Page Two THE AD VOCATE Audience Defeats Efforts To Break U Telford Repeats Address Mayor States He Will Continue To Express Opinion Organized efforts of some ex- servicemen, students and Daily Province carrier boys to pre- vent Mayor Lyle Telford from repeating at Maple hall here his recent address to the WCF convention at Seattle fell far short of their objective Sunday night, but instead rallied thrice the number of Vancouver citi- zens to his defense than might ordinarily have attended the meeting. Two meetings, each of which packed the hall, capable of seating More than 400 persons, were held, and a third would no doubt have been necessary had not the heavy rain sent several hundred home- ward, Conservative estimates place the number who attended the two meetings at 1000. While the first meeting was in progress, Mayor Telford’s secre- tary and several ciose friends mov- ed around the crowd that not only blocked the street in front of the hall but extended along the side- walk on the other side of the street. Several suspects were casually bumped into and eggs which they had intended for the mayor hatch- ed out in their own pockets, Three of them admitted they were Daily Province carrier boys, who were probably motivated by a desire to ‘get in’ on the ‘excitement.’ HECKLERS QUIETED Police were stationed around the building in, case the hoodlums might get out of control, but the enthusiastic audiences were a de- ciding factor in keeping the row- dies in line to such an extent that even their heckling died out. Threats of members in the audi- ence to eject a persistent heckler brought a sally from the mayor to let him stay as he was harmless, squelched all further efforts at disruption. Reaction’s cheer leader R. L.. ‘Pat’ Maitiand, MLA, who joined other reactionaries in condemning the mayor for the speech he made to the Washington Commonwealth Federation convention in Seattle, incurred the mayor's criticism for running around in- ‘patriotic Zuise,. The mayor recalled how he had told the leader of the opposition to let the men who wore the khaki do their own talking. Dr. Telford quoted from speech- es and press reports of what J. S. Woodsworth, CCF leader, Judge A. M. Manson, Rev. F. W. Nor- wood, Gratton O’Leary, Dr. Char- lotte Whitton, Dr. -G. G. Sedgewick and others had said to show his audience that what he had said was no less justified than their criticism, “Pm fighting for what I believe is right and I will continue to do so as long as I am able,” His Wor ship declared in excoriating the financial system which, he held, was responsible for all wars. “When we criticize the financial system we are told we are eriticiz- ing the government.” GARFIELD A. KING BARRISTER, ETC. 653 Granville Street Continued i Miners in Around The Province Can di da te!) Red Army Ontario Cumberland Miners — |Queried re) The New York Times’ Harold Denny in Helsinki unintentionally admitted that stories of Soviet air raids on ‘civilian areas’ are so much propaganda calculated to whip up anti-Soviet hysteria when he wrote: “It is behind the battleline that Russian planes are reducing vital communications to shambles. It is there that the war may be lost.” Not ‘civilian areas’ but military objectives are being bombed by Red planes. From Moscow Walter Duranty cabled to the New York Times, quoting a neutral diplomat, “Except for regulations against lights, which are strictly main- tained,” he (the diplomat) said, “Leningrad’s aspect is normal. The public goes about its business as usual, with no signs of excitement. “The people talk much more about the conflict in Finland than in Moscow, but without pessimism or panic. Every one seems to be- lieve Finnish resistance will soon collapse. “I saw no wounded, either indi- viduals or Red Cross convoys. I was told a majority of the casual- ties were frostbite, not wounds. “It is said the Finns from the beginning have exaggerated the extent and nature of the fighting, which is not as severe nor as bloody as they say. Russian pro- gress is now slow, but methodical, I was told. “Theaters and movies are running normally, also street cars and other public services. I found no evi- dence that any large number of people had been evacuated. Train service to Moscow appeared to func- tion regularly, and I was told that reports that the Murmansk line had been interrupted were untrue, as was shown by the punctual ar- rival of the Syedoff’s crew and their relatives.” WORKERS WANT PEACE. In Stockholm, Ny Dag, Com- munist paper raided last weekend by police, published an open letter to Swedish Social Democratic Jeader R. V. Tanner from Mauri Ryone, former deputy in the Finnish Diet. Ryone asked Tanner with bitter irony if he really intended to achieve the ideals of the socialists on Mannerheim’s bayonets. “The Finnish working class,” he wrote, “desire to live in peace with the Soviet Union. I must tell you that the Finnish proletariat is being sent to war against its will, The Finnish proletariat wants friendly relations with the Soviet Union.” “For a long time a large part of the labor organizations have been deprived of the right to hold meetings and express opposition to decisions running