Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 12, 1968, p. 15

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bouktmo and oeomftown supporters were among ebour so longtime liberals who attended dinner for rod whiting tup- porter at bethel church drumquln last week mr whiting the halton riding liberal candl- datrt and dr harry harley former liberal mp are shown chatting wjthr l davldtbn of acton left harry brbwrt and goldio gillfes of fisqueslng and dinner chairman lester whit ing staff photo 68 virito two ridings finance minister here edfar ben benson can ada new minister of finance sad tvo steps in halted county last weak aa he completed a whirlwind tour of 28 ontario ridlnc to assist liberal candi dates with their campaigns he spent two hours each with haltonwentworth candidate john uorison and halton riding nom inee rud whltlag during which time be went mslnstreeung met hundreds of voters delivered two speeches and conducted a preas conference throughout the day mr benson assured listeners is still in excalumtfln- the liberals are making no promises for added social legis lation or reduced taxes he warn ed a deficit of 80 million will soon be wiped out and the budget will be balanced he assured all benson accompanied by his son peter wet uorison at dun- das and arrived in burlington in cavalcade of ears shortly after 11 am he net workers at the uorison for trudeau head quarters then strolled down brant st to chat with shoppers ducking in a few stores that look ed like they- might have air con ditioning tbepartyevenatopped for a moment at pc candidate jim swanboroughs headquarters just off brant st a standup luncheon was held at the estaminet restaurant where the finance minister spoke briefly and answered a fewque- uens but he dldnt have time to eat instead waltressespack- ed urn a few sandwiches to munch on the quick trip to oak- viue r oakviues visit wsa centred around the chamber of com merce lounge as stores were closed and there was no sense in trying to mainstreet with no shoppers milling around ben son wss greeted by liberal of ficials and ushered to a confer ence room tor the meeting with the press using is a common sense approach is urged by morison housing is a problem be ad mitted but noted 17s000 new homes should be started this year the problem area was those with 15000 to7500 annual incomes john b uorison liberal can didate for haltonwentworth tiding is a new face to many burlington and nassagaweya residents but be is not new in polities the boundary revision creating this new riding gives the towns cluiens the opportun ity to reelect a man of proven experience in ottawa a man who gets things done a man who describee himself as aredtape euher i believe in a comon bens approach to government ur uorison said recently and i know that only by rapldeconomle growth can canada pay for all the good things she wants ur uorison is a family man with four children living lndun- daa and is familiar with the local area and ita problems a veteran of the rcjlf serving in europe in world war two and widely travelled in canada as a member of the parliament ary committee on consumers affairs he has a broad outlook on the many problems facing the country today on national unity ur uoris on says quite simply one nation is essential some con- atituhonal changes are needed qmbees legitimate complaints must be satisfied as soon as possible but we are all canad ians so lets build a nation we can all be proud of without racial preiidices and petty strife on the just society la the long run a mans philosophy guides us actions the liberal party win work tor iistiee and ecxtlty for the individual duaen because some of our rights are in danger from computerised end debumaniied technological de velopment i want to see a charter of human rights in our saw cnnarltntlon on involvement the recent participate in polities and ser vice to ones country must be encouraged and used to the max imum on pierre trudeau im with him all the way this man has helped to arouse the people of canada to a realisation of their potential at last something new has been added to the political scene a genuine choice either a cauuouaunlnsplrlngfausiness as usual approach or a bold grasp on the realities of today and tomorrow conditions are changing all around us we need this young brilliant man who is in bine with the needs of the present john uorison is a man who gave uphis own business toenter politics for the past five years he has been a fulltime iu t500 club a new fundraising gimmick a ttsoo club is being used in the campaign of john uorison in burlington supporters are urged to pay a 5 membership fee to join the t500 club which gives members a ts00 button for their lapel and the satlafactioffof knowing youve mad a real contribution to the success of trudeau in haltonwentworth member ship is restricted to 500 with no other conflicting inter ests he won the old wentwortb riding in the last two elections and his liberal supporters