What is the future for youth?

Ivor Mills, Vancouver, writes:
The editorial ‘Reagan doctrine:
All for war’? (Tribune Aug. 20,
1982) brings into focus serious pro-
blems facing today’s youth. More

1an this, it arouses concern for the
Kind of leadership they may or may

_ Notbe getting. In light of Reagan’s

Warlike stance and increased
defence spending, in light of the
Cuts in jobs and paring of public
Services — with no cutbacks in pro-
fiteering for the corporate ‘welfare
bums” — I wonder just what kind
Of a scenario is being drawn up for
the lives of young people.

Prior to World War II economic
development had something of a
Parallel with that of today:
Unemployment was rampant, there
Was little money in circulation. Yet
When the time came to muster
Military might, all of these pro-
blems disappeared. Despite Soviet
Wamings official circles maintain-

their anti-Soviet attitudes. But
Suddenly western help to the Nazis
and the Japanese backfired and the
War became a great struggle against
fascism, Young people faced the
Obligation of fighting for their

democratic rights or losing
everything. In the years since, that
struggle has continued with some
measure of progress.

But what about today? How are
young people thinking about this
dilemma now? For World War III
will not be like World War II;
disaster would engulf mankind
because of nuclear weapons and
the lethal instruments of destruc-
tion and death that have been
developed.

Young people today need to
weld their various organizations
together around the nucleus of the
Young Communist League and the
New Democratic Youth to initiate
vigorous action towards peace and
disarmament before it is too late.

These are the action groups with
sufficient historical understanding
for positive direction. Without
them, .young people remain as
pawns in a world that Reagan
seems bent on destroying.

Praise out

Jack Phillips, Prague,
Czechoslovakia, writes: I received
the Aug. 13 Tribune today (Aug
25) and I was immediately
struck by the attractiveness and
eye-catching power of the front
page. The combination of photos
and captions in arrow-shaped
boxes pointing to the main story,
the use of color and the four stories
on the front page with three carry-
overs added up to an excellent
layout.

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PACIFIC TRIBUNE—SEPTEMBER 10, 1882—Page 11

of Prague

I receive many newspapers and
magazines here in the course of my
work and that front page is one of
the best that I have seen.

The issue on a whole has, in my
opinion, quite a good balance bet-
ween trade union and economic
struggles, the struggle for peace
and detente, municipal politics in
B.C. and international news.

I was sadded, of course, to read
of the passing of Harold Pritchett
and I am looking forward to
reading the tribute to his lifetime of
dedication to the labor and pro-

gressive movement that isto appear

in the Aug. 20 issue.

Population
statistics
not accurate

Carl Warder, Vancouver,
writes: In the issue of Aug.
13, there is an article about
Don Berg (‘‘Soviet industry,
agriculture gains impress
East Vancouver electrician)’’
which contains a serious er-
ror as regards population
growth in the USSR.

Berg states, ‘‘One thing
that hurts them is the severe
lack of skilled workers due to
zero population growth in
the last four or five years.”’
That isn’t so, according to
statistics.

the USSR was 260.1 million.

million, rising to 264.8
month ago, it was announc-

ly 1.

growth.

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In 1978, the population of
In 1979, it reached 262.4

million in 1980 and 266.6
million in 1981. About a

_ed that the population had
reached 270 million as of Ju-

While this is not a large in-
crease, it certainly is not zero

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