2 $€ss eting decided. We shall our work in all fields and let noth- PUL TTT Wty dit Wit 0 Wit YY dT) PT YT and farm movements so that thou- sands of active progressives — will know how to fight. for peace. The new Peace Petition offers the best basis for unity in action, unity below, with the CCF members ‘and supporters and trade unionists. What person with the interests of the people at heart, regardless of ‘fundamental differences on. politics, can refuse to sign the petition without exposing himself to the ac- cusation that he wants war? ‘Right wing leaders who refuse to endorse the petition will stand thoroughly exposed before , their members and supporters. We of the Labor-Progressive _ party. must strive to assist the Peace Congress’ to place the Peti- tion in the hands of all public people and _~ political find out from them stand on this question. MP’s, MPP’s aldermen, — school trustees, local councils, rural coun- cils, union leaders, church leaders, political leaders — all must be asked to sign the petition. As the World Peace Committee emphasizes, no influential person should be missed with the petition and every party comrade should find out in his or her neighborhood if -this is being .done, and strive to make sure that it is done. The petition is an appeal which forms the basis of the widest agre- ement. We must not permit ideolo- gical or political differences to stand as an obstacle to our work for the petition. The embhasis must be upon the points of agreement, which are put plainly and simply in the where they petition, and not upon points of — _ differences. We Communists pos- our own firm Scientific: socialist con- Victions about the cor- ‘4 rectness of the peace Policy of the Soviet Union and. the People’s Democracies, and the criminal responsibiltiy for the pre- sent crisis which lies on the shoul- Anglo-American war bloc. We shall continue jas a party, to make known at our opinions on these questions, -and in our own independent work —in our ‘press, public meetings, pamphlets, we shall put this opiml- on forward more vigorously and sharply than ever before, as our February National Committee me- continue ing stand in the way of party con- centration on the work we have charted for ourselves. We Communists fight for peace because to permit a third world War, with all its horrors of atomic and bacteriological mass destruction - Of populations, . would be a crime. against humanity. We fight for peace because we are firm support: ers of the principle of the eae ful co-existence of the socialist an "capitalist countries. We are oes convinced that our fight in defense of peace is a struggle in the true interest of all democratic: pean Loh ‘aor A) Hl te - “,.. The unity-power of the peace movement. That is the force which cai prevent another war ! - come leaders—to | building. the f government, SUE . Others want peace for many and varied ‘reasons. We unite and work with all those people, on the basis of the defense of peace. In our party work for the petition, as supporters of the united Peace Congress which strives to unite all people of good will who want peace into a great movement, we shall loyally and more strenuously than any other. peace « supporters take the firmest united front position. We shall tell all those we canyass and among whom we work for the Stockholm § Appeal, that regardless of our party views, which we will defend under all circum- stances, we are anxious and ready to.make the demands of the Stock- holm Appeal upon all governments, and unite with people for peace regardless of views as to who is. responsible for the present critical world situation. We know who is responsible for the war crisis, and shall as a party say so. But the very power of the Peace Petition is that people can together for banning the bomb and branding a war criminal first government to use the bomb, regardless of opinions on the more basic social questions. This, comrades, is the way ol the united front below for peace. And it is this which the warmongers fear above all—the unity power of the peace movement. That is the force which can prevent another war. There are a few points we must bear in mind in the work for the petition: We as a party will do our full share in gathering names, and in peace associations and committees. But we will not sub- stitute the party for the peace movement; we shall work with all. other people as strong supporters ~ of the united front Peace Congress and respond to all appeals of the Jocal Peace Councils for active workers for the petition. This does not mean that we shall not have petitions in our clubs and use them =-but it does mean that it must not be regarded as a party Jig of interest to party supporters only. It is a petition for everybody, something which thousands of non- party people can and will take. The power of this world petition as a force for peace must not be underestimated. . When we gather names, for demands upon the Canadian government, v L remember that for the first time in history, a world petition is being circulated. Quantities of mames are not. just numbers, they make up a mighty moral force for peace — the more names; the greater that moral force will be. As the World Peace ‘Committee asks, what ve and what MP, ignore the signed demands of hun- dreds of thousands