ave The Tools - Give Us The Jol! By TOM McEWEN, Prov. Chairman, LPP. Build Your Paper! The Pacific Advocate is entering another Press Drive. As has been previously stated, the quota for this drive has been set 5 : : at $8,000.00, and this quota: must.:be. achieved if the paper is to continue its existence: / - : ; - There. is little need to impress upon the.members. of the ' Labor-Progressive “Party and its supporters the importance of maintaining the paper. In the past it has been ‘clearly demon-— -Strated that.all recognize this fact by the enthusiasm. with which members worked: to achieve the drive. quotas. 6 : ee : = ee : : ee : a for _reconversion”; the sanctity of “private enterprise,” and fol- low the time honored policy of buck-passing and by-passing re- sponsibilities. In the meantime shipyards, factories, and plants close their doors’ in a steadily growing lockout of war-worker and veteran wage-éarners: “Geyernmental ineptitude is already turning the wine. of -vic- tory into the vinegar of defeat for tens of thousands:-of’ Can- ada’s . wage-earning people. Had Canada’s armed. forces fought the war against Hitler barbar- ism with the same lack of de- cisiveness as eur politicians “plan” the post-war, Hitler and Hirohito would have been. “heil- ing” and “banzaiing” 5 aeross Canada years ago. peice ~The Boeing ‘plant at Sea Island, which cost millions of dollars of the taxpayers’ money, “Boeing layoffs bit additional 2300” ... ‘Shipyards layoff 1500 more” ., eering plant closes down” a fleet of Canadian ships, built in Canada, manned by Canadian seamen, to enablle Canada to maintain her position im the world as a great nation and a good neighbor. We need a whole fleet of new ships to ply our ceastwise waters, both passen- ger and freight craft. eee We have’ the © shipyards; we, have the skilled ship’ builders; we need the ships. Already our yards are beginning to resemble gigantic prehistoric skeletons in a grave yard silence. , What we need is a. government of ; big men; men who are prepared. to stop the politicians’ game of peanut partisanship, and give leadership; the type of leader-. ship that will open our indus. tries and our resources to the people. We have the tools, but between us and these tools stand . During the past period, however, wild statements have been ‘made which allege that the P.A. will be out of existence within “sixcmonths, -and a campaign has been carried on to disrupt the “party and undermine the gains made during the war period. It AS necessary to state categorically that such statements, regard- less oftheir source, are completely groundless. It is our inten- tion to build our paper into an even stronger weapon in the _ coming struggles, to” broaden its: influence and ciréulation, as |i one of the means to combat disruption and anti party ‘activity as well as to broaden our influence among the working class, both party and non-party.. .... ee buck-p reople cannot wait fo. S of Py ANscomb let the Tor of the bag in his adg |p Union ‘of *BiC>* Maye ‘tion. In -the'absenes pudiation “from = th s6n liberal wing of th |}! we can. only “assume! |F' comb was speaking alition, = 3 Sas Apropos: of the 1 i ion-Provincial confer adjourned »-without, aeq the agreements neces tween the. Dominion g -Clals.governments- to : The seandal and’ sScaré-mongers who are- attempting to 2un- _ dermine and destroy our party ean be given a‘clear indication of | the determination of our ‘paper and party supporters to combat anti-party influence by making this drive “go: over the top” as sno drive has yet done. Quotas have been: set that are reasonable, and members working on the drive are urged to dig in and reach their quotas without delay. Supporters of our paper must see that our party has closed ranks and are amited to meet. the new . Situations which confront our party and the working class. We all recognize that there is a need for P.A. today as never “before.“Ensure the solidarity and growth of our party by making to constitutional _ thi clear the way for pos gressive -;development: used the language of) “HIS drive “thé most successful press drive in ¥ts history. It’s your || can. be transformed almost over-| little men’ who cannot sée° be- = te Aa samny T+. ‘s ays = z ee 3 ; ; ee Sy , a: lessis- To: obsiz | *Party; “and it’s your paper, so let’s go: SaS8 a is night into “a plant producing |yond the narrow range of their |< oe will oe a es ii and lack “the|% pre-fabricated houses,: was party © fortunes, courage to challenge the “orders of their monopolist bosses who machines, refrigeration: a -whole series \‘o: 5 Labor Council Rejects 2° Disrup tive Moti On aa have the: | thousand °W, : RE ~ = Be US i Er - : : : skilled “and. willms: _ For the second meeting in succession, the CCl Van- | agp es need is a. government couver Labor Council ‘on Tuesday faced and defeated an | with: mitiative, courage. and attempt by United Steel. Workers delegates to introduce and visioi— something © we: haven't uni dictate: the policies of “back to Sistently sabotaged =f 1939.” : RETRACTION es Engineering plants, foundries, | and other industries which have been engaged in the work of pre-fabrication~ of '-war equip-! ment aré ‘closing down to SKelé: ton crews: Huge munition plants stitutional “changes 4 |" ‘progressive social | tS and "fiscal readjustmen |@ Reld~ of taxation, the H 3 land codlition, through _ pas of its minister Ans |i -Siven the cue... Ne Vhe people want ioh pass-a-motion that. would. have committed the council to a| got in the Hart-Maitland Tory | have been closed’ down. in other yee oa Ene ‘policy: -at< variance -with the national CCL and organizea| set-up, with its Canadian | 2?eas of. Canada. The great = ae 2 The aoe 3 labor-as-a whole. Fe sets Manufacturers’ Association | Canol Oil project and its gixty-| Tights? e.. Pea =e — : (CMA) monopoly dictator- | million dollar refinery in the