iti-labor actions of
, Bennett of Van-
aring the time he
chairman of ‘the
' B.C. Municipalities
fF at. Qualicum came
sharp fire of delegates
)ular meeting of the
» Trades and. Labor
's week.

1 protesting his atti-

labor was passed by
.g following a‘_report
Secretary-R...K, :Ger-

attendanee at the

‘bor Council (CCL)
John "Eurner to place
2conversion ; program

' han Bennett, as chaiir-
he convention, delib-
mored, our presence,”
-id, “even going. to the
> making me stand for
purs before “recogniz-

i Pom - Parkin, Aero-
| idge,; who accompanied
| John Turner to Quali-
i1_that Bennett’s atti-
. d.the_responsible rep-
' s of thousands of city
‘was. insulting in the
' Parkin said Bennett
oduced the labor rep-
.s by saying: “Here are
people who have-some-

surner.??+.5-
_ad=that all servicemen
- 1. returning to B.C. up
- 25..be permitted. -to
ing sworn in by polling
endorsed by the meet-
hearing Delegate Rob-
_..ck, New Westminster
lulwaymen, outline the
ttending the provincial
“n the broadest possible
1e coming election.

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of our party.’

on the election campaign
ate need.

candidates.

Build Your Paper!
All of our membership will be enthused as a Sole o
the program laid-down.at.our third convention.

The convention and the membership meetings held for
the last two weeks have consolidated and unified the ranks -

Now for the tasks ahead.
First on the list is the coming provincial election.
Part and parcel of that campaign is the drive to raise our
circulation. by two thousand by election day.
decided to-extend the sustaining fund drive until the end
of November. This will enable the clubs to concentrate

fund which is the most immedi-

The sub drive must become an integral part of the
election activity. There is no better canvassing medium
than the P.A. People who are already acquainted with the
policies of the Labor-Progressive Party
of our press will be that much<easier to talk to about our

Similarly people who have been intérested by the elec-
tion canvass will be-anxious to learn more of what we
stand for and how we hope to accomplish it.

MAKE THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN PART OF
|.cHE SUB DRIVE. MAKE THE SUB DRIVE PART

We. have

through the pages

_ditures.

OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Better Fire

Protection

Urged At Council Meet

The demand of Vancouver . city “hremen_ for
and. equipment, ‘accented by, the, disastrous,

more men

seconded hy delegates to the regular -meeting of the Van:

couver, New © Westiminster _ and
District Trades and Labor. Coun-

| cil on.. Tuesday ,when they, . un-
-animously approved. a <resolution

urging an immediate increase in
both the personnel and equip-
mert of both the fire:and pelice
departments. ‘
The motion, introduced . by
President Birt Showler, was. pre-

‘ceded by a short address by the

council president who referred
to both the murder of the child
Dianne Blunt, and the firemen’s
deaths as being directly traceable
to the failure of the city council
to vote sufficient funds for the
two departments concerned.

“Our mayor. and aldermen us-—
ually answer this sort-of critic-
ism by pleading that the average
taxpayer
But. the fact is, our
women and childrer are not safe

| from ‘molestation on streets, and

our. firemen risk their lives
needlessly, while our civic re-
presentatives up on the hill say
nothing-and do nothing except
express -sympathy.’

A related motion, put before

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opposes extra expen-

delegates iby Frank-Carlysle: of
the Plumbers: .and.Steamfitters
Union,...urging, that .automatic

‘sprinkling systems be required

‘in certain classifications of
buildings,” was also ‘approved by
the meeting. ;

“If the MacMaster Building
had -possessed such a sprinkling
system,” Carlysle said, “the fire
would. not have been as extensive
as it was.”

(Earlier in the day Fire

Chief E. L. Erratt issued a

statement which called for four
new firehalis, 200 additional

firemen, ‘a proper fireboat”
for the harbor, and modern
thretighting apparatus. re

said the department was “un-
dermanned, under - equipped

and years behind the standard
of efficiency Rmecessary in a

city of this sizeé.’’)

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Other Valuable Jewellery

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Building blaze where three firemen met, death, was, strongly ;

a

during September 14-17 inclus-
ive. Just a few hours after the
convention adjourned Monday,
the first full meeting of the
elected

from its number a provincial ex-

provincial committee
ecutive of 15 members which in-
cludes, the new.aprovincial lead-
er, Nigel Morgan .‘ a a

Fiye members: of the new. ex-
ecutive’ will be fulltime officers.
They are: Nigel Morgan, provin-
cial leader; Tom McEwen, pro-
vineial chairman; Maurice Rush,
Minerva
Vio-
administration secre-

provincial organizer;
Cooper, education director;
la McRae,
tary. Four new members were
added to the executive including
Austin Delany, Nick  Kopatic,
Sidney Sarkin and Elgin Ruddell.
‘Remaining, members. are. Coray
Campbell, Charles: Saunders, Wil-
Rigby, Harold Pritchett,
‘Harvey Murphy, Garry Culhane

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and George Greenwell.

Personnel of the new 50-mem-
‘ber provincial committee, drawn
from all parts of' the province

Convention Elects.
Provincial Committee

A new provincial, executive and “provincial committee,
both enlarged from previous years. and.containingia num-
ber of new members, has’ resulted: fromthe third “provincial
Labor- Progressive Party... convention, held in. Vancouver

and the Yukon, is as folows: Niv
gel Morgan, Tom McEwen, Mau-
rice Rush, Minerva ‘Cooper, Vio-
la.:_MeRae,. Charles | Saunders,
Coray, .Campbell, William, Rigby,
Nick |, Kopatic, Sidney, .Sarkin,
Elgin, Ruddell,, Harold Pritchett,
Harvey; Murphy,;,Austin Delany,
Garry Gulhane,-Charles M. Stew-
art, Mrs. Jeamn:;Mason,;;Mona
Morgan; «Malcolm ‘MacLeod, ;Sid-
ney Zlotnick,_Ruth Turner, Har-
old Miller, Margaret Black, Kay-
Walter -Giawricky,
Dorothy Lynas,..Ernie., Dalskog,
Harold Griffin, ; Tom »,Parkin,
John Goss, Harry.;Ball,,; William
White, A. Lachinsky, and; Ruth
Ross, all of Vancouver,,iMem-
bers from out-of-town: centers
are Darshan‘: Singhs: <iSangha}
George, Greenwell: and. Cax1

‘Palmgren, Victoria‘z ‘Bruce ' Mick?
Boyd :

leburgh, Prince ‘Rupert;
Gordon, Whitehorse, “¥.T.3 Floyd
Hamilton, Surrey; Henry! 'Codd;
Notch Hill; Franks Hénnessey;
Wells; Angus Campbelly* Copper.
Mountain; F. Halvorgén’ Kam-=
loops; Harry Drake, Trail; Sani
English, Michel; Mrs. E: Wilson,
Burnaby; John Gibson;'*Powéil

River; Al Dewhurst, Port “Al;
berni; Edna Brown, Cowicha
Lake. ® ee :

first big, retail stores in
civilian clothes.

discount.

Discou nt To Returned Me

The Army & Navy Department Stores Ltd. were the
veterans a 10 per cent discount on their purchases of
Several other stores in Vancouver
are now giving discharged personnel a 10 per cent
This fine gesture of material help is more appreciat- fe

ed by our boys than fancy speeches’ and should, in
our opinion, be copied by more ‘werchants:

Army & Navy Dept. Stores

Vancouver and New Westminster

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Canada to offer returned

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