The Vegan Winter 1964 by The Vegan Society

T H E VEGAN SOCIETY Founded November,

1944

Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, a n d cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence and compassion f o r all life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of t h e plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives f o r all commodities derived wholly or in part f r o m animals. Veganism remembers man's responsibilities to the earth and its resources a n d seeks t o bring about a healthy soil and plant kingdom and a proper use of the materials of the earth. President : D r . FREY E L L I S , , Bpsom, Surrey. Deputy-President: Mrs. E. B. SHRIGLEY, , Purley, Surrey. Vice-Presidents: Mrs. M U R I E L DRAKE, Dr. CATHERINE N I M M O , Miss MABEL S I M M O N S , Miss W I N I F R E D SIMMONS. Honorary Secretary : Mrs. EVA BATT, , Enfield, Middlesex. Honorary Treasurer: Dr. FREY E L L I S , , Epsom, Surrey. Assistant Treasurer: SMITH (to whom all subscriptions should b e sent), Epsom, Surrey. Committee: Mr. E . T . BANKS, Mr. H. T . BONNIE, Mrs. SERENA N . COLES, M r . JACK MCCLELLAND, M r . M . M C C U L L O C H , M r s . E . B . M r . W . H . C . WRIGHT, B.SC., N . D . , D . O . , M . B . N . O . A .

Vegan Distribution Secretary: Enfield, Middlesex.

SHRIGLEY,

Mr. SAM WOLF, Flat 1,

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THE Journal

VEGAN of the

Vegan

Society

WINTER, 1964 - 65

EDITORIAL " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulders: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Every year at Christmastime these verses are remembered by millions all over the earth. The very season itself is named after this "child." For members of the Christian Church the above prophecy was fulfilled 2,000 years ago. Two chapters later in the same book, Isaiah stresses the point in similar words: "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a Branch shall grow out of his roots; and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge." For Christians there can be no doubt as to who He was. Nor could there be any doubt but that the writer of Isaiah was directly inspired. Or was he? For as an integral part of this self-same prophecy and but four verses later, are the words: " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the failing together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Now why do Christians accept the first part of this inspired prophecy and reject or ignore the second part? There can be no doubt that the two parts belong to each other, for later in the book in chapter 65, when the writer returns to his central theme, he states:

" For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth." And there follows a description of this new earth that will result from His coming, and an integral part of this description is the verse: " The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord." There can be no mistaking the implications of these prophecies. Harmlessness and non-meateating are central and basic. Shall even the lion eat straw and man continue to kill and eat flesh? Shall the rest of creation be at peace and only man hurt and destroy in Christ's kingdom? Last summer I saw a walled garden in the west country. It was a veganic garden and it was growing food. Healthy, vital, attractive food—brimful of LIFE. No animal organics were used in its production. No chemical sprays were used to poison the insects (or the plants) — yet to the surprise of horticultural visitors, the plants were free of insect pests. Even the earth beneath the plants was being regenerated. Here " new earth " was being built—through this method a new Earth will be built, a new quality of food will result, and a more vital type of living will be possible. Non-killing and harmlessness are to be applied to all life, in every part of life. Vegan principles applied by Christian or humanitarian alike will transform both those who apply them and those to whom they are applied. They will help to bring about and will also be part of " the new Earth." The year 1964 saw the first series of articles in a non-committed magazine, The Gardeners' Chronicle, on " Veganic Gardening." A crowded Albert Hall heard a condemnation of meat-eating. New man-made " leathers" and other materials were introduced to this country as was a non-animal milk. Animal Machines was published and a host of forward steps were made. The " new Earth " is coming in fast. May it come in even faster in 1965. It will if we do what we can to help it. J. SANDERSON. A

REQUEST

The Editor is collecting information about the early days of the Society and will be glad to receive any items of information that members during the period of 1944—1950 can supply. VEGAN

DINNER

The 1965 Vegan Dinner will not be held in the spring as in recent years but will be held in the autumn to coincide with the Society's coming-of-age. 2

It has never happened before.

It can never happen again!

The Vegan Society comes of age next autumn and a Special Week-End has been arranged to celebrate our

21st ANNIVERSARY On Saturday, October 30th, 1965 TWENTY-FIRST

ANNUAL

GENERAL

MEETING

A T THE ALLIANCE HALL, PALMER STREET, LONDON

Refreshments and Speakers

On Sunday, October 31st GRAND

DINNER

AND

DANCE

A T THE CORA HOTEL, LONDON.

CELEBRATION

Tickets 32/6d.

It is hoped that all members within reach will attend one or other (if not both) of these functions, and as the dinner accommodation is strictly limited members wishing to attend are advised to send their names (and a small deposit) to the Secretary as soon as possible. Later, any places still available will be offered to our vegetarian friends, many of whom have already expressed a wish to join our " once in a lifetime " festivities.

OUR SECRETARY Mrs. Batt will be going to America on January 12th for a few weeks, but all orders for literature, etc., will be dealt with at the Enfield address as usual and urgent letters needing her attention will be forwarded whenever possible. (We hope that she and her husband have a happy and interesting holiday.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;ED.) OUR

TREASURER

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Frey Ellis has accepted the position of Honorary Treasurer of the Society and that Mrs. Grace Smith has agreed to serve as Assistant Treasurer. Mrs. Serena Coles is making progress after her accident and continues to serve on the Committee.

REMINDER PLEASE help the Society and the Treasurer by sending in your 1965 subscriptions promptly to the assistant .treasurer, Mrs. G. Smith, 8a Links Road, Epsom, Surrey. As you may see from the Accounts on another page, the amount of extra work we are able to do, such as publications, publicity and propaganda, is largely determined by your donations. Please make them as generous as possible. To save time and money, receipts will not be sent unless requested. Many members have enquired about the possibility of a deed of covenant by which members may pay their subscriptions for an agreed period of seven years and make a saving. Now that the Vegan Society is officially registered as a Charity, a suitable form is printed on another page which may be used for this purpose. IMPORTANT It has been called to our attention that quite a few of our nearvegan members would like to be associated more closely with the Society, but are under the mistaken impression that it is necessary to adopt full veganism first. We are happy to say that any person truly believing in the aims and ideals of veganism, and making a genuine attempt to adopt our way of life, is eligible for membership. We also welcome as Associate members, those lacto-vegetarians who believe in our ideals and support our aims but are not able, for some reason, to adopt veganism at this time. These friends of veganism may join as subscribers and support our work in this way. Subscribers will also receive the magazine and may attend all meetings although only full members may vote. Write for details to the Secretary. OUR DISTRIBUTION SECRETARY Mrs. Miranda Barker, who has done the valiant work of distributing The Vegan for many issues, is taking a trip to the U.S.A. and Mr. Sam Wolf is seeing to the distribution of the present issue.' We hope to receive soon some interesting despatches from Mrs. Barker and also from the Collins who left for the U.S.A. some months ago. THE COMMITTEE Most of the Committee members live in London or within reach of London and most activities similarly take place within the London area. This means that a heavy burden falls on Committee members and it would be appreciated if other members could lend a hand and help out with exhibitions and displays. Would volunteers please contact the Secretary. 4

