sceaindatt, aaa *Diefenk posal to oward Dean seeks anaimo council seat NANAIMO, B.C.—Seeking election on a platform of winter work, unemployed welder Howard Dean has entered the civic aldermanic contest and expects that his union and “all organ- -d labor in the area” will support his campaign “Building trades workers are seriously affected by the percent, based on the Social problem of unemployment on Vancouver Island,” said Dean. Minister advanced a pro- “Recently, Prime paker finance 50 percent labor costs of certain of the municipal ‘projects to assist in yment. alleviating unemplo “Many already® in municipalities are financial may not be of this offer serious difficulties and able to make unless the provincial ment also fi use govern- as- would gives financial sistance. Therefore, I propose that the province should pay 40 percent of labor and the inicio 10 cost now in would provide hospital, program. full cost the senior government as proposed by the municipal brief. I believe there should be a $1,000 exemption on assess- This those especi- Assis formula effect. funds for and tance This our -pavl ing sewer street “On taxation problems, should be borne by also home owners. break to incomes, ments for give a limited the senior will with © ley ally citizens.” Dean is a member of the Nanaimo Local Pipefitters’ Union. He is married and has four children. Labor plans election rally in North Van ANCOUVER, district NORTH VA for city and held 2, it was announced this week C. B. Keely (Marine Work- ers) and C. Perri (SRU 101) are Vancouver and District Labor Council nominees for North Vancouver City coun- cil. The VLC has also en ed Mrs. Winnifred Henderson, a housewife who is running as an independent. VLC nomihee for a North Vancouver District council seat is Ivan Birehard (Plumb- 170). rally tions will be in Lonsdale dors- ers The campaign to elect labor eandidates to both city and district councils is in full B.C. — A labor trade union sponsored candidates in coming civic elec- Hall by the Annex Tuesday, December labor election committee. swing A program outlining labor’s platform will be off the shortly and union- ists are planning to distribute it to every home. Labor candidates manding, among other things, a full probe into the present press are de- taxation structure; winter pro- jects*to ease unemployment; public ownership of utilities; and education to be paid by the federal government. full costs of elementary VLC endorses three in New Westminster NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. —Two BCER bus drivers a business agent of the. United Allied Work- ers Union are contesting coun- and Fishermen and cil seats in coming elections here, endorsed by Vancouver and District Labor Council. The candidates are Augu t Schiller, Robert Skelly and Harold F. Wilcox. All are Second World War vet- erans. Schiller and Skelly are bus drivers and Wilcox is a UFAWU business agent. labor Wilcox nomi- nated by Ratepayers’ was recently the Queensborough Association, of which he is secretary. He is 43, married, with three school age children. Skelly, city, is of this seven a native son with He is an narried children. officer of his union and a delegate to Vancouver Labor Council. Schiller is married with two children. He ig active in union affairs and also in PTA work. Pe) ne a WN VLC Candidates erate E. A. JAMIESON PADDY’ NEALE Vancouver Labor. Council nominated these three eandi- dates to carry labor’s banner into the Vancouver _ civic elections as aldermanic can- didates. E. A. Jamieson is VLC secretary; Jenkins is president of Marine Workers; Paddy Neale is an official of the IWA. Wilkinson contests Langley seat LANGLEY, B.C. — “Social welfare costs should be borne entirely by federal and provincial governments,” Wil- liam (Bill) Wilkinson, date for council in Langley municipality, said this week. Wilkinson, a retired carpen- ter ,declared that the expense the candi- of elementary and secondary education, now the largest single cost levelled against Elgin Neish urges — increased federal ait VICTORIA, B.C.- candidate of United Fishermen “Any government that has $700 million to throw away on an airplane that will never go into production (the CF 105 jet) has plenty of money to pay educational costs with- out raising taxes,’ contends Neish’. Some of the planks in his platform: Taxes: Tax relief for home owners and small _ business- men. An end to fixed assess- ments on large businesses such as the Empress Hotel, grain elevators and B.C. Pack- s’ Ogden Point Cold Storage Xivic. services: “I am in favor of amalgamation, but not on the basis that it be used for restraining the nat- ural development of. decent- ralizing the downtown busi- ness district by placing res- trictive zoning bylaws on the amalgamated section of Saan- ich to stop shopping sections from developing in that area.” Downtown off-street park- ing with’ no increase in park- ing meter rates, sites being pid for by assessments against downtown property that would gain from such parking. . Industries and jobs: “Take up federal winter work pro- gram for the unemployed and get much needed public works with Ottawa paying a large share of the costs. “Public ownership of the B.C. Electric and B.C. Tele- phone. through proper handl- ing, this step would result in a big drop in rates now with resulting way of cheap and an in- industrial being. charged returns in the electric power flux or increase in activity. “Establishment of an indus- trial development commission taking this aspect of civic res- ponsibility out of the hands of Victoria Publicity Bureau which is mainly interested in the tourist dollar.” Youth and recreation: “Im- prove facilities: more ‘wading pools and equipment in our parks, school gyms to be home owners, should be paid by the provincial govern- ment. “Thirdly,” he continued, “the entire capital costs of new hospitals should also be a provincial responsibility. “Unless we can win through on these three main points there can be no tax relief in sight for Langley ratepayers. “I. also favor council action Increased federal aid for education ab provincial help for schoal costs are advocated by aldermailt Elgin (Scotty) Neish, and Allied Workers Union. member of the Victoria 0 ELGIN NEISH a open to. superviséd groups ie evening activities. “Set up a recreation eon mission made up of city cil representatives along i youth, recreational -and © tural representatives.” 4 Senior citizens: “More civil assistance to senior citiae? housing and other senior cit zen projects.” Neish is also campaign to “revitalize our seap? which is so important 10 v industry and employmenl He strongly advocates e%? 4 sion of Pacific trade, Pp? i¢ d larly with the People’s R public of China. VLC sponsors three jobless conferences | Vancouver Labor count” will hold a conference 0? abo! employment at the - ai Temple, 307 West Ne a on November 8. All ted ® trade unionists are invite attend. is A second _ conferenc€ i! scheduled for December at 2 p.m., and MPs and are expected to be on ha int In January a third mee et ice for representatives of mY unit t0 palities from Vancouvel Hope, will be sponsore the VLC. for a works program ' at lieve unemployment wit al tawa paying 50 percent oF ready offered by Prime yest” ster Diefenbaker, and Fe" ja, ing 40 percent from i tid with the municipality P eth up the remaining 10 ae 2 Os On such a realistic * could effectively helP re the serious unemp!© problem and if electe work for such a program November 28, 1958 — PACIFIC rerBune? .