Gctober 27, 1939 THE ADVOCATE Page Five RPMI eS LENA TOFS FORUM OF THE PEOPILE 7 agi 3 ‘ | Says Unfair List Should | Be Heeded To the Editor:—Aroused out of a sick bed last week by a violent -Imocking on my door, I found the Melrose Dairy milkman trying to persuade me to buy his milk in- Stead of my usual brand. Remembering that IT had seen this mame on the unfair list of Vancouver Trades ang ZLabor council, I lost no time telling him exactly why I didn’t and wouldn't buy his milk i think it would be a very good idea if all your readers took the _ trouble to look at the Trades coun- ~ cil unfair list. {| it is in the hall right next door _»/to the relief office. MRS. HOUGHTON. 46th Avenue. ) Py ae oe Nee 2718 Hast RULES FOR LETTERS The Advocate Invites its read- ers to send letters for publica- tion on this page, subject to the following rules: Letters should be written as concisely a possible, in view of space limitations, and should not exxceed 500 words. 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Monthly con tract rates on application. BICYCLES AND REPAIRS 7 (SICYTGLES, NEW AND USED — | Baby Carriages, Sulkies, Doll Gar- riages, Joycycles. Repairing of all kinds. Saws filed, Keys cut, etc. W. M. Ritchie, 1569 Commercial Drive. Highland 4123. ~ 3 ; BOATS tOwBOATS OF ALT KENDS,; $30 -—| and up. National Boat Works, 110 Dunilevy Ave., Vancouver. : CAFES “HE ONLY FISH — ALL KINDS > of Fresh Sea Food. Union House. | 20 East Hastings St a CHIROPRACTORS MONUMENTAL MAIN MONUMENT S—SAVE money here. Estimates for ceme— tery lettering. 1920 Main Street. iReader Asks: Wh Hullabaloo About USSR? y This maelstrom of death. _ What I am concerned about is the result of all this hullabaloo about Russia. One fact stands out Clear to me, that is that the pres- ence of the Red Army in the east- €rn half of Poland saved 115000,000 people from savage Slaughter and their country from devastation and ruin. Wo such claim can he made by any other country in the world and each one had equal ar portunity. instead of being acclaimed for this humane act she is being slan- dered and misrepresented as an aseressor nations. Are the accus- ers afraid that the people might aqemand their eovernments follow this example for peace and the halting of fascist 8eression? Only small, petty people ar= jealous of their Neighbor when he Taises g better crop or does a bet ter job than they, instead of hon- coring their neighbor’s Success and learning how to do better them-— selves. President Roosevelt was 2 thous- 2nd times correct when he warned us not to believe anything we are told or read until it is proven. He also, by that statement, established the fact that the fovernment had able to defend herself and to s To the Editor,—It would be unnecessary and presumptive of me to defend Russia or justify all her actions. She is quite peak to the people through her Own actions. As we have studied in the Past, we will now be able to analyze and escape being stampeded into the present S210 control over the press and ra- dio. Who then controls our press: and radio? Obviously those who stand to benefit from the spread-— ing of rumors and distortion of facts, who will benefit from the slaughter of millions in a great war. et us heed Roosevelt’s warn- ing. We know enough to establish two facts. First,, that Russia has stopped Hitler in the east and freed 11,000,000 people with com- parative ease, little or no loss of life or property. Second, Hitler has not been stop- ped in the west and thousands of British French and German lives have been and will be lost, lives of useful people, the common work- ing people. j . Hitlerism can and must be stop- ped. I, with the rest of you, may be again called upon to offer my life in defense of Canada, and I most assuredly will if she is at- tacked either from within or with- cut But I’m sure I cannot s2e bow Hitlerism will be stopped by meedless slaughter. ART KNOX Quesnel, BC. NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN SEE DR. DOWNIE FOR RESU- matism, Sciatica, Lumbaro. Room 7 — 163 West Hastings St. PERSONAL DENTAL PLATES REPATRED, $i and up. Rebuilt $5 and up. New Methcd Dental Lab., 163 W. Hastings St. SEymour 6612. BIRTH CONTROL BUREAU OF B.C. Dept. PA. 4414 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C. Informa- tion PREE. Write for Literature. BOOMS FOR RENT VM. BRAIDWOOD, D.C, NERVE » Specialist. 510 West Hastings St. SEymour 2677. Evenings, High- land 2240. RICE BLOCK, 800 East Hastings. Ht gh. 0029. Furnished Suites and Reoms. Moderate rates. DANCES MBASSY BALEROOM, DAVIE » at Burrard. Old Time Dancing | Tues., Thurs., and Sat. Ambassa~ "} dors Orch. Whist $25.00 cash )) prizes. Admission te dance and | whist, “5c. 