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By JOHN SWITZMAN

: MONTREAL

Webb and Knapp, Inc., of New
York, a big real estate firm with
interests in most of the larger
U.S. cities, has announced that
negotiations are proceeding with
CNR: for the construction of a
“Rockefeller Centre” in the’ heart
of downtown Montreal. The pro-
posed centre would be built on

_CNR property next to ‘the Cen-

tral Station.

The U.S. interests indicated
that the project, involving as
much as $125 million is part of

the drive of U.S. investment in

Canadian real estate, starting
with Ontario and Quebec.

Enquiry with the CNR in Mon-
treal about the announcement
get the reply: “We have no deal*
with anyone.”

However, Douglas Lacombe,
CN press and radio supervisor,
did confirm that negotiations

“were underway with Webb and

the brief,

‘Knapp.. He added that there
were also negotiations with oth-
er interests “including Canadian,”
but declined to name them. He
explained that it was the New
York firm that had made an-
nouncement first so the CNR
could admit negotiating — “but
Wwe have no deal with anyone.”
The Montreal Le Devoir, how-
ever, reports that an agree-
ment ip principle’ has been
concluded between CNR and
Webb and Knapp.
. The CNR owns the valuable

.24-acre property, larger than

Rockefeller. Centre, around Cen-
tral Station in the heart of down-
town Montreal. <A plan for its
development complete with scalé
model, known as the Central,

Station ,ferminal Development
Plan, has been in’ existence for

new cultural centre
perturb Montreal

to build |

the last 25 years. The plan, :in
the words of the CNR is aimed
at the “development of a magni-
ficent shopping, theatre, office
and apartment. district.”

Part of this plan is the 21-
story hotel now under construc-
tion. Sharp criticism has been
directed at the CNR for refusing
to give the hotel an appropriate
French-Canadian name and for
turning over the management to
the U.S. Hilton interests.

The people of Montreal and
Quebec province favor any ef-
forts that would help establish
a centre that could further the
development of French-Cana-
dian culture. Such a centre is
especially needed now when

French - Canadian culture is
being undermined by U.S. in-
fluences.

How U.S. real estate interests
could ensure the development of
French-Canadian culture is some-
thing Canadians find it hard to
conceive.

the president of the Ligue
d’Action Nationale, Francois Al-
bert Angers, who is also profes-
sor at the Provincial School of
Higher Commercial Studies, told
me:

“Tf this is on American initia-
tive, then it is very disquieting.
Especially if this plan involves
development of a cultural centre.”
He said he had read about the
discussions and the League plan-
ned to inquire further into the
matter. If there is something
‘they don’t like then “we will
l speak louder.” |

CCL asks gov’t
cut work hours

VICTORIA, B.C.

Effects of automation will lead to growing numbers of

unemployed unless hours of w
ment for B.C. Federation of
brief to the provincial cabinet

ork are cut, contended spokes-
Labor (CCL) in presenting a
Monday this week urging that

legislation be passed at the coming session 'to pave the way

for a 30-hour working week in
this province.

“Along with the present high
degree of prosperity there is al-
SO a constant unemployment fig-
ure,” said the brief. “Also due
In the immediate future are the
effects of automation, which are
bound to have a terrific impact
On the number of those now un-
employed.”

The provincial government was
urged to take the lead at federal-
Provincial conferences in demand-
ing a national social security
Plan. - s

Later Dan Radford, president

of the 50,000-member Federation
of Labor, lashed out at the cab-

Met for allowing the union dele-
Sation only 50 minutes to present
‘ He referred to tht
fact that only six of 11 cabinet

Ministers were on hand, and they

attempted to listen to five dele-
Sations in three hours.

' “I don’t think labor is getting

4 fair shake,” said Radford. “If
he cabinet is so busy they should
ave asked us to present our
Tlef some other day.”

After their meeting with the
manet executives of ‘the B.C.
*ederation of Labor and B.C.

tades Union Congress met to

discuss th i
e co
‘their ming merger of

organizations, which is

scheduled to take place next
April. First provincial conven-
tion of the merged groups will
be held in the fall of 1956.

CCW to probe
crime comics

Deep concern about the increas-
ing number of criminal incidents
involving the youth of Vancouver
was. voiced at a special meeting
called Wednesday last week by
the B.C. Council, Congress of
Canadian Women t,o hear a re-
port on the recent national CCW
convention in Toronto by B.C.
delegate Mrs. Jean Bird.

The harmful influence of crime
“comics” on youth was discussed
and the meeting decided to in-
vestigate the recent reappear-
ance of great quantities of these
crime and horror “comics” on
local news stands.

“An honored guest at our na-
tional convention, Mrs. D. N.
Pritt of England, told us about
the great campaign waged by
women of her country to have

law,” said Mrs. Bird.

sale of crime ‘comics’ banned by |

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be established at UBC, a demand
long voiced by teachers them-
selves through the B.C. Teachers
Federation. ‘

Under the new program just
announced, the College of Edu-
cation will be opened in Septem-
ber, 1956. It will offer four
alternative training programs for
elementary teach@rs, combining

three programs, for secondary
teachers.

Apart from the placing of all
teacher training under the auth-
ority of the College of Educa-
tion, the essentially new feature
of the program is the provi-
sion of a Bachelor of Education
degree in both secondary and
elementary categories.

