SURSSSEE SAUAETCOTASHOSCKRERORIUTECESSSERERTATSRERESRUTISESES MERREREESRESATESSSOS CLE ESEREEERESEIELRELRSESEUESRAELSEIEEE AT DO YOU THINK ? Z. AEReususausseursys.00seseanessenensrusenene SERENE EEE EOE UU TORU SOT TUSSLE EPEAT ENAETEEELAE TEE DernaTeay in whose animosity to the U.S.- S.R. is in line with that of the CCF in Canada. Bevin’s objection to the pro- posed governments in the Bal- kan States seems to be ground- ed in the fact that the old- time semi-feudalist and part- fascist elements are not suffi- cently represented in the peoples Front selection of can- didates for office to suit the British Imperialists The very people who have been foremost in the underground resistance -essors, the movement are to be denied the ‘ing that of right of seélf-determination to ‘dies. which so much lip-service has c e been paid. '2 are acting Baca ; "on behalf of That principle actually “goes by the- board’? wherever British Imperialist interests are endangered and a way has to’ be found to counteract the growing influence of Russia in the European situation. And last but not least we have always India to remind us at, the for- of British Imperialist hypoc- ES Tories like risy in mouthing self-deter- : mination for all peoples. A. Cheverton White Rock E indicated by : and articles ( not only is Fons Security hake the sup- ‘ossor nations » function has 4 upon it — g peoples in ries who are ow off the -apitalism as Greece, and id in Yugo- -soes on for- /) be carried -oretary Bev- P 3 . Your aDer ; _ the election campaign is over and we e fight for labor unity into the electoral thousands of new people aware of this * the labor movement, we must redouble down the line to win the post war era : world and jobs and security for every - and all who contributed to the weli- -antry. is a part of that world wide battle for s2 this week rolled up those inspiring | French people; it is part and parcel ‘of “te Ford strikers on the picket lines at our fight for your future. ugh the history of the labor movement » is the clarion which calls to action all progress to the fight. Such is the role of organiger and a propagandist—-A neces- our struggle to build your union—To sty around the demands of the workers 1 the streets—In parliament and in every 2 people get together and discuss their -esolve to action. ; : : have done remarkably good work for 2 course of the election campaign. These st End, Grandview, and West End, who bstantial part of the sub quotas. Next Il carry a restatement of the drive quotas standings to date. And in the meantime vill see the city drive committee work out swing into action. + going out to all clubs and we hope to ts on plans in to this office soon so that them in P.A. ve also we have received a special chal- ace Rupert over the signature of. Bruce directed especially to Victoria, New and North Vancouver. PR. challenges tat they will be the first to regain the >; not only do they intend to recoup this, ‘Ss not only do they intend to recoup this 9 bring in a substantial number of new n P.A. will award a special prize to the ith makes the best showing of these ow of the plans your committee has for Drive Quota. ACIFIG ADVOCATE Promises Dear Sir: “The election is over now and we have had the usual prom- ises. Let us have some action instead of promises. How about the Boeing Aircraft plants now laying idle being reconvertad to peacetime needs? I am told the Boeing plant with its up to date ma- chinery can manufacture any- thing from cutlery to prefab- rieated houses. During the war we were told to speed up pro- duction and help defeat the en- emy of mankind. Now we hace “won the war, let us win the ‘peace by giving our people full employment with decent wages and fredom from fear and and freedom from fear and wat. Surely if we can find money for war, we can find money for peace. Yours truly, ; M_ Thomas MaclInnis Sir: On reading my P.A. last week, I came ‘across the letter that Angus MacInnis wrote to the Ford Strikers. While in the past I have nursed a somewhat vain hope that MacInnis might murse, beneath his psuedo-so- cialist outer self, the basic con- victions of a, labor man, any hopes that I may have had were dashed to the ground upon see- ing the stand that he toék. It has long been the hope of many workers that “labor men” of the stripe of dear Angus could be showed up for what they are, and I doubt very much if after reading that letter any- one would require any further evidence. In attacking the elect- ed leaders of an organization because they do not subscribe to his personal political theor- ies sand writing the strike off as phoney because of what he believes to be phoney leadership he showed himself in his true colors as one who can do the labor movement little if any good. A sound refutation of Mac- Innis’ attitude lies in the solid support, in hard-earned dollars and sympathy, that is going for- ward to the strikers of UAW Local 200 from all sections of the country. It is clear that or- ganized labor as a whole does not share the warped ideas of MacInnis. In times of stress a man shows himself in his true colors. Angus MacInnis, by the attitude expressed in his letter to the strikers, has shown him- self to be anything but a friend of labor and an adherent of policies that can only serve to divide and defeat organized la- bor. Let the labor