ns ae. hinese infantrymen dash into battered Changteh hard an the heels of retreating Japanese. The city changed ands four times in 40 days. llorth Shore LPP Raps (ity Manager Proposal )NORTH VAN COUVER, B.C.—Condemning the campaign Je livert citizens from voting in the coming plebiscite for a = manager plan. phe statement, tles Saunders. branch pub- 'y. director, read: “The citizens Oe » North Vaneouver have vivid ae llections of the utter neglect roe their interests in the post gue Years under the commission- R - Although it may be true that i@2ased income through the @ nt of war industries has to 2 extent reduced the bonded iy btedness of the city, iP -ificant that this is the only @ to which the added income ie ‘been put. —_ “= orth Vancouver even yet, in = 0m period of war produc- still gives the appearance ghost town. with its neglec- & best lighting and absolutely in- ii juate business and entertain- [let facilities. - What Commissioner Vance mes forward a plan for post- construction at the time n a plebiscite is due, and cident with a campaign to in one-man rule while giv- m the appearance of demo- wic seli-government through city manager plan, is suspici- @ in itself. he supplement in the North ®-e Press purporting to an- ‘2 the three forms of govern- mt, commissionership, city Hager, and mayor and council Ss prejudiced and one-sided igiment, which decries the very ciples for which this war is g fought. While pretending ist the advantages and dis- @antages of each form of gov- eenent it is essentially a con- isnation of the —“‘inefficiency” “lavish spending” of demo- ‘John Stanton Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 502 Holden Bldg. E. Hastings St. MAr. 5746 J) it is - roads and sidewalks, poor. nocratically elected mayor and council, North Vancouver ch of the Labor-Progressive Party this week issued a ment calling upon the voters to abolish present com- ion form of government and to oppose the suggested released by cratic government. “Everyone aware of the true facts of the situation will be amazed at the attempt to throw the responsibility of the bank- ruptey of the city onto the shoulders of previous city coun- cils. It is widely reeognized that it was the speculation of land sharks and real estate agents which fed to anarchial develop- ment, making economical ad- ministration impossible. “The North Vancouver Branch of the Labor Progressive Party will lend its utmost energy to the task of bringing the facts be- fore the people, in conjunction with all other organizations, in order that democratic self gov- ernment, through a mayor and city council shall be restored. Only in -this manner can the City of North Vancouver play its role in ensuring a continued Gevelopment of industry, the re- tention of the present shipbuild- ing industry, and the building of a modern city that will attract and keep a growing industrial population.” Railwaymen Score Delay Condemnation of the wages control order and the National War Labor Board’s procrastina- tion in handing down a decision on the railwaymen’s brief asking for wage increases was contained in resolutions passed by some 500 railway workers here last week. In a brief submitted to the meeting, Sam Shearer, secretary of the Federated Trades Coun- ‘ cil, pointed to the difference in wage levels between United States rate was around 26 cents higher althought the cost of liy- ing in Canada had for some years been higher, he said. First LPP Provincial Meeting ; Preparations of a provin- cial program will be the main business before dele- gates to the first provincial convention of the ITabor- Progressive Party when they meet in Hastings Auditorium here this Saturday and Sunday. The Convention will be the first provincial gathering the party has held since last August when dele- gates from newly-constituted groups met in a provisional con- vention to elect a delegation to represent them at the national constituent convention of the La- bor-Progressive Party in Toronto. In the seven months since the Labor-Progressive Party was formed, its organization ) has grown rapidly and -while fewer delegates will attend this con- vention because of the higher basis of representation, they will speak for a membership half as large again. ; Branches have been established in all provincial centers, even in the distant Yukon, and in some constituencies federal and pro- vincial candidates have already been named. BHergus McKean, provincial lea- der, whose report to the conyen- tion will outline the questions for discussion, has been nomin- ated as federal candidate in Van- couver-Center. Harold Pritchett, president of the TWA District Council, has-been nominated to contest the federal constituency of New Westminster, and William Stewart, president of the Boiler- - makers Union, is the partys can- didate in the federal constiutency of Vaneouver North. 