THANKS, EVERYONE! The stepped-up finishing drive put on by our press clubs sent Greater Vancouver just over the top and enabled us to come close to our overall target of 1,200 subs and renewals. Our heartiest thanks to all who participa’ed. Among Greater Vancouver clubs deserving special mention are Advance, Broatway, Drydock, Georgia,- Grandview, Hastings East, Pt. Grey, Strathcona, North Burnaby, South Burnaby and North Vancouver City. Top individual sub- setter was Rita Whyte, with 25 subs. In the province special mention must be made of Aldergrove, Kamloops, Maple Ridge, Mission (which got the hi New Westminster, North Surrey, ghest percentage of new subs), Nelson, Vernon, Cumberland and Victoria. The job still remaining is: to pick up a large number of outstanding: renewals for the months of September, October 2nd November, and to finish this task before Christmas. Subs turned in during the drive coun: on yearly targets of clubs, and next week we'll pubHsh the yearly quotas (accepted last January) and the figures showing what all press clubs have done to date. Circulation is a year-round battle, and one that requires persis ent door- We hope press clubs will continue their good knocking, phoning and check-up. work in the coming period. Again, our thanks for a job well done. _ Final press club standings ‘ GREATER VANCOUVER CLUB TARGET ACHIEVED mapa 15 34 Broadway _ ee ee 48 Dry Dock en 22 a 10 Bimetaical | 2 35 * 25 Reena ee . 0 ll Grandview ee ee ee 1 43 HMaStines East = 85 44 mencmrton Sk 27 Mt. Pleasant Sees ae 12 Nuto Makelas =... 40 7 ery Se 23 UU See ees 10 7 Peng Pai he a 2 Paint Grey 0 40 39 Strathcona SREY > 17 Victory Square ____. 40 28 PE RPEO D 13 West Oe 15 11 North Burnaby - a ae 39 South Burnaby Eat ee 41 North Vancouver on 31 North Vancouver Dist. 35 10 City Miscellaneous = 62 TOTAL 601 VANCOUVER ISLAND PADRES 30 Campbell River ______ 35 14 Rmureena Se = 0 eR 13 Cumbrriand=. 2. «99 22 os) Yee eee | 26 Wanaiina ccc. eR 69 parksyte: 6 Lo Re ec 35 40 PROVINCE CLUB TARGET ACHIEVED Pidersrove = 366 See SG 11 Sranvruok. se a Pemie ss sere “10 4 Fort Langley ___-___ = - 20 11 Haney ies SS eas il MAMUOODS 220 2 AS 18 PAOner Sie ee AS 3 Maple Ridge __....__.__ 15 16 Michael - Natal __°____- 15 5 Netefi gt 10 26 New Westminster _____ -35 32 oich ~ Hall 10 il Powell BAVOT 35 13 Prince George ____._ 0 7 Stevestons se 5 2 North urrey 5 26 South Surrey ___.__- 15 4 Trail - Rossland __._.. 35 13 Mermon= . 62 13 Correspondence ________ 10 2 PROVINCE MISCELLANEOUS Breanning 2. 5 1 Prince Rupert _-._.___. 10 11 Salmon’? Arm: = 5 5 polntula: so Oss On 20 vi Miscellaneous ___-____ 49 TOTAL 537 GRAND TOTAL 1,138 OTTAWA BLUNDER| Diefenbaker sinks” our merchant fleet By WILLIAM KASHTAN During the election cam- paign, Diefenbaker and the Tories made a big play that they were the party to put Canada first, the party with a national policy. Their words have not matched their deeds. After speaking about the need to develop Canadian shipping, they have just transferred eight Canadian National Steamship freighters to Trini- dad. ® This not only marks a be- trayal of their election pledge; it also exposes the essentially anti-labor bias of the govern- ment. In acting the way they have with seamen on strike for legitimate wage increases and other needed improve- ments, they have in effect be- come strikebreakers. This too is a far cry from their election pledges with respect fo labor. The federal transport de- partment has also been threat- ening striking St. Lawrence River pilots with fines unless they return to werk immedi- ately. In both cases Transport Minister Hees is responsible. Is Hees acting on his own or under instructions from the Diefenbaker Government? In any case the government has so far not repudiated his ac- tions despite the insistence of the Canadian Labor Congress and many unions, urging it to stop the transfer of ships and to arrange a settlement with the Seafarers’ Union. One must therefore assume Hees’ actions accord with govern- ment policy. .This anti-labor bias towards the seamen and the pilots may be an indication of what the government would like to do to the railwaymen who have now formulated their wage Windsor auto unions will battle WINDSOR Evictions of unemployed auto workers is becoming a real threat here as a result of 9,000 being without jobs. Organized labor and unem- ployed groups are not going ‘9 allow the evictions to be- come a fact. e UAW Chysler local presi- nt Charles Brooks (Local 444) says his organization is asking all unions to form “Fly- ing Squads” to picket eviction sites and give aid to people who are faced with being on ‘the “friends of labor,” thé package and will be co -mencing negotiations with companies before very long In any gase it shows need for eliminating any ill! sions that the Tories are # friends of the people. This? already being made clear # two counts although othe may follow. Despite their pretensions be the party to advance i} tional policies, their actio®) show the opposite to be Hi case. They are so “nationé] they are quite prepared % “scuttle the fleet.” Desp! their efforts to prove they are quite prepared to act ® strikebreakers to show ho friendly they really are. It is a warning and in a c@ tain sense, also a test whit! cannot go unchallenged by ganized labor. The immedialé problem which all sections ° organized labor should P! their hands too, is the dematl on government to stop transfer and arrange a sett’) ment on terms satisfactory the seamen. If enough pr& sure is exerted the gover?” ment can be made to retré on this issue, and it is for ® ganized labor to exert th? pressure. It emphasizes anew that | ganized labor must get i f political action on a scale a scope never before achieve! Neither the Tory or Libel parties can be depended up to defend or advance truly tional policies, including a type of labor legislation sor ny needed by the workers toda! It is a task the labor mova) ment and its allies will ha to accomplish and with a f | eral election in the offing, P&) haps before very long, it Mm not be delayed. 2 é evictions — the street because they © not find work. a. Local 444 has sent telegt@y to Mayor Patrick of Win and Prime Minister Dief@ baker: asking for an imme ate moratorium on prop? — evictions. if Many workers have alre@ | signed up for the ie Squads” and are ready 10 ie to work in the event of © tions. it Labor leaders have made plain that they will take ons rect action to stop evicti®® if they are ordered. November 29, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE”