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What Will Happen To Nfld.? 'lbe Financial Post Says On June 22nd. ............... .... ... .

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WINIIEIS .. The lnd¢pend~nt

•WHBRI ONCB OUR' FATHERS STOOD WE STAND•

Evidence That The Whole Thing Is A "Frame Up"

No Matter What They Say

Smallwood lgnores1Guard .. Your

Challenge Heritage ] . . R. Smallwood II better at issuing challenges than at

aMWaiDc them. "Estimated $SOO,OOO,oett He uid Responsibl~ ctovemment aupporters apcnt $400,000 ore proven in exploitation t.

in tile tint referendum. Labrador 10 far." So sa,. That ia an abominable falsehood. the "Financial Post" .. We challm1ed him to have an independent audit of party Canada. This paper loel oa

fiueea. to say "Recent developmen_. We declared that It would ahow th~ Confederates received indicate that NewfouncllaDt

aDd lpCDt far more money than the Responsible (n)vemm.ent and Labrador have eeoUIIi Leap .ad the Economic Union Party put tocether. of at least one mineral alo•

Smallwood has not replied to thla challenge. -iron-to change the ntin The reason is simple. He knows that he h"d more money to oudook of the eomatry.

lpCDd than all other Parties put qether. Labrador's iron de .... tl mq He doem't waat anyone to know where he 1ot it. prove the mo.t illlportaDf

F.ish.ermanl · Confederation Means lhis

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factor yet in Nlanclnl the Island's eeoaomy.'' Newfoundlander~ part

well your heritage, and d• fend it by the ballot 011 Julr 22nd. .

T;hink Well Before· · You Vote

A conservative ettimMt of merchantable wood • the Labrador says there are 50 million cords. Tbat II 30 million cords more thaD aD the ~ood now held by Do­waters in NewfoundlaDd.

The Rapoulhle Gonna• ment Leape have a .... el their objedives a MiD • the South West Coast ...,w

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I tetter's to the. EJitor . 1 Confederation ~tar ladependaat, tiUak o. brilbtat future lies

Aqel Buildlq. 1a Bccleoelle Ualoa wltll tile U. Off Dtar Sir, S.A., DOt with C.aacle ers

I ... ..cloliq a copy ol ~ lit, I .. • true Newfouad· letter wblcb came to me a few laDder ud have ~ tbit lor -daYI810· I would Ike for ,au the pMt ,aj, ud DOtbiD& woulll JAil ef XatleMI Dlpl~ ._. .._titJ. to priDt it in your peper, wbida ever ..a me mark my X for 1

briap out the proof of tbillp Coafederatioo. I wiU nnet A Ca• .. it• O.U 1entce. you han beta ta1JWa& abOut aad J110ft a tnitor to my cowttry. should cause thOle who bdifte Youn for Yictory, aucb ltatemeatl, who ~ tor (,.,.) William WDr~o.w, Jr. Family A1lowaDca, Old Ale OMit hJMdl. Pecaioos, bieber ttandard of JuJy 1, 1941. Jivinc. DO tua, etc., to open their eyes aad aot take aucb Mit ---:-:---n uplifted by Coofederate lead· Editor lndepmdeat. en, who would hawe ua believe Aap1 lluJidi .. tUt all wbo lift UDder eo.fed· Diu' Sir: eratioe .,. beeltby ud ~· It appean that .ttbouP the

Wlult laM Mr. J ... a.ell• Coofedetatel aot OM awful wood to •Y about the 2,000,000 wbippdt. tMy c.a atiJl be just people that haft T .B., aad aU .. brum • ~.or at I~ Mr. the otbaa I bow that ate .uf. Samud VlDCtllt can. It appears ferio& from ailmeatl, that an that he baa btal udly makinc limllar to tha.e of tile New· hia 1NY arouad the c:out of the fo\IDdludm. If he thiDa tb8t Greea Bay diltrict, and with the he Ia puttinc that one ftlr • aid ol Joud apaken 1w been ua, he better 1tt busy ud tblDk blattial and bawliftc the merits up .ome better ones t1wa thole.· of Baby Bonua and Okl Ace

I hope aU Newfoundlaaden Peuioat to all who would lis· will uae their own miada 8Dd tal. vote fot the freedom we .._,. lt'a just the ume old story enjoyed in this couatry ol oun. ''if you will YOte for Confedera-

Youn truly, · tion," uid Mr. Vmceat, "the old (Scd.) MRS. J. M. coon. people over 70 yean of ,.,e will

Cartyvjlle. Bay St. Gtorp. ll!t $30.00 per month and all the July 6, 1948. childrm under 16 yean of •It

Copy ol Letter to Mn. Cooh will 1tt the Baby Bonus and it Kennin&ton Coft, will be ufe to uy that never

C.l!., N.S., apin will there be a hunll'}' Canada. child in Newfoundland, al!.J

~•r Sister: there will be no tues, only on A

Heavier tuatioa, ..,.daliJ • lace•• _. PNpel'tJ.

