DISTORTS LPP POSITION

the people.”

Party.”

half of Renfrew LPP club.
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MacInnis states stand
on civil rights issue

Angus MacInnes, MP (CCF, Vancouver East) has answered
a letter from a group of citizens in his constituency urging him
to take a firm stand in opposing any legislation restricting the

Civil liberties of the people, with particular reference to the pro-
. Posed ban on the Labor-Progressive party.

MacInnis’ reply asserts that “the: party with which I am
4ssociated, the COF, has always taken a firm stand not only on
maintaining but extending the civil libefties and civil rights of

This is followed by an unfounded statement that “the avowed
Purpose of the Labor-Progressive party, should they ever gét the
°pportunity, is to abolish all ‘civil liberties.”

MacInnis continues: “Wherever the Communist party has
Sained tontrol, civil liberties and any sort of freedom has dis-
*PPeared. The same would happen in Canada and I am pretty
Sure that I would be one of the first to lose my Civil liberty if
the Safety of my liberty ever rested with the Labor-Progressive

Having laid tle groundwork for a possible “out” when the
Proposal to “curb the LPP” comes before the House, MacInnis —
Concludes that “the CCF: believes that personal freedom and
Socialism go together and any action we may have to take in
regard to civil liberties will be taken in that light.”

The letter to MacInnis was sent by S. H. Chudleigh on be-

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Expect 1,000 to attend
Toronto peace congress

—TORONTO.

Preliminary indications point to a registration of at least 1,000 at the Canadian Peace Congress, to
be held in ‘Toronto over the weekend of the fourth aniversary of VE day, May 6, 7, and 8. Local coun-

cils all across.the country are writing and wiring fo-
locally. In Winnipeg a peace conference was held la

council in Manitoba.

\ . The Winnipeg conference, convened under the ch

a two-months’ tour by Dr. James

of his visits, peace councils and committees ha:

plans are already well under way

In the East activities are taking
on a new tempo.-~Ottawa is circu-
lating the call to the Congress to
all members of the House. and
Senate. Montreal is calling a meet-
ing. of organizations which have
elected delégates to the Congress,
to discuss the ‘special contribution
which Montreal and the province
of Quebec can make to the struggle
for peace. Hamilton, Welland,
Windsor and smaller places are
already electing delegates and pre-
paring to participate in discussion.
Distribution of the peace pledge
as a preliminary to the Congress
is well under way and the various
peace councils are determined that
‘the 100,000 mark will be passed be-
fore May 1. ;

 Mine-Mill fights to protect —

: Jurisdiction from CCL raids

: —OTTAWA.

Ttade union unity in the Canadian Congress o. Labor received a cruel blow at the hands of the
CC executive council when it summarily suspende l¢ the 25,000-strong International Mine, Mill and

Smnelter Workers’
'ario legislature for Sudbury.

The threat of the CCL challeng-
& Mine-Mili jurisdiction across
‘nada at points other than Port
Colborne and Timmins, was seen
8S a possible outcome of the move.
““@bor observers believed the action
would Open the door to a stepped-
UP assault on the labor movement
Y big business,

in
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Interviewed by newsmen as he
left the council meeting, Carlin
Said “No section of our jurisdic-
tion will be given over.” He said

ie only logical move now was to-
Protect our jurisdiction.”

The meeting heard arguments
me ae con for some three hours
an he Subject of the Mine-Mill
Pores Chief grounds ad-
Coh €d were that leaders of | the

8ress were attacked for their
ks A strong feeling among
Bates attending the council was
ca Suspension was unnecessary.
one council member expressed
«Many voted for the suspension
aie Sick hearts,” not wishing to
Se the dominant right-wing

Sadership of Pat Conroy and A.
Mosher, \

tlm told the Pacific ‘Tribune
its Union would “keep on function-
me a we did some 50 years ago

ae the birth of the Congress.”
ne elieved the action had been
oe On the grounds of “politics”
. uS@ he had refused to let Mine-
become the “mouthpiece of

th
: © CCE Party” and had fought for
& unit:

Ment. He

b . ES
am elieved that if the pres

‘aiding of Mine-Mill jurisdic-

i
on by the CCL went on, other
ae S Would soon raise the ques-

“What union will be next?”

