Home “ Women’s Activities “ Family LIVING COSTS ones Milk boost brings demand for probe of distribution VICTORIA, B.C.—Action of the B.C. Milk Board last Week in raising the price of milk in Victoria from 15 to 17 cents for standard and 17 to 19 cents for special milk has drawn strong criticism from consumer and other organiza- tions, including the Labor-Pro- Sressive Party, in the capital. The Protest, it is expected, will be bolstered as a consequence of the increase in Vancouver milk prices this week from 14 to 15 for stan- dard and 16 to 17 for special milk. Opposition centers around the fact that farmers and distributors will share equally in the Victoria increase in view of representations Made by consumer groups at Milk Board hearings in Vancouver last Week that farmers could be given & higher price for their milk Without increasing the price to consumers by increasing the effi- Clency and lowering the cost of milk distribution. A brief presented to the Milk Board hearing in Vancouver by Mrs. Minerva Miller, representing the LPP, made these points: @. Opposition to increases in re- tail prices is quite consistent with Ncreased returns to farmers pro- Vided action is taken on costs of Processing and distribution and Provided “there is the proper ex- €rcise of government responsibil- ty for the maintenance of pur- Sing power.” @ Even in 1944, when milk con- Sumption was at its highest point, the - federal government estimated at “a further increase of 35 Percent is necessary to meet mini- Mum health requirements.” @ Since the first increase in milk prices went into effect in June 1946 fluid milk sales in this Eaerince have declined by 15 per- @ Cost of milk distribution Tanging from 5 to 7 cents a quart 88 compared to approximately 8% Cents received by farmers indi- Cates the need for investigating Wasteful methods of distribution sch “the question of profits in he Processing and _ distributing 80d of the industry.” Ts. Miller told E. C. Carr, sit- “Ng as the Milk Board, that she tshed “to make it very clear pBat we stand behind farmers in heir demands for increased Prices.” She did not agree, how- ever, “that such increases must Passed on to the consuming Bublig.* nnn Your Date for Saturday Nite NOVEMBER 1ST HALLOWE'EN CABARET & NOVELTY DANCE John Goss Studio \ 641 Granville Orchestra — Refreshments Tickets at the Door, 85c } /West End Council, LPP I believe that the time has come when the government must heed the public demand for milk subsi- dies,’ she declared. “The fact that the federal government deserves the strongest condemnation for having dropped subsidies does not relieve the provincial government of the responsibility for stepping into the breach in the interests of the people.” She suggested that a full in- quiry would demonstrate that it was in the public interest “for the government to take over milk processing and distribution and run the plants as publicly owned utilities in cooperation with muni- cipal authorities,” predicting high- er returns for farmers and _ in- creased consumption if this were done. Hello CIO Here Ruth Wiencek, internation- al representative for the Telephone Workers Organizing Committee, is shown as she placed the plans of the CIO’s newest affiliate before the recent CIO convention at Boston. 5 rg WOMEN AND THE ARTS which she was made a member along with Leon Lorrain, general secretary of the Banque Canadi- enne Nationale. Gabrielle Roy did not make the usual type of acceptance address. She chose rather to describe a recent visit to the working-class district of St. Henri where the scenes of her book are laid, de- scribing in her remarks how her characters had fared since. she last left them. In their own phrases, Pitou, Rose-Anna and Azarius of her novel described their post-war ex- periences. The “harsh prediction’ of un- employment and depression was on everyone’s lips, she _ declared. “These two terrible words, heavy with fear and with anger, were embittering their thoughts.” Such is “our wretched system.” “St. Henri was telling me once again,” she said, “of our waste of human energies, of human hopes, when we say that we are too poor to undertake work of construction. Poor! . .. our social order stands condemned today |primarily because we make use of so many lives and abilities only for war.” ercner eter rrss armerte tos SALLY BOWES Let Me Solve Your INCOME TAX PROBLEMS Room 20 — 9 E. Hastings MA. 9965 STATE THEATRE MALE Continuous from 11 am. Mh bey IM RIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947 STARTS SUNDAY MIDNITE, NOVEMBER 2nd Now at Popular Prices é nussia’s MnsT ALLCOLOR FEATURE _ARTKINO presents ¢Sifon PARADE ALSO MOSCOW MUSIC HAS, A breath taking pageant of the 16 Sovi LNT IN BRILLIANT NATURAL COLOR English * dialogue et Republics = ae : French-Canadian novelist » indicts ‘wasteful system’ Gabrielle Roy, who wrote the best selling novel, “The Tin Flute,’ joined with the characters of her story to deliver a sharp indictment of our social system at a recent Montreal meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, French section, at Free Service No matter where in the US workers are out on strike, the chances are there will be a doctor from the medical division of the Progressive Citizens of America offering free services. Here