satel ane oe tea teen yr ot Ree eRe a ki a RC lhc i aca PREM RO eR AE RTE AT TN ‘trailer home in suburban Lomita, Early Mist galloping home in the Grand National at 20-tol. eae Ee ~ SPORTLIGHT = By BERT WHYTE ——_ for study, Delaying enactment of Bill 93 brief. A telegram from Maxwell Coh- en, professor, of law at McGill University read the same day to the committee urged: “Would em- ‘phasize need for delay because amendments proposed amount to almost major revision and deserve more detailed study.” Himel noted the danger of abuses creeping into poorly for- mulated clauses in the treason section. He told MP’s “much work has to be done on Bill 93 before it can. be said to be free from fundamental objection. the first instance for the pur- pose of simplifying the code and not in order to make major sub- stantive changes. There would therefore appear to be no great urgency to adopt the revised code.” : Noting that the last revision had been made in 1892 and that Bill 93 seeks to condense 1,152 sec- When the 1912 Olympic Games were held in Stockholm’s new| tions into 744 “many. material stadium—the finest in the world at that time—three international stars stole most of the honors. They were Jim Thorpe, the Oklahoma Indian, winner. of the decathlon and the classical pentathlon; Hannes Kolehmainen of Finland, who captured the 5,000-metre, 10,000-metre and cross-country run; and Duke Kahanamoku from Hawaii, greatest swimmer of his era. : . Just .one year after his Olympic victories Thorpe was deprived of the medals he won at Stockholm when it was discovered that he had played baseball in 1910 for $60 a month (a sum our modern “amaterus” would sneer at. Jim hadn’t realized that his short professional stint on the diamond . knocked him out of amateur track competition. Thorpe was probably the great- est all-round athlete ever developed in the United States. After turning pro he starred at football, baseball, basketball and other sports for some 15 years. Forgotten by the public for two decades, he came into the limelight again a couple of years ago when a movie was made called “Jim Thorpe, All-American.” Sports organizations began asking him to travel hither and yon to help worthy causes, and last year he was in- Vancouver as guest of honor at the Buckskin Gloves, an all-Indian boxing show. On Saturday Thorpe was eating dinner with his wife in their modest near Los Angeles, when he suddenly JIM THORPE collapsed from a heart attack. A . few hours later he was dead, at the age of 64. The whole sports - world mourns his passing. 5 : Shes eS thas ee Oe oi, ‘Every racing fan knows that Early Mist, a 20-to-1 ‘shot, captured the 107th running of the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, England, last Saturday. And most fans were saying after the race: - “Wish I’d Had a tip on that one.” ae Readers of the London Daily. Worker had such a tip. Cayton, the DW expert on horses, liked Early Mist’s stablemate, Lucky Dome, to come in first, but advised a “saver” on Early Mist. His third choice was overshadow, who finished fourth. (Only five of the 31 starters finished the course over 30 jumps.) “mm 1951 Cayton was the only English selector to pick Nickel Coin to win the Grand National. The little mare won at 33-1 odds. And before that he was the sole tipster to recommend Russian Hero, another longshot winner. ge ee ae Like Old Man River, Sonja Henie keeps rolling along. Still — the greatest showlady on skates, if not the best skater, Sonja | will do her stuff April 8-9-10 at the Forum in “Stars on Ice.” So much has been written about the alleged antagonism be- - ¢ween La Henie and Barbara Ann Scott over their skating ability - that plenty. of folks will turn out to make a mental comparison | between the two. But that isn’t quite fair. Sonja passed her peak before Barbara appeared on the scene. In her prime she was a flashier performer, though never quite as smooth. Today | there’s no doubt that the Canadian star is the better skater, if + not the bigger drawing card. . : The revision was undertaken in - ‘Civil Liberties Ass’n asks Bill 93 delay revision OTTAWA “for further study for as long as it should be required” was recommended by the Association for Civil Liberties in an appearance before the Special Committee of the House of Commons. Irving Himel, Dr. B. K. Sandwell of Toronto, and Ronald Grantham of Ottawa appeared to support the association’s independent. body of experts on crime and punishment in the fields of law, medicine and _ social science.” : Dr. Sandwell told the commit- tee he had been “very considerab- ly disturbed” about the treason section as it relates to the results of a state of war, declared or un- declared. , ~ Grantham told MP’s they should study carefully Sections 365, 366 and 372 of the bill. “These deal with breaking of contracts, . the setting of watches at places of work and interfering with. proper- ty. We feel that perhaps these yet for the protection of organiz- ed labor.” : ’ The brief warned against exten- “the clearest kind of case has been made out that the proposed changes are necessary to deal with a clear and present danger and to fill a serious gap in the law.” sections are not ideally worded as sion of present treason law unless’ changes of a substantive nature Like the League for Demo- are bound to creep in,” said Himel. | cratic Rights submission, the “Since they affect the rights of | brief noted! “a general tendency the people of Canada, we believe throughout the code to make that the proposed changes should} the penalties. more severe.” not be rushed through but would | Maximum sentences had been be further submitted for the full-| raised “for no apparent reason est and most careful study to an’ whatsoever.” Mandatory