‘Popular Girls’ appear at dance

The 10 popular girl contestants for the title of Miss B.C.
Industry in the United Labor Picnic to be held August 3
will be introduced to the public this Saturday night at the
Pender Auditorium dance, Fel Ashton, picnic committee chair-
man, reported this week. A spirited election campaign is
already in’ progress, with the 10 attractive | a
contestants, who were pictured in the Pa-
cific Tribune last week, busily engaged in
selling votes, in various cash denominations.
The candidate receiving the largest amount
of votes will be crowned Miss B.C. Industry.
The girls have each been presented with
a modern style bathing suit by Reid’s Holi-
day Togs, the gesture apparently being out
of appreciation of the attractiveness of the
contestants. The degree of appreciation of
‘the public, will be shown in the final
‘election returns.’ Extreme interest and en-
thusiasm is also being shown over other fea-
tures of the picnic—the contest for selection
of the largest trade union family, boxing

Housing conditions, hospital lack
menace to welfare of all citizens

With 48 cases of poliomyelitis reported from’ Vancouver and the Lower scoigtincaut
and a warning by Dr. Stewart Murray, metropolitan medical health officer, that the dis- |
ease “is now epidemic in relation to our past experience in Vancouver,” some doctors
approached by the Pacific Tribune this week saw a definite relation between overcrowded
housing conditions and the unusually high incidence of the dread disease this year. “It’s
true that cases have been reported from all parts of the city,” one doctor commented,
; “but this should not obscure the
fact that housing conditions and
the consequent difficulty of. en-
forcing strict health regulations
have a great bearing on spread-
ing the disease.”

Another doctor told the Pa-
cific Tribune: “The disease is
prevalent emough to give us an
idea of what could happen in
Vancouver if an epidemic swept
the city under present condi-
tions, It is nothing short of
criminal negligence, in view of
the congested conditions under
which many people live, for
civic authorities to play with
the housing problem as_ they
have been.”

The Vancouver Housing Associ-

Kenney sits as ‘prosecutor
judge, jury’ in Nanaimo

A number of trade unions here this week were reported
to be arranging for a delegation to go to Nanaimo this com-
ing Tuesday, July 22, to observe Acting Labor Minister E. T.
Kenney function in his judicial capacity of “judge, prosecutor
and jury,” as one union leader described it this week.

Since the iabor relations board provided for by the new
ICA Act has not yet been appointed, Kenney will assume its

Fel Ashton

and wrestling matches, sperts. Outstanding leaders of the labor
movement here will attend and address the picnic. Prizes to be
awarded to lucky ticket holders will be displayed in Forst’s

windows at 2500 E. Hastings for one week commencing July 23-

ee

IWA wins 12:4-cent boost

‘tion Minister C. D.

functions in determining seven points arising out of the prose-
cution of striking Nanaimo laundry workers, referred to him
by Magistrate Lionel Beevor Potts, Nanaimo. Until Kenney
gives his opinion the court action against the strikers must be
deferred. Lawyers representing the crown and defense, with

power to call witnesses, will appear before him.

In the meantime, Justice J. D. MacFarlane in Supreme
Court Chambers has reserved judgment until this coming week
on a writ of prohibition contending that a unior has no status
as a legal entity and therefore cannot be proceeded against
as set out under the ICA Act.

‘Housing

_This week the city council drew
from Vancouver Housing Associa-
tion the charge that it “is more
concerned with the possibility of

bested in a financial argu-
ment with Ottawa than with re-
lief of our truly deplorable hous-
ing conditions.”

Overcrowding and slum _ condi-
tions were attacked by the asso-
ciation in a frank review of the
city’s housing crisis. Lack of low-
rental homes was’ singled out a
major reason for continuing poor
conditions, as was done last week

the Community Chest’s Health

agency of the Welfare Council
of Greater Vancouver, went fur-
ther, exposing the failure of the
city council to- tackle the prob-
fem. * ~
Earlier this week, Reconstruc-
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nounced that 400 “cottage hqmes”
costing $2,500 each, would be ‘con-
structed in Vancouver by March
31, and ‘earmarked’ for veterans
living in the Old Vancouver Ho-
tel Howe has promised 1,000
Wartime houses for Vancouver,
and the 400 cottage homes are
part of this amount.

Need for provision of iow-
rental and low-cost homes in
Vancouver was emphasized this
week by disclosure that home
building permits have dropped
over 1,000 from last year’s figure
of 2,372. Citizens are reported as
being hesitant in buying houses
because of inflated prices.

One real estate agent admitted
there would have to be-a “sharp
cutting of prices and reduction
in our own margins” before the
market would pick up.

But, as the association reported,
“for the lowest income groups,
hope of an improvement in their
housing conditions, apart from
the gradual and uncertain pro-
cess of ‘filtering up,’ still rests

exclusively in the possibility of
legislation to inaugurate a Do-
minion-sponsored low rental hous-
ing program.”

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ation in its. brief was equally
sharp in its condemnation of
health bylaws which either are
inadequate or cannot be enforced
because of the continuing hous-
ing crisis.

“Our present health bylaws re-
lating to housing are inadequate
in many respects, while the staff |
of sanitary inspectors is too small
to permit regular routine inspec-
tions which are. essential if un-
satisfactory housing conditions
are to be checked before they

become irremediable,” the brief
stated. fi :
Indication that citizens are

alarmed over the threat posed
by overcrowded housing and the
shortage of hospital facilities in
any epidemic was given this week
by South Hill Community Asso-
clation. The association sent a
resolution to Dr. Stewart Murray,
inquiring if there were any con-
nection between thé high rate of
polio in South Vancouver and the
lack of sewers in that area.

Dr. Murray, admitting that sev-
eral polio cases had resulted in
serious paralysis, stated that em-
ergency equipment would’ be
rushed to Vancouver if needed.

His advice on health and hy-
giene practices was:

@ Stay away from crowds —
on beaches, at shows, and any-
where else, including even riding
on rush-hour streetcars. “People
should spread out.”

© Treat promptly and “proper-
ly” mild gastro-intestinal or res-
piratory upsets.

@ Fly control should be “ef-
fective.”

@ Avoid fatigue, chilling.

@ Wash thoroughly all fresh
fruits and vegetables.

@ Maintain “good hygiene.”

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in northern Interior pact_

‘PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.—Lum-
ber workers in the northern In-
terior district won a new IWA
union agreement from operators
last week, giving them a wage
increase of 12% cents an hour,
maintenance of the existing 44-
hour work week, elimination of
discriminatory ‘range’ rates, and
additional wage increases from
one ta 27 cents for 23 separate
job classifications, bringing the
minimum wage to 95 cents an
hour.

The northern Interior contract.

follows the pattern set in the
Coast agreement, and will bene-
fit nearly 3,000 workers in camps
from Jasper to Prince Rupert. In
addition to the above gains, one

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week’s paid vacation for workers
with less than five year’s service
and two-weeks for those Wi
over five years was established.
Cook and bunkhouse workers will
get one week’s paid vacation for
each six months worked.

Negotiations resumed this week
in Kamloops, and will also §
again in Cranbrook for workers
in southern Interior areas, whe
are asking a 20-cent hourly i”
crease and the 40-hour week.

Workers in this district are NOW
voting on the employers’ init
wage offer of 10 cents an hour
The union policy committee
urging the membership to
down the offer.

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