2nd Issue
August, 1966

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

PUT PEOPLE FIRST...
SWING NDP!

VOTE FOR THESE CANDIDATES AND THE PARTY
WHO ARE PLEDGED TO:

¢ Repeal anti-labour laws Bills 42 and 43.

© Protect the consumer against rising food costs.
° Bring in low cost public automobile insurance.

© Stop profiteering on prescription drugs. ae
¢ Provide ambulance service and chronic care under BCHIS.

© Give increased aid to university students.

RAE EDDIE

NDP candidate and incum-
bent member for the riding of
New Westminster since 1952.
He is the former Recording
Secretary of Local 1-357 IWA
and an International Trustee.
He is active on the Standing
Committee on Labour of the
Legislature.

JOHN SQUIRE
NDP candidate and incum-
bent member for the riding of
an since 1952. et ee
1-85 IWA, and a Regional
He is also a member

he Select Standing Com-

JACK MUNRO -

NDP candidate for the riding
of Nelson-Creston. He is the
Ist Vice-President and Busi-
ness Agent of Local 1-405,
IWA, and the President of the
Nelson, Trail and District
Labour Council. He is also
highly active in community
affairs in the Nelson area.

JOHN BARTANUS

NDP candidate for the riding
of Esquimalt. He is a faller
by occupation and the IWA
Camp Chairman at the Cana-
dian Puget Sound Logging
Company. He is also a School
Trustee in Sooke.

ED HAW

NDP candidate for the riding
of Saanich and the Islands.
He is the Financial Secretary
of Local 1-118 TWA, and a
former 3rd Vice-President of
the Kegional Council. He is
also highly active in commun-

ity affairs.

BOB CLAIR

NDP candidate for the riding
of Vancouver - Little Moun-
tain. He is the 2nd Vice-
President and Business Agent
of Local 1-217 IWA. He is
the editor of the Local’s paper
‘The Barker’and heads up the
Local’s education programme.

ROBERT STRACHAN, PROVINCIAL LEADER

“CLEAR CHOICE”

Oo’ September 12th the choice is clear: the airy
promises of Bennett and his cohorts or the straight

forward down to earth program of the New Democrats
that puts people first.

For fourteen years the Gundersons have.been eating
cake while crumbs were doled out to the people. A jet
plane for Gaglardi was more important than more food
on a pensioner's table.

The major issue is the continued rise in the cost of
living and the ebject failure of the Bennett government
to deal with this problem. Only the New Democrats
have presented a program that will effectively meet
present attacks on our standard of living.

The Socred motto remains unchanged: Wait! Why
Do It Now?

They promise a grant to people buying a home for
the first time. They do nothing about the lack of mort- -
gage money, without which people cannot build homes.

They promise more money for our senior citizens,
but vote against giving them that extra money in Ot-
tawa.

They pay lip service to the provision of equal edu-
cational opportunities for all, but turn their back on
proposals to make text books free and to eliminate
tuition fees at universities and our vocational and tech-
nical schools.

They talk about industrial peace and then line up
solidly with management and the courts to deny B.C.

‘workers the right to genuine collective bargaining.

The Socreds invite people to enjoy beautiful B.C. and
its rivers, lakes and parks. In the same breath they
say “no” to those who would prevent air and water
pollution and the rape of our parks by selfish private
interests.

They talk about the sacredness of the individual
but turn a cold shoulder to the chronically ill and to
the dental needs of our children. They refuse to com-
mit themselves on the federal medicare proposals or
to include prescription drugs under the present B.C.
plan.

The unkept and phony promises of the Bennett gov-
ernment can be multiplied a thousand-fold when you
add those made — and not kept — by the individual
Socred M.L.A.

It is time the arrogant little man who now heads
our provincial government was given a jolt. You can
do that in your constituency on September 12th.