ieee al EXPOSES SCANDAL Double standard in city housing, charges Yorke Speaking to a large meeting of tenants at 2150 Pandora Street Monday night Bruce Yorke, COPE aldermanic candidate, charged that a double standard exists in the city of Vancouver _ with regard to the construction, fire safety and health conditions as between East and West side apartment buildings. Yorke challenged the daily _ press, radio and TV news media to conduct a tour of 2150 Pandora Street to see for themselves what he described as “‘an instant slum’’, “T challenged any NPA alder- man or TEAM aspirant to show me any apartment in the west end of the City having the Shocking, almost unbelievable conditions which exist at 2150 Pandora, an apartment block which is less than one year old. “Tt is a dangerous fire-trap, constructed in a labyrinth fashion, a confusing and _baf- fling network of winding and intercommunicating ups and downs with numerous abrupt dead ends or seeming dead ends, no fire extinguishers, and no heat control units in confined storage areas. ‘‘Moreover, there are interior bedrooms with no windows, and only now are the owners fran- tically trying to cut skylights through the roof — skylights which would be useless in the event of a fire. “Floors are at a 5 degree slope, huge gaping holes exist in the plastering, green lumber has City zoning real estate Real estate promoters are getting special favors at City Hall and zoning bylaws have been ‘‘bent, twisted, and manipu- lated for the benefit of real estate interests.’’ This charge was made this week by Alice MacKenzie, aldermanic candi- date for COPE, who is also secre- tary-treasurer of the Central Council of Ratepayers. In a press release Mrs. MacKenzie says that city regu- lations caused land values to be depreciated to some parts of the_ city to help real estate promoters buy up property Cheap. In other areas regula- tions are adopted to force land values up, causing taxes to rise, forcing homeowners out. ‘ She charged that the City rezoned the area between Granville and Burrard, north of Broadway to “light industry,” forcing property down, then the City bought it up or expro- priated it far below their market value. The City then resold the land to industry for much less than the City paid for it. Mrs. MacKenzie proposed that, ‘‘apartment construction in single family areas not be permitted as long as we have the old core apartment areas just crying for apartment develop- ment.” She further urges that zoning in the old core apartment OBITUARY ~ Henry Delmas Henry Delmas, an old time shingle weaver passed away suddenly while at work at Watson’s Cedar Products: Having returned to work from a heart attack, he passed away at the age of 62, leaving his loving wife, Frida, and a married daughter Mrs. Don McNeil. Henry was one of the original members of the old Shingle Weavers Union’ (AFL), and a founding member of the WA. He served for two years in the early ’40s as president of the Victoria IWA. Many old timers who knew Henry will mourn his passing. He was always a good union man. —Harold Pritchett benefits groups areas be changed to permit ‘higher density development. She also proposes that when homes are expropriated that compensation be high enough to cover the cost of an equivalent home in another part of the City. Book Fair to feature B.C. authors Books by ten British Columbian authors in many fields of writing will be highlighted at the Book, Art and Record Fair to be held at the Devonshire Hotel’s Avon Room, Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7. Present during the fair to discuss and autograph their titles will be: George Clutesi, Bruce Ramsey, Helene Rosenthal, Stanley Cooperman, Hal Griffin, Myrtle Bergren, Margaret Briggs, Vee Cawston, Paul Phillips, and Hugh Greig. Everyone is welcome to attend. Hours are from 10:00 a.m.to11:00p.m.eachday. _ sprung out the whole side of one suite, there are extensive water leaks in almost all apartments, rotting woodwork,’ cockroaches, and generally incredibly bad workmanship everywhere. “This apartment block which has 101 suites was constructed by non-union labor. There couldn’t have been a single skilled workman on the job. Moreover, I understand that the same contractor has built no less than 14 blocks in the East End of Vancouver and they are all of the same abysmal quality. “Rents charged are $120-125 for a single bedroom and $160-165 for a so-called two bedroom suite — nearly as high as in the western part of the city.” Yorke called on the City building inspection department, the fire department, and the health department, along with the entire City Council to immediately conduct a thorough investigation. XMAS ISSUE NEXT WEEK Next week's edition of the PT will be our special Christmas issue. It will be a 12-page paper in color with greetings from readers and advertisers. There will be one additional issue this. year, on December 20. We will not publish Christmas week. There is still time to get your greetings in the Christmas issue. Phone or bring your greeting in no later than noon Monday, December 9. : BIG XMAS SAVINGS NOW! 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