Effie Jones scores mayoralty bar Mayor-elect Charles Jones’ Council this week that the city charter should be amended municipal experience of all future mayoralty candidates was promptly blasted by his crusad- to require two years’ ing opponent in last week’s civic election, Mrs. Effie Jones, as “a flagrant attempt to make the Non- Partisan machine at the city hall sela-perpetuating.” “First, the Non-Partisns place the greatest restrictions on the civic franchise to limit the vote in their favor and deny the peo- ple of our city a fully democratic expression of opinion,” Mrs. Jones stated. “Then, after ten years of their ruinous policies have brought them almost to defeat, in spite of their restrictions, they want to limit, not only those who shall vote but whom they shall vote for. “Charles Jones’ aT is noth- ing more than a flagrant attempt to make the Non-Partisan ma- chine at the city hall — self-per- petuating. ‘J stated many times during suggestion to Vancouver City election campaign that the were afraid of a popular vote. This proposal con- firms everything I said. Our civic archivist should inform the council that this kind of election restrictions went out with the old colony of British Columbia some eighty years ago and the people don’t want it back.” When Mayor-elect Jones’ sug- gestion was discussed -by, alder- men they were advised by Cor- poration Counsel D. E. McTag- gart that the question should be put to a plebiscite before any charter amendment was _ sought. Neither the late G. G. McGeer nor Dr. Lyle Telford, both form- er mayors, would have been elig- ible for the mayoralty if pre- vious municipal experience had my Non-Partisans been a conditions of their con-| testing the office, he pointed out. Christmas TO. OUR FRIENDS North West Sack Company Limited Greetings Season’s Greetings To All Shipyard Workers and Best Wishes ‘To Organized Labor in 1948. Muni Erlick Club L.P.P. > Michel-Natal Greetings TO ALL FIGHTERS FOR SOCIALISM From Branch LPP FUR RANCHERS, TRAPPERS and TRADERS Jack |. SHIP ALL YOUR RAW FURS TO 207 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. I PAY TOP MARKET PRICES Louis PROMPT RETURNS HAND JOHNSON | .63 WestCordovaStreet HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS -MAD.E “> BOOTS ° Phone MArine 7612 - - =» Japanese labor on the march Parading past Emperor Hirohito’s palace, these members of the Congress of Industrial Unions protest soaring living costs and demand higher wages. ~ Harry Ball runner-up for reeve in Burnaby BURNABY, B.C.—Despite the big vote polled by all its candidates, the new Burnaby Municipal Improvement ‘Committee failed to elect a representative to any office in last Saturday’s municipal election. In the first vote taken since abolition of the ward sys- tem earlier. this year, the Non- Partisan Association succeeded in taking all but two council and school board seats, one council seat and one school board seat going to the CCF. In a three-way fight for reeve, former councillor Harry Ball ran second, the vote being: Reeve Morrison (NPA), 2887; Harry Ball (MIC), 2154; W. T. Willson (CCF. supported Independent), 1908. The vote for council showed almost an even three-way divi- sion of support between’ the main contending groups, Non- Partisan, CCF and Municipal Im- provement Committee, with only some 200 votes separating suc- ~ ™ Dan O’Brien, President B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR (CCL) Extends Fraternal Season’s Greetings For PEACE — PROSPERITY — SECURITY Im 1948 : Harvey Murphy, Vice President vA. McKenzie, 2nd Vice-President _ Harold Pritchett, Sec,-Treas. The Season’s Greetings from E. H. Skeeles Transfer CEdar District, Nanaimo Woop - COAL - SAWDUST ePae R R Ler 950 Commercial Dr. pet Near net Neer beet PE RENAE RENE Greetings From DAYTON SHOE Manufacturing Co. (B.C.) Ltd. AQABQZ Bench made Loggers’ and Work Boots SPECIALIST ON REPAIR AND REBUIET JOBS Phone HA. 5177 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947 Vancouver, B.C. cessful Non-Partisan candidates and CCF runners-up, and a simi- lar gap between CCF and Muni- cipal Improvement Committee candidates. Draw Announced VICTORIA, B.C.—A. Jensen of 1176 Yates Street, was the first prize winner in a labor turkey draw here on December 12. Second prize went to A. Jen- sen of 251 Cook Street, and third . prize to B. Rogers of Leechtown. Lithuanian Literary Society Extend Best Wishes to the Pacific Tribune for 1948 ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE Auto — Fire Sickness & Accident Personal Property Floaters, etc. LAURIE NOWRY Representing A. J. Rudland Insurance Broker & Auto Finance M.A.7756 163 W. Hastings M.A.9407 (after 4.30) ‘wire national headquarters of the Picket were left on the representatives of University of British Columbia students and the Labor Youth Federation who were to be named at another conference called for Thursday this week in the Boil- ermakers’ Hall here. Invitations to this conference had gone out to churchmen and other commun- ity leaders, students’, youth, vet- erans’ and other organizations, many of which are already on record aS condemning the gov- ernment’s proposal to ship $10,- 500,000 of armaments and muni- tions,~ineluding 170 surplus Mos- quito planes, to Kuomintang China. The conference of trade union- ists held Wednesday decided to Vacancies committe for Canadian Congress of Labor to seek support for its campaign and to wire protests against the shipment to Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King and all members of parliament representing B.C. con- stituencies. The CCF added its voice to the protest Wednesday when Frank McKenzie, CCF provin- cial secretary, wired M. J. Cold- well, national leader, at Ottawa, to seek a ban on the shipment. McKenzie pointed out that war materials shipped to Japan through this port in the thir- ties, despite widespread protest, had been used by the Japanese against Canadians in the Second World War. “EAST END TAXI UNION DRIVERS HA. 0334 Fully 24-Hour Insured ‘Service 613 East Has tings, Vancouver b4 W. Cordova Phone TA. 2657 IDEAL XMAS GIFTS Complete* stock of Ties, Sweaters, Scarves, Pyjamas, Topcoats and Suits Style Value Quality Always at the Home of UNION MADE CLOTHING — and Friendly Service Established For Over 40 Years rHE - Hus