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Five by Five

By MARGARET BLACK

lt’s nice to get back to Vancouver, although we enjoyed meeé-
ing our friends and Supporters in the interior. And it is inspiring
to review the work of the city press committee; At last, the
job is being tackled in an organized systematic manner,
already excellent results are shown. To Burrard Hast, Kitsilano,
North Van, South Hill, Swing Shift, Georgia, Ol? Bill and South
Burnaby, well and nobly done on that sub quota.

And to East End, Georgia, Grandview, Kitsilano
North Vancouver, North Burnaby and Swing Shift; hats off for
that splendid cash showing. It will be a pleasure to report next
week that all city clubs have reached the January objective in
subs and cash; so let’s be able to chalk up 100 pereent on both
scores!

Before we leave the
tunity to acknowledge
Hast from the following:

» West End,

take this oppor-
Fiore of Hastings

G. Ricci $1.00,
Juvenile Music
$1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Moore $1.00.—Good

good, although
“Some committees have done excellent work. Among these is
Sointula who have sent in $36.25—-proceeds of a social in support
of P.A. Two give an analysis of circulation

figures for all outside points; and we shall then be able to estimate

Similarly,
contacts will boost “P.A ” sub-list; when you consider that we
now have close to 700 of these, the possibilities are tremendous!
Regularly we shall be sending out from this office to the press
committees names of subscribers who
hames of five by five contacts.
excellent results, not to mention the personal contacts of every-
one outside of these. If we can
January, we could treble our circulation in a year;
when the outside

We are looking for results now from the points covered
on our recent tour.
Cranbrook, Kimberley, Grand Fork
looking forward to hearing
and will include

Perspective of cooperation and friendship with our allies abroad;
and cooperation with labor at home. It can only serve the in.
e pro-fascists at home,

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Now as never before we must conduct the widest propa-
isSues; now as never before,
we must expose the anti-war, pro-strike, labor-isolatine policy
of the CCF leadership. We must tear away the ultra-left mask
and expose the naked self-seeking- opportunism which lies he_
A policy of isolating labor can only succeed
in building a reactionary coalition against labor; Refusal to
unite with the other forces in the democratic campaign can only
divide that camp as it did in North Grey, and help Tory reaction
to power. In the knowledge of these ominous events we must
build the circulation of P.A. and get the message across. Hivery
sub is a nail in the coffin of fascism, a blow to its Tory friends
and a rebuke to opportunist self-seeking=politicians of the left,
to whom votes and careers mean more than the hopes of the peo-
ple for peace with jobs, security and democratic progress in the
postwar. “P.A.” fights for the future of Canada and its people;
it fights for you! Help it to fight on new fronts. Boost FAP AV e7=
get a new sub today! _

|| workers who will never leave this

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.
‘Rupert shipyard be kept in op

Firm action is bemg taken,
backed by: all sections of the city,
to see that the yard is not closed
up.

Need for the meeting arose
When it was announced that the
shipyard, held no contracts for
future work after the present
pair of ten-thousand-ton freight-
ers are complete.

AFFECTS WHOLE CITY

“All of us in this city are af-
fected by this problem,” stated
Mayor Daggett in opening: the
meeting, “and we must work out
the best means of bringing: pres-

City Conference Protests
Rupert Shipyard Layoffs

eration at a meeting in the City Council Chambers convene |
by Mayer H. M. Daggett in this northern port last week.

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—WDelegate after delegate rose to demand that the Princ

LUDICROUS SPECTACLE

Most ludicrous spectacle at the
conference was that presented by
George S. (“Paddy”’)| Stanton,
the Trotskyite head of Boiler-

work,” and after commenting on |
the past miseries of the workiny’
class, went on to say “labor de:
mands that where private enter;

prise shows itselt- incapable o;

makers’ Local No. 4 and leading
“Marxist” luminary in the GCF
Industrial Club. Following the

mayor’s introductory remarks
Mr. Stanton rose to read a state-
ment which had been adopted at
Local No. 4 for presentation ‘to
the meeting. é

(solving our problems) the fed
€ral government should take over

Only in this way can the
evils of the present system be
overcome” till we have (you
Suessed it!) “socialism!”

