inions contained in ie columns are strictly je of the writers. We come correspondence, ‘ask that letters be held 100 words. ACA LAM eader,”, South Slocan, B.C. it net high time that Cana- | labor take to heart the val- je lesson achieved at the Mos- Conference where unity was = echt about on the basic issues : renting the, United Nations? jis conference dealt the death re to Hitler’s “bogey of Com- ism,” which had hitherto #: used so successfully by the a 0f Munich” and their sym- f iZers. upon the international field ai tlman action it has been final- fpossible to destroy MHiitler’s fey, of Communism” why is it Fa certain element in the CCF BY: will persist in trying to keep live. vhy? A great many CCFers id like to know. far Licenses ert Huffman, Newton Station, s., writes: he resolution passed by the [. Automobile Association - at recent session, asking for a =. fee of $10 on all types of cars, jagrantly unjust to the under- ‘Vhy should the struggling small mer out in the bush at, say, iwton, be forced to pay on an , lightweight, rattletrap car Fid exclusively for hauling his iduce to market, as high a car anse aS a wealthy woman with heven-passenger limousine, used slusively for pleasure-driving? From everyone according to his lity—to everyone according to ineed.” Tet the province fix a asduated rate of the weight wheelbase of each car. lews-Herald J. Turner, secretary-treasurer, sncouver Labor Council, writes: We would appreciate your giv- g space in your paper to the flowing resolution endorsed by = = Vancouver Labor Council and rwarded in the form of a letter the Vancouver News-Herald: | “At the last regular meeting of Vancouver Labor Council a rong protest was made regard- ig the attitude you have taken “ial Association of B.C., one mem- ler of which, we suppose, is D. _ Tait of Privateer Mines. To fay that the Vancouver News- aper Guild is dominated by out- liders is, of course, sheer non- Sense, and certainly calls for re- iraction by you. | “Might I also point out that you fave no better subscribers than @ganized labor, and labor men md women will be sharply watch- mg the policy of the Wews-Herald n future. . ) “Trusting you will give this the Same publicity that you gave to Mr. Tait.” *THIS IS MR BUDGE, OUR EMPLOYMENT AGENT HE'D LIKE TO MEET ANY OF YOU LADIES WHO THINK YOU GAN DRIVE THIS BUS BETTER THAN 1 GAN.” Famine Relief Nagindar Singh Gill, ver, writes: Vancou- Civilization today is in a life end death struggle for its very existence. Although the fascist armies are retreating, we must realize there are many bloody battles ahead before final vic- tory will be won. For that vic- tory—soon—all the free peoples the world over must be mobilized. The people of India realize this necessity. Already many thous- ands of Indian men have died in the struggle against fascism. But India today is up against a spec- ial problem—the problem of food. In the province of Bengal alone approximately 100,000 persons are Gying each week of starvation. Many of these people are actually members of the Indian army. Cal- cutta, the second largest city in the British Empire has been call- ed “The City of Death” because of the high death rate from starvation. To add to this, no provision lias been made to import from other sourees the two million {ons of rice formerly imported from Burma, Indo-China and Thailand. This situation is im- human. The Indian people must be given food. The Khalsa Diwan Society, an Indian Canadian organization, is organizing an “India Famine Committee” in order to help al- leviate this suffering. The com- mittee is open to all sections of the people. It will fight to see India is given food and medical supplies, so she may do her share in the destruction of fascism, and the building of a people’s peace. Any person interested will get in touch with the writer at the Sikh Temple, Vancouver. Protest M. Humphrey, writes: May i register my protest a- gainst the recent tightening of Vancouver, the order which forbids men or women in the armed forces to write for publication in any news- paper or magazine. This is a re- striction of personal liberty for which I, along with many others, can see no sensible reason. Why should a soldier, as apart from a war worker, a housewife or a businessman, be refused the privilege of stating his views on any subject. All editors and pub- lishers, I believe, are provided by the office of censorship with full instructions as to editing of all matter intended for publica- tion. There is certainly little dan- ger that any news of interest to the enemy could be revealed through letters from the armed services. What, then, is the reason for these restrictions? Could it be that certain indi- yiduals were a little bit annoyed by the tone of many letters from servicemen recently appearing in print? In almost every letter from men in uniform, many of whom have been waiting for ac- tion since the beginning of the war, was a note of impatience with the failure of British and American allied leaders to begin {he all-out war against the Axis. And these same men in uniform would, were they allowed the privilege of any other citizen, be among the first to express their satisfaction over the recent his- toric conference in Teheran. Christmas M. B. L., Victoria, B. C., writes: Well, here we are again ap- proaching the festive season. The Christman trees are out in front of the department stores, and shoppers dauntlessly take their lives in their hands by boarding the crowded jallopies, (bad enough at any time), which be-- Jong to the B. C. Electric. While ifs raining in B. C., there is snow and icicles in Ontario, So, yes, Christmas is coming. So just to be on the safe side, a os AANA TAR Do OU FINK ? TUTTI UT TTT TTT LETTERS from OUR READERS I am now making public the list of