FAILED TO WIN STRONGER easy perate attempt of the to capture federal ) failed. The proportion Wpular vote received by lidates was reduced to Went, 175,000 less than, ‘ved. in 1940 in.-spite of | Independents’ has been. Dy the people of both nd English. speaking Ly defeat, and the large late (over a million) for “e ‘third-party’ ecandi- -e the best aspects of al election. © r, because of the split progressive ranks, the aptured 62 seats as ) in the last House. To -be added their control »pvincial governments of ind Quebec, the concen-| yport they receive from monopoly interests, and ce of any strong labor ition in the House of Altogether the Tories greatly strengthened y beeause their. in- srength in the shaping. |.1. policies runs counter ‘ry - declining - popular chey will fight agegres- the provinces and at » prevent the adoption! ssive postwar policies. ill strive to turn Can- to the conditions that before the war. WT UNSTABLE ON STILL ISSUE ago, when not only the }yut other progressives recognize the growing nace, it was the LPP ‘st called . upon Cana- nite, to keep Canada on of progress. The LPP - that *“no ‘one party ‘re an overall majority, ‘a democratic coali- electoral agreements in Jefeat the Tories. bbable outcome of the rovernment (as indicat- “civilian voté and “which hanged by the services ly vindicatés “the ; aside by the vote, is re the country: IN THREATENS R PROGRESS UING governmental in- ty and the strenigthen- of the Tories threat- iccess of labor’s postwar i} Of jobs, social security iNg peace—which is also ocratic program of the ation. The change-over try. from/war to peace m brings with it terrific which labor must unite r total yote...The ,Tory, swith the: .pro-fascist}| pected to implement his promises of economic and social reform only if an aroused united labor and: people’s movement defeats the attempts of the Tories and reactionaries Within the Liberal Party to impose policies that will lead: to mass unemployment and ‘the disruption of Canadian unity. The National Executive of the LPP urges all progressives to consider this seriously; and to renew and redouble their efforts to achieve people’s unity and co- operation for the satisfaction of Canada’s postwar needs. LABOR FAILED TO WIN | PARTNERSHIP IN GOV’T THE LPP elected only one MP, Fred Rose in Cartier. But while’ runing only 67 candidates, we received 105,000 civilian votes, which is a tribute to the growing political understanding of large numbers of Canadians. The votes received “by the LPP candidates in the federal and Ontario elec- tions are an assurance that be- cause of our correct policy our influence is growing among the Canadian people. The LPP proposed to “Make Labor a Partner in Government” in order to solve the major post- war problems facing the nation. The CCF rejected this ptoposal. Blinded by narrow partisanship they refused to face the real political situation, and made their main slogan “Socialism and a CCF» government.” + What is the result? There is no strong labor representation in Ottawa. The responsibility for this rests upon the CCF. Their policy failed, utterly and iniserably, both to advance their own party ambitions, and to give ily from the inevitable attempt leadership to labor. CCF POLICY PROVED DISASTER TO LABOR a HE CCF-~ splitting policy was repudiated by Canadian la- bor, which’ was confronted in most constituencies with no al- ternative but to vote Libera! in order to defeat the Tories. In the one instance where a CCF candidate espoused unity, and was expelled from the CCF for so doing, he was elected. Had labor been given united progressive candidates, running on a program of labor partner- ship in government, the outcome of the election would have been far different. Canada would to day likely enjoy the immense ad- vantage of a democratic coalition government, able to gugrantee nostwar full employment, higher living standards, sweeping re- forms, and national unity and the fight for genuine world se- curity. The CCF line in the trade un- ions, reduced the Political Action Committee of the Canadian Con- gress of Labor to an instrument of CCF partisanship. While this policy was repudiated in the main CCL unions, it nonetheless was responsible for splitting the working class vote. It is regret- teble on the other hand that the PAC of the Trades; and Labor Congress. formed only on the _— PACIFIC ADVOCATE “leve of the elections. was harness- Mackenzie. King can be=ex- | éd unconditionally to the Liberal Party instead of becoming a tallying point for true indepen- dent labor representation: ! The:CCF line of claiming that there. is no difference. between the Liberals and Tories, and in effect ‘denying the danger of Tory reaction, and the red-bait- ing which disgraced their -elec- tion propaganda—which went to the point of urging electors to vote Liberal to defeat the LPP candidate (as in Trinity -and Spadina)—has been jshown by the election results to be: fatal to the cause of labor. The CCF is undoubtedly in a crisis as a result of the Ontario and federal elections. The LPP appeals to all honest, CCF’ers to reject once and for all the suicidal policies of -the CCF leadership, and to take up the cause of labor and people’s unity for full employment and social security. ELECTION. RESULTS SHOWS NEED FOR LABOR UNITY THE LPP appeals to all trade unionists in Canada to study the lessons of the election. They should at once: re-build and ex- tend their Political Action Com- mittees, as the weapon of all their members in the fight for legislative action by the new Parliament, to prevent “recon- version unemployment,” to enact labor and all democr a genuine Labor Code, to get on with housing and public works, and. to pass these measures of social security which both trade! union Congresses have proposed. The trade unions of Canada Statement of National Executive Labor-Progressive Party | | for | | 1 f { | 4 | face a stern period, a testing, time, and they must see that their legislative activity is di- rected at once to the Dominion of their needs. The trade unions are a powerful weapon in the fight against Tory