AUST LAAT FITTEST

LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY

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FOL. 1M, NO. 37

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Vancouver, B.C... Saturday. September 16, 1944

| in Election

aa Defeat of the reaction-
beity Vory-Duplessis ramp
P@n the next federal elec-
a jon and direct represen-
pation for organized la-
igor im the government
fle@vere called for by Van-
ay Ouver Labor Council this
wif veek in a resolution en-
e milorsed for presentation to
oem he fifth annual conven-
5 jon Of the Canadian
ee :

De-Ongress of labor in
at § \ctober.

The -choice facing the
neg -anadian people will be
eympetween a reactionary,
a mti-laber coalition on
= be one hand, and a
: @ temocratic, progressive
i oalition on the other,
tt@ he resolution _ states,
ou ointing to the impossi-
a@ulity of any one party
e§ chieving a majority in
8 @ he election. ee .

2% The Council felt that
abor should play a direct
ad important part in the
lection and called on the
dt) °Cl cenvention to work
} or a “joint policy of ac-
ion with the Drades and
eabor Congress of Can-
ida to assure the election
gf a progressive majority.
§ which will base itself upon
mache program of organized
eMlabor as enunciated by
| both -Gongresses.”
j= labor is vitally con-
#9 -erned, the preamble to
the resolution also de-
Pilares, that the next gov-
samment legislate to
Pstrengthen national unity
te2nd facilitate reconstruc-
tion and rehabilitation.

'™ The strong position
taken by the council for
inity in the ranks of
@organized labor was also
M}shown in another reso-
lution calling on the ex-
cutive of the Trades
and Labor Congress of

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the LPP first anniversary banquet, in announcin

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Polish troops who have been fighting with the Red Army on the Eastern front, march
proudly through liberated €helm, Poland. on their way to the fast-moving front.

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“With the cooperation of all our friends and supporters | am confident
=== SCthait the measures we have taken wil! enable our party to make a real con-
tribution towards the achievement of labor unity*and unity of all demo-
cratic forces to secure a government that will for the first time include
direct labor representation,’ declared Fergus McKean, Labor-Progressive

Party provincial leader, to an enthusiastic audience of over 500 guests at

g the decisions of the
meeting of the LPP pro-

vincial committee which
preceded the affair.

tressing the deter-

_mination of the LPP to

elect its candidates in
the coming elections,
McKean revealed that
the party intends to play
an increasingly active

role in Canadian poli-

tics by entering candi-
dates in municipal, pro-
vincial and the coming
federal elections, by ad-
vancing its proposals to
the trade unions, the

CCF followers, and to |

the Liberals, and by
fighting for labor unity
and national unity to
defeat the Drew-Du-
plessis attack upon the
unity of Canada.

McKean also. an-
nounced that the com-

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Low Rental Scheme

By CYNTHIA CARTER.

Mayor J. W. Cornett’s plan for a conference
of semi-public bodies to discuss postwar housing,

Gnnounced this week, was greeted by the public

city council has at last

been forced to a consideration of postwar housing

ture can become.

representatives of labor,

ost Urgent

ticularly application of

needs for the great city, the Vancouver of the fu-

The housing “brain trust’’ which will include

business, civic govern-

ment and builders organizations, will discuss par-

the low-rental housing

e plan successful in Chicago, with which Cornett is

city.

lecessity!

present housing problem,

familiar through a recent visit to the American

At the same time, however, the announcement
must not be interpreted to mean that mayor and
council have moved nearer to a solution of the

which grows more seri-

ous each day. The “brain trust” will not consider

EC AVENUE TYE

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