Small wonder that many dele.
gates gogeled at this example cole

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fi

. Coming from the largest ship-
yard union, the statement might
have been expected to “eontain
some constructive proposals to
safeguard the interests and con-

working class leadership. Ever,
the cautious reporter for the
Daily News characterized the
Statement as “academic.”

Sure to bear upon the authori-
ties to see the yard is kept in
use.”

Delegates both from the Cham-
ber of Commerce and from ship-
yard unions expressed anger at
the non-committal attitude of
CNR Vice-President Devenish,
who had been interviewed by
these groups during his recent:
visit. i

“All we are gettmg is brush-
offs,” commented Joe Scott,
Chamber of Commerce delegate,
while Jack Fisher of the Carpen-
ters’ Union revealed that Mr.
Devenish had expressed the opin-
ion it was “a man’s’ privilege to
$0 where he liked” when present
work was over.

“There are many shipyard

town,” stated Plumbers’ Delegate
Weatherly. “We have brought
our wives and families, and there
has been two million dollars of
Public money spent to house us.

“We have built good ships and
can build more. The CNR has
a couple of dangerous old tubs
on the coast—we can build new
ones to replace them.”

Speakers from most major un-
ions, business groups, the Cana-
dian Legion, CCF, LPP and other
organizations all emphasized the

EPP Clubs Elect Officers

MeCar-

press chairman, James
thy; publicity, Margaret, Stables;
literature, Lawrence | Nowry;
election chairman, Wes Wotten;
social chairman, Les McCrae;
hall, Harry Bird.

Georgia:
Matt Siaus; chairman,
Stark; personnel, John Matich;
labor, Frank Sodee; recording
secretary, J. Zorica;
Karlo Sikic; press, John Brnciec;

Reports on annual election of
officers ‘by B.C. LPP clubs. are
coming in rapidly, Vi McCrae,
LPP provincial secretary, has
announged. Following is a list
of executive members elected
as already received: —~

Alberni: Executive secretary,
Alfred Dewhurst; chairman,
James Saxby: personnel, Frank
Bottner; Secretary-treasurér, Vi-
olet Dewhurst; press, literature

Executive secretary,
John

treasurer,

and publicity, James Hamilton;
executive members, J. Senkiw, E.
Sigurnjak.

Hastings East: Executive Se-
cretary, Erling Bjarnason; chair-
man, Helen Mathieson; person-
nel director, Nellie McKean; la-
bor chairman, Lawrence Ander-
son; recording secretary, Sara
Anttila; treasurer, Gene Dyk
stra; war services, Sam Shearer:

publicity, John Vrlak; election,
Nick Kopatie.

South Hill: Executive secre-
tary, Al Mackie; chairman, J.
Henderson; labor, Harold Prit-
chett; personnel, T. Hawken;
War services, B. Scharf; press,
J. Bassenen; literature, B. Rosen-
guist; treasurer, Mrs. Baird; rec.
secretary, J. Monrufet; social, O.
Stackoski; election, H. Davie.

urgency of new contracts being
obtained now.

WIRE HOWE

On motion of J. S. Black, sec-
onded by Bruce Mickelburgh, a
wire was sent to Munitions Min-
ister Howe, demanding that there
be no layoffs till 4 committee
of Prince Rupert citizens be con-
sulted with.

The committee was then set
up, headed by Mayor H. M. Dag-
gett, and consisting of Joe Scott

tinued emplo nt of it -
Eee pe te oem nize. as one of them stated after

bers.

= the meeting, “that this super- }

SOCIALISM NOW duper radical sounding-off is just}
Instead, the statement spoke |a cover-up to hide the fact hey

belligerently of “that section of
the community which does the

whatsoever.”

