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Redbaiting, scurrilous attacks upon Roose-
velt, Stalin and Churchill, are very poor substi-
tutes for a reasoned approach and willingness
to discuss and act upon proposals for united
action to implement policies which would de-
cial convention he pointed out that the people termine the pattern of social security and de-
of Canada had united in the war effort to de- mocracy in a strong postwar Canada.
feat fascism. Having delivered himself of this =
one accurate opservation, he doubtless felt free
in the rest of his speech to indulge in remarks
which revealed an eagerness to divide Canada
in the postwar period. And, as one who has
almost made a profession of red-baitings during
the past few years, he directed his attacks
against the Labor-Progressive Party.

Against the People

WWVHEN Angus MacInnis, M.P. for Vancouver
z East, addressed the recent CCF provin-

Return the Halls

HERE are few places in this country where
citizens of Ukrainian descent live that one
will not find a community hall owned by the

S ied with their mission of creatin: :
ee 2 Ukrainian Labor Farmer Temple Association.

capital out of thé chaos they predict after the
war are Angus MacInnis and other leaders of
the CCF that it seems too much to expect them
to realize, as fortunately many ©CE members
do realize, that it is this very war unity that is
needed in the postwar period to assure that
progressive measures guaranteeing social se-
eurity and jobs will be carried out.

These halls and centers of culture were built

on the hard earned savings of the workers and
farmers of Ukrainian origin.

any other language organization in Canada to-
wards our still immature national culture, in
which is blended the heritage of many cultures.

= In 1940 the Labor Farmer Temple Associa-
tion was declared an illegal organization. Its
properties were seized by the government and
placed in the hands of the Custodian of Enemy
Property who sold some of the halls, at prices

The initiatory force in uniting the people
for greater efforts during the war has been
“provided by the organized working people who
by their self-discipline and example have in-
fluenced all other classes. It is this organized
force that has helped to shape the course of
events. Its stamp is on such historic documents
as the Atlantic Charter and the Teheran Declar-
ation, which despite the sneers of Angus Mac-
Innis and Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, MILA, have
brought hope and opportunity to the world
that the postwar period will witness national
and international cooperation in rebuilding the
world. Yet the CCF leaders who prate so much
of “international working class unity” are the
first to deny unity in practice and the loudest
in raising issues completely out of line with
the pressing needs of the hour.

Recent editorials and articles in the CCF
News not only lack any appreciation of the
seriousness of the problems confronting the
“progressive movement as a whole but reveal
a widening gap between CCF policy and the
aspirations of all those who having experienced
the fruits of unity in the struggle to defeat
fascism, see the need for unity in solving the
postwar problems which lie ahead.

ganizations. cs

In 1943, an advisory committee appointed
by the Custodian “to consider and make recom-
mendations . . . in releasing the properties of
six organizations” including the ULFTA, recom-
mended that the properties be restored to their
rightful owners. But the Vancouver temple,
built by the Ukrainian community at a cost of
$25,000 and sold by the custodian to the Greek
Catholic Church for $6,000, has still not been
restored.

Return of these halls to the Ukrainian peo-
ple cannot be left as a matter of concern only
to Ukrainians for so long as such property can
be seized and sold, no matter what democratic
group is attacked, the rights of the entire labor
movement are weakened. All Progressive or-
ganizations should join in demanding that the
Vancouver temple be returned

to its owners
without further delay. :

Peden

The ULFTA contributed perhaps more than ~

far below their actual value, to pro-fascist or-_

BRITAIN

Cause Celebre

ROTESLES ‘against imprison-
P ment of Jewish, Ukrainian and
Byelarussian soldiers accused of
being deserters from the Polish
army in Britain were registered
Jast week by the National Union
of Railwaymen and the Scottish
Trades Union Congress.

The Scottish ETUC, representing
500,000 workers, voiced its con-
demnation of the move in a unani-
mous resolution adopted at its
annual conference. The soldiers
left the Polish army because of
its alleged anti-Semitism.

