~Page 4 — Saturday, November 1] 1, 1944 P.A. PEOPLE’S VOICE FOR. PROGRESS Published every Saturday by The People Publishing Com- pany, Room 104, Shelly Building, 119 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia and printed at East End Printers, 2303 Hast Hastings ‘Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. Subscription Rates: One year $2, six months $1. Editor Cc. A. SAUNDERS AUSUUAAANUANANTUASCANIAUSU URINATE LOS RSA ES CUCUACATIUELIL ILS TATU AS STESSEELSLISTIE PACIFIC ADVOCATE sUVASEYOAEAATUUAGUUCNETINSECICESNULATLGOUCNTISCTTANEGATEIFVICECTESESENESET AN EEEE Associate Editor MYER SHARZER Anniversary : HE twenty-seventh anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union was celebrated on November 7. od A few years ago only labor in other countries acknow!: édged the foundation of the world’s first Socialist State. To- day the whole of the democratic world joins in celebrating the great Russian revolution. : Today the Soviet Union, as one of the three great world POwers, is respected the world over for the mighty contribu- tion she has made to the defeat of the Axis powers. The people of Europe welcome her great Red Army as liberators, the army that drained the strength of the mighty German Wermacht. A few years ago almost any lying story was not too fantastic to believe; ““The Red Army was doomed to defeat”: paeler: transportation system was no good”: “Defeat with- in six months”; these were the dire stories readily believed by a world that knew little, and believed less, of the mighty Power of the first socialist state. : Anti-Soviet propaganda is no longer the potent weapon of bygone years as many politicians south of the line have just learned to their sorrow. _ Four years of war have lifted the veil from the Soviet Union. The United Nations alliance has laid the basis for understanding and cooperation, not only to win the war, but to establish a just and enduring peace. Mutual understanding in a common cause. The need for cooperation to save the postwar world from disaster: to establish a world in which all nations can live in harmony, have borne fruit in concrete steps already taken. The whole world celebrates the twenty-second anniver- Sary of the founding of the Soviet Union, recognizing not only the tremendous sacrifice and heroism of her contribution to victory, but also the vital role she will play in preserving a future peaceful world. Progressive Victory LECTION of Pranklin D. Roosevelt to the presidency of the United States for a fourth term, will meet with the wholehearted approval of democratic and progressive people the world over. It will fill with dismay the anti-war, pro- fascist, ‘negotiated peace’ advocates, and undoubtedly draw This Week by Fergus McKean — 3 _ NOVEMBER 7 will long be remembered as a turning point in world history on two dif- ferent occasions. The first historic November 7, was in 1917 when the workers and poor peas- ants overthrew the reactionary Czarist regime and founded the world’s first socialist state: a state des- . tined 25 years later to save civilization from fascist en-_ slavement and a reversion to barbarism. November -7, 1944, will be remembered as the day on which a great political victory for ~ the. forces of democracy and so- cial progress was won by the re-election of Franklin Del- ano Roosevelt as President of the United States, toseth— er with a majority of pro- gressive-minded congressmen and senators. The promise of world peace, international friendship, expanding world trade and social progress, expressed in the concord of the “Big Three” at Teheran, hung in the balance while the question of whether Roosevelt or Dewey would be the next President of the U.S.A., was being decided. : The Real Issues The real issues of the election stripped of campaign verbiage were simple and were under- stood by millions of American workers. There were two basic questions of policy at stake. Hirst, whether in the sphere of foreign policy the concord of Teheran would be lived up to with the United States playing a role of world leadership in maintaining peace and making this, in the words of Vice-president Wallace, “The century of the common man,” with all that it implies in achieving the freedom and independ- ence of colonial peoples or whether a policy of American isolationism and aggressive American Imperialism, leading to the continued subjuga- City Affairs 5, sin QN= of the factors retarding all-out war pro- duction, is the worry and uncertainty in every worker’s mind as to the postwar. ‘This of course is no secret to any worker in war in- dustry, but- apparently is only beginning to be understood in other quart- : ers. It was therefor, a most encouraging development for the city industries commit- tee to call a conference of industry, commerce and la- bor for a round table dis- cussion on this question. The first meeting was held last: Friday at the City Hall. No startling development A Great Political Victory Democracy and Progress tion of peoples, and another world we be the policy of the American Goyernm The second issue was whether -, domestic policy would be one of contint reforms; jobs, security and’ democratic or one of reactionary, unbridled contro?! opoly for greater profits at the expen; common people, restriction ‘of civil Ti social retrogression. 