Ba SCIENCE First pictures of Soviet atomic power plan rt LETTERS fa DIGEST More provincial news - J.N.M., Courtenay, B.C.: En- closed find two subs. I haven't been getting so many lately and must admit it is mainly for lack — of trying. The important thing — seems to be to get out and ask people if they would like to sub- scribe to our paper. Having given myself such good advice, it might be a good idea if I fol- lowed it, eh? : Don’t you think the Pacific Tribune would be improved if there were more news items from __ the various provincial points? Reports on civic issues, unem- = : : ee eae ployment and other problems 8 which continually arise. It should not be too hard to get volunteer correspondents. 4 The Soviet newspaper Pravda Printed these pictites on January “The picture on the left shows the building of the atomic electric .23 with the following captions: station of the Soviet Academy of Sciences where the reactor was con- structed and. where atomic fission is conducted. As is seen by the diameter of the reactor, it is not very large. Personnel is protected from the effects of radiation by a strong concrete shield. The turbine is driven not by coal or. any other fuel, is centred in a switchboard’ (right). The power generated by the atomic electrical station is utilized by industry and agriculture in adiacent districts.” “The first industrial electrical station utilizing atomic nnergy has been in operation in the Soviet Union for seven months, produc- ing 5,000 kilowatts. This station represents the first real step in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. It was designed and built. ‘ by Soviet Scientists and engineers. Simple and rugged ! READER, Bayonne, B.C.: En PROFILE: CHIANG KAI-SHEK HIANG Kai-shek, for whom President Eisenhower would plunge the world into atomic destruction, is a mad- man. General Stilwell, who com- manded U.S. forces in the Burma-China area during the him long ago. He told how Chiang behav- ed at a passing-out ceremony at the Kuomintang Military Academy. First Chiang stop- ped the band and “bawled at them” for not playing cor- rectly. : _. Then he abused an officer ‘| because he had pulled the notes for his speech of wel- come out of the wrong pocket. _ Finally, when _ someone stumbled, Chiang “went wild, screaming that he ought to be shot.” oa Sennen For years Chiang has been wild and screaming that all Chinese should be shot be- _cause they will not put up with his madness. enhower and mast 2im mad, too. Chiang worships money. ‘Son of a small landlord, re- ceiving his military training in Japan, he became the dar- ling of the wealthy bankers and money-lenders of ea _ ang province. that of the big *pawnbroking families of Shansi, the new-" style bankers of Shanghai, the U.S. and British Far Eastern bankers. For their sakes he “waded through blood to be dictator of China. Outside Nanking, his for- mer capital, is Raining Flow- f er Terraée, which Buddhists hold to be so sacred to the memory of a certain monk that the rain that falls there turns to flowers. Chiang had all the leading ' opponents of his rule that his police could catch brought to this terrace of low hills to be shot under his supervision. During the 14 years that he ruled in Nanking, Chiang had thousands murdered there — trade unionists, students, lib- erals, Communists. At first they died shouting that China would be free, That annoyed Chiang so he order- ed his guards to force sharp- . ened bamboo stakes into their war, warned the world about Now Chiang has hitten is. : To their support he aed ‘ ‘feated his rival Madman on Formosa mouths, so that in their last Tide in life they could utter no articulate sound. Bos at bes When Chiang renewed civil war against the Chinese peo- ple in 1946 he had something like $500 million in his gold reserves, mostly supplied by the U.S. He thought this a winning card. He had also at least four secret police organisations, all to spy out opposition, and each to spy on the others. He thought that that was a win: _ ning card, too. When- he fled to Formosa in 1949, he took around $100 million in gold—U.S. gold — with him, and the remnants CHIANG KAI-SHEK of his secret police. His money-bags had always de- warlords. Miser and megalomaniac that he is, he thought they could defeat China. He paid agents in the Unit- ed States to support his cause. One, with an: income of $60,- 000 a year from Chiang, was registered in the U.S. Con- gress as a “lobbyist.” For Britain, Chiang has the utmost hatred and contempt. Since he has lived as a pirate chief in Formosa he has at- tacked British shipping 142. times. — . Always in Formosa ‘his cry has been for blood, for veng- eance on the Chinese people who threw him out. His cry has been for bigger bombs to drop on China, and for a world war so- that, on the blood of the world, he could ride back to power. FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES f Indian family of nine lives in dire poverty pov that grim spectre which haunts many a less fortunate land than Canada, can also be found in the city’s pros- perous midst. Terrible at all times, it is never so fearful as when it strikes the young and in- nocent, they who have no control over its coming and lack of abil- ity or the strength to drive it away. ees The little girl stood . barefoot in her Nanaimo home. No carpet adorned the floor, no paint or paper brightened the walls. Her face was dirty, her clothes and hair unkept. She was seven years of age and’ for the first time in two weeks she had good food inside her. She had good food inside her because some warm-hearted Nanaimo citizen had heard of her plight and the plight of her seven brothers and | sisters and had sent food to the home as a Sunday offering. For the first time in two weeks -the children of the house had proper nourishment, a change of diet from the seemingly endless meals of salt fish and potatoes with cold water to drink. A worn-out sawdust burner, stoked up with wet cordwood, gave some:degree of warmth to — the wretched home. Beds cov- ered with old dirty coats lay in untidy disarray and the weary mother, giving up the struggle against circumstances, said in des- pair: lem in’ a rut.” a sos x Jailed late in the old year for being drunk and creating a dis- _ turbance in a public place, the, father of the children, one the hero of ‘thousands of lacrosse fans in this city, still remained in custody in Oakalla prison. He went to jail after his ninth con- viction on a similar charge. Last week, by the light of the pale moon in the early morning hours, the mother and the eldest son, aged. 15 years, tramped across the mud flats in the mouth of the Nanaimo River in a futile endeavor to dig .clams. Lack of ~ Strength and the bitter midnight cold defeated them. Tonight, with the food hamper almost finished, and this month’s Family Allowance already spent in credit, eight children will climb beneath their dirty coats, huddled together for warmth and comfort. Tomorrow morning ‘they will arise to the cold grey of winter mornings and, if the -food hamper is finished, there will be fried potatoes and cold water for breakfast. : “Towatd the end of December,” the mother states, “I got $21 from the Department of Indian Affairs,” a sum of money which disappeared almost without trace into the hungry TOUTES of the young. Soon some of ttre: children will have to miss school again be- cause they have no lunch to carry and no proper clothes to wear. ‘Scene of this hardship is at Nanaimo Indian Reserve. @ Excerpt from a report car- ; ried by the Nanaimo Free Press in soar i year. closed find my renewal for six months. -I’d like to renew for 2 year but can’t afford it at this time owing to financial difficul- ties. I wrote to you some time ago, referring to a “bout” I was hav- ing with the unemployment in- surance people. Fortunately, fuel or meat bills to cope with. The mountainside provides 2 plentiful supply of wood and venison. ‘In short, life is both simplé and rugged. However, having been a prospector for many years I am conditioned to living in circumstances that would undoubtedly be trying to a person from a more pampered walk of life. Woodworkers subscribe I have no rent,. WOODWORKER, South Fort George, B.C.: Enclosed find a new sub for a friend. By the sound of the radio news during recent weeks it would appear -that the upper crust of the IWA would like to attempt the expulsion of LPP members from the union. It might be interesting to note that all seven subscribers to the Pacific, Tribune that I have ob- tained are woodworkers (includ- | ing myself) and all except two of — us are members of the IWiA. The ~ two exceptions are former mem- bers who ntnarey in disgust. - Because | Think. astiin | think mankind are-all akin No matter what the color of the skin, Because | think we all can live in peace, f And war on all the earth be made to cease, : Because | think mankind can all agree And every nation prosperous and free, Because | think that madmen are all mad And gangsters both great and small are bad, Because | think that liars all tell lies About supversites; saboteurs and spies, A Because | think the produce of the soil Belongs to those who share in honest foil, Because | think when goods are in excess It is no time for people to have less, Because | think the fishes of the sea Should not be fed the food designed for me, - - Because | think that good will conquer hate That love will rule the world, new love create, ou Because | think this rolling ball the earth : Should fill the sky with happiness and mirth, Because | think and evil minds resist They point at me and call me communist. x bs : ess TRIBUNE — FEBRUARY 11, 1955 — PAGE ny Because I think. JACK MATHER. |