By MEL COLBY ‘Pretty subversive stult INQUIRY AS TO LEGAL STATUS OF COMM UNIST PARTY (Excerpt from Hansard, April 27, 1964) Mr. Maurice Coté (Chicoutimi): Mr. to the Minister of J ustice? Speaker, may I direct a question Would the minister inform the house if the communist party is legally recognized as such in Canada, in view of the fact that it submitted a brief to the royal commission on banking? Hon. Guy Favreau (Minister of Justice): Mr. Speaker, I feel that the answer to that question is known by all and I wonder legal opinion. On the other hand, if I it is not a legal party. I would not be giving once again a had to give such an opinion, I would say no, [{Later:] if, by answering it, Mr. R. W. Prittie (Burnaby-Richmond) : T would like to ask the Mini- ster of Justice to clarify his previous answer to the hon. member for Chicoutimi. I think the translator may have misint ing the communist party is illegal. Mr. Favreau: It is not an illegal party. it aside with a courtly gesture and indicated a chair as he lis- tened to our inquiry. “J recall the incident,” he told us. “That was the day poor old Guy didn’t have his hearing aid plugged in when the question was originally put. He thought he was being asked if the Com- munist Party of Iran was legal in Canada. That’s where the con- fusion arose.” rIHIS, we thought, is worth looking into and rang the Minister’s office. “Sorry,” we were told, “but he’s in the House of Commons Law Library and cannot be dis- turbed.” “Looking up constitutional law?” we asked hopefully. “No. Reading a new James Bond thriller. Why don’t you discuss whatever it is you want to talk about with the Minister’s close friend and associate, Sena- tor Blowhard.” The Senator was reading a copy of Fanny Hill but he put “But the Communist Party of Canada,” we persisted. “There’s no question of its legal status?” “Of course not,” agreed Sena- tor Blowhard. “But Guy has some pretty strong opinions BES Training for Olympics Torontonians Frank Anderson and Zvonko Vranesic are : watched closely by Verna Libman as they practice up for the World Chess Olympics to be held in Israel Nov. 2-24. erpreted him by say- about some of the members sit- ting on the Royal Commission on Banking. Thinks they should be banished to somewhere’s around the Polar Ice Cap.” We looked as bright as pos- sible. “Some of those fellows,” mused the Senator, “have some pretty communistic ideas. One of them even thinks interest rates should be lowered.” “Shocking,” we agreed. “Actually,” continued the Sen- ator, “that’s the problem with the Communist Party: it wants lower interest rates, better so- cial security, nuclear disarma- ment and full employment. Pret- ty subversive stuff.” “But,” we objected, “a lot of people who aren't Communists also want those things.” “You've put your finger right on: ite “That’s what makes the ideas subversive. Take Tim Buck,” he continued. “If he had stopped agitating 40 years ago he’d have received the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross by now.” “But Mr. Buck isn’t an avaia- tor,” we told him. “What's the difference,’ snap- ped the Senator. “Don’t we give people doctorates who aren't doctors; don’t we hand out hon- orary degrees to brokers who aren’t broke? The main point it that Mr. Buck and his associates are agitators.” “But how about the thousands of people who agree with the Communists but who are not Communists themselves?” “All agitators,” said the Sena- tor firmly. “They should be pun- ished.” “How?” “Confiscate their copies of Fanny Hill,” boomed the Sena- tor triumphantly. “And as for you,” he scowled, “stay away from the Royal Commission on Banking. It’s a pretty subversive outfit.” . beamed the Senator. » side by J. $. Wallace The carrion crow flies high, flies low, Wheeling over the battlefield With beaks well sharpened and talons steeled To find the corpse of a bo y we knew (Ah, but his mother knew him too) Finding the corpse and dining off it And the name of the carrion crow is HAVE THE DEEPEST AFFE you share, for General Death C can owned) which last few odd thousand dollars for munitions. owned) which got only 24 from and year got only 53 profit. which 1 am (wholly amet million 2% the Canadian g0 m CTION, orporation And for Hawker-Slayer (wholly a half million more for Imperial Spoils Ltd. (wholly Canadian diso fell below the 19 million mark, sad to say. And fc i rest of the kind corporations that join them in sin O Canada, glorious and free, O Canada we stand on guard for thee O Canada we stand on guard for thee ES, THERE THEY ARE, push-button-ready down those Russians when. they invade our wheat and t sneaking in the backdoors of British Columbia t0 buy million more. And all the rest of the socialist soU buy $500 million of to st ana hose Chin dous y If I had my way the presidents of all these coro tions would receive a Nobel peace prize and t Canadian Senate. dents be allotted a seat in the he vice? But I don’t have my way and that is W hope that Ottawa will head a sug make it completely unnecessary gestion of mi to spend a § bombers or Bomarcs or billionaires. Y PLAN, simple in its brill men from the RCMP, the others of their ilk right across Canada. + 4c. the iancy, is to pick th d ch ice, OO yh provincial poli ‘nen | invasion starts I would have these picked nen warhing (it won't be heard, of course; it never ha ai Then they would follow this up not at the invaders but over their heads or ith rnin shots ° with wa et theif : e That would fix them: every shot would ricochel invader bite the dust. Latest evidence in support of my plan is T the respectable Mr. and Mrs. Hansen of Toronto. called them but they didn’t hea warning shot. Naturally, the © ne Po r. Then they it ricocheted and went f their windshield. Multiply that by all the cases you “Look, won’t you introduce me offer her a job in my circus.” to your node: Ne jéoRGE In May 29, 1964—PACIFIC T aiBu™