Gag rule fought in Martin case Gordon Martin, 31-year-old UBC law graduate, will carry his fight against being banned from his le- gal profession, “before the bar of public opinion, before civil liber- ties organizations, and to the leg- islature.” He says he hopes ‘to “raise the question of whether it was the in- tention of the legislature that the benchers should have power to dis- bar a person for political opinion.” Martin was banned from member- ship in the B.C. Law Society by the Benchers (executive of the society) who ruled that his membership in the Labor-Progressive Party made him not a “fit person” of “good re- pute” who should be entitled to practice law, An amendment to the Legal Professions Act at the last session gave the Benchers complete power to decide on the “character” of any applicant. Replying to an editorial in the Vancouver Sun impugning his loy- alty, Martin stated;“‘bad thoughts are cpnjured up, without any basis in my behavior or declarations, and are then attributed to me... Such a technique inevitably tends to coerce a person into silence about his real views. This is thought control and in my opin- ion this is the real issue.” The case has aroused wide- spread alarm in student, profession- al and labor circles and is viewed by many as an opening attempt to chain all the professions to support of old line party policies of union- busting at home and aggression abroad. The noted columnists Jack Scott and Elmore Philpott have denoun- ced the basic violation of civil lib- erties involved, and it is understood the Civil Liberties Union is to dis- euss the case this Friday. B.C. provincial council of the CCF has condemned the Benchers for their “undemocratic and un- Canadian decision.” “The decision, if allowed to go unchallenged, will establish a dan- gerous precedent in that it discrim- inates against a citizen because of political and ideological beliefs.” The CCF will seek legislative amendments to professional status so that “no group can discriminate against any citizen because of af- filiation with any legal. political party.” PORT ALBERNI DIRECTORY 24 HOUR SERVICE UNION TAXI Phone 137 Frank Harris, Ist & Argyle ISLAND TAILORS Ladies’ & Gents’ Tailored Suits Lowest Price in Town M. Yesowick, Manager, 103-Ist Ave. North SOMAS DISTRIBUTORS LTD. wooD— SAWDUST— COAL For all your fuel supplies Ph. 1187 — McGregor Block SOOO OOO baquthorenien greet WIUC them.” v Close to victory in their two-monti®™ strike, the Portland Joint Martime Strike Committss has sent “a hearty handclasp across the border” to the Woodworkers’ Industrial Union of Canada. know the Canadian workers refused to be ensnared by the Taft- Hartley slave law, and we have a strong feeling of kinship with “We the bauble of a royal sceptre. ‘Blessed’ event (Continued from page one) heritage and the gavel of a workers’ parliament supercedes One was born with the perspective of making democracy serve the class interésts of the few. The other was born with the class heritage of democracy for the many—plus an ad- ditional 1 pound 6 ounces at weighing-in time. As innocent babes we wish them much happiness and wisdom with the years to come. Even kings can become useful citizens ‘when opportunity$ beckons and necessity leaves no other course open. WOODWORKERS for the minority award as out- lined in Pritchett’s statement. Interior woodworkers receive the worst wages in the industry. This hardship is accentuated by living costs that are higher’ in the In- terior than at the Coast. Many camps will have to work throughout the winter if mills are to be kept supplied with logs, put- ting operators in a poor position to withstand a prolonged strike. Pritchett is’ now en route to Cranbrook. Latest camp strike came this week at Hillcrest’s Mesachie Lake camp, where WIUC job action last week secured reinstatement of falling crews fired for not working during high winds. Discriminatory firings have resulted in all fallers stopping work and this end of the operation has been proclaimed “un- Tfair:” ‘ The entire crew is on strike at Iron River Log. MeMillan’s big operations at Oyster River, to en- force seniority clauses in the con- tract. The company has violated these clauses by the discriminatory firing of two fallers. In this case the workers face a two-pronged company -IWA offensive. TWA officials J. Stew- art Alsbury, Lloyd Whalen and Tom Bradley appeared the first working morning after the fir- Auspices: BATT UU a “HANDS OFF CHINA” ’ NORMAN BETHUNE MEMORIAL MEETING Speaker: NIGEL MORGAN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 8 P.M. HASTINGS AUDITORIUM City Committee, ings to attempt to convince the crew to desert the WIUC for the IWA on grounds that the TWA would get a settlement without a strike. Driven out of the meet- ing, they took refuge in the com- pany office where what trans- pired is not known. Any hopes that the camp’s TWA minority could be used for strike- breaking were dashed when these workers decided to respect the WIUC picket line. ' Rank intimidation is charged by spokesmen for WIUC Mission local 867 in the arrest of five pickets in the G. and F. Log Company lock- out over retroactive pay. Glen Ritchie, Bert Lain and F. Traun are charged with assault and bat- tery and have been released on $500 bail. O. Oulett and S. Feats are charged with juvenile delin- quency and released, in custody of their parents. The company had obtained at least six scabs and claims some of them were beaten up at night in the bunkhouse. Steady progress is being made by the WIUC in signing up members in Coast logging camps and the In- terior, while retaining a base in the sawmills (including New West- minster where a WIUC local is now functioning.} A number of operations are al- ready on the WIUC checkoff. LPP Ag HONOR ROLL Is your name on this list of Paci- fic Tribune sub-getters? VANCOUVER +t c Bill Bennett 18 Percy Budd, Commercial Drive 11 Rita Whyte, Kitsilano 10 Ethei Clarke. Commercial Drive 10 Chas. 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Army and Navy prices are guaranteed to be the lowest in Van- couver at all times. ARMY & NAVY : DEPARTMENT STORES 1. -Vancouver and New Westminster Sub drive brings 610 more readers By FEL ASHTON Let’s face the facts--and do something to change them. Our. campaign. tor 2,000 new readers by the end of this nionth is still.sgoing too slowly, despite the spurt it has taken in the last two weeks. This week the total of subscrip- tions stands at 610, an increase of 108 over last week, but neverthe- less a drop from the previous week's increase of 142. In the city, Bill Bennett is the only one among those at the top of our honor roll to show a sub- stantial increase and he now has 18 subscriptions to his credit. Out in the province, however. the contest seems to be keener. and Ernie Knott of Alberni is confident that he'll be leading Ol’ Bill before long. Both Ernie Knott, with 10 subs, and Charlie Johnson of Ver- non, with 12 subs, have improved their standing this week. Another new name on the list is that of Victor Vesterback of Al- dergrove, always a hard worker in campaigns for the Pacific Tribune. This week he started high on the honor roll by turning jn six subs. That’s the kind of people we like to hear from—so let’s hear from _ you. PICKETS alone. We hope our _ picketing will stir the kind of protest that will stop the St. Laurent govern- ment’s’ policy of making 450,000,- 000 Chinese into our enemies.” Led by provincial leader Nigel Morgan and city chairman Elgin Ruddell, the LPP, which initiated the picketing, distributed leaflets lashing Mayor George Miller’s re- fusal to ‘act on pretext that “only fertilizer is being shipped.” The Islandside’s crew were equal- ly skeptical about the “fertilizer” and passed a motion protesting their being compelled to carry such a cargo. i Reports from UBC indicate mem- | bers of thw CCF, Student Christ- ian Movement and Social Prob- lems Club intend to picket the Federal Building to bring student disapproval to Ottawa’s attention. At an open CCF meeting, 250 students endorsed a CCF prov- incial council resolution stating, “The CCF again protests the shipment of Canadian arms to China and reiterates the CCF demand that the Canadian gov- ernment refrain from taking sides . . . and press in the UN for action to prevent for- eign intervention . . , and set up an international administra- tion to bring peace to China.” Further protests will be voiced at an LPP public rally in honor of Dr. Norman Bethune, in Hast- ings Auditorium, Sunday, at 8 p.m. Featured speaker ‘Morgan. will be Nigel will never know- ¥