The Social Crediter, Saturday July 17, 1948. ,, …

1 TheSocialCrediter,SaturdayJuly17, 1948.,,-, a (homeandabroad) ,JULY17, "A RadioTalkby ERI~D. his book,TheProblemsof Leninism,Stalinwritesdescriptivelyof "thepressureof taxation"beingusedto destroythe is timeall Australianelectorsrealisedthe factthatthe presenttaxationpolicyin Australiabearslittleor no relationto obtainingfinancefor thelegitimatepurposesof Government;it is designedto abriefsurveyof whatis happeningon the 'sfiguresrevealthatin 1947 Australiahadthe lowestnumberof ,000,000fewersheepin Australiain 1947thanin the memberof dairyCOZl)Sis particma'f' a declineof 196,000between19~ ~60, decreaseof 7,000tonsbetween1946and1947,and manydairyfarmersare stilldrasticallyreducingtheirherdsor goingoutof dairyingaltogether,becauseof 1947wasapproximately128,000,000gallonsle es.

2 Th'arl!.in beefcattledeclinedfrom9,300,000in1945to 9,200,000in ,to 8,835, pigsdecreasedfrom1,700,000in 1944to1,250,000in 1947t}r,e'f'ewere2,500,000acresless undercropsthantherewall'in. seriousnessof the ,ekepresentpolicy01 high,taxationandOothercontrolsis .contirnuJed,it is !ainthatwe can look[orzoardto perma-nents}wr,tages,rationing,black-111 J:JJY'! ,and tensof thousartdsof policethe somepeopleappearto thinkthatconditionswouldautomaticallyimp roveif a newset of politicianswereelectedto Canberra,it is essentialthatwe pointout that,in Canada,wheretherehasbeena LiberalGovernmentin officefortwelveyears,the Canadianpeopleare havingimposeduponthemthe samepoliciesbeingimposedin a speechin the CanadianParliamenton February6<,of thisyear,Mr.]

3 Pat Ashby, ,showedby officialfiguresthatallrprimary;producti' o'Ylin Canado:.vhas ,sMowlydeclined.~ ,whois a practicalfarmer,es~ :therehasbeena totaLlossof 2 billiondollarsworthofCanadian*FrornTheNe wTimes(Melbourne)of pastthreeY I.:IiI1s-thatis, duringthe firstyearsof ,underthe Socialistregime, see the sameconditionsbeingproducedin all Britishcountriesby all typesof Governments,it isobviousthatall Governmentsare beingusedto implementa tracedbackto suchinstitutionsastheLondonSchoolof Economics,theproductsof. whichholdkey positionsin the largebureaucraciesin economic"advisers"preacha policyof taxationas an instrumentof say,mostof thisstageit is essentialthatwe realisethatso far fromSocialismbeingin anywaydifferentfromCom-munism,it is merelya slightlydifferentroad:to thesameobjectivebeingpursuedby the ,People'sWeekly,in.

4 November1946,publishedthe following:" a two-hourconversationin theKremlin,toldMorganPhillipstJideweretw oroadsto Socialism-theRussianwayandthe Britishway."JohnHladun,formerCommunistPa rtymember,whowassentto Moscowfor specialtraining,andwhowroteaseriesof articlesentitled,"TheyTaughtMeTreason,"h aswritten:"In a Socialisteconomy,one controltendsto causeanother,until,as a logicalresult, SocialismcannothelpdevelopingintoCommuni sm.. Socialismis a dangerousexperiment-s-afore-runnerof Communism"(VideHladun'spaper,TheWorker,J anuary26, 1948).Now,in viewof thisobviousfactthatSocialism,likeCommuni sm,leadsto the MonopolyState,it is dangerouslymis-leadingfor Mr.

5 Caseyto comebackfromGreatBritainandannounce'that the Communistswerebeingsuccessfullydealtwith by the; BritishGovernment,whenthatGovernmentcont ainsmensuchas Sir StaffordCripps,who,onlya fewyearsago,wasdemandinga unitedfrontbetweenthe Social -istsandthe alsoon recordas sayingthathe hopedto seethe endof the BritishEmpirein his we saidinour talklastweek,the BritishEmpireis a majorbarriertothe creationof a completeWorldMonopoly,whichis thereasonwhyit is beingattackedby the majortechniquesof destroyingourBritishdemocraticwayof lifefromwithin,is thedelegationofParliamentaryresponsibili tyto a bureaucracywhichgovernsby is essentialthatwe clearlyunderstandthisimportantaspectof the campaignof are toldduringthe nextfewweeksup until153 Page2 THESOCIALCREDITERS aturdayJuly17, 1948.

