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Broader civic democracy,
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The Surrey Municipal Reform
Committee last week presented
a brief to a commission set up
by the Department of Municipal

‘Affairs in conjunction with the |

Union of B.C, Municipalities to
hold hearings throughout B,C,
on municipal reorganization,
The brief, presented by Harry
Ball on behalf of the Surrey
ratepayers group, stressed the
need for extension of democratic
practices and for reorganiza-
tion of taxation as between differ-
ent levels of government, The
aim of such reorganization should
be to provide greater revenues
for local government,
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The Surrey brief took strong -

exception to Councils borrowing
money for capital works without
reference to the electors, It also
advocated reestablishment of a
system of area or ward repre-
sentation as an important demo-
cratic reform,

Pointing out that at present
the main brunt of Municipal taxa-
tion is borne by the property tax
on homes and small farms, the
brief urges the commission to-
recommend that the major part

of taxation be lifted from agri-
cultural and residential property,

an autographing

party for
HAROLD GRIFFIN

author of

“CONFEDERATION
AND. OTHER POEMS”
Fri., Dec. 16
7 to 9 p.m.
Co-op
Bookstore

341 W. Pender
Refreshments served

LABOR SCENE:

This week’s regular session of
the Vancouver and District Labor
Council (VLC) was undoubtedly
the quietest in an otherwise most
eventful year,

Opéhing with a brief address
by the chairman ofthe Vancouver
Board of School Trustees, Mr,
Wales, on the issue of adult edu-
cation, job retraining and chang-
ing job structures, and the neces-
sity of “staying on top of this
business of change,” delegates
voted unanimous approval of Mr,
Wales’ outline,

* * *

Mac Hurren, president of Fore-

mens Local 514, International
Longshoremen and Warehouse-
men’s Union (ILWU) and Roy
Smith, area President of the
ILWU gave VLC delegates an out-
line of the issues involved in
the B.C, waterfront tieup.
While the foremen and longshore=
men through the medium of the
IJ,WU have accepted Minister of
Labor Nicholson’s formula to end
the port tieup, it has been reject-
ed by Edward Strang, president
of the B.C, Maritime Employees
Association,

In his report tothe VLC Presi-
dent Smith pointed out that what
Strang is denying port foremen
here, is included in an agreement
signed by him with the Interna-
tional Longshoremen’s Associa-
tion (ILA) in Montreal. ;

The VLC voted unanimously to
extend “wholehearted support”
to the striking foremen and lock-
ed-out longshoremen,

(At press time it is expected
that a government ruling from
Ottawa may be forthcoming, de-
signed to end the deadlock and
get Vancouver and other B,C,
ports back in operation),

* ex

Correspondence was read from
Edmonton, Toronto and other
central labor bodies giving full

i years,”

Labor Council pledges
support to dock workers.

support to and recording actions
taken against the use of injunc-
tions in labor-management dis-
putes,

A telegram to delegates from
Canadian Labor Congress (CLC)
executive officer Tom Gooder-
ham strongly urging VLC mem-
bers to “refrain from remarks.
on matters before the courts”

was “received and filed,”
* kk

The Metropolitan Advisory
Committee of the VLC reported
20,000 civic election leaflets pub-
licizing its slate ready for dis-
tribution, while delegates approv-
ed an $800 donation for election
purposes,

Tribune

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1966

* x ‘
Following a serious attack of
bronchial pneumonia. which

necessitated a lengthy spell in
Vancouver General Hospital,
Harvey Murphy, Western Vice-
President of the Mine-Mill Union —
is now well on the way to recov-
ery.

Discharged from hospital last
week and back home convalescing,
Harvey expects to be back on
the job again very soon. Aside
from the gratification expressed
by members of his own union,
many other union and party col-
eagues wish him a speedy re-:

urn to robust health,

Waterfront tieup blamed

on company

Cont'd from pg. 1

Strang also portrayed the arro-:
gance of the dock bosses when he
said in his public statement that,
“The employers’ position is

either right or wrong. There can:

be no compromise... ” This
stand was taken despite numerous
public appeals to the dock com-

Rankin urges

unity to end
NPA rule

Speaking at a meeting in
the Rio Hall last Thursday,
Harry Rankin, independent-
labor candidate for alderman,
Said “the NPA, which repre-
sents the unity of the right,
has governed the city for 30

In an appeal for unity of
progressive voters at the polls
Wednesday, Dec, 14, Rankin
said, “If independent, demo-
cratically-minded candidates
could put forward a unified
program in the interests of
the people, a coalition against
the NPA would be able to
accomplish programs instead
of only talking.”

arrogance

panies urging that the Nicholson
formula be adopted. Included
among those was a public appeal _
by Premier W. A, C, Bennett. —

Before leaving Vancouver for
Ottawa, after his attempt at a
compromise settlement had fail-
ed, Labor Minister Nicholson told
the press:

“These proposals were con-
sidered fair and reasonable by the
union men involved and by the
foremen ... They (the foremen)
say, in view of the special cir-
cumstances of this dispute, they
were prepared to accept this
formula,

“So far it has been-rejected by
the employers, although I may
say, I have been told — I can’t
vouch for this — that at least
some of the employer members
would have been prepared to
accept it, if the majority could
have been persuaded to do SO .e.

“What surprises me is that the
employers have even refused to
discuss modifications of the pro-
posals, The employers insist upon
a return to work under new con- |
ditions which were not included in
the suggestions we put forwards,”

Aldermanic candidates endorsed by city labor

HARRY RANKIN

JEAN MOHART

NORMAN LEVI

FRANKLIN WILES

REG WALKER

December 9, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 12

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