‘CCF, through national leadership, has discarded last remnants of earlier socialist pretensions

Buck lambastes Coldwell’s statements

REGINA

“In this federal election campaign the CCF ‘through its national leadership has discarded com-
pletely the last remnants of its earlier pretensions to socialist aims,” Tim Buck, national leader of the
Labor-Progressive party, said here last week addressing an election rally in support of the nine LPP

candidates in Saskatchewan.

‘Workers, farmers and professional people who cleave to the

peace and fraternity between all
peoples in peaceful and mutually
beneficial trade, must be startled,
indeed shocked, at some of the
aims proclaimed by the CCF na-
tional leader, M. J. Coldwell. They
find Coldwell’s basic statements Of
aim and policy much more sharp-
ly in conflict with their ideals than
with the declared aims and poli-
cies of Louis St. Laurent.

“The national spokesmen of the
CCF are competing with Colonel
Drew—‘Promising’ George Drew,”
Buck labelled him—‘in election
promises. In his recent CBC free
time network broadcast Coldwell
offered the voters literally every-

idea of. socialism, who yearn for

interest them, even to the kitchen
sink which, traditionally, is omit-
ted from the most elaborate list
of promises.”

Buck said that the manner in
which Coldwell is promising
changes, and the numbers:and var-
riety of changes he is promising,
suggests he must have been gagged
in the House of Commons through
the past four years—or temporar-
ily stricken dumb on those issues.

“He hints at the acute difficul-
ties into which Canada is head-
ed during the coming months as
as result of the unCanadian poli-
cies foisted upon us by Louis St.
Laurent, but he wants the voters
to forget that the CCF group in

the House of Commons support-
ed all the decisive aims of the
St. Laurent government uncon-
ditionally and voted for them.
Supporting the decisive aims of
the St. Laurent government, the
CCF group supported also the
very features of the Liberal poli-
cy that Coldwell now pretends
to oppose.”

*’ The foundation of the govern-
ment’s policy was St. Laurent’s
“obsession” that there is no future
for Canada excepting through an
insane attempt to destroy social-
ism by a third world war, the LPP
leader declared, adding that the
CCF group in the House of Com-
mons had supported that “hor-

thing that might be calculated to

TIM BUCK
LPP national leader

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“In line with its over-riding per-
spective of war,’ he continued,
“the St. Laurent government man-
oeuvred our country into economic
development to be directed to the
end that it will be simply — to
quote his words—‘complementary
to that of the United States.’

Buck pointed out that Coldwell
had told the International Gyro
Convention “the Russian people
must be shown that ‘no power on
earth can withstand our way of
life.’ In line with the sentiment
and aim implicit in that statement
he solidarizes himself with the
enormous armament program of
the St. Laurent government, de-
claring in his recent national
broadcast that military expendi-
tures will remain huge ‘even after
all possible savings have been
made.’

“Little wonder that he pro-
claimed it to be his conviction
that, even if all waste and ex-
‘travagance are eliminated, ‘no
government—be it CCF, Liberal,
Conservative or any other—will
be able to reduce overall taxes
by very much.’ lt is evident
.that the burden of taxes cannot:
be lightened as long as the 50
percent now imposed for war
and preparations for war are
continued—Coldwell is in favor
of continuing that.

e

“In view of the fact that CCF
strength in the House of Commons

is mainly from the prairies, from
farm supporters of the CCF, those
who vote for this party have ?
right to expect from Coldwell
that he should break with the Gal
diner lines on restricted markets
for our farm produce, especially
in the British Commonwealth. —

“But Coldwell does not do that
because he is tied to the main pol
cies pursued by the St. Laurent:
Gardiner Liberal machine —
policies of knuckling down to thé
United States.

“If Coldwell were defending thé
interests of the main supporter
of the CCF, he would make a cleat

| break, and come out flatly for tradé

with the Commonwealth countries
based on an exchange of a dob
lar’s worth of our products {0
a-dollar’s worth of their.

“He does not do this. He thus
fails miserably to protect the I
terests of the very people wi?
make up his main body of SUP”
porters.”

Buck told his audience tha
Coldwell’s support of continuet
huge expenditures upon prepal®
tions for war “brings into questio®
inescapably, the sincerity of |
CCF promise of national healt?
insurance. On that one point °
Laurent is more honest—he sa¥®
bluntly that Canadians have
chose between the present hus’
armament program or natid
health insurance—we can’t hav?
both right now. eek

“The Labor-Progressive party
declares that we can have A
tional health insurance, immed

ately, by taking the necess@lY
revenues to finance a nation®
health scheme’ from the mur
derous, and morally and politi
ally unjustified war program.

appeal to all democratic Ca"®
dians to recognize that the crux
of the question of more and be
ter social legislation is in

decision as to whether our pase
tional policy in general is aim?
at war or peace. ae

“Stop the sell-out of Canad
Stop the drive to war. Gea? wt
adian economy to peacetime my
duction for peaceful trade with 08
countries. Stop spending pillio””
for war — spend, instead, £oF

to

per”
ple’s welfare in peace.”

Z7lotnik asks phone
subscribers to. back
demand for inquiry

Demand by Sidney Zlotnik for a federal Combines probe into vat

erations of BCTelephone and ten other companies turne the spor
on the Labor-Progressiye candidate for Vancouver Burrard rece
The day after Zlotnik charged the companies with operating @

combi

CKNW newscaster Les White asked him to summarize his positio# ie
a recorded telephone interview for the “News Spotlight” progra”” t

“You and I, along with all other
users of telephone service in Brit-
ish Columbia, are the victims of a
conspiracy,” Zlotnik informed his
radio audience. “A group of for-
eign investors, operating from Chi-
cago, are operating a combine in
violation of the Combines Investig-
ation Act. oath -

“These Chicago investors of
Theodore Gary & Gompany control
10 other companies against which
I have jointly laid a complaint un-
der the Combines Act. The effect
of their operations is that tele-
phone subscribers in Vancouver
and many other areas of the proy-
ince are being forced to pay out-

PACIFIC: TRIBUNE — JULY 24, 1953 —

rageous rates for the very

service we are getting.

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“1 would appeal to aa
phone subscribers and publie |
ganizations to support write to
quest for an inquiry: of
T. D. MacDonald, Director “oi
vestigations and Resear ‘igsio™
bines Investigation Comm”
Ottawa.” oll
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“Tell me.” asked White. ' a ‘he
believe that the officers yiolat
BCTelephone, Company @ iperat™
ing the Combines Act J"
ly?” oped
“Yes,” replied Zlotniky they
couldn’t help but know W"
are doing.” :

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