The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
SEEKS
MEANS TO PAY
SIS A MONTH
COnferS With Aids Over
Proposed Gratuity TO
All Citizens.
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CALGARY. Alta, Aug. 28.-Fat.
bald Premier-elect William Aber-
hart rushed cheerilv and confidently
forward today with plans to pay
every adult IN Alberta SIS a month
from the public treasury. He takes
office next Tuesday, head Of the first
Socialist majority ever elected 20
a parliament IN the British Empire
The date Of Mr.. Aberhart's in
auguratiOn IS a symbol in itself Of
the readiness of the Premier elect.
a former school teacher and evangel-
ist, TO break time-halloWed prece-
dents. In the past defeated IRE
mlers have continued in office q
month or more after elections. Pre-
mier r. c. Reid. whose C0nserva-
tive party has ruled Alberta II
years. VIII be outsed less than two
weeks after his defeat.
Mr. Aberhart possibly was infu-
enced to hurry into power by reports
that a verltable horde Of persons
willing 10 receive s25 MONTH
men IN shabby clothes on freight
trains and highways. families in
rafting hIvvers. even apparently
well-tO-do persons who could use
an extra $500 a year-was moving
toward the province.
Their hopes were drenched a bit
by Mr. Aberharts prompt declara-
ton that one year of residence in
Alberta would be a prerequisite to
receipt of the government gratuity.
Nothing RASH" He Says
Mr.. Aberhart attempted, in his
first formal session with newspaper
men since the voters gave his Social
Credit Party 50 of 90 parliamentary
seats, to convince capitalists that
they need not fear him.
All Albertans are going to be as
sured Of proper food, clothing and
housing. he said, but 1 am de
termined to maintain the credit of
Alberta. There Will be nothing done
that is rash. There will be neither
cOnhScation nor reputation and in
no province VIII there be greater
economic security than in Alberta.
Despite his words it was reported
that several of the largest bank &C
counts have been moved out of the
province.
The future Premier still refused
to dwell on details of the methods
by which he is going to pay S25
monthly to 100000 adults. but he did
reveal that something like a brain
trust" Will aid him.
lie Has Brain Trust
chief brain-truSter probably will
be Mai C H. Douglas. he said.
Mai Douglas. a consulting engineer
and economist educated at Cam
bridge University. formerly was
chief engineer and manager in IN
dia for the British Westinghouse
Co. His vo,uminous writings have
for years advocated some such pro-
gram as that of the Alberta Social
Credit party
The party is pledged to provide:
/. A basic dividend Of S25 month
ly. to begin with. to every adult
citizen. The dividend will be in the
form of credit 10 provide necessities
Of food. clothing and shelter.
>. An automatic price control sys-
tenn TO fix fair price at which
goods and service will be available.
3. A continuous flow of credit.
please Be Patient
Mr.. Aberhart laughed a bit at the
clamor for detailed exposition of
his plans.
Please be patient" he asked. Il
feel like a young horse that wants
to get going, but give me time
Mr.. Aberhart claims that the So
cial Credit party victory. breath
taking TO old line politicians in its
uneXpectednesS. is due to a deep
change in the grass roots of the
electorate AT least partly. how ever.
1t is attributable TO his own person
ahty and unorthodox campaign
manners.
Cynical critics dubbed him the
Father COughlin of the Plains be-
cause of the evangelical flavor he
gave to his speeches. He mingled
quotations from many schools of
economics with lines from every
book of the Bible and no audience
escaped the emotional appeal of
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