British Communists

the essential points of which
were the demand for an all-round
increase and’ revised scales for
each industry based on a £4.10.0
minimum, equal pay for women,
improved wage-for-age scales
for young workers, combined
with strict control of prices and
the remission of taxation that
bears heavily on the workers.

“Now victory over fascism has
been won, there is a natural de-
sire that peace shall also bring
its victories in the form of im-
proved wages and working con-
ditions, even though the workers
fully understand that the trans-
ition from a war to a peace ec
onomy is no easy path and are
prepared to take this into ac-
count.

“The ending of continuous
overtime and reductions in rela-
tively high wartime piece-work
sarnings and bonuses in some in-
dustries has brought this fact
sharply to the notice of the work-
ers, while at the game time the
employers are doing their ut-
* most to force rates back to old
levels which the workers will
certainly not accept after their
war experiences. Decisive im-
provements in wages and con-
ditions are vital in such indust-
ries as textiles and foundries if
the reconversion program is ever
to be carried through.”

There was no question of the
employers‘ inability to pay high-
er wages: :

“The proportion of the national
production taken by interest and
profit has risen each year dur-
ing the war. Higher wages will
be a powerful stimulus to the
employers to put their house in
order, improve the technique
and methods of industry and cut
out the superfluous middleman
in practically every section of

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and increasing market for the
products of modern mass: produc-
tion.

“The Labor government must
at once state its national plan,
both for production as a whole
and with regard to wages and
hours.”’

(Continted next week)

Discrimination

within 80 days all employees of
this foundry will be required to
join a union.”

“Those who made that state-
ment are liars.”

“No employee of MacDonell
Metal Manufacturing Company
Limited within the lifetime of
the present owner will ever have
to join a union to hold a job in
this plant.”

MacDonell’s anti-union blast
continued on to point out that
“We believe in the right of an
individual to decide for him-
self what he shall join, and our
employees can rely on us to
cooperate with them in resist-
ing compulsion from any
source.”’

Following this threat to co-
operate with any phoney, anti-
union elements in his shop who
wished to fight the entry of the
union as bargaining agent, Mac-
Donell terminated Ralph Hamil-
ton, ostensibly because his work
was unsatisfactory, but the
members of the union and work-
ers in the plant state that the
real reason was that Hamilton
was terminated for his union
activities.

The union immediately ap-
pealed Hamilton’s discharge to
the Unemployment Insurance
officials, who reinstated the man.
Macdonell in turn appealed to
the Board of Referees, who re-
versed the first decision and
found in favor of the company.

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EDMONTON, ALTA. — High-
lights of the recent Alberta Far-
mers’ Union convention held
here were recognition.of the.need
for closer cooperation between
farmer and worker and the ques-
tion of amalgamation of all farm
organizations in the province, as
evidenced in resolutions raising
these points. The recognition of
the need for cooperation between
farmer and worker was amply

demonstrated when the conven-
tion passed a resolution register-
ing full support to the striking
Ford workers and sending initial
financial support to the amount
of $429.78, collected on the spot
from those attending the con-
vention:

Carl Stimpfle, of Egremont,
Alta., was elected president of
the organization and 12 direc-
tors, who comprise the full exec-
utive board will be elected by
their districts.

Resolutions passed at the con-
vention termed freight rates
grossly unfair and asked an ad-
justment in rates discriminatory
to western farmers and called for
an investigation into the capital
structure of both trans-Canada
railways with a view to equaliz-
ing rates granted tc areas across
Canada. -

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tion the convention raised the
unanimous demand for an im-
mediate provincial government
program under public owner-
ship, with services to be supplied
at cost. Other resolutions were
passed agreeing on the broad
principle of ‘merger of various
farmers’ organizations in the
province, and a plan of general
principles was adopted by the
AFU convention.

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ignored. Also ignored were the
proven and admitted facts of
British and American interven-
tion in Greece, Indonesia and
China,

Yet even the more reactionary
press and radio commentators
had to concede that in Moscow
the threat to Big Three unity
was considerably lessened, and
with that, the hopes for Jg:ture
peace and security strengthened.
For proof of that, a glance
back over events of the past
three months gives added im-
portance to the steps taken at
Moscow.

BIG STICK POLICY

the Big Three decisions at Yalta
and Potsdam on the part of: Bri--
tain and United States came dur-
ing the London conference of
foreign ministers in September.

That meeting came to an in-
determinate, even disastrous
close. It did» so primarily be-
cause Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin of Britain and State Sec-
retary James F. Byrnes of the

U.S. entered the conference
openly armed with the “big
stick,” and made no secret of

the fact that their weapons were
for use against the USSR. Both
refused categorically to base
their discussions on the decisions
reached between Truman, Att-
lee and Stalin at Potsdam. In-
stead, they’ advanced demands
for “democratic” elections in the
Balkan countries which would
have resulted in breaking up the
democratic peoples’ movenrents
in those countries and permitting
the monopolies to return to pow-
er. At the same time, they re-
fused.to consider the legitimate
request by Molotov for a place
in the administration of occu-
pied Japan.

The failure of the London
conference was the signal for
an anti-Soviet campaign un-
rivalled since_ the nineteen-
thirties. The press was filled
with blasts against the USSR
which went unrebuked by any
authoritative British or Am-
erican leader.

Moscow Asreer

The first open departure from;

Then in Novem
and Attlee went 2

Washington. mnfex
atomic bomb, Trum:
there would be no f
ings of the Big Three
ers. ‘Then the Washing ©
signed by Truman,

Mackenzie King, in ef
notice that mes
Union “played bali” :
they would not be
for subsequent develop”
piece of political bi
rivalled in recent year

Meanwhile both the
and American impetig!.
gan pursuing anila
cies in respect. to
countries as Indon
China and China.
weeks the threat of
III hung like a dark

Viewed from this
‘the decisions reached
were extremely signific

On two all-impo:
—the future of Jap
disposition of the ate
the decisions followed ¥
the position taken §-
leaders. On the questi
Balkans, the decision 4
the governmenis of
Romania will take 94]
different period, and
less dangerous i
than would have been
four months ago when |
Byrnes first made thei |
Now the people’s Zor ;
of these countries are TH :
established, with stron.
port from the trade
peasant organizations i
inclusion. of relatively i |
uninfluential center pa -
do no basic harm to th
mental structure.

But even more than 4
main significance of th {
conference decisions rt ;
fact that the grand 2{
Britain, United States j
Soviet Union -has bee 1
thened once again. At
lies the best hope i
peace-—AL PAR

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