Big job done
by many In
PT sub drive

By E. CRIST, Circulation Manager

Thanks to the outstanding job done by many individuals and
Press Clubs, we accomplished a great deal during the current

Circulation Drive.

We congratulate Point Grey,
Broadway, Kingsway, Van.
East. Van. South, Victory Square,
Langley, Vernon, Cowichan, Pt.
Alberni, Nanaimo and Victoria;
these Press Clubs all went over
their respective targets in paper
Sales.

Individually, the most
outstanding job in paper sales
was done by Steve Nickyforuk
from Victory Square. Steve sold
close to 3,000 papers, thus
accounting for all of the 119 subs
In paper sales turned in by his

- club during the Drive.

There were others who took
PT bundles for sale or distri-
bution. We extend our sincere
appreciation to Ed_ Skeeles,
Mark Mosher, Anne Tarasoff;
Columba Rush, Bob Towle,
Barney Hansen, Fred Hansen,
Bill Turner, Bob Kerr, Mike
Demeter, Ted Bardal,
Szulak, G. Hewison, Bill
Chobotuck, Rita Tanche,
Barbara Stewart, Bert
Padgham, Olaf Carlson, Bob
Jackson, Sam Vint, lie Hudyma,

_ Adam Dibble and Richard

Dobson. It is primarily because
of their efforts that paper sales
are up over the previous year.

A number of clubs did an

- equally good job picking up sub

t

expiries; Broadway, Olgin, Van.

East, Vernon, North Burnaby,

Notch Hill, Ft. Langley, Agassiz,
White Rock, Mission, Campbell
River, Cowichan, Fernie, Powell
River, and Sointula. These Press
Clubs picked up all or the vast
majority of their expires.

Bob Towle from Van. East
Picked up 48 expiries, an
Outstanding performance. Bob
‘accomplished this despite
advanced age and lack of
transportation. Another
Outstanding performance was
accomplished by Rita Tanche

~ from White Rock Delta. Despite

Sickness and personal misfor-
tune, Rita picked up 31 expiries
for her club. We also salute Lil
Stoneman who, despite a serious
handicap, picked up 13 expiries
for her club.

On the other hand, a number of
Clubs fell considerably short of
their pledge to pick up expiries.
As a result there are 150 expiries
Still outstanding. This failure
Was evident above all in a
Number of City and Vancouver
Island clubs. North Van.,
Nanaimo and Frank Rogers are
low on the totem pole. Had it not
been for this ‘let down,” we
Would have been able to make a
Much better showing, but we
Still hope that the clubs in these
areas will make a special effort
to pick up the remaining expiries
early in the New Year.

Despite these weak spots, we
managed to increase circulation
for the year as a whole. This was
Primarily a result of the good
work done by many Press Clubs
and individuals winning new
Teaders. At the head of the star
Parade is Van. East with 43 new
Teaders, North Burnaby with 14,
South Van., 12, Edmonds, Point
Grey, Correspondence and

Trail, 11 each, Victory Square, -

10, Kingsway and Broadway, 9
€ach, Coquitlam, Surrey,
Mission, Kamloops, Cowichan,

Andy .

Nanaimo, Peter McGuire, 5_

each, Agassiz, New West-
minster and North Van. with 4
each. :

Heading the list individually
for winning new readers were
Bob Towle with 20, Harold
Pritchett, 7, Velma Hogan, 4,
Columba Rush, 3; Mona Morgan,
3; Bill Turner, 3; Olaf Carlson, 3
and Caroly Sandor, 3. In addition
to this there were many other
supporters who answered our
appeal for new subs and won1, 2,
3 and as many as 7 new readers.

The result of all these efforts
is that for the first time in many
years we won close to 240 new
readers, an increase of nearly 70
over last year.

Another reason for our success
was undoubtedly the extensive
promotional work by our paper
in the year gone by. During the
numerous strikes by many
thousands of workers through-
out this province, at plants and
union gatherings, during peace
demonstrations, at high schools
and universities, our paper was
distributed in large numbers.
Thus, many thousands of people
came to know our paper and
what it stands for.

