2 Continued Invasion every night the franc-tireurs and partisans were assisting Allied bombardments of western Eur- ope with far-flung guerrilla at- tacks on rail junctiens and strat- egic German-controlled factories. Demonstrations among Greek sailors and soldiers in Egypt against their government-in-exile, widespread guerrilla activity in Poland. northern Italy and the Carpathians, all testified to the fact that millions of patriots of eccupied countries are making their own preparations for D Day. And on the long eastern front, from Rumania to Finland, where no major actions have been re- ported for the past two weeks, the Red Army was reported to be preparing another great of fensive. : E Reports of Soviet preparations came as Marshal Joseph Stalin delivered his Order of the Day, on May Day, stating that only combined “operations from the west and the east could smash Germany. “A considerable contribution to these successes has been made by our great Allies, the Unitea States and Great Britain, which nations are holding the front against the Germans_in Italy and are diverting a considerable part of the German forces from us. They supply us with very valu- able strategic raw materials and armaments, and subject to sys- tematic bombing military objec- tives in Germany, thus under- mining the military power of the latter,” Stalin declared. “The German troops now re- mind one of a wounded beast who is forced to crawl away to the boundaries of his lair—Ger- many — in order to lick his wounds. But a wounded beast who has gone into his lair does not cease to be a dangerous ene. In order to save our coun- try and the countries allied to us from the danger of subjuga- tion, one must follow on the heels of the wounded German beast’ and finish him off in his own den. “In the course of our pursuit of the enemy we must relieve from serfdom our brothers—the Poles, Czecho-Slovaks and other western European nations allied to us who are under the heel of Hitlerite Germany. “lt is obvious that this task is a more difficult matter than the eviction of the German troops from the confines of the Soviet Union. It can be solved cnly on the basis of common efforts of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States by. means of common blows struck from the east by our troops and from the west by the troops of our Allies. «There can be no doubt that ‘only a combined blow Such as this will be able to crush finally Hitlerite Germany.” co IT’S A DATE! Cafe Society = ae ' HASTINGS AUDITORIUM SATURDAY MAY 13 9-12 P.M. * Johnny Martin’s Orchestra FLOOR SHOW Admission 50 Cents Proceeds. to The People Auspices S. Hill LLP Branch Shown above at the 26th International Labor Organiza- tion conference at Philadelphia are (left to right): Presi- dent Percy Bengough of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada; Treasurer Charles Laurent of the French Con- federation of Labor; Robert J. Watt, AFL international representative; Jamnadas Mehta of the Indian Federation of Labor. (The All-India Trades Union Congress last month protested appointment of the IF delegate by the British government.) Many Centers e Mark May Day TRAIL, B.C.—More than 1,500 members of the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, members of the ladies’ auxiliary and dozens of miners’ children marched last Sunday from union headquarters to Butler Park in what is regarded here in the best May Day parade staged since the union was organized. The parade was led by the ANT Minerva Cooper Leaves on Tour Of Interior Minerva Cooper, Labor-Pro- gressive Party provincial secre- tary, left this week on an organ- izational tour of the Interior dur- ing which she will cover the fol- iowing points- May 7, Penticton; May 8, Kelowna; May 9, Ender- by; May 10, Salmon Arm; May 11, Notch Hill and —Malakwa; May 12, Vernon; May 14, Kam- loops. At Kamloops, Mrs. Cooper will be the guest speaker at the nom- inating convention called to se- lect an LPP candidate for Kam- loops federal constituency. MMMM Dispute Will Go To Arbitration International UWnion of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Local 653, is applying for a board of arbitration in a dispute with ihe management of Sheep Creek Gold Mines Ltd., at Salmo, B.C., Harvey Murphy, international organizer announced this week. “The local has been certified and has been carrying on nego- tiations, but the company has been stalling,’ Murphy charged. Discharge of the local’s secre- tary is being appealed to Selec- live Service as an instance of discrimination. Rossland and Legion Bands, followed by the IUMMSW, Lo- cal 480, float and the Victory Bond float. The miners’ group was headed by executive mem- bers of the union and shop stew- ards wearing red armbands. After the union marchers came the “kids’ contingent,” followed by auxiliary members. Speakers at the rally were Harold Pritchett, TWA district president; H. W. Herridge, MLA, John Ogburne, president, TUMMSW, Local 480, and Mrs. A. Zeigfried, ladies’ auxiliary organizer, who has recently set up auxiliaries in Trail, Castlegar and Rossland. Editor Speaks WEBSTERS CORNERS, B.C. —Alfred €. Campbell, associate editor of The People, addressed a May Day ‘gathering of some 200 people in the community hall here last Sunday. The meeting was sponsored by Websters Cor- ners and Haney Labor-Progres- sive clubs, Finnish Organization ang Ukrainian-Canadian Associ- ation. Miners Parade NANAIMO, B.C. —‘Throughout the years, May Day celebrations have been closely tied with the burning issues of the times. To- day May Day is more than a demonstration of the labor move- ment. It is a demonstration of the unity -of all democratic forces,” Minerva Cooper, LPP provincial secretary, told a May Day rally at Nanaimo. Dr. J. M. Thomas, CCF ecandi- date for Nanaimo federal con- stiftuency, and John Stokaluk, vice - president, District 18, UMWA, also spoke. The rally followed a May Day parade to the exhibition grounds. Zeballos Steel Plant Privateer Plan To Build Mill Interest in the campaign for a British Columbia st dustry, long carried on by unions and progressive ef, tions and lately given added impetus by support of city ceils. boards of trade and other groups, quickened thi: nee it was announced that Privateer Mines intends ¢ before its stockholders for approval a plan for const of a steel and iron plant in this province. The plant will be established at Zeballos, now a ghost town because manpower shortages have closed its gold mines, which -is expected to become an active, industrial center. “This is a step in the right direction, but we must not jose sight of the fact that it is not the full answer to the problem,” said Ald. Jack Price, chairman of Vancouver City Steel Com- miuttee. “Establishment of a steel in- dustry to fulfill our needs would cost much more than the esti- mates made by Privateer Mines. We welcome the development and offer it our full support. We hope that it will point the way to further developments dlong these lines.” : At the present time, with the exception of a few steel cast- ings, no steel is produced in British Columbia. _A plant designed to use both scrap. and pig-iron should have a normal capacity of at least 75.000 tons annually, since the present domestic consumption of iron and steel products in the Canadian northwest is suf- ficient to justify this output. Cost of such a plant is estimated at $1,600,000. Cost of the proposed Zeballos © steel plant is set at $325,000. Ald. Price, who has communi- eated with the provincial de- partment of mines, requesting further information about the project, intends to place the question before the steel com- mittee, members of which in- clude aldermen, labor leaders, and city businessmen. Mc Ewen Tour No: Tom McEwen, province anizer for the Labor-Pre Party, left this week foi tended tour of northern Columbia. In preparation coming federal electic Ewen will tour the co cies of Skeena and Cari visit a number of key ]{ Yukon ‘Territory, cons existing Labor-Progressi' and setting up a numbel branches in unorganizec McEwen. will be th speaker at a nominating tion to be held in Prine on May 7, when the I name a candidate to Skeena federal eon: Bruce Mickleburgh, LPI cial committee member ready been chosen as tk provincial candidate fc Rupert. McEwen’s tour is bei in response to many from northern B.C. an points. in Whiteho: son City and other where an LPP bra already been rorme are excellent possibi building a strong Labo Sive organization, Mck The People. Arrangements are