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MELBOURNE
British women migrants. to
Australia recently ‘broke down
and wept when they saw the ap-
pane Conditions which awaited
€m at Brooklyn Camp, near
Melbourne.
; As their buses swung into the
amp at the end of a 13,000-
mile journey, they saw before
€m a-disused wool store cram-
Med with 2,000 immigrants, 50
to a shea.
ee huts were infested with
aoe Rooms were unlined
. Unheated. Around them
“ere mud flats criss-crossed with
drains filled with refuse.

we smell from nearby abattoirs
ha Te 6,000 sheep are slaughter-

Weekly.

: or this they have to ‘pay more
“nih two-thirds of their basic
fe Sickness, including diph-

4, Is rife, especially among

€ children,
en €se conditions for Britons
Burg sidered “preferential” and
slee Pean immigrants have to

P one family to a room.

Why is are some of the reasons
eager British immigrants gave
about Support to the charges
made epi conditions recently
the U Y the Soviet delegation ‘to
nited Nations.
the ns Williams, secretary of
Commis Migrants executive
Mittee, said:
issue ants Would welcome the
tions a their appalling condi-
Unit fing brought before the
wed Nations.
ey cannot get redress
t Bet)
ee the Australian or British
ing Ponts for the far-reach-
STepresentation made to
them to Australia.”
Sceats committee’s chairman, D.
Said 4, @ 31-year-old engineer,
fellon 20d 75 per cent of his
tury British migrants would
Year ¢ home when their two-
diq » cttracts end if conditions

Shi _ improve.
lone NE Officials in Melbourne
Mirieg STS receiving eight in-
ag, a day for return pass-
. € said.

a ae Migrants have fallen into
lobg 4 e leaving the camps for
Potton oo as “with accom-
on Ree installed ‘and dependent
Rot va new homes—they are
Camps ‘Owed to return to the
Bitch oo they have left them
tion, . 2nd more harsh condi-
are imposed on them.

€sperate many migrants

Own by the story of
rice, of Clapham, Lon-

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are i
Stan)
don,
5a ®dmitted in Adelaide that
hone committed theft “in the

So ‘that I would be deported.”
Admittes Sovernment reaction to
Sntatic Charges of misrepre-
Can qo have been to say that
OMy 6 nothing ‘because™of “econ-
Way a — which means the
ate a however, the migrants

Thee ting to hit back.

t have taken out a test
the ac aiming damages from
Bross Ustralian government for

The Misrepresentation.
a epee: financed by the unit-
ing of the migrants, is
Reg, Put forward by Frank
ham “Ont, formerly of Notting-

Noe.

ty Ratims that details supplied
foog Bland of accommodation,
Slucattildren’s facilities, free
fraug ®n and rent were made
th mently, well knowing that
“hethe, «false, or not caring
* they were true or false.”

Nd over all hung the appall- }

Atomic heating plant ac

Britain has the first atomic heating plant in the Western
world. Using energy from an experimental atomic pile, the
plant, at Harwell, England, saves an estimated 1,000 tons of

coal a year.

Defend children

parley ‘carries

hope of

The hopes of “millions of mothers throughout the world” are
being centred’ on the International Conference in Defense of Child-
ren to be held in Vienna, April 12-16, Canadian co-sponsors Mrs.
Rae Luckock and and Miss Ethel Neilson declared in a press state-
Initiated ‘by a committee of distinguished men

ment-last week.
and women from 39 countries

medicine, the conference will seek to exchange experiences on the
needs ‘of children across the world.

The Canadian co-sponsors said
in their statement:

At a time when the world is
torn with strife and when wea-
pons of ‘human destruction are
being piled mountain high, it is
heartening to witness efforts be-
ing made on world scale-'to make
secure to the world’s children,
the first victims of war, their
birthright to happiness.

We must realize that the chil-
dren of today are afraid of the
very dangers which haunt the
minds of adulits.

A short time ago Parents Mag-
azine reported on a test given
to a group of children around
nine years of age, to measure
their emotional health. One of
the questions asked was: “What
are you most afraid of?” Thirty
out of the thirty-two replies were
the same: “‘Bombs,”’ some added
the word “atom” and “hydre.
gen” further elaborating, “That
will blow us to pieces.” Later in
the test the youngsters were ask-
ed to name their three dearest
wishes. Every single child in-
cluded in his or ‘her list “No
more war.” A _ large majority

said that was their first wish.

