Page Four ae THE ADVOCA T Be e January 12, 1940 Spain Veteran Jailed By Ryti- S Ebb Given Two-Year Sentence Finnish-Canadian Refused Re-entry By King Gov’t WINNIPEG, Man. — Word has been received here that Capt. Gunnar Ebb, Finnish- Canadian leader in the Mac- kenzie-Papineau Battalion of Canadian volunteers who fought for the Spanish repub- lican government, has been im- prisoned by the Ryti-Manner- heim regime. Refused re-entry into Canada by | the federal government, Ebb was deported from France by the Dal- adier sovernment, was sentenced te 10 years imprisonment immed-— ately he returned to his native land. Ebb served in Spain as a sub- commander under Nilo Makela, fa- mous Finnish leader who was kill- ed during the last bitter retreat At Teruel he fought with distinction as commander of a Finnish-UOk- rainian section of a machine-gun company- Lieut. William Kardash, eran of the Spanish war, known throughout Canada, ed here this week: “This should clarify for all Can- adians the nature of the present struggle in Finland. Mannernermn is the Pranco of Finland, is sup- ported by the same forces that supported Franco in Spain and is epposed by the same people that fought for Spanish democracy- But Finland is cioser to the Soviet Union than was Spain and Capt. Ebb’ sfreedom is drawing near.” Ebb was not the only Finn who served in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion refused readmission to Ganada by the government. Those Finns unable to return to the land of their adoption were subsequent ly deported from France by the Daladier government. a vet- widely declar- fViescow to See Chinese Exhibits MOSCOW, USSR. A Chinese art exhibition will be opened im Moscow soon. The exhibit will in- clude, paintings, etchings, sculp- ture, fabrics, stonework, bronze and other displays. One display of special interest will be a series of engravings depicting the Boxer re- bellion. Bakers Name Call Meet in Humphreys, business agent; The meeting also enlarge governing arc officers. Decision was also Bakers’ Joint Council of the month. Officials of Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ - union were all re-elected at the union’s first general meeting in 1940, held in the city last Saturday. Officers for 1940 are: R. P. Davis, president; J. McMeekin, vice-president; J. A. tary, and R. Rosenberg, sergeant-at-arms. board of twelve members in addition to table reys was selected to attend the meeting in Seattle late this Humphreys will also attend an organizational meeting of Ormond’s biscuit plant employees in Wictoria Friday and will meet with the union local there the following day- [Smith Polls 20,000 Lawson, Communist, Elected To Toronto Board Of Education TORONTO, Ont. — Denied radio facilities, refused access to halls, their own speeches ig- nored by a capitalist press which gave headlines to their Officers; Victoria J. Mclsean, recording secre- d the executive by electing a made to affiliate with the Northwest, and J. A. Humph- New Wear message, President Car denas assured the Mexican people that the progressive march of the Revolution would not be halted and that his tinue to apply its program in favor of the working people. with its painful results’ raging throughout the world, Mexico’s chief executive promised he would keep his country out of it, said that while the war annerheim Regime ‘Will Keep | Out Of War By ALFRED DOLLER. MEXICO CItTyYy—(CF)—Im his government would con- Speaking of the ‘bloody conflict is affecting every opponents’ distortions, neither Ald. Stewart Smith, running for board of control, nor three Ald. Smith Proud Of Vote labor candidates for council, succeeded of election in last Reactionary of Toronto reactionary circles’ here last week. Declared Ald. Smith: pal issues as it will cut across all issues, municipal, provincial and federal. My 20,000 votes were cast tion against the imperialist war- The vote was not on the issue of which IL have worked during the years that I have been a2 member of this city government. “By staying 2way from the polis, by the tremendous drop im the reactionary vote and by the great vote for the referm mayor- alty -candidate, the majority of the people demonstrated their want of confidence in jingoist, chauvinist reaction to conduct the affairs of this city. The decisive issue of the election was the Communist stand against the imperialist war. onto. tom of passing motions of regret at retirement of defeated eouncil members would be dropped for the first time in the council’s history. Q@niy after adjourn moved, was it revealed that the board of control’s plan was to do nothing at the valedic- tory meeting, but to have the new 1940 council pass a motion of re- Telephone 241 — Day and Night PATERSON Funeral Home Experienced Lady Embalmer 8th Street at 6th Avenue New Westminster saSCEwWe BEBE ESET eae uBUT STE Vs ses YOUR SUPPORT makes AY A support of this medium possible! Z Gordon Hardware 83322 Dunbar St. BAy. 6570 =a=saeeVeru=e x ese wesc eser=ser=se VET =e BAAABAAAABRBDABA fanaann Make it Home! HOTEL EAST Hastings Steam Baths Always Open Expert Masseurs in Attendance Hi ghiand 0240 764 EB. Hastings Scores ‘Bankruptcy Of TORONTO, Ont.