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Porcupine Advance, 11 Aug 1949, 1, p. 4

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e 81 dallés not wist men in aspersio !n t.ne zC ~"One 0 * Canada $2.00 Per Year _ United States: $3.00 Per Year Auw «s second class matter by the Post Office Department, Ott 11 o o o .o in Unsupported Aspersions Ts n u0k t oA nc t M .. EesPE +ofi on d sefi s ~~BStrangely enoughâ€"the government and opposition forces are not ‘opposed to the compulscry training program. Therefore, as a reâ€" siuilt, the Labor government is under fire for submitting the quesâ€" tion to the populace as a whole. nof the onnnsition claim the government is showing an le spy hunts of which we read every once in awhile in the big dailés are getting to look more like witch hunts every day. We do not wish to minimize the danger of having disloyal men and woâ€" men in high office, but in subjecting loyal people to unsupported aspersions there‘s also danger of destroying freedom beyond repair in the zeal of our efforts to save it. _ One of America‘s prominent citizens, a putlic servant of heretoâ€" fore unblemished record, recently hit the headlines of nearly every newspaper in and the United States, when the U.S. Army‘s Intelligence branch ticketed him publicly as "unemployable" â€"â€" not "a good loyalty risk." . In the same week documents were produced at a spy trial in which an unnamed secret agent ‘of the Federal Bureau of Investigation put his slander of "Communist‘" on a whole group of famous Americans. No evidence against them was or Wm be ahnduced and no charges laid. Nothing these persons might go or resort to will clear their names. _ As Canadians we shouldn‘t let fear trick us into this kind of thing. _A healthy state takes the loyalty of most of its citizens for granted, and well knows that disloyalty among the disgruntled few will always be frustrated in the end. Canada has a good goâ€" vernment therefore it is one of the healthiest states to be found on the map today. This preoccupation with treason is akin to being neurotic. SE EDC es on ® s ‘" Speakers of the opposition claim the government is showing an unwillingness to govern. On the goverment benches some of the members have adopted a mildly critical attitude towards their leadâ€" ers for raising the question of conscription in peacetime. â€" If New Zealand has the same problems with teenâ€"agers that has been and still is, besetting many Canadian cities, especially Toronto, with zootâ€"suited. hoodlums running wild, compulsory military training at the age of 18 would be the best thing for all concerened.. Bases and root of the trouble with ‘teenâ€"age‘ elements in some cases can be traced back to the war years as growing children they were without parental Compulsory training at best would create muilch more respeéect for law and â€"order. The value of compulsory training made itself apparent when Canada found itself at war and young men, in the various armed forces were trained to discipline and an obedience to carry out ordens, wrote a glorious page in modern history. Qf,;cpurse Canada has not been without its discussions on comâ€" lsory forms of training:. A few years ago at Ottawa the cadet training scheme in Canadian schools was under fire. One of its most vig@zseus opponents was Miss Agnes Macphail, now sitting in the Legislature as a.C.C.F. member. Thefé have been three cases in the Poreupine Area this year, two of thent. fatal and the third case bexng recently released from the hospital. The most startling fact revealed by current research is that for ecvery individual who contacts the disease with recognized sympâ€" toms there are probably 100 who have the disease in unrecognized form, with symptoms no more acute than a brief nausea and fever. Of those who develop paralytic symptoms one out of twelve will die, two will be permanently handicapped, three will have only a slight paralysis nad six will completely recover. No known drug has the sightest effect of preventing or curing the disease. Surely there can be little or no opposition to a scheme that proâ€" duces clearâ€"thinking and cleanâ€"cut citizens, in addition to raising the standard of health, and if for no other reasons but these reaâ€" sons ‘dlone it certainly will be interesting to observe the results of the New Zealand referendum. The polio scare which appears to strike each year at this time has fortunately never reached any major proportions in this part of Ontario. ‘The Advance approached the medical health officer, Dr. Graham B. Lane,for information on polio in the district and for some inforâ€" mation on this disease. "The best explanation and article on polio