HAD ATTENDED YOUTH MEET Vancouver attended a meeting Labcrr Youth. be interested in joining such an NFLY: “I hope to get a steady RCMP recruits ‘gang’ leader Two weeks ago a leader of one of the youth “gangs” in North Fe expressed interest in the program of fighting for jobs and opportunities for youth and said: “I'd like to join and I’m sure most of the young fellows I hang around with would This week the young “gang” leader had a different story. Perhaps not realizing the significance of his words, he told the of the odd-job class. The RCMP came to see me and I've filled Out an application form to join.” NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. of the National Federation of organization.” job soon and I'll be getting out ~ RCMPolice | by law Officers, adjacent 0 near to those of the “Youth and Police” branch. The speech could be duplicated a thousand times in cities across Canada. But behind this “innocent” fa- eade of words and disarming phrases about “the privileges of _ life in a democratic country” lurks a sinister reality: the work of the Special Branch, RCMP. No won- der both Commissioner Wood and _ Justice Minister Stuart Garson are so reluctant to advertise the real work of this group of under- cover agents, for it includes the recruiting and training of spies and stool-pigeons among Canadian youth. It may be recalled here how Hitler’s gestapo also recrui- ted spies from among youth. Sworn statements and authentic documents now make it possible to reveal some of the inner opera- tions of the Special Branch. These statements and documents read like page torn out of Nazi Ger- many’s story. They show: Canadians will want to know: Is the RCMP being used as an agency of forces which want to drive our country to fascism and war? - Justice Minister Garson is quo- ted as saying in the House on February 20, the government “could make few greater mistakes than to specify and advertise what we have done and what we are prepared to do” in the mat- ter of security. Five days later, a young man entered the Justice Building on Wellington Street, Ottawa — an unemployed seaman and a member of a provisional committtee to organize the unemployed. His mis- sion: acording to his sworn state- ment: to visit members of the RCMP. He had been invited there by Sgt. G. H. Bing Miller of the Branch “to meet the other boys” and get his final briefing on how to be a spy in the ranks of the unemployed and in clubs of the Labor-Progressive party. One of the “other boys” was Inspector A. W. Parsons, associate of the notorious labor spy Inspector Leo- pold. % : What transpired and other de- tails follow in his own words, in a statement sworn before an Ot- tawa notary public. % “On Saturday, February 25, 1950, between the hours of 11.30 a.m, and 12.30 p.m. I, the undersigned, hereby solemnly swear that one Sgt. G. H. Bing Miller of the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police, living at 59 Third Avenue, introduced me to various members of the Special | Branch of the RCMP in the Justice Building on Wellington Street, Ot- tawa. They asked me to become an informer for them in the ranks of the newly-formed Ottawa orga- nization of unemployed workers and to from time to time inform them of developments in that orga- |nization: They also wanted me to infiltrate into the Labor-Progressive party organization and be sent to Cornwall and Kingston for similar spying activities on the labor and progressive movements of the peo- ple. They said they would not mind reciprocating for the informa- ‘| tion. ° “T first went up to the ninth floor of the Justice Building on the above-mentioned date. Sgt. Miller ,had told me to go there. I was given a pass downstairs. When I “ Special Branch. He is a tall Eng- lish type of army character who wore a brown smoking jacket. He Te-| cent for Constable M. E. Linden: of n details of these state- : ts are read current alarming ‘developments in the field of the abrogation of civil rights are at into sharp focus. The of the unmolested DP on progressive Ukrainian in year to be a symptom of a nascent fascism, and not un- -conne¢ted with the evidence shown 99 Concord Street, Ottawa, a tall blond college type who took me downstairs to the basement. “Here we went into a small office reached through the Criminal. In- vestigation Branch of “A” Division of the RCMP. In this place I was introduced to W. C. Campbell of 53 Maclaren Street, Ottawa, who was short and wore glasses. Miller ; Was present. Linden took my life history. I also met two others of Slavic: extraction here in this office of the Special Branch, but their names are difficult to remember. “On Monday, March 6, 1950, at ; about 9.30 p.m. I went to W. C. ‘ board, eight statuory holidays with pital insurance premiums. Strikers belong to the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and Other Transport Workers (the CBRE). Final offer of the com- pany at a meeting arranged by Labor Relaticns Board was five cents across the board. Internatio- nal representative Bill James of the Campbell’s apartment Number 4 at 53 Maclaren. They were having a social evening with Linden present. Campbell gave me two dollars and asked me to sign a receipt for it. He #said he would try to get me a job with the Internationa] Paper Company. One of them wore an air force button. These fellows, in particular Miller, told me to keep in touch with them and gave me a phone number to call when I had information. I asked them for money, but they said it would be too risky to give any, since the unemployed workers might suspect I was acting as an informer. “T agreed to accept the job, be- lieving I could aid the unemployed by so doing, by keéping tabs on the activities of those undemocratic forces seeking to undermine genu- ine and popular organizations. In a conversation with me on Febru- ary 27, 1950, Sgt. Miller said to me in warning me against double-cros- sing him, ‘Who is in a better posi- tion to have revenge than a police officer.’ “He told me stories of other in- formers working for him or whom he was trying to recruit. They were young people of school age. One of them refused to work for him and he told me the youngster would be blackballed and that firing from their jobs would be the fate of civil servants who did likewise.” @ Next week, more inside infor- mation and quotations from the sworn statements, about how the RCMP special branch recruits spies and stoolpigeons. : a’ pay, an eight-hou’ work day, CBRE strike for 15-cent wage increase holds up Victoria construction jobs | VICTORIA, B.C. Strike of 71 workers at Evans, Coleman and johnson Bros. Ltd. has completely stopped work on a $2,000,000 provincial government building and a $600,000 school, and repercussions will likely affect hundreds of building tradesmen who honor picket lines. Demands of the strikers are 15 cents across the and employers to contribute towards hos- Building Laborers Union tried to get workers to accept a previous conciliation board award of three cents an hour — two cents less than the final offer — but was turn- ed down flat. On Monday morning, building tradesmen working on the new Bank of Toronto Building walked off the job after 10 yards of sand and gra- vel were delivered, and two CBRE pickets protested. Vittoria Outside Civic Employees Union called on the city solicitor the same day to inform him that civic workers will not cross picket lines. CCF’er Robert Smeal, CBRE re- presentative, is being pressured by AFL “roadmen” to reach a quick Discuss plan for May Day William Stewart of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union was elected chairman of Vancou- ver’s 1950 May Day Committee at a meeting of representatives from, trade uniong and other organiza- tions in Pender Auditorium last Wednesday. Vi Bianco was elect- ed secretary-treasurer. It was decided that this year’s parade and rally would be held on Sunday, April 30, The parade route will be the same as in previous years: Cambie, Hastings, Burrard, Georgia and Stanley Park. A rally will be held at Lumbermen’s Arch. Main: slogans and theme of the parade and rally will center around the preservation of world peace. Next conference of the May Day | Committee will take place in Pen- der Auditorium on Wednesday, Ap- ril 19, and all*unions and working class organizations wishing to par- “ticipate are invited to attend. settlement. (During the Vancou- ver Daily Province strike certain AFL craft unions crossed ITU pick- et lines for three years). Rank-and- file AFL carpenters, laborers and cement finishers are determined to respect the CBRE picket lines, de- spite any future decisions of their “top .brass”’. Victory in the strike depends up- on welding solid unity between CBRE strikers and AFL workers. A second trade union dispute, between Victoria city council and the Victoria Outside Civic Employ- ees Union, revolves around coun- cils refusal to recognize an LRB award granting 742 cents an hour pay hike. Charging the LRB with “undue interference” the city has contac- ted the union and offered to settle for six cents an hour, But civic workers won’t accept this, realiz- ing that even if they finally win the 7k cents, their wages will still be lower than Vancouver civic em- ployess’ scale of wages. Union pickets Victoria cafe VICTORIA, B.C. The Royal Dominion dining room is being picketed over the dismissal of a waitress by members of loca} 459, Hotel and Restaurant Employ- ees’ Union. ? Paul Arsens, owner of the res- taurant, ‘claims that the waitress, ° Mrs. Olive Malin, was let out be- cause “business is falling off” and threatens to charge the union with an illega) strike. ‘ + The union points out that an- other waitress was hired.after Mrs. Malin’s. dismissal, and is deter- mined to maintain a picket line until she is reinstated. ; ‘ - A charge of 50 cents for each “‘nsertion of five lines or less with tO cents for each additional line ss made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Monday noon of the week of publication. — BIRTHS Gordon—To Ethel and Scotty Gor- don, a boy, Ian Sidney, Sunday, - April 2, General Hospital. Longridge — Born to Bill and Jo Longridge, a boy, Jan Arthur, 11.30 p.m., March 30. Mother and son both doing fine. : WHAT’S DOING? REPEAT PERFORMANCE by po- tion is staging another PT party, this time at 4274 Sophia St. (one block east of Main between 26- 27th Ave.), on Saturday, April 8. KEEP this date OPEN. EASTER SUPPER and Social, on Sunday, April 9 at 7 p.m., Swedish Hall, 1320 E. Hastings, admission $1.00. Everybody welcome. *Aus- pices Scandinavian Workers’ Club. pular request, The Burrard Sec-/ HALLS FOR RENT - _ Oldtime Dancing To Alf Carlson’s Orchestra Every Wednesday and Saturday Hastings Auditorium - Phone HAstings 1248 Moderate Rental Rates - socials, weddings, meetings For Dance, Clinton Hall — 2605 East Pender. Dance every Saturday night. Modern and old- time. Vikings Orchestra. Hall is available for rent. HAstings 3277. , Russian People’s Home— Available for meetings, weddings and banquets at feasonable rates. 600 Campbell Ave., HA. 6900. ~ MEETINGS i 2 i Swedish-Finnish Workers’ Club meets last Friday every month at 7.30 p.m. in Clinton Hall. BUSINESS PERSONALS Tribune Social—April 14, 8 p.m., at 226 West 48th Ave. Games, music. Everybody welcome. Auspices Moberley No. 1 Club. SALLY BOWES — INCOME TAX PROBLEMS. Rm. 20, 9 East Hastings. MA. 9965. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING — | SIMONSON’S WATCH! Repairs = We repair Ronson’s Jewellery, all types of watches and clocks. 711 East Hastings, Vancouver. CRYSTAL STEAM BATHS —. Open every day. New Modern Beauty Salon—1763 E. Hastings HAstings 0094. Notice—We would like. to have. volunteers to help us during the Press Drive. If you can assist us, please call MArine 5288. PT Dixieland Trio—Available for dances and socials. “Assure @ successful evening.’ Quality tops, rates reasonable. Call MA, 528§ for booking. AUDITIONS For PT Band — Audition for PT Band, ull instruments needed, vio- lin and piano accordion excep- ted. Apply MArine 5288, Irganizing P.T. Baseball Team. Person wanted with interest in youth work’ and experience ip _ hardball as coach of team. Reply immediately. Phone MArine 5288. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 7%, 1950 — PAGE 6_