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MERCHANTS OF D

Attention

Press

Builders
S we go to press some 55
supporters of the Pacific
Tribune have already turned in
$25 or more and joined the
ranks of our 1949 Press Build-
ers. Another 200 readers have
pledged to become Press Build-
ers before the financial drive
ends officially on May 1.
We are appealing to these 200

pledged PBs to reach their
drive quotas by April 15. With

_ Provincial and federal elections

just around the corner, speed is
of the essence. We want to
Wrap up the drive ahead of
time if possible; and the pledged
Press Builders have the power
to determine whether we suc-
ceed or fail.

Don’t put off until tomorrow
what can be done today. Spend
a few hours contacting friends
and supporters, and hustle the
cash in to this office. pronto.
How about it. shock brigadiers?

More Press Builders of 1949:

C. F. Coleman. Salmon Arm;
Danny Arsenault, Port Alberni;
Ed Skeeles, Nanaimo; Doris
Blakey, Harry Asson, Connie
Hudson, Harry Farmer, Vic-
toria; George Stevens, R. Coso-
lich, Ladner.

Bill Bennett, W. HH.’ Nairne,
R. A. Nairne, Robert Kydd (Or
Bill’s press drive)

Bob Smith, Capitol Hill; S.
Constantine, South Burnaby; J-
Dubno, East End No. 1; A.
Rimousky, Anne Holyk, East
End No. 2; Frank Politano,
Grandview; John Matich. M.
Dragirevich. Ted Kangrga, Geor-
gia; Tom McEwen, Kitsilano;
Don Guise, Civic Workers; Har-
a Pritchett, Forest Products,

Mona Morgan, Nigel Morgan,

Mike Hrawik, Ossian Johnson.

Myrtle Bergren, Victory Square.
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Here are the names of more
pledged Press Builders, whom
We are hoping will reach their
$25 objectives in the coming
fortnight: :

John Senkiw, CG. A. Procunier,
0. L. Ziegler, Dolores Greene,
Jim Saxby, Moses Popoff, Mike
Praisley, E. Creelman, W. Har-
argan, Billie Brown, Dusty
Greenwell, R. Lendall, Ed Webb,
Betty Skeeles, J, F. Mortenson;

Helen Campbell, Ethel Mick-
elson, Kuldeep Baines, V. Vester-
back, R. Cosulich, Helen Din-
Wodie, J. Trilwing, Walli Bur-
nell, Eric Burnell, Hugh Clark,

Beagle, Nancy Hamilton,
August Hilland: ;

Gordon Wood, Irene Vetere,

Ernie Weed, Garfield Belanger,

Bogie, Sam English, J. H.
Poulson, ©. R. Johnson, Sam
Homenchuk, John Klem, Steve
Ursulak, Mel Lewis, Bert Lewis,
Jim Pearson, Irene Puff, Wally
Wallace, D. F. Reimer, Ivan Bir-
Chard, A. Smith, S. N. Levitt;

Norman Newell, Lena Lipsey,
Lillian Robson, May Leniczek, I.
P. Schwartz. Bob Gregory. ©.
M, Stewart, Jack Phillips, Fred
Bianco;

Chuek Stewart, Maurice

ush, C. Rush, Elgin Rud-
dell, Sid Sheard, Pete Bid-
in, J. Yurichuk, Coray Campbell.

YS Hilland, Al Rankin, Alf
Jasnurst, Marg Gardner, Bob
ackson, Bill Valiukas, Ernie

‘a_ battleground.

HE wolves of Wall Street are howling again for another
war. They are joined by the Canadian quislings who would

sell us into American bondage.

“Just sign the Atlantic pact,’’ we are told, “and forward the
top of your head to Wall Street, and you'll receive, absolutely
free, one of our new, Yankee-drape shrouds. They fit either
man, woman, or child, and they are made of the finest material—
for death is so permanent.”

Some of the warmongers try to trick people into believing that
if war ‘comes, it can be fought on foreign soil, or in the air and
on the seas. -But if war is provoked by the United States impenial-
ists, we can expect it to be fought on our land. Canada will be
Our cities and towns will be destroyed. Our
mothers, fathers, children, sweethearts, wives will lie dead be-

neath the rubble.

