dorsed } = 4 trade uoions. #o0rt of the chairman of the ion council V. V. Kutznets- icerning the results of the trade union conference the y session of the all-union 1 of Soviet trade unions g7es decisions of the confer- §nd endorses the work of the | world trade union confer- § as demonstrated the might d organization of the work- -SS in democratic countries s yearning for a truly in- ional trade union unity. plenary session expresses snce that- the world trade federation now being cre- will reinforce and develop ational collaboration of the ste destruction of Fascism its forms and expressions isting peace after war, che 238, ats guarantee of freedom, of workers. plenary session considers ‘he new world trade union tion must unite democratic ‘unions of the whole world lless of race, nationalty, or m. The world federation become the true and sole entative of the national union centres. It must be nting organization, conse- -y, defending not only gen- vorking-class interests but individual interests in: its ate groups and professions. tolenary session entrusts to sentatives of the unions in the world trade : conference committee, the ‘g of all measures for en- 3 proper preparation and cation of constituent con- which must adopt by-laws elect leading organization ‘lation. : thirteenth plenary session 2 all-Union Council of trade call upon all men and workers, engineers, tech- members of the Soviet unions to continue and to m in the first ranks with the ng-class democratic coun- and with further increase of jy and productivity to speed - Struction and national econ- E ruined by the German in- ‘Ss. and to ensure ceaseless th of the material welfare e toilers of our great Soviet erland.”’ 3 n 1s, 1 cow—The following res- @ endorsing the work of the 4 world trade union confer- | vas adopted unanimously | thirteenth Plenary session all-union council of the ving heard and discussed trade union delegation.” - unions and cause final and 1e establishment of a firm and and protection of life Soviet | a new world Trade Union. fire, Lt. Col. R. P. Ross, Jr., stronghold. Another flag goes up—this time on one of the last re- maining ramparts of Shuri Castle on Okinawa. Under enemy raises the flag on the Japanese Unprincipled Gives Yukon By TOM McEWEN, B tions. I know of course that turned with a reduced majority that genuine representatives of Labor are regrettably absent in the new parliament; what I do not know as yet is how many Tories (with varying labels) were elected with the active aid of the CCF. In the Yukon Territory that is what happened—the Tory Black was reelected in the Yu- kon with the active aidtand sup- vort of the CCF splitters. To them goes the full credit of this phyrric Tory victory. Perhaps in no corner of all this wide land was such an unprin- cipled campaign of* slander con- ducted against a labor represen- tative, by both Tories and CCF. While the law requires that elec- tion literature shall contain the E 9 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE .C. Prov. I am writing this brief outline of the elections in this Canadian frontier territory while still unaware of the full picture across Canada that resulted from the June 11 elec- Redbaiting To Tories —; Chairman, LPP the King government was re- of the publishers printers, the Tory machine in the Yukon has little respect for law or decency in an election. Every red-baiting cannard which the shadow-writers of the Tories, the Trestrails, Kirkconnells, etc., could dig out of the garbage can of history, was dressed up to suit the occasion, rushed off the press and issued to the Yukon people in great quantities. Some of the Tory red-baiting stuff, culled from the pages of the Toronto “Tely,” “Globe and Mail,” ete., was not considered strong enough names and Continued on Page 15 See UNPRINCIPLED REDBAITING Demand For Electoral Agreements Grows In British Election Contest Labor Victory Prospect Strengthens Unity Plea AsTories Face Defeat LONDON —As the date of the election draws nearer, latest reports from the Labor Party conference indicate that the shift of opinion in favcr of unity has been determined by the practical necessity of getting the help of the Communists in the constituencies. This view is aided by the fact that unless some form of elec- toral unity is achieved among the progressive parties in the 154 ad- ditional seats that labor must gain, there is the strong possibil- ity that the labor vote will be sufficiently split to ensure a Tory victory in these constituencies. Although going through all of the motions of showing great confidence in the outcome of the coming elections, the Tory party is thoroughly alarmed in the pos- sibility of a defeat at the hands of labor. The newspaper, the Daily Express, reports that two to one is being offered in the Stock Exchange against a Labor victory, but it is not without sig- nificance that a responsible Tory leader, who has been closely identified with the agitation for an early election is privately of- fering the same odds against a Tory victory. SHARP CONFLICT The general attitude of the local labor organizations has.con- siderably changed toward the Communists. Where in the past it has been necessary for the Communists to make the ad- vances for unity with the labor movement as a whole, the initi- ative on this occasion has come from the local Labor organiza- tions which- recognize the need ior unity as a prerequisite to success at the polls. There is, however, the sharpest conflict be- tween the executive and the div- isional organizations on _ this point, although the executive has no alternative but to turn a blind eye to the action of the local organizations in seeking unity. Unity within the labor movement of necessity means unity with the Communists as the only other nationally organ- ized working class. party with mass influence, though this is not the view of the executive, who foresee a unity with Common- wealth, Liberals and the Inde- pendent Labor Party, excluding the Communists. Under the pressure of an increasing demand for unity from the local organiz- ations, the Labor Party executive is attempting to turn the unity demand into a weapon against the Communists. DANGEROUS TACTICS This tactic is not without dangers. In negotiating with the ILP, whose opposition to the war is well known, the leadership is offering a deadly weapon to Tories should any understand- ing be reached. The red baiters light as the probable leader. have already made up _ their minds that an understanding will be reached, and for that reason alone kept the resolution for ILP affiliation off the conference agenda. In doing this they knew that such affiliation would face overwhelming opposition from the principal unions. The most probable outcome of the present negotiations is not an affiliation, but an agreement, either open or unacknowledged, which will take the form of electoral agreements between the Labor Party leader- ship and the ILP. It is- probable that the Labor party will refrain from nominating. in the constitu- encies contested by the ILP, with the tacit promise by Labor lead- ership of support for ILP. Be- ind this manoeuvring is the in- tention to encourage the ILP as the anti-Communist propaganda agency within the labor move- ment, LABOR LEADERSHIP At present there is consider- able speculation about the future leadership of the Labor party, which arises from the unimpres- sive performance of Mr. Attlee at the conference. The corres- ponding triumph of Mr. Bevin has brought him into the lime- It was Bevin and not Herbert Mor- rison, as was. expected, who emerged as the prospective lead- er, despite the great control that Morrison exercises over the con- ference and over the party’s elec- toral machine. Bevin’s strength lies in his close connection with the trade unions, and he has not been placed in the position of alienating himself from any sec- tions of the movement in hand- ling the Ministry of Labor. In this he has a distinct advantage over Morrison, who carries the burden of the release of Ramsay and Mosley, and the suppression of the Daily Worker. It is therefore considered prob- able that if Clement Attlee is felt to be a liability to the Labor party, he will be succeeded by Bevin, as the logical leader, and not Morrison as was previously thought. PROGRESSIVE FACADE The British Tories are in- creasingly alive to the need of a progressive facade to cover their basically reactionary policies. Al- though they will love no oppor- tunity in confusing the electors on controls by hammering on Continued on Page 16 See BRITISH ELECTIONS SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1945.