be pace eda bass Bhd THE ADVOCATE December 8, 1939. Centinued Finland morthern base, Italy, as evidenced by Maissolini’s announcements anent the Balkans, the southern base. Meanwhile, the commercial press is carrying ‘news’ stories so con- tradictory, so fantastic as to defeat their own ends. What are some of these stories? Soviet planes have machine- funned refugees. But over the GBS network Mon- aay a Christian Science Monitor correspondent speaking direct from ‘somewhere in Finland’ spoke of his efforts to find proof of this, said he had questioned many refugees, had failed to find any confirmation. “However, I’m on the trail of an Fmnglishman who claims to know all about it,” he observed. Soviet planes haye bombed ci- wilian populations. Wet the only official report is that made by US Minister to Fin- land, & Arthur Schoenfeld, sum- marized by Bertram D. MHuelen, Wew Work Times correspondent in the following words: “A plane that flew over the Fin- nish capital at 9:30 am’ dropped five bombs on the Malmi airfield, Schoenfeld said. it was a Soviet -two-motored plane and flew at low aliitude, It was fired on by anti- aircraft artillery and departed after 415 minutes. An Hour after the first attack, nine Soviet light bomb- ers attacked fortresses in the Bay of Helsinki and, after being met by anti-aircraft fire, flew off at 10:25 o’clock. “At 3 p.m. there was an air raid on Helsinki by 15 planes, the re- ports continued. The planes flew into the immediate vicinity of the American Legation offices and there were some buildings burning within three blocks of the legation.” According to this report, two of the three Soviet flights were avow- edly directed at military objectives. The New York Times account fives no details of the third flight. Fil. PLEASANT BILLIARD HALL and BARBER SHOP Everything in Smokers’ Supplies Cigars Cigarettes — Pipes Lighters — Etec. 2341 MAIN STREET READ THE WEEERELY TIMBER WORKER Official L.W.A. Paper 4126 Arcade Bidg.- Seattle, Wash. TAXI ovSS22 Blue Cabs Lid. The YWorkingman’s Taxi Cab Mrs. Y. Kato Dressmaking and Alterations BAy. 6130-L 2760 Alma Road Phone: SEymour SS CARS STOP AT OUR DOOR Quality Materials Used and Workmanship Guaranteed Vancouver Shoe & Repair Co. P. Bohonosiuk, Prop. 501 ROBSGN SZT., cor. Richards Our Motto: “Always a Bargain” i Drive Over This week brought another 28 of the Hotel and Restaurant nation of $10. Total contributions for the Committee Standings Following are standings of all Advocate press drive committees in the province as at Wednesday, Dec. 6 Has your committee ful- filled its pledge? Remember, there is only one, week to go. Amt. Pet. GREATER VANCOUVER $4,000 press drive from the trade union movement when Local to within $140 of the $4,000 objective. its final week all committees are urged to make special efforts to fulfil their quotas and put the drive well over the top. Committtees making big contributions this week were Atlin, Sointula and Victoria. Atlin sent in $45 to put it well over the 100 percent mark, while Victoria’s $22 brought it within a few cents of its $120 quota, with assurances of more to com e South Vancouver ...$245.89 132 Hastings Hast ..-..- 147.13 147 Kitsilane ....-.-:-.- 112.13 135, West End .....-...... 433.75 124 Worth Vancouver 48.32 96 Mount Pleasant 133-32 94 Imdustrial .....-..-. 509.39 84 Grandview ......--- 127.35 73 Worth Burnaby 59.10 65 Mast Pmd. ..-..------ 285.92 57 Professional .....- 34.50 oe Ow Bill fe. ee 259.96 259 Miiscellaneous.....- 35.00 ORANAGAN— Hinderby --..-----+- 44.00 140 Salmon Arm ........ 24.65 Se Kelowna ...-.-..-.-.- 22.715 vis. Vernon) 2.eseee 37.70 13 Kamloops .....-.--- 12.60 VANCOUVER ISLAND— Cumberland ....... 141.34 1838 WaictOria S.2252.2 2 sa 119.96 99 fNleoenh S55 555555556 17.00 56 Nanaimo ........--- 41.35 55 Miscellaneous .....- 6.50 FRASER VALLEY— New Westminster ... 73.60 184 WVEISSION. ls 5 es 2 one 50.75 i693 Haney 22 54.31 155 South Burnaby 28.00 133 RifietSf 555555555550 150.04 120 Wiatsgui - 2-5 =. 34.12 113 Wsanpley: S25--- << = 54.30 108 Miscellaneous’ ......- 3.75 KROOTENAY— Prag Geemie ee ee ae 19.20 79 Rossland .......---.- 15.30 32 Welson ~.....-.-.-.- 12.25 Wit: Cartier -.=.---—.- 10.60 Wichels (--e = ce 9.00 Grand Forks .......- 3.00 Waymndel -.......-. 6.60 Miscellaneous ....- 1.60 NORTBRERN BC— Quesnel ........---.- 92.50 185 Sointola .......--.-.- 103.50 172 Prince Bupert ..... 70.55 7 Powell River .....-- 14.30 vel Grassy Plains .....