EAGT POF R NIGP Tig TOE Unions Open New Campaign to Force Government to Act The Canadian government’s failure to live up to its promise to remove fish traps by 1936 is the real reason why certain fish- ing interests in the State of Washington, backed by the reac- tionary Governor Martin, are now attempting to enforce re- Placement of traps in the Puget Sound. This is the opinion of George Miller, business agent of the Salmon Purse Seiners’ Union, as he announced this week the beginning of an intensive campaign by the SPSU and the Facific Increase Reduction Plants Fishermen Fear For Existence Gf Salmon Run QUEEN CHARLOTTE CITY, BC, Feb. 2.—In the face of sharp opposition from troll fshermen all over the Coast, BC Packers have put another reduction plant into operation at Pacofi which will depend entirely on herring for the manufacture of fish meal and oil. Several seine boats are now fishing adjacent waters and though Catches are light as yet, the plant management expects a heavy run of spawn herring next month around Burnaby Island. Meanwhile opposition by fish- ermen to herring seining has Won a promise by the Fisheries Research Board of Ganada to undertake an investigation this year to determine the actual food of spring and cohoe saimon. This was the assurance of John Dybhayvn on his return from the annual meeting of the board at Ottawa. The investigation will be car- ried out unaer the supervision of Dr. A. L. Pritchard and Dr. A. L. Tester of the Nanaimo Biological Station. The board hopes to ob- tain funds from the government during the present parliamentary session to provide a seagoing boat to assist in the work. Esperienced fishermen have jong claimed that herring is one ef the main food sources of spring and cohoce salmon, which are fished principally in this area. Tast season trollers of Tan- fara island conducted a strong campaign to have seining opera- tions stopped, expressing fears that if herring schools in the area were depleted, salmon fsh- ing would be ruined. PORT ALBERNI AIDS CHINESE Special to the Advocate PORT ALBERNI, BC, Feb. 2—— Over $950 was raised at the Capitol Theater here last Sunday through the showing of the film, “Gallant Men of China,’ to aid the victims of Chinese aggression. One hun- Gred dollars was taken in a door collection while advance sale , of tickets brought in $850. The film, which is an authentic motion picture, graphically depicts the Chinese armies in their heroic Hight to drive the ruthless invader out of their country and was shown twice to 700 people. Mayor W. G. Hamilton was chair- man of the short meeting which followed the showing of the film. Short addresses on the need to support China’s struggle by boycot- ting Japanese goods were delivered by Malcolm Macleod and George Les Strange of Nanaimo. interpretation of the film for the benefit of the English speaking people was conducted by Mr. Wal- lace Chiang. Miss Olive Burnip, ATCL, a talented Vancouver artist, attired in Chinese costume, por- trayed a dramatic sketch of “The Pigtail of Ti Pang Fu.” Tentative plans were made after the meeting for a local Embargo Council under the leadership of Mr. Giles, a local business man. ‘The aim of the Embargo Council will be to lend its voice and help to the existing movement for a complete stoppage of war “materials to ag- fressor ccuntr ies, particularly Japan. 3 Deaths In Woods Death of Wataru Shigeshi at Fanny Bay brought the toll of fatal accidents in BC woods to three for the month of January, indicating another possible record year in the -mumber of men killed in this dan- gerous industry. The 36-year-old Japanese em- ployed as a chaser by the Deep Bay Dogeing company was instantly Billed when a cnoker caught on an “empty car, bringing it up quickly to crush the victim between the couplings. Coast Fishermen’s Union with a view to forcing the federal fisher- ies department to live up to its part of the bargain. “Fishermen can't make a livine now, even with Washingeton traps removed,” “Miller told the Advocate. “The situation will be doubly bad if Washington cannery operators, taking advantage of Ganada’s li- censing of traps, again instals fear in the Sound and along the Straits of Juan de Fuca.” American fish trap interests were forced to remove their sear in 1934 When the state legislature passed Mitiative 77 dealins with the ques- tion. At the time the traps were removed, some 219 were in opera- tion. The move came partly as a re— sult of intensive agitation from this Side of the line, where fishermen on the Braser River had to watch at least 70 percent of the Fraser sockeye run being intercepted by traps which covered