THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

ist Issue
Oct., 1965

“THE ONLY PARTY"

Saad the New Democratic Party has a clear-cut plan

of action to deal with the problems facing Canada,
and to ensure security for its future. The key to the
NDP plan of action is democratic economic planning to
provide full employment at the earliest opportunity.

The NDP has pointed out that by reducing unem-
ployment from six to two percent, the Gross National
Product would be increased by four billion dollars, of
which one-quarter would come back to the government
as revenue, at existing rates.

With this money, a New Democratic government
would pay for such badly needed social measures as
medicare and free higher education. This money would
also enable a New Democratic government to immedi-
ately raise the old-age pension to $100 a month at
age 65, and provide cost-of-living allowances.

A New Democratic government would bring in leg-
islation to enable every Canadian to receive a university
education — free of charge — as long as he or she
possessed the talent to do so. This means free tuition
and books, and additional assistance when necessary.

A New Democratic government would also enact
comprehensive legislation to deal with the growing
challenge posed by automation and cybernation.

The Canadian Labour Congress in an official state-
ment on the November 8th election openly called on

the Canadian labour movement to support the election
of a New Democratic Party government.

The Congress gave as one of its reasons for sup-
porting the New Democratic Party, its view on honesty
and integrity in government. It said:

“It has always been, and is now, the conviction
of this Congress that substantial and. continuing ad-
vancement toward these goals can only be assured

through a government of men dedicated to public
achievement and not to personal gain.

“In the Congress’ opinion, only the New Democratic
Party has sufficient men of this calibre.”

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QUOTES

TIME MAGAZINE
“The New Democrats could be confident that their MPs

had given the ablest individual performance in the Commons.”
* * *

JOHN BIRD—FINANCIAL POST
“If the New Democrats are playing much better ball with
the Liberals than the Conservatives are, it is not because they

love them. They are behaving responsibly toward furthering
the government’s business.”
* * *

BLAIR FRASER—MACLEAN’S
“Indeed, the New Democrats had a reputation even be-
yond the ranks of its actual supporters, for forthrightness,

honesty of purpose, and concern for the common man.”
* * *

GLOBE AND MAIL
“Perhaps the most statesmanlike figure cut by a Canadian
politician in recent months has been that of the New Demo-
cratic Leader, Mr. T. C. Douglas, who spent the summer be-
hind the Iron mnatein studying Hast Weet relations.”
OTTAWA CITIZEN
“Much of the influence that the New Democratic Party has
been able to exert, indeed, can be traced to its willingness to

advance progressive ideas outside as well as inside the eco-
nomic sphere.”

Tet WESTCRN CANADIAN

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CLC STATEMENT

The Canadian Labour Con-
gress urged support for the
New Democratic Party in the
November 8th election. The
position of the CLC was out-
lined in a statement by its
president, Claude Jodoin.

The statement read:

“Canadian workers, in com-
mon with all citizens, have an
individual responsibility in
the forthcoming election,

“The Canadian Labour
Congress shares the view of
those who believe that the
time for this election was fol-
lowing the revision of constit-
uency boundaries which are
20 years out of date and after

' the disposition of important
business which remained be-
fore Parliament at dissolution.

- “This, however, in no way
absolves us from our duty as
citizens to consider the issues
and use our franchise accord-
ing to our own decisions.

REPRESENTS

“The Canadian Labour
Congress, as an organization
representing a large segment
of the Canadian people, and

_being concerned with many
matters of political determin-
ation, has political policies
which are determined by dele-
gates “in convention. These
policies in no way interfere
with the absolute democratic
right of every voter to cast
his ballot as he wishes. Neith-
er does it infringe on the au-
tonomous right of organiza-
tions affiliated to the Con-
gress to refrain from partici-
pation in political matters.

“It has been the view of
the vast majority of delegates
to Canadian Labour Congress
conventions that the New De-

mocratic Party is the party
which has a program in ac-
cord with the aims and aspir-
ations of the Canadian labour
movement,

“In the last Parliament, the
NDP proved an effective force
in bringing into effect legisla-
tion of great benefit to the
Canadian people as a whole.
This included improvements
in Old Age Security, the in-
troduction of the Canada Pen-
sion Plan, the adoption of a
Canadian flag, and the estab-
lishment of a labour code.

EXPRESS

“The forming of the gov-
ernment, or the strengthening
of the NDP representation in
the House of Commons is, in
our view, the manner in
which workers, in common
with other voters, can best
express their urgent desire
for the adoption of such pend-
ing legislation as medicare
and the introduction of col-
lective bargaining for civil
servants; as well as other im-
portant measures.

OUR HOPE

“It is, therefore, our hope
that workers will give most
careful consideration to the
policy adopted by their repre-
sentatives at Canadian La-
bour Congress conventions in
urging the strongest possible
support for the New Demo-
cratic Party. It is our firm
conviction that, under a New
Democratic Government,

Canada can rise to new
heights of educational and
cultural achievement, and
that bonds of friendship and
understanding can be forged
that will unite the two found-
ing races of our country.”

SERIOUS
CHARGE

Part of an editorial in an in-

dependent-Liberal daily.

Dr. Joseph Gardner, dean
of forestry at the University
of British Columbia, made a
Serious charge against the
forest industry of this prov-
ince in a speech at Duncan
when he claimed that it

lagged far behind other coun-
tries in research.

Specifically, Dr. Gardner
said the industry must spend
five times as much as it is
doing if it is to keep up with
the United States,

He said that the forestry
companies in this country did
not have enough trained men
in their own ranks to take
advantage of government re-
search findings and that the
industry was not doing
enough to improve its pro-
ducts and create new ones.

_This is definitely not the.
picture of the forestry indus-
try which has been painted
by the public relations de-
partments of the various com-
panies involved.

Quite the opposite, in fact,
and it seems that this matter
must be taken further in the
interests of the people of this
Province who are the owners
of about 93 per cent of forest-
ed lands and who lease them
to private interests for ex-
ploitation in the best interests

of the province,
—Reprinted from Victoria Daily Times