ty fellow anti-fascists.

Similarly, I want to emphasize e fact that the continuing cam- ign for the lifting of the ban om. the Communist Party is also the interest of Canada. So long the Communist Party, and half dozen other organizations, are era ban, no labor organization LE be secure. On the other hand, 2 fight to remove that ban is et of the struggle to achieve tional unity in an all-out effort win the war. The sinister politi- forces which now prevent the ang of the ban from the GCom- imist Party are the very same ‘ces that oppose an all-out effort win the war.

Chey -are the forces that op- sed, and still oppose, conscrip- n. They are the forces which fended, and still defend, the itors of Vichy. They are the ces which, until quite recently, ‘ried on systematic propaganda faver of a negotiated peace.

temoval of the ban from the mmunist Party will be a defeat > those forces and a victory for + advocates of democratic na- nal unity for total war. I ap- 31 to you, -therefore, to press 2 campaign for the lifting of » ban from the Communist rity withsali your might. “

TATTONAL unity to strengthen Ganada’s war effort is more in ever necessary today because are at the turning point of the = : The audacious- offensive in rth Africa marks the turn of » United Nations to a strategy the offensive. As Stalin has nted out, it has brqught about radical transformation in the r and the political situation in rope. Che great offensive in North rica 1S conclusive evidence that » Allies are now able to initiate litary actions on a gigantic Je. The Red Army counter- ensive ripping through Nazi sitions on the Stalingrad and rth Central fronts is conclusive ‘dence that when cur boys in- le Europe in the near future ty will be aided by a mighty d Army offensive that will com- Hitler to keep the greater part his forces in the East. ‘he vast accumulated forees of : United Nations are moving 0 action in combined coalition ‘ensive warfare. The United tions are going to defeat his is partners, Italy and Japan. In ‘ashing the fascist Axis the mocratic nations of the world > going to open up the possibili- 5 for makine this world a bet- place for all of us.

* must be emphasized, however, that the decisive test is yet to me. Hitler has a mighty military ichine. Maj.-Gen. Victor Odlum ited in Toronto that the troops Worth Africa represented less nm two percent of the Nazi "ces.

Hitler has control of the whole atinent of Europe; with its rmous resources and industrial pacity. More than two hundred Ilion people of conquered Eur- e are harnessed to his industry provide equipment and supplies * his armored divisions.

Zach and every one of us is Hed upon to do everything in ; Power to ensure victory for > Allied armies. Those of us at me must make sure that the htine men who leap across the tditerranean and the English annel shall be provided with an

endless stream of the best arms and equipment that modern ma- chines and human skill can pro- duce. We must guarantee them an unfailing stream of trained and fit comrades in arms, te keep their Tanks up to strength.

We must accept a bie share of the responsibility for seeing that their families at home are ade-

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quately provided for and we must do these things by systematic Strengthening of the role of or- Sanized Jabor in the Nation’s war effort.

E all sections of the demo-

cratic people the labor move- ment has most at stake in this war. For the labor movement, the issue is now that of the right to exist. On the other hand, while Axis victory would mean the end of the labor movement all over the world, so also, because ot the character of this people’s war, the labor movement, by playing its full part in the gaining of victory, can win a new and higher place for itself in democratic society.

The activities by which the labor movement can help most to win the war are the yery things which help to build the labor moyement.

They are the things which strengthen its prestige among all sections of the people, identify it closely with the interests of our Sons and brotiers overseas, and make it such a vital and indis- pensable factor in the effort to Win the war that it will be able to speak with authority on the policies to be adopted in Canada when we meet the questions that will arise in the organization of the peace.

OR us in the labor movement

the war brings forward not only new responsibilities but tre- mendous opportunities also. It is becoming evident to Canadians that the democratic interest of the labor movement in the struggle to win the war are also the high- est interests of the nation.

