JACK MOORE IWA Regional President Upon discharge from the RCAF, and while employed in the log- ging section of the industry, Jack Moore became active on IWA camp committees at Englewood and Bloedel. He was elected Secretary of the Alberni Plywood Sub-Local 1-85, IWA, in 1949 and in 1952 was named Financial Secretary of Local 1-85, IWA, Port Alberni. He held this position until 1957, when he was appointed District Executive Assistant. He was elect- ed Regional 1st Vice-President in 1959 and 1960. He was appointed Regional President in 1962 when the for- mer President, Joe Morris was elected to the Canadian kabour Congress. ~~ He is the 1st Vice-President of the B.C. Federation of -Labour- and a Vice-President of the B.C. Section ‘of the New Democratic Party. REGIONAL CANDIDATE FOR | PRESIDENT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 FOR OTHER CANDIDATES SEE PAGES 384 “Douglas Outlines Program’ in order to compete on the markets of the world. “They constantly express fear of inflation and therefore advocate high interest rates and tight money, which they say will produce a “sound dollar.” DISASTROUS RESULTS “T would remind you with what disastrous results we have followed the belt-tight- ening doctrines in the past. In 1926 the Tory Government in Great Britain went on the gold.standard and precipitat- ed the greatest period of un- employment and depression that country ever saw. “In 1929 Herbert Hoover met the first signals of a de- pression by instituting tight money and austerity with disastrous results. “Apparently the orthodox financiers have forgotten nothing and learned nothing from the past. 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CRAFTSMEN Your guide to better value ‘We Can Afford To Sell The... * BEST For LESS! PHONE 723-5641 jects that would give employ- ment. _ “The so called austerity program of the Canadian Government will not cure unemployment, it will ag- gravate it still further; it will not promote economic growth it will further reduce our production by throwing more men out of work and reducing the amount of purchasing power in the hands of our people. UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASED “The policies of tight money and reduced government spending which have been imposed to reduce the costs of Canadian goods, have had the effect of producing unem- ployment, restricting our rate of growth and causing real living costs to rise. Thus the government has _ sacrificed what should be its most im- portant goal of full employ- ment, on the altar of the arti- ficially pegged 92%c dollar. “In the process, the gov- ernment has allowed the in- ternational monetary institu- tions to dictate to Canada that she must follow policies of tight money and balanced budgets. I want to make it quite clear that no New Democratic government Program For Labor The five-point program outlined by T. C.: Douglas in his address to the IWA Regional Convention defined policies to be advocated in Parliament by the New Democratic Party as follows: 1. A greatly expanded housing program to build houses for low income groups, so that idle men and resources may be put to work in providing decent homes for Canadian people. 2. We will press for loans of low interest rates to provinces and municipalities, so that the latter may undertake much needed improvements in our municipal and provincial services. Money should be made available for the con- struction of schools, hospitals, libraries and the building of streets, roads, sewers and water systems. 3. We will urge the Government of Canada to undertake federal works which have been too long delayed. We will press for a. re-examination of the McNaughton Plan to develop the Columbia River project, the construction of a National Power Grid, improvement of our harbor and shipping facilities, and the building of national parks to accommodate tourist trade. 4. The New Democrats in parliament will urge the govern- ment to provide incentives to encourage Canadians to in- vest their savings in employment creating projects designed to increase Canadian productivity. Canada must make more use of its own capital in order to lessen our dependence upon foreign capital, although this should always be made welcome. The time has come to establish in Canada a National Investment Board that would provide incentives and encouragement for Canadian investment in Canadian growth. 5. We will seek to establish a program of job training and job placement in order that those who are displaced by automation may be retrained and put to work on new projects designed to increase Canada’s wealth production. The time has passed for the Eisenhower doctrine “that man’s destiny is settled in the market place.” Society has a responsibility to see to it that every man who is displaced by modern technology is retrained and found a job worthy of his capacity. In a nation of our vast resources such a program is not only possible, it is urgently needed and capable of attainment. would ever permit the inter- national banks to dictate eco- nomic policies which result in Canadians being put out of work. “For a country with our huge trade volume it is harm- ful to have a pegged ex- change rate on Canadian cur- rency. With a flexible or free- floating exchange rate we can pursue full employment policies at home while al- lowing our dollar to find its true rate on international markets. The New Demo- cratic Party feels that it was a mistake for the Canadian dollar to have been pegged in the first place and urges an immediate return to a ’ free-floating dollar. FUTURE PROSPECTS “The belt-tighteners may cry that foreign investors will lose faith in the Canadian economy if Canada follows an easier money policy, unpegs the dollar and undertakes planned deficit spending. It is pertinent to ask, however, what confidence they can be expected to have in the Ca- nadian economy if our growth rate continues at less than 2% a year and unemployment continues its steady rise? Yet that is the prospect for Can- ada’s future unless the belt- tightening policy of the gov- ernment is abandoned and abandoned very soon.” NOTICE Due to lack of space in this issue it was not possible to dis- play all the Convention pic- tures. Those omitted will be run in the. next issue. FOR Ist VICE-PRESIDENT JACK MacKENZIE Regional 1st Vice-President Jack MacKenzie joined the IWA early in 1946 on his return from overseas. In 1948 he was elected Trustee of Local 1-118, IWA, Victoria, and in 1949 he was elected Local Recording Secre- tary. He was elected President of his Local in 1950, and has retained this position since then. He was appointed Regional 3rd Vice-President by the Regional Executive Board in 1961. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 vices which will flow more abundantly from automated production.” @ “Only a miracle will prevent a mass unemploy- ment crisis next winter. The slowing down of the Cana- dian economy threatens a 34% increase in unemploy- ment.” @ “As an International Union we are opposing the imposition of quotas on Cana- dian lumber shipped to the United States.” Such statements as the above were prominently fea- tured in the keynote address of Regional President Jack Moore as he opened the 25th IWA Annual Regional Con- vention, September 18. His remarks led almost imme- diately into convention deci- -sions on the issues outlined by him. His presidential address stated in part: THE ECONOMIC SITUATION “Grave dangers lie in the present economic situation. I need only refer to the’ busi- ness indicators supplied by The Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics to tell you that only a miracle will prevent a mass unemployment crisis next winter. “A mild expansion in the Canadian economy is slowing down. This slowing down is bringing increased unemploy- ment. At the height of mid- summer activity, almost 7% of our labour force in British Columbia was idle. Nothing is in sight to enable us to avoid a situation in which one in every ten will be seeking work in vain. “Canadian and American business trends have moved together in close relationship since 1958. The unexciting performance of the American economy has fallen far short of expectations. “Canadian record exports resulted from a brief business See “MOORE” — Page 4