Well-known Fisherman editor Hal Griffin celebrated a particularly Momentous occasion Saturday as he marked 50 years of newspaper Work, 22 of which were spent on the Pacific Tribune and its various Predecessors. The event coincided with his 65th birthday and Tribune p Itor Maurice Rush, Communist Party provincial organizer Jack hillips and UFAWU secretary Bill Procaption joined in paying tribute to him. Greetings also came from fellow authors Hubert Evans and Dyson Carter, CP general secretary Bill Kashtan and Victor Chakovsky, editor of the Moscow Literary Gazette which has published a number Of Griffin's articles and poems. : 0 GO © VANCOUVER Bill Bennett $1650 $480 Broadway 1700 820 Kingsway 1800 1400 Niilo Makela 1000 1231 Olgin 400 369 Peter McGuire 1700 1154 Point Grey 600 197 Simon Fraser 450 46 South Vancouver 1200 687 Vancouver East 3500 4088 West End 700 395 VANCOUVER ISLAND Campbell River 700 576 Comox Valley 600 438 Nanaimo 1200 715 Port Alberni 800 608 Victoria 1000. 520 NORTH FRASER Burnaby 2500 2018 Coquitlam 750 491 Fraser Industrial 500 589 New Westminster 900 552 Richmond 750. 586 SOUTH FRASER Delta $700 594 Fort Langley 600 500 Surrey 2500 2514 White Rock 800 503. EAST FRASER Fraser Valley 450 324 Maple Ridge 800 461 Mission 1000 538 OKANAGAN Kamloops 400 175 Notch Hill 100 — Penticton 200 629 Vernon 600 656 OTHERS Correspondence 450 290 Creston 150. »=125 North Shore 2500 1716 Powell River 300 306 Prince Rupert 300 106 Sointula 100 120 Trail 500 248 Misc. 3122 TOTAL $37000 '$30887 ae Bby meeting stirs debate over private schools bill More than 600 people crowded into Burnaby Central High School last Wednesday for the first-ever public meeting on the provincial government’s contentious In- dependent Schools Support Act (Bill 33) and although supporters could claim a clear — and well- planned — majority, they were not without opposition — opposition that will certainly be echoed in the Legislature. Burnaby North MLA and NDP education critic Eileen Dailly pledged to fight the bill when it comes up for second reading and repeated the demand voiced by Westridge Elementary School principal Jack Gilmore that the Social Credit government with- draw the undemocratic legislation. Both were panel speakers in the meeting which was organized by the Burnaby School Board, the Burnaby Teachers Association, the Burnaby Principals and Vice- Principals Association and the Home and School Federation. It was structured as a public debate with Dr. John Waller, president of the Federation of In- dependent Schools Association and Burnaby-Edmonds Social Credit MLA Ray Loewen opposing Gilmore and Dailly while mayor Tom Constable moderated. At issue was the statement by the meeting’s organizers resolving “that public schools as presently established be the only schools to receive public funds.” “If Bill 33 passes, it will just be the beginning of strife that we have - avoided for more than 100 years,” Gilmore argued in outlining the longstanding opposition. . by provincial governments to the funding of private schools. “I ask you: Join with me in demanding the withdrawal of Bill 33.”’ Gilmore stressed that the op- ponents to the funding of private schools were many, including the Lutheran and Catholic Churches and refuted the arguments that private schools promote ‘‘diver- sity.” “The diversity is in the public schools — which encompass all religious beliefs, all ethnic groups,”’ he said. ‘‘And the fact is that the private schools are mainly rdigious schools which are in- tended to promote certain religious beliefs to the exclusion of all others.”’ Gilmore also stressed the dangers specific to Bill 33 which vests enormous powers in an ap- pointed inspector and provides for no public accountability when funds are granted to separate schools. ‘‘And once the funding for private schools begins, it never ends,’’ he warned. Eileen Dailly commented wryly that she ‘‘never thought”’ that she would ever stand on a_ public platform in defence of former premier W. A. C. Bennett and noted her complete agreement with his stand in opposition to the funding of private schools. “T believe, as he did, that such funding is detrimental to the educational system,”’ she said. Dailly stressed that the province should be striving for ‘a com- prehensive school system that will give opportunities to all children. “T intend to fight the bill when I return to the Legislature,’ she declared. ; In support of the controversial Jegislation, Dr. Waller argued that public schools were ‘‘essentially state schools” that imposed their own philosophy. They are secular schools, he suggested,' defining secular as “not believing in rdigious principles.”’ He stated that private schools promote ‘‘diversity’’ in society and added that those who oppose funding for private schools are “really opposed to private schools themselves.” Waller’s debating points were punctuated frequently by thun- derous applause from supporters — even at one point, a standing ovation but the well- orchestrated applause had grown somewhat ragged toward the end as audience questions revealed that-many flaws in the argument had merely been glossed over. Both Waller and: Social Credit MLA Ray Loewen were evasive when questioned about the lack of public accountability in the system of grants which would be established under Bill 33. Asked about the failure of the bill to specify which minister in its reference to ‘‘the minister,’’ Loewen could only suggest lamely, “the bill can’t explain everything.” Questions from the crowded floor mikes also took on a familiar ring as the meeting wore on with many statements sounding a strident echo of those voiced during the recent controversies over family life education and value schools. Many of the same arguments advanced by supporters in favor of value schools allegedly deteriorating standards, and poor discipline in public schools — were again advanced, this time in favor of public funds for private schools. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING | COMING EVENTS JUNE 4— Saturday, June 4, Social evening and Soviet film showing of the Revolution at Dorothy Lynas, 832 Calverhall, North Vancouver — 8 p.m. Refresh- ments. Adults $1.50, children 75c. Everyone welcome. Spons. by North Shore Club, CPC. Proceeds to the Pacific Tribune fund drive. JUNE 11 — Report on Socialist Poland by Bruce Yorke, President of COPE. Yorke recently returned from a visit to Poland. You are invited to hear his report and see his slides, Saturday, June 11 at 8 p.m., 4824 Dumfries St., Vancouver. Refreshments and _ food. Collection to help the P.T. financial drive. Ausp. South Van — Press Club. JUNE 12 — First Annual Burke Mountain Folk Festival Sunday, June 12. Starts 1 p.m.- rain or shine. Singalong, en- tertainment, salmon, crabs, refreshments. Proceeds to PT. 3717 Victoria Dr., Coquitlam. How to get there: Out Lougheed Hwy to Coast Meridian Rd.; up Meridian to Victoria Dr. Left on Victoria until the fork — take left fork for exactly 1 mile to Hewison’s. Watch for sign “Fernhill” on gate. . JUNE 18 — Saturday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. at 1924 McNicoll, Shiskebab Barbecue. Slides of Poland.’ Proceeds to the PT drive. Ad- mission $5. Auspices Broadway press club. 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