League calls for drive to defend citizens’ rights — TORONTO ~ Bill F6, an Act to amend the Canadian Citizenship Act, given first reading in the Senate March 13, must be with- drawn. This is the opinion of the League for Democratic Rights after a careful study of the present Act, and the government’s proposed amendments contained in the bill. “Section 19 of the present Cana- dian Citizenship Act is by far the STUDIED AT OTTAWA worst part of an act which con- tains many unsatisfactory. fea- tures,” said Thomas C. Roberts, Australian nions helped LDR national executive secretary. “All the amendments contained in Bill F6 are concerned with Section 19 but none of them correct its OTTAWA The Australian Supreme Court’s 6-1 decision declaring the Menzies government’s so-called anti-com- bad features — they only add to them to make the Section much munist legislation unconstitutional, as a result of which a new general Worse,” he continued. Section 19 gives the federal cab- inet the power in its “discretion” to take away Canadian citizenship. election to be held April 28 has been precipitated, will undoubtedly receive close study at Ottawa where Justice Minister Stuart Garson re- The power to take away citizen- | ship certainly should not be in the cently indicated that the govern- ment might be bringing down leg- ~ hands of the 20 men who make up the cabinet. Citizenship, the right islation to outlaw the Labor-Pro- gressive party. to a nationality, is a basic demo- Cratic right affirmed in Article 15 Last year, in rejecting the “anti- sommunst” pressure. bill annually of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Na- introduced by fascist-minded Wil- frid LaCroix (Lib., Quebec-Mont- tions, ; “The people of Canada can, and Must, change the government’s mind,” said Roberts. “Bill F6 must be withdrawn. . The Canadian Citizenship Act certainly “needs amending to make it democratic morency), the government = an- nounced it was watching “experi- ments” in such anti-communist legislation then being introduced in Australia and South Africa. (On March 2, requesting amend- ment of ‘second reading of La- but not in the way set forth in . Bill. FB ‘ ‘Croix’ private member’s Bill No. 3 tc amend the Criminal Code and Wires and letters should be ‘ Sent immediately to Prime Minis- ban the LPP, Garson spoke of the “annual crop of Criminal Corle if ter Louis St. Laurent, to the Min- : ister jof Citizenship and Immigra- tion Walter EK. Harris, to Senator ‘ W. W. Robertson, leader of the 8overnment in the senate, and to MP’s. During the Easter re- cess, from March 21 to April 2, MP’s and Senators: should be hs visited by delegations from their “amendments” to be brought down at the present session and told the House: » (“At this stage I cannot of course make any commitments as to what the contents of these Criminal Code amendments will be, but I do think that it is preferable that the debate upon the subject mat- ; home Tidings. oN , os ' : ‘ h DUNN'S DRY: CLEANING PHONE N.W. 179 ter of my hon. friend’s hill should be adjourned until we have all the government legislation which might possibly have any bearing upon the subject matter of my hon. friend’s bill before the House, at which time we could examine the whole subject and, I think, be in a somewhat better position to esti- WE CALL & DELIVER | MILO CAFE “We Specialize in Ukrainian Food” 242 KE. Hastings St. PA. 3037 || mate the merits of my hon. friend's “ Vancouver bill, and the necessity, if that may be, of passing it... .’’) The Australian trade union move- ment played a leading part in dc- EXPERT feating the so-called Communist Dissolution Act, one of the first bills introduced by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, erstwhile open ad- mirer of Hitler and Mussolini, after his Liberal party, supported by the Country party, formed the : vm government following a narrow Sprinetine ap, Here t election victory secured with the 402 HOLDEN BLDG. help of U.S, funds. (See also story Z _|on page 10.) ve HMMA Hannan | - The part’ played by Australian BA ; . unions in defeating this legisla- tion will not be lost upon the St. Laurent government here, and it OLD affords an inspiring example to members of Canadian unions who properly see , “anti-communst” witch-hunting within the organ- WATCH REPAIRS: 6. L. 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Ve U.S. peace poll As the climax to a U.S. national “peace poll” 2,300 delegates descended on Washington last week to lobby legislators in what they described as “the right and the moral obligation to advocate peace. ” TLC INTERFERENCE 1 N UNIONS? plenty, Phi When Tom Alsbury, pre trict ‘Trades and Labor Coun Readers obtain nearly 500 subs in first quarter *In Greater Vancouver readers of the Pacific Tribune have turned in 251 subs and renewals.since New Year’s Day, and provincial sup- porters have secured 236, for an overall total of, 487 up to March 19. Here’s the breakdown of what press groups have done in the battle to increase PT circulation in 1951: x _ North Vancouver, 25; Commer- cial Drive, 17; Kitsilano, 16; Vic- tory Square, 15; West End, 15, Sea & Shore, 10; Grandview, 10}. Capitol Mill, 10; Vancouver Heights, 7; Georgia, 7; Electri- eal, 8; Fairview, 6; Central Bur- naby, 6; Maritime, 5; Niilo Mak- ela, 5; Moberley, 5; Civic Work- ers, 3; Forest Products, 3; Build- ing