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of the Peking Opera Company are shown chatt-
ing cheerfully at an interval of the World Table Tennis
: thampionships which took place in Peking recently. The
famed group performed at the tournament for the visitors

ein January 29, 1960, five
: & People stepped onto the
“ - at the Pender auditorium
rally d some song to a public
born and the Milestones were
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196 aa paturday night, May 6,
» + year three months and
[ae later, the Milestones
Budies, concert to a capacity
en Nee at the York Theatre
he reaction was unani-
ous — “Wow.”

Seay Solid hours of enter-
BS the group, which has
Peri. to six, displayed a re-
, ore that would have been

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ve redit to an organization of
‘ats standing.

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Combini
tradgedy, pon
Nificance

humor, love,
peace and social sig-
with a degree of skill
Baten ectely belied their
Comp s Status, they were in
audi € control of their
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MILESTONES SCORE
| HIT AT CONCERT

The answer to their mete-
oric rise is supplied in the pro-
gram notes for the concert
which reveal that the group
are drawn from the Ukrainian-
Canadian cultural forces and
possess an amazing total of 100
years stage and singing exper-
ience in the service of Cana-
dian workers and farmers.

Comprising the group are
Marlene Kobylansky, the sole
female voice, Eugene Komar,
Jerry Shack, Ed. Honcharuk,
Harry Hoshowsky and Karl
Kobylansky.

In a short review of this
nature it would be unjust and
impossible to single out any
one number or any one person
for special mention. What can
be said however, is that the
Milstones rank tops in their
class, -perhaps already the
most diversified and best ex-
ponents of.folk songs around
these parts.

You must read The

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| “The Free World Press”

As you walk along the street

Scanning daily papers on the stands,

| With their screaming banner headlines—
| “President Kennedy Commands”—
“Kennedy holds Conference

With gentlemen of the Press!”

“Be careful with the truth me boys
| Our Free World’s in a mess!!”

: Yes they’re filled with sound and fury—
Tho mad dreams of a few

Who would turn our world to ashes

Just to keep the Truth from you.

That is why now, Brother, Sister,

Uf you’d like to change their tune,

THE PACIFIC COAST TRIBUNE.

yo?

Worker’s Paper—

e AL RANKIN.

History of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union,
now available at People’s Co-
op Bookstore, 307 W. Pender
St. Price, $2.50.

The History of the C.P.S.U.,
translated into English last
year, contains the experiences
and lessons of the first Com-
munist Party in the world to
lead its working people out
of the jungle of capitalism
and onto the high road of soc-
ialism.

If one wants to truly under-
stand how the Soviet people.
led by its Communist Party,
could in 44 years, develop
from one of the most back-
ward and illiterate countries
of the world to one of the
leading industrial giants, as-
tounding the world with its
scientific achievements —
then one should study the 18
chapters contained in this
work.

This History is a vast im-
provement over the one that
was published in 1939. It cor-
rects a number of serious
shortcomings of the old work.
It stays closer to the docu-
ments of historical record. It
brings the experiences of the
Soviet Party and people right
up to the present day when
they are preparing the ground-
work for their next stage of
development of Communism.

Throughout the whole work,
there are many object les-
sons for .working people
everywhere in their fight for
working class unity; to build
a party of the working class;
the need for labor-farmer un-
ity, without which, as Lenin
is quoted; working class rule
would have been defeated.

As you go _ through this

work, you can see the many
years of struggle and sacrifice
it took to build a vanguard
party of the working class
based on the solid foundation
of the social science, Marxism-
Leninism; and the many dif-
ficulties in the — construction
of socialism.

The periods from 1908-1912
and 1918-1927 deal quite ex-
tensively with the treacherous
role of Trotsky and his fol-
lowers. Now their “left” and
another time their ‘right’ pol-
icies had the effect of divid-
ing the working people and
undermining working class
rule. These sections should be
of great benefit to those peo-
ple who want to know more
of the history of this group of
agent provocatures in the la-
bour movement.

Of special interest to most
people will be the section
dealing with the period of
World War II. (Chapter 15) It
asks the question: “How did
it come about that the enemy
was able to capture a consid-
erable part of Soviet territory
during the early weeks of the
war?” It then goes in to de-
tails to show the relocation of
forces at that time and some
of the shortcomings on the
Soviet side. It relates the mis-
takes that were made and
their results.

Chapter 16 and 17 deal with
their rapid recovery after the
war and the surging ahead of
the Soviet economy in a new
international setting in which
the Soviet Union was no long-
er the only state where the
working people held political
power, and where the colon-
ial world was breaking up.

In the period of the U.S. in-
itiated cold war, the History

The giruagles that
won Soviet success

deals thoroughiv with the
Party’s mobilizing role in the
fight for peaceful co-existence,
a struggle it had been waging
since 1917, but this time un-
der much more favourable
conditions for the » working
people.

Chapter seventeen also deals
extensively with the question
of the cult of the individual
and the role that Stalin play-
ed in the struggle of the Party
and the Soviet people for the
victory of socialism. It pulls
no punches and makes a-very
objective. study of cultism
and its consequences. The His-
tory describes the steps taken
to correct the errors made
and to strengthen and im-
prove socialist democraey.

Of considerable interest is
Chapter 18 which deals with
steps being taken to build a
communist future. It shows
the Seven Year Plan as a com-
ponent part of the program of
building Communism in the
U.S.S.R. It describes the per-
spectives in this period, to
develop the material technical
base for Communist society.

The History of the C.P.S.U.
closes its work by drawing
seven conclusions, and asks
the question: ‘What are the
principal results of the histor-

ic path travelled by the Com- ~

munist Party
Union? What are the basic
laws governing
ment and struggle? What does
the History of the C:P.S.U.
teach us?” These conclusions
will be of great interest and
value to all who are seeking
the path to peace, independ-
ence and socialism for Canada.

of the Soviet

® Carl Rush

FAVORITE AMERICAN
BALLADS, TUNES AND
SONGS, by Pete Seeger, an
Oak publication. Paperbound,
$2.15. Available People’s Co-
Op Bookstore, 307 W. Pender.

Here is a book for singing
—containing more than 80
favorite American folksongs
in the versions sung and popu-
larized by Pete Seeger. Every
song, in addition to music and
lyrics, has chord notations for
the guitar oickers. Pete Seeg-
er’s own yersonal introduc-
tion appears with each song,
and the entire collection is
beautifully illustrated by ap-
propriate repro ductions of
period prints.

Pete Seeger needs no par-
ticular introduction—all folk-
song lovers know about Pete.
However, I like to quote two
Americans very well qualified
in this field.

“T would put Pete Seeger in
the first rank of American
folksingers.” (Carl Sandburg).

“Pete Seeger is possessed of
that rarest of human qualities,
the inquiring mind. This
gentle and at the same time
fiery and unbeatable spirit
pervades his music, his friend-
ships, his beanpole body and
his thought. His performances
are true to our folkmusic tra-
ditions. He has listened with a

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| keen and perceptive ear and| penses.

Pete Seeger’s New Songbook
Includes Many Favorites

now uses the singing and play
ing styles of folk musicians
faithfully and sensitively.”
(Alan Lomax}.
Seeger was recently: sen-
tenced to one year in prison
for refusing to answer ques.
tions of the U.S. House Un-
American Activities Commii-

|tee about alleged Communist

associations. He is now free om
bail pending an appeal.

If everyone who has; ever
tapped a toe to a Pete Seeger
song were to mail a dollar ;io
him today (address: Dutchess
Junction, Beacon, New ‘York,
USA) it would go a long way
toward covering his legal ex
E.N.

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