Dr. William Berg, PCA dentist, does some dental work for Paul Satu- low, whose union, the CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers, has been on strike at Brooklyn since August. STANTON & MUNRO Barrister - Solicitor Notary Publie 502 Holden Bldg. — MAr. 5746 Night: ALma 2177-M EAST END TAXI UNION DRIVERS HA. 0334 Fully 24-Hour Insured Service 613 East Hastings, Vancouver HELLO, little Junior Miss. reads this, you will have made a safe arrival into By the time your mother this strange and turbulent world, although to your eyes all will appear calm and serene. already an accomplished fact so that you might be free to grow up into a healthy, vigorous citizen with the right to think as you please, to speak as you please, and to work and play as you please. But nevertheless it is here, fighting to live and grow as you must fight to live and grow, and if I can only promise you. a life of struggle and hard work, you must. know that it will come in your time. Does this make your little eyes grow wide with wonder as you Survey the vast, rich country of which you have become a part and you see the multitude of people scurrying about their daily tasks? You will see much more some day. You will see thousands of men and women converging on fac- tories and stores in the grey light of morning and again you will See these same people trudging wearily home in the faint light of dusk. If you were to follow them home you would glimpse families gathered around the sup- per table and you might hear the woman complaining about the higher price of milk or the need for new shoes for the boy. You would see the man shake his head in hopelessness as he gives his wife his earnings, and your little heart would ache at the disap- pointment and frustration mir- rored on the woman’s face. * ae. * I HAVE painted a bitter-sweet picture for you, Junior Miss, but I have not yet told you that you are an heir to a great legacy, that you have been given some- thing that no amount of money can buy. You will not grow up with that feeling of hopeless rage against your environment as will so many of your little friends. You fv< born of working class parents, which is something in itself of which to be proud, but more than that you have: parents who are leaders of their fellow workers and are loved and respected by them for their ceaseless and un- tiring efforts to achieve security and happiness for the people of this land. They can explain to you this endless struggle of man and they will show to you how that small handful of men who hold the destinies of millions in ther hands will inevitably fall beneath that immense power of their own creating which we call the work- ing class. * * MAY YOU have courage and vision in the struggle ahead of you and may you have sympathy, tolerance and understanding for your fellow worker. The fight for freedom is never a_ lonely battle and you will be comforted by the knowledge that countless thousands throughout the world are united in the common struggle for a secure and peaceful future. It is our job to see that your rights are ensured and that your fight will be made a little easie~ by the gains we win... My last wish for you is that someday you will see the begin- ning of a new era in which man na. longer toils for the profit of another, a time when every man is free to determine his own future and bring up his family in peace, security and happiness.—B.G. HIGHEST PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. EST. 1905 719 Robson St. — MAr. 2622 I wish that the“free, new world” were PATTERN FEATURE 8235 #2-20 A smart, handsomely fitting dress with butten-trimmed shoulders and hips. Patterm $235 comes in sizes 12 to 20. Send 25 _cents in coin, your name, ad- dress, pattern: number and size to Federated Press Pattern Ser- vice, 1150 Avenue of the Ameri- cas, New York 19, N.Y. KINDERGARTENS Lack of money delaying plan BURNABY, B.C.—Lack of finan- ces for new school. buildings to accomodate the municipality's steadily increasing number of school children is delaying Burn- aby Schoo) Board's plan to estab- lish three kindergartens, School Trustee Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson told the Pacific Tribune this week. “We have ordered the equip- ment, but that’s as far as we have. been able to go,” Mrs. Wilson said. “We had hoped to have at least one kindergarten open early in the new year, but there’s little we can do until we’ve overcome the present crowded conditions. “This year we've 800 new pupils, 500 of them beginners and the rest children of families that have moved “here in the past few months. As a result, we’re still running double shifts at Edmonds, Capitol Hil! and Sperling schools.” Mrs. Wilson stated that the school board had approached the council for a new school at Ed- monds, for which the council’s share of the cost would have been around $116,000. The council, however, did not have the money and the provincial government, appproached jointly by the councit and school board to advance its share of the cost, thus enabling construction to be started, refused to authorize the grant until] the council ‘had its share of the cost available. For CONSTANTINE FINE CUSTOM TAILORING 501 Granville St. Ladies and Gentlemen PA. 1452 PAA PACIFIC FRIBUNE—PAGE 7