Raps gov’t for
council stand

TORONTO

You can count on the question coming up two or

three times at every ses:
; . ~

is usually directe
by Winnipeg CC
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like this:

“I should to ask the
rime minister if there

y new developments to
r the appointment of a
Council as ,recom-
the Massey Com-

it
if

port on
Canada
mended by
mission

With monotonous regular-
ity, the in minister will
reply that the matter is “still
under consideration.”

A recent question and
swer (June ve a slight
variation on. th theme. It
was a Conservative member
George Hees, w asked. And

in his reply St. Laurent said the

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prime

ar
an-

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“consideration” had advanced
to the point of discussing “the
posibility of creating a body
composed of the kind of Can-
ian personalities that would
it a influential

really

y that would command the
nmunity.”

that there

iio
t of the co

Ac knowled ging

re many suc

ada, St. Laurent ac

they are all very busy. And
it has not yet pc

to devise the k

i id
to parlam

But normalcy was restered
on July 13 when, asked about

minister
still

it again, the prime

repeated matter is

receiving consideration.”

Recently this new kind

argumentation was
>

of

ever so
]
.

gently but
questione I
} : } rte (‘o cil
of the Canadian Arts Councul,
¢
B. t
architect
1944 and now Ss

aps Bi
about 20,000

Parkin, a Toront

The CAC,

John

sent

seme

tance to

Parkin told a meeting in
St. Catharines that there are
many able men available who

eould take on the Canada
Ceuncil job. He said St. Laur-
ent had made an “incorrect

apprai
After all, he said:

“Men have been found of
outstanding calibre to act as
trustees of the National Gal-
lery of Canada, of the Nation-
al Film Board and other gov-
ernment bodies, who at the
expense of personal time, give
generously for the benefit of
the country as a whole. They
can be found just as readily
for a Canada Council.

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"the House of Commons. It
Minister St. Laurent, asked

i
es and runs something

— |

As it is now, leading na-
tional and local cultural or-
ganizations had to use “ever-
increasil ingenuity” to sur-
e. Many of them which per-
for the public had found
they had to raise ticket prices
to levels which were too higl
for many people.

e

“Legislation for a Canada
Council would rank as one of
the boldest and most imagin-
ative acts of any government,”
Parkin declared.

When Parkin’s views were
raised in the House on July
13, the prime minister said
the cabinet had not consulted
the head of the Arts Council
about who might serve. But
he added that he hoped Par-
kin’s opinion would be proved
ecrrect.

often mentioned as
one could head a Canada
Council is Sir Ernest MacMil-
len, retired conductor of the
Toronto Symphany Orchestra,
nc 1airman of the Canadian

Music Council and one of Can-

,

s outstanding musical per-

snalitiac
sonailities.

Sir Ernest also thinks gov-
vernment action on the Massey
Report is long overdue. “We
can find money for things we
really want,” he says. How

see sucha council in
action? He puts it this way:

does he

coordinate the
aumerous coun-
Sssociations now try-
p the development of
Canadian culture.

“It should

activities of

Ss ana a

ing to hel

“It should be able to rep-
resent Canadian art abroad —

there are very few countries
in the world without this
form of representation. It
should have a regularly es-

tablished office with a full
staff to handle the business of
Canadian art.” i

It should exist, he said, to
financial subsidy where
it is ‘most. urgently required
and to stimulate with its en-
couragement young artists and
art education.

give

A Canada Council could
grant scholarships and pro-
mote exchanges of musicians
and artists between countries.
It could foster travelling ex-
hibitions of art and help Can-
adian orchestras to travel in
other lands.

T

® REFRESHMENTS
EVERYONE

In the event of

OUTDOOR DANCE and SOCIAL

KANAKA CHILDREN’S CAMP —

I mile from Webster’s Corners

Dancing in the cool outdoors — Sing Song

WELCOME
rain, social will
3847 E. Hastings

HANEY

@ WEINER ROAST

held at D. Bratko’s

be

British Columbia’s three monsters, Cadborosaurus, Ogopogo and the Sasquatch
material for a production CBUT will present this Sunday, July 29, 10:30 p.m. 02”
as part of the Here and There series. The script has been written by Eric Nicol.

Continuéd from page I

CARIBOO TRAIL

union with Canada led by
Amor De Cosmos was crown-
by the entry of B. C? into Con-
federation.

But the U.S. interests, now
glint monopolies reaching out
through the Americas, have
never given up,

Today they are finding new
ways of penetrating into this
heart of British Columbia
through mining, lumber and
natural gas companies ag, Se
ing special concessions from
the provincial government.

Barkerville has a long his-
tory and a long memory. Once

at its
people.

height, it had 55,000
Once too, it was said
that Vancouver would never
amount to anything because
it was too far from Barkerville.
From the rich placer claims
that brought Barkerville into
being have come some $40
million.

But little remains of the
early settlement to tell of its
fabulous past. The old court-
house has been allowed to fall
into ruin. The windows have
been broken by vandals. The
weatherbeaten hangman’s
noose that once swung from

Funds go to project

During the past two weeks
an unusual exhibition of paint-
ings has been on display on
the fifth floor of the Hudson’s
Bay Company. This exhibition,
in a wide variety of bold and
soft color, depicting Polynesian
life in the Hawaiian Islands,
is the work of Thelma Johnson
Streat.

In the many types and
themes the artist has chosen
a close similarity can be seen
between these Polynesian art
forms and West Coast Indian
art. There is also an affinity
between Thelma Streat’s work
and that of Emily Carr.

With her husband, John
Edgar, playwright and lectur-
er, Thelma Johnson Streat
built a “City of Children” art
school in Honolulu to provide
artistic opportunities for

Streat exhibition
seen by thousands

under-privileged children.
The main purpose of this

exhibition is -to build up a

similar. “City of Children” art

school on five acres of land
which the Edgars have ac-
quired on Saltspring Island.

All income received from the
Sale of her paintings will go
for this purpose. It is estimated
that over 8,000 people have al-

ready visited the Streat art
exhibit.
Aside from being a «very

talented artist with a remark-
able ability in her choice of
color and strong lines, Thelma
Johnson Streat is noted as an
outstanding interpretative
dancer. During the exhibition
her husband John Edgar has
been giving lectures on their
vork in teaching children the
arts in the Hawiian Islands.

July 27, 1956 —

PACIFIC TRIBU

the big poplar tree?
courthouse steps

stolen. Tourists h@
away door handles
hinges. The st

benches, tables and!
have been taken f0%

The graves of thé
men like Harry Jom
ley, an early me
legislature, and
“Cariboo” Camero®
served his wife’s b®
key so that he could!
deathbed wish to
Ontario by takin’)
on horseback dow! &
Trail and by ship #
Horn from Victoria)
in need .of care.

There’s a wealthy
al the end of the @ F
And the people
ince, if their centem
is to have real me
see that it is pre

IWA recommeé

award accepi@

The IWA politY)
for northern inte
has recommend
of a conciliation *
The award include
hourly wage inch
two-year perio@
statutory and ane
with pay, an em:
dized medical pla”

fringe benefits.

In the opinion
icials this proP
ment considera
wage disparity
terior and
workers,