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...goodness was set on William Aberhart last week by the fact that he himself did not stand for election. "If the people want Social Credit," said this studiously modest Messiah of $25 dividends, "there will be room for me to fit in somewhere . . . perhaps as Premier." To Canadians outside Alberta the election seemed in advance a messy maze, with 240 candidates of four major and several minor parties running for 63 seats and nothing certain except that Premier Richard Gavin Reid of the United Farmers Party, which came in on a landslide in 1921, would go out into limbo...
Social Credit Is What? Few Alberta voters seemed to know much about Social Credit last week, merely having faith in Messiah Aberhart's assurances that it is not Communist, does not seek to abolish private property or Capitalism and is a positive sock at "The Bankers...
That, plus the $25 monthly "dividend," would satisfy most farmers, and Albertans are mostly farmers. On the morning after election day they itched to know how long it will take to set up Alberta's proposed "State Credit House" and start paying dividends. Said William Aberhart: "It will take at least 18 months...
...beefy Major Clifford Hugh Douglas is to Social Credit. The Major, a Scottish engineer, a graduate of Cambridge and a cousin of Lord Weir, once worked for Westinghouse in India, now has his swank abode in London and contrives to rent his ideas for fat fees. In 1934 the Alberta Government which was thrown out last week paid him $30,000 to go to Calgary and expound views which they proceeded to ignore but which fired High School Principal William Aberhart and his Prophetic Bible Institute, spurred them on to victory. Major Douglas last week was still technically under contract...
...least be tested on a limited scale. In Alberta it was freely predicted that Messiah Aberhart will never be able to make Social Credit work unless he makes himself a Dictator. Canadian jurists meanwhile believed that Social Credit as proposed in the Province of Alberta is "contrary to the North America Act" which is the fundamental law of Canada's Constitution. Being unconstitutional it should present the Government of Alberta with insuperable problems leading to a stalemate. Last week this thought kept holders of Alberta bonds from dumping them overboard. All Canada's great banks and nationally spread...