as HAT are the real issues, in this campaign which
th has brought such a flood of empty oratory from
Lae Tories, Liberals, Social Crediters and yes, the leaders
ar of MCE? Let me give you my party’s opinion—
and the opinion of our candidates across Canada.
Te All the other parties are leading Canada to war.
They talk of peace—but talk is cheap. It is policies
S ce, It is not a secret but an open fact that the
* aurent government's policy, its attitude: in the United
car bee its one-sided foreign trade pohcy—and above
> NS signature to the Atlantic pact—puts it squarely on
Side of the Yankee trusts in the cold war. You

ay that to be true.

a The press and the radio are all full of the propa-
fanda that there must be a showdown, and that the
ey ° owdown means war. Otherwise why would the gov-
“mment budget for millions every working day for arm-
pues 3 And why would the organs of big business
Mi Spenly admit that only war preparations are keeping in-
“ustry—they mean profits, of course—at a high level?

es I say that unless the foreign policy of Canada is
adically changed our country is heading for the biggest
mae Which was a just war, but against socialism—
Which Would be an unjust, reactionary war. And the

‘ties, CCF and Social Credit, ‘all support this policy.

aa By this the monopolists have sacrificed our national
ee dependence to the biggest capitalist state—the U.S.A.

ne E This policy of national suicide is sold to you in the
) ae of “getting tough with Russig”’—when in reality,
HS charter of the Wnited Nations plainly says, there
_ * 20 reason in the world why capitalism and socialism
_ “Anhot live side by side—each free to develop its own
‘Ystem—without recourse to War. ;
e :
Tae Number one issue, then, is peace—and the arous-
aes the Canadian people for the fight against war.

‘yy ate the only party raising this life or death question.
of ask you on June 27 to vote for peace wherever there
ESSE : TP rogressive Party candidate—and if there
“1 ge a in your riding who re
ballot act and war—then I ask you to make 2
Rene Count for peace by writing on it the words: Keep

“nada Out of War.

oS Don’t. think that writing that on your ballot is
Raitingless on the contrary, those powerful words
ep Canada Out of War—will serve notice on the

ae It's merely poster art

IG, colorful Liberal party’ posters are plastered
| —*~ across the country bearing in huge letters the
ata Word “Jobs.” ‘‘Vote Liberal and protect your
Boris. the tdeaceo en,
|... But last week the Liberal candidate in Toronto
| Eslinton constituency, W. Longstaffe, in an unr
_ S¥arded moment revealed St. Laurent's real pro-

eam, Said Longstaffe:. <2
ae fol “You can't run a country satisfactorily with

Tull employment.” ‘There must be some people out
of work if the country is to be run “efficiently,’ he
| Geclared, Longstaffe is a manufacturer.

T, Liberal candidates like Conacher, Hartt and
a taskwa in Trinity, Cartier.and Winnipeg North,
| ;PProve this St. Laurent policy. LPP candidates
2 19 yidings provide the only opposition to t—

Just as the LPP members in the next House 0

-<ommons will rally working people throughout the

ete all human history—this time a war not against

Magedy is that the leaders of the other parties, Liberals,

ay. to fight such policies.

The issues are peace, security,
- against war, depression

fights against the —

‘organize and strike.

By TIM BUCK

'

Should take own advice

PEAKING at St. John’s United Church
Forum in Vancouver last Sunday, M. Jj.
Coldwell, CCF national leader, stated:

“Tf the church makes common cause with
anti-Communist elements, it will eventually result
in the destruction of the church.”

As the “socialist’’ political leader who is cur-
rently repeating anti-communist slanders against the
LPP from platforms across the country, M. J.
Coldwell might apply his own advice to his own

- party!

new government and the opposition parties, that many
Canadians are not willing to be swindled into supporting
war policies, but want a return to world cooperation for
lasting peace. . . =
The second big issue is the economic depression
already looming up. To hear the capitalist politicians,
you would think Canada never had a depression before,
and never will. Is is not a fact that you are worried about
your economic future? I’m sure you are. As a matter
of truth—the capitalist politicians also know that their
‘em brings depressions like thunder clouds bring rain.

» They are out to renew their control of the government »

again, so that they can use the state power to maintain
profits, while cutting wages and social services to the
bone. Tae

The LPP is the party which fights depression. We
say that profits must be taxed, control of prices must be
taken. out of the hands of the profiteers, houses must be

~ built, old-age pensions must be raised to $65 per month

at 60, unemployment insurance benefits must be raised
by half, the western farmers must be guaranteed $2
wheat, and labor unions must be given the freedom to
And* we must pierce the U.S. $
curtain, which stops us trading with a dozen countries
whose socialist politics St. Laurent and Drew don't like.
Let the rich bear the cost of the depression that is ap-
proaching. It is their system which brings it on. It
is not the fault of the ordinary people, who do all the
work of the country! ‘

These two issues—war and depression—are at the

heart of the present election fight. On these two ques-

tions there is no real difference between St. Laurent,
Drew, Solon Low and Coldwell. Each of them, with

\ different trimmings, gives full support to the policies which

are laying Canada open to those two dangers. We Com-

.

munists do have a practical program, based on the idea

‘that only the Canadian people can get this country out

of the mess. 5

I should like to see—and depend upon it, we shall
see before long—a united labor and farmers’ movement,
strong enough to take over the reins of government, and
which would start running Canada not for monopolies—
but for the people. I, and my party, stand for the
unity of labor and farm movements on a program of
people’s needs. We of the LPP do not set ourselves
aside from the main currents of democratic activity, We

‘stand with our people, the people’s politics—and against

the capitalist parties and their friends in the top ranks

of the CCF. As you are, so I am astounded at the —

full agreement between M. J. Coldwell and Louis St.
Laurent—at the virtual coalition of political aims which
they express in this election.

