Bac. GOV'T AND BUYERS CONSPIRED | AGAINST FISHERMEN'S DEMANDS WORKERS” NEWS August 7, 1936 A.F.of L. Determined To Organize Van. Waterfront SIGN OF THE NEW RUSSIA esa = a = . = = ae, E EYS,| poe become more active. ba and Prince Edward Is- id; ‘was 123 with another 6,066 ‘or 1935, subject to re- 7 “eci~ 2nts will be seen in future £ Speed-up in the mines the latter with the ruination of the fishing industry of B.C. And in do- ing this, payes the way for the vic- timization of striking fishermen and their families by stipulating they be eut off relief. The issue of the strike was the question of prices embodied in a collective agreement. The price per fish desired by ihe fishermen through their joint committees, rep- resenting a number of fishermen’s unions, and approved by the Central Strike Committee, was fifty cents per fish. The price offered by the C.M.A. to apply generally was forty cents per fish. In limited areas, in- dependent canners were willing to pay more. Past experiences have taught the fishermen that fluctu- ating prices without any agreement has been against their interest. Fishermen Proposed Arbitration _ Did the fishermen refuse arbitra- dion of their grievances? On July 8, the Seiners’ Strike Committee at Alert Bay sent the following wire to Hon. G. S. Pearson: ‘Forty-five seine boats here on strilke, composed of 300 fishermen, Indians and white stop Standing - for mininium prices for fish, ready to negotiate but canners making no move to end strike stop We ask you to investigate. (Signed) Seiners’ Strike Committee.” The Hon. G .S. Pearson acknowl- edged receipt of this wire and im effecting a scitlement, pointed out, that, under the circumstances, he did not see in what way he could be ‘helpful. In answer to a similar wire from the Strike Committee in River's Inlet, the minister replied under ‘date of July 16: : ‘Your wire received you do not mention receiving my wire sent this morning in which I asked if you are prepared to arbitrate as provided hy Section twenty-five of the Fisheries Act stop Please re- ply whether prepared to arbitrate if yes wire name your representa- tive.’ It is important to note that the above wire came seven days after the first appeal of the Alert Bay seiners that the minister investigate the situation. - Why the delay. in an E of of of industry So where time is an important factor 3S last two years has been | 4nd where the run in the second O) with a consequent in- | week had reached its heaviest pro- aA he toll of life and limb. portions? ; Be On July 5, all cannery manu- (ANT WAVE for unity unity. or 1 af millions of China’s toilers and fe om bearers are massing their s ,: for a new great struggle. The ij pe 1925-27 AT, China (By Mail). — = call of the Canton g0v- of all Chinese against Japanese aggression new resurgence of the 4 movement. Students’ or- ss, National Salvation As- “prominest individuals and ay every strata of life re- “with an electric thrill to the 5f the most remarkalle fea- 5f the Wationalist Salvation ent is to be found in ihe i re-awakenin= and activities Chinese workers and coolies- Ss > woers in China recall the days revolution when 4 was in ferment. In those days . fespised coolies played a de=- + -~ role in the revolutionary acti- ' 4 Unions and patriotic orgzani- facturers were notified of the oyer- whelming vote for strike, and that the Negotiatins Committee elected =i by. the strikers were ready to nego- eS E 5 CH | N A tiate from the first day of the strilxe- : : _¥et nine days elapsed before repre- sentatives of the Canadian Manufac- turers’ Association (cannery section) advised the Strike: Committee that they, the C.M.A., were prepared to negotiate. The C.M.A. letter of noti- fication stated in part: “T have been instructed to inform you that the committee is prepared Alta. Farmers In Bad Plight EDMONTON, Alta. (ALP) — Their crops withered by hot winds and a’parching sun, Alberta farmers have turned to fight a new enemy— the bailiff. Reports from such towns as Mundare and Wasketeneau tell of almost daily seizures of farm mach- inery for debt at a time when the farmers most need them. Thresh- ry inns were springing Up 1D Ene ing machines are lifted on trucks: safeties over night, The inert meSS | and driven off, leaving the farmers - dies: became electrified with 2} to pay for new outfits if they are ore ife! and political activities | jn a position to pay at all. Sees ered the wiite population. The seizures are causing great od hard to believe that the | hardship in some parts of the prov- ec and unresistine Chinese | jnce where grain is still to be cut. mi | were capable of understand- ‘Hardly a day passes in which my oe. Complex political problems | there is not a threshing outfit being yreanized disciplined activity. the fishermen’s proposals for arbi- ‘industry, the Hon. G. S. Pearson to the effect that unless the fisher- men accepted their proposal for awful arbitration, and fishing re- sumed at 3 p.m. the following day, that the canneries would be closed down. This is hardly the spint necessary to mutual agreement or arbitration. On the contrary it was provocation against arbitration. C-M.A. Refused Arbitration Long before the strike took place, the representatives of the Ivishermen and Cannery Workers’ Union intro- duced into discussions on the Joint’ Board of Fishermen’s Unions the question of arbitration on prices. Why didn’t the G.M.A. agree with tration and investigation of prices before the strike? It is essential to note here that from June 2 until June 15, the Joint Gommittee of the fishermen’s or- ganizations had endeavored by let- ters and delegations to secure a meeting with the G.M.A. on the is- sue of prices. On June 8, the C.MLA. issued their prices to the press without even considering the proposals of the Joint Committee. Only on June 15 did the ©.M.A. agree to meet the Joint Committee, and then only to face the Joint Committee with the accomplished fact of prices and a “fake it or leave it attitude,” The Joint Committee proposed a compromise between what the CM.A, offered and what the organ- ized fishermen felt was a just and fair price. The € M.A. spurned all proposals for revision. —_ Following the meeting between the Negotiating Committee and the representatives of the C_M.A., July i4, at which the CMA. conceded | nothing upon which arbitration could be based,-and blatantly accused the fishermen of the ruination of the forwarded another wire to the Strike Committee: Replying to your telegram 18th I consider it unfortunate fisher- men have refused arbitration stop If fishermen think their case Will not stand arbitration how can I believe present fishermen’s stand justified stop Serious respon- sibility upon your shoulders as these fishermen may be without mieans of support balance of year stop If arbitration under Fisheries Act not accepted I cannot support strike and must help make it pos- sible for men to fish who desire to fish stop Awaiting your early ad- vice whether fishermen are pre- pared to returm at once subject to arbitration or strike called off. (Signed) G. S. Pearson, commus- sioner of fisheries. It is more than mere coincidence that the C.M.A. representatives and the minister of labor should express such unanimity on placing the blame for the ‘‘ruination of the in- dustry’ at the door of the organ- ized fishermen. The contributions that the organized fishermen of British Columbia have made in years past fer the conservation and preservation of the Sockeye salmon | July 23, by the Strike» Committee, Typical changes in the U.S.S.R. is this photo taken at the Moscow airport, showing a statue of Lenin seemingly pointing to a giant air- liner cruising overhead. Soviet aviation, both military and civil, has made big strides forward in recent years. hardly warrant such slanderous in- nuendoes. ‘ Tt is also unfortunate that the minister of labor and commissioner of fisheries could make no contribu- tion from his department to an ami- cable settlement of the strike with some consideration for the fisher- men other than to raise the nega- tive ery ‘of ‘arbitration’ plus intimi- dation by threatening police terror and organized scabbery under police protection. = Seabs Fish Under Police Guard The Strike Committee. protested |. this support of the © M.A. by the provincial government in a wire dated July 21, 10 which the minister ambiguously replied: “In replying yours twenty-first, your attempt to make it appear that I have upheld G.M-A. or in any way helped them to close the canneries is the grossest. kind of misrepresentation stop I have taken no sides in this dispute but have consistently urged arbitra- tion which is provided for under our-Act stop If you have.advised your fishermen against this your responsibility is very serious stop If you desire to let the matter stand until you negotiate with the Federal Mimister of Fisheries I ean only point out that every day’s delay limits the possibility of fish- ermen earning a living this sea- son-” (Signed) G. S. Pearson, com- missioner of fisheries. : In spite of the minister’s denials of support to the C.MA., the day following receipt of the above wire, a Namu operator entered River’s In- Jet with one hundred fishermen un- der heavy police guard. The Strike Committee wired the minister requesting advice upon whose authority ‘this large-scale strikebreaking manoeuvre was Car- ried out. The minister did not reply. Very late in the day, as can be seen from the minister’s last wire, he became aware of the time ele- ment and got impatient for the termination of the strike. “Ruination”’ Charge is False The Executive Board of the Fish- ermen and Cannery Workers’ In- dustrial Union, together with repre- sentatives from other fishermen’s organizations, deny categorically that ‘they refused arbitration. @n the contrary, they made every attempt WHAUR D'VE By K. C. JONES Having washed up the supper dishes Mrs. Maloney decided to stroll along to the municipal park a few blocks away. Arriving there she seated herself on a bench which was also occupied by @ youns woman at whose feet a young child played with a rattle. The child held up the rattle and said ‘‘Goo-goo” to the newcomer. “Goo-goo to yell” said Mrs. Maloney. ‘‘That’s a foine youngster ye have, ma’am.”” “Aye, he’s a bonnie laddie, is Clyde. Ye see I’m frae Glesca and T called him after the River Clyde, Alex, that’s my mon, he wanted to COME FRAE! when I cam hame there’s a strange man sittin’? on the doorstep. AS soon us I saw his ugly jowl I fair took a scunner at him—” : “Qi suppose. that’s Scotch fer froyin’-pan, or rollin’ pin maybe,” interjected Mrs. Maloney. “Seunner2 Ob no, it means—it means—weel it’s hard to translate, ye ken, but it means that he made me feel that I didna like him as soon as I saw him. Weel, I says tae him, says I , whaur dye come irae, and he looked at me and then he sayd tae me, “is that yer own stove?’ Weel, I thocht to mysel’, is- the man daft, and then he telt me he was a relief investigator. So I says, says I, yes it’s oor ain stove ‘to. the “ruination of the fishing in- ‘supported them in their efforts for J and other points, whe maintained a ‘ernment has decreed that the strik- to reach an amicable agreement through collective bargaining, and continued this policy throughout the strike. : They do not accept the baseless charge that. they are contributors dustry,”” but unhesitatingly declare that the C.M.A. and the provincial government through its minister of fisheries are the ones solely respom- Sible for the loss sustained by the | fishing industry of British Columbia in 1936. On behalf of the Central Strike Committee we wish to take this op- portunity of thanking all those who a square deal for the fishermen and cannery workers. To those fishermen in Smith’s Inlet who supported their brothers in River's Inlet, to the Indian fish- ermen from Fort Rupert, Kildala splendid stand throughout, we ex- press our thanks. To the Japanese fishermen of River's Inlet also, Wwe express our thanks and deep admiration: While River's Inlet is the centre of scabbing operations under police protection and intimidation, the Jap- anese fishermen have remained firm. We express regret for the Situa- ‘tion at Alert Bay where the canners’ agent supplied liquor to the Indian fishermen and were successful in breaking them away from their white seiner brothers, but at the door of the C.MLA. In thanking all who supported the Strike Committee we request that this support be extended in the new developments that are the after- math of the strike, where the gov- ine fishermen and their families will be cut off relief and subjected to a period of starvation. : Executive Board, Fishermen and Cannery Workers’ Industrial Union. L =~ FRENCH WOMEN WANT EQUALITY PARIS, Erance, Aus. i.—The Trench women, as well as the men, are bestirring themselves and reach-—- ing forth for freedom. : One~- hundred thousand women demonstrated here today for “the same constitutional, civic and eco- nomie rights as men.” Their de- mands were fully endorsed by the second congress of the International Federation of Business and Profes- sional Women which is holding its meetings here. The congress also instructed its national organizations to stimulate actions necessary for women to obtain their rights, Contrary to the large body of opinion, ‘garnered from romantic Breneh novels, the women of Mrance are by no means at all ladies of jeisure decked out to please the male sex. The peasant women work like slaves in the fields with the men, and as in other countries the workers in a large number of in- dustries are women. shoremen,. Bmery and Salonen. In the discussion several points were raised by each representative, the most outstanding one being brought out by the employers. They were of the opinion that the crew should wire Seattle headquarters be- fore taking definite action, and im trying to strengthen this argument before the crew Captain Montgom- ery said. “Salonen, in 1934, when the U.S: Pacific Coast strike was on and this same ship came to the port of Vancouver, with 6000 tons of burn- ing corm in her holds, you phoned to Seattle before taking action.” Ship Had Scab Crew “Yes, I did,” Salonen replied, af- ter you told me that the ship had permission from the strikers to sail with her perishable cargo. I chal- jenzed the honesty of the employers, and I will now ask you what took place after the information was re- ceived from Seattle?” “You, Salonen,’ said Montgomery, “stopped the discharging of the corn, and the ship sailed out.” At this point the ship’s delegate, Kelly, spoke up; “I settle this mat- fer in a Snappy Manner, on learn- ine from the locked-out longshore- men’s delegates: that all they wanted was that only men belong- answer; sirike on December 