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nal GROB, NORTH
D, OREGON, U,S.A,, writes:
or publication has finally
ee me, at least the first
a issues. Perhaps you didn’t
Row it but your publication is
pone non grata” to the pow-
Ts that be in these UnitedStates.
a in Vancouver, attending the
vention of the Longshore-
aaa and Warehousemen’s
a On, I subscribed to your paper
a a4 year, A few weeks after
Sanaa the postmaster in
© sent me a card, a portion

°f Which is enclosed and is self
©xplanatory,

Bevese cards have been sent to
je before in regards mail from
e Soviet Union, but somehow it
a Occurred to me that mail
Canada would be treated in
A a manner, Just how long
agta be before the same treat-
SS is accorded The Worker in
ae is difficult to say,
nless things change it won’t

_~ *00 far in the future.

aig have had fascism in the
~ ern states for many years
at 4 desperate try is now being

€ to include the entire coun-

ott doubt you are well aware

The bolitical cartoon on the

and th the nazi eagle of 1938

aon € U.S, eagle of 1965, gives
ee picture that I have
© date, I took that copy to

ou
ee local paper, The World,

Sj
Ve. He said he would be un-

ab
=o reproduce it in his paper
left the copy with him any-

ay. Do
ou hav r
Copies? y ave any spare

poueh I am not a religious
he i. I recently subscribed to
. Be uolic Worker, printed in
Call i Ork, I mention it now be-
‘issue Of an article in the April
8 It is entitled “The Black

S Burden” and was written

Se editor is fairly progres- -

by Rev. Philip Berrigan, ateach-
er at Epiphany College in New-
»Qurgh, New York,

The best and most complete
short -history of how the Negro
has been treated in the states
and the effect of this treatment
on the white population, He has
just had a book published, “No
More Strangers,” which I hope
to purchase, Rather odd, but qe
first heard of this paper from
quotes in The Worker! I thought
you might be interested.

So far I have only received
two copies of your paper, the
last being April 15th, I trust
there will be more coming. Per-
haps you Canadians should be
alerted, After all, Hitler started
on his next door neighbor!

Native Indians

JOHN ANDERSON, QUALICUM
BEACH, B.C., writes: I am 88
years old this year andmy moth-
er and father were also born in
Canada. Our family has had many
years of experience living among
the Indian people and seeing how
they have been exploited.

The Indian people probably have ~

lived in Canada thousands of
years before the white man came,
They had no communications with
the outside, but when the Indian
looks back he recalls that among
his people there were carpenters
and craftsmen and Communists
long before Russia or China was
ever heard of. -

Among his people there were
no idle rich or idle poor. The
great resources of his land be=-
longed to all the Indians. They
could hunt and fish and cut tim-
ber; build himself a canoe or a
cabin, and he didn’t have to have
a “permit” or pay sales or other

taxes.

Today he is even deprived of
the “permit,” and an Indian child
is born into this world with a
thousand dollar debt around his

MESSAGE TO ADDRESSEE

This office is holding unsealed mail matter
addressed to you from a foreign country. Un-
der Public Law 87-798, the Customs Bureau of
the Treasury Department has determined this
mail to be Communist political propaganda, It
Cannot be delivered to you unless you have

(Detach here)

Subscribed to it, or otherwise want it. Please
check the appropriate box on this card and re-
turn. If your reply is not received by the date
indicated, it will be assumed that you do not

Want to receive the publication(s) listed, or

any similar publications. If more than one pub-
lication is listed on the card and you want to
receive one or more, but not all of them, cross
~ out the ones you don’t want and check box #1.

op tilitor’s Note. The photostat
by ‘ Card forwarded Mr. Grob
eprod; U.S, Postal authorities
tor Uced here is self-explana-
Serves a triple purpose:
dation of citizens who may
ta to socialist or pro-
th © newspapers or books;
Wer of censorship on what

t ican citizen may or may
Ureay Since “the Customs
Ment ‘ of the Treasury Depart-
be a3 determined this mailto
Bay Fe eaist political propa-
Stroy > inally, the “right” to de-
Sa ks or periodicals which

: Scriber has been intimi-

intim
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a

Postmaster

dated into deciding” he (or she)
. don’t want,”

This U,S, Hitlerite brain-wash-
ing is only one of the “benefits”
British Columbians would re-
ceive wereSocred Minister Ralph
Loffmark’s Canada-U.S, “Cus-
toms Union” to become areality.
As Mr. Grob cryptically ob=-
serves: “Perhaps you Canadians
should be alerted.”)

~ (Since the above was written the
U.S. Supreme Court has nullified
the ‘law” authorizing such censor-

ship).

