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Some of the CPR buildings on the right-of-way between Cardero and Abbott
and in the False Creek and central yards ‘‘are assessed as low as 25 percent of what

they should be.”

This is the contention of J. S. Mulcahy, former senior evaluator in the Van-
couver assessment department, who was fired three months ago.

When you head for H-bomb shelter
take some Strontium 90 with you

Mulcahy’s appeal on the
CPR assessment will go be-
fore the court of revision which
starts February 1.

“The whole city system of
assessment needs revising, as
recommended last year in the
Public Administration Service
report on civic
Mulcahy said this week.

The report, made by a Chi-
cago firm, states on page 38
that “a survey of industrial
and commercial buildings is
perhaps the most obvious

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See ASSESSMENTS

efficiency,”

NEW YORK

Milk (the powdered kind),
tomato juice and canned green
beans are among the items
that the U.S. Civil Defense
Administration urges families
to take with them when they
retreat before H-bomb attacks.

Informed that these were
among 12 staple foods the U.S.

government is testing for ra-
diation poisoning including
contamination by the dread
strontium-90, according to a
Washington news dispatch, a
Civil Defense spokesman here
displayed only mild interest.

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VANCOUVER OFFER REJECTED

British Columbia teachers
want salaries commensurate
with their training and re-
Sponsibilities. They feel
that at the very least their
farnings should be brought
up to those of skilled work-
ers in other occupations.

This demand, echoed in
every local association of
the B.C. Teachers Federa-
tion, is behind the over-
whelming rejection of Van-
couver School Board’s “fin-
al” salary offer by both
elementary and secondary
teachers in meetings held
Thursday last week.

The board’s offer to ele-
Mentary teachers was for
an average 10.5 percent in-
crease, which would mean
an additional $400 a year
for most teachers, with
Some receiving as little as
$200 a year more and a few
$500 a year. This was about

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See TEACHERS

* Working under difficult

conditions created by
Overcrowded schools, teacl-
ers are demanding salaries
a line with their responsi-
bilities, This picture shows
a class crowded onto stage
at Tecumseh school three
years ago.

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