1885) when arguing with a reporter on subject

has posterity done for us?”’

this or succeeding generations. eer

scarred desert of B.C.

invariably strike a “public be damned”’ pose.

tions to investigate themselves.

birthright. :

collosal monopoly-government swindle subsides a little.

to investigate himself. -

-~o-

posterity will get a proper rooking--immersed in whitewash.

he public be damned,’’ said William H. Vanderbilt (1821-

public rights. Nearly a century earlier, one John Trumbull
(1750-1871) , obviously something of a Socred pioneer of the
times, voiced his views in the now well known cliche, ‘‘What

Both these ancient weisenheimer cracks, although not
expressed so bluntly in these modern times, provide the key to
Social Credit philosophy, most strongly illustrated in its utter
disdain, arrogance, and contempt of public opinion; and in its
undisguised readiness to-dispose of any and all natural
resources for a fast monopoly buck, completely regardless of
how its giveaways or sellouts of the public heritage may effect

‘What,’ they mutter in pious protest at publec anger, as they
reach for another fistful of home-grown, Yankee or. other
foreign monopoly dollars, ‘has posterity done for. us?’ But
being extremely pious political purveyers of the public domain
they invariably seek to-cover up their crimes with the alibi that
it is precisely their ‘concern’ for ‘posterity’ that: motivates
their fast buck resources giveaways. Posterity can well do
without such concern when it means that its birthright has
been dissipated even before it arrives in the ‘beautiful’ Socred-

‘In their all-too-frequent give-aways and accomodations to.
timber, mining, oil.and other monopoly barons, with its in-
evitable and resultant pollution, deadly to animal, fish, bird
and human life alike, in face of vehement public protest, these
pious purveyors of the public  weel. (misnamed a government)

When the public however, refuse to be damned and insist that
some remedial action be taken, these pious Pilates, busy
hawking off public property for the enrichment of private
monopoly entrepeneurs, set up royal commissions, investiga-

Needless to say , it doesn’t reguire a political Houdini or
crystal ball gazer to forecast what the end result of that
investigation can or will be; a verdict in which the public gets
damned again , and posterity ‘legally’ shorn of its heritage and

A classical example: of this is seen in the recent
announcement of attorney-general and minister of labor, Les
Peterson who last week declared he was going to investigate
the burgeoning Cypress Bowl scandal, when the stench of that -

All of which reminds us of a crook, a chronic addict to the
crime of grand larceny who, when caught redhanded at his
umpteenth heist , announcing with well-rehearsed indignation ,

Moreover; make no mistake about it; if these Socred Santas
for a powerful Mafia-tinted U.S. monopoly are permitted to
pull off a Cyprus Bowl ‘‘investigation’’, both the public and

Emergency care at General
hospital called ‘shocking’

By ALD. HARRY RANKIN

The shocking lack of staff and
facilities in the Emergency
Ward of the Vancouver General
Hospital is a stinging indictment
of the provincial governments
failure to provide adequate funds
for hospitals.

The Emergency Ward is a.

tragic sight. Occupied beds up
and down the corridors and
filling every available space. Old
people gasping what seems to be
their last breath. People in acute

- pain and with serious ailments

having to wait three or four
hours for attention.

The ward looks likes a
casualty clearing station after a
battle, only in war time wounds
would be attended to more
promptly. Even cars bringing in
patients are oftenlined up for a
block; they can’t get in to the
Emergency Ward parking lot
because it’s full up.

Overcrowding in the
Emergency ward is aggravated

by the fact that doctors, unable.

to get beds for patients who need
them, have to declare their cases
to be emergencies to get them in
to the hospital. -

The staff is efficient,
conscientious and hard working.
But the ward is understaffed and
the facilities
inadequate for a hospital of this
size. ,

completely.

Blame for the shortage of

shoulders of the provincial
government. There is no
shortage of funds - its a question

of what comes first. The
demands of business - are
receiving priority over the
needs of people.

Premier. Bennett didn’t
hesitate to mortgage the

province’s future when it came
to building power dams to supply
the American. Northwest with

- electric power. The construction

of a new harbor at Point Roberts
is in fact a multimillion dollar
subsidy to the Kaiser coal
interests. But at the same time
school construction is being
frozen while hospitals are
starved for funds.

The Regional Hospital Board
must also take its share of the
blame for. the shortage of
‘hospital beds in the Lower Main-
land. The $52 million dollar by-

€

HAVE YOU SEEN THESE IN VANCOUVER? The above picture shows poisonous phosgene gas being shipped
on a flatcar in the U.S. Recently a reader of the PT told us he saw these same cylinders with a sign reading:
“Danger, Poison Gas,’’ being hauled on a truck near the harbor in North Vancouver. Has the. Canadian
government permitted U.S. poison gas to be shipped to Canada? It would appear so. ;

- PACIFIC TRIBUNE NOVEMBER 28,-1969--PAGE 2

law passed by referendum ballot
two years ago didn’t even begin
to meet regional hospital needs,
in spite of all the promises made
-at the time by the Board.

