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Vancouver, B.C., Saturday. July 29, 1944

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Gandhi's Preposals Praised

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1| Japanese Defeat

ee By ANNE KELLY

 LONDON.— (ALN) —Recent proposals made
by Mohandas K. Gandhi for settling the political dead-
| lock in India “open up the way for the total defeat of
the Japanese fascists in the shortest time possible, and
can: thereby save millions of Indians from death
through another terrible famine,’ S. A. Dange, presi-
dent of the All-India Trades Union Congress, told Al-
lied Labor News this week. “‘The British have failed to
keep India’s economy on a sound footing during the war,
j | and this has intensified the famine situation,’ he ex-
( | plained. Dange came here in June as one of India’s two
delegates to the world labor conference, since postponed.
_ The people of Britain and America have been told
that the National Congress sabotages Indian defense,
does not want unity with the Muslim League, and is
unwilling to fight in the anti-fascist war.’ Dange stated.
“@ | Gandhi's proposals give the lie to this. He has no in-
| tention of offering civil disobedience. His letters from
prison long denounced sabotage. He is ready for a na-
tional government which will take charge of civil ad-
“= ministration, now in a state of collapse.

:@ “At the time of the visit of Sir Stafford Cripps to
‘© India in 1942, objections were raised by the British to
® handing over military affairs to a new Indian civil gov-
a ernment. Gandhi now agrees that military operations
“should continue to be handled by the Bnotish. His pro-
-posals do not visualize any major constitutional changes.
® His approach to Jinnah concedes the right of self-de-
termination te Muslims, including the setting up of
‘independent Muslim states. The Muslim press has
"enthusiastically welcomed Gandhi's proposals.”’

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BURNABY, B.C.—
Pointing out that
Canadian wounded
who would need im-
nediate assistance
were already on their
"way back from _ the
front, Len Ainsworth,
chairman of North
»3urnaby LPP Club, as
spokesman for a dele-
»jation, prevailed up-

a Burnaby council-
ors this week to con-

yvene qa conference to
—Continued on Page 8

By ELGIN. RUDDELL

Vancouver’s housing
crisis this week became
G@ matter of official con-
cern as Mayor J. W.
Cornett, under pressure
from labor and commu-
nity Organizations and
unable to evade his re-
sponsibilities any long-
er, wired the federal
government to ban evic-
tions in this city.

Feeling ran high in sever-
al neighborhoods as_ the
sheriff made his rounds
evicting families from their
homes. Meetings were held
in front of homes at .2144
Dundas and 1416 ©dlum,
where friends and neighbors
of these families gathered at
the call of the LPP to pro-
test the evictions and to de-
mand that the city council
act on housing projects that
have been hanging fire for
the last several weeks.

The Canadian Legion and
Seaforth Auxiliary swung
into action on the threat to
evict Mrs. A. R. McInnis
and her two children of 195
West 18th Avenue, whose
husband is with..the Sea-_
forths in Italy. The Sea-
forth Auxiliary secured a
short postponement of the
eviction and Jack Hender-
son, president, B.C. Com-
mand, Canadian Legion,
wired the federal govern-
ment demanding that it use
its powers to halt eviction of
families of soldiers over-
seas. Henderson also
brought this case to the at-
tention of Mayor Cornett
and urged |_egion posts in
the city to support the pro-
test.

—Continued on Page 8

Parley on
Problems of
Veterans

American paratroopers pour from the sky over
Noemfoor Island, off the Dutch New Guinea coast.

Delegation Asks Restoration
Of Ukrainian Properties

OTTAWA—Assurance that their claims would be
given “most careful consideration’ was made to members
of a delegation who met a government sub-committee to
seek restoration of properties seized from the Ukrainian
Labor-Farmer Temple Association in 1940, J. L. Cohen,
K.C., announced here this week.