Rally calls for repeal ef his detention. - Catholic Confederation of Labor, | Castle Jewelers . of Garson amendments, demands Bill of Rights — Repeal of amendments to the Criminal Code, rushed through House of Commons in the final week of the recent session, was unanimously requested by more than 500 Vancouver citizens at an open forum of the League for Democratic Rights in Pender Auditorium last Sunday night. government to repeal at its next session the amendments to the Criminal “We request the Canadian Code under sections 3, 132A, 134 ople of Canada; and that of arate introduce a_ ae of Rights to guarantee the rig . and freedoms of the people; any we further urge all citizens er organizations in Canada to ae their full support and press 10 government action,” the resolution said. kers at the forum were a. quai, £. Black, well known educator; Rev. T. Jackson Wray, redired United Church minister; John Cameron, president of the Cumberland local of United Mine Workers; and Miss Elspeth Mun- ro, barrister. oe “Whenever the ordinary citizen relaxes his vigilance our \demo- eratic rights are endangered, stressed ‘Dr. Black. “In the case of the new amendments to the Criminal Code, the cabinet forced the House into hasty and /ill-con- sidered action. Some of these amendments could be used as in- struments -of oppression in ‘times and 509A which infringed on the civil liberties and democratic rights of national hysteria. We need an authoritative statement .on the rights of the Canadian citizen, to help us resist encroachment upon our liberties.” Rev. Jackson. Wray, reviewing the history of English common law, pointed out that the recent amendments to the Criminal Code are depriving Canadian subjects of rights and liberties won over a period of 600 years. “These amendments threaten the labor movement,” declared UMW leader John Cameron. “We all remember when striking coal miners in Estevan were shot at and killed. I would have liked to see more trade union leaders and leaders of my own party, the CCF, here tonight. Some of them are so busy looking for a ‘red’ under their beds that they do not realize the RCMP may be at their doors, and they may find themselves sharing the same ‘pens’ with the ‘reds.’ ee 18 Asbestos leaderfreed ; jail impaired health | MONTREAL Rene Rocque, militant leader of the Asbestos workers in their 1949 strike, has completed his prison term and is now See Regs eas ’ impaired by the seve’ oa nt The Canadian in making the announcement last week, said Rocque would resume American dumping - leads fo layoffs — MONREAL Dumping of purplus American manufactured goods in Canada has resulted in large-scale layoffs in the needle trades industry, according to Robert Haddow, Canadian Dir- ector of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union. Haddow, in ‘a letter to leaders of the United Garment Workers Un- ion, the Amalgamated Clothing, Workers of America and the In- ternational Ladies Garment Work- ers Union, urges “a conference of all needle trades unions to consid- er how best to deal with this sit- uation.” \ LEONG HAT SHOP | | New & Used Hats For Sale Hats Cleaned & Blocked Expert Workmanship 70 West Cordova Street ~~ | MILO CAFE “We Specialize in fe Ukrainian Food” 242 E. Hastings St. \ \|PA. 3037 “Vancouver | Watchmaker and Jewelers Special Discount to yall Tribune Read- ers. Bring this ad with you 752 Granville St. _ N his post as assistant director of organization as soon as he had recovered his health. The Asbestos strike leader had been imprisoned in solitary con- finement in Bordeaux jail on ord- ers of Premier Duplessis, acting as attorney-general. According to the French lang- uage paper Le Devoir, Rocque lost 385 pounds during his months in prison. The paper said several world trade union bodies had come to the defense of Rocque, recalling that the International Confederation of Christian Trade Unions had considered placing the case before the United Nations. . It also said that delegates. to the annual conference of the In- ternational Labor Organization had formally accused the Que- bec government “like the Franco government” of destroying the rights of labor, Many Canadian union locals, es- pecially those under progressive leadership, had denounced Duples- sis for the jailing and persecution of Rocque. “It is time that all of us realized the great importance of standing together and fighting for our liber- ties and our rights: According to these amendments we could be charged and sentenced for insult- ing a stooge of Franco or Chiang Kai-shek.” , “The Bill of Human Rights, pass- ed by the United Nations, was en- dorsed by our Canadian represen- tative, but these new amendments contradict the stand taken by Can- ada at that time,” said Elspeth Munro. “We all remember Section 98, introduced in 1919 during fhe Winnipeg General Strike, and the deep suffering of the people in the early Thirties, until a great public campaign forced the removal. of this infamous section of the Crim- inal Code. Similar action must be taken now to bring about repeal of the recent amendments.” Calling attention to the death of Stanley Deren, a’ Polish-Cana- dian who was struck to the side- walk by a man who objected to him speaking Polish, a resolu- tion | passed by the forum ex- pressed alarm and coneern at the “unchecked growth of hate propaganda aimed at all foreign born | Canadians generally and more specifically at Slavic Can- adians.” The resolution