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Nigel Morgan, provincial leader of the Labor-Progres- Slve party, lashed out at the Bennett government’s deal With the Wenner-Cren inter- sts in a radio broadcast last Saturday.

“Tt is obvious,” he said, “that .

despite Premier Bennett's an- 8er and desk pounding, and that there is no giveaway, no one is satisfied.”

despite his assurances

He branded the Swedish financier and munitions man- Ufacturer as a mediator for Herman Goering and pointed Out that the British govern- Ment blacklisted him for trad- ‘Ing with the Nazis during the Second World War.

Morgan said that the deal ‘involves one-tenth of British Columbia, some 40,000 square Miles, an area almost as large as England and Scotland com- bined, commenting:

“Let there be no mistake about it. The 40,000 square

“miles of rich, mineralized ter-

|| titory that is being set aside

an dwarf the most notorious

giveaways in Canadian his-

tory,”

Wenner-Gren may top all giveaways

He told his listeners that the government has made a deal for the timber, hydro and mineral resources of this vast area, in exchange for a prom- ise to construct a 400-mile monorail line from Fort Mac-

Leod to the Yukon.

He said “the LPP favors any project that will advance the industrial development of British’ Columbia, provided we do not surrender our sover- eignty over irreplaceable re- sources, and provided the birthright of this and future generations is not sold short.”

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argrave revives Sommers case, presses for full public inquiry

Reviving last year’s attack on the Bennett gov RCMP probe into alleged mishandling of forest management licenses, Tony Mackenzie) said in the House this week that “a full and complete inquiry” into “accusations of bribery” against former Lands and Forests Minister

VICTORIA, B.C.

ernment for refusing to make public the

Gargrave (CCF, should be made R. E. Sommers.

“The public has a right to know if tHe accusations are true or not,” said Gargrave. “The

acid test of political courage is what a government does in cases of this kind.” :

The CCF member expressed strong doubts about the feasi- bility of a monorail as pro- posed in the Wenner-Gren deal. He thought that it should be a type of railroad that could be linked into one national system, and he believed the government should build it.

As to’ Bennett’s assurances that there would be “no give- away” he noted that the ‘pre-

mier had mentioned “no com- pany towns” as an after- thought.

“No afterthought,” snapped the premier. “Company towns are not

good for Canada,” continued Gargrave.

“We’re not for them,” the premier replied.

Socred F. M. Sharp made a tangle-tongued maiden speech as second member for Van-

Former Socred cabinet minister cleans up in Trans Canada stock

Trans-Canada Pipe Line minister, recently made a n

The ex-minister quit the ca dent of Trans-Canada at $35,000 a year. a share. The stock went on the market at $10 a shar

$15 and $20.

Tanner ig assured of his job as president until March 9, 1959. He resigned from the Alberta Social Credit govern- ment cabinet in 1952, after serving for 15 years.

When Tanner retired from the cabinet, he went to a smal- ler petroleum company and then moved up to his present job in 1954. Trans-Canada has the contract to build the $370 million natural gas pipeline

s revealed this week that Nathan E. Tanner, former Alberta mines eat $110,000 on Trans-Canada stock.

binet post that paid him $10,000 a year and soon became presi- As president, he took an option on 55,000 shares at $8 e, and is being traded over the counter at

from Alberta to eastern Can- ada.

Old age pensioners will be interested to note that Tanner is guaranteed a “retirement allowance”. of $15,000 a year for five years after he leaves the company.

couver East which left listen- ers wondering which side of the House he was on. At one point, in the midst of a garbled atiack on the Workmen’s Com- pensation Board, he paused to assure the premier, “I’m still on your side.”

“Thank you,” said Bennett dryly.

North Vancouver Socred member Newton P. Steacy described the grim hospital

situation-on the North Shore, but placed no blame on the government. He praised the government for its willingness “to give the three municipal councils approximately $3 mil- lions just as soon as the coun- cils agree to share their re- sponsibilities . . . in the~build- ing of a new hospital.”

Mrs. Lois Haggen (CCF, Grand Forks-Greenwood) ap- pealed for help in training practical nurses, urged the province ‘io increase its “bon- us” to old age pensioners, and asked that B.C. Power Com- mission step up the. electrifi- cation of rural areas.

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