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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,

Mrs. Nora Rodd, executive member of the Congress of Canadian
Women, is scheduled to speak at several meetings and social gather-

ings during her current visit¢to the Coast.

Photo shows Mrs. Rodd

in North Korea in 1951, chatting with Madame Pak Den Ai, leader
of North Korea’s Women’s International Democratic Federation.

Nora Rodd to speak

at B.C. meetings

Mrs. Nora Rodd of Windsor, Ontario, executive member of
the Congress of Canadian Women anda member of the women’s

commission which toured ‘Korea

in 1951, will address a series of

meetings in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island during her cur-

rent visit to the West Coast.

’ Subject of Mrs. Rodd’s talks
will be, “Family Welfare in Can-
ada, 1954.”

On\September 1 Mrs. Rodd will
speak in Nanaimo: and on Sep-
tember 2 in Lake Cowichan. Both
meetings are being sponsored by
the Congress of Canadian Wo-
men.

Mrs. Rodd will be the honored
guest at a garden party Wednes-

“REMEMBER THAT MIRAGE
You SAW?”

There’s no mirage about our
‘Big Clearance Sale. You can see
the bargains plain as day and
the savings will mean dollars to
you, Suits as low as $34.50 (reg-

. $49.50), 2-pant luits $55 .. .

Trench Coats $19.50 (were

$29.50), Sport Shirts $3.95 (reg. .

$6.95). Buy on the Hub‘s FREE

CREDIT PLAN and save up to

15%. ;

45 EAST HASTINGS

the home. of. Mrs. D. Mason, 637
West 15th, North Vancouver. The
affair is being sponsored by the
North Shore chapter of the CCW.

The Hastings East — chapter,
CCW, and the Finnish Women’s
‘Organization are sponsoring a
meeting for Mrs. Rodd at Clinton
Hall, 2605 East Pender, Thurs-
day, September 9 at 8 p.m.

On Friday, September 10 at

& p.m. a meeting will be held at

the home of Mrs. Storgeoff, 215

The South Hill chapter, CCW,
is arranging a meeting at the
home of Mrs. Radosevic, 2295
East 39th,on Monday, September
13 at 8 p.m. :

Sponsored jointly by the wo-
men’s branch, Association of Un-
ited Ukrainian Canadians and the
Federation of Russian Canadians,
a meeting will be held at 600
CampbeH Avenue, Tuesday, Sep-
tember 14 at 8 p.m.

The Burnaby chapter, CCW,
Will hold a meeting on Wednes-
day, September 15 at 8 p.m. in
Norburn Hall, 3890 Hastings.

Pressure forces cannery
to end discrimination __

An era ended at the B.C. Packers cannery in Namu when
white and native women+got together,to remove discriminatory —
signs on the ladies’ restrooms. A white woman got up and took

down the “Natives Only” sign and

U.S. author
speaks here
next Friday

Something different in the way
of speeches is. in store for Van-
couver audiences when ~ George
Marion gives his “map-talk” in
the lower hall’ of the Pender
Auditorium next Friday, Septem-
ber 10 at 8 p.m. :

Marion, a newspaperman of
wide experience,’ 1s currently on

a lecture tour speaking on the

subject “The Next Hundred
Years.”’ His talk is a fact-load-
ed presentation on the _present
world conflict, its historic back-
ground and_ its inevitable out-
come. :

‘His appearance in Vancouver
is sponsored by the People’s Co-
‘ep Bookstore.

St. Louis-born and Midwest-
raised, George Marion. began his
newspaper career in the adver-

_ tising department of the indian-
apolis Star—asking storekeepers
whether they sold more Oh
Henry! candy. bars than Babe
Ruths and how many more. This,

‘= too, is journalism.

There followed a 10-year ap-
prenticeship as a free-lance, writ-
er, going to sea, jumping: ships,
traveling and working in India,
Egypt, Europe, West Africa and
most of the Western Hemisphere.

A chance job in the 1930’s as

a cable-editor for the quasi-gov-
ernmental French news-agency
Havas, turning French cablese
into American journalese, gave
him two advantages not obtain-
able in any school of journalism:
1. an insider’s picture of the
. world news-cartel; 2. an outsid-
er’s view of how “news” is syn-
thetically manufactured, from the
raw material of world-informa-
tion.

