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Tom McEwen, editor of the
Pacific Tribune, is a fine speaker
and writer with a vast fund of
€Xperience in the labor move-
Ment of this province. Born in
Scotland, McEwen came to Can-
ada before the First World War
and plied his trade as a black-
Smith for many years. Familiar
With. the problems of. industrial.
Workers, McEwen will ably re-
Present his Coast-Capilano con-
Stituents at Ottawa.
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ANN MINARD

Mrs. Anne Minard, a Prince
Rupert housewife and cannery
worker, was quoted widely in
the daily: press this week when
she charged RCMP in Prince Ru-
pert with using “Gestapo” tac-
tics against citizens in that area.
An energetic fighter -against ra-
cial discriminaton, Mrs. Minard
is secretary of the United Fish-
ermen and Allied Workers Un-

ion Women’s Auxiliary:

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Mine-Mill

Union has applications pending in
Wo other properties — Eldorado
Ming and Refining (Crown) now
fore the federal board, and Na-
gaal Exploration, before the pro-
Meial board. \

An application for decertification
bit: Company-union agents at Nes-
't-Labine failed to materialize de-
ite considerable press propagan-

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Local 913 of Mine-Mill at Uranium, Sask., won its third and fourth
“ertifications as bargaining agents in the Beaverlodge mining area
“€n Saskatchewan Labor Relations Board granted certification at
X-Athabasca and Pitch-Ore Uranium last month. In addition, the

da about such an application. Ren-
egade officers from the union

heading up the anti-union, drive,
were unable to obtain any support
from the workers.

William Longridge, Mine-Mill
- representative in charge of the
Uranium organizational drive,
said that “the attempt to decer-
tify and the attendant publicity
were only a hoax. to delay bar-
gaining and at the same time
produce political fuel for Col-
onel George Drew and the Con-
servative party.” Longridge an-
nounced that “with the exposure
of the hoax it is expected to re-
sume bargaining with the com-
pany in the near future.”

The Mine-Mill Canadian Council

meeting in Regina on July 24-25
demanded the board quit stalling

and hand down a certification or- |-

der. The council is also urging
its affiliated locals in Canada to
write or wre the board demand-
ing action on the Mine-Mill appli-
cation. ;

Lawrie urges Bill of Rights

to end discrimination
against minority groups

Ernest Lawrie, LPP candidate for Vancouver Centre, this week called for “a Bill of Rights for
Canadians in order to put an end to the discrimination that exists against minority groups.”

“Under. pressure from citizens’ groups and trade union bodies, a federal fair employment law was :
recently enacted barring job discrimination in all industries under federal jurisdiction,’ said Lawrie.
“This is good as far as it goes, but it does not go nearly far enough:

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“Take a look, for example, at
Ottawa’s unfair immigration policy
toward Negroes from the British
West Indies—at a time when thous-
ands of European displaced per-
sons are being brought to this
country. One must assume that
government policy is to condemn
discrimination in all fields of em-
ployment which it controls, and
to condone it in the immigration
department. This is making a
mockery of justice.”

Lawrie said that racial discrim-
ination is rife in Vancouver. “Ne-
groes cannot enter many beer par-
lors; they are barred from getting
jobs in most of our big department
stores. Jews are excluded from
certain golf clubs. Negroes, Jews
and East Indians cannot buy or
rent property in many parts of
this city.” :

The LPP candidate recalled the
Stanley Deren case, where a Pol-
ish-speaking Canadian was killed
on the street because a passer-by
objected to his speaking in his
native tongue. He referred al-
so to the Clarence Clemens case,
which has still not been fully in-
vestigated by the provincial at-
torney-general’s department, de-
spite: many promises.

“The Clemens case is one of
the most flagrant cases of racial
discrimination ever to happen
in Vancouver,”. charged. Lawrie.
“How is it to be explained that
the biased verdict rendered by
a coroner’s jury has never been
Publicly re-examined by the at-
torney ~ general's -, department?
Why hasn‘t the attorney-general
given an opinion on this case?
There is strong evidence to show
that Clarence Clemens was beat-
en, not because he was causing
trouble, but because he was a
Negro.

“The LPP in this election brings
forward the demand for a Bill of
Rights so that all Canadians will
be protected. The Liberal govern-
ment of St. Laurent has never yet
raised the question of a Bill of
Rights, and it is to the shame of
other parties in the federal house
that they have neglected to wage
a continuous fight for such a bill.”

Another labor

pioneer passes
KAMLOOPS, B.C.

The progressive labor. move-
ment in this province has lost yet
another of its pioneers by the
death of Claud Nash of White
Lake in Royal Inland Hospital
here. He was 78 years of age.

