Pylons hit homes on _ Boundary A few weeks ago a judge refused to grant an injunction to block BCER construction of towers and transmission lines on Boundary Road. According to a previous decision of the Public Utilities Commission, the citizens whose homes are on Boundary Road and who have suf- fered a real loss in property value since the ugly towers went up, are not “interested parties.” “What a callous and vicious at- titude to take!” declared Effie Jones at that time. “What a trav- esty on justice! No wonder Bound- ary Road residents were up in arms! No wonder they held mass protest meetings and set up picket lines! I was proud to speak at many protest meetings on their behalf, and I marched on their picket lines.” Not only have the values of their homes dropped, but radio interfer- ence is so bad on Boundary Road that most radios can only pick up local stations. The real crime is that there is no need for the construction of transmission lines on Boundary Road. There are two engineering alternatives: i e To build a sub-station ‘on the North Shore to spread power over six lines of 60,000 volts each —which method is a common practice in our city. @ To construct an under ground line to carry the full 230,- 000 volts. Such lines are com- monly used in France, Sweden and other European countries, : Bither of the above plans will have to be put into operation event- ually—unless, of course (and this may be the plot), the BCER in- tends to ignore the temporary in- Stallation agreement under which they erect the towers, and city Council goes along with them on the’ deal and lets the temporary agreement become permanent. This cheap trick, this. contempt- ible trick may well be what the British Columbia Electric and the city council have in mind. OVERFLOW MAIL Dear Mrs. Jones: I do a lot of riding on street cars and would appreciate some tickets. I am a First World W veteran and only have a small pen- sion. We will try and put you in as mayor. B.C, (18th Ave. East) * * * Dear Mrs. Jones: Your ad was most inviting espe- Cially' in this day and age when street car fares are so high in com- Pariscn with a sales clerk’s wages. I wish you luck in your endeavors. , L. S- (Haro St.) * x * Dear Mrs. Jones: I would not mind if you send me Some car fare. I am 12 years old and I go to schoo] on the street var. My name is Bob. B. W. (East 4th. Ave.) CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING PERSONAL Free car tickets to first 100 peo- Ple writing to Effie Jones, 339 West Pender. A book of tickets to writer of the best jingle on high car fares. LOST $26 a year from your pocket. Can be regained by electing EFFIE JONES as mayor and _ bringing Beet fares to former price, 4 for Cc. ee) SWAP Will swap old mayor for new. Time |. our city hall had a “new look.” SITUATIONS WANTED Old gang politician, called Charlie by his friends, expects to be out °f a job after Dec. 8. Any offers? i EFFIE IL We JONES 1 ' i crazy,’ says Effie. The next day she found herself secretary of the emergency com- mittee of women, charged with the task of feeding 500 boys. Later, aft- er the infamous arrests, she was an active member of the Citizens’ Defense Committee, and worked in close collaboration with the late Adam Smith Johnston, K.C., who conducted the defense in court. This was back in the Hungry Thirties, in the days when unem- ployment was rampant and the shadow of hunger stalked: the land. But Effie Jones’ career of public service goes far back beyond that period, All her adult life she has been connected with the struggle of the common people for a better life. Born in the Old Country, of Welsh parentage, Effie grew up in a’ small coal mining town, getting a first-hand experience of what the struggle for existence meant. The daughter of two school prin- cipals, Effie herself became a teacher and taught in schools in Hereford, Swindon, and Swansea, before coming to Canada in 1919. A talented artist as well as a teacher, Effie won the second prize for still life in water colors for the Midland Counties, just before she emigrated to this country. A A fighting record: When Ejfie Jones went down to. volunteer her services during the post-office sitdown strike, the first job the strike committee gave her was to peel onions. “T peeled onions for hours straight, and nearly went year later, in Vancouver, she placed first in the still life in oils class. Effie reached Vancouver on Christmas Day, 1919, and was mar- ried that same afternoon to a vet- eran cf the First World War by Canon Wilson in Saint Michael’s Church in Mount Pieasant. Since the early 1930’s Effie Jones has been associated with a number of progressive undertakings. She was one of the founders of the South Hill CCF club. She gave freely of her time and energy to help the unemployed during the grim depression years. She was the organizer of the Housewives’ Lea- gue of British Columbia. She play- ed a leading role in the work of the Tenants and Home Owners’ League and helped to prevent many evictions, In 1946 she toured Van- couver Island and helped organize ‘mass protest against increases in the price of milk and other foods. As president of the South Hill Community Association and secre- tary of the-Asscciated Council of Vancouver South, Effie has added immeasurably to her knowledge of civic affairs. A keen student of civic politics, and an active fighter for the com- mon people, Effie sets a pace that is hard to follow—and does it on an average of only six hours sleep. When Effie is smayor, members of the council-will find that they have to go~Some to keep up with Jones!” : Why is it that the present act- ing mayor and city council sup- port plans to erect rinks and community centers in the West nd, yet do little for the people who live in the East End? The answer is simple: the Hast End has no representatives in city hall. The Non-Partisans do not live in the great working Forgotten East End promised new deal class areas of the East End, The East End is the Forgot- ten Land, and to a certain ex- tent this is also true of South Vancouver, “When I am elected mayor I will put an end ito Snob Hill rule and give the East End and South Vancouver a new deal,” says Ef- fie Jones. Pe big problem | at’ all; lots. Since Effie Jones began solution some weeks ago, city coun- cil has made .a show of activity and now comes before the electors with some proposals for half-mea- sures to be put into operation. Sometimes half - measures are worse than none. Last year council set up a special committee and hired experts to make a survey of the parking prob- lem. This special committee spent $12,000 of the taxpayers’ money and last March turned in a nice, fat report to council, in. which, they recommended the opening of city- operated parking lots. It was a good report, as such re- it went. Right into a pigeon-hole reserved for it. That’ might have been the end of it--many a good report has been gathering dust for years in city hall pigeon holes—-except for the fact that the parking problem con- tinued to exist, and grew worse, and business people began com- plaining. Also, Effie Jones lit a fire under city council and compelled them to stir. So, in recent weeks, there has been a flurry of activity in city ports go; and as such reports go, ' Effie has parking problem solved Vancouver’s. downtown parking problem isn’t such a the answer is obvious—open parking raising the problem and the hall, with the acting mayor and aldermen running around in circles and promising that something will be done. ; ‘ What should be done is very clear, and Effie Jones has pointed it- out. _ “As mayor I will demand that the recommendations in the traf- fic survey report be carried out,” she says. “I will end the talk and begin the work, and the so called parking problem will soon cease to exist.” Chief recommendation contained. in the $12,000 parking report was that the city should acquire various land areas in the downtown dist- ‘|riet suitable for parking lots to accommodate a total of at least 2,600 cars, as the first step in a long-range municipal parking pro- ; gram. Dear Mrs. Jones: . It is about time a woman had a chance in this city to help improve things. Being a mother of two small children and having to manage on a small salary, its hard enough without having to pay such a high price for transportation. (Mrs.) P. T. (East 68rd Ave.) GENTLEMEN: PETITION. Sponsored by Effie Jones _ TO REDUCE TRANSIT FARES TO 4 FOR 25 TO BRING BACK THE WEEKLY PASS | TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CITIZENS OF VANCOUVER, BE- LIEVE THAT THE B.C.E.R. CAN WELL AFFORD TO RESTORE FORMER RATES FOR STREET CAR FARES, AND RE-INTRO- | DUCE WEEKLY STREET CAR PASSES. : THEREFORE, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ORDER THE B.C.E.R. TO LOWER FARES TO THEIR FORMER LEVEL. Name Cte ee eee tcc eseesens ee ered RETURN PETITIONS TO EFFIE JONES, 339 WEST PENDER : PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 19, 1948— PAGE 5