‘ - Congress of Mts vs : Waite overthrow the government of the U.S. as speedily as the circum- They've seen war -- - they work for peace AGNES JACKSON, Vancouver, B.C.: Almost every other night in the Renfrew Heights housing project you will see two young Women knocking on doors and asking, “Have you signed - the Petition for a World Peace Pact?” These young housewives, both mothers of two small children, With all the. worries and myriad tasks of raising a family, have undertaken to canvass every. house in the housing project. No Small job, but to them, a mighty -important one, for they reason that in order to raise their chil- dren to adulthood they must live ina peaceful world. Eileen, the slim, dark English War bride and member of the Canadian Women, had this to say when asked why She devotes so much time to. Petitioning for peace: “I have Seen dead children lying in the Streets of London. It is a sight that is horrible and unforgettable and I don’t want to see it happen here or anywhere else.. I am con- Vinced that the ordinary people €an prevent war and need to be Made acquainted with the peace Petition and its message of hope and strength.” Mary, small and fair, not yet 21, and a member of the National Federation of Labor Youth, says: “Like mothers everywhere, I Want my two boys to grow up and become ‘useful citizens, and I Want our family intact. That’s nother curse of war — the ‘sep- &ration andedisruption of normal family life.” Sometimes in the early evening ary and Hileen petition togeth- _ &t, while their husbands, both war Veterans, mind the children. Af- ternoons, one will look after the Children while the other canvas- Ses, They always deliver leaflets first, explaining about the peti- tion, then follow up a day later _With personal calls. Many times hey» are detained by folks who _ Want to chat longer with such _ Simcere young women, and often hey are invited back to tell of their progress. : ‘Talk peace with people On streets, in homes A JOCK TAYLOR, Vancouver, BC.; I have been at the corner of hurlow and Robson with other Peace petitioners for the past five feks, Every time we go out we Bet almost the same amount of ames, between 30 and 40. I'm not bragging or complain- 8. I just want to let some of a Peace petitioners know that area never “wears out” until Tyone who goes by answers, Tye signed.” ° ci know we have hundreds of wzens doing a fine job on the ~'orld Peace Petition, yet we are fnough. We must fight for eee as for life, go forth staunch- 4, 224 petition for peace, meeting © People on the streets and in tir homes, \ in eve & 2 Wil this point be-made Qt Jefferson Dinner? . bas MERICAN READER, Bris- ae California: The U.S. Sup- hea Court, by a 6 to 2 vote, up- Ene Conviction of 11 top Com- Bar's, Party officials; they held he Communists intended to stances would ~ permit. Justices Black and Douglas, dissenting, said the decision was a blow against freedom of speech. At- torney Gladstein says he is “shocked.” I don’t know why he should have expected anything else, with a court packed with re- actionaries over the course of years. (Roosevelt wanted to pack it with liberals at one swoop and was promptly rebuked). What now becomes of the doc- -trine that if the people are dis- satisfied with a government, it is their right to amend or over- throw it? Not just to intend to overthrow .it, but actually to do so. What these legal mossbacks -are doing is to overthrow the in- tentions of Jefferson, Sam Adams, et’ al., and. promote counter-re- volution| in the United States. This is treason. Readers can't afford fo miss single issue READER,,. Garibaldi, B.C.: En- ‘closed is a cheque for $5 for my subscription for the next two years. My husband and I can’t afford to miss one issue and the PT and The Worker are the only papers we have in the house. ‘Heere’s hoping the people of Korea soon get their own country for themselves, as the .Chinese have, for. no one can deny that China is Gefinitely better off with the capitalists removed from con- trol. It will-come before long in this country, too. Yours for a lasting peace, and keep up the good work.’ Makes correction in- press drive figures FEL DOLAND, PT Press Drive ‘Chairman: The Pacific Tribune Press Drive Committee wishes to make a correction on the totals published on the press drive in .the issue of the Pacific Tribune, May 18, 1951, ' An error occurred’ and $62.00 was incorrectly ~recorded. The totals should have read as fol- lows: i Lake Cowichan: _ Quota, $175; Raised, $175 Campbell River: Quota, $100; Raised, $160 The Press Committee is indeed regretful that this error occurred and. wishes to take this opport- unity to extend our congratula- tions. to our many friends in Lake Cowichan and ‘Campbell , River for their splendid work in the press drive. e ‘ Advertised for flunkey, wanted a kifchen crew A. POPOWICH, Vancouver, B.C.: I’m writing this letter for the benefit of “flunkies” who think that a flunkie’s job applies to one particular task, waiting on tables. I found out, differently last week. I applied for a job as a flunkey at a local firm, filled out an ap- plication, and later was sent to a job at $30 a week. Took a boat to get there, and when I arrived was told that I had to take a bull cook’s’ job, wash dishes three times a day, and also wait on ‘tables for a crew of 32. : “The job was misrepresented, I said. “If you don’t want it, there’ll’ be a boat back to Vancou- ver in a couple of hours,” answer- ed the timekeeper. _get $35 a week. ' them, out Denarfinent és ot Yon Meat. As the company wouldn’t pay my fare, I had to take the job. The timekeeper assured me I’d I worked eight days, then was paid off at the rate of $30 a week. In Vancouver I reported to the office, asked why they had mis- represented the job. They would- n’t give me the extra wages I had coming to me, and when I visited Labor Relations Board they said nothing could be done about it. A lawyer told me the same Story. This should serve as a warning to other workers who answer ad- vertisements for jobs as flunkies. British Labor motion asks big-power parley H. TUDOR, Morningside, Alberta: In an effort to stop the drift to war, the Stroud and Thornley division of the British Labor party recently passed a peace resolution which has been sent to Prime Minister Attlee, members of the cabinet, all Labor MP’s, and the national executive of‘the Labor party. - “We request that as a first step, all the great powers shall meet,” declares the resolution. Other points call for a cease- fire in Korea; Britain to press more strongly for seating of China in the United Nations; no use of Kuomintang troops; Brit- ain to agree to universal disarma- ment; and a declaration that no German should carry arms as part of any German or European army. Nof even first-class generals can do if CAPT. GEORGE S. WUCHIN- ICH, DSC, New York: I have just come back from a picnic on the’ Long Island shore with my wife and three children. It was a hap- py and peaceful ,Memorial Day outing, but nine years ago to the day it was a different one. My wife’s brother volunteered that day and so did I; he, a doc- tor, was killed in Normandy. leav- ing behind three ‘children, while I carry scars from many a so- journ in veterans hospitals;* just having been discharged from one after a three month’s siege and never knowing when I will have to. go again, Our family doesn’t want an- _ other: war; we see no reason for one. ‘ : The “American, people have no heart for this adventure in the Far East; we know it from our neighbors, we know it in the butcher shops, and we know it on the subways. ' This Korean war is an example of the worst kind of American be- haviour before the world. The New York Herald Tribune quotes an air force general who was re- “moved from duty as saying: “This is a second-class war with a third-class command.” ; I would add that truth of the ' war lies more in American policy being dedicated to keeping the rest of the word in 4 second-class position. What we are doing in the Far East and elsewhere is a mad and.desperate attempt to hold back by force the surge of “more than a billion people toward national. liberation, toward an equality and_ self- determination that we in the West have denied and all our _ bazookas, atomie artillery, tanks or elec- tronic, fire control will not suc- ceed — not even with first-class generals. A a TA THE . SPORTLIGHT By BERT WHYTE [* JOE LOUIS hadn’t knocked out Max Schmeling in their return - bout, a lot of middleweight fighters: would be happier today, for there wouldn’t be any, Sugar Ray Robinson around to make them look like members of the Bum-of-the-Month club. Let me explain. From. the days when he was a kid hanging around the fight clubs in Detroit and carrying Joe Louis’ bag, Sugar Ray has idolized Louis. , And when Schmeling flattened Joe in the-12th round of their first fistic encounter, it seemed like the end of the world to Ray. He hung up his gloves and resolved never to fight again, Then the Brown Bomber massacred Max their second time out; and Sugar quickly did a comeback, to the everlasting sorrow of the welterweight division. Now Robinson, general- ly conceded to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, has stepped up into the middleweight division, thus giving the 147-pounders @ new lease on life, but bringing grief