Inder his leadership the
or-Progressive Party par-
yates in and contributes to
solution of all major prob-
= of Canada’s forward
¢h which made our country
‘of the most important part-
; in the democratic coalition
inst Hitler barbarism. —

| serious observer could not
mate the role of the Labor-
‘ressive Party or of its
der, Tim Buck, by a simple
nerical estimation of the
P membership. It was the
-e of Tim Buck speaking on
alf of his party which first
jJamed the full stgnificance
fhe Teheran accord. it was
same voice that, first raised
need of labor-management
jeration as an integral part
‘he battle for production... In
‘strugsle for the “‘yes” vote
he plebiscite, in the struggle
'an adequate labor code be-
> the National War Labor
td, im the exposure of the
y menace to Canada’s fu-

>; parliamentary crisis over
issue of reinforcements, the
j0r-Prosressivye Party, led
Tim Buck, evolved pelicies
ittually accepted as their
by other parties and large
‘aps in and outside the labor
‘ement. =

QAY; respected by all who
Sen-mindedly seek  pro-
“sive solutions to Canada’s
~ and postwar problems, en-
isiastically supported by tens
‘thousands outside of its own
nbership, and bitterly hated
‘reactionaries as well as car-
st  Social-Democrats,
s0r-Prosressive Party is be-
une 2 more and more con-
active and important force
che life of Canada.

iS the beloved leader of the
dor-Progressive Party, Tim
himself the product of the
turing workines-class of Can-
= The Mabor - Progressive
sty and the movement which
ated it is equally the product
25 years of struggle for an
pendent labor movement in

? country.
S

EH INCORRUPTIBLE
{[AMPION OF
TENTIFIC SOCIALISM

iH greatest single contribu-

* welfare of our people is to
_found in a quarter century
‘hard and selfless toil to
be the knowledge of scien-
i@ socialism to the growing
rkine class of our relatively
ung country.

Circumstances common to
‘my working-class families
at Tim to a machine shop at
2 age of 12, and robbed him

+ and, especially. in the re-.

the .

tion Tim Buck has made to -

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k-Peoples’ Leader

“The history of Tim Buck is a history of service to the working
class. While celebrating his 54th birthday we can all learn from
his life and experiences so as to make our own course clearer.

By Sam Carr

.of the benefits of even a full

elementary education. Y et,
while earning a living as a
machinist, and inspired by his
life-long devotion to the cause
of the people; he laid the foun-
dation of what eventually be-
came a shining example of self-—
education. Today he is a man
of phenomenal knowledge of
Canadian and world history. He
possesses a deep understandings:
of Canadian and world econo-

mic problems and above all a_

prefound knowledge of the la-
bor movement. These qualities

earn him not only the love and
admiration of tens of thousands
in the labor movement, but also
the respect and attention of
those who fear him as the
champion of the people’s cause.

IM BUCK, the modest ma-

Ghinist, has become a na-
tional leader and an outstand-
ing figure in Canada’s political
life. He achieved this by a
thorough study of the works of
the great masters of scientific

“socialism—Marx, Engels; Lenin

and Stalin. He succeeded in
combining, theoretical studies
with a life rich in practice ac-
cumulated in the thick of the
battles of the people. Having
studied and accepted scientific
socialism, Tim Buck has for
more than 25 years carried its

message to every corner of our.

great country. Engaged active-
ly in speaking, writing, teach-
ing and organizing, he never
relaxed his own efforts to
achieve an ever deeper under-

ORN in January, 1891, Tim ‘Buck, the national leader of the labor-Progressive Party
“is today, at fifty-four, the most influential labor leader in the country and a major
tributor to the shaping of Canada’s national policies.

THE BUILDER OF
A TEMPERED WORKING
CLASS PARTY

TM BUCK recognized the his-

toric role the working class
must play in making Canada
truly democratic and free. It is
this recognition that led him to
devote his life to the building
of a party capable of incorrupt-
ible leadership of the working
class and the common people

under all circumstances and
conditions.

He participated in the forma-
tion of the Ontario Labor
Party of 1917 and was at the
birth of the Workers’ Party in
1921. He steadily fought for a
party of incorruptible socialist
principles combining an under-
standing of objective realities
with a determinatiom to help
in bringing socialist thinking to
the people. He fought for a
party which would give prac-
tical answers to the daily needs
of the people and yet not lose
its bearings and direction for
the great socialist tomorrow.

