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WORKERS’ NEWS

February

Acceleration of the national and«

dnternational drive of reaction to-
wards Fascism and war noted by
the 11th Plenum of the CC ef the
EP of C, is also true in the field
of British Columbia politics.

In the present period of the
decline of capitalism and the ac-
centuated struggle for markets
even mildly progressive g0vern-
ments are dangerous to the plans

of fiance capital. In fact, all
democratic governments are 4a
hindrance to their plans to

cheapen production costs, to in-
crease their profits and to hurl
the country into war.
Prerequisite for abolition of
democratic government is restric-
tion of existing democratic rights
of the people and especially of the

working class; curbing of free
speech; weakening of trade unions
and outlawing of working class

political parties.

This is usually a process and can
best be accomplished by placing in
office an iron-heel government of re-
action, directly representative of the
financial oligarchy. Once organiza-
tions of the working class have heen
destroyed or seriously crippled and
means of public expression removed,
it is comparatively easy to institute
the open dictatorship of Wascism.-

With exposure of the corruption
of the Taschereau sovernment in
‘Quebec, reaction was ‘able to con-
solidate its position, to take power.

The

ers are tumming away disappointed
and disillusioned.

To add to the confusion, the Con-
nell group is forming another party,
the Social Gonstructives.

In its first test of strength, its
candidate, Jack Price, MLA. polled
half the vote of the winning CCH
candidates in the Vancouver civic
elections, a2 significant fact which
cannot be ignored.

Jn addition to the ‘“Connellites”
it seems likely the Secial Credit
party will run candidates in quite a
number of ridings, te say nothing
of the probability of a nationalistic
pro-Fascist party entering the field.

DIVISION
IS FATAL

Followers of the CCF, Social
Constructive and Social Credit

parties and also many supporters
of the Liberal party are honest
working people who look to these
parties to institute measures
which will improve their economic
condition.

Such a division of progressive
forces of the province can only
Jead to disaster in the present
situation. If this division is con-
tinued it is almost sure to result
in a victory for reaction and the
placi®g in Office of a government
which will throttle the labor and
progressive movement.

The strength and influence of the
reactionary forces must not be un-

Next

Provincial Elections:

PROGRESS or REACTION?

~ By F. A.

This was possible because pro-
gressive forces in the province were
too weak and disunited to take ad-
vantage of the situation.

Reaction was prepared,
election on demagogic promises to
‘Hust the trusts,” and is now at-
tempting to incorporate trade
unions and terrorize all progressive
organizations with organized bands
of Fascist hoodlums- It is assisted
by the powertul hierarchy of the
Roman Catholic Church in the
province.

Aijthough fall of the Taschereau
government marked the break-up of
the two party system in Quebec,
open reaction is now entrenched in
power.

The election of the Duplessis gov-
ernment is the first victory of re-
action in Canada since progressive
forces ousted Bennett.

‘CCE POSITION
ANALYZED

Is it possible that a similar
velopment will occur in BC?
fortunately it is possible.

During the provincial elections of
1933 the Gonservative party was te)
discredited as a result of the Tolmie
government's record it could not
even run candidates in its own name
put chose such titles as Independent
Won-Partisan, Unionist, etc. Since
that time, however, candidates of
the. Conservative party have run
under their own colors and progres-
Sively increased their vote in each
by-election.

This was the result of failure of
the Pattulio government to imple-
ment its promises of “Work and
Wages,” together with failure of

' the CCE to become 2 really broad;
all-inclusive movement of the peo-
ple.

When the CCF first appeared on
the political field it was a federa-
tion of organizations with a pro-
gram of economic and political re-
form containing many realistic and
constructive points.

It was hailed as @ movement
which would improve the terrible
conditions of the common people.

- Both its structure and policy were
somewhat similar to the present
peoples’) fronts in France and
Spain which haye been so success

> ful in preventing Fascism from at-
taining power.

Since that time, however, it has
gradually narrowed itseli down to
a sectarian Socialist party.

The executive elected at the last
provincial election was considered
by many as more progressive than
right wing elements which formerly
constituted a majority in the lead-
ing body.

Right opportunist tendencies of
the former Jeadership were, however,
replaced by an equally harmful
sectarian policy of “Orthodox So-
cialism.”’ The sectarian and utepian
program adopted, with its mystic
plank of Socialized Eredit, was used
as an excuse by the right-wing Con-
nell group to attempt to split and
destroy the leftward moving CCE
movement.