6 'theReferendum,thatwe are grantpowersto ourownelectedrepresentativesat Canberra,weshouldrememberthatit is nettruethatourelectedrep-resentativeswil lbe handlingthe 'Stoo ,so muchso carriedon unlessbureaucratsare Membersof Parliamentcannotbe personallyresponsiblefor all governmentfromCanberraat present,it issurelyobviousthatit is follyto ' be alsodelegatedto weretoldduringthe waryearsthatthenumberof bureaucratswouldbe reducedafterthe war,thefactmustbe faced,thatthe number~s actuallyincreasingIIIan aoeragerateof approximately1,500per electorsvoteYeson May29, theyare simplyvotingfor a continuationof tire mustbe admitted,of course,'thatthe presentLabourGovernmentdid not initiatethe policyof destroyingrespon-siblegovernmentby LabourPartycameto office,the non-LabourPartiesweredelegatingparliamen taryresponsibilityto the evilsof governmentby regulation,butit is interestingto recallmanyof hisstatements,madewhenhe :of November11, 1940, saying:"I oncemadea speechon the dangersof govern-mentby regulation,butI havecometo knowbetter.

7 " :"Constitutionalamendmentshavebeenfar toofrequentlyregardedas partymatters"(videSydneyMorningHerald,No oember23, 1938).Wellmayiot be asked:Is 'Canberrabecausehe is Leaderof theOpposition? be askingfor thesamepowersifhe wereholdingthereinsof government?Wecanbestexaminethisquestionb y examininganotherstatementmadeby August20, 1941,pub-lishedthe following:"ThePrimeMinister, ,ina speechto 300businessmenwhoentertainedhimat a dinnerat the AustraliaHotellast night,expressedhis convictionthatthewar-timecontrolsnowbein gexercisedby theFederalGovernmentwouldcontinueto operateafterthe war.

8 Inthe lasttwoyearsyouhaveseenthe introductionof theirhandson privateenterprise,andpoliciespursuedwhic hare designedto affectthe costof hopethatnoneof you willimaginethatthesejustandequitablethin gsthathavebeendoneduringthewarwillceasew henpeacehas ". his associatesare certainlyensuringthatthe "justandequitable"thingsmentionedby be permanenthightaxationafterthe mindall thesefacts,it can be seenthatthecomingReferendumhas got nothing1:0 do Governmentled by all probabilitybe imposingthe samebasicpoliciesbeingimposedby ,irrespectiveoftheirlabels, the growingbureaucratic"armyof occupation,"the economic"adoisers"imposetheirpoliciesof ,ProfessorHaroldLaski,of 'the LondonSchoolof Economics,oncesaidthatthe peopleneveragreeto abolishtheirconstitutionalsafeguardsunle ssthereis a greateconomicor otherwords,thefabricof societymustbe firstloosenedin orderthatthe peoplecan be persuaded,underso-calledemergencyconditi ons,to handoverincreasedpowersto intolerablesituation.

9 Andthenofferto saveus if we willaccepta situationthatis SocialismandCommunismt'<5 the poaier,irrespectiveof ,in spiteof so-calledPriceControl,simplybecausethose askingfor permanentPriceandRentControlhavedelibera telypursuedpoliciesof it is arguedthatthosepersonallyresponsiblefor thesepolicieshavenot imposedthemdeliberately,i'i:is thenobviousthattheyare so dangersoulyincompetentthatthe propositionthattheybe givenincreasedpowersbe ,Commons:July5, Chancellorof ike Exchequer(SirStaffordCripps):. I nowturnto the EconomicCo-operationAgreementwhichis in secondWhitePaper.

10 Thereis oneotherremarkof a generalcharacterwhichI shouldliketo makeas regardsour approachto the laiddownin theEuropeanCo-operationActcertainrequire mentsas to thecontentof the bilateralagreements,of which,of course,thisis be enteredintoas a con-ditionof anycountrycontinuingto afterthe 3rd-nowin effectit is the ' ask themfor a momentto put themselvesintheplaceof themembersof Congressor of tire UnitedStatesaretakinga step,unexampledin worldhistory,to giveawayvastquantitiesof goodsfor whichtheywillhaveto viewwe maytakeas to whetherthiswillin the longrun beof helpto themor hownecessaryit is for theirowneconomyat the presenttime,we mustrecognisethatit is an actionofgreatimmediategenerosityandenlig htenmentto offertoundertakesucha programme,andtheyare fullyentitled,aswe shouldfeel ourselvesentitledin like circumstances,to takestepsto ensurethattheiraid achievesthe aimit is designedto.