_ €ver before. Our target during the two-month — —_— tt oe HE ee one Fb yo tig IS SETI SE — ‘Subscription drive : bad y Opens in two weeks The PT’s annual offensive, the circulation drive, $ due to openon Sept. 15. Inthis year’s drive, we plan to take to the offensive more vigorously than — drive period— 1,200 new subs and renewals—is set in line with a projected 20% increase in circula- tion. If we are successful it will be a major break- through for the circulation of our press. _ The sharp shift to the left in B.C. politics, the More than successful financial campaign this Spring, the large amount of new subs already this year, and the increasingly favorable response that the PT is getting from each group of workers hat it reaches— all of these factors indicate that the opportunity is here to build a mass circulation for our paper. Come out on ‘‘Drive Days.”’ For eight consecu- live Mondays, teams of volunteers will take the PT out and win new readers. Sign up by phoning the PT office. : More information, more plans, next week. SI NY I RN es FOR ALL-YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS -Contact:, ah 2679 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C. 253-1221 254-2313. _ Companies’ negotiations ‘a sham’ in rail strike cont'd. from pg. 1 Marshall Hill pointed out that the negotiations for the non-ops contract should have begun long before they did and the com- panies forced to adhere to the process of collective bargain- ing. ‘‘Back-to-work legislation will never be the answer,’ he said. In negotiations, the companies have budged little from the wage offer of 7% for thefirst year and 6.5% in the second over a two- year contract. But the rail workers have repeatedly stated that, because of hefty increases in the cost of living,— over 8% since the beginning of the year— ‘any such wage increase would be wiped out before the rail workers even received it on their paycheques. Earlier, in fact, the Vancouver ‘strike committee wired the negotiating committee in Montreal asking that the demands be upgraded. The i telegram noted that ‘‘present * demands are entirely un- satisfactory due to the serious ‘ increase in the cost of living in the last few months.” While price increases have hit thenon-opshard, they werenot taken in by the demagogery of Robert Stanfield and his promise to demand government action on food prices. ‘‘We can’t live with Stanfield any better than we can live with this govern- ment,’ they said, ‘with his wage and price controls, we'd see wages controlled first and controlled.”’ The non-ops have also made several attempts to urge the government to demand that the companies return to the bargain- ing table and _ genuinely negotiate, instead of waiting for legislation to bail them out. With government legislation impending, indications were that the rail workers were not going to be forced back to work with inferior wages and condi- tions by the action of the government in collusion of the company. “‘These companies have some of the highest profits in the world and among the highest productivity rates. They can well afford to give their workers decent wages and conditions through the bargaining process. “The time of legislating us back to work is gone,” he reiterated. Okanagan-South election cont'd: from pg. 1 - has introduced a number of welcome changes and im- provements, particularly in the areas of auto insurance and people’s welfare; It has however shied away from a number of its election promises | — particularly on removal of education costs from homes and the family farm and repeal of the . Socred’s anti-labor legislation — as well as evading coming to grips with the real centre of wealth in the province. The biggest shortcomings of the Barrett administration have been in thekey area of economic ' development and _—redis- tribution of the wealth whichhas taken on added import as a’ result of galloping inflation’. then we'd never see prices - LABOUR DAY GREETINGS From The NEW WESTMINSTER & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL _ CHARTERED BY THE CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS Gerry Stoney Wayne Brazeau PRESIDENT THE VOICE OF LABOUR IN MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL AFFAIRS SERVING ALL WORKING PEOPLE From BURNABY to HOPE SUPPORT SHOPPERS DRUG MART EMPLOYEES wv 5 . . 4 's clear that this dispute will not be settled until citizens show their disapproval H . au“ Mis company’s tactics by refusing to shop at any of their stores. SUPPORT THE UNITED FARMWORKERS Support the United Farmworkers California Grapeworkers boycott and th $ uw "Uggle for better working conditions and higher wages. SECRETARY-TREASURER eir Morgan condemned the self- styled Communist Party (M-L) whom he accused of ‘‘usurping the time-honored name of the Communist Party of Canada, to play the game of big business by making a caricature of the labor and progressive movement - with their sectarian and divisive ' statements. Their ridiculous agent — _ provcateur style _ pronouncements can only be aimed at creating obstructions to independent labor political action and unity of the working class to keep B.C. moving left. “Despite the fact that the record of the NDP leavesa great” deal to be desired, taking the South Okanagan seat in the Legislature away from Social Credit and blocking any return by the Liberals or Tories would be a significant step”’ Morgan declared. ‘“‘The Communist Party will continue to give critical support to B.C.’s NDP government while doing everything within its power to generate mass public pressure to make the Barrett administra- tion more responsive to the people’s needs’. 50th ANNIVERSARY BANQUET Sept. 15 Fishermen’s Hall 6:30 p.m. Tickets $4.00 Pens., High Sch., $3.00 at Co-Op Bookstore PT Office, from YCL’ers Hear Liz Hill General Secretary YCL Dance to Vision YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE Classified Advertising COMING EVENTS . . September 3t— PICNIC, SEPT- EMBER 2nd — 12 p.m. at SAMPO HALL, Websters Corners. Bus leaves 11 a.m. from 805 E. Pender St., (Uk- rainian Hall). .Smorgasbord and Program. ALL WEL- COME. Ausp. F.0. Local 55. Sept 22— NEW RICHMOND GLUBs = SOCIAL on September 22nd at 8 p.m., 976 Railway Ave., Richmond. Young people especially invited. Bring any musical instruments. Fun for young and old. Lots of Food. Adm. $1.50 Children 50¢. Come and bringafriend. UKRAINIAN For more information phone 274-4205. WANTED URGENT: NEEDED House with in-law suite, one family in vicinity of Fraser, Mainor Broadway $300-$350 per month— 876-9071. BUSINESS PERSONALS" VINCE’S MOVING & STOR- AGE. Call anytime, rea- sonable rates. 688-7639 or - 254-1472. FIRST CLUB Enjoy a Progressive Vacation at LAKEVIEW TRAILER COURT on Beautiful Kootenay Lake, Kaslo, B.C. Camping, Trail- er Space, Boating Swimming & Fishing. Reasonable Rates. HALLS FOR RENT CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE - 805 East Pender St.; Vancouver 4. Available for banquets, wed- dings, meetings. Phone 254- 3436. Small 2 or 3 bdrm. house with WEBSTER’S CORNER HaLL some garden, to rent by young couple with 3 yr. old boy. Con- venient to Main & 49th. Ph. 228-9166. — Available for banquets, meetings, weddings; etc. For rates, Ozzie 325-4171 or 685- 5836. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1973—PAGE 11 j Pi]