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, i to any party.” An out-of-court settlement was reach-
ath se when the PT paid the sum of $750 to T. A. Dohm,

orney, without any apology being made to Constable

leading up t. the settlement were outlined in a letter
4 to the Pacific Tribune from Stanton, Munro and Dean,

RETURNING

POW'S CALL

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STORY ON PAGE 3

LPP organizers open election campaign

with tour

LPP CANDIDATES

NOMINATED
Nigel Morgan, Vancouver East.
Bob Sarginson, Vancouver
North,

William Turner, Burnaby.

Alf Dewhurst, New Westmin-
ster.

Dave Danielson, Delta.

Mrs. Grace Tickson, Nanaimo-
The Islands.

Jack Higgin, Comox.

Nomination of William Turner
to contest Burnaby brings ‘to
seven the number of Labor-Pro-
gressive candidates already in
the field for the June 9 prov-
incial election, with LPP prov-
incial campaign headquarters
here announcing that the party
expects to have double this num-
ber of candidates by the end of
this month and a total of be-
tween 20 and 25 candidates nam-
ed by-May 19, nomination day.

of Island," Interior centres

The lLabor-Progressive party
opened its campaign last week as
two of its organizers, Alf Dew-
hurst, provincial organizer, and
Sid Zlotnick, newly-appointed
provincial field organizer, start-
ed a swing around Island and In-
terior points.

From Vancouver Island, Dew-
hurst reported that an LPP nom-
inating conference in Victoria,
where the party expects to enter
three candidates, would be held
April 29. He also stated that
nominating meetings had been
arranged in Cowichan-Newcastle
and Alberni constituencies.

Zlotnick is now on a tour
which will take him to the fol-
lowing Interior points: Prince-
ton, Kamloops, Notch Hill, Sal-
mon Arm, Vernon, Trail, Kim-
berley, Nelson, Creston and
Michel.

The LPP is proposing to enter
candidates in North Okanagan,
Salmon Arm and Nelson-Creston
and has under consideration
contesting the additional ridings
of Kaslo-Slocan and Similkameen.

It was announced this week
that A. A. MacLeod, former LPP
member of the Ontario legis-
lature, will be in this province
during the month of May to as-

sist in the Labor-Progressive
party’s campaign.
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A press statement issued here
this week by Nigel Morgan, LPP
provincial leader, stated that
“early and favorable considera-
tion of the Labor-Progressive
party’s application for inclusion
in the CBC’s current series of

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See ELECTION

A. A. MacLEOD

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