—A stinging indictment of the ‘bankruptcy ° xvas made by Ald. Stewart Smith in his retiring speech to the final meeting of the old city council “The war cut across the rose all | as a vote of confidence in My posi- the program of eivic reform for TET am proud of the great vote of confidence in my position cast by the people of Tor- The council met after press pre- dictions that the time-honored cus- formal business had been concluded and a motion to 5 S Minister of Municipal Affairs 445 Gore Ave. truthful campaign against us. Eric Cross, voicing the contempt of SEy. 0308 Vancouver, B.C. “Yet the reactionary vote | the Hepburn provincial sovern= dropped by 30,000 and 20,000 | ment for democratic decisions, in- 2 votes were cast for me as a Can- dicated that no majority, however a week’s civie elections here. Wonetheless, the election was not the victory for reaction the press here claimed, for a sSigmifi- eant feature was the big drop in the reactionary vote. While no labor candidates were elected to board of control or council, William Lawson, prom- inent member of the Communist party in Ontario, was elected to the board of education in ward four, a seat formerly held by John Weir and lost last year. Despite the vicious anti-labor campaign waged by reaction and the barrage of distortion and mis- representation laid down by press and radio, 20,000 Toronto voters east their ballots for Ald. Stewart Smith as a control board candi- date in a tribute to his excellent record on the council. In ward one Harry Bell, labor candidate for council, running fourth in a field of five, polled 1,717 votes. Circles’ sret at the retirement of pro-fasc- ist Ald. David Balfour. This scheme had not been prop- erly caucused apparently, for Ald. Phillips jumped to his feet and demanded that council express its repret at defeat of Aid. Balfour and its satisfaction at defeat of Ald. Smith. Acrimonious debate ensued. dur- ing which Ald. Balfour quoted . Shakespeare: ‘“Ingratitude, more ExAla. J. B. Saisberg, leading strong than traitors arms, quite trade unionist and well-known vanquished him’’—and, still voicing Communist, ran fourth in a field of six council candidates in ward four, with 2,154 votes. Fred Collins, another prominent trade unionist, contesting ward 4 five for council, came third in 2 field of seven, polling 2,686 votes. In the mayoralty contest Mayor Ralph Day held his office by the slim margin of 3500 in a straight contest with Lewis Duncan, reform dismay at the council’s ‘iIngrati- tude,’ stalked out of the meeting. ELECTION ESPOSED. Reluctantly conceded the floor, Ald. Smith stated in the course of his forceful speech: “The vote on Jan. 1 gives some inkling of what the results would be in a truly democratie election were it to be held in the city of | candidate. hast year Day had a Toronto. plurality of 40,000 over Duncan, “Despite the apparent strength | making his first bid for the office. of reaction, the powers-that-be | While Day’s vote fell by 30,000 this found it necessary to refuse to per-| year, Duncan, opposed by all three mit me to address the electorate | daily newspapers, added 5,000 over the radio. votes. ‘Despite the great power of the capitalist press, our working class weekly paper was banned. The police intimidated those engaged in its distribution. The use of the only large hall in the city was de- nied to us. “Our stand on the war was de- elared illegal and we were prohib- jted from explaining publicly the truth about the war. Unlimited money, radio time, and press space was available for a vicious, un- DEFEAT PROPGSALS. Toronto voters decisively voted down two election proposals put to plebiscite. The first, that the new council should hold office for the duration of the war, was defeated 80,563 to 18,927. The second, proposing a two-year term of civie office in place of the present one-year term, was also dGefeated, 70,997 to 28,583. didate for the board of control. ereat, would interfere with tne The crowing of reaction over this zovernment’s determination to pro- ‘victory against Communism’ is ceed with legislation introducing the most damning evidence of | the two-year term principle Into the complete bankruptcy of Tor- civic government. ento reactionary circles and of Hamilton, London, Kitchener, their lack of any dependable Brantford, Chatham and Ingersoll LC —— mass base among the people of voters have already placed them- the city of Toronto. selves on record against the pro- J. L. PRATT, Barber ladies’ Bobbing Bdmonds and Kingsway 1840 Edmonds St. Burnaby Burnaby Shoe Store Modern Shoe Repair Service Special Men’s Winter Work Shoes 1343 Edmonds at Hingsway Burnaby “Tf under these conditions, 20,000 people vote for a Communist runs- ning for the Board of Control, pic- ture what the outcome of a truly democratie election would be — an election in which the press and radio were controlled, not by capi- posal. Indications of the sampaign Con- ducted by Toronto’s capitalist press is the following editorial comment culled from the Globe and Mail: “an examination of the voting on New Wear’s Day ought to give tal, but the people. “Tf my understanding of the his- the police a prttty good idea of the districts in which Commun- Smith’s Economic Grocery We Sell Good Food, Good Food Sells Us! Jubilee Station DEx. 138380 é LAKES & NINNIS ; $ ‘ Sheet Metal Works »; 4 Furnaces — Sawdust Burners ¢ 6 Wew and Repairs s A Call Us! Terms 4 g 952 Commercial High. 2250 g Mir. 