| ‘Duplessis can’t silence Tribu Premier Maurice copies of last week's “flagrant. breach of Canadian governing freedom of press,” Canadian Seizure was made purportedly un- der “sedition” section of the Pad- lock, Law. Morris wired Duplessis: “We challenge you to produce 2 single sentence than can be character- ized as disloyal to Canada or ‘Que- bec or ‘seditious’ as you irrespon- sibly charge.” The act he said in his wire, illustrated Duplessis’ “fear of the rising voice of peace in Quebec and your attempt to silence any opposition to your dis- credited regime.” The Canadian Tribune also sent wires to Justice Minister Garson, requesting Ottawa intervention to restore the 4,000 papers to their readers; to the UN assistant secre- tary general; and to the editors of leading newspapers in Canada. “The Duplessis action is on a par with the seizure of La Prensa by dictator Peron,” the wires said. » The 4,000 copies of the Canadian Tribune were seized from Montreal Duplessis’ issue of the Canadian Tribune was a / ne TORONTO action in seizing 4000 and United Nations’ laws Leslie Morris, editor of the Tribune, declared in a wire to the Quebec premier. SS SSS Sr =I fy = SSS SS MAY DAY GREETINGS FROM THE B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL of the IUMM&SW TSS SS SSS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS | | 1 SS SS Sr 260 4 ww Fraternal Greetings to the Organized Trade Union Movement in British Columbia SHOREWORKERS’ LOCAL United Fishermen & Allied Workers’ Union ! Nal Tribune manager Harry Gulkin by provincial police as he picked them up at the CN Express on Legauche- tiere Street. Commenting on the fact that the (Canadian Tribune had sent wires to the editors of leading Canadian daily newspapers, Misha Cohen, business manager, asked: “Why are they silent? Where now is their vaunted talk about press freedom? Are the papers . who protested the action of the Argentine dictator Peron in seiz- ing the newspaper La Prensa go- ing to remain silent when a Can- adian newspapers is seized by the dictator of Quebec? Have editprs who write learned editorials con- demning the Padlock Law noth- ing to say when the law is used? “They are afraid, these editors. They fear the truth as much as Duplessis and St. Laurent fear it,” he added, HT My . ‘l = Z = iE MAY DAY GREETINGS i from i” az DIVISION 101 | eaks at Royal Cit | 5 Rail 'o Uni | P ay oe freet Railwaymen’s Union | Ray Gardner, well know. |e :. y Gardner, well known news- | iguana paperman and organizatien sec- ~~ retary of the British Columbia. Peace Council, will speak on the , M AY D AY GREETINGS recent National Assembly to Save f Peace at a public meeting to be from the held in Hollywood Bowl, New : Westminster, on Sunday, May 6, MEMBERSHIP x 8 pm. The meeting will be un- der the auspices of New Westmin- ster Peace Council. F MARINE WORKERS & BOILERMAKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION First canvass in city for five-power peace pact brings 700 signatures Seven hundred residents of Hastings East signed the World Peace Pact petition within two, hours Saturday last week when 39 pe organized ‘canvass of the Vancouver campaign. Rudkevich, Sylka Olkovick ‘and Carole Kelley. Mrs. Rudkevich, a young house- wife who represented the All-Slav- Committee at the National Assem- bly to Save Peace, collected 52 sig- natures to the World’ Petition and also had 35 persons sign No War With China postcards. “It was the first time I’d ever gone petitioning,” she said. as found it easy to dp. In any case, it must be done. Petitioning’ is now more important than anything else we may have to do.” | Mrs. Olkovick, of the Associa- tion of Ukrainian-Canadians, and Carole Kelley each turned in 48 signatures. Only a few days pre- viously, Miss Kelley had sent in 72 signatures to the B.C. Peace Coun cil. ; “Response to the petition was excellent,” said Ray Gardner, of the B.C. Peace Council, who took part in the petitioning. “We're off to a start which promises a