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Home From Battle Front

terms of 30,000 dead young Can-
adians.

“We must think in terms of
100,000 wounded Canadians;
must think im terms of a war
production which relative to
the number of people is un-
equalled in the world. The war
has provided the key to the
promise of an era of prosper-
ity and security based on unity
of the nation and cooperation
of the forces within the na-

He stated that the decocaans 5
and will of the people of
world hastened the- “opening
“the second front.

Heowill spend a short ti

by the financial tory interests
and a return to those years of
helpless poverty. destitution and
degradation which we have come
te know as the ‘Hungry Phir
ties’.” “visiting his wife :
Delany paid a glowing ae te | baby. girl, before returni
to the members of the. vario | Waneouver +0 continue his
armies of the United eve “pe 3 :

Eliason Denounces CC
Policy At LPP Rally

At an election rally’ eld: jn conjunction with the q-
paign of Harvey Murphy, Labor Progressive Candidate —
‘Kootenay East, Oscar Eliason, prominent CCF member ,

tion.”

What do Canadians want?”
Delany stated further; ~The Z
Canadian people, soldiers and

civilians want jobs, homes, civil
liberties, full freedom for their
labor organizations, the right
for their children. to have educa-
tion. You and I as Canadians
must, as realists, ask ourselves
whether we can achieve this to-
day In terms of the promise of

Pledging that they, would not strike, workers at R. H.

Macy &% Co. in
took their fight
ditions: directly. to

Store Employees

New York, world’s largest department store,
for higher wages and improved working con-
the customers for support—and won. They
are members of Local 1-S, United Retail, Wholesale ©
€(C1IO). Above, a union official and a few

Dept.

of the Macy girls pose with the leaflets they distributed to

the public

LPP Shows
Royal City

Strength In
Byelection

Growing sentiment for the policies of the Labor-Pro-
gressive Party was displayed in the results of the New West-

minster by-election on May 10.

fifty percent of those eligible ex-
ercised their franchise, Jack
Greenall, contesting the provin-
cial seat for the first time, regis-
tered 992 votes.

This represents approximately
double the vote registered by the
Gommunist candidate in 1937.

In contrast, the CCF candi-
date, Robert Gormack, dropped
over 700 votes from the 2386
registered by the CCF eandidate
Stanley Blake in the 1941 elec-
tion, to 1669 in the by-election.

The drop in the CCF vote is
generally attributed to the iso-
lationist, anti-Soviet policies dis-
played by their leaders in the
past months.

DISFRANCHISED
-Just over a week before the
- election, LPP tanvassers discoy-
ered that over ninety-five per-
~ cent of the people canvassed
were not on the voters list. Con-
siderable confusion was caused
by the fact that enumeration for
the federal election was being
conducted at the same time, some
people getting the impression
that they were registering for
the provincial contest as well.

The most noteworthy result of
the election, as noted in the Vic-
toria Colonist, is the substantial

PITT MEADOWS

Patricia Mostrenko, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. Mostrenko,
tas been chosen the Meadows

May Queen. She will be crowned

Sea SS See ee eee eee ees

Despite a small vote, only

LPP vote in the face of the above
difficulties, auguring well for the
federal campaign. where the
lessons learned in this fight will
serve to forearm the campaign
workers.

Although last-minute efforts.
following protest by the LPP to
the provincial government on the

inadequacy of the apparatus
established by the registrar of
voters, mostly centered in the

mills where the labor vote pre-
dominates, were disfranchised.

the next five years, I say we

ean.”

“T say we can because I am a
member of the LPP. because I
believe that the platform of this
party can bring prosperity to
Canada, happiness to the-people,
and a maximum contribution to
the relief of distressed and de-
graded Europe.

“JT believe that we must have
in Ottawa during the next five
years a strong, vocal and cour-
ageous labor element, and with
labor representatives there we
can form a democratic coali-
tion. This is the only realistic
answer to the flux and flow of
the present Canadian political
scene.”

CCF FALLACY

“The CCF will be satisfied if
they can form the opposition for
the next five: years. Perhaps
some think that is a good thing.
But if the CCF is the opposition,
who will be the government im
power? Answer that question
and the whole fallacy and falsity
of the CCF program becomes ap-
parent, beeause we shall either
have a tory government, or a
ecvernment of tories and right-
wing liberals.”

“The choice for Canadians is
clear,” concluded Delany, “it is
between prosperity, the devolop-
ment of Canada, a future of
stable government and economy;

several times provincial candidate for the CCF, publ

broke with the CCF and pledged
support, to the campaign of the
LPP candidate.

Speaking on behalf of Harvey
Murphy, Eliason charged that
the present policies of the feder-
al and provincial CCF leadership
would lead to the destruction of
the aims of labor, and that the
expulsion of Herridge from the
party for accepting nomination
of members of the party in that
area “cinched” his personal de-
cision.

Murphy spoke on the issues of
East Kootenay, and urged that
all labor and progressive people
carry into” the peace the unity
that had brought about defeat of
fascism.

Harold Pritchett, LPP candi-
date for Vancouver East, speak-
ing on behalf of Murphy, out-
lined the LPP mational program
and urged the electorate to fight

to achieve labor partmershy |

government.
chaired

Otto Anderson

meeting.

Both candidates are condut —
a tour of the area which &
included Kimberley, Fernie, —
Michel. :

Committee rooms of the
vey Murphy Election Comm
have been opened in Grank |
Fernie and Michel.

WEBSTERS CORNERS
Websters Corners LPP i
cGperation with the Finnisi |
ganization held a Successful |
tory dance in the F.O. H: |
Saturday evening. The pr
will go towards the “Co
quota for election expense

and 55 to 58.

or economic anarchy. domination

Campaign Manager's
Brother Returns Home

FO. Harold Zlotnik, DFG, a
brother of Sid Zlotnik, and veter-

an of 38 operations over Ger-
many with RAF Bomber Com-
mand. has recently returned

from overseas.

Zlotnik, who was a member of
the LYF, received his Distin-
euished Flying Cross for “having
completed numerous operations
against the enemy in the course
of which he invariably displayed
the utmost courage and devotion
te duty.’

“By the time that we got into
everation, the Luftwaffe had al-
most ceased to exist as a day-
time threat to our bomber forces.
In night flights, however, we en-
countered moderate opposition.”

“T can testiff,” said Zlotnik,
“that the oil plants and produc-
tive potential of Germany were
completely pasted by our flying
fopeec and bombin®= undoubtedly

collapse of the Wehrmacht.”

“Qur bombing flights carried
us to within 70 miles of where
the Red Army was in operation.
although in action we didn’t ac-
tually see any of the Red Army
forces. The Russian air forces
were concentrating mainly on
tactical bombing.”

“T don’t feel,” Zlotnik contin-
ued, “that the returning service-
men are going to relax their ef-
forts now that the war is over.
They want homes and jobs, and
security. And although men
overseas suffer from lack of in-
formation about the political
parties, we are determined that
there shall be more ‘tolerance,
vision and planning, in our na-
tional life. The lessons of the
war, of fighting with men of all
races and nationalities, have im-
dicated that co-operation is the

74 to 76 101 to 105 and

and 131 to 138.

DExter 1922.

Legion Hall,

inel.

Gilbert Swain,

MA. 9558.

Court Of Revisior

Courts of Revisionn for Vancouver Hast Constituency
be held on May 28, 29 and 30, at the following places:

2477 Bast Hastings for Polling Divisions 1 to 26, 30 and
2504 Kitchener St. for Poling Divisions 27 to 29, 31, 33 to |

2720 Bast 2nd Ave. for Poling Divisions 52 to 54 59 te |

4732 Bruce St- for Poling Division 90 to 100: 106. 113 to eM
6525 Victoria Drive for Poling Divisions 68 to 73, 77 t&

For further information or for assitance in checking wi
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May 28, 29 and 30 at the following places:
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3128 Manitoba St. for Polling Divisions 35 to 51 inclusive
365 W. 15th Ave. for Polling Divisions 52 to 76 inclusive
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Courts of Revision for Vaneouver North will be held OF
98 29 and 30 at the following places:

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Marine Drive, for West Vancouver.
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For further information phone North 2031-

Court of Revision for Vancouver Centre will be conduc

William Patience, 1752 Davie St. Polls 1 to 16 inel, ant

Milton Gonzales, 1248 Barelay, Polls 17, 23-36 incl. :
fimel., 38-42 imel., 53-38 incl.

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