Vapaus, October 20, 1955

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WHAT AN OFF SEASON!
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T h a t "poof confuscd wmie Mays*V
T/ h i c h is what one N e w VorJc c o l u m -
j)i£t called h i m i n June, i s vinaing
one tblng after a n o t b « r as the s t a -
tistics Ifeep g r i n d i n g out of the J955
2}aseba]l miUs. The Jatest shows h im
the leader a g a i n i n slugging percent-ages,
which njeans the most bases
per h l t.
W i l l i e Is p o p u l a r l y supposed to have
had an oft year. Ihrery manager in
the game. contemplatlng W i l l i e ' 8 a c -
complishments must be droollng "I
fihould have a player who. c o t i ld have
Euch a n o f f year."
I f Wllhe was "Most Valuable*^ i n
1954, iirhlch: he most definitely vras,
what makes thls a n " o l f year?"
T h e main.index, to a playei^s value
c a n usually be found i n the r u n s b a t -
t ^ d i n c o l u i n n . I n .1954 as M o s t V a l u -
able, W i l l i e knocked i n l l O runs for
the Giants. I n 1955. i n h l s " o f f
year". WUlie khocked i n 127. Laat
year he h i t 41 homers. thls year he
h | t 51. Last year he personally t a l l i ed
117 runs. thls-year he h i t home plate
1?2 tlmes.
Other facts In thls terrible off
year — he f l n l s h c d second i n the
league i n batting äverages, fIrst In:
home runs, was the league's 'top base
fitealer, belng thro»*n out only iwlce |
i n 20 attempts, whicb included six i
BucccÄsfu] stealB o f t b i r d i n six at-."
tcmpts. Oh. yes, h e Jed t h e Jeague j
In triples too, a n d so rare is the '
combinaticn of lea<iing i n b o t h home
runs a n d triples, i n power a n d speed.
that the last National l « a g u e r to
lead In. b o t h d l d It back i n 1906. I n
the f i s l d M a y s stlll played the Ähal-lowest
centrefield i n the game.be-cause
of h i s remarkable a b i l i t y to go
back, he eovered the ground and
threw like a cannon.
I n case anyone t h i n k s the astonish-i
n g total of 51 home runs is due to
the archltecture of the P o l o Grounds,
here are t w o i n t e r e s t i n g facts:
a) H e h l t 29 ö n t h e r o a d a n d only
22 at home.
b) O f the 22 he h l t at the Polo
Grounds, sports writers who saw
evrry G l a n t game teli me only two
were close, enough to the foul llne
to be consldered Polo G r o u n d homers,
and the others : were mlghtly drlves
to left center conquering the Ire-mendous
handlcap to rlghthanded
hitters.
Weil, what c a n y o u do? Some play-,
ers J u s t have a n off year a n d t h a fs
a l i there Is to i t.
Sovief Basketbali
Team Corning to
The United States
Co-existence i n sports w l l l get a big
boost with the arrival In December
of a Soviet basketbali team to play
some U.S. college quintets, start­i
n ? wlth Springfield, Mass., b i r t h -
place of the game, and moving to
H a r v a r d , Yale and other campuses.
Tne Schedule was already drawn up
and plans n a i l e d down when someone
In the A A U s t a r t ö i objecting, saylng
the tour should be sponsored by a
collegiate group.
R o y Clogston, director of athletic
at N o r t h C a r o l i n a State College down
In Raleigh, p r o m p t l y applied to make
N C State the o f f i c a l college sponsors
of the Soviet tour. .
l i l l i i i i
Youth Leaders Su0gest
Next Steps For Peace
Jack London-Prophet and Fishter
B y F R A N K J A C K S ON
V 'In 1909, a t the S o c i a l Democratlc
c l u b In Coventry, I attendcd a iectuJ-e
o n the A m e r i c a n ^ o c l a l i s t movement.
T h e lecturer, who h a d recently
copie over from the U J S . told us of
t h ^ amazing success of S o c i a l l sm in
Anjerlga at that tlme. He also i n -
tiTQducevl to us Jack Iiondon and
sn)0ke to u s about hls new novel,
" T h e I r o n Heel", .
