Meet Tackles lems Of Peace- Communists of British Columbia are in convention k, the third province- -wide meeting of the Labor- -e Party since it was first organized in August of “his year the delegations were Tiniited by the federal at restrictions. govern: . But when. the oening 5t under way in the Gers’ Hall on Friday * credentials - were” on * delegates reresenting < of the arty’s 88 clubs. ‘ist conventions are al- ‘ghlight. in the life of } movement, and this -q excetion.. Here was -of machine delegates ly ‘approve . machine > sto arrange the pat- or whatever election looming. This was a -: men and, women. of og. class conscious of = problems. facing B.C. =tion as a-whole, ready ir out a :iprogram for 2- would meet. “the: -lay- nd help win ‘the peace. i always, this, conven- he LPP -furnished a ‘on 6f B.C.’s best sons 3ters from factory and as Peter “a ‘sherman ~from. " Fort ‘and Bert Chester, a m iRed Lake. There hardrock miner Vic > Wells, the coal miner ski of’ Fernie, Ralph ey. Turnérs' from ‘the enter: f= Ladysmith, Brown of Lake Cowi- ider’in the TWA ladiés’ : There were many Cord oni; =2B new faces,’ but there were many | too who had been in the Com- munist movement for many years, many of them regarded in their community and trade union as among the staunchest fighters for labor’s rights and the interests of the people. The opening session Friday morning featured-the delivery of the main report— “B.C. Faces the Postwar’—by < Nigel Mor- gan, one “of the outstanding trade unionists in Canada. The afternoon session was taken up by the report of the recent LPP national committee meeting, de- livered by Minerva Cooper, the party’s provicial organizer. Past provincial conventions of the LPP have been held-at criti- cal periods in national and inter- national. affairs. The first con- vention in 1943 came during the height of the demand for a second: front against Hitler Ger- many, and labor’s. accompanying fight for all out war production. The second gathering was in February: of 1944, out of which came the Communists’ evalua- tion of Teheran, all the: more valid and applic- able in the present world’*and national situation. The “Décem- ebr convention. of the same’ year laid the groundwerk for labor’s fight. against the Tory: danger in the = then+tosbé+faced election, a fight: ‘that did bring = THE CREDIT HOUSE OF QUALITY - _ SPECIAL “VALUES IN Riisik : Fall Coats TAILORED COATS —.- good values, see tailored .coats in li you appreciate this group of fine casual and dressmaker styles, also our “‘Salisbury’’ coats in English 2nd Scotch tweeds— Priced from ? 5 0 UP FUR TRIMMED COATS that will give you years of beauty, warmth and wear. A fine collection. superbly tailored of fine quality luxuri- all woo} fabrics, trimmed wirh ovs furs. Many lovely styles in Priced from 3 | FOUR WAYS TO BUY 1—Pay Cash. 2—Charge Account. 3—Lay-Away Plan. 4— Budget Plan in Accordance with TERMS W.P.T.B. Regulations sizes. 5 0 UP an evaluation. general he is being tried. A recording of his own voice proclaiming himself head of the pro-Nazi government in Norway stuns Vidkun Quis- ling as, closely guarded, he enters the Oslo courtroom: where the defeat of the Tory bid for government on June 11. The present convention meets in the-midst of another critical situation, characterized by the fight for jobs and so¢ial secur- jty;c foriceictory: inthe peace. Labor’s,-special problem in B.C. hes in the defeat of the Liberal- Tory - -coalition government on Octobér 25°and the “election of a progressive “administration - with big labor representation.’ In all these “préblems the*LPP had al- ready taken ‘the lead in its pro- posal for’ —progressivé. electoral unity as the one guarantee for the defeat of the coalition. “‘MOVING-TRANSFER” <—se ASH BROTHERS CARTAGE 2239 CAMBIE — FA. 0469 Quality and Purity As HOMEMADE HASTINGS BAKERY 14716 E. Hastings HA. 3244 R .receive as low as 55c. IWA TQ HOLD INTERIOR MEET Jack» :Greenall,= Coersevervecevevnevsveneetenns $35.00 Pension For $5.00 a Month —Pension Plans —Sickness Policies —And all other forms of : Life Insurance ROY LOWTHER with PRUDENTIAL of LONDON : MA. 7920 Eves. PA. 5518 : Security for the Working Man : and Accident Geveneecancannecernennacecneecesce re 4