B.C. PATIENTS British MP pleads for Soviet vaccine LONDON—A plea to the British government to: make special arrangements for the import into Britain of a Soviet vaccine for the treat- ment of multiple sclerosis is being made by John McKay, . Labor MP for Wallsend. Known as the Margolies- Shubladze vaccine, it has been used in the Soviet Union with good results in the treatment of early cases. Considerable quantities of the vaccine, have been exported to Belgium and France. McKay will ask the min- ister of health on February 24 “if he is aware that the medical authorities in this country admit they can do nothing to help those who suf- fer from multiple sclerosis.” A New Zealand firm of pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers has undertaken to import supplies in bulk beeause of favorable results from its use on patients in New Zealand, says McKay. He asks the government to arrange to import bulk sup- plies of the vaccine for gen- eral use in. Britain. Six multiple sclerosis vic- tims in Vancouver are being treated with the Soviet vac-. -cine, the Pacific learned this week. Cost of the vaccine for a complete series of treatments is around $66 in Canadian money. But where the first shipments of vaccine came in- to the country duty-free, the Canadian government is now reported to be imposing a customs charge of $21, which makes it more difficult for persons crippled by the dis- ease and unable to work to obtain it. Those patients approached by the Pacific Tribune ali reported they had experienced considerable difficulty in get- ting local doctors, to admin- ister the vaccine, alihough full clinical information ac- companies all shipments. Much of the difficulty is attributed to officials of the Multiple Sclerosis Society who have constantly depreciated the vaccine, contending that it is of little proven value, despite the volume of evid- ence to the contrary. Tribune Youth first victims of slump, says SYL VICTORIA, B.C.—“In a period of growing unemployment, what will happen to this year’s high school and university graduates? Because they lack seniority, youth are often the first to be laid off. Because they have not worked long, their unemployment insurance benefits soon run out. What then?” This problem of unemploy- ment as it affects young peo- ple was raised in a Socialist Youth League brief circulated among members of the provin- cial legislature. Some of the remedies suggested: @ Trade with the world. China is an unexplored mar- ket hungry for our lumber, wheat and manufactured goods. @ Establish secondary in- dustries: in B.C. @ Public works projects — recreational facilities, roads. low cost housing, trade schools @ Demand the federal gov- ernment institute free trades training with full employment insurance benefits for all young people laid off work. @ Demand the federal govern- ment increase the amount of unemployment insurance ben- efits, extend insurance to all, and extend benefits until such time as employment is. ob- tained. The Socialist Youth League ‘brief also called for a Royal Commission to probe juvenile delinquency, and pointed out that “atomic war, the hidden death of radioactivity, brutal- ity and sadism in motion pic- tures, television and ‘comics’ is an environment not condu- cive to the production of intel- ligent, well balanced young people.” There is no one solution to the prevention and successful treatment of juvenile delin- “quency, the brief contended. The answer must be sought in “many different facets of our society.” < Among the causes cited were lack of recreation and sports facilities, inadequate program of apprenticeship training, and lack of employment . oppor- tunities for youth. No evictions. or repossession during jobless crisis, demands & TORONTO — A sweeping program of action aimed at been adopted by United El With 750,000 unem season not yet fully upon us,’ UE ou mand for the products of our Dealing first with the plight of unemployed workers, UE seeks immediate government action “to increase unemploy- ment insurance coverage for all unemployed for the dura- tion of their unemployment at increased weekly benefits.” The board also asked gov- ernment for an “immediate moratorium on mort gag es, principal and interest, and instalment debts. There should be no evictions or reposses- sions” during this jobless crisis. A positive government ap- proach on the domestic scene, said the union, demands the Gaglardi may be next target : in scandal-shaken government VICTORIA, B.C—Philip Arthur Gaglardi, highways, may find himself playing the key role