IWovember 10, 1939 THE ADVOCATE Page Five $} ca i i ’ Week In The House — _ Phe measure of the younger Winch’s speech is the reaction of the commercial press to his re- marks. Thus the Vancouver Sun, which by no stretch of imagina- tion can be termed a champion of CCE policies, in its editorial com- ment thinks Harold Winch put the CCE position “very capably and very reasonably.” Bruce Hutchinson, mm his Day at the Capital column in the Sun, writes: “Mr. Winch had specific- aliy and in most careful phrases announced te everyone’s satisfac- tion that the CGE accepted the War as being a war ‘for liberty and democracy’.” Similarly, in the Vancouver Province, Torchy Anderson re- Serves his condemnation for Mrs. Dorothy Steeves and Colin Cam- eron and his praise for Harold Winch. “Mr. Winch always speaks well,” he says. “On Friday he made the best speech this writer has heard him make ... He made @ good speech, his best speech, only to have it cast in the shade by the wild attack on Britain by his seat-mate, Mrs. Steeves.’” But if Harold Winch was pre- pared to concede this war as one for libemy and democracy, other members of the CCE group, not ably Mrs. Steeves, Colin Cameron and Sam Guthrie were not. Said Mrs. Steeves in the most forthright condemnation of the war yet heard in a Canadian par- liament: “As long as you have poverty | and exploitation out of which the privileged group makes profits you are going to have war, Hitler or mo Hitler ... it is no use to de stroy Hitler in Germany and leave alive Hitlers in our own country. . . Dhe enemies to peace are not only in the agsressor nations. They are in our own nation. They are the people who will not let go their privileges.” Said Colin Cameron: “The price of empire is not paid on the floor of this legislature or in the editorial sanctums, but in a grimmer way ...I wonder if those who ask us to join in praise of the support being given by this sovernment to the Dominion goy- ernment in Canada’s war effort lave any conception of what they are supporting ... Biy conscience will not be clear until I have done _ all I can to prevent any young: man going to the front uniess there are absolute guarantees siv- en that he will not be betrayed as was done in i914” Said Sam Guthrie: “I hate Hitler as much as any- one, but Hitler probably will be crushed from inside rather than from outside. ... Who financed » Germany in 1935? It was Britain, | maybe On the assumption Hitler ) would attack some other country. |... Who rushed to Munich to give | Czechoslovakia away? it was |) Chamberlain. He also sent over (Continued from Page 1) an office boy on a slow boat to Russia and because of the dilatory methods negotiations broke down. -. - We on this side want to know what kind of 2 peace we are going to have. Will it be the same as Versailles? Are we going to ad- wise Ottawa, that we don’t want another Versailles?” Wot only in the legislature is the strain imposed by the war on the CCE having its telling effect. Arnold Webster, in an article writ- ten for the Vancouver Sun this week is of the opinion that the last war, too, was a war for de- mocracy. “Canadians fought not primarily in defense of Britain but in de- fense of their homeland and on be- half of those ideals of civilization and international honor which they realized to be the only secur- ities for their future freedom and peace,” he says. This, be it remempered, was written at the same time as Mrs. Steeves was saying before the les— islature: “The people were betrayed by their governments in the last peace and they don’t want a repe— tition of it the next time. ... Bri- tain has been caught in the logic- al sequence of history. The sor- Gid betrayals must make us take warning for the future. Can goy- ernments who betrayed us in the Past be trusted to fuard demo- cracy in the future?” The CCE this week lost a fellow traveller in the person of Tom Up- hill, the only one of the several Labor members elected in the rele- tively peaceful twenties to retain his seat through the turbulent thirties, At the last session Uphill had harsh criticism for Prime Minister Chamberlain’s government. But speaking in the House on Wednes- day, he said he had revised his opinion since. “My country, may it be always right, but my country right or wrong,” he said, joining the Liberal and Conservative chor- us. GLike some others in the progres- Siveé movement, Uphill believes that a miracle has come to pass and that imperialist governments will now prosecute an anti-fascist war. g The people of this province are witnessing the first scene in a new act in British Columbia’s history. The majority of the members of the legislature, elected by the peo- ple to guard their interests, have deciared their support of imper- jalist war. Premier Pattullo has threatened action against any member who repeats outside the Hfouse those remarks ‘tolerated’ within the House. It would not, therefore, appear to be long before the curtain is drawn back on the second act— in which all those Who value their rights and liber- ties must also have a voice. ADVOCATE CLASSIFIED These merchants and professional men offer you their services at competitive prices. columns they support your paper. By patronizing them you ensure continuance of their support. 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Has your committee made its quota yet? * * * GREATER VANCOUVER Amt. Pet. Hastings Bast __.... $120.51 120 South Vancouver —_. 131.34 96 Wrest find) 220 266.40 16 Waitsilamo) 2 55.380 65 Mt. Pleasant ___.._..__... 