5 Cents In an openly discrimina ‘tory move, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation this week denied ‘Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor - Progressive Party, use of its facilities or the reason, according to Wr. Augustin Firigon, manager, that he does not ualify as a party political eer rr creer errr ee ere rr er ee eee Te TT Ter eee eee eee eee eT TN CUETETETRTBIESTIUE -Super-Profits In | Housing Racket ; Vancouver homeowners are being duped by a group of hard-faced, tight-fisted racketeers who control mortgage and real estate companies. War workers who find themselves able for the first time to invest in a house of their own; young couples starting married life; retired people investing their life savings in a home.— these are the unfortunate “clients” of the sharks. “Prospective homeowners are deceived by the apparent ease of the terms of- fered. Smooith- talking salesmen convince them they can own a home by paying in easy instalments “just like reni.” A single monthly payment pays taxes, interest and principal on the mortgage. But there are a number of “jokers” to this seemingly simple contract. When deduc- tions have been made from the monthly payment for taxes and interest, the am- ount paid off on the principal is very small. And the buyer cannot obtain release by pay- ins lump sums on the prin-. cipal. The mortgage com- pany has no intention of for- feiting the interest it obtains from a long-term mortgage. Government regulations have put a ceiling on interest rates, but the companies charge the maximum rate al- lowable. And of course these “free enterprisers” shed very real tears over the. days” when the rates were uncon- trolled. These companies leave no- thing to chance in their un- savory business. Bach has its = leader within the CBC def- inition.” 2 In Vancouver Fergus McKean, commenting on the action, termed Frigon’s cnterpretation “pure dis- An indication of the fierce fighting going on in the South Pacifie is seen in this picture of American soldiers, wounded in combat zones, awaiting their turn to be transferred from big invasion barges to an evacuation ship, on which they will be sent-back to hospital in the United States. own sharp-eyed appraiser who sets an arbitrary value on the house, and which is —Continued on Page 8 srimination,” 2 = “Tim Buck leads a na- (= ional party which has two = ‘cederal members of parlia- “nent, Fred Rose and Dor- se Neilsen, two. Ontario MPP’s, J. B. Salsberg and = —Continued on Page 8 Labor i) This Red Guards battery, part of General Bagramyan’s army, has to its credit the | complete annihilation of a Nazi battalion of infantry and the silencing of two opposing | German artillery units. Fighting amid the deep snow of the northern front, these So- viet troops are smashing deep into powerful German defense positions, capturing one strong point after another and pushing in the direction of Poland, while other Soviet armies to the north and south are encircling and annihilating thousands of other Nazis. CATT Pledges Ficht To Finish On re Order Organized labor is not going to permit the Mackenzie King. government to enforce its new Wartime Wage Con- trol Order. This fact was sharply emphasized at a special meeting this week of the Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Council, representing 22,000 organized work- ers, When the 150 delegates present unanimously de- manded the government withdraw the order or face Dominion-wide action by Canada’s 600,000 trade unionists. Not for many years had the council chamber of the Laber Temple heard such bitter denuncitaion of a goy- ernment policy, or such clearly expressed determination to “go the limit” to have that policy rescinded. —Continued on Page 8 AAA Lc MMMM