TORONTO At its May plenary session, the national committee of the Labor-Progressive party re- elected J. B. Salsberg, former MPP for Toronto St. Andrews to its executive. On July 6 the executive issued the following explanatory statement: The national committee of the Labor-Progressive party at its recent session elected J. B. Salsberg to its executive committee, a position he oc- cupied continuously in our party leadership from 1934 until the national convention in 1954, when he was not elected to the executive. Difference of opinion. be- tween J. B. Salsberg and the rest of the national executive developed and persisted from 1949, when he first declared that the dissolution of Jewish , the cultural institutions in USSR and action against pro- minent Jewish writers had been carried out by crude ad- ministrative means, without public discussion and in dis- regard of the interests and desires of Soviet Jewry. He therefore advocated in- tervention by the Labor-Pro- gressive party in the form of a direct enquiry to the Com- munist Party of the Soviet Union asking for an explan- ation. The executive, and later, the full national committee, rejected Comrade_ Salsberg’s proposal and supported the position that: , @ Jewish citizens in the USSR had become such an in- tegral part of socialist society that there was no longer any real desire on their part for separate Yiddish language in- stitutions; @ The dissolution of those institutions was part of the normal process of develop- ment; @ Any measure against in- dividual Jewish citizens could only have resulted from infrac- tions of the law and were taken under the law. Comrade Salsberg, while agreeing fully that"the process of integration was a natural development in a socialist so- ciety, nevertheless maintained that the abrupt dissolution of Jewish institutions and the sudden curtailment of Jewish cultural activities were not adequately explained by such a development. At the time the national ex- Yroorine REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Gutters and Downpipes Reasonable NICK BITZ AL. 4141 LPP explains re-election of Salsbergon executive body “ecutive did not publicize the details of its disagreement with Comrade Salsberg. Instead, it limited itself to the organiza- tion of intensive discussion on the question in conferences of party workers, mainly those who are keenly concerned with the interest of the Jewish com- munity in Canada. Comrade Salsberg abstain- ed from participation in these discussions -and, while con- tinuing to play an active part in all other phases of party work and discharging his other phases of party work and dis- charging his other functions as a member of the national com- mittee, he withdrew from par- ticipation in the work of the Jewish National Committee of the party. While the differences des- cribed above persisted and were the subject of almost con- tinuous discussion from 1949 onwards, they were not the direct cause of Comrade Sals- berg’s removal from _ the party’s secretariat in 1953, and from the national executive in 1954. These actions were tak- en because of his refusal to adhere to well established party principles by accepting and defending the position ad- opted by the majority of the national committee. It should be noted, however, that Com- rade Salsberg likewise refrain- ed from putting forward pub- licly his own position. Viewed in the light of re- cent events and on the basis of facts now available it is clear that in the original dif- ference as to whether the dis- sclution of Jewish cultural in- stitutions in the USSR result- €d from the integration of its Jewish citizens in the general cultural community and whether the LPP should or should not have asked for the reasons for such dissolution and the subsequent action a- gainst prominent Jewish writ- ers, J. B. Salsberg was right and the majority of the na- tional executive wrong. Even if the executive had been correct in its interpre- tation of the events which MA et 0 Pt Tt Ll CONSTANTINE Fine Custom Tailoring Ladies’ and Gentlemen Rm. 118, 603 W. Hastings St. = PA. 5810, Vancouver 2, B.C. rf SUE SUPE UE Eee DEAVES TRANSFER Moving & General Cartage Reasonable Rates TERRY BA. 3024 Pe be Eyatiorevtartdtettnigitdues NEW ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings St. For the Finest in Good Eating gave rise to disagreement with J. B. Salsberg, it was without justification in rejecting his reasonable request that an enquiry be directed to the Communist Party of the So- viet Union requesting a full- er explanation. In so doing it placed an unnecessary obsta- cle in the way of evercoming its differences with a valued colleague and thus contributed to the situation which brought about his removal from the executive. In recognition of its own error and of the fact that other points of difference will be dealt with as part -of its pre- convention discussion, the na- tional committee unanimously re-elected J. B. Salsberg to its executive and thus restored him to his full role in the leadership of the party which he has served so. faithfully for so many years. IWA Interit talks shift Wage negotiations between IWA Local 1-48 the Northern Jotetior Tamed S 2 Aa ke called in if necessary. It is also eee that tions so far have been free of haggling. Coast woodworkers, who recently received an increase of five cents an hour under terms of a two-year agree- -ment negotiated last year, are watching the Interior nego- tiations with considerable in- terest. Reports coming in from camps and mills on the Coast express dissatisfaction on the part of the men with the five- cent raise in light of increas- ing living costs and extremely high employer profits. They are hoping that Interior wood- workers will win substantial gains this year, for, as one IWA mémber put it, “A big wage increase for them will greatly improve our bargain- ing position on the Coast.” Alf Dewhurst, LPP provin- eial organizer and a former “to read in the daily IWA business 1 mented on the Nort ¢ terior negotiations this” Gifferential existing . Coast woodworkers 4 “However, it tnat the union has ag move the wage talks ¥@ couver, away from = George where the wor “It would benefit terior . woodworkers, Coast woodworkers, 7 IWA moved back t07 George to complete th® tiations. If the servic® conciliator are require the conciliator coul Prince George.” eb) oO TNMmo CLASSIFIED ADVERTISIN| i A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each ad- ditional line is made. for no- tices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted JULY 1 FORGET ; THE ; HEAT, with a quiet musical and be served an iced treat. At a Burnaby style social. Sat., July 14, at Valleyview Community ° Cen- later than Tuesday noon of ire Grandview Hwy., Info. the week of publication. DE. 5789M, Proceeds Miss : NOTICES Burnaby. DEADLINE FOR COMING “YOUR FAR EVENTS COLUMN — All copy must be in the Pacific Tribune office not later than 12 noon Tuesday. COMING EVENTS—CITY CHINESE CIRCUS iS COMING TO TOWN! 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