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United States planes spelling
out Marshal Tito’s name in the sky
(above) are part of the larger
pattern of U.S. intrigue in Europe
as it is now being divulged by for-
mer high-placed Czechoslovak of-
ficials on trial for treason at

' Prague. One, former Czechoslovak
Foreign Minister Vladimir Clem-
entis, named John Foster Dulles,
President-elect Eisenhower's
choice for secretary of state
(right), as one of those to whom
he had given information. (See
story on page 3.) i

Great U.S. appeal
eads world effort
to save Rosenbergs

NEW YORK
Despite world-wide protests,
U.S. Federal Judge Irving Kauf-
man has fixed the week of Janu-
ary 12 for the execution of Ethel
and Julius Rosenberg, victims of
“a frame-up conviction for “atom
spying.” . It was the same Judge
Kaufman ‘who set the unprece-
dented death sentence against the
Rosénbergs. a
The National Committee to Se-
cure Justice in’ the Rosenberg Case
stated the January 12 date ““was
set without any regard for new
legal motions dealing with aspects
of the case hitherto not presented
to the courts.” Emanuel Bloch,
counsel for the Rosenbergs, has
stated he would apply to the U.S.
Federal Court for an order in-
validating their conviction and
asking for a new trial.

The committee emphasizes that
“only an unprecedented nation-
wide appeal to President Truman
can prevent the shame which the
carrying through of this sentence
would bring to our cherished tra-
dtiions of mercifulness and jus-
tice.’ The committee called upon
American religious, political and
labor leaders, on women’s organ-
izations on the Negro people —

_ “to all who believe that human life

is too sacred to be surrendered to
a moment of extreme social pas-
sion — send your appeal for
clemency to President Truman

now!”

‘From London, it is reported so
many letters have been received at
the U.S. embassy demanding lift-
ing of the death sentence on Ethel
and Julius Rosenberg that the
embassy has had a special reply
printed.

Columbia

yvelections

_ Voters of Similkameen and Columbia provincial ridings on Monday this week responded to —
Premier W. A. C. Bennett's plea to give his two appointed cabinet members seats in the legislature
by electing them both on first count votes. In Similkameen, Finance Minister Einar Gunderson

headed the poll for Social Credit and in Columbia, Attorney General Robert Bonner had a com’

fortable lead over his CCF and Liberal opponents.
Vote in Similkameen, 54 polls complete, was:

Gunderson, Social Credit, 54813
Kenyon, CCF, 3552; Klein, Far-
mer-Labor, 134.

In the provincial general elec-
tion on June 12 the first count
vote was:

Kenyon, 3433; Francis, Social
Credit, 3344; Finnerty, Liberal,
2545; Titchmarsh, Progressive
Conservative, 1401.

Vote in Columbia, 22 polls com-
plete, was,

Bonner, Social Credit, 1146;
Keenleyside, Liberal, 455; Mad-
son, CCF, 390. ;

In the provincial gencrai eiec-
tion the first count vote was:

Social Credit, 851;

Newton,

Kimpton, Liberal, 649; Madson, ~

CCF, 365; Zinkan,
Conservative, 360.

Progressive

The Conservatives stayed out
of both. byelections, to permit
which two Social Crediters resign-
ed their seats, and the Liberals

contested only Columbia.

The poor showing made ‘by the
CCF was attributed by political
observers to its failure to take up
the real issues of the campaign.

“Leading CCF. spokesmen have
been gagged by their cold war poli-
cies,’ Nigel. Morgan, LPP provin-
cial leader, commented on his re-
turn to Vancouver this week.
“Many CCF supporters are becom-
ing thoroughly disgusted with
these policies and the CCF show-
ing was only bolstered because of
a local split among the Liberals
which gave Kenyon, who is a
prominent member of the local
Chamber of Commerce and head
of one of the biggest construction
companies in the Valley, the back-
handed support of some business-
men.” .

