Civic strike

G, Collins, Vancouver, writes:
Space does not allow for much ro-
mantic reportage in any labor
Paper, which may be unfortunate,
In the age of “cold cash” desires,
the ideal in literature is hard
to define,

Tribune readers do not see in
the persons of our civic leaders
any reincarnation of the “knights

-of old.” As the garbage continues

to pile up in our immediate
areas, the value of civic duty by
Civic employees daily justifies
their present demands, Theplay
of words at City Hall becomes
more barren in _ strict logic.
Whatever talk may be given, it
doesn’t take the place of “cold
cash” asked by the civic serv-
ants,

We see in the act of employee
struggles for better conditionsas
Something history will continue
to accept, while the stand of our
Present civic leaders, by con-
trast, hastens their day as mus-
eum pieces,

To act in future in the spirit
of workers struggles for better
Conditions, and yet to choose to
hang onto the old forms of exis-
tence, remains one of the main
contradictions of our times.

wk kk

. Correction

Charles Boylan, First Vice-
president, Alma Mater Society,
UBC, writes:

Thank you for the favorable
coverage your paper gave to the
A.M.S, sponsored meeting at the
City Hall on Monday, June 6.

At the same time however, I
must correct the impression that
your story leaves, especially the
story headline “Students Back
City Strike.” No doubt many
Students do back the Civic Work-
ers in their strike, I for one do,
But the student council at UBC
does not, and I as an officer of
that body must set their posi-
tion straight,

Our position quite simply is
that students, at least the vast
Majority for whom we as elec-
ted representatives must speak,
are not strike-breakers, We
honor the democratic tradition of

trade unionism in our province —

and we wanted to clear the name
of students which has been dirt-
ied by a few misdirected high
School students,

Perhaps there is a fine line
between that and the position
your paper suggests we have,
But I think it is important for a
Paper like the Pacific Tribune
to take the trouble to make that
distinction. And just to set the
record straight, the circular we
distributed, nowhere called “sup-
port of Vancouver Civic Em-
Ployees.” P.S, Please find
enclosed $5 for my sub, to your
paper,

Congo Mueller

H.T, Hope, B.C. writes: Some-
thing has come to my attention in
“Neues Deutschland” from the
G.D.R, It has made me very dis-
gusted with this rotten world we
are living in and I just have to
tell you. It is about a character
by the name of Siegfried Mueller,
nicknamed’ Congo Mueller which

= name he earned for himself
during his term in the Congo,

imperialists, by
murdering and torturing Congo-
lese people who are fighting for
their independence,

«The Laughing Man,” is his

serving the

title in a GDR film,
off the left leg and then the right
leg, Hahahaha!* His horrible
bestial deeds have been well-
publicized in newspapers and TV
in West Germany, Fifty-seven
million West Germans have been
this way entertained by him, He
can still walk the streets un-
molested in his home town,
Langen, near Frankfurt-on-
Main. Neighbors greet him and
may call him for short, affec-
tionately, Ko-Mo, to which he will
stop laughing and exchanging a
few words about the heat in the
Congo,

He does not feel guilty about
his murderous deeds; why should
he, when he is looked upon as a
hero and defender of the Western
world, If he were to steal a
silver spoon from a hotel, it
would be a crime in his eyes and
he would never mention it to
anybody,

“James Bond may be an imag-

inary hero, but Congo Mueller ~

is a flesh and blood hero needed
to protect the “Free World.”
Mueller is by no means primi-
tive. He is well-educated and
extremely erudite, speaking two
foreign languages, has a memory
for history dates and knows how
to conduct himself in any given
situation, It is hard to believe
that a man can go into the Congo
Negro-hunting, killing with his
own hands, hundreds of people,
not in fair fight, but through
horrible torture and executions,

‘has a great love. for Mozart.

Quite often he may whistle one
of the beautiful musical passages
the great master composed, hap-
pily to himself,

He is also good with a paint
brush and shows a very high
talent, Artistically, he has ar-
ranged his more than 20 albums
of photos he took in the Congo,
Photos, which show people being
tortured and which he and his
wife show proudly to visitors. He
will explain that for humanitarian
reasons he will not kill anyone
under 14 years, His daughter has
just become 14 years old. tf
she were a Congolese girl he
would shoot her down, The
former Nazis were convinced that
they were right in fighting for a
greater German Reich. The
Congo Mueller type of today is
just as much convinced that he
is right in his fighting for the
Western world,

It is symbolic that while
Mueller is busy in South Africa
rounding up a brigade of killers
to be offered to the Americans
to fight in Vietnam. . .G.D.R.
housewives, after viewing the
film decided, that they have to
do more than just be angry,
therefore went en mass to do-
nate blood to be sent to Vietnam,
This is the difference between
a militarist Western Germany
and the G.D.R. which is the so-
cialistic part of Germany and
for the first time in German
history, a peaceful state with the
world, A whole social system
ahead of West Germany.

