-d from living victims.

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fey tell a story of incredible bestiality——these gruesome exhibits which were found
the Nazi horror camp at Buchenwald when it was captured by the Allies. The table
sids shrunken heads, human organs and pieces of skin bearing tattoos which were strip-
The lampshade at right was made of human skin.

Jnions Protest Rejection Of

| Unity By British Labor Party

LONDON—The British Labor party this week announced the ten-point program

on which it will base its campaign in the forthcoming general election.
/ich coincides with that of the British Trades
/ nership of the fuel and power industries, of inland transport,

“1 canal, of the iron and steel
“ustries, and of the Bank of
-zland, with the operations of
"er banks harmonized with in-
= trial needs.

7 t further calls for public
Jervision of monopolies and
_tels; a comprehensive pro-
“im, including government aid
| export industries; the shap-
- of suitable economic and
ce controls to ensure equal
Hortunities to all citizens in

transition from war to
*.ce production; a vast housing
Figram with a centralized pur-
ising pool for building mater-
's and price control; the im-
“mentation of the education
*, including the early raising
| the school-leaying age to 16;
‘full national health service
gram and extended social in-
» ance.

't is expected that the Labor
ety conference early next
"nth will endorse the program,
» t a storm is expected over the
‘usal of the executive council
| permit further discussion of
ctoral unity of all the pro-
'essive parties.

fj

4 Twenty trade unions, in-
Jluding- some of the TUC’s
'tgest affiliates, have en-

| orsed the principle of a un-
ted’ slate of candidates for all
Togressive parties and are
Ow protesting the exclusion
if this question from the con-
perence agenda.

Meanwhile, pending a full de-
te in the House of Commons
{ the necessity for public en-

ee

Union Congress,

The
provides
including rail,

program,
fer public
road, air

quiry into monopolies, the open-
ing shots of Labor’s public cam-
paign, will be fired this week-
end at a conference in Man-
chester where Labor Member of
Parliament Hillis .Smith will be
the principal speaker. Smith to-
day denounced to this corres-
pondent the policy of a high
margin of profit, excessive divi-
dends and price-fixing practised
by the monopolies. He pointed
out its serious effects on export
trade between the two world
wars, adding:

“Tt is now urgent that there
should be a full public investi-
gation of the effects of monop-
olies and trade associations.
Monopolies, cartels and similar
organizations now dominate the
industrial policy of Britain,
playing a big part in determin-
ing the quality and distribution
of goods produced and the prices
fixed.

“Monopoly coneerns of all
kinds should at least be placed
under public ‘supervision and
regulation. Britain requires a
Ministry of Economic Develop-
ment, to abolish the outdated
Board of Trade, the Overseas
Trade Department and the Min-
istry of Production. This minis-
try should have the power to
direct all industrial activities in
the channels of real national in-
terest. This policy also means

directing capital to the right |
channels via a National LaTeS
ment Board. I fully agree with
the proposal before

Francisco conference to create
an international economic coun-
ceil. We also need a similar coun-
ceil at home.

UAW Plan For
Reconversion
In Postwar

NEW YORK, April 26 (ALN)
—The executive board of the
United Automobile Workers
(CIO) this week approved a plan
for postwar reconversion which
calls for the annual production
ot 10,000,000 automobiles and
the employment of between 900,-
000 and 1,000,000 workers. The

plan, submitted to the board by
UAW president R. J. Thomas,
envisages that the 10,000,000

automobile production figure will
be reached within the first five
years after the conclusion of the
war. At present 1,000,000 work-
ers are employed in the industry.

Thomas declared that the
plan’s figures were necessary to
meet United States and world
transport requirements and for
the automobile industry to meet
its share in bringing about the
60,000,000 postwar jobs gener-
ally agreed to be necessary for
peacetime prosperity. Pointing
out that automobile workers have
increased greatly since 1940,
Thomas disclosed that there are
now two auto workers for every

the San ene employed in 1940.

