VICTORIA By unanimous vote, Victoria Trades and Labor Council (TLC) last week went on record in opposi- -tion to restrictions on the right to strike and to picket contained in Bill H-8. The resolution, which is to be forwarded to the provincial conter- ence of AFL and TLC unions in Nanaimo, was adopted following re- ceipt of a letter requesting action on the Bill from the local branch of the League for Democratic Rights. TORONTO Three Toronto public meetings on December 10°— Human Rights Day — will protest the proposed anti-democratic amendments to the Criminal Code Bill H-8. bd . . contained in In conjunction with the meetings the League for Democratic Rights is circulating 5,000 postcards in the Toronto area. Addressed to MP’s the cards register a strong protest against the dangerous clats- es of Bill H-8. Prof. W. Friedman, University of Toronto. law school, has warned students at a campus meeting called by the U of T Civil Rights Associ- ation against disinterest in the pro- Visions of Bill H-8. Victoria Trades Council adds voice to nation-wide protest against Bill H-3 Friedman said Canadians should be concerned over the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code. He said disinterest could result in a similar situation in Canada as resulted in Germany in 1938. He urged that Bill H-8 be strongly opposed. (The Speech from the Throne at the opening of parliament last week forecast the introduction of Bill H-8 at the current session. It is now before the Senate Banking and Finance Committee after which it will be sent on to the House of Commons for further debate. Pro- tests are being forwarded to Sen- ator Salter Hayden, chairman of the Senate Committee.) REGINA Bill H-8 was protested last week by the convention of the Saskatche- wan Federation of Labor (CCL). The convention forwarded a strong- ly worded protest against the un- democratic sections of the bill to Justice Minister Stuart Garson and, is urging the CCF provincial gov- ernment to take the same action. = ROSCOE RODD, Qc He told a Montreal Civic Liber- ties rally Bill H-8 would spawn im Canada “a contemptible crew to match the Chambers and Mc- Carthys of the U.S.” Two-day affair this weekend Book Festival offers fine program The Book Festival sponsored by the People’s Cooperative Bookstore Association has now become an an- nual event in Vancouver and the hundreds of people who will attend the two-day affair at Hastings Auditorium this weekend are assur- ed both of an excellent program and a fine display of books to tempt their pocket books and _ literary tastes. The program for the opening this Friday evening includes orchestral numbers and folk songs, and prim- itive and ballet dances by students of the Mara McBirney Studio. - Bert Marcuse, discussing current Canadian fiction, and Bert Whyte, current non-fiction, will lead a dis- cussion on literature. This will be followed by a tribute to Dr. Nor- man Bethune in the form of read- ings by Shelah Martin and Harry Gofsky from The Scalpel, The Sword, the recently published life story of the great Canadian surgeon by Ted Allen and Sydney Gordon. _The program will conclude with a “skit in three tiers,” The Case of the Bulging Bookstore. At the Saturday afternoon ses- sion there will be a puppet show for children, and a talk by Bette Fee on “What’s Worthwhile in Children’s Books.” Continued Project on the question of the $2 million, | 24-unit Little Mountain low rent housing project. “Aware of the fact that thou- sands of Vancouver citizens occupy slum housing including illegal base- ment suites (from which they face eviction), the Associate Council supports fully the decision proposed by the Building and Town Planning Committee and urges the city coun- cil to ratify the plan and facilitate all measures needed to speed con- struction of the project. “The majority of citizens accept the fact that while citizens in low wage groups desperately need de- cent housing, few if any out of this group possess any hope to gain decent housing, except by means of