“PEACE ACTION NO. 1 JOB’ ‘Program ef action’ adopted by LPP 8th provincial convention ELOW, the Pacific Tribune iz publishes the full text of the Program of Action” adopted by the eighth annual convention of the British Columbia-Y ukon dis- trict of the Labor-Progressive Party, held in Vancouver, March i an convention pledges, on be- _ half of our membership in Brit- ish Columbia, to wage a most re- Solute struggle for the great de- —Cisions of the LPP fourth national Convention resolution (published in the Pacific Tribune, March 2). _ It is the historic responsibility _ Of our party to initidte and build ‘United action for peace. Such _ United action for the working Class and people of B.C..can be of decisive importance for the de- feat of the imperialist war camp in our country. It is the task of every member, club and committee of the LPP to work for the broadcast united action from below — against the War program of the St. Laurent Government, of the Tory-Liberal - Coalition, and its lieutenants in labor’s ranks, the right-wing lead- -€ts of the COF, _ There are many CCF supporters _ Who are in ferment of doubt and who are questioning the policies of their leadership. Finding the Way to joint action with these CCF Supporters is the key to the new Stage we are entering — to shap- SpEVOR b. far-reaching realignment °f forces in B.C, through the emergence of a united labor-farm- oa People’s coalition fighting to _™Make the cause of peace prevail Over the camp of war. __ _ The criminal war policies of the St. Laurent government and the Coalition in B.C. must be counter- ae With vigorous action to place st People’s welfare before war- fe The fight against the $5 ion war budget, against con- Seription, against German rearma- eae for recognition of ‘China, ne the issues of wages and liv- rege tandards hospitalization, tax Hig ate aid to the winter-stricken fee 8rowers of the Okanagan, aa } protection; roads, schools, “an i he struggle against the boost Rae rates and the gift of rich sh ural resources to the Yankee _ Warlords, must become the cen- eget of widespread united front &ction, To this end, the convention @dopts the following plan of action- for our party in 1951: 1 We Communists must take * up the fight for peace, every day, on every job, in every union, in all people’s organizations, in every community and in every home. Peace action is the Num- ber One job for every member of our party. ‘ 0 ! 2 We must help the organized * peace movement to grow in numbers. and in strength. The Sheffield-Warsaw Appeal to the United Nations, containing the nine points for peace, must be taken to the people and become the subject of wide discussion and representation to government at all levels. We must help as- sure that the National Assembly to Save Peace becomes a mighty demonstration of the desire for peace . Top priority must be giv- en to all levels of work to ensure that the sixtieth anniversary cele-’ brations of the Slav people, May Day and all other opportunities must be fully utilized to advance the fight for peace. 3 In the LPP provincial com- * mittee and in every section committee and club, special atten- tion must be given to find the ave- nues and innumerable issues which will lead to united action for peace. Will it advance the in- terests of peace, or will it help the drive to war? That is the ques- tion every Communist must ask in determining the position on every issue, large and small. And having determined the stand every effort must be exerted to involve all non-communists concerned in joint action to win that position in a mass way. » Immediate attention must-be given to preparing and plan- ning for the municipal elections “next fall. One of the first steps should be the immediate selection of candidates and their prepara- tion on the basis of year-round activity in the day-to-day strug- gles of the people. The LPP must speak out on all important com- munity issues as the champion of the people’s needs. 5. We must redouble our ef- forts to develop the fight for civic liberties—to rally the widest support possible for the League for Democratic Rights; to halt RCMP intimidation; expose the thought-control provisions‘ of the Citizenship Act amendments, the Emergency Powers Act, and the new threat of suppression of all erusaders for the people’s needs, \ _ “O Canada, our home and native land’— Just what is Canada, this name we love?— |. _ “True patriot love in all thy sons comman Kiss oa _ And what ‘does patriot lové demand of us? 5 ; me } Is Canada the land itself? I ask; _ ee these endless miles of prairie, forests dense, _ Inajestic mountains, rivers and great lakes; 2 certain form upon the atlas drawn. PO e \ particularly the Labor-Progres- sive party. We must aim to greatly strengthen our agitational and propaganda work. We must have more and better meetings, more leaflets, more shop papers—. particularly on the vital issues of specific communities and indus- tries. Our press and literature must be taken to the people. The Pacific Tribune must be lifted to its rightful position as the fore- most propagandist, agitator and organizer of the masses fighting for peace, democracy and social- ism. This involves, first, fulfill- ment of the current press drive, and