THE LIBERAL RECORD

Liberals began
sellout to U.S.

By NORMAN FREED

Rees the 1958 election.

“Mike” Pearson was
elected new leader of the
Liberal Party. He did not
fare well in the first elec-
tion campaign. All he man-
aged to come back with
was 48 members.

He lost Quebec, the tradi-
tional stronghold of the Lib-
erals to the Tories. Only 25
Liberals were elected in Que-
bec while the Tories elected
50 members. He managed to
elect only 13 members in the
other nine provinces. This is
“Mike’s” second election.

The Liberals have been out
of government since 1957.
They had ruled for 22 years.
The politicians operate on
the theory that the electors
have short memories and that
the pattern of Liberals, and
Conservatives changing
places, of beings “ins and
outs” will go on forever.

One of these days, how-
ever, they will find this pat-
tern does not work any long-
er. Perhaps not in this elec-
tion, but the process of
change of the old pattern is
in the making. Operating on
the theory that people forget,
the Liberals are accusing the
Tories of the very sins they
are guilty of themselves.

ANTI-CANADA RECORD

The record of the Liberal
Party on the main issues is
as anti-Canadian as that of
the Tories.

It was during the 22 years
of Liberal rule, under the slo-
gan of “integration” that
Canada’s birthright was sold
to the U.S. monopolies. It
would be well to recall the
infamous Abbott plan.

Abbott, minister of finance
in the King government,
speaking in the House of
Commons on March 18, 1948,

UP IN SMOKE! — went
22 years of Liberal rule
after the pipeline scandal
of 1956.

June 8, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8:

admitted that the “Abbott
plan” was designed to cut
down manufacturing:in Can-
ada. He had this to say:

“If we cut down the con-
sumption of refrigerators and
other articles which contain
metal, we can sell the metal
in its original form for dol-
lars in the United States or
anywhere else. This is one
way whereby we can get
United States exchange. In-
stead of using labor in Can-
ada to convert the metal into
things our own people con-
sume, we shall sell the raw
materials <<...

This is the Liberal Party
record. They sold the raw
materials and they “sold”

jobs of Canadians to the
USA. This deliberate policy
of turning our country into
a raw material reserve for
the USA could only bring
about economic decline and
mass unemployment. The
Canadian people must not
forget this » anti-Canadian,
shameful policy of the Lib-
eral party.
START SELLOUT

The Liberal party bears
the historic responsibility for
having turned Canada into a
satellite of the USA. It is no
wonder big business and its
spokesmen in the USA refer
to Canada as a raw material-
agricultural country and that
Canada should therefore be-
come part of the industrializ-
ed USA. They look upon
Canada as they do on any
colony.

No new promises can wipe
Gut the Liberal’s record of
betrayal.

Among the 75 promises ad-
vanced by the Liberal Party,
not a single word is said
about the fact that 69 per-
cent of our industry is under
U.S. control. The Liberals ac-
cuse the Tories of being re-
sponsible for the lack of
growth of the Canadian econ-
omy.

How can you have econo-
mic growth when our econo-
my is geared to supply raw
materials and semi-finished
products to the USA and
when we import finished
goods from the USA manu-
factured in the USA from
the very raw materials from
Canada?

How can you have employ-
ment for Canadians when
you deliberately neglect the
development of manufactur-
ing industry and when you

_ over-develop the raw mater-

ial industry?

We are now paying the
price for Liberal Party %e-
trayals to U.S. interests.

UNEMPLOYMENT

The Liberals are accusing,
the Tories of responsibility
for mass unemployment.

They claim that while they
were in power unemploy-
ment was very low.

They, of course, do not tell
the people that they had the
good fortune of being in pow-
er up to 1957 and were the
beneficiaries of favorable
post-war circumstances. The
Liberals made sure, however,

with their made-in-the-U.S.
policies, to lay the ground-
work for economic decline
and mass unemployment
once the post-war favorable
factors were exhausted.

They bear full responsibil- ’

ity with the Tories for mass
unemployment.

What do they propose to
do about the economic de-
cline and mass _ unemploy-
ment? Among the 75 prom-
ises they include a promise
to ‘“‘reorganize the industrial
Development Bank . . . co-
operating with private enter-
prise to provide capital for
industrial expansion.”

