8. OLDAL
KANADAI MAGYAR MIJNKáS
Millions are awakening lo iKe fact that friendship wíth the Söviet is for our own sake^ for Canada .
By DYSON CARTER, Presidenty Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society
LAST WEEK, friends of mine b.ought a television set. Why? So they could see Soviet moviesl It's a fact that the CBC shows Soviet films even in Québec. -
Another friend b-ied hard to get a ticket for an ex-clusive dinner, so he could hearGerald Clark, just back írom the USSR. Clark is speaking to packed áudiences.
For the first time in eight^ years, millions of Canadiaiis are reading newspaper art-iclés, by Canadians, about life in the Soviet Union. As for our businessmen, it is not vlcious anti-Soviet slanders v^hich interest them töday, but factuai reports aboüt the prosperoits eco-nomy Qf the USSR, about oppor-tunitles for trade.  ^ •
These are aspects írf the new situation in Canada/ aé Canadian-Soviet Friendship Montti begins. It is a very interesting: change. I know that it gladens all true friends of the Soviet people.
But it raises a áhaip chaUenge. In thls new and much healthier situation there are real dangers for us.
What is thls "big change"? Is it simply that Information servi-ces, such as the CBC, Canadian Press, and Weekend Magaziné, ceirry ipore reaswiable reports of Soviet üíe than before?
Thls is a sign of the basic change. °What is happening in Can-
CABLE MATCH wíth Soviet diess moster; ífríendshíp greefíngs
JÚ^i.'«ii<iGRAD: Monmoent of Sergei M. Kirov on.tbe ISirov District Soviet Square. Kirov was one of the leadérs of the October Bevohiüon, later kllled by agents of for^gn imperial> Ists.
ada goes very deep in our national life.
Already big sections of our jio-pulation are beginning to see a great, hlstoric truth. Priendly re-lations between Canada and out neighbour to the north are wliat we Canadians urgently need to make sure of ^ a peaceful, prospe-rous, independent future for our country.
That is the change. Millions are awalcening to the fact that friendship with the Soviet Union is íor our own Mke, for Canada.
It is not too easy to see what this mearis. I linow of one man who is swaggering around, shak-ing his finger under the nosea of hls worlunates, and saying to them, "See... I told you so!"
Of course it is nice to b« able to prove that you've laeen right all along. That the Soviet people eat weU. have beautiful cities, see wonderful shows, are more pros-perous than ever in history, and so on, But the attitűdé of "I told you so" won't help to build friendship.
Even worse ia the fellow who hears somé friend express, for the first time. a little sympathy for the USSR, TTien he beats him over the head with a "political argu-ment".
Talking that way misses the whole poinL The point today is that friendship between Canada and the Soviet Union is develop> ing on a new hasis. Many millions of Canadian people. who do not agree with the economic and tural    Rclations   with   Forcign | political structure of the USSR.
FRANK Anderson of Toronto (above) has challenged Soviet ehess master Bondarcvsky for a cable match and it was accepted. The match was held publicly at Toronto's Hobby Show last wcek.
From Prof. Andrel Denisov, pre-sident of VOKS (Soviet Society íor Cultural Rclations with Forcign Countrics) the íollowing cable was rcceived on the occa-sion of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Month. Febnmry:
"The U.S.S.R Society for Cul-
ship Monthi more Soviet fUms wiU be shown than ever before in a
single month. But think----it is
doubtful if one Canadian in 20 has ever seen a Soviet movie. And becsüse it is very expensive to ad-vertise, even in February not one Canadian in 100 will hear a word' about the wonderful new Soviet movie showings.
There is a real chaUenge to us, to find outwhen and where the shows WiU be held locally. Then wé can make a definite date to take the family, or the girl friend' or boy friend. .
And then we must take ad-vantage of the new situation. In-vite two or. two dozen more people td see what they*ve never seep before, movies that show them with their eyes what Itfe is like in the Soviet'Union!
This year it isn't hard to get strangers out to see a Soviet movie. If we who have already seen Soviet f"'m^ do that, all acro-c
UBNINGRAD: Monnment of Péter 1 4hi Oeeeubiists* Sqnsffe. Péter I was a great inogressive raler of Bussia in tfae first halt
of the 18th century, an ally and friend of Fecene Báköczf n of Hungary.
Canada, we will bring ábout a reaíly .tremendous change in one month.
