Ministerial inquiry into r Robert A. Soblen’s ex- ae from Israel has been Ba in that country, ac- ing to recent news dis- Patches from Tel Aviv. €d-faced officials are ap- ‘Perently embarrassed by cri- a of the hasty action fect this man doomed to * Within the year because’ lymphatic leukemia. h embarrassment was ap becuse of the revela- tion that the action against Sblen could not have been €n legally because Israel With No extradition treaty e the United States. The re of James McShane, Dlan of U.S. marshals on the at. that flew Dr. Soblen Of the country, is being Westioned. t Now Israel Interior Minis- ‘i Moshe Shapiro, who Sed the order to expel i len from Israel, denies Mowing that McShane was ¢ the plane. Premier Ben Uri, 22 also denies knowing anything about MtShane. But after Sobfen stabbed himself in the abdoméf and slashed his wrists in a suicide attempt, and after the plane landed in London, McShane was right there and told the British authorities, “He’s my prisoner.” Dr. Robert Soblen The mystery is, from Is- rael’s point of view how could a U.S, police officer, go ‘into Israel territory and take a man out without legal authorization? Israel slates inquiry Into Soblen hand-over Dr.’ Soblen, convicted of espionage in a frameup trial, has an Israel lawyer, Dr. Ari Ankorion, who however, was not notified of Soblen’s de- portation until after Soblen was enroute on the airliner with McShane. Ankorion was thus, as the news dispatches indicate, de- prived of any real chance to take Soblen’s case to Israel courts, to determine if he had a right to remain. While shame-faced Israel Cabinet members are. order- ing a ministerial investiga- tion of these mysteries, Dr. Soblen’s fate is now before the British Court of Appeals, which is considering an ap- peal from a lower court rul- ing that Soblen must go back to the U.S. to serve out a life sentence. Soblen jumped bail of $100,000 rather than spend his remaining few months of life in a U.S. prison. He has steadfastly denied spying for the Soviet Union. (CNG plans Ottawa lelegation ie onel conference and tights Sn on citizenship ber or been set for Octo- COrdin and 29 in Ottawa, ac- y ae to an announcement je icials of the Canadian NCil of National Groups. itecto, Sago, public relations, Sctibeg. Ot the CCNG, de- Conter the purpose of the as Pe and delegation so eioegd important and a acetd Step to “terminate Qj oa Policy of political — Jiation against thous- Wang ‘af tong-resident Cana- te t immigrant origin in 8a : Denis to their citizenship big is an un-Canadian Cal a at is rooted in politi- Ww tay Class prejudice, and Tent Violates the most ele- ang Y concepts of justice " ©mocracy.” War mg declared that up- ser Of 200 delegates and feng 2S are expected to at- © conference and par- Nembe In the delegation to the _ ‘8 Of parliament and Leevernment. dig, “EPS in three Cana- on prties are now working do, S°Mprehensive brief deta ring the issue and Dtesen © Proposals to correct 2 abuses, Cancer meet eighth On July 22 the : Be marae 0 "Cancer Congress aod its sessions in the lin Hall of the Krem- alace of Congresses. ded over by Nikoli Us hin, President of the ty, Academy of Medi- Clences, the con- : Was attended by tig doctors and scien- TOm seventy coun- the On the agenda of Pang. VETESS are 800 of ,,° °N the problems Seat origin, develop- Rosin’ Prevention, diag- §; and treatment of Mcipate Pres nt tumors. Communists lay plans to battle austerity Plans for B.C. participation in the national campaign launched by the Communist Party of Canada against the Tory austerity - devaluation program were laid by a re- cent meeting of the Party’s B.C. Provincial Committee. At the centre of proposals adopted was a plan to dis- tribute 100,000 copies of a new leaflet addressed to the Canadian people and entitled “'Prosperity—Not Austerity”. The leaflet, wich will be put out in 15,000 copies in B.C. during August, (mainly at picnics, exhibitions and shop- ping centres) contains a new 10-point program to lower prices and provide jobs. In the month of September 85,- 000 additional copies will be distributed door-to-door in each constituency. Additional plans included: (1) strengthening of peace activities and the Party’s in- dependent voice on such questions as the draft Colum- bia River treaty, the Euro- pean Common Market, trade with the Socialist and Latin American countries, and against austerity measures, (2) plans for participation in the “Douglas” by-election in Burnaby-Coquitlam; in the coming Revelstoke provincial by-election, next fall’s muni- cipal elections; (3) a review of the Party’s provincial electoral policy; and : ; (4) building the Communist This week Nigel Morgan, B.C. Provincial leader, re- turned from a successful tour of meetings in the central in- terior — including discus- sions with Party members and supporters at Kamloops, Vernon, Notch Hill-Salmon Arm and Revelstoke. Provincial Organizer Char- lie Caron is presently ad- dressing meetings on Vancou- ver Island at Nanaimo, Parks- ville, Courtenay, Campbell River, Alberni, Cowichan, and Victoria. Last week seven member- ship meetings were held in Greater Vancouver and a membership conference in the Fraser Valley. SEAMAN ALS- ABLE (?) BURY: “Ahoy! Red-led union off the port bow!” —Cartoon courtesy of The Fisherman “Well, he’s a newspaper editor and he’s afraid to open __ his mouth.’ Labor roundup: Mine Mill in Sudbury consolidating ranks The Mine, Mill and Smel- ‘ter Workers union is contin- uing the process of consoli- dating its ranks in Local 598, Sudbury, Ont. Last week, the PT report- ed that the pro-tem execu- tive of the local had regained the keys to its union proper- ties, including its Hall. Since that time, the Gillis- McNabb-Poirier clique, real- ‘izing that an audit of union belongings had commenced, _ attempted to secure a Court Order which would have, in effect, made them members of the pro-tem_ executive without going through the process of being elected by the membership of the local. A Court Order was issued on July 25, giving them the right to appoint three people who will be allowed to at- tend executive meetings (without vote) and have ac- cess to proceedings, etc. but without any administrative function whatever. Even this minor victory will hold good only until August 21, at which time the permanent executive for Local 598 will be elected by the membership. In the meantime, the same Court Order authorizes the bank and trust company to make available funds to the extent of $40,000, considered sufficient to conduct the affairs of the local until August 21, From that date on, it would appear that the offi- cers of the local will be allowed to conduct their af- fairs unhindered, so far as any existing order. is con- cerned. Following the recent ad- mission by Steel officer Wil- liam Mahoney that some applications were forged at the Falconbridge operation, the Ontario Labor Relations Board has yet to rule on. whether or not this will affect the situation at the INCO operation. ~ we & The B.C. fishing industry appears destined for a shut- down, as salmon tendermen, shoreworkers and salmon net fishermen have all voted to strike. Respective majorities were 63%, 53.1% and 60%. Union officials have told the PT that some shorework- ers had only been on the job for as little as four hours, and yet were allowed to vote in the government-supervis- ed strike ballot, The strike will commence on Saturday, August 4, un- less a last-minute settlement manages to avert it. In this connection, union-operator meetings have been called for Thursday afternoon. * * * A well-known Vancouver trade unionist, Orville Braa- ten of the Pulp and Sulphite workers, has been chosen chairman of the newly-form- ed Columbia River for Can- ada Committee. Secretary of the Committee is Barnett Hagell, real estate salesman. Party, the Y.C.L. and the press. Speakers, Provincial Nigel Morgan, Leader of the Communist Party and Peter Maksyle- wich, President of the Van- couver Branch of the Asso- ciation of United Ukrainian Canadians, will speak briefly to the Annual Labor Picnic this Sunday. Maksylewich has just re- turned from a visit to the Ukraine and was a delegate to the Peace Congress held in Moscow. He will report weather all lined up for Picnic on some of his observations there. A huge crowd is anticipat- ed and the picnic grounds are decked out with ll booths and attractions locat- ed under the shade of boun- teous trees. Everything is ready and the only thing undecided is “Who will be Miss B,C. La- bor in 1962?” Leading a very tight race is Miss Kingsway, Mary Anne Murphy. Close behind and tied for second place is Miss Lorna Chunn, Division 5, and Miss Jill Stewart, _ Vancouver East. Within one percent of Jill and Lorna is Miss North Vancouver Anne Beynon. Miss Burnaby, Hat- ti Dove is next and Shirley Arland, representing Divi- sions 1 and 2 follows her. Final results will be com- puted at 3 P.M. Sunday, August 5, and a lot of water will flow under the bridge between now and then. Those driving to the Pic- nic should proceed east on Hastings St, to the 4700 Block at Beta St., turn left and proceed to the Confed- eration parking lot. Those taking the bus, transfer at Kootenay Loop taking any of the following buses: Vancouver Heights, Delta, Capitol Hill, Kitchen- er, Westridge, Government Road. Special bus_ service may be available if neces- sary. : August 3, .1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3