'NEW DEAL, IN CANADA

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 184, 6 August 1934, Page 7

'NEW DEAL , IN CANADA

Minister Issues Sensational

Pamphlets.

CABINET SPLIT MAY FOLLOW

NEW YORK, August 5

The Ottawa correspondent of the "New York Times" says sensational pamphlets were issued yesterday by the Minister of Trade and Commerce, ( Mr. H. H. Stevens. These allege that "unscrupulous financiers and business men have exploited Canada's consuming public, starved the producers, sweated workmen and left the country to face the alternatives of reform, a .dictatorship or a revolution."

The pamphlets allege that thousands of skilled workers have received as little as four dollars a week, that members of the board of directors "milked" a certain Toronto concern of 20,000,000 dollars and in the meanwhile sold the employees 2,000,000 dollars of worthless stocks.

Another charge is that the pulp paper industry has been "gouged" of 30,000,000 dollars.

Mr. Stevens declares in the pamphlets: "I will never rest until something is done to remedy it. No economic or political system that will tolerate that can survive without either a revolution or a dictatorship." He urged the Conservative party to reform and base its policy first on the well-being of agriculturists and then on that of the industrial workers.

The statement, which daringly mentions personal friends and business associates of the Prime Minister, Mr. Ri B. Bennett, is regarded as the beginning of a campaign- for a "new deal" in Canada.

After issuing the pamphlets, which were printed in the Minister's own Department, Mr. Stevens escaped the brewing storm of resentment by departing on a holiday trip. Several persons concerned have uttered threats of libel suits. Mr. Bennett has confiscated thousands of the pamphlets which still remained in Mr. Stevens' office. Observers generally believe that Mr. Bennett soon will demand Mr. Stevens' resignation.

DEADLOCK BROKEN.

UNEMPLOYED RELIEF GRANTS

OTTAWA, August 5.

The deadlock between the provincial Premiers and the Prime Minister, Mr. E. B. Bennett, over unemployment relief, has been broken. Mr. Bennett has withdrawn his demand that the provinces should assume all responsibility in return for grants.