Women’s news
and viewpoint

By MYRTLE BERGREN

Twenty years ago I bought my
first copy of a little paper called
the Pacific Advocate from anews
stand in Princeton, where I was
working, The main story which
had caught my eye exposed some
big business dealings in Van-
couver real estate and the CPR,
From my readings and obser-
vations as a child, I knew that
there was “something” behind the
way things were, but I did not
really know what,

I knew that it was something
big, and powerful, and wrong, It
seemed to pervade everything, I
was ready for that first copy of
the Pacific Advocate, and it was
not long after that I found myway
into the socialist movement of
this province,

Many women have been drawn
to the socialist movement by their
deep and sentimental desire for
justice, I had read as a very young
person a book called “Anne
Vickers” by Sinclair Lewis, She
was a social worker among the
Negroes in the appalling condi-
tions of bestiality and discrimin-
ation in the U.S, jails, It was a
powerful book and when I was
finished I closed it with tears in
my, eyes and vowed to myself,
“If Anne Vickers was a Socialist,
I am a socialist too!” If anyone
had asked me what socialism
was, I could not have told them,
but that did not matter,

MYRTLE BERGREN

It is in this way, too, that many
women have been drawn to read
the Pacific Tribune, Thirty years
ago in the poverty and degreda-

»tion of thousands of British Co-
lumbians during the depression,
the Clarion~was born, to fight
the wealthy corporations respon-
sible for their plight. Ithas stood
consistently and aggressively for
the things that vitally concern
women, such as labor’s rights,
equal pay for equal work, low
rental housing, higher old age
pensions, democratic rights,
friendship and trade with the
socialist world, and that most
crucial issue of our time, world

peace,
x 2k

One learns through experience

CO SCr Tere TeeEsooooseeceeoeer

OVALTINE
CAFE

251 EAST HASTINGS
Vancouver, B.C.
QUALITY SERVICE

See ceoeceeesecccasezccoes

We buy and sell.
Used Furniture
Sporting Goods

We are Reasonable
Weareat |
573 E. HASTINGS ST.
Beaver Yransfer
MU 3-3942>

Qetteceseesesrece

Jeoeosococcceses'
r

that it is one thing to be asocial-
ist because all of one’s humani-
tarian sentiments lean towards
equality and justice, But it-is an-
other to learn there is aSCIENCE
of socialism, and it is this fact
that separates the Pacific Tri-
bune from the other B,C, social-
ist papers and which makes it so
hated by its big corporation
enemies,

To have been coming off the
presses for 30 years has tomean
that there are thousands and
thousands of people in B,C, who
have supplied the dollars from
their pockets to support it, They
know the issues at stake, and the
power of what we are up against,

One day I saw on the T.V, a
program on logging in British
Columbia, Trees were crashing
and being hauled in to the land-
ing, It was a program close to
my heart, In the background the
most beautiful and expensive or-
chestral music accompanied it,
and the announcer’s velvety voice
came through, “These trees are
made into pulp,” it said, “and
shipped to the four corners ofthe
earth, and on its paper the truth
is printed, TO MAKE MEN
FREE!”

They know the value of senti-
ment too, and this was the biggest
lie of all! I visualized the beauti-
ful paper of high circulation
magazines that flood this coun-
try, full of profitable advertising
for conformity, and untruths for
war,

Women see the brave and beau-

tiful people of Vietnam being -

burned and cut to pieces and driv-
en from their homes in the name
of freedom, and their hearts con-
tract with fear for their own loved
ones, In fear at this nightmare
misrepresentation of truth—that
is if they are able to think, after
the poisonous gas of lies and half-
truths from every soporific,
thought-killing medium of high-
profit propaganda,

- It is difficult for many people
to comprehend the stakes in the

battle for truth today, For ifwe -

lose, it will mean, in today’s
world, the end of civilization, and
of all the creations of mankind,
But we are not alone, We may be
very small, but we are not alone,
Today we have on the side of
truth and humanity and world
peace the countless millions of
the socialist world and newly in-
dependent countries, and added
to that, the power of all those
brave voices in the capitalist
countries who are speaking up
and acting for policies of peace,

Our little paper, the Pacific
Tribune, cannot help but flourish,
because it is impossible to put
out the spirit of truth, That is
the strongest thing in the world,
And soon, joined with all the
other voices’ for peace, our
mighty efforts will drive the
United States out of Vietnam, the
British out of Malaysia, and the
imperialists out of every other
country where they don’t belong,
and the people will be left alone
to decide their own lives, and
raise their children in peace,

SENATOR WAYNE MORSE INSISTS:

‘McNamara, Rusk must go

U.S. Senator Wayne Morse
(D. Ore,) on Monday, April 26,
demanded the ouster of Defense
Secretary Robert McNamara ahd
Secretary of State Dean Rusk for
their Vietnamese policy,

The Oregon Senator warned
that hundreds of thousands of
Americans would soon be fighting
in Vietnam if the Johnson admin-
istration persisted in following
the line set by McNamara and
Rusk,

Morse’s denunciation came in
reply to the lame attempt by
McNamara earlier that day to
alibi the immoral, illegal ‘ag-
gression of the Pentagon in Viet-
nam, Morse declared:

“McNamara is so irrespon-
sibly wrong you can’t count on his

Enjoy Good, Home-Cooked
Meals at

Jennie’s Cafe
335 Main St.

