‘SCF Vote
Jemand —

: of Saskatchewan, Tim Buck

ewan

1 warned the CCF

jis in the federal election.

‘katchewan is full of lessons
the whole democratic move-
at and for progressives in ail
ties,” said Buck. “In a sense
vas the raising of the. curtain
athe coming federal contest and
rs also on the Quebec proyvin-

i election which may come
i}; Summer.

Outstanding in the election is
| fact that 52% of the Sas_
schewan electors have no con-
mee in the ability of the tories
the Patterson-Gardiner ma-_
weie to carry through a policy
active reforms favored by all
Bkatchewan people.
© was a vote for sweepins:
;# 2™mS in the postwar period:
i[ veration in securing world
7a) Kets for wheat, jobs through
r, j;mdary industries in Saskat-
Wan, a Stable agricultural pol-
@ which will gsuarantee “prices
freedom from crushing debts.
mtawing attention to the fact
of ail the provinces, Saskat-
van is most dependent upon
jd trade and the foreign trade
sies_ of the federal govern-
wt, Buck pointed out that a
# incial government by itself
[fot effectively bring those
ef Jes into beings, but stated that
Tf ie fight for realization of the
ediate needs of the Saskat-
fan people Premier Douglas
lid receive the support of all
zard looking people. 2
ag remier Douglas’ post-elec-

“Statement verifies the posi- ~

dy of the WLabor-Progressive
Ph y that socialism is not the is-
(of the day. The 12 planks
‘dvances-deal with the prob-
ef improying the let of the
@ le within the framework of
‘present social system.’
arming against aiding the
2s and Bloc Populafre with
_ issues in the forthcoming
jon, Buck continued:

- the CCF uses its victory
+ Saskatchewan against the
of Canada and isolate it by
aing doctrinaire ‘socialism
UR othing’ policies it will help
sf -alize the ambitions of Tory-
) Fon a national scale to become
‘da’s next government and
| will actually destroy the
's of the people who voted
erogress on June 15.”

ck drew attention to the fact
648 per cent of the Saskatche-
ipeople had voted for parties
* than the CCF and said that
HM Should not be excluded from
‘ight for progress.

= LPP national leader saw
‘ave .danger if the CCF
id see in its victory a reason
Fejecting unity. with other
tesSive forces in the federal
0 in other provinces or for
fang; coalition with the main
fratic forces of the MLiber-
arty, since such an action
= so split the popular vote
the tories would gain Seats.

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For Reform

Callmg upon the newly-elect-
| CCF government in Saskat-
tSewan to utilize all existing
jovincial powers to help the peo-

jtional leader of the Labor-
oeressive Party, this week is-:
med a statement pointing out
*t the CCE victory in Saskat-
iS mo assurance of 4
fF victory in the federal field
leaders
inst pursuing doctrinaire “so-
ism or nothing” policies which
Mild only help the tories gain

The victory of the GCF in

Fifty thousand New York workers jammed Madison
Square on D-Day to hail the invasion of Europe.

Ask Higher Salaries,
BCTF Urges Teachers

AL demand for higher salaries as the first immediate
step that must be taken to improve education is being made
by the British Columbia Teachers Federation.

Since the teachers made their decision to affiliate their
body with organized labor at ‘their last convention,- new
impetus has been given to the BCTF’s fight to improve edu-
cation standards by higher wages which would draw to the
profession the highest type of personnel. Teaching standards
have declined during the last few years primarily because the
salaries paid, particularly in rural areas, place teachers in the
Same income group as the lowest-paid unskilled laborers.

With most school boards now — j

making appointments for the a
coming year, the BCTF has urged Cou neil Sets
“ a
Up Committee

teachers to meet offers with de-
mands for salaries which will al-

Following the policy laid down
by the last convention of the

low decent living Standards.

Trades and Dabor Congress of
Canada, Vancouver Trades and
Labor Council atits meeting this
week accepted a resolution from
the Street Railwaymen’s Union
to set up a political action com-
mittee.

