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With Annapolis Royal, N. S.,

2 of
oo 1605,

celebrated its 350th anniversary

"enactment of the battle at Fort Anne in which participants
the three armed services wore uniforms of the British Grena-

asked for the probe because “‘it is
the feeling of the Native people at
Namu that this officer has been
overstepping his authority and is
guilty of strong prejudice against
them.”

Stevens relates an incjdent he
witnessed recently while on an or-
ganizing trip to the central B.c.

cannery town. Accompanied by

roundly
soning

cig’ TS3rY of the bombing of his
pleasure that
» On behalf of the people of
aaa cordial greetings of
Ki to the British Columbia Peace
ben! a8 they, together with our
Diy Ple, commemorate the tenth an-

f the atomic bombing

Peey 0
Oss
ay S city” the Mayor of Hiro-

Shima

'* Wrote,

itis with distinct
send

; ee 1S most heartening and en-
“Sing to know that our desire
aj peTManent peace is being shar-
que Sur Canadian friends, and I
are I speak for the whole
that of Hiroshima when I say
; We, too, want to live in peace
“tain reg stip with your great
at
Let
freadty
humani

tor

US work in close coopera-
r the banning of such
| Weapons that undermine

Se ty. Let us call ‘out joint-
Megs friends all over the
eg. © '° Unite our efforts for an
“ag tive international control of

Will ie ener gy, so that its use
ieee ss icted to peaceful
Y,

mee
for Erie our very best wishes
the bt
“Mable 8athering.”

Tepog tight of the meeting was a
— Legg Ree by Mrs. Mildred Mac-
fist, Nanaimo, a Christian paci-
for pe the recent World ‘Assembly
tena ce in Helsinki, which she
Yer, ~~ 28 an independent obser-

aig A MacLeod gave a simple and
ing Jcount of the great gather-
Public SSing the importance of
War, Pinion as a weapon against
Semb1y © theme song of the as-
Public Was the importance of
D Pinion,” she said.
ce Sctibing her meetings with

TY success in your com-|

Suggest mayor of Hiroshima
be invited to visit Vancouver

A Proposal that Mayor Tadao Watanabe of Hiroshima be invited to Vancouver was
applauded by Vancouver citizens attendin
in Exhibition Park’s outdoor theatre.

3 Ray Gardner, secretary of B.C. Peace Council, advanced the idea after he had read
Message to his organization from Mayor Watanabe written on the occasion of ‘the tenth

g a “No More Hiroshimas” rally Monday

e

small groups of pacifists from other
countries, Mrs. Macleod said that
the attitude of pacifists toward the
A and H-bombs is changing. At
one time they regarded these hor-
ror weapons as differing from con-
ventional weapons only in degree.
Now pacifists are coming to realize
that atomic weapons affect not
only present, but future genera-
tions.

Mrs. MacLeod spoke with warmth
and feeling of the, friendship be-
tween delegates of different back-
grounds and beliefs, who united
at Helsinki in the cause of peace.
She described how she was billeted
in a private Finnish home, along
with a girl from Columbia, “She
spoke only Spanish, I spoke only

English, and our landlady spoke
only Finnish — nevertheless we
managed to become good friends,”
said Mrs. MacLeod.

“Every delegate present — and
there were nearly 2,000 of us
— felt it was his or her task to
help save the whole world from
disaster. All delegates realized
the seriousness of the task, yet
they were happy, friendly people
—and confident, too, that world
opinion can prevent another
war.’

Claire Klein, noted folk singer,
opened the program with a group
of peace songs, and the Vancouver
Youth Singers wound up the meet-
ing with a fine rendition of
“Atomic Blues.”

X

Renfrew vets protest
prices set on houses

Veterans living in the Renfrew Heights housing development

are far from happy at the terms
Housing Corporation under which
buying their homes.

CMHC sent
chance to purchase the two: and
three-bedroom ‘homes, with and
without basements ranging from
$8,150 to $10,000.

- “Far too much for a cheaply-
built house without a basement,”
said one veteran, showing thie
letter which set a price of $8,150
on his home. :

Down payment was listed at
$715, and the balance was to be
paid as follows:

@ $6,435 of the balance will bear
interest at 5% percent per
annum and will be paid in
equal monthly instalments (in-
cluding principal, interest and
tax provision) of $51 over a

period of 25 years or until
paid. —

ket

4

(In case of rain Picnic will

|Farm-Labor PICNIC
Speaker: TOM McEWEN —

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

BEAR eck PARK

: (1 mile south of junction King George Highway) ~
‘be held in Kennedy Hall)

letters to 595 vets this week offering them a

offered by Central Mortgage and
they now have an. opportunity of

@ $1,000 of the balance will be

deducted from the sale price
at the rate of $16.66 per month
from the date of purchase for
each month the veteran or his
‘immediate family own and oc-
cupy the premises, so that
after five years of continued
ownership and occupancy the
full $1,000 will have been
paid.

“In the event you sell, or the
whole of the premises ceases to
be occupied by, you or your im-
mediate family, the unearned por-
tion of the $1,000 referred to
above will be payable to this cor-
poration in cash on demand,”
states the CMHC letter-

Veterans will be “required to ob-
tain and pay for fire insurance
coverage on the house in an am-
ount not less than the full in-
surable value thereof, payable to
this corporation and yourself.”

OVALTINE
CARE

251 EAST HASTINGS
Vancouver, B.C.

QUALITY SERVICE

Harold Wilcox, a union organizer,
he followed Constable Adolph and
another RCMP officer down to the
floats. at Namu about midnight
July 30, and saw them board the
boat Mother O Mine owned by W.

Brown of Bella Bella.

