The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-26
issued: 1926-11-05
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note: \f i **wum tm j'o 1926 aoor f/hoWNED AND CONTROLLEi. Official Organ of The Canadian Labor No. 133—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, NOVEMBER 5th, 1926 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Houses for the Workers' Demanded by Labor Party City Architect Wants to Keep up Slum Conditions in Vancouver— '' , British Laborites Show Way to Supply Houses At Cost to the People IF POOR FAMILIES will be unprovided for in the new Town Planning Scheme, as City Architect A. J. Bird, suggests, then Labor will take a "hand in erecting houses on City property with City money and rent them on the rent-purchase plan to -these working class families, just as has been done in Great Britain. There are thousands of parcels of land in the'control pf the City of Vancouver,, and of the adjoining municipalities, and a house building scheme by day labour, would not only provide the necessary houses, but would lower the cost of building. One of the big issues in the recent municipal elections, in Great Britain. where labor made such sweeping victories, was Labor's demand of "Houses for the Workers." Alderman Jackson of Manchester, dealing with the subject during the campaign, was reported Ivy the Daily Herald as follows: Alderman Jackson began by knocking down the favourite Conservative argument that "slum dwellers always will be slum dwellers, no matter where they live." "It is obvious," he said "that ho'iis- To the- Labor Party member or sympathizer in Canada, the recent f ^''tA-'tbVi^yB^f^axii moral wel fare of the people. "Though there may be a fe\y distances in which the submerged may not respond to improved conditions, it is certain that the bulk of the working class is amenable .to changes for the better in environment "Experience in Glasgow and Liverpool has proved this. We have also a notable instance in Manchester. "We cleared 200 houses in the Hulme area, which had been occupied by the very poorest. Every tenant was offered accommodation on one of our suburban housing estates. No fewer than 80 per cent, of …
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438961
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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