Let us keép in rnind that- re-— G^rr d C^ark, and
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BíU Boss, seek'^6 onthe surfaca only: The price of Úquor seems inore important to^them than tha price of fonr-cQurse <ün&ers in big Soviet factorles. "They talk about "drab" Soviet clothes. But you do not Jhear them describing the fa-bulously beavtiful palaces Where mülions of Soviet' people get rest, treatment, '^d l^olidays every year. They can distortvfacts too. Thus, when. they speak of Soviet wages they say, th^ruble is worth only five cents. But when they give the' price of a l;efrigerator, up goes the ruble to 25 cents!
Tm suire jrou ;have; noted isuch ; things. Tm^jalso sure that you know the answer.
There íls a very big' change tak-ing place in Ganada, But the job of building lé^v friendship bet-.ween the Canadian people and the : Soviet people Is a job that must be done by those who are cloaest ,lo the peqple.
Millions of Canadians know that Gerald Clark was over there, and that Bili Boss is there now. But how many Canadians kncw that seven <rf their fellow-citizena recently inade an extenslve tour of Uie SóvietUiüónT.pnly about 10,Ó(Kí people- have^^^^^^^1^^ thejse visitors speak.     ■ /.
But the splenffid pictú|r?-report, "Canadians' Visít our Korthem Neigtibours", Is something you. will be proud to show anyone. It's a fascináting, fiüíy-iUus story that takes.youplácea where rio other Canadians ever were before. ■
It's an eye-witness story. It gives vitai facts about Soviet life that you don't get in newspaper reports. -
Are you .prei«red to accept a ?hallenge ? Todsy^ ít is pbssible to
KIEV: Building of the Conncil of Miiüsteis of the Ulurainiaa SSB;
get the majoritypf Canadians to read a Canadian repprtaábout the ÜSSE. That means going out to the people with tens of thbusands of copies of "Canadians- Vlsit our Northém Neigíiboürs'C Make this jeport a national best-seller. ;
We hava never. had íéi pubücation like this one. We haVe hever had a Friendship Month so prpmising
CLUB SPORT FÁNS I
Countrifs scnds ardcnt grcctlngs to Canadian friends of Soviet Union on occasion of Friendship Month with a»e U.S.S.R Wc wish Canadian-Soyiet Friendship Society succcss in struggle for cementing friendship and advancing cul-tural rclations between our pco-plcs in name of lasting pcace."
From all parts of Canada thls' .lupportcr month meetlngs of'Canadians are friendship.
are becoming convlnced that wc ali nccd friendship with the Soviet people. And they are right I
If wo don't grasp this, we are in danger of doing real harm. But when we selze on this truth, the opportuniUes are unlimited.
Thafs why I think the "big change" is a cliallenge to every of Canadlan-SoTiet
aending friendship gpreetinga tothe Soviet Union.
Conslder Soviet films. During February. Canadlan-Soviet Friend-
MOSCOW: Red Square. with the Lenin Mausoleum i„ Ihe fo«^ groand* at iHe waU of the Krcnüla.
THE FIRST sport rehearsal for the coming FesüVal of the youth of Québec ánd Ontario was held in Hamllton,'at the Htuigarian HaU, February Itti
There were Sft'future sport in-structors" i^resent. They came from Toronto, St. Catharines, Brantford, Welland, Niagara FnUs, Dtuinville and Canboro.
At this gathering, which las-ted from 10 ám tb 4:30 pm, before the practical Work we had a brieí discussion on the hi^hlights of tbc coming festivaL Three competent instructors from Toronto were T)resent —^ Tony and Kari Kayand Jerry. Kari taught the drUls, while Jerry led the tumbllng and pyra-mids; Tony iá in char^e o< organ-izing the whole -sport program, but also aasistlng^^ In the posing segment.
On the whole the group wás shaping up to a ifobd atart. Ifthe practices in the near íuture will have the same qualities of co-ope-ratión and understanding aa wa."? the case on Sunday, the Festlval will be a great success as far as our sport part of the .program is concemed.
But what i8 wrong -with the Ha-milton AUUC and the Toronto Ady cluba? Nó one cam« to re-prcsent these. two groups^. Lets have. a litUo more. support from all these clubs on.the next gct-to-gather, eh?!
On behalf of all the parUclpants that atlendcd tWSlréhcarsál school, I wish you all tha luck and success in building and tralning yonr si>ort groups for a very succcssfu! fes*'val this year.
Assistant Club Keportcr. Hamllton KoMUth Youth,
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