Evictions Substitute For! iomes Public -indignation at~ the lack of planning by all levels of government to meet the housing demands of Vancou- Everything pointed to a constantly grow’ in aid of the embattled workers of the Ford Mc- in Windsor this week, as union after union Ww as demanding the immediate withdrawal of fe ; vincial police from Windsor and deplored © inaction in face of the deteriorating situation. Delegates to the Vancouver, gress of Labor :.} ver, burst -into violent ex- pression last week, as Sheriff Kiell, and three deputies, wielded a crowbar during eviction proceedings against the family of G. Y. L. Chen, of Gore Street. ; Two persons were injured as a result of the melee, during which one _ sheriff’s deputy de- liberately struck Caroline Me- Farlane, well known’LPP mem- ber, and Walter Gawrycki, caus- ing bruises and other injury. Ni- gel Morgan, provincial leader of the Labor-Progressive Porty led a delegation of citizens to inter- view the mayor and city council and seek action by civie authori- ties to stop eviction proceedings or. make provision for families faced with eviction. A rally was held in Hastings Auditorium on Sunday, and an overflow crowd heard a recital of the details leading up to the Chen eviction. Representatives of organized labor, the church, and the Tennants’ and Home- owners’ League registered strong protest at the lack of adequate housing plans by the city coun- cil and other government au- thorities. John Turner, Secretary of the Vancouver : Labor Council, stat- ed that “labor was one hundred Percent in the battle for decent housing and a stoppage of evic- tions in the winter months,” and flayed the city council for its inactivity in the face of the growing rrisis over the past years. Alderman Jack Price, repre- senting the city council, declined to speak, pleading a sore throat, but was questioned by the meet- ing as to present and future Plans of the city council to meet the situation. Fred Wilmot, As- sociate Editor of the Pacific Ad- vocate, scored the city council for its consistent record of in- activity -on the housing front, and suggested that* the public register its determination to get a new deal in housing and other civic problems by registering votes for: labor candidates in the coming civic election... He also urged action to stop the “black market” .in housing, - stating there- were cases of black mar- ket payments. made to landlords, who--compelled. a “kick-in” of 100 percent over. the. rental--in order to avoid -eviction proceed- INGS. o> y - ae ait 3 The. meeting passed +tesoli- tions demanding: : : ‘= ©: The removal of.Sheriff. Keill, ‘and: alleged:“drunkeness” on the part, of that official while carry- ing -out. the- evietion;:as -well' as the displaying of a callous-atti- tude. toward..the Chen -family during the course of- eviction pro- ceedings .when he was: quoted: as stating that-he did not. “give a damn’. Wwhether’.the -whole Chen family perished. 6°) 2). oes @ The removal of Judge ‘Boyd, who it was charged, displayed.:an attitude- of: .xacial discrimination in, at.least tyo-evietion. cases, and for. incompetence =:in-. ‘the - per- formance. of -his..duty. @... The freezing »:of~ evictions during the wai Chevrolet workers cast their votes in NRLB referendum. They voted 6 to 1 to strike for 30 percent wage increase. New Westminster and -District Trades and Labor Council unani- mously recorded support of the Windsor strikers, and passed a motion to send strong protests to the Federal and Ontario pro vineial governments at sending armed police into Windsor. The delegates supported a motion suggesting donation of one day’s pay to the Windsor Ford Strike Fund. British Columbia Federation of Labor’s Windsor-Ford Strike Committee announced that four thousand dollars has already been sent to the Canadian Con- Trades Council President Announces CSU Represents Canadian Seamen Percy Bengough, President of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada has branded: the International: Seafarers’ declared: the Canadian Seamen’s Uni Union of America as a,dual union in Canada, and has on as the bona fide union for seamen, Dewar Fer- guson, Acting Presidént of the CSU, told P.A. in a special interview this week. Ferguson, who °: is visiting Vancouver as part of a national tour to consolidate the union and lay the foundation for a series of conferences called on press for the establishment of a Cana- dian merchant navy, pointed out that the Canadian Seamen’s Union has 90 percent of Great Lakes and eastcoast seamen un- der contract, and is the accred- ited bargaining agent for the majority of seamen on this coast. He stated: “As Perey Bengough has pointed out, it must be rec- ognized that in Canada the Sea- farers’ Union is the dual organ- ization. The’ proper thing to do would be to endeavor to get the small group to transfer. their membership to the organization that has the vast majority of Ca- nadian seamen and has the agreements with most shipping companies, namely the Canadian Seamen’s Union, and then en- deavor to work out some basis where the two organizations can cooperate.” He went on to point out that the Seafarers’ Union, under the leadership of “Spul” Murphy, has proven that its only func- Note These Seek Leader; W. Benedickson F. Zaplitny ‘Fert