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Royal City
‘Adopts’
Novorossisk

NEW WESTMINSTER,
B.C.—The people of this city
have decided to follow the ex-
ample of Victoria and other
Canadian cities in “adopting”
a Russian city, and from the
list of those suggested chose
Novorossisk, because it is a
seaport and industrial center.

The suggestion was submitted
to Mayor W. M. Mott by a
delegation of three from the local
branch of the Labor-Progressive
Party. Included in the delega-
tion were Jack Greenall, labor
candidate for alderman and IWA
organizer, Roy Lavigne, LPP or-
ganizer for the Fraser Valley,
and Hal Griffin, editor of The
People. A resolution recom-
mending the move had been pass-
ed at an LPP branch meeting
several days previously.

Mayor Mott declared that he
was “heartily in favor’ of the
idea, and placed the motion be-
fore the council Monday evening.

Victoria was the first British
Columbia city to adopt a Soviet
City, choosing Sevastopol. Citi-
zens of Toronto have adopted
Stalingrad.

Although several labor unions
in Vancouver have proposed that
that city should follow the lead
taken here, no action has yet
been taken, due mainly to oppo-
sition by one of the leading re-
actionaries on the Council. Ald.
John Bennett. A committee of
three Viaancouver aldermen is ex-
pected to discuss the question
within the next few days.

Teheran ‘Inspires’
To Victory Effort

LONDON, Eng. — The Daily
Worker said this week the Te-
heran decisions meant that the
differences which “prevented the
full, coordinated ‘attack against
the fascist enemy have come to
an end.”

“Let the declaration be read —

from the house tops,” the Com-
munist publication said in a front
Page editorial. “Let it echo in
every land. Never before has
there been such grand, inspiring
news to lift up the hearts and
rally workers and soldiers alike
for the last fight.”

Demanding greater effort by all
workers, the editorial warned
“the tasks will be more intense
and exacting” and the struggle in
its “victory stage” will require
“more, not less, from every one
of us.”

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gathered together on the basis
of the choice of their Own gov-
ernment and social order, from
whom the “scourge and terror of
War” will be banished “for many
Senerations.”’

Thus the great issue of the sec-
ond front, which has torn and
stifled the unity of the United
Nations, has been settled in fav-
or of the policy of attack and the
Gestruction of the Axis armies
from all sides.

After months of grievous delay
and mounting fears, Teheran
brought complete unanimity be-
tween the three men who more
than any others symbolize the
fighting will of the world’s dem-
oeracies.

In the following simple but
Powerful phrases, the decisions
of the conference were made
known to the world:

“We, the president of the Uni-
ted States of America, the prime
minister of Great Britain, and
the premier of the Soviet Union,
have met in these four days past
in this the Capital of our ally,
Teheran, and ave shaped and
confirmed our common policy.

“We express our determination
that our nations shall work to-
gether in the war and in the
peace that will follow.

“As to the War, our military
staffs have joined in our round-
table discussions and We have
concerted our plans for the des-
(ruction of the German forees.
We have reached complete agree-
ment as to the scope and tim-
ing of operations which will he
undertaken from the east, west
and south. The common under-
Standing which we have here
reached guarantees that victory
will be ours.

“And as to the peace, we are
sure that our concord will make
it an enduring peace. _We recog-
nize fully the supreme responsi-
bility resting upon us and all the
nations to make 4 Peace which
will command goodwill from the
overwhelming masses of the peo-
ples of the world and banish the
scourge and terror of war for
many generations. E

“With our diplomatic advisers
we have surveyed the problems
of the future. We shail seek the
co-operation and active participa-
tion of all] nations, large and
small, whose peoples in heart and
in mind are dedicated, as are
our Own peoples, to the elimina-
tion of tyranny and slavery, op-
pression and intolerance. We will
welcome them as they may choose

to come into the world family of :

democratic nations.

“No power on earth can prevent
cur destroying the German arm-
ies by land, their U-boats by sea,
and their war plants from the
air. Our attacks will be relent
less and increasing.

“Emerging from these friendly
conferences we look with confi-
dence to the day when all the
peoples of the world may live
free lives untouched by tyranny
and according to their varying de-
sires and their own consciences.

“We came here with hope and
determination. We leave here
friends in fact, in spirit, and in

purpose.”
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Named In Surrey

CLOVERDALE, B.C.—Headed
Ward 1 for the past five years, and

who has represented

by Councillor Tom Binnie,

Councillor Ben Shepherd, sitting representative for Ward 2,
progressive candidates will contest four of five council seats

MRS. S. LOWRIE

in the forthcoming Surrey muni-
cipal election.

John Bowles, general secretary
of the Pacific Coast Poultry Pro-

.ducers Association , who polled

@ high vote last year, will again
be the candidate in Ward 4, while
in Ward 5, E. B. Allward, well-
known locally for his activities
in veterans’ organizations, is
making his first bid for council
office.

Only seat not being contested
by progressives is Ward 3, now
held by Councillor Bob Johnson.

