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Three hundred delegates
to the Bighth Annual Con-
vention of International
Woodworkers of America
bitterly contested on Wed-
nesday afternoon an d
Thursday morning Article
1, Section 4-b of the consti-

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BS 4 : tution, under which mem-
: ( : LABORS VOICE FOR VICTORY - bers of the Communist
fe 4 Party are barred from IWA

VOL. III, NO. 43 membership.

5 Cents

The issue arose when an
appeal from an executive
board majority decision sus-
taining. President Worth
Lowery’s expulsion of three
members under the clause

Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, October 28, 1944

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fighting inheritor of the best traditions of the B.C.
Worker's News, The People’s Advocate, The Advocate
and Ihe People will take its place in the forefront of
the battle for a better world.

The struggles for unity and progress, for demo-
cracy and humanity, in which its predecessors so ably

_ participated, are an earnest of its high objectives in

was launched by Interna-
tional Board Member Fisher,
District No. 2 North
Next week Volume 1, Number 1, of the new, Washington) . (

“I plead with the dele-
gates to protect the constitu-
tion so no president or ex-
ecutive board can interpret
it to bar members of church,
fraternal, or other organiza-
tions they claim are covered
by the clause.” said Karly
Larsen, president of District

No. 12, who pointed out that
thosé expelled had had no
trial or formal charges laid
against them, and had not
admitted to membership in
the Communist Party, but
to belonging to the Com-
mumnist Political Associa-
tion.

“Looking back on labor
history, we find that it is in
this manner unions are con-
trolled from the top,’ he
continued. “Don’t confirm
*an interpretation of the con-
stitution that will snap back
at yourselves,’ he warned,
referring to Worth Lowery s
interpretation that the
“Communist Party’ clause
meant Communist Politi-
cal Association’ as well. “If
this is done, the very prin-
ciple for which we left the

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ef | the coming period.
= (| That this period is an entirely new one in the
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history of mankind's progress, that the rush of events

kg | bas brought with it new hopes and new perspectives,

only places greater responsibilities on those charged

with bringing this infant into the world and nurtur-
ing it to become the lusty battler for the people they
hope it will become.

They ask for your help and participation. This
= | youngster cannot be made strong without it.

Let us agree and pledge ourselves, readers, editors
| | and staff, to give it our best.

Let us make it into a mighty giant, striding for-
| | ward together with all the people, to a new world,
a better world, in which mankind, having shaken off
the yoke of fascism and reaction, moves ever onward,
ever upward.

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4 Lowery, B.C. District No. 1 President Harold Prit-

: chett. Bottom: President North Washington PDistrict

T le St 5: Council No. 2 Karley Larson, B.C. District No. 1 Inter-
- basic policy of labor,” and
asking that the incoming

national Board Member Nigel Morgan.
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: Labor Unity
| TLC executive give serious

% ©§©3>s- Sixtieth annual conven-
tion of the Trades and La-
bor Congress of Canada,
| meeting in Toronto, is prov-
& ing itself to be the most
united in the history of
Canadian labor.

Intention of delegates_ to

| carry this unity into labors
Bi daily struggle was made
| very clear when a resolu-
a

Layoffs’ Conference Welcomed

Decision of Wancouver city council, on the urging of
Alderman Jack Price, to call a representative conference
of labor, industry and business to consider the layoffs prob-
lem is being heartily welcomed. 5

The increasing number of layoffs with the present
inadequate plans for reemployment demand a unified ef-
fort if reconversion plans are to be speeded up.

Labor is expecting the conference to provide a lead in
solution of the problem. :

tion stating, It is now im-
‘perative that the highest de-
eree of cooperation and
united action should be the

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