LPP club submits brief

to Rossland council

ROSSLAND—Ralph Berry, director of municipal affairs,
of the Unity Club, Rossland, appearing before the Rossland

City Council, Monday,

November 24th, advanced proposals

for the necessity of an ambulance and an incinerator.

The LPP brief, drew to the
attention of Mayor Corner, and
aldermen, the serious accidents
which have occurred in the past,
and especially of late; how ad-
ditional suffering is inflicted
through the lack of prompt am-
‘bulance conveyance,

' ‘The LPP brief proposed that
the ambulance should be owned
by the citizens of Rossland, and
housed in the fire hall under the
‘administration of Fire Chief Mar-
tin and his men. ‘Further that

Xmas gifts--‘say
it with books’

Outstanding opportuntiy for
worthwhile Christmas shopping
will be the First Annual Book
Fair ta be held on December 12
and 18 at the Pender Auditorium.

Displays will include the latest
books .o1; a wide variety of sub-
jects — novels, the trade unions,
books for children, .the United
Nations,

Special features add _ interest
throughout the Fair—display of
sculpture, child art, weaving,
painting, folk songs and films.

The fair will not only be an in-
teresting and unique Vancouver
event, but will alsa provide an
opportunity to do some Christmas
shopping in a pleasant atmos-
phere,

Friday from 7 p-m. Saturday
from 2 p.m.

the cost of the ambulance should
not be an obstacle for it’s pur-
chase—the most important fact to
bear in mind is the seving of
human life in times of emerg-
ency. :

On the question of the inciner-
ator, Berry congratulated the
council on the discontinuation of
the garbage disposal dump at the
Schofield Highway entrance to the
city.

The creation of a new disposal
dump at the Black Bear Mine
at the southern entrance of the
city justified severe criticism of
the council—that instead of im-
proving this drastic situation the
council was continuing it.

The condemnation of hundreds
of citizens of this practice brings
to the fore the vital necessity of
installing an incinerator for gar-
bage .disposal.

Berry urged to the council,
that they. recommend to the 1948

‘council that sufficient monies in

the 1948 budget for the purchase
of these two very important re-
quirements be allowed, or failing
this, put the question before the
electorate in the form of a by-
law on election day next month.
Mayor Corner warmly thanked
Ralph Berry for the brief pre-
sented on behalf of the Unity Club
of the LPP, and congratulated
him on the constructive criticism
of the council and concrete pro-
posals submitted, and promised
that the city council, would give
serious consideration to the pro-
posals outlined in the brief.

Hansen will seek seat
as Surrey councillor

CLOVEDALE—Ted Hanson of Port Kells, who made

his first bid for public office

last year is again contesting

Ward 1, Surrey, long represented on the council by former

councillor Tom Binnie.

Born in Norquay, Saskatchewan,
‘im 1918, Hanson spent his child-
‘hood jn both Eastern and Western
-©anada. He spent the depression
“years on the prairies, Long active

in the TWA, he is. a member of
: Local 1-357, New Westminster, and
chief shop steward at the Royal
City mills. ;

“Chief issues being advanced by
Ted Hanson are better roads for
the municipality, which if proper-
ly planned, will pay dividends to
its people, and continuation of
effort to compel the provincial
government to relieve the people
of the cost of education and social
Services. : j
Last year in making his first

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bia for council, and with the en-
dorsation of the TWA local, Han-
son polled 256 votes, representing
petter than one-third of the total

vote cast

in the ward.

TED HANSON

“To contest Surrey seat

Alberni unionist
in civic contest

James F. Saxby, aldermanic can-
didate for Port Alberni, has a
long record of service in the labor
movement, A dry-kiln marker in
the APL mills at Port Alberni,
Saxby is head job steward and
president of the Alberni IWA_ sub-
local.

Other labor posts held by Saxby
include secretary of the Alberni
Joint Labor Council, secretary of
the Vancouver Island Labor Covn-
cil, member of the IWA District
executive and member of the
Board of Directors of the PA
Credit Union. ;

In his aldermanic run Saxby
has the endorsation of the Alberni
District Labor Courrcil.

