LABO R’'S VOICE FOR VICTORY (VOL. IIT. NO. 28 ==> 5 Cents Vancouver, B.C., Sa turday, July 15th, 1944 JACK GREENALL -PP Names n Royal City N E W WESTMINS- WER, B.C.—Jack Green- @!. B.C. district secretary Mf the International Feodworkers of Ameri- was the unanimous joice of a nominating avention held in Hotel assell here this week as i ibor- Progressive -candi- tte in the forthcoming ow: Westminster pro= ucial byelection. It ‘is merally expected’ that x sg Maquis Seize Five Nazi Areas LONDON — (ALN)— French Forces of the In- terior have liberated five areas in France, virtually, isolating the German rear _ ©n two sides, according to a communigue from the Su- preme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force this week. The fiye southern regions which the underground are ‘credited with having seized are Doubs,. Ain, Vercors, Ardeche and Gers and in- clude rail lines vital for sup- plying German troops. on the Normandy front In addition, a French spokesman has reported that French partisans are engag- ing about eight German di- visions that would other- wise be in action in Nor- mandy. In another tribute to the accomplishments of the French underground army, an SHAEF spokes- man described their assist- ance to the Allied armies as “invaluable.” ~“ Describing the welcome te byelection will be held _he received from. the people _ September. = Runner-up for council _the last two civic elec- Sons here, Greenall was itil recently TWA inter- tional organizer in the boyal City and played a Ominent part in organ- fog the union at Fraser (ils. /Guest.speakers at the favention were Fergus ecKean, IPP provincial eder, and Sam Carr, PP national organizer, the provincial election npaign following his Eef visit to the Coast. “Harold Winch says 't the |abor-Progres- —Continued on Page 8. of liberated Bayeux, a rep- resentative of the French provisional government re- ported: : Bayeux is celebrating its liberation, Frenchmen came from all the surrounding villages. Thousands of pat- riots cried to the representa- tive of the provisional goy- ernment: “Mobilize us!’ This was demanded by ex- sericemen, by adolescents, even by women. I was ask- ed the same questions every- : where: “When will we be 0 left for Edmonton enrolled in de Gaulle’s S week to participate army?’ ; “Many of the inhabitants of Bayeux are already en- gased in dangerous missions on for- ward lines and on the other side of the front.”’ responsible and Ro yal Commission QUEBEC Glty— “Weare determined to remain here until our job of organizing the textile workers for bet- ter conditions and wages is finished,’’ Kent Rowley, organizer of the United Textile Workers of America, told a meet- ing of trade unionists in /Valleyfield this week, charging that the recent attacks on the. union hall was “organized banditry perpetrated by a little clique of anti- labor elements.” The audience of 500 also heard Victor Francoeur, pro- vincial AFL organizer, and Jean Pare, business agent of the International Associa- tion of Machinists, who ad- vised them to stay firm and continue the work of organ- ization in Quebec. That organized labor is aroused over the attacks on working class meetings in recent weeks organized by © the Knights of Jacques Car- tier was seen in the attend- ance at the meeting of rep- resentatives of the Montreal Trades and Labor Council and the Trades and [Labor Congress of Canada. : Spurred on by the ex- posures of the secret Knights of Jacques Cartier by Sena- tor Bouchard, trade unions across Canada are pourims — Continued on Page 8. Sought To Probe Fascists -