ibor Leaders Address fikon Miners Local ng Ose who lay claim to being the politica] arm of-Jabor @ut labor’s consent are not serv ing the best interests of W@ unionism,” declared Tom McEwen, Yukon Labor’ eGiate, to a meeting of Whitehorse District Workers’ mgt this week. Other speakers also stressed the need to f meeting was held by the zation Committee of ‘the aion which is an affiliate international Union of | Mill and Smelter Work st speaker was Jack Og- |, tield organizer of the W, who outlined the wmiistery and tireless effort gruggle that had gone in- “2 building of the interna- ‘union. Ogbourne also je OL its great contribution i North American war ef- Und the big gains regis- luring the last few years. Bs of the greatest stabil-_ meactors in postwar recon- pon,” said the union org- ma “will be a strong trade Ww movement, sharing eq- ® with other progressive { in the country the re- bility of leadership and eve.” | Jones, veteran trade un- = and worker im the labor ent, also addressed the ig on the need OE building e¢ trade union movement Yukon. “No intelligent st woman denies the need @rade union,” -said Jones. (main thing for us is to ( built.” ®. Belanger, business a- of Loeal 84, Hotel and Brant Employees Union, mel the meetine on behalf j@e members. Belanger de- .@ that together the unions Whitehorse district could je 2 great contribution to |mclfare of their commun- ,#d their membership. a HOME OF WNION MADE CLOTHING /ENDLY SERVICE if i tusethe union clear of politics in a narrow party sense. He also outlined gains his union had made during the short time it had been in exis- tence in Whitehorse, and cited instances where wages had been inereased as much as twenty to thirty-six dollars a month. McEwen, who is a member of Vancouver Local 239 of the IUMMSW, also dealt With the Struggle of the union in Can- ada tor organization and re- cognition. He paid tribute to those workers who had worked tirelesly to bring the union to its present strong position. Hugo Seaholm, Sstrone trade unionist and onetime activist in the International Woodworkers of America, acted as chairman of the meeting. Collection of $43.00 to help the organization- al work of the union was taken up: and 23 new applicants join- ed. Ogbourne expressed satisfac- . tion at the resuits and urged the new members to continue their efforts in the various camps for the enrolment of more workers so that certifica— tion could quickly be achieved. Thaelman Was Murdered © Hitler has murdered Hrnst ‘Thaelmann, the man whom he has kept in prison since 1933 but never dared to bring to trial, the leader. of the Com- munist Party of Germany who polled five million votes for president in the last free elec- tion held in Germany. For a second time, German propaganda headquarters have announced that Thaelmann was killed, supposedly by Allied bombs, in a raid on a western German concentration camp. These reports indicate that the Gestapo has murdered the great German workers’ leader secretly and, as it usually does in such cases, is trying to pre- pare an alibi for its crime. Sm oS i) E ast Hastings, Vancouver Are You Getting Bald? Is Your Hair Falling? See Kay’s Hair Special ists. Your hair might srow again. Falling Shair can be Stepped and dandruff elim- inated in a few treatments. Li- quid, $1.85 post- paid. 314 Do- minion Bldg., 207 W. Hastings St. MAr. 8632. Previous campaign experiences indicate this. $50,000 Object of LPP Financial Drive DEAR FRIENDS: ; The coming federal elections will place two alternatives before us: whether we will live under conditions worthy of a nation which has contributed so much to the fight against fas- cism, or whether we will live under the conditions of pre-war insecurity and distress implicit in the present challenge of Drew-Duplessis-Tory reaction. The forees of reaction are now making a strong bid to achieve federal power. They haye already been successful in becoming the goyernments of our two major provinces, Ontario and Quebec. They count on repeating in the federal field what the disunity of progressive and democratic forces made possible proyincially. The answer to this threat has been provided by the far- sighted policy advanced by the Labor-Progressive Party of unity of all democratic, progressive forces in a labor-Liberal’-f coalition. This is the only road ahead for a better world in the postwar years. Every day developments bear out