LPP Financial Campaign

By MINERVA COOPER

With $2,392.07 turned in we have rolled up slightly less
than 70 percent of the short-term quota we set ourselves for
the period January 12 to January 31. The fulfillment of another
amportant task, the raising of an
made the realization of our objective
can be said that the drive achieyed one

much more difficult, but it-
of its main purposes. Most

of planning week by week accomplishment in the election drive.

The |
workers are beginning to recos- |

has got nothing practical to offer)

of the clubs are geared into action again and alive io the necessity |/f

emergency fund for “PA.” 1

through with star performances in the recent offensive.
the out-of-town clubs Fernie, Michel,
Britannia far exceeded their
clubs as a whole made 4 good response.
Norquay Club, Hastings East, West End,
and particularly Central Burnaby came through with fine work
in the drive. ‘Their support along with generous contributions
from friends of the party has shown what can be done. A study
of the following receipts in the Tim Buck Offensive however,
will indicate that in a number of clubs there
review of forces and activities in
sible the calibre of our election

Britannia $52.55, Cambie $10, Campbell River $30, Central
Burnaby $66, Copper Mountain $25, Cowichan Lake $24, Eixten-

Prince Rupert, and

work,

tier $15, North
$147, Princeton

Victoria $50,
George $15.

Burrard East, $19.46, Mast End $50, Fairview $10, Georgia
$76, Grandview $70, Hastings E
South Hill $11; Norquay Club $121
Square $98.65, West End $135.14.

(Chamber of Gommerce), “Jim-
my’ Black (organized labor),
Nick Byrd (CCF), Bruce Mickle-
burgh (LPP), Mr. Denning from
the Legion and Mr. Mills from
the Liberal Association.

Meeting a couple of nights
later the committee got down to
brass tacks on the problem, and
is busily engaged in negotiations
With Ottawa. Bruce Mickle_
burgh was elected secretary, and
reports to PA that there is some
hope of satisfactory results being:

Other contributions were as
$10, Dodeck Brothers $10, Mr. Hangars $10, Mr. Hertzos $10,
Prank Forkin $5, Mrs. J. Lightfoot $2, G. Delaney, Esquimalt $i,
T. J. Nichols $3, John Arvidson,
Angel $5, Risa Lourie $10, J.
Wells, D. Restitch and S. Bowles $25,
Goddard, Alta., $10; a friend $5, A. Bjorkman $5, Mr Vine $2,
Mrs. Neva Smith, Red Lake $3,
Angus Parent $5, Clarence More, Lillooet $8 (collection), Mike
Hrabyk, Flanklin River $20,

Jones) $135.56.

obtained.

short-term quotas and out-of-town +
In Greater Vancouver, |
North Burnaby, Cambie |

must be a thorough | 4
order to raise as quickly as pos}

ast $122.78, Kitsilano $33.55, | |.
-28, Swing Club $18.15, Victory Eee.

R. Gardner $5, a friend $20, Toi a:
Blake $5, Rummage Sale (organized by Jean Mason and Effie |

Notwithstanding other commitments some of the clubs came } "
Among |:

sion $27, Fernie $115, Grassy Plains $18.75, Hjorth $10, Kelowna |. i
$10, Ladysmith $17, Langley Prairie $10, Michel $200, Mt. Care |.
Burnaby $100, Powell River $10, Prince Rupert | |
$15, Red Lake $18, Revelstoke $20, Rossland $10, | |
Salmon Arm $15, Silverton $18.50, Sointula $25, Vernon $23.75, |
Whitehorse $25, Kimberley. $23, Osoyoos $10, Prince })

follows: A friend, Vancouver | |,

Goat River, $2; a friend $5, H. | __
W. Hope $1, George H. Knudson, |)
Sam and Fred Porkha, |

K. Vaitanen $5, P. McMillan $3, |