Aefinery assessment reduced Van wit Last December, as Burnaby voters were going to the polls, the Couver Sun published a picture of Sheliburn refinery (above) h a caption claiming that it was “lightening the load of taxpay- ai in Burnaby,” paying “a tax bill equal to that of 400 homes.” tig, Week, Shell Oil appealed and won a one million-dollar reduc- fon in its assesment—equal to 200 homes. Yes, Burnaby taxes are still going up. Kamloops sale reflects | plight of cattlemen; Codd hits. gov't policy KAMLOOPS, B.C. theo returns to cattlemen from ki annual Kamloops Bull Sale Week were only half those of Wors year, an indication of the ae oe plight of British Colum- The Important cattle industry.. of ‘tntmloops sale is the biggest Q Us kind in the province and , ag the best prices in the coun- This ear’ i sold year’s grand champion bull for $2,000 as compared to $5,- = | ZENITH CAFE 105 EB. Hastings Street VANCOUVER, B.C. UNION HOUSE ee, Vancouver Second Hand Store ® Stove Parts and Repairs ® Used Plumbing Supplies Tools Kitchenware 598 MAIN sr. PAcific 8457 Wha owen ye PENDER AUDITORIUM (Marine Workers) ie 339 West Pender ARGE & SMALL HALLS FOR RENTALS Phone PA. 9481 ae ee OS 000 last year. The grand champ- ion shorthorn brought little more than half last year’s price and shorthorn bulls (class B) similar- ly sold for half last year’s price. Many cattle ranchers, dismayed by falling price trends, did not even enter their stock and, for the first time in years, the 40-odd bulls usually entered from Alberta were not sent. i The sharp increase in freight rates over the past few years and particularly elimination of the re- duction for pure-bred stock has hit B.C. cattlemen hard. This week, Henry Codd, Labor- Progressive candidate -for Okan- agan-Revelstoke federal riding and himself a prominent participant in the Kamloops Bull Sale, placed the blame “for this ruinous trend” on the policies of the St. Laurent government. “There has been no appreciable drop in beef prices to. consumers, yet the market is so uncertain we scarcely know which way’ to turn,” ‘he said. “Even inferior U.S. cat- tle are now: being dumped in our country. ‘ “We are completely at the mercy of the U.S. as a result of present government policies. The continued existence of our cattle industry depends upon our being able to compel a change in gov- ernment.” "Whey x SUITE 515 ti Maa) STANTON, MUNRO & DEAN Barristers - Solicitors - Notaries FORD BUILDING (Corner Main & Hastings Sts.) MARINE 5746 HEUER RUG TERRE EEE TEUIMIEIBUE 198 E. HASTINGS EE BEG pool decision ‘ridiculous’ “An amazing, ridiculous and shocking decision,” is the verdict of Ernest Lawrie, National Feder- ation of Labor Youth provincial leader, in commenting on the Brit- ish Empire Games committee an- nouncement this week that the $300,000 BEG swimming pool would be built at University of British Columbia near the War Memorial Gym. “The swimming pool should be situated in the city, not away out at UBC,” continued Lawrie. “The proposed Hastings and Renfrew site is a good one, but any city site is preferable to the one select- ed by the committee.” Lawrie, who is contesting Vancouver East as an LPP candi- date in the next federal elec- tion, called for “an immediate campaign on the part of youth organizations, trade unions and community groups, to force re- versal of this decision.” He ad- vised letters and delegations .to city council and the BEG com- mittee. The NFLY will dis- tribute thousands of leaflets out- lining its stand on the question. “Recreation authorities state that a modern city should have at least one indoor swimming pool for every 60,000 residents. By that standard we should have eight pools in Greater Vancouver. We have only one,” concluded Lawrie. The BEG decision was labelled “ridiculous” by coach Percy Nor- man, speaking for Vancouver amateur swimming clubs. “It’s just not fair for 180,000 city chil- dren who can’t get near water,” he said this week, adding that con- struction of the pool at UBC would make it “virtually useless” to Van- couver citizens. Answering BEG arguments that the UBC location is the only one where continued operation is as- sured, Norman stated that 13 low- er mainland swimming clubs could have raised the money to operate the pool at Little Mountain “or some other city site.” Norman contended that the UBC location was “an outright gift of $300,000 from the British Empire Games to the provincial govern- ment.” MLA on Clemens: ‘Would have been alive today but for scuffle with police’ Negro longshoreman Clarence Clemens “would have been alive today had it not been for the scuffle he had with police,” MLA Jim Bury (CCF-Vancouver Centre) charged in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday this week. review the evidence given at the was confident Bonner would get a’ different impression from that ac- cepted by the jury. Attorney - General Bonner re- plied that his department had, analysed the testimony but he has not had a chance to study it personally. As for the jury deci- sion, “like any jury decision there are reasonable grounds for differ- ing with it.” He added that CCE’er Arnold Webster was a member of the jury. Bury said he was convinced “some of the evidence at the trial