Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday May 13, 1949 Page is Prog cons nominate Mcdowell for Selkirk i Thorvaldson denounces Garson for mud slinging challenging Hon. Stuart Garson minister of Justice to meet them any time and any place in a debate on the merits of the Manitoba taxation agreement with Ottawa John Mcdowell and g. S. Thorvaldson accused the minister of political mud slinging when they spoke at the progressive conservative nomination meeting held. Thursday in Sel Kirk constituency. Or. Mcdowell the present Independent progressive conservative member of the legislature for Ibert due constituency was nominated by acclamation As the Federal party s candidate to contest on june 27 the newly created Selkirk Riding. More than 200 attended the meeting held at Assiniboine in St. James. They heard or. Mcdowell describe As drivel the Dominion provincial taxation _ agreement advanced by or. Car son. He said Manitoba under the premiership of or. Garson had the arguments in support of Dominion. It should have to the of sparkling lakes and Pine fragrant forests. There s so much to do so much to see you can bask in the warm Friendly Sunshine swim sail fish. There s Golf Lennis Riding you con name your sport in Ontario and there Are wonderful places to reasonable prices. Everything from luxurious resorts to quaint Friendly a Oyide places Ore waiting for you. This year for a vocation you la always remember come to Ontario. Ontario travel t-c7 parliament blrfgs., Toronto Ontario. Information about Ontario. Atty fre Vinca in benefits from the taxation agreement instead of Only or. Thorvaldson Independent progressive conservative member of the legislature Lor Winnipeg and recently nominated Prsir respire conserva Tive candidate for the Federal Winnipeg South Riding denounced Tho Type of political Campaign launched by or. Garson. He is bringing Lisck the mud slinging Era of poli tics that existed 40 years ago. He wants to make this the dirtiest Campaign in the pro Vinces history. It is the old game of when your cast is weak abuse the both or. Mcdowell and or. Thorvaldson rift red to free press reports of a Campaign speech delivered monday by or. Garson at . In that address the just minister attack red them for what he described As their sniping misrepresentations in regard to the taxation agreement. Or. Mcdowell was nominated by George Chapman of St. James Seconder of nomination was Aimee Mccaughn of St. Francois Xavier. Or. Mcdowell entered politics in 1945 when he was elect to the Manitoba legislature. He holds a seat on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. He described himself As Champion of free and competitive he said he was determined to do his part in defeating the present bureaucratic and centralist government at Ottawa. He was convinced the people were fed up with controls and bureaucracy. They would not vote Liberal. Neither would they vote . The . Party was appealing to Lahore for support. He pointed out thai tic . Stood for the amalgamation of the two Canadian railroads which would mean Large Lay offs. Organized labor could not follow a party with such a policy. Or. Thorvaldson who spoke. 3rior to the nomination of or. Mcdowell said or. Garson had made the worst financial Deal possible or Manitoba in agreement. He knows Only the taxation one province impose Sites tax to save the province s or. Thor Valdson said. One of. The reasons or. Garson went to Ottawa was because he knew he Couch not face up to the criticism of the tax Deal which he would have had to answer in the Manitoba legislature. In defend ing the taxation agreement or. Garson talks in terms of the Dol Lar As it was in 1939. Today we have a rubber Dollar he seems to forget we have inflation Ana consequently the province and municipalities Are confronted with greatly increased or. Continued. The former Premier of Mani Toba to Cums myself and or. Mcdowell of try inf to destroy the coalition Rov emment. He knows the coalition formed for the duration of the War Only and should ended at the War s end it is the progressive conservative parly alone which has asked Foi a Dominion provincial Confer ence. We want Manitoba to get a better Deal. There is Only one party which stands completely opposed to holding a new conference and that is the party represented by or. He said. Or. Mcdowell said he would be prepared to meet or. Garson on any platform to discuss the Domin Ion provincial agreement the wheat question the coarse grains Bill labor or any other question. He can name his Date and Call me on any occasion he said or. Mcdowell. Ill be with you. Jack interjected or. Thorvalson. The progressive conservative Narty stood for a wheat Board similar to the voluntary Board of 1e35, said or. Mcdowell. He be sieved this country should strive o get Back its world markets. 3ut the Only Way it could regain Hose markets was by helping ring about Freedom of markets. Freedom of Frade and Freedom of currency. The conservatives must Vork to break Down the controls which were other affecting our daily speakers included sen. J. T. Haig and mrs. J. C Irvine president of the Manitoba progressive conservative women s association. Chairman of the meeting was g. H. Kelly president of Iho Selkirk progressive association. Conservative Solon Low raps financial system of Liberal govt. Calgary May 13 Ion Low National Leader of to social credit party said thursday night the fundamental Issue in to june 27 Federal election was Choice Between the present Fra Cial system or a change to system that Means adequate up chasing Power in the hands of to in a 15-Mlnute free time Polit Cal broadcast Over the National be work of the Csc or. Low claimed retention of the present Finar Cial system will mean unemployment or War or the Only was to avoid unemployment or War or both through application of the princ pies of social or. To said. The Socini credit Leader Saiid the Liberal party has shown they Are much More concerned about Power and