American folk
singers hit
in Britain

American folk singers Bob
Dylan and Joan Baez are seen
here after their arrival in
Britain recently. They hav eplay
ed to capacity houses all ovér
Britain.

Joan Baez, whose pacifist
views are well known, sang at a
rally in Trafaigar Square last
Saturday, called to protest U.S.
aggression in Vietnam. She took
partina march prior to the
rally.

Before leaving for her British
tour Miss Baez took part in the
Easter rally of 15,000 people in
Washington against the Viet-
nam war.

Dylan is introducing his latest
peace song, © With God on Our
Side” — which he dedicates
satirically to President Johnson.

neck, on which more and more
taxes have to be paid. I think
NDP-MLA Frank Calder and all

. others who take up the cause of

our Native Indian people are to
be congratulated, They are help-
ing to break the trail back to the
time when the Indian people were
Canada’s proud and independent
top citizens, and not as now, its
second-class exploited “wards.”

Likes PT

W, MORRIS, CHASE, B.C.,
writes: Many happy years to the
PT on its 30th anniversary, as
the only workingman’s paper in
B.C, that is not afraid to print
what they think and knowis right.

Talked with an old friend of
mine I used to visit often for a

_chat who now also gets the PT,

“Tt?ll come fast now,” he said,
“end I hope I shall live long
enough to see the big shots all
kicked out; We’ll never have
peace while they are around.”

I sure like your cartoonist
Ernie Walker. If I had a medal
he would get it, since I know he
is a good scout,

If anybody should come uphere
for a holiday you are all welcome
to stay. I have a good garden and
the fishing should be good soon,
Just let me know before you come
so I can have some good Chase
“water” ready. Wishing the PT
the best of luck for many years
to come, so print what you think
right. Will send you a dollar or
two next payday.

Via Nuova (Rome)

Trib 30th Birthday

Party June

lans are now in the final

stages of preparation for a
gala Pacific Tribune 30th Birth-
day Party, to be held Saturday,
June 12 at 8 p.m. in the Queen
Elizabeth Playhouse,

Tickets for the Birthday Party
have been in circulation for the
past couple of months and a full
house at curtain timeis expected,
as was the case for last year’s
PT Victory Celebration.

Heading the impressive list of
performers atthe event is a young
man who recently migrated to
Vancouver from his native Fiji—
Tomasi Tawake, a most talented
folk singer and bongo drummer,

Appearing with Tomasi will be
pianist AngelaSzakal, dancer Eva
McVey (who has won the Trophy
at the B,C. Dance Festival three
years running), the Druzhba Folk
Choir of the AUUC, folk singer
Sean Griffin, the Wayside Sing-
ers, The Milestones, and other
talented performers,

PT Associate Editor Maurice
Rush will act as Master of Cere=-
monies for the fete and the com-
mittee in charge of the celebra-
tion is going all out to‘plan an
evening which will long be re-
membered,

12th

There are no reserved seats so
the public is urged to get to the
QE Playhouse in plenty of time
to avoid disappointment.

Prior to the Birthday Party

official opening at 8 o’clock, an

impressive art display will be
mounted in the theatre foyer,
courtesy of Mrs, Margaret Apps,

The display will include items
such as two tapestry paintings
by a B,C, Native Indian, original
work of four women working class
artists who come from different
points in B,C, and a display of
children’s paintings,

Also on view will be the first
edition of a photo display by Jack
Philips, poster displays from
other countries, and a composite
offering of PT posters.

All or any ofthe above valuable
and informative items are avail-
able for use of. Press Clubs for
social evenings, fund raising pro-
jects, etc. Simply contact Mrs,
Margaret Apps or the PT office,

Anyone wishing to attend the
30th birthday celebrations should
immediately obtain thenecessary
tickets by either contacting the
PT office or any of the Press
Clubs, It’s an evening not to be
missed,

They would boast.

And so it has continued:

For us all to solve —

And away we go.

“I did not know.”

‘The runners’

So far the fight has been fine.

The wonders we have achieved

Would make the ancient Greeks shout for joy;

“What Marathonians we have pushed upon their way,”

How proud would be brave Spartacus
Cou‘d he but stare down through the centuries
To see what he had sown

Each upward step raised ten more puzzles

And we did it every time!
Our wonderful spinning world cannot hold us now

No wonder man has always walked upright
So he could see beyond the hills.

But now, today, beyond those hills,

We see a Thing that we'l may make a whirlwind
Of our dreams and our inheritance.

Will break the chain and burn each link.

The runner stops, the torch goes out,

And not a single one of us

Will even have the chanc e-or right—to say,

—by John Hope

June 4, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 9