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You're going to have an innovation this time—a letter with-

i letter, one from our good friend Bill Purvis, who is still our‘

. 4 performer by the De secnethicdsne er ae
fl the generosity and sincerity of purpose among the Tokers

5 are the mainstays of the labor press. Here is Te lett

( A. Modern Paper

Editor: Please find enclosed cheque for $100.00 awarded me
ies qinner in the name contest. [| am sure you will need every
“i2r to continue publishing the new 16-pager. Also the fact
Wm. I have been interested in labor papers all my life gave me

} edge perhaps, on other contestants.

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= P.A. is modern and in keeping with our
f ; T imagine the Judges had quite a job of choosing. An ap-

priate name is important of course, but it does not make a
for. Some great names are disgraced by editors who are
fer anti-labor, or whose policies lack clarity, —-

streamlined journal,

| Increased circulation is now needed to maintain the P.A.
ai am conyinced it is only a matter of contacting people. The
492 of a subscription is within the reach of all; in fact Bill
: iinet told me that he had difficulty finding a person who could

pafford a sub, and was willing to accept the $2.00 someone
sent him for just such a case.

/To your readers I urge that they go after new subs, as the
®@ means of influencing life in our great province, and of
ing to bring the clarity needed on the pressing issues arising
Yours truly, BILL PURVIS.

Pighborhood Calls

\ There are many other press workers who show by. their
| ¢ging efforts to build the circulation of our paper that they
f2 Bills point of view, and that it gets results. But as space

nited today I will only mention two of them, Mr. and Mrs.
PSkinner of South Vancouver branch who have turned in 25
between them. They obtained nearly all of their subs from
Biborhood calls, devoting an hour or so several evenings each
3. Mr. Skinner tells me that they found that about one call
ve netted a new sub. This is how the circulation of a paper
® ilt, and with it the prestige and infiuence of our party-

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© 3ut we still haven’t enough press workers who are putting
2 this kind of conscientious effort, and I am sorry to say
@so far the results of the drive—only a little over the 1200

today, reflect this lack. However, we have had so many
ijiments about the new paper, and heard so much enthusi-
| =xpressed that I feel sure the tempo is going to pick up

y and that there will be better news next week. :
| Till then—

Yours sincerely
GRACE ‘GREENWOOD:

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in the war and an effective se-
curity system in the peace.

The rejection of the “red
bogey” tactics of the Republican
campaign was primarily a tri-
bute to the fine work of the pro-
gressive and labor elements,
especially the highly publicized
efforts of the CIO Political Ac=
tion Committee. The latter’s
campaign to bring out the vote
iS credited with a major share
in Roosevelt’s re-election and the
defeat of the isolationists.

Sidney Hillman, chairman of
PAG, who received the compli-
ment of being the chief object of
Vicious, slanderous attacks by
the isolationist-controlled Re-

Repudiation Of ionist
Defeatist Elements-Says Hillman

and, Galifornia, as well as Gon-
necticut, New Mexico, OlJahoma,

Rhode Island, Utah and Wash-

Saturday, November 11, 1944 — Page 7

publican machine, called the re-|
sults “a stunning repudiation of
the anti-labor isolationist and
defeatist element who based
their campaign on bigotry and
prejudice.”

In addition to the Democratic
victories in the House of Repre-

lsolationi

ington.

sts and

The majority of other

states also went Roosevelt al-
though the margins were much
smaller.

sentatives and Senate, elections
for governors in 32 states indi-

cated that here again the Re-
publican trend, which began in
1938 and was even accelerated in
1942, was reversed.

In the Presidential voting sev-
eral states outside of the “solid
South” gave Roosevelt resound-
ing majorities. These included
the major states of New York

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known benefits to municipalities
in such a move, which have been
cited by various civic leaders, no
sign of municipal approval of
such a move has been seen.

Mayor J. W. Cornett of Van-
couver, with whom the eight-
man committee met, announced
to the press that he was still un-
clear as to what Hart’s inten-
tions -were and therefore this
conference with the Premier was
being sought in order to find out
the answers to three questions,

'|on which elarity was lacking.

CONFUSION EVIDENT

This evidence of confusion, as
well as the apparent hostility to
the provincial governments’s re-
eent, and clear, announcement
that it had no intention of tak-
ing over the “assets” of the
BCER transit systems, follows
the wellknown fact that Cornett
has been a consistent opponent
of municipal ownership.

The situation was further
highlighted this week by the
statement of Premier Hart that,
if the cities and municipalities
thought that he had promised
that the province would take
over all B€Electric properties,
they were laboring under a mis-
understanding of the facts. He

Municipal Leaders Interview
Premier Hart On BCER Issue

had simply asked them for an
expression of opinion regarding
such a move. 5

Other developments in the pic-
ture of relationships between |
municipalities and the proyin-
cial government which took
place this week included the de-
cision of New Westminster city
council to meet with Premier
Hart in Victoria to discuss the
question of various large scale
projects now in the planning
stage for that city. :

The move is beings made in
relation to a number of such
projects, including a proposed
harbor development to cost
$1,000,000, a $750,000 new wing
to Royal Columbian Hospital and
a new $500;000 civic center. The
question of the financing of
these projects will be dealt with.

The question of postwar pro-
jects also received the attention
of Burnaby council this week,
when it received the report of
the postwar rehabilitation com-
mittee with the recommendation
that before definite details are
sought for such projects a cer-
tain amount of field work be
undertaken. Engaging of addi-
tional help for the engineer to
complete this field work was
also recommended.

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