Russian trucks unload food supplies which have been brought to feed the citizens of devastated Berlin. to the public. The food will be distributed to Berlin stores and thence redistributed Trade Union Committee Formed By Democratic Youth Federation TORONTO—"“The purpose of setting up a Trade Union Committee of the Federa- tion of Democratic Youth would be to. study the question of youth activity in trade unions and to stimulate its development,” Committee for a Federation of Democratic Youth, commenting on the announcement by the FDY that a trade union committee will be formed. “We.are fortun- ate to have as chairman of this committee, John’ Wigdor, Direc- tor of ° Education .of Dis- said-Maicolm Young, Executive Secretary, National trict No. 5 UE-CLO,.:formerly Assistant..Director-of the Work- ers Educational] .Association.” “We hope,”..stated.John-Wig- dor in accepting the chairman- ship of the new committee, “‘to assist trade-unions in every way Education and Recreation Feature WEA Summer School An outstanding slate of speak- ers, including Harold Pritchett, Harvey Murphy, Birt Showler, Elmore Philpott,. Senator Rab- bitt, and many other leading figures. in the progressive trade union and political movement, will be one of the many features of the Workers’ Educational As- scciation Summer School, to be conducted at Ocean Park, in the period from June 16 to 26. The school will be officially opened with welcoming address- es from Dr. E. A. McKay, Unit- ed Church of Canada; Birt Showler, President Vancouver and New Westminster District Labor Council; I. A. Sandvigen, Seattle Trades and Labor Coun- cil; Jess Fletcher, International Vice-president, Seattle Building Service Employees, AFL; Harold P. Johns, Provincial Department ef Education; Ralph Fuller, Junior Board of Trade; Stanley Rands, University of Manitoba; George Jonston, President WEA Education Council; and Claude Donald, Regional Director WEA. Two specialized courses in Job Relations Training will take place on both week-ends, under the instruction of J. Humphreys, Workmens Compensation Board. A three-day course in trade union accounting will be conduc- ted by Eric Bee, auditor, Pacific Coast Labor Bureau, and a five session course in duties of shop _ Stewards led by Tom Parkin,. Aeronautical Mechanics Lodge 756, Harold Pritchett, District President IWA, Garry Culhane and Malcolm MacLeod, Shipyard General Workers’ Federation, has been arranged for the: final three days of the school term. The second week-end of the term will be’ dedicated to the cause of the United Nations and a colorful program of drama and musical €ntértainment under the sponsorship of both ‘the Seattle, repertory, theater and. thesLabor Arts Guild will :follow~ a series of speeches on Bretton ‘Woods, the World Trade Union Confer- ence, San Francisco Conference, and the United States Labor- Management Charter. Sessions on. film forums, vo- cational _ rehabilitation, ..philoso- phy, trade union_history, trade union organizing and’ negotiat- ing, credit unions, cooperatives, physical fitness, women’ in the postwar, nursery schools, refer- ral counselling, labor journalism, will be Jed by such well-known labor, university, government and community leaders as Stan- ley Hawes, production director, National Film Board; R. K. Ger- vin, Seeretary TLC; Nigel Mor- gan, JWA; Bill Rigby, United Fishermen’s Union; A. W. Cow- ley, director Citizens Rehabilita- tion Council, and many others. Delegates from Seattle, Van- couver, Victoria, Ocean Falls, Copper Mountain, and _ other parts of B.C. and the State of Washington, are expected to at- tend, and trade unionists are urged to communicate with the WEA at the earliest possible date in order that their reserva- tions may be placed. PAGE 2 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE possible to develop youth activ- ity in the Unions. The best way to get young people interested in union activity is through a combination of social and educa- tion work. Some set up. youth clubs which do good work, but these have a tendency to become _ separate distinet fromthe local union. Best results are obtained where a Youth Committee is elected.” ' local unions have units, “We are gratified at the sup- port the trade union movement has given. to the work of the Federation so far. Together with other progressive youth groups in the country, trade union youth can work through the federa- tion to bring the needs and pro- gram of youth before legislative bodies and the general public.” Liberal Governnien ft | Not The Answer = of VICTORIA—‘‘We are going to have a coalition gov- ernment. of a coalition government,” Progressive Candidate for Vic- teria federal riding, speaking to a meeting held in the Sir James + Douglass School auditorium on Tuesday night Accusing the Progressive Conservatives of