have high hopes of putting his exper ience to work for the new halton- wentworth riding haltonwentworth riding liberal john morison confident winning as good trudeau salesman the acton pre press wednesday june 12 1968 tough lack said the egg in the monastery out of the rrytngpan into the friar thar ax plenty of jobs for the college grade not enough positions cool sod confident describes john morison liberal candidate for haltonwentworth at last fridays press conference in an alrcondttlooed room at the est aminet inn burlington theres no chance in the world that we wont have a maj ority government tn ottawa i think 1 wilt probably have a larg- mr uorison was accused of allying bis campaign too closely with prim minister trudeau will john morison win this rid ing or will trudeau 7 a report er asked in reply mr morison stated i certainly will help but it we are not making anyprom- laes to spend money unless we know where the money is coming from he warned reporterswhen questions led to giveaways social security is becoming pretty substantial we are not planning to expand it be added canadians must act like email e conservatives be said the jf government of canada lscurtall- ng all controllable expendi tures andlsaskingeach province to follow suit asked about high interest rates he blamed this on united states which is borrowing the money to finance the war in vietnam our prime rates on loans have to be one to one and a half per cant higher than in the us he noted for a long- term easing of interest rates we will have to see an end to the war in vietnam this would strengthen the us dollar and would help us a lot served elected jrepreseutatiw twice to uwfflrroer rfdlorof wentwortb this is his first ven ture in the new ridtng of haltoo- weoiwdrov hellws lndaodas i vasioneensad at first that tnany conservatives would go home but mr stanffeld has come across sv poorly that i mink theyll swing with us mr uorison wasted few words in summing lipid apposition he called conservative crit icism of us record in parlia ment irresponsible campaign- ing they are getting desperate because they cant talk about their own product so they start throwing dirt he accused ms pc opponent jim swanborough of falling to produce a policy of new democrat ted mac- donald uorison commented teds a fine young man i hope be continues teaching when asked for his reactions to norman bradens campaign as an independent liberal in be northern part of the county he chuckled i dldnt know lf be was coming in as a liberal or a conservative i doat think its going to make any difference he may get so votes election night tv coverage on an election central headquar ters to be set up by the liberal association in the burlington central arena will enable the public to view developments on election night as they happen chchtv channel 11 and the radio stations in the area are co operating to set up a public tab ulating centre to record the election results from across the nation as soon as they become available with special coverage on the local ridings radio and tv lnstallationswiu be made june 24 and the arena will be open to the public from shortly before the first results are due to come in on june 25 until late into the night do not miss the areawide tent crusade with internationally known evangelist franklin walden of convers georgia june 7 thru june 23 1968 the heated ystrt it lacafad next to the oaar marital max on highway no 7 georgetown ontario fcvk nightly i00 sum special sunday afternoon services 300 pm wcsaw and saa oetre rvtwar in action thousands have received healing for mind body and soul in the great crusades conducted by the walden i evangelistic party in canada the united states and i south america rh sick law anal suffarfpe i prayer for the sick during the services i cos mihw otttatetdanaj ubi rvaathlna ad i ano untjbiaj t latstaraueonvenuesuaikjais i who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases taction show a mounting axclta- i pa 1033 in kbcal ridings all tfree candidates have filed nomination papers and their s200 deposit tor tb june 2 election in halton riding returning officer gord blake said tuesday n haltonwentworth ftiur candi dates will compete and all have qualified returning officer kick johnston reports- in halton jtad whiting will run bn the- liberal ticket pk uc- wluiamsas conservative and murray kermghan as ktxp in haltoowentw rth john uorison will run for reelection as the liberal choice jim swan- borough will carry conservative hopes and ted macdonald is the ndp standard bearer norm braden of waterdown was the last to indicate his intentions and is running as an independent uberal tnukausigaia enthusiasm for pierre tru deau canadas new prime mini ster is being carried too tar according to workers at the uor ison liberal headquarters in burlington young trudeauloversare col lecting the black and white por traits of trudeau and uorison from campaign signs in burling ton just about as fast as the