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To visit India soon -

Soviet Premier Bulganin (above, left) and Nikita Khrushchev
(right), secretary of the Communist party, will visit India in late
November, the Indian foreign ministry announced this week.
The visit, which will be for a little more than two weeks, was
arranged during Indian Premier Nehru’s recent visit to the USSR.

City ‘not interested’

buying out BCE

Vancouver City Council said this week that it is “not.

interested” at this time in purchasing the B.C. Electric transit
system in Vancouver. ‘Council gave this reply to a request from

the Disabled Veterans Association
civic elections. re
_City council may not be in-
terested, but Vancouver citizens
eertainly are,” retorted Effie
Jones, president of Civic Re-
form Association, when informed
ef council’s decision.

_ “Distribution — of electricity
should also be taken over,”
continued Mrs. Jones. “British
Columbia needs a public utilities
set-up similar to that of Ontario
which is widely known as a
model system.

’ “Recently I appeared before
Vancouver City Council to urge
that the city take over the
transit and electricity system.
Transit systems have been taken
cover by every other large city in
Canada, and sooner or later,
the same thing will have to ‘be

for a plebiscite at the December
done here. :

“Under the 20-year franchise
which the city has with the
B.C. Electric, the city can ‘at
the end of five years take over
the transit system. If we do
not act before the end of 1955
the opportunity will be lost for
another five years. '

“Civic Reform Association
proposed some time ago that a
plebiscite be placed before the
electors this December. Now
other organizations are begin-
ning to present the same de-
mand. ; :

“Action by ratepayers associ-
ations, trade unions and other
bodies could force city council
to change its stand and recon-
sider the question of purchas-
ang the transit system.”

Victoria usurps rights

say school

Despite Education Minister

trustees

QUALICUM BEACH, B.C.
Ray Williston’s assurances that

the Social Credit government does not intend to enéroach on the

powers of local school boards,

dissatisfaction with government

policy is mounting. The 51st annual convention of the B.C. school

trustees association meeting’
here this week accused Victoria
of c rushing local autonomy.
George W. Rogers of Van-
couver charged, “School boards
are becoming rubber stamps.”
Rogers said all capital expendi-
ture must be approved; operat-
ing budgets are subject to de-
tailed inspection; debt structure:
and appointment of officials
and supervisors are controlled.
“The way things work,” he-
stated, “ controls are increas-
ing.”

Chilliwack Trustee Arthur
Rundle claimed the local trus-
teese are more familiar with the
problems in their districts than
officials in Victoria.

» who

Reid wins re-election
in North Vancouver

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.
District councillor Mort Reid,
resigned office over
charges of irregularities in con-
ducfing business with the
municipality, was re-elected in
last Saturday’s. district by-
election. :

Reid polled 626 votes; A. H.
Ashworth, 399; Thomas Winship,
244; and Damon Eisenman, 64.

Another election will be held
October 15 to fill the post
vacated by Reeve Grant Currie, °
who resigned following charges
that his firm had sold about $50
‘worth of material to the dis-
trict. Currie will not contest
the election.

Pulp

A new upsurge of democratic sentiment in the trade union movement was ©
flected in defeat of the right-wing during the debate over key resolutions at the op
session on Wednesday this week, of the third annual convention of the B. C. Trade Union
Congress (AFL‘TLC). Despite a motion of non-concurrence by the five-man resolutions
committee, a succession of delegates took the fl

national Brotherhood of Pulp
Sulphite and Paper Mill Work-
ers’ local 312. ®

The resolution called upon

‘the convention to endorse an

amendment to the Trades Union
Congress constitution “permit-
ting the affiliation of all bona-

‘fide trade unions regardless of

the personal beliefs of their
officers or members. :

As nine observers from the
United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union (suspended two
years ago for so-called Com-
munist leadership) watched the
proceedings, a prolonged and
heated debate took place on the
issue of the ousted unions.

On a ruling of the chair that
the resolution as it stood could
not be acted upon by the B.C.
body, Bob Bryce, president of
and ° Sulphite’s Powell
River local, moved that the
resolution be referred back to
committee for re-wording to
overcome the technical objec-
tion. e

The motion was seconded and
put to a voice vote, the ehair-
man ruling that it had carried.
R. K. Gervin, TUC secretary,
challenged the count, calling
for a standing vote. On a re-
checked standing vote the
motion to refer was sustained.

Second key resolution on
which the resolutions commit-
tee recommendation was re-
jected was one submitted by
the Painters’ Vancouver local.
It asked the convention to go
on record “in favor only of
credentialled delegates

on the merged congress.”
The committee moved non-

concurrence, but ran into over=

whelming opposition as the

delegates made clear their in- -

sistance on democratic pro-
cedure. The committee was
over ruled, and the resolution

carried.

The convention was vynani-
mous in opposing both bi-annual
conventions of the merged
congress and inclusion ‘in the
executive of international
representatives not responsible
to the Canadian membership.

