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Radical and reform-minded books from Alberta and Saskatchewan 1940-1959 (part 4)

  • Tom Monto
  • Sep 24
  • 10 min read

Updated: 9 hours ago


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[1937?] G.F. Powell, A Sovereign People demand results (Aberhart Foundation online: https://www.aberhartfoundation.ca/PDF%20Documents/Social%20Credit%20Pamplets/GeorgePowell%20Sovereign%20People-Results.pdf)




Charles Marshall Hattersley ( pdf 45 pp )

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Social Credit And Christian Ideals pdf by the Reverend John Knowles 1935

using Scripture Texts, Deals with Christian who object to Social Credit

(Aberhart Foundation online:



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(Peel's PP subject headings

socialism

5842

6206

6301

6537

6752

6757

6852

7012

7147

7202


Social Credit pre-1935

Peel 4922 Irvine Purchasing power and the world problem - Social control of credit. [1924?] (Peel PP, no. 4922)

5425 Economic Safety League. Statements of reasons for opposing SC [1930?] [likely 1935 or later]

5597 Aberhart Study group features 1932-1933 (titles of units given in PPP)

5659

5660

5709

5748

5749

5812


social justice

5744 Woodsworth of Winnipeg

 A Plea for social justice


6134 Stubbs Lewis St. George of Winnipeg?

Human rights and social justice (1937)


social conditions

5995

6511


public health

6420

6666

6679

6910

6991


public welfare

6982

6983

7084



money

5994

6076

6337

6544

6651


fascism 6073 6510


communism 5953 6100 6515 7024 7090



ATB Peel 6252

AB SC platform  Peel 6341

AB SC platform A democratic platform advocating the principle of of true democracy  Peel 6341

AB Co-operative leaders  Peel 6707


AB experiment an interim survey  Peel 6081

AB has the sovereign right to issue  Peel 5945

AB plan of co-operating  Peel 4721

AB's road to freedom 1935-1942. The record of seven years of government without borrowing money.  Peel 6508


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Radical publications 1940s and 1950s

WWII and early Cold War 1940-1959


(follows up on parts 1-3 found in other Montopedia blogs entitled "Radical and reform-minded books..."

followed by part 6 1960- 1999)


(World War II had started in 1939)



x1940s


recording (Aberhart Foundation online:


Labour Act; Definition of Illegal Strike   (Aberhart Foundation online:



 



x1940

Alberta

1940 Freeman, J.M.    The Demands of God Today. (not Alberta) Weinrich 2269


Irvine    Let us Reason together. Weinrich 2277)


Irvine    Trail of a Truth Twister. Weinrich 2278)



Published: 1940 (Internet archives online)


Spencer H.E. Banking and Credit: A Study, 1940  published in Edmonton by the CCF. (Weinrich 2309)


1940 Aberhart School divisions 1940 Internet archives online


1940 Aberhart Can private monopoly be trusted? What about finance monopoly? Internet archives online


Anthony Hlynka elected MP in 1940 federal election (Vegreville)

his diary and so forth has been published 

a copy is in the downtown Edmonton Pubic Library in the "North of 52" section (the old Canadiana section/room)



Saskatchewan

United Farmers of Canada. Land Nationalization programme of the UFC. Saskatoon, c. 1935 (Weinrich 1802)



x1941

Alberta


Irvine    Strategy of Victory 1941 (Weinrich 2347


Wesley C. Miller (in the U.S.?) What is Douglas Social Credit?  (1941)

(this is the last-published SC book in hathi trust)

29/76 shows chart of add-ons economics


1941 Aberhart Brass tacks of monetary reform 1941 Internet archives online



Saskatchewan

Good, W.C. A world without war. (Weinrich 2342)

(William Charles Good see



Ed Paynter (see 1895)

The New World Order 1941

(not in Weinrich)

(not available in Hathitrust; not available in Peel's PP/ internet archives)

see MacDonald, Alex.  Practical Utopians; The Lives and Writings of Saskatchewan Cooperative Pioneers Ed and Will Paynter (published by Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina)



x1942

Alberta

Irvine    Can Capitalism survive the War? 1942 Weinrich 2428


Irvine Tribute to Mr. J.S. Woodsworth. 1942  (Irvine's memorial address at J.S. Woodsworth's funeral). (Weinrich 2429)


MacPherson, James A. and William Halina (Communist Party leaders) Mobilize Alberta for Canada's War Effort: Statement Issued on the Plebiscite in Answer to a Number of Requests from Albertans who Supported Communist Party Candidates. Vote "Yes" for National Unity, for Total War to Defeat Hitler in 1942! published in Edmonton by the Edmonton Council for Democratic Rights. 1942 Weinrich 2446


