George McKnight’s plan to
cut Port Alberni taxes

PORT ALBERNI, B.C.—Independent aldermanie can-
didate George McKnight: (IWA) has a plan to cut taxes in
Pt. Alberni by 50 percent — by making MacMillan-Bloedel

pay their fair share of taxes.

“Tn 1945 city council agreed
to limit the assessment of pro-

- perties owned by MacMillan-

Bloedel to $800,000. Since then

- the. city has. grown tremend-

ously,” said McKnight. “M &

“B’s plant has. expanded until

_ pulp and paper workers and }

‘December .17 municipal elec-

it is worth nearly a hundred
times what it was when the
assessment was fixed at this
low level.

“Assessment of all other pro-
perties (including our homes)
amounts to about $15 million;
M&B properties should be as-
sessed for at least $33 million,
which would provide two-
thirds of the taxes, Instead
they provide less than one-
fifteenth. Thus the mill rate
on our homes and other bus-
inesses is much higher than it
should be.

“Since the Supreme Court
has ruled the ‘Fixed Assess-
ment Agreement” is still legal.
I am proposing that action be
taken by city council and the
legislature (the same as that
done for M&B) to cut the pro- }
portion of assessable values

GEORGE McKNIGHT

on all properties not covered
by the Fixed Assessment
agreement to the same ration
of assessment as enjoyed by
M&B.,

“Then, by increasing the

mill-rate M&B would be com: |

December 17 elections.

“Now; with disarament a

| first and serious question be-
|| fore

heads of government,
‘there is the prospect that this
policy can become the reality,”
Turner stressed. “But it will
come .only. through continued

| popular. pressure. The voters

can help to determine’ that
policies of peace and interna-

old discredited policies of cold
war, by electing » candidates

for peace.” x
William Turner, 50, married
with two children, is an active

| member. of Local 213, IBEW.

He is secretary-treasurer of
Burnaby Ratepayers Council;

‘| president of Glenwood - South

Slope Ratepayers; and a mem-
ber of Clinton-Glenwood PTA.
Marie. Godfrey, independent
candidate for Burnaby school
board, also stresses in her pro-
gram and election speeches
that “through disarmament, by
reducing and abolishing waste-
ful arms programs, we can
have the schools we need.”

Full cost of elementary edu-
cation should be borne by the
federal government through
grants to provinces, says Mrs.
-Godfrey.

“The $1,750 million now
being spent annually on arms
programs is more than suffici-
ent to pay the entire cost of
education in the country.” she

contends.
Mrs. Godfrey is a past pres-

tional accord shall-replace the}-

who - have ,DIOVER: their, stand

ident of the ladies auxiliary,

pelled to pay. their. rightful
share of city and school costs.”

Turner: Divert to people's needs
money spent on arms programs’

“ais BURNABY, B.C.—‘“‘To reverse the steady rise in municipal taxes and at the same
ms | time to provide needed municipal services, this country must divert to the people’s

re (needs a large part of the money it now spends on huge, costly and frequently obsolete
arms programs,” said William Turner, independent candidate for Burnaby council in

WILLIAM TURN ER

Ivan Birchard en ters |
N. Van. council race

NORTH VANCOUVER,

known activist in the Plumbers Union, is seeking a council
seat in North Vancouver District elections December 17.
Birchard has run in. previous elections and has always

polled a substantial vote.

Another district council .can-
didate is William Moore, spon-
sored by Vancouver Labor
Council.

Three candidates are seeking
the two school board seats.
Waging an aggressive cam-
paign is Bruce Yorke, indepen-
dent, who is advocating an im-
mediate start on school con-
struction to avoid swing shifts
for children.

MARIE GODFREY

B.C. — Ivan Birchard, well rf

In North Vancouver City,
the three VLC-sponsored candi-
dates for council are C. B.
Keely, J. Le Bourdais and Mrs, -
W. Henderson.

Incumbent Harold Dean is
seeking re-election to school _
board on a platform calling for -
immediate action from senior’
governments for school finan-
cing, and long-range planning
to cut costs. :

IWA Local 217. -

Many trade unionists

Fishermen, electricians, min-
ers, Woodworkers, plumbers.

unionists in many other indus-
tries are contesting seats in

tions throughout the province.
Up Trail way Al Warrington,
recently elected first vice-pres-

ident of Mine-Mill Local 480,
is running for council in War-
field.

In Powell River representa-
tives of the majority of unions
in district-met recently and de-

cided to back Ray Weaver for

Le: OF the parks board.

<

-’ re-election as reeve, Ken Gib-

son and James Court for coun-
cil. Gibson, a sawmill worker,
has been on ‘municipal council
for two years and is chairman.
and

- This week Weaver. .

Me Court were returned by accla-
‘ “mation,

but Gibson: is being
opposed : for the. ° Wildwood
Heights seat. act

In Delta, Councillor Carl
Liden, UFAWA organizer who
won a first term in 1957, is
standing for re-election, en-
dorsed by three ratepayers’.
groups.

: seats in Burnaby are four trade
-|anionists: electrician” “William”

In North Vancouver a late
entry in the city school board
race is Sidney J. Finkbeiner
(Marine Workers) who has had
15 years’ experience on school
boards in the province of Man-
‘itoba.”

“In Maple Ridge, Reeve Peter
Jenewein, a ‘member of the
UFAWU.  .- general executive
board, is- contesting the reeve-
ship. again. :

mer alderman, Jim Prusky,
vice-president. of the. UFAWU
local, has the endorsation of

fice. N
- Contesting the four: council

® Turner, running .as’.aninde-
‘| pendent; and ‘three. VLC-back-
ed: candidates: Russel. Hicks:

‘and.John :Higman (Street Rail-

ues -waymen) and Bert Hill (TWA).

- Up in. Prince Rupert: afor- ©

Prinee Rupert Labor Council
‘lin his . bid for aldermanic of-

contesting municipal elections

Courtenay Grey (Electrical
Workers) is running for school
board with VLC support.

In New Westminster a strong
council candidate is Robert
Skelly (Street Railwaymen).
He is sponsored by Vancouver
and District Labor Council.

Trade. unionists contesting
North Vancouver city couneil
elections: are “Cecil B. Keely

LeBourdais (Oil Workers). -
They are VLC-sponsored. |
In the North Vancouver Dis- *
trict council race Ivan Birch- |
ard (Plumbers) is running as_
an independent, and William |
Moore (Firefighters) is spon-
sored by the VLC.
In Surrey the VLC is back-
ing. W.. .T.. Wilson (IWA).
- In Pt. Alberni, George Mc-
Knight (WA) is seeking a’

(Marine Workers) and J. L.

beouncil. seat. as an independent.

Maple Ridge.

‘HANEY, B:C; — Three ‘in-
dependent labor nominees
have entered the civic election.

_ contest for Maple Ridge muni- os
cipality...
> John: > . Larson, farmer and

‘veteran. councillor who serv~

ed Maple-Ridge for a ‘number-

candidates

three years ago, joined the
eouncil race along with Elmer
'Walske, Haney — cement con-.
tractor: (4
~ €arl Hilland, Websters Cor-
ners: electrician and well-
fknewn for-his activities in the
‘labor. movement of the Fraser !
Valley, announced his candid-

“of years: before being. retired=

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