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No. 36

GREAT

Emery Gives Workers’ Case as Against High- Paid Lawyers of Federation

interruptine the evidence given by

Ivan Bmery, union leader, at the

port enquiry yesterday. Judge Davis

demonstrated the dictatorial powers given him by the Bennett cfovern- ment, before a packed house in the

Moose Hall, Burrard Street.

Emery had reached the point } where he reported the action of the union business agent, who, on deci-

Sion of the executive of the union, » deciared the cargo unfair because the longshoremen at Powell River were on strike and the motorship Anien was loaded by scabs.

Judge Davis arbitrarily declared, “JY will consider the right of a union to deciare what is fair and unfair work.” He also remarked, “It seems ) strange to me that one or two men ® could declare that a cargo from © Powell River. 60 miles away, was — fair or unfair.”’

Apparentiy this sole arbiter re- fused to recofsnize that the elected business asent in declarine such a eargo unfair, was exercising the © powers given to him by the union, } and, as Emery pointed *out, was a function recognized in the forming 'Or agreements between employer “ and employee and invariably used in collective bargaining.

Emery is continuing his report on 'the events up to and during the > lock-out.

Shipping Fed. Officials 'Contradict Themselves; Emery for Temporary

Settlement

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Wancouver is the only port on the Pacifie Coast that still has the Fink Hall system (employer controlled labor despatch).

Emery asked that a temporary settlement be made while the hear- ings continue, and should the com- imiSsioner see this situation arise “our Side is ready and willing at any jtime.”” McLennan said no.

i. A. McLennan, director of the Shipping Federation. gave a brief history of that organization, which he said was for the pooling of inter- ests and for the control and des- patck of labor.

Cress-questioned by W. Hart, long— Shoreman, McLennan admitted trips to the Island with a view to have ‘the unions there resume work. Earlier in the probe the statement Was made that the Federation had "no control outside of Vancouver.

| W. Hart, longshoreman, in an- iswer to a question by Judge Davis, ‘said he would like to deal with the ‘stevedoringe companies — the ones who actually pay wages—and not ‘the Shipping Federation.

i MeLennan (director): “You would like to have us split.”

| Hart: “Well, that’s the way ike to deal with us.’’

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Judge Davis Union Right To Say Scab Cargo Unfair

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PAT DRISCOLL OUT ON MONDAY

OAKALLA JAIL, Sept. 19—Pai Driscoll, militant organizer of the Seamen’s Industrial Union of Gan- ada. will be released from this in- stitution of His Majesty on Mon- day, Sept. 22nd, having completed a term of three mionths’ imprison- ment.

Driseoll was sentenced at Vic- toria to three months by Magis- trate Jay for the “crime” of or- ganizing the seamen of the S-S. Southolm, and exhibiting a tele- gram fron the Union appealing to them to take solidarity action along with the longshoremen who were on. strike.

The last yisitor to see Driscoll in the jail reported that Pat is all ready to take up the struggle in the interests of the maritime worlk- ers as soon as he is released.

MINERS’ CLUB IS BOSSES’ OUTFIT

Flin Flon Mine Owners Oppose Stewart

FLIN FLON, Man., Sept. 17.—The Hudson Bay Mining & Smeltine Co. have introduced a new labor faker’s organization to replace the Anti- Communist Léague of Canada which has fallen into disrepute. The new Company Oreanization is called the “Miners’ Recreation Club,” and the company has great hopes that it will effectively serve as an anti- labor organization in a more respec- table way than the company union (Welfare Board), the Anti-Commun- ist League and the Vigilantes.

That this body will take part in the political campaign against Stew- art, leader of Jast year’s strike, and C.C.F. candidate for Churchill Con- stituency, is likely; the HL. B.M. & S. Co. will lose no opportunity to op- pose throwing of a searchlight on the labor situation in Flin Flon, which will certainly happen if Stew- art secures this seat.

Second International Appeals To League

GENEVA, Sept. 12. — Sanctions (international penalties) against Italy by all countries affiliated to the League of Nations are being pressed by a joint delegation repre- senting the Amsterdam and the Sec- ond Internationals at the League Council, The American Federation of Labor will be asked to co-operate with and endorse this stand.

Parts of the resolution read: ‘In view of the present situation, in the name of millions of workers, men and women, this conference makes a supreme appeal to the League of Wations to fulfil its mission and preserve the peace of the world.’’

The League Covenant provides for mot only economic sanctions, but

military ones also, against the ags- Bressor nations.

Victoria Communists Will

Support CCF Candidate

Prof. K. Gordon Favors Free Unemployment Insurance

WiICTORIA, Sept. 16. — Victoria Communist Election Committee has jecided to vote for and support King Gordon in the Federal elections. In- feresting statements were made in an interview arranged between King Sordon, CGF. candidate for Vic- oria, and the Communist Election Sommittee of that town.

Kine Gordon informed the repre- entatives of the C. P. that “he wuld not co-operate with them or Orm a united front in the election. Tis party would not allow him to do

his,” Ensuinge conversation brought out he following points of agreement. That he was for the repeal of Sec- ion 98: that he was for non-contri- utery unemployment insurance; is m advocate for trade relations with he Soviet Union and, of course, is Sainst participation in war. Deplores Dis-unity

Mr. Gordon said he had “many riends among the communists’ and hat he “would not say anything Sainst them.’”’ He deplored “the @rsh exchanges in ‘The Worker’ nd the ‘Commonyealth’.”

He thought a truce should be de- lared between the two parties and hat after the election a united front Hould be presented to the common

nemy,

PAY, GRUB POOR, HARD, DIRTY TOIL

Cement Workers Endure Slavish Life in Co. Town

BAMBERTON CEMENT COM- PANY, Vancouver Island, Sept. 18.— Hard, slavish labor shovelling rock into the crusher is valued by this company at 30 cents an hour. This Same miserable wage applies also to those who work in the quarry, 6 to 10 cents more per hour is paid for labor in the hold of a ship where the hot cement is recelved from the grinders. The heat is so great that it blisters the skin of the toilers be- low.

iajln men, because of the onerous occupation at this outfit, are allowed a week-end off once a month. But they are penalized by being forced to work a 16-hour shift, thus mak- ing 56 hours per week on the kilns.

Gardens as a Decoy

The company, in a paternal mood, puts up two prizes annually for those who, at the end of a day of labor, once more bend their backs to develop a garden. The first prize is 200 dollars—a small fortune to such poverty-striken workers.

The second prize is literally a hot one, it being 10 years’ guarantee of a job,

NEW AGREEMENT

Deep Bay Packing Co. Grants Concessions © Teast week we

ment that the Co. had signed

published the state- Deep Bay Packing an agreement with the Fishermen's and Cannery Work- ers’ Industrial Union. We have to hand a copy of the agreement and below we are giving excerpts from the agreement from which it will be Seen that this is the best fuaran- teed arrangements yet secirred.

The company agrees to pay not Jess than four and onehalf cents per pound for cohoes and not less than eleven cents for dog salmon to the end of the fishing season of 1935.

The company agrees to supply Satisfactory service, including bluestone, to Orford Bay free of cost to the fishermen.

Government inspected beam seales will be provided on all col- lecting boats.

Groceries will be provided at Vaneouver retail prices.

Other fishermen should take note of this agreement, which, while not all that it could be, is a step for- ward, and the only reason it is not better is because the whole of the

fishermen are not yet solidly or- ganized in a’ strong union of the industry.

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SALE PROTESTED

Mass Action Forces a Postponement

By Worker Correspondent

BURNABY. Sept. 16—Two hun- dred men and women packed the council chamber in the Municipal Hall at Edmunds today to protest

against a tax sale and the discrimi- nation shown by Commissioner Hugh Fraser who is arbitrarily pre- venting a number of workers from Saving their homes by refusing them a chance to work out their taxes.

This determined protest and con- sequent publicity forced a postpone- ment of two weeks, in which time those cases which have been re- jected will be reconsidered.

Commissioner Frazer has always maintained that “no one is forced to work for his relief.’ The alterna- tive, however, is starvation for those who make a stand for a decent wage, and which demonstrates the hypocrisy of this ‘‘tsar.”

Since the strike last year, intimi- dation and threats are being used towards the single unemployed men to foree them into the filthy slave camps. Foreign-born workers come in for special attention in an effort to terrorize them.

Burnaby workers must once more get together and use the weapon of mass action to better their condi- tions.

Malcolm Bruce Now In the Field in Vancouver East Riding

INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN

To All Class-Conscious Workers and

Sympathizers in British Columbia: Comrades and Friends:

The Communist ‘Election Commit: tee of Vancouver East riding, after holding several meetings which de- veloped the widest discussions on the Subject of the elections, have defin— itely decided to run Malcolm Bruce as Communist candidate in this rid- ing. Strong support is coming from members of the CCE, many of Whom are dissatisfied with the anti- United Front stand and labor record of Angus McInnis, €.C.F. nominee, and who feel that the Communist Party has a right to run one candi- date in B.C.

No efforts will be spared in the campaign to elect Bruce in Vanecou- ver East riding. The Election Gom- mittee headquarters, situated at 1892 Kingsway, will centralize the activities of the three other election rooms in the riding.

Canvas slogans are being painted,

canwassers’ cards, election question- naires lined up, 100 meetings. This means lots of work, but there are supporters aplenty who offer their services free. We intend to thoroughly can- vass the 10,000 homes in this riding. Canvassing will be the decisive fac- tor, where militant supporters of Bruce can really contact those with votes,

There is one shortcoming, how- ever, which is glaring at the present time and that is the lack of funds. There is no gold from Moscow. We are denied the radio because of our revolutionary program. Unquestion- ably big business hates us and are endeavoring to sabotage the Com- munist lection Campairen.

Faced with this, the election com- mittee appeals to all sympathizers and militants to cut down these han- dicaps and see to it that the cam- Ppaign is not slackened by lack of

COMMUNIST ELECTION COMMITTEE ASKS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE

and a schedule of,

Communist Candidate In Vancouver East

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MALCOLM BRUCE

finances. With this official notice that BRUCE IS GOING TO RUN and

that we mean to elect him, our com- rades and friends should imme- diately take measures to render all possible support, Some .self-formed committees are collecting money, or- ganizine socials, even borrowing money to send funds which will he needed immediately.

May we point out that this mat- ter of Bruce running in the elec- tions should be popularized every- Where throughout the province and its full significance explained.

Forward in the fight to elect Mal- colm Bruce, Communist standard- bearer, to Ottawa.

Send all letters and money to Mr. H. A. Wilson, Communist Election Committee headquarters, Vancouver East Riding, 1892 Kingsway, Van- couyver.

HH. A. WILSON, Secretary, Communist Election Committee.

1892 Kinesway, Vancouver.

POWERS ARE FEVERISHLY MOBILIZING

JFISHERMEN WIN |BURNABY TAX-

War To Be Started In Next Few

Days; Mussolini Defies League; Britain Masses Naval Vessels

Nazi Policy To Be De- clared By Hitler Immediately

ETHIOPIAN SITUATION

Lloyd George Predicts War In Two Weeks

ROME—Action of League of Wations considered blow by Fasc- ist repime, but authorities say war plans will be speeded ahead.

GENEVA.—France lines up for unted action of League to enforce League peace provisions.

LONDON.—Huge British fleet gathering near Suez Ganal.

HYDE PARE:—Roosevelt OK’s Hulls citing of Kelloge-Briand Peace Pact.

BERLIN.—Hitler to declare Nazi policy on Ethiopia, and to withdraw German envoy to Washington.

MONTREUZ, Switzerland —masc- ists of seven nations back up Italy’s plans against Ethiopia.

ADDIS ABABA—BEthiopia ready to mobilize armed forces for de- fence if Italian army invades bor- ders,

BRADFORD, Sept. 19. — Lloyd George declared today, “We are within a week or a fortnight of war—a war of aggression.”

Anti-War Unity Grows

Hrench Communists have ap- peaied to the British Labor Party. for joint action to prevent war. In the ULS.A. large meetings includ- ing Italian and Negro workers and other people opposed to war are taking place.

OL’ BILLHURT IN CAR UPSET

Veteran in Labor Cause Temporarily Out of Election

Bill Bennett, the grand old fighter and author of “Short Jabs,” met with a serious and very painful ac- eident, when the car in which he Was riding overturned on the slip- pery streets in Burnaby, last Satur- day while returnine to Wancouver after leading a class in political economy for the “Youth Movement.”

Bill suffered a severe head wound Which called for 16 stitches, and al- So a strained back, the extent of Which cannot yet be determined.

Bill's story of the accident is typi- cal of himself; being Knocked uncon- Scious he could not give the immedi- ate details after the car turned over. However, he states that the rear of the car had to be torn out to effect his rescue, after which he was rushed to the Royal Columbian Hos- pital in New Westminster where it will be necessary for him to remain for some time.