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Tune in — Green Gold Program, CJOR, every Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. Organ of the L.W.A. 16 E. Hastings St, Vancouver STEAM BATHS = 5) Hastings Steam Baths Always Open Expert Masseurs in Attendance Wi ghiand 0240 764 EK. Hastings WS re. PHOTOGRAPHERS WELDING All kinds of Welding and Stove Repairs City Welding 1527 Main Street —PSBBBweeseeuwee eeu uuueuuaus | Fraser Lake Cited As Profiteering Instance To the Editor—I showed Connelly, MILA, or “Well, well,’ he “These people in Vancouver sure Lick about nothings. They should come to Uncle Mark’s store where flour is $4.50 for 98 Ibs., coffee in bulk 55 cents a pound, apples $2.75 a box. We don’t kick because we have to work for Uncle Mark” The Fort Eraser Cooperative Store, 15 miles from Uncle Mark’s your article, Stop the Profiteers, to a man from Fraser Lake, the sawmill town belongings to Marc as the residents call him, Uncle Mark. remarked. . town, sells the same flour for $3.50, apples at $1.75 a box and coffee at #0 cents a pound. It makes a faiz Profit on these prices. But people at Fraser Lake have to pay Uncle Mark’s prices if they want to live there at all, since he owns the whole town. z GEORGE EDGAR. Hort Fraser, B.C. { Society Of Disabled Adults Formed Here disabled condition. Pensions are available to those disabled from military service, in- dustrial accidents receive compen- Sation, blind people receive federa: aid, but the victims of ordinary accidents, infantile paralysis oc Sickness is truly in a forgotten class, To remedy this condition as far 3S possible, and to endeavor to im- Prove the social, educational and econemic interests of all erippled or disabled persons over 16 years of age, we have formed an organ~ ization to be known as the Domin- ion Society of Disabled Adults. At the first meeting, Oct. 16, a full slate of officers was elected. To the E:ditor,—Today stories of want, hardship, suffering are heard on every hand. Among these those who, through accident or sickness, find themselves in a > Bob Carriere, of Port ‘Coquitlam. organizer of the society, was unar- imously elected honorary presi- dent; Robert Dale, president; Mrs Alex Clark, vice-president; James Crook, secretary; Mrs. E. Cassia, PB. Spratley and Alex Clark, direc- tors. Anyone interested in the work of this organization should get in touch with James Grook, 501 Fast Broadway, or Mrs. &. Cassia, mem- Lership director, 255 East 16th Ave. for further information, ALEX S. CLARK, Publicity Director. Vancouver, BC. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Labor leader, in a recent issue of the Tribune inveighs against ‘d a- tribes against Russia.’ “To rush hastily inte diatribes against Rusia is to do nothing but join in the red seare which has =2i- ready done enough damage in the world sinee 1917.’ Cripps writes, asking: “Hlave the Russians been Suilty of a gratuitous attack on anothe= country? In my view, in the cir cumstances which developed in Po- land, the answer is clearly ‘No’ They have been driven into the a - tion they have iaken for their own protection and because neither we, the French nor the Poles were cap- able of protecting Poland from tie Nazis. “The principle for which we Sc- Cialists believe if is worth fightins is working class freedom, and ns ene will convince me that T can forward that aim by fightines against the Soviet Union. “Our slightly patronizins atti tude to that working class goverr- ment must cease once and for all, and those in power must realiz> row that Russia is the most irm- Eortant factor in the world situa tion.” Referring to the Chamberlain fovernment, Sir Stafford Cripps observes: “That government has been a disaster fer the SBritisn people and lons ago they shoud have got rid of it. Now is the su- preme moment when everythin= hangs in the balance and only 4 Lloyd George Urges Peace Conference Change of government can solve the problem of the safety of mil- lions ©f people in our country. if that change is now obstructed we are indeed condemned to the mos: tragic future. “This government failed to check and indeed encouraged totalitar- jan aggression when it was weal and could have been dealt with easily; it failed to make the essena- tial alliance with Russia when there was still’ the opportunity; it Save Suarantees which it could noi implement to Poland and otl.er weak neighbors of Germany: it landed us into this most tragic war as a2 result. And now it is incap- @ble, because of the suspicion in which it is hela by the Russians end others, of dealing with the in- ereasingly critical situation in