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Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, May 27, 1944

/_PP Prepares For Election

‘Names 6 Cand idates

| With the nomination of Harold Pritchett as its
candidate in Vancouver East the labor-Progressive
Party now has six candidates named to contest British
Columbia constituencies in the next federal election.

‘They are:

_ Vancouver Center, Fergus McKean; Vancouver
| East, Harold Pritchett; Vancouver Burrard, Minerva

Cooper; Vancouver North, William Stewart; Kam-

loops, Henry Codd; Skee

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na, Bruce Mickleburgh.

In addition, Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial chair-
man, has been chosen by a trade union nominating
| convention te contest Comox-Alberni as a Labor can-

Drafting of Harold Pritchett to run in Vancouver

| East will necessitate the calling of a second nominating
convention to select another candidate for New West.
(minster, for which constituency Pritchett had earlier
| accepted the nomination. This convention will be held

}on Sunday, June 11, at 8

i Westminster.

p.m. in Hotel Russell, New

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Labor Meets With

a Veterans
To Discuss

Problems

Provincial and national
conventions of the Cana-
dian Legion at the Hotel

Vancouver here next week
will be rehabilitation of men
-teturning from this war in
the light of the government’s
announced plans.

The three day provincial
convention will open on June
2 and the Dominion meet will
follow on June 5. :

David McKee, acting pro-
vineial secretary of the Bri-
tish Columbia command of
the ‘Canadian Legion, this
/week greeted the announce-
ment that allowances for dis-
charged men continuing edu-
cational training would be in-
ereased by $16 to $18 a month.

“While this does not meet
our demands for a $70 month
ly allowance, it is definitely
a step in the right direction,”
said McKee.

= (Allowance before the new
order-in-council was set at
approximately $45 monthly.)
é€ conventions will also
discuss the demobilization
program announced by Ot-
tawa this week, under which
demobilized men and wom-
en will be referred to various
Sections with trained person-
nel to assist them in return-
ing to civilian life.
Under this system demob-

Inity
Jn Labr
Agenda

By ANNE KELLY
,ONDON. — (ALN). —

1? in Britain ensuring
“Wabor Party victory -in
ext seneral election is
jalized in several reso-
fons, grouped under the
me “Progressive
ity,” to be presented to
‘annual conference of
Labor Party, now post-
ed from May 29 be-
Se of travel restrictions
this country. _Hereto-
*, Labor Party leaders
held out against joint
On with other labor and.
eSSive STroups.
resolution from Ox-
| University requests
the national executive
party “approach the
ers of the Liberal,

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Bergence of a “popular

~ Federal

HAROLD PRITCHETT

who this week was nominated
to contest Vancouver East fed-
eral constituency as lLabor-
Progressive candidate. Nomin-
ated last December in New
Westminster federal constitu-
ency, Pritchett was drafted by
LPP clubs in Vancouver East,
after New Westminster LPP
Constituency Commit-
tee had agreed to allow his
name to go forward. :

A former international presi-
dent of the International Wood-
workers of America, Pritchett
is now president of the British
Columbia District Council of
the IWA, vice-president of Van-
couver Labor Council and a
provincial executive member of
the Labor-Progressive Party.

ilization would take place
gradually. That is, groups
will be demobilized in the
~ following order: those who
have jobs or businesses or
professions to return to, those
who desire vocational train-
ing, those who plan resump-
tion of education, and those

With Nazi forces liquidated after better fighting, the
Soviet flag flies again over liberated Sevastopol. It took
the Germans 250 days to take this strategic Crimean
naval port in 1941-42. The Russians recaptured it in

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Native Indians _
Back MP’s Stand

An emergency meeting of executive members of the Native Brotherhood of
B.C. to discuss rehabilitation for Indians now serving in the armed forces and other
questions is taking place this weekend at Alert Bay: c

While decisions of the Brotherhoed on the important question of rehabilitation
will not be made public until officers of the organization return to Vancouver early
next week, The People, in an exclusive interview with members of the organization,

learned that certain government Proposals have aroused great concern among
Native Indians.

Foremost among the proposals which find no sUpport among Native Indians is

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