duly 31, 1936 B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS Page Three VETERANS ARE BEING CHEATED At a meeting held by the War- gior’s Day Committee at the Legion . Ball, July 21, a rank and file dele- + Sate. from the Veteran’s Battalion > brought up an important point. He | emphasized the fact that the Jubilee | Committee had promised the ‘Vets | Battalion +he full proceeds of the { teorechlight tatoo held at Brockton +} Point, but now, he claimed, the = jubilee Committee is going to take fifty per cent of the takings. This is ju> one more instance of how the Jubilee Committee, seeing » the Jubilee is going to be a finan- ial flop, will try to get out of the | red at the expense of the unem- ployed worlters, veterans, or any- | body’ else they can put a touch on. f The rank and file of the Vets Bat- talion should hold regular meetings Where the affairs of the Battalion = = 38250 Light Mill Fir - $2.50 ALL LARGE LOADS 902 BE. Hastings St. HiGH.3131 HASTINGS BAKERY 716 EAST HASTING ST. We deliver from house to house in Grandview and Gastines town- Site districts. Call High. 3244 and our driver will be at your door. Support Those Who Support You “QUEEN MARY” TO HAVE SISTER LONDON, Enzgland.—The opinion is frequently expressed that when the novelty of travelling on the Queen Mary has passed, the Cunard Line will find great difficulty in at- tractine sufficient voyagers to make the ereat liner a paying proposition. Its completion, interrupted by the Gepression, was only possibie be- eause of the huge subsidy paid by the government to the Cunard company. It seems peculiar, therefore, that the Baldwin government should approve letting ua contract for a sister ship to the Queen Mary. Is it because these leviathans will be needed as troop ships? KIDDIES’ CAMP NEEDS EQUIPMENT More than a hundred boys and girls have been welcomed to the Children’ Summer Camp at Orlohma Beach since July 13. At present there are 54 boys and girls receiving the benefit of fresh air, sunShine and good food. The Mothers’ Gouncil held their picnic Jast week at the camp bring- ing a treat of ice cream for the eampers. A gramaphone was donated to the canip by Mrs. Houghton. Dona- tions of blankets, play and cratt equipment. will be gratefully re- ceived at the camp office, Room 29, 18 West Hastings street. SOVIETS ARE BUYING LESS, SELLING MORE MOSCOW, U.S.S.R. — Socialist economy is rapidly occupying a doniunant position in international trade and commerce. A. Rosengoltz, commissar for foreign trade, during a speech re- cently announced that it won’t be Government Bill Passed by Vote of 484 to 85 PARIS, France, July 26 (ALP)— By an even larger majority than it approved of reconstruction of the Bank of France, the Chamber of Deputies has approved the govern- ment’s bill providing for the expro- priation by decree of private arma- ments manufacturers and national- ization of the arms industry. The vote for 484 to 85. Expropriation, under this bill, may be effected either by the purchase of shares by the government or by their-exchange for special govern- ment bonds. The amount of com- pensation will be based on the aver-— age dividends during the past seven years. Golonel Francois de la Rocaque’s Fascist Croix de Feu was author- ized by the Council of State to con- tinue its “social work,’ a ruling which leaders termed an “empty victory.” The decision of the Court, the highest French court of appeal in constitutional matters, also upheld the government order or dissolution against the Croix de Feu ‘private army.”’ Sailors who occupied four freight- ers at Le Havre ended their strike when ship owners acceded to de- mands for better ventilation of their quarters. Application of the new social and labor lows was demanded by striking butcher boys and work- ers in three tobacco warehouses in Paris. ANNOUNCEMENTS Men’s Half Soles Men’s Heels JULY--- te eal SGQe@ Ladies’ Hal eee ee soe Ladies’ Heels, 15¢ - 202 Boys’ and Girls’ in proportion. NEW METHOD SHO f Soles __65eé 337 CARRALL- STREET necessary for the Soviet sovern- | 4 iiondyke and dance is being ment to send so many saiesmen sponsored by the Young Communist abroad because buyers represent- | yecasue in the Ukrainian Labor a GIVEN AWAY FREE g| ius Toreign firms are arriving In | Temple at 805 Hast Pender street : A $10.00 Every Tuesday. r; eorets by nearly, ees an z tonight (Priday), July 31. The af- 2 8 $10.00 Every Thursday. Y 1e U-S.S.R. is getting closer ‘ fair is being put on for the purpose a i A ar Z| to the goal of independence of all | of puiidine the fighting fund of 4 Three Big Shows in One! f foreign commercial and financial “Bes WON, = zs e ag Rare ne, SCtaNCe? s| relations. It is constantly buying Admittance to the affair is gt SSS | ra caving more SNE More! | cnrough five-cent tickets which on : — = 2. 2 = title the bearer to an ice cream # eone. A big program has been ar- EAT AL Ww AY Ss T H E B E ST A T T H BE ranged of Sames, dancing, refresh- : ments, short speeches by Malcolm E M P | R E CAF E AND Bruce and Jack Taylor, and others. © R I L 1 at Doors open at 4 p.m. = Everyone is assured of a good 160 West Hastings Street : Phone Seymour 302 time, - =. Or at the ~ . CAFE AND GOOD EATS Gime SPORTS CLUB TO 619 West Pender Street 3 Phone Seymour 55 Where the Food Tastes Better and Costs No More PATRONIZE A UNION HOUSE! oe BX yy The Vancouver Sports Club open 4 air jamboree will be held on August 9 as previously announced but the location will be changed. The jamboree will be held by the sSWimmine pool in North Hastings Park instead ef Memorial Park but the program will not be affected. There will be an orchestra on Be hand, a monster boxine and wrest- = : = line program as well as vaudeville numbers and field sports. A star attraction will be Captain Alfred Nanson and his world-famous police dog, Rita. Captain Nanson’s act won the In- ternational championship in Paris and is really worth while seeing. Don’t miss this affair. It is going to be the very best ever seen in Van- couver. at T_B. LEE’S SALE PRICE CU Dress Clearance FORMERLY PRICED UP TO $5.95 Afternoon dresses and jacket frocks in pastel and silk prints, sizes to 44. Some of the latter in white; fingertip- length jackets. one July Sale Price - - - Odd DRESSES in sizes 14 to 20 | In only, some slight- | cotton ly shop soiled. | with belts, Formerly $2.95... | trimimne. To clear .. $1.33 Wash DRESSES linen - finish $2.95. To clear : . $1.95 About 100, grouped together to sell at Jacket FROCKS In new prints, pastel shades, with finger tip jackets. Extra special July clear- ance. $5.35 prints, wool button Reg. 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[% - - at Homer St. French Government To Operate Munition Plants imdustrial Union Pian Supported By Wyoming Labor LARAMIE, Wyo.— (UNS) — The convention of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor, held recently, voted full support to the Committee for Industrial G@rgani- zation in its drive to unionize the mass-production industries along industrial lines. Nearly all of the state federa- tion conventions held so far this year have endorsed the C.1I.0O. program. Besides Wyoming, these include the Montana, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, Georgia, Penn- Sylvania, Alabama, Tennessee and Alberta Federations of Labor. POETS UNDER CAPITALISM Editor, B.C. Workers’ News. Sir,—Urging peace among poets, “Poetaster’’ writes to the local daily press to call attention to what he deseribes as a “‘poets’ scrap’’ at the Ganadian Authors’ Convention. And, having rebuked the disputants for their “heated argument’’ he pro- ceeds to male quietness impossible by exploding a contentious bomb, the reverberations of which would shake the foundations of an ele- phant market, He fired this,—‘‘Marxism is pro- foundly antipathetie to poetry.’ On the ct{ntrary, Marxism is a prime necessity for poets. Marxism aids poets to interpret correctly the sense impressions they receive from the external world. The ideology of Capitalism impels poets to receive erroneous impressions. It incorrect- ly presents materialism as being static and gross. It does this in eontrast to an exaggerated promo- tion of ideas as though ideas origi- nated ni a mystie spiritual realm (Hegelism). Marxism lifts materialism from this restricted category of fixity and also shows that ideas arise from contact with the external world and do not come from a mystic bogey land. Marxism widens the horizon for poetry by showing matter and energy to be inseparable. Also that change and movement are continu- ous and result from contradiction, the negation of the negation, etc.; quality changing into quantity, and vice versa, etc., ot effect a higher Synthesis. Here are fresh green fields for the poets. : The discovery of the electronic theory of matter and the day-to-day developments of science prove the accuracy of the teachings of Marx. The broad accusation of “Poetas- ter’’ cannot be fully answered in a letter, but if ‘‘Poetaster’’ is fair- minded he should willingly read the obverse of his contention; for this “nere is Part Three of the “Coming Struggle for Power” by John Stra- chey. wherein is a brief analysis of the decay of Capitalist Culture. Also Adoratsky’s “Dialectical Material- ism.”’ “Quarrelsome poets’ have a com- mon interest with good-natured stevedores in that both desire to survive; but, under capitalism, poets are remunerated much less than stevedores, whilst in the U-S.S.R., under’ applied Marxism, writers are the most highly paid in all the land. So “Poetaster’” must accept the correction that Marxism is not anti- pathetic to Poetry, but it is pro- fundly antipathetic to the starva- tion of poets. Proletarian art is based on Marx- ism and is building in the U.S.S.R. a higher culture than tre world has ever known. Already more Shake- spearian plays are performed in Moscow alone than in all of Eng- land. ° Capitalist ideology is of course antipathetic to Marxism and seeks to prolong the dying social system by suppressing culture (reducing appropriations for scientific re- search, suppressing inventions, de- stroying products, burning books). Proletarian art holds the contrary view that the social system must be changed to conform with the achievements of science. And it is the purpose of proletarian art to struggle against any surrender of eulture to the exigencies of the capitalist class. Proletarian art is a progressive art and struggles not only to interpret life but to advance it to a higher form. W. Ravenor. 163 W. Hastings St., July 27, 1936. WAIT TWO YEARS FOR PAY BOOSTS MONTREAL, Que, July 24-— (ATLP)—When it comes to pay boosts, the wheels of the Quebec Women's Minimum Wage Commission move Slowly. Pay schedules, years of “‘stidy’”- have been announced. The new wages for waitresses wl be from 15 to 17 cents an hour, meals included, depending on’ the zone, after just two now LEFT WING WORRIES POLICE TOKYO, Japan.—A conference of prefectural police chiefs held in the Home Ministry, was addressed by the Home Minster, Ushio, who said “The left wing movement whicn we though crushed is once more raising its head, Also the movement of the peasant masses is becoming Stronger and more powerful. In view of this situation we are now forced to strengthen and extend police organzations, particularly the political police.’ The super-patriotic campaign and the war of the past five years, Which temporarily succeeded in damaging the revolutionary move- ment, is now gradually losing its effectiveness due to the awakening of the masses. TRANSIENTS INVENT NEW KIND OF STRIKE REGINA, Sasi., July 25.—Transi- ent workers, stranded in Regina, have invented « new kind of strike. And the invention is proving effec- tive. Driven from empty box-cars in Which they have been making their homes because the relief allowance Will not supply both food and lodg- ing, they have started a “sleep in the park’’ strike and have won col- umns of publicity in the local press. More than 100 men have been marching nightly from Unity Centre to one or the other of the citys parks. Arrived, they stretch out on the grass and are soon blanketed in dew and the cold of ° the prairie night. The strike was decided upon as a method of demonstrating their plight after