Whew! What’s that smell? McCarthy backer in Trans-Canada pipeline One of Senator Joe McCarthy’s biggest financial backers, oil tycoon Clint Murchison, of ‘Dallas, Texas, is extending his operations into Canada. Murchison has been named as one of the five memb nent Canada Pipe Lines Limited, the company formed to build the natural gas pipeline from Alberta to Eastern Canada by ‘an all-Canadian route. Ontario labor seeks trade with A call for Big Power negotiations and trade with all the world to provide jobs for Canadians was convention of Ontario Federation of Labor (CCL). The resolution drew attention to increasing layoffs as a result of surpluses and pointed to the current trade agreements now being negotiated with Britain and Ger- many by “countries such as Poland, | Czechoslovakia, China, etc.,”’ result- ing in increased produetion and jobs. ag It then declared its support for “all moves which reduce interna- tional tension and promote the settlement of differences between the Great Powers by peaceful nego- tiations, which would open the door all lands NIAGARA FALLS. endorsed here by the 11th annual to free trade with all nations.” Another resolution calling for farm implements trade with In- dia and China to meet growing layoffs in the industry received unanimous approval. It suggest- ed “long term loans, barter ar- rangements, accepting sterling as payment,” to facilitate such trade. ‘Pension allowances less than “Two of the most important acts to be opened up at this session of the Legislature are the Workmen’s Compensation and the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration,” writes Leo Nimsick, MLA (CCF, Creston), in the Nelson Daily News this week. i “The Compensation Act is one especially those who have been in-] dustrial casualties of long stand- ing,” continues Nimsick. “Although the cost of living has consistently gone up . . . the compensation al- lowances for those long standing cases have remained the same. “This is not justice, and year after year I have taken up the! matter with a view to having the in 1939’ —LEO NIMSICK NELSON, B.C. that vitally concerns the workers, idle every day, and’ sum it up in terms of houses, hospitals, roads, schools, ete. Then you will realize what society is losing without counting the deterioration and dis- couragement’ of the families who are the victims of unemployment. “We must lose no time in cor- recting this situation by planning. pensions increased in line with the increased cost of living. long overdue. , “This is not-the only act that I hope will be opened for the same reason. We must not forget that the people who come under the Social Assistance, Mothers’ Allow- ance, Veterans’ Allowance, Blind Pensions and Old Age Pensions are also victims of the increased cost of living.’ : “Actually, according to the pur- chasing power of the dollar today, all those who are dependent on some form of social assistance receive less today than they did in 1939. If ‘we believe in the Christian teachings at all, we should correct this social injus- ‘tice without delay. “Undoubtedly the question of un- employment will be discussed at this session. Some people do not think it is very serious at the pres-: ent time, but to the one who is out! of work it is just as serious as if there was a major depression. The only real wealth in the country is! that which is produced by the peo-! ple, and every day a man is idle the country loses ‘one man day’s wealth.’ “Multiply this by the thousands! Coverage sought < \ _Before opening of the provincial legislature this week delegations from the United Fishermen and Al- lied Workers Union interviewed a number of MLAs to press for com- pensation coverage for all fisher- men. .During the session the gov- ernment will introduce a bill to I have, great hopes this will be accomplish- , ed, along with other improvements | CCL-TLC to go on joint lobby to gov’t our economic affairs to give every- ers of the management committee of Trans- ‘four-motored plane. one the right to contribute his share to the common welfare of society.” Murchison is one of a group of Texas oilmen who comprise the new multi-millionaire class in the United States. Senator McCarthy’s chief backer, Texas oilman H. L. Hunt, is re- ported to be one of the wealthiest men in the United States. But Murchison is no small operator, either. Veteran newspaper reporter Art Shields, exposing McCarthy’s oil backers in a special series in the New York Worker, writes: “Murchison has $300,000,000 in oil, cattle ranches, bus lines, steamships, factories and pub- lishing houses. ‘I like Joe Mc- Carthy,’ he says. ‘I’m with him all the way.’ “Clint and Joe are often together. Joe flies around the U:S. in Clint’s Murchison of- ten entertains the junior senator from Wisconsin as a house guest. They play gin rummy together and eat steaks on Murchison’s .120,000- acre Mexican estate. “Texans believe that Murchison gives more cash directly to Mc- Carthy than does Hunt. For in- stance, it has been admitted by Murchison that he contributed $25,000 to defeat two anti-McCarthy Democratic senators.” Named with Murchison to the five-man management committee for Trans-Canada are N. Eldon Tan- ner, ‘A. H. Williamson, H. R. Milner and Frank A. Schultz. The last- named is also from Dallas. Former Alberta Lands and Min- erals Minister N. E. Tanner will assume the presidency of the com- pany not later than March 31. He is president of Merril Petroleums Ltd. and will continue to serve that company as board chairman. As Tanner is a leading member of the Social Credit party, it is not surprising that John Blackmore, MP. (SC, Lethbridge), recently saw fit to defend Senator Joe McCarthy in the House of Commons. _ of Canada delegation will seek an The delegation will follow a pres- entation by Burt’s own union, the