to rest when he was seized by a

Blumes charges board
‘sat.on’ 10 million dollars

“Many Vancouver children are today attending school on a swing shift, or in makeshift classrooms,
because the school board is sitting on $10,500,000 in building funds, a large part of which was made avail-
able as far back as 1945,” Dr. Joseph Blumes charged Thursday last week in a radio address over station

CKWX.

“This $10% million is half of all the money thit you voted for school buildings since 1945,” Dr.

Blumes continued.

“Vancouver School Board mem-|
bers have known all along of the
increase year by year in our birth
rate. Its bureau of measurements
has done a good job in predicting
enrolment trends. But the board
has not acted on the information
of its own department. This fail-
ure to build new schools as needed
can only be attributed to misman- |
agement and negligence.

“This negligence is even more
to be condemned when we real-
ize that the cost of building has
doubled since 1946. This means
that today, the same money will
build only half as many schools.
I charge that the school board is
guilty of a gross waste of public
funds — our tax money.”

Calling for action to have the
$10% million spent on new class-
rooms, Dr. Blumes pointed out that
increased school enrolment in the
next five years will be almost
double the increase of the last five
years. “This makes it imperative,”
he said, “that the new money by-
law must be passed.

“But it is not enough to vote the
money — you must also vote the

leadership.

“The complacency of the
school board members stems
from its domination for years by
one political clique. That’s why
l have decided to run again as
an independent candidate for
school board.

“In the past two years I have
been campaigning for free milk for
needy children. I intend to con-
tinue striving towards this goal.

“But this flagrant bungling of
the school board has convinced me
that there is even greater reason
.or a change this year. It is un-
thinkable that $10% million worth
of school construction should be
delayed while hundreds of Vancou-
ver children study in make-shift
classrooms and on swing: shifts.

“Qur citizens of tomorrow de-
serve the best start in life today.
We must have more schools, not
less children.”

Last year Dr. Blumes ran sixth
in the school board ‘race, polling
28,540 votes.

Labor leader
found dead

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C.

A well known figure in the Van-
couver Island labor movement, Er-
nie Anderson, of Campbell River,
died this week under tragic cir-
eumstances at the early age of 44
years. He had gone alone on a
hunting trip and when he failed to
return a search party was organ-
ized. Searchers found his body
where he had obviously sat down

fatal heart attack.

Ernie Anderson was a former
president of the International
Woodworkers’ Courtenay local 1-
363, and he was subsequently ac-
tive in organizing the shortlived
Woodworkers Industrial Union. He
was a foundation member of the
_ Labor-Progressive party.

He is survived by his wife,
i ‘Gladys, and two sons, Terry, 14,
and Morey, 10. =

Funeral services will be held at
Campbell River this Saturday, No-
vember 14, at 2.30 p.m. |

.

LEO NiMSICK, MLA

Nimsick asks
why Howard

denied entry

Leo Nimsick, MLA (CCF-Cran-
broook) is asking Canadian authori-
ties to explain why immigration
officials at Paterson refused As-
bury Howard admission to this
country October 14 to address a
Mine-Mill meeting in Trail. How-
ard is a regional director of the
union, who led the fight for im-
proved working conditions in the
southern United States.

“Howard happens to be a Negro,
which in itself makes it evident
that he must have worked hard to
attain his position in spite of the
obstacles placed in the way of peo-
ple of his ‘race,’ said Nimsick’s
statement.

“The Canadian officials gave no
reason for the refusal, and stated
that they had nothing definite
against his entering Canada.

“An incident such as this should
concern every Canadian citizen

who is proud of the freedom we
enjoy.

“Surely this was not a retaliatory
measure, because some Canadians
had been refused by American
authorities? Two wrongs do not
make a right. In view of the fact
that there is no restriction on
broadcasting from either side of
the line, surely the reason is not
because he was to speak at a meet-
ing of Mine-Mill local.480. If it
was a mistake, and an injury has
been committed against Mr. How-
ard, no time should be lost in pub-
licly tendering him our apologies,
and prove that we are still a de-
mocratic country, where color,
creed or nationality is not a decid-
ing factor.”

B.C. favors
Big-Power
negotiations

Citizens of British Columbia are
overwhelmingly in favor of Big
Power negotiations to save peace,
B.C. Peace Council claimed this
week on the basis of a poll con-
ducted throughout the province.

The council announced that, to
date, 17,663 people had voted in

|the National Peace Referendum

which asks, “Do you favor a meet-
ing of the leading powers with a
view to solving, through negotia-
tions, questions which threaten
the peace of the world?”

Voting In favor of such a
meeting were 17,390, with only
273 voting against.

Council stressed that these
were only provincial results and
stated that national results of the
poll would be made public by the
Canadian Peace Congress in. To-
ronto.

A national peace delegation,
headed by Dr. James Endicott,
of Toronto, will present the re-
ferendum results to the new par-
liament on November 16. Ray
Gardner, B.C. Peace Council
chairman, left this week to par-
ticipate in the. delegation.

“We hope that the new parlia-
ment will be a ‘peace parliament’,”
states a council press release.
“The referendum results show,
convincingly, that the people de-
sire an end to the cold war. Par-
liament should now act to help
bring it about. We urge all Can-
adians to write to their members
of parliament asking them to help
end the cold war by insisting that
the great powers talk it out, in-

stead of fighting it out.”

Rush speaks at UBC

. Maurice Rush, city secretary of
the Labor-Progressive party, spoke
at a meeting of the UBC LPP last
week. He told students that Can-
ada’s economy is “completely dom-
inated” by the United States.

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Contests school board

Elgin Ruddell, who has con-
tested many civic posts in past
elections, announced this week
that he will run for school board
in the Vancouver civic election,
December 9.

Kitimat first in B.C.
fo adopt fluoridation

Kitimat will be the first B.C.
community to use fluoridation of
its water supply to prevent tooth
decay, in children. The water will
also be chlorinated.

Kitimat Reeve W. H. Sparks
made the announcement at the re-
cent convention of Municipal En-
gineers’ Division of the B.C. En-
gineering Society.

Labor loses.
city pioneer

Mrs. Ida May Nairne, well know?
in Vancouver labor circles, pass
peacefully away on November
at {he home of her daughter,
Mildred Drummond.

She was born in Lindsay, OF
tario, December 10, 1881, but was
brought to the Pacific Coast whet
only one year old and lived her®
for 71 years. Both she and her hue —
band, the later Roderick C. Naitt®
were staunch supporters of the Je
bor movement.

Mrs. Nairne was an active mem
ber of South Hill Peace Coum
along with two of her four daugl

ters, Mrs. M. Drummond and
Val Adams. . ee
Funeral services were held . a
day, November 6, at the Chapel ?
Hamilton Undertaking Compal
Interment followed at Moun
View Cemetery. ‘
In lieu of flowers, South wil
Peace Council donated money
the work of peace in honor of
memory.

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Mrs. Nairne is survived bY fo";

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