workers can get them hung up the first day they went on dis play many disappeared pro bably taken home to adorn bed room walls an official said campaign manager peter cad- eau pleads with people suffering from trudeau mania to leave the signs alone until after the election then theyre available on a firstcome firstserved bads keith davey guest fundraising dinner keith davey liberal organi sation man and former com missioner of the canadian foot ball league will speak at the halton liberal fundraising din ner at the holiday inn inoakville june 13 ticket are being sold at 25 a plats and dinner chair man murray haesler said he expected about 125 people to attend mayor mclean anderson who lost out to rud whiting for the halton liberal nomination will chair the dinner liberal cand idate rud whiting is expected to apeak for about five minutes dossnt matter whether the vote are for me or for trudeau as long a be wins im winning this area as a good salesman trudeau is a good product in explaining why he has allied so closely with the trudeau im age- after going to the nomination convention as a strong winters supporter morison- said i did support winters and i was dts appotnied when he wasnt elect ed vv however in retrospect and having gotten to know trbdeau i think be i- the best leader we couidhave chosenk the queationwasraisedwhetb- r morison thought tbe liberals would lose many votes became of antlcathouc aritlprench feeling i would hop that the people of burlington would be above this type of racism be replied mr morison feels that this election will bring an end to the social credit party i thlnklts s mlstsk to recognise them aa a party and that they should get equsl time to speak in the bouse when they have three members they should be put off in a cor ner be added what would he do for burling ton if elected up uorison stated there is a need here for good constituency representatloa for industry which i will give under the leadership of peter cadeau campaign manager the uorison campaign will wind up with a visit from pierre elliot trudeau in burlington on june 14 followed by a young liberal trudeau agogo dance in the central arena it will be a victory campaign windup as tar as i am con cerned beamed uorison r r r kja4l adbva jatja av i ajaaiatia for all your painting or paperhanging jobs cau schmidt 6 5644 7 5 at- jtockwpod decor0tors robort r hamilton optomettlst 1 16 mountainviewv road s 7m7l feature value lawk sprinkler i at ism a4 tt future vaulf micf w dm vm in i i msm sn c ai ckm sat a k thurs frl sat at gordon hardware ltd heres how the progressive conservative program for eastern farmers wilt assure a strong profitable family farm the family farm has hetn fighting a losing battle the average income per farm in eastern canada u less than 1600 per year increasing costs of feed grains nonmarketable surpluses of butter eggs milk the high cost of credit and hitormlss government policies have driven many farmers from heir land the progressive conservative party program is planned to give the utmost assistance to family farm operations to establish a program to convert marginal farms into paying farms here are the first steps thai must be taken 1 a ptnrtuutnt eatftra aeriful- luratf bureau thi- permanent bu reau for eastern agriculture would coordinate agricuitlirit policies and conduct overall jiwssnicnt of he niott economic utilization of the great eastern agriculturj resources 2 fed train transportation as sistance to provide feed grains at reasonable prices for beef dairy hog and poultry farming awmancc lor forage and grain crops lou interest rates to encoucage cvtcnsion of feed grain acreage increase emphasi on feeder lots and community pastu rage better fertilizer subsidies 3 ssurplukrt step up ate of agri cultural surpluses to foreign coun tries initiate effective antidumping measures asvistance to industries utilizing dairy products to eliminate nonmarlelahle surpluses of butler egg null- skim milk powder and industrial milk 4 rcacllvalr arda program better coordinated and regionalized making it possible to deal more ef fectively with provincial agricultural agencies 5 ijvetloeb insurance through extension of crop insurance 6 hcvuv tat load ou farawr with a view to accelerating rate of depreciation on tanu storage facil ities additional production buildings and future land development 7 amend farm improvement ioaus act and farm credit lotas act to he tied in with province farm improvement funds thii would include extension of terms of repay ment 8 seasonal dulle review and update methods of protecting mar kets through a whole new approach to tariff subsidy quota acreage control and license to produce in cooperation with provinces and pro ducers the more you think about it stanfield is the man vote progressive conservative pjbilhd by in prool conurvfttu pty ol cvuda atast aero tt land a hint of tststfl to com this deal to km all komc of all famts

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