strategic points along the US shereline. At the time Initiative 77 was passed Canada had agreed to re- move ail traps in BC waters. Canadian authorities failed to make 2 move, however, though in 1937 the federal house passed legislation prohibiting traps “with the exception of seven trap Sites at Soke, Vancouver island.” This gear is operated by Todd and Sons Packing Company. The two unions opened their Campaign against the traps last weekend with a meeting at Ladner addressed by George Miller. The drive is intended to follow the lines of a three-point program in- eluding organizing of mass meet ings, Circulation of three petitions among fishermen, business people who cater to fishermen, and the general public, and adoption of re— solutions to the federal govern- ment. BCE members of the Ottawa House will be contacted for sup-— port, and plans will be laid to send a rank and file fishermen’s delegation to Ottawa on the matter before the season opens. The main resolution which has already been endorsed by both unions will be forwarded to ail local unions and trades councils in the province for presentation to Prime Minister King, the Domin- ion and provincial departments of Hsheries, and BC members of par- liament. Support for the resolu- tion will also be sought from sport and commercial fishermen’s organ- izations. As Miller states: “if the Sooke traps are abandoned, Washing- ton cannerymen will have ne ex- cuse to re-install them in Ameri- can waters. If fishermen in BC are to continue to obtain a Iliv- inf, fish traps must go !” Firms Prosecuted For Removing Labels SEATTLE, Wash.—tTwo Seattle merchants were convicted of re moving “Made in Japan” labels to conceal the origin of fascist-made goods in federal court this week. Both were convicted on four counts each carrying a maximum sentence of one year’s imprisonment or a $5000 fine or both. The case was the first of its kind ever to be tried in the Pacific Worthwest. Customs officials ex- pressed the doubt that any similar case had ever been tried before a federal court. z || FAMOUS SCREEN STAR SUPPORTS EMBARGO Beautiful Sylvia Sidney, famous motion picture and Stage star now appearing im a Broadway theatre, receives a Nazi Trade Embargo button from a member of the Jewish People’s Committee which is cam- paignineg for an embargo on trade with Hitler Germany. THE PLE’S ADVOCATE VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1939 Chinese Guerrilla Victory italian Army - Technicians Now Aid Japan CHUNKEKIANG, China—Italian military technicians have arrived in Taiyuan province to aid em- battled divisions of Japanese troops in their efforts to repel constant attacks by guerrilla troops, official reports reaching the provisional capital stated this week. The reports also indicate that an intensified concentration of Japanese troops is being carried out in Taiyuan province to the south of Chungkiang. Partisan units of the Chinese army are meanwhile continuing their offensive on the eastern front toward the railway between Tatune and Puchow. Reports here also indicated an improved situation in Worth China. At the beginnins of January the Japanese command transported reinforcements, Supported by avi- ation, to the western border of Shansi with the object of crossing -the frozen Swangho River and entering Shensi. The blow was directed at the border district between China and the former Soviet district. Chinese units operating in the rear and on the flanks took the offensive, however, and support- ed by fresh reinforcements from Shensi, were able to recapture a number of cities in quick succes- sion. By last week Japanese units were driven back to the starting point and after obtaining new reinforcements, are now prepar- ing a new offensive. BC Drive To Control Venereal Disease Opens British Columbia launched its drive against the spread of venereal disease on Monday before an ave anee of 4000 people who packed into the Hotel Vancouver ballroom to hear a fight- wages paid to women workers was mainly responsible for the exist- ence of a large number of prosti2 tutes in the city. “The low-wage evil applies par- ticularly to domestic servants and waitresses,’ Dr. Williams, who is BEC director for venereal disease control, charged. “Their living Standards are so low that they are unable to maintain themselves in elothes and are literally forced on the streets and into bawdy bouses in a forlorn attempt to get some- thing out of life.” BC was thirty years behind the times in its treatment of the ven- ereal disease problem, he asserted, referring to the fact that countries like Norway and Sweden had taken steps to bring