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PL A, racic aovocate

PEOPLE’S VOICE FOR PROGRESS

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What Is The A\nswer ?

“From this convention we appeal to the CCF
. to realize that this is no time for recrimina-
tions. The need of hundreds of thousands of
B.C. citizens and not partisanship must guide
us all. We appeal to the CCF leadership to re-
consider their. arbitrary rejection of the
Proposals of the trade unions of the province.
The people who desire progress ask the parties
of labor to join hands against the common
enemy. Those who reject this proposal. will
have to bear the consequences.””

IN these words the delegates to the third annual

convention of the Labor-Progressive party, brush-
ing aside all rebuffs, appealed once again for that
electoral unity of all Progressives that alone can
assure the defeat of the Hart-Maitland coalition in
the coming provincial elections.

The demand for such unity is growing among
all progressive people. We realize that if we wish
to reap the fruits of victory, if we wish to see this
Province assume its rightful place in the-industrial
life of our country; if we wish to see the basic rights
of Jobs, Homes .and Social Security which belong to
the veterans, the warworkers and all who contribut-

ed to the defeat of fascism, the coalition of reaction

must be swept from. Victoria.

It has become clear that Premier Hart, who
made some concessions to Progressive development
during the war has now capitulated to the Blaylock
Tories. The coalition will now be dominated by the
will of the Tories and strive to advance. the interests
of monopoly and eastern trusts instead of the inter-
ests of the people of B.C.

The Hart-Maitland coalition must be defeated
it B.C. is to advance. It entered the election, uniting
the Liberal and Tory machines on the dictates of
the Blaylocks who hope by this device to maintain
themselves in power indefinitely.

The united vote of the progressive anti-
coalition forces can defeat the plan ©f monopoly
capital to return the people of this province to the
days of mass unemployment and unbridled exploit-
ation that marked the prewar years.

The CCF leadership stands in the way. of. the
Progressive people of this province.

By their arbitrary refusal to consider the unity
Proposals of the LPP and the fact that they have so
far ignored the appeals from the trade unions they

demonstrate that narrow party considerations con-

cern them more than the needs of the people.

The BCFederation of Labor’s appeal for elec-
toral unity of the labor parties at the poll has been
supported by the Victoria labor council and the
Boilermakers’ union. It is to be expected that the
whole trade union movement of this province will
join in this demand. The LPP has replied to the

offer of the trade union movement expressing its
desire and intention to do
the progressive vote as the
defeat of reaction.

The CCF has not yet replied.

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Editor, Pacific Advocate:

The dishonesty of Social De-
mocracy is its pretence to be
a party for Secialism. This dis-
honesty is strongly evident in
the British Labor Party and
the top leadership of the CCF.
Both parties babble about So-
cialism instead of educating
the masses through the strug-
gle for immediate needs. -

Already the British Labor
Party is showing the same
anaemia of the Bruning regime
that paved the way for Hitler
in Germany. This is evidenced
by Prof. Laski who has de-
scended from his ivory tower
to give vent to Social Demo-
cratic pessismism.

In his latest press releases,
he says, “The terrible effects
of war is that it conditions us
to doubt about the methéd of
consent. It puts us in a state
of mind where we became more
convinced that compulsion is
the only way to create the
framework of desirable inno-
vation.” But it would be as
startling an innovation as the
atomic bomb if the Attlee gov-
ernment would even apply suf-
ficient compulsion as to re-

DO YOU TH

move such reactionary ob-
stacles as Lord Halifax bar-
ring the way to progress.

The inactivity of the social

fascists has even impelled the ~

London Times to rap Premier
Attlee’s latest speech by say-
ing, “His appeal for hard work
and goodwill cannot provide a
substitute for decisive action
by the government.” From this
it is apparent the Labor gov-
ernment of Britain is too ob-
sessed with fear to give vig-
orous leadership. They dread
the power of the financial oli-
garchy to crash the value of
the pound and thus rob the
people of their savings. They
well remember it only requir-
ed but the threat of this to
displace Ramsay MacDonald in
favor of Baldwin.

There is no justification for
the Attlee government to ex-
press platitudes in place of
giving strong leadership. In
New Zealand the. Labor govern-
ment has with the support of
a strong trade union’ move-
ment instituted valuable re-
forms. The Labor Party in
Britain is likewise supported
by strong trade unions and
has the same opportunity; but

GROWTH OF CANADA’S FOOD EXPORTS

(1939-1944)

BEEF

BACON

EGGS
Percentages refer to CHEESE
1944° increase over FISH
1939 figures. WHEAT

3,873,200 LBS.
187,825,000 LBS.
1,274,327 DOZ.
90,944,800 LBS.
185,606 TONS

~ 4,887,137 TONS

1944

103,203,800 LBS.
695,757,000 LBS.
58,403,410 DOZ.
131,429,200 LBS,
215,180 TONS
8,750,391 TONS

W. 1. B. CANADA

The trade union movement is waiting’ for its

answer.

- Thousands of trade unionists who have. been
CCF supporters are also waiting for the answer.

But it is not enough to wait and hope.

The CCF leadership has demonstrated its anti-
pathy to unity. The thousand of CCF supporters and
membership, who along with all other progressives
see labor unity as the answer to the problem of de-
feating the Maitland-Hart coalition of reaction,
must'bring pressure upon the leadership of the CCF
to change their attitude before it is too late.

_ Forge the coalition of Progress against the
coalition of reaction. Fight for labor unity!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER |

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