he idea is widely held, especially in upper and middle- class circles, that Youth and Socialism are frequent partners, but as Youth gets older it acquires ‘‘more sense’”’ and, as a result, ditches its socialist baggage for keeps. The general idea behind this fable is, of course, that this capitalist system works very well, whereas Socialism is portrayed as a hair-brained concept of society, which doesn’t work at all. Thus when the youthful socialist enthusiast get around to recognizing this mythical difference, he (or she) is presumed to have acquired ‘‘more sense.”’ In propagating this phoney line of bull, its advocates never run short of shining examples, in their own circles, and in the ranks of labor. Just last week the Vancouver Sun (Nov. 2nd edition) devoted a whole page to the subject. Under the catch headline of The Memoirs of a student activist, we learn that the notorious J.V. Clyne of MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd., B.C.’s leading timber monopoly, was ‘‘an out-and-out socialist’’ in his youthful student days. ~~ In this Horatio Alger story it does not say at what point the great J.V. began to accumulate that ‘“‘more sense’”’ quality, but _ we presume from his metoric rise to fame, affluence, and renown it must have been very early in life, and his “‘socialism,’’ like Mother Grundy’s jelly, just refused to jell, as many of B.C.’s lumber workers will readily affirm. Unfortunately there is also no scarcity of such shining examples of the attainment of ‘‘more sense’’ in the ranks of labor itself. Young bucks who started out in life as rip-snorting ‘“*‘socialists’’, and wound up in the House of Lords, knee britches, cocked hat, class frills and all; those who succumbed to the blandishments, the coercive flattery, the corruption and conniving of the Lords of the status quo, and ditched their Socialism for the proverbial capitalist mess of pottage. In British, European and American labor their names are legion. When David Lewis of the NDP coined his “corporate welfare bums”’ slogan, with no intention to do anything about it other than orate, he opened up a veritable Pandora’s Box of specialized bummery; “‘socialist welfare bums’’ which we have in abundance, ‘‘trade union welfare bums’’ ditto, ‘‘old-line political welfare bums’”’ thicker than fleas on a mangy dog, to say nothing of ecclesiastical, real estate, high prices and kindred bums by the million. The parasite ‘‘bummery”’ which feeds, lives and thrives upon profits extracted from the sweat and toil of others. The point of departure between the socialism of youth and the ‘‘more sense’’ maturity of adulthood, probably lies somewhere between what one hopes to do should Fate provide the opportunity for doing it, and what one does when the opportunity does present itself. ‘“‘Ah’’, says the erstwhile, exuberant socialist to an irate ._ constituent, ‘‘when elected to power, you just.can’t do those things. (like keeping pre-election promises) One has to be patient, to do things gradually.’’ And the process of gradualism can and does run into countless decades, until the process of acquiring of ‘‘more sense’’ is fully completed, and we wind up with a Horatio Alger in place of a bubbling youthful Socialist. Yet despite the Vancouver Sun’s eulogy on the “socialist activist’ Clyne and similar praises sung to the acquisition of “«more sense’’, there have been (and still are) millions of socialist-minded youth and adults who still hold the dreams of their youth for a new Socialist society. The USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has just celebrated its 55th Anniversary, a transformation that shook the world then and shakes it today; a transformation that embraces today a world system of Socialist.states, dedicated to peace and human progress. Evidentally not all youth forsook the socialist ideals of their youth nor did they wait until they got ‘‘more sense” before they put an end to the tyranny and exploitation of Tzarism. Nor did they say when ‘‘in office, you can’t do that.”’ They did it and the Clynes have been lamenting the fact ever since, and the more monopoly ‘‘sense’’ that is acquired and exhibited the louder the lamentations. ~ donating $500 to COPE By BEN SWANKEY Under the slogan of ‘‘New Policies— Not Just New Faces,”’ COPE’s civic election campaign to replace the NPA-TEAM domi- nation of City Hall by a progres- sive administration is rapidly gathering strength in the trade union movement, and among tenants, homeowners, women and youth. The Carpenters Union, Local 452, which nominated one of its officers, Cliff Worthington, to the COPE Parks Board slate, is COPE’s campaign fund. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1004, featured Harry Rankin and COPE’s policies and candidates in a two page spread in the Nov- ember issue of its paper UNION NEWSBULLETIN. 