position than they Are about the welfare of the the Liberal parly has allow him Only 1% time Ovi the Csc network during the whole election Campaign he Sai but the Liberal party took pc themselves seven half hours o free time and seven Quarte he added. Or. Low said his party s Tim on the air had been limited b cause they the liberals a r afraid to have social creditors i cuss fully the issues of the he devoted the major part o his broadcast to tracing the i tory of the social credit part founded in Alberta by William Al Erhart in 1033, and to outlining the unorthodox monetary policies a located by the party. Or. Low told a Calgary nominating meeting later that the Socini credit party was Lakinjr steady Progress in other parts of Canada including Rural and Urban Ridings of staid he criticized indirect taxes levied by the Federal government and methods of collecting them said it Cost the government about s3 for every Dollar of to collected and claimed that of every is of sales tax collected o shirts and shirt goods it take s30 to get addresses Island audiences Drew would adjust terms of fid s confederation made a worse Deal and that was British Columbia. The Premier in grand Falls. Nfld., May 1 George Drew progressive conservative Leader said thursday night that a government under i leadership will be prepared to adjust the terms under which Thi Island entered confederation. A progressive conservative government he said would see to i hat there Are frequent and continuing discussions Between the Federal and provincial governments if Newfoundland s Rovern by Foj fact Tjioe when you be picked your pipe right pick your tobacco right. Pick a Burley Mildest coolest slowest burning tobacco Ever grown. And a great Burley tobacco is Pico Bac. Pico Bac is just right for a new pipe just right for a new Cool and mild and smooth for any smoker buy it either Way in the Handy pocket Pouch the a Pound tin. Pica tap tilt to Juit Hylwa Tot Ufa Pica to facet Pico Bac Stltt i it of Tott co Tver a it Lees Home guarded Scotland Yard London May 13 guarded prime minister Clemen Attlee s residence at 10 Downin Street thursday night armed a an extra safety 2-. Hours after parliament passed the Ireland Bill. While Scotland Yard denied tha this precaution was taken in View of threats against Attlee the move recalled the 1939 Campaign of Vio Lence by the outlawed Irish Republican army in protest against parti Tion of Ireland. The. Bill which brought protests from government officials of the new Irish Republic stipulates that Northern Ireland shall remain Par of the United kingdom unless the Northern Ireland parliament decides otherwise. It was Given Sec Ond Reading in the commons Satur Day night. A motion for rejection of the Hill was previously Defeated 317 to 12, All parties in the Republic have voiced objections to partition. Northern Ireland reaffirmed its status Early this year when sir Basil Brooke s pro partition government was re elected in a Gen eral election. Butter output tops Margarine by wide margin Ottawa May 13 up mar Garine production in Canada still is lagging far behind the output of butter it was reported thurs Day by the Bureau of statistics. During the first four months of 1949, the total Margrine output was pounds while Creamery slowly regaining top production from its seasonal Low period totalled pounds. Margarine output was pounds in january in february in March and in april. The april figure compared with april Creamery but Ter production of pounds. Stocks of Margarine held by manufacturers and warehouses at May 1 to taxied 948.000 pounds compared with pounds of butter. Broken Down the mar Garine figures showed pounds in the maritime in Ontario in Manitoba in Saskatchewan in Alberta and in British Columbia. Men asked for a change in the confederation terms which be came effective March is a progressive conservative government would he prepared to make the changes. Or. Drew on a Cost to Coas Federal election Campaign tour spoke to a largely labor audience in this West coast town one of the Island s largest newsprint producing centres. He raised the confederation Issue after Harry mews party Leader in Newfoundland Sai the terms of confederation were not satisfactory. The Island s commission govern ment had built up a surplus o that Money said or mews should be used on the Cap Tal expenditures and not on cur rent expenditures. Or. Drew said he agreed with or. Mews that new province should have Contro Over its own affairs and that and surplus it had on entering confederation should be used for capita development. The progressive conservative Leader came Here on a special train which made several stops Enro Ute of allow him to make speeches torn the observation platform o is private car. His stops included Deer Lake Howley Badger Bishops Falls and Botwood. He stressed these Points 1. A progressive conserva Tive government would not abolish family allowances or old age pensions. 2. His party believes that organizing of labor works out to the Benefit of the Community As a whole. 3. As Leader of the progressive conservative government in Ontario he and his Cabinet colleagues had made the 48 hour week and collective bar gaining compulsory. Or. Drew said he had seen state that his party would abolish Amily allowances and old age pen ions. We believe in the Wiiest possible measures of social Security. This is not something simply brought Forward at a time of elec Ion. At our National convention ast october attended by representatives from All parts of Canada be went on record in favor of old Ige pensions paid As a matter of ight to All 65 and that same convention also went n record in favor of family allow aces for All children regardless of he size of the family he said. Wilson s May showing of Good Quality moderately priced furniture for years Wilson j have held to steadfast policy of Selling Only duality so called bargain Sale furniture Rivir is Chiaf. 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