two men had been jailed» as vagrants for sleeping in empty box- Cars on railway sidings. They demand increased quotas. relief if you don’t subscribe to this Paper, send in a sub now. GOOD PROGRAM AT THE VAN. S.C. Last Saturday night’s show at the Vancouver Sports Club was one of the best ever staged by the V.S.C. boys. Stan Alford (Burnaby), 130, and George Henderson (New West- minster), 134, had the feature spot on the wrestling end of the card and fought one of the bitterest battles ever fought in this part or the town. Henderson took a fall in the sec- ond with a body press. Alford evened up with a body slam in the fifth— Draw. It was a thrilling match from Start to finish but there was a bit too much of brawling and too little of scientific wrestling. Scottie Jackson (V.S.C.), 145, and Don Lott (V.S.C), 155, wrestled four five-minute rounds in one of the classiest exhibitions this club has seen for a long time. They put on a sparkling show and hud the crowd on their toes from besinnin= to end. They used a wide variety of holds and they weren't stingy with their blows and kieks. Don used the flying scissors like an old maestro but he couldn’t put Scottie down. The bout ended in a draw with no falls. Joe Breed (V.S:C.), 130, and len Davies (V.S.C.), 125, had the feature spot on the boxing end of the card and they put on a real so0d show. iIuen started out strong and clouted Greed all over the rine but Joe came back with a series of hard rights to the jaw and evened things up with a vengeance—Draw. Mike Banch (V-S:G); 55, and Ronnie Johnson (V.S:C.), 60, fousht three rounds to a draw, although it is the opinion of this writer that Mike had a clear edge. Gordie Adams (V.S.C.), 75, and Walter Whittaker (V.S.C.), 69, were billed for three rounds. Adams won by a technical K.O. in the second. Bill Keenan (V.S.C.), 88, and Peter Patterson (V.S.G.), 90, boxed three rounds to a draw. CLASSIFIED AD | COLUMN HOTELS AND ROOMS UBILEE ROOMS—ALL NEWLS renovated. Fully modern. Rateg reasonable. Prop., Mrs. Edith John- son, 244 Hast Hastings Street. ! | Hoze" NEW LION, 122 EAST Hastings St, Vancouver, Ali outside rooms, newly decorated: Hot and cold water. 24-hour ele- vator service. Reasonable rates, Phone Sey. 2964-0. LOGGERS — MINERS — FARM ers and Others — Stay at these Hotels: Savoy, 258 BE, Hastings St.; Empire, 78 E. Hastings St; Hazlewood, 344 E. Hastings St; and Main, 645 Main St. Every convenience — Moderate rates — Refreshment parlors — Special weekly and monthly rates. These hotels are worthy of your support, , Bourgoin, prop. Cocca. HOTEL, 340 Gam- bie Street. Newly renovated. Fully licensed. Hot and cold water in every room. A home right in the heart of the city. Tel. Sey.431. Paul Bedner, Mer. ZFORD ROOMS—All Newly Renovated. Every Modern Gon- venience.. Reasonable Rates. M. Wordin, prop. 33-A West Hastings Street. EVEL Hoes VALUE FUPLS—Halt Cord Dry Kindling, $2.75. One Cord Fir Edgings, partly dry, $3.25. Phone Fair. 469. 2239 Gambie St, TAXIS Ce TAXI—SEY. 988—The Log- gers’ Hriend: : DENTIST R.-A. J. SIPES, DENTISB— Plate Specialist. Lowest Prices. 680 Robson St. Trinity 5716. Makes The July 4th issue of the “Clarion Weekly” carried an article on the ghost mining towns on Vancouver Island and the campaign conducted by the C.C.F. Industrial and Unem- ployment Conference to banish the ghosts from these communities and to put the unemployed miners to work at trade union rates of wages. The article also examined the de- :velopments within the labor move- ment arising out of the establish- ment of the united C©.C.F. Indus- trial and Unemployment Gonfer- ence. Within the ranks of the C.C.F. a controversy developed as to the constitutionality of the Conference, which resulted in harsh criticism by and ill-feeling on both sides. The Nanaimo Section of the Com- munist Party, realizing the dangers of such a Situation, strove to bring about amicable relations in the ranks of the CCF. The above— Mentioned article (for which the Wanaimo Section of the G. P. of C. assumes full responsibility) con- tained statements and criticisms of a