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B.C. WORKERS’ NEWS

August 7, 1936

EX-SERVICEMEN
REFUSE 10 DROP

PEACE BANNER

A Few Vets Forgot What

Many Canadians Have

Fought and Died For

By THOMAS CLINTON

By the non-compliance of the po-
dice who were petitioned by a certain
element of veterans on
parade to lower a peace banner, in
on Burrard

reactionary

the Warrior Day show
street, trouble was averted.

A few minutes before the parade

REIGN OF TERROR
BY PROV. POLICE

PRINCE GEORGE.—Five provin-
eial bulls hold Red Pass, situated at

the junction of the Prince Rupert
line With the main C.N-R.

They climb all over the train as
it pulls in, letting out cat-calis as
they look for their prey. The un-
lucky stiff is hounded off and told
to. walk.

We saw them make a real catch
—a two-foot cube tof ice from a
“reefer.” Ice is essential for good
cocktails.

At a moderate estimate, it must
cost in the neighborhood of a trpu-
sand dollars a month to police this
metropolis. (It consists of one groc-
ery store and about a dozen houses.)
But “there are no fortresses that
the workers cannot take.’ We still

moved off, the marshal of the par-| can laugh, for the trains still run,
ade, in company with two or more} and we ride ‘em just the same.
police, ordered the unit commander

of the Fx-Service Men’s League to
take down a ten-foot long banner

bearing the words “For Peace, Free
dom and Democracy.”
This the commander
refused to do. The marshal threat
ened arrest. “Then you will
the whole damn bunch of us,”

steadfastly

arrest
came

°) T.& L.C. NEUTRAL
- ON LABOR PARTY

(Continued from page 1)

Legislative Committee was lost as
was the one to lay it on the table.

the chorus of the Ex-Service Men’s The division on the executive
League, amidst conflicting cries | motion was 26 for to 28 against.
from various quarters of “Take it | [mmediately delegates were on their
down. Keep it up,’ ete. to which | feet challensine the chair, demand-

were added invitations to “Come and

ing recounts, or a standing yote.

take it down.” The divison on the recount was 35
It is significant that the slogan | to 35 with the chair deciding in
was heartily applauded all alons| favor of the executive.
the route of the parade. So much At this point President McDonald
so that Dick Stanton, the marshal, | threatened to adjourn the meeting
afterwards apologized for having | if the delegates would not proceed
listened to a few reactionary “bomb- | to the next order of business.
proofers’” who were made to like it. No Support for €.C.F-
The resolution supporting the
WATERFRONT WAGES | G10. in its struggle to organize

TO BE DISCUSSED

SEATTLE.—On August 7 and §
fourteen hundred longshoremen will
vote in the coast-wide referendum
on an increase in wages from 95
cents to $1.00 per hour, and for an
jncrease from $1.40 to $1.50 per hour
for all work done between 5 p.m.
and 8 a.m.

—TL.A. officials here expect the
yote to go in favor of the higher
@caie, and that it will be one of the
ehief issues to be taken up when
union representatives meet water-
front employers in San Francisco.
On the other hand, it is expected
that the employers will make pro-
posals for wage reductions.

Circulate Resolution

TORONTO, Ont.—(ALP)—The Na-
tional Office of the Canadian Labor
Defense League is circulating a
resolution throughout Canada pro-
testing the proposed deportation of

Mat. Persil and J. Shulentich to
Jugosiavia.
Persil and Shulentich were ar-

rested in the Noranda strike in 1934.

Sympathetic organizations have
been asked to hold meetings on be-
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dustrial workers met with no better
[| success.

The executive's recommendation
Was that no action be taken was
endorsed after two votes had been
taken. One by a show of hands re-
sulted in a tie vote, 33 to 33, and
the other a standing vote, gave the
Same result, the chairman again
using his wote to break the dead-
lock. .
Discussion on this resolution was
equally as long as the preceding
one, some delegates charging that
the resolutions were brought in to
attempt disruption. However, the
sponsors of the resolution declared
they had nothing in mind but the
strengthening of the A.F. of L.
Secretary Bengough, speaking in
favor of the executive recommenda-
tion did not think it good policy to
bring in the question of the C.1.0.
as it would “‘precipitate a fight be-
tween the craft unionists and those
in favor of industrial unionism.”
“Let the A.F. of L. and the C.LO.
fight it out, but let us keep it out
of this couneil,” he said.

