TIS HARD to hear the voice, of the peoples of Europe above the argument of the peace- makers in Paris. But they ought to be heard, for they strike | z note of urgency and sanity and humanity which is too often sub- merged by the competing: claims of
power,
I have before me, for instance, an appeal from the Austrian So- | cinlist Party, “in a moment of ereatest distress to all) Socialist |
Parties of the World.” |
The comrades and descendants of | the men “who fought the first! armed battle agaist Fascism in February, 1954, protest solemnly to the whole world against the treatment meted out to Austria.”
Without A Friend
The Austrians see themselves without a friend in Europe Almost | half the population voted for a So- | cinlist Austria at the first free elec- tions held in Central !urope since the end of the war. But owing to their flat repudiation of the Com- munists the Austrians lost the aympathy of the Russians, and they have received little encourage- ment from the West to support them in their independence,
Their plight is made harder stil! when their own efforts at recon- struction are misrepresented by those whom they might expect to be their) friends. The Austrians
WALTER TUCKER IS ORIGINAL ANYWAY
Says Co- sob. Tax. Plan Might, Have Been Different if Sask. Elected Liberals
By DONALD C. MacDONALD
OTTAWA (CPA) - on the third reading of scovern- ment vegislation to tax co-opera- | ‘ives, Walter Tucker, newly-clect- | ed) Saskatehewan) Liberal leader, | told the House of Commons. that if there had been more Liberal and | fower C.C.F) members sent. to Ottawa oby Saskatchewan, — the clause levying three per cent capi-. tal tax would have been Within the Liberal party.
“Tf it had not been that we had
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18 CC RVers in the Heuse from Saskatchewan,” Mr. Tucker stated, “if we had 1&8 Liberals |
here TE want to tell honorable mem- bers that in the councils of our porty this thing would have been fought out and | think this par- | tiewlar clause in regard to the tax! on minimum income of three per!
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renovation of some of their big capital was thus, in fact, a plot
industries to go forward,
This plan is denounced as a manoeuvre of Western capital to up trouble against the Rus- | who claim the nationalized | as reparations. The charge repeated in strange quarters, notably in the ‘“Man- chester Guardian" and the “New Statesman.”
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The truth is somewhat different. issue of nationalization was by the Socialists after liberation. They have for it ever sinee, A con- nee of all Parties last Septem- ber approved the principle, and the newly-elected) Parliament in) Dee- ember, 1945, although it did not contain a Soavialist majority, ac- cepted it also. There — is,
raised ately pressed
therefore, nothing “sudden” in’ this ‘‘manoeuvre,” and if it is a manoeuvre it con- forms with Socialist doctrine. The delay has been due to the efforts of the Socialists to persuade the ‘People’s Party, who hold the majority in Parliament, to agree to a more radical plan.
Nor is it true, as alleged, all the enterprises scheduled for nationalization are in the Rus- sian zone. Roughly half of them
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“There is great anxiety as to how [T am = going to vote," Mr. Tucker continued. “Well, [ feel
jso strongly against the particular ‘provision that | do not really know what I should do."
Mr. Tucker accused C.C.F. | members of being “ready to take their conscience out of the corner and kill it, voting for everything they are told to vote for.” A few hours later, when the vote was Tucker joined the other Liberals——-except for two French- Canadians who bolted party ranks
in sacrificing the co-operative on the altar of main- taining the Liberal party.
Tucker Explains
In explaining the difference between Liberals and C.C.P., Mr. Tucker unwittingly explained why he cannot find sufficient Liberals
jamong the ranks of his party to
forestall regressive measure. Said he, ‘You cannot be a socialist and a true reformer of our system at the same time. Onee you go far enough along the lines of social- ism, along the line of bringing in state control of the means of wealth production and of the own-
Lership of the natural resources of
the country, you have got to the point where the government is so
all-powerful that there is no pos- | sible
distinction between communist: dictatorship.”
it and
“Split: Forces of Liberalism” So Mr. Tucker called” for “hberal-minded men" to stay the Liberal party instead of going ovey to the C.C.F. and “splitting | the forces of Liberalism.” He re-!| called the when, some years ago ina meeting at Ros- | thern, he told Mr. Coldwell, the C.CLF. leader, “that there; were |
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istarted by the Austrian Socialists to give them power to rebuild \ their land. Their complaint is that the nationalization law is not isufficiently drastic.
| Upbraid Socialists ' It is strange to see the Rus- lsians and the ‘New Statesman
| banded together to upbraid Social- lists for urging Socialist measures. It may be that the Russians have ‘a claim to the property, but that issue can be argued out without blackguarding: brave men who have made a stand for what they con- iceive to be their rights.
It would better conform with our dignity in this country if we accepted the word of G. EF. R. Gedye, one of the great journal- ists of the world, now in Vienna.
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“Everyone professing Social- ist ideals at home should recog- nize,” he says, ‘that in Austria, as in hardly any other European country Socialism is standing four square to the winds—to
those blowing from the East as well as to those from the Atlantic.”
Austrian Socialists taught us a lesson which we refused to learn in 1984. We might do worse than learn from them now. For their
just enough Liberals in the coun- try to fight the forces of reaction.
Mr. Tucker revealed how nip- and-tuck is the battle between lib- eralism and reaction in the Lib- eral party. “We might accom- plish what we might not be able to otherwise,” he pleaded. ‘‘There are just enough Liberals in this country to hold their own,’’ he explained.
Fred Zaplitny, (C.C.F., phin) commented later in the de- bate, ‘The answer seems to be that the great majority of mem- bers on the other side have de- serted Liberalism, have gone re- actionfiry, and are trying to snuff out the co-operatives.”
BIG BUSINESS MEN IN US. WAR GRAFT
SENATOR TESTIFIES
WASHINGTON. — For several weeks Labor has been printing wierd stories about the Garssons and their associates, all ex-jail- birds, who built a paper industrial
Dau-
empire on a shoestring and, by hook or crook, managed to con- vert it into $78,000,000 of war
contracts.
It is expected the next chapter of this scandal will be the indict- ment of perhaps a dozen persons,
including some officials of the War Department. As shocking as the Garsson
methods were, they do not hold a candle to what was done during the war by eminently respectable irepresentatives of Big Business, paceording to Senator Hugh B. Mit- chell (Dem., Wash.), a member lee the Mead committee, which is investigating war graft. Mitchell’s idea of the whole graft question is summed up ina I sts itement in the latest issue of the | ‘Congressional Record.” To his way of thinking, he said, the Garssons “are but small ugly
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UNRRA. Austrian Socialists however are greatly disturbed by Russian hostility and Western indifference toward their attempt to rebuild their land. Almost half the population voted for a
Socialist Austria at the first
free elections held in Central
Europe since the end of the war.
aim is, against terrific odds, to act as nobody’s puppets.
