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FINANCIAL DRIVE

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No. 3 Mezz. 193 E. Hastings,

Vancouver 4, B.C.

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SY FRED WILSON
Tive Manager

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What it all amounts to is that the
political demands on our paper are
skyrocketing even faster than our
operating costs. If our drive fails to
bring home the dollars needed to
provide the labor movement with a
quality newspaper — We will be
financially set back, but more
important, we will exclude our-
selves from. the tremendous
political opportunities that the next
year holds.

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We're off to a good start through
a fine effort from some clubs.
Vancouver Island, Vernon,
Mission, Bill Bennett, Van East,
Victory Square and North Shore
are well ahead in the drive.

On the other hand, with three
weeks gone there are a number of
clubs who are well behind. Pen-
ticton, Kamloops, Trail, Coquitlam
and Frank Rogers still have
nothing in. ;

Other clubs like Broadway Point
Grey and Richmond have just
barely started. If a danger exists
for the drive, it is with those clubs
that are late in getting started.

We should be pleased with the
response to our appeal for $100 or
more donations. Twenty-one
people have joined the $100 club,
with a few individuals like John
Klim ($500), Nigel Morgan ($412)
and Steve Nickyforuk ($425) really
doing a job. Remember that this
year there are two press builder
categories: press builder — $50 or
more, and honor press builder —
$125 or more.

The next few weeks could
determine the outcome of. the
drive. Let’s apply our effort now, if
you have a donation for us send it
in right away.

Supply

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i BY STEVE BRODIE

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f order from

Tribune office or
People’s Co-op Bookstore

By H. K. WARREN
As if consumers have not had
enough price increases to have to
bear, indications are now that the

‘price of beef will rise again,

possibly as much as 60 cents a
pound at the retail level.

And the explanation this time?
As a result of the ban on beef im-
ported from the U.S., stocks in this
country will be in greater demand
and, according to supply and
demand — the price must rise.

The line of argument assumes
that limited supply faced with
great demand will cause prices to
rise. But'it also assumes that in-
creased supply faced with reduced
demand, according to supply and
demand, should cause prices to
fall.

Now that just hasn’t happened.

One of the major reasons the ban
on U.S. cattle was imposed was the
pressure from Canadian cattlemen
who argued that the U.S. beef was
causing unfair competition. The
hormone D.E:S. is used widely in
the U.S. for greater beef produc-
tion but is banned in Canada and
U.S. cattlemen were able to
produce more beef per dollar spent
than Canadian cattlemen.

As a result of the U.S. com-
petition and the result also of
greatly increased Canadian herds
and frozén meat stocks, the price
to primary producers fell. In the
March 21 issue of the Livestock and
Meat Trade Report put out by the
Department of Agriculture, prime
A-l steers were standing at $46.25

OBITUARY

ETHEL CLARK

A warm tribute to the memory of
Ethel Clark was made by B.C.
Communist Party leader Nigel
Morgan at a memorial service at
Boal Memorial in North Vancouver
Saturday, April 13.

Ethel Clark passed away in her
g7th year on April 9 after a long
illness. A lifetime supporter of the
progressive and Communist
movement, she was loved by all
who met her over the years.

Born in Manitoba in 1888, she
moved to Vancouver early in the
1940’s. During the years that
followed she was a member of the
Grandview Club of the Communist
Party, and actively supported
labor’s struggles, and the fight for
peace. : z

Her husband David predeceased
her. The PT extends its sincere
condolences to all members of the

family.

IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM STEWART

The PT has received donations to

our current fund drive in the
memory of the late William
Stewart. We wish to express our
gratitude to the Women’s Auxiliary
of the United Fishermen and Allied
Workers’ Union for a $25 donation,
and to Connie and Bob Kerr of
Victoria-for a $10 donation, Nigel
and Mona Morgan, $10.

Enter PT contest

Get your entry in for the PT
poster and cartoon contest on
Disarmament Week as early as
you can. The contest closes
April 22.

Cartoons or posters must be
on the theme of disarmament.
The winning entry will receive a
$50 prize. The contest is open to
anyone, including readers of the

RT;

and demand?
not the beef industry

per hundredweight in Calgary. The
wholesale price was $80.82. In the
March 28 issue of the same journal
the producers’ price had dropped
to $44.25 per hundred but the

J. McKinven, Sussex, England
writes: May I take this opportunity
on behalf of my revolutionary
friends over here to thank you and
(fom McEwen for the wonderful
journalism in the Pacific Tribune
of February 23 regarding Chic Sale
and out-house architecture.