the disease under control many years ago and now stood among the leading nations in the administration of the prob- lem and successful prevention of its spread. The director particuarly at- tacked the Canadian Broadcast- ing Corporation for refusing to allow his speech to go over the air unless certain clinical phrases and words were substituted for “milder’ terms. Such deletions would have rendered the speech almost valueless to the public. Qn a motion, the entire meeting unanimously voiced its indignation ef the censorship and forwarded the resolution to federal radio au- thorities. “The CBC’s banning of the ad- dress was a return to mediaeval- ism and a wrongful suppression of facts the public had a right to iknow,’ cried Mayor Lyle Telford, another feature speaker, in dis-— cussing the resolution. Emphasizing that medicine had made tremendous strides in the treatment of syphilis during the past fifty years, Dr. Williams de- > ing speech by Dr. D. H. Williams in which he charged that Tes Clared that defeatism and false prudery was still one of the great— est obstacles to overcome. “The fact that BC has suddenly become aware of the menace of this disease does not necessarily mean that it has increased in prev- alence but that it has been ignored during the past 30 years,” he said. “Medical treatment must be made available to every infected person in a greater measure than during the past,” he concluded. Other speakers included Hon. G. Me. Weir, Minister of Health and Education, Dr. S. Stewart Murray, Dr. K F. Brandon, and Dr. A. K. Haywood. RELEASE OF BILLINGS NEARS SACREMENTO, Gal—One more move in the 22-year fight to gain freedom for Warren K. Billings is being taken here this week when the state advisory pardon board meets to take up his case. Chair- man of the board is DLieutenant- Sovernor Ellis |. Patterson. Because he was involved in a labor case before the Preparedness Day affair in 1916, Billings is elassed as a two-time loser and must get the state supreme court’s nod before Governor Culbert IL. Olson will have a free hand to grant him a pardon. The supreme court now hbolds all legal cards in the case, while Govyv- ernor Olson has already recom- mended that it okeh Billings appli- cation for release, according to At torney George T. Davis, head of the defense committee. USS R Enters Third Five-Year Plan Embarks on Period of Final Transition from Socialism to Communism — Exploitation Comes to End OSCOW, USSR.— (Special).—© Some of the outstanding achieve- Amazing achievements, impos— sible of accomplishment in any capitalist country, coupled with forecasts of greater projects to come, were revealed in the thesis of V. M. Molotovs report on the third Pive-Year Plan to be deliy— ered before the coming 18th Con- gress of the Communist Parity of the Soviet Union. When the nation sets the wheels of the third Five-Year Plan into motion it will enter into a period of the completion of construction of a classless, socialist society and the gradual transition from social-— ism to communism, Dolotov’s re- port revealed. During this period decisive significance is attached to Overcoming the survivals of capi- Ltalism in the minds of the people. ments in the successful fulfilment of the second Five-Year Plan are listed in the report. The wage bill for workers and office employees has increased by 150 percent since 1932. Instead of the 55 percent wage increase which was the objective of the plan, wages are now nearly two and a half times what they were when the plan was commenced. - In the four years from i933 to 19387 the gross income of the col- lective farmers increased four and a half times. During the carrying out of the second Five-Year Plan all ex- Ploiting classes finally disap- peared. Factors giving rise to ex- ploitation of man by man and the division of society into exploit- | ers and exploited have been com- pletely eliminated. The most difficult task of the socialist revolution — the collectiy— ization of agriculture, was com- pleted. The first phase of communism— socialism — was in the main com- pleted. The socialist system of produc- tion became completely prevalent throughout the national economy. Socialist society in the USSH now consists of two classes, work- ers and peasants, each friendly to the other. Boundaries between these two classes and the intelli- gentsia are gradually vanishing. During the carrying out of the second Five-Year Plan a real cul- eultural revolution was carried through in the USSR, according to Molotoys summary. S The number of students in ele mentary and secondary schools, for example, increased from 21.3 mil- lion to 29.4 million, while the num- ber of students in the higher classes of secondary schools increased by 15 times. The number of students in the higher educational institutions in- ereased by 550,000. Particularly great was the tempo of material and cultural develop- Ment among the people of the Soviet east. The USSH is now transformed into an economically independent country, Providing ali the neces- Sary equipment for its national economy and defense needs, oc- eupying first place in the world regarding the pace of the de velopment of its industry. Demand Closing Of Fish Traps | te AUTO WORKERS OUST PRESIDENT AS RENEGADE CIO Proves Martin Conspired With Ford For Company Union DETROIT, Mich.