Wever before in the history of our country were the possibilities for trade union organization so widespread as they are today and never before was organization of the workers as closely related to our national security. Never be fore in history was the labor movement called upon to play such a vital part in defense of our freedom as a nation.

To measure up to this situation the labor movement must become the most vital factor in the drive to increase war production; in the drive for full use of every machine 24 hours a day; in the drive for full and efficient utiliza- tion of the nation’s manpower— and its million willing women who want to win the war; in the drive to guarantee unlimited supplies

and support for men overseas, and for adequate provision for their loved ones at home.

Labor must do these things be- cause the existence of the labor movement itself depends upon the defeat of the Axis powers. In ad- dition to that, the labor move- ment must do these things be- cause they characterize the only policy by which, in the existing Situation, the trade unions can protect the interest of their mem- bers, get grievances removed by negotiation and secure the wage adjustments that are absolutely necessary to development of an all-out war effort..

The labor movement is already Subordinating many of its own immediate interests to the inter- ests of the national war effort.

The outstanding example of this is the manner in which the labor movement is striving to increase War production by labor-manage- ment cooperation through joint production councils.

What this means to Ganada's War industry may be estimated by the fact that, if the unions in the Pacific coast shipyards suc- ceed in developing labor-manage- ment cooperation and produce re- sults similar to those that have been produced in the aircraft plants in central Canada, ship construction will be increased by more than two hundred thousand tons per year which means twenty more ten thousand ton freighters from the Pacific coast yards alone.

UT the labor movement cannot

pull its full weight in the struggle to increase production unless it receives cooperation from the Doeminion government. The problem of increasing production is, above all, a problem of labor- Management relationships.

This in turn involves the prob- lem of wage re-adjustments to eliminate indefensible discrepan- cies, the’ maintenance of the rights of the trade union move- ment and recognition of the sta- tus and the role of the labor move- ment_as full partner in the na- tion’s effort to win the war.

Until now labor has not receiv- ed the cooperation that is neces- sary. Elliott Little made several public statements, while he was national director of selective serv- ice, which indicated policies simi- lar to the war labor policies of the Roosevelt administration in the United States. Prime Minister King has declared himself in favor of such policies.

But lip service is not enough. “Fine words butter no parsnips.” The policies actually followed by the department of labor are not at all like those suggested by the

. words of Little and Premier King.

In fact, leading representatives of the trade union movement have declared more than once that the policies followed by the minister of labor, Humphrey Mitchell, are anti-labor policies instead of pol- icies of cooperation. 3

The workers in the shipyards know this only to well. The of- fensive and dictatorial manner in which the seven-day week was in- troduced, and the manner in which its introduction was used to in- fringe upon the long established rights of overtime pay and so on have actually been obstacles to development of cooperation in the Pacific Coast yards.

We can’t beat Hitler by undem- ocratic policies toward labor. Hit- ler himself is the world’s expert at that game, and look where it has landed him!

To increase war production to the full extent of the tremendous possibilities in Canada’s shipyards, mines, camps and mills and fac- tories, there has to be a clear-cut recognition of the rights of the workers and their trade unions.

The fight for such a democratic war labor policy, and for a min- ister of labor who will cooperate with the trade unions in carrying such a policy through is part of the struggle to win the war. All workers will support the joint pro- posal of the trade union move- ment in this matter,

i are living through a period ~

of rapid and stupendous change. The economy-of the en- tire world is now subordinated to this global, all-inclusive war for survival.

When the Axis has been defeat- ed, and the fighting stops, the peo- ple of the world will literally have to start all over again.

The new relationship between the Soviet Union and Britain and the United States provides ground for confidence in the possibility of a just and lasting peace. It also provides ground for confidence that far-reaching social progress ean be achieved. To ensure these things, however, the democratic masses of the people will have to be politically alert and united in purpose.

The question that will confront us all will be “Where do we go from war economy—do we go backward?”

It would be folly to ignore the fact that, in that situation, there is bound to be the most profound conflict between the interests of the great mass of the people and the selfish interests of the few who will strive to turn the clock back again to 1939.

