WARD Two

, Labor Election

vol. 1, No. 1

, October 12th, 1954

TKARDASHDEMANDS JOB ACTION

TO SAVE WINNIPE:G,’S FUTURE

Winnipeg Loses Gas Utility “A $12,000,000 Give-='Away”

”A $12 million give-away.” is how W. G. Gilbey, candidate for alderman in Word Two, describes _the deal on the former Winnipeg lectric gas utility. A Winnipeg‘ Tribune editorial of last month stated: ‘

The wrong-headed group.- lywh/a.--fought against Plan C must feel especjallygsick when they turn to the financial pages and see what is hap-

»pening to the gas utility stock‘. . Winnipeg could

pony llstoleki"anId**‘*barre for $l million. Shares in the company” are now selling at i234. This means that the market places a value of $l2,l25,000 on the com- pany thatiWinnipeg could have bought two years ago for $1 million——the company ‘ one talkative alderman called a "pile 'of junk.” Some junk.

,What the Tribune didn't tell its readers _ was that one. Alderman,

Hand only one-l-'-——Jacob Penner of

the Labor Election Committee-— movedna motion. calling for the

_ city to buy the gas utility at $1-

_,mill.io,n' in order to distributeegas to consumers at cost. A

But Alderman Penner’s motion didn't even get a seconder. The ‘CCF aldermen remained silent. The CEC aldermen sneered-

What a disgrace! Just think——— CCF silence and CEC opposition aost'Winnipeg $11’ million. A shameful mishandling of your interests!

The._Labar Election Committee says that it iststill not too late

-to change the situation. Council

can apply tothe Legislature for?

a charter to set up its own gas

.. Gilbey

A w. G.n_EY

distributing company. This must be done—.-—NOW!-—-so that ‘when the natural ‘gas pipeiine is open next year Winnipeg users will be able to get gas at cost and not be profit gauged. ’

The building of’ such dis-

tributing company will also mean E

jobs for hundredsof Winnipeggers

g now facing a stark winter of un-

employment.

’.’The voters can change the present disgraceful situation by manges in Council,” stated Gil-

bey. ”Defeat those whose actions

cost Winnipeg $1], million. Elect Aldermen who you know by the record will fight for public gas

distribution at cost.”

”: .un¢i:Ie as’ "‘iayl$fFs. ariieeeese

‘including People’_s

VVurkers nf

Ward Two Vote’-

. for new industries here instead of

Labour

In the last few weeks fear of

mass unemployment has grown in Winnipeg. 200 were-layed off at the Vulcan lron Works. The CNR pattern and moulders’ shop is closing down in’ Transcana. The

Co-‘op’ Farmglmplement plant fail—_ f - ed to re-open as scheduled._ L:ay- . -offs in other industries are on the -increase. The situation is defin-

itely, serious. A

Last week, W. A. Kardash,

Labor it Election Gommittee candi-

date -for Mayor, stated that it was clear that the fight for jobs is the key’ issue in this civic“bat,t_le. E

”~lt is shameful that nothing is $0 or bye

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mas-s unemployment '.t‘hreaEte,ns,” he said. ’’How‘ can they remain silent when the very livelihood of thousands is invloved?” . . '

Speaking out against a return to the Hungry Thirties, he pointed out that the crisis need not take place. ‘ T '

”Jobs can be maintained if we start trading with all c'ountries who are willing to trade with us——- China. Jobs can be created if we undertake aprogram of building hospitals, schools, bridges, low-rental homes by using funds now being “used t'o put gunsinto the hands of the same Nazis who murdered Cana-

dian boys."

Kardash called for the conven- , .ing of a jobs conference to in-

clude representatives of labor, industry, the provincial and fed-_, eral governments.’ Such a confer- ence would consider: a) A program of needed public works, and b) how tolsee to it that the rich resources of Manitoba are used

being plundered by Americanvcorn poratians. A

w. A. KARDASHA ”The time has come,” he stated, ”when the ‘working people of Win-

nipeg must throw, out the big business clique in council arid put

[in new people with new -policies..

The _ number one issue is jobs-— and that deserves your number one vote!” ‘

Condemned Schools‘ Menace Student Health

, Six years after the “Reavis "re- port stated that l4 city schools should be condemned, five ‘out of

-"the six -of them in Word Two are

still in use. 1 Calling foriirnmediate action to replace the Somerset, Wellington, Pinkham, John M. King and ls- bister sch'ools,, Roland Penner. Labor ~Election Committee Ward

‘2 School Board candidate, stated

that these schools were a menace to‘ students’ health. ’

”Not ‘only are they a menace‘

to their health/fie he added, ”but

pupils in these ancient schools are ‘

being unfairly handicapped. with inadequate facilities. Citizens of Ward ’.l'>wo have a ri‘ght”to demand action" on this question.’-’*

On October 27th, a vote for Roland Penner is a vote for action to provide decent modern schools for"our children. i A