Volume 1,

No. 27, May 5, 1945

riall Jammed
For May Day Celebrations

Hundieds Parade Thru
City Streets In Spite
Of Torrential Rains

By FRED WILMOT

Hundreds of trade unionists their spirits undampened
by a torrential downpour and their step brisk and determin-
ed, marched through the city streets, in the workers’ annual
observance of May Day. Hardy pioneers of the trade union

movement and young shipyard
workers, aged Chinese workmen
and blonde Scandinavian log-
gers, carried banners emblaz-
oned in the fighting slogans of
organized labor
martial tones of four
bands.

Representatives of over twen-
ty trade union, cultural and
language groups, stood heedless
of rain with heads bared while
the May Day Committee, in an
impressive ceremony, solemnly
placed wreaths on the cenotaph
in Victory Square.

The marchers, and hundred.
ef onlookers steod in silence
in tribute to our fallen of this
war and te the memory of
Franklin D. Roosevelt. A mili-
tary guard of honour snapped
smartly to the present arms
while . wreaths were placed
and the brass band played God
Saye the King and the Star
Spangled Banner.

Due to the unforseen weather,
the course of the May Day par-
ade was changed, and fifteen.
hundred trade unionists marched
from. Cambie Street Grounds to
Hastings Street, paused for the
wreath-laying ceremony, and
proceeded west on Hastings,
turned left on Homer, then pro-
ceeded east on Pender, where
the parade broke off, and the
May Day meeting was continued
in Boilermakers’ Hall.

Although all sections of the
trade union and progressive
movement were represented by
fioats and May Day marchers,
there was no official representa-
tion in the parade by the CCE.

An overflow crowd jammed
the massive auditorium while
the speakers, keying their re-
marks to the fighting slogans of
the parade, continued the im-
pressive program. The brass
band of No. 11 District Depot
C.A. under the leadership of
R.S.M. W. G. Marshall, M.S.M.,
opened the program

Maj.-Gen. Worthington ‘com-
mended the workers on their
contributions to the victory that
is now in sight. “It is the organ-

military

ized workers’ responsibility,”
stated Gen. Worthington, ‘to
assist in the absorption and

training of the returned service-
man.” He coneluded by stating
that as long as Naziism and
Fascism exist the existence of
the world is menaced.

Senator Thomas C. Rabbitt,
pineh-hittinge for Senator De4
lacey, opened his remarks by
impressing the need of a new
awareness on the part of the

to the stirring”

organized worker to his politi-
cal responsibilities. “labor,” he
stated, “has accepted its respon-
sibilities in the USA, and par-
ticularly in the state of Wash-
ington there is a living example
of labor’s partnership in gov-
ernment.” ~

He payed tribute to the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
and stated that United Nations
will not die, but. will bring to
fruition all that Roosevelt lived
and died for. He pointed out that
military victory is not the only
victory that must be won, but
that the keynote was to be
found in the May Day slogan,
Victory, Peace and Security for
all, —— =

To thundering applause he
continued, “The path of progress
las been more clearly charted
by the meetings of the Big
Three, and the unity of the al-
lied armies is but an expression
of the unity which has been
achieved by the major powers.”

“We must hold the picture of
our union policy against the
larger canvas of the plans of
Churehill, Stalin and Roosevelt.
If our plans do not measure up,
then it is our responsibility to
change them so that they do.”

Senator Rabbitt cited the tre-
mendous- strides that have been
made in state legislation
through the inclusion of labor.
representatives im all commit-
tees and boards of his state.
“labor's fright,” he stated, “is
not merely one of recognition in
the campaigns, but of recogni-
tion on all committees of gov-

ernment, in recognition of la-
bor’s full partnership, in social
legislation.”

He outlined specific legislative
gains made through labor’s par-
ticipation in enacting legisla-
tion, and stated that labor had
spearheaded the passage of a
sixty million dollar. appropria-
tion for the period of reconver-
sion of Washington defense in-
dustries.

In conclusion, Senator Rabbitt
said, “We cannot divorce our
economic problems from our
political problems, and the re-
sponsibility is labor’s to achieve
political maturity so that it may
take full partnership im the re-
sponsibilities of government.”

In Our Time

“Beneath the ashes of the
bitter depression years, there
burn the red hot coals of re-
membrance,” said A. A. McLeod.

Continued on Page Ten
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