ADVERTISEMENT Canadians Are United For A Publicly Owned, All-Canadian Gas Pipe Line STOP the SELL-OUT to the USA! ‘ PEAKING on behalf of one quarter of the S population of our country, the two great Canadian trade union Congresses have rein- forced that demand. So has M. J. Coldwell, . national leader of the CCF, when he declared in a nation-wide radio broadcast, that this is not a party issues but a NATIONAL ISSUE. He is absolutely right. ET Mr. C. D. Howe, the. voice of United | States’ Big Business in the federal cabinet, is determined to foist this U.S. gas plan on the Canadian people. This would deprive us of the advantage of cheap power, would retard Canada’s industrial development, would sell our jobs to the U.S.A. Mr. Howe is ready to spend public funds to build, for the U.S.-con- trolled pipeline corporation, a pipeline across Northern Ontario. But the voice of Canada — labor, farmers, businessmen, influential news- papers; yes, the majority of Liberal voters — are against the sell-out. & Sarat want ‘the federal and provincial gov- ernments concerned to build a Canadian- owned, Canadian-controlled pipeline from Al- berta to the great industrial markets of Eastern Canada. And they want it as a publicly-owned utility from the start, like many hydro and telephone systems are, so that natural gas should be supplied at cost for the CANADIAN PUBLIC INTEREST to provide low-cost fuel and, therefore, jobs for Canadians. ~ HE Labor-Progressive Party has campaigned for this for two years. We are inspired to . see Canadian public opinion rising up to defeat the C. D. Howe plan — just as our forefathers prevented the U.S. from controlling the trans- continental railway seventy odd years ago. Baybee great national issue will have to be dealt _ with by.the House of Commons before April 30 when the Trans-Canada franchise comes up for consideration. Let all Canadians join hands to defend our rights, our national pride and our economic future by compelling the St. Laurent government to retreat from the C. D. Howe natural gas pipeline policy which is con- trary to the best inferest of our country. * Canadian Natural Gas for Canadians! * Compel Ottawa to start building a publicly-owned Canadian Pipeline right away! * Link B.C. to a “Coast-to-Coast” gas grid! es rahe, Farm People, CCFers, Liberals, Conservatives, Social Crediters: Unite to save our Natural Gas from U.S. ato ; Write or Wire Your M. P. Today Puss a Resolution in Your Union or Association . Make Your Voice Heard in Ottawa “eee -. Labor-Progressive Party: : Published by LPP B.C. Provincial Committee >: : : 503 Ford Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Morris presents LPP brief lI OO Leslie Morris (standing), LPP national organizer, is shown presenting the Labor-Progressive party’s brief to the Gordon Commission on Canada’s Economic Prospects sitting at Ottawa. Ac- . companying Morris were J. B. Salsberg, Gui Caron, Quebec LPP leader, marty Binder, national treasurer, and William Kashtan, national labor secretary. chants in Squamish and other entirely and the men have been | sent home with only half - the | previous shift completed. Almost all businesses are af- fected in this day of power equip- ment so extolled in the B.C. Elec- tric’s own publication, The Buz- ‘ger. All merchandise requiring refrigeration — meat and_ fish, frozen foods, ice cream products __ is in danger of spoiling. Movie theatres, beauty parlors, laundries are forced to close down with losses only the owners can esti- mate. Without heat and light schools are forced to close, affecting the entire school population of Squa- mish and some 110 students who are brought here by bus daily from Britannia and Mount Sheer. Long distance calls are out for the duration of the power failure and.all talls must be hand-crank- ved through the central exchange. Service stations cannot pump gas. Wherever machinery is de- pendent on electric power, electric saws and the like, work must cease. - To all this must be added the inconvenience caused in homes dependent on electric equipment for bes ieee cooking, eeshige and ironing. This is what a power failure means to any modern community and multiplied by the number ed blackouts of varying duration since last fall it represents a big loss in this and other centres. . As one worker wrote to the, daily press this week: | “Owing to PGE construction | ‘crews blasting out B.C. Electric, ‘power lines, the workers at Brit- annia mines to date have lost four and a half shifts per ane “This represents roughly $56 lost earnings per man or a total of $44,800 for the entire crew. | “Why, I'd like to know, is a working .man. never, compensat- ed for lost earnings while at the | same time. companies concerned’ are nearly always compensated for, lost earnings? “If. myself or any otH®r em- ployee at Britannia mine was to; drive a car on an icy road and | lose control over the car -and, sheer off a B.C. Rleciis Pele ve centres. Squamish residents | sad BCE bills back SQUAMISH, B.C. + een B. C. Electric power failures eee the cause — have cost workers along Howe Sound a considerable amount in lost wages, with a consequent loss to mer’ Shifts at Britannia Mines and Mount Sheer are immediately suspended when the power goes off. Twice within the past two weeks one or more shifts have been cancelled would « certainly pe made to pay the damage.” Many consumers in this dis- trict are mailing their bills back to the B.C. Electric; which raises an interesting legal point as to whether the company it éntitled to bill for minimum service when no minimum service is provided. In ‘five years residence in a: district supplied by the B.C. Power Commission, this corre- spondent recalls only two power breaks and in both instances pow- er was restored within an hour tenance of equipment and lines by the publicly-owned body. Twice in that same five-year period there. were bill - free months. Under its 20-year franchise the B.C. Electric continues to send the bills — and to blame the failures on acts of God or ‘/pre- sent them as the price of pro- gress. Coupled with suspicion that the consistently low voltage may be related to a diversion of power to the U.S. during night hours, there is a growing sentiment iin here for an alternative source of —testimony to the efficient main-' power as the answer to the need for adequate and efficient service: Annual Shevchenie Concert —— Tribute to the ‘Bard of the Ukraine’ The Ascodiatiah of United Ukrainian Canadians ‘ ' PRESENTS 200 Performers in a Colokul Program of Songs, Music and Dances | FEATURING _ THE SHEVCHENKO MALE CHORUS THE MIXED CHOIR THE ZOYA & KOBZAR DANCE GROUPS Dramatic Presentation of Shevchenko’s Life SUNDAY, MARCH 18 at 8 p.m. Hastings-Odeon Theatre 20 West. Hastings ae MARSH 16, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 2 |