od’s Country

By LESLIE MORRIS

€re are some facts about the boasted and kggsted “Am-
N way of life.” They are taken from the booklet, Rovelty
Privation in the U.S., the Plight of Two-Fifths of a Nation,
blisheq by the Conference on Economic Progress. (Lest you
this is a “Communist front,” the national committee of
: * Conference includes an insurance company president,
rge Meany, Walter Reuther and other ‘very respectables.”’)
Item: In 1960, 77 million Americans,
or more than two-fifths of the nation, lived
in poverty and deprivation.
Item: Approximately 38 million Amer-
icans, or more than one-fifth of the nation,
live in poverty, that is, almost 10% mil-
lion multiple-person families have annual
incomes of under $4,000 and almost 4 mil-
lion single persons receive annually under
$2,000. That spells poverty.
Item: Just above the poverty level, or
of minimum requirements for a modest level of living,
9 million Americans, also more than one-fifth of the na-
nN. That spells deprivation.

litem: With less than half the income required to place

‘above poverty are 1214 million Americans. Here families
Jess than $2,000 a year and single people less than $1,000.

Item: At the other extreme there are 12% million Ameri-
8; about 7 out of 100, who live in affluence; a fraction of
live in wealth. (These are the people you see in those
"ly homes in Life and who are the “typical” Americans
© movies and TV soap operas.)
tem; As far as the “new capitalism” and ‘‘people’s cap-
sm” are concerned, or the “prosperity” which we have all
1 enjoying on this continent, the fact is that “from 1929
360 the total number of Americans living either in pov-
Z ®t deprivation was reduced at an average annual rate of
YO7%"
{hn other words, not progress but only backsliding, when
Temembereg that productivity increased vastly in that 30
Period.) e ‘
item: Things are actually getting worse for these 77 mil-
mericans. Whereas from 1935 to 1947 the number was
§ reduced by almost 5‘% a year, over the past several years
number is being reduced only by about 1%. ‘So much for
‘ident: Kennedy’s ‘“‘New Frontiers”, not to speak of his
®Nce for Progress” in Latin America.)
ltem: The 21% of the American people who live in pover-
*t less than 8 % of the total personal income, while the
F ho live in affluence get more than 23% of the total per-
~ Ncome.
tem: Among all U.S. non-white families, mainly Negro
H *urse, 80% live in poverty or deprivation, compared with
et 2°% of the whites.
tem: Of the total of 58 million dwelling units in the U-
‘9% million are slum dwellings, about one in six.
lem: Health is related to income: among families with
€s under $2,000 a year, 161% are either disabled or in
C ill-health; among families with incomes of $7,000 and
he Percentage is 4.3.
* * *
This is what monopoly capitalism is doing to the people
Goa’, country.”
Study of this kind should be made in Canada. The scat-
18ures now available in government publications should
‘awn together and the real picture should be given to
Tact the flubdub of the Chamber of Commerce and oth-
yilar groups who loudly proclaim that we live in the best
+, Possible worlds.
Ie these shocking figures are to be found in a study of
“Onditions, one can only imagine what the figures for

pe vould be.
«2 The pamphlet is available at 50 cents a copy from

Stence on Economic Progress, 1001 Connecticut Ave.,
ashington 6, D.C

Sychuk honored

ohn “Boychuk, national lier to break the Winnipeg

“Wer of the Assn’ of Un- General Strike; and, finally,
Ukrainian Canadians, in 1940, under the Wartime
© honored by all his Measures Act.

THRONE SPEECH TIES CANADA
MORE FIRMLY 10 U.S. TRUSTS

(Cont'd. from pg. 1)

about opening up a million new
jobs over the next five years, he
would propose measures to build
industries in Canada to use Can-
adian power, and to provide for
a great expansion of employment.
DISASTER POLICIES

Aside from some meaningless
generalities there are no pro-
posals in the Throne Speech to
get the Canadian economy mov-
ing forward. Indeed, the Throne
Speech openly advocates the pur-
suance of those very policies
which have brought us to disaster
—the continued importation of
foreign capital. The big U.S.
corporations which have been

plundering our precious iron re-
sources are to be rewarded with
tax concessions.

The stress on a balanced bud-
get, coupled with the declaration
that the government will continue
in the arms race guarantees the
continuation of austerity, more
unemployment and _ deprivation
for the working people of our
country.

