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They're all mad," said
Alice -- and they. were

L.WL.H., Brisbane, California: I
. €Xpress my appreciation, but no

apologies, to Lewis Carroll, for the
K Pollpwing :

~ There was a table set out under

a tree in front of the White
House, and the March Hare (who
» had three chins) and the Mad
-Haberdasher were having the
most expensive alcoholic bever-
ages; a Dormouse' was sitting be-
tween them, fast asleep, and the
other two were using it as a cush-
ion, resting their elbows on _ it,

, Uncomfortable for the Dormouse,”
thought Alice; “only as it’s asleep,
I suppoes it doesn’t mind.”

Alice sat down.
Wine,” said the Hare. Alice look-
€d around the table. “I don’t see
anything else more costly than the
best of Scotch,” said she, and

_ Poured herself a finger or two.

' “Your income needs: cutting,”

_* Said the.Haberdasher to Alice.

“Well, how about you and all
- that Scotch?” Alice inquired.
“You talk like a Bolshevik,”
Said the Haberdasher and the
Hare in chorus.
The Hare helped himself to
"-~‘Seme butter marked “Storage;
; fine years old.” “It tastes ter-
rible,” said he; “what in the world
is the matter with it; it was the
best butter,”
sie “Those things will happen,” re-
Marked the Haberdasher, with a
Worried air. “Just look at For-
Testal; he was alright once upon
a time. ok See
“The Dormouse is asleep again,”
said the Haberdasher, and he be-
8an to read a long speech com-
Posed by the attorney for Chase
ational Bank.
~The Dormouse shook his head
impationtiy, and said, without

“Have some

Course; just what I was going to
remark myself.” ‘

pont tell anybody,” the Ha-
€rdasher said, “but the truth is
v haven't the slightest idea.” -
“Nor I,” added the March Hare.
They then sang together:
“Twinkle, twinkle, belfrey bat;
pets How I wonder what you're at!”
Gan ee ‘It goes‘ on this way,” said ‘the

ce itty store:

Bae 3 _ SUp above the world you fly,
Bs € our taxes in the sky,
: di : Twinkle, twinkle — ”

“ “ ‘salt, and began singing in its sleep

kle, twinkle, twinkle, twin-
hy and went on so long that

ee had to pinch it to make it
use Op, ¥ 4 .

He»

ee Dormouse began to tell a
ee ; Once upon a time there
ave mares little sisters, and they
: i atouin n a well so deep that they
i rots n't reach any. oranges, car-
) and other vitamin foods—”
Alice, ! with interest.
then lived on tripe, etad: in
‘Rewspapers, ” the Dormouse

Bs

Aes
“Tp u know,” Alicé remarked.
“hey

Me 'd have been ill.”
D nd so they were,” said the
tet Ouse, “very, ill with a con-
. ‘Done MS Malady. But the Health
iB al ht assured them they
Ne all right, nd
Sines Gace a so Mts courss
You folks go on from here. I
"know what happened next).

and talking over its head. “Very

Pening its eyes, “Of course, of

ey ‘Can. you really guess the rid-’

re le of “how, |: to balance the
bs budget?” the Haberdasher inquir-
_ _---&d, turning to Alice politely,
ae “No, I give it up,” Alice replied.
ae “What's fhe answer?”

berdasher, “about prices at the -

Here the Dormouse shook _it-

“What dia they: live on?” asked ©

es Pash couldn't have done that,

‘and has forgot to apply dialectics
‘and semantics an the menuiert of

Your ob Depiilivont )

al You Pleate.

How about ig more
dollars to stretch

CORA PHILLIPS, Vancouver,
B.C.: The members of the Wo-
men’s Auxiliary, Vancouver Civic
Employee's Union, Local 8, feel
that. protest should be given
through your columns to the in-
sult offered the mothers of this
province by the Minister of
Health and Welfare. The family
allowance cheques for February
were accompanied by a brochure
entitled, “How To Stretch Your
Dollar,” containing suggestions
for buying low-grade foodstuffs to
the exclusion of the “better things

\ of life.’

In these days of sky-rocketting

.. prices, wee mothers are not going

on any spending sprees with our
inadequate family allowance
cheques. ;

We've stretched our dollars so
thin that advice like this, well-
meaning as it is, falls rather flat:
Our suggestion is this: How about
more dollars to stretch?

Maybe he does know

what makes wheels go

C.P., Nanaimo, B.C.: Jack Scott,
are you going to continue to wal-
low in the superficiality of effect,

or are you going to regain the

healthy curiosity of an average
eight year old schoolboy in cause?
Not—‘Oh Daddy, see the wheels
go round’, but — ‘Daddy, what
MAKES the wheels go round’?

Peace obstructed by

three Western powers

A MOTHER, Vancouver, B.C.:
Being a mother who has _ lived
through the stress and strain of
two world wars, and now has

sons who since the last war have |

grown to an age which makes
them probable participants in a
third conflict, I am somewhat re-
lieved by the announcement of a
Big Four conference.

