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Election supplement

Vote for Communist candidates where

you can - in other ndings vote NDP

Vote June 18
for policies
you wait

Y NELSON CLARKE
ational Organizer, CPC
he idea that a vote can be

“hay eae or “lost”? isea
Old em Od widely spread by
f east parties. It is one
eals - Many tricks the Lib-

: nd Tories use to keep

Mselves in power.
it % ad is led to believe
Buiegs ae responsibility to
have Ich of two parties
ne chance to win the elec-
aes then he is told he
< choose between these
the D2@tties. If he votes for
Patty craidate of another
less Which appears to have
Vote ence to win, then his’
Berl be “ost”.
the gas election, not only
New Mmunist Party, but the
being €mocratic Party are
Worn gvbiected to this time
. traud,
me! leader Pearson is
ing the ©und the country say-
the Tine cannot win, but
the an €rals can. Therefore,
thejp oo Should not waste
Rive oe on the NDP, but
€m to the Liberals.
5 an
fenteg Person who is pre-
Ment With this line of argu-
hepse)¢ Could ask himself or

5 this question:

What ch is better, to vote for
®m not believe in, even if I
tin, _ ‘Ute I will get it this
dons to vote for what I
lutely Clieve in and be abso-

iF Sertain of getting it?
to, Ente Such a question is
thay Wer it. For it is clear
ost a Vote is one of the
Which ™Portant ways by
ter “Very citizen can regis-
thd 4, Pinions effectively,
Cagt at it should always. be
Which °r those policies in
lieve € citizen really be:
One of N other words, each
tor thats, Snould stand fast
be Beech we believe to

0
Detuar® Otherwise ‘is to per-
to 4, © that which we know
Mo, “Tong.
Whic pt is the old parties
“larigg ate always the benefi-
the “wasted vote”
1 are a. By this means,
% ine able to bamboozle a
donIe ®nsiderable number of
Tory, to voting Liberal or
“Ohms, TePriving the
Ney "ist. Party and_ the
Slecto. “Mocratié Party of
s
sant. :

Ss .
Pecial _ word must be

a
Vote (oUt the Communist
{vog . Policies our party
Mon, .» Dave wide support

C
Sun
ANG tty becomes clearer.
Urs, ™munism has of
fen Widely used by

the capitalist class to make it
difficult for many people to
see that those things they
want most such as peace, and
independence, are best fought
for by the Communists. This
is the main factor tending to
limit the Communist vote.
But even taking this into
account, there are substantial

numbers of voters who do
consciously agree with the
Communist position, but who
hesitate to vote for our can-
didates, because, on the basis
of elections in the cold war
period, they have come to
assume that we can’t be elect-
ed. If all who feel this way,
would cast off the don’t-

waste-your-vote baggage, and
vote Communist, they would
find cause for both surprise
and satisfaction on election
night.

It must be emphasized that
every vote east for a Com-
munist candidate is a power-
ful demonstration for new na-
tional policies which would

Put Canada First. The larger
that vote, the more will the
reactionaries be dismayed,
and the more will all progres-
sive forces be encouraged to
take confidence in the possi-
bilities for far reaching chan-
ges in the political life of our
country.

This poster...

. issued by the Communist Party in,
British Columbia is being widely posted
in the constituencies of Vancouver East,

Vancouver South

and Comox-Alberni,

where Communist candidates are run-

ning.

In two colors, red and black, with a
picture of the candidate and his name, the
poster is attracting wide attention. It is
considerably reduced in size on this page.

Ser.

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