3 See Labor’s Influence — The decisive factor in the election role of American labor and particul political action committees of the G.LG can labor definitely influenced the eo only of American, but also of world, Labor henceforth in the U.S.A. will be a factor that will increasingly influence — cies of Government. But labor did not election campaign alone on class {i allied itself with all of the democratic fo by that policy, victory was secured. from state after state, in the doubtful < showed that the campaign of ClO PAG out the vote” had Succeeded. aber in its millions and decided the oute Roosevelt. PS Setback for Reaction The victory chalked up by the £ progress in the USA can and undoubte influence the outcome of Ganada’s Fede: tion. The forces of reaction all over tf have receiyed a definite set-back by the can election results. Any hopes whiel had for-a negotiated peace through A influence have been dissipated by Dewey’ . Yhe main lessons for Canadian labo American election returms are first, ‘ with all democratic sections of the pe to elect progressive candidates including bloc of labor representatives and seco organize and campaign to “Get -out the ' Ruddell Key to Speedier Victory F the Postwar Now for Parks Board. This is a real opportu our city to acquire the services of a man in music, culture and art. He brings ¥ a rich background of achievement wt given him international recognition. In addition to his personal taler achievements in the artistic field, he riched all of his contributions with 1} understanding of social and political p One cannot know him for long without = that his abilities along cultural lines are interwoven with this desire that. they social purpose. He holds that music, | drama today must draw their inspirati and express the aspirations of the great masses of the people striving for a 1 better life. : = sneering references from ‘Radicals’ of the Dorothy Steeves type who “would yote for Norman Thomas, however, if I Was registered or expected, but the important achieve- 2 : + ment of this initial meeting were an American.’ was the agreement that there was work to be done, pee ; : | John Goss has too, the capacity for work to further these ideas. In additio. many other activities, he has found organize and inspire the Labor Arts Guilt) Certainly the election of Roosevelt will deal a hard blow at Nazi hopes of a soft peace, one of the main reasons for their desperate resistance, and thus shorten the wat, It means that the U.S. will march forward along the paths laid at Teheran, Dumbarton Oaks and Bretton Woods, to a peace in which all nations can live in harmony. It is a blow to the enemiés of labor, to the anti-Soviet elements, and a resounding victory for the forces of progress, for, not only was Roosevelt elected, but notorious anti-war, isolationist elements, including Congressman Hamilton Fish, and Senator Gerald P. Nye, were defeated, sounding a stern Warning that the American people would no longer be hood- winked by demagogy and conscienceless red-baiting. Organized labor emerged as a powerful and decisive force in this election, pointing the way that Canadian labor can most effectively make its full weight felt in Federal politics; by joining with all progressive democratic forces to hand reaction a sound lacing. and that government, man- = agement and:labor could and would sit down to plan the postwar. Plan the Peace The key to speedier victory and “how. to win the peace,” is to plan the postwar and the transi- tion to peacetime production now. This fine start locally must be strengthened by coneretely tackl- ing the need for. definite plans and the gradual reintroduction of consumers goods production. The time to do it is now. ‘Qur American neighbors are far ahead of us. President Roosevelt has pledged 60,000,000 jobs for the postwar underwritten by the fov- ernment. Vice-President Wallace in his stirring election night speech greeting the victory of the democratic front, at the polls, called for the people in action to see that the pledge is re- deemed in full. Man For the Job Many readers of this column will have noted the news announcement. that John Goss has agreed to run in the coming civic election is undertaking a many-sided program cultural field,“to give expression to the tions of labor: Another field of work h his contribution to the brief presented Dominion Government by combined gti artists, musicians, poets, etc., who urgi. tional program for the establishment of centers. throughout our country. The p visages fifty centers, six of which would } | centers, one of these would be located i couver. : Civic Center ae This center would be designed to be the general civic center, and would ¢ under’ one root facilities to create as > exhibit. é ; me This is still a comparatively young ¢ particularly there in the West. The evils Social system came readily enough, bub comes slower’ and must be fought for. Goss has made a worthwhile contribu! this fight and merits the confidence of ou munity to add his experience and lead the field of endeavor of ‘the Parks Boar