oO

Duplessis
Iries To
Slock Bill

“MONTREAL .—In a radio
‘oadcast over CFCE on Feb-
jary 21, Fred Rose, Labor-
-ogressive Party member of
irliament for Cartier, stated
at he believed that provincial
Htonomy is a fine and neces-
sry thing and should be re-
yected, but it must never be-
me the means of blocking
' delaying legislation such as
amily Allowances.

> Mr. Duplessis isn’t really
verried about an invasion of
‘ur provincial rights by the
-ederal government,” said Mr.
Vose. “His real aim is to pro-
set the interests of a small
plique of selfish greedy men
tho want to put a spoke in the
i‘heel of Canada’s progress for
-ieir, narrow’ ends. Se now Mr.
Juplessis, like his - Ontario
ounterpart, Col. Drew, is dig-
Ins up legal manoeuvers to
lock the bill His latest trick
j the introduction of a bill in
ine Quebec Legislature which
ims to sidetrack the Federal
‘amily Allowances Bill, and
orce the Federal government
i> work threugh the Proyin-
© ial legislature at Quebec.”
Mr. Rose claimed that the pur-
se Of this was, as in the case
Premier Drew of Ontario, to
‘troduce an atmosphere of dis-
ity. within Canada, with the
svinees scrapping around and
allenginge the powers of the

‘deral government .. .”

TES GREAT NEED

Mr. Rose cited the great need
t this legislation. He had

sited a family in the Gartier
ea. “In this home—if it ean be
Hed a home—I found five chil-
en, the eldest just under 8
ars. of age. The two children
1 enough to attend school
Fuld not do so because they had
© shoes or clothing. The father
id suffered an accident at his
») and his compensation was not
ough to provide the necessities
normal living. When I told
“se parents that they could ex-
ret financial aid in the form of
omily Allowances next July and
plained how it would operate,
were simply overjoyed.
“hat would be their reaction to
- Duplessis political machina-
ms? Do you suppose those
:ople need “provincial auto--
‘my” more than they do finan-
fal aid?”

“There is much M. Duplessis

if he really wants to

”

ial government does have the
ower to set minimum wages
Quebec. Let him recall how

—tontinnea on Page 10.)

4

Trade Unions:

ot United “AED Workers.

of the World Labor Conference (leit to right):
Vassily Kuznetsov of Soviet All-Union Central Council of
Chairman George Isaacs of British Trades
Union Congress, and CIO Delegate R. J. Thomas, president

Caught during an informal chat are the three presidents

Chairman

Opens\h

Canada’s premier

under the sponsorship of the
All-Union Committee of White-
horse, will chalk up a new land-
mark in bringing the Yukon
Northland with its great pio-
neering traditions and poten-
tialities to the fore.

It is highly significant that
such an enterprize should at
this tame be pioneered by a
young and virile trade union
movement, which has practic-
ally grown up over-night in the
Yukon. It is equally significant
that behind the All-Union Com-
piittee of Whitehorse, which is
sponsoring this winter carnival,
there is the widest unity of all
sections of the Yukon people in
the promotion of the good will,
sporting traditions and progres-
sive advancement of the Terri-
tory.

SPORTS PROGRAM

| The sports program includes
|ski races, snowshoe and skat-
ing competition, hockey, curl-
ing, moccasin dances on ice—
in fact every form of winter
sport. Entries will come from
distant, places like Quebec,
Idaho, California and from
|many points in Alaska. The
Loporiar eyernt will be the dog

‘team races which have a major
lattraction for Northerners. The
| American Doe
ton, Idaho, USA,

Yukon anter ‘Carnival

By TOM McEWEN
(Labor Candidate, Yukon Territory)

HE initial opening of what may become one of
winter /

place this coming week in Whitehorse, Y.T.
From March 4 to 11 the Yukon Winter Carnival,

events will take

sented -and the many entries in
this big event promises to
chalk up new Canadian and
U.S. records over a gruelling
trail.
BEAUTY QUEENS
The entries in the beauty con-
test for Queen of the Carnival
are not only representative of
many North American States
and Provinces, but are positive
proof that Hollywood has no
edge on the Yukon for bonnie
lassies. The work these carnival
queen contestants are doing to
make the event a huge success

is worthy of the highest praise.
DEMONSTRATION

OF FAITH

The “politics” of the carnival,
as reflected in its souvenir
paper “The _Carnivaleer,” is
simply a demonstration of faith
of the people of the Yukon and
Alaska in the future and pro-
eress of theiz territories. The
war has opened up this great
new North with lightning ra-
pidity; «toads, airways, mineral
development, new settlements,
new populations, and a growing
desire on the part of the ma-
jority of the people to hold and
extend the progress that has
been made and to weave it into
the years of postwar develop-

|ment.

Derby of Ash-}
will be repre-|

—Continued on Page 16.)

Volume 1,

No. 18, March 3,

With Allied Government Leaders

By HERBERT A. KLEIN
LONDON (FP)—Program of the World Trade Union

Conference, including its demand for

“a share in determin-

ing all -questions of the peace and postwar settlement,’ was
placed before high officiais of their various governments
by the leaders of the labor conference, February 23.

C1lOQ Delegate Sidney Hillman,
Soviet Delegate Vassily Kuznet-
sov, British Delegate Walter Cit-
rine, Chinese Delegate Chu
Hsueh-fan and French Delegate
Louis Saillant lunched at the
British Foreign Office with
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Wden and the ambassadors
of their countries. Actual con-
tent of the discussion was not
reyealed but it is known that the
unionists arranged the talks in
order. to present their govern-
ments with their request for in-
clusion at the San Francisco
meeting of the United Nations
April 25.

DRAFT CONSTITUTION

The continuations committee of
the conference adjourned Feb. 22.
The 13-man administrative com-
mittee will reconvene in Paris
March 1 to complete the drafting
of a provisional constitution for
the new world labor organization
which the conference resolved to
set up. The Paris sessions will
be attended by Hillman, John Abt,
Michael Ross and Martin Kyne
fer the CIO. The administrative
committee will meet again im
Washington April 10, and will
then proceed to San Francisco
with Philip Murray and Hillman
as the CIO representatives.

Leaving the last meeting: of the
continuations committee, Hillman
said: “I am overjoyed at what
has happened here. These _ses-
Sions have exceeded my fondest
hopes for complete unanimity and
harmony. U.S. unionists will be
happy at the fruits of these his-
toric sessions.”

In a “call to all peoples” the
continuations committee pro-
elaimed organized labor’s aims

and program, lighting a path to
@ prosperous, peaceful world
through the dark war clouds now

‘| blanketing: the globe.

“Qur deliberations enable us
to declare that the trade union
movements are resolved to work
with all like-minded people to
achieve complete and uncomprom-
ising victory over the fascist pow-
ers,” the call said. “In the east
final victory against Japan is
also assured by the countries war-
ring against her. They will prose-
cute the offensive until uncondi-
tional surrender is wrested from
her as well as Germany.

“Organized labor with so great
a part in winning the war can
not leave to others — however
well-intentioned — sole responsi-
bility for making the peace. The
peace will be good and enduring
enly if it reflects the deep resolve
of free peoples, their interests,
desires and needs-”’

The call fully mdorsed the de-
cisions of the Crimea conference
en Germany and its plans for
promoting representative govern-
ments in liberated lands, demand-
ead a break in relations with
Franco Spain and Argentina and
urged an end to the system of
colonies and dependencies. It also
reasserted the unanimous inten-
tion of the conference to create

a new world union federation in-
cluding all unions of free coun-
tries on an equal basis regard-
less of race, creed or political
faith.

SAILLANT AS LEADER

Observers here believe that
Saillant, brilliant leader of the
French resistance movement, will
prebably be named to head ‘the
temporary secretariat of the in-
terim organization pending the
second world labor conference,
which meets in Paris in Septem-
ber to ratify- the constitution of
the new organization. It is also
expected that Saillant will be con-
tinued in office after that, end-
ing attempts to retain Walter
schevenels as secretary of the
new world organization. Scheven-

els is now secretary of the Inter- —

national Federation of Trade
Unions and is widely distrusted
by the French and other union-
ists, who suspect him of having
collaborated with the Vichy sov-
ernment during the Nazi oecupa-
tion.

In the one-week session of the
eontinuations committee which
followed adjournment of the con-

ference, every immediate pitfall

was circumvented. Efforts by.
British delegates to delay world

labor’s assuming an active role

in international affairs have been
forestalled by the two specific
meetings which have already been
scheduled — the administrative
committee meeting in April and
the second conference in Septem-
ber.

Although a new world labor
organization has still not been
technically set up, it will be very
much alive and vocal on labor’s
needs when it is most needed. The
IFTU will be quietly laid to rest
or relegated to a function com-
mensurate with its actual powers
within the far broader scope of
a new world labor organization.
Absence of the AFL was reeard-
ed among the continuations com-
mittee members as the sole flaw
in the progress to date. However,
most members felt that the pro-
gram and actions of the new or-
ganization will persuade AFL
leaders sooner or later that their
interests lie with the rest of
world labor.

Interest on the Second Victory.

Loan 3 percent bonds due March
1, 1954, becomes due March 1
and holders may present their
coupons for payment at any
bank, trust company or invest-
ment dealer office.

Leeal National War Finance
Committee officials urge that
holders of these bonds re-invest
the proceeds of their interest in
War Saving Certificates and
stamps. They point out thet the
Public in British Golumbi. a-d
the Yukon purchased $31,395.250
of this issue, which would mean
an additional $620,937.75 to carry

on the Victory Drive if eycryone:™

kept their interest

fighting.

proceeds

1945