By MARK FRANK OTTAWA Will Canada’s new parliament,see retrenchment in social services or refusal to honor election pledges ashington ? Plumbers call strike off Vancouver plumbers voted Wed- _esday to accept an employers’ last minute counter offer and averted a scheduled strike. The that spirit of self-reliance and competitive achievement which is one of the foundations of our free society.” Pearson will be one of the chief of advanced social security following decisions taken at the fateful Anglo-American-Canadian talks in Possibility that the U.K. will cut welfare appropriations drastically in order to meet its current US. dollar shortage’ as an outcome of the Washington talks, may find its adherents here as a solution to Canada’s adverse trade balance. } Something of the kind is indicated in a recent statement made by External Affairs Minister L. B. Pearson at Lake Couchiching. : deplores the ‘‘insistent and increasing demands for services and. assis- tance,” ‘and concludes: “‘It is, in fact, becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile the satisfaction of such demands with the maintenance of He powerful landlord lobbies for im- mediate decontrol. Thought-control legislation may also be in the wind for the coming > TURTOSRA 4 5 Pearson speech hints at housing, welfare cuts to all our Patrons and Friends LABOR DAY LAI FONG TAILORS GREETINGS Hightop Black or Blue Denim 1949 Pants made ta measure—$3.59 and up WORKMEN’S OVERALLS 7 east Senter eee TOM’S GROCERY 600 Main Greetings to all Working People Labor Day 1949 HOME FANCY SAUSAGES 264 EAST HASTINGS ST. TA. 3613 VANCOUVER, B.C. basic | Canadian representatives at the} session. Wilfrid LaCroix is expect- HUA hee ug mee ie ~ Washington meetings. ed to return with his private mem- ——_ ‘ B\e of pay from now until Mare. While legislation on the trade |et’s bill for the outlawing of the 81, 1950, be $1.70 an hour, and} While ee aS be a distinct pos- | Labor-Progressive Party. The sub- Coal am then until Maren, 1951, to BniIES tore the coming session of i i vane study = ve Wood Labor Day Greetings from @ $1.75 an hour. ., ; 44 officers o e Crown w ae A amen affects 525 eae Pmanratatees Vee result that “a pile of stuff” is now Sawdust Plumbers, members of the Plumb- ee ae, 4 on Justice Minister Garson’s desk, €fs and Steamfitters Union WAFL-| Most outstanding of these on the | according to reports. It is not UNION : TLC), domestic front is the rent control| known whether the cabinet has FUELS The negotiating committee of| problem, a subject of long hours| within recent weeks given direct LTD € union recommended accept-|of cabinet discussion this month.| attention to the subject of repres- 2 ace of the offer and a ballot/ Reports are current that controls | sive legislation, but recent talks FA. 7663 FE ken at noon Wednesday showed | will be dropped on March 31, 1950. | by top-ranking ministers reveals BSS ae Se nt a two-thirds majority favored the] A final decision is expected just | government-level interest in the | £<$@> oO =o | before parliament assembles. The president of the Ottawa Real Estate Board, says decontrolled rents may go up 50 percent. Va- ‘Proposal,. Previous to the: voting @ two and one-half hour meeting _ Was held in the Labor Temple. question. In a speech at Lake Couchiching Pearson declared his hope that GREETINGS FROM 251 £. Hostings vy a A Dt 5 “ES: <— ——— a | inners ner ata ‘i Nisalso, show |, We. Mey. never .succumb. ito, ithe ; en cae at alee ety stoi black madness of the witch-hunt.” - EAST END ie But he concludes, leaving the door ; area, he said. Since the. government is loath to be put on the spot for removal of domestic rent controls, it may open for a U.S.-type hysteria, with the comment that “if necessary” the strengthening of the criminal code would be considered in Can- 392 West Broadway Marching with the people toward FA. 9596 Peace and Progress bgt apr GF Your satisfaction is our UNION DRIVERS LL ; . take an easy way out by referring | pqa “to deal witetnetenemibe of garuantee HA. 0334 is Dip oor atten gate uae Sap as the state.” We buy your car for cash or Fully 24-Hour 0] if] 1] aaa suenenalieeret or i sieciavie How far Pearson and his col- sell on consignment Insured Service rent controls.. Meanwhile controls leagues intend going with their|| Come and see us on any deal variety of “black madness” is' not (4 Se) Se 613 East Hastings, Vancouver known here, but it must be noted | Cleo Os 5 UNION PRINTERS two months by Pearson on the 650 Howe Street MA. 2154 would remain in force pending a decision from the top court. This is the kind of solution being sug- ‘gested around Parliament Hill, but strong pressure is being exerted by | pp GREETINGS TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS from the ns Hotel subject of “strengthening the criminal code.” Justice Minister Garson followed up Pearson’s observations with a recent talk to members of an in- ternational law fraternity meeting in Ottawa in which he presaged thought-control legislation with the view that thoughts and ideas were “the most dangerous of all” things, |, “transmitted with the speed of light.” / Quee For Printing of Any Description NANAIMO, B.C. \Curran slate loses ; New York’ NMU vote 4 Phar Bey Greetuakom me go LABOR DAY GREETINGS, 1949 oe ‘ ; : NEW YORK from the a ; ms ‘ 2 ae eae ie oe ey. Ree , | Ss por elegates to e ationa! | | B.C. District Council |ji:.c%8s sce PARADISE THEATRE B: on an anti-Curran platform. The 4 pes election, in which more than 4,000 ‘ of the secret ballots were cast, showed SHOWING SEPTEMBER 5th to 10th © > : the slate of President Joseph Cur- ; : ® ~ ran, running on a “drive-the-Com- STAMPEDE ALSO munists-out” platform, a very poor . . ' i U Wi.M &S.W. third ‘in a field of three tickets.||) . GALE STORM BOMBA ae 3} The two anti-Curran ° slates ROD CAMERON THE JUNGLE BOY an -. < aS 714 Ss SS Se > So SS aS agreed that there should be no |’ tampering with the NMU consti- tution, or new efforts to bar Com- munists from office or member- ship; grievances must be fought for through job action and mem- bers expelled for militancy agains shipowners must be reinstated. Union Made G-W.G. Work Clothes Guaranteed Pre-Shrunk GREETINGS ON LABOR DAY FROM Odeon Hastings Theatre Look Better —_ Last Longer || BLUE OVERALL BIBS $4.60 nigg Castle Jewelers {||| STARTING SUNDAY MIDNIGHT PREVIEW BLUE OVERALL SMOCKS eo. eee Gi cae FOR ONE WEEK BLUE “COWBOY KING” PANTS ___. $4.25 752 Granville MA. 8711 “Th D s ALSO KHAKI COVERALLS 2 $7.50 SE ee : ey aye as Castle on the TRON Mani tango = 4 S560 cas by Night” r Brother's Bakery. : HUMPHREY BOGART Hudson - | : 45 East Vancouver Sweet oa sae Tye Breads seeing on ng John Garfield | Haddings Be = OF ea Bere ag Pat O'Brien | i \— = 4 PACIFIC TRIBUNE — SEPTEMBER 2, 1949 — PAGE 7