General Secretary, Ontario Organization Committee [for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]; D.M. LeBourdais, 1887-1964 (General Secretary) — The C.C.F. in Ontario

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Generaly Secretary, Ontario Organization Committee [for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation] | Printed by Allied Printing First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated [four unnumbered leaves]. Octavo, measuring 16 x 23.5 cm. Original bi-folded broadside. Uniformly toned, chips and loss along the edges. Overall, quite tender but very much holding. Although no date of issue is indicated in the text, the contents and Weinrich suggest a publication date of 1935, roughly three years following the formation of the party in 1932. Comprises of an uncommonly detailed history of the genesis of the Ontario branch of the party, the immediate reasons for its founding, along with the names of chief participants (individuals, groups, unions, etc.), outlining the organizational structure of the national party, details its policy priorities, and a final section devoted to "Organization in Ontario" addressing the role farmers, labor conference and various C.C.F. clubs would play to ensure the political and organizational development of the newly formed political entity. Quite rare. Unrecorded in OCLC. Indeed, no copies could be located amongst institutional holdings. See Weinrich 1725. ¶ At head of title: "What is the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation? The C.C.F. is a federation of organizations whose purpose is the establishment in Canada of a Co-operative Commonwealth in which the basic principle regulating production, distribution and exchange will be the supplying of human needs instread of the making of profits."