RE-ELECTED. Harry Rankin, popular progressive Vancouver alderman, rode back to City Council near the top of the poll in Wednesday’s vote. He showed great strength in all parts of the city. His strong showing was a tribute to his courageous fight at City Hall for the needs of the people of Vancouver. US. VOL. 29, NO. 48. a sae ate By MAURICE RUSH ANTS | OUR WATER The United States is casting hungry eyes on the water resources of Canada and particularly British Columbia. This was disclosed last week when the first national U.S. water survey report was presented to Congress by President Lyndon Johnson. The report forecasts serious water problems in the next 50 years for the U.S. and says that any study of obtaining additional water supplies should include arrangements for cornering a large part of Canadian water resources. : “In view of the present and projected inadequacies over the next 50 years,” says the report, Rankin: ‘I will continue fight for peopie’s needs’ Alderman Harry Rankin was re-elected in Vancouver’s civic election Wednesday, polling 52,252 votes, placing him in fourth place with 10 aldermen to be elected. His popular vote was 8,179 more than he received in 4966. In a year in which the NPA obviously showed great strength, Rankin, running under the COPE -. banner, was able to maintain a top position in the aldermanic race. The fact that he showed great strength in all parts of the city, receiving an overwhelming vote in the eastern half of the city, shows the high regard in which he is held by the people for his courageous fight against the big business establishment. In an election night state- ment, Rankin said he will continue to fight for the needs of ratepayers, tenants and working people. He said the new civic organization, COPE, had served a valuable role in bringing the real issues before the people of Vancouver. With 23 candidates running for posts on school board, incumbent _ James MacFarlan polled 32,022, failing to win re-election, running in 16th position. TEAM fielded some of their strongest candidates for school board, electing three out of the nine. In the parks board race the NPA dominated the race with TEAM winning one of the seven DOROTHY LYNAS seats. COPE candidates polled the following votes: Carol-Ann Power, 19,764; Edward Leong, 18,777; Donald Greenwell, 17,158, and Louis Crippen, 14,522. Last Saturday elections were held in municipalities across B.C. In North Vancouver veteran school trustee Dorothy Lynas and David Ellis topped the poll by a wide margin. Mrs. Lynas’ vote, 4,096, was double the closest runner-up and over 1,000 more than she got in 1966. The huge vote for Mrs. Lynas who was chairman of the school board last year and has been a member of the board for 10 years, was a tribute to her devoted service to the com munity. In Kamloops, trade unionist Bill Campbell, running for alderman for the first time polled an impressive 707 votes. In Surrey, Robert McLaren, running for school trustee, polled 1,476 votes. Watch next week for election analyses. ‘“falternative means of aleviating such water shortages . Should be identified and considered.’’ It adds that “alternative means’’ should include ‘‘consideration of transfer of water on interna- tional terms.” ‘‘Future planning must consider possibilities of large water exports such as those proposed by the North American Water and Power Alliance.” (NAWAPA, which is more commonly known as the Parsons Plan, and which envisages a vast $100 billion project to direct B.C. water southward as far as Mexico and to eastern parts of the U.S.). < The U.S. has long held that Canada’s water resources are part of a continental resource that should be available to the U.S. The report says the develop- ment of an -‘‘international planning entity for water and related sources is considered essential,’’ for the U.S. Now that the water study has been placed before Congress by the U.S. president it is expected that a new stage will be entered by the U.S. in the more active search for ways of imposing their will on Canada and B.C. The election of Richard Nixon as president is expected to give impetus to those ‘“‘integra- tionists’’ advocating more pressure on Canada to gain control of our water resources. Senator Frank Moss, a leading advocate of the Parsons Plan, announced after the report was tabled that he will introduce legislation when the new Congress meets in January ‘“‘to provide for the start of work on ny alternative means of alleviating the water shortages.”’ The study report points out that the U.S. will need five times the rate of water by the year 2020 than in 1965. It also says that most American lakes, rivers and streams are polluted and that the U.S. will need to spend $135 billion by 2020 on finding and cleaning up water supplies. Many Canadians have opposed the Parsons Plan and other schemes to integrate our water See WATER, pg. 12 ene % Season's greetings _ toall PT f acific Tribune take this opportunity to extend to all our readers the very best Sf readers 36 The editor and staff of the Paci £% wishes for the con g Holiday Seas ay May the spirit of peace and goodwill expressed at 1p this time of year be carried into the New Year to $Y bring humanity closer to the age old goal of human Se advancement — socialism. oe ¢ We wish all our readers good health, happiness and security in the coming year.