man. who says, “All I want to do is serve God,” million during the last fiscal year, was spent wisely and well. Gaglardi is no penny-pinch- er when it comes to personal spending, either. His travel- ling expenses for the 1956-57 fiscal year totalled $5,043, top- ping all cabinet members. (Labor Minister Lyle Wicks spent $3,093, Bennett $2,905). But that’s only a beginning. Two aircraft operated by Gag- lardi’s department cost the government some $70,000 in the 1956-57 fiscal year. Ex- penditures of $50,196 were listed in the annual highways report for “aircraft repairs” and another item of $20,539 showed up under “aircraft operation.” and Premier Gaglardi says one his planes -needed new engines, and de- fends the expenditures thusly: “The plane was underpow- ered. What good would-I be to the department of high- ways if I landed on a moun- tain because of my poor motors? What’s $50,000 in comparison to a human life? My human life?” He also claims he’s saved the government $10 million in the past three years “because © I was able to get around.” The Opposition will doubtless con- sider this a debatable point, although no one will deny that Gaglardi does get around —two speeding convictions r) launching and subsidizing of a full-scale housing program to build a needed half million units at low prices and low rental levels suited to incomes of working families. : Large scale public works, including needed hospitals, schools, and roads, the reduc- tion of income taxes, increas- ed social security measures and the diverting of war spending to peacetime uses were other union proposals to swing the nation’s pendulum in the direction of full em- ployment and security. The board also called for By BERT WHYTE and a license suspension testi- fy to that. As minister of highways, Gaglardi is paid $12,500 a year, plus $5,000 sessional in- demnity. . He preaches every Sunday in his evangelical temple in Kamloops, on which $125,000 was recently spent on renova- tions. And the dedication ceremonies, attended by Lieut.-Governor Ross and var- ious business leaders who, do business with Gaglardi's department, were on a typic- ally lavish scale. ‘Two years ago there was a rash of resignations in Gaglardi’s department. Last year he boasted in the House that things were running smoothly again, and derided “the crepe hangers who. tried to ‘insinuate that it was be- cause of difficulty with the (highway) minister that these engineers were leaving.” Said Gaglardi in the House on February 26, 1957: ‘This coming year we will place our greatest amount of effort on the Trans-Canada Highway, the reason being that we are coming to a place where we must of necessity have all construction let by 1958 so as to meet the closing date of 1960. This we are determined to do.” 4 |) providing jobs and security ectrical Workers’ executive board here. k ployed in the first week of the new year and “the so-called E outlined a 3-point program to stimulate an “expat skills and thus increased employment.” the government’s high-flying minist, in the next Socred financial scanda g is head of a department. which spent * and the Opposition wants to know if this huge 4 ‘ ‘Highway has proceeded a February 7, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PA “eliminating U.S. dictation Canadian development = ? the encouragement by 5° af ment of expanding S¢0?" y industries and reduciNé flood of finished U.S: § hitting our market.” — inf Calling for the ‘break, the U.S. stranglehold att foreign trade policlayg board asked the govern ny “take up the challenge ;, vast markets of China @™ USSR by sending trade ™ sions to those counties providing credits a” ned change facilities wher ed.” But it is common edge that in the past ye work on the ‘rrans-O slowly than anticipated: CCF Opposition {/eade bert Strachan has a 2 of questions on the paper addressed to the ister of highways. He ™ to know about bids 0 construction of the Canada Highway b etW Cheam Creek and_ the ie Bridges; if bids were more than once; if Ss were the bids rejectedi ‘y which firm was award tender? Strachan also wants inf mation about dealings W"”. construction company ? sf as the Hiway (or Hight Construction Company i? ~ and 1957; if this company » work on the - Trans-Ca™ through the Fraser Cam above Hope; and has the!) been completed accordiné | final plans and specificat!? Liberal Archie Gibbs ® has some questions for Ge lardi relating to the Stew Cassiar Highway. " All in all, it looks as th? Highways Minister P nil’ Gaglardi will have a 1). time of it before this ses ends. ef