Young Canadians refute
_ daily press lies about

Berlin Youth Festival

A pageant of music, song and pantomime presented by members of the National Federation of
Labor Youth won tremendous applause from an audience which filled Pender Auditorium Sunday night
to hear three young Canadian delegates to the recent Berlin Youth Festival give first-hand reports of

their trip.

The pageant, written by Mary C

the direction of Doreen Thomas
and Anne Minard, featured the
singing of a youth choir as back-
ground for the pantomime num-
bers. Narrator was Gwen John-
son, .

Time after time the enthusiastic

audience applauded the presenta-
tion of “Towards Singing Tomor-
rows” and the final number drew
a prolonged ovation.

Two Vancouver delegates to the
Berlin Festival, Sally Cinits and
Carole Kelley, spoke briefly before
the leader of the Canadian dele-
gation of 55, Sam Michnick of
Toronto, gave the main report.

“The newspapers in Canada car-
ried stories to the effect that we
were half-starving in Eastern Ger-
many,” said Sally Cinits. “Well,
just take a look at me—I’ve put
on 10 pounds! The fact is, we
indulged in too many three and
four-course meals and second help-
ings!”

She described a visit to Lidice,
the Czechoslovakian village which
the Nazis destroyed in reprisal for
the killing of an occupation leader.
“All the men were executed. Of
260 women sent to a Nazi concen-
tration camp, only 160 survived.
Children were separated from
their mothers and sent to all parts
of occupied Europe. Every one of
the 220 homes were razed to the

larer and Joan Orenstein of Toronto and presented locally under

ground.”

But in spite of the Nazi boast
that “Lidice was wiped out for-
ever” the town today is being re-
built, its remaining, citizens have
returned and with the aid of the
whole country are creating a more
beautiful town on the ashes-of the
old.

“Tt was a wonderful experience,
and I wish everyone here could
have: shared it,” exclaimed Carole
Kelley, the young Vancouver girl
who led all Canada by securing
2,800 names to the petition for a
five-power peace past. “I’ve seen
a lot and learned a lot on my
travels, but the most important
thing is that I now know from my
own experiences that the people of
Europe and the Soviet Union want
peace.”

Describing briefly her trip to
Moscow as a guest of the Soviet
youth, Carole told. of the cultural
and educational opportunities open
to all young people there. “It’s
so wonderful that even after I’ve
been there and seen with my own
eyes, I find it hard to believe,”
she said.

“In Berlin we didn’t go hungry
—like Sally, I’m a living refuta-
tion of that slander. And we
didn’t visit Western Germany
for a free Yankee ice cream cone .

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either! We could get all the ice
ern Berlin, just around the cor-
ner from where we lived, for less
than five cents a cone, too.”

The fight for peace in British
Columbia must gain momentum,
said Carole, and she intended to
continue playing a part in it. “TI
ask you, I appeal to you, if neces-
sary I'll get down on my knees
and beg of you—get into the fight
for peace and never give up that
fight,” she concluded.

“Our Canadian delegation was
honored in Berlin because we came
not with guns in our hands, but
as representatives of all our coun-
-trymen who stand for peace,” said
Sam Michnick. “In addition to
participating in the Festival, our
delegation had the opportunity of
meeting Soviet youth, German
youth, Chinese youth, . Korean
youth and young people from many
other countries in special friend-
ship gatherings, where we ex-
changed experiences, sang and
danced together, and became good
friends. We left these meetings
knowing in our hearts that there
was absolutely no reason why we
should ever go to war against each
other.

“When we met with the Korean
delegates and listened to a young
Korean girl describe how her coun-
try was ravaged by war we felt
ashamed and guilty—we felt there
was blood on our hands. We gave
her our pledge that when we re-
turned home we would never cease
demanding of our government an
end to the war in Korea and the
signing of a cease-fire agreement.”

Michnick told how the anti-war
feeling was growing in Europe.
“For coke and Ike we'll not
fight!” has become a _ popular
slogan.

“Once, while» 100,000 youth were
packed into a stadium in East Ber-

cream cones we wanted in East- .

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Spurns Nazi
Dr. Hugh Keenleyside, former
Canadian deputy minister of
natural resources and now dir-
ector general of the UN Assis-
tance Administration (above),
had some plain words to say to
Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler’s former
finance minister, when he met
him at a reception in Jakarta,
Indonesia. “You are a disgrace
to the human race, an unprincipl-
ed turncoat and a_ despicable’
scoundrel,” Keenleyside declared,
refusing to shake the Nazi’s hand.
As a result, Schacht resigned his
advisory post with the Indonesian
government, Keenleyside ‘has
been barred from Indonesia,

lin during the Festival, an Ameri-
can helicopter flew over and drop-
ped leaflets assuring the young peo-
ple that “the Festival is a failure.”

Said Michnick: “These warmong-
ers remind one of a mad scientist
fearful of the Pacific ocean, flying
over Burrard Inlet dropping blot-
ters in order to dry the water up.”

When 400,000 young delegates in

Berlin solemnly vowed to fight for
world peace, Canadian papers
printed inspired yarns claiming
they had “sworn allegiance to
Stalin.”