went on to state: “History has taught us that the road to fascism and totalitarianism is paved with the intolerance of the rights of minorities, be it therefore resolved: “This meeting endorses the fol- lowing immediate program of ac- tion against racist hate propa- ganda: “ @ That full justice under the existing laws be dealt in,criminal offenses resulting from racism; @® That members of the legis- lature and parliament be urged to sponsor legislation to make anti- foreign propaganda a criminal of- fense. , @ That a special cébmmittee be set up to initiate a broad educa- tional campaign designed to point out to .all Canadians the contribu- tions and rights of the foreign born Canadians and thus help re- magve the root of racism; “And be it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to city council in Vancouver and that we urge our elected representa- e Apnles ploughed under ati present high prices. Nearly 3000 carloads of apples were recently ploughed under at Yakima, Washington, because growers found no buyers for them TORONTO The national executive of the Labor-Progressive party wired A. D. Dunton, CBC chairman on July 20 demanding the CBC retract “the false and slanderous misrepresen- tations regarding the national leader of our party carried in the national news summary Wednes- day, July 18.” Signed by Stanley B. Ryerson, organization secretary, the wire read: y “The national executive commit- tee of the Labor-Progressive par- ty in session today (July 20) in- | sists upon an immediate retraction by the CBC of the false and slan- derous misrepresentations regard- ing the national leader of our par- ty carried in the national news summary on Wednesday evening, July 18, A . “Tim Buck holds the post of na- tional leader of the LPP by virtue of the firm and-unshakeable con- fidence of the entire membership’ of our party and wide sections of the Canadian people in his ability tives to implement its recommen- dations.” . to the 99-member civic government two thirds of whose members hold office by virtue of Montreal’s com- plicated and undemocratic system of naming councillors. Basis of the move to unseat him was the fact that he was arrested and sentenced to a penitentiary term for his political activities during the Second World War.. LPP provincial leader Gui Caron to unseat Councillor Binder by political and legal means. The ef- fect of the judgment would be to deprive some of the best leaders of the trade union movement — such as Rene Roque (leader of the asbestos workers)—who have been sentenced to jail for activities on _ “Premier Duplessis’ action to remove me the mandate given me by the people of District 5,” Councillor Harry Marrier’s verdict to unseat him from Montreal City Council. Binder was elected to the council last year as one of the 33 declared: ‘We shall fight the action : to lead the struggle, for peace, Harry Binder fights back against Duplessis-engineered ouster _ from Montreal city council — MONTREAL from the city council will not prevent me from carrying out Binder declared. following Judge ‘ representatives returned by popular vote behalf of the working class, of the democratic right to represent the workers in the city council.” Caron called upon the people of Montreal’s District 5 and the whole labor movement in Quecbec to ex- press their protest and to support the fight to retain the seat for la- bor. ‘ It is no secret that the Duples- sis government is the prime mover behind the campaign to oust Bin- der. Since his election Binder has been the centre of stormy scenes in council in his fight for the peo- ple’s interests. He introduced a ‘motion against conscription and helped expose the role of Mayor during the Second World War. He fought against increases in water and property taxes which fall most heavily on the small ratepayers, while the big trusts and corpor- ations escape paying their share, _ Binder also exposedgthe sinister role of the Montreal police “anti- subversive” squad charged with en- forcing the notorious Padlotk law, in attacking the labor movement and al! progressive organizations. In his questioning of Police Dir- anti-subversive squad is a political police whose purpose is to seek to undermine and destroy labor jand progressive organizations. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 27, 1951 — PAGE 7” CBC must retract. slander, says LPP —— democracy and socialism to suC- cess in Canada. “The concocted story of impend- ing change in leadership is a shee? unadulterated fabrication. Its et pose is evident and malicious. I is to be noted that the alleged ‘ews’ item was in fact advanc@ — publicity for an article slated for publication in an anti-labor gossiP column of a financial weekly—4? instance of shameless collusion b& tween the CBC and_anti-labot elements including use of the CPV | for advertising anti-labor publica” tions. j og “We request that retraction 0% this canard be: carried on the same stations and at the same hours 2° — used for broadcasting the slandet in question.” TO ete a Vancouver ee | - Second Hand Store | — @ Stove Parts and Repairs @ Used Plumbing Supplies Tools Kitchenware 538 MAIN ST. PAcific 8457 “Everything in Flowers” FROM ... : ‘ EARL SYKES 56 E. Hastings St. PA. 8855 Houde, who was himself interned: ector Langlois, he showed that the: Vancouver, B.C. —_} “ tmited =, TORS OF oe AL SERVICE 1995 WEST BROADWAY § VANCOUVER, B.C. BAY VIEW Jal yey CANADA’S FINEST MORTUA