Provincial Board member of the C.C.F. It appears now that these state- ments were published without suf ficient and full confirmation from all bodies concerned. Our attention has been called to the fact that the actions of the Provincial Board member were endorsed and upheld by the former Provincial Executive of the C.C.F. We were handed a copy of a let ter sent from C.C.F. Headquarters, dated June 23rd, which follows in full: Mr. G. Les Strange, Townsite Road, Nanaimo, B.C. Dear Comrade: I am in receipt of the minutes of hte Alberni-Nanaimo District Council, containing a motion which states that Mr. M. BE. James has deliberately misrepresented the facts regarding the Industrial and Unemployment Conference and has succeeded in creating an entirely false impression in the minds of the Provincjal Execu- tive. I am instructed by the Proyin- cial Executive to ask your Dis- trict Council to giye specific in- stances of where such misrepre- Sentation of facts has taken place and also where Com. Mrs. James has created an entirely false im- pression. General statements such as the above do not mean anything. The Provincial Executive is not aware that any reason fcr such state- ments exist, and until such evi- dence si forthcoming, we have no other course open than to con- tinue to place entire confidence in hte Provincial Exccutive repre- sentative from Nanzimo, Com. Mrs. James. if and when you submit the evi- dence that the Provincial Execu- tive is asking for, I shall be ithe Ua BALKAN CAFE TASTY MEALS — FROM i5ce UP Qur Specialty — Balkan-Hungarian 778 EAST HASTINGS STREET and German Dishes Relief Vouchers Accepted THE STEAM AND T Expert Masseu ALWAYS OPEN | BAY. 9274 Private Baths, 50c 1235, ad SRI ST ee iRIS URKISH BATHS rand Masseuses : HOSPITAL COTS WEST BROADWAY Nanaimo Section CPC Explanation Public Baths, 25c pleased to place it before them without delay. Yours sincerely, (Signed) Ernest Robinson, ER/¥OW Asst. Secretary. We regret that some statements in the article have been construed in a way as to cast reflections on the character of the Provincial Board member referred to. We are pub- lishing this statement as an expres-— sion of our Sincere desire to assist in achievins full farmony on Van- couver Island and in British Colum- bia in the best interests of unity. Communist Party of Canada, Ianaimo Section, A. Oxley— Organizer. C.P.OFC. OPEN PARTY BRANCH Members of the Communist Party, Grandview section, established an open branch of the Communist Party at a meéetine held in the hall, 306 Commercial drive, on Thursday, July 23. This is the first open branch of the party since the Communist Party was declared illegal in 1931, followings the arrests of the leaders including Tim Buck, Tom Ewen and Maleolm Bruce, and their supse- quent conviction and imprisonment in Kingston penitentiary. A cam- Paign initiated by the Canadian Labor Defense League enlisted hundreds of thousands across Can- ada in the fight for the release of these leaders, finally forcine the Bennett Government to order their release. It is noteworthy that in spite of the party being declared illegal and being forced to continue its opera- tions underground, that the mem- bership in the party continued to Srow, its agitation against section 98 of the criminal code, under which it Was declared unlawful, finally re- sulted in the abolition of this Jaw during the last session of the House of Commons, thus sweeping away all barriers to legality. Officers elected were: Chairman, Emest Peters; secretary, M. Mac- Kinnon, and an executive of five including chairman and secretary. Arangements are under way, un- der the auspices of the new branch, to hold a banquet during the month of August, where the new officials will be installed. This banquet will be in the nature of a celebration of the first opening of a Communist Party open branch in the province in recent years, and leading mem- bers of the party througzhouc tne proyince, as well as prominent labor representatives of other organiza- tions will be invited. 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