Chambers

FAMILY OF SIX DESTITUTE

admits many
go hungry

Statements appearing in Vancou-
ver daily papers attributed to J.
Chambers, social services adminis-
trator, to the effect that only two
cases of destitution have been re-
ported in the city, are challenged
by the Unemployment Action As-
sociation here.

By BERT WHYTE

“Vm tired of seeing my family
starve in Canada, I'm tired of
being penalized by the Canadian.
government because I served in
the RAF instead of the RCAF.
I'm brewned off with the whole
pusimess, so I’m shaking the dust
of Canada off my feet and tak-
ing my wife and four children
to Wales, where I know we'll
get a better deal.’

Allan Jackson, 24 West Boule-
vard, Sea Island, may not find
things as rosy im Britain as he
expects, but no one can deny,
after hearing his story, that he
has been handed a rough deal
by Canadian authorities.

Allan was just a youngster im
the Hungry Thirties, when Can-

ada’s youth were being herded
‘in 20-cents-a-day “slave camps.”
He didn’t fancy the idea of being
a gandy-dencer for R. B. Ben-
nett, so. he caught a ship at Mon-
treal and worked his passage

to England. There he found a
job, and there he was when war
broke out in. 1939.

Jackson joined the RAF and
fought against fascism for the
next six years. He was at El
Alamein in 1942, fought in Bur-
ma, Malaya and South-East Asia
for three years; then served a
hitch in Palestine before return-
ing te Britain.

Allan Jackson was glad to get
back to Canada. He settled in
Vancouver and brought his. wife

“We have hundreds of destitute
families coming to our offices and
_ appealing for aid,” UAA™ spokes: |
men told the Pacific ‘Tribune.’
“There is no aid made for the many
hundreds of jobless workers who
for one reason or another do not
qualify for unemployment insur-
ance benefits.”

Chambers told.-UAA representa-
tives that he had been misquoted
in the press, and agreed that there
are hundreds of destitute families
in the city..Red Cross and Salva-
tion Army officials confirmed this,
_ stating that their offices have been

deluged by appeals for assistance
from destitute people.

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“IN MEMORIUM”

In proud memory of Joe E.
Carr, who died in Hamilton,
Ont., May 2; 1949, a faithful

Refuse jobless vet aid
agencies all pass buck

and children here from England.
Jobs were scarce, but he finally
went to work at Canadian White
Pine,

Five months ago he had to
leave his job because a fungus
disease contracted in Burma
made hospitalization necessary.
While in Shaughnessy his wife
and children received groceries
vuder a provincial aid scheme,
but as soon as he was released
this assistance stopped.

Jackson received) an eviction
notice, but a sympathetic citi-
zen paid his back rent. City re-
lief authorities refused to do
anything because he lived on-
Sea Island.

Army brasshats won't give
Jackson a pension. “Why didn’t.
you join the RCAF instead of
the RAF?” they said. “I thought
it was the same war,” Jackson
told them.

Last Sunday there was no food
in the house. David, six months
old, had no milk. Freddie, 2, Pat-
rick 3, and Diane, 7, were hun-
gry. Jackson and his wife Betty,
didn’t know where to turn. Some
members of the Labor-Progres-
sive party heard of his plight
and brought out. a hamper of
food.

That saved the situation tem-
porarily, Jackson hopes to re-
turn to Britain—when and if he
can raise the fare. But in the

meantime the family still needs
to eat.

fighter for all workers and

the Canadian postal employ-

ees. in particular
HELEN, JOE, DAVID AND

DOUGLAS CARR
Victoria 7

E. H. SKEELES
Transfer & Fuel

aS CEDAR, B.C.

LONG LIVE MAY DAY!
WORKERS OF ALL LANDS
UNITE

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METAL & CHEMICAL WORKERS LOCAL 289

4 GREETS MAY DAY 1950
ROUT OUT THE RAIDERS IN THE UNION

LOCOS Se
MAY DAY GREETINGS
Let us unite for Peace and Decent Living Rindards

VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT JOINT BOARD

International Fur & Leather Workers Union

Representing Locals 197 - 505 )
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POLISH DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION

GREETS MAY DAY

STOP THE ATOMIC WARMONGERS! UNITY BETWEEN
ALL PEOPLES!|

Ukrainian Organizations Fifht For Peace!

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MAY DAY GREETINGS FROM

ASSOCIATIONS OF UNITED UKRAINIAN CANADIANS

805 East Pender Street

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FEDERATION OF RUSSIAN CANADIANS

STEVESTON, B.C.

POSS SOAS

FIGHT FOR PEACE, JOBS
& CIVIL LIBERTIES

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VANCOUVER LOCAL

Extends May Day Greetings
To All Our Readers

AY DAY GREETIN

We appeal to all Russian
ple in Vancouver who des
Peace to join in this May Da
Celebration!

Federation of Russian

Canadians

MAY DAY
GREETINGS 1950
from the

Council of Canadian

Extends May Day Greetings oe
Fide eee tan All Counties ais ape
“WAKE THE: PEAQK SECURE” Peaceful Trade & Friendship
; Between All Nations
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Editor visits city

John Weir, editor of the lively
semi-monthly youth paper,
UKRAINIAN CANADIAN, pub-
lished in ‘Toronto, is visiting Van-»®
couver this coming week and
will speak in the AUUC hall,
805 East Pender, on Saturday,
May 6. The banquet starts at
6 p.m. and tickets are $1.

Weir's visit to the coast coin-
cides with the start of a $12,500
financial drive to enable UKRAI-
NIAN CANADIAN to expand in
size during the coming year.

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FIGHTERS TO JOIN
AGAINST ALL FASCIST ATTACKS AND TO
FIGHT FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS

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GREETS ALL WORKERS THIS MAY DAY -

AND URGES THEM TO JOIN IN THE
FIGHT FOR PEACE, JOBS, AND SOCIALISM! »

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SOCIALISM.

MAY DAY GREETINGS
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PEACE IS THE WATCHWORD OF PROGRESS AND
WAR IS THE SLOGAN OF GRINDING
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“SENDS MAY DAY GREETINGS _
TO ORGANIZED LABOR | :

Building on the High Road to Socialism

“PACIFIC TRIBUNE—APRIL 238,

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MAY DAY GREETINGS

from

MARITIME CLUB LPP

URGES ORGANIZED LABOR TO FIGHT WITH THEM
AGAINST RAIDERS AND SPLITTERS IN THE
‘LABOR MOVEMENT

SHIP & STEEL CLUB LPP

SENDS MAY DAY GREETINGS AND URGES ORGANIZED
LABOR TO FIGHT FOR. UNITY AND TO STRENGTHEN
THE CAMP FOR PEACE «

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