er fis looming there.. SS _ Young, aggressive, popular, indidate brings to his cam- gn “a wenlth of ‘experience in Sociition with; the’amajor sec- sions. of the people in’ Nanaimo jconstituency. It is this back- zround—wpossessed by no other sandidate in the riding—of un- djerstanding the people’s prob- ems based on actual personal i sxperience and active struggle, front in the contest. Born in Extension, in 1916, he ‘British Unions Demand Unity LONDON—HBlectoral unity of Jl progressive parties in the » ext general election was urged yy Alfred Barnes, M.P., president £the Cooperative party at its an- }ual conference here this week. al I sincerely hope that the Labor "jaembership will appreciate the eed for maximum, unity of the sft as a—eounterblast to Tory nity,” he “Said=“‘and that our ; tatesmanship-plus common sense mail find ways -to achieve this athout. maintaining too rigidly 9} ast ideas which do not relate “7 > the tasks with which the war “srces us to grapple.” > A resolution urging the Labor arty to @eree: to: electoral unity fall parties “from the Liberals 3 the Communists”, was adopted iy the Clerical Workers Union te nm at Ste of 554 against 435. xhiech has pieced him in the fore=| Neadership = and: rank-and-file|He was secretary organizer of tis week. A similar resolution Union movement in Canada’s ba- » as defeated by the National Un- | Si¢ industries. of Public Employees by a/| in the Nanaimo area, Labor-Progressive Federal LPP Nanaimo Candidate Has | ong Record In Labor Circles ~~ With a record of militant serv saffection and respect of thousands ‘Columbia, George Greenwell, Weency, is expected to carry the ridin S cornered election contest which ice in the cause of the people which has won him the as well as throughout British candidate in Nanaimo constitu- g for the progressive. labor movement in the four- comes from a coal-mining family resident in the area for years. Both of his parents were born in. ‘Nanaimo ‘district. At an early age he gave promise’ of the bril- liance which earned him a bur- sary scholarship to the Univer- Sity of British Columbia in 1931. Beset by the financial difficul- taes which faced so many work= ing’class families in that period he had té2postpone his education in’ 1932: and went to work in the coal mines for a year, a part of his experience which he was to repeat.in 1934 after attending the Proyimeial Normal School for | teacher’s-traininge in 1934-35. | During this period he became |active in the left-wing labor movement and was taking a lead- ‘ing part within a yery short time. | He became an active militant in the unemployed movement and in the Communist Party, participat- ing in the struggles which did SO much to secure improvements in the terrible living conditions | of the day and paved the way for | : : | later economic and social gains. the Nanaimo section of the party during this period. His first activity in the trade union movement also commenced in the difficult years of the thirties. During the preliminary Greanizational work ‘which ‘the miners had to secretly undertake in order to build their trade un- 'iens he was active in the Mine | Workers’ Union of Canada, an affiliate of the Workers’ Unity League, organizations which plowed the hard ground for the later blossoming of the trade His ,understanding of society and its problems—and how to overcome them—he brought with him to his ehosen profession of teaching whieh he found oppor- tunity to work in from 19385 till 1943. : eee Teaching school in Peace River, Blue River, Pender Island and Saanich, he fought for the cause of the underpaid and ill-treated teachers in the B.G. Teachers’ Federation and was secretary of the Rural Teachers? Association in 1942-43) In 1943 he was able to add a mew field of valuable experience to this activity in the trade un- ion, progressive and teachers’ movements: Lohg interested in the cooperative movement, with whose growth in B.C. he was fa- miliar from both observation and study, he was taken on the staff of UBC Extension Départment to lecture on this phase of the peo- ple’s progress. Through the year that he work- ed for the University, he travel- led through many parts of the province and acquired © much valuable experience in this im- portant Section