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[AN EDITORIAL]
1 \ ee US situation has developed within the

A group of prominent members, including
some I.L.A.’s, are openly flaunting the decisions of
the C.C.I. as expressed by_its democratically elected
delegates in the last provincial convention. These men
whose policies and leadership were repudiated by the
deleeutes representing the mass of the membership,
have embarked on a Rule or Ruin policy.

They are refusing to accept the democratically-
elected Provincial Executive, and they repudiate the
platform adopted by the recent convention. Some of
them are going to the national convention of the C.C.F-.
in Toronto, and they haye the effrontery to declare that
they will not represent the desires of the membership
of the B.C. Section of the C.C_F. at that gathering, but,
on the contrary, will act as individuals, as free lances.

Their reactionary policies and leadership rejected
by their fellow; members through a democratic conven-
tion and by the oft-expressed will of the rank and file,
they presume to speak for the 90,000 people of the
provinee who yoted for the C.C.F-. in the provincial and

war.

federal elections. And in their argumients they use the
Red Bogey, a weapon in the use of which the darkest
foes of the people are so proficient.

They charge that the provincial convention was
“controlled” by the Communist Party, and hence the
Provincial Executive elected by the convention is also
“controlled” by the Communists. This charge is sheer
playime upon the fast-disappearinge prejudices of the
most backward sections of the workers and a bid for
support from antinyorkine class elements. The present
Proyincial Executive is but carrying out the mandate
eiyen it by the convention which is the most authorita-
tive organ of the C.C.F.

The rebels within the C.C.F. are determined to keep
the workers and other anti-capitalist people divided and
helpless im the face of growing reaction and impending
They close their eyes to the disastrous conse-
quenees of such a policy in Germany and Austria as
they blind themselves to the victories over growing re-
action by the United Front in France and Spain. They
learn nothing from the complete wiping out of C.C.F.
representation in the Alberta legislature and the poor

showing of the C.C.F. in the recent provincial elections
in Manitoba, both of which defeats were due to the stub-
born opposition of reactionary provineial leaders sup-
They have drawn no lessons
from the yictories achieved by the United Front of the
and the Communist Party in the municipal

ported by Woodsworth.

‘CIC TE.
elections in Windsor and Regina.

The last provincial convention gave an unequivocal
mandate to the Provincial Executive for the establish-
ment of 4 measure of unity to accomplish the defeat of
the Pattullo government and to better the conditions of
the sufferine population of the province. The Provyin-
eial EExeeutive, believing in demoeracy within the or-
eqnization, is endeavoring to act upon the instructions

eiven them.

The rank and file of the C.C.F. must unhesitatinely
déclare their determination to put down mutiny within
the organization and compel the rebels to abide by the
The eall for unity of all
anti-capitalist org@anzations and individuals, erowinge
piore imperative and m volume, must not be stifled by a
eroup of diseruntled, self-appointed leaders whose de-

decisions of the convention.

Attempt To Wreck C.C.F. By Rejected Reactionary Provincial Leaders Must Be Defeated

fiance of the convention decisions and its elected execu-
tive is playing into the hands of the Liberal and Con-
Internal strife and division in the
face of the contest in Burrard and the coming provincial
elections can only spell defeat and demoralizaton.
Already C.C.F. membership meetings and clubs
are passine resolutions declaring their loyalty to the
provineial eonyention and to the Provincial Executive
which was democratically elected by it. This example
should be followed by the membership of the entire or-
ganization. The wreelkers and splitters, the scomers of
demoeratie rule in the party, the plotters of a Rule or
Rin policy must be determinedly dealt with. They
must onee and for all be made to kmow that their mu-
fineus actions will not be tolerated.
Defeat the wreckers within the C.C.F.!
For a united C.C.F.
For Unity of the C.C.F. with ALL working-

servative parties.

class organizations!

ernment!

!

Forward to the defeat of the Pattullo govern-
ment and the election of a C.C.F. provincial goy-

Defend the C.C.F. against the
ex-leaders who set their indi-
_ Vidual authority above that of

the Party Convention!

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VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1936

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MANITOBA ELECTS FIRST COMMUNIST MLA

CIVIL WAR TIDE
TURNS AGAINST
SPANISH REBELS

Although the civil war in Spain
is entering into its.third week, the
outcome is still uncertain; but at
the same time the prospect of vic-
tory for the People’s Front Govern-
ment is daily becoming brighter.

