THE PEOPLES ADVOCATE Page Three Link Green Nith Big i:mployers » Lewis Charges AFL Conspired To Wreck Wagner Act WASHINGTON. DC — Docu- entary proof of collusion be- teen President William Green ethe AFL, the National Manu- G@:turers Association and anti- fior corporations in the prepar-— Bon of proposed amendments to fs Wagner Act has been offered = the Senate Labor Committee = CIO President John L. Lewis. I charge publicly,” Lewis Gote, “that these amendments ommended by Mr. Green and ©: associates have been drafted ith the aid, counsel and advice representatives of the Na- nal Manufacturers Association Jj several of the most reaction- *&- and anti-labor corporations the country. FIn the event that Mr. Green fi bis associates either refuse » answer this charge or the astions suggested, or evade or Giy the same, I am prepared * present to your Committee at '; time documentary. proof of charges.” HAfter briefly reciting the bene- : to labor and the public jught by the Wagner Act, iwis suggested that the Com- gitee ask Green and his asso- iftes 2 number of questions ien they appaer to testify for Seir proposed amendmenis. fese questions were based on = points. | Were the amendments pre- red solely by the API and in > interest of the workers of == country? ") Were they prepared with the vice and counsel of representa- ‘es of corporations and the ’} Did Green or His associates Safer in secret with corporation sresentatives on the proposed hiendments? "L Will Green or his associates iclose the names of the corpor- fon representatives with whom *2>y conferred? : 3. Are the corporations with ‘\ich Green or his associates ‘nferred under charges by the ‘tional Labor Relations Board the most flagrant violators of > Wagner Act? 3. What accounts for the wide iread revolt among AFL afi- tes throughout the country ainst the proposed amend- sents, if not their realization 2+ the amendments were pre red to serve the interests of = enemies of labor? "The workers of this country,” swis said in conclusion, “whe- er members of the APL or ‘©, are entitled to a thorough obing of this situation.” io Fascist Decorations »« Victoria ‘ICTORIA, May 1i1—Shoppers in ir quest for decorations to cele— ‘ute the visit of the King and { een late this month are remind- | through the medium of sand- is thi boards and cars bearing post- not to buy any so0o0ds made in '=sressor countries. lone the waterfront a crew of ar persons are on the lookout for “ap iron or other shipments des- ed for Japan’s war industry, wich, when found, will be report- to the Embargo Council for tion. The local WCTU is play- = a major role in soliciting sig- tures to the embargo petition, ving assumed the responsibility conducting a house to house avass, {nm a wire sent to R. W. Mayhew, P, after the Embargo Council eetings, the incumbent member - this constituency was asked to id his support to any movement the Ottawa House designated to 2ce an embargo on the shipment war materials from Canadian rts to aggressor nations. HALT HERRING SEINING OFF NORTH ISLAND Salmon Trollers Gain Concession By Amendment Worth Island Hshermen have had a long-standing srievance abolished by an amendment to Fishery Regulations which prohibits purse-seining for her- Ting in the waters along the north coast of Graham Island between Knox Point and Shag Rock. it is stated by the Fisheries De— partment “the change is on the understanding that if the findings ef the Fisheries Research Board, in its herring investigation in that vicinity, do not confirm the neces- sity thereof, the question of with- drawing it will need to be consid- ered.”’ The concession thus granted con- stitutes a victory for salmon troll- ers of North Island who have car- ried on a Campaign for some years now to have purse-seining for her- ring prohibited in the interests of conservation of the salmon run. Authorities have arfsued that de- pletion of herring will not neces- Sarily affect adversely the salmon run, but fishermen, through many years of observation and experi- ence, maintain that this is incor- rect, and, where there are no her- ring for salmon to feed on, no Salmon run in that area. immense bitterness .has pre- vailed at times in the area referred te, on account of seiners ecleanins out the herring. On one occasion, forceful methods were advocated to compel the herring seiners ta withdraw. Petitions, resolutions and protests have been adopted by Salmon trollers’ organisations for Some considerable time. Fishermen who fish the vicinity for salmon will enjoy some satisfaction in the present amendment. and most of them feel confident that the ob- servations of the Research Board will vindicate their theory. NORWAY SHIFTS PEACE POLICY OSLO, Norway.