The main proposal on trade—
the ‘free world” conference es-
poused by Diefenbaker in London
—is in keeping with the aims of
U.S. big business to corral the
capitalist world market, thus
bringing Canadian trade ever
more completely under U.S.

domination. If the Tory govern-
ment was genuinely concerned
about Canadian markets, it would
be calling for trade with all coun-
tries in the world.

The Tories seek to dress up.
their policies with some promise
of reform, the details of which,
of course, remain unrevealed. At
long last, they promise to do
something about a Canadian flag
and anthem. But this hypocrisy
cannot be allowed to detract from
the fact that all their main
policies are undermining the

very survival of our country. The
government would give us a flag
but leave us without a country
to fly it -over.

friends in Vancouver
_ stimonial Banquet on
*Y, Oct. 8 (Thanksgiving
a the Ukrainian Hall,
Pender St. Proceedings
i 6:30 p.m. and admis-
~* $2.00 per person.
Ychuk has, on three sep-
‘°Ceasions, felt the heavy
it ,.°f the state as a result
c €fforts on behalf of
-~'Madian working class.
he imprisoned during
Wea, ar I when the Social
*tatic Party and other
ive labor organiza-
Were decreed “unlawful
“ations;” again in 1931
> With Tim Buck, PT edi-
™ McEwen and other
Rha leaders) by the R.
a 3 t government under
8 of the Criminal
acted 12 years ear-

A packed hall is anticipated
on the occasion of this grand
old fighter’s 70th birthday.

Tickets are available at the
Ukrainian Hall, by phoning
MU 4-9720

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JOHN BOYCHUK

Our annual fall drive for subscrip-
tions and paper sales is starting to gain
more momentum.

A few clubs and individuals are show-
ing the way — providing good examples
of what can be done to build circulation.

The Vancouver East club is selling 60
papers a week during the drive; Bill Tur-
ner of the Edmonds club is taking a bun-
dle of 25 every week; and the Broadway
club has undertaken to sell 35 copies of
the PT every week for the duration of
the drive. -

In addition, the Advance club is main-
taining iis standard order of 30 copies
every week — whether there is a drive on
or not. Cedar Cottage and North Shore
are using old copies of the PT for promo-
tion, and Lil Stoneman, chairman of the
drive committee for the North Shore
club, informs us that four more readers
have volunteered to serve on the com-
mittee. Plans are underway to canvass
all old readers who, for one reason or an-
other . have allowed their names to be
dropped from the subscribers’ list. Also,
members of the committee have compiled
a list of prospective new readers, each
of whom will be visited personally.

Circulation Manager Harold Pritchett

Drive pace too slow!

is touring Vancouver Island and reports
that the drive is getting well under way
there. His next column will carry a more
detailed report on the island situation.

PT Editor Tom McEwen will speak
at a readers’ conference in New Westmin-
ster this coming Saturday, October 6, and
Associate Editor Maurice Rush was pre-
sent at a similar conference of Burnaby
readers on Thursday, October 4.

The drive tempo, then, is picking up
considerably.

However, while a few clubs are doing
outstanding work, the majority have, so
far, failed to display that type of planning
and enthusiasm which is necessary to
register an unqualified success. Far too
few clubs are placing bundle orders and
are not exploiting this very effective way
of introducing our paper to the workers
of B.C.

In another week, we will be almost
halfway through our campaign. This fact
should be borne in mind when looking at
the achievements recorded in the table
below.

Remember — planning and check-up
are the ingredients which will assure a
successful drive!

Greater Vancouver

CLUB TARGET ACHIEV.

Advance 7
Bayview

Bill ennett 6
Broadway
Cedar Cottage
Dry Dock
Frank Rogers
Georgia
Kensington
Niilo Makela
Norquay

Olgin

Point Grey
Seamen
Vancouver East
Victory Square
West End
North Burnaby
South Burnaby
Edmonds

North Shore
City Miscellan.

CITY TOTAL 1000.

Province General

Fernie-Michel 15
Nelson

Powell River
Prince Rupert
Sointula

CLUB
Steveston
 Trail-Rossland
Correspondent 15 1
Prov. Miscell. 70 6

Vancouver Island
Alberni 50
Campbell River 306
Cumberland 40
Cowichan 60
Nanaimo

Parksville

Victoria

Saanich
Dewdney
Haney-Maple Rg-
Mission

Okanagan

Kamloops
Notch Hill
Vernon

Delta

Fort Langley
Ladner

New West. Ind.
South Surrey
Surrey

PROV. TOTAL 900
CITY TOTAL 1000
Grand Total 1900

TARGET ACHIEYV.

10 1
40

13

4
17