2 @pening Saturday at 10 a.m. in a general session at which Fergus McKean will deliver his report, the convention will later divide into commssions to discuss the draft program, resolutions and organization, devoting the whole of Sunday to general sessions which will conclude with election of a provincial leader and a pro- vincial committee. On Monday the new provincial committee will meet to elect an executive committee. A public. meeting will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. in Victory Hall, at which Fergus McKean and Mrs. Minerva Cooper will be the featured speakers. Stalin Greeted By City Group > In a wire to Colonel Nicolai Zabotin, military attache to the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, the Russian-Canadian Federation and Ukrainian -Canadian Association here conveyed greetings to Mar- shal Stalin and the Red Army this week on the twenty-sixth an- niversary of the Red Army. “Please convey to Marshal Stalin our warm greetings and deep admiration,” read the mes- sage. “Heroism. and Sacrifice of the Red Army and Soviet people are a guarantee for victory over the Hitlerite barbarians and the realization of a free democratic world as envisioned at Teheran. “Russian-Canadian and Ukrain-~ jian-Canadian people pledge on this historic anniversary to inten- sify Caada’s war effort to speed liberation of mnazi-enslaved Eur- ope and complete United Nations victory.” The wire was signed by S. A. Bazigin for the Russian-Canadian Federation and W. Martin for the Ukrainian-Canadian Associa- tion. Would Develop Northern 1.C. VICTORIA, B-C.—With northern British Columbia very much in the world limelight since Pearl Harbor, the develop- ment of this vast area is being insistently demanded in the legislature by northern members. Most Vaneouverites think of Prince George and Prince Rupert as beings “up north.” Actually these two centers mark the midway mark of the province, and fully half of British Columbia lies north of the CNR -jine into Prince Rupert. This territory, together with the Yukon and Alaska, is now the scene of vital military oper- ations, but the MLA’s who repre- sent its far-flung, sparsely popu- lated constituencies believe it will assume even greater im- portance in the postwar as a pivotal center of new thriving world trade routes. W. Asselstine, MLA for Atlin, has taken the floor twice to press his demand for large-scale pro- yineial government action to de- velop the tremendous untouched mineral and agricultural re- sources of northern B.C. To- gether with E. T. Kenny, MLA for Skeena, he urged the build- ing of a highway from Hazelton to follow the lee side of the Goast Range through the shelt- ered valley which leads past the headwaters of the Nass to join the existing Alaska highway at Teslin. This route, known as the “A” route, has been consis- tently demanded by leading organiations in- the north, includ- ing the Prince Rupert MLabor- Progressive Club. Asselstine also vigorously de- fended the PGE Railway, stating that it should be extended to the- Peace River and linked to the CNR from Exeter, though his scheme for replacing the -southern section of the railway with a highway seemed hardly necessary to those who know the country. He felt that one reason for the continued deficits of the PGE to date were due to the fact that “little or no concerted. ef- fort has been made to justify the building of feeder lines from adjacent areas and thereby en- courage freight haulage.” As an instance of its value to stock- men he told of the payment of $252,000 in a single day to ranch- ers at the Williams Lake sale. Giving added point to Assel- stine’s remarks on the need for completing and extending the PGE is the fact that plans are going forward for the settle- ment of thousands of veterans along the present line at the close of the war- Glen Braden, MLA for the Peace River, greeted the gov- ernment’s decision to build a highway through Pine Pass into the Peace River country. Effects of this move he summarized as follows: @ The tapping of a potential market of 100/000 people. @ A British Golumbia artery for the Alaska highway. @ Opening-up: of a vast semi- anthracite coal area. @® Present bus service from Fairbanks to Dawson Creek will be extended to Prince George and Vancouver. ® Establisnment otf a great motor transport industry. @® A livestock marketing dustry for Prince George. He lashed out at those paint- ing a gloomy picture of the fu- ture of the Alaska highway, stat- In- “ing it would be a graye mistake BRBUBWBMUBSSBSBWSSSTSeEsuwessepe GREETINGS to THE PEOPLE from DR. W. J. CURRY; WeBUVBeeBSsBeBVSesBesesexr eve | BBABBREME for Canada or even this prov- ince to allow the road to de- teriorate. While discussions in Ottawa and Washington were determin- ing the fate’ of the great Canol project, Braden exposed de- featist attempts to scuttle the venture and took a determined stand that the estimated $138,- 000,000 cost of developing the Norman Wells oilfield, the road and pipeline, the refinery at Whitehorse, was more than justi- fied both in 1942 and at the present time, in view of the great richness of the field. “The Alaska highway and Ganol projects represent great triumphs which should be ex- panded, not thrown away,” he said, “and I cannot too strongly urge that this government recom- mend that Ottawa in its negotia- tions with the U.S. assure their future.” Z Penner May Run In ‘Peg WINNIPEG, Man—On receipt of a wire from TLeslie Morris that consequent on his accept- ance of the post of Ontario lead- er of the Labor-Progressive Party he placed the matter of his con- tinued nomination ‘as candidate for the Winnipeg North seat in the next Federal election in the hands of his supporters, the local LPP organization has call- ed a nominating convention for Mareh 6 to name a candidate in his place. Ald. Jaceb Penner, veteran labor leader, is widely mention- ed as the most probable nominee in Morris’ place. The North Winnipes constitu- ency embraces Ward ‘Three which is represented by LPP aldermen Jacob Penner and M. J. Forkin on the city council and Joseph Zuken on the school board. | BALKAN CAFE 779 E. Hastings Tasty Meals for War Workers Union House J. Mirras, Mer. Meet Your Friends at the REX CAFE Where AIl Union People Eat Home of Tasty Meals 6 EAST HASTINGS STREET HOME of UNION MADE CLOTHING Established Over 40 Years 45 East Hastings — Vancouver