RECENT MEETINGS The Society was fortunate once again to be invited to display vegan foods and other commodities at the B.W.C. Fashion Show held at the Hotel Russell on September 10th. The Show itself was a great success, and not being a " vegetarian " function it attracted many of the " unconverted." As usual it ran smoothly and well, due to the great amount of work put into its preparation by members of the Beauty Without Cruelty organisation. At the Annual General Meeting of the Nature Cure Society on October 29th Mrs. Batt gave a short talk entitled " Vegansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; idealists or Cranks?" (a report will be given in our Spring issue). The audience gave her a warm reception and expressed considerable interest in the vegan viewpoint that she presented. We are very appreciative of these opportunities to bring the vegan way of life to the notice of others. On October 31st the Society had a stall at the Food and Health Exhibition organised by the Welwyn Garden City Vegetarian Society. Jack McClelland came over from Belfast, gave a short talk and answered a wide range of questions on sports, especially swimming and his vegan diet. What a wonderful example he is of the nutritional adequacy of our way of living. The Annual General Meeting was held at the Alliance Hall, Westminster, on Saturday, October 24th, with the President, Dr. Ellis, in the Chair. Reports were given by the Secretary and Treasurer (see following pages), and after some excellent refreshments prepared by members, a most interesting talk on " Herbs " was given by Miss Margaret Thome, who had travelled up from far Cornwall. There was a vegan stall at the Animals Fair at the Royal Horticultural Hall, London, S.W.I, on November 27th and 28th. The stall displayed vegan savouries and other products, and vegan literature, and much useful publicity resulted.

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COMMITTEE'S REPORT 1963-1964 Twenty years ago a handful of people met in the Attic Club to discuss the possibility of forming a Society to exchange ways and means of living without exploiting any other living creature. Some of these far-sighted, courageous souls are working with us today and we sometimes wonder whether they are not somewhat discouraged that greater strides have not been made over the intervening two decades. For however hard we work and strive to bring the vegan way of life to the attention of all, " big business " with its terrific economic power, introduces ever new forms of cruelty. For instance, just as synthetic leathers are being perfected, the current barbaric methods of factory farming are producing animal leather in such large quantities that new fashions must be created to dispose of it, and already it competes in price with the best synthetics. There can never be any question of " giving up " so we can only determine afresh to work harder than ever for the course we all believe in so sincerely. Almost everyone of us could do just that little extra, that letter to our M.P. or local paper we thought about but never managed to get around to, for instance, and the result of this little extra from everyone could in time reverse the position and really start to decrease the amount of suffering endured by animals at the hand of man. Meetings Since we last met your committee have held eleven committee meetings most of which have been well attended. Other meetings, however, have not had the support we could hope for, and it has been suggested we hold only two or three during the year in future while concentrating our energies on displays of vegan foods, footwear and literature in co-operation with other humane and vegetarian societies. This has the added advantage of bringing our message to the interested but not entirely converted as well as being less of a burden on our very slender purse. Last November the Society had a stall at the Animals' Fair, the first time for several years we have been able to do this. On February 28th, at Marloes Road, Mr. W. Wright, B.Sc., N.D., spoke on " Mucusless Nutrition and Children's Health ", and on April 24th at the same address, Mr. G. Molineux spoke on " Veganic Gardening ". Mr. Molineux also invited members to his home at Crowhurst for the week-end of August 8th and 9th, where they were able to enjoy the fruits of his veganic labours. A very attractive display consisting of two vegan meals was on show at the Salon Culinaire, Olympia, in February. Mrs. Cluer was responsible for these, and photographs of the entries were later printed in the British Vegetarian. In May our Society was invited to take a display of vegan 6

products to the Vegetarian Congress Meetings at Colwyn Bay from 9 thâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;11th. On June 12th we held our Annual Dinner (our one social meeting) at Maxims Chinese Restaurant, when Lord Dowding, Dr. Gordon Latto and Ruth Harrison, author of Animal Machines, were the speakers. An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on July 12th at 3 Riddlesdown Avenue, to discuss small alterations in the wording of our Rules required by the Charity Commissioners and Inland Revenue. Full agreement was reached by the twenty members attending, after which our hostess, Mrs. Coles, provided a delightful tea and full use was made of the opportunity for general discussion on many subjects of interest to vegans. On July 26th Beauty Without Cruelty invited the Society to display foods and literature at their Garden Party at Nettlestead Green, Kent, which marked the opening of " Shangri-La the animal sanctuary founded by Jean Le Fevre in conjunction with B.W.C. On September 10th we again had a display by kind invitation of the B.W.C. Council at their Fashion Show in the Hotel Russell, London. We should like to express our thanks to B.W.C. for giving us these opportunities to bring our aims and ideas to the attention of the general public. Charity Status As instructed by the members at the last A.G.M. we made application for recognition as a Charity and this has now been accepted. This means that members wishing to do so may now make tax free contributions by Deed of Covenant. Membership / Finance Sixty-eight new members have joined the Society during the year which, allowing for withdrawals, increases our membership slightly. This is not sufficient, however, to enable the Society to function adequately and economically without having to rely on donations. It will be seen, therefore, that these are still vitally necessary if we are to continue. Publicity Mr. Kenneth O'Brien read a paper on Veganic Gardening at the Royal Society of Arts in November (later printed in The Vegan) and followed this with a series of articles in The Gardeners' Chronicle on the same subject. Mr. Batt presented us with a banner last November which has been used on every suitable occasion this year. In March, the Secretary, on behalf of the Society, gave a talk on " Animals in a Man's World " to members of the Theosophical Society, in London. 7

