fecer et? rowing pressure for NATO withdrawal Withdrawal of Canada from both NATO and NORAD was urged in a resolution of the Can- adian University Libera] Federa- tion whose student members met in conference last weekend in ‘Montreal. The resolution proposed Can- ada should spend less on de- fense and more on foreign and domestic aid. “Both NATO and NORAD no longer satisfy contemporary Canadian requirements in for- eign policy,” the resolution said. “The major threat to interna- tional peaceful development is the persistent problem of world A final resolution passed by the 250 delegates endorsed the Government's decision to estab- lish diplomatic ties with we People’s Republic of China. In Toronto the national ex- ecutive of the Canadian Peace Congress addressed the follow- ing to Prime Minister Trudeau: “The Canadian Peace Con- gress welcomes the review of our foreign and defense policies which you have initiated. We are in full agreement with your reported statements that Cannda is not threatened with attack and that the appropriate role for our nation is to act as a medi- atory and conciliatory force for peace, as a loyal supporter of the United Nations and as a peacemaker in extending aid to the developing countries in forms which best serve their own interest and strengthen their pdlitical and economic in-. dependence. “We feel that Canada is severely handicapped in this role as long as we are tied to one of the existing power blocs Coming soon... oe i: communist viewpoint New journal of the Communist Party of Canada will feature in its first March-April issue: B® THE 20TH CONVENTON OF CANADIAN COMMUNISTS by William Kashtan & POLEMIC WITH PROF. 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As far as maintenance of our inde- pendence is concerned, our mili- tary establishment is definitely counter productive. Our inde- pendence is not threatened by military power, but is greatly gative balance of payments; the high cost of our military estab- lishment is one of the main rea- sons of this dangerous unbal- ance. If the one and half billion of our resources which are pre- sently absorbed by our mis- named ‘national defense’ were made available for economic development, we would no long- er be forced to import foreign capital for this purpose. “We therefore propose that the ‘defense’ budget be reduced to a maximum of $500 millions. This is more than ample to main- tain lightly armed small mobile forces which may be required to carry out missions for the Unit- ed Nations. “Serving, as they do at pre- sent, as a small ancillary of the United States military establish- ment, our armed forces automa- tically involve us in any con- flict into which the ‘arrogance of power’ may, lead our south- ern neighbors and prevent us from playing a credible and cre- ditable role as a neutral force for peace. “This role requires, in the first place, the establishment of nor- mal diplomatic relations with all nations, in particular with the People’s Republic of China and also with the German Democra- tic Republic, North Korea and North Vietnam. “We are equally in favor of developing close ties with the nations of Western Europe and of Latin America. We are con- vinced that we can do this more successfully as a friendly neu- tral than as a member of al- liances such as NATO and OAS, which are rent by internal con- cicts. “In short, we urge that our policy be guided by our over- riding national interest in peace, disarmament and respect for the independence of all nations,” Purists proved wrong There is always the purist who proclaims that Shake- speare’s plays were written for 16th Century audiences and must therefore not be made to relate to our own time. A simi- larly pedantic view has been expressed regarding Theatre Toronto’s The Servant of Two Masters, now at the Royal Alex- andra. The argument goes that be- cause the Venetian lawyer, Carlo Goldoni, wrote his play in 1743 as a commedia dell’ arte piece, it is sacrilege to mount it in any other fashion, even 200 years later. But Goldoni, who greatly admired and was much influenced by the French- man, Moliere, was interested in more than the _ highly-special- ized form, style and method of commedia dell’ arte; his main concern was in the content of the plays. How does Richard Digby Day’s production illumine Gol- doni’s social comedy? I would say faithfully, brightly, intel- ligently, and with strong comic appeal to a modern audience. The Servant is a funny play and the director has skilfully exploited the comic situations, modifying some of the com- media dell’ arte forms, employ- ing some “camp,” some farce and some slapstick, and creat- ing out of all this a succession of comic delights, topped by the madly funny scene when serv- ant and waiters toss, juggle and serve two full-course dinners in a wild race against time. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FEBRUARY 28, 1969—Page 10 But Goldoni also had some- thing to illustrate. We learn that a servant is the lowest member of society, that he has few rights, that he is fortunate if, after all his chores, he has time to eat, or indeed anything to eat. We learn that a servant who tries to beat the system by working for two masters is doubly harassed and lucky to escape double beatings. We learn too that there is a double standard of sexual morality. Did we know these things? Well, no matter. It won’t hurt to be reminded. There were a few moments on opening night when the impact faltered, but these have prob- ably been tightened up by now. Three parts call for a sort of “straight” humor. Dawn Green- halgh, disguised as a man, is searching for her lover, played by Leon Pownall. Both are dash- ingly handsome, robust and ro- mantic and deliver their lines with a flourish. Diana Leblanc plays the girl Clarice as a timid, tearful little thing, anxious for marriage. The other roles are more stylized, each actor providin his own eccentric flavor.