It Must Not Die
The Council of UNRRA, assem- bled in Geneva this week, meets under something like a sentence of death. Unless drastic action is taken, the organization will dis- appear and nothing will take its place.
British financial responsibilities are so heavy that it is natura] our Government should have to watch every pound. Doubtless, also, there
symptoms of a process of moral degeneration in the dealings of Big Business and government.”
Attempts to Bribe Committee
For the first time he revealed that “shameful attempts’ have been made to bribe the commit- tee, in hope of dissuading it from continuing the investigation. He also said important witnesses have been spirited away. The culprits are not identified, but Mitchell in- dicated that eventually the com- mittee will deal with them in a proper manner.
While the Garssons’ were stealing millions on war con- tracts, Mitchell charged, so-call- ed legitimate business men were stealing billions.
“Even before America’s entry into the war,” he said, ‘‘these big business-minded men brought us to the brink of disaster. They seemed to fear the threat of fu- ture competition more than the current threat of the enemy.”
“Many of these (war depart- ment) officers,” he added, “were socially intimate with executives of interested companies, and in some cases high-paying jobs were the reward of their generous set- tlement of contracts.”
Among many illustrations, Mit- chell’s recital of “favoritism” shown the Aluminum Company of America stands out like a light- house.
While this country was in des- perate need of aluminum, he said, dollar-a-year men vigorously op- posed expansion of domestic facili- ties for its production.
At the same time, they had made a contract with the Mellon Aluminum Trust’s Canadian subsidiary for a plant in that country, gave it a three-year eontract at a higher price than wis paid i in this country, result- ing in “extra millions” of profit for the Canadian plant.
Uncle Sam furnished the money to construct the plant, without security or interest, Mitchell pointed out.
In contrast with this renerosity,
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But the final verdict must be overwhelmingly in UNRRA’S favor. It has prevented starvation this year in at least six countries, and assisted the task of reconstruc- tion in many more.
It has proved that international organizations can work. The peace is not yet founded on so stable a basis that we can afford to lose one pillar of a sane international order.
an American who built an alumi- num plant in this country—and who competed with the Mellons— was compelled to pay interest on a government loan and pledge his entire possessions as security.
FUN AT EXPENSE OF HON. H. MITCHELL
OTTAWA, (CPA)—The Minis- ter of Labor’ s closest friends would admit that he deals in cliches when he talks in the House. There were rumbles of delighted laugh- ter when Alistair Stewart (C.C.F., Winnipeg North) prefaced a re- quest for the minister’s resigna- tion with ali the stock phrases which are habitually heard from the lips of Humphrey Mitchell himself.
Not pressing the matter of resignation very far, since he ad- mitted, ‘From the group which I see around him I doubt if we could get a better one,” Mr. Stew- art had a little fun at the min- ister’s expense.
“I should like to say something to the Minister »f Labor and I am going to speak in a kindly way. I am going to be frank and I am going to speak with a concep- tion of British fair play. I am not going to get down in the gut- ter. I am going to tell the minis- ter one or two facts which I think he ought to know. The first is that he no longer has the confid- ence of organized labor in this country. I appreciate that the minister of labor wishes to serve this parliament and Canada, but the best way he could serve _ this country would be to tender his resignation as Minister of Labor without any mental reservation whatsoever.”
£164,660,000 for. British Coal Co.'s
LONDON, Eng.—The Coal In- dustry Compensation Tribunal has awarded the coal mine owners a total sum of £164 ,660,000 as com- pensation for the nationalization of the mines. Ht is believed that the owners had hoped to get £200,- 000,000 but their association has now declared itself satisfied that the decision has been arrived at adter a full and fatr hearing.
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CAN'T OUTLAW STRIKES EWSPAPER EDITORS or radio commentators, no
IN by Whom employed, who talk about outlawing strikes are enemies of economic freedom. They also lack practical common sense, To compel men to work against their will is slavery. To sugyest that men in large bodies can he compelled to work ayainst their will is stupid nonsense,
Strikes are the least desirable way of settling industrial disputes. Everyone knows that, especially the people who} yo on strike. But the strike weapon is the only one left | to workers When they cannot obtain reasonable treatment | otherwise, And the facet that the strike weapon exists is even more potent than the strike itself.
There is a way to avoid strikes, but it Involves a program that employing interests on the whole are not prepared to accept. [to involyves the recognition of industry as a service to the public in which the public should have a controlling interest, Industrial councils set up in all major industries, | having complete access to all the facts about operation and finances, could set wage scales that would be acceptable to the workers and approved by the public—precisely because | they would be based on facts,
But as long as industry is purely a private affair, with | neither the workers who invest their lives in it, nor the] public whose imterests are affected by it having any right to know the facts about its operations, there will be industrial | disputes which will result in strikes when strikes are the! only means Of obtaining justice for the workers.
A BAD ROAD POLICY | | |
HiN A DOG bites a man that’s not news. But when a
man bites a dog that’s news. So the old definition goes. People who read in the Edmonton papers the other day that woman from South Dakota praised Alberta roads must have thought of the man-bites-dog example. It really is some- thing to find a tourist from below the border who has any- thing: but harsh words for the road conditions he encounters after he crosses the line into Canada,
People shouldn't expect to come into a province like this and find all good roads or even detourless highways. We must do our road work mostly in the summer months. But What people who live in the province, as well as those who come here lo visit, have a right to expect is that they won’t have to drive next year on detours while road crews are rebuilding: the road that was built last year,
And that is the way the present government of Alberta has been building roads, Patching starts in the year the road is completed. Disintegration goes on faster the next year than the patching crews ean mend the holes—-and the follow- ing year the whole thing must be torn up and rebuilt to start the process again. In addition to giving poor service this temporary surfacing of a highway is wasteful of the people's money,
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It is not as af we needed to carry on in this way. The States bordering on Alberta, with similar climatic conditions have good permanent roads that go for many years without any need of attention, We could have a similar highway program in Alberta,
OFF THE BEAM
DITORIAL WRITERS should at least try to remember What they wrote last week, unless of course they have
nothing but utter contempt for the intelligence of their readers,
|
A couple of weeks ago the Calgary Albertan set out editorially the great evils which had befallen the British people by the election of a Socialist government. (And they | keep on electing: Labor candidates in every by-election!) This | was held out as a warning to Canadians. Socialism as rep- resented by the C.CLE. in Canada would bring just as much |
distress to us as its counterpart has brought to the British people. :
Last week the Albertan had a new angle on it. The C.C.F. | would yive Canadians the Kind of thing Communism has | Kiven Russia. Democracy would disappear. Freedom would #0. People would become mere cogs in a state machine, | |
Then to prove that our British liberties are if Canadians endorse the C.C.F., the Albertan brings two British statesmen to its support te show that the Russian form of government is different from our 3ritish form of democracy. One of those quoted was Winston Chu rehill—and the other Prime Minister Attlee of the British Labor eroverel- ment! q
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We suggest that the Albertan make up its mind whether
the C.C.F, ig like the British Labor Party or like Russian.
Communism, and stick to it.
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“The big Progressive-Conserva- tive association picnic scheduled for August 24 at Windsor was called off today by the personal order of Premier Drew. His party followers had rounded up prizes from no fewer than 97 border hotels and clubs, it was revealed.
“4 lot of faces, both at the border and at Queen’s Park were red as the premier clamped down, To make matters more embarrass- ing, the picnic had been advertised as ‘Col. Greisinger Day.’
“Member of Windsor-Sandwish in the Ontario legislature, Col. Wm. Greisinger is chairman of the Ontario Liquor Control Board.”— Toronto Daily Star, August 22,
1946, * IT TAKES TIME
“As an example of what a thoroughly finicky job peace- making can be and how long drawn-out a business it is, I was at this morning’s meeting of the rules committee when there was a discussion over one word.
“Our delegate, Hector Mc- Neil, agreed with Mr. Molotov that the word ‘cognate’ in the resolution should be changed to ‘pertaining to.’
“The Australian Foreign Minister, Dr. Evatt, agreed with Mr. McNeil and so finally did everyone. As all speeches, even the formal announcements of the chairman, have to be trans- lated into English, French and Russian, the changing of one word in an amendment on which everyone agreed took a quarter of an hour.—Peter Stursberg in London Daily Herald, Aug. 2,
1946. *
S.C. GOES ALL THE WAY
“Mr. HANSELL (Social Credit) : My hon. friend (A. M. Nicholson) asks me if IT know the difference between a private monopoly and a public monopoly. My reply to that is that in principle there is ab- solutely no difference. His col- league asks, ‘How about the post office?’ Well we are always hear- ing about the post office when they want to talk government ownership.
“Mr. NICHOLSON: Do you ob- ject to that monopoly?
“Mr. HANSELL: The post of- fice is the king’s royal mail—
“Mr. NICHOLSON: It is a monopoly. “Mr. HANSELL: — and_ has
always been that.
“Mr. NICHOLSON: Oh, not al- Ways.
“Mr. HANSELL: Well, it has been since the pony express, any- way. And another thing:' Nobody has ever proved that the post office is doing any better than private enterprise could do.
“Mr. JOHNSTON (Social Credit): It goes in the hole every year,
“Mr HANSELL: How does any- one know that private enterprise
could not do the same jeb for two cents instead of four?”— House of Commons Debates, August 23, 1946,
* IN CANADA, TOO
“Today, as evidence of the appreciation of Labor's admini- strative and legislative achieve- ments, the present New South Wales (Australia) Government, which is now enjoying its second triennial period of office, hae ne less than 39 representatives of purely rural constituencies, @ humber in excess of the com- bined totals of the Country ané@ Liberal Parties. That is, the people generally have recognized that the political interests of the primary producers and workers in industry—who between ehepr create all wealtt—ara identica} and only possible of effective representation by: the CLaboy Party..'—Hom. E, H. Greham, Ministery of Agricultuve, N.3.W, in Fhe Standard. .
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By J. P. Griffin
“Your people shall be my people, and your God shall be my God” I farm home where the picture
of the Tennessee Valley was to be shown. After the rains of the previous week the whole countryside was lovely with na- ture’s lavish abundance, and as the sun was sinking in a golden glory behind the western horizon it illuminated an almost cloudless sky. Passing by a field heavy with grain, we came to the dwelling houses tucked away among the trees that, dotting the hills and valleys extended as far as the eye could see. Here on a secluded lawn flanked by loaded apple trees, dahlias, and tiger lilies, we set up our projector and screen.
As the sky darkened the neigh- bors began to gather bearing sand- wiches and, J suspect, later to en- rich themselves with generous samples from the abundant supply of vegetables in the garden. Boys and girls, grandmothers and grand- fathers, men and women, young and old, (over 70 of them) neigh- bors all were made welcome at this C.C.F. meeting at the home of their friends.
Then, when night had come and the screen stood out in gleaming white against the shadowed foliage of the trees, when chairs and benches, rugs and blankets, were placed and spread on the grass, the record of that noble experi- ment in democracy was brought in moving pictures before our eyes. No sound was heard other than the voice of the commentator, the
T WAS a beautiful Sunday evening when we came to the
whir of the machine and the muf- fled exhaust of the engine behind a convenient garage. Not a leaf stirred, and overhead above our little circle of light the stars looked calmly down.
Here one felt was a tribute to our movement in that it had not bred among its members a fanatic- ism that excluded all other people from the circle of their friendship. For while assuredly we must be on guard against any fifth-column- ists that operate within our de- mocratic society, yet we must never forget that our first duty to those around us is one of fellow- ship. Even more important than the fact of our Socialist movement is the fact that we must maintain wholesome contact with our neigh- bors. Because, if the disruptive virus of hate, so dear to the hearts of the anti-Semitics, anti-Japan- ese, anti-Democratic, anti-Christ and his followers, is allowed to fully infect Alberta then indeed in the resulting chaos, Fascism will triumphantly ride to power.
We may truly be grateful for the peace and freedom that sur- rounded us on that Sunday night as we saw demonstrated the Truth, “that the individual through co- operation with his fellows becomes a more important individual.’’ Here too was the challenge to us to preserve that freedom, and to be tireless in building a new world based on the eternal concept of human brotherhood, a world which we are in deadly danger of losing for generations to come!— A world of dignity, worth and comfort for all, ‘a world a child ean walk into.” |
A Dying Economic System
By J. E. COOK, President, Alberta C.C.F.
HERE was a mythical snake that almost mastered the problem of food for its per- petual life. It was able to
feed its mouth by’ eating its tail. But periods of food scarcity grew longer and periods of re-growth shorter and the snake finally chew- ed away until it reached the back of its neck. It could go no farther and it starved.
