i | cae eee eee) | ee eee YN |) aN) Valley labor veteran, August Hilland, 63, killed in collision WEBSTER’S CORNERS, B.C. The tragic death of August Hilland, killed almost instantly last Sunday morning when his light truck was demolished by a CPR freight train at Albion, has robbed the progressive labor movement of a vet- eran worker and plunged this Fraser Valley community into mourning for one of its most respected residents. Born in Finland in 1890, August Hilland’s life-long association with the labor movement began.in 1909 when he emigrated to the United States and worked for two years as a miner. In 1911 he came to Canada, settling in Ucluelet, Van- _ couver Island, where he met and married his wife, Borghild, in 1915. : The following year he took up a homestead at Shaunavon, Sask- atchewan, where his seven chil- dren were born. In 1985 the family moved back to B.C., taking up residence at Webster’s Corners where August Hilland soon earned a_ leading F CBU and CBC NETWORK TIM BUCK LPP national leader Tuesday, August 4, 10.15 p.m. CJOR ALEX KUCHER Burnaby-Coquitlam Monday, August 3, 9.15 p.m. GORDON ELDER Vancouver South Tuesday, August 4, 9.15 p.m. MAURICE RUSH Vancouver East Wednesday, August 5, 9.15 p.m. Friday, August 7, 7 p.m. CKNW New Westminster ~ HOMER STEVENS Burnaby-Richmond Tuesday, August 4, 7.45 p.m. CJAT : Trail MRS. TILLIE BELANGER Kootenay West and TIM BUCK LPP National Leader - Tuesday, August 4, 6.30 p.m. NIGEL MORGAN LPP Provincial Leader Friday, August 7, 6.45 p.m. CJIB Vernon HENRY CODD Okanagan-Revelstoke Monday, August 3, 8.20 p.m. x NIGEL MORGAN LPP Provincial Leader Thursday, August 6, 9.30 p.m. HENRY CODD Okanagan-Revelstoke Friday, August 7, 9.45 p.m. CKDA Victoria TOM SEIBERT ° position in the community by his active interest in many organiza- tions. From the time he joined the old Socialist Party of Canada at Uclue- let, August Hilland consistently de- monstrated his socialist convic- tions, as a member of the old Com- munist party, which he joined in 1933, and as a foundation member of the Labor-Progressive party in 1943. At the time of his death he was actively campaigning for his son, Carl, who is the LPP candidate for Fraser Valley in this* federal elec- tion. A son-in-law, Homer Stev- ens, is the LPP candidate for Bur- naby-Richmond. Most of his life August Hilland had worked as a farmer and dur- ing the thirties he was an active member of the Farmers Unity League in Saskatchewan. In 1942 he began fishing and became a member of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union. He was also a director of Webster’s Cor- ners Cooperative Exchange and a director of the local Finnish Or- ganization. He is survived by his wife, Borg- hild; three sons, Alfred, Carl and Harold;- four daughters, Mrs. Ida Koehn, Mrs.. Alice Lamb, Mrs. Alma Dalrymple and Mrs. Grace Stevens; one sister in B.C. and three brothers and three sisters in Finland. There are 19 grandchil- dren. The funeral will be held this Friday at 1:30 p.m. from Webster’s Corners Hall. LPP leaders on election stump in B.C. One national and three provin- cial leaders of the Labor-Progres- sive party are stumping the prov- ince in support of the party’s 17 federal candidates in B.C., it was reported this week. They are A. A. MacLeod, member of the LPP national executive; Nigel Morgan, provincial leader; Alf Dewhurst, provincial organizer; and Harvey Murphy. Following is a list of their meet- ings as released by ‘LPP provincial headquarters here this week: A. A. MacLEOD: August 2, with Mrs. Tillie Belanger at Tagum; Au- gust 3, with Sam English at Kim- berley; August 4, with Henry Codd at Revelstoke; August 5, with Henry Codd at Vernon; August 7, with Tom Seibert at Victoria. NIGEL MORGAN: August 1, with Sam English at Michel; Au- gust 2, with Sam English at Cran- brook; August 3, with Sam English at Kimberley; August 4, with Sam English at Creston; August 5, with Mrs. Tillie Belanger at Trail. HARVEY MURPHY: August, 7, with E. C. Morrison at Port Al- berni August 9, with Sam English at Michel and Fernie. ALF DEWHURST: August 2, with Leo Brady at Bear Creek Park, Surrey; August 3, with Carl’ Hilland_at Hope. Tom McEwen, LPP candidate for Coast-Capilano, is speaking at Brit- annia on Monday, August 3, and at Powell River on Wednesday, August 5. What LPP candidates are saying Mona Morgan charges Liberals — have padded lists in Kingsway “The Liberals have* padded the voters’ list,” asserted Mrs. Mona Morgan,.LPP candidate for Van- couver Kingsway, in a statement is- sued to the press this week. .