Years l a t e r " r h e Iron H e e l " was
to become the textbook of m a ny
young Left-'Wlngers i n B r i t a i n who,
v/hlle h a v i n g great misglvings abcut
L a b o r polloy — the gradual reform­i
n ^ o f c a p l t a l l sm w l t h mlnute doses
o f ' m u n i c i p a l trams a n d Labor legls-l
a t l o n — yet h a d n O c l e a r idea of
how to mo>e forwardr
C O N T R O V E B S I A L F I G U RE
The viecture to the Chicago P h l l o -
m^ths In "The I r o n Heel" came as
a real tonic to these budding revolv-t^
onaries. It was a i^odel for h u n -
dreds o f street-comer spouters a li
o v f r the country. ;
>i am remlnded of•* a l i thls by a
new book from America, Jack Lon­don
~ 'American R e b e l . b y D r . P h i l ip
S. Foner ( p u b l l s h e d . i n B r i t a i n by
Arco, 15s). • •• • "•• •
I t is a collectlon of'''London's w r i t -
tings and the study. of the m a n a n d
h i s tlmes. I can A e a r t l l y recom-mend
it, f o r the reading of London's
m a i n works is a great antidpte to
reformist Ideas. ', .
J a c k London has been a contro-verslal
flgure ever since his death
i n 1916' at the early age of 40.
Some condemn hIm as much too
revolutlonary, for frlghtenlng - away
the bsst elements by his unyielding
advocacy of the class struggle.
. Others on the other hand, con-demned
h im for m i x i n g Marxism
w l t h the ideas of Nletzche — the
reactlonary German Philosophy o f
the "Superman",. and for descending
Into romanticlsm.
NOTE OF OPTEVnSM
D r . Poner polnts out that London
never let up one jot i n hls flerce
defence of the class struggle, nor,
d l d he accept the philosophy of the
" B l o n d Beast", whlch ultlmately be-came
the basis of . H l t l e r i s m . ,
: W h l l e "TTie Iron H e e l " portrays
the defeat of the workers and makes
hls prophetic discriptlon of fasclsm,
he ends his book o n a note of o p t i -
mism, w i t h the workers re-forming
thelr ranks, leamlng f r om mistakes.
preparlng agaln for the f l n a l over-throw
of capltallsm.
"The Iron Heel" was w r l t t e n In
1906 —7 yet i t foretells what actually
took place under H i t l e r i n 1933 w l th
such graphic detail — the betrayal
of the workers by the corrupt T . U .
leaders to the "Oligarchis", t he name
w h i c h history translated into fascists;
T h l s novel alone glves London a
l a s t i n g place In the ranks of great
Soclalist writers.
H i s pamphlet "Revolution", wrltben
i n '1905, underiines his complete c o n -
fjdence i n the working class.
" I received a letter the other day
. . . it began 'Dear Comrade*. It
ended 'Yours for the Revolution.' 1
replled to that letter and m y letter
began 'Dear Comrade', and ended
'Yours for the R e v o l u t i o n ' . " .
He continues by l i s t l n g the varlous
countries where he says there are
seven millions a l i d o i n g the same.
H i s whole life was one of struggle.
He got his Inspiration from his
actlve participation i n the workers'
day-to-day struggles. It was only
when he began to be separated from
thls d i d he fade and die. .
L E S S O N T O A LL
H i s life is a lesson to a l i of us.
He had. not learned, l i k e S t a l i n d i d ,
that the strength o f a n y leader is
i n his cldse a n d continued associa­t
i o n w i th the masses.
J a c k London lived a life of the
greatest contradiction. He believed
that he, Jack London could beat
the capltalists at their own game,
and thus supply to the cause the
necessary cash for propaganda.
H o w futile this was is seen in
the collapse of h i s later years. He
resigned from the S o c i a l i s t P a r t y in
M a r c h 1916, diying i n November of
the same year. .
P Ä Foner's book does a great
Service by coming out at this mo-ment.
I have no doubt it w i l l play
a big p a r t i n the r e v i v a l of S o c i a l i sm
i n the UJS.
By S T A N X L V K O V I T CH
The Canadian Youth newspaper
Champion tried its own version of
of. the $64,0C0 question recently a nd
asked a number of youth leaders
what positive steps they thought the
Canadian government should take
to continue to Improve the world
situation i n the spirit of Geneva.
The prize for t he r i g h t answer wasn't
cash however, but the r i g h t to live
i n a peaceful World.
