City cuts single men

off relief

In a heartless move -that has shocked all decent citizens, Van- couver City Council decided "“Mon- day this week that special unem- ployment assistance to 1,284 single men will be cut off July 15.

Another 152 married men and 22 single women will continue to receive aid, but single jobless will be forced to beg on the streets, leave town or starve.

The hard-faced Non-Partisan Association: aldermen even refus- ed to set up a works program to enable single men to work for the $45 a month pittance they have been receiving.

A special committee headed by Ald. Anna Sprott which met with Premier W. A. C. Bennett in Vic- toria last week reported that the Social Credit premier is opposed to any temporary work scheme.

(Union leaders are also opposed to temporary work schemes which would endanger established work- ing conditions, -but urge the under- taking of public works projects, offering full time’ jobs, which are badly needed at this time).

Of the 1,284 single men, 272 are Vancouver residents. The prov- incigl government pays 80 percent of. their unemployment assistance, the city the remainder.

James Chambers, social service administrator said that a small percentage of the jobless are “malingerers” who do not want work,* but stressed that “it’s not

fair to tar the other men with the same brush.

By its action, city council has done just that. Ald. Bill Orr even!

urged that assistance be cut off | urged the PUC. to extend its June June 30, but received no support!

for his proposal.

Valor Prente

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A.U.U.C. Hall 805 E. Pender — 8 p.m.

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municipalities that desire to boundaries,” was unanimously passed by delegates from unions, municipalities. and: ratepayers’ or- ganizations at a conference in the Labor Temple last Saturday spon- sored by Vancouver Labor Coun- cil. .

A second resolution urged that a public enquiry be immediately taken “into the financial structure of the B.C. Power Corporation and its subsidiaries, and as to their operational effect on the present and future welfare of the people of British Columbia; and to con- sider ways and means for their operation to be taken over and

mission.”

Delegates also warmly endors- ed a proposal made by a Lang- ley representative calling on the Public Utilities Commission to give a 60-day hoist to the PUC hearing on-B.C. Electric’s appli- cation for natural gas distribu- tion right, immediately. after the BCE has. stated its case. This recess would allow municipali- ties and other interested parties sufficient time to study the BCE arguménts and prepare “oppos- ing briefs.

Finally, the VLC-sponsored par- ley, decided to send copies of the three resolutions to all unions, muicipalities and interested groups

the question of “istribution of natural gas.

- On Tuesday this week Vancou- ver Trades and Labor Council (TLC), which speaks for more

‘|ization that desires to be recog-

than 50,000 Lower Mainland union- ‘ists; endorsed the demand. that

B.C. Power Commission immedi- Pes take over control of natural 8as distribution, called for rejec- ‘tion of BCE’s ‘application and

28 hearing to July 19.

In reply to a demand made by Effie Jones, president of Civic Re- form Association, that the PUC open the June 28 hearing to pub- lic organizations, PUC secretary H. W. Mellish replied this week that it “designates the obviously interested parties to the applica- tion” but that “any other organ-

nized as an interested party should write to the PUC setting forth its interest in the matter so that the commission may decide whether or not that organization will be: re-

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Several proposals mitted to George Tomlinson, So- cred MLA for’ North Vancouver, by Charles Caron, LPP provincial candidate for the constituency.

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Caron asked Tomlinson to urge Premier W. A. C. Bennett and the cabinet to reject any application | by the BCE to build the pipeline | from Huntingdon to Vancouver.

“The line should be built by the provincial government as» part of a publicly-owned gas distribution system for the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland,” said Caron.

Tomlinson said that the BCE would certainly not build the line ‘if it was not to control the. dis- tribution of natural gas” and con-

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ike deadline st Strike deadline set Se / for 10 city clubs © Club, ‘Cabaret’ and Culinary Workers Union (AFL-TLC) has set Friday this week as deadline for

settlement, or strike action, in a dispute with 10 Vancouver clubs.

Clubs concerned are: Arctic, Pa- cific Atthletic, Quadra, Press, West Coast Central, Railwaymen’s, Irish Canadian, Moose, Elks and Labor

cultural parley

Some 80 delegates and visitors attended a conference on cultural work sponsored by the LPP and

held in Pender Auditorium last Sunday.

Keynote address was given by Rosaleen Ross, B.C. delegate to the LPP fourth national cultural conference held in Toronto last April.

She remarked the inroads being made by US. imperialism on the cultural life of Canada, “of such a nature that it not only conditions the minds of Canadians to the atomic war plans of the U.S. trusts through the medium of the theatre, TV, cold war Hterature, and U.S. written school textbooks, but de- prives Canadian cultural talent of the opportunity to grow and’ de- velop.”*

‘The conference noted that al- though there are still many signs of McCarthyite pressures and in- timidations against individual art- ists and cultural groups who speak out against U.S. domination of

Canadian affairs, .there is also growing determination among Canadian. artists, writers and

other cultural workers to assert the right to free cultural expres. sion. *

The conference! heard with re- gret of the illness in Toronto of Canada’s leading people’s poet, Joe Wallace, and sent him a tele-

B.C. women will attend _ world meet,

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‘Demand _by Effie Jone et Public Utilities commissionte tee B.C. Electric to cut transit for a six months’ period 10 = o straphangers for the extra 000 they shelled out to the oe rel

during the period of 15-cent received a side-steppins — from the PUC this week. -

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