Page Two THE A DY OCATE November i7, 1939. Housewives Will Campaign Against Profiteering AROUND THE PROVINCE | Royal City Union Endorses Candidate NEW WESTMINSTER, BC.—Realizing the need for more labor representation on the city council here, Butcher Workers and Meat Cutters Federal union No. 94, has endorsed Sam 8. Hughes, union secretary-business agent, as aldermanic candi- date in the December civic elections. S |Keynote Sounded At Meet Convention Urges RMieasures To Raise Living Standards CIVIC AFFAIRS City Big Business Planning Campaign There was every indication in the city this week that re- action, through the Non-Partisan Association, is planning to tighten its hold on civic affairs in the interests of war-profiteer- ing big business circles. The WNon-Partisan Indians Said Near Starvation Receipts For Food Expose inadequacy Of Allowances Gabors only representatives on® the council at present are William Matthew and William T. Cook. The latter was reelected last De- cember after completing the term of an alderman who accepted @ post on the harbor board. Loggers Seek Wage Increase agreements, ENGLEWOOD, BC. — Demands for increased wages, first raised by erews of Lake Logging and Crofton Export, who won out and signed EGMONT, BC.—Instances of terrible privation and suffering have been revealed among In- dians in this district, partic- ularly widows and old people unable to augment their relief allowances from the Indian Association, which already has a majority on® the city council, has announced 2 slate of four candidates, including, as in former years when it spon- sored R. PB. Pettipiece, a so-called Jabor’ representative in order to present a seemingly broad front to voters. Headed by Dr. Alfred Thompson, who this week succeeded Gen. Vic- tor W. OQdlum as president, the ex- ecutive numbers among its mem- bers: Mrs. Ered J. Thompson, Mrs. EF. P. Burden, Mrs. Mary Campbell, Tom Braidwood, Brenton S. Brown, democratic rights, curb profi- -Standard Determination to protect teering and obtain a better of living for all through cooperation between Gen. J. A. Clark, K.C.; lL. Trumble, HEH. R. Cottingham, T. S. Dixon, W. R. Dowrey, W. B. Farris, K-C.; Fred have been taken up with employers at camp nine here. Loggers at a meeting called last producers, labor and consum- ers Was the keynote of the Department. Supplies to feed two people for Wominated to represent Vancou- ver big business in next month’s = > aor : ; = OQ. Hod i == Housewives weekend by organizers John Mc-| one month, shown on various sales civic elections is Jack Price, who] > Hee Cee ae British Columbia Housewives’ 3 Cuish and Ted Gunrud voted unani-| slips given to an Advocate repre-| Sat 28 CCF member of the legis-| 2 5 yore, ane KA : *|League conventi luded To Organize mously to open negotiations for a| sentative, include usually two Jature for Vancouver Hast from|, yj cKeen, J. ©. McPherson, J. |. on conciu SPARPRE OD a to | 12 Percent increase. pounds of sugar, 24 pounds of | 1933 to 1937. When Rev. R. Connell ee rues Gen. V. W. Odlum, F.| 12 the Hotel Belmont Wednes- * Oo, So response to A 10-man committee was elected| flour, one pound of tea, beans, broke away from the CCF to form Tete a AOU Bae Sherwood | day. a growing desire among women | to interview the management. Steps| rolled oats and rice. Items such | the Social Constructives, Price was ee ae Victor Spencer, W. C. Urging government control ‘to here, a public meeting has been | have been taken to apply for a con-) as lard, soap and other ‘luxuries’ one of the few who followed him. ward, R. H. Tupper, R. J. ensure a better standard of living Hamilton and C. E. Thompson. regardless of nationality so that Campaign manager will be James Ciliation under the Labor Concilia- tion and Arbitration Act should ealled to discuss setting up a have to be bought alternately with In the 1937 provincial elections : 5 some other necessity. Price ran as a Social Constructive 5 : men will not be forced to enlist b Dsasen of the ECOUSS UES EELSUS parleys with the company prove i thrée “months Aneese pur: candidate in Vancouver East and a ae former Conservative or} economic necessity,” delegates Bape of British Columbia in this city. | unsatisfactory. chase of meat possible for one | W2S decisively rejected by electors. 