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get labor support

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by taking
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teeth, Dental
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Molly told V
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a. ns regarding the den-
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ABOR-PROGRESSIVE
OINT of VIEW by
NIGEL MORGAN

opinion that unless legislation
is passed to recognize us, pro-
gress in the field of dentistry
will be hampered. The scope
of the dental surgeon should
be entirely in the medical and
surgical sphere.

“If the provision of den-
tures was left entirely in the
hands of the trained public
denturist (who actually con-
structs the dentures) thus
freeing the dental surgeon to
concentrate on the field for
which he was trained, there
is not the slightest doubt that
the practice of dentistry
would gradually become revo-
lutionized to the immense ad-
vantage to the public.

“It is our opinion that
legislation must be enacted
immediately in order that the
general public can receive the
best possible service in the
denture field.”

Vancouver Labor _Council
previosuly endorsed a reso-
lution urging passage of legi-
slation that would make it
legal for a public denturist to
deal directly with the public.

Whalen, Jamieson
delegates to CLC

Vancouver Labor Council
president Lloyd Whalen and
secretary E. A. Jamieson were
elected Tuesday this week to
represent the council at the
Canadian Labor Congress con-
vention in Winnipeg next
April. Unsuccessful candidates
were John Brown and Orville
Braaten.

The vote: Whalen, 177;
Jamieson, 105; Brown, 93;
Braaten, 59.

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SYL hopes

for royal
commission

The legislative probe into
juvenile delinquency which
began this week should lead
to the setting up of a royal
commission to conduct a full-
scale inquiry into this and
other problems relating to
young people, in the opinion
of the Socialist Youth League.

“When we presented a brief
on youth questions to the gov-
ernment recently, we called
for a royal commission on
juvenile delinquency,” said
Monica Samuelson, B.C. sec-
retary of the SYL. “Naturally,
we are pleased that Attorney-
General Robert Bonner is
having a legislative commit-
tee conduct a probe, and we
hope its terms of reference
will be wide enough to cover
all aspects of the subject.

“Tt is our belief that this
should be followed by the set-
ting up of a royal commis-
sion.”

B.C. Youth Council submit-
ted a brief to the cabinet last
year asking for a royal com-
mission, and the Community
Chest has also requested such
a probe. Both organizations
are now preparing new briefs
which will be presented to
the committee selected for
the current inquiry.

Witnesses from many or-
ganizations interested in juve-
nile delinquency will be call-
ed by the committee.

“We hope the _ Socialist
Youth League will be given
the opportunity to appear and
present its views.” said Mrs.
Samuelson.

“In our opinion, terms of
reference should be _ broad
enough to include discussion
on lack of employment oppor-
tunities for youth, the ques-
tion of layoffs in industry
which hit youth first, the in-
adequate program of appren-
ticeship training, and lack of
sports and recreational facili-
ties in many B.C. centres.”

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BRIBERY HEARING

Witnesses testify
Sommers got bonds

Crown witnesses in the
trial of former lands and for-
ests minister Robert Som-
mers have testified in Vancou-
ver Police Court that money
orders were sent to Som-
mers, bonds were mailed to
him, and a bill for five rugs
was paid by another of the
defendants in the case.

Charged with conspiracy
are Sommers; H. W. Gray
and Pacific Coast Services

Ltd.; John M. Gray and Ever-
green Lumber Sales Ltd.; C.
D. Shultz Ltd.; and B.C. For-
est Products Ltd.
Charles Eversfield,

bookkeeper for Pacific Coast
Services Ltd., testified that
he mailed two $500 bonds to
Sommers when the Socred
MLA for Rossland-Trail was
minister of lands and forests.
A money order for $2,500 was
sent to Sommers’ Victoria
bank account from H. Wilson
Gray on December 1, 1953,
Eversfield said.

former

Statements by deposition
purported to trace the sale of
$607 worth of rugs and carpets.
One signed by Karnet Holat,
a partner in the firm of East
India Trading Ltd. of Vancou-
ver, read:

“Early in 1953 Mr. and Mrs.
Sommers came into our store
and said they had been sent
by Pacific Coast Services Ltd.
They asked to see some rugs.
They selected some and said
to send them to Victoria.

“No payment was made at

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that time. There were three
carpets and two mats worth
$607.

“Invoices. were forwarded
to his address at 1879 Forres-
ter Road.

“On October 29 a state-
ment was mailed to Pacific
Coast Services, It was paid on
December 2, 1953, by a cheque
from that company.”

Trevor Daniels, former chief
financial officer for B.C. For-
est Products Ltd., _ testified
his firm allocated $30,000 to
obtain a forest management
license through Sommers.

Daniels also said that his
company’s president; the late
Hector Munro, ordered -him
to cash a $2,500 cheque.

“I asked Munro for what
purpose the money was re-
quired,” said Daniels. “He
said to provide travelling ex-
peynses for Robert - Sommers
paid through Wick Gray. Som-
mers was going to Toronto
with his family.”

On the forest management
license deal, Daniels testified:

“Munro told me that ar-
rangements had been made
in Toronto for us to secure a
forest management license.
But that the company would
have to provide $30,000 to pay
Mr. Wick Gray for part or all
of it to go to Mr. Sommers.

“I expressed considerable
surprise at such a thing and
objected at the time.

“Mr. Munro said the mat-
ter had been decided and he
wanted me to go around and
see Wick Gray to arrange for
the money to be transferred
in such a way that it could
not be traced.”

Daniels resigned at the end
of 1954 after a “verbal row”
with Munro, he testified.

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