Paul Robeson, outstanding world artist and beloved fighter for peoples’ rights will sing for the third successive year at the Peace Arch this coming Sunday, August 1, at 2:30 p.m. Thous- ands are expected to flock to the border to hear him. The recent “get Robeson” campaign in the U.S. (see story on page 8) has failed dismally and the great singer is appear- ing before larger and larger audiences. : The movement to compel the U.S. state department to restore the passport of the world-re- nowned concert perfomer has attracted international atten- tion. Robeson had his passport lifted by the United States auth- orities following a successful tour of Europe in 1950. He reapplied for it this spring so he could go abroad fo fill act- ing and concert engagements in Great Britain and Israel. it has again been refused by the»State department. The annual border concert started in 1952 when the U.S. authorities invoked a seldom- used law to prevent Robeson from coming to Vancouver to sing at the Canadian Convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work- ers. He sang to the Canadian audience over a_hastily-rigged telephone line and later 30,000 people converged on Peace Arch Park to hear him in person. This year the Mine-Mill spons- ors of the concert have issued a special invitation to British Empire Games competitors and visitors ito attend this great cultural event. Transportation is being prov- ided for those wishing to go to .the border and buses will leave from in front of the CNR station, Main Street at noon August 1. Robeson sings at Peace Arch on Sunday A brilliant student and ath- lete in his youth, Robeson plan- ned a career in law. He drifted into singing and acting almost by accident. He has had an outstanding career, appearing in movies, on the stage, in the concert hall and becoming one of the world’s best-loved artists. Born the son of a minister whose church had been a stop on the Underground Railroad bringing the slaves to freedom, Robeson has always been a front line fighter in the struggle of his people for their rights. Ay Whi) Wha HA " ithe ar ee ws { ; ee opal ite Faye a He Ure j AY es My, at ise i : i : ht ; atte ache SM) f 3 ree acted a need Sey fe TAph eo Las CUGMENT me 13° Ne. 30 aE RATA: MOT RATM ARLE ee Eyes of the world are centred on Vancouver this week, awaiting the official opening Friday of the British Empire and Com- | montvealth Games, biggest sports event since the 1952 Olympics and greatest athletic jamboree ever staged in Canada. Half a million Greater Vancouver citizens, plus an estimated 100,000 visitors, have caught the “Games fever.’’ More than 700 top flight athletes from all corners of the Commonwealth: will”surround the Tribune at Empire Stadium on opening night and take the BEG oath: “We declare that we will take part in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games of 1954 in the spirit of true sportsman- ship, recognizing the rules which govern them and desirous of par- ticipating in them for the honor of our Commonweatlh and Empire and for the glory of sport.”’ ; And before the curtain rings down August 7, the chairman of the BEG will call upon the youth of the Commonwealth to as semble again in four years’ time to celebrate the sixth Games, and declare: Aes ‘May they display cheerfulness and concord, so that the spirit of our Family of Nations may be carried on with ever greater eagerness, courage and honor for the good of humanity and the peace of the world.” The Pacific Tribune welcomes the Empire and Commoh- weatlh athletes to Vancouver, extends best wishes for a successful meet, and expresses the hope that the Games will prove a powerful | weapon in the fight against racial discrimination, and act as a lever ay in the struggle to end colonial oppression and halt the unjust wars | against the people of Malaya and Kenya. International sports gatherings such as the Olympics, British Empire Games and European Games are becoming important factors ae in the struggle for world peace. May the day soon arrive when all Pi. countries of the world compete on sports fields rather than battle- ae | Sainiana Sorowalle, broad jumper from Fiji fields. | aay : | Ss