Page 10—Saturday, December [6 1942 —Sunday Photos. Some of the outstanding personalities at the LPP convention. Reading from left to right: Standing—An- gus Campbell, federal candidate for Yale: Harold Prit- chett, district president of the IWA and candidate in Vancouver East; William Stewart, president of the Boils ermakers and candidate for Vancouver North: Harvey Murphy, IUMMSW district organizer and candidate in East Kootenay; Henry Codd, federal candidate in the Kamloops riding; and Gary Culhane, secretary Shipyard General Workers’ Federation and candidate in Victoria. Sitting—Minerva Cooper, candidate for Wancouver Burrard; Tom McEwen, Labor cantidate in the Yukon: Joe Salsberg, member of the LPP National Executive and Ontario MPP; Fergus McKean, previncial leader of the LPP; and James McPherson, provincial leader of the Alberta LPP. Continued from Page 9 Provincial Committee Vancouver East; Charles Saun- ders, Dorothy Lynas, William Stewart, Garry Harris and Harry | Ball of Vancouver North; Mal-| colm Macleod and Wil- liam Bennett from WVancouver- South. Victoria will be represent- ed by Bob Kerr, Garry Culhane, Edith Frankam, Darshan Singh and George Greenwell; West Kootenay by Harry Drake; Yale by Angus Campbell and Mar- guerite Young; Yukon by Tom McHwen and Carl Grey. A youth representative will be chosen in consultation with the youth movement. Meeting on Sunday afternoon in the Hastings Auditorium the Provincial Committee elected the following to the Provincial Exe- ecutive: Fergus McKean, Tom McEwen, Minerva Cooper, Nigel Morgan, Vi McCrae, Harold Prit- chett, Garry Culhane, John Goss, Margaret Black, Coray Camp- bell, Charles Saunders; Harvey Murphy and Bill Rigby. Continued from Pace 9 EAM, against the reactionary forces and the unfortunate inter- vention of the British Govern- ment. ‘One of the other highlights of the convention was the introduc; tion of Warrant Officer Kenne Thompson, RCAF, who has flown 30° missions over Germany. In homage to our fighting men, the whole convention stood to greet him, and after the convention went into a minute of silence te do honour to our heroic dead in the struggle against fascism. In a statement W. O. Thomp- son declared, “Rehabilitation is cne thing everybody in the arm- ed forces is worrying about, and the LPP program is going to help us a lot.”~ FEDERAL CANDIDATES During the afternoon, one by one, al] ten LPP federal candi- dates for British Columbia were introduced to the convention. They received warm applauses, Which indicated the determina- tion of the delegates to leave no stone unturned to have them elected to the Parliament. Kamloops Federal candidate, Henry Codd of White Lake, who is the president of the Notch Hill Farmers Institute, express- ing the sentiments of the farm- ing people, enthusiastically re- marked, “Our program means to the farmers everything that bas been lacking in other pro- grams.” ‘And a student dele- gate said, “Our Party recognizes the fact that in the field of edu- cation the ‘ability to pay’ must be replaced by the ‘ability to learn.’*?- Comrade Rita Hill, housewife from Kamloops and Jean Mason of Vancouver, were ot the opinion that the “conven- ( ~~ GREETINGS to PA from DR. W. J. CURRY S 2 m at Convention aT e Dang E bees. + ord Va) Pe ar a ¢ tion demonstrates ‘clearly to the women of B.C. that the program adopted by the LPP is the only one that will guarantee them jobs, security and freedom in the postwar world.” - YUKON DELEGATE Carl Grey, the delegate from ‘the Yukon was deeply impressed by the solidarity and fraterrnal warrmth of the meeting. After the resolution on the establish- ment of representative govern- ment in the Yukon was passed by the convention, Carl said to me, “We have no representative government in the Yukon at all. My interests and the interests of all small business men coincide with the LPP program. Out there we feel isolated. Here I have realized that the progres- Sives up north are not alone.” PROVINCIAL LEADER = The climax of the convention Was reached on the evening of December 9. Nigel Morgan, -after a stirring address, nomin- ated Ferrgus McKean for re- election as the provincial leader of the party. : In approval the whole ‘con- vention was engulfed with the Sreatest applauuse and the dele- gates stood as one man to honor their trusted and tried leader. WIND-UP : To wind up the most suecess- ful convention ever held by the EPP ain BIG: J: BR Salsberg, onee again addressed the dele- gates. Z mendous tasks facing the ety dian people, he declared, — lave a sound policy, a good gram and- able leadership, — let us go ahead to win vic for the people on the battle and on the home front.” Looking at the adese the final, session ended, % Kinglish said to me, “You 1}. the loggers, metal and coal ~ = er of the imterior and the * ing people at large will a cur program wholeheartedly task now is to reach them.” f % - WAND STUDI. “Anything With a Came 8 E. Hastings St. PAc. 7 VANCOUVER, B.C. VOU PSUR eNO DUraceesertecstiiretecteceetetetercsticreri) JOHN STANTOD Barrister, Solicitor, Notac~ a) : 3 502 Holden Bide. 16 E. Hastings St. MA. 57 LESS bectieriseecceticccteriittertsitiiiiicetetiiecte til) a SCOCTUULOEECOUCUURCORRL LETC} * N. S. Gill Fuel Co. 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