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Coalition Imperative
ale HE proposed withdrawal of J. L. Cohen,
K.-C. as a CCF-Labor candidate in consequence
of the anti-unity attitude of the CCF leadership

brings into sharper relief the result of their nar-
row party policies.

Cohen, nationally known labor counsel,
has announced that he finds it impossible
to continue to run as CCF-Labor candidate

for the federal constituency of Essex West, On-
tanio. Cohen accepted nomination on the under-

standing that his candidature would rally the -

greatest possible agreement between all labor
groups in Wundsor.
ments showed a deep cleavage of opinion between
organized labor and the CCF over the question of
coalition to defeat the Tory Drew regime in
Ontario. 5

The United Automobile Workers recently
published an open letter advocating a democratic

coalition to replace the reactionary Drew gov-
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in the Ontario Legislature as an independent Lib-
eral, last week announced his intention to’ rejoin
the Liberal party and declared his intention of
joiming with other democratic forces to fight
Toryism. — :
_- The attitude of the CCF leadership is class-
ing Tory and Liberal as one, with the announced
intention of driving them together in a coalition
of reaction will doom Canada to years of strug-
gle and will deal a tremendous blow to the hopés
and aspirations of organized labor.
It is already evident that no party will hold
a sufficient majority in the next Federal Parlia-
ment to form a government. The Tory and pro-
fascists are putting on a tremendous campaign
to become the dominant force and the only way
their designs can be defeated is by all democratic
forces uniting, not only to ensure their defeat but
to return a government of coalition pledged to
a policy of democratic progress. ~~‘ ae oo
The tendencies of federal politics can be ob-
served on the provincial scene. The pattern has
been clearly demonstratd in Ontario.
ritish Columbia the strain of the Con-
-Liberal coalition is already apparent as

ERE THEN is room for a wide-awake revision of our licensingy; he approaches.

policy to ensure fair payments in accor

pay. Actually licenses are —
of business and not necessarily as revenue producers.

dance with ability to :
e generally looked upon as regulators has been well able to observe the con-

Many citiess between the Liberal labor legislation

have made this distinction and have two measures. One a license p terpretations thereof by the Conserva-

by-law for regulating [
revenue. For example, Calgary, with
aps wee

ee

could only succeed in splitting the progressive
‘ote, they persist in the “Moses” role, and re-
fuse to cooperate with anybody.

As long ago as May, the national conference
of the LPP issued a statement calling for tne
election of a Liberal-Labor government, directly
including spokesmen of labor, “as the only prac-
tical road ahead to victory and the reaping of
ey ibecelees

The correctness of this policy has been borne

out by events, as the Tories make their aims

clearer, Drew in his opposition to the family al-
lowance legislation, Duplessis in his move to
abrogate the progtessive measures of the God-

bout regime.

Drew’s anti-labor policies and his failure to

or to move on any of
the points in his election platform has aroused

all progressive forces.

The campaign launched by the LPP has
gained tremendous support, with the major
unions lining up behind the demand to replace

ith a progressive coalition.
en ene government can be defeat
ed by united action by the Liberal-CCF-LPP op-
position. The CCE stand exposed as the main
obstacle to the defeat of Drew ane igre:
of a coalition government to work with fede
authorities to enact progressive measures for the

postwat.-

Ex-Premier Hepburn, who has been sitting

business and the other a business tax for,
90,000 population collecte

: A government of Liberal-Labor

qorney-General Maitland. Progressive
measures passed during the last sessions have
not been to the liking of the Tory wing of this
mesalliance and it has been fairly evident that
the move for public ownership of the BCER
companys power moncpoly has not received
much support from this side of the provincial
legislature. os

Actions of such Conservative Mayors as Cor-
nett of Vancouver in refusing to accept responsi-
bility for the municipalities, are indicative of the
Tory obstructionist methods that have delayed
action until the BCER were in a position to an-
nounce a huge program of renovation and con-
struction as a belated recognition of years of
neglect.

would be a huge step forward and is realizable
in British Columbia. The CCF might have
played a big role in bringing this about had they
not persisted in becoming a typical “opposition.”

The Labor-Progressive party, in putting for-
ward its proposals for a democratic coalition
of all progressive forces to form the next govern-
ment of Canada realized there were definite po-

litical differences between those supporting a pro-

gram of social reform and international coopera-
tion and those opposed. These differences are
daily becoming more apparent and emphasize the
need to unite the forces standing for social prog-
ress against those Tory representatives of big
business who would lead us back to the days of
poverty, depressions and unemployment.

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7 By Alderman Charles §

PREMIER Drew of Ontario and Major Conn
made the most serious charges against Can
United Nations’ military leaders. eee

Premier Drew charges that infantry+ £
were inadequate at Caen, Falaise and in the |

Channel ports.

He has called into question

competence and honor of Generel BH. D. G@
mander of the First Canadian Army in France

E. L. M. Burns, commander of
the Canadian First Corps in
Italy. Im effect, Premier Drew
also accuses General Eisenhow-
er, the Supreme Commander,
and General Montgomery of
ordering Canadian regiments
into crucial battles against the
best of Hitler’s warriors with-
out adequate, trained reinforce-
ments. s

That Canadian regiments
have been in dangerous, tight
actions when every reserve

foree at hand had to’ be rushed
into the battle—to turn the tide
“and carry the objective—or that
mistakes have been madé@ in
battle, no one can deny. But,
sum total of the war
effort and of Canada’s part init
with her present military pol-
icy, has been to “bring withim
grasp complete victory over
Germany this year. :

I affirm that no family tha
suffered the grievous loss of
their dear ones in the battles of
France and Italy has any rea-
son to believe that these pre-
cious lives were lést in vain. or.
because of bad military policy.
The vesults-ef these battles vin-
dicate: @anada’s military ef-

-_ fort, and, at this moment, when

uae mighty breakthrough into
Germany from the Rhine and
the Vistula has begun, for Pre--
mier Drew to cast doubt upon
Canada’s military leadership is
outrageously irresponsible.

HAT are the results of the

battles won by Generals
Crerar, Simonds and Burns that
Drew speaks about?

Supreme Commander Hisen-
hower had such confidence in
Crerar’s First Canadian Army
that he assigned to it the job
of holding the strongest Ger-
man forces at the Caen hinge.
Hisenhower declares that every
foot held by the Ganadians at
Caen was as important as 10
miles elsewhere. Qur boys held
the Caen hinge, then smashed
it im an unparalleled night
attack, captured Falaise and
linked forces with the Yanks
to trap and mangle the German
wth Army. Canada’s great vic-
tory in the Caen-Falaise sector
made possible the liberation of
Paris and the triumphal race of
the American ist and 38rd
Armies clean across France.

Premier Drew, the great mil-

. itary expert, surely knows that

General Guy Simonds, com-
mander of the Canadian Second
Corps, made military history in

organizing that victory. Si-

monds prepared and rehearsed
the attack to break the Gaen
hinge in the seven days before
the battle, right in the battle
area. Simonds used Lancaster
and Halifax 4-motor bombers,
tanks, artillery and infantry—
skillfully co-ordinating them in
a sensationally new way. He
invented a new type of armored
truck, and had them built right
behind the battle area to take
his infantry right through the

toughest Germa
France.

Was this za
cisive batle, ¥
casualties thay
fered at Vimy
daele in one
through under
tions as te,
charges of Pre
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Canadians un
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