Page Two THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE August i1, 1939 Trollers’ AROUND THE PROVINCE Legion Reaflirms Stand On Jobless KAMLOOPS BC.— Reaffirming its previous stand, the an- nual convention of the British Columbia command of the Cana- dian Legion urged that the federal government should be re- sponsible for fit veterans who saw service during the war. Report of the committee on un-@ employment, unanimdusly adopt- ed, urged that failing suitable employment for “fit’ veterans, ad- equate provision should be made for their sustenance by the Do- miinion fovernment Approve Loan For Water Scheme CLOVERDALE, BC—Approval ef Surrey municipal council’s $12,- 000 water system for South West- minster has been received from Ottawa, it was reported recently. Wo final word has been received as to the loan for $116,000 senior- junior high school project, but it is expected that this application will be rejected. Ottawa Endorses Waterworks Plan NEW WESTMINSTER, BC Authorization has been received from Ottawa for the loan of $40,- 000 to be used on the Connaught Heights water scheme. Recently incorporated as a wa- ter district, this is the provincial- ly-controlled area known as DL a72, north of Marine Drive be- tween Burnaby and New Vyest- minster boundaries. : Work to secure water from the Greater Vancouver Water Board will commence immediately. About i150 homes will be served for a start. Ask Provision For Education ROLLA, BC—Schools for adult education at stated centres in the Peace River block were requested jn a resolution passed by the ninth annual convention of the Peace River District Farmers’ Institutes held recently. Wegotiations are already under way between Professor Shrum, di- rector of UBC Extension depart- ment, and the district secretary of the Farmers’ Institutes. Gourses in agriculture were ask-— ed for as the special activity of the proposed schools. Ten-Year Bus Franchise Sought NANAIMO, BC—Application to the city council Monday for a 10- year bus franchise by H. L. Sang- ster, Victoria, was left in the hands of the civic legislative com- mittee. : The Weteran’s Sightseeing Transportation Company, Ltd., for which H. L. Sangster appeared, has been operating on a 6 months’ trial basis and has now applied for the bus service franchise. Nanaimo Seeks Ice Arena. NANAIMO, BC — Approval of the senior governments for 2 pro- ject to build an auditorium and fce arena will be sought by the eity council here, aldermen decid- ed Monday. A proposition to erect these buildings on city property has been received from Wanaimo Gyro Club, whereby the elub will provide material and other costs, if the governments will provide jabor costs under the new Munici- pal Aids Act. Province Urged To Assume Costs WANAIMO, BC — A resolution that the provincial government assume all costs of education as a “direct moral and monetary ob- ligation’’ was adopted by city council here Monday. Pointing out that 27.36 percent _ of the total tax levy in Nanaimo is for school expenditure, the res- olution will be forwarded to the Union of BC Municipalities con- vention at Harrison Hot Spruegs. George Drayton Trail City Like Feudal Stronghold McKean Labor Candidate Returns From Kootenays Tour Returned this week from a two weeks’ tour of the Kootenays, Fereus McKean, Labor candidaie in East Kootenay federal consti- tuency, commented on the grew- ing progressive sentiment among the people in south-eastern BC, despite the economic ard politi- cal stranglehold of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company which he described as “akin to industrial feudalism.” McKean was unanimously cho- sen as Labor candidate to 2on- test East Kootenay constituency in the federal elections at nom- inating convention held at Cran- brook, July 31. “Fnteringe Trail is like enter- ing an ancient feudal strons- hold,” McKean declared, rescrib- ing how every car number was checked at least three times, EF. A. McKEAN On the Air... LABOR NEWS Sponsored by the People’s Advocate in cooperation with Dr. both entering and leaving Trail. “Passengers leaving on trains are confronted by a2 social report- er from the Trail Times, who en- quires your name, where you're from, how long you’yve been in Trail, what your business was and who you stayed with,” Mc- Kean asserted. “This is ostensibly for sociai news but it is common knowledge that the company uses this me- thod to obtain information.” Company influence strongly dominates the political sphere, McKean said, extending even in- to CCF clubs. Kimberley CCE club has been pressing for nomination of a CCF candidate in Hast Kootenay and a conference has been called for this Friday, ostensibly for this purpose. “Tt is understood,’ remarked ¢he Labor candidate, “that mem- mers in this club are also under the influence of CMS manage- ment and that is why they are demanding a candidate to split the progressive vote.” Questioned as to election pros- pects, McKean stated that there was a good possibility to elect BW. D. Herridge, CCE candidate in Kootenay West, providing “the CGonservative candidate in Trail is broken.” Tremendous assistance in this campaign can be given by the Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers Union, for which there is wide- spread sympathy among workers of both Trail and Kimberley. Regarding Kootenay East, in which constituency he will run, McKean pointed out that Social Credit had not nominated this this year, and if full unity was attained, there was a good pos- sibility of his election. LL. Douglas Hear GEORGE DRAYTON every TUESDAY and FRIDAY AT 5:45 P.M. = - - = Prospects Gloomy Urge Gov't To Assist Fishermen Four-Point Program Of Conservation Adopted By Meet PRINCE RUPERT, BC. — Total poundage of fish handled by the North Island Trollers Cooperative Association to the end of July this year was slight- ly over 1,000,000 pounds—a de- erease of 480,000 lbs. from the previous year’s figures, it was reported at a recent meeting of the association. With a larger number of boats on the grounds this year and esti- mated production and income per boat expected to average only half that of last year, prospects fer trol- Jers this winter are far from bright and relief lines face many. Turnover in the association’s two stores remains substantially at the same level as last year, but the service station Shows a 90 percent increase in business. Gonservation resolutions by the meeting called for: i. A round table conference of all those engaged in the fishing in- dustry to formulate a compre- hensive policy of conservation ap— plicable to British Columbia. 