The daily promises by the Fas-
cists of the early occupation of
Madrid are daily shown to be more
remote of fulfilment, as it appears
the power to initiate offensives has
passed from the hands of the Fas-
eist generals to the loyal troops.

The Fascist command is trying
hard to rush by airplane sufficient
native troops across to the Spanish

» Imainland to again take the offen-

Sive. The notorious Spanish Foreign

| Legion, made up of the most un-

principled riff-raff in Europe, is

. leaving -a-trail of brutalities behind

it wherever it moves. Their officers
have told them not to hold as pris-
oners any Leftists captured, but to
behead them at once.

Central Spain is almost complete-
ly under the control of the loyalists,
with the Fascists holding territory
in the North and South. The Goy-
ernment is mobilizing all available

| mMan-power to begin a concentrated

_ drive which they hope will mark the

2 be a long and hard struggle.

beginning of the rout of the Fas-
cists in both areas.

At present it appears that it will
The

. Government is at last awakening to

the fact that drastic steps must be
taken immediately, and Fascists and
their sympathizers are being ousted
from all government departments.
British Planes Bought By Fascists

PARIS, France, July 28.—{ALP)—
Four aeroplanes, manned by British
Pilots, flew from French territory
today, supposedly bound for the
fascist forces in Spain. According to
reporis the planes, including three
tri-moteor Pékkers, were purchased
by Juan March, Spanish financier,
who is one of the main backers of
the revolt.

Transport Leader
British Delegate
To Labor Congress

OTTAWA, Ont., July 25.—(ALP)
—Harold E. Clay, national secre-
tary of the passenger services

Sroup of the Transport and General
Weorkers’ Union of Great Britain,
will be the fraternal delegate ot the
British Trades Union Congress at
the September Convention of the
Trades and Labor Congress or Can-
ada.

Clay, whose union has a half
Taillion members, will also speak at
the Labor Day celebrations in
Queens Park, Toronto.

President of the Transport Work-
ers at the age of 26, Clay has been
active in the British Labor Party
and was for many years president
of the Leeds Trades Council.

J. L. Lewis Refuses To

Obey Green Summons

WASHINGTON, D.GC., July 26.—
(ALP) —TLeaders of the Committee
for Industrial Organization, headed
by John L. Lewis, president of the
powerful United Mine Workers, de-
cided tonight not to answer a sum-
mons to Stand trial before the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor executive
committee next month on ‘dual
unionism’ charges.

Meanwhile the ©.I.@.’s drive to or-
fanize the vast five billion dollar
steel industry will go forward under
full pressure, they said.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, July
25.—(ALP)—TIron ore miners are

back at work in the pits at Buchans
after winning a quick strike for the
reinstatement of a miner, William
Dwyer.
Dwyer got his job back and the
Strike was ended by the union after
a meeting with the company.

Labor Visitor To Soviet
Union Found A Land Of

Plenty, Peace, Content
o

Workers Of France
Greet Spain’s Heroic
People’s Defenders

LONDON, Ensg., July 27.—(ALP
Cable)—Spain is being flooded
with cables and other messages
of support to the People’s Front
in their fight against the fascists.
The latest message of solidarity
was the communique from the
French People’s Front comunittee
greeting the Spanish people and
hoping that through unity, cour-
age and unconquerable deter-
mination it will break the fascist
uprisin.s It assures the People’s
Front troops of its solidarity.

Miners Fight
For Unionism

ATLIN, B.C—Fifty miners are
on strike at Colpe’s mine. The oper-
aters first tried to get men to work
in a new shaft, offering only or-
dinary miners’ wages, instead of the
customary $6.00 clear for such work.

When the men offered to com-
promise on $5.50, he replied by pay-
in off the whole crew, including
those who were asked to work in the

shaft.
He afterwards hired the men
back individually, refusing to put

back two men who were active in
the local union, In spite of the fact
that these two asked the men to go
back, and they would take their
chance of getting work afterwards,
the men are solidly refusing to
Stand for this rank discrimination
against their brothers.

This is clearly an attempt to
smash the local union, which a day
or so before had voted solidly to ap-
ply for affiliation with the Inter-
national Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers (A.F. of L.), and
they are determined to fight against
the breaking up of their union.
Strike relief is needed.

Miners, Keep Away From Atlin!

