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Liberals for -
‘double-talk’

Among the numerous well-seas-
ened planks being displayed by
Prime Minister St. Laurent and
Libera) Candidates in the coming
federal €lections is one marked
& vigorous housing policy,” said
McEwen, LPP candidate in
aby-Richmond, over radio sta-
CKMO Monday night.

“Pledging full cooperation, the
Provinces will be asked to get
soing with a low-rental housing
Scheme,” commented McEwen.
the of which sounds very good—
a one forgets that only a few

ahs ort months ago St. Laurent de-
ared rather Snappishly that no
“ment he had anything to

© with would ever embark upon

Subsidized low-cost housing
eme, :

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tion

a

i oe cold truth of the matter
that until now the St. Laurent
usovermment has been much more
terested in the business of war,

n in peace-time housing. Com-
Pare the budget appropriation of
fen millions for so-called  ‘de-
for. 284inst a mere pittance
ae Sorely-needed low-cost homes.
icra expediency at the mo-
ua demands some gesture in
PPort of the people’s needs, so

. coe! spokesmen indulge in
ans etalk, They give us a vig-
en housing policy, so designed
, the it can be readily ditched after
a potion in the good old game
ing ©minion-Provincial buck-pass-

“
A real housing program, such
mene LPP proposes, would accom-
medi iQ Objectives almost im-
ae ey first, it would provide
thus of thousands of new jobs,
Tat; lessening the already high
ead pe unemployment in Canada;
‘ Cameak it would open up a big
sump’ Market for a greater con-
building of lumber and other
Can aa Products, thus mitigating
‘on qt S 8towing dependence up-

Bover to whom the St. Laurent
dag ment has surrendered Can-
ww. Commerce and independence.
ee. of course, it would pro-
home €. much-needed low-cost
“Peopi,’ 224 take thousands of our
Gee Out of wretched slums.
your vote on June 27 ”
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Peacetim Opoly obstruction

Urges vote
against pact

“The policies of big business,
implemented by the St. Laurent
government, have brought Canada
to the edge of a precipice,” charg-
ed Charles Stewart, LPP federal
candidate in Vancouver East, in a
broadcast over CKMO this week.
“The North American continent
is today facing an economic crisis,
with over three million fully un-
employed in the United States and
thousands of Canadian workers
facing loss of jobs because of the
Marshail plan,
Terming the signing of the At-
lantic pact as “the crowning ex-
ample of a country betrayed,”
Stewart pointed out that all other
candidates in Vancouver East have
gone’ on record in support of the
pact,

“T am the only candidate oppos-
ing the pact,” said Stewart. “It
is a war pact directed first against
our valiant war-time ally, the
Soviet Union; secondly against the
people of the New Democracies
and the working class in any
country that dares to raise the
banner of communism, of universal
brotherhood and peace.
“To the electors of Vancouver
East, I would say: If you are op-
posed to your sons being used as
cannon-fodder in the interests of
monopoly profits, if you support
the stand of the B.C. CCF conven-
tion which opposed the Atlantic
pact over the strenuous objections

ment. “© Progress and develop-
Peace, poe LPP for jobs, for

Tr a greater Canada.” ;

of Angus MacInnis, then vote LPP
on June 27,” :

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farea of the flats,

| date children’s playground.”

CCF leaders
deny White

nomination —

—NANAIMO, B.C.

Rank and file CCF delegates met
in this Island city on May Day
to democratically nominate a stan-
dard bearer for the June 15 pro-
vincial elections. Or so ‘they
thought. Instead they felt the
heavy hand of top right-wing CCF
bureaucracy.

Names before the convention
were those of Percy Lawson, right
wing CCL organizer; Dan Radford,
director of the CCL; Alistair Mc-
Leod, anti-unity IWA leader; Dave
Stupich, university student; and
Joe White, coal miner and active
pro-unity trade unionist who ran
as the CCF candidate here in the
1945 provincial elections.

Of the five, White was by far
the. most popular candidate. He
was the unanimous choice of the
500-strong Miners union, which is
affiliated to the CCF, and of the
Nanaimo and Islands CCF clubs.
He was also the popular choice
of the working men and women of
Nanaimo.

