Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Apr Sqq 1 i Coo braces milk so bread Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg thursday october 6, 1955 week end edition with comics 10a getter policy needed immigration c of c reappraisal of the Federal government s immigration policy and implementation of an aggressive pne. Was urged wednesday by the 26th annual meeting of the Cana Dian chamber of Commerce. In its immigration policy Declar Guion the chamber deplored the very serious reduction in t h e movement of immigrants to can Ada caused by the failure to develop an aggressive pol icy it was realized that improved economic conditions in Europe had ended the Era of multitudes be for admission to can therefore the changing situation Calls for a reappraisal of government policy and recruiting programs to meet this the chamber recommended a five Point program aggressive government action to ens ire a greater and More continuous immigrant flow. A More Active publicity pro Gram to ensure that a True picture of Canada and Canadian opportunities is kept before source coun a program to encourage More in Dren of All new canadians the pro migration from the states. United visions of the family allowances act immediately on their establish making available to the Chil Ament in this country. On marketing tries. An Extension of the govern Anent s assisted passage for selected immigrants. System initiation without delay of fluorine approved by St. Boniface health committee St. Boniface health committee wednesday night unanimously approved fluoridation of the City s Supply. Council will vote on a commit tee fluoridation recommendation next tuesday. Tuesday night. St. James coun cil had voted 4-3 in favor of Fluor elation or. J. N. R. Scatliff St. Boni faces medical director in a letter to the health committee said exhaustive studies had proved the benefits of fluoridation. Meet mired in words after an Alice in wonderland de against the wheat Board. He had ate on the Canadian wheat Board in which no one seemed Clear about who favored what and who was on whose Side the Canadian chamber of Commerce wednes Day passed what was generally conceded to be a redundant Reso Lution. In the Normal course of things a redundant Resolution would be a meaningless Resolution but the members of the Edmonton Dele gation who did not want the chamber to express any opposition to the wheat Board found great meaning in this redundancy. Marketing policy Monton s objection to the Cham Ber s policy statement on Market ing which said the chamber believes that All producers should have Complete Freedom of Choice in their marketing arrangements. It believes that participation in governmental marketing agencies established to assist producers should be voluntary and not com d. K. Yorath objected on behalf of the Edmonton delegation. But after a Long discussion he and the other Edmonton members finally voted for it. Or. Yorath said he believed the chamber had no business endors ing or opposing the wheat Board. Unfortunately this Section of the policy statement had been interpreted by Farmers As directed instructions to persuade the Cham Ber to remove anything which would be construed As being antagonistic to the Board. This could create the worst. _ kind of rift of class against class developing into a rift of East against West and i am convinced such a thing is desired by no or. Yorath said. For rewording he then moved that the Section be referred to the executive coun cil for rewording. Speaker after speaker Rose to oppose or. Yorath s amendment one of the main Points being that the amendment were passed he chamber s policy statement would be left without a Market ing Section. Finally r. M. Fowler of Mont real said he did not believe or. Yorath meant the Resolution to be withdrawn from this year s statement but merely that it be passed and referred to the executive committee for consideration. Or. Yorath said this was Correct. Don t sell Park lands is plea by Hodgson Parks superintendent t. R. Hodgson told the Parks Board wednesday that in the United states and Canada the greedy Eves of private companies and individuals have fastened upon land reserved Jor Kiark purposes., on a convention of the american Institute of Park Kex Ccu Tives at Louisville by. Which or. Hodgson attended the Parks said that every Square foot of Park land is being 5ooked at with greedy called upon after the Board meeting to elaborate or. Hodgson said he referred to the numerous requests for Park property continually being put Forward by private concerns and individuals. Three limes in the last year he said the Winnipeg Board had been asked to surrender reserved lands for housing or Industry. Each request had been turned Down. Free press meetings meetings to be held Friday in the free press building in clude Board room no. 1, air Force Branch. Canadian legion executive 7.30 . Board room no. 2, the Winni Peg Jayc ettes. 