) EDITORIAL How not fo do it hen all the wiseacres have completed their literary or oratorical stint on what sparked the disgraceful riot during the Vancouver Grey Cup parade last Friday evening, John Q. Public will probably be no wiser than before, With a grand total of some 443 arrests for offenses ranging all the way from unlawful assembly to just plain drunk, it is obvious Vancouver’s “finest” were kept pretty busy on the “law and order” front, Hense it is probably in that area where a study should be made of some of the factors which turned an isolated fracas of over-exuberant Grey Cup fans into a full-scale riot, Any student with a rudimentary knowledge of mass psychology will readily agree that one thing which excites an “out-for-ad- venture”? tensed-up throng, is to see an organized police force in the exercise of its authority, battering human beings around like so many animals, - \ Then add to that the use of police dogs — something all decent people despised the Nazis for, because in practice it turns those who train or use dogs against human beings into animals worse than the dogs, Thus while we ponder all the pros and cons of the riot and how it could “happen” in Vancouver, let’s not overlook some of the prime factors which greatly helped to trigger its “ex- plosiveness”, The police had a job to do and they did it. What is open to question is the “how”. Where next Robert? here will be few, cheers from injunction-harassed trade unionists over Monday’s by-election results in the Cariboo, which returnedSocred attorney-general Robert Bonner to Victoria, The only comforting feature of carpet-bagger Bonner’s “victory”. is the narrow margin of votes he received (3,868) as compared with NDP runner-up Hartley Dent (3,386), the latter a substantial gain over the last provincial election, in which Bonner lost his Vancouver=Point Grey seat. While -the Liberal candidate Lee Skipp got 1,054 votes, it is generally conceded on the basis of Vancouver Mayor Rathie’s (Liberal) endorsation of Bonner, that it was largely Liberal votes that gave Bonner the edge over Dent. The overall Socred vote which elected Socred William Speare, (pressured into vacating his seat to make way for Bonner) dropped con- siderably, Speare had a 1,300 margin over runner-up Dent in the provincial election, while in this by-election (at press time) Bonner had‘a bare 482, In the Nov, 11 edition of the PT we predicted that the Bennett- Bonner golddust twins would “promise” most anything to win the seat for Bonner, That prediction has been fully borne out by events. The Socreds won the Cariboo by the crudest form of political bribery — an unprecedented spate of lavish prom- ises, ‘Columbia, Vancouver-Point Grey, the Cariboo — where next Robert? Mc EWEN ith due apologies to Lewis Carroll ‘*The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things, of judges and bulls and slimy stools, and court injunc- tion rules.” The year 1966 has underscored two views on exparte court in- junctions against working men, and provided a confirmation of the answer to both, One, that organized labor must oppose all such illegal injunction edicts with every ounce of econ- omic, political and moral strength it can mobilize, That view, of course, entails calcu- lated risks, but working class progress in aclass society hasn’t yet discovered a way of making an omelette without breaking eges. The other view is a highly “legal” one, Just don’t do any- thing that might be construed as “intimidating” the court in its majestic function of enforcing a bad ‘law’? as a means of _ nullifying a moderately good one, _ Bird’s wordy *judgment,”. The motivating theory, if such it may be called, supporting this view is that if the anti-injunction victim is “contrite” enough, and/or admits by word or atti- tude that his (or her) sense of ‘«guilt?? is duly admitted, the court will assume a “lenient” pose and order its victims released from “durance vile,”’ This view stems from the same mentality which holds that the class struggle (horrid words) in our “enlightened” society no longer exists, hence the strike weapon itself is“outmoded,”’ The year 1966 certainly put the kibosh on that infantile naivete, des- pite injunction- minded courts and _“legalistic’’ social democratic il- lusions to the contrary, Last week Mr, Justice Bird 'of the Appeal Court of British Columbia in a 17-page “judg- ment” rejected the appeal of four B.C, labor leaders, three appeals based on sentence and one on conviction. Four of his “learned’’ colleagues gave their nod of approval to Mr, Justice Ht a . IN B.C. MUNICIPALITIES: Education costs, taxes highlight civic issues Voters in most of B.C.’s muni- cipalities will go to the polls Saturday, December 10 to elect council, school and parks board candidates. Vancouver, which comes under a special charter, DOROTHY LYNAS, running for re- election to North Van District school board. GEORGE McKNIGHT, running as inde- pendent candidate for alderman in Alberni. Starting off on the premise that the four imprisoned union leaders are men “setting them- selves up as persons who are above the law,” which by the way is almost the exact wordage used: against the “Six Men of Dorcet” back in the year 1834, Chief Justice Bird launches into a lengthy ‘‘legal’’? dissertation