appeared in the Satâ€" urday Night," said Dr. Lane. The Advance has taken the opporâ€" tunity to bring this article written by John J. O‘Neill of New York, to the attention of its readers. ©Summer is the season for infantile paralysis, a disease only 109 years old but one that is gaining rapidly in the age of victims it will affect. . Infantile paralysis presents the remarkable situation of a d{séase changing its nature from one that formerly occurred in isolated cases to one that now leads to epidemics; from one that orâ€" iginally affected children up to four years old but now strikes more frequently in the four to eightâ€"year group and is also distributed in all age groups, with numbers decreasing as age increases. Jnfantile paralysis was first recognized as a disease in 1840 in Central Europe. â€" It flashed into epidemic form fortyâ€"seven years later, at Stockholm in 1887. Since then it has spread all over the world in epidemics of increasing dimension. ‘ Last week, in New Zealand, a public opinion survey on military trmmng for 18â€"yearâ€"olds was conducted. The poll was conducted through the medium of a referendum. w a 1 ¢ t _2 C 3201 ic oc ui ced P on â€" 4. Infantile paralysis is caused not by one but by at least types of viruses, three of which form a related group. Each type af the disease produces immunity, but only against the type of viâ€" tus that caused the disease. Polio, as it is frequently called, is more a country than a,.city diâ€" sease, but it strikes in areas with adequate sewage systems more frequently than in rural regions where hygienic facilities may be substandard. If it claimed victims at the same rate in densely populated areas like New York, Chicago and San Francisco as it does in sparsely populated rural countries, its toll would be treâ€" mendous. . The disease is as likely to strike well nourished individuals, those who seem to be enjoying better than ever average conditions of health, as those under par. There is a suspicion that a bit too much of a "good fiealmy sun tan" may have something to do with the disease. There is a belief that bathing in polluted waters may be a cause. More strongly founded is the belief that becoming exhausted and overheated from too concentrated work or play and suddenly cooling off in a breezs, a cool dip or a cold shower proâ€" duces elements of danger. . How the disease is spread is unknown. Food contaminated by rnhygienic handling is suspected of being a carrier. The fly was suspected, but the case against it lacks proof. No common insect animal has been found to a‘ common carrier of the virus. Bporadi¢ cases begin to appe@r in early spring. Many epidemi: develop. The total number of cases increases until early ‘ %mahen ta off to a low minimum in December. . s i k. 5y y WHERE DO THEY HIBERNATE Tilnminé, Ontario, Thursday, August 11th, 1949 or how the viruses hibernate between seasons is unknown. M tor advanced the theory that they hibernate in Polio Persists As Riddle Compulsory Training Ottawa _ Thirtyâ€"odd years ago, The Porcupine feet had been duly travelled... Wilenso he was ready to pay up for othar . â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€" Advance was inclined to classify all Al:. was found by a fellow workman it more earthly things. He sent Mr. itoms of news as either "accidents," or was feared that he must n:m Marshall the correct amount due, his _______ "incidents." Believe it ~or not, the injured by such s _ At t 88 ie:ter being very religious in tone. classification suggested that ‘here were hospital to which he was ! . \Commenting on the incident Mr, Mar_ ' ‘shall said: "Anyone would be ready 3 many more incidents than accidents was found that Alf.> took ‘tfirh in this man‘s town. falls in his stride. had 10 wpainâ€" to put up with a little preaching, if he big _ Accidents here were not nearly so ful injuries, but nothing.at all.geri0ous . it â€"is backed by the sort of solid cash We do frequent as in the average town of ~Ais leg was badly sed ani‘tWwWisted, ‘argument that holds that getting relâ€" d woâ€" similar size in Southern Ontario, and he suffeerd some face and head igion mcans paying your debts and ported but there was seldom a week without cuts, his lips being especially affected. otherwise acting fairly and squarely ....... i inmaidants in Timmin@ In the A numbper of stitches were necessary to with others." â€"_ _In England a .a pretty advanc test generation. Town Couficillor Len S. Newton used to take particgar amusement in comâ€" menting on The Advance‘s frequent references to "Accidents and Incidents,, Often he would question the classificâ€" ation of this or that item, as "accid ent or ‘"incident‘". He used to make