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HOT RECEPTION FOR U.S. NUCLEAR SUB. Photo shows
he Us. nuclear submarine ‘‘Sea Dragon”’ sailing into the
“Panese port of Sasebo on Nov. 14 amidst shouts of

‘City memorial meeting
|Pays tribute to Morris

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Last Thursday evening about
250 People gathered in Vancou-

Ms Pender Auditorium to par-
ipate in a memorial service
© Leslie Morris, National Lead-

| of the Communist Party of
Mada, :

Pr Editor Tom McEwen, who

| *tted as chairman, stated in his

ening remarks: “If Leslie were
ere tonight he would possibly
“Yaphrase the immortal words

* ae Hill and say: “Don’t mourn

Da Me — organize! Build the
arty! Build the Communist press
4 Young Communist League!’ ”

‘Nine Mill to meet
Provincial cabinet
°n Britannia closing

yeicials of Mine Mill will meet

| “h the provincial cabinet next
: ONday, November 30 in an at-

te
Mpt to resolve the deadlock

the Britannia mine of
onda Copper, which the com-

Pahy has shut down,

The Monday meet will take the
Ce of the union’s regular pre-
“tation to thé cabinet, which
formally made in January,
7 year, however, the date has
‘N moved up because of the

Itannia impasse,

Harvey Murphy, national vice-
"esident of the union, told the
that 30 B,C, locals will be
de esented by the Mine Mill
|, “Sation to Victoria, with “as
any local officers as possible
Sing included,

the 8 labor voices, including

Communist: and New Demo-
» atic. parties in B,C,, have de-
‘nded the Socred government

it ae nalize the mine and operate
s

ee crown corporation,

McEwen was followed by CP
Provincial Leader Nigel Morgan
who said the memorial service
had been called by the party “to
pay tribute to one of the finest
sons of the Canadian working
class; one of its most gifted and
cultured labor journalists and
one of its most brilliant orators,

*For 43 years he devoted all
of his many talents to the cause
of the working class ofhis adopt-
ed land—Canada,

“Leslie was apatriot,” Morgan
stated, “He fought for Canada’s
true interests and for those of
her two peoples — French and
English, It is no exaggeration to
say that he has left an indelible
mark on the fabric of Canadian
political life,”

Morgan proceeded to trace the
many positions of responsibility
Morris held in the Communist
movement, beginnning with his
election as the first leader of
Canada’s YCL, and laying par-
ticular emphasis on his contri-
bution towards formulating the
party’s program in the post war
years and charting the possible
path to socialism in Canada,

“For in addition to his enor-
mous natural talents, Leslie was
above all a Communist, a Marx-
ist-Leninist whose deep knowl-
edge of this social science he
used to help lead the struggle

for peace and progress towards

socialism,

“He will be sorely thissed in
our ranks,” Morgan concluded,
“But the struggle for the cause
to which Leslie Morris-devoted
his life goes on, It will continue
to go on until the victory is finally
won,”

nations,

r

ur movement,

fal orders Ao: Gommunist

Memorial fund for Morris

In order to extend a fitting tribute tothe work and memory

°f Leslie Morris, the late General Secretary ofthe Communist
arty of Canada, a Leslie Morris Memorial Fund has been
®stablished to which all those who wish to could send their

This is announced now, pending agreement regarding the
Mature of the tribute, because of the many inquiries made
“Sarding such a Memorial Fund by friends and supporters of

All those who wish to show respect to Leslie Morris in
4ppropriate and lasting way should send their cheques or

1 \otris Memorial Fund), 24 Cecil Street, Toronto 2-b, Ontario,

Party of Canada (for Leslie

‘

angry protests. The visit of U.S. subs touched off giant
demonstrations all over Japan. Banners say: ‘Nuclear
submarine — don’t come again!”

GEORGE McKNIGHT, aldermanic can-
didate in Port Alberni, has launched
a major fight for improved hospital
facilities, which he charges have been
‘badly neglected for many years.”
Last week he wrote Health Minister
Martin urging better facilities to be
paid for by natural resources revenues
and not next tax levies on the public.

CIVIC PROGRAM OUTLINED

DON'T CUT

DEMOCRACY

IN TWO, SAYS STEWART

William Stewart, independent
candidate for Vancouver City
Council, has made public his
platform, Centered arounda four-
point program of tax reform,
democratic city government, a
low cost rapid transit policy and
low rent housing, the program
will soon be distributed to 15,000
homes in the city,

A key section of the program
states:

“You are being asked to cut
democracy in two in Vancouver,
The NPA council is trying to get
approval for biennial -elections,
If it puts this scheme across, its
next proposal , . . is four-year
terms for aldermen and mayor,

“This anti-democratic propos-
al must be roundly defeated, Van-
couver needs more democratic
government, not less, We need
area representation with at least
20 aldermen to properly repre-
sent our city.”