111.85 55 Worth Vancouver —__ 23.37 Aq Sndustriate == oo 249.64 41 Grandview § -___-_-__.___. 56.25 35 Hast Pie ee ee ee 165.32 33 North Burnaby __.__ 19.35 21 Professional _.______.._—-_ 21.00 OV Bill 163.45 1638 Miscellaneous —____... 10.00 OKANAGAN ond erby st 222226 43.00 107 Vernon 35.70 G1 Kelowna = #2155 WW Salmon Arm __.._ — 17.00 56 Kamloops) _.__... = 3.60 VANCOUVER ISLAND Cumberland — 105.27 140 Victoria —.... .. 5.98 55 Nanaimo —__. ——= S1S5 41 Zeballos in ss 4.50 FRASER VALLEY South Burnaby ___. 22.50 i107 Haney 1 3621 103 New Westminster _... 40.15 100 Langley =. Ss 40.20 30 Mission 13.35 46 Surrey 54.25 43 UM tsa aki 13.00 43 Miscellaneous 2.26 KOOTENAY Trail 15.60 65 Rossland ss Ss«d'55.80 32 Mt. Cartier -- 10.60 Grand Forks 3.06 Michel 9.00 Wynndel 5.60 Nelson 4.50 NORTHERN BG Sointula —_ 31.60 126 Quesnel _ 33.00 76 Prince Rupert _...___—Ss- 32.10 53 Atlin 12.00 38 Grassy Plains —___ 1.00 6 Vananda — 19.20 Powell River ___. 13.30 DRORAI | eee $2,170.94 54 Donate to the Drive—_— TLC Heads Probe Relief President E. A. Jamieson, Sec- retary P. R. Bengough and W. D. Wilson have been named by Van- couver Trades and Labor council executive to investigate the exist- ing relief situation, following re- ceipt of a letter from Relief Pro- ject Workers’ union. The union complained of the rig- orous grilling given applicants for relief and the endless waiting in line. Many of these men had ap- peared several days at the relief office only te be told to come back. Use of Abbott House as a source of cheap labor where unserupu- lous employers can take advantage of the relief situation and threaten Wage standards was roundly con- demned by the RPWU letter. Vancouver Mothers’ Council and Vancouver Youth Council are also £o0ing to investigate the relief sit- vation. Until a few days ago gov- ernment authorities refused to ad- Mit such a situation existed and issued relief only to men over mil- itary age. Wow relief is being is- sued, but rig@ous grilling of ap- plicants has slowed down repistra- tions to nearly half that of last year, RPWWU officials state Charges that a police dragnet was being used to round up single men who had nae visible means of support was made by RPWU of- ficials to the Advocate. Some 50 to 60 men haye been rounded up since the outbreak of war and as many as 26 faced vagrancy charges in one day. Demands are being pressed for increased relief and elothing al- lowances pending institution of 2 public works program. *& SPECIAL! WHILE YOU WAIT Men’s Half Seles and Rubber Heels Ladies’ Half Soles = —<) OO ———_— - Ge fs fae Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings Street are now preparing for the final In Vancouver, Hastings East really means business and is out not only for the city championship, but for the provincial trophy! Stiffest competition is coming from Vancouver South. These committees keep a close check-up by telephone on their standings Guring the week, and every Wed- nesday noon sees both managers in the office with last moment re-— turns. So far Hastngs Fast has managed to hold the honors. Foremost in other campaigns but decidedly down in the list this time are the fishermen, restaurant and electrical workers, street rail- waymen, seamen and loggers. Both restaurant and sailor boost- ers in past drives have set records and now that the press drive is » extended to Dec. 15, there is a chance for them to make up for lost time. Cumberland, still in the lead throughout the province, has been Guiet these past two weeks, but to judge from past experience a com- ment is apt to bring a donation that will put it in the headlines again. Wictoria is doing better in this drive than in any previous cam- paigsn. Half of its $120 quota has: already been turned in. Wanaimo got busy last week and sent alone $16, just to show that when it made up its collective mind to do something it could pro- duce quick results. Although Enderby is still at the top in the Okanagan, Kelowna and Wernon are steadily moving ahead and with an extra burst of speed will make their quotas next week. in the Fraser Valley, South Bur- naby has managed to take the lead from Haney, with New VWest- minster not far behind. The Royal City announces it is now after its second $40 and if past records are any criterion, we’re betting theyll get it A young feminine enthusiast in Surrey has turned in $9 with the terse comment, “And that’s not all!” A few more go-getters like this in Surrey would send this committee up to the 100 percent mark in short time. Masqui has answered our appeal with $11. . Still holding first place in the iSootenays is the smelter town, Trail. Mt. Cartier and Michel, two points in this district not heard from before have also sent in sub- Stantial sums. But where are our Welson and Wynndel boosters? Surely not snowbound already? Still leading Northern BG, is Sointula, and with ali apologies to our Quesnel friends for insisting on locating them in the Kootenay district, we now put them in their rightful place in the North GCoun- try and second in standing only to Sointula. Mailing in $23,20 this week, Prince Rupert is also bid- ding fair to become a real con- tender here. We also thank the Jewish Pro- gressive Group for a further con- tribution of $14.60 this week, mak- ing a total donation of $30, and the Lettish Club for its donation of $9.00. —Donate To The Drive— Logging Companies Sign Contracts With Woodworkers LAKE COWICHAN, BC—Con- clusion of an eight-point agree- ment this week between Lake Logging company and Interna- “tional Woodworkers of