MacPherson, James A.   Keep faith with our fighting sons Edmonton:Communist Labor Total War Committee. 1943.  Weinrich 2583 


Roper and William Irvine  Personal Message 1942. (Roper's candidate message for the 1942 Edmonton provincial by-election. It contains the "CCF-Labor" platform and a biography of Roper by Irvine). (Weinrich 2476)

As a CCF candidate, Roper won the by-election. His success helped cause Aberhart and the SC leadership to dislike PR, apparently. Roper was re-elected in 1944, 1948 and 1952. After PR was dropped in Edmonton in 1956, no CCF or NDP MLA was elected in Edmonton until 1982.

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Saskatchewan




x1943

Alberta

AFU Manifesto 1943. produced in Edmonton. 2494

Farmilo Workmen's Compensation and Implications of the Beveridge Report. 1943 (address published in pamphlet form) (Weinrich 2550

Heaps Engineering The future of Industry? Open letter to political groups. pub. in Edmonton by SC Board. 2559

Macklin Broadcasts on Religion, Economics, Politics. 1943 published in Edmonton. (Weinrich 2582

Roper First CCF Speeches in the Alberta Legislature on the Speech from the Throne and the Budget. (some of Roper's speeches in the Legislature) were published in 1943 under title,  (Weinrich 2600

UFA Program of Junior Branch. (Weinrich 2614

UFA Report of 25 Farm Young People's Week (Weinrich 2615)


Aberhart. Post-war Reconstruction (series of broadcasts). (1942-1943)

29 broadcasts on "Post-war Reconstruction" in which he laid out a Social Credit plan to renew Canada after the war with freer access to money than had been the case during the hard times of the Depression. Transcriptions of these broadcasts were published as booklets.

(booklets available online at Internet Archives: https://www.aberhartfoundation.ca/PDF%20Documents/Premier%20PDF%27s/Post%20War%20Reconstruction%20-%20Pt.%20One.pdf. accessed 2025-10-13)


1943 Aberhart Conscription of the monetary system

"...if time permits, the conscription of manpower should come subsequent to the conscription of of the monetary system, thus we would gain the full advantage of the efficiency that would result..."

copy available online at Internet archives online

(Aberhart died in 1943, apparently just after this book was published. Th


Aberhart & Manning

A Contemporary Account of Aberhart's Life and a record of Ernest Manning's Policy Intentions on assuming the office of Premier after Aberhart's death in 1943 (1943)

Excerpts from the Edmonton Bulletin, reprinted in Liverpool, England 26 pages

(copy available for reading on Aberhart Foundation online)e cause of his death, cirrhosis of the liver, is a bit odd as he did not drink alcohol.)


1943 Treasure Branches see my PR research draft


1943 Act On Laboring Working Conditions recording (Aberhart Foundation online:


Jorgenson, R.D. Address by R.D. Jorgenson, president of the Alberta SC League, at the ninth annual convention December 1943

(copy available for reading on Aberhart Foundation online)


(copy available for reading on Aberhart Foundation online)




Joe Paynter We Can Learn Alot from Russia [1943?]

(copy in McMaster University, and my collection)

location of author unknown? Vancouver?

likely not a relation of Will Paynter.

Joe Paynter also author of "Know your facts then vote", published by author in Vancouver, 1945. (Weinrich 2989)




Saskatchewan



x1944

Alberta

AFU Action Program (Weinrich 2623


Carter 30 years of Progress: Hist. of UFWA (Weinrich 2653 


CCF Platform abbrev. by Irvine (Weinrich 2687

CCF    Farmers Remember What You Got (Weinrich 2692

Irvine   CCF Aims, published in Edmonton by the CCF.

Irvine  CCF Policy, published in Edmonton by the CCF.

Irvine   CCF Provincial Policy: What the CCF Will Do For Alberta, all three published in Edmonton by the CCF. 

Irvine Scarcity or Abundance: The People Must Choose, published by Contemporary Publishers. (Weinrich 2747, who mis-spells the title)


LPP "Forward Alberta" (series of leaflets on different topic, pub. in Edmonton) 1944 2762

Priestley Farmers Should Organize (Weinrich 2803)


Macdonald, John. The Expanding Community. A Political Philosophy for Today. Toronto J.M. Dent, 1944. 179 pgs hardcover book.

John Macdonald was professor of social philosophy and social psychology at the UofA.


