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Caucus Fight On Utilities

GOV'T SEEKING
WIDER POWERS
IN NEW ACT

Expect Conservatives To
Attack Legislation
As CCF Urges Wider

Measure

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17.—
The BC legislature is expected
to receive itS most important
legislation of the session this
week with introduction of the

Utility Control Bill.

Corridor gossip has it that the
Act will seek wider powers than
had been anticipated, with the gov—
ernment planning to seek author
ity to declare any industry or busi-
ness a public utility if it wishes.

This will include power to inves-
tigate any public utility and to fix
standards of service and rates.

The new blanket clause, which is
being discussed in Liberal caucus
at the present time, is not expected
to have any immediate repercus-
sions in industry, according to in-
formation received from sources
near the government. On Monday
the Premier stated the government
has no intention of “trying to con-
trol all business, aS was being ru-
mored.”’

Tt is believed the measure will
receive strong opposition from the
Conservatives, while the CCE will
seek to widen the powers of con-
trol, persuading the government to
take a stronger stand and insist on
a square deal for the consumers.

In addition the proposed legisla-
tion will undoubtedly have a rough
ride through the Diberal caucus,
where opposition will come from
the more reactionary sections of
the government benches.

NANAIMO LABOR
RAPS GRIEVES

NANAIMO, BG, Nov. 17—Trade
unionists and other progressives in
this city are indignant at the actiou
of Ald. W. T. Grieves in opposing
an application for a tag day made
by George Les Strange on behalf
of the local committee of the
Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau
Battalion.

The city council was asked to
authorize a tag day in aid of Can-
dian volunteers returning from
Spain.

Ald. Grieves, sponsoring a mo-
tion that the application be filea,
said he was opposing the request
for a tag day “because it was be
coming a racket.” The motion was
seconded by Ald. George Muir.

Ald. John Kerr moved an amend-—
ment that the application be con-
sidered and a tag day granted. He
had sympathy for men returning
from Spain, he said, and believed
they were entitled to consideration.

The amendment was lost, the
council splitting on the question.
Aldermen ‘Kerr and Hindmarsh
voted in favor, Aldermen S. Drake,
D. D. Knox, W.. T. Grieves and
George Muir against.

Indignation against Ald. Grieves
is high, because he was elected in
Jan., 1937, with labor support on
the basis of his work in the labor
movement. For the past year, how—
ever, he has followed a reactionary
line on the council, even attacking
Wanaimo unemployed when they
eampaigned for a works program.

He is expected to seek re-election
this year, but, on his record, labor
certainly will net support him.

Join BC Federation

Vancouver iocal of the Jewelry
Workers’ Union became the latest
trade union group to decide affiilia—
tion with the BC Federation on
Unemployment, it was reported this
week by federation secretary Fred
Tyler. Local 42 has also decided
to send a delegate to meetings of
the Federation.

Lack Of Equipment,
Shortage Of Staff
Endangers BC Forests

Only a shift in wind prevented
the big Campbell River fire, which
burned over 100,000 acres of timber
land, from spreading to such
towns as Courtenay, Campbell
River and Cumberland and bring—
ing loss of life as well as loss of
timber, Manning emphasized to
committee members in appealing,
as he did last year, to allow his
department to take adequate meas-
ures to protect British Columbia’s
forest wealth. :

In his remarks, the chief forester
in effect absolved single jobless of
allered blame for carelessness and
inefficiency during the firefighting
operations by charging first that
much blame for fires rested on
logging operators’ failure to respect
regulations. In this connection he
specifically mentioned the need for
stricter enforcement of snag re-

VICTORIA, BC, Noy. 17.—Inadequate equipment and short-
age of staff brought Vancouver Island near to a major disaster
last summer, E. C. Manning, chief forester, told the legislative
committee on forestry this week.

moval by operators, pointing out
that sparks from such snags
“Jumped” the fire as much as eight
miles. He pointed also to the need
for burning of slash, a move which
would have prevented the Campbell
River fire since the original out-
bréak on the Bloedel claim near
Menzies Bay spread into slashing
and got out of control.

On the question of fighting fires,
Manning admitted his department
lacked proper equipment necessary
for efficiency, as well as insuf-
ficient staff.

The full significance of what he
had said was later impressed on the
committee when George Melrose,
officer in charge of firefighting op-
erations, showed colored motion
pictures of the outbreak at Camp-
bell River.

Murray Under Fire

MLA May Sue Lillooet News
For Alleged Libel Story

This information was given to
the Advocate in an interview with
the CCE member.

Winch, who was recently the tar-
get for reactionary attacks from
George Murray following a tour
through the Lillooet riding, stated
he had written the Lillooet Pub-
lishing Company “demanding a
complete retraction of published
reports regarding my attendance
at the Vancouver May Day demon-
stration, failing which I want the
name of their solicitors.”