-- 10.00 66 Gibson’s Landing 7.25 36 Wamanda 9 =s...5---- 22.50 TT atal eee $3,863.71 96 = ey NOTICE! A business meeting of the Center Branch of the CLDIL will be held in Orange Hall (top floor) on Tues- day, Dec. 12, at 8 pm. ALL MEM BERS PLEASE ATTEND. Make it a. i: Hone! Hotel East 445 GORE AVE. SEymour 0308 Suggests Pearson Resign Last Minute Efforts Expected To Put > Top contribution to the Advocate’s Employees’ Union made a do- week brought drive receipts With the drive entering Sointula brought in 4a total of $36, at the same time raising its objective to $60. It is now in sec- ond place among hard-working committees in the north. Sointula, too, assures us of further contribu- tions before the end of next week. In the city, Vancouver South is still working steadily, now aimins for the provincial trophy. ‘With Wew Westminster, Quesnel, Gum- berland and South Vancouver ail over the 180 percent mark, it looks like a close race for first place. Wot satisfied with making a bid for provincial honors, Vancouver South also informs us that one of its committee members has raised the high total of $53 and intends to carry off the special prize to be awarded the individual raisins the greatest amount during the drive. Our friendly columnist, Gl’ Bill, has received splendid support from his friends and has done better in this drive than ever before. The houday season will soon be here. If you can do still more for your paper, do it now. Fin- ish 1939 confident in the knowl- edge that you have ensured steady publication of the Advo- cate by putting the drive over the top. Plan Combine Prosecutions VICTORIA, BC. — Following a conference here this week between Attorney-General Gordon Wismer and his counsel, HH. I Bird, an- nouncement will be made as to who will be prosecuted in connec- tion with the fruit combine found to be existing by the &. A Mc- \Handling Of Strike Questioned Demand He Make Public Source Of Union Letter Used CUMBERLAND, BC. — De- mands that Iabor Minister G. S. Pearson make public the source from which he obtained the private letter he used in the legislature to make a bitter attack on Pioneer Miners’ union was contained in a letter sent by United Mine Workers’ union here to the government official this week with a sug- gestion that he resign his seat. This action followed an address to the UMWA membership last Sunday by W. J. Cameron, Pioneer Miners’ union president, who gave a resume of events leading up to the strike and the union’s attempts to reach an amicable settlement, in which it was frustrated at every turn by Dr. HW. T. James, managing director. Colin Cameron, CCE MLA, re- counted his efforts in the legsis— lature to have the minister divulge how he got the letter. The UMWA charged that the labor minister had used Gestapo- like methods and condemned his actions on the following points: For refusing to recognize duly elected committee as. miners’ bargaining agency, as department had in June, 1939. For not prosecuting the employ-— ers at Pioneer as he did the em- ployees, thereby establishing that he is more interested in employ- ers’ welfare than in the workers’ wellbeing. For making regulations with re- gard to forms rather than con- forming to the spirit and letter of the Labor and Conciliation Act, demonsiratinge that he will interpret the Act in a manner detrimental to the labor movement and in the in- terests of big business. Hor his continuous attack on trade union members by describing them as ‘outside agitators’ and for abuse of international trade unions, the the his , Gregor probe conducted under the Gombines Investigation Act. inferring interference from across the line. this week over protest of many ecutive had so recommneded. Sam Shearer, boycott committee chairman, charged that the enthusi- asm of those to serve their coun- try had blinded them to the dev- astation being carried on by Japanese bombing planes in China. ‘What about Russia?” interrupt- ed Delegate Potts on two or three occasions which brought an appeal from Shearer to the chairman to execute his function and keep order ‘amone the riffraff.’ When Potts launched into a ti- rade against Russia, asserting that the committee got its orders from the Soviet Union, President Jamie— son intervened, stating he saw ‘where this discussion is going to lead.’ Charles Stewart charged that the leaflet was recalled because it bore the slogan, ‘Save our trade unions and stop war’ on its front cover. Wis reference that this was an im- perialist war brought from Percy m, HASTINGS BAKERY GARFIELD A. KING BARRISTER, ETC. 553 Granville Street SEymour 1324Vancouver, B.C. MEN’S FINE SHOES CORNETT BROS. Psents for Astoria, Worthmore, Slater and Florsheim Shoes... CORN ETT BROS. And our Famous $5.55 Fashion Shoe Vancouver Bengough the statement that the council had not subscribed to the view that it was an imperialist war. W. Stewart incurred the ire of President Jamieson when he stated that the majority of trade union councils in Britain had passed reso- Jutions against the war and classed