presents I would like to find Waiting for me when I get up— or come home—on Christmas morning, For one thing, I would like Mr. Mackenzie King to reach dewn into his bag and give me and the rest of Canada a decent labor code, which would suaran- tee all working people the right to collective bargaining through the union of their choice. And then, i have decided, after read- ing reports of the famine in India, I would like assurances from our government officials that some sort of relif plan for those starving millions will be un- dertaken at once. Down in the bottom of my stocking, the place reserved for nice, extra surprises, I would like to find the news that the Minis- ter of Mines and Resources and the Department of Indian Affairs intends to clean house and re- vise the outdated Indian Act. Thrown in for good measure Td like votes for the native In- Gians, the East Indians, and all other groups which now hayen’t - the franchise. = And speaking of the franchise, I am also asking Santa for the resignations of all Non-Partisans who have managed to get back into office here in Vancouver. (This last, however, I don’t really expect, so Wil settle for promises from the CCF that, having seen the error of their ways, they will unite with LPP-ers, trade union- ists, and other progressives in nominating and supporting a la- bor slate for next year’s elect- ions.) And—oh yes—I’d like a nice housing plan for this city, please. Don’t bother wrapping it up in ribbons, because it’s needed right away! Since it is suposed to be the festive season, I’d like that extra case of beer promised last month. I know how busy Mr. Kennedy is, but after all, I also stood in line for two hours. Most of all, of course, this is what I’d really like. Id like to imow that within a very short time, aS promised in the agree- ment signed by the three great Jeaders at Teheran, our armies will succeed in smashing fascism completely, 10 enable us all to get to work on the job of re- building this Canada of ours, so that we can all have a lot more of the things we want and need— not only at Christmas, but all year round! = Orphan Annie — Reader, Vancouver, writes: In view of the many important happenings in the news today, it may seem too insignificant to bother mentioning, but I wonder if many of your readers have not- iced that propaganda of the worst sort is once more being put for- ward through the medium of the comic strip, Little Orphan Annie? For some time this strip has been notorious for its fascist tenden- cies, and this time. the attack is against overtime pay. The idea the writer wants to get across, it appears, is that while workers demand extra pay for extra work, businessmen think nothing of working sixteen hours a day—without any Over- time at all! And why? Because they are the real patriots! Tt seems to me it would be a good idea for some of us to let the Daily Province know what we think about their choice of this comic strip as a daily feature. By C. A. Saunders IGURES do not carry a very full picture to most of us. We have become so used to fig- ures running into the millions in the last three years that when we read the casualty lists it is “hard to realize that a total ap- proximating the population of Canada has been wiped out or permanently crippled since this war began. : So when we read of more than 40,000,000 people being rendered homeless in the Soviet Union, we have to stop and think of what those figures represent before their terrible significance hits home. Forty ‘million people al- most equals the population of Britain and it is four times the population of Canada. Gities larger than Vancouver have been reduced to rubble, and the populations face a winter sim- jlar to that of -the Canadian prairies, without homes, with in- sufficient clothing and food. Realizing the tremendous sui fering and sacrifice of their Sov- jet allies, the British people, who have seen their own cities devast- ated by Nazi bombs, have adopt- -ed Soviet cities, and are helping to restore them, at the same time sending food and medical sup- plies for the stricken populations. Canadian cities are following suit, and already several Russian cities have been adopted. Our city fathers, as usual, have failed to give the lead. Such a gesture would be enthusiastically support- ed by the citizens of Vancouver, who fully realize the tremendous debt we owe.the Soviet people. Here again it may be necessary for organized labor to take the lead, The trade unions owe a tre- mendous debt to the workers of the Soviet Union. It would be a wonderful gesture if we could form a united committee of labor here to adopt the workers in a Soviet city and assist them in the task of restoring their devastated land. z @ iD eee your blood at Van- eouver’s Blood Clinics a great experience. In the waiting room you meet a real eross-section of the people. Middle-aged men and women with sons Overseas, girls, young men with brothers in the firing line. The procedure is very efficient and within half an hour you are drinking a cup of coffee and wondering why the nurse is so solicitous since you feel fine, anyway. I believe we should all make an endeavor to donate our blood in the next two or three months. The coming offensive will be costly, and every pint of blood donated can save a life. We ean all spare an hour and the. need is so great that every per- son should give. We are all apt to become enthusiastic about something when it is first started and then allow our keeness to flag. This is a task that must be kept up until victory is won. 1 believe it should be on the agenda at every union meeting and a list of volunteers prepared for each week so that a constant stream of good red blood will flow from organized labor to form another link with our fellows in the armed forces.