tk 4 ¥ Og, Having Lives tOp Fi or b ‘ brotherhood of workers of whom , dve long been an energetic x e rep Progressive unit. Years ago Man and 8 30) eae # Of ~ Ment Position ; 2 Dh: _ fevermment of the people, by the : hee and for the people, I doubt ; ks &sta) : She advises readers Your. goaintat Wha You Pleme. A people's government Would never do this TEES gb KINGSTON, Vancouver, elev Being aware, as I am, of . international squabbles at pres- j put and the ravenous cravings Of the warmongers, I. like Harry Truman, feel the urge to be doing Something, even though I may Not be equally capable of making 7 Puch a diabolical, inhuman and ®ostly mess of my endeavors and ‘“ausing infliction. upon \ countless People possessed with innocence the tortures and sufferings of WMimaginable death. fr just been escorted home om the United Labor ‘Picnic by: a Chen friends by whom I a been long and_ profitably “ployed, I find’ myself some- poet bewildered, for through my _ **Perience today and the discern- p eent “of friendliness and _ socia- ‘ _ bility vat every turn I could e Selther see’ nor form any reason Peop ple of any color, creed or Orig] j n, whom I know are as good etter than, myself. _ ~ Realizing the harmoniousness 8nd sincerity of purpose that’ _ Prevaileg among the enthusiasts _ 88Sembled at the picnic, I could | Ret judge by actions any differ- £Nce between a Russian and an : Trishman, a Chinese and a Can- ; adian, ‘a Jew or Gentile or even * capitalist and respectable per- + on of any race: Years ago in Ontario, where I Was born and raised and urged to_ “at something of value in: pre- Paration for my future existence, failed to fully utilize ‘the op- _ portunity as presented but al- °wed personal experiences of ter years to instill within me a Knowledge ‘that came through _ Jard knocks and the ruthlessness _, & democracy that shows little Merey or favor to the universal deserted the benevolent ranks _ the Tory party ~who sought ny favors and offered none, ‘through the acceptance of SCialist philosophy, like the mole .2 the old maid’s nose, it. has be- : the fading years of my allot- ed’ time, and now Communism, a eins _*Mat dreadful scourge and men- — *€e” to the fundamental emolu- S of those who profit through 4 a € sufferings of others, is defin- “ely ascending to its rightful : n of supremacy, and pre- moting as it does, equality of all ©, equal opportunity to all Special priviliges to none. rough the functioning of 4 _™ the procedures of the essential ae emodities of life would be en- Fes eed ‘to curtail production, © “8stroy the fruits of their pro- : mer ubn, or export the beef that — € could ourselves eat and accept Means of foreign exchange i Naina horses of other lands. ; , er would on! a govern- one Sabotage its own national- eo owned industries, rather than e blish friendship and commer- ca: transactions with countries wich are ever willing and anx- oY ious t ‘ é 5 © deal with us. ° sy 7 \ he age : ; 0 Use PT classified Dow: BERYL M. WHEEL- . iON, Nanaimo, B.C.: We are all “ly concerned in the future racial hatred or ostracising — eme a permanent characteristic be written. deposited for mailing in the usual . of our labor press. We have, in the Pacific Tribune, virtually the sole instance of honest journalism on. the Coast. The only organ presenting a solid front against vicious war propaganda. We: must be aware of the diffi- culties. presented. by the main- tainance of a press not tied to the wishes of its advertisers. The Pacific Tribune has the proud dis- tinction \of not belonging to the™ “fraternity” of the kept press. ' This leaves the financial, end squarely up to the circulation and such advertisers as are friendly to labor interests. Sub- seribers do faithful work in in- creasing sales, but in one respect — much: more could well be done. This is in respect to classified ad- vertising. At one time or another, ‘everyone of us either needs some article, has something to sell, or wishes to trade. This could be houses, land, furniture, automo- biles or what have you. Someone is seeking rooms to rent. Others offer accommodation. And we “would all sooner deal with those friendly to our interests. Let us use the columns of our ‘own paper for this purpose in- stead of adding dollars to the coffers of the daily organs of big interests which sell their integ- rity and whose policy is to bolster the interests of the forces of war and of the subjugation of the common man. — Come on, fellow readers, let us “ puild our paper by a flood of small ads. I have tried it with “results quite equal to those from insertions in the daily papers. How fo get in fouch _with POW’s in Korea _ lowed to open on, permit, Loggers have faken a beafing this summer LOGGER, Nanaimo, B.C.: No