Island woman visited Europe, USSR, China. . By BERT WHYTE, It's a long journey from Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, to Peking, China, particu- larly when you have to cross three continents to et there, and Mrs. Mona Worth, who arrived in Vancouver,on Tuesday this week or. the last lap of her round trip, had a thousand stories to relate about the countries she had visited, the people she had met and the things she had seen, “What began as a journey to Lausanne, Switzerland, to attend the First World Congress of Moth- ers as a member of a Canadian delegation of 16, turned into al- most a world toux when six of us were invited by the ‘All-China Wo- men’s Federation to visit their country,” said Mrs. Worth. “The Lausanne gathering was impressive in itself,’ said ‘thie Nanoose woman, who is the moth- er of two young boys and a teen- age daughter. “From all coun- tries of the ‘world’ the women came to Lausanne — 1,090 dele- gates from 66 countries. We had gathered for one simple purpose —to protect the world’s children from wat. “Out of our discussions came} three documents: a Manifesto to the Mothers ofthe World; a mes- sage to the Big Four conference in Geneva; and a message to the United Nations. “We called on the UN to press for an end to war preparations, for controlled reduction of arma- ments, for destruction of atomic weapons and for the peaceful use of atomic energy.” Pees * * * ‘“We ‘Canadian women were thrilled by the invitation to visit China,” said Mrs. Worth. “We flew to Moscow via Prague, then took a nine-and-a-half-day journey by train from Moscow to Peking. “Much of the trip across the USSR was like travelling across the prairies in Canada. But Siberia was different from what we had anticipated—the towns and industrial centres were new, moderr:, spick.and-span. “Three of our delegates made the journey by plane, but Mrs. Marg Ferguson and Mrs. Elrena Blair of Toronto and I took the long train ride, escorted by six Chinese women who had attend- ed the Mothers’ Congress. There were also two Australian women in our. party. “The food in theydiner was good “As you. know, the Soviet Union has wider-gauge railway tracks than other countries. We watched with interest how they * raised the coaches. with hydraulic lift; at the Manchurian border, then used cranes to remove the * wheels: and put in narrow-gauge wheels, “T remember travelling through miles and miles of waving corn in Manchuria — but corn never ap- peared on the menu. That seems to be strictly a Canadian dish. “In Peking we stayed at the Peace Hotel, and were lavishly entertained. There’s no use try- ing to describe Chinese hospitali- ty—it is simply out of this world, something that has to be experi- enced tc be believed. “We visited an old children’s hospital which is now used as a clinic, and then we visited a new children’s hospital, a beautiful, modern building. Everywhere we went we “were tremendously im- pressed by the care and attention given to bringing up happy, ‘healthy children. “We were taken to Darien, Har- bin and other industrial centres in the north, where we inspected steel plants, factories and an open pit coal mine. We noted that every factory had a nursery for mothers. About one quarter: of the industrial workers were wo- men, making the leap from feudal conditions into modern industry operating in a system which has granted full equality to their sex for the first time in ‘China’s his- tory. “This change in the status of women was brought home to us when we were introduced to the director of a huge blast furnace, a woman, and later to a woman whe was in charge of a hospital in Peking. “We also visited the great city of Shanghai, and the first thing I saw when I looked out of my hotel window was a group of but we ate so much chicken that by the time we reached the Man- churian border we were glad to switch to Chinese dishes. HUB HUMOR TRONIZE fe) ARNEL® COFFEE SHOP 410 Main St. Operated By GEORGE & WINNIFRED GIBBONS PA 2G s “Everything: in ag FROM... EARL SY.KES 56 E. Hastings St. PA. 3855 VANCOUVER, B.C. CONSTANTINE FINE CUSTOM TAILORING Ladies’ and Gentlemen Rm., 118, 603 W. 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We be- came quite adept with chopsticks before we left. “1 could say much more about the children — how in all the countries we saw Pioneer Pai- aces, as they call them, where children develop their hobbies and are taught drawing, pup- petry and music. ‘Nothing is too good for the children’ that’s what they told us every- where. And they meant it. “And because of the children, because mothers everywhere want their children to grow up in a world at peace, the mothers we theiz desire to prevent another war, their urge to unite with all mothers of the world to work for peace.” x x x Now that she is back home, Mrs. Worth intends to spread that mes- sage to as many Canadian moth- ers as she possibly can meet. “Lausanne was the beginning, not the end of our work,” she stressed. “iA committee was set’ up at,the Congress to. carry on! the work we began, and we know we will succeed in our aim of, preventing another world war, so | that our children shall live in. peace.” | Along : met all emphasized one thing —: Settlement of the Seafarers’ In- ternational Union strike against Union Steamships this week means that the company will get its coas- tal fleet of cargo and passenger ships back into operation within the next few days. SIU now intends to open wage talks covering nearly 600 seamen on Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Blackbal! Ferries and-other coastwise lines. The 350 SIU members who struck Union Steamships on July 3 have won. a $19 monthly in- crease spread over two years, plus some fringe benefits. x x A. resoiuiion which paves the * way for eventual merge of their | 6&,00G-member provincial organiz- ation with some 50,000 ‘CCL union- ists in B.C. was passed Tuesday this week by Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (AFL) dele- gates. The resolution will go before the TLC’s B.C. Trade Union Con- gress, which meets here Septem- bei 28. It proposes appointment of five-man committees to aves on a mergey plan. x * x Latest “We Do Not Patronize” list issued by Vancouver Trades and Labor Council names these restaurants which all progressives should avoid: Black Cat Coffee Shop, Mayfair Caterers, Horne’s Bakery Lunch Counter (New West- |. minster) and Lennies’ Grill (New Westminster). k ie letay ; Homer Stevens, secretary of Un- ited Fishermen. and Allied Work- ers’ Union, will give evidence at a trial in Ocean Falls this Satur- day involving charges by RCMP constable Norman Adolph of Namu against Native fisherman Brown. ; Alleged discriminatory practises by Adolph against the Native peo- ple of Namu were recently made public by Stevens, who wrote to Attorney-General Robert Bonner and to RCMP assistant commission- er C. E. Rivett-Carnac asking for a full probe. 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