IAit PW..,. MarkeU.

No rHOMtructhn on NIHb er ba the filbery,

No Mercaatile Marine.

Old A1e Pensions at 70.

No unemployment Insurance to Lonen w Filbu· JDeD,

Hi1her taxation for interest on the Canadian NatioDal Debt.

Control of all our Natural Resources from OUawa, both here and on Labrador.

End of our Fishery Board.

No protection for our Ci\'U Service, nor for Rail· way Worken.

French Canadian Zombies on the Bases. •

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Greater ntuns fer ... ,......,., _....., ....... ..... ... " ... Social Senlee .. aD.

laaeMed edueatioul fadlltl&

Old AI• Penli"na fer all werbn at IS.

A 1\fodern Workmea's Compensation Ad.

An up-to-date Towiat Pro~raaune.

The liquidation of o1ur National Debt.

Unemployment Insurance.

De\•elopment of all Natural Re10urcea in New­foundland and Labrador.

A Paper Mill on the South Weat Cout.

A 1\lercantile Marine for the best Ha·men in the world.

Continued work on the Bases for Newfound· Ianden. I heard a speech over the redio ltr«t called Water Street." I

ebout the Newfoundland elec:~ wonder who he thinks is crem tfon. Jt is far better to have aDd lilly and iporant enouch to Respor~ible Government than believe such a~pnda, be · it is to .P•Y tues. Over here wt cause if there are oo tues what &et Children's Allowances, but will keep up the country, be· that comes out or the people'• cauae Canada will not support own pockets and the Old Ale Newfoundland • a Provine~ Pensions, people haw to ap uy more than she is supportina their property over to the Gov- the other nine Provinces of Can· emmcnt before they can pt it. eda, and wh~t is more, we would

We &et $13.00 a month fot th~ have t~pay a larle sum to the children. Our tax is $13.42. We Federal GoverDJDent of C&nada. have no cows. hens, or machin· If he did not recei'ile a better cry for the farm. F.vuythiq welcome in other aettlemmts you cet you have to pay tues than be did at Jacbon't Cove. on, even hens, everytbinl is dear Mr. Vincent lbouJd be feclinK over here-tea, SI.IS lb., tin discoura1ed by now u the peo· milk. 18c., dried apples, 24e., pte did not even atop workin& dried peaches, 34c., com bed. to listen to him, only lone en· 3Jc. lb., bologna. 3Jc. Steak and ouah to shout tluu cheers for chops are out of the questio:~ Responsible Government.

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Why Are They Trying To Hold

Back What ·They Admit Is Best?·

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Writc &gain soon. tion cannot uy anythinl better (Sgd.) ANNA BAGNELL. than they have previously, I ---:-: would advise them to uy noth·

Editor Independent, inr. which would be more in· Angel Building. terestinl·

Dear Sir : Yours truly, I am not twenty-one and un· DONI.LD BATSTONE.

able to mark my X. but I would jackson's Cove, l ike you to publish this Jetter. Green Bay,

Here are some of the reasons why I hope Responsible Gov­ernment will win :

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Rell Fads One o1 tbe tbiap the Conledcrata wiU oot talk about is the

impact Coofcdcratioa will make oo our way of life. because they blow that to do 10 would arawly injure their cause.

Let ua take two eumples: what would bappal to Educ:ati.a IM fiUbUc Healda. At tile preRDt time both ol tbae pUblic ler•

vicee ere paid ,_ by the Govcrnmaat out of the paaal teftDUC

ot tile countrJ• There is ao special tu to COftr tbaD Uld to an intlldl and...,._. they micht be reprded u he.

UNDBit CJDNFEDERATION BOTH TilES& URVICES WOULD HAV8 TO BE PROVIDED FOR BY SPECIAL TAX­ATION. THAT FACT IS BEYOND QUESTION. It will be . impoelible to Jle¥ for them out of tbe ccaeral revenue ol the Pro­\iace.