Happily for Canada, our chil-
dren have not been subjected to
the terrifying experience of a

bombing raid, as have the chil-

dren of so many European and
Asian cities. Canadian parents
know, however, that if the world

is plunged into a third world

war, our children will not be
spared that awful ordeal. :

For that reason alone there is
certain to be a warm response

from our fathers and mothers

mothers’

TORONTO

representing the sciences, arts,

UE, Mine-Mill
seek full probe
of COL index

TORONTO

Two unions together representing 59,000 workers have asked
Prime Minister St. Laurent for an interview with the federal cab-
inet on February 27, 28 or 29 to urge a full scale enquiry into the

cost of living index.

The unions are the Internation] Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter

Workers covering 32,000 workers
and the United Electrical Radio
and Machine Workers of Amer-
ica with 27,000.

A UE press release notes that
both unions sponsored an exten-
sive study of the index appear-
ing in booklet form and called
“How High Are Living Costs?”

The booklet is in heavy de-
mand by unions across the coun-
try, it adds declaring that “an
open public enquiry is a vital
democratic need.”

“The fact that the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics has been
quietly conducting its study for
a revision of the index, and
would seem to be following
similar lines to those develop-
ed in the Bureau of Labor
Statistics in the United States,
is all the more reason why an
open public investigation and
enquiry should be conducted
prior to bringing forward any
revision of the index,” says the
UE.

In their February 19 letter to
St. Laurent, Mine-Mill Board
member Nels Thibault and UE

President C. S. Jackson write in
part:

“Repeated press releases over
some period of time have indi-
cated the imminence of the pub-
jication of a revised index pur-
porting to measure living costs.

“This is a vital issue, the im»
portance of which is attested to
by the tag ‘the billion dollar

index’ applied rather broadly in
the United States to an index
similar to that of the DBS.

“This matter has been a sub-
ject of previous correspondence
between our unions and your
government, commencing form-
ally with our letter of November
5, 1951, in which we pointed out
that we were undertaking a ser-
ious study of the index and re-
questing that the matter of the
index be made the subject of a
public inquiry.

“Subsequently, we released the
results of our study, copies of
which were forwarded to your-
self and members of the cabinet
and the members of parliament.
At that time again, we requested
that your government open up a
full public inquiry into this im-
portant matter of the index, but
to date, we have received no in-
dications from your government
that any such inquiry will be
undertaken.

“In the meantime, sporadic re-
leases still emanate from Ottawa,
indicating a continuance of the
work by the DBS on the revision
of the index and that the date
of the release of the new index
is rapidly approaching.

“May we assure you that our
interest in this subject matter
stems from the important ef-
fects that the cost-of-living index
figure has on the living stand-
ards and welfare of not only the
members of our own two unions,
but also of virtually every other
employed man and woman in our
country.”

and all those cdncerned with
child welfare to the Appeal of
the International Conference in
Defense of Children.

The calling of such a confer-
ence is in itself, further evidence
that the forces of life and ‘hu-
manity are strengthening their
determination to gain mastery
over the forces of death and des-
‘truction.

Let the love of children be-
come the peaceful bond ‘between
the peoples of the world. From
there we can go forward to-
gether toward fulfilling the aim
of greater ‘health facilities, wider
educational opportunities, a full-
er, happier life for all children,
and a peaceful future, rich with
promise, which is their rightful
heritage.

Pensioners score
Churchill gov't

LONDON

Two million old age pensioners
are holding special meetings to
protest against the Churchill gov-
ernment’s “callous treatment of
pensioners” and to demand an
immediate increase in ‘their pen-
sions.

The meetings are being called
iby the 1,103 branches of the Na-
tional Federation of Old Age
Pensions Associations.

The federation charges that
the government has gone back

on its pre-election promise to re-
view old age pensions.

of Champion.

TORONTO.

A pageant of song, dance,
and drama around the theme,
“It’s ‘(Great To Be Alive In
‘The Spring,” will be held Sun-
day-night, April 13, to cele
ibrate the first anniversary of
Champion, progressive fort-
nightly youth paper, in Mas-
sey Hall, Toronto.

The concert will show the
unity and wide support around
Champion as reflected in the
participation of various mass
organizations, National Feder-

Here Tim Buck, LPP national leader, is shown addressing
a banquet held in Toronto to celebrate the first anniversary

Champion to mark
first anniversary

ation of Labor Youth, and
other social and _ cultural
groups. While each group
will contribute its own par-
ticular talents the overall ef-
fect of the concert will ex-
press the desire for peace and
brotherhood between the
youth of varying political, re-
ligious and national ¢ back-

The festive spirit of the
concert will climax a first an-
niversary three-month drive to
get 2,500 subscriptions and
$9,000.

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