Protest against
sales tax grows

Although the government gave

mayors, reeves and councillors
asking for a sales tax to meet
education costs, it was indicated

now.

next session of the B.C. Legista-
ture will do nothing about it
unless sponsored by a private
member.

Protests® against a sales tax
have been made by IWA Auzxili-
aries and other organizations.

no answer to the delegation of

such a move would not be taken

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Press reports stated that the

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ruling and revert to the 7 cent
fare on-BCElectric cars and
busses. Failing this, to compel
the company to issue receipts
to all passengers paying fares.

According to the Public Utili-
ties Commission ruling, the
| fare increase granted was on
an ‘interim’ basis, until the
whole case can be submitted
to a full hearing at a later
date. If later on, the delega-
tion argued, the increase is
found to be unjustifiable (and
most Vancouverites think it is),
commuters will be able to get
their money -refunded from
the BCElectric. ,

In addition to the old fare-
rate ticket which reads, ‘good
for one fare’ commuters must
now put 2 cents extra in the
box, while the new tickets are
three for 25° cents. © Expert
legal opinon iin Vancouver
argue that the validity of the
present BCElectric increased
fare can be effectively -chall-
enged, either by: compelling the
company to issue receipts for
all fares sold, or enjoining their
| right to collect extra fare on
if old tickets. : 3 :

Effie Jones, who has made
the BCElectric fare-hoist the

| A representative delegation headed by mayorality
candidate Effie Jones asked the Public, Utilities Com-
|| mission Wednesday to withdraw its increased fare

one fare’

Feentral point in her mayoralty
campaign, headed the delega-
tion.

| Facsimile of old ‘fare’ to
which must now be added 2
cents . ... with no receipt!

advance social and industrial legis-
lation covering the industry.

‘The convention heard addresses
by C. S. Jackson, Canadian direc-

kog, IWA_ international board.
member, and Dan Radford, CCL
regional director. John Clark, in-
ternational president of the
IUMM&S and Chase Powers,
board member, also addressed the
convention.
Jackson told the convention
that organized labor in Canada
faces the task of protecting the
lliving standards of the people
from the Wall Street “dictators
who would turn Canada: into an
economic colony of the U.S.”

International} President © John

Marine workers
elect officers

Returns in the election of
officers in Local No. 1, Marine
Workers and Boilermakers’ Union,
Vancouver, shows

of office.
President, William White;

Vice-president, William (Bil)
Stewart; Secretary-treasurer, Mal-

tary, George Brown; Executive
members are W. Jacobs, E. La
Chance, R. Stewart and A. Malone;
Trustee, A. Scott; Conductor, J.
Yurichuk; Warden R. Reid; and
press, W. Schwartz.

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Wismer promises miners’ meet
labor code will be ‘streamlined’

Approximately 35 hard-rock miner dele gates from all key. centers “of B.C. and the
Northwest Territories met this week in the fifth annual convention ofthe District Miners’
Union of the IUMM&S. For three days the delegates hammered out’ policies designed to

the union in the U.S. districts.
stated that the operation of the
Taft-Hartley bill “has set our union
' Alarmed by the increasing num-
ber of fatalities in the industry,
delegates keynoted the need for
greater safety measures in the
mines. The convention demanded
miner representation on examina-
tion boards for competency and
governing the issuance of eertifi-
cates. It was also urged that cer-
tification of all miners.should be
adopted. “This would put an end to
the business of green young men
being taken off the streets and
put underground,” declared Harvey

the IUMM&S. .

In a brief address to the dele-
gates, Provincial Mines Minister
R. C. MacDonald promised support.
to the miners’ demand for im-
proved safety regulations, —

Bill 89, which has been univers-
ally condemned by organized labor
in British Columbia, is to be

Murphy, Western representative of ”

Clark, reviewing the progress. of | miners’ convention Labor Minister

Gordon Wismer agreed with many
of the objections to Bill 39 put
forward by labor. “Much of it is
cumbersome and ponderous” de--
clared the minister, “and practical-
ly defeats the worker’s last resort -
weapon—the strike.” He indicated
that much of the proposed amend-
ments advanced by the B.C, Fed-
eration of Labor would be .incor-
fsbo into the “new streamlined

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