In the Havas job he also ac-

sired a knowledge of Spain,
which he visited as a free-lance
in 1934-1935 and again to cover
the civil war of 1936-1939 — the
rehearsal for the Second World
War. 7 ‘

In 1940 he joined the staff of
the Hearst-owned tabloid, the
New York Daily Mirror, where

whe remained until June 1946.

Since that time he has been
engaged in writing books bear-
ing on world affairs. His first,
Bases, and Empires, immediately
established his reputation. The
Communist Trial followed. In
1950 he visited the Soviet Union
and reported All Quiet in the

Labor Day Greetings
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Vancouver, B.C.

_ ship among all the cannery work-

Kremlin. Be #

a native woman took down the
“Whites Ouly” notice.

The signs came down .after
native and white workers at the
plant had voted unanimously for
their removal at a joint meeting
of Native Brotherhood ~and™
UFAWU members.

The action was ‘initiated’ by ,
Alfred Scow, Native Brotherhood
business agent: Last year. he-
raised the question and took a
picture of the signs. The man-
agement’s only reaction was to..®

‘hnreaten him that “the fat would

be in the fire” if-the picture was
ever printed. :
This year Scow led .a’ joint
Native. Brotherhood - UFAWU:
grievance committee which rais-
ed-the matter of the signs again.
Reluctantly the manager conced-
ed that they were discriminatory
and agreed to their removal if the
raembers voted for it.
Commenting on the victory,
Scow said: “The move certainly
indicates an improved relation-

ers whether white or native or of
other racial groups.” *

The Brotherhood has also been
fighting this year to have the
same clauses on seniority and
working conditions that are in the
union agreements also put into.
the Brotherhood agreements.

The operators at first refused
to agree to this but following
meetings with the Brotherhood
executive it was decided that the
question should be sent back to
the membership who are now
considering it.

An example of the lack of
equal conditions is housing. \Con-
ditions . vary from cannery to
cannery but in general Native
Indian workers occupy inferior
quarters. In many places over-
crowding, old buildings and lack
of adequate sanitary facilities
create a real problem. .

In some cases, where there is
no electric light, coal oil and gas
lamps menace the safety of
children who have to be left alone
when cannery workers are work-
ing late.

ban on H-bomb —

EVANSTON, Il.

The World Council of Churches
meeting here, wound up its de-
liberations with a call to all
countries to refrain from using

The Council which represents 163
religious denominations from 48
countries also called for an end
to radial segregation.

The council asked world states-

‘men to pledge that they will re-—

frain from the threat or use of
nuclear weapons against the ter-
ritorial integrity of independence '
of any state. ‘ :

Cavalcade
denounces

What can we do about

Churches call for ~

the atom and hydrogen bombs. “leum products? :

Steve Endicoit, national ieader
of the National Federation Pi,
labor Youth, will visit Britis
Golumbia soon in ‘the course OV
a cross-country speaking me
Endicott, one-time provincia”
leader of the NFLY, will be the
guest speaker at a banquet.

oil exports
SWIFT CURRENT

As the Save Saskatchewan 9}
cavalcade wound through shop"
ring sections of this ‘south-w'
Saskatchewan city hundreds ®
people stopped to listen and 0
read the Labor-Progressive party
leaflet distributed by members °
the cavalcade. nee

People gathered in groups al
along the sidewalks to debate an!
argue the issues raised by sloe”
ans on the cavalcade Cars: “StoP
exporting our jobs,” “Refine ve
oil here,” “Cut Farm Cost
“Beat the threat of depressiO?
“Put Canada First.”

Hverywhere people were say
ing: “That’s right, that’s what Wea
should do.” But there were some

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who said: “How can we do this:
it?”

bate about the future of south”
West Saskatchewan oil has be
gun. Will the heavy crude me
be piped out of this province .
be refined in Minnesota, . or
there be a refinery built here
guarantee jobs for Saskatchewa”
workers and lower priced pett®

to

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Nelson Clarke, provincial lead
er of the Labor-Progressive Pa!) —
speaking from the lead car, a
pealed to all citizens to write As
the Hon. J. H. Brockelbank, ™ e
ister of mineral resources, n>
manding new oil policies wee
will stop the export of Saskate™
ewan oil until the needs of wee
katechewan and Canada are "2

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PUBLIC MEETING

‘The Next Hundred Years’

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Friday, September 10 — 8 p.m.

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