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By Grace Greenwood

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DEAR FRIENDS:

April’s almost gone, and a yer
We've had our showers in dollars

y fine one too—for The People.
for the press drive to the tune of

$6,377.12, which is 85 percent of our quota, divided as follows:

Subs $2,440.00
Donations 3,288.62
Dance Tickets 648.50

: $6,377.12

“And there’s a very good chance that we'll have that other 15
percent by May Day if all the committees get the balance of their

quotas in promptly.

Several more committees are over the top in various centers
throughout the province, but as yet only two of the city committees.
Georgia has increased its percentage to 137, and Grandview has turned
in over $600, 120 percent on its auota.

Standings of all committees are as follows:

Greater Wancouver

Name Amount Percent
Georgia _. _. __413.45 137
Grandview _. _ 602.31 . 120
Fast End __ __ __462.03 92
Kitsilano _ _. __453.75 90
Hastings East — 343.67 - 90
N. Vancouver _ _252.23 - 84
S: Vancouver — _332.69 83
South Hill _ _187.37 - WA
“Mt. Pleasant __ _233.60 : 66
West End _ __ __ 310.56 62 -
_ Victory Square _299.25 60
Marpole __ __ __ 28.00 37
Burnaby —_ __,__. 55.00 18
OP Bill __ __ __ _209.00 83
Vancouver Island
Name Amount Percent
Cowichan Lake _ 86.00 215
Duncan = 3875 134
Courtenay — _*_ 75.00 100
Youbou _ __ __ _ 22.00 100
Victoria _- ___ __ 474,10 94
Campbell River _35.00 70 .
Cumberland — __ 52.00 52
Extension __ __ __. 18.14 5L
Port Alberni _ _ 48.50 48
Nanaimo __ __ __ 16.00 46
Ladysmith 4.00 abc

Northern and Coastal B.C.

Name Amount Percent
Britannia __ __ __ 84.50 240
Pinchi Lake __ __ 45.00 120
Sointula _— __ __ 76.00 - 102
Powell River — — 38.00 95
Whitehorse _— — 22.00 44

Prince Rupert — _56.00 22
Pouce Goupe ___ 400 ~ 40
Gibson’s Landing 13.50 43

Okanagan and Gentral B.C.

Name Amount Percent
Osoyoos — __ _~ 36.50 146
Kamloops _— __ — 51.00 85
Kelowna _ __ __ 25.32 83
Salmon Arm ___ 24.00 5 68
Enderby — __ __ 17.00 65
Malakwa _. __ ____ 8.00 40
Notch Hill __ — 6.00 30
Copper Mt. __ __ 12.00 16
Mernon: = $00 16

Not reported: Mt. Cartier, Prince-
ton, Penticton. j
The Kootenays

Name Amount Percent
South Slecan —_— 25.25 41
Michel ee 2225 30
Kimberley __ __ 12.00 20

Not reported: Fernie, Cranbrook,
Nelson, Kaslo, Silverton, Trail,
Rossland.

Fraser Valley

Name Amount Percent
Hjorth Road — _ 66.25 : 220
Langley __ __ __ 32.25 102
N. Westminster _162.50 90
Haney — —-— — 35.00 = Vf
Newton __ __ ___ 8.00 22,
Port Kelis __ __ 4.00 20
Fleetwood —— _ 2.00 10
Cloverdale __ __—_ 2.50 8

Not reported: White Rock, Web-
sters Corners.

Ym sorry that space does not permit a fuller report this week,
but I do want to urge all committees to turn in the rest of their
quotas by May 8, the day we hope to close the books.

Your Press| Drive Director,

GRACE GREENWOOD.

May Day

“floats will

-Caulkers

«Greetings |

to
All Labor _
We March Together

Khalsa Diwan Society
1866 West Second Avenue
Vancouver, B.G.

NAGINDAR SINGH GILL
Secretary

NARANJAN SINGH
President

re

40 Groups
Participate
In May Day

More than 40 organizations
will take part in May Day
celebrations this year, and 12
floats, 40 groups-of marchers,
and at least five bands, will
make up the “Worker-War-
rior Day” parade which will
start out at one o’clock sharp
Sunday afternoon from Cambie
Street Grounds.