New Literature The Vegan Recipe Leaflets have been revised and enlarged and are much appreciated by new members and others making the change-over from a mixed or lacto-vegetarian diet. A leaflet " An Introduction to Veganism " has been duplicated for distribution at meetings and for sending to postal enquirers together with " Unnecessary Cruelties Among Farm Animals " Reasons ", etc. The cookery book " Menus for Joyous Living " by Kathleen Keleny has been added to our literature list, but unfortunately the second edition will include some lacto-vegetarian dishes. Two American publications " Raw Eating " by Aterhov and " Here's Harmlessness " published by the American Society have also been added to our literature list. Food and other Commodities Many people are becoming increasingly concerned about the processing of food and the many additives, often far from harmless, which can be and often are included in the most innocent-looking dishes. Books such as Silent Spring and Animal Machines have had a tremendously powerful effect in educating and reminding people of the dangers to health, and of the extreme cruelty to animals, which are the result of some modern methods of food production. Our efforts to keep members fully informed about vegan foods necessitates constant checking and revision, and only this year have we been able to make detailed investigations into the processing of white sugar to ascertain which brands of white sugar (if any) have not come into contact with slaughterhouse products. As the first result of this we are pleased to assure members that although all Tate and Lyle white sugar has gone through a process using charcoal made from animal bones, that supplied by the British Sugar Corporation (B.S.C. Brand) and Sankeys sugar has not been subjected to processing with this or any other animal substance. Food suppliers are being contacted and those manufacturers using one of these brands of sugar rather than that refined by Messrs. Tate and Lyle will be listed in The Vegan as they reply to our enquiries on members' behalf. Non-leather footwear is improving every month (although the best quality is sometimes lined or trimmed with leather) and from now on shoes for all the family in Corfam, Quox, or one of the other quality expanded vinyls should be available everywhere. Most of the main manufacturers tell us that they are experimenting with one brand or another and hope to have some models out this winter or next spring at the latest. This position should continue to improve (unless a plentiful supply of cheap leather is released due to so many farmers going over to quick profits and production methods in broiler houses). We shall continue to support those 8

trying to introduce the Footwear Materials Marking Bill which would make shopping so much easier for everyone (and save us many hours of work every quarter). The Vegan This has been published each quarter and we would like to apologise to members if it is sometimes a little late in appearing— its production, apart from the printing, is, like all our vegan work, the result of the voluntary labour of very busy people, whilst our thanks go out to our contributors who also give their services freely, and help to maintain a standard that evokes an appreciative response from our readers. We do not often make appeals, but we badly need more help if we are to continue to run this Society efficiently. The Library is now in desperate need of a home, and helpers on the vegan stall are always needed. Please contact the Secretary if you can give some of your precious time to this most worthy cause.

TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 0 SEPTEMBER, 1964 In spite of all the hard work at various public functions during the year by your committee and other members, there is still an excess of expenditure over income amounting to £16 lis. 4d. as revealed on the balance sheet. This has been a great disappointment to me as I had hoped to have an excess of income over expenditure to put before you. Now, I would like to remind members everywhere that subscriptions are due on the first of January each year and, if all the subscriptions had arrived when due, there would not be the above figure on- the wrong side of the balance sheet although we have had legal charges and other expenses that did not appear last year. You will also see that the cost of the journal has risen considerably and this figure excludes postage which was approximately £24. It is true that we have had more journals this year but the cost of printing increased in January and we have never charged the full price for them as we have tried to keep the selling price on a level with similar journals that have a larger turnover than we do. One happy aspect is the increase of the advertisements and for this we do sincerely thank Mrs. Batt and Mr. Banks for all their hard work. Our secretarial expenses are down mainly due to the efforts of our secretary with the duplicating machine and in spite of the fact that the. typist's expenses have increased. To those members who have so generously given donations, I would like to say a very big thank you. You can see from (iContinued, on page 12 9

INCOME 1963 £ 99 100 6 47 12

EXPENDITURE

ACCOUNT

EXPENDITURE

Secretarial Expenses and Duplicating Postage, Stationery and Telephone Bank Charges General Advertising Sundry Expenses Honorariums Legal Charges

270 206

AND

Annual General Meeting 1963 Public Meetings Annual Dinner " T h e Vegan"—Cost of Printing 35 Less Income f r o m Sales £35 11 29 Advertisements £54 11

£ s. d. 89 2 6 110 19 3 6 3 1 12 5 3 6 22

0 1 0 246 17 9 3 12

373 12 90

0 8 283

11 11

Pamphlets Donations: — Nature Cure Clinic International Vegetarian Union Nutritional Research Fund Beauty Without Cruelty £479

£543

BALANCE 1963

£ 677 47

2 11

SHEET

LIABILITIES

£ 758 81

£ s. d. Surplus Balance at September 30th, 1963 ... 676 17 1 DEDUCT Excess of Expenditure over . Income for Year Ending 30.9.1964 ... 16 11 4 SUNDRY

CREDITORS

£724

B. d.

660

£684 11

I h a v e examined the above Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account f o r the year ended September 30th, 1964, with the books and T r e a s u r e r : S. N . COLES. October 19th, 1964.

FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30th, 1964 £ 275 88 10 2 12 11

INCOME

Subscriptions ... Donations Food Guide—Net Income from Sales Profit on Sale of Vegan Badges Annual Dinner Interest on Post Office Savings Account ... National Council for Animal Welfare:— Donations and Sales of Food, etc. Less Hire of Hall

s. d.

s. d. 4 10 15 1 11 7 2 7 0

17 6 0 10 10 0 6 16 0 55 1 0

Pamphlets—Net Income from Sales Excess of Expenditure over Income Transferred to Balance Sheet

£ 323 123 3 5

16 11 4

£543

2 11

AS AT SEPTEMBER 30th, 1964 1963

ASSETS

s. d.

7 24 140 28

2 6 16 2 18 2 4 6

s. d.

STOCKS AT C O S T

10 32 150 , 29

" The V e g a n " Food Guides Literature Vegan Badges

221

201

PAYMENTS IN ADVANCE BALANCES AT BANKERS

361 126 487

Post Office Savings Bank Westminster Bank Ltd., Current Account

370 7 97

1 4 0

467 10

£684 II

2 3

vouchers of the Vegan Society and certify that they agree therewith according to the information and explanations given to me. Signed D. E. BACON, Certified Accountant, Hon. Auditor. Hayes Lane, Kenley, Surrey.

the balance sheet where we would be without you! To all committee members who do so much without charge to the society I would like to thank you and I am sure I speak for , Vegans everywhere—and the creatures—when I say how grateful we are to Mr. Batt for the continued use of his office and equipment which he so generously places at our disposal. Once again, at extremely short notice, Mrs. le Grice and Mr. Bacon have come to the rescue with the accounts and auditing and all members will wish me to thank them for the valuable time that they have given to the society. Some of you will Remember that, nearly two years ago, we were left without a' treasurer and I have been trying to fill the vacancy until somebody else could step into the breach. Unfortunately circumstances have arisen which make it impossible for me to continue this service for the society and it is with very mixed feelings that I am resigning as treasurer. The .work has been extremely interesting and I have appreciated the contact that it has made with each member. I can assure my successor of a secretary who never fails to help in every possible way and I would like to thank her now for her past help and for the time and energy that she gives to the society on behalf of the creatures. (Signed) SERENA COLES.