Claud Nash will long be * re-
membered in the Shuswap Lake
country for his work in many pro-
gressive causes, particularly dur-
ing the thirties when he was ac-
tive in the unemployed movement
and the campaigns to aid) the Span-
ish Republic.

He is survived by his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. W. Pari, and four
sons. One son, Danforth, fought
with the Mackenzie-Papineau Bat-
talion in Spain and all four. sons
served overseas in the Second
World War.

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TWO sports stories that will

leave a bad taste in your
mouth—but what do you expect
when Malan. is involved?

First story: Net star Pancho
Segura, the crowd pleaser in
Jack Kramer’s tennis troupe, has
been refuséd a visa to enter
South Africa for a tour. “I am
sure the reason is because I have
Indian blood,” said Segura, a for-
mer Ecuadorian tennis champ.
“In South America we are white,
Negro, Indian Jew—everything—
and proud of it. I wonder how
the South Africans would feel if
they were not admitted to South
America?”

Jack Kramer has announced
that “either South Africa will
take Segura or they’ll not have
the rest of us.” Good for you,
Jack. ?

Second story: Most South Afri-
cans are mighty proud of Jake
Tuli of Johannesburg, holder of
the British Empire flyweight box-
ing ch&mpionship. Last week
they arranged a reception in his
honor to be held at the city hall
in his home town. At the last
minute Malan’s police cancelled
the reception. Reason: Tuli is a
Negro.

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Not since the days of Larry
Gains has Canada had a good-
looking -heavyweight prospect.
Now comes along this fellow Earl

PANCHO SEGURA :

Walls, who projected himself in-
to the limelight by knocking out
Rex Layne in 63 seconds. Every-
one sat up and began asking,,
“Who is Walls?” Of course, he is
the holder of the Canadian heavy-
weight title, but plenty palookas
have held that crown.

Writing in the new nionthly,
The Canadian Negro, Marty Car-
rington tells the story of Walls’
career, s

Born in Windsor, , Ontario,
Walls started boxing at 17, has
been managed by Shirley -Jack-
son of Toronto since he was 19.

-SPORTLIGHT

By BERT WHYTE———

His co-manager and trainer is
Jimmy Jones.

Walls fought around Toronto
in 1947, moved to New York and
turned pro in 1948, and fought
in England in 1949. “He has the
distinction of having topped
even Joe Louis’ record of one-
round knockouts,” writes Car-
rington. “The Canadian champ
has 12 one-round kayoes to his
credit in 28 fights, while Joe, in
his entire career, had only 10.

“During his tour of the British
Isles, Walls kayoed Ken Shaw,
the heavyweight champion of
Scotland; kayoed the Australian
heavyweight champion, Alf Gal-
langer; and kayoed Piet Wilde,
the Belgian champ. The latter
lasted only 87 seconds.

“Walls has fought 12 times
since May, 1952, and only one of
his“ opponents, Joe Kahut of

‘Portland, managed to go the dis-

tance of 10 rounds. All the others
were knocked out. In April, 1953,
Walls knocked out Grant Butcher
of San Francisco, state champ-
ion of California.”

In spite of these successes,
Walls didn’t atract much atten-
tion until his surprise kayo of
Rex Layne. Now he definitely has
to be considered as a serious
contender.

* * *

As we predicted a couple of
weeks ago, Florence Chadwick
didn’t manage to achieve her
ambition to swim the English
Channel both ways. The 33-year-
old California girl, who has pre-
viously splashed from France to
England and England to France,
found the going too tough last
Sunday, and decided ta. quit five
miles off the French coast on
the first leg of her scheduled
round trip.

Meanwhile a 23-year-old Egyp-
tian, Abdel Latif Abou Heif,
crossed from Dover in 13 hours
45 minutes, smashing the old re-
cord set in 1948 by almost two
hours.

* * x

Make a derogatory remark
you’re bound to have grunt and
groan fans jump on you with
about professional wrestling and
both feet. This happened to me
because of a column I wrote re-
cently, in which I gently pointed
out that pro rasslin’ is entertain-
ing, but can hardly be classified
as a sport.

Six customers took issue with
me; four solemnly swore that
wrestling is strictly on the level,
while two admitted that “even if
the bouts are rehearsed, you sure
get your money’s worth.”

These wrestling fans: will be
pleased to learn that a couple of
wrestling exhibitions will be fea-
tured at the United Labor Picnic
at Confederation Park on Sun-
day, August 9.

United Labor
PICNIC

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
CONFEDERATION PARK

4600 EAST: HASTINGS
NORTH BURNABY.

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