the humorous claim that when a man was arrested in T.mmins for blindpigâ€" ging or highâ€"grading, it was cleariy The prize argument with Councillor Newton was the one in connection with the thirtyâ€"foot fall that came accidentally, or incidently, to Alf. Holâ€" land in August of 1918. Alf, was at his usual work in the Hollinger mill when his ankle twisted under him in turning round, and he fell from the iagitators to the hard floor beneath, a distance of fully thirty feet. He managed to avoid some protruding iron rods on the way down, but there a case of accident. He added that any jury would be compelled to convict that ‘blinbpigger or highâ€"grader of conitributory careles:ness in causing the arrest. On the other hand, Councillor Len held that when a man arrested here for brutal assault, burglary, or other serious crime, it was quite evident an incident, not an accident, as the police acted on purpose. Hundreds of scientists working under the chairmanship of Dr. Thomas M. Rivers, of the Rockfeller Institute, with funds supplied by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis have been carâ€" i ying on intensive investigations in the epidemic nature of the disâ€" ease and the nature of the viruses. more are woftking on other aspects cf the diseéase. . _ ... °_ _ _ _ _ _ _ it 9 C d s â€"Aivss ns Forty per cent of the money raised by the "March of Dimes" is being spent for scientific research by the foundation.~ A ring of knowledge is closing slowly but surely around this killing and disâ€" abling agent.. The organized tattle got started only eleven years sgo. â€" The scientific research program was just gaining impetus when competing projects took most of the scientists to other tasks es RALDJWAL 2 AAAGRlllCpiA}JILO, raisins, for example, and nature herâ€" self uses this mcthod in the case of nut=.. Mcdern Science has developed methods of drying, processing, and pecking so that little or none of the Bssential constituents of the food is Accldems here were not nearly so frequent as in the average town of of similar size in Southern Ontario, but there was seldom week without sevoral incidents in Timmins. In the early days it is doubtful if there would be an average of half a dozen serious accidents per year in the whole camp, including mining, lumbering and conâ€" struction work. traffic light survey. bacteria in sewage. He fcound that when an epidemic of a few hundred cases existed in Stockholm the sewage of the city ccomâ€" tained so vast an amount of virus that it 1ndicated every one in the city had the disease. Scientists are severely handicapped by lack of a suitable "guinea pig" in which to grow virusts and make experiments. None of the usual experimental animals can be given the disease. Monkeys can get the disease, but their response to infection is very uncerâ€" tain and theyâ€"are scarce and expensive. This‘ll either irritate you no end or else make you feel better. Its miawin right now in Australia. ; O 0 O O Going hatless doesn‘t have illâ€"effecst on the brain â€" â€" we read â€" â€" maybe r but it gives a lot of middle-_aged guys the illusion they resemble co}legians. O U _ a Four Londoners are planning to take a taxi cab trip to Rome and return â€" â€" sc we read in one of the papers. . .But to us they must be planning a European Animal lovers tell us tnat we might get along better i us whose only pet is an aversion. . Jee. e for five years. was no place softer to fall upon than the solid cement floor after the thirty Stock thieves in Marion, O., it‘s their own fault. The deluge of news concerning the movements of local cats and birds continues to pour into this department which, by the by, is jonce again finding it‘s balance after a week of pondrous worry on the question: "Where‘s Charlie?" ' | A local boy, according to an overheard bus conversation, is currently playing the role of good friend to a family of birds. D. TEL LE 1 pappeq MMTL. a L t »Aimtart ct .. Ns C h ht oi 2 1 1 â€" es e e ie n n se c i â€"2 * It seems that a bird‘s nest had been destroyed by children. The ‘boy happened on the scene after th: damage had been done and rescued the young birds. He now has the birds, and what is left of the nest, in a cardboard box. This is probably as good a time as any to distriess you with the fact that M:‘s. Bobtail, the alley cat, has lost MacDuff, key kitten in her group of triplets.. . MacDuff passed on late last week. , The remaining kittens are doing fine. Their eyes are open, their mouths are open and it looks as though Mrs. Bobtail will shortly have to move them from their home which at the moment is a small packing case. hi . A. Th dn M o ECCCE The young birds are getting along famously