Delegates Urged To
Sustain Pressure

Steering committee of the United Labor-Veteran Lob-

by is continuing its work of

bringing pressure on the pro-

Vincial government to implement labor’s demands and stands
ready to call the lobby back to Victoria at short notice, ac
cording to reports from delegates to the Vancouver Labor

Council.

Delegate Harold Pritchett
Stated that 30,000 postcards were
now available for mailing to
MLA’s and urged local unions
and individuals to flood Victoria
with a constant stream of post-
cards, letters and telegrams un-
til the government brings down
its labor program.

“I am confident that labor will
make substantial gains in this
session of the legislature as a
result of the great united lob-
by,” said CCI representative
Daniel O’Brien, president of the

B.C. Federation of Labor, report-
ing to the council. “But even if,

no gains were made the lobby
would have been -a huge success.
What has been accomplished in
British Columbia is a lesson to
organized labor across the Do-
minion. For the first time in
Labor history we have united
both Labor centers with the full

and official support of the Vet-
erans behind labor’s demands.”

The council decided to ask the
federal government to investi-
gate conditions in the New West-
minster penitentiary following
receipt of a letter from a dis-
charged prisoner alleging graft
and oppression. The Jetter al_
leged that everything from
making shoes to automobile re-
pairs was carried on at the pris-
on rates of five cents per hour
and according to W. White,
president of the Marine Work-
ers, who interviewed the man,
men are being placed in solitary
confinement for small misde-
meanors and the paddle is used
on the slightest pretext.

Council “unanimously approved
a request to suppert the Mac-
Pap Vets after listening to a
Speaker from that organization.

Disruption Rapped At Van.
Labor Council Meeting

An attempt to introduce dis-
ruption into the labor council
by challenging the right of the
executive to liquidate the debts
incurred in the last civic elec-
tions was defeated by the dele-
gates to the Vancouver labor
council this week.

The resolution, introduced and
supported by CCF delegates ask_
ed that all disbursements except
for salaries should have the ap-
proval of a full council meeting.
It followed introduction of a res-
olution from the Amalgamated
Building Workers urging ¢reat-
er tolerance and unity in the
council and the resolution drew

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a scathing denunciation from
delegate Sidney Sarkin. “After
hearing the appeal from the am-_
algamated, this is a fine exhi-
bition of democracy,” said Sar-
kin. “It doesn’t seem to sink in.
Trade union democracy was
practiced in making the decision
to run civic candidates, it was
aecided by an absolute majority.
I believe we have just listened
to a good example of

criticism coming it is because
we did net canvass our locals
and get their full participation.

“We are making labor history;
by our united campaign we elect-
ed a Labor alderman, R. K. Ger-
vin and what we should be do-
ing is forming a committee to
advise and work with him.”

Delegate Sadler spoke as to
the ‘integrity of the signing: of-
ficers of the council.

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Spotlight On
Bevin’s “Non-
Intervention”

Acute embarrassment is notice-
able in British government cir-
cles over the latest developments
in the Spanish situation.

For the action of France and
the American Note have hit the
British Government just at the
moment when, under the guid—
ance of Mr. Bevin, it had begun
to “harden up” its policy of co-
operation with the regime of
Genera] Franco—the cooperation
being, of course, disguised as a
new kind of non-intervention.

The Note concerning economic
Sanctions sent to the American
Government by Britain at the
end of January and disclosed in
The Week last month, was a
sufficient indication of the way
things were moving. And there
is no doubt that in Madrid the
assumption has been that the
British Government is definite-
ly committed to total non_inter-
vention.

The theory which has been and
is being put about in London to
“justify” the Government’s at-
titude is a rather pitiable +re-
hash of the very same theory
which was used for the very
Same purpose in 1936. It is sug-
gested that any action from out-
side might “solidity” Spanish
Support for General Franco.
Therefore, it appears, the thing
to do is to wait and see—wait
and see whether a powerful fas-
cist regime, with the control of
the Army and police, will simply
fold up of its own accord.

THE OLD GAME

It is both scandalous and far_
cical that this kind of theory
which was discredited in 1936
and 1937 (when the policy adopt-
ed failed to produce any single
one of the results claimed for
it) should now be resurrected
and should actually influence the
course of action.

But when the tussle wil] shift
to a slightly different ground
and the question will be whether
the British Government can be
got to accept the idea of recog-
nizing a genuine Republican al-
ternative Government for Spain
or whether it will continue to give
tacit and even overt support to
the Monarchists — 6r indeed to
anyone who will offer a fuar-
antee of opposition to the Com-_
munists.

For it must not be forgotten
that anti-Communism is at this
moment the central feature of
Mr. .Bevin’s foreign policy, and
there is hardly a problem in
Europe which is not approached
by him with anti-Communism as
the principal objective in view.

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time ago the landlady was given
notice thiaat the property jhad
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the tenants. The tenants are a
burned-out war veteran on pen-
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a widow and daughter. As an aid
to getting rid of the old tenants,
the gas was turned off; the fur-
nishings moved out, and finally
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