Intervention

Native Brotherhood
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Complete dissatisfaction with the picture of Indian affairs
presented by J. A. Glen, Minister of Mines and Resources,
was expressed this week by Guy Williams, Native Brother-
hood official. Commenting on a report presented to the mem-
bers, Williams stated: “The changes proposed by the Hon.

. A. Glen, will not greatly change matters as they: concern
both treaty and non-treaty Indians.”’

“The minister stated that $2,-

500,000 will be set aside for the
Ensemble, and refreshments by

fact by burning villages and
trying to paralyze the will of
the population, just as the Ja-
panese did previously, and just
as every army fighting in an
unpopuiar cause has always
done.

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civil war, said that |
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kind that can be ¢
the kind that has

The Chinese Communists are
-|not doomed to defeat in a gen-
eral civil war. On the contrary,
they have proved their ability to
survive and expand in the face
of Japanese armies much strong-
er than those now sent against
them, and it is likely that vhey
would not lose but win.

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construction of homes and re- iH
Pairs to homes of natives, but
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ment’s intentions will reveal
that the proposed homes will be
of $600 value, and can be con-
sidered as shacks. This amount
is far below that required if liv-
ing conditions for natives is to
be brought up to a decent level.”

Commenting on the Brother-
hood appeal that pensions for
aged natives be raised from
four dollars to forty dollars per
month, Williams emphasized that
although the report of the min-
ister had stated that Indians are
at present receiving $14.50 per
month, a survey taken by the

- Brotherhood had revealed that
this amount was in excess of that
actualiy paid in kind to natives
at present. He stated that aged
Indians in B.C. received only
four dollars per month.

“The Brotherhood is demand-
ing native Indian representa-
tion in the House, as is the case
in New Zealand and Australia.
It is obvious that J. A. Glen
knows little or nothing of In-

dian affairs, and he has present-
ed a picture that is completely
unsatisfactory to the natives,”
Williams stated.

Williams said that the Bro-
therhood will continue to press
for increased pensions, and was

counting on the assistance of or-
Banized labor in realizing its
demands.

the Women’s Auxiliary of the
Gallery will.be added features of
this event.

PEOPLE’S CONCERT

Arthur Benjamin concert pian-
ist, composer and conductor, will
be the eminent guest artist at
the 28th People’s Concert, pres-
ented by the Labor Arts Guild
under auspices of the Vancou-
ver Labor Council, Sunday, Nov-
ember 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the
Boilermakers’ Hall.

Other soloists appearing on
this outstanding program will
be Eugene Hudson, violinist;
David Oldham, baritone; Mal-
colmn Tait, ’cellist; and Phyllis
Chen, tap dancer. Ensemble num-
bers will include the Ginger Good-
win Youth Club, in a group of
workers’ songs; an instrumental
trio with Mary Tierney, violin,
Jeanette Whitney, cellist, and
Phyllis Schuldt, piano; and: vo-
cal duets by Margaret Luckings,
soprano, and Freda Daly, con-
tralto, with Phyllis Dilworth at
the piano.

“TOSCANI”

The famous musical film,
“Toscani,” is being brought
specially from Ottawa by the
National Film Board for the

regular monthly meeting of the
Labor Arts Guild, to be held in
the Vancouver , Art Gallery,
Thursday, November 15, at 8
p-m. A small admission fee will
be charged non-members on this
occasion.

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discount.

our opinion, be copied by

Army & Navy

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J The Army & Navy Department Stores Ltd. were the

: retail stores in Canada to offer returned
per cent discount on their purchases of
Several other stores in Vancouver
are now giving discharged personnel a 10 per cent

This fine gesture of material help is more appreciat-
ed by our boys than fancy

speeches and should, in
more merchants.

Dept. Stores

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MRS. EFFIE JONES
Pres., Tenants’ and Owners’
League

Indian Sailors

Walk Off
Dutch Ships

SYDNEY. Indian seamen
launched the biggest political
strike in their history this week
when they walked off’ Java-
bound Dutch ships in the Syd-

anti-Communist sources, has ever
accused them of seeking civil war;
because they have full confidence
in holding their own in democrat-
ic political competition.

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ney harbor and’ forced two other
Dutch ships at sea to return
here. The action was part of the
campaign being waged by the
Australian labor movement and
Indonesian, Chinese and Malay-
an seamen against Dutch efforts
to restore colonial rule in In-
donesia, where a provisional re-
Public has been established by
the independence movement.

In the two ships stopped at
sea, the Indian deckhands had
been replaced by Dutch con-
scripts, but Indian engineroom
and stockhold crews were not
warned. At sea,
that the Dutch were using them
to carry arms to Java which they
feared would be used against the
indepentience movement. The In-
dians cut off the steam and
forced the ships to turn back.

D. Singh, secretary.cf the
Indian Seamen’s Union here,
stated: “We are members of
an Indian labor pool formed in
Sydney to assist the war
against Japan. Although we are
officially British subjects, we
-have been handed over to a
foreign power, the Dutch, to
assist them in the war against.
the Indonesian and Chinese
seamen. We refuse to assist
the Dutch imperialists in a
war against our Indonesian
brothers or to break the strikes

of our fellow Australian, In- j

donesian and Chinese workers.”

British ships may also be in-
volved in the boycott imposed
against Dutch cargo destined:
for Indonesia. Several British
ships in the Sydney harbor were
found to have munitions among
the cargo.

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