er ee LONDON e PARIS e MOSCOW e RIODEJANEIRO e PEKING e Soviet specialists study — world population problem More than 600 million child- ren in Asian, African and Latin American countries are under- nourished and suffer from mal- aria, tuberculosis and trachoma, notes a new book, Population of the World, published in Moscow. Problems concerning the pop- ulation of our planet are dealt ‘with by a large group of authors — ethnographers, ‘economists, demographers and geographers. Approximately 3.3 billion peo- ple live in the world today, twice as many as in 1900. It is estimated that world population will double again in the next 40 years. around the world AN APPEAL by I’Organization de la Resistance Populaire in . Algeria for world action to win freedom for Ben Bella and other leaders imprisoned by the Boumedienne group following the June 19 coup urges democrats in all countries to send letters, petitions and telegrams to the “Revolutionary Council” which rules under Boumedienne in Algiers . . - Soviet newspaper Pravda says the campaign against the Left Wing forces in Indonesia could be ex- ploited by the South-East Asia Treaty Organization and added grist to the mill of the imperialists in Asia, It expresses the hope that “the Indonesian people will resolve the present difficulties by demo- cratic means.” . . . Communist Party of Canada has cabled Pre- sident Sukarno strongly protesting efforts to illegalize Communist Party of Indonesia. “Such action can only divide the anti-imperialist camp, and help imperialism to return to power in your country.” * * * SCHOOLCHILDREN in Soviet Kirghizia have found a huge Stone Age cave drawing in the foothills of. the Pamir mountains. The incised drawing includes a representation of a flying winged serpent spouting flames . . . Eating a good-sized barbecued steak an cause the body to take in as much benzpyrene — a cancer- producing substance—as smoking 700 cigarettes, the Royal Society of. Health was told at a meeting in Tunbridge Wells last week. : * toe * LOVE LETTERS from Nelson to Lady Hamilton will be auc- tioned off at Sotheby’s in London next month . . . The Greek government has charged 14 Greek democrats with “violating state security” because Resistance songs were sung at a rally they at- tended . . . Three members of the British Antarctic Survey died when an over-snow tractor plunged into a crevasse, carrying them with it . . . The Portuguese Opposition announced the withdrawal of its candid#t€s from the Nov. 7 general election because it failed to get guarantees that the election would be free. * * * . SEX-CHANGE peril hangs over whoever-stole synthetic hor- mones from an antibiotics factory near Paris. The hormone product, oestrogen, is so strong that merely inhalting it over a period can upset a man’s sex balance, an official of the factory said. This huge 30-ton meteorite, found in the Gobi desert, is now « on display in Urumchi, capital of the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Republic. Experts claim it is the third largest in the world. The big- gest, weighting 60 tons, fell in southwest Africa. The second largest, 33 tons, fell on Greenland. Asian, African, Central and Latin American countries ac- count for 80 percent of the na- tural increase in the world pop- ulation. An increasing share, about one-third of the world’s popula- tion, lives in cities. There are . over 130 cities with a population of more than one million. On a world scale there are fewer women than men, al- though in the Soviet Union there are only 103 million men and 123 million women. But in China the. number of men ex- ceeds the number of women by 21 million, in India by 13 mil- Jion and in Pakistan by nearly five million. About half of the world ‘adult population (15 years and older) is illiterate, with the number of illiterate adults increasing an- _ Nually by 20-25 million. There _ are many illiterates in the less ~ developed and even in the eco- nomically developed capitalist countries. Data in the handbook illus- trates the successes of the so- cialist countries in wiping out illiteracy. Interesting data on health is given. The average figures con- ceal considerable differences in the level of medical service in the developed and less devel- oped capitalist countries. While in the industrially developed ca- pitalist states the main causes of death are cardiac-vascular di- seases, Cancer and nervous ail- ments, in most Asian, African and Latin American countries - the causes are intestinal diseas- es, grippe, and other infectious - parasitical diseases and_ail- ments associated with malnutri- tion. By I. LIPSKY TEL AVIV The organ of the Communist Party of Israel, Kol Ha’am, has announced the schedule of pub- ' Jic rallies which have been ar- ranged all over this country to present the party’s electoral pro- gram. _ The national parliamentary and municipal elections are to be held Nov. 4. The speakers at these rallies include such party spokesmen as the Knesseth (Parliament) de- puties Shmuel Mikunis, Dr. Moshe Sneh and Esther Vilen- ska and other well known lea- ders, B. Balti, A. Berman, A. Feiler, F. Herzberg and I. Lip- sky. The keynote address at the election rally in Haifa was de- livered by Dr. Moshe Sneh who noted that “the present election campaign for the Knesseth, the sixth in Israel’s history, is the first in which (former prime minister) Ben Gurion appears ’ Olympic. Games, The German Democratic Re- public is a separate state which can send its own team to the the Interna- tional Olympic Committee, top world sports body, ruled this month. -. The decision was reached by an overwhelming majority at the meeting of the IOC in Mad- rid. The meeting had been pre- ceded by frantic West German activity to prevent such a deci- sion. West German diplomats called on a majority of the na- tional delegates to the IOC meeting, and threatened that it would be regarded in Bonn as an “unfriendly act” if they voted in favor of full GDR participa- tion in the Olympic Games. The ruling of the IOC was’ welcomed in Berlin. Neues Deutschland, leading GDR news- paper, described the decision as Communist Party of Israel — presents election program not as a ruler whom the people are called upon to approve again, but as the autocrat who has been set aside.” Dr. Sneh further warned that Ben Gurion’s electoral ticket, known as the Israel Workers (or Rafi in Hebrew) is entering ‘the election in order to return the reactionary former prime. minister to power and to further increase his personal dictator- ship and militaristic policy. Dr. Sneh further pointed out that the bloc of the Mapai and Achduth Avodah parties does not represent anything different from Ben Gurion’s position, but only creates the illusion of being — something new. The Communist leader was also critical of the refusal of the more left-leaning Mapam Party to enter into united action with the Communist Party, thus hindering the consolidation of the left wing forces. While dealing with the signi- November 5, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUN Dr. Hugh Keenleyside, chairman of the British Columbi and Power Authority, and his wife are shown on the reviewin in Tienanmen Square. in Peking. They attended Peking’s Day celebrations while visiting- China. Olympic recognition: GDR exists” ty of Israel, Dr. Sneh * - 42,111 votes in 1961. says 10 “an official recognition © real situation in German step toward the relaxa tension.” ; In West Germany sp? of all main political partl@ 4 very critical. A Christian 4 crat spokesman descri Olympic’ decision as “a the face for the German Some West German pers suggested that We" many should in future the Olympic Games. In previous Olympi in 1956, 1960 and 1964, German states were rep by a “joint team.” The this joint team has be¢ creasingly fictitious, p4 ly since 1961, when bs man sports bodies broke contact between the two”, states in the field of sP% ficance of the recent 1650 vention of the Commull that the Communists W™ gle as before and eve for the equal citizenship’ tional rights of the ority in Israel, which ¢% 10 percent of the popu The Communist Pa! also fight for the rec03”™ the Israeli government rights of the Palestinl@ and above all for the © the Arab refugees to if their homeland in Ist@®_ i ceive financial compe? they wish to remain ~ Arab nations. : At the same time, D declared, the Commun fp will reject every charg® il ter from what quart denies Israel’s right Ot a nation or any other gitimate rights. The Israeli Commu popularly called the Ma ist” Ey