action | against war comic publishers sought ups TORONTO Stiffer sections in the Criminal Code to bar circulation of illustra- -_|ltions “which glorify war, violence, brutality and which bring other races into hatred and contempt” have been recommended in a sub- mission of the National Federation of Labor Youth to the House of Commons Special Committee on Bill 93. y : The brief, sent by mail to the] ernment “a free hand in the committee because it had refused |. conduct of its foreign affairs,” the NFLY on oral hearing, advis- was that of military conscription. ed broadening of Section 150 On| The government would make it obscene literature, making it obli-| 5 crime for young people to op- gatory for the Crown to prosecute, | pose its enactment should Ot- free of charge, Ne the basis of | tawa yield to growing demands information provided by persons | for such a policy from the U.S. or organizations; and inclusion of : Canadian 4 will attend — world meet J TORONTO Mrs. Hilda Murray of suburbai — Séarboro is the first Canadian WO- — man to announce her plans for attending the Third World ,Con — gress of Women to be held in Co- _ penhagen, Denmark, June 2-12. Theme of the congress will be “The Rights of Women Through- out the World.” The announce ment was made here last week by the Congress of Canadian WO men. se One of the most-respected com- munity leaders in Scarboro, where she has lived since 1920, British- born Mrs. Murray was the first women elected to Scarboro mum cipal council, where she represent ed urban Ward 2 from 1946 tO — 1950, first as councillor and for three years as deputy reeve. Poll- ing the highest vote ever cast UP to that time, Mrs. Murray faith- fully served the interests of the — majority of Scarboro’s people. She was responsible for the @S — tablishment of the’ first Well-Baby Clinic in Scarboro. She led a local struggle on pensions, supporte the municipal employees’ union, and the firemen’s battle for reduc: ing their hours of work from 12 to 56 hours a week. As chairmall of Scarboro council’s property — committee she soon learned ° how profiteering was carried on at the expense of the taxpayer, pal ticularly in real estate deals. The first secretary for Birch cliffe CCF, Mrs. Murray has als0 long been active in community oF ganizations such as the Ratepay- ers, Red Cross, Housewives’ Com sumer - Association, Cooperative — Guild, Credit Union, and most Tr cently the Congress of Canadial Women, of which she is Toront? Chapter’s corresponding secretary: Asked about her interest in the Third World Congress of Wome! — Mrs. Murray replied: “Why am J 3 going to the Third World Com gress? This is new — it’s startling: Women from all over the worl will be there who see clearly thé dangers. of a new world atomi¢ war which threatens their fal ilies’ lives, their homes, and any further advancement for wome? everywhere. © ' “We women know that wat threatens to destroy not only lives . but all the political, social abt economic rights they have wo? through years of anguish av struggle. Women of the wor — will meet in Copenhagen in June to defend their few hard-wo? gains, and will formulate a PIO” gram for world peace and a UDF versal charter for women’s social, political and economic rights.” a minimum penalty on conviction, as well as cancellation of all li- Fur-Leather union warns censes to print, distribute, sell or import. : ning of the terms of reference of the committee to include cross| — country hearings to permit more| An estimated 300 cases involv- public discussion of the bill; en-| ing charges of “seditious conspir- actment of a Bill of Rights; and | acy” arising out of strikes for assistance of qualified educators, | union recognition or better wages sociologists, penologists, “to give | now await hearings in the courts rehabilitation greater emphasis in| of Quebec. This. was the charge dealing with offenders.” placed before the Special. Commit- In its presentation, NFLY chal-| tee of the House of Commons on lenged Bill 93’s new provisions | Bill 93 in a brief submitted by which “contradict ideals of demo- Canadian District 10 of the Inter- cratic freedom which Canadian | national Fur and Leather Work- youth have been taught to respect, | ¢rs Union. and which they do respect.” The evidence was submitted as Also recommended were a wide- against “Quebec pattern és 2 OTTAWA j “A very noticeable trend in gav- ernment policy to stifle criticism, abrogate the powers of parliament ‘and safeguard the extraordinary rights in Canada of a foreign pow- er,’ were neted in many sections of the new bill. ‘3 One ‘such issue, which NFLY charged, meant to give the gov- part of a proposal for much-need- ed changes in the Criminal Code to protect workers and unions “from the illegal acts of employ- ers, government officials and_pol- ice.” < “Does this committee know that if we were to call a public meeting in Montreal, Canada’s greatest city, to present this brief: for discussion by citizens that every hall in the city woul? be closed against us by the pol ice?” the union’s brief asked. It declared that it was not U? common to »see trade unionist! searched on the streets or afte union meetings with a view getting lists of union members: Describing what it termed “th® Quebec Pattern” based on the a sent wording of Bill 93, it warne™ that implementation of the Jaw would mean intensification of such anti-labor campaigns. a ' The “Quebec Pattern” consisted of “permitting the. police to eae tate on what terms and unde what circumstances a strike m take place. It results, togethe! with the notorious . . . labor a junctions, in denying to employe®, ne the right to set up picket linea PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 3, 1953 — PAGE = !