B.C. Workers NEws The World|| ee ee {|MOSCOW DENIES | Sort This Week BERLIN CANARD ! Published Weekly by Beer eee oe E = < MOSCOW, U.S.SR. July 28— ooe THE PROLETARIAN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION By F. B. PCO, ESS ee | Room 10, 163 West Hastings Street - WVancouver, B.C. these days denying falsehoods from Hues — Subscription Rates — 5 fascist sources of ye action By. : 0 Gabe sete $1.00 The civil war had been but a few being taken by the Soviet Union in one ae ze Se Bee ea meOS days old when General Francisco aid of the beleasured People’s Front OL’? BILL wu fe All Chetks Pai ble to the B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS Manco, eormmanderinuocuict et tue in Spain. ake hecks Payable to the B.C. WORKER WS _ zona pence S peocitaved Sere Send All Copy and Manuscript to the Chairman of the Edoitortal Board. a eae ee Dae gi ee) cream ou ake Commun- Send All Moni { Letters Pertaining to Advertising and Circulation to the |— cia Be ose = ist Party of the Soviet Union, Up until s few weeks 24 OES Hels Abe 2 oe 2 eountry. He declared his purpose counters today with a charge that] 4 New p 7 = Business Manager. was to save Spain and Vee Tillers panes “wollischer Beobach: pat — oe a = rope from “the menace o LUS= ter’ has ivy advocated i = arty. 3 iG: ] 31, 1936 ORE : 2 er as openiy advocate inter - : PB Vancouver, B 3 July 31, sian Communism. ference in Spanish internal affairs McInnes’ Sees ps oeuced ee : j ections had not voiced the reason for the unite to prevent the developments Vo eabros r ; The anitoba aes z fascist uprising in these words. of events.” pen ee ee eee Dates : HE FIRST Communist ever to be elected to a provincial legis- Mussolini and Hitler mouth the German newspapers are Carrying | qyceq as ee address of Nes Na- : i i lec 5 oday whe same phrase, as does Moseley i aicea Z Z lative body in Canada was eledes last Monday w nen a Se ee fe SSeS oe ae despatches from Lisbon, Portugal | tionalist Party of Ganada, B.C. Sec- a3 workers of Winnipes swept Jim Litterick, provincial secretary 0 3 the Communist Party, into the provincial House on a Jandslide of votes. Litterick received the highest vote of all labor eandidates in Winnipeg, being elected on the second count. The reactionary opponents of the United Front again received others in Canada. In France Colonel de la Roque swells the chorus. But General Franco did more than merely issue such proclamations; he decreed that all workers’ organiza- that the Moscow radio station broad- cast a manifesto of the Front in Spain. “Why Lisbon?’ asked Pravda, “Nobody in the world heard this manifesto, but Lisbon heard it and People’s tion.’ Gan it be the case that since there are no strikes on the water— front or in the woods the Shipping Federation and the Lumbermen’s. Association have stopped the flow of gold? Wo strikes, no need for buff Wet 1s of the clectors. Mayor Queen ae che (CLA tions should be dissolved. This was immediately informed Berlin’ McInnes! Have they eanned him Fit ands ot the electors. Mavor Queen, of tue ©.U.L-, 4S See eran : : a : r- a rebul at the hands Or e elec cbr oa vl = ie Sorin cial to frighten the trade unionists wlio “This fascist claptrap about | as they do all other scabs, till they a consistent enemy of unity, seeking ree ection to the prov c have been supporting the People’s Moscow interference has but one | need him again? House, ran far behind the Communist candidate who just aS] Government. However, it had the consistently fought for unity. The same is true, and to a steater opposite effect, for the Spanish trade unionists haye been fighting side by aim—to mask and justify the sedi- tious work of the German fascists Although they may have canned 3 ae oa meee ote aes cera, ee MeInnes as an individual, off the A extent, of Pee alse the ee ences Beis declared) need become such. frond bitter and | costly. | exponence |p cuca onals seen eee property, because the working-class | mantle of dictatorship. The political” iz a spent force or 3 = ‘ Z oe z 5 ees the Communist salute, which has has adopted new methods of | hist f cc Continued adher to the