Workers, students, old-age
pensioners and young people,
housewives, people fighting
against war, those deprived of
adequate housing, educational
and medical facilities learned
for the first time that the Pacific
Tribune is a powerful ally and
friend in their struggle against
war.

Of equal importance for our
overall success was the support
of those who voluntarily helped
the PT staff in the mailing of our
‘paper throughout the year, thus
enabling the staff to devote
much needed time for circula-
tion and other work in our
operation.

We salute Bob Towle, Sid
Chudleigh, Pat Foley, Bert
Monk, Hugh Pease, Fred

‘Hansen, Carl Rush, Harold Prit-
chett, Henry Meyer and Ray
Garneau. Some of their names
never or only rarely appear in
our paper and the spotlight never
shines on them, but it is because
of their devotion and unstinting
support that the PT can be
mailed punctually every week

to our readers throughout the .

province at great savings in time
and cost.

In conclusion, we again tip our
hat to all our friends and
supporters who gave so gener-
ously of their time, gasoline and
shoe leather to make this drive
possible.

The job of our paper is, of
course, far from ended. Although
much progress in the struggle
against war has been made
during the last year, there is still
a big job to be done; the children
in Vietnam are still dying and

the monopoly effensive at home _

is more ruthless than ever.

As a result the Pacific
Tribune, now the only weekly
labor paper in B.C., requires an
even bigger boost in the coming
year. With the help of our friends
and supporters everywhere, we
will undoubtedly be equal to our
task and reach our goal.

SOCRED FREEZE HIT

School crisis serious

A major crisis is shaping up in B.C. in 1970 as a result of Socred government

policy.

A survey released by the B.C. School Trustees Association at the year end said
that about 540 elementary and secondary classrooms-worth more than $30 million-are
required by September, 1970. But these are not in sight.

Many school districts wanted
to submit referendums in last
December’s civic elections
under the new Public Schools
Act, but the _ provincial
government ruled out these
building referendums and
announced that only
“essential’’ classrooms would
be allowed. But there’s the rub.
No one knows what the
government considers

“‘essential.”’
The school trustees survey,

based on reply from 50 school
districts, shows that about $60
million worth. of school
construction, including
projects which normally would
have been submitted to
referendum in December, is
planned by the boards. But the
whole program has now been
halted by the socred
government’s freeze on schools.
Hardest hit school districts in
B.C. are Coquitlam, Prince
George, Delta and Fernie.
They represent more than half
of the $30 million worth of
school construction considered

as urgent. These four districts _

require 166 elementary and 109
secondary classrooms. If the
school freeze is not lifted soon
by Victoria thousands of
children in these areas will find
it difficult to get a seat in a
classroom.

Just how serious the problem
is is indicated by the situation
in Coquitlam. Last year more
than 4,200 students were on
shift classes. Teachers say the
squeeze is as bad again this
year, and the local school board
has sought approval for 53 new
classrooms and four gymn
asiums.

Spokesman for the school
trustees association maintain
that with every delay land and
construction costs are rising
putting the sorely needed class
rooms further out of reach.
They point out that
construction sites have risen to
such a degree that they are now
at least double those of two or
three years ago.

The B.C. School Trustees.
Association president Jim
Campbell said that “‘even if the
cancelled referendums are
allowed to go ahead in the new _

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needed projects could not now
be completed by September,
1970.”’ =
Meanwhile school districts
such as Coquitlam are taking
their case to Victoria, urging a
speed-up school construction.

The Socred government
boasts of ‘‘balanced budgets”
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millions to hand out to large
monopolies’ for building
superports and other facilities
to export our resources, but it
is adamant in its attitude not to
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their list -of priorities,
children’s education is at the
bottom.

There is no doubt that the
school freeze will play a
prominent part in the session of
the legislature opening later
this month. Last year a large
lobby, sparked by Coquitlam,
went to Victoria to demand
schools, It looks as if some
action of that sort will be
needed again to budge the ‘‘anti-
education”’ crowd in Victoria.

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