Page 8 — April 14, 1945 Continued from Page 1 Resistance Collapses the Moscow radio, recognized the Austrian people as friendly to the United Nations, ‘in distine- tion from the Germans in Ger- many,’ and stated that the So- viet Union had no ‘intention of acquiring Austrian territory or of changing the Austrian social system. It noted that the Aus- trian population was resisting Continued from Page 1 Greenall organization, which is opposed to his candidacy, from securing the coalition nomination for Mayor William Mott, who is re- ported to be the probable Liberal choice. Now Hume is rumored to have held discussions with the CCF which has announced only that it ‘Gs definitely im the field,” al- though it is expected that he will still make a bid for the coalition nomination on April 19 when the coalition organization meets to name its candidate. The LPP, which has been cam- paigning for the past few months _through its weekly broadcasts ever CKNW, canvasses. and dis- tribution of election material, de- cided to step up its campaign at an executive meeting of the New Westminster Club this week by appointing George lLangstaff, prominent Royal City trade un- ionist, as campaign manager and enlarging its election committee. Members of the committee are: Percy Smith, Harold Griffin, Dr. R. A. McLeod, Douglas Percy, Mrs. Kay Griffin, Charles Car- son, George Wright, Mrs. Ora Percy, Mrs. Winnie Alsoff, Jack Phelan, John Anderson, Bert Goddard. Hugh Clark, Sam Ost- rikoff and Jack Lindsay. “A recent canvass of the Sap- perton district showed consider= able support for our candidate,” Langstaff reported this week. ‘The LPP is in the field to win | and with the kind of support shown in Saprerton I think we lave a good chance of making New Westminster, the oldest city on the Mainland, the first to send an LPP representative to Vic- toria.” Langstaff announced that, in addition to the regular broadcast ever CKNW at 8:15 p.m. Mon- days, a second broadeast, start- ing April 20, for the duration of the campaign at 8:15 pm. Fri- days, had been arranged. This coming Monday at 8 p.m., in the LPP Royal City headquar- ters, 59 Alexander Street, cam- paign. workers and supporters will hold asfurther meeting to Plan the campaign. German-ordered evacuation and was welcoming the Red Army, and coneluded that the Soviet Government “will facilitate ... the restoration of a democratic order and institutions in Aus- tia.” Across the world in the Far Bast a heavy blow at the ob- viously unstable Japanese milit- arist regime was struck at the end of last week by the Soviet Union when it denounced its neutrality pact with Japan. The shifting alignments in the Jap- anese political picture, as. the ruling class désperately squirmed in its hopeless attempt to solve the deepening: internal political erisis, were continuing as a stop- gap regime took over. First pronouncement of the new Japanese Premier was a gasp of hopelessness, which re- flected the realization that the working out in life of the agree- ments of Teheran and Yalta had brought Japan to its knees. The hope of Allied disunity which lad borne up Japan as well as Germany was being shattered: on the plains of Europe and only certain defeat faced the bankrupt gangsters of the “Greater Hast Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.” One of the most welcome de- velopments of the week was the isolation of German forces in Holland by British and Cana- dians, with the ending of the ter- rible V2 raids in sight, if not yet actually achieved. Meanwhile, confirmation of the horrors of German bestiality which Soviet advances had un- eovered longs ago was found in the West by the advancing armies. The whole gamut of primeval barbarism gave the le to those who had thrown doubt on Soviet reports and strength- ened the resolution of the peace- loving world to deal firmly with the perpetrators. Nearly 600,000 Canadians see free motion picture screenings each month on the three Nation- al Film Board non-theatrieal cir- euits rural, industrial, and trade union. (p.m. He will speak on the Kashtan To Speak At LPP Meet William Kashtan, secretary to the National Executive of the Labor-Progressive Party, will be guest speaker at a gen- eral membership meeting of the Vancouver section of the LPP to be held in the Boiler- makers’ Auditorium on Fri- day evening, April 20, at 8 topic, “Canada’s Role in the San Francisco Conference.”’ Announcing Kashtan’s LPP. Provincial Organizer erva Cooper stressed his high qualifications to discuss and clarify this all-important phase of present day events. He has an outstanding record of leader- ship in the struggles led by the Canadian Marxist movement. Known in the left-wing labor movement from coast to coast, and still a young man, he is-an oldtimer in the party. For many years Kashtan was active as a youth leader. He was national secretary of the former Young Communist League dur- ing the period it made such an important contribution to mobi- lizing young people, and a large section of the adults, against the rising menace of war and fascism. s Prior to his recent appoint- ment as secretary of the LPP National Executive, he was ac- tive in building the party organ- ization in Toronto and suburbs. Ikashtan has also been placed in charge of the LPP publication “Club Life,” which is published monthly by the Organization and visit, Min- Educational Departments of the}, Party. In addition to his address to the Friday night meeting, Kashtan will speak in New Westminster in aid of the LPP election cam- paign. He will be in British Co- lumbia from April 19 to 25, and further details of his itinerary will be carried in next week’s P.A. 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As the democratic Patria Libre group of Argentina warn- ed when the Argentine resolu- tion was passed at Mexico City, the fascist clique is now being given still another opportunity to mantain itself in power, within the ranks of the United Nations. Thus, despite the policy announ- ced by Secretary Stettinius that fascism in this hemisphere must be erushed, recognition now evi- dently supported by the State Department would result in strengthening the fascist forces and placing the democratic move- ment at a disadvantage. WHAT ABOUT FRANCO? The other auestion raised is of even a more far-reaching nature. with the complete defeat of Ger- many rapidly approaching, ecvious that fascists force: now. intensify. their efforts 7) trench themselves wherever sible in the ranks of the it Nations. If Argentina is © granted recognition, for the of obtaining “American se ity” of a very dubious naty say the least, what is to pi a similar attitude toward fascist regime of Spain? 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