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TERRACE BAY NEWS a Port Arthur, Ontario, Dear Doug:- You wanted to know how the Laskin meeting in Terrace Bay went--well, it was a great success} I didn't count the house but there would be close to seventy present, Most, of | course were Liberals, but others were noted sitting quietly, I am reporting it as I, person- ally, saw it, and I am.not unbiased, If money, (and lots of it, from somewhere), gimmicks, | give-aways, expensive posters in colour, and paid organizers, can still buy votes in 1963-- ae YOU'VE HAD IT? You might save what little money -youfve got and stay home, -THE LIBERAL MACHINE IS OUT TO°TAKE THIS RIDING FROM YOU, AND THEY ARE LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE, They "have imported Senator Croll, an old Liberal war-horse who has done rabble-rousing jobs avthousand times-and he loves it} They brought along a bright young Italian lawyer to make sure 'that the Italian folk in'Schreiber don't get confused about how to cast their ballots; and to top it off, their party organizer has rushed together a local machine to keep the ball rolling till after April 8, mnt 3 | Saul spoke first. You-know Saul, and we all admire him, He is honest and sincere, and puts the people first, He has been.a great Mayor--where politics don?t mean much, If he ever gets to Ottawa, what a shock he is going to get? The big interests who put up the cam- paign money get looked after first,..then the people come next, He made a little speech that followed the party line, nothing new, heavily salted with municipal problems which he knows, BUT his genuineness was spoiled by someone who has been coaching him in how to talk like a politician instead of a saint, : Senator Croll was next, You know him personally and his story. In no time he had the audience highly amused. He then poured on the charm so thick that even intelligent people stared glassy-eyed, heads nodding in unison as he proclaimed the virtues of Mr, Laskin, | (which are-recognized) , the deep sincéereity and dedication of himself (which we need not go 'into here), and the great leader for Canada that Mr.Pearson will make (which is obviously a |real worry, even to his own followers), ; _ About. issues, the Senator said little, He was»sent to séll Liberalism and sell | 'Laskin, and he stuck to his instructions, 'There will: be jobsi** he shouted repeatedly, but |we_know that unemployment is _not solved by shouting, The best, even non-political, minds in | Canada have been working on this AND IT IS FAR TOO COMPLICATED TO SAY THAT ANY PARTY WILL | SUDDENLY END IT--EVEN IN FOUR. YEARS} # | J . "Secondary Industry for our-areay" he promised, -Sounds' good, but we have a large | toca corporation, with a considerable supply of brains running it, and if there were any {answer to that one, wetd have probably had a Kleenex mill right in Terrace Bay today. The | present problem in Northwestern Ontario is to keep what little secondary industry we've got | SO0ut running off to the South, | The speaker spent about ten minutes raving about. education--which is not even a 'Federal matter, Better, the Liberal Party should promise to amend the-BjN,A, Act SO TOWNS | LIKE OURS CAN GET MORE AID FOR EDUCATION, but that is never mentioned, for no one wants to i tread on Quebec's: toes---there are 75 seats there. Crejj has never read "The Incredible 'Canadian (Mackenzie King), by Bruce Hutchison, or he would never have called Mr, Diefenbaker an indecisive leader? DISARMAMENT in one breath and MORE NUCLEAR BOMBS in the next. But no one has ever demonstra- ted. that a fire is put out by pouring on more gasoline, This very important matter was not brought up, Neither was Medicare which Mr,Pearson says he will'enact as law...after four years or so, "Sensible people will spot this'as a.vote=catcher, because if it is a good idea | in 1967, why isntt it good RIGHT NOW? Lots of families could be ruined by medical bills be- , tween now and then] .Women and nothers want Medicare, but not Nuclear bombs. | | pi ome . aounian : . I wanted to hear a clarification of the-nuclear position.» Mr,Pearson is saying | | } t | 1 He said that 22 years of Liberal rule were terminated in 1957 by their own careless- | ness, This drew tears but it should have drawn a laugh, He didn't say that it was careless- ;ness with the DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS OF CANADIANS, when the Liberals resorted*to Closure, a total- | itarian tactic, to railroad through a bill which made your money and mine \pay for the Northern ; Ontario (profitless) section of the Trans-Canada Pipeline, on behalf ofva company of private | | investors in Toronto, The word "Liberal"took on such an indelicate odour after that one that ' the voters threw it in the garbage can and took the P,C.%s for better or worse, Actually, : Senator Croll hurt Saul, because he overwhelmed him, Saul sat like a good little boy who has | said his memory work correctly and was now being allowed to stay up and watch the late movie. ' i CANADA'S PROBLEMS ARE DEAD SERTOUS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED BY SHOWMANSHIP--NOR) BY {DEALS MADE OVER A DRINK IN A HOTEL ROOM, THEY ARE GOING.TO BE SOLVED BY EDUCATED AND INTELLI- i 'GENT LEADERS LIKE YOURSELF, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, WHO WILL STUDY THEM FOR LONG DAYS AND MONTHS, 'Letts have no more herding of voters like sheep, but let's have more thinking and explaining of issues, Many here are inquiring about you and many want to talk to you. HGF Bee REM Foc fh Petttle Bb c! | 90% 2 eae e FESS CS SIR a NAR