ALL FOR PRICES REVIEW BOARD Women’s lobby urge s five-point | program to fight high prices A statement urging a five-point - Program to fight the rising cost of living was presented to MLAs Wednesday by a delegation from the Women Against High Prices Committee of Vancouver. The five-point program urged: @ Removal of the sales tax from Students clothes up to the age of 18 and from soap, toothpaste, toilet and facial tissues. ® A Prices Review Board to _ Stabalize the prices on food necessary for a healthful diet. _ @ A Packaging Act to aid shoppers in finding out how much a package contains and what the unit price is. e A Regional Housing Authority to bring about low rental housing for the low income family. @ Include in the Consumers Protection Act second and third Mortgages and machinery for the enforcement of the regulations. The brief, addressed to Premier WAC Bennett, said the greatest Concern is over the rise in prices for Necessities of diet such as milk, bread, and meat. , In support of its demand that the Sales tax be lifted on student’s Clothing up to the age of 18, the committee says that in most cases the parents are responsible for the clothing of students at least to the age of 18. i 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4. B.C. Painters’ and Paperhangers’ Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper y Reg. 45-—Now 19c a Roll Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada Progressive Fraternal Society Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field \ 1 | | \ l I 1 | LIFE INSURANCE | ENDOWMENTS | PENSION PLANS WEEKLY BENEFITS Apply to: B.C. office at { I 1 t 805 East Pender St. or National Office at 595 Pritchard Ave. Winipeg 4, Manitoba 253-1221 bee ee cares cee come ee ome nee ee come me Ge me es oe ee oe ee oe a ee ee Strong support is given in the brief to the demand for a Prices Review Board. It urges that such a board be composed of industry, labor and government, with the power to investigate profits before granting a price increase on food. It asks that prices of foodstuffs be the first covered by such a Board. Pointing to the defeat of a Private Members Bill last year which called for the regulation of packaging, the brief urges that the bill be passed this year so that there will be clear and easily: understood weights and straightforward pricing. In its call for a Regional Housing Authority under Section 35 of the National Housing Act, the brief urges that public housing be rented on the basis of income. Stating that the Consumer Protection Act is a start in the right direction, the women’s committee says that the present Act leaves the onus on the consumer. It also protests that second and third mortgages are left out. “The rates for second mortgages today are from 9% to 16%, they average 13 to 14% over periods from 5 to 19 years,” says the brief. Third mortgages are even worse, and are loaded with the infamous bonus clauses. The brief is signed by Mrs. Elaine Podovinnikoff, chairman of the Women Against High Prices. Protection for tenants sought by Victoria lobby A busload of about 50 women from Vancouver converged on Victoria Thursday to demand a new deal for the province’s tenants. Sponsored by the recently formed Vancouver Tenant’s Committee, the women are expected to meet with MLAs and the NDP and Liberal caucuses. In a prepared statement, the tenant’s group points to the need for building more housing in the very near future as a remedy for the problem of housing. It points out that the drastic shortage of housing is OVALTINE CAFE 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE i We buy and sell Used Furniture Sporting Goods We are Reasonable We are at 573 E. HASTINGS ST. { Beaver Transfer MU 3-3942 pececccecceereccce raeeoeeccoeeccecoe DUNDAS B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) 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(Cont'd. from Pg. 2) is the old NPA: dressed in new clothing. Let us hope that no innocent people who want better civic government will be taken in by this new Civic Party decoy. ** * Another alarming development in the civic field is the effort made to extend so-called area councils. The area councils are being promoted by United Community Services branches and the Red Feather Agency. Of interest is the fact that the area councils are suggested as substitutes for progressive ratepayers organizations and they are being promoted by some of the same individuals who are in the New Civic Party. Last year an attempt to suspend the operation of the PTA organizations for a period of one year was defeated. This proposal eminated from the Socreds. It is readily understandable that such an attempt should be made to destroy the PTA considering its resistance to the educational policies of the Bennett Government. As the plot unfolds it becomes clearer why efforts are made to disband long-established community organizations and why spurious electoral alternatives are being formed. Monopoly business interests are worried about the advances made by progressive and left forces in Vancouver politics. CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SUNDAY — MARCH 10th — 2 P.M. NORDIC CENTRE 7820 - 6th ST. — NEW WESTMINSTER MRS. SHEILA YOUNG will speak on “WOMEN’S ROLE in the COMING CENTURY” PROGRAM — REFRESHMENTS Everyone Welcome. NPA dons new costume’ for December election They realize that the re-election of Alderman Harry Rankin, of School Trustee James MacFarlan, and the continued involvement of the Labor Council, ratepayers organizations, and the NDP in civic politics can, ultimately, only result in new policies for Vancouver and conversely, disaster for the NPA. Monopoly business interests are now actively trying to promote a new electoral image of itself. To do that it must, of necessity, split the opposition to the NPA* The outcome would be the ‘‘two party system’”’ at municipal level with their bi- partisan policies. How can this plot be blocked and at the same time take another stride forward in the next civic election in Vancouver? New policies and program must be the ‘‘touch-stone’’ and the basis of differentiation for the next election. The independent progressives in the present Council and School Boards, labor unions, the NDP, ratepayers and other groups should come together on a program and work out some electoral alliance to gain additional position in civic governments. This is the road ahead and holds great promise. To succeed next December unity of the left and progressive forces must be brought about. Classified Advertising NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE COPY — DEADLINE FOR ALL’ ADVERTISING. All copy must be in the offices of the PACIFIC TRIBUNE not later than 12 Noon on MONDAY. 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PENDER Auditorium ~ (Marine Workers) 339 West Pender Phone MU 1-9481 Large and Small Halls _ for Rentals “MARCH 8, 1968—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 11 GL s903—-AMUSIAT DIITAS— aari 6 ORAM