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‘Military

Objective’

A London Bobby and a friend try to console a youngster whose

home was bombed by the Nazis while her mother was away.
Her father is somewhere in the Middle East.

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city.

province belongs, however, to
in the heart of the Copper Moun-
tain country where the big organ-
izing drive among bardrock miners
is now in progress. To J. Pavelich
of Princeton goes the credit for
winning readers among the miners
whose cause The People had cham-
pioned from the beginning of their
fight.
Another. stout supporter is T.
Kanprga at Wells, who has turned
in more than $40 and wants the
credit to go to the Serbian com-
mittee. Victoria again came
through this week with $94.
Thanks from The People and
guests who enjoyed an excellent
evening’s entertainment go to Ber-

Labor Quiz

Features

Press Drive Concert

That preoccupied look you may
the face of John Stanton, prominent Vanco
and those looks of determination on the faces of [WA President
Harold Pritichett, Labor Council president Ed Leary, Boiler-

anticipation of
Labor Quiz night, to be held at
fhe Beacon Theatre this Sunday

makers’ business agent Malcolm
MacLeod, UFFU secretary Bil
Burgess, Al Parkin, editor of The
People, and Tom MacEwen of the
Communist-Labor Total War Com-

MALCOLM MacLEOD, Boiler-
makers’ busines agent, who will
take part in Labor’s Quiz Night.

er

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April 20, 21 — 8 P.M.
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mittee, are in

evening.

of labor history

stump the labor

MacEwen and Macleod,

and fast. :

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thing,”
chett puts it.

While all

Helge Anderson’s orchestra,

entertainers. Roy Urbanski,
Hocaluk, Ukrainian singer,
sing Russian
songs; Annetta and

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have noticed this week on
uver labor lawyer,

John Stanton, whose knowledge
in the province
is abundant, will, in his capacity dow@ by Bert Pines who leads in
of master of ceremonies, try to
leader contest-
ants with questions on all phases|year for The People. South Van-
‘of the labor movement in British | couver and North Burnaby are
Golumbia ‘and Canada. Experts
Pritchett, Leary, Burgess, Parkin,
on the
other hand, are just as determined
to have the answers coming thick |whist last Friday night.

There is a more serious idea,
however, behind Labor Quiz, which
is being held to raise funds for

“Anything that will help to clar-
{fy labor problems in the minds
of workers is definitely a good
is the way Harold Prit-

Besides the quiz, a pleasing musi-
cal program has been arranged.
details have not been
made known up to the present,
the committee in charge have an-
nounced that the list will include
and
Russian, Sikh, Chinese and Negro
cos-
sak dancer, will be present. Ellen
will
and Red Army/planned in the closing weeks of
Lawrence |the drive on behalf of The Peo
Bjarnason will provide songs with |ple
guitar accompaniment, and Barn-|scheduled for Sunday, April 25, at
ey’s Entertainers will offer a half-|Hastings Auditorium, and numer-
hour program of songs and musical
numbers. ‘

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tha Gerard and W. Cumming, who
arranged a delightful musicale last
Saturday night which netted the
paper $22.10.

Incidéntally, what's the matter
with the shipyards? All but Sal-

schedule.

The City Press Drive Committee
js now over the top and leading
all Vancouver Committees. Great
praise must be given to the Grand-
view Committee who with a quota
of $100 have now raised $241.05
One Chinese co-worker, Chan
Kwan, with the help of other com-
mittee members has collected to
date $144.55 from the Chinese mer-
chants. Outstanding work has been

securing subscriptions and is a
consistent worker throughout the

well over their quotas and returns
from other groups are climbing
rapidly. Sixty dollars was realized
for The People at a telephone

It looks as though any other
committees will have to step some

if they want to take the lead
away from the City. Who will
try

Special
Events

i Eee boosters for The
People among aircraft work-
ers have completed preparations
for one of the gayest social events
of the season, the big dance to
be held in the Embassy Ballroom,
Monday, April 19. Other events

Include the Variety Night

our house parties.

Brigades of young aircraft work-
ers are planning a final ticket-
selling foray over the weekend
and are confident the throngs of
dance fans will flock to the Em-
bassy to dance to music by Wilt
Wylie’s orchestra and enjoy novel
floor show entertainment. Support-
ers of the paper are urged to
secure tickets at the office of The

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«% |People and mobilize parties of their

friends to attend.
Jack Wood,
Joint Shop Stewards’ Committee
at North Van Ship Repairs will
be master of ceremonies at the
Sunday night concert at Hastings
Auditorium, April 25, sponsored by

Salvage press committee. Len Hol-

ed
— ___yj \land and his accordion band, whose

Grandview In Lead;
Ol Bill Tops Quota

First committee to go over the top in the press drive was that
of OI Bill and his supporters, but the star team of performers
from Grandview, strongly supported by other area groups,
have now pushed into the lead for highest percentage in the

Honors for the highest percentage over the quota in the
the mining town of Princeton,

vage are far behind with their .

chairman of the |.

spirited performances are attract
ing an enthusiastic following in
Vancouver, will highlight a pro-
gram which will also include Mrs.
Boy's (Russian and Ukrainian
songs, Jerry Bordeniuk and a
group of youthful dancers and
several unusual Sikh numbers ar-
ranged by Piara Singh.
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Serbian Workers, Wells,
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Continued
Ontario

succeeded in stampeding the gov-
ernment to hoist the bill into com-
mittee. At this point a tremendous
eampaign was opened by the trade
unions to save the bill, a cam-
paign which was successful in all
its Main phases, though certain
minor clauses were inserted in
committee to.which union leaders
objected.

There is general agreement here
now, however, that the bill marks
a great advance, and can be used
as a further lever in forcing all-
inclusive labor legislation through
the federal parliament.

Len Holland

and his
Accordion Band

Russian and Ukrainian Songs and
Dances, Sikh Entertainers and
Variety Numbers

Hastings Auditorium e
' Sunday, April 25

~$:00 P.M.

Chairman—JACK WOOD
Chairman Joint Shop Stewards
Committee N.V.S.R.

4

Speaks Hel

Weekly, told The People
interview here this wee}

after which he will conti
Canadian tour to Edmontce |
katoon,

Elsewhere.”

ent forms among different
alities,”
ians, the fifth column is
and definitely anti-Soviet

discredited group of so-ca
socialists,

Jewish paper,
main work is red-baiting «
with anti-Soviet activitie:
are working for a split
United Nations and for t
throw of what they cali
dictatorship.” One of the t
standing of their leaders,
nin, wrote an article in 4
stated that Stalin had bre
a ‘generation of murdert
that this war could only
by the
tain and the USA, and :
Jast shot will come from
and by this shot the Stali
will be shot to pieces’

“The hope of the Jewi

ple lies in their own uni’
the degree of their contr
towards winning the wa

He is now lecturing in t)

Regina,
“The fifth column takes

he said. “Among

“Among Jewish people th

gathered arou

HARRY GURALNI

“Forward.

‘owo free countr

“The anti-Soviet front

from the Dies Committe
to the Norman Thomas —
ley of isolationism and
ate peace with Hitler, to
discredited Polish and re

pro-fascist landowners,

small group of Forward |

“While we have to con
expose all disrupters o:

Guralnick continued, “tht
aging and hopeful sign:
times point to an ever

unity of the people. ©
to unity for the destm
fascism has no future. Pi

Auspices - “THE PEOPLE”

groups who work for —
doomed just as surely ©

=4 and what he represents is

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