APPEAL

- This is our final appeal. By the time that this edition of the Tribune reaches most of our readers, there will only be one week remaining in our 1980 financial drive.

In this one week we need to raise more than $20,000 to reach our target of $65,000.

Saturday, June 21, several hundred of our supporters will gather at the Tribune victory banquet, waiting for the announcement of how much was raised. Your donation, this week, could be decisive to the announce- ment we are able to make. 5

We note that every area of B.C. has now sent in some money towards our total. Many press clubs have. already surpassed their quota, while others are only a few dollars away.

But we must register one point very strongly. If each press club merely makes its target, we will fall several

thousand dollars short of our $65,000 target. Over the past two months, hundreds of dedicated

Tribune supporters have devoted much time and sacrifice to our financial campaign. The $43,000 already raised is the result of their efforts, and their understanding of the need for a healthy, strong Tribune.

We appeal to all these supporters, and to those sup- porters who have not yet joined our drive, help us raise the $20,000 we need.

Here is where we stand

GREATER VANCOUVER SOUTH FRASER Belogiannis 800 355 Delta 950 115 Bill Bennett 1,000 2,782 Fort Langley 600 630 Building Trades 3,000 1,679 Surrey 3,800 3,018 Burnaby 3,800. 1,360... White Rock 900 763 ae yes, EAST FRASER i iswa' , - Ss Makela 1,000 776 ‘Fraser Valley 500 635 Meh Van! 3,200 2,182 Maple Ridge 1,800 1,717 Nigel Morgan 600. 2070) Niesien 500 698 Olgin 600 449 OKANAGAN Richmond 1,100 1,178 Kamloops 725 828 Seamen 400 824 Notch Hill 200 125 Van. East 6,000 5,910 Penticton 400 605 N. Westminster 1,300 a Vernon 1,000 876 West Side 2,500 1,454 VANCOUVER ISLAND N. COAST/INTERIOR Campbell River 1,200 801 | . 950 1,464 Comox Valley 1,100 25 Salledaots 250 355 Nanaimo — 1,600 ‘1,882 Powell River 450 473 Port Alberni 1,400 - 881 Prince George 150 +30_~+Victoria 1,500 1,585 Prince Rupert 200 80 Miscellaneous <i] BO Sointula 150 63 {Trail 750 170 TOTAL: $43,584 3

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—_—§ OPEN FoRUM—— Mac-Paps present case for veterans’ status

Len Norris, national president, Veterans of the Mackenzie-Papin- eau Brigade, writes: From May 20 to 22, the Mac-Paps held an ex- tremely important conference in Ottawa, the objective being the presentation of a brief to the fed- eral government outlining our ba- sic reasons for recognition of those Canadians who fought in the 1936-1939 Spanish War, and their entitlement to the same benefits, rights and privileges as those mem- bers of the Canadian Armed Forces who fought against the same Rome-Berlin-Tokyo fascist Axis which we had confronted when we went to aid in the defence of the Spanish Republican govern- ment of 1936-1939.

The brief correctly pointed out that World War II was but a con- tinuation of the first armed struggle against fascism. Failure to.prevent victory of traitorous Spanish gen- erals headed by Francisco Franco resulted in the establishment of a brutal dictatorship that would last three times longer than that of the German Nazis under Hitler.

The brief mentioned Dr. Nor- man Bethune, the first Canadian to volunteer his services to the young Republic, who today is nationally and internationally recognized for Originating blood transfusion methods at front line positions. His home in Bracebridge, Ont., is to- day a national shrine and a statue of him stands in downtown Mont- real — fitting tribute to his enor- mous contributions to. the anti- fascist cause.

That Canada only belatedly ac- corded one of its greatest sons rec- ognition may: tend to make one think that those of us who now seek our rightful place in history will get it only when we, too, have been given the deep six. :

But Canadian public opinion has demonstrated that it is deeply sympathetic to our cause, and can see no justification for any post- ponement in rectifying attitudes of former governments in this matter. The brief notes that Canadians are favorable to our campaign as ex- emplified by six major centres —

Toronto, North York, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancou- ver, which went on record through their elected councils for govern- ment recognition.