Jail Veterans
For Picketing

TORONTO, Ont., July 24.—{ALP)
—Judgement was reserved by Judge
Eingstone here today on an applica-
tion by Bassel’s Restaurant to jail
seven veterans of the Great War for
picketing in front of the restaurant
where a long-standing strike is in
progress.

The veterans, all members of the
Progressive Veterans of Canada,
picketed in violation of an injunc-
tion granted a month ago, the at-
torney for the restaurant charged.

LEAGUE OFFICIAL
AT PEACE MEET

The National Couneil of the Ca-
nadian League Against War and
Fascism is planning to send the

Wational secretary of that organiza-
tion to the World Peace Congress
at Geneva, September 4, 5 and 6.
B.C. has been asked to raise $25.00
to help finance his trip and the local
committee has received special
stamps commemorating the Con-
gress. These are for sale at the head-
quarters at 615 West WHastungs
street, and may be purchased for
five cents each. Not only will these
be appropriate souvenirs but will be
useful in advertising the Congress.
Business men and organizations

wishing to use them may get them
at a much lower price.

aaaeS : Convention
CCF Member of Ontario
Legislature Returns

from U.S.S.R.

HAMILTON, Ont., July 25—(ALP)
—Soap, lathers of it, laved the grim-
ly hands of foreign workers in
Moscow's Grand Hotel, Sam lLaw-
rence, trade union leader and only
C.C.F. member of the Ontario legis-
lature, recently returned Canadian
delesate to the land of socialism,
told an audience of 1,200 people in
Hamilton's 1.0.0.F. Hall last ment.

There

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MILK COUPONS
ARE STOPPED

NORTH VANCOUVER, July 24.—
Signed by Wiilliamson’s Dairy, a
leaflet has been circulated here that
is causing much comment.

It seems that Williamson's Dairy
has been giving a cash coupon
valued at two cents when selling
tickets to a customer. The secretary
of the B.C. Lower Mainland Dairy
Products Board has written Wuliam-
son’s Dairy informing them that this
small tywo-cent coupon constitutes a
breach of the regulations governing
spread orders, and in a very reveal-
ing statement the leaflet explains:

special

“Although the Supreme Court of
Canada has upheld the Dominion
Govyernnient in declaring the Pro-

But at the hotel where Lawrence
stopped in London, Enslanu, he
found no soap. Nor was soap in
eyidence-in the hotel in Copenhagen,
Denmark.

“Before I went to the Soviet
Union I was warned to take plenty
of soap with me,’’ he said. “I was
told that soap was scarce there.’’

“J had a room in the Grand Hotel,
overlooking the Red Square,’’ he as-
serted, “and-had no difficulty at all
keeping clean.”

Not Personally Conducted

With this one slander out of the
way, the Socialist legislator plunged
into a@ maze of facts and figures
showing the upward march of Socai-
ist construction in Sovietland. Sec-
ond only to the United States in in-
dustrial production today, after
having pulled itself out of the civil
war wreckage, he predicted that, if
left alone, the U.S.S.R. will in a few
years lead the whole world.

Lawrence left Canada in April
under the auspices of the Friends of

towards

tion under the
Roger Bray.
The council’s
gates from
dustrial council
electoral riding.

the
eanization in
expected to win

(Continued on page 2)

CCF. TAKES — |
FORWARD STEP

VANCOUVER.—A_ lengthy
workers’
taken by the C.C.F. in its endorse-
ment of a2 new employment and in-
dustrial council, which is to func-
: chairmanship of

constitution makes
provision for the admission of dele-
the Communist Party,
and it is planned to set up an
in each provincial

The deliberations of the last pro-
vineial convention of the C.C.F. are
already beginning to bear fruit, and
active participation of the or-
industrial
support from con-
siderable trade union elements.

vincial Marketing Act as Ultra
Vires, the mattec is still in sus-
pense and will remain so until a
decision .ias been given by the
Privy Council in London, England,
where the case is to be carried,
and until such has been definitely
settled we cannot incur the enmity
SSS of the Dairy Products Baard.
has been The leaflet implies that one or
more of the competitors of William-
son's Dairy has informed the Dairy
Products Board about the two-cent
coupon, but it does not state who
these objecting competitors are.
However, the complaining competi-
tors are most likely the big dairies
whose instrument for maintaining
high prices, and robbing the poor,
the Dairy Products Board is.

unity

in-

The small farmers and milk pro-
ducers of B.C. have spoken in no
uncertain terms of the ruinous mon-
opoly that is being built up by the
big dairy interests, and in their
struggles against this octopus the
small independent producers should
be given wide support,

matters is

Official C.C.F. Statement To The Press

The statement printed in full below is the reply
of the Provincial Executive of the ©€.C.F. to the
letter of Rev. Mr. Connell, in which the leader of
the €.C.F. in the provincial house refused to accept
or carry out the decisions of the provincial con-
vention.—Editor.