“In just a few blocks our can- vassers discovered three persons out of 20 spoken to who admitted their names were on the voters’ list although they were not Cana- dian citizens. There- must be thousands registered throughout the country who are not entitled to cast ballots—but who will be allowed to, nevertheless. “Do the Liberals thinks these new immigrants will vote Liberal? Is that why Liberal enumerators added their names to the list? In view of the government’s immi- gration policy one might assume such to be the case.” * * * Charging RCMP intimidation against his election workers, Tom McEwen, LPP candidate for Coast- Capilano, said this week: “On several occasions within the past few days officers of the RCMP SAM ENGLISH LPP, Kootenay East have visited my LPP election head- quarters and left instructions that all LPP posters in the North Van- couver District must be taken down, because their posting was in violation of municipal bylaws. “Last week I brought this mat- ter to the attention of Mayor Golds- worthy in a phone call and was assured that such a ruling was in effect and applied to all political parties. I agreed that if such was the case the LPP would readily comply with the council’s ruling. “Since then, however, Social Credit, CCF and Liberal posters have appeared in greater number than before, leaving only one con- clusion to be drawn — that the RCMP orders to the LPP to re- move its posters do not apply to other political parties and are therefore, in line with the Garson- Drew fulminations against the LPP, a flagrant discrimination in- tended to obstruct the LPP in bringing its program to the peo- ple in this election. “Therefore, and in view of the developments since my phone talk with Mayor Goldsworthy, any com- United Labor PICNIC SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 CONFEDERATION PARK 4600 EAST HASTINGS NORTH BURNABY CARL HILLAND LPP, Fraser Valley mitments made in good faith by the LPP constituency committee on this issue are obviously can- celled out by the unrestricted ac- tions of the other political parties. We believe the people are with us in protesting this cheap type of political discrimination.” * * * If rural voters find their names have been left off the vot- ers list, that does not bar them from voting, says Alf Dewhurst, LPP provincial election man- ager. “Section 46 of the Canada Elections Act provides that a qualified voter whose name has been omitted from the list of electors can vote at the appro- priate polling station nearest his place of residence,” pointed ‘out Dewhurst. “The Act provides that such an elector must be vouched for by a qualified elector whose name appears on the list of elec- tors for the given constituency and who personally appears with the person requesting a vote and who takes an oath in Form No. 46, The elector ap- plying for a vote must also take an oath in Form No. 46.” — * * * “Canadians are not opposed to other countries investing money in Canada,” Maurice Rush, LPP can- didate for Vancouver East, said in a CJOR radio broadcast Wed- nesday night. “What we are op- posed to is that a foreign country should ‘be allowed to come into Canada, buy up our sources of raw’ materials and ship them off to be processed in another country. 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Family allow ances can be raised, unempl ment insurance benefits increas and extended, old age pens he means test, and a large-scale we ing program can be started. * * * RCMP attempted to intimidalé election workers who were P# a ing out material for Carl Hillan LPP candidate for Fraser Valley: on street corners:in Chilliwack week. < Although Jehovah's Witness distributing leaflets were not et ered, RCMP officers called 0 i one of Hilland’s election worker looked at her leaflets and Wa against “littering the streets. f Distribution. of Hilland’s tion program is continuin&, spite the police intimidation.’ ae * * A favorable reception is reo ed -by Sam English, Labor Pres sive candidate for Kootenay 1iey for his party’s national, coal Pros to retrieve the coal industry he U.S. domination and provide ish, for Canadian coal miners. who has worked in the coal mn a since he was 13 years old, § plaining the policy from plato? in Fernie, Michel, Natal other centres. 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