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CIGS ‘KILLER’ SAY
BRITISH SURGEONS

| Ph Royal College of
‘ai oeacians in Great Bri-
“ March 7 called for
4 8overnment action to
Cigarette smoking.

ee 70-page report the

Ae headed. by Sir Ro-
y: att, stated emphatic-
re ong reventive measures
Ointin Subtedly needed.”
nf ncUt that not a single

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Ss than 20,000 men died
; N8 cancer in Britain
is “a year, it said, and
tment nly Warranted gov-
Fs felt action. The commit-
Mor that some of the

fe practi :
He a things which
Bit oun et could do to

_ Non cigarette con-
N were:

ip. There
Hh Sr etto ase the taxes on

iP? cizay and reduce them
i 8 a and pipe tobacco;
ie © restrictions on the
beanie Poe to young
Pub} Curb smoking in
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1961 reports
' sovernment
€ts of the day.’ .
8nadian Army has
se orders telling a
at to do if he sees
bomb explode: ‘The
i inform his im-
a and tell
™b go, ds occurred. If a
Certain off in duty hours
led. tg ; Number will be
a. itis during off-duty
V be "alternate number
Dea Hed. The soldier
ly fill out the appro-

€ orm a y
wt nd dispat i
owith Renae ch it

quarters’,
cid the s

oldier is on

clinics in hospitals;

inherent in heavy smoking;

interests are involved.”
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When asked: for a commen

been. published.

ij ‘requests for encores,

TInArF ANTIAN Ar RAWFA

Pete Seeger:
A true peoples artist

By JERRY SHACK ringly in a language that is un-|Birch Society, and everyone
Pete Seeger returned to Van-\mistakably clear and simple.'else.

couver on March 6. In the eyes Without a doubt, he is in a} He agreed that folk singing
jof a capacity’ audience at thejclass by himself as far as folk-jhas experienced a tremendous
\John Oliver high school, he'singers are concerned.

lupsurge lately and feels that

had been away too: long. Earlier in the day, Seegerithere ar four major reasons.for
The 42-year old folk artistjheld a press conference at the this:

captivated the 1000 listeners Inquisition Coffee House, spon-)

+ | : | ry E.
with his selections of songs sors of his appearance. | There has been a dynamic

js “
is) ‘increase in the search for the

from around the world. In his| : 5 4 ea,
| Answering a barrage of queS-'tragitional American heritage

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ee patented way he got the tions, he felt that we was in a inca World War II (re-enact-
audience to sing along on many very fortunate position because ent of the Civil War. etc.

of the songs, notably on melo- iy can’t be fired’. He contrasted| a
dies dealing with peace andj, with the effects that the ® Compilations of the histor-
human brotherhood. \witchhunt in the U.S. had on aiical folk process of North Am-
A standing ovation brought number of prominent writers,/erica by the Lomaxes, Carl
him out onto the stage afterjartists, lawyers, etc. and ex-\Sandburg, and others.

his last song, and he delighted pjained that many of them had| ee : =
those present by filling several to enter entirely new vocations} olk music can be partici-

: on. (Dated iD. i
jas a result of their questioning)?" | a ory : People

In ‘the opinion of this re- DY the un-American activities, -. msheiebnolne

porter, it was a typical Seeger committee and their subsequent)
performance. But this was not blacklisting. a e It is a natural thing for
the old Seeger. It was a new,| He was convicted about: ajthe fourth and fifth generations
more mature fighter for the year ago on a contempt chargejto try to search out and retain
concepts of international under- (for refusing to co-operate with|the folklore of their predeces.-
standing abroad sie infamous committee) and)Sors
rights at home. expects that his appeal against} He- inf :

Displaying his versatility on the conviction will be heard) Peete ta eens
he divecsttiea-bameconde ti a MEN HE has re porenee= that the well known
ae a cones ed itionven ex : ars = # sélidanit ‘composer Earl: Robinson.is in
string guitar, interspers Ww celve: eADEESSE NS <0: rl Y ithe process of writing a. conecer-
sincere, from-the-soil type of.and financial’ support from! ay

, .. to for banjo and symphony. or-

comments, he showed that he\people all over the world,. in- utives sdiihe hee-héende to.
is a true peoples” artist of the cluding Great Britain, Austra- coord si witht thee sre Pans
highest calibre. lia, New. Zealand,, Canada and|.., ieesginews Sit a ie .

He is a modern day version others. In the U.S. itself, some} ss %

® Use much more imagina-
tion drawing to the atten-
tion of the public the dangers

on the committee’s findings, awe ae ZA |
the Tobacco Manufacturers’, |
Standing Committee ee : i>

search organization . for the
industry); stated that the re-
port added: little: to the in-
formation which had already,

In ‘their opinion, further,

pt. then weconal: Okrtoialot the oot promi oe eer
READING

a in the entertainment field, real-
minstrel inthe classic sense of izing that he was fighting a
Tales. from. the calendar, by

the word, and the whole world'all decent Americans, have con-|
‘is his stage. He tours the world tributed to his court costs, but}
as a politician stumps the back- for obvious reasons the names;
woods in search of votes. lwere not divulged.

e “Prevent or at least re- put Seeger doés not search.| During the course of the in-Bertolt Brecht, $3.00. Bertolt

strict” the present vast-scalerye pas a song to sing and aterview, when a hint of red-'Brecht compiled.this.coilection
advertizing, although admit-essage to tell. The message is baiting crept into the discus- of stories, poems immediately
tedly this would be difficult; j,stice and freedom, and helsion, Seeger stated emphatical- on his return to Germany from
because “very big financialpresents it directly and uner-ly that he would continue to exile in 1947. This book con-

sing for anyone that wanted tains most of the short stories
2 to hear him, and this included’Brecht considered worth. pre
{ the American Legion, the Johnserving.

OPEN FORUM |

Answers Scott ~. and we must not take up
jée_ Ivens, Okanagan Mis! communism’s weapons. of lies
and slander. Let us be accu-

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sion, writes: Jack Scott, in|

research was needed on ciger-|
ette smoking and “a general)
condemnation of cigarette,
smoking is not a constructive)
approach to these problems”)
... (Lung cancer, bronchitis, |
etc.—Ed.) |

In analyzing the relative,
dangers of cigarettes as com-
pared to tobacco and cigars, |
the report explained that no
firm claims could be made,
for any added safety from

ly safer if a cigarette were
only smoked half-way down.

vey that has been done tells
the same story: that it is the

for these deaths from cancer

| some sort of scare put up by
the doctors.”
In summing up, Sir Robert

ieee dare wes HONORED AT CITY CONCERT

It noted that “every sur- :

heavy smoker who accounts) .

of the lung. What we want is)
for people to accept the fact)
and not think about it as|_

said that the aim of the re-
port was to get “sensible men
and women, be they

manufacturers, or the general
public, to accept the facts
from now on an

ingly.”

in a

government, or ¢ igarette

da act Scone

Sun, just about made my hair}
bristle, and Ive plenty of
hair at 82 years of age. Jack
writes for a living and na-)

turally wants us to believe

"You say this medicine
will haye me back on the

job in no time? That's mary : ‘ |
vellous, Doc, ‘cause I’m et best defence is not in nuclear

employed!”
—TRIBUNE (Australia)

TARAS SHEVCHENKO TO BE

but in integrity and truth,

Taras Shevchenko, the father
of Ukrainian literature is hon-
ored. He was born in March
and died at the age of 47 in
the month of March.

In Vancouver, the annual
Shevchenko concert will be
held at the Queen. Elizabeth
Theatre on Sun. March..25° at
8:30 p.m. :

Over 200 performers in na-

varied and interesting program
of music, song and dance.
A display of handicrafis will
be shown:in the foyer.
Invitations at $1.00 are avail-

MU 4-9720.

SHEVCHENKO

what he writes. I quote: “Our:

March is the month in which|

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able at the Co-op Bookstore, or
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aaa i mens KAUNAS | the Feb. 26th. issue of. the; : he ee ae
> , and you

have failed miserably to de-
fine communism thus far.
While I agree with you about
not taking to the caves. why
did you fail to mention the
lies and .slanders of the im-
perialist powers?

I also agree that we should
try to make the capitalist
system work better. But then,
if we could make it serve
the interests of the common
people and not a handful of
parasites, there wouldn’t be
any need to change it, would
there, Jack?

Congratulates PT

Norman Pritchard, Courte-
nay, writes: Having worked
for peace over many years,
and desiring to pay tribute to
the PT’s consistent and cour-
ageous stand for peace even
in the darkest days, I send
in this Jingle.

It has been in my mind to
express the gratitude I felt,

- and I have taken this way. of

doing it. Truly. you -have
held open the gateway to
peace, and it would. appear
that at last our people are
on the march.

March 16, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 9