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CAMPAIGN IN CITY
WHERE PARTY BORN

PHOTO — GUELPH DAILY MERCURY

One of the first shots in the federal election campaign
was the speeches by Communist Party leader and candidate
in Toronto-Davenport riding, William’ Kashtan, and the
Party's candidate in Wellington riding, Gareth Blythe, at the

opening of the Norman Bethune Center and Book Store in
Guelph where the Party was first launched 50 years ago.

The local paper, The Daily Mercury, on Friday last printed
a lengthy front page interview with Mr. Blythe and the pic-
ture (above) of him with the Communist election placard in
the background. In the interview the 25-year-old Communist
standardbearer, a worker and trade unionist, explained his

- Party's election platform with particular emphasis on the
abolition of anti-working class legislation and adoption of a
Labor Bill of Rights. He also dissociated his Party from a
group calling itself “communist” which conducted a “Don’t
Vote” campaign in the 1971 Ontario provincial election.

Radical reform plan needed
to gain jobs, independence )

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show that the present dis
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Kashtan told a press and TV
conference at Norman Bethune
House Saturday morning that
with 30 candidates already nom-
inated and over 500,000 copies
of the election platform to be
distributed, the Communists are
campaigning vigorously to bring
the real issues to the attention
of the electorate.

There was time to call the
MPs into session just prior to
the announcement of the elec-
tion date to override the right
to strike and order Vancouver
dock workers back to work, he -
pointed out, but there was no
time to adopt legislation to pro-
vide jobs for the unemployed,
who form 63% of Canada’s
work force, or to take measures
to establish control over the
Canadian economy by the people
of Canada.

Not one of the party leaders

WILLIAM KASHTAN

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Hellyer of Action Canada, flirt-
ing with “Hangman” Judge
‘Wagner of Quebec and other
right-wing Liberals, and nomin-
ating accused terrorist Kupiak,
runaway magnate Roman, Zink
and various other ultras, are
trying to build up a centre of

who spoke over CBC at the pro-
rogation of parliament touched
on the main issues, he declared.

Mr. Trudeau’s policy was to
stand pat on the Liberal govern-
ment’s performance record. But
what is the reality? The state of
our economy is not in good
shape and it will grow worse,
but Mr. Trudeau does not pre-
sent any policies to change that
situation.

reaction that constitutes a grave
danger to Canada.

What is needed is the estab-
lishment of new priorities, the
development of a 10-year plan of
all-Canadian economic develop-
ment assuring full employment
without inflation.

Do they say it can’t be done?
That shows they’re bankrupt!

Canada must have a radical

ments.

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reform program, he emphasized,
which would assure the right of
every Canadian to a job, to a
guaranteed adequate income as
a right of every young Canadian
to a free education, the building
of adequate housing and trans-

Mr. Stanfield raised the slogan
of “Job for Canadians,” which
he translated differently in
French: this phoney slogan
would be more aptly put as
“Job on Canadians.” The Con-
servatives, having included Paul

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resources, the Communist Party
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By BRUCE MAGNUSON

Election Campaign Manager, Communist
Party of Canada
At long last the die has been cast.
Prime Minister Trudeau has set the
federal election date for October 30.

The real issues are there. They are : Wi
felt daily in the lives of the people. so Bom Peay pablicitl itt :
They only need to be defined, to be 4. iahprassies a udstie alté r
spelled out clearly, to be readily seen. ky eda he day’ af

tives facing voters on election
With a good number of youre,
and women candidates, and 1 di
vnionists out of a total of 30 cams
the Communist Party will aim i ore
campaign in the direction of Ja ew
close to three million young Pe?
are voting for the first time.
The alternatives are clear: ies I

e The right to a job or an income for
all Canadians as a right.
_ «A redistribution of our netional
income to end poverty and want.

e Economic development based upon
abundant resources, which must be re-
patriated and made use of by and for |
Canadians under public ownership and
control.

e Canadians as masters in their own
house. An end to United States mono-
poly control and domination of our eco-
nomic and social life.

e A united Canada based on the right
to self-determination and an equal and
voluntary partnership of our two peo-
ples — French and English speaking.

The Communist Party is in this cam-
paign with a vita' message to the people
of Canada, particularly the working
people... wae

Conirturist® ‘carididates, denied the
access to the mass media equal to that

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e A defeat for Trudeau’s P
tated by big business. fort

e A defeat of monopoly ©
push politics to the Right via
and Social Credit parties. _, voi.’ ;
e A strengthening of labor of Mi]
the new parliament by meal jqdlly
election of a progressive b oc
NDP members and Communist 9 ij)
The Communists will camP* 01)
this representation as a vital P& golf)
united front against monoPOs sia),
__ new. direction in Canadian oll
enational. policy, and fo :
ment of Canada with the wo
of peace, progress and soca