of people? The action of taking out the petition itself stimulates new people into taking’ an active part in the fight for peace. It overcomes pass-’ ivity and fatalism; ; @ it gives the we must - will . (SH BUEUE ordinary citizen the feeling that he and she can do something about preventing another war. The peti- tion is the best road to building the united front—it provides that concrete action around which joint action on a wider scale can be de- veloped in places of work, unions, among the farmers, in the youth movement and among women and children —and it forms the common ground for cooperation between supporters of the CCF. . It all- depends ‘on. how quickly, and how cooperatively all members great of the party get into this campaign. Tt as been asked if the aim of 500,000 Canadian names on the Peace Congress’ new Petition for Peace, is in addition to the 200,000 gathered for the Ban the Bomb Petition. : The Peace Congress makes clear. that this is a new Petition; that the Stockholm Appeal which was issued on the eve of the Second Canadian Peace Congress, adds something entirely different to the former petitions and ballots for peace. Consequently, the aim is to get 500,000 names to the new Peti- tion, mainly. individually, many more at public meetings and thro- ugh endorsation by oganizations. The 200,000 names gathered pre- viously on the Ban the Bomb Peti- tion will be regarded as a “down payment,” but it would be very bad if the number. gathered for the old petition were to cut down on the number that can be won for the wonderful Stockholm Appeal. We should endorse this view- _point and take the new - petition everywhere, to everyone, not fear- ing. some duplications but remem- bering that the vast majority of Canadians have never heard of or seen either the old or the new Peace Petition. What shall we do, comrades? We need a -s= plan, every party com- rade, club and com- mittee. @) Time is short! The Peace Congress has decided that the petition must be completed by October 2, International Peace Day. The Second World Peace Congress in Italy in October will register the results of this world struggle for peace. The Peace Congress decided that. Canada will be represented at the World Congress and the Canadi- an delegates must be able to report what Canadians have done for peace. @ ) We must not let “summer dol- drums” stop us. People move around: and are more accessable in summer. Let us take advantage of that — at beaches, picnics, resorts — every- where the people gather, let the petition be seen. Give the summer to the petition! @ )Every party comrade should pledge himself a number of names on the petition. We should regard it as an emergency. Because we shall all see hundreds of people at one plaee or another this summer, let the petition be taken by us a That is what we mean when we say, “The petition is for everybody, everywhere!” _@) We have three months in which to do this job: July, September. Instead of leaving it until September, as may be the temptation, we must fix quotas for July, August and September, and check up at the end of each month. @) We must adopt the policy of omitting no important area, no public spokesman, no union official, in the work for the petition. ' @) Use the petition to start up peace committees in your place of work, and peace associations in your community. : Our party membership, together with thousands of organized sup- porters of the Peace Congress, can and will achieve the objective set by the inspiring Second Canadian Peace Congress. This summer may well be the turning point, the decisive moment, in the struggle between the camp of peace, and the camp of war. _ Let us make sure that nothing — is left undone, no section of our movement ignored, and no effort spared to cooperate with all other Canadians, in this campaign to be — the biggest single effort to involve our whole party in a short space of time. The National Executive is con- fident that the tempo of this cam- paign, the fight for unity in action among the people, and the planned activity of every party member and _ committee, will surpass anything we have ever done. & The cause is the greatest we can devote ourselves to, comrades! It is the cause of world peace, the peaceful co-existence of capitalist and socialist countries. Win the great peace fight! Hun- dreds of thousands of Canadian names on the great World Petition _ for Peace! Comradely yours, e National Executive Committee, LPP, TIM BUCK, — National Leader. | Royalty on ‘Red’ list? “T) EALING with the suggestion Rees by the Rev. Leslie Weather- head of a royal visit to Moscow, he peasement in full.’ It was very question- able to bring the Royal Family into it at all. A number of people had been sent out on missions and had ‘ratted’ and: gone over to the enemy.” —Condensed Manchester. Gidui re- Though this be madness . . . said he attacked it because it was ‘ap- — \ port of Lord Vateithdts tated entered tirade in the House of Lords. Why blame God? _ “This private enterprise system, which in our modern world is so. distinctively American, is the only economic system | which is stamped with the approval of | — € a2? . : ; = : —Representative William Colmer, Member of Congress from Mississippi. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 23, 1950—PAGE 5 ;