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By JACK PHILLIPS

The Vancouver and District
Labor Council, at its meeting of
Ocotber 1, voted unanimously to
endorse The Committee of
Progressive Electors and the New
Democratic Party candidates. in
the November Vancouver civic
elections. With COPE and the NDP
committed to run half a slate each,
this decision by the labor council
opened up the possibility of uniting
the labor movement, the tenants,
the NDP, the Communist Party
and all progressive-minded voters.

In the Vancouver elections of
1972, COPE and the NDP each ran
a full slate, because the area
council of the NDP refused to go
along with the proposition of a
unity slate. In that situation, the
‘labor council limited its en-
dorsation to. the reelection of
COPE’s Alderman Harry Rankin,
a true friend of organized labor.

The outcome of the election was
that The Electors Action
Movement replaced the Non-
Partisan Association as the
dominant group representing big
business at city hall, with Rankin
winning reelection to serve as the
only opposition voice.

In view of what happened two
years ago, and in view of the fact
that the NPA will be going all out to

replace TEAM, thousands of

workers and democratic people
were very happy over this year’s

developments. With COPE andthe |

NDP each running half a slate, and
with the endorsation of both groups
by the labor council, new
possibilities opened up for the
election of labor and progressive
candidates in opposition to TEAM
and the NPA.

Then came the treacherous

_j;move by the League For Socialist
Action, the Trotskyites. The
Trotskyites met last Sunday and
decided to run a partial slate for

city council and school board.
In their news release of October

6, the Trotskyites give yet another
example of their splitting tactics
by describing COPE as a ‘“‘class
collaboratiionist alliance’’. No
member of city council in the

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OBITUARY

FRANK GEE

A life long trade unionist and
activist in the progressive
movement, Frank Gee, passed

away October 11 in Vancouver at
the age of 72.

Arailway worker and member of
the Maintenance of Way union, Gee
had more seniority when he retired
six years ago than any other man
on the railways in B.C.

In recent. years he devoted

himself to the work of the Tenants.

Council, putting in many hours of
voluntary work each week at the
Council’s office. \

Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Glenhaven
Memorial Chapel. Ald. Harry
Rankin and Rev. Tom Hipp of-
ficiated. In lieu of flowers
donations may be sent to the
Vancouver Tenants Council, 199 E.
8th Ave., Vancouver.

The PT staff expresses its
deepest condolences to members of
his family.

SOVIET OPERA STARS
Y. Miroshnichenko D. Hnatiuk

CONCERT ~=—

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8 p.m.
QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE
Tickets: CO-O8 BOOKSTORE

W. Pender St.
Phone: 685-5836

Trotskyite disrupters
threaten civic unity

history of the city of Vancouver has
fought so hard and consistently
against the real estate sharks, the
big-time developers, the Canadian
Pacific Railway and all the other
ripoff artists as Alderman Rankin.
No city council member, in-
cluding members of the NDP and
trade unionists who were on city
council in the past, have fought as
consistently for the working people
as Alderman Rankin. Yet this is
the man, along with the splendid
group of candidates associated
with him in COPE, that the
Trotskyites want to defeat:
Despite their noisy rhetoric
about a working class alternative
to big business and their empty call
for a ‘‘workers’ civic government
that will lead the struggles of
working people and all those op-
pressed by the injustices of
capitalism”’, they have come up
with motley slate who have no
standing in the community and no
chance of winning a seat. All they

can hope to’ accomplish is
disruption. There is every in-
dication that they will further try
to confuse the workers and
progressive people by advocating a
vote for their candidates and the
candidates of the NDP.

To these disrupters, the main
enemy is COPE and its concept of a
labor and democratic alliance to
end big business rule at city hall.
Objectively, they are playing the
classical role that Trotskyites
always play. -

If anything positive comes from
this latest disruption by the
Trotskyites, it will be the exposure
they receive in the labor and
democratic movement as tools of
big business. The trade union
movement, the NDP, the Com-
munist Party, the organized
tenants and all democratic people
who want a new deal at city hall
should close ranks, work together
in unity and give these splitters the
sharp rebuff they deserve.

Join Us In Celebrating ee
57th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SOCIALIST REVOLUTION IN THE U:S.S.R.
Friday, November 8th — 6:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.
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OCTOBER 26 — Saturday. Keep
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~ Hallowe’en Dance.

HALLS FOR RENT

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME —
Now available for rentals. For

reservations phone 254-3430.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1974—Page 11

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE — 9305
East Pender St., Vancouver 4.
Available for banquets, wed-
dings, meetings. Phone 254-3436.

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