Well! Could you?

D. McLEAN,

Vancouver,

B.C.: Here’s a little poem I’ve

written, called, “Well! Could

You?” which you might find

space to publish:

Could you hold your head in
a picket line

That mooched
bread.

With other slaves who cursed
and raved

Hecause the
“Red!”

its crusts of

press screamed

And could you lie on prison
floors

With thieves, wild drunks and
dopes,

And dream of home, your wife
and kids

And yet not lose your hopes.

Then show » such
prison docks
With unity in your voice
Proving to all that labor’s call!
Must put an end to vice.

grace iti

And with
the air

That atom bombs must go—

To build defense is just non-
sense

For friend as well as foe.

such fair demand

And could you still go on and
lead

And plan such leads to bind

The unity of Canada—

And all of humankind?

More on Norman

J. P., Vancouver, B.C.: Can-
ada is in debt to a citizen of
Moscow, one E. Zukov; a cor-

responding member of the
USSR. Academy of Sciences,
In a recent article, Zukov

threw more light on the char-
acter and creative work of
Herbert Norman, the Canadian
ambassador to Egypt who
. committed suicide in Cair6 last
April because of the pressure
brought to bear upon ‘him by
U.S. Senatorial witch-hunters-

The article describes how
Norman, son of a missionary,
Was born in Japan. and had
the Opportunity to thoroughly
study this country, its lang-
uage and its culture During
the entire course of his career
@s a scientist and diplomat,
Norman, as a prominent spec-
ialist on the history of Japan,
closely. followed the develop-
ment of Japanese historical
science

In his book Soldier and Pea-
Sant in Japan, the Origins of
Conscription, published in
1943, he brilliantly defeated
the myth of “the popular char-
acter of the armed forces.”

In Japan, this reform in-
stantly turned the regular
army into. an instrument of
reactionary, anti-popular pol-
Icy expressing the interests of
a bloe formed by capitalist and
feudal. elements. As Zukov
writes, the - historic conse-
quences were extremely dis-
astrous both for Japan and her
‘neighbors.

- be decent, useful

Prizewinning letters

Each week the Paci-
fic Tribune will present
a book to the writer of
the most interesting, en-
tertaining and _ topical
letter published on this
page. Contributors are
urged to keep their let-
ters to a_ reasonable
length.

The prize-winning let-
ter in our last issue was
written by T. Bardal,
Ruskin, B.C.

In a number of other books.
Herbert Norman showed him-
self a serious student and
talented research worker.

Aecording to Zukov, Herbert
Norman was never a. Marxist
historian, and therefore ‘“al-
legations about his connections
with the communist movement
that appeared in the American
press at the time sound ridicu-
lous.”

In closing his article, which
appeared in the Soviet Isiter-
ary Gazette of June LY, 2.1957,
Zukov the Soviet historian,
Pays triubte to Norman, the
Canadian historian.

“All progressive historians
and, in the first place, all pro-
gressive Japanese historians
feel most acutely the loss of
this most outstanding scien-
tist who during his short life
(Norman died at the age of
48) made such a substantial
contribution to the study of the
history of. Japan.”

Information wanted

EDITH EMERY, Coquitlam,
B.C.: Before we:champion the
Doukhobors’ cause too indis-
criminately, let’s ask a few
questions.

Just what is this “religious
freedom” so many sects talk
about? To let an RH baby die
for want of a blood trans-
fusion? Some do.

To let your children grow
up without education? Some
would!

To let your wife die of
cancer without a doctor’s care?
Some would.

To believe harm done to
your fellow man is forgiven by
“confession”? Some do,
ot am not claiming any re-
41g10n teathes -these things,
but many do them in the guise
of freedom of religion. To me
freedom of religion is the free-
dom. to train our children, to
give them the ability to choose
between right and wrong. To
eC Canadian
citizens, they must learn this
lesson. How can they be free
without learning to adjust to
the world and its: people about
them?

How were the masses in
India, etic. kept in bondage so.
many years? J say by keeping
them uneducated.

I say ‘send them to school,
let them learn, and by learn-
ing soon they will see how use-
less war is, if what they learn
is debated at home.

What is the true Doukhobor
creed? Let’s see it in print.

Isn’t it true a man can spend
half. his life working on a
community farm and, finding
he does not agree with the
leader, must leave without a
penny? Is this freedom? And
didn’t our Canadian , laws
change this?

Is it the kind of freedom we
want for our children? What
about the community farmers?
Aren’t they all ruled by a
leader, a dictator? Are they
allowed to handle their own

money? I have seen whole
families, from grandmother
down to toddlers going to
work on the seed farms in
Grand Forks. What about
about union wages? Child
labor? So, let’s investigate.
There’s right’ and wrong in
us all.

