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Vol. 8, Noe 4 Vancouver, British Cou Baek anes 28 1949 SS Price Five Cents

Tell parliament!

ATLANTIC CHARTER—
OT ATLANTIC PACT

Market plan-not |
Marshall Plan

Peace and jobs—these are the twin questions on which the people
of B.C. in common with all Canadians want action from parliament
as it convenes in Ottawa this week.

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“Immediate -acticn to eliminate the serious and menacing threat |

of war; immediate action to provide jobs for the rapidly mounting I

thousands of unemployed depends on a responsive and vigorous answer |

by all those suffering under the federal government’s big business .
policies,’ declares the appeal of the B.C.-Yukon LPP Committee i
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for support of Tim Buck’s nation-wide call to ‘Make Parliament Act i
for the People.” 1
“Nowhere in the Dominion is the truth of Buck’s statement that |
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‘Canada is being crucified on the golden cross of the Marshall Plan,’
better understood than in B.C..”’ states LPP provincial leader Nigel
Morgan. ‘‘Here Marshall and Abbott policies have already brought
ruinous results to the basic industries of lumber, fishing and agricul-
ture. With over 40,000 unemployed, loss of British markets and iy
failure to develop trade outside the Marshall plan countries, loggers
and millmen are being increasingly laid-off, fishermen and cannery
workers face lost jobs, apples, eggs and other agricultural products
worth millions remain unsold.”

Because Liberal, Tory and CCF parties are all in agreement
on the Truman-Bevin-St. Laurent war plans against socialism and
democracy in Europe and Asia, on the Marshall plan and the new
war alliance of the Atlantic Pact, the people must speak out clearly
and loudly against this plot of economic crisis and war.

Peaceful and friendly relations with other nations go hand in
hand with opening up of world markets to end the present nightmare
of war and want. “‘Labor and farmers must fight for these things,”
states Tim Buck’s call to action. Parliament must not be allowed
to adjourn until it has acted on these urgent needs. Canadians don’t
want war. They want peace between the powers, based on wartime

(Continued on back. page)
See PARLIAMENT

@ TOF picture shows Indonesians living in Tokyo as they staged
a demonstration before the Netherlands mission protesting Dutch
aggression against their homeland. Arrow points to a placard
reading: “Dear Tojo: Though you’ve been hanged we uphold
your Pearl Harbor spirit! Very truly yours, Dutch militarists.”
BOTTOM picture is that of New York students who picketed the -
Hotel Biltmore to protest the Columbia University alumni award Ht
to Chiang “Kai-shek’s ambassador to the U.S., Wellington Koo. t

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