A recommendation from the ex-
ecutive to take a more active part
in the affairs of the League of Na-
tions Society and to affiliate to that
body locally was approved.

Qn the question of a parade on
Labor Day, notice of which was
passed at the last regular meeting
of the council, asking the executive
to investigate the possibilities of
holding a parade this Labor Day,
the executive recommended that the
erandstand at Brockton Point in
Stanley Park be secured to hold
Labor sports in 1937. This carried
by 35 to 20.

Further support for a series of
radio broadcasts was announced by
the delegates from the Beverage
Dispensers and the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers’ Union. The broad-
casts are to place the status of
labor before the public as opposed
to anti-labor speeches of Tom Mc-
Innes.

UNEMPLOYED VETS
TO BE REGISTERED

OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 1—(ALP)—
It is estimated there are upwards
of 50,000 unemployed war veterans
in Canada, Lt.-Gol. J. G. Rattray,
C.M.G., chairman of the recently ap-
pointed Veterans’ Assistance Com-
mittee indicated here. y
The commission will start on a
tour of the Dominion about August
10 and will try to obtain the co-
operation of prominent persons con-
nected with industry, labor and vet-
terans’ activities to serve on the
honorary local committees.

Happy Land

Colonel Hugh Cooper, famous
American electrical engineer, who
was a leading figure in the con-
struction of the Dnieper Hydro-
electric Power Station, and last
visited the Soviet Union in 1932,
declared in an interview in Moscow:
“I am astonished by the improve-
ments I see here in every phase of

life. It is always a great joy to
me to visit this country where
everybody seems to have a job,

where there is no unemployment,
and where everybody is hopeful for
the future.
“T think
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Socialist Youth Council
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YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF VANCOUVER

On Sunday, August 9th, at 12:30 P.M. a rally of all people of Vancouver
who desire world peace will be held on Cambie Street Grounds. There will
be speeches by prominent peace advocates, and then there will be a parade
to Stanley Park, where they will participate in the Peace Day Program.

On this day the youth of Yancouver and vicinity will €xpress their
bitter opposition to war. It has been the younger generations that have
shed their blood needlessly in the past, and it will be the young generation
of the present who will shed their blood if we permit another war to come.

The Youth must demand, on this day—the 22nd Anniversary of the day
on which the horrible world war began—that it shall not happen again.

The young people must, by their numbers and determined opposition
to war, show support of the movements for peace, at this time expressed
in the World Peace and Youth Congresses to be held in Geneva the first

The Socialist Youth Council, representing the Young Socialist League,
C.C.—. Youth Clubs, Young Communist League and Independent youth
Clubs, calis upon the youth of Vancouver and vicinity to join with us in
one mighty protest against war on Sunday, August 9th.

One road to peace is the road to Cambie Street Grounds on Sunday.
r SOCIALIST YOUTH COUNGEL,, B
Per, Maurice Rush, Vice-President.

RELIEF WON BY
-W.LL PROTEST

Only the persistence of two
Women’s Labor League members,
coupled with Alderman McDonald
bringing the matter before the
eouncil meeting on Monday, suc-
ceeded in having tivo women, one

with six children and the other with
three children, given relief which
had been ordered cut off on a letter
received by Alderman Sniuth from
Hon. Pearson, minister of labor, that

brought the matter up on a point
of privilege, the mayor tried to wave
it aside, that it was just more prop-
aganda. Other members of the coun-
Gil thought the *relief department
always did what was right, so a
motion passed to refer it to Alder-
man Smith of the Relief Committee.
After the meeting, he interviewed
the women and promised that the
relief investigator would be up that
afternoon, when they received their
serip with no further difficulty.

It was a great object lesson to
these women who had never seen
the need of organization, and they
were deeply grateful to have the
dreadful spectre of slow staryation
removed as the alternative of living
on public charity is most precarious
at the best of times. Incidentally,
this was the course offered by Al-
derman Miller, as the city could
not stand much more or the prov-
ince might drop us one day and then
where should we be?

no fisherman’s family might apply
for relief. 7
When Alderman MeDonaid

Unemployed
Of Kelowna

Organizing

KELOWNA, GB. C., July 3:
The I<elowna Unemployed and
Part Time Workers’ Association
preeressinge. New members are join-
ing every week. So far, open air
meetings are held, sometimes in the
park, sometimes on a private lot.

is

A man, wife and two children
came here from Alberta about 10
months ago, bought two lots with
one house, paying down $150.00 cash.
Last spring he took sick while
working on the road and went to
hospital. His case was diagnosed as
rupture. After being M-rayed diag-
nosis was changed to tumor on Kid-
ney. Not wanting to submit to an
operation until further consultation
he was told to leave the hospital.

All his money gone, he had to go
on relief. About four weeks ago he
was shut off from relief, and threat-
ened with deportation to Alberta.
Although he has a doctor’s certifi-
eate stating his condition and that
he is not physically fit for work, it
does not help him any.

His case has been taken up as a
grievance case by an elected sriey-
ance committee of three by the or-
ganization and taken before one of
the aldermen but was turned down.
The fight for this man and chil-
dren will continue.

Because of the poverty of the

eountry, the development of capital-
ist production in Spain came about
largely through investments from
abroad. Thus, to the existing feudal
exploitation of the landowners and
the “national’’ capitalists, was adaed
the burden of exploitation by foreign
capital.
Spain became a land populated by
paupers. So poor are the people that
they cannot even leave their vil-
lages. Only 3,000,000 of the 24,000,-
000 people have ever been outside
their own birthplace. This adds to
their backwardness and is a field
for fascist-clerical reaction, that re-
lies on ignorance and deceit for its
strength among the masses.

There are landowners who own
whole provinces that contain mil-
lions of utterly landless peasants.
There are enormously ‘rich princes
of the Church, and starving parish
priests who are no more than beg-
gars. Army generals, Swarms of
them, with rich salaries and landed
estates, and poor peasant soldiers
not even fed decently. Famous
scientists and a people 45 per cent
illiterate,
A milion peasants own 15,000,000
acres of land, all small lots of poor
land, from which they can scarcely
live, while 100,000 great owners hold
30,000,000 hectares, with tenants,
sub-tenants and at the bottom the
landless toiling peasants, starving,
hopeless and kept in ignorance. No
tractors here! A wooden plow-share,
shod with iron. Oxen for power.
Frightful Conditions.

The result, high prices for food in
the cities. Spanish workers eat only
two-thirds the bread of a French
worker; one-third the meat of a
German workers; one-half the sugar
of a German worker—ilittle as this
is, Three miles from Madrid, home-
less people live in caves. And at
that are little worse off than the
slum divellers of Madrid, where
whole families crowd into one room
“heated’’ in the sharp cold of winter
and high altitude by nothing more
than a pot of charcoal.

For decades the Spanish working
Glass has shown its courage,

pressors. Time and again it has lost.
And the reasons were: (1) No com-
mon action between workers and
peasants; (2) the lack of unity among
the working class itself.

Differently than in many coun-
tries, where the labor movement
has been, unfortunately, split be-

tween reformist Socialists and revo-
lutionary Communists; in Spain the

split has been further complicated
by a strong anarchist movement,
expressed at present in the syndi-

ecalist (trade union) organization, the
“C.N.T.” (Confederacion Nacional
del Trabajo) with some 500,000 mem-
bers. Anarchism could arise and en-
dure as a force in the labor move-
ment only upon a backward in-
dustry. It vanishes in bie factory in-
dustry.

The C.N.T. leaders resist all at-
tempts to get unity between the
C.N.T. and the General Union of

Workers (U.G.2.), which is led

largely by Socialists and into which,
recently, the Communist-led trade

SPANISH STANDARD OF LIVING

often |
with arms in hand, against its op-!

WAS LOWEST IN ALL EUROPE

unions were amalgamated. The anar-

ehist leaders fight “‘all political par-
ties,” including workers’ parties,
and are opposed to “‘all govern-
ments,’ including the Soviet Union.
Hence, they frequently take the side
of reaction; and into their syndicalist
ranks fascism has sent great num-
bers of proyvocateurs to keep labor
split up and even to cover assassina-
tion of Communist and Socialist
leaders with a mask of “labor dif-
ferences.’ But all labor organiza-
tion became significant only since
the fall of the monarchy in 1931.

To choke the rising tide of discon-
tent, King Alfonso XTII called in
fascism: in 1923, and made Primo ae
Rivera, Sr., dictator. The tide rose
higher despite repression. And in
1931 the landowners sacrificed the
monarchy. Alfonso and de Rivera
left Spain, which became a repub-
lic. Yet the fascist Catholic leader,
Gil Robles, by deceit, gaining power,
stalled off all but the most shadowy
of Jand reforms.

Labor Weak Because Split

Labor was still split. The Social-
ists collaborated disgracefully with
the ruling classes. Fascism reorgan-
ized. And reaction won the election
in 1933. Leftists) were thrown out of
the government, reactionaries were
put in and again it seemed that poli-
tical progress had been ended,

Then came out of the miners’
strike in Asturias province, a glori-
ous armed uprising, October, 1934.
Savagely attacked, the Asturian
miners revolted. For weeks and
months they held out. Regular sol-
diers joined them. The mercenary
Foreign Legion was brought, to-
gsether with Moorish troops, from
Morocco. Thirty thousand men,
women and children were slaught-
ered. Blessed by the Holy Church,
these mercenaries butchered the
people, shooting, disembowellinge and
beheading helpless prisoners. A vast
wave of anger swept all workers of
Spain. Gil Robles was forced to re-
Sign.

The numerous lower middle class
professionals, tradesmen and sgov-
ernment employees, swung to the
side of labor The Communist
Party, pointing to the weakness of
Asturias, fighting alone while the
rest of Spain, by Socialist nestli-
gence and anarcho-syndicalist dis-
ruption, remained passive; pointed
also to the strength Asturias had
shown in a united front of Commun-
ist. Socialist and Syndicalist ficht-
ers. Great masses of Socialist and
Syndicalist workers pressed their
leaders for united action. Trade
unions of Communist and Socialist
leadership united. Organization
Worker and Peasant Alliances be-
gan. The oppresed nationalities in
Catalonia and Galicia

>

of

allied them-
selves with the new movement. And
out of it sprung the People’s Front
(Frente Popular).

“Our strugele,’’ said Diaz,
Communist leader, at that time, “1s
for the dictatorship of the prole-
tariat. As a party of the proletariat
we do not give up our aims. But we
understand that the immediate task
now is not the struggle for the dic-
tatorship of the proletariat, but the
development of the anti-fascist
struggle.’

(Continued next issue)

Jose

LEFT ALONE,
SPANISH PEOPLE
WILL WIN OUT

The appalling losses in the Span-
ish civil war are mounting rapidly.
Estimations place the number of
killed as 35,000 with at least 100,000
wounded.

General Franco, fascist com-
mander-in-chief, has said his forces
will continue fighting if it means
killing half the people in Spain.

As the struggle of the People’s
Front government against fascism
continues prospects for final suc-
appear ever brighter. The
fascists are definitely on the defen-
Sive, and but for the aid they are
receiving from outside sources their
resistance would collapse completely
at an early date.

A number of Italian planes, laden
With munitions, have crashed on
French territory, and captured
fascists are said to haye been found
carrying German-made weapons.

Meanwhile, the government is
Swinging rapidly to the Left. A
nationalization of key industries is
being undertaken. Some minor rail-
way lines are reported to have
been taken over by the government,
as are a number of factories includ-
ing plants of the Word and General
Motors Companies. Some electric
and other utilities are expected to
come under government confiscation
programmes in the immediate
future.

The Freneh government has is-
sued a strong appeal to the great
poivers to enter into an agreement
not to interfere, but Italy, Germany
and Britain, have replied in an
evasive manner leayinge doubt as to
their position in this vital question.
Left to themselves, the Spanish
workers and peasants are bound to
Suceeed in wiping out fascism be-
fore very longs:

The government forces dominate
in the principle industrial regions,
where the armed workers form the
backbone of the anti-fascist forces.
Iuatest reports say that the rebel
drive on Madrid has been checked
36 miles away from the city.

A German ship and a British
plane claim to have been fired on by
loyalist guns. It is clear that if they
persist in getting in the way they are
bound to get hurt. Are they de-
liberately seeking an excuse to in-
tervene on the side of the fascists?

CESS

Picture Shows

Real Bomber

Mooney Defense Coun-

sel Claims Photograph
Will Break Case

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.—A
picture believed by Tom Mooney’s
Gefense counsel to show the real

bomber of the 1916 Preparedness
Day parade as he was about to
bomb was introduced at the Mooney
habeas corpus hearing today by
George T. Davis, Mooney’s attorney,
in showing that police suppressed
evidence favorable to Mooney.

