JNION LEADER »AYS McCULLAGH SLOTS REACTION Publishers’ Radio Speeches Advocating Unity of CPR-CNR ind latest radiorator to harass he airwaves with reactionary jpeeches, was accused by jarry Davis, general chairman £ the Brotherhood of Railway Tainmen, of plotting to amalea- tate the nation’s two major rail- fay systems, at a recent meetine = railroaders here. Davis charged “there is a deter- tined effort being made on the art of some financial interests md George McCullash to nullity forts of the railwaymen and the nions.” Cailinge for more stringent con- rol of bus and truck traffic, Davis aid that “the railroads can meet ny fair competition, but it is only Bir that workers employed by that ompetition shouid have fair wages nad that the transportation com- fanies competing with the rail- cads should be subjected to simi- ar resulations.” Reporting on a joint meeting of he general chairmen of the i8 tandard railway unions in Ottawa ecently, the speaker said it had een made plain that railway yorkers in Canada were 100 per- ent opposed to any amalgamation £f unification proposal. The Saskatoon Joint Council of tailway Unions endorsed the re- olution passed at the Ottawa neeting urging that the federal ‘cvernment be authorized to have ontrol of all forms of transporta- ion. Davis declared that action eral governments against amal- gamation should be the central work of railway unions 2t the- present time. Attempts were now being made, he said, to com- bat the “half-truths” of DMcCul- lagh and the phoney ‘Citizens’ Committee for Railway Action” which was nothing but a blind for the GPR publicity depart ment. . iNeed for measures to provide ompensation to men displaced by auses beyond their personal con- rol was also stressed by Davis. PEARSON TO SEE PROJECT MEN Hon. George S. Pearson has tetreed to meet a delegation from the Relief Project Workers’ Union sonference at 10 am Monday, Feb- cuary 20 to hear proposais for a WOrks program and other matters, John Matts, secretary of the union, ‘old the Advocate Thursday. in Victoria, where the confer- ance is to be held, the Mothers’ ‘Council is arranging to have as many of the delegates billetted in private homes as guests for the bwO-day meet which opens in the Trades and Labor Council head- quarters on Saturday, February 18. Reports from the project camps indicate a large attendance to the 2amps is expected to take place Monday where the men have com- pleted their work period and will Five way to new groups to be sent From Vancouver. Cooperation of the provincial Soevernment with federal authori- ties is launching a public works presram aS a means of alleviating unemployment among youth and promoting their absorption into in- conference, > SASKATOON, Sask. — seorgse McCullagh, publisher 1 the Toronto Globe and Mail through both provincial and fed- conference, since evacuation of the | | CHILEAN TOWN DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE ES = At LR EES ESTAR Rese NCPR RUT his reform program to rush aid to the stricken area. No One-Man,Cars Union Street Railwaymen = 4 City Council Agrees On meetings. “Intolerable housing conditions in Vancouver are a growing men- ace to the people,” Ald. Gutteridge stated, in advancing arguments in favor of reopening the matter.” A low rental plan would require from 600 to 700 houses as 4 start- er,’ she asserted. it had been forecast by observers at the City Hall that the whole housing project would be complete— ly dropped, which would have suited a number of aldermen. “Public demand for action on the housing question is prowing stead- ily and this association urges en- dorsement of the principle with- out delay,” declared the letter from the Vancouver Housing Associa- tion. = The association’s letter main- R. B. Bennett May Join British Cabinet LONDON, Engiland—Hon. R. B. Bennett, former prime minister of Canada, will be the next Secretary for the Dominions in the Chamber- lain cabinet, reports, as yet uncon- firmed, but circulating in many sections of political life here, de-— clare. Coming from mayn sources, the report states that Bennett will con- test a seat in the British House of Commons at an early by-election and will then be taken into the Wational government. Fearful of the gradually wean- ing away of the Dominions from his pro-fascist policies, Chamber- lain, well-informed political circles here point out, is making a des- perate effort to win support of the peoples of the British Empire. The appointment of the ex- premier of the senior dominion of the Empire, it is said, is seen by dustry will be the main aim of the jo Beniberiam as a step in that dir- ection. Hearst Empire Shows New Signs Of Collap se The Wisconsin News, scene of an “American Newspaper Guild strike poctory three years ago, suddenly eiosed without previous warning. — A half dozen other Hearst Bapers have come under the axe in recent months. § im Chicago, Hearst seems intent fon putting the Herald-Examiner ‘Bad Evening American out of busi- fess the hard way, obstinately “Keeping up his lesing fight with ,Guild strikers seeking protection er their jobs. : } With circulation and prestige Mmeciting daily, Hearst recently @aade a bid for public support by isninge a contract with the “News- | ese Editorial Association,” a a) £ h * NEW YORK, NY.—William Randolph Hearst slid a little further down the road to oblivion this week as two more of his {publications went out of business. The magazine Pictorial Review, Hearst announced, would stop with its March issue, Soon to be on the newsstands. fake AFT. union which has been repudiated by AFI. unions in the Windy City. Circulation of the two papers has already been reduced by $195,060 according to strike Iead- ers, while advertising lineage has taken a nosedive. Some 2383 firms have already pulled their ads, reducing advertising space in the paper by more than 200,000 ever the same period a month age. In every large city throughout the nation, CIO and ABT groups are aiding the Chicago strikers. Wational advertisers in the struck papers are receiving protests from labor groups and ere being urged to drop their space from them. endorsement of the principle of tains that any objections to the one percent tax limitation can be overcome by “preving be- yond question that the taxpayer will not lose but actually gain by the concession.” Figures prepared by the organ- ization informed aldermen that from a unit of 50 homes built on tax sale land, the taxes derived would amount ot at least $370 a4 year in excess of annual charges for sewer, water and road services. “The association is strongly of the opinion,” the letter reads, “that the rent of houses in such projects should be well below $20 a month, both in the interests of property owners and because it is difficult to justify the expenditure of pub- lic moneys for families earning more than the equivalent income limit.” The BC District Council of the International Woodworkers of Am- erica was a recent affiliate of the group. PREDICTS WIN OVER JAPANESE CHUNGEING, China.—Assertine that China has every condition for a complete victory over Japan, General Pai Chung-shi, one of China’s foremost generals, a leader of the Mohammedans and one of the heroes of the battle of Taierchwang declared at a meet- ing of the Chinese National Salva- tion Association this week. “A; the present time China has 230 divisions in its united national army,” General Pai declared. “Prior to the war there were only 110 divisions. “The Japanese military clique in- tended to occupy China with only one-third of its army,” he con- tinued. “But at the present time there are 31 Japanese divisions at the different fronts.” In concluding his speech, Gen- eral Pai dealt with the establish- ment of the Red Army of the Sc viet Union in 1918, which was vic- torious over numerous White Guard bands who were supported by the intervention armies of i+ nations. “In the present war, China has but one enemy against which it can put forward an army of one million men,” he concluded. “It can be seen from this that we have all the conditions of a complete victory.” Ukrainian Yecuth Conference Scheduled Improvement im culture, sports and recreation for the youth of British Columbia and a closer re- lationship with other youth groups in the same line of endeavor will be the main topic at the Canadian Ukrainian Wouth Pederation of BC when it meets in the first dis— trict conference on Sunday, Febru- “e ary 12, in the Ukrainian Labor Temple, 805 ©. Pender street at 1:30 pm. “t Special Housing Meeting Pressed by the Vancouver Housing Association, City Council will hold a special meeting next Tuesday at which discussion will center around the popular issue of a low-rent housing scheme on money borrowed from the federal government. The decision to meet on the question came partly as a result of strons arsuments advanced by Ald. Helena Guiteridge and partly due to a letter from the housing association, urging tax limitation on houses built under the low rental scheme, which aldermen have used as a reason for backing down on the proposition at previous City Council Briefs , Som members