reactionary policy of opposition | that a Soviet Spain must be reached ; - Hotes Os (Ei, (AOS: 1s MISEAR ED He ontinue adherence to E 1on.ay’ ] y are: AG) Sogn 2S Dossigls Gs oracsat sme been. universally adopted by all struggle. Contrary to all the cal-| interesting. He was a Liberal on the™ : to unity will mean that the C.C.F. will Necane a spent tore other fascist uprising in the future. | P2rties of the F-P. (Front Popu- umnies of their enemies, there has| trail of preferment. As a candi : The defeat of the C.C.F. in Alberta and the poor showing im Mani- , ou aa |) daire). not been the least damage, not. a| date for the House of Commons ; a toba are warning sions that all who run may read, including aoe ee ee BE [ae Sen Less than six months separate us single pane of glass broken, not a | from New Westminster he.could not : Woodsworth. But a resolute acceptance of the united front and | fascists if they wanted to? Such a| ‘rom the eighth Congress of our single screw lost, in the occupied | be elected as a Liberal so he pledged € eS Ee feder d EF op-Labor Party with the | move on Italy’s part would most Communist Party. What splendid factories. On the contrary, the | himself to support the Conserva- | the building of a great tederate armer- freee NY lI likely produce civil war at home, it | Changes have since then taken workshops had never been so well | tive government of Sir John A. Mac= © A C.C.F. as a powerful part of such an all-embracing party w1 would be altogether different from | Place in the situation of our coun- cleaned, the machines had never| donald. After he was elected, a | : preserve the C.C.F. and lift it to greater heights and usefulness | ¢,. wthiopian adventure, and it re- | try and of the working masses! The been so well tnoka ae For our | Senatorship for B.C. became vacant | S 3 Saab sane A : ebeeren oainst capitalism. i = ; i Front Populaire won a resounding workers love their machines as our | and he succeeded in landing it, mak- | ly and make of it a greater force in the struggle aca pL : mains to be seen if even the iron epg ak Ce DBE OE Aorltena the favors Bud: atigane ele ve neti iS ene eee or ee ( W 2 INE s extends its coongratulations to |} discipline of the British navy could v. P - = Ty Bee ig The B.C. ORKERS iJNEWS extends 1s S : ae 8rd of May.° The policy of the tools. They all love their work and | more. After being raised to the © : Ji , Tuitterick and the Manitoba section of the Communist |/compel the British tars to fire one ee] Gok OSGHIGN ne eee’ Bea AS Weatdl g2 Fnsis gradiuedon aa | Seance a ; i fF bs immy Ii exrlG d the i c s 1 t We also shot at the forces of the People’s | United Front, whic party. oe eae an 3 Pp a enate he moved his family to On- | | a Party on their magnificent and history-ma. oe ee _ We & S° | Government who are their class championed, has oe onan a great artist of his masterpieces. ee residing there for years, ne 4 i congratulate the workers of Winnipes on their se ection OL 4 | prothers. fruit. _ The union 0 ommunists, Must we again repeat that the ere was a grea outery in e Li ine fiohter for their interests to represent them in the Mani- It was disclosed in the press this Socialists and radicals—the union of proletariat is in no way opposed to | New Westminster district he was nh £enw ere , i © 4h ie 1G ist candidate | week that both Italy and Germany all truly democratic parties—has all forms of property? That they | Supposed to represent, and a de- — otba legislature. The election of the only Communist ai - | had supplied munitions of war to | 2Ot only enabled us to repel the at- Head of the Communist delega- | Oppose exclusively that privilege | mand that the position be declared ~ i in the provincial field is an endorsement of the policy and tactics | oo. eee eee” Cin Nani | tacks of fascist reaction, but gives| tion in the French Chamber of | Which permits a minority of para-| vacant for non-residence. A Liberal — : of the united front of struggle against capitalism, and a COD | scents being particularly active in | US NOw the power to realize a policy | peputies and a prominent figure | Sites to