Gity readers conference ors plans for larger PT The first of many such press and reader’s conferences was held in the Pender Auditorium last Sunday in preparation for the Pacific Tribune financial campaign .which will get un- der way March 1. Some 54 readers attended and heard reports from associ- ate editor Maurice Rush and cifculation manager Bill Stew- ANGOLA PEOPLE RISE AGAINST PORTUGAL RULE Demonstrations against the colonial. regime in the Portu- guese colony of Angola took place last week in the after- math of the dramatie seizure of the Portuguese. luxury lin- er, Santa Maria, by opponents of the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal. Press reports stated that sev- eral demonstrators had been killed in an attempt to capture police stations in Luanda, cap- ital of Angola. ~The Luanda corrspondnt of the Johannesburg newspaper, Rand Daily Mail, reported heavy news censorship and and described Luandaas in a “state of panic” with gunfight- ing and armored car thunder- ing through the streets. Angola’s governor-general said that an uprising, timed to . eoincide with the seizure of the Santa Maria, had been crushed. But indications were that the seizure of the liner, focuss- ing as it did attention on Sala- zar’s dictatorship in Portugal and his savage policies in An- gola and other Portuguese col- onies, had given new impetus to the movement for freedom in Angola. art. In his report Rush outlin- ed plans for attaining a larg- er paper by Labor Day to meet the steadily growing needs of an expanding labor press. - The supplementary report by- Stewart emphasized the ur- gency of increased circulation and.the need to get the paper out into the hands.of.the peo- ple. Both speakers referred to the financial stability and im- proved circulation which had marked the recent period, and stressed the point that ‘the job of increased circulation is still top priority’. Indicative of the great inter- est shown by those attending the press conference, some 21 people participated in the dis- cussion, offering many valu- able suggestions towards fin- ancing the paper, securing wider sales and _ circulation, and steady improvement of its contents. OBITUARY Jim Peters An oldtime activist in pro- gressive labor and Communist circles, Jim Peters of 2215 East. Broadway, passed away on February 3 at his home following a long illness in his 69th year. Funeral services and inter- ment were at Rose Lawn ceme- tery. In tribute to his memory friends pledged a financial donation to the ‘Friends of Peace’ movement. PRIOR GARAGE & SERVICE 219 Prior St. MU 3-2926 COMPLETE AUTO ~ SERVICE & REPAIRS . Auto Body Work HING LEE, Proprietor GEO. GEE G & B Heating Ltd. GAS, OIL & ELECTRIC HEATING SERVICE & INSTALLATIONS ® No Down Payment .@ Five Years to Pay ® Free Estimates CY 9-4919 4415 E. Hastings St. Tony Marshall Progressives in the Camp- bell River area mourned the passing February 7th of Tony Marshall, aged 74. ‘Tony Marshall came _ to Campbell River in 1929 from the Arrow Lakes. He played an active part in the I.W.W. and always associated himself with progressive causes. Tony Marshall was well known in the lumber industry where he worked most of his active life. He was an active supporter of the Pacific Trib- une. - : He was buried in the Camp- bell River Cemetery February ROOFING & SHEET METAL REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Reasonable Gutters and Downpipes NICK BITZ BR 7-6722 LABOR BRIEFS Vancouver Civic Employees, Outside Workers Union has re- jected contractual counter- pro- posals made by City Council and have voted to continue pressing for its -original de- mands. City Council proposals would result in wage cuts for some classifications, and an Occupational Health Plan put forward by the city would dis- criminate against many of the older members according to a statement issued by the union. 6 An attempt by the Abitibi Power and Paper Company to brow-beat the workers at: the Abitibi Sulphite Mill, Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, was de- -feated when the workers voted against a proposal that they should accept a wage-cut to keep the mill in operation. Immediately afterwards the mill, which had been working four days a week, went back into a five day week operation. The company had threaten- ed to close down unless the workers accepted a 10% pay cut. US. threaten import quotas on The federal government’s national oil policy, an old con- cept largely drafted from the Borden royal commission re- port of 1959, has created little enthusiasm. in Ottawa for its eventual success. Basie reason, one il source said, is that the government is trying to encourage the big oil companies to do something they didn’t want to do them- selves over the last two years. Trade Minister Hee’s socall- ed new national policy, an- nounced to the Commons last week, calls for voluntary oil production targets to be met | ports. to the. US.. crude oil through increasing the use of ~ Canadian crude in domestic markets and by expansion of pipeline exparts to the US. But already the US. has put +). out the warning signs. Interior Seeretary Walter Udall said af- ~~ ter hearing about the new pol- 5) icy that if Canadian crude ex- j) refineries threaten America’s domestic oil producers, then _ the U.S. will slap:on import quotas. Canadian- crude production, | centered mainly in Alberta, has slumped seriously in the © last five years and now is Op- — erating at less than half poten- | tial. y Organized pressure by On- tario jobless has forced the Frost Government to hike re- lief payments by 15%. While there are some ‘“‘pro- visions” hedging the 15% in- crease and it is far short of the 50% demand of the unemploy- ed, labor cireles in Ontario are hailing it as an example of how organized pressure by the unemployed can produce re- sults. : e One hundred unemployed workers in Salmon Arm heard speakers from four. political — parties outline the ‘stand - of . their parties on the matter of unemployment. The conference then went | on to discuss such matters aS_ disarmament; trade with Peo- ple’s China, Canadian inde-; pendence and opposition to the Columbia Treaty, presently be- fore the Canadian and B.C Parliaments, Called by the Salmon Arm. Labor Committee it was the. first unemployed conference in” -that hard hit B.C. community: | j CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 4 NOTICES COMING EVENTS BUSINESS PERSONALS ae | DEADLINE FOR COMING EVENTS COLUMN — All copy must be in the Pacific Tribune office no later than Z Monday, 12 noon. COMING EVENTS . HARD TIMES Feb. 18 SUPPER & DANCE will be held on SAT. FEB. 18 at the Ukrainian Hall 805 East Pender St. Don your hard times outfit, and line up at the soup kitchen at 7 p.m. for your Hard Times Supper. Dancing, refreshments and en- tertainment, to follaw. Admis- sion $1.25. Everyone welcome. In aid of the Ukrainian Cana- dian Newspaper. You are Feb. 18- cordially invited to attend a SOCIAL EVENING SAT. FEB. 18, 9 p.m. at the HADVICK’S, 138707 105 Ace. in NORTH SURREY. Come and hear Charlie Stewart re- port on his trip to the USSR. Buffet supper served at mid- night, Refreshments, dancing. Admission $1.00. SOCIAL Feb. 18— EVENING at the PRITCHETT’S — 5245 Empire Drive in North Bur- naby. SAT. FEB. 18 from 8:30 p.m, on. Dancing, good food and refreshments. Everyone welcome. = GRAND Feb. 19 CONCERT will be presented. on SUNDAY EEB. .19 «at 8 pan: in. -the RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME 600 Campbell Ave. Good variety program. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by: ESB of the Federation of Russian Canadians, Feb. 21— Branch of the AUUC invites you to hear MRS. KAY- ED- WARDS report on her recent visit to CUBA. Interesting slides will be shown and re- freshments servéd. Everyone is invited to attend. Parents Feb. 25— Committee of Fed. of Russian Canadians in- vites you to a HARD TIMES DANCE — SAT. FEB. 25 at 8:30 pm. RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME — 600 Campbell Ave. Refreshments. 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