This is Capitol BURNABY COUNCIL i. JG 0 raw. BURNABY, B.C. A delegation from Capitol Hill. Ratepayers’ Association, led by president Harold Prit- chett, presented the associa- tion’s annual brief to Burnaby Council last Monday. The brief called for paving of secondary roads, sidewalks, drainage and lighting improvement, widen- ing of Hastings Street to four lanes, and construction of an east-west thoroughfare along Parker Street from Boundary to Sperling. At the conclusion of Prit- chett’s presentation, Council- lor Emmet Cafferky described the Capitol Hill area as ne- glected and forgotten. tion “There is no exaggera . Hill — Burnaby’s beautiful but forgotten area. HEARS BRIEF Capitol Hill ‘forgotten area’ about what Mr. Pritchett has said,” Cafferky commented. “It is hard to realize that a resi- dential area as old as Capitol Hill should still be in such a primitive condition.” The brief was tabled to en- able the municipal engineer to bring down a report on condi- tions in the area. Sinclair hopeful UN will back Canada’s bid for 12-mile limit Fisheries Minister James Sinclair this week told delegates to the 13th annual conven- tion of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union that the federal government ‘ ‘is coming Close to making a deal with the U.S. government and three Pacific coast. states to ban off- Shore fishing for salmon.” He also said he was hopeful the United Nations would en- dorse this country’s proposal for a territorial waters limit to replace the present three- Mile limit. The Soviet Union ®nd Norway are backing this : Plan, A “get tough” policy will LABOR-PROGRESSIVE’ POINT of VIEW by NIGEL MORGAN force the U.S. to sign an in- ternational treaty covering salmon fishing off the Alaska coast, Sinclair predicted. Addressing the convention Wednesday this week, author and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown declared that “the essential aims of sports fisher- men and commercial fishermen are identical.” Condemning bad _ logging practises of the past which have damaged salmon runs, Haig- Brown said the greatest threat facing fisherman today comes from the power interests seek- ing to dam the Fraser. “The federal proposal to de- velop Mica Creek as a public power is a welcome sign,’’.he said. “The scheme to divert the Columbia into the Thomp- son should be abandoned, for it would mean dams on the Fraser below Lytton and the end of the salmon run. “The idea that we can have ‘the UFAWU for salmon and power is fallacious. There is no solution in sight to the problem of high dams, and there is only an infinitesi- mal chance of finding a solution in the next 20 years. Before then new forms of power will have been developed. The gap between the cost of nuclear power and hydro is narrow- ing, and eventually hydro power will become a very dead duck, “If we commit ourselves, too far into hydro electric power we will find ourselves the tail of the dog in a new: economic era of atomic power.” Another guest speaker at the fishermen’s parley was Robert Maling, president of the Farm- > Union of B.C. He thanked its pledged support in improving legisla- tion essential to farmers and said he was certain farmers in turn would “lend a willing ear” to the fishermen’s request for aid in such matters as power restrictions on salmon rivers. UFAW VIEW B.C. needs China ‘Foolish government restrictions have with China, a terrific potential market,”’ report to the thirteenth annual convention of" Fishermen and Allied Workers Hall here many years our Fishermen's “For has advocated a policy of trade union with all countries regardless of their political systems, as one method of ensuring rising living standards “and as a ma- jor means of ensuring peace with all nations,” the section of the report dealing with Ca- nadian trade policy and world peace began. Pointing to this country’s sale of 12 million bushels of wheat to Poland based on a three-year credit, the report continued: “Once upon a time, we were castigated in the daily press for advocating long-term cred- its to socialist countries, but now the federal government has recognized the value such policies have, thus proving the logic of our stand on the matter... = “Foolish restrictions have stifled trade with a_ terrific potential market. In a cold or hot war, everything is ‘strate- gic’, even fertilizers. But why can’t we sell tractors, as well as fertilizer if we want to live in peace? “There is good reason for Canada to refuse export per- mits on warships, warplanes and other weapons. Such bans should be widely all nations if we clear applied to want to steer of trouble. However, to use a ‘made-in-the-U.S A.’ scrategic goods list is not the trade stifled trade said the officers’ United s’ Union, being held in the this week. way to expand our economy and our trade potential. “Recognition of the People’s Republic of China is the first step to friendly trade. How can we expect to boost trade with China when we don’t have official diplomatic rela- tions or official trade commis- sions in their country? “Federal Health Paul Martin’s recent goodwill tour of Asia is a glaring ex- ample of the lack of formal recognition. Even though he and Premier Chou En-lai criss- crossed each other’s path, slept in the same beds a few days apart and wrote their names in the same guest books, be- cause of the non-recognition policy, Martin could not speak to the Chinese premier. Minister “The B.C. fishing industry would gain immensely from increased trade with China. “Our herring are sold as oil and meal instead of being canned or salted. No doubt China will not take large quantities of herring unless she can also buy industrial equip- ment and industrial raw ma- terials. But there is little doubt of the potential market ab- sorbing lumber, fish and wheat, as well as _ tractors, turbines and other machinery this country decides to decisively and freely in.o formal recognition and a realistic trade policy.” once move LPP elects 28-member delegation to convention A delegation of 28, elected from 61 nominees, was chosen to attend the LPP national convention in Toronto next month at a special two-day provincial convention held here last week- end. The delegation will be headed by-Nigel Morgan, LPP pro- vincial leader, who received A resolution adopted by the convention with only one dis- senting vote called on the LPP national convention to reject all proposals leading to the dissolution of the party or di- vesting it of its Marxist-Len- -inist principles, It also called for “constitu- 96 of the 107 voies. tional measures to enhance 7 the authority of the member- ship and its elected commitees” and strict observation of “the right: to hold and advocate minority viewpoints within the party while actively carrying out majority decisions.” MARCH 29, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 5