Back in Vancouver to begin work

48 youth organizer for the Finnish

Orsanization of Canada is Henry
anti, #2, who has spent the past
“tonchs in Europe, including 10

au Months in ®inland and visits to

_ Nanaimo mill.

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the Soviet Union, Rumania, Bul-

ria, Czechoslovakia,
Witzerland and France.
aed to leaving for Finland in
al 1952, Lahti had worked in
ati lee stations in Nanaimo and

0 on the green chain in a

Austria,

anne is the homeland of my
Brae 8, and I looked forward with
Rees, anticipation to my _ visit
Te,” said Lahti. “I spent most
ae time in Helsinki, where work-
us . a sort of Spartan existence
oe most of them are em-
re they are forced to eat
Percent w= ney earn. Some 45
ie ath of Finland’s foreign trade
enabled Soviet Union. This has
econo the country to maintain its
facto mic independence, and kept
res Working, but the standard
ee is not high, and em-
S are attempting to put

me Wage cuts,
; pela country, conditions are
orse. As one woman said

a Delegate to World Youth Festival
‘Henry Lahti tells of
14 months in Europe

to me, ‘If we didn’t get the gov-
ernment’s allowance for our chil-
dren, they would be without cloth-
ing.’

“But although the Finnish stand-
ard of living is low, it is higher
than that of the French, whose
country is prevented from getting
back on its economic feet because
of political tie-ups with the United
States.” .

The Finnish Organization of
Canada named Henry Lahti as its
national delegate to the World

Youth Festival at Bucharest, and
the young Canadian travelled to

Rumania with a 2,000-strong dele-

gation from Finland.

“We were five days in the Soviet
Union,” said Lahti, “and visited
Leningrad, Moscow and Kiey. It
was an exhilarating experience.
My impression was that the Soviet
people are looking forward to rapid
improvements in their living stan-
dards — which are already much
higher than France or Finland—
and genuinely desire peace. When
they speak of peace and friendship
it seems like a part of their lives;
there is no question but what they
believe it is entirely possible.

McCarthy star gets
rich, won’t say how

BOSTON]

An
sud pay of mystery cloaks the
Rillinm to Conspicuous wealth of
informer Teto, self-professed FBI
Regs Who turned up as a wit-

0
recently Senator Joseph McCarthy

Peto .:

canghy it has been revealed, was

cheques * times passing phony

NOt explai ut these apparently: did
scribe his rags-to-riches leap,

Tho -B, €d in the Boston press.

ie oSton Post reported:

In lag

Main Stre ue Purchased the large
€Xtremely . Louse and furnished it
the ae well; it might easily be

Ve, fron, me $30,000 a year execu-
Crs, a Ti € interior, He ran two
Was aw Neoln and a Packard. He

ae 800d deal...” ,

Boog N were mystified by hi
been wrtune, At the time Be had
al Rect we fOr Wages in a Gen-

“pe &ctric plant,

0
Ple kept wondering where

the hell he made his money,” a
brother-in-law told the Post.

“They thought he was mixed up
in shady deals,” a niece said.

As mysterious as the source of
his wealth is the disposition of the
bad-cheque charges against him.

The Boston Post reported:

“On two... charges involving
cheques he was held for out-of-
town authorities, but there is no
record of the disposition of these
cases.”

Teto has refused to discuss the
bad cheque cases. He preferred to
dwell on his patriotism. He said
that he volunteered his services
to the FBI in 1942 “because I felt it
to be my patriotic duty.”

Whether there was any relation
between his “patriotic” urge and
the unrecorded disposition of the
“out-of-town” bad cheque cases re-
mained a mystery, as did his Lin-
coln, his Packard and his luxurious
town house.

“There seemed to be plenty of
food in Soviet shops, and the peo-
ple were adequately clothed, al-
though the quality of the clothes
wasn’t up to Canadian standards.

“In many ways, though, they are
far ahead of us. .I was amazed at
the number of parks and recrea-
tional facilities, the basketball and
volleyball courts, swimming pools,
live musical entertainment. All
these things highlight the oppor-
tunities for youth.”

At Bucharest the youth of the
world got together, and it was an
unforgettable event, said Lahti.

“T talked to Germans, Hungar-
ians, Poles, Chinese, and found that
the things they wanted are the
things I want: peace, a decent job,
a better life.”

After the Festival the big Fin-
nish delegation toured collective
farms and industrial centres in
Rumania, then visited Prague.

“1! noticed lots of television
sets in Czechoslovakia,” said
Lahti, “and plenty of cars—new
Skodas (bigger and roomier than
the ones imported here a few
years ago, and with more power
and new. safety ideas), Tatras,
and Russian Pobedas.

