Communist Party clubs across B.C. are busy electing delegates
and discussing policy resolutions for the 19th provincial convention

opening at the Vancouver Labor Temple Saturday, February 7.

About 90 official delegates are
expected, and the convention.
will be open to all members of
the Party and the Young
Communist League.

The provincial office of the
Party announced this week that
the national labor secretary of
the Party, Bruce Magnuson will
attend from the National
Executive and will address the
convention. Also in attendance
will be William Beeching, editor
of the Canadian Tribune, who is
on a national tour and will be in
Vancouver the weekend of the
B.C. party gathering.

A banquet, which was to have
been held on Friday, February 6
to honor veterans of the Com-
munist movement, will not be
held at this time so as to not

Sid
Chudleigh

An old-time veteran in the
ranks of organized labor in B.C.,
Sidney Hart Chudleigh passed
away on. January 26th in St.
Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver in
his 7rd year.

“Sid,” as he was lovingly
known by his many friends and
Comrades in the progressive and

Communist movement, -

suffered a severe heart attack
while attending a Burns
Anniversary Dinner on January
24, in the Fishermen’s Hall in
Vancouver, from which he did
hotrecover. _

Born in North Dakota, Sid
Chudleigh served with the U.S.
Army overseas in World War 1.
At the end of the war he
emigrated to Alberta 46-years
4g0, and like many other U.S.
and Canadian war veterans,
took up a homestead, and
Opened up his own car repair
Sarage at the same time. Sid
Chudleigh and his family came
to British Columbia 24-years
4g0 and also worked as an expert
Car mechanic in this province,
and for a number of years as a
grain liner at Vancouver
terminal elevators. \

He joined the Communist
Party of Canada over 20 years
4g0 in British Columbia and has

een an active and devoted
Worker for the party and its
Press throughout all those years
im many fields of activity.

At the last annual meeting of
the Burnaby Senior Citizens
Branch, Mr. Chudleigh was
elected president of the OAP

Tanch, but death came before
he could assume office.
ae Chudleigh is survived by
Is beloved wife Anne, two daugh

ters, Patricia (Mrs. _M.
Anderson) and Kathy and four
§randchildren.

Funeral services were held
parsley, January 29 at 11 a.m.
ane Burnaby Funeral Home,
= ‘Owed by cremation. Harold

Titchett, well-known labor

leader and a long-time friend of

_ Sid Chudleigh and his family,

Conducted the service in tribute
to the life-long work of the
deceased in labor’s ranks.

4 The family requested that no
Oral tributes be sent, but rather

at such donations be sent to the :

acific Tribune, as Sid would
ave wished it.

he PT staff salute the

pe mony of a devoted worker and
Pporter, and express their
fepest sorrow and sympathy
us bereaved family

With }

‘many Press Clubs.

conflict with the giant peace
rally being held at John Oliver
High School that evening.

Major resolutions on the
Party’s general policies, work in
the municipal and labor fields,
and discussion of organization
and party work will occupy the
delegates who will elect a new
provincial committee Sunday
afternoon.

Much attention will be focused
on the present session of the B.C.
Legislature and the fight to

defeat the big monopolies and —

win advances for labor and the
people.

BRUCE MAGNUSON

BARD HONORED

To the skirl of the bagpipes and the cheering of over two hundred
guests, the traditional Haggis was piped in to mark the 211th
birthday anniversary of Scotland’s ploughman poet, Robbie Burns.
The banquet and dance to mark the historic occasion was held in the
Fishermen’s Hall, Vancouver, and was sponsored by the Burnaby -

Coquitlam Burns Committee.

Following a sumptuous dinner a fine cultural program and dance
kept the affair at a high pitch of enthusiasm. Accordion renditions of
Burns’ lilting songs were rendered by Miss Sharon Anderson and the
noted Burns patriot and veteran trade unionist, Peter Munro,
followed by guitar solos on the same theme by Miss Linda Chobatuck.

Harold Pritchett of Burnaby, veteran trade union leader and active
community worker, acted as Master of Ceremonies.

Guest speakers of the evening were Tom-McEwen, editor of the
Pacific Tribune, and popular Vancouver Alderman Harry Rankin.

In his response to The Immortal Memory, McEwen stressed the -

close affinity between Scotland’s national Bard and the youth of
today, and especially Burns’ revolt against bigoted prejudice and
conformity. ‘To me’, stated McEwen, “‘it often appears that Burns
had ‘turned on’ two centuries ahead of the young people of today. But
I am sure he would be with them in all their efforts and hopes for a

better world.”’