on the “rights” and “responsibili- ties” of organized labor and the citizen generally, Having concluded that the im- prisoned union leaders consid- ered themselves “above the law” it follows that the “learned” judge’s conclusions would be well spiced with such legal mumbo jumbo as “a deterrent to others,’’ the need of “more severe sen- tences,’’ ‘¢‘dangerous to the public order,” etc, and etc, It also follows that the *‘Jearned” judge’s judgment would | project that long-sustained and hoary illusion that the courts are above, and totally impartial to class interests, Hence on the issuance of restraining exparte court injunctions, it dispenses these with a most impartial hand, treating management and labor alike with a most astounding “equality.” Reminds us of the great Anatole France’s classical observation that ‘*,. the majestic equality of the law forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep on park benches.”, . .etc. will not vote until Wednesday, December 14, aby Many important issues face _ voters in municipalities across B.C. Top among those areissues of taxation, greater aid from senior governments to maintain needed .services, civic democ- racy, transportation services, more aid for education, and issues of a local character. On Vancouver Island much in- terest is centred on Alberni where popular trade unionist and community leader George Mc- Knight is running for alderman, McKnight has spearheaded many campaigns in the Alberni valley in recent months, outstanding of which was the anti-pollution fight in which he played a prom- inent part. In North. Vancouver District Dorothy Lynas, for nine years a member of the school board, is running for re-election this year, A 26 year resident on the North Shore, Mrs. Lynas has been ac= tive in PTA, ratepayer and com- munity affairs. She is currently chairman ofthe NorthShore Union Board of Health and serves on the District Planning Advisory Commission, In a letter mailed out to thou- sands of residents this week Mrs, Lynas hit the provincial govern- ment’s cutback in school cone struction, “There is no good rea= son why a booming province, rich with natural wealth and skilled people should have tocutbackon so fundamental and important a matter as the education of our _ young,” she said. Mrs. Lynas also urges early action on akindergarten program using available space and extend- ing the program as space is pro- vided. : So we come back to where we started on these two views: the one confirmed by a Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) conven- tion to oppose court injunctions in labor-management disputes “by every means possible,’’ The other, not to “intimidate” the courts by any unseemly “pressures” whatsoever, be- -@ause such demonstrative ac- tions on the part of labor might “prejudice” the court’s ultimate judgment. To accept the “brand- ing reproach” of guilt, by ap- pealing the sentence instead of the conviction, and rely upon the “mercy,” “clemency” or what have you of the ‘‘learned” judges to mitigate the penalty. The Vancouver Sun’s maudlin editorial of Nov. 24 grinds out the “clemency” idea witha touch- ing philistine concern, ‘‘Con- firmation of sentences by the In Surrey municipality former. Burnaby councillor and retired railroad engineer Harry Ball is running for a seat on councile - Also running in Surrey is Bob McLaren, who is contesting 4 seat for school board, Active in — local ratepayer and PTA organi-. zations, McLaren was endorsed by the Vancouver Labor Council — when he ran for civic office last — year, A key plank in his program is greater aid from senior govern=- ments for education, He urges that Ottawa provide a grant, based on population, sufficient to cover the cost of all elementary educa- tion. He also calls. on the B.C. government to provide a grant in aid of education equal to the cost of secondary schools and places of higher learning. In Kamloops, William Fergu~ son, leading spokesman for the city’s civic workers and well- known union leader, is running for” school board, BOB McLAREN, seeking election fo Surrey school board. B.C, Court of Appeal in the case of the four jailed labor leaders should leave no one in doubt that orders of the court in this country must be obeyed.” But if the “culprits” con- cerned have ‘‘understood the message” then “no public purpose would be served by keeping the culprits in jail for the fullterm.” Therefore to turn them loose now “would be in accord with the spirit of Christmas.” ; Mr, Justice Bird’s ‘‘judgment” contains some very salutory (Gis unintentional) lessons for labor. These however can only be learned if “legalistic” illusions are cast aside, and labor mo- bilizes its full strength on the basis of the CLC resolution: t0 oppose the “legal” strangula- tion of labor by injunction — “by every means possible,” —— Editor—TOM McEWEN Pacitic Tribune West Coast edition, Canadian Tribune Associate Editor—MAURICE RUSH Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone 685-5288. Subscription Rates: Canada, $5.00 one year; $2.75 tor six months. North and South America and Commonwealth countries, $6.00 one year. All other countries, $7.00 one year. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Ottice Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash.