“Everywhere I went in

% and reconstruction to build a new life.
That was the first thing which Dr. Hew

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Poland and Romania, I found a passionate desir
There is a genuine desire for trade wit

return from his latest visit to
one of them, except Albania, and.

lett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury,
the People’s Demoeracies.

Dean reports Europe’s people
for peace; to visit Canada soon

—LONDON
e for peace
h the West.”

had to say on his
Since the war he has, visited every

eae ee eee

“Operation Ganvas” rolling
couver’s 51 polling districts, Mns.
Jones has reason to feel confi-

made a prolonged stay in the Soviet
Union.

The Dean will arrive in Canada
Nov. 2 to address mass meetings in
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Hamil-
ton, Winnipeg and other Canadian
and U.S. cities.

“Secondly,” he said, “I saw that
enormous steps have been made in
reconstruction and economic de-
velopment in both Poland and Ro-

: mania. There is almost an abund-
. ance of food in both countries and
4 a better life for the people.”

The plentiful food situation in
Poland today, he said, was well
known. He had found the same in
Romania. He had paid a surprise
visit to the Ploesti oil works and
seen and partaken of the excellent

i. lunch in the works canteen. In a
Workers’ Rest Home at Brasov he
had seen the evening meal of a big
plate of meat and rice—and learned
that this was the fifth meal of the

these countries. It shows itself in
several ways.

the old isolation between intellec-
tuals and ‘manual workers is dis-
appearing. The intellectual workers

“I was struck by the fact that

workers.”

adult edueation, together

norance of the peasants.”

the Dean said, due to governmen

tremes of egoism.

have a new scope. They feel that
their services and talents are neea-
ed. They have their place in the
government, They feel- that the;
have roots in the society and arc
anxious to put their intellectual
tools to the service of the manual

“The new education. systems, and,
particularly in Romania, extensive
with
cheap mass editions of popular sci-
ence, are breaking down the ig-

The black market was dying out,

action such as opening state shops,
and public opinion was becoming 2
potent social pressure against ex-

dent of victory in the coming
civic elections December: 8.

“The candidate who can rely
on a big working army of can-
vassers is in a fortunate posi-
tion,” she said. “Under the lead-
ership of Mrs. Vi Bianco, more
than 100 of my supporters were
out ringing doorbells last week,
and I am assured this number
will be tripled from now on.

“Elections are won by people
who wear calluses on_ their
thumbs by ringing doorbells. In
the last analysis, the canvasser
is the most important person in
politics.” :

Canvassing reports indicate
that six out of every ten voters
have heard some of Effie Jones’
election broadcasts, and that
t half this number tune in on the
program regularly, Effie’s pres-
ent listening audience is esti-
mated at 60,000, and this “too,
will triple,” she says, “when

,
vw

Doorbell pushers are
‘key people’, says Effie

“Doorbell-pushers are the most important people in
any election campaign,” declared Mrs. Effie Tones, Civic
Reform candidate for mayor,

this week. With

her
in

more than 40 of Van-

EFFIE JONES

day.

“The third thing that I saw,” the
Dean said, “was that there is an
important revolution in morality in

Dr. HEWLETT JOHNSON’ |

for prices r

to demand price rollbacks.

~" Council also elected secretary PR.
K. Gervin and Jack Stevenson to
represent it at a conference of all

_ B.C, affiliated locals of the Trades

and Labor CongreSs.° This confer-
ence will consider the ICA Act,
and will meet in Vancouver De-
cember 2 and 38,

Reporting on the TLC conven-
tion, Gervin expressed disappoint-
ment that resolutions had been left
till the last day and a half and
DORR RODS SBSDOON
Port Alberni

DIRECTORY

TLC calls public rally

Vancouver Trades and Labor Ccuncil Tuesday night
approved arrangements to call‘a public mass

The rally will be held
November 14, 2 p-m:, in the Hastings-Odeon Theater.

oll-back

protest meeting
Sunday,

viee-president Tom: Alsbury felt
that the Hall case had been Poorly

handled and the elections held too
early.

did not agree that the Hall case
had been poorly handled, pointing
out that the: convention roll-call
vote showed the big majority was
with the Congress executive.

Hugh Bird, in reporting on be-
half of a committee to investigate
what aid could be given to the
striking Typographical union, drew
attention to the scab Province's
circulation drive.

He warned that the Province is

In Romania, where there were
national minorities, the Dean said,
the new morality was to be seen
in the relations between the groups.
At Cluj, in Transylvania, for ex-
ample, there were now two univer-
sities, one for Hungarian-speaking

election day draws nearer.”

Entrance of CCF candidate
Tom Alsbury into the mayoralty
race doesn’t disturb Effie.

“I am supported by a work-
ing committee of 1,000 Vancou-
ver citizens,’ she commented.
“Alsbury is sponisored by a com-

. mittee of 89.”

Fishermen’s delegate Bill Rigby |

and the other for

ferent principle.
Romanian men lived at one; Ro.

at the other. ; =

“In both countries, I saw that
complete religious freedom ex-
isted,” the Dean declared. “There
may be more opposition to the-
government from the Roman
Catholic Church in Poland, but
even there, I believe the mass of
the parish priests ares welcoming
the better life which their par-
ishioners are gaining.”

