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‘ This is the first outline of Soviet rockets and space-

Resistance still mounting
10 relief camp welfare

On August 27,

CUVEE the Van

OF & District Unem-
to oe Council issued a letter
uve Press of Greater Van-
tha va in which they stated
Ohta he Vancouver Sun had
Sg, ed «=the council for a

i ment immediately fol-
Ing _the conference of
Premiers. The

Blo; ad appeared most an-

oe to hear the views of

Poseq « mPloyed on the pro-

chem Work - for - welfare”
© of the premiers.

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wormed th that
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mh Statement would be
; € written statement
Warg, hen prepared and for-
Sy €d to the Vancouver
Xeith and Canadian Press,
tp ..°t Of which has seen fit
eae use of it, according
© council letter.
Slow, the PT offers the
State €xt of the unemployed’s
ee tent:
et We believe that the lat-
Props from the Provincial
Wong regarding persons
lwar® for their Social Al-
Pe payment is very
thig ®. Are we to understand
tS leading to the relief
Bins of R. B. Bennett’s re-
Minn: one June election
Moy, eo promised full em:
Rea Is this their an-

Worle are not opposed to
Wag Mg at trade union
Wy **S and conditions, but

Nl not tolerate using the
Mployed for cheap labor.

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unemployed council

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“We cannot see the econo-
nic advantage of returning
so the idea of digging holes
and filling them again as was
sommon during the 1930’s.

“We demand the Provin-
sial Premiers and the Prime
Minister utilize the rich na-
‘ural resources of Canada to
srovide full employment for
ll those able to work, there-
oy eliminating the necessity
>f welfare to these people
and lessening the burden on
the taxpayers of this country.

Adding its voice lo those
which have already spoken
out against this attempt to
resurrect the policies of Iron
Heel Bennett was the “Union
Newsbulletin” of the Van-
couver Civic Employees —
Outside Workers.

In its lead story, the bulle-
tin of Aug. 24 stated that it
was opposed to the prem-
iers’ proposal because it ig-
nored the question of new
national policies to create
full employment.

“The federal government
should adopt policies that
will develop our manufactur-
ing and processing industries
to the maximum possible de-
gree,’ the bulletin demand-
ed, and went on to say that
“all restrictive shackles on
our foreign trade must be
removed and Canada must
trade wherever it can to the
best advantage of our peopie.
Full employment cannot be
permanently maintained on
the basis of a declining eco-

”

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gover

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action can elect
nment in B.C.’

Possibilities are within reach to elect an NDP maj-

ority in the next provincial election and give B.C. its first
labor-farmer government in history,” says this Labor Day
Communist Party.

message from the

A new and challenging
political. situation. faces.
B.C. labor this Labor Day.

For the first time since
the Socreds: replaced the
Liberal-Tory Coalition as
the representatives of big
business in Victoria in
1952, a realizable people’s:
alternative is beginning to
emerge.

Real possibilities exist
for the election of an NDP

‘government: in B.C. in the

next provincial election.

Recurring economic crisis,
the pressure of exploitation,
chronic unemployment and
insecurity, the threat of war
and the effects of U.S..dom-
ination (including dollar de-
valuation and skyrocketing
prices) are driving the people
to search for relief from these
evils.

Striving’ for peace, resist-
ing the offensive of mon-
opoly capital, fighting against
exploitation and speedup
and for higher wages, better
working and living condi.
tions and democratic rights—
the possibilities for advance
are becoming increasingly
favorable. British Columbia’s
powerful labor movement
fighting for better conditions,
fused with the struggle for
‘Canadian independence and
peace, can become a force
for far-reaching and progres-
sive change.

The Federal election re-
turns last June—and particu-
larly the fact that the elec-
tors rejected the Tories, but
didn’t make the mistake of
giving the Liberals control
over Canada’s next parlia-
ment — is indicative of new
possibilities. The results re-
flected the rapidly changing.

world situation with hund- _

B.C. Executive of the

reds of millions of colonial
people winning independence
and the tremendous advances
of the socialist world system.
SWING TO NDP

The powerful swing to the
NDP, the best showing pro-
gressive forces have made in
any Federal election in this
province, indicates the grow-
ing strength uf the opposition
to the pro-war, U.S. integra-
tion line of the Socreds,
Tories and Liberals. It strik-
ingly confirms the correct-
ness of the electoral policy
advanced by the Communist
Party. é

The Conservative vote in
B.C. dropped from 308,971 in
the previous election to 179,-
98. Social Credit, which holds
32 seats in the B.C. Legisla-
ture, polling 93,500 votes,
only elected two M.Ps. Had
the Liberals won the sweep
in B.C. they confidently pre-
dicted, great dangers of an-
other “Tweedle-dee, Tweedle-
dum” switch would have
arisen provincially.

The emergence of the NDP
with the largest total vote of
all parties in B.C. (206,259),
and the elections of ten out
of twenty-two MP’s not only
represented an important
contribution to the struggle
for new national policies but
was a major advance for the
democratic forces in this
province.

-Had the NDP raised sharp-
ly the key issue of Canadian
independence (the essential
in differentiating progressive
policies from those of the
old line parties and winning
support of popular opposi-
tion to the consequence of
dollar devaluation) even big-
ger gains could have been
recorded.

While it would be-an over-
simplification to translate
the Federal vote into provin-

cial relationships, it must
also be recalled that in spite
of all the Socred political
handouts and promises in the
last provincial election, their
vote dropped so sharply that
they only polled six percent
more ballots than the CCF,
before the NDP was formed.
SOCREDS EXPOSED

Simce then Socred pander:
ing to demands of the US.
power trust, the sharp rise in
municipal and school taxes.

their attempt to restrict labor
political action by coercive
anti-labor legislation, have
increasingly exposed their
administration as the naked
tool of monopoly interests.
In addition their power poli-
cies have created some rifts
among their big business
backers. And, while the B.C.
Electric takeover was a re-
sult of widespread popular
pressure, the fact that the
benefits of public ownership
have not been passed on to
consumers makes its increas-
ingly evident that the mo-
tive of this dramatic move
was more to enhance the
prospect for large scale
power exports to the U.S.
than to benefit B.C.

Side by side with these de-

velopments, and as a result”

of the electoral policy of the
Communists for united labor
and progressive action, the
question of the united front
was debated and supported
more than in any previous
election. United labor-farmer
political action can be the
means of winning masses of
workers, farmers, pensioners,
professionasls from their
traditional support of the
Socreds and other big busi-
ness parties. The possibilities
are within reach to elect an

NDP majority in the next
See ELECT, page 10

AT THE EXHIBITION. Above is the stand
of the “Columbia River for Canada Com-
mittee’ at the Vancouver Exhibition. Locat- the
ed in the north-east corner of the Showmart

Building,
attention,

the display is

40.6? Ge & eh 4 BKM ee eet as

atiracting wide
Slides are shown to the public
which tells the story of the Columbia,

Also

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August 31, 196224P

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on display are two impressive relief maps.
which compare the McNaughton plan with.
Columbia Treaty
The Committee, which is headed by trade
unionist Orville Braaten, is also circulating
a pamphlet which explains how the Colum-
bia can be,saved for Canada.

ACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3

“giveaway plan”.

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