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_ Joe Wallace, writes. I mourn
with many others the loss of
Henry Meyer — outstanding
Poet, patriot and Communist.
Henry was a man with excep-
ional talents which he freely
Save to the cause of peace,
Progress and a Socialist future.

His poetry and translations of
the old Danish sagas won wide
Tecognition and a deserving
tribute in a recent issue of The
Scandinavian Magazine — pub-
lished in the United States.

FROM CUBA

Donalda Greenwell, who is in
Cuba, writes: I quite often find
Myself thinking of Canada and
things I might be doing if I were
Not here. That doesn’t mean that
I wish I wasn’t here. I love it.
But one finds oneself amongst
Many people all doing relatively
he same thing and usually all
together. So once in a while you
Wish you could do something
Completely different, (Ed. note:

Onalda is working with other
feat from around the world
luilding a school in Havana).

Already two months have
Passed since the day I said
teat yet much of that seems
‘ € yesterday. To be here today
S Wonderful, an experience that
: Shall never forget, an experi-
Nee that I wish everyone could
ave. We're learning about life
ee about people, and its

ntastic. We’re learning about

ubans and what struggle
can
accomplish. a

We make mistakes, naturally,
but from this we learn and
understand. I have written to you
like this because I’m trying to
explain the emotions a person
amongst 300 feels. He or she is
an individual,. but life is

‘universal. Our common aim is

the same no matter where we
are from. Our needs are equal
and although we’re-all different,
we are all equal. We work
together, we live together. ‘Bye
fornow. ..”

TROTSKYITES

A Reader, Vancouver, writes:

Believe me, if the Trotskyites -

are the friends of labor, the
latter do not need enemies.
Trotskyite policies are so openly
contradictory and disruptive
that only the most gullible can
believe they have the interests of
working people at heart.

The League for Socialist
Action, (Trotskyite) in the first
place has darned few working
people in its ranks. The majority
are students, unemployed, and
women who are mainly
interested in their women’s
rights programs, such as the
abortion campaign.

There is nothing objectionable
in this if it were not for the fact
that the Trotskyites tout one
group against the other with the
result that disruption, splitting
of ranks, and turmoil are the
most noteable results.

Here in Vancouver they pose

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as the great supporter of the
NDP. Their paper says “‘only by
building the NDP, the labor
party, as. the core around which
to unite the power of labor with
students, tenants, women etc

But they have a different line
in Toronto. There they strongly
oppose any NDP concentration
on labor. The line is, and I quote:
“The current radicalization —
has not yet penetrated into
working class organizations

. to turn toward organizing
industrial’ workers would mean
cutting off the most fruitful
possibilities before socialists,
and abandoning the struggle to
build a strong left in the NDP”.

To be blunt, to ‘‘get’’ Harry
Rankin in Vancouver, they’ll
push for a go-it-alone policy for
the NDP which they label a
‘Jabor” party even if the provin-
cial NDP leaders such as Barrett
say it ‘ain’t no such thing.’ In
Toronto, where the only base the
Trotskyites have is in the
abortion campaign and that
section of the peace movement
which has survived their “‘friend-

ship,” labor is nowhere; they
are not radicalized = —
certainly not a “‘core”’ to rally
around in a civic election where
there is no Harry Rankin to
defeat.

Such are the Trotskyites —
true followers of the late
unlamented Leon, a disrupter
without peer.

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OBITUARY

SxS Ae OS a

John Gustavson

John Gustavson, pioneer buil-
der of the logger’s union and
veteran member of the Victory
Square Club of the Communist
Party was laid to rest last week.
Born in Lovo, Finland in 1884,
Gustavson worked as a faller on
the B.C. coast for many years.

He is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Ellen Lonnvik,
other relatives in Finland; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Gunvor
Hedstrom in San Leandro,
California; and many friends in
Vancouver’s Scandinavian com-

munity.