In the debate on the issue of
the right of unions to elect
officers of their own choice,
Stan Wilcox, president of Divi-
sion 101, Street Railwaymen’s
Union, said; .

“I believe it is time we began
to respect the opinions of the

other fellow. Men died to pre-

serve the right of difference of
opinion in this broad Canada
of ours. I have been and am
consistently opposed to this
type of legislation.” ;
Gervin replied, “The unions
were expelled because they
would not abide by the consti-
tution of the TUC. In any case
this convention has no power
to deal with the resolution,- it
is a matter for the national

body.”
John Hines, Vancouver paint-
ers, delegate, said, “I agree

with Gervin that unions must
abide by the constitution. But
that. was not the issue that led
to the expulsions. It was be-
cause of difference of opinion,
sometimes too sharply ex-
pressed, perhaps. That is a
matter which can be rectified.”

being -:
eligible for election to office -

Sinclair returns

‘Deeply impressed’
by visit to USSR

oor to support a resolution by the Inter’

7

couvel

. s Sas : c . : Van
Fisheries Minister James Sinclair returned to China:

last week from his extensive visit to the Soviet Union an
While still suffering from the painful injuries resulting.
accident in Petropavlovsk, Siberia, on.August 4, Sinclair
Peking, Hankow and Canton, where he conferred with
government officials. Immediately upon his arrival in Hp
the Fisheries Minister had to undergo further hospitalizat™

of further treatment and rest. °

Since his return to Canada,
Sinclair has not made any press

“statements on ‘his impressions

of his tour, leaving this to his
executive assistant, Alistair
Fraser. What Fraser has had
to say of his chief’s tour and
the warm and friendly relations
established, indicates that he
has done a top-ranking job -in
opening a new era of Soviet--
Canadian friendship.

In a press conference in Vlad-
ivostok on September 11, just
before leaving for China, Sin-
clair stated:

“Everything I saw in Russia
made a deep impression on me.”

Sinclair visited a large num-
ber of Soviet scientific institu-
tions concerned with research
and conservation of fish econ-
omy, and expressed himself as
“being amazed at the great.
attention being paid’ in. this
field.

Travelling on a Soviet re-
frigerator vessel from Kamch-
atka to Vladivostok,. Sinclair |
was asked what he thought of
the vessel. :

“This is a magnificent ves-
sel,” he said. “We have nothing
like it ‘in. Canada because .we
work near the shore. Much
work is being performed in
your country to build up-to-
date standard seiners, trawlers,
transport and base ships. Very
soon Russia will possess the
finest fishing crafts in the’
world.”

When asked what he would

like to convey most to the
“people of the Soviet Union,

Sinclair replied, “Firstly, the
best wishes on behalf. of the
Canadian people and the ful-
filment of their desire to live
in peace and friendship. Since
it concerns fishermen also, all
I can wish them is a good haul.”

: e
‘Referring to suggested ex-
changes of delegations, Sinclair
said: : é %

“In the summer I hope we
shall exchange parliamentary
delegations — A parliamentary

delegation of the Soviet Union
will arrive in Canada and our
parliamentary delegation in the.
Soviet Union. The stronger the
friendship the better matters
will be. I think Geneva was a
big step forward.”

As a result of Sinclair’s visit |
Alistair Fraser indicated, there
is a possibility that top Soviet
scientists in fish economy may
soon visit Canada to study

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the Russians .. . and they,” —

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Continued

aldermen for and against ae,
Ald. Sprott again casting
deciding vote against 4—
iscite. wie

Later

this week, —

dation unless it is first aP
by plebiscite and Ald.
altered her ee to plebiseit
she would support a PP

motion’if and when tHe Commas
is, called upon to vote =
for fluoridation. een

The issue comes se
council this coming esioo
October 3, for final de ppet

In the meantime, the ~~ Sqto
Commission inquiring rue
charges of graft and cei” 2
tion in Vancouver police esi”
‘istration is proceeding oS ie
second gear if not a lowe pe Me
as commissidner R. H. ~ 1 int
said in reply to press comp, ing
that the inquiry Wa5 ~
dragged out. +

‘While, behind the se
the police inquiry,
tive elements in
‘Partisan Association,
support of the Social
provincial government,
smash the Liberals’ |
Vancouver Centre
machine, neither Cons
nor Liberals can disre
effect of disclosures ™* away
the police hearings, parti isa?
as they, reflect on Non-F: Ps

en

administration. - tio?
Plebiscites on fluotidt ot
and Sunday sports of dive”

themselves as a means :
ting public attention. — igs :
Both are controversi@ Flo
certain to arouse debate. ay ip
idation, which i y
effect at Prince
opposed by a :
vociferous minority jpo
extremely active in circu” ists
its propaganda. Sunday in the
was put on a plebiscite efeat
1951 civic election an ae 13
by a close vote, 31,091 t?
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