Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 07, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 10 Winnipeg tree press wednesday december 7, 1949 8% interim rail rate increase gets rough handling in court by Hugh bold Ottawa dec. 7 special the transport Board s judgment of september awarding the rail ways an interim Only increase of eight per cent was roughly handled before the supreme court of Canada by c. F. H. Carson of the tuesday and at times he Drew sympathetic and outspoken comments from of the five judges. On the other hand the Board appeared to find a Friend in or. Jus Tice r. L. Kellock. Its critics in this second Day of the Case to decide whether or not the Board dirt its Juty in the sep tember judgment were chief jus Tice Thibaudeau Rinfret and i Justice i. C. Rand. . Counsel for his part m item the court to share his opinion that if there is anything that is today in a state of chaos it is the matter of rate making for the Canadian railways As a result of the terms imposed by the present the . Grievance is that the transport Board took Over a year to. Rule on the railways application for a 20 per cell. Boost in freight rates and even then it did not Dis pose of the matter finally. It granted a much smaller increase than the railways asked Cor and this was described is merely interim until two things happened. One of these was the handing Down of the report of the Royal commission on transportation which meanwhile is Labouring away one floor below where the supreme court is sitting. The other was the conclusion of certain financial and Rale making studies who Civ the transport Board said it was n in. Railways tried to make a new application for a further increase in rates beyond the eight per cent which they deem inadequate for their needs they would be up against an unfinished Case. This was wrong. Wlms particularly irked him wan a Passi Jfe in the judgment which put the onus on the railways to prove hint wage Levels were Neres Simiry. Such a principle he said could b n carried to Rii Lii a Shockie if lengths. It was immediately after a wage increase of 17 cells an hour imposed on the railways in july 1h4s in order to Avert a general Poulalion strike in Canada that die carriers went to the Board with their Appeal for a further 4jo per cent increase. This was resisted by the seven Western and maritime provinces in the ground that the railways had already been Given a nut i Roebuck seeks study Senate puts soft pedal on crime comics action Ottawa dec. Sena-1chamber. Senator Roebuck said he Tor Arthur Roebuck had received word from certain Trinity tuesday urged the Senate to move carefully in considering a commons Bill to curb the Sale of crime comic books. The Senate adopted his motion when he Bill came up for second Reading that i be referred to com Mittee for close study before pro Gressing further in the upper a it bigger freight Rale award than they were entitled to by the old or. Carson complained if the memo Hemo s delicious Rich chocolate malted flavor that children and adults love. Look at the vitamins and in memo Tow Homo in 2 average Servings contains int. Unit. 400 int. Uni i 1 Mem. 2 Mem. 1 0 Mem. 14.7 Mem. 376 Mem. 288 Mem. 2.8 Gri. 30.29 in. 1.73 in. Vitamin a Vitamin d Vitamin by Riboflavin niacin Iron Calcium protein fat port Board in March the financial formula on which that i 1 air Nam. Thomas . Representative to. l 1.ans_ithomas a withdrawn his plea of innocence und has thrown himself on the mercy of the court in award was based must he Washington where he is charged by overhauled. Dwiht payroll pudding. His lawyer enlers a plea of nolo contenders at1 he . District court trial of his cancelling out the earlier not be Tilly plea. A nolo plea does not admit guilt but agrees Orjuila was in fact Board As a result of the formula modified the of by the Board per cent hearings though not com plemely to the satisfaction of the provinces. In his judgment of sept. 22 last to abide by the decision of presiding judge in the Case. The or. Or Justice Archibald said regard Thomas faces a possible maximum ing the wage aspect Iceni once of12 years in prison Nyrl in my opinion it is neither fairing Fine. He is fit Liberty to the payers of freight charges in under bail of s2.500. This country nor sufficient for the purposes of this Hoard that an applicant state merely that Jabor costs had increased without clearly indicating to the Board that such increased labor costs were fair reasonable and indeed necessary. It must he understood that i this Hoard will not automatically direct an in freight rates by Riison of inert used labor costs unless tin propriety and necessity of those