But on the front page of the
Vancouver Sun I read a headline:
“West to Get Tough in Big Four
Talks,” followed by points, 1, “Act
tough” in the early stages of the
talks; 2, Blame the size of Soviet
and “satellite” armed forces in
Europe for European tension; 3,
Fight any Soviet attempt to limit
the proposed conference to a dis-
cussion of the rearmament of Ger-
many. ;

As far as I can see, before the
conference took, place three of
the four big powers agreed to dis-
agree on the above three points.
What hope is there for a peaceful
solution if they come to a confer-

ence of so serious a nature with

that sort of attitude and ap-
proach? | ;

Naturopath objects
fo Carfer’s remarks

kK. J. FRIDLEIFSON, N.D., 193

‘East Hastings Street, Vancouver,
~ B.C.: In answer to Dyson Carter

on naturopathy. I have read

many of Dyson Carter’s pamph- |

lets and articles, and TI have
thought that some ‘of them were
very good, ‘where he had made. a
study of the subject.

gsut when he deals with ibdi<
cine, diseases and naturogpathy,
etc., he does not speak with auth-

Danie or understanding of sick sub-
Pgents Py

He is no. > God or. all nae person

Hy

_ tors.

- business in ‘China.

naturopathy. Just like ‘every, other
person, when he deals with a sub-
ject of which he knows very little
or nothing, or like a bias person
dealing with a subject.

I am not going to explain the
difference in naturopathic and
allopathic medicine, as there is no
room for it in a short article. But
I want | to let him know that there
is as much difference in their
philosophies and treatment of dis-
ease, as there is between capital-
ism and communism, One tries to
‘suppress the .symptoms of our
social and economic ills. The
other believes in teaching the peo-
ple the causes and removing
them, ~ )

Doctors have been fighting the

symptoms of diseases for 2000 :

years, with the result that we
have more sickness and degener-
ative diseases than ever before
(see Man The Unknown by Alexis
Carrel), with more and ‘bigger
hospitals and insane asylums than,
ever before, and with ‘health and
hospital insurance going up. Yet
they have been in the curing busi-
ness all the time.

The belief that diseases can be
cured by taking some mysterious
or new drug or having it cut out,
without removing the causes of
disease, is a superstition, whether
believed by the laymen or the doc-
It is just the same as ask-
ing God to forgive your sins, so
you will not suffer for your mis-
takes ‘while you continue them.
Asking him to set aside the na-
tural laws of cause and effect just
for your benefit.

Tf you sit on a hot stove and get
burnt, all the curing in the world
will not do you much good, un-
less you get off the stove.

There, are many other natural
laws, that if you violate them you

will suffer, and ignorance of the .

laws will. not save you.

‘Nature only demands the neces-
sary action on your part. |

She does not burden you with
artificial or unnecessary things
whether
otherwise.

There are quacks in all or most
professions, including medicine
and science. The orthodox quack
can be the most dangerous to a
person (even though he is honest
in his beliefs, though wrong)
when he has authority and dic-
tatorial laws behind him to com-
pel you to submit to his beliefs |
and treatments.

There are pseudo-scientists as
well as scientists. .

Science can be used for destruc-
tion as well as constructive pur-
poses. To benefit you, or to ruin
your health and destroy your life.

U.S. brotherly love --

‘dispensed by. B36’s

ROY. FIELD, Rabbit Lake,
Sask.: The United Nations declare

_ China an aggressor in Korea. The

Chinese always were a very ag-
gressive people? Take a look at

‘ history in 1840 and several time

since then when they tried to stop

\

they be scientific or

our British merchants from doing.

send our army and navy to China
in order to make them agree to
the opium trade. The aggressive
Chinese finally agreed to the legal-
ity of the opium trade; on condi-.
tion that our peace-loving govern-

.ment tell'our gunboats to quit

using China’s Sacsid for eae
practice.

But it is left to the Yankee im-
perialists, purely altruistic men,
with jellied gasoline bombs and
B-36's, to prove to the world that
they are in Korea for the benefit
of mankind and the Koreans in

We had to |

particular. I wonder. why it is
that the aggressive Chinese won't
trust the Yankees, who are mere-
ly in the Far East to demonstrate
their Christian practices and the
universal brotherhood of man?

He finds radio ‘news’
insults intelligence

E. D., Prince Rupert, BS.: I
am still getting information of
what is going on at home and
abroad from our invaluable paper,
the Pacific Tribune. It is dis-
heartening to read of what is go-
ing on in Korea, the untold suf-
fering, misery and wholesale mur-
ders perpetuated by the United
States. I don’t even listen any
more to the news over the radio.
It isn’t news; it is only rotten
propaganda and slander against
mankind. -It is an insult to in-
telligence to even turn the radio
On:: 3, pi

Well, it is a relief to pick up
the Pacific Tribune and find the
truth. I see where there is a fin-
ancial drive on to keep the paper
going, so I want to make a little
contribution and am enclosing $20.

Yes, and they're doing
it all just for peace

MAC-PAP VET, Vancouver,
B.C.: Any naive person reading
the current crop of warmongering
articles in the capitalist press,
would be overwhelmed by all the
devious| reasons why we must
fight communism and why we
would most surely win.

