Subscrip tion Drive ews and Standings SAR FRIENDS: Here we.go0 again—or do we? Pm beginning to wonder if re on the merry-go-round that broke down! Seems as if ’'m ying to wait a long time to celebrate that 500 week I was qeaming about around the first of November. Only. 200. more pos this week, to a grand total of 1400 (only I don’t think it’s w\ very grand.) I’m airaid it’s time we “viewed with alarm” friends—what’s dppened to us anyway? Were we have a fine new paper, more mit, easier to read, and with interesting new features a paper wet has earned most favorable comment from almost every pearter not occupied by sworn enemies of progress, : 70't sell it! a Analysing the situation as well as I can from the P. A. [fice iam forced to the sad conclusion that it is the average “iider who has fallen down on the job—hbecause T could tell you => names of dozens of people who HAVE done a good job, to the "e:ent that these few warriors have turned in about 75 percent the subs received so far. Now this is really too bad, not only mi the possibily prejudiced viewpoint of the circulation man- er of the P.A., but also from the viewpoint of the political uation in the Pacific northwest. IADERS MEAN VOTES Do you know that our neighbors across the line, who have demonstrated very forcibly that they know how to put on a litical campaign that really does the trick, estimate that every ider of the labor press is the means -of influeneing at least e votes for progressive candidates. And here we are with a ie election campaign right on our doorstep, and a federal upaign no further than the front gate, blandly ignoring the mense voting reserve we could build up through a successful 2ss drive. = INGRATULATIONS In the meantime, congratulations to Fairview, still leading: wh 126 subs, and also to Hastings Hast and South Vancouver ming neck-and-neck with 100 good ones. Burrard Bast is in | place with 70, West End has 60, Grandview 59, Hast Hind 58, silano 56, Georgia 39, Victory Square 36, South Hill 32, Swing ft 28, North Vancouver 16 and North Burnaby 15. Ol’ Bill is Ssaming along with 61 on his hundred. » Out of town, Skeena constituency still leads with 88 subs, — nox-Alberni has 82, and New Westminster city and constitu- ,f= -y 69. Of these 21 are from Aldergrove where Brita and Victor \:terback are running a father versus daughter contest to see fo can get the most scalps. ' Nanaimo constituency has 41, Victoria 40, and Yale 38—19 of = se received from a conscientious press committee ‘led by farles Johnson in Vernon. Kamloops has 31, but as far as I 2 make out the Kootenays are still holding their fire, and we Pir little as yet from Caribou and Yukon constituencies. f So that’s the story to date—and I still have good hopes. _)3 now there are a lot of pledges which haven’t been filled, but 5 1 be, in various branches. And-some branches are really get- [g results with their canvasses—Hastings Hast got nine new 70s last week in this way, and some of the other canvasses iich did not net immediate results will do so a little later. Till next week, and yet we Yours sincerely, GRACE GREENWOOD. entinued from Page 2 je speak for our comrades - are out there on the fight- ™ lines in“Italy and Western @ope. In their name and in selyes and their party. We call upon every member interests of their comrades| Of the Labor - Progressive farms we appeal to every | Party, upon the trade union Niocratic Ganadian to condemn| movement, upon all democra- tic men and women, to take their stand in this struggle: MAINTAIN NATIONAL UNITY!- Strengthen the struggle for national solidarity in support of General McNaughton’s cam- paign for increased enlist- ments for overseas service. H xeckless and irresponsible 7 "Zmer in which Tory leaders & their press are trying to use fH: issue; We are on the verge he final and decisive stage of } struggle for victory in Hur- |. Canada’s fighting men, in air, on land and on the sea e covered themselves with y and “will continue to do so. Help increase enlistments eat the sinister schemes of] now! Ese political adventurers who DEFEAT THE TORY CON- willing to plunge our nation SPIRACY! (NATIONAL EXECUTIVE LABOR-PROGRESSIVE PARTY) f> civil strife and even weaken / prospects of maintaining an squate flow of reinforcements now for the sake of cheap par- liamentary advantage for them- Mr. Gordon Shunaman, in his opening remarks stressed the importance of such @ project in this district in help- ing to solve some of the prob- lems that exist in the community, particularly juvenile delinquency and the lack of facilities where boys and girls might expand their energies In an organized and Supervised manner. PRO-REC TO COOPERATE ‘Mr. Bob Coard of the Pro Recs addressed the Conference and pro- posed a project