| Labor urges phone monopoly takeover —SEE STORY BELOW OTTAWA THREATENS TO EVICT VETERANS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1964 L. 25, N 125, NO. 41 = THIS WEEK Take Ca 40,000 sq. ee ee ee eee eS SS SS SS SS SST TTS Withdraw of NATO nuclear role * 15 years of GDR Forest monopolies after ~~ = 8 Be SSS SA SSTSVTVH TVS VVS TTT T STS TTT TSS nada out —PAGE 2 —PAGES 5 TO 8 * mile empire —PAGE 12 A-weapons’ Urges labor parley The 9th annual convention of the Caliag “teration of Labor has telenh for taking over of the ince oe monopoly in the prov- Clea: €manded withdrawal of nu- 5 asa from Canadian soil, 0 Out at the resources sell- ti urged greater unity in Negotiations to fight back Ast effects of mechanization automation, lien? and other actions high- €d the opening two daysof the r Ba €Y, being held in Vancouver’s Yshore Inn, «;, T€Solution stating that labor 0 record as favoring public Con Hip of all B.C. telephone : Bee” was adopted unanim- tolloy, With little debate, and was ' ae by a similar demand ae CPR be nationalized and 2 sin Jointly with the CNR under Sle Sovernment commission, a the question of nuclear ‘quay’ convention spoke out Y clearly. The position Gam) the immediate with- Canad Of nuclear arms from all % , 2 territory and from all Sent’s armed forces. This Upled with the demand that, should NATO start disseminating nuclear weapons (such as the creation of a multi-lateral force - Ed.) Canada should promptly withdraw from that alliance. “The report of the natural re- sources committee, endorsed by the convention, pointed out that issuing of Tree Farm Licenses amounts to “a blank cheque on the natural resources of British Columbia” and urged labor op- position when license applica- tions are made, The report also blasted recent attempts to permit logging and mining in provincial parks. A move for greater unity where a number of unions negotiate with a single employer resulted in some of the stormiest debate of the convention to date, It cen- tred around a resolution which urged the incoming executive to ‘investigate and study: (1) Joint certification bya multi- plicity of unions of one or more employer groups. (2) Bargaining procedures, (8) Safeguards for the individual See B.C. FED., page 3 Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation officials in Vancouver this week threatened to take action to evict about 100 Fraserview veterans who refused to pay the higher rents and prices demanded by Ottawa for govern- ment-owned homes in the housing project. Public indignation against the rent gouge has split the Liberal ment soon. Meanwhile last Sunday 150 Fraserview veterans met at a rally in Bobolink Park hall to protest the government-imposed hike and. to re-iterate their call for a full public hearing into their case, A spokesman for C.M.H.C. said last Saturday that notices have been sent to all tenants warning that their leases expire in 30 days which is October 31. “If they don’t comply within the noti- fication period we shall apply for a court order to take vacant possession of the property.” The official, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that if the person doesn’t reply with- in eight days, the court can grant the order. If the person does not vacate immediately C.M.H.C. will apply for a sheriff to take possession. “We don’t like to use the word ‘evict’? but taking possession means the same thing,” he said. On September 21 C.M.H.C. ad- mitted that 111veterans have re- fused to pay the rent increases which range from $3.50 to $11. The veterans are also protesting the sale price on the homes. This week Henry R. Bates, an executive member of the Van- couver South Liberal Associa- tion, said Laing agreed with him a year ago that an across-the- board price of $7,130 should be charged for Fraserview homes, The price has now been boosted from $7,900 to $10,900. Bates also protested increases in rent, and said he heads a group of between 25 and 40 Liberals in Fraserview who have refused to sign leases at the higher rates. Alex Watson, president of the Fraserview Veterans, Tenants and Homeowners Association said Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker had promised the Conservatives will fight in Par- liament against the higher rentals and for lower prices on homes. The New Democratic Party has also pledged to fight on theissue, Speaking to the meeting last Sunday (N.D.P.) M.P. Harold Winch called for the government to hold a public investigation in Vancouver into the veterans pro- tests. He also urged the matter be placed before the all-party veterans affairs committee of the YANKS WANT — B.C. RIVERS Vancouver Times Ottawa correspondent Dillon O’ Leary said in a front page story Tuesday that the U.S. wanted Canada to agree to terms of reference on a joint study of the Great Lakes which would have included diversion of B.C. and Yukon rivers. Canada vetoed the U.S, re- quest, but it points up the anxiety of U.S. groups to get control of B.C.’s water. | ATTEMPTING TO BREAK PICKET LINE. Last Saturday at- tempts were made by D. S. Scott Transport, with help of an injunction and police action, to break the picket line Party and is expected to explode in Parlia- House of Commons. It is expect- ed that a sharp debate will take place in Parliament when the estimates are introduced by Postmaster General J. Nichol- son. With protests coming from all parties, except the Socreds, and with an explosive situation in the Liberal Party in his own riding, Northern Affairs minister Arthur Laing flew by jet to Vancouver Monday to meet with the execu- tive of the Vancouver South Lib- eral Association, On his arrival in Vancouver Monday Laing admitted that Ot- tawa was trying to make Fraser- view veterans pay for losses in- curred in veterans housing pro- jects in other parts of Canada. However, Fraserview veterans do not take kindly to Federal government plans to make them the goat for government housing failures in other parts of Canada, Answering Laing’s statement that Fraserview veterans must pay more to cover losses else- where in Canada, Alex Watson said “We don’t think other dev- elopments are losing money. In fact, they are making a profit — this is an attempt to make more,” Meanwhile, the fight of the Fraserview veterans is gaining wide public support, including an - all-out pledge by the city’s trade unions to stand behind them in their fight against Ottawa’s hous- ing gouge. —FISHERMAN photo this photo was taken police ordered pickets to disperse, but the line held. Photo shows police running interfer- ~ ence. United action compelled the company to meet the at Hastings and Raymuir in Vancouver.Moments before Teamster’s Union demands on Monday. See story page 3.