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ne Greek students (above) parad 2.
known soldier’ and burned recent “anti-sedition

us before ithe United

ed to the tomb of Greece's
” proclamation

of Criton Tornaritis, attorney-general of Cyprus.

Yanks spoil
PNE parade

E The Pacific National Exhibition got und
eek but if patrons of the big énd-of-summer
Of more of a Canadian accent, they were crue
‘Ne opening day parade. Canadian floats
butter in a White Lunch sandwich between

g

: S. gobs and Gls, floats from
path of -the border, U.S.-based
Scrmal orders and Washington
rate high school bands complete
: sake hip-wrenching majorettes
ad the quick shuffle beat of the
€rican “goosestep.”
an otable among the few Cana-
#4 entries was the float from
‘Ne Fraser Valley community of

Wh
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* alley featuring square danc-

Co. Good, too, was the B.C. Peace
peel entry with its message
ee Will Triumph” and _ its
ae Y-costumed occupants depict
8 the peoples of the world.
lows packing a powerful wal-
e was the float of the joint
inl “CCL Committee against Rac
Discrimination.
waonsiderably less convincing
“8S the effort of a border town
oy Washington that bore the slo-
N “Peace, Progress and Pros-

Perty” on a float showing a wal-
Ship,

Outstanding among the bands.

along the route was the Powell
st Pipe band in its colorful
on ge A good show was put
“th vy the Chilliwack Senior Band,
® Pride of Chilliwack,” and the
AcIntosh girls’ pipe band from
non.
aie real crowd pleaser was the
, hedy team from the Vancouver
vehenters driving an ancient
iele, belching smoke , and
ame and manned with a pirati-

erway in Vancouver this
spectacle were hoping
lly disappointed by
were lost, spread as thin
the contingents of

cal crew.
The Kelowna entry featured

the beautiful “Tady of the Lake”
chosen at last month’s Regatta in

the Okanagan city.

One float that would never
have been missed was the black-
face “PNE Minstrels” trying to
revive a type of chauvinism that
was out of date 40 years ago. ©

United States participants in
the parade were the target of
some rather unkind remarks from
Canadian spectators. After watch-
ing some intricate marching by
the Seattle Police Drill Team, a
Canadian Army vet observed
sourly, “They’re pretty good at
marching but not so good at

hting.” :
ae saiingster on a building top
reacted much the same to a flag-
waving, drum-beating military
manoeuvre carried out im , the
style of the Nazi youth rallies by
a sorgeously-uniformed US. high
school band.

“Ah, why don’t you go back to
school,”’ he shouted with typical
Canadian irreverance.

An incongruous part of the par-
ade was the delegation of Shrin-
ers, ageing sports in fancy-dress
Oriental costumes, looking as
self-conscious as small boys at a
masquerade party. They were ac-
companied by a rather washed-
out pair of “American Beauties”
and a healthy-looking young

chimp. “

Briton to Ike:

ERE'S WHY

THE WORLD
HATES U;S,

By J. R. CAMPBELL

LONDON

The President of the United States, the country which is the main source of
war policies and war threats, last week asked all mankind to pray for peace.

A few hours later he told Congress that it was unfortunate the France and
Italy had not ratified the European Defense Community to enable the West Germans
to rush ahead with rearmament.

He urges prayer and the rebuilding of German militarism almost in the same

breath. He wants Europe re-made
according to American specific.-
tions with People’s Democracy re-
placed by capitalist, landlordism
and probably fascism.

He regards the present divi-
sion of. Europe as something to
be revised. Hence his opposi-
tion to any European Security
Organization which would guar-
antee existing frontiers.

Here is the whole paradox of
the U:S. position in a nutshell.
Eisenhower and Company pro-
fess peace but they want changes
which can only be brought about
by war.

Eisenhower prays for peace, but
also wants, and presumably prays
for, the overthrow of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, and its
replacement by Chinese yes-men
to Amerjcan Big Business.

He wants the United Nations,
but would not admit to it any
state that the U.S. does not like.

Eisenhower is prepared to give
scme atomic materials to some
countries for peaceful purposes.

He is against the unconditional

prohibition of atomic and hydro-
gen weapons.

He is not prepared to say that
the U.S. will not be the first to
use these horrible weapons.

Eisenhower pays lip-service to

peaceful co-éxistence. It is, how-
ever, peaceful co-existence in a
world re-made according to U.S.
imperialist desires.
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