During this time of crisis over
here we need something to laugh
about and. that article was cer-
tainly hilarious. So keep up the
good work. I get your paper sent
over every week from a friend in
Vancouver and then I pass it on to
my friends. We all enjoy reading it.

H. K. Warren, Vancouver, writes
With respect to the letter by J. H.
Rigler in issue of March 29 com-
menting on open. line radio
programs.

Mr. Rigler does: not go far
enough. In the opinion of a great
many people, these Open Mouth
radio programs are actually a
menace. The opinion is held by
many people, myself included, that
the Gas Town affair of last year
would not have really happened
had it not been for the hysteria
generated by the Open Mouth radio
shows held just prior to the riot.

If careful attention is paid to any
of these programs, they are
definitely anti-labor. Further, they
are slanted in such a way as to
disseminate almost 100% misin-
formation. While purporting to be
information programs, they ac-
tually are - misinformation
programs, I know in my own
professional work that some of the
information given out was so
completely at variance with the

wholesale price had risen to $82.81.
Finally, in the April 4 issue, the
producers’ price had dropped to

See BEEF INDUSTRY, pg. 12

Qeer FORUM

actual truth that it represented a
‘danger to any person taking that
advice.

Open Mouth radio broadcasters
are _simply pro-themselves and
interested in nothing but their own

ratings. One broadcaster is

» reputed to be making $120,000 per

year. For that kind of money, there
is only one person he is going to
favor. That is himself.

For this reason, I suggest that
they are dangerous, because they
have scruples with respect to what
they may be doing, just so long as
they build ratings and earn these
fabulous salaries. One radio open
mouth broadcaster in the past
recent months conducted a
program purporting to expose
unscrupulous business operators.
The program turned out to be only
just a trifle short of character
assassination. The amazing part of
it all was the response the
broadcaster got. It was astounding
that listeners would place so much
faith in the drivel that was put on
the air. His salary was reputed to
be $100,000.

For these reasons I suggest that
to listen to them, or give credence
to anything they may say is not
only sheer anti-labor, but, is also a
blight on the media. When I read
the Pacific Tribune, I generally
accept the fact that itis a reflection
of the truth, or, that it is in-
formation based upon things as
they are.

Open mouth radio programs
have put the whole radio and TV
media in complete disrepute, and,
it is about time that we understood
this fact.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

COMING EVENTS BUSINESS PERSONALS
April 20 — OOLICHAN FEED at RON SOSTAD
Alice & John Person’s, 599 Writer — Researcher
922-6980 »

Chapman -Ave. (Coquitlam
District), April 20 — 5 p.m. to?
Other good foods and refresh-
ments. Proceeds to the Pacific
Tribune.

April 21 — Sunday, CONCERT 7:30
p.m. Russian People’s Home,
600 Campbell Ave. Spons.
Federation Russian Canadians.

April 27 — MAY DAY SOCIAL,
New Soviet Films — Bazaar
Table. 8 p.m. - ON. Refresh-
ments. 832 Calverhall, North
Vancouver. Adm. $1.50.
Proceeds to P.T.

April 26 & 27 — BAZAAR, Spons. by
Federation” of Russian
Canadians. Saturday, Dance 9-
12 p.m. Come and have a good
time. 600 Campbell Ave.

SOVIET FILM
EVENING, Boardroom,
Fishermen’s Hall, 138 E.
Cordova. St., Saturday, April
27th at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments.
Ausp.: Point Grey Press Club.

April 27

Plumbing, Wiring, Repairs and
Alterations. Reasonable, Free
Estimates. 254-2167.

WANTED — TO SHARE
Progressive active old age pen-
sioner, would like to share 2
bedroom home with same. Call:
H. Lindner 987-2917, 1702
McGuire Ave., North Van-
couver.

FOR SALE

Manual typewriter $25.00, Com-
plete single bed $25.00, Ladies’
bike $10.00, Wooden trunk $5.00.
873-1324 mornings and weekends.

WANTED

MOVING — SPRING CLEANING?
Wanted: materials for resale.
Proceeds PT drive. PH. 526-5226.

HALLS FOR RENT

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE — 805
East Pender St., Vancouver 4.
Available for banquets, wed-
dings, meetings. Phone 254-
3436.

MEET MAURICE RUSH, Van-
couver East Federal Candidate,
“CURB THE MONOPOLIES,
ROLL BACK PRICES.” Sun-
day, April 28th at 7:30 p.m.,
Swedish Hall, 1320 E. Hastings,
Ausp.: Vancouver East Club,
Communist Party.

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME —
Now available for rentals. For
reservations phone 254-3430.

WEBSTER’S CORNERS HALL —
Available for banquets,
meetings, etc. For rates, Ozzie
325-4171 or 685-5836.

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