B i —AtL Him Buck Denies Tory Secret Agreement Charge (HAR EDITOR: | In his Peement of Oane 31, John Bracken, the Tory ader; endeavored to make an issue of what he refers to as Liberal-Communist co-operation.” The “Red Seare” is the Gi pivorite device of political reactionaries who are running short °° honest arzuments. Bracken, in echoing the baseless charges § M. Duplessis and of Frederic Dorion (leader of the new ® ati-war and’ pro-fascist “Independent? party m Quebec) is Pmply demonstrating his political identity with these gentle- hen. in my public reply te Frederic Dorion’s absurd charge [ » made it abundantly clear that insinuations about a “secret /union” or “agreement” between the LPP and the Liberals /are without foundation and utterly false. Such insinuations | aim-at misrepresenting the policies advocated by the LPP. What. is particularly revealing, however, is the adoption y Bracken of a tactic which has hitherto been the monopoly * friends of Hitler’ S—a “crusade against Bolshevism.” The-United Nations is an alliance of the capitalist democra- es with the Communist-led Soviet Union. In each of the ;mited Nations the war effort is advanced by unity of all anti- pitler forces. In the governments of France, Belgium, Italy, fugoslavia, Greece, Czechoslovakia and Romania, all parties }cluding the Communists work together. Only idast week Winston Churchill Baniead anew the urgency for strengthening rather item weakening this cooperation. Today it is generally recognized that the whole issue | of victory in the Pacific hinges on the establishment of unity of the Kuomintang and Communist forces in China. ) John Bracken, who proclaims himself a friend of labor, » 20uld heed the voice of labor on the subject of Red-baitinge. © | was this week that 700 delegates at the Trades and Labor congress of Canada convention voted unanimously to condemn pic Duplessis supporter Paul Fournier, for raising the “Red ogey”’ on the convention floor. It is understandable that Bracken should look with disfavor i the prospects of unity among the democratic, liberal. and bor forces which can, if once achieved; saye Canada from a 'racken-Drew-Duplessis reign of reaction. a But it is questionable whether rank and file supporters of ie Progressive-Conservative Party will feel great. satisfaction > being linked openly and shamelessly with the camp of the orion et al anti-war, anti-Canadian party. Yours truly, TIM BUCK, National Leader, Labor-Progressive Patry. McEwen Installs Charter lor Yukon Miners’ Local Tmstallation of the charter of Local 815, Whitehorse d District Workers Union, I[UMMSW affiliate, with Tom Ewen, veteran member of Vancouver Local 289, officiat- 5 took place at a capacity meeting in Whitehorse recently. A new local eexcutive was eted and duly sworn in; these * as follows: President, J. O. Mies: Vice-President, J. West- gard: Financial Secretary, reid Bolton; Recording Sec- ary, A. Wars; Warden, Carl A committee to aid the local executive in preparing a Brief and supplementary materials to present to the Western Labor. Board which will hold hearings early in November was struck off. This Committee personnel _ ference between’ British Prime | fishing, lumbering and so forth. fey: trustees, Clive Cunning- im and’ Hugo Seaholm. The rssonnel of the new executive = representative of the many camps in the tehorse area, and men with are Geo. Stevens, A. C. Mc= Garter, Chas. Caddy and Fred Webber. 5 Considerable materials are al- ready documented, stressing the need of eliminating wage differ- entials between Canadian” and W. AVERILL HARRIMAN U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, leaves the White House after reporting to Pres. Roose- velt on the recent Moscow con- Minister Winston Churchill “and Soviet Marshal Joseph Stalin. British Columbia Art Exhibition British Columbia’s major Art exhibition of 1944 “British Columbia at Work” will open at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Tuesday, Novemebr 21, and will continue until Sunday, Decem- ber 10: This exhibition of the work of B.C. artists is being sponsored by the ‘Allied Arts War Services Council and is be- ing administered on behalf of the Council by the Labor Arts Guild, under the direction of John Goss. z All entries in the exhibition will depict some phase of B.C. economic activity, such as, in- dustry, agriculture, shipbuilding, U-S. workers on NWiSG projects; the higher living costs in the Yukon, and the need for upping and unifying Canadian wage levels in the Yukon... Jointly with the Hotel & Rese aurant Workers’ Union (AFL) the “Whitehorse - and ~. District Workers’ Union will open offices and a Labor Hall in the White Pass Hotel ice-cream parlor on First Ave. Local 815 decided to meet regularly on the ist and 8rd Wednesdays of each month. Many new members were enroll- ed at the inaugural meeting, and union recruiting in the camps is steadily Imcreasing. The executive of Local 815 has already under consideration | present to _| arrangements Saturday, November 11, 1944 — Rage 9 member. 