The month of June means so many things to us — the end of the school term, weddings, straw- berry season, International Chil- dren’s Day, Father’s Day, birth- days and no doubt numerous other occasions set aside for happy celebration during this beautiful month, However, there is one special day during June, when all of us should stop and consider what we can do to observe it — and that is June 26th, South African Freedom Day! From some of the material issued by the Canadian Anti- Apartheid Committee, it is de- scribed thus: “Freedom Day has become a symbol of the struggle of the South African people for liberation from apartheid op- pression, It is the day on which South African freedom fighters dedicate themselves afresh to the fight for a new South Africa based on equal rights and racial justice for all.” What is its history? : 1950 — the beginning; South Africans demonstrated against repressive laws, some by ob- serving aday of mourning, prayer and dedication; in bigger centres there was a-general strike. 1952 — The Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws in which 10,000 volunteers went to jail in protest. 1955 — 3,000 delegates at the Women’s news & viewpoint By PEGGY CHUNN Congress of the People at Klip- town adopted the historic “Free- dom Charter”; 1957 — thousands demonstrat- ed throughout South Africa against bannings, and demanded the aboli- tion of the pass laws and a national minimum wage of one pound a day. 1958 — 20,000 Indians in Dur- ban demonstrated against the Group Areas Act — legislation to impose separate residential areas. > 1959 — South African leaders appealed for international con- sumer boycott of all South Afri- can goods, 1960 — Following the Sharpe- ville massacre, African organi- zations were banned and leaders imprisoned. 1961 — Mass general strike was called, The people of South Africa can no longer celebrate their Day. Police terror and the most un- democratic legislation prevent them., They appeal to people everywhere to support the boy- cott of South African products » « e to quote from C,A,A.M. Bulletin:— “Grasp the glad, brave commit- _ment with thankfulness, And let no man deter you. It may be that miracles will be wrought through such as you?” These South African goods are sold in Canada: FRESH FRUIT: BPBx Dunn's seedling: Outspan ORANGES; South African PLUMS D.F.B.; Golden Delicious; South African GRAPES APPLES: - Dunn’s & Red Delicious; Golden Glory; PEARS: - Packham & Packham Triumph; Doyenne; Beurre Bosc; Cape Avocado pears, JAMS & MARMALADES: IXL; Golden Glory. CANNED FRUIT: Koo; Hugos; Golden Reef; Bonnyvale Travers Arcadia; Domingo; Southern Pride; Ashton; Kloof; L.K.B,; Solar; Helen McGregor; R.F.F.; Hamlet; Silver Leaf; LE; Western Pride; Divec; Beulah; Benedict; Golden Cuckoo; Sir Montagu; Golden Glory; Surf Maid; Magnet; Zyp ILX; Pearl (or Paarl’s Choice) Raredew, WINES: Chateau Libertas; berg; La Gratitude; Riesling; © Grumbergen Stein; Ulakkenberg; La Residence Sparkling Wine; Nederberg Paarl’s Wine, Brandy; Roodeberg; Witzen- Bertrams, Richelieu Brandy; Cap Constantia; Rembrandt Brandy; Alto Rouge Red Wine; Liqueur. Oudemeester Brandy; Thenniskraff; Van der Humm % PAINTS PAINT UP! BRUSH UP! x ROLLERS Good Quality Good Prices PHONE TR 2-2897 % BRUSHES Koo; - Auto insurance racket By BEN SWANKEY Sharply rising rates for auto insurance and the increasing number of people compelled to go on “assigned risk” to secure a “pink slip’* have spurred a growing demand for some form of government operated auto in- surance that would reduce rates while providing adequate cover- age, The establishment of a royal commission on auto insurance by the Bennett government has temporarily diverted this pres- sure, The commission will now be pushed by public opinion to bring in an early report. One of the first organizations to present a brief was the 115,- 000 member BC Federation of Labor, It called for a govern- ment operated scheme that would provide coverage in much the same way as the Workmen’s Compensation Board, In BC last year, 40,262 acci- dents were reported, with 17,574 people injured and 500 killed, The BC Safety Council esti- mates that this year 800 will die if this trend continues. : “Automobile insurance today is inadequate, inefficient and un- economical from any logical viewpoint,” the Federation charged, “Insurance companies are not.primarily interested in providing insurance coverage, They are primarily interested in minimising loss and maximis- ing profit.” The result of this, says the BCFL, is a policy among in- surers of seeking mainly low risk business, The Automobile Insurance Agents’ Association of BC is quoted as stating that: “The inevitable long term re- sult will be the promulgation of premiums for the less desirable risks at prohibitive levels, and licensed motorists will be barred from driving because of their inability to finance their insurance coverage.” Even more serious, said the Federation, lack of coverage for accident, It quoted a university study as showing that 91,7 per- cent of non-paying passengers killed in car accidents received no compensation at all, while 68.5 percent of those injured seriously received no awards whatsoever, exposed by B.C. iabor —w Of total court cases, only 28.8 percent received full recovery, and 16,8 percent partial compen- sation, while 54,4 percent failed. It blamed this dismal record on the insurance companies and their spending of millions of dollars with the object of “avoiding payment of claims wherever possible.” The multiplicity of companies, said the Federation, means “un- economical and unnecessary duplication of facilities and ad- ministration,” The insurance industry, it charged, is not competitive; it is guilty of price fixing. It quoted a report by the Re- strictive Trade Practices Com- mission into the automobile in- surance industry in 1958 as stating: #With regard to British Co- lumbia, it was shown, .. that there was collaboration. .. in the matter of premium rates, *«eThere seems little doubt that the collaboration. .. substan- tially reduced the price com- petition on automobile insurance available to the automobile own- ers of the province of BC.” The Federation pointed out that the industry is heavily under foreign ownership and control”; that 75 percent of total car in- surance is controlled outside of Canada. The solution suggested by the Federation is some form of uni- Ny perk versal public car insurance, which would provide “compensa- tion without fault coverage,” Specifically it proposed the es- tablishment of a public Automo- bile Compensation Board that would: e Cover all cars. e Provide a good minimum of comprehensive coverage for all motorists, pedestrians and prop- erty. e Immediately pay compensa- tion regardless of fault without court action. e Permit reduced auto insur- ance premiums, e Be financed by. autoaccidents insurance payments collected at the same time that licence plates are bought, @ End restrictive practices and foreign control, *The sooner government auto- mobile compensation is intro- duced,’’ concluded the Federa- tion brief, “the better for the citizens of British Columbia.” : The Fisherman Enjoy Good, Home-Cooked Meals at Jennie’s Cafe 335 Main St. @ Modern equipment @ Dining room service Classified Advertising NOTICES COMING EVENTS BUSINESS PERSONALS COPY — DEADLINE FOR ALL ADVERTISING, All copy must be in the offices of the PACIFIC TRIBUNE no later than 12 Noon on MONDAY. 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