«4
‘AS for us,” he concluded, “we

it to dfive them out of our
Jurisdiction,»

Union, led by Canadian directo’, R. H. Carlin, former CCF member of the On-

Y. Position in the labor move-.

\ RB. H. CARLIN

Housewives hold
first convention

—TORONTO.

More than 100 delegates attend-
ed the first annual convention of
the Housewives Consumer Federa-
tion in Ottawa last weekend. Tor-
onto sent 30 of the delegates, with
Montreal, Windsor, Sudbury, Fort
William, Kirkland Lake, Oshawa
and Western Canada sending the

remainder.

The committee of the convention
was to visit the parliament build-
ings to present a brief on housing:
to the government, as well as to
lobby MPs. Mrs. Louise Watson,
secretary, said in a statement is-

Youth group
stages skits.

Vancouver members of the Na-
tional Federation of Labor Youth
presented a successful variety
show before some 3800 people at
Clinton Hall last Sunday night.

Central feature of the show was
the staging of seven skits produced
and acted by NFLY members. Five
of the skits.were from a book of
short plays by Bertholt Brecht,
German  nti-fascist playwright.
The other two skits were written
by members of the local youth
group, and depicted. the rise of
fascist tendencies on this continent
today. \ }

The program was rounded out by
contributions from the Ukranian
Dance Group, the Russian Youth
Choir, and a stage play by the
drama group of the United Jew-
ish People’s Order. *

Adapting a Howard Fast radio
script for stage presentation, the
UJPO deeply impressed the audi-
ence with their acting abilities in
Warsaw Ghetto. The story dealt
with the historic uprising
which held Nazi forces at bay un-
til every last Jew had fallen in
battle.

Encouraged by the success of
their first venture, the NFLY. is
considering a repeat performance
at Ladner in the near future.

sued before the. convention.

The Housewives Consumer brief
demanded a government low-rental
housing project to build 150,000
homes, the minimum required .to

solve Canada’s housing’ crisis.

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bundles of the Call to the Congress, to be distributed
st weekend to lay the basis for a permanent peace

airmanship of W. G. Doneyleko, MLA, climaxed
co-chairman of the Toronto Peace Council. As a result
ve been established ‘in all the major Westen centers, and
for large delegati ns to the Peace Congress in Toronto. :

Grievances

this week,

It is not known whether crews
of the ships will be brought to Ot-
tawa to testify regarding condi-
‘tions aboard which led to the re-
cent “strikes” or whether the men
will only be allowed to give their

‘| evidence at home ports.

Wild stories hinting that “com-
munists” may have been respon-
sible for the incidents have been
circulated in the commercial daily
press. At Ottawa Tory leader
George Drew charged wildly that
Communists were infiltrating into
all the armed services. Editors who
have been seeing a “Red” under
every bed quickly began to see
them hiding in every lifeboat. The
absurdity of the witch-hunt was sd
evident that Defense Minister
Brooke Claxton was forced to state
officially there was “no ‘evidence

of Communist activity in any of
the incidents.” »*

First of the three outbreaks oc-
curred aboard the Athabaskan,
February 26 and inolved 50 men.
Early in March there was a sec-
ond “strike” aboard the Crescent
in Far Eastern waters and a third
was reported aboard the aircraft

in the Caribbean.

Complaints of the men on the
Magnificent. where 532. ratings
failed to heed a call to muster on
the flight deck, included grievances
over long hours, of work, little

provoked

navy demonstrations

Disturbances aboard the Canadian destroyers Athabashan and
Crescent and the aircraft carrier Magnificent will be investigated at
an official enquiry to be held in Ottawa in May, it was announced

shore leave, shortened meal hours
and trades pay changes.

Food shortages aboard the
Crescent led to trouble aboard that
cruiser, according to a crew mem-
ber who wrote to a, Vancouver
newspaper outlining complaints.
“One small tomato, a teaspoon of
potato salad and one thin slice of
bologna” constituted a supper,
the seaman said. “All we get is just
enough to keep us gwing. I've lost

carrier Magnificent on March 21

eight peunds in -the last five
' days.”

«

Plan ‘Fiesta Night’

Friends of Free Spain will pre-
sent a “Fiesta Night” at the John
Goss studio, 641 Granville, at
8 p.m. on Sunday, April 3. Spanish
songs and dances will feature the
evening’s entertainment. Refresh-
ments will be served.

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