1 na FF = * Rowe, secretary of Toronto News- Withdrawal, TAR ADVYOCATDA Pebruary..23, 1240 Page Four From War Demanded Petition From Sask. Town Hits Sending Of Troops Overseas ELFROS, Sask. — Having unanimously endorsed a resolution protesting against sending Canadian soldiers overseas without consulting the people, Elfros-Emerald Ratepayers Association is now circulating a petition re- questing parliament to with- draw Canada from the war forthwith. The resolution, copies of which have been forwarded to Prime Min- ister King and to Conservative Opposition Leader Manion, reads: “Whereas: After discussing the question of conscription and be- ing firmly convinced that by far the greatest majority of Cana- dian people are against taking part in foreign wars; therefore, be it “Resolved: That we protest the sending of Canadian boys to the war without consulting the peo- ple directly on that question; al- se we protest the condition of un- employment, squalor, and, in general, the lack of opportunity which in many Cases compel young men to enlist; and be it further “Resolved: That we citizen- members of the Elfros-Emerald Ratepayers and Citizens’ Associ- ation in meeting assembled in- Struct our executive to forward the above resolution to the lead- ers of each of the Canadian poli- tical parties.” The petition now being circulat- ed, which also received the unani- mous endorsation of the meeting, reads: “To the Members of the House of Commons of Canada in Par- liament assembled: “As the records show, the peo- ple of Canada are against our nation taking part in foreign wars, as forcibly shown by the Support given to the Liberal goy- ernment in the 19385 elections, pledged: as they were not to in- volye Canada in war without the consent of the people and of par- liament. *Therefore, we, the undersign- ed, protest the way they have now involved our country in war, which has already resulted in the imprisonment of many members of the working class who are against war, and will eventually result in conscription and the total blackout of democracy if this policy is not reversed, “Therefore we request parlia- ment and whatever government may be formed to withdraw from the war forthwith.” Defense Organized TORONTO, Ont. Formation of a Union Defense Committee to cooperate with other democratic groups in meeting attacks upon the trade union movement represented by arrest of Charles Millard, sec- tary of the Canadian Committee for Industrial Organization, was an- nounced this week. The committee launcher an ap- appeal for funds to aid in defend- ing Millard and other attacks on industrial democracy, appealed for mobilization of dollars to fight “a desperate attack by the political agents of big finance in their ef- forts to blackout union activity by their vicious and unrestrained mis- use of the Defence of Canada Reg- ulations.” Millard’s trial is expected to re- sume at Timmins on Feb. 27. He is charged with making statements ‘true or false’ considered prejudi- cial to recruiting. Chairman of the Union Defense Gommittee is €. §. Jackson, inter- national vice-president of the United Electrical Radio and Ma- chine Workers’ union, R. K. Steele, of SWOC is secretary and Harry ishermen Incensed By A a and maladministration levelled election in Vancouver Center. engineering the affair, Dan Martin, Ted Burnett, Joshua Gorrie and Al- fred Barrett, completed the pro- cession. Around the hall, weaving in and out among the astonished dancers, they paraded. Someone greeted Ald. Wilson exuberantly, slapped him heartily on the back and, all unaware, the alderman completed the parade with an anti-war sticker on his back. From the platform Martin intro- duced the politicians. Mackenzie, too old a politician to ignore the unmistakable disapproval of a large section of his audience, cut his re- marks short, confined himself to trite hopes that a good time would be had by all. Ald. Wilson promised that he would soon have ‘good news’ for fishermen in connection with construction of the much-pub- licized False Creek fish dock. Then the two politicians participated in a drawing for prizes, Dan Martin reminded the dancers to ‘vote right’ on election day, and the procession withdrew to a private room down- stairs reserved for the occasion. This week rank-and-file mem- bers of the union were express- ing their indignation at what is considered a blatant attempt by a section of the PCFU leadership to tie the union to the Liberal machine and transform it into a political football Several members interviewed by the Advocate declared themselves to be disgusted with what they con- Sider a betrayal of their interests. Some claimed that Joshua Gor- Charge Busi In negotiations for the fish dock conducted in the name of the Van- couver local of the PCFU the local has already been committed to a $60 monthly rental for the site. And while the obligation was contracted by the Vancouver local, the entire union becomes liable, it is claimed. Despite this, the district executive has refused to interfere, taking the position that it is not concerned. Ted Burnett, Josh Gorrie and Dan Martin, members of the com- Mittee in charge of negotiations for the Vancouver local, are not actually engaged in fishing and two of them, it is charged, have no business in the union. Burnett is not a fishermen but a fish dealer, who, it is alleged, will receive a monopoly in the sale of fish if and when the dock is built. He is re- ported to have put up a $10,000 bond on behalf of the union as a Guarantee of good faith in securing the site from the city council. Gorrie is not a fisherman either, but a fish buyer, who works closely with Burnett. Martin acted as a trouble-shooter between the union and the boss-canners on the grounds during the past season, was paid $125 a month by the boss canners in agreement