EQ p t Unity Candidates

Despite the fact that the Burnaby CCF Election Committe icially wi i

: € officially withdrew it
support from two CCF candidates who entered into a Unity coREnEa: with lake.
Progressive and Independent candidates for conduct of a joint campaign in the Burn-

aby municipal election, three of the four council candi i
2 ndidates on the united
were elected last weekend. eet ite

ut pens Elected were: Walter Dingle, Independent Labor, who defeated O. EF Golo bs 183
i _ Vancouver, B.C., Friday, December 24, 1943 to 126 votes in Ward 2; J. G. Gartlan, Independent Labor, who was returned ba ac-

clamation in Ward 5; and Harry Ball, Labor-Progressive, who obtained 141 votes to

q the 105 votes polled by James
j e : Ryan, Ratepayers, and the 63

. E | votes given to Ernest Burns,
|Meeting

CCE.

While the anti-unity stand
taken by the CCF was re-
flected in the election of only
one CCF candidate to the
council, W. R. Beamish, who
received acclamation in Ward
3, it also contributed to the

Formation of a federation of all CCL shipyard
unions was foreseen this week when a call to attend
= aconference on January 15 and 16 was sent by Daniel
=O'Brien, CCltgional director, to all CCL affiliates in
the industry in Vancouver, Victoria, and Prince Rupert.
__ The proposal to establish such a federation is in line The Cae eee
with the agreement reached between the Canadian - = a field of four was Reeve W.
Congress of Labor and Boilermakers and Iron Ship- ThieNell U Gost @onced the Seino the GEG eacie ce T. Willson, with 992 votes.
on record as opposed to the governmeni’s decision,
made without consultation with labor, to merge the
present cost-of-living lbonuses with basic wages, to

LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY
_ VOL. H. No. 51.

defeat of K. C. Wilson, Labor-
builders Union, Local 1; whereby that union will form wort somewhere in the Atlantic. Top photo shows> Nazi crew Elected last year as an inde-

Progressive, in Ward 4. Wil-

son p@lled 155 votes to the

203 votes polled by John

the nucleus of the new federation. preparing to abandon ship, forced to the surface -by depth pendent, Willson received of-
: charges. Lower photo shows them in the water as sub begins :

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Matheson, who received some
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| Trades Congress Condemns
New Gov’t
Wa

candidate for reeve after the
CCF, which nominated him,
officially withdrew its sup-
port when he refused to con-
test his council seat in Ward —
7 against Harry Ball, LPP
candidate, received 472 votes,
OTTAWA.——Prime Minister King’s falsely labelled
“hold the line aganist inflation” new wage order was
last week denounced as a “straightjacket for labor” by
the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in a siate-
ment issued under the signatures ‘of President Percy
Bengough and Secretary-Treasurer J. A. Sullivan.
All sections of the labor movement are thus strongly

while complying

i i i i i idents of
beying a Nazi edict to turn in all radio sets, resi
yee babe delivering the radios to Nazi headquarters on

This interesting photo shows how the Norwegians retain their sense of humor

with the letter of Nazi orders.
a small Norwegian village held a mock funeral,

a horse-drawn cart.

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