‘Feet of clay HOUSANDS of kids, and grown-ups too, look upon Gene Autrey, drug-store cowboy of the screen and radio, as a hero in the same clas _ Ruth, King Clancey and others among the glamorous figures who capture the imagination and respect of the childish and teen-age mind, They even think he can Sing. The real Gene Autrey however has been exposed in his nakedness by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. An Overalls factory in the States—the J. Company of Waco, Texas, manufactures under substan- dard conditions, the “Gene Autrey Blue Jeans.” These ' western-style overalls, imitation of in the pictures he makes, _ kids, mental as well as actual, _ Gene Autry is still a reality. Autrey Jeans sold “a colored his horse.” So far, Women who work in the who hour, and when Autrey was ask by using his influence with the are meant to appeal to the receives a royalty on eve bearing this name and picture of the famous cowboy O.K., but the 200 teen-age girls and elderly J. M. Wood factory are now on strike, against a 50 cents an hour wage. in union factories for the same work is 1 ed to help the strikers Claring that he only received a small royalty from the his autograph.: ; S by o rt J rs | by & nn AUN Since Autrey, who is reputed to make over $250,000 yearly income, displays such an inhuman attitude to the sorely exploited women and girls who have to live s as Joe Louis, Babe M. Woods the kind Autry wears imagine the West of ry pair of the Blue the purchaser gets singer and The average one dollar an firm, he refused, de-- enough to know for a purpose and if he be editing a vehicle fo of daily concern of the Bering Strait—our side. curtains that prevent civi ations being made by U. war—all of an aggressive of by American, British and ing Jack Scott. Creating war hysteria ED Planes Over the NWT.” headline in boxcar letter on the front page of the News Herald of December 19th. This is part of the con- tribution of our local dope sheets toward the manufac- ture of war hysteria. There were no Red planes over the North-West Territories nor any other part of Canada. The editor of a newspaper should have brains that. If he did know, he was lying did not, he is too ignorant to r moulding public opinion. There is a vast mass of proof that war is a subject in the North, but it is all on one side Hidden airfields, iron lians from seeing the prepar- S. imperialism for a coming character—have been written Canadian writers, includ- Enough to be conclusive. So. runs a spread on 50 cents an hour wages and may be lucky to have full time work at that, it is not surprizing that we never heard a peep out of him when the Dies-Rankin- Thomas un-Americans made their sweeping attack on the constitutional rights of the men and women in the movies industry. On the other side of the Bering Strait, not war but peace, education, the development of civilization, occupy before. wandering life. Comparison with is all in their favor, at their disposal. the minds of the people and their leaders. Anadyr, across the Strait from Alaska, of the work being done for that purpose. For the native population, much like 16 alphabets have been devised so they read and write in their own languages. 500 non-Russian schools are functioning and 97 percent of all the childien are receiving an educa- tion in their own tongues, From come reports the Eskimos, can learn to The had none in schools to suit their the treatment of the Eskimos in fact they are better educated than the ten millions of imperial Americans in tnc States of who Attorney-General Clark spoke in Boston last May who “are to all intents and purposes illiterate owing to the poor educational facilities they have had Blue Jeans which sell under The red-baiting, ness to justify _ Innocent people - We can recall the role played by big business in the export of Scrap jron to Japan in the thirties, where, over workers protests and Warnings, scrap was loaded by Big business received their profits On this deal but Canadian workers Hong Kong and other far Bastern theaters of war. Braidwood’s ideas of help LPP convention Fifth annual provincial conven- on of the Labor-Progressive Party, originally scheduled to be “held January 27-29 in Vancouver, been postponed to February 28, 29 and March 1, it was am nounced by Maurice Rush, LPP Provincial organizer, this week. EEE RULE UE ENE RENE ERNE EE Greetings To The PACIFIC TRIBUNE EDITOR and Staff, and to all Comrades and Friends to ai xy “A FRIEND, CRANBROOK” 4 | ),,manitarian attitude on BOX 334 question is unjustified and at ARARRAMRRRWANNHAH HAIN AE anti-communist statements Vancouver Board of Trade, on ar “their business as by raising the red bogey. which he refers is arms and muni- c one reference is clothing and medi- which the Chinese ‘Scab labor under *police protection. Paid for it with their lives in) gi ‘Bogey’ raised to hide murder of Chinese people in arms cargo By WILLIAM WHITE President, Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) of Thomas Braidwood, president of is the usual attempt by big busi- ms