Exchange visits between East a nd
West, official recognitlon of the gov­ernment
of People's C h i n a ^ e r e the
two polnts suggested most^often.
Other suggestions included world
trade, reducty»n of the present twO
b i l l i o n dollar arms budget. a policy of
develcping Canada td become self-sufficient
and more support of the
Colombo P i a n.
Peggy Stanley, member of the D o n -
land's United Church Young Peo-ples
Union felt that "promotion of
World trads with a l i countries where
mutuaJly advantageous, the contmu-mg
interchange of visitors such as
the present visit of H o n . L . B . P e a rr
son to the Soviet Union, and imme-diate
recognition of the government
of C h i n a " were the three most posi­tive
things the C a n a d i a n government
could u n d e r t ä k e at this time.
O n l y one person asked, J i m S e r ­vice,
chairman of the Y o u n g Liberal
Association, thought that the Geneva
Conference d i d n o t achieve anything.
" W h a t does i t do when "grown men go
i n front of a camera and smile at
each o t h e r ? " " A l l Geneva d i d was
establish the potential for a different
Situation." Mr. Service felt that the
Canadian government was d o i n g more
for peacf than any other government
i n the world at the present time
when you take into account the
population and resources of Canada.
He pointed to the H o n . Pearson's visit
to the Soviet Union, which he felt
was ussful. "I have always person­a
l l y been In favor of the recognition
of C h i n a , " he said. Mr. -Service
thought that Canadlsns should pay
more attention to A s i a and felt that
such projects as the Colombo p i an
should be extended.
A " N O W that the world has moved
noticablji doser to peace, the gov­ernment
should- cut the huge arms
budget and devote more money to
social services, thus; m a k i n g possible
greater opportunlty for educatlon, r e -
c r e a t i o n and sports for C a n a d ' an
y o u t h , " said Steve Endicott, leader
of the N a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n o f L a b or
Y o u t h . M r . E n d i c o t t also felt that
the C a n a d i a n government should r e -
cognize the government o f People's
C h i n a . •
One young member of the H a s h o -
m i r H a t z a i r (a Z i o n i s t y o u t h group)
proposed two steps — trade w i t h a l i
countries w i l l i n g to buy o u r goods a n d
a more n a t i o n a l policy. " B y t h l s I
mean becoming Independent of the
U;S., becoming self-sufficient and
self-suppurting.". : , •
'•As a young trade.. unionlst, 1
would n a t u r a l l y support trade with
the countries o f E a s t e r n Europe," s a id
Bob Stevens, member o f t h e U n i t ed
E l e c t r l c a l Worker's U n i o n . " I would
also favor the idea of. getting to
know more about people i n a l i c o u n ­tries."
R e c o g n i t i o n o f C h i n a and a n ex­change
of parliamentary delegations
between Canada a n d the U S S R were
proposed by -Margaret 0 ' K e l l , Secre­t
a r y of t h e Y o u t h F r i e n d s h i p League.
Margaret also felt that action shoUld
be taken towards bannlng hydrogen
a n d atom bombs. "The danger is
s t i l l great," she p o i n t e d out. "Besldes
steps the goveriiment c a n take," she
continued, "there's something every
young person can do. T h a t is to
b r i n g : as large and representative a
delegation as possible to the C a n a ­d
i a n F o r u m f o r Peace at Massey H a l l
i n Toronto on November 5 a n d 6."
Warning of Last
Century StiiI
Rings True Today
I t w a s August 4, 1874, I n the
Northwest Committee R o o m of the
Parliament, B u l l d l n g s i n O t t a w a . T h e
small group i n session were delegates
to the second annual congress of t he
C a n a d i a n Labor U n i o n , forerunner
cf the Trades and Labor Congress
of Canada.
T h e Secretary p r o t e m , J . S. W i l ­liams.
was m a k i n g h l s report:
" I feel It w'ould not be d o i n g my
duty i n t h i s . - m y parthig Communi­c
a t i o n w i t h your honorable body, d id
I not refer to the pending treaty
of r e c i p r o c i t y w l t h t h e U n i t e d States.
