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‘Highest ever’

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“For the first time in history, our
paper has raised more than
$50,000. It is the largest sum of
oney ever raised by any regional
iy working class paper anywhere in
iy; North America.”’
eJ With these words, Tribune editor
Maurice Rush set off the largest
i Tribune victory banquet in the
y paper’s 41-year history. Rush told
vi more than 425 people jammed into
1y the Renfrew Community Centre
Wlast weekend that by raising
oy $50,125 the Pacific Tribune had
yy truly ‘marked the beginning of its
w fifth decade of publication.”
go Rush paid tribute to the
ytremendous enthusiasm
Wsurrounding the 1976 fund drive
and said ‘‘even as we celebrate
su here tonight there are hundreds of
¥ our supporters around the province
vy hoping and wondering if we went
efover the top in our campaign to
reach $40,000.”
a| He read from a letter he had
i) received only days before the drive
ni wound up from long-time Tribune
i) Supporter Mildred Liversedge in
hy Lake Cowichan: “I sure hope we
Ww make it. I can hardly wait for the
al results.
“Our paper is so vital to the class
ai struggle. It is an organizer, as well
as an educator. The printed word is
* so important. No wonder the ruling
classes hate our press and
literature so much.”

ly

winners, both individually and collectively at the Tribun
right) Bill Chobotuck from the provincial shield winning club of Burnaby, Beth Chobotuck, Tribune editor
Maurice Rush, Steve Nickyforuk, Minnie Vainio of the Niilo Makela club, Tribune business manager Mike
¢ Gidora, and top money raiser Mike Stevens. A total of $50,125 was raised in the two-month financial drive.

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Mildred Liversedge’s letter. was
accompanied with a money order
for $100, which she wrote, repre-
sented ‘‘the money I would have
spent if I came over to Vancouver
for the banquet.’

Rush said that the raising of
more than $50,000 was doubly
important. ‘‘Not only does it mean
that we will be able to continue to
improve our paper — to continue
using color, to expand our
photography even more, to be able
to travel to places such as Kitimat
to bring live news to our pages; but
more importantly it means that
more and more people are coming
into contact with and accepting
and supporting our paper every

y.
“As the fight back against the
federal government’s wage control
program grows, our paper is
playing a moreand more vital role.
And, as the fight back grows more
and more working people see that
only our paper is speaking out in
their interests.’

Rush pointed out that the
tremendous victory which the
overwhelming success of the fund
drive represented was only one
part in a campaign to expand the
influence of the working class
press, and that the struggle now
had to be to win more and more
readers for the Tribune.

} VANCOUVER Quota In
Bill Bennett 1350 1899
Broadway 1400 ' 1782

} Kingsway 1500 1932

Niilo Makela 850 1728

| Olgin 400 365

|} Peter McGuire 1600 1907

| Point Grey 500 497

SFU. 350 652

|} South Vancouver 850 1274

4 Vancouver East 2850 5178

| Victory Square 2000 2356

| VANCOUVER ISLAND

‘| Campbell River 550 1022

| Comox Valley 450 1000
Nanaimo 1000 1665
Port Alberni 650 836
_ Victoria 900 1055:
NORTH FRASER
Burnaby 1800 4419

4} Coquitlam 750 1172

| Fraser Ind. 450 579

}] New Westminster 750 1187

|} Richmond 400 552

TOTAL: $50,125.37

|HOW WE DID IT-

Earlier, Tribune business
SOUTH FRASER Quota In
Delta 700 660
Fort Langley 550 +881
Surrey 1500 3223
White Rock 650. 851
EAST FRASER
Fraser Valley 450 475
Maple Ridge 650 1046
Mission 800 1173
OKANAGAN
Kamloops 200 485
Notch Hill 100 100
Penticton 150 180
Vernon 600 625
PROV. MISC.

Correspondence 350 448
Creston 150 299
Fernie 50 108
North Vancouver 2200 2560
Powell River 300 572
Prince Rupert 300 =

Sointula 100 120
Trail 500 500
Tom’s Column 650 693
Misc. 1500 3151

e victory banquet last

| $50,000 raised for PT

manager Mike Gidora had told the
crowd that even without actively
pursuing new readers during the
financial drive, more than 70
people had come forward and
added their names to the Tribune
readership. “That means that we
are beginning to succeed in
reaching the people who support
our people; working people, the

poor, the aged, the unemployed.”