the truth of this. . The election of a bloc of candidates committed to the only policy which will defeat reaction and open up the path to pro- gress has been made possible by the running: of ten LPP fed- eral candidates in B.C. These candidates must be elected. They are the only candidates in their constituencies who | are committed to the poli¢y of a Labor-Liberal coalition. They are therefore the candidates who must be elected if Canada is to march forward. To elect these candidates, to bring our program: to each and évery person in this province is the stark necessity of the moment. To do this we have to raise a campaign fund of at least FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in British Columbia. I am therefore appealing to every democratic and pro= } gresSive person who reads these words. Your help is needed. Now. The goal of Fifty Thousand Dollars can be reached in B.C. The successes which the LPP has already achieved in bringing its program and policies to the people indicate this. The urgency of the need, the justice of the cause, the enthusiasm of the campaign - all these point to success. However, only YOUR cooperation can make this a reality. Your contribution is necessary. Every dollar is another weapon in the hands of the forces of progress and a nail in the coffin of reaction. Expenses of printing, offices, halls; trans- portation and a thousand and one othér necessities have to be met. Qur party is a people’s movement, part and parcel of the lifeblood of the Canadian people, fighting to move our Canada forward on the pathway of humanity’s progress, to forge that unity necessary to take the next lone step forward, to smash the threat of reaction seeking to block the way. Our party can only carry forward this struggle as an in- tegral part of the people, sharing its setbacks and victories, deriving its sustenance and very existence from the ranks in which it plays so vital a part. Lf ask you to send in your contribution now to 209 Shelly Building, Vancouver. This is your option on a better future for our children, our families and our friends. This is one way of repaying: those whose struggles on-the battlefields have made such a future possible. Sincerely, JOHN McPHAKE, : : Provineial “Federal Hlection Campaign” Manager. ( GREETINGS to The People from DR. W. J. CURRY Hastings Steam Baths Vancouver, B.C. Always Open. Expert Mas- >) HAst. 0340 766 E. Hastings seurs in Attendance (= =J 8 a.m. to 11 p.m—40c & 50e JOHN McPEAKE LPP Federal Campaign Manager for B.C. CouncilBacks Steel Union Complying with a request from United Steelworkers of America, Local 2655, Burnaby councillors, this week agreed to write to Prime Minister MacKenzie King protesting the “‘slow- down’ at the Ordnance plant of Dominion Bridge. A committee was also set up to work in cooperation with the Union. Petitioning on the grounds that the policy of corporations should have first regard for - public interest, not private gain, particularly where man-= agement of a “government- Owned enterprise” is involved, the United Steelworkers asked Support in their demand that the Ordnance plant must not Pass out of public hands. Stating that without new contracts, or immediate con- version to other limes of pro- duction the Ordnance plant will die, the Union claimed that ordnance plant equipment could easily be utilized in the bridge and * construction work of the company’s fabricating plant. Quoting W. B: Scoular, man- ager of the Ordnance plant, from a press report last May when he stated with reference to contracts expiring at the end of this year, “I don’t know what will happen after that and I don’t think Ottawa knows either. As the plant is prac- tically government owned and government money is being: ex- pended to operate it, the sooner it is curtailed the better for the average Canadian.” The Union suggested that the Ord- nance division is being allowed to sink into decay so that it can eventually be bought for a song by Diominion Bridge. N. S. Gill Fuel Co: New West, 810—FR. 3231 Mill Run Slabs, Edgings, Insides, 2 cords $10 No. 1 Fir Sawdust NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GANADIAN SOVIET FRIENDSHIP “Opie Muwi’s Thoushis 603 HOLDEN BLDG —— LISTEN ! —— BACH SUNDAY NIGHT—9:45—CJOR Subject for September 24 “JEWS AND OTHER MINORITIES” Scapegoats for Weaklings Sponsored by G. 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