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'Impartial'
Labor
,
Department
Asked
TORONTO
)
The
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
annual
convention
passed
a
resolution
on
Friday
asking
lor
the
return
of
the
Dominion
Department
of
Labor
to
a
"basis
of
impartiality
and
objectivity."
The
motion
was
substituted
or
three
other
resolutions
calling
for
the
resignation
of
Labor
minUpr
TTnmnhrpv
Mlt.rhpll
lengthy
aeDaie
Dy
aaopung
a
resolution
in
effect
endorsing
the
C.C.F.
as
the
"political
arm
of
labor."
The
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
endorsed
the
C.C.F
In
1943
and
1944.
DOM-PROVINCIAL
TALKS
UNLIKELY
OTTAWA
0)
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
will
reply
short
ly
to
an
appeal
by
Premier
Gecrge
Drew
of
Ontario
for
the
resumption
of
the
Domlnlon-,
provincial
conference,
but
the
substance
of
the
answer
remains
a
caoinet
secret.
Federal
authorities
have
Indicated
the
possibilities
of
a
new
conference
are
remote
unless
the
nrovlnccs
gei
together
and
bring
forward
proposals
acceptable
by
all
governments.
Cornett
Probes
Ownership
of
Mayor's
Robes
VANCOUVER
Cf)
Mayor
J.
V.
Cornett
announces
that
he
will
refuse
to
wear
the
'
roDes
01
nls
office
until
their
ownership
Is
established.
The
delicate
matter
of
the
Mayor's
vestments
was
brought
i
i
nin
.rim
,
itvi
n
i
,
n
n
t
i
m
i
u
i
'
when
former
Mayor
u.
u.
McGeer,
now
a
Canadian
Senator,
told
a
meeting
that
he
had
personally
paid
for
the
robes
when
he
was
mayor
In
1936.
The
city
records
are
being
searched
for
the
original
purchase
warrant.
U.S.
BUREAU
YUGOSLAVIA
DELGRADE
The
United
States
Ambassador
to
Yugoslav
la,
Richard
Patterson,
announc
w.uuim
suiuy,
.
,.
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(nfflI.
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V
tit
It
wvw
matlon
service
in
Belgrade
was
terminating
activities.
This
was
done
ot
the
requeit
of
the
Yugoslav
government.
The
government
claims
that
the
American
cultural
centre
was
the
core
of
the
anti-gov
ernment
'activity,
inciting
the
people
to
open
treason.
Mr.
Patterson
said
he
was
shocked
at
the
.
action
of
the
Yugoslavs,
and
added
that
he
could
see
no
Justifiable
reason
for
their
Item.
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sr-a-PW
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HouT$omery-
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chief
of
staff,
are
.
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British
Red
Coats
In
1814
Australian
Elections
EVATT
BULWARK
OF
LABOR
PARTY
Dr,
Herbert
Vere
Evatt,
Australian
external
affair
minister,
who
left
the
Paris
Peace
Conference
.to
come
home
to
the
general
election
campaign,
is
considered
to
be
worth
from
50,000
to
250,000
extra
votes
for
the
Labor
party
In
tomorrow's
elections.
A
LaDor
party
man
by
choice
rather
than
circumstances,
Evatt
who
is
50
was
Labor's
most
prominent
campaigner
next
to
Prime
Minister
Chlfley
and
de
voted
much
of
his
speeches
to'
international
affairs'
and
his
efforts
for
small-nation
share
I
in
the
peace-making.
A
forceful
speaker
with
a
;
good
delivery,
Evatt
drew
record
audiences
to
his
political
rallies
after
having
enjoyed
great
pub
licity
in
Australian
newspapers
as
a
result
of
his
activities
in
Paris.
A
distinguished
student
at
Sydney
University
where
he
later
lectured
Evatt
was
on
the
bench
of
the
Australian
High
Court
at
the
age
of
36
before
successfully
seeking
election
in
Barton,
New
South
Wales
In
"1940.
Hell
Joined
the
first
cabinet
formed
in
1941
by
the
late
John
Curtln
and
has
been
Attorney-General
and
External
Affairs
Minister
since.
When
Chlfley
was
chosen
by
the
Labor
party
for
its
leadership
after
Curim'.s
death
last
year,
Evatt
was
men
tioned
in
some
quarters
as
second
choice.
