Enters two candidates, seeks reelection of Douglas gov’t Sask. LPP campaigns against Liberals SASKATOON The _ Labor-Progressive - party will campaign in the June 11 Sas- Katchewan election with a three- fold objective: 1 To help build a ‘great peo- * ple’s crusade” to ensure de- feat of the Liberals, now the of- ficial] opposition, led by Walter Tucker. 2 To ensure reelection of the * CGF government of Premier T. «Cc. Douglas seeking a third term of office. To elect its own candidates, * Bill Berezowski in Pelly and Bill Beeching in Regina, Bere- zowski contested Pelly for the LPP in the last provincial elec- tion. Beeching is seeking elec- tion to the new seat created by the last redistribution. Regina, until now a two-seat constitu- ency represented in the last leg- islature by two CC¥Fers, will have three seats in the new legisla- ture. The -LPP is calling . for election of Beeching and two cCFers. In a press release. issued last week following Premier Douglas’ announcement of the election date. Nelson Clarke, LPP Saskat- chewan leader, declared: “Despite the fact that the Lib- erals will pour over one million dollars into the Saskatchewan élection, the people will defeat them on June 11. The people of Saskatchewan are fed up with the Liberal party whose arms program is costing Saskatchewan more than al] the money spent by provincial and municipal gov- ernments put together. “The people of Saskatchewan want peace, They want our trade policies freed from the dictates of the United States dollar, so that we can sell our wheat and livestock. They want our rich resources developed by and for the people of Saskatchewan. They want no repetition of the sell-out to Imperial Oil which the Liber- als pulled off when they were last in office in Saskatchewan.” Clarke said the LPP was limit- ing its nominations ‘‘solely be- cause of the need to build the strongest unity against the Lib- eral threat.’”” He said the LPP would carry on its own indepen- dent campaign in all constituen- cies “to make sure there is no Liberal come-back.”’ The Saskatchewan LPP is put- ting forward its own 11-point program. The program scathingly de- nounces the policies of the Tuck- er-Gardiner Liberals. On wheat, the program says: “The Liberal government has tied the westerh farmer down tothe low prices ‘and narrowed markets of the Yankee-dominated Inter- national Wheat Agreement.” It points out that under the “Liberal misgovernment’”’ at Ot- tawa, the price of farm machin- ery has gone up 63 percent since 1945 while the price of wheat has risen only 3 percent. Freight rates have been boosted 70 per- cent. The program also charges: “Foot and mouth disease broke CCW plans B.C. parley on May 31 An open conference session dealing with the protection of liv- ing standards, children’s health and women’s rights will be a feat- ure of the provincial convention of the Congress of Canadian Wo- men in Pender Auditorium May SD Main business of the conven- tion will be completed at the morning session, and in the after- noon delegates and visitors will have an opportunity to hear a number of well known speakers on topics of vital concern to both women and men. Following the keynote address of Mrs. Agnes Jackson, CCW ex- ecutive secretary, Dr. Joseph Blumes will speak on ‘‘Milk Poli- tics and Our Children;’’ Mrs. W. Kirkness on “How Women Fight For Peace’; Emil Bjarnason on “The Cost of Living Situation” and Mrs. Betty Griffin on ‘“Prob- lems of Working Women.” The morning session convenes at 10 a.m. and the afternoon ses- sion at 2 p.m. BILL BEREZOWSKI LPP candidate in Pelly out in our provmece pbecuuse of the bungling incompetence © Gardiner, plunging our livestock industry into disaster.” Robeson sponsors win lifting of ban on use of Seattle auditorium for rally CCW guest speaker Dr. J. Blumes, who polled more than 22,000 votes, as a school board candidate in Van- couver civic elections last De- cember, will speak on “Milk politics and Our Children’’ at the B.C. convention of the Congress of Canadian Women to be held in Pender Audit- orium May 381. PACIFIC Pr TT | x PRESS WORKERS. Victory Banquet and Dance - Russian People’s Heme 600 Campbell Avenue SATURDAY, MAY 17 — @ BANQUET, 6:30 P.M., CHINESE MENU. FREE TO PRESS BUILDERS. 100 ADDITIONAL TICKETS AT $1.50 EACH ON SALE AT PY OFFICE TO OTHER @ DANCE, 9 P.M., OPEN TO ALL PRESS SUP- PORTERS. TICKETS 50 CENTS AT DOOR. TRIBUNE nt TC TE EG Te JEN BUB TERT Tih a Paul Robeson will sing in the civic auditorium Jones ruled Wednesday last week at the conclu sion held that the sponsoring organization, People’s Pr outlined -in the contract entered into in March wit here May - Judge Jones said he thought the city had probably acted agreement, believing that Robe- son’s singing might be a ‘“‘haz- ard” to the community. But what was the evidence to show that? he asked. “I don’t believe there was any. Because some people dislike him, and all that he stands for, is no evidence for the court to assume that his’ singing will engender racial an- tagonism.”’ Sponsors said arrangements will proceed for the concert. In ja statement issued minutes after the court victory, they expressed confidence that any inference that the people of Seattle will permit any unlawful situation to develop is entirely unwarranted. From the outset, attorneys for the city contended that its leases for the auditorium are merely “licenses” which can be termi- nated, at any time, In this in- stance, the right of cancellation was asserted on the sole ground that the building superintendent does not like ‘the “political be- liefs’’ of the artist. On the stand, Building Super- intendent John 'B. Cain asserted that his action was based solely on the grounds of the ordinance, never before used, which pur- ports to deny permission to use a municipal building for anything which will “engender racial or religious antagonisms.”’ Cain, like all other city witnesses, admitted that Robeson was a great artist but held that his ‘‘communistic”’ political beliefs would cause white persons to be antagonistic to Ne- groes if he were allowed to sing. In the opinion of William J. Coyle, auditorium manager, Robe- son’s admitted greatness as an artist makes him, particularly dan- gerous, Coyle said Robeson has the ability, with his magnificent voice, to make people ‘love or hate.” Coyle said that Robeson’s singing of “Old Man River,’’ for example, would arouse ‘racial an- tagonisms.” } Coyle admitted under cross- examination that he did not take up the matter of the Robe- son concert contract with Cain until after he had received five anonymous telephone protests, He also admitted that these were ‘‘crank’”’ calls but nevers theless he felt that “this was going to be a show-down” and he recommended cancellation to. of a dramatic three-day hearing, ograms, is entitled to a specific performance 45 h auditorium authorities. , SEATTLE 20, Superior Judge Robert ™M: The court in good faith in cancelling the his superior. Conduct of the case was mark- ed by a departure from usual procedures in that John A. Hom- er, assistant corporation counsel presumbably representing the city, played second fiddle to Rob- ert Yothers, a private attorney who claims to have “intervened” on behalf of the Veterans of For- eign Wars and the large down- town Elks Lodge which prohibits Negro mémbership. Several VF'W members contend Yothers has no authority to represent the veter- ans’ organization. Yothers took over the case with stacks of printed matter which he claimed were the’ reports of the Congressional un-American committee, the defunct Ganwell commitee and other proceedings. Repeatedly he attempted to get the court to take ‘judicial no- tice’ of the contents of these documents. Repeatedly the court refused, On one occasion Judge Jones dryly observed that ‘I can- not accept as a fact even the contents of The Congressional Record for I am-sure members of Congress cannot do so.” Although the Negro community had been literally scoured in an effort to find ‘‘witnesses” to con- demn Robeson, only one took the stand. He was Marvin K, Bagley, Protect ballots, Dewhurst urges PORT ALBERNI, B.C. “Voters are concerned about the safety of their ballots during | the three weeks’ interval between the first and second countings,” Alf Dewhurst, LPP candidate for Alberni, said in a letter to F. Hur- ley, provincial returning officer. Dewhurst ; urged Hurley to “heed the fears expressed by the electorate’ and requested infor- mation as to what steps would be taken to ensure that ballots will not be tampered with between countings. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 16, 1952 — PAGE ? Ae ae, a Negro police officer. After col” siderable legal discussion, Bagley answered yes. to the questio? “Does Robeson have a commul: istic reputation?” Bagley was: oD- viously embarrassed anq unde! further questioning said he nad not discussed the matter with any- one in particular, did not ‘knoW Robeson or anyone who doe know him and that his opinio® in the main, was formed from what he had read. He said he was called “out of bed’’ that morning to testify bY a white officer who has bee? identified as the head of the “red squad.” \ The “red squad” head, Ignatius R. Swanton, sat through the trial passing notes to Yothers aBd Homer. Officer Bagley’s testimony W@ contradicted by Negro leader® who took the stand. Vincent Dav is, president of (People’s Pro grams, and Les Catlett and Jame McDaniels, president and vice president respectively of the 5& attle Negro Labor Council, drove home the fact that Robeson }§ recognized and loved by the ove! whelming majority of the Nes! people because of his consiste? fight for full equality, political and economic, for his people. Catlett testified that he is not a member of the Communist partly but scornfully refused to spect — late about whether or not ther® — are Communists among the me”” bers of the Negro Labor Council. ‘We don’t .ask people thei” political affiliation,” he told Homer. “I don’t know yours but I do know that our mem” bers, like Robeson, fight fF jobs for Negroes and agai all forms of discrimination.” McDaniels lauded Robeson #* a great leader of his people 2? said in reference to “Communis tic” activites that “I have heard more about that in this cour room the past two days that. have heard among my people dU! ing the past 20 years.” Mepaniels 5 ‘sharply corrected Yothers 4? Homer on their white suprema¢ remarks saying ‘“‘there are @ of colored people in the wo I am speaking as an'-America? Negro.”