et 00 0 0 0 0 0 00 ons ee oe 7 LPP to work for unity in each B.C. constituency A plan of action to achieve unity around one candidate in each constituency who will fight for peace and the people’s needs was advanced by the Labor-Progressive party’s provincial committee, meeting in Van- couver last weekend. : The committee, after hearing provincial leader Nigel Morgan which indicated the possibility of @ provincial election early next year, decided to step up its activi- ties to ensure the election of the largest possible number of cham- pions of peace and people’s wel- fare by concentrating its efforts to get labor and people’s unity around a single candidate in each viding. The LPP is considering nomination of candidates ‘in a number of constituencies, but has agreed it will support any labor, farmer or CCF candidates who will publicly declare themselves ‘for peace and the placing of people's welfare before warfare. It is urg- ing.that action be stepped up in each constituency to bring to- gether the people, and where pos- sible people’s organizations, on the basis of peace and their immediate needs. “United action in each rid- ing to defeat those who support the policies of war and betrayal. of Our vital interests is the pressing need,” the meeting concluded. “Already there are some encour- aging developments in certain con- stituencies,” Morgan told the Paci- fic Tribune this week. “They must be extended throughout the’ prov- ince. The big lesson of the On- tario election—that only united ac- tion for peace can win—must not be overlooked in B.C, The CCF in Ontario lost 19 of its former 21 seats because it ignored the Need for labor unity against the Tories, and because the people _Couldn’t distinguish between the right wing war policies of Jolliffe and Millard and those of Frost or Thompson,” he said. a comprehensive report by LPP “The people in B.C. live in fear that the United States may extend the war in Korea beyond the bor- ders of that devastated country and transform our own Pacific province into an atomic battle- ground, The people have shown in the struggles against BCHIS increases last summer, against in- creases in the price of milk and the new rate hoist being engineer- ed for the BCER, as well as the mass protest against the sales tax and Bill 39, that they are fed up with the Liberal and Tory policies. The people want an end to inflated living costs, and growing tax bur- dens, and the bombs, guns and bacterial warfare line that’ goes along with cuts in welfare grants. They want adequate schools, hos- pitals, roads, and decent pensions and social and labor legislation,” -he declared. : “There are heartening signs tha the people want a change,’ he pointed out. “But because the Coldwell-Winch leadership of the CCF has failed to take issue with the war policies of the Coalition and has thereby betrayed the peo- ple’s vital needs, the CCF does not provide the alternative. Noth- ing short of a vigorous campaign to achieve united action around a single candidate in each constitu- ency who will speak up for peace can stop the warmakers in B.C. and assure election of representa- tives who will place the needs of the workers, farmers, pensioners and majority of British Colum- bians before the dictates of a few greedy moneybags,” he concluded. Oror IOLIOE 7 —{-)—(-) ————(-) —(-) — STARTING DECEMBER 10 ° ° j heartbreaking bold story oePAVED WITH SIN ENGLISH of a lady of the [ SUB-TITLES evening... “I DREAMED OF PARADISE” starring GERALDINE BROOKS ‘PARADISE | —8 IOFA0K ° ADULT ENTERTAINMENT DAMON EISENMAN INDEPENDENT _ Eisenman runs on North Shore NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. A committee of local citizens was formed here this week to sponsor and assist in the election of Damon Eisenman to city coun- cil as an independent candidate in the coming civic elections, “Damon Eisenman has a long record of honest effort on behalf of the ordinary people through his activities in trade unions and local organizations,” says a committee statement. “President of the Amal- gamated Shipwrights and Joiners Union for three terms during the war years, he also has been an active member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and other unions. “At present engaged in home building, Eisenman hold the posi- tion of a director of North Van- couver City and District Property Owners’ Association, and is chair- man of the general affairs com- mittee of the Edith Lynn Rate- payers’ Association.” Eisenman is campaigning against cutting down of bus ser- vices; against “handing our Sec- ond Narrows Bridge to the CNR on a silver vlatter’; for recrea- tional facilities for young people, such as a stadium. Chairman of the citizens’ com- mittee supporting Eisenman is G. Creech, 265 West Third Street, North Vancouver. (Phone N650Y.) Impressive vote won by Wray in Calgary election CALGARY Gordon Wray, vice-chairman of Calgary Peace Council, rolled up an impressive 5,000 votes as candi- date for