GREAT science city is
being built in the suburbs
of Novosibirsk, in Siberia, at
a cost of some $250 million.
Twelve institutes will bring
Soviet scientific research close
to the people of this rapidly
developing territory.

The government’s decision to
ereate the great centre was
taken only last May but work
is already in full swing on the
3,000-acre site.

The foundatioon of the first
building at the Novosibirsk
centre is already in position.
Roads are being laid and
water, electricity and gas
mains. are going in. Four of
the institutes will begin work
this year—in rather cramped
Pe quarters till more buildings
fel have been erected.

By the end of 1959 most. of
the institutes will have started
work. The whole project is
expected to be completed by
oe a the end of 1960.
ou The new city will stand on
ie the shores of the new Ob Sea,
formed by draining the River
Ob for a hydro-electric power
station.

The Soviet Academy of Sci-
s ences approved construction

pay measures only in November,
but the draft architectural
plans had been completed and
passed by mid-March.

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Until the last elections to
the academy, of the 134 full
members and 302 correspond-
ing members, only one work-
ed in Siberia. Most worked in
Moscow and Leningrad.

Now Siberia has eight full
members and 27 correspond-
ing members. They specialize
in mathematics, physics, geo-
logy, geography, mechanics,
electrical engineering or min-
ing metallurgy.

The new centre from the
start wilk have full authority
to undertake solution of all
problems which present them-
selves in the fields of mathe-
matics, physics, geology, the
natural sciences and economics.

The seven men and one
woman elected as full acade-
micians in the Siberian branch
between them have published
hundreds of works on their
specialties.

The new woman academi-
eian, Pelagaya Kochina, is an
expert on hydro - mechanics
and filtration, author of over
89 works on these subjects.

Among her achievements is
the solution of the problem of
simultaneous filtration of two
liquids of different densities
and other problems connected

with the use of underground -

water and filtration of under-
ground gas and oil.

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The Moscow Institute of Phy-
sies headed by Academician
Kurchatov, is to provide be-
tween 60 to 80 scientists as a
preliminary staff for the Si-
berian Institute.

Part of the work at the new
institute will be to develop
powerful sub-atomic particle
accelerators.

An Institute of Thermal Phy-
sics and possibly an Institute
of Radio Physics will be estab-
lished in Siberia and Soviet
scientists have no doubt that
in the physico - mathematical
field the new centre will soon
begin to compete successfully
with Moscow.

Reason for their confidence
is that in selecting men and
women for Siberian appoint-

ments the accent is placed on
youth.

Academician Kapitsa is also
insisting that youth be given
its head at the new centre,
and all the older scientists
and the government agree
with him.

Giving reasons for the pre-
vious lag in scientific devel-
opment in Siberia, he said:

“The war retarded the de-
velopment of physics centres
in the provinces because many
scientists from various cities
had to be concentrated in the
centre in order to solve the
problems of nuclear physics.”

Concentration of the scien-
tific forces in Moscow, how-
ever, now had its negative as-
pect and they had to begin
promoting provincial devel-
opment.

SAM RUSSELL

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~~ Soviet government constructing Employers’ plo
new city of science in Siberia

READER, Powell River,
B.C.; Compulsory arbitration
in all strikes would be a good
thing for foreign investors
here. It used to be that Wes-
tern firms could go into China
and hire the poor Chinese at
practically nothing and make
fine profits out of them, but
now that they have lost China,
they are looking elsewhere for
cheap labor.

Why not in Canada?

If they can get proper leg-
islation passed to curb strik-
ers they can set up al] kinds
here. Then, when U.S. work-
ers demand higher wages,
their bosses can threaten to
move their businesses north
across the line, where Cana-
dians will have to work long
and hard for mere subsistence
wages.

Under such legislation.
(compulsory arbitration in all
strikes) the Canadian workers
will not make enough wages
for holidays, trips, TV _ sets,

Marie Prociw to be guest artist
at Ukrainian Festival in July

| eae PROCIW of Toronto,

one of the guest stars’ to
appear on the Ukrainian Festi-
val program at Exhibition
Forum here July 12, is not
just another acrobatic dancer.
She is an -accomplished
artist with one of the warmest
personalities that ever ex-
tended itself across the foot-
lights. This combination has
made her much in demand for
concert, night club and TV
appearances where she is in-
variably the star attraction
on the program.

Marie’s road to success was
not an easy one. It was not
just a question of perfecting
acrobatic routines, but of
overcoming a physical handi-
cap’ that was involved.

Born in Windsor, Ontario,
in 1933 into a French-Cana-
dian family of five girls and
five boys. Marie was growing
up unable to walk. It was on
the advice of a chiropractor
that her parents enrolled her
into a class of physical train-
ing at the tender age of two
—training which she contin-
ued for 11 years.

Not only did the exercise
help to strengthen her weak
muscles, but it led her to a
career as the accomplished
artist she is today.

At six she won the Ontario

championship silver trophy as
an acrobat, repeating this
achievement again at nine
years of age. Appearing at
local fairs in both Canada and
the United States, she gained
popularity and finally moved
to Toronto where opportuni-
ties to get ahead were better.

In Toronto she was signed
to a three-year contract with
Mart Kenny, appearing with
his orchestra nightly in a tour
across Canada and the USS.
She also appeared on TV in
the “Pick the Stars” program
at this time.

In 1953 she was one of the
five entertainers sent by the
Canadian government to enter-
tain troops in Japan and
Korea, touring these two
countries for a period of two
months.

On returning to Canada she
studied the art of judo for
six months, appearing as a
night club entertainer in Mon-
treal, and: then working an-
other year with Mart Kenny’s
hand.

In 1957 Marie went to Eur-
ope and while there appeared
with great success in concert
performances and: night clubs
in several European cities.
Back in Canada she continues
her appearances on stage and
TV. :

Bookings for summer per-
formances will take her to
many cities and towns across
Canada this year and it is by
special arrangement that
Marie has fitted in her ap-
pearance on the program of
the Ukrainian Festival in
Vancouver.

MARIE PROCIW .
May 2, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE,

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