In the 25-year long struggle
for a party of scientific social-
ism, Tim Buck led us when we
faced the persecutions our
movement endured at the hands
of reaction and its satellites.
He gave us the same leadership
in the struggle against oppor-
tunists. and distorters inside
the party itself.

©
T the various stages of de-
velopment of the* Canadian

labor movement we fought un-
der” Tim’s leadership against

_the complacent and liquidatory

standing of the laws that gov- _

ern our society and the way to
the elimination of exploitation
of man by man. He has be-
come the main exponent and
defender of scientific socialism
in our country and helped to
train us who for the past years
haye joined him in the battle
against dogmatism, cynicism
and distortion.

In his profound introduction

_te Tenin’s “Teachings of Karl

-Marx,’ published by Progress
Books in 1944, Tim summarizes
his own attitude to Marxism as
follows:

«<...a study of its pages
illuminates the secial forces
which are now finding ex-
pression in the -changing
course of history. The rise of
new political parties in Can-
ada and the developing pos-
sibilities for democratic so-
cial progress after the war
each reflect the driving for-
ces of which Marx was the
discoverer and which can be
fully understecd only in the
light of Marxism.”

opportunism of Jack MacDon-
ald, as well as against the left-
sounding, poisonous position of
the Morris Spector Trotskyites.

It was Tim who led us in the
bitter struggles against those

‘whe would have isolated our
party from the realities of life -

making it a victim of unrealis-
tie pseudo-revolutionism. He
was equally in the forefront
when the fight was to carry out
a party line which, although
correct was momentarity “un-
popular.”

Through persecutions, pri-
son sentences and inner
struggles our movement went
on to build a party of scien-
tifie secialism. In this task
ne man played a greater role
than Tim Buck, whose living
example shone as an inspira-
tion for men and women from
coast to coast. He rallied
us again and again and in-
spired us by his unshakeable
belief that no frenzy or re-
action ean delay for long the
progressive course of his-
tery. :

THE

-

Tim

MOST “DAMNED”
POLITICAL LEADER
IN CANADA

BC RINTEES, a capitalist mag-

azine referred to Tim Buck
as the most “damned” political
leader in the country. Consider-
ing the source it comes from
this is in itself a compliment.
For, indeed, for 25 years re-
actionaries who would make
Canada a vehicle for their per-
sonal greed and aggrandize-
ment Shad ample cause to hate
Tim Buck. —

A’ quarter of a ‘century ago,
in the momentous days of 1919,
he helped to mobilize the peo-
ple of Toronto in support of
the much maligned Winnipeg
strikers. From 1919-23 he was
tireless In his campaign to
foree government action on be-
half of the unemployed and pro-
vide a measure of relief. Dur-
ing the great strike of railway-
men in the U.S. he was instru-
mental in mobilizing aid in
Canada.

When the miners of Nova
Scotia launched their battles
against Doseo in 1921, it was
Tim Buck who came to help
them and who was later offi-
cially invited by the miners to
address their convention in
1922. In 1924, he organized the
hardrock miners in Timmins,

Buck

South Poreupine and Kirkland
Lake. Ouring the same year he
laid the foundation for a lum-
ber workers’ union in Sudbury
and Port Arthur.

In 1925, he spent many
months helping the Alberta coal
miners to defeat the wage-cut-
ting, policy, of the coal-opera-
tors, abetted by John L. lewis:

S

HE workers of the world
know of his actions on their
béhalf. In 1926 he led the
“Hands Off China’ movement.
In 1931 he raised his voice
against Japanese militarism.
He spoke up for Ethiopia when
it was ravaged by Mussolini
and went to Spain to help in
organizing the Canadian bat-

talion when that country was
invaded by Naziism. — =

In the years of the great
erisis of 1929 and 1932 the
party, under Tim’s leadership,
fought the policies of Tron-Heel
Bennett who in reactionary
frenzy sent Tim Buck and seven
others of us to the penitentiary
for five years.

It was Tim Buck’s voice
which was raised against the
gross betrayal at Munich for
which we Canadians are still
paying the price. :

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