Trades, 3; Hastings East, 3; Advance, 3; Ship and Steel, 3; Point Grey, 3; A. E. Smith, ms Norquay, 2; East End, 1; Ren- frew, 1; Railway, 1; Waterfront, 1; Strathcona, 1; NFLY, 1; mis- cellaneous, 53; total, 251. Stevenson, 15; Nanaimo, 14; Campbell River, 14; Victoria, 14; New Westminster, 13; Cumber- © land, 12; ort Langley, 10; Al- bernis, 8; Trail, 10; Prince Ru- pert, 6; Mission, 5; Co pper Mountain, 5; Ladysmith, 5; Haney, 5; Fernie, 4; Vernon, 4; Lake Cowichan, 4; Salmon Arm, 4; Websters, 2; Britannia, 2; White Rock, 2; Kelowna, 2; Kam- loops, 2%; Prince George, 2; Princeton, 2; Albion, 2; Michel, 2; Whonneck, 1; Grassy Plains, 1; Cranbrook, 1; Ladner, 1; Soin- tula, 1; miscellaneous, 61; total, 236. : elected militant leaders branded as “Communist” by the government in some unions, and ousted right- wing officials to choose progres- sives in others. None, claims Alsbury; llips proves sident of Vancouver and Dis- cil, told a panel discussion on “Communism” in Boag House last Sunday that the Trades and Labor Congress’ anti-communist decision “does not say that local unions cannot elect communists as officers” he left himself wide open for’a reply by Vancouver Civic Employees Union, which has been denied that right. Jack Phillips, Local 28 secretary, immediately took a hefty verbal swing at Alsbury. ‘“He’s talking through his hat, or with his tongue in his cheek,’’ said Phillips. “When TLC vice-president Carl Berg came to Vancouver last .Oc- tober, the first thing he said to me was: ‘Phillips, you are a member of the LPP. You are through as secretary of Civic Employees Un- ion.’ Then he suspended me and 15 otter members, because we would not agree to a new election, CONTINUED WAR FILM snarled an officious sergeant, and seized the remaining leaflets. When the youthful demonstrators protest- ed, they were threatened with “ac- tion” if they dared to return. NFLY chairman Archie McGug- an interviewed Police Chief Black- stock, got back the seized leaflets but was refused permission to dis- tribute them. A_ letter appealing this denial.of civil rights was sent to Victoria City Council by NFLY. Pointing out the “The Steel Hel- met” was a war film which “in every way violates the spirit of the United Nations Charter of Human Rights” the letter urged council “to uphold our right to freely dis- tribute copies of the attached leaf- let.” Council hedged ,referred the mat- ter to the police commission and city solicitor. But a question fiom Alderman Waldo Skillings wrung an admission from Mayor Percy Gcerge that there was no city by- law preventing the leaflet distribu- tion and a confession that he knew of no legal basis for the police acts of the previous evening. Determined to carry on the cam- paign, NFLY called on other peace supporters for aid. On Tuesday, police failed in attempts to intimi- date two distributors. Distributors Seotty Neish of the Fishermen's Union and Keith Ralston of Vic- |toria Peace Council (both Second World War Navy vets) said later: “The cops tried all the old tricks. We didn’t have a license, we were ‘cbstructing,’ we were ruining the theater’s business, ete, but we paid no attention and they finaliy ‘gave up, after phoning in to the station.’”” The police having failed, local warmongers turned to “exposes” in the daily préss. Victoria Daily Times publisher Stu Keate, late of editor Bruce Hutchison assigned their anti-communist “expert”? Jim Mcieachie to rehash the stale stuff he did in a series last fall og NFLY. The Daily Colonist chimed in with a call to NFLY members to “don the King’s uniform.” Re- plied Archie McGugan: “If our country was being threatened, we'd be the first to join up.’ But Can- 5,000 miles from home to prevent the people of Asia and Europe from running their own affairs.” _ McKeachie’s. next try was a re- port on an alleged incident when an indignant beribboned soldier was supposed to have “thrust” a eaflet back at a young “civilian.” In a town where thousands of members of the armed forces are stationed , this was a direct incite- ment to violence. All these efforts to stir up trouble failed in face of the firmness dis- played by distributors and the gen- eral public support for their ef- forts. Isolated attempts to frighten youthful distributors aroused re- in order to elect an executive ac- ceptable to Berg. “Alsbury said on Sunday: ‘If the press were not here I might ex- plain my views on the issue.’ “You’ve been saying this for a long time, Alsbury. How about a frank and-honest statement for a change? . You can’t be a Socialist or a democrat if you are trying to carry put the policies you are fol- lowing now. Whether you like what you are doing or not is im- material. We don’t judge a man by his pious wishes. We judge him by his work and by the company ‘he keeps.” Fike Appeal of Local 28 against its suspension and that of 16 officers and job stewards from the TLC will be heard April 12 in Ottawa before the Congress executive. pas meeting of the suspended : members last Monday decided to request Congress to hear the ap- peal in Vancouver. = wooD SAWDUST UNION FUELS LTD. sentment of passers-by. Said a | war veteran to one group of would- ; be hecklers: “If you’d been in the service for four years as I have, you'd thank these people for try- - ing to stop another war. +.) 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