CRUSADE AGAINST ALL CRUELTY T O ANIMALS In London in 1672, 11,000 lbs. of beaver for gentlemen's hats were sold. Sad news indicating the way in which the beaver is still made to serve man's vanity and greed has reached me from one of our New Zealand members who sent me a newspaper picture showing an American Stetson hat, valued at 1,500 dollars, which had been, made from the fur of hundreds of beavers. Our member saw the hat on display in a New Zealand shop. " The showcard with it stated that almost 1,000 beavers were used, only the soft part of the underside of the pelt being used in the hat. According to the news cutting, the hat took forty-three workmen a long time to make. A tragic waste of the lives of the beavers—and the time of those forty-three workmen! I shall await with eager interest the comments of members of • our Junior Section, the Young Crusaders, who will read in the latest -issue of their journal, " All Living Things", the above regrettable news in an informative article entitled " Fur . . . . " My junior postbag constantly reveals the refreshing clarity and honesty which children bring to bear on the subject of cruelty to animals. Too young to have acquired prejudices which .foster, muddled or specious reasoning and largely unaware of the -12

many forms of economic pressure supporting animal exploitation, they are swift to denounce cruelty when revealed to them. Just as since 1955 the adult Crusade has pioneered among the ordinary unconverted public with its nationwide and forthright exposition of the facts concerning forms of cruelty which the vast majority unknowingly support every day of their lives, so through our Junior Crusade we are taking humane education several steps beyond the limits of what is commonly understood by the ordinary family as being " kind to animals ". Softly, softly is our watchword in this vitally important side of our work, however, and for the following two excellent reasons. Sensitive young minds can easily be overwrought or harmed if facts are too brutally presented, so our junior journal and our talks in schools must be keyed to avoid any danger of this. Secondly " All Living Things" reaches our young members in their homes where it may be read by the parents also—and we know it is in many. Any misguided attempt by us to impose ideals too jar in advance of those of the parents too quickly— thereby arousing their prejudice if not downright antagonism— would merely serve to ensure that the next renewal subscription for the children would not be forthcoming and so the children would be effectively cut off from contact with our junior magazine and humane education. It is for this reason that as Editor of " All Living Things " I endeavour to maintain a constructive medium of intelligent discussion of facts and principles, rather than laying down the law as to what the children should or should not wear, eat or do. The result is the same as in our adult Crusade, namely, a quickening interest among the children and a lively desire to do all they can to help in our campaign against all cruelty. I felt it would interest readers to see short extracts from recent letters I have had from our juniors. " I live on a farm in Devon. My father doesn't approve of the battery system or factory farming." (After describing the way in which they keep their animals in the more natural way this boy continues): " What I think is most cruel in the market is that when young lambs and calves are first bought they have holes punched in their ears to show they have been bought. What is more, the man with the punching machine looks as if he's enjoying it." " I quite agree with all you say about battery cages. This year I went to a show which had cattle, poultry, sheep, etc. I had a look at some battery cages. The hens in them were squashed together and looked a picture of misery. The hens were bleeding in quite a few places due to the amount of room they had. How can an animal live happily in such a little amount of space?" " I live on a farm. I love coming home there for my holidays and I love all the animals. I was deeply touched and shocked when I read about the ' veal calves' in the last magazine. I 13

did not know that such things are happening, as I do not think it happens in Ireland. My father lets the calves roam through many fields. The hens go where they like, except into the garden. The little pigs are allowed to follow their mother when they are small. When they get big and leave her they are kept in a yard with a house to sleep in, or they are sold." " I am glad to know that the battery system of producing eggs has been banned in Denmark, and I hope that at some time England will follow Denmark's good example." You will now begin to see from these brief extracts, I think, why I always look forward to my postbag after publication of each issue of " All Living Things ". So many of the letters reveal such a heartening sense of responsibility towards the animals in our care. By the way, most of our Young Crusaders are under fourteen and the Promise they make upon joining is: " I promise to care for all Uving things and to work to prevent all cruelty to animals ". I will gladly send a specimen copy of " All Living Things " to enquirers and shall welcome the help of anyone interested in furthering our vitally necessary humane education of girls and boys. Specimen adult magazine and free literature are also available from the address below. (Miss) MARGARET COOPER, Secretary, Crusade Against All Cruelty to Animals. Bounds Green Road, London, N.ll.

NEW

V.C.A.

GUIDE

The second edition of the Vegetarian Society Catering Association Guide has just been published and it is available at 2/6d. (plus postage), from V.C.A., Rothay Bank, Grasmere, Westmorland. The first edition was an excellent publication but the new edition contains even more information and is particularly helpful at this time of the year when many people are planning their summer holidays. In addition to over thirty vegetarian guest houses (some of which cater for vegans), each with a picture and full description, there is a list of vegetarian restaurants in London and the provinces ; over forty basic vegetarian recipes (most of them vegan or easily vegan-adopted); lists of recommended proprietary products and books and names of many past and present famous vegetarians. These together with a number of excellent articles and useful adverts make up a most useful 52-page booklet which should be in every vegetarian and vegan home. 14

COMMODITY A N D OTHER NEWS By

EVA

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VEGAN FOODS Messrs. G. R. Lane's Blackcurrant Juice contains no white sugar. Delicia De Luxe Coffee and Vanilla moulds can now be added to your list of vegan foods. The London suppliers of Bengene Norwegian soups have assured us that the following soup blocks are now strictly vegan: Bengene Mushroom, Tomato, Leek, Celery, Spinach. Also Bengene Fruit soup, which we have previously listed, is still vegan. Eustace Miles Food Co. Ltd. Price reductions. E.M. Vegaloaf is now 2/9d. per oz. tin (formerly 3/3d.) and Risotto has been reduced from 3/3d. to 3/- a tin. Answers to enquirers Heath and Heather toothpaste No. 327. This contains no materials of animal origin but the makers list it lacto-vegetarian rather than vegan. The reason is not stated. Elastoplast. The adhesive includes wool fat. Superlin Liquid Soap is vegan. FOOTWEAR Although two models of ladies' shoes with Corfam uppers are now on sale in the Saxone Shop, 297 Oxford Street, London, we would remind readers that these contain some leather in the lining. This applies also to the Corfam shoes for men in some of the Mansfield shops. These latter have leather soles also. Saxone, Lilley and Skinner have several casuals or slippers in most branches this season. Style No. 8462. Ladies' plastic moccasin, with fabric lining in blue or red, 2 1 / l i d . Style No. 8203. Ladies' plastic ballerina in black, blue or red, 7/1Id. Style No. 8714/5. Child's plastic slip-on, with novelty dog's head trim in red only, 5/1 Id. Style No. 8629/5. Child's plastic moccasin. Red with white fabric collar, 14/1 Id. The Bury Boot and Shoe Co. Ltd., Brandlesholme Road, Bury, Lanes. Their winter catalogue again includes a few nonleather models. 15