But the top leadership of the
CCF thought differently. In the
1945 provincial elections Joe White
welcomed the support of the Na-
naimo LPP. And, more recently,
he has been fighting hard for cor-
rect working class policies within
the trade unon movement. Appar-
ently such activity is taboo in the
eyes of right-wing CCF leaders.
On these grounds the CCF pro-
vincial leadership informed Whit
just prior to the nominations, that
he was not acceptable to them as
a candidate.

White agreed to withdraw his
name from nomination provided
that the right-wing anti-unity
nominees Percy Lawson, Dan Rad-
ford and Alistair McLeod were
likewise not allowed to stand. As
a result Dave Stupich,. who is poli-
tically unknown in the riding, re-
ceived the nomination,

The working people of Nanaimo
are rightfully angered over this
high-handed procedure of the. CCF
bureaucracy, -for they feel that

has once again denied them an
opportunity to win for labor a
seat that by organization and tra-
dition rightfully belongs to labor.

False Creek

A clean-up of rat-infested False
Creek flats and establishment of a
modern park and playground to
service the “forgotten population”
of the district is being sought by
Maurice Rush, LPP federal can-
didate in Vancouver Center.

Rush will speak at an open-air
(Georgia
and Jackson) on Friday, June 3,
at 7 p.m. j

“A \decent-sized park and play-
ground could be opened in the
north end of the flats,’’ said Rush.
“In 19389 the city acquired 39 acres
of land from the Great Northern
Railway, and the 1946 report of the
town planning commission describ-
ed the site as extremely well suit-
ed for.a playground. The report
also recommended that another
enclosed by
Hawks, Campbell, Prior and At-
lantic, be acquired. This whole
section could be turned into a
modern park, with tennis courts
and putting greens and an up-to-

Recently two children in the
False Creek flats were bitten by
rats and contracted  rat-fever.
Danger of rats starting an epide-
mic in the area is great, and
residents will have a chance to
air their grievances at the open
air rally sponsored by Rush's elec-
tion committee, June 3.

“Rat infestation, jn resi-
dential areas will ultimately lead
to a disastrous epidemic unless a
real drive to rid our city of rats
is undertaken by the local health
department, with the cooperation

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of all citizens,” said Rush.

LPP ELECTION NEWS

Can win Alberni -
money talks, too

Calling all supporters: Urgent attention
must be given NOW to the election fund. Only
$501.70 was turned in this week, resulting in a
crisis in our election. To cinch the election of
Nigel Morgan in Alberni and Tim Buck in Tor-
onto-Trinity, our objective of $25,000 must be
reached. That sum is less than the Johnson-
Anscomb Sales Tax Twins spend on one adver--
tisement trying to justify their “three percent
raid” on your pay envelope. More than $3,500
must come in next week and each week until
election day. Do not wait for club or committee
meetings—rush funds in daily. . Do it NOW!

* * *

“Even one earnest man can do a big job as MP....Such a
representative as Tim Buck, or a group of LPP members ready
al all times to put forward a working class point of view, would
be invaluable to the workers of Canada and to the people as a
whole. Any suggestion that the constituency would suffer through
being represented by a member of the LPP is entirely contrary to
my experience here.”

» William Gallagher, Communist MP for. West Fife in the’
British House of Commons, said that.

bering and repeating.
and will do.

And it’s worth remem-
It helps to point up what the LPP can do

* . *

The tide of public opinion is swinging towards Nigel Mor-
gan, LPP provincial candidate in Alberni. Here’s an on-the-
spot opinion from Alf Dewhurst, who is taking an active part in
Morgan’s campaign:

“The situation
more favorable every day. We
have received our first re-
turns from canvassers. The
results are even better than
we had anticipated and our
canvassers are feeling very
pepped-up because of the fine
reception. With two old-line
candidates and a weak CCF
candidate in the field, we de-
finitely stand a good chance
of breaking through and win-
ning the seat. Under these

is looking conditions we are warranted
in throwing more resources
into the fight in order to take
full advantage of the favor-_
_ able situation.”

I agree. We must step up our
splendid campaign in Alberni
—which means fore forces and
more money, People are vital—
but so is the green stuff that
pays for radio, handbills and
community advertising. Let’s all
dig in and elect Nigel Morgan
to the legislature on June 15.

*. * *

RADIO: Tune in to CKMO at 5.55 p.m. Monday through
Friday and hear LPP candidates outline their programs. Help
build a regular listening audience by talking to work-mates in the
shops, and distributing broadcast cards. Write in questions to the
candidates. They are interested in your questions and opinions.

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