Imi | ot LPP fields 18 as — Stevens chosen for Burnaby - Richmond Homer Stevens, secretary of the United Fishermen and Allied orkers Union, became the Labor-Progressive party’s eighteenth candidate in B.C. when he was nominated to contest Burnaby-Richmond at a well-attended meeting on Lulu Island last Friday which contribut- ed over $150 to his campaign. “As a Canadian I am first and foremost concerned. with the wel- fare of our own people and of our own country,” Stevens said in his acceptance speech. “Among many of our people we find increasing fear of the future—some fear war, some fear depression, some fear both. ‘Tf fear spurs us to action to prevent these man-made _calami- ties Canada will prosper and our people will realize all the abun- dance and promise of our great country. “But there are some who preach war—hot war or permanent cold war—as a means of staving off de- pression. “Not one of the spokesmen of the other parties has stood up at Ottawa and demanded that we stop the drift to war and depression. “That is why I have decided to run as a candidate ofthe LPP on a platform to put Canada first and ‘Runaway capital’ builds in Japan SEATTLE The three biggest freighters in the world are being built for priv- ate ownership in this country,” the Progressive party of Washington state charged in a leaflet issued here last week. Quoting from com-’ mercial press reports, the party points out that U.S. “runaway capital” is taking advantage of “cheap labor and_ superprofits” made possible by U.S. military do- mination of Japan. with a program of measures de- signed to develop our resources for our own people. “Neither war nor depression! That is my program in four words. We can stop war and prevent depression by a policy of friendship and trade with all countries; by refusing to con- tinue the’ policy of selling Can- ada short which the Liberal gov- ernment has been following and which the Conservatives, CCF and Social Credit members at Ottawa have failed essentially to oppose. “We did not have to sell or mortgage our independence to the United States. Canada .is big enough to stand on her own feet and that is what our program is designed to achieve. “The union which I have the honor to-serve as secretary neither endorses any political party, nor -does it discriminate against any member because of his or her poli- tical opinions. “By running as an LPP candi- date in Burnaby-Richmond I am not committing the union to any political program. “I am sure the overwhelming majority of Canadians will agree that this is the best way to pre- serve and extend our democratic rights. “Most important, we will get down to a proper discussion of the serious political issues which have to be decided on August 10.” Montreal truckers break with Teamsters, set up Canadian union MONTREAL Montreal Transport Drivers voted last. Sunday to establish an independent Canadian union and to disaffiliate from, the AFL Inter- national Brotherhood of Teamsters. A membership meeting of Trans- port Drivers Local 106, which covers several thousand truck drivers, called for an independent Canadian union with only one dissenting vote, and voted to “condemn the arrogant interference of Washing- ton officials in the affairs of our union.” The move followed the arbitrary dismissal by Washington union of- ficials of A. F, MacArthur, Cana- dian vice president of the Trans- port Drivers Union, Neil MacDon- ald, Local 106 business agent, and the local’s six executive members. The Washington edict also seized the local’s funds, union hall and office. To this the local’s mem- bership replied with a resolution. empowering MacDonald and Local 106 president DesLauriers “to take all measures necessary to _ safe- guard the property, funds and wel- fare of our union.” Union circles here see in the brazen efforts of the TDU brass to dominate the affairs of its Can- adian membership a striking paral- lel to last year’s betrayal of textile workers by the AFL Textile Uni- on’s Washington leadership. At that time the U.S. Textile union leaders fired the entire Can- adian leadership in the midst of a strike of 6,000 members in Do- minion Textilé. The U.S. bureau- crats succeeded in smashing the strike and surrendered the Cana- dian workers to speedup, layoffs, and inferior working conditions. As a result of that struggle the Canadian Textile Council was born. The