3 . Club even greater Prosperity 56 forecast the new six Man Cabinet of Canadian business met the. Press thursday morning and almost bubbled with buoyant optimism. They not Only predicted new records in fall and Christmas sales but a continuing High level of Prosperity through 1956. Up to this Point none of the other delegates had understood this. After a dust up about what was out of order and what was actually being voted on the original Section on marketing was carried with Only one dissident. Edmon ton voted for the Resolution. Or. Yorath then moved his Reso Lution that the marketing Section of the Freedom of Enterprise declaration be reconsidered by the executive Council for reference to the next annual meeting. This motion is completely re said Howard n. Wal ters of Vancouver. Edmonton can Send in a Resolution next year and it will be automatically considered by the a Good idea or. Fowler said there Are times and places when it s a Good idea to be redundant. Certain people feel in certain ways or. Yorath said the Edmonton delegation wanted the Resolution passed in that form redundant or the new key officers of the can Adian chamber of Commerce for the coming year also see no Dan Ger that Canada s booming econ omy is Likely to bust 1929-style. And the credit for this they say goes to the Canadian Man in the Street who is not Only spending but saving More Money than Ever before. The six men who met the press Are new president j. G. Crean a Toronto hat maker g. Arnold Hart Montreal banker 0. B. Thornton Montreal Trutt company head Raymond Dupuis Montreal retailer e. T. Godwin. Toronto head of a Trust company and a. C. Ashforth Toronto banker. Competition the six men agreed that com a s50 Reward has been offered for in formation leading to tote apprehension of vandals who refused let Winnipeg s old streetcars lie in peace. About Halg a dozen of the former transit vehicles which Arn parked at the old North end car Yards at my Adan Avenue and main Street were broken into and seats ripped out and windows smashed. The streetcars which Are now the property of Percy Mostow 571 St. Anthony Street Are awaiting disposal. C of c takes stand Oik health plan the Canadian chamber of com Merce wednesday went on record against any form of compulsory health insurance or state medi but it admits that possibilities of government assistance should be explored in cases where canadians were subjected to medical costs beyond their Means. In a declaration passed at their 26th annual meeting in the Royal Alexandra hotel delegates agreed the Cost of any compulsory health scheme would substantially exceed the amount spent today on health in they lauded voluntary health plans and admitted government was Likely to fall far Short of the goal. Pipeline that the trans Canada pipe Ine should be built and operated in private interests. Merchandise Mart plans under study plans for the Manitoba merchandise Mart to be of tilt on the site of Grace United Church will be Laid .h4n Winnipeg during the next two weeks. Thomas Hill presi Dent of Canadian and general development corporation of new York one of the firms comprising the Syndicate financing the Mart has arrived in Winnipeg for a series of talks. Original plans called for construction to Start this fall and the building to be completed next summer. The cur rent talks Are expected to Lead to a decision regarding this schedule. Room Winnipeg Cine club 3 . Police association name officers n. S. Buhr was elected presi Dent of the Winnipeg City police athletic association at the organization s annual meeting. Other officers named were h. F. Sinclair vice president m. Walker treasurer j. Oslon. Secretary and t. Kennedy recording clerk. 3 documentary films to be shown documentary film night a Public service under the joint sponsorship of the Winnipeg Public Library the Extension and adult education department University of Manitoba the Junior chamber of Commerce and the Winnipeg film Board will open the season Friday. Three films will be shown at 8 . In theatre a Broadway building. Churchill the Man of the year and the Stratford adventure will be shown. Prof. W. G. Stobie department of English University of Manitoba will introduce the Stratford adventure and . Berniece Maclean Wil Ibe chairman. Documentary film nights Are held every two weeks and Are open to the Public. Safety belts for motorists endorsed the Manitoba motor league has endorsed the use of safety belts by motorists but at the same time has added a word of caution. C. G. Carter Lea gue president advises motorists to make sure that the Belt is of approved Quality at least two inches wide and that it is properly installed. Otherwise he Points out. The problem of false Security is Likely to arise. Jaw fractured in train car crash Morden Hospital thursday reported that Elton j. Sharpe of Miami Man., who escaped death in a car train collision tuesday night near Morden is still in Good condition. Although preliminary examination showed Only a few abrasions. A rays have shown or. Sharpe i to have a fractured jaw. Finksr everyone Burtre As beneficial but strongly voted for or. Yorath s Resolution. A compulsory