World
Peace
Conference
Winding
Up
Greece
Paves
Way
Withdrawing
Claims
for
Northern
L'pirus
Territory
PARIS
Oi
Tlie
stage
was
set
today
for
a
quick
finish
to
the
Paris
peace
conference
with
an
nffreement
being
reached
to
limit
further
specchmaklng,
and
j
one
troublesome
Issue
was
wiped
off
the
agenda
by
;the
Greek
withdrawal
of
claims
Tor
northern
Eplrus.
U.S.
State
Secretary
Byrnes
told
a
press
conference
"for
the
first
time
I
see
a
possibility
of
winding
up
the
peace
conference."
Delegates
have
two
-.deadlines
to
meet.
By
October
,S
all
commissions
arc
scheduled
to
present
their
reports
ori
drafts
of
peace
treaties
to
a
rull
21-power
plenary
session
which
in
turn
Is
jlatcd
to
finish
its
work,
by
October
15.
Tlie
conference
has
been
in
srsslnn
mostlv
stormy
since
July
29.
ARCTIC
PATROL
BOAT
RETURNS
VANCOUVER
0
R.CA1.P.
patrol
boat
St.
Roch
arrived
hero'
Thursday
after
an
18-mpnm
aD
sence.
SU
Roche
left
in
the
summer
of
1945
and
sailed
to
Cambridge
Bay
Inside
the
Arctic
Circle.
It
scrvtfl
as
headquarters
as
the
R.C.M.P.
crew
patrolled
the
Arc
tic
by
dogsled.
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRA
BRITISH
COLUMBIA.1?
NEWSPAPER
IT
jkJ
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A.
0
TAXI
TAXI
fflhe
4
m
m
rv
537
DAY
and
NIQHT
SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
''Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
227
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B,C,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
27,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Strike
Ending
This
Week
DISSENSION
SPLITTING
AGRICULTURAL
LIFE
OF
THE
PRAIRIES
Pickets
of
the
Alberta
Farmers'
union
fill
youngsters'
quart
bottles
with
the
cream
after
seizing
load
at
Wetas-klwin,
Alta.
Members
of
the
union
demand
Increased
prices'
for
farm
produce,
are
attempt
Death,
Disaster
Follow
Six-Inch
Rainfall
In
Texas
City
SAN
ANTONIO,
Texas
(CP)
At
least
six
persons
were
believed
dead,
scores
were
injured
and
hundreds
are
missing
as
the
worst
flood
since
1921
struck
San
Antonio
last
night.
Property
damage
was
estimated
at
millions
of
dollars,
and
literally
thousands
of
residents
were
made
homeless
by
the
flood.
More
than
six
inches
of
rain
fell
in
12
hours.
marnet.
ing
to
choke
off
deliveries
to
Taxation
Is
Big
Opposition
Promises
Tax
Cuts
20
Per
Cent
Greater
Than
Reductions
Announced
by
Labor
Trime
-Minister
By
WILLIAM
STEWART
CunnitUm
Press
Zitttt
Writer
CANBERRA,
0)
Income
taxation
which
affects
directly
more
than
-2,000,000
.-r
Australia's
4,600,000
men
and
women
voters
has
become
the
largest
single
Issu;
In
the
general
election
campaign
in
which
the
Labor
a
party,
in
power
for
five
years,
is
opposed
by
Liberal
and
Country
parties.
Voting
.takes
place
to-
morrow.
Taxation
emerged
as
a
major
campaigning
point
after
Liberal
and
Opposition
leader.
Robert
Msnzies,
in
his
policy
speech
last
month
promised
Income
tax
cuts
of
at
least
20
per
cent
over
reductions
announced
Just
before
dissolution
of
parliament
by
Prime
Minister
Joseph
Benedict
Chlfley
who
Is
federal
treasurer.
Broadcast
the
Labor
party's
platform
two
weeks
later,
Prime
Minister
Chifley
announced
that
h!s
povernment,
If
re-elected,
would
not
be
committed
for
the
moment
to
tax
cuts
beyond
those
which
became
effective
July
1
and
amount
to
about
$55,000,000.
Under
those
reductions
a
man
with
a
wife
and
one
child
earn
ing
$1,030
a
year
pays
$50,
and
one
with
the
same
dependents
arnins
$3,000
a
year
pays
$100.
