Canada’s iron wealth flows to U.S. The first shipment of iron ore from the Lab- rador-Quebec Iron Ore Company’s mines is shown » here being poured into the freighter Hawaiian at Sept Iles, Quebec, for shipment steel mills. Company propagandists write in glow- ing terms of the $250,000,000 spent in developing the mines, the 367-mile railroad built to carry the to Philadelphia ore to Sept Iles which, they say, will now become one of Canada’s busiest ports — the funnel through which Canada’s wealth flows to a foreign country. All this conceals a fact that even the Toronto Globe and Mail has been compelled to acknowledge, that the iron ore, except for Liberal policies of selling out our natural resources, should have been used to develop Canada’s own steel industry. Recognize China now call of Peace Congress Prime Minister St. Laurent and the federal government have been called upon to give full diplomatic recognition to the ‘government of the 600 million people of China. TORONTO This ‘appeal came from an enlarged meeting here of the executive of the Canadian Peace Congress attended by several, guests, with Dr. James G. Endicott in the chair. “For Peace, Recognize China Now,” is the theme of an immedi- ate campaign launched by the con- gress. : Dr. Endicott, congress chairman, told the executive that he had al- ready sent an urgent letter to Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson. He asked Pearson to use his influence with Washington to restrain U.S. naval chiefs from tak- ing aggressive action in Chinese waters., The executive decided to con- tinue to also press for: @ Peaceful settlement of all disputes. @ Outlawing of the H-bomb. @ A peaceful solution in Ger- many. @ World trade and cultural exchanges. It was noted that the government is known to favor recognition of China and ‘that important church, labor and political bodies have spoken up on the matter. . Conse- quently it was felt that if the peace movement were to throw its full strength into stimulating a united expression, the pressure that prevents Ottawa from accord- ing recognition could be overcome. This would ‘be a big step towards peace and prosperity for Canada. More than ‘one speaker noted the plight of a number of indus- tries and branches of agricuiture that would benefit from trade with China. “we shall carry through this campaign on two levels,” said REAL ESTATE TO BUY SELL EXCHANGE Call é MARSHALL JOHNSON GLen. 1891-R EM. 2167 CAMBIE REALTY LTD.. Member Co-op Listing Bureau Vancouver Real Estate Board PT Castle Jewelers Watchmaker and Jewelers Special Discount to Wr\all Tribune Read- Bring this ad with you 752 Granville St. — ‘ee PaNNers. a Bruce Micklebrugh, public relations director, in announcing the deci- sion of the meeting. “First will be the tried and test- ed door-to-door method which is the main basis of the victories al- ready won by the peace movement. We will canvass thousands of homes to generate a mass expres- sion on the grassroots level to the! MPs and governments. “Secondly we aim to approach all unions and other organizations, as well as a great number of pub- lic figures. We will ask them to speak up, separately or together, to niake their influence felt. “In addition our committee will undoubtedly sponsor public meet- ings, leaflets, advertisements and radio broadcasts. “All of this work will be financ- ed, as in past campaigns, by public donations. We appeal to all who believe in recognition of China anc in peace to give to make this campaign successful.” Dr. Endicott will attend a meet- ing of the Executive of the World Council of Peace in Vienna Sep- tember 13-15 and will return for a meeting of the National Council of the Canadian Peace Congress in Toronto, September 19. Editors of Maclean’s red-faced ‘a Tim Buck punctures — smear on Communists — The editors of Maclean’s magazine were red-faced this week — over an anti-Communist smear article. The article referred to a secret order-in-council. national leader of the Labor-Progressive party, ; rected Maclean’s by pointing out that the secret order-in-council I" fact no longer existed. Buck, in a letter to Maclean’s editors, stated: In the article by Alan Phillips in your September 1 issue, entitled “The Thirty Years’ War With the Commies,” among other flagrant misstatements and falsifications, the following stands out: Your writer says: . “But, if the undercover war ever comes into the open again, the Mounties| are, ready. A secret order-in-councit has been pre pared. It needs only the signature of the minister of justice to allow the RCMP to arrest every known Communist.” I draw to your attention the fol- lowing extract from Hansard, of Friday, April 30, 1954: : . “Emergency Powers Order in Council.” “On the orders of the day. “Mr. Stanley Knowles (Winni- peg North Centre): Mr. Speaker, in view of the announcement made yesterday by the Prime Minister that no legislation will be intro- duced extending the Emergency Powers Act, will he tell the House whether the government has reach- Act. Secret Jed any decision as to what it in- tends to do about the matter cov- ered in what is known as the sec- ret order in.council. . _. “Right Hon, L. S. St. Laurent (Prime Minister): I have already stated in the House that if| the emergency legislation was not ex- tended, the secret order in council would expire with the legal exist- ence of that act.” As you know, the Emergency Powers Act was not extended and the secret, order in council expired. You owe your readers a correc- tion of that false statement, either by publishing this letter, or by an editorial correction. Island writer sees real need | commenting in a recent issue of the Comox District Free Press. “Ideas, conditions and values change and to ancient tradition, or upon the whimsicality of parliament, is in -“We all know, and are proud