Said Michnick: “We _ didn’t
swear allegiance to Stalin.” We
didn’t swear allegiance to Tru-:
man,either. We simply took a
solemn pledge to work for peace.”

Ernie Lawrie chaired the meet-
ing, and Steve Endicott made the
collection appeal, which brought in
more than $400.

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Nine chapters ©

of CCW.now

active in cify
Vancouver chapters of Congress
of Canadian Women are now plan-
ning fall and winter programs,
after a busy summer during which
the CCW sponsored a prices CcOD-
ference, sent delegations to city
hall, presented’ two briefs to the
Milk Board and sponsored a prov-
ince-wide speaking tour for Mrs.

Nora K. Rodd of ‘Windsor, Can-

adian representative on a women’s
commission which investigated con-
ditions in war-torn Korea.

The Congress now has nipe chap- — ;

| ters. in Vancouver and plans are

under way to set up chapters iD
Victoria, Alberni, Courtenay and
Haney.

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In a press release issued this
week, the CCW appeajed to ‘wor.
men to join the organization. In-
formation can be obtained from

Mrs. Agnes Jackson, 319 East 38th —

Avenue, FIR. -9033R.

Local Congress chapters, listing —

names of secretaries and addres€

and dates of meetings, are listed
ae

below: é

Norquay ‘Chapter: Mrs. Dora
Madley, 2160 East 35th Ave
Meets fourth Monday of month.

South Hill Chapter: Mrs. Pearl |
Stark, 4587 Culloden. Meets first
and third Fridays.

Hastings East Chapter: Mrs. —

Jean Bird, 2970 Venables, HA

0086.

, Burnaby ‘Chapter: Mrs. Una

Stewart, 4860 Pender, GL 1560Y.

West End Chapter: Mrs. Ethel
Dowson, 1662 West Georgia, MA-
8978. .

Grandview Chapter: Mrs. Hilda
Scott, 1527. East 5th Ave
FA. 3847R.

North Vancouver Chapter: Mrs-
Agnes Good, 636 West 15th. North
2281R. Meets third Wednesday.

\ Dunbar Chapter: Mrs. Doris
Hartley, 3827 West 16th Ave

AL, 1886Y.

Fairview Chapter: Mrs. Ethel
Gordon, 3255 Heather St. FR:
6218R.

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to cover education costs.

two to one September 29 against
allowing the municipality to oper-
ate on a deficit in order to over-
come educational deficits. They
felt that the government should as-
sume this cost.

On October 1 every child in the
city, the municipality and the rural
districts had to register to prove
“eligibility” to attend school.

The next morning, Tuesday, Oc-
tober 2, many of the children from
the municipality took their places
in the different classes, but were
immediately called out of class-
rooms and lectured by the prin-
cipal on their “ineligibility.” This
led to a demonstration by other
pupils and one-third of the school
walked out in sympathy. — «

A picket-line immediately form-
ed in front of the school and
pupils marched up and down
carrying placards reading: “We.
want education for all, not just
a few!” and “Is this democracy?”

The parades only continued for

.to look after it.

f The government policy of “‘money for war but not for education”
citizens as a $100,000 army drill hall is being constructed. within hailing distance of the one-yeal-
$200,000 junior-senior high school—which is turning away pupils today because money is not available

Fruit farmers living in Salmon Arm municip ality, hit hard by

SALMON ARM, B.C:
is graphically illustrated to local ‘

frost in the winter of 1949, voted. ;
ly eee

one day, but the problem still exists
and a solution will have to be
found. .

When the school was opened
last. year Education Minister W.
T. Straith and local MLA M. Mitchie
were present. “I want you child-
ren to know that this is your
school,” said Ritchie. “I want you
Don’t scratch the
walls or carve your names on the
desks.” i

Well, the children have done their
part. The school is as clean and
spotless as the day. it was opened
—but some of the children are now
barred from using it. ve

The question of financing the
operation of the school has caused
many headaches ever since the es-
timate was turned down by the
city and municipality. An arbitra-
tion board dealt with the dispute
and ruled in favor of the city and
municipality on grounds of inabil-
ity to pay. The estimate was re-

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 12, 1951 — PAGE ?

duced accordingly, but this ieft
the school board with insufficie?
funds to carry on until the end ©
the year. BEN

An appeal by the school poard
to the provincial department
education for extra funds was tur :
ed down flatly. The board nes
that it was “a local matter 2%
must be solved locally.”
_ When the crisis stage was Tre
ed and city children appeared 2
be in danger of losing their sch0®
ing, Salmon Arm decided to 8 Nee
the necessary funds. The mum
cipal council wa\s.not in a positio?
to do likewise; fruit farmers, t ot
‘orchards ruined, find it diffic
to purchase the bare necessities te
life. So the municipal counch
request to be allowed to. oper te
on a defiicit was rejected bY hee
taxpayers on September 29, ae
precipitating the present situatiO Ph
where students from the mu? 6
pality are barred from the sCLOr ae

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No money to operate new |
Salmon Arm school, but —
$100,000 drill hall built -