It is with great regret that the ©.C.F. Executive
learns of the action of the Rev. Robert Connell in at-
tacking the C.C.F. Platform as adopted by the move-
ment at its last Convention, and condemning the
Executive as elected by that Convention. Particularly
does the Executive regret the fact that Mr. Connell
did not voice his objections on the floor of the Conven-
tion, to which he was an accredited delegate, but has
been led into adopting the methods of intrigue as
advocated by his discredited advisers, and has made
no attempt whatever to discuss the points raised in
his letter with either the movement as a whole or with
the Executive.

We would be sorry to lose Mr. Connell from the
movement, particularly as we feel hé has been the
victim of treacherous advice. We regret that Mr. Con-
nell, in deciding whether to accept the advice of those
men, or reject it, has thought to fortify his course of
action by picking out the utterances of one or two
members of the movement at various times, and from
these individual utterances made dangerous general-
izations.

We appreciate sincerely the great work Mr. Con-
nell has done for the C.C.F. and it has been our
earnest desire that, even though his platform was not
aecepted by the C.C F., he would find it possible to
fall in with the wishes of the movement as represented
by the Convention decisions.

To the charge that the C.C.F_ platform is “fantas-
tic’’ and holds out promises which cannot be fulfilled,
we can only reply that the Convention considered the
platform in detail, decided that it was sound and de-
Signed to meet the situation facing the people of
British Columbia, and whole-heartedly adopted it.
Again we regret that Mr. Connell did not voice his
objections on the floor of the Convention when the
points raised in his letter could have been thrashed
out by the movement. In the opinion of this Executive
the platform is sound. It enunciates the principle that
the first consideration must be the production of com-
modities and that, when that has been done, it will be
necessary ‘to issue some form of government receipt
to facilitate the exchange of those commodities within
the province. Mr. Connell would not, we imagine, wish
to see, say, the fruit of the Okanagan rotting on the
ground, and say, the products of the cities rusting

in the warehouses because of a lack of means of ex-
changing those commodities? If Mr. Connell objects
to “socialized finance’’ on those grounds then once
more we regret that he did not give the movement
the opportunity to reason with him.

To the charge of Mr. Connell that the Provincial
Organizer is connected with the Communist Party
the Executive feels that the answer to that lies in the
fact that a Convention which elected Executive Offi-
cers who are known to be absolutely opposed to the
Communist Party also had sufficient faith in Mr.
Winch to elect him by a large majority. The Execu-
tive Members were elected by a Convention of 280
delegates, covering the whole movement in B.C.—
received large majorities, and as such represent the
expressed desires of the C.C.F. of B.C.

With reference to the resolution passed at the GCon-
vention giving control over elected representatives to
the movement as a whole, this is a movement built up
by the people by the effort of the people, and in the
hands of the people control will remain. We have had
too many examples in the old parties of the parlia-
mentary leaders acting as political dictators and
eracking the whip over the people who elected them.
We do not intend that that shall happen in the C.G.F.
With all due respect to Mr. Connell, we feel that this
attempt on his part to dictate the course of this move-
ment according to his own personal ideas and those
of a few men who are swaying him for their own
purposes, is in itself overwhelming justification of the
resolution that was passed.

This Executive was elected by the Convention to
represent the movement and as such we can only re-
state our position, that the wishes of the movement
will be carried out to the best of our ability, and re-
affirm our regret that Mr. Connell has been victim-
ized by the advice of men who have, by their actions
during the past year, completely forfeited the confi-
dence of the membership of the €.C.F. We feel it is
deplorable that Mr. Connell should allow himself to
be used in this way by men who have betrayed a
movement which can do so much towards bringing
new hope to the lives of the people of B.C.

We are glad to state that with the exception of Mr.
Jack Price and Mr. J. S. Taylor, the M.P.’s and
M.L,A.’s remain loyal to the movement.

In view of the particular references to him in Mr.
Connell’s statement, Mr. E. Winch has withdrawn
from the Executive in order that our position at this
time may be unprejudiced.

The Executive stands firmly behind the principles
on which the movement was founded and will proceed
forthwith to carry out the instructions of the Con-
vention.