provision has been made here to care for those loggers and their families who are destitute or near destitution as a result of the pro- longed fire season. A case in point is a young man who came here last winter from’ He receives no unemployment insur- ance because he has not worked in industry the 180 days neces- sary to qualify. He has no credit at’ a grocer because he married only a couple 6f months ago at the time the fire season com- employment in agriculture. menced, There igs not even char- itable assistance available to him from tHe Salvation Army ‘because the authorized officer is away. The Social Welfare Department will not provide assistance be- cause the man is able-bodied (though he won’t be for long if he has to starve). — This man cannot even make personal loans because his friends, are loggers and of course broke at present. This is the same man, of course who is so valuable that he is to be asked to work overtime when the woods open. was able to get two days work a couple of weeks ago when a few logging operations were al- but they are now closed again. X Sega g Even those loggers who are re- RI ER, Vancouver, B,.C.: Alt ‘ceiving unemployment insurance though we havé not heard of any Canadian Soldiers having been: taken prisoners of war in Korea yet, there is a probability that this will happen if the fighting continues. Therefore I think the following information, taken from the Postal Bulletin issued by the U.S. post office depart-— ment, may be of interest: 4 ‘The Department of Defense has: issued a press release stating that every effort is being made to make possible communication between members of the Armed Forces, believed to be prisoners of North Korean or Chinese Communist forces, and their fam- ilies. It further relates that the - Department of Defense will noti- fy the ‘families concerned when it receives’ information that re-— “lative thas been reported as a | prisoner of war, and while no — guarantee can be given that at- tempts to communicate with the ‘reported prisoners of war will be “ successful, thy families may write to their relatives using the fol- lowing address: et : Name, rank, and serial num- ber of the relative, . i 8 Care of Chinese Peoples Com- mittee for World Peace, q \ Peking, China. | “mhe envelope is to contain the return address of the sender in the upper left-hand corner, and in the upper right-hand corner, ‘in lieu of postage, the words “Prisoners of War Mail’ should wri The letters may be rtment of De- manner. The Depar fense requests that the letters not be too long and that they be confined to only gne per month. are in desperate situations in “many instances. Many loggers are committed to payments of $100 a month or more on house, wash- ing machine and car for example. (A car is often a practical neces- sity). : ; Grocery ‘credit is, of course, limited, The small grocer cannot — have credit available to himself to carry even his regular custo- _ mers indefinitely. The unemployment insurance’ pittance ($18 and $21) is laugh- able for a family when meat is $1 a pound and up and milk 22 cents a quart. The situation will also be bad next winter because many men will be out of benefits.as a result. of the past long winter and sum- mer layoffs. ; ‘Unemployment relief and ‘ey _ moratorium on time payments are a practical necessity here now. Carter congratulates eggs s ; Phillips on his letter DYSON CARTER, Toronto: My congratulations to Mr. J. Phillips of Vancouver for his excellent letter in the August 10 Pacific Tribune. I have never read a better statement on the progressive scientific attitude towards dietary fads, aves sj : Mr. Phillips and the Pacific Tribune are to be congratulated — for putting before the public this forthright statement on a sub- ject that confuses. so many pro- gressive people, ak aan Fortunately this particular man a the periods of the 1952 Winter and Summer Games. retiring to write THE SPORTLIGHT : By BERT WHYTE—— D= Parker, whose sports columns are widely read by denizens of the Hardened Artery called Broadway, recently pounded out a piece bewailing the fact that mddern ballplayers, especially pitchers, are a ‘bunch of softies compared with the mound heroes of an earlier gen- eration. Inspiration for the article came at a baseball writers’ minstrel show, where some of the sturdy old-time ball stars were present as guests. ‘ e [ \ As-the evening wore on and everyone mellowed, grizzled veterans of the game began whirling their ancient soupbones around and vowing they were ready to step out on the diamond and hur! a no- _ hitter if someone would just say the word. Then the stories began, There was the time, for instance, that Iron Man Joe McGin- nity once pitched three games in one day for Brooklyn