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Soviet Union. He directed the
visitors in a tour of the mill,
in which they took a keen 1n-
terest, making many notations.

“Tt was very difficult, to
know what they, were think-
ing, because we don’t under-
stand their language,’ said
one official, “but they certainly
knew what they were looking
at in all these operations.

After a lunch served in the
cookhouse at Mesachie Lake,
and cooked by Charlie Monti,
one of the best and most popu-
lar camp cooks on the coast,
the party went out to inspect
logging operations.

Despite the foul weather, 7a
high rigger topped a 120 foot
tree for the visitors, and Orlov
presented him with a Soviet
pin as a memento of apprecia-
tion.

Arriving at the Empress
Hotel at Victoria around 6
p.m. the party quickly chang-
ed into dry clothes and appear-
ed on time at the reception.

“We are greatly impressed
by the hospitality shown > us,
Orlov told members of the
press. through his young a
terpreter. “We would like to
widen trade with Canada. We
have bought some wheat. We

are interested in buying equip-
ent.”
ei answer to a question put
later by provincial Labor Min-
ister Lyle Wicks, he said:
“Tn the Caucasus is the only
place where we have timber
so high as your Canadian tim-
ber and nowhere so big, and
therefore our equipment AS
smaller. Eighty per cent of our
logging is mechanized, and in

two years we hope to have it
100 per cent mechanized. We
are greatly impressed by your
technical equipment here.”

Guests at the reception giv-
en by the provincial depart-
ment of forests included Cabi-
net Ministers Ray Williston,
minister of forests; Wesley
Black, provincial secretary; W.
N. Chant, minister of works;
Lyle Wicks, minister of labor;
and Kenneth Kiernan, minis-
ter of mines. Also present was
Chief Justice Gordon MacGreg-
or Sloan, whose report on
B.C.’s forest industry is soon
to be handed down.

Others at the reception were
officials of the province’s lum-
ber industry, and members of
the press, including a reporter
from the Pacific Tribune.

In singling me out for con-
versation at one juncture be-
cause I happened to be the
only woman present in the
gathering, Orlov made refer-
ence to the beauty of Vancou-
ver, comparing it with Lenin-
grad, and said he would like
to see more Canadians visit
his country, where they would
be treated with the best in
hospitality.

“The press in the Soviet
Union have a. much easier
time of it than reporters here,”
he smiled, “for the reason that
visitors to the Soviet Union
are above criticism.” Then he
made slight reference to the
newspaper report of: Pat
Walsh’s unfriendly statement
concerning himself and other
members of the delegation.

Later, at the banquet, which
was purely a social affair, to
which the press were not In-

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vited, Orlov branded the ex-
Communist as a “black sheep”
and stated his belief that
Walsh’s opinions were not
those of the Canadian people,
whose hospitality he had found
so warm.

The party decided later to
extend their stay on Vancou-
ver Island, and will again visit
operations at Ladysmith and
Lake Cowichan and other parts
of the Island including Mac-
Millan Park. Above all they
are enthusiastic about the hcs-
pitality of their Canadian
hosts, and desire the friendly
relations on both sides brought
about by such an exchange of
views.

Gov't gets
Natives’
demands

VICTORIA, B.C.

Five demands were placed
before the provincial cabinet
here this week by a delegation
of 27 Native Indians led by
Andy Paul, representing the
North American Indian Broth-
erhood, and Chief Mathias Joe
of the Capilano band. The Na-
tive Brotherhood of B.C. was

not represented by the delega-
tion.

The five demands were:

® That Native Indians be
allowed to buy liquor in gov-
ernment liquor stores.

@ That the government re-
move the five percent sales
tax from goods delivered to
an Indian reserve.

@ That the next session
of the legislature provide
funds for restocking of beaver
for the benefit of Native In-
dians.

@ That special trapping
and hunting areas be desig-
nated for Indians who depend
on this occupation as their
only means of livelihood.

@ That ‘the government
support Indians in their ef-
forts to be exempted from in-
come tax and from the “strict
regulations” in the taking of
fish for food.

The delegation also inform-
ed the cabinet that Native In-
dian participation in the 1958
centennial celebrations would
be influenced by the govern-
ment’s readiness to meet the
Indians in council.

Vancouver 4, B. C.

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