increases, play. laced in it. ividuals treet sales. le present period. Build PT circulation By ERNIE CRIST, Circulation Manager ; Our press faces a number of important tasks and a serious hallenge in British Columbia this year. The educational crisis, tax eases, housing and hospital needs, the giveaway of resources, us the overriding question of the struggle for peace are but a few f the questions in which the Pacific Tribune — Western Canada’s eading labor weekly has an important role to play. - Our press faces a number of nportant tasks and a serious hallenge in British Columbia year. The educational crisis, housing and spital needs, the giveaway of esources, plus the overriding estion of the struggle for peace but a few of the questions in hich the Pacific Tribune — lestern Canada’s leading labot ekly — has an important role We can be proud of the job hich our press has done in the var gone by. Our paper has ontinued to provide leadership ) the people in this province and as fully justified the confidence However, there is a continuous ed to extend and to build circu- ition. This is especially true in In addition to the enormous ‘ of mobilizing the people of province around the issues which we face our paper is confronted with further increases in postal as well as other costs. Only if we boost circulation can be continue to publish at the present price. It costs very little more to publish 10,000 copies than 3,000 copies because rent, wages, phone and news service, pictures and typesetting are the same. For every 1,000 increase in circu- lation, the additional income is $5,000 — the added cost only $1,500, With a net gain of $3,500 from the additional thousand circulation the subsidy Press Clubs have to raise could be substantially reduced and the paper greatly improved. ~“** In the struggle to keep our per alive and to build circu- on many Press Clubs and achieved con- rable successes in the past . This is especially true of We appeal to all Press Clubs and individuals to give the PT a significant boost in the coming year and to help us increase circulation, The Press Clubs are now in possession of the circulation proposals for the coming year, and they will undoubtedly discuss these proposals in depth. The Press Committee will be glad to do anything they can to help Clubs fulfill their pledge and ‘We buy and sell me Used Furniture Sporting Goods We are Reasonable We are at 573 E. HASTINGS ST. Beaver Transfer MU 3-3942 asks all clubs to regularly report on their progress so that there can be regular checkups on fulfill- ment of our overall goal. Special _ recognition and awards will be ) given to the most outstanding circulation builders at the end of the year. In addition, we will regularly Workers - Benevolent Assn. Of Canada | Progressive Fraternal Society Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field _4LIFE INSURANCE ENDOWMENTS PENSION PLANS Apply to: B.C. office at 805 East Pender St. or National Office at 595 Pritchard Ave. Winnipeg 4, Manitoba nal WEEKLY BENEFITS —e ee ee ee ae eae ee nts tee sap oem.cun ano eam gi ome a> kl report and write about the most outstanding Press Builders throughout the year in these columns. ““OVALTINE | CAFE "251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE DUNDAS SERVICE B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Makes Government Certified Mechanic and oF a poy e on (@eeeeeereseeseeee aseeeeee Vv. W. SPECIALIST Ph. 255-6828 G 2 (SUNSHINE FOR SALE! For excursions to: ¥ HAWAII * MEXICO LOBE TOURS 679 E. Hastings St. Vancouver 6, B.C. *« CUBA 254-2313 pre oe ar es ‘ MIM eh CAMA RS Ds D4ults oustot Alf, . SAFETY? L.G., Vancouver writes: Safety is something we tend to take for granted. Driving on the freeways or on the public highways we see trucks of all types. Are the trucks in safe condition? Who has the responsi- bility to see that the trucks are in safe condition? Has the driver the experience to drive his truck safely? The trucking companies or an owner driving his truck is responsible for the safe condition of their vehicles. The spot inspec- tions of trucks by police depart- ments, are not equipped to do a complete inspection of the air- brake system on trucks. The spot inspection of commercial vehicles only checks the condition of some of the trucks at one time. What is needed is a complete inspection of all commercial vehicles at regular intervals. The Department of Commercial Transport make regular inspections of all air- equipped vehicles that operate on industrial roads, logging roads and mining roads. They do not inspect vehicles on the public highways. All commercial vehicles should be inspected by the D.O.C.T. not just the vehicles operating on industrial roads but all commer- cial vehicles on the public highways. A person must be at least 18 years of age with a drivers license to apply for a chauffeur’s class ‘‘C’’. He is then permitted by the Motor Vehicle Act to drive any type of truck on the public highway, with no examination for the type of vehicle he will be driving. He is not required to have a ‘Certificate