Page 4 — Saturday, November 4, 1944 , Pacitic abvocate Vhs Weel ty resus meteor : CELNGESSUNEUSUTUGUREALASELILETECTSIUSAEDADAT IAEA UCP ERSAELAUAESCELSSSASESEIET inclusion of the properties of the BCElectrie : ef reac e tang. : | “monopoly. = ‘thermal engines, places B.C. in an ey The concentration of forces of the Chinese National THe sneer ppc phase ie 3 ee light and Snowe the Mey aoe = Army is blockading and attacking the Eighth route army and ae eee pee ObeLy. that exists between public owz 3 : Z ] . Control are now conducting a high pressure cam- electric stations and the development the New Fourth army organized “by the Communists in more paign to defeat Premier Hart’s ‘proposals for resources. _ fond) ae eee than a million squate miles of territory with a population of public ownership of' the properties of the BC- Of the total electric enérsy develope eighty-six million. qlectric: ' The salltre oF : ae Gee euors ee only one percent is publicly owned ee ‘uy: : sce ae € people and the municipal governmen o in P-E.I.; 61 percent -in N.S : Although much of this territory is Japanese occupied support the Premier’s proposals for public omnes. Cee One AN in point of fact they only contre! the main cities and the Ship of electric power, street railway systems Of the 10,750 HP. of electric energ Eighth route army, -guerrilla detachments and local militia and gas services, has enabled the BCElectrie publicly aed ine BiG arent On. percen: have engaged more than 40 percent of all Japanese forces in _©ompany and the sory opponents of public own- roduced by the city of Nelson’s mu hina ; 2 : : + ership e rally their forces to defeat the whole ee d hydro system I 7 : 5 roposal. . The astounding success of these troops can be laid di- : foe BCElectric Company is spandine! dhous Achi : 5 - 5 > 5 : T s £ hoiLs— : rectly to the democratic reforms instituted in these areas. Re- ands of dollars on newspaper advertisements and Proven Ac 1evements : ; ports appéaring from correspondents who have been ‘permitted radio announcements to explain why Vancouver “THE! specious: areumenie of the Ne to visit these Border Regions give eloquent testimony to the is so short of power the Streets are in semi- T against public ownership can be rea economic and political reforms which contrast vividly with eek ahey ity. +e eon vince ee Dailic ENS Seal bs Sas BESTA achievements ¢ the feudal bureaucratic control of the Kuomintang. power siortage is solely due € abnormally Ownership in other provinces. The mi : Sis ; E low rainfall of the past year. The facts are the dt rtation system of Toron: While Chinese forces were fallin back before the spring shortage is basically d : Owned transportation sy, 2 ‘ = s -77- - Dower greek 18 seaay Gue ‘to the failure most efficient and most profitable in and summer drive of the Japanese forces, half a million Chi- of the company to develop the resources they while fhe Coscramenae ea hydro elec nese troops were blockading the spread of democracy and ouolled to Se oe vie Srowine popu- tem of Qntario has accomplished mor Organized resistance to the Jap invader from the Chinese proiect HIT on cote ee. River Power industrialization of that province than a 5 : 5 Project which was commenced in 1926 and never = t The same thing is true guerrilla forces in the Northwest Autonomous Regions. ~ completed. Se eee a s Canes Sonane 1 i i electrification. a g E In the face of these difficulties the policy of certain The latest tactic of the BCEleciric Commas electric commission in 1942 supplied e elements in the U.S. State department has been one of pro- to discourage the government taking over their to 66,076 Ontario farms and received in crastination to say the least. 2 properties is the highly publicized announcement from this source alone, approximately, $¢ yi : : ‘ . President Roosevelt is to be congratulated on an action f their intention to spend $50,000,000 to mod- B.C. is the only province in Canada that which will force consideration of the real issues and can only §_ €fnize their power and. transportation systems a developed system of municipal and S result in helping to bring the situation to a head. in the postwar years. Since this announcement ownedrelectric DOS Be ee ; d g : Ss ; = has been made, the argument has been advanced The time has arrived or the people ae As ia ee oe coe ae ee eo512, Baose & ze from many quarters that since it would require to take action to change this anomalo te putting up effective resistance to the common enemy; Sa RORAaG o aoa h Se uaa tion in an otherwise progressive prov decisive influence must be brought upon the Kuomintang to rid $50,000,000 to modernize & System it wou break the domination of the power mo itself of treacherous elements, draw in all sections fighting the be a foolish mistake for the government to take The postwar development both of B.G. aggressor and establish a democratic regime that can unite the it over and expend such an amount, which the aud re ee 3 : 5 ? z waa 3 [ 7dr0 ¥ «&. mighty potential of the Chinese in the crushing of Japanese Province could ill afford. Wonks aoe od eeeone in the postwai aggression. Foremost in the campaign against public . are in turn dependent on the develop To secure their own stake in world security the Allied Na- ownership of the BCElectric is the Vancouver secondary industries and of agriculture. s * 3 of ip 5 = tions must enable China to play this part. To defeat Japan News-Herald. The conservative Vancouver The trade unions and other organize quickly the United Nations must end this tragic situation b Province does not openly oppose the principle the people must demand now that the = We gs. y Saas a ; : 5 5 = Sin ties affected and the government, proc ipSisting on democratic unity of all the Chinese people in the of public ownership, but contents itself with : z en sao Bee & : E peeps Pp : : mediately to transfer the properties of Joint struggle for the liberation from Japanese militarism. condemning Premier Hart. Says the Province: Electric to municipal and provincial gov “The government has done nothing itself. and - ownership as proposed by Premier Hart Three Conventions Canadian labor has been served with an object lesson in the importance of unity to its future within the last three weeks. Three major trade union conventions have been held, two of them of the major national trade union centers, the Cana- dian Congress of Labor and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, and one international gathering, of the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America. In two cases, the CCL and IWA, calculated tactics of dis- ruption seriously hampered the efforts of the delegates to face up to the crucial problems which labor is and will be meeting. At the CCL sessions the delegates were unable to fulfil the trust placed in them by their members. The necessities of the hotr were by-passed as the CCF-dominated machine played evety card’ to achieve their single-minded objective: endorsa-- tion of their party as the only means of securing the aims of labor. What this vote-seeking maneuver means to the unionist on the job, who needs an immediate and practical method of assuring himself of a living, is plain to even the unitiated. The struggle for security, for employment, for social progress has been weakened considerably by this emasculation of la- bor’s political activity and influence. In refreshing contrast the TLC convention brought forth a program and policy which will strengthen labor, arm it with the unity of its members and the support of wide sections of the people. The results move Canada, and particularly labor, eee ae forward on the road to a better world. = ee HEY, DOGGONIT Eze . THAT's MY ——— BALL!