counter to the in- terests of the working class. “When you receive this letter, you will already have been branded as a murderer guilty of the death of hundreds of workers and farm- ers. Think before increasing this figure to thousands. . “You are one of the instigators of the present war. Now show us whether you are capable of bring- ing it to an end. It is best that you leave the arena of history as early as possible and make way for men worthy of occupying it.” Soldier’s Mother Appeals For Aid CLOVERDALE, BC With nothing in the house to eat, a bed- ridden husband to care for and a son serving in the Canadian army in Britain, a destitute woman ap- peared at the municipal council meeting here last week seeking as- Sistance. She stated that the fed- eral govrnment had flatly refused her any allowance because the son had been unemployed before en- listing. Councilmen agreed to in- Only Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union NEW METHOD SHOE - - 337 Carrall St. vestigate and act accordingly. Vote Strike Labor Department intervenes With Conciliation Board KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. — (Special) — Miners at Teck- Hughes Gold mine here struck a resounding blow for indus- trial democracy last week when they voted in overwhelming majority to authorize a strike, requiring the federal labor de- partment to name a conciliation board to consider their claims for increased wages and im- proved working conditions. The official vote showed 383 in favor of striking, 247 opposed and 25 declining ballots. Federal conciliators M. S. Camp- bell, chief of the labor department, and J. 5. McCullagh, conducted the ballot following discharge of 50 miners by the management. The wholesale discharge was made af- ter the miners, members of the CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Work- ers’ union applied for a concilia- tion board ‘several months ago. Considerable resentment was ex- pressed here at the intimidation by the company. Before the previ- ous application was made, the min- ers voted to strike, but the com- pany disputed the result. Cheering miners and their wives celebrated the result of the vote at the Polish hall. Applications for membership in the union were reported at a new high by Organizer Tomye Church as result of the balloting spread like wildfire through the town. Action of Teck township coun- cil in wiring a demand to the la- bor department for immediate establishment of a board follow- ing the lockout of 50 miners, was lauded by the miners. Church Is also a member of the municipal council WAGE ISSUE Major questions to be considered by the conciliation board include higher wages and improved work- ing conditions, recognition of the union as bargaining agency for the workers, reinstatement of the 50 miners who were discharged, and seniority provisions. J. D. Cohen, KC, labor lawyer, has been named by the union to represent miners on the board. Teck-Hughes will name a second and the third will. be chosen by these two or, failing this, the gov- ernment will choose a chairman. Efforts to obtain improved con- ditions have been made by union members for many months as in- creasing costs of living outstripped their wages. Miners have contended that they should share in the increasing mil- lions mine owners have gained since the revaluation of gold from $20 to $35 an ounce. Since Cana- da’s declaration of war the mines have received nearly $39 an ounce, representing the premium paid in the U.S. for Canadian funds. Teck-Hughes Gold Mine stands in the forefront of Canadian pro- ducers of golden wealth in con- trast with the original capital spent in developing it. Since 1926 it has distributed dividends totalling $34,000,000. The average miner’s pay is be- lieved to be around $1,200 annual- ly, far lower than it appears in subsistence value when the higher cost of living in mining centres is taken into consideration. ote. 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A letter from the CCF campaign committee asking that the United Mine Workers’ union be represent- ed on the committee was referred to the union executive pending out- come of the Sunday conference, Higher Wage Hope Held Out POWELL RIVER, BC — Pros- pects of higher wages and better working conditions for members of the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers’ ‘union on expira- tion of the present agreement in April was held out by Vice-presi- dent John Sherman at a recent meeting of the union, called to elect officers and committees for 1940, The meeting, attended by 600 members, sent a strongly worded resolution to Labor Minister Geo. S. Pearson protesting eviction of strikers from company - owned bunk-houses at Pioneer. More than $800 has been contri- buted to striking Pioneer miners by this union, and while it is a comparatively new-comer in the trade union field, it has been one of the staunchest supporters of the strike at Pioneer. Miners Protest Attack On Rights CUMBERLAND, BC — A res- olution protesting the recent or- der-in-council amending section 389A Defense of Canada Regula- lions, whereby an organization can be declared illegal if one of its members is