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22 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, April 24, 1964 UNFAMILIAR ROLE CCF Party Hurt By Defensive Position REGINA (CP)--There- arejical care insurance scheme, many theories but few clear- first of its kind in North Amer- cut explanations for the down-|ica. fall of Saskatehewan's CCF gov- For the first time the gov- ernment in a genera] election/ernment weni to the electorate after 20 years of uninterrupted rule. ; Some observers felt the Lib- without a crugade. In the 1960 election it was medical care in- surance, bitterly opposed then erals won Wednesday because/by doctors and opposition par- the people on_ theities. a change--a selling through what their termed high-powered Social Credit Premier E. C. Manning of neighboring Alberta said the defeat signifies disillu- sionment of the people with So- cialism. The Liberals' program was: Attract more industry, reduce taxes, help the farmer. Liberal Leader Ross Thatcher,| a former CCFer, concentrated) on his party's platform. He did, not rip apart his opponents. The CCF, organized during the depression years, defeated a Liberal administration in 1944 in what historians believe was an agrarian protest vote. Crops were bad, farmers couldn't afford seed, drought memories lingered and debts mounted. GOT IN VENTURES The government got in a va- riety of business ventures, in- cluding a shoe factory and a paper box factory. Some were dropped, some expected. Saskatchewan's econ- omy is booming with returns from big grain export sales which followed last year's bum- per wheat crop. In 1961, when the OCF na- tionally became the New Dem- ocratic Party, the CCF in Sas- katchewan adopted the name: elally when Jabor union unrest; There was doubt whether the' threatened movement of export!1962 medical care crisis played cies, All were defeated. A can-|and the Saskatchewan medical didate who ran as CCF-NDP in|profession -- which withdrew a byelection to fill the Weyburn|normal medical services for 23 seat vacated by Mr. Douglas|days two years ago to protest was defeated. the plan--remained silent. In Wednesday's election, only) Health Minister A. E. Blake- two of the 59 government can-/ney, minister in charge of the didates listed themselves as|medical care insurance plan, CCF-NDP. The others called/was returned in a Regina seat themselves CCF. Both were de-)put Liberal Walter Erb was de- feated in bids for re-election. | feated. The Liberals scored their vic-| Mr. Erb piloted the medical tory with rural support andjcare insurance scheme through Mr. Thatcher said he believes|the legislature in 1961 and then his candidates received votejresigned from the government support from Social Credit andjand CCF party over compul- some Progressive Conserva-|sory features of the plan. Later tives, he joined the Liberals. | CCF, Saskatchewan section of the New Democratic Party. T. C. Douglas, then premier, be- came leader of the new party and turned over the reins in Saskatchewan. to Mr. Lloyd. ALLIANCE NOT POPULAR Observers said. 'the alliance with labor in 'the NDP was not \popular in Saskatchewan, espe- | | | ee YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING "In past elections we have|grew. Biggest government en-| attacked the government and) we were always on the de-| fence," he said. "This time we} stayed with our own policies! swer to us and go on the de-| fensive."" WENT DEFENSIVE It appeared to some that the government went on the defen- sive mid-way in the campaign and apparently didn't know how to react to this unfamiliar -role,} On top of this was a new leader fighting his first general elec- tion campaign, Premier Wood- row Lloyd took over in 1961 but is no political novice. He was in the first CCF cabinet in 1944. | The government fought the election on its long record) which includes the introduction in 1947 of a government hospi- tal insurance plan, first in Can- ada, and implementation -two terprise is the Saskatchewan Power Corporation which sup- plies electricity and natural gas across the province. There is) and the government had to an-|also a compulsory, government-| operated automobile insurance! pl an. | The Liberals were better pre-| pared for the election cam- paign. The party claimed a rec- ord membershi, <f 25,000 and said it had $135,000 in the kitty from dues alcne. Economic -- conditions were thought by some to be favor- able to the CCF at the start of the campaign but they did not carry as much weight as | | | Ronald W. Bilsky, D.C. 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