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National CIO leaders promised a new PAC-type
unity when they reported on the World Trade

New York City.

velt, Prime Minister Churchill,

Marshal Stalin,

campaign to further American support of world
Union Conference in Madison Square Garden,
Top: The speakers’ stand under a V-symbol and huge photos of President Roose-
CIO President Philip Murray, Secretary Walter

Citrine of British Trades Union Congress and Chairman Vassily Kuznetsov of All-Union Gen-
tral Council of Trade Unions, USSR. Bottom left: President R. J. Thomas, United Auto Work

ers;* Murray; President Joseph Curran, National Maritime Union;
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.

Ambassador Andrei Gromyko.

President Sidney Hillman,

Bottom right: British Vice Consul John Dickinson and Soviet

BCFederation Elect Delegates

o Govt.-Labor Committee

The B.C. Federation of Labor,
CCL, has unanimously endorsed
the report of last month’s Feder-
ation-sponsored Labor Lobby and
las appointed three official rep-
resentatives to act on the Labor-
Government committee which was
achieved through the action of
the lobby.

Federation representatives on
the committee are Daniel O’Brien,
western director of the CCL and
BCFL president; Harold Prit-
ehett, district president of the In-
ternational Woodworkers of
America; and Harvey Murphy,
the CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers.

Alternates chosen were Alex
McKenzie, president of the Unit-
ed O11] Workers; Tom Ostle, Unit-
ed Mine Workers; and Malcolm
Macleod, president of the Ship-
yard General Workers’ Federa-
tion.

The three BCFL representa-
tives, chosen at a full executive
meeting of the Federation in
Vancouver iast Sunday, will act
together with three representa-
tives each from the B.C. execu-
tive of the Trades and Labor

Congress and the Railway Bro-
therhoods
ment committee.

in the labor-govern-

In a statement following the
executive meeting, the BCFL

pointed out that it considers the
establishment of such a joint
committee on labor lefislation as
a big step forward in extending
proper recognition to labor.

“We do not consider this com-
mittee a substitute for any of
the legislative proposals made
by the Federation this year,” the
statement declares. “‘One of the
greatest distortions of fact pre-
sented to B.C. trade unionists is
that the BCFL’s lobby refused
to fight for legislation this year.
This is not true. The BCFL
never did give up its demand for
action this year, but the choice
facing the Federation was either
te support the labor-government
committee or to join with the
CCF Opposition in a fight to
bring down the government.
This would not have meant leg-
islation this session, even had
the government been defeated.

All that would have been done
would have been to make the
question of union checkoff a po-

litical football ‘to be used in ‘al

provincial election some time in
the future.

“Those who believe in partisan
politics at the expense of -im-
mediate gains for labor are
eager to pursue such a course,
but they are not concerned with
gains for organized: labor. They
are concerned with furthering
the interests of their own poli-
tical party.”

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Defeat Tories —

sole responsibility for this out-
rageous action rests squarely on
the shoulders of Mr. Drew.”
CCE SUSTAINS TORIES

During the period of the ses-
sion there were three divisions
cf the House—and on each oc-
easion the CCE sustained the
Tories. But in the face of the
‘overwhelming popular sentiment
against Drew, the CCF could not
evade the issue and were forced
to take part in a coalition vote
—a vote which was directly the
result of LPP policy.

The CCF did not, however,
take the next logical step and
assume the responsibility of
forming a coalition government.
All the signs for its success were
there. The plea for such a coali-
tion had been made on the floor
of the House by the LPP mem-
bers and the two Independents
—former CCH’ers—Nelson Alles
and Leslie Hancock. There were
no visible signs from the Iiber-
als that they were opposed to
such a course.

But E. B. Jolliffe and his CCF
followers clung to their suicidal
policy of “no co-operation,” a
dishonest and politically coward-
ly policy which, in effect, made
it possible for Drew to bring
about dissolution. The CCF’s
offer to form a government of
its own members was of course
completely impractical.

SPLIT ON LIBERAL
SUB-AMENDMENT

It was a foregone conclusion
when the Legislature met ini
its final session last Thurs-
day evening that the Liberals
would support the CCE amend-
ment to the Speech from the
Throne. But in spite of this
Liberal gesture toward unity,

‘CGF speakers continued to lump

Liberalism and reactionary Tory-
ism together. Throughout the
session, in fact, CCF members
had helped to confuse the main
issue—defeat of the Tories—by

centering their main critici.
against the Liberals, not Dre

Only on one issue was th
unity of action on the part of ~
CCF toward a subject they y
not responsible for introducj
This was on the Liberal
amendment which scored the ‘
ligious, racial and immigra:-
policies of the Tories. On +)
question, the CCF split about
50, after Jolliffe had told his 7
lowers they were free to y
according to their “conscience
About 50 per cent of the @
eonsciences chose to vote on ¢.
matter along with the Tor
and one of the ©CF’ers who s|
ported Drew’s racial polic
was Charles Millard, chair
of the CCL-PAC: and leader

the United Steelworkers

America.

When the CCF amendm
was put forward, ex-Pren

Drew rushed to accept it, mal
it clear in a last speech to —
House that he was doing go ~
order to evade possible defeat
the hands of the LPP motion |
“non-confidence in the gove
ment.” :
Only a few minutes before —
vote came, Drew made his “sy
song” in the form of a pree
tion speech during which he m
it clear that he would go to
polls on a racial, religious
red-baiting platform. When ~
division was called, at 12:05 n~
night, the legislative galler
were packed to capacity 4%
people who had come, not to
the government sustained,
to be in at the kill when Te |
ism was defeated. The dei |
Was crushing—with a recor
vote of 51 to 36. And those:
Witnessed the scene knew {
had been observers of an —
portant slice of history. Fo
was the first time since =
that an Ontario Government _
been defeated by a vote of
House.

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