EAE URS Page Two THE ADVOCATE January. 26, 194 City Council To Probe Profiteering Finns Reject Appeal For Arms, Volunteers To Aid Mannerheim False allegations that members of the Finnish community in Vancouver are by opinions and actions “degrading their own country at this time,” made by a small gathering of Finns at a recent meeting here, were effectively answered by a meeting called by local 55, Finnish Organization of Canada, which re- jected pleas of General Mannerheim for arms and volunteers. Held in the Croatian Hall here Sunday afternoon, the meeting was attended by some 500 persons. : District Organizer Oscar Salonen outlined the position of his organization to the strife in Finland which, he said, was a struggle of the people for self-determination. ; A resolution endorsed by the meeting branded as untrue and deliberately misleading reports circulated in Vancouver by a small group of Finns regarding the at- ftitude of the Finnish people in Canada to events in Finland in order to have the Finnish Organiz- ation and its paper Vapaus sup- pressed. A statement endorsed by the meeting and released to the press points out that this organization, founded in 1923 and chartered by the federal government, is the larg- est and oldest organization of Fin- nish people in Canada. Its activi- ties are devoted to assisting mem- bers attain Canadian citizenship, keeping alive cultural and edauca- tional traditions of the homeland and, while unaffiliated to any po- litical party, membership is open to all Finnish residents regardless of individual political opinions. The welfare and best interests of the Finnish people can be serv- ed only by a sincere policy of peace and friendship with all other countries, particularly Sweden, Worway and the Soviet Union, whose boundaries are common frontiers, the statement continues. Failure of the Cajander govern- ment during negotiations with the Soviet Union to allow the people to express their opinions ,and its refusal to male public the Soviet proposals or to summon parlia- ment to publicly discuss:and vote on the proposals, were scored by the declaration. WELCOME PEGCPLE’S GOV'T. The treaty of friendship con- cluded between the USSR and the new people's government under Premier Kuusinen. former educa- tion minister in the government in 1918, crushed by General Manner- heim with the aid of German troops, was considered in the best interests of peace, welfare and prosperity of the Finnish people by the statement adding this was full proof that Finnish independ- ence is not threatened by the Sov- iet Union. Concluding, the organization de- MS SRSEE RESET EES E EEE EY BESS ’) China Aid Council / Suite 16 - 610 JERVIS STREET / Phone SEy. 8592M ; For information and donations * enguire at the above address. g AARaarnnaane MBBS EESEEEHTEGC EEE EEE BETES HASTINGS BAKERY High. 3244 Come to the ‘One Night of Fun’ CROATIAN HALL 600 Campbell Ave. SATURDAY, JAN. 27th 7:30 to 12 P.M. An Italian Dish followed by a SOCIAL EVENING Refreshments Tickets 25c Auspices Democratic Action of the Italo-Canadians * WHILE YOU WAIT Men’s Half Soles and Rubber Heels | OD - GSdé Ladies’ Half Soles - * Continued Pioneer Wilson in Lillooet last December. Commenting on events, W. H. “Pat” Patterson told the Advocate that “the company will never break the strike, because the men are standing more solidly now than at any time previous. “We would like all trade unions in B Gto send letters or resolutions to the provincial government de- manding a halt in the evictions now,” he added. Tom Forkin, BC organizer for Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ union, who returned to Vancouver Wednesday from Zeballos, stated that miners there are taking up an- other collection for Pioneer strikers and have already raised $500, with expectation of another $500 in a day or two. A collection to aid Pioneer will be taken up every day day while the strike is in progress. Appeal of Pioneer miners request- ing all trade unions throughout BC to protest the evictions received ad- ded weight when Forkin and George Price, secretary of Vancou- ver Miners’ union, endorsed the ap- peal and added that these unions should also see that no extra police are sent to Pioneer, clared its support for humanitar- ian Measures to alleviate the suf- fering of the Finnish people, ask- ing assistance to the national com- mittee of the Finnish Organization fund for this purpose, and