Although only partly successtul
this criminal act nevertheless con-
siderably weakened progressive
forces in the province. It also en-
abled counter-revolutionary Trotsky-
ists, mainly centred in the Stanley
Park and City CCE elubs to extend
their influence over the ‘old guard”
Socialist leadership and inject them-
selves into many key positions.

PAVING WAY
FOR REACTION

Since then the CCE leadership
has become even more sectarian.
The recent statement of Provincial
Secretary Gargerave: “We are
against cooperation with the Com-
munist party in the political field”
—is symptomatic of the prevailing
outlook. The pseudo-revolutionary
phrases of the TProtskyists together
with ‘pure’? Socialism and childish
jJeftism of the old Socialists is
rapidly creating 2 situation which
will make possible a victory for re-
action at the next provincial elec-
tion. Those CCF members convinced
by the trends of events of necessity

won the

de-
Un-

for unity, are hounded and per-
secutead for advocating wiews
termed ‘“‘contrary to the constitu-
tion.”

As a result of the anti-unity, “So-
Gialism or nothing” policy of the
CGF leadership, and the anti-Soviet
and pro-Trotsky articles published
in The Federationist, thousands of

McKEAN

derestimated. Their success in pre-
venting the institution of health in-
surance is a warning. When the
pill was first presented by Dr. Weir
as a really progressive measure
which would benefit large sections
of the people they immediately at-
tacked it from all angles.

After they had succeeded in
emasculatinge it of many of its best
features and narrowing it scope,
they proceeded to mobilize all em-
ployer-dominated associations of
working people, together with arch
reactionary jJabor leaders such as
Scribbens, and have them protest
against the act becoming operative.
Protest on the grounds it did not go
far enough, was not broad enough
jn its scope, after they themselves
had narrowed it.

Reaction has won the first round.
‘It is the task of the progressive
forces to have the Act become
operative and have it amended and
improved.

WHAT IS TO
BE DONE

The main task is to prevent a
victory of reactionary forces. There-
fore it would be an expression of
political immaturity merely to ad-
vance the slogan: “Oust the Pattulle
government.”

Altematives to re-election of the
Pattullo government are: (a) A req
‘actionary Conservative fovernment,
or even worse, a Liberal Conserva-
tive coalition embracing the most
reactionary section of the Liberal
party and the Gonservatives; (b) A
United Progressive People’s sovern-
ment.

Bven though a Progressive Peo-
ple's bloc failed to elect a majority
to parliament the mass movement

generated by such united action
would prevent the disunited and
confused people from being won

over by the demasgosy of reaction-
aries.

How ean such a. united move-
ment be built? Through joint ac-
fion on immediate economic and
political issues of all organizations
desirous of improving the lot of
the common people. Such move-
ments should include the CCF,
the Communist party, trade
unio@s, Social Credit groups, fol-
lowers of Connell and other pro-
eressive, economic, cultural and
political groupings.

Buildings and further strength-
ening of the trade unions will
play an important role in creating
a really powerful United People’s
movement.

Every effort must be made to
persuade CCF leadership to change
its anti-unity. suicidal policy. The
Communist party suggested to the
CCE executive some time ago that
discussion be initiated on the pos-
sibility of coming to some agree—
ment in order to avoid haying the
few candidates the Communist party
wished to run being forced to run
in opposition to CCI candidates.

The CCF leadership flatly rejected

Communist efforts to avoid splitting
the progressive vote. Its position
has been, and still is, to monopolize
all ridings and, if the Communist
party runs any candidates, accuse
it of splitting the vote. This dog-in-
the-manger attitude must be broken
down in the interests of unity as
the Communist party in BC, with
over 1700 members, has no intention
of stepping out of the political life
of the province.
On the contrary, the Communist
party intends to play a much more
decisive role in the political field.
The inference given in the capital-
ist press that because united frent
overtures of the Communist party
had failed it intends in retaliation,
to run candidates in opposition to
the CCF, is not correct.

STRUGGLE HAS

JUST COMMENCED

In the first place, the
for unity in the coming
has just commenced.
Secondly, in order to have unity
between the Communist party and
the CCE in the provinicial elec-
tions, it is first necessary to parti-
Cipate in the election, campaign.

Jt would be strange indeed if any
political party considering participa-
tion did so without nominating any
candidates. How else can a political
party place its program before the
people?