He went on to say that the fact
that there were 19 people who each
raised more than $400 for the
paper, and another 86 who each
topped the $140 figure was “‘proof
positive of the tremendous amount
of hard work undertaken on our
behalf by the working people of this
province.”

In a night for celebration and
recognition, a number of in-
dividuals were singled for special
honors. As in past years, the race
for the title of individual top money
raiser was decided only on the last
day of the drive, and once again it
came down to a contest between
the two perennial fund raising
giants Mike Stevens and Steve
Nickyforuk.

“How can you declare one a
winner and the other a loser when
between them these two have
raised nearly $4,000?’’ Gidora
asked. “Because of them we're all
winners.” Mike Stevens collected
$1,870 while Steve Nickyforuk was
breathing down his neck with
$1,815 turned in. The two received a
prolonged standing ovation for
what Gidora termed ‘‘their
phenomenal work.”’

Two other individuals were also
honored. ‘For the first time, we’re
introducing a family plan, and it
goes to Beth and Bill Chobotuck
who between them raised more
than $2,500.” :

The club shields were presented
to Niilo Makela club for the city of

Vancouver, while Burnaby was

awarded the provincial shield.
Both clubs more than doubled their
assigned quotas and both clubs
found that they needed to as they
were seriously challenged by
Vancouver East, and the Simon
Fraser Club in the city, and by
Surrey and Comox Valley in the
race for the provincial shield.
The nineteen members of the 400
Club, who between them raised

_ $13,286 were: Mike Stevens, Steve

Nickyforuk, Bill Chobotuck, Beth
Chobotuck, Rita Tanche, Abe
Rempel, Dave Werlin, Stan Lowe,
Minnie: Vainio, Osmo Lahti, Tom
McEwen, Ernest Babuick,
Maurice Rush, Dorothy Lynas,
Barbara Stewart, Ray Holmgren,
Lorne Robson, Nigel Morgan, Jack
Treliving, and Gunnar Carlson.

weekend were (left to

CARL RUSH

‘Loved and respected
by all who knew him’

Working people and supporters
of the progressive movement in
B.C. are mourning the death of
Carl Rush, aged 56, who passed
away suddenly last Thursday,
June 17. Lovedand respected by all
who knew him, Carl will be deeply
missed.

Born intoa large Jewish working
class family in Toronto on April 12,
1920, Carl embraced socialist ideas
as a young man, and turned to

active participation in the Com-'

munist and labor movement soon
after the family moved to
Kamloops, and later Vancouver.
While living in Kamloops at the age
of 16 he took an active part in the
Young Communist League.

Soon after World War II broke
out he joined the Canadian Army
determined to do his part in the
war against fascism. Joining the
tank corps, he became a sergeant
in charge of a tank and crew. He
landed in Europe shortly after D-
Day and saw action in western
Europe.

On his return to B.C. after the
war Carl joined the Communist
Party and played an active part in
the trade union movement. He
worked for many years operating a
B.C. Electric sub station in the
Fraser Valley, and was a member
of the electrical workers union.
Later he moved to Vancouver and
worked in the steel and ship-
building industry as a member of

the Marine Workers and Boiler-
makers Union. Among the plants in
which he worked was Western
Bridge. In his later years he was
superintendent of a low rental
apartment.

Always anxious to do his part in
the struggle for socialism, Carl
heeded the call for help to rebuild
the Communist Party in Quebec
following the desertion of most of
the leadership there in'the early
1960s. Assuming the post of
provincial organizer for a time in
Quebec, Carl helped restore the
party and built up many friend-
ships among the workers in
Quebec.

Returning to B.C. Car] served for
a period as a member of the B.C.
provincial committee of the
Communist Party and for many
years was on the party’s
educational and youth com-
missions. His .activities among
young people and in educational
work continued up to recent
months, often being called on to
give lectures on various theoretical
and practical subjects. :

A warm and friendly person,
with a deep sense of humor and a
fondness for music and art, Carl
was loved by all who knew him. He
will be missed by his comrades and
friends, by his wife Columba and
members of the family.

In a wire from the central

See CARL RUSH, pg. 12

An honorary membership in the Young Communist League, one of four
evér awarded in B.C., was presented to Carl Rush at the 50th
anniversary banquet on September 15, 1973. Presenting the award is
Sean Griffin on behalf of the YCL.

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