Let us see 9day. The Coofedcrate estimate of avcrqe annual expenditure of

Newfoundland u a Province iD the first four ~an u submitted to the Natioaal Coavention was $14,188,775. But the absurdity of that f~ ia shown by comparison with the lut budlet f~~WU or the Commillioaei for Finance.

Foreumple: The Confederate estimate for Education was $3,107.700. The

eapenditure budletcd for the current ~ar alone is $4,161,900, and the r~ may be expected to increa~e. They are therefore a million dollars out in this crant.

The Confederate estimate for Public Health and Welfare was was $5,214,868. The expenditure budgeted for the current year ia $7,251,300, or two millions moz:e than the Confederate fll\li'C.

In the.se two services alone, therefore, it will be 1ttn that the Conleder~tes estimate is three mill'on dollars short. Add to thia t:cure, short estimates in other departments and a difference of at leut five million dollars is shown. As a matter of fact this is the amount of the deficit that a Ca nadian firm of Chartered Account­ants said the Newfoundland Government would have u a Pro­vince. It would naturally increase each following year.

Now how is that ddicit to be overcome. for overcome it muat? Only by reducing the amount spent on services such u Education and Public Health or by increasing taxation.

Or by doing as it is done in Canada, MAKE EACH LOCAL COMMUNITY BEAR THE COST OF ITS OWN SERVICES.

In Canada about one-third of the cost of taxation is paid by the Province ; the other two-thirds are paid b~· i:::!i\·idllal com· munities.

Let Us See Why In Nova Scotia, for example, in 1945, the total cost or Educa­

tion was $6,048,179. Of this amount the Province paid $2,039,155 out of the aeneral revenue, while Municipal and County tax· otion-that is direct ttxation on prope.rty and real estate-pro· vided $4,009,024, I

This averaae is ceneral throuchout the Dominion. Applyinc these fiaures to Newfoundland and we would have

the Provincial revenue contributinc about $1,000,000, and the var­ious communities contributinc by apecial tax about $3,000,000.

Now let us brine it down to an individual case, and take a community with a five room school.

Such a school would have five teacben and it presently rc· ceiviq from the Government ovtt $5,000 for teac:hen aalarics, in· cludinc aucrnentation and cost of livin& allowance, and $550 for maintenance or over $5500.00. .

Under Confederation this school could not upect to reccivr much more than one-third of this amount from the Provincial Government-it will not have the revenue to pay more-so that the local community would either have to tax itself to fmd the bal· uce or reduce its school facilities. This is u inescapable fact.

If, bowtver, the Provincial Government took Upoll itxH the rnponsibUity of findina all the money for Education IT COULD ONLY DO SO BY ENORMOUSLY INCREASING TAXA· TION, AND THIS TAXATION WOULD FALL UPON THE SHOULDERS OF THE FISHERMEN, THE LOGGER. THE TRADESMAN AND CLERK. It wiD not come from the wealthy, because tues on wealth-on incomea, businaa profits. et~.-•Jico to the Federal Administration at Ottawa which hu uo rttpe~llibility for Education, Public Health, etc.

These are facts that haw to be faced, and the people ahould coasider them well before committinc themselves to votinc for Unioa with Canada.

And what applies to Education applies cqu.lly to ·Public Health, to Roads and Bridles. to Wharva and Slips, and other public worb. Tbe peoPle will haw to submit to special taxation tel keep them up or do without them.

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Who·Buys Our Products?

1141-41 TOTALS ....................... .................. S 61,351,425

Ullited Statts ..... - ...... """-""""'" 23,943,~ Ullited Kiacdoaa - .......... -............. 11,445,505 c...-. .............................................. 7,009,617 Portup1 ............................................ 2,761,691 ltaJ,y .................................................. 2,730,654 Puerto Rk:o ...................................... 2,577,771 Spain .................................................. 2,061,994 Aratatia ........... "............................... 1,992,141 Jamaica ............................................ 1,951,147 Maico .............................................. ~ .156.969 Auatra1ia ............................................ 1,799,917 Jtuteia ................................................ 1,199,374 f'nuace ................................................ 1,016,796

Tbe Ullited Statts ol American boupt more thaD one-third of what we produced. Cauda tOok one-tenth and most of that wu trulbipped.

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Hon. R. B. Job Wh' t Y w·11 G t. Is Goinn ·To Vote a ou 1 e

' Out Of ltl Re~Dible Govt. :~:=~=·:...m.