Named to the committee were
the following: Tom Dunlop, of
Street Railwaymen’s Union,
Sam Smylie, Plumbers and
Steamfitters Union; J. H. Irving,
International Association of Ma-
chinists; William Rigby, Fisher-

Graduates from normal and
university education classes
have been advised to accept not
less than $1,200 and $1,500 as
starting salaries this year for
elementary and secondary.
school positions respectively.
These figures represent the
minimum on a Salary schedule
adopted at the last annual meet-
ing of the federation as a basis
for negotiations between teach-
ers and school boards.
Teachers changing positions
have been asked to accept not less
than the scale salary correspond-
ing to their experience and type
of certificate, and local associa-
tions of teachers in districts
where the present salary sched-

ule is lower than that adopted, men’s Union, and R. Jackson,
have been advised to enter into Bakers’ Union. i
negotiations with their school Postwar jobs for both civilians
boards for increases. and veterans through reduced
The BCTF program calls for: working hours rather than pref-
Equal educational oppor- erential treatment of one at the
tunities for all children. expense of the other also found
Senpcteny teaching per- favor with delegates, who heard
sonnel.

Sam Smylie report progress of a
joint committee of council mem-
bers and new veterans on re-
habilitation. Smylie warned dele-
gates that “making jobs for vet-
erans by throwing out civilians
improve general condi-
o

A curriculum that meets the
needs of the child in his com-
munity.
Schools that increasingly
serve their communities and
communities that fully sup-
port their schools.
A revision .of the present
tem of financing education.
Adequate salaries to provide
competent personell.
“The present shortage of teach-
ers is due primarily to intoler-
ably low salaries that have been
offered in the past,” federation RS
officials declare; “and although ¢
teachers are now frozen in the V
profession it would be very short- 4

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with the importance of the work VJ
which they are called upon to do.” 2

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New CCF
Gov’t Must
Cooperate

“The CCE electoral victory in
the Saskatchewan provincial elec-
tion reflects the urgent need of
reform in that province and is a
movement of revolt against the
bitter experiences of low prices
and high debt during the depres-
sion years,” declared Minerva
Cooper, executive secretary of
the Labor-Progressive Party and
one-time editor of the Western
Farmer, formerly published at
Saskatoon, ?

: @

Mrs. Cooper returned to Van-
couver last weekend from a two-
week speaking tour of Saskatche-
wan during which she participat-
ed in the election campaign of
Nelson Clarke, LPP candidate in
Saskatoon, and William Berezow-
ski, LPP candidate in Pelly.

“Saskatchewan’s economy and
its future existence has always
been based upon the foreign
trade policies of the federal gov-
ernment and in this respect re-
quires a provincial government
which can cooperate and influence
the policies at Ottawa. This is
why the future policies of the
GCE provincial government on
the question of unity and coop-
eration are quite important for
the future of Saskatchewan,”
Mrs. Cooper stated.

“Should a reactionary govern-
ment be returned to Ottawa in
the next federal elections the
CCE government in Saskatche-
Wan may find it quite difficult
to have progressive policies on
agriculture inaugurated. ‘This is
why the future policies of the
CCF government become very im-
portant for the Canadian people.

“The CCF government must
find the methods whereby Sas-
katchewan becomes a stronghold
of united action which will in all

other provinces unite the labor- &

farmer-democratie forces in or-
der to return to Ottawa a strong
progressive federal government.

“Qur party will, of course, sup-
port every progressive measure
introduced by the new CCF gov-
ernment and will strive éonstant-
ly to strengthen that govern-
ment’s position on the war. Many
CCF supporters viewed with mis-
givings the negative attitude of
the CCF during the election to-
wards the war and the United Na-
tions alliance.

“The problems of Saskatche-
Wan cannot be solved in isola-
tion from the rest of Canada and
the success of the United Nia-
tions alliance for the postwar
period and the hope of the pro-
gressive forces in Canada for a
peaceful future and a wnited
Canada led by a progressive fed-
eral government can be helped
in a large measure by the CCE
government taking the necessary
steps toward implementing co-
operative action with other pro-
gresSive sections of the people.”

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