reasons advanced by Trans- port union officials for firing Local 106 leaders is that the local failed, to pay per capita to Washington on non-members who pay dues un- der the Rand formula. Local 106 has replied that it never made any such commitment and that in any case, the arbitrary firing of the local leadership was totally unjustified. _ Indications are that the Wash- ington business agent appointee Belanger has not been able to mus- ter support among the member- ship, many of whom feel that they will be better off in a Canadian union, free from domination of a U.S. leadership that is reputed to run a close second to “King” Joe Ryan’s Longshoremen’s union for racketeering. . : : ’ MRS. TILLY BELANGER More than all other parties combined MRS. ANN MINARD LPP has 21 women candidates The Labor-Progressive party has more women candidates in the fed- eral election than all other na- tional parties put together. Twenty-one women candidates in six provinces are taking the Labor- Can boost ) Family Allowance —MONA: MORGAN “Family allowances and unem- ployment insurance benefits can be increased by 50 percent,” Mrs. Mona Morgan, LPP candidate in Vancouver Kingsway, told guests at a garden party held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Karme, 3592 Ox- ford Street, on Saturday last week. Taking sharp issue with the CCF in its recent statement that ‘“no government — be it CCF, Liberal, Conservative or any other — will be able to reduce over-all taxes very much. Defense expenditures will still be huge even after all possible savings have been made,” Mrs. Morgan said: “The LPP is calling for reduced arms spending to allow for de- fense only. This would mean an over-all cut in taxes and increas- ed allowances, pensions and other benefits besides.” , The LPP has protested to Jus- tice Minister Stuart Garson against recent increases in bread and flour prices, urging him to conduct an investigation under the Combines Investigation Act. Mrs. Morgan will accompany an LPP delegation to Social Services Committee at Vancouver City Hall, August 4, to ene representations on this ques- ion. ° Tilly Belanger at Nelson social NELSON, B.C. A social affair held here last Sat- urday evening added $75 to the election campaign fund of Mrs. Til- lie Belanger, Labor - Progressive candidate for Kootenay West. Mrs. Belanger was introduced ‘to the more than 50 people pre- sent by her official election agent W. C. Muir, and spoke briefly on the program of the LPP. Prizes for the games and con- tests played at the social were made and donated by Mrs. Belan- ger’s committee workers and sup- porters, who also provided the re- freshments. A district picnic is being plan- ‘ned for August 2 if. suitable grounds can.be obtained. Progressive party’s \Put Canada First platform to the people with its stirring “Protect the Home and Family” message. In British Columbia there are three: Mrs. Mona Morgan in Van- couver-Kingsway; Mrs. Tillie Bel- ‘anger in Kootenay West; Mrs. Ann Minard ‘in Skeena. In Alberta, Josephine Longridge is contesting Calgary South and Mrs. Rose Sarman, Red Deer. In_ Saskatchewan, Mrs. Phyllis Clarke is opposing John Diefen- baker in Prince Albert; and Mrs. Edna. Williams is contesting Mac- kenzie. In Manitoba, Mrs. Dorothy John- son is the candidate in Brandon- Souris. In Ontario seven women are contesting seats for the LPP, four of them in the Greater Toronto area. They are Mrs. Annie Wilson, in Toronto Danforth; Mrs. Janet Clark in Toronto Rosedale; Mrs. Annie Buller Guralnick in Toronto St. Paul’s; Mrs. Margery Ferguson in York East; Mrs. Dorise Nielsen in Brantford; Mrs. Helen Marks in Norfolk; Mrs. Nan Powell # Fort William. ; pe Mrs. Nielsen, who is contestin& Brantford, hard-hit by recent ge offs, is a former MP and one 0 the country’s outstanding women .parliamentarians. In Quebec, six of the Labor-P!0 gressive party’s 25 candidates are women. In Montreal’s St. Antoine-West mount constituency,’ the cabiner member directly responsible 1 levying high taxes against Calé dian families — Finance Minist@. Douglas Abbott—is. being oppos® by Mrs. Louise Harvey. In Jacque Cartier-Lasalle, Mrs .Ethel Le is the candidate; in Laurier, Mme Jeanette Brunelle; in Outremoal St. Jean, Mrs. Ann Eizner; in PaP™ neau, Mme Germaine Leclere, Lafontaine, Gabrielle Dionne. 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