CLEAR THE DECKS! for annual PT sub drive WATCH NEXT WEEK FOR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CRISIS IN OKANAGAN CUPE paper launched. The latest addition to the family of printed labor papers in Charts, cartoons, tables, and an article by CUPE official Jack B.C. is. the Vancouver Civic Phillips, underscore the need Employees ‘‘Union News- for labor to unite in the fight for bulletin’’, the first copy of which more pay and to defend labor’s came off the press this month. In a lively four-page tabloid format in color, the News- bulletin is edited by Dave Werlin. The centre pages are devoted to an attractive layout debrinking the lie that Canada is Pricing itself out of the world markets. SeCecevceveveseeeveseveveser OVALTINE CAFE 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE Smevesecenensecce? __ rights. PETE MUNRO ILL Retired veteran trade union leader Pete Munro is in Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver. He underwent an operation last Friday. The PT and his many friends wish him a speedy recovery. TED HARRIS 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4, B.C. Painters and Paperhangers Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45¢ — Now 19¢ a Roll Beaver Transfer * Moving * Packing * Storage 573 East Hastings St. Phone 254-3711 It Pays to Sell the ‘PT’ Contact: E. CRIST, Circulation Mgr. . at 685-5288 he eet a Seeking Sun Spots? We can get you fo: ~ HAWAII , MEXICO , CUBA GLOBE TOURS 2679 E. Hastings St. 253-1221 Vancouver 6, B.C. 254-2414 Federal aid urged for apple growers Will the Liberal government revert to the practice of the 1930’s and encourage the burning or burying of tons of Okanagan apples because it can’t find a market for them? The inadequacies of depression governments run through the performance of Trudeau’s government in the 1970’s as demonstrated by the fact that in a starving world no markets are found for either prairie wheat or B.C. fruit crops. The 1969 apple crop was of poor quality due to severe winter damage but competition from Washington State apples, “qumped”’ on the world markets at cut-rate prices did nothing to help the lot of the grower. The 1969 crop brought just 71 cents for a 42 pound box to the grower. That amount is way below the cost of production, according to authorities in the valley. The return was the worst in the past ten years. It is estimated the cost of producing a box of apples is a minimum $1.50. @ A newsletter put out by the B.C. Tree Fruit Industry in August of this year pointed up the vulnerable position in which the producer finds himself. “Tt must be recognized that, over the years, we have built a fresh-market orientated industry and must sell large quantities in the top markets in order to maintain a viable industry. When these markets are depressed through no fault of our own, there is littlke we can do about ity : However, the growers are demanding that something be done. Charlie Johnson, a retired ’ resident of Vernon, writes the Tribune that there is large scale support for a demand for federal aid to help out the stricken growers. Government officials have met with the growers to hear details of the industry’s plight. They were told by the B.C. Fruit Growers Association that more than $3,000,000 had been lost last year. The president of the Asso- ciation said the condition stems not only from poor quality crops in 1969, but also from low market Benevolent Assn. Of Canada Progressive Fraternal Society Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field LIFE INSURANCE ENDOWMENTS PENSION PLANS WEEKLY BENEFITS Apply to: B.C. office at 805 East Pender St. or National Office at 595 Pritchard Ave. Winnipeg 4, Manitoba 2 ee com ome eee ame Oe ee ee ee ee ee ee ts ee es ee ee ee oe —— eee eee ee oe es ee ee ee ee we 9 ee oe oe oe ae ee "Workers T conditions — ‘‘the near-collapse of the North American and world apple markets.”’ The B.C. Orchardist urges the government to establish anti- dumping regulations on a realistic basis. They suggest also that Agriculture Minister Olsen have his staff check up on retail apple markups during the 1969-70 season. The grower received under two cents a pound for apples that were retailed at 15 cents, they charge. As conditions worsen economically for the grower, the fruit pickers, some of whom follow the seasonal crops throughout the valley, suffer in ratio. Very little has been made public about the plight of these workers, but it is known the organization of the farm workers in the fields of Cali- fornia has made a strong impact on pickers in the Okanagan. ..The big question now is, just what is going to be done with the 1970 crop now being harvested? Are nuclear power. stations desirable? By MABEL RICHARDS Some scientists on this side of the Atlantic fear that atomic power plants are potentially dangerous to humans and to the environment. Soviet scientists claim that such power stations can be completely safe. A book brought back from the Soviet Union by a recent visitor to that country carries information on atomic powered stations which is of more than passing interest to B.C. people. Just recently Gordon Shrum, chairman of B.C. Hydro, advo- cated the construction of an atomic power station for Van- couver Island. At the same time Premier Bennett roots for more dams to supply hydro power. A layman cannot, of course, pass judgement as to which type of utility should eventually be made use of, but the fact that the Soviet Union has built several nuclear power plants and plans to build more might well be investigated before we drown more land, timber and people’s livelihood as is the case with the _ Bennett dam. The Soviet book states, “‘It has been proved that contrary to popular opinion atomic power stations are absolutely harmless as regards pollution . . . Calcu- lations show that it will be economically efficient to build atomic power station in many parts of the Soviet Union in the next decade. Towards the close -of the century atomic stations will account for the bulk of elec- tricity generated in the European part of the USSR and the Urals. Several stations with power units up to 600,000 KW capacity are under con struction.” It is affirmed that their scientists have designed reactors to make use of uranium - 238, a method which makes full use of the fuel, making them more economical than was previously held possible. They have also succeeded in directly transforming the thermal energy generated in a nuclear reactor into electricity. There is no reason, the Soviet scientists say, why large stations should not be built even in big cities. An atomic plant at Beloyarsk which has produced over 5,000 million KWH of power for the Ural grid, has had absolutely no effect on the biological environ- ment — people, water, forest or fish, say the scientists. A third power block now being built in the same town will raise the station’s fuel potential a thousand-fold. Many people in B.C., with knowledge of the disregard of both government and industry for the environment, are rightly worried as to the safety factor in any plant that Hydro might construct on the Island. It would be in B.C.’s interest if experts were sent from this province to the Soviet Union to study their methods of making use of atomic energy for power so that we may benefit from their know-how. Classified advertising BUSINESS PERSONALS HALLS FOR RENT . NOWOPEN ‘POLITANO’S BARBER SHOP 132 East Hastings St. (Closed Wednesday ) REGENT TAILORS LTD— Custom Tailors and Ready- to-Wear, 324 W. Hastings St. MU 1-8456 or 4441 E. Hastings —CY 8-2030. See Henry Ran- kin for personal service. DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRY Also Coin-op LAUNDERETTE 2633 Commercial Dr. 879-9956 RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME- Available for meetings, ban- quets and weddings at rea- sonable rates. 600 Campbell Ave. 254-3430. UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE — 805 East Pender St., Vancou- ver 4. Available for Banquets, Weddings, Meetings. Phone: 254-3436 CLINTON HALL, 2605 East Pender. Available for ban- quets, meetings, weddings, etc. Phone 253-7414. : PACIFIC PRIBUNE—SFRIDAY; ‘SEPTEMBER 1'1; 1970--PAGE"N1 + »