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24 First Honor Press Builder
er of 1960 is a veteran of the
‘ labor movement who. died
last year — but whose spirit

80es marching on!

John deWever died sud-
denly last spring — but not
S© suddenly that he had no
S time to make arrangements
ent | for the disposition of the
St | few hundred dollars that

; made up all his wordly
_ capital. This‘money he left
‘| #0 the Pacific Tribune, the
| Paper which he had support-
A ed for many years, both as
a financial donor and as a
“Street salesman.

We decided it was only
fitting that $100 should be
Set aside in memory of John
_deWever, to be credited to
ec} him and his beloved Grand-
€s f= view Club in the current fin-
ec’ § §=6ancial campaign.

; Other veterans of the
as) | labor movement, alive and
an | active, are helping get the
5 | 1960 drive off to a good
start.

_. Julius Stelp, of Burnaby,
a foundation member of.the
Communist Party in B.C.
‘ (and. the only — surviving
_ Member, of the original 13
comrades who formed the
first Communist Party club
| in this province) sent in $25
_ to become a Press Builder.
Lil Stoneman of North
Vancouver is another early

To realize this perspective,
| current financial drive a success. We must

st} | SUrpass our $15,000 target.
__ The enthusiasm shown by our readers at recent press con-
ferences conyinces us that the time has come when our paper
Can expand its circulation, improve its news and feature cover-
‘age, play a greater role in the struggles which lie ahead.

The present drive provides the foundation for the planned
advance. Let’s all put our shoulders to the wheel and give it a

JOHN deWEVER

Bill Hreherchuk,’ leading .

money-raiser in PT drives

for many years, walked into

the office with $50 as a
“down payment” on the
much larger amount he ex-
pects to raise.

And another’ old-timer

- dopped in to give us $30

with the remark, “I guess
you can use this litle dona-
tion.” ;

Such a spirit augurs well
for the success of the drive.
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Press clubs are reminded
that advertisements for so-
cials in aid of the press
drive are published free of
charge. We hope that every
‘club is planning at least one

| TURNING POINT

“JHE PACIFIC TRIBUNE financial campaign is a drive to go
_\ forward, to increase the size of the paper next year an
Publish a number of 12-page issues this year.

_ This advance is made possible by
by the changing conditions which give us an Opp
‘Introduce our paper to new readers. eae
_ The years of constant retrenchment are coming to an end.

he progressive movement, and its voice in
Tribune, now face the prospect of growth, of advance.

of course, we must make the

d to

y the thaw in the cold war,

ortunity to
B.C., The Pacific

not only reach, but

| PRESS DRIVE NEWS

social.

Because money is urgent-
ly needed at this time, we
urge all press clubs to take
a “whip-around” for cash
at the next club meeting.
Pledge cards should also be
filled out and mailed in as
early as possible.

At the last meeting of
the Broadway club, which
has 14 members, seven
pledged to become Press
Builders ($25 or more), one
pledged to become a Prem-
jer Press Builder ($50)) and
one pledged to become an
Honor Press Builder ($100).
The club is confident that
its $400 target will be reach-
ed and surpassed before
May Day.

Similar reports are reach-
ing us from other clubs.
Only a very few have re-
duced their suggested quotas
—and we feel sure that the
paper’s supporters: in these
clubs will find, if only they
tackle the job correctly,
that they can raise much
more money than _ they
thought possible.

Times are
there’s a new spirit of con-

fidence in the air, and this ‘
is the year when the Pacific |

Tribune can reflect these
changes and reach outward
to -broader sections of the

‘Canadian people.

On with the drive!

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By DON Cox

When Canada’s Olympic
hockey ‘entry was strengthen-
ed by the addition of center
Jim ‘Connaly of the Chatham
Maroons and goalie Don Head
of the Windsor Bulldogs
(whose record supports the
claims made that he is the top
netminder in Senior A _ hoc-
key), Canadian Olympic coach
Bobby Bauer was quoted as
saying: “If this team can’t do
the job in California the C.A.
H.A. better send out and ex-
peditionary force equipped
with bazooka’s in 1964.”

It’s past history now that
the Canadian team did not do
the job, finishing second in
the Olympics behind the U.S.
What’s the reason for this and
what can be done about it?

Rather than thinking in
terms of “expeditionary forc-
es” it would be better to at-
tack the problem at its roots.
In Canada the government
does not look on sports as a
public endeavour in which all
the people are entitled to
share. Primarily, sports is the
property of commercial or-
ganizations, where all promis-
ing young players are tied up
and traded around like live-
stock to earn a profit for their

| owners.

Our Olympic entry this
year, as in the past, was collec-
ted together from the top sen-
ior A teams after they had
completed the major part of
their schedules. They were
then sent on a cross country
tour to iron out the kinks, to
get them working as a team
and to raise the cash to carry
them through the Olympics.

The teams representing
Czecho-Slovakia, the U.S.S.R.,
Sweden and other European
countries have shown — im-
provement each year because
sports in these countries are
looked on as friendly competi-
titions
government assistance. WNa-
tional teams are selected well
in advance of the Olympics,
the players train together, and
they readily acquire a ‘spirit’
because they know they have
full national support.

SPORTLIGHT

If Canada is to do a job in
the next Olympics then it is
necessary that the Federal
government invest some of the
taxpayers money now being

wasted on defunct Arrows or —

obsolete Bowmarcs and use it
for a national sports program,
making available proper facil-
ities for our people from
school age onwards.

worthy of generous,

OBITUARY

An old-time pioneer of the
Courtenay -Commox _ district
and veteran of the first world
war, John Wright Stassen
passed away in Victoria Veter-
ans’ Hospital on February 7
in his 70th year.

Coming to Canada from
Scotland in 1904, Mr. Stassen
worked as a journeyman elec-
trician, builder and farmer.
Moving to Courtenay in 1919
he served many years on
school board and other com-
munity work, and was highly

respected throughout the dist-

rict.

For many years John Stas-
sen was an active supporter
for the Pacific Tribune and
always identified himself with
all progressive issues in his
community and province.

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Many people who knew
Dulcie Smith before she left
for England a few years ago,
will be saddened by the news
that she passed away at her
home in Ealing, England (af:
ter a long illness.

Dulcie Smith was one of the
most active people in the pro-
gressive movement in Vancou-
ver. She devoted herself un-
tiringly to the struggle for
peace, Canadian-Soviet friend-
ship and to the activities of
the community movement.

She continued her energet-
ic activities in, England, tak-
ing part in the growing peace
movements and in the work of
the Communist Party of Great
Britain.

Her loss will be greatly felt
by the progressive movement
in England and her many
friends in B.C. will mourn her
passing.

. More recreation facilities,
$100 reduction in UBC fees
and another vocational train-
ing centre for Vancouver, are
among proposals made by the
Socialist Youth League in a
Bennett. ;
The brief also proposed that

mended to assure that appren-

March 11, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7

brief to Premier W. A. C..

the Apprenticeship Act.be am- |and

Youth brief asks more

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facilities
tices have time off with pay
to study instead of being com-
pelled to do it on their own
time at night as is already be-
ing done in Ontario.

Pointing out that disarma- ©

ment would make available
more funds for education, the
brief urges total disarmament
expanded trade with
China.

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