—Bria Petchey as the quavering, do dering old man; Joseph Shaw as pompous, padded doctor spout- ing Latin and belligerence; Rich- ard Monette as his outraged son, very military, very vain and rather silly; Rita Howell as the innkeeper (but why the cari- cature Italian accent?); and Quite a sizeable chunk of the Fourth Estate—that is, our modern “free press,” have a highly-cultivated taste for social garbage. It would just seem that their class-inhibit- ed olfactory organs draw them, as steel to a magnet, to the nearest refuse dump, there to scratch for any mor- sel of decayed waste with which to titillate their read- ing public. This is especially true in cases where the re- production of such garbage can be utilized for the great- er production of anti-Soviet anti-communist cold war pro- paganda. Perhaps it might be noted en passant, that the scab produced Toronto Star Week- ly has long held an unen- viable top place among its contemporary Canadian jour- nals in the business of refur- bished garbage production. As a most recent example, its February 8/69 edition car- ries an article by one Peter Moon bearing the intriguing title “Youth,” with a sub- head reading, “Wanted; New job for a clean-cut young commie”; a tale of more than passing interest to many Van- couverites as well as others interested in communism, the well-being of Canada’s youth, and it may be added, in the sterling principles of honesty and integrity in the advancement of all such causes, Since this “clean-cut young ex-commie,” now in_ the market for a “new job,” pre- sumes to be an authority on communism and communists, on the science of Marxism- Leninism, on “the party,” its Canadian leaders and its fu- ture, and has recently added a treatise on poets and poetry to his vast accumulation of assorted talents (see The Ubyssey UBC campus paper, Jan. 31/69 edition) one may quote the Bard of Avon to illustrate the Star Weekly tid- bit from its garbage collec- tion; “. .. t'is a tale told by a super-egotist, full of sound and fury—signifying nothing.” As to the two poets dissected and quoted it is pitifully ob- vious he knows little or nothing of either. In Moon’s orbit of the global communist _ sphere, powered by the excess gas from “a clean cut young ex- commie,” which included a swipe at the Soviet Union for its “errors of judgment” in its intervention in Czechoslo- vakia last August, there is also a touch of the romantic. Nothing like spicing up a tale by giving out with the im- pression that the FBI, the RCMP or kindred outfits are always hard on your heels. Then . . . Man, you have the Star Weekly’s garbage made it? “panorama” would have doné It would appear that the with these in its “new job” parents of this “clean-cut prospectus for an ‘“ex-com- young ex-commie” had to mie.” “escape” to Vancouver to get away from “U.S. hostility be. cause of their lifeling com. munist belief.” But doggone it all Hiram, the U.S. can’t be all that “hostile” when saiq parents can make numerous trips back to those areas of “hostility” without causing one teeny-weeny ripple ip Washington or _ elsewhere, The fabled Baron Munchau- sen was a master at the art of fabled romantics—at least until this “clean-cut young ex-commie” appeared on the scene. In the Star Weekly “Cana- dian Panorama” as that space in the paper is euphimistic- ally described where all such Moon-shine is featured, our “clean-cut young ex-com- mie,” born in New York but brought to Canada by his parents when little more than a baby (and a very lovable little chap then) wants to be- come a naturalized Canadian citizen. Why not? According to Es- tablishment rules and regula- tions governing “good” citi- zenship, he has most if not all of the qualifications re- quired. That ‘“ex-commie” status is good for 90 points in his favor any day. His rea- dy acquiesence with Mr. Tru- deau and all other “free world” heads of state a la Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia to avert coun- ter-revolution and war, and in defense of peace and so- cialism, should add another 50 points in his favor. His loudly proclaimed condemna- tion of the leadeship of the Communist Party of Canada —that they “are just not with it” and are likely to “disap- pear” most any day, should be good for another 50 points. Add up the total and you've almost got a 200 percent Can- adian—according to Estab- lishment standards of weights and measures. So why deny a “clean-cut young ex-commie” his citizenship and let him get on with the “thing” he seems most eminently fitted for—that of fouling the move- ment which provided him the Opportunity to be somebody? Money-wise Igor Gouzenko did very well at it. Why de prive a Canadian “clean-cut young ex-commie” of a like | opportunity? | The Star Weekly’s ‘“Can- | adian Panorama” is a mis nomer. Rather it should carry the legend in large: type “Dump your political garbage here for re-pollution.” | There were other qualifica tions our “clean-cut young ex-commie” didn’t elaborate upon, and maybe it is just 45 well. We dread to think what Barbara Brynne as the outspok- en, love-smitten maid. The title role is played by Heath Lamberts and his is real- ‘ly a virtuoso performance. He is almost constantly on the move and in action and _ his speeches are many and colorful, including the asides to the aud: ience. He is on stage most the time and he makes eve moment count. Mark Negin designed the Pr duction’s setting and costumes for brightness and humor. —Martin S on ;