5 2 the League’s branches in Greater Galled for November 24 in the widow and her grandchild, was Since that time Price has not CCE SLATE. Vancouver area proposed a plan of UMVWA. Union Hall, the meeting one tin of corned beef. Total value | taken any public part distribution of will be addressed by Mrs. M E. Werton, Housewives League pro- Higher Relief Allowances Urged of the goods supplied seldom ex- { ceeds $4 a month for two people, in politics although, as evidenced by his nom- ination as a Non-Partisan candi- Alderman Helena Gutteridge has been nominatead again by the CCH together with ex-Ald. Alfred Hurry, surplus foods in Canada by a similar method to that of the Food Stam Pla: i United States. = a Delegates raised obj r jJection to amendment to the Loss Leader re until its effect upon consumers had Ed. Scanlon and &. S. Robinson for the council. i Park Commissioner Mrs. Susie Lane Clark has also been renomin- NANAIMO, BC Gity council this week endorsed a resolution submitted by United Mine Work- ers union and its women’s auxi- date, he has been by no Means po- litically inactive. On the same slate will be Ald. H. L. Corey and Ald. H. J. DeGraves equivalent to approximately 25 cents a person for a week’s food. Goods supplied to this particular family totalled $3.43 for August re- wincial organizer. Nanaimo Miners liary, asking that it recommend to | lief, $3.62 for September, $3.71 for | and former city clerk Charles ated by the CCF with ex-Park com- bern Heeeaien. Resouitionts a8 > Ottawa the urgent need for an| October. Another instance showed | Jones. : missioner Ronald Macaulay and | €ftect will be forwarded to the pre Score Prosecutions W.. Macdonald. For the school board, the CCF has nominated ex-school trustee Mildred OQOsterhout, William Wal- supplies for two people in July eost only $3.86, for August $4.25. Since most of the old Indians of certain tribes do not eat either increase in relief allowances. The resolution stated that since the beginning of September living vincial government as will : a re quest that the Beef Grading act be more strictly enforced 3 t consumers. aan BiG BUSINESS EXSECUTIVE. Executive of the Non-Partisan Association, recently incorporated NANAIMO, BCG—Circular letters to all members of the legislature protesting prosecution of Pioneer costs had risen 17.14 percent. TSG (Odie Ge Beams, GE RSS Deen under the Provincial Societies Act, lace, Dawson Gordon and Sidney| Condemning the proposed ne Miners’ union officers were sent by z Seah hei io roe hemi to reads like a roster of the city’s big) Wybourn. Contractors’ Licensing Bill = United Mine Workers’ union, local Fruit Growers poe businessmen with their fingers in Nomination day will be Dec. 6, = take these goods on their meager “taking away the rights of the peo- ple,” delegates decided to protest such legislation which prevented any ordinary citizen doins repair or alteration ‘work on ie own 2ouse without first obtaining 1i- €nses in all da = es epartments of work Reporting that big contractors had been busy lobbying to have this bill rushed through, one delegate declared “we should fight every inch of the way before we have any More of our rights taken away.” _ Proposed amendment by the city allowing it to take 2a mort 7355 executive with a demand that court actions be discontinued. “There is not much difference be— tween the situation in Estevan coal ~ fields where some 150 Royal Ca- mnadian Mounted Police are being used to cow the miners on strike there, and the Pioneer dispute, where the courts are being used for the same purpose,” the letter states. While the union endeavors to live up to the laws of the country it de- clares that it is impossible for labor unions to live up to the interpreta- #jons used in the application of the Labor Gonciliation and Arbitration every important industry. one week before election day. High Living Costs Hit Single Jobless Plight of single unemployed men receiving government re- lief is pointed out in a statement issued by Relief Project Work- ers’ union which suggests that an increase be made in food and clothing allowance pending adoption by the federal government food allowance is adding unneces- sary hardships. Sugar, lard, or other goods could be substituted. Great difficulty is also experi- enced in obtaining assistance and attention for the sick. Many have been reported to have died unat— tended. It is also common xnowl- edge that one Indian lost his sight through lack of medical treatment. Members of the community main- tain he could still regain his sight if given assistance immediately. Consider Report KELOWNA, BC—TIt is expected that the executive of BC Fruit Growers Association will meet here on Nov. 20 to discuss what action it will take in the light of the situation revealed by the McGregor report. The report, as released recently by FEF. A. McGreger, com- missioner appointed under the Combines Investigation Act, sub- stantiated the year-old charges = 4 9d2 Commercial Hastings Steam Baths Always Open Expert Masseurs in Attendance i ghland 0240 764 =H. Hastings —— Act. MT. PLEASANT BILLIARD HALL and BARBER SHOP Everything in Smokers’ Supplies — Cigarettes Pipes SSS .