it an imperialistic one. * WHILE YOU WAIT Men’s Half Soles Ladies’ Half Soles - - Telephone: POD NS eee es SAS sr S eee eB SSS SS SSS SSS SSSSSSSSR Boycott Torpedoed By Council Executive Suspension of Vancouver Trades and Labor council’s boy- sott committee for an indefinite period and recalling of all lit- erature bearing the council’s name was decided by the council delegates, after the council ex- SPECIAL! and Rubber Heels E oO Cain 65e¢ Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings Street DENTISTS Dr. R. Llewellyn DOUGLAS Richards at Hastings “That’s not true! Delegate Stew- art, you can’t get away with that on this council,’ Jamieson hotly retorted. Jamieson was forced to concede, however, that there were some councils in England and Scotland which had faken an anti- war stand. As delegates voted for suspension of the boyeott committee with the opposition remaining silent, Jamie- son declared ‘carried unanimously,’ and as a triumphant afterthought pointed his finger at the press table, saying, “Did you get that, Advocate?” . (re for the WORKINGMAN .. i) Men’s Blue Denim Cover- alls, made of good, hard- wearing 8-ounce denim. Exceptional Value at -....... a | 98 ARMY & NAVY * AROUND THE PROVINCE members of the local CCE club this week. Discussing the abrogation of civil rights under the War Meas- ures Act, members felt that, unless protest was made, “all papers, books and periodicals which told the truth about Canadian political situation and world conditions would be banned and nothing would be left except the propa- ganda over the radio and in the capitalist press.’ The club mem- bers declared that it was better for the country to let the people express their opinions than to force them to keep quiet. Progressive To Run Again CLOVERDALE, BC. — Thomas Binnie, elected to Surrey muni- cipal council last year with labor- progressive support, has announced he will seek re-election for a third term of office in the coming elec- tions. — Crop Returns Reported Poor KELOWNA, BC.—Crop returns On apples, onions and tomatoes are reported by Okanagan srowers to be very poor. While canned tomatoes at the be— ginning of October retailed at 12 cents a tin, two cents higher than the previous month, farmers re- ported they have received only 39.75 a ton. With every available bit of space crammed with storage onions from a very large crop, farmers have received less than $16 a ton for the few onions they have been able to sell. A large proportion of the crop still stands in the fields and farm- ers and workers are facing a hard winter. In addition, Okanagan Valley farmers are gradually being forced off their land by a vicious system adopted by the Okanagan Loan and Investment company. Buying up for the amount of taxes the land on which they have mortgages, the loan company then obtains a clear title to it from the government when a farmer is un- able to redeem it. In this way, a farmer who has resided in the valley 30 years lost his farm this fall. weekly, Kelowna CCF Upholds Action Of Soviets KELOWNA, BC.—Russia’s actions were not against ‘little Finland’ but in defense of Leningrad, to prevent Finland being used as a base for other powers to attack the Soviet Union, decided at their meeting here Unionists Protest Ban On Clarion Suppression of The Clarion labor published in Toronto and endorsed by Toronto Trades and Labor Council, was protested in a resolution endorsed by Pioneer Di- vision 101, Street Railwaymen this week. The resolution declared the ac- tion infringed on the rights of free press and freedom of speech in Canada. in protesting the ban the Street carmen included Clarte, French-Canadian weekly, ‘which was suppressed at behest of ex- Premier Duplessis. Prosecution and conviction of Pioneer unionists on charges brought by Labor Minister G. §S. Pearson was scored in the resolu- tion, as were the cases against those arrseted for distributing 2 peace leaflet. Trail Committee Supports Pioneer TRAIL, BC.— Workmen's Coop-— erative Committee here by a large majority endorsed the appeal of Pioneer Miners’ union for funds and posted copies on bulletin boards in every department of the huge smelter plant Wednesday. This is regarded as significant, Since it is the first time the com- mittee, a creation of President G. S. Blaylock, has decided to support a trade union~ Trail and District ‘Miners’ union has declared its intention of send- ing financial aid to Pioneer strikers. Victoria Labor Assails Mayor VICTORIA, BC— Announcement by Mayor A. McGavin that no meet ings will be held allowing candi- dates in the civic election to ex- press their views was protested by the Trades and Labor Council in letters te the press. 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