tegig =. Seventeen hundred i in Ges delegates .gathered : * peers seized ‘with Wore in Ne vitally important EB een they are engag- hey; 88 of a new instru- 1 : - tO belek, ea political action. ne Tade unions, the’ old “lations and the New x F ty Nany i Which are bringing br the Political activity Beoona time, ast a @nd“in many ways i ition ae: is the deter- 12 ot the & very large sec- Mor that ie: delegates on the innit it ds they and not the the aon who are go- Mie °'etMine the policies Ath &w Party, ‘ ‘Dlatton many years since t oy re mM”. of either a la- fee saa convention ‘has y Mies; alert and mili- ( anada” € last strains of OY eto has. scarcely died “ike aie delegates had the aby ae bointed questions atte macntion procedure. Ming wing battle centred leeteg the ‘agenda which re- tris. “ty OS SS a : hee ‘ leg Fanning convention of the New Party end ~ Firg resolved, but even the first day has served to By NELSON CLARKE Delegate after delegate urged the need for policy to be fully worked out right on floor. Typ- ical was delegate Jim Harding, University of Saskatchewan who stated “either we go away knowing what we stand for, or leave policy for everyone ‘to interpret in their own way.” The Herridge amendment was defeated but only after a standing vote which saw 679 ‘supporting the amendment and 709 against. Keynote ‘speeches delivered by CCF chairman David Lewis and CLC Claude Jodoin both completely ignored ‘the prob- lem of U‘S. domination. Jodoin was applauded when he said Canada should refuse nuclear weapons and an end to nuclear testing. But his opposition to a policy of neutrality for Can- ada. and his crack that he pre- fers a Quebec caleche (a low wheeled carriage) to a ‘Soviet sleigh) fell on a sto convention, and wh fended the ys 482en Argue’s report Re. Heri day of convention. te Lewis around Knowles : ‘te, sue Carried the day on. . ote, but only after a Bees EAN || en tivo atetnoon session for hours the delegates 4 leg Mie cotta the convention i ion delegates to a | hy too as to motions from a«,?, “2d allowing ‘only Convention commit- NN WOs : fiona Particular ex-: : Metis § taken by democra- hy “atte Which ruled out: ger oreter back” to one or: loudly booed. wealth’ be stated as aim New Party. impossible ‘under ‘cap? i * ters Herridge, MP (Koot- y “Shahiert Moved to allow for. = S from the floor. ported by ‘| Ba SSS | ¢é i: - : At id ¢ 4} FOUNDING - f CONVENTION 2 ae 2 a f J troika’ (a three-horse drawn’ nily silent |the delegate body. en he de- continued Canadian membership in NATO he was of ‘the A minority of delegates, €5-|,unist provisions, pecially from BC. phage very | George Lacusta was recently sivemibehe'to MRSS tetins i a. critical of program claims PTO- | expelled grom Local 1-217. viding jobs for every Canad- jan. ‘This, they pointed a 4iated in Local 1-217, states nil Be is een cherie falis™, | the oy arn aaa ee ‘ Milevaiee anecneriod fay Be | “lextended. City committees, 4 nadian concept of democracy,| y:trict committees and bur- the Canadian Bill of Rights and the right of Canadian citizens to run for a legally recognized but their position was not ‘SUD- |4ne constitution vio the convention. Wicy debate upsets ‘Brass tt New Party convention ed its first day in session. No major emphasize two points, There is strong opinion how- ever by observers that the re- form program SO far adopted by the convention fails to give a lead on reforms needed to curb US. domination in Can- ada. One of the highlights of the corivention debate is the de- mand of Quebec delegates for recognition of French-Canada as a nation. It is expected that certain revisions will be made in the program to recognize the bi-national character of Canada. The convention Committee did not read greetings brought from the Cuban ‘Trade Unions by J. L. LeBourdais of B.C., delegated fom the Oil and Chemical Workers Union, just returned from a fraternal vis- it to Cuba. The committee however announced that the Cuba greetings will be includ- ed with others in the conven- ¢ion report. This announcement prought loud applause from (At press dime the New Party convention is still in session. cluded in next week's ‘PT’.) Second day’s proceedings ‘em B phasized that majority 90 IWA PETITION favor : gram based © =| peal eee has been qqnder-. SEEKS CH AN GE stood by the CCF. A conven- jqmion to remove the ‘anti-com The petition, which was ini political party. Iby the regional executiv August 10th. inviting action in the IWA to expel Thompson from leader- ship in the union. if A recent edition of The iBarker, official voice of the Jocal, links the attack ‘against the president of the local with his opposition to the “no wage increase” settlement recom- Additional coverage will be in- Giacusta has meantime ap- | pealed against his expulsion tand his appeal will be heard e on|and answer it.” The question, Miss Robinson wondered: do the principles of justice apply in the case of}a subversive by the definition police security files which Ful-|of Fulton and the RCMP alone. ton recommended in his Tor-|-And in Fulton’s mind, *secret Adding emphasis to the peti- tion is a sharp attack under way against Syd Thompson, president of Local 1-217 by a Continued from page 1 government’s announcement as an important step forward. At the same time, warning of grave dangers already indicat- ed in the Bennett government’s attitude, the Communist Party appeals for united action of all Jabor. and progressive forces to: (1) Ensure that the full ben- efits of pubic ownership are achieved in reduced light and gas rates and transit fares; (2) That Bennett’s proposed pur- chase of “watered” stock at excessive rates of compensa- tion are exposed and amended; (3) That attempts to get any | long-term foreign export per- | BENEFITS mits are rejected, and alterma- ively B.C. power resources ae made available at the most at- tractive rates for development of Canadian industry and Can- adian jobs; (4) That as soon as possible all B.C. power servic- es be brought under one single B.C. administration as the first step towards an all-Canadian national power grid; (5) That labor and the Union of Bx. Municipalities be given repres- entation on the new directér- ate, and ‘labor assured that @x- isting agreements and rights to collective bargaining will ‘be fully upheld. Continued from page 1 working class and all the forces championing peace. “fhe ‘victory of socialism throughout the world will do away completely with the so- cial and national causes of all. wars. To abolish war and €s- tablish everlasting peace is an historical mission ‘of Commu- nism.” The program proposes So that “millions of workers may Yearn to govern” one third of the sitting deputies of any So- viets should withdraw to make way for new blood at each election, held every four years in the case of the Supreme So- viet ‘and every two years for \Joral Soviets. A similar prin- ; A petition is being circulated) (i ,1e is advocated for the Com- é : ' : sal . 4 Pp. tion ee See