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A STAUNCH FIGHTER

: On Saturday, July 30 at 7 p.m., hundreds of people
will gather at the Ukrainian Hall to honor Bill Kolisnyk,
a staunch veteran of the communist movement in Canada.

-Bill Kolisnyk was elected to
the Winnipeg City Council in
1926 and became the first com-

tinction in North America. This
was more than a_ personal
achievement, It represented a
Teak through against a leftist
Problem that had plagued com-
he Parties concerning the |
u ue of electing working class |
.Presentatives to capitalistic |
Institutions. |
eet Bill Kolsinyk made in that
hen can be best meas-
Be Y the fact that the tradi-
. that he helped establish |

1926 carties on to this day.
ner today remains a
os er of that council and a

™Mpion of the working peo-
ble of Winnipeg.

Sevever, the heroic story of
Ml Kolisnyk neither begins |
Ror ends there.

mew born in the Western
with “ee In 1887 and migrated
1s family to Winnipeg in
is first experience as a
ae 8 class leader was at
me eee age of 14. As spokes-
rink es a group of young soft-
gotiat Ottling workers he ne-
de ed at 25% increase in |
heir Wage rate. This brought |
bq bay from $3 to $4 for a
®y 60-hour week.
oe €xperiences as a worker |
oF th ™ to seek wider avenues |
fs ton to labor’s prob-
Of a Beacied by the remarks
€d the ewalk speaker he join-
CUltura Krainian educational-
Society in 1905. In

Workin

m:

Sear, :
ae of a job he moved to
-8€ La Prairie where he

FISHERMEN

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Richmond, “The bulk of the
fishermen in the Soviet Union
are in a better position than
Canada. They operate a traw-
ler with 96 men and work reg-

|
| tongue.

Bill Kolisnyk along
| with the late Mathew. Popo-
BeteiG Achieve such a dis: wich led off the fight against
| this repressive legislation by a
|

trip to Ottawa to demand its

| repeal.

He actively: participated in
ithe historic Winnipeg General |

Strike.

ular eight-hour shifts. But if
we were doing it we’d have 30
men and work 20 hours a day.”

and friendship was on

man broke down and cried
when she spoke to me.
husband and two sons were
killed in the last war. The
word peace was on every

It was in the fall of 1926]|building. Another thing that

to the Winnipeg City Council.
As a councillor, on,a réquest
from the employees, he assist-
ed in the organization of the
Civic Workers. Along with Les-
lie Morris he represented the

BILL KOLISNYK

The contribution | that Bill Kolisnyk was elected |impressed me was

| Communist Party at the found- ling with special aspects of
| ing meeting of the union which their visit.

still exists today. Shortly after
| this he helped form and was
| the first president of the Work-
|ers’ and Farmers Co-operative |
| Fuel Yard and Creamery, now |

|

the full
equality that women enjoy, not
only in the fishing industry but
in all areas of the economy.”

Jack Cooke, packing plant,
Vancouver: ‘Contrary to re-
ports I had read in Canada I
found the clothes of the peo-
ple to be very colorful, not
drab or dingy. There appéared
to be some lag in styles but the
women were now insisting
that be rectified.”

Ed. Regnery, Queen Char-
lotte Islands, “Everyone em-
phasized the positive things
that could be done for peace.
I visited the exhibit of the “U2
Plane” shot down over Soviet
territory. All the stuff was

said to me while I was there,
‘Too bad they keep coming
over, I don’t see why.” Ed re-
plied ‘Neither do I.”

The delegation will report
back to the Union and the the
Pacific Tribune will run fur-
| ther articles from them deal-

|
|

® You can help... ||
the Cuban and African /

Vera Parkin, filliter, ‘“Peace |
the |
tongues of everyone. One wo-!