2 Prohibiting of herring seining for reduction purposes. 3. Prohibiting collection of her- ring eggs for commercial purposes and 4. measures to protect the spawn- ing beds, which it is claimed, are being washed out and silted up by drainage from cutover timber lands. Another resolution called upon provincial and dominion govern- ments to assume some assistance to fishermen whose earnings are not sufficient to supply the neces- sities of life by inaugurating 2 works program, passed Veterans Need Aid | With eight disabled Canadian veterans of the former Spanish People’s Army still requirinss medical and surgical treatment and with funds of the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion at a low ebb, an urgent appeal for assistance is being sent out this week. In a statement to the Advocate, Miss Jean Cameron, secretary, Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, stated “We would have liked to have built up a reserve fund for emergencies, such as when a veteran suffers from an old wound, but the drain on our treasury caring for the seriously sounded has upset those plans” “At present we have two veter- ans who have lost their legs and another his right hand, while the -others are surgical cases now un- dergoing treatment or requiring operations to be performed some time in the winter months,” she continued. “A BC veteran is still in Toron- to undergoing treatment for his ~wounds and the bills are charged back to the committee in Vancou- ver, Miss Cameron explained. Asked in what way assistance could best be rendered, Miss Cam- eron stated that various commit- tees now functioning could plan to donate a certain sum each month and get other organizations to follow suit. Miners’ Union in Cumberland was cited as an example of what an organization can do. This union has assessed the membership and staged socials for veterans’ benc- fit. Killed While Cleaning Truck NELSON, B.C—John H. Brown, 25-year-old construction ‘worker, was killed instantly last Saturday when the body of a dump truck he was cleaning fell, pinning him to the frame. =f Brown, married only a year ago, was employed on construction work at West Kootenay Power and Light company’s No. 2 plant at Upper HIGHLIGHTS over Bonnington. As Gatch Shows Youth Council Planning North Vancouver Center NORTH VANCOUVER, BC.— Plans for organizing a com- munity center in North Vancouver will be discussed at a special meeting called for this by the BC Youth Council. Representatives of all North Friday night, it is announced Shore organizations have been invited. Plans include establishment of groups on drama, writing, art, music and physical recreation. Heartily in favor of the plan, Commissioner G. W. Vance remarked that it would “work asiuim.” in well with our new $20,000 “Increased leisure of modern life makes this type of com-~ munity work very important,” ish Big Drop Ask City To Restore Wage Cut Civic Employees’ Request Referred Back To Board Appeal of Civic Employees of a 714 percent salary cut was declared Miss Pauline Wood- ward, a representative of the Youth Congress now engaged on the plan. are very encouraging. center there this fall.” ‘““The interest and leadership of North Vancouver We shall likely have a community Says Dominion Should Bear Educati TRAIL, BC.—The burden of on Costs education should be borne by the Dominion government, declared Mayor T. A. Love of Grand Forks, in an address to the Rotary Club here this week. Airport Officials, i Fishermen Confer On River Hazard Fishermen operating in the middle arm of the Fraser River constitute a potential hazard to sea- plane aviation, it was as- serted before civic utilities and airport committee Monday. Conferences have al- ready been held between fishermen’s union repre- sentatives and airport au- thorities and one sug- gestion was that fishermen operate only at night, leav- ing the waterway clear for planes during the day. No decision has yet been reached, however. Projects Extended VICTORIA, BC. — Extension of summer works projects to include workmen on the borderline of re- lief was announced here Thursday by Labor Minister G. S. Pearson. While works programs carried out under terms of the Municipal Improvements Assistance Act were designed specifically to provide men on relief with a few months’ work, the labor minister has conceded to agitational demands of Vancouver citizens not on relief rolls but in needy circumstances. lInder the new plan it may be found necessary to employ less re- lief labor than was originally in- tended in order to provide work for those in necessitous straits. Determining those eligible for work will be a special committee composed of the provincial relief officer for the district, the muni- cipal relief officer and A. E. Munn, federal representative. Just how the scheme would be widened, adding extra costs to municipal and provincial govern- ments, the minister did not state. Driver Saved As Truck Falls Into Harrison Lake CHILLIWAGCK, B.C.