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we ‘will ‘bypass’ other socialist
parties such as the CCF would
have to be rejected and we
would have to set ourselves
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develop understanding of
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acutive and Quebec committee
have appealed to Caron and
those who resigned with him
to withdraw their resignations
and argue their political. dif-
ferences within the party.

Last week, the Ukrainian
sub-committee of the LPP na-
tional executive protested the
executive’s action in cabling
supporting — the
newly elected leadership of
the Polish United Workers
party and protesting to the
Soviet Communist party “any
attempts at interference” in
Poland.

The Ukrainian sub-commit-
tee’s resolution asserted that
the national executive’s action
constituted “presumptuous 1n-
terference in the affairs of
fraternal parties” and was it-
sef “an unpardonable usurpa-
tion” of the authority of the
LPP membership.

The resolution approved the
national discussion of LPP
policy but condemned what it
described as “attacks on the
principles of Marxism-Lenin-
ism, directed toward splitting
and ultimately liquidating the
Canadian workers’ party of
scientific socialism and to-
wards destruction of the in-
ternationalism of the prole-
tarian movement.”

The LPP national committee
has been meeting In Toronto
this past week.

lity adopts procedure
Wvocated by Eftie

tested and the names and oc-
cupations of all candidates.
This year, the same proposal
was advanced by the Room-
inghouse Operators’ Associa-
tion and adopted in principle
by council. Later, the matter
was referred to the board of
administration, which took no

action.

Last week, with time run-
ing out, Ald. Frank Baker
raised the question in council
and arrangements were made
to make the plan operative
this year.

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Cushing calls for
labor-farmer unity

By MARK FRANK

GUELPH

Loud cheering broke out at the session of the Ontario Farmers’ Union conven-
tion in Guelph last week when Gordon Cushing,- executive vice-president of the Can-
adian Labor Congress, said that farmers and city workers must work together for

common ends.

In an optimistic forecast he express2d the hope that at some future date we

would see one farm organiza-
tion and one labor organiza-
tion working together across
the country.

It is a sign of the new ma-
turity of both farm and labor
organizations in the country;
their search for unification,
for the organization of the un-
organized and welding the
strength of the two. great
classes, alike oppressed by the
financial houses and their Lib-
eral party officeholders in Ot-
tawa. ;

The OFU voted in, favor of
steps towards amalgamation of
the two Ontario farm organ-
izations. Should the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, the
other major group, refuse this,
the OFU is in favor of mov-
ing rapidly towards forma-
tion of a National Farmers’
Union.

There was loud applause
too, when it was announced
that representatives of the
CLC and the OFU would meet
to discuss a joint brief to the
federal government. This, it
is expected, will probably be
made early in the new year,
around January 7.

The idea of the guaranteed
annual wage is being credited
for bringing farmer and work-
er together. The OFU wants
a pricing system with parity
prices that will make certain
farmers get a guaranteed am-
ount for their labors.

The Ontario Federation, the
other major farm group in the
province, while moving more
carefully in its approach to
labor, is expected to deal with
farm-labor relations at its an-
nual meeting next month in
Toronto.

This growing together . of
the fortunes of farmer and
worker was of course stimu-
lated by the joint meetings of
Western farm union bodies
and the labor movement be-
fore the merger of the two
union centres last spring.

Three years ago the Inter-
provincial Farm Union Coun-
cil (uniting farm unions in On-
taria, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
Alberta and B.C.) initiated co-
operation between organized
farmers and labor unions on a
national scale. It resulted in
the Canadian Farm - Labor

Economic Council, headed now

by J. L. Phelps.

Here is how Phelps puts the
case for farmer-labor unity:

“The organized farm move-
ment and the organized labor
movement must cooperate to
create the right climate for the
growth of prosperity. They
must be prepared to work. to-
gether to weed out anything
that threatens prosperity —
monopoly, privilege, unearned
profits and the like.

‘Labor has already demon-
strated the power of organiz-
ed effort. Farmers are some-
what behind in this field, but
are learning fast. If these two
major economic groups are
prepared to work together to-
ward constructive goals, there
is practically no limit to what
they can accomplish.”

Labor, at the merger con-
vention, warmly endorsed a
resolution declaring the com-
mon objectives of farmer and
worker in the social and eco-
nomic fields, resolving to give
full support to united forms
of action like the Farm-Labor

Council. In addition, the con-
vention endorsed its  well-
known proposition regarding

unity, in the field of political
education and legislation.

This fall, organized labor
took another important step
in cementing relations with
farmers, when it took a labor
exhibit on a tour of fall fairs
throughout Ontario.. Thous-
ands of farmers visited the
exhibit, which toured for two
months. Leaflets distributed

covered price spreads, union
dues, freight rates, wages.
One leaflet read:

“Every time the price tag
is raised on farm implements
there is an effort to place the
blame on wages. Wages in
the farm implement industry,
as in all other industries, are
higher than they were some
years ago. If they weren't
the city families would have
starved by now. But produc-
tion ;has increased at a much

faster rate-
“In 1946 every dollar spent
by agricultural implement

companies in wages paid off
with producted valued at $3.16.
In 1954 (latest available fig-
ure) every dollar paid in wages
to workers gave $4.17 in pro-
duction.

“In other words the imple-
ment manufacturing industry
is now getting $1.01 more in
production from every dollar
paid in wages than it was in
1946. A smaller share of the
dollar you spend on farm im-
plements is going to the work-
er in the factory.”

SET TR

Y! NOY. 22, AT 8:30 PM.

Public Ticket sale opens 10 a.m, Monday in

Kelly’s Music Store,

Seymour & Georgia Streets. PA. 3351, $4.40, $8.85, $3.30, $2.75,

$2.30 (Including Tax).

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