" F r om reciprocity, p u r e a n d sunple,
w i t h the 'United States, it is m y
o p i n i o n that we w o u l d have nothing
to fear, but where the vrant of
m u t u ä l i t y prevails, as shown o n the
face of t h e d r a f t treaty, whereby the
U n i t e d States endeavors to seoure a
more extended market for t h e i r m a -
nufactures simply at a premium, by
securing their operatives a cheaper
l i v i n g by opening their market for
our r aw productlons." ,
"It Is h i g h time, t h a t t h i s dominion
was l a y i n g aside i t s s w a d d l l n g clothes
and. becoming self-sustaining and
we can only become so by a fair
and liberal protection."
" L e t our s t r u g g l i n g Industries be-coi|
pe once established; let us manu-facture
our own i r o n , wool, etc.
and the day m a y come when Tve c an
open c u r ports a n d defy the world,
But i n the meantime, I t h i n k vie
do not ask too m u c h when we d a im
the right to get a foothold -upon
our own soil without being pushed
down by foreigners."
.MILD
" Y o u say t h i s parrots swears i n a
m i l d sort of w a y ? " s a i d the customer.
:'Yes, s i r " , r e p l l e d the b i r d dealer,
"he belongs to a minister who h a d
his salary reduced."
T h e scene Is a s m o l s M i U e d rooso
in a Juxury hotel in oae of t h e Jar-gest
cities i n t h e U n i t e d fitates. Five:
overstuffed men v e r e l o u n g i n g I n five
overstuffed. chairs a n d a l e a n young
man was Z i t t i n g s t r a i g h t on t h e very
edge of a strajgbt chair.. T h e Jean
young man was obviously nervous,
and there was t e n s i on as v e l i as cigar
emokc a n d v h i s k e y l u m e s in t h e a i r .
E v e n i f y o u ' h a d n ' t r e a d a newspaper
you would know I r om t h i s scene that
down stalrs, the hotel lobby wouId be
thronged wlth newspaper reporters,
delegates w i t h b i g badges annoucing
the name o f t h e i r f avorite candldate,
•hired nolsemakers ant p i e t t y girls
h a n d i n g •. o u t Fepsj-Colas w l t b ' c a m -
p a l g n buttons. A n d t h a t a dozen
blocks away sweepers would be c l e a n -
i n g up the civIc a u d i t o r i um i n p r e -
p a r a t i o n for the f i n a l nominating
session of the party's conventioni
scheduled f o r t he raorrow.
; T h e largest of t h e five overstuffed
men took a d r i n k f r om his b l g h b a l l
glass,. shifted his cjgar a n d dlrected
h i s words to the l e a n young man,
" W i t h e r s p o o n , " he said, " I guess y o u
know why we've sent for y o u ."
Witherspoon gulped but i f h e p l a n -
ned to say a n y t h i n g he never got
beyond the p l a n n i n g stage.
"We*ve got to nominate a Govemor
tomorTow a n d there are some IMks
here" — h e gestured w i t h his d g a r
toward anothervoverstuffed gentleman
— ' who say y o u are the m a n t he
p a r t y c a n agree o n ."
" Y e p " , said the. second OS.G.
"we've got two h u n d e r d grand that
says young WItherspoon i s the m a n ,
chief. A fine, d e a n cut young m an
w i t h no trace of s c a n d a l about h i m .
A n excellent record i n the state
legislature. A n u p and coming l a w -
yer. W h a t more do y o u . w a n t !"
' J u s t a mlnute,": s a i d the c h i e f I r r i -
t a b l y . " I ' m doing the t a l k i n g . Now,
Witherspoon, before ^ e make our d e -
c i s i o n we've got to know more about
you. Personally, I mean. Y o u ' v e got to
come clean w i t h us, absolutely clean."
"Sure, chief," said • Witherspoon,
"m teli y o u everything there Is to
t e l i . I was born downstate in B r a d -
dock. M y mother was a widow a nd
I had to work m y way t h r o u g h the
State university. After that I taught
school f o r a while . . .•' :
'Not that, my boy," said the c h i ef
amiably. ' W e knew a l i t h a t before
we brought you u p here. Were you
ever i n a n y trouble?"
"Not exactly," began Wltherspoon.
" B u t I guess I o u g h t ' t o MU y o u that.
Finnish Youth Extend A Warm IVelcome
B y A N I T A H O B R I CK
:HE STORY OF J. QUINCY SPEEDE
B y B O B W A R b
^ I J ^ Q u l n c y Speede was a n odd c h i l d ;
and not, m l n d you, Just because he
h a d three 'e's i n hls-name.
