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YOUTH PRODUCTION

‘Lessons of
Yesterday’

HIGHLIGHT of a program of
activities organized by Vancou-
ver clubs of the National Feder-
ation of Labor Youth to mark
World Youth Week, March 20-27,
here will be a variety concert at ~
Clinton Hall, 1605 East Pender
on Sunday, March 27.

Adapted and‘staged by NFLY |
members, a series of five skits
entitled “Lessons from  Yester-
day’ will form the main part of
the program. This dramatic pre-
sentation of current political is-
sues draws the comparison be-
tween the rise of fascism in Ger-
many and the fascist tendencies
indicated by curtailment of civil
liberties on this continent.

' The skits' chosen for this 'pro-
duction were taken from a series
of 17 such skits by the German
anti-fascist playwright, Bertholt
Brecht. Two additional skits. have
been written to make plain the
relationships between the fascism
of Nazi Germany and the aims of
American, and Canadian reaction-
aries. .

‘Other contributions to the pro-
gram will be given by the Rus-
sian Choir, the United Jewish
People’s -Order’s Drama Work-
shop and: the Ukranian Dance
Group, which are cooptrating
with the National Federation of
Labor Youth in presenting the
concert.

Tickets may be obtained from
the Co-op Bookstore or at the
office of the Pacific Tribune.

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Oldtime Dancing
To Alf Carlson’s Orchestra
Rivery Wednesday and Saturday
Hastings Auditorium
Phone HAstings 1248
Moderate Rental Rates
“Yor socials, weddings, meetings

Russian People’s Home—
available for meetings, weddings
and banquets at reasonable rates.
600 Campbell Ave, HA. 0087.

Wance, Clinton Hail—
2605 East Pender. Dance every

Saturday night. Modern and
‘Old-Time. Viking’s Orchestra.
Hall is available for rent,

HAstings 3277.

SALLY BOWES—

INCOME TAX PROBLEMS.
Room 20, 9 East Hastings:
MA. 9965.

CRYSTAL STEAM BATHS—
Open every day. New Modern
Beauty Salon—1763 E. Hastings.
HAstings 0094,

MEETINGS—
Swedish-Finnish Workers’ Club

meets last Friday every month at

7:30 p.m., in Clinton Hall.

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WHAT’S DOING
TOM McEWEN BIRTHDAY So-
cial at Tom’s home, 2135 West 6th

Avenue, Saturday, March 19, from
9 p.m. Come along and have a

good time. Proceeds for Trib drive.

CONCERT AT CLINTON HALL,
2605 E. Pender Street, Sunday,

. April 3, 1949, at 8 p.m. ‘Auspices

Swedish-Finnish and Scandinavi-
an Workers’ Club. Refreshment

Tickets, 50c.

Speaks on Israel

VANCOUVER will be afford-
ed an opportunity to hear one of
today’s foremost reporters when
Robert St. John speaks at Park
Auditorium, corner Georgia and
Denman, on March 27, under the
auspices of the Vancouver lodge of
the B’nai B'rith.

In 1947, St. John revisited a ma-
jority of the 29 countries he cov-
ered so brilliantly during his car-
eer as war correspondent... He
possesses a rare sensitivity to hu-
manity. :

Never an “armchair reporter,”

Robert St. John is admired and

respected by his colleagues be-
cause he has always persisted in
digging far below the surface for
his news and has welcomed dan-
gers and risks to bring inside in-
formation to his listeners.

His subject. here will be “A
New Nation is Born,” an eye-
witness report on the war in Pale?
stine and the creation of the new
state of Israel.

Tickets are by invitation and
can be obtained at the People’s
Cooperative Bookstore, 337 West
Pender.

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Fights witch-hunt
Former U.S. assistant Attorney
General O. John Rogge has filed
suit in the U.S. federal court on
behalf of 26 government workers
challenging the constitutionality
of President Truman’s loyalty or-
der. Rogge was retained by the
newly-organized Federal Employ-

ees Defense Committee.

Vancouver Lodge B'nai B'rith

presents

Robert St. John

NBC War Correspondent
and Author

TOPIC:

“ISRAEL-“ NEW NATION
IS BORN”

SUN., MARCH 27, 8:15 P.M.

PARK AUDITORIUM
Denman and Georgia

Invitation: People’s Coop-
erative Bookstore

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Jimcrow methods used against

Native Indians in B.C. hotels

WALTER L. JOHNSON, Van-
couver, B.C.

Being a Canadian, of Indian and
white blood, I would like very
much to bring to the attention of
the workers, the plight of our Na-
tives.and the treatment of them
by.the present govermnent.

I was raised by and among the

Natives, and I have seen some

things which could not have been
worse in fascist Germany. Yet
the government is always saying
how much it is doing for our In-
dians.

Under what circumstances does
the average Native receive medi-
eal aid? I will give you one ex-
ample. The Indian department

has an office in Smithers; the °

doctor also has his own white
patients. There are two waiting
rooms, the one for the white peo-
ple has nice easy chairs and is
very well heated, while the Na-
tives’ has nothing but benches
and no heat. ‘

'Take the town of Smithers it-
self. Indians, no matter where
they come from or how they are
dressed," if they are under the
White Act and sometimes” even
those who are, cannot get a room
in a hotel even if they were to
freeze to death. poe ee

I found this out for myself
when I came in on a train from
Prince Rupert, arriving. around
6:30 in the morning. After trying
to get a room for about an hour,
during which time I covered
nearly every lodging place of any
type in town, we decided to wait
until a cafe opened up, eat, and
then arrange for transportation to
the town of. Telkwa, 12 miles
away. But we had only sat in
the lobby for about ten minutes,
when the manager came and told
us to get out and not in very
pleasant terms either, as Indians
weren’t allowed.

Clean cafes where you could eat
a decently-cooked meal wouldn’t
allow us in. We had to eat in two
so-called cafes that were really
unsanitary. But the workers
there were sociable and friendly.
They treated us as equals. And
why shouldn’t they? It’s the doc-
tors appointed by the govern-
ment, the hotel and cafe owners,
who want to discriminate against

the Natives and hold them down.
I hope this will help to open
the eyes of a lot of people to the

way the Natives are treated in
their own country and the con-
ditions they live under.

Cr hope this will help to open the eyes of a lot of people to,

the way the Natives are treated in their own country and the

conditions they live under.”

LETTER FROM POLAND

‘Nothing can stop us

J. LASOTA, Tomaszov, Poland
(who left Vancouver last year to
return to his native Poland): I
am happy to be with my people
again and to be playing my small
part in bringing about great
changes in our country. As I write,
red flags all over the country
greet the unity of two political
parties. The Polish Workers’
party and the Polish Socialist
party have united to form the
Polish United Workers’ party.

Nearly half a century the Polish |

people have been waiting for, this
historic day.

During the past few years many
valiant workers gave their lives,
many died in Tsarist Russian or
Polish “sanacja” prisons. Their
sacrifice has not been lost. As a
result of it, working class unity
was achieved. Peasants and work-

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Why delay in benefits ?

‘CLARENCE JEWETT, Lang
Bay, B.C.: I have worked just 12
days since November 28 last year.
At the beginning of this year I
wrote to the Unemployment In-
surance people to collect some of
the money I have paid in during
the past few years. In due course
I heard from them saying every-
thing was OK and would I please
fill out the forms they enclosed.

I did that promptly, and since
then have filled out, signed and
got witnesses for another four
forms. Between January 3, when
I applied, and the present time,
I have received one cheque for
$21, without anything to show
what period it covered or what
regular payments I could expect.
ow I’m beginning to think that’s
all I’m going to get: —

Im not the only one “in this
district having trouble in collect-
ing Unemployment Insurance.
There are homes here where the
children are going without milk

and where there is little bread

and potatoes on the table because
benefits have been held up.

Millions of dollars are. being
spent on air fields in the North.
Perhaps some of the more back-

_ward and undemocratic countries,

where at least people don’t go
hungry when there is food to eat,

can now organize an air lift over '

our own “iron curtain” at Ottawa
to bring us some food, since the
great and wise leaders in our
own government seem unable to
distribute the food in the national
larder.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE

ers took the reins in their labori-
ous hands. *The toilers became
masters of their country.

In Poland today there is no
place for the exploiters. Free edu-
cation for our children is giving
us a chance to explore to-the max-
imum the people’s ability and to_
create a new generation with full
undersanding of equality, free-
dom and_ brotherhood.

No ‘wonder’ that the United
Parties” (ongress was greeted
so enthusiastically by all the Po-
lish people.

Workers in the factories and
peasants on the land pledged
themselves to fulfill the plan for
national economic reconstruction
on that great day—Working Class
Unity Day. The aim will be
achieved because we have faith in
our leaders guiding us to social-
ism, to a brighter and happier to-
morrow for all of us and our
daughters and sdns.

‘Our enthusiasm and confidence —

is helping us to overcome the dif- —

“

ficulties in rebuilding our na-

tional economy, which was com
pletely destroyed by the war. W®
are striving for friendly relations
with all democratic countries of
the world, aiso we are ready t?
develop commercial relations with —
these countries as long as they
are not trying to undermine oUt
national independence.

We are marching to socialis™ :

and nothing can stop us.
achievements of the workers

the USSR inspire us. They hav? —

reached the goal we are aimin&
for. Following their path, we are
sure of victory because this is th®
scientific way charted by the
working class teachers,
Engels, Lenin and Stalin.

— MARCH 18, 1949 — PAGE 2°