE 6 EAST HASTINGS 72 ee a ee ; Boxing & Wrestling * , EVERY SATURDAY NITE f at the y s ORANGE HALL ; 4 Gore & Hastings Adm., 10c § in cooperation with . DENTISTS 99 O09 99909 069009009960 O00 Because of new CBC reguiatons LABOR REWS HIGHLIGHTS sponsored by the Advocate Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas Richards at Hastings hes been discontinued until permit is received from Ottawa. It is hoped to place this popular newscast back on the air soon. < Continued Ukraine pied most of the Western Ukraine and White Russia, halting the eastward-rolling Nazi juggernaut. Only at a few points did Soviet troops meet with resistance from Polish garrisons. Everywhere the people, denied minority rights by the fallen Polish government, wel- eomead the Red army with joy. Contrast between the occupation of Poland by the Nazi armies and of the Western Ukraine and White Russia by the Red army was vivid- ly marked. In Poland the Nazis left “a land- scape of smouldering cities and desolate farms, mostly emptied of their former inhabitants, with casu- alties to the civilian population impossible to estimate as yet,’ as Berlin dispatches admit In Poland “the damaged and destroyed towns are almost empty, the remaining Polish and Jewish population nurs- ing its wounds in tears. Most of them gaze stonily at passing Ger- man troops and many ostentati- ously turn their backs.” The Nazi army was-an army of conquest, bitterly opposed by the population. In Warsaw the work- ers continued to hold off the might of Wazi mechanized forces long after their government and army leaders had fled to Rumania. In the Western Ukraine and White Russia “people with red banners lined the roads where Soviet troops passed and girls dec- orated with flowers the tanks and horses of advancing troops,’ to quote dispatches. In the Western Ukraine and White Russia, according to Tass agency reports, Soviet troops “ad- vanced at such lightning speed that all bridges on our way re- mained intact, and telephone, tele- eraph lines and power stations are working normally.” Meetings were held by the troops with the population and the work of placings social measures in effect commenced, As the process of liquidating the landlords’ vast estates was Started, peasants were told to “take the lands for your people,” and to “turn your cattle into the landlords’ pastures.” The Red army was welcomed by the people as an army of liberation, from the looming menace of Nazism. Molotoy Explains Attitude Of USSR MOSCOW, USSR.—In a broaad- east heard throughout the Soviet Union on Sunday Premier Vyoche- Slav Molotov stated the Red army had received orders to cross the Polish-Soviet border for the fol lowing reasons: 1. Protection of the Soviet Union, the factories of its workers and the collective farms of its peasants from the rolling tide of war and destruction coming closer with each day of the second great world conflict. 2. Salvation of the people of Poland themselves, led into a crim- inal war by the imperialist ambi- tions of their landlord-capitalist ruling class and then deserted by that class and left to flounder in the chacs of bombs and shells. The war could have been prevented if the Polish rulers had not crudely rejected Soviet aid to Poland dur- ing the Russian-British-Prench ne- gotiations for a united front recently. 3. Liberation of the 8,000,000 Ukrainians and 3,000,000 White Russians, oppressed for two decades by Polish aristocrats and now left in the path of the advancing ar- mored hordes of Nazi Germany. Poor Catch Hits BC Fishermen Average Of $100 Returned On Poor Pilchard Catch Unless pilchard fishermen ean take up the slack when the herring season opens they face a bleal winter. The pilchard catch of some 5000 tons is one of the lowest in recent years and will pay fishermen only an average of about $100 for their two and one-half months’ work, according to YW. Burgess, secre— tary of United Fishermen’s Union. About 300 men are employed in this branch of the fishing indus- try and their only hope of eking out an existence is that herring will be plentiful and a fair price ctfered. In other years pilechard fisher- men have averaged $500 for a season’s work and in some cases eas high as $1200 has been earned. Burgess is confident that tuna fishing, experimentally tried this year, will become a successful ven- ture once fishermen acquire the kmack of catching this deep-sea delicacy which is now packed principally in Japan and imported here. 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