Hon. R. B. Job Ia Goinc To Vote For RcsptOnible Government A Minimum Wace Law. Mr. Job is oae of Newfoundland's most clistiquished citizens. These are some of the measures which Chcs Crosbie, President of

He hu sPcat his life ill the fllhcriea of this COWltry. the Economic Union Party, has pled1ed himself to introduce when Mr. Job is confident that Newfouodland can make a tiade Responsible Government is resto.red.

de.t with the United States wbaa we return to Responsible Gov- CML SERVICE COMMISSION tnunt:\t. This will ~ntee aec:urity to our Civil Savants rqardless

He laid so in a radio brotldcast this week. of what political Party happens to be in power. Mr. Job voted few Commission last time. He will vote FJSHEIUIEN'S INSVL\NCE SCHEME

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT this time. This will cive to all Newfoundlanden who 10 down to the lo will a majority of the 20,000 Newfoundlanders who voted IC'a in ships, cash protection up to $1500.00 in the event of injury

Commiuioo oo July 3rd. and a c~Wl payment or $2,000.00 to fishermen'• and Kamen's lt'a1oinl to be a lfeat victory foe RESPONSIBLE GOV- families in the event of accidental death.

!.RNMENT. Win •ith the WinDer. Vote RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.

They Were Right Before the June 3rd Refuendum the Confederate .,_per re­

,eatedly declatcd that A Vote for Commission was a Vote for Responsible Government.

And the Confederates wue riahtl From aU accounts reachin; us it is dear that a majority of

those who voted Commission wiD vote for RESPONSIBLE GOV· ERNMENT on july 22nd.

Victory for RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT is as sure as to-morrow's sunrise.

Shop Clerksll Office Workersll

This Is For You Ask youndves what may happen to your jobs under Con·

feduation. Canadian Shop and Office Workers have no minimum wa1c

A MINDIUM WAGE LAW This will insure that all NewfouftdJand workers aet a decent

waae and proper wortdnc eonditiona. Employers will be compelled, by Jaw, to .,_Y a fixed standard

ofwaces. " Confederation offers none of thett benefits. Vote RESPONSIBLE-Get " new deal for the workers of

Newfoundland.

WE K~O\V WHERE MR. SMALLWOOD IS GETTING HIS SUPPORT.

There has been nothing too bad for Mr. Small-wood to say aL,.mt:

THE MERCHANTS THE LA \VYEHS THE MILLIONAIRES and especially THE QLD TDIE POLITICIAl~S

He has insulted these classes with the lowest, dirtiest kind of insults.

REMEMBER?

~antees. He called the merchants .. desperate men", with

They Put Their Foot In It

The Confeduatcs have, unwittinl)y of eoww, been acrum­inl and aboutinc a bic arcument AGAINST Confederation.

There are, so they claim, 30,000 people on Relief ill New· foundJand.

This ficurt, like aU Confederate propa1anda, II a diJtortion of the true facts.

The number of NewfoundJancfera on able bodied relief II thousands leas than the Conrederata would have you believe.

BUT B)' votinc for Confederation you are banainc around your own IKcb the burden of providinc relief payments for every penon on relief, whether able bodied or aidt poor.

In Canada almoat fifty cents of every dollar ~d for reUd it rolleckd ill proPerty tuts.

You must .,_Y !or the reUef liven to the unemployed and aldt poor in your area.

The more people on relief the more tua you mUit pay under COaredttatioa.

Newfoundl•.,. Wltmploytd to-day will remain uaemplo)'­ed under Confederation.

There will not be one more job foe a NewfouncU.,., wukr Conlederatioa.

All these men were "out." Under Confederation he was going to gel rid of aU of them.

THATS \VHAT HE .TOLD YOU

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Mr. Smallwood was only trying to fopl you. Tite truth is now out, as we have tried to point out again and again. There are:

MERCHANTS MILLIONAIRES LA\VYERS OLD TIME POLITICIANS BACKING CONFEDERATION

Last week these backen came out of hidinl-buis.Most abop assistants work on a small wa1e and a Commission a stJ·nnglc-hold on the people. ·

If Coftfedttat1oa wins local manufaetufinC industries will be REMEMBER? \Vho al'e they? They are: curtailed if not wiped out, much empJo)"malt will be 1oat ud all

stores wm IUffer. The names he called the Newfoundland lawyers \VATER ST. MERCHANT ARTHUR MONROE ltnpoalible Oovemment witt iadude a Depertmeat o1 Labor who protested against Newfoundland's beinl nil· MILLIONAIRE SIR LEONARD OUTERBRIDGE

to watdl ower ,our rtpta and aee '* pt full juatke. rooded into Confederation. These men were, in Mr. 1tnpoa1ib1e Oo•eardiMDt ...... PYial ~ ud JOUr Smallwood's opinion the lowest of the low. ' LAWYER CURTIS

