“TASK NOW -- INCREASE PT CIRCULATION” ati € task now is to carry bs Same spirit of the financial eee en into the fight to in- : Eane Pacific Tribune circula- att Said Tom McEwen, Jor, at the victory banquet riday night, Attended by about 400 press ‘Workers and supporters the eet at Hastings Auditor- Was a huge success. Master of ceremonies cosa Rush pointed out that €ss of the drive showed t thousands of people ap- - Pteciated the job the paper was doing in the fight for peace and security. Broadway club won the 1960 shield as the outstanding club in Vancouver. The award was received by Roy Samuelson on behalf of the club. Winning provincial club was Cowichan Lake. Club representative Alex Armella received the shield on the club’s behalf. Honors for being the top fund raiser went to the vet- eran press worker William Hreherchuk who raised $262. He was closely followed by R. W. with $258 and. William Stewart with $175. The banquet was told that 260 people raised amounts over $25 and of these 17 raised $100 or more to become honor press builders. Grand prize winners in the Pacific Tribune contest were also announced and are published on page 6. The banquet wound up with a talk by editor Tom McEwen on the recent Summit break- do. He pointed to the need for Canadians to. fight harder for peace and neutrality. - Success it was. THANKS For $16,745 The 1960 financial drive, as can be seen from the above total, was a resounding success. It was not only a victory in terms of cash. It was also a Victory for the cause of peace, security and socialism, because no other paper fights for the working people like the Pacific Tribune. The Pacific Tribune wishes to thank those hundreds and thousands of ~ People who through their efforts and contributions made this drive the huge ~ Drive success hailed by Canadian Tribune the following greetings to the victory celebration at the Hastings Auditorium last Friday: Nelson Clarke, editor of The Canadian Tribune, sent. the Pacific Tribune and to press is winning ever deeper builders. “Once again you have done ing people. “We are sure that you will possible for the Pacific Trib-|torious completion of our fin- une to strengthen its struggle | ancial drives, we must all to- for peace, neutrality and the | gether take advantage of the needs, of the people in the crit-| many favorable opportunities ical months to come. awaiting us to win many more “Our own sustaining fund pronkers and farmers as steady drive is drawing to a success- | readers of the Pacific Tribune ful conclusion also. All our ex- |and the Canadian Tribune.” Photo shows PT editor Tom McEwen (centre) with the winners of the city and provincial shields for the best work done in the 1960 fund drive. On the left is Roy Samuelson, who received the shield for the winning city club, Broadway. Right, Alex Armella, who represented Cowichan Lake club. New policies needed says Morgan at rallies “Action to unhitch Canada from the Yankee war- chariot is our country’s greatest need,” Nigel Morgan, B.C. leader of the Communist Party, told meetings at Campbell River and Port Alberni at the weekend. “Develpments of the past fortnight have underlined the| CCF parties have tried to con- grave dangers We're being ex- done the provocative U.S. ac- “cc ; Warmest congratulations to periences go to prove that our - every one of its loyal press |jove and respect among work- - a magnificent job to make it/agree with us that the vic- ~ =| | FINAL PRESS CLUB STANDINGS aI S\ ak hy Greater Vancouver Vancouver Island “ort : CLUB Quota Achieved pUGR Quota Achieved: sents: aa $250 256.50 Bidvance 2). b $300 450.55 Campbell River __~-- 250 168.00 VTC Wrenn oe 125 126.15 Cumberland ______- 150 140.00: Broadway . -~-=+--;- 400 626.00 Cowichan: -.2, 2. 350 393.30 ah Bmithers):A5 pee 200 = 353.00 North Surrey _____- 250 290.30 Strathcona =~ .2-=-= 250 434.18 South Surrey ___-_- 100 100.00 Victory Square __-- 750 1,016.26 Trail - Rossland _... 300. 255.25 Waterfront. 22 -~-- = 300 422.50 Vibilon ss <2 lass oe 175. 176.00 ul ‘West End --_------ 250 265.00 Correspondence __.. 100 146.00 e North Burnaby ---- 400 4600.00 . : } | ~ South Burnaby _--- 350 351.00 Province Miscellaneous |e _ North Van City _-.- 400° 416.80 Prince Rupert ____-- 100 76.00 |- North Van District - 450 465.05 Salmon Arm __----- 75 84.75 } | City Miscellaneous 1,250 1,279.79 Sointiia <3 DD 68.50 | _ Unpledged —-------- 450 = 125.00. T. McEwen’s Column 100 121.87 .) 3 posed to by the U.S. militarists and their provocative and ag- gressive ‘brink-of-war’ pol- icies,’ Morgan declared. “It is high time we took steps to call a halt to the establishment of U.S. bases on Canadian soil, to the violation of Canadian sky- ways for spy-flights to the USSR, and to squandering our taxes on Avro Arrows and Bomarcs. “Action by Canada for an early agreement on _ world- wide disarmament is needed today more than ever before, in spite of how Prime Minister Diefenbaker and leading spokesmen of the Liberal and tions that torpedoed the Paris Summit meeting,” he conclud- ed. Morgan’ appealed to “all those within nearing to take steps to make their voice heard in denunciation of U.S. spy flights; in demanding the Diefenbaker government de- clare a new policy of neu- trality.” Fri, May 27th, Morgan speaks at Kamloops; Sat., May 28th, at Notch Hill; Sun., May | 29th, at Vernon; going on to Trail and Nelson on Monday. “Unhitch Canada from U.S. War Plans” will be the subject of this series of public meet« ings. May 27, 1960¢—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7 \ ~< st