- SS eo SS SS anand 1 @ The PT sustaining fund drive is now on ~~ zi tween April Ist and June Ist we must raise a mini- _ | ™&m of $20,000 to keep going. (8h recent struggles against the all-out attack by e Bennett Government against the workers of this ef Province, we distributed thousands of copies of our ; ates The Pacific Tribune was received with over- ha elming response. ‘At this crucial period, the PT is: eeded more than ever. a Socred Government, intent on breaking Tor fi ack, may call a snap election by either June ‘|, any nee after — and a Federal vote may come at a must me. To deal with this eventuality effectively we our d get the drive off to an early start, and go over rive objective not later than June 1. DRUGS & PROFITS Non-User, Surrey, writes: News from Victoria says that anyone advertising tobacco or whiskey in the newspaper or radio is being punished by the government by the suspension of ads. Premier WAC Bennett is going all out to suppress the evils of alcohol and tobacco. : But Mr. Bennett is doing nothing about the drugs that are being consumed by thousands of young people throughout the province. Just last week the newspapers gave us a glimpse of what goes on in one night in one hospital: 17 people being admitted for treatment and how many more who go into places like Essondale? : The government could put a Happy birthday, Annie ANNIE STEWART - Annie Stewart will be 80 years old on April 8th. The grand old lady who is. remembered and respected by hundreds of people who lived through the Hungry °30’s in. Vancouver is frail now but still keeps in touch with what is going on in the world. Mrs. Stewart was a key figure in the organization of the Women’s Labor League in the 1930’s and with a few others be- came a sort of unofficial mother to the hundreds of unemployed youth who depended on volun- tary soup kitchens to stay alive in those days. stop to this within three months if it wished. Ah, there is a- reason. Young people who could be future leaders may end up with warped minds while the present ruling class make the hay. What is more, there are many professors and politicians advocating the legalization of drugs — in my opinion they are either using drugs themselves or supplying the market where the big profit is. — * eK PEN PALS WANTED International Friendship Club, Kiev, USSR, writes: Dear Com- rade Rush: International Friend- ship Club members at Second- ary School 86 of Kiev, Soviet Ukraine, know only too well that the Pacific Tribune is in the front lines of the struggles of the Canadian people for peace, jobs, independence and for friend- ship between the peoples of Canada and those of the Soviet Union. Our International Friendship Club, as the name suggests, is also fighting for friendship between nations, for friendship between young people in particu- lar. Our motto is ‘‘Make friends not war.”’ We sincerely believe this to be a great idea and invite every- body who shares our views to write to us. Yours for inter- national friendship, Oleg Shamshur, president; Lena Gorshenyova, vice-president. P.S. Letters should be addressed to: International Friendship Club, Secondary School 86, 9 Kruglouniversitetskaya Street, 252024, Kiev-24, USSR. z * * * GREEN BELTS John Tanche, White Rock, writes: in part: The promoters of Sunnyside Acres develop- ments have not bothered them- selves with what is going on in our society, and the changes that must take place in order to have more harmony in the human family. But what can you expect the idea you can’t sleep without having a gun under your pillow? This is the society which was asked to make plans for Sunny- side. We don’t want such a~ society here. They can keep it. The plans make no mention of keeping green belts alive. The plans make no effort to stop pollution; have not an idea for the social needs of the public in relation to health and youth problems and transportation.” Sunnyside will be made up of the same ticky tacky homes, with so much taxable revenues. . . If it is not in the competence of Surrey to develop a realistic plan for Sunnyside Acres because of arbitrary provincial legislation it should say so. However, the public must have plans and it should be up to the public to analyse the cause and effect present planning on society, and come out with intelli gent plans and suggestions. ee UNITED ACTION George Collins, Vancouver, writes: Social Credit reaction- aries are throwing Bills at people. And the Pacific Tribune is saying that an election is not the only answer. It presses for a united action of labor, professional people, fixed-- income groups, stressing respon- sible left-wing action — a united front, no less. It is not enough to vote in an NDP government as some are saying. NDP’ers in the legis- lature have to prove themselves by fully supporting a united drive of people at the grass roots level. Page 3, March 24 issue of the PT tells us what chaos would result in the province if Bill 88 were to go through. With hiring © halls no longer unionized, people would flock here to compete with. unionized B.C. workers and the article says this would create a greater pool of unemployed. The Tribune is not backward' in explaining more ways to solve the unemployed prob- lems. Repealing all reactionary Bills so far foisted upon the people of B.C. is only part of it— an af BELOW ARE TO REACH h we he) PRESS DRIVE GOALS. She was one of those who S. vl pa pre are z Pe oe OBJECTIVE EVERY CLUB MUST GO OVER THE organized the mighty Mother’s or U.S: planners who live wi ut an important part of it. 4 : March” on Mother’s Day ee . ; a =o ae which stressed the need to a create jobs and abolish the assiried advertising 3 vicious relief camps which we : 4 rte. DRIVE QUOTAS the only answers of which the ( governments of that day were COMING EVENTS f HALLS FOR RENT Ty Clup capable. APRIL 8th — BIRTHDAY Rankin ) GREATER Ss V arid AND nue 4 4, Sanle Suge and ia zn PARTY for HARRY BALL— oe ne piniads = ) ° husband arles, 0 ee ni NOUVER Alberni 3502 tas Street Railwaymen’s Union, Spee’ mae ea RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S | ; Bennett 750 5A Campbell River 250; fer will long be remembered for 8th is also Annie Stewart’s HOME — 600 Campbell Ave. Me ea 400.5 Cowichan 150 —J their contribution to the pro” — goth Birthday). SATURDAY Now under _ Renovation. eS enoial 400. — Nanaimo 550 137] gressive cause in British Colum- = ___aprit, gth — 6:30 P.M. | Watch ‘PT’ for details re:: ne Rogers Eo 2 as victona 450 ae bia. Annie’s many friends wish FLEETWOOD HALL— Just garding re-opening re: Rent- yl heey 800 5 Van. Island Total 1750 her all the best on her 80th birth- off Fraser Highway on 160th als for meetings, banquets, f On ee 200 15 DEWDNEY day. Street and 84th Ave. Tickets weddings, etc. 254-3430. P O50: 57. MaplelRGee 300) A ee ae ee oA $3.50 each, for further : y Ster McGuire 65 ao oe 250; eat k | information phone 584-4132. WEBSTER s CORNER HALL, i So 0 Mission Workers —Available for banquets “yi 350°. —.