la TTT ml ULL LILIA UL |e aa =~ = 7 | ‘* EDITORIAL PAGE U.S. policy | €ndangers peace { THE Provocative, reactionary character of U.S, thos foreign policy and its constant threat to world peace ls 3 : ase j Nowhere better illustrated than in the current crisis Yer Formosa. By, Historically, Taiwan (Formosa) is part of China. . en that dinosaur-minded relic of nineteenth century Petialism, John Foster Dulles, does not deny that. at Dulles ang the entire Eisenhower administration merits to recognize is that China took a great stride of ard in 1949 when the people, under the leadership the Chinese Communist Party, drove out Chiang atshek and established the People’s Republic of eae Except for U.S. intervention, they would have ven him from Taiwan, too. {yy ) m For nine years the Chinese People’s government has y N engaged in an economic and social transformation me the country that commands the respect even of its | pMies. But the U.S. maintains the pretense that the 8 Kai-shek regime, upheld only by USS. arms and | 6 ney, is the rightful government. And it imposes this “ton upon its-so-called allies, among them Canada. By Maintaining the puppet Chiang Kai-shek regime Oe EEN Tn ne, a -d \ tffec Th A Tough Chiang Kai-shek it uses “wan as a base from which to ha the Chinese mainland, at Be: an affront to Chinese Dine and an assault upon the tys security. What is this, if not a threat: to Peace of the world? the Whelmingly for recognition of eople’s Republic of China and Pacific Tribune Phone MUtual 5-5288 Editor — TOM McEWEN “aging Editor —'HAL GRIFFIN Subscription Rates: One Year: $4.00 Six Months: $2.25 Published weekly at Room § — 426 Main Street Vancouver 4, B.C. eC ‘ ." un etdian and Commonwealth «Ne "es (except Australia): $4.00 inq “C%. Australia, United States Other countries: $5.00 one year. aiwan, the U.S. conceals the fact that it is, in & in armed occupation of Chinese territory. ‘py tgh Chiang Kai-shek it usurps the seat on the ; The Security Council which properly belongs to China. 0 Tom | MET HER first in the era of the of an unemployed delegation ex- cept that determined woman.” Last week in Vancouver, from the dread disease of cancer, death sealed the lips of this “determined woman,” our beloved Kay Rankin. In 1930, a national delegation, some 40 in number, journeyed to Ottawa by one means or another, by freight car, hitch-hiking, on foot, to place the demand of the unemployed before Tory Prime Minister R. B. ‘Iron Heel’ Ben- nett—work and wages, and legis- lation to institute an unemploy- ment insurance scheme. It was the first demand of its kind ever made to any government in the country. Kay Rankin was a member of by governments at all. levels the memory of Elma Stuart are equally fitting the memory of Kay Rankin. Not without great hardship, she pioneered the strug- gles of an era for a social reform which workers now take for granted when they go to collect their all too inadequate jobless insurance. But it is in no small measure due to her efforts that they collect at all. Coupled with her indomitable fight against hunger and social injustice, Kay Rankin was an artist of the common people. In her great heart the rhythm of music was ever present. Of this talent she gave freely and devotedly. The latter years of her life were dedicated to music and song; to teaching little children f. : i | fs : i i i j to sing the son hich th | th . The Bee baler coueroment His that historic delegation, not just ie g ae w . breathe ‘| {Portedly expressed its concern to as another delegate, but as a e joys, the hopes, the sorrows th ; eres : C wen determined working class woman and struggles of all lands and all ty Senhower administration over : 2 1 ; S. poli SRE h and mother; determined that the peoples. D hee icy. But this is not enough. tie : th E Ls lic opinion in this country is uck-passing, the evasions and Teaching children in _ little Ver cheap political trickery practised choirs.and song groups to sing and to love singing, a noble ideal in a y ~ablishment of full trade relations. Hungry Thirties. Millions of peel neiee nie mplover should be world which sets a higher d © Diefenbaker government can bushels of wheat were piled high exposed—and ended. premium upon the-promotion of f) Make no More positive contribution in elevators and granaries, but in When Elma Stuart, one of Eng- racial and national hatreds and | f i eCesar this time than by carry- countless thousands of Canadian land’s great pioneer women in the animosities, than upon the golden through the people’s: wishes. homes there was gnawing field of preventive medicine, and voices of children lifted in song. ; d d ghter of Mar : Me Cnadian recognition of China hunger. RUDD ied ed aU EnLEDeot saey oon That ‘determined woman” Kay f ay OF : ta Gt Bris ncrossahe coun: Cross, better known in the world ee : Serve to compel the Eisenhower i: Clty caunciis Fonpiish citineb “G : Rankin is no longer with us. The 7 tin? ‘ ; try, there was one stock answer of English literature as “George : : é tof istration to recognize the facts ry, there ay RAEN -ciedr es ceed hese notes from her harp are stilled. ; Istory, for jobless workers, “Keep mov- ne. SSE oS her teeaheione But her dream of a world singing a ing . . . keep» away from here. P > 3 ; aie in unison and common brother- é In Calgary I heard the then popu- Rey is nok ase Utoe hood, enriched by her being, will lar “labor” mayor Andy David- Thou ne’er had been. inevitably triumph. Many chil- son exclaim, “Godamit, any kind To me these words dedicated to dren, young and old, will remem- ber her as one who opened for them a great treasure house of joys in the songs of their own and other lands. Some great Englishman of letters once said, “Give me the man (or woman) who writes a nation’s songs and I care not who writes its laws.” Kay Rankin taught a genera- tion to sing those songs, and in this her gift to her people and her class: “Earth is not as tho’ Thou ne’er had been” September 5, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 5