—The first signs of a shift of Norway opinion away from the dangerous “neutrality” policy are becoming evident throughout this country. Martin Lranm2el, of Arbeiderbladet, Labor Party or- £an, in a speech in Trondheim, emphasized that Norway must re- consider her position in the light of present international events. He warned that the fate of Czechoslovakia “was worse than that of Spain” but still said that Worway must strengthen her “de fense of neutrality.” “We cannot fall back on 1914 and the situation at that time,’ he added however. “Today we have a responsibility for the entire peo- ple. Our party and the government have recognized this and we are clear that the center of the new war would be the WNorth Sea, which would bring our country in- to the very center of the zone of hostilities. We will not be in a pos- ition to remain neutral but we will have to choose sides. Funda- mentally, we will have no choice.” The Norwegian Communist Party praised this declaration by Tran- mael as a big step, and expressed the hope that the entire Labor Party would move forward to a positive peace policy. ssue Warning Against Chinese’ Silk Hosiery Editorial reprints from the Chinese Salvation Times of New ork in both the English and Chinese languages were distrib- ed to organizations and newspapers in BC this week warning e public to be wary of an “all-Chinese silk stocking” ctured by the Yung Tai China Jt Company (American Sales velopment Company incorporat-— ) 183 Madison Avenue, New rk. [he company claims to have G60 bales of silk stored in the ternational Settlement in Shaneg- i and a capital of $20,000. Sam- SS and advertisements have been at throughout the country under > trade name of “Sino-Frose’”’ th the explanation of competing th Japanese goods in order to store Chinese national interests. Fhe editorial points out that = activities of the Yung Tai mpany not only sabotages the yeott movement but violates the WS ofthe Chinese Central govern- me and asks the Chinese popule- manu— tion to end the company’s sabor- age of the boycott against Japa- nese goods. According to the Chinese press, the Japanese invaders have al- ready the silk cocoon occupied territory of China. The Chinese government announced that all goods monopolized, looted or controlled by the Japanese in the seized areas would be regard-— ed as Japanese goods and therefore prohibited. The sudden appearance of this company and its “Sino-Hose” prod- uct can only be taken as a move to create confusion and sabotage industry in the the popular “Boycott Japanese Silk” movement thereby assisting the Japanese, according to the Salvation Limes. editor-in-chief proclaimed a monopoly of | Royal City In Arms ¢ Sweeping Tax Increases eS CHINA‘S NEW LIFELINE ROAD | lifeline, which was constructed in eight months. war for the Chinese armies can be transported from the outside world via Rangoon. 4 section of the recently completed highway from Lashio in British Burma to Kunning, China’s sole The highway provides a route whereby munitions of Spain Will Yet Be Free, Insists Dr. Juan Negrin where he is staying with Foreign Minister Julio Al- varez del Vayo. j ‘If war comes,” he said, “those who hoped to prevent it by “non- intervening’ will have to reconquer at heavy cost the territory and positions the Spanish people could have held for them. “I hope and wish for the whole world and for my country that a general war can be averted. I do not know exactly how the present regime will meet its end, but I do know that the people will not sup- port it. fithout war, the Pranco re- gime might exist one or two years without revolution, but it will collapse finally It is diff- eult to dominate Spaniards.” The Spanish Republic was de- feated on the battlefield Weesrin | said, only because “the enemy had 10 to 20 times more weapons than did the Republican army during NEW YORK, NY.—Dr. Juan Negrin, Premier of the Spanish! republican sovernment, is confident Thar his people will be “mas- ters in ens own house” once again. He made the statement in New York last week during a press interview at the Hotel Plaza, in company. City Hall Highlights This Week DR. JUAN NEGRIN | the Catalonian offensive of Decem- ber-January, which was decisive.” “Wwevertheless,”’ he added, “we held back the fascists for more than two and a half years. We thereby delayed the second world’ war, the danger of which has grown infinitely greater since the .