—Ten sep- arate cases in which Homer Martin betrayed union inter- ests directly to the employers, plus evidence that he con- spired with Ford to split the United Automobile Workers of America and establish a com-= pany union, led to his expulsion from the union and the presi- dency here last weekend. The executive board of the union summoned Martin to present him- self and meet the charges. Instead the ex-Baptist minister defied the Sumamons and “suspended” 15 mem- bers of the 24-man board, though a special CIO investigating com- mittee later found he had no con- stitutional right to take this step. Im Martin’s absence the board found him suilty and replaced him: by Vice-President R. J. Thomas, one of the few international of ficers Martin has not suspended at one time or another. The probe into Martin’s activities was headed by Phillip Murray and Sidney Hillman, vice-presidents of the Congress of Industrial Organ- izations, who were assigned last year to investigate and try to solve the UAW ’s internal difficulties. iliman and Murray, in a joint Statement with the UAW executive board, declared: “Martin’s activities are in com- plete defiance of every demo-— cratic principle enunciated in the UAW constitution. His activities can only lend strength to the enemies of organized labor and te reactionary employers. The CiO supports fully and complete- ly the position of the UAW inter- national executive board. Dual unionism and arrogant defiance of the constitution with which Martin has identified himself cannot be tolerated.” Working closely with Detroit followers of Lovestone and the Trotskyites, Martin has been the center of a bitter internal warfare within the union for the past two years, with Martin leading a small group of disrupters aiming at splitting the UAW from the CIO and delivering it into the hands of General Motors and Henry Ford. Investigation by the CIO com- mittees and the UAW executive showed that Martin had entered into a secret agreement with Harry Bennett, Henry Ford’s man” for setting up a company union in the Ford plant. In addi- tion, he was found to haye sub- stituted contracts with General Motors giving the company con- cessions; urged Cheyrolet officials to discharge union members; wired Chrysler Corporation officials to order the men to return to work telling the bosses: “et them vyio- late the order and it will give me a chance to purge the officers of the Plymouth local.” Martin’s answer to the expulsion was to enter the union head office, remove all union material and padlock the premises. R. J. Thomas, newly-appointed president, immedi- ately toolk court action to recover union supplies: Of the 21 members of the board, including ©. H. Millard, Canadian representative, only three sided with Martin when his expulsion was served. The UAW? will call a special union convention sometime in March to elect new officials. SASKATCHEWAN SUBMITS BRIEF REGINA, Sask. — Strons cppo- Sition to any secession movement by the western proyinces combined With recommendations to give the federal government sreater central- ization of power and preserve Ca- nadian unity were among the points contained in a supplementary brief submitted by the Saskatchewan government to the Rowell Commis— sion. “The movement for secession is one to which this government does not subscribe,” said the submission. “Tt believes a better solution will be found in a united democratic mation.” “Provinces haye been loaded with unanticipated burdens and powers as a result of failure to create 2 strong central government,’ the brief declared. “This condition has been agsra- vated by the national policy of a protective tariff which has been one of the biggest single agencies in creatine the unstable federation which exists today.” The brief recommended that the Dominion be vested with full pow- ers to deal with foreign states as well as te exercise control over all domestic matters havine a national aspect. “service.