▁respect ed ▁econom ist , ▁Christian ▁Social ist ; ▁David ▁Lewis : ▁Rh odes ▁scholar , ▁a ▁sec ular ▁Jew , ▁but ▁deeply ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁Social ▁G ospel ▁and ▁the ▁Jewish ▁Labour ▁Mov ement . ▁Art ists ▁who ▁were ▁among ▁its ▁early ▁members ▁included ▁Jean ▁Pal ard y ▁and ▁J ori ▁Smith , ▁both ▁of ▁Montreal . ▁ ▁Three ▁important ▁common al ities ▁stood ▁out ▁among ▁the ▁L SR ' s ▁found ing ▁members . ▁Religion ▁im bu ed ▁an ▁ind el ible ▁mor ality ; ▁war ▁and ▁urban ization ▁prompt ed ▁so ber ▁reflection ▁on ▁suffering ▁and ▁reform ; ▁and ▁modern ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁sciences ▁produced ▁a ▁prop ens ity ▁for ▁rational ▁analysis ▁and ▁a ▁determin istic ▁bent . ▁ ▁Scott ▁and ▁Under hill ' s ▁groups ▁ex changed ▁draft s ▁for ▁a ▁manif esto , ▁attempting ▁to ▁strike ▁a ▁balance ▁between ▁p rag mat ism ▁and ▁radical ism . ▁Their ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁motiv ate ▁all ▁Canad ians ▁to ▁crit ically ▁examine ▁Canada ' s ▁political ▁economy , ▁and ▁because ▁the ▁group ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁radical ism ▁sc aring ▁potential ▁members ▁away , ▁they ▁opt ed ▁to ▁avoid ▁inclusion ▁of ▁the ▁one ▁word ▁that ▁best ▁explained ▁their ▁politics : ▁social ism . ▁D raft s ▁were ▁ex changed ▁for ▁many ▁months , ▁and ▁eventually ▁a ▁meeting ▁was ▁scheduled ▁in ▁Toronto , ▁for ▁February ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁Se vent y - five ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁attended ▁the ▁meeting , ▁rat ified ▁the ▁manif