ATDUDEOIOUTRDSAUALOTORATEETEULEAT TATE LEFT TURN! A Column For’ — WAR VETERANS -- by Jack Phillips ANATOLE NTH TT S week we have a special message for you. Just to be different, let us suppose that we had delegated the phrasing of the text to an efficient, business-like stenographer. It would then have read something like this: “You are hereby informed that the weekly column appearing under the heading of “Left Turn!” by Jack Phil- lips,” is discontinued as of this date. In deciding to discontinue this feature, the editor of the Pacific Tribune in no way felt that the newspaper should cease to give adequate coverage to veterans’ problems, but rather felt that vet- erans’ problems are of such a nature today that they cannot be ade- quately dealt with by a weekly column of fixed length. Wees == . that’s the score, boys and girls. The peak of demobil- ization is passed and the editor of the Pacific Tribune is of the opinion that veterans’ problems can now be handled best by timely, topical news stories, feature articles and editorials, rather than by. @ weekly column. ” be To all those who have helped with their suggestions, eriticisms, and material, my sincere thanks. To all those who have been read- ers of the column, a helpful hint: keep on reading the paper for a real lead on veterans’ problems. The war is over, but the fight to win the peace is just beginning. Already, more than 100,000 veterans are unemployed. Their gratuities and credits have been spent and they are up against it. 375,000 families, mostly veterans, are living under subnormal con- ditions—living with other people. The value of the dollar is plunging downward while prices soar upwards. While prices go up, pensions, training grants and out- of-work.benefits remain stationary. Veterans who want te go into business for themselves can’t get the where-with-all because the monopoly interests are holding out till price controls are blown sky high. Worse still, the mounting anti-Soviet propaganda and the grow- ing evidence of an American-British-Canadian plot to instigate a third world war against Russia is all too apparent. This is not the brave new world our gallant comrades died for over there. And as long as such conditions and problems exist, the Pacific Tribune will speak boldly in advocating policies in the interests of the people, speaking for labor, veterans, farmers, small businessmen and all those who desire that Canada should be prosperous and free. BELIEVE ME, T’sS TRUE! You can’t go far wrong, if you adopt this slogan: nadian first and a veteran Second.” “I'm a Ca- this issue. Our Tribune has received a considerable boost since the drive officially endéd. A total of $532.00 has come: in. Norquay Club is first to estab- lish a regular monthly donation in support of our radio broadcast. They turned in $8.75 as their first monthly payment. Commercial Drive has also decided on a regu- lar contribution. R. Worthington, Victory Square, gave us a five spot for the radio. Fernie, Ver- non, Grassy Plains and Trail are all working hard te catch up on time lost in the drive, and we have no doubt they will all go over the top, Mary Mezger, of Victoria, is really keeping up the good work too. We are sure that in a fairly short time, all clubs will have made Tribune. boosting a habit. We will sure jiave to hit the ball if we’re going to establish the Tribune sustaining fund without recourse to drives. The staff of the Pacific Tri- bune was gratified indeed when we received a presentation of 25 books from Annie Buller, busi- ness Manager of the Canadian Tribune. These books were pre- Sented to us in recognition of our successful press drive and are being awarded to 25 loyal Tribune workers as listed below. The 25 lucky people will receive one of the four titles: “Spirit of Canad- Break the Radio Monopoly By Keeping Labor Program On the Air By AL PARKIN All radio stations in Canada, including the independents, operate under a code of regu- lations drawn up by the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. These regulations cover every field of broadcasting — the type of what can or cannnot be said through a microphone. program, advertising methods, Some are fairly definite, others are quite loosely formulated and allow for a considerable range of interpretation. But there is one section of the regulations which is not only Specific, but extremely rigid. This is the article in the CBC code which bans soliciting of funds over the air except in specifically designated instances. This regulation is, in fact, one of the principal keys to the mon- opoly of air time by Big Busi- ness, and the individual in the CBC board of governors respon- sible for writing it into the CBC code was an exception to the usual Ottawa bureaucrat—a man with considerable vision. For this article in the regula- tions states, in effect, “that no purchaser of radio time may util- ize the facilities of a radio sta- tion to appeal for funds in be- half of an organization’: except in such special instances as may be designated by the CBC board ef governors. On the surface, this article in the regulations may appear quite fair and reasonable, since it ap- plies to every individual or group, private company or public enter- prise. But in actuality, its main effect is to discriminate against the la- bor movement. Obviously, if you have money, you can buy all the air time you want, which is pre- cisely where Big Business gains its monopoly of the radio. But if you have no money—and the organizations of the working peo- ple generally come within that category—then the article in the CBC code forbidding soliciting of funds closes one of the only loopholes by which a trade union, or a labor newspaper, can break through monopoly control of the air waves. Certainly, it has proved an add- ed difficulty in helping to finance the Pacific Tribune broadcast. Unable to appeal either directly or indirectly for funds over the daily program, we have been forced to utilize the columns of the paper as one