tremendously successful; cam- paign. A year ago, when we can- vassed the same area, with the same number of people on behalf of the Stockholm Appeal oO ’ : it took us twice the time to get that many signatures” "> A worker from Dominion Bridge put his name down with this com- Top peti ‘Local No. 1 339 W. PENDER ST. (ow FRATERNAL GREETINGS: the toilers of every land We build good bridges. A newspaperman, Stockholm Appeal. “That Korea.” of thousands of people. least 800 million people -will sign were told. It proved a most con vincing statement. To To our Union Brothers 4 | a Pesos Wk the: ereet anehenarstH To pers valiant Citizens of the World Working for tioners. were Mrs. Marguerite we pies : To those struggling for Freedom and Democracy ment: “Sure, we build stuff for war, but we can build bridges, too. If they’d just leave us alone we’d build the best damned bridges in the world.” just arrived from Stockholm, signed with the remark that he’a also. signed the A young man told a canvasser, other petition of yours, against the bomb — I think. that stopped them using the bomb in The Stockholm: Appeal was men- tioned by many who signed the new world appeal, proving that that historic petition left an. in- delible impression upon the minds Some people who hesitated when first asked to sign, signed readily when canvassers explained that this was no ordinary petition, that it ‘was being circulated’ in every country. of the world and that at “The governments can’t ignore the voice of 800 million people,” they Sixteen of the petitioners turned in more than one full petition form of 24 signatures. Mrs. Lena Skehor | bcollected 39 signatures Saturday af- ternoon, later turned in 33 more for a total of 72. “DAWSON MINERS’ UNION = Local No. 564 International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers DAWSON, YUKON TERRITORY Two of the leading petitioners of the Stockholm Appeal campaign, |}, Carl Lehan of the Jewish Peace Council, and Mrs. Mary Gawrycki, of the Russian Organization, par- ticipated, and both are now well on their way to becoming leading peti- tioners in’ the new peace campaign. One of the leading petitioners Saturday was Margaret Stables who persuaded 43 men and women to put their names down for peace and against war. May Day Greetings | Local No. 649 — Copper Mountain Miners’ Union — BOX 42: COPPER MOUNTAIN, BC |. One young couple left. the street canvass when they felt it was well covered and took the petition house- to-house. . Within two hours they had gathered 65 signatures. . Other high petitioners were Elna Tornblad, Teenie Wesioly, Jock Taylor, Doreen Arsenault, Ernie Lawrie, S. R. Freedman, Steve Ach- temichuk, Eleanor Freedman, Sally Osipov, Phil Zarden, George Kas- INBBHENB BEE ‘Build Labor Unity as Solid as the Ore We Dig’ a sian, Rose Tabbson, Paddye Cul- A : PGB RURN EU BI aie 7 ~ West Coast Seamen’s Union (Canada) 61 W. Cordova Street ‘ EXTENDS MAY DAY GREETINGS TO ORGANIZED LABOR AND FRIENDS. Seamen are in the Forefront for. World Peace _ and Prosperity GREETINGS ON MAY DAY — AND THANKS TO ALL OF Youngest petition was Syear-old|] . | OUR MANY SUPPORTERS IN OUR FIGHT FOR Rosheen Culhane who collected two : TRA ( important signatures. DE UNION DEMOCRACY hane, Olive Wilkinson, Jean Bird, Freda Lehan and Mrs. Julia Pro- kopchuk, Boe 2h ” i Organizations represented in : _the canvass were Vancouver : Peace Assembly, Capitol. Hill Peace Council, B.C. Peace Coun- cil; Jewish Peace Council, Asso- ciation of United Ukrainian-Can- adians, Russion Organization, National Federation of Labor Youth, and East End Peace Com- mittee. ‘ % PPODSSS 9S he / Vancouver Civic Employees Union | | Local 28 — Outside Workers a TOM EVANS i President Mrs. H. Bell, of the Finnish Or- ganization, who took charge of the canvass headquarters in Clinton ° Hall, collected several signatures JACK PHILLIPS SecretaTy — ; _ DONALD GUISE Business Agent PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 27, 1951 — pas’ while holding the fort.