Reactionary Bracken
Government Fails In
Appeal To Electorate

Successful Candidate

Hir—n— i of

JIM LITTERICK, secretary of
the Manitoba District of the Com-
munist Party, who was elected to
the provincial legislature in the
elections last Monday. He is the
first Communist to be elected to
provincial legislature in Canada.

They Want

No More Tips

BORDEAUSN, France. — Every
hotel, restaurant and cafe in this
city is tied up with a waiters’ strike
against the tipping system. The
strikers demand a living wage in-
stead of the degrading and uncer-
tain tips.

The issue of the strike arises out:

of new wage regulations legislated
by the People’s Government, accord-
ing to which a new wage scale was
drawn up for waiters. The employ-
ers of the eating and drinking es-
tablishments do not want to recos-
nize the new wage scale, and the
Strikers want it enforced at once.

The strike is being conducted along
militant lines, great parades haying
been a daily occurence,

JAPAN BUYING
B. C. NICKEL

VANCOUVER.—B#fforts are being
made by B.C. Nickel Mines Go., to
build up a market for their product
in Japan. Some time ago 2,500
pounds were sent to that country
fro test purposes, and 500 tons of
this metal are now being loaded at
this port for immediate shipment.

This company’s mine is located on
Choate mcuntain, ninety miles from
Vancouver, and present expectations
are that in a short time it will be
producing from 150 to 200 tons of
nickel concentrates daily for the
Japanese market.

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Opposition to United

Front Proves Costly
to ©C.G>E:

STUBBS HEADS POLL

Communist Champion of
Unity Receives Second
Highest Vote

WINNIPEG, July 20. — To the
workers of Winnipeg has gone the
honor of-electing the first Gommi-—
nist to sit in any Canadian legisla—
ture. James Litterick, Scottish-born
Canadian, the Communist Party
candidate, was given an easy vic-
tory as the final election returns
showed. Three thousand of his sup-
porters paraded the streets until
Midnight Wednesday. :

The Winnipeg election was con-
ducted under the proportional rep-
resentation system of voting, and
on the first count Litterick received
5,864 first choice votes. To these
were added 7,671 second choices
from the surplus received from
another winning candidate, Judge
Stubbs, giving Litterick a surplus
of 757 above the necessary quota.

Queen Popularity Wanes

Judge Stubbs, who was removed
from the Bench some time ago for
expressing strong criticism of those
in high places in Canadian life, and
who ran as an Independent, was
given an overwhelming majority.
This was expected, as the ex-judge
has won the confidence of a sreat
many Manitoba people.

Mayor Queen, G.G.F. member in
the last House, and a consistent op-
ponent of the United Front, has st
much of his former popularity. He
ran far behind the Communist can-
didate, and was declared elected
only after the tenth count.

Electors Want United Front

The position of the G:C. F. candi-
dates is one of the major surprises
of the election. Their representa-
tion in the last legislature of five
members has, according to the late
est returns, been reduced to threa,

Litterick received more than half .

as many votes as all six €.C.F. cane
didates combined. The C.C.F. slump
is attributed in part to the last min-
ute broadcast of Harmer, GCF
candidate, in which he repudiated
the unity of the workers in Regina.

This is undeniable evidence that
the Winnipeg workers, like those
throughout the entire West, are
convinced that in the United Front
of the working-class lies their
greatest hope.

Ex-Mayor Webb, reactionary and
fascist, was re-elected.

An outstanding feature of the-
election was the election of fouz
Social Credit candidates.

The Liberal- Progressives, who
had 36 members in the last House,
were able to elect only 23. Premier
Bracken, leader of this group and:
former Premier, will be unable to
form a ministry out of his followers:
alone, and will be forced to form:
some sort of a coalition with other
Sroups if he is to retain the Preni~
iership.

| “COMMUNISTS AND THE C.C.F.”

will be the subject of an address by
MALCOLM BRUCE
in the COLONIAL THEATRE
(Granville St., between Dunsmuir and Georgia Sts.)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2nd, at 8 P.M.

The speaker will deal with the inner G.C.F. reyolt against the
Provincial Executive of the C.C.F., B.C. Section, and the attacks
of Rey. Mr. Connell on the Communist Party.

Music Doors Open at 7:30 p.m. = Collection
Chairman, J. TAYLOR
Auspices B.C. Provincial Committee, Communist Party of Canada

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