SITET, I NS ee a aia! Li SCIENCE — -Unity:in defense of national independence is the theme of this drawing by Arturo Garcia ee Bustos, prominent young Mexican artist, published in La Voz de Mexico, Revolutionary printing process being developed in Lithuania “WE ARE on the verge of developing transmitting tele- vision devices of a new type possessing the wonderful prop- erty of memorizing pictures by purely electric means and transmitting them at the re- quired moment by means of ferromagnetic tape that can _be used many times over,” Jonas Zhelevichus, director of the Lithuanian Research In- Challenging times C.E.C., Nanaimo, B.C.: These are challenging times for the labor movement in Canada, as well as in the rest of the world; a time when capitalism is literally fighting for its life —as evidenced by the powerful campaigns being conducted against labor, as well as the apparent intention on the part of American capitalism to go to the extent of plunging all of us into the horrors of nu- clear warfare in its attempt to preserve this-system. _ No Canadian worker can af- ford to sit idly by and remain an armchair philosopher. This is the time when all progres- _ sive workers must work unit- edly for the security of all Canadian workers and for the peace and security” of the orld. * -“There is unlimited scope for OPEN FORUM. stitute of Electrography, told a conference held in Vilnius to discuss problems of electro- graphy (xeroprahy). Lithuanian physicists have solved the problem of produc- ing magnetic printing tape, making it possible to do away with the process of type setting The prototype ‘model of a ferromagnetic printing machine has been built at a laboratory united action by workers, farmers, and sections of the middle class to improve their own conditions, make Canada a land of unlimited opportuni- ties for this and future gen- erations, and make a real con- tribution to promoting peace in the world. However, there is no room in this struggle for egotism, personal differences, petty bickering or any other mani- festations of political inmmatur- ity. These are luxuries we can- not afford. The sooner we realize that the capitalist not only appreci- ates disunity in labor’s ranks, yut actively promotes it, the sooner we will realize the necessity for subordinating these minor differences to the immediate, and realizable ob- jectives on which we are able to agree, of the Vilnius institute. Xerography is based on the principal of magnetic recording of sound. Lithuanian scientists have established that a ferro- magnetic. film can be used not only to record sounds but also graphic images, such as printed texts, illustrations, drawings, musical scores, etc. By means of a photo-electric device the images are trans- formed into a series of electri- cal pulses which magnetize the ferromagnetic film through a recording head. The magnetic fields formed on the film along the contours of the images be- ing reproduced attract a pig- ment which is then transferred to ordinary paper by means of an electric field. ‘ The entire process of ferro- magnetic printing takes a few seconds. Printing establish- ments will be able to print books, magazines, and news- papers in large impressions without type or matrices. Printing machines with a con- tinuous belt of ferromagnetic tape will be able to print books in very large numbers in a matter of a few. minutes. -Electrography,” Jonas Zhel- evichus told the conference, “can be used for taking pic- tures in outer space, for high- speed printing of aerial photo- graphs and geographical maps, and for oscillography of des- tructive processes. It will also be used for the instantaneous detection of faults in complex units ‘of machines and flaws in large castings during the actual process of production.” Keal nistory of China twisted by Hollywood ALL THAT Cinemascope and color film (145 minutes)—per- sonnel from Britain, Germany, Sweden, U.S.A.—a large part of London’s Chinatown moved to the mountains of Wales (beautiful people, beautiful mountains)—all those lavish sets , . . and what is the re- sult? A fable distorting modern history. A good deal of human compassion. Conviction that Gladys Aylward must be a remarkable woman but that Gladys Aylward portrayed by Ingrid Bergman is still Ingrid Bergman without makeup and with the usual tears. Briefly, Inn Of The Sixth Happiness is based on a book about English parlor maid Gladys Aylward’s consuming passion to go to China as a missionary. She is turned down by the missionary society as un- qualified, saves her pennies and goes on her own—soon proving that she is, in fact, Qualified. You've heard it all before? Well ... yes and no. For one thing, our heroine is not ex- actly a typical missionary in her thinking any more than in her qualifications. She com- mits less of the destructive and arrogant proselitizing typi- cal of Christian missionaries who go to foreign lands scorn- ing and doing their best to destroy native traditions to make way for European Christianity and commerce. This air of tolerance is a marked departure from earlier British and American films about missionaries as a noble and all-seeing elite among in- ferior foreign popuations. Stemming from this, Inn often projects real human warmth. Nevertheless, the film was made in Wales, not China, and its history is that of the “free world”. The foreign missionary may be neither omniscient nor the only clever person is those parts—but she is the cleverest. The Mandarin is not a blood- sucking monster but a kindly and progressive man (on the - whole), Chiang Kai-shek’s. gov- ernment is reputedly the true organizer of the anti-Japanese resistance and (although we are in North China) the power- ful Chinese Red Army and Yenan People’s Republic are never even mentioned. In all fairness, however, it must be stated that neither does the film cast stones, Even the Japanese invasion is handl- ed without malice, yet not lessening the savagery of ag- gressive war (making allow- ances for the general air of unreality in which the film floats). The film sins not in commission but in ommission. To make the kindest possible summary, if indeed Miss Ayt- ward’s social relationship de- veloped this way, they are so casual and exceptional (from both missionary and _ social standpoints) as to be anti- historical distortions of* the real history of China. N. E. STORY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST » New York Times ; / From the Creator of “Rashomon” AKIRA KUROSAWA'S NMATCHED Ss Starts Monday APRIL 6th TO 11th VARSITY THEATRE Vancouver, B.C. Admission $1.25 Government Tax Included Order Your Tickets Now Pnclosed.o<.. ee Performance of WaAMe 2s aeeases Address April 3, 1959 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 5& \