Ladies' Bootees W246. Ankle boot in three-hole lacing. Wide fitting. Sizes 2—9, W270. Similar to W246 but with front post free. Ladies' Shoes W142, W257 and W259, are still obtainable.

black suedette with 34/3d. post free. zip fastening. 36/reported previously,

M. Appleson and Sons Ltd. Ask to see Corso and Aime brand synthetic leather shoes in branches of Messrs. Curtess, Jordans, Metropole, Easiphit, Oxford Shoe Co., and other stores. Marshal] Ward. Ladies' bootee 100% waterproof. Thick ribbed sole, heavy vinyl uppers lined with fleecy Acrilan. " Raindeer". Collar of the same material. Zip fastening. Available in tan, black or white, 28/6d. Mail Order. Co-op Stores—a lined boot No. 5504/1, 89/1 Id. Shoes for Children Cordova Party Shoe (No- 39 on Kay-Bee illustrated list), sizes 11—3 in white with gold trimming. High Boot (No. 65 on list), in red " Ilonca" with black collar. Sizes 7—1. Shorter bootee in tan " Ilonca " (No. 66), with Jaguar fabric collar. Sizes 11—3. Toddlers' ankle bootee in Quox (No. 122 in Kiddijay illustrated list). In red only. Sizes 2—6. If these are not available locally your supplier can probably get them for you from Kemper and Brandon Ltd., 230, Dalson Lane, London, E.8. Seen at the London Shoe Week Show North British Footwear. " Bonavie " in the Storm Tops range is a mainly rubber, wholly waterproof boot with synthetic fur collar. " Kristal " is a mid-calf boot in a new kind of plastic material. " Gaytees" over-shoes are still available this winter. See previous issue of the magazine. Messrs. C. Rosen and Sons were again showing a wide range of ladies' synthetic leather shoes. One we particularly liked was a medium heel court two-tone brown " suede" and " leather ". Also a dark maroon model in a " comfortable " style. Unfortunately these are not available direct but these two styles and several others are retailed in many shops at 2 9 / l i d . to 3 9 / l i d . a pair. Also many mail order houses: John Meyers, Marshalls, Carrs of Edinburgh, Littlewoods, Brian Mills, Janet Frayer, Burlington, Trafford Warehouses, Royal Welsh, Chorlton Warehouses, etc., as well as retail shops such as Jordans, Curtess, Shoefayre, H. P. Tyler, etc., etc. 16

Dunlop Footwear for men. Model 1895 casual shoe with uppers of Norzone with elasticated side gussets in cypress green, 19/lid. Dunlop 1893 as above in cassis brown. Dunlop Footwear for women. 1884 low heeled shoe in Norzone with tie front in black or cinnibar brown. 1875 casual shoe with low heel made from imitation suede in tan, beige or dark green. Sizes 3—8, 14/lid. George Ward shoes for women. " J a n e " style 110. Fuller fitting court shoe with 2 inch heel in black patent from the " Her Grace" range. Note: this shoe in colours other than black will be made of leather. Junior shoes. "Little Duchess" range No. 4128. Sizes 9—5 in black plastic patent (other than black are leather). Buckled bar shoe with low heel. Also 4132 a T bar style in black or white plastic patent, three-quarter inch dumpy heel. Both very attractive and generally available from George Ward stockists. John Rawson bootees in Supalon in a choice of three leg lengths and several colours—black, red, dark .tan or brown, mockcroc. All fleecy lined with medium toe and one and a half inch heel. Ask for L104/5/32/9 or B103/5/36/9. Footwear Repair Service. It has been our experience that synthetic leather soles are almost indestructible but readers having difficulty in getting shoes repaired with non-leather materials should write to Jates Footwear Service, West End Works, Redruth, Cornwall, for the address of their nearest agent. A New Synthetic. Leather News comes from America of another " breathable " synthetic leather which is being produced by Aqua Chemical Inc; Unlike Corfam this new material, as yet unnamed, has a woven or knitted backing and it will be available to shoe manufacturers in the U.S.A. very shortly, over here later. Bagcraft. Quality handbags made from Quox. The current catalogue includes seven beautiful examples priced from 70/- to 110/-. Nos. Q903, 906, 912, 916, 917, 918, 919. There are thirty-six styles in other synthetic leathers, but, of course, Messrs. Bagcraft (by appointment) also make leather handbags, so shop carefully. Non-leather styles—E10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 24, 25, 26, E344, 539, 503, 547, H686, 687, 751, 872, 898, 900, 901, 899, 905, 907, 908, 909, 913, 5308, 5604, D600, D112, 113, GE557, 558, 559. Gloves As there are so many lined PVC gloves of good quality generally available we cannot list these now. We have found 17

them warm, smart, comfortable, economical, and they have excellent " grip" which makes them quite as good as animal leather ones for driving, etc. For those who prefer unlined gloves, however, we have been able to get some good ones in various colours from Littlewoods Stores from time to time. No doubt they are available elsewhere also. Prices range from 4 / l i d . for short styles and from 5/1 Id. for longer gloves. " Sheepskin " Coats Everyone will have seen advertisements for " Suedette" or foam-backed brushed Bri-nylon coats lined with Courtelle nylon or Orion fleece and most of the coats we have seen have been very good indeed. Some, like " Aston " and " Sandown " by Weathergay Ltd., New Bridge Street, Manchester 3, are completely washable. Another recommended one is the " Fontana " casual jacket made by Packamac. The coat is named " Lalita ", comes in bottle green or teak brown and again is washable and lined with polar bear fleece which is a Courtelle fabric. Or send to " Baracuta Apollo House, 56 New Bond Street, W. 1, for details of their Bri-nylon and Courtelle coat " Foxtrot", and others. If you can get to the Beauty Without Cruelty Boutique, remember that there are always beautiful, warm and humane coats available from stock in a variety of styles and sizes. 100% Orion skirts are now on sale in winter weights in heather mixtures and large dog-tooth checks.

