- Nickyforuk and Rita

We're off to a
good start

$4,000 in Ist week

By FRED WILSON, Drive Managér
The results of the first week anda half of the drive have to
be pleasing. With over $4,000 turned in, we have seta quick
‘beginning, and if wecan maintain this tempo, we will be in
“good stead for a successful drive.

. Mission club is the first in the province to go over their
quota. Thisisa noteworthy effort, achieved by arelatively

‘small club in a rural setting.

- In town, Kingsway club set an example of how to utilize the

political potential that the drive affords us. They raised the

bulk of their $250 at a dinner affair, at which PT editor Maurice

a, Rush spoke to about 75 people gathered at the Grandview Com-

munity Centre on rising food costs.

The event drew many newcomers, and a couple of new
subscribers were found. This is a small illustration of the point
we want to emphasize — the financial drive offers the
possibility to reach out to thousands of people, and win new sup-
porters for the Pa I

* Ok OK

There have already been a number of outstanding

- individual performances in the drive. To date, we have 9 names

onour ‘Honor Press Builder Board, including Mike Stevens

with over $600 turned in, Bob Towle with $300 raised, and Steve
Tanche both with $250 to their credit.

* There area few key areas we still have not received word _
from. Vancouver Island and Okanagan regions— let’s hear

from you. eS of
“Clubs who have not yet made plans for fund raising events
should do so quickly. Remember that the PT office is at your
service to give any assistance we can. Contest tickets and
~ donation cards are available at the office— give us a call and

we will supply you. ent

The lively look of PT pages, with the introduction of color

through the drive weeks, is anindication of whata successful

_ drive can mean. A more attractive and appealing Tribune,

| using color and more photographs. with more B.C. news giving

~ even wider coverage to the struggles of working people— these
are the real targets of the financialdrive. - x

WE: OFF TO A GOOD START. BUT THERE

BrAins A GIANT'S JOB TO BE DONE. LET'S

- REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS AND ENSURE THAT THE
- JUNE 9 CELEBRATION IS A REAL VICTORY BANQUET.

DRIVE QUOTAS

; CLUB
y cluB QUOTAS ACHIEVED QUOTAS ACHIEVED
GREATER VAN. ISLAND
; VANCOUVER Alberni 400 0
ma : 100 Campbell River 275 0
i. Bill Bennett 800 30 Cowichan 150 Oo
; | Broadway 650 17 Nanaimo 600 76
| Centennial 450 65 Victoria 500 0
| Frank Rogers 650 245 Van. Island Tot. 1,925 76
Kingsway 900
Niilo Makela 225 145 DEWDNEY
i Olgin 275 50 Maple Ridge 150 30
: 4 700 120 Mission 275 277
i 300 0 Dewdney Total 425 307
Timber IND. 400 32, OKANAGAN VALLEY
Van. East 1200 372 Kamloops 220 0
South Vancouver 500 15 Notch Hill 110 20
Victory Square 1000 469 Penticton 110 0
North Burnaby 700 116 Vernon 385 0
Edmonds 525 170 OkanaganTotal 9825 20
North Shore! 950 245 DELT A
City Total 10,225 2191 Coquitlam 400 .
-| PROV. MISC. Ft. Langley 350 90
Creston 100 O Fraser Indust. 400 - 0
Fernie 50 : ly Valley Club 350 65
HR; ichmongd
eee ess oe 0 New Westminster 550 ee;
Trail 385 OQ Surrey 1,200 338
Correspondence 350 150 White Rock-Delta 350 18
Tom McEwen Coi. 600 170. Dalto Tore 3,650 536
Prov. Total 19,660 3550
_ Prov. Misc. 750 100 Unpledged 2,340 710
'rov. Misc. Total 2,610 420 Grand Total 22,000 4260

Se es

LABOR COMMENT:

Labor needs militant,
working class policy

In our Labor Comment of April
6, we summarized the high-
lights of the labor policy state-
ment of the recent B.C. conven-
tion of the Communist Party. In
doing so, we referred to three
basic principles in that state-
ment. What follows is a brief
elaboration of those principles.

1. Exposure and rejectionof
class collaboration: The basic
contradiction in our capitalist
society is between the owners
of the means of production and
distribution on the one hand and
the working people on the
other. Today, when monopolies
dominate the economy, the con-
tradictions between labor and
capital are sharper than ever.

The owners of the means of
production and distribution are
motivated by one basic desire,
the accumulation of maximum
profits. The workers, on the
other hand, must sell their labor
power in order to live.