(From his earllest days J . Qujncy
showed a tremendous flair for e f f l -
. ciency, E v e r y t h i n g he,, d i d as a baby
was done with dlspatch and with
no waste of time or loss of mo-t
i o n . His burps, for instance, weye
precisej;and w i t h the m h i i m um num­ber
o f ' r * s i n them.
At six months he kicked the slats
out of his crib i n protest agalnst
t h e way h l s mother folded dlapers.
L a t e r , when he was able to taik,
he explained to her that she could
have folded three tlmes as many
diapcrs five times as fast by: cut-t
i n g out unnecessary folds.
Yes, J . Q u i n c y was quite the boy.
At two h e stopped wearlng anything
w i t h buttons on i t . A l r e a d y he h ad
reckoned t h a t t h i r t y - n i n e seconds a
day was lost t h r o u g h ' t h e mere act
of buttoning and unbuttoning but­tons.
J . Quincy worcshoes without laces.
L a c i n g and unlacing shoes took 28
. precious seconds of the day.
A t school it was the same. J.
Quincy, indeed, soon acquired the
nickname of "Sooner." He figured
out the route to school which re-quired
the least number of steps; he
reckoned everything to the spht sec­ond.,-..
At graduation, J . Q u i n c j ' was voted
the student most likely to end up
being a motion time study expert.
A n d sure enough t h a f s just where
he d i d end up.
' J . Quincy wasn't very long on thls
new Job before he'd figured out ways,
not to forget means, of dismisshig
h a l f the staff i n M o t i o n T i m e Study
department. A n d t h l s „ m i n d you, was
even before he had a ' c h a n c e to take
a r e a l go a t the production workers.
When he started on the production
workers. J . Quincy really went to
work. It was ^he w h Q . perfected the
idea of the automatjc nose wiper, a
slmple attachment riggcd to any m a -
chine, which eliminat^d the need of
•nny worker v a s t l n g precious mlnutes
fumbllng for a hankie or K l e e n e x .
Another wiping apparatus that J .
Quincy's fertile brain dreamed up
was vetocd by top management as it
was deemed that the idea would be
too low, even for t h a t p a r t i c u l a r com­pany.
. • •
B u t the odd setback never troubled
J . Quincy. H e just kept on speeding
everyone up. A t work, at home,
wherever he went, he preached the
gospel of Motion Time Study; re­duced
to Its i n i t i a l s M T S by J . Quincy,
for the sake of efficiency, of course.
" M o r e , faster, sooner, quicker" was
the slogan emblazoned above . J .
Qulncy*3 desk. Whcn asked when
something should be done his usual
r e p l y was "yesterday."
Yes, J . Quincy was quite a boy. H e
would far rather cut a rate than a
j u i c y steak, or even a r u g .
But. the ultlmate happencd. J;
Quincy broke down. He h a d cut a
p a r t i c u l a r department from twenty-five
to 2 men, w i t h the two doing
twenty-five times more than had
previously been done by the twentj'-
f i v e . , '
Not even content with th>i the
company, one of the better known
e l e c t r l c a l firms, h a d i n s t a l l e d auto-mation,
eliminating the two workers.
J . Quincy was worklng out a system
to lay-off three robots on the auto-matic
Iines when the men i n the
whlte sujts came for h i m to put h im
a\vay. •
S a d though the story may be, J ,
Quincy"s f l a l r for c u t t l n g h ^ d f m a l ly
brought h i m to the last ^tage —Jcut-t
l n g out paper doUs.
Indeed it was h i s obsession for cut­t
l n g . out "unnecessary" Uiings \vhlch
led to hls d e a t h . J . Quincy i i a d long
been working on the theory that his
breathing cycle could be cut down.
W e i l , one day he r e a l ly reduced i t.
He stopped breathing altogether.
J . Quincy's funeral w a s not one
that attracted very Wide attention,
A l t h o u g h i t was noted at the time
that if a l i of the people whom.he'd
l a l d off d u r l n g h i s llfetlme had been
present the .largest stadium i n the
c i ty wouldn't have held the crowd.