Saskatchewan



x1945

Alberta

Alberta Livestock Co-operative. Alberta Co-operative Leaders. (Weinrich 2840)


Alberta Wheat Pool Submission to Royal Comm. (Weinrich 2841)


CCF Are You Afraid … publ in Edmonton (Weinrich 2879)

CCF CCF Has The Answer pub. in Calgary (Weinrich 2884)

CCF CCF Quiz pub. in Edmonton ( and other centres) (Weinrich 2885)

CCF CCF Election leaflets, 1945 (Weinrich 2887)

CCF What Capitalism does to Canadians… pub. in Edmonton (Weinrich 2914)

Irvine   Is Socialism the Answer? The Intelligent Man's Guide to Basic Democracy, 1945. published by Contemporary Publishers. 

(Carlyle King wrote "A Discussion Guide to William Irvine's Is Socialism the Answer?" as follow-up) (Weinrich 2945)



Irvine "Free Enterprise Exposed", a chapter in Vital Reading, published by Contemporary Publishers. (Weinrich 3057)


King, Carlyle. A Discussion Guide to William Irvine's Is Socialism the Answer?" (Weinrich 2952)


Priestley Progress in Cooperation. (Weinrich 2992)

UFC and AFU Farmers' Action program (Weinrich 3016)





Saskatchewan

M.J. Coldwell:

 -Left Turn Canada (published in London by Gollancz).

 -Jobs and homes for peace: speech delivered in the House of Commons, Sept. 10, 1945

-Planning for peace - CCF proposals. Speeches on the establishment of an international organization for the maintenance of peace and security 



x1946

Alberta


Brownlee, John Edward. The Legal Status of Women in Alberta 8 pgs.


Canadian Forestry Association. Alberta's firm foundations - A plea for the conservation of her waters and woodlands. Calgary?: Canadian Forestry Association. 1946? (Peel 6829)


xCook CCF Members - Protect Your Democracy, ca. 1946. (the CCF published this broadside on the division between Cook and others in the party.) (Weinrich 3067)


Social Credit and CCF Federal Election Issues. (Weinrich 3074)


Macleod, A.A.    Palestine and You! pub. by LPP  46     (not about Alberta but Macleod did run in Edmonton in 1942) (Weinrich 3131


UFA     Strike Newsletter by Central Strike Committee, 46 (Weinrich 3168


Lamont public hospital  (see Peel 6865)


Love, John Russell Our changing economy A review of economic factors...  (see Peel 6869)


Manning Your charter of freedom...  (see Peel 6875)



UMWA district 18. Agreement between District no. 18 and the Western Canada Bituminous Coal Operator's... (see  (Peel 6901)


Saskatchewan

Hansen, Frank G. March of Freedom - How mankind's struggles with economic forces have produced the CCF. Regina: Service Printing Co., 1946. 88 pgs. (Peel 6852)


Progress in health services.  (see Peel 6852)


Toronto Daily Star reports on Sask. government  (see Peel 6852)



x1947

Alberta

AFU    AFU Freight Rate Brief, 47 Weinrich 3175

AFU    Federal Government Resolution, 47 Weinrich 3176

AFU    Constitution, 47 Weinrich 3177


Alberta Teachers Alliance and John Burke. In memory of John Walker Barnett, General secretary Treasurer, ATA, 1918-1946. (Edmonton: ATA, 1947) 23 pgs. (Peel 6818)


CCF    Provincial Program, pub. in Edmonton Weinrich 3204


Irvine  Fight for Economic Freedom.   1947 (speech in House of Commons, published in leaflet form). (Weinrich 3231)


Priestley UFA Co-op Weinrich 3257


Stimpfle, Carl   Address at district 5 convention held in Stony Plain        1947 (June 28, 1947 address at the Stony Plain convention of district 5 of the AFU, which was distributed in mimeograph form by the AFU). (Weinrich 3266


Social Credit in Alberta Hobart, Australia: H.H. Pimblett,...  (see Peel 6913)


Indian Association of Alberta. The executive of I.A.A. met in Calgary Hobbema: s.n., 1947?  (see Peel 69137


Irving, John Allan. Psychology aspects of the SC movement in Alberta 3 vols.  (see Peel 6939)


James, N.B. The autobiography of a nobody.  (see Peel 6940)


Maynard Our education problem  (see Peel 6951)


Priestley Norman Flaxman. UFA Co-op Progress in co-operation.  (see Peel 69163)


Whitton, Charlotte Elizabeth. Welfare in Alberta 204 pgs.  (see Peel 6982)


Winnipeg Free Press, Welfare in Alberta 15 pgs.  (see Peel 6983)


1947 Farmer's Strike ( including milk ) (Aberhart Foundation online:



1947? Nichols, H.E., Alberta's Fight for Freedom. A History of Social Credit in Alberta, 1905-1947 

 "first of a series of five booklets giving a factual account of how the people of Alberta fought the Money monopoly, complied from the archives of the Alberta Social Credit League"

(copies at Alhambra Books)

booklets No. 2 to No. 5 available at the Legislature Library

H.E. Nichols served as executive secretary of the Alberta Farmers' Union and editor of the A.F.U. Bulletin, 1941-1946.