DID YOU SEE IT ? Caption under a larger-than-life colour picture of a freshly opened egg in one of the Sunday paper supplements recently: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; " On a chalk white plate you lie with loathing in your yellow eye swimming in sickly fat Ugh." " So wrote my brother Lucen, . . . . at the age of twelve. It sums up a general antipathy to the egg that has done little to help the work of the Egg Marketing Board." It is interesting to know that many people who set such store by eggs find them aesthetically distasteful even while they accept them as " something that a cook cannot do without" (the paper's expressionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not mine). Vegans are fortunate in that they have disproved that theory and no longer need look that nauseous object in its " sickly yellow eye " as they steel themselves to consume it. E.B. 18

EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS BY THE LADY DOWDING We are privileged to print the following extract from an address delivered by The Lady Dowding at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, November 8th, 1964, on the occasion of a "Service of Reunion ". After outlining the growth of her interest in Spiritualism and the Unseen World she referred to various avenues of service that open out in the upper schools of Spiritualism such as meditation, rescue work and healing. She continued: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; " The only basic rule I know in all these different channels of work, is that you do not request help or messages for yourself. Then it is possible that you may be led into the work of healing, which is so badly needed in the world today. Again there are many outer methods, but the basic law is the sameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that you should become as pure a channel as you can for the great powers of healing to use; so that when one undertakes to do a work of this nature a personal discipline of oneself must take place. One is offering oneself to the great powers to use, and the clearer and cleaner a channel one becomes, the more use one will be. And here I feel I must say that a healer, or one wishing to contact higher realms, should not eat the flesh of animals. The reason for this is mainly that one is offering oneself to healing and helping. How can one do this when one is oneself causing pain and death to other forms of life by one's daily habits? You see, when an animal is slaughtered, the vibrations of its terror enter its flesh, so you not only take its life, you take its terror into your being with each meal; you are also keeping alive a trade of slaughter. Perhaps you would be interested to know what Gladys Osborne Leonard has told me on this subject. She was a gay and pretty actress, and when her guides and teachers gently told her that she should not eat the flesh of animals as it was against the great law of love, she failed to accept this teaching. Perhaps it was because she had a great work ahead of her as the medium for Sir Oliver Lodge, that her teachers brought the lesson home to her rather forcibly, and she was given a series of psychic experiences. She found herself among the animals who had been slaughtered and their terror and bewilderment were tragic. Farm animals who had given of their milk and their lives in man's service, and were used to the rough kindness of the farm hands, found themselves on the terrifying journey to the slaughterhouse with the smell and knowledge of death; and they awoke after death still terrified, and with a dreadful sense of betrayal by man. This and other experiences had the desired effect, and Gladys gave up eating animals before starting the great work that was to be her destiny. 19

Forty years ago, when this happened, it was not so easy to be a vegetarian, but today there are Health Food Stores in practically every town, where one can buy the alternative to flesh, and there are vegetarian societies to help one. If anyone wonders about this step on the grounds of health, to quote Gaylord Hauser, ' You will look younger and live longer.' You see, man has the long intestines of the grain, fruit and nut eating animals, and the forcing of decaying flesh and its acidity through these intestines, is the cause in middle age and later life of many of man's ills. White Eagle, who is today one of our great teaching guides, has told me more than once that every pain inflicted on the animals by man has to be paid for in human suffering. This is a terrible thought, when one remembers that over four million animals were vivisected in this country last year. And this brings me to a letter I received last week. I would like to read it to you. The writer says, ' I was very disturbed to read the other day that cruelty towards cats is increasing; particularly the use of cats for furâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and also of dogs for leather. How can one be happy with such things happening? ' The letter continues, ' I am so sad and puzzled too, at the number of furs that I have seen worn at the spiritualist church I attend.' Well, I can understand how this writer feels, because a few years ago I attended this service at the Albert Hall, and looking round, I saw furs, furs, furs. I was shocked and disturbed because I expected that spiritualists would have known better than to wear the pathetic skins of animals. These animals are usually caught in a gin trap; this grips the animal by a limb, tearing into its flesh and bone, and, as the trappers can only visit their traplines every few months, these animals have often spent days and nights, even weeks, of terror, agony and thirst before death has released them. There is a true story of a little boy who refused to go to his favourite aunt one day when she came on a visit, and when his parents asked him why he had been so unkind, he replied that he couldn't go near her, for she had on a coat that cried. That sensitive little boy had picked up the vibrations of pain and terror of the animals who had died for his aunt's coat. So it is rather bewildering to think of spiritualists, of all people, wearing furs. Anyway, the fact that so many of them did was the thing that pushed me into trying to do something about these cruelties that we create by our demand for the skins and bodies of animals. Sylvia Barbanell was the first, with Elspeth Douglas-Reid, the actress, to join me. We were followed almost at once by Olive Burton, Grace Cooke, and the Doctors Monica and Barbara Latto. We became known as ' Beauty Without Cruelty.' From the very first article that appeared on this subject, which was published by dear Harry Edwards, the movement went forward, and I was told, 'Allies to your side we will bring,' and 20

this has indeed proved true: for allies have come in thousands from all over the world. The forming of this movement has taken me into yet another classroom of spiritualism, and this is one it is hard to describe; but I have come to realise that there are great forces of nature, of good, or God, and if one works with them, and not against, help is given. An interesting example of this is in symbolism. As you will remember, the sign Hitler used was the swastika, but revolving in the wrong direction. Therefore, instead of going with the great powers of life and harmony, he was using the swastika in reverse, and, as we know only too well, brought destruction to the world and himself. When the allies invaded and we saw the American lorries going past with the star on them, an occult friend was delighted, for by some miracle they had chosen the symbol of the star, which is the symbol that could dispel the darkness of the reversed swastika. To work with, and not against, these great powers, means thait you are the guardian of their charges, and you do not hurt or destroy. A small example of the way this works was told me by a missionary in China. The village he was in had many mosquitoes, but no one used a mosquito net, for every evening a monk from the Buddhist monastery came out and drew a large circle in chalk on the monastery wall, stood in silence before it for a few seconds, and then went back to the monastery. All the mosquitoes gathered within this white circle and stayed there during the night, so the village always slept in peace. This is working with the powers of God, not with the forces of evil and death, for it is not necessary to kill what you may regard as pests; if you do not hunt or destroy, you will be able to command them by love. Last month, I was asked to read the Lesson in Coventry Cathedral. The Lesson chosen was a prophecy by a medium or seer of long ago. His name was Isaiah, and I would like to repeat to you his prophecy. ' The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.' "

WINTER MENUS (Quantities for four) B y KATHLEEN KELENY

Luncheon Leek Nuto Cream Soup Lentil Angel Savoury and Florida Salad Fresh Fruit Salad and Nut Sprinkle Dinner Hors D'oeuvre Stuffed Green Peppers and Risotto Baked Tomatoes and Sliced Aubergines Marmalade Pudding Leek Nuto Cream Soup 1 lb. leeks 1 tablespoon peanut butter 1 pint water 1 dessertspoon Vecon 2 tablespoons cashew cream Chop up leeks finely and cook in water and Vecon, then add cashew cream and peanut butter and stir well till dissolved. (Save one tablespoonful of soup for evening mealâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;see Aubergines.) Lentil Angel Savoury and Florida Salad \ lb. red lentils 1 tablespoon Vecon 1 lb. chopped onions 1 tablespoon peanut butter 1 pint water 2 teaspoons agar 1 tablespoon thyme Cook lentils, onions, water, Vecon and peanut butter slowly for half an hour, sprinkle agar and thyme on top and boil for three minutes, stirring all the time, then pour into an angel cake tin and leave to set. Turn out when cold into the centre of a large flat dish and surround with salad as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 lettuce \ lb. black grapes 1 lb. tomatoes 1 green pepper 1 peach 3 small hearts of celery Place little lettuce leaves all round lentil mould and cover with sliced tomatoes. Decorate with slices of peach and pepper and grapes. Put celery hearts in centre of mould. I Fruit Salad and Nut Sprinkle 1 lb. apples i lb. black grapes 1 melon \ lemon 22

