(ity government least thy acouver is the most un- ®Mocrat; cratic oe ca ally governed city in Made last Part i y secretary ae Stewart, in a radio Cast over CKLG. SaidStewart, ‘‘Van- eee elation was 400,000 Qo fii: ve ten aldermen with one, iin and all aldermen save This e 8 West of Cambie Street. Pesent ans every alderman rep- Citizens *VETASE of 40,000 “ q oth eaees this compare with &re is al Canadian cities? derma, | -eCOrd: Ottawa, one onto Per 10,770 citizens; a one per 29,900; Hamil- Oe pep Per 13,500; Winnipeg, 11090. 5 4,500; Regina, one per C fa askatoon, one per 9,200; Monto, n° Per 20,200; and Ed- 7 one per 27,450," tew. : a Said that the average each . People represented by list ent in the main cities Only a Ove is 20,000—which is what it is in Vancouver. In hay et Weeks many voices Und ee Taised pointing to the ®0Vemman” character of civic Ur g €nt in Vancouver and thes, changes. Included among Yersit: ve been newspapers, uni- Professors, radio sta- This was the charge ~ lemocratic in Canada tions, civic experts, ex-alder- men, MLA’s, political parties, the ratepayer movement and labor organizations. Stewart charged that these rep- resentations have all been ignor- ed by Mayor Rathie and the NPA council. ‘*In response to the de- ‘mand of wide sections of the population for democratization of civic government,’ said Stew- art, ‘‘Mayor Rathie has announc- ed that he is going to ask‘ selected organizations’ to submit their views on civic reform. ‘But incredulous as it may seem, he is going to ask views of these selected groups on whether or not they would favor stretching the present term of office of aldermen and the mayor to four years, and the holding of elections every two years rather than annually.”’ This is seeking changes in the, opposite direction than greater civic democracy, Stewart said. He drew attention to the peti- tion now being circulated in Van- couver by ratepayer organiza- tions calling for area represen- tation and a larger city council, and urged the public to back the petition. Stewart can be heard again next Sunday at 1:15 p.m. on radio station CKLG on civic af- fairs. Communists urge new Policy on Columbia _ TOW py Cont'd from pg. 1 Riya, "ed for the Columbi b,j mbia n River in B.C. and the Hamilton Newfoundland, Foy Uti pearly an hour Morris Stang oe Communist Party ember : Won from committee Rast = ames Byrne,(Kootenay baitin @pology for some red- lousy © had indulged in prev- Ver pence: of the dispute Is o4,. 'eaty, said Morris, Natunn) -. We Sell a magnificent We ep source to the U.S. or the may ndently develop it for trys pum benefit of our coun- ‘hy e the Pay is an example of ®on ae of subordinating the ada th development of Can- ‘intern ot the U.S., the policy Was el ” Morris said this ahq rea. of exporting jobs joe a development of our *ctunin °urces tocreate manu- and secondary i ; y ind- n Canada, fener ani mai, 4al celebration of In- ation : be helg al Childrens’ Day will tthe ae year at the border Y aftern © Arch Park on Sun- Son, June 1th, he. 0 Vent j if chiy Bet is to be a gathering «ida Fi from the U.S. and sii Of cq ne together in the tb op ,, -OPeration and friend- “dren the world over. Tog ‘a qt iS ce features for the day or Bete around an out- ines; om Style picnic, with * Bret ts and prizes; free i flags . and pop; an exchange ‘Radian StWeen American and ~ Children, and a Child- The External Affairs Com- mittee hearing is now entering its sixth week. On Friday Gen. A, G. L. McNaughton is sched- uled to appear again before the committee. Also scheduled to appear soon is the B.C. Federa- tion of Labor. External Affairs Minister Martin is expected to restate government policy next week, j Last week the Mine-Mill union convention in Vancouver wired its protest against the treaty to all members of the committee and called on the committee to come to B.C. so that ‘the people most affected by the treaty’ would be able to lay their views before the governmental body. Opponents of the treaty have urged the public to write or wire the committee demanding that the treaty be not rushed through and that hearings be held across Canada, : mark Children’s Day 4 Peace Arch on June 6 rens’ Hootenananny led by folk singers from both sides of the border. 