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WARNER FAir. 6041 ANYTIME BRBBRABBEDBS AKBBEBREEA SS SBE SESBEEESESTESBE ESE SEED SBT Ga, which is now being flooded upon the people will have no fast- ing effect.” peals here has approved and sign- ed a decree submitted by the Na- tional Labor Relations Board calil- Ald. Smith said he did not run ing for payment of back wages to as a political opportunist, anxious , 5,000-6,000 employees of the Repub- to gather votes at the expense of | lic Steel Corporation dating from principle now that censorship and | October 18, 1938. The decree did suppression has cut off ail avenues | not specify the number of workers for truth to reach the people. Even |.or amount of back pay. It was es- at this early date in the war, the | timated, however, that for 5,000 Quality Eats! Steaks, Oysters, Chops, Etc. “One friend tells another.” REX CAFE 6 EAST HASTINGS election demonstrated the weak-| workers the total reimbursement ness of the war propaganda of re-| would amount to $7,500,000- action and the independence of a The court rejected a decree pro- ereat mass of workers and other | posed by the company which would citizens. have deprived the workers of the “The capitalist system is engulf-/ back wages lost through the com- ed in catastrophe,’ sad Ald. Smith. | pany’s refusal to reinstate them in ee ee eS ee ee | SS im catastrophe,” interjected: Con- The decree confirmed the court's F ; | troller MeciNish. decision of November, which up- ; aim eM Z “That is wishful thinking,” held the NLRB findings that Re- ‘ x i = %| shot back the Communist party | public was responsible for the g 146 East Hastings St. s provincial leader. “It is the capi- Tittle steel’ strike of 1937. g Royal Theatre Bide. ‘| talist system that is engulfed in The decree ordered disestablish- 3 “The Shop with a... ¢| catastrophe, which will produce | Ment of the company unions at Re- ‘ Progressive Atmosphere” 4| prefound revolutionary changes public’s: mills in Canton, Massilon, SSeS SSSST STs ST=see===" | in the period ahead. It is bank. | Youngstown, Warren, Wiles and aE SESESBEBSESBESBSe veux ese esses 3 : ri rupt and has nothing to look a y The Best Meal in Town! 4 forward to but its doom. My of nearly all the striking employes, 4 Communist position, which has | members of the Cro. z 4 ? : , MUIR CAFE $s been a source of great perturba- The court was told that reim- Y FISH and 4 tion to this council during the statement applications have been 4 ; Ss i : 4 : kers b 6 CHIPS - i ¢€ ¢| past several years is stronger to- made for ces Oe yeas Ss by : Z 3 i the Stee erkers reanizine= 196 5, Hastings __ Vancouver /| .ga¥,, nam) BAS Over BEGM DE" Committee “Tis the Communist system that | their jobs. Gleveland, Ohio, and reinstatement PRESIDENT CARDENAS country, even those outside of the conflict, ‘the revolutionary regime, aided by the united action of the progressive forces, will maintain the popular conquests and the dig- nity of the nation.” Although Gardenas has never spoken about the presidential can- didates who hope to be elected next July, he used the occasion of the New Year's message to state that the elections would mean 2 change of persons but not a change of program. In this manner he indirectly sup- ported candidacy of Avila Cama- cho, who has promised to carry on the progressive program of Car- denas, against the reactionary Al- mazan, who thas frankly stated that he is opposed to the Cardenas program and would initiate a ‘New Deal after his election. The message presented a brief resume of the governments ac- complishments during 1939, and at the same time gave an outline for the work to be done during 1940. Discussing the oil situation, President Cardenas declared that after the courts’ recent decision against the injunction of the ex- propriated companies “Mexico's Tight to apply the Law of E=pro- priation against companies which refuse to respect the laws of the country, is no lemger under discus- sion.” we More Loggers tions resumed aiter the season= al holiday shutdown when the lives of two young loggers were” ‘claimed in two widely separ ated camps as the first victim for 1940. Thus the year in woods has started even more trae ay ically than 1939 when Arvid Re kola was killed at Franklin Riv i 2 week later than this years Hirst victims. 4 hison Lake camp William Tippens | 23-year-old truckdriver, ally injured last week when Si Rosedale. = ie BC Woods Claim ‘ Victims in First oe | Week of New Year — Hardly had logging opera’ At Brett Loggins companys Har. was fa swiped by an empty trailer 2 survived by his mother, residing Second logger to die, victim «GE a falling snag at Bloedel, Stewart and Weish’s Franklin River cant was James Entwistle, 24-year faller, who was Killed last Thur day. gee 7s International Woodworkers sent a protest to Labor wie S. Pearson over the 1939 death toll | in British Columbia’s logging camps, highest on record, wher there were 67 deaths. ~ ae Gause for majority of accidents, according to IWA officials, is the’ lack of a realistic enforcement Gi resulations which require that ali { snags be cleared before any falj ing is started, and speed-up prac tices used by operators to reap - more profits. et 4 ; > Says USSR Aets — For Security MONTREAL, Que—The Soviel Union’s action in Finitand is dic tated not by territorial ambition but solely by necessity of securin; Leningrad against aggression ij the future, Ald. John King toid j recent junior board of trade meet. ing here. Ald. Kerr presaw attempts 5 German fascists and the goverr ments of Britain and France f come to an understanding agains the Soviet Union. | | ‘“Mear of communism has dom inated Britain’s foreign poliey fe years,” he declared, Ald. 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