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_ Following is the text of the ‘Statement issued by the national €xecutive committee of the Labor- Progressive party on the death of Paul Phillips.

Sane né@onal. executive com- Mittee ef the Labor-Progressive Party sorrowfully announces the death of Paul Phillips, one of the outstanding leaders of our Party and a comrade beloved for

‘selflessness and complete de- Votion to the cause of socialism and the emancipation of the peo-

’ ple of our country from capitalist

Oppression.

Our comrade Phillips died at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, November 14, in Toron- to General Hospital after an ill- hess of three weeks. The cause of his death was established as an abcess of the liver.

We wish to pay tribute to the

doctors who attended him until

death and to the staff of

Toronto General Hospital who up-

held the fine traditions of Cana-

dian medic®&e in their stern hattle to save his life. * i Bes

\ Paul was born on October 8,

1908, in the Ukraine. As a young

boy he and his family suffered ‘om tsarist oppression and from

_ the brutal attacks of the pogrom-

ists. During the years of the Revolution and civil war his family like many others were Scattered. However, in his ten- der years he became aware of the necessity for the struggle for freedom and actively participat- €d as a schoolboy in the revolu- tionary movement.

In his teens he came to Canada and worked in Montreal as a

Presser in the dress trade, active- |

ly helping to build the union and Tapidly learning that the same fundamental problems stand be- fore the working people of this Country as they do before the Working people in every capital- Ist country. : _ He joined the Young Commun- League soon after his arrival in Canada in the early twenties

and also became a member of

€ Communist Party of Can- ada. He was a member of the Montreal city committee of the Communist Party of Canada and Tapidly advanced to a position of leadership.

When the great economic crisis

- Of 1929 occurred and the Com-

Munists of Canada assumed lead- €tship of the struggle of the peo- Ple against its terrible effects up-

_ 00 them, Paul was asked to come

Toronto as an organizer of

€ Young Communist League, in

which capacity he participated in

1 € great free speech fight of

920-30 and devoted himself to

the building of the working class youth movement.

_. , Once more he was very active

the needle trades market as a Wilder of the union and many is recall his leadership in the ag of the Holman and Sable

Strike,

_. During the thirties and during

the war when the Communist

_ Party and the Young Communist

€ague were declared illegal, he

Continued his work as an organ-

ler of the Toronto city commit- » paying special attention to in Ward Four and in Spa-

Was widely known and loved

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After the war Paul assumed

: leadership’. of the work of the

LPP tribute to Paul Phillips” ‘Staunch character

idealism’ party among the national groups whose progressive organizations will sorely miss his close know- ledge of their problems and of some of their languages. He was an accomplished linguist and deeply versed in the national cul- tures of the people who make up our country and this was trans- formed into brilliant political leadership because of his Com- munist internationalism.

He was an example of that self-discipline which is the basis of the indispensable discipline which characterizes the party of Communists. His helpful daily sadvice will be widely missed, and the wisdom which he displayed in helping the people of the na- tional groups to combat chauvin- ism -and to develop among them the highest expression of demo- cratic Canadianism, was always combined with a respect for and the development of their own cultural contributions to a demo- cratic Canadian culture.

Paul’s practical and theoreti- cal work among the national groups was a power and a beacon which will always be felt and seen in this broad field of Cana- dian progressive tradition.

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Comrade Phillips became a member of the national commit- tee of the Labor-Progressive par- ty and its executive in 1946.

He was the treasurer of the Labor-Progressive party and as such knew perhaps more than most all the sacrifices and devo- tion expressed by the left wing movement in the raising of money

from the people to advance the cause of Canadian independence, democracy and socialism.

The hundreds of party mem-

bers who dealt with Paul on these

matters will testify to the con- cern and helpfulness which he displayed in solving the difficult financial problems which always attend the socialist movement un- der capitalism. His relationship with people in this respect was an anticipation of the comradely and friendly relations between people respecting material things which will one day become the quality of all the people.

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Paul Phillips was a Communist of exceptional purity of charac- ter and high idealism. He was a patient, understanding and very modest man who found his way to combine the highest devotion to principle with the most human consideration of practical diffi- culties.

His loss to the Labor-Progres- sive party and to the people of Cahada is an immense one and we call upon our party to close its ranks and to do what Paul himself would have wanted us to do — to fight harder for our party program, to instil the deep- est love of our country among all the people and to redouble our efforts to bring closer the day when our dear country will be forever free from the scourge of capitalist insecurity and war.