Dan Kelly, NUR delegate at the
Scottish conference, declared:

“These men have uot deserted
from the fight against fascism. By
going to jail rather than return-
ing to the Polish Army under
present conditions, they are dem-
onstrating that there is something
radically wrong with the Polish
Army in this country. If the Pol-
ish government is unable or un-
willing to stamp out anti-Semi-
tism and racial feeling among its
Own military forces, we should
se that our government does the

job for it.’ The Polish National
Council here has appointed a
committee 6f six, two Jewish

members of the council and rep-
resentatives of the four main
Polish political parties, to investi-
gate the desertions. !

SOUTH
AFRICA
Libel Action

BeSuse it published evidence

submitted to a government
commission by the African Mine
Workers Union on conditions in
South African mines, the Guar-
dian, popular South African week
ly, this week faced an. action for
$161,400 on defamation charges
brought by four mining compan-
ies, all members of the Chamber
of Mines.

Each of the companies—Ranqd-
fontein Estates, Government Gold
Mining: (Modderfontein), Vanryn
Deep and Eastrand Proprietary—
brought action for $40,350 against
Betty Radford, editor, and the
printers of the newspaper's sou-
thern and northern editions.

Referring to the claim of the
four companies on alleged defam-
ation Charges, this week’s Guar-
dian, in a front-page story, points
out ee ui pened evidence sub-

e 0 last year’s s i
Witwatersrand” Noe chee
Wages Commission in the convic-
tion that it was true and _ reliable.

Later information and the re-
port of the commission showed
that certain allegations made in
the evidence were unfounded,
among them charges of improper
hospital treatment, overcrowding,
underfeeding —and harsh  treat-
ment of African prisoners await-
ing trial. The Guardian admits
that its comment on such portions
of the evidence was unjustified
and on behalf of itself and its
printers | has withdrawn the
charges against the Rand mines.

“At the same time,” the Guar-
dian adds, “we maintain and shall
continue maintaining that the
compound system and the sys-
tem of recruiting African work
ers which accompanies it are
against the interests of these
workers and the general. inter-
est of South Africans. We are
convinced that the cheap labor
policy followed by the mines
and low wages paid African
miners are a blot on the reputa-
tion of South Africa and an ob-

and Native Mine -

country as a whole.”
Compounds are e¢
racks where the mine
ly transported from
from the mines, are
ally as prisoners. Gon*
“under the direction of -
who supervise the w
“ure time as well as :
Men are isolated f-
Whether or not they
and often sleep on €o) |
with no mattresses. Ay
ly earnings of miners |
surface workers and : |
derground workers. ¥

“LATIN
AMERIC|

Political Prisoners }

PRELEASE from con {

Pedro Motto fim
journalist serving a
years and ten month §
was urged last week
at a banquet of the

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of Brazilian journalis |
to reports from Dio
The association sent |
ficial piea to Presi #
Vargas. :

Motta Lima, former |
newspaper supporting
al Liberation Alliance

1936, was arrested aft §
tarily returned to B: @
from exile in Urugua, @
countrys war effort #@
Axis. q
Sixty leading jours’ @
State of Rio Grande ~
also urged amnesty @
Lima and other imp @
fascists, Diario de Ne @
Alegre daily, disclose: |
was broadcast by a 4
tiens controlled by
ment press departme
Replying from pr @
thanked his fellow n& }
for their support.

SOVIET U|

Indemnities

The Soviet Union 1)
policy to determine
of reparations it WwW
from enemy  countr 7
Vishinsky, Soviet Vic ¥y
of Foreign Affairs; ¢&
week. - a

Soviet claims on Fia@
000;000—equal approx ey
the value of damage }
that country. Questiol
this established a Ppl;
future reparations d #e
shinsky stated that it)

“The question of {|
must be decided acco!)
actual circumstances |
dividual country,” hi