and the mother bird has become friendly enough with her benefactor to accept from his hand a dlct;. of bread crumbs and blueâ€"berries. i 2t The ear will continue to ride the bus throughâ€"out the week. for ther information regarding birds and begefactor: Mabel is an unassuring orange and black Persian alley cat who unâ€" preteniously leads the social register in her part of town by dint of her husband Lochinvar who just leads his part of town without reason, fear or favour. Mabel is at the moment being kept busy with quintuplets. ' She is being kept especially busy with the black shecep of the family. This kitten has the outlaw tendencies of any outlaw you might care to mention. : The air of, our big townsâ€"holds tons of dirt â€" â€" but most of it isn‘t true. know Mabel. Mabel has thrown him out of the group and at the end of half an hours vigilance by the eye of this department he had not regained his position in the family. ‘The Thursday Whim‘ It‘s quite a life! e 22 m ut l in yR i5 n +521 t 000 ie ie e y# We . P £ land a 125 yearâ€"old parrot has laid an egg. â€" Bless my_ soul, but that‘s advanced age at which to begin learning about the Toibles of the laâ€" A Bit O0° This and That while talking to Mrs. Bobtail that this oppartment came to got away with 34 hogs. If they‘re squealed on, By J. L. W. No. 110. â€" Accidents and Incidents â€" Wad AVUIIN VJ AWAIV V _ Ts _ _ C OB * e ns Em CR S _ _E 2L £ Marshall the correct amount due, his le:ter being very religious in tone. .‘Commenting on the incident Mr, . ‘shall said: "Anyone would be ready falls in his stride. i some ; to put up with a little preaching, if so0 ful injuries, but nothing.at all.gerious . it â€"is backed by the sort of solid cash of dis leg was badly bruised ARM ‘tWisted, ‘argument that holds that getting relâ€" else make you feel better. It‘s midwinter Because Alf. did not suffer permâ€" anent injury from the iong hard,fall, The Advance clas:ed the affair as an incident, rather than an accident. Alf. said that ii it were ‘an. incident he would about as soon have an accident. Councillor Len, insisted it was neither accident, nor incident, but a miracle. "Well, I don‘t believe in miracles P Alf. said, "though I would believe, if that hard floor had ‘turned soft, and come up halfway to meet me." y 5 . was found ‘that Alf.> took "tffir$ysfb0t falls in his stride. Hemm painâ€" ful injuries, b nommc ;uug dis leg was ba and he sufleerd some face and head cuts, his lips being especially affected. A numboer of stitches were necessary to close the wounds in his head and lips, but these injuries henled up in. less than a week, and Alf. was oyt and aâ€" round again with his usual smile. For For some days he had to carry a cane, in addition to the smile, but before long ho was as well and active as ever. Therc was no question but that it was an incident, and not an accident, when H J. Mars::all, about the. same time of year, received a letter from gcatleman in the South. It was A very frank ag honest letter. It, told Mr. Marshall how this customer had deliberately planned to defraud the firm,. First, some money had. been deposited with the firm, then . some ‘purchases made, and then some furâ€" ther depo:site made But when the customer was some fifteen or twenty dosllars ahead of Marshallâ€"Eccelstone, the customer suddenly moved from schumacher to the far South, taking particular care not to leave his new @ddress with the firm he owed. Down,. in the South, however this customer "found salvation free," as he expreâ€"sed it himself in the letter, re were fewer of Oldâ€"timer incidents were grave and gay, and in between.. For example, Ahere was the case of the Timmins gentleman wao was arrested after an accident on the highway. One oi the cars involved in the accident sped gaily on its way, but Chief Ernie Roy mnappened to be near and took the number of the delinquent car. With Bhat number, it was easy to find the cwner of the car concerned. The offiâ€" cilal list said that that car belonged to the Timmins gentleman aforesaid. But right after the arrest, a brothor of the Timmins man confessed to Chief Roy ‘that it was his car that was the guilty one. and No# Gives Ten Doilars to Save His Bacon in the Next World." .It apâ€" peared that the former South Porcâ€" upine man wro‘e to one of the local mine managers, saying: "I am enclosâ€" ing ten dollars as payment for two labs of bacon taken from your mine in 1914. The bacon was worth about $7.00; the extra $3.00 is for interest." The mine manager sent the ten dollars to the Red Cross, as a donation from ‘the letter writer. A somewhat similar incident was reâ€" ported in The Advance some montas before. Conscience in those