9, agreed to with the undertsanding that the Shipping the was termination of 1935, the Federation will not compel any of the strikers, if reinstated, to join any of the com— pany Fink Unions. But what has actually taken place? “very man, some 120 out of 600, who have been reinstated since December 9, 1985, have been told by Blomberg and other representa— tives of the Shipping Federation, that they must join either one of the two Fink Unions if they want to hold a job on the waterfront. Whether right or wrong I take the position that you, Blomberg, inform the Shipping Federation to allow our men, the ex-strikers, to get a strike clearance card and put an application into the LLA., Local 38- 126, and this ship and all others will work without any interference.” To this the Shipping Federation could not agree, and the $.S. Holly- wood sailed without discharging her eargo. 3 You can imagine how it felt when the mate of the ship stood watch at the top of the gangplank to see that no Finks got aboard, while the erew went ashore to visit the locked-out longshoremen. How it must have ine to the International Longshore- felt to the Shipping Federation! By LT. A. EWEN The strike of the fishermen Northern B.C. waters for a price above 40 cents per fish was a strike for a bare living. Any margin above 40 cents would have represented wages to the fishermen. As it was, they were merely working for the organized packers. Approximately 2500-were on strike; 9500 fishermen cannot be wrong but of course the C.M.A. says they are. So does the provineial minister of labor who included police intimi- dation in his demand that the fish- ermen submit their grievance to 2 board of arbitration. And so also does the city council which has de- cided, in collaboration with the pro- yvincial government, that fhe wives and children of fishermen who have been on strike must be struck off relief. By this action the city couneil and the government have decreed, that to strike for a bare livelihood is a crime, the penalty .of which is hunger. Unfortunately for these humane administrators there are no such provisions in the Trade Union Act, nor the Statutory right to strike and picket. The organized labor movement of Vancouver and district will have the Jast word as to whether or not the families of striking fishermen are to be penalized for the jnardihood and courage of their fathers in ‘striking for a living wase. “Pjanning for Safety’ The lumber and sawmill workers’ union—in fact the whole trade union movement of B.C. will be glad to Jearn that the B.C. Loggers’ Associ- ation haS appointed a “safety en- sineer’’ for the elimination of fatal- ities in the logging industry- The extremely high death and ac- cident rate in B.C. logging camps and mills is sufficient- reason for some safety engineering to be done. Yet it will be somewhat of a chore, as the Bull Cook would say, for the average logger to make himself be- lieve that the Boss Loggers’ ASSOCi- ation is concerned only about the welfare of the logger. Their main concern is to get out logs at maximuni speed and minimum cost. Speed-up; disregard of safety in the interests of speed. Certain it is that no “safety gineer’ paid by the boss-loggers will at en— accept this as a basic cause. But if the loggers are permitted to voice their say as to why greater numbers Tr ade Union Notes lee of which B.C. boasts the low- in est in the Pacific Northwest, is no indication of low accident and death indexes. All that boast proves is that dependents of deceased and broken lumber workers have veen eypped out of their just rignis. The. best “safety engineer’ for the lumber and sawmill workers 1s 100 per cent unionization with camp and mill control. Then listen to the Coneatenated Order of Tomeats yow!l. Unity is in the Air The unionization of Vancouver Tsland miners is on the way to the 100 per cent mark. The miners of Cumberland who recently voted by an overwhelming: iwajority to merge their local of the M.W.U. of C. into the U.M.W. of A., have opened their books for one month's enroll- ment into the U.M.W. without initi- ation fees. ; This action was heartily approyed of by President Liyett of District 18, who visualized a closed-shop in Cumberland in his recent visit. It” eliminates the internal strife that characterized unionization in Cum- berland in recent years and lays 4 solid base for the unionization of the Island. : The miners of Nanaimo are say- ing, “if it can be done in Cumber- land it can be done here,’’ and we fully agree with them, in spite of the sewer press trotting out the some- what musty history of 1912; to dampen the surge towards unity- The G.1.0. Forges Ahead The Committee for Industrial Organization (C.1.0) in its cam- paien to organize steel—the biggest job in America has just concluded an agreement for a big. joint drive with the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. Bill Green doesn’t like it and. has fssued a statement claiming that by such agreement the will of the Executive Council of the A.F. of L. has been ‘‘thwarted.”’ He also says that the campain to organize steel is an “adventure.” John L. Lewis, president of the U-M.W. and head of the G.1.O., stung by Green’s cyni- eal declarations, came back with a stinging reply which says in part: “Tt is inconceivable that you intend doing what your statement implies, i.e. to sit with the women, under an awning on the hilltop, while the steel workers in the valley struggle in the dust and agony of industrial warfare.” Green sanctimoniously replied that ieee (either Hi SES ia = ; taken away from some farmer and | ¢: i ielan’ ike : : of their fellow-workers are going a i 5 z = | ere they were, a2 new terry” | hauled through town,” a Mundare Se ee eee dice ae and nae thanks tae, the relief tols. BERS, Ne ee. alive to the | + on stretcher to the morgue and ae es eae ee peer Be Wer. Lively political converS* | yesident states in a press inter- | says saved iene fash sagar aboot We had to sell our, radio and our | present possibilities; ows becoming, the hospital every year, they will | of “unity,” however, was well ex- De were Carried on by excited 5 Retin uence a ee rf = 1} aPe0o’ | eramophone before ye’d gave us-re- | keenly interested in politics since the | , ie : Bea ass sts Ses z z yf esr pe nae view. that. It’s me that brocht bim intil | = ¥ Ses = = B ly f i i tell the safety engineer that | posed by Lewis in a later reply: ‘& jating groups everywhere. At Wasketeneau two binders, two| the wur-rld and it's me that's lief and it's lucky we had De ee People’s Government was elected. speed-up is the main contributing “You.do not deny that the A.F. ae fe broke out with great fre- tractors, one threshing machine | namin’ him. Awd onyway, says niture left includin SES An avon OP A) Gast tuliered< away wo Cie re were won: and three ploughs were hauled into | there’s jist as suid stock in the Wen Lele aie Sie eae Demand Hitler and Mussolini They will also tell the “safety | years of valuable time in the steel Bp sae t Unions Work Openly *| town at one time. Farmers in that| Lowlan’s as ever cam frae the ee aS ; ee ee ae ee keep their bloody hands off Spain. engineer’ that low compensation | industry . .. . you do not deny - 1 e “gh the same phenomenon aS area are organizing defense com-] Hielan’s. Whaur dye come frae, Se ea DES os a that your executive council is even Ta- 37 peated. ge OES ae mittees to save their property and | yersel’?” A a Pee Game Cipdie ies © now scheming to eject your union es don leaders ex Pres ee working class groups have prom- ‘Om sorry, ma’am, but Oi don’t | time a’ bonnie laddies ee a nea n jan en omen (the United Mine Workers), of a aux of pew members. ae ised support. understand a word of Frinch,” aactal aa nicht!” | which Green is a member, from q) Au China Federation re be It is generally believed that a de-} Mrs. Maloney. “yWell,’’ mused Mrs. Maloney when T Whit the house of labor.” a eS more peeuyy aoe Bol B = =e liberate attempt is being made by ‘“rench is it! My but that’s 2) spe oe Alga, “Oj don't know all et amp e ‘@) I es While the Steel Institute has de- e« t Sevens =o oe ae oe finance to bring about a political | braw joke! I maun tell Alex, he'll | 4,6 was talkin’ about, but Oi do elared war on the unionzation of ead }% SOEs eae eae fare oo in the province, driving the} hae a suid laugh. I thocht mebbe | j:jow that girl’s a ‘bonnie’ tighter. canning industry in Canada so that steel, and is even now arming its ei) | ene See ee = Tl 56 | People to take such action as will] ye might be Scots versel’, and 1) ts 4 sood word, ‘bonnie’.” By H. E. MALYEA re eae aaa “could be purehased | coal and iron police and thugs to atc. ats other institutions. Ree ic force the Social Credit government | asked ye where ye were bor-r-n.” 2 y 4. 1. = eno Se Be enn eee ey nist eanie a ee aa anon iyi) yrit of independence le See of William Aberhart to resign. This, “On! said Mrs. Maloney, “I beg NAMU, BG, July. 22.—L his | only oo So ae eas : Sanne IGRBES sitet in Back cloth’ and Be ae Se ce eeued ay Reso Soe ae peer Broun aes fp SSS STARVATION ee a oe eee Morehouse is the individual who | ashes, intoning “Q -Tempora: O Ald «factory unions and groups is 2 result in the setting up of a gov-| which 1 10 Oe ante BRITISH WORKERS a ee ater Re ander | a few years back ordered his seines SORES” ernmental form similar to that of Wewfoundland. ““ayjon of political clarity and n ¢ ; : eee : { 3 y pular simpli- - : : : =} i ee ie ceikes eae Although good rains this spring ~ 1 > o=1 S 3 g fot? kee political shade. Demands gave aoe i pees ae mS it yer wages are connected with throughout _ erta, e uly drought has completely ruined any € oil Bay i 4 for armed resistance 10 2 Of) ‘oF © asexession hope of a crop in many parts of the aa" e= * Z ts bit rq AN ine Federation of | Province. Many farmers are con- templating moving out as in some places there has been no crop for five years. Many would have moved SP] >0lij which numbered over three €£ thi members i, 1927, has called th “acqaj] its members to join the ui. overnment unions and work | 12 the spring of 1985 but were forced ha. fhem to unify thé, numerous to stay on their arid lands because eg organizations into, a power- of lack of funds. _ 1€e de union movement on the Government officials are now tak- On m of resistance to Japen. ing a census and generally survey- ) Bey ot people’s movement is ing the field with a view of moving Eee pen shape in this country. The | farmers who wish to leave Alberta's Boost the Canton government has “dust bowl.”’ Census takers are also < ted the tempo of develop- ehecking on the stock remaining on 2 Ls “Then the potential forces of the farms. Instructions haye been o 2 ashty movement are UunD- issued to farmers to salvage as oe 5 good reason much of their crops as possible for aq “Japan will have _ - shble. ee a feed. : “ea ens ae : ‘ Pe =e, \ : ae} : knows. Oi've been in Canada twinty- foive years, and came to Vancouver jist before the crisis. Wis, and Oi’ve been on relafe four years.” “Ts that so? My isn’t it fearsome on relief? It's awiu'! Its me that kens it. I lost twa wee bairns after we were on relief, and I doobted I'd be able to raise this ane. He was fair pinin’ awa’ a year ago, and the doe- ton telt me to get cairtified milk for him, and I says, Says IT, hoo can folk on relief buy cairtitied milk, and he says the next best thing is orngee juice and cod liver oil. Weel, J says, that’s no muckie better. Of coorse 1 dinna blame the doctor, its the government and the relief people. Onyway, IT was gey fear’t Clyde would go too, when Alex got a job. He’s a cairpenter by trade.” ‘Se was a lucky man!” “Aye, he was that! But wait 1ill T tell ye! Twa days after he got the job I was oot at a neighbors and’ = =n ~~ irae 2 es LONDON, England.—Dreadful dis- tress and suffering is being experi- enced in the mining fields of Wales and England. While other indus- tries have experienced fron time to time slight pick-ups, mining has re- mained for a number of years ina static condition. At a conference of the Methodist Church held in Newcastle-on-Tyne one of the reverend delezates said: “phe servitude of the miners is fast becoming unendurable. Thousands are living on a mere starvation diet. Children see their mothers growing thinner and thinner, shabbier and shabbier, old before their years. Four thousand royalty owners are receiving £6,000,000 ($30,000,000) an- nually—£30 weekly goes to the roy- alty owner und 30 shillings to the miner who risked his life and did heavy police guard for the strike area of River's Inlet. B.C: packers’ tow boats under the personal direc- tion of Cannery Manager More- house, were lined up in a war-like fashion in anticipation of intercep- tion by picket boats that haa al- ready left the strike area under protest, unbeknown to the cham- pion scab herder and fish pirate. Morehouse, realizing that Bella Coola and Kimsquit were isolated from all dependable source of infor- mation from the strike area, chose these places only aiter his agents had prepared the way, by -lies and deception. These fishermen were in- oculated into scab action by mis- construed information. They were told that the strike committee had refused to arbitrate. That paid agents from Russia were purposely the work.” attempting to wreck the salmon to fish during an extended clos season and when the crews Wer brought to trial they received littl or’no penalty. or years he ,has in- stigated pirate raids into close areas, violated health and openly defied fishery and regulations. Now he is herdin scabs from the ranks of the whites Indians who white brothers their in Rivers Inlet. They then went back to their homes with no to face a winter of hunger scab on the poor their canneries to stuck with until the plants closed money and want rather than to with the whites. break fait Tt is to be remembered that the were strike last year at the ‘Valheo™ The scabs who took their eS Bella Bella Coola Indian women on cannery. jobs were recruited from Goola’s Norwegian colony. — regulations officials e The C.J.O. is the driving force for «| unionization in the U.S.A. with an e | objective of thirty million organized tirade unionistS within the A..F. of a| &. by 1937- We in Canada can make it the driving force here and transform the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada from an organization of 120,729 trade unionists into an or- ganized body of two million men and: women. In terms of organiza— tion this is what trade union unity means. = 5 h Prize joke of the week: Dr. Pat- terson, provincial Conservative leader, expressed confidence that the Tory candidate in Burrard rid- ing in the by-election will win. Support the single transient i} men in their fight for relief.