CONTINUED PEACE council executive member. An or- Sanizing trip to Victoria| by Ray ardner, council .secretary. An organizing campaign * through the lower Fraser Val- ley. Mass street canvasses called by e . . Nanaimo Peace Council every Saturday until July 1. In announcing this program, Gardner pointed out that national policy of the Canadian Peace Con- ress was to review results of the Campaign about July 1 and to de- cide then whether to continue the campaign or to present the petition at that time to’ the government. “This means,” he said, “that all Our work must be geared to a July 1 deadline. The campaign may be extended, but we cannot count on it. “Obviously, the grave danger of War dictates a policy of extreme urgency, to roll up an overwhelm- ing vote for peace in the shortest Possible time. The slogan with Which we launched the campaign Still holds good: ‘We can’t afford to lose a single minute, or a single Signature’.” “We appeal to everyone to spend the maximum amount of time he, or She, possibly can in furthering the Petition campaign. This can be done by joining the Saturday street Canvasses, by petitioning door-to- door, by distributing leaflets, or by Making. a contribution in| many Cther ways.” South Surrey Peace Council, centred on White Rock its con- tinuing to set a fine example, not only for B.C. but for all Canada. The council has already contri- buted 1200 signatures to the cam- Paign. Mrs. Evelyn Suprun_ is the pace-setter with more than 240 signatures. First report from Victoria is that More than 5,000. signatures have been collected there. Victoria Peace ouhcil is planning to enter a float In the city’s May 24th parade. In Vancouver several new peti- tion committees have gone into ac- tion, but Kitsilano sets the pace With approximately 1700 signatures. Federation of Russion-Canadians reports its East End territory al- Most completely covered. B.C. Peace Council also announc- €d formation “of two new peace 8Toups, Vancouver Scandinavian face Committee and Port Kells Peace Committee. Members sought. by Peace Council British Columbia Peace Council 8S set aside June as “Peace Mak- &r Month” during which it will-con- uct a drive for new members, the Council announced this week. a “We intend to carry on this lve as part of the petition cam- Paign and without detracting from the, primary t|ask of collecting en of signatures to the oe ment Says a council press state pea part of this membership drive 1 to consolidate the work of the Petition, the council will encourage nae building of house canvassing borunittees into permanent neigh- anno peace groups. Canvassers ae urged to attempt ‘to recruit as gunibers the more sympathetic per- QS who sign the petition. Stop bickering’ Says Greenwell see 4 NANAIMO, B. C. ers a nile TL and CCL labor lead- ohne bickering and accusing each orga, of union raiding, the work of Bing « a8 the unorganized is lag- Unrw Pointed out D. B. Greenwell, meet delegate, at last weeks Courn® of Nanaimo Joint Labor Neil, ganeont think the big labor or- Plifie sons favor the unity exem- ata m-our joint council,’ com- Dect, President Edward Webb. Rouen © Greenwell’s urging that raidins 80 on record protesting that. by either body, council felt tion tf, W2S not within its jurisdic- affiliat © so, as none of its local ody ne are members of the joint ent hrough sanction of the par- bodies. ; They sign for peace Norman Penner, secretary ef the National Federation of Labor Youth, and other NFLY leaders are shown signing the petition for a world peace pact, sponsored in this country by the Canadian Peace Congress, which the recent NFLY national convention at Toronto pledged to carry to young people across the country. Defense body — formed to assist arrested unionists Formation of a Defense Committee to. aid Mrs. Gladys Hilland and Verne Carlyle, trade unionists facing court action arising out of the 1948 split in the wookworkers’ union, was annoynced this week. Headed by Al Parkin as chair- man and Ivan Birchard as treasur- er, the committee’s purpose is to rally working| class support and) raise funds to provide a proper de- fense. “Most workers will see the need of keeping these unionists from a jail sentence,” committee chairman ‘Al Parkin stated. “Both played a leading part in building the wood- workers’ union in its most import- ant years of growth. We can’t per- mit them to be victimized now.” Donations to the Defense Fund are being welcomed. The commit- tee’s headquarters is at 1631 East Second Avenue. All funds and communications should be address- ed there in care of Al Parkin or Ivan Birchard. Says women. cant spike illusion — war ‘glamorous | “Women can be a decisive force in offsetting the illusion that war is glamorous,” guest speaber Mrs. N M. Kirkness, delegate to the recent National Assembly to Save Peace told a Mother’s Day tea in Swedish Hall. “Peace is the concern of every mother,” said Mrs. Dorothy Lynas of North Vancouver. She related the story of three women, all over 60 years of age, who in abees fae y > as peace canvass - are ee pages of signatures on the World Peace’ Pact petition. father of three i ie RN Aa is hor- small children, said: “War is rible, and mothers and fathers Bee a duty to prevent the outbreak ° a third world war.” Chairman Mrs. Doris Hartley pre- sented a boquet of flowers to eh oldest mother present, Mrs. i Bob Jackson, Beh. e ‘My son killed in Korea’ says pelition signer The people of Pine River, Minne- sota want peace. A copy of B.C. Peace Council’s pe- tition for a World Peace Pact found its way to Pine River where citizens first filled one side of the petition, and then reversed it and signed it on the back. Total: 47 names for peace. ’ By the signature of one woman is written: “Son killed in action in Korea.” Street canvasses in support of the World Peace Pact Petition will be held in downtown Vancouver, in suburban. districts and at Marpole this Saturday. Those who wish to canvass down- town are asked to pick their own areas and to report results to the Council office on quitting. Suburban canvasses will be held at Broadway and Kingsway; 49th and Fraser; 25th and Main; Kings- way and Knight Road and Davie and Burrard. Peace workers who do not live near any of these corners are ask- ed to petition at places of their own choosing or to go downtown. A crew of petitioners will also go to Marpole by car in the afternoon. Any who wish to join in the Mar- pole petitioning are asked to report to the Council’s office, Room 41, 144 West Hastings, at 1:30 p.m. BY BERT Growing ferment within end. Sharp inner-party factional strug- gles, as well as struggles on policy, forced the convention to hold a jlong “closed” sessien, from which the right wing leadership emerged victorious over the demagogic, so- called “left” elements. But genuine’ desire for peace expressed by rank-and-file dele- gates in open debate, plus a score of resolutions from CCF clubs op- posing one or another point in na- tional party policy on internation- al affairs, forced the leadership to bring in a substitute foreign policy resolution which, despite many weaknesses, did call for recognition and seating of Peo - ple’s China, a demand that UN troops refrain from again trying to cross the 38th parallel in Ko- rea, and opposition to economic sanctions against China. The same. resolution, .however, favored “a UN committee to aid the Formosan people to decide their own political destiny” and advocat- ed that Canada “give full co-opera- tion to the Good Offices Committee of he UN seeking settlement of the Korean war.” CCF convention wrangles, fails in firm peace stand WHYTE the CCF movement in B.C. around the crucial issue of peace was reflected in the pro- longed debate on foreign policy at the three-day sessions of the 18th provincial convention of the B.C.-Yukon section ofthe CCH, held. in: the Gabor Temple here over last week- The reports of the CCF parlia- | mentary group—the tail which wags the dog — sought to lighten the gloom. “The group,” reported Har- old Winch, modestly, “has worked unitedly and unremittentty in do- ing the jolt for which it was elected. The members regret that the public press has consistently failed to give their efforts the publicity and credit which is their due.” Rising to support the point pres- ented by Harold Winch, secretary- treasurer Jessie Mendels, said, “We expect much of them and, quite rightly, criticize them if they fail.” (She was referring, of course, to the parliamentary group). Provinciai CCF| president Grant MacNeil attempted to restore amic- able relationships within the move- ment. “It