“The paper, waich is owned and

(Special to the Advocate)

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17—The Bridge River and Lillooet
News, owned by the family of George Murray, MLA for the
district, is threatened with court action as a result of libellous
statements alleged to have been printed by the paper concern-
ing Harold Winch, CCF, Vancouver Fast.

operated by the Murray family,
said IT was at the Vancouver par-
ade,” Winch stated, “but as a mat-
ter of fact I was not even in the
city of Vancouver at that time,
having been in Cumberland for a
meeting on that day.”

Murray, a Liberal member for
Lillooet, has established himself as
one of the leading red-baiters and
reactionaries of the legislature as
a result of his bitter attacks on all

progressive measures and labor

organizations.

House Committee Airs
Road Contract Graft

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17.—After reading of correspondence
by Harold Winch, CCF-MLA, in which it was charged the Gen-
eral Construction Company was overpaid $6,115 for a contract
on the Radium-Kingsgate highway, the public accounts com-

mittee this week decided to call two
witnesses to go deeper into the
subject.

The two witnesses, D. HE. Burpee
and H. A. Hetherington, former em-
ployees of the public works depart
ment, were the resident engineer
and surveyor respectively for the
Columbia riding.

In letters read by Winch, written
by Burpee to Premier Pattullo, it
was charged that failures to agree
to discrepancies in the contract had
led to jhis dismissal. R. L. Mait—
land, Conservative leader, support-
ed Winch’s request the two men
should be called before the commit-
tee and the whole matter investi-
gated.

In addition, the committee de-
cided the present method of calling
for contracts on public works would
be changed by January 1, 1939. The
present policy has come under fire
several times, notably from Winch
and Dr. Lyle Telford, and has been
the cause for considerable dissatis-
faction.

In future, the committee decided,
all tenders will be called publicly

and run along similar ilmes to the
system prevailing in Washington
state where jobs are classified A,
B and © according to the financial
backing and equipment of firms in-
tending to do the work.

Details of tne cost of the Gover-
nor-General’s visit to BC were re-
quested by Mr. Maitland. The ex
penditure by the government came
to $32,000 he was told.

Winch Asks Number
Of TB Patients

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17—E. E.
Winch (CCF, Burnaby), who has
earned himself the name of “Min-
ister of Institutions,’ has placed

a question on the order paper of
the House which is creating con-
siderable interest. The question
ealls on the provincial secretary to
supply the number of patients ad-
mitted to the tuberculosis unit of

eral Hospital TB unit since 1930
who were former members of hos-
pital staffs, including the hospital
| where they were engaged .

| Tranquille Sanitorium and the Gen-

Control

GOV'T ADVISED
BALANCE BUDGET
WITH SUPERTAX

Harold Winch Points To

Big Business Profits,
Says Extra Taxation
Warranted

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17.—
Minister of Finance Hart was
advised to balance his budget
at the expense of wealthy cor-
porations in the province dur-
ing the debate on the budget in
the House this week.

The advice came from Harold
Winch, CCE for VYancouver East,
who told the minister it would be
a means of aiding hard-pressed
municipalities without adding fur—
ther to the provincial debt.

“There are companies doing busi-
ness in British Columbia which
have depreciation reserves larger
than their capital structure,”
Winch stated. “The minister should
go after them.”

Specifically he urged the govern-—
ment to collect additional revenue
through a supertax applied to com-
panies making profits out of na-
tural resources. He gave an in-
stance of the Consolidated Mining
and Smelting Company of Canada,
which, he said, while complaining
of paying three millions in taxes,
had paid $2.50 in dividends on an
original $5 share and carried two
million dollars in profits over to
this year.

“Thousands of our people in Bri-
tish Columbia are not happy,” he

said, “and we cannot have et |

ity until the people are happy.”

Referrine to the question of the
single unemployed, Winch defended
their actions in fighting for recog-
nition from the government. They
were faced with the alternative of
fighting or starving, and they chose
to fight, he said.

“Those now in Oakalla do not
belong there,” he said. “They are
not criminals, but were forced by
economic conditions to take action
which happened to be against the
law. ‘They should be allowed out
on parole or unconditionally re-
leased and permitted to return to
work in forestry camps.’

In concluding his address, the
Vancouver Mast member placed a
motion on the floor of the House
regretting the government had
made no provision in the budget
for the municipalities or announced
additional taxation of corporations.
The motion was ruled out of order
by Speaker Whittaker, who was
sustained by a vote of 28 to 13,

$200 Deposit For
Candidates Looms

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17—It is
rumored in lobby circles here that
the $200 deposit to guarantee suffi-
cient backing for candidates is
likely to be one of the amendments
to the Election Act to be brought
down by the government. Another
amendment will bring changes in
the method of registering voters.
The Federal Hlections Act and laws
of every other province require the
deposit, which was discarded by
British Columbia 20 years ago. No
change is expected in the absentee
ballot system, although there will
probably be an increase from $50 to
$250 in the penalty for those wh
vote twice. «

How Much For Farris?

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 17.—Reply-
ing to a question in the House this
week, Finance Minister Hart stated
Senator Farris has not yet been
paid for presenting the sgovern-
ment’s brief to the Rowell Com-
mission. Farris is still engaged in
the work and his remuneration has
not yet been determined, Hart
stated.

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