AO Le _ | N A N 2 3 MS “The cheapest real estate deal in the History of B.C.” is the way B.C. Federation of Labor described the Wenner-Gren. dea] at its convention last weekend. Photo shows Wenner- im ies Kime ane! eS cabnstnntomneiinariacdictieine B tes sore » st ¢ : _ jc cbrate the Centennial year ’ tay nomic conditions plus high J gaily home, S “a full-scale model and operates at 55 miles an hour. Gren monorail, similar to the one proposed for the Rocky Mountain Trench, at Cologne. It Cheap real estate deal’ says labor of Wenner-Gren scheme “The Wenner-Gren project is the cheapest real estate deal in the history of this Province,” said a policy statement of B.C. Federation of Labor, unanimously endorsed by elegates attending the federation’s second convention here last weekend. “Tt is in effect * $12.50 per square mile option on 40,000 square miles of reported valuable property ™ northern B.C. “We believe that the sur- conducted by the government Vey of this area should be Effie Jones to contest of B.C., if it is contemplated divic aldermanic seat Effie Jones, president of Civic Reform Association, an- rOunced this week she will. be a candidate for council in the ®cember- 11 Vancouver civic elections. Peaking to a meeting of “ection workers at Pender ji Uditorium she declared that » .e Non-Partisan Association ‘at the lowest point it has Ver been. There is rising a “ong wave of protest against A policies.” Ts. Jones added that “the thing Vancouver can do to " 'o rid the city of big busi- “ss NPA control and elect a °r and people’s representa- leg “Heavy and unfair taxation i Small homeowners is the pekest problem bothering e beople today. Worsening ation is endangering the If I am elected ate council I will immedi- Y introduce a plan for tax orm,” ¢ Mrs, Jones said she will also q bien for federal responsi- Y for education costs; *T utility rates and public tion TShip of utilities; restora- ne of civic democracy " Doe abolition of the ap- beng << Administration Board for a new type ward sys- RM to oi: ; © give fair representation to al] rey barts of the city. Will also press for action : a @ on housing and other needed projects to provide jobs and for a program of immediate assistance to the unemployed. Referring to recent press.an- nouncements that organized labor is to consider nomina- tion of three aldermanic can- didates at its next council meeting Mrs. Jones said she welcomed this step. “It is time labor and a strong voice in the affairs of our city,” she continued. “I pledge to cooperate with labor and ‘ other candidates who seek the ousting of the NPA and who stand for progressive policies in the interests of the home- owners, working people and small businessmen.” Commenting on the newly- formed Civic Voters Associa- tion headed by lawyer David Sturdy she said: “No one knows yet what the program of this group will be and who will run as candi- dates. If they really want to do what is best for Vancou- ver they should leave the way - open for labor and progressive forces to contest civic office. Only in this way can they avoid splitting thé santi-NPA vote and ensure success on December 11.” opening up this area for ex- ploitation of the resources con- tained therein. “We would draw attention to the fact that many other areas of B.C. are being open- ed up for development at this time and we question the wis- dom of complete exploitation of all the natural resources of B.C. within this generation. “The building of a rail line through the Rocky Mountain Trench is not a new idea and has been on the planning board of the B.C. government for some time, and if the time has arrived for it to be built, then it should be built as a part of the Pacific Great East- ern Railway. “If the survey is to be taken then we recommend that rep- resentatives of the B.C. gov- ernment be continuously with the survey parties and their reports be issued as public documents and no lease be signed until there lis an oppor- tunity for others to make ap- plication. “We recommend that the citizens of B.C. register their strong protest that this sec- tion of B.C. is being contem- plated as a closed community for the benefit of companies to be formed by the Wenner- Gren group. “The experience of company towns has taught us that never again can we allow them to become part of the coun- try that prides itself on free- dom.” Bert Whyte'e SPORTLIGHT HIS WEEK we turn our space over to guest column- ist George Barr of the Cana- dian Tribune, who has a few pertinent comments to make on the world amateur hockey Situation. Take it away, George. People are funny, particu- larly sports writers—the daily variety, that is. The weekly scribes are in a class of their own. They usually sit back and watcli the six-a-week boys make mistakes like mad under the pressure of deadlines and if, heaven preserve us, they Should pull a boner them- selves, there’s always a week for the readers to forget about it. , AS we were saying, people are peculiar. Back in 1954, when Toronto Lyndhursts were sent over to the World Amateur Hockey Tournament to defend the title previously won by Canada, they were considered a lead-pipe cinch to bring back the honors once again. But when the Soviet Speedsters upset the champs by the decisive score of 6-2, all hell broke loose. “Why did we send a second- rate team to defend our coun- try’s hockey supremacy?” the sports pages screamed. Of course, the fact that a Senior “B” club was considered good enough by the Canadian Ama- teur Hockey Association was forgotton. A goat must be found to blame for the “national calamity’ that had occurred, “This terrible thing must not happen again!” “Doesn’t everyone know that the Russians can’t really play hockey? “So tet’s send the best available next year to show them that we’re still the best in the world.” Well, to make a long story, in 1955, Penticton V’s, the pre- vious year’s Allan Cup cham- pions were groomed to con- tinue the cold war on ice, good- will be damned. And that’s ex- actly what they did. Losing friends for Canada faster than Dale Carnegie could manufacture them, the Pentictons, led by the “feroci- ous” Warwick brothers, de- feated the Russian All-Stars but didn’t win too much glory in the process. To begin with, the sports- writers couldn’t quite contain their glee. But after a while, their conceit having been satis- fied, they had second thoughts about the whole shemozzle and began to realize that winning titles was not the only thing in the world — most countries still place a premium on sportsmanship, as well. Having learned our lesson, the team we chose to repre- sent us at the Winter Olympics November 1, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE ll the following year (1956) was not called upon to do the dip- lomats’ dirty work. So the Kitchener - Waterloo Dutch- men, also an Allen Cup win- ner, arrived in Cortina to win back the championship that was once a Canadian monopoly. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on which side you were on, other countries had improved the calibre of their hockey, so the best we could find at the time didn’t fare too well. In fact, we didn’t even come second to the win-' ning Soviet team—we also lost to the U.S. entry, which most of our experts had written off as a possible threat in the tourney. The defeat by a “bunch of amateurs” really hurt us to the quick. This year’s World Hockey Tourney, which incidentally was won by Sweden, didn’t have a Canadian representa- tive. Lack of funds was the reason given by the CAHA, among other things — such as the international sitution, no sponsor and the “trouble” in Hungary. All that fancy talk about raising $75,000 to train an all-star aggregation (which we feel is the answer to all international team competi- tions). was forgotten. Of course, nobody thought of asking the government for a slight dona- tion — they were afraid of being dominated. Be that as it may, the CAHA has entered a team for the 1958. tourney, namely, the Whitby Dunlops, last season’s Allan Cup champs. With a sponsor assured, the Dunlop Rubber Company, the hockey - brass can now concentrate on preparing the boys for a good showing early next year. The plan is to play 75 games, in Canada and overseas, be- fore the tournament and if any strengthening is neces- sary, it will be forcoming. To date, the Cinderella team of last year’s hockey wars hasn’t been doing too well. In its first five exhibition contests, Whitby has lost twice to Junior “A” clubs and three times, in- cluding two trouncings, to a minor-league pro team. Much improvement is re- quired between now and next February, if we expect our entry to maintain the reputa- tion of Canada in hockey mat- ters. We'll get a better pic- ture of our chances when the Dunlops play the Soviet na- tional team next month (No- vember 22) in Maple Leaf Gardens in the first game -of the Soviets’ tour of Eastern Canada. } aa a