seni oat! Seite CO jet Sys ay EE eet ae eee os f bois ae PGE © ae ae © ie & Meets Deman , i CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Must Have Confidence In United Power It is still necessary, however, for the workers to urge on in- dustry and governments to keep applying the measures which, if they do not cure unemployment, at least will minimize it, and ease its consequences for those who cannot get work through no fault of their own. In trade union policy unemployment must continue to receive every attention. Of less imemdiate concern to the<¢ individual than employment and unemployment, but of potential tragic consequences, nevertheless, is the international situation. This is not the place to discuss the backseround of a situation that is unparalleled in modern times Short of the Great War period — but prospects of international peace and amity have progressively dimmed for some time past. Great nations have diverted their energies Very largely to prepara- 4ion for war, for more horrible war than has ever before been waged. W, in Canada, are, quite naturally, but a small factor in the world re— Jations, but the outcome of the present situation must be of vital moment to us, particularly to the masses of cur people. We can only hope for the best, and each of us should vow in his humble way to advocate peaceful settlement, in place of war, in all international affairs. Wars setile but little, and to the masses of both sides they leave a legacy of > misery which even time is slow in wiping out. FASCIST THREAT. Linked closely with threats of war is the rise of the modern dictators, and it is to be noted that ditcators have always, early in their careers, suppressed any semblance of a free trade union movement