plan. Dominion Day one of Tlle few resolutions de Nuva heated was a move to have the 1 tvs chamber urge the government to Llew set Dominion Day Holiday on the first monday in july instead of the traditional july 1. It failed to Callol get the necessary two thirds majority. Seventy six of the delegates voted for a monday Holiday 5 against. Thanksgiving however the chamber approved a recommendation that thanks giving Day be established by Sta tute As the second monday in october. Other policy declaration approved by the chamber included the Csc Smedley s Corner mayor George Sharpe s daughter Susan is running for the presidency of the Kelvin High school student body. Her Campaign manager with the assistance of a hidden aide holding a Large Gong went through this routine at a Stu Dent s meeting and in conclusion i say to you Sharpe Bong be Bong vote Bong interruption very Rev. J. Burton Thomas Dean of Rupert s land is a Public speaker of great eloquence and of much composure but he admitted to a group of friends the other evening that some disturbances do throw him off a bit when he is in the Middle of a Sermon like children run Ning Down the aisle or someone fainting in a Pew. He recalled one particular interruption. He was preach ing in an pastern Church when a sideman came up the aisle to a front Pew. Tapped a Man on the shoulder and whispered to him. The Man Rose and followed him to the Back of the Church. I said Dean Thomas that the Man was a physician who had apparently received an emergency Call. All i could say As he walked Down the aisle was i Hope it s a boy then carry on with my ser e no organization in the Tele vision and radio Field should be both competitor and regulator. Establishment of a separate Regula Lory body having minimum essential regulatory Powers was urged.4 this was an obvious slap at the Csc strike votes o All strikes should be prohibited until they have been authorized by a secret ballot properly supervised by an independen party and held after the expiry o. The Cooling off period involved in conciliation proceedings. How Ever this would not affect Curren labor agreements. Immigration objective of Canada s immigration policy should be to have three years asja population of by 1975 Rev. W. B. Macodrum a presbyterian minister who came into the Manitoba Synod of the presbyterian Church six years ago is its new Moderator. Rev. W b. Macodrum minister of St. Andrews presbyterian Church at Geraldton ont., on the Eastern Boundary of the Synod was elected Moderator at the Synod s 72nd meeting in Norwood Presby Terian Church St. Boniface. He succeeds Rev. J. D. Marnoch. Since entering the Manitoba Synod the Nova Scotia born convener of missions. At Gerald ton he is vice president of the civic recreation commission and a Duce a marked increase in the member of the local school Board. However unless a More aggressive policy were adopted to pro urge end to Tea monopoly the Federal government was urged by the Canadian chamber of Commerce wednesday to allow establishment of other transcontinental airline services besides Tea. Unanimous approval was Given he Resolution originated by the Winnipeg chamber despite a Ilea from Gordon r. Mcgregor Tea president that the Tims had not yet arrived for airline compete Tion on a transcontinental basis .0 be economically feasible. It s economics the question of Only allowing one airline to operate a transcontinental or. Mcgregor was not a question of Competition or monopoly but simply one of ability of an airline to operate in the Black depended upon having a reasonable number of it s seats filled and on frequency of operation. Traffic on Tea was increasing by a reasonable percentage each sometime or another if traffic continues to grow there will be room for two or More airlines but not said or. Mcgee 0 a larger proportion of Feder Al government film productions should be placed with outside film companies. Other than the government s National film Board marketing 0 Western Canadian Farmers should have Freedom to choose their marketing arrangements. Government marketing agencies should be voluntary not compulsory. Also favored were closer government watch Over both defence and Ordinary expenditures. Yacht club formed for Manitoban new group gets 7-acre plot at Middle Church a new yacht club has been formed with membership open to boat owners from All Over Manitoba. Gilbert Eaton of Winnipeg has been elected to head a provisional slate of officers. A red. River site has been acquired in Middle Church and a Marine railway has been Laid flans Are going ahead to develop slips and ways for yachts to build docks and convert an eight room dwelling into a club House. A charter for the new club has been applied for and the provision Al name Manitoba yacht club has been adopted. The club has already acquired a seven acre plot with Severa Hundred feet of River frontage. I is planned to open a store to Handl Chandler supplies and Long rang plans include dining facilities a the clubhouse next year and Tea petition for the Canadian s Dollar