m7 Oy £0 Gl HC ap ne eel pl Uy 2) [ Wom SHU = wee tarnaneas DA cn EY Eases rq of HN Ne vit IN hi any, ( Naasenese “af teresaee Hs Friday, November 4, 1949. Elgin Ruddell to be laldermanic candidate Announcing his intention to en- ter the aldermaniac contest here this year, Elgin Ruddell, former candidate. and long a_ leading labor figure in Vancouver civic affairs, said this week that his decisicn wos “motivated by a de- sire to see a decisive change in the administration of our city. “During the past year, Non- Partisan Association representa- tives on council have served big business interests almost exclu- sively. The BCElectric has been singled out for special favor. In addition to offering no opposition to the dime fare, the council:has been providing new roads where and when BCE wanted them. Of course, the taxpayers have to foot the bills. _ “We must put an end 'to BCE running our city. We must take over the transit system and run it as a public service. “It is also my intention to bring to public attention the un- fair taxation system flourishing under the NPA administration. The real property tax, as present- ly levied, relieves wealthy proper- ty owners of a legitimate share of taxation, while placing heavy burdens on the small home owner and tenants. “This situation, if permitted to continue into the period of econ- ELGIN RUDDELL omic crisis we are now entering, . will result in wholesale loss of homes by workers and_ low-in- come groups. I intend to fight for a new, equitable tax policy. “These two examples indicate most sharply the general policies of the NPA administration. We need new policies that will solve the financial dilemma the city finds itself in. We feed new poli- cies and representatives that will bring trade and commerce to our port city and provide jobs at decent wages for our citizems.” Canadian Legion demanding gov’ action on jobs “deep concern over the possibilities df mass unemployment in Canada” Expressing the B.C. - Command, Canadian Legion, this week inserted large advertisements in Vancouver daily newspapers demanding action on the part of federal, provincial and municipal governments. In the growing ranks of today’s jobless are thousands of veterans of both wars who are in urgent need of the bare necessi- ties of existence, the advertisement points out. The Legion proposes immediate financial aid to existing agencies set up to relieve want and distress; an accurate survey of the unemployment situation; government action to maintain a high level of employment; action on a promised program of public works, schools, universi- ties, hospitals, community centers, and low rental housing. government A copy of the Legion adver- tisement is being sent to every B.C. member, of the House of ‘Commons and to’ every member of the B.C.- legislature. “‘Action should be taken now,” says the Legion, “‘to prevent a recurrence of the unemployment situation which prevailed in.B;G; last winter,’ Symptomatic of the growing crisis in this province is the ap- pearance of a huge “‘sale’”’ adver- tisement in the same issue of the papers which contained the Legion warning. *““Market breaks!’ shrieked the store advertisement, and quoted a headline from a trade union paper, “Garment Workers Hit by Lay Offs.” The copy goes on to say: ‘Crash goes the re- US gov't ‘morally unfit’ for world leadership - --PORT, ALBERNI, B.C. “The United States government is morally, totally unfit to give the world democratic leader- ship, Friday night. * charged Dr. James G. Endicott, addressing a well-attended meeting at the Eric Graf hall last Drawing upon his. own- experience in China to substantiate his remarks, Endicott de- clared that ‘‘the U.S. state department has become so stupid that it brands any movement for freedom by the oppressed peoples of the world ‘Russion expansionism’.” Endicott denounced the “de- spicable double-crossing” on the part of Major-General Patrick Hurley, U.S. “trouble-shooter” in China. Hurley began by sug- gesting a democratic coalition government plan to the Chinese Communists, received their ac- ceptance, and ended by urging U.S. aid to Chiang Kai-shek “so strong as to completely wipe out the Communists.” “The U.S. was well aware of the real situation in China at all times,” said Endicott. “A great number of missionaries and ethers were well qualified to give truthful reports. It was known that the Communists were the only force in China who actively fought the Japanese. It was also known that Chiang’s government | was permeated with corruption. Three million Nationalist troops starved to death because govern- ment officials stole their food and sold it on the balck market.” “The five billion dollars spent by the United States to maintain the Nationalist government in China was not spent because of any honest interest in the wel- ‘ * fare of the Chinese people,” En- dicott told his audience. “Econ- mic exploitation was the motive. The people who control the U.S. want a ruthless investment of American money backed by the army and the atomic bomb.” “The United States says it doesn’t trust the Russians,” he concluded. “I say I don't trust the United States. The US. state department is liable to be- come the mad dog Hitler was. Fascism is fairly well advanced in the U.S. But the European people