PACIFIC FLEET] se 389.000 WESTERN DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. TROOPS CANADA, OREENLAND AND ICELAND JAPAN 40,000 OKINAWA] 40,000 ALLIED Free NATIONS ATLANTIC 5°” BS FLEET x... »- 254,000 MIDDLE EAST "| AND AFRICA a 10,000 INDIA : PHILIPPINES 1% Vj 30,000 f& S.ViETMAM 535.500 LY Cont'd from pg. 1 hospital bed to be found for them. Dr. Winrob claimed that the emergency department is always filled to at least twice its capacity and often to three times. He said that in some areas patients lie in beds for several days as little as two feet apart with no curtain to draw between them. He warned that month by month the situation is getting worse. As part of its policy of cutting down on education and social services and diverting public funds to the Peace River as a cheap source of hydro for export to the U.S., the Socred government has also warned hospital boards that costs must be kept in line."’ Last week Health Minister Ralph Loffmark took the excuse of issuing an increasing criticism. p above map published by United Press International shows the deployment of U.S. armed forces around world. This map illustrates how the U.S. attempts to act as the world’s policeman, a role which has come edict on salary increases to warn hospital boards that the government will not ‘‘recognize”’ budgets. Oven FORUM om zine recently claimed that Saigon government's ections regarding peace, ed that it felt itself ependent"’ of the U.S. That clever piece of pure bir objection is the fact that ‘peace talks might end in the eople of Vietnam being able to ck their own leaders and have »kind of a government they in their own country. seems unlikely that the U.S. agree to such a thing — ecially since they are mitting Saigon objections. ut if they did Saigon would have more to gain from the U.S. nd would speedily collapse. aga ayphapeeanatacey | ‘Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada Progressive Fraternal Society {Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field FE INSURANCE ENDOWMENTS PENSION PLANS WEEKLY BENEFITS Apply to: B.C. office at 805 East Pender St. or National Office at 595 Pritchard Ave. : Wirthipeg 4, Manitoba . Vancouver writes: Time: If Saigon was really ‘independent’, why don't they say to the U.S., ‘‘make your own peace and save American blood and money now. We can now go it alone.”’ All of which is not likely to happen as per Time Magazine. Peed GOOD EXAMPLE One of the PT’s star supporters, Mae Taylor, decided this week to do something with the current issue which carried a front page headline story on the crisis in higher education. She picked up 150 copies and headed for the University of B.C. and then on to Simon Fraser. The result of her effort: she sold 143 copies. Good work, Mae. We hope that other readers will follow Mae’s example. If they do, it won't be long before we will have to up our press run. (FSTCT SCCVETE Fs oo Fsd 00S TTTT TY, > OVALTINE : CAFE F 251 EAST HASTINGS. Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE seecesesegeses DUNDAS SERVICE B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Mokes Government Certified Mechanic and Vv. W. SPECIALIST Ph. 255-6828 @ CUBA 253-1221 Beat The Winter! We have Group departures to @ ITALY during the Christmas season. Book early! GLOBE TOURS 2679 E. Hastings St. Vancouver 6, B.C. @® HAWAII 254-2313 p' Harewood taxpayers hit double taxation A recent meeting of Harewood taxpayers of the Nanaimo area was held January 12 where a new association was formed. The prime objective of the new Harewood Taxpayers Association is to block what amounts to a tax levy of $15 per year, imposed by body known as the Harewood Improvement District which a great many taxpayers in the area claim such a body has no right or authority to levy taxes, since park and area improvements in unorganized territory come under provincial government jurisdiction, and for which taxes are already collected. In cities and organized municipalities, parks are paid for through local taxation. Thus the new Harewood Taxpayers Association contends that this PENDER Auditorium (Marine Workers) 339 West Pender Phone MU 1-9481 Large and Small Halls for Rentals We buy and sell Used Furniture Sporting Goods We are Reasonable We are at 573 E. HASTINGS ST. Beaver Transfer MU 3-3942 ~ a a, $15 tax levy by an unauthorised body amounts to a double taxation, highly unfair and unjust. Officers elected to guide the new Harewood Taxpay.:s Association at its initial meeting were chairman Ben Farkas, 960 Spruce St., Nanaimo, and Miss Joy Wickham, secretary. The objectives as approved at the initial meeting of the new body, calls for the uniting of all taxpayers residing in the Harewood area to oppose all forms of unjust taxation at all levels of government; to conduct wide campaigns for community improvement, and to deal generally with all matters of interest to Harewood taxpayers. 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4. B.C. Painters’ and Poperhangers’ Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45c—Now 19¢ a Roll are eos Seo * Entertainment * SUPPER - 7:30 p.m. : ANNUAL BURN’S NIGHT SATURDAY, JANUARY 25th FISHERMEN’S HALL - 138 E. Cordova St., Vancouver Admission - $3.00 per person. Reserve your ticket now! Hospital crisis grows The real intent of Loffmark’s warning is to threaten hospital boards into not increasing budgets or going out on expansion programs — which are urgently needed — for fear of having Victoria refuse to meet hospital costs. Last week Loffmark told the Prince George Regional Hospital trustees to abandon their long range 750-bed building at a cost of about $14 million, to revise their plans and build a hospital which would cost no more than $3 million, The reason given for cutting hospital construction is the shortage of money. Hospital construction costs, with the new techniques and facilities now available, have doubled in the last few years. These services are essential to maintain decent health standards. ef Cheap money would be available for hospitals and schools if money received from the Canada Pension Plan from Ottawa was used for capital investment at low interest rates usually set by Ottawa. Last year the entire $96 million of this money, received from Ottawa, was diverted to B.C. Hydro at an interest rate of 5.84 percent. In the previous year the entire $80 million was given to Hydro at an interest rate of 5.46 percent. In other provinces municipalities, school boards and hospital boards have been able to benefit greatly from being able to borrow this low interest Canada Pension Plan ~ money. But not so in B.C. All social services, including schools and hospitals, are denied access to the benefits of these low interest funds. To the present government, the social needs of the people come last. The emergency situation shown in the study above of Canadian hospital facilities makes it essential that the session of the B.C. legislature opening this week take special measures to modernize and expand B.C. hospital facilities as quickly as possible. 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