Continued

VETERANS

less than half what it did a couple
of decades ago.

When the Canadian | Legion
spokesmen met the government,
they didn’t ask for a doubling of
pensions — although that would
have been a reasonable request.
They modestly requested that the
pensions be increased to $60 single
and $120 married.

And the St. Laurent government
said “NO!”

The reply has angered every vet-
eran whether of the First World
“ War or the Second World War.
Tt should also arouse the wrath of
every decent, patriotic Canadian.

Denouncing the government’s
“callous action,” Col. John Wise of

the Disabled Veterans’ Association |

(Vancouver) declared that “this
high-handed move will have re-
percussions.” .

, A. H. Gibson, president of the
Provincial Command of the Can-
adian Legion, called it “a dirty
-stinking deal” and continued:

“The Prime Minister was scared
to let the: veterans’ committee look
into. the situation because of the
recommendation it would have
been sure to bring in.

“We haven’t finished our ‘fight
by a long shot.
the Legion is going to be instruct:
ed to wire its MP in protest of
this action.”

“This time the government has
gone too far,” said Walter Morton,
provincial secretary of the Army
and Navy Veterans. “Here is one
time when all veterans, no matter
what their affiliation, should unite
against dictatorship.

“Mr. St..Laurent ha’ no earthly
right to state that the public has
no right to place problems before
members of parliament. © That is
exactly what he has.done. It is
a dictatorial act worthy of a Hit-
ler. The plea of the vets has been
turned down from a high level- be-
fore it could ever reach the ordin-
ary members of the House.

“In this situation all veterans’
groups and individual veterans
should stand together and fight
as aiteam. This is one time we

shouldn’t let the government :
play one group against the
other.” 4

Maurice Rush, city secretary of
the Labor-Progressive party and an
overseas veteran who spent several
months as a prisoner-of-war in Ger-

“Many, said that the LPP “fully
supports the demand for increased
pensions for burned-out vets” and
agreed that “around this issue all
veterans should unite, and at the
same time appeal to the citizens
of Canada for all-out support.”

More. parks urged

“Annual meeting of the Vancou-
ver-Kingsway LPP membership
held Sunday: this week in Nor-
quay Hall unanimously adopted
proposals to launch a campaign in
support of the June 23 sewer pleb-
iscite; to fight for more parks,
playgrounds and recreational facilj-
ties in the area; and té conduct
LPP forums on vital issues affect-
ing residents of Kingsway con‘
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The federal cabinet is consider-
ing cutting down on immigration
for the balance of 1954 because of
the serious jobless situation in Can-,
ada, which is now at a postwar
peak.

Executive council of the Trades
jand Labor Congress has called on
the government to halt any further
immigration this year.

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Says the United Worker, organ
of Pulp, Sulphite Local 312 and
Paper Makers Local 360, Ocean
Falls: ;

“Another good news item we read
was that Alaska Pine at Woodfibre
made its first shipment of rayon
pulp to Russia. International trade
is more intelligent than global
war.” - :

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Victoria outside workers have
asked for a government-supervised
strike vote following rejection by
City Council ‘of a’ three percent
wage hike awarded in a unanimous
conciliation board recommendation.
Inside workers are also consider-
ing strike action. Shoe

A conciliation board award
binding on both sides has forced
the city to grant a three percent
pay boost to policemen and fire-
men. . : ee

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Three meetings between repre-
sentatives of the United Fisher-
men and Allied Workers Union
and Fisheries Association of B.C.
to settle 1954 salmon prices have
ended in deadlock. A fourth '
meeting will be held Friday this
week. i

The union price demands per
pound, with the operators’ offer
in’ brackets, are: Sockeye, 25
cents (17 to 19); coho, 17 (11);
pinks, 10 (634); summer chums,
9 (5).
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Two Kimberley miners, members
of Mine-Mill local 651, have been
awarded a medal and citation for
heroism in the course of their
work. :

William H. Childress and Gus E.
Eliuk will be honored at the an-
nual banquet of the Canadian In-
stitute of Mining and Metallurgy
in Montreal. ;

Childress and another miner, E.
Olson, were working together when
loose ore gave way and Olson was
buried. Childress managed to pull
himself out by the air hose.

