Make sure your vote works for peoples interests says committee “How can you use your vote on December 10 to do the most good for Vancouver?” This question is posed and answered by the Mona Morgan Election Committee in a folder being widely distributed this week to city voters. Pointing out that the committee cannot recommend a full slate, it urges electors to give a vote to these labor and independent candidates: CIry COUNCIL E. A. Jamieson, labor Sam Jenkins, labor Mona Morgan, independent Paddy Neale, labor SCHOOL BOARD John Hayward, labor Jack Henderson, labor Harry Rankin, independent PARKS BOARD* Donald “Dusty” independent Charles Lemarche, labor William Pierce, labor Greenwell, Elaborating its proposals, the Mona Morgan Election Committee said in a statement released this week that it wel- comed the entry of organized laber into civic politices with its officially nominated candi- dates for council, school and parks boards. However, gretted that right-wing labor leaders had pushed through a policy of tieing up with re- actionary individuals and or- ganizations such as Tory-NPA aldermanic candidate Halford Wilson and the Civic Voters Association. it re- Sharply criticizing the CVA, the committee said that “the CVA had two aldermen. this past year who did not distin- guish themselves in any way by fighting for progressive policies. The record shows that Evelyn Caldwell consistently pushed for adoption of the dis- credited city manager plan while Tom Alsbury supported continuation of the undemo- cratic Administration Board set-up. “Tt is significant that the NPA-CVA city council of 1958 repeatedly surrendered to the B.C. Electric, making a pre- tence at opposition but in fact sabotaging it to the point where even the firm hired to pre- pare the city’s case before the Public Utilities Commission was compelled to protest pub- licly to city council. “Through all this, and on many other issues on which a stand should have been taken, Alsbury was more concerned with waging a personal cam- paign for fulfilling his mayoral ambitions. The committee said it “re- gretted not being able to hon- estly recommend” any of the candidates offering themselves for. the mayoralty. “We are sorry the labor movement did not put forward a°candidate for mayor around whom working people, rate- payers, pensioners and others could unite,’ it continued, pointing out that “the record ef Tom Alsbury as a labor- splitter and red-baiter is well known, as is his reactionary stand on such key issues as the ward system, which he op- poses.” former Sam Walsh (above), union organizer and now a member of the LPP national executive, ed as LPP candidate in the Toronto - Trinity federal by- election on December 15. He has been nominat- is making the Diefenbaker government’s failure to fulfill its promises of full employ- ment and an independent for- eign policy a central issue in his campaign. DIRECT from PEKING $3.00 - 1 year $5.00 - 2 years ORDER THROUGH PEOPLE'S CO-OP BOOKSTORE 307 WEST PENDER STREET VANCOUVER 3, B.C. 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This ‘year, in North Vancou- ver City and District, Burn- aby, New Westminster, Surrey and Langley, slates of labor nominated and endorsed can- didates and a number of pro- gressive independents are challenging the reactionary coalitions and individual can- didates whose big business policies have long dominated municipal government. Elsewhere in the pxovince, labor and progressive inde- pendent candidates. are con- testing office in Victoria, Na- naimo, Alberni and Port Al- berni on Vancouver Island, and in Kitimat, Vernon and Fernie. In the village of Lake Cowi- chan, A. B. Greenwell, elected ag a commissioner with pro- gressive support in 1956, was returned by acclamation for a further two-year term. when nominations closed on Monday this week. He was also elected by acclamation to a_ school board seat. In Burnaby, refusal of the Labor Election Committee to recognize the contribution in carrying forward labor’s pro- gram made over the years by pogressive independents has blocked attempts to reach full labor unity. Alone among the lower main- land municipalities, Burnaby has a labor tradition going back to the early thirties, when. the provincial govern- ment suspended elective muni- cipal government and replaced the labor majority council with an appointed commis- sioner. When elective government was restored in the early forties, the United Labor Com- mittee, a progressive coalition, successfully contested council and school board office until the ward system was abolish- ed. Popular discontent with NPA government brought the CCF to office, but the CCF admini- stration ended in a debacle precipitated by defection of Reeve W. R. Beamish and Councillor George Isherwood and climaxed by inclusion of Councillor Doug Drummond on the NPA slate. Through this period; progres- sive independents, notably William Turner, contested every election on a labor plat- form. Having nominated three of- ficial candidates for council, the Labor Election Committee ignored Turner’s proven rec- o December 5, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—?? ord to endorse Robert Pritt for the fouth place on its slalé although Prittie is officially? candidate of the BCA, Tiw@gs coalition to the NPA. |p In order to strengthen Hf) jj fight for full labor unity PY |), gressive voters in Burnall are being urged to vote for Ht) three official labor candidal® fi ‘John Higman, Albert wilh h Robert Scott, and Willia®)™ Turner, independent. Labor candidates for se board are Courtney Gray |” Russell Hicks, with — sittil® school board member, Bile Daily, BCA candidate, @ dorsed for third position. | Of In North Vancouver City; |W bor has nominated two ‘ fa didates for council, C. i th Keely and Carmine Perri, | th endorsed a third, Winnill® kj Henderson, independent. I” |i, Birchard is labor’s lone not nee in North Vancouver Dis he trict. In addition, Dorol wit Lynas, former school D2” ¢ member, is seeking labor su iy port in her bid for re- -electi® | Wy Labor ‘candidates in siame Westminster are headed ral Elizabeth Wood, contesting ! mayoralty, and include tor council candidates, Aus Schiller, Robert Skelly an Harold Wilcox. In Surrey, three labo didates, Wiliam Fomich, if Wood and William P. wis are contesting council S@ and one, E. Neumann, is se ing a school board seat. | In neighboring snail progressive independent, wi liam Wilkinson, is makiné first bid for council: sf On Vancouver Island oH | labor candidate, Tom* Barney is seeking a council seat 1? berni, and two labor ca dates, A. L. Ingram and bs ley Lance, are contesting col | | 00! In Fe r ct —— = cil seats in Port Alberni: sf! : other trade unionist, Gent A. McKnight, running ® ¢| independent, is certain t0 wif wide labor support in his } 6 ‘for the third council vac™ Labor’s hopes in Nanaim,, pinned on Howard Dean; } inte pendent, and Jack Parkes bor candidate for count! In Victoria, Elgin Si - Neish, member of the Vi io local of the United Fish&™ 5 and Allied Workers unit expected to receive strons ® sae port from labor in “his # manic . campaign. é ip on | Elsewhere in the pr Don Stickney is a labor er) date for council in oss William Hlina is a prog ve candidate for council i? oil” non, and John Savage; iol ery Workers Union “ ao Mike Nee and Orlando © si of the UMWA, are conte? i!) council seats in Ferni@ |™ labor support. ¢