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Dear Jim,
By his
granddaughter's testimony, Patricia Hilton's - Jessie's supposed statement
of not burying William Aberhart in Alberta because of unkind treatment is a
media engendered myth, but it keeps getting picked
up.
Mrs. Aberhart was sick herself in hospital
in Vancouver at the time of her husband's death. Both of her daughter's at
the time lived in Vancouver,and she planned on staying there with them after his
death. Because she wanted to be able to visit William Aberhart's
grave on a weekly basis she had him buried in Burnaby, a satellite town of
Vancouver. She did not want the put the Alberta Government through
unnecessary expense by transporting the body to Edmonton for a state funeral,
and then transporting it back to BC. That is the real reason that is
documented by Patricia in my 1 hour radio program - The Last Days of
Aberhart.
It is available along with a list of 20
more radio hours on the Aberhart Legacy at my radio website www.gospelroad.ca
The truth is
that thousands of people deeply mourned in Alberta for the death of Aberhart and
were crestfallen that he was not buried in his home Province. In the space of 3
days after the day of his death - thousands assembled for the funeral in
Vancouver's Canadian Memorial Church, in a province where he had only
vacationed and done the occasional speaking tour. (Wed May 26th,
1943)
Overflow crowds assembled at
two Memorial Services in Edmonton and Calgary that were filled beyond
capacity. The public affection for this man was overwhelming, and it is
overt revisionism to portray it any other way. I have a letter and new
articles concerning Aberhart's daughters and wife Jessie - who say they
regretted that the bodies had not been brought back later for burial in
Calgary. It really is a huge void in the history of the Province,
that may someday be righted.
Anyone
reading the accounts of Aberhart's Funeral and the multitude of tributes that
were brought to him from all sectors of the population, will know
instinctively that the comments of Aberhart too unpopular in his own Province to
be buried there - are a gross distortion of historic reality. ( The
full newspaper accounts are to be found in pdf format on the Premier's page
at
www.aberhartfoundation.ca
Someday, this
truth will be fully and publically vindicated, and perhaps by God's grace
remedied.
Larry Heather
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:35
PM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Aberhart
documentary on CPAC
Thank you for the clarification of your statement
Larry. I know that editors can manipulate anything to project whatever
their intention is to begin with.
History is a difficult subject, because it's
impossible to know exactly what is the truth, especially in relation to
intentions.
I honestly believe that Aberhart intended to
bring Social Credit to Alberta. I'm not so sure about his
successor. The saddest statement is at the end of the program when they
say that Aberhart did not want to be buried in Alberta because of the way some
of the people in the province treated him.
I think there's a very good lesson there, and I
believe that if anyone thinks that the "financial powers that be" are going to
allow the implementation of Social Credit without a serious fight, I think
they are deluding themselves.
From what I've read of Aberhart's testimony
before the Alberta Agricultural Commision, I'm fairly convinced that Aberhart
did not have a firm grasp of the theory, and that is unfortunate, because it
was used against him. From what Wally has stated, he seems to think that
he did develop a better understanding of Social Credit with the progression of
time. However, there can be no questioning the man's courage, and he
should not be dismissed by advocates of Social Credit. That time in
Alberta was the closest thing we've had to actual Social Credit, and if it
wasn't for the intervention of the federal government, it might have come to
fruition.
Take care,
Jim Schroeder
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:51
AM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Aberhart
documentary on CPAC
The amount of material in the doc gets
better when you hear it more times, and even better when you just listen to
the soundtrack without some of the negative visuals. Of Course David
Elliot ( author of the critical Bible Bill in 1984 )is the official critic
of Aberhart and bitterly pans everything about Social Credit monetary theory
without explaining anything about it, nor do I believe has he ever really
understood it. David's parent's were great Aberhart supporters in Calgary
and graduates of the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute so there is a
background story there. He is also a graduate of the Berean Bible
College - a split off from Prophetic. Needless to say, he became
critical after attending the University of Calgary. Social Credit
Theory is given a little more time in the doc on WAC Bennett when you watch
it, but doesn't help those who don't see the two docs.
together.
The question
asked to me from Holly Doan was on the crisis faced by Aberhart when he got
into office, it was not a question on the dividends. The narrator of
course comments on dividends thinking that they were to come by the finance
methods of the day. Of course the edit there is misleading, and I do
understand where the dividends were to be found in the national credit. Some
of the laymen befuddlement on where the money is to come from may be
intentional - but sometime we have to think back to before we find
understood the idea of the people's credit. That "Ah Ha" moment never
comes to those who are unwilling to take the time to study the theory, so
they keep falling back on the common understanding that has been pounded
into since the time they got their first allowances.
Aberhart was
faced with a serious default crisis before he could even get Social Credit
legislation in the House. Robert J. Magor was employed because he had done a
noteworthy job of shoring up the Province of Newfoundland finances under the
current system of the time - not for his input into hindering Social Credit
plans - when Magor had done his best in a temporary patch under the current
system, his contract with Alberta was at an end.
