2 Songs eee eee ee PRR TPEINAI BRIDGE OF PEKING. This modern traffic artery links up the eastern and western parts of Peking and runs aleng one of the most scenic spots in the city. WAL ed Ley We | ty l ‘wa USSIAN children are being ' taught to sing anti-Polaris marching songs, composed orig- ‘inally to boost morale at Holy Loch demonstrations. At least six of the ‘““Ban-the-Bomb” jin- gles have already been translat- ed from the Scottish dialect by leading Soviet poet, Samuel Marshak. é This was revealed by Mr. Emrys Hughes, Labor MP for South Ayrshire, shortly. after he returned from a three-week visit to Moscow. Goa 4 Pupils at the Pushkin State school have learned the words of one of: the songs — “Ding \Famed artists in appeal to free sick Siqueiros ‘™"r=here are new waves of pro- ( test against the continued imprisonment of the Mexican Painter, David Albaro Siquei- Tos. They are based on the News of ‘the dangerous and Worsening health of the. well- known painter. Famous European intellectu- als and painters — Renato Guttuso and Alberto Moravia Of Italy have protested to the 7} Mexican government. They } have been joined by Jean Paul 7} Sartre in France, a great mass +} ™®ovement in Japan and India, ‘the leading intellectuals of soc- lalist-countries, a distinguished ‘8roup of U.S. painters and bracticalky every public figure in Latin America. . The most recent protest is that of the representatives of 7 all schools and faculties of the 7 National University of Mexico, / demanding the unconditional telease of the painter. The Na- } tional University has between 60,000 and 70,000 students. ’ To the voices of their repres- €ntatives has been added that Of the distinguished Rector of (the university: Dr. Ignacio 4 Chavez, world-renowned car- j diologist. cars Ee: Siqueiros, 64 years of age, 4s suffering from a liver com- /Plaint. aggravated by prison ‘] Sonditions and lack of care. _ He has been waiting — four } ®onths for authorization to be } &xamined at a hospital, as or- dered by his doctor, since facil- ities are lacking in Lecumberri Prison. Recently, he has been troubled by a numbness in his a left side. 4 ; - Siqueiros was arrested in August, 1960, on charges of be- | ing responsible for demonstra- | tions of students and teachers -} 2 Mexico city which were vio- lently repressed by the police | WORTH | READING War and Peace and the Prob- lem of Berlin, by Professor Fred Warner Neal, 20c. This Paper by Professor Neal is an &nalysis of the Berlin situa- tion from the Yalta and Pots- dam Conference to the present time, and explains the policy ] and the interests of the United States in Berlin. From Aldermaston, 30c. This is a small song book 7 °f many songs made and sung 7 8 part of the campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in Eng- Dong Dollar’’—and now sing it in- the streets around Red Square. With a melody similar to that of “Coming Round the Mountains,’ the chorus warns: “Ye cannae spend a dollar if U.S. SHELTERS FROM SEX An American psychiatrist said yesterday that atomic fallout shelter dwellers would have a bigger prob- lem to contend with than boredom: sex. ’ Danger heightens the mat- ing urge, but the sort of danger that would drive people into shelters would increase the libido even more, according to the ex- pert, Dr. Frank Caprio. Writing in Insider’s News- letter; the doctor suggested that the only solution would be to build partitions in the ye’re deid, Oh, ye canna spend a dollar if ye’re deid, bre ‘Singing Ding Dong Dollar, everybody holler, Ye canna spend a dollar if ye’re deid.” * * * ‘The verses go on to make fun of the American sailors Mr. Emrys Hughes, Brii- / ish Labor M.P.,-recently re- turned ‘from the ~ Soviet Union was interviewed by the “Weekiy Scotsman. The Pacific Tribune is re- printing that interview. ship of the U.S. nuclear sub- marine squadron: anchored in the Holy Loch: A broadsheet of Holy Loch; ballads, sung by more than | 1000 demonstrators at the Whitsun protest march, is now! on sale in the Soviet capital. The translator,:Marshak, is an old friend of Mr. Hughes and a lover of Robert Burns’ works. From his home at Cumnock, ‘Ayrshire, Mr. Hughes said: “The words of ‘Ding Dong Dol- lar’ appeared in the newspaper ‘Izvéstia’ while I was there and the song: quickly became a smash-hit. The children found it easy to pick up the tune and the words are catchy in any language.” * z 3 * But if the Russian-speaking MP was surprised to hear the familiar melodies in the heart of Moscow, he was astounded | who man the . Proteus, depot by the rush for a book on the | British sit-down songs sung by Russian children life of Rabbie Burns. Written by Soviet biograph- er, Rita Wright, the first edi- tion of 20,000 “sold lke hot cakes” at street eorner Kiosks, ‘he said. Now, a second edition of 70,000 has been printed: At 5s a copy, it has brought the same hectic scramble. ~ . Mr. Hughes, who last visited Moscow in 1959. considers that everything has changed drasti- cally in two years. “The people are better dress- ed, there is-more.in the shops ‘and throughout the city. there are signs of.a- rising standard of living. The changes are very apparent in the streets, where there are now many. vending machines for cigarettes, sweets and different. kinds of aerated water,’ he said. : - Mr. Hughes ‘aims‘to tell Par- liament that the Russian econ: omy has “progressed much more quickly than -ours.” Over the Berlin question, he said he had detected a great anxiety among Muscovites. “They are quite-prepared for total disarmament and total in- spection,” he stated, “and if Macmillan went back today, he would find a big difference.” R those who enjoy good films there is some fine film-fare .around Vancouver. Two. pictures which you should not miss are Ballad of a Sol- shelters. dier and Come Back, Africa. and military.