World Youth Week,

fives of 30,000 young

‘IRDTY million young people
fom every continent, race,
mr, and belief, spoke their
pds on peace, jobs, and other
(eg questions through the
delegates whom they sent to
_ historic World Federation of
accratic Youth Conference in

s don. :
= he convention was composed
imly of democratic, anti-fascist
ith representatives who had
en part in the war, either on
| home front, in the services,
s partisans. Their views
'e based on the tough, unfor-
rable lessons of battle. ~

ur Canadian delegation, con-
Biing. of 11 when we sailed from
My York, was swelled to 19 in
Wjidon. when we were joined by
Pht representatives of the
pied forces.

Whe conference was led by the
[es of the working class and
bthe young people of the resist-
le movements. These young
ple had been steeled in the fire
iwar. 2

| me of the dramatic figures of
conference was Pilar Vas-
iz, an 18-year-old girl nomin-
fi by the Spanish guerrillas to
md. Up to a short time be-
2, she was fighting. with them
linst Eranco. Pilar stated:
iere will be no happy life for
or for any Spanish girls while
in Stays as she is. If shall
tinue as IE have begun until
Spain is free once more.”
biajor Slavic Komar, 28-year-
chairman of the Yugoslav
@ pation, and chairman of the
rerful anti-fascist youth league
Yugoslavia, with a member-
} of over 2,000,000, was another
fing personality. He was the
= representative of Furopean
th to come out of the occupied
utries and establish contact
ii the World Youth Council in
{ “Our youth is well aware:
he strength that lies in unity,”
i Komar. The youth of Yugo-

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to be celebrated in Canada between March 21 and 28,
-ugurated by the World Youth Council in London, November, 1943, when represen-
people from 64 countries got together and formed the World
Ederation of Democratic Youth, replacing. the World Youth Council as an instrument
| advancing the interests of youth every where. In the following article, Jessie Storrie,
delegate from the National Federation of Labor Youth, points! to some of the high-
fhts of the London conference.

hirty Million Young People”

was

Slavia looks with full confidence
at this conference and expects
that it will bring practical re-
sults in building a stronger unity
of all the democratic forces of the
youth which is needed today in
Peace and in the reconstruction
gust the same as it was needed
during the war, in the struggle
for freedom and a better world.
This expressed the feeling of the
majority of the delegates.

* * *

IN November 7, 1945, the World

Federation of Democratic
Youth was formed as an organ-
ization of youth united in their
determination to work for peace,
liberty, democracy, independ-
ence and equality everywhere in
the world.

Young people at this confer-
ence stated emphatically “they
wanted no more war.’ “We call
upon all democratic youth organ=
izations to assist in the establish-
ment of a just and lasting peace
—to support vigorously all meas-
ures for. strengthening and
broadening the United Nations
Organization, to oppose resolutely
any attempt to prepare new im-
perialist aggression, to participate

actively in the extension of co-
eperation and understanding:
among nations,’ the delegates
stated-

Youth of India and the colonial
countries attended who told us
of the heroic fight against Brit-
ish and Dutch imperialism.

The postwar needs of youth
were given much attention. The
Tight of all youth to full employ-
ment at recognized rates of: pay,
without discrimination of color,
sex, age, nationality, etc., was
laid down as a general principle,
as was also the demand that all
careers be open to women. To
achieve this the conference stress-
ed that “all young people should
join and be active members of
their appropriate trade unions
and that the new world youth or-
ganization should work in close
cooperation with the World Hed-
eration of Trade Unions. Among

-other things, the new interna-
tional youth organization will
“work for better conditions .in

education and labor and for the

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developments of cultural, educa-
tional, and sports activities
among all youth.”

Within this World Federation of
Democratic Youth there will, be
the national and international
organizations such as labor, farm,
Christian, Scout, and other
groups. Each country through
its own organizations wiil elect
its representatives on the World
Youth Council. At the centre of
this will be an executive, with
three permanent secretaries with
headquarters in Paris.

= * =

HE voice of reaction was not
Silent at the conference. There
were efforts to break the unity
at the London conference. Led
by some Canadian and Dutch
delegates, they tried» te prevent
the setting up of a powerful de-
mocratiec anti-fascist internation-
al youth movement. They opposed
the word “democratic” in the
name of the organization. 'Phey
neue beaten: by the sheer weight
young people determined that
me new federation would be
founded at the conference.

