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Charging the Briitsh govern- ment with more concern over the protection of capitalist interests all over the world than in the preservation of peace, Herbert Morrison, prominent British Labor party leader, in an interview here declared: “My country has a ter- rible responsibility for the present state of the world.”

Peace can only be maintained by organization of all democratic countries into one bloc against fascism, he asserted. “Peace can be the result only of an actively organized policy. Peace needs its staff of field organizers, as war does,” he said.

But the democratic nations are drifting, each one is going along separately. Thus the initiative is left to the fascist states, Morrison declared. “If you take all the dem- ocratic nations together they are far superior in numbers and strength to the aggressors. If they “would pull together and make a stand for peace, the war-making states, Italy, Germany and Japan, would no longer have the initiative in foreign policy, which would pass to the democratic powers,” he de- clared.

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EW YORK, April 7.—(FP).—

HERBERT MORRISON, MP

MP Condemns Chamberlain

rison announced that he came not as a propagandist but as “one British politician who is interested in understanding America so as to better interpret America in my work at home.”

If France goes to the aid of Czechoslovakia in the event of at- tack by Hitler, England will be forced to lend her aid Blso, Mor- rison declared. Attacking Premier Chamberlain for his failure to make this clear, he added: “Thus we have 1914 all over again .. .- the world uncertain as to the Brit- ish position. The British govern- ment is cold shouldering the demo- eratic and peaceful powers and paying far too much attention to cultivating the fascist countries.”

Though he said he agreed that the “US should not be the catspaw of smart European politicians,” Morrison stated he believed that if America saw the democratic na- tions of Hurope united, she would aid those countries in the preserva- tion of peace. He praised President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Gordell Hull for their statements in behalf of peace.

Turning back to English internal conditions, he said that Chamber- lain has managed to patch up dis- sension within his cabinet which for a\time imperiled the existence of the government. No election is expected soon, he said.

Labor Plans City Parade

Boycott Committee Urges Militant Action

Urging that affiliated unins give better support to the trades coun- cil boyeott committee, Delegate Sam Shearer, committee chairman, Stated that if a favorable vote was received from the unions, a demon- stration in form of a parade from Cambie street grounds to Stanley Park would be staged, to protest against shipments of. war material to Japan, and in support of the boyeott against Japanese and fas- cist-made goods.

In the meantime the boycott committee has prepared a i7-page pamphlet containing information on goods to be boycotted and an explanation of the methods of fas- cist and imperialist invasion.

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the cause of some wrangling at The discussion, while resulting

dreds of workers to its ranks.

Delegate Holland of the Typo- graphical Workers’ Union present- ed a resolution demanding that the organizing committee use the labor temple for meetings of unorgan- ized workers and that officials of the unions involved be consulted before meetings were held.

While the meeting endorsed the resolution, hot retorts and interest- ing sidelights were furnished by enthusiastic champions of the or- ganizational committee’s splendid record over a number of months. Holland was reminded that 600 men of his trade here remained un- organized.

Cc. M. Stewart, chairman of the organizing committee, took excep- tion to MHolland’s remarks about the Lumber Workers’ Union hall, where unorganized worker met, having a CIO sign on the window. Stewart declared this affiliate of the CIO to be just as good a union as the Typographical Workers, and that its delegates were present at the trades and labor council.

Scouting such formal methods of organization, Delegate Fordyce of the Bricklayers’ Union declared that organization must be pushed by any and all means.

‘J remember a recent speech made by Secretary Bengough when he told us we didn’t have to go to Spain for fascism as it was right at our door,’ Fordyce stated. He also reminded the council of Labor Minister GS. Pearson’s admoni-

tion that labor in BC should or- ganize. In reply, Bengough stated that

the resolution should be supported because of the importance of juris- dictional questions and the right of union officials to know what the organizing committee was doing.

Typographer Holland declared he was not criticizing the commit- tee for the work it was doing.

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The Clarion-Advocate press drive chart shows Bill Bennett in the lead with 34 percent. of his quota reached; Vancouver East, 20 per- cent.; Project Workers, 20 percent.; Vancouver Centre, 19.6 percent; Hotel and Restaurant © Workers’ Union, $5.

The joint drive total received is $400 to date. ICOR contributed $24; Bast End committee, 24 subs and donations, $54; Project Workers, $47; Vancouver Centre, $82; Van- eouver Fast, $60; Surrey, $9; Princeton, $6; Atlin, $9.40; Salmon Arm, $6.85; Prince Rupert, $8.75.

Total amount of pledges received from all parts of the provinces is $2,348.

Communist Party Blasts Tom Reid

Condemnation of recent anti- Oriental speeches by Tom Reid, MP (New Westminster), is made in an open letter to him from New Westminster section of the Com- munist party this week, which States:

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seriously wounded, although ‘Wéil- liam Tough of Vancouver, not in hospital here, has had a leg ampu- tated below the knee. Other Van- eouver volunteers who have been

Frank Bobby and Gerry Delaney, also of Vancouver, have been cited for bravery.

Within the next period there will probably be all kinds of wild rumors, fascist-inspired, which I would urge all Canadian democrats to discount. The situation in Spain at this moment is serious, but I believe we will win out.

Shortly before leaving for the Aragon front with a section of the Mac-Paps, among whom were eight Vancouver volunteers, Bruce Ewen, son of Tom Ewen of Vancouver, central committee member of the Communist party, wrote to his father:

“T am leaving for the Aragon front, only too eager to come to grips with the fascists. With me are eight of the boys from Van- couver, including Pat O'Hara, Tony Costello, Christianson and Bar- busch. All of them were on the On-To-Ottawa trek. We often curse the slow-moving Spanish cars as compared with the Candian freight cars.”’

From Jim Ewen, another son at- tached to the loyalist transporta- tion, Tom Ewen heard this week:

“Tt takes a lot more than su- perior equipment to win a war. Mussolini will find this out. The time is coming when his supply of Capronis and Savoias will be limit- ed, when his agents in the British diplomatic service will not be able to use the smoke-screen of non- intervention for ever. They know this, for their tactics of late have all the earmarks of murderous desperation. Ruthless madmen. They bomb homes, schools, hospi- tals, poor villages and the work- ing class districts of the cities. In- stead of creating terror as they hope, they create in the hearts of the Spanish people an indestruc- tible hate for fascism.”

Recognition of the need for a steady stream of funds in aid of Ganadian volunteers in Spain is shown in donations reported this week by the Friends of the Mac- kenzie-Papineau Battalion as fol- lows:

J. Starcevitch, $11; Project 5, $4.75; Mac., $2; B. J., $3; O. M. J., $5; Ibynmour, proceeds of dance, $14; Bakers’ Local 468, $9.41; Pro- ject 20, $1; Extension, $6.50; Bri- tannia Beach, $15; Communist party, proceeds of Powell street grounds meefing, $28.06; Women's Auxiliary, United Mine Workers, Cumberland Local, large box of goods; Vancouver Centre CP, $2.80.

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Gallacher

prepared to fight,” he said, “but they were left entirely without leadership. Resistance will grow; the Catholics, tne Socialists, the Communists, will gather more and more together and find some means of asserting themselves; but the thing that has to be understood above everything else, if we are to appreciate what has happened, is that the gates into Austria were opened by traitors within Austria itself.

"The agents of Germany, traitors to their own country, deserted their people and opened the gates to the invasion of Austria.

“Invasion Begun.”

“The invasion of Britain has be- gun,” Gallacher warned. “It is no coincidence that Hitler demanded a change in the British cabinet; he demanded the removal of the late foreign secretary, and the late for- eign secretary was removed.

“No one can tell me that the prime minister lives in a vacuum, Who were the people around the prime minister who persuaded him to the course that led to the re- moval of the late foreign secretary at the demand of Germany and Italy?”

Wot only this, he continued, but when it came to the appointment of a new foreign secretary, Lord Hali- fax, who had the unanimous en- dorsation of Hitler, Goering and Goebbels, was appointed.

“The prime minister, to make his subservience completely plain and demonstrated, selected a man whose qualities in this house have been blatant and brutal support for every atrocity committed by the fascists.”

Appeals to Labor Party.

Gallacher appealed to the Labor party “to take the situation in hand, to go to the country and to break through the rules and the regulations that are constantly used to hamstring the movement.

“Tet them go to the people and call upon them to rise might and put an end to the gov- ernment that has steadily destroyed the League of Nations and brought about the unspeakable situation that now exists in Europe. Let it put an end to the fascist gang which sits on the other side and

which will betray this country when it thinks its profits are at stake.”

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President Jamieson and Secre- tary Bengough of the trades and labor council will meet Hon. W. J. Asseltine next week to deal with the question of a threatened im- portation from eastern Canada of canned tomatoes. Bengough opined that the same canning operators had plants at both ends of the dominion and were trying to play a double game.

Boycott Endorsed

Labor Representation Committee at New Westminster, composed of delegates from a number of local unions, has requested a speaker from the trades council executive to attend the next meeting. The committee reported that the last meeting endorsed the council’s boy- eott on fascist-mad goods, and for its stand against fomenting of race hatred. .

Showler To Attend Meet

Birt Showler was delegated by the trades council this week to attend a conference organized by Vancouver Mothers’ Council, April 13, Daily Province auditorium, pur- pose of which is to press for the re-opening of forestry project camps.

Stewart Youth Delegate Bill Stewart, secretary of Hotel and Restaurant Employees, will represent the trades council at the Greater Vancouver Youth Confer- ence to be held during Easter week.

Congress Endorses Plan

President P. M. Draper of the Trades and Labor Congress in a letter to the trades council en- dorsed the plan for setting up 2a national organizing committee, stating this would be done when funds permit. :

Brickmakers Organize

G. M. Stewart, chairman of the trades council organizing commit- tee, reported this week that brick- makers employed by Clayburn Brick company met in Mission last week for the purpose of organizing into a federal union. Stewart said that application for a charter would be made immediately.

CNR Contract Hit

Sheet Metalworkers’ delegate told the trades council this week that cheap outside labor was being planned by contractors for work on the CNR hotel and that the city council should prevent such prac- tices by raising the license fee as a barrier. A wire protesting against any work being done away from Vancouver was ordered sent to Federal Minister of Labor Rogers.

Application Accepted Application for affiliation to the Trades Council by Local 28, Civic Employees Union, was endorsed upanimoeusly.

Alliance Meeting All city members of the Work- ers’ Alliance are asked to attend an important membership meeting at the O’Brien Hall, 404 Homer street, Saturday, April 9, 2 p.m.

Dance To Aid Press Vancouver East section of the Communist party is arranging a big dance for April 30, at 388th avenue and Victoria road. Proceeds will be donated to the Clarion- Advocate press campaign.

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