The cold warriors in the West .

don’t like to hear that, Congo
Mueller is negotiating with Col-
umbia Film Corporation of Holly-
wood to make a film, that would
make him a hero as well,

With hatred in my heart for
these kind of beasts! :

*Pirst cut _

Dear Friends:

Drive closes
with $17,200 in

With a few dollars still en route to the Trikt
office at time of writing, it appears our annual
financial drive will end up in the vicinity of
$17,200 or roughly $800 short of the objective.
While this is a serious blow, we wish to point
out that most press clubs have carried out their
commitments and the overall target would have
been made had it not been for a few weak spots,

Some clubs, in fact, performed outstandingly.

In the province,

South Surrey raised exactly

double the $350 quota accepted, with Nanaimo
and Mission City also turning in excellent efforts,
On a constitutency basis, Delta led the way but
couldn’t quite get high enough to redeem the
letdown on Vancouver Island — and Prov, un-

pledged.

In Greater Vancouver, the Vancouver East Club

raised the unbelievable total of $2,100. This is

the first time, to our knowledge, that any press
club in Canada, composed of 30-odd people, has
broken the $2,000 barrier. While congratulating
Vancouver East, we also wish to recognize the
valuable contribution of the North Shore club,
which accepted a $1,000 quota and overfulfilled
ate

Individually, Rita Tanche (South Surrey) led the
way by raising the magnificent sum of $500 but
barely managed to stay ahead of Bob Towle
(Vancouver East) who turned in a princely $475,
To these two outstanding individual press builders
go our heartiest congratulations for their fine
efforts in sparking this year’s campaign,

And to all others who collected, donated or
helped in any way to bring the drive total up to
its present standing, we extend a warm Thank
You,

PT Staff and Drive Committee,

GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER ISLAND
CLUB Quotas Achiev. CLUB <> Quotas . Achiev..
Bill Bennett $ 650.00 650.001] Alberni 350.00: 362.13
Broadway 700.00 710.001} Campbell River 150.00 171.00
Frank Rogers 400.00 400.00}] Cumberland 200.00 61.00
Georgia 150.00 150.001} Cowichan 325.00 335.00
Kingsway 800.00 805.00}] Nanaimo 625.00 756.65.
Niilo Makela 1 50.00 1 50.00 Victoria 650 00 355.25
Olgin 400.00 400.00 Totals 2300.00 | 2041.02)
Point Grey 350.00 377.00]
Vanc. East 1430.00 2108.36 r )
South Vanc. 650.00 521.00 ; PENNE
Victory Square 600.00 610.25 Haney-Map.-Rg. 325.00 293.50
West End 300.00 315.00]| -Mission 150.00 245.00
North Burnaby 700.00 714.43 Totals 475.00
Edmonds 275.00 180.00
North Shore 1000.00 ee Pe ae
Students 50.00 50.00 Ka mloo :
; ps 125.00 126.15
City Unpledged__1045.00 | 170.25 Notch Hill 150.00 162.00
Totals 9650.00. 9358. 13 Vernon 250.00 286.50
Totals ~ 525.00 574.65 |
PROVINCIAL GENERAL
DELTA
Fernie-Michel 66.00 Ft. Langley 275.00 184.00
_Cranbrook-Kimberley 25.00] : Ladner 100.00 100.00
‘Powell River 200.00 166.97) New West. 250.00 256.50
Rupert. 100.00’ 65.00} . South Surrey 350.00 700.00
Sointula ‘75.00 66.00 Surrey 550.00 597.50
Trail-Rossland : 275.00 328.50 Lequitom __ 250.00 284.60
Correspon. 375.00 33900 otals 1775.00 | 2122.60
Tom Mc. Col. 125.00. 167.12 :
Prov. Misc. 1350.00 1259.00 Prov. Totals 8350.00 7798.50
Prov. Unpledged 535.00 39.25 City Totals 9650.00 9358.13,
Totals 3175.00 2521.84 Grd Totals 18000.00 17,156.63

PEACE COUNCIL FLOAT. The B.C. Peace Council entered ren andthe Centennial Year. The colorful float, which
the above float in the Gordon Neighborhood House Par- showed children dancing around the Maypole, had a ban-
ade in Vancouver's West End on June 4. Theme of the par- _ner on the other side reading: “For 100 years of peace.” :

ade, which was held to publicize their carnival, was Child-