- The charge is social dissolu- tion, equivalent to sedition or to a charge under the US. Smith Act. Siqueiros was not present at the demonstrations: The government claims he “in- spired”’ them. : “After fourteen months the process against Siqueiros is far from. complete. In such politi- cal trials Mexican justice tends under government prompting, to move slowly. ey ‘The Mexican government de- nies there are political prison- ers in Mexico. But the offence with which Sirqueiros is charg- ed is precisely a political one. Unaer Mexican law no bail is. available in cases of this kind. In September a New York Times critic praised the great unfinished mural of the Mexi- ean Revolution on which Si- queiros was working at Chap- ultepec castle. at the time of his arrest. The mural was com- misioned by the Mexican gov- ernment. The great artist has contin- ued to work and paint in pris- on, in spite of ‘worsening health. His stage settings for plays presented by the prison- ers received great praise. In a recent exhibit in the Palace of Fine Arts, a harsh, dramatic self portrait of Siqueiros pain- ted in prison drew wide com- ment. Canadians who want to add their voices to the growing world protest can write. to Mexican ambassador, His Ex- cellency Rafael D. La Xolina, 88 Metcalfe St., Ottawa 4, Ont. Letters of support and news of protests can be sent to the painter’s wife, Angelica Si- queiros, Tres Picos 29, Rincon del Bosque, Mexico 5, DF. Ballad is now showing in Vancouver sand will likely make the rounds of community theatres, Come Back, Africa, is being shown in Vancouver by ‘the Classic Film Society. (For the. script). not only knows what he wants but also knows how to get it; However, if any single performance is to be singled out, it must be that of the crippled soldier (Vevgeni Urbanski) who .dreads return- ing home as a burden on his wife. Ballad of a Soldier is cur- rently showed ‘at the Strand Theatre—is itself an event, for this is the first Soviet feature information phone RE 8-4217). Here is a short review ay these two important films. | e * Ballad of a Soldier. ‘This; film ‘is sheer cinematic poetry. Only the second . work-of its Clear Sky); it firmly establish- ma, Alexander Dovzhenko. ofa Soldier is simplicity itself. A nineteen-year-old: Soviet sol- ward for an unwitting act of bravery. On his way home, he situations and arrives only in time to say goodbye to his mother for the last time. But this is the simplicity that cloaks great things. A depth of feeling is poured into these simple incidents among plain people which strikes at the roots of the human condition on the background of the larg- er tragic futility of war. Vladimir Ivashov (the sol- dier) and Shanna Prokhorenko (Shura) are likeable youngsters but what is remarkable is the altogether natural, life-like per- formances Chukhrai has drawn from them in their first screen appearances. Still this characterizes all the performances, for Chukh- director, Grigori Chukhrai) (earlier he made The - Forty-)’. First and has just “completed) es him as artistic heir’ of the} late great poet of Soviet. cine-, In plot and incident, Ballad} -dier gets a brief leave-as re-| is caught up in a number of}. film to play a major downtown Vancouver theatre on ordinary commercial release. -—N,.E.: STORY. KIM NOVAK, above, was re- ported this week to be among other Hollywood stars who planned a disarmament dem- onsiration in Los Angeles dur- ing a visit by President Ken- nedy.. Others include Sammy Davis Jr., Rita Moreno, Marion Brando, Jean Simmons. | +used poetry. rai (who also collaborated on Ballad of a Soldier and Come Back, Africa excellent films @ COME BACK, AFRICA. An Irving M. Lesser Film Pres- entation. Produced and di- rected by Lionel Rogosin. ~ “Last week I saw a motion picture that I’m sure I will never forget. It’s.calleqd Come Back, Africa...” | So wrote Jackie Robinson in his New York Post sports col- umn. : : ; Since you have probably read one of the numerous laud- atory reviews about this pic- ture, it is enough to note here that Rogosin uses the camera. as a social] instrument with the same fervor some men once The story line is simple be- cause it is about real people in a real setting without any com- promises or hoked-up conflicts. It is the story of Zachariah Mgabi, forced by famine in ‘| Zululand to leave his family and seek. work in the _ gold mines near Johannesburg. He .| drifts through a succession of jobs. \ Finally he brings his family together again, in Sophiatown, the apartheid slum from which the day labor is drawn to cre- ate Johannesburg’s wealth. But a family life cannot be built there — or anywhere for the black man, and tragedy fol- lows. ; The film’s artistry comes from a completely realized joining of documentary with the feature-picture effect. It was shot under the noses of the South African police, who thought Rogosin was doing a story on African music. By the time they discovered what was .going on, Rogosin had left South Africa but the authorities threw every native who had a part in making the film into jail—except one. She is Miriam Makeba, the African singing star who escaped. November 24, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 pe ooa