‘ictoria Council asks.
art subsidize milk

By. .BROBERT MEZGER

VICTORIA—The Victoria City Council, at its regular

Monday meeting, approved a proposal, which was submitted
by the Veteran-Labor Consultative Council, to ask the Pro-

vincial Government to assume

the milk subsidy. This places

Victoria, along with Vancouver, as placing direct responsi-

bility for payment. of the milk
subsidy on the shoulders of the
Hart: Governnrent: ~ eee

The Council shelved the ques
tion of the i154 rental homes, to
be built by Housing Enterprises
Taimited, and Wartime Housing
Limited, to a special meeting to
be called by the mayor shortly—
104 houses would be built by
Housing Hinterprises _ Limited and’
50 by Wartime Housing Limited,
if agreement is reached with the
City. Mayor George advocated
approval of both plans, pointing
out that there were hundreds sor
veterans and their families re-
quiring houses right now. H_ M.
Diggon, reactionary Tory alder-
man, gave voice to the demands
of the Chamber of Commerce,
who asked for a policy which
would give private enterprise a
priority over government housing:
projects, in acquiring building
materials.

Several aldermen deplored the
lack of materials for the com-
pletion of veterans homes, but
posed no solution, in spite of
the fact that the City Council
is giving permission for the

buildings. Gusiness blocks, —
ages, stores and theatres are
being constructed
the city using up the materials”
that could be channeled into
veterans’ homes.

gar-

The Council decided to purchase
57 acres of land at Gordon Head,
five miles from the city centre
for use aS a civic airport to be
available for use of private plane
owners ‘and veterans who wish to
conduct flying schools,

This Saturday a public street
canvass for signatures on a milk
petiticn throughout the downtown
streets is being sponsored by the
Victoria LPP. An enthusiastic
response from people willing to
take part in the soliciting of sig-
natures leads to the belief that
thousands of Vicicria citizens will
support the QLabor-Progressive
Party’s public campaign to lower
the consumer price of milk.

The petition, in pointing out
that 21% percent of the Provincial
Government’s annual liquor rey-
enue would completely cover the
expense of paying the milk sub-

sidy, calls on thé Hart Govern-
ment to assume this responsi-
bility.

- throughout ~

Lumber ceiling off
with shingle boost.

The increase in shingle
prices, in some cases up to
26 percent, is the beginning
of a large-scale move to force
the price’ of all timber pro-
ducts up and ultimately to
remove price controls, charg-
ed Maurice Rush, Provincial
Organizer of the LPP in a state
ment today.

Rush -further charged that the
HMederal government was carry-
ing. out the wishes of the big
lumber monopolies) and that the
WETB was not pursuing a polry
which would break the black mar-
ket in lumber and make home
building materials available to
veterans and needy families. In-
stead, he charged, an upward
Spiral is beginning which will
place lumber out of the reach of
people with average incomes.

Mr. Rush emphasized that the
present serious housing crisis can
only be alleviated if price con-
trols are maintained, if the Hed-
eral government appoints a com-
missioner to take over the distri-
bution end of the lumber indus-
try, and if non-essential building
is halted.

GERMANY—Fifteen unions in
Stuttgart, U.S. zone, called a 15-
minute protest strike of their 75,-
000 members this week to show
their opposition to “former Nazis”
whom they deem responsible for
-the bomb-throwing incident here
last Saturday. The only workers
who did not take part in the pro-
test were those in utilities, rail-
roads, or other operations essen-
tial to public welfare.

erection of many non-essential

Trade union defense body to aid
leaders against Duplessis frameup

MONTREAL—A movement has begun around the defense of arrested trade union

leaders, who face charges laid against them by Premier Duplessis

recent strikes.

A&A ‘conference held in Mon-
treal on October # considered the
recent events‘ in. the Province,
and decided. to set up an organ-
ization to act: on the numerous
cases now pending, and-to carry

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in connection with

on a Campaign designed to de-
fend the rights of organized labor.
The conference was ettended by
Some 150 representatives of labor
unions, both AFL and CCL-CIO,
and a number of clergymen, pro-
fessionals and other interested
citizens. 5

One of the decisions adopted
at this conference was to in-
struct the committee which was
set up to immediately launch a
campaign for a defense fund to
be used in providing legal de-
fense to arrested labor leaders,

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and to assure that they receive
a fair trial.

At present five nationally
imown labor officials are fac-
ing trial within the next few
weeks, on a variety of charges
Carrying possible terms of up
to i years’ imprisonment.
These are: Kent Rowley, Cana-
dian - Director, United Textile
Workers of America (AFL),
Azolus Beaucage and Madeleine
Parent, organizers of UTWA;
Warry Davis, acting president,
and Conrad Sauraus, national
organizing director of the Ca-
nadian Seamen’s Union.

The committee has set an ob-
jective of a $50,000 defense fund.
An appeal has already been sent
eut to all labor unions in the
country, asking for immediate fi-
nancial support

Officers of the committee are:
Chairman, Rey. S. L. Pollard;
vice-chairman, Jacques Casgrain,
regional director, United Pack~
Workers of America
(CIO-CCL) and T. G McManus,
national secretary of the CGana-
dian Seamen’s Wnion; secretary-
treasurer, Rev. Alex. Cameron.

The committee is putting mto
effect the resolution adopted
at the Trades and Labor Con-
gress convention last month,
which denounced the WDuplessis
government, and pledged sup-
port for the defense of the ar-
rested Labor officials.

Address all communications to
4600 Notre Dame St. West, Mon-
treal, P.Q.

Urgent Meeting—
All Spanish vets are asked to
attend a special meeting at the
IWA Hiring Hall Sunday No--
vember 38, at 7 p-m.

( nERO VENETIAN )

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As the strike against Hollywood’s major film studios
continued, pickets of the Studic Unions (AFL) held a
_baby.conmtest for diversion. More than 50 children par-
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By IVAN BEIRCHARD

‘Free as the air,’ is a saying that has lost its meaning.
Our broadcast by Al Parkin has cost plenty of good,
hard dollars raised by the dimes and quarters ef our list-
eners. Now we may lose the only daily labor broadcast.

As we go to press, the matter
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