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VOL. 12. No. 28

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STORIES ON PAGES 3 AND 10

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 17,1953 «=> ——SSCé PRICE TEN CENTS

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Phir: Of bread and flour,
Brogre. Maurice Rush, Labor-
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Ponce and figures at a public

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brush will also present a
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Rush | Aoraanees probe

Into flour prices

tee on August 4 urging coun-
cil to request an inquiry under
the Combines Investigation
Act.

Meanwhile, in his capacity
as LPP city secretary, Rush
has addressed the following
letter to all trade union locals
in the city:

I am writing you on a mat-
ter of vital importance to all
working men and women. in
recent days the price of bread
has gone up one cent a Joaf

Continued on back page
See RUSH

Why St. Laurent —
hurried election

LIBERALS
FEAR POLICY
COLLAPSE

: STORY ON PAGE 2

Removal of former minister foiled plot to destroy Soviet state

Cria ‘aimed at seizing power’ states Pravda

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tia Betia’s removal from the posts of first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers and minister of internal affairs may thus be considered

for the principle of civil rights being respected and the right of the Communist party to supervise the work of every organ of the
Continued on back page — See REMOVAL

By the removal from office of Lavrenti P. Beria, the Soviet Communist party has shown the Soviet people and the world that

By RALPH PARKER

MOSCOW
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ing about the need to strengthen respect for law, in the interests of civil rights, will be firmly carried out. Nothing less than foiling by
the Communist party's highest body of a plot by Beria to seize: power is seen here as the meaning of the decision

: stripping him of the powers which he obtained by various machinations. It is now disclosed that the former min-

trait internal affairs opposed the measures taken by the Communist party and the Soviet government to guarantee civil rights and to liquidate

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