eg ae. — | : Aerial photo of Fraserview housing project (above) suggests what could be done if the city would undertake a low-rental housing project, similar to Little Mountain project, in the area immediately to the west of Fraserview Golf Course. The Little Mountain housing scheme has been successful in removing a large number of families, including some 400 children, from really bad housing, at no cost City groups ask to the ratepayer. oO; i = ? mull Pacifi Gs rm ¥ vl i ti if io BEUINIEN2 MiirctfsronasedPioeeseeouttl it i re Navenenee phd tds. Disasrrrasensnansell th A FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1955 Hitler promoted Hans Spei- del to the rank of lieutenant- general after he had shown his worth in the battles which led to the defeat of France. In 1940 Speidel was on the staff of the Nazi Ninth Army Corps in the war against France and was later appoint- ed chief of staff to the military commander in the occupied country, the man responsible for the arrest, deportation and murder of thousands of Who is General Speidel? Frenchmen. lt was Speidel who stood on Goering’s left hand when Goering watched the first flights of the Luftwaffe cross- ing the Channel to attack London. Later in the war. Speidel served as a Staff officer with Army Group B in the Ukraine where, under his orders, towns and villages were de- stroyed and the civilian popu- lation massacred. Continued from page |! DEUTSCHLAND Taking off from Duesseldorf ainfield, General Galland; for- merly inspector-general © of the Nazi Fighter Command, was try- ing out the controls of single- seater training planes which had just been delivered to form the nucleus of the new Luftwaffe. General Galland is being tip- Health committee for flouridation By a 9-0 vote, metropolitan health committee this week re- commended fluoridation of Great- er Vancouver’s water supply as a preventive for tooth decay. The issue — hotly debated for some five years — now goes be- fore the councils represented on the health committee — Vancou- ver, North. Vancouver City and District, West Vancouver, Bur- naby, Richmond, and University area — which must instruct their representatives on Greater Van- eouver Water Board, with which the final decision rests, for or against fluoridation. Toronto’s metropolitan council voted this week to add fluoride to the water supply serving 1,- 200,000 people. Vote was 185 in favor of fluoridation. ped as the commander of the new Luftwaffe, the post former- ly occupied by Marshal Her- mann Goering. For Luftwaffe General Gal- land, the saturation bombing of Coventry in the Battle of Britain was a “success” which, to his regret, “the German Luftwaffe never again repeated.” All the foreign ministers. of the Atlantic Pact countries join- ed in welcoming General Speidel and Dr. Adenauer as “allies.” British Foreign Secretary Har- old Macmillan said that this was an historic event, and declared: “Hereby we proclaim our faith in the German people.” U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles claimed that “the defense of freedom is enlarged and strengthened.” French Foreign Minister Pi- nay, said the Nazi generals were being welcomed because their “attachment to human values is as great as ours.” But in West Germany, the Social Democratic party urged that all plans for rearmament of Western Germany should be at least deferred until new talks with the Soviet Union on reuni- fication of Germany. Erich Ollenhauver, Social Demo- cratic leader, called for interna- tional agreement on the Euro- pean security system within the framework of the United Na- tions. Arguments for and against a second subsidized low-rental housing project 1 low-rent housing pn Vat couver will be presented Friday this week ata special city council meeting called by Maye Hume. Associated Property Owners As- sociation are expected to have spokesmen present to oppose the scheme. Proponents of low-rental hous- ing would like to see another ’ Little Mountain type of project get underway. Strong arguments will be ad- vanced by Vancouver Housing Association. A current VHA bulletin makes these points: @ Senior Citizens. Vancouver, with 12.8 percent of its popula- tion over 65 (compared with 7.8 for Canada as a whole) has a special problem in providing housing for older citizens. Hous- ing built under section 36 of the National Housing Act will cost the city considerably less than Trade unions, Vancouv LPP and other groups will press for lo sections of the population. Vancouver Board of Trade, similar housing built by private societies under section 16. Such housing should not be concen- trated in large blocks, but should be dispersed. @ Family Rental Housing. Over 400 eligible families apply- ing for admission to the Little Mountain project had to be re- jected because the project was already full. Fresh applications are coming in at the rate of one a day. No moderate rental hous- ing for families with children is being provided by private en- terprise in Vancouver today. Therefore it is necessary for the government to create a pool of this type of housing, and to pre- er Housing Association, Civic Reform Association, w-rental housing for senior citizens and low-inco™ Vancouver Real Estate Bo#!™ pare for an urban redevelop™ ii program involving slum cles a ance and rehousing. The si of immediately ‘to the west oo Fraserview Golf Course, Maus was previously reserved fol ae ited dividend housing PPI might suitably be develope? this purpose. of @ Slum Clearance. wuch the housing in the area pov pur broadly by Burrard Inlet, chat rard Street, Broadway 3% | due Drive is, or will shortly £20 ing for replacement. (City Plame! Department should give ae plat study to the area and 10h 45 a plan for its redevel a high priority assignme?’ Eight-nation treaty signed. Under the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance just conclu ot ¢he Warsaw between the Soviet Union and seven People’s Democracies, the armed forces en Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Albania have nal united under a single command. “Although the people’s struggle to relax inte tension has resulted in certain successes, nevertheless the situation in certain region. 5 it world gives rise to anxiety,” said Soviet Premier Bulganin. is necessary to unite the efforts of our states their defensive capacity.’ Here (left to right) Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, new ‘Defers? commander, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, t Minister Zhukov are shown at the Warsaw conference. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 20, 1955 — “Under existing © and to take new Soviet Premier Bulganin and Sovie measures for st