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Contingents from
Valley, Island at
Buek rally, July 12

sti Motor caravans from Fraser Valley and New Westminster con-
vieetcies and contingents from several Vancouver Island ridings

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elp to swell the huge gathering at Exhibition Forum on July
*n Tim Buck, LPP national leader, delivers the only speech he
Make in British Columbia during the federal election campaign.

ar exhibition Forum, which seats 5,000, is this city’s largest indoor
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Pa "is evident that the Liberal

bate gl atership is afraid to de-
Canadar, basic aims upon which
ny stab national policy should
Bug lished.” This is Tim

Buck’s meeting is expedted to be the largest political rally
by any party in the current campaign.

“World Trade—Canada’s Life-
line” will be the title of Buck’s
address. It is expected, that he
will utilize the occasion to answer
Justice Minister Stuart Garson’s
“traitor” charge: and outline the
LPP position on what true Can-
adian patriotism means.

Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial
leader who began a 40-day elec-
tion speaking tour of Island and
Interior centres this week, will
return to the city for Buck’s
meeting and will appear on the
platform with him.

During his tour Morgan will
speak at Victoria, Lake Cowich-
an, Cumberland, Campbell River,
Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Ganges,
New Westminster, Langley
Prairie, White Rock, Mission, Ab-
botsford, Notch Hill, Enderby,
Vernon, Lumby, Kamloops, Sal-
mon Arm, Revelstoke, Nelson,
Creston, Michel, Fernie, Kimber-
ley, Cranbrook and Trail.

Morgan’s final election speech
will be given at a picnic and
election rally at Confederation
Park, -North Burnaby, Sunday
afternoon, August 9.

BC TELE
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POMBINES ACT

Can

fish “From the beginning of our history Canadians have had to
Sht fox their independence, for sovereign control of their
" national affairs,” states the Labor-Progressive party's
om x 4a Day message. “Today, control of our country’s econ-
.'Y, its trade policies, its foreign relationships, even the sover-
een authority of its parliament, are being seized upon by U.S.

Perialists with the active assistance of Canadian agents who

Thou landof hope. for all. who toil

are betraying the real interests of our country... .- ;
“Now, again, our people are called upon to restore the in-

dependence of our country, to put the people’s. welfare first,

to stop the drive to war by the merchants of death, and to

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safeguard and’ extend Canadian democracy. ...
For full text of message see page 4.

ASK PROBE OF

Eleven companies, including
BCTelephone, are charged with
operating a combine in an affi-
davit signed here this week by
Sid Zlotnik, Labor-Progressive
federal candidate for Vancouver
Burrard constituency. Zlotnik’s
affidavit calls on the federal Com-
bines Investigation Committee to
conduct a probe into the com-
panies’ operations.

“BCTelephone subscribers are
being gouged because of the ex-
clusive purchasing agreements
which BCT has with an affiliated
company,” said Zlotnik. “Both
BCT and this affiliated company
are controlled by the Gary group
in Chicago.”

Accompanying. Zlotnik’s  affi-
davit is an application for an in-

-vestigation signed by a number

of prominent Vancouver citizens.
Here are the companies charg-
ed with violating Section 32 of
the Combines Investigation Act:
V_ Theodore Gary & Company
(a Missouri corporation). -
V Gary Services & Invest-
ment Company (a U.S. corpora-

tion).

V_ Canadian Syndicate Inc.

V_ Anglo-Canadian Telephone
Company.

V British Columbia _ Tele-
phone Company. :

V _ Canadian (B.C.) Telephones
and Supplies Ltd.

V_ Automatic Electric (Can-
ada) Ltd.

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