Continued HOUSE fits from four to 10 percent (with the same exemption) will meet with favor among the great ma- jority of people who feel that the big monopolies have been getting away far too lightly. This how- ever,,must be tempered by realiza- tion that half the $2 million Vic- toria expects to get from these taxes formerly went to Ottawa in the form of income tax. But only the big monopolies will dis- pute the principle of transferring the burden of taxation to those best able to pay. The other con- cessions in the budget, $1 in place of 50 cents sales tax exemption on meals, 10 percent reduction in auto license fees (next year), - though small will also be popular. Nonetheless, an examination of the 24 bills already before the leg- islature shows that action on such key questions as trade and markets, the ICA Act, Workmen’s Compen- sation Act and Hospital Insurance Act, will not be forthcoming unless considerably more public pressure is exerted. It is around these is- sues representing the people’s urg- ent needs that the ferthcoming elec- tions will be determined. * x x One of the most important pieces of legislation to come before the House so far is Bill 24—a_ Civil Rights bill. Aim of the bill is to outlaw racial and religious discrimination; to guarantee to all equal rights to edu- eation, employment, housing and property, and to public services by all professional and business estab- lishments; to protect the rights of all to freedom of speech, assembly and association and freedom from arbitrary arrest. The government is'under consid- erable pressure as a result of charges that Social Credit is racist and anti-Semitic.. Its recent. action in denouncing anti-Semitism and in breaking with precedent to employ Chinese-Canadians as clerks in liquor stores and page boys in the legislature is to be welcomed. However, governments have been known to vote down, on the basis of political expediency, proposals initiated by the Opposition. The guarantees of traditional liberties written into Bill 24, which is initi- ated by the (CCF, are of the utmost importance in these times, and par-. ticularly when considered jn rela- tion to the threat to these same liberties posed by the federal gov- ernment’s notorious Bill 93 revis- ing the Criminal Code. Bill 24, which may come before the House in the next week, must not be voted down. The people’s voice can be decisive and no’ time should be lost by all interested org- anizations in letting the govern- ment know their feeling in this matter. Telegrams, letters and. resolutions to Premier Bennett and Attorney General Bonner, delega- tions to local MiLA’s when they re- “turn home over the weekend—this is - what is needed. Golden Gate Cafe 136 E, Hastings St. “OPEN FOR SERVICE” . l Liviu be hl | lil ia Lived 10 years in B.C. Singer John Goss dies in England A voice loved by thousands throughout this province and _ in) cities across the country has been stilled by the death of John Goss, internationally known British sing: er, teacher and writer, who resided in this country for 10 years, making his home in Vancouver. According to word. received by friends here this week, he died at his home in Birmingham, England, on Friday last week, following a heart attack. He was 60 years of age. John Goss came to Canada in 1940 to adjudicate a festival. and liked this country so well that what was intended to be a short visit be- came ten years’ residence during which he firmly established himself as one of the country’s foremost artists. | His superbly trained baritone voice and his great talent as teacher had already earned him in> ternational acclaim when he came to Canada. He was known in many countries, in the United States, in Japan, in most of the countries With his own group of singers, the John Goss Singers, he made many recordings, the sea shanties which were his first choice among all the folk and art songs he sang finding the widest popular, response. Although his greatest fame was as a singer and teacher, he was also a writer of considerable ability and an ‘accomplished actor, having ap- peared in many professional and amateur productions. A novel, Diamonds and Cockroaches, was published in the thirties, and at the: ‘time of his death he was working on an autobiography, in which every chapter was to be matched by a parallel chapter written by his wife Mabel, herself well known on the London ‘stage. : In his native England, he was a picneer in community singing dur- ing the twenties, reviving many Eng- lish folk songs and sea shanties in a song book’ he prepared for the London Daily Express. In the thir- ‘ties he founded the .Unity Male Voice Choir whose talents were freely given in the many great ral- lies held to raise funds for the In- ternational Brigades and to support the Spanish (Republican government, into whose cause John Goss unre- servedly threw himself. It was his strong Marxist con- victions, his readiness to sing and speak for every progressive cause that endeared him to the progres- sive labor movement in British Col- umbia, as earlier he had endeared himself to the British labor move- ment. In the wider sphere of Canadian culture he made many appearances over the CBC during the time he liv- ed in this country and gave many concerts and recitals. He is best remembered however, as the found- er of the Labor Arts Guild in Van- couver during the war and immedi- ate post-war years. With the late Mrs. Julia Christiansen, he organ- ized concerts, art