Civic budget designed to serve Big Business “This year’s civic budget is a thoroughly reactionary budget,” Bruce Mickleburgh, Vancouver Director of the Labor-Progressive Party, told the Tribune in commenting on the budget introduced at the city hall by acting-mayor George Miller, “The lLabor-Progressive Party proposed to the Goldenberg com- mission that Vancouver have power to levy a business tax and that the tax base be altered. Van- couver was granted both these powers at the recent session of the legislature, yet the Council has failed to use them. While corner grocers are pay- ing from $75 to $150 in licenses, the BCER pays $50v. A business tax on such big busi- nesses as the BCElectric would roli*in an extra million dollars a year for the city. This would ease the licence discrimination on small business and give the city neded revenue. “Refusal to boost the assess- ment on improvements to 75%, while simultaneously slashing the mill-rate means the city has lost a golden opportunity to ease the tax burden on small home owners whose improvements comprise a smaller proportion of the total tax base than those of the big business properties and whose exemption is consequently reduced. “The boosting of the mill-rate from 54.5 to 56 may prove the last straw that breaks the small tax- payer’s back, and is the result of failure to apply such measures as the above. It should be pro- tested by all labor and community groups and plans should start rolling now for a big vote regis- tration campaign this summer to - Ross Hunt - Following a long period of ill Ross Hunt, active worker get the people on the list who will turn the Non-Partisans out and elect some champions of the small taxpayers. “Proper taxation of big business would make it easily possible to pay the modest $900,000 in wage boosts being demanded by or- ganized civic employees. Refusal of the Council to pay these boosts is worse even than asking these employees to solve the financial problems of the whole city out of their own pockets—it is asking them to make a straight $900,000 dona- tion to big business. Every or- ganization in the city should back the wage demands of the ‘civic employees.” War widows ask higher allowance OTTAWA — The second delgation within a month to protest rising living costs arrived here this Tuesday to interview MPs and members of the federal cabinet. The 11 wo- men delegates, representing the Canadian Non-pensioned Veter- ans’ Widows’ Association are de- manding that. the widows’ mon- thly allowance be boosted from $30 ta $40. The delegates speak for over 40,000 widows of veterans of the first world war, and come under the provisions of the war veter- ans’ allowance act. Vancouver war widows are represented by Mrs. Ethel Darville. Earlier this month a delegation of western housewives and con- sumers journeyed here to demand the reinstitution of price controls. They are continiing their fight, by setting up a national organ- ization. CHM LOOOOOOOELEOCOO A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing No noti will be pted Monday noon of the week of NOTICES Oldtime Dancing co ALP, ‘ CARLSON'S ORCHESTLA Bvery Wednesday cnd Saturday Hastings Auditorium 828 East Hastings Phone HAst. 3248 MODERATE RENTAL RATES for eocials, veddings, meetings, etc O0.K. 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