of City Council appear to be looking for an “out” in regards to the recent motion giving “preference” to unien-made goods in all city con- tracts. Tuesday a special com- mittee was appointed to look in- to the matter and report on “fut- ure policies” in that regard. Al- dermen expressed dissatisfaction with the ambiguity of the motion. “If the committee looks into the matter, it will get an eyeful of how union contracts are awarded by council and non- union contracts being let through the back door,” remarked Ald. H. Ls. Corey: >* LD. &. D. WILSON and Cor- poration Counsel MacTag-— gart have been instructed to in- vestigate the matter of fish traps on Vancouver Island with 2 view to asking their removal The guestion arose Monday when Alderman Wilson warned that unless the seven traps operated by Todd and Sons at Sooke were removed, Washington cannery interests would use them as a “lever” to restore the gear in the Puget Sound. * = = = = € ELECTRIC will be “bluntly” warned to extend the Cam- bie street bus service downtown as authorized a letter to that ef fect in Monday’s civic utilities committee meeting. The utility company is trying to renege on extending the service unless it is allowed to discontinue the Six teenth Avenue service, although council has offered to pay half the possible losses in operating the service. As a result of Mon- days discussion, it is believed possible that a complete survey of Vancouver's transportation facilities may be ordered under the BC Utilities Commission. = >= = A SPECIAL City Council com- mittee has been instructed to study the proposal of the Paci- fic Coast Fishermen’s Union to build ficats and net racks for its members at the head of False Greek, opposite the CNR depot. The city was asked to dredge a small basin and charge fisher- men 2 nominal rental. Gillnet- ters state they are unable to uti- lize the National Harbors Board fish dock in Burrard Inlet due to the expense involved in going jaround through the Narrows. BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOODS arns Prepared.,to Strike Stewart Tells TLC Strike action will follow any attempt by the BC Electric to place one-man cars in operation on any lines other than those now served by this type of car. This was the clear statement of policy outlined to delegates at the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council Tuesday night by representatives of Division 101, Street Railwaymen’s Union, while introducing a motion before Council urging the city’s organized labor movement to reiterate its stand in opposition to one-man cars. The motion was passed unani- mously as delegates applauded the spirited stand taken by P. GC. Mun- ro and Charles Stewart, members of the Street Railwaymen’s Union. Munro declared his union was not opposed to new cars being placed on city lines providing they were in charge of two men, but he saw in the trial runs of the new “streamlined” car an attempt by the BC Electric to “sell the public” on the idea of new equipment as @ means of displacing labor. Streetcar men have already de-— elared their intention of bucking | one-man cars at two meetings of | Division 101. Charles Stewart, union dele gate and executive member of the Trades Council, declared that “we must let the City Council and the general public know why we are opposed to these new cars, and at the same time let them know that we are not aiene in our opposition.” Feeling of the men around the ear barns is thoroughly aroused over what they term “the thin edge of the wedge.’ They want new and modern cars on Vancouver streets, Stewart said, but they want two-man cars. Discontent has been expressed by operators of the new “stream- liner,” Stewart said. Claims are iInade that the motorman wouldn’t have a chance in case of a crash since they are hemmed in behind their controls. In addition, the high speed of the new cars, even when the controller is nearly shut off, makes them altogether unsuitable in foggy weather so prevalent in Vancouver during the winter months. Catholic and American HPedera- tion of Labor unions success- fully, and without resort to strike action, defeated the Montreal Tramways’ attempts to introduce the one-man car in that city re- cently. : . Im Chicago 68 deaths were re- corded in the five months of operation of the new one-man cars, deaths which would not have occurred if two men had been in charge of the car, Stew- art told delegates The Supreme Court of the Unit ed States had ruled one-man street ears off the streets of San Fran- cisco, stated Stewart, in summing up