John Dillane admitted this:

.

Judge failed in duty
fo herifage of people

M. PIROSHKO, Vancouver,
B.C.: A man was killed on a
Vancouver street for no other rea-
son than for speaking a foreign
language—the language that was
spoken by the great Copernicus,
Chopin, Sienkiewicz, Madame M.
Currie, Paderewsky, etc.

Stanley Deren, while talking to
a lady friend in his native Polish
tongue, was assaulted with this
demand: “Why don’t you talk
English?” A well-aimed blow by
aggressor John Dillane felled his
victim to the concrete sidewalk
and he was dead.

On trial in Supreme Court,
oh’ E
did not have to butt in. I have
done wrong. I have no explana-
tion as to why I did what I did.
I just said that in a joking way.”

And this man went away from

the court a free man, just on
Payment of $250.00 fine. Justice
was done, so — “Crime doesn’t

pay?”
There is no doubt in my mind
that John Dillane left the court

with the same deep hatred for.

foreigners, because he had no
chance to learn his lesson for
future behaviour.

Not so long ago, another man-
iac jumped and attacked me with
this demand: “Why don’t you
speak good English ‘instead of
that dog’s language of yours?”
Only by silence was further as-
sault avoided. This happened in
the presence of another 10 men
on a job. A third maniac attack-
ed and brutally beat up his vic-
tim and when on trial was asked
by the judge, “Why did you do
it?” The aggressor had no ex-
Planation but this: “That man’s
beard looked like a Russian bol-
Shevik beard.” It turned out to
be the beard of an Irish Catholic
priest.

So the case of aggressor John
Dillane is ‘not just a “joke” of
a simpleton or a feeble-minded

_ Person who really did not know

what or why he was doing what

_he did. He is a well matured

man of 53 years of age. His
immediate supervisor-manager, C.
Radford, made a statement to the

court that the man in question”

was of :strong character, sober,
both conscientious and reliable.
. How come, then, that such @
Person can get away with murder
as easily as this?

Dillane is not just an individ-
ual—he is a type who frequently

takes the law into his own hands

and then, under oath, -explains
it as an innocent “joke”.

'Is this mockery of justice or a
tragic comedy?

It is a grim warning to all those
who can speak more than one
language. It is not safe,
dangerous maniacs are running
loose in public places ready to

assault at will. &

In my native land we used
to look with envy’ and respect
©n those who could master and
Speak more than one language,

but here one must take his life

in his hands or hide his own or-
iginality or even change his name

for fear he be abused or insulted _

by being called names such as

“bohunk, wop, dago, coon, dirty

Chink or Jap or dirty Jew, etc.”
as a common thing. i

The judge of the court had a
Splendid opportunity to
healthy, constructive advice or @
lecture on the subject of lang-
Uages and nationalities in . this
country, and to point out that
there is no shame or disgrace in
SPeaking more than one lang-

while

give

uage.
If only the Judge had the sense
of wisdom, he could have re-
minded those with narrow minds
that Canada consists of hundreds
of different nationalities and that
language is no.obstacle to unity
into one solid block, just as an
orchestra consisting of a great,
many different instruments and
tpnes under skflled leadership
can produce beautiful harmony.
It would be indeed a very dull

and uninteresting world to live

in if we all spoke just one lang-
uage, danced only one dance,
sang and played only one music,
and had flowers of the same color.

Many varieties of different
colors, dressés, graces and tastes
make the world so much more
beautiful and charming to enjoy,
which is quite natural and normal.

Only aggressors and oppressors »

with the smell of “master race”
wouldn’t stand for that and hate
it. m

"If the Judge had the sense of
wisdom, he could do great service
to unite Canada into one family
by repeating these words of the

late statesman, Lord Tweeds-
muir (John Buchan).
He said: “Never forget your

heritage. We Scots never forget

ancient Scots ways and always”

remember the little country from
which we sprang.” i

This is true of every race with
tradition. behind it.

You will all be better Canadians
for being also good Ukrainians.
That also goes for Poles, Swedes,’
Finns, Czechs, Russians, Irish,
French, Germans, and a great
many others with their traditions,
tongues and culture.