Decision to nominate Communist
candidates had nothing to do with

struggle
elections

former CCF members and support-

refusal of the GCF to cooperate.

Role of the Labor

Yesterday, four pages:
pages. Tomorrow, eight pages. And
after tomorrow? There is no limit
to the horizons of the future if only
the BC Workers’ News and the
rest of the Ganadian Jabor press
will play a leading role in the pres-
ent struggle to defeat reaction and
fascism. Otherwise — but we all
iknow what has happened to the
Labor press in Italy and Germany.

The true spirit of the free press
lives in the Labor press today. It
alone has the courage to challenge
the existing order, to present facts
that the powers-that-be would
prefer remained unpublished. De-
spite bans and intimidations, La-
bor newspapers find their way
into the reniotest towns and
camps, into closed company towns,

Today, Six

with news that the capitalist press
suppresses.

A supporting press 1S an es5en-
tion part of any working class
movement.

Upon that section of the Labor
press which has always been in the.

vanguard
the task
analyzin=

of progress has devolved
of clarifying policies, of
contemporary history and
pointinge its lessons, of presenting
facts distorted or omitted by the
capitalist press:

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There is another section epitom-
ized in BC by the now defunct
Commonwealth which, while out-
Wardly for progress, actually has
ceased to progress because it at-
tempts a compromise where no com-
promise is possible.

The Labor newspaper is a busi-
ness, just as much a business as any
capitalist newspaper run for profit
alone. If it is to give full returns
to the people to whom it addresses
its appeal, it must combine the effi-
ciency of the capitalist newspaper
with the idealism, the enthusiasm,
of the Labor newspaper to enable
it to overcome its many handicaps.

Naturally, as a business, it must
have advertising revenue. Nor is
there any reason why merchants
doing business with lower and mid-
dle classes should not advertise in a
Labor newspaper. Where papers
such as the Commonwealth fail is
in permitting advertising to inter-
fere with editorial policy. It is for
just this reason that the capitalist
press is today only a reflection of
reactionary ideas.

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It isn’t always recognized that
newspaper policy is expressed more
effectively through news columns
than through editorial columns
proper where bias of opinion is rec-
‘ognized and expected.

—————
HAROLD GRIFFIN.

For illustration, the controlling:
committee of the Iederationist is
opposed to unity. Therefore, the
Wederationist carefully omits all

references to appeals for unity ut-
tered by GCF leaders in other prov-
ineces. By omission, the fact that Geo.
Williams, GCE opposition leader in
the Saskatchewan legislature, has
spoken in favor of a people’s front
is kept from Federationist readers,
and, without a word being written,
the WFederationist’s anti-unity policy
maintained.
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The labor press has a great deal
to learn. None realizes this more
than those engaged in its produc-
tion. Many a bright star in the
Labor journalistic firmament has
flared brightly and died. Why? It
failed to reflect the thoughts of the
masses, to interpret the people’s
needs and therefore, to hold their
interest. : :
Others, all too few in number,
such as the Sunday Worker 10
the US, L’Humanite in France,
have grown powertul enough to
counteract the insidious propa-
ganda of the paid press because
they give the people what the
people want, not what their edit-
ors would thrust upon them.
That is one of the lessons we
must learn in Canada if the labor

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press is to grow ‘in’ influences.
We must keep in step with
historical developments and pre-

sent them clearly in modern news-
paper style. Lengthy, highly theo-
retical articles calculated to appeal
to a handful of advanced students
of Socialism will never build a news-
paper with a mass appeal. Such
artieles haye their place in pamph-
Jet form, but they don’t belong in 2

The 11th Plenum sessions of
the Central Committee, CP of
©, were held in Toronto, Jan.
29-30-31. At this CC meeting
—perhaps the most important
and far reaching in its decisions
in the whole history of the party
—the unity of all toiling people,
middle classes, professionals and.
intellectuals, against . reaction
was the key issue.

The brilliant reporl of Gen-
eral Secretary Tim Buck is a

monumental contribution to
progress and peace, Its decis-
iveness and piercing clarity

will serve the people of Canada
in all walks of life to find a
way out of the economac and
political swamp of indecision
and confusion that the forces of
reaction have deliberately pre-
pared to cover their advance to-
wards Fascism and war.

The ruling class of Canada—the
handful of multi-millionaires and
their parasitical brood which have se-
cured financial domination of our
country through unrestricted plun-
der of its resources and its people
—js feverishly preparing for war.

tinder a hypocritical plea of “de-
fense.” it joins hands with the
Baldwins. Hitlers, Hirotas, Musso-
linis et all in the mad race for arma-
ments.

