_ National civil liberties
parley to rally fight
against La Croix gag bil

lts on Canadian civil liberties has given added urgency to the national con-

A new series of assau

ference of the League for Democratic Rights which will open wi

this Friday.
LDR officials pointed out t

General Kurt Meyer back to Germany where it is ex

i}

. CONTINUED

MILK

arbitrary ruling.”

At the hearing some uncomfort-
able moments were spent on the
stand by Dr. Robert Clark UBC
economist testifying on behalf of
the distributors, under questioning
by J. A. MacAulay, counsel for
Safeway, and Sid Zlotnik, gO i og
city organizer.

Clark produced statistics to show
that per captita real income in
the United States had increased
more than 50 percent between 1939
and 1950, and yet milk consump-
tion had not increased. This, he
said, threw doubt on Safeway’s
contention that the rising cost
of living and increased price of
milk were reducing the consump-
tion of milk.

Cross-examining Clark, Sid Zlot-
nik asked: “What was the basis
for your computations? Did you
use figures for the entire personal
income in the U.S., that is, wage
earners, farmers, salaried employ-
ees, shareholders, etc.?”

Dr. Clark: “Yes, the whole per-
sonal income from all sources.”

Zlotnik: “Frankly, I am amazed
that you, as a professor of econ-
-‘emies, should use such a Statis-

- tieal method. What effect can an
increase in the personal: income

\

th

hat within the past few days a secret order-in-council sent former Nazi
pected he will soon be released; a hall engaged by the
Montreal Civil Liberties Union to : :
hear an address by Dr.
Ward, -was barred by Quebec pol-
ice; a bill to gag progressive news-
papers has been introduced into
parliament by Wilfrid LaCroix;
government censorship of Korea
news has been exposed.

Harry

“These actions are part of the

pattern developing in Canada to
take
rights piece by piece,” Thomas Cc,
Roberts, LDR national seeretary,
declared. “They are part and par-
eel with the
gag-law amendments to the Crim-
inal
rights rights of all Canadians to
freely express their opinions. At
the behest of the U.S. warmak-
ers, our laws are being refashion-
ed on a fascist basis.”

away fundamental civil

infamous Garson

Code which attacks the

Roberts expressed confidence

-hat the opening rally, to be ad-
dressed by Roscoe Rodd, KC, of
Windsor, would be “a real demon-
stration of our demand for a Can
adian Bill of Rights.”

Nafion-wide protest
urged by CLU J

Edmond Major, president of Mon-
/‘real Civil Liberties Union, called
“or a nationwide protest following

MONTREAL

the action of Montreal police in

of an executive receiving $100,000
a year have on the consumption
of milk?”

Clark: “None.” ‘

Zlotnik: “Wouidn’t this inclusion
of large incomes in your compu-
tation explain why the results you
obtained caused you some surprise
and did not square with the facts?
Large incomes would comprise a
large part of the total income,
would they not?”

Clark (irritated): “Very little.”

Zlotnik: I will leave it to the
Miik .Board ,and the interested
parties here to draw their own
conclusions.”

After asking several questions
concerning statements made by
Clark about the farmers’ share in
increased milk prices, Zlotnik shot
a final question at Ciark: “Since
you have been associated with the
distributors for some time and are
familiar presumably with the
ownership and connections of ‘the
companies we are dealing with,
would you say there was any con-
nection between these companies
and the firms that sell feed to
the farmers?”

“The question is out of order,”
hastily announced chairman E. C.

|

after the Milk

invaded Verdun.
clear of our city up until now be-
cause he knows that the people of
Verdun take a very dim view of

barring use of a rented hail to a
meeting called to hear Dr. Harry
F.

Ward of New York.

(The meeting was held the fol-
| lowing night in ‘a restaurant and
| Dr. Ward was heard.)

