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Child war victim

® Canadian daily papers are full
of “atrocity” stories most of
which bear the familiar stamp
of similar accounts which
came out of Russia during
the war of intervention and
from Spain during the Span-
ish war. But history has since

shown that the real atrocities.

were committed by the inter-
ventionists in Russia, the fas-
cists in Spain, as they bave
been committed by the Rhee
regime in Korea. ‘This ‘child
in Seoul is the victim of U.S.
“saturation bombing” of
Korean cities which has arous-
ed protest throughout the
world. |

TROwIN SPEECH VEILED
O ALL ASIA

In his most bellicose speech since his enunciation of
the Truman doctrine openly launched the “cold war”, Presi-
dent Truman this week proclaimed the readiness ‘of the
United States to create new Koreas in Asia wherever the
strivings of the native peoples for their concepts of freedom
and independence conflict with the American definition of the
“free way of life.”

Speaking from San Francisco on his return from his
Wake Island conference with General Douglas MacArthur,

sow LEuMan characteristically represented his threat of further
. armed intervention in Asian affairs as a proffered * ‘partner-

ship of peace” to the peoples of Asia to help them *
and defend. their independence.”

The Associated Press, which distributed President
Truman’s speech throughout North America, was less con-

‘attain

.cerned with the camouflage of _ peace than it was with the

Continued on Page 7 See TRUMAN

Smash machine
rule at city hall,
says Effie Jones

Civic Reform Association is out to “smash the Non-
Partisan machine” in the coming civic elections December
13, CRA honorary president Effie Jones said this week.

“The NPA has been misruling our. city too long, and
its misrule has become more blatant this year than ever
before,” stated Mrs. Jones.

“Its heavy-handed actions in dealing with property-
owners delegations in protest on numerous questions are an
insult to the citizens 6{ Vancouver. Mayor Thompson and
his eight dwarfs come out of the Mahogany Room with

Peace play, papers on progressive literature
make Book fair this weekend outstanding event

Presentation of papers on lit-
erature, reviews of some of the
year’s best books and production
of a peace play combihe to make
the annual Vancouver Book Fair
this weekend, October 20 - 22, an
outstanding event..

The fair opens in Pender Audi-
torium this Friday evening, at
8 pm., with presentation and

discussion of a paper to be given
by Bert Whyte, Vancouver labor

newspaperman, “Contrasts in Cul-
ture,” a comparison of socialist
and capitalist literature.

Saturday afternoon, starting at
2 pm., will, be devoted to the
children with a review of child-
ren’s books to be given by Betty
Griffin, ang a film showing.

Highlights of the fair on Sun-
day afternoon will be presenta-
tion of a paper, “The Classics and
the People’s Movement”, by Tom
McEwen, editor of the Pacific

their minds already made up,
and people’s protests are giv-
en a callous brush-off.

“This occurred when a del-
egation’ of Burrard street
property-owners appeared to
object to the levy for new
street lights, while they were
still being taxed for old ones.

“Tt occurted again when a
delegation of Kitsilano home
owners came. before council in
an attempt to straighten out
the zoning problem. And it
has happened on numerous
other occasions.

“Civic Reform Association
intends to run a limited num-
Continued on Page 6
See CIVIC REFORM

Tribune. This will be followed by
reviews of three books which
have won world acclaim, The
Storm by Ilya Ehrenburg, The
Diplomat by James Aldridge and
High Treason by Albert Kahn.
The fair will conclude Sunday

night at Clinton Hall with the
first performance of Hal Griffin's
play, But Ye Are The People,
directed by John Goss and pro-
duced by Vancouver Theatre of
Action.