has proved extremely un- fortunate for the B.C. section that wide circulation was given the idea that controversy would be healthy and stimulating,” he said. “This was proved an illusion, for contro- versy was carried to the point where it bred distrust and ill-will, and undermined confidence in the movement.” This is like asking a thief to re- turn stolen goods. It is asking the invaders in Korea and Formosa to please change their blood-spattered linen and don white robes of peace and piety. Shortest resolution of the 144 sub- mitted to the convention came from the Osoyoos CCF club. should quit squabbling.” never ceased. Nor was the dissatis- faction confined to foreign policy. It arose out of the state of the or- ganization, shrinking membership, falling circulation of the CCF News, and virtual collapse of thé CCYM which received its final blow in the convention’s decision to disband it). Officers’ reports reflected the sad state of the CCF. Trade been “The activities of the Union Committee have not many since the last convention, ported Frank Doyle, committee chairman. “The obstacles (to the work of the Provincial Women’s Committee) at times seemed so insurmountable that we were constrained to ask, by mail, if our existence were felt a necessity,” reported Margaret Jones, committee chairman. “The future of the CCF film com- mittee appears to be in doubt,” dolefully reported chairman D. R. Jaeger. {Four of its nine members can do very little because of pres- Vancouver; ‘several, including the three remaining members, feel that at this critical time in our move- film promotion might be better em- ployed ...” Chairman Dorothy Steeves of the CCF News Committee brought bad news, too: “The precarious condition of the paper which has been increasing since 1945 is like- ly to continue and possibly to grow worse. ... After 1945 cir- culation and advertising dropped steadily. .. . The editor’s report stresses the fact that other CCF papers are now experiencing the same financial difficulties and are having to ask for substantial sub- sidies. . . . It would be a tragedy, if the CCF News would be forced to abandon the weekly issue and cut down to a monthly or bi- monthly paper, as has been done in other provinces.” It read, in’ full: “Resolved, that CCF members) But for three days the squabbling | re-; sure of other work; two have left | ment’s life energies now devoted to, MacNeil took the position that |“determination of policy on inter- national affairs is the function of | the national movement.” His report | Was followed by a bitter, two-hour | debate. At one point in the hectic session, former president Colin Cameron de- -Cclared that “the actions of present party leaders reveal a clinical path- ological condition.” A resolution calling upon the. Coalition government to exercise order-in-council power to return hospital insurance premiunis to the 1950 point and to rescind co- insurance was passed by dele- gates, but several criticized the leadership for “failure to. give a lead” on the question. Because of internal troubles and ‘declining membership, the CCYM (the party’s youth movement) was ordered broken up. The 32 remain- ing youth members were advised to join CCF clubs. Two CCYM mem- bers were refused admission to the ‘convention as delegates. Elections held Sunday afternoon resulted as follows: Grant MacNeil was re-elected |president for a second term, defeat- ing Bob Strachan of Nanaimo, 58- 36. : : : | \ | | | | Dr. J. M. Thomas, a Saanich. high school principal, and Alex MacDon- ald, a Vancouver lawyer, were elect- ed first and second vice-presidents: | Elected to the six-man executive jcommittee were Tom Alsbury, Van- ,couver school principal; Jim Bury, secretary of Greater Vancouver La- bor Council; Jack Snowsell, Kelow- na’ fruit grower; Arthur Turner, MLA; David Stupich, Nanaimo farmer; and Frank Mackenzie, Van- couver lawyer. (Defeated candi- dates included Rod Young, Laura Jamieson and Colin Cameron). ° Dorothy Steeves and O. L. Jones, MP, were elected delegates to the national council. (Defeated candi- dates included Rod Young, Laura Jamieson, Colin Cameron and Frank Mackenzie). Harold Winch, MLA, was un- challenged as leader of the parlia- mentary group. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 25, 1951 — PAGE 7 *