Ameri- Ca, Local 1-80 made labor history insofar as logging companies are cencerned in that this is the first company to bargain collec- tively with its employees. Included in the agreement are recognition of the committee composed of employees and un- ion officials; recognition of a Safety committee; highest wage Standard in BC camps; hours of work in accordance with provin- Cial statutes; check-off for union dues and assessments; discharge of employees only after reason- able cause has been shown; re- hiring of former employees af- ter seasonable shutdowns; and Seniority rights whenever prac- ticable. A similar agreement conclud- ed Jater with Crofton Export company will greatly improve relations of the 325 employees with their employers. SHORT JABS by OF Bill sthe neighboring village. We are getting up near that $200. The old lady (and I mean lady) who offered to put up a five-spot when we reached the century mark has paid her bet. And quite a little more has rolled in. Here is one thing to prove that the Advocate is a different kind of paper. When Winston Churchill made his now famous broadcast speech, he said that Britain, France and the Soviet Union had a common interest in stopping the Nazi drive into south- eastern Europe. He told his listeners that the Soviet Wnion was justified in defending her own borders. And he further told them that the Red army did right in marching into Poland, because it accomplished both of these objectives, it protected the Soviet Union and it stopped Hitler The Daily Herald is the organ of Social Democracy in Britain. It reported Churchill’s speech the following day The above state— ments were included in the first edition but they were cut out of the later editions. Why? The Advocate does not handle news that way. That is why it is worthy of the support of all Progressive sections of the people. So get behind it in the drive for $4,000, if you have not already done so. And if you have, give it another boost. Drive. Press * * = = There are three very readable Soviet journalists Need 3 J 2 ed At men, who, because they use different yard-sticks Home. for measuring events, stand heads above any : capitalist-world journalist — Tlya Michael Koltsoy and Valentine EKatayey. iKatayev was with the Red army that freed the peasants of Western Byelorussia from the tyrannieal Polish pomeschiks and pans. Here is a gem of a story he telis about the peasants: “The Red army had no sooner reached the village boundary when the inhabitants had decided to divide up the landlord’s land. It Seemed a simple matter, but the peasants found that they had only One tape measure in the whole Village. It was decided to delesate one of their members to the neighboring village to borrow a second tape. “Tend us your tape measure,’ said the delerate upon arriving at ‘Certainly. But what do you want it for?’ ‘We are going to divide up the land” ‘What land?’ “The landlord’s land.” “Have you gone crazy?’ Who's going to let you divide up the landlord’s land?’ ‘We don’t need anybody to let us. The Red army has just entered our village. It will stand up for people” “The Red army! what are you trying to put over on us?’ ‘Go and see for yourselves” ‘Well, that being the case, dear friends, you cannot have our tape measure.” ‘Why not?’ “Because we are Soing to use it ourselyes’.” Ehrenberg, = * = * = Here is a problem for Professor Puzzlequiz, TF don’t Know whether it is a2 problem in economics, : is the minimum. if a soldier’s wife gets two shillings from the Military authorities to feed two youngsters and they are evacuated and she has to pay = * = = in England who is to Workers Protest. : Pay workers who have to take refuge in Sir John Anderson’s ‘dos-kennels’ during working hours. Deane the first warning Tondon workers lost three hours in one morning taking shelter from bombs which never came. : : Store clerks, too, are protesting against the bosses making them evenings to make up for lost time durins ing hour for all stores. But drivers lose time during the blackouts and conductors lose money. The Buzzerd is interested in this angle of the question, re— marking that in the darkness “anserupulous persons try to pass off foreign and defaced coins” and suggests that ‘proper defense’ against this will be devised in the form of ‘small hooded torches.’ = : The men may lose their wages, but undoubtedly ‘defense measures’ will be taken to make sure that the nickelsrabbers don’t have any- thing put over them in the dark. = = = * Which reminds us that the Buzzerd claims that Vancouver has ONE of the finest streetcars in America. It should have added . - - and three hundred and ninety-nine of the worst in the world. . One Of The Finest. = = = x Vive la The France of Daladier and Bonnet is still driy- ' ing Spanish Republican soldiers to Hranco’s firing France! squads. Recently, nearly 200 Spanish fighters, sent in eight lorries from Wrance to Figueras, were Seized and at once condemned to death. Two escaped and returned with the news to their comrades in the internment camp. ‘Politically active’ men in the camps are being weeded out. The refugees are not eligible for the French army, but may choose between returning to Spain, joining the Colonial army for two years or working in labor camps under Senegalese troops for less than two cents a day. Season’s Outstanding DANCE Embassy Ballroom 1022 Davie Street Wednesday, November 22 Dancing till 1 a.m. AL S IN AID OF THE ADVOCATE as Prize Drawing Union Orchestra <— —— S Refreshments Admission, 25c PS SSO9 0955969099050 6956506000SO566 =