Dark lowering war-clouds hang
over the world: In the imperialist
countries, in Canada, Fascism, like
a loathsome hydra-headed monster,
raises its ugly head and spews its
death-dealing poison over mankind.

Hunger stalks in our great cities
and in the countryside, and the plea
for work and bread is met with
clubs and tear-gas.

Employment indexes show a nom-
inal improvement in the last period
of Canadian economy, production
and profits in many basic indus-
tries are recording new high levels.
But neither the numbers employed
nor the wage levels keep pace with

the production and profit Jevels.
The much Jauded return of “pros-
perity”’ is only for the few. And 1t

is this few, who, by virtue of their
class privileges and their insatiable
greed for more and more profits,
would plunge the world into another
holocaust of wat.

Nor is it only industrial workers

The Communist party will con-
tinue to work for unity and in the
interests of Unity prepared to
withdraw its candidates im some
ridings.

In other constituencies it hopes
to have Communists chosen to rep-
resent united progressive forces on
a program supported by all. In this
issue the first draft of a provincial
program is being published which
Can be used aS a basis for uniting
all progressive groups on a milni-
mum program acceptable to all.

Wre believe this propsram does ex-
press the needs of the commion peo-
ple of our province and can be
realized within the bounds of the
constitution.

Politically conscious progressive
people of the province have a
great responsibility. They have
the task of creating a powerful
unified political movement of the

is

oppressed people. A movement
that will include not only the
working class, but oppressed

and poor, farmers who suffer misery
and hardship through lowering of
living standards. The plundering of
the middle classes and professionals
continues apace.

The small storekeeper and busi-
ness man goes down before the as-
Saults. of monopoly and trust Capi |
tal, becoming little more than a
white collar slave for the magnates

UNITY Is
POSSIBLE

heed
T. A. Ewen

of monopoly distribution:
The small and middle class farmer |
suffer equally under the hammer of:

newspaper which has to rely upon
all sections of the working classes
for its support and reyenue-

Again, we must rememiber that
the capitalist press enjoys 2 univer-
sa] circulation. Over a long period
it has formed the newspaper tastes
ot the people and we can’t easily
change them, Our influence is not
yet that of the capitalist press. Ivs
far easier to duplicate these capital—
ist press features and present then
from our own Labor angle.

Any attempt to present a muinor-
ity viewpoint In a newspaper seek-
ine popular support, particularly a
viewpoint which in itseli can never
become popular, must inevitably re-
flect itself in falling circulation and
narrowing influence. =

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Tf capitalist journalism is a pro-

fession, then Labor journalism is a

science. Never was the need for,
trained, clear-seeing newspapermen
to direct the Labor press greater

than at this crucial time in the
world’s history when the masses
must choose between democracy

and progress or Pascism and retro-
@ression.

The secret lies in reaching the
mnasses of the people, just as the
capitalist press has succeeded in
reaching them.

As a party organ the London
Daily Herald had a circulation of
something like 250,000 copies daily-
As a capitalist enterprise sponsored
by Odham'’s Press, although nomi-.
nally supporting the ritish Labor
party, it now reaches upward of
2,000,000 persons every morning. Its
columns were readjusted to give it
the popular appeal it had formerly
Jacked, but capitalism modified its
policy so that even right-wing La-
borites are becoming alarmed.

L'Humanite, on the other hand,
suceeeded in making a popular ap-
peal at the same time as its policy
kept pace with changing events.
Today it ranks second of all French
newspapers — 400,000 copies daily,
600,000 weekly.

The BC Workers’ News may never
attain such influence, but the les-
son is clear. We must produce a
newspaper that is Canadian in its
interpretation, that will make the
widest appeal to the greatest num-—
ber, explaining im simple terms the
things the people want to know.

In this way, and this way alone,
will the people’s progressive front
pe built in BC and the BC Workers’
WNews fulfill its purpose as a paper
of the people, for the people.

against reaction. A People’s Front
that can bring sweeping mmprove-
ments into the lives of Canada’s
people and legislate for peace in
place of war. 4 People’s Front
in. which there is a place for eal
political and economic orgadiza-
tions of the working and middle
classes — even including left-wing
progressive forces im the Liberal
party.”

WE MUSE

DEFEAT REACTION.