- DENTIST DR. W. J. CURRY Ste. 301, Dominion Bank Bldg. Cambie & Hastings SEy. 3061 Victory Square Mrs. Y. Kato Dressmaking and Alterations BAy. 6180-L 2760 Alma Road ee 6 YOUR SUPPORT makes MY # support of this medium possible? 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TRin. 1387 1051 Granville St. Vancouver, B.C. ole = Edmonds and Kingsway 1840 Edmonds St. Burnaby Smith’s Economic Grocery We Sell Good Food, Good Food Sells Us! Jubilee Station DEx. 18806 ARMSTRONG & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 304 Dunlevy Avenue CHAPEL OF FLOWERS. High. 0141. Se SGBUVVU see Te eT SE SESEEVEET Black Loam and Well-Rotted 4 Manure G19 East 26th Ave. W. H. WARNER f WAIT, 6041 — = = i weuee eee SeBBBPSesBBer eserves sess Quality Eats! Steaks, Oysters, Chops, Etc. “One friend tells another.” REX CAFE 6 EAST HASTINGS bette Male Day | AA BDABAEED brought by D. Godfrey Isaacs, Oyama grower, that a combine ex- isted in the Okanagan fruit in- dustry. Council Hears Of Indians’ Plight NANAIMO, BC — Living condi- tions among the Indians. in- this district will be brought to imme- diate attention of the Indian De- partment agent, city council here decided Monday- Reminding aldermen of evidence fiven at a recent Assize Court case which showed that Indian families were living in one room, Alderman W. T. Grieve declared that the overcrowding in reserve homes Was a menace to health. Organize Co-op At Cumberland CUMBERLAND, BCG —Formation of a consumers’ cooperative was ef fected here at a special meeting of the United Mine Workers’ union ealled to hear Stephen Jackson, Gredit Union organizer, explain the nerits of the movement. After an address by Jackson, recommendation of the union’s high cost of living commiuttee to sponsor a cooperative movement met with unanimous response. Officers elected later from this committee were: A. J. Taylor, presi- dent; D. Morgan, vicepresident; James ‘Shaky’ Robertson, secretary; and George Watt, treasurer. Phone: SEymour 1912 CARS STOP AT OUR DOOR Quality Materials Used and Workmanship Guaranteed Vancouver Shoe & Repair Co. P. Bohonosiuk, Prop. , 501 ROBSON ST., cor. Richards # Our Motto: “Always a Bargain” wee eex=esa esr BES uBBeeBeBeVE= AABABABABEBBER A AAABRABRRABREBAAE ak NOTICE NOTICE — NEXT MEETING OF The Mothers’ Council will be held in O’Brien Hall, Monday, Nov. 20 at 2:30 p».m. All meetings bere- after will be held on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. COMING .. - “Of Mice and Men” by JOHN STEINBECE at the LITTLE THEATRE Gommercial Drive NOV. 22 to 25 Seats: 75c, 50c, 25¢ at HKelly’s on Seymour of a public works program. Those in receipt of relief are hard pressed to make a $2 a week food voucher meet restaurant prices which have increased from 15 to 25 percent since the declara- tion of war sent food prices soar- ing. The statement declares that twenty-eight cents a day for meals and 15 cents for lodgings is totally insufficient in face of increased living. Unemployment has greatly in- ereased with the influx of large numbers of young men who came here to offer their services in the armed forces and with return of others from seasonal jobs. These men are ciassed as transi- ent and are debarred from receiv-— ing any assistance although they have been of service throughout the country to framers, fruitgrow- ers doing seasonable work and have rendered valuable aid in fighting forest fires. Suspicious | Of Activities Relief Project Workers’ union officials look with suspicion on ef forts of A. T. Rafferty, one-time education director for Citizens’ Rec- reation Committee, to find work for single men when the Employ- ment Service of Canada with its wide range of connections cannot place all applicants. Rafferty secures names and ad- dresses of recipients from the re- lief office and then invites them to visit him with a view to obtain- ing work. Real cause for worry, state union officers, is that single men may possibly be used as strikebreakers. Utility Company Said Maneuvering CUMBERLAND, BC. — Offer of Cumberland Electric Light com- pany to sell out to the municipality rather than concede to citizens’ de- mands for lower light rates was seen here as a Maneuver to side- step the issue, Knowing the municipality is with- out the finances to buy out the company, this offer was made in the hope that as time lapsed the issue would be forgotten, but citi- zens are determined to get a bet ter deal. While actual figures on the com- pany’s profits are not available, a fair estimate can be had consider— ing that between Sept. 19388 and Sept. 1939 the company