Our judge miserably, failed in

Wait until pay day --

but keep sending PT

F.N., Lantzville, B.C.: I received
your notice that my subscription
has expired and I am sorry that

“I have to wait until Friday next

week (payday) before I can re-
new.

But I sure don’t want to miss
any papers. I just long for the

day when the next Pacific Tribune.

is coming, so that I can get some

more truth about world events.
Pays have been small and pay-

days far between this summer.

Story prompts letter
on cannery workers

CANNERY WORKER, Pentic-
ton, B.C.: The story in the Pacific
Tribune describing working con-
ditions in Canadian Canners plant
No. 78 prompts me to write and
tell you something about trade
union organization here.

It wasn’t until 1940 that there
was even an isolated instance of
organization, other than the Rail-
way Brotherhoods, among the
workers of the Okanagan Valley.
At that time, however, the fruit
workers of Penticton had the
proud distinction of forming Local
No. 1 of the Fruit and Vegetable
Workers Union (CCL).

Progress was swift. There, were
difficulties, but a militant leader-

’ ship upheld by staunch member-

his duty. He even didn’t stop

on the main point that a killing
was committed on the grounds
of hatred of foreigners and their
language and to give proper in-

structions and drastic warning. »

He proved himself crystal clear
as unfit to administer justice,
peace and unity. :

When I speak this for myself
I.am quite certain to express
sentiments of thousands who feel
and think as I do. |

Firefighters campaign
fo help homeowners.

Ww. J. PAYTON, Vancouver,
B.0.: We, of the Vancouver fire
department, with the able :assis-
tance of W. A. Walker, provincial
fire marshal, have.this year tried
to concentrate our efforts on the
home owner and his carelessness.

Loss of life in BritisM Columbia
has increased alarmingly in the
year 1950. Our loss was 45 in

1949, and 60 in 1950. Property

loss has decreased, which we feel
is a good sign to organized fire
fighting and trained men under
standard methods, throughout the
province.

We can control industrial and
commercial buildings by our fire
warden’s periodic in spections.

“The home owner, however, does
not get that protection and ad-
vice unless he or she have de-
cided to install an oil burner or
propane gas installations. These
fuels entail the taking out of a
permit through the local fire chief
with the ensuing inspection. This
of course, is only, an inspection
of the heating unit ‘and not an

inspection of the entire dwelling.

We therefore have arranged
with the splendid cooperation of
all daily papers and weekly pub-
lications along with Hudson’s
“Bay, Eaton, and Woodwards, to
display these facts of carelessness
in print and-by display.

ship made great gains. Kelowna,
Osoyoos, Oliver and other centres
followed suit. Wages of 25 cents
per hour and deplorable condi-
tions became a thing of the past.
A government permit of ancient
vintage dealing with perishable
commodities was still held as a
big stick over the workers, per-
mitting companies to work them
up to 54 and 87 hours weekly
without overtime rates. :

In 1946 the United Packinghouse
Workers came into the Valley and
employees of packing houses and
canneries felt that affiliation with
this larger organization would of-
fer better Solidarity. William
Sands, previously fire truck driver
and chairman of Okanagan Val-
ley Labor Council, was put in as
local head. He forthwith, on a
UPWA salary, led the proud
name of the Fruit and Vegetable
Workers Union into a tompany
union, later. saving face by affilia-
tion to the Trades and Labor
Congress. From there on the un-
ions\under his jurisdiction have
slipped into a travesty of the
name. The packing houses, though
now switched over again into the
UPWA, are still committed to a
four-year contract perpetuated by
“Brother” Sands. .

At Canners Plant No. 78, still
under certification to the so-called
union led by Sands, workers open-
ly, say that the monthly check-
off of $2.00 is all the say they
have in their union’s operation.

If a genuine trade union or-
ganizes the plant (and it is ripe
for such organization) it will
have a real job on its hands.
Management must be made to
realize that there are workers
in the plant as well as machines
and fruit. That government ‘per-

“mits relative to perishable pro-

ducts were issued in the days
before adequate cold storage fa-
cilities and
document is no longer valid as
a permit to break the government
law which legalizes a 44-hour

week. That the year is 1951 and

workers will no longer tolerate
the subordination of their human
rights to the company’s profits.

\

1 oo ene | ae TT

THE

SPORTLIGHT

so this treasured .