double-dealing in their vote- catching campaign, Mr. Culhane quoted a statement of the Que- bée: Progressive Conservatives in which they pledged their sup- port to the anti-war, anti-Brit- ish Bloc Populaire candidates in that section of Canada, while placing their appeal to English- speaking Canada on a platform of all-out conscription. “The people should know that while we were fighting a war of survival, fascist meetings were Keld. openly in the province of Quebec: It was not until after Dunkerque that any attempt was made to stop this. The Pro- gressive Conservatives in allying themselves with the Bloc Popu- laire are attempting to strength- en the reactionary camp in Can- ada. They know it is impossible for them to elect a government— they hope to bring about a Lib- eral-Tory coalition in order to exert their influence for the next five years.” “The election of a Progressive Conservative, or Liberal-Tory coalition government with the CCF in the opposition benches would not help our future, any more than the CCF opposition’s protests in the House influenced the treatment meted out to our unemployed young men in 1935,” Culhane ‘continued. “The war should have taught us the mean- ing of cooperation, -but there is no cooperation in the Cooperat- ive Commonwealth. Coldwell boasts that there is no room in® the party for those who would cooperate with other groups.” “We are fighting for coopera- tion and we ask the people to fight for the unification of the progressive forces,” Culhane con- cluded. “The pattern laid» down now will decide whether we go on to a better world or whether we are headed for a third world war.” Coray Campbell, President of Steelworkers’ Local 3307, speak- ing in support of the LPP candi- date, emphasized the develop- Tory Bickering Scored By George Greenwell “The record of the Progressive-Conservatives during the war years, is a record of bickering and heckling, of con- tinual effort to hinder the war effort led by the Liberal war government,” George Greenwell, Labor-Progressive candidate for Nanaimo federal riding stated in a speech Tuesday night: “Tf we allow such people to influence the course of the fu- ture, we can only expect to have every effort hamstrung by the party which is still despite its changed complexion, the party ot R. B. Bennett and still the champion of . unreStricted® free enterprise. “Our country can wage a fight against unemployment and de- pression with the same success that it fought against Nazi dom- mation,” , On Saturday, the energetic campaign workers for the Na- naimo candidate wound up the Saanich canvassing campaign with an intensive drive which covered the area completely. Be- fore canvassing, a dinner was served by the social committee of the Saanich group headed by Mrs. Bob Noble and Mrs. Betty Thompson. Mrs. White and ‘Mrs Nordby assisted in supplying a very appetizing dinner. Canvassers from Extension, Nanaimo, and Lake Cowichan tcok part in ‘the wind-up eam- paign, headed by Dick Custer, campaign manager; Bob Kerr, Saanich director, and Adolph Baggattin, Nanaimo campaign manager. The only question confronting us is what kindy] : san stated Garry Culhane, Labor- ment of labor.as a-political forecP in Canada, and said the fact thai, many of Canada’s large unicns} had withdrawn support from thej, CCF challenged ‘that party’s5 boast that it represented labor's’ aims. :- nena Soe ie “The CCF platform, which consists entirely of promises of what they will do if elected, | falls down completely when we : realize the total impossibility - of their electing sufficient members to form a govern- i ment.” = HE Seoring the Progressive Con- § servative tactic of capitalizing } on the popularity of national¢ heroes, Campbell stated, “If Pearkes and Merritt understood? Canadian polities, would they! dare line up now with the same# party that sent those young meng§ of ours from ceast to coast with ® their demands for @ right to live fi as human beings, after leading$ those same young men in battles’ Campbell warned that the elec. tion of a liberal governmen' > would not ensure‘ our country’: = future. “The Liberal war gov fp ernment has continually sue cumbed to the attacks made or} it by the most reactionary se¢ Ma tions of: Canadian life!“The elec # tion of a -sufficient number a: i farmer, labor and independen §. candidates will create the possi. bility of forming a powerful labor-liberal bloc which wil ® carry our couhtry forward in th @ postwar to full entployment. anc security for all.” UNCIO Plan | For Colonies | A proposal for a system o | international trusteeship as par. of the International.‘Organiza tion to be established. has bee ff placed before the San Francise © conference by the United State delegation. The American pla does not immediately cover a. dependent territories, but applie ’ only.to présent-