with the union. It is alleged that the dock es- tablishment, when built, will not belong to the union but to the Imperial Oil company, which is reported to have tentatively. agreed to build a $40,000 building to include the fish market conces- sion, controlled by Burnett, meet- ing rooms and a gasoline boat service station, in return for a monopoly on sales of oil and gaso- line, The tie-up between the union and the Liberal and Conservative parties was engineered by the com- mittee through Ald, Wilson, repre- senting the Conservative party, who arranged for the site, and Hon. paper Guild, treasurer. Ian Mackenzie, who was respon- sible for having the federal govern- Easter Suit before prices Tailored by Union men. Just Arrived from ENGLAND . . . the finest collection of Woollens ever shown in Vancouver. Select your cloth NOW for that not be shown again for a long time. Popular prices. LADIES’ or MEN’S REGENT TAILORS | 324 West Hastings Street a jump. Such cloths will a] ieee x Dance Converted Into | Vote’ Catching Rally For lan Mackenzie A chorus of boos greeted Hon. lan Mackenzie, recently trans- ferred from the ministry of defense following charges of graft against him, when he was in- troduced at a dance sponsored by Pacific Coast Fishermen’s union in Hastings auditorium here Wednesday of last week. Despite efforts of a committee in charge, headed by Dan Martin, master of ceremonies, to utilize the occasion for vote- catching, dancers failed to respond to the ballyhoo, greeted the Liberal candidate for Vancouver Center with derision. Preceded by two pipers, Mackenzie entered-the hall te the strains of a Scotch march. With him was Ald. Halford Wilson, defeated Conservative candidate in last year’s provincial by- The committee responsible for rie, acting on behalf of the com- mittee, received $70 from the Lib- eral party for a block of dance tick- ets purchased. @pinion was general that the open attempt to foist Ian Macken- zie on the membership was the logical culmination of a policy of class collaboration, political in- trigue and red-baiting carried out by dominant sections of the PCFU leadership on the district executive and the Vancouver local over a con- siderable period. It was felt that the PCFU is rapidly being transformed from the militant union it once was, when it led several struggles to better fishermen’s conditions and estab- lish unity of all fishermen, into a political tool of the politicians, sim- ilar to the BCFPA of New Westmin- ster, regarded by militant fisher- men as dominated by Tom Reid, MP, and the Liberal party to serve as a splitting medium in blocking united action of gillnetters and seiners. One PCFU member declared that the union is dominated by two groups, one working in close co- operation with Liberal and Con- servative parties to secure the False Greek fish dock, on which members of this group will have a monopoly concession in the sale of fish, the other desirous of preventing any cooperation with seiners and of transforming the union into a co- operative. Policies of both groups, if successful, he pointed out, will have disastrous results for gillnet fishermen. ness Tie ment dredge the approach, it is reported. Qne fishermen this week ex- pressed the view that if the dock is secured it will be of doubtful bene- fit to bona-fide fishermen who will be saddled with an obligation of $50 per month rental to the city, while the union will be tied to the Liberal and Conservative political machines. Instead, benefits will go to the oil company and Burnett through their respective monopolies. The group within the PCFU headed by President Sabin and Secretary Vic Hill, it is charged, is following a policy contrary to all trade union concepts in opposing the securing of price agreements with canners on the ground that fishermen’s interests can best be served through taking advantage of competition between buyers. This group is also conducting a campaign in opposition to unity and cooperation with purse seiners has made little effort to carry out decisions of the PCFU convention for adjusting of dues payments and formation of a fishermen’s council to unite all BC fishermen through informing the membership of issues involved. Behind the current red-baiting campaign against Communists and others who demand a militant poli- cy in the interests of rank-and-file members stand Sabin and Hill. They are aided by Jim Law, an individual who is not a fisherman but a salesman for a fishermen’s supply house. Law, it is charged, has been in contact with the police in an attempt to secure information about certain unlon members, and works closely with the BC Packers. It is also charged that one mem- ber of the PCFU executive who opposed the policies of Sabin and Hill has been forced to resign be- cause of threats, Many union members are con- fident that when the member- ship as a whole learns the true situation within the union, a strong demand will be made to convoke another convention in order to replace the present lead- ership by others who will follow a policy directed at uniting all fishermen, halting attempts to tie the union to the Liberal and Conservative machines and re- storing the union’s former pres- tige. Ask Ban Lifted ERIKSDALE, Man. — A resolu- tion calling upon the federal gov- ernment to lift the ban on the Clarion and Clarte, “both popular working class papers,’ and to or- der the immediate release of Doug- las Stewart, business manager of the Clarion, sentenced to two years imprisonment under the War Mea- sures Act, was endorsed by a rec- ent meeting of farmers here. AFL Order To Council Under Fire Demand For Ousting Of Communists Will Ge To Union Locals Orders from the American Federation of Labor executive council to purge all known Communists and their sympa- ‘thizers from national and inter- national