Ukrainian Canadians visit USSR ‘Soviet people well off’: Ospitalization, he said. The delegation was made up of nin Hrainian Canadians. They made @ | pity, a6 part of the ann Canadian “You can’t compare wages on a dollar basis, Sador to the Soviet Union, told a Canadian delegati are getting good wages in relation to what they have to pay By KEITH RALSTON iversary three Week visit to the USSR, Bul- | celebrations. &aria, Czechoslovakia and Poland for the 300th anniversary celebra- fair abo Hons of the re-unification of Rus- Sia and the Ukraine. The ambassador debunked the | false picture given by newspapers | resta ‘the new Moscow university. “They Who use the official exchange rate to calculate wages and prices. He Called his countrvmen’s attention Yo the wages of an Embassy clean- Mg woman—1,500 roubles or al-, Most $400 a month at the official &xchange. lt is_cheap for the people to a8 but expensive for foreign of Claldom, Canada’s diplomatic rep- Tesentative emphasized. Th an interview with the Pacific Tribune, John Dubno, of Vancou- Ver, Secretary of the AUUC, gave some of the nighlights of the He was most impressed with he new railway station that will Be €n in Stalingrad on August i it will be one of the most modern M™ the world with an automatic Machine selling tickets to all parts of the country. if One of the big features of the ee Station is a 600-bed rest centre, TauPlete with nursery, where three eens and two doctors are in at- €ndance, Passenger aircraft in the Soviet een are air-conditioned and very °mfortable, said Dubno. Missing, ‘ Ough, are the seat belts found n Canadian planes. ae of the delegates who is a air Nervous about travelling by Was definitely not happy when Sta Plane crew for the flight from - Stalingrad to Kiev came aboard— hg women, two pilots and a ant dess. But he was soon re- i hg happily while the pretty ie told him the story of her While in Moscow delegates visit- Uke’, Bolshoi theatre to see top ainian artists present the Ukraj j rT and opera “Bogdan Khmel- NGie W. ROMALIS ARTIFICIAL LIMBS Trusses — Elastic Stockings Abdominal Belts e 2750: W. BROADWAY BAyview 1815 Cit ft it at ‘Wahane 5 ditiee ee Castle Jewelers Watchmaker and Jewelers Special Discount to all Tribune Read- ers. Bring this ad with you 752 Granville St. | | } | The Bolshoi stage is a huge af- ut the size of the Empire Games stadium and the props for the opera included live horses and realistic burning villages. The Canadians had a meal in one of the student restaurants at ireally eat over there,” said Dubno, “J can’t understand how they can put away so much.” The menu which was that of a typical student’s meal consisted of an entree — smoked fish with cu- eumbers and chicken salad, topped with caviar and "hard-boiled eggs. “Tf you eat that, you’ve had enough,” commented the delegate. Then there was a borscht soup with 4 half pound of meat, a beefsteak _“like this.” spreading his hands fried fish—‘“I couldn’t eat that and the woman serving me was very concerned.” _ At one banauet~ where he felt obliged to at least taste each one of the numerous courses, he was almost ill from a surfeit of food. The only queues are those for milk which is in short supply in Mos- cow. : Car and road travel is growing rapidly and traffic in Moscow 1s about as heayy as that in Vancou- ver with large numbers of trucks and modern buses. Paved inter-city highways carry an increasingly heavy load. At night they are closed except to the fleets of trucks highballing pbuilding materials and other goods. The gasoline can and the tow rope are still essential equipment for Soviet motorists—gas stations are few and far between outside the cities and the side roads are about like Canadian prairie roads. But the big red gasoline truck pulling up to five, tank trailers is a familiar sight. : The Hillman-sized Pobeda is the work-horse of Soviet cars. Dubno reports that a Pobeda with special tires just eats up the muddy coun- try roads. On one delegation trip to a village, their Pobeda had to pull out a larger Zim that got pe ede ee SGC GOE LES PO ne MILLE § ‘Everything in F lowers” FROM ..- EARL SYKES 56 ©. Hastings St. PA. 3855. "VANCOUVER, B.C. AAPL ALLL LL PEL 5. H. BROWN: PLUMBING & HEATING 371 Johnson Road R.R.1 White Rock - Phone 5661 ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. UNION HOUSE PACIFIC: ROOFING. Company Limited _CE, 2733 2509 West Broadway N. Bitz. - B. 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The eight-bed hespital has been replac- ed by a 400-bed structure, the 200- ‘pupil high school’ is now two schools with 900 students. In ad- dition the jail built under ‘the Polish regime is now a technical school. Dubno found a few of his sur- viving relatives who had lost touch with him and were pleasant- ly surprised to find they had a Canadian uncle. His father was killed by the Nazis. Building is going on everywhere inthe Soviet Union and in the recently-liberated Western Ukraine the enthusiasm for the advances made during the Socialist rule is high, especially among the youth. Bulgaria is still very much of an agricultural country with tradi- \tional Turkish-type costume still ' worn in the villages. Dubno’s impression of Czecho- slovakia was one of an older in- dustrial country, much more west- ernized in dress than any of the others. . In Poland he remarked on the large’ measure of religious liberty, numbers of priests being seen on every hand and the churches well- attended. Canadians saw this opera When the Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev gave a performance in Moscow in honor of the 300th anniversary of Ukraine's reunion with Russia, members of a Ukrainian Canadian delegation visiting the USSR were in the audience. act of the opera “Bogdan Khmelnitsky.” Photo shows scene from fourth dashes and a mile event. _ As an added attraction, two nines from Vancouver and New Westmin- ster will put on an exhibition ball game. 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