8 Continued F ascists resolutions into Ottawa de- manding a Royal Commis- . “sion to investigate charges of fascist activities in the province of Quebec: An the House of Commons on July 3, Fred Rose, Labor-Pro- gressive MP for Montreal-Car- tier, attacked the leaders of the Bloc Populaire and Union Na- tionale parties in Quebec as closely. associated with the no- torious Knights of Jacques Car- 4 tier and demanded appointment of a Royal Commission. Commenting on a pamphlet he wrote-in 1938 exposing fascist activity in Quebec, Rose said: “Our men fighting overseas feel that while risking their lives there, they would not want to come back home where they would find groups of fascists threatening Canadian democ- racy. “There is no doubt that at present the various fascist move- ments constitute a very small minority among the great poli- tical movements in our country. But this is no reason why fas- cism in Canada should be ig- nored. Far better to turn the spotlight of truth and reason upon it right now and to take those measures at the outset of its growth, to make it impos- sible for fascism ever to grow into a force strong enough to challenge Canadian democracy.” Citme a number of recent acts of fascist violence which included smashing of public meetings and burning of syna- gogues in Quebec City, Rose de- manded to know why no one was arrested when hoodlums at- tacked soldiers on the streets of Valleyfield, Quebec- “A tense situation is “being ereated,” he warned the mem- bers. “One would not be sur- prised if the workers decided that 1f such things are going to occur they will organize de- fence groups of their own. That would be dangerous and might lead to all sorts of trouble. Something drastic has to be done. He reminded the government that there were certain inequali- ties on standards of living ex— isting between Quebec and the other provinces, which once re- moved would dull the weapons of the Quebec fascists and strenethen the war effort. “The government,” he in- sisted, “must find ways and means to meet the needs of ‘the people, to do away with these inequalities and the peo- ple will be only too happy for anything that is done for them to bring about that equality which they deserve. What is more, I say that we have to encourage the trade unions as a powerful factor in the fight for democracy.” Meet Your | ‘Friends at the... EMPRESS HOTEL 235 E. Hastings St. Tel. PAc: 5364-5365 Under New Management Modern, Strictly Fireproof Building : All Rooms With Outside Exposure Rates $1.50 and up Parlors Comfortably Re- } furnished i ++ + t+ All along the eastern front scenes like this can men attacking the Nazis on all sides. . Urge Ships For Post War be duplicated—Red Army Trade Freighter Crews Vote On Union By ALFRED C. CAMPBELL Crews of 41 freighters of the Parks Steamships on the Pacific Coast, totalling some 1,000 seamen, have commenced voting on-a ballot to determine which seamen’s union will become their bargaining agency. It is expected that an estimated six months will be required to conduct the vote, which was ordered by the National Wartime Labor Rela- tions Board at Ottawa, and in some cases the ballot may have to be taken at a foreign port. Two unions are involved, the B.€. Seamen’s Union (AFL) and the Deepsea and Inlard- boatmen’s Wnion (CCL). Park Steamships Limited is .2 crown company and has nine other shipping companies oper- ating the. fleet of merchant ships under its control. When Canada entered the war despite its leading position as an exporting country, it had only a small merchant marine. Today, as a principal supplier of munitions and foodstuffs to the United Nations, that mer- ~ chant marine has grown to such an extent that rough esti- mates—exact figures are still closely guarded—place the size of the deepsea fleet at more than 100 ships with at least 10,000 officers and men. The Deepsea and Inlandboat- men’s Union on the Pacific Coast and the Canadian Sea- men’s Union, which seaman em- ployed on ships operating on the Great Lakes and out of Atlantic Coast ports, have both expres- sed colicern with the future of this new merchant fleet and the men who man it. Both unions have been press- ing the federal government for commitments on better wages and working conditions for sea- men, including the right -to vote, and have repeatedly urg- ed that the merchant marine be developed. Z While nothing that ean be described as a postwar policy has yet been outlined by the government, at least two cab- inet ministers, Munitions Min- ister C. D. Howe and Transport Minister J. E. Michaud have hinted that the hopes to see Canada maintain a considerably stronger mer- chant marine than she had in 1939. The wartime ships built for the government are the prop- erty. of