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By C. A. Saunders

The next six months are likely to be the most decisive in Canadian

( LABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY history. There is every indication that the war in Europe will be over be-
. fore that time and in the interim the Canadian people have to elect ) their
: VOL. II, NO. 39 a 5 Cents 'epresentatives, federally and in most cases municipally, to carry them
ae are through the first years of the peace

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=f Savoia nas leg scbember 30, 1044 The forces of reaction are gathering their strength to capture power

Demand
|CCF State
}Position

me Leaders of 40,000
Weauto workers in the
ae Windsor district of On-
‘tatio this week demanded
~# that the three CCF local
‘members of the provin-
‘cial legislature “speak out
f in favor of a democratic
( coalition of the CCF, Lib-
} eral and IPP Parties to
i defeat Drew.”

The demand was con-
}tained in an open letter to
ithe three MPP’s “elected
through labor support,”
| published in the Windsor

Star, initiated by Roy G.

‘(England and Alex Pa-
Brent, presidents of the
‘two United Auto Work-
sers locals, and signed by
165 union officials, shop
)Sstewards and commiuttee-
| men.

The letter pointed out
‘e Drew is the main ob-
stacle to guaranteed post-
war jobs, decent housing,
S family allowances and
labor legislation, and that
labor had demanded that
# Drew must go, that the
= CCP alone or the Liber-
Fals alone cannot defeat
= the Tories and that this
= can only be accomplished
2 by the Liberal and
= Labor forces uniting their
fp strength in the House.”
‘| «lt then goes on to de-
; ‘mand that the CCF legis-
#@ lators make their position
Tq clear on the following
= three points:
@ Are you for or
against Drew?

© Are you prepared to
“participate in a democra-
fic coalition of all anti-
Drew forces to form 2

& gOvernment in Ontario?

@ Are you prepared

| to fight for a special ses-

e Sion of the legislature
now?”

Wide publicity in the
shops, mines and trade
unions of Ontario is ex-
pected for the move.

and rob the people of the
fruits of victory.

The Drew - Duplessis
cammpaign against every
measure Of social advance

province in the obstructive
tactics of the Tory wing of
the Liberal -Pory coalition.
It is indicative of what
may be expected if pro-fas-
cist and Tory groupings
hold the balance of power
following the federal- elec-
tions, in which it is general-
ly admitted no party will
have sufficient strength to
govern alone.

The task facing the Cana-
dian people is plain.

All democratic and pro-
gressive forces must be
brought together in a Lib-
eral-Labor coalition to pre-
vent an alliance on the right
and to ensure the defeat of
Tory reaction.

A most important con-
tribution to victory for the
Canadian people in the
peace will be the election to

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- : the next federal house of a
This picture, taken by a Belgian civilian, shows the Nazi retreat from Belgium. substantial number of L[La-

Their departure is noticeably different from theit entry by mechanized transport. _bor-Progressive candidates,

Here they are shown walking beside bicycles and riding horse-drawn wagons.

the candidates who  wiil

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McPeake

TENANTS

John McPeake, prominent Vancouver pro-
gressive and well known for his energetic leader-
ship in the drive for a much needed housing
program in this city, this week announced his
intentions of being an aldermanic contestant in
the coming civic elections.

Announcing ‘his candidature, McPeake
issued the following statement to the press:

“The apparent shelving of action on Van-

pate in taking over of the BCER, and the nega-
tive position of our civic administration towards
all of the important questions of the present and
the immediate future is sufficient to cause won-
derment if not alarm.

need for change in our city council. For this rea-
son | intend to become a candidate for the

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finds its parallel in this ’

couver’s housing problem, the refusal to partici-"

“Because of the apathy existing, there is