Ban the H-bomb

MRS. ANN _ BARISOFF,
Grand Forks, B.C.: Please send
me all copies of the paper con-
taining articles of the Sons of
Freedom. I enclose a short
poem which I hope you can
publish:

Weep ye mothers of this
nation,

Of a land once strong and
free,

Weep for children
pled, dying—

crip-

H-bomb fumes, for you
and me,

Air so healthy, full of
healing’,

Once so sweet, each breath
So pure;

Now we take a measured
portion,

Fumes of death we cannot
cure,

Our professors are so bril-

liant?

Getting medals by the
score.

What! One bomb will not
be plenty?

They will make a dozen
more,

Our Heroes, these we Wor-.
ship,
they are mighty,

Strong and brave,

For who. else with one
small H-bompb

Can sénd millions to the
grave?

For

Rise ye mothers of this

_ nation!

Lift your voice in loud
protest,

Let us rule with love,
devotion,

For, a mother’s heart rules
best,

Be he millionaire or beg-
gar :

Let us sentence him for
life .
For the makers of the

H-bomb
Have no love for human.
life.

CBUT cameras to .

cover PNE parade

0’ WEDNESDAY, August 21
at 10 am. CBC cameras
will record the annual parade
that marks the opening of the
Pacific National Exhibition.

On the same evening the
CBC will broadcast radio and
TV shows from the CBC Show
Tent, and will continue to
broadcast from the PNE until
September 2.

Visitors to the PNE will be
able to watch many programs
being broadcast from the
grounds. 5e3 mt it

The lighthouse keepers on
the west coast of Vancouver
Island lead isolated lives, so
that- the appearance of the
lighthouse tender Estevan is
always welcome. The vessel
brings mail from home, food,
equipment and other neces-

sities of life, and maintains the
beacons, buoys and other aids
to navigation along the §Is-
land’s rocky west coast,

What is it like? living and
ship

working on a like the

Welcome return of ©

Estevan? CBUT produc e r
Gene Lawrence, together with
cameraman John Seale and
scriptwriter Don
spent a few weeks on the
Estevan last year, and return-
ed with a lively, humorous
account of life aboard.
film will be seen on Wednes-
day, August 21 at 10:30 p.m.
x % %

Thora Anders and Barney
Potts-are guests on Showstop-
pers, Friday, August 23 at 10
p.m. when they will sing num-
bers from Timber!! (a B.C.

homegrown musical) and Call |

Me Madam. ~
6e3

50 it
Time Out, the populaY
CBUT sports’ show _ starts

Thursday, August 22 at 7:30
p.m. with its opening program
from the CBC Show Tent at
the PNE, before an audience.
The emcee will be Ted Rey-
nolds, well -known in sporting
circles as a sports commenta- -
tor.

two Soviet films

Goo> NEWS for film and

music fans! The Hastings
Theatre brings back two out-
standing Soviet Magicolcr
film concerts of opera, ballet,
folk songs and dances this
Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day nights.

Song of the Ukraine fea-
tures soloists, chorus, orchestra.
and dance ensemble of the
Shevohenko State Opera in
Kiev. Most of the 11 sequences, .
as well as the artists, are

* Ukrainian.

Operatic excerpts range
from The Young Guards, about
the Communist-led under-
ground during the Second
World War, to the late 19th
century classic, Taras Bulba,
by the popular Ukrainian na-
tional composer, Nikolai Ly-
senko. (1842-1912).

Scenes from a Svetchnikoy
ballet reveal a stimulating

fusion of classical ballet tech-
nique with colorful Ukrainian
folk dance rhythms and move-
ments.

Other ‘operatic excerpts, folk
songs and dances round out an
enchanting concert.

On the same program is 2
re-issue of the 88 minute Con-
cert of the Stars, featuring
artists from Leningrad and
Moscow companies:

This film places greater em-
phasis ‘on ballet, headed by the
incomparable Galina Ulan-
ova’s Chopin Waltz. Other ex-
tracts are from Khatchatur-
jian’s Gayne and Glazunov’s
Raymonda.

Folk songs and dances, or-
chestral performance and
scenes from two: operas — ~

Queen of Spades (Tchaikov-  ~

sky): and Ivan Sussanin (Glin-
ka) — are also included. a
N, E. STORY

—_

“CONCERT of
the STARS”

the magnificent
MAGICOLOR sequel
to “Grand Concert"
with the top stars of
Ballet and Opera

SATURDAY

TWO RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MASTERPIECES

- plus
IVAN PATROKZINSKY
And the Aritists of Ukraine in

“SONG OF THE
UKRAINE”
In Color
Ukranian Titles

- MU. 3-3726

——

Erickson, |

The a: |

THURSDAY “d
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20 West Hastings

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