which would in- elude gymnasium, workshops, hobby rooms, showers and dress- as chairman, _ Saturday, November 18, 1944 — Page 3 Community Center Planned For Fairview Community By Residents Last Monday evening, delegates from various community groups in the Fairview community met in the Heather Hall and enthusiastically endorsed the idea of a commun- ity center in the Fairyiew district. ; ‘ing rooms, and which would probably cost in the neighbor- hood of from fifty to seventy-five thousand dollars. Mr. Coard, who has had a great deal of ex- perience with young people, in- formed delegates present that the Pro Recs would co-operate in providing instructors for the centre. Many delegates” present ex- pressed themselves as being in favour of such a project, citing: the yarious sections of the people in the district. who would un- doubtedly benefit from the en- deayor, such as the children of yarious age groups, special boys Low Rental delegates to a meeting “to de- velop sufficient public . interest to prevent further delay on the part of the Vancouver city coun- ceil in assuring workers in the low income brackets of an ade- quate housing program.” Report of John Turner, VLC secretary and delegate to the re- cent CCL annual convention in Quebee City, was adopted un- animously after some controver- sy had arisen as to Turner’s in- terpretation of events at the con- vention. Turner’s report dealt with the two main issues of political ac- tion and no-strike pledge as they were dealt with in Quebec. He pointed out that resolutions fin- ally adopted on the two issues were substitute resolutions which failed to.reflect the stand con- tained in a largé number of re- solutions submitted by various important sections of the CCL. Labor Council Supports esolution Vancouver Labor Council endorsed the Winnipeg City Council resolution on law-rental housing at its regular meet-~ ing this week, and issued an invitation to the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and to all VLC affiliates to send The Labor Council also passed a resolution, introduced by Fred MeNeil of the Dock and Shipyard Workers’ Union, calling for im- mediate taking over of the BC Electric and its subsidiaries by ‘the provincial government in or- der to prepare the way for post- war employment measures through expansion of industry in B.C. and girls clubs, the Girl Guides and Brownies whose activities are curtailed at the present time through having no suitable club rooms, teen-age groups aud old age pensioners, many of whom lead rather lonely lives confined as they are to one room in a busy apartment or rooming house. A DEFINITE ORGANIZATION Among - those organizations represented were the Parent- Teacher Associations, the Fair- view Baptist, Chalmers United and the Unitarian Churches, the Council of .Social Agencies, the Lions Club, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Kinsmen Club, Kin- mount Boys Club, Pro Rees, Pairview Playgrounds and Re- ereational Committee, and the Women of the Moose. It was decided to hold a public meeting of all Fairview citizens on November 30, at 8 p.m. in the Model School.:Auditorium when the whole project will be further dealt with and definite organiza- tion set up. z Citizens living in the Fair- view district are urged to be present at this meeting. Compe- tent speakers will be in attend- ance, people who have had ex- perience in community projects in other =parts of the city, and from this meeting a definite plan will be agreed on. For further information you are invited to call the secretary, Mrs. J. Mason, FAir. 0158M. Croatian Hall on Thursday, No- vember 23. His opponent will be Pavich To | Wrestle Nov. 23 In Main Bout at CroatianHall George Pavich, fellow townsman of Marshal Tito, well- known for his work in the progressive movement and in Yugoslay circles, and a prominent wrestler, will be featured in the main bout of a wrestling match to be held in the Norman McLeod of San Fran- cisco. — Pavich, who thas boxed with such notables as Tony Galento, and has wrestled with Angell, Strangler Lewis and other top- notehers _ of the “groan and erunt” game, is a hardworking member of the Council of South ~ Slavs to aid Free Yugoslavia. In the campaign to raise funds for shipment of medical and other supplies in a special ship to the needy people of his homeland, lhe demonstrated his devotion and patriotism with a contribu- tion of $90, an example of the allout effort he puts into his ob- jectives, whether in wrestling >° the wider sphere of progressive work. He has also played-a not- able part in the P.A. Circulation Drive. George Bunka of the Ukraine, and Sam Nolan, Vancouver po- liceman, will grapple with each ether in the other feature bout. A large attendance is expected.