the Parks Steamships Limited and are chartered to various commercial steamships lines which, although greatly expanded since the start of the War, in some cases now own less tonnage than they did in 1939 because of losses from enemy action. government — -Sary at a certain time to build It is felt that Canada’s war freighters with their 12 knot speeds will not meet the post- , War needs of private shipping companies interested in faster ships able to. compete with the Ships built in the United States and elsewhere. Certainly Canada’s slow freighters will face competition from strong maritime nations such as Britain, Norway and Greece whose operating costs, particularly in wages, at pres- ent are much lower than those of Canada. The Canadian Seamen’s Union with a personnel of over 5,000 seamen has presented Several briefs to the goyern- ment seeking a strong postwar merchant marine to provide Jobs for its membership and help Canada keep its newly at- tained position as a maritime power. : ‘The union’s plans coincide With the expressed desire of shipyard workers who feel that a large section of the expanded wartime shipbuilding industry should be converted to ithe peacetime need of building a strong Canadian merchant marine. i i) @ e Fred Rose, MP for Montreal- Cartier, commenting in the House of Commons recently on the uncertain future of Can- ada’s merchant marine, warned the government that as 4 re- sult of its concentration on building slow ships it might at the end of the war be left with ships unable to compete in deepsea trade. “I am not raising this issue to argue that it was not neces- the kind of ship we haye as rapidly as possible to carry. Supplies and munitions of war to the armed forces,” Rose de-' 5 leo es ee a a as is dn ee John E. Mecredy GENERAL INSURANCE Hire * Automobile * Accident | 556 Howe, Vancouver, B.C. Phones: PAc. 5235 — Res. PAc. 4385 Hebb dbs hebrbh ebb clared. “But we have reached the stage where we must think of the future, and it is only Tight that Canada should have a government Owned merchant marine. “The fact is,” Rose went on, “that in the United States they are concentrating on the faster ship, the Victory ship and the C-type ship. But we are to have only slow ships and I am yery much afraid they may be useless. We shall only be able to operate them as tramp ves- sels carrying cargoes at bar- fain rates and there will al- ways be arguments over the Wages paid_on such ships, be- cause it will be said they take So much longer to complete a trip, and the tendency will be for wages on these ships to be lower.” Rose concluded by pointing out there was still time to cor: rect this situation by building a faster type of ship suitable for postwar trade. GE JOHN STANTON Barrister - Solicitor - Notary 502 HOLDEN BLDG. 16 E. Hastings St. MAr. 5746 S= J Continued s : es oyal Cit sive Party is selling out se ism and becoming a puppe the Liberal Party,’ Carr clared. “He claims that so ism as proposed by the CG the immediate and only alte tive to unemployment and ¢ in the postwar period anc this issue he divides the w ing people. i “Yet in his own party’s yineial program there is 4 sj ment to the effect that B.C, der a CCE government offer capital a better and s field of investment than present government. What stitutes a better field of iny ment unless it is the gsuara of bigger dividends? ‘Thi not socialism. : “The truth is that the + falsely presents its proposec forms as socialism and diy the people on this false is - And it has the effrontery te nounce the LPP because frankly proclaims that the i _ today is unity of the people progressive postwar reconst tion as against the alterna _ of a reactionary combinatio Pointinge= to the import of the byelection as a facto influencing. the general elec that will-be-held within the year, Greenall stated: 5 _ _ New Westminster, the ol city on the mainland, has proud tradition to which ‘labor movement has mad great contribution. That’: “dition can be carried forw by. our city. becoming the to return a Labor-Progressiy the legislature as a means enabling labor to make essentrial contribution to postwar reconstruction of province.” : In response to an appeal m by Bert Sampson, campa manager, a collection of nes $200 was contributed to election fund. ; Z — GREETIN NGS to The People 2 ae bee Gee DR. W. J. CURRY = = — BOILERMAKERS’ - . 889 W. Pender - Every ‘WED. & SAT Dancing S12 pm -CARLE HODSON’S ORCHESTRA Phone PAc. 4835 for Rental ees a —=== Subject . . . Auspices: Public Meeting Burrard Hall, HAR “MINERVA COOPER LPP candidate for Burrard Federal Constituency Thursday, July 20th; 8 p.m. AT. 12th and Clarke Lessons of Saskatchewan Election Campaign Labor-Progressive Party Burrard Federal Constituency. Committee