'
Arthur
Faddcn,
County
party
leader
who
probably
would
be
treasurer
In
a
government
formed
by
Liberal
and
Country
par
ties,
made
his
poi:cy
speech
tne
day
r.fter
the
Prime
Minister,
and
announced
it
might
even
be
possible
to
boost
the
20
per
cent
reduction
proposed
by
Menzlcs
to
28
per
cent.
He
said
the
total
amount.
involved
would
be
about
$100,000,000
and
a
wage
rarner
with
two
dependents
would
pay
only
$20
tax
on
$1,000
and
$500
on
$3,000.
Would
Increase
Production
Since
Fadden's
speech,
the
campaign
has
been
concentrated
on
taxation
with
Liberal
and
Country
party
spokesmen
arguing
that
tax
cuts
are
indirect
wage
increases
giving
incentive
to
increased
production
without
threat
of
Inflation.
Labor
party
campaigners
con
tend
that
the
Opposition
pro
posals
arc
not
based
on
the
facts
of
national
financing,
and
do
not
consider
the
expenditure
to
Factor
In
Aussie
Elections
which
the
federal
treasury
is
committed
nor
available,
income.
Prime
Minister
Chlfley
has
said
at
several
campaign
meet
ings
that
the
tax
cuts
proposed
by
Liberal
and
Country
parties
would
work
to
the
disadvantage
of
the
piall
wa.ge
earner.
He
says
more
than
half
the
amount
of
the
ptoposed
reductions
would
benefit
85,000
Australians
who
get
more
than
$3,000
a
year
with
smaller
share
spread
out
is
rmong
more
than
1,500,000
small
earners.
Labor
spokesmen
also
argue
thatrpe-
tax-reductions
would
endanger
federal
expenditures
for
social
services
such
as
In
I
EXPLAINS
FATE
OF
McNAUGHTOH
TORONTO
0)
Col.
R.
S.
(Dick)
Malone,
Canadian
liaison
officer
with
the
British
21st
Army
Group
during
the
war,
says
that
Gen.
A.
G.
L.
Mc-Naughton
was
removed
from
command
of
the
First
Canadian
Army
because
authorities
''would
not
take
the
gamble
of
risking
an
entire
army
to
his
direction
in
the
field."
Col.
Malone
reports
McNaugh-
ton
argued
with
Col.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,-
then
Canadian
minister
of
national
defence,
and
British
war
leaders
on
such
mat
ters
as
breaking
up
the
Cana
dian
Army
formation
to
send
divisions
to
the
Mediterranean,
that
the
Important
pre-lnvaslon
exercises
in
which
he
participated
proved
a
"complete
fiasco,"
and
British
chiefs
complained
the
Canadian
general
appeared
to
be
"playing
with
bridges"
In-
:
:
TODAYS
fVkiifAcir
C
n
Vancouver.
Bralbrne
:......10.60
B.
R.
ConsolidateH
.12
B.
R.
X
13
y2
Cariboo
2.80
Dentonla
38
Grull
VVlhksnc
11
Hedley
Mascot
1.29
Mlnto
05
Pcnd
Oreille
2.20
Pioneer
.
3.35
Premier
Border
.O6V2
Premier
1.28
Privateer
;....
56
Reeves
'
McDonald
1.00
Reno
2-
12
Salmon
Gold
-
.22
Sheep
Creek
.
1.07
Taylor
Bridge
.
.63
Whitewater
02
V2
Vananda
31
Congress
10U
'
Taclflc
Eastern
.50
Hedley
Amalgamated
12
Central
Zeballos
10
Oils
r
A.
P.
Consolidated
10
Calmont
22
C&'E.
1.62
Foothills
:
1.72
Home
2.50
valid,
old
age
and
widows
pensions,
maternity
allowances,
un
employment
and
sickness
bene
fits
and
plans
for
free
medicine
and
free
medical
and
dental
ser
vices.
Fadden,
as
Opposition
finan
cial
authority,,
estimates
that
the
$300,000,000
it
would
take
to
put
Into
effect
his
tax
redui-tlons
and
maintain
social
ser
vices
that
ccst
about
$190,000,000
largely
available
In
tax
ar
rears,
unassessed
taxes
and
the
taxation
that
will
be
paid
by
400,000
wage
earners
among
de
mobilized
Eervicem'err
aim
-wo
men
who
have
returned
to
civi-
Han
employment.
