LA AO EDN Me LOR re Mart? yt AOL Soy Ae ol er - evity. | ‘ 107-year-old) man the din gees dap ae Tee POBJECT TO gale eus Bo HIS peur Grefa the Viking R. THOOMPSON, Vancou- yer, B.C.: The Sportlight col- umn on Channel swimming was very interesting, but per- haps something should have been said about Greta Ander- son, the Copenhagen - born young woman who plans tc swim the Channel both ways on August 27. Twice winner of the English Channel race — in 1957 and 1958 — Greta has also made “her name in other long distance swims — Atlantic City Chan- nel (25 miles), Guayanas, Mexi- co (28 miles), Catalina Chan- ; nel (both ways,42 miles). The English Channel has never been done both ways. If anyone can do it, Greta is the girl, Old age recipe S$. BETON, Vancouver, B.C.: You ask for comments on the Soviet article ‘Why Grow: Old at 90?” I read in a paper the other day about a reporter asking a 103-year-old the secret of long- “T never smoked,” was the reply. Then the reporter asked a same question. “I take. a drink and smoke a cigar every day,” he - said. “So it seems old age isn’t ” merely a matter of what you at and drink. My own opinion is that one mentally — to keep abreast of current: events and get a lift out of living. - ’ Perhaps it doesn’t matter so much how long you live, but whether you enjoy living. _ should do things in modera-| }’ tion. But above all, the import- ant thing is to not grow old Some people live many lives in a lifetime, but “there are men, old, self-important men, whose lives are not one day.” The men and women. who get a kick out of life are those who aren’t self-centred, who take up a good cause (like the cause of socialism) and devote their time and energies in fur- thering that cause. : Usually they are kept so busy that they haven’t too much time to worry about diets and longevity. On TV dramas L.A., Vancouver, B.C.: In ref- erence to the influence of TV programs on children, it seems possible that what interests children in exciting drama is the action in the story of fine human qualities. This may seem a contradic- tion, when a kid goes out and copies a gunman, But is it? The gunman is displayed as having courage, resourcefulness, brains, deter- mination, self control, quick- ness of wit, etc. And he dis- plays these all through the picture. The only thing wrong with him is that he is on the wrong | side of the law. And that only shows up as being a disad- vantage when he gets shot — in the ‘‘crime doesn’t pay” last two minutes. No wonder kids get the wrong idea from movies, TV, pulp magazines and “comics.” I believe that any “hero” having the above fine qualities and using them in service to his fellow man, in some form, would have a far greater at- traction for children. For children possess a natural in- stinct to serve “humanity, which should be developed. Birth control H. T. GODIN, Oliver, B.C.: As Khrushchev prepares to visit this contiment, the daily papers try to turn’ the people’s attention away from this im- portant event by blowing up a tempest about birth control. Eliminate exploitation, and there would be enough food in the world to feed everyone. Likewise, there would be no shortage "of clothing and shel- ter. Eliminate exploitation, of course, and what you’d have would be socialism. World Marxist Review answers key questions ‘These days, nothing is said that hasn’t been said before,” Is this a fact? The monthly World Marxist Review, dis- proves the ‘assertion: issue after issue speaks about some-. thing new, helping its readers to understand the most com- plex of the problems of our times which are becoming so numerous. Take for instance the ques- tion of the national-liberation movement in the colonial and dependent countries. What are the social forces in the na- tional - liberation movement and how, in particular, does the national bourgeoisie look upon it? What section of the bourgeoisie can be called the national bourgeoisie and what role does it play in anti-imper- ialist struggle? What should be the position of the working class on this question? Answer to these questions can be ‘found in the latest, August number of the journal. which contains an exchange of ideas on the role of the na- tional bourgeoisie in the lib- eration movement. At a sem- inar held at the end of May in the Institute of World History of Leipzig University, creative Marxists of many countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and La- tin America took part. The second. major problem that is highlighted in -the August issue takes the form of a group of contributions under the general heading of ‘Mon- opolies and the People.” Two months ago, in No. 6, with V. Perlo’s on- in the U.S. economy, the edit- orial board began a discussion on the concrete forms of de- velopment of state-monopoly capitalism in different capit- alist countries. In the August issue this topic is dealt with in an article by Emile Burns who analyzes new features of British capitalism. This analy- sis, based on concrete facts and figures, thoroughly demol- ishes the assertions of Cros- land, Strachey and other La- bor Party. “‘theoreticians” about.. alleged fundamental changes in the nature. of cap- issue article state-monopoly processes: italism after the second world war. Mauro Scoccimarro, in ““The Struggle Against Monopolies in Italy,” tells in detail of the methods of struggle of the Italian working class against the monopolies. Important problems are ex- amined in the article by the well-known Soviet academic- ian Eugene Varga, “Crisis and the Working Class.” This ar- ticle, among other things, gives a full answer to the question agitating millions of people on all-continents: is unemploy- ment increasing or decreasing? By analyzing numerous facts, published at different times in capitalist countries, the author comes to the conclusion that “the capitalist world is again entering a period of chronic mass unemployment.” In this a new element may be wide- spread unemployment among white-collar and administra- tive workers who are being squeezed out of their jobs by computing machines. An article by the Soviet professor A. Rumyantsev. con- tains an analysis of the econ- omic pre-conditions for the movement towards commun- ism in Soviety rural areas. Events of the past few months in Cuba have called forth great interest in all countries. Blas Roca, general secretary of the People’s» Soec- ialist. Party of Cuba, devotes an article to an examination of these events. The Cuban revolution, writes Blas Roca, “has refuted the myth of geo- graphic fatalism, of the invin- cibility of professional armies and the omnipotence of North American imperialism.” “The Inheritance of the World Communist Movement,” an article by the well-known Soviety historian, B. Ponomar- ev, deals with the recently published new textbook on the history of the CPSU which has aroused lively interest ey- erywhere. The section “In the Com- munist and Workers’ Parties,” as always, contains interesting party information from sev- eral countries. {ASS JONES’... TAKE A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION ANE WOULD LIKE TO) Discuss THE PROBLEMS OF LAYOFFS... ETC. OUTLINED IN YOUR LETTER... “+ BUT FIND BUSINESS ON HAND.. WE DEVOTE ANY TIME be DUE TO PRESSING IT \MPOSSIBLE TO ~ (.WiLt GETIN ToucH WiTH You - ) | ALIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS... VERY TRULY “Yours August 21, 1959—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5 \ hak Nae ea ie