6,500 SOREL WORKLESS JOIN

IN PRAYERS FOR NEW. JOBS

‘
“We have’ lost everything, and
ds| now we are turning to God to help
us get jobs and feed our children,”

Special to The Star
Sorel, Que., Sept. 7—In hundre

g of homes in every section of this R. Hamel, an unemployed worker
| little industrial town 50 miles south-| said,
g east of Montreal, workers yesterday Sor

el was one of Quebec’s biggest

s*boom towns during the war with

Bieading shipbuilders located here.

ut where Marine Industries once

mployed 8,000 people, it today pro-

rides jobs for only 350, according

o statistics made public by town
fficials,

Sorel Industries Ltd, once em-
q 1 women and
Sof only 40.

ES
>VLCS

to “do something” about BCElec-
tric’s unjustified move in jacking
up car and bus fares to 10 cents
Vancouver City ‘council members
sought to slip out from under the|come taxes on the BCElectric.

Criticism this week by coming up
with a “brand new” idea: :

Ment to eliminate federal income
taxes on the BC#lectvic?

Make the obvious suggestion; that
City council solve the problem by|other year.

These two items appeared in Toronto daily papers within a
few hours of each other. They serve to illustrate how the St.
Laurent government vainly tries to hide the truth about rising
unemployment and its cynical attitude towards those who cannot
find jobs ae s

Price gains
end 1-week
fish tie-up

one-week tie-up of salmon sein-
ing and gillnetting ended Tuesday
this week when an agreement on
prices was reached between can-
nery operators and the United
Fishermen’s and Allied Workers’
Union.

Fishermen at all points along the
coast from Prince Rupert and
Queen Charlottes to the Fraser
River voted to accept the following
terms:

e@ Minimum price of nine cents
per pound, retroactive to Sep-
tember 1, for all chums in

Johnstone Straits proper.

e An immediate price of seven
cents per pound for all chums
in other areas south of Cape
Caution; price subject to ad-
justment.

e@ Summer minimum prices for
chums to remain in effect for
all “areas outside Johnstone}
Straits proper as the guaran-
teed floor for the balance of the
1949 season.

‘

The fishing tie-up started when
union members rejected a com-
pany offer of eight and one-half
cents per pound for Johnstone

Pi kompeon's rubber stamps
dream up new BCER dodge

moving to take over the BCER and

Squirming under public pressure
operate it as a public utility .

No alderman raised his voice tc

Nor did anyone voice what every
one knew; that there is not the
slightest possibility of the federal
government eliminating federal in-

Under cover of loud talk, council|huge hall to capacity. Fishermen
members quietly accepted the rul-|voted to continue the tie-up and
Why not ask the federal govern-|ing of the Public Utilities Commis-| establish picket lines.

sion denying a public hearing on
the contentious fare question un-
til next January, when civic elec- the salmon operators and the joint
tions would be safely over for an-|committee of the fishermen, the

in other areas south of Cape Cau-
tion. ‘

Fishing was completely at a
standstill during the strike

By decision of the Vancouver
strike meeting the Fraser River
was left open for a four-day pe-
riod to permit gillnetters a fina’

Straits and six and one-half cents}

chance to get a fair share of the
pink run.

A strike meeting in Pender Audi-
torium Friday last week filled the

At Saturday meetings between

price proposals which finally
brought settlement were discussed

Open every day.
Beauty Salon—1763 E. Hastings. lis the

' Every Wednesday and Saturday

L.ater meetings of the ‘fishermen

CLASSIFIED.

ratified the settlement.

UJPO team at

A charge of 50 cents for each BUSINESS PERSONALS

insertion of five lines or less with
10 cents for each additiona: [nc
& made tor notices uppearing ip
this column. No notices will be
Bccepted later than Monday noon
of the week of publication.

a visit. : ;

DR. R. L. DOUGLAS HAS OPEN. |
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INGS STREET, cor. Carrall St. ‘howling teams curre 4
eens A, 6852 All old friends |the new Ee currently se ans
cordially invited to drop in for | Youth bowling league, whose eight

top of league

United Jewish People’s Order
new Federated Vancouver

teams have been competing every

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LITTLE PEETEE
SAYS:

ig tare! days are slipping
past, and we still have
a long way to go to hit that
2,000 subs objective. Can we
step up the drive tempo
and get 74 subs a day for
the next 24 days? The an-
swer lies with YOU. Get
on the job TODAY. Aim
high, shoot straight at the
and help us deflate
the hot air balloons of the
big business press.
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Wearttime “ers oct Ses Wad sees aaa een Rees 26 subs

Kitsilano. <2 2.65 oo an wee ae ee are 163 subs

Moberky..+5 1.9520 cane cies a ees 103 subs
TOP THREE INDIVIDUALS

Ri H., Maritime .....-----+-+-+-60++:> ages wie us 153 subs

A, Roderique, Moberly .--.----+-+--++s0+77+7" 63 subs

Cc. W. Caron, North Van. ...-- weee cree ee settee 6 subs

GREATER VANCOUVER

R. H., Maritime, 15%; A. Roderique, Moberly, 64%; C. W.
Caron, North Van., 6; P. B., Commercial, 5%; J. R., Maritime,
514; M, Stables, Renfrew Afternoon, 5; A. Belenkaya, Kitsilano,
5; P. Padgam, Norquay, 4%; Jean Bird, Hastings East, 4; J. S., 4;
T. D., Maritime, 314; W. Stewart, Ship and Steel, 3%; A. Dew-
hurst, Forest Products, 3; WN. Morgan, Victory Square, . 3.