to the 160-pound boys. Sugar Ray has been beaten only once, by tough Jake LaMotta, on February 5, 1943. As Ray has Jicked Jake on five other occasions, . there’s no doubt about who is the better man. But as Robinson says, “He won that one on the level. It was close, and nobody gave him anything.” Robinson is a great dancer and he and his wife (who was a professional noofer at one time) like to cut a rug in the night spots. Ray skips to music while training for a fight, a neat little trick that always aston- ishes spectators. He also is a better- | than-average trap-drummer. When Robinson kissed the welter- weight class good-bye last year and knocked out LaMotta in 13 rounds to cop the middleweight crown a scramble began among welters for the vacated throne. Best of the welters in sight are Kid Gavilan, Johnny Bratton, ugar Costner, Billy Graham, Eddie Thomas and Charles Hume. Bratton is recog- nized as champ by the National Boxing Association; the British say Thomas is the title-holder; and the French experts swear by Hume. ’ * * * The performances of Soviet athletes abroad in recent years dis- pelled legends of the low level of Soviet sports. Decision of the USSR to take part in the next Olympic Games has started intensive specula- tion about just how good the Soviet athletes are. In this connection it is well to remember that in. socialist countries the aim is.to get broad participation in sports, rather than develop a few top athletes and a mass of spectators. The Soviet physical culture movement numbers millions of active members. Several million persons take part in the annual cross- country runs and ski meets. All citizens who pass certain physica} tests are awarded “Ready for Labor and Defense” badges. ._In the Russian -Soviet Federated Socialist. Republic there are Some 35,000 functioning physical culture organizations, about 950,000 trained skiers, 300,000 gymnasts, 450,000 track and field athletes and 75,000 football players. In other republics of the 'USSR national sports. such as horsemanship are cultivated. Soviet weight-lifters hold about two-thirds of the world records, and will undoubtedly make a good showing at the Olympics. Swimmers and skaters may surprise us, and track stars from the capitalist coun- tries are due for a shock, as well as some of our boxers. Soviet footballers play a game as good as that of the world’s best soccer teams. The Moscow_team “Dynamo” invaded England and’ whipped Arsenal and Cardiff City, and drew with Chelsea and Glasgow Rangers (who added players from other clubs).. Not a Single English: team managed to beat the Russians: : The' Soviet government annually spends hundreds of millions of rubles on sports. In the 20 years before the war the government built ‘500 stadiums, 14,000 athletic fields and 500 aquatic stations. Since 1945 this program has been resumed. with greater vigor. \The All-Union Physical Culture Day on July 20 is an annual event in the Soviet Union, and tias become a national holiday. Thousands of parades and athletic events are held, with millions of participants and more millions of spectators. ‘ eS * play a ‘prominent role at the ~ SUGAK RAY Athletes from many countries will Third World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace in Berlin this summer. It is reported from Bombay that the Indian delegation in- cludes Lavy Pinto, “the fastest man in Asia.” In addition to track sports there will be football (Scotland is sending three teams), water polo, sbike racing and other competitive games. & e * * * Four runs in the opening frame started Pacific ‘Tribune Clippers off in a big way against Niseis Thursday last week at Powell Grounds in an Industrial Union Baseball. League game: The PT boys never looked back, scoring four more in the fourth and single- tons in the fifth and seventh to wrap up the game 10-1. : Clippers’ new hurler, Al Homenchuk, held Niseis to two hits / going into the seventh, then gave up three and the Niseis shoved across thefr 'one run. _ On Tuesday night this week the Clippers clipped Longshoremen 5-8 in a hard-fought contest, * * * N-Flyers are having a rough ride in Kingsway Juvenile A Baseball League, with three losses and no wins to date. Shortage of equipment is gradually being overcome, manager Alex Kucher reports, thanks to donations. from Home of Fashion Tailors, East End Taxi, Vancouver Heights Club and the National Federation of Labor Youth. But more financial help is needed. N-Flyers meet YMCA at Confederation Park on June 11 and again at.Connaught Park on June 23. They tackle South Burnaby at Central Park on June 28. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JUNE 15, 1951 — PAGE 11