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North Vancouver |

_AUSTIN DELANY-

“- @ Outstanding youth leader, fought against’ shipment “o War materials to Japan. ;

~ “® Trade unionist, membér ‘of the -Boilermakers =. ‘and Shipbuilders Loeal “No: shop=steward in shipyard prior to enlistment.

@ Wounded in action whilst , @ paratrooper attached to the British Army as

tenant. e Federal _ candidate ~ “in North . Vancouver: Consistent

fighter for labor unity.

Burnaby

ELIZABETH WILSON

@ Elected member of Burn- aby’ School Board in recogni- tion of work on behalf of a progressive community.

@ Active member-of Parent- Teachers’ Association, now a -leader in community youth work and in boys and girls clubs of Burnaby.‘

®. Leading fighter for wel- fare of Burnaby’s mother and children. Well-known for strug- gles‘in thirties on behalf of un- employed workers:

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Russia and the

No more important statement on the fundamental question of labor

unity has appeared during the British Columbia

that writen by Elmore Phi

had to say: ..-

‘A LESSON ON UNITY ~~) - @ Election of CCF govern-_

ments in Manitoba and B.C. could be a very good thing for the Canadian people at ‘this moment in history. Unfortun- ately, chances of outright CCF victory are diminished by the refusal of the two parties ‘of the Left to get together — at least to the extent, of not can- celling each oher out.

It seems that the people of.

no country will learn from the mistakes‘ made in others. Eur. ope went down under fascism for many reasons. Yet the chief _ reason. -—.;which overshadows everything “else—was that the parties of “Left refused to unite in time te forestall the ‘common threat. to:! them: “all. In the end they “formed: their

common front. But is was only = when enough of them. had. been, * buried togeher, ‘as victims of.

the fascist tyranny, ‘that they

were willing to submerge their

-differences, They died - togeth- ‘er because they would not live together. i The parties of the right are now completely united—as nev- er before in the history of Gan- ada. The parties of the -Left are disunited as never before. If Harold Winch and Nigel Morgan faced Messrs. Hart and Maitland even as half united as are the. latter, the people of

B.C. could win the most em- phatic and significant victory ever won in Canada. That is what organized labor request- ed. That, in my judgment, is what the overwhelming major- ity of rank-and-file voters “want. i

Elmore Philpott is right! At the second annual con- vention of the) B.C. Feder- _ation of Labor, CCL, rep- resenting “some 60,000 trade unionists jin: the pro-

vince, a resolution was ap--

proved bya five to one wote

calling. upon the CCF and- Labor-Progréssive®'Party 't6° achie we ‘'électoral’ unity.” Here“is ‘the essential ‘text of

that =resolutiont , SEND LABOR TO VICTORIA

@ jResolved: “That this con- vention go on récord as pro- posing that the trade union movement be utilized in’ such a manner that the support of labor will be centered upon: one candidate in each constituency. By this, we do not mean that the trade union movement should endorse any one politi- cal party, but rather the indi- vidual candidate meriting the support of labor.

Be it further resolved: That the §8.C. Federation of Labor approach the two political par-

D if ' er ences Continued

the fight to unite the people around correct policies. The antagonistic attitude of CCF leaders and spokesmen toward the world’s first Socialist State, the USSR, is one that

“Serves to divide and throw con-

fusion into the progressive camp. There is a long history of these hostile actions in which CCF leaders have con- sistently lined up with reaction against the USSR. And now, when the whole basis for con- tinued world peace and pro- gress is dependent on unity with the Soviet Union, their spokesmen again line up with the forces of Imperialism.

Writing in the CCF News, George Weaver, leading pro- vincial spokesman and journa- list for that party says:

“The current policy appar- ently being pursued by Soviet ‘chip on the shoulder’ attitude of Molotov, are disturbing not only the Big Three relations, but are a mat- ter of concern to a number of smaller .countries. There is a growing belief that the old Policy of the Tsars is achiev- ing vigorous resurrection, -and a fear of a new ‘dominant race’ aiming at world control. It is

now claimed by a ‘man in close touch with the peacemakers’ that Russia is ‘motivated by a conviction that a clash between east and west is inevitable, with the initiative coming from the west.’ That sounds child- ishly weak; it is hard to ac- cept the theory that any wes- tern nation or combination of nations would risk tackling

Russia after her exhibition of military might.’