This is one of the many wonder- ful illustrations that Bill Irvine has, so many times, graphically given. Capitalism, Bill said, was like this mythical snake. It, tec, has its periods of scarcity and its periods of re-growth or recovery. But some time capitalism will be forced to live off its own organism to the point of death. Depression periods grow longer and more severe and prosperity periods shorter and less recuperative. Cap- italism has never been able to pro- vide prosperity except by making greater and greater demands on the future. The future is less and less able to meet its own problems even without the added load from the past.
War has been the seeming inevit-
| able development following each
period of depression. War has pro- vided the excuse and the physical means for destroying surplus wealth while building new wealth. And when war had destroyed enough surplus wealth the condi- tions were again ripe for new ideas
/and new machines and a new and
brief period of general activity until surpluses again clogged the channel of distribution, slowed the stream of production and finally ended in a stagnant pool, filled with needed real wealth, but not avail-
| able for use, because under capital-
ism human need almost never proves to be effective demand.
We had war from 1914 to 1948; recovery 1918 to 1929; stagnant pools and helpless capitalists 1929 to 1939 and from 1939 to 1946 a rejuvenating war for capitalism.
Mot Frue to Pattora
But something scems wrong. The cycle ig not ‘true to pattern. The capitalistic wheels of industry can- not seem to get off eentre. Profit is here for the taking but in a Mma
chine age, machines stay provok- ingly idle.
Man power will only service the machines if profit is more widely divided or is replaced by co-opera- tive management and distribution. ‘here are strikes involving labor, farmer. food grower and processor. And industry waits while owners fight for the right to collect profits because of private ownership.
Of all the intricate, interlocking mechanisms that finally produce real wealth, it is becoming more and more evident that the private owner of the machine of produc- tion is the least necessary. Raw materials, machines, manpower, efficient co-operative management —these are the scientific ingredi- ents that always have and always will provide a flow of goods to a real market. Private owners and profits, special privilege to a spe- cial few, are the sand bars in the industrial stream, obstructions that make necessary devious detours and tedious delays.
Dying Economic System
Labor and farmers are fast learning that governments main- tained and controlled by private owners of the industrial machine, grant privileges in respect to raw materials and conditions of labor. The owners of the machine are to- day unwilling and indeed unable to meet the demands of the many. Donald Gordon says he heads a price control body, not a profit con- trol body, but says in the same mouthful there cannot be effective price control without a sufficient measure of wage eontrol. Thus it is that farmers may not have parity prices.
Capitalism is eoming perilousiy close to justifying Bill Iyvine’s pre- diction. #f is mighty close to the back of its neck.
It should be a sobering thought that with a dying economie system it behooves each of us to be busy replacing it, Co-operation és the new order, the natural developanent of. an economy of plenty.
ét is contradictory, but people provide the government that now functions ‘in the interest of special privilege. ft would be just as easy to.provide a government to func- tion in the interest of the people. The €o-operative Commonwealth Federation is a peqple’s movement.
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no needs for services resulting from for organization of local co-oper-
N Saskatchewan, as in
other part of Canada, two more diversified and more exten- words--- ‘co-operative develop- sive co-operative development. ment" carry a meaning This new development is the re-
whieh is understood by every man, woran and child.
4 J | te Ye Saskatchewan is Canada’s fore-| katchewan’s
almost |sult of years of suggestion
and iconsultation on the part of Sas- progressive citizens
x most co-operative province, Sas-,and leading co-operative officials, katchewan is where the word “co-|who have felt the need for a gov-
: | op” appears on grain elevators, | ernment trucks, honey {scope than the old branch, which homes | could act in an advisory capacity
milk jars,
wagons, oil
warehouses, funeral
department, larger in
and even tennis court club rooms. | for co-operatives formed and _ as- Some tourists are amazed to find sist those which might be estab- thet about Ju per cent of the prov- | lished at a later date.
ince’s adult population belong to;
one or more co-operatives.
Over 300,000 Membera
Since 191%, when the first Agri- cultural Co-operative -Associations Act was placed on the Saskatche- |
Those suggestions were realized ; when the department was estab- lished on Nov, 2, 1944, under Hon, L. F. MeIntosh and _ his deputy B. N. Arnason, both men with years of experience in co- operative enterprise.
wan statute books to enable | . yroups to organize co-operatively, Assistance Only j the movement has grown rapidly. Government policy is definitly Over 300,000) members now aot of non-interference in co-op- i long to the 1,100 co-ops operat-| erative development. The newly-
province, at $71,000,000!
been phenomenal.
‘ tives in the province, and i $39,000,000 in total assets possessed by the movement.
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ing 2,600 places of business in the In 1946 these co-oper- ‘ atives computed their total assets
Recent co-operative growth has } This is shown ' by the fact that in 1988 only 1865,- 000 people belonged to co-opera- only were
oy members in the province, the yov- ernment has taken active steps to!
| Formation of the new depart- ment has, been an outcome of gov- { ernmental interest in the co-oper-
ative movement since 1914, when | organization branch, later known as the co-op-| ters three major acts: The Co-op- eration and markets branch, was) erntive
extablished ns a division of the, provides
formed department encourages, but does not seek to promote spe- cifically co-operative enterprise.
| Nor does it interfere with estab- | lished co-ops. its main purpose is | to assist groups of people who feel ja definite need for this type of organization by placing at their disposal its advisory, inspection jand research services.
| Mr. MelIntosh has said that ‘the idemand for a co-operative must come from the people themselves, jand then they are entitled to such lservices us the department can
i assist in this development with the iastian vin Aas they aoa: fit { establishment of the Department | ed pire tee sue Coen abe of Co-operation and Co-operative | promotional work undertaken to
(urge any group to organize co-op- leratively. If there is no economic ineed for a co-operative, there is ;no need for organization.” Three Chief Acts
The department now adminis-
Associations Act, which
for the purchasing of
of goods and services; The Co-op- erative Marketing Associations
The policy of the co-operatives Act, which provides for process- department is actually a continua) ing and marketing of agricultural tion of previous policies of the co- and other natural products, such operation and markets branch, but
as timber, furs and fish; and The
to meet the growing Credit Union Act. which provides
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ative savings and credit societies. In addition, a number of co-oper- atives organized under — special charters approved by the legisla- ture report to the department. Two other acts, The Natural Products Marketing Act, provid- ing for establishment of market- ing schemes for any specific com- modity, and The Trade Services Act, which provides for establish- ment of a business information service for purchasers and vendors operating on either a co-opera- tive or individual basis, are rela- tively new measures which the de- partment administers. No schemes have been worked out under The Natural Products Marketing Act, and The Trade Services Act, in actual operation only since May 1, when a division of the co-oper-
-atives department was established
under W. J. Hansen, is just get- ting under way.
