Jesse James would be
piker in native land

H.K., Prescott, Ont.: After
touring the USA from Blaine to
Detroit, I hope a few comments
will be welcome and in order.

My journey proved very edu-
Cational, convincing me that in
that recognized land of liberty
Where people are free to call
their neighbors SOB’s when per-
Sonal circumstances provides the
motive, there are still countless
Privileges at the convenience of
the inhabitants who can and do
Violate all moral laws and persist
in seeking the Lord’s blessing on
their murderous campaign.

While in portions of five west-
rn states where the production
of sage brush, jack-rabbits and
rattlesnakes portrays a seeming-
ly boundless expanse of absolute
Uselessness except for atomic
abominations, I learned that the
land of hope and glory is now
devoid of its hopeful character-
istics and like the seven years’
itch was a sort of unwelcome
Patchwork that failed to merit
the praise of its victims.

While travelling over the Ore-
§0n Trail, where Jesse James so
diplomatically practised his de-
pradations, I thought what a
Piker he would consider himself
Should he return in this modern
age to his native land of pro-
fessional hijackers and racket-
eers,

I had difficulties re-entering
my native land, Canada, where

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democratic rights of the people
are like the mythical Ogopogo, a
thing of the past and something

mortal beings will soon know
little about. In this land, where
freedom of the press is free to
an element to whom it should be
denied, I hope my little contri-
bution will prove worthy of space
in the Pacific Tribune, that one
valued medium that does func-
tion true to its convictions.

Well, business office
gefs praise this week

GRATEFUL READERS, Nan-
oose Bay, B.C.: Enclosed please
find money order to renew our
paper for another year. Thank
you very much for continuing to
send the paper on request when
our sub ran out in October. My
husband just got his first pay
cheque today and we are sending
our renewal at once.

‘Safely last’ caused
pulp mill accident

WORKER, Woodfibre, B.C.:
All of us are familiar with safety
campaigns with the posters, slo-
gans and banquets. These cam-
paigns are all directed at ‘the
workers — work safely, observe
safety rules, and you'll keep a
whole body and won't cost the

soa a ec egtdnas’

ism.

vears there is no doubt

6¢ E are now living in the age of fulfilment of Marx- ‘
The age of fulfilment, not nae in ae

i an be maintained through another ten
ee whatsoever that the continent of  %
Europe will be. a socialist pug and China and India
out of the grip of world imperialism, Das:
a nee Eee to a higher civilization; this is the age of

and passing through

the fulfilment of A a Marxism has become
i apitalist ideology.
“ a aie atl task of our party today is~to bid
the people of Canada to choose which shall be ae a's
path in the post-war world. We are the land in ann
the Soviet Union and the main centre of world imperia AG
We are the land that can'become either a base for po a
of peace, or the base of operations for imperialism aga
‘the land of socialism.” (Tim Buck, | 946, in a speec

commemorating the 100th anniversary of Marxism.)

°S prophetic words spoken in 1946 as a
oa fige Se of Marxism are being rove Hes
Today, five years later, the people of China are mas a 2
their own land. India’s millions are demanding an en .
the war in Korea and a peaceful world, And who i i
prove the fact that Nagi oe eee the only
ive to bankrupt capitalism ee
nce Buck's rea Se of the main task of Henee
Progressive party made in 1946 is still the main = 55 5
party in 1951. Canada—a bastion of peace os es 2 -
nation of peoples who take their stand for
WAR”... this is the lofty aim of the LPP! ee
It is on the basis of the struggle for peace and again

the fight. Will you

loving people for funds to carry on
give what you can?

war that the Labor-Progressive party appeals to all peace- —

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company any special compensa-
tion assessments. These cam-
-paigns But the
workers in a Howe Sound Pulp
mill are beginning to wonder ‘if
there campaigns are aimed at the
right people. To be sure nobody
was hurt (but that was the acci-
dent!) A few minutes one way
or the other and- bodies as well
as metal would have been strewn
around.

“listen well.”

A steam engine driving one of
the pulp machines was not fully
governored. Management was
aware of this. The additional
governor arrived. It lay in stor-
age, awaiting a change over to
a new type of. pulp so that the
installation would not interfere
with production or profits. But
before that change over came the
engine ran away and the fly
wheel flew apart doing—consider-
able damage to nearby pipes.
Though the engine was adjacent
to a passageway frequently used
by workers going to and from
jobs around the mill, nobody hap-
pened to be in the immediate vi-
cinity when the fly wheel broke.

Within the same 24 hours, be-
cause of a plugged line which
prevented the actual pressure
from being registered, equipment
built to withstand 100 pounds per
square inch pressure was subject-
ed to pressure of 135 pounds per
square inch. Top management
discovered this when looking for
the cause of a spoiled “cook” of
pulp. To the time of writing, as

far as I am aware, no steps have ~

been taken to remedy this. situa-
tion.