Down, But Not Out.

While Bill’s injuries are painful, he says he is only down and not out and will be back with ‘Short Jabs’ as Soon as possible; he may even write the column from the hospital next week if his condition will allow.

Gil’s absence from the active ranks is very keenly felt, even if only for a short time, and we wish a speedy recovery and return to the fight. >

By ED PEARCE

District Secretary, Mine Workers’

Union ot Canada (B.C. District)

The Tenth Annual Convention of the Mine Workers’ Union of Canada was held in Calgary this month. Held at a time when attacks are be- ing made and further attacks being prepared on the organization of the miners as well as the whole of the working class of Canada, one of the highlights of the convention was the burning need for unity, expresed by every delesate at the convention.

Last winter, through organiza- tion and the unity of the miners in the Lethbridge area it was pos- sible to delay the closing down of No. 6 mine- Again, later, in the Crow’s Nest Pass, when some of the mines had closed down and their orders transferred to other mines which were cheaper to op- erate, the company was forced to re-open, when miners from the M. W.U. of C., U.MLW. of A., unor- ganized mimes and some business men had been drawn into the struggle for the re-opening of

Miners At Calgary Convention

these mines and the re-distribu- ©

tion of the orders. The Corbin Strike

A repert was given on the splen- did struggle carried on by the min- ers of Corbin organized into the M. WU. of G. against the deliberate and planned attack on their organi- zation by the company with the aid of the surrounding companies, police and intimidation. Many arrests were made during this struggle. They showed their determination to carry ernment refusing relief unless they moved from the camp where the on the strike and in face of the goy- houses were owned by the company. This would have allowed the com- pany to bring in scabs and open up the mines they have been threaten- ing to close down for good on the pretext that the organization of the miuners was holding up production costs making it impossible to oper- ate. When there are only 72,600,000 tons of coal in reserve and the pro- duction of coal per man is the high- est in Western Canada.

This struggle has been going on

Call For United Mine Camps

Since January 20th of this year, with the determination of the min- ers and their wives still unshaken.

Women Are United

The Women’s Auxiliary of the Union was well represented at the econvention, and it was clearly

Shown that it plays a vital part in the life of the Union. The part they are playing in building and strens- thening unity in the mining camps of Alberta and GB. GC, was one of the highlights of the convention.

The Compensation Acts in both provinces came up for serious consideration and steps will be taken to call sub-district. confer- ences to stari agitation for chang- es m the Acts and for getting better enforcement of the Mines Act, espciaelly the safety rules and regulations.

Not only is the membership of the union growing, but more important still, our influence is growing amone other miners, due to our correct-

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BENNETT WILLING WAR AGENT

CALGARY, Sept. 19.— Premier Bennett issued a statement here last night wherein he charged that Soviet agénts were responsible for the Regia riots and cited notes between the U.S:S3R. and the U.S.A... repeating the charges made by the Hearst Press to the effect that the Soviet Union was respon- sible for the strikes in the U.S.A.

Bennett’s hatred of the Soviet Union is well known to the work- ers of Canada, and every effort will be made by him and his col- leagues to participate in an at- tempt to crush the Soviet Union and the militant organizations of the working people of Canada iat the same time.

Five Cents For A Meal

Relief Allowance North Is Starvation for Farmers

PEACE RIVER BLOCK, Sept. 18. —FHive cents a meal is all that is allowed fer those on relief in this neck of the woods. Peculiarly enough the government figures it out that 20 cents is the minimum amount for a meal whilst the job- less are working out their miser- able dole, building roads.

Discourazement is hard to combat considering: the isolation of the poor people from the world in general. Eighty miles north of the railroad at Dawson Creek, which is north of Hort St. John, gives an idea of the loneliness.

The necessity for utilizing these yery conditions to better the living Standards here, is beginning to be understood and this unity against the present vicious relief poliey of the Liberal Government is the hest

Weapon.

Italy Will Not Recall 200,000 Troops In Africa

CREDIT BOYCOTT

League Committee To Propose Economic

Blockade

GENEVA, Sept. 18—Progressive. Sanctions against Italy in case of attack upon Ethiopia is under con- Sideration by diplomatic represen- tatives of Britain, Erance and other member nations of the League of Wations: When Italy marches on Ethiopia it is expected that measures will be put into ope- ration to:

(1) HRecalil all ambassadors and consuls to Italy from League members.