are determined to force peace on their rulers, and if the worst comes will take the other side.” oe “ Rev. Glen Stevenson, _who chaired the meeting, urged that all citizens who want peace “not be afraid, but do something about 4 alas SO ‘PEG COUNCIL APOLOGIZES an American court. council. Stung to the quick, of dignity and beg the border. LPP aldermen rap 11’ trial ‘ Winnipeg city council fell all over itself this week in its hurry to send an abject apology to President Truman at the action of LPP Aldermen J. Penner and M. J. Forkin who had ’ protested to Truman the persecution of 11 U.S. Communists in When Ald. A. H. Fisher called for a denunciation of the _ two LPP aldermen, Penner and Forkin remarked that the Yankee-sponsored “cold war” had obviously penetrated into berating the labor representatives, Decision to have Mayor Coulter write President Truman “qa letter of sincere regret” ” was termed “stupidity” by the LPP aldermen, who pointed out that the kangeroo trial and jailing of the 11 American Communists was a mockery of justice and a long — satried the road to fascism south of —WINNIPEG council members lost all \sense Down, down tumble prices. 27-0 ele tail market! Customers haven’t noticed any great tumbling of prices; in fact, _the, monthly Dominion price in-. dex shows that the cost of living is still going up. , here is, however, a growing job crisis. Last winter there were more than 50,000 jobless in B.C. In the next few months these figures may be surpassed, unless governmental action is tak~ en to provide jobs. Shipbuilding, a thriving fates try on the Coast during wartime, has been among the hardest hit. A Yankee ruling that half of all Marshall plan shipments to Europe must go on U.S. ships has helped to ruin Canada’s mer- chant marine. In 1947 there were 386 ocean-going vessels operating under Canadian regis- try. Today there are only 147. Vancouver had 44 locally owned vessels; today that number has dwindled to 18. Devaluation has added to B.C.’s trade problems. British markets for lumber and canned salmon are rapidly — shrinking, while cheapening of the Canadian dollar'has meant a sharp rise in the price of goods imported from the United States. Communist leaders win appeal for bail NEW YORK U.S. Court of /Appeals ruled here this week that II U.S. Com- munist leaders, refused bail fol- lowing their conviction on fram- ed-up charges of “conspiring” to advocate Marxist teachings, should be admitted bail pending appeal, Bail for Eugene Dennis, John B. Williamson, Jacob Stachel, Irving Potash was set at $30,000 each; for Robert Thompson, Ben- jamin Davis Jr., Harry Winston, John Gates, Gilbert Greed, Carl Winter, Gus Hall, at $20,000 each, a total of $260,000. The govern- © ‘ment had demanded a fantastic total bail of -$1,000,000. ‘Never forget,’ says Friendship Council —TORONTO Greetings on the 32nd anniver- sary of the founding of the Soviet Union were cabled to VOKS last week by the National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship. VOKS is the Soviet society de- voted to friendly cultural ex- changes between the peoples of the USSR -and other nations. ‘Return to friendship with USSR‘ —TORONTO The National Council of Can- adian-Soviet Friendship last week called upon “all Canadians of good will to exert their influence to secure a return to the policy of friendship with the USSR on which the peace of the world and our own future depends.’ The statement was issue to mark the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the founding of the USSR on November 7, 1917. , The council also announced it is calling a conference of “all bodies and individuals interested in promoting Canadian-Soviet friendship.”” The conference is to be held in Toronto on Nov- ember 26, Purpose of. the gather- ing iss “‘to make plans for the dissemination of truthful informa- tion about the USSR and _ its peoples, the promotion of cultural exchanges and the ‘development of normal trading relations be- tween the people of the Soviet Union and Canada, and the rous- ing of public opinion for a return - to the policy of friendship with the USSR in order to preserve peace in the world.” The once statement paid “warm respects to our wartime ally and a great friendly power.” “The Council for Canadian- Soviet Friendship was established in the most crucial days of the war against fascist agression,”” the statement.pointed out. “It was established ‘as a public renuncia- tion of the bankrupt quarter- centruy-old official policy of ‘hos- tility to the USSR. It was established as a means to the public strengthening of the alliance of our country with the USSR in the common war against fascism, And it was established as the pledge of the Canadian people to carry that policy of friendship with the USSR into the peace, sweeping aside bigotry, prejudice, ignorance and isolation, so that war and fears of war should be lifted from the shoulders of all Aone: for generations to come.’ The statement calls upon “‘de- cent Canadians to cry Halt! to the catastrophic policy of anti- - Sovietism, and demand a return: to the policy of Canadian-Soviet friendship which gave us victory in the war and which alone can help secure a_ lasting aig ‘in the world.” PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 4, 1919 — PAGE 12 ’