In the «mobilization of all the
forces of peace and progress against
reaction, the political report of Com-
rade Buck at the eleventh Plenum
me cardinal principle for
all provincial organizations of our

party jthat of breaking deci-
sively ectarian isolation. of

€xpose in a realistic
anner, the personnel,
nd yramifications of
at they will become
people in a specific
-as generally.

eb. as to correctly analyze
forces in BC, to bring their
© and identity clearly before
and to unite all the

organi

these
exis

cctionary bid for power.

: before the people of
Gaia in
Sdcialism. “Tt is an
rastic improvement of their pres-
e Peconomic condition, which tens
of thopsands of non-Communist but
‘decidedly progressive people believe
‘ein ‘be secured within the frame-

and loan sharks.

Tf these miss him, :
in the inexorable grip of the “si
cors,’ the blades of which indicat
on the one hand, a restricted pr
duction and restriction of prices 6
which he has to sell, and, on the
other, a “protective” tariff vali
which skyrockets prices ot =
things he has to buy. s ae

Tt is this relentless process. of
unhampered economic pillage ‘ol
working and middle class- peo
coupled with the mad rush,
powerful financial oligarch
wards Fascist reaction and”
that introduced Tim Buck (te se:

“The financial - industrial ©
garchy is not all powerlul .—.
their power is a direct reSulé sof
division in the peoples’ rank

Mass unity in the daily ee r

he is caugh

foundation of political ur
ihe foundation of a People

jarmers, professional people and
other sections of the huge middle
class, decisive in the figele
against reaction. see é

Today we are nob
the choice hetween-
Socialism. History
otherwise. Hoe ahi

We are confronts with
the task of maintammng” democ-
racy, yes, bourgséos: Clemocracy,

and further extendin ain order
that the moyveme rr emancipa-
tion from capital an further

develop; to prevent thie establish-
ment of a government of reaction
which would lead t0°an open Fas-
cist dictatorships)

The advent 6f Fascism would,
in addition to bringing untold
suffering and death to millions

of people, inmmeasurably retard
attainment. of Sescralism.
Therefore @Br> task is clear.

Unite all forgejs that stand for
progress and dimecsthe main blow

against reactive, ~

the sheriff—agent of the mortgage |

eC

SYot the present system.
~The ability of our BC party to

| organize and assist such unity for

Limmediate economic betterment will

determine our ability to lead the

“People of Canada, of BC, to Social-
sm. =

The empty chatter of “Socialism
fF nothing” has no place in the
{realization of such unity as is

‘needed. The progressive people of
BC (and it is not a matter of right
=or wrong) are not yet ready for So-
‘cialism nor satisfied with “nothing,”
(avith or without quotes. They are
“desirous of a drastic change for

5) the better in their standards of life
‘jand a ereater degree
-\and social security. Nor

of economic
are they
all of one mind as to the kind of a
party and a program needed to ef-

fect this economic an@ social im-
provement.
The Social Credit party Says it

should be done this way, the Social
Constructive group with the insur-
gent CCR’er, Rev. Robt. Connell at
its head, says it should be done that
way. The CCF leadership wants the
whole hog or nothing, but does not
seem to be very clear or unanimous
as to how this Socialism ‘will be
achieved.

The best traditions of the liberal-
ism that permitted of progress still
fire the breasts of many left-wing

liberals. and the Communist party
of BC with its feet on the solid
foundation of dialectical Marxst-

Teeninist teaching, declares that in
fhe present critical period only the
unity of all progressive peoples in
BC can defeat Conservative reaction
and give a measure of respite to the
economically harassed people of the
provinee.

A PROGRESSIVE
PEOPLE’S FRONT

In advancing a bold program
for unity one must not forget the
stakes nor the possible and prob-
able opposition. The GCF pooh-
poohed Social Credit even when

I
Press expresses the objective of all pro-

Sressive people in this prevince.

be organized.
for organization from every section

we

‘“Tnionize British Calumbia
This. Slogan adopted at the 1936

>

srovincial convention of the CGE of GC;

Can BC be unionized? Are the
yyorkers ready for organization?
Can the forces of reaction organ-
ized through the Citizens’ League,
the Industrial Council and other
powerful combinations of political
and industrial interests be forced
to retreat before an organized,
unified and militant trade union
movement? r

To these questions Gommunists
reply with an emphatic “Yes!”

Workers of British Columbia can
They are crying out

of the province.
. Unorganized miners of Mayo. in-
dignant at their shameless exploita-
tion ($2.80 a day for board deducted
from $4 to $5 wages a day), have
gone on Strike.

The recent spontaneous strike of
Waitresses in the Crescent Cafe is
another example of the temper of
the workers. 5s

In company towns, such as Powell
River and Ocean Falls. restiveness
and growing militancy of the work-
ers is becoming more evident every
day. 5 =
An uneasy management at Powell
River has already conceded a waze
jnerease and more liberty in expres-

The Communist party says that
jt can not only be overcome, but
that it must be overcome with the
least possible delay.

The trade union moyement
apathetic. It must be aroused:
What has been done in the past
six months, though insignificant
compared with what remains to be
accomplished, indicates the possi-
bilities of what can be done if the
entire labor moyement will rally be-
ind a prosram of unionization
of BC.

On the waterfront the strike of
the ILA, though attended by many
negative features, has opened 2
fight which can end in complete
unionization of the waterfront if it
is carried through.

The BC Seamen, recently affili-
ated to the Inland Boatmen’s Union,
branch of the International Sea-
men’s Union of America, is rapid:
ly consolidating its position and
will prove a bulwark to further or-
ganization of maritime workers.
These gains have been made in
face of the most vicious opposition
from the most powerful industmal
in BC—the Shipping Federation-

The successful strike of bakery
workers at Robertson's Bakery has
resulted in unionization of the en-
tire industry in Vancouver. This
strike demonstrated for the first
time the extent to which the Van-
couver public has become union-

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sion of political opinions to workers

conscious. Sale of Robertson’s

| Building

- Trade

Unions

In BRITISH COLUMBIA

By TRADE
K

there. In Q@cean Falls spontaneous
protest meetings of employees have
disrupted the hum of profit-yielding
machinery.

Smouldering resentment and dis-
content in a thousand camps, mills,
shops and plants throughout the
provinee awaits only leadership to
give it form and expression.

Reaction Must Be Challenged-

Recent experiences, however,
prove that we cannot expect to
carry out the task of organizing the
unorganized without challenge. On
the contrary, every weapon of or-
ganized reaction will be utilized in
fierce resistance to any attempt at
unionization.

The blacklist, discrimination, in-
timidation, bribery, company union-
ism, legislation and the lockopt are
only outward, visible forms of oppo-
Sition that must be met.

The more insidious forms of oppo-
sition — newspaper propaganda and
misrepresentation, collaboration be-
tween government officials and em-
ploying groups—will also be used to
the fullest extent possible.

UNIONIST |

products practically ceased during
the strike and only 70 per cent of
normal business has been regained
jn the three months since the strike
was won. <

Other bakeries, appalled by re-
sults to Robertson’S business, has-
tened to sign agreements with the
union. The powerful 4X BGakery,
however, decided to hold out by or-
eanizine its own company wUnion-
But public opinion, even in the ab-
sence of publicity by the union, ex-
pressed its Opposition so stronsly
to company unionism that sales of
4X: produtts took a 30 per cent drop
in a period of one month_

The 4X is now a union hakery
shop,

A Mighty Movement.

The metal mining industry is re=
sponding readily to organization by
the Mill, Mine and Smelter Workers’

Union. Four locals have been or-
ganized and charters installed.
This progress, though consider-

able, is far from satisfactory when
the importance of metal mining as
a@ War industry is taken into con-
sideration, but it demonstrates what

The strike at Burns’ plant ifur-
mnishes several examples of what
mp. Pe set and overcome in the
fight to unionize Be Piss. Syem
and flagrant dismissal of employees
for belonging to a trade union. Sec-
ond, misrepresentation of strikers’
position by the capitalist press;
third, apparent collaboration be-
tween government officials and the
company to block a settlement and
to break strikers’ resistance. Pourth,
collaboration between the press,
Givie officials and the welfare fed-
eration ta shut off financial sup-
port to the strikers by denial of a

tas day. Fifth, obvious financial
support of Burns by the packing
industry. Sixth, forming of strike-

breakers into a company union.

The blacklist in the himber indus-
try has to a great extent served its
purpose of checking organization in
camps and mulls.

Gan Be Overcome.

©@an such fierce opposition be
overcome in time to meet and de-
feat the march of reaction towards
open Fascism? 3

organizational possibilities exist.