—Saved from drowning after his truck plunged. into the cold waters of Harrison Take by the prompt action of Bill Muirhead, of Rosedale, 21-year-old Oliver Williams was brought to Chilliwack hospital in a serious con— dition last week-end. Williams, an employee of Brett Loggeing company, had no chance to jump when the brakes on his heavily-loaded truck failed to hold and the truck plunged into the lake. Unconscious, he was rescued by Muirhead when he floated to the surface a few-minutes after the ac- cident. An attempt was made to brins him down the lake in a boat, but heavy waves forced his rescuers to land, pounded their boat to pieces on the shore. Surrey Plans $40,000 Scheme “Tf the nation assumes the right to call its people to service, espe- cially in war time, should it not assume its rightful portion of the eost of education?” demands Mayor Love. ' ‘Why should not the Dominion invest in the education of her people to even a2 greater extent than the province or the munici- pality, especially along such lines as would help to build a nation,” tion board for further consid- day. was breaking faith with employ- been that this move could not be made until government for relief. Now that the government had agreed to assist the city with re- lief costs, he felt that: employees should be given back their full salaries. Alderman John Bennett was against restoration of the cut, de- claring that the taxpayers would object. They had already been. ealled upon to pay a higher mill rate and water rates this year in order to balance the budget, he stated. He believed some of the money saved by the city from re lief costs should go back to tax payers, x Civic Employees Federation, in its appeal, asked that a portion of search Las he = 7: “meres elias - eo ayergtame sr anansn essay ei Bhat a masini a te Federation for part restoration 1 eration by city council Tues- 4 Declaring that the city council An ees, Alderman Wilson pointed out | that onereason for non-restoration of salaries at an earlier date had “7 better terms were forthcoming from the provincial § referred back to the concilia- | * the money saved by government | assumption of part of indigent | * relief costs should be used by the © city to restore wage cuts. it was pointed out that civic employees had thus indirectly borne the cost of relief for a long while. Most of the amount, however, has been set aside for work pro- jects, with exception of $40,000 proposed for work on False Creek Flats. Aldermen declare that this amount cannot be touched with- out council assent, 2000 People At Picnic Some 2000 persons from Vancou- ver and immediate vicinity made jlast Sunday a memorable day for the progressive movement on the occasion of the International Picnic at Seymour Park. Excellent weather and gaiety of the picnickers added greatly to the success of the affair. Running races were entered into in true holiday spirit to the enjoyment of the large crowd. = ® _Many old-timers in the progres- j Sive labor movement had a4 busy day renewing old acquaintances, The prize drawing which was to have been a closing feature was postponed owing to circumstances beyond the picnic committee’s con- trol, but results will be reported through the Advocate as soon as he added. Mayor Love pointed out that prior to 1889 the entire cost of ed- ucation in BC was borne by the provincial government. In 1893 a change of policy resulted in the municipalities assuming 66 per- nearly $6,000,000. Describing an insistent demand during the last few years that the provincial government assume the full costs of education, he said that such a resolution had been passed at a recent meeting of Koo- tenay municipalities in Grand Forks recently. “One member objected on the grounds that the poyvernment would assume complete control,” he said. ‘“‘The fact of the matter is that educational policy has vir- tually passed out of municipal control and every change of gov- ernment has been followed by new policies, new methods and new books.” “This necessarily imposes addi- tional encumbrances on the tax-— payer, who is continually digging deeper,” the mayor continued. “Would it not be wisdom on the part of the Dominion to assume 2 large share of the cost of educa- tion so that it may lay down a2 broad national policy of instruc- tion, especially inthe fundamen- tals of citizenship, language and health?” he concluded. Four Sprayed By Hot Pulp In Plant At Powell River announced. POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Sprayed with hot pulp when a pulp stone 2 A burst, four employees of the Pow- Speen H ell River company were taken to Fin Snir hospital here Monday to be treated anace. for burns and other injuries. Hai Bes Most seriously injured of the four | 5 was Henry Hagen, pipe fitter. With the three other men, Hagen was Downing working in front of the grinder wheel when the stone burst, shat- tering the housing of the machine. Hagen received severe head lacera-— tions and burns. R. FE. Fletcher, millwright, was badly burned about the face, shoulders and arms, and the two other men, Fred Muir and Walter Bay, received lesser burns. Medical Fund Officers Elected CUMBERLAND, BC — Forty- seventh annual report of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd, Em- ployees Medical Fund brought down by Secretary James Dick at the annual meeting in Athletic Wall disclosed a healthy situation Fe with $12,005.44 on hand for thep year ending June 30, 1939- = Officers proposed by United JMine Workers were approved Dy fe. the meeting and A. J. Taylor was SS elected president and James Dick was returned as secretary by ac- clamation. Gommittee members Beauty Shop 1380 West Hastings St SEymour 0241 PHONE = = 445 GORE AVE. SE ymour 0368 are S. Williams Sr., J. Hill Jr., J. H t ] E t ; Pollock, J. Merner and R. Littler Oo € as 4 Sr. $F CLOVERDALE, BC. — Finding that an additional $3,000 could be obtained under the Municipal Aids Act, Surrey Municipal Gouncil last ‘Thursday decided to apply immedi- ately for this amount, Total amount now applied for by Surrey council is $40,000. 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