6 = ‘NMital te Reconstruction’ Role Of Northwest Must Be Recognized MOSCOW .— ‘In the cause of major post-war recon- struction it will be vitally necessary that in the interests of the whole world the important role of the northwestern part of the United States of America, Canada, Alaska and Soviet Siberia be recognized,” Vice-President Harry A. Wallace de- clared in a short speech he made during a stopover in Irkutsk, Siberia. Speaking in Russian, Wallace paid a tribute to the agricultural and industrial leaders of the cities and areas he had visited in his tour and lauded the production records and the determination of the Soviet people to defeat fas- ¢cism. : “here exist no other two coun- tries more alike than the Soviet Union and the United States of America,” he said. “The vast ex- panse of your country, her virgin™ forests, wide rivers and large lakes, all kinds of climate from tropical to polar—her inexhaust- ible natural wealth, remind me of my homeland. “The history of Siberia and her heroic population reminds me of the history of the far west of the United States. The pioneers of eur countries in titanic struggle with nature, with the hard con- ditions of life, fearlessly forged ahead, built new towns and vil- lages, a new sndustry, a new life, for the good of their homeland and of all humanity. _ “In this struggle, in this con- structive work, characters were steeled, the finest humanteatures were developed, innate social in- ~stinets. were manifested and a sense of common solidarity as- serted itself. “Tt is not accidental,” he con- tinued, “that in the present war, Siberia has played and continues to play such an enormous part. Her soldiers are in the front ranks ee < x ARE SX? PEOPLE'S BOOKSTORE on all fronts and do important work in the rear. Her technical forees within the shortest period created a new, complete arsenal needed by the great Red Army in fighting the hateful, strong ene- my and thus considerably con- tributed to its victories.” “A free people born on free ex- panses cannot tolerate any injus- tice and violence, and cannot even temporarily live in slavery. “Now that the early dawn of the future post-war peace slow- ly rises on the horizon it be- comes quite clear that only the full collaboration of our two great countries and their allies ‘may ensure for the world peaceful conditions and correct development. “In the cause of major post- war reconstruction it will be vit- ally necessary that in the inter- ests of the whole world the im- portant role of the northwestern part of the United States of America, Canada, Alaska and So- viet Siberia be recognized.” These tremendous sparsely pop- ulated territories have been con- quered in our days by aviation. They now need development both in their agriculture and industry. “The duty of the United States and Canada is to make resolute scientific efforts for the development of their north- ern districts, as this was dem- onstrated by -the Soviet Union in the case of the development of Siberia and the Far East. “T am certain that by means of an exchange of information, seeds and the best breeds of cattle with the Soviet Union, Canada and the United States may considerably raise the productivity of all these districts.” PESTS Another fine book by, HEWLETT JOHNSON, DEAN OF CANTERBURY SOCIALISM and the INDIVIDUAL An appraisal of the moral, ethical, religious, scientific and cultural values of Socialism -as he saw them in the Soviet Union. NOW MArine 5836 420 WEST PENDER STREET AT Vancouver, B.C Political — Action Upheld © MONTREAL—An attempt by several CGF members of Mon- treal Trades and Labor Council to strangle the Committee for Independent Political Action at last week’s meeting of the coun- cil was decisively rejected by the delegates, who unanimously re- ferred the matter to the executive committee. The action was taken after a lone and sometimes vehement discussion on, a proposal intro- duced by Denis Alix, Millinery Workers Union, to abolish the committee, following a motion by Jean Pare, business agent for Lodge 712, who had requested that the council replace six of the present members of the com- mittee owing to their apparent inability to attend meetings. Pare urged that the members - who had failed to put in an ap- pearance be replaced, so that the Political Action Committee could get down to work and give the trade union movement a lead in the forthcoming provincial elec- tions. Council Rejects Tieup With CCF TORONTO. — Toronto Trades and labor Council has turned down a proposal that it tie itself up with the CCF in pursuing the independent political action re- recommended to AFL bodies in Canada by the last convention of the Trades and Labor Congress. The proposal was presented to the council last week in a major- ity report was defeated by 68-62 votes. A minority report of the Politi- cal Action Committee, submitted by Dewar Ferguson of the Cana- dian Seamen’s Union and AFL organizer Russell Harvey, recom- mended that the council follow an independent course, explore the possibility of nominating several of its own candidates, and back any other candidates considered worthy of support. This report also was defeated by a margin of four votes, leay- ing the issue still -unsettled. Sharp criticism was voiced dur- ing the debate of the CCF leader- ship, which was charged with “fighting tooth and nail against unity in the trade unions.” Here are some of the delegates to the recent LPP nomin ing convention at Fernie, Bees Murphy (standing sixth from rmght in front) as feder which .chose Har candidate for Kootenay Fast. Buck Hits Contradiction In CCE Statement - MONTREAL — Tim Buck, national Leader of Labor-Progresive Party, this week issued the follow statement on the Quebec CCF’s denunciation of the Br Labor Party for its coalition pursued by the Labor Party in the interests of winning the war: “Mhe fact that the CCF adopt- ed a resolution condemning the policy of the British Labor Party illustrates at onee both the in- consistency and the irresponsi- bility of the CCF leadership. “NMI. J. Coldwell, the national leader of the CF, regularly de- clares that the policies of his party are the same general poli- cies as those of the British La- bor Party. He has made that declaration in the House of Commons several times during the past few months. “Clarie Gillis, also a member of the House of Commons, has adopted a position, before the rank and file, which is exactly the opposite to the statement made by Coldwell in the House. .“The enquiring citizen may well ask which is the real posi- tion of the CCF leadership: that expressed by Coldwell to the members of parliament, or the veiled anti-war and anti-nation- al unity position offcially en- dorsed by the provincial conven- tion of the CCF in Montreal this week-end, with the support of the national] chairman of the CCF, F. R. Scott, and Clarie Gillis ? “It is a glaring example of the irresponsible attitude te- ‘ward the war and the future of Canada which characterizes the policy of subordinating every other consideration in the effort te attract yotes.” “SALUTE to RUSSIA” Speakers: Provineial CONCERT MEETING Sunday, June 25th; 7:30 p.m.. Boilermakers Hall 339 W. Pender St. Fergus McKean Leader L.P.P. Leon Ladner, K.C. Canadian-Soviet Friendship Council B.C. Chairman ; Ukrainian Russian Choir Selections ver has been wounded in act With other parties, a po LPP Names Two In N.S. HALIFAX.—At a- nomini: convention of the Iabor-Pro sive Party here R. Charles ray, business agent of the J trial Union of Marine and ! building Workers of Halifax Dartmouth, was selected as” eral candidate for Halifax stituency. Murray is the second fe candidate to be named by Labor-Progressive Party im Scotia, the other candidate Roscoe Fillmore of Centr who will contest the federa! | for Kings-Annapolis-Digby. . Fred Young, provincial organizer, has announced every federal seat in Nova tia will be contested by the For the 12 federal seats 7 province only one can¢ Clarie Gillis, sitting membc Cape Breton South, has s been nominated. Report ‘Mollan: Wounded in Ite Pte. Harry Molland of V: Italy, according to inforn received in the city last wee Well-known as a leader ¢ Single Unemployed Prot Association, predecessor 0 Relief Project Workers’ Unic fore the war, Molland gainer vincial prominence im Octobei when Vancouver city polic tacked an unemployed demo tion at Hamilton Hall, the: relief headquarters, using and teargas. Molland and \the late Grange, two of 12 men art were each sentenced to two imprisonment for. their Pp: the démonstration, and was released in April 1938 serving 13 months of his s& as a result of the campaig ducted around the issue.