. . . Criticised

It is useful, in these red-baiting days, to ask ourselves what constitutes a Red?

On looking over the organisations in our community that are called "Red" and such like terms of affection, we can see numbered amongst them the World Federation of Democratic Youth, Socialist Club and "Salient," that are organizations which are rightly for the needs of the people. WFDY discovers and publicises the facts that land owners in Algeria employ peasant youth for 14 hours per day: that in Chile apprentices have no paid holidays: that in Mexico women have no vote; that striking seamen in Canada are persuaded by steam hosing to resume labour.

Is it not rational that the landowners in Algeria and the shipowners in Canada should find the activities of W.F.D.Y undersirable, and brand it with the most vicious stamp that is available—that of "Red." And when "Salient" publicises these facts and shows that the conditions of young people everywhere are affected by them, it too is called "Red" by the friends and relations of these shipowners and landowners right here in N.Z. This is only natural, but it is not a good enough reason to slop defending the conditions of students and young workers.

And if it is "Red" to fight for a better life for young people, then to be called Red is an honour second to none in our present setup.

A.D.