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Kamloops man says unity

can rid city

A Kamloops resident, Bill
Campbell, sends us his ideas on
the recent revelations regarding
his representative in the legisla-
ture, Phil Gaglardi’s, penchant
for long distance travel at the
taxpayer’s expense:

When an anti-labor, pro-Big
Business newspaper like the
Vancouver Sun lambastes
Phillip A. Gaglardi, Reverend
and Member of the Legislature,
via Alan’ Fotheringham’s
column on four occasions in a
week, something, as they say, is
decidedly up!

So thorough a job has been
done by Fotheringham that one
might be excused into thinking
that the Sun was deliberately
trying to make Rev. Phil sue for
libel. Certainly the articles leave
no stone unturned in the
exposure. Considering the
amounts of money involved
Fotheringham’s tirade is almost
too much.

But perhaps this is the clue as
to just why the Sun is shafting
the little man. After all,
Gaglardi is very small potatoes
indeed compared to the real big
shots who own the pulp mills and
the mines and the huge forest
concessions in our province. But
they do it right; Mr. G. does it all
wrong.

Other major exploiters
wouldn’t dream of blatantly and
crudely filtering off public funds
for their own ends. They don’t
have to. The whole matter is
looked after, as you might say,
at source. And that, as we all
know, is capitalism!

So acquisition of the fruits of
someone elses labor, either
directly or through public funds,

of Gaglardi

is not what the Vancouver Sun is
so worked up about. What it and
the class it represents are so con-
cerned with is that Mr. G. hasn’t
played the game according to
the rules. He’s even blotched one
of capitalism’s major standbys,
organized religion. So Reverend
P.A. Gaglardi, Cabinet Minister,
must go, for he is a danger to the
system while he is around.

Of course the man should be
made to publically answer the
innumerable accusations con-
cerning his personal use of
public funds. Of course he is
about the last person who should
have anything to do with welfare
administration. They key
question is, — who is going to
remove him and how?

If this last long overdue act is
accomplished by the organized
effort of working people and
their allies, fine. Other victories
will accrue on the way. But if his
own class remove him as a
menace to themselves he will be
replaced with someone just as
bad, but not so vulnerable — as
was the case with the Sommers-
Williston switch. And if they do
it right, and quickly, being no
fools at fooling people, they'll
even end up basking in the
approval of a grateful elec-
torate. 2 : :

So it is really up to us to unite
before its too late to get our
province politically rid of this
man. And high time the NDP,
particularly in Gaglardi’s own
riding, burst out of their
inglorious isolation, stopped
their sterile calls for voting for
them at the next election as a
solution now, and joined the
fray. If ever time was on our side
it surely is not so now.

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COMING EVENTS

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S
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Watch ‘PT’ for details re-
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weddings, etc. 254-3430.

April 29 — SEE BEAUTIFUL
B.C. — slides by Pat O’Kane
—mountains,’ rivers, lakes,
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at work and at play. SATUR-
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EATS and DRINKS, prizes
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MAY 5— Keep this date open—
Friday, May 5th, ANNUAL
BIRTHDAY PARTY for
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May 5 — GIGANTIC THRIFT
SALE, FRIDAY, MAY 5,
1:00-- 5:00 PM: WEST
POINT GREY UNITED
CHURCH HALL, 8th &
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novelties, electrical appli-
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supplies and plants, etc.
Merchandise is in huge
quantities, high quality, wide
choice and low prices. Many
are anticipating this Annual
Spring Thrift Sale, so come
early. You are cordially in

WEBSTER’s CORNER HALL
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rates, Ozzy 872-5064 or 685-
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UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE - 805
East Pender St., Vancouver 4.
Available for banquets, wed-
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1. Chesterfield and chair, $60. 2.
Lawn Mower (gas 4 cyc. 2%
h.p.), $30. 3. T.V. Set, $10; 4.
Electric stove, $10. 5. Fridge,
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For Sale! 1970 - 2 bedroom all
electric Capewood, 12 x 52
Mobile Home, $3,950. See at 7558
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FOR SALE — Electric range,
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Proceeds to Trib. Drive. Ph. ”
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