United Automobile Workers, to the government on the need for world trade policies to meet threatened layoffs in the auto industry and other trades. fe: “Tabor in Canada should be unit- ed,” said Burt. “When our joint delegation meets with the govern- ment it will be no mere cap-in-hand session. From now on we're going in together.” . Burt urged all labor councils to begin working out unity action pro- grams on unemployment or other issues, a policy that has been sanc- tioned by leaders of both con- gresses. In his report to the OFL conven- tion Burt said: and peace is full employment. This not only applies to our Canadian economy, but the economy of all other countries in the world. Politi- cal systems which do not dedicate. lems as their first responsibility, cannot expect to last very long and amend the compensation act. will eventually disappear.” A joint Canadian Congress of Labor—Trades and Labor Congress ‘February 25 on the issue of Canadian unemployment, George Burt, president of the Ontario Federation of Labor, said here at the con- clusion of the recent OFL convention. “The key to abundance, progress. themselves to solving these prob- NIAGARA FALLS interview with the federal cabinet 4,000,000 U.S. jobless WASHINGTON A careful analysis of U.S. Census | Bureau figures by union econo- | mists reveals that 4,071,000 Ameri- cans were unemployed in January 1954, instead of the 2,359,000 re- ported by the bureau. The analysis, made by the inde- pendent United Electrical Workers, revealed three major statistical tricks used in compiling official fig- ures: ® Including temporarily Jaid-off workers as employed. ; @Including workers who are em- ployed as little as one hour a week but want full time jobs among the employed. @® Exclusion from the labor force Australians were just too good. Gert Whyte's NYBODY | here for tennis? South of the border, down Forest Hills way, all the coffee- chatter still has to do with the disastrous blow-up of U.S. champ Tony Trabert and seconding-rank- ing Vic Seixas in Australia last month; There’s a tendency to blame the Aussie crowds for yel- ling at the Yankees during matches. It’s a funny thing, this sports decorum. Go to a baseball game and the fans roar their lungs out, cheering their favorites and try- ing to rattle the enemy. Ditto football. But tennis, in England, Canada and the United States, has a different tradition. Booing is taboo; silence in moments of crisis is an unwritten law. All same like golf. For the victor, polite clapping. \ The Aussies make their own traditions. To them, tennis is just a game, like football. Why, then, not exercise your freedom of speech? a Under fans yelled at Seixas, who promptly flipped his lid and chal- lenged the lads in the gallery to “Come down here and say that!” Then he went on to lose the match. co iae Back home this month, Seixas recovered his sense of fairness and said the. Australians were good sports, but regarded tennis a bit differently than most. na- tions. “The Aussie fans remind you of those one might see at a Giants-Dodgers baseball game, There’s tennis fanatics and want their team to win.” Well spoken, Vic. But that doesn’t explain what happened to you and Trabert. After all, Tony was hailed as another Budge or Kramer, and had predicted that he would win all four of the | world’s major tennis titles this year — Australian, French, Wim- bledon and United States. 7 Trabert shouldn’t have given himself such a buildup. .The let- of the Aussie championship when ancient (35) John Bromwich whip- ped him and Tony stalked off the court in a huff. “Too much tennis,” is Tony’s belated explanation. Tut, tut. Why not admit that the Austral- ians were just too good? That would have been a more honest answer — and it is what Seixas of more than a million persons, many of them women and youth who really want jobs. said when he lost his singles match to young Ken Rosewell: “He beat me with good tennis.” cd United States tennis champion Tony Trabert (above) lost to Aussie veteran John Bromwich recently and blamed razzing by the fans for his defeat. Later he said he and his partner, Vic Seixas, had been playing “too much tennis.” SPORTLIGHT . War politics spoil The Story of ‘book by the Yankee sports writ: three medals in the discus throw.” ' died were professionals. “Go home, you mug!” the Down’ "which told how Igor Z. Bondate | — down came in the quarter-finals _ PACIFIC TRIBUNE — FEBRUARY 19, 1954 — PAGE ‘ s ‘ But Seixas admitted that the Anti-Soviet remarks and cold the Olympic Games, a 450-page ers John Kieran and Arthur Da ley. Sample: “Three stalwart Ama- zons from the steppes each built like a tackle on the Chicago Bears, scaled the Hellinic platter for all three medals. .. .” Writes Willy Meisl in the Brit- ish magazine, World «Sports: “This, translated into English, @P- | pears to mean that three strong- 7 ly-built Russian girls took all * * * During 1953 a total of 21 ama teur and professional boxers died in the ring. It was boxing’s black est year since records have been kept. No ring fatalities occurred in Canada, and in the United States | only two of the eight boxers WhO — 3 This 4% shows that the campaign to make 7 the professional sport safer is HAV | _ing an effect. It also demonstrates | that amateurs are still allowed t0 | compete under scandalous condi | tions. Decent flooring, compulsory Use _§ of eight-ounce gloves and rigid | pre-fight medical examinations — would all help to reduce ring 1 7 juries and fatalities during 199% | * * * It didn’t get on the sports pa8°S of the dailies (though most coUl tries list chess as a sport) so YOU may have missed the news ite evsky, Russian grand master, bs i a five-day chess match played DY § cable by forcing Canadian a : champion Frank R. Anderso? mes | resign after 41 moves. es “After Bondarevsky made