ity compelled to act on BCE by Effie Jones

Effie Jones, independent aldermanic candidate in the coming civic elections, won a signal victory for commuters on Monday this week when she forced Vancouver alder-

men to refer her brief on poor BCER service to the transit committee for action. Lead-

ing a Civic Reform Association delegation, Mrs. Jones demanded that the Utilities and Airport Committee call a public hearing to investigate citizens’ complaints about the

lack of service following the recent B.C. Electric cuts.

So forceful was Mrs. Jones’ presentation, and so _ flagrant has been the company’s disre- gard to the public’s needs in most aldermen felt compelled to rise and support the brief.

“I have received complaints that people have been passed up by as many as three buses and teft standing for 25 minutes dur- ing rush hours,” said Ald. Hal- ford Wilson.

“Buses are crammed to the doors. The BCER transit system is going backward rather than forward,” declared Alderman Sydney Bowman.

Ald. R. K. Gervin rose and sidied out of the room, while the BCER representative looked un- comfortable.

Said Ald. J. W. Cornett: “I have received a lot of complaints. Service is poor on the Main line. I believe an extensive survey should be made.

Even Ald. Earle Adams was compelied to protest that “many workers are ariving late at their jobs and may be fired through no fauit of their own.” But he went on to opine that “the home com- ing service didn’t matter,”

On motion of Ald. Halfard Wil- son, aldermen refered Mrs. Jones’ brief to the transit committee for action.

“The only way we'll get ac- tion,” Mrs. Jones warned citizens tater, “is for all organizations to demand they be invited to the meeting of the transit commit- tee.”

in her brief Mrs. Jones gave exampies of bad transit service on the Fraser-Davie, Main-Rob- son, X-Broadway and other lines,

and demanded that City Council-

tell the BCER that it- must im- prove trequency and service on its lines immediately.

“People living in the Broadway Kast area who have been able to 8c downtown directly on the same bus or car, now have to transter,” she said. “Early mor- ning service on Main going south from Broadway has been cut by 45 minutes, the first bus under the new schedule now leaving at 5.25 am. as compared to 4.42 a.m. before the change.”

Citizens’ protests against BCER euts in service have forced the company to revise some sched- ules in North Vancouver and Burnaby.

On Monday this week a series of bus schedule changes was placed before Burnaby municipal council by a BCE representative in an etfort to placate aroused commuters.

Rassengers from the Sprott and Norland area will now be able to gc either north or south on the Gilmore-Willingdon buses with either zone one or zone two fares; half-hourly’ service has been reinstituted on the Capitol Hill run; passengers from Smith buses can transfer to Fraser Arm- Rumble buses for the trip to Van- couver without any more than the total city and zone fares.

Italians riot in Trieste

Lasi week Trieste police fired on Italian students carrying “Down with Tito!” banners and demanding return of the city to Italy. When American and British troops set up machine guns in the main square, Italian Premier Guiseppe Pella told his ambassadors in Washington and London to protest vigorously against such actions and the be- havior of British-commanded police in Trieste.

Bennett - Johnson debate ‘evasion’

VICTORIA, B.C.

“Recent exchanges between Premier W. A. C. Bennett and ex-Premier Byron Johnson about saving British Columbia $34 mil- lion are just deliberate parti- sen distortion,” Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, declared at an LPP meeting here last week.

“What the people are interest- ed in is what is happening to their taxes.

“The undeniable fact is that taxes reached their highest point in provincial history under the Johnson government and nothing the Bennett government has done has materially reduced them.

“A lower provincial debt is

meaningless as long as the muni- cipal debt is mounting. Taxes on homes are still going up sharply all over the province and no re- lief from the sales tax has yet been promised.

“This whole controversy is just so much flim-flam to confuse the voters — prevent debate on the central issue of this byelection — markets and jobs. On this issue not one of the four parties in the legislature had a word to say dur- ing the recent session.”

“Increasing numbers of work- ers are tacing layoffs or are al- ready eking out an existence on unemployment insurance,” Mor- gan declared.

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continues how long will it be betore cutbacks and ‘depression economies’ are ordered for the civil service?” she asked.

“There need not be layoffs,” she assured an enthusiastic audi- ence. ‘““I'here are markets for our goods, provided we elect someone who can compel the legislature to take up the fight for the welfare of B.C. and place the need for markets ahead of the plans of the warmakers.

“No government and no party which drifts along with the cold war policy and U.S. domination over Canada can fight for B.C. That's why not only the Liberals and Tories, but the Socred and CCF spokesmen remain silent.

“We've got to take steps to re- gain fost sterling markets and break the U.S.-imposed dollar re- strictions on trade with Europe and Asia,’ the LPP candidate said. “The British people need our fish, farm and lumber pro- ducts. Markets in the Common- wealth and Asia are wide open providing we get out from be- hind U.S.-dictated trade barriers.”

“Just~ think what this would mean to Victoria. It would mean more ships calling at the Port ot Victoria, more longshoring, more ship repairing, outfitting and provisioning. Trade would

make necessary the rebuildité of Canada’s merchant mati now reduced to one-tenth 18 early postwar strength.

“Trade with China could ws up a vast market for B.C. produ and it would mean the pos for Victoria shipyard workels more orders for China ¢0 like those which kept Yart and V.M.D. busy in 1945-46.” aid

Outlining a program of ne public works for Victoria, Blakey pledged to get actio a new isolation hospital for couyer island.

“Victoria has just experien the -worst polio epidemic ™ history,” she said, “but there only one place where a could be treated—the Royal ; bilee Hospital—already filled capacity.”

Nigel Morgan, LPP prt leader, who is in Victoria au ing in the campaign, outline? | LPP plan to beat the threat depression. :

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