But J . Quincy, nonSthelss, remain-cd
true to h i s credo In life. A s he was
being borne away by s i x pallbearers,
eyewitne£ses c l a lm t h a t he suddenly
sat bolt uprlght i n h i s casket. " L a y
four of those men off," he thundered.
T h i s done the story goes, he l ay down
i n peace.
One would think that this would
be the end of the story of J . Q u i n cy
Speede. But several months later we
met a workcr v/ho h a d been a n early
v i c t lm of J . . Quincy's M T s speedup
and layoff. . -
; Here's h:s story as told to us at
the timc. "One night," he said, "I
dreamt I had died and gone to the
place where most of my friends are.
A n d guess who \vas there, J . Quincy
Speedcv t h a f s who.
" A n d there he was back at his
o l d tncks. He'd c u t the - furnace
stokers from thjrty a shift to five, a nd
was figurlng out a l i kinds of devious
means to cut even further. He even
had 'Old Nick"; himself, fearing be­i
n g l a i d off.
' • A n d do you know what one fellow
s a i d to me i n t h i s dream of m i n e ?"
We confessed that we d i d not know.
" T h i s guy s a i d it had really been
H e l l there slnce J . Q u i n c y a r r i v e d ."
: — U . E . News.
G O O D Q U E S T I ON
T h e Master of Ceremonies at a
dance approached a g i r l i n a trapless
eyening dress.
" M a y I i n t r o d u c e M r . S m i t h ? " he
s a i d . " H e ' s an authority on s t r u c t u r al
engineering He wants to ask you
something."
. M u c h has been written i n this
. section at)OUt t h e W o r l d Youth
Festival which was h e l d i n W a r -
saw this summer. Readers are u n -
doabtedly aware of the fact that
over 50 young Canadians spent
a n enjoyable two weeks i n W a r r
saw partlcipating i n the varlous
events OI the festival a n d meet-i
n g the youth of over 100 l a n d s.
who gathered i n W a r s aw on t h is
historic occasion.
I t is only natural that among
the. Canadians along w i t h repre-sentatives
of many Canadian
^^youth organizations was a repre­sentative
of F i n n i s h - C a n a d i an
youth. A n i t a I I o r r i c k w h o through
her contributions to th:s page a n d
through her many aciive years
i n the F i n n i s h - C a n a d i a n sports
movement In Sudbury and T o ­ronto
Is well known among most
readcrs, has returned to Canada
and~will be v i s t i n g most F i n n i sh
communities to teli of her e x -
perlences. A complete scheduIe
of her tour Js publlshed elsewhere
i n tliis paper. Your cdltor urges
»11 young people to make a
Special point of meeting Anita.
I a m sure that A n i t a would be
w i l l i n g to have a "gab se.sslon" /
w i t h young people wherever she
goes In additlon to her regular
spcaking engagements. Don't f o r -
get to suggest it.
The foIlowlng art^cle is one that
^ A n i t a wrote i n F i n n i s h and your
editor has taken the liberty to
transcribe it. ( W a r n i n g : we have
a reputation for m u t l l a t i n g a n y -
body's style!)
O n September 2nd I was being
rushed to the Moscow alrport i n a
Z i m car. Beads of p e r s p l r a t l o n eover­ed
my forehead as I sat m the back
seat. I was beglnnlng a verj' impor-
Make a Speeial Poin* of Medting Anita When She
Arrives in Youi* Cbmmiuiity on Her SpeaJking Tour
tant phase of m y travels. T h i s time
I w a s ' t r a v c l h n g alone as I was o n m y
way to F i n l a n d.
Two days aiter. the festival when
I was b i d d i n g gdod-bye to the F i n ­n
i s h delegation at the r a i l w a y s t a t i on
i n 'Warsaw, I h a d no idea that I
would have an opportunlty to travel
to t h e Soviet U n i o n and I h a d no
hopes of getting to F i n l a n d . T w o
Canadians George Ryga and M i ke
Omelchuk, who h a d attended the
Peace Congress i n H e l s i n k i v e r e v i th
me to see our F i n n i s h friends away.
We shook hands, kissed, c r i e d a nd
f l n a l i y r a n after the t r a i n when It
left the s t a t i o n . M y h e ä r t was heavy
because I would have very m u c h Uked
t o have gone w i t h them.