Te date, the main services of the new department have been concerned with organization of co- operatives, and providing them with advisory, inspection and re- search facilities. Apart from the newly-fe-med trade services di- vision, the co-operatives depart- ment consists of three divisions: administration services; organiza- tion and inspection services; and research services.
Administration Division
The administration division is the smallest branch of the depart- ment as far as personnel is con- cerned, with most of the work be- ing performed by Mr. Arnason, the deputy minister, and his immedi- ate staff. It is directive, and is responsible for departmental pol- icy and administrative interpreta- tion of co-op legislation. Special secretarial work for co-op organi- zations in the province is also un- dertaken.
Organization and Inspection
The field work in the organiza- tion of co-operatives is undertaken by the organization and inspection services division, the largest branch. If the organization of a co-operative is desired, a prelim- inary survey undertaken, by means of a questionnaire, to de- termine whether or not there is sufficient demand for a co-opera- tive enterprise to make it eco- nomically feasible. If the prelim- inary survey is satisfactory, ar- rangements are made, where pos- sible, to have a representative of
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the division present at the organ- izational meeting to give informa- tion about the provisions of legis- lation, organization procedure, duties of directors and member; ship administration,
| Co-operative — legislation pro- ivides that all co-ops must submit jto the department an annual | statement of their finances. These |must be filed as proof that the leg- islation is being complied with, and that the directors and man- agement have given a proper aé-
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counting of their stewardship, If the annual financial statement in- dicates that the co-op is having difficulties in interpreting. the legislation, or in keeping books and accounts, an inspection may be made by one of the division’s field men.
Inspection work is divided into two classfications. Credit unions, under A. C. MacLean, are each inspected once a year; and other co-ops, under G. M. MacLeod, are eech inspected once every three years. No director has been ap- pointed for this division.
Extension Services
In order to meet the demands for new types of co-operative en- deavors, special extension services are also being provided by the di- viston. Harold Chapman is re- sponsible for extension work in co- operative farming, and through his assistance the Matador co-op farm was formed. Community halls, now placed at well over 190, and co-operative housing projects, are also placed in a special sub-divi- sion. A recent development in the division is the appointment of Mrs. Lillian Russell to assist with the development of co-operative activities among women who de- sire the service.
Research Division
The third branch of the co-op- eratives department is the re- search division, under Director A. H. Turner, who is also acting deputy minister. Although a cer- tain amount of research was un- dertaken by the previous co-op- eration and markets branch, this service has been greatly expand- ed under M. Turner. It is now recognized that research in the co-operative field has almost un- limited possibilities, since co-op- eration may conceivably be prac- ticed in almost every field of human endeavor.
Purposes of the division follow two broad patterns: first, to fill the needs for research, particu- larly as related to economic and business problems, on a_ larger scale than most individual co-op- eratives could undertake; and sec-
ondly, to investigate problems confronting certain types of co- operatives, especially in their
early stages of development.
To date, 19 major studies have been undertaken by the research division, and 10 others have been requested or proposed. One of the most important projeets was a thorough investigation of the prin- ciples and practices of co-opera- tive farming in the province, Re- sult of this work was publication of u lengthy report on the subject which was tabled during the last session of the legislature. Other important research projects un- dertaken or completed are: mar- keting. forage crop seeds in Sas- katchewan; international co-oner- ative trade; marketing pogsibili- ties under The National Products Marketing Act; financing methods fos co-operatives; beef rings; cold storage locker plants; co-operative management and membership re- lations; a departmental presenta- tion to the royal commission on
co-operatives. Some of’, these studies are undertaken in cel- laboration with other depart-
ments, the University of Saskat-
Shown above with Co-operatives Minister L. F. McIntosh is part of the staff of the Department of Co-operation and Co-operative Development. Seated, left to right, arc: B. N. Arnason, deputy minister; Hon. L. F. McIntosh, minister; and A. H. Turner, director of research and acting deputy minister. Standing, left to right, are: G. M. MacLeod, chief inspector of co-operative associations; W. J. Hansen, director of the recently-formed trade services division; J. R. MacDonald, assistant registrar and chief clerk, and A. C. MacLean, chief
unions.
chewan and the economics divi- sion, Dominion Department of Agriculture.
Trade Information
Establishment of the trade serv- ices division, fourth branch. of the department, is indicative of the growing need for trade and busi- ness information. The new di- vision, still in the process of or- ganization, will make available in- formation regarding goods pro- duced in Saskatchewan for people living in any part of the world. In addition, information is to be ob- tained for the guidance of those who wish to import goods into Sas- katchewan. It is highly probable that a trade information office will be set up in the United King- dom. The new division will work in co-operation with the Dominion Department of Trade and Com- merce, will publicize Saskatche- wan products in other provinces and countries, and will tabulate statistical data on provincial, in- ter-provincial, national, and in- ternational trade or trade pros- pects.
SECOND PLANE FOR AMBULANCE RUN
IN SASKATCHEWAN
REGINA—A second aircraft and second full-time pilot have been added to the Saskatchewan health department’s famous air ambulance service, Premier T, C. Douglas, minister of health, an- nounced recently.
The second plane is a new, 600- horsepower Norseman, similar to the plane presently in use, but with a three-bladed propeller and with increased capacity and range. Pilot Keith Malcolm recently flew the craft to Regina from the fac- tory in Montreal ;
Purchase of the new plane was necessitated by unexpectedly heavy demand for the service. Since beginning operations last February, the air ambulance plane has made more than 100 trips and received 35 calls which it was un- able to answer due to weather con- ditions or other causes. The sec- ond plane will enable the service to answer more calls and wiil al- low sufficient maintenance time to keep the aircraft in first-class con- dition.
Two Full-Time Pilots
The second full-time pilot ig J. Audette, who formerly was a spare-time pilot with the service.
It is planned to have one plane- fly out of a northern city, pos- sibly Saskatoon, during the sum- mer months and the other out of Regina. During the winter both would be based at Regina, Ex- pericnce has shown there are more calls from the north in the sum- mer and more from the south por- tion of the province during the winter. The northern plane would be equipped with pontoons in the summer. .
