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ate TORONTO
, When Prime Minister Louis St.

aurent meets with provincial
Premiers on April 26 “the very
i tst action of the conference must
€ to deal with the appalling un-
ruployment problem,” Tim Buck,
(ee national leader, says in a let-
oe to the prime minister this

ae of the letter follows:
+ meeting of the provincial
peers with yourself on. ‘April
sigs Will occur at a moment of

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country. © ney in ae life of our
ae vnile the meeting is reported
dis © Mainly in the nature of a
fie? ‘of the agenda for a
ee federal-provincial con-
7 aca later in the year, it is the
Mion of the Labor-Progressive
the Shared by wide sections of
‘the population and especially of
abor and farm movements,

3 Morgan asks
Public power

ownemand that the government-
Permit ‘C. Power Commission. be
itted to extend its present
Operations to servé the
Iver district was eons
Im a wire sent by Nige!
ina LPP provincial leader, to
Victor ie Utilities Commission in
ria.

0 allow the B.C. Electric to
sion tn h on B.C. Power Commis-
tends 4, /0rY> as apparently it in-
Violation. 2° Would constitute a
of qc" Of public trust; sabotage
Seryj
tere? and a betrayal of the in-
of the residents of the up-
adistrict,” said Morgan.
ets on Power Commission custom-
: ber adones Vancouver Island
efficie ne to the fairer rates and
trot Service received.
Should the B.C. Electric
ed to grab off the cream
hydro ‘business, leaving
Small, isolated and un-
Operations to -the gov-

Only the
Profitable

Missions wuanced B.C. Power Com-

Chit in.
ang 7call

It is time the govern-
€d a halt to this policy,
€d instead to take over
Electric and offer the
this province cheaper

‘Junior Yor
this oes out of there

“saath new clothes and short of
CRED}; US* the HUB‘S FREE
Sach a Pay a little

for credit, ahh no extra charge

Problem of jobless .

Sovernment-owned hydro

-|2 A comprehensive social sec-

jsions and family allowances).

appalling

that the’situation in the country
is so fraught with the danger of
economic crisis that emergency
action is required to meet it.

In such circumstances it is un-
thinkable that the federal prime
minister should meet in confer-
ence with the ten provincial prem-
iers and fail to agree on a pro-
gram of joint action to prevent the
drift to economic crisis which is
the main characteristic of the
present situation in Canada.

The very first action of the con-
ference must be to deal with the
appalling unemployment problem
which finds hundreds of thousands
of Canadians without jobs.

Large numbers of these have
already exhausted their meager
unemployment benefits _while
thousands of so-called “unem-
ployed unemployables” are
forced to five in the most de-
grading conditions while three
levels of government repudiate
responsibility for their welfare.

We strongly urge you as head
of the federal government to place

Non-Partisan Councillor Gerald Ch
Council meeting Monday night that his real estate firm had acted
acquiring six pieces of property involved in a disputed rezoning application, but argued that
he could not deprive his agents of their right to make a living.

_ Standard Oil’s rezoning application, bitterly disputed by North Slope

Burnaby ratepayers
score zoning policy

9 le a

MRS. ANNE SOCHASKY

MRS. KAY RANKIN

Presented by B.C. women

before the provincial premiers a
program of action to relieve this
distress by a new agreement on
unemployment relief which will

provide for adequate relief.to the
hundreds of thousands of unem-
ployed workers whose unemploy-
ment benefits are exhausted, to
the many thousands of employable
unemployed workers who are not
now covered by national unem-
ployment insurance and, also, for
all unemployables; and establish,
firmly, responsibility for same.

As to the agenda of the federal-
provincial conference to be held
this fall, the Labor-Progressive
party proposes that it should in-
clude the following:

1 Revision of existing tax agree-

ments between the federal and
provincial governments so as to
provide a more equitable distribu-
tion of the tax burden and reve-
nues and a larger share of income
and corporation profits taxes to
meet the growing demands of
provincial budgets and relieve the
growing burden of the municipali-
ties,

urity program along the lines
proposed by the federal govern-
ment in 1945, (national health in-
surance, increased old age pen-

3 A public investment program

which would utilize govern-
ment funds for the building of a
million low-renta! ‘homes and
other public projects such as those
proposed at the 1945 conference.

4 A national development pro-

gram in which all provinces
will cooperate with the federal
government to arrest the aliena-
tion of our rich resources to US.
ownership and control and bring
about that all-sided development
of our country which was the
dream of Confederation.

Finally, we urge you to call
upon he provincial premiers to
join with you in a declaration
strongly afifirming the national
sovereignty of Canada in all mat-| .
ters — internal and external ae
and pledging that our country will
intensify its efforts to advance the
cause of world peace by ending
the present suicidal arms race
thus making it possible to divert
billions of the dollars now being
expended on weapons of destruc-
tion to the building of a better and

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greater Canada. ;

are carving out a new life.”

and white) is popular.
are small for clearer vision, and
a magnifying glass located just
in front of the screen enlarges
the picture.

By BERT WHYTE ‘
Generations of students yet un-

born will watch and delight in
the growth of Douglas firs from
British Columbis
been planted at the botanical gar-
dens at the new Moscow City Uni-
versity.

which have

The fir seedlings were present-

ed to Soviet university authorities
by Mrs. Kay Rankin and Mrs.
Anne Sochasky of Vancouver, who
returned home Wednesday _ this
week after a three-week visit to
the USSR.

Vancouver citizens will be able

to listen to the two women’s first-
hand impressions of the Land of
Socialism at a public meeting in
Pender Auditorium on April 17.