Hurope.’” Last week The Daily Worker Sent a questionsaire on peace tc Prominent perscns in Eneland. George Bernard Shaw replied: “The sconer the order is given to cease fire and to turn up the lighis the better.” H. G. Wells declared that he was for the freest public discussion of the war aims, rut stated that be Was opposed to an armistice now. Professor J. B S. Haldane ssid he was in favor of immediats peace. in the meantime the campaizn being waged by the British Com- unist party to end the imperisi- ist war is gaining much support. SHORT JABS : by OF Bill An Unbeatable All the good news does not appear in the Combination first place in the Advocate. The omnivor- : ous reader gets interesting material to chew on in the other flourishing sheets published in BC. I have one in mind right now,—‘“‘Snappy little job and all that kind of thing, you know,” if that’s the kind of thing you want— the Western Canada Mining News, “a responsible organ of British Columbia’s mining industry.” Since Canada is now engaged in what may become the most devas- tating and terrifying war that has ever hit this globe, the editor of the Mining News considers it incumbent on him to point for us the the path of duty, to stir our latent ultra-loyalties, lest we fail to profit from our opportunities. Says he, in the issue of Oct. 10: ‘Gold is selling in Ganada for $38.50 per ounce. It will bring more than that as the Hiuropean con- flict gets into its stride .. | Prices of the yellow metal are high. Preductions costs have not increased as much as gold values. freater gold production is not only desirable, it is nothing short of a duty and that, tied up to the duty factor is an unusual opportunity for personal profit. .. . Link duty and profit together; that is, show a man where he can make a good profit and at the same time be ultra- loyal, and you have an unbeatable combination.” Thus, a responsible organ of the mining industry shows to our unrestricted Gaze the mind ef the moguls of the mining game What cynical hypocrisy! Marching men, the pick of a nation's youth and manhood; heart-broken women and bairns condemned to lives of misery and want and suffering; guns and bombs and destruc- tion and desolation; shell-holes and mud and cooties; little white Crosses in poppy fields and whitened bones on the ocean fileor — for democracy or to destroy Hitlerism? Wot according to the mine bosses for whom the Mining News speaks, for that is only one side of “an unbeatable combination” which makes “an unusual opportunity for personal profit.” Such is the prehensile patriotism of the bosses, the kind of patriot ism which warranted old Dr. Johnson Saying, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” It is a fake patriotism which derives personal profit from the genuine patriotism of the soldiers and the workers. Mining In Pattullo has insinuated that the Pioneer miners ate committing treason by striking and hold- BC Pays. ing up the production of gold. Pattullo only insinuates, but I will state outright that if this attitude of the mine- Owners, expressed in their responsible organ, be not treason, there is no such thing as treason. The duty is for the miners, the profit for the mine-bosses. Nesbit Thomson’s index of gold-mining dividends shows that in September, 1938, Canadian gold mines paid $4,126,000 to their fortunate owners and in September, 1939, netted $6,302,000. Already in October, the dividends declared for only two mining corporations have almost reached that figure: Tech Hughes, $2,023,392, and Wright iarereaves, $4,044,338. Locally, directors of the Pioneer, whose miners are asking a slight increase in wages to meet the rise in the cost of living, are gettines their little bit from the unbeatable combination. In August this year, they paid out $72,000 in wages and all other operating expenses, and took $94,000 in profit Im September their ultra-loyalty had increased. They paid out $75,000 in expenses and pocketed $100,000. At theix Musketeer property at Bedwell River they are making some road im- provements, “having had assurance that the government will pay for the road work.” : Cariboe Gold Quartz, which has “impressed” on its phoney em- ployees’ “union” that miners will be un-patriotic if they ask for more wages “for the duration,” recovered during the first nine months of 41938, 1,112,333 tons of ore worth $14.85 a ton. With a little more of this peculiar brand of patriotism, however, production rose during the first nine month of 1939, to 1,239,070 tons which brought $15 a ton. (Mining News, Oct. 10.) As the Mining News says in a filler slogan, “Mining Pays in British Columbia” But it does not say whom it pays.