~; .=. rilltt to decalt ~~our~.- cteceat .-7 wm REMEMBER 1 and especially bt b1tW proetcted '-*' ~ta~~a•'eNe ao.aamaat "- UDder His insulting references to the .. 21 Millionaires." OLD TIME POLITICIAN HERMAN QUINTON C_,..ntia!L He would ne,·er have anything to do with ._ I These are the...._ be laid, who are the eaemies

As Si~nple As This Jtewfllll' ayf ~ t. lb e ft ! I witll 8 beet .. .U. He-...blaalll.._..,_ .. .,..,_.._._.._

REMEMBER 1 of Newfoundlaad ad who be wouldn't touch with

\Vhal he called the old time politicilu. He • forty-foot pole. • • wouldn't touch tile• with a forty fool Jonpr. In his Now Mr. SmRllwood is aeek•nc their hac:kiDI ~ opinion anyone who had anythiDfl to do with yet he •YI ~e il .f .... tial tbe CCM•man ~ • Responsible Government iD the put was a .. Sliaker." eru.de. He 11 telliDj ·tile people that thole who

. REMEMBER 1 oppo~e him are: ...... -.e.,_.., .... tile,.... daere • •-...... ,_ • ,.. How he screeched "Rapolllilale Goverameat

pert~, • ..-..eo.-twice • __.. ,_ .. ..._ stints."

THE MERCHANTS THE MIWONAJ.RES THE LAWYERS 011a tile aat m 1111 tile beet,.. •• at&• fint ...

1aa w.~ tile..._._..,,... • Jilt,,.. • ....,, SmaUwOod wu1oin1 to have DOlbinl to do with; He does eat. Be._.* '*'• 7 7 I,....," ..... • till THE MERCHANTS

...... c.a~laiaa twice•....,. 'I'WI .Q lfewfcllldiERIUa will ...................

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!:cam a•k v.-. wllll tile.,_.... -wllicla .._tile.....­ld•atr• • Jfcwft•fl'?f _. ..,_. den.

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THE MILLIONAIRES THE LA \VYERS

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ud apecially THE OLD TIME POLITICIANS

' · .M usual MR. SMALLWOOD IS BLUFFING l

He bucome uDder the CODirol or tile very people he has been vilifyiDIIII the time. .

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&...to!Mi .............. Public llaltb ..... KdlacatioD ~ ....... Bridpa Relief l'aymeeta

_. tbe ..._ tl other apallift ..wteli with which • would Maeddled • a~ oi<Mwd•

Not • word el apluati• froiD Mr. Qubatoe. .Juat at UIU8l c.ltderatll bhaft.

'The Mighty Crowd' Tlae Confederata are food tl nferriDI to aappodll'l tl lllf.

pvernmmt u ""The Respontible Oovenuntnt Crowd." WcJJ, the Confederates are rl&bt: and how riaht they wiD ftDd

out to their aorrow after July 22nd. Yes thue it a Responsible Government erowd-4 larp

c:rowd of aupportera-a crowd made up of tens of thouaancll ol NcwfoundJandera who are &oinl to vote f« Responsible Goftrn· ment.

A c:rowd Ia rllhtl A crowd that wl11 put ltelpOftllble Goftm· mmt oo top a1ain next week.

Join the Michty Crow. VOTE RESPONSIBLE GOVERN" M~NT.

An Important Fact FOR

Newfoundland's Loggers AND

Mill Workers TO

Know AND

Think About This l•portMit Fld CarefuOy

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Senator Robert Taft Say• "Y e."

United States Senate Stands Firnl Behind &onomic

Union

Vote ...

CROSBIE CONFIDENT .OF VICTORY

iWith ·,Your

S~SitmD• People JI'Ul Not

SeUOue A. craa COUidr)r Iurvey taken

duria& tile pat three Meb by tnvellen iD the different di•-1 tricta of NewfOUDdlaod lbowed that the majori~ of them have ! oo iDtmtioa of ldliD& out their 1

country for the promises mad~ • by fast talkioc Confederate pol- l iticiaDJ, who have never yet I produced any auarantce that the few aoc:ial benefits they offer wiU not be immediately with­drown one day. one week or one month after Canada gc!s Newfoundland in its clutches.

Many a c.lear thinking person tryinc to think things out for themselves have ask.ed over an.i

Senator Stylea Bridge. Say• "Y ei'

JXes. .~n . ..-i!&t=. V0:te ·' Respomible