LCOME TO VANCOUVER. Cuban ambassador Dr. America uz (right) and his wife, (centre) are shown being welcomed Mrs, Johnnie Rankin of the recently organized Canadian- an Friendship Committee, at a reception in the Fisherman's all ga Wednesday. (See story below). ; ; —Photo The’ Fisherman, ELLS OF GREAT PROGRESS. Dr. Cruz, told the group that tween the years 1492 and 98 only 5,000 schools had €n built in Cuba. In one year lowing the revolution they 4d built 10,000 schools and anned to build another 5000 next year. “That is how we do things,” ‘Said. One and one-half million s“Ople now own their homes. Whe of the first acts of the Volutionary government was cut rents in half and people ho live in older homes will MWn them outright after pay- (8 rent for five years from 7@ date of the decree. The Cuban Ambassador told 1€ unionists he was glad that © Organization of American lates were prepared to spend ‘Yeral billion dollars in Latin ‘Merica to improve the lot of € people there. He said that me of this money would find S Way to providing a measure . Yelief from the privations a hardships in Latin Amer- uban ambassador speaks t Vancouver reception “Give our fraternal greetings to the Government of tel Castro” asked about thirty-five delegates from the BC, Federation of Labor Convention, attending an in- rmal reception for Dr. Alerica Cruz, Cuban ambassador © Canada last Wednesday at the Fishermen’s Hall. can sources as. Stating - that their objective was to raise the Latin American living standard at the rate of 2% per year. “At this rate it would take precisely 1,000 years to reach the standard of. living now enjoyed in the U.S.” Dr. Cruz said. : Latin America is on the march, he said, and nothing is going to stop them. Least of all expenditures of monies which these countries “know full well would never have been forthcoming if the Cuban revolution had not taken place and succeeded. The reception was sponsored by the Cuban trade union dele- gation and was held at the Fisherman’s Hall. Dr. America Cruz and his charming wife circulated) among the guests after his ad- dress, and while sandwiches and coffee were served by the ladies auxiliary of the Fisher- man’s Union, he answered questions and discussed the Cuban and Latin American However, he quoted Ameri- situation. Th Vancouver, Charlie Caron e Party’s provincial organi- *t, will address.a public meet- 8 on Sunday, November 5 8 p.m. in the Fishermen’s all On the subject “Commun- tm and Peace.” | Nigel and Mona Morgan will fhess a meeting in Vernon’s S Hall on Saturday, Novem- oa 11. The “Youth Singers” il Sing and refreshments will Served, 1 | New Westminster, Harold chet, Vancouver organizer the Communist Party, will Voca with “The Milestones” Russian Revolution to be harked in many B.C. centres The Provincial office of the Communist Party an- Unced a series of meetings and. banquets to celebrate the th Anniversary of the October Revolution. ata banquet in the Dreamland Hall at 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 12. The banquet will be sponsored by the Delta: Regional Committee ‘of the Communist Party. > Strathcona and East clubs of the Communist Party will hold a banquet in the Ukrainian Hall, 805 East Pender Street in Vancouver at 6:30 on Satur- day, November 11. Maurice Rush, associate editor of the Pacific Tribune will be the featured speaker. \In: Victoria, Dave Danielson, just returned from the Soviet Union and Norway, and Scotty Neish, just back from Cuba, will speak at a banquet in King’s Road Hall, 804 King’s WIN ALDERMAN, SCHOOL BOARD SEAT Two Communists elected in innipeg civic elections WINNIPEG—Joseph Zuken, for 20 years a member of the Winnipeg School Board, was elected to the City Council in Ward 3 to take the seat to be vacated at the end of this year by veteran alderman Jacob Penner, who is retiring after 28 years Service on the Winnipeg City Council. Andrew Bileski won the School. Board seat to replace Joseph Zuken on that body. Zuken received a total vote of 3,282 votes and Bileski 3,315. Both Communist’ canaida tes were elected with a substantial margin of -votes over their nearest contenders. C. Kostaniuk, candidate for a l-year’ term seat on the School Board polled 4,154 vot- es but was some 1,300 behind the. winning candidate. In. Ward 2, which was con- tested this year for the first time in recent years, Don Cur- rie received 424 votes for. al- derman and Emil Bertilli 463 votes for School Trustee. Only 29% of the possible voters in the city turned: out to vote. In Ward 3 the percent- age was 33%. Apart from the _|fact that this year there was -|no-mayoralty. contest, the small turnout at the polls can be at- tributed to the almost-complete silence on part of the other candidates on any, of the basic issues in the election. Only in Ward 3 was there any heat genérated in the cam- paign. There, in‘response