What does that mean? Not
very much!

Unless something is done
about the control of our eco-
nomy by U.S. monopolies,
we cannot bring about a
change in the rate of growth
of the Canadian economy and
we cannot solve the problem
of ‘unemployment. Not a
word about this among the
75 promises.

The Liberals also promise
big business ‘‘accelerated de-
preciation”’, ‘“‘tax incentives
and grants.’’ They also talk
about ‘‘free trade.’”’ All these
measures will help big busi-
ness, but will be of little, if
any, help to the almost 600,-
000 unemployed.

On the problem of Cana-
da’s big trade deficit and al-
most complete dependence on
the USA’ for our exports, the
Liberal promises are also
meaningless generalities —
“co-operating: constructively
and energetically with other
free-world countries to re-
duce barriers and expand
trade.” This could have been
said by anyone at anytime.

TRADE POLICY

There is nothing said about
the problem Canada will face
when Britain enters the Eur-
opean Common Market.
There is nothing about the
question of the changing pat-
tern of world trade, or of
opening up trade with the
new independent — countries
and with the Socialist coun-
tries. There is not even any-
thing about increasing trade

New leader—but the same
old Liberal Party with its
big business policies. |

Canada-U.S. In Tune
SJFK Tells Envo

WASHINGTON — Presi. fied -
q Kennedy yesterday pour,
ised Praise on Canadiang
rel y

NEWS ITEM: — Accepting the credentials of the ™
Canadian ambassador, Charles Ritchie, President Ket
nedy said there has been established between Cant
and the United States “a basic harmony and construct!”
association of which we may well be proud.”

with the countries in the
commonwealth.

Most of the 75 Liberal pro-
mises are couched in general
terms. They must have been
drafted by one of these ‘now
you see it, now you don’t”
artists.

There appears to be some-
thing for everybody, but on
closer examination it evap-
orates into thin air. This is
the art of the old line party
policies.

You say nothing, but say it
with emphasis. You hire a
high pressure. .advertising'
firm to dress up the articles
on the outside; but on the in-
side it’s empty of substance.
Short memories and gullibil-
ity, that is their conception
of the Canadian people.

In’ the 75 promises there
was not a single point on the
issue of peace. Since tre is-
suance of the 75 promises
Pearson has told us what the
position of the Liberal Party
is on the greatest question of
our time, peace or nuclear.de-
struction.

One would have tkought
that a man who received the
Nobel Peace Prize would be
forthright on the most im-
portant question of our time
— peace. Even on this ques-
tion we have the same
double-talk as the Tories.

In substance Mr. Pearson
told the Canadian people that
he would not acquire atom
bombs for Canada. He could
not acquire them anyway. He
is not in power. He left the
door wide open to acquire

atom weapons later, tha
after the election, if he
ected with a big enough ™
ority.

He also advised us that ;
is in favor of nuclear We
ons being given to
including the Canadi®
forces. That means the ™
Germans would be arm
with nuclear weapons.

Not a word was said bY 4
Nobel Prize winner abo’
U.S. bases on Canadian

nothing about NOR
either. :
Perhaps Pearson HOF

people will forget the Li?®
al Party was one of the 4
tects of the aggressive ©
alliance, NATO. Perh@l
Pearson hopes the Pe
will not remember that
was the Liberal Governt.
which agreed to the rear™
of West Germany and 5?
billions for so-called nati
defence for which w®&
nothing to show. Most of :
was obsolete before it ~
produced.

The Liberal Party, 4
Tory Party, is the partly
big capital. Despite ce
differences between the
capitalist parties, the ©
difference is that the Lif
als are the “outs” while
Tories are the “‘ins’’.

As time marches on it
comes more and moré
cult for the average Can®
to see any real differen
tween the two capitalist
ties.

PT brings to reader
real election issues

_ During the current federal
election campaign the Pacific
Tribune has brought its read-
ers the real issues facing
Canada which the old line

parties have been deliberately

avoiding.

If you want to spread this
message among your work-
mates, show them your PT,
or better still, sell them a
copy or a sub.

Cost of a subscription is
only $4.00 per year or $2.25
for six months. Mail all
orders to: Pacific Tribune,
Room 6 - 426 Main St., Van-
couver 4, B.C.

THE TORY HALO