The program reveals that while
homeowner taxes have sky-
rocketed, the Business Tax in
Vancouver has been lowered from
nine to seven percent and calls
for an overhaul of the entire tax

structure,

It advocates a cheap fare, mass
rapid transit system which would
encourage people to leave their
cars at home, Pensioners, school
children and welfare cases would
get free passes and plans to
waste hundreds of millions of
dollars on freeways (which would
worsen traffic conditions) would
be scrapped,

The attractive program also
points out there are 26,000 fami-
lies in Vancouver in need of low
or medium rental housing, with
100,000 people either living in
sub-standard conditions or pay-
ing out too much of their income
in rent,

But city council does almost
nothing to alleviate this situation
because it is dominated by real
estate interests which find it
more profitable to block devel-
opment of low rental housing,

Stewart’s program calls for
the election of people’s repre-
sentatives to council who will
break the log jam at City Hall
and get on with the people's busi-
ness, instead. of serving big
business,

‘Strong labor voice in civic
government urgent’—Zuken

“One of the best banquets I’ve
been at” was the common reac-
tion of about 300 people who gath-
ered at the Dogwood Room, on
Vancouver’s P,N.E, grounds, last
Saturday, to honour Winnipeg ald-
erman Joseph Zuken,

Zuken, who flew to Vancouver

A long-time and much respect-
ed resident of Powell River, B.C,
and member of the City Council
since 1955, Ken Gibson, passed
away suddenly on November 17
in the General Hospital there in
his 52md year,

A union pioneer and worker
in the Powell River mills for
many years, he succumbed toa
stroke only a few hours after
coming off shift,

Ken Gibson was an active mem-
ber of the Pulp, Sulphite, and Mill
Workers Union, serving for a
number of years as shop steward,
and for three years as editor of
his union’s paper. He came to
the Wildwood Heights district in
1924 from new Zealand where
he had resided for eight years,

Ken Gibson was first elected
to the Powell River Council in
1955, and with the exception of
one year, had held the office of
councillor continuously since
then, having earned the reputa-
tion as a tireless and devoted
worker for the advancement and
well-being of his community,

Many of his fellow councillors
expressed deep shock at his
sudden passing, and paid a high
tribute to the devoted work and
sterling qualities of Councillor
Ken Gibson, Writing on his un-
timely passing, an editorial in

Councillor Ken Gibson
dies in Powell River

the Powell River paper said of
Ken Gibson: * We hope his citizen-
ship may be an example that will
coax another worthy person totry
to fill the gap,”

For many years a member of
the Communist Party, Ken Gib-
son took an active interest in all
matters affecting the advance-
ment of labor and the people. He
was also a staunch press builder
for the Pacific Tribune and other
sections of the Communist press,

He is survived by his widow,
Doris Gibson and one daughter,
Janice, Mourning his death are
also five brothers and one sister,
all resident in B.C,

KEN GIBSON
November 27, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3

to address the banquet, was in-
troduced by Vancouver alder-
manic candidate William E, Stew-
art who was one of many civic
figures at the head table, Stew-
art referred to the great tradi-
tion of Winnipeg labor in civic
politics,

In an inspiring address, follow-
ed a musical program by The
Milestones and folk singer Tom
Hawken, Zuken traced the 30
years history of progressive lab-
or and Communist participation
in Winnipeg civic politics, which
he said grew directly out of the
great Winnipeg General Strike,

He outlined the many measures
for which he and veterans like
Jacob Penner and the late Joe
Forkin fought for and won forthe
people of the Manitoba city, In-
cluded among these were issues
ranging from free text books for
children and better standards for
labor to action against hate liter-
ature, for greater civic democra-
cy and action on housing,

Zuken said that even one man
on city council can achieve much
for the people by raising and
fighting on issues affecting the
people. He said the achievements
of labor and Communist alder-
man and school board membersin
Winnipeg are proof of that fact.
“If people like Bill Stewart were
on your city council something
would be done about the problems
facing your city," said Zuken,

He said that the crisis of our
municipalities is beingaggravat-
ed by the stranglehold which
Liberal and Tory politicians have
over civic governments, He
warned that these forces, re-
presenting the interests of the
big monopolies, are introducing
the “spectre of Goldwaterism”
in civic affairs both in their attack
on social needs and civic dem-
ocracy,