RIVE | AWARD my Vi au ry ANERS IN PT DRIVE. “Target $24,000” banner at the tinners Au banquet was out of date when this photo of award Ot indi: teken. Right to left, Mike Stevens, who won top award .!ndj Which ual @ffort; Joyce Turpie receiving shield for Vernon Club Mattiog Rea Provincial clubs; Fred Wilson, campaign manager; th Ka ree: editor; Sylvia Lowe of Niilo Makela, winner of city Migr “"" Steve Nickyforuk, who won second honors for individual biksen stresses NDP-COP q n ” © NDp “ouver Area Council of and other groups on the left, M82 defeat a general meeting’ Eriksen declared, “then at least Hy oe Tse Se] SVK SFSUOSCUCBUTUCUCO COOOL OS. SS = — tap inate 5 afurther motionto we don’t have to compete with Hatldates jn'ty tore than six them. COPE is not going. to de, US — 5, © November civic disappear from the civic political bate Utnot before lengthy scene just because some of us want we Vote forced the issue to a them to. We'd better accept the ten OUVer facts of life — and COPE is one of “CUtive mary. centre NDP them. Dregs esid “The NDP has a responsibility to Dr “ident ‘ ents Association _ serve people. The best way is to get lysed ag Eriksen who progressives elected to council. Sth i, «Motion, spoke at And the best way to- get bee ae and told the progressives elected to council is to si) eS. I) in a, Who’)} the only guy from give all the candidates on the left a \ ana cal elected for sure _ good chance.” t) Haast? Dp 8n in which COPE “We only fool ourselves if we Ranks? Te competing will be believe that our party has all the | : "veg to,” ~ andhe damn well answers,’ he said, adding that Ueet Committ “the electors sure as hell won't be | lors as €e of Progressive fooled by our arrogance.” Sey"P8S to th made repeated Referring to his own work on | byl ©NDP over the past behalf of downtown eastside | Neg abpeal Tun a joint slate residents, Eriksen told the Hea. has so far been audience that “I work to bring improvements in my life and the We ‘ Pt tite with COPE life of my city. If I could get those ike FILM SHOWING A Selection of New Soviet Films i ‘ 2 Sunday, June 23rd —8 P.M. ei RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME 600 Campbell Ave. y ne th ats ae ; Auspices: x aa Canada-USSR Friendship Assoc. ~ FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS Contact: GLOBE TOURS | 2679 £, Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C. 253.) Bee 22! 254-2313 It was a night to celebrate as more than 250 people gathered in the Fishermen’s Hall Saturday night for the Pacific Tribune victory banquet and _ heard business manager Fred Wilson announce the final total of $30,645 — more than had ever been raised in the nearly 40 years of publication. It was a night to celebrate too, for the top fund raisers. Mike Stevens and Steve Nickyforuk both equalled or excelled their ex- traordinary efforts last year raising $1,220 and $1,023 respec- tively while more than 70 people earned the title of honor press builder by raising more than $125 each. : The victory was marked in more than dollars as well, with the first six months of 1974 signalling a welcome for the paper from many more trade unionists, tenants rights activists, students and scores of others — all marked by an increase in circulation. And already by the time of the banquet, the Tribune was reaching out to hundreds more readers in publicizing the election. campaign of the Communist Party. Editor Maurice Rush noted the significance of the two events and told the audience that ‘‘as we’re winding up the financial drive, we’re beginning at the same time three hectic weeks of cam- E unity improvements by singing hymns for the Salvation Army, I’d do it. But I know that most social change will come about through political action. And if political action can best be achieved by unity — I'll go that way. “It’s time we looked at the politics of Vancouver realistically ; from the point of view of the or- dinary working person and unemployed Joe. That’s why I’m making this motion,” he said. ELECTIONS Cont'd from pg. 3 School that money now spent on armaments should be cut and the money diverted to housing. He said his party is committed to a policy of people’s needs before monopoly profits. He said U.S.