mayor in the. recent Cal- gary civic elections. Although falling short of elec- tion, Wray scored this outstanding success against the incumbent Mayor Donald McKay, former | Liberal federal candidate, who re- ceived the united support of Tory. and Liberal big business and spent thousands of dollars of campaign funds. McKay also had the back- ing of right-wing labor leaders. Gordon Wray is a brother of Arthur Wray, Alberta MLA, a member of the World Peace Con- egress executive. Gordon wouldtax Sunday sports to help youth work “T’m opposed to a wide-open Sunday, but I believe that sane, healthy recreation would be promoted by allowing a charge for ad- mission to Sunday sports events, and I am heartily in favor of the plebiscite calling for a relaxation of the present blue laws,”’ independent aldermanic candidate Alex Gordon said this week. Gordon, a well-known Vancouver athlete a few years ago, knows from personal experience that amateur sports groups constantly are in need of financial help. “I was a member of the Gordon brothers four-oared rowing crew which in 1932 on Burrard Inlet in a time trial beat the Olympic record for the mile, 550 yards by 10 seconds,” he recalled. “Efforts were made by the Vancouver Row- ing Club to send us to the Empire Games, held that year in Hamilton, to participate in eliminations for the Olympic Games. Not even enough money could be raised to ship our shell, though we had offered to pay our own railway fares. é “Something should be done. How about an amateur athletic committee of the city council? Under the city charter it would be nossible to place a nominal tax on all paid admissions to Sunday snorts events. Finances raised in this way could be ad- ministered by the council com- mittee, assisted by an advisory board of leaders in the amateur athletic field. “Why blame the kids for juven- ile delinquency when we do noth- ing to aid youth activity?’ Finan- cial assistance such a as I have outlined will cut down juvenile delinquency and contribute to the prestige and credit-of the city. I know there is some opposition to relaxation of present Sunday sports restrictions, but I am confident the plebiscite will pass.” R. J. CASSON Anti-NPA crusader A chartered accountant, R. J. Casson (above) is seeking ‘an al- dermanic seat in the coming civic elections on an anti-NPA ticket. At present Casson is completing a term on school board to which he was elected with Non-Parti- san backing. He broke with the NPA because “the small inner hand-picked nominating commit- tee of the NPA are doing the ‘electing’ instead of the elector-— ate.” Casson. running as an in- dependent, calls his campaign a “crusade for democracy.” 4 Dave ‘Rutka, Education for racial equality sought by Rutka “Canada’s youth are her future,” independent school board candidate, said in a press statement this week. “And today, that future is in danger. The sen- sibilities, the morals, the very char- acter of our children are being degraded and debased on every hand—on the radio, in the movies and even in our public schools. “Most of the parents I know are, like myself, deeply concern- ed with the type of education our children receive in the public schools. Parents who are of Slavic origin are concerned be- cause our schools do not teach young Canadians to respect and honor the rights and the cultures of those Canadians who make up the non-Anglo-Saxon population of our country. “Perhaps even more important is the outlook of those children who do not belong to a racial minority I feel that the shocking race-kill. ing of Polish Canadian Stanley Deren which occurred a few months ago would never have hap- pened had his attacker known and understood the proud history of the Polish people. “Later events connected with this case proved that our present Non-Partisan civic government is unworthy of our support, The Slavs of Vancouver proposed real- istic steps to help overcome the growth of racial discrimination here. But nothing has been done. _In the meantime, the work in- itiated by the Slav committee which organized delegations to city council and the provincial attorney- general has been carried forward by a joint committee of the labor councils which has drafted a pro- posed anti-discrimination civic by- law. I fully Support this bylaw.” City meet given liberties report A full report on the recent na tional conference of the League for Democratic Right was given by local delegate Alex Dorland at a concert-meeting in Pender Audi- torium on Sunday night this week. The Toronto parley, said Dor- land, mapped out an _ intensive fight on the civil liberties front for coming months, and made Plans .to send a delegation to Ot- tawa to demand repeal of the Gar- son amendments and introduction of a Canadian Bill of Rights. Other speakers at the meeting, which was chaired by Emil Bjarn- ason, were Pearl Wedro and Wil- liam Harashym. SESSSSSSSSSSSSS$S$S$SsS$ssoso oo Gos ‘B.C. 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