Power Octopus Puts Squeeze On Nelson By CHARLES SAUNDERS, Tribune Staff Writer TRAIL, B.C—Accusation that privately owned power interests were blocking the city of Nelson in its endeavor to plant at Upper Bonnington was made by Alderman B. C. Affleck reporting an interview with the Comptroller of water rights to the council this week. enlarge its present Affleck said that he had. Gome to the conclusion that “opposing power “Anterests on the Kootenay tiver are attempting to prevent enlargement of present power fa- cilities by the city, “thereby forc- ing it to buy. part, and eventu- ally all of its power require- ments” Plans to extend present hold- ings had gone ahead before the war, when property holders passed a@ Money by-law; however, the war had held up operations and A. ©. R. Yuill, 2 Vancouver con- sulting. engineer, had been engaged His report is now before the ‘council. The city was asking ex- ‘tension of its conditional license and the right to install equip-— ment to utilize the full 1428 cubic feet of water per second granted in its license. When Alderman Affleck inter- viewed the comptroller in Van- couver the Comptroller produced an order-in-council that spoke in terms of horsepower (5,000) and quantity of water. However, it is revealed that the cities’ installa- tions of. 1929 had already brought Labor Arts Shows Films The Labor Arts Guild takes pleasure in announcing the initial film program sponsored by _its recently formed Film Survey Group. The feature film is to be the “Battleship Potemkin.” This will be accompanied by two out- standing documentary films — “This* is Our Canada,” and “Young America Paints.’ These films will be screened Sunday, April 28, at 8:15 in the lower hall of the Pender Auditorium. Refreshments will be served, followed by a discussion of the possibility of maintaining a series of monthly programs in the Para- dise Theatre. The sum of sixty cents will be charged for admis- sion. Proceeds will constitute the organizing fund. council of the best interests of the city of Nelson, I suggest that the council approve the whole list of recommendations made by Mr. Wuill in his report of March 8, and apply to the Comptroller of water rights for a -hearing upon the matter of the amount and the extension of the city’s water licenses. It is high time that the people of Nelson be told all about the situation with respect to their power plant.” VEC Supports Committee CCF Disruption Scored Delegates to the regular meeting of the CCL Vancouver Labor Council upheld the actfons of CL representatives on the Government-Labor Committee Tuesday night after a heated debate lasting two and a half hours and featured by a scathing attack on they CCF by Daniel O’Brien, regional director of the Canadian Congress of Labor. the horsepower of the cities plants to 6570 or 25 percent above the 5,000 now produced as an ob- -stele by the comptroller. Alderman Affleck went on to Say: “As to tamely submit to this course of action would, in my Opinion be a betrayal by the The meeting voted 48 to 40 in Support of a resolution presented by the B.C. Federation of Labor, CCL, which deplored “the attack by the CCE leader (Harold Winch) against the trade union movement, obviously done for the purpose of advancing the narrow partisan aims-of that organization.” The E resolution referred te criticism of CCL officers on the Government- Labor Committee for allegedly ac- cepting the 44-hour week at its January 3 meeting and not report- ing this to the Labor Lobby. Referring to the CCF criticism, ST MMM MMT MMMM MMMM HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS = HANDMADE JOHNSON’S BOOTS 63 West ‘Cordova Street Phone MAr. 7612 Se MENTEEMAMMAMAARTEMETTNT EEE TT TCR ATT TTT dq ..L,.,_, ih SCREENED FIR SAWDUST’ — SACKED OR BULK * For A Dependable Supply, CALI HONEST VALUE FUELS 2239 CAMBIE EAirmont 0469 AACR ce 3 Compliments . . . Dr. R. Llewellyn Dougia RICHARDS and HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. _International Woodworkers of America , Local 1-217 e@ Forward to Better Wages, Hours and Working Conditions . MAY DAY GREETINGS —to— & ORGANIZED LABOR ; : © BROADWAY 103 East Hastings HOTEL Vancouver, B.C. REGENT HOTEL Extends May Day Greetings To All Pacific Tribune Readers 160 EAST HASTINGS PAcific 7435 OLLI PRL PALER IPRA I Pein ree, > PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 6 Daniel O'Brien asserted “not only has this political significance, but it is a planned policy now promot- ed by the CCF and its trade union committee to besmirch the B.C. Federation of Labor and its offi- cers and to accuse us, at least by innuendo if no other way, of be- traying the workers of this Prov- ince.” Harvey Murphy; Federation vice-president, declared that the 44-hour. week proposal made at the January 3 meeting of the Gov- ernment-Labor committee was not reported to the Labor Lobby be- cause it was not a definite com- mitment by the government. WAND STUDIO “Anything With a Camera’ 8 E. Hastings St. — PAc. 7644 Vancouver, B.C. MAY DAY GREETINGS —fronx— J. O. Witherspoon JEWELER GREETINGS THIS MAY DAY TO OUR READERS tom PLAZA THEATRE a > Wew Veterans’ Branch 168 of the Legion voted to rally. Later, the executive the meeting that will be Parade. Special demands of veterans, such as ensions ini settlement, housing priorities, etc. ? x Seance Bee with more than 1,000 members. has grown so large, an eleven-month course ANITA TUTTE LEFT TURN! A Column For — WAR VETERANS ene -- by Jack Philips SOCAL May Day celebrations. At their last membership meeting, the 3 : Participate in the met and decidéd to provide @ speaker for held in Stanley Park at the close of the there is a place in the parade for every his buddies the living to - are not betrayed as they were after the 168 is one of the largest in the province, ae : eee no accident that its membership t is not a beer parlor membershi , and up few days ago they did not even have a hall of their Soe to nee Is growth can’ be explained by the fact that it has The New Vets Branch workmates! the May Day Parade on BELIEVE ME, Ti’s TRUE! A school in Vancouver te accommodate 45 ex-service students for in photography will open shortly in YVan- B.C, Alberta, “Saskatchewan and Mani- Perhaps when the students have progressed Satisfactorily, Have I any more friends me raise my quota of $502 LABOR AND ART~~~ AA E. A. MORRIS LIMITED TOBACCONISTS Extends May Day Greetings TO CANADA'S WORKERS 435 W.. 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