ew hal wulns pire me PTT ATC EP rr TT PET ine cate Lit titan enmesottlalll Lela tee a aaa | a — sala a td a lp : | wlll iM ap oom |) mA ul all on me tl ee = feet) yee the “Hh ila La | | L wll = Morris to speak in city on his impressions of Soviet congress “The biggest story in the world”—the story of the gigantic Pe struction projects under way in the Soviet Union—will be descrit é by Leslie Morris at a Lenin Memorial meeting in Pender Auditor t 2Gl Fy C. “0, rill ween Lf Lim, PEXOUINTS) oa oe ll TN Pe FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1953 a 7 henscnadllll at etn : - Labor bodies join. in urging review of Clemens case Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) this week went on record as urging Attorney General Robert Bonner to review the evidence in the Clarence Clemens case, at the same time levelling -sharp criticism at Vancouver city police for their handling of “drunks.” Local 217, International Woodworkers of America, also endors- 2d a resolution asking examination of inquest evidence. In an open letter to the attorney general published in the Fisherman of January 13, George North, editor of that paper and a member of the Vancouver Joint Labor Committee To* Combat Continued CCL tained, and “Whereas, the Attorney-General for the Province of British Colum- bia appointed a special represen- tative to attend the inquest, and “Whereas, we do not feel that the evidence brought out in this inquest was adequately interpolat- ed or sincerely considered by the jury; “Therefore be it resolved, that this ninth annual convention of the B.C. Federation of Labor go on record as requesting the At- torney-General to examine close- ly the evidence as transcribed and to take action within his powers that will remove the stigma of doubt now harbored by the peo- ple of British Columbia because ’ of the jury’s decision which com- pletely exonerated those respon- sible for events leading up to the death of Clarence Clemens.” Racial Discrimination, states that he sat through the entire proceed- ings of the inquest and “came away from the court room shock- ° ed that any jury which had before it the evidence presented by some 52 witnesses could reach the con- clusion it did.” North concludes his lengthy re- view of discrepancies brought. out in the evidence with a plea to the attorney general ‘to act on the re- quest of the B.C. Federation of Labor for a review of the case and of the verdict. “It would, in my opinion, be not only a tragedy but a dangerons precedent if this case were to be considered closed without a most thorough investigation by your department,” he states. AUUC concert A public concert in Hastings Odeon Theatre this Sunday even- ing, January 18, will wind up a two-day provincial convention of the Association of United Ukrain- ian Canadians to be held in Van- couver this weekend. 5 : ne TOP: Janet Curtis and Roland Lawrence, elected respectively secretary and chairman of the ‘ formed Negro Citizens League, set up to combat racial discrimination in Vancouver. on Friday, Jarfuary 23. Morris, a member of the LPP nation executive, attended the recent 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a fraternal guest. ace BOE “At the last ceremonial session of the Congress, just Dé Stalin made his wonderful speech, it, fell to the honor of our party (the LPP) for me to be introduc- ed by Marshal Voroshilovy,”. Mor- ris said on his return to Canada. “JT shall never forget the moment of looking into the smiling faces of the delegates and trying to speak for our party to them. They were especially happy when I was able to complete my speech in the Russian language.” Morris was privileged to attend a reception at the Kremlin attend- ed by Stalin, ‘and later was invit- ed-to visit Leningrad. : “Tater. on’ a special train plac- ed at our disposal, we visited mighty Stalingrad, and then for three days travelled through the new Volga-Don Canal and _ the .~Tsimlanskoye Sea, in company with the chief engineer of this gigantic project whose construc- tion was 98.4 ‘mechanized, the world’s record up to now. -“This country reminded me of southern Alberta and southera Saskatchewan in the drought years. The canal and irrigation system will bring these dry ee steppes back to green life ne year, as we can bring our soutl- ern prairies permanently back © life. I couldn't’ help thinking of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The . : ae chief engineer knew about the sea way and we agreed that the ‘i jobs could be roughly compare’ a to work and engineering.” : Morris also travelled throug the Ukraine and visited Kiev; a capital of the Krainian na and the birthplace of the i peoples.” He had the opportunl if of spending a day on a collecaT farm named after Lenin. D@ Kiev. ; a Preparations have been ss for an overflow meeting at pende Auditorium, and people who wan a seat in the main hall are ut8® to get them early. Morris’ provincial itinerar. 2 lows: January 25, Courtenay; 7* uary 26, Port Alberni; Jan 27, Nanaimo; January 28, : toria; January 30, Haney; ie ruary 4, Vernon; February ” Trail; February 7, Michel. : 'y fol’ wily" ‘OM: Pat BOTTOM jish *? . ab the crowd which attended the meeting in Fishermen’s Hall to protest the Clemens verdict and esta anti-discrimination organization. Big meeting launches new organization Negro Citizens League asks for probe of Clemens verdict A Negro Citizens League, whose aim will be to combat racial dis- crimination, was set up Monday this week at a meeting in Fisher- men’s: Hall attended by more than 150 Negro citizens of Vancouver. The new organization elected a committee of 20 to lead its work, and named Roland Lawrence as chairman and Janet Curtis as secretary. First act of the Negro Citizens League was to pass unanimously a resolution requesting Attorney- General Robert Bonner to conduct an immediate investigation into the inquiry verdict in the Clarence Clemens case. “Those of you who were able to attend that inquest know what went on,” said chairman Roland Lawrence. “I was there from be- ginning to end, and if there’s anything that stinks to high heav- en, that inquest did. “Police witnesses got up and kissed the bible and swore to tell the truth. But the evidence they gave had many discrepancies. Is there anything in the bible that says the earth is (made only for white people? The bible says we are all God’s children, and it doesn’t say anything about color. Then why should any man, black, white, or green, be treated as Clarence Clemens. was? “When elections come around, we Negroes are visited by poli- ticians who shake our hands and ask for our votes. Now we are ' asking them for justice. We won't PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JANUARY 16, 195 _ Workmen’s Compens sit down and accept race and crimination, Weill stand © fight for our rights.” chai Later in the meeting the theif man asked “all those, Wh." hat opinion, are firmly convin¢ : 3@ the verdict in the Clemens ert” was not right, stand uP- imo” one rose to record a 4 vote. ; : ines? Joseph Gilkes, oe Cat yet stood up and said: ; with Gihesace Clemens sine? vet and I never heard of nk ghil! falling down the hold ° th as one detective witness nes inquiry claimed. If se : i ever had such an acct oat a) would have a record of 1 had no such record.”