The working people of Canada are not going back to the nineteen- thirties. Our sons and brothers who will spearhead the drive to the heart of Hitler's Germany aren't fighting for that! The peo- ple cannot be fooled again by the specious argument that there is no money.

Furthermore, millions of Cana- dians are realizing that the only reason why the Soviet people and their Red Army were able to meet the terrific onslaught of Hitler's armies, to suffer such cruel dey- astation and losses without any weakening of national unity and morale, is because of the policies followed by the Soviet government in the years before the way. The Soviet people fight as they do because what they are defending is dearer than life itself.

Tt is now acknowledged, by statesmen who look ahead, that far-reaching changes will have’ to be made.

Vice-President Wallace of the United States is calling for new democracy which he declares must be “internationally minded and supremely interested in raising the productivity and therefore the standard of living of all the peo- ples of the world.”

Vice-President Wallace acknow- ledged in the same speech that the Soviet people have achieved eco- nomic democracy and he defined that as one of the aims of post- war policy in the United States.

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ET there be no illusions, how- ever. A good new world will come into being after this war only if the democratie people are sufficiently united in their efforts

any BEHALF of myself and all those associated with me I want to thank the many democr

Sistent support to the campaign for release of the Communists and other anti ie Communist Party. I thank each an

atic men and women of British Columbia who gave such con- -fascist workers from internment and for the removal of the ban from 1d. every one of you. Your efforts were in the interest of Canada as a whole as well as in the interest of myself and

to bring it about. The direction of governmental policy, in Canada - and elsewhere, will be determined by the interests of that part of the Canadian people which exerts the strongest political influence at that time.

What is the main task of the labor movement in this situation? It is to build up its organized strength, to win allies among all Sections of democratic Canadians, to develop its ability to act as an independent political foree, to as- Sert itself in the national inter ests and in helping to shape and administer the nation’s policies.

The activities by which the the labor movement ean best achieve these things today.are the very activities by which it can con- tribute most to the war effort.

The struggle to increase war production through labor partner- ship, organization of the unorgan- ized workers, the struggle for a democratic war labor policy and for trade union legislation which really guarantees the -workers’ right to organize in unions of their Own choice, the struggle for col- lective bargaining and the strug- gle for the right of labor to name its own representatives on gav- ernment war boards and commis- sions, including those which ad- minister the wage and manpower regulations. These are the urgent political tasks of the labor move- ment today.

Those activities, not the draft- ing of political blue-prints, or at- tempts to preempt the future by putting labels upon it, will strengthen the labor movement and raise its status so that it will be strong, indepenaent, united, and organized for labor political action, and united with the major- ity of the nation in dealing with the preblems of organizing the peace.

The primary need within the la- bor movement now is united ac- tion in support of the war effort.

United action by all sections of the trade union movement, united action by Communists and mem- bers of the GCF, united action by the trade unions and labor politi- cal parties. These things will make the labor progressive move- ment a powerful influence for the unity of our nation as a whole.

HERE is no room in Ganada

today for narrow partisan is- sues. The issue that counts now is winning the war. Everything else hinges upon that.

We Communists appeal to all sections of the labor movement to join hands in support of the war effort. Above all we appeal to the members and leadership of the CCF to join us in cooperative effort to help strengthen the role ef the labor movement in the struggle to achieye national unity for total war.

The democratic forces are on the march. We shall defeat Hitler and his Axis partners, Italy and Japan. We shall destroy the threat of fascist enslavement. We shall set the conquered peoples free, so that, to use Stalin’s words, they may live upon their own land and govern it as they choose.

Tt is our task and our oppor- tunity to help make Jabor’s role in achieving that victory such that labor also wins the right, the standing in society, and the unity of purpose, that will enable it and its ~democratie allies to ensure that, having fought and won the war, the democratic people shall not again be defeated in the peace.