must. have been overlooked.” There is a feeling among colored. people in Vancouver that the pol- ice are ‘out to get them.” “A man’s personal record with the police,” said Bury, “does not give them authority to handle him as though he were a sack of pota- toes. “The Attorney-General should give special attention to the ac- tions of Vancouver police in handling people picked up on the streets. « “Nine people taken to the police station in the last year have walked in, but have been packed out dead,” he emphasized. The CCF member attacked the selection of the jurymen from dif- ferent economic spheres than Clemens. He pointed out that in cases of accidental deaths in in- dustry that a portion of the jury- men are taken from the same in- dustry and that better results are achieved in this way. Bury objected to the reading of Clemens’ past criminal record to the jury. “Clemens was a human being the same as the rest of us, and was not charged with any crime except refusing to go Fishermen’s union to elect officers by referendum yote Alex. Gordon, business agent of the union sinee 1945, will be op- posed by William Goddard, execu- tive member of the Steveston shoreworkers’ local. e Running for the office of secre- tary treasurer of UFAWU are Homer Stevens, first elected to the position in 1948, and William Her- lihy, secretary of the Vancouver fishermen’s local. - Convention delegates voted to instruct their incoming execu- tive to call a conference of all trade unions, co-ops and farm organizations, and other groups, “tq discuss the vital issue of trade as it affects the economy of B.C.” The convention went on record as urging the federal government “tg work and strive for a five ’ BELT Ut power peace agreement resulting Elections for the three top offices in the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union will get under way shortly by -referendum ballot with two candidates nominated for each position. No runoff was necessary at the ninth annual convention, which ended Sunday night, since only two candidates were nominated for each position. Contesting the presidency are Reg Payne, in office for the past two years and Kurt Larsen, member of the Vancouver fishenmen’s local. in a peaceful settlement of dif- ferences by negotiation, and an immediate cease-fire in Korea with negotiation of differences after the cessation of war.” : Bill 93, which covers amend- ments to the Criminal Code of Canada, came under criticism, delegates endorsing a resolution, calling for deletion of “those sec- tions which threaten or restrict the rights and privileges of or- ganized labor.” Opposition to granting TV li- censes to private stations prior to the establishment of a CBC out- let was also backed by delegates who endorsed a resolution ex- pressing concern over “crime, sex and war programs” produced in the United States. Bury asked Attorney-General Robert Bonner to coroner’s inquest, saying that he along with the police,” he said, and observed that there was _con- flicting evidence on whether Clem- ens had created a disturbance in . the cafe. “A person sitting through the inquest,.as I did, without this background, would have arriv- ed at a different verdict,” charg- ed Bury. He also pointed to conflicting medical evidence’on Clemens’ con- dition and said his: discharge from Vancouver General Hospital when he could not walk was “not good care.” * * * In Vancouver this week Police Chief Walter Mulligan s@id that in future seven categorie of per- sons will be immediately checked by a doctor when they are ad- mitted to jail. Those who will be checked for possible hospitaliza- tion will include: Prisoners bleeding or hemorr- haging; persons unconscious or semi-conscious; mental cases; in- toxicated persons who appear ill; drug addicts; persons over 60; prisoners with questionable physi- cal conditions. Mulligan said that unconscious persons have been sent direct to hospital “for the past several months.” Hazelton miners ired by MD bar HAZELTON, B.C. is qualified to. handle Native Indian cases, isn’t. “If a doctor he capable of treating white men, too? dians?” These questions are agitating residents of this town, including more than 100 Mine-Mill members who work in the Red Rose and Sil- ver Standard mines, following an edict from B.C. College of Physic- lans and Surgeons that Dr. Ray- ham, appointed by the federal de- partment of Indian affairs, will no longer be allowed to treat white patients. “We have no complaint against Dr. Rayham, who has been run- ning the hospital here for a long time,” say the miners, A threat from the union that miners would refuse to go underground “with no doctor who can attend to in- juries within 43 miles of the mines” resulted in a government promise to have another doctor dispatched to the town at once. The miners aren’t Satisfied, for they feel thati Dr. Rayham, a grad- uate of St. Mary’s in London, who Saw service with the Royal Navy, is fully qualified to attend to their medical needs. The B.C. district office of the Mine-Mill union is demanding a full investigation into the case. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 20, 1953 — PAGE 7 And if he’s not qualified to. treat white patients, how can he. be qualified to treat Native In-