a subsidized housing scheme. Such schemes have been adopted by many municipal councils in Britain and have been working satisfactorily for several years to all. parties in- volved. _ “The names of the organizations opposing this scheme prove con- clusively that real estate interests of Vancouver are attempting to sabotage any subsidized housing scheme here, under the pretense of being well disposed toward old age pensioner groups.” Favoring the project are such organizations as Vancouver Hous- ing Association, Associate Council of Vancouver South, Civic Reform Association, Vancouver Council of' Women, AFL Building Trades Council,, Labor-Progressive’ party and the National Federation of Labor Youth. a = Sob t any quarter, and seeks none. The myth of “Moscow gold” is as phoney as the politics of its inventors.e The financial needs of the Labor-Progressive te Party are met by people, working people, whose confidence in the LPP and the future of Canada is strong and unshakable. ‘ = That's why the LPP Provincial Executive urges that the NPF cam- paign be stepped up, so that the LPP will be in a position to carry out all the tasks it has set itself to advance the cause of peace, progress, and govern- ment by and for the people. To reach the objective and conclude a successful Lets tinish THE figures below indicating the progress of the LPP National Party Fund | (NPE) campaign speak for themselves. What they say doesn’t correspond to the job that has to be done. ; Just think of it! Within the next few months the Labor-Progressive Party in B.C. may be faced with both a provincial and federal election. Until then, it is faced with the daily need of pamplets, radio broadcasts, public meetings, etc., to drive home the urgency of the fight for peace and social security, for the preservation of democracy, for trade and jobs. All that takes money, a lot of money. The big financial interests Campaign . -... who subsidize and shape poli¢ies for the old-line parties of capitalism know it. That is why they pour millions of dollars into the coffers of the Liberal and Tory parties, because either way, they win. The Labor Progressive Party relies entirely upon the dollars and «bts Up to You f dimes of its members and supporters. It receives no political subsidies from [J OW ®@ OBJECTIVE OCT. 1 - DEC. 15: $10,000 — RAISED TO NOV. 25: $3,143.96 ,STILL TO BE RAISED: $6,897.61 GREATER VANCOUVER Grassy Plains 234... 50.00 wh 50.00 Amount to be raised —- Raised Oct. 1 daney-Albion’ oii see 145.00. pas 145.00 Section on 1952 quota at Oct.1 to Nov. 25 To raise Kamloops —......--222-2- 43.00 5.95 37.05 \ Binerarcdie «sucess foe. $ 969.26 © $581.69 $ 287.57 » Mission, -.... 2 51.00 24.00 28.00 chi See ; 342.95 771.70 Michel-Natal —........... 240.00 95.00 145.00 South Vancouver. .....----------- 1,330.07 283.35 1,046.72 Nanaimo ...... ws eenenerennenepeeegeeentn 498.00 174.00 324.00 ast RY 5 ok oh cioees ee 1,085.90 415.00 670.90 New Westminster -.......... 183.00 10.00 173.00 Vancouver Centre 2... 1,137.45 556.25 581.20 North Vancouver .................. 233.64 _ hae 233.64 Bisel Vass ce kta yiebermr anne 560.22 93.90 467.22 Notch Hill 34.90 8.84 26.06 Miscellaneous. ........--:----------- 171.00 : Port Rela... ee 31.00 7.00 24.00 H ; peeoic le igi Powell River... feos @ 94.75 1.50 103.25 Mistalssacata: See Rh sae $6,197.55 $2,443.24 * 93.025 31. guerince: Peupert | — se 7 73 33.50 * 38.23 PROVINCE : Nord Sibrey ao ae 71.50 : 21.50 50.00 Amount to be raised — Raised Oct. 1 Beit haces Aamainee ees et 31.25 5.75 25.50 Place on 1952 quota at Oct. 1 to Nov. 25 To raise Hazlemere 30.00 51.50 nil Correspondence ....-.---- e255 27059085. ire 270.50 78.00 15.00 63.00 AT Ernie 16 tee 120.00 = 120.00 73.00: 5.00 70.00 Britanniat ic cicke.ese dae 16.00 -— 16.00 © 23.00 16.00 7.00 Campbell River ...----.--+--------- 25.00 = 25.00 286.00 53.00 233.00 Gowichan® Wake: 1. 2hu.ce 120.00 — 120.00 139.00 8.83 130.17 urbana CLS Se ee ae 140.00 25.00 ie iets 218.00 7.00 211.00 Cumberland 50.00 oe 50.00. 7 5.00. nil Creston