iii Shortage of seats in N.V. schools—Yorke “Unless an immediate start is made on two junior _ high schools (Argyle and Seymour Heights) and two elem- entaries (Delbrook and Cloverly) thousands of North Van- couver children will be on double shift next September,” charges Bruce Yorke, independent candidate for school board in North Vancouver elections December 17. Yorks, 34, a graduate in economics from UBC, is treas- urer of the North Star - Caris- brooke PTA and has three children in the North Vancou- ver school system, Some 2,400 seats will be needed before next fall, says Yorke, Provincial help is need- ed and PTA delegations should visit Victoria and demand that it increase its own financial responsibility. A petition drawn up by - Yorke and addressed to Prem- ier Bennett points out that “your government, under the BNA. Act, is responsible for education in this province... therefore you should make the necessary financial commit. ments so that construction of the needed schools can com- mence immediately: Yorke’s election platform calls for» @ Building of needed schools and: acquiring of sites now. @ No swing shifts for school children, @ Extension of the three year planning limit. : @ Full and free use of school facilities for hard-pressed community groups. “Education comes first—not useless armaments,” says Yorke, pointing a finger at Ottawa as the only place the necessary money can come from to bring Canada’s school system up-to-date. “Money spent on useless ‘defense’ schemes would go a long way to solve the urgent needs of education. At the same time the provincial government must increase its own finan- cial responsibility. The cost of education must be lifted from the hard-pressed local tax- payer.” ‘Senseless arms spending’ hit by Surrey candidate “I believe the most important thing today is to stop the senseless waste on arms and to use the billions saved to do the many things our country and municipalities need,” says Selmer Bean, independent candidate for councillor in Surrey elections on December 17, Bean, 34, has been a resi- dent of Surrey for seven years. He is married and has four ae children. His candidature has received the endorsation of the Surrey Citizens Commit- tee. Planks in his platform in- clude: @ Tax relief for homeown- ers by exempting: from taxes the. first $1,500 of the aasecd value of homes. @ Senior governments to assume the full cost of educa- tion. @ Take full advantage of the government’s winter vibes program (meager as it is) and institute additional measures to provide jobs for~ Se Sia te unemployed. : © Lower the assessment on farm land. ® Work for low - rental houses for senior citizens. @ Take steps to build a-hos- pital. in Surrey, for the ERROR: ically ill. -@-Public RES, of pub- lic utilities. (Immediate steps to reduce the abnormally high | rates now in effect). ‘by blaming taxpayers for re- ‘| money. unemployed workers. “Tt . ds -. just ‘old-fashioned thinking that continually ex- cuses lack of such a program ‘fusal to be taxem any higher,” she said. ‘ “Of course the taxpayers can *t pay more taxes and main- tain a decent standard of liv- ing. The ery of ‘no money’ does not take into considera- tion the other sources of ob- taining it. ° “Tf the provincial govern- ment naid taxes on its city buildings and if big business establishments were taxed at the same rate that homeowners are, there would be more ‘“But the biggest source of revenue that would lessen the tax load for homeowners, is the money being wasted on so- Build schools, hospitals, homes and create jobs —Mona Morgan Speaking at a meeting of Lower Kitsilano Ratepayers Association last week, Mon: Morgan, independent candidate for alderman, called for building of schools, hospilala roads and low-rental housing to help provide jobs for the steadily increasing number 0: MONA MORGAN called defense. Imagine nearly two billion dollars being spent. every year on the army, the navy, the DEW line, on U‘S. ‘missile bases on Canadian soi |—and none. of them of any value against ballistic missiles “Old-fashionea thinking stil sees old weapons and ok methods as the answer. But ii this new world of stipersoni: jets, of H-bombs and guide: missiles our thinking has to bi new-fashioned too. ‘The only defense against the swift, terri fying, mass-destructive weap ons. which include chemica peace. F “If the .money now pei wasted in such ways were uset for better homes, schools, hos pitals, pensions, this would in deed be the best defense of ow country, and of our city whicl is so important to our country “And this is as much thi business of city council as th: question of social assistance.’ “Senior citizens should ride free on buses,” said John Dub- no, independent candidate for alderman in Vancouver civic elections, at a meeting this week. “Senior citizens living on old age pensions should be given greater privileges,” said Dubno. “When I am elected to Vancouver City Council I in- tend to fight on their behalf, beginning with a campaign to eliminate paying of bus fares by this group, many of whom pioneered in building this city and province.” Dubno will also fight for greater cultural activity among young people, with -opportuni- ties being provided through -|community - centres, various cultural (organizations and schools. Another plank in his alder- John Dubno urges no fares’ hus policy for senior citizens |}manic platform calls for ai end to any and all types o racial discrimination. Dubno, who has lived ii Vancouver since 1946 (whei he returned from overseas ser vice with the Canadian Army is provincial secretary of thi association of United Ukrain ian Canadians. ® Greenwell says East End robbed of park facilities Donald “Dusty” ee independent parks boarc candidate, charged this week that the eastern portions of the city have inadequate park facilities, and that over the years the parks board has d iscriminated against working class districts in apportioning funds for park development. He pointed to large neighborhoods in the East End which have no playground or park : facilities. : Greenwell said a review of |: “}the ‘whole park system was smnecessary . because ‘Vancouver as a whole was falling behind in providing sufficient park acreage .to meet the needs of |. our growing city, The parks board: candidate pledged: that. one of the first {things he will press for, if elec- ted, will be. for a review of JOHN DUBNO t ‘ithe parks -system, and for a fairer distribution of recrea- |tion and park facilities throughout the city.: “DUSTY” GREENWELL November 27, 1959—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page & and bacteriological warfare, iH 1 1 ] i — << le