Dec.-14. In centres covered

didates themselves.

Civic election campaigns are under way in many
B.C. municipalities and cities. Voting in Vancouver is

will be on Dec. 8 The Pacific Tribune will each week
present issues of these campaigns as explained by can-

by the Municipal Act voting

| Cities, districts, towns and

Many progressive candidat-
es are offering themselves for
| election throughout B.C. In-
| cluded among: these are inde-
pendents and labor candidat-

policies which merit the pub-
| lic’s support are as bollows:

| Burnaby: The trade unions
|are sponsoring
four candidates for council.

; One seat has been left open

Nick Chernoff, Campbell River

At a Nov. 24 the
Campbell River District Labor
Council decided to field can-
didates in the coming civic el-
ection. It named Nick Chern-
off for Commissioner and

meeting

Tim Hewison as candidate for |

School board.

Outlining his

off emphasized the necessity
of immediately implementing
@ large scale winter works
program He acknowledged |
us is only a temporary |

and that the long-|

range answer lies in the dev- ;

views Chern-

elopment of secondary indus- |

try, and utilizing B.C.’s abun-

dant natural resources and pO- |

tential hydro power.

If elected he said
urge the municipal
ment to wage a campaign to
have the senior
bear the full cost of element-
ary education. Expressing his

views on the inadequacies of |
Chernoff |
said he favored setting up of |
River |
Water Board to co-ordinate the |

the water system,

a Greater Campbell

systems

Carl Hilland, Maple Ridge

Carl Hilland, Maple Ridge
candidate for school board,
Said this week, ‘‘The main rea-
Som why all municipalities are
in a financial crisis is the ever-
growi of education.

vices bear no re-

lation to property therefore;
pro} should not be taxed
for-e 1 purposes.

“Edut is a National
Service the progress and

prosperity of our nation de-
educational

Federal

gov-

Selmar Bean, Surrey

Selmar Bean, candidate for |

council for the one year term,
Said this week he will fight |
for_senior governments to as-
Sume a larger share of educa-}
tion costs. He pledged to take}
up the fight on behalf of the |
unemployed.

Bean urges that the Feder-
al gov't. assume the cost of}
education for the elementary |
grades; that the B.C. govern-|

Answer To Who
Said it?

Harry F. Sinclair, head of }
the Sinclair Oil Co., in re-
-marks to Dorothy Thomp-
son, famous author
newspaperwoman,

aboard a

and ff)
madefj
ship returning
from. LeHarve to New
-York; reported in the news-
letter, In Fact, Nov. 4, 1940.

| achieved by

| Birthday to veteran Joe Ivens
‘of Okanagan Mission,
| reaches his 80th milestone on

|ed_effort-and support for the
| PT twelve months in the year
{and over a period of many
| years, Joe Ivens has no-equals.
} Even at 80 he

ernment should assume cost
of primary education.

assume, af

balance. of

least, 50%

the

of the

own affairs.

“The only way the working |
people today can hope to get|
any relief from the present

high taxes is to unite and sup- |
myself, |

port candidates like
who are pledged to fight for

these principles.”

ment pay at least 50% of the

| balance of education costs. He |

goals could be!
a cut back in
arms spending,

Says. these

Happy Birthday

oe Ivens

The Pacific Tribune and
hundreds of its readers extend
best wishes for a Happy

who

November 30th.
For consistent and sustain-

still provides
the kind of aid, without which
labor papers cannot live.
Happy Birthday Joe,
many more ahead.

and

he will |
govern- |

governments |

The |
Provincial government should |

cost, at the |
same time, giving local school |
boards autonomy to run their|

| which is being contested by
William Turner, long-time
| fighter for civic reform. As

|a Labor-Independent he mer-
|

| es. Those who have advocated |

three - out of |

villages covered by the B.C.

Municipal Act. Elections will take place Thurs., Dec. 8.

|its wide support from labor
| and ratepayers. Running for
school board is Marie Godfrey
Past President of IWA Ladies
Auxiliary, local 1-217, and an
active community worker.
North Vancouver: Trade un-
ions in the city and district are
running these candidates who
deserve support. In North Vaa
city for council — C. B. (Ber-
nie) Keeley and Sam Third.
iIn North Van. district for
| re-election to the school board,
‘trustee Dorothy Lynas.

gained ground last week.

MONA MORGAN FIGHTS EVICTIONS

Mona Morgan, independent candidate for council in
Vancouver, this week took up the fight against eviction
of tenants from illegal suites.

She told the Pacific Tribune she is making represen-
tations to city council urging that no one be evicted
from such suites until the city has provided alternative
suitable accommodation at similar rents.

The campaign against city council’s policy to evict
more than 10,000 tenants (first exposed by this paper)

|

| A mass meeting of 150 last Wed. set up a new
|| organization to fight council’s policy on illegal suites.
The new group announced it will shortly send a delega-
tion to city council to press its demands.

Progressive voters wide |
schoice in Dec. 8

Nominations closed this week in 125 British Columbia '

election

COWICHAN LAKE
Progressives A. B. Green-
well and Nels LaForge
have been elected to coun-
cil and school board respec-
tively by acclamation.
Greenwell is also running
for school board which is
being’ contested.

Surrey: Leading community
worker Selmer Bean for coun-
cily

Langley: . Prominent trade
unionist Ben Chiste.

Maple Ridge: Two active
community workers are run-
ning as independents. They
are Elmer Walski. for council
and Carl Hilland, school board.

Campbell River: Nick Cher-
noff has been nominated for
Commissioner. and Tim Hew-
ison for school board by the
local labor council.

Nanaimo: Leading trade un-
ionist Walter Tickson is run-
ning for council.

Port Alberni: Well-known
trade unionist George Mc-
Knight is running for council.
Victoria: .§ Elgin ‘Scotty

Neish, leading trade unionist
and active community figure
is«running for council.

Natal: Steve Harmatny, long
prominent in miners union is
contesting a seat for council.

Aeou
wil WITH APOLOGIES
To. AL CAPE

114 my
in’ nobody's
camp.”

This cartoon which was first published
when Tom Alsbury headed the attack on
the Civic Worker’s Union still holds good

today—he’s still shooting at labor. Now
he wants compulsory arbitration for fire-
-men and policemen.

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