Booklet exposes
Import of filth

Poison for the Young, by
Mark Frank, obtainable at
People’s Co-op Book Store.
35c,

a many other people, I
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quae © rising incidence of
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an EY aimed at poisoning
an Inds of today’s youth
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Clear war as inevitable
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Deum €s it well, with fully-
a“ €nted statistics and ref-
Aw to the cess-pool of
is ion he has undertaken
Wi mine.
tha Ith it, he also establishes
deling . Sharp rise in juvenile
Severe] €ncy over the past
direct) years can be traced
increas, to the accompanying
Violenes In the crime, sex and
that an type of “culture”
of Ombarding Canadians
8ges, but particularly
haa ak our young people.
Ver, 5, Significantly, how-
ieee’ traces the roots of
tracin OMbardment, and_ his
the a leaves no doubt that
fil be pelming mass of the
Ada to eng peddled in Can-
« day ls made-in-U.S.A.
ten Ne the matter of sur-
Mg our economy and

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direct,

sovereignty to the U.S. ty-
coons,” Frank asserts — and
his argumentation and facts
back him up — “the govern-
ment seems to have some
silent agreement whereby
this material has freedom of
entry here.”

In this connection, Frank
adds that “something new has
been added to the regular diet
of bed-crawling, rape and
violence.’”’ This is the new
pocketbook that contains the
philosophy of the ultra-right
John Birch Society and that
“sets out to educate and
orientate the budding North
American fascist.”

He gives some frightening
examples to support this
point.

And all of this ‘cultural
imperialism’, as one leading
churchman termed it, takes
place while the government
“literally” turns its back.
Under the former Liberal
government, the onslaught of
decadence gained momentum.
Under the Tory Diefenbaker
government, the onslaught
has been allowed to grow.

Here Frank reminds his
readers of “%he typical Tory
hypocrisy that has marked so
much of the Diefenbaker ad-
ministration. The author re-
calls that when E. Davie Ful-
ton was an opposition mem-
ber in 1949, he made much
of opposing the inflow of the:
spurious “culture” from the
US.

Now, however, that same
Fulton, as Minister of Jus-
tice, is much more “restrain-
ed” in his criticism of that
same inflow that has grown
to fantastic proportions under
the Tories.

Frank’s booklet is a forth-
right indictment of Tory and
Liberal policies and their sell-
out, on the cultural front, to
the interests of U.S. imper-
ialism and the drive toward
war among powerful circles
in that country.

As such it is a timely pre-
sentation, and imperative
reading. W.D.

ARTIST GREETS ARTIST

Va

| ten a zOvski, celebrated
People * and Honored
is g o Artist of the USSR,
oe. 8reeting Canadian
Sey, Teresa Stratas in
XCOmn : Miss Stratas, who
Sym, Panied the Montreal
Tecen, -2Y Orchestra on their
on, 3 Visit to the Soviet Un-
— Nor ved an ovation of
tion On 8n 15 minutes dura-
Dhoty . the evening that this

The Was taken.
dian Roraker of the Cana-
Also vi €Nate, Mark Drouin,
t the Sited the Soviet Union
Same time as the Mon-

treal Symphony and Miss
Stratas.

Commenting on the ‘mag-
nificent reception, stormy ap-
plause and enthusiasm of the
public”, the Senator stated
that cultural contacts play “a
tremendous role in bringing
peoples closer together and
thus in bringing about
peace.” :

Drouin, who is the foun-
der of Theatre du Norveau
Monde, hopes that next year
it will be possible to organ-
ize this company’s trip to the
Soviet Union.

oe

THE UKRAINIAN STATE DANCE EN-
SEMBLE: Shot above shows the Ensemble
in the midst of one of their best-loved,
Ukrainian folk dances — “Hopak.” The
Ukrainian dancers, who have won fantastic
acclaim and rave notices from public and

critics alike in many of the

cities, will be in Vancouver for a total of

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world’s key

four performances from June 14 - 16 in-
clusive. Tickets are available exclusively at
the Hudson’s Bay Co. retail store, Georgia
at Granville. The Ensemble’s opening dance,
entitled ‘‘We‘re from Ukraine”, presents the
entire troupe with the traditional Ukrainian
offering of bread and salt when entering
a new home or country.