The directors of the Vancouver
General Hospital (which is
publicly owned and_ publicly
financed but controlled and
operated by a small closed
group of businessmen and
doctors) have failed to take any
effective remedial action to
improve the Emergency Ward.

"Since the directors of the. VGH

won't do anything, perhaps |

Vancouver City Council should
set up a committee 1
investigate the needs of the —
Emergency Ward,
alternatively, instruct our City —
Health officer to make such a?
investigation. i
made, it must include provisio"
for public hearings wheté

concerned organizations and any

who have suffered because of

inadequate staff and facilities

may present evidence.

Van. East ratepayers fight for
better recreation facilities

The Cassiar Ratepayers
Association and Hastings
Community. Association have
submitted a joint brief to the
Vancouver Parks Board urging
measures to improve indoor
recreational facilities in the
Hastings Community Centre.

The joint brief charged that
the Hastings East area is being
discriminated against in favor of

‘other areas in the city. It points
out that improved indoor
recreation facilities are required
in all sections of Vancouver, but
that no section of the city should

be favored at the expense of any

other.

Community Centre is one of the

‘busiest in the city, operating ‘i

over-capacity with oT
participants in 1968, the brie

_ says that public indoor facilities

are practically non-existant.

The brief proposes that # —

skating and curling rink bé
erected immediately adjacent 10
the East side of the existing
swimming pool and that the p0
be enclosed for year round use:
It asks that these facilities be

included in the priorities of H@

current 5-Year Plan..

ar ee
acta aacee Municipal voters go

topollsonDec.6

Municipal voters throughout the province, with the exception oft
Vancouver, will go to the polls Saturday, Dec. 6 to elect mayo

municipal councils and school boards. Nominations closed Monday:
Nov. 24. Under its own City Charter, Vancouver voters will go to the

polls in December, 1970.

Many local issues face muni-
cipalities. In most, the educa-
tion crisis has hit hard, and the
school freeze announced this
week will remove all refer-
endum for school construction,
thereby deepening the school
crisis in the year to come. Muni-
cipal services are also falling
behind, but because of the tight
money situation and refusa! of
Victoria to help municipalities,
few of them are submitting
money bylaws this year.

When nominations closed last
Monday almost a third of the
civic posts were filled by
acclamation. School board seats
were the least contested, with
about 20 having no candidates at
all, and 83 of the 180 vacancies
filled by acclamation.

Of particular interest will be —

the election in Port Alberni,
where Alderman’ George
McKnight, who led the fight to
have MacMillan-Bloedel pay its
share of taxes, is up for re-
election. Also running for alder-
man is a supporter of his tax
fight, Mark Ivezich. Mark
Mosher, well-known trade
unionist in the Alberni valley is
running for re-election as a
school trustee.

In Trail, Mayor F.E. De Vito,
popular among trade unionists in
this labor town, was returned by
acclamation. A _ well-known

~ union leader is also running for

election to the Kamloops school
board. He is Bill Ferguson, a

representative of the Canadian _

Union of Public Employees

In Fernie, the son of the late —

in the labor town is the long time —
campaign manager for Tom
Uphill, Michael Nee.

A sharp fight is shaping up
Burnaby, where the big busines’
backed Burnaby Voters Asso

ciation is trying to defeat the
Burnaby Citizens Associatiol
slate headed by Mayor Rober!
Prittie,
Running with Prittie, on the BCA
slate for council, are Andy Bla!

Jim Dailly, George McLean an

Fraser Wilson. School Board»
candidates on the BCA slate aré
John Fleming, Joan Johnson a?

Maurits Mann. .

Two new faces in the scho?
board race in the Fraser Valley
are John Tanche of White Rock |

and Eunice Parker in Coquit —

lam. Both candidates havé
made the fight for improve

education facilities, and {0
senior governments to pay 7
greater share of the cost of edu:
cation, key planks in thei
platforms.

Eb Evans ill

Eb Evans, charter member of the
Communist Party, and auditor for the
Provincial Committee of the party:
suffered a mild heart attack los!
Saturday, and is in the Centenni@
Pavilion at Vancouver Gener
Hospital. :

The PT and his many friends join "
wishing him a speedy recovery.

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However it §

Pointing out that the Hastings

‘Tom Uphill, Vernon, is running ‘|
for re-election as mayor. Als?

contesting a seat for alderma? —

prominent NDPer —

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