Her |

there as described. One girl!

| by wholesaiers

Burnaby voters told
action gets results’

BURNABY—“The conditions at Deer Lake Park are
deplorable and must be corrected at once,” stated William
Turner, independent candidate for council in the July 30
'Burnaby_ by-election. Turner
| was addressing an open-aif
| gathering in Deer Lake Park
| last Sunday.

|the park by Mrs. Marie God-
| frey, former school board can-
| didate, urging “the immediate
; cae | installation of cold showers to
With. another provincial elec- improve sanitary conditions
json almost upon us, it would) for bathers.” Presented to the
| be appropriate to devote this] Burnaby Parks Board-on July
;column to some of the main] ¢ the po lieines was given a
aH 4 ’ =)
| issues facing B.C. farmers. — | surance that work on this pro-
| Undoubtedly one of them is} - :
ae 3 . ject would commence by the
| prices, first of all the price 20th
the farmer gets for his produce} ag :
| and secondly the price of the| In his address at Deer Lake,
Turner pointed out that the

| things he must buy. The fact Z
is that the net income of B.C.| $60,000 trimmed off the parks
board budget would go a long

farmers is continuing to go
down, year after year. As| Way towards these needed rec-
reational improvements.

pointed out in this column be-
fore it went down by almost Stressing the importance. of
united action in civic affairs

2% last year as compared to

1958. The cash income of tree} Turner urged his audience of

and small fruit ggrowers alone| approximately 500 to “get out
and vote on July 30.” An ad-

went down by almost $2 mil-

| A petition was circulated in
|

i FARM PRICES—A KEY
| ELECTION ISSUE

]

lion. vance Burnaby poll will be
The cause of this decline are| open July 25 to 29. Turner also
manifold, but three chief|spoke at the annuai picnic of

|reasons could be singled out: | the Russian-Canadian Federa-
@ Price fixing and profiteer- | tion.

ing by the wholesalers, pack-!

ers, chain stores, etc., to keep} about these practices, the So-

'down the prices they pay for, cial Credit government even

farm produce. Riles: the demand of farm

@ Dumping of U.S. farm sur-j organizations that U.S. farm

| pluses (eggs, poultry, fruit. | produce be labelled as to coun«
| vegetables, etc.) into B.C. try of origin!
| which are eagerly bought up | Price fixing, profiteering

and chain j and U.S. dumping can all be

stores at low prices and used to’ and must be curbed by govern-

reduce prices to B.C. produc-| ment action.

ers. Of course these low prices) Most important of all, the

are never passed on to con-|farmer needs a government

sumers. |guaranteed price that will
®@ Price fixing and profiteer-| cover his cost of production

peoples’ fight for their
independence.

@ You can help...
demand that the Cana-
dian government tell U.S.
imperialism to keep hands

known as thé People’s Co-op,
one of the finest co-ops in Ca-
nada.

Robbed of his eyesight, he

continues to see the world
through the eyes of humanity.

| ing by the big monopolies that | and ensure him a decent living.
| control and keep up the prices| Such guaranteed floor prices
of feed, seed, fertilizer farm| should apply to that portion of
machinery and the other things} production necessary to keep :
the farmer must buy. the small and medium farmer a ij |

Far from doing anything’ in business. : i

€mber branch of that or-

: Snization,

ng was soon followed by
the fanization of a branch of
an er Democratic Party
‘mrade Bill Kolisnyk

arr} . ; : ae :
the : ved at the solution to | His vision rents to eu off ‘Guba and Afriens
Peon] aoe facing working|far superior to those. who
@
‘ of all countries, have eyes and refuse — to ®@ You can help es
| dip 1910 he returned to Win-|) the Communist Party in
Ukrai &nd transferred to the Listen to what Bill, a man of its daily struggle for
in aan Branch of the Party | 73 says, looking back on his peace, independence and
| ihe ae city. He became a lead- | life: “All the difficulties and || socialism.
| a “mber of the organization | misfortunes that: & , Bne@ateG ll fas Se. Sa ae
. tony WS Selected to make a|during my life are compen- Ponty ula Bae
Bo att Winnipeg to Fernie, | sated for with the thought that contributions to:

'T have adhered to the ptinci- Communist Party

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anq _° Strengthen the Party

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Rh forbs e Democratic Party

Ie ites ° the holding of pub-
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ples and ideals which I inher-
ited in my teens, when I joined
a small group of members... .
which is now embracing hun-
dreds of millions of people on

anada to raise funds ithe path to freedom and a bet-
f the first lter living for ae”

The Pacific Tribune joins

heels of this tour the | with his thousands of friends

Svernment panned! and admirers from coast to
coast in a warm tribute to this

fine champion of the working
class.

of B.C.
503 Ford Bldg.,
193 E: Hastings St.,
Vancouver 4, B.C.

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The Soviet Union is engaged in a vast expansion of its
chemical industry. Above photo shows the Kursk synthetic
fibre plant, one of the largest project under way. It will
start production by the end of this year.

July 22, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7