eee So “it, 44 1Y, WATE CL CALLE MOM EET LEANN | Vancouver, British Columbia, February 29, 1952 ayy Mh YY y, - 7) iN f, Wy } litigi <> PRICE aot FIVE CENTS EFFIE JONES URGES: “Ym asking every house- wife, every senior citizen, every unemployed worker and every person who pos- Sibly can to tome to city hall at 9.45 a.m. on Monday, March 3, when our ‘No Fare Increase’ petition bearing More than 35,000 names will be presented to city council With a demand that Vancou- ver oppose the BCElectric Proposed transit hike at the PUC hearings,” Mrs. Effie Jones told the Pacific Trib- Une this week. “I appeal to the citizens Who signed the petition to back up their stand by their Presence at city hall when the Civic Reform Associa- tion, along with. numerous ‘ther organizations, _ will =e ‘Come to city hall Monday, 9.45 a.m.’ meet with council to press for civic opposition to any further hike in bus and car fares,” continued Mrs. Jones. “Until now the BCElectric has been successful in every application for a rate in- crease. However, in the cur- rent fight against the transit bocst, for the first time we have the company on the de- fensive. So much so, that city council felt compelled to hold a secret meeting when discussing the question of what their attitude should be. “Ym sure the BCE appli- cation can be defeated, pro- vided citizens support the various delegations going be- tore council on Monday.” Winch ducks rea fight, goes along with gov’t plans VICTORIA, B.C. tion Making his major contribu- bate to the Throne Speech de- ‘ in the legislature last week, s. Ry Winch, CCF House lead- Claj aid great stress on his mM 'to be “leader of the real position.” But his speech Win very little to prove -that re ne and ‘his CCF group are as 4 the fighting deaders of ties 7 OPPosition to the poli- Bente big business, as repre: Yon 4 by Liberal Premier By- Hon ohpson and Tory Opposi- ~, (adder Herbert. Anscomb. punch Went along with the s €ction strategy of: the ihe "Son government by avoid- stake oY of the real issues at hatur — peace, the sell-out of Say _Tesources, the fight oly.mil the BCElectric monop- Be k, Instead he devoted a Jor portion of ‘his ‘hour- ci pe tess to labored witti- mer at the expense of the for- ana oes in the Coalition about © sterile argumentation the constitutionality of ies ‘ . lat 89 ae session of the legis- le CCF leader scored the frals and Tories for their all “Sle rake-offs from beer ii sales but ignored the much big- ger, bonanzds being reaped by turning over provincial natur- al resources to Wall Street in- terests. Indeed, on the re- sources question, he made at- Continued on back page fe sa eg i an WH te Hy, ae y a en ‘aids At } {1 fe I / 2 eee Web t OPPOSE BOE FARE. BOOST ~ SEE HOUSE Vancouver City Hall will be | , “surrounded” at 9.45 a.m. this roca : a 2. coming Monday, March 3, when Hee -