Squeeze lemon. Put apples through a Julienne MouliShredder No. 5 disc, mix with lemon juice, cut melon into cubes, cut grapes into halves and seed; mix all together. Nut Sprinkle 2 oz. grated hazel kernels 2 oz. soft brown sugar 2 oz. Froment Mix all together and. serve with fruit salad. Hors D'oeuvre 4 tomatoes 8 green olives 8 asparagus heads 8 black olives 1 apple 1 carrot 2 inches cucumber 2 oz. hazels Scoop out centres of tomatoes and put two asparagus heads in each. Chop apple and cucumber into small cubes and mix together. Mix green and black olives together. Grate carrot and mix with grated hazels and roll into small balls. Serve the above in a hors d'oeuvre dish for four portions. Stuffed Green Peppers and Risotto 4 green peppers 1 tablespoon soya oil \ lb. brown rice 1 tablespoon Em Soy pints water ÂŁ lb. broken cashews 1 lb. onions Peel and chop onions and put into non-stick frying pan with oil. Fry till golden brown, then add rice and stir until every grain of rice is shiny. Put into a saucepan with one pint water and simmer for one hour. Remove top, seeds and centres from peppers and cook in half pint of water then strain water into rice. Grate cashews and when rice is cooked add the cashews and stuff the four peppers. Put balance of rice mixture on to a flat dish and put the stuffed peppers on top. Baked Tomatoes 8 medium tomatoes 1 tablespoon corn oil Take out core of tomatoes and put into a casserole with oil and bake for twenty minutes at 350Â°. Sliced Aubergines 2 aubergines 1 tablespoon Nuto 1 tablespoon soya oil Soup Cut each aubergine into eight slices and dip each Nuto Cream Soup and lightly fry in oil. Put eight to a flat dish and a tomato on each and put a slice of into each tomato.

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Marmalade Pudding ÂŁ lb. cake flour 3 oz. Alfonal 1 lb. marmalade \ oz. Nutter 3 oz. brown sugar 5 oz. water Grease a pudding basin with Nutter and put half a pound marmalade into bottom of basin. Cream Alfonal and sugar together, add flour and balance of marmalade. Stir well with water and tip on to marmalade in basin. Cover with greaseproof paper and steam for one and a half hours. (All flour used is Allinsons.) (Kathleen Keleny of Coombe Lodge Vegetarian Guest House is the author of " Quick and Easy Menus for Joyous Living ", obtainable from the Secretary of the Vegan Society (2/6d., plus postage 4d.), and of " Joyous Living ", published by the Friends Vegetarian Society. She has demonstrated Vegetarian and Vegan Catering at various centres in England and Australia.) Soya Cheese \ pint water \ small teaspoon Marmite or Barmene 2 ozs. Soyolk 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 ozs. Tomor margarine 1 small teaspoon salt Beat Soyolk into cold water with fork. Put into double pan and cook for half an hour. Remove top pan and add lemon juice, leave to curdle for about ten minutes. Put into muslin bag and hang up to drip; when finished dripping squeeze out any further moisture by hand through the muslin. Mix the curd with softened margarine, salt and Marmite until well blended, put back into muslin and. press between two plates, with weight on top to squeeze out the salt and any further moisture, pour off occasionally; when dry take out of muslin. The cheese is now ready to eat, and will keep fresh for a few days in a cool dry place. Sent by Elsie Brodley, Battyeford, Mirfield, Yorkshire.

VEGANS AND AIR TRAVEL For vegans who travel by air from London Airport, it is possible to obtain suitable meals by writing in advance as follows: For the arrangement of meals on the ground send to: The Catering Manager, Fortes Restaurant, London Airport, but for meals to be taken during flights please write to the particular airline you are travelling by, e.g., The Catering Manager, B.O.A.C. (for instance), London Airport. 24

THE ANIMAL MACHINE ACTION GROUP We are always grateful when members send us cuttings relating to vegan matters and the following is a good example. It was one of the leading articles in the Daily Telegraph of September 25th, 1964. A SECRETARY FIGHTS FOR THE FACTORY HENS AND ANIMALS

The battery system of rearing hens and other animals will be finished in two years when the housewife really understands the cruelty involved. So says 26-year-old Miss Liat Sandys, a London secretary and the organiser of the Animal Machine Action Group. She was talking to me at her home in Teddington, about broiler farms. "Intensive farmers are under-estimating the feeling of the British public in this matter," she said. How did she become involved in the campaign against factory farms? "After reading Ruth Harrison's book Animal Machines, I contacted her to see whether I could help with correspondence." Since then Miss Sandys has addressed seventeen meetings ("I had never spoken in public before and I was terrified at first "); given up two weeks' holiday to organise meetings and last week's banner-waving protest demonstration in Nottinghamshire, and spent all her savings. " But it is worth it," says Miss Sandys, who is engaged to an actor. He supports her up to the hilt but doesn't want his name known. The Group's main plan is to create a Freerange Marketing Board. Miss Sandys and her supporters, sixty-six housewives and twelve men so far, have a variety of objections to the broiler rearing systems producing battery eggs. " The market has become glutted and freerange farmers are being squeezed out of business," she says. " The battery eggs are nutritionally inferior and the hens are reared in Belsen-like conditionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;five birds in a battery measuring 24 in. x 18 in. They don't have room to stretch their wings." Another woman who is on the animal factory warpath is 67-year-old Bromley housewife, Mrs. Lucy Newman, who, in the last year, has collected a quarter of a million signatures against the method, of farming. On Sunday she is presenting a petition to the Minister of Agriculture calling for the abolition of intensive farming. She and several hundred supporters plan to march from Trafalgar Square to Whitehall. " The idea is to get as many sympathetic M.P.s as possible behind us," says her husband, a 70-year-old optician. " It is the first time we have ever done anything like this but we both feel very strongly about it." 25

A recent letter from Ruth Harrison includes the following: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; " In the end, it is public opinion which will bring about reform in factory farming, and at no time must we relinquish our pressure on those who can bring this reform about. Membership of societies alone will not achieve this but active campaigning by each member. The individual demonstration groups are doing excellent work in awakening more and more people to the condition their food animals are reared. Miss Veseker of London, S.W.3, who founded the Animal Machine Action Group, will give help to any other groups anxious to demonstrate. She is an excellent and experienced organiser and has some good banners available on loan and leaflets for distributionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;contributions towards these would, of course, be welcome. We must press for statutory laws to give all animals a new charter. If regulations are made to cover only a limited and specific set of conditions, then ways will be found by interested parties to circumvent these regulations which may in any case only apply to certain classes or kinds of animals, and not apply to new conditions which may arise in the future. The conception that every animal, regardless of its size, intelligence or purpose in life, has its own rights is something which must be recognised by all mankind if we are to call ourselves civilised."