days did make people do unusual things, it would seem. This particular incident was headed: ‘"South Porcupine Man a1j»;â€"headtiig was: "He Appropriated Two Slabs of Bacon in This World, While the spectators cried, form a safe idstance, "Come on, Mary, give it to her!" there was no favoritism shown to either side So far as the crowd knew both women bore the thought it would be great if both could win â€" This could not be, but incidents dlike this did keen life from being too dull and drab in the .carly days. This incident, however, was the only case in the early days when a real battle was staged on street by Australian Amazons. The drying of fozds (denydration) i; one of the oldest forms of ‘ood preâ€" serva‘ion‘known to manâ€"grapes, figs, raisins, for example, and nature herâ€" self uses this mcthod in the case of nut=.. Mcdern Science has developed Commenting on this incident, The Advance at the time said, "It is hard to believe that a South Porcupine man would swipe two slabs of bacon. A South ‘Porcupine loyaiist wanted to make an incident of that comment, but the editor assured the writer of the letter that it would be an accident if he succecded. A few people would be ready to adâ€" mig that wars are ever accidental. Seldom do they start except "on purâ€" pose!" In any event auring the first world war there was a minor war in Timmins that could best be described as an incident. . This particular incidâ€" ent was a pitched battle on Fourth Avaemue, just a few feei from the enâ€" trance to the police station. This incident may well be termed a "bloody fray," for there was blood spilled all over t::c road, and the sidewalk, and in the police station, where one of the women concerned took re:uge. There was one accidental feature about this exhibition, and that was that the whole polite {orce (a total of two men, including the chief) were busy elseâ€" wihere. This allowed free scope for the free fight. Onlookers, who kepi a respectâ€" able and judicious distance from the two contestants, say that ‘the women used finger nails, fists, sticks, stones, teeth, and anything else that was handy, especially the Australian langâ€" uage which was the native tongue of both the ladies. One of the ladies reâ€" quired surgical attention aiter the afâ€" fray, while the other one carried away blackened eyes, and scratches, bruised battered and bleeding face. When the police returned to the station to find the casualty of the Fourth Avenue war, tne wounded woman laid a charge of assault against the triumphant â€" victor. The latter retaliated by a similar charge against ‘vl1e o‘her Mary. In police court the next week it tcoked as ifi another batâ€" tle might commence there between the two enemies. "A plague on both tough:t in Magistrate Atkinson‘s mind when hc dismissed both charges,., addâ€" ing that if they thought they did not have enough fighting, he could fine them or send them both to jail for f‘ghting on thc street. The ladies thcught that enough was enough, and they had had it. "But I got the number right! T‘ll swear to that!" said Chief Roy. Furâ€" ther cnquiry showed that Chief Roy had the right number, but the wrong car. The explanation of the matter was t:at the Timmins man and the Schumacher brother used the same license plates, and had been getting away with it for ~a couple oi years. Magistrate Atkinson has a keen sense of humour, and when the case was exâ€" plained to him, he said; "Fine for beti: of you! $20.00 fine! And costs!" Elizabeth, N.J. â€" â€" If you read detective stories, you well know what science and shoe leather the FBI has been using to investigate all those lefty C1I0O laâ€" bor leaders who, after a lifetime in the Communist Party, or its intimate cirâ€" cle; a:u:senly have signed affidavits swearing they‘re allergic to the hammer and sickle. + For weseks now, the Bureau has been quietly probing the CIO‘s leftist bloc Extremist labor chiefs in this group obviously defled $10,000 fines and 10 year jJail terms, by signing up so they could use governmental machinery in laâ€" bor elections as required b ythe Taftâ€"Hartliey law. The lefties have a lifeâ€"andâ€"death reason for this. We‘ll pick that up shortly. The FBI agents have been wasting shoe leather. The CIO proâ€"Commics . Only one, of all the leaders of CIO miners, furniture workers, or food and have just been staying away from all party activity â€" â€" open or underground. tobacco workers, has done something since the signing which might be used against him. And he donated a few bucks to a Commie cause. Nothing much there. C t Why? Because they expect to be kicked cut of CIO, when the national CIC convention meets a few weeks later in the same city. In