/ AFTER ONE WEEK We’re nine days into our drive, and as the box below shows, we’ve had over $2,600 turned in at the Tribune office. It’s a good start, but not as good a one as we need. We must pick up our pace if we are to get our $40,000 by the time of our victory banquet. Some press clubs are off to a tremendous start, most notably Surrey and Vancouver East, both of which have turned in well over 25 per cent of their target figures. Other clubs are having problems, but we know that they will be overcome in the next few weeks, and our total figure will skyrocket. __ But that can only be done if we all turn our attention to the job at hand — raising the $40,000 we need to keep the Tribune publishing into its fifth decade. : By now, most areas should have our car contest tickets. Distribute them widely, they are one of the best methods we have of reaching our goal. Tickets cost $1.50 each, and come 12 toa book. Our prizes include a 1976 Mustang II or $3,500 cash. If you want a book of tickets and don’t have one, contact the press club in your area, or drop us a note at the Tribune office; ‘we'll be more than happy to send tickets out to you. A special note of thanks to our friends out in Surrey, New Westminster and Coquitlam who sent us over $550 this week after George Gidora’s 80th birthday party last weekend, It. was well received by our staff. More events of that kind are needed; and more are planned. Watch the Tribune to find out when and where — and attend them. Not only will you be assured of a good time, you will be? helping in a very real way to keep B.C.’s only working class paper fighting back. So let’s set ourselves a target. If we are to get back on schedule, we’ll need to have over $7,500 in our office by April 15. That means over $5,000 must come in the next week. It can be done if we all set ourselves to the job and put the drive back on the rails in the next week. CLUB TARGETS VANCOUVER Quota In | SOUTHFRASER Quota In Amor de Cosmos 350 6 | Delta 70033 —— Bill Bennett 1350 —— | Fort Langley 550. Broadway 1400 33] Surrey 1500 531 Kingsway 1500 —— | White Rock 6902: == Niilo Makela 850 45 Olgin 400 -—— | EAST RIVER Peter McGuire 1600 80 | Fraser Valey 450 —- Point Grey 500 —— | Maple Ridge 650 —— South Vancouver 850 781] Mission 800: >> Vancouver East 2850 770 Victory Square 2000 100 | OKANAGAN Kamloops 200.3 —— Notch Hill 1008 ae VAN. ISLAND Penticton 150 —— Campbell River 550 —— | Vernon 600 34 Comox Valley 450 —— Nanaimo 1000 -—— | PROV. MISC. Port Alberni 650 —— | Correspondence 350) aes Victoria 900 —— | Creston TING ee Fernie lara North Vancouver 2200 308 NORTH FRASER Powell River 300 —— Burnaby 1800 133] Prince Rupert 300° -— Coquitlam 750 185 | Sointula 100°. —— Fraser Ind. 450 —— | Trail 300F a New Westminster 750 185 | Tom’s Column 650 25 Richmond 600 —— | Misc. 1500 105 TOTAL: $2618 es, may day ’ Pacific Tribune/ May Day edition April 30, 1976 —special features —history of May Day —May Day greetings —enlarged edition Mark May Day ‘76 by placing your greeting in the Pacific Tribune $2.00 per column inch. Order extra copies for distribution. Ad. deadline April 23, 1976 f -at _ expelling Lebanese patriots call or ouster of rightists The Communist Party of Lebanon demanded the un- conditional resignation of President Suleiman Franjieh last week. ‘‘Al-Nida’’ (The Call), the CPL newspaper in Beirut, said that Lebanon’s patriotic forces and Gen. Aziz Ahdab, the provisional military governor of Lebanon were united on the demand. Gen. Ahdab recently set up a joint military council consisting of representatives of forces demanding Franjieh’s resignation. Kamal Jumblatt, the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, urged the rightists in Lebanon to be realistic and sen- sible, to realize that the country as a whole is against them, and to agree to Franjieh’s ouster. Left patriotic forces, including the “Arab Army of Lebanon,”’ after heavy fighting Sunday captured the Beirut waterfront luxury hotel, the Holiday Inn, last stronghold of the Lebanon fascist Falange Party in Beirut. Confused reports — from journalists in Beirut who admitted they were confused — said last Monday that the Falange had counter-attacked, using Palestinian uniforms as disguises, and that fighting was still going on in the Holiday Inn. Franjieh’s ouster is being demanded by the left in Lebanon because he is considered a hard- line rightist. He. was elected President by one vote under the older. Lebanese political system which was based on religious community affiliation. The solution to the Lebanese crisis worked out through Syrian mediation at the end of January provided for elimination of the old system and its replacement by a democratic. system based on majority rule. : The Lebanese left feels that as GEN. AZIZ AHDAB long as Franjieh remains head 03 state, no real change can be ex- pected and the right, through Franjieh, will try to sabotage the reform. The Falange (al-Kata’eb) is a native Lebanese