‘This constitutes a dastardly attack on the very basis for continued United Nations unity for a just and stable peace. It constitutes an open incite- ment to war against the So- viet Union. Even the capital- ist press does not dare come forward with such open state- ments today. But the CCF News, under the cloak of “So- cialism” carries the attack for them.

The CCF needs to seriously examine its policies. It cannot continue to masquerade as a workers’ party and continue its disruptive - course. The CCF leadership- does not express the aspirations of their follow- ing in this manner. The road to progress for -the workers and the peoples of the world lies through united action.

Ipott in his column‘ of October 6 in the Vancouver Sun. lt was a Jesson in history that deserves to be studied. Here is what he

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election campaign than

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ties speaking in the; name of labor, namely: the Cooperative -Gommonwealth Federation and. the lLabor-Progressive Party, and strongly urge them to to achieve electoral unity in

the coming provincial elec- tions.

But the CCF thought otherwise. After withhold-

ing its answer for almost two.months, the CCF prot vincial executive, ember 30, released a state- ment to the press directly without having. the com-* mon courtesy to make a formal::reply. to the BiC. | Redétation of Labor. J CCF: statement: declared: ~in® part: EARS ae oo

THE CCF SAYS--“NO”

_ @ The adoption of the B.C. Federation proposal, if it were

‘to result in the formation’ of a _ government, could only lead to

a CCF-LPP coalition govern-

meént. Such a coalition of par-

ties, divided by fundamental

differences of policy, could only

result in the chaos and be-

trayal of the interests of the

working people of this prov-

ince, which the CCF avoided

on Sept-. j

’ Iron Shipbuilders Ui |

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* CHARLES STEW

e@ Former membi 3 1-217 Internati. workers of. Ameri | ‘Local, No. 1, Boiler

‘tary, <Joint ‘Shop 4 Committee, North — Shipyard before en Af

@ Nationally Im | leader and a forme member of the Can: ;

when it rejected the invitation of the Liberal and Conserva- tive parties to enter into a co- alition government in 1941. The present election brings forcefully to the attention of labor the need for labor unity. At the polls the electors must vote for a Coalition govern- ment, or a CCF government - .- the political unity of labor will be achieved in this prov- ince by the organized partici- pation of labor in the forma- tion of a CCF government. The CCE statement solv- ed nothing and _= settled nothing, except to wipe out any possibility of electoral unity and thereby assure defeat of the CCF’s bid for

‘the next government. Should

there be any doubt of this, let’s glance at the facts.

THE FACTS ON UNITY

@® Any realistic examination of the present political situa- tion in‘the province shows that the CCF alone cannot hope to defeat the Tory-Liberal coali- tion. Only four months ago the Federal election returns in B.C. gave the Tories and Lib- erals a greater combined vote than the CCF and the LPP.

The CCF is not the “political arm” of labor in the province. Only two local unions out of 200 have affiliated to the party directly, while every ma- jor trade union in B.C. ‘is on record favoring CCF-LPP un- ity. Without such unity, tens of thousands of voters who would otherwise cast 4 ballot for ‘progress will vote again for the old line parties, making defeat of the Tory Liberal coa- lition an impossibility.

The CCF does not always

_al Tory leader. It is

_ fundamental

frown on coalitions,. toba, that party ent lition under the lea § John Bracken; now:

are fundamental dif § policy between the: | -LPP. That does 7. | agreement between parties on issues af. E working people as a?: § it is as absurd to § members to throw | ; a princi - vote CCF as it is un. Liberals to throw z. principles and vote **

LET’S RE-STATE — THE ISSUES = ee

The combined exp: } world labor — in 3. Asia, in- North Amer proven that only la’ ean defeat reaction 4 victories. Most work: believe in unity. ' unions of B.C. want { LPP has uncompromi @ cepted the B.C. Feds Labor proposal _ for a unity. But the CCF h & thumbs down. :

Two facts are now: - the CCF alone canno: government, yet the jobs, homes and secu continue even past tion. And whatever tht on October 25, the a of continuing progr the election of ce pledged to fight for=i progressive unity. see

THIS IS THE CORE OF THE QUESTION

This is why. the L gressive Party has en campaign, pledged to . unity. now and in the

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