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ON care and health of children in new China.

OPEN FORUM.

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5 Mmittee for Youth

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+ et in Moscow.

tion by the U.S. State Depart-
meit in co-operation with Dag
Hammarskjold to see that Pa-
trice Lumumba was no longer
head of the nation.

Further that Moise Tshom-
be must be supported in his
demand for a loose-federation
since that alone could pre-
serve the mineral wealth of
Katanga for the ‘free world’!

Under Dag Hammarskjold’s
leadership the U.N. is becom-
ing and organization of. the
disunited nations. This is not
the lead of one man, it is the
leadership of the United Stat-
es, Britain, France, Canada
and the rest. Such action can-
not lead to peace.

Capitalist Crisis

H.V. Vancouver writes: The
contradictions of capitalism
will lead to the break up of
NATO and the downfall of
the Bonn West German Gov-
ernment in 1961. :

He lists the three main sour-
ces of grief for capitalism as:
the colonial movement espec-
ially in Africa; the crisis in
South America expressed by
the Cuban revolution; and
third, the big developments
taking place in Britain where
he predicts that the worker’s
party will take over the next
government. es

H. V. contrasts these things
with the growing unemploy-
ment, gold crisis, market
problem and_ the general
break-down of the money Sys-
tem in the U.S.A. and Canada.

PASS THIS PAPER
ON TO YOUR
FRIENDS AND
WORKMATES

Fashion world facing
challenge from Soviets

By RENEE SHORT

HE West, hitherto leader
T of the fashion world, must
look to its laurels!

Not only do we face thé
challenge of Soviet science
and technology, of automation
in industry and -of their re-
formed education system, but
a new challenge is appearing
in the world of fashion.

France, Italy and Britain
are in the lead today but in a
few years’ time Soviet design-
ers may be in a position to
join the Big Three and show
their undoubted talents to the
world.

Soviet women have the rep-
utation of being badly dressed
and disinterested in fashion.

By our standards certainly,
they are not elegantly dressed.
Their clothes are plain, tailor-
ed styles with black, navy
and grey predominating.

But make no mistake about
it, Soviet women are just as
interested in fashions as we
are.

Women are the same the
world over but until now the
Soviet -people have just not
been able to divert their ef-
forts from: the © tremendous
task of building homes, schools,
hospitals and factories and
making good the appalling
devastation of war and occu-
pation that had the first claim
on the national economy.

e

Although much still needs

mMAKGOT FO TEYN
(above) and the Corps De
Ballet of the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden, can
be seen in a full length film
now showing at the Park
Theatre in Vancouver. The
film runs until April 15 and
includes Act 2 of Swan
Lake, The Firebird and On-

dine.

Mrs. Renee Short is a Brit: |
ish journ@list and a councillor
in the municipality of Hemel
Hempstead. This is a digesi
of her article in the British
newspaper, Soviet Weekly.

to be done, consumer goods,
including clothes, are now be-
coming available in increasing
quantities and Soviet women
will blossom forth, their nat-
ural beauty and charm en-|
hanced by the lovely clothes
now being shown by the fash-
ion houses.

I had the good fortune to
see a wonderful collection of
70 models shown by the House
of Models recently in Moscow.
I admit I was enchanted and
amazed and frankly envious
at the end of it!

The show took piace in a
large exhibition hall off Man-
ezh Square before a packed
audience who watched every-
thing with concentrated inter-
est.

There -is great interest in
home dressmaking in the Sov-
et Union. Most homes have a
sewing machine and there are |
many evening courses for the
home dressmaker. Most ef the |
large stores have a making up
department and within about
three weeks a copy of the
model can be made in the cus-
tomer’s own material. Prices |
vary and the best studios give
usually three fittings and ex-

cellent workmanship.

Already good clothes are
appearing in the shops. I saw
a good display of Italian style
shoes (but Russian made) in
GUM, the large store on the
Red Square. These were made
in a. variety of leathers in
black, brown and green, with
pointed toes and stiletto heels.

.

In. the Soviet Union, as else-
where, one gets what one pays
for. Beautifully made suits,
finely worked silk bleuses and
elegant shoes are available at
high prices and they are dull,
not - particularly well-made,
cheap things too.

But the emphasis is on im-
proving the standard of design
and manufacture and on edu-
cating women to demand both
good design and good work-
manship.

The House of Models is co-
operating enthusiastically in
this drive to show Soviet wo-
men what is good in the fash-
ion world.and it will not be
long before. a better dressed,
more fashion-conscious Soviet
woman emerges.

The work of the top Soviet
designers, using new mater-
ials and to us, unusual decora-
tive motifs, would suit Eng-
lish tastes admirably, although
it may take a long time before
home demand- is - sufficiently
satisfied to allow even a trick-
le of fashion exports to begin.

Beware Deceptive Ads

EWARE the words ‘New
B and Improved,’’, or “New
Economy Size” on articles you
may buy.

This is the 1961 warning
on deceptive packaging from
Consumers’ Union, authorita-
tive consumers group, contain-
ed in its magazine, ‘“‘Consum-
er Reports.”

Complaints, says “Consum-
er Reports,” “documented be- |
yond any doubt rising consv- |
mer _resentment against the
practice of manipulating pack-
age sizes to conceal price in-
ereases . ... 56 different cate-
gories have been mentioned
in almost 300 recent letters}
devoted to complaints about |
goods ranging from candy |
and cookies to wire and water- |
proofed sheets.

“Though the range was |
wide,” said the magazine, |
“the same packaging pattern |
was repeated . .. a product |
appears in a new package us- |
ually promoted by copy on,
the package as “New and Im-|
proved” or “New Economy |
Sivze.— 3.

'

Among products
in the article were:

CREST TOOTHPASTE has
promoted a “new special sale”
of two 538c cartons as “‘a $1.06
value for only 89c.’ At the
new Sale price, the cost of the
toothpaste is 1.4c higher per
ounce than the cost of the
regular 83c Crest size.

SANKA INSTANT COF-
FEE has appeared in a “new
economy” 5 oz. size, which
sells for the same price as did
the old “new economy” size
holding 6 oz.

KRAFT sold a 39c bag of

mentioned

| caramels which, until recent-

ly, contained *1 lb. of candy.
After repackaging, however,
the new film bag holds 14
ozs. — still at 39c. The bag of

| Kraft Fudgies at 29c has lost

even more. Its new contents
have dropped from 15 ozs. to
12 ozs.

SPRY. shortening, now lab-
eled ‘new , homogenized”
comes in the same-size can as
the old. The contents of the
old weighed 3 Ib. The new one
weighs only 2 Ib. 10 oz.

April 7, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5

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