el DME aad EN TN eum FET. Meme VI snare WN ee SS ot at Consumer boycott of coffee is catching on in Canada. Faced with rising Prices, the Toronto Women Against Soaring Prices (WASP) sent a wire to the Anti-Inflation Board last week demanding an investigation into the high price of coffee. Last week the Vancouver Labor Council also pledged support for the boycott which is spreading across the U.S. CUBA! Celebrate the birthday of Jose Marti Friday January 28 8 p.m. Russian Hall 600 Campbell Ave. Vancouver Pictures from Granma ‘JOSE MARTI . featuring a new audio visual presentation, handicrafts, records, posters, refreshments . . . Sponsored by the Canadian Cuban Friendship Association. (ositec sateect acta - eaten THE COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE We will professionally look after all your travel needs. We specialize in tickets, tours, passports, permits and reservations. Call us today— for prompt personalized service. GLOBE TOURS | 2679 E. Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. 253-1224 | Communist Party mourns CP veteran Norman Freed The Communist Party of Canada lost one of its long time leading members last week with the passing of Norman Freed who died January 9 after a long illness. He was 70. A member of the Communist Party since 1925, Freed had been a member of its central committee and its central executive com- mittee for more than 40 years and was, at one time, Canadian representative on the old Com- munist International. i In Toronto where he was living at the time of his death, he was known to many as the alderman of old Ward Four, a seat he held from 1944 through 1950. In his years of office he championed the interests of working people both in the ward and in the city itself. A printer by trade, he left his trade early to work for the Com- munist Party and held several posts, among them the organizer and chairman of the Party’s metro Toronto organization, chairman of the educational commission and editor of Communist Viewpoint, theoretical journal of the CPC. For some years he was a member of the editorial council of World Marxist Review, based in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and contributed many articles to that magazine. : In the 1930’s, he had been an officer of the Canadian Committee in Defence of Spanish Democracy and was active in a number of the movements of the day. During a lifetime of activity, he made a significant contribution to spreading Marxist ideas in the working class movement and to the development of the policies of the Communist Party. At a funeral service held in Toronto January 12, Communist Party general secretary William Kashtan delivered the eulogy, stating that Norman Freed made a consistent and valuable con- tribution to the work of the Com- munist’ Party for 51 years. “Norman ... was an able lec- turer, writer and_ public spokesman for the Party, whether it was in the people’s movements, in municipal affairs or in other areas. He had the gift of able Hall burnings prompt country-wi Protests from democratic organizations across Canada have been sent to Ontario’s attorney- general Roy McMurtry following the terrorist burnings of Yugoslav halls in Hamilton and Toronto. The terrorists, believed to be right-wing Croatian nationalists, struck in the closing hours of December 22 destroying the Hamilton Yugoslav hall on Melvin Ave. and causing $10,000 damage to the Yugoslav hall in Toronto’s Scarborough district. The Toronto hall served as offices for the progressive weekly paper Nase Novine. ‘ In an editorial after the arson attacks Nase Novine charged that the crimes were committed ‘“‘by the same group of Croatian ex- tremists. We believe that they are located and operate from Hamilton.”’ The paper made an editorial appeal for government action against terrorism and criticized both the federal and provincial governments and the RCMP for failing to act with the evidence they already have. The hall burnings are only the latest in a series of terrorist crimes in the Yugoslav community over the past year. Two weeks earlier the Croatian Centre in Stoney Centre was broken into for the third time in as many months. In October windows were smashed at two Toronto travel agencies that deal with Yugoslavia. In Sep- tember, tires were slashed on 35 cars belonging to members and friends of the Yugoslav Muslim Society. July 1a monument to a Canadian soldier, donated by the Yugoslav government, was destroyed. According to Nase Novine the Croatian terrorists have links with an ___ international terrorist organization which was respon- sible for the hijacking of a TWA airplane in September and the death of a New York policeman. Nase Novine says that it has discovered documents bearing the stamp of the ‘‘Croatian Liberation Army’’ and the ‘Croatian Liberation Service.’’ Other evidence has been collected that alleges the existence of Croatian hunting lodges in Ontario that are covers for terrorist training bases de protest for the ‘‘Croatian Liberation Ar- my.’ Nase Novine’s charges are supported by an emigre nationalist Croatian newspaper Nova Hr- vatska, published in London, England that reports the existence of a ‘“‘Croatian secret police” in Toronto. Two Yugoslav organizations in Vancouver have wired McMurtry demanding that action be taken against the terrorists. NORMAN FREED analysis of events and the ability to draw the necessary conclusions from such an analysis,’ Kashtan said. He is survived by his wife, Jenny, two brothers, one son and two grandchildren. Art Ash dies The working class press and progressive movement lost a staunch and generous supporter on January 7 when Arthur Cecil Ash of North Vancouver passed away. During the early forties, Ash, who for some years operated a small transfer business, was an active member and supporter of the Labor Progressive Party. He continued to support in every way he could the labor movement and its press. A few years ago he suffered a serious accident which left him a paraplegic. He was a member of the Canada Paraplegic Association. The Tribune extends its condolences to his family. COMING EVENTS January 23 — “FREEDOM. FOR SOUTH AFRICA’’, public solidarity meeting, speaker: Maurice Rush, editor, Pacific Tribune, 2:00 p.m., 805 E. Pender St., Vancouver, Auspices: Vancouver City Committee, Communist Party of Canada. January 28— CUBA: Celebrate the birthday of Jose Marti. New audio visual presentation, handicrafts, records, posters, refreshments. Starts 8 p.m. at 500 Campbell Ave., Vancouver. Sponsored by the Canadian Cuban Friendship Association. JANUARY 29 - Annual Burns Night Banquet and Dance, Saturday, January 29 at the Fishermens Hall, 138 E. Cordova, Vancouver. Banquet at 6:30, Dance at 9:00 p.m. Special Burns Night musical program. Refresh- ments. Tickets available; call 937-3565 or 936-4467. Admission $5.00. NOTICE —FREE LEGAL CLINICS: Monday to Thursday evenings, 7-9 p.m., in Vancouver, Burnaby, Rich- mond, Surrey, Langley and North Vancouver. Clinics are operated by UBC law students with assistance of volunteer lawyer for people who cannot otherwise afford legal advice. For information phone 228-5791 or 872-0271. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING - NOTICE COPE raffle-draw, | Sunday, February 27th. Tickets available until COPE membership meeting, February 15th. BUSINESS PERSONALS RON SOSTAD, Writer-Researcher. Ph. 922-6980. MOVING? CLEANUP — Wanted articles for resale. All proceeds to P.T. Phone 526-5226. “THE GOODIE BIN.” BOOKKEEPING and AC- COUNTING services for small and medium size businesses. Personal income tax $5.00 and up. My home or yours. Phone 874-3817 or 876-4542.-Ask for Don Boudreau. WANTED CARETAKER NEEDED §sat Webster’s Corners Hall starting April ist, phone 255-1415 or 874- 1546. HALLS FOR RENT UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE 805 East Pender St., Vancouver 4. Available for banquets, wed- dings, meetings. Ph. 254-3436. WEBSTER’S CORNERS HALL — Available for banquets, meetings, etc. For rates: Ozzie, 325-4171 or 685-5836. RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME — Now available for rentals. For reservations phone 254-3430. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JANUARY 21, 1977—Page 11