ring: <a banquet given for him by Soviet generals in Ger-
; “Lt. Gen William H. Simpson, head of the U.S. 7th
Army, is tossed in the air. He seems to be enjoying it
thoroughly. ;

| LPP Candidates Support.
Streetrailwaymens Stand

Eleven federal candidates of the Labor-Progressive
. Party. came out strongly this week, in favor of the stand of
' fhe street railwaymen against the use of one-man cars on
Vancouver streets.
Be statement Pe i Bg upheld by the Commission. The
| Street Railwaymbn’s. Union and | ™2in arguments advanced
ed by Minerva Cooper, Pro-|by the union, are that the one-
man car present a serious safety

mm al 0: Organizer. for. the LPP,
hazard, will cut down service to

the riding public, and might lead

Said: 5
| “In the inte Fests of public
to the iaying off of union mem-
bers due to lower operational

safety, efficiency in service,
and continued employment, and
manpower requirements.
The _ streetrailwaymen~ have

in commen with all forward-

leoking citizens of. Vancouver,
stated that the cars can be con-
verted at minor cost and with

we desire ‘te see jeodern cars
«replace the present antiquated

very little labor to two man op-
eration, and if this:is done, the

equipment at the earliest pos;
“sible moment, and we helieve
they should be manned b§ two
workers and operated. ont, the
streetrailwaymen are willing to
is operate the cars. E
_ didates came during the? hear- : :
\s Dow aline See peidre AE |: The BC#ilectric has refused an
Te Uulics Commissjon ~ in | MVitation by the union to take

being

: pay-as-you-leavye system.” {
The support of the’ LPF. can-

part®in a public- demonstration,

E Incouver. The hearing \ which’ ~-
WAP teeae honor “HOt the where: a converted one-man car
BN epcG  sheahan siresicars will be operated on a comparative

basis with a one-man operated
car.

Pa be put into operation on
Vancouver streets arose when’

British Unions Raise Demand
For Progressive Unity At Polls

A motion on the floor of the conference of the British Labor Party to refer the
question of electoral unity of all progressive parties to the standing orders committee
was so narrowly defeated that it is felt the labor party executive committee may have to

yeconsider its opposition to un-~
ity. The support given to an
electoral agreement by regional
Labor parties far exceeded all
expectations and it is believed
that this will lead to extensive
local arangements among the
progressive parties to avoid
split votes. .

The motion to refer, and the:
narrew margin by which it
was defeated, is further evi-
dence of the fact that the ma-~
jor unions of Britain, who are
supporting a policy. of ‘coali-
tion of the united ferces of
progress in British _ politics,
are determined to press for
unity in the coming elections.
The large trade union organ-
izations of Great Britain have
already come out strongly for
a policy of democratic co-oper-
ation as the best means to en-
sure a future of prosperity and
security for ravaged England.

Confronted in the midst of its
proceedings with the dissolution
of the wartime coalition govern-
ment and the prospect of a gen-
eral election on. July 5, the an-’
nual conference of the British
Labor Party placed before the
electorate its program of na-
tionalization of the key indus-
tries and the removal of a grow-
ing suspicion between Great
Britain and the Soviet Union.

“Given that Anglo-Soviet re-
lations are -still clouded from
time to time by. suspicion and
misunderstanding,”
Dalton, former president of the
Board of Trade, “I most em-
phatically hold that a British
Labor government is far more
likely to remove those _ sus-
picions than a British Tory gov-
ernment. A Labor government
is more likely to win a state of
eonfidence and mutual trust be-
tween London and Moscow than
any alternative government in
this country.”

Former Deputy Prime Minis-
ter Clement Atlee emphasized
that the greatest threat to world
‘peace is “the existence of masses
of people in poverty and wretch-
edness’ which allows the recur-
rence of world economic ‘crises
which lead to world war.

(the company, over-riding’ the

=findings of a plebescite conduc-
ted in Vancouver in 1941; con-

. fronted the union with a proposal
ite operate one-man cars on the
,_ Grandview- Fourth Ave. line.

The Gity Council, prodded by

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ythe union’ to make a definite
istand on the question, has gone

} on record as supporting the pleb-
| -escite which decided four-to-one’
against the use of oneman cars.
Although no decision has yet
been reached, the, union. is. opti-
‘mistic that ° their stand will, be

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Bevin, summing up Labor’s

world economic policy, gave as].

its principle demands the uni-

versal orderly distribution of
food, with monopolies prevented
from exploiting the people’s
needs; elimination of world

combines to limit production or
maintain high prices; interna-
tional control of large areas of
the retention of
Empire preferential tariff rates
as long as other countries con-
tinue a tariff against Britain,
but a readjustment of such rates
if tariffs throughout the world
were lowered.

The conference overwhelm-
ingly endersed a .resolution
charging that . “British. Tory
government policy, now and
for the future of certain lib-
erated countries of Europe,
particularly Belgium, Greece,

lialy and Poland was more
concerned with “the preserva-

tion of vested interests than

the weifare, liberty; equality
or ‘social security of : these
peoples. :

Clement Attlee Sharged | that
Churehill’s demand for an ‘im-
mediate clection=as the only ‘al-
ternative to the continuance of
the coalition, which* has been in
power for 10 years and no
longer represents a proper bal-
anee of forces in the country,
was a departure from his . posi-
tion as a national leader. The
Prime Minister, he asserted, had

an election at the ‘Height of -his
popularity.

‘Minerva Cooper Condemns

Anti-Semitism In Canada

Declaring that Palestine
into an arsenal of democracy
Egypt would have been impo

in this war had turned itself
without which the defence of
ssible, Minerva Cooper, speak~

ing to a public meeting at the Jewish Community Centre,

Tuesday night «urged that the
victorious nations ensure the
Jewish people who had_ suffered
more in the anti-fascist war than
any other group in proportion to
their numbers, that Palestine
should be a national homeland
for them forever and that all bar-
riers which prevented the Jewish
people from going to Palestine be
removed at once.

“The part the Jewish people
played in the battle for Egypt is
not generally known,” the speak-
er continued. “It is not too much
te say that El Alamein could not
nave been won without the contri-
bution of the Jewish people. Brit-
ish Commanders had payed un-
stinted tribute but wartime cen-
sorship operating, in some cases
to appease the Pan-Arabia ele-
ments, had concealed the story.”

The all-out war effort of the
Jewish people had turned Pal-

estine into an -arsenal of de-
meocracy which turned the tide
in the Near East while’ the
whole vast areas behind the
Allied: lines seethed with fas-
ist Inspired intrigues such as
broke out in Iran and Iraq.
As a people the Jews have
played a part for which they
have received little credit.

Turning to Canada Mrs. Coop-
er declared every last vestige of
anti-semitism and every rem-
nant of Hitler’s pernicious racial
doctrines must be completely
rooted out. Laws should be en-
acted ‘“‘with teeth in them,” that
make anti-semitism a criminal
offense. “My party,” the speak-
er declared, “will place such laws
on the statute books and our vigi-
lance will encourage the Cana-
dian people to enforce them
against all offenders:

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