unions, all state and city central labor councils in Canada and the United States led to a lengthy, and at times, acrimonious debate at Tues- day’s semi-monthly meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor council and ended only when dele- gates representing 26 local unions, dissatisfied with a decision to table the question, called for a referen- dum vote to be taken among mem- ber unions, Leading the attack at the behest of AFL President William Green was Secretary P. R. Bengough, who, while reporting the council execu- tive’s recommendation of non-con- currence, stated that both he and Dan Macpherson, Sheet Metal Workers delegate, had registered their opposition. At the previous meeting abruptly adjourned by President Jamieson, Bengough had unsuccessfully at- tempted to read an editorial from the Congress Journal asserting that the Gommunist party had changed its tactics to attack leading trade unionists. At Tuesdays meeting the editorial was read by the secre- tary. Communications allegedly coming from Swedish and Polish trade unionists were referred to, to give greater credence to the ne- cessity for the anti-Communist ‘cru- sade,’ Bengough wanted the council to keep in step with other central labor councils throughout the coun- try, which, he asserted, had taken similar action. A ready and willing supporter was Birt Showler, Teamsters’ Joint Council, long a friend of reaction. He declared: “We don’t take Com- munists into our trade unions and when we find them we soon expel them.” Jn favoring a roll call vote he stated, “Let's find these dele- gates and expel them.” HITS WITCH-HUNT. However, Don Maxwell, Retail Clerks’ union, took a different view of the situation and stated that this was a dangerous move. “I am a definite sympathizer with the Communist party in many instances and opposed to others. We may find ourselves as heresy hunters burn- ing witches at the stake. Let’s be democratic and sensible.” “This is not the first communi- cation on this matter we have re- ceived from the AFL over a period of years, and it’s very strange they have never been brought up be- fore,” stated Delegate C. M. Stew- art, executive member and Street Railwaymen’s delegate. “It's the first one that I’ve seen since I have been in office,” inter- jected President Jamieson. “It brings no flush of shame to my face to be branded a Commu- nist,” continued Stewart. ‘“Secre- tary Bengough told- you the tactics of the Communist party had changed. Certainly they have changed as conditions changed. When he told you about the united front tactics disrupting the French trade union movement he did not tell you the truth. The united front was responsible for drawing thou- sands into the movement, “Ym not here representing the Communist party, but am a repre- sentative of Division 101, the largest single trade union movement in the city and these members are not Communists, but they have honored me for many years by sending me here as their delegate,” Stewart de- clared. ‘SAME OLD GAME.’ Delegate Ashton, Civic Employ- ees, stated there were many things the Communist party advocated which he favored. “They favor peace and I’m for peace. The trade union movement is the most demo- cratic organization we have. It does not bar anyone because of race, creed, color, religious or po- litical beliefs,» he declared. “Ts the same old game carried on by reactionaries,” stated Print- ing Pressmen’s delegate J. Maley, ‘Gt js not aimed at the Communists but all sympathizers who do not agree with the reactionaries.” “We can’t vote on that,” ex- claimed Birt Showler, “we came here from the Teamsters’ unions to vote on certain proposals.” “Tg this council run by Team- sters,” asked a delegate at the back of the hall, which was greeted by a noisy demonstration supporting the questioner. President Jamieson found himself in a quandary trying to iron out Tom Holland’s demand for a show- ‘ing of 20 percent of the unions de- sirous of a referendum vote, but on Holland’s insistence he took a vote, found 26 unions favoring the referendum. According t o the constitution this must be taken ctions Of PCFU Leadership lution as ‘twaddle’ The letter, signed by President Dick Gorman, recalled that the Young Democratic clubs here had endorsed similar resolutions. “We hope you did not consider them as ‘twaddle,’ for we meant them very seriously. Qur repeated declarations against any invalve- ment in the war, including the his- torically dangerous loans to bellig- erents, were not intended to be meaningless simply because one nation or another came to be con- sidered very unpopular,” the Youngs Democrats declared. “We cannot feel that a moral situation is sufficiently clear to permit intervention for Finland when other champions of her cause include such doubtful friends of democracy as Messrs. Chamber- Young Democrats Score President For Remark SEATTLE, Wash. — Young Democrats of King County, Wash., are opposed to loans to Finland’s White Guards and have forwarded a communication tc President Roosevelt sharply criticizing his reference to the American Youth Congress reso- lain, Daladier, Mussolini and Fran- co. “We -hope that you will con- sider our sincere wish that loans to Finland and other belligerents in the European war be not ap- proved, that America remain com- pletely neutral in the conflict and that we be safeguarded from the danger of participation.” Reeruit Jobless SEATTLE,Wash. — Hungry and ragged men on Seattle’s skidroad are being urged to join Manner heim’s Finnish White Guard army, it was charged here by Byrd Kelso, chairman of Local i, Workers Al- liance, last week. ance of their support. Make it advertisers wherever possible! ADVERTISING RATES Classified, 3 lines 45c. Monthly con tract rates on application. 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