OPPOSED TO WARD SYSTKiVi WHETHER WE GIVE OR LEASE 1T, YOU CAN HAVE IT TAX OR RENT~FREE DURING THE INITLAL YEARS TO HELP YouR ENTERPRISE GET OFF OF COURSE MY TAXPAYERS WILL NEED To Buy THE PROPERTY FOR $2-4+ MILLION BEFORE I AM FREE To GIVE 1T TO You. (F WE G/VE YOU TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, IT WILL BE RENT FREE. oN THE OTHER HAND, IF WE ZEASE THE PROPERTY © To You, IT WILL BE TAX FREE. UMusr Be = You witt BE REE TODO = EREE TO SELL Wek Tie Ct THE cS PROPERTY, CAPITAL GAIN. / x “OBSERVER,” a reader of the PT, sent us the above fartoon dealing with the negotiations between Mayor Rathie and Toronto Maple Leaf president Smythe con- ferning the building of a coliseum in downtown Van- LABOR ROUNDUP: YOUR CITIZENS WILL BE FREE TO PARTICIPATE IN FINANCING OF THE BUILDING. cindy Local 15 of the Office Em- Berces International Union has i a another resounding victory h the announcement Tuesday ag a good settlement has been ieved with Yarrows shipyard ictoria, Under terms of the agreement, BS A employees will all get an yy s TOss the board increase of $56 ; | © ®onth, an additional $16 amonth 1 he Jan, 1, 1965 and a further $15 Oct, 15, 1965, Certain cate- oa ities, encompassing 31 ofthe 45 Reers, get an added $12 effec- Ye immediately. = All workers will get three weeks ation after seven years, TRANSIT Cont’d from page 1 | ®robable result of the proposed —*f€ boost would be a reduction Service, DAE Ee reli ti 4 The importance of these ques- ns is seen in fact that the terms of th = € franchise agreement be- en the municipalities andB,C, Ydro calls for the maintenance a ty, equate service in the respec- eS areas, Therefore if it canbe arenstrated that the proposed a increase would have the able effect of reducing serv- ®, the whole question of the €quacy of the service becomes Beatter for concern of the hear- a rather than the limited Tms of reference attached to it Y the government of profitability, ate Commission was adjourned Noy ptember 14th at the Court my a in Vancouver where the in Wcipalities, who have decided the interim to participate in t opeatings, willcross-examine B.C, Hydro, Ber interested parties were sent and asked brief ques- ao Mrs, Elaine Podovinokoff *Peared for the Women’s Com- tee Against High Prices and "s, Evelyn Peaker from the Ctoria Committee Against a re Increase was there, A. Victoria Committee is cir- 3 ing a mass petition which is €iving wide public support, It is, ported that there are some one sions between the Victoria mittee and groups in Van- 0 fever to co-ordinate their ac- ities, The total package represents only $2 a month less than the original union demands and al- most 50 percent more than the company was prepared to offer before results of a strike vote became known, When 35 of the 44 workers who cast ballots (80 percent) voted to strike, the company promptly resumed negotiations and the above settlement was reached within a matter ofhours, An added feature of the contract ' is that it expires at the same time as the industrial trades pact with Yarrows, Members of Local 663, Mine Mill are still out on strike at the Anaconda operation at Britannia Beach, Despite the fact that the 40 hour week—one of the main issues in the dispute—will short- ly become provincial law, the company stubbornly refuses to resume bargaining, The local’s latest strike bul- letin points out that wages and hours of work are still the main stumbling blocks and states: “When will. Anaconda realize that we are not secondclass citi- zens and that they should estab- lish conditions in Canada com- parable with what they pay to U.S. workers?” Strikers’ morale remains high se CHILE WOMEN DEMONSTRATE. Photo.shows women of Santiago dem- THE GROUND. \ | eal ha/ LONG LIVE FREE ENTERPRISE! couver. This week Smythe demanded that the NPA council give his hockey club an outright gift of two city blocks valued at $2.4 million to build the coliseum. Office workers win again, Britannia miners still out and was further boosted recently when a large donation of fish arrived, courtesy of the United Fishermen’s & Allied Workers Union, e Vancouver Labor Council last Tuesday endorsed a report from its Municipal Advisory Commit- tee which demanded that City Council refuse to grant land to any private interests wanting to build a coliseum, The committee urged instead that a combination Coliseum- Trade Centre be built, under pub- _ lic ownership and administration, Speaking for the committee, Frank Marcino (ATU) stated: “It seems to us that, in the eyes of the East, B,C, must stand out as a great big plum for the taking, Ever since Wenner-Gren rooked the people of this prov- ince for several million dollars, everybody wants to get in on the giveaways.” He was backed by John Mc- Niven (assistant secretary, B.C, Fed, of Labor) who drew aparal- lel between giving land away for coliseums, the Webb & Knapp shenanigans, and other handouts, “Labor