The things work both ways. AVERAGE VIEWPOINT “The film industry has thous- ands of men in the services,” he “They'll back erg; we ain’ seen “nothin’ hen the war is over there roing to be a few million | young men who have seen lat deal of the world patron- 3 the picture houses,” Gins- Jsaid. “They'll know not only explained. come edge of foreign places and peo- ples, but also with a good work- ing knowledge of what kind of people American moviegoers are. “Jf they had stayed in Holly- wood, the chances are they would not know or care a great deal about what the fellow from Mas- sachusetts or Louisana or Kan- sas thinks and likes—what makes him tick—but after living and fighting besides these non-Holly- wood Americans for several years they’ll have an appreciation of the plain, average viewpoint. lections would have been overcome within the labor movement. The Tory strategists appreciated this, bet- ter than did some of the Labor Party hacks. Hence their decis- jon to call the election in July. PRESENT STANDINGS ier a street in a certain for- eity is properly reproduced, iso whether the actor play- B Frenchman, I'talian, German Shatever is giving a proper @id to accept anything phony.” is is a challenge which Gins- 4. vice-president and general ¥ecer of production for Para- wat pictures, fully expects G wood to be able to meet. | British jsf the big unions—Transport Jand Municipal Union. But fhe first time in the history Labor conferences, the and constituency parties lin a majority for the unity Bution. Since the constituency Bick ns of the party are closer to sank and file, it must be con- ed that this side of the La- | Party movement, and the rity of the trade unions, are dy won for unity. ,; The Labor Party now has 167 seats in the House, and need 321 to gain a clear majority over all other parties. In addition to the Tories, there will be 300 Liberal candidates, over 380 Common- wealth, 22 Communist and some independents. Electoral unity is now out of the question, but the very heavy vote for unity at Blackpool will exert a favorable influence throughout the cam- paign, and it is certain there will be a much greater measure of cooperation between Commun- ists and Labor than ever before. here was no mistaking the Aining of this vote. It was 47: to the realization by the ‘te movement, both major- -and minority, of the impli-~ fj ons of continued Tory rule, i an eagerness to run no ks in defeating the Tory ger once and for-all: ‘urchill and his advisers were daly conscious*of this’ strong hy movement. Had the elec- 4 been called four months i-, many of the obstacles to blishing electoral © unity Throughout the labor move- ment there is a feeling of confi- dence and despite difficulties eaused by disunity, a clear Labor majority can be won. SURNNEDURREREQQESESS 0: (CCUSRGASESERRESRORUSESERSRORLAGARRSRSGE DRESSERS EALURSSSSSAELELAL SAG SESERSRUEAEEDROCER ORAS SR LLEO SR ORSERSOREEDY oe ROM S@ONV-LET RUSSIA...« “ZOYA” : ACE Paradise Theatre SUNE 18th to 23rd — fA PICTURE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET! SPPCOUECCULODEDEGDEUCUCUCOVS OM OTUTDOPOCUOODDOUCTOR SOP OOURODOUGOD -AVancouver’s Union Funeral Directors CHAPEL HILL COMPANY | Broadway at Alma Road BAyview 0455 BELL FUNERAL HOME 1285 East Hastings Street HAstings 0015 To Serve Ax ‘We Would Be Served GE 15 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE. y prides itself on the pains it goes to, + make its films authentic, whether: not only with a first hand knowl- NIGEL MORGAN Over 4,000 votes in Comox- Alberni. Syrian Crisis Symptomatic In Syria and Lebanon French forces last week provoked armed eonflict in an attempt to impose conditions of imperialist domin- ahce. Thereupon, the British in- tervened against the French and with an air of ostentatious virtue undertook to impose their own imperial hegemony over these former mandates of France. The crisis thus provoked is part of the larger crisis in the Allied Coalition as a whole. The shelling of Damascus echoes the opposition at San Francisco to admitting the proposal of full national independence as an ob- jective for subject peoples. Vio- lent friction among the major and secondary imperialist pow- ers reflect the swing away from the principles of cooperation set forth at Crimea. . De Gaulle’s proposal that any discussion of the issues shall in- clude Soviet participation, points in the direction of a_ solution through cooperation—as against unilateral action. As Marcel Ca- chin, leader of the French Com- munists, is reported to have said in L’Humanite: ‘Once again Rus- sia appears as the essential force for the maintenance of peace and as the guardian of the tran- quility of the people through the union of the great democratic powers.” The cause of the peoples of Syria and Lebanon will not be advanced by any transfer of their states from French to British imperialist control. The answer is full independence, guaranteed by a collective agreement in which the USSR is a participant. Damascus, Trieste, San Fran- cisco—the issues are all part of one great question: Mainten- ance or destruction of the world democratic coalition: growing security based on the people’s needs, or deepening crisis and ultimate disaster. 