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By RUTH DOHERTY

By 1:30 Sunda
‘ y afternoon, the
; cone Scheduled for opening of the
Dial Ww meeting of Inter-
hive Omen’s Day and 50th
Sic eae of the Women’s
inka a the Association of
the A ty eenian Canadians,
crowded C. hall was already
“4g ue with 300 people present,
‘room Reo taken out to make
: or chairs. Still a number

of

ee were unable to find
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he atmosphere, already

Ww
ot ty friendly, was
5 ae by the introduction of
OS Soviet friends from a
Were im the harbor. Flowers
sho; Presented to the women of
a TU.
Rene chairman, Peggy Chunn,
high | € meeting moving at a
siasm nC of cheerful enthu-
epart pee uout and everyone
after BA peer reluctantly
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Were appropriate to
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ou On and it was pointed
vt Nae although March 8th may
iis national holiday here as
stil] aqpeee countries, we can
World oy at one with women the
Women’ €r in our celebration of
- Tights S awakening to their
. ae responsibilities.
by ae Ladies Choir, led
Sasha Nokoda, with his son
at the piano, sang three
aha lively Ukrainian
siastj 8S and received an enthu-

¢ reception. Th
Were Eiticus e costumes

Ni Poloway, author and
UBC of Child Studies at
Rom of the Ukrainian
early q S struggles from the

ays of their settlement in

ana
Beau: The hostility they
ein €red served to isolate

ee peor the general popula-
brought the culture they had
land Tate them from the old
Several been preserved through
ar Senerations.
se that culture had been
male Pence by women of
ation Omination. and rele-
to purely domestic
which included long
of complete responsi-
v her family while the
tked away from home on
Way or in the bush. The
described the efforts of
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Clue Shell and eventual
ae In the affairs of the
bt, zation which had been
a. a by the men.
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progressive causes in which
Ukrainian women had worked
over the years, from the Russian
Revolution, aid to China, to
Spain and to the victims of the
depression of the 30’s, tending
the heads broken by police clubs
and feeding the hungry
marchers. It was a fine tribute to
these brave, hard working
women.

There followed a tribute by
Mona Morgan to the many other
women in B.C. who had worked
tirelessly for peace and justice
throughout these troubled
years. As a symbol of devotion
to the cause of peace, Mrs.
Morgan spoke of Muriel Bladen
who, while raising her family
and working as a teacher of lan-
guages, had devoted all her fine
talent, her time and energy to
the eradication of suffering and
war, carrying on even after her
eyes and health began to fail.

Today she is blind, almost deaf
and incapacitated but can still

” be heard on open line getting her

message out to whoever has ears
to hear. A potted hyacinth was
sent to her to remind her that the
work she loved.is still being
carried on.

Selena Gower, another
stalwart fighter for justice,
remembered for her part in the
battle of Ballentyne Pier, the
Children’s Jubilee Summer
Camp, the unemployed occupa-
tion of the post office and many
more, at 94 was unable to attend
the Women’s Day Celebration
for the first timé in anyone’s
memory. Her lifelong fight for
“Bread and Roses”’ inspired the
gift of a bouquet of red roses to
be delivered by her good friend
and colleague, Kitty Fordham.

Bridget Moran, the militant
social worker from Prince
George who was such a thorn in
the side of the welfare depart-
ment, spoke on poverty. Since
the time of her battle with Willis-
ton, Mrs. Moran said she had
realized how naive she had been.
“J have since learned that
welfare is only the tip of the
iceberg of poverty’’ she said. Of
the five million poor in Canada
(35% of our population) 65% are
working. —

She pointed out that education
is for the average child of the
average middle class; in the
matter of health, 80% ‘of all
major disease occurs among the
poor, who suffer from chronic
deficiencies; That the law is
impartial is a myth, she said.
Money talks! Indians are chroni-

cally poor, not only physically

:

Veteran fighters for women’s
fights honored at celebration

but spiritually because Lassa ©
bad thing to be an Indian in
Canada.’’ Childhood deaths
among Indians are eight times
the national average.