Aberhart was first and foremost, before his evangelism career, an extremely
competent educational administrator and teacher. ( Principal of the
flagship Crescent Heights Collegiate High in Calgary. ) He knew how to
size up other competent administrators, and in Magor's work in Newfoundland
- he knew he had found a temporary solution under the old
economics. A 'French Revolution' is not what was needed in order
to advance the cause, but maintaining enough order to build a platform for
fundamental change. ( a little bit of Edmond Burke there perhaps.
)
Douglas
himself, from what I had read, believed in transition periods in stages
before Social Credit could be fully implemented. Only the man at the
helm in Alberta, could know the desperate state of what the UFA government
had concealed. If government services and the civil
service collapsed in the first few months under Aberhart, from what
foundation could he have worked to introduce the Social Credit legislation
in a methodical way? Even then, many in the caucus revolted into
the insurgent camp before he could move.
So Magor was
an orthodox bank administrator, employed because he at least was prudent in
lessening the crisis in Newfoundland under the old
system.
If you had a choice today, would you
pick him, or someone like Obama?
Hope that helps on what my perspective
is in my studies so far.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:59
PM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Aberhart
documentary on CPAC
Thank you very much for the link Larry. I was able to watch the video
this evening.
From a biographical view in terms of his life, the program was
interesting.
If anyone watches it expecting to find out anything about Social
Credit, do not waste you time. That is a sad statement of fact, and it's
too bad, because it should have been both, since an important part of
Aberhart's life was Social Credit, and the fight to implement it in the
province of Alberta.
I notice one commentator stated:
"he was the most radical Premier"
and called his economics theories "bizarre"
Larry, I do want to comment on a statement you made in regards to the
dividend and the "treasury being empty" and the inability of Aberhart to
deliver on his plans for a dividend.
A fundamental premise of Social Credit is that whatever is physically
possible is financially possible, not the other way around. Money should
allow the monetization of the assets of the nation, or in this case, the
province. Financial credit should be a representation of the real credit
of the community. If my memory serves me correctly, the reason Douglas
resigned as advisor to Aberhart is that Aberhart sought orthodox counsel
for the provinces' finances.
The following is a letter from Douglas to Aberhart:
DEAR MR. ABERHART,
This seems to be a suitable occasion on which to emphasise the
proposition that a Balanced Budget is quite inconsistent with the use of
Social Credit [i.e., Real Credit--the ability to deliver goods and
services “as, when and where required”] in the modern world, and is simply
a statement in accounting figures that the progress of the country is
stationary, i.e., that it consumes exactly what it produces, including
capital assets The result of the acceptance of this proposition is that
all capital appreciation becomes quite automatically the property of those
who create an issue of money [i.e., the banking system] and the necessary
unbalancing of the Budget is covered by Debts.
C. H. Douglas
London, England
I don't think it's technically correct to say that the dividends could
not be paid because the "treasury was empty", but they could not be paid,
because any attempt to pay them on Social Credit lines would be ruled
"ultra vires" by the Supreme Court of Canada. I don't know if a $25.00
dividend was feasible, but certainly a dividend would have been
feasible.
Take care,
Jim Schroeder
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:50
PM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit]
Aberhart documentary on CPAC
Jim and other
interested,
The Documentary on Social Credit
Premier of BC , WAC Bennett is at the following link:
Although much
less explicit on Social Credit over the duration of his career, he is
given more positive treatment for his leadership
skills.
They are both 30 mins
each.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:31
PM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit]
Aberhart documentary on CPAC
Good to hear you added those works to the
website Larry.
I didn't watch the show on Aberhart, but
it seems they misrepresented him, and totally ignored the reason he
got into politics in the first place (Douglas). Just goes
to show that the mainstream media is not going to be friendly to our
cause, but the internet is a wonderful tool.
Jim Schroeder
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009
8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit]
Aberhart documentary on CPAC
There were a number of
surprising gaps, no mention of Ernest Manning or the stunning
victory against the UFA government. Of course only the official
critic of Aberhart, David Elliot was given the opportunity of ill
defining Social Credit by dissing the blood circulation
illustration. But for the first time, friends of Aberhart were
given some airtime, hopefully it will lead to more opportunities to
define the man from people who actually knew
him.
Larry
Heather
PS. I am adding the books
The Meaning of Social Credit by Maurice
Colbourne (1935) and This Age of Plenty by C. Marshall
Hattersley onto the website later in the day.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009
11:56 PM
Subject: [socialcredit]
Aberhart documentary on CPAC
And not a word about Douglas in the
whole thing. Typical. Social Credit portrayed as a
form of 'fascism' that finally had some saving graces for a few
initiatives closer to 'socialist' ideology, and for providing good
government. One favourable comment I hadn't
heard before was that of Lord Tweedsmuir (John
Buchan), then Governor-General of Canada, who seemed to know
something about genuine Social Credit. Perhaps he had had
some previous contact with Douglas in England?
Joe
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