William)- G. “Shaw 7 (SC, “Red “Deer) ; : Dechene’ (Ie:2Athabasca) against the USSB!,: “phe feraeahr hom the war. the /Perontos LPP. convention, “PACIFIC ADVOCATE ais. SACS AR as < Ean x ARS these 25 names well. They are the Members of Parlia- ment_who_ have sent a joint cable to Prime Minister King asking that Canada protect from t Ukrainian Hitlerite “refugees” now in camps in Germany, with the idea that they should be brought to CanAda instead: Walter Tucker (L., Rasthern); Solon Low, Social Credit cL. Blackmort (S.C., Lethbridge); 6cher); Douglas. Ross (PC, Toronto-St. Pauls); Anthony Hlynka (SC, Vegreyille): Fernand Viau CL., St. Boniface); (CCF, Dauphin); River); A. Stewart (CCF, Winnipeg North); D. McIver (L., BH. Castleden (CCF, Yorkton); F. D. W. Little (L., Temiskaming); J. James Marshall (SC, Camrose); -Nermar: Jacques (SC: Wetaskiwin); E. L. Bowerman (CCE Prince. Albert) s:-Walter Kuhl (SC, Jasper-Edson); Wiliam _ Bryce..(CCF; Selkirk); R. Moore (CCF, Churchill); J. Bur- ton, (CCF, Humboldt); and W. Wylie (SC, Medicine Hat). : They" “are ‘nine Social Crediters, eight CCF’ers (a united frontiis::Q.K. af it’s with fascists like Jacaues, Low seven: Liberals. and a Conservative. igees’?. they seek to protect are those who organized Special detachments of ‘Police, who: mu¥déréd’ the people of the Ukraine, Poland, Austria as. punitive expeditions for Hitler, who stoked the furnaces and filled the gas vans in the Nazi concentration camps, who tortured ‘and. killed millions of Jews, Slavs who fought.against the United Nations to the very last day of sie Werask: all labor and democrats to follow the example of which condemned this pro-Nazi anti-Soviet: -prevocation and called especially on the National - Council of: the CGF ..to Tepudiate the action of its MP’s. “forcible repatriation” the Kenora-Rainy River); John Rene Jutras (L., Proven- Charles Johnston (SC, Bow and Hlynka the German Army and: Special and other enemies of Hitler, fee tion on this coast is disruptive, and drew attention to the ‘fan- tastic’? demands made of the gov- ernment and shipping companies at the time that the bone fide Canadian Seamen’s Union was pressing for a forty-hour week for seamen and the incorpora- tion of the war risk bonus. into the wage standard He pointed to the attitude displayed toward the CSU campaign, which received national support in every large city “and shipping center, by the presentation of unreas- onable and unattainable demands by the Seafarers. The activities of the small group were branded as disrup- tive by Ferguson, who stated that “the Seafarers’ Union can only make for disunity among the seamen and obstruct our | fight with the shipping compan- ies for our legitimate demands. Bengough’s action in declar- ing the Canadian Seamen’s Union the “only bona fide seamen’s union in the Dominion of- Can- ada” was the result of a reso- lution passed by the-last—eon- vention of the American ~Fed- eration of Labor dealing ~with the Canadian Seamen’s Union and the Seafarers’ International Uaion of North America, in which the AFL declared the CSU a dual organization. i _ Bengough states in a letter to William Green, _ Presi- dent of the AFL, thatthe Sea_ farers’ International withdrew from the AFL organization in Canada, whereas the CSU elected tc remain under affiliation to the Congress. He further states that the Seafarers’ refusal to cooperate in the operation of manning pools could not be the policy. of the Canadian seamen and lauded CSU cooperation in the establishment and operation of manning pools in Canada. — Bengough points to the fact that the Seafarers’ Union in Canada represent some 300 sea- men, and urges that in recogni- tion of CSU represention of over | 7,000 seamen the GSU be recog- nized as the only bona fide sea- men’s organization. |the election camp: | to the strikers, 3: and leaders of j ganizations to der the Ford Motor G;; tempting to stary;’ Windsor into sy placed the onus oj | for any bloodshed sult from police j | the government’s Boilermakers’ 9: } builders’ Union si eral government provincial govern: ice interference, ay ; out support to the | union reported thy the strike fund f° are being steadily | members, x Trades Council support to, the str — ations were forw | Windsor-Ford Sti” from the Bakers’ ~ Workers, Retail ~ Fishermen. The S- men announced a would wear buttor — supporting the 43 and contributed :— fund. : As this paper ;_ representatives of — ‘and Ontario prov © ments are meetin; and company office | sor in an attempi peaceful settlement | While a considera” members of par} recorded their jp Provocation of th’ pany, the governm: taken no -positive Minate the strike ¢ the company for i activities. t ‘ } , . City Conf Convenes A call was iSSL to all city clubs | Progressive Party,’ gate representatic Gonference, to be - q ér Auditorium, on} ember 18, commen § The City Confer cuss two major qi _ @ Party Policy. Work. 5 ' @ Organization i On a civie basis. Pointing out tha pal field has becor -§ field, of work the c.§ the LPP must em - full political stature at a a pe ee i i rate, year from the m_ tions. It urges tai’ problem of - buildin; dating the LPP, a that such activity { organized. and dir’ re-establishment of ‘f mittee. : ae Delegates will $1.00 per person - penses; SATURDAY, NOVEM! . good standing,