increases have been demonstrated. The question of increased labor costs was in my opinion most inadequately dealt with by both applicants and respondents the rail ways and the provinces in the evidence and argument and there fore before final decision is on this application the applicants wiil be afforded an Opportunity to supplement the evidence and argument already be Ore us in this re or. Carson Drew this 1o the at Enron of the court. Justification need the chief Justice asked him member seeks Manitoba share in fisheries fund Ottawa dec. 7 up r. W. Bryce Kcf Selkirk tuesday asked that some of the Federal Money of be spent on educational work ii spent among Manitoba fishermen. He the request while the commons was discussing fisheries department estimates. Or. Bryce objected when Hon. R. H. Mayhew fisheries minister told him Manitoba fisheries come Urier the provincial government and that his suggestion should be directed there. Or. Brycc said the Money was _ being you would have to to the Hoard and memo Gyro mixer yours for 35c regular 70e see Coupon on top of Hemo can. 1 justify the Wace a word of in arbitration he wondered what laugh oily the transport Board could have to air that the 17-eent voted for Canadian Fisher men and Manitoba fishermen certainly fell under that heading. He said he had been Lold Loo ofter. That Manitoba fishermen should not Benefit from Federal expenditures. Publisher fails Promise reached by Ned in Only been made. 1 Chell labor Niini Stei intervened 10 reach me no when or. Carson snid he and no idea. He chief Justice continued de by the Ai 1 j Sims should nut have l in. Humphrey Mil of Knowles suit Toronto dec. 7 up John Hulun publisher of the worker proof that brushing Teeth right after eating with Colgate dental Cream helps prevent tooth decay i do not want to he disrespect failed tuesday in an attempt i but what right has the trans have the court dismiss a . Porti Hoard to Deal these libel suit brought against him by Isi Anley Knowles of Winnipeg. He could sen How the. I or. Justice a. M. Lebel dismissed . Hladun s Molion of non suit. Or. Knowles . Member of i parliament for Winnipeg North i Centre charged or. Hladun de scribed him As a communist in would Issue no could testify that they recognized Tho . Member of parliament the descriptions. Knowles see How the transport conk make. The. Railways , aside Hajje award. Wages he. Added might he used by the Hoard us a ro.1 son for not granting an in crease hut not for delaying judgment in the Way Donn in this Masc. The chief Justice also expressed i tuesday a plied criticism of the boards failed to statement that. Final order in the 20 per cell. Case j until the Royal commission had from made a report on transportation used in the problems generally. Continuing. Apparently he said that meant. That the Board Felt it should not do i any More changing of rates in the vol meantime. But that was not. The end of the Story parliament would have to act on those findings. Tha might take four or five years if some previous commissions were a guide. Was the transport Ioard to do nothing about Rale changes All that time More outspoken was or. Justice Rand on this Point. He demanded creased know How the Royal commission could have the slightest relevancy to action by the Board on the discrimination charged in Alberta Brief inv Hugh iiov1 Ottawa dec. 7 special i Ong Kiwi Short haul discrimination fighting words in Alberta freight Rale circles came before the Royal commission on transportation late tuesday. Under guidance of j. J. Raw Ley Alberta government counsel his witnesses began to a climber a Brief of 111 pages with another 10 pages of appendices. Thir document goes to the heart o.1 the Liberia Case and it the complained of arc removed there should follow an improvement of Alberta s economic posit Ion particularly is a growing Industrial area in the Canadian West. As Hie Lii ii l Points out. Liis form of freight rate discrimination Hus by no Mequis been con fined to Alberta or to ii Nazlu. Do it is asserted unit the foothill province is a Spe Cial sufferer from it. Essence of the complaint is ilia1 on Many hauls the rate charged Between two Distant Points is frequently less than to an intermediate Point. Edmonton and Calgary Are such intermediate Points among a Host of others in the operation of the Low transcontinental rates Between Eastern can Ada and the Pacific coast. So alive Are those two cities to i hair Long standing unfavourable position in the freight Rale Structure that in connection with ibis they Are represented by spec jul counsel h. . Nolan of Calgary before the commission. The Alberti i Lias stretched out 1 or