THE CCF: A SECOND PARTY?
ANDRAS, A.
Report from Canada: THE CCF: A SECOND PARTY? By A. Andras New Leader Correspondent in Canada VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA—Here on Canada's west coast the depression has to all appearances...
...East...
...If the Blue Danube should turn red...
...As elsewhere the line has changed...
...The B.C...
...e e e ¦ The reappearance Of the five-cent cigar may herald the return to normalcy...
...The forthcoming budget may help to redeem them and form their opening election bid if tax cuts are generous enough and more ample social security provisions are promised...
...It has won two important by-elections and displays more vigor in the House of Commons than during the reign of his predecessor...
...ONE FACTOR which will be of some < assistance to the CCF is that the Communists will, no- longer offer their "support...
...Deuischland ueber Allies...
...To the CCF the results are doubly important Not only must the party do better than before even if it does not this time form the government, its success or failure will affect the federal results in British Columbia and the rest of Canada...
...To this end he is catering to the most extreme isolationism in that province, even while esppousing traditional Tory imperial policy elsewhere...
...The overall election strategy of the various parties is still in its formative stages...
...Failing to do the job themselves, they have turned to the AFL for assistance and the latter in turn has threatened to crack down on the TLC administration by withdrawing its international affiliates, mainly the railway Brotherhoods...
...This is no mere extension of the Gompers' policy tb elect "good" candidates...
...Up to now it has appeared that the Tories were headed that way.' They still may be...
...They are not disposed to give up their demands for improved living standards, particularly at a time when profits are reaching a new high...
...The anti-Communists have proved to be poor strategists, without much real contact with the rank and file they profess to represent and little political knowhow...
...The cause of human decency has gone another step forward...
...It expects to capture most of the industrial ridings across the country this time...
...Although it will thus be a three-way fight, there will be a secondary contest between the CCF and the Tories...
...The fact that this vigor is more sound than sense, more vituperation than fact, mora- color than substance, is seemingly beside the point...
...The Canadian Congress of Labour (CIO counterpart) is setting up' an elaborate PAC organization throughout its jurisdiction for the sole purpose of electing CCF candidates...
...Furthermore their organization is weak in Quebec, the keystone in Canada's political structure...
...His desperate egotism and greed for power, have thus accomplished — so far, at least — the curious miscegenation of ultra-British and Orange toryism with narrowly nationalistic French-Canadian isolationism...
...There may be some unemployment and some slackening in industrial activity, but the unions are still in a powerful position...
...IN THE FEDERAL FIELD some new developments have been taking place rendering the situation very fluid...
...It did a very effective job in Ontario last year when its assistance resulted in a better than doubling of CCF representation in the legislature...
...At the time of writing, there is much abuse and counter-abuse but no clear-cut action...
...Yet the world do move...
...Anti-CCF bogeys are in evidence, particularly the one that a CCF government will scare off new capital investment in the province...
...Truman feels that action to grant American watchmakers relief from Swiss competition is in the best interests of American economy...
...It is not to be construed as moving the economic clock backwards...
...There a combination of Communisms and pie-carders are engaged in a bitter struggle with anti-Communists to maintain themselves in power...
...Within a matter of weeks the large ¦ unions will be pressing for higher wages, pensions, health and welfare plans and similar concessions...
...Right now both sides are marshalling their forces and if nothing happens sooner, the annual convention next fall will see a conclusive outcome...
...In the provincial legislature, a coalition holds power, with the socialist CCF as the official opposition...
...Both coasts of Canada, in fact, have unemployment problems,although the situation is still fairly stable in the central provinces...
...It will have in the forthcoming elections, not merely the good wishes, but the very concrete assistance of an important section of organized labor...
...BRITISH COLUMBIA—Here on Canada's west coast the depression has to all appearances already arrived...
...Apparently, however, the Liberals Will take the middle course with the CCF and Tories forming the left and right wing alternatives (if such terms still have any meaning...
...They have suffered sharp reverses in the trade/unions...
...The Liberals for their part remain the only political party with a national organization...
...On the other hand, they have been "in" for a long time—almost a generation...
...1948 saw a marked reduction in strikes...
...Merrii I. Chapman...
...The radio dramatization of an invasion from Mars, tha created a panic in Ecuador, proves one thing...
...The urge is to get back to two-party government and — if this is to happen—* somebody must go into oblivion as the Liberal party has gone in Great Britain...
...Partly as the result of their own ineptitude, such as clumsily helping themselves to union treasuries without covering up, and partly due to the Congress' determination to clean house, they have been ousted from office or placed in untenable positions...
...In the Canadian Congress of Labour the Communists are definitely on the run...
...e e There are portents pointing to the resurgence of German nationalism, despite resounding Nasi defeat To Germans it is evidently still...
...Certainly the CCF has no intention of yielding and the signs do not point that way...
...legislature has just enfranchised the Japanese-Canadians and native Indians, within the province.* A .long term Utterly unjustifiable discrimination hai.i at last been abolished...
...People are more than satis/led with the old-fashioned way of fighting and killing...
...a • a Perhaps a simple spelling lesson is all that England needs to keep her from,meddling in the Arab-Israeli world...
...AS CANADA'S third major party, the CCF enters the field with very real hopes of increasing its strength in the House of Commons...
...Removing ceilings is not a constructive measure for providing roofs...
...They will probably see evidence of subversion because of his red-cap activities...
...a • The ouster of three Communist teachers from the University of Washington was based on the conviction that they retard the cause of American freedom...
...The Tory party appears to be undergoing a revitalization since its new leader .George Drew took over...
...If this wins the favor of the Canadian electorate the Tory party may once again become the darling of the vested interests, a role it has been progressively yielding to the Liberals...
...Two elections are in the offing out here...
...The same is unfortunately not true of the Trades and Labor Congress (AFL...
...It will be a hard fought battle and campaign shots are already being fired...
...She should learn that the proper spelling is Middle, not ¦ Meddle...
...a • * Russian pronouncements grinding out the latest peace offensive' are encountering a wary disillusioned West...
...But change-or no change the Communists are very much on the . downgrade in Canada...
...A provincial election is expected very shortly and — not much later, possibly this fall — a federal election...
...IN THE MEANTIME the stage is being set for some extensive collective bargaining as the unions are preparing for the next round of wage increases...
...B.C...
...Drew is betting heavily on a Euffiaiently large contingent from Quebec in the next House of Commons to make a Tory government possible...
...The CCL is determined to elect socialist* governments, both federally and provincially...
...Perhaps It means the fivecent nickel is on its way back...
...The clean-up is being accomplished through a healthy rank and file movement and through the replacement of Communist leadership not by "pure and simple" trade unionists but by men with a democratic socialist vision and a broad concept of the role of labor in modern society...
...Coalition has been forced on the two old-line parties by the CCF and they do not dare to break it up although it stands on shaky foundations and is a living demonstration of the CCF's contention that there is no essential difference between the Liberals and the Tories...
...Unemployment is a serious problem and evidence is accumulating that employers intend to resist further wage demands, notwithstanding the exceptional profits that Canadian industry has been making...
...the world will have little occasion to dance for joy...
...a * • Critics contend that decontrolling rents is self-defeating as a solution for the housing shortage...
...Too many red cells are a menace to the body politic...
...Maybe she is trying to see how far she can carry her John Bullying...
...Keenly aware that they are a puny force outside Ontario, the Tories have entered into dark alliances with the neo-fascist Social Credit party in Alberta and with ultra-reactionary, equally neajr-fascist premier Duplessis of Quebec...
...This will mean much to the CCF whose Members of Parhament have been mainly from western agricultural ridings...
...Pen Points The Western Powers are determined that Austria will not fall to the Communists in any settlement they reach with Moscow...
...This year, however, promises some tough battles...
...The Kremlin, sad experience has taught the tuorld, contributes all the bull in the bulletin...
...They have bungled the housing situation and allowed a severe bout of inflation to take place...
...And Russia's foreign policy .has not helped them...
...These ostensibly differing groups have in common their fear of democracy and their hatred of anything that smacks of being progressive, and unity of action will undoubtedly take place...
...The industrial scene has been fairly quiet for a time...
...a' • Only a few die-hard Republicans will accuse Truman of un-Americanism in helping his daughter Margaret with her bags on a train...
...The National Planning Association urges the creation of a civilian "toatchdog" agency to check waste" jul spending by the armed forces, They want to smoke out those who think Uncle Sam has money to burn...
...depends on two or three primary industries—logging, fishing, and mining, and is badly in need of some extra industries less sensitive to cyclical fluctuations...
...a ¦ a Despite belated grudging recognition of Israel, Britain still seemt to be pursuing some obstructionist tactics...
Vol. 32 • April 1949 • No. 15
