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Appeal for help

MARION KINNEY, execu-
tive secretary, Washington
Committee Foy Protection of
Foreign Born, Seattle: We are
writing to. you in the hope
that you.may be able to do
something to help a friend of
ours, Mrs. Hazel Anna Wolf.
She is a native 6f Canada, who
has spent the last 40 years in
the United Our gov-
ernment wishes to deport Mrs.
Wolf, but
friends are all]
means of livelihood is in this

States.

her family. and

here, and her

country.

Mrs. Wolf was born in Vic-
toria 60 years ago. When she
came to this country, she
brought with her:+an infant
daughter whom she supported
and reared. She has five grand-
children.

Our government’s reason for
wishing to deport Mrs. Wolf is
an accusation that she was a
member of the Communist
party in 1938 and 1939 — near-
ly 20 years ago. To us who
have helping with her
legal this seems a
cruel basis for taking a person
away from her family and
friends, especially since the
Communist party was a legal
party. during those years. As
you may know, the constitu-
tional privilege which would
have protected a native born
American from arrest under
an ex post facto law is one of
the rights which we. do not
extend ‘to foreigners.

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been
defense,

Mrs. Wolf has no relatives
in Canada. Her mother was
an American citizen. Hex
brother and sisters-and all of
her other relatives live here
and are United States citizens.

She has been as asset to our
community in every sense, as
has been attested to by her
character ‘references; employ-
ers and others with whom she
has been associated have made

affidavits testifying to her
abilities and reliability. For

her volunteer work during ’the
war, she even received a cita-
tion for outstanding service
signed by the President of the
United States.

Mrs. Wolf has now exhaust-
ed all legal recourses and her

deportation is imminent, un-~

less public pressure from at
home and’abroad is mobilized
to prevent it.

We believe that it would
help if you would kindly write
about the case to Mr. Herbert
Brownell, Attorney General of
the United States, Department
of Justice, Washington, D.C.

As an, order to surrender for
deporation is expected daily
in this case, we would ap-
precite your immediate con-
sideration of this matter.

Prizewinning letters

Each week the Paci-
fic Tribune will present
a book to the writer of
the most interesting, en-
tertaining and _ topical
letter published on this
page. Contributors are
urged to keep their let-
ters to a _ reasonable
length,

The prize-winning let-
ter in our last issue was
written by Woodworker,
Vancouver, B.C,

Totem pole gift

B.C. Centennial Committee,
Viétoria, B.C.: Probably. no
city in the United States is
as closely related to the his-
tory of British Columbia as is
the city of San Francisco.

Frisco newspapers were
among the first to break the
news of the Fraser Gold Rush
and to worry city fathers by
saying that if Wee rush to B.C.
continued San Fransisco would
become a ghost town.

Although the rush soon fiz-
zied out, friendship between
the new Mainland Colony of
B.C. and the Golden Gate City
continued to grow.

In recognition of this cen-
tury of friendship, recently in
San Francisco, L. J. Wallace,
chairman of the B.C. Cen-
tennial Committee presented
a nine-foot totem pole as a

zift from the
to the citizens
cisco.

The midget totem was carved
by Chief Mungo Martin, carver
of the Royal Totem Pole. Fig-
ures of two Kwakiutl clans are
represented on the pole, one of
the eagle (Kolus) and the griz-
zly bear (Wawalibui).

people of B.C.
of San Fran-

The pure bomb

J. B., Palm Springs, U.S.A.:
Scientists announce a bomb
described as “clean”

Radio active-wise, what does
it mean?

How to judge its thermo-
nuclear worth?

It'll clean the human race
from the face of the earth.

Farmers’ plight

FARMER, Chilliwack, B.C.:
The plight of the fruit grow-
ers has been mentioned in your
paper from time to time, but
I have seen nothing about the
plight of potato farmers.

Potatoes suffer from virus
diseases (leaf - roll, mosaic)
which cause a “running-out”
or a degeneration which re-
duces yield. In some districts
this has become a real prob-
lem, for it takes all the profit
out of growing spuds.

If there is no cure, at least
there are some _ prevention
methods. Potato - growers
should always use foundation
or certified seed. The former
seed has less virus. disease
than the latter.

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Popular Vancouver singer Wendy Martin will star in #

new CBUT production which replaces Cool Pepper nex
month. The series starts August 2.

RADIO-TV

Wendy Martin sings
on new CBUT show

MUSICAL comedy, old and

new, sung by the best
available sitigers will be pre-
sented to CBUT viewers every

Seminar at UBC to discuss
post-war problems of Japan.

