Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 03, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday May 3, 1949 cons on Down Grade David Lewis foresees Kcf a second party by Hugh Boyd i Ottawa May 3 special outlining hit party s plans or the Federal Campaign monday David leu National Secretary of the c.c.t., declared his belief that the . Will be at least the party in the next Parlia in spite of the qualifying at it was evident that or. Lewis did not seriously expect the . Would be Able to form a government. When pressed for his opinion As to which party have the biggest group of Mem Bers he said very Likely the lib he made the positive assertion that the progressive conservatives were on the Down Grade and that any talk of or. Drew being the next prime minister is sheer unadulterated or. Lewis wac certain the conservatives would lose teats in the including per haps their Only Bazsika Chewan stronghold Lake that the . Would gain a Block of seats from them in Urban Ontario Ridings. As for Quebec the courtship Between Drew and Duplessis a ended in divorce even before the marriage took in the face of predictions More or less objective observers As Well As liberals that the would lose at least half a dozen seats in Saskatchewan the nation Al Secretary gave his opinion tha we should keep Saskatchewan solid though there would be elephant can recollect past happenings with a Rush Yew won t forget once you select delicious drink Orange crush a hard fight in a few Ridings. . Election another opinion was that the .c.f. Had a Good Chance of win Ning the British Columbia proven Cial election. The National executive had met Lere during the week end he stated and had Jaid plans for the ederal Campaign. There would be Over 200 candidates in the 262 rid Ings with a full slate in Ontario and the four Western provinces and also probably in Nova Scotia but with gaps in the remaining four. The Campaign budget said or. Lewis would Likely reach or somewhat Over per constituency. In addition the Canadian. Congress of labor would be helping . Candidates with its own funds he said such funds being entirely Independent of . Control and raised from voluntary subscriptions of local unions. The latter according to or. Lewis were not bound to Fol Low . Instructions and he noted that one Union in on Tario had decided not to take any political action at All. Or. Lewis explained that the 54 46 vote in the . Provincial . Convention which he at tended against endorsing the North Atlantic treaty registered doubts of Many delegates who iat the same time were also critical of the policy of the soviet Union. He said that a lot of delegates had gone Home when the vote was taken and he was sure that if they had been on hand the motion of cleaned Teeth Are via . Waa fat. Knife make. A tar m would have carried easily. He thought there were maybe two fellow travellers not at the convention and affirmed that the party in . Was certainly not dominated by communists. The National Secretary outlined the five major . Planks of he Federal Campaign these being he first term platform adopted y the Winnipeg National Conven Ion last August. Five ranks they were l National health insurance on a contributory basis. 2. National subsidized housing. Lewis called the present a disgrace and branded the Liberal government s efforts a Complete 3. Markets or farm products Vith the . Insisting that governments must be ready4 to make bilateral deals for bulk purchases and1 Sale instead of a 19th Cen Ury adherence to multilateral 4. A programme of socializing a new Basic industries in the inter its of full employment. He listed hese As primary steel the Banks n order to Correct a stupid credit the Canadian Pacific Rall Vay As part of a National trans Lort policy bringing All four Fields f transport under one form of supervision though not necessarily socializing them All and some form f socialization Che had in mind of operative ownership for pack no plants farm implement com Anies and fertilizer concerns. 5. Social Security including old be pensions of s50 a month at 65 without a Means test. Apart from Heso pensions or. Lewis said the purpose was to make the pro Ramme contributory. The present urn of Over from in National Treasury would be re aimed but not increased and he believed a contribution of not Over per cent of the incomes of All canadians worm be enough to Arry out the rest of the pro Ramme. He was not sure How the by on Farmers for this purpose would be made. A Man i know though this is the 20th Century always re moves his right shoe right sock right Glove first for Luck. It is no trivial matter with him. For 30 years he has followed with a dedication almost religious the same routine in both dressing and undressing. Right sock right shoe first. Right leg into his pants first. He tells me that he is also