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- “¢, \ ene eee hew readers in January, 1945.” € slogan posted in PA ce é 1 B.A. off Whe staff believes it can he: realized on ine

We w - A. to obtain one new pene, Ga O82 ONS eeedo7s 2s

5 in a nutshell, It could be lef: os the next 30 days. There it

. : 5 : % that but readers will be interested in the discussion atl one ees

Sed on the sound premise that Progressive person, who wants

\ ] us Canada of our i md prosperous. P. A. believes that our people Tee peene es

yy recent events in our counir € ntry P eee cctucnce ore eee and are prepared to make every

paan_ on the street and mobiliz bublic opinion, that will achiey Femocratic victories.

ee Se that the press is the greatest weapon to in- pee p ceuen: Bor example 25,000 take part in a lay 1 ay: parade, but another 100,000 who didn’t parade will get me ae oe pad story in the press. Remember that the recent som ie aye ue whipped up to nationwide proportions by the ' ones a : tawing many sincere and honest people into its m rbit, an ace cotine the greatest political crisis in a generation

72S mainty 2 newspaper campaign; and that the lone voice of scuth and: clarity in our province was P.A.? All this add to: -000 new readers by the end of January. Sey

» Another angle was presented b itori =. y the editorial staff. P. A. is 16 pager. That’s a lot of paper for a struggling labor journal. But it is also pertinent to note that

€ that great body of democratic e for us the fruits of the coming

3 pos city to produce. "very additional thousand copies to the cire i :

fess than the first few thousands. Lena Lee ose sacar a dvertising: getter, and five by fiver, declares that business men ; vill come to her for space instead of vice versa, and will cheer- pally. pay higher rates on 4 rising circulation. The layout man is ress hampered in his efforts to give P. A. eye appeal. He can )fiord to be more generous with pictures and cartoons—expen- Five items which afford little worry to the big dailies. We want

) agious, to catch on in every community in B.C. It has caught on go 2 big way in Vancouver, outstanding leaders in the labor }\ 2ovement declare that they will get one new reader in. January. | lany state that they will get more than one; that’s fine but we = sk for one new reader from each. Here ar some 250 names, P iany well known throughout the province:

3 Fergus McKean, Tom McEwen, Minerva Cooper, Harold Pritchett, Nigel Morgan, Garry Culhane, John Goss, Goray + Gampbell, Bill Rigby, Vi McCrae, Harvey Murphy, Chuck > Saunders, Margaret Black, Arthur Brown, Al Dewhurst, > Sam English,.Harold Roemer, Henry Codd, Frank Halvor-

sen, Myer Sharzer, George Hawk, Charlie Stewart, Roy Eaviene, Jack Greenall, Bruce Mickleburgh, Alex Gordon, Elgin Ruddell, Jean Mason, Mona Morgan, Walter Gawrycki, Don Barbour, \Nick Kopatic, Ruth Turner, Tom Parkin, Erling Bjarnason, Lawrence Anderson, Dorothy Lynas, Bill Stewart. Garry Harris, Harry Ball, Andy Thompson, Mal- eolm McLeod, Bi] Bennett, Bob Kerr, Darshan Singh, George | Greenwell, Harry Drake, Angus Campbell, Marguerite - Young, Carl Gray, Bill Puryis, Al Grinkus, Ed Cimits, Harry

|. Asson, Percy Budd, Anne Bedner, Roy Lowther, Pasquale | Fiore. Gus Dades, Floyd Anderson, Bill Skinner, Fred Mc- Neil, Norman Lix, Bill Hreherchuk, Bert Pines, Fred Han- sen, Gunnar Nyberg, Bill Leyshon and Harry Davis.

Is your name here? No? Well, you hustle out and rustle that ‘ew sub and sure as can be your name will be here in the first eport on the result of the campaign. To each one of us, it is uch a small effort, just one sub, but combined it means a ap of one thousand in our circulation! Every supporter wall ' eree that the paper should be in the hands of thousands more

(han it is at present. The responsible editor

ial policy, topical articles, live issues, lmique press services, and inside stories mever seen by the big: -ailies, make stimulating reading for any British Columbian.

The paper will be controversial to some but never dull, and © cre will be many whose interest will be held once P. A. is introduced to them. How about you? You want a postwar 'Sanada with jobs and social security, with education for the “dds and housing and opportunity for all. You can talk to a zew Tjcople a few times as to how we can win these things, but

jou get a new reader for our press it will talk to them on every

3 ound. nee : : ee ie enn understanding and leadership, it will unite ind organize them for the realization of their hopes. By getting

hi i i tly to that free dat eader you will have contributed grea

Bra eoeenot Sony, Canada that can be ours. Get your eeodes Ind help to make that score add up to 1000 by January 31! : Editor’s Note: This campaign 1S designed to give circula-

of events; to reach quickly the

he slogan of “1000 new readers in January, 1945” to become con-

a i j j i te from 5 by 5 ac- pie leap in a given time and is separa Vitie . ‘Sou ne invited to join, or form a 5 by 5 club.

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eighteen- year-old son of Nick Kopatic, popular secre- tary of the United Fishermen’s Federal Union, Vancouver Local, is now taking his basic training in Maple Creek, Sas- katechewan, after volunteering for the army. Nicky came to Canada from his native Yugo- slayia just a few months be- fore war broke out in 1939 and worked in the Geltic shipyards repairing fishboats before

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ada in 1926 with a background of several years spent among the Yugoslay people organiz- ing social activities, particu- larly music and dramatic work. Working in the fishing in- dustry: he led in organizing the men into one union. He has been a member of the UFFU General Executive Board for Several years, has sat on many union negotiating committees

and is now a delegate to the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council.

Saturday, December 23; Wes — Page 7

Minister Of Mines Addresses Workers At Britannia

BRITANNIA.— Minister of Mines Hon. E. C. Carson visited Britannia in response to an invitation of Local 663, through its P.A. Committee, being introduced by Local 663 Vice-President Bro. Ken Smith, who accepted chairmanship. in recommendation of the Committee.

The meeting was opened to all zesidents of the Townsite, follow- ing the adjournment of the reg- ular local business meeting, and large attendance was a measure of encouragement to the mem- bers of the Local PAC.

Preceding the minister on the platform, a committee represen- tative gave a brief outline of the proposed legislative program under consideration, and being compiled for the union local. In- cluded was a request that all MLA’s and MP’s register sup- port for the establishment of a Gecent basic rate of wages in the mining industry, and a de- mand for reopening of the B.C. Metalliferous Mining Act.

The minister first paid tribute tc those engaged in the mining industry for contribution to- wards the war effort. Touching on the present government steps to take care of the transitional

and postwar periods, he told of research work in agriculture, fishing, forestry and mining, and spoke of government plans for highway development, giving as- surance that the highway from Whytecliffe to Squamish would be completed as soon as the war | is won and men and equipment are available.

On the question of further in- dustrial expansion, he inferred the need for cheaper electric power, and spoke of the possibili- ties of hydro-power development, and government ownership and operation of present hydro plants as being favored.

On the question of social leg- islation he was of the opinion that B.G. had the best in the Do- minion, and commended the pres= ent provincial government, of which he is a member, for haying

“the best labor legislation.”

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