Cost of the new plane is about $36,000. Stretcher and other am- bulance installations will be put in-at Regina. It is expected the new plane will be ready for ser- vica by the middle of September,
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Wide scope of the co-operative move- ment in Saskatchewan is illustrated in the accompanying pictures, including a
union office;
pool
credit wheat
oil, dairy co-operative
and
offices, and
the headquarters in Regina of the Sask- atchewan Federated Co-operatives, Ltd.
400 of Every 1000
Indian
‘It is not unlikely that many characteristics, such as_ shiftless- ness, indolence, improvidence and inertia, so long regarded as in- herent or hereditary triats of the Indian race, may at the root, Be really the manifestation of mal- nutrition.
“Furthermore, it is probable that the Indians’ great suscepti- bility to many diseases, paramount amongst them which is tuberculo- sis, may be attributable among other causes to their high degree of malnutrition, arising from lack of proper food.”
Experts on Indians
Thus spoke four men of the science of medicine, two recog- nized as experts on the problems of the Canadian Indian, in a re- port following a northland sur- vey. They are Dr. P. E. Moore, acting superintendent of the medi- cal service of the Indian affairs’ branch at Ottawa; Dr. R. S. C. Corrigan, medical superintendent of the Norway House Indian Hos- pital, Man.; Dr. F. F. Tisdall, con- sultant on nutrition, medical branch of the R.C.A.F., and Dr. H. D. Kruse, Millbank Memorial fund, New York.
They went into the hinterland of Manitoba by plane. They visited out-posts to see what kind of food the Indian was buying. They walked into Indians’ tents and shacks, to see how they lived. They made 400 physical examinations, asked questions and took notes. Then they made their report.
It stated they found the hinter- land Indian:
Dying from tuberculosis at the rate of 732 per 1,000, compared with 51 per 1,000 among the white population.
Losing babies at the rate of 400 per 1,000 births, compared with
Babies Die
52 per 1,000 among the white population.
Living under housing conditions such as 12 people to a shack 12 feet square.
Purchasing food per person, per day amounting to 1,470 calories, as against the 2,544 recommended for Canadians.
Earning $400 a year.
In their report, the investigators stressed the point that their sur- vey concerned the Indian of the hinterland—the Indian most close- ly approaching the Indian of the Wigwam, buffalo and plains of the past, the bush Indian, least touched by civilization.—Toronto Daily Star, March 8, 1946.
RABBI HAS REBUKE FOR TERRORISM
By KENNETH C. RATHBONE CPA European Correspondent
LONDON, Eng.—Speaking on the Palestine question in a Lon- don Synagogue Rabbi Dr. Mat- tuck said:
“The terrorism in Palestine ori- ginates in a nationalist zealotry which believes in pursuing politi- cal aims by physical violence. It violates the Jewish religion. It is foreign to the spirit of the Jews. Jews must condemn, and_ they have condemned the terrorism in Palestine. It follows that they must approve and support the ac- tion to suppress it. The outburst of invective against the British government evoked by its recent action in Palestine can only be at- tributed, where it does not origin- ate in national fanaticism, to the effect of misleading propaganda.”
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A BIT OF. Nonsense
Although he might be a lion on parade, this British sergeant- major was more like a lamb at home. ,
One day, as he sat at the tea- table, he remarked.
“We had a mind-reader in the sergeants’ mess last night.”
“Did you?” replied his wife, frigidly. ‘‘What a dull time “he must have had!”’
“How are you getting on with your new boy friend?” asked the brunette.
“Oh, he’s all washed up,’ re- plied the blonde. “I think he’s been deceiving me and that he’s really a married man.”
“Do you, dear? makes you think that?”
“Well, last night,’ explained ithe blonde, “I was sitting on his |knee and he gave me his watch to play with.’ |
” Whatever
A man asserted in court re- cently that his wife treated him like a lodger. Few husbands have such good fortune.
STRIKES Could Have een AV! OIDE
by ELMORE PHILPOTT
Well-known columnist and news commentator, whose opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the People’s Weekly or the C.C.F.
HE STEEL workers’ strike
is steadily moving to the
point of a national emer-
gency. The most tragic fea- ture is that the King government has once again waited for the actual crisis before taking any effective action.
For months before the strike actually occurred the Steel Work- ers’ Union was issuing a steady stream of publicity—-putting its finger on the real sore spots. The Toronto Saturday Night ran a whole series of articles by Mur- ray Cotteril, pudlicity man for the steel workers. To re-read those articles now—after the costly work stoppage has been on for weeks—- is to prove to any fair-minded reader the woeful sloth of our Federal Department of Labor. It has apparently never heard that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
CCF VOTES AGAINST COMMITTEE REPORT
HIT STEEL STRIKE PLAN
OTTAWA (CPA) — Carrying their fight against the steel strike report to the end, C.C.F. spokes- men tried unsuccessfully on Aug. 23 to introduce amendments which would have made the com- mittee resume its work and pro- duce a more definite solution to the present labor crisis. A weary house accepted the report, though C.C.F. and Social Credit members voted against it.
Six of the recommendations of the report were called “platitudin- ous” by opposition speakers, while
“retrograde step.’’ This clause would permit the government to
call a strike vote among “all the}
men affected, before or after a strike is called’’—and labor sym-
. . . 08 | pathizers in parliament envisioned |
the tragic effects of a strike vote after weeks of picket action, with “seab” labor also permitted to cast its ballot. Block C.C.F. Amendments
Two amendments to the motien (to coneur in the report) were in- troduced by Stanley — Knowles (C.C.a., Winnipeg North Centre) and both were blocked by an in- terpretation of house rules which seemed quite fantastic to obsera- ers,
The first amendment would have
The key-log in the whole strike jam is Donald Gordon’s emphatic ultimatum to Parliament that wage increases of more than 10 cents an hour will upset the whole price control system in Canada. The steel workers might be for- given for asking why they should be confined to 10-cent boosts when woodworkers got over 15 cents— when MP’s increased their own indemnities by 50 percent—and when judges got a $2000 per year boost.
Strange Contradiction
There seems to be a_ strange contradiction in the whole price
and wage control policy in Canada. The theory of the inflation-scare- mongers is that prices sky-rocket disastrously when there is too much money in the hands of the public, as compared with the sup- ply of goods and services which the public desires to buy.
changed the motion to ‘non-con- currence’’, and referred the whole dispute to the government for direct action ‘‘for a settlement of existing disputes on a basis of sat- isfactory wage adjustments and union. security.” Ian Mackenzie acting House leader, protested that this was a ‘‘complete nega- tive’ of the motion and was not permissable. The Speaker so ruled.
The second try would have re- ferred the report back to the committee instead of turning it over to the government. Mr. Knowles wanted to give the com- mittee “instructions to amend it so as to recommend specific changes in the wage and. labor policy of the government.” This, Mr. Knowles claimed, was in line with the first ruling given by the
| Speaker, who had said, ‘‘When a they objected to the seventh as aj
motion is made for concurrence in a report, it is competent for the House to refer it back to the com- mittee with or without instruc- tions.” Members Weary
But Mr, Speaker delved farther into the rule book, after Mr. Mackenzie had raised his voice again in strony protest. This time the basis of the Speaker’s de- cision was & rule which said, “An instruction is a motion empower- ing ax committee to do something which it could not otherwise do, or to dsrect it to do something which it might otherwise not do.”
“Permit me to read the rest of the citation,” Mr. Knowles object- sd, but he was ordered to resume his seat. On a recorded vote the
That would suggest that any government honestly eager to avert run-away inflation would apply a two-handed policy. It would:
1. Do everything possible to in- crease the supply of goods for sale in the stores,
2. Skim off the excess purchas- ing power in the hands of the general public by taxes, loans, compulsory savings, and so on.
Concentrate Against Labor
Instead of applying a two-fisted policy, as above, our price con- trollers—that is Donald Gordon and Co.—have concentrated al- most entirely against labor. If they had used half as much energy in getting more goods on the market as they have in wielding a club over the heads of those who might give such as steel work- ers more than 10 cents per hour increases—there would be no real danger of inflation today in Canada.
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Liberal majority upheld the Speaker’s ruling.
The Canadian parliament was obviously weary — punch-drunk after day-and-night long. sittings on the industrial dispute which had the nation on edge and the members divided into irreconcil- able factions. A. M. Nicholson (C.C.F., Canora) protested , “I consider that we would be failing to discharge our duties if we ac- cepted the report of the commit- tee and hurried away to our homes without facing up to this prob- lem.” But the vote was called— at 10:45 p.m. Friday—and the re- port accepted by a vote of 129 to 28. Liberals and Conservatives voted for the report; C.C.F. and Social Credit voted against it.
Cigarette Firm Is Fined for Chiseling
WASHINGTON,.—The next time “you reach for a Lucky,” you'll know that you are helping the American Tobacco Company, its manufacturer, pay a $347,607 fine assessed against it for violation of O.PLA. price rerulations.
The judgment was handed down by a Federal court at-New York, | where the company was charged with “chiseling’’ on cigarettes pur- chased by the army and navy. | Attorneys for the company did [not deny the charge, but costended [that the violations were not “wil- jful.” Judge John Bright was not jimpressed by that argument, in- sisting the evidence showed “culpability.”
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the ranting coarseness of Gerald L. K. Smith, with his Huey Long, Ku Klux Klan, Silver Shirts and America Firat associations, when mixed together make a Jaquesn took | pages of Hansard the other day to
record a culony of his new Ameri-
can friends, a detestable aggrega- |
tion of hate-mongers for which
he has become the Canadian
spoketman. % - ?
If these appear to he words, that's what they are meant to be. The late Franklin Roosevelt (C''that White House,’ Mr. Jaques’ friend Smith called him) said the people of the world have nothing to fear hut fear. IT think there is nothing
strony
exactly
cripple in’ the
we should hate like hate. ['m afraid |
I can't claim to be filled with love
for everything Russian any more
than [| can bring myself to ad-|} Canadians. And by!
mire some
some things | have put ain this column at times | have aroused the dislike of those who insist
that Ruseia can do no wrong. Fut in a world in which peoples who! are different in many ways must! live together, [ should regard my- | self as an enemy of my own coun-, try, and an enemy of mankind, if; I apent my time and poor talents! in trying to get omy fellow-Cana.! diana to hate our northern neigh- hor nation. God forbid that) war should come between the western powers, with which we are en- twined, and Russia! That any of wa should go oat deliberately to create ill will between us is nothing short of criminal.
C.CF. INITIATES MOVE TO RETAIN MILK SUBSIDIES
Overwhelming Support
OTTAWA (CPA) Milk subsi- dies were due to be tifted on Oc tober ist, forcing: the price up te Itty and 15 cents a quart in many loenlities, may be retained by the government as the result) of an overwhelming vote of the House (69-41) on a CLC amendment on Auguat 27,
A charge that this vote meant the actual overthrow of the wovern ment was later made by Karl Po muth €P.C., Waterloo South), ane the Acting Prime Minister, St. Laurent, protested with enough heat to dadieate that the situation was uneomfortable for the Lab erals. The members agreed that at had been aU free vate, on hon- party lines", and the erisis passed
C.C.F. Amendment
In introducing: the amendment, A. M. Nicholson (CLCUF . Canora) pointed out) that oan opposition member can only recommend aetion to the government where an expen diture of public funds is invelved
His resolution said. “This house
desires to record ats opinion that consideration
should be piven te
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After baek-benéh Liberals, So- cial Credit, Independents and Pro- gressive Conservatives had spoken in support of the resolution, the povernment suggested a “free ovate’, at the same time warning the Conservatives, with some sar- casm, that they might consider the effect of such a vote in view of ther persistent ery against prov- ernment controls and interference
In the economy
Scotty Bryce (CCF, Selkirk) said that the cost of producing milk had increased so greatly, duc to increased farm labor costs and the scarcity of fodder, that even farmers well establish- ed in the dairy business “cannot make ends meet.” “The situa- serious one and the
must face it,” he
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ers, labor, business and govern. | ment. Yo Prices for all farm products to be set oon oa basis of parity as soon as such basis can be establish- ed by the fact-finding board, such prices to be open to revision at) any time,
fo Farm prices unt) Parity is established:
(a) Floor price for wheat $1.55 per bushel basis No. | Fort) Wil- Ham for all wheat produced,
(b) Other farm = products to be | maintained at present: levels.
(c) Vriees of all) goods which affect farm production be reinstated as of September 10, A (di) Abolition of the present Domestic Price system on wheat whereby the Canadian public is subsidized at the expense of the} wheat producer.
costs to.
Ce) Participation certificates | for each year's crop to be settled separately as soon as) the crop is disposed of,
4d. Revision of the system of bonuses on feed grains whereby | the livestock feeder who raises | his own feed grain will also. re- | ceive the full benefit) of the | bonuses,
Ask Removal Gas Tax
4S Removal of the 8 cent Feder- al Gasoline War Measures Tax.