Over five plays longer Tyirin either of 1iie other Prairie provinces be fore the Eolah no Jons Lutil was cur Htmat. Ii m Nood fur several Mure. Tiie commission is now running Well behind schedule and cannot the Ottawa hearings Christmas Asom Vej had been hoped. Apart from some1 Shorter submissions Hie two big railways have still to put in their cases and then argument of an an Ray of counsel has to follow. The Alberta Brief with respect in the Long and Short haul com publishers in Toronto who wished to have a say regarding the Mea sure. They would be available to the committee today. The former Ontario attorney general said he Felt All members of the Senate agreed with the aim of the legislature which passed in he commons monday. However there had been a Lack of parliamentary discussion on the Bill and parliament had not Loo much experience in this Type of legislation. Originated in the commons by e. O. Fullon and amended by Hon. Stuart Garson Justice minister in consultation with attorneys general of the pro Vinces it provides a two year maximum sentence for anyone convicted of publishing or Selling crime comics or for having them on hand for the purpose of Sale. The measure defines crime As any periodical or Book which exclusively or substantially com Prises Mailer depicting editorially the commission of crimes real or there is no mention in the act of crime books such As murder or detective stories and the Bill pro Vides that there can be no conviction when it is proved hat the comic books or allegedly obscene i literature serve the Public for Comfort satisfaction Economy Burn Foothills Stoker Coal a Superior Canadian Stoker fuel ask your dealer an article in the Toronto Publica Tion. Or. Hladun s counsel hat or. Knowles produce witnesses Plains that the practice Ihal a been followed in dealing wih this argued particular Type of discrimination had is most it Blamo who defects in Jie railway act and also the pack of concise and logical administrative rules established by the transport Board. Article. The Case is it commends he Type of solution worked out in the United Stales where Long and Short haul discrimination is allowed Only in cases in j to Ltd Ood fair june 27 railways application. I seems tailor ridiculous to attribute any relevancy at All Alberta would put the onus on the Canadian Carrier of showing the Soi Ris. Man. Dec. 7 special transport Board that in any Given Ai the annual meeting of there is Good reason o Souris and Filc Wood agricultural Cha be a higher rate to an incr society on thursday last .1. W. Mediate Point than to a More Dis Fowlie was elected president competitive Point. S a. Cox vice president the list of Marks group of genuinely interested workers in the Community. It was found that the Unior he one of the Little Fellows sign agreement with Coal chief Washington dec. 7 api a Small fragment of the soft Coal Industry has signed a new agree ment Gran ing sweeping conces Sions to John. Lewis it was announced tuesday night. The contract announced by Lewis covers a number of unidentified mines mostly in Kentucky said to account for some of the tons produced annually shy mines with which Lewis i in Ted mine workers Lind have haul in the Pas there were reports that some Oiler Fellows among the opera ois were ready to sign on the dotted line but no in Lic lion that the Industry to a whole would do so at least not immedi a Tely. The contract culls for 1. A increase of 95 a fits n any bringing the Basic wage to Sis a Day. 2. A 15-Ccnl-ii-Toii increase in the royally for miners pen Sions and other welfare pay ments. This boosts the Royalty to cents a ton. 3. 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High grading cases at Kenora postponed to Spring assizes Kenora ont., dec. 7 sep charges against three men arrested More than a month ago will he postponed until Spring assizes of the supreme court of Ontario it was announced tues Day. J the men Charles and Francis Lamothe and Ernil Vacchino Elk Orji observes St. Ndrew s Day i la Khotin. Min. Dec. 7 St. Andrew s Day was observed in ilk Horn when the is. Andrew s society slaved ii concert in 1 in stir Kim. Max Edgar was Clu Iii Man. I i incr to liners were c and mrs. Carn Eftic of by ulna mrs. W. Yoni firmery mrs. D. Winters Fraser. Joyce Grant to. Murray Eric mul Ligan mrs. I. Fans or Stanley Fraser Dale mrs can mrs. Gorac Bart Ley Ted Fraser. Carson Walker. Greetings from the Itjin wore Given by mayor to. W. M. The Nipson while an address on St. Andrew s Lisiy was Given by Rev. To. In. Far key. Filibuster against pipeline Bills i plodded on in the commons tues-1 Day night. 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