(No other book by this author listed in Peel's PP)

H.E. Nichols information in Montopedia blog:

(not in Weinrich or Peel)



Saskatchewan


Atkinson Sask. Health policy (see Peel 6910)


Chapman Progress of co-operative farming ..  (see Peel 6922)


Infield Co-operative farming in Saskatchewan  (see Peel 6938)


Saskatchewan. Government in Industry  (see Peel 6967)


Progress report from your government  (see Peel 6968)

Larger school units .. (see Peel 6969)


Smith, Albert Edward All my life  (author spent some time in Prince Albert.) (see Peel 6972)


x1948

Alberta

Alberta Department of Industry and Development. What has been done for labor? (see Peel 6990)


CCF Provincial Program, Alberta Section. (Weinrich 3318


CCF Story of the Alberta CCF 1948 (Weinrich 3325


CCF Time for A Change 1948 (Weinrich 3328


FU and UFC Farmers Action program (not found) 1948 (Weinrich 3338


Interprovincial Farmers Union Council Memorandum to Government (Weinrich 3341


Anderson Some Political Aspects of Grain Growers Movement  (thesis)       not AB (Weinrich 3381 


Coldwell, M.J.    Provincial Convention program (Weinrich 3407


Priestley    Time for Expansion (Weinrich 3444


Young. Speech on an Alberta Oil and Gas Pipe Line to Vancouver (Weinrich 3455


Saskatchewan


Tommy Douglas.

This thing called freedom  1948

Collections: Peel's Prairie Provinces - Books & Other Print Materials, Peel's Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Library

Caption title. // "From a radio speech delivered Wednesday, March 10, 1948." // Caption title. Transcript of a radio speech delivered by Premier Douglas on Wednesday, 10 March 1948. Internet Archives



x1949

Alberta



Saskatchewan


x1950

Alberta

Alberta Co-operative Union. Alberta Co-operative and Farm Organizations. pub. in Edmonton. (Weinrich 3459


Association for Civil Liberties. A Brief to the Premier of Alberta.   (Weinrich 3460


Nesbitt Save our Soil. (Weinrich 3520)


Rolph. Henry Wise Wood (Weinrich 3525)  biography



Saskatchewan



x1951

Alberta

Irvine and Elmer Roper A Personal Message, published by the Battle River-Camrose CCF (Weinrich 3566



Saskatchewan

CCF The CCF in the world today a preliminary draft of a statement of CCF principles (Weinrich 3552



LPP Danger The American oil trust threatens the peace and freedom of Saskatchewan. (Weinrich 3570


Regina Peace Council What about Korea? Regina c.1951 (Weinrich 3582




x1952

Alberta


A English Writer on Social Credit writes a view from England giving a realistic angle of the challenges William Aberhart faced in Alberta during the first 18 months of the Social Credit Government.. (1952 Conference) (Aberhart Foundation online:


Coldwell Speech on SC 52 (Weinrich 3607


CCF Provincial Convention program, Edmonton 52 (Weinrich 3614


Nesbitt. The Case Against the Speculative Marketing of Grain. (Weinrich 3646


Roper    (Dec. 5, 1952 address at the Alberta CCF annual convention, which was published in leaflet form) (Weinrich 3649)


Saskatchewan

CCF Facts about CCF government in Saskatchewan Weinrich 3610


Tommy Douglas A big budget for a big job Weinrich 3621



x1953

Alberta

CCF Provincial convention program IOOF hall, Edmonton Dec. 3-5, 1953 (20 pgs.) (Weinrich 3696


McKinlay Honorable Irene Parlby (thesis) (Weinrich 3719


MacPherson Democracy in Alberta. The Theory and practice of a quasi-party system. (258-page book) Weinrich 3720


Roper    They Shall Walk and Not Faint, 1953   (six-pg. leaflet). (Weinrich 3730


Saskatchewan

Bright, L.J. Co-operation history and philosophy. Regina: Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan (Weinrich 3674)


(last numbered entry in Weinrich prior to 1954 is 3741)

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