The boat was in darkness, but
the two officers woke Brown, who
protested strongly and ordered the
RCMP off his boat, saying that he
had no liquor on board and had
been sleeping.

“At this point Constable Adolph
pushed his way right inte the
cabin of the boat and began a
search,” said Stevens. “He pull- ,
ed the tops off lockers, opened
cabinets, searched under the
bunk, etc. He was not success-
ful in finding: any liquor.  -

“However, he did find a shot-
gun which he referred to as a
rifle. He asked Brown if he had
a hunting license and the answer
was no, he had no license yet.
The officer thereupon said he was
seizing this rifle because the man
had no hunting license.”

Stevens said that Brown con-
‘tinued to order the officers to
leave his boat, and while waving
his arms around brushed the cap
off Constable Adolph’s head.
Adolph grabbed Brown around the
neck and dragged him to one side
of the cabin, but at this point
Stevens let his presence become
known by saying:

“You had. better be careful, of-
ficer, because there is a citizen
watching you.”

Startled, Adolph released his
hold on Brown, who let fly a couple
of kicks at the officer. Constable
Adolph then said he would send
Brown a summons for being in-
toxicated off the Reserve.

“Come back here, I’d like to
talk to you,” said Brown, reaching
for the constable’s foot. The offi-
cer kicked him in the chest, push-
ing him half way across the cabin.

Stevens and the officers held a
discussion, during which Constable
Adolph refused to give his name
but took down the names of the
two union officials.

“We have been given to under-
stand that Brown, while he did not
have a hunting license, did have
a permit to carry a shotgun on
his boat, and we intend to find out
whether it is permissible for an
officer of the law to seize a shot-
gun~ under such circumstances,”
wrote Stevens. :

“However, thé main complaint is
the attitude displayed, indicating
a complete disregard for basic hu-
man freedom and a strong preju-
dice against the Native people,”
he concluded. “In the opinion of
the writer, this man is not fit to
be an officer of the law and cer-
tainly is not fit to remain in his
present post.”

' At a recent UFAWU shop
stewards’ meeting in Namu com-

Two more canvassers
win gold peace pins

Two more Vancouver peace
workers — Mrs. May Taylor and
Mrs. Julia Prokopchuk — have
joined the select group of can-
vassers who have collected 1,000
or more signatures to the World
Appeal Against Atomic War.

They will be awarded gold peace
pins by the Canadian Peace Con-
gress for their outsanding work.
Six others have already quali-

“

Bonner asked to probe
discrimination charge

Intimidation against Native Indians at Namu by RCMP
Constable Norman Adolph has prompted the United Fisher-
men and Allied Workers Union to ask B.C. Attorney-General
Robert Bonner to launch an immediate investigation.

Homer Stevens, UFAWU secretary, in his letter to Bonner

plaints were made that Constable
Adolph had a habit of prowling
up and down in front of the
homes of Natives, listening for
signs of house parties, peering
in windows and sometimes walk-
ing in and searching homes with-
out even asking permission.

Vets deserve
better deal’
says Dewhurst

Veterans living’ in’ the. Ren-
frew Housing Development de-
serve a much better deal than
the one offered them this week by
Central Mortgage and Housing Cor-
poration in the opinion of Alf
Dewhurst, LPP provincial organ-
izer. “The price asked for these
Sjerry-built” wartime houses by
the federal government is entirely
out of reason by today’s inflated
real estate values,” he told the
Pacific Tribune this week. :

“On Tuesday I talked to a veter-
an who ‘has lived in the project
for the past seven years. He lives
in a small three-bedroom home
without basement, utility room or
central heating. The door and
window framing is poor, the floors
are softwood: and the. walls are
beaverboard.

“Central Mortgage is asking
$9,500 for this seven - year - old
house. The down payment is
$850 and the balance is spread
over 25 years at $60 per month
which includes taxes, water rates
and interest. :

“This man brings home $193
per month out of which he has
to feed and clothe a family of
five, pay for fuel, light and
phone and make furniture pay-
ments. To make the down pay-
ment he would have to add
monthly payments on a bank
loan to this.

“His circumstances are not out
of the ordinary. They are about
average for the 500 families in the
project.”

Dewhurst said that wartime
housing projects were undertaken:
by a “grateful” government as
“some small measure of reward
for the service these men and
women had given our country in
its great hour of need. It’s a dis-
grace to us, the common men and
women of Canada, if this govern-
mental agency is allowed to get
away with this real estate goug-

rt

' “Land, which Central Mortgage
got for payment of one dollar for
the entire project, is being offered
for sale at a stated value of $1,800
to $2,000 a lot. .

“Officials say it is to pay for th
improvements. This may be true.
But the houses standing on these
sots are not worth a cent more
than $5,000 and $6,000. Thus the
total price range should not be
more than $6,800 or $8,000.”

Speaking for the LPP, Dewhurst
said the federal government should
establish a competent appraising
commission to set a fair value
on the property and houses ip the
Renfrew Housing Project. — Cost
of the improvements should be
absorbed by the federal govern-
ment. Rental paid to date by
those’ wishing to purchase’ should
be applied as the down payment
after deducting’ taxes and interest
charges, and monthly payments
should be set at a figure not ex-
ceeding rental payments.

“The LPP is confident that if
the vets will band together and

fied for gold pin awards. They
re: Mrs. Freda Hickie, Anton
Muzichenko, Mrs. Dora Palmer,
Mrs.. Minnie Searle, Mrs. Elva

Black and Mrs. Kay Gardner. u

refuse to buy until a satisfactory
agerement has been reached
with Central Mortgage, they can
get a much better deal,” con.
cluded Dewhurst. '

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — AUGUST 12, 1955 — PAGE 7