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Turner polls large vote |
in Burnaby Civic elections |

BURNABY—Candidates of the Non-Partisan Asso- |
ciation and Burnaby Citizens Association were roundly |
beaten by municipal voters last Saturday in a civic elec- |
‘tion made necessary to fill a vacancy caused by the death |
of Councillor Clifton Brown

Winning the seat on council
was bus driver Russell E.
Hicks who was backed by the
Greater Vancouver Labor
Council. Hicks polled 897 vot
es against 603 for George Mc-
Lean of the BCA and 598 for
Paul Seifner of the NPA.

A significant feature of the
election was the high vote for
a well-known Burnaby com-}
munist, William Turner, who!

polled 377 votes, running
fourth on a slate of six.

Pointing to the _ fact the |
| council seat will only be filled |
until December Turner said, |
“the vote for Hicks and myself |
| Shows that the labor and pro-|
gressive movement in Burn-|
aby can sweep the polls in the|
coming. December civic elec- |
tion through all-in unity.”

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The editorial declared: ‘On
the central issue confronting

; our people, and the people of |

the entire world, the issue of
peace, of peaceful coexistence,
of disarmament, the conven-

| tion passed up Adlai Steven-

son, the candidate who show-

|ed the greatest sensitivity to

the peace desires of the peo-
ple and to the realities of
world problems and the prob-
lems of our nation.

“Tt nominated Senator Ken-

| nedy who, despite vacilla-
\'tions and ambiguities, has
|fashioned his foreign policy

and that of his party along the
charted by Governor
Rockefeller. That is a policy
which not only perpetuates
the cold war thinking of Tru-
and Acheson, of Eisen-
hower, Nixon and Dulles, but
calls for even greater empha-
sis on arms expenditure.”

But the editorial empha-
sizes: ‘“‘Though the. people are
restricted to working through
the old parties, _ they - will
achieve results only to the de-
gree that they. build their own
grass roots organizations and
present clear and. definite
issues upon which the broad-
est forces can unite. With the

|united strength of labor, the

Negro people, farmers, small
businessmen, professionals,
the aged, the youth and wom-
en, the people can exert influ-
ence on all parties.

"If these lessons are learned
and if steps are taken to over-

'mo cause for despair either as |

U.S. conventions most
gged in all

“Those who looked to the Democratic Party convention to furnish a clear alt&
native to the Big Business controlled Eisenhower-Nixon administration must feel deel
disappointment,” says a front page editorial in the July 24 issue of the U.S.

history

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to. the role the people can play
in determining the election or
in influencing policy after the
election. Today, the peoples
throughout the world are de-
termining events to a greater
extent than ever before.”

George Morris in reporting
on the Democratic convention
states that it was “unprece-
dented in two major respects:
it was the most boss-controlled
and rigged convention in the
memory of the oldest political
observers; and there was evid-
ence within and around it of
considerable popular rebellion
against the party’s dominant
reaction.”

He says, “the basic forces
that combined to achieve an
unparalleled. and near-perfect
convention-rigging job were:

“1) The old established, cor-
rup and _ corporation ~- influ-
enced political machines of
the industrial states;

2) The very powerful Cath-
olic Church hierarchy that
now regards its own interests
as a religious power, intimate-
ly tied to a victory for Ken-
nedy (and that is irrespective
of what Kennedy’s personal
attitude may be).

“3) The top AFL-CIO and
United Mine Workers bureau-
cracy that was represented by
a considerable number of del-
egates, who are intimately
tied with both the boss-con-
trolled big city machines.

“This 1S: * the

Kennedy.”

GEORGE SHARPE:

Attending the “No Moré
Hiroshimas” peace conferen®
in Tokyo, Japan, is Geor8®
Sharpe (above) chairman %
the Inside Wiremans SectiO?
of Local 213 I.B.E.W.

The conference, which will

bring thousands of delegate
together from all parts of thé
world, is highlighted by a dr®
matic March For Peace. 9°
far more than twenty millio®
Japanese -have taken part
the march which will be joi
ed by the delegates.
Sharpe was sent to the col
ference by a sponsoring com
mittee of trade union officials
shop-stewards and rank a2
file members drawn from 2
local unions.

feep it
combination ; Vancouver around the end ®
come the weaknesses, there is; that sewed up the votes for| August after visiting a nul™

The Peace Conference ¥
from August 2nd to the 9th

Sharpe will be returning

ber of unions in Japan.

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BUSES TO PICNIC

Chartered buses leave 17 A M
Vancouver Bus_ Depot, : :

150 Dunsmuir Street, at Concert

11 a.m. Leave Bear Creek

ark (returning) ~ 5:30
p.m. Return fare $1.00.

@ Family Races
Movies and Games for Kiddies
Swimming @ Pony Rides

International

PROMINENT SPEAKERS

Admission Free -- Everyone Welcome

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- 8 P.M.

Kitchen

HOMER STEVENS

LABOR-FARMER PICNIC:—Sunday Aug. 14th
BEAR CREEK PARK

(King George Hw'y., between Whalley & Newton)

August 5, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—P4

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