exhibitions and stage productions that provided a medium for many talented young ‘Canadians and established a high! level of cultural achievement. ——— aut of Europe. |< PHONE CE. a PATRONIZE NORTH WEST FUEL BEST QUALITY — SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Fairly Dry and Very Clean HEAVY MILLRUN: 2 CORDS, $8 HEAVY SLABS: 2 CORDS, $10 FRESH CUT CLEAN FIR SAWDUST By Blower, 3 Units, $10 NIGHT CALLS: NORTH 2198M JOHN GOSS In 1950, John Goss was arrested by U.S. Immigration officials while in New York to attend the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace. After being questioned on his activities, he agreed to leave the U.S. immediately in order not to embarrass the conference, the alter- native being pressing! of undisclos- ed charges against him and his ex- pulsion from a country which in earlier years had honored him as one of the world’s leading singers. Back in Vancouver, he found, himself the target of a campaign” designed to destroy his standing as a singer and teacher. Non-Partisan members of Vancouver Park Board, shaping their persecution to the U.S. pattern, voted to bar him from teaching at the B.C. Institute of Music and Drama, studio for the Theatre Under ‘The Stars. This was only the beginning of a smear campaign calculated to in- timidate pupils who formerly had ¢ome from all parts of the continent to study at his summer school. He found that he could no longer ob- tain concert and radio engagements. With the support of the progressive labor movement he fought back, but in 1950 he decided that he could better serve the people’s cause in his native England. Establishing his home with his wife, his daughter and young grand- son in Birmingham, be became con- ductor of the Clarion Choir, with members of which he toured the Ru- manian People’s Republic last year, singing to audiences of 15,000 peo- ple in Bucharest. — While in ‘Canada, John Goss had been a member of the Labor-Pro- gressive party, for a number of years being elected to its provincial committee, and in 1945 he contested Vancouver-Point Grey provincial constituency as an LPP candidate. This week a cable from the B.C. ex- ecutive committee of the LPP was among jthe scores of condolences re- ceived by his wife and family. In London, the famous composer, Alan Bush, paid a simple and pro- found tribute to John Goss. “No English professional singer has ever done as much for the working class movement,” he said. » Vancouver Second Hand Store @ Stove Parts and Repairs @ Used Plumbing Supplies 3226 - North 3224 PM UG Ht Co Ee Joint protest on Bill 93 planned by Regina labor : REGINA CCL and TLC council executive members here met last weekend to plan a united.trade union con- ference to protest two sections of the proposed Criminal Code amendments in Bill 93 now before Commons. Joe Sawchyn, CCL president said, “If those sections (467 and 372) are embodied in the Crim- inal Code and become law, it would cripple the trade union movement. We will ask the gov- ernment to completely delete those two amendments.” UUM Continued VIGIL placard parade to the U.S. consul- ate. : . At a meeting after the parade the committee decided to hold a daily vigil in front of the U.S. con- sulate and at Victory Square. Oni Monday some twenty-five picketers in front of the Marine Building were ordered by police to move off. However, later in the afternoon the vigil was resumed at Victory Square without interference. Since the announcement of the stay of execution the committee has decided to continue its vigil daily from 2 to 4 pym. and 5.15 to 6.15 p.m. at Victory Square for two weeks, Committee spokesmen warn- ed against any feeling of complac- ency and urged the continuation of pressure through letters, telegrams, and other means to ensure. that the lives of the young Jewish couple are* spared. Asks publie to oppose — BCTel bid “Only the most determined Pr0” test by all interested organizations — can prevent a still further increase in telephone rates,” declared Effie Jones in a statement to the Pacifie — Tribune this week. ‘I appeal to ® many citizens as can possibly do 80 to attend the public hearing in Vang couver ‘Court House this comime — Monday at 10 am.” : : _Last December, despite a com siderable public demand that no 1” «crease should be granted without @ full public hearing in Vancouvels the Board of ‘Transport Commis” sioners in an interim hearing in tawa granted BCTelephone I creases amounting to over $800,000: ' At that time Efife Jones publicly criticized the handling of the © for the City of Vancouver and Be municipalities by Alfred C. Bull, ; QC. Bull sued the Vancouver Daily Province for libel arising out ° bel report of Mrs. Jones’ statement at published. ‘The Province apologi”® and the suit was settled out of CO | for one dollar. ‘ e Many ratepayers and other civic oe organizations consider the one@@” | hearing a mere formality. In is a. sponse to a resolution of the Paint : ers and Decorators Internation®s Local 188, Vancouver Trades on Labor Council (AFL), express” severe criticism of the inadequal time allotted for the public hearing and called for an extension. It on record as being flatly oppose to any further increase in rates: UBC commerce graduate, sent a brief opposing the B phone application. oo CLAS SIFIED A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Tuesday noon of the week of publication. NOTICES POSTAGE STAMPS wanted. 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