ROUNDUP |

Dear Reader;

Press drive pledges are pour-

ing in, but we still have not

- heard from half our press clubs.

To date 117 supporters have taken

Press Builder pledges, and 17

have reached the $25 mark in
the first week of the. drive.

Last week we listed 11 early
Press Builders. To this PB roll
can be added -
the* names of
Bill Hreher-
chuk (Ad-

_wance), A
Friend (Geor
gia), Frank Pol-
itano (Grand- .
view). George
Dougenes &

( Grandview ), : bet
A Friend (Kitsilano), Jean Bird

(Mount Pleasant) and Tom Dig- : a :
gens (New Westminster).

By Monday this week 19 sup- ec ou : S} ce
porters had pledged to become % . : :

Honor Press Builders ($100) and
six had signified their intention
to join the new category of Pre-

mier Press Builders ($50). v =
Pledged HPBs include Geor- © S} Ui U re P
gie Hewison (Campbell River), $ Pd | rl
pan

Eric Ericson (Duncan), Myrtle
Bergren (Lake Cowichan), é-
Nancy Person (New Westmin-
déer), John Andprson) (New
Westminster), Bert Whyte ;
(Broadway), Bill Stewart (Dry - : :

Dock), Frank Politano (Grand- ; 4 om : L . ; | a
view), A Friend (Grandview), : The plough has been mechanized, but mountains of un-
Nick Stoochnov (Grandview), sold wheat, piles of rotting vegetables, spell the crisis of the
farmer who lacks the cash to buy his needs.

s

Rita Whyte (Kitsilano), Tom
McEwen (Kitsilano), Walter _

prin eee — 3 Workers in mass ‘industries produce more in less. time

_ Nigel Morgan (Victory aanie) than ever before, but climbing inventories, expanding credit
| ver), Hal Griffin (Capitol Bi), 3 sales, spell the crisis of the worker whose wages forever lag
4 TEieerGone Beene ; | behind living’ costs. ih )

ee eer Ricue Lae fine ie The other side of the crisis is reflected: in the all-time

A rats ely wil ae eer record pitts reported by the great monopolies. — ;

pay ee Rue dag ek cen Week in and week out the Pacific Tribune fights for

Bee ee Naive this’ (|. ' policies that will avert the gathering crisis and open the way ~— ed

weekend. h . alee to peace and prosperity. It can truly be said that we plough
4 : ctaeael (e the field of the future, breaking the furrows for new ideas that
}\ pedo Mepwen ae a last germinate and grow into the people’s own movements.

Friday, and I’m flying to Powell A 3 : Moze : °
River ‘this week -and hope for 3 - Help to keep the Pacific Tribune fighting by contribut-

ae ing now to its fighting fund... the fund that fights for you.
Friends of the paper are asked ¥ :

to look at the classified adver i dab gu ah : :

tising section to check on socials . > Lae

-in support of the paper, and to i

have a good time and help the

PT in the process by attending

Some of these affairs.

a In addition to the $20,000 we : . . .

a need to carry on publication, we |
are also shooting for °500 subs —

ys | and increased street and bundle : 7 <

z. : Sales. Subscription rates are now Bare Q ; f i ;

t

\

Slightly higher but we are con-
fident that many new readers

can be won. on ae | \ : ;
| _ Club of the Month awards for | ars and 500 subs ‘ f

February, based on subs and
( Paper sales, were awarded to

Victory Square press club in the ne Aa =o \ |

city and to Victoria in the pro- |. :

vince, The race is still wide . ~ ; 4
: } : : ¥ sd y >

Open for March sub prizes, SO
Start hustling. r

- MARCH 23, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 11