against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1904 Joe won 35 games for the Giants. Back in 1884 Old Hoss Radbourne won 60 games for Provi- , dence, and 26 of his wins came in the last 27 games of the season. What price would a modern club pay for that kind of a hurler today? y: Sore arms? Apcbraine: to the old-timers, they never had ’em. Or if they did, no diathermy machines or whirlpools, no novocaine injected into the muscles.. You curled up with a hot water bottle all night, pitched again the next day. ! Were they really so great, or is Memory playing tricks? Was the baseball up. to modern standards, or has half a century cast a rosy glow over mediocre performances? You be the judge. * * * How come that in baseball a pitcher is seldom a good hitter 2 Slammin’ Sam Snead, the golf star, who once was a ballplaver himself. has a theory about it. “I pitched, played short and left field,”’ Sam.told Biff Bennett of Sport magazine. “J found that I hit a lot better when I wasn't pitching. Maybe it’s being in there every day, but I’ve got another idea ‘on the subject. A regular pitchef gets used to seeing the ball going away from him all the time. He’s throwing it 60 feet and watching it get smaller. He gets a different perspective than’ the other players to whom the ball is always coming at them as big as life.” ¥ 5a a 4 One of the methods which has helped the United States to win | Olympic Games in the past is simplicity itseff—the sending of huge numbers of athletes to compete in ‘every event. Only money is needed to follow suit. Many countries haven’t got the necessary cash to finance such a scheme, and are forced to limit their partici- pation to certain events. =, RIE SEERA ReTN UG Be emromarage _ The 45th Congress of the International Olympic Committee, held this year in Vienna, discussed the question of a future limitation in_ the number of athletes to compete in the Games, but a decision was postponed until next year. . . The IOC’s next sessions ‘will be held in Oslo and Helsinki during — re * * A banguet ‘or the Pacific Tribune Clippers will be held this coming Friday, September 14, at 6.30 p.m. in the East End YMCA, ‘788 Commercial, The banquet will be followed by a dance, music supplied by the newly-formed Blue Moon Quartet, ; At the feast members of the Clippers baseball squad will be presented with jackets carrying the PT crest; gifts will also be awarded to coach Elie LaChance and a number of supporters from Western Bridge who helped the boys financially during the ‘recent season. ee : The Clippers will play again in the Industrial League next — year, and the league itself plans to expand to eight teams, with ss regular games at Confederation Park and Powell Street Grounds. Ok Ms * , ae j How mahy of my readers are old enough to remember the Bunion _ Derby? It was the biggest sports flop of 1928—but was soon for- gotten by most folks when Wall Street laid a bigger egg a couple of months later, ushering in the Great Depression and the Hungry Thirties. volige & aay eS The Bunion Derby was hatched by one fly-by-night promoter | named Cash-and-Carry Pyle, who though he’s make a quick zillion by staging a foot race from Los Angeles to New York, pausing to entertain the yokels in towns and cities scattered throughout the | red flannel belt en route. ~ haere rea ai * About‘275 marathoners from a dozen countries, including Canada, started the long trek east in March.’ Pyle’s feeding arrangements broke down as he got in financial difficulties, and the boys were reduced to eating sandwiches while jogging along and gorging on a 35-cent meal at the end of the day. Then they had to perform in Pyle’s sideshow: ‘before bedding down in some fleatrap for the night. The troupe dwindled to about 50 before the race officially ended — May 6 in Madison Square Garden, with a farm boy named Andy Payne winning the $25,000 first prize money. Pyle didn’t have that kind of cash, but Tex Rickard kicked through for him. ‘Payne went back to his farm in Oklahoma, and Pyle announced that after __ studying foot ailments of his contestants all along the 3,422-mile journey, he felt himself to be a fully-qualified chiropodist and was a book on ailments of the human toe, heel, instep Marine Workers and Boilermakers hold their annual F ishing Derby on Saturday, September 22, with contestants vying for over and ankle. $400 in prizes. ; The fishing area will be from Copper Mine to Tunsel Bay, via Cowan's Point and Roger Certes. Times is from 5 a.m. fo _ 3 p.m. All boats must be checked out and in at Eagle Harbor between these hours. : j Be Oaly union members in good standing, and their wives and children, are elegible to enter the Derby. 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