50th Anniversary Souvenir Edition

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VOL. 1 Published Weekly

VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935

No. 1

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To Follow the Path of Lenin |

Eleven Years Without Lenin

UNITED FRONT VICTORY IN B.C.

Increased Relief for Expectant Mothers Won Thru
Lengthy Struggle

Five dollars per month extra for expectant mothers who
are on relief will be granted by the Provincial Government
of B.C. A new relief order effective immediately also states
that ‘all municipalities employing relief labor will be required
to pay wages of 40 cents per hour. Any municipalities who
do not will be refused any contributions towards their relief
costs by the Provincial Government,” according to the state-
ment of Hon. Geo. Pearson, Minister of Labor, issued Janu-
ary 10, 1935.

This shows what the united front of the working class
can accomplish. The Communist and Socialist workers united
at the end of last year and organized a wide all-embracing
eampaign for struggle against unemployment in British
Columbia. Some of the leading members of the
C. C. F. of the Socialist Party, and of the Com-
munist Party worked like trojans in organizing that
campaign and mobilizing the workers to action. The workers
responded in great numbers, and endorsed the united front
im carrying out the campaign. The results have shown what
can be accomplished, if the workers unite and fight as one
for their demands. The regrettable feature in connection
with the whole of this is that the United Front was broken
or terminated immediately after the delegation visited the
Government Cabinet by the leading members of the C.C.F.
The need for unity is not terminated; it is more essential
than ever.

No government of the Capitalist Class will live up to
its promises if the workers are divided. As the Federal elec-
tion approaches, the Liberals and the Tories will vie with
each other from now till the election, and where demogogy
is not sufficient to hoodwink the workers, then small con-
cessions will be granted, especially where the workers are
determined to gain better conditions for themselves and their
families. They will take these concessions away just as
quickly, and just as surely if the workers do not maintain
their united stand to hold them and gain more. The militant
-s throuchout the lencth and breadth of Canada are

On January 21st the International<

working class will commemorate the
eleventh anniversary of the death of
the great teacher an dleader.of the
world proletarian revolution, V. I.
Lenin; a name which penetrated to

millions of working people, not only |.

in Europe and America, but in all of
the colonial countries of Asia and
Africa. They, with great determina-
tion are carrying forward the strug-
gle against their imperialist rulers
for their own emancipation.

In the Soviet Union, one hundred
and seventy million toilers commem-
orate the death of Lenin with tre-
mendous victories, moving forward
to a Socialist, Class-less Society, free
from exploitation and oppression by
the capitalist class. This emancipa-
tion was made possible only through
the October Revolution of 1917. The
combined struggles of the workers
and peasants under the leadership
of the Communist (Bolshevik) Party
and V. I. Lenin, overthrew the im-
perialist bourgeoisie and established
the proletarian dictatorship—rule of
the oppressed and exploited people
over the oppressors and exploiters.

For the first time in history Lenin
concretely showed the path of eman-
cipation for the whole human race.
Lenin, a true disciple of Marx and
Engels, uncompromisingly fought
against every kind of opportunism,
against the agents of the bourgeoisie
whether in the labor movement or

not against the Second International,
because he fore;saw that their policy

ened

for the last twenty years. Without
this struggle against the Menshe-
viks and social revolutionaries, it
would have been impossible to seize
power in 1917.

With the outbreak of the World
war and the open betrayal of the
working class by the social demo-
cratic parties, who called upon the
workers of the respective countries
not to fight against war but to rally
to the defense of the fatherland,
the Party of Lenin, the Communist
(Bolshevik) Party was the only one
which adhered to revolutionary
Marxism. They led the struggle
against imperialist war and for the
defeat of its own ruling class which
they subsequently brought about in
1917. While the imperialist war was
being carried on, Comrade Lenin was
instrumental in having two confer-
ences called in Switzerland of left
wing socialsts, and with the support
of Liebknecht and Luxemburg, the
basis was laid for a struggle against
imperialist war. After the victorious
October Revolution n Russia and af-
ter the defeat of revolutions in a
number of European countries (these
defeats being chiefly due to the sup-
port rendered the bourgeoisie by the
social democratic parties), Lenin
once more proposed a ‘“‘complete split
with the social reformsts and for the
formation of the Third Communist
International—a united, world, work-

ing class party, based on revolution-

analysis has been fully confirmed,

Lenin Died, But His Teachings
Live

It is eleven years since the hear
and brain of the greatest leader since
Marx and Engels ceased to function.
Millions of toilers’ hearts stopped
beating momentarily when they
heard that Lenin was dead. Every
year since his death, new thousands
of workng people follow the path
laid by Lenin which alone can eman-
cipate the human race from fascist
murder and imperialist slaughter.

Lenin died, but his work is con-
.tinued by the party which he built.
The Communist (Bolshevik) Party of
the Soviet Union, headed by his best
disciple Comrade Stalin, leads the
toilers of the Soviet Union from vic-
tory to victory. The struggle against
the right and left deviators con-
tinues; and against all who fight
against the line of the Party and who
in one way or another conspire to
restore capitalism since they were
defeated by the mighty force of the
working class and collective peas-
antry. The working class of the
whole capitalist world has its own
independent leadership in the Com-
munist International, with its sec-
tons, the Communist Parties. These
exist in all the capitalist countries.
They are rallying millions of work-
ing people for struggle against the
economic offensive of the bourgeoisie,
against the twin menace of fascism
and war, and for the revolutionary
way out of the capitalist crisis—for

ary principles, to carry forward the a Soviet world system. 24

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PERCY BENGOUGH SUSPENDS
MILITANT SHINGLE WEAVERS

Progressives Should Demand Re-instatement

In concurrence with the policy of President William Green
of the A. F. of L, and with the help of the defeated reaction-
ary officials of the Union, Secretary Bengough and President
McDonald of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, re-
voked the charter of the Shingle Weavers Union Local 17813
and suspended their officers, who were elected at the annual
election. Last November, President-elect Chute, who lacks
the sterling qualities of a Union leader, faced with the in-
creasing militancy of the shingle weavers on the one hand
and with the demands of Bengough to hold back the workers
from taking any strike action against the mill owners on the
other hand, was forced to resign his position.

Immediately, Dave Thomas, Bengough’s loyal financial
secretary, moved to vote on whether we should elect a chair-
man for the balance of the year or whether the vice-presi-
dent, H. Pritchett, should fill the position. Pritchett had
proved his capabilities by leading the shingle weavers in
numerous strikes against the mill operators. and their de-
spicable tools. The vote was carried by a two-to-one majority
for Pritchett to fill the position of president.

At the last meeting in December,® At this meeting the executive com-

when nominations closed for election

of officers for the New Year, re-
cording secretary Lockart and finan-
cial secretary Dave Thomas declined
the nomination whilst the other
members nominated, accepted. Presi-
dent was Pritchett; A. Grant for
vice-president; V. Carlisle for finan-
cial secretary; C. Nicholls for record-
ing secretary, and W. St. Pierre for

scale conference in order to prepare
a new scale for the industry, a
Withall, manager of one of the
largest mills, had already hinted at
a new wage scale which would be
even lower than the present one. The
conference was called at the Labor
Temple and when the workers
showed up they were refused ad-

mission by the janitor, who was act-

guardian, all of whom were militant
workers.

Pf LIMEMDIAVEN DDENADIME.

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mittee were ordered to call a wage.