The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-23
issued: 1925-10-30
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note: Labor sman Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District !es and Labor Council Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Pag -&# No. 80-EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., October 30th Barrister Urges Trade . Union Organization "thaw a line oh the map from â¢Bristol to London. South of that line there, is not a single constituency <fceld by tabor. And yet we must win another 200 seats if we are to .Jiave the Workers' Government returned at the next Election. The Jiey to the solution is Southern England." :' " ' ' '." So writes Mr. Frank P. Rowe, â¢prospective tabor candidate- for tlie Camborne Division of Cornwall,' re- tterring to recent discussions on organizing the rural vote. â¢ v-. "In the Welsh coalfields, ih York- shire, and Durham, and on the Clyde .are Witnessed every week great Labor demonstrations, and a host of _smaller meetings. Speakers with _nationjl_xeputations_are repeatedly speaking in these Labor strongholds. ' "Contrast this with the position as it exists in the southwestern counties. â¢During the last"18 months there has only been one meeting in the County cpf Cornwall, addressed by a member of the late Labor Ministry, and none 'addressed by any prominent national trade union leader. 1 "Cornwall- and Devon are typical of the southwest They are predom- 'inently working-class counties, and (contain,between them several constituencies that ca'hrbepwphattfiSileirt election if only it is. .realized that our pleaders can- ass&t the v movement ", much..more by .speaking to meetings 'of, say, 2,000 people at Exeter, Plymouth, Truro, Camborne and Pen- â zanze, than in addressing a Durham miners' gala crowd of 10,000." Not by Political Means Mr, D. F. Brnndit, barrister-at- â law,' late" Labor candidate for the j 'Abingdon Division of Berkshire, writes that it is a mistake to assume ' that the villages will 'be won by political means. â¢ The Labor party, he Observes, has been built up out of the trade unions, â¢ which were forced by the logic of I events-to-ad…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438830
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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