In 1946 Paul suffered a grave sorrow at the sudden death of Jean Phillips, his wife, the daughter of A. E. Smith and the mother of his sons, Peter and Eric. Paul’s profound sorrow at that. critical moment of his life was borne with dignity and mar- vellous courage. _

To Rivka Phillips his wife, to Peter and Erie his sons, to his little daughter Susan, and to his sister in Montreal, we extend our

deepest sympathy and love.

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LPP mourns deat of Paul Phillips

The Labor-Progressive party has lost one of its most able and devoted national leaders

TORONTO

by the untimely death of Paul Phillips in Toronto General Hospital on is week. aa Mon

Phillips, who was 47 years of age, was the Labos-Progressive marta een. 2 and a member of both its national executive and national committee.

From Regina, where he is attending the LPP Saskatchewan convention this weekend, Ti Buck, LPP national leader, sent a wire of sympathy to the bereaved family in “the grievous loss we share with you,” and a message that read, in part:

“The loss of ‘our dear comrade Paul fills my heart with sorow. He personified the complete dedication to our ideals that makes people. of a special mould, warm in his personal relations, undeviating in his devotion, con- siderate of others and unsparing of himself. Paul made a tre- mendous contribution to our movement. His place will be hard to fill.”

Tributes to Paul Phillips to be read at funeral services Thurs-

day were received from all parts | :

of the country. Among them

were messages and wreaths from].

the B.C.-Yukon and Vancouver committees of the LPP and the staff of the Pacific Tribune.

Paul Phillips is survived by |} his wife, Rivka; two sons, Peter |}

and Eric; a daughter, Susan, aly in Toronto; and a sister in Mon- treal.

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Canadian - Soviet Friendship _ group plans new activities |

The Vancouver branch of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society. is launchi

a new

program of varied activities designed to appeal to the special i seeking new ; pecial interests of le s

approaches to the problems of their chosen fields, the society Te ee cai

gram will see the society offering opportunities to musicians, educationalists, students of

literature, doctors and artists, through articles a Soviet approach and achievements. —

¥ e < Burnaby candidate \

Alex Kucher, a lifelong resi- dent of Burnaby, announced this week that he will contest a parks board seat ,as.an inde- pendent candidate in Burnaby’s December 10 municipal elec- tions. He will campaign for establishment of a municipally sponsored recreational centre with an indoor swimming pool, an ice rink and gym-. nasium. Development of parks is another plank in his plat- . form. “Burnaby needs to ask for assistance from the pro- vincial government to develop parks that will be real cen-

tres of pleasure and relaxation,” he says. : pele

Union, owners agree on cut

Bargaining committee of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union and the commit- tee of the Fishing Vessel-Owners Association this week agreed to recommend a settlement of the herring dispute based on 43% percent to boat and net and 56%4 percent to the crews. ;

“N@g could have sat tight and

‘|required the owners to move all |the way to 43 percent,” said

Homer Stevens, UFAWU secre- tary. “The Vessel Owners ad- mitted they were concerned about ‘saving face. That is why we did not put forward the 43% per- cent which we proposed to them

last week.”

The union committee agreed to recommend acceptance of the Vessel Owners’ offer to ‘avoid unnecessary bickering and in an effort to re-establish some har-

mony in the industry.

Union members in the co-op operation voted on the new offer Wednesday this week. Part of the proposed settlement was that $8,000 held in trust for arbitra-

tion out of last- year’s co-op

operation will bepaid over to the crew members.’ » uss

PACIFIC TRIBUNE —

nd discussions dealing. in detail with the

The ‘society proposes in the coming year to distribute tech- | nical literature on medicine; music and other arts and sciences, and to promote panel discussions, ‘concerts and exhibitions of books and works of art demonstrating i the latest developments in the Soviet Union. — sas £3551

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This fall saw the first of a series of musical concerts, tobe con- tinued in the New Year, and this month a series of three Soviet films during the month of Novem- ber marks the beginning: of san effort to bring Soviet films regu- larly to Vancouver.

The society is asking persons desiring to take part in diseus- sions of Soviet developments in whichever fields of the arts, the sciences. or-labor they are en- gaged, to contact the society’s executive secretary, Mrs. Florence Dorland, 3440 Fromme Road, North Vancouver, _ .

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