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. At the City Hail

Cornett Poses As
Political Innocent

By Cynthia Carter

Ryerson Compares Bloc, Union Slogans

Bloc Linked to Tory Machine

MONTREAL—If the Bloc Populaire secures sufficient seats at the polls on Au
8 to enable it to share political power in Quebec with an equally successful Duplessis, ;
will raise an immediate clamor for a negotiated peace with Hitler, advocate the bet

AvoR J. W. CORNETT this week wired a request to pie of the Soviet Union by the United Nations, and obstruct the continuation of the

Minister King that the federal government be asked under the to a victorious conclusion with every means at their disposal.
War Measures Act to pass such Orders-in-Council as will prevent These are the incontrovertible Ryerson drew a parallel be-

evictions in cases of undue hardship pending restoration of normal t ? tween the Duplessis slogan of G A :
housing conditions. If put into effect, the mayor’s suggestion would enets Payenled oy Ene DRELY'S 1936 (A bas Iles trusts—down r owers S
weekly sheet, Le Blac. with the trusts) and the Bloc

eall for the setting up of a committee or tribunal in each emerg-

ency area, to consider individual merits of each eviction case. It As Stanley Ryerson, noted au- slogan at the present (A bas fa Recom ens
would no doubt result in lessening of hardship for many families, thor and national educational di-- dictature economique — down p ~ (

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and is to be recommended as an emergency measure. z € the Labor Po : with. the economic dictator-
But one thing must be clearly understood; such a plan is not ‘eter of the Labor-Progressive chin). CEDAR, B.C. — A resolt
the answer to the housing question. It does not bring children out Party, stated in a radio address “Im both cases it is the same demanding that the B.GUe

‘ of Powell Street slums, or provide homes for the homeless, and here, “The Bloc Populaire eumnie £ :
: ic as, I é ’ 2 : ynicism, the same betrayal © Vegetable Marketins: Board <
| offers no solution to increased congestion that will result as the erowned by thé treason of its he people,” he declared. “The ae aD ENS pe ere eee

tempo of the offensive in the Pacific inereases. F : as. tories are opposed to social re- :
What can the mayor hope to accomplish by his surprise an- eee a = 2 ns S fallen forms and Te constantly cry- recent $20-a-ton price drop
nouncement? Perhaps he hopes that by forestalling the more  U2der the wing of the Tory ma- ing ‘statism’ — they would unanimously passed at a m

dramatic aspects of the housing shortage, he can smooth away Chine.” abolish unemployment insur- ing of growers, represen
much unpleasant publicity, and soothe the people into a false ance, prevent the adoption of Tamers i ‘Saltair to Well
sense of security on the promise that ‘something is being done.” health insurance—and there is om : aie
Perhaps he even hopes that the public will forget the “homes the Bloc with the same hypo- 102, held im the community

for veterans” plan, proposed by the Rehabilitation Council, which} critical song.” here last week. ;
the city council endorsed and then smothered under a so-calledt Ryerson was firmly convine- — The resolution urgzed that
“technicality in the city charter.” ed that, in the absence of a board compensate those ¢ror
But if this is what the mayor hopes then he is kidding him ; labor candidate, in those divi- who dug their product ‘on
self. The problem is too big, and effects to many people to be} Sions where a Dmplessis-Bloc understanding the price
hushed up now. : E combine held the threat of $50 a on ewer that

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Non-Partisan Politics power, the workers should de price d already droppec

: cisively support the Liberal $30 a ton, because of

NEBER can the mayor and his aldermen make the people Party. board’s failure to notify t
believe that the whole thing is a political trick, dreamed up § : ee

by John McPeake, as the mayor intimated in a press statement |
this. week, to discredit the Non-Partisan Association. :
“Qur whole council was elected on a Non-Partisan platform,”
said the mayor, ‘and politics have never entered our deliberations.”
No politics, Mayor Cornett® Then how abeut your open at-

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tempt to discredit McPeake on political grounds before a group
of evictees who visited you in your office Monday morning at 11 § taeehin OP Eeve Fmas oe less
o’|clock? Is it not true that you evaded questions put to you, and aEbeOl cen tei homenchiddanianal Dancing every Saturday ni

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tried to twist the interview into a political debate by asking
McPeake—we can quote you directly—‘Isn’t it true Mr. Mc-
Peake, that you are an agent for the Labor-Progressive Party?”

No polities, Mayor Cornett? ‘Then perhaps you can explain,
or deny, McPeake’s assertion that a certain ““Non-Partisan” alder-
man had refused to be present at any discussion on housing to
which McPeake was admitted? McPeake intended to let this
pass; he was glad enough that the alderman in question had
finally shown a little interest in the problem.