has got to getinto civic politics—and in a big way—or our city council and other realestate: interests will soon have every- thing given away,” McNiven charged, onstrating in support of the people of Panama in their fight against U.S. domination. Elections take place in Chile on September 4th, and the broad Popular Action Front, which has named Dr. Salvador Allende for president, is expected to win wide support. Board of Trade plan hits civic democracy Support for increased repre- sentation on Vancouver City Council was voiced last week by the Vancouver Board of Trade, In a brief on civic government the Board favored adding two aldermen to City Council this year, which could be done within the present city charter, and a gradual increase to sixteen or eighteen members, The present Council has ten aldermen, Other sections of the brief op- posed any return to the ward system and called for elections every two years, with the entire council up for re-election, rather than the present system of elect- ing half the aldermen each year with the mayorality race every second year, It also supported the present city Board of Adminis- tration scheme, Commenting on the Board of Trade submission, WilliamStew- art, Vancouver Secretary of the Communist Party, stated, “It is gratifying to see that the Board INVESTIGATED BY RCMP? Self-admit- ted RCMP stool-pigeon Calvin Mac- donald said last week he was in- structed by Ernest Corrigan, a corp- oral in the RCMP’s ..A’’ Squadron of _the security investigations branch to collect facts for a dossier on M. J. Coldwell shown above when he was national leader of the C.C.F. of Trade has joined that majority section of public opinion which is demanding more adequate rep- resentation at City Hall, It is somewhat difficult, however, to make much sense to their pro- posal for a ‘gradual increase’ from the present ten to sixteen or eighteen aldermen, “Are they fearful that the people of Vancouver cannot stand all that democracy at once, Or is their concern that big business has not got six or eight addition- al front-men that they could get elected all at once and labor and progressive champions would be amongst those elected in such a situation? “More reprehensible however is the proposal to block out an- nual elections, This would be a step away from civic democracy and would open the door for Mayor Rathie’s pet project, elections every two years with four-year terms for aldermen, Taken to- gether with the increasing auth- ority being delegated to the Board of Administration it is evident that what is indicated here is a carefully planned step by step movement to emasculate genuine elected civic administration and to make it easier for big business to carry through its plunder of the people at this level, “The unwarranted opposition shown by the Board to area rep- resentation is a further indica- tion of their fear of genuine civic democracy, They failed tocallup a shred of tangible evidence to support this opposition and mere- ly repeated the hoary old argu- ment that the ward system engenders politics in civic gov- ernment, “The Board of Trade exerts a powerful influence in City Hall,” Stewart concluded, “and their proposals should serve as a warning to all those concerned about genuine democracy in Van- couver to step up their efforts for adequate representation by area in the city.” Nasser promises to help Cyprus President Nasser of the United Arab Republic has promised Cyp- riot President Makarios that the UAR would give all possible aid to Cyprus in her struggle for in- dependence, Makarios, who visited Nasser last week, warned he would not accept retention of military bases ~ on the island as a condition for union with Greece, The two lead- ers discussed the question of a joint defence arrangement for the area, but refused to comment further, Asked if he would still go ahead with plans for negotiations with the Soviet Union in view of his talks in Alexandria, Makarios replied: “We must secure assistance from any country willing to help us, either from East or West?— provided such aid was given with- out conditions or strings attached, He said he had been deeply moved on hearing that volunteers - September 4, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 from Egypt were prepared to go to Cyprus, The Cyprus government was always prepared to discuss how the rights of the Turkish minor- ity on the island could be safe- guarded and would be happy if the UN could undertake observa- tions of these rights, Chinese leader is accused Yang Hsien Chen, leading member of the Central Com- mittee of the Chinese Com- munist Party and principal of its higher party school, has come under attack for his op- position to Mao Tse-Tung’s current thinking, An article in “Red Flag,” theoretical organ of the CPC, accuses him of “intentionally meeting the needs of modern revisionists” and supporting “the bourgeois outlook toward China,”