8 Continued from Page One Quebec Convention ecouver. “Everyone at this eon- vention is fully behind the: de- mands of the Packinghouse workers for better, conditions, ~ but conditions can be won with- out strike action. Under no circumstances can this conven- tion go on record as prepared to violate its no-strike pledge.” Mosher’s opening address to the nearly 500 delegates, repre- senting: 250,000 Canadian work- ers, failed to give a lead on the concrete steps for trade union independent political action to achieve labor’s economic pro- gram. Neglecting the realities of the present day situation in Canada, and the need of analy- sis and direction necessary to cope with the complicated tasks facing labor as a major force in the nation, he dealt with ab- stractions and vague general- ities about the need of a “new social order.” Mosher’s address followed speeches by labor Minister Mitchell and Justice Minister St. Laurent which dealt with the need of postwar cooperation between labor, industry and government. Fear that C@EF forces would attempt to sidetrack discussion on the basic problems of inde- pendent political action and a realistic economic postwar pro- gram for Ganada received con- firmation when the important postwar resolution reached the floor of the convention. The resolution, while listing some points that labor wants, did not attempt to show how they could be realized and did not deal with the questions of exports, price ceilings, wage ceilings or basic questions of reconversion and full employ- ment. The resolution, which should have been the essence of a political action program for the CCL, left itself without the teeth which labor will have to fight for durmg day to day struggle. C. S8.*Jackson, United Blec- trical Workers, pointed out that the resolution showed the need for a basic postwar program which would rally labor, gov- ernment and industry around a program of full employment in the postwar. He pointed out that a real postwar planning program had to be based on such cooperation as was: stres- sed in the speeches made by Mitchell and St. Laurent. The convention unanimously endorsed a resolution intro- duced by the International Fur and Leather Workers’ Union, hoeal 65, that the CCL. démand that the federal government enact legislation making anti- semitism a crime punishable by law and that delegates go on record as opposing anti=semi- tism wherever it raises its head. Speakers made it clear that they were of the opinion that reactionary pro-fascist ele- ments In Canada were using Hitler’s weapon and that anti= semitism must be brought out into the open and fought. A resolution condemning ra- cial discrimination in any form was unanimously referred back to the committee on constitu- tion and laws for inclusion in CCL constitution. Speaking on the resolution, Kuldeep Singh, of Victoria, pointed out the effects of racial discrimination in B.C. im regard to jobs, wages and the right to vote. to Do Right New! Continued | | e@ that the Vancouver charter pre- vented anything being done, but when the pressure got too heavy, a solution was quickly found in agreement with the provincial government. “Premier John UHart has promised to take any difficul- ties out of the way for city ac- tion and, if this is the problem bothering Alderman Buscombe, he can rest assured that the road can be cleared in the same Way again. Such threadbare. ex- cuses are evidence of the des- peration and Jack of. sound foundation on which opposition stands.” : The resolution in question, pointing to the inadequacy of the present Housing Act in pro- viding homes for wage earner families of low income groups. asks that urban municipalities be empowered to set up housing authorities for low-rent Ccon- struction with Dominion funds at a low rate of interest. The resolution also requests ‘that such housing accommoda- tion be available to low-income families at one-fifth of their income and that losses, if any, be borne by the Dominion gov- ernment. The present Housing Act makes no provision for munici- palities to undertake projects, and the weakness in the provi- “sions regarding assistance to corporations, philanthropic groups or individuals is that only those in middle or high income groups benefit. “The Winnipeg resolution,” said the LPP secretary, “is to demon- Strate to the federal gsovern- ment that city councils are pre- pared to go ahead if given the necessary assistance. SRO KR RN HARRY ABRAMOVITZ “The Jews in Two World Wars” will be the subject of an address to be delivered on Sat- urday evening, October 21, at the Jewish Community Center by Harry Abramovitz, national business manager of the Cana- dian Jewish Weekly. The Cana- dian Jewish Weekly is the only national~ Jewish weekly news- paper in Canada. Abramoyitz will also be the guest of honor at a banquet at the Hastings Auditorium on Sunday, October 22, at 6 p.m. The speaker will deal with the plight of the Jewish people during the last world war; the tremendous sacrifice of over four million Jews bestially murdered by the Nazis; the un- paralleled heroism with which the Jews of Europe and in the Allied armies have fought back against the onslaught of bar- barism; the meaning of Jewish sacrifice and heroism as a con- tribution to the democratic vic- tory over the enemies of all mankind. Continued Island Lal An executive recom tion to the conference ¢ continuations committee consist of the committe, charged with callmgs 7 ference, plus the chairn vice-chairman of each in an endeavor to get 2 a committee as “poss carry on the work was by .C@F delegates, ¥ sisted that a “democrati tion be held from th Since they had plugs conference with 35 out 50 delegates present, th was a foregone conclu: Ted Ward, organizer Industrial Reconstructi Social Development who attended the sess sued the following state The People on hearing action of the Island uni “Tt would be a pity if dustrial trade union {| the conference were lost, but I must agree W:. Marshall (president Joint Labor Conference it would have been vez eult for trade wnions © functioned in the Conti Committee merely to platforms for a politica “Partisan tactics, only - yious on the part of @ prevented any broad o discussion during the « the conference. Similar methods in packing Zl tinuations Committee from the executive al whose election would | sulted in a broad repres body, fitted to carry purpose for which the ence was called.” His Name is .. . TOM .. HARRY... JACK... FRED..BILL 100 PER CENT UNION AND A GOOD WORKER Tells me he came from the Prairies . . the Great Lakes . . Quebec .. the East Coast .. born and raised right here in British Columbia. He knew Bennett’s Hungry 30’s—slave camps—relief—sub- standard wages—rode freights—and a bowl of charity soup. . . Munich came—* Peace in our time’’—and war. That's the Job, Tom, Harry, Jack, Fred, Bill Says We Have THE CHIPS ARE DOWN Put in your share NOW for— JOBS — WOMES. —— SECURIIN: the same as ““The Guy You Work With” ‘Blood—Sweat—Tears; at last Teheran, Bretton Woods, Dumbarton Oaks and the Second Front—symbols of Allied unity for defeat of fascism—guarantee of enduring peace! The road to the future for the guys overseas, for us and for those yet to come. Maybe he is a Labor-Progressive—a Liberal—a CCFer or perhaps he is still “thinking it over’... - Maybe he is a Protestant . . a Catholic ..a Jew. . . He may be colored or he may be white ... But he and the guys like him make up Canada. He says we can get together NOW for Jobs, for Real Homes, for Security. 3 ° Namen. 2. sss Enclosed please find’ $e ; my share in the Labor-Pro- e gressive Party’s fight for Jobs—Homes—Security.