4 The trade union auxiliaries and national cultural associa- tions, which make up the B.C. Women’s Committee for World Friendship, the sponsors of this years event, extend an invitation to any other interested groups or individuals to participate in these Children’s Day preparations. They may do so by attending a meeting of the Committee at 2123 Gravely Street, on Tuesday evening, May 26th. For more in- formation, telephone HE 1-6801. Canad CANADIAN BUSINESSMEN IN MOSCOW. Photo shows busin y members of the delegation of C now touring the Soviet Union, being received by So- Hydro. viet officials on May 5. In the delegation are many prominent names, including Dr. Gordon Shrum of B.C. ‘WHAT HAPPENED TO DEMANDS ? ” ASK_ LEAFLET Fighting policy urged in forest negotiations A fighting policy by the IWA is needed to win the just demands of B.C.’s woodworkers, says a leaflet issued this week by the Communist Party. The leaflet will receive wide distribution at logging camps, sawmills and ply- wood plants all over the prov- ince. Some union locals have al- ready started to set up strike machinery inthe event Pete Fish- er, government-appointed con- ciliation officer, fails to bring in recommendations acceptable to the membership. Showing the way for the whole membership is the Vancouver Local, 1-217. In the last issue of the Barker, organ of the local, president Syd Thompson quotes from some recent statements made by J. V. Clyne, board chairman of the MacMillan, Bloe- del & Powell River empire. Thompson says Clyne’s at- titude towards negotiations can be summed up as: ‘‘Everything for the shareholders and to hell with the rest! . .. The employ- ees working in this industry and the public at large are being skinned alive by the people that own and control this industry.”’ SEAT CHINA IN U.N. Senator G. S. Thorvaldson of Winnipeg said in the Senate last week that Canada should work for the seating of China in the U.N. The Senator, who was former president of the Pro- gressive Conservative Party, said the majority of Canadians favored this view. And an editorial in the same issue, headed ‘‘Be Prepared,” states: Our negotiations in the true sense of the word are no longer in the hands of the union and we are now at the mercy of a government that has never been too favorable toward organ- ized labor. . ‘‘Wwe want to make it abund- antly clear that in this year of outrageous profits halfway solu- tions will not be accepted. . . ‘“*1f the recommendations of the conciliation officer do not meet the requirements ofthe member- ship then we must be prepared to turn them down inno uncertain manner. We cannot allow a year like this to slip by without achiev~ ing major improvements in our wages and working conditions... ‘ ‘Determination, a willingness to fight if necessary and being prepared for all eventualities is the road to success,” concludes the editorial. The CP leaflet, titled ‘What Has Happened to the Wood- workers Demands?’’ points out that agreement by the union bar- gaining committee to an exten- - sion of time for Fisher was an error. In effect, it states, the ex- tension makes Fisher a one-man Industrial Inquiry Commission and gets operators off the hook because they no longer have to face the union across the bar- gaining table. This procedure is second only to compulsory arbi- tration as far as the lumber barons are concerned. Outlining a policy of action for woodworkers, the leaflet urges: * An emergency meeting be- tween local union officers and the bargaining committee, to put negotiations back on the right track, * Mass informative meetings. in all areas, to involve the membership in the process of collective bargaining. * Forcing operators back to the bargaining table, to be con- fronted by the union negotiators. * Making thorough strike preparations to back up demands, as ‘‘this is the language the oper- ators understand andthe language to which they will respond.’’ ‘The working people of this province are being short-changed by the monopolies and they are prepared to fight for a better deal. This is illustrated by the strikes that have taken place and by the ones now in progress. “Given the opportunity, the lum- ber workers will also give agood account of themselves in the period ahead,’’ concludes the leaflet. Citizens demand New Brighton Park be expanded © The Parks Development Com- mittee of Vancouver East pre- sented a brief to the Board of Park Commissioners last Tues- day, in which the committee demanded extension of New Brighton Park. The brief was presented by committee pres- ident Donald (Dusty) Greenwell. The brief pointed out New Brighton, in its one hundred and first year, ‘‘is of great histor- ical value to the city of Van- couver. It was the location of many ‘firsts’, including the first hotel, railway station and wharf between Vancouver and Vancou- ver Island,’’ The brief shows that the east end of the city is sadly lack- ing adequate park facilities and states: ‘*We are of the opinion that the Board of Parks should immediately start reclaiming 15 acres of foreshore land to en- large the park area and the beach. We also feel immediate cleaning up of the present beach and enlarging of the parking area is long overdue. ‘‘We realize some money has been spent on New Brighton but, in our opinion, not enough con- sideration is given to the tre- mendous number of people using this area in comparison to other locations.** May 15, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3