scrupulous in the matter of cutting his Finger nails. He always starts with the Little Finger of the right hand it being farthest right when his hands Are held before him. He shaves the right Side of his face first. In All things he gives the right the precedence. He credits to this rigid formula the fact that he is alive that h has some Money that his life l it altogether a failure. It gives to him he says a sense of order o decent and conscious procedure. I failed in his superstition i feels his life would fall apart in indescribable confusion and Dis order. The fact of the matter is the vast majority of us unconsciously Ollow an a deviating routine in All these Small processes of our Ives. I have been watching the members of my family the past two or three Days. When they sit Down to table they always Ilide onto the chair from the iame Side and with the identical movements. They even shake Loose their table Napkin on the same Side every meal some of them off to their right some to the left and others with a sort of shuffling motion on the Lap. A discreet inspection of their bedrooms after they have re tired that night after night they Lay or throw their clothes in exactly the same places on chair Bucks on bed posts on Hooks. Last night on retiring i determined to keep watch on my own habits. I tried to do every thing unconsciously in a natural easy and familiar fashion. It was terrible. Nothing looked right i ended up by hanging All my clothes in the clothes closet neat comparative rates cited St. Boniface police seek Winnipeg wage level the St. Boniface brotherhood of policemen requested equalization of their salaries with those paid to comparable ranks in the Winnipeg police Force during 1948, at a committee meeting of St Boniface Council monday. The Cost to the Cathedral Cit would be Only according to the Brief presented by sergeant of detectives a Swanson presi Dent of the brotherhood and detective f. A. Muller. Secretary treasurer. We feel thai the spirit of Harg Jiining is lacking Between Council and the brotherhood of slated Swan son. Always have Good hearings before Council but never any suggestions in re turn. We hear nothing fur ther until the budget is pass although an agreement Wai drawn up Between the brotherhood and the City in december 1948, the City has not approved the salary schedule requested or suggested an alternative. Later the Manitoba department of labor appointed t. J. Williams As conciliation officer in the Ili Spute at the suggestion of or. Wil iams the City s legislation and reception committee will meet with he brotherhood s representatives As soon As possible to attempt a salary agreement detective Muller pointed out to Council that a first class Constable n Winnipeg set monthly More than a first class Constable n St. Boniface. An inspector in St. Boni face pets Only a month More than a first class con t in a Al a ii i ii 5 you can t keep youngsters out of the Kitchen so Why not give them a Corner All their own a private snack bar located just inside the Back door featuring jumbo jars of their Favourite after school a treats. Of course this is going to invite traffic. But your Good Gold Seal Cong oleum Rug can take any amount of coming and going with its Wear layer of heat toughened paint and baked enamel equal in thickness to 8 Coats of the Best floor paint applied by hand j Gold Seal Cong oleum is lastingly pretty and it cleans up Bright As new with the swish of a Damp cloth. Just remember for All round Economy that Only real Gold Seal Cong oleum rugs can give t look for this Seal. It carries the famous Money Back guarantee of satisfaction you la be surprised How much Quality you can buy for so Little Money Cong oleum Canada limited Montreal year dealer May temporarily out of Congolius suppl Ltd Are tilt very Short. Try him again 01 h limited Phlp Munh from be time. As pins. And when i got into bed i Felt miserably certain that i had got into it from the wrong Side and i hardly slept a Wink. Five jailed for liquor violations Portage la Prairie Man. May 3 special eight cases under the liquor control act were Dis posed of by magistrate r. W. Webster in City police court. Mon Daj. In lieu of payment of a Fine of and costs each. Alex. Richard Dick Favol and William size of Portage Gilbert Roulette. Sandy Bay and Joe Cote of re Gina went to jail for to months. Mary Sparks Winnipeg was sentenced to two weeks in the por Tage women s jail on a similar charge. Fines were paid by Andy Vivier and Walter Greentree of Portage. Norway banners turn their eyes toward Canada Sigurd Sansbu Here to examine the possibilities of settling Farmers from his native Norway in Western Canada passed through Winnipeg monday Over acadian National lines on his Way to Edmonton Alta. Manager at the Headquarters of the norwegian Farmers Union or. Sansbu is