reaction and the Tory program of limited em- | ployment and lower wages. Only on the basis of all-in co- operation in the unions and be- tween the Congresses, can this weapon be used to the full. WHAT IS THE TASK FACING LABOR TODAY? WHAT now can be done to strengthen the part of labor in the nation? The CCF group of 26 in the new Parliament can use _ its strength in a house divided as the present House is, by demanding of Mackenzie King that he im- plement his promises of meas- ures to maintain full employment and to provide social security, and pledging their support to carrying these measures through. Every progressive Canadian will approve such action; it is the one means whereby stable progres- sive government can be assured. If the CCF group in Ottawa continues to use its position for narrow partisan advantage, it will be condemned by Canadian labor. If it breaks with the past CCF policy, and uses its stra- tegic position in the House to compel reforms, it will serve the cause of progress. To do this it must abandon red-baiting once and for. all. It must recognized that the danger to Canada comes primar- jadmission of the World Trade} e Federal Elections And The Road | of the Tory reactionaries to dom- inate the government. | It must ‘take up the fight of! labor and the people for jobs, housing, security, and lasting peace. LPP CALLS TO FIGHT FOR | POLICY OF PROGRESS ‘HE LPP will continue the! struggle for. progressive un-! ity, and to make its proposals for democratic coalition the property | of all progressive Canadians. The popular vote on Monday | provided conclusive evidence that | the great majority of Canadians | are looking forward with high | hopes to a better Canada and a| peaceful world such as the vic-| tory over Hitler has made pos- sible. - : The completion of the war against world fascism — victory over Japanese barbarism and the Liberation of the East, is still the supreme task of all Canadians. The LPP ealls on all its mem- bers and supporters to gird them- selves for the final battles against Japan and to under- stand that fascism, while de- feated militarily,-still has to be erushed out of existence every- where in the world. ; , DEFEAT THE FOMENTORS OF NEW WORLD WAR HE battle for lasting peace has not yet been won. Action by atic forces is needed now, to bring about a foreign policy that wil strength- en world security. |in ‘Trinity, The National Executive warm_ ly thanks the entire membership its untiring and unseltrisn election work, in raising tne Election Fund and in toiling: night and day to bring our pro- gram before the people. Our ad- | vances cannot be measured by the fact that only one candidate was elected. The excellent votes Spadina, Winnipeg North, Yukon and many other ridings show that our Party is a serious contender for public of- fice. The job now before the LPP and the whole Labor movement is to intensify our efforts in the battle against Toryism, to press, upon the government for speedy action for full employ- ment, lasting peace and the erushing of the remnants of world fascism, and to continue to work and fight for labor unity, people’s unity and la- - bor partnership for the solu- tion of our pressing postwar problems and the winning of a Better Canada. TIM BUCK SAM CARR J. B. SALSBERG STEWART SMITH NORMAN FREED’ LESLIE MORRIS ANNIE BULLER CHARLES SIMS A. A. MacLEOD HARRY HUNTER HELEN ANDERSON STANLEY RYERSON The dangerously negative role | of Canada’s delegation at San/j Francisco, which voted for ad-} mission of Argentina, against Falangists main Nazi operation bases Latin America. Falangist influence is seen in Paraguay where President Hig- inio Morinigo has reportedly in _ Union Conference, and until the | abolished freedom of religion and agreement on Big Five unanis| mity, is a serious warning. The anti-Soviet inciters of| World War III must be defeated | utterly. , | Canada must become a positive | foree for effective American- | Soviet-Commonwealth tion in world reconstruction, and the forces of labor and demo- cracy must act to win this policy now. BUILD POWERFUL LPP , BUILD LABOR UNITY UR Party has gained im. measurably in experience and influence. These gains must be transformed into big member- ship increases in all constituen- cies. Without delay, our, sup- porters must be approached to join our Party. Hundreds of workers in our election campaign can and must be enrolled in our .Party clubs as fully-fledged: members. While strengthening the fight in defense of the people’s imme- diate interests, we shall study the lessons of the elections, and shall closely examine our election work for weaknesses and short- comings. coopera-! {last moment opposed the Yalta has prohibited the celebration of government for the satisfaction | public acts by non-Catholic con- gregations. Paraguayan sources charge that a Father Laborel is carrying on anti-United Nations and anti-Protestant propaganda through his own broadcasting station in Ascuncion. Father La borel is said to be closely associ- ated with Father Laburu, who is Now in this city urging forgive- ness for the Nazis. Exeellently informed Bolivian sources told this correspondent that. Bolivian and Spanish diplo- macy have recently been coordin- ated, following a talk between Spanish Foreign Minister Lequ- erica and pro-Falangist Bolivian Ambassador Portillo in Madrid. As a result, all Bolivian diplo- mats in Latin America are said to have been directed by their foreign office to defend Falang- ism and emphasize its democratic character. My informant, who says that he saw one of these directives, declares that Lequerica particu- larly recommended that obstacles be placed in the way of the Mex: ican delegation’s proposal at San Francisco that all states which helped the Axis during the war be excluded from the new world organization. Argentine diplo- | mats are said to be cooperating | with the Bolivians in this project. COMPLIMENTS OF ... MArine 0648 VANCOU ry H HAWKEN & ZUKER LIMITED Manufacturing Jewelers and Repairs Room 310-11—193 E. Hastings Street VER, B.C. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1945.