Hitherto, requirement for. an
interim elementary basic teach-
ing certificate has been univer-
sity entrance and one year’s
Normal School training. The new
requirement for a Bachelor of
Education (Elementary) degree
will be a minimum four-year
course, although provision is
made for ‘present and future
teachers not taking the full
course to acquire credits toward
a degree.

the new program would have on
the status and salary schedules
of present elementary teachers,
Stan Eyans, “assistant general

-|secretary of the B.C. Teachers

Federation, said he thought it
might lead eventually to issu-
bance of first class certificates to
those holding the ‘Bachelor of
ducation degree and second class
certificates “similar to those we
had up to 1932” for those not
acquiring it, .. :

' Ed Parker of the UBC Infor-
mation Office said that this part
of the program had not been
fully worked out because it re-
quired re-evaluating the qualifi-
cations of all teachers in the
province — “and each one wants
to know where he or she stands.”

Stan Evans agreed that crea-
tion of the new degree for ele-
mentary teachers would neces-
sitate drastic upward revision
of salaries for those holding it.
Otherwise there would be little
inducement to take the four-
year course at UBC or Victoria
College.

“We have fougnt to have the
College of Education establish-
ed,” he said. “The only point of

program is that we asked for
equalization of training stand-
ards for elementary and secon-
dary teachers.. As it is, the ele-
mentary course will be four years
and the secondary course five
years.” ‘

Details of the program, as an-

@ All teacher training will be
given under the direction of the
University of British Columbia
and certain parts of the program
will also be given at Victoria
College. All courses in educa-
tion will carry credit towards a
degree in education. With com-
pletion of the 1955-56 term, the
Provincial Normal Schools will
come within UBC or Victoria
College.

@ Four alternative programs
for the education of elementary

teachers, both elementary and secondar

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHED

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Completion of arrangements for establishing a College of Education at the Uni-
versity of British Columbia with authority over all teach training in the province is ex-
pected to bring the issue of elementary teachers’ salaries sharply to the fore.

Legislation passed at the last session of the legislature placed the training of all
y, under authority ‘of a College of Education to

exciting and new courses, and}

Questioned by the Pacific Tri-.
bune this week as to the effect,

difference we have with the new |

nounced in UBC Reports, are: —

teachers will be offered by the

College of Education:
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1—A minimum four-year pro-
gram in the field of teaching in
the elementary school leading to
the Bachelor of Education de-
gree. :

2—A two-year intramural pro-
gram for high school graduates
with university entrance. At the
conclusion of this two-year period
successful candidates would have
completed the course require-
ments for the interim elementary
basic teaching certificate and
have earned two years’ credit to-
ward a degree in education.

3—A one year program of
teacher training for those enter-
ing with Grade 13 or first year

university. Successful comple-
tion of this year will constitute
the course requirements for the
interim basic teaching certificate
as well as the second year of
credit toward a degree in edu-
cation.

4—Because of the present de-
mand for teachers and the neces-
sity of a transitional period in
progressing to a higher standard
of teacher education and certi-
fication, it is recognized as neces-
sary for the present to retain
an emergency one year course
for a group of students who

standing. This group will be
selected on the basis of their
academic record in high school.
On satisfactory completion of this
year of training these students
would receive an elementary con-
‘ditional certificate valid for four
years during which time they
must complete by summer Ses-
sion or intra-mural the refnain-
ing course of the two-year basic

have only university entrance

program for elementary school
teacher training.

@ Three programs will be of-
fered for the education of secon-
dary school teachers by the Col-
lege of Education:

1—A five-year program of arts
and sciences courses combined
with professional courses in edu-
cation including observation and
practice teaching. Successful
completion will fulfill course re-
quirements for a secondary basic
teaching: certificate and the
Bachelor of Education degree in
secondary education.

2—An elementary teacher with
two years credit toward the edu-

od . .
cation degree may, intra-murally
or by summer sessions, complete
a further three years of training
for the secondary basic teaching
certificate and the Bachelor of
‘Education degree in secondary
education, provided the student
has the necessary prerequisites.

3—The graduate with a Bach-
elor of Arts or other degree from
a faculty other than education,
may, by taking a special one
year teacher training program in
the College of Education, qualify
for the secondary basic teaching
certificate, provided he has the
proper prerequisite. Following
the completion of this furthér
work, the student may take ad-
ditional courses leading to the
Bachelor or Education degree or
proceed to a Master’s degree in
‘education. —

Through the Faculty of Grad-
uate Studies, the UBC will con-
tinue to offer a Master of Arts
degree in education and it is an-
ticipated. that a Master of Edu-

cation degree will be established.

squarely on the shoulders of

union’s weekly news bulletin.

City Council and _ the’ police
commission stand indicted on
these two counts, says Phillips:

@ For switching from two-
man patrol cars to one-man:
patrol cars as an economy
move. ; ‘

@ For lack of an adequate
training program to equip pol-.
ice officers for the dangerous.
job of dealing with hoodlums,
criminals and trigger - happy
thugs. :

“We cannot forget that Chief
Walter Mulligan, who fathered

the one-man patrol car in Oc-
tober, 1954, was constantly being
criticized during his regime as

Chief Constable,” says Phillips.
PACIFIC TRIBUNE —

Council held culpable
in death of Sinclair.

“Responsibility for conditions. leading to the death of =
Constable Gordon Sinclair must be placed where. it belongs,

Vancouver City Council and

the police commission,” writes Jack Phillips, secretary of Van- a
couver Civic Employees Union, Outside Workers, in the

“Neither can we forget that the
council and police commission
were, right up to the eve of the |
probe (the Tupper commission)
falling all over each other to ex-
press their confidence. in Mulli-
gan.

“It would be wrong to say, or
infer, that Mulligan is person-—
ally responsible for the death of -
Constable Sinclair. But it is
right to say that this tragic death
spotlights the absolute necessity
of drastic changes in the police
administration of our city, start-
ing from, the top.”

| Constable Gordon Sinclair was
iin a one-man patrol ‘car.
DECEMBER 16, 1955 — PAGE 7

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