exploit the labors of mil-| sovermment had come into power ) demnation of the splitting policy and taeties of the reactionary | assisting to organize the revolt, a] WHich will fulfil the desires of the | 3, the French People’s Front is lions, and to dispose in sovereign and he grabbed the chance fora © e G.F. leaders who, by all means at their disposal, seek to hold | concrete example of the world men- | MASS°S and will conform to the real| waurice Thorez, young leader of | fashion of the wealth of the nation, | step up the ladder. — He was ap- \" ot C.C.F. leaders who, by a. 2 ; . interests of our country. i - ra 3 The big capitalists are the true and | pointed Lieutenant-Governor of B.C. — | ke t d successful struggle ace of German fascism. In what : the Communist Party. To him is : 2 ' the masses back from unity an oe Sis a country are the Nazi agents not The French ‘people have spoken | given much credit for having built | OPly enemies of the small business Dee eee Rising Bread Prices OR a number-of years the southern part of the three prairie provinees has suffered a drought. This year the drought- stricken areas have.expanded, and it is reckoned by erop statis- ticians that this year’s wheat crop will be reduced fifty per cent. The same authorities estimate that the world production ot wheat this year is 500,000,000 bushels short of the world’s needs. Already sinister hints are given in the press and over the air that there is great danger of a bread famine in the near future. Already the Master Bakers’ Association of Vancouver has raised the price of bread one cent per loaf, a 15 to 20 per cent increase, actively workers? The Left forces are said to be now taking up the offensive against the fascists. If true, this means that al- though the struggle may last some time yet victory is with them. In foreng this civil war on the people Spanish capitalism is digging its own graye. When it is ended the armed workers and peasants - will push it in and bury it and erect a Soviet Government. * * conspiring against the * * Having ironed out their differ- ences over control of Austria, the their will in clear and forceful tones. They peace. The duty of all parties in the FP. is therefore clear: “To apply the program drawn up in common, the program which bears the signature of all parties.” The Communist Party intends serupulously to carry out this duty. The National Conference has been called with this intention. We must first make a survey of things accomplished, and then we must decide how best to apply the United demand “bread, liberty and the People’s Front to fight Fasc- ism. ference between the value produced and the value of the labor-power, between the work accomplished and the work paid for, constitutes the surplus value. Under working-class pressure, therefore, the relations between the wages and the profit may vary with- out changing the value of the pro- duct. The share of the worker in the produce of his work may in- erease at the expense of capi- man, the farmer, the mechanic, and the factory-worker, whom they ex- ploit, ruin, and expropriate to their own profit. Im very truth, it is the calmness and discipline of the working-class which is the chief worry of their enemies! Movement Increasing in Strength The calm and deliberate action of the working-class aware of its strength and its future, has brought new recruits to its ranks. With the Gommunists, with the Socialists, with the trade-unions, there are In those days there was no party government in B.C. We had the “government” and the “opposition,” the “ins” and the “outs.’”’ In 1900 the Semlin government was “in.” British Columbia workers consid- ered it the best government the province had ever had. The Bight- Hour Law for metailiferous mines and other desirable legislation had been passed by it. On a scratch vote on a very minor question the goy- ernment was beaten by one vote, McInnes dismissed Semlin. This ac tion of Dictator Mcinnes was con demned by the Legislative Assembly ATR ee Pn oe : ee py a vote of 23 to 15. i 3 sa5 = Front program. talist profit without any effect on ae f a Seee which is a very serious matter when so many relief families rely relations between Italy and Ger- iat Wefutation of the So-called the price. ee leawcce a pa oF Boe McInnes then called on the most | | a 5 5 7 7 j j = Mia: i. 7 ? : = SS & f i 4 a their main article of diet. many SORDID £0 improve. Ger “Tron Law” The increased demand for goods , pers of Christian syndicates. This is discredited political trickster in : : OD ES eae : i ion in © d dthe |= She Bret Ba bor te TScoee B ois economists consider | and articles of daily consumption |, great step towards the real na-| ©-C-, Joe Martin, to form a goverm= —— h there is a very bad crop situation in Canada an nize the Italian conquest of Ethi- OULEE OS ase : i j ; oe Sere : ment, but he failed miserably. Not ~ | & Although there 1s Se ns re is anything wrong ia b di fficial that wages regulate the price of | (mcluding agricultural products) | tional unification towards the union | ©?) Put He tated miserao™. : | Pnited States, there is no indication that there is anything ° f}opia by sending official govern- : es TesuleT’ the wanes of | might possibly cause a rise in the| or all the Frenchmea and french. | De member of the Assembly would § & sea sects - ss d th op in the| ments representatives there, this ap- | V2T10US P Sesh i = : acceptloftice with Martin. Mcftnnes a4 E with the Argentine and Australian crop, and the crop — parently being one of Italy’s de-| the workman is added a percentage | PMCeS of these products. This would | women who work, against the 200 eee h | f° = oer, d other parts ot Europe will yield little, if any, ee : & Foe Sere to the | for profit, or the wages of capital, | be a clear advantage for the farm-| families and their paid hirelings, then took a step that as uo f = SO aa ues : “anchiues,” on union between Ger. | and another percentage for rent, the | rs whose products at present are | the fascist chiefs. The tri-color and parallel in the annals of responsible — . less than last year. e Steen aeperze tingle. ee — eae etween Ger- remuneration of the owner of the|S0ld beneath their value, which| the red flag hoisted side by side See Se ines or el : Tn addition it is well known that the Canadian storage he: fhe coming tozcther of these two | land; the tataliforms, according to brings the demoralization of agri-| over the factories on strike, sym- ergtence oniel oftsne Se 2 wae | ties have been taxed to the limit for years to accommodate wheat} oY -occist powers constitutes the | them, the price of the product, This | culture. — bolize this union. pero ae se ate> i toe which there has been no market, there having been an over- Boe: eee danwer tothe peace | thesis 1s founded on a so-called di- eee nee pe ae Have we not the right to be proud, but still got no ministers. ¥ 1 £ wheat as well as of many other commodities. Con-] of Europe and of the world. It is | vision of labor—worker, capital and | Ways ™moin Sane mae the reduc ton | when the working masses ratify : Peremptory yi production of wheat as a “Shortave must be received] a step towards the line-up of all| nature comprising the three sources | Of the hours of wor ee ae with much enthusiasm the policy of | A Dictator orders from the if | ———sBeguiently, all talls of a world wheat shortage MUS" Di eratoly | tzcist countries against all demo- | ef revenve crease in the price, whereas it is| 4 united nation put forward by our | Kicked Out! Dominion gover | nO ith a grain of salt. arge +t - Ce | eens ee Wow, what really determines the , m 2 : ee ee oetared in order that the people may stand quiet for an price of a product, or its value, to SER 5 Seeeed Cen as Seeoie Results Gained Ste ee or =e : jncrease in the price of bread. JACK TAYLOR TO SPEAK speak more scientifically? It is the iSaginy GE labor ANTS aigaye aitewea Fighting under the leadership of epielors Sse a ee pi Ly} Z; . 5 5 - : = . : = a E Tf the Canadian crop were a total failure this year instead of | «s cc Government for B.C.” | mount ot labore neces®2*¥ | of the reduction of hours of work el eae oe eee otic, | Crown ministers, a man who ran @ d fifty per cent one, there would be absolutely no threat of a wheat | will be the subject of an address by | fF 1#8 Pxoen 2 ee ‘ socially necessary, and the surplus | ©-G ee ue ae onaue he Gee: second-hand store in the Nanaimo ; 2 Je a S titi in. storage that have been a Jack Taylor, provincial secretary of The worker sells his Lore value has increased in spite of the | Members SHES. oo aa a ae e,| district as Minister of Finance and 5 7: shortage. The enormous quantities 2 ge aa us the Communist Party, at the grand-| as a commodity, but he has the | j.- - Se Tat jnto a terrible war. e tentacles of tae 2 ae x lution to respect the Jaws of the = : A sample of these fabrications is the one that a Soviet oil mee a ne i deciding to cut them oft 1s | Movement of the working-class to - that the action of McInnes was Et 4 sample © ae Wepees SONG: “ines. On the very face ot | 1210 Canada. To waste a moment im deciding to © g O : biain its rights. The working- republic. : 3 “contrary to the principles, usage ‘e tanker supplied fuel to Spanish submar imes. On the x ery | ace 0 inviting them to take a stranglehold on the Canadian people. _ Secs Peay eee ots become | But we do not consider that there | "=" tom of constitutional gove He it this is an absurdity, for if the Soviet government were to inter The struggle against the Fascist menace must be intensified. | ovare of its strength. It has°de-| C42 be any gestion of foreme ee SEAL” dnd to dennndcnolines : yene it would do so in a more effective way than by sending a set not be taken for sranted that because the Canadian workers | manded: (1) Increase of wages; (2) perce tosub a ere resignation. He refused to resign : lone oil ship to the civil war zone! Another lie is that the Leftist | [t must not he ta eee if f en that thine more need be | Paid vacations; (3) The 40-hour of the law committed by the eee and Sir Wilfred Laurier, by Order- é io) = Syrians ee ' : ae — can Jare conscious of the menace or 1ascism Tat No tty ea Sprite : The laws recently passed by Parlia-| 7 Qo noi] kicked him out. Part of | z ~a loadine scows with prisoners and hauling them out to sea | 4te Cons DN soa RR URS Re es ET ny st wage a} week. tee = THO i rao fic | ees = : * i] forees are loading SEC Th eae e£ UGS OaaniGE be complimented done. All supporters of democracy in the ¢ oun aay t =e ies It is in vain that the capitalist ae Layee ie ee the Order-in-Council read, ; the gov- | te and returning empty. Cees C! hi ae td about the |mew anc more determined fight to compel the government to place) . i jiters and the newspapers in| lecte in =e ral factories. The £°¥"| conment of that province eet BE se for originality. Exactly the same thing Ww as ae ‘ 2 au ~|a ban upon Fascist publications and to forbid all broadcasting cont | their pay have tried to slander this Seaman Binet pet awn up in | successfully carried on in He mane 5 s ane t Are Revolution o $9. durther charges | 4 Y= ao Se gececgen scan eae SL Re see Te : se etai S constitte : pbs gue ere the cece Se a upplying arms al ak panies TO sell or don ate any radio time to aE ascist mou Sa ee ae ere 4 ae eae actually bring into effect the 40- ae cease ee eee of ; ; ‘trench government nas been supp a ones aera bl : : I ~ hannenind in Spain must not be allowed | marvellous control, = meee , : ae ae that te ee eee to the government of Spain. Premier Tom Melnnes. What is happening wu pain must not Le nity. They talked of hidden forces, ee me wives way only when the present sae ae ees 7 3 SELES) ZU OS OG ec ae aay Cinwar has ypen here! ‘dark designs, of revolutionary BED: : Race fens Wis Honor Thomas R. McInnes, Sy Bian has emphatically denied that the French Goyernment has | fo happen her 2a eee eee We Geet wes (ie must Ee press is a carrying | hose official conduct has been sub- e : ‘ . + 5) ie ay ‘ g = on a violent campaig 2 a ao of re ie done so. : 5 Jubilant over putting Vancouver s Jubilee over the top, and merely a question of the spontane- : = . Raseist Kurope is t IN aZ1 , an é 2 EERE : : eae . 1 have ha o endure agenst bow CoM ee -£ Fascism is to survive. A demo-/!dive in the hole and go over the top at one and the same time that must be aceomplisne SET