purchased 2,691,385 kilowatt hours of elec- tricity at two cents a lsilowatt hour and resold it at 10 cents an hour for the first 30 hours, charge for the next 270 hours being four Camp Debt Reduced of $2200 during the year and reduction by more than half of the property debt on its camp at Orlohma Beach still leaves Jubilee Children’s Summer Camp committee with a bank balance of $3820 and a good start for next year’s activites, it was revealed at the organization's semi-annual con- ference held in O’Brien hall last Sunday. Officers elected to head the or- fanization were Charles Brown, president; Jack Stevenson, Car- penters’ union, vice-president; J- Sawyer, secretary; J. Bawn, re- elected treasurer. Completing the executive are J. Kline, Mrs. Dal- ziel and Mrs. VV. Ross. In the postponed hope chest drawing A. Watson, 1955 TDarch Street, won first prize with ticket 1798. Other winners in their re- spective order were: A. Loul, 2067 West 3rd, 2766; Fire Hall, New Westminster, 2015, and J. Ezart, 1807 East 38th, 193. Turnover Pioneer PIONEER, BC. — With the is- sue now before the courts, the population throughout the Bridge River valley has been aroused over Magistrate Summner’s action in pro- ceeding with trials after having been served with a notice of mo- tion that application was being made for a writ of prohibition. Undoubtedly this action has won additional support for the strike. Bralorne miners this week fur- ther aided Pioneer strikers with a donation of $500, while Polaris Taku miners at Tusequah sent in a cheque for $350; Cumberland UMWA donated $185; Butcher $50; Carpenters’ union, local 452, $23.60; Journeymen Tailors, $10; Lathers’ umnien, $10; Retail Clerks, $10; Bakery. Workers, S10; and UMVWA, Nanaimo, $25. Building Trades Council at its last meeting recommended to its member locals support of the strike in every way possible. Conclude Pact Successful conclusion of a union ‘contract between Teamsters’ union and Consolidated Grocers won for 60. warehousemen wage increases ranging from $5 to $20 a month and now brings minimum wages up to $85 a month as against $65 paid previously, Birt Showler, union of gage on property of unemploy- ables also aroused vehement con- demmnation, delezates deciding to protest further the present gov- ernment practice of talking over ae property of Old Age Pension- Other resolutions ursed dental work in schools ap to "Grade 8 and less lapse of time between application of treatment, also re- moval of the two-cent charge on public washrooms : Work for the comings year must include, delegates decided, a full study to find a solution to the milk question, study of parliamentary procedure and study of prices and how they are influenced, in which investigators will have the as- Sistance offered by Dr. Gordon Shrum, director of the UBC Ex- tension department. SEES THREAT TO DEMOCRACY : Speakers at the one-day conven- tion included Dr. Sylvia Thrupp of the UBC, who told delegates that the Housewives’ Leapue was “one of the significant factors in the development of Canadian democ- racy. The government sorely needs the experience, the knowledge, the Suggestions that housewives can give it” “Centinuous war may be detri- mental to democracy,” she de- Clared, adding that already signs of weakening of democratic poli- cies were noticeable. She saw a development, inevit- able because of the present crisis and resultant depression, towards State Social services, state aid to in- dustry and regulation of prices. Ald. Geo. G Miller, welcoming delegates on behalf of the mayor and city council, urged housewives to cooperate with primary producers who were “not getting adequate re- turns for their goods,” so that re- sults could be of benefit to both consumers and producers. Executive members elected at the final session Wednesday night were: President, Mrs. Doris Hart ley; first vicepresident, Mrs. Han- nah Ross; second vicepresident, Mrs. —. BE. Perdue; recording secre tary, Mrs. Eleanor McKean; cor responding secretary, Mrs. Grace Greenwood; treasurer, Mrs. Jennie Shankster; organizer, Mrs. M EE. Worton. Mrs. R. A. Prinn, who acted as chairman throughout the convention, is honorary past presi- dent. Lathers Union Sponsors Dance Members of the Lathers’ union and its women’s auxiliary will take time off from their regular duties to entertain friends and acquaint-" ances at a whist drive and dance to be held in Masonic Hall, First Avenue and Salsbury Drive, this Saturday, Nov. 18. Whist will start at 8 p.m. and darcing will fol- low from 9 to i2, with Barney Potts supplying the music. Tiekets at 85 cents are obtainable from any member of the union and cents an hour. ficial, states. auxiliary.