See vresasaseté aes wuts = Ee saa eS BeYrus 4. SStB=s VE semble "Ba community. mong the audience of more than 400 could resist bein Urtey ¢, rgain at Half the Price” (above) took the stage Satur and bly entennial Arts Centre. Also featuring well-known fo (SPA “grass group Slippery Elm, the event was staged byt Cultural and if that first endeavor is any indication, there ar LEV RUN UN LOLAN® DEAN TO RUN ON ISLAND g caught up in the spirit when the folk day night at the concert “Images” in the Iksinger Tom Hawken, guitarist Alan Rinehart he Surrey Performing Artists Creative Enterprises e exciting things to come in the progressive’ —Sean Griffin photo Communists nominate 12 Candidates in B.C. ridings Wit Wetkeng the nomination last et Barry Dean as Com- i annate in Esquimalt- fielg » © Communist Party has federal riggemidates in 23 B.C. half o . Ings, being more than Candidate Tidings. All Communist Papers i filed their nomination aan last Monday. 0 Vanoy ve Youngest candidate Years ae Island. He is 23 ucateq “2° and was born and from he B.C. After. graduating Numba.” School he worked in a ‘ industries — farm, lon, logging and - © 1S presently employed Risa Puter operator. Teg teal eee of the Office and and is alg ™Mployees Union, CLC, ‘0 a member of the Young League. He joined the Be fi Party on reaching a .. ve years ago. Partie eee person Dean is Cffect of iny Concerned about the {ise one food and clothing on Ose on S own generation, and Comes. Pensions and fixed in- ation and rising prices" BARRY DEAN Barry Dean can be counted on to a strong and articulate ceainbien of nllotes that will halt profiteering and roll back prices on the necessities of life. He is _ particularly concerned about the number of unemployed in Canada, and the fact that those’ between 14 and 24 years of age Fraser Valley East Picnic & Election Rally WEBSTER’S CORNERS HALL Sunday, June 16th— Starts at 1 P.M. SPEAKER: HAROLD PRITCHETT (at 3 P.M.) Food, Refreshments & Entertainment ALL WELCOME FILM SHOWING Sunday, June —— A Selection of New Soviet Films RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME 600 Campbell Ave. Auspices: Canada-USSR Friendship Assoc. 23rd —8 P.M. constitute nearly half the unem- ployed roll. Having been unem- ployed himself for various periods between jobs, he says he will fight for policies that will provide full employment or a guaranteed in- come for all. On Tuesday night ‘Dean will speak at a giant all-candidates meeting in Victoria. Nigel Morgan, provincial penne manager told the PT this week that so far 20 to 25 all- candidates meetings are coming up and details will be announced later. The Communist Party federal election platform 1s now out in all the constituencies and distribution is starting at once. Morgan also informed the PT that CTV time has been ap- portioned to Communist can- didates of which three will be in the Vancouver area and one on Van- er Island. ~ mee that the party has qualified under the elections act as a registered political party with the t to have its name on the ballot (which no other party is permitted to do under the act), the party also expects to have free-time political broadcasts on CBC radio and TV. Last Sunday a special leaflet was distributed to members of the Italian community at a large rally in Queen Elizabeth Theatre ~ greeting the Italian community on the anniversary of Italy becoming a republic. Distributed in support of Vancouver East Communist candidate Maurice Rush, the leaflet urged the Italian voters to support Communist candidates. The Young Communist ee 2 lanning an active campaign, aerial Paling of which will bea special leaflet on housing entitled, “Got the basement suite blues? Thousands of copies will be distributed calling for a large scale housing program to meet people s needs, and urging that special subsidies be made available to ensure that newly-married couples and those with young families are guaranteed a decent place to live. The leaflet also calls on young people to support Communist candidates. DEADLINE JUNE 21 Make sure you are on the voters list The deadline for getting on the voter’s list for the federal election is one week away — FRIDAY, JUNE 21. A Court of Revision to finalize the lists of those entitled to vote will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week — June 19, 20 and 21. If you are not on the new voter’s list prepared for this election, don’t delay. Call and sign a copy of “Form 18’, and get your ap- plication in to be added to the list immediately. Candidates and the provincial campaign H.Q. of the Communist Party have the forms for putting you, or your neighbor or fellow worker on the list if you have been missed. Simply call and sign a ‘Form 18” beforea witness, and we will do the rest. Enumeration of electors is now completed. If you don’t have a receipt (like a bill form) you are more than likely not on. Lists of eligible voters have been posted up on telephone polesin your block. Copies of the list for your poll have also been mailed to each household with a “‘registered”’ voter. How can you be sure? Call ‘‘B.C. Tel Information’’ and get the phone number of the Returning Officer for your constituency, and enquire. If you have difficulty, call your Communist Party candidate, or the Provincial Campaign H.Q. (684-1451). : What are the necessary qualifications to vote? Every man or woman-who is 18 years of age, or who will be 18 by July 8, and is a Canadian citizen, is entitled to vote. In addition all British sub- jects 18 years of age, who were qualified to vote on June 25, 1968, and have not ceased to be or- dinarily resident in Canada since. The only exceptions are a few categories of government ap- pointees, and those restricted by reason of mental disease or disqualified for conviction of corrupt or illegal practices. Make sure you are on the list. Every vote counts! “Inflation is mass robbery within the law. Hold up another person witha gun and you go to the penitentiary. Hold up the majority of people with a price mark-up pen, and you get the protection of government. This-is the morality on which free enterprise is structured.” —George Harris, secretary- UE News, April 22, 1974 Swedish Hall rally Monday “Roll back prices and profits’ will be the theme of the opening election rally for Maurice Rush, Vancouver East Communist candidate, to be held in the Swedish Hall, 1320 E. Hastings St., on Monday, June 17 at 8 p.m. Speaking with Rush will be Fred Wilson, Communist candidate in Kingsway, and Betty Greenwell, Vancouver Centre candidate. Rush said he will outline at the meeting the proposals of the Communist Party for dealing with inflation and its effects on working people. “Only if action is taken to curb the profits of the big corporations and raise living standards of Canadians will it be possible to tackle inflation in any effective way,” said Rush. Send your donation now profi Monopoly teering | inflation! enable the Communist Party to fight for new policies for Your contribution will Canada in the Federal election. With thanks William Kashtan General Secretary Communist Party of Canada To end inflation the power of monopoly has to be curbed and finally broken SUPPORT COMMUNIST CANDIDATES. Above is the front page of the collection card being issued to raise funds for the Communist Party election campaign. Inside it says: ‘Your dollars will help to bring the real issues to the people in this vital federal election.” Donations to the Communist election fund should be sent to: Nigel Morgan, campaign manager, Rm. 408, Ford Bidg., 193 E Hastings St., Vancouver 4. : : PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 14 1974—PAGE 3 a