Top w: P Winners at the Victory Banquet. Left to right: Steve Nickyforuk ($1,079), Ernest Babuick, taking the Shield f lon Manager Fred Wilson, Mike Stevens ($1,077). GRAND TOTAL $27,342 or the Mission club, editor Maurice Rush, Sylvia Lowe, with the shield for Niilo Makela club, circula- Sean Griffin photo Gala banquet caps record press drive ie donations from th Porters still cominginupto Moment of the victory - ae this year’s press drive When percd by superlatives. Toune “4 results were finally an- “mone ed they showed that more ever y Was raised this year than eeeeore in the history of the Objectic Tribune; that the Sctibed Of $22,000 was over-sub- than « by a greater amount Winning 5 before; that clubs ': 8 the shield went over Brg otas by more than ever Of the oe the individual efforts than a winners were greater bang ingge7@ than 300 people packed cheered ¢ Fishermen’s Hall 27 349 he announcement that ad been raised by of supporters of the ho had worked to make hung ted Tribune s i and the measure of al change that the ad equalled and sur- Te every region went sub- lilo ve Over its quota, the Honors ‘akela club stole the rive 3 4n the last days of the City ae took the shield for the Wota euore than doubling its Club ith every member of the Ment; Press builder. Special Club ae to Victory Square Who raj. te North Shore club *Pectively $2,160 and $1,846 re- me lead fon oe Club established its trive . © province early in the "Aisin despite a flurry of fund- 8 Yy the Surrey club, won a nial shield with $500 THANK YOU °mrades and Friends °r Your Cards and Sh Well Wishes ‘and Rita Tanche turned in on a quota of $275. Special mention went to Surrey. club and Nanaimo club. To push the figure over $27,000: some 72 people raised $100 or more, over 100 people won the portrait of Tim Buck with $82 turned in, 27. people: were premier press builders with $65 or more and 68 people raised $35 or more. The four top individual money raisers themselves brought more than $3,420 into the Tribune offices. At the top of the list was Steve Nickyforuk who alone brought in $1,079. Only two dollars behind him was Mike Stevens with $1,077 and before the evening’s celebrations were over, someone had sent the two dollars up to the front to put Mike and Steve on top together. Not far behind were long time supporters Bob Towle who raised over $720 and Rita Tanche with $545. Editor Maurice Rush paid tribute to the many hundreds of supporters many of whom have worked for decades tokeep the Communist press flourishing. He noted particularly the efforts of the honor press builders whose ranks were swelled considerably this year by the addition of several young people as well as by two charter members of the Communist Party, Julius Stelp and Bert Padgham who were both at the victory banquet. Rush pointed tothedramatic results of the press driveasthe indication of growing support for the Pacific Tribune which is further attested to by the fact that more new subscriptions have come in since the beginning of 1973 than during all of 1972. Most of the new readers are working people, he said, who are coming to need the paper more. He welcomed the new politi- cal climate marked by the de- feat of U.S. imperialism in Vietnam ona worldscaleand the election of a NDP government here at home. ‘‘But while the people have scored many vic- tories,’’ he said, ‘‘the crisis of capitalism is worsening; the Watergate scandal epitomizes it and the soaring cost of living makes it felt everywhere. ‘‘People are going to be look- ing to the pages of our paper more and more,”’ he said. He also noted the numbers of young people coming to the pro- gressive movement and bring- ing with them new ideas and activism, reflected by the fact of two young people working on the Firm stance needed in fall fish talks Commenting further on the recent agreement between the U.S. and Canada to extend for one year the reciprocal fishing treaty and new talks slated for the fall of 1973, UFAWU president Homer Stevens said that ‘‘we must work for assurances by the Trudeau minority government that every possible measure will be brought to bear in future negotiations. “Tt is the only real progress toward real equality can be achieved,’’ he said. As stated in a previous issue, Canada withdrew the 60 days notice to extend fishing lines and, in a move that fishermen view asa capitulation to the U.S., agreed to extend the old agreement one more year to April, 1974. The extension will result in increased imbalances of interceptions of fish in favor of the U.S. “‘For Canadianfishermen, the important question is what will come out of the talks inthe fall,”’ Stevens said. ‘‘If the past record is any indication, we’ll be just as badly off, if not worse off next year.” The UFAWU has emphasized the need for immediate action to ensure sovereign rights for Canadian fishermen including a start on the $14 million Fraser enhancement program without joint Americanfinancing anda clear statement of principle from Canadian government that, if necessary in negotia- tions, it willenforceits closing lines against U.S. fishermen. That Canada has no such state- ment at present is a major weakness in the Canadian negotiating position, ‘‘Stevens stated,’ andunless and untilitis corrected, it leaves the U.S. ata vantage.” HERE IS HOW IT WAS DONE CLUB Quotas AcHieveo CLUB QUOTAS ACHIEVED GREATER VAN. ISLAND VANCOUVER Alberni 400 465 Bill Bennett g00. 83g. CoMpbell River 2 ASD Broadway 650 691 Cowichan 190 150 Centennial 450 299 pane is a ictoria gi al BES: Van. Island Tot. 1,925 2609 Niilo Makela 225 480 DEWDNEY Olgin 275 284 Maple Ridge 150 217 Peter McGuire 700 552 Mission- 275 500 Pt. Grey 300 388 DewdneyTotal 425 715 Timber IND. 400 288 OKANAGAN VALLEY von host ; 1200 1406 Kamloops SAR 172 ee apt en is Nore al es ie \47— FRASER VALLEY going to continue to grow inthe months and years ahead,’’ he said confidently. Ernest Babuick of Mission was the winner of the Toyota in the draw. WIT! IS HERE Sunday, June 17th 1:00 P.M. — 6:00 P.M. GALA SWIMMING PARTY 3310 Cardinal, Burnaby Gourmet Food, Borscht Admission $2.75 Children under 12 $1.35 LOVUGHEES Y WAL “7” N > Aes aw ss +" s BurFALo -ANNUAL FATHER’S DAY PICNIC. You are invited to our regular Picnic at the Padghams, Sunday, June 17th. Take 401 Highway to end of Freeway, watch for sign on right hand side just past Popkum Hall, to 1320 Trans- Canada Highway, east. Picnic begins 12 noon. Play Horseshoes, Horse Racing, Badminton. WHO WILL TAKE THE TROPHY HOME? Dinner, Strawberry Short- cake. Refreshments available. Adults $2.00 Chil- dren ... $.75 Pensioners .. . $1.25 Children under 6 FREE. COME ONE, COME ALL, HAVE A GOOD TIME IN UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE - 805 East Pender St., Vancouver 4, Available for banquets, wed- dings, meetings. Phone 254- 3436. WEBSTER’S CORNER HaLi — -Available for banquets, meetings, weddings, etc. For rates, Ozzie 325-4171 or 685- 5836. RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME- Now available for rentals. For reservations phone 254-3430. NOTICES PLEASE NOTE LLATION OF COPE DANCE which was to be heldSaturday,Junel6th at 8:00 P.M. at the Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender Street. CANCE- PACIFIC: FRIBUNE-FRIDAY; JUNE +15, 1973—PAGEI 1