convicted of an of- fense under the regulations, was unanimously endorsed and sent to the federal government by Cum- berland local of the United Mine “Workers union following the union meeting Sunday. The union also voted $20 to the Canadian Labor Defense League towards costs of the appeal made by Douglas Stewart, business manager of the banned Clarion, against the two years’ penitentiary sentence imposed by an Ontario court, = a LIGHT ON MOSCOW By D. N. PRITT, KC, MP (Postpaid—23c) Here we have 191 pages clearly explaining the relationship between the Soviet Union and the Great Powers, and showing why the Soviet Union signed the non-ag- gression pact with Hitler. The author’s analysis of the con- ditions which produced the Ger- man-Soviet Pact is augmented by a valuable appendix giving a “Diary of Events,” from March to August, 1939, also extracts from speeches of Joseph Stalin, and with thirteen pages comprising important ex- tracts from Mein Kampf. Why the Soviet Union, despite the German-Soviet Pact, sent the Red Army to save Eastern Poland from the Hitler jackboot is clearly explained, The author was born in 1887. He developed an international outlook in his early years from being edu- cated in England, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. His under- standingg of the anti-social char- acter of Hitlerism was increased by his experience as president of the Reichstag Fire Enquiry held in London in 1933. His knowledge’ of the Soviet Union was augmented by his visits to that country in 1932 and 1936. He is a Labor member of the British parliament for the constituency ofe North Hammer- smith, This valuable book should re ceive mass distribution. NEW AGE BOOK SHOP — Note New Address — ROOM 14 — 163 W. HASTING ST. Vancouver, B.C. Miss Helen Boresky Teacher of PIANO & THEORY: Studio at 541 East Hastings St. } Business Phone: High. 3657 rrr en fe | Res., FRas. 0920-R ] SE JOHN STANTON Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 603 Holden Building 16 E. Hastings St. Trin. 4464 Candidates CUMBERLAND,B C.—A conference of all labor and pro- gressive organizations in and around this city will be held here Sunday to decide on a candidate to contest Comox-Alberni federal constituency, now represented by A, W. Neill, Inde- ‘Council Pledges Jobless Work NANAIMO, BC.—Assurances that city unemployed will be given work on improvement of beaches, parks and construction of a civic arena, under the Municipal Improvements Assistance Act, were given a dele- gation representing Nanaimo’s or- ganized unemployed when it ap- peared before city council this week protesting methods of hiring work- ers for the new civic arena, Alderman George Muir informed the delegation that representatives of federal, provincial and muni- cipal governments were responsible, However, their problems would be taken up by the council with the joint committee. - Continued Car Dealer the place every day. Police photo- graphers have taken pictures of the signs almost daily, particularly since the outbreak of war last September. Turnley indicated that he - will have no legal counsel to defend him when the hearing opens Mon- day, although the Canadian Labor Defense League has offered its services. It is anticipated, how- ever, that there will be a remand at the preliminary hearing. On Thursday, Turnley pinned the summons on the Motor Bur- eau’s bulletin board with a cap- tion “All those who love peace and freedom, read this!” A ‘motorgram’ on the other board reads: “The only way to keep freedom of speech healthy is to exercise it.” _—__$_——__ ee DENTIST DR. W. J. CURRY Ste. 301, Dominion Bank Bldg. Cambie & Hastings SEy. 300] Victory Square ——— Attention! MAYOR J. LYLE TELFORD will speak at the following MEETINGS to be held FRIDAY, FEB. 16th at COMMUNITY HALL 48rd and Victoria Drive SUNDAY, FEB. 18th, at MUSIC BOX THEATRE 728 Kingsway at Fraser TUESDAY, FEB. 20th at OLYMPIC HALL East Hastings, Cor, Garden Dr. SUNDAY, FEB. 25th at RIO HALL 3325 Kingsway Aw — SUBJECT — TRUE PATRIOTISM AND A REVIEW OF HIS SEATTLE SPEECH All Meetings Start at 8 P.M. 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Suard against this the CLU sugei it be amended to conform with. | British regulations, which proy that either house of parliam | May annul it within 28 days. Section 39 dealing with spre ing reports or statements likely cause disaffection, prejudice cruiting, training, discipline or ministration of any of His Majes | forces, makes no distinction tween statements of fact or exp) 4 sions of opinion and this is suggi ed should be amended to proh | only false statements. : The same amendment 1s sugge . ed for section 39a which provi | for declaring an organization | cee for the utterances of one m: | er. BAKER High. 3244 ; a8 1 BWR GBmresreseewruenreenuxwuwxcsnea if All Work Guaranteed Service Jewellers Manager: H. ZLOTNIK Dealers in Diamonds, Watch and Jewelry — Expert Wate and Jewelry Repairing 28 E. HASTINGS ST. CONCERT MEETING Sunday, Feb. 18 8 P.M. 4 Ex-Servicemen’s Hall 2 47 W. Broadway 4 Drawing 2 Beautiful Boudoti # Lamps Auspices ... C.L.D.L. Speaker: NIGEL MORGAN, LW.A. 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