Vol. 16 No. 46

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Effie Jones issues
aldermanic platform

Tax exemption for the first $1,000 assessment on homes is
the top plank in a 10-point program announced this week by
fie Jones, independent aldermanic candidate in the Decem-
et 11 Vancouver civic elections.

Entitling her program, “Ten
teps to a Better City,” Mrs.
Ones lists the following as
€ main issues for which she

- Will campaign:

p Tax exemption for the first
$1,000 assessment on homes
Increase taxes on big busi-
hess and utilities.
Overhaul assessments on
‘big business properties to
“Make them pay fair share
Of city taxes.

Ottawa to pay cost of ele-
Mentary education.

Larger grants from provin-
Cial government for roads,

Schools, health, social wel-
fare.

Lower utility rates for gas,
&lectric, phone. Press for
Public ownership of utili-
ties. =

Restore civic democracy.
Abolish appointed Admin-
‘Stration Board. For a new
'ype ward system to com-

Ine city-wide vote with
Tepresentation for all parts
Of city.

Support for metro planning.

. Tinmediate action on slum
Be seeTAnce , and low rental

housing. Action to bring
down exorbitant rents.

@ Crusade for trade to pro-
vide new jobs. Process raw
materials here. Immediate
steps to aid unemployed.
Press for action to bring
down high cost of living.

Commenting on the action
of Vancouver Labor Council

in naming three aldermanic

candidates (Sam _ Jenkins,
Charles Larmarche and Paddy
Neale) Mrs. Jones said she
welcomed labor taking politi-
eal action in civic politics and
pledged to cooperate with the
labor candidates to advance the
fight for progressive change
in the city and end Non-Par-
tisan Association domination.

Election headquarters have
been opened by the Effie Jones
Election Committee at 9 East
Hastings (Room No. 1), com-
mittee secretary Mary Jewell
said. Highlight of the cam-
paign will be a telephone chain
campaign, and volunteers are
being sought. Plan is to phone
6,000 voters, asking them. to
phone two others each. Mass
leaflet distribution will also be
organized.

Removal of all restrictions on trade with China and expanded trade with Common:

wealth countries was demanded by the Labor-Progressive party this week.

Declaring that

“signs on every side point to mass unemployment this winter” a special resolution adopted
by the LPP provincial committee called for public pressure on government at all levels “to
provide a solution to already existing hardsh’ps.”

The resolution said “there
is no justification for unem-
ployment in a land so rich in
natural resources and produc-
tive capacity as our country”
and proposed the following
steps to create jobs for Can-
adian workers:

Y—That the federal govern-

ment should. move’ im-
mediately to correct Canada’s
unhealthy dependence on the
economy of the United States,
including expanded trade with
Socialist and Commonwealth
countries and acceptance of
sterling.

—Removal of all restrictions

on trade with China so
that production now being cur-
tailed may be sold on terms
advantageous to Canada; and
recognition of the .People’s
Republic of China, which more
than anything e!se would fac-
ilitate establishment of busi-

ness and trading relations with -

one quarter of mankind.
3—the LPP condemns gov-
ernment inaction that per-

What are they looking at? At Sputnik N» 2, naturally.

mits the closing down of in-
dustrial towns, disrupting the
lives and welfare of thousands
of people. We urge that steps
be taken by the government
to prevent such developments
and maintain production in
agriculture and employment
in industry. Toward this end
we favor subsidies in agricul-
ture and industry when deem-
ed necessary. Extractive in-
dustries using up the resources

that belong to the people (and -

particularly those under for-
eign control and ownership)
closing down should be taken
over by the government and
operated as crown companies
to assure continued employ-
ment and bring the fullest re-
turn to the people. :
4.—Processing, manufacturing
and secondary industries
should be encouraged and pro-
tected to meet the needs of
home and export markets.
—Canada’s merchant marine
should be restored by the

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federal government.

G—The federal government,
in conjunction with pro-

vincial and municipal admin-

istrations, should expand low-

rental housing projects, and

institute a much-needed pro-
gram to provide hospitals,
schools, university buildings
and highway improvements.
"7 —Unemployment insurance
coverage and _ benefits
should be extended to meet
the immediate needs of every
unemployed worker.

The LPP provincial com-
mittee meeting also wrote
Premier W. A. C. Bennett con-
demning anti-Semitic state-
ments made at the recent Social
Credit convention, ‘and sent a
letter to Prime Minister Dief-~
enbaker urging his govern-
ment to dissociate itself from
the “reckless and_ suicidal”
war policies of President Eis-
enhower and Prime Minister
Macmillan.

in Moscow studying the sky at a planetarium. Many Canadian citizens have also seen the
two Sputniks these past few weeks, with the aid of ordinary binoculars.

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