OPEN FORUM

Work Well Done

Mrs. Pat Foley, Vancouver,
writes: Having worked in the
kitchen preparing the food
for your banquet and work-
ing with such wonderful men
and women, I felt it my duty
to write a letter of thanks
for such splendid arrange-
ments and work well done.

I think it’s only fair to
have my letter printed to
show your readers what can
be accomplished with co-op-
eration; let us go forth to-)
gether with more courage for
better things to come.

More Joint Efforts

Mrs. M. Marshall, Vancou-
ver, writes: Many Vancouver
people participated in the re-
cent Seattle Peace March and.
passed out peace literature. I
passed mine all out on the
Seattle Fair Grounds, includ-
ing some forms from our
Peace Council protesting nu-
clear testing to President
Kennedy; these were quite
hard to get people interested
in taking—too close to home
to suit them, I guess.

Most people were very
friendly and helpful, but
mostly very apathetic, almost
hostile in some cases, towards
the various peace movements’
aims and efforts.

It was disheartening to
hear a few who looked at but
refused to accept peace lit-
erature, coldly stating that
they favored continued test-
ing and retention of nuclear
armaments because this was
a good means of livelihood
for them and other people.

I have no idea of how many
more such thoughtless com-
ments I’d have heard if I'd
had more material to pass
out at the Fair, and on our
way home.

Probably more combined
U.S. and Canadian peace ef-
forts would do a lot to dispel
much of this misunderstand-
ing.

Thank you for a_ good
newspaper, its policies, and. .

its work for Peace. May all
your fund-raising drives go
over the top!
Women’s Brief
Mrs. L. Mackie, Alberni,
writes: The French Canadian
women’s group, La Ligue des

Femmes Canadiennes, has
presented a brief to Premier
Lesage of Quebec, calling for
a complete revision of Que-
bec’s civil code to give wo-
men complete legal equality
with men.

The brief said “inequality
which is imbedded in the old
Napoleon civil code still per-
sists in political, economic,
social and cultural life,” and
asked that legislation be en-
acted which would change
the present vicious situation,
in which no mother may au-
thorize even a minor opera-
tion on a child of minor age.

I was quite surprised to
learn that the women in Que-
bec don’t even have the right
to vote in municipal affairs,
but believe me, once these
French Canadian women rea-
lize what’s what and get up
on their two feet, there’ll be
no stopping them. :

Bumps and Bruises

Don Russell, a former B.C.
resident, writes from Havana,
Cuba:

According to the press and
radio of the U.S. and Canada
“riots and = starvation are
stalking Cuba.” Nobody hides
the fact that there are cer-
tain shortages in the land,

but there are good reasons

for them. :

The terrific upsurge in the
purchasing power of the peo-
ple, plus the Yankee embargo
have necessitated the ration-
ing of some foods, but the
rations are adequate and re-
gular. I was in England dur-
ing the war, and there was
much less to eat there than
in Cuba today.

When you consider it ser-
iously, we are witnessing the
joke of the century in the
Cuba-U.S. -situation. Here -is .

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a nation of six and a half
million people, lying just off
the shores of the (so their
spokesmen claim) “most pow-
erful nation on earth”.

After failing in its infam-
ous armed attempt to turn
back the clock of Cuban his-
tory, the U.S. proceeded to
go up and down the hemi-
sphere, twisting arms and
bribing governments, trying
to achieve economically what
it had so miserably failed to
do through armed mercen-
aries.

But this tactic is also doom-
ed to failure, for Cuba today
is a country in motion...
the problems that Cuba has

‘today are problems that are

faced with pleasure by the
masses of Cuban people.
The problem of temporary
food shortages is like the
problem of a young boy who
gets his first bicycle; the
bumps and bruises he gets
while learning to drive are of
no importance to him, for
what he is about to accom-
plish gives him great joy.

WORTH
READING

Gherman Titov, an autobio-
graphy. 50c.

The story of the “First man
to spend a day in space.”
Tells about his parents, child-
hood, schooling and especially
his training as a Cosmonaut
with finally a unique and de-
tailed account of epoch mak-
ing flight.

The Changing Structure of
the Working Class, by J.
M. Budish. 75c.

The author analyzes recent
changes in the structure of
the American working class
and replies to those who con-
tend that the working class
is “vanishing”, that it is
8radually dissolving into a
“middle class” of white-collar
workers. ~ + °

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