in the next few months will be fierce and they expected profits to be rather lower As a result they said that the average Canadian prefers to buy on credit than to spend his now considerable savings. But at the same time they warned against credit buying Over of Long a term Lor perishable commodities. Or. Dupuis said there were very new delinquencies the Public n credit sales. People could and id pay for what they bought and e believed any worry expressed bout retail credit buying being too Ligh was unwarranted in View of he payment record of the Canadian consumer. Reservations or. Ashforth. However warned gains. Indiscriminate buying on Ong term credit. I dislike to see any commodity sold for payment Over a Long period like 36 or. Ashforth said but of course t All depends on the commodity. 5 in t Wise for people to buy clothing that might Wear out in even or eight months and pay for t Over a year and a he also said he would not re commend instalment plan pay ment for holidays. Or. Ashforth said conditions to Day were not comparable to 1929. Here is now More stability More resources per individual less debt per individual and Many Mort Ages had been retired across Canada. The 1929 situation had caught everyone unprepared but now the government was aware of certain Steps that could be taken o avoid any such fall As occurred number of immigrants Canada Gor. In the United states with 12 times the population of Canada there were Only four trans Continental airlines but this service was split. Even there they Are not providing uneconomical duplication of services. In the past year said or. Mcgregor Tea had Gross Revenue of and net of effect on Revenue any division of traffic would obviously have an effect on the Revenue of the National or. Mcgregor declared. The suggestion he added was not Well considered and if it were passed a rider should be added stating that a new transcontinental service should be allowed Only when it was economically a. D. Mctavish of Edmonton told or. Mcgregor the chamber stands for free Enterprise. A decision whether another transcontinental service would be econom ical or not is up to the second calculating co operatives tax Able income on net profits in the same manner As income taxation is applied to Ordinary corporations. No relaxation in Canada s de ence program until International tension is definitely lessened. Extension of Advance voting in Federal elections. A c of c names Bonnycastle r. H. G. Bonnycastle of Winni Peg has Lieen appointed a vice president of the Canadian Cham Der of Commerce representing Manitoba. He is president and general manager of Stovel advocate press Ltd. Provincial directors for Mani Toba Are Earl Murray of Neppa b. R. Wolfe of Transcona and a. W. Olson of Brandon. Vice president representing Saskatchewan is f. J. Workman of Moose jaw. Saskatchewan directors Are s. C. Atkinson of Regina. W. A. Girling of North Battleford and j. B. Millar of Saskatoon. Engagement of a Marine Engin Mechanic. Two acres of the sit Are already reported to be landscaped. The tentative slate of officers includes or. Eaton president dicer Noonan or. William Melvoi and Harry Silverberg vice presi dents Hammas Scott. Or. Sam Pei Koff Maurice Birchall Phil Mage Russ Simonite Don Scott. R. Ram say or. W. A. Weir and t. B Collins directors. Secretary is Al Fred Ferguson and Aubrey Halter. Solicitor temporary Church building permitted civic Public safety commit tee wednesday granted the United Church of Canada per Mission to maintain a temporary Church building on surface pads at the Southwest Corner of Oxford Street and Fleet ave nue. The Extension was granted for two years. Temporary buildings such As this Are ban Ned in Winnipeg but the congregation has been Given Spe Cial permission to use this building until a permanent Structure can be erected. Hen. Discussing this week s con Ference or. Crean said that wednesday s debate in which the Edmonton delegation opposed the rest of the conference on the marketing clause of the policy declaration on free Enterprise shows the strength of our Cham Ber. Chambers from different parts of the country can come and fell perfectly free to say what they or. Thornton chairman of the executive Council said the Cham Ber s Brief to the Federal Cabinet would be based on decisions made St the annual meeting. Wheat problem the Council could nil make policy decisions for the chamber without holding a referendum of the More than 700 Chambers and boards of Trade across Canada. A certain number of these Chambers must reply and a two thirds majority was needed if a decision was to become chamber policy. Or. Crean said this would be necessary before the executive Council could make any policy declaration on the wheat disposal problem. Wednesday a Resolution submitted by the Dauphin delegation on wheat marketing was referred to the executive Council which will report to the next annual conference. Position of the Farmer was mentioned Only once at the conference by or. Ashforth. He said the wheat disposal problem was the Only spot