In November 1979, the NDP, meeting in national convention voted unanimously for much the same resolution. In addition, such well-known and large universities as York University, University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnical and others have passed resolutions and signed petitions in their hund- reds

The brief concluded its case by mentioning three actions taken by one or another arm of government: (1) Production of the National Film Board film Los Canadienses; (2) the reception held by the Cana- dian Embassy in Madrid in 1979 for our Mackenzie-Papineau dele- gation which was revisiting Spain at that time; (3) the granting of funds through the New Horizons pro- gram to the provinces of B.C. and Ontario for the express purpose of publicizing and writing our history. The closing paragraph summed it up in the following words:

‘We know that in being the first Canadians to actively fight against nazism and fascism we were patri- otic Canadians. We also know that this truth, this fact of life, must be recognized and become known one day. What we seek is that our gov- ernment put its official stamp of approval on our action by recog- nizing us and thereby not make any distinction between those Cana- dians who were in the first conting- ent and those who came after us and fought the same enemy.”’

Editor’s note: So far, the gov- ernment has not moved anywhere on the Mac-Paps’ demand. Vet- eran affairs minister Daniel Mac- Donald, following a meeting with the veterans, did agree to study changes in the present policy but hasn’t reported yet on his delibera- tions. And a motion for recogni- tion, advanced by NDP leader Ed Broadbent last month, did not get the necessary unanimous consent and therefore died on the order paper.

Treaty gives one out of five salmon to U.S.

Continued from page 1 “principles” accepted by the U.S. They were: first, a freeze on present levels of interception; second, a renewed commitment to salmon enhancement; third, the equality principle of harvest according to production.

The Americans have no inten- tion of living up to the spirit of those principles, Hewison told the Tribune in an interview this week. The U.S. has not dropped its claim to a “‘historic fishery’ on the Fraser River and wants the Fraser, the largest salmon producing river in the world, excluded from the calculation of “‘equality.”” The on- ly one of the principles which many have relevance then, he added, is the principle of freezing the present imbalance.

“Tt is inconceivable that equality will be achieved unless Canada has a contingency plan and unless it takes some steps to actually gain equality,” he said, ‘And unfor-

‘tunately, the Canadian govern-

ment shows no interest in doing that.”

The U.S. is being very aggressive in negotiations and is applying one pressure play after another to gain a favorable agreement to their side. The most recent was a speech by a U.S. senator threatening ‘‘a fish war’’ unless Canada temporarily closed the Fraser River to commer- cial fishermen. Last week the department of fisheries announcd an unprecidented eight week closure for gillnetters, an act which has enraged UFAWU members, with some insisting that they will fish the river in defiance of the closure.

Fisheries officials expect a total run of 25 million salmon returning to B.C. rivers this year. The U.S.

- will take better than one in five of

those, Hewison said. “That is continentalism in prac- tice, not equality.”

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JUNE 14 —. Vancouver Chilean Community social. Music, enter- tainment, Chilean food. 8 p.m. Fishermen's Hall, 138 E. Cordova, Van. Donation — $3.

JUNE 15 — Farewell dinner & tribute to Harry and Jean Bird. Musical program. 6 p.m., Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender, Van. Adm. $5. Proceeds to Tribune.

JUNE 15 — UFAWU Women’s Auxiliaries Annual Halibut dinner, Fishermen’s Hall, 138 E. Cordova, Van. Dinner at 4 and 6 p.m. Tkts — $5 adults, $3 oap, $2 children under 12. For reservations — 876-4855 or 988-0585.

JUNE 15 — Federation of Russian Canadians concert, Sun. at 2 p.m. Banquet following. Russian People’s Home, 600 Campbell Ave., Van. Everyone welcome.

JUNE 19 — Canadian Cuban Friendship Association meets third Thursday of each’ month, 8 p.m., Rm. L4, Britannia Centre, Van. Speaker and new slides. All wel- come.

JUNE 21 — Don’t miss the biggest- ever Tribune Victory Banquet to honor the top money-raisers and press builders. Full course banquet dinner, dancing to the music of Spare Change. Starts 6:30 p.m. sharp in the beautiful Italian Cul- tural Centre, 3075 Sloan at the Grandview Highway. Tickets $8, OAP, $6.50 available from the Tribune office.

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HALLS FOR RENT

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME — Available for rentals. For reserva- tions phone 254-3430.

WEBSTERS CORNERS HALL — Available for banquets, meetings; etc. For rates: Ozzie, 325-4171 or 685-5836.

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