“The Pobeda is a popular car in
Europe—most of the Finnish taxi-
cab companies use them. I read
in an’ American paper recently
where some Yankee had ‘smug-
gled’ a Pobeda out from behind
the so-called Iron Curtain and
brouglit it to New York. This is a
laugh. Anyone can buy a Pobeda
in Helsinki. I’ve ridden in one
and it’s an extremely good car;
solid body structure, good motor,
and about the size of a Chevrolet.”

After visiting Vienna and Switz-
erland, and. ‘spending six days in
Paris, Lahti sailed for Canada from
Le Havre on September 27.

“J spoke in several places in
Northern Ontario before heading
home to the West Coast,” he said.
“I told the story of my trip to
audiences in Cobalt, South Porcu-
pine, Timmins, Sudbury, Sault Ste.
Marie, Port Arthur and other
centres.” :

Lahti said “it feels good to be
home” and expressed eagerness to
get started on his new job of
“building up the youth section of
the Finnish Organization in British
Columbia.”

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NEW YEAR’S EVE
Pacific Tribune Carabet Dance

English seccer fans were stunned when Hungarian team whipped
England 6-3 in an international match at Wembley last week. Photo
shows Hungarian star Sandro Koczis (right) and England’s Jimmy

Dickinson.

Gert Whyte e

SPORTLIGHT

Wet happened last week at

Wembley was the passing of
the golden age of English soccer.
As .A. Brook Hirst, chairman of,
the English Football Association,
told the fleetfooted magicians
from Budapest at a post-match
banquet: “From now on our boys
will endeavor to cultivate the
same style of play which the Hun-
garians have so wonderfully
shown us this afternoon.”

For 30 years English footballers
had defied the world on English
soil. In 26 home international
matches played against overseas
teams, the English won 21 times,
and played five draws. Then
along came Hungary to break
that proud record with a sizzling
6-3 win.

* * *

Leon Griffiths, London Daily
Worker soccer expert who pick-
ed the Hungarians to win (DW
sports editor Eric Butler, how-
ever, favored the English) had
this tq say about the historic
game:

“We can learn from the men
who turned the match into a soc-
cer massacre.

“It was devastating to watch.
It must have been terrifying to
play against.

“Feinting, flicking, back-heel-
ing, sweeping the ball along the
ground so straight and true it
seemed it must be running on
rails, they cut through England’s
defense. Z

“Tt was teamwork, teamwork
and more teamwork. Never was
a pass wasted. And so uncanny
were these Hungarians at running
into position to receive the pass
that it seemed as if every mem-
ber of the team was telepathic.”

* * x

The television commentator at
Wembley, Kenneih Wolstenholme,
was equally impressed. Halfway
through the game he cried:

“The way they pla, “-otball is
a real Hungarian rhapsody. [t's

beautiful to watch—beautiful.”
* * *
Eric Butler, Daily Worker

sports editor, wrote:

“Tt was the biggest defeat Eng-
land has suffered since 1881.
Then, Scotland won by 6-1 at
Kennington Oval. Only once be--

fore had they conceded as many
as five goals to a Continental
team — against France in Paris
in 1931.

“We can have no complaints,
no excuses. The defeat was com-
plete, as complete as it ever could
be. Topping this wonderful dis-
play was Mr. Football himself,
Ferene Puskas, the Hungarian
captain and inside-left. a

“He made three goals and sepr-
ed two with an inside-forward
game the like of which I have
never seen before. Superb con-
fidence, an ice-cool approach to
the game. They were the big
things in Puskas’ make-up.

“And what a wonderful centre-
forward he had alongside him in
Naidor Hidegkuti! Although op-
posed by the best man in the Eng-
land side in Harry Johnston, the
Hungarian centre-forward calmly
helped himself to three of the
goals.

“Poor England! Every man
was fighting an uphill battle from
the start. Main reason for this —
and it has characterized a number
of England’s displays in recent
years — was that wing-halves Bil-
ly Wright and Jimmy Dickinson
were always defenders and rarely
linked up with their attack.”

. * *

When a despairing little Cock-
ney fan shouted, “Come on Eng-
land, blind ‘em with science!” a
rear of laughter came from all
who heard him.

* * Sd

England beat Hurgary 54 in
a table-tennis international at
Wembley Pool that same night,
but it was small consolation for
the soccer defeat.

* . *

Throughout Hungary on the
day of the big match work stop-
ped and the traffic in Budapest
and other cities came to a stand-
still as people listened to the
game commentary on their radios
or over the public loudspeakers.

. * .

At the banquet after the game
the Hungarians proposed a one-
word toast: “Friendship.” The
glasses clinked and the English
and Hungarian players clasped
hands. ° :

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