| Charge Based On - ) Advertising Signs 7 | Condemning War

e Charged with having pub- wdied writing likely to be Kyjejudicial to the effective uF | Josecution of the war, a sum- joms was served Thursday on Tancis R. Turnley, owner of 42 Motor Bureau at Sixth » yenue and Main street, to ap- t ar in Vancouver police court *3 xt Monday, Feb. 19. ~ Qn information laid before W. |. Firkin, justice of the peace, 40. Feb. 16, the charge against fFurnley reads that he “unlaw- < /jally did publish writing likely to ‘\e prejudicial to the effective 2 | rosecution of the war, namely, ve he big Baboons commit you to - ar, then call on you monkeys “+ 4 vote for their management,’ ad ‘we may get business from 1e war, but we have no business ey it?” : Jn several occasions Turnley’s ’ }-otorgrams’ have drawn the ire police officials and a few weeks - o he was visited by City Prose- ‘ator Oscar Orr, accompanied by ' 4-9 detectives, warning him that ey were afraid his premises ight be bombed or that he him- lf might be attacked because 2 |S amber of complaints had been re- Asived. ' Turnley replied at that time for rery complaint received by the lice he could match it with a fan tter, and the trio left when Turn- y said he would be ‘more artis- 2? in the wording of the ‘motor- ‘ams.’ For years these signs have -oused the interest of thousands Vancouver citizens, who pass

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Corporation 3reaks Pact

LOCKEPORT, NS. — Discrimina- on against the entire executive the Canadian Fishermen’s union sre in one of the worst union- nashing, red-baiting campaigns nee 1937, when the same corpora- on smashed the union and estab- shed a company organization, is

par, on

‘urnley Summonsed Under War Act

he ADVOCATE

FOR PEACE, PROGRESS AND DEMOCRACY

VOL. 6, No. 5. Full No. 266.

VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940

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Former Finnish Deputy Accuses Social-Democrat

Red army and Finnish Peo- ple’s army forces this week penetrated deep into the steel anid concrete defenses of the Mannerheim line, driving the White Guard army of Baron Mannerheim back with heavy losses.

Soviet communiques issued this week announced that a total of 84 ports and fortified positions had been taken, in addition to large quantity of war materials aban- doned by the retreating Finns.

While exaggerated White Guard statements claimed the struggle to-haye exceeded in intensity any_ battle of the last world war, com- pared it to the battle of Verdun, Soviet communiques indicated that the Red army’s offensive was not on the vast scale claimed by the Finns-

Main theater of battle was in the fortified area around Summa on the Karelian isthmus, some 20 miles south of Viborg. Here the Red

yw being practiced by Lockeport > Ltd. The anti-union campaign parently, has suppert of the pro- ncial government, despite an sreement reached in Halifax last acemmber between representatives - the government, the company 4d the union. The Lockeport wim Brothers at that time agreed i recognition of the~-union and ‘edged that there would be no dis-

cimination. On this understand- ig the union agreed to end its q

company and

sven-week strike and withdrew all

ieckets, who had maintained their

nes unbroken in face of 200 + .CMPolice massed at Lockeport. pre former company has since ab-

ogated the agreement and de

iared that executive members are

o longer employees. : Fisher folk are thoroughly ~ roused.and will take steps at the \'anadian Fishermen’s union con- ‘ention here March 4 to duplicate, a the federal elections, the victory a the municipal elections when the ‘reactionary council was replaced ‘yy a labor majority, headed by a ighting mayor,

army made its greatest gains. Other advances made by the Red army were in the sector between Ladoga Lake and Suvasijarvi, where fortified positions:also fell before the Soviet advance.

That the Ryti-Mannerheim re- gime, confronted with Red army penetration into the Mannerheim line it had hoped would hold back Soviet forces until spring, faced with the strengthening opposition of its own people, is finding its po sition increasingly untenable is shown by:

1. The Chamberlain govern- men’s decision to encourage the sending of ‘volunteer’ troops to Finland.

2. The calling up of reserve classes in White Guard occupied Finland.

Meanwhile, capitalist press cor- respondents in Finland this week let slip a few paragraphs indicative of the true situation.

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SCF clubrooms Tuesday.

Confidence Vote Refused MacInnis By CCF Meet

Angus MacInnis, CCF MP for Vancouver East, was the storm ‘enter of a meeting of the CCF district council in Cedar Cottage

The meeting was called to con-

sider the provincial executive’s de- tision in overriding the council’s iesire to reopen nominations.

While the vote was lost by a 64 decision, some CCF members regard it as a vote of non-con- fidence in the provincial execu- tive in view of the fact that the foar opposing votes cast repre- sented the largest and strongest clubs.

Attempts to obtain unanimity be- i1ind one candidate were howled jown. A motion of confidence in MacInnis met a like reception.

Evidently giving expression to che pressure put on him by the CCF orovincial executive, one delegate jieclared he would not support Mac- )-nnis nor the war even if it meant ‘nis expulsion from the party.

, Opposition to MacInnis and his ttitude_to the war has been brew- sng in this constituency for some

‘ime past, particularly since previ- sous Moves to reopen the nomination

were thrown out by the provincial executive. Provincial

executive members

| Herbert Gargrave, Harold Winch,

MLA, and Angus MacInnis attend- ed the meeting to throw their in- fluence behind opposition to re opening of nominations.

Peace Candidate

sc = Wins Election

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —In the first byelection for the South African parliament since war broke out, an advocate of im- mediate peace between Britain and Germany was elected.

The victor, P. J. Olivier, sup- ported the program of former Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog, leader of the nationalist opposition to the union. government’s war pol- icies. He was elected over his op- ponent, a Smuts government fol- lower, by a majority of 913 votes, polling 3,255 to the pro-war can- didate’s 2,342 ballots.

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FINN LINE OF

Fortified Mannerheim Line Positions Captured By Red Army In Advance

Scholarships, Not Battleships’

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wingeHOds iM

THIS is what these members of the American Youth Congress declared as they paraded down Fifth avenue in New York, in opposition to possible participation of their country in

imperialist wars.

Commeanist Candidate

Name Fergus McKean In Vancouver East

At a meeting held in the constituency Wednesday, Fergus McKean, who has played a prominent part in the British Colum- bia labor movement during the past seven years, was unani- mously nominated to contest Vancouver East as a Communist candidate in the federal elections.

McKean recently announced his withdrawal from East Kootenay federal constituency when he was nominated last summer as a labor candidate, ~

In a statemeht released to the press Friday, McKean said:

“T intend to contest the election on a platform of opposition to Can- ada’s participation in the European war. ‘

“The war overshadows all other issues in the elections. It affects the future welfare of every man, woman and child in this Dominion. Many other problems which the Liberals, Conservatives and CCF alike apparently intend to make the. basis of their election plat- forms — profiteering, civil rights and conscription — flow directly out of Canada’s participation in the war.

“Tt is hypocrisy and deliberate beclouding of the issue to cam- paign on these important questions without taking a clear-cut position on Canada’s foreign policy.”

Criticizing the official stand, McKean’s stated:

“The ambiguous position of the CCF national council of ‘partial participation,’ while campaigning against the measures taken as a result of Canada’s participation in the war, is one of rank opportun- ism.

CCF

“Furthermore, the unprecedent- ed action of the CCF national coun- cil in condemning the Soviet Union as an aggressor, assisting the anti-Soviet aims of Canada’s imperialists, encourages not only continuation of the present war but also Canadian involvement in a ‘crusade’ against the world’s only socialist state,

“The imperialist character of the present war and the obvious pre- parations to hurl Canada and the British empire into war against the USSR are apparent to all poli- tically conscious working people. And any candidate who, while pro- fessing to represent the working class, fails to raise this issue can- not be considered as a champion of the true interests of the Cana- dian people.”

Appealing for the support of all those who ‘share my views on these questions,’ McKean, who is provin- cial secretary of the Communist party, said:

“T am confident that thousands of members and supporters of the CCF, as well as former adherents of the Liberal and Conservative parties, share my views on these questions I intend to raise as the real issue, and that they will give

VIETS PENETRATE EFENSE

Bernard Shaw Hits Action Of

British Gov’t

LONDON, Eng—Refusal of the British government to al- low the Daily Worker here to

send reporters to Finland has aroused protests throughout the country.

George Bernard Shaw, comment- ing on the government’s action, said:

‘It is a great pity.. We badly need a correspondent capable of seeing the Russian side of the matter.”

Harry Adams, London gedeetabe of the powerful Amalgamated Un- ion of Building Trade Workers, said: an Sa e

“I am disgusted with the ac- tion of the British government in not allowing working class rep- resentatives to visit the two fronts in the conflict. This is in line with the government's policy in attempting to prevent the workers of this country from knowing the truth.”

Hector McNeill, leader of the la- bor majority in Glasgow city coun- cil, said:

“I don’t see why the Daily Work- er correspondents were refused permits. Only by an open forum on such things as the fight in Fin- land can we arrive at a proper understanding of what is happen- ing.’

The News Chronicle, national newspaper of the liberals, has an editorial opposing the ban.

These are only a few of the many protests.

Every other national paper has at least two correspondents in Fin- land, and the Daily Worker had made arrangements to have re- porters on both sides of the con- flict. Frank Pitcairn, famous for his dispatches from Spain, was going to Finland. Ivor Montagu, equally well-known, was going to the Soviet Union to be with the Red army. The passport office, however, refused them passports without giving any reason for the

refusal.

Canadian Profits Up 10 Percent

Big Business Gets New Millions While Living Costs Soar

OTTAWA, Ont—The masses of Canadians have grown poor- er in the last five months of war, but the capitalists’ income is greater by more than 10 per- cent over the booming profits of one year ago.

During the month of January, dividend payments by Canadian corporations amounted to $20,779,- 947, nearly $2,000,000 above the fig- ure for Jan., 1939.

In addition, various bonuses paid out to sharenoiaers during the Month equaieu an aaditional $6,- 990,070, bringing tne grand total of the swag taken by tne capitalist class during tne one month to $27,- 770,017.

Canadian mining companies, reaping “quick” frorits from the war while opposing miners’ de- mands for higher wages to meet increased living costs, will distri- bute $1,374,461 in dividends this month.

Total dividends of $7,346,607 for the months of January, February, this year, are $454,148, or 6.9 per- cent higher than those declared in the same months last year.

Of this total, $1,018,018, or 13.8 percent, will be contributed by Bri- tish Columbia companies as com- pared to $5,529,839, or 75.2 percent, to be paid by Ontario companies.

Canadian -imperialist interests hope to derive still greater prof- its from their Central and South American investments by seiz- ing Nazi Germany’s trade in these spheres,

This is revealed by the monthly business review published by the Royal Bank of Canada, which it- self has extensive interests in the West Indies and South America.

Excellent opportunities await en- terprising Canadian exporters in the South American trade now that Nazi commerce has been “swept from the seas.” This is how the bank review puts it, pointing out that Germany, by barter agree- ments, had developed a large trade with South American countries, amounting in 1938 to 16 percent of the total imports of $1,380,000,000. The United States’ share was 26 percent, Britain’s 14 percent.

Last Saturday, some 300 uniform- ed police, assisted by plainclothes- men, raided homes of Communists and suspected Communists, seized the premises of the Communist newspaper Ny Dag and arrested its editor, Gustav Johansson.

Behind these raids, particularly the action against Ny Dag, is the fact that the Communist newspa- per has been reporting more fre- quent actions of trade union or- ganizations opposing Swedish aid to the armies of General Baron Mannerheim of Finland,

Last week it reported that the Longshoremen’s union in Goteberg, workers at Gota shipyards, larg- est in Sweden, unions at Eriksberg workshops and Papirus union at Melendal all voted overwhelming- ly against aid to Mannerheim.

Typical of the temper of these workers is what happened at a meeting of the Gota shipyard workers. A resolution introduced by Garald Svensson, a_ Social- Democrat, asking aid for Manner-

a convincing answer at the polls next month.”

heim was voted down 8 to 1. Instead, the meeting passed a

Swedish Gov’ To Stifle Protests :

STOCKHOLM, Sweden.—Mass police raids and arrests was the answer of the Swedish government last weekend to a grow- ing movement here against anti-Soviet intervention in Finland.

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resolution stating:

“We express our warm sym- pathy for the Finnish working people and are confident that the day will soon arrive when they will liberate themselves once and for all from their oppressors and hangmen, from the Mannerheim band. We are ready to place everything we have at the dis- posal of the Finnish working class and the people’s govern- ment, but we will not give a single kron to the White Guard hangmen who burn Finnish vil- lages and forcibly drive out the civilian population from their homes. We most resolutely pro- test against the vicious anti-Sov- iet campaign conducted by reac- tion, and against all attempts of the social traitors to split the Swedish working class.

“We demand that the govern- ment discontinue the unlawful re- cruitment of ‘volunteers’ for the Finnish White Guard army and also continue the carrying out of pother measures that threaten neu-

trality and peace of our country.”

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