OW far has Japan been
democratised since the
war? How big and how im-
portant is the Japanese labor
movement? How does. the
standard of living of the Jap-
anese worker compare with .
that of his opposite number
in this country? How far must
Japan export to live? Why is
Japan the world’s biggest ship-
building nation? What solu-
tion is there for the popula-
tion problems of a nation of
90 million people living in a
mountainous country the size
of California? ;

Some of these questions
must have occurred to every
member of the labor move-
ment in B.C, There will be a
chance to hear them discussed
at a seminar, Japan 1957, to
be held on the University of
British’ Columbia campus from
August 5 to 9.

Anyone is welcome to join
the seminar — with or with-
out. specialised knowledge.

' Trade unionists who can find

the time to attend will find
pleny to interest them, and
unions might well find it
worth while to send a repre-
sentative to find out some-
thing about our | neighbor
across the Pacific.

Economic problems will be
dealt with by Saburo Okita
who is flying here from Tokyo

for the purpose. Okita is an
unusual ciVil servant. He is
chief of the planning division
of the Japanese government’s
Economic Planning Board, and
he has also spent some years
as a member of the UN’s Econ-
omic Commission for Asia and
the Far East. But he is also
widely known in Japan. for
his independent writings on
economic matters, and he is
a director of the Japanese
Fabian Society too.

Professor W. G. Beasley of
the University of London will
talk about foreign policy and
the conservative forces in
Japan. Professor Beasley is on
his way*back to London from
a year of research in Japan.

Professor Y. Maeda of Tokyo
University spent the war years
in Europe and few can rival
his comparative knowledge of
both East and West. His lec-
ture on recent cultural trends
in Japan should be worth
hearing,

Professor Marius Jansen of
the University of Washington
— in Japan last year to do
historical research — will dis-
cuss Japanese left-wing part-
ies and education.

Professor Ronald Dore, of
UBC, will talk on family life
and Japanese villages. He re-
cently spent 18 months in
Japan making a study of Jap-

anese agriculture since Mac-
Arthur’s land reform.

As well as the lectures and
the study groups there will
be showings of some new Jap-
anese documentary films, and
various social gatherings. The
seminar will be a chance to
meet. Japan experts in the
diplomatic as well as the uni-
versity worlds.e Canada’s next
Ambassador to Tokyo, Fred-
erick Bull, is stopping over in
Vancouver for the seminar on
his way: to take up his post.
Our last Ambassador, T, C.
Davis will also be there, and
with him: Tohru Hagiwara, the

Japanese Ambassador to Ot-'

tawa.

UBC will provide accomoda-
‘ tion for members of the sem-
inar if required. Full details

. can be obtained from the Ex-

tension Department, UBC.

Every: day something new
happens to remind us that B.C.
looks out over the. Pacific.
Trade with Japan grows
rapidly every year. Last year
we imported over 60. million
dollars worth of goods from
Japan compared with 14 mil-
lion five years ago. The world
is. getting smaller and that
means that Japan, our nearest
neighbor to the West is. get-
ting closer. ‘Trade unionists
will find it worth their while
to find out about her.

Friday night at 10 p.m. start
ing August 2. The new show
will have an audience in the
studio.

First show . will feature
numbers from Annie Get Your
Gun and Oklahoma! with the
well known Vancouver singe!
Wendy Martin, supported bY
an eight voice chorus and
three dancers. ;

Emcee for the new series 38
Bill Buckingham. The dancers
are Pat Olson, Walter Burgess
and Rae Burns, of Victorl@

with choreographer Wynne.
Shaw, also of Victoria.
% a it

During August, on Wednes;
days and Saturdays, the CB‘
will broadcast concerts from
the Stratford Music Festival
Coming broadcasts:

Wednesday, July 31 at 8:30
p.m.: CBC Symphony Orches-
tra conducted by Heinz Unge?:
with. soprano Lois Marshall.

Saturday, August 3 at 9 p.m:
Count Basie and his orchestra
with Joe Williams.

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On Saturday, August 3
CBUT Twilight Theatre will
present the famous film Bitter
Rice, featuring Vittoria Gas5=
man, Doris Dowling and Sil:
vana Mangano. f

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Some 18,000 people visited
the CBC Show Tent at the
Pacific National Exhibitio?
last year, and the experimen!
was so successful that it will
be repeated next month.

Preparations are under way
for showing more programs to
more PNE audiences, wit
features of special interest 1°
out-of-town visitors and spec*
ial arrangements for those wh0
miss the live broadcasts.

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