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Dominican solidarity
week on April 24-30

An American student carrying a pla-
card in a recent peace demonstration
protesting U.S. action in Vietnam and
Santo Domingo.

Art and the people
— Vancouver style

By MARGARET APPS

One of the great tragedies of
the western world during the past
century has been the isolation of
the artist from the people and the
Mass of the people from the
artist, If we ever needed proof
that this was an artificial lone-
liness the last few weeks in Van-
couver has debunked the idea for
us,

Not only did the artists rush
to adorn the Courthouse fence
but the people also rushed to
watch them, What started pos-
sibly as a joke, blossomed into
a Spontaneous flowering of color,
interest and happiness. Ex-
pressing the feelings of the art-
ists, the paintings reflect the
many ideas, forms and desires of
the Canadian people,

It does not matter that the
quality, technique or content;
there was little time for care-
fully prepared panels, they
vary as the skill and experience
of the individual artist varies.
Naturally, most of the artists
are young, for it takes the older
Person longer to become a part
of such a new experience. :

And youth today delight in spon-

April 24 to 30 has been pro-
claimed the week of solidarity
with the Dominican people in their
struggle for independence and
democracy,

The decision to set the week
aside for world wide solidarity
actions was made at the recent
First Solidarity Conference of the
Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin
America, meeting in. Havana,
Cuba,

An appeal to “world opinion,”
issued by the General Secretar-
iat of the Tricontinental Confer-
ence, calls for support for the
Dominican people’s struggle for
freedom, It urges support for the
demand that U.S. and foreign
troops be withdrawn; and con-
demnation of the Inter-american
Peace Force in the Dominican
Republic,

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taneous action, Yet the panels
show a love of life, of beauty
and gaiety, a concern for man-
kind, (there are several panels
with a peace theme), a delightful
“spoofing” of government — of the
Fountain and of the people who
came to watch the painting, A
healthy irreverence for the status
quo by artist and viewers alike,

Unfortunately a few did display
the impact of commercialism,
In fact, I heard two young girls
bitterly complain because their
sponsor (a store owner) insisted
they paint his idea — he had
bought the paint! Something to
remember in judging art today —
after all artists do like to sell
sometimes in order to eat!

Above all, it is to. be hoped
that this is encouraged to con-
tinue, for it helps to break the
loneliness and misunderstand-
ings. With more time to pre-
pare, and all artists have now
been forewarned, more and more
artists will depict their ideas
under the public eye, and as it
spreads to box cars and across
Canada, we can welcome a real
blossoming of Canadian Art,

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Socreds & water

Bruce Yorke, North Vancou-
ver, writes: B.C, Lands and
Forest Minister Ray Williston is
reported in the press opposing
export of B,C.-owned water to the
United States, while Jack Davis,
parliamentary undersecretary to
the Federal Cabinet Minister re-
sponsible for a national water
policy, enthusiastically supports
the idea.

There appears to be a con-
flict, But careful reading of what
Mr. Williston said, plus realiza-
tion of the fact that the Social
Credit government of B.C. advo-
cates integration, customs un-
ion and unlimited export of raw
materials to the United States,
leads to the conclusion that it
would be most unwise to rely
on the B.C, Social Credit gov-

ernment to protect our water re-_

sources,

The key point Mr, Williston
makes is that of timing, He
doesn’t reject the idea of export
of water out of hand, He’s say-
ing — don’t rush us, wait till
we know what we can deliver and
what price the Americans will
offer, The following quotes from
his speech illustrate the essence
of the policy:

“Tt is idle chatter to talk of
water exchanges or water sales
at this point long before the
basic decisions have been made.”

“It is foolishand unfair to make

Once again we have the old shell
game of Ottawa versus Victoria,
There are seemingly different
policies, but the disagreement is
only a matter of the form and
timing of the projected sellout,
It?s the Columbia River Treaty
pattern all over again, However,
this time it is possible to defeat
those who would literally sell
Canadians out, j

Let’s keep control of all our
water. resources in B.C, ...per-
iod, Export of water will never
be in our interests, If U.S, in-
terests don’t like this attitude
then they will surely find other
ways to solve their problems,

We have the responsibility to
fully develop our own resources
in order to provide the maximum
number of jobs for Canadians,
It’s not our task to act as water
boy for the United States — now,
later, or when the price is right.

oe Pourquois pas? (Brussels)

“If you don’t study, you'll end
up like your father—a member of
Parliament.”

Criticism

N. Carson, Vancouver, writes:
Sorry I couldn’t attend your re-
cent press meeting, but I think
the idea of collective discussion
to improve the paper is very
timely and worthwhile,

In general the PT is attrac-
tive in format, but one often feels
the contents are too general and
lacking in depth of meaning; are
repetitive, and in many cases
boring to the reader,

The “letters to the editor” are
interesting and some feature
articles are good. Perhaps more
time should be devoted to im-
proving the quality of writing and
reporting, all of- which would
stimulate more interest and de-
sire to read the PT, Hope this
criticism is valid, and helpful,

Dog lover’s protest

(or crockodile tears for Soviet
pooches in orbit),

The members of the Peerage

With kindly feelings burn

For Space Dogs in the *Steer-.
age”

They show “humane® concern,

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By oddest acts and speeches
Their conduct is well known —
“Humane* to other species,
But beastly to their own,

—Anonymous,
April 22, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7

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