@ Modern equipment
© Dining-room service

Special Discount to.
Tribune Readers.

MU 5-8969

Granville Isl.

Get ready fot summer!
Complete car or truck .

predictions. He should have been
removed from office months ago
and Rusk along with him,

“Tf the Administration con-
tinues, the present war-making
policies a couple of months from
now there will be hundreds of
thousands fighting and dying in
Asia.”
SeeStooFsovveovossovevoscoece
Everything in Flowers’

FROM

EARL SYKES
42 E. Hastings, MU 1-3855
Vancouver, B.C. =]

Ceoceenecccecccee

PLUMBING & ELECTRIC
SERVICES

Range, Washer & Dryer
hookups. Watermains, pipes
repaired & replaced. Re-
wiring — extra outlets.
Toilets, basin and sinks, etc.

24-Hr Service — 321-3904

No EXTRA CHARGE
Nights and Sundays

Morse also charged recell

that if President Johnson ©
tinues with his present polici@>:
he will go down in history as Hf
most hated American president
of all time.

TED HARRIS
757 East Hastings St.
Vancouver 4, B.C.
Painters’ and Paperhangers’
Supplies
Sunworthy Wallpaper
Reg. 45c — Now 19c a Roll : fs

AVAILABLE
NOW!

For your Garden and Landscaping
COLORADO BLUE |

S PRUCE SEEDLINGS
$1.25 & $1.75 each

All proceeds to the ‘PT’ ©

13086 Old Yale Rd.
North Surrey —

Phone 581-5161

(after 3 p.m.) }

Planning a trip?

LET US MAKE ALL YOUR ARRANGEMENTS

GLOBE_TOURS

Tune-up as low as TRAVEL AGENCY
$5.50 aa.
We also cut keys 615 SELKIRK AVE. - WINNIPEG, MANITOBA su, 6-188 ||
Ph. MU 4-9819 ey |
Classified Advertisi :
Classifie vertising
—_—__—
‘NOTICES BUSINESS PERSONALS FOR SALE = am
eee a na — seed is
COPY — DEADLINE FOR ALL HOUR Sa HOP Oe BUSTS Nandan engine for JOE vol

ADVERTISING,. All copy mus:
be in the offices of the PACi-
FIC TRIBUNE no later than 12
Noon on MONDAY.

‘DURING THE CURRENT TRIB-
UNE FINANCIAL DRIVE, THE
PT OFFICE WILL REMAIN
OPEN ON SATURDAY FROM
10 A.M, to2 P.M, —

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our deep-
est gratitude to allour Comrades
and Friends for the sincere,
heartfelt sympathy expressed to
us in the loss of a beloved hus-
band and father,

—Mrs, Julia Rigby, Richard

and Maxine, :

‘COMING EVENTS

MAY 9—Come and bring your
children to a Children’s Oper-
etta—*THE TALE OF A TUR-
NIP,” SUN,, MAY 9th at 2p.m,
RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME,
600 Campbell Ave, Tea and
home baking will be served,
ALL WELCOME, Ausp, Fed,
of Russian Canadians,

MAY 30 — KEEP THIS DATE
OPEN for an EVENT honoring
HELEN MATHIESON,

NESS INSURANCE DUE? Call
Ben Swankey to get the best
possible policy for your money
__433-E 8323. s
PROBLEM “HEARING? Prescrip-
tion-fit instruments from $10
monthly and up, WM, MOZDIR,
INTERNATIONAL HEARING
CENTRE, 1505 Nanaimo St,,
New Westminster, Phone 522-
1149,
HELP THE PRESS DRIVE
ALONG! Get your hair cut at
ORPHEUM BARBERS, 611
Smythe St, (near Seymour), Union
barbers, Ali proceeds during
_April and Mayto PT Press Drive,
WEST END RADIO — Specializing
in TV Repairs, Latest pre-
cision equipment used, (For-
merly OK Radio Service), Now
at 1721 Robson 8%, MU 3-2618,

4 TRANSFER—1424 Commercial
Drive, Call Nick, AL 3-0727,

REGENT TAILORS LTD, — Cus-
tom Tailors and Ready -to-
Wear, 324 W, Hastings St, Mu
1-8456 or 4441 E, Hastings—
CY8-2030. See Henry Rankin
for personal. service,
ARTISTIC BEAUTY SALON

Styling, Hair-cutting
Permanents and Tinting et
Reasonable Prices

1035 EAST BROADWAY (at Glen’

Phone 876- 1113

summer? One 53 Hoe
HORSE* in top condition, *
most new, run less that ip |
hours, cost $289, Twist-87
throttle; gearshift — nel
forward, reverse, wuaT Ov 2
FERS? Apply Pacific Tribu —

cH

FOR SALE — FARM ri
VEGETABLES, EGGS & PU Kh
HONEY, 363 No, 5 R0?7
Richmond, A, Muryn. er |
_ a :

HALLS FOR RENT = |

“RUSSIAN PEOPLE'S HOME ©
Available for meetings,
quetS and weddings at re
able rates, 600 Campbell Ave

MU 4-9939,

er

‘CLINTON HALL, 2605 E. pen
Available for ‘banquets, ™*
_ ings, ‘weddings, etc, Phone. *

3-9964, :
PENDER

Auditoriu™

(Marine Workers)
339 West Pender
Phone MU 1-948]

Large and Small Halls —
for Rentals

sou"

10
May 7, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—-Fogs