PO Na “ LY FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1956 Continued from page I! A statement made this week PANHANDLE by Robert N. De Armond, as-~ sistant to the governor Alaska, revealed why US. in- terests in Alaska are cool to any deal hinging on the Col- umbia. “We're not too much interest- ed in Columbia River power where I come from,” he said. “We'd like to horsetrade re- sources of our own.” Behind this attitude lies the desire of U.S. interests in Alas- ka to obtain control over Cana- dian resources by utilizing their command of what should be British Columbia’s coastline. northern The Panhandle, which the LPP describes as “a political ampu- tation from the body of British Columbia,” is a coastal strip without a hinterland. In itself its economic possibilities are limited. The potential industrial wealth is in the hinterland of northern B.C. and the B.C. rivers which empty through the Panhandle. The only deal desired by the powerful U.S. monopoly inter- ests that control Alaska is one that will give them the oppor- tunity to control »and exploit the wealth of northern B.C. “There must be no deal sell- ing cut the power resources of this province, either in the south or the north,” Rush. said this week. “We're not going to be blackmailed into giving away our heritage.” Vancouver 4, B.C. TRIBUNE. , of » Clip and Mail Circulation Department Tribune Publishing Company, Ltd. Suite 6 - 426 Main Stree, e This map shows four Can- adian corridors through the Alaska Panhandle proposed by some interests — at Skag- way, Juneau, Wrangell and Unuk. : ombines probe — ermed illegal United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union will seek an injunction to put a stop to the examination of their files by two government combines investigators who mov ed into the union offices this week and seized UFAWU files. An emergency meeting of the union executive Wednesday branded the whole inv vestigation “illegal and without any foundation under the Com- bines Act.” UFAWU secretary Homer Stevens quoted article four of the Combines Investigation Act which says: “Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to combinations of workmen or employees for their own reason- able protection... .” Investigators George Orr and N. M. Thurm have seized filing cabinets containing union con- tracts, correspondence between the UFAWU and other unions, circulor letters to locals, etc. “Tf they continue as they are doing, to some extent the activi- ties of our union will be crip- pled,” said Stevens. “Our basis for the application for an in- junction is that we are not a combine, within the meaning of the act, but a union which un- der the terms of the act, cannot be investigated.” Apart from - injunction pro- ceedings, the UFAWU has sent a protest to federal Labor Min- ister Milton Gregg, asking him to take action to stop the activi- ties of the Restrictive Trade Practises Commission. CBC TV ‘only relief from U.S. . Describing CBC television as programs’ “the only relief from the heavily commercialized programs of U.S. channels available here” and declaring that TV should be “a public trust to be used for the benefit of the nation,” a brief presented by the 50,000-member B.C. Federation of Labor to the Royal Com- mission on Broadcasting called for retention of CBC control of broadcasting with a scaled in- crease in revenue. Federation secretary-treasurer George Home presented the labor brief, which made these main points: : ® Retention of broadcasting . control by CBC. ®@ © Strict enforcement of broad- casting regulations. @ Increase in-CBC revenue in proportion to the increase in TV sets. 3 @ More educational programs of panel discussion type. @® Programs aimed at various Please enter my subscription to the PACIFIC $4 for one year 1] $2.25 for 6 months 1 ’ economy groups — farmers, labor, professional workers and educational bodies. @ Employment and _ encour- agement of Canadian tal- ent. Other briefs from Nanaimo Citizens’ Association, Vancouver Symphony Society and Over- ture Artists’ and Concert Man- agement urged continuation of present CBC policies. Dean G, C. Andrew, present- — ing a brief from UBC audio- visual committee, made the point that “realization of a na- tional identity should be worth at least as much to Canada as public subsidies to railways.” During the two days of hear- ings 12 briefs. were presented, six for and six against continu- ed CBC control of Canadian broadcasting. Lakes strike spreads, 2000 men now out TORONTO Federal mediator Carl Golden- berg is trying to bring repre- sentatives of Seafarers’ Inter-. national Union and the seven- company Association of Lake Carriers together for further talks, as the SIU Great Lakes shipping strike continues to