ee eer FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, Latnnntian TTA a AT oft TANG, ate p>) i INES \ Mad Cao LGN re) nm ELECT EFFIE JONES FOR.ALDERMAN ‘These Effie Jones stickers are already appearing all over town. Program issued by Effie Jones “This is the year Vancouver citizens can put a dent in the Non-Partisan Association machine which has dominated the political life of our city for more than 18 years,” Effie Jones, independent aldermanic candidate, said this week in making public her 10-point program for civic progress. Here is Mrs. Jones’ program: 1—LIFT EDUCATION COSTS OFF HOMES: Federal govern- ment must pay for elementary education. This would save Vancouver taxpayers $5.5 mil- lion a year. Federal govern- ment has large revenues to do this. Lessening of world ten- sions removes any reason for not cutting arms costs to pro- vide more money to ease finan- © cial burden of municipalities. 2—CUT TAXES ON HOMES 15 PERCENT: Big business to pay higher taxes on property. Utility companies must pay more. Provincial government should pay taxes on their city properties and a greater share of road costs. Cut city debt by low interest loans from fed- eral government. 2) 3—CLEAN UP CORRUPTION IN CIVIC DEPARTMENTS: Bring crime under control. Those responsible for. police scandal to be brought to account. Make the Police Commission re- sponsible to the citizens. For a five-man Police Commission with majority elected by voters. 4—PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF B.C. ELECTRIC LIGHT, POW- ER, NATURAL GAS AND TRANSIT: Public-owned power means cheaper rates for con- sumers and industries, more payrolls, jobs. and civic rev- enues. ‘ 5 — SPEEDY ACTION ON NEEDED CIVIC: PROJECTS: Such as sewers, sewerage dis- posal, slum clearance, housing, roads and sidewalks, schools, street lighting, library and civic auditorium. Metropolitan plan- ning for metropolitan services. 4—IMPROVE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM: More cross-town lines. Immediate action on cross-town line on King Edward Avenue. 7—EXPAND INDUSTRY IN VANCOUVER: Encourage man- ufacturing industries to process B.C. resources instead of ex- porting them. For greater har- bor development and increased trade with all countries. Re- move freight rate restrictions holding ~ back Vancouver’s growth. 8—SOLVE TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEM: No 10- cent parking meters. Vigorous action to provide cheap public parking in congested areas. 9—EXTEND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SERVICES: Bring public hospitals under public control. Provincial government to -provide hospitalization for chronic eases. For a system of suburban hospitals. Fluoridate our water. Extend free dental care in schools. 10—MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUTH. Effie Jones election head- quarters have been opened at 502 East Hastings. For informa- tion, phone TA. 8947. . Continued from page I GENEVA SPIRIT to abandon that aim. : To draw from this the conclu- sion that the conference put an “end to the Geneva spirit” is wrong. What the conference proved was: l. That the U.S., British and French governments will have to accept the fact that Germany never again will be a catspaw for militarist adventures. 2. That the effort to achieve agreements through patient negotiation which was made by the USSR at Geneva, is the only method by which peace will be secured and disarma- ment realized. 3. That “ganging up” on the USSR, as the three Western powers tried to do, will not work; that the practice of full equality between the Four Pow- ers and the opening up of East- West exchanges by starting with trade, is the road to peace. 4. That the cold war will not be ended in a day. Peace wal not fall like manna from heaven. It has to be fought for. Conse- quently the people must not fall into pessimism, as the gloom- merchants try to have them do; on the contrary, they must fight even harder for peace. The government of Canada can assist the cause of peace by reviewing its foreign policy in the light of Geneva. In fact, Canadians should demand, ever louder, that this be done, and that the January session of par- liament receive a strong lead from the government in the spirit of Geneva. ‘it continued. MINE-MILL SEES CABINET Industrial need stressed in talks Concern for the way in which British Columbia’s natural resources are being depleted, without the establishment of secondary industries in the province, was voiced ina Mine-Mill brief presented to the cabinet in Victoria Friday last week. The brief pointed out that even while lead-zinc “Production is again flourishing, smaller operations are often refused processing of their ore by the one smelter within the province, and that consequent- ly even the necessary branch of primary industry must be pursued outside the province and the country. Need of a custom smelter was emphasized. . Asbestos production was made another case in point. “Fibre from Cassiar Asbestos has led to no secondary; industry in this province which would aid employment here; it is sent to the eastern United States for processing and manufacture in- to final products,” said the Mine- Mill brief. : : “We are very much concern- ed with the outlook and the steps being taken by the gov- ernment to conserve British Columbia’s natural resources,” “These resources do not belong to one generation, they belong to all future British Columbians and control must be vested in the province. Under no circumstances should foreign interests come into direct con- trol and ownership of British Columbia’s future. : “We know we have wonder- ‘ful Fesources not only of metals and forests, but of power.. Where a country has these resources plus an abundance of potential power development, and pur- sues a proper policy, industry will go where the power de- velopment is. “We are confident that we could reverse the trend where- by thousands of Canadians have to go elsewhere to seek employ- ment, particularly to the United States, and we could have U.S. citizens migrate to Canada in order to get