Sf RSE . ‘HALT FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS’ _ Burnaby parley seeks works programs BURNABY, B.C. — Burn- aby Municipal Hall last Sat- urday'was the setting for an important inter’ - municipal conference to discuss common problems and seek workable sdlutions aimed at providing full employment. Sixty-five delegates were in attendance, representing the municipal councils of Port ‘Moody, Richmond, Delta and Coquitlam. Also present were delegates from ratepayer or- ganizations, boards of. trade, teachers’ associations, Vancou- ver Labor Council and a num- ber of trade unions. Burnaby MLAs and MPs for Burnaby- Richmond and Burnaby - Co- quitlam attended to hear vari- ed proposals of their constitu- ents. Unemployment was the dominant topic of the confer- ence, overshadowing all other issues coming up for discus- sion, with the demand strong- ly voiced by several delegates for action to prevent fore- elosures and evictions. 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Sutherland A devoted worker has been lost to the progressive labor movement in this city by the untimely death of Arthur Sutherland, from cancer, in Vancouver General Hospital on Friday last week, at the age of 38 years. Born and educated in Van- couver, .Art Sutherland had taken part in many labor struggles as a member of the old Canadian Seamen’s Union, working in shipyards here after the smashing of that militant ‘organization, ~ Since 1954 he had been a member of and active worker in the Grandview club of the Labor-Progressive Party. ° He is survived by his wife, Helena, and two _ children, Carol, 11 and Brian, 8. Funeral services were held Wednesday this week from Grandview Funeral Chapel, with Carl Rush speaking for the LPP. “Art Sutherland will long be remembered by all his friends for his devotion to the cause ‘of socialism, which he knew would bring peace, sec- urity and happiness to man- kind,” said Rush. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. ‘costs, J. Gordon, Burnaby Rate_ payers council, stated, “Today Canada is Spending vast sums_ of money on obsolete defense equipment. Some of this money should be spent on education.” Burnaby’s Councillor Brown added that “education costs have reached a crisis stage. Federal and provincial gov- ernments should see this sit- uation as an emergency.” Harold Pritchett, Capitol Hill Ratepayers, urged the need of extended trade as one means of providing jobs. “There is one thing that has not been stressed,” said Prit- chett, “and that is the immedi- ate opening up of trade with the socialist countries, and par- ticularly with the Republic of China. There alone is a vast potential market which would greatly benefit the Canadian economy.” John Drysdale Conservative MP for Burnaby-Richmond, remarked with a sneer that ‘if anyone has information that we canstrade with China I would like to have it.” Prit- chett assured him that “tf have it and will certainly see that you get it,” and another dele- gate told Drysdale to “ask your Department of Trade and Commerce. They have it too.” Cedric Cox, CCF-MLA for Burnaby, stated,’ -We have here a number of good pro- posals which we can go to the House and fight for. We are going to have to trade with China, India and everywhere. Let us sée at the moment also if we can get a moratorium on homes before it is too late, so that workers in Burnaby and elsewhere do not lose~ their DOMES as in the Fast Ugpreay sion” Erhart Regier, CCR-MP for Burnaby-Coquitlam, was the only delegate at the conference to raise the red bogey. “As long as men are sleep- ing under bridges,” , orated ReBier, “it is a threat to our way of life. We must fight communism where the threat. exists—in the hearts and minds of the unemployed. The man sleeping under bridges, if he becomes large enough in num- bers, can undermine our way of life.” Regier enlarged upon his theme to include Burnaby homeowners who cannot meet their tax assessments because _ of unemployment. “This,” he claimed, “can cause commu- nism faster than anything coming from Moscow.” It was apparent the confer- ence didn’t share Regier’s anti- communism as any “solution” to municipal tax burdens and growing unemployment. “U.S. tariffs, ’ mission noted, emphasized the ; need for such a commission. Inquiry asked by Mine-Mill VICTORIA, B.C.—The Ben- nett government was sharply reminded by Mine - Mills Western District Union, pre- senting its annual -submission — here on December 19, that “there has been no responsive action to our request in 0 last meeting with you that a Royal Commission, similar to the Sloan Commission on for= estry, be set-up to enquire into’ conditions of the mining: in- dustry in this province.” ; Closure of Britannia and other mines and discriminatory the union sub- In a 12-page submission list- ing its proposals, Mine-Mill de-— clared that dissatisfaction with operations of the Workmen’s — Compensation Board “is more prevalent than ever” and com- plained that “certain implied. ‘ promises of the government in — this respect have not been ful. filled” ion’s last submission had been — sent. to Premier Bennett for his personal consideration aS requested. 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