on the Canadian Economy that was causing any concern. If the Farmer was spend ing less it would affect the whole of the country. Sectional ism deplored look after whole car Canada parts themselves will be of Canadian businessmen were warned wednesday night that they d better Stop look Rig at the Trees and begin seeing the Forest. The message came from James Muir. President and chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada who addressed the annual dinner of the Canadian chamber of Commerce at the Royal Alexandra hotel. Burns data shows freeway save everyone Money traffic Engineer Harry f. Said there would be a Savin Burns said thursday that the Mot Oring time saved by the Disraeli actual Cash. Diu Uit Juc Iii i ing in i main Street traffic congestion i conditions the trip can be made m with the highest possible incentive would mean substantial savings hours today in about using a very conservative Fig freeway would equal More of one cent a minute for vehicle operating costs total oper said or. Muir we must avoid policies of narrow economic nationalism which May rebound to the immediate Benefit of this or that Section or group or Industry but which will inflate costs and prices jeopardize Canada s competitive position and slow Down her rate of like great nation in a sense he said we have Lik e a great nation before we can become in an Appeal for what he called economic or. Muir said even in the we Hare conscious 20th Century the Aims of the individual need not be bypassed if the Good of All is considered As a main objective he said. Ultimately and in the Long run they Are the same thing. Parochial attitudes have Dis Turbed Canadian Unity he said and the same applies to Unity in the economic sphere. But we do not wish to get Unity at the Price of political and economic a framework this Unity must be the product the goal of economic Progress Ful am free econ. Tied to three other objectives Omic and poll calf in Davjd. Stable and High level and g a maps _ but it must a ment Competition within a framework o most effective allocation of a cures with a economic resources. A distribution of wealth and and income that combines equity transit operating costs perhaps j minutes. Enough to Avert further fare minutes daily produce but the criterion by which econ i Omic Success must be judged he 93 000 Man Davs a Vear. Quai a i u i if the average Man were paid lating savings of almost mr., Burns showed How he trip or 13 minutes As a s10 a Day. He said the annual year could be realized by pre Rived at calculated savings per Day. Multiplying welfare of the citizenry 1_ i. R nil Noli i thay constitutes a saving of nine j cautioned is of the the Law that secures equity with a minimum of specific rules and g. S. of Winnipeg retiring president was chairman. Rev. J. Esek Stewart chairman of the Winnipeg presbytery of Tho United Church said Grace. J. G. Of j a Raj in Oahu bin oijiiuo.1 of y j web us j we v Pel Raj. " b a u a v 1 i 1 Ings could be calculated at regular users of the Louise time. Approximate distance figure by the 3500 Rush hour j portent. He said but political one sixth the value of and Redwood Bridges. This figure tween the City Hall and the inter vehicles that would use the route economic Freedom can t he attained i the project. I would be definitely reflected in the Section of Kelvin Street and 260 week Days in the year v subverting the Market Mec the traffic Engineer presented Driver s pocketbook Aind in com Speler Avenue using the proposed june tale 5aving is 11.375 vehicle Han ism. Which in calculated of the project transportation route is 1.4 Miles compared with Days. On the basis of 1.5 persons inc strongest ally Otilo be voted on by the ratepayers though he knew of no immediate est he present distance of 2.1 Miles per vehicle this amounts to government policy i in the oct. 26 civic election in a i plans of the transit commission to via Redwood Bridge and 2.3 Miles Man Days. 1 p 0f Toronto was sworn in by Man is chief j. E. Adam release indians j Dacca Pakistan ithe last. 123 politics prisoners in _ economic federalism East Pakistan were ordered re Peech before the Gyro club of via Louise Bridge. But this figure represents a 24 Fie called for a sort of Coli i leased from jail wednesday. They Winnipeg meet in the it would probably become the at an assumed average Speed of hour Man Day. On the basis of an Omic federalism which among about 1.600 per inns main transit route Between Elm-130 Miles an hour on the new route eight hour work Day. The travel guard the economic interests of. Imprisoned without ourm Wood. East Kuonan arid the time required to travel the time saved would increase three-1the whole nation just a a not Jand after the riots m May. 1054. Town District. A distance would be about three j fold to More than 93.000 Man Days tical Federal system safeguards its j in which More than were this plus the Relief provided in minutes. Under the most favorable1 at a Day this equals interests. _ killed. Alexandra hotel. R. 655 juror besides these tune savings he ;