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. PACIFIC ROOFING Company Limited CE. 2733 2509 West Broadway N. Bitz - B. 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