LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY

tol, IL. No. 23. <>

5 Cents

Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, June 10, 1944

EZ

{ re

NG

Dawn of New World Breaking’

Lae
Ei

B : I 2 @ :
uck Hails Invasion
Here is the text of the statement issued by
1 Tim Buck, national leader of the Labeor-Progres-
Hsive Party, hailing opening of the second front:
“The greatest battle of human history has be-
yun—for the liberation of France and all Europe
rom German fascist slavery for the freedom of
all mankind. 2 |
“This morning Canada’s fighting men landed
in France and now are locked in deadly combat
vith Hitler’s armies. Our men engage a power-
ful and ferocious foe and the battles ahead will
be bloody and cosily.
“The outer walls of Hitler’s fortress have been
® dierced. Teheran’s decision to smash the Ger-
“nan fascist enemy with combined military blows
rom the west, east and south is being carried
houf. The great armies of Canada, Britain, the
(@ Jnited States, the Soviet Union, and the libera-
(ion movements of Europe will bring us victory
isoon. =
“The dawn of the new world envisaged at
pleheran is breaking.
“Inspired by the courage and heroism of our
) ifighting men we must subordinate every politi-
peal class and religious difference to reinforce
{ [national unity and our war effort to speed vic-
itory and hasten the coming of the new world
Hof enduring democracy and peace.
“The entire labor movement must now intensi-
| ity its efforts to back our troops. Labor’s slogans
are: Maximum uninterrupted production—Com-
| plete unity of the nation to speed victory—Every-
|i thing for the Liberation Front.

OF

jit

Twenty thousand ship-
yard workers, members of
the Shipyard General
Workers Federation (CCL)
here joined in extending
congratulations to Major-
General Crerar and the
Canadian armed forces on
the first day of the invasion
of western Europe. ‘Tele-
grams were sent to General
Crerar from the SGWF, Vic-

toria Labor Council, Van-
couver Labor Council and
Vancouver and New West-
minster Trades and Labor
Council.

Dock and Shipyard Work-

ers sent a cable to General

Crerar and at the same time
ordered $200 worth of cigar-
ettes for the Canadian armed
forces. :

British Columbia IWA dis-
trict council locals cabled
their expressions of support
to General C€rerar and the
Chemainus sublocal was one
of the first organizations in

this province to greet the in-_

vading Canadian forces, vot-
ing to donate a day’s pay to
the Red Cross.

John Parkinson, president
of the local, said: “We feel
that now that the invasion
has started, the Red Cross
will need all it can get —and
more. We are going to give
that aid to the fullest extent
of our ability, so that this
second front can be ended
victoriously in the shortest
possible time with the least
possible loss of life and re-
sources.”

A telegram was sent to
Prime Minister King by the

—Continued on Page 8

ANAT THT HA

= ‘ccc TNA

Invasion Hailed

By Labor
In Pledges
Of Support —

MMM MMMM MMM

Carr Will Speak
At Royal City
Byelection Meet

NEW WESTMINSTER.
— Sam Carr, national or-
ganizer for the Labor-Pro-
gressive Party, will be the
main speaker at the nom-
inating convention to be
held in the Royal City on
July 11 to select an LPP

candidate for the New
Westminster provincial
byelection, it was an-

nounced by Roy Lavigne,
LPP organizer in the Fra-
ser Valley, this week.

The nominating conven-
tion has been set back
from June 18, the date
tentatively set when the
LPP’ announced it would
contest the byelection.

Carr, who will visit B.C.
July 5-12, will Speak in
Vancouver, July 9.

People

Oppose

Franco

MONTEVIDEO. — (ALN)
—Declaring that “the in-
tensification of the anti-
fascist fight of the Spanish
people” has kept Spanish
Dictator Franco from join-
ing the Axis rather than
“any peaceful inclination” on
the part of the Franco gov-
ernment, Venancio Lozoya,
official spokesman of the
Spanish ‘General Workers
Union (UGT) disclosed this
week that Franco had con-
centrated 250,000 soldiers in
the Melilla area of Spanish
Morocco and ordered a gen-
eral mobilization at the time
of the Allied invasion of
North Africa.

—Continued on Page 8
LT TIIMtnnn nnn nnn

French Partisans

NEW YORK.—(ALN).—As the Allied armies o
France in the greatest military operation of its
of firm support from the steeled F
resisting the Nazi invaders since

These partisans have already received

commander-
from General Charles de Gaulle,

Dwight D. Eisenhower,

Republic.

By a decision of his government in Algiers,
month that the partisan army—which

white collar employees,

By GLADYS CHASINS

concrete

includes

Aid Allied Armies

f liberation penetrate deeper into
kind in all history, they are assured
rench workers and partisans who have been
the fall of France in June, 1940.

recognition from General
in-chief of the Allied

head of the provincial government of the French

liberation forces, and

General de Gaulle announced last
workers,
small businessmen—would be incorporated into the regu-

peasants, housewives,

—Continued on Page 8

Ce MMMM Te