LPP convention reso to win social security, progress and peace Colorful, frish-born Gary eulhans drew prolonged applause from delegates to the Labor-Progressive Party’s provin- Cial convention in the city last weekend when, speaking to a resolution denouncing the British Labor governmentis policy in Palestine, he declared: “JT Know what it is to live under the rule of British bayonets. We cannot stand for it being imposed on it ourselves. The resolution was one of five dealing with British and Ameri- can policies towards Palestine, - China, India, Spain and Greece adopted by the convention. ‘e On Palestine, the conven- tion urgéd that the issue be brought before the Uniteq Na- tions, that the Arab and Jewish peoples be allowed to work out their own destiny on the basis of self-determination, that the gates of all democratic coun- tries be opened to Jewish and other victims of fascism and that Ganada permit the entry of 25,000 such immigrants. @ On China, the convention ealled for an end to ‘interven- tion and immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops, with a further demand that the King govern- ment hait ali sales of arms to China until such time as a democratic cealition government replaces the present one-party rule of the Kuomintang. e@ On India, the convention went on record for abolition of the vicercys veto power and an unqualified declaration of inde pendence, new elections to the constituent assembly on the ba- Sis of universal adult suffrage, with the assembly to be given - full sovereign powers, and im- mediate withdrawal of all Brit- ish troops. e@ ©n Spain, the convention demanded that the government immediately sever all relations with EFranco’s fascist regime. j@{ On Greece, the convention sought immediate withdrawal of all British troops, release of All political prisoners and new free democratic elections. @ther resolutions dealing with international issues to receive en- Gorsation by the convention in- eluded one demanding that the King government “abandon its present policy of disrupting Big Five unity and give its full sup- port to the UN, upholding the veto power as a guarantee of world peace,” and another urging the government to work for a policy placing “all scientific knowl edge, material resources and con- trol of atomic . energy in the hands. of the United Nations.” Among resolutions on uational issues approved by delegates were: @ Demand that the King gov- ernment abandon its provoca- tive plans for constructing sec- ret military bases in the North in collaboration with the United States’ government and proceed instead ‘with plans for peaceful development of the Northwest Territories. * - @ Reatffirmation of a policy -.0f workine for closer Canadian- Soviet friendship: in the belief that “the key to. world peace lies in continued cooperation be- tween the Soviet Union and the western democracies,” with a «call directed to the King gov- .ernment ‘to disassociate itself _ from the anti-Soviet intrigues of: imperialist eliques dominating the policies of the US., British and other governments, and work towards closer” “economic, * politi- cal and cultural relations with eur Russian neighbor.” @ Protest against the King lutions map policies others.”’ I had that experience as a boy. We would not tolerate MAURICE RUSH Re-elected Provincial Organizer gevernment’s action in permit- ting into Canada of 4,000 Poles, former members of General An- ders’ army. The resolution call- ed upon the labor movement “to follow the example of the Brit- ish Trades Union Congress in insisting that our government abandon all plans to make Can- ada a haven for fascist and pro- fascist elements.” @ Demand that the King gov- ernment “restore to the people the civil rights of which they have been despoiled by the min- ister of justice ang the Tascher- eau-Kellock Commission,” that the commission be abolished and Justice Minister Louis St. Laur- ent, “whose authority enables the RCMP and its stool-pigeons to act without reference to the jaws of our country,’ dismissed, and that Ered Rose, MP, be granted bail pending his appeal, allowed to exercise his rights =s a citizen and until bail is grant- e€d be given the privileges cus- tomarily granted persons await ing hearing. @ Support for Bill 9, abolish- ing appeals to the Privy Coun- cil, as passed by the House of Commons, and condemnation of the position taken by the Hart- Anscomb Coalition government in contesting validity of the act. Resolutions dealing with hous- ing, price controls and other is- sues affecting living standards were headed by a demand, en- thusiastically applauded by dele- gates after several veterans had spoken to the resolution; that the federal government intervene to prevent the Canadian Pacific Railway from cancelling lease of the old Hotel Vancouver and evicting veterans now living there. A second resolution on housing asied that tenants of houses erecteqd under the Wartime Hous- ing plan be given an opportunity to purchase their homes and that the government, in determining prices, either take into account the vents paid or deduct 12%: ‘percent from original production costs. Another resolution called for prosecution of lumber operators “who keep lumber supplies off the domestic market in an at- tempt to imcrease prices” and for establishment of a system to ensure equitable distribution of supplies for home construc- tion and other essential build- ing work. A resolution on price control, noting “price increases have al- ready wiped out postwar wage gains,” recognized “an urgent need for organized consumer action, through buyers’ strikes and re- lated measures, to force prices down, «and urged organized labor to seek the cooperation of veter- ans’, farmers’ and pensioners’ organizations in organizing mass campaigns around price issues. A public inquiry into milk costs to be made by a commission rep- resentative of producer, consumer, distributor and trade union bodies was sought in a resolution de- manding that the provineial gov- erment assume the costs of main- taining the producers’ subsidy, “utilising a portion of the eight million dollars liquor profits to safefguard the health of our people, particularly the children, the sick and the aged.” Support of the Native Brother- hood of British Columbia was pledged in a resolution demand- ing full rights for native Indians, who “have been exploited, ne- glected and maltreated to the point where the need to obtain redress of their grievances re- quires the earnest attention of all Canadians.” MINERVA MILLER Re-elected Provincial Educa- tion Director GREETINGS to Pacific Tribune 555 ERD 5 5 DR. W. J. CURRY ; JOHN STANTON I~ Suit or Overcoat REGENT TAILORS 324 West Hastings Street EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MADE PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 6 Barrister - Solicitor Notarg Publis 502 Holden Bldg. — MAr. 5746 Night: Alma 2177-M Another resolution urged the provincial government to extend the franchise to Native Indiann, | East Indians, Chinese, Doukho- bors and Japanese. The convention opposed the proposals of Vancouver and Victoria city councils to give the B.C. Electric a further ex- clusive 20-year franchise, de- claring that the B.C. Electric “has not supplied the public, with the best and cheapest transportation available” and “has for years exploited the people of this province without regard for their needs.” The resolution adopted called for “a publicly owned power and transportation system in our prov- ince.” At the concluding session on Monday delegates sent their greet- ings to Wilfred Friesen, Jack Rockendel and Robert Daniels, now serving prison sentences for their part in picketing the Van- couver Daily Proyinee, and adop- ted a resolution demanding that- the sentences be quashed. Poll shows no cause for war DENVER—The vast ma- jority of the American people ~ fee] that the people of the Soviet Union would never start a war against the U.S) nor .would the people of the U.S. start a war against the So viet Union a National Opinion Re- search Center poll revealed: “The NORC survey showed that 87 percent of Americans ques— tioned feel that if the people had final say, neither country would start a war against the other. The same survey, conducted among people of all occupational and edueational backgrounds, re— vealed that 21 percent of the public cannot name a singls cause of disagreement between the UWS. and Russia, while the remaining 79 percent are inclined to answer in general terms like “fear,” “dis- trust” and so on. Although a majority indicated they felt causes of disagreement exist, 73 percent said they did not think the differences were ‘worth going to war about. However, several NORC ssur- veys since V-J Day have found that six out of every 10 people in this country expect the US. to fight another war within the next 25 years. endum is “employer The opposition to Rebinson and his administration, backing James Leary for the presidency, has gone all out with a red brush, banking wholly on that Hitlerite tactic. In his letter to the union’s membership, Robinson made a plea against allowing “"nion- smashing propaganda” to enter the campaign. He called upon members to view candidates only on their record as builders of the union. “The hysteria which some can- didates are attempting to create, by labelling as ‘Communist’ any- one who opposes them, is a wea- pon of the enemies of Ilabor,”’ he warned. ‘In Montana, for example, the labor-endorsed Senatorial candi- date (Leif Ericson) is being red- baited hysterically by his Repub- lican opponent (a wealthy cattle rancher). The newspapers leading reaction are the same papers which have seized every Oppor- tunity to slander our union. “There is a simple lesson for every member of our union to lear: when any one of us use Redbaiting scored in miners’ union elections CHICA GO—Red-baiting employed in the union’s refer- influenced,” president of the International Union of Mine, Mull and Smel- ter Workers, in his final appeal for the union’s poll on Nov. 4. declared Reid Robinson, the same arguments and propa- ganda used by labor’s enemies, nu matter what the pretext we are then betraying ourselves and fel- low unionists.” ‘Not qualified’ states Cripps LONDON—Indignant replies to the statement by Sir Stafford Cripps, preSident of the Board of Trade, that workers are not quali- fied for managerial posts in na- tionalized industries have voiced by union leaders who con- tend the government has not tried to use available executive experi- ence. 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