Rush gives reasons for opposing
renewed hid to sell city airport

Strong opposition to the sale of Van-couver’s international airport — “one of our

most important and profitable enterprises”

— to the federal government was expressed

this week by Maurice Rush, Labor-Progressive party city secretary, in a letter to Van-

couver City Council.
Text of the letter follows:

, The LPP urges city council
to reject any proposal to sell
the airport to the federal gov-
ernment. As recently as June,
1954, the people of Vancouver
indicated their intention to re-
tain the airport under muni-

cipal ownership. A_ second
vote on this matter in less
than three years is, in our
view, unnecessary.

Indeed, the citizens of Van-
couver have every reason to
feel elated by the fact that
they voted down the proposed
sale of the airport for $1 mil-
lion in 1954. As a result of
that action they now own valu-
able airport facilities estimat-
ed as being worth $5.5 million.

The Vancouver public’ finds
it extremely difficult to un-
derstand why city council
should even consider selling
what is obviously one of our
most important and profitable
enterprises. According to the
recent report of the airport
board, business is booming. It
points out that between 1950
and September 30 of this year
the accumulated profits have
completely wiped out the total
operating. deficit incurred dur-
ing the first 20 years the air-
port was in operation.

The net profit for 1956 is
expected to be over $130,000.

Why = should
even consider selling such a
flourishing business which
each year is bringing addi-
tional revenues to the city?

city council

The argument advanced in
some circles that the federal
government has the funds with
which to carry out additional
enlargement of facilities and
maintain them on an expand-
ing level does not, in our
opinion, hold water.

While Ottawa has the funds
it does not necessarily follow
that these funds will be made
available for this purpose.

There is no assurance that the
federal government would be
ab’e to guarantee that it would
maintain and improve the air-
port because of the necessity
of going to parliament each
year for funds.

In any Case, since the fed-
eral government has a vital
interest in. the efficient func-
tioning of the Vancouver air-
port, the city council should,
in our opinyon, press for addi-
tional grants in the future ex-
pansion of facilities. Such
grants have been made before;
We see no reason why they
should not be made now.

City council should recall
the unhappy experience we
have had with our harbor,
which for years has been stag-
nating. under the control of
the federal government, and
the difficulties we have had
in getting the federal govern-
ment to provide needed funds
to expand, service and pro-
tect the harbor. Vancouver
citizens do not, in our opinion,
want to sacrifice the airport
to the same bureaucratic con-
trol from Ottawa.

The Labor-Progressive party
urges council to reject the sale
of the airport. We ask that
it be kept under municipal
control where the citizens of
Vancouver can have more di-
rect say in its operation and
derive direct benefits from its
financial returns.

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Fluoridation
action sought

Metropolitan Health Com-
mittee has asked Greater Van-
couver municipalities to give
further consideration to
troducing fluorides into
area’s water supply.

In-
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The plea for action is based
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that the city pay for the loss
incurred on transit services
requested by council, such as
the 16th Avenue bus from
McDonald to Blenheim,” wrote
Mrs. Jones. ‘‘We strongly re-
commend that city council re-
ject this proposition.

“Under the franchise, the
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“We again urge city council

Fffie Jones score:
BCE losses proposal

Effie Jones, president of Civic Reform Associa
this week wrote Vancouver City Council protestimg”
B.C. Electric Railway's proposal that the city shou
for losses incurred in transit services asked for by t#

“The CRA is shocked by the propesal of the B

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