shipments to China, usual” attitude, even if it means d eath to thousands of tions of war, not made to food, eal supplies, people, so desperately need, Labor today will fied support to any P providing they Kai-shek’s black are at present doing. On the same page of the issue of the Vancouver Sun that car- ried Braidwood’s plea for bullets ther for China, ®PP ano' ted Shanghai, Decein- aioe Rice UP. headed “Price of A Oe Corpses,” stating that 140 corpses had been picked uP fro in the last 48 hours, 181 of them children. Can anyone claim in the face of these conditions that the real munitions for war? Braidwood’s att: men for taking 4 give unquali- Jan that can ve to the Chinese people the real help that they need; food, clothing, and medical supplies, do not go to Chiang market as they need of the Chinese is ack on church- Christian and this NATIONAL AFFA IRS MONTHLY Brings you the writings TIM BUCK, R. PALM 6 Includes full texts © of the worl — DUTT, Provides scientific. analysis Reports regularly on trade uni f documents of his d’s leading Marxists— 72. FOSTER of events on developments toric events A N.AM. File i « Invaluable for Subscribe and Be SURE Reference to Have @ Complete File | Forward this stub NATIONAL 78 Adelaide Street Or Room 209, 119 West Pen baie Wak Re Liebe Sera” FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1947 ‘west, Toronto, together with $1.50 to AIRS der Street — SS ee seer e ae ‘| fellow travellers are doing every- strict variance with facts as stated by the eminent authority on Chinese affairs, Dr. Endicott which appeared in the public press a short time ago. The question facing the ‘people of the world today is peace or 2 4 WILLIAM WHITE war. Fascists, their dupes and |thing in their power to promote war; they have their spokesmen in every country advocating poli- cies which will inevitably lead to armed conflict. : People the world over desir peace and it is up to them to tell their leaders that it is peace that they demand, and leave no stone unturned to accomplish this| SS Se GREAT \ see any of these famous films. SOVIET F ONE WEEK ONLY STARTS SUNDAY MIDNITE DEC. 28TH y Mon., Tues., Chapayev and Country Bride é Wed., Thurs., Alexander Nevsky and Gypsies i Fri., Sat., Peter The Great and Three Women Double Bill — Every Picture a Smash Hit. Your last chance to Abbot gives curt ‘no’ to prices delegation Mr. Douglas C. Abbott, Canada’s minister of finance, has once again insulted the people of Canada—and especially the women. Last week a delegation of more than 80 repre- sentatives of housewives and Toronto, Sudbury, Windsor, Ot- tawa, and Montreal had a contfer- ence with Mr. Abbott in Ottawa. To their demands for reduc- tions in living costs through price controls and subsidies, Mr. Ab- bott gave a brusque No. ; It was not only his steadfast refusal to consider the proposals brought to him — proposals stamped.with the..approval of all but a small minority of Canadians —but it was also his manner of refusal. He called them “nice-looking women.” He simply smirked and shook his head. When the short interview was over he said “Good- bye, girls.’ He herded the. delega- tion, mostly women, into a small room, with no chairs. He kept his eye on the clock with the unspok- en comment; Get on with it. I’ve little time to spend with you. Stewart Smith, Board of Con- trol candidate and one the leaders of the delegation from Toronto, Mrs. Ethel Leigh of the Montreal Consumers Federation, Mr. Rae Luckock of the Toronto Housewives, and representatives from the Canadian Legion, the Union of .Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. and others witnessed Mr. Abbott’s artful dodging. consumer organizations from His only answer to the demand for consumer protection was to say that increased prices go to the farmers or to pay increased costs of imports or to make up loss of wartime subsidies. Not a word about profits except to ad- mit there was “some profiteer- ing.” he wouldn’t act to lower prices because that would mean taking over the whole economy as they did in Russia. He was not only trying to insult Russia, (which this week amazed the world with its forthright action on prices) but’ insulted the intel- ligence of the delegation with his juvenile answer. Evasion, equivocation, insult, and smirk was all Mr. Abbott ‘had to offer these citizens — ex- cept the head shaking from one side to the other as he said No. But let the Canadian people maintain their pressure for price controls and Mr. Abbott will soon: learn he must say YES, or lose his exalted position. ‘ HIGHEST PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD > Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. EST. 1905 719 Robson St. — MAr. 2622 ~ CHRISTMAS GREETINGS and. Best Wishes For The New Year LOWRY AUTO SERVICE Lake ‘Cowichan, B.C. RRRRABHBARARAAAMAHAE ILM F Sic Value Quality Always at the Home of UNION MADE 3 CLOTHING — and Friendly Service Established For ‘Over 40 Years rHE — Hus 45 E. Hastings — Vancouver Phone PAc. 8645 ~ PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 5