Island By V. VICTOR With festivities of (Christmas ’64 just passed, along with celebrations to salute the advent of the new year, Is- landers have much to be thankful for in ’64, (Satirically speaking) WE ARE MOST THANKFUL FOR: Our proximity to the seat of the Provincial. Government where, by the simple process of a car ride we are able to see these learned gentlemen, and, with a bit more good fortune may even hear firsthand how they intend to give more of our heritage to our benevolent South- ern neighbours for very valuable tariff concessions. * * * NANAIMO-ITES ARE THANK- FUL: To be privileged to read a daily paper so ultra-right it ed- itorialized one day in December thusly, (to quote), laws are equal- ly for the protection of the few against the many, the mob, Nor should we allow ourselves to be deluded by cries of human rights being superior to property rights, This is muddled thinking, (un- quote), How could a body not be thankful? * * * DUNCAN GIVES THANKS: Be- Brown in the Wall Street Journal “You think this is scary—wait *til you see the commercial for acid indigestion!” SCoersvseseoseeeoeseosseeoesese OVALTINE CAFE 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE SeCoeccecocscsecessaascces= eerrececccseoceveoe leeeccoccccccace Enjoy Good, Home-Cooked | Meals at Jennie’s Cafe 335 Main St. @ Modern equipment @ Dining room service A. SMITH Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairs "Special Discount to Tribune Readers. 1179 Denman St. MU 2-19.48 or MU 5-8969. |. Granville Island B.C. Automotive Service Co. Ltd. Granville ls. MU 4-9819 Wally Sklaruk KEEP SMILING, FRIENDS views and comments news, cause they were not cursed with those, “Sorry for any Inconven- ience”, signs. The roads might be in a deplorable condition, but who wants good roads when it is So inconvenient passing all that noisy road building equipment. x * COURTENAY CONGRAT- ULATES: For having had “Work- for welfare” Moore as mayor for most of the year at least, They can now see what the man meant when he said he was pleas- ed to see American guards stat- ioned at Comox, their wages would bolster the local economy, There isn’t a Yank dollar in the vicinity. They get paid in hard Canuck dough. * * * VICTORIA VACILLATES THANKS: For having so many staunch conservatives, (big ‘C’), who also vacillate opinion wheth- er the Tories at Ottawa should have blocked the new flag the way they did, but they can console themselves with a privilege un- ique for Conservatives, they can still cross the Floor and join the Socred movement, Thanks again. ee ks & ISLANDERS GENERALLY ARE THANKFUL: For a minister of Defence who has the temerity to spend $1} billion for the “best” defence system of its kind in the world, This western outpost of the Pacific is fearful of a Roosian invasion, Which shows the reason the natives appreciate Yank Nu- clear Arms at Comox, so much so, there was even a parade last summer, a pilgrimage of protest to Comox Air Base of over a thousand people. THANKS too, for an external Affairs Minister who believes Nato should give the Bomb to more members. If the Island must store them, why not let other countries have a few for security, The Americans have enough nu- clear devices to be able to dev- astate the Earth twenty - seven times over. It makes little dif- ference if enough weapons are given to Nato members to dev- astate us the twenty- eighth time, Like a goof in Alberni wanted to know who would be around to fire the devastation around about the twenties through to the twenty-eighth time. All told that’s 30, thanks from the Island, COSCCHCE OH CEH OSES OS ESEEESEEELE ‘Everything in Flowers’ OM EARL SYKES ‘42 E. Hastings, MU 1-3855 Vancouver, B.C. a | Ovcccecccescces, _ TED HARRIS 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4, B.C. Painters’ and Paperhangers' Supplies . Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45c — Now 19c a Roll We buy and sell Used Furniture Sporting Goods We are Reasonable We are at 573 E. HASTINGS ST. Beaver Yransfer. MU 3-3942 | Careful - ‘Big Beam’ might be listening in Cops in your living room, cops in your bathroom, cops in your bedroom ~- say, what kind of a nightmare is this, anyway? No nightmare, chum, you’re wide awake, You’ve just been reading that story in the Van- couver Times about ‘‘ Big Beam’’ and the call-girls, ‘*Big Beam’’ is a super-doop- er microphone that can pick up every word people say in their own home, from a cop car park- ed as far as two blocks away. The police deny Big Beam is being used. They don’t deny it exists, Reporter John Andrews, in his Times expose story, said he knew the super-mike was used to gather evidence in a recent stakeout against a suspected baw- dy house, ‘*A two-man vice squad team sat in a car parked half a block away,’’ Andrews revealed, ‘‘They aimed Big Beam at a window, and every voice inside the room was put on tape, *¢Two sisters were later fined $125 each for running the or- ganization, situated in a quiet residential district; ‘tA police officer, who wished to remain unidentified, told me that both the RCMP and FBI now extensively use the equip- ae fi (Ole Afar hard day’s night, tuning in on honeymooners ought to be good for a laugh, j Vancouver police clammed up after Andrews’ story appeared. — ment, The Vancouver drug squad is also contemplating its use.’’ And how about-the Red squad? Andrews doesn’t say. But it is obvious that the RCMP would use Big Beam. against Left political organizations, Communi sts, NDPers, peacemongers, civil righters, anti-apartheid activi- sts, anti-Goldwaterites, anti- the earth-is-flat believers, and other such non-conformists. Big Mike isn’t much to look at — just a bundle of tubes about a foot long, able to pick out one voice in a crowd, able to evesdrop on anybody, any- where anytime, No private lives when Big Beam is on duty; no privacy even in the privy, And when the cops have finished a Vj b ee. UNCLE SAM’S BURDEN ea Sourm OA: Nit JETNAM é PITIN in Hoy (Havana) Police Commission chairman Bill Rathie denied all knowledge of Big Beam, ‘‘No comment,’’ said other commission members, Dr. James Foulks, president of the B.C, Civil Liberties As- sociation, pointed out that the right to privacy is one of the basic human rights set out by — the United Nations Declaration — cf Human Rights, ‘¢Would we welcome a police- man in our bedroom or sitting © in our living room every night?” he said. ‘*This is an extreme example, but this is what is be- ing done in effect when these de- — vices are used.”’ GREETINGS to all our FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS For Peace & Progress in 1965 Classified Advertising NOTICES COPY — DEADLINE FOR ALL ADVERTISING, All copy must be in the offices of the PACI- FIC TRIBUNE no later than 12 Noon on MONDAY, PLEASE NOTE—The OFFICES of the PACIFIC TRIBUNE are now located at 193 EAST HASTINGS ST, Mezzanine 3— Ford Bldg,, Vancouver 4, JAN, 23—Burnaby Social Club’s “ANNUAL TRADITIONAL BURNS’ NIGHT, SATURDAY, JAN, 23rd, CONCERT at 8 p,m, sharp featuring ROBERTS the PIPER—first class singers in- cluding THE MILESTONES, recitations and other talent, LATE SUPPER at 10:30 p,m, featuring HAGGIS and refresh- ments, CAPITOL HILL HALL, Howard & Hastings Sts,, North Burnaby. 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