secondly, increasing PT cir- culation by 2,000, including street sales. Champion, the fighting paper of the youth movement, must be helped by getting 1,000 new subscribers this year and in- troducing it to young people every- where. Eight thousand copies of the pamphlet on Tim Buck must be plaged in ‘circulation and the sale of popular tracts upped to 10,000. ‘We must intensify our ef- ¥ forts to build the Labor- Progressive party, and alongside it the National Federation of La- bor Youth, in line with the pos- sibilities and urgent necessity that exists today. We must organize the carrying through, at all levels of organization, of the Tim Buck Enrollment for a 20 percent in- crease in LPP membership and the doubling of NFLY member- ship. To fulfill the above program of action this convention resolves: @ To initiate immediately a thorough study of the decisions of the national and provincial conventions of the party. The na- tional convention resolution, Com-— rade Buck’s report and the co-re- ports (which are published in the March issue of National Affairs Monthly) as well as the documents © from the provincial convention ~ must be studied and mastered by every member in conjunction with Old Mother Nature too, has handed down a most gigantic store of her supplies. Here for the taking gold and precious ores, timber and fish; here too, the good rich earth. “Another kind of heritage, alas Our fathers left a heritage for LSet | of vast cleared fields, of cities and of towns, thousands bf miles of railways to unite the east and west. They forged this bond of steel. a S quarterly ucted during se the struggle to carry through the program of action and turn our work outwards. @- To strengthen the party or- ganization through the daily prat- tice of criticism and self-criticism, by rooting out all harmful tenden- cies in our, methods of work that weaken the fighting capacity and retard the growth of the party. To immediately undertake 4a critical review of the work of all leading comrades from the provincial com- mittee to the clubs as part of the ‘fight of carrying through the de- cisions of the convention and with the aim of-directing the work of all leading comrades outward to- : « ward the lower party organiza- tions and the working people. e: To direct the provincial edu- cational committee to organize and carry through the decision of one year’s intensive study of Marxism-Leninism in — order to equip our membership with the ideological conviction of the cor- rectness of the party’s program, and the theoretical knowledge to lead the people to victory in the fight for peace. e To guard and defend the party against the growing attacks of the class enemy, by strength- ening Communist vigilance, care- fully verifying all candidates for membership, strengthening discip- line on all levels of party organi- zation. We are heading into a sharp struggle that will decide the fate of our children, our country and mankind. Let every one of us dis- play firmness and initiative. We must face our historic tasks in the new stage of the fight for peace with determination and with con- fidence. Life -will triumph over death; progressive advance over fascism and reaction. .: Though so much flood our farming folk have grown, {| we find it hard to buy enough to eat, — : and not because the farmer profiteers! He works long hours for mighty little gain. ~ © Canada! If we would sing of thee : with conscience clear, we must correct these wrongs. True patriot love demands untiring work to see that justice reigns in all this land. Sie “We stand on guard .. .”—for people and their rights; to see that little children do not die Yes, these. and more. The Giant Dipper in Be gd the starry north; the sequin-sprinkled snow; i Ba the mournful whistle of a midnight train, Bee god and elevators crammed with good hard wheat, has come to us from out the planless past, a residue of wastefulness and greed depleting our resources shamefully. : for lack of proper food; that old folks have : ' enough to live in comfort and respect. | A wider loyalty than country, too : must we, the people, have: Eumanity! * True patriot love does not demand that we _ should kill our brothers in a foreign land. | More yet than all of these, our ‘countrymen 4 Though ‘so much forest lies denuded, bare, eRe. BRE in Giada. Our neighbors and our friends, : [umsig MaRS ole Ae ibe oa oe - $00d honest, kindly folk, with virtues, faults, baintor xe uy peor e on v, i 2 a a _ “| Who work ‘and love — these are the nation’s wealth. | that br ed Sease and crime — and broken hearts. : ; : 1 ,40 ge eae? { i : , ; They love their country just as we love ours. Though so much wealth is taken from the mines, They have their wrongs to right as well as we. large, numbers of our people live in need ° O Canada! We'll fight injustice here - of bare essentials. To enrich the few | Our fiag, our anthems, emblems, coats of arms, ‘| &©e merely symbols of the things we love. Th Sb5K; reater size : , and thereby help our brothers everywhere. _ «t Sone ca aiattante nae eM Bo ‘are real. . _ the many ‘are deprived of their just due. \ Ags : \ —M™M. NGA ; Ree eerie ‘ yi: : i ; ; ; rae Sige as, aaa aa 7 Ubi ; PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 23, 1951 — PAGE 9