See One Advantage For Conservatives In Election

By DAVE McINTOSH Canadian Press Staff Writer OTT,‘ WA (C‘P)—A government

trying for re-election has one big advantage over its opponents: It holds the purse-strings.

That is r‘y the Liberal, CCF and Social Credit parties prob- ably will have a hard rev to hoe in combatting some Progressive Conservative election promises, especially in the field of public works, during the campaign lead’- lng to the March 31 vote.

Some federal politicans —and they are not all Conservatives- say the government made a good move strategically speaking when it didn’t introduce in Par- liaxment before dissolution a bud- get or any estimatzs of govern- ment spending for the 1958 - 59 fiscal year which starts April 1.

That is, the government’s elec- tion campaign is not constricted by what a budget and the esti- mates might contain.

LIBERALS DIFFERED

Before Parliament was dis- solved in 1957 for the June 10 election, the former Liberal pro- gram for the 1957-58 fiscal year.

Included in that budget was a 6 montly increase to 46 in the old age pension, a relatively small boost that did not "sit well with many voters.

On the hu-stings, the CCF prom- ised a 75-a-monlth pension -— 29 above that provided by the Lib- er-als—and the Social Credit party talked about one of $100. The Conservatives, although not spec- ifying any amount, said they would have provided a bigger in- crease.

Acclaim French Language Play

MONTREAL (CP) — Ciel et Mecanique, (Heaven and Mech- anics) a comedy-fantasy written by a 22-year-old Montrealer who also directed and starred in it, won seven of the 11 awards Sat- urday at the Western Quebec Re- gional Drama Festival.

Written by Luc Durand, the play took the awards for the best production, the best Cana- dian play, the bestviisual produc- tion, the best actor, the best ac- tress, the best supporting actress and the best backstage efficiency.

The play, which closed the six- night’ festival, was staged by a newly - formed French - speaking

' Montreal group called Le Guignol

a Moustaches. . British adjudicator R i c h a r d West acclaimed the play for “charm and oniginality of the first order.” He said Mr. Durand

, had fulfilled the duty of a writer

in creating a piece that could be played. -

Durand took the best actor award for his performance as_a mortal called Adelard who wants to get into heaven.

“In the tradition of all great humorists, like Charlie Chaplin, Mr. Durand combined sadness iévvntht comedy,” said adjudicator

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‘ LABOR SUPPORTS "CCF

TORONTO (CP)—The Ontario Federation of Labor will again support the ‘CCF in the coming federal election campaign, chair. man Cleve Kidd said Saturday in a statement. “We are convinced that the CCF was -the effective op- DOlSl'l3l‘0l] in the last two Parlia-

ments and should be returned in ~

greater strength to the next Pajr. hvament.”.he said.

POLICE EXPERTS

LONDON (CP) -— The world's greatest detectives are coming to London this year for the an-

'1.“31_g8neI‘al_ meeting of Interpol, the international police organjza- tion, scheduled for six days start- ing Sept. 15.

The Liberals cou1dn’t. and didn’t promise any more hey were hog-ti ' by the budget they had just presented and were placed in the position of defend- ing the small pension increase. After the Conservatives won the election and took over the govern- ment, they added a 9 monthly inc-rease of their own to boost the pension to 55.

Also, with no budget or de- tailed speding zstimates to tie them down, Conservative candi- dates in the current election campaign will. be able to promise their electors various programs which prc‘ ably W ‘d l »/e been carried out even if there had been no election. The other prties can make such promises in a general way but, having no control over the drawing up of the estimates, they are unable to give precise under- takings. Just as an example: A federal cabinet miniister woul" k-now that, say, the government planned to have a new post office built in some town. He thus could make a promise to this effect while campaigning in that town——with the provision of course, that the government be re-elected. CAN HAUNT, .’l‘f “

Election ; promises, naturally, can be ernb assing. During the last session of Par- liam t, the LiY":‘a1s kept h-andy

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in the Commons for ready ref- erence 2 red - r /ered book- about the size of a large m3}1' order cat;1ogue—which they said contained the complete list of Conservative electim promises in the 1957 can ig-ii.

The Conservatives maintained that they had carried out all the major promises by the time Par- liament was dissolved.

But the Liberals time and again challenged the government to show where it had eliminated “waste and extravagance,” as the Conservatives h-ad promised to do. As it turned out, the Con- servatives increas spending in- stead of lowering it.

Page 12, The Guardian Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1958_

U. 5. Manufacturers Find Canadian Market Attractive

NEW YORK Canada is be- coming an increasingly attractive market for United States manu- facturers, the ‘National industrial Conference Board finds in a sin‘- vey of the selling pra:tices of 237 US. firms released today.

Evidence of this is that 196 companies, or 83 per cent of those surveyed, now sell in Can- ada.

Some survey participants plan to expand their Canadian produc- tion facilities and intensify their sales effont there. Typical of the view. of other firms Without a direct stake in Canada at pres- ent is that “the only long-range solution to the ,;.roble i of mak- ing more sales in Canada is -the

establishment of manufacturing facilities in that country."

Of the 196 survey participants selling in Canada today, 110 main- tain separate subsidiares tlere to manufacture and sell their pro- ducts, The Conference Board re- ports. A large majority of these 110 companies indi-ate that their Canadian subsidiaries are wholly owned but that they are given a great deal of independence in conducting their business in that country. Many of these firms em- phasize that Canadian executives staff the operation.

However, a certain amount of over-all control is usually exer- cised by the parent company, The Conference Board reports. fhisis

frequently accornpll ' ‘d by: int- erlocking directorships with par- ent-company board members also serving on the board of directors of the subsidiary, holding the subsidiary’s executives directly or indirectly responsiL‘.e to the par- eiit com-pan-y’s top management, requiring p-airent company ap- proval of fiinancial and capital investment decisions, and requir- ing mutual cooperation and con- sulation on basic company func- tions such as production methods and marketing techniqvues.

Some other Can; '1.:n subsidiar- res are described as being almost completely auton as one food company executive phrases it, “The Canadian Man- agement can conc ‘te on Can- adian problems without United States interference, and has the freedom to adarf their operations to current market requirements” ADVANTAGES

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