Mie 9 i eat Mt a Te HN FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1956 No, 33 - VANCOUVER, B.C. Authorised as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa ‘ ‘Key 1O¢ ness interests have resulted in a fleeting ‘prosperity’ for which the people will pay ‘dearly in the not too distant future,’ Morgan predicted. “Any ‘prosperity’ based upon the giving away of our water power resources, our gas and oil and our timber, is bound to be disastrous in the long run. That is why unity at the polls around progressive can- didates pledged to stop Ben- nett’s giveaway program is essential.” Main points im the LPP elec- tion platform, which will be published this coming week and widely distributed . throughout the province, are these: @ Public ownership, de- velopment and control of all hydro electric power facilities and natural gas resources, through extension of the B.C. Power Commission. e An end to Forest Man- The Labor-Progressive par- ty decided at a weekend meet- ing of its B.C. provincial com- mittee to work for the re-elec- % One of the highlights of the Pacific National Exhibition ch which opened this week is the tree climbing of world ampion Danny Sailor. The 27-year-old logger retained tion of CCF candidates in all . Columbia’s rich natural resources to the U.S. monopolies, ’ Nigel Morgan said this week. He issue agement Licenses, an idea de- vised by the Socred govern- ment to facilitate ‘its timber giveaways, and the inaugura- tion of a plan whereby forest conservation and equal distrib- ution of forest wealth would be the property of the people, rathey than that of the lumber trusts. © Inauguration of a pro- vincial health plan to provide full medical, hospital and other health services free of charge to every citizen. e A-new deal in financial aid to municipalities, adequate to meet the needs of the people in educational, hospital and other municipal social ser- vices; this to include financial subsidies to, farm areas where climate, production costs and market’ hazards are bringing / ruin to many communities. The LPP program will turn the spotlight on the Bennett government’s four years of entire labor and progressive movement of B.C. The extent of the Bennett government’s giveaway of our natural re- sources to foreign monopolies, no less than the extraordinary tree in 14 seconds. Varner Stacey Warner, union-raid- a brass hat of International Pod Carriers was refused : ce in the Vancouver, ainland Trades and ic = Council on Tuesday Bic ie by a unanimous Pirate € delegates. : ae unionists by this de- Marnnin action registered a . Baa. protest against the .. ds"used by Hod Carriers ying to take over Tunnel Rock Workers Local 168 * title this month at world’s tree climbing championship Humbolt, California when he climbed an 80-foot spar barre from council because its members rejected made - in- Washington low- wage agreements for work on the natural gas pipeline. When Warner failed to win members away from Local 168 he attempted to bolster his position by seeking deleg- ate status in the Labor Coun- cil, along with a colleague, Harry Croft. But B.C. trade unionists united solidly to give Warner - and Croft the bounce. constituencies held by the CCF in the last legislature, LPP provincial leader Nigel Mor- gan told the press this week. “Our provincial committee unanimously recommended to LPP constituency committees not to contest Fernie, Comox, Burnaby, Cranbrook, Atlin, Cowichan - Newcastle, New Westminster, Vancouver East, Kaslo-Slocan, Revelstoke, Grand Forks-Greenwood, Al- perni and Skeena,.or any other constituency where the LPP running would endanger elec- tion of any candidate genu- inely opposed to the Bennett government’s policy of give- away of our hydro, natural gas and forest resources,” Mor- gan continued. The way in which this election has been called pre- sents a grave threat to the unfair way in which Premier NIGEL MORGAN SOCRED RECORD election issue’ s key | election issue confronting the people is the Socred giveaway of British LPP provincial leader da strong appeal for unity of all progressive forces to defeat Social Credit at the polls September 19. (See LPP statement below.) ‘Four years of Socred giveaways to the U.S. trusts and Canadian big busi- giveaways — a record about which it makes specious boats, but at the same time prohibits open discussion, as in the current Sommers’ case in- volving forest licenses. (This week ‘Tory leader Deane Finlayson made certain statements in connection with the Sommers-Sturdy libel act- ion, and two Vancouver daily newspapers published his speech. Three applications were immediately made in Supreme Court registry by former lands and forest minis- ter Sommers seeking commit- tal for contempt of court against Finlayson and the two newspapers). “The Socreds call a snap election and make a virtuous pretense. of placing their record before the people for approval and votes, but do not permit the people to debate that record,” commented Nigel Morgan. LPP urges unity to elect progressive majority Bennett is trying to railroad this election, makes it neces- sary that the LPP subordinate all considerations to the need for labor - farmer-CCF-LPP unity.” ) The LPP, which had nomin- ated 18 candidates prior to the calling of the election, and which ran 25 candidates in the — 1953 provincial election, has recommended the running of only 13 candidates in Vancou- ver Centre, Vancouver Bur- rard, North Vancouver, Vic-. toria, Delta, North Okanagan and Nelson-Creston, In all other constituencies the LPP will campaign for the idea of farmer-labor-CCF- LPP unity behind the candi- date who has the best chance of helping stop the Bennett government’s giveaway of re- sources to the USS. : “Our main consideration is to assure election of a pro- gressive majority to B.C’s next legislature,’ said Mor- gan.