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the attempt of Mayor Karl Eyre to
stall, council backed the demand
and agreed to investigate the at-
tack on the Ukrainian Hall. One
DP, Alexanders, is now in jail and
charges of disorderly conduct have
been augmented by more serious
charges of “intent to maim”.

But the AUUC is continuing its
protest campaign. With one of its
leading members, Tom Kremyr, in
serious condition in hospital as a
result of the fascist _ boots that
kicked and trampled him, the or-
ganization has launched a petition
campaign demanding the fascist
DP’s be sent packing back to their
camps in Germany. The miners
here know that many of them have
the tattoo marks of the SS (Hit-

Heywocd Broun, founder of

(CIO) is shown here in a characteristic pose protesting a police

ler’s Storm Troops) under their

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deportation

Citizens of this mining community, led by a grimly
are uniting against any further outbreaks of fascist

of police protection against the mob violence,

order limiting pickets during the Brooklyn Eagle strike in 1937.

The AUUC said in a statement

citizens demand

of Nazi DP’s

TIMMINS

determined group of democratic Ukrainian-Canadians,
DP violence such as was seen here three weeks ago.
.|'The assault by close to 200 DP’s against the local Ukrainian Hall, which resulted in injuries to nine
people and considerable property damage, has arous na : :

A delegation of 70 members of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, incensed by the lack
appeared before city council demanding a public inquiry. Despite

ed a storm of indignation.

self got a taste of the fascist
jackboot.

In a statement read to the newly-
formed Timmins Labor Defense
League, Mackenzie said:

‘If Tom Kremyr had not been
dragged to the bottom of the steps
we would have simply closed the
doors again. But Tom had to be
brought back up and he was
brought back under fire of coal
and pop bottles originally intended
for Peter Krawchuk.

“We all know they came pur-
posely to break up the meeting.
They were seen leaving the other
hall in a body. The attack was
expected here too, but we were
not well enough prepared by plan

and determination to send them
howling away again like the dogs
they are. The organization has
been too soft, too easy and too de-

Union members,
Nazi DP’s tangle
at Pioneer mines

—LILLOOET, B.C.

“Don’t you like it here in Canada
better than living under Hitler?”
the miner asked the DP.

sneered the DP.

Fists flew, and a number of DP
miners at Pioneer Mines, Bridge

recent fracas between union mem-
bers who couldn’t stand any more
of the Nazi arrogance of the new-
comers and some DP’s.

land after being hand-picked and
imported by Ottawa, the DP’s in
B.C. are already, causing trouble.

“No, it was better under Hitler,’’

River, acquired a few lumps in a’

As in every province where they

This picture is reprinted from the Guild Reporter of December 9

Dene : - 4 | Lrained under Hitler and his h -
which honored the 16th birthday of the union and the 10th anniver- Pea SEN ee ee eee up. thel

published in the local press, “Tr

sary of Broun’s death.

the DP’s responsible for this un-

Gervin going meets"
Gervin coming back

In this corner we have R. K.
corner we have Ald. R. K. Gervin,
vin, folks. You pays your money

Speaking as Ald. R. K. Gervin,

Gervin, trade union official. In this
Non-Partisan. It’s Gervin vs. Ger-
and you takes your choice.

Non-Partisan, Gervin told the

Vancouver Sun on December 22 that complaints of the Civic Workers’
Union over handing city sewer contracts to outside firms were just _ pettl-

ness.” Union or non-union labor,
it didn’t really matter much, he
implied.

But in the December 20 minutes
of the Vancouver Trades and La-
bor Council, signed by Re oGrer=
vin, secretary, we find a different
story. “Civic Employees, local 28,
requesting the council to support
that union in having all public
works done by the City Engineers
Department where possible and
that no contracts be let out except
to firms employing union labor.
‘On motion communication receiv-
ed and approved’.” —

“At the same meeting a commu-
nication was received from the
firm which got the disputed con-
tract, Baynes and Manning, stat-
ing that “unskilled labor employed
by the firm had never belonged to

a union” but that the firm “had

no objection to the workers being
organized.”

And again, to show evén more
clearly how R. K. Gervin, trade
union official, dons a _ different
mask from Ald. R. K. Gervin, Non-
Partisan. On December 20 Civic
Workers Union received a letter
from L. Easler, business manager,
division 101, Amalgamated Associ-
ation of Street, Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employees (Ger-
vin’s union), which read:

“At the last regular meeting ‘of

our organization, I was instructed
to write your office to say that
we endorse the position taken by
your union in regard to the city
contracting out work. We are con-

precedented attack are not appre-
hended and brought to justice, not
a person, not an organization in
our community is safe from simi-

lar or worse attacks.” The state-
ment was headed: “Is DP Mob
Violence To Rule Our Town?”

There are more than 900 DP’s in
the district —- most of whom took
jobs from Canadian miners.

Typical of the sentiment among
miners and citizens are the words
of Don Mackenzie, former RCAF
bomber, hero of many Lancaster
flights over Germany.

Mackenzie, an official of Mine-

Mill Local 241 here, lives a few
doors from the Ukrainian Hall.

forthcoming.

“They will be back again. They
know that the law will only smile
and turn the other way. There-
fore this organization must resolve
to defend itself. The police answer
to our call the other night was,
‘Oh, those fellows have to look after
themselves.’ Very well, then, let
us show the authorities and these
arrogant DP’s that here they have
a strong united group of deter-
mined men who are capable of
protecting their club.” :

At two meetings held since the
attack, the hal] has been filled to

vineed that such action as taken
by the city council is detrimental
to the interests of organized labor the attack, he was attracted- by

as well as the community general-| the crowd outside the Ukrainian
ly.” hall, Coming closer, Mackenzie

Have you anything to say, Ald. saw Tom Kremyr, one of his un-
R. K. Gervin, Non-Partisan? Orj ion brothers, being beaten up.

have you any last words, Ae won, IES a.
Gervin, trade union official? We’re He went to she rescue and him

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already been raised to aid the
injured and to carry on the cam-
paign to have the fascist DP’s
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ded the brief of the AUUC to the
Department of Immigration, Otta-
wa, and to the Ontario attorney-
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to have the DP’s responsible for
the attacks deported.

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dian soil as fertile ground in which
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