i folume 1, No. 26, April 28, 1945 WASHINGTON. ©ation opening on April 25. /oint Demand or Insurance -LONDON—A concerted drive ensure that the proposals for | ‘dical care for the entire na- ) = outlined in the British goy- >) iment White Paper on Na- { nal Health Service will not be ‘carded was launched at a con- "ence of 500 delegates from | de unions and other organ- tions. The conference, spon- ed by the Socialist Medical © sociation, demanded that the ‘ernment “introduce jJlagisla- > 1 during the present parlia- © itary session, not influenced + those forces who are against Fial progress because they are | prepared to relinquish their itions of privilege ” i "he organizations present »iged themselves to rally the ' port of the entire country be- (ithe White Paper proposals, jiew of reports that the Min- = y of Health was considering funation of many of the pro- »9ns because of strong oppo- 'n from the British Medical ew Federation Is Mrawn At Washington : — The administrative committee of »e world labor conference left here for San Francisco to at- ud the United Nations’ Conference on International Organ- The committee, of whieh, 11 of the 13 members were present, met here for the past week to draw up international recommendations labor’s to the United Nations parley and to prepare a draft constitution for the new world labor organization estab- lished in London in February. Details of the eonstitution will not be announced until it is pre- sented te the national trade union centers for approval. Members of the committee at the Washington meetings were Philip Murray and Sidney Hill- man for the CIO: Sir Walter Citrine and Ebby Edwards of Britain; Mikhail Tarasoy of the USSR; Louis Saillant and Ben- cit Frachon of France; Vicente Lambardo Toledano and Angel Cofino of Latin America; Walter Schevenels of the International Trade Secretariats. Vasili Kuznetzoy of the Soviet Union and H. T. Liu of Ghina were the two members absent. Kuznetzov has been appointed an official member of the Soviet delegation to the San Francise conference. : World Labor Recommendations given At San Francisco Parley Dratt Constitution For px ° which covered an area of 2% miles, The infamous Krupp armament works in Essen, which wats, was captured recently by members of the 17th Airborne Division. prepared Germany for two The plant, is now chiefly rubble.- cannot serve as a reason for barring trade unions from par- ticipation in a world trade union conference. We hope and firm- ly believe that the organization- al committee will reconsider the = ociation. Unite At The Polls (Excerpt from a speech by Tim Buck) Canadians will cast their votes in the Dominion General Election on June 11 in the midst (sof history’s greatest climax—the complete victory of the armies of democracy in Europe and the turn to the stage of final and complete defeat of fascist-imperialist Japan. It is fitting that our men and women in the armed forces at home and overseas, and Canadians in civilian ife should unite at the polls during this historic hour to choose the representatives and the sort of government that they want to lead the country in facing the new and complex problems which will come forward with the peace. : | @he Labor-Progressive Party is. supremely confident that we in Canada can solve the eroblems of peace, go forward to even greater expansion of our economy and higher stan- ards of life, if a majority of the memberselected on June 11 are men and women who a "e pledged to support a government based ona coalition of all democratic forces. [{ is important to emphasize that the fight for a government based upon a coalition of | Jemocratic forces is the essence of the fight for postwar prosperity and progress. The periodic | Gallup Polls show that no single party commands enough electoral “support to ensure a strong one-party government. In addition, it must be emphasized that neither a government of liberal-Tory coalition nor a straight Liberal government will carry through the sort of poli- [les which are absolutely necessary to ensure orderly and democratic progress after the war. To ensure this, the great forces of labor and progressive farmers must have direct representa- tion in the government. TFhat is why the Labor -Progressive Party fights to “Make Labor-a Partner in Government!” We must elect a government which will “Plan for Postwar Pros- perity in Canada.’ Despite Col. Drew’s maneuvers voters in the Ontario election can help to make sure of such a Dominion government by making the Provincial elections a smashing: de- feat for the Tories. onsideration Urged For Polish Representation “MOSCOW. — The Polish trade union movement was of the London werld labor conference to seat its general secretary of the Polish Trade Union Council, ment of international labor unity is an “deeply offended”’ by the refusal representatives, Kazimir , Witaszewski, stated in an interview. The establish- “absolute necessity’’he said, “and government policies question of inviting a trade union delegation from Poland.” “The most marked change in the Polish trade union move- ment since the pre-war days is unity,” Witaszewsiki . continued “Whereas in 19389 we had nu- merous rival trade union organ- izations, our unions are now based on the principle of trade union unity and embrace all working people regardless of na- tionalities, religious beliefs or political affiliations.” Three months after liberation, he add- ed, there were 120,000 members and as of April 1, the member- ship had risen to 644,000. In recent weeks, unions have been holding conventions and those of the textile workers, metal workers. miners, railway- men, oil and sugar refinery workers have already concluded. Most of the new leadership elected by the unions, Witaszew- ski said, were among active un- derground fighters. Marjan Czerwinski, second secretary of the Trade Union Council, was assistant commander of a guer- villa detachment 8,000 strong, he stated. Paul Wojas, general sec- retary of the Miners Union and Alexander Burskihellman, chair- man of the Textile Workers Unio,n, both commanded guerril- la detachments. Discussing Poland’s industrial cut that the Germans caused tremendous damage to factories and equipment. “All factories and plants of Warsaw were de- stroyed,” he said, ‘and the capi- tal had about 20 per cent of the total industry of Poland. Only in places where, thanks to the advance of the Red Army, the Germans were given no time to ship out equipment and destroy enterprises, as for example in Upper Silesia, were the factories in workable condition.” The principle goal set by the trade union movement is restor- ation of industry to help the war effort. The trade unions, he said, are represented on national couneils for reconstruction and ether government bodies. “Po- land’s trade unions are solidly be- hind the provisional government of Poland as the only legitimate Polish government expressing: the will of the whole nation,” he declared. The recent conventions of the metal workers and miners, he added, sent messages to corres- ponding unions of the U-.S., Bri- tain, USSR, France, Belgium. Czechoslovakia, and other demo- cratic countries stating that at last they were able to “found a free democratic state,” backing the policies of the United Na- tions and expressing their de- sire for close collaboration with restoration, Witaszewski pointed world labor.