The press ignores all this
except for tokenism; their
function is to disguise and cover
up. In the matter of welfare she
said it was easier to raise a
family on welfare in the
depression than it is today.

A resolution on welfare
protested Bill 49 and called for
welfare provisions to be brought
into line with rising liying costs
and full protection of the health
and welfare of children and the
family.

The Appeal which came out of
the Assembly for Peace and Inde-
pendence for Indochina in Paris
was endorsed by the meeting.
Another resolution demanded
the withdrawal of British troops
for Ireland, freedom for_ politi-
cal prisoners, and abolition of
the Special Powers Act.

It was announced that
proceeds of the meeting which
amounted to $250 would” be
divided between the W.F.D.Y.
hospital project in Van Troi and
the Angela Davis Defense Fund.

The program ended with the
showing of the film “You don’t
have to buy war, Mrs. Smith,” a
stirring anti-war speech by Beth
Myerson Grant, Director of Con-
sumer Affairs of New York City,
in which she pointed out that 69¢
of every American tax dollar is
spent on death and destruction
(Pentagon products) which the
consumer doesn’t have to buy.
She described some of these
Pentagon products: defoliants,
nerve gases, botulism toxin,
white phosphorous and so on,
and painted a frightening
picture of what could happen if
some of these deadly agents,
stored in all areas of the US.
should escape.

TED HARRIS
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Vancouver 4, B.C.
Painters and Paperhangers
Supplies
Sunworthy Wallpaper
Reg. 45¢ — Now 19¢ a Roll

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Phone 254-3711

Rapid transit fight

In several communities in the
Lower Mainland citizens groups
are making known their views on
the proposed third crossing over
Burrard Inlet.

On Wednesday, North Van-
couver held its hearing, and in
Burnaby a public hearing is
scheduled for April 12. In Rich-
mond, a packed city council
meeting heard a brief from
Senya Eyten, with a lively discus-
sion following. In Coquitlam
more and more people are
demanding that concrete action
be taken for an immediate
improvement to the present bus

system, and for future rapid

transit facilities.

In the Surrey-White Rock
area, the federation of rate-
payers will sponsor a public dis-
cussion on rapid transit in the
Municipal Hall, Surrey, on Wed-
nesday, March 29th, at 8:30 p.m.
Alderman Harry Rankin and Bob
Wenman, MLA, will speak.

In Vancouver, whatever re-
spect citizens may have held for
NPA members of city council
dwindled away after the per-
formance put on by Mayor Camp-
bell and his cohorts at the
‘public’? hearing held Wed-

nesday night in Eric Hamber —

school.

The NPA aldermen emerged
from the marathon sitting
(where only a portion of the
briefs opposing the crossing

were heard) discredited and dis- —

honored.

On the other hand, any ling-
ering doubts where the majority
stood on the question of the third
crossing were dispelled by the
enthusiastic disapproval of the

DrivE spreads to suburbs

APRIL Ist

idea expressed by the overflow
crowd in the auditorium.

Bruce Yorke, chairman of the
Co-ordinating Committee for
Public Transit said this week
“The hearing showed the over-
whelming majority of citizens
and organizations opposed the
third crossing and the only

supporters were the Board of -

Trade and the consultants.

‘‘This fact will probably not go
unnoticed in Ottawa where the
final decision will be made.”

Recognize G.D.R.

peace group urges

The B.C. Peace Council
has written to Prime Minister
Trudeau and Hon. Mitchell
Sharp urging them to
commence negotiations for
an exchange of diplomatic
representatives with the
German Democratic Repub
lige =

The Peace Council said
world tensions had been
lessened with the inclusion in
the U.N. of China, and the
treaties between West
Germany, Poland the USSR,
and the Berlin agreement.
These initiatives would be
strengthened if Canada
should recognize the GDR,
and it could also bring oppor-
tunities for highly lucrative
trade between the two. coun
tries.

Such a move would put
Canada in the forefront as a
force for peace in the world,
the peace group maintained.

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PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY; MARCH 24, 1972—PAGE 11

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