~_ CLEAR THE DECKS | PT NEEDS Help Us Reach Our Goal BY June Ist. we have to be able to report that we a raised $19,500, to continue the publication °Ur paper. < friend and supporter of the PT we appeal to ot ° donate to the best of your ability so that we . continue to do our job. Ww : © Urge all press clubs to start off the campaign - To act quickly is all important. y, ¢ |_ DRIVE QUOTAS quotas AcHieven CLUB QUOTAS ACHIEVED VAN. ISLAND Alberni 350 Campbell River 225 Cowichan 150 Nanaimo 725 Victoria 400 Van. Island Tot. 1850 DEWDNEY Haney 300 Mission 250 Dewdney Total 550 OKANAGAN VALLEY Kamloops 150 Notch Hill 100 Penticton 100 Vernon 275 Okanagan Total 625 DELTA Coquitlam 350 Ft. Langley 325 Fraser Indust. 250 Fraser Valley Club 300 New Westminster 500 Surrey SV) White Rock-Delta 800 Delta Total 3100 Province Total 17,600 Unpledged 1900 Grand Total 19,500 WOMEN IN TODAY’S WORLD Mona Morgan VANCOUVER LABOUR TEMPLE SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 8 P.M. Hall 10 — 307 W. Broadway B.C. Prov. Educ. Comm. - Communist Party Shonsoreg by (Se cree cee ee en rete erm mee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee oe ‘Textbook racket’ subject of brief Textbooks comprise 65 percent of all book sales in Canada. University texts are a large por- tion of the dollar volume. By far the largest number of books used in Canadian univer- sities are written, published and printed in the United States. Eighty percent of all library and 92 percent of all university bookstore purchases are books not published in Canada. Textbooks are too expensive relative to (students) ability to pay for them. These are but a few of the points made in a submission to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs; the federal minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, and to the chairman of the Prices and Incomes Commission, by students at UBC; Art Smolensky and Rob McDiarmid. Smolensky is a senator at UBC; McDiarmid is vice-president elect of the Alma Mater Society, UBC. The authors of the ‘The Text- book Racket” brief have made a study in depth of prices, markups, a “‘rip-off’’ technique in the importing field, as well as the monopoly situation which exists between foreign (mainly US) book companies and their Canadian distributors, or subsi- diaries. They make the point that: ‘“«_ of the 25 percent of total books produced and published from domestic sources, 80 percent are published by foreign- controlled firms, and that only about 5 percent of all books sold are authored, published and manufactured by Canadian con- trolled publishers.’ (This was written before the Ryerson and W.J. Gage presses fell into foreign hands. ) Smolensky and McDiarmid offer as an answer: ‘‘That the VITAL READING The following items are avail- able from the Peoples Co-opera- tive Bookstore, 341 West Pender, Vancouver 3. Phone 685 5836. British Foreign Policy During World War Two - V. Trakhan- ousky — $3.95. In the interp- retation of the history of World War Two, the widest diver- gencies exist between Marxist and Western historians. Here is Marxist view on British foreign policy during that period. - Three Paul Robeson records — $6.29. Ballad for Americans, Robeson at Carnegie Hall, ‘includes Joe Hill) and Robeson. oe oe ae oe ee er we Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada Progressive Fraternal Society Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field poll \ I I 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 ee federal government along with the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada (AUCC ) establish a Canadian Publishing Corporation under the auspices’ of AUCC but with a cognizance of its eventual autonomy, perhaps as a crown cor- poration.’ This corporation is envisioned as adhering to the following principles: It should by and large limit itself to publishing the works of Canadian authors; it should work towards establishing itself as a major supplier of textbooks for schools from the primary to post-secon- dary levels, and should be non- profit. They also ask the government to set up a detailed study of test- book pricing in Canada; an investigation with respect to Sole distribution rights on certain books; an investigation into the ‘Complimentary copy” situation wherin professors receive unsolicited free copies of textbooks. A price increase con- trol system on text and ref- erence books used in the field of education is urged, and a study to determine why North American books sold in N.A. have one retail price when the identical edition is sold cheaper overseas, and a revaluation of the laws concerning copyright restrictions. WIGGINS MOURNED Walter Wiggins, veteran Communist leader, and an out- standing farm leader on the Prairies during the Hungry Thirties, died Wednesday morning at Vancouver General Hospital. A highly respected and militant farm leader, Wiggins’ name was a household word among farmers in Saskat- chewan and the other Prairie provinces. He will be deeply mourned by thousands of comrades and friends across Canada. * Next week the PT will carry a special tribute to his life and work. Trail union asks probe Local 480 of the Steelworkers Union in Trail is calling for a -full scale independent federal gov- ernment survey of Trail and district area to resolve the charges and counter-charges relative to pollution from the Cominco smelter. The union also calls for a national policy on energy re- sources. They demand a Crown Corporation take over Canadian oil and gas; en- courage the use of refineries in the North; express oppos- ition to the movement of oil tankers on Canada’s west coast, and are opposed to any takeover of a pipeline through Canada by U.S. interests. The March meeting of the union local is sending sub- missions to Victoria in which they protest a rate boost for -B.C. Telephone Co., and call for the provincial govern- ment to take over the utility. Automobile insurance car- riers in B.C. came under fire and the demand for a govern- ment-operated insurance scheme was repeated. Repeal of the Public Order Act and restitution to hund- reds of Canadians falsely arrested under the War Measures Act was urged, as was an end to Canadian complicity in selling arms to the U.S. for use in Vietnam. CORRECTION: The poem in last week’s ‘‘Open Forum’”’ column was_ mistakenly attributed to Henry Myer. It was sent in by Harry Hughes of Parksville. r . ~~ TED HARRIS 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4, B.C. Painters and Paperhangers Supplies : Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45c — Now 19¢ a Roll Beaver Transfer * Moving * Packing * Storage 573 East Hastings St. Phone 254-3711 - Classified advertising COMING EVENTS MARCH 28 — Come and Enjoy Yourself at a DINNER with Entertainment and Guest Speaker on SUNDAY — MARCH 28th at 2 PM. CLINTON HALL 2605 E. Pender St. Admission $1.50 Ausp: Niilo Makela & Fin- nish .Org. Proceeds to ‘PT’ & Vapaus. All welcome. 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