Leading the parade will be the
Victory Loan float, a 25-foot
eruiser mounted on the Inter-
national Woodworkers of Amer-
ica sound truck. Both the Labor-
Progressive Party and the CCF
will have floats in the parade.
Red Cross Blood Donors will
bring a rolling exhibtion of their
work. The Modernize the Fran-
chise Committee, local Russian
and Croation Associations, the
Labor Youth Federation and the
Yugoslay organization here will
be represented. The Yugoslav
floats will. feature a seven-foot
picture of General Tito.

One of the most interesting
be that representing
women in the war effort, planned

by the May Day committee.
Under tke banner “Combined
Operations Include Us” wil!

stand women in the uniforms of
the WD, WRNS, and CWACG, wo-
men workers from Boeings and
the shipyards and a street rail-
Way operatorette.

Unions marching in the parade
will include the IWA, Boiler-
makers and tron Shipbuilders,
Local 1, Dock and Shipyard
Workers Union, Local 2, Aero-
nautical Lodge 756; United Fish-
ermen's Union, Shipwrights,
and Joiners Union.
Amalgamated Electricians, Bro-
therhood of Railway Carmen,
Operating Engineers, Cannery
Workers Union, Moulders and
Foundrymen, Street ~— Railway-
men’s~ Union, Division 101 and
the Native Brotherhood of B.C.

Among other organizations tak-
ing part are Polish Association,
€zechosiovak Alliance, Chinese
Workers Protective Association,
LPP, CCF, Labor Youth Feder-
ation, Ukrainian-Canadian -As-
sociation, Croatian Educational
Association, Khalsa Diwan ‘So-
ciety, Finnish Organization, Rus-
Sian-Canadian Association and
several veterans’ groups.

Main speakers at the Brockton
Point Rally following the parade

—will be Major-General G. R.
Pearkes, Dorise Neilsen, MP,
Harvey Murphy, !UMMSW, Don
Gormack, Street Railwavmen’s

Association, Howard Costigan,
Seattle radio commentator.

LPP Campaigns

Asks Restoratie
Of Civie Gowt |

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.—A plebiscite to be
dn June will decide whether this city will again: elect <
and council ox continue under a commissionership ¢
form of city manager plan as suggested in some: f

circles.

The local branch of the Labor-Progressive Party ;
paigning for restoration of democratic civic gover

calling on citizens to support
election Of a mayor and council
on a ward system and urging re-
jection of undemocratic city man-
ager proposals.

The party is reminding citizens
of the utter neglect of their in-
terests under the commiussioner-

‘ship and is drawing their atten-

tion to the fact that although war
productivity has increased civic
finances, North Vancouver still
has the appearance of a ghost
town with poor roads and side-
walks while the added: income
has largely gone to reduce bond-
ed indebtedness. nee

Dealing «= with amalgamation
proposals offered to unite the
municipality of North Vancouver
with the city, the party declares
that uncontrolled real estate
speculation was responsible for
the seattered dwellings and in-
adequate facilities in the munici-
pality and while agreeing that
certain areas in the district
should be amalgamated with the
city to form a compact economic
unit, states that the provincial
government should assume finan=
cial responsibility to.aid bring-
ing modern facilities to the mu-
nicipality. .

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Vancouy

Labor

Counc
(CCL)

extends May Day «
ings to members c
armed forces and
workers, comme
them for their exe
cooperation in our
effort. Only thi
unity can we ho
win the war and ©

_late the promise c

Teheran Declaratio;
reality.

E. E. LEARY
President

J..TL
Sec

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WESTERN SHOE WORKERS UNI

No. Ll

extends greetings this May Day
to the men and women of the
armed forces and to all workers.

Unity will bring us Victory in the war and en
us to accomplish the tasks of the peace.

Greetings to THE PEOPLE and its Readers who ste
as we do, for Unity of the Canadian People for ‘

tory, Peace and Progress.

204 Holden Building

International
Woodworkers of America

Loeali 1-71
MArine 9436

(CIC

Vancouver