sanany (s £ ry Hyd 303 PES he “ man alk oS Sil 7 | | GC JIA ee oy ; \ Di Fy g) i) Serre prt Vol. 6. No. 48 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, November.28, 1947 <>" Five Cents LABOR BACKS WOMAN IN BID FOR MAYORALTY U.S. liberties attacked The fierce attack on civil liberties throughout the U.S. is reflected in these pictures. Top shows teen-agers who heckled, started fist fights, gave the fascist salute, broke up 4 Pro- gressive Citizens of America Rally in Independence Square, Philadelphia. Bottom shows Rep. Chet Holified (Dem., Cal.) presenting the clerk of the House of Representatives with a petition for “redress of grievances” on behalf of the Hollywood Committee for the» First Amendments Nevertheless, Gankcess voted to accept citations for .contempt against 10 erie Hollywood directors and writers and the film Cairne ae to fire them and launch a campaign of intimidation timization of filmdom’s “reds.” Effie Jones opposes increased fares Vancouver electors, presented with the accomplished fact of the 10-cent street car fare, this. week were given the opportunity to voice the public protest they have been denied by their Non Partisan city council and the Public Utilities Commission when Effie Jones, long prominent in progressive labor and community af- fairs, announced that she would ‘contest the mayor- alty as the ‘low fare” candidate. “Ny opponent’s name is also Jones, but that’s the only thing we have in common,” she said. “Charles Jones stands for high fares and continued BCElec- tric—Non-Partisan domination of civic affairs. I stand for - low fares and restoring control of civic affairs to the smail taxpayers who pay the bill but now have no one to represent them.” Withdrawal of Mrs. Jones from the aldermanic contest to run for mayor ensures a stiff fight for the chief magis- trate’s office after it had appeared that Charles Jones, acting mayor and Non-Partisan nominee, would be returned to per- petuate machine control of the city hall with only token opposition from Peter McAllister, perennial candidate for civic office who has never been able to attract any sub- stantial support, At the outset! of the election campaign both Charles Jones and Alderman Thompson announced their candidacy for mayor and Thompsoh had embarked on an expensive campaign before a saw-off agreement to avoid division in the Non-Partisan vote led to his withdrawal. The CCF also announced that it would contest the mayoralty, but having failed to persuade Tom Alsbury, its most successful contender in former years, to run, published a full slate for other civic offices without naming a candi- date for mayor, Another announced mayoralty candidate, former alder- man Harry De Graves, withdrew his name to head the campaign for the newly-organized Civic Improvement Group, whose contention that Non-Partisan nominations are con- trolled by an inner clique is borne out by this year’s Non- Partisan slate. Support for Mrs, Jones has snowballed since she an- nounced her candidacy at the beginning of the week, Civic Reform headquarters reported jubilantly this week. “We've been receiving promises of support from various groups and organizations in all parts of the city, and par- ticularly the eastern half,” John Stanton, campaign manager, told the Pacific Tribune. Mrs. Jones herself reported that “my telephone has hardly stopped ringing.” On Monday night, a highly enthusiastic LPP civic rally called in support of Mrs. Jones’ campaign contributed some $750 to her election fund. On Tuesday night, Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) unanimously endorsed Mrs. Jones after Harvey Murphy, miners’ delegate, had offered a substitute motion broadening his original motion to include endorsation of all labor and progressive candidates for civic office. Murphy bitterly condemned the present Non-Partisan (Continued on Page 8—See MAYORALTY) MRS. EFFIE JONES She is the “low fare” Jones Metal miners meet John Clark, newly elected international president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, and Chase - Powers, international board member, will be in Vancou- ver this weekend to take part in the three-day con- vention of the B.C. District Union, opening on Monday in Pender Auditorium, High on the convertion | agenda for discussion will be the union’s gold mine polic- fes, as already proposed to all local unions, amendments to the provincial Metallifer- ous Mines Act, review of the union’s fight for drastic re- vision of Bill 39 and of other political action work carried out by the union dur- ing 1947.