fact, rumor has it that they already have hired a hall to which they can parad» after the ousâ€" ter â€" â€" at which they will set up a new Federation and plan strategy for this latest labor civil war. So apparently next on the Partyâ€"line to take the oath â€" â€" and be 1nvestinted by the FBI â€" â€" will be leaders of the notortous CIO Electrical Workers (UE). J‘ m reliably informed that its cfficers will be ordered by the UE‘s convention in Cleveland, Sept. 19, to sign nonâ€"Communist affidavits. Well, what these honest working men can expect was sharply silhouetted by what has happened in this little New Jersey industrial city. Here the proâ€" Communist leaders of UE have been running an unprecedented strike against tihe Singer Sewing Machine Co. for thrse months. Coviously the proâ€"Communists are giving this strategy the highest priority. They want to do nothing which might jeopardize their ability to get on a National Labor Relations Board ballot in any factory where any other unicn might challenge them. If they don‘t swear that they are nonâ€"Communists they can‘t get on the ballot. It becomes easy to force them out of the plant. The war then will pivot around the CIO‘s efforts to drive the proâ€"Comâ€" munist unions out of every factory in the country. It was on the night of July 20. The antiâ€"Communists, having finally orâ€" ganized an Independent union in opposition to UE‘s leadership of hte 77â€"day walkout at the Singer plant,; anncunced there would be a rally at the Elk‘s auâ€" ditorium at 8 o‘clock. At 7:30 sharp, the proâ€"Commies deployed members of s roving 300â€"mansquad at trolley and bus stops, parking areas, and every busystreet intersection. All persons walking in the direction of the Elks hall were stcpped, questicned, and told not to go to the meeting. "Are you going to the meeting?‘‘ the union members were asked ‘"Don‘t go," they warned. "And by the way. what department do you wiork in?"" was the last subtle crack. But if the CIO ousts its proâ€"Communist bloc of unions, what will happen to the nonâ€"Communists among the hundreds of thousands of union members, say in the UE, for example? At this point, a photographer, hired by the lefties, stepped up and: snapped ‘he oppositionists‘ pictures. Reprisal threats were ocbvious. After the meeting started, the roving squad stopped roving, buncwhed up at the Elks‘ Hall doors, shut off the exits, and started screaming. Two, of the cppositicn leaders went out and invited the squad chiefs in, even Offering them the platform for their viewpoints. All the decent fellows got for their pains were jeers. But the excitement which flared spontaneously within the British antiâ€"Comâ€" munist waterfront men after they had flown here secently and discovered this isolated union produced movie, reveals dramatically how effective is Moscow‘s international propaganda offensive against American labor, as well as U.S. business. _ The importance of this waterfront concentration is not fully unâ€" derstood here. : And while just a few of us were screaming about it, this federation arroâ€" gantly attacked the U.S. Department of J‘ustice for trying to deport Harry (Hatchet Face) Bridges as a Communist. * < g % ; But, meeting in London these days, is a small band of labor men. AFL and CIO. They are setting up an antiâ€"Communist labor network with regir:nal _!x_eaqqua_:_'terg_in Europe, the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Africa. PWVR _ ESW td «Bm OE L__ A 24 4 v.l\p. WA 8 te v.u-. 4404 V44 j ".l.cl .ba' n».u “l.u l"l l""- So we‘ll give the Moscow agents a run for their money in a few months. And when that happens, any American on any strect, be he businessmap or unionist, should he see a slim, wingâ€"collared chap called Matthew Woll, or a stocky, unrulyâ€"haired. cigarâ€"chewing union chief named Dave Dubinskyv, or These national AFL chiefs hav2> been fightmg alone for a world antiâ€"Comâ€" munist labor network.. Now we will have one. And it will save mu) a casualty some day â€" â€" in bankruptcies or in the flesh of mothers‘ s urn»d sCldiers. Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, lower alas! nought but misery brings. â€" Thomas When the meeting adjourned later, the night sky was streaked by ‘elâ€" ectrical lightning.. But it wasn‘t thd heavens, chum. The Red Rovers had cconcentrated som»s 20 photographers, who kept shooting flashbulb pictures of those streaming out the door â€" â€" so all oppesitionists could be identmed an d vengeance taken later. j There is oth=srâ€"opposition to the proâ€"Commie leadership of the marathon strike. Three men â€" â€" George Kerr, Harry Roder, and Adam Niesz â€" â€" Had gotten some followers together ot ‘