of, the liberties we have achieved through the British tradition. It is equally true, however, that the in- terpretation and tradition have not always provided protection and it is in this area that danger exists.” Moore cites examples of his con- tention that the law as it now ex- ists. does not sufficiently protect civil liberty, including the persecu- tion of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Quebec and the Royal Commission on espionage set up in 1946. Of the situation in Quebec, he writes: “A religious group in that prov- ince is denied the right of assem- bly and freedom .to worship in its own way. Certain acts of the law enforcement agencies of the prov- ince, in applying this denial, were disallowed by the Supreme Court. The provincial legislature forth- with passed an act to by-pass that disallowance.” / His comment on the ‘so-called spy cases: : RR “It has been @stablished that this, commission operated with a cavalier disregard of elementary human rights. The suspected per- ‘sons were held without charge, de- nied assistance of counsel and in- terrogation and coercion were used to translate suspicion into proof.” Moore calls attention to a recent meeting of the Bar Association in Vancouver which listed and con- for Canadian Bill of Rights There is a very real need for a Canadian Bill of Rights, according to editorial writer John Moore, have civil liberty dependent on the interpretation of an no way sufficient,” Moore writes. demned 39 statutes as infringing on the liberty of the individual. Another reason given by the writer for the enactment of a Can- adian Bill of Rights is recent ten- denev to limit the authority of parliament. “Commissions and boards are set up by the dozen to handle vari- ous segments of our community life. In every case these boards are set up, admittedly, by the auth- ority of parliament, federal or pro- vineial. But the regulations under which these boards function are drawn up by the minister respon- sible and elected members’ have no voice in framing them. “While this is probably legiti- mate procedure it is all the more imperative that a point should be defined beyond which such authori- ty cannot go.” ; The article questions Justice Minister Garson’s reliance on the “British tradition” of common law instead of the written definition of a code of civil rights. : “The census of 1951 shows that 22 percent of our population has a racial origin other than British or French. Nevertneless, these are all fellow citizens with a full right to take their place in the political picture. The ‘British tradition’ can have little meaning to them and hence the need for our political course to be charted and the dan- ger spots matked as we go forward into the future.” ‘Taking issue with Garson, he points out that “the Canadian constitution is not embodied in “a specific document. . . . There - is no part of it which cannot be abrogated or altered by a simple majority in parliament. There are no inalienable rights which are superior to such act of par- liament. There are, in effect, no inalienable rights. “Theoretically, of course, parlia- ment is the people. One would be extremely optimistic, not to say naive, to believe that such is the practical application of parliamen- tary government in .Canada.” “Obviously, if any government moved to abrogate a specific free- dom there would be outraged op- position in parliament and out of it? But there are more ways of | killing a cat than breaking its neck. . . . These things, in sum, can achieve the result of nullify- ing the great principles we accept as our right.” ‘ Moore reviews the campaigns that have been carried on in the past for such a Bill of Rights. More ‘than 700,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking for it and a broad cross-section of the cornmmunity has supported it, including top-level names in church, university and journalis- tic circles. He concludes that there exists a definite case for a Canadian Billi of Rights. TORONTO And Tim Buck: quoting Hansard, COF Bengough bows out — was bestowed on Percy 69th convention here. Retireme?” the floor. The convention ha be included in Bengough’s pensi0 office planned long have been remembered br By MARK FRANK — REGINA A new title—president emerits Ben gough as he stepped down #0” the leadership of the Trades * Labor Congress of Canada at its of the 71-year-old leader market — the passing ofan era and the BS cendency to power of a new type of leadership. : Bengough was presented with @ set of his editorials in the Trades and Labor Congress Journal over. the past 12 years. “Like giving a man back his conscience, the way one observer put it. ‘ : is) The bowing out. was marred y some acrimonious comment a vor 0 ed an additional $1,500 a yea * of $3,870 a year. One Winnipeg delegate, Be? cyE of the Railway Carmen, want ‘ know whether present holders ®, “to die in the cha? rather than retire at 65 and ope? the way to leadership for younge? men and women. ‘ Another Winnipeg delegat® pointing out that TLC leaders di not face the plight of many seni? citizens who had to work to sur plement inadequate pensions, a 4 ed why Bengough had not retiz€ a six’ years ago in view of his SY stantial pension. Earlier, when the $1,500 sion increase for Bengough under discussion, one delegat quired whether this was the pensation being given W! “t ae new title of “president emer” The chairman said it was- é amid Bengough stepped dow? on” charges of railroading of the C vention, lack of leadership ° ies. ceedings, and general disaPPr) as of the way in waich resolu were handled. 3 per wae e ji com e It was a sorry end for the ali man who, had he not bowe" U.S. dictation and discarde . slogan he once coined, “CoOP® 4 tion—yes, domination—no,” ate - : 2g! 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