Piper Gregory Rosval, grandson of Peter Munro, in full Highland
regalia, piped in the Haggis and also led the Grand March of Burns’
enthusiasts around the banquet tables. It was indeed ‘‘a braw nicht’’.

Good response to

‘Build PT’ appeal ©

By ERNIE CRIST
Circulation Manager
Our appeal to boost the circu-
lation of the Pacific Tribune in
honor of Lenin’s 100 birthday is
finding a great response from

Vancouver East, an  out-
standing leader in the year gone
by, is determined to stay out in
front it seems. In addition to
picking up all expiries and to
better their achievement of 117
subs in paper sales in 1969 they
have pledged to win 25 new
readers in 1970.

North Burnaby, which already
boosted circulation from 79 to 98
in the year gone by pledged to
win an additional 22 new readers
in honor of Lenin’s centennial
in 1970.

Peter McGuire, press club,
pledged to boost bundle sales
from 100 papers to 2,000 papers,
an increase from 4 subs to 80
subs in papersales.

Point Grey, a relatively small

‘club, will pick up all expiries,

win 10 new readers and boost
papersales to 25 subs.
Individually, Harold Pritchett
from North Burnaby who won 7
new subs in 1969, pledged to win 5
new readers this year.
Many friends and individual

Take advantage of the special
SEVEN SEAS book offer
announced in the PT Jan. 16.

supporters of our paper pledged
to win 2, 3, and as many as 5 new
readers or to take special
bundles for the promotion of our
paper.

This is a highly encouraging
response to our appeal, but we

are sure that other clubs will do
equally as good or even better.
We understand that many
press clubs are still in the
process of discussing their plans
to boost circulation and we are
eagerly waiting for their pledges
to come in. 3

In the meantime we will
continue to report on the work
done by various press clubs in
their fight for our paper, and we
will shortly ‘announce the
rewards which will be given to
the best individual press
builders at the end of the year.

Assist YCL fund

The Communist Party of
Canada announced recently
that it is supporting the drive by
the Initiating Committee to form
a Young Communist League to
raise $6,000 for its founding con-
vention being held the end of
March.

Direct donations and paid ad-
vertising for the convention pro-
gram will be solicited. $1,500 is
being raised in B.C. and con-
tributions can be sent to: YCL
Fund, Rm. 408, 193 E. Hastings
St., Vancouver 4.

John R. Kwasnica, New
Westminster, writes: The topic
of ‘‘Americanization’’ of
Canadian universities has been
a national concern especially
during the past year largely
because of the efforts of two
Carleton University English
professors (Drs. Matthews and
Steele) who were probably the

first to expose the extent of
‘“‘Americanization’’ of our
universities.

There are some educators who
feel that the threat from a
preponderance of American
professors in our universities
poses no threat, while others are
deeply concerned about the
detrimental effects of too much
Americanization. I believe
there is a real threat from this
development, not only in the
educational sphere, but also in
the social, cultural and economic
spheres.

A statistical analysis of this
problem was compiled by Drs.
Matthews and Steele which
exposed some revealing facts. It
should be pointed out that some
of the sampling methods
employed in their researches
may have minor flaws. But
nevertheless their study has
validity worth considering. 1968
figures used are quoted from the
study.

For example, ‘“‘of the 2,600
teachers hired by Canadian
universities, only 360 were
Canadians (a very small ratio);
slightly more than 1,000 were

U.S. teachers (3 U.S. teachers
for every Canadian hired), 500
were British and 720 from other
countries. York University has
fifteen American instructors in

its sociology department and
only one Canadian. SFU out of a
total of 24 history professors,
only three are Canadians and in
the political science and anthro-
pology faculty, only four out of 23
are Canadian. McMaster
University has only one lone
Canadian instructor in its
political science department,
etc.”

The University of B.C. and
Victoria have a more reasonable
balance between the number of

Canadian and American
professors on staff.
What are some of the

undesirable effects? A UBC
study indicated that some of our
own master and doctorate people
are having difficulties in
obtaining positions. American
professors bring their own
research interests from the U.S.
and thus reduces the number of
Canadian research topics under-
taken; lack of Canadian orienta-
tion; U.S. professors teaching
Canadian history with an
American interpretation; © the
imposition of American
political, social and economic
ideologies on our students;
American ready-made solutions

~ to Canadian problems; erosion

of our national identity; and a
preponderence of American text-
books.

Some argue that the influx of
American professors is a great
asset to Canadian universities. I
believe that not only American
talent, but talent from other
countries can also make a
worthwhile contribution — but

- not at the expense of our own

talent. That should always be

~ given top priority.

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