2nd issue
June, 1963

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

“Letters”

ma, some of them certainly
pull out all the stops. For, as
long as he voices agreement
with all the popular slogans
put forward by these politico-
union types, he is venerated
and looked upon by them as

someone just a little less than
the gods.

However, the moment he
dares to voice an opinion of
his own which happens to be

FINES 138

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: A magistrate’s court in Kapuskasing found 138 strik-
ing bushworkers guilty of unlawful assembly and fined
each of them $200. But rioting charges against them

Of the original 242 loggers arraigned, charges against
five were dropped and ‘those against 99 others were dis-
missed after two sets of hearings in Kapuskasing and

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at variance with some of their
ideas, or shows any interest
whatsoever in another politic-
al party, or dares to become
an independent politician, he
is considered less than dirt
beneath their feet. Overnight
he becomes, in their opinion,
dishonest, opportunistic, dis-
loyal, incompetent, and a tool

of the enemy. Why is this so?
_An IWA Member

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By KEN LONG

Supporters of the success-
ful government move to
thwart union financial sup-
port of the NDP urgently re-
quire a mental laxative if
they believe that the cause of
“democracy” has been up-
held. Yet today, (especially
during the recent election
campaign), those fearful of
NDP strength continue to cry
in confused chorus that la-
bour support of the move-
ment is somehow contrary to
the principles of Canadian
party politics.

But Social Credit and
many B.C. newspapers inad-
vertently display holes in
their political arguments by
such a stand. By mouthing
sentiments about some nebul-
ous concept of “democracy”
they seek not only to uphold
the legislation that curtails
union political participation,
but to justify it as well.

What negates the validity
of such reasoning, however,
stems not so much from what
anti-NDP factions say as it
does from what they refuse
to discuss. Here the true mo-
tive behind the restrictive
legislation becomes apparent.

Despite their loquacious
pleas for the protection of the
individual union member,,
what frightened government
supporters most was the pre-
cedent being set by tthe
unions and NDP. For the first
time the amount, and more
important, the source, of
campaign donations were to
become public knowledge.

And that is just what other
parties don’t want.

Consequently, to ensure
that this innovation would
not spread, it was forbidden
by law. To screen the motive
behind the move, seemingly
high-minded praises about
the protection of individual
rights were enthusiastically
sung by the instigators.

But if such people are as
concerned about the individ-
ual’s right as they would
have us believe, why did they
neglect to publicly examine
the methods by which their
own campaign coffers are fill-
ed? For instance, are all cam-
paign donations given by in-
dividuals who have had a
democratic say in the matter?

Pertaining to the conveni-
ently anonymous corporations
that finance many political
pipers, who, in the long run,
really pays?

The consumer-public, that’s
who, that mass of B.C. voters
who have no voice, much less
a vote, in determining cor-
poration policy. But discreet-
ly hidden in the price of
products they purchase is the

See “PUBLIC” — Page 8
ZUMA

Birth Control Bill
In Commons

A private member’s bill
which if passed would
legalize the sale and promo-
tion of planned parenthood
material has been _ intro-
duced into the Commons
order paper by Robert Prit-
tie (New Democratic—Bur-
naby-Richmond).

Mr. Prittie wants to get
rid of a long-standing Crim-
inal Code prohibition =
against the dissemination of —
birth - control information.
He says it’s out of date. |

Only the prohibition
against contraceptive infor-
mation and devices would
be struck out of the Code,

however.

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