W h e n the airplane reached the
G u l f of F i n l a n d a n d I could see the
green forests and crystal clear lakes
below the clouds I started feeling
r i g h t at home. T h i s was f i n a l l y F i n ­l
a n d , the l a n d of w h i c h I h a d heard
so much about ever since I was a
Child.
j M y h e a r t trembled a b i t . w h e n I
discovered there was nobody to meet
me. B u t I shrugged my Shoulders a n d
clambered aboard a bus as anyone
else would do. I went d i r e c t l y to the
offices of the Democratic .Youth
League of F i n l a n d and they were
rather suri^rised to see ^ m e as I In-terrupted
them declphering a tele-g
r am which 'had just arrived from
Moscow announcing my a r r i v a l the
following day.
For—the following three weeks I
was their guest. They often h a d a
smile on their lips as I told them
about Canada and F i n n i s h - C a n a d i a n
youth. To my relief, I found that
they were. not s m i l i n g because of
what I h a d to t e l i t h em but because of
my F i n n i s h . Appairently my F i n n i sh
vocabulary included many old words,
w h i c h were currently out of Use a n d
i n a d d i t i o n to t h a t they were quite
fascmated by m y dialect .whlch they
claimed was t h e same used i n " E t e ­l
ä - P o h j a n m a a " . When I used the
w o r d " s e t s e U " (satcheU) for l a c k of
a better word, the smiles broke into
laughter. .
I h e a r d of the ac t i v i ties, achieve-ments
and probl6ms of the youth
organization. I was a l s o told about
the Pioneer organization. T h e y have
400 d u b s with a total membership of
18,000. T h e s t a f f in the c e n t r a l tfffice
i s . busy preparlng material for the
current season. They provide -songs,
music, folk dances a n d general p r o -
g r am material for the d u b s . They
are preparlng a p r o g r am i v h l c h w i ll
also include gymnastics for festivities
w h i c h V i l i take place next summer.
Despite the great deal of w o r k . t h ey
h a d on their hands they were very
helpful and friendly. -
I h a d much to see i n H e l s i n k i . I
went to t h e S t a d i um to see a soccer
m a t c h between F i n n i s h and Polish
teams and who do y o u t h i n k I met
there.; None other t h a n Gust S u n d ­quist
from Toronto who h a d been
on a Uttle j a u n t to C h i n a . T h e World
Is sure getting small. "We Tvent t o -
gether to the F i n n i s h N a t i o n a l (iVIu-seum.
•, , •• •
The boys from the Y o u t h League
also took me to the W o r k e r s ' . O u t -
door Theatre .where I saw t h e play
" T u l i t i k k u j a lainaamassa". I also
spent a day at the school operated
by the- F i n n i s h National Theatre.
A n unusual experience was the p e r -
formance at the "Huoneteatterl",
where the a u d i e n c e s i t s on one side
of the r o om a n d t he performance goes
on right i n front of you. I t felt as
i f we were s i t t i n g i n someone's home.
I I spent a few days i n t h e village
of Töysä. Nobody h a d attended the
iWarsaw festival this area. I told
about my p e r s o n a l experiences at the
festival and they were p a r t i c u l a r ly
eager to hear my travels Ih the
Soviet U n i o n.
T h e last Week o f m y v i s i t i n F i n ­l
a n d I spent at the P a j u l a h t i S c h o ol
for Athletes, where a special course
on sulture was under way. E v e n I
got Involved In t h e folk dancing a nd
slnglng. T h e r e I met many pleasant
young people. After the week. was
over I felt I could not have h a d a
more enjoyable week , a n y w h e r e ' b u t
P a j u l a h t i .
T h e following morning 1 w a s a g a in
on my way; t h i s - t i m e to E n g l a n d to
r e j o l n my C a n a d i a n travel sompa-nions.
M y suitcases were stuffed w i th
s ö u v e n i r s a d books a n d i n m y h e a rt
the warm reception F i n n i s h youth
h a d accorded me.
J a Sraddocfc-i
from schooMojr
'^vts," said '
abovt that. Whe
bank. d l d y o u s'
*Ob. no," said
ed, "not a' dlm<
"When you w(
d i d you take a
power company
t h em the francJ
"Absolutely i
spoon. "I voted
because I thougl
i t . I t would ben
• T e l i me, W i
dhlef gently, "h
you have In t l / j
w o r t h ?"
