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LOS ANGELES* the 1951 indictment against

After six long’ years, four

* months. and five days — and

a toll of staggering propor-
tions in human anxieties and
money — Smith Act charges
against 10 remaining Califor-
nia defendants were dropped
last week by the U.S. Justice
Department.

U.S. District Judge Ben Har-
rison closed the book on the
case when he granted a gov-
ernment motion: to dismiss
“because,” the assistant at-
torney-general admitted, “we
cannot satisfy the evidentiary
requirements laid down by the
Supreme Court .. .”

It took only a few moments
to write “finis” to the pro-
ceedings that had dragged
Since July, 1951. Asst. U.S.
Atty. Norman Neukom seemed
to have no stomach for his
task. He didn’t even read the

“brief document his superiors

in Washington prepared for
the occasion — simply honde
the occasion—simply handed
it to Judge Harrison, who.
glanced at it hastily.

Harrison noted the written
motion called for dismissal of

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nine whose convictions were
reversed by the Supreme Court
and whose cases Were remand-
ed for retrial.

Aside from Miss Doyle,
those whose cases were dis-
missed by Judge Harrison this
week are: Mrs. Yates, Frank
Carlson, Dorothy Healey, Ben
Dobbs, Ernest Fox, Carl Rude
Lambert, Albert (Mickie)
Lima, Loretta Stack and Wil-
liam, Schneiderman.

Those earlier acquitted by
the Supreme Court were two
members of The People’s
World staff, editor Al Rich-
mond and Philip Connelly;
Henry Steinberg, Rose Cher-
nin and Frank Spector.

Farmers demand of Diefenbaker
Back up your election promises!’

Delegates to the Saskatchewan Farmers Union c
pressure” on the Tory government at Ottawa to carr

The resolution was moved by

By NELSON CLARKE

retiring president Chris Hansen,

cabinet minister Alvin. Hamilton.

Promises-made by the Con-
servative party prior to the
election would be pressed for

. by farm union officials in line

with farm union polity, the
resolution noted.

Two main questions domin-
ated> the session —° markets
and prices. a =

There was expressed on ali
sides a deep conviction that
ways can and must be found to
move the piles of Saskatche-
wan surplus wheat to the peo-
ple of the world who need it.

The SFU’s resolution on
trade called for: g

@ Extending cre dit ar-

Five Year Plan ads
termed misleading

Secretary Jack Phillips of
Vancouver Civic Employees
Union, Outside Workers, this
week welcomed the big ma-
jority vote. given the Five-
Year Plan by citizens in civic
elections last week, but blast-

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ed the “misleading ads” which
appeared in daily newspapers
urging a vote for the measure.

Writing in the Union News-
bulletin, Phillips pointed out
that the Outside Workers had
campaigned vigorously for a
“Yes” vote, then added:

“In a number of’ advertise-
ments put out by the Vancou-
ver Progress Committee we
found the following: ‘It would
cost an average homeowner an
additional $3.85 each year from
1959 to 1963.’

“This is misleading,’ wrote
Phillips. “The estimated in-
crease in taxes for 1959 is
$3.85, rising by another $3.85
each year for the next four
years. Then, it is estimated,
the cost will be $19.25 for the
next 15 years, with a reduction
in the last five years. If the
tax base is broadened by ex-
pansion and/or the senior gov-
ernments make larger contri-
butions to our municipality,
there will be less to pay.

“Frankly, we want to disso-
ciate ourselves from any and all
flim-flam and shady advertis-
ing practices. We had nothing
to de with releasing these fig-
ures to the public.

“We believe that the fight
io, give the
small and medium homeown-
er and the little business peo-
ple a better break must be
taken up even more strenu-
ously.

“We are most concerned with
homeowners who are pension-
ers, or who are raising a fam-
ily on a small income. The el-
ection did not settle their
problem, It left it as unfinish-
ed business.”

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rangements to countries desir-
ing to purchase Canadian
wheat but lacking dollar re-
serves.

® Investigating grain trade
prospects in east Asian coun-
tries;

@ Extending gifts of grain
to needy countries on a con-
tinuing basis as a portion of
Canada’s contribution towards
the Colombo Plan Program;

@ Implementing: a= sales
promotion and publicity pro-
gram in potential markets for
high protein wheat;

® Adopting a policy of bar
ter trade and the acceptance
of foreign currency.

The extension of markets in
eastern Asia and particularly
with China came in for con-
siderable attention. Frank Ap-
pleby, former president of the
farm union, asked federal ca-
binet minister Alvin Hamilton
if it was true that there is
standing offer from China to
buy 40 million bushels of Can-
adian wheat once Canada rec-
ognized the government of
China, and that under U.S.
pressure the Canadian govern-
ment recognition was being
withheld. Hamilton vigorous-
ly denied this report, which
is in wide circulation in ‘the
province. But he aroused the
concern of the delegates, by
admitting that there were dif-
ficulties in developing trade
with China, but that he was
“not allowed to state what
those difficulties are.” s

Second major policy discus-
sion centred around ‘ prices,

-with a resolution passed de-

manding a 20 cent deficiency
payment from the federal goy-
ernment on all wheat sold
from the 1955 and 1956 crops.

The case for this demand was
placed by many speakers from
the platform and the floor.
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y out its election promises to the farmers.
following an address by federal

They pointed out that all
countries’ in the
world subsidize wheat produc-
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