| ABE KARME |

Abe Karme, one, of British
Columbia’s pioneer labor and
Communist figures, passed
away February 7 in his 88th
year. His funeral last Satur-
day was attended by over 200
comrades and friends who
came to pay their last res-
pects.

A lifetime socialist and ac-
tive participant in labor’s
struggles, Karme fled his na-
tive Finland in 1902 to escape
persecution by Tsarist author-
ities for his activities in the
labor and social democratic
movement. While a young
man in his twenties Karme
took an active part in the
formation of the first labor
and socialist movement in
Finland. |

Arriving in B.C. in the fall
of 1902 Karme immediately
threw himself into activities
among the Finnish peopis. He
helped establish the Finnish
community at Siorntula on
Malcolm Island. Between
1902-5 he was a member of
the Colonization Co.

A skilled carpenter, at
which trade he worked for
many years, Karme later
took up fishing and-was one
of the early builders of. the
Fishermen’s union in B.C.

Abe Karme was a familiar
figure around the early Soc-
jalist movement: in B.C. Old
timers remember being in a

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him in Vancouver as early
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In Bill Bennett’s book,
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bia,” Abe Karme is mention-
ed along with Julius Stelp,
Bill Bennett and other pio-
neer- socialists, as being
among those in the Socialist
Party who came over to the
Communist Party, (Workers’
Party of Canada as it was
then called) when it was
formed in February, 1922.

Karme remained an active
member .of the Communist
Party until his death, being
member of the Hastings
East club. His whole life was
an example of dedication to
the cause of the working peo-
ple and socialism.

Maurice Rush, associate
editor of the Pacific Tribune
paid tribute to Abe Karme
and expressed condolences
to the family on behalf of:
the readers of the paper and
the members of the Com-
munist Party of B.C.

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editor of the Pacific Tribune
will speak at a “Right the
Tax Increase” rally in the
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The rally is being held in
suppori of the candidature of
Tom McEwen, Communist
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The IWA bargains. jointly
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world. Disarmament 1%

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