From Drew Pearson and Walt-
er Winchell to Vannevar Bush, of
atomic notoriety, and their mil-
lionaire sponsors, one might, with-
out thinking a little on’ the sub-
ject, believe that it was all up with
China and Russia in any military
struggles with Uncle Sam and his
satellites.

However, we know there are
certain othtr military men work-
ing for Wall Street, Fleet Street
and Bay Street, who have publicly
announced that big wars, in the
future will have to be fought with
mass armies. These men are more
realistic. They haven’t been try-

ing to square the circle by simple -

arithmetic. They have been dig-
ging into facts and in summing up
they have found good cause not
to be too sanguine about. any
easy, cheap victory over ohipamaare
ism.

They, no doubt, have delved
deep enough to realize the im-

mensity of a project which calls’

for the subjection of 800,000,000
people ‘to thought gontrol or ob-
literation. The complexity of de-
feating this host by arms alone is

baffling, but when placed along- -
Side and with the problem of regi-

menting their own people, with
fighting greedy predatory inter-
ests, in- making people live on
guns instead of butter, in re-estab-
lishing the 12-hour day, in bleed-
ing the taxpayer, is establishing a
cynical and callous bureaucracy
to push everybody around and
meddle in everybody’s' affairs and
business—this is all quite bewild-
ering to their military research
boards. They dig into psychology
and philosophy to figure out the
best way tb handle people and
usually end up by giving up, and
resorting to old-fashioned brute
force. It's so much easier on the
brain to Pave passion be your
Suide. |

Effie Jones calls for
full probe of BCER

EFFIE JONES, Vancouver, B.C.

Faced by the usual plea for an

“interim rate” increase by the
BOER which past experience has
proved to have always developed
into a. “permanent: increase,” the
Vancouver city council must res-
cind its spineless' decision
take no action of any kind.”

As elected representatives of the

‘lies in this’ war io save

sic Ve BSS

citizens it is their duty to protect
them against the selfish greed of
the BCER monopoly, which has
such a powerful stranglehold to-
day on the purse of the little

people.
A city council, realizing its res-
ponsibilities, would immediately

protest to PUC against any inter-
im increase. It would demand
PUC make a full public inquiry
into the power empire of the
BCER: with special emphasis on
the structure and plan of opera-
tion.

The advice of the paid experts
of the city council, Brakenbridge
and McTaggart, who opposed the
company’s request should have
been accepted and acted upon by
council,

The 400,000 citizens of Vancou-
ver demand city council take a
firm stand against the imposi-
tions of this greedy corporation.

Lauds Vesterback for
fruth about alcohol’

WORKING WOMAN, Vancou-
ver, B. C.: Congratulations, V.
Vesterback, for so ably and cour-
ageously telling the truth BDO.
alcohol!

I am quite sure no young per-
son takes his first drink with the
intention of becoming a drunkard
—-blear-eyed, foul-mouthed, and
quarrelsome, or sick in a filthy
gutter. He usually sees. himself
as one who can “handle his li-
quor,” “drink like a gentleman,”
etc. When once the habit is
formed, what he becomes is be-
yond his control.

Fellow worker, be a real friend
to your associates.

Don’t say, “Let’s have a beer.”
It is just as easy to say, “Let’s
have lunch, or a sandwich and
coffee.” “

You’ll set a good example, merit
the respect and. usually the grati-
tude of all concerned, keep out of
useless trouble and feel a whole ©
lot better!

Butter up - Was if that

‘Many guns already.

LILIAN ROBSON, Vancouver,
B.C.: All we hear. these days from
morning to night in the news-
papers and over the radio is:
War! War! “War! War. on
whom? It is a good question
considering it is only a little
more than five years since the
armistice was signed. Such a
short time and yet so long.

And who are to be our new al-
“democ-
racy”? Franco, who was respon-
sible for the slaughter of the
Spanish people because’they dar-
ed to claim reforms we have en-
joyed for years. Krupp, the man-
ufacturer of munitions for the
bloody fascists of Belsen and
Buchenwald who are now going
free to repeat their crimes. We |
are not willing to “let bygqnes be
bygones.” ;

Here, at home, we have a shor- _

tage of schools, a shortage of
-homes, a shortage of jobs, with
300,000 unemployed, and the high- ;
est prices in our history. oe

Butter has Already gone’ up
from 61 to 85 cents a pound. Per
haps we could do with an inquiry
to see where the butter held by —
the government has gone? Sure
we have made lots of guns. Was
it that many already?

Yes, it is time the people went

to war — against the profiteers, ae

the “big shots” who are not sat-
isfied until they have dfained the
life blood from the people.

Let's give our MP’s, MLA’s
and government officials no rest.
Write them, wire them, visit
them with our demands. Let’s
wage war against the poverty the
government is trying to force on
us, so that we can have a better

life for our families. Let’s wage __
war for a better life, a war for

peace, to keep faith with the -_
we lost “over there”.

' PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 30, 1951 — PAGE Il