‘officials of the. Boiler’ ions Local 2; ‘from ‘ihe. union headquarters ah = been remoyed from. ¢ a. new executive in- ye 2 : & Garry Galbane, se- BE asurer of the Federa- y cek addressed: an cpen 52 provincial committee > asking whether the 2w of F. B. Cardwell’s | ted position as .a the CCF, ‘‘wishes to be with the attempt to Federation.” 'urdwell has been pres- > Boilermakers’ Union tary, 1945,” Culhane’s | ‘e CCF provincial com- tes, “and during his ‘ice has endeavored to veal out of the Ship- ral Workers Federa- ‘s carried on these ac- _«the face of repeated -hat the course he is - ould lead the local in- -. isolation. | x the repeated endeav- SGWE to save the maintain its status croup under Cardwell’s has continued in a would appear to have ate-objective the-des= the local. it difficult.to believe icy of the CCF within aion movement is such ould countenace activi- iS nature,” “Culhane’s -udes, “but since Card- _ blicly proclaimed him- E *2 leader of the CCF | ainst the Federation, e daily press and in| --on meetings, and since ent has not been de- = :el justified in bring- _ tter to your attention /at we may learn whe- your party wishes to /:d in such-a..course of 4 ASAUAUAQCUMEAESTSOLUSERCCO2R 0 FASEROEEE CREST. ‘ie Beauty Salon i We Specialize in ( ANENT WAVING 8 Granville St. = site St. Helen’s Hotel ‘Arine 6612 Sey suvnvannseeaunvatuecversneeneass lB 7ING-TRANSFER”’ i — © i BROTHERS _CARTAGE * AMBIE — FA. 0469 .5. Gill Fuel Co. h West, 810—FR. 3231 7 Run Slabs, Edgings, jisides, 2 cords $10 _o. 1 Fir Sawdust %) GREETINGS to P.A. from . W. J. CURRY French woikmen rebuild a viaduct near Nantes, destroy ed by the Germans. When completed, it will restore railroad service with Paris. : - USSR has emerged a tion of her right to joint owner- ship of the Manchurian railways and joint use of the naval base of Port Arthur. And the Russian people have won a friendly neigh- bor along the thousands of miles ot her territory. Soviet participation as a major force in,Far Eastern politics has “brought another expected result. tween the signing of the Soviet- Chinese treaty and China’s in- ternal political situation. The pact explicitly commits the USSR to recognize only the central gov- ernment in Chungking. But. it is no mere coincidence that al- most simultaneously with the an- nouncement of the treaty, Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek sud- denly altered his tactics toward the Yenan Republic and appar- ently offered the Chinese Com- munists a more acceptable basis for renewed discussion of China’s key problem of political disunity. That Chiang Kai-shek’s latest proposal for a ‘conference are on a more:concrete basis is evident in the announcements from Yen- an. Only last week the Yenan radio announced that General Chou-en Lai would be the Com- munist emissary to Chungking. Tse tung, chairman of the Chin- ese Communist Party, will also attend the parley, the first time in years that the Communist leader has eonsented to make the trip to the headquarters of the Kuomintang. Summed up, this seems to indicate Chung- king’s awareness that the Yenan government is a force that can no longer be disregarded, and that Mao Tse-tung’s recent statement charging the central government with having lost the support of a majority of the Chinese people is more than an idle statement. | STILL MANEUVERING But if there were renewed hopes that the Chungking con- ference would see the beginnings of an agreement on Mao Tse- tung’s proposal for. a genuine government of democratic coali- tion, there was also the knowl- edge that Chiang Kai-shek was c ADVOCATE — ‘PAGE 7 Sino-Soviet Pact Marks Step Forward The expected. effects of the Soviet Union’s entry into Far Eastern affairs have materialized. The Soviet-Chinese pact of friendship, to be in effect for 30 years, has been signed. The asa major Pacific power with recogni- i 4 z ; liberated “There is no direct connection be-| 3 This week it is stated that Mao; still maneuvering desperately in the hope of smashing the Yenan Republic. This was evident ate his bid for full American support which would permit him. .to launch a full-scale civil war against the Communist areas. It was evident. in his provocative. attitude in. such cities as Shanghai, where -a Communist-led uprising against the Japanese freed the city, and where the workers’ mil- itia was disarmed and broken up immediately after by Kuomintang troops brought in by American planes. & But Chiang Kai-shek’s eager- ness to reestablish the dictator- ship .of the graft-ridden Kuo- mintang over the whole of China was further revealed in his mass appointments of -Chinese quis- lings and Japanese’ collaborators as mayors and commissioners in North China. These elements, in many cases rich merchants and industrialists who worked with the Japanese closely, have been resisting occupation of their cen- ters by Communist troops, and their recognition by Chiang is an admission of his own com- plicity in past dealings with Chinese puppet troops under Ja- panese control. Having gained their support, the Generalissimo