I ask you to think these things over before hae

‘and, on that day, to vote for the Labor-Progressive can-
didate in ‘your riding—and where there is no LPP
candidate to write on your ballot that simple, powerful

— notice to the new government and the opposition parties
Keep Canada Out of War!

@ Text of a recorded broadcast by Tim Buck, na-
' tional leader of the Labor-Progresswwe Party and
federal candidate in Toronto-Trinity. The broad-
cast was given over stations from coast to coast this
week. :

‘LABOR FOCUS

Lift suspenion

of fighting CSU

HE shameful thing did happen. The combined pres-

sure of the shipping interests, the U.S. and Canadian
governments and the AFL bureaucracy bore its first
bitter @ruit. The leadership of the Trades and Labor
Congress weakened and suspended the Canadian Sea-
men’s Union from the ranks of the Congress.

The reasons given are, of course, hazy and uncon-
vincing. How else could it have been? The executive
of the TLC did violence to its own conscience by its
execution of the order given it from abroad and from
outside the ranks of labor. Its members knew that
they were acting contrary to their own belief, judg-
ment and will. Hence a statement from them which
neither explains nor convinces,

The heads of the Congress did neyertheless try to
salve their conscience somewhat by refusing to accept
the unsavory, scab-herding SIh of the AFL into its
ranks. They refused to extend their hand to the gun-
toting characters who carry SIU credentials. Even in
their browbeaten condition the heads of the Trades
Congress, could not, at this stage, replace the honest,

_ self-sacrificing and incorruptible leadership of the Ca-

nadian Seamen’s Union with the hoodlums who have
been shipped into our country to break that glorious
union of Canadian seamen.

But what makes the TLC action most reprehensible
is'the fact that it was taken at a time when the strike
of the seamen was fully effective and could be won.
In fact, the savage cries for the suspension of the CSU
without further delay arose precisely because the efforts
of the U.S. and Canadian governments and the scabbery
of the SIU failed to break that strike.

That is why Wall Street’s state department pressed
the Congress for immediate action against one of its
finest unions. That is why Howe, Mitchell and Green
banged at the doors of the Congress and demanded
the suspension of the CSU. This fact adds the onus
of strike-breaking to the suspension decision of the
Congress. ’

Suspension ofa union that was born under the
charter of the Congress and received the support of
the Congress since its birth only because forces outside
the Congress demanded it, would be shocking and
alarming enough. But to do that in the midst of the
most inspiring struggle of such an affiliate because the
enemies from without the Congress failed te smash
the union by their own filthy means makes the sus-

pension. indefensible. - --

It would, however, be entirely wrong to lose sight _
of the main source of the evil that was done. That
source is the AFL bureaucracy in the US.; the U.S.
state department under whose proding the AFL gang
acts; C. D. Howe, the main representative of big busi-—
ness in the Ottawa government; and Humphrey Mit-
chell, the anti-labor minister in the cabinet. It is this
foreign and outside intervention that is the root of the
trouble. It. is they who declared war on the autonomy |
and independence of he Trades Congress. It is they
who are in collusion to deprive Canadian labor of its —
national right to determine its own policies.

Now that it has happened, the battleery throughout . —
the camp of labor must be: Restore the autonomy and —
independence of the Canadian trade union movement
by reinstating the CSU to its rightful place within the
Congress.

. The fight for the national rights of Canadian labor
demands, furthermore, that the seamen receive in-
creased support. The hopes of the enemies of labor
to defeat the Canadian seamen through the shotgun sus- _
pension maneuver must and can be destroyed. The |
CSU leaders are loyal to the trust which their members
placed in them. The rank and file of the CSU, the
strikers and those who work on contract ships, have
unanimously rejected the suicide order of their enemies —
and replied to the suspension decision with the most
inspiring demonstrations for the continuation of their
just battle. . os

Workers. of the whole world are increasing their
support to the striking Canadian sailors. Rarely, if
ever before. was there such a démonstration of inter-
national solidarty as is being displayed at this moment
by the workers of all countries on whose shores the

‘pattle of the CSU is being fought. All the efforts of

Bevin and his henchmen ‘have failed to move the
staunch British dockers and seamen. They refuse to
scab against their Canadian brothers. The same mag- —
nificent solidarity is shown in Brisbane and Bombay,
in Seattle and in Japan. It is up to all Canadian work-

ers and to those who are members of AFL unions, in —
the first place, to rally to the support of the embattled
seamen and help them win. : : b

Financial aid to the seamen Should come from every
shop and factory in the country. It should be under-
taken independently by workers in the shops, making
collections among their fellow workers and rushing
every dollar to the headquarters of the CSU in Monireal.

Local unions should protest to their respective in-
ternational offices against the outrageous and imper-
missible interference of the AFL in the inner affairs of |
the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. William
Green should be flooded with letters and wires from
hundreds of AFL locals in Canada protesting the scab- _
bery of the SIU and the attempts of the AFL to rob
the Congress of its autonomy. And every’ worker, . of-
ficer and local union affiliated to the Congress should
write to the Congress. office protesting the suspension —
and demanding reinstatement of the CSU as an affiliate —
of the Congress. . . ?

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