to Operate Air Equipped Vehicles.” The driver operating an air- equipped vehicle on industrial roads is required to have a Certificate. What is wrong with our safety regulations when we have strict safety control on_ industrial roads; when most logging trucks are radio controlled and there is no public traffic on the industrial roads? The speed of most logging trucks in 30 miles per hour. The safety control of trucks operating on the public highways is very limited — when the traffic is congested and the speed limit is from 50 MPH to 70 MPH on the freeways. When a driver fills out a class “C’’ application form, he must mark the type of vehicle or vehicles he will be driving on the application form. An examination should be compulsory. If the vehicle is air- equipped, a ‘‘Certificate to Operate Air Equipped Vehicles” should also be compulsory. Safety should not be a privilege. Safety should be a right demanded by the public. HINTON & CHINA HENRY MYER, Vancouver, Last week the Peace Action League sponsored a lecture at the: Vancouver Public Library by an American author Wm. Hinton, who has written the book “Fanshen — the Revolution of a Chinese Village’. The subject was ‘‘China and the World, 1969”’. Mr. Hinton admitted at the beginning that he had not been in China for the past decade or more and that his only contact with that republic was a scant correspondence with his nineteen year old daughter, who was a member of the Red Guards, and a sister. Besides generally describing the situation in Mao’s country in optimistic words, he tried to explain the ramifications of the cultural revolution in a peculiar manner. The cultural revolution and its promotors, the Red Guards, were, according to him, a movement by young China, supported by Mao, to emancipate the educational system to a socialistic level. The pre-revolu- tionary schools, high schools and universities had all been conducted along Western lines, and the post-revolutionary education had up until lately, taken the lead from the Soviet Union, whose school system was based on European-American principles, with all the educators, sons of the capitalist class, who had taken part in the revolution side by side with the communists, following a reac- tionary trend. This was, according to the speaker, the bone of contention in regard to the Red Guard movement and the country-wide clashes, that had even been vaguely discernable to the rest of the world. This explanation was, to say the least, confusing and contradicted Mr. Hinton’s often "reiterated statement, that the Chinese capitalist class always had been and was negligible to this very day. Thus it seems impossible, that this minimal quantity could have monopolized the entire educational system had produced the widespread chaos that has plagued China for the past few years. A better explanation could certainly be found. Mr. Hinton started by mention- ing that he originally had been an unsuccessful as a corn salesman’ in regard to the two hundred people who listened to him in the library auditorium. CUBA VISIT D.J., Gibsons, B.C., writes: As you probably have heard we joined the Cuba tourist group on December 29 hoping to see a lot of Cuba, but unfortunately my husband suffered a coronary in Mexico City airport just prior to our takeoff for Havana. However, we decided to stay with the group and Soceed to Cuba. Medical aid was alerted by the Cuban airline crew and a wheel chair was at the plane stop, with an English-speaking Cuban with a car who hurried us to the hotel clinic where emergency treatment was given and an ambulance then rushed us to the hospital, where I was allowed to stay with my husband 24-hours a day. We consider we were well cared for and the hospital staff . were kind and efficient. Our hotel room was reserved through the whole month for my own convenience, and all this absolutely free. Although our Cuban exper- ience was quite different to what we planned, we did get a chance to see medical services in Cuba, and gained excellent exper- ience. It is a wonderful feeling to be in a country free of poverty and among a people who are united in their cause with no discrimination of any racial kind. 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4. B.C. Painters’ and Poperhangers’ Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45c—Now 19¢ a Roll Classified Rdvertising BUSINESS PERSONALS HALLS FOR RENT WEST END RADIO — Special- izing in TV Repairs. Latest.’ precision equipment used. (Formerly OK Radio Service). Now at 1721 Robson Street. MU 3-2618. DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRY Also Coin-op LAUNDRETTE 2633 Commercial Dr. 879-9956 REGENT TAILORS LTD. — Custom Tailors and Ready- to-Wear, 324 W. Hastings St. MU 1-8456 or 4441 E. Hastings — CY 8-2030. See Henry Rankin for personal service. 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Everyone Welcome PENDER Auditorium (Marine Workers) 339 West Pender Phone MU 1-9481 Large and Small Halls for Rentals ese Be iP) eS a ark PACIFIC TRIBUNE--FRBRUARY-21 1969 =Poge PS ee eee ry 1" =, ‘ ies " IS Ba daa ae So