‘ CANADIAN ‘CULTURAL MAGAZINE New Frontiers to hit stands in A NEW CANADIAN cultural magazine, tentatively named New Frontiers, was announced last week, with publication date set for early December. ‘The Prospectus issued by the spon- soring group, dedicate the mag- azine “to the building of a Can- adian people’s fculture in a world at peace.” The magazine invites Canadian writers, artists and musicians to submit manuscripts and works of art for publication. It also makes an appeal for financial as- sistance. Until. permanent edi- torial address is arranged, MSS and donations should be forward- ed to Room 2, 556 Bathurst St., Toronto 4. : : The Prospectus notes that the name New Frontiers “is the re- sult of much preliminary think- ing. However, alternative sug- gestions are still welcome for the final name. Comment and sug- gestion on the Prospectus will also be welcomed.” * * * HERE IS THE text of the Prospectus: New Frontiers will be a mag- azine dedicated to the building of an independent Canadian peo- ple’s culture in a world at peace. Aware of the grave dangers in and to Canada of fascism and_ war, it will speak, through the creative arts, for peace and na- tional independence., It will com- bat the war-inciting, dehumaniz- ing “Yankee dollar culture” that is part of the economic and poli- tical domination of ‘our country by the United States, and which has nothing in common with the real culture of the American peo- ple. The report of the Massey Royal Commission proves how vitally necessary it is that there shall be an-independent voice of the peo- ple in the arts, which alone can advance the cause of a Canadian people’s culture,. It will be a cultural magazine with its roots in the lives, strug- gles and dreams of the producers of Canada; and it will Provide a new people’s audience for Cana- dian writers and artistis who are now denied a medium for honest creative expression by a system that puts profit above art, dollars above truth. x * * NEW FRONTIERS will seek to bring to life through the cre- - December ative arts the heritage and tradi- tions of our people, a heritage deepened and broadened by the struggles for peace and for social and economic freedom, coursing” through our history. It will be a voice of the people and their cultural aspirations which reflect, as they inspire, the strivings for a social order based upon peace, freedom and secur- ity. It will be a medium for writing and’ art that grows out of. and serves the cause of full equality for the people of the French- Canadian nation within our bord- ers. - * 2g * IT LOOKS TO the new civili- zation arising in the Soviet Un- ion, the People’s Democracies of Europe and People’s China, where one-third of mankind, free from centuries of bondage, is building great new cultures dedicated .to peace and the brotherhood of all mankind,. New Frontiers will be a medium of cultural exchange between Canada and this new world, seeking to strengthen un- derstanding and: friendship be- tween its peoples and ours. — Many writers, artists and musi- cians in our country desire to contribute to the building of a Canadian people’s culture. We invite them to submit MSS and works of art (original or repro- ductions) for publication, There is no restrictions as to subject matter; we ask only that in con- cept it be devoted to the real interests of the people,. Short stories, poetry, reproduc- tions and sketches, plays, articles, reportage, review, criticism, songs are wanted,, |We have set 3,000 words as maximum, recognizing that there will be exceptions. * * * IT IS PLANNED—finances and contributions permitting — ‘that New Frontiers will publish early in December, in 48 pages with Separate illustrated cover, on good book stock, in size 61% by 9% inches. It will sell at between 40 and 50 cents. Deadline for material for the first issue is October 15. The following group is spon- soring this prospectus; it is plan- ned’ to establish a list of editors and contributing editors upon publication: Margaret Fairley, Frank,Park, David Kashtan, John Stewart, Hal Griffin,. ON THE SCREEN ‘The Song of Bernadette / is a disappointing film Re-issue of The Song of Berna- dette, now showing at the Studio, begins with the legend: “For those who believe in God no ex- planation is necessary, for those who do not no explanation is possible.” For the writer not only is “no explanation possible” but also no explanation of the title is possible—no songs appear and theme is the opposite of the joyousness of song. ‘The picture deals with the Mir- acle of Lourdes in 1858 wherein the “heavenly vessel”, Bernadette Soubirous, during the course of repeated visions of the Virgin Mary uncovers a healing spring. The Grotto, in which the spring Si located, remains a Catholic’ mecca to this day. * The picture is heavily weighted with capable Hollywood perform- ers and the sets and costumes are excellent. Nonetheless the end- less repetition of dogma and sup- erstition and the slow pace of an overly long production cause the most extreme boredom. APACHE DRUMS ‘Another lurid and defamatory attack on the American Indians. The scare advertising alone should be sufficient to guarantee non-attendance. ON THE RIVIERA Danny Kaye, still one of the funniest, is more Hollywooded than ever in his latest musical. STEEL HELMET Still lurking about the subur- ban theatres this bloodthirsty Saga of American neo-fascism justly deserves your boycott, to reconsider its —____ "URS ee * This kind of advertising for Hollwood movies still gets by Canadian censor. boards. FUNDS DIVERTED Citizens oppose library move Despite sharp public opposition, Vancouver City Council is scrap- ping its branch library program and’ proposes to ~use the funds originally allocated for that pur- pose to purchase the site for the new central library building. With only seven branches com- pleted of 14 branch libraries pro- jected in the Ten Year Program starting in 1947, council’s action has struck @ severe blow to thousands of book lovers in sey- eral densely populated areas of the city. Once again a council majority Las demonstrated its bias against the bigger “half” of the city, the east end. On August 4 negotia- tions will begin for the purchase of the Burrard-Robson property, the proposed site, For the great majority of Van- couver citizens in East and South Vancouver this location is out of the way, and will considerably reduce their patronage. There are at least two or three sites east of Granville that would be more suitable; for example, the block bounded by Homer, Hamil- ton, Dunsmuir, and Georgia streets, a part of which is owned by the city and is located one block from the largest bus depot and near the proposed new post office buliding, or the present location could. be considered along with the slum clearance and new housing development pro- posed by Dr, Leonard Marsh in his survey. Opposition to this double-bar- relled proposition of © diverting branch library funds and pur- chasing an expensive (about $300,000) and inconvenient site has been registered by delegations of property owners and commun- ity groups. 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What makes this socialist lit- erature so different from’ the bourgeois literature that floods our bookshops and news stands? It is not any new :slickness of construction or subtlety of style. The difference can best be sum- med up in three words—truth, faith, and joy. All great writing must tell the truth. Not a duplication of na- ture, for that is impossible; but the artistic truth, so that when We read it, our eyes are opened to a deeper and more penetrat- ing consciousness of the world around us. Bourgeois literature has long since stopped short of portraying the truth, and by now its chief function is to present a completely distorted and mis- leading picture of the world. By contrast, socialist literature portrays men and women in all their infinite richness and com- - plexity, living out their real lives as industrial workers, farmers, for and love what they know. Take the case of Pavlov, the — Soviet scientist. In the film that ; bears his name (the full scen- ario is given in the January is sue of 1949) he is shown as a real and appealing individual, and at the same time a hero of mag- nificent stature. The greatness of this new kind of heroes lies in the cause for. which he fights. He ‘is not a rugged individual fighting a lonely struggle £0 some personal “success.” He i8 One of millions of fighters for the greatest cause in all the world—the fight for the libera- tion of mankind. Therein lies his greatness and his faith. Re Se THERE IS ALSO a new joy shown in this literature, a dé light in the wonder of man and the heights to which he can rise. Simonoy in @ report on “The Fighting China” expresses this when he tells of the heroism of ‘the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.* His story is told against the background of feudal China with all its cruel suffering and hideous exploitation. 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