accompanied on his Canadian tour by his wife and four month old son Joseph. After a visit to his Uncle in Edmonton he will attend a convention of the International federation of agriculture at Guelph ont., along with two other norwegian Dele Gates. May 2s to june 11. Following the convention the three delegates will go As far As Vancouver . To study the Agri cultural prospects Lor norwegian we will also study land use and farm mechanization in Canada. I think we have much to learn from Canadian farm stated or. Sandhu. He especially interested he was especially interested in the mixed farming areas in Al Berta where he thought farming conditions might be somewhat similar to the farming carried on n Norway. Approximately or 70 per cent of the total num Jer in Norway belong to the Farmers Union according to or. Sansbu. In Western Norway a 10-acre is considered Large but in Eastern Norway some farms have nearly 200 he stated. Stable in he continued and an inspector in Winnipeg anywhere from to More than a St Boniface the representatives Laid they were asking for equalization o pay with Winnipeg s 1948 police salaries for constables detectives and patrol sergeants along with certain adjustments for higher ranks listed the brotherhood s Brief listed the following reasons in support of the request 1. Because of the rising Cost o living it took a salary of in 1949 to equal n 1929 salary of 5150. 2. The principle of Equality with Winnipeg police recognized in 1930, was right because St Boni face police in the lower ranks did work identical to that of Winni Peg s policemen. Both forces were policing a metropolitan area with a population of 3. Lower salaries in St. Boniface made it difficult to attract new recruits. 4. Policemen have become professionals and should be paid As such. They receive less pay than Many labourers. Fence approximately 15 residents of Ward five appeared before the City property committee objecting to the plans of the Arctic ice com Pany to build a six feet six Inch Fence around properly near the Corner at Gauvin Street and Lyn Dale drive. They also objected to he proposed building of a new loading Dock for the company s trucks. The Council committee promised .0 try to arrange a meeting be tween residents of Ward five and officials of the company. S. H. Oldfield of 46 Gauvin Street pointed out that the ice com Pany s truck were loading late at night and As Early As 5 a.m., and he complained of the language used by the truckers. The company s property lies Ivi thin a first class residential area and thus the company can not secure a building permit to improve its property by making additions g. Bromwell of 657 Lyndale drive urged the committee to Fol of the City bylaws regarding the height of fences by limiting this company s Fence to four feet. 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Putnam Alberta member of the Dominion provincial farm Abor committee made this announcement monday on his return rom an International conference n Omaha neb. Though a Large crop is expected n the Western Central states or. Putnam said new equipment and better organization of the Harvest ing programme will make it unnecessary to bring in combines. If every Man were his ufi., Gordon United Church receives rededication of All buildings created by Man none is More significant than the place of worship said Rev. D. R. Patterson sunday morning at a re dedication service in Gordon United Church. It had built into it the greatest aspirations of Man sealed together by the Sublime Hopes of the human but in it All men stood before god on an equal footing. Portage gets electric level crossing Gates Portage la Prairie Man., april 3 special Portage a Prairie had its first set of electrically operated Railroad crossing Gates in operation monday night. At the West end of the City where two sets of Railroad tracks Cross no. 1 Highway a pair of new stanchions Complete with lights Gates and controls were installed monday. U. A consuls Xot wanted Bucharest May 3 bup a British legation spokesman said monday the romanian government had asked Britain to close its consulates at Constanta Cluj. A government decree has shut off most of Romania to foreign travel and both consulates Are situated in the prohibited area. Safety Man runs amok Toronto May 3 32 Vear old Man in a Brown suit crashed headlong through a door at the Royal York saturday night ending shattered Glass flying across the lobby. Nurses who dress id his Only wound a Small Cut on he Back of his neck Learned who e was a Delegate to a Safe driving banquet. C1tv shakes los Angeles May 3 a he Southern Section of los an j Eles was shaken Early monday by slight Earth tremor. There Auto Loans Hyrc j s How you can obtain a loan on your Suto while the car remains in your Possession. 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