This contradiction is an an-
tagonistic one and cannot be re-
solved short of the abolition of
capitalism. Those who accept
this fact recognize that class
struggle is an inevitable fea-
ture of our society: and all of
their activities in the labor
movement are governed accord-
ingly. Those who fail to accept
the class struggle as a reality
follow a policy of class col-
laboration, preaching the iden-
tity of interest between the em-
ployers and the workers. :

Support for speed-up and
rationalization at the expense
of the workers, unprincipled
deals that sacrifice the long
range interest of the working
class, advancement of narrow
craft or group interests at the ex-
pense of overallclassinterest,
and a fear of the masses in mo-
tion — these are some of the
manifestations of class
collaboration. In _ foreign
affairs, class collaboration ex-
presses itself in public hos-
tility to the Soviet Union and
other socialist countries.

2. Challenging and defeat of
reformism and opportunism:
Reformism assumes many
forms, but basically it means
reform for the sake of reform as
an end product. To the reform-
ist, the negotiated wage in-
crease, the shorter work week,

Protest Cambodia

bombing by U.S.

The U.S. bombing in Cam-
bodia was protested last
weekend by the B.C. Peace Coun-
cilina wire to External Affairs
Minister Mitchell Sharp and
the U.S. Consulate General in
Vancouver.

Signed by its secretary, Rosa-
leen Ross, the wire said:

**Massive bombing of Cam-
bodia by U.S. B-52’s is a shocking
violation of Article 20B of the
Paris Agreement stating that
foreign countries shall cease
activities in Cambodia and
Laos. We urge strongest
possible representation to U.S.
government to stop bombing
immediately and carry out the
terms of the Agreement.”

QPS NEL ORS SITES AISA

legislative reforms and social
we lfare programsarethefinal
goals. To class conscious work-
ers, these are steps on the road
to working class power.

Internationally, this is the
fundamental difference in the
labor movement. The right:
wing Social Democrats are
am ong the more sophisticated
preachers of reformism. To
them, the Swedish welfare
state is the ideal. The mono-
polies in that country dominate
the economy and the Social
Democrats manage the state
ontheir behalf. Therecanbeno
future for the working class un-
less this concept is challenged

and the workers are won for the
concept of socialism.

The opportunists in the labor
movement adapt themselves in
an unprincipled fashion to
every hostile pressure from the
employers or a capitalist
government and cater toevery
backward mood of the workers.
Their theory is pragmatic: Ifit
works today, it’s good— tomor-
row will look after itself. The
more skilful opportunists can
sound off like first class radi-
cals when this is what they think
the workers want to hear— and
red-bait with the best of the red-
baiters when it becomes
‘‘fashionable”’ to do so.

See LABOR COMMENT, pg. 16

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COMING EVENTS

APRIL 14 — See and Hear
“KOREA TODAY & SOVIET
UNION.”’ SLIDE SHOWING,
Saturday, April 14th at 8:00
p.m. the Vints, 2086 Qualicum
Dr. (Fraserview). SMORGAS-
BORD and REFRESHMENTS
AQ@mission $1.50 — Children
$1.90. Ausp: Vancouver South
Trib. Boosters.

APRYL 14 — April 14th, Film
Night at the BJARNASONS,
“THE SAD SONG OF YEL-
LOW SKIN” about the People
of Saigon, at 8:00 p.m. Keep
this evening reserved. Refresh-
ments $1.50. Admission. Pro-
ceeds to PT.

APRIL 15 - CONCERT - Var-
iety Program, Russian Peo-
ple’s Home, April 15th at
7:30 p.m. Spons. by: Federa-
tion of Russian Canadians.

HALLS FOR RENT

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE - 805
East Pender St., Vancouver 4,
Available for banquets, wed-
dings, meetings. Phone 254-
3436.

WEBSTER’S CORNER HALL
— Available for banquets,
meetings, weddings, etc. For
rates, Ozzie 325-4171 or 685-
5836.

APR]L 14 — Saturday, April
14th. You'll enjoy Donalda’s
Exeiting TALK and SLIDES
on Cuba, 915 Chestnut St.,
New Westminster - 8:00 p.m.
Good food, refreshments. Ad-
Mission $1.50. Ausp: New
Westminster Club. Proceeds
to Trib. :

MAY 5 — MAY DAY CELE-
BRATION — See and Hear of
the FIRST WORKERS’ STATE
by Jim Beynon, Jr. SLIDES
to be shown at Dorothy and
Sam's place, 832 Calverhall,
North Vancouver, May 5th at
8 Pm. Smorgasbord. Refresh-
ments. Admission $1.50. Pro-
ceeds to Tribune Drive. North
Shore Club.

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME.
Now available for rentals. For
reservations phone 254-3430.

BUSINESS PERSONALS

VINCE’S MOVING & STOR-
AGE. Call anytime. reason-
able rates. 253-0336.

NOTICES

Wanted: Temporary free stor-
age space in Burnaby — gar-
age or shed will do — stored
items will be sold with pro-
ceeds to press drive. Call 526-
5226.

Readers in South Burnaby who
wish to contribute to PT Press
Drive — please call 526-5226
Edmonds Press Club.

*” PACIFIC TRIBUNE—ERIDAY, APRIL 13, 1973-—PAGE 15