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®lad in their LYF sweaters and me acks, Knapsacks thrown over eel shoulders, and a total of MeO cash between them, Betty funbar and Ruth Ross, attrac- “ye young Labor Youth Fed- and ‘aLion leaders, plan to hitch- meke to Ontario where they will thttend the ‘youth leadership oe to be held for members ern ‘the Labor Youth Federation fom August 26 to September ig ab the WHA school at Port

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Wa By making their own way vgthout drawing on limited Iypeends raised for their trans- meg rtation the two) girls will en- he gle three other LYE members ia) attend the classes.

‘Their first “itt”? will be with frous MicKean, LPP provin- il leader, who is leaving Van- aver on July 15 on a speaking “Sar of the Interior.

j7Following in the wake of ace Wales, national war serv- 's director of the LYF, who s:ently completed an organiza- }nal tour of the province, the

PP Member ies Suddenly

|mber both of the Communist rly of Ganada and of the bor-Progressive Party, EH. O: Sukedahi; local. chiropractor, id suddenly in his office here t week.

# 2aukedahl, who is survived ie his wife, three sons and a mighter, followed his profes- @n in various districts of @tish Golumbia for many is and he was well known Vancouver Island and in the otenays as an active sup- ker of the labor moyement.

lembers of the Trail branch the Labor-Progressive Party ed as pall bearers at the eral.

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supplied with forms. . By working at odd jobs on farms, in cafes and the like they hope to finance themselves and at the same time gain a first hand knowledge of the youth movement across the country.

8000 Miners Organized Into MMSW In One Year

Recording further gains in the organization of hard reck miners in British Columbia, Harvey Murphy, inter- National organizer for the International Union ef Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, stated this week that 20 locals

representing 8,000 members

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past year, while 14 locals have been certified.

Recent certification of Trail, hailed throughout the province as a great victory over en- trenched company unionism, has been followed by certifica-

tion of Wells Local 685, repre- senting Island Mountain and Cariboo Gold Quartz operations and Premier local 694.

Both Pioneer and Bralorne-

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tiations on wages and working conditions have been opened.

In Alberta, the Nitrogen Products Workers, Local 590, the first chartered local of the IMMSWU in the province has defeated the company organiz- ed “Workmen’s Cooperative Organization’ in an election conducted by the Wartime La- bor Relations Board to déter- mine the bargaining agency for the workers. The union carried the election with a majority of four to one. :

This success paves the way for further organizational work now being conducted by Ray

Lee, international organizer. The IMMSWU is asking for certification in the Riverside Iron Works whose employees are members of Dominion

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Organizational work is also being done at Yellowknife in the Mackenzie District of the Territories where miners recently applied for a charter.

Victory Loan Was Over-subscribed

OTTAWA — Finance Minis- ter Ilsley told the House of Commons this week that a total of $1,407,547,650 in bonds was raised in the sixth Victory Loan campaign last May. Objective of the campaign was $1,200,- 000,000.

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LPP Plans To Contest 40 Seats

EDMONTON — In the ex- pectation that a provincial elec- tion will be held in Alberta in August, all three major par- ties—Social Credit, CCF and Labor-Progressive—are speed- ing up their preparations.

(fhe Edmonton Journal this week asserted that the election date had been set at Aus. 8.)

James MacPherson, provin- cial leader of the labor-Pro- gressive Party, announced this week that his party had already nominated in 16 constituencies and intended to place between 30 and 40 candidates in the field to contest a majority of Seats. —

Among LPP leaders who wall tour Alberta in support of the party’s candidates is -Minerva Cooper, tary in British Columbia.

Elmer Roper, provincial lead- er of the CGF, also announced this week that the CCE in- tended to name a candidate in eyery provincial constituency

with the exception of Pincher-~

Creek-Crow’s Nest, on which a decision would be made later. He stated that the British Columbia -section of the CCE had been asked to give assist- anee and that a group of at least - four prominent CCE speakers from the coast prov- ince would participate in’ the campaign. :

The Social Credit party is also nominating in a number of provineial constituencies and it is anticipated that it will enter a full slate.

Chinese to Mark War Anniversary

To mark the seventh year of China’s patriotic war against Japan Vancouver’s Chinese will gather at the Orient Theater on Sunday.

Wile the amniversary ‘fell on Friday this week, the meet- ing will be held Sunday after- noon to enable a greater num- ber of Chinese to attend:

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