Calder _ hydro Calder coupled this with any negotiations with the Frobish- er or Alcan interests about hydro projects in the Atlin-Teslin area of northeast British Columbia so that MLAs can pass on plans. “This House should know what negotiations, if any, are proceed- ing about the North to see as mem- bers of the House that they are dealt with in the right way,” Calder said. : Deploring the practice by Socred leaders of making statements on} major developments to the press and not. in the House, Calder ask- ed for the information to be re- leased to the legislature. He compared the present situ- ation to that before the signing CELEBRATE the 44th Anniversary - | of International Women’s Day ‘ ‘FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE IN 1954’ CONCERT International Women’s Choir . _ in international costume. Poems of Pauline Johnson & and other numbers SPEAKER: Mrs. SHEILA YOUNG SUNDAY MARCH 7 8 p.m. Pender — Auditorium asks facts VICTORIA, B.C. Demand for an all-Canadian development of British Columbia-Yukon water resources was ture last week by Frank Calder (CCF, Atlin). the demand that Premier W. a. a ; A. C. Bennett place before the legislature the full facts on of the much-criticized Kitimat deal with Alcan. He reminded the government that the ~pre- vious administration which had made secret deals had been top- pled by the people. “Give us the facts,” asked the youthful CCFer. “Deal with it here.” ? Calder also disagreed with Pre- mier Bennett’s recent remarks fav- oring the plans of the Aluminum Company of America over the rival Frobisher interests. Alcoa would put its plant in the Alaska Panhandle while Frobisher would be an entirely B.C.-Yukon project. “Vd certainly like to see an all-Canadian development and the plants placed on Canadian soil,” the CCF MLA declared. Calder opposed proposals to ask for a Canadian corridor through the Panhandle. “We already have a corridor in the Portland. Canal,” he said, re- ferring to the 60-mile long inlet which penetrates the coastal moun- tains along the south boundary of the Panhandle, 120 miles north of Prince Rupert. ‘ The Atlin MLA put forward the claims of Stewart at the head of the Canal as the ocean port for the whole northern part of B.C. He compared the area from Atlin to the Peace River to a funnel with Portland Canal as the spout. He foresaw the building of a railroad from the Peace River to Stewart and_ recalled the statement of Sir Donald Mann, builder of the Canadian North- ern, that it would have’ the best grade through the Rockies of any road in North America. It was, he said, 739 miles from the Peace River to Vancouver and 759 to Prince Rupert, but only 350 miles from Dawson Creek to Stew- art. , . There are two miles of dock faci- lities on each side of the head of the Portland Canal, all in Cana- dian territory. Resources in Northern B.C. would “stagger the imagination” Calder told the House. He cited the Cassiar asbestos workings at - McDame Creek and the Keno _ Hill Mine, second largest silver mine in Canada and _ lead-zinc producer, as “only mild scratch- ing of the surface of the sleeping giant.” ; z ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. UNION HOUSE HOME OF FIR FUEL PATRONIZE NORTH WEST FUEL LTD. Best . Quality Satisfaction Guaranteed All Woou Handpicked Clean Manufactured Fir Sawdust PHONE: FA. 5247 FA. 2878 WI. 1535 voiced in the legisla- Mine-Mill charges The political reality was not included in the artist! ‘feudal empire’ H(! ae || 8) | S vision of Kitimat. being set up . Aluminum Company of Canada “is violating Canadian and provin- cial laws to set up a feudal empire at Kitimat complete with immigra- tion barriers, company unions, pol- ice, and inhuman conditions of work,” claims the B.C. Mine-Mill paper Union News. ‘Tt is doubtful if the smelter will employ many men even when it goes into production some time next summer, but right now Alcan has three gangs available, one com- ing, one working, and one going,” the union paper:comments. “The only work now underway is pot- lining, and many are constantly leaving, sent out by the doctor suffering from smoke and gas fumes. «Men arriving there, even .the first, already find a union prepar- ed for them by the.top brass of the AFL in collusion with the com- pany. “These labor careerists even im- ported a union from the United States, without a single member in Canada, and signed agreements with the company, to ensure that the cash register would jangle dili- gently for the: benefit of meany and company. : “Not one single worker was on any bargaining committee, but Alcan violating laws at Kitimat they must take the ridiculous wages and foul conditions agreed to by the United States emissar- ies of the AFL, and like it, or get out. “Most infamous of all, the CPR and the Union Steamships have violated the law of the land under the instructions of Alcan by refus- ing to sell tickets to this duly .in- corporated town, unless the buyer has the permission of the Alum- inum Company to” travel there. Thus Mine-Mill district president have been refused tickets by both transportation companies, “This matter was brought up be- fore the provincial cabinet by a union delegation recently, and elicited from Attorney - General Robert Bonner the Opinion that no law permitted a common carrier to do this, and that the union should take legal steps. “The steamship companies have now through the union lawyers been informed of our in- _ tention to do this if the ban Ken Smith and other members isn’t lifted.” Fire of unknown origin — but: ist — damaged the clubroom of | Friday afternoon last week. - The arsonist apparently gained | entrance by prying off a lock on! the door. Three separate’ fires were started, the first on a table | _in the rear room, another among i undoubtedly the work of an arson-' the Young Chinese Canadian As-| sociation at 329 Powell Street on. 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