Harold Pritchett, Coquitlam, Sends a copy of the following letter € sent to the local press: Mr. Jan aphe has learned since he came anada that there are two sure Ways of joining the ranks of British benefits established in Canada, such as senior citizen’s pensions, unemployment insurance, workemen’s compensation, etc., were won by a struggle of trade union, the socialists, the com- munists and other. citizen organizations, against big business and their old line parties such as the one you claim to speak for. I find your article full of half truths, innuendo and downright falsehoods; for an example, you state ‘Karl Marx was a frenzied anti-Semitic’’ which of course is an outright lie. Marx was himself a Jew and was proud of it. You say that Russia under the Czar was not a backward country. Anyone knows amongst those who study cluding the country of your birth history, that Russia was mainly an N a record time of five days. Any - agrarian nation and the peasants Neht thinking citizen not con-' Were slaves to the big landlords ferned with promoting and and little or no basic industry ‘eviving the cold war, knows that it ¢xisted. Has unity forged by the Soviets and You fail to point out, as most red neck politicians do, that after the her allies that stopped Hitler at the myumbia’s handful of > a First through a so- . 4 €d divine inspiration ala aglardi or Billy Graham, to save Th People’s souls from their sins. in Other, as Mr. Solzhenitsyn Bere, that red-baiting paid M millions. ine are the author of the - Pal fe in your ‘‘Political 4 €tte,”’ “N.D.P. and Com- Unists are cuddling together in a Same cozy bed’’, Hitler said actly the same thing and as a tr . ‘Sult overran many countries Bates of Stalingrad and swept the Russian people took power into aScist juggernaut back and freed their own hands, they were in- © invaded countries, including vaded by all the capitalist coun- Your own, : tries, including Canada. Not long i ‘ Surrey YCL presents “DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES” Int'l award: winning film about the struggle.for democracy in Spain. “THE LAND IS CULTURE" New film by Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs telling the real story of the land claim issue in B.C. =: 7:30 P.M. UNWIN HAL Sept. 30, 1975 —.134th Street at 70th Ave., Surrey La ADMISSION BY DONATION - production and is second to the after, it was followed by the Second World War in which fifty million people perished in its flames and twenty million were Soviet citizens. In spite of all these major set-backs, in 58 years the U.S.S.R. has come from the most backward nation to a leading world power, with no unemployment, no in- flation andno currency crisis. Now it leads the U.S.A. in_ steel United States in its Gross National Product. If you are seeking the truth, which I doubt, you will take another look at history, especially if you plan on inviting the public to have confidence in you, instead of reviving the cold war and seeking to turn the clock back as Hitler did. The outstanding lesson of the victory over Fascism was the joint struggle of all democrats against Fascism and against anti- Communism, against hatred of other peoples and for democratic and social progress. CORRECTION In previous issues the Tribune charged that B.C. Sugar. had almost doubled its profits in the six months up to March, 1975 com- pared to the same period the year before. This charge is correct. However, a misplaced decimal gave the wrong profit. Profits of B.C. Sugar for the six months ending March, 1975 were $9.4 million compared to $5.7 million for the same period the year before. We apologize for the mistake, but the main charge we made stands: B.C. Sugar’s profits are excessive and have almost doubled in one year. —. WELCOME TO VANCOUVER Thunder Bay Senior Citizens with your program SEPTEMBER 27 — 8 P.M. RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME ~ 600 CAMPBELL AVE. PICNIC September 28, — 12 noon Sampo Hall, Websters Corners Bus leaves 11 a.m. from 805 E. Pender Auspices Sampola Senior Citizens AWAII Honolulu/Waikiki & Maui > ae = 3 H fy From * ~ Double occupancy. includes Hotel ‘Preserve space 6 for further information. please contact, my. The expertsintraveltothe USSR GLOBE TOURS ete ae B.C. Fed hits postal ad ban B.C. Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Len Guy last week~ accused Seaboard Signs, a division of Neonex, of unjustifiably tampering with basic freedoms of speech and communication in refusing to accept advertising from the Vancouver local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Guy said the Postal Workers want to use billboards to advertise their union’s boycott of the Postal Code but have been told by Seaboard management that the advertising would be acceptable. “The Federation intervened on behalf of the Postal Workers but we have been unable to reach any agreement with the company. Seaboard management flatly refused any advertising that carried the Postal Workers message: ‘Boycott the Postal Code’. They refused to explain . exactly why the CUPW campaign is unacceptable. “This kind of unjustifiable in- terference in the freedom of speech and communication should not be tolerated in a free democratic society. It is a graphic and very sad example of what people mean when they say ‘the free press is only free if you happen to own the press.’ I can assure Seaboard and the Postal Workers that. our Federation will pursue this matter further.” Guy said the B.C. Federation of Labor is in full support of the CUPW boycott of the Postal Code. He said the Federation will con- ‘tinue to boycott the postal code until the Post Office meets with the union to negotiate, in a meaningful way, the technological changes resulting from the introduction of the postal code. Shielded by some forty sign bearing demonstrators pedrestrians were able to cross Knight Road at 47 Ave. last week in relative safety. The demonstrators were protesting lack of action by the Vancouver City traffic department in providing a stop light for the intersection which has seen a large increase in traffic since the opening of the Knight Street bridge last year. —Carey Robson photo Labor vet working class and progressive movement lost an ardent and devoted supporter and activist with the passing of Andy Lee last week at the age of 74. A cheerful and hard-working man, Andy Lee was a regular contributor to the Tribune and came regularly to help in mailing out the paper. Last Thursday he was. missing, and nobody knew why. Apparently he died at his home at Websters Corner, and his body was not discovered until Sunday. . See ANDY LEE mourned He came to Canada from Edinburgh, Scotland in 1905 at the age of four. During the Hungry Thirties he was an active and leading member of the Burnaby Workers Council, and for a time occupied the post of Burnaby organizer of the Communist Party. During the war years he worked as a plater in the shipyards, and later worked for many years in the fishing industry as a shoreworker out of Namu, and at fishing camps up and ‘down the coast. He with- drew from the fishing industry and was an honorary member of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union. In recent years he retired to a small home in Websters Corner, but continued his activities in the Communist Party and for the Tribune until his death. An avid reader and well- informed man, Andy had a deep knowledge of the working class struggle which~came both from personal study and practical ex- perience. A memorial service is being held Thursday, September 18 at the Boal Memorial Chapel in North Vancouver. The Tribune mourns his loss and joins with others in expressing condolences to members of his family. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Bete en a Sear = COMING EVENTS “DREAMS and NIGHTMARES“ SEPTEMBER 20 — 8:00 p.m. will be shown at Sampo Hall, Premier showing, AUDIO Webster’s Corners, 8 p.m. VISION 75. Visit Kiev and Riga. $2 includes 1st refreshment. 4824 Dumfries St. 2 Blks. E. of Knight at 32nd. . . SEPTEMBER 23 — FILM SHOWING, Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., Buena Vista Hall, White Rock. ‘‘Dreams and Nightmares’’ — 1st Prize Winner at the Int’l. Film Festival in Leipzig. Refreshments. Spons. by: Mac Pap’s and the Fraser Valley Peace Council. SEPTEMBER 27 — FILM SHOWING, Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., Buena Vista Hall, White Rock. ‘‘Dreams and Nightmares”’ — 1st Prize Winner at the Int’l. Film Festival in Leipzig. Refreshments. Spons. by: Mac Pap’s and the Fraser Valley Peace Council. OCTOBER 4 — International prize winning Spanish Film WANTED STORAGE space, preferably in Burnaby — for articles for resale. Phone 526-5226. ~ BUSINESS PERSONALS RON SOSTAD, Writer-Researcher. Ph. 922-6980. =. HALLSFOR RENT UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE — 805 East Pender St., Vancouver 4.. Available for banquets, wed- dings, meetings. Phone 254-3436: . RUSSIAN. PEOPLE’S HOME — Now available for rentals. For reservations phone 254-3430. ‘WEBSTER’S CORNERS HALL.’ Available for banquets, meetings, etc. For rates; Ozzie, __ 325-4171 or 685-5836. _ PACIFIC TRIBUNE—SEPTEMBER 19, 1975—Page 11 PABA TIA2- SUUSIAT SIIQAS