i ee LAY FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1956 Vol 15, No. 31 VANCOUVER, B.C. Authorised as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa lO¢ CCF convention 5efs new course WINNIPEG Fo The 14th national convention of the CCF, held in the : rt Garry Hotel August 1-3, adopted a new Declaration of Frinciples to be known as the “Winnipeg Declaration.” his was the centre of attention during the convention Decause it “supercedes and replaces all previous declara- E fions of principle adopted by the CCF.” - David Lewis, re-elected na- onal chairman, declared in 4S Opening address that the €claration was based on what Hhe CCF national council con- ee to be the two great Pasic changes that have taken mee Since the Regina Mani- #esto had been adopted in 1933. 4 in The first, that the CCF need © longer be guided solely by eae theoretical principles tn ae democracy laid down 533 : Regina Manifesto in :. Ae t now has the practical is berience, he said, of many =0clal Democratic parties who * Participated in govern- a nt administration in Britain, *2¢ Scandinavian countries, Mustralia, New Zealand and ‘Cthers, The second is the fact that € Regina Manifesto was written during the great de- pression and that due to the cold war and the aid being given to other countries the economy of Canada is expand- ivg and is likely to continue expanding for a considerable period ahead. The Declaration of Prin- ciples gives expression to this view by declaring that “the CCF will, therefore, provide appropriate opportunities for private business as well as publicly-owned industry.” Debate in the convention centred on two main questions. One was on “the mixed econ- omy” program. Opposition to this feature was sparked by the Winnipeg delegates who took the position that there Continued on page 9 See CCF City council okays Sports on Sunday Ae City Council this Syin Passed a Sunday sports ont, by a 4-2 vote after a s of shilly-shallying and ! ene following the Dove re gupproval given. the cust € by Vancouver citizens in | a December’s civic election. Bin a ethan aldermen had Bic cae again ducked the is- a ae alming that the respon- ity was Victoria’s Premier ; SE C. Bennett, afraid of ; ei reaction to legislation Si eRe Sunday sports, fin- Bint leclared his opposition - Plously opined that com- 3 Telalized Sundays had been e ‘downfall of civilizations.” E cee citizens of Vancouver Beict Oring for city council to ... ay another civic election Binal & offing, aldermen gave Bina reading Tuesday to a é Ay ay afternoon sports by- » permitting certain paid admission sports between the hours of 1.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. A few hours latér Vancouver Mounties announced they would play at Capilano Stadi- um Sunday, August. 26. Lord’s Day Alliance officials claim the bylaw is illegal, al- though Sunday sports have been operating for several years in Toronto under simi- lar conditions. ; Attorney - General Robert Bonner expressed the opinion that it is up to Vancouver’s city prosecutor to deal with the Sunday sports issue. This apparently means that provin- cial authorities will refuse to take any action to block Sun- day sports here. ~ In the plebiscite last Decem- ber 14 Vancouver citizens vot- ed for Sunday sports, 38,031; against, 36,124, - WELCOME, LOKOMOTIVS! Lokomotiys’ outside right German Apukhtin is shown in action. - Vancouver this week welcomes Moscow Lokomo- tivs, first Soviet soccer team to visit our country. Lokomotivs demonstrated in victories over Quebec and Manitoba All-Stars that they are a first class team. B.C. All-Stars, definitely a cut above our eastern teams, will undoubtedly make a better showing against the Russian sharpshooters. Vancouver and lower mainland fans are pulling for our team to win. "Whether we win or lose isn’t the important thing in this soccer match. The key thing is that international friendship in sports, which has in the “cold war” years often succeeded where diplomats have failed, should tri- umph at Empire Stadium this Saturday night. International sports contests are a powerful weapon in the fight for peace. Let our young men compete with the Russians on playing fields — so that they may never meet on battlefields. - Welcome, Lokomotivs! We hope you enjoy your stay in British Columbia — and we hope that soon a B.C. team will visit your country and play a return match in Mos- cow’s Dynamo Stadium.