“This outrageous violation of

| rights must be protested by every
_ Canadian
‘that personal liberty and freedom
| to express an opinion are essen-
| tial to a healthy, decent Canada,”
| Major declared.
Duplessis police,
padlock iaw, “should be the con-
cern of every Canadian,” he said.

citizen who believes

The action of

Duplessis cops raid
three Verdun homes

MONTREAL
Provincial and Montreal city pol-
ice on October 17
homes of three veterans in Verdun.
One of the raids was carried out
at the home of Len Starkey.
is organizational
secretary of the Labor-Progressive
party in Quebec, and twice a can-
didate in Verdun elections,
“Premier Duplessis has finally
He has steered

invaded

Starkey, who

said:

backed by the

the |

TORONTO

a big public meeting in Toronto

CONTINUED

PROTEST

“The appearance of this issus of
iCollier’s, which is the most inflam-
matory document yet to be con-
tributed to the American . stock-
pile of war propaganda, proves
the necessity for -a law to outlaw,
war propaganda,” declared Ray
Gardner, council secretary.

“Such a law, as advocated by
the World Peace Council in its
nine-point address to the UN, has
been enacted in the Soviet Union
and the countries of Eastern Eur-
ope.” : ; :

Following is text of B.C. Council’s
letter to Trygve Lie, copy of which
has been sent to Prime Minister
St. Laurent asking him to protest
use of the UN name and flag “as
a cloak for brazen war propa-
ganda.” : ;

As men and women who deplore
war and who earnestly ‘believe that
world peace can be preserved
through rigid adherence to the
terms and principles of the United
Nations Charter and as citizens
of a country pledged to upholding
the Claarter, we of the British Col-
umbia Peace Council are shocked
by the shameless misuse of the

CYRIL PRINCE

~ NORMAN PENNER —

Ontario candidates —

In addition to its two members

name and the flag of the UN by
Collier’s Magazine in its issue of
October 27. ’ t
The cover of this is

Defeat and Occupation, 1952-60,”
displays_.a. map showing the United
Nations flag planted in Moscow,
which is described as “Occupation
Headquarters.”

We ask: Can the United Na-
tions retain the resnect of the
people and its authority, which
it draws from the people, if it

_ lets go unchallenged this assump-
tion that the UN intends ta
occupy the canital of a member |
nation? }

But this flagrant misuse of the

United Nations name and flag on
the. cover, pales beside the abuses
which appear within the magazine
itself. A typical sentence says,
“The branding of the USSR and
the satellites as aggressors Was
backed by the overwhelming ma-
jority of the United Nations.” |

We feel that you, as secretary
general of the United Nations, can
not possibly fail to protest im-
mediately to the editors of Collier’s
against this disgraceful misuse of

‘the UN’s name and flag.

We are aware that great de-
mands are made on your time,
yet, in this instance, because of
the importance of the matter, we
‘do not hesitate to request a reply
informing us of the action you

sue, dedicated |
entirely to a preview of “Russia’s |

of the’ last legislature seeking
re-iclection—A. A.. MacIie0d in
Toronto-Bellwoods and J. B. Sals-
berg in Toronto-St. Andrew—the
Labor-Progressive narty is also
entering a candidate, Cyril
Prince (top), in Windsor-Walker-
ville in the Ontario provincial:
election, November 22. Norman

of the National Federation of
Labor Youth, is contesting York
South on a platform of labor
unity for peace.

Penner (bottom), national leader —

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iscite any proposal to sell Burra
Inlet waterfront property to Stam
ard Oil Gompany and grant the
company an easement across
federation Park.

The resolution was adopted
animously with CCF Councill¢
Patricia Wilks and ex-councillor
D. Drummond, both members
the association, present.

_ Meanwhile, a poll of nearly ®
hundred residents of the Confedé!
tion Park area conducted |
members of the National Fed
tion of Labor Youth bears out
contention of groups opposing
sale that the overwhelming 2
ity of North Burnaby‘ citizens °"
not support the recommendati?
of a Burnaby council commit
headed by CCF Councillor Geet
Isherwood to approve the deal with
Standard Oil.

Of 97 residents of Oxford, Cam
bridge and Albert streets 4
preached 95 voted “No” :
signed their names to a questi
naire circulated by NFLY mem
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of allowing the Standard — oil
Company to have an easement

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ry?) abe
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