spread. In retaliation against the SIU’ strike against two of the as- sociation’s members, the five association members not in- volved have ordered their 150 vessels to tie up. The strike affects 2,000 men. “We are also sending a pro- test to Fisheries Minister James Sinclair, pointing out that he, more than any other person in the House, is aware of the harm that would come to fishermen in BC. if this plan to prevent the union from bargaining col- lectively should succeed,” said Stevens. “We also point out to him that in addition to taking legal action to protect our rights, and raising the matter publicly, we intend to take every other step possible to protect our union, and this could result in a great deal of turmoil over an extended period of time.” Motion for new trial of Morton Sobell filed NEW YORK A legal motion asking that Morton Sobell be freed, or that a new trial be granted, was filed last week in U.S. Federal Court on grounds that the prosecution “knowingly, willfully and inten- tionally” used false and perjur- jous testimony, made false rep- resentations to the court, and suppressed evidence that would have contradicted the prosecu- tion, Sobell, -now imprisoned in Alcatraz, was convicted in the Rosenberg trial of “conspiracy to commit espionage” and con- demned to. 30 years. He has consistently asserted his inno- cence. The petition charges that: @ The prosecution deliber- ately planned and participated in abduction of Sobell and his wife and children from Mexico City, thereby giving an erron- eous impression of Sobell as a fugitive. Taking part in the ab- duction were secret police agents - of? Mexico City, agents of the FBI and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. The kidnapping served to prevent Sobell from returning voluntarily to the U.S. and thereby falsely portrayed him as a fugitive. @ The prosecution, knowing that Sobell had in fact been ab- ducted, presented false testimony and evidence in the trial pur- porting to. show that he had been deported from ‘Mexico by the Mexican government. @® The prosecution, further creating the impression of flight, made false representations to the court by saying that Sobell had gone to Mexico without a visa. Attorneys for Sobell pro- duced evidence of Sobell’s law- ful entry with his wife and child- ren, under visa number 70538. ® The prosecution used un- lawful search and seizure as a means of suppressing evidence that would have helped Sobell establish his innocence. Among documents seized were Sobell’s tourist card (visa) showing law- ful entry, and his vaccination certificate obtained in prepara- tion for his return to the U.S. Continued ~COLDWELL on Monday this week Coldwell branded the government’s clos- ure of debate on the pipeline as an “atrocious procedure . ..- a totalitarian move.” Pointing to the 83 percent U.S. control © of Trans-Canada Pipeline Ltd., . he added: (“I want to say that if this trend continues — the trend of the control of our resources; the trend of the control of our economic and, most of all, the control of our great resources hke this one by the United States — our political independence one day will disappear, and the people who will have been t0 some degree responsible will be the honorable gentlemen seated opposite us.” (Coldwell said he was not anti-American but pro-Cana- Gian.) Nominated at the convention of 150 CCF York South consti- tuents to fill the vacancy creat- ed by the death of Joseph Nose- worthy, was William Sefton, of the United Steel Workers of America. A staff member of the union, Sefton narrowly won out ove! Kenneth Bryden, CCF provin- cial secretary, who also sought | the nomination. UJPO asks full facts of anti-Jewish crimes TORONTO A statement issued by the national executive of the Unit- ed Jewish People’s Order last week expresses the shock of the UJPO membership at the “injustices and crimes” that were committed in the Soviet Union “against many Jewish writers and community leaders and ar- bitrary measures taken against Jewish cultural institutions. As a progressive Jewish fraternal and cultural organization, we condemn these terrible crimes.” Noting its consistent advocacy of friendship with the Soviet Union — first state in history to outlaw anti-Semitism and t? grant the Jewish people com plete and unrestricted equality — the statement adds: “After having voluntarily e*- posed before the whole wot the serious violations of justice which occurred, we expect that the Soviet government W make available the full infor- mation. pertaining to thes¢ shocking — events, particularly how and why they happen and what measures have bee? taken so that such crimes W!” never occur again.” ' May 18, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE !?