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     The C. C. F. socialist party now 
     
     claims to be a national party and is mak- 
     
     ing every effort to establish~itself in; 
     
    
   
   
    
     every province in Canada. For this rea- 
     
    
   
   
    
     son, it is important that freedom-loving 
     
     people in every part of Canada take care- 
     
     fufnote of the actions, utterances and 
     
     policies of the C. C. F. in those areas in 
     
     which it has established itself. The name 
     
     of the British Columbia socialist leader 
     
     who would in the natural ord.er of events 
     
     become Premier o! the Province if the 
     
     C. C. F‘. party were returned to power. is a. 
     
     man by the name of Harold Winch. It 
     
    
   
   
    
     i is surely not, unfair to judge y what __tl1e_ 
     
    
   
   
    
     actions of a. C. C. F. government would be 
     
     from the statements made by this social- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ist leader, statements which apparently 
     
    
   
   
    
     are approved by other leaders of the 
     
     C. C. F. socialist party. We quote Mr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Winch as follows: 
     
    
   
   
    
     ln the Vancouver Sun, Jan.15, 1940: 
     
    
   
   
    
     “No C. C. F. Government can rest 
     
     until it abolishes capitalism. On-any 
     
     other basis, the C. C. F. will pass out of 
     
     existence.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     I At the 10th Annual C. C. F. Convention, 
     
    
   
   
    
     April, 194s; 
     
    
   
   
    
     "We must make it quite clear that we 
     
    
   
   
    
     are not a“ reform partybut we are a mili- 
     
     tant and revolutionary party and intend 
     
     to bc a militant and revolutionary gov- 
     
     ernment.” ' 
     
    
   
   
    
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     In a speech at Calgary on November 9, 
     
     1943: 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Canadian troops now ' overseas 
     
     would not lay down their arms when 
     
     peace came, until they had obtained their 
     
     aims at home. This war didn’t ‘start 
     
     when the first shot was fired. It’s time 
     
     we had a revolution . . . . 
     
    
   
   
    
     “A change is coming, peacefully or 
     
     not . . . . When we become t'he govern- 
     
     ment, we will institute Socialism immed- 
     
     iately, and will use the power of 
     
     the police and the military to force tlnre‘ 
     
     opposed to obey. Those who defy the 
     
     government will be treated as criminals. 
     
     1f Capitalism says ‘No’ then we know the 
     
     answer — so did Russia. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “We're going to scrap the B. N. A. 
     
     'Act . . . .” 
     
    
   
   
    
     “We will nationalize the financial 
     
     system of t‘he Dominion . . . . There will 
     
     be no unearned money paid in the form of 
     
     interest.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     On February 19, 1944, speaking in For» 
     
     esters‘ Hall, Vancouver: 
     
    
   
   
    
     “The C. C. F. is on the march. It is on‘ 
     
     the march to power. To the opportun- 
     
     lty to show democratically what can be’ 
     
     done. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Capital- 
     
     They have‘ 
     
     We know they will use 
     
    

    
     ' o 
     
    
   
   
    
     “We recognize it is a war. 
     
     ism recognizes it ir- a war. 
     
     called it that. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I EVGYY WQBPOD. - e _|_ _- 
     
    
   
   
    
     “I did not say one thing in Calgary 
     
     that I and other C. C. F. people have no!‘ 
     
     been saying for 11 years. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     "But all of a sudden there is a sensa- 
     
     tion —— and why? Because of what I 
     
     said? No. but because all of a sudden 
     
    
   
   
    
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     FREEDOM i 
     
    
   
   
    
     they have realized the C. C. F. is a threat. 
     
     They realize that it is a war now between 
     
     the systems of capitalism and socialism. 
     
     They realize the C. C. F. is not fooling. is 
     
     not playing a game. That the c. c. F‘. 
     
     is out to make war and to end the power, 
     
     and control oi those who profit.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     These statements of policy by Mr. 
     
     Winch have not been repudiated by Mr. 
     
     M. J. Coldwell, federal leader of the 
     
     C. C. F. socialist party. On the contrary, I 
     
     on January *5, 1944, speaking at the Hotel 
     
     Vancouver, Mr. Coldwell allied himself 
     
     with Mr. Winch when he stated that re- 
     
     ports of a rift between himself and Harold 
     
     Winch were “just so much wishful think- 
     
     lng.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the first quotation above, Mr. 
     
     Winch re-iterates the policy of the Regina; 
     
     Manifesto of 1,933, which remains the 
     
     basic declared policy of the C. C. F. social- 
     
     ist party. It envisages the abolition oi’ 
     
     all private ownership it the C. C. F. were 
     
     tble to form a Government in Canada; 
     
     ,The Manifesto declares: 
     
    
   
   
    
     “No C. C. F. Government will rest 
     
     cofitent until it has eradicated capitalism 
     
     and put into eitect the full program oi.‘ 
     
     socialized planning . -.~ . .” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fortimately. tree‘ Canadians can still 
     
     choose between a free system of society 
     
     and a dictatorship of socialist “planners!” 
     
     Canada has achieved one o! the rhighest‘ 
     
     living-standards of any country in the 
     
     world, and Canadians are free to improve 
     
     their system and raise this standard 
     
     higher by intelligent public action. Under 
     
     a “militant and revolutionary” govern; 
     
     ment, it would be a digierent story. 
     
    
   
   
    
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