all the arguments against a change over to the one-man oper- ated cars. | A law in operation in Great Bri- tain, and now in general use throughout the continent, make it | compulsory for all vehicles carry-— ing 15 or more passengers to have two men in charge. Should a pas- senger be suddenly stricken ill, the conductor would be able to render prompt attention, thus leaving the motorman at his controls. Some 20 cars are now required 'by the BC Electric, but the com- pany is awaiting public response to the new streamlined car before making any further move. Street railwaymen believe, however, that this one-man car is being used by the company to sound out opinion before placing more of them on a run, believed to be Grandview, which is at present served by cars in charge of two men. 375,000 Loyalists Face Death By Franco Police LONDON, Ens.—Rebel General Franco’s boast that he pos- sessed a card index of nearly 2,000,000 Loyalist “criminals” was headins “Franco Is Hoping to Use His Blacklist.” The article is written by the Daily Express™ correspondent in Rebel territory, Messel Tiltman, whe recently returned to London. Hor those who need additional data on Hranco’s method of “liberating” Spain, we quote from Mr. Tiltman’s report. “In Saragossa there is-one of the largest card indexes in the world, ‘cempiled from information secured from Government territory and statements taken from war prison- ers in F'ranco Spain. “That card index contains i1,500,- 000 names. Names of men and women ‘on the other side’ and who are Suspected of ‘crimes’ against Imsurgent Spain. The secret police are out gunning for the lot. When a town is. occupied, the first to en- ter it after Pranco’s troops are po- lice armed with every last detail ) verified in a recent article in the London Daily Express, by no means a newspaper which supports the Loyalist cause, under the of those On the card index whose last known address was in that town. AS many as can be found are rounded up and eventually face a court-martial. “Qne and a half million names! A terrible indictment for any gov- ernment or army to bring against its own countrymen. If only half these people can be traced if and when the Insurgents ‘mep up’ the rest of Spain, and assuming only half of those are found guilty, that means another 375,000 Spani- ards booked for the prison — or the grave.” Observers here saw from this evidence an indication of the scenes of horror enacted when FEranco’s legions marched into Barcelona two weeks ago, as well as further proof that the Loyalist government in Central Spain would continue its fight to the bitter end rather than face the ignoble death of the firing squad and fascist torturers. this week. This action was taken after a jarge delegation presented a peti- tion signed by nearly 2000 resi- dents of the district for completion of the roadway, which the delega- tion stated was the most neglected area in the city. The delegatios, representing the joint committee sponsored by the Victoria Drive Community Asso- ciation, was comprised of members of the Communist Party, Conserva- tive Party, Parent-Teachers’ As- seciation and other bodies inter- ested in community welfare. City Engineer Brackenridge was appointed to prepare a plan which will include widening of the road- Way by seven feet on each side. To provide sidewalks it will be neces— Sary to seek a dedication of some of the property from the owners. Aldermen Wilson and De Graves supported the petitioner’s plea and thought that cheap money could be borrowed for the project on loan from the federal government. The joint committee is arranging City To Meet BCER On Street Improvement Appointment of a special committee of three from the civic board of works to interview the BC Electric Railway company on plans and costs of laying down a permanent roadbed on Victoria Drive south from Kingsway to Marine Drive was made for a public meeting to be held ten- tatively about February 23 or short- ly after the next board of works meeting which will be on Feb. 21, in order ta acquaint the residents with the progress that has been made. Jewellers’ Union Elects Officers Officers elected at the regular business meeting Monday night of Tocal 42, International Jewelry Workers’ Union, held in Tabor Headquarters were: Frank Stey- ens, resident; H. LL. Somerville, vice-president; Wm. Richardson, secretary; LL. Craven, treasurer, and A. Gerhardt, warden. Trustees elected and who also constitute the delegates to the Trades and Tabor Council are: Roy Hawkins, BH. I. Somerville and Gordon Warrington.