NEWS A N D COMMENTS Lack of Adventure in the Kitchen According to a recent report in " Nature," Dr. R. Harper of Leeds University, has assessed the relative popularity of the various vegetables. His results include the following rather surprising figures. One person in four in this country has never even tried broccoli or spinach, and one in five has not tried leeks. For some other vegetables the figures are even higher ; asparagus (44%), kale (58%) and artichokes (68%), while the U.S.A.'s most popular vegetable, corn-on-the-cob, is higher still at 72%. Many people do not know what they are missing! Zoonoses are diseases that man acquires from the lower animals. A recent issue of The Practitioner listed most of them (eighty-six according to W.H.O.). Of the forty which can be transmitted to man by dogs or cats, about half are recognised in the British Isles. With regard to external parasites, fleas and lice are the most common species found and " in spite of the protestations of some cat and dog owners to the contrary," few pets go through life without harbouring one or other of them. However, the writer, L. R. Thomsett, M.R.C.V.S., concludes that the advantage to be gained from the companionship and service 26

of the dog and cat far outweighs any danger to human health as the likelihood of a member of the community becoming infected with the diseases discussed is remote. A Great Pity The following is extracted from a letter recently received by the Secretary from a new member: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "Many thanks for letter and vegan literature. The information you give is quite cheering regarding membership as I am not yet 100% vegan, towards which I am working nowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I realize the danger of too quick a change. I have been vegetarian for nine years, but believe it or not, I have only recently discovered the Vegetarian Society which I have now joined. A great pity the movement could not be more widely advertised. On discovering my ghastly mistake in living and eating habits years ago, the road has been long and hard, and I, being ignorant at the time (and until recently) of any society, etc., I had a lonely battle, and in the eyes of others became everything under the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;freak, unsociable, outcast, crank, fanatic, etc., but I rigidly stuck to what I believed was right and now it is nice to know I am not alone. There are lots of things I want to talk about and I am still avid for knowledge." One wonders how many others are fighting their battles in solitude. Your kind assistance with publicity in your own area, or your kind donation will help the society to reach out to them and give, them the help and fellowship they need. Merry White. Merry, the pet dog of Mr. Ralph and Mrs. Constance White (all three are known to many of us!), was featured in the Daily Express of November 4th, 1964, under the banner headline, " Vegetarian Dog." A large photograph showed him with a basket of fruit whilst a smaller photograph showed Mrs. White who was referred to as a vegetarian. The article stated that: " Merry munched a bunch of grapes, then an apple and a banana, but when a steak was placed in front of her she sniffed and turned away." Although she is seventeen years of age (almost unheard of for a bull terrier), she is quite active and in wonderful health. Mrs. White says that Merry does not chase cats or birds and ignored the children's rabbits when they played around in the. garden ; she believes that Merry would not hurt any living creature. Norway. Very few pet animals are to be seen in Norway, and Norway is a fur-trading country^ It was very venturesome and brave, therefore, for Beauty Without Cruelty to put on a fashion show there in October. There was some opposition to be 27

overcome first but the show went on and was completely packed and B.W.C; simulation furs are now to be exported to Norway. Sweden has banned battery eggs and an attempt is being made to ban them in Norway. Ruth Harrison's book is to be printed in Norwegian. I.V.U. Congress. Dr. F. Ellis has agreed to represent the Vegan Society as a speaker at the International Vegetarian Union Congress to be held in England in the summer. (For further information write to the Secretary, The I.V.U., The Vegetarian Society, Bank Square, Wilmslow, Cheshire.) J.S. BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. R. C. White a son, Adrian Alan, on September 13th. Our Secretary is just back from a visit to Bob and Evalan White and baby Adrian in Torquay, and according to her glowing account of his beauty, intelligence and charm there never was such a wonderful child. But then she is his grandmother. Best wishes from us all, Adrian. Mr. and Mrs. J. Sanderson are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Richard Peter (a brother to Paul John), on September 27th. ADOPTIONS From time to time we hear of vegans in the iron curtain countries who would like to join our Society but are not able to send out money, or sometimes even letters. Two people have recently been " adopted" by members here who include the membership subscription with their own; we send out the magazine and other booklets. If any other members would like to co-operate in this scheme will they please send their names to the Secretary who will let them know when the next would-be member contacts us. READERS' LETTERBOX Dear Sir,â&#x20AC;&#x201D;May I suggest that a resum6 of the Society would help newer members. " Where did you get that word? " is what I hear when I say I am a Vegan. Perhaps, even, a complete history of founders, milestones and ups-and-downs could be a serial in the Journal. Hawaii, U.S.A. (Mrs.) L. S. KREMJER. Dear Sir,â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Please send two copies of The Vegan Spring number 1964. The Veganic Manuring article is very interesting. I have always maintained that the Del Pelo Pardi System would be admirable for horticulture in this country. I am just 28

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now completing the translation of his text book in English, I had to redo it for a new Italian edition which came out, or would have completed it long before this. I have the only Cultivation Unit outside Italy on the Del Pelo Pardi System on my farm and would like to have the chance of showing it to Mr. O'Brienâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as his methods would fit in extremely well in my opinion with the Del Pelo Pardi physical layout of the land for cultivation. He also sets great store on non-consolidation. The system appears to derive from very ancient wisdom evidently known to the Greeks or Romans, about which there is no literature. Signor Del Pelo Pardi is a member of the Soil Association and has lectured to them and in Oxford and on my own farm. The onset of world famine seems to be sadly indicated by the warnings of meat shortage abroad. Let us hope it will restrict the use of slaughterhouse products for horticultural manures! I think Vegetarians and Vegans should be far more long-range in their thinking and plan now for the need to instruct in veganic methods of growing for direct human consumption, as that is the only way in which Britain could feed herself in an emergency. Butchery would have to go! This is so little understood that a neighbour who wanted to rent game shooting on my farm told me that anyway it was not " pleasure killing " with so many in the world hungry today ; game shooting was to be thought of as increasing food supplies! I believe the complete opposite to be true. We do need to rub it inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;how many more people could be fed per acre on direct human consumption crops! I wish all Vegetarians and Vegans would support such efforts as Whole Food, in Baker Street, London, since ordinary vegetable produce bought in shops must be soused in undesirable chemicals, poison sprays, etc. We need to stimulate a demand for uncontaminated food stuffs as quickly as we can. Corwen, N. Wales. PEGGY GOODMAN.

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