LPP plans to contest

quarter of B.C. seats

The Labor-Progressive Party will run candidates in at

least a quarter of British Columbia’s 52 constituencies in the.

next provincial election, it was decided at a meeting of the
LPP provincial committee here last weekend. Nomination
meetings in a number of ridings have already been organized.

Decision to nominate candi-
dates in key constituencies
“in no way alters the fact
that we are prepared to dis-
cuss, at any time, cooperation
on a province-wide basis or
on the constituency level with
the CCF, labor, farmer organ-
izations and others to select
unity candidates in order to
elect a progressive govern-
ment,” says the draft political
thesis adopted by the LPP
committee.

The draft thesis will be dis-
cussed in all LPP clubs in
B.C. between how and the

_ 13th provincial. convention of
the party early in June.

Discussion on the draft
thesis occupied a full day of
the committee’s time. Mem-
bers also heard a report from
LPP provincial leader Nigel
Morgan, who attended the re-
cent 2lst Congress of the
Communist Party of the Sov-
iet Union, the third’ Congress

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Party and the 26th Congress
of the Communist Party of
Great Britain.

“On a world scale, the pro-
gressive forces are moving ir-
resistably toward our goals of
peace, independence and soc-

ialism — and, ultimately,
world communism,” said the
thesis.

Dealing with the political
situation in B.C., the draft
thesis blasted the Bennett
government for its “calcu-

the
On

lated indifference to
needs of the people.”
power, it said:

“The power issue is one of
the major questions now be-

fore us — and the issue is
public power versus private
power. 4

“The Briggs’ expose . has

revealed that the deliberate
policy of the Bennett govern-
ment is to scuttle public
power and to hand our power
resources over completely to
the monopolies. That is the
key reason why the govern-
ment is pushing the Wenner-
Gren development of the

Peace, as opposed to the Co-

lumbia. For both the provin-
cial and federal governments
are committed to public de#
velopment of the Columbia
whenever the harnessing of
that river is undertaken.”

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cial committee. .

national
Caron.

just waiting for
question.” *

The
reported.

bers of the SYL.

“It is obvious that if we’keep up this Ss
pace we will easily top our objective of 65
new members by the time of the LPP
convention in

“The opportunity to recruit members —
particularly from industry—is here,” said
LPP city secretary Harold Pritchett, who
reported that 21 new members had joined
the party in Greater Vancouver, and that
one new industrial club had been formed
recently, “What we require is determination
to go out and ask people to join. Today
many people are ready, eager and willing
to become members of the LPP. They’re

Socialist Youth League | is
experiencing a process of growth, it was
Since January a total of 12
young people have signed up as new mem

a ee | : e
41 join LPP in two months |
3 | o During February and March 41 new
members joined the LPP, provincial or-

ganizer Charlie Caron told a weekend ses-
sion of the Labor-Progressive Party provin-

October,” said

someone to pop the

also

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