Rev. G. F. Partridge leads great Ottawa Vigil. U.S. consulates beleaguered 100 city marchers in Rosenberg appeal: 500 in: Ottawa Vigil More than 100 Vancouver citizens took part in a “Save the : eer cree placard parade on Saturday last week. They marched é Ng downtown streets, handing out leaflets urging clemency for “young American parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. and then Picketed the U.S. consul-general’s office in the Marine Building °r an hour, _ “Don’t let this young couple die as victims of U.S. hysteria,” aid the leaflet distributed to shoppers. It contained the recent Statements on the Rosenberg case made by Dr. Harold C. Urey, Obel Prize winner and internationally renowned atom scientist. ae the Rev, Charles E. Raven, chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Said Raven: “The verdict of death for the Rosenbergs under- ar the convicion that 'America,, instead of leading the world to . ~€ righteous and liberal way of life, is becoming so hysterical in oa Be communism, as to betray the very principles upon which Onstitution is founded.” lines Urey’s statement ‘said: “I am amazed and completely outraged ee unequal treatment which has been given. I believe the ai Nbergs are or have been Gommunists or very sympathetic to Com Munist ideas, T regard such’ people as unreliable generally, but I. do 70 believe in punishing people unless they commit crimes.” By MARK FRANK OTTAWA 25 hours of a night ‘Clemency Vigil” before mbassy, 500 Canadians _Solemn procession on 10 to save the lives of a Julius Rosenberg. Por tw ers, Meg fr ed ¢ Climaxing it ay Ethel an aA ie hours the march- aN i them women and com> heir Vi Ress cities, maintain- of gl In twin lines on both Wellington street, at the a Drodene mament Hill. Too long bef ern to be accommodated Selyeg Bre Embassy doors them- » “ticials split the marchers into two columns that stretched two city blocks from the U.S. Embassy to the Chateau Laurier, Hotel. Bearing scores of banners and placards urging President Truman commutate the death sentence In an appeal now before him, the mass of paraders constituted “what was regarded here as the “biggest de- monstration in Canadian history before a U.S. mission to protect a U.S. court sentence.” Addressing a conference of 500 people at Winston Gardens, Rever- end G. F. Partridge, Presbyterian minister, second worid war veteran and leader of the National Commit- tee to Save the Rosenbergs, said: “I believe there is great hope that clemency can be won.” Rev. G. Partridge outlined fol low-up actions on the Ottawa Vigil These were: e@ Yo continue to hold vigil at every U.S. consulate in Canada. @ ‘Yo expand the work already done by telling the story of the Rosenbergs “in every town and city we can reach.” Paying tribute to those who had participated in the Vigil he said: “Through cold and bittér weather vou have not slackened your efforts or put comfort and material gain before the goal you have sought.” He outlined four reasons why he was confident the clemency battle could be won. They were: grant- ing of a stay of execution already, pending the results of the clemency appeal now before President Tr- man; the magnificent Vigil carried through in Ottawa; the growing number of community leaders “who agree with our position . ; and have promised to write President, Truman”; confidence in the great majority of ordinary people who when “we got to know their views have clearly shown that they have had enough of hate and fear,, force k and violence.” Aid defense fund You can help the Pacific Trib- une in its fight for justice in the Clemens case by contributing now to the defense fund and taking a collection card around your work mates and neighbors. BCEFL resolution hits Bill O, waits executive action The ninth annual convention of the B.C. Federation of Labor, representing 40,000 organized workers, unanimously went on record Sunday “to do everything possible in order that cooperation may be obtained with the B.C. Trade Union Congress (TLC) on all matters affecting organized labor.” Because the 111 delegates attend- ing the parley did not get down to discussing resolutions until late in the afternoon, many had to be sent back to the incoming execu- tive for action. The resolutions committee recom- mended concurrence with a_ reso- lution presented by Marine Work- ers and Boilermakers condemning anti-labor sections of Bill O (for- merly Bill H-8). It did not ‘come on the floor, but now goes before the executive for action on the basis of the committee’s recommendation. The resolution reads: “Whereas Bill O contains with- in itself features that are detri- mental to organized labor and the working class in general; “Therefore be it resolved, that this convention of the British Col- umbia Federation of Labor go on record as demanding that the gov- ernment immediately remove the obnoxious features of such Bill.” Another resolution, backed by the resolutions committee but referred to the executive in the same man- ner, dealt with the vital question of foreign trade, which has such “a great bearing on employment in British Columbia.” demanded “an end to the trade re- striction policy of the federal gov- ernment” and urged the government “to freely trade with any and all nations willing to trade with Can- ada.” The resolutions committee split three-three on a resolution oppos- ing “all forms of union raiding,” and. chairman Robert Smeal cast the deciding vote for non-concur- rence. The resolution was defeat- ed on the floor by a 41-25 vote. The anti-raiding resolution, sub- mitted by Marine Workers and Boilermakers, asked the convention to “go on record as opposed to all forms of union raiding, and work towards cooperation of all unions regardless of affiliation.” Delegates voted 47 to 37 to fight for restoration of a five-man Labor Relations Board, after listening io Labor Minister Lyle Wicks laud his new part-time LRB setup. Dan Radford was returned un- onposed as BCFL president fc’ ‘the coming year, and »George Home won re-election as secre- tary-treasurer. 2 Stewart Alsbury defeated an- other IWA official, Frank How- ard, for the post of first vice- president on a 65-51 count. Hugh Allison was elected second vice- president, and Alex Cox, IWA member from Port Alberni, de- feated Joe Morris for the third- vice-president post. The seven members of the execu- tive are: Ewart Orr, Steelworkers; Bob Smeal, CBRE, Victoria; Gerry Emary, Retail-Wholesale Union; William Symington, United Pack- inghouse Workers; Herbert Coom- ba, Longshoremen’s Union; and Lawrence Vandale, IWA. The resolution ‘ HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PEACE CONGRESS RAY GARDNER KAY GARDNER attended the’ Pacific Peace Conference in Peking and the World Peace gress in Vienna. SHEILA YOUNG MRS. L. NAYLOR CARL ERICKSON just returned from Vienna. JANUARY 16 FRIDAY — 8 p.m. Exhibition Gardens B.C. Peace Council Admission, 50c and 75c who Con- HEAR LESLIE MORRIS Recently returned from Socialism Victorious! USSR where he was Cana- dian fraternal delegate to the 19th Congress of the CPSU. Pander Auditorium FRIDAY JANUARY 23 8.p.m. CONCERT PROGRAM PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JANUARY 16, 1953 — PAGE 7