‘Law prevents taxing big |
corporations, Bennett poll

astounded CCW delegation

VICTORIA, B.C.

Premier W. A: C. Bennett and six. members of his Socred cabinet listened politely to a brief
presented Monday this week by a delegation of 14 Congress of Canadian Women members from
several provincial points: but promised no action on the problems outlined.

The CCW brief, read by Mrs. Hilda Scott, recommended that hospital co-insurance charges
be eliminated and that no further increase in premium payments be levied.

‘Premier Bennett maintained that
his $1 a day co-insurance scheme
“helps 99/percent of the people. ss
He said ex-Premier Byron Johnson
was mistaken when he reported a
$3 million BCHIS surplus.

Mrs. Scott: “You should get the
money from other sources. Tax the
big corporations.”

Premier Bennett:
lowed to.” ;

Mrs. Scott: “Is there a law against
2"

Premier Bennett: “Yes.”

Mrs. Scott: “I’d like to see it.”

After consulting with an aide,
the premier replied that he was re-
ferring to the Dominion-Provincial
Relations Act.

The CCW brief dealt exhaus-
tively with the milk-question, and
gave figures to prove that milk
consumption is decreasing, to the
detriment of the people’s health,
and particularly the health of
children. The brief proposed that
the milk industry be subsidized,
that the Milk Board be reconsti-
tuted, and that milk distribution
costs be made public.

The CCW. also asked the govern-
ment to support the national cam-
paign being conducted by that or-
ganization for doubling of family
allowances, and urged that an early
session of the B.C. legislature be
called to deal with the many press-
ing problems facing the people.

Premier Bennett replied that the
government doesn’t want to spend
the money on a session now, an
declared that a February session is
“the usual practise.”

The COW delegation was compos-
ed of six women from Vancouver,

“We aren’t al-

Mrs. S. Greenwell
dies at Nanaimo

NANAIMO, Bc.

The Pacific Tribune has lost one
_of its most active supporters by the
death here on October 30 of Mrs.
Stella Greenwell of South Welling-
ton. Mrs. Greenwell was a 1952
press builder.

An executive member of the Na-
' naimo chapter of the Congress of
Canadian Women, Mrs. Greenwell
is survived by her husband John, a
member of the International Wood-
workers, and two children,* Isaac,
17, and jArlene, 16.

Funeral services were held Mon-
day, November 3, from Westwoods
Funeral Parlor, with interment fol-
lowing in Nanaimo cemetery.

three from Nanaimo, three from
Victoria, one from Britannia and
one from Trail.

Two members of the United
Fishermen’s Union women’s aux-
iliary presented a short brief urg-
ing that the B.C. Workmen’s
Compensation Act be amended to
cover all fishermen.

Mrs. Kay Pickard of Britannia

read a resolution asking the govern-

ment to complete a road from
Horseshoe Bay to Britannia. Pre-
mier Bennett gave no reply.

‘Mrs. Evelyn Mackey of Rossland
made a request for a telephone at
Remec, which is about 50 miles
from Trail. At present, she said,
the nearest telephone is 24 miles:
away.

‘Cabinet members asked for fur-
ther details, but made no promises.

Reports on US SR

Johnny Hines, Vancouver trade
unionist who visited the Soviet
Union this year with a Canadian
labor delegation, will report on
his trip to public meetings in the
following centres: Haney, Novem-
ber 7; Roberts Creek, November
8: Port Kells, November 9; Burn-
aby, November 10 and White
Rock, November 12.

Labor Youth F ederation starts
campaign against conscription

Young people in British Columbia are opposed to conscription, and are going to fight against

all plans for introducing it,

Youth, said in an interview with the Pacific Tribune this week.
As an immediate objective, NFLY members plan to obtain 3,000 signatures on postcards op-

posing conscription within the next fortnight.

Laurent.

’ Ernie Lawrie, provincial leader of the National Federation of Labor.

The postcards will be mailed to Prime Minister St.

“United States General Mat-
thew Ridgway has recently de-
manded that all countries in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion should immediately adopt
two-year conscription,” the post-
card reads. “As Canada is a mem-
ber of NATO we are deeply
alarmed over these orders. We
therefore ask you now to make a
public statement against conscrip-

Berry urges
fluoridation

Vancouver Water Commissioner
T. V. Berry has submitted to the
Water Board a full report on fluori-
dation and has asked city council
for permission to take action. The
report points out that there is evi-
dence that the dental cavity rate in
children can be reduced 65 percent

Berry’s report answered the main
objection of those people who fear
“overdosage” and raise the reac-
tionary cry that fluoridation is “an.
attempt at mass medication.” It
points out that only one part of
fluorine would be added to a million
parts of water. Artificial fluorine,
tests prove, has the same effect as
natural fluorine, despite sel aia eg
to the contrary.

Last year Seattle citizens voted
‘against fluoridation in a civic pleb-
iscite, largely because of false and
non-scientific scare stories carried
in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,

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tion. Young Canadians want jobs,
careers and opportunities, not
conscription.”

Lawrie said that Angus MacIn-
nic, CCF MP for Vancouver Tast,
had assured him in a telephone con-
versation: “I will oppose conscrip-
tion in the coming session of the
House, and as long as the interna-
tional situation remains the same as
it is today. Moreover, there should
be no conscription of youth without
conscription of wealth.”

MacInnis added that he felt the
recently-introduced army “appren-
tice” scheme for 16-year-olds held
“no threat” of early introduction of
conscription. ©

TED HARRIS

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UNION HOUSE

In addition to the postcard cam-
paign, the NFLY hopes to sponsor
two radio broadcasts, with the
speakers outlining the organization’s
opposition to conscription.

Local MLA’s will also be inter-
viewed by the youth.

Coal miners

seek 25ce

-)wage boost

MICHEL, B.C.

Michel local 7292 of the United
Mine Workers of America has for-
warded numerous resolutions to the
UMW District 18 wage scale con-
vention to be held in Calgary on. |
November 17.

Some of the resolutions called for:

V_ A 25-cent an hour wage in-
crease and payment for all agree-
ment holidays.

V_ Abolition of all contract work —
and a miner’s rate of $16.55 per
day (the present rate is $13.55).

V_ House coal at cost. Free
lamps and free wash-house. (Michel
miners now get free lamps but
Drumheller miners do not. At both
places miners pay five cents a day
for use of wash-houses.) ‘

V Age for retirement pension
to be brought down to. 60 instead
of 62 years of age. ia

V_ All means test on unemploy-
ment insurance, old age pension and ~
compensation: pension to be abolish-
ed. Widows to receive half pens
when husband dies.

Holidays with pay to-be 15
working days instead of 12, All
workers to get 10 days sick leave: —
All work done on Saturdays, Sun- »
days and holidays to be paid at
double time, even if miners have
been idle throughout the week. :

VA vote to be taken of the

entire membership of District 18
on the question of union autonomy:

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NOV. 9. PUBLIC MEETING
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Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2 pm.
Trade Unionist Johnny Hines, re-
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