The World Federation of De-
mocratic Youth can give us exam-
ples of democratic youth unity in
the battle. to defeat fascism. The
World Federation of Democratic
Youth can inspire us through the
deeds of young men and women
in other lands for the great ad-
venture of building a happy pros-
perous Canada.

Here in our country, we, as Ca-

nadian youth, must bring about
now a unity of all _democratic
youth groups, especially the in-
dustrial, farm, student and cul-
tural organizations, around/ a
program based on the needs of
young people in postwar Canada
for jobs, greater educational op-
portunities, higher wages. We
must rally full support for the
youth lobby te Ottawa being or-
ganized by the National Federa-
tion of uabor Youth.
-The high aspiration of the
Worle Federation of Democratic
Youth is a challenge to-every pro-
gressive young Canadian.

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E 46th and final program of
the second season of weekly
People’s Concert Series, conduct-
ed by the Labor Arts Guild, under
auspices of the Vancouver Labor
Council, will present “The Girl
of the Bandolier,” an operetta in:
three acts by John EF. Leonard,
produced by the Langley High
Scheol Philharmonic Society, in
Pender Auditorium, 339 West
Pender, on Sunday, March SE at

7.30 p.m.

With a large troupe of senor-
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and directors, this
will arrive in school busses from
Langiey Frairie tomorrow, bring-
ing gay Mexican costumes and
Rio Grande dude ranch scenery
for this significant farm-labor-
art event of original music, dance
and comedy.

Except for a few substitute mu-
Sicilians from Vancouver this at-
traction, including the Leonard
libretto and musical score, is en-
tirely a Fraser Valley venture and
a noteworthy example of a peo-
ple’s achievement, dependent on
their own resources for cultural
‘activities and creative enterprise.

The John Goss Studio Singers
will present a recital of part
songs for women’s, voices, with
Phyllis Schuldt at the piano, on
Monday, April 8, at 8:15 p.m., in
the Aztec Room, Hotel Georgia.

Lloyd Powell, noted British

eeneert pianist and adjudicator
for the Royal Schools, will be the
distinguished assisting artist.
- Comprised of Sheila MacDon-
ald and Erika WNalos, sopranos;
Natalie Minunzie, Marion Cutler;
Betty Coe and Lorene Kerr, mez-
20S; Margaret Davies,
Twiss and Ruth Charlesworth,
eontraltos, all pupils of John
Goss, with Nancy Allan, guest
soprano, this ensemble has the
rare musica] distinction of ap-
pearing in a part-song recital un-
eonducted.

Major works ta be performed

eare a series of scenes from
Gluck’s opera, “Orpheus,” and
part songs by Brahms, written

for a2 women’s chair, which he
conducted in Hamburg during an
early period. There will be a fur-
ther group of Brahms’ Hungarian
Zypsy songs, arranged for Wwo-
men’s voices. Remainder of the
program will be devoted to orig-—
inal compositions and arrange-
ments of songs from the 16th
Century to the present day-
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Wage Freeze

the attitude of employers by re-

counting his experience in recent
foundry negotiations. The em-
ployers’ representative greeted
the union men with a eategorical
no te “the forty hour week,
twenty-five cents an hour increase
across the board and two weeks
holiday with pay.”’ When Murphy
pointed out that he was dealing
with the demands of the IFWA .-
and not of the foundryworkers
the company representative re-
plied, “Well, its no to that, too.

“The National War Labor
Board is out of date,” Murphy
went on, “during the whole period
of the war it never operated in
the interest of labor and today it
is Just a2 means of stalling. There
is absolutely no basis for its con-
tinued existence and should be.
done away with.” :

Both Karley Larsen, 1WA in-
ternational vice-president,
Harold Pritchett, district presi-
dent, agreed that current nego-
liations with the lumber barons
gave no sign that the workers
would win their demands without
a sharp struggle. Karley Larsen,
who is assisting the B-C. district
in current negotiations, adress-
ing the council pointed out that.
there is little difference in the ob-.
jectives and tactics of monopoly.
capital both sides of the “line.”
“There is no indication that they
intend to relax their fight to re-
tain restrictive legislation which
will prevent labor from exercising
its right to use its economic
strength,” he stated.- “The limber
industry in the U.S., since Janu-
ary ist, has increased the price
of logs by three dollars a thou-
sand, the price of plywoods has
inereased by 20 percent. Nothing
we have seen so far would indi-
cate that we are going to receive.
our democratic rights without a
terrific struggle. The demands
of labor are a minimum. We must
unite our efforts to accomplish
a victory. The fight to increase
the standard of living is not the
fight of a few, but the fight of
the country as a whole.”

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