150,000 copies of COPE’s elec- tion leaflet are being printed and will be ready for distribution next week. Because of the prohi- bitive cost of sending them through the mails, they will be taken door to door by COPE members and supporters. This is a big undertaking and COPE campaign in full swing | appeals to all its friends to join the volunteer army of can vassers. Three more candidates have been added to the COPE slate, bringing the total to 24. They are: Angie Dennis, 29, a school teacher, the first native Indian woman to contest the mayoralty in a major Canadian city. Miss Aag Kopperud, income tax service manager, well ALD. HARRY RANKIN known in the fishing industry and the cooperative movement, for the school board. Mrs. Nora Rose Point, Pre — school teacher at the Musqueam Indian Reserve, for school board. : COPE’s election campalg? frolic scheduled for Friday, Nov: 17 at the Hallmark Hall, 5550 Fraser, is shaping up as one the biggest election socials to be held by any civic political"grouP in the current campaign. Over 500 lawn signs are being readied to go out this week. you have a spot on your lawn, please phone in. Bumpe! stickers will also be available. The good public response Wt are receiving from all sections of the city and all walks of life have been very encouragins- COPE is rapidly emerging 45 | the only real alternative a? only real challenge to the N and TEAM. COPE’s office is at 329 W- Broadway. Phone number is 87 3501. All kinds of help is needed, including typing-and cleric@ work during the day. REPORT FROM CHILE REV. JOHN MORGAN Chairman, Canadian Peace Congress CORONATION ROOM, YWCA Dunsmuir and Burrard SAT., NOV. 25 - 8 p.m. First hand report of World Peace Council meeting in Santiago, Chile PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1972—PAGE ze Price too high for Winter Olympics By ALD. HARRY RANKIN Would it be to the benefit of Vancouver and B.C. if the 1976 World Winter Olympics were held in the Vancouver-Gari- baldi area? Promoters of the idea claim it would result in a great influx of tourists, increased business and the building of new recrea- tional facilities. There are, however, some negative factors that can’t be ignored. The cost of the games would be enormous. Present estimates of $54 million could easily be doubled, trebled, or even more. The 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games cost - $240 million. Last summer’s Olym- pic Games at Munich reached the incredible figure of $700 million. Where will all this money come from? So far Ottawa has agreed to put up only $10 million. The Social Credit government had apparently promised another $10 million, but the pre- sent NDP government is not committed to carry out any pro- mises of that nature. The $54 million figure does not include the building of new roads and the improvement of existing ones. If you want to see how costly road building can be in the mountains, just take a trip out to Horseshoe Bay and see the new road under construc- tion on the way. It’s one of those $1 million-a-mile road building projects with which the Bennett- Gaglardi government was so obsessed. What about the cost to Van- couver? According to Mayor Tom Campbell, the city has already spent $250,000 in feasibility studies. That is already too much but still peanuts compared to what the 1976 Winter Olympics would cost us. The increased costs of police. courts, jails. fire protection, and street main- tenance would run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Opponents of the 1976 Winter Olympic Games for Vancouver- Garibaldi also point out that great ecological damage could result to the Garibaldi area. Already Lake Alta has been tho- roughly polluted because the toilets from the Whistler Mountain area drain into the lake. How will the daily pol- lution resulting from an influx of 50,000 or 60,000 people be taken care of? It is estimated that an adequate sewage system would cost at least $3 to $5 million and that is at today’s prices, not 1976. And think of the traffic con- gestion that we would have in Vancouver, on the Lion’s Gate Bridge and Second Narrows Bridge if 50,000 to 60,000 people head out to Garibaldi each day (not to mention the trucks bring- ing supplies). But to me the strongest argu- ment against holding the Olym- pics here is the increase in prices that it would cause. The experience of every North American city that has held Olympics shows that rents go sky-high, that thousands of people are evicted to make way for the more lucrative tourist trade, that the price of all the necessities of life go up. And have you ever heard of prices coming down? Once they up, they’ll stay up! To have the Olympics here without rent and price controls would be just like asking for a cut in wages and salaries because that is exactly | what it would mean for the } average citizen. And let’s not kid ourselves: — With all the new costs that the | Olympics would bring, our taxeS | will also go up. eee Who, then, would benefit from the Olympics? The developers: — of course, who can fairly taste the fabulous profits that woul result for them, as well as the | big hotels and other industries — catering to tourists. But must the people of Canada spend hundreds of millions dollars just for their benefit? a0” On balance, it seems to me that the arguments against the 1976 Winter Olympics being hel here are much more convinciNé than those in favour. Olympic Games, in them selves, are good, of course. BU they have become too com — mercialized and too expensive. If senior governments are PI© pared to finance the whole undel” taking, to compensate Var couver for its losses, and to instl- tute price and rent controls, ! could be considered. Short of that, however, W would be getting the dirty end of the stick. : Furthermore, if Ottawa or VIG See OLYMPICS, pg. 11 ee e PH > 1972 by The chicago 1” is Z fhe “Payroll? Hell, lady, we're delivering the chopped sirloin.”