JET
AIRCRAFT
EXPLODES
IN
AIR
LONDON
ID
An
aircraft,
believed
to
be
Jet
propelled,'
exploded
In
mid-air
and
crashed
into
the
Thames
today.
Simultaneously,
it
was
announced
that
a
Jet-propelled
"Swallow"
which
Capt.
Geoffrey
DeHavilland,
famous
test
pilot,
was
flying
for
test
flights
on
an
R.A.F.
air
speed
record,
was
long
overdue.
stead
of
working
on
tactics.
Col.
Malone's
versions
of
the
controversial
McNaughton
departure
from
the(arrny
is
given
in
the
October
1
edition
of
Mac-Lean's
Magazine.
Local
Tides
Saturday,
September
28,
1946
High
3:00
20.2
ft.
15:04
21.0
ft,
Low
8:59
5.3
ft.
21:26
4.1
ft.
STOCKS
:
:
TnVtncf
nn
Pj-i
T.frt
Toronto
Aumaque
70
'
Beattle
50
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Canadian
20
Consolidated
Smelters....83.00
Eldona
31
.r....
Elder
1.23
Giant
Ycllowknife
6.60
Hardrock
-
60V
Jacknife
15
Joliet
Quebec
.70
Little
Long
Lac
1.65
'
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.80
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.70
Morieta
-
54
Omega
17
Pickle
Crow
2.85
San
Antonio
..
4.05
Senator
Rouyn
55
Sherritt
Gordon
.............
2.35
Steep
Rock
2.25
Sturgeon
River
....
.20
Lynx
.27
Lapaska
-
45
Gods
Lake
-
.47
Negus
v
2.15
Aubelle
......-...
.46
Vi
Heva
Gold
.
-
.57
Harrlcana
.23
McKcnzle
Red
Lake
83
10-Cent
an
Increase
Anticipated
Adjustment
Will
Be
Made
in
Canadian
Price
of
Steel
to
Offset
Wage
Boost
OTTAWA
(CP)
Settlement
of
Canada's
basic
steel
strike
which
has
paralyzed
much
of
the
country's
industry
for
more
than
two
months
appears
imminent.
A
usually
well-informed
source
said
today
tliat
he
strike
will
be
settled
within
a
day
or
two,
with
employees
of
the
three
affected
i
plants
getting
an
increase
of
10
cents
an
hour,
retroactive
April
1,
and
a
further
3-cent
an
hour
increase
when
work
Is
resumed.
The
employees
had
sought
a
15-cent
Increase,
while
the
government
had
set
10
cents
as
Its
negotiating
figure.
Prices
to
Rise
Tlie
information
source
said
that
there
will
be
some
adjustments
In
the
price
of
steel
to
make
the
higher
wages
possible,
j
The
Increase
would
apply
at
Hamilton,
sauit
sie.
Marie
ana
Sydney,
Nova
Scotia
plants,
where
15,000
men
went
on
strike
on
July
15.
Centre
of
violence
during
the
strike
was
at
Hamilton
where
about
2,000
workers
stayed
on
the
Job
at
the
Steel
Co.
of
Can
ada
plant.
The
company
used
aircraft
and
fast
speedboats
on
Lake
Ontario
to
supply
food
and
entertainment
to
the
non
striking
workers.
In
Hamilton,
the
strike
has
left
a
legacy
of
bitterness
which
some
observers
believe
will
take
more
than
a
generation
to
erase,
The
.Plants.
at
fault
!.!
-
and
Sydney.
Nova
Scotia,,
are
partially
subsidized
UyaA
Ku
by
the
hO
fpH-
fed
I
eral
government.
Paper
Sues
Union
r
ror
Strike
Loss
VANCOUVER
Suit
for
damages
of
$250,000
has
been
filed
In
Supreme
Court
here
by
the
Southam
Publishing
Co.
against
the
International
Typographi
cal
Union
for
"loss
of
revenue
and
extra
expenses"
resulting
from
the
printers'
strike
in
June
which
halted
publication
of
the
Dally
Province
for
five
weeks.
The
newspaper
pubiisnmg
.
1
1
company
also
seetcs
unsiaica
damages
from
the
printers
union
for
what
it
termed
the
"nuisances"
which
were
committed
against
the
paper
during
the
strike.
The
suit
names
85
union
men,
and
In
addition,
wants
the
strike
declared
illegal.
