VOL. Il. No..33 ey Vancouver, British Columbia, August 15, 1952 alts aH a TAL ye, ty 4, LORMITLE AVY ET PRIC Le eee pe tire & 4 TEN CENT Negro girl gives facts ‘End Jim Crow . In Vancouver’ in (Janet Curtis, who contributed this article on racial discrim- “dag to the Pacific Tribune, is a dancer in Theatre Under the ars current production, Finian’s Rainbow.) By JANET CURTIS Racial discrimination, prejudice and bigotry have teplaced civil rights, justice and freedom for the min- Srity groups in Vancouver. I write specifically of the problems confronting is Negro population, because I am more familiar with em; though I am aware of the injustices practised Sill best bet for a dime at nickel? That story on the ‘Sean Clarence Clemens took -M the cops makes the Pacific pe oune worth a buck,’’ a Negro ®ader saidj last, week. Seine week the price of the PT our sent aan circulation workers— lin n subs and renewals total- g 1109 LP See at Wil you help us extend our mawlation this week? A six: po sub costs $1.60; a yearly Per ption costs $3. Sign up Tiend or nei aby Now! or neighbor as a_reader Reinstate unions, WA local urges oe 6,000-member Vancouver & res Local 217 this week passed the patlon to be forwarded to ihe ant national convention urg- ectat, the Mine-Mill, United Leath Cal Workers and Fur and int, 7 Unions be brought, back ‘tion © congress, Another reso- Passed asked the CCL to against all racial minorities. During the past month atroc- ious examples of racial intoler- ance have allegedly been per- petrated ‘by our “protectors of peace, civil rights and justice,” the city police force. When you read the story of the Negro, ‘Clarence Clemens, who today lies gravely ill in hos- pital as a result of a sadistic beating he received, you ‘are re minded of the actions of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States and ‘the SS troops of Hitler’s re- gime. : Clemens’ experience is only one example of many similar eases that have passed, unpub- licized and unpunished. Continued on back page See JIMCROW PT e@ A Dramatic moment — the meeting of the Volga and Don rivers — is,pictured below. Completion of the Lenin Canal is being hailed as the Soviet Union’s greatest achievement and the official opening on July 27 was marked by a day of national celebration. ‘ WAR WEAP MASS MUR GCF URGES ~ OF STORY ON PAGE 6