6. Income Tax laws to be amended to conform with the brief presented by the Canadian Feder- | ation oof Agriculture.
7. Co-op institutions should not | be considered ino the same. cate-
wory as Joint stock companies and |
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That's the theme song of these pickets as they demonstrate against the increase in restaurant prices. Sponsored by the New York Buyers Strike Committee, the picketing attracted large crowds outside
N.2Z. Reserve
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budget, “have been characterized by a restrant whieh is unique
lamongst belligerent countries, and
since 1942 the policy has heen to confine loans to direct subscrip- tion from the public without re- course to the Reserve Bank or trading bank funds.
Brings Many Bencfits
“Public ownership of the Re- serve Bank has facilitated the fin- ancing of the guaranteed-price
ischeme for dairy produce and the
marketing of other produce. It has facititated the Government's housing scheme under which over 21.300 houses have already been
i built, and it has been instrumental
in holding down the general level of interest rates.
“Public ownership of the Re- serve Bank,” declared Mr. Nash, “was the key which enabled the
Government to raise public and
private spending to the level neces- sary to employ the productive re- sources of the Dominion, this pro-
i viding full employment and full
opportunity.
“During the 11 years since the advent of the present Government, in addition to the advantages set out above, the bank hes out of its profits paid over to the consolidat-
fed fund the sum of £3,668,997."
Mr. Nash refuted the sugges- tion that inflationary difficulties could be adjusted overnight by currency manipulation. He was
should therefore not be subject to! satisfied that the only road to ° |
any corporation or income tax.
x. A revision of the freight rate pohey which discriminates against | Western Canada,
national prosperity and a still further increase in general liv- ing standards was that of in-
| creased production and more
9 The fullest: possible use and | equitable distribution. To that
expansion of the Pert of Churehill.
10. Tmmediate abolition of the)
Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
The strike vote take in Alberta by the ALBPLUL last month was O84 in favor of a producers’ strike, the delegation said,
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CPR Monopoly
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est in Consolidated Mining and
Smelting, holds a lion’s share of
the mineral wealth of the north. “Playing Ball”
Secondly, two years ago CPA persisted in challenging the posi- tion of TCA. “At that time Cana- dian Pacific Air Lines was ambi- tious to extend its territory into other parts of Canada”, Mr. Howe recalled. Now CPA is playing ball.
“All sources of friction have been removed between the govern- ment authority and Canadian Pa- cific Airlines and between TCA and CPA,” the Minister explained.
Stanley Knowles (C.C.F. Winni- ‘peg North Centre) pointed out that, in effect, this was a monopoly- cartel division of the nation. In re- turn for ‘‘laying off’ with its challenge of TCA, Canadian Paci- fic Airlines is to be granted ex- clusive control of air transport in the great Canadian north.
“LT declare,” Mr. Knowles told the House, “that the day will come when we shall have to undo the harm done to the Canadian economy by the mono- poly which we are building up in transportation and mineral pro- duction in Canada’s northland which surely belongs to the peo- ple uf the country as a whole.”
U.N. ARMED FORCE SUGGESTED BY CCF
OTTAWA, (CPA)—‘National armies are obsolete, and must be replaced by an international force answerable to the United Na- tions,” was the way in which John Probe (Regina City) expressed the C.C.F. party views in the House of Commons during the de- bate on national defence estim- ates last week.
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Probe crivicized the government resolution which asked for a per-
week's Manent force “in number as may
severance pay for each year. of be authorized by the governor-in-
service with the company.
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council.” The C.C.F. spokesman empha- ‘sized that only parliament, as rep-
The contract also provides for | resentative of the people, should life, health and maternity insur- have the right to decide upon the
ance for all employees as well as. size of Canadian
health insuranee for
armed forces
employee's and that the minister of national
dependents. All costs of the in- defence was asking, in effect, ‘for surance are to be borne by the a blank cheque on which to place
company.
his own figures.” He referred to
All new employees become Un- article 43 of the United Nations
ion members after employment. The
thirty
days’ Charter which states that all mem- contract pro-. bers make
available to the Se-
vides for irrevocable checkoff and curity Council armed forces, as-
maintenance of
membevship for
sistance and facilities for the pur-
all employees during the life of pose ‘of maintaining international
the contract. It as
peace and security. He said that
estimated that the net|"“C.C.F. members of the house are
wage gain on a week's earnings | prepared to support a negotiated ‘ i : avori»rgwe " ‘ - ' will %e an average of three dol-} contribution by Canada to a pro-
lars and sixty cents a week for] tective
each employee for the
[pared to the previous forty-eight ponents in
| hour week,
force, and are prepared
| : forty-two |eonditionally to approve the mus- and forty-four hours week as cem- lering of
suitable armed com- anticipation of such ‘agreements being secured = and
SERIES AF TOR AH erupt ees
ratified by the mons.”’
House of Com-
Proposes Defence Policy
Mr. Probe then outlined a 18- point C.C.F. national defence pol- icy designed to maintain national and international security, and to ensure civilian control of the armed forces. e
1. That the number of officers and men be set, not by governor- in-council but by parliament.
2. That the terms of service be such that promotion will be based upon general personal ability; that upgrading of personnel in military science and technical research be continuous for all ranks through- out the entire period of service, with syllabi drawn up to include studies in history, economics and world citizenship, as well as tech- nical studies solely applicable to the sei vice.
The C.C.F. would also substi- tute “rational treatment” of all ranks for ‘undemocratic forms of drill and discipline’; pay would be more nearly equalized; racial discrimination eliminated; —na- tional defence headquarters re- duced in size of complements; all armaments manufactured by crown companies; and ‘‘all scien- tific discoveries of the Canadian force or of military research la- boratories be made available to the united nations assembly on a reciprocal basis.”’
“Black Market” in . Men’s Shirts .in U.S.
WASHINGTON.—It’s a_ slow ay when some new form of racketeering does not bob up. The latest is a ‘‘black market” in men’s shirts, made from bed sheets and other linen stolen from_ hotels, laundries and hospitals.
Washington hotel managers re- port that their losses alone run to more than $10,000 a month. The Laundry Dry Cleaning Owners’ Association declares its members are losing thousands of sheets, pil- low cases and other items.
The Pullman company has _ in- Vestigators in the field trying to locate stolen supplies, its officials disclosed.
The loot, it is said, is being dis- posed of to crooked.New York and Chicago shirt manufacturers by fences operating in the nation’s principal cities.
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