R> Whyte, Kitsilano, 3; R. Lawryniuk, Civic Workers, 3;
R. Robson, Electrical Workers, 3; V. Bianco, Moberly, 2443
L. Lipsey, West End) 214; W. Jacobs, Ship and Steel, 2%;
G. Brown, Ship and Steel, 21%; OV Bill, 2%; L. Singh, Kitsilano,
2; S. Reynolds, Kitsilano, 2; R. Ferguson, West End, 2; A.
Rankin, Forest Products, 144; R. Poulin, Forest Products, 1%;
A. Lawrie, Civic Workers, 1%.

W. Lindberg, Victory Square, 1%; BE. Evans, Fairview-Mt.
Pleasant, 1144; J. R., Maritime, 1; S. Jenkins, Ship and Steel, 1;
H. Pritchett, Forest Products, 1; R. Jackson, Forest Products, 1;
E. Johnson, Victory Square, 1; Chas. Fraser, Victory Square, 1;
M. Cranberg, Olgin, 1; H. V., 1; Bert Carlson, Swedish Workers
Club, 1; D. Rutka, Strathcona, \ 1.

D. Friedliefsen, 1; M. M., 1; R. W. Helsing, 1; Bob Smith,
Capito] Hill, 1; Mrs. Marsnas, Capitol Hill, 1; Sid Dove, Capitol
Hill, 1; Fred Sapach, Lochdale, 1; F. Gorenc, Georgia, 1; H.
Mathieson, Hastings East, 1; W. Zuker, Fiastings East, 1;
F. Douglas, Grandview, 1; C. McFarlane, Grandview, 1; E.
Ketola, Niilo Makela, 1; E. Nuttal, North Van. 1; A. Brandon,
North Van., 1. :

A. Marusuik, North Van., 1; G. Frank, North Van., 1; 0.
Wilkinson, Norquay, 1; E. Jones, Norquay, 1; M. English,
Fairview, 1; S. Kennedy, Renfrew, 1; W. Turple, Bill Bennett, 1;
N. Bitz, Kitsilano, 1; G. Cole, Kitsilano, 1; Bert Whyte, Kit-
silano, 1; R. Ross, Kitsilano, 1; R. Nickford, West End, 1;
N. Newell, West End, 1; F. Dorland, West End, 1.

J. Phillips, Civic Workers, 1; G. Gee, Electrical Workers, 1;
W. Gee, Electrical Workers, 1; R. Samuelson, Electrical Work-
ers, 1; W. Jacobs, Electrical Workers, 1; W. Jacobs, Electrical
Workers, 1; D. Morton, Sea and Shore, 1; A. Herculuk, Sea
and Shore, 1; E. Winnerlow, Waterfront, 1.

N. Mackiewich, East End No. 1, 14; D. Clark, North Van., Yes
A, Good, North Van., 4%; Lottie, Foster, Moberly, 14; R. Pike,
Renfrew, 44; S. Chudleigh, Renfrew, %; A. Bitz, Kitsilano, 4;
A. McDiarmid, Electrical Workers, 4%; W. M., Maritime, 44;
T. Boylan, Forest Products, 1%; J. Taylor, Forest Products, 14;
J. Sundell, Forest Products, 4%; D. McLean, Victory Square, 4%;
R. Johnston, %4; C. Bradbury, 14; C. Bibby, %. ;

PROVINCE

I. J. Mortenson, Nanaimo, 5; Barney Blakey, Victoria, 4%;
E. T. Creelman, Alberni, 4; N. Hamilton, New Westminster, 344;
E. Webb, Nanaimo, 2; J. Koziel, Milner, 2; J. Higgins, Royston, 2;
O. Wickstrom, 2; G. Martin, Nanaimo, 124; R. Lavigne, New
Westminster, 1144; J. Chaluka, 2; H. Codd, Notch Hill, 1%.

J. Gilbanks, Alberni, 1; J. Saply, Port Alberni, 1; D. Goddard,
Port Alberni, 1; C. Procunier, Port Alberni, 1; E. Anderson,
Campbell River, 1; G. Anderson, Copper Mountain, 1; W. Frank-
lin, Courtenay, 1; T. Hogarth, Courtenay, 1; W. Solloway,
Fernie, 1; E. Chester, Kamloops, 1.

F.. Pickard, Ladysmith, 1; A. Lapanskay, Ladysmith, 1;
J. Ormerod, Mission, 1; J. Biggs, Nanaimo, 1; J. Skaleg, New
Westminster, 1; L. Graham, New Westminster, 1; N. Bereska,

New Westminster, 1; H. Blackman, Notch Hill, 1; H. C. Gibson,
Wildwood, 1; E. Burnell, Milner, 1; A. Gilstead, Whonnock, 1;
N. Klim, Vernon, 1; H. Asson, Victoria 1; W. Lillquist, Lady-
smith, 1; J. Atkinson, Ladysmith, 1.

M. French, 1; J. Price, 1; A. Johnson, 1; W. Jones, 1; C. H.
‘Lake, 1; E. Anderson, 1; M. Kovich, 1; M. Farnsworth, 1;
W. Danielson, 1; L. Schibler, 1; E. Meittenen, 1; S. Walsh, 1;
R. Schwan, 1.

M. Mosher, Port Alberni, 4%; W. Madiey, Mission, 4;
M. Terris, Mission, 4; T. Sandoluk, 4; M Coulter, New West-

65¢ box at Druggists or

P.O. Box 967, Vancouver

minster, 14; A. Noakes, Surrey, 14; F. Tuomi, Ladysmith %.

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