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The PT Sub Drive now in its third week and with only 5 weeks to go

is considerably behind schedule.

Our objective calls for the renewal of 850 subscriptions, 500 of
which have expired already, while the remaining 350 subs are coming
Up for renewal very shortly, of these 850 expiries, only a handful have
been renewed so far.

Unlike the big commercial press, which derives its income in the
main from big business advertising, our paper depends on the renewal
of subscriptions to meet expenses or it will face a crisis. WE FACE
SUCH A CRISIS NOW!

; It is therefore essential for our very survival that the Drive be put

into high gear and that every one of these expiries be picked up and

rénewed without delay.

: But, in addition to these expiries, we also need 250 NEW subs. Like

~~} every other newspaper, we lose a certain number of our readers every

~ year. The big commercial press has a tendency to grow with the natural
increase of the population and, moreover, is heavily supported by the
monopolies. ;

Our paper, on the other hand, can increase its readership only by
political work and through the active help of our readers and
Supporters. The number of readers we lose as the result of natural
causes must be replenished. This is especially true at a time such as this
when rising costs are putting additional burdens on our already heavily
Strained budget.

We therefore appeal to all our readers and supporters to renew
their subscriptions promptly and to make an all-out effort to win new
readers.

This is the only way in which our paper will be able to reach its
target and carry on. ;

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Circulation Manager.

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A storm was stirred up last
week when the provincial
government announced that it
has issued a special order-in-
council under which it
exchanged timber in Strathcona
Park valued at $10 million for 576
acres valued at about $300,000
at Cape Scott, a blustery, remote
spot on the northern coast of Van-
couver Island.

The company to which this
bonanza was given is known as
the Raven Lumber Co. Ltd. A
spokesman for the company said
the timber company bought the
beach land at Cape Scott because
it knew the government wanted
it and would be prepared to trade
timber rights elsewhere. It later
turned out that most of the beach
land was not owned by the
company but was being held by
speculators in the U.S.

The deal has been branded as a
sellout of parkland timber to
private concerns for a song. One
B.C. logging operator, Kenneth
O’Connor, president of O’Connor
Logging Co., said the swap was
‘‘an injustice.”

Challenging the government's
figures of values involved in the
deal, O’Connor said if the govern-

ment wanted the Cape Scott
property for a park it has the
powers to expropriate it at a fair
price and should have done so.
He estimated the value of the
Cape Scott land which he said
was ‘‘too cold for recreation
purposes and not much beach’ —

IN LOVING
MEMORY

CATERINA D’AMICO

Who passed away Oct. 4, 1968
Always remembered by her
Husband Pietro, Daughters
Ivonne & Rita, and son Tony.

at about $250 an acre. This would
put the value at about $150,000,
or about half the government
valuation.

On the other hand, O’Connor
said, the timber value at
Strathcona Park was double that
of the government valuation, or
about $20 million.

Using his figures it would
appear that in return for a
questionable recreational site,
valued at $150,000, the Socred
government has agreed to allow
a private logging company to
take about $20 million worth of
timber out of a public park!

This unmitigated plundering of
the province’s resources is
reaching deep into our public
parks. Already resource give-
aways to big monopolies have
carved chunks out of Buttle
Lake, Wells Gray Park,
Tweedsmuir Park. Strathcona is
the latest addition. And the end
is not yet in sight.

Only the week before the latest
giveaway, Crown Zellerbach
announced its intention to build
an $80 million forestry complex
around Bella Coola, near Ocean
Falls. The giant U.S. monopoly
has filed its intention with the
provincial government, which
includes plans for logging in a

oh Socred parkland ‘swap’
¥ betrayal of public trust

large area of Tweedsmuir Park,
which lies east of Bella Coola.
Mining interests are also —

anxious to get into our public
parks to extract profits from the
resources. Already many mines
are operating in public parks all
over the province.

Large mining companies also —

-want to get into Tweedsmuir

Park. A geological survey
showing the potential mineral
resources in the park is now
lying on a desk at the mines
department in Victoria.

In recent years many attempts
to give away parkland resources —
to private companies have
aroused wide protest.
Apparently the latest maneouvre
by the big monopolies is to offer
some carefully prepared “‘swap”’
of what could pass as re-
creational land for rich forest
and mineral wealth. These
“deals” are obviously being
worked through in collusion with
the Socred government.

Cabinet minister Dan
Campbell gave the public a clue
as to what to expect if public
opinion doesn’t stop it.
Commenting on the Strathcona
Park. giveaway last week he
said: ‘‘I’m in favor of trades.”’

PT greets GDR

PT editor Tom McEwen this week sent a message to the German
Democratic Republic on its 20th anniversary, greeting the people
and government of the GDR on its great achievements and in the

building of a socialist society.

The letter says: ‘In the struggles of the peoplds of all lands
against imperialist aggression and war, and especially on the
European continent, the GDR constituted a mighty socialist bulwark
for peace and orderly progress on the soil of pre-war Germany. By its

very existence it is holdin

g in check the revanchist and neo-nazi

elements of West Germany, who still aspire to the Hitlerite goals of

expansion and war. . .

“Against tremendous odds and with magnificent courage and
sacrifices, the government and peoples of the GDR have held high

the great traditions
Socialist economy and peace

of the German people in the building of their
ful objectives, thus creating a firm basis

as well as brilliant example for the peoples of both Germanys,

looking towards the rebirth of one

Socialism. . .

Germany dedicated to peace and

“Qn the background of such achievements, and especially upon

the GDR’s great contribution to world peace,

it is our hope and

pledge, that Canada, together with many other countries will not

only extend recognition of the

GDR as an independent sovereign

state, but will establish those diplomatic and trade relations to the

mutual advantage of all.’’

Messages of greetings to the GDR can be sent to: Neue Heimat,
Mauerstrasse 52, Berlin 108, German Democratic Republic.

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