12 books People '_Kay Gregory— PRING beok lists from big publishers hold very little promise of interesting summer reading. With one or two excep- tions, the announced books seem to tend more and more towards _ escapist and mythical themes while some of them, in view of the paper shortage, might better hlhave been left unpublished. Publishers are apparently so seared of finding a best seller on their hands which would make inroads into their paper stocks that it appears as if they are de- liberately publishing books they ean be sure will stick at a mere 5,000 cepies. ' Sometimes, however, one sneaks through despite them, like Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith, which has now sold 120,000 copies and is still going strong, with its publishers reperted to be con- suming quantities of aspirin daily. 6 : ROM a few copies of the Lon- don Yimes Literary Supple- ment I received recently a sim- _ilar situation appears to exist even in Britain where the paper shortage is really acute. _ - inglish university press - cata= logs of Fall Bocks, 1943, have only just reached this country, accompanied by a pland letter which says it may seem rather late, but it is “not nearly so late as the books premised. in it.” Some of the “fall” books will be published in the United States “Gn a few weeks” and others will be “eoming along in the next few months.” Practically ail advertisements -of popular books in the Times Literary supplement contain the words “temporarily out of print” or “oversubscribed before publi- cation.” If the paper situation is so acute, why publish such works while books which the people want and which at least {ouch on some current affairs, are allowed to go out of print. It is not a little alarming that “an two issues of the Limes Lit- erary supplement I could only find one book with any appeal and this was by an Australian writerthe Pommy Cow by Sarah Gampion — of entirely unknown Guality. a, : @ pee eighteenth annual awards L py Parents’ Magazine for outstanding books for parents have been announced for= 1943. First on the list is Infant and Child in the Culture of “Today by Arnold Gesell and Francis by Arnold Geseil and Francis ig, which has been highly praised as the best book yet printed to help harassed parents bring up their bewildering children. : Second to gain an award 1s @ur Young Folks by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, which deals with the very contreversial subject of juvenile delinquency. Based on many years of re- search in the Yale Clinic of Child Development, the authors of infant and Child illustrate typical srowth trends and show the impact of society upon a child’s development. ~“Absolute- concepts, rules of thumb and management devices have very jimited uses. Children are con- stantly changing. What is- true today is not true tomorrow.” =Of special timely interest is a section on the Nursery Sehool, which gives practical lists of sug- gested toys, play materials and equipment. D rovincial Prob Out €mMs ined A Program for British Golum- - bia—Issued by the British Golum- bia Section of the Labor-Progres sive Party—10 cents. : Embodying the draft program approved by the first LPP pro- vincial convention, this new pamphlet consists of two parts. The first section is the program itself, a comprehensive document which in coming months will find jnereasing expression in the lives of our people. The second sec- tion, entitled “British Columbia’s Role in the Postwar Period,” is the address made to the conven- tion by Fergus McKean, LPP pro- vincial leader, in which he des- cribes the economic wealth of the province and indicates the road to full employment. McKean cor- rectly points out that the CCF, by predicting widespread unem- ployment after- the war, is en- gendering defeatism and obstruc- ting progress and the fight for security. Only a small though in- fuential minority of the popula- tion, the most reactionary sec- tion of the capitalist class, is op- _ posed to national unity and never have the perspectives for peace- ful, economic and social advance been more favorable. Report of Conference on Post- wear Reconstruction in British Columbia—15 cents. The conference, held at Vancou- ver in Mareh this year, was at- tended by delegates from 144 organizations; representing some 150,000 people in this province. It Set up an Industrial Reconstruc- tion -and Social Development Council (IRSDC@) which has issu- ed this pamphlet containing pro- posals agreed on at the confer- ence. Particularly important is the Brief from Aeronautical Mechan- ics Lodge 756, dealing -with the future of the aircraft industry in B.C. The section on rehabili- tation of armed forces offers a sane, positive solution to a prob- Jem which is becoming more pressing every month. Socialism and the Individual— by Hewlett Johnson; Dean of Canterbury—Progress Books—25 cents. The internationally famed author of Lhe Socialist Sixth of the World has written this scientific socialist study. It is the first in a new series of scientific socialist studies by noted writers planned by Pro- gress Books. ee Reviewed This Week Truth About Tito My Native Land—by Louis Adamic-Harper—$5.00. pas book has been hailed by erities everywhere as the most complete expose of the traitor General Mikhailovich and his Chetniks yet published. But it is far more than that. It is fhe story of Yugoslavia’s struggle through the years for unity among her various na- tionalities and the hope which ~ has now arisen like a great beam of light on the horizon through the Liberation Front. : “The L¥F-Partisan movement was a suden promise of fulfill- ment of all the apparently fu- tile and defeated political efforts on the part of the peasant or agrarian and other democratic parties of the previous fifteen or twenty years against dictator- ship and corruption and for a2 people’s government in Yugo- Slavia.’ Adamic says ..- - “it bypassed or over-rode every- thing and everybody that was old or tired in spirit, corrupt and cyynical and attached to the past or to things and ideas which had lost their validity, or whose existence leaned upon vested Arts Council Plans Exhibit N exhibition of labor. art, to be open to the public July 21 to August 16, will be spon- sored by Allied Arts War Serv- ice Council, it was agreed at the recent annual general meet- ing held in the John Goss studio. With special emphasis placed on paintings by working people, art showing all pnases of labor and industry will be hung, ac- cording to Julia Christensen, council treasurer. At review of the year’s work revealed that many fine pro- jects had been completed by the group. Foremost was the Arm- ed Forces Guidebook, which answers every question a sery- iceman asks; where he can find amusements, the best places to eat, service centers, recreation, sleeping accommodation, sports and. libraries. : Indicator maps have been 1lo- cated throughout the city by the council. The Allied Arts Council also sponsored the murals in the Unit- ed Services Center, painted by Sapper Jack Shadbolt. A sou- venir booklet of Shadbolts mur- als, which picture Vancouver streets, is now being prepared. John Goss was accorded accla- mation as president for the com- ing year. Other officers are: W. G. Stephen, vice-president; Miss B. Prideaux, secretary; Mrs. Julia Christensen, treasurer; Miss Doris Milligan, publicity convenor. Here It Is’! * Evenings: 8:30 p.m. Distant Point Presented by the Alumni Players of the University of B.C. A well chosen cast is under the direction of Dorothy Somerset. Under Sponsorship of B.C. Teachers’ Federation. “Distant Poimt is a modern play about modern Soviet Russia —A great hit on the London stage.” LYRIC THEATRE Prices: 75c, $1.00, $1.50 Tickets on Sale at Kelly’s, 632 Seymour, PA. 3351. May 17-18-19-20 Sat. Mat.: 2:30 p.m. Cad interests and special privilege- Like a magnet LF seemed to attract the young, the guttiest and ablest who saw that the best promise lay in going into the mountains, into tne woods, to fight.” : Admitting that he himself was for a long time taken in by the propaganda-ereated myth of Mik hailovitch, and giving credit to the American press for his en- lightenment, Adamic spares no words te condemn him and to show how thousands of partisan lives have been lost through his traitorous attacks on the guer- Trilla armies. Himself no com- munist, Adamic readily declares that “some of the foremost Par- tisan military commanders and LF political leaders were com- munists.” But, he points out correctly, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, headed by Tito “did not raise the issue: com- munism or capitalism. It said, in effect, that the problem be- fore the people was to summon - all their. energies in order to destroy fascism, The slogan was ‘Death to fascism! Liberty to the people!’ ” Although Adamie is intensely critical, perhaps unduly so, of British and American policies in Yugoslavian affairs, his book is a real contribution to immediate victory and post-war under- standing: Since this book was written last year, the unity which Ada- mic so earnestly and correctly desires for a prerequisite for postwar reconstruction for small nations and the future peace of the world has been strengthen- ed by the Teheran Conference. Fulfilment of the plans laid by that meeting will provide the means whereby the Yugoslavian peoples—and all others — can achieve their freedom, as their guerrilla forces and underground armies rise in revolt to greet the : liberating United Nations armies.—Kay Gregory. At Lyne HEN the UBC Alumnj ers’ Club. presents Afinogenev’s Distant Point i Lyrie Theater on May 17,: couver theater-goers who ¢° teo few such opportunitie: rot only be able to see wh’ been described as “moderz sia’s finest play” but ther also be able to aid an eff bring entertainment of a s: nature to the troops both) and overseas. if Under the capable dir of Dorothy Somerset, the ¢- being sponsored by the Teachers’ Federation. Ey The cast includes such — known players as Lacey ¥ who produced and directe | comedy The Man Who Ga Dinner last year for the ~ tainment of troops, and Bowdery of radio promi who is also widely exper” in arranging troop pro; These players take two | jeading roles in the tense of Distant Point. E Particularly appropriat this time, Distant Point pc the steadfastness and tense living of the Soviet 7 It is to be hoped that it ¥ the first of many play — dramas that will contribu’ wards a broader underst of the Soviet Union today.” After each performance - play, a panel discussion y held at which such outst speakers as Garfield Kang, Ladner, KC., and Dr. * Sedgwick will discuss aspi life in the Soviet Union. Tickets at 75 cents, $1 $1.50 can be obtained ¢~ People’s Bookstore, 420 Pender Street. game => MATL ORDERS FILLED @® One of the most informative and comprehensive books | Qn our new frontier that is on any bookshelf today... .. Every Canadian with an eye to the future; every Ganadian © interested in the future of Canada, should put Alaska and the Canadian Northwest on the must list. ; $3.50 Obiainable a 7 People’s Bookstor : 420 West Pender Street | Universal News 138 East Hastings —Winnipeg Free Press. Street Vancouver, |