Gert Whyte's 7 WORSE PLAYERS are senti- _~** mentalists' at heart, as any reader of Damon Runyan knows. In the Victoria Day Handicap most of the money "went on Kronje and Jet Speed, but when Magic Note raced to the front from an » extreme outside position and led the pack around the club- _ house turn, many patrons be- gan to hope that the nine- 3 _ year-old pregnant “Queen of _ Hastings” could keep up the e, Keep it up she did. And when the punters saw Magic ' Note sweep into the stretch Still in front, a round of ap- _ Pplause began, which became /a roar as the gallant mare - fought off Kronje’s challenge and hit the wire first. _ As Magic Note had her - blanket draped over her in _ the winner’s circle, she re- ceived another standing ova- “ton _ “I never minded losing two biicks less,” said a character _who had bet on Kronje. Peo- ple everywhere were saying _ the same thing. _ And for those faithful who had wagered on Magic Note out of pure sentiment, there Was a nice little $17.20 divi- end as well. _ Magic Note will have her } “foal early next year. Pappy } isKnockmealdown, who stands at Nels Jensen’s farm. on Lulu Island. By Royal Charger out - Nigelia, Knockmeldown “(who is a seven-year-old) Won a stake in England, -pranced off a plane to run second to E) Drag, the latter _ winning the six furlongs’ race in 1,09:2. Later Knockmeal- down won by six lengths in a ‘six furlong sprint at Del Mar, in the handy time of 1.09:4. xt $e se) Thousands attended the races over the holiday weekend, and tens of thousands cram- med the beaches. Other peo- ple drove inland to lakes and rivers to get in a spot of fish- ing. Came Tuesday and the in- evitable headlines telling how an unfortunate few had lost their lives by drowning. This summer the Canadian Red Cross Society will make an effort to reduce Canada’s drowning toll, by conducting a strong educational cam- paign, starting during Na- tional Water Safety Week, June 15-21, Some Red Cross _ safety rules: Don’t swim alone. Don’t swim at unsupervised ‘swimming places. Don’t dive into unknown water. Rocks and _ branches may be hidden. Don’t swim after eating. Wait at least two hours. Don’t swim when overheat- ed. Cool off gradually first. Don’t swim: when overtived. Don’t swim too far from shore. Swim parallel to the shore. Don’t swim until you be- come exhausted, particularly if the water is cold. Don’t swim after dark, Don’t panic if you get into difficulties. You must think clearly if you are to do the right thing. Don’t “duck” or push bath- ers into water. Playfulness may cost a life. MAGIC NOTE Vancouver Labor Council approves WO aeeich nae proposal to run full civic slate Through its Political Education Committee, Vancouver Labor Council, at its meeting Tuesday this week, recommended nomination of a full slate of aldermanic candidates in next December’s Vancouver civic elections. These nominees, according to the recommendation, need not necessarily all be members of VLC affiliates. A committee composed of PEC chairman, with the presi- dent and secretary of the council, plans to meet with other civic groups with the object in view of winning a maximum of unity in the civic groups withH-p hand civic elections. The council also expressed its readiness to assist civic candidates in neighboring mu- nicipalities who have the en- dorsation or approval of the VLC. Reporting on the Seafarers’ strike on CPR boats the SIU delegate said there was no indication as yet of any settle- ment with the company. Marine Engineers reported that a strike vote of their personnel on Black Ball Fer- ries showed 90 percent in favor. Black Ball had advised the union’s negotiating com- mittee it was not prepared to settle without prior consulta- tion with the CPR. (Over the holiday weekend Black Ball Ferries cashed in on _ the heavy passenger and vehicle traffic to and from Vancouver Island). The Vancouver and Sun came under fire for their slanted report- age of labor affairs. Vancou- ver Newspaper Guild had a resolution before the council, protesting exclusion of the daily press at its last session, Chris Crombie, Guild execu- tive secretary, together with Jean Howarth and Jack II- lingworth offered no demnation of their papers. On the contrary, they attempted to defend their labor cover- ALG Other delegates told the Guild members that if they considered themselves part of the labor movement their job was to fight the dailies’ attack on labor rather than defend it. “Objective reporting,” stated one delegate “is one thing, but editorializing all the way through in covering labor ac- tivities is something else.” Province heavy con- Plumbers’ delegate reported that an employer had gone to work in a big Engglish Bay apartment construction job. The plumbers had_ picketed the job in protest. Because of this action Chief Justice Sherwood Lett had promptly granted the employer an in- junction against the plumbers’ picket line. In the discussion, delegates voiced the opinion that the right to strike and picket as provided in the Labor Rela- tions Act is being systemati- cally and repeatedly scuttled by the readiness of the courts to move in and grant the em- ployers injunctions against la- bor in its exercise of its legal rights. Union brief argues for merchant marine Aimed at restoring Canadian shipbuilding from a virtually derelict industry to one of the nation’s key industries through the promotion of a growing Canadian merchant marine, presi- dent William Stewart and secretary Sam Jenkins of the Ship- yard General Workers Federation of B.C. will present a brief early next week to the Die- fenbaker government. While in Ottawa the two shipyard leaders will also con- tact as many MPs as possible, presenting them with a copy of the brief and _ soliciting support for its proposals. Prime purpose of the dele- gation supporting the brief is to impress upon the govern- ment the urgent need of ex- tended shipbuilding to corres- pond with this country’s needs as an exporting nation, and to help alleviate chronic unemployment in the indus- try. The shipyard brief covers a wide range of factual data re- lating to the gradual scuttling of Canada’s merchant marine by successive governments since 1941, by sale and trans- fer of registery to foreign in- terests. It urges the need of temporary subsidy to enable such a merchant marine fleet to begin initial operation. It also scores the govern- ment’s annual spending of some $30 million on naval vessel construction, describ- ing it as ‘wholly unproductive expenditure,” and points out that the same sum could build “‘several fast modern freighters,” thus creating a “productive asset” for the na- tion. The brief also condemns the Diefenbaker government for its attempt to break the Sea- farers International Union’s strike against Canadian Na- tional Steamships in Eastern ports, first by. transferring the registery of these vessels to Trinidad, and . now. offering them for sale. This is des- cribed in the brief as “an act of strikebreaking by the government of Canada.” Emphasized also in the brief is the great potential market for Canadian products in People’s China and_ other Asian countries, the country’s need of its own merchant - marine to carry on trans-Pa- cific trade. While in the east, Stewart and Jenkins will attend a wage conference in Moncton, New Brunswick, of the Mari- time Shipyard Unions and the Catholic Syndicate Unions in the industry. Pact rejected by Mine-Mill Last week’s issue of the Pacific Tribubne erroneously reported Mine-Mill wage ne- gotiations as being settled. Actually voting on the pro- posed terms of the settlement as recommended by the ne- gotiating committee only took place this week. It was turn- ed down by Mine-Mill mem- bership by a vote of 1,868 to 1,160. The bargaining committee reconvened with Consolidated Mining and Smelting in Kim- berley this week but with little expectation that agree- ment will be reached. Failing agreement, the dispute will go to conciliation. ROOFING REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Gutters and Downpipes Reasonable ICK BITZ MU. 1-6031 Se eB a Sa Cees NS May 23, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7