Wins pay hike |

The Canadian Seamen’s Union
has won an across the board in-
crease of $20 a month for 600 em-
ployees of 12 coast towboat com-
panies.

This was the award of a federal
conciliation board.

Romanian-

speaking students. But, at the two
hostels for students, there was a dif-
Hungarian and

manian and Hungarian girls lived

for towboat men

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M. Yesowick, Manager

trying to convince the public that
the strike is settled, and proposed
a counter-drive-to show that the
Southam sheet is still being pro-
duced behind an ITU pickét-line.

Delegates .were told that the
scab “Canadian National Printing
Trades Union” had applied for cer-
tification at the Province, but when
challenged by the ITU to produce
their books withdrew their appli-
cation and replaced it by an at-
tempt to have the ITU decertified.
This case is still pending. D

Jimmy Thompson and “Digger”
Smith represented the union dur-
ing negotiations and conciliation,
and R. V. Stuart represented the
operators,

The award is retroactive till July
1, bringing the men a back-pay
package of $48,000. The union
originally asked $25 and the oper:
ators offered $10. :
Meanwhile the dispute between
the CSU and deepsea operators has
gone to conciliation, since oper-
ators persist in their proposal for
a $20 wage cut.

Women urge

Burnaby housewives prefer butter to guns and advised
Ottawa to that effect last week with a resolution from the

Burnaby Housewives and Consumers’

“urgently” requested the
foreign policy and its plan of

monies for the benefit of our Can-

IN Uc

peace policy

Association which |

government “to revoke its present

rearmament” so as to “utilize

adian economy.”

The motion cited the fact that
“numbers of Canadian people are
suffering the discomfort of inade-
quate housing and that “a large

It is being sent to External Af-
fairs Minister L. B. Pearson and
James Sinclair, MP.

Mrs. Freda Adams spoke on the

“It js obvious that this sorry
attempt to split the labor vote
. has more to it than meets. the
eye. Alsbury refused to enter
the mayoralty contest last year
a and I stepped into the breach
at the last minute to prevent
the non-partisans having a free
ride into power.

“I threw a scare into the old
gang, polling more than 19,000
votes, the .highest progressive

_ vote ever cast in Vancouver.

“Now Alsbury runs for mayor,

with not the slightest hope of

winning, in order to try and split
my vote. re

“Is it right to call him a CCF
candidate—or would it be more
correct to label him a dummy
candidate for the non-parti-
sans?” :

Along with canvassing, finan-
ces play an important part in
election work. Effie’s campaign
manager, Elgin ‘Ruddell, says:
“Effie has the goods, but we
must ,display them. This can
only be done through excessive
advertising in newspapers, keep-
ing Effie on the air, buying bill-
board space, etc. All of which
costs money. We therefore urge
all supporters to turn in cash
as they collect it, to Effie Jones’
eféction headquarters at 339
West Pender, Your fighting do}l-
lars will help to elect Fighting
Effie.” 7

And the citizens don’t like it.

The North Vancouver Civic Labor
Federation, meeting under chair-
manship of E. P. Murphy last week,
unanimously protested the North
Vancouver Council’s action in
slashing ferry service.

Ferries formerly travelled across
Burrard Inlet every 20 minutes
after 6:20 p.m. and every 30 min-
utes after 10 p.m. They now leave
every 40 minutes after 6:20 p.m.
The 6 a.m. service has been abol-
ished.

One ferry has been put out of
commission for this shift, with re-
sulting layoffs. In addition bus

service on the North Shore has
been dislocated.

Federation spokesmen point out
that thousands of residents are in-
convenienced by this arbitrary ac-

ing the
years of bi-partisan anti-commun-

North shore labor body
protests ferry cut

North Vancouver citizens are facing the prospect of
some dreary vigils on the ferry wharfs during wintry even-
ings—unless they want to pay 25 cents to board the BCE
bus that crosses First Narrows, btidge.

that direction instead of putting
the ferries on a paying basis.

Many North Shore citizens be-
lieve the move is a step to wiping
out the ferries completely, with the
city council playing the BCE game

to establish a complete monopoly
for the private transit concern,

The Federation is planning to
distribute a leaflet calling on the
citizens to fight curtailment, and
plans on contesting the December

civic elections,
po Se

War scare yields}
few supermen

The American people are reap-
whirlwind from three

tion.

b<“The cliizens ‘bwh the ferry

sulted,” Mrs... Emily Nuttall,
secretary, announced. “People
present at the meeting also op-
‘posed further fare increases,
since the mayor has admitted the
ferries have made over a million
dollars to date.”

system but have not been con- |

ist hysteria. Result of inflated
prices and aggravated housing
shortage during that period is geo-
graphically revealed in statistics
released by the American draft
board. ; %

In the age group 24 to 25 which is
now being called up, 72 percent of
those called have been rejected as
unfit for military service. The
majority of those rejected were suf-
fering from heart trouble or psy-

majority are unable to purchase campaign for price roll-backs and choneurotic disorders. In New York

37 —

For all your fuel supplies

sufficient essential food to main-
tain a safe health standard.” ~

UPA

i UAALLCAUTHUE NTT ATT

Mrs. Sheila Young on “Women’s
Fight for Peace.”

}| when curtailment can only lead in

Concern was also expressed over
attempts to panic the people with

87 percent were rejected,

During the war years only; 36 per-

talk of a possible deficit this year

cent were turned down.

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