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Vancouver, British Columbia, January 25, 1952

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PRICE FIVE

PUBLIC ANGER AROUSED
BY BOER SERVICE CUTS

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6,000 sign against fare boost

Thousands of Vancouver and Bunaby citizens, freezing at car and bus
stops as this week’s snowstorms completely disrupted BCElectric schedules,

EFFIE JONES . . . ‘Everyone wants to sign’

cursed the company for its brazen indifference to public welfare.
day this week further drastic cuts in transit service

On Fri-

(including abandon-

ment of the hospital bus service to St. Vincent's) will further aggravate the

situation.

Unable to cope with even a few inches of snow, BCER never-

theless is reducing transit facilities—and at the same time is preparing a fur-
ther boost in fare rates, to a straight 15 cents a ride in Vancouver.

Tee public, while freezing
during the long waits between
buses and street cars, is burn-
ing with indignation at BCER’s
flagrant indifference to citizens’
needs. Convincing evidence of
‘the desire to fight back against
higher fares is provided ‘by more
than 6,000 signatures obtained
over the weekend on a petition
sponsored by Effie Jones of
Civic Reform Association, de-
manding that city council flatly
reject the 15-cent fare.

Braving the cold and the snow
a volunteer army of canvassers
will hit the streets again this
Saturday to add to the impres-
sive number of names’ already
collected. A copy of the peti-
tion inserted as an advertise-
ment in a Vancouver daily pa-
per on Friday last week ‘has al-
ready brought more than 150
replies through the mails to
Effie Jones, plus many letters
of support and scores of tele-
phone calls.

Protests agains cuts in BCER
services are mounting, too. On
Monday. this week a delegation,
of war veterans appeared be-

LPP asks united action

to win people’s

ee Johnson - Anscomb part-
CP in British Columbia's
enon government came to
eget end January 18 when
és} ler Byron Johnson forced
Seen of Tory Leader
With a Anscomb, Confronted
resi ohnson’s demand for his
Shation because he announc-
the new Federal-Provincial

by

tax agreement before submit-
ting it to the cabinet, Anscomb
jed his Conservative party out
of the Coalition.

Although Anscomb’s violation
of a cabinet confidence privided
the reason ‘for the break, it had
long been obvious that the
Coalition was collapsing under
the strain of widespread op-

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policy

position to its warfare-before-
welfare policies.

Tory gains in the recent On- ‘

tario elections, which resulted

from CCF rejection of labor
unity, caused Federal Conserva-
tives to press Anscomb for a
break. Likewise, a first class
Continued on page 7
See LPP

fore city council’s finance com-
mittee to object strongly to dis-
continuation of ‘the St. Vincent’s
bus, arguing that 1,500 users
will suffer. Council members
gave the delegation a polite
brush-off; then turned around
and.accepted an invitation to at-
tend a tape-cutting ceremony to
extend the Cambie trolley line,
which the BCER claims makes
the ‘hospital route unnecessary.

Sharp fire against the Pub-
lic Utilities Commission, which
authorizes BC Electric increases,
was voiced to council by Elgin
Ruddell of Civic Reform Asso-
ciation. (See page 3.)

The Labor-Progressive party,
under the signature of provin-
cial leader. Nigel Morgan, is-
sued a press release this week

Continued on back page

See BCER

Thousands signing
petition - will you ?

TO HIS WORSHIP THE

ciation.

PETITION

VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL:

We, the undersigned, demand:
(1) That you flatly reject the 15c bus fare:
(2) That by resdlution addressed to Premier Byron

Johnson and Cabinet you call for removal of
the present PUC Commissioners D. K. Pen-

fold and R. E. Potter.

This petition is being circulated by Civic Reform Asso-
Return filled petitions to Effie Jones, 5038
Sherbrooke Street, Vancouver.

MAYOR,

Address

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