7? ada’s Labor Movement. cember 11: Keynote address of the con- vention will be delivered on Eri- day morning, December 8, by Leader, who will speak on “The Road Ahead for British “Colum- bia.” This topic, of B.C. prob- lems, will be the main subject of deliberation for the approxim- ately 200 delerates, representing about 80 points in the province, expected to attend. CANDIDATES TO ATTEND All federal and provincial can- didates of the LPP in British Columbia will be in attendance and will be introduced to the assembled delegates and visiting members. A large number cf the latter are also expected to be participate. ‘in the sessions. Tom McEwen, LPP provincial organizer, who is at present con- ducting his campaign as Labor federal candidate for the Yukon Territory, will also be in Van- couver for the convention. In addition to the Mayfair Room of the Hotel Vancouver, have been com- pleted for the use of three salons for committee and panel meet- ings. On Saturday evenine, after close of the conyention, delegates will be guests of the Vancouver City Committee of the LPP at a social at the Olympia Hall, Gar- den Drive and Hastings. PROVINCIAL PROGRAM Headed by the consideration of provincial affairs, with special reference to the study, revision LPP provincial program, the call outlines three further subjects for discussion and decision. These are as ~ follows: to provide representatives of all clubs with the opportunity of contributing to the content and formulation of our national pro- gram in preparation for the fed- eral~- elections; to examine and improve the work of the party. in the municipal field;° and to take conerete measures. to prove organizational work and to further develop and enrich the political character of club discussions and public work. “The convention call empha- Sizes that the meeting will take place at a time when the final blows of the war will still require vast energies, but ’ also when the problems of the postwar will be looming large in the thinking of all people. It goes on: “Our party is mov- ing into a pericd which is fraught with dangers but rich the setting up of a Women’s Auxiliary of the Union. with opportunities. All parties Fergus McKean, LPP Provincial |, and further development of the im- |> B.C. Problems To Be Main Topic P Annual Convention Second annual convention of the B.C. Labor-Progress- ive Party, expected to be the largest in the party’s history, is — to be held Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, in the Mayfair Room of the Hotel Vancouver. An outstanding feature of this years convention will be the presence of J.-B. Salsberg, ‘Ontario MPP and LPP National Executive -Salsberg will address the convention on ' He will also speak to a public meeting at the Bode male Het on Monday evening, De- “Can- are preparing for the election and we shall see in the next few months a crystallization of opinion and a gathering of forces for and against social - progress. We shall Zo into con- vention deeply conscious of the — fact that we must win support among wide sections of the people for a democratic coali- tion, dependent on labor for Support—a coalition which will enable labor at the same time to frustrate the crisis-breed- ing plans of the tories and to make a decisive contribution to postwar security.” In the sphere of provincial af- fairs it is expected that the party will devote major atten- tion to the issue of public own- ership of the BCHlectric as a necessary step toward develop- ment of B-€: power resources, and to the unification and activ- isation of the forces of democ- racy and progress locally and provincially as well as nation- ally. PANEL DISCUSSIONS As a result of the deibera- tions, representations will be made by the LPP to, the pro- vincial cabinet in Victoria be- fore the next session of the legislature on the steps it con- siders the government should take to meet the problems of the people of British Colum- bia. Following the discussion of the keynote address, the dele- gates will divide into panels for discussion of the various prob- lems. Four panels have been set up, devoted to the topics: pro- Vincial program; resolutions (federal program and current questions) ; municipal work; organization, education and pub- licity. : KID VICTORY.