Li. No.1. Pacific Tribune, Friday, February 15, 1946 ts Formerly PACIFIC ADVOGATE arshal Stalin Warns Against War Danger n Election Speech LPP Supports increased Wage Drive “The coming wage strug- gles in Canada are emanating from the ranks of the unions. The people of Canada are on the move and the spirit of the people is a fighting spir- it,’ stated Nigel Morgan in his address to a membership meeting of the Labor-Pro- gressive party held in Van- During the general election campaign in the Soviet Inion (voting day was on Feb. 10th), two outstanding 2zeches were made by Soviet leaders which have a tremend= $ importance to millions of people outside of the USSR. Jedsing his country’s un- srying support of UNO as a asuce of ensuring the peace- economic development of the }iet Union, Foreign Minister acheslay Molotev challenged italist Britam and America 2 post-war race in economic Social development. Such a se” carried on in the spirit mutual friendly relations be- en the bie three powers, dd give impetus and incentive sackling the yital problem of employment and post-war mstruction in al] the leading italist countries. Russia’s - in UNO, Molotov told the ‘jet electorate, was to en- » its effectiveness as a curb the conditions of world capital- ism ,with its imperialist imtri- gues ,and monopoly control and dommnetion of !markets and spheres of influence, the out- look for. permanent peace was none too bright. “Wars could be avoided”, Marshall Stalin declared in a nation-wide broadcast,” if there bution of raw materials and ex- port markets”. Such a “fair dis- tribution” ’of raw materials and 2ecess to world markets by all nations and peoples, is one of the basic tenets of the Atlantic Charter. The spectacle of im- perialist domination over the lives and welfare of millions of powerful movement can assure victory. “The Canadian government has not changed its policy one scrap” the “LPP provincial leader con- tinued, amendments to the government wage control order P.C. 9384 in effect are still calculated te keep wages frozen whilst the release | waS a possibility of fair distri- | 6f price controls will be followed by a skyrocketine of prices which will lamreads on the real wages or ‘take home pay’ of the workers.” couver last Sunday. Welcoming: the coming wage conference of the €@CL unions Morgan pointed out that only a coordinated National “recently announced immediately make further _iIn a fighting speech which called on the LPP membership to rally all of its forces for the coming struggle, Morgan stress- mmperialist war-mongers and TeSSors, ae to guarantee to USSR “a lengthy period of is and ensured security”. =rd on the heels of Moilotov’s =war reconstruction chal- © to the people of the cap- Bt; world came Marshal Stal- warning to the people of the R—and the world; a warn- that war is unavoidable under valism. A warning that under JSSR, Edward Stettinius etary Ernest Bevin. = dia, Egypt, Palestine, indicate that See STALIN ‘King out procedure during session of United Nations anization in London are, left to right: Andrei Vishinsky and British Foreign: of U:S.,) peoples in Greece, Indonesia, In- reactionary. perialist powers with their so- cal democratic lackies, are block ing the free democratic expres- Sion and right to self sovern- ment of millions of people, and preparing the sroundwork which (Continued on Page 8) ed the fact that the fight for Wages was not the fight of or- ganized labor alone but was in fact a fight for national prosper- ity. “Big business is on the of- fensive with the object of driving down the living standards of the Canadian people and smashing the trade union movement.” (Continued on Page 8) See SUPPORT DEMANDS Fight For Wages-Homes Sweeping Canada -U.S.; Labor Plans Big Lobby West End LPP Club, Vancouver. Window display indicates a busy center in the LPP Housing Campaisn. LOA: Observers were quick to point to the similarity in housing con- ditions between Canada and the U.S. Significant, too, was Presi- dent Truman’s recosnition that government action is the main solution to the emergency, a basic point in the LPP’s cam- paign for 250,000 new homes in Canada through government sub- sidies. The shortage of decent homes is as acute, and in some areas even more critical, than in Can- ada. Americans are faced with the same two-fold problem of Mass Lobby the history of the province. Impressing on all delegates the importance of electing their delegates, Daniel O’Brien, CCL representative, stated that the lobby would Jast from February 24 to 28. Drawing attention to the tremendous ‘advances that labor had made in this province as a result of united action, @’Brien strongly condemned any attempt to divide or disrupt the present unity. Recalling at- tempts made last year to disrupt the lobby at that time, O’Brien scored a report appearing in the Vancouver Sun to the effect that the Joint Labor Government Labor Prepares United For Victoria It is expected that delegates representing every union, AFL and CCL, will participate in the mass labor lobby planned for the opening of the B:C. legislature. Backed by members of the Canadian Legion, United labor will press its demands upon the government in a lobby unequalled in committee was about to disband, as an attempt by these same “political termites’ to sow con= fusion. “We have succeeded in sitting down with all of the re- sponsible labor leaders in the province te work out procedure for joint action on labor’s legis- lative demands” stated O’Brien “Anyone who would attempt to sabotage this effort, which un- doubtedly is giving a lead to la- bor across the Dominion should be roundly condemned’’. Both AFL and CCL councils are circularisine their unions urging full participation by locals in the march on Victoria. U.S. Gives Lead To Canada On Housing The demand for low rental housing in Canada, fast be- coming a key national issue under the impetus of the emerg- ency and the national housing campaign being conducted —— by the Labor-Progressive Party, has been Strengthened by the United States’ government decision to initiate the con- struction of 2,700,000 new housing units during 1946 and private industry being both un- able and unwilling to meet the emergency, plus the fact that the majority of people without proper accommodation are un- able to build or purchase their own home. it was these facts, coupled with the tremendous pressure for action by labor and veteran groups, which forced the Tru- man administration last week to announce its new home-building program. Under this program, the government will underwrite low-rental housing projects in hard-hit areas, establish prior- ities on building materials, triple the number of workers on resi- dental construction and raise wages, where necessary, and stimulate development of ‘the pre-fabricated housing industry. Other steps to be taken in- clude the imposing of price ‘ceil, ings on building lots and houses, new or old, the creation of more effective nes controls on ma- terials, and the Coniintation of rent ceilings. There is a striking similarity between the U.S. housing pro- gram and the proposals advanced during the past three weeks by the LPP in its national housing campaign, which calls for the Setting aside of one billion dol- lars by the federal government for construction of 250,000 new low-rental homes. That cam- paign is already achieving re- sults both in a direct and in- direct way. Indirectly, it has re- sulted in editorials and articles in @2 number of Canadian news- Papers, and a general quickening (Continued on Page 7) See HOUSING AF gone Po =