Here are just a few of the things

they told me in a brief interview:

@ if you want to ‘eat black

bread is Moscow today, you have
to ask for it: 60 percent *of the
bread
whole wheat or rye, only 10 per-
cent

bread.

is white, 30 percent is

is; the. “traditional” black

@ Most impressive feature of

Soviet life is the country’s child-
ren—healthy, friendly, growing up
with a purpose in life.
Pioneer organization is so named
because, like the early pioneers

“Their

n this country, Soviet children

“@ New Zis automobiles are

of such a high mechanical stand-
ard that their motors are sealed
for 200,000 miles. Most popular
car is the medium-sized Pobeda.

@ Fashion shows are held reg-

ularly in the big cities, and spring
styles are “just as smart as any
we have in Canada.”

But there
s no debate on A or H lines; mod-

eration is the keynote. ~
_@ Television (color and black

Screens

@ Soviet citizens have enorm-

ous appetites: they “eat and drink
so much we couldn’t possibly com-
pete with them.” :

Douglas firs growing
at Moscow University

sports-crazy. “With the weather
20 below zero, tens of thousands
sat outdoors watching the inter-
national ‘speed skating champion-
ships. Bundled up in fur coats,
they sat eating—ice cream!”

@ The cultural life is fabu-
lous. “We saw Eugene Onegin at
the Bolshoi; Swan Lake at the
Stanislavski; concerts, films, art
exhibits. In Georgia we listened
to a 56-member choir, the youngest
member of which was 84 We
heard of another choir made up

of people over 100, whose con-
ductor is 130 years of age!”

These and many other colorful
impressions will be described in
detail by Mrs. Rankin and Mrs.
Sochasky when they speak at Pen-
der Auditorium.

“But above all else,” both wo-
men stressed, “was the impres-
sion we received from all the
people we met everywhere,
that they sincerely and earnest-
ly desire peace—an end to war
forever.

“There was a little schoolgirl
who, without prompting, chalked
on the blackboard: when we visited
her school, ‘We want to be your
friends.’ And almost all conver-

_|sations with people ‘on the farms,

in the factories and on the streets
ended with them saying to us,
“We hope for peace.’” ~

The eight-member Canadian
delegation, sponsored by Canadian-
Soviet Friendship Society, includ-
ed a retired business man, an
auto mechanic, a doctor’s wife, a
stenographer, a retired railway en-
gineer, office workers and a house-
wife. ;

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They found re “Iron Curtain”
anywhere in Europe, but bump-

gates reached Dorval Airport
near Montreal on their way
home. RCMP searched diligent-
ly, seized from one delegate a
package of photographs taken
on the tour and a letter sent to
him by Premier T. C, Douglas

@ The people in the USSR are

of Saskatchewan.

arlton acknowledged at

ed smack into one when dele- 4

BURNABY, B.C.
Burnaby Municipal
for Standard Oil in

Ratepayers
Association, was another skirmish
in the long battle fought by Van-
couver Heights and Capitol Hil}
residents to eliminate the nuisance
caused by Standard and Shell re-
fineries in North Burnaby and to
prevent the oil companies from en-
croaching upon built-up residential
areas.

J. ‘Newman, representing North
Slope Ratepayers Association, ap-
peared before council to oppose
Standard Oil’s application. He was
supported by Tom Blake, who
stressed that he was appearing
as an ordinary citizen “and not as
president of the Board of Trade,”
and Desmond Turner.

The brief presented by North
Sdope Ratepayers Association
emphasized a demand which has
general support ~throughout the
North Burnaby area.

“We have noticed over the Past
few years that council’s lack of
foresight in allowing enecroach-
ment of industry into previously
designated residential districts
has created a sub-standard border
surrounding these industrial
areas,” the brief noted.

“This sub-standard border then
becomes readily available to in-
dustry with the creation of a new
sub-standard .or blighted area.

. “We feel and strongly recom-
mend that whenever an indus-
trial area borders on a resi-
dential area, the policy should
be adopted that zoning be grant
ed only on the provision that a
park-like barrier strip of suit-
ats depth and planting be creat-

Using specially prepared

and diagrams to illustrate their
points, Newman and Blake show-
ed that the property Standard Oil
wanted rezoned lay across the
route of the long neglected Scenic
Highway, first proposed 25 years
ago. :

(Scenic Highway starts in Van-
couver west of the Second Nar-
rows Bridge, follows Montrose to
Willingdon and winds around the
north face of Capitol Hill. Relief
workers rough-cleared . the Van-
couver end during the thirties,
but there are sti}? big gaps in the
Burnaby portion). ,

When the recommended high
level bridge across the Second
Narrows is built, Newman and
Blake said, Scenic Highway will
provide the only feasible Burnaby
approach to it. H Standard Oil’s
application is granted, council
will be compelled either to buy
the properfy back at considerable
cost or. acquire other valuable
Property for an approach.

They Tecommended that Scenie
Highway be defined as the bound-
ary of Standard Oil’s property and
that the council trade municipal
Property east of. the route for

company-held property west of
the route.

Desmond Turner pointed out to
council that in 1949 property re-
cently developed by Standard Oil
as a loading zone had been rezon-
ed from residential to light indus-
trial without the knowledge of the
ris whose houses directly fac-
ed it.

On the motion of Reeve C. W.
MacSorley, the question was re-
ferred to Municipal Planning En-
gineer William Blakely for dis-
cussion with provincial authori-

ties and report back to council,

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 8, 1955 — PAGE 7