Three ‘progressive candidates
for school board and one for
police commission have also been
nominated.

Candidates for school board
are Alex Eyton, Mrs. Lowrie and
Ray Shepherd, while Frank Par-
ker, LPP provincial executive
member, is the candidate for
police commission. Both Eyton
and Parker are prominent fin
the PCPPA.

United Action

Voted By Couneil

A decision to again enter into joint action with trade
unions of all affiliations in the province on the issue of im-
provements and amendments to existing labor legislation
Was approved by motion at this week’s regular meeting of

the WVaneouver and District
Trades and Labor Council.

The resolution was introduced
hy Delegate Tom Parkin of Aero-
nautical Mechanics Lodge, who
stated that the success achieved
by AFL and CCL unions last
year in winning revisions to the
I€A Act indicated the effective-
ness of such action in any future
representations to the provincial
government.

Only opposing votes to the mo-
tion were registered by J. N.
Ross of the Electrician’s Union
and R. H. Neelands of the Typo-
graphical Union.

Recent increase of the price of
coal to consumers, granted by the
federal government on the ex-
cuse. that wage boosts to coal
ininers made such a step necess-

ary, Was sharply protested by
the delegates. As 3 result, ob-
jections will be lodged with

Ottawa authorities and informa-
tion will be sought from Robert
Livett, District 18 secretary of
the United Mine Workers, as to
the relation between the individ-
ual miner’s productivity, the re-
cent $1 wage increase, and ‘the

higher coal cost to the consumer.
“If the miners get the money,
Im glad to pay more for my
coal,” said Sam Smiley of the
Plumbers Union, “but I think
watered stock of the coal com-
Panies is one of the main ans-
wers to the higher prices.”
Reference was made to the
fact that the individual miner is

paid only a few cents for a ton ~

of coal, yet is capable of pro-
ducing several tons in a day’s
work. The recent wage . boost
ef $1 a day could easily have
been absorbed by the companies,
it was pointed out.

Council voted to demand that
National Selective Service be a-

bolished “Immediately the war is
over.” The question was raised
by Frank Carlisle of the Plumpb-
ers Union, who charged that men
antagonistic to unions were being
sent out to jobs by Selective Ser-
vice officials, and that unions did
not recieve proper attention from
junior officials of the Service.

The matter will also be re-
ferred to the Trades and Tabor
Congress of Canada.

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NOTICES

Reorganization meeting of the
Dominion Society of Disabled
Adults will be held at the Vic-
tory Hall, 535 Homer Street, Mon-
day, December 13, at 8 p.m. A
Program for vocational rehabili-
tation and post-war employment
for handicapped civilians will be
discussed. Open to all disabled
civilians.

If you have a spare copy of
Builders of British Columbia by
Bill Bennett, published at Van-
couver in 1937, The People can
use it in its library. Send it to
The People office.

Canadian Aid to Russia Fund,
Auxiliary No. 1, wants sellers and
workers. Send used clothing of
all kinds to 835 West Pender.
_MArine 2744,

Regular meetings of the Hast-
ings East Branch, Labor-Progres-
sive Party, are held at 8 p.m. on
the first and third Friday of
each month, at 2443 East Hastings.

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- Burnaby

tempts to discredit the 7 3
Progressive Party, is chargiy 4
LPP with splitting the vo |
Exercising its right as 4 Po |
party to nominate candi |
Having rejected the Pro; |
for unity between the two |
ties put forward by the Ty |
is now seeking to confuse’ |
issue by presenting the LE
a part of a “conspiracy” {7

feat the CCF. 5 o

The absurdity of this ele
is shown by the actions icyhet
CCF itself in the Burnaby |
icipal election. cai

On November 21, the CCE i
in Burnaby held a nomin |
convention and named a4 ¢@ |
date for reeve and five 6
dates for council. Subseque
two of these candidates, Noi.
Hatherly, for reeve, and J
Gartlan, in Ward 5, reacher
agreement for a joint came |
with two LPP candidates,
Wilson, in Ward 4, and #4
Ball, in Ward 7, and Walter
gle, Independent Tabor candi —
in Ward 2. ‘The intention |
to present a common Prog
and prevent any split in the «

On the excuse that South |
naby had not been adequz
represented at the first con”
tion, a second CCF nomina
convention was held on Decen
5, at which neither Norman 4
erly nor J. P. Gartlan were 7
inated because they had ent.
into an agreement with the *”
and Independent Wabor cs
dates. Because of this arbit —
action and because they cat
aecept the official ©CF stan; |
gainst unity, both Hatherly
Gartlan have now broken +
the CCF and declared their
tention of running as inde;
dents in a joint campaign ¥
the LPP and Independent Le.
candidates.

Clearly, any vote-splitting
the Burnaby election will ai {
not from the action of the Lai
Progressive Party in naming . §
Candidates, but from the aci
of the CCF itself in forcing E
Own Candidates to leave its ra |
rather than accept the stand.
unity taken by the candidates
both parties.

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