nite What You Pleate. American record of infervention cited READER, Vancouver: Ameri- can intervention in Korea is by no meang the first time the “peace loving” Yankees have invaded other countries. In Korea alone the record shows that the U.S. intervened and sent in troops in 1871, 1888, 1904 and 1905. America sent soldiers to Cuba in 1905, 1909 and 1917; to Argen- tine in 1833, 1852 and 1853; to Mexico in 1914 and 1916; and to the Soviet Union in 1918. : The U.S. war fleet intervened in the Dominican Republic on three occasions; in Haiti four times; in Honduras six times; in Nicaragua 10 times; in Panama 12 times; in China 13 times and in Japan six times. These figures are taken from U.S. News and World Report. Isn’t it time America began mind- ing its own business? ‘ 4 Why doesn’t Pearson want fo make protest CANADA FIRST, Vancouver: aT; see in the daily papers that Can- ada has asked our ambassador in Washington to make inquiries about a United States military WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN Ye map which shows Yankee jurisdic_ tion extending over a vast area in eastern and northern Canada. A story in the Ottawa Citizen blandly reports that the U.S. has created a new military command “which fans out across Eastern Canada and the Canadian Arctic to the North Pole.” External Afairs Minister Lester B. Pearson pooh-poohs away any criticism of this surrender of our sovereingty, loftily informs the press that Canada doesn’t take a serious view of the map incident, and adds “... except that the de- partment fears that release of such maps outside military ranks can cause misunderstanding.” What are you getting at, Mike? Jt seems to me you think it’s okay to sell our country down the river to the ‘Yankee brasshats, as long ag Canadian civilians don’t find out what’s going on, So some day, J suppose, we'll wake up and find ourselves saluting the Stars and Stripes, with strict orders to cheer like mad whenever General Mac- Arthur’s name is mentioned. Seems to me its time we looked into the doings of Pearson’s de- partment and find out just what’s going on. I’m a fifth generation Canadian and I don’t like to see my country being handed over to a gang of slaphappy generals from the Land of Al Capone. 4 goanTment Council wide open on ‘wide open’ Sundays J. K. SMALL, Vancouver: The _ question, “How silly can you get?” has been answered by our super- silly city council, who showed less than kindergarten intelligence in dealing with the Sunday sports issue. By bringing in a plebiscite offering citizens no choice be-— tween the present antiquated blue laws and a wide-open, rootin’, tootin’ Sabbath, the gas-house boys from Cambie and Twelfth probably figured the joke was on us ordinary, fairly law-abiding Joes who do the voting next month. It could be, though, that the jokers at city hall will find the jokeis onthem afterelection day. Any voter in his right mind knows that the provincial government, which has the final say in the mat_ ter, won't okay an open Sunday even if all of us voted “Yes.” On the other hand, we know we'll never win any relaxation of the blue laws if we vote “No.” So an affirmative vote will simply indi- ~ cate that we want some slackening of the Victorian atmosphere, Any how will the Mahogany Room boys react if we mark our ballots “Yes” just to show how we feel about their crummy political plebiscite? I say, let’s give it a whirl. ’ ‘Glass Menagerie’ reflection of one side of American life today ing dissatisfaction and an imper- FOR HOLLYWOOD entertain- ment at its best, see All About Eve starring Bette Davis, Ann Baxter, ‘George Sanders and others of first line talent. But remember, it’s ‘champagne you're getting, not solid food, » : ‘What’s in a story? When the. story’s from Hollywood, the ans- wer is — usually nothing. And that goes for All About Eve, which lets you know all about the, very youthful, dreamy-eyed, heroine- worshiping but oh how ambitious Eve Harrington (Ann Baxter) who latches herself into the life of Margot Channing, the supreme star of the theatre world (Bette Davis) who, however, has seen her fortieth birthday. We're all sure we know what's going to happen—and we do—es- pecially when @ warm-hearted woman friend of the inevitably tempermental Margot, and two highly eligible young men, an author and a theatre director com- prise Margot's circle of friends; but we are not prepared for the character revelation, the wit, the humor, the originality and verve of the scenes that make All About Eve intoxicating. In this slightly romantic piece Bette Davis is exasperating but enchanting; Celeste Holm is beau tiful, loving, gentle, warm; ‘George Sanders is suave and sar- ‘donic; Anne Baxter demure and open-eyed, with the velvet-clawed aN softness of the true feline. , The picture is not to he taken seriously, but it should be taken. Perhaps the winds of freedom and honesty that are blowing so strongly in some parts of the world are managing to penetrate ever so slightly into the noisome and dollar-dank atmosphere of America; for in the past season two Holywood actresses of ability, Gloria Swanson and Bette Davis, have dared to be honest on the ' screen and act their age. Is it be- ing too simple to hope that the healthy-minded in Hollywood are not utterly routed? Br eke raat EXCELLENT acting, sensitive and dramatic use of the camera and fine team work on the part of | the four actors carrying the chief roles, make of Tennessee William’s Glass Menagerie, the overwrought and hyper-emotional play of futil_ ity and vain ‘hopes a production worth seeing. : : ; Most of the action takes place in the cramped, unlovely three- room suite of the Wingfield family, mother, son, and daughter, where the three live a jangled existence of alternating sentimental afec- tion and mutual recrimination. Each is handicapped, the mother by nostalgic memories of her youth of gracious living in the “old South”, the daughter by in- validism, and ‘the son by a gnaw- fectly realized ambition to write. The secretly envied hero of the family is the absent father who “sot out” sixteen years ago, and hasn’t been heard from since. Into their ingrown livés is in- troduced Jim O'Connor, extrovert, ceptimist, and man marked for success. His one evening visit with the family precipitates an explosion of emotion that rips the family apart, and each retires into his particular escape vacuum — the mother to memories, and hopes for a “young man” for her daugh- ter, the daughter to her preoccu- pation with her glass toys and old gramophone recordings, and the son to wandering in the merchant marine. / The domestic scenes tingle with the nervous edge everyone has ever lived in cramped quarters will appreciate, Gertrude Law- ‘rences neurotic, loving, exasper- ating Mrs. Wingfield is superb. The ghastly frustration of people who don’t know why they are what they are, and won’t be critical of the- world that is misusing them, is authentic. One gets the impression un- fortunately, that Tennessee Wil- liams himself is a victim of the neurosis he portrays, and that he believes that the worn-out Amer- can formula—-the happy smile, the willing hand, the dreamy eye—as exemplified by Jim O'Connor, is really the answer to life’s prob- lems. — ELIZABETH SCOTT. .. THE FINAL SCORE 1,617 SUBS NE year ago we rang up 1,521 subs in our fall sub- scription drive. This year we can chalk up 1,617. To the readers and supporters of the Pacific Tribune who secured these subs and renewals, we extend our sincere thanks for.a job well done. True, we didn’t hit the 2,000 target we aimed at — but we can announce the welcome news that in Novem- _ ber, 1950, after_a year of newspaper attacks on the pro- gressive labor movement, we have 500 more subscribers than we had 12 months ago. 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