ta the strong campaign by ‘the candidates of the Labor Elec- tion Committee on the issues of Mona Morgan Runs — For City Council “The working people. of Van- couver need: a voice on City Council,” stated Mona Morgan in announcing that she will be an independent candidate for council in the December 13 election. “Homeowners face big tax increases in 1962 as a result of recent provincial legislation, unless action is taken to over- haul the budget and derive funds from senior govern- ments’, Mrs. Morgan said. _.""The same old big business- type council will not do this. Nor will it face.up to the big questions of unemployment, Housing and neéded civic ser- vices,” she said. "One of the key questions before council will be a change | in civic. government structure and -I. intend to. campaign: for. the ward: system as. I have in| ‘the past. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada without a ward system and it is impera- tive that this be changed. 9 “None of these ‘things can be achieved unless peace is maintained and’ the. millions. now wasted on arms spending are diveried.to the. needs. of the people.” : ~f lower taxes, protection against | high-handed Metro rule and the need for aid to. education through a cut in armaments ex- penditure, the candidates of the New Democratic Party made the issues of Commun- ism and the Soviet tests their main public talking points. - Dr. I. Wolch, Ward 3 NDP. School Board candidate, charg- ed that the Communists were hiding their true identity un- der the label of the Labor El ection Committee and _ con- demned them for their silence on Russian nuclear testing. “We believe;’ “he. .declared, “that Communists who have been elected in the past were put in office by people who JOSPEH ZUKEN | didn’t know they were voting’ for Red candidates.” The absurdity of such a: charge in Ward 3 where lead= ing Communist spokesmen like. Jacob Penner and Joseph Zu- ken have been re-elected to office time and time again, was apparent to most electors. It was recognized that the NDP’ candidates - were: resorting to red-baiting to cover up the fact. that the CCF aldermen were amongst those who voted in Council for the recent 7 mill tax increase and the CCF rep- resentatives on Metro Council. who were elected with the en-. dorsation of the Tory-Liberal Civic Election Committee were partners in foisting. a reaction-' ary Metro dictatorship upon the people of Greater Winni- pes. The NDP were only able to. maintain their representation on. City Council with great dif- ficulties. They now have 3 aldermen to 2 of the Labor Election . Committee and 3 School Trustees to 2 of the Labor’ Election Committee. The -over-all relationship of forces in the civic administra- tion remain the same. By once again electing Com- munists. to represent them on .| Council and School Board, the electors of Ward 3 are contin- uing the working-class tradi- tions of North Winnipeg and demonstrating their confidence in true militant. champions of the people’s interests. Endicott opens B.C. tour to rally action for peace | ‘ ‘ Dr. James Endicott, chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress, will address a series of public meetings in | British Columbia starting next week on the subject of “Hot Spots in the Cold War.” Endicott recently returned from a meeting of the Presiden- tial Committee of the World Council of Peace in Warsaw at which the present war danger was discussed. Following is his iinpriry: Wed., Nov. 8: Elk’s as Clo- : verdale, 8 p.m. Fri., Nov. 10: torium, iGeceteen. 8 p.m. ‘Sat., Nov. 11: Supper recep- tion starting at 6 p.m. at Fish- ermen’s Hall, Vancouver. Ad- mission $1.00. : Sun., Nov. 12: Plaza Hotel, Nanaimo, 8: p.m. _Mon., Nov. 13: Golden ‘Slip: per Hall, Broad St., Victoria, 8 p.m. So eaerers To Open Jan. 25. aL ad —- Premier Ben- nett announced. Tuesday that the next session of the legisla-. ture will open Thursday, Janu-. ary 25. Many important issues are expected to be raised at. the forthcoming session. Road. The aictnes celebration will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November. 4. City Delegation Pritchett Heads Harold Pritchett, Vancouver secretary of the Communist Party, headed a delegation to city hall Tuesday to urge that Taylor Manor become a spe- cial care home for the aged. Taylor Manor has been op- erated by the city for elderly citizens providing a home for 44 residents. Pender Audi-| HARRY RANKIN (above) Prominent Vancouver civig leader, announced this weels he will be a candidate for ald- erman in the December 13 civic election. Rankin said he was running for council to press for re-organization of city government. “A demo- cratic ward system is long overdue for Vancouver,” he said. Last year Rankin polled nearly 38,000 votes for Schook Board. November 2, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page %