Pressmen
of
the
Dally
Prov
ince,
numbering
20,
who
walked
off
their
Jobs
last
week
in
protest
against
handling
"struck"
press
plates,
returned
to
work
on
Thursday.
The
pressman
walked
out
In
defiance
of
their
international
union,
whose
president
had
agreed
to
bring
in
"outside"
workers
to
fulfil
Us
contract
with
the
publishing
company
If
the
men
did
not
return
to
work.
The
Province
failed
to
publish
for
three
days
last
week
following
the
pressmans
walkout.
Meanwhile
the
I.T.U.
printers
axe
continuing
ineir
si-rise
against
the
Province
newspaper.
KING
GEORGE
II
FLIES
TO
GREECE
LONDON
(Aboard
Private
Plane
Flying
Greek
Royal
Colors)
CT;
King
Georjre
II
of
Greece
left
England
today
to
return
fo
his
throne
in
a
strife-torn
land
from
which
advancing
German
armies
drove
him
five
years
ago.
The
Greek
government
has
made
elaborate
plans
to
welcome
the
monarch
on
Saturday.
LONDON,
W
To
speed
up
sal
vage
operations,
the
admiralty
Is
experimenting
with
under
water
photography
of
wrecks.
Hour
Wage
DELIVERED
MILK
LIKELY
TO
RISE
It
PER
QUART
OTTAWA
f)
A
quart
of
milk
delivered
to
the
doorstep
is
going
to
cost'
Canadians
anywhere
from
lV$c
to
3c
mere
from
now
on
as
a
result
of
decisions
by
various
provincial
milk
boards
following
the.
end
of
the
federal
subsidy
of
55c
per
hundredweight
to
producers.
The
price
is
p
3c
In
Ontario
and
Quebec.
It
is
1!jC
higher
in
Manitoba.
The
B.C.
Increase
has
not
been
decided
but
probably
will
be
2c.
RAIL
DIRECTORS
TOURING
WEST
MONTREAL
Following
a
meeting
of
the
Board,
four
dl-
ftnftt;.R,,lwaVSi
L-VDal
of
,
.
MnntTM,.
,
...
Wth,v
.
-
,
of
Tor-
onto;
E.
J.
Young
of
Dummcr,
Sask.;
and
R.
B.
Brenan
of
Saint
John,
N.B.,
left
here
Wed
nesday
night
with
N.
B.
Walton,
C.B.E.,
executive
vice-president
of
the
system,
on
their
annual
Inspection
of
the
company's
lines
and
properties
In
western
Canada.
Their
first
sop
will
be
at
the
lakehead
cities
of
Port
Arthur
and
Fort
William,
to
be
followed
by
visits
to
main
terminals
and
company
hotels
In
the
west
and
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
Not
Attacking
Catholic
Church
BELGRADE
Marshal
Tito
said
last
night
that
the
arrest
of
Archbishop
Steplnac
is
not
an
attack
on
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
by
the
Yugoslav
government,
but
must
be
considered
as
action
against
an
Individual
who
acted
against
the
national
interest
during
the
war.
The
Yugoslav
leader
said
that
Archbishop
Steplnac
and
other
churchmen
have
broadcast
views
contrary
to
the
government.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Hopes
for
a
fine
week-end
over
B.C.
were
vanisning
tnis
morning
as
one
disturbance
moved
in
over
the
northern
coast
followed
a
second
a
thou
sand
miles
to
the
southwest
which
Is
expected
to
reach
the
coast
late
Saturday.
Cool
light
rain
has
been
falling
over
the
southern
interior
-during
the
night
with
snow
reported
at
higher
levels.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Mostly
cloudy
with
rain
In
vicinity
of
Queen
Charlotte
Strait
and
showers
elsewhere
this
morning
becoming
widely
scattered
show
ers
over
the
whole
region
tonight.
Saturday,
cloudy
becoming
overcast
with
rain
by
evening,
southerly
winds
JO
miles
per
hour
except
westerly
of
20
miles
at
exposed
regions
of
Queen
Charlottes
this
morning
and
increasing
to
southerly
25
miles'
per
hour
over
open
water
late
Saturday.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Low
tonight:
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
43,
Prince
Rupert
43;
high
Saturday:
Port
Hardy
55,
Massett
55,
Prince
Rupert
53.