employment, be- cause we remain the last area on this continent that has the power resources and the met- als upon which industry devel- ops.” Mine-Mill urged trade with all countries and said that re- cognition of the People’s Re- public of China would benefit this province tremendously. Referring to the visits of Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson and Fisheries Min- ister James Sinclair to the Soviet Union and the fact that Canada is developing trade agreements with the USSR, union spokesmen suggested this province should send an official delegation to the Soviet Union and People’s China. Objection was taken to the handling of silicosis: cases, par- ticularly to that ruling by which a victim, even though he has worked for the same company within and without the prov- ince, is barred from pension be- cause of lack of necessary “term of exposure’ in -either prov- ~ Ince. Labor Minister Lyle Wicks interjected at this point to ad- vise the delegation that arrange- ments have been completed with several provinces to care for such cases on a reciprocal basis. The brief pointed out on: be- half of the Britannia members of Mine-Mill that the present boat service provided to Howe Sound points by Union Steam- ship Company is “inadequate and often dangerous,” and urg- ed completion of the road from Horseshoe Bay. | . Premier W. A. C. Bennett re- plied that the government was also concerned but could do little as this service was under the jurisdiction of the federal department of transport. He promised that further represen- tations would be made to have the service improved. At the premier’s invitation, the delegation returned to his office to review with the gov- ernment engineer, maps show- ing progress of the Vancouver- Squamish road, and were pre- sented with a map of the pro-- ject. ; The Mine-Mill brief was pre- . sented by national district board member Ken Smith, district president George Anderson, secretary-treasurer Les Walker. and board members Rod Black and Clem Thompson. Britannia — business agent Arnie Bennett — accompanied the delegation. —e Morgan on Clyne Report \ “The daily press has resorted to cheap sensationalism in its scare headlines reporting the Clyne Report in order to cover up the real question — the grave deficiency in milk con- sumption in this province,” Nigel Morgan, LPP leader, de- clared in a statement to the Pacific Tribune this week. “The. most shocking revela- tion contained in the Clyne Re- port is the fact that B.C. has the lowest per capita milk con-- sumption in North America,” he said. “The per capita consump- tion in Vancouver is less than half the minimum requirement recommended by nutritionists. “It is a startling fact that per capita consumption in this rich province has not only fallen be- low all provinces in Canada, but is a third less than Britain’s and lower than any country in Europe with the exception of France and the impoverished nations.” “That this is attributable to -wasteful and costly methods of distribution is borne out by the Clyne Report, no less than by evidence submitted to the Milk Board hearings by the LPP, showing that with every per- . centage rise in the price of milk there was a similar percentage drop in milk consumption. “It is one of the most serious ‘weaknesses in the Clyne Report that it lacks any concrete pro- posals for remedying this de- plorable state of affairs. There is nothing which would benefit B.C. dairy farmers more than boosting milk consumption and thereby increasing the propor- tion of milk going into the fluid market compared with manu- facturing plants.” Morgan commented that “cer- tain Liberal politicians and their daily press are doing a great disservice to the B.C. dairy in- dustry, and such a great injus- tice to the vast majority of Fraser Valley farmers, with their sensationalism about ‘fil- thy milk’, : “There is no doubt that the farm inspection service has broken down badly under the Socred’s so-called *‘Economy- with - Efficiency’ budgeting PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 25, 1955 — PAGE 2 Lacks proposals for | consumption boost ' ducers, which lopped $80,000 off the 1954 grant to the department of agriculture, but the real facts regarding milk standards 4 shown in actual tests conduct by the Metropolitan Health Board. “The tests, according tO ~ Dr. Bryson; show that the bac- terial count in Vancouver’s ml supply has dropped consider- ably in the last six years. Where. in 1949, 19.7 percent of the bot- tles failed to satisfy test stand- ards, last year only 6.4 percent were short. “The majority of milk pro-- ducers, who take great pains tO maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and quality, | should not be blamed for the minority of careless ones. Non- inspection is a matter which the department of agriculture must take full responsibility for, an which must be remedied im- mediately.” Morgan said the Clyne report — had properly criticized the costly and wasteful distributive meth- ods and wholesale bribery bY which distributors have bee” undercutting one another, add- ing: “It is regrettable that the Te port is not more specific in its proposals for elimination ‘of Un- economic practices, although its recommendations to insist om rigid price guarantees to pro- to set a market-wide price for milk of the same qua- lity, to permit free, competition for the market by milk of ade- quate standard, and to allow sale of higher than the minl- mum butterfat content, igh steps in the right direction.” He said there was a pressing need to eliminate favoritism in marketing, anid to assure a fait and equitable return to all pro- ducers of the same quality © milk. ; ; “Only by guaranteeing the . farmers a fair return will w® be able to provide a continuous: adeauate and wholesome suvvlY of this most vital of all food- stuffs.” he said. “Onlv by DFO” viding milk at reasonable price - eliminating wasteful distribU- tive costs and assuring the cleanliness and high aualitv © the nroduct. will we be able to. hrine B.C. milk consumption UP to the necessarv standard.’