The Burns’ strike has brought out
a new development of tremendous
unportance to the Labor movement.
For the first time joint action in
support of a strike has officially
been endorsed by the CCF.
Through the CCF Industrial and
Employment Conference, joint ac-
tion committees of delegates from
CCE clubs, CP units, ratepayers’
associations, trade unions and mass
organizations haye rallied support
for strikers, picketine stores
throughout the city and raising
finances for the strike. :

From such joint action could
spring a mighty movement to
sweep all opposition before it in a
wave of enthusiasm that would
reach its crest with a people’s
government firmly seated in power
behind the mighty bulwark of an
organized and militant trade union
movement.

To that day, let every Commun-
ist, every CCF’er, every other pro-
gressive, set his shoulder to the
wheel.

its avalanche obliterated them in
Alberta.

Similarly, the CCE Jeadership
takes the position—if one pursues
its logic and reasoning to an end,
that it would prefer to see the
ranks of labor in BC split four
ways than unite with the Com-
munists on a program that would
bring together all factions against
reaction.

and the 100,000 people

election,
stract

voted, not for some
doctrinaire theory,

the Regina program.»
They want unity
this

participate in

unity.

struggle

ception—that of a Wederation of al
workers’ and farmers’ Sroups,

which must
munists.
It would seem that the CCP lead

include the

sons so dearly experienced by Buro

eventuality is the best guarantee o
its not happening.

Britain with degenerating

the best answer.

jst exeretion—having

prove their worth, by
and disrupting that very

Yet the membership of the CCF
who voted
for the CCF in the last provincial
ab-
but for
the realistic essence contained in

and the CCF
Jeaders must heed their wishes and
for
The CCE, carrying out the
tasks that were outlined at its in-

can.
become the central core of a great
united front movement, a movement
Com-

ers have vet to learn the bitter les-

pean social-democracy, that the ap-

Afterwards—
well, the prisons and eoncentration
eamps in Nazi Germany; the con-
seript marching legions of Musso-
lini; the derelict areas of industrial
mental
and physical stamina, are perhaps

And the Trotskyists—where they
are not engaged in the business of

scratch asiduously on their natural
habitat—the manure pile of capital-
become open
Allies of Fascism, must of necessity
destroying

condition

which alone can block Fascist re-
action—a united peoples’ progres-
Sive front.

They have no place in the labor
movement—right, centre or left.
They are the enemies of unity—the
enemies of the CCF and of the en-
tire working class. Lepers in a com-
munity of labor, which as yet is too

innocent of their deadliness. Only
the forces of ultra-reaction and

Fascism know their worth.

THE TASES
AHEAD OF US

“Socialism or nothing?” Ne. “The
dictatorship of the proletariat?’ No,
that is not the issue of the moment.
“Twenty-five dollars “basic | divi-
dends?”’ Notthe Social Credit
movement of Alberta has turned its
eyes away from the realm of meta-
physies and is now concerning itself

) | With. drastic reduction of bonded in-

issues.
Premier Aberhart

presidential honeymoon.

£

that the ‘‘graduainess”

alness” make a_ fitting,
decoration,

the people of British Columbia thei
vieht to greater economic and 50
cial security, to sreater happines:
and assurance of peace.

,

of each component part and still be
united, and that will sive back tc

debtedness, Compensation A cts.
Mothers’ Allowances, work and
wages, increased relief and other

such practical, realizable and needed

has disowned
every Social Credit baby he brought
into Alberta in the first flush of his

propriate time for unity is before The “gradualness’’ of Mr. Con-
Fascist reaction comes to power. nell, accompanied by splitting the
Unity before such an unwelcome political forces of labor? Hardly.

Relief recipients of his own constitu-
ency and of BC generally, have re-
minded Mr. Connell often and anon,
of hunger
and penury in the midst of plenty
does not serve to lessen the pangs
and that the fatal theory of-*‘gradu-
if faded
on. the political graves
of Messrs. G. Ramsay McDonald and
his grafting colleague, J. H. Thomas,
but has no place in the lexicon of

assassination mass murder and 2

Spolaee come ae mendish! coors ee labor or professional

Against all forms of unity. Thus | &2- 4

they serve the counter-reyolution- The task of the Communists is to

ary and reactionary middle-class unite all these forces, to evolve

well, in the role of a moder Thiers from and between them all a Pro:

or Gallifet. eressive Peoples’ Pront: a move
These chattering jay-birds whoa] Ment that will respect the identity