of the only means of reaching our radio lis- teners. As was stated last week, a new plan for obtaining the needed fi- mnances is now being worked out Gora Geod.. cEGENT | Suit Or Overcoat come to the OLD ESTABLISHED RELIABLE FIRM 324 West Hastings Street TAILORS EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MADE APSA PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 6 PPP AI APAI SS by Business Manager Ivan Bir- chard, and will be announced shortly. In the meantime, we ask all Tribune press committees, and all Tribune readers who feel that the daily radio program must be maintained, to begin considering ways and means —of providing the necessary funds. Labor in British Columbia, for the first time in history, has broken through all the imposed restrictions into the field of radio. That’s a victory that cannot now be turned into a defeat. Better Mail Service Wanted Residents of Lynn Valley have forwarded a lengthy petition to the director of postal services in B.C. and to the post-master gen- eral, urging ,-that an organized postal service be instituted in their community. Approximately 600 citizens of the Lynn Valley area have signed the petition. Postal and mail delivery sery- ice in the valley, as one citizen put it “is a hit-and-miss-delaying operation.” Now that labor is available the people of the com-= munity see no reason why an up-to-date postal service cannot be had. Try the Halvorson Plan To Keep Tribune Circulation Climbing _ By IVAN BIRCHARD, Bus. Megr., Tribune Readers of the Pacific Tribune will be interested to know that our issue of July 5th will be a special Labor Jubilee edition. It will be an issue you will want to keep yourself and will want all your friends to receive too. Order your bundle now! Get those subs in early so as not to miss ian Democracy,” “Why is Russia So Strong,” “Son of the People,” and “What is Marxism.” @Qf course, it was difficult to decide who should receive a book. There are many whose efforts on behalf of the Tribune merit a book, but our supply was limited to 25, We decided that those who so regularly assist in the technical work of getting the paper out should receive some recognition and that the balance would be divided amongst those who made a good showing in the drive. In publishing the list SM TT Makes the Job Easy Editor, Pacific Tribune: Last week you asked for suggestions to increase the subscriptions and contribu- tions for the building of the Pacific Tribune. Most of us are fully aware of the fact that a drive twice a year with a corre- sponding lull immediately following the drive is like a crisis following a boom in capitalist society. Very un- satisfactory, to say the very least. To overcome this dif- ficulty, let me suggest the following remedy. We have dozens-of read- ers who could secure one Sub each week if they would only pledge themselves to do so. There are literally hundreds of readers who could sell one sub _ every month if they made up their minds to do so. I feel confident that many of our boosters will do this of ap- proached. To start the ball rolling, Z will send in one sub (new or renewal) each week. How many will do likewise? How many will pledge one sub each month? Almost any- one ean get 12 subs in a whole year, and imagine what several hundred subs coming in regularly each week, and say, 1000 each month will mean! It will mean a steady income for the Pacific Tribune; a real political education for thou- sands of citizens of B.C., simplifying trade union org- anization immeasurably, and making the task of recruit- ing and party building many times easier. The Pacific Tribune is the best organizer and party builder we have. Let us get it inte the hands of thous- ands of new readers by sending in one sub regu- larly each weelk or month. Frank Halvorson. Kamloops, B.C. SUNITA ROY LOWTHER LIFE — CAR — FIRE INSURANCE COWAN AGENCIES 303 Rogers Bldg. MA. 4587 NOT! edition selling for $1.25. plus postage. 337 West Pender Street “THE GREAT By MICHAEL SAYERS and ALBERT KE. KAHN An expose of the war raged against Russia, that can do more than any other book in print to combat the present anti-Soviet propaganda, is now being issued in a popular All clubs and trade unions are urged to forward orders immediately. Single copies, $1.25. On orders of ten or more to clubs, etc., $1.00 per copy, — ORDER FROM — PEOPLE’S COOPERATIVE BOOKSTORE CE!!! CONSPIRACY Vancouver, B.C. of recipients, we also wish to thank Perey Budd and Johnny Boyd for voluntarily giving up their books for semeone else, The Tribune boosters receiving bocks are as follows: Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. Ross, G. and E. McFarlen, Mrs. Rodrique, Gladys Nelson, Nada Sikich, Olga Turple, Dune Mclean, P. Roberts, P. De- Weaver, I. P. Schwartz, John Stanton. Barney McGuire, C: F. Coleman, George Bunka, Eric Anderson, Frank Halvorson, George Ander- son, N. Smith, Bill Greenwood, Paul Warnchuk, Ole Bill, aret Stables, Ray Allison. Marg- we are waiting for the North Burnaby club to decide on one of the five in their club who should teceive a book. And just while we are on the subject of the paper, how about all our readers following the lead of Comrade Frank Halverson of Kamloops. Sure, the ‘drive’ is over, but the need to get new readers for the Pacific Tribune is greater than ever. We not only, Want to hold the readers we have, but we must win more for the Tribune. Try out the Halverson plan with one new sub a week from all our Tribune boosters. SANE ATT For a Successful Jubilee Picnic, Self Your Tickets TTT JULY 25s AG Three weeks from now beaches and pools will echo to the happy sounds of thousands of boys and girls — toddlers to ‘teens — learning to Swim at Vancouver Sun’s nationally famous free classes. Send YOUR children jinto this healthful and valuable ac- tivity, under Canada’s finest instructors ! © -. FOR DETAILS, READ _ Vancouver Phone MA. 1161 for Daily Home Delivery FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1946 We should also mention that |