hepes to utilize these traitors_in | eny future war against the Yen- an regions. In estimating the success or failure of Chiang Kai-shek’s ad- venturist moves, however, the emergence of the Soviet Union as one of the four major powers in the Pacific has to be considered. Already it has brought big and important changes in Far Eastern politics, changes which will in- evitably weaken American and British imperialism and Chinese feudal fascism... Democracy in China has emerged from the war greatly strengthened. The im- petus of that arising democracy, coupled with the stimulating ef- feet of the Soviet Union as an ally of China, may well be the factors that will bring full de- mocracy to all of China’s 300 couver Labor Council when a tack against the proposal to send a mass delegation of labor, busi- ness and civic leaders to Ottawa to press for speedy reconversion of B.C. industry. , Under cover of. a criticism of the Canadian Manufacturers As- sociation, the bloc of United Steel Workers. _del gates in the council, led by BS Baskin . and Hileen - ~Pallman,.. amendment to a motion whick would in effect have isolated the labor council from the Conver-=: sion ~Committee’s fight against layoffs and possibly have split the AFL-CCL ‘unity around the is- sue of full employment. How close that move came to success is indicated by the voting which rejected the amendment, moved by Pen Baskin, by the narrow margin of 34 to 31 votes, after a lengthy and heated debate. The question reached the floor through a recommendation of the council executive endorsing the six-point program of the Conver- Sion Committet, which included reconvening of the Dominion- Provincial conference, a special legislative session, severance pay, the 40 hour week, a_ provincial housing program and a delega- tion to Ottawa. Immediate excep- tion was taken by Delegate Hileen- Tallman, United Steel Workers, to the proposal for a mass dele- gation. It would probably cost “close to $5,000” to send such a celegation, she asserted, and the results would not be worth the time and money spent. Delegate Lloyd Whelan, Local 217, IWA, joined-the attack with the claim that “labor had no bus- iness being associated in any way with members of the CMA.” The answer to the problem of mass layoffs, he declared, was to “for- get about delegations and take mass action right now.” After Delegates Vic Forster and Mal- colm Bruce of the Amalgamated Building Workers had expressed similar opinions, Delegate Bas- kin offered an amendment to the motion asking that ‘‘the Vancou- ver Labor Council question the national officers of the CCL as to the advisability of sending a mass delegation to Ottawa.” Labor Council Defeats Anti-Delegation Move That type of union ‘Jeadership’’ which places-a fake mili- tancy ahead of a considered estimation of labor’s position was strikingly illustrated at Tuesday’s meeting of the CCL Van- group of delegates led an at- Delegate’ “Bill” White, presi-” dent’ of the Boilermakers Union - and ‘a Jeading’ figure in’ the*Gon#' version Committee which*has uni® ° ted the AFL; CCL and veterans” organizations, challenged ‘the sin-_ cerity of the criticisms. The am- endment, he said, would serve no- tice :to ‘the public that the Van- couver Labor Council did not fully support the fight against layoffs, and would endanger the unity be- tween the council and the AFL Vancouver’ -Trades and . Labor Council. : é “Charges have been. levelled here that, by endorsing the mass delegation to Ottawa, we are ne- glecting and sidestepping the need for mass action,’ White re- marked. “Well, the mass meet- ing at Capilano Stadium was cer- tainly mass action. It resulted in the formation of the Conversion Committee, forced the City Coun- cil to meet with labor, and cre- ated a broad movement which may force even the CMA. to go along with us on our demands for extending B.C. -industry and creating postwar employment. Another mass meeting is planned and if we fail to get results, un- Goubtedly further action will be taken. We may have made some mistakes, but nothing like the mistake that will be made if this amendment passes, for it may split the Conversion Committee right down the middle.” White’s position was strong- ly supported by Delegates Charles Caron, Boilermakers, and W. J. Rebsen and Fred MacNeil of the Dock and Ship- yard Workers Union, who strongly condemned the amend- ment. When the amendment was defeated in a “show of hands” vote, the original mo- tion supporting the Conversion Committee’s six-point program Was passed by an overwhelm- ing majority, only Delegates Forster and Whelan register- ing opposition. Fully Insured——24-Hour Service EAST END TAXI - UNION DRIVERS 613 EAST HASTINGS St. Cor. Princess and Hastings HAst. 0334 . . . Compliments ... Dr. R. Llewellyn Bouglas * RICHARDS and HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. JOHN STANTON Barrister-Solicitor Notary Public 502 Holden Building MA. 5746—Night AL. 2177M HAst. 0340 766 E. Hastings Hastings Steam Baths Vancouver, B.C. 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