One of toughest’ falls
for prarie farmers

BERT ELDERTON, Kyle, Sas-
katchewan: Best wishes and kind
regards to the PT staff and more
power to your arms and loving
hearts for the sake of all op-
pressed humanity.

It has been one of the toughest
falls we prairie farmers have
ever experienced. Lots of grain
still standing out on account of
snow, dailing losing a little more
of its value. Much more in the
swath which only miraculous
weather can save from staying
there until spring. Thousands of
bushels in piles on the ground,
because no storage space avail-
able in elevators on account of
box cars not being sent in to
haul it away.

Lucky for once myself. Got
combined before snow came.
Yield good, grade poor. And so
it goes.

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SPORTLIGHT

By BERT WHYTE

apres gc te was invented by a Canadian from Almonte, Ontario,

Dr. James A.’ Naismith. Because Naismith was teaching in the

United States at the time U.S. encyclopedias insist that the game “is
wholly of American origin.”

The good doctor, who started out to become a preacher but
wound up teaching physical culture, was asked to think up a fast,
scientific sport that could be played indoors and would catch on with
young people. Undaunted by this
tough assignment, Naismith went
into a brown study (I’m not sure
it was brown, but no matter) and
after much cogitation, emerged
and said, “I dood it.”

Naismith’s original game only
vaguely resembled basketball as
we know it. His players wore full
length gym trousers and long-
sleeved jerseys, and there were
nine of them instead of the pres-
ent five (three forwards, three
centres and three guards). Two
peach baskets were nailed up on
poles at each end of the court,
and a soccer ball was used.

From the beginning tall players
were eagerly sought after—prob-
ably to get the ball out of the
peach baskets—and this process
has continued until nowadays a
six-footer looks like a shorty. The
peach baskets soon gave way to
iron hoops with cord nets and
wood or glass backboards; and
over the years the long pants and
long-sleeved jerseys disappeared.

By 1900 girls were playing the
game, and it began to be taken up
in many countries. The first for-
eign team to invade the U.S. was
from University of Havana in 1943,
and they shocked the New York
peasants by whipping Long Island
university.

Basketball was added to the list
of official Olympic Games contests
in 1936. Popularity of the sport
is shown by the fact that it is now
played in 60 countries. Last year’s
attendance at basketball games in
the United States was around
150,000,000.

3 Most people looked upon basket-
ball as a simon-pure sport, immune to the influence of gamblers, until
a mess of corruption was uncovered in New York last winter. Top
stars like Sherman White, Ed Roman, Al Bigos, Ed Warner, Leroy
Smith and other confessed to taking $1000 in cash from gamblers
and then throwing a game as payment. As this happened in college
sport, the reaction shook the nation. Many players were barred, a
few gamblers caught and sentenced to jail.

BABE PRESSLEY

“My son had to go to college to learn something he never was
taught at home,” said Sherman White’s father bitterly, when the
scandal hit-the headlines.

White himself told how the fixers got to him, and how he fell
when a handful of bills was waved in his face. Often the boys “in
the fix” weren’t asked to lose a game; just not to win by too big a
margin. Say they were favored to win by 12 points. Ease up a little,
win by 10 points, and the gamblers who had bet against the odds
cleaned up. Smart, huh? But eventually the bubble burst, and all
the lads who had been making “easy money” found themselves dis-
graced and barred from the game they loved.

Canadians are avid basketball fans, although the professional
game flopped in Toronto a few years ago when some bold promoter
dropped a bundle of greenbacks trying to interest the folks down
east in the pro circuit. We can expect a big turnout in Vancouver
January 11 and 12 when two top U.S. teams, Harlem Globe Trotters
and Kansas City Stars play exhibition games with UBC Thunderbirds
and a team from the Intercity League at UBC Memorial gym. That
lanky fellow in the picture is Louis “Babe” Pressley of the Trotters.
The Harley squad clown around quite a bit but are a topnotch team
when they get down to business.

& & a

Jimmy McLarnin was in town this week to attend the funeral

‘of his father. We extend our. sincere sympathy to Jimmy, the ex-

Vancouver boy who once held the world’s welterweight championship
and was probably the greatest fighter Canada ever produced.

The story of Jimmy and _his mentor, Pop Foster, has been told
and retold so often that it is familiar to almost everyone. How Pop

. found the baby-faced kid playing leapfrog in a schoolyard; how he >

watched him in a fist fight with another youngster; how he took him
under his wing and taught him the art of boxing; how Jimmy and
Pop went on to gold and glory; and how Pop finally told Jimmy it
was time to quit, which he did, with a fortune tucked away in the
bank. The pair never had a signed contract and didn’t need one;
it was a partnership that was genuine, and it paid off.

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