of the province’s economy. In 1944 he enlisted in the RCAF, was honorably discharg- ed, and since then has returned to active work in the cooperative movement. He is at present act- ing as assistant manager of Kyu- quot Trollers* Cooperative As- sociation. The LPP is planning a full seale aggressive campaign to elect George Greenwell as Na- naimo’s most worthy representa- tive in the Dominion Parliament; ene who will be able te further |_ the interests of the people of Nanaimo and speak and work for them out of a deep personal ex- perience with their problems. i E Teitiittitstitiitiitiiteiititiitiiiigiitiiitelisirttittittiistiitiy tisttitiitiestiiiiiiiiiitiititi@iiiiitiiiiiiiiiis CLASSIFIED ABRACUUESSSECSCERSESVXCOAATUSENTIEESGOSS USEC SSRNASELECKERSESEUUCECENCEERSCERGEESESECUUSEARERTALRGESSENSIQ CCAECAGSecsteccsHeASsSCTSSCLTTITESHACLECGUSSAERERRSEDERCUTOTRGNRGTFESTKI>PERTIVATIELIIINALIEIANEESTE REE "= A charge of 50 cents for each isertion of five lines or less with =) cents for each additional line made for notices appearing i this column. No notices will 2 accepted later than Tuesday gon of the week of publication. eetarusvncucerscuseraesrsreurerseresensssauseseedeesexsenscsusees : NOTICES q KK. Hair Restored! 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Belvedere Court April 21st, at 8.30 p.m. -Admission: 50c. Auspices Fiairyiew Social Club. Dance— Burrard Social Club holding Dance Saturday, April 14, 1945, 8 p-m.° Refreshments. Prize:-— something Scotch. Olympia Hall, 2303 E. Hast- ings. Admission 50c. Smonth, 7:30 p.m.; Clinton Hall. GREETINGS to P. A. : from | DR. w. J. CURRY Fully Insured—24-Hour Service EAST END TAXI UNION DRIVERS 613 EAST HASTINGS St: Cor. Princess and Hastings HAst. 0334 HAst. 0340 766 E. Hastings Hastings Steam Baths Vancouver, B.C. Always Open. Expert Mas- seurs in Attendance 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.—40c and 50c¢ April 14, 1945 — Page 3 With the signing.in Washington of a 7-point program designed to support the rights of labor and Pres. Roose- velt’s program for a prosperous America and a lasting peace. labor and management are pledged to continue their wartime unity into the peace. Left to right: AFL Pres. William Green, Pres. Eric Johnston of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, CIO Pres. Philip Murray: Successful LPP Meet For Minerva Cooper SRA Wis Be LPP members and sympathizers of Rossland and. district- packed the CIO Hall recently to hear an interesting address on Labor-Progressive Party program and policy given by Minerva Cooper, Provincial Organizer. “The speaker “outlined +he LPP program and its role in pointing ‘the. way for tremendous achieve- ments for labor in’ coopera- tion with all progressive people which present «day developments are “making:possible:--She dis- eussed =the! “important part the party was playing in strength- ening the influence and status of labor forthe decisive position it would occupy in national and pro- vineial affairs. lowed the address. The evening closed with an enjoyable social evening, refreshments being ser- yed in the hall basement. The provincial organizer went to Trail the next day to attend the LPP West Kootenay con- stituency conference, which was held at the :LOOF Hall. The conference discussed the progress of the party in the con- stituency and laid plans for its further development as a leading force in achieyine greater unity of progressive forces within the area. The delegates also agreed upon a plan of action to obtain an in- itial quota of at least 8,000 sig-, matures within the district on the LPP petition for changes in orders-in-council 1003 and 9384. The convention was called to erder by Garfield Belanger of Rossland, chairman of the con- stituency executive, with dele- A lively question period fol-. gates present from all West Kootenay districts, including Nelson, Silverton, South Slocan, Blueberry, Trail and Rossland Glubs. Sam English of Michel, LPP organizer for Hast and West Kootenay, also attended. Eimer Thompson of Rossland was elected president of the con- stituency executive for the com- ing year. Harry Drake of. Sil- verton is the new vice-president and Edna Henne of Trail was elected secretary. 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