movement be warned that careerists and Op- portunits can bring nothing but grief to the workers who fight for progress and security. JAMES PARTRIDGE. Suamaausnauruneaenaaandsarevvsvevaposauenebanasrrszsscscusstsrseniteacastesevacacs Atuenusesees : . SOU CCOREKCuCcuEEY 9S by OF Bill De nnnns nana SPSUUAENAMEELQHEGEUDSsaanuenaccaseanaarasssazussseuaasususcesasanssnisissarssstesssscseatevsagcas HE Story about the Industrial Oil Workers’ Union in Regina that withdrew from the CCF because the alleged Socialist government of Saskatchewan makes labor laws which it does not enforce, reminds me of a conversation I had with a Hindu comrade in India and what I learned from it. Placing laws on the statute books means less than nothing if they are just to remain laws on a statute book. The Industrial Oil Workers’ Union has learned that through the failure of the Saskatch- ewan “Socialist?? government to enforce the provisions of the Trades Union Act which it placed on the statute book in 1944, There are countless instances of capitalist governments doing that same thing. Measures which seem to make concessions to the Trade Unions have become the law of the land in many Democratic countries, generally with a great noise and in the most ostentatious manner other- wise; by Liberal and even Tory administrations only to become dead letters unless the organized workers were alert and powerful enough - to force their application. The Saskatchewan CCF “Socialist” government is at least as good Slavery M* Hindu friend referred to the miserable existence of the chattel slaves in some of the ative States. These Native States are out- side of the British Empire and yet not out of it. Their rulers make their own laws but at the direction and under the control of a British resident or agent, who, in turn gets. his instructions from London. I commented that it; was the Briton’s proudest boast that slavery thad been abolished in every land where the British ruled. “Yes,” he = replied, “that is true. Many .years ago, the British government de- cided that on one was to be held in slavery in the Native States, but many of the slaves have not yet heard of it.” : So there were at that time, about ten years ago, liberal laws “in force” in the Indian Native States under British imperialism, which were not enforced just as there is a Trade Union Act “in force” in Sas- katchewan under a CCF, “Socialist” government which is not enforced. Again, when the 8-hour bill for hard rock miners became the law in B.C., it was not enforced by the government either; nor was it heeded by the mine owners either. But the miners were organized 100 per cent in the Western Federation—and they saw to it that it was en- forced. From the statute books they brought it into the mines. That is the way to make labor laws work for the workers! Though the oil workers of Regina don’t like the way the CCF fails to carry out their own laws, to enforce them on the bosses that is, there are others who do like their methods—the Royal Bank of Canada for instance. Mrs. Grace MacInnes should know! She spoke on the same plat- form as Leon Ladner at the UBC on Oct. 22. Ladner contended thai if the CCF assumed the government of B.C. it would ruin the credit of the province. Replying to that statement, Mrs. MacInnes said, “The Royal Bank of Canada had reduced the interest rate on loans to the CCF govern- ment because they considered the CCF government a good risk.” Has the Royal Bank turned Socialist or has the CCF Socialist government turned—Oh, hell! A Deserter THe press of the United States and Canada is making capital these days of the action of the ex-editor of the New York Communist - paper, Daily Worker. Two weeks ago that individual, Louis Budenz, announced through the mouth of the red-baiting priest, Monseigneur Fulton Sheen, that he had resigned from the Communist Party, and gone back to the faith of his fathers. Budnez is not the first rat who nosed his way into the Communist Party through the trust imposed in him by members of his trade union. While a member of the Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers Union, he was made editor of their union journal. From that position he worked himself into a job as writer of a page of trade union news in the Daily Worker each week. When the Daily Worker set up editions in Chicago and the West Coast, he was placed in Chicago as editor. Later he was called to New York to take over the managing editor’s job there. S Budenz’s defection and return to his wallowing in the mire is another indication of the failure of the Party in Communist alertness under {Browder’s leadership. Budenz came out of the Socialist Party where he was an associate of Trotskyites; professed at all times to be an enthusiastic Marxist, mouthing windy phrases in support of his enthusiasm, just as others have done who were grinding axes of their own in our country as well as in the States. Just For A Handful Of Silver But the time and the manner of his going proves that he was never a Marxist. In the face the American imperialist, offensive to de- prive the workers of the gains they have made during the war: in the face of the all-too-apparent intention of the same imperialists to de- quired sinecure of a job at Notre Dame University, that, “Communism SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1945