702 <1BED » No. 45 a. Phone MUtual 5-5288 Authorised as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa 10c VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1958 loner has forfeited My ‘trail ne is Me hg tibes, bing, e22 brushed aside At- ‘ye General Robert Bon- ty tention that Sommers’ lh, 1° Continue as member Ys _and-Trail constitutes "Nh Sure legal point.” Mie Ge constitution Act is nes a ©n this point,” said “Nhe, States: ‘If. any fy of the Legislative As- “hy : * + 18 convicted of hi SO infamous crime ie ee shall thereby be With, (°° 2nd a writ ith mM the space of six Ny eas the time when | Of such member so Vacated, issue for a ome 200 70 Go q Pact 10 days of the Mien tibune’s cam- ved. * 1,000 new and t subs still to go, of the objec- Ys been reached. a! the ubs @ day will %, patie over the lublic confidence byte Bennett government should call a byelection in Ross- Without further “political procrastination, Nigel PP provincial leader, told the Pacific Tribune this “ Commenting on the conviction of former lands and Neng mister Robert Sommers on charges of conspiracy and new election as if he were actually dead.’ “Bonner may have doubts as to whether accepting bribes is a felony. The people have none.” Morgan observed that Bon- ner was the last man who should be seeking legal in- terpretations to excuse the gov- ernment from doing its duty. “In fact, it’s difficult to see how he can justify his continu- ance as chief law enforcement officr of the province in view of. his record in the Sommers case and the Mulligan case be- fore it. “Bonner claimed there was insufficient evidence against Sommers. It took him 707 days to agree to prosecute his cabi- net-colleague, and then only under great public pres- sure. Yet at the trial 1,000 exhibits were entered and it required 73 days to unravel Sommers’ dealings as minister of lands and forests, Continued on page 3 See MORGAN LABOR ADVANCES WORK PROGRAM FOR ul Vancouver Labor Council is reorganizing its committee on unemployment and council executive members expect to meet with local MPs and MLAs soon to discuss the problem of unemployment, which may reach crisis proportions this winter unless speedy action is taken to create jobs. The VLC meeting on Tuesday this week also endorsed a “ofan for jobs” submitted by Carpenters Local 452, which made building of a new First Narrows Bridge its foremost Foreclosures grow with jobless lines TORONTO — Tens of thousands of Canadian families undertaking. The union pointed out that Ottawa has offered to pay 50 percent of all civic and muni- cipal projects, and proposed an immediate start on these projects: @ An adequate low rental housing project. @ More housing for senior citizens. @ Housing or apartments for those displaced in the Van- couver- urban redevelop- ment plan. (The $75 million slum clearance plan which the taxpayers of Vancouver overwhelmingly endorsed). @ A start on high level water- front ramps to ease traffic congestion. @ Construction of an express highway between Vancou- ver and New Westminster Continued on page 6 See COUNCIL £. face catastrophe this winter because of unemployment, the La- bor-Progressive Party’s national executive warned last week in a letter to all regional and provincial committees. The letter called for a nation-wide campaign by the LPP to demand an emergency ses- sion of parliament to take these actions: 1—Start a vast public works program. 2—Increase unemployment insurance benefits and con- tinue them for the entire period of unemployment. 3—Extend the country’s trade with world markets. It demanded actions by pro- vincial governments to halt evictions and foreclosures. There could be a million un- employed in the country in the coming months, the letter said, but even this does not tell the full story. In contrast to last winter many workers have now exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits including seasonal benefits. In August of this year, as compared to August of 1957, there was a 21 percent increase in the number of workers who have been out of work up to one month, a 49 percent in- crease in those out of work one to three months. But the number of those out of work from four to six months has gone up by 90 percent, and the number out of work from seven to 12 months has jumped 200 percent. There are Continued on back page See UNEMPLOYMENT. Lines at National Employment Service offices across the country are growing longer as lay- offs and shutdowns add .to the number of unemployed. The clamor for the Diefenbaker government to make good on its election promise of full employment is impelled by the ex- pectation of one million unemployed this winter.