By BERT WHYTE-

‘FTER the Giants’ blazing finish which tied up the National League
pennant race and forced a playoff with the Dodgers, and after
the spine-tingling homerun victory for the Giants in the last half
of the ninth innings of the third game (only a Homer could describe
2 adequately—yuk! yuk!) the World Series became almost an anti-
climax. * 5

No team in history ever came came roaring down the stretch to
nip the conceded “champs” at the wire in the way the Giants did.
They trailed Brooklyn 13% games on August 11, then hit-a winning
streak that carried them into the three-game series with the Bums.
When Bobby Thompson poked the pill into the left-field stands at
the Polo Grounds with two on and one out and Brooklyn ahead 42
in the last of the ninth, hysterical New York fans experienced the
absolute ultimate in ecstasy. :

Once before, away back in 1913, the Giants suffered a touch of
September madness, winning 26 games in a row. But that year they
were far out of the flag race and despite their spurt they only
finished fourth, “They remind me,” wrote the late, great Tad Dorgan
at the time, “of a prizefighter whe has just been knocked out going
down the aisle licking everybody in the house.”

. Power at the plate made the New York Yankees. The Giants ©
never depended on sluggers, but stressed good pitching and plenty
of hustle. You can’t talk of the Giants for more than five minutes
without bringing up the name of John McGraw, manager of the club
through 30 of its 67 years and one of the greatest baseball pilots
of all time.

McGraw came to the Giants in 1902. One of the first things he
did was to acquire Christy Mathewson ‘to bolster his pitching staff.
Matty started his climb to greatness along with McGraw. In 1903
he was a 30-game winner and the team finished in second place.
From then until 1915 Matty never won less than 20 games a season
and on three occasions he won 30. The McGraw-Mathewson friend-
a grew with the years and remained solid until Matty’s death in

The Giants copped their first National League pennant in 1904,
and in 1905 repeated and went on to beat. the Athletics in the World
Series, Matty pitched three shutouts. e pees
The next pennant came in 1911, but Conny Mack’s A’s took the
Series.. In 1912 McGraw’s boys again won the NL flag, but lost the
Series to the Red Sox.’ Next year the Giants grabbed their third
pennant, but bowed to the Athletics a second time. ©

In 1917 the Giants led the league once more, but again were
whipped in the World Series, by the White Sox. In the final game
occurred one of the all-time diamond boners—when MecGraw’s third
baseman, Heinie Zimmerman, chased Eddie Collins all the way home
from third with the ball but failed to catch him. (McGraw never
blamed Zimmerman for the boner, but directed his wrath against
first-baseman Walter Holke, who failed to back up the Giants’ catcher
when he moved too far up the third base line.) ;

The Giants won four pennants in a row in 1921, 1922, 1923 and
1924.. In 1921 came the first “subway” Series, with the Giants beating.
the heavily-favored Yankees. The next year the Giants blanked the
Yankees in four straight games, and held the mighty Babe Ruth to
two hits in 17 times at bat. That was the last time the Giants beat
their New York rivals in a World Series. : ;

Here’s the record of the Series clashes between the two teams
up to the present: 1921, Giants 5, Yankees 3 (best of nine); 1922,
Giants 4, Yankees 0 (one tie, called on account of darkness); 1923,
Yankees 4, Giants 2; 1936, Yankees 4, Giants 2; 1937, Yankees 4 i
Giants 1, : : :

McGraw severed his connection with the Giants in 1932 and Bill —

“Terry took over. He remained nine years, was followed by Mel Ott,

who was replaced in 1948 by Leo Durocher, the present pilot.

Durocher, reverting to McGraw’s system, dumped some of the ©
team’s sluggers, replaced them with fast fielders, injected” plenty of
pepper into the style of play. The rest you know—the rush from
fourth spot to the pennant in the dying weeks of this year and an-
other World Series’ battle against the fabulous Yankees.

Last year Vancouver city council double-crossed the sponsors
of a move to relax the city’s Sunday blue laws by throwing an “all
or nothing” plebiscite at the voters. Most people didn’t desire a
“wide open” town but 25,05] voted for it to demonstrate their
opposition to ihe present rigid restrictions. The vote against was
34,571. This year it appears that a sensible plebiscite will be held.
We hope it carries by an overwhelming majority. —

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