- owned industries should be nationalized and the profits now pouring across the border into the U.S. should be used to meet the needs of Canadians. Bianco said automation is now bringing greater profits to the monopolies and displacing labor. He urged that the benefits of automation should be passed on to the workers by cutting down the hours of work with the same take e : comenine to inflation, Bianco inted to the other candidates and said ‘don’t blame us for the mess we are in because of policies followed when these gentlemen’s parties were in power.” He said labor was not respon- sible for inflation and that workers are trying to get higher wages to keep up with the higher cost of living. Freezing wages, as the Conservaties propose, would only make things worse, he said. Beaver Transfer * Moving * Packing * Storage 790 Powelk:St. Phone 254-3711 74] DRIVE HUGE SUCCESS . $30,645 raised for PT paigning, three of the most im- portant weeks in the history of this’ country. “Big business wants to see a return to the two-party system and majority government. But the people have turned that back because majority government was not in their best interests. “That’s why the Communist Party advocates ‘elect a large progressive to Parliament” — to prevent the return of majority government,”’ he said. Referring to the Conservative program of wage and price con- trols he noted that ‘“‘the Tories want to freeze everything. But we want to see them frozen — frozen right out of Parliament in Ottawa. Rush, a candidate for the Communist Party in, Vancouver East, emphasized the decisive role of Communist candidates in the federal election and added that ‘people are beginning to see the basic differences between the Communist Party and the NDP. “The Communists want to see a _thorough-going change in the next period, programs to end monopoly control of this country. But the NDP wants only to soften the ef- _fects of that monopoly control.” He noted, too, the acceptance over the years of Communist programs such as that on Canadian independence and Canadian trade union sovereignty. ‘“‘When the ideas we put forward today are taken up by the working people, they will become a powerful force for change,” he declared. In the competition for the top press club in the city Niilo Makela won for the second consecutive year, raising more than double its assigned quota. Vernon club won the provincial shield, also raising over $900 on a quota of $400. Vic- tory Square, Vancouver East, Peter McGuire, North Vancouver and Surrey press clubs were all cited for honorable mention. Winner of the draw for the Pontiac Astre was Andrew W. McCurdy, 1516 Powell Street, Vancouver. ; FINAL DRIVE RESULTS CLUB VANCOUVER Quotas Achieved Bill Bennett 850 1006 Broadway 700 898 Centennial’ 500 337 Frank Rogers 750 1003 Kingsway 1200 1238 Niilo Makela 325 667 Olgin 275 352 Peter McGuire 700 1162 Point Grey 300 327 Timber 300 301 South Vancouver 550 644 Vancouver East 2000 . 2366 Victory Square 1000 1640 EAST FRASER Chilliwack 425 445 Maple Ridge 200 337 Mission 400 608 NORTH FRASER Burnaby 1100 1345 Coquitlam 425 581 Fraser Ind. 350 416 New Westminster 600 640 Richmond 400 445 SOUTH FRASER Quotas Achieved Fort Langley 300 493 Surrey 1300 1800 White Rock 350 600 Kamloops 225 96 Notch Hill 110 114 Penticton 160 136 Vernon 400 911 VAN. ISLAND Campbell River 350 476 Comox Valley 250 361 Nanaimo 700 860 Port Alberni 500 553 Victoria 600 760 PROV. MISC. In Memory of Bill Stewart 866 Correspondence 350 317 Creston 100 140 Fernie 50 81 North Vancouver 1100 1700 Powell River 275 387 Sointula Z 100 133 Trail 400 429 . Misc. “A” 400 329 Misc. “‘B” 400 Tom's Column 600 568 Miscellaneous 1777 TOTAL IN $30,645 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING COMING EVENTS JUNE 22 — SATURDAY — 45th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN LABOR TEMPLE, 805 E. Pender St., JUBILEE BANQUET and DANCE, Supper at 6:30 p.m. Admission $5.00. JUNE 22 — ‘WHAT WE WANT”’, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 8:00 p.m. at. the Fishermen’s Hall, 138 Cordova St. Election Skits, Folk Dancing, Singing, Refresh- ments. Speaker BARRY DEAN, Federal Candidate Communist Party. Admiss. $1.50. Tickets ‘available by phone: 684-1451 Days, 879-7932 Nights. Spons. by Young Communist League. ‘JULY ist — Annual Fraser Valley Regional Picnic — starts 1 p.m. — funday of sports and activities for all, concession stand open all day — speaker WM. 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