ee Vea is a veritable treasure house of %n- cient civilization, owin® to her strategic location on the historic crossroads be- tween the. Occident and Orient, between the lands of the Mediterranean and those north of the Danube. Many varied tribes and na- tions have lived in these Parts. * * * The ruins of the Thracian town of Seftopolis, named after theThracian King Seft III and unrecorded in the annals of history, were re- cently discovered not far from Kazanluk, the heart of the famous Rose Valley. The archeological inves- tigations made so far have Tevealed that the town was protected by a stone wall and had a central square with a temple of Dionysus. The Greek inscription shows that it existed from the late fourth to the mid- third century, B.C. * * * Another _ remarkable find of ancient art is the 8old treasure recently dis- Covered near Panagyurish- te. Dating back to the third century, B.C., it weighs about 6,200 grams (about 218 oz.) and_ consists of Nine vessels. with wonder- ful relief images from Greek mythology. It is as- Sumed that it belonged to some Thracian chieftain. * These pretty Bulgarian girls, living at one of process of the ancient crossroads of history, are in the A year ago an unusual find was discovered near Stara Zagora — fine char- iots richly adorned with silver statuettes and appli- cations and ten horses har- nessed to ‘them, which -were. killed on the spot. One of the chariots has been restored and is now on display at the district museum. = * = af A necropolis (cemetery) from the mid-fifth to the mid-second century, B.C., ‘was found during exca- vations made near Sozopol on the Black Sea coast. Some 800 graves were brought to light containing precious Greek import and local clay vases and orna- ments, sepulchral monu- ments with Greek inscrip- OPEN FORUM Unity Needed Harold Pritchett, Chairman C.P. Club, North Burnaby, writes NDP leader Tommy Douglas: AS Voters in Burnaby and members Of the North Burnaby Club of the Communist Party, we take this °Pportunity to congratulate you and your Party on its stand of No Nuclear Weapons for Can- ada.” We support this position and the position of our Party that the New Democratic Party pre- Sents the alternative in this nu- Clear age, to the old line parties and their madness in pursuing the Policy of support to the American nuclear arms race. We believe that the people of Canada can benefit with a strong Progressive government in power Ut we believe the only road to Achieve this is through unity with all sections of the population who believe that Canada must play an independent role in shaping -Its own destiny and for a peace- ful world. Mr. Douglas, we do not believe that an anti-communist campaign Can achieve the results that you = your Party want to achieve = to carry on such a campaign Only be a disservice to your WORTH _READING Man and Evolution, by John Wis, Price $2.50. ; poem's guide to Darwin's : Y of evolution, with facts “ought to light since Darwin's ine research in many Ofte — of science — from gen- * (0 anthropology. his work combats the efforts Ses who, in many cases, ~» Misused Darwin's theories uy racism or other essen- Y evil theories. of constituents in Burnaby and throughout. Canada. Let us use unity to build a government for the people of Canada. Ink Scarcely Dry John Anderson, Qualicum Beach, B.C., writes: As I see the situation today, the coming elec- tion is one of the most important elections in Canada since Con- federation. When Upton Sinclair wrote in his book Werld End that the -ink was scarcely dry on the peace treaty after World War 1 when they began sowing the seeds of the Second World War, he was writing a truth confirmed by his- tory. Then comes the Minifie book Peacemaker or Powder Monkey with all the arms build- up and schemes for a more de- vastating war, which Canada must now debate and decide on the hustings during this election. “Some of those “agreements” like the Abbott Plan, the Breton Woods monetary tieup, and so on which the Mackenzie King gov- ernment rushed through — the House have now come home to roost, with Kennedy calling the shot, and other powers in the U.S. and abroad controlling Ken- nedy on how he calls it. A Real Service H. Vigor, Victoria, writes: On reading the varied newspaper ac- counts on the remarks st@pposed- ly made by Mr. Strachan re Mr. Cox’s visit to Cuba, let me say the following. I agree whole- heartedly with Mr. Cox’s decision to visit Cuba to see things for himself. In my opinion his visit is a real democratic service for Canada and its people — and for the people of the New Democratic Party. Honor The Dead Douglas V. Ross, Vancouver, writes: The heads of the Cana- dian Legion Pacific Command set forth a motion on January 28, forwarding a telegram asking the federal government to pass legis- lation with severe penalties, for any assembly within 1000 yards of the Cenotaph, by the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors or by any group, unless it be for the pur- pose of honoring the dead. A question for the heads of the CLPC; was it justifiable to allow the reading of the Riot Act to 2,000 hungry and discouraged people, many of whom were war veterans from the 1914-18 war, by one mayor G. G. McGeer at 10 a.m. on the morning of April 23, 1935 on the steps of the Ceno- taph? : Being a veteran of war-time waters myself, I can’t see any basic grounds for wanting to pre- vent anyone from assembling around the Cenotaph, as it repre- sents the four basic freedoms which are of great importance to all of us; freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and association, and freedom of the press. These are the principles which took Canada 96-years to accom- plish, including two world wars and the Korean campaign. It also took the men you wish to honor, to fight and die for us to have. These valuable freedoms are to be enjoyed by each and everyone of us, regardless of whether we be red, black, yellow, white or brown or Catholic, Hebrew, Douk- hobor or Protestant. If by your request you manage to destroy ; these, it will be you and you alone who will be dishonoring the dead and all they fought and died for. tee en shopping for the most modern- looking handbag possible. tions, etc. The archeological work at Nessebur covered not only the peninsula but also the sea around, on the bot- tom of which the remains of an early Byzantine fort- ress wall, a wooden ship and may clay amphoras were found. * * * Many interesting finds were made during the ex- cavations of Roman and early Byzantine towns -and necropolises in Mysia and Thrace. The town of Abrifus was finally located at the local- ity of MHissarluka, near Razgard. An _ expedition sent by the German Aca- demy of Sciencesin Berlin has been investigating for the past few years the town of Yatrus, which was located at the village of Krivina, in the district of Rousse. * * * The wealth and variety of archeological monu- ments, dating back to dif- ferent historical periods, which are to be found in practically all parts of Bul- garia, are of exceptional interest to archeologists and historians. This interest is not re- stricted, however, to the so-called professionals .. . all men who wish to learn something from past civil- izations and societies, who wish to broaden their cul- tural background, joyous- ly welcome each “new” ‘discovery The winner: Quinn! Ww a truly remarkable actor is Anthony Quinn! Whatever his role — Eskimo hunter, Arab sheik or hot-blood- ed Italian farmer — he always presents a fully rounded charac- ter; not a stock type, but a whole man. And few other American actors can match his ability to invest such an urgent sense of human concern for the people he por- trays. * * * In Blood Money (Columbia) he has the role of a _ prizefighter ordered by the doctor to quit the ring for good. A huge, ugly, inarticulate moun- tain of a man, with an immense pride in his skill and a_ heart bursting with honesty and good- ness, he finds, after 17 years in the ring, that he is virtually un- employable. Dispirited by his uselessness, he feels himself being pulled in opposite directions by the people around him. His manager (Jackie Gleason), up to his eyes in _ behind-the- scenes gangsterdom and intrigue, needs him for the money be could earn as a clowning act in put-up wrestling games. A pretty, do-gooding employ- ment exchange official (Julie Harris) tries to save him from such a humiliation. * * * This isn’t a new subject for the screen. It’s the sort of situation that Hollywood adores and is usually good at. In fact, it has handled it much better in the past. The relationships are far- fetched; the approach is both FILMS schmaltzy and snobbish; and the script has moments of quite in- credible soppiness. But Anthony Quinn is magnifi- cent. He lumbers along with such pathetic good will and eagerness for life that he makes the most unlikely things seem convincing. And the ending, though quaint and abrupt, is really very touch- ing. —NINA HIBBIN Berlin — January, 1963.) Let Time Work For Us (Based on aquotation from a speech by Premier Nikita Khrusch- chev at the East German Communist Party Congress, held in East Tho’ time flies by on perilous wings, There’s always time for doing things. Time to press the peace fight on And time to learn a right from wrong. There’s time for all we have to do, And time to think a little, too. But no time for wars or fears Of nuclear ash for endless years. Let’s work together and welcome time To build a new life for mankind. We'll win the Peace, we surely can, For Time’s our ally, along with Man! e A. K. — Vancouver March 1, 1963—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page