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.

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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,