Effie Jones clubs to push campaign for lower fares Announcement of a petition campaign for immediate hearing on the fare issue and withdrawal of the temporary incfease pending such hearing, was made at Vancouver Civic Reform Committee’s reception for Effie Jones, held Saturday in the Pender Auditorium canteen and attended by more than a hundred enthusiastic supporters. Union formulates gold mine policy ‘Meeting at Timmins, Ontario, on January 10, the National Wage Policy’ Committee of the Inter- national Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter. Workers (CIO) agreed upon a basic program for all 1948 gold mine contracts, according} to a wire received by the B.C. District Union office from Ernest White, Timmins member of the National Committee. _" Three basic demands in all Sold mines across thé country will be for 35. cents increase across the board, union security ‘in all contracts, and no contracts unless they include a 30-day wage reopening clause. . Recent voluntary wage increase in British Columbia gold mines, ranging from 60 cents to $100 a shift, will be accepted as part payment on the 35 cent demand, it was agreed.’ The program was enthusiastic- ally received by representatives of the Ontario and Quebec gold locals, who are looking to the West for leadership in the all-out @ contract drive in eastern Bold mines. Action taken by B.C. Ppl ty at the National Policy Committee, Regional Bee ctcr Harvey Murphy and Act- ing Board Member J. R. McFar- lane, was largely responsible for Thanking all her campaign workers and supporters who help- ed roll up her 19,000-odd vote, Effie Jones outhned the campaign for the coming year as including continuation and extension of fight for low streetcar farés, a low rental housing scheme, extension of the civic franchise to cover all citizens over 21 years of age, and implementation of the business tax. “When we visited the Public Utilities Commission on Van- couver Island,” Mrs. Jones said, “we were told they could do nothing until 1950. But the people of Vancouver are not going to wait until 1950 for low fares!” Reminding listeners that Effie Jones had won 27 polls out of 51 in this election, Harold Prit- chett, IWA_ district president, urged that there should be at least one Effie Jones’ supporter in every city block so that when election time rolled around agaifi people know the issues involved. Under the slogan “Put Effie Jones in the City Hall in 1948,” the Civic Reform Committee will be reconstituted this year into a Civic Reform Association, with an Effie Jones club in every poll- ing division in the city, Elgin Ruddell, CRC aldermanic candi- date in ‘the past two elections, announced. Members would be recruited for an annual fee of one dollar a year and a fund of $10,000 raised for electing Effie Jones as mayor in 1948. Mrs. Helen Matheson presented Mrs, Jones with a floral bouquet and tea was served under the ES the basic gold program) efficient management of Mrs. Canadian gold mines, - “Caroline MacFarlane. STANTON & MUNRO Vancouver Office «601 ' Holden ‘Building 16 East Hastings Street pte MArine 5746 BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, NOTARIES ' Nanaimo Office Room 2, Palace Building Skinner Street 1780 Phone: © eee 384. For Empties when driver calls. 25c Per Daken Paid. Please have them ready | | 1385 1386 1387 This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948 MINERVA MILLER director. of the Marxist Class- room which will reopen on February 16, it was announced by the LPP city education com- mittee this week. Courses avail- able include: Elements of Marx- ism (elementary); Political Eco- nomy (elementary) ; Marxism and the Trade Unions; Theory of Economic Crises; Marxism and Social Democracy; Marxism and Culture; Philosophy of Marx- ism; Labor Journalism and Pub- licity; Twenty-Five Years of Canadian Labor; Who Owns’ Canada. Courses will be from six to eight weeks and will be held weekly in Room 211, Shelly Building. Informafion may be obtained by phoning TAtlow 1451. Bombard gov’ women urged Declaring that housewives, unionists and other citizens will take steps “through their votes in the near future” to obtain action from the government on _ price controls, Doise Nielsen, secretary of the National Women’s Commis- sion of the Labor Progressive Party, in a press release states that the Abbott austerity plan “is harnessing Canadian economy to the dictates of Wall Street and making our people, our housewives and children, pay the shot.” “Recent increase in the price price of beef and bacon have evoked even greater indignation against the government’s policy, which is permitting the profiteers of this country to undermine and destroy the living standards of the Canadian family,” Mrs. Niel- sen said, “New attempts by press and individuals are being made to put the blame for these increases on labor and the farmer; and such attempts are all the more outrageous in the face of the enormous profits being reaped by the meat trust.” Urging the labor movement, housewives’ organizations and all sections of the public to bombard Finance Minister Douglas Abbott and the government with demands to take immediate action to de- fend the people’s living standards, Mrs. Nielsen pointed out that pub- lic opinion calling for controls of prices, as evidenced by the 76 percent affirmative on this ques- tion by the Gallup poll, “is being cynically ignored by Abbott.” “The people demand punishment of. the profiteers and immediate restoration of price controls. Labor, housewives and the people generally must make their will | felt. to the government, and in their — respective parliamentary constituencies demand of their M.P.’s to press for price controls. All M.P.’s must be judged by the people in the coming period on how they will act on this vital issue, which strikes at the very heart’ of our way of life,” she concluded. ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings Vancouver Political action on common Reporting on the past year’s work, local officers pointed out that the recent furniture strike could undoubtedly have been avoided had operators not de- pended upon Bill 39 to smash the workers’ solidarity. “Political action in the form of labor lobbies and rallies, non- partisan political action by trade unions in many ways, in civic, municipal, provincial and federal al fields, has become of major im- portance to the very life of the trade union movement,” the re- port declared. ‘Workers in the port many shades of political be- lief. That is their right and privilege, but unity of all workers is possible on issues affecting the lives and welfare als the common people.” “It is our belief that all work- ers’ wants are the same and attainable—peace on earth, a de- cent job, a living wage and reason- able security in sickness and in old age.” Emphasizing the serious nature of the safety problem, local lead- ers called upon the membership to organize safety committees on every job, reporting regularly to the local’s safety council Candidates nominated for local offices were: for president, Vern Carlyle- and Lioyd Whelan; for first vice-president, William Croy, Robert Jackson and A. Evans; second vice-president, A. Smith and