Yu-| e¢oMomie amd social § oe ie aoe ae ans until suitable employment ship. kon has been closed — with ey-|the right to os d CL canionists tad qneaael gicl found. . ery indication of being scrapped | impose open shop ¢ parliament. buildings in Obtaws © A ‘large-scale, publicly. | WE NEED SHIPS — or worse, turned over as a, SPonsor eo ee F acne. among other things,| SaMced Jow rental housing | We have created a ship build-) gift to Imperial Oil, so that) eee i ane eee d0-hoae week wilh ma cane | sehleme. ing industry in British Columbia these gentlemen can sit on the te eee se tion in take-home pay, Delegate © Continued operation of ea Sek has Gel ae bre ie T and ne - tae ae sigan as defending cnet Eileen Tallman took the floor of Cate plants andes: bublic |G etion records second to none. He tidse! “Gnteroite ts Fak aa monopoly capital to ena ie ane public Sa Terenas ke We need a Merchant Marine —] be changed overnight into @nd scrap the ‘indus 7 2 -ho e ‘ rk u _ ; : Sera x eae a Taopncaik diet if approved Canada to absorb laid-off | nection with veterans of the plents _ reducing materials ESE war, and to take sai q would have placed the CCL un-| workers until such time as in- Spanish civil war, delegates semestic use and advancement, to Ene jungle of m ie ions on the lower mainland in| dustry can be converted tor | -oted to donate $25 to the fund, and provide employment : =O ination Bee spawnet opposition to national labor| Peacetime operation. and on a. suggestion by Daniel{‘®™S Of thousands of skilled ] = posit. Ee : pate : : workers, veterans and students, ler. And all in th policy. Reporting on. his appearance | O’Brien, decided tto communicate in all fields of i : “Tights.” The proposal encountered im-|before the Qualicum convention | With the _World Federation of struction and piesa ts Enter. The National Commit mediate opposition, with dele,|°f the Union of B.C. Municipali-] Trade Unions asking the world | prises that millions : ‘ : ‘ is of dollars um of the Labor sates taking the position that the United Steel proposal was both politically and tactically in- correct as well as provocative. Daniel O’Brien, CCL regional | Turner was critical of both Ald. national director of industrial day’s work to a single wage- agreement upon re-al director, was especially critical| John Bennett and Ald. George | xelations, acknowledged receipt earner, tor peace-time produc. | of taxing powers and ef the motion. Buscombe for the attitude they | cf the council’s earlier resolution tion. Instead, these ees sibility for social of “This has all the earmarks of | ¢xpressed.at the convention, demanding action on labor legis- are idle and the politicians nS a maneuver, a stunt to commit ties, which he attended to urge sapport for labor’s esven-point program against industry lay- offs, Council Secretary John “Both these men are openly labor body to take action in re- leasing these veterans from in- ternment in France. A letter from M. M. MacLean, lation and the layoff situation, were poured into and correctly so in order to smash fascism. ; Enterprises that can be utilized | now, without even the loss of a. dangled like puppets by the hid- party placed the questi most simple and direct “In the tinal ana and social security. | us to something we don’t] anti-labor and opposed to the/and assured delegates that the den strings of reactionary mon- Vide these, action — favor,” O’Brien declared, point-| interests of the working people} whole matter of labor legisla- cpolists ‘chatter about “rights” now.” ing out that the 30-hour week! of Vancouver,” Turner declared. tion will be given full consider- |. 144 rail at each other between p bstruct these th proposal was contained in a gen-|“So long as they are members| ation by the Dominion-Provin- Victoria and Ottawa M ene aos ee 2 leral resolution wihiich fineluded | of the City Council, the pecple’s | cial Conference “when ithat body . | Maitland reactionary — three other points on which there could be no dispute. ‘‘This interests will be ‘obstructed.”’ PLAN . ELECTION FIGHT reconvenes.”’ Delegates were told by Harold COALITION OF PROGRESS In the coming provincial elec- motion is just a nice little Mills Council endorsed a recommen- Pritchett, secretary of the B.C. ; tions the people of B.C. must get aoe Bs i Brody bomb, wrapped up in fancy | dation from IWA Local 1-217 Federation of Labor, that the! rid of the Hart-Maitland coali- —7~ a eee “A, D1 Christmas paper and thrown in! urging that -all local union Pol-| Federation is seeking a meeting ' tion, and replace it with a co- curity and progress SARL oy here for the purpose of torpedo-/ itical Action Committees ‘should | with the B.C. government on alition of progress, in. which la- UNITE TO WIN PR thi ing CCL policy.” | meet. under council. auspices to|/the matter of a national labor. bor will be a central driving SIVE COALITION G ake After rejecting that section | plan labor’s participation in the| code. Pritchett said that the force to get things done — to MENT FOR B.c. UN >~ of the four-point resolution, the meeting went on to adopt the three other recommenda- tions included. These were: @ Layoff. pay. of $25 weekly — for both civilians and vyeter- * coming provincial election on a non-partisan basis. After hearing a Secretary Turner on the work of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugees. Committee, especially in con- PAGE 2 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE report by | Federation had already recom- mended that the provincial ICA Act be wiped off the books and replaced by: national legislation along the ‘lines of a revised P.C. 1003. epen our industries and let our working people use the tools they have built and. paid for. That is the first prerequisite for post-war security in British Co-- lumbia. In building the peace, @amrmn i <> OFFICE: UNITE TO U TOOLS 3,WE HAVE PEACE, JOBS AND ITY.