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Branch Meetings

What the Record Shows STANLEY B. RYERSON ;
: : : LPP Branch meets every second Qjdii danei
7 MUST ; eos iy eendewe oe eh ime dancing to Al Carls
| + appear at times to readers of this column that the Ryerson told his listeners that Wednesday at 8 pm.and every Orchestra every Wednesday
housing problem is the only topic of conversation at the city the Bloc Populaire “has been fourth Sunday at 1:30 p:m. each Saturday.
hall. ‘This, of course, ‘would be a very wrong impression. How- made an instrument of division Month at 875 East Hastings.
ever, public pressure in this case has forced the Non-Partisan and intrigue by Duplessis’ HASTINGS, AUDITORIU
Association to show its true colors. In other words, the housing henchmen within it.”- He ac- ° 828 East Hastings
f problem has grown to such dimensions that it acts as a backdrop cused the Bloc of deliberately Hastings East Phone: HA. 3248
i against which policies can be clearly silhouetted. deceiving the people of the prov- LPP Branch meets every second Moderate rental rates for
| Consider the reactions of the three groups-who contested last ince with the rallying cry of and fourth Friday each month, Cials, weddings, meetings, «
: year’s civic election: the Non-Partisans, the CCF, and the LPP. “provincial rights” and substan- 8 p-m., at Club roms, 2443 Hast =
The Non-Partisans have from the first tried to turn the fight tiated his charge with a quota- Hastings St. ; RENT A GUN?

into a political squabble. These attempts have been frustrated ion from recent tiel ure a
by the 5,000 Homes Committee, which cut across party lines to penned by Pie Ge ATRESE ee Picnic Committee needs a
establish a functioning organization with no party axe to grind, gers, in which the latter asked. North Vancouver Gun for use at Picnic (or
and by the homeless themselves, who took the realistic attitude Provincial Autonomy! What {PP Branch meets every second foriket day Deane Saeae

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that the important thing to Sght for was a place to live in, good is provincial autonomy if and fourth Wednesday cack

whether the men who helped them build it were Liberals, CCFers, We have the same social insur ;
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Non-Partisans, or members of the LPP_ : : ance and social security months SLs ae 20 Lonsdale YE OLD RED BOGEY IN
The CCF has also failed the people. It withdrew its support measures as other provinces?” z i Sat., July 29th, 8 till 12 p

of the 5,000 Homes Committee as a political maneuver to break a a = DANCING REFRESHMEN

the group but was frustrated by its own rank and file, several of aoe ee sor clates Ryerson, South Hall ” GAMES

h fused to tak rders f rty head ters, d in- e cy of autonomy is a .
whom refused to take orders from party headquarters, and in eaiontioe for thereal aime ck LEE Brapen cers evar ecouaal 641 Granville St.

sisted on remaining with the committee as independent individ-
uals. Since that time the CCF has continued to make flowery
promises about housing under a socialist government, and at the
Same time has tried to cast ridicule on the public spirited groups

the Bloc which are designed and fourth Wednesday each Sponsored by West End Glui
to erect a barrier against all month, 8 p.m., in Horticultural behalf of Miss England, ca
progressive legislation and so- MHall, 41st Avenue and Fraser. date for Miss United Nation
cial security measures.”

which got down to work on the problem. What is more, the CGF JobuWanted
attitude of minimizing the problem or posing it as one capable of He recalled the accusation S h V 2 ae

solution only by the CCF plays directly into the hands of the made in the last session of the out ancouver Must leave shipyards, need
Non-Partisans. legislative assembly im which LLP Branch meets every second desperately. Phone ALma 0)

LPP members are actively working to end the crisis. LPPers the Bloc had ben charged with and fourth Wednesday of each Roy Lowther.
work in the 5,000 Homes Committee. It was William Turner, an accepting $100,000 from the month at Norquay Hall, Kings-
LPP member, who helped Denman Wharf evictees gain a re- insurance trust for its cam- way at Slocan. Steam Baths— 40 Lorne
prieve on eviction notices. Groups of pret in every district paign funds. onpodie’ “Geass 0
join with fellow citizens to come to the aid of eyictees. Through “oppic fc ee ti . : ‘ osite Our ouse.
it all, however, the Labor-Progressive Party has tried to make Se ee ihe eee Swing Shift Meeting Tues. to Sat. 1 p.m. to 107
no political hay out of the housing problem, and until Cornett the provincial election in Que- All Vancouver LLP members ee ae eerie ee
raised the issue LPPers were content to work with other people ec,” Ryerson noted, adding are urged to attend swing-shift a one ney estminster 2:
as ordinary individuals, under no party banner, because they that, “in the majority of divi- meetings held on the second and - Yarilla, proprietor.
realized the necessity of uniting the people in the face of a civie sions in the province it will not fourth Wednesday, 1 pm., at

emergency, and knew that unity could only come on this non-- be a question of Labor candi- 531 Homer Street. VACATION RESORTS
i political basis. 2 uae : dates.” (The LPP has named : 3
And now Cornett wants to talk politics. But it is impossible, five candidates.) Spend a

: he will ae to pin a label on ene peeule we Haye been cons une The political battle in the West End PLEASANT VACATION

u work. erever progress has been made, against great odds, i great majority of divisions will J, = :

i has been made by the citizens themselves. Among them are mem- je waged by two opposing ee ae ee iek Sea SEL wa LODGE
bers of the LPP, rank and file CCFers who refuse to accept political tendencies, he said. 8 p.m. at 1332 Davie Street. : Selr Park. B.G

z rulings of their leadership, and members of womens groups trade “On the one side will be the Shee € ae . cee “Ce

unions, service clubs, and other non-political organizations. There Bloc Populaire and the Union Victory S quare

are shipyard workers, businessmen and housewives. And their Nationale and on the other Formerly of Shelly Goffee 5

common bond is not a party name, but the realization that there side, the Liberal party, led by LPP Branch meets every Fri- Phone BAy. 6430-Y
is a job to do, and the desire to get to work and do it. Premier Godbout.” day, 8 p.m., at 531 Homer. : For Information