“The political situation in
the situation in 1945,” he said.

Canada in the camp of imperialist reaction and the drive
to war—not in the interests of Canada, but allied with the
U.S. aim of desteoyine the new independent democracies of

Europe.”

But millions of Canadians are)
determined there shall be no
more war. “The majority of demo-
cratic Canadians know that we
can have -peace, full employment
and security,” Buck declared.
“The difficulty is that this ma-
jority—in the trade unions, among
the farmers and middle classes
is not united.

“For a long time the Labor-
Progressive Party has advocated
a coalition of all progressive
forces. We advanced the idea
of a Federated Labor Party—with
or without the LPP. In 1945,
we proposed an electoral coali-
tion of CCF, labor and progres-
sive Liberal forces which, but
for the short sighted policy of
the CCF at that time, could
have elected a strong body of
labor representatives to parlia-
ment.”

Today, however, the King Lib-
erals, along with the Progressive
Conservative Party, head reaction
in Canada, explained Buck. “They
are carrying out U.S. Wall Street
and state department policies,” he
asserted.

The policy of the King govern-
ment is to increase prices and
_ cut consumption and bind Can-

“In the condition of today, it is our task to do those
which will keep Canada democratic, independent and
free,” Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor-Progressive
Party, declared at a meeting in Toronto’s Massey Hall last
week, He called on “everyone” to vote for a CCF govern-
ment in the 1948 federal election. —

_ Keep half U.S. profits at home, says Buck

—TORONTO.

Canada is vastly different to
“Mackenzie King has placed

opoly corporations who invested
more than $4,000 million in Can-
ada. This monopoly industry ex-
erted a tremendous influence. It
prevent Canada from manu-
facturing necessary machinery
with which to develop her own
resources.”

As an illustration, Buck said
while Canada produces most of

TIM BUCK

LPP national leader, will attend
the fifth annual convention of
| 8.U.-Yukon section, The con-
vention has been further post-
poned to the weekend of March

on butter, actually are
a floor to prevent reductions.

The government’s policy is to
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Meanwhile, he said, profits in
Canada soared to record highs.
“The total difference in prices
between 1946 and 1947 equals the
total increase in profits for the
same period, almost dollar for
_ “The war changed the mar-
ket prospect for Canada and the
rest of the world,” he explained.
“Before the war, big U.S. concerns
built plants in Canada because
of our preferences in British “Em-
pire markets. Two thousand of
them were built by U.S. mon-

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cepted nomination in the Toron-
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told a Toronto audience last
week, “Next time, we'll have a
majority in Trinity riding.”

America’s newsprint, she does not
build a single newspaper-making
machine. It is necessary to buy
such machinery from the United
States.
“But we cannot continue to buy
these machines {f we continue
to pay out U.S. dollars for such
things as green vegetables and
oranges,” said Buck. “That is the
reason for the government’s 25
percent tax on many commodi-
ties. The essential needs of the
people are being sacrificed,” be-
cause Canada is now subservient
te the interests of U.S. capital,
he said. The recent trade pact
signed at Geneva no longer gives
Canada the same Empire pref-
erences enjoyed in the pre-war
period, thus the need for far-
reaching changes on our economic

ready beginning in Canada.
000 unemployed were listed.

It marked the change in govern-

ada’s

we now must import from the
U.S. Let’s produce machinery.
Let’s increase production of the
things we need. This would cer-
tainly raise our standard of liv-
ing and there would be ro
want of jobs.”

He said unemployment was al-

"ihe unemployment  insur-
ance of $14 a week paid today
is a joke,” he said. “It must be
increased by at least 50 per-
cent,

Buck said King’s speech to the
Liberal advisory committee in
Ottawa last week was “one of
the most important of his life.”

ment policies, he said. In it, King
enunciated a fundamental politi-
cal thesis. He made a_ violent
attack on Communism. He main-
tained that the international situ-
ation was responsible for Can-
domestic problems.

“The international situation is
no secret,” said Buck. “The nine
Communist parties of Europe ex-
pressed the change in their re-
cent meeting in Warsaw. They
showed how the world was divi-
ed into two camps—those in the
new democracies of Europe on
the one hand and imperialist re-
action striving to prevent the de-
velopment of these new democra-
ies and plunging the world reck-
lessly into war, on the other.

“King said we must prepare
for war to defeat Communism
on a world scale. But they can-
not make a war against Com-
munism. You cannot kill an
idea with an atom bomb.”

It was the upsurge of demo-
cratic sentiment throughout the
whole world that prompted
King’s speech, Buck pointed out.

“The forces of democracy are
still advancing all over the world
in all but a few countries,” he
said. “People can’t be bought so
easily by the Marshall Planners.”

* * *

In the light of the changed
political and economic situation
in Canada, and in the event of
an election this year—which is
most likely—and if it is not
possible to secure a coalition of
all democratic and progressive
forces under a united leadership—
the people must ask themselves
what was the best policy to pur-
sue in the interests of peace and
in their own interests, Buck con-
tinued.

He pointed out that the major
ity of peovle who support peace
and economic independence for
Canada, will vote either CCF or
LPP in the next federal election
—and of these the majority will
vote for the CCF.

“But this number will multiply
under the hammer blows of un-
employment, the Abbott Plan for
the reduction of living standards,

policies.
“The lWLabor-Progressive Party
says that instead of cutting down
the standard of life of Canadians
our economic policies. must start
from the needs of the people,”

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he said. “U.S. corporations took
$200,000,000 profits out of Can-

ada last year while Canadians
spent $12,000,000 in the U.S. for
such things as oranges and other
essentials. ‘

“I say, let them take only
half of this amount out and
leave the rest here,” Buck chal-

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and the war policies of the King
government,” he said.

“In these circumstances, there
is just one way the Canadian
people can be united: call upon
everyone to vote for candidates
of the CCF and elect a CCF
government. By so doing, Can-
ada can throw both old-line par-
ties into the ashcan of history,
Canada can be kept free and
independent. Such @ victory would
be a landmark in our history.

: “The LPP is not making a for-
mal united front agreement
with the CCF a condition of
electoral unity,” Buck explained.
“We have always advocated a

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in the‘interests of peace and the
people
ask representation. We will
only a few LPP candidates
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CCF’s”

ist statement by M. ‘J. Coldwell,
leader of the CCF, Buck said he
had been asked,
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statements such as this. Isn't it
true that Coldwell
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to advocate one. But even if
we can’t achieve one, we say
‘Unite at the Polls!’ Elect a
CCF government =nd defeat the
old-line parties. We are in dan-
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Quoting a recent anti-Commun-

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tion of the world,” he said.
ope will be socialist in 10 years.
In five years,
won a new democracy. Our task
is to do those things which will
keep Canada democratic,
pendent and free. We must help
the people of the new world.”

Answering the question, Buck
cited the example of the Brit-
ish Communist Party: “It was
the British Communist Party
which fought hardest to keep
the Labor Party in power under
the tremendous pressure of the
Tories in the coal production
crisis. It must be remembered
that Attlee and Bevin, in the
final analysis, are responsible
to the labor movement. The
same thing applies to Coldwell.

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