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Reinstate seame
council demand

The Liason Council of All Trade Unions of Japan (Zenrot
announced “‘overall support to the struggle of our Canadian )
brothers in the name of four million affiliated Japanese workel
and is petitioning the Canadian government through the Can
Mission in Japan. : ‘
Vancouver Trades and Labor Council’s meeting was a Stoll
one. Na sooner had the chairman announced that CSU delegates
been unseated following a tele-

ELECTION

honestly believe what they say.
Most of them don’t say what they
i : believe.
ses aR If you doubt this, glance over

ee ae the election speeches of the past
few days. :

In Burnaby, the predominantly
working class constituency which
in the thirties became known as
“Red” Burnaby, E. E. Winch tells
an audience: “We stand for the
abolition of capitalism and nothing
less. We'll go as far and as fast
aS you are prepared to go. For
me, it’s the whole hog.”

But in Vancouver Center, W. W.
Lefeaux says: “T¢ We are elected,
We are not given a Mandate to

he a tet

establish socialism but we do have

& mandate to run capitalism.”

It all adds up to the statement
Harold Winch made in the legis-
lature this spring that big business

_ has nothing to fear from the CCF
because “CCF policy has been and

is one of treating fairly wit
every one within the province.”

When it comes
Tax; which unlike
debate around the CCF definitio
of socialism,

election, the CCF has matched th
Coalition

intend to keep it.

At his nominating convention, :
gb tokcuea Gon ee

= Wismer hinted that the Coali- .

ion might take the Sales Tax G 4

; the more necessary ive er your vo

things,” which equated the assur-

ance already given by the CCRF’s

the Coalition’s

off “some of

Harold Winch.

But another
member,
whom it

one person to voice objection, not

& voice was raised in protest.”

If Herbert Anscomb is Politically
deaf in the ear closest to the work-
Ing People, Harold Winch has re-
trieved his hearing aid in the last

yS and now promises to
eliminate the Sales Tax just as
Soon as the provincial tax field is
returned to us from the federal

few da

government.”

only

and without qualifications, is the Taraska,

LPP and its two candidates, Nigel
Morgan in’ Alberni ang Viola
Bianco in Vancouver Kast,

On basic issues, as on immediate
Purely provincial issues, the divi-
Sion is not between the Coalition
and the CCF, but between the
Coalition and the CCF top leader.
ship agreeing on Support of the
Atlantic pact and the trade-restrict-
ing Marshal} plan, and the LPP
unequivocally condemning the At-
lantic pact as & war pact, and the
majority of the CCF membership
who also Oppose the -Atlantic pact
regardless of how they may vote
in this election,

Winch, as recently as this week,
in a speech at Victoria, dismissed
the resolution opposing the Atlan-
tic. pact adopted by the CCF pro-
vincial convention as expressing
the feeling of CCF members that

“peace cannot ‘be brought about
by power politics and military
alliances.” :

Yet, as at the provincial con-
vention, Winch reiterated his
support of the Atlantic pact ad-
mitting that it cannot achieve
peace—in other words, knowing
it may bring war.

The Coalition’s Byron Johnson
Supports the Atlantic pact, too.
But where is the choice?

For those voters in Alberni and
Vancouver East there is a choice,
the LPP candidates. There is still
a choice in the few constituencies
where CCF candidates have resist-
ed the coercion of the top leader-
ship and have listened to the voice
of those whose hard work elects
them. There is the choice of Tom
Uphill, the veteran Labor repre-
sentative in Fernie.

Progressive voters pondering the
News-Herald’s question will do
well to answer it with the election
of Nigel Morgan, for never will
they need a courageous voice in
the legislature more than in the

to the Sales
the diversory

is an issue in this

in contradictory state-
ments. But since neither party

has come out for repeal of the
highly unpopular tax the only con-
clusion to be drawn is that both

But it is still a fact that the
party to come out for re-

h

n

e

te

In one of the few livély campaigns of what has been generally

a dull provincial election because of the lack of real issues be-
tween the Coalition and the majority of CCF candidates, Viola
Bianco, Vancouver housewife running as LPP
two- member Vancouver East riding, has won considerable pop-
ular support by her forthright stand for peace.

’

candidate in the

out.”” This is how the voters see it,
fight against political skulduggery
are looking for an LPP victory
as the outcome of the contest on
June 27.

The political inactivity of Stew-
art and his machine has bewilder-
ed many CCF Supporters and
provoked considerable speculation
among voters as to whether Stew-
art is throwing the fight to Tar-
aska to keep Zuken out.

The Liberals have seized upon
Stewart’s weak campaign to bol-
ster their argument that only Tar-
aska can prevent the seat from
going to the LPP. ‘
From the beginning of the con-
test for Winnipeg North, the
Strategists of the Liberal machine
“wrote off’ Stewart as a total
loss, and started mending fences
to stop the drive for Zuken’s
election. They calculatedly picked
the Jewish vote for special at-
tention. It was here that the Lib-
eral. machine decided it must
make the heaviest inroads in or-
der to shatter one of the strong-
est sources of Zuken’s support.

Taraska and his machine are
doing a real Tammany Hall job
on the Jewish community, the
like of which has rarely been
seen here. It is a combination
of patronage and demagogy, of
back-room deals and double-
deals, This technique made its
first appearance with the move
to deprive Joseph Zuken of his
right to appoint enumerators as
a runner-up in the last election.
Taraska’s committee used the
appointment of enumerators to
full advantage, and especially for
a bridgehead in the Jewish field.
One individual revealed how he
was approached for names of
Jewish women who “could make
themselves fifty dollars” as enum-
erators. . 3

period ahead.

Talk is common about extrava-

Anti-Semitism used
by Liberals in ‘Peg

By MITCH SAGO

With election day less than three weeks away, the fight in pte

: nipeg North is between Joseph Zuken, the peace candidate, “and Peter
cecnthatay indies: immediately the government candidate, Alistair Stewart, CCF _candidate
and former sitting member, apparently having decided to “‘sit this one

—WINNIPEG.

and Zuken’s supporters in his bitter

gant Liberal promises of patron-
age: post offices for druggists;
government legal business to
lawyers; and other such plums.
The price, of course, is support
for the Liberals.
But while a strenuous attempt
is being made to build up Taraska
as “a friend of the Jews,” his
Ukrainian - Canadian nationalist
supporters step up their anti-
Semitisni and red-baiting.
Belated recognition of the state
of Israel by the St. Laurent goy-
ernment is being used for all it’s
worth. Lester Pearson, who an-
nounced recognition in a most
shameful and clumsy bid for Jew-
ish votes at a Liberal nomination
in Toronto, was brought to Win-
nipeg North for a Liberal rally.
» Meanwhile, every effort is being
made to conceal the fact that
Taraska introduced the delega-
tion of Ukrainian reactionaries to
St. Laurent a month ago which
requested admission to Canada of
former Ukrainian storm troopers

from the Nazi division of Ss
Halychyna.
In the Ukrainian-Canadian

community (the second largest
in ‘the riding), Taraska’s’ nau
tionalist supporters are waging
a vicious word-of-mouth cam-
paign against Jewry in general
and Zuken in particular. Vio-
lent and rabid reactions of anti-

Ukrainian-Canadian canvassers
for Joe Zuken at the homes of

aska machine, talking out of
both sides of its mouth, bids
high for Jewish support.

The unprincipled Liberal cam-
paign is equalled only by the
CCF leadership's willingness to
throw the seat to the Liberals
rather than see the LPP win it—

gram from Percy Bengough, than
Score of delegates were on their
feet demanding council rescind
its decision.

An investigating committee’s
recommendations, carried with
only one dissenting vote, pledged
council to:

—Protest to the Congress ex-
ecutive against the suspension
of the CSU;

—Circularize © all Canadian
councils to fight for reinstate-
ment of the CSU at the next
Congress convention in Calgary;

—Call on all affiliated locals.
to give maximum support to.
CSU _ picket lines, ‘

During the acrimonious debate,
chairman Tom Alsbury feebly at-
tempted to inject his CCF’ leader
Coldwell’s arguments against sup-
porting the seamen by. complain-
ing that “we do not know the
facts of the case and are not in
a position to vote intelligently.”

