“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,

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_ “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
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} 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.

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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.
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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.
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