(2) Credit and Financial boy- cott of Italy.

(3) Plaee an embargo on ex- ports to Italy by gradual stages, leading. to a complete economic embargo, and back it up with naval action.

These steps are proposed to be taken if it is agreed upon collec- tively by the members of the League, if Mussolini launches an unproyoked attack upon Ethiopia.

Mussolini For War

ROME, Sept. 19—Premier Mus- solini spoke to a representative of the London Daily Mail today and was scornful of the League plan, Saying “It looks as though’ the committee of five (the Teague

Council committee) think T am 2.

collector of deserts.” (This was in regard to the question of concessi- ons proposed as a compromise).

He further stated: “The sugs- gestion apparently is made that the 200,000 Italian soldiers in East Africa should be brought home and told they were sent out there for an excursion trip. That certainly won’t be done in any case.”

Trades Congress Moves Left, Urges Boycott Nazis

Unanimously Demands Abolition of Relief Camps

HALIFAX, Sept. 18—With a loud chorus of ‘‘Ayes’’? and “Wear, hear,’ from the convention of the Trades and Labor Goneress held here, reso- lutions presented by the Toronto delegation were endorsed which call- ed for a ‘rigid boycott of German soods entering Canada and with_ drawal of the Canadian athletes from the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. 3 3

Abolition of the relief camps and in their place “practical ‘work schemes with fair rates of pay and standard working conditions” were Proposals unanimously endorsed by. the 200 delegates present, reflecting a distinct leftward trend of Ganada’s trade unions in the A.F.of L. and Trades Congress of Canada.

Silent on Trade With U.S.S.R.

A letter from the National Council

of the Friends of the Soviet Union

urging endorsation of the opening of trade relations with the Sovict Union, were filed without comment,

Paddy Draper, Secretary of the Congress. got a terrible fright when

CAMP STRIKERS FACE PRISON

Jury Disagrees on Roth- ery; Ask Leniency For Lawson

An Assizes jury, after two and a half hours’ deliberation, could not come to an agreement on the guilt or innocence of Richard Rothery. 20, charged with destruction of property during the Relief Camp Workers’ strike last spring. The frame-up will go on, and he will be placed on trial again.

The frame-up against John Law- Son was more successful, he being found “guilty” by a jury, which Strongly recommended mercy.

It was brought out during the trial of Lawson that he was seized by police officers, clubbed and knocked unconscious for two min- utes, and that it was when he arose and in a dazed condition de fended himself that the damage to the show-cases occurred.

a Marrow majority of votes per- mitted him to run in Thursday’s presidential election. Wad he lost, he stood to lose a fat Salary, as pretty nearly half the Coneress were against his holding down a fat sal- aried Congress job whilst he is in re- ceipt of a sovernment pension.

Two Day Strike Of

Fishermen

Force Increase in Prices

The Gillnet fishermen at Bute In- let have just completed an agree- ment with the Deep Bay Packing Co. Ltd. for the entire season of 1935. Prior to signine of the ageree- ment, J. Pope, buyer for the London Fish C€o., and Iverson & Silda, buy- ers for the Canadian Fish Co., were

forced to raise the price of cohoes’

from four cents per pound to four and a half cents per pound and Doe Salmon from ten cents each to eleyv- en cents each, by a two-day strike. This raise, however, was in effect only three days, presumably due to the underestimation on the part of the buyers of the determination o£ fishermen to maintain their Sains.

On Monday, Sept. 9, the prices were dropped back to the original mark and on the following day the fishermen siened an agreement with the Deep Bay Packing Co. which re- Stored the former reduction in pric- es. The agreement was adopted by 85 per Cent of the fishermen con- cerned, and besides the increase in prices, it stipulates that the com- mittee of fishermen shall have the right to negotiate with the Deep Bay Packing Co. from time to time for higher prices.

Must Hold Fast Our Gains

To obtain maximum benefits from the three consecutive agreements Signed between the fishermen, can-

nery workers and the Deep Bay Packing Co. BPishermen arrivin=

Jate on the grounds must be made iully aware of the conditions, and the grievances arising out of pos- Sible neglect must be speedily recti- fied. Make sure that the stipula— tions of the agfreement are being lived up to by the Packing company.

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