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reaching effect on the Asiatic
peoples’ ultimate liberation.

WFTU

In Canada, United States and
Great Britain, the year 1945 saw
the labor movements of these
countries reach the greatest
Strength in history, with an in-
fluence on government policies un-
heard of in previous years. And
1945 was the year, too, which saw
the establishment. of the World
Federation of Trade Unions, rep-
resenting 66 million organized
_workers and possessing an almost
incaleulable power for progress.

ATOMIC ENERGY

Finally—and in terms of the fu-.
ture most importnat of all —
1945 witnessed man’s harnessing
of atomic energy .

The discovery of the release
of atomic energy was not just

the utilization of electric power.

It was a revolution, a radical
change in the scale of man’s
control over the forces of nature,
and a revolution whose future
possibilities can no more be
prophesied than could the har-
nessing of steam power in James
Watt’s time.

These were some of the ma-
jor events’ which made 1945 a
vitally important year for pro-
gress. On the debit side, of
course, is British intervention in
Greece and Indonesia and U.S.
intervention in China; the con-
tinued existence of fascism in
Spain and Argentina; the at-
tempt to reorganize reactionary
German monopoly capital and
Anglo-American provocations in
Turkey and Iran directed against
the USSR. On the home front,

@ scientific and technical ad-

the debit side of the 1945 Iedger

vance, even a major one, like was indicated in the renewed

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offensive by big business against
the working people’s wages and
living standards.

All these reactionary develop-
ments were in themselves reason
for concern and sharpened strug-
gle in the new year coming up.
But they could not overshadow
the fact that in 1945 the cause
of progress made the greatest
gains, and that the common peo-
ple made important strides to-
ward the ultimate victory when
world. imperialism will be final-
ly destroyed.

IWA

Washington District Couneil,
and Ed Laux of the IWA Ply-
woods Division, now on _ the

ballot for the position of inter-
national Secretary-treasurer.
President Fadling’s attend-
ance is in line with an agree-
ment recently signed between
the international officers and
officials of the B.C. . District
Coucil, under which the inter-
national agrees to assist B.C. in
reaching new agreements with
B.C. operators and to include at

least one international represent-

ative on B.C3as negotiating
committee. ‘
Whatever decisions are made

at the convention, this much can
be stated for a certainty—that
the IWA, as the province’s most
important union, will adopt a
program of importance and sig-
nificance to the future of organ-
ized labor. The loggers and saw-

Byelecti
stump ranchers and small grow- =
ers, while at the same time point-
ing out that a program of jobs
and public development servde
the interests of all of the people
orf the North Okanagan.

The LPF alone exposed the
role of the Hart-Maitland Coali-
tion in the - Dominion-Provincial
Conference. The LPP alone in-
troduced into the by-election the
question of peace, calling for the
relentless exposure on the part
of the provincial government of
these elements seeking to make
Canada’s North-West coast a
jumping off point for attack
against the Soviet Union and the
People’s governments of Europe.

Nigel Morgan’s .
Vernon Rotary Clu
found impression,
ed the party in th
position elements.
ization with a tho
present-day proble

When the votes w
the 250 marked f,
represented one f
total and one eleye
Coalition total. T
well in the lead of
which lost more thay:
vote registered im ¢
election. With onl]
in the total vote, the
more than 300 vote

While attendance at meetings
on the whole was poor, the-LPP
held the largest meetings of the
campaign, doubling, in ‘Vernon,
the size of meetings held by any
cther party. A considerable num-
ber of people heard for the first
time an explanation of-the policy
of the LPP, and while not yet

In view of the by
and the fact tha
first time that the
tested the proving
North Okanagan, }
istered by the LPP

prepared to vote for the party,|advance for the {|
were impressed by the program |movement. The [py -
and influenced in a progressive | f-om the election

direction. Many people comment~
ed on the fact that it was the
only party which appeared to
have active workers, apart from
top committees, their work dem-

friends in territory |
touched, a new club
enhanced prestige as

a.
party and the ia

onstrated in indefatigable post-
er -pasting and door-to-door can-
vassing.

one of the first pr
rural seats to be
gress.

A considerable number of peo-

mill workers have given the|ple still holding their voting sup-
lead in many a past campaign] port in reserve ‘were impressed
of labor. They can be counte, | by the spirit which the LPP in-
on to maintain that leadin; | jected into the campaign and
position in the year to come. expressed a desire to meet the
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