In Morgan’s opinion, Kenyon’s
“neutral” stand on union-raiding
cost him some labor support and
many growers were dissatisfied
with his attempt to pass off U.S.
fruit and vegetable dumping as
federal matters.

Thanking his supporters, “and
especially my union, Mine-Mill,
which officially endorsed my can-
didacy and gave substantial as-
sistance to my campaign,” Joe
Klein, independent Farmer-Labor
candidate, expressed the hope that
“the political activity begun by
a section of the workers and far-
mers in the course of this short
two-week campaign will be con-
tinued and extended. before an-
other election comes around.

“T allowed my. workmates to put
my name forward in order to com-

"pel discussion of the issue of peace,

markets and jobs as the alterna-
tive to war, unemployment and
devastation,” he said. ‘These is-
sues, the question of the dumping
af $56 million worth of U.S. fruit
and vegetables in this country dur-

ng the first half 6f 1952, the is:

sue of a custom-smelter for the
Princeton area as well as certain
questions in connection with en-
forcement of the Metalliferous

Every sub
makes us
stronger

This was a good week for

' subs — and street corner sales

took an upswing, too. One
young salesman sold~90 copies
last Saturday, and another sold
47. Not including paper sales
as subs, the sub total for the
week reached the figure of

he

“Club of the’ Week” by a wide
margin was Building Trades, with
12 subs. In second place the A.
E. Smith press club brought in 6
subs, followed by Nanaimo, with
4; Strathcona, 4; Ship and Steel,
4; Michel, 3; East End, 3; North
Vancouver, 3; Kamloops, 2; Ol-
gin, 2; and West End, 2.

The civic election period is a
good time to win new subscrib-
ers, and PT supporters who are
out door-knocking for one or
another progressive candidates
should keep that in mind. We
hope to win many new readers
between now and December 10.

Mines \Act and_ union-raiding,
would not have been raised if we
had not entered the campaign.

“These questions have been rais-
ed publicly, and certain commit-
ments were made by the govern-
ment candidate during the course
of the campaign which, if carried
out, will have a bearing on condi-
ditions in the mines, and I only
regret that the campaign was so
short and ovr resources so smal}
that we couldn’t make a more jm-
pressive showing and thus have

commanded a greater influence on *

the future of our province.”

“manic

Continued

‘Phone

ceived many increases in the T@
cent period,” the crusading alder-
candidate ridiculed the
company’s plea that it was losing
money. : ;

“In 1951 its profits were $1
511,818,” she declared. “There
should ‘be a full-scale public in”
quiry held here at which all intet
ested parties could appear and
state their arguments against the
proposed increases.” ; E

Mrs. Jones charged that Bull, ©
instead of opposing a rate in”
crease, was actually advocating 40
interim increase.

.“The city council has no juris
diction whatsoever in supporting
the stand taken by Alfred Bull
that the company be granted fut
ther increases. If it supports that
stand it is betraying the public’s
interests.”

B.C. provincial council of the
Congress of Canadian "Wome?
sent a letter to the Board of
Transport Commissioners 14
week expressing strong oppositio®
to the proposed rate hike. The
letter said, in part:

“At a rate hearing in 1949 the
City of Vancouver bitterly com
tended that the BCTelephon®
Company was being milked by its
parent company and affiliate
companies through unbusinesslike
contracts and purchasing dea
made with them. wn

“This situation is still in exist
ence and we urge a full investig®™
tion into the BCTelephone Com”
pany’s intricate family tie-up.

“Since 1916, BCT has paid ®
dividend of 8 percent to share
holders, which is high for a publi¢
utility. ...

“We ‘maintain that the con
pany’s application for an increase
is absolutely unjustified and We
urge that no increase be grante@

0 IO 0 0 IO MIO———IOF
The LONG and

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the SHORT of it is..-
The HUB has sold

Union-Made Men’s Weer

vice for over 50 years.

45 E. Hastings
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