" F r a n k l y , chie
T m not In verj
why I need this
ha-ve less t h a n $
a l i I own is m
s t a t i o n wagon:'
" A n d If you a
contjnued the c l
advantage of l
l i n e your pocket
"Heavens forbi
erspoon. "I was.1
never to steal.
t h a n , t o profit p
pense of the pe(
T h e chief delil
cigar f r om his
i n his overstuffe
deeply of his 'hii
•boys, as you cai
E i t h e r he is a
close to i t . T h e j
t h i s State won't
h i m . "
T h e overstuffei
spoon roused h in
w i t h difficulty. "£
know what you
the O.S.G. ;*Witl
you the whole st
pfoprietor of the
racket i n this sta
who l a i d a foot oi
out Insurance wi
d i d not get the c
tractor who built
her kitty. She's
salted away, i n Jh
Don't t h i n k W i th
as to h o l d that
name. Why, man
i n . i l l g o t t en gainis,
" A h , my boy, fc
chief, going over.
shaking 'him ferv
I d l d you an ir
n a t i o n is yours,
gether w e ' l l carry
i n November."
The overstuffec
their glasses in
shook hands witl
thumped h im on
blame the chief,
one" of them, afte
careful."
11
SMOE (5ULP..1T'S MY SILVER
ANNIVE.RSARY,SIR....-
AND MY WlFt WAN7S
TO GjOOUT AND
(ER ) CUEBRAIfc.
"Guiit By Biilh
T h e . armed Services seem to be
moving from a p o s i t i o n of guilt-by-;
association to : a position of g u i l t -
b y - b i r t h .
A Navy Reserve Commission was
denied to M I d s h i p m a n L a n d y because
his mother h a d once been a member
of the Communist Party; but quit
at her son's l u ^ I n g many years ago.
A second case Involves a Coast G u a rd
mldshipman wiho c o u l d n t qualify
for officership because his mother
once belonged, allegedly, to some
outfits on ithe Attorney General's
hst. ,
These are two more instances of
"Security r u n w i l d " . A recent F u nd
for the Republic study shows h u n -
dreds of icases w!here logic and
reason were given a leave: of ab-sence
d u r i n g securitv investigations
of government employees. .
. Jjr these cases are allowed to
stand, why s h o u l d the barziers be
l i m i t e d to one generation. Svune-body
named Jefferson had. a n a n -
cestor named Tom,. who spoke In
r a d i c a l phrases 50. years ago; a nd
somebcdy named Washington l e d a
rebelUon against a monarch's autho-
••rlty. ,
. I f , i d i o c y is to be the. security
yardstick, the descendants of the
WashIngtons a n d Jeffersons are " b ad
r i ä k s " ; better be careful and not
let y i em become second .looles! /
^ E d i t a r l a l , d O . News.
B i r d l e s w i t h broken Wings •
HIde f r om each other,
B u t babbies i n trouble
R u n home to M o t h e r .
Erroneou^
About Lar
Animals 1
Some fallacies :
liefs, too often,
planted i n the mir
"debunked" by J . :
t a r i o Department
Forests, on the La
staff.
"Don't k i l i a SI
r ä i n " a n d "Touch
give you warts" ar
but there are alsc
concerning larger
the woods, he says
" W h e n it js rep
wildcat or lynx ha
district, there is i
Demands for iin
n a t i o n are received
en are kept -indopn
allowed to walk to s
centage of these
e m Ontario is ui
event, the anlmäls
of humans. Other
" S k u n k — Y o u c
Is around because
A c t u a l l y , a skunk i
clean animal. It cc
of the house, sleep <
and would probabl
nuisance than the
A skimk will eje<
spray and obnoxio
a last resort, whe
l i f e . A skunk will
coat or den with
a c t u a l l y appears t
d i s l i k e for the odoi
" P o r c u p i n e —' A
not be destroyed 1
only a n i m a l that y(
a stick for food if
the woods.' Wlse J
a porcupine is k i l li
many people, unf
found, i t should be
not protected by 1
also is very palatab
'•Raccoon —' Hea:
m the trees at nig
raccoon is capabi
chuckUng cry to ri
brood. Also,'baby r a
a plaintive c r y when
However, raccoons >
tree a n d whistle, 'W!
hear is a screech ow]