— oe a ee

In addition to such social benefits as free medical care

and higher pensions for the

aged, socialism has brought

More comfortable living conditions for the working people.
Shown above is the living room of a modern rural apart-
Ment in Czechoslovakia. Homes like these are now being
Provided to thousands in rural areas who less than two
decades ago lived in mud huts and straw-thatched hovels.

DETAILS BEH

IND U-2

TOLD IN NEW BOOKLET

NO RETURN FOR U-2: 175
Pages, Progress Books. Price 25
Cents. Available People’s Co-op
Bookstore, 307 W. Pender.
a Capitalist press and radio

Canadians the United
tes version of the bizarre
acts that were brought out

Uring the trial of Francis

°Wers, the pilot of the U.S.
pane that was shot down while
; a hostile military mission
De the Soviet Union on May

ay.

a crtunately, people no longer
alist to be victims of the capit-
oe monopoly of the channels

Mformation in Canada and
€ United States. This is one
ie . important changes that

onlay made all over the
. by the rise of the social-
World ‘system.
so the case of the trial of
S. spy plane, the facts
Biniea undeclared hostilities
iter On by the U.S. govern-
are: against the Soviet Union
pectuable now and can be
Vern t With the capitalist
10Ns,
tite attractive booklet, en-
Veals No Return for U-2”, re-

3 the fantastic details of
Bere noluding its back-
clareg of systematic unde-
teq St War waged by the Uni-

a ates government against!

Untry with which full dip-

about

Om, : -
ey relations are main-
mj ed, and the Eisenhower ad-
: nis

eg ton’s involvement of
edge without their know]l-
Mie hostile acts against the
Union,

the & book documents also,
tion oY of lies by which
arn lal spokesmen for the U.S.
Ved at the shocking cynical

St
h atement by President Eisen-

nounced that the pilot was
guilty. ;

All this, and the truth about
the preparations which were
supposed to ensure ‘that the,
pilot would not be captured
alive, is fully documented. In
fact, it is by reading this book
that-one can understand fully
some of the things that Powers
admitted during his trial.

Press reports claim that U.S.

senators who' are in possession
of “confidential information”
supplied to them by the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency can-
not believe that the Soviet
Union has a rocket which can
bring down a plane from a
height of more than 13 miles.
What those Senators are cap-
able of believing doesn’t
change the facts but it is inter-
esting that the CIA influences
their thinking to such an ex-
tent.

The CIA is the U.S. agency
which paid Powers $30,000 per
year for his hostile military
activities over Soviet territory.

Comments that this amount is
exaggerated ignore the facts.
It is the amount required to
incite experienced pilots to
take on a job for which they
may be shot on sight if they
are caught.

Powers and the other U-2
pilots know that the attitude of
the United States to prisoners
charged with espionage is mer-
ciless—even when evidence Is
purely circumstantial and did
not include any element of un-
declared war. In the light of
the record of the United
States and the type of job they
are hired for, the sallary paid
may be the minimum that will

Wer, which, in effect, an

attract pilots.

LL

By R. ROSS

The third Vancouver Festi-!
val has come and gone andj
the usual assessments are be-|
ing made. Humphrey Burton,
visiting British critic deplored
lack of a bar, of flags and
fireworks and of Canadian
music. The Daily Province
critic, too, felt that Canadian
music was badly treated, by
being confined to a couple of
concerts on the U.B.C. cam-
pus.

All the critics, however;
with one exception, were
unanimous in their praise of
the Peking Opera. The Sun
critic, poor fellow, was obvi-
ously quite unaware of the
tremendous antiquity of Chin-
ese culture, and was so busy
looking for signs that he was
being brain-washed that he
missed a most wonderful ex-
perience.

The Peking Opera was un-
doubtedly the high point of
the Festival. To many, the
second outstanding event was
the return of Glen Gould.
This original and_ brilliant
young Canadian is indeed an
artist of the highest calibre.
Idiosyneracies Yes, but as
far as I am concerned, he can
stand on his head just so long
as it does not interfere with
his unforgettable playing.

It seems that the Festival is
here to stay, being a financial
as well as an artistic success,
so what of the future?

One of the truly disappoint-
ing features of the Festival,
both this year and last, was
the dramatic presentation. It
seems indeed odd with all the
theatrical talent there is
around British Columbia that
such mediocre presentations
should be given. Anyone who
doubts first of all that there
are good plays and secondly
that we have talented direc-
tors and actors, could not
have seen the Vancouver Lit-
tle Theatre presentation of
Arthur Miller’s “A View from
the Bridge” earlier this year,
or Berthold Brecht’s “Chalk
Circle” at the Frederick Wood
last winter.

still not quite sure whether
it should let the general pub-
lic in on the Festival, except
in the role of ticket buyers.
Memberships, at five dollars
each, in the Festival Society,
were requested, but these car-
ried only the privileges of
buying tickets before they
went on public sale and of at-
tending four lectures given

The Festival Committee is

Festival opened.

What would be wrong with
a genuine membership organi-
zation, fees from which might
go toward reducing ticket
prices on some events? Such
an organization could sponsor
a whole series of lectures to
stimulate interest in some of
the main features. It could al-
so hold at least one meeting

tainly one after,
estimation of

where the
more people

a few of the top brass could
do much to ensure the growth
and vitality of the Festival.

As things stand it is very
much the property of a few
public-spirited but well-heeled
citizens, and the reaction of
the general public to the Fes-
tival is judged solely on box
office receipts.

What the Festival needs
more than anything is to be
tied in much more closely
with the locality and its

before the Festival and cer- |

than a handful of critics and |

A review of Vancouver's
International Festival

‘people. What about including
| the Annual Folk Festival
|presentation in the Vancouver
| Festival next year?

CRIME ON INCREASE
IN UNITED STATES

A startling increase in crime
| in the United States during the
| first six months of 1960 is re-
;ported by the office of the
|Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion.

| The increase is reported in
|every major offense category
/and is true for all regions in
| the U.S. Murders ihcreased six
| percent rape and auto thefts
| five percent, aggravated as
| sault four percent, robberies 13
| percent, burglaries 12 percent

|and larcenies involving, sums
‘over $50 eight percent.

3

Above is the “Zaporozhets,’ latest bantam car being
produced in the Soviet Union.

Chorus

Chorus:

quite a long time before the

Read this booklet and see |
how little chance they have of!
getting away with their ban-|
diry. ;

It’s a glaring falacy,

Good times are noj{ being

ELECTION SONG

(Calypso Melody)
On the blue Pacifie shore
Lives a man who ran a hardware store.
That is he did until recently,
Now he is the premier of B.C.

Now as you’ve often hear
You may know how to run a hardware store.
But when it comes to provincial management.
It’s big business you represent.

You’ve built some roads I will agree,
By taxing citizens exorbitantly.

Your propaganda is wearing thin,
We're getting fed wp with the Bennett Grin.

That you’ve given us prosperity.

By the many thousand unemployed.

d me say before.

enjoyed

September 2, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5