ieee | Ae Ree tG ee reed ily a te The Aan te Wee beh ey PE PE Wan errr tiytheat ‘ (aut dds ey tall Vancouver, British Columbia, Maren 19, 1954 UIT ALA A LY TT Aa) Seri adet age tet <=> =» PRICE TEN 4/NIGEL MORGAN HOTTEST debate of the week _ Was on the southern exten- Sion of the PGE. The govern- ment mustéred all its forces to block opposition attempts ‘to re- ’. fer the building of the line from Squamish into North Vancouver to a House Committee for further study. Premier Bennett voiced the gov- ernment’s determination to push on with construction this year. He argued that a delay of even 4a month would mean that slash could not be cleared from the right of way before the fire seas- on, thus holding up work for an- other full year. : Main fight was between the gov- ernmént and the small Liberal group, with the CCF attempting to straddle the issue. The Liber- = argued for a highway rather A a rail extension, saying that e latter would be uneconomic. The CCF asked merely for a leg- islative inquiry—to bring out the facts, they said. Lands and Forests Minister Rob- ert Sommers charged that Liberal Continued on back page See THIS WEEK Judge to decide future of boys NEW YORK Judge William T. Collins of the ae York Surrogate Court has t €n given the wide power to de- ermine guardianship of the two Rosenberg children, Michael and Robbie, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. i Widespread representations are been made to Mayor Robert Wagner and to Judge Collins from : pei Europe and all parts of € United States, urging that the children be allowed to stay with their grandmother and that. at- ope to take them away be end- Judge Collins has invited per- Sons interested in the case to write to him with respect to the ehildren’s guardianship. All let- ers should be addressed to Judge William T. Collins, 31 Chambers Street, New York City. OTTAWA The anti-labor and antidemo- cratic clauses in Bill 7 are sched- yled to come before the House of Commons this coming Monday, March’ 22, giving urgency to the League for Democratic - Rights’ call for wires and special delivery letters to be sent to MP’s this weekend restating labor’s opposi- tion to these clauses. The House of Commons, in com- mittee, has now completed its re- view of the 753 sections of Bill 7 and is beginning to turn its at- tention to the 70-odd controver- sial clauses which were held over for later debate. All others were passed. The debate so far has been conspicuous by the fact that of the 261 MPs in the House, only 48 have taken any part in the de- pate and most of these have spok- end only once or twice. Chief spokesmen have been Justice Minister Garson for the Liberals, A ee id a CITE TES CE Ut Auto Workers fight anti-labor clauses WINDSOR A membership meeting of the 10,000-strong Ford Local 200 of the United Auto Workers» union here last Sunday called upon the entire union to act to prevent passage of objectionable sections of Bill 7, the Criminal Code re- visions, now before the House of Commons. The local also adopted a strong resolution calling upon the gov- ernment “to convene a confer- ence with representatives of all provincial governments for the purpose of removing all obstacles to the passage of a Bill of Rights.” Ae ed defending the bill; Knowles and Macinnis of the CCF; Diefenbaker, Fulton and Nowlan of the Tories. The anti-labor. and anti-demo- cratic clauses are expected -to come up for debate this coming week and MPs anticipate a new flood of postcards, letters, wires and resolutions: in the coming weeks protesting passage of meas- ures that are decidedly McCarthy- ist in concept, directed at the right to strike, picket, or criticize the government’s foreign policy. - Would prosecute ‘comics’ TORONTO So-called “comic books” glori- fying crime and sex should be ublest to increasing prosecu- fons, a select committee of the Ontario legislature has recom- mended. ce roes its. report last week in i inquency and custodial institu- ions, the committee, which heard “Syaibhd briefs, including one from he National Federation of La- bor Youth, sharply rapped public- ations, radio and TV programs, and movies for carrying materials undermining the younger genera- tion. Radio and TV programs based on crime stories “are an obstacle to the building of good citizen- ship in children,” the report pointed out. It recommended ‘that radio stations and sponsors cut out a number of the offend- ing programs. Protests mount as ill 7 before House ‘DON'T WA McGARTHY IN CANADA Canadians made it cle iS ar this week that they want no i veek part of Senator Joe McCarth ig Bae ue it is doubtful if he will visit either AF at or Vic toria de ‘announced tentative acc invitati “anti Ere eva ty BABY EL eptance of invitations from anticommun- Object of the groups is to. . ps is to use McCarthy as the means of promoting So cred es s campaign for a McCarthy-style witch-hunt in this ey : ie cCarthy won't get any civic welcome if he comes here,’’ siad Mayor Allan Lamport of Toronte, and metropolitan chairman Fred Gardiner added bluntly: ‘““We don’t want him.”’ If the witch-hunting Republican senator attempts to follow through his announced intention of speaking April 20: in Toronto S Maple Leaf Gardens, he’s likely to get a public reception he'll never forget. sot As soon: as it was known that America’s would-be- itler intended to speak in Toronto, an unnamed group in eee salad jae be the local branch of the ‘“‘Canadian nti‘Communist. League,’ invited McCarth the provincial capital. eee But the reaction of Toronto’ to's Mayor Lamport, a the almost unanimous condemnation of WkCathy and a Carthyism by Canadians following Senator Joe’s confirma- tion of his plan to strike north of the 49th parallel, appear to have cooled the senator's crusading spirit. His Toronto trip is still on, he insists, that is, it may be on; but he’s not coming to Victoria, it was alla mristalbe yes, he had virtuall accepted, but no, that was a rumor, he definitely isn’t o : ing to Victoria. Bre SENATOR McCARTHY