These things must not come to pass. We, the people, have it
in our power to block the road to war and clear the path to

peace. But to win peace, and security we must unite and struggle

against war. It is our future and our lives that are at stake.

The task is a mighty one.
and life or war and death.

The choice is between peace

Our labor press, the Pacific Tribune,.is in the forefront of
this fight for peace and life. Week after week we bring the
truth to the people and expose the warmakers.

We need a bigger and better paper to fulfil our tremendous
responsibilities in this decisive year of 1949. We cannot, we
must not fail for lack of a few thousand dollars. We depend
on you, our readers, to give us the money to do the job. We
need this money now. Rush in your donation without delay; help
us to reach our $15,000 drive target ahead of time. We set
May | as our drive deadline; can we quicken the tempo and get
the bulk of the money in by Apnil 152?

A CHALLENGE TO ALL SUPPORTERS

on a $250 quota and are still
going strong.

QIRST Vancouver group of
supporters to top their tar-
get in the drive are the Kitsil- : ‘
ned in $263 “We decided at the opening
St 2 of the drive to reach our goal
not later ‘than April 15,” said
Anne Belenkoff, chairman of the
group. “This gave us no time
to dawdle around, so we set right
to work. First, everyone gave
his or her personal donation;
then the pledged Press Builders
went visiting their contacts;
and finally we arranged three
bridge parties and a social. We
were happy when we made our
$250 in exactly 25 days; and now
we are shooting for the $300
mark before April 15.

“We'd like to challenge all
clubs to go over the top by the
Yhiddle of April. Our experience
shows that it can be done—and
we .are now officially out to
reach the new figure we set our-
selves before April 15th.”

The Pacific Tribune cup

Dalskog, Sid Zlotnik, J. Rankin,
Emil Bjarnson.

(More names next week)
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We are beaten back in many a

That’s the spirit and the tem-
po we need in this drive: Vic-
tory Square have it ,too. At the
beginning of the drive there
were some long faces among a

fray, h we bor feW pessimists who couldn't see

But newer strength we bor 1” the loggers could raise
rows k much Money until near the end

And where the vanguard rests oF the drive, due to the winter
today, unemployment situation in the

The rear shall camp tomor- — jndustry. But the Victory Square
row. supporters confounded these

critics by digging very deeply
indeed intc nearly-empty pock-
ets, and collecting over $500 in
the first four weeks. They have
accepted a big target—$1,000—
but they are confident of mak-
ing it.
* * *

The unemployment situation
at Lake Cowichan has been
pretty grim these past few
months, but our readers in that
area, are determined to do a
good job in the drive. They held
a dance, which only netted
$5.80 after paying the orchestra
and othér expenses. Then what
happened? The boys in the or-

ehestra turned over their pay.,

$30, to the Pacific Tribune. We
think they deserve a big hand
for this gesture. So thanks, Neil
Eckert, Nels Olson and Oscar

» Oberg.

* * *

Dance tickets are now dis-
tributed widely throughout the
province and should be selling
like hot cakes. How many tick-
ets have YOU sold?

* * *

Next week we'll be printing
a full report on the monies turn-
ed in. Don’t let your group get
behind the eight-ball. Rush in
the cash at ence.

* FRESH

Coin collection cards hold

$5.60 in dimes, quarters and
half-dollars. If every supporter
of the Pacific Tribune would fill
one card, troubles would be over.

* * *

Dollar bills haven't got legs,
otherwise I know we'd have
more money in our Office right
now. But the bucks have to be
brought in. Don’t hang on to
them until you have a large
amount—bring it in every week.

& * *

Watch the. “What’s. Doing”
zolumn for information on press
irive events. Enjoy yourself
and Help the PT at the same
time.

* ac *

Some of our Press Builders
have long passed the $25 mark
and are shooting for one of the
gold buttons that will be pre
sented to the three top Build-
ers in the province. The field is
still wide open—plenty of time
‘eft for YOU to ge in the run-
zing, too. :

DRIVE TOTAL
(to April Ist)

$4,125.81

HURRY! HURRY! SPEED THE DRIVE!

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