fascist movement established in 1936 by Pierre Gemayal and modeled on the Spanish Falange. The Falangists deny that Lebanon has any ties with the Arab world and consider that the Christian minority in Lebanon is a distinct ‘‘nation’’ separate from the Arabs. The Falange is strongly backed by the U.S. imperialists. Class, not religion, is the dividing-line in Lebanon. The entrenched capitalist ruling class in Lebanon is almost entirely Christian. Since the majority of working people are Muslims, the conflict seems to be between dif- ferent religious groups, but is in reality. between different class forces. The split in the Lebanese armed forces, which is rapidly assuming SULEIMAN FRANJIEH great importance, is one example. The armed forces under the old Lebanese political system, were a rightist stronghold. The majority of officers were closely tied to the capitalist ruling class and naturally were Christian. When the class division in Lebanon became acute, those in the armed forces who identified with the majority of the population rather than the ruling class began to rebel. Lt. Ahmed Khatib several months ago broke away from the ruling class and set up the ‘‘Arab Army of Lebanon,” which has been joined by a_ steadily-increasing number of military units favoring democratic change. Lt. Khatib’s forces took part in Sunday’s assault on the fascist Holiday Inn stronghold. Gen. Ah- dab, the highest-ranking Muslim in the Lebanese Army, seems to be working to enforce the reform plan for democratic rule. The fact that Khatib and Ahdab are Muslims is not so important as the fact that they favor democratic change. Israeli police violence The Canadian Peace Congress sent a telegram last week to Israel’s ambassador to Canada protesting Israeli land ex- propriation of Arab lands and the escalation of violence against the Arab community, which it charged, can only be seen as a racist act. Israeli police turned a peaceful day of protest March 30 into a - nightmare when they used guns, tear gas and night sticks in a show of indiscriminate brutality against Arab participants who protested government expropriation of Arab- owned lands. Arab Land Day, called by an ad hoc committee of Israeli peace forces, the Congress for Protection of Arab-Owned Land, turned out Arabs throughout Israel and oc- cupied territory for a one-day general strike to protest govern- ment expropriation of 5,000 acres ’ of Jand in the Galilee area. Arab and Jewish sympathizers demonstrated in sympathy at the Knesset (parliament). They were also brutally beaten by police. Expropriations of this kind have taken place in Israel since its formation in 1947. They are aimed Palestinians, thousands of whom are already refugees. After expropriation, Arab villages have been demolished to make way for new Jewish settlements. Police and armed forces out- fitted in riot gear, sent in despite the warning of strike organizers, attacked indiscriminately with night sticks, tear gas and guns. Police welded shut locks on stores that had closed-in support of the general strike, and broke into “ homes of strike organizers. Nazareth mayor Tewik Sayad charged that Israel police attacked the demonstrators, and that for- tunately the demonstrators “behaved with cool heads in spite of police provocation.” Thousands: of Israeli troops scored continued to patrol occupied territories, especially in the Galilee area. Participation in the day of protest, by thousands of Arabs and Jews is a strong in- dication that many citizens are unhappy with the Israeli govern- ment policy. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING COMING EVENTS MAY 22 — KEEP THIS DATE open. Saturday, May 22, Harry Rankin’s birthday party. Details to come. APRIL 11 — Sunday, April 11 at 8 p.m. — FILM SHOWING by a ‘couple, of a trip to the USSR. Social to be held at Mac Had- vick’s, 316 Northview St., Chilliwack. Spons. by Tribune Ctee., Fraser Valley Club: Proceeds to Tribune press drive. APRIL 30 — DANCE BENEFIT for Hastings-Sunrise Community Newspaper, Friday, April 30 at Swedish Hall, 1320 E. Hastings St. FOR SALE ARTICLES for sale. We might have something you need. Try us. Proceeds to P.T. Phone 526- 5226. ; WE ONLY HAVE 4 Colorado Spruce trees left — four to five feet high. Bargain price $7.50 each. Proceeds to Tribune Drive. Phone 585-2935. TRUCK FOR SALE — 1973 Dodge 1/2-ton Club Cab with canopy. Price $2,400.00. Phone G.’ BUSINESS PERSONALS HELPING HAND — Moving and light delivery — Antiques, pianos, kitchen appliances, demolition and construction clean-up, also garden services. Phone 738-0251. MOVING and clean-up jobs. Ar- ticles for resale. Proceeds to P.T. Phone 526-5226. RON SOSTAD, Writer-Researcher. Ph. 922-6980. HALLS FOR RENT ‘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 UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE — 805 East Pender St., Vancouver 4. Available for banquets, wed- dings, meetings Ph. 254-3436. 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