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PRESS MONOPOLY

Merger of the Sun and Prov-
ince into Pacific Press Limited
was sharply criticized by Van-
Couver Labor Council dele-
gates Tuesday this week on
the grounds that Vancouver
has now,become, in effect, a
“one-newspaper town.”

Delegates denounced the
company's advertising rules,
Which decrees that
types of advertisements have
to be placed in both newspap-
ers before they will be accept-
ed, and predicted that soon
there will be an overall policy
on handling of, labor news.

certain

“If the meagre kind of pub-
licity both papers gave the
recent B.C. Federation of La-
bor convention is an indica-
tion of the kind of treatment
labor is going to receive, this
Monopoly setup is extremely

harmful, ” said Orville Braat-
en.

“The recent civic elections
showed what can happen in a

scored by labor

one-newspaper town,” declar-
ed Sam Jenkins. “Soon we'll
have a city dominated by a
small group of editorial writ-
ers, and that’s close to dictator-
ship. The labor
sheuld encourage some,outside
newspaper chain to come in
and provide Pacific Press with
some competition.”

movement

“The recent newspaper mer-
ger is against the best inter-
ests of the people of B.C.,” said
Charles Stewart of Street Rail-

-“waymen’s Union, which rais-

ed the question in a letter to
council. “It may soon happen
that an overall editorial de-
cision will determine what la-
bor stories will be printed in
both papers, and what stories
will be left out.”

“Vancouver Labor Council
executive board will discuss
the SRU letter on the news-
paper merger and bring in a
report at an early council
meeting.

Alsbury faces fight
to retain VLC post

Tom Alsbury topped the aldermanic poll in the recent
civic elections, but he may have a more difficult time retaining
his post as first vice- president of Vancouver Labor Council
when council elections are held January 21.

At the VLC meeting Tuesday this week six persons, includ-

ing Alsbury were nominated

to contest the position. They |

are, in order of nomination:
Ed Sims (Brewery Workers);

Tom Alsbury (Civic Workers);

E. Hallock (Pile Drivers);
Mel Kemmis (Bakery Work-
ers); Orville Braaten (Conver-
ters Local, Pulp and Sulphite)
and Nor Cunningham (Sea-
farers International Union).

Further nominations — will
take place at the next council
meeting, preceding elections.

Incumbent Lloyd Whalen,

Nominated by Stu Hodgson.

(IWA) was the only one named

TORONTO

Action to prevent evictions

through an emergency com-

mittee or existing bodies of

Was advocated at the coun-
cil’s Jast regular meeting.

The proposal came from

Paul Siren, delegate for the
United Auto Workers Union,
following a report from the

_ond vice-president,

for the office of president, and
incumbent E. A. Jamieson,
also nominated by Hodgson,
the only one named for sec-
retary. =

George Johnston (Meat Cut-
ters) was nominated for sec-
and Sam
Jenkins (Marine Workers) for
third vice-president.

Initial nominations were also
made for chairmen of the var-
ious VLC committees: organ-
ization, public relations, griev-
ance,. educational, - eredentials
and ogee be

Council’s Community Serv-
ices’ Committee.

The commitee drew attention
to the latest 47,183 figure for
those seeking jobs registered
at NES offices. They would
increase, the committee warn-
ed and would have “disastrous
results for many families.”

“Many are being evicted for

non-payment of rent, others

$300,000, said Gaglardi.

Gaglardi stages political i

KAMLOOPS, B. Ca

Piehuas Mitiinfen P. A. Gaglardi, who lost his driving license temporarily after
RCMP officers nabbed him speeding around a curve (“I thought they were a couple of punks”)
opened his new church here Sunday in carnival style and beamed approvingly as Sunday

school children sang,

A Pentecostal minister in
private life, Gaglardi spent
money lavishly to make the
opening of the $150,000 new
section of his Calvary Tem-
ple rival a Hollywood film
premiere at Grauman’s
Theatre.

Lieutenant Governor Frank
Ross was brought in by a
special CPR car- to conduct
the official ceremony, and 32
guests were flown free from
‘Vancouver in a Convair (nor-
mal cost, $680 per day).

Also present for the occa-
sion was Texas _ industrial
tycoon and sometime evangel-
ist Robert LeTourneau, who
likes to be known as “God’s
businessman.” The message
he brought—which has roused
labor’s wrath—is that trade

unionists are not patriotic,
want to “divide the wealth
all up” and in the event of a

shooting war with atheistic
Russia might ‘call a halt to
production.”

Sunday school children sang
“Over the Top for Jesus’= and
an appeal was made for $3,-
000 “for Kenya Colony mis-
sion” but the “take” only
amounted to $931. ©

On Saturday Gaglardi

Ahrew a lavish dinner for 600

guests (cost not announced).

Total value of the old and
new sections of the church is
Value
of the new section is $150,000,
but actual cost was only $50,-
000 or $75,000, the Highways
Minister boasted, as ‘“volun-
teer Tabor” took the place of
paid union labor and materi-
als were obtained at cost or
wholesale prices from two
firms which do business with
the government.

(In Vancouver this week
CCF leader Robert Strachan
suggested that these construc-
tion and supply firms might
provide such low-cost service
to the highways department,
thus helping “the welfare of
many of our citizens here on
earth.”) :

Gaglardi’s study in the new
chureh, according to those

Labor acts against evictions

are unable to keep the pay-
ments on their homes, while
others are having their furni-
ture repossessed,” the commit-
tee noted.

Trade unions in the Wind-
sor area have — successfully
won a stay of all evictions on
government - owned = Central
Mortgage and outing: Cor-
poration: homes.

\

“Kamloops for Jesus, watch our dust.”

“HON. P. A. GAGLARDI
Watch his dust

who have seen it, has “a ma-
hogany desk, cement topped
coffee table, grain edge cedar
and mahogany panelling, pub-
lic address system valued at

$2,000.”’

LeTourneau’s anti - labor
statements at the. official
opening of the church prompt-
ed, Vancouver Labor Council
president Lloyd Whalen _ to
demand (1) that Gaglardi re-
pudiate the remarks, and (2)
that the highways department
announce it will buy no more
of the heavy industrial equip-
ment which the Texan tycoon
produces.

TICKETS $1.50
Available at
PEOPLE’S CO-OP
BOOKSTORE
337 West Pender

A grand evening of
Scottish songs and dances
by talented artists

Dress Optional
but Tartans urged

Labor Honors Robbie Burns.

ANNIVERSARY SCOTTISH SUPPER
AND GRAND CONCERT

Howden Ballroom

1313. GRANVILLE STREET

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24-7 P.M.

Tim Buck

visits China

PEKING

Tim Buck, national leader
of the Labor - Progressive
party, arrived in Peking on
December 19 from Moscow
where he attended the cele-
brations of the 40th anni-
versary, of the October Revo-
lution.

He was met at the airport
by Liu Shao-chi, vice-chair-
man, and Yang Shang-kun,
alternate member of the sec-
retariat of the’ central com-
mittee of the Chinese Commu-
ust party.

At Shih Chia-Chuang, Hopei
Province, in December 21, the

LPP leader laid a wreath ates a

the tomb of Dr. Norman Be-
thune, the Canadian surgeon
who gave his life in the cause
of the Chinese people’s rev-
olution.

A memorial meeting was
held for Dr. Bethune. Kang
Hsiu-min, first
the Shih Chia-chuang city com-
mittee of the Chinese Com- —
munist party, and other local
leaders attended the meeting.

Buck visited factories,
schools and scenic spots in
Peking. He delivered ad-
dresses to workers and stu-
dents who gathered to wel-
come him.

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