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Musical Competition Festive? winners—the Tait String Ensemble and the John Goss Studio Singers—will be presented by the Labor Arts Guild from Wednesday to Saturday, June 20 to 23, by the Studio Theater, 641 Granville, promptly at 8:00 p.m. “Still Stands -the House,” Gwen Pharis Ringwood’s great Canadian drama of the soil. which was awarded first prize as the best Canadian play of 1939, will be directed and produced by John Goss, with Jeanne Castellani, Shirley Kerr, Brian Horstead and Frank Steen enacting the four power- ful characters of the play. Masterly dram- atic construction, intense delineation of character and intimate realization of Can- adian prairie life, won an immediate ac- claim for this one-act play, such as no other Canadian work for the stage has received before or since. The drama, which portrays the struggle between the desire for a richer, more abundant future, and the forces that would cling to the old and the outworn, breathes the very smell of Canadian earth during the ‘dust bowl’ years. “The Odyssey of Runyan Jones,” whimsical one-act comedy- fantasy by Norman Corwin, will be directed and produced by Jack Bowdery, with some of Canada’s best known stage and radio talent, including John Milligen, Dick Diespecker, Alan Roughton, Sam Payne, Alice Ammon, Janet Rolfe, John Tierney, Frank Steen, Eric Vale and Joy Coghill. This colorful production will offer many novel and artistic highlights, such as the modern- ized form of ‘fluid stage’ technique in television style; unique stage settings and elaborate costumes; and musical transitions arranged by Jock Avison. Corwin’s “Untitled,” the famous anti-fascist radio play, which has already been given two successful performances by the Guild under Jack Bowdery’s direction and stage adaption, will be repeated with a leading cast by popular request, to round out this fine entertainment bill. ; Guild Art Director, R. W. Major, is responsible for stage design and settings with construction and lighting by Guild technician, Harry Bird, and the co-ordinated group’ work of Guild artists. Tickets 75c, available from Hilker Attractions at Kelly’s on Seymour, or from the Studio Theater. MINUNZIE RECITAL ATALIE MINUNZIE, Canadian mezzo-soprano, will make her recital debut under the auspices of the Labor Arts Guilds of which she is a charter member, on Friday, June 29, at 8:00 p-m., in the John Goss Studio Theater. At the age of twelve this talented young singer arrived in Vancouver from the Albeita farm of her Italian-Canadian par- ents to commence her studies. At the close of this current sea- son, four years later, she has emerged from the student ranks with an initial record of achievements unsurpassed in Vancou- ver’s musical history. 2 Within a single month, Miss Minunzie made her concert debut as guest soloist with the Junior Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gregori Garbovitsky on April 22; immediately follow- ing this triumph, was awarded the competitive 1945 Vancouver Woman’s Musical Club Scholarship; and a few days later was adjudged winner of both the Ladies’ Open Operatic and the Mezzo-Soprano Classes at the 1945 B.C. Musical Competition Festival; and finally the Senior Vocal Championship, highest vocal award of the Festival, when adjudicator Dr. Ernesto Vinci, in commenting on her outstanding performances throughout the competition, remarked: ‘““We can only praise everything she gave us.” Miss Minunzie’s forthcoming recital will also present Mary Tierney, violinist; Phyllis Schuldt, pianist; and the John Goss Studio Singers, as her assisting artists in a program highlight- ing the summer musical events. Tickets $1 obtainable from 641 Granville street. INCORPORATED TE Guild is proud to announce its incorporation under ‘the Societies Act of British Columbia on June 1, 1945, just eleven months to the day since our first organizational meeting on July 1, 1944. Impressive now hangs our framed Provincial Charter No. 2942. 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