refus- ed to endorse the appeals for send- ing arms and volunteers to the Mannerheim government, “whose policies have led to the present suffering of the Finnish people and whose continued existence can only prolong it.” One minute’s silence was observ- ed for Mrs. Laura Law, active member of the Finnish Federation, murdered by vigilantes at Aber- deen, Wash., and Dr. Norman Beth- une, famed Canadian surgeon, who died recently in China. The Finnish Organization’s mix- €d choir, under the leadership of Kerttu. Viitanen, sang |the Fin- nish national anthem, Finlandia, and two Finnish folk songs, fF. I. Kivi, president of local 55, Was chairman. Vice-consul Tornroos, who was present, made no effort to refute or in any way state the position of “his superior, Finnish Consul Helge Ekengren, who is in full support of the Mannerheim regime. GARFIELD A. KING BARRISTER, ETC, 653 Granville Street ee DENTIST DR. W. J. CURRY Ste, 301, Dominion Bank Bldg. Cambie & Hastings SEy. 3006] Victory Square SPECIAL! Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings Street Sentenced BARL BROWDER, general secre- tary of the Communist party of the US, sentenced to four years imprisonment on passport charges, told a meeting of 20,000 in New York Monday: “Today I received in your behalf a sentence against our movement, It is not enough to say that the motives of the prosecution lie in the general campaign of the ruling class to prepare this country for war.” Browder is a candidate for elec- tion to Congress. Continued Protest ize assistance to Mannerheim be stopped. At a conference of members of Social-Democratic organizations at Riukan, Norway, adopted resolu- tions stating: “The workers of Riukan are In solidarity with the Finnish work- ers and peasants, who are fight- ing for freedom and independence. This conference resolutely protests against military assistance to the White Guard Finns which can lead trality.” Two influential members of the Worwegian Labor Youth League have resigned from that organiza- tion because of the war-inciting, anti-Soviet stand of its leading clique. The two youth leaders are Meyer Lewenstein and Kaara Ulisberg, president and secretary respec- tively of the Labor Youth League at Ta. COPENHAGEN, Denmark — De- fying the furious anti-Communist, anti-Soviet campaign of the dom- inant capitalist and Social-Demo- cratic circles, Copenhagen branch of Marine Firemen’s union has just decided to contribute 5,000 kronen (about $1,100) to the Dan- ish Communist newspaper, Arbej- derbladet. Conservatives in the Lower Chamber of the Danish parliament last week attempted to deprive Martin Andersen Nexo of his state pension because of his statement in defense of the people’s govern- ment of Finland, according to the report of the newspaper, Politiken. This attempt was made during discussion of a financial bill. The lower chamber, however, arrived at no decision on this proposal Since, in the very same group of conservatives which made this pro- posal, there were differences of opinion. Even a group of the con- servatives, writes the paper, op- posed depriving Martin Andersen Wexo of his state pension. MBS V SPSS eeBEerEs eB BED EEE ESE PV AS IE aoe 6 4 ,E. Rolston Newsstand ‘ 4 138 EAST HASTINGS ST. ¢ Papers of all languages—Mail 4 order specialized 4 News About Your Own Country { MMSE BBL ESE SEES ESE ESEBSET ESE atau - READ THE WEEKLY TIMBER WORKER 4126 Arcade Bldg. Seattle, Wasb. Official L.W.A. Paper 2%-oz, - -° 3:00 40-oz. - 34.25 This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. to violation of our country’s neu-} Living Cost Rising, Say Housewives Delegation Gets Support Of Mayor; Committee Set Up Presenting a brief to civic so- cial services committee Monday vigorously protesting rising liv- ing costs and charging ‘lack of vigilance’ by city council in pro- tecting citizens’ interests, the Housewives’ League of British Columbia successfully obtained reconstitution of a civic war prices committee to sift com- plaints and forward them to the Ottawa Board. The brief, presented by a delega- ‘tion headed by President Mrs. D. ‘Hartley, showed, by use of govern- ‘ment figures, that in the period \from* August to November, 1939, ‘food prices had risen 8.2 percent, }fuel and light 44 percent and | clothing 513 percent. Using a working man’s esti- ' mated average income of $70,383 a | month as a basis for analysis, the total increase was $3.25, “or, in | other words, a decrease in pur- chasing power of almost 5 per- cent,” the brief stated. ‘We also draw your attention to "the fact that in this province there are thousands of working men, Supporting families, whose month- ly income is nothing like $70.00 per month and still more thousands living on relief and small pensions to whom a five percent reduction ‘in purchasing power is of corre spondingly greater importance,” it was stated in the brief. Comparison with prices this year and during the last war show- ed that from August to November, 1914, food prices advanced only 7 percent. In the same period dur- ing 1939, the first months of the war, prices had advanced 8.2 per- cent, the brief pointed out, adding that although no definite figures were available, it was evident to everyone that prices had advancea still further since November. ACTION DEMANDED. Asking that the. civic.commit- tee be re-established to bring pres- Sure on the Ottawa wartime prices and trade board so that ‘profiteer- ing and unfair price advances shall be rigidly suppressed,’ the House- wives’ League said it understood the committee “is no longer in ex- istence and furthermore, we saw mo evidence of the work of this committee while it was in exist- ence, and we vigorously protest this lack of vigilance for the wel- fare of our citizens.” Reappointment of the committee Was also urged by Mayor J. Lyle Telford in a letter to the social services committee. He declared there had been local manipulation in the price of wheat and empha- sized the need for guarding against hoarding, profiteering and unfair price advances, Admitting that the price of shoe leather had advanced 40 percent since the war, Alderman J. Cornett nevertheless remarked “you've got to expect wool and leather to go up in wartime.” Repudiating the suggestion from Victoria that cost of living had fallen 4 percent from November to December last year, Mayor Tel- ford remarked that different sources of information caused the discrepancy in reports, “Regardless of figures I know costs of a number of commodi- ties have risen unreasonably and i feel certain that our war price work in drawing attention of committee can do invaluable federal authorities to abuses,” he declared. Civic war prices committee com- prises social services chairman Ald. George C. Miller and Aldermen Charles Jones and W. D. Greyell. Continued Treaty By the terms of this agreement, Japan and Britain would divide continental Asia between them, ig- noring US interests in the Far East. It will be recalled that last fall Sir Stafford Cripps, British Labor leader, warned of -the possibility that Britain and Japan would con- elude a treaty inimical to the in- terests of the Chinese people. The most reactionary circles of the British ruling class, he stated at the time, were pressing for such an agreement, THEM and give them value. @ THE BEST MATERIALS Western Canada to choose from. looking clothes in Vancouver. Inland Boatmen’s Union . Wins Pay Boost For Crew | Crew of the Imperial Oil tanker Albertolite, operating out” of Vancouver, were given wage increases armounting to approxi- mately $200 a month as a result of discussions last fall between - the company and officials of Inland Boatmen’s union. The wage | increase was announced last weekend and is retroactive to «| January 1, 1940. Continued Stewart Local branch of the CLDL has received word of the national ap- peal on behalf of Douglas Stewart, in a letter from Rey. A. E. Smith, CLDL national secretary. To do justice to the appeal, the CLDL has decided to engage a prominent KC to work in conjunc- tion with its own lawyers. “Financial assistance is urgent,” Vancouver organizer George Dray- ton said this week. “We must help in appealing this serious convic- tion which sets a precedent in the @rave attacks against our civil liberties.” The League has also issued a call to all friends of civil liberties to voice their protest to Ottawa and Queens Park against the sen- tence, Financial aid should be sent to the CLDL, 130 West | Hastings street, Vancouver, BC. Jobless Plan Strong Drive Problem of meeting increased living costs with depreciated re- lief allowances formed the basis of a discussion at a meeting in O’Brien hall Monday night of Single and married unemployed persons who later resolved to or- ganize for an immediate substan- tial inerease in relief allowances. 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