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id) Pe BUNYAN is the people—and we rise to claim our
own!” wrote poet-editor John Weir in a poem about the

fabulous Paul. And he was right, of course.

no limit to what the people of Canada can do.

great, no obstacle insurmountable.

. The initials PB stand for ~
Press Builder; they also stand
» for Paul Bunyan. Our Press
Builders—those supporters who.
raise $25 or more during the
March-April press drive — are
- Paul: Bunyans, whose collective’:

work will help change the
world. .
With the 1953 drive less

than a week old, 13 supporters,
have already become Press
Builders—and several are shoot-
‘ing for the $100 mark, which!
will lift them into the category
_ of Honor Press Builders,

Last year more than 300 sup-
. porters of the PT became Press:

’ Builders, and 27 of these were .
Honor Press Builders. These
300 “Paul Bunyans of the press
drive” raised about $13,000 of
the $18.500 cash total reached
by the conclusion of the cam-
paign.

Let’s go all out to beat last —
year’s record! Let’s make the.
1953 drive a success and assure
the continued publication. of our
paper for another 12 months!

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| ||EVERY READER CAN PLAY A ROLE IN THE PRESS DRIVE

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NXIOUS to “beat the oa in the press drive,
! many PT supporters have been rushing in dona-
tions before the official opening date, March 1.

This has enabled us to get off to a good start,

with $607.10 on hand Monday, March 2. Now the
task is to keep up. this tempo. ;

First returns show Kitsilano press club in the

Tead with $166,35 and 4 Press Builders; followed
by Victory Square with $86 and 3 PB’s; and Grand-
view with $66.35 and 2 PB’s.

Advance has $50 and 1 PB; Maritime $45 and
1 PB; Point Grey $42 and 1 PB; Electrical $25 and

T PB. f
’ Other press “clubs have broken out bf the ©

goose-egg class: Fairview, $10; Norquay; $5; Dry

Dock, $5; and Building Trades, $5.
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Grassy Plains, $10. 40; Salmon ee $2 and White| 1 HPB; Electrical, 9 PB; Fairview, 9 PB; Georgia,

Rock, $2. :
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As usual, there will be keen socialist competi- _
A Grandview member

tion between press clubs.
travelled into Burrard territory to take in the Kit-
silano social celebrating Tom McEwen’s birthday
(the social raised $30.35 for the-PT drive, by the

way) and confidently predicted that within a few

weeks Grandview would be leading all other press
clubs. He was assured that they will have to

fight for that position.

We'll be glad to print club-to-club oon area-to-
area challenges in this column.- — aN

To date 47 Press Builder pledges have arrived
in this office, and 5 Honor Press Builder pledges.
Keep them coming.

Here’s the current list of ‘pledges: Advance,

3 PB; Grandview, 1 PB; Kitsilano, 9 PB, 2 HPB;
Norquay, 4 PB; Point Grey, 6 PB, 1 HPB; South
Burnaby, 1 PB; Copper Mountain, 1 HPB; Langley
Prairie, 4\PB; Grassy Plains, 1 PB.

* * *

On Monday this week a donation of $25 arrived
from the Lithuanian Literary Society, first mass
organization to respond to our appeal for drive
funds. Thanks a lot, friends.

* aes *

We have received the new 1953 Press Builder
and Honor Press Builder buttons, and they are
beauties. Color of the thunderbird this year is
‘green; with the HPB buttons in gold, only the
“PT”, sign in green. (Of course ‘we ordered the
buttons, and pins at a union shop, not affected by
the current strike of seneley workers.)

"$17,500 BY MAY DAY

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