ics ac Lest ell SSR VHB | Wiite—=* IRREVERENT bron mannered’ students have tive a about more construc- short ‘ange in universities in a 4. + time that decades of pol- have ademic discussion could _® achieved. aes was the view put before clot Gnadian Education Asso- Jono”, st week in Halifax by is. M. Andrews, assistant ute { r of the Ontario Insti- Or Studies in Education. ee Said: “The student pow- , ovement has frequently itevere wtrageously irrational, inti €nt and even illegal. Yet erfull NY ways, it has had pow- Y Constructive effects.” admits administrations to Would. » most close observers Years herre that the last two Mental Qve seen more funda- 5 reform in programs Blagg “ctices than has taken 'N several past decades.” FREE ENTERPRISE lhe a referred to as the free 7 mucrise t sh free enterprise is left, as tudor grow bigger. A DBS a retail trade in Canada Cant es following _ signifi- Two Percent of all stores sell Qo Beet of the total retail D Store,” Department and Chain Stores Ore only 8 percent of all for 33° Canada, but account Percent of all sales. h 4 Gin stores accounted for: Percent of variety store Sales Percent of general Uni Sspite the reluctance of system. But not Editor—TOM McEWEN > Tribune eabry [Co ISTIC Ika —|1 =A] ERA = PHOSPHORUS JS merchandising sales 53 percent of grocery stores | with fresh meat sales 45 percent .of shoe store sales 34 percent -of clothing store sales 27 percent of household appliances store sales 24 percent of women’s clothing store sales. EE Sra M.D. INCOMES Self - employed physicians and surgeons still head the parade of average incomes, according to a recent report on 1967 income tax returns releas- ed by the federal department of national revenue. They topped the list with average incomes of $27,347, followed by consulting. engin- eers and architects at $22,111. — Self-employed lawyers and no- taries, in third spot, had aver- age incomes of $22,014, and in fourth place where self-em- ployed dentists with $18,273. There is no doubt that the figures for 1968 and 1969 would show substantial in- creases in the incomes of these. professional groups. UE News MEDIOCRITY Actor and producer Robert Mentgomery: j “No one in his right mind can say that the wholesale diet of idiocy in the entertainment sphere being foisted on the American public today by the three major networks can de- serve a better rating than. that of mass mediocrity.” : Financial Post “ Associate Editor—MAURICE RUSH Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone 685-5288. Subscription Rote: Canada, $5.00 one year; $2.75 for six months. North and South America and Commonwealth countries, $6.00 one year. All other countries, $7.00 one year. - Second class mai SSeahvnsnaasnnnanissssssassaeas China's anniversary On October 1st, 1949, the Chinese People’s Republic was proclaimed. It was hailed as the second greatest his- toric event following the October Socialist Revolution. The socialist camp grew immensely, and gained in strength. It further changed the world picture, affected the colonial system, and challenged the hold of imperialism in the East. In twenty years, China has both shown the tremendous power of social- ism in overcoming backwardness and ignorance, its vitality, as well as the enormous difficulties of building social- ism. The great progress it made could not have been done without the frater- nal aid of the entire socialist camp, mainly the Soviet Union. Under the leadership of the Com- munist Party of China an industry be- gan to be built, the first steps in. what is the long, arduous and complicated process of turning China into a modern industrial state. Chinese Communist Party leaders referred to the achievements of the Chinese people as a “triumph of Marx- ism-Leninism.” No question, the life of the Chinese people has improved im- measurably over what it was prior to October, 1949. — In the last ten years, great upheavals have taken place inside China, the most - notable of which was the so-called cul- tural revolution, which cultimated in the victory of the line espoused by Mao Tse Tung and Lin Piao at the IXth Congress of the Communist Party of China. “New theories” elaborated by Mao Tse Tung began to replace Marx- ism, and structural changes began to - be made in the Communist Party itself, and in the: remranee The policy of friendship with the Soviet Union, and the other socialist countries, was re- placed by hostility and splits in the in- ternational Communist movement. The new foreign policy adopted sharpened international tensions. The new direction taken by Mao Tse Tung threatens the advances made by the Chinese people. The problems that have arisen in China testify to the en- ormous difficulties of building socialism, particularly in an economically back- ward country. Communist leaders, and ‘ parties, no matter from where, can and do, sometimes make grave errors, which bear serious consequences for the con- tinued success of socialism, and which may warp its direction and slow its advance. The tragedy is that every. error is paid for in human suffering. Mao Tse Tung’s policy serves to split the anti-imperialist camp. Washington, Bonn, Tokyo and London are only too ready to take advantage, to further their own ends, of such mistakes. They dream of a war between socialist coun- tries, and sit and wait like vultures to loot the remains. We welcome the recent meeting be- tween Alexei Kosygin and Chou En Lai, and hope that it will lead to a re- laxation of border tensions, and finally to the improvement of Soviet-Chinese - _ relations, We take this occasion to wish the Chinese people the very best of every- thing life has to offer, materially and spiritually. We are confident that the problems they have will be overcome, and that the great Chinese people will make a special contribution to the de- velopment of socialism, and the win- ning of world peace in our times. Welcome Mr. Gromyko _ We welcome the news of the impend- ing visit to Ottawa by Andrei Gromy- ko, head of the USSR’s delegation to the U.N. Such visits from representa- tives of socialist countries are in the best interests of all Canadians. Dia- logue between countries with different economic systems is an imperative in today’s world situation, in which the imperialists, particularly the U.S. im- perialists, more and more take direct azeressive and counter-revolutionary action. It is difficult for Canada, as a nation committed to the U.S. policies directed at the socialist camp, to play the role of “honest broker” in helping to find solutions to the world’s danger spots. Canada, as a neutral, could do much in helping to develop international rela- tions between the U.S.S.R. and Canada - and with the United States, based upon peaceful coexistence. Such a new situa- tion would create the possibility for the solution of many of our most serious immediate economic and social prob- ‘lems. The expansion of trade relationships with the U.S.S.R., and other socialist countries, based upon friendship and mutual advantage, could transform the picture both in western Canada, as well as the rest of the country. Of course, if the attitude persists that the Russians are on earth simply to bu Canada will not get very far, as that is the antithesis of the new policies re- quired. The capitalist media, with its usual cynicism, is already deliberately trying to make.the Gromyko visit appear as inconsequential. Suffering from the de- lusions that afflict those who have lost touch with reality, the hacks are at work, depicting a Gromyko in the Hee imaginings of modern-day hop eads. Mr. Gromyko has a long record as a partisan of peace. These have been the consistent policies of his country. Mr. Gromyko is, we are sure, coming here offering friendship of the world’s 'sec- ond greatest industrial power. Other capitalist countries are rapidly increas- ing their trade with the U.S.S.R. Mr. Gromyko’s visit could easily be another stepping-stone in the develop- ment of friendly relations between Canada and the U.S.S.R. Whether it will be depends on the Trudeau admi- nistration. In spite of all the efforts of the “ex- perts” of the capitalist press to create a hostile attitude, we think most Cana- dians will welcome the visit of Mr. Gromyko to Ottaw: . jet oe Maces Paver w reves Canadian surplus wheat, then. eee