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THERESE CASGRAIN

HAROLD WINCH

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to the right.

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eas. a little more closely,
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“stead of boldly

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the 4. 22d profit,
s big Monopolies

would come under public con-
trol.

But this is not a matter of
socialist principle. In the pre-
liminary stages of the build-
ing of socialism, such a mlx-
ture is inevitble.

In 1921 the Russian Com-
munists adopted a New Econ-
omic Policy which permitted
private capitalist production
and distribution under strict
state control.

Today in people’s China,
state capitalism exists, under
the control of a socialist state,
and the national capitalists
cooperate with the govern-
ment.

To one degree or another,
in all of the people’s democra-
cies, elements of a “mixed
economy” are to be found.
But, in every case, the “com-
manding heights” of the econ-
omy are in the hands of a
workers’ state, and the goal of
planning is socialism.

As Fred Tipping of Winni-
peg told the CCF convention,
it would be far better to speak
of the problem. of “transition”
to socialism than to give the
impression that private capl-
talism would always continue
to exist under socialism.

Another example can be
cited. It has been an axiom of
Marxism from the time of
Marx and Engels that private
property and production in
agriculture — petty capitalist
production — would not and

could not be socialized by ar-

bitrary socialist state action.
Socialism can come to agri-

- culture through cooperation in

production, only by force of
example, as. Engels said, and
not through coercion.

The CCF convention assured
Canadian farmers that it is In
favor of retaining the “family
farm.” The Communists al-
ways have insisted on this—
with the distinction that they
have also said that the farmers
under socialism would learn
through experiences of the
advantages of cooperative
farming. The LPP program 1s
quite specific on this point. It
is a guiding policy of the
countries led by the Commu-
nist parties. But the CCF con-
vention held out no socialist
future for agriculture. _

Can it reasonably be elaim-
ed that socialism is confined
to industry and cannot 1in-

clude farming at some stage
of development?

*

There is nothing wrong, and
in fact it is essential that so-
cialists should constantly re-
view the economic and politi-
cal situation in the country,
and its relations with the
world picture, in order to find
the tactics and issues which
will increase the ‘political
maturity” of the labor move-
ment of which the CCF con-
vention spoke.

But that does not mean
spreading illusions about

capitalism, as Richard Cross- -

man of the British Labor party
tried to do at the CCF con-
vention.

In ~essence, Crossman re-
peated the claim of capitalist
economists in the U.S. that a
“new capitalism” has arrived
which is free from the evils
of the “old capitalism”. This
is taken a step farther by cer-
tain social democrats who
claim that out of the “new
capitalism” we can “creep” in-
to socialism.

As David Lewis pointed out
in his pamphlet, A Socialist
Takes Stock (reviewed recent-
ly in the Pacific Tribune),
capitalism breeds economic
crisis and insecurity, and that
even now, in the midst of the

: post-war boom. insecurity and

poor living standards are rife.
It is one thing to recognize
that im order to fight effective-
ly the oldline parties and meet
their propaganda in the new
post-war conditions and a
lengthy, though temporary
boom, new tactics are in order.
It is another thing to develop
the illusion that the capifalist
leopard has changed his spots
and that consequently the need
for socialism has vanished.

*

A great to-do was made in
the commercial press about
Saskatchewan. It was made to
appear that the Douglas CCF
government, after years of of-
fice, is pressing for a repudi-
ation of basic CCF policy in
order to tempt U.S. investors.

Now, the LPP, which sup-
ported the re-election last
June of the CCF government,
has friendly criticism of some
of Douglas’ policies and does
not hesitate to-veice them: The

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Declaration of Principles

afford. the hospital and
medical care they need.
Educational institutions

have been starved for funds
and, even in days of pros-
perity, only a small pro-
portion of young men and
women who could benefit
from technical and higher
education can afford it.

In short, Canada is still
characterized by glaring in-
equalities of wealth and op-
portunity and by the domi-
nation of one group over
another. The growing. con-
centration of corporate
wealth has resulted in
a virtual economic dictator-
ship by a privileged few.
This threatens our political
democracy which will at-
tain its full meaning only
when our people have a
voice in the management
of their economic affairs
and effective control over
the means by which they
live.

The Folly of
Wasted Resources

Furthermore, even dur-
ing a time of high employ-
ment, Canada’s productive
capacity is not fully utiliz-
ed, Its use is governed by
the dictates of private econ-
omic power and by con-
siderations of private
profit. Similarly, the
scramble for profit has
wasted and despoiled our
rich resources of soil, water,
forest and minerals.

This lack of social plan-
ning results in a waste of
our human as well as our
natural resources. Our hu-
man resources are wasted
through social and econ-
omic conditions which
stunt human _— growth,
through unemployment and
through our failure to pro-
vide adequate education.

The Challenge of

New Horizons

The CCF believes that
Canada needs a program
for the wise development
and conservation of its nat-
ural resources. Our indus-
try can and should be so
operated as to enable our
people to use fully their
talents and skills. Such an
economy will yield the
maximum opportunities for
individual development and
the maximum of goods and
services for the satisfaction
of human. needs at home
and. abroad.

Unprecedented scientific
and technological advances
have brought us to the
threshold of a second in-
dustrial revolution. Op-
portunities for enriching
the standard of life in Ca-
nada and elsewhere are
greater than ever. How-
ever, unless careful study is

given to the many problems.

which will arise and unless
there is intelligent. plan-
ning to meet them, the evils
of the past will be multi-
plied in the future. The
technological changes will
produce even greater con-

“ centration of wealth and

power and will cause wide-
spread distress through un-
employment and the dis-
placement of populations.

The challenge facing Ca-
nadians today is whether
future development will
continue to perpetuate the
inequalities of the past or
whether it will be based
on principles of social jus-
tice.

Capitalism Basically
Immoral

Economic expansion ac-
companied by widespread
suffering and injustice is
not desirable social pro-
gress. A society motivated
by the drive for private
gain and special privilege
is basically immoral.

The CCF. reaffirms its be-
lief that our society must
have a moral purpose and
must build a new relation-
ship among men — a yre-
lationship based on mutual
respect and on equality of
opportunity. In such a so-
ciety everyone will have a
sense of worth and belong-
ing, and will be enabled to
develop’ his capacities to
the full.

Social Planning
For a Just Society

-Such a society cannot be
built without the applica-
tion of social planning. In-
vestment of available funds
must be channelled into
socially desirable projects;
financial and credit re-
sources must be used to
help maintain full employ-
ment and to control infla-
tion and deflation.

In the cooperative com-
monwealth there will be an

- important role for public,

private and cooperative en-
terprise working together
in the people’s interest.

The CCF has always re-
cognized public ownership
as the most effective means
of breaking the strangle-
hold of private monopolies
on the life of the nation
and of facilitating social
planning necessary for
vance. The CCF will, there-
fore, extend public owner-
economic security and ad-
ship wherever it is neces-
sary for the achievement
of these objectives.

At the same time, the
CCF also recognizes that in
many fields there will be
need for private enterprise
which «can make a _ useful
contribution to fhe develop-
ment of our economy. The
cooperative commonwealth
will, therefore, provide ap-
propriate opportunities for
private business as well as
publicly-owned. industry.

The CCF protects and
make more widespread the

ownership of family farms

by those who till them, of
homes by those who live
in ‘them, and of all person-
al possessions necessary for
the well-being of the Cana-
dian people.

In many fields the best

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