LPP membership in B.C. growing Membership in the B.C.-Yukon Section of the Labor-Progressive Party has jumped 125 since the patty’ fifth national convention ast’ March, LPP provincial head- Quarters announced this week. In announcing the gains, Alf Dewhurst, LPP provincial organ- wer, said that the Victoria Club led the province in the month of August with a total of seven new Members, : * , Dewhurst also reported forma- On of two new clubs on Vancou- wer Island at Duncan and Saanich. Party officials are confident that When the tally is in from all 58 ; clubs in the province that the B.C. organization will have Teached the objective of 200 new Members set early in the summer. > ee “HUB HUMOR: 4 . : ” “Who's been in my liquor? You can believe our story about Sur FREE CREDIT because Its true and Hundreds of our Customers have profited by if. Just pick out what you need for _ fall — a SUIT - TOPCOAT - AND FURNISHINGS and make your own credit terms with FREE la grant of $10,000 to the Social Continued | SENIOR “@ Owners of homes who are ‘receiving Social Assistance or So- cial Security to be granted a meas- ure of exemption and ‘taxed at not more than one-third of the actual value of the home. @ Incases of illness among old- er people, where an ambulance is necessary to remove a patient, the cost of such service to be borne by the Social Service Department. _@ The provincial government to provide Nursing Homes for the chronieally ill, and the Hospital Act to be amended accordingly. - @ The provincial government to pay the Cost of Living Bonus on the following basis to pensioners coming from other provinces: $5 per months after two years’ resl- dence in B.C., $10 after four years, and $15 after six years. @ Old Age Pensions to be plus any other form of pension, such as War Services, Disability, or other- wise. : pe e@ The federal government to amend the Old Age Security and Old Age Assistance Acts to pro- vide that old age pensioners be allowed to reside where they ‘| choose and still be eligible to re- | ceive their pension. @ The BC. government to make Work Department of University of B.C.. to enable it to conduct an in- vestigation into “the whole prob- lem of senior citizenship and relat- ed problems. ” : Housing problems of old people was the subject of considerable discussion. “The houses or rooms _ | many thousands of pensioners are compelled to exist in are a dis- grace to our country,” said a reso- lution, which asked the provincial government to seek cooperation of | municipalities in launching a low- rental homes development pro- m. The g0 delegates from many provincial points: attending the convention re-elected George F. Edwards as president and elected Charlotte I. Lucas as secretary- | treasurer. A memorandum sent to the fed- eral government stressed the need for an additional $20 added to the pension, and also made suggestions how this sum could be paid to those who need it even if the present basic pension remains the same. soe cs é e Ends hicrori ¢ voyage Effie Jones repeats charge In an interview this week, Effie Jones reiterated her charge that the B.C. Electric had advance notice of the PUC decision to increase fares and derided company replies. “Harold Merrilees has admitted that the BCER had the information from the PUC by 3.45 Friday afternoon before it was known either to the public or to the municipalities concerned. That proves the truth of my charges,” she said. “Company attempts to explain away the remarkable speed with which the new tickets were print- ed are very far short of convinc- ing,’ Mrs. Jones added. “Person- ally, I'd like to know just how the B.C. Electric got thé news so promptly. After all, the PUC told thé press at three that they didn’t know then what the decision would be and yet in less than 45 minutes the BCER had the information.” “‘T've made the charge, and I'll repeat it — the BCER had advance knowledge of the decision on the fare boost,” she said. - On the campaign to get the in- crease set aside by the provincial cabinet, Mrs. Jones was most op- timistic. “Public resentment is forcing reconsideration in government circles,” she pointed out. An historic voyage was completed by HMCS Labrador (TOP, in Arctic waters) when she docked at Victoria this week. The 6500-ton specially equipped ship is the first naval vessel ever to navigate the northwest passage. During the crossina the Labrador rescued the Monte Carlo (BOTTOM), U.S. exploration vessel which was frozen in 960 miles south of the geographic North Pole, by towing her through the ice fields. LPP asks government to assist farmers A resolution calling on the Bennett government to extend assist- ance to farmers facing disaster because of the abnormally wet summer and resultant crop failures was adopted by the provincial executive of the Labor-Progressive party this week. The resolution, sent to Augriculture Minister Kenneth over the signature of Nigel Mor-' gan, LPP provincial leader, point- ed out that field crop losses of up to 50 percent were being reported from many areas and that the out- look for the winter’s: supply of cattle fodder was bleak. In addition to the serious mar- keting problems confronting farm- ers in many branches of agricul- ture, thousands of berry, small fruit and vegetable growers had been practically wiped out. Kiernan The resolution .called for “im- mediate government action to sur- vey farmers’ ‘requirements; effec- tive measures to protect livestock farmers against profiteering; gov- ernment assistance to farmers left without income as a result of crop losses sufficient to carry them un- til their next crops come in; and a moratorium on mortgage and farm equipment payments to those re- | quiring it because of crop losses. Burnaby to join in fare appeal ~ BURNABY, B.C. Burnaby Municipal Council this week decided to join with other municipalities in opposing recent B.C. Electric fare increases. Appearing as spokesman for a Labor-Progressive - party delega- tion, William Turner told council: “It is obvious that the original de- cision of this council not to op- peal sparked such a wide protest from the people that you have now been forced to change your minds.” The LPP, only Burnaby organ- ization to take up the fight against the fare hike in a deter- mined manner, distributed thous- ands of leaflets urging citizens to write Premier W. A. C. Bennett expressing their opposition. . Socred MLA supports delegation’s protest “J stand on common ground with all of you on this issue,” Bert Price, Socred MLA for Vancouver- Burrard, this week told a delega- tion of 17 constituents who inter- viewed him to protest the B.C Electric transit fare increases. Price agreed that the fare boost is-a burden on working people, and. promised to contact Premier W. A. C. Bennett and:convey the views of the delegation. Women wrife Bennet opposing fare hoist Fifteen women gathered at the home of Mrs. J. Hill, 211 West Eighth Avenue, on Wednesday last week, signed a letter to Premier W. A. C. Bennett urging that re- cent B.C. Electric fare increases be rescinded. . ‘ “We women must join actively in the fight to keep living stand- dards up, and part of this fight consists of battling to keep fares down,” said Mrs.. Mona Morgan, guest speaker at the meeting, which was sponsored by the wo- men’s committee of the Labor- Progressive party. Leaflet distributed : in Vancouver East “Roll back the 15-cent fare,” de- manded a leaflet widely distributed this week by the Hastings East club of the Labor-Progressive par- ty. eae! Pointing out that Vancouver transit fares are now the highest in Canada, the leaflet urged peo- ple to write to Premier W. A. C. Bennett and ask him to “fire the Public . 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