He at once ran for Eliuk in the
tunnel beneath, and the ‘two of
them, ignoring the imminent dan-
ger of more muck falling,. pulled
rock away with their bare hands
until they rescued Olson and car-
ried him to safety.

jchena golf course.

| Hastings East constituency clubs

general civic election in December.

portant issue together with money
bylaws, on which only property
owners will vote, does not ensure
the widest expression of public
opinion on this matter.

“Tt is our view that the issue of
Wednesday closing, which vitally
affects the entire city, should be
put before the voters in a general
election.

“Rushing the voie through in
June can only indicate a desire
on the part of council to favor the
six-day shopping week, since the
vote will be held with the sub-
stantially smaller 1953 voters list
with thousands. of workers dis-
franchised and when the property
owners’ vote will be particularly
heavy because of the money by-
laws.”

LPP campaigns
for sewer bylaw

“The Labor-Progressive party in-
tends to campaign with leaflets and
by other methods in support of the
sewer bylaw which goes before
ratepayers June 23,” Maurice Rush,
LPP city secretary, said this week.

Other issues to be voted on in-
clude sale of Larwell park, Wed-
nesday closing bylaw, a Hastings
East community centre project, a
$3 million sports arena and con-
vention hall and purchase of Quil-

“The LPP has long demanded
sewers in all areas now served. by
septic tanks,” said Rush. “Our

will also campaign for the build-
ing of a community centre there.

“We vigorously oppose the sale
of Larwell Park to the B.C. Electric
for $430,000. The property is

worth nearly double that figure,
and we are against making any fur}
ther gifts to the BCE.” : }

LPP asks city defer
Wednesday closing vote

Vancouver Committee of the Labor-Progressive party wrote Vancouver City Council this week asking |
that the plebiscite on Wednesday closing, scheduled to come before vo

“In making this recommendation it is our considered opinion that this is the only way to cee
truly democratic expression from the public,”. LPP city secretary Maurice Rush wrote. ‘Lumping this }

ters June 23, be laid over until thé

CCW campaigns for q
new playgrounds

“Playgrounds, not garbage dum
Canadian Women canvassers who

Drive and Semlin Drive area north of Hastings Street. Fathers and

mothers are easily persuaded to
directed to the city’s building lots
corners to be transformed into
a playground.

“These lots, on Semlin and Pan-
dora, have become garbage dumps
and are overrun with rats,’ Mrs.
Jean. Bird, one of tne canvassers,
told the Pacific Tribune.

The nearest children’s — play-
ground—and-the only one north of

Hastings—is in Pandora Park, but
it is overcrowded and inadequate.

“Supported by the parents in
the area, we are pressing city auth-
orities to fill in the gullies and
make a safe place for the children
to play,” said Mrs. Bird. “At pres-
ent, in this heavily populated area,
children have nowhere to play but
on the roads.

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“Walking north from Hastings |
down Victoria Drive recently I no-
ticed boys and girls under school
age playing in the road, dodging |
heavy traffic, and throwing hand-
fuls of gravel at passing cars.

“Around the corner a pale-faced
little girl was tied-to a fence. I
learned that she has three broth-
ers and a sister, and the family
lives in two rooms. -

“One block from Victoria are
the two vacant lots owned by the’
city and held for drainage. They,
are dumped high with garbage; |
brush grows tall and the stagnant |

it 7 vacall
committee and asks for two oe

|ravines which drop 20 to 30 feet

jives, was released recently on $9;

AS

ps,” is the demand of Congress i:
are door-knocking in the Victo!

sign the CCW petition, which *

waters seeps in sluggish streams
their entire length. An odor rise
which permeates the neighbor
hood; nobody passes them afte
dark, and in places they form deeP

from the flimsily fenced edges-

“Members of the CCW canvas>
ed part of the area some time fr
and received assurances from Cl
council that clean-up action babes
be started, but more than tWO
months have passed and nothing ‘
has been done. Now we're deteF
mined to get action.”

Doukhohors aid
Evdokimoff case

KRESTOVA, Be
A meeting of 100 citizens ae
here Mav 16 heard the story of t
Nick Evdokimoff case and decide
to raise money for Evdokimoe ke
defense. Sons of Freedom Dou®”
hobors have appointed a canvas
sing committee to collect funds ¥
this area.

Evdokimoff, sentenced to yi
years’ imprisonment on the Sate
of unlawful possession of eXP

000 bail pending a new trial grant
ed him by the Court of Appeal.

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