Hurling Alsbury’s words back
at him, Ed Sturgeon of the
Street Railwaymen declared:
“We do know the facts. The
AFL is trying to dominate our
Canadian Trades and Labor Con-
gress. We must not stand for
such American domination, More-
over, this is no time to adopt a
‘wait and see’ attitude. If caught
by a snag, six or eight feet un-
der water, you would hate to
think people were standing on
the bank - idly discussing how
best to untangle you.”

Charles Stewart (Street Rail-
waymen) recalled that at the last
Congress convention at Victoria
it was Percy Bengough who
charged that a_ section of the
seneral executive of the AFL, was

e

under the control of tne “UeN3
state department. “These AFL
agents sent their representatives

to Latin America, France and
Italy to split the trade unions in
those countries” he said. “We
don’t want them here. My union
is shocked at the suspension of
the CSU and will fight for their
reinstatement.”

Cliff Worthington (Carpenters):
“My union has consistently sup-
ported the CSU. We must not sub-
mit to big business pressure ex-
pressed through the hierarchy of
the AFL.”

Jack Pl:illips (Civic Workers)
declared: “The immediate issue
is the fact that 6,000 union men
are on strike. We must not

pressure, and thus give help ”
the shipowners... We must ind
cate our continued support °
the CSU strike, so that we @
look people in the face and 5#
that we are free trade

Tom Parkin (Fishermen): “S!
pension of the CSU by Congr”
must make no difference to 9
full support to the striking set
men,” i

The motion to endorse the a
mittee’s recommendations for me
tinued support and protesting ©
Congress action was passed W
Only one dissenting vote.

* x *

Later in the hectic meeting)
Sturgeon (SRU) challenged ©
cil’s action in unseating CSU 1
gates. “The wire from Congress
unofficial,” he argued, “becal!
it has no official seal- or sigh’
ture. Therefore I move the yi
be given voice and vote in
council until such time as
official documents arrive.” -

Chairman Tom Alsbury, F
by president Birt Showler, 7
that the telegram was suffi¢
notification, ; iene
Sturgeon immediately challe?’.
ed the chair, and the ruling
defeated by an 85-79 vote. © op"
Another heated debate dev@
ed around Sturgeon’s motion, jail
secretary Gervin loudly COMP of
ing at one point that “this 2¢ ”
might cause our charter Bs,
lifted, and I think that is ¥i,
some of you want.” Angry art
gates cried, “Retract!” de
mumbled a refusal to retract
spite a request from the
to do so,
A standing vote was taken,
the motion was carried. Coast
James Thompson, West wos
vice-president of the CSU, and
then able to take the floor %
have the last word. “Sus riko
or no suspension, the % tes
goes on,” he said, as delega®—
applauded.

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informed that the United J°¥,,
People’s Order does not eh is
Peretz school building, which gy
being used as a Tory cam
headquarters by Lieut. Col. pone
Merritt, Last week a corres?
dent wrote asking why pas
UJPO school on Broadway aa
been turned into a pete to
quarters.” The PT is elard-
corect our reader's error :

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turn, duck and dodge under

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ing ownership of the scho?
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Semitic outbursts greet the ||

WHAT, AGAIN!

Rick:mond,
Burnaby residents

paigning. Like Goode now,
residents are stil] waiting.

foundation to build on.

Liberal 5-year pledge

Burnaby is to have its own central post office. This, a
a demand of Burnaby residents who object to having their nant
divided between Vancouver and New Westminster, is the Li this
election bribe of Burnaby voters conveniently announced by”
week by Tom Goode, Liberal federal candidate for Burnaby:

's
with long memories consider Goode’s
announcement was prompted by the fact that Tom McE' fice
LPP candidate, has heen, actively campaiging for a post 9
in their long-neglected municipality. They are not likely

which included south Burnaby until creation of the neW
made precisely the same promise in 1945 when he was

definite date when construction would begin.”

An‘ increasing number of them good
that election of Tom McEwen will give them at least 4 j

—BURNABY, BO

how:

_

a growing possibility nevertheless,

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