Mr. Davis said the picture is one
of 200 he has obtained from police
and district attormey’s files during
the past month. The picture shows
a man leaning from a Saloon roof at
Steuart and Markets streets, and
from the position of the parade the
time can be estimated at only ua
few moments before the bombing,
Mr. Davis said.

The picture was
Wade Hamilton, now a Hollywood
musician. Hamilton was the man
who took the picture of Mooney, his
wife and two friends on the roof of
the Hilers building, many blocks

taken by Mr.

away from the place where the
bomb exploded. Police took the pic-
tures from Hamilton, filed them
away, and the defense was unable

to use them until now.

Mr. Davis declared the police did
introduce an enlargement of this
picture at Mooney’s murder trial—
but cut it in half, so it did not show
the man on the roof.

Mooney Again Charges Frameup

Before the session opened Mooney
sot angry when he was reminded
that today is the 20th anniversary
of the fata] 1916 Preparedness Day
bombing.

“T have nothing to do with that
anniversary,’ he declared, “because
I had nothing to do with the bomb-
ine. The only anniversary I care
about will be next Sunday and Mon-
day—the 20th anniversary of the
frameup~ jailing of Warren Billings
and myself.”

TORONTO, Ont—(ALP) — Word
has been received here from the
International Federation of Chris-
tian Trade Unions to the effect that

they will participate in the World
Peace Conegrese at Geneva.
The General Secretary, P. J. S$.

Serrarens, will represent the Fed-
eration on the Executive Committee
of the Congress.

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Last Saturday night saw another
ring and mat festival at the Van-
couver Sports Club.

Seotty McGrendle (V.S.G.), 130,
and Len Davies (ViS.C.), 131, had
the feature spot on the boxing end
of the card. They put on a classy
bout and showed plenty of science,

footwork and headwork in their
three-round brawl.

Stan Glover (V.S.C.), 148, and
Dannie MacDonald (V.S.G.), 150,

boxed three good rounds to a draw.
Art Sempt (V-S:C.), 79, and Dan
Adams (V.S.C.), 76, boxed three
rounds to a draw.

Al Baley (V-.S.C.), 77, won a tech-
nical KO over Gordie Adams
(V.S.G.), 738, in the first of a sched-
uled three-round bout.

Don Lott (V.S.C.), 160 and Stan
Sowden (V.S.C.), 155, had the feat-
ure end of the wrestling card and
put on a real good bout. They had
plenty of speed, holds and science.
The bout was packed with action,
thrills and bitterness. Handsome
Don had the edge on Speed but Stan
made up for this with his toughness
and strength.

Seotty Jackson (V.S.C.), 148, and
Kit Garson (V.S.C., 144, stole the
show. They wrestled three rough
and tough five-minute rounds. This
fracas* was a real war. Carson
used his customary blows, punches,
kicks and snarls. The fans seem to
get a kick out of booing him. The
fans saw plenty of drop kicks, fly-
ing scissors, hammer locks, crabs,

biting of toes and rabbit punches.

Carson took the only fall with 4 tf

hammerlock in the third.

Bil Chapman (V.S.G.), 140, and a

Mickey (Legs) Milliken (V.S.C.),
142,, wrestled four five-minute
rounds to a draw. Mickey used his
legs to perfection but old Bill was
a bit too smart for him. Draw.

Jamboree Postponed

It has been announced that the
Vancouver Sports Club would hold
an gpen air jamboree on Sunday,
August 9. The committee in charge
was, unfortunately, unaware that
there was to be a peace rally on this
date. Once they were informed of
this they decided that it would be
best to hold the affair at a later

date and offer the club's co-opera-

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cess. The jamboree will be held at
a later date and will be announced
in the B.C. Workers’ News, Lumber
Worker and other papers.

PARIS, Prance-—(ALP)—The or-
gan of the Erench Communists,
L’Humanite, today charged that the
Renault Motor Company at France
has been paid the sum of 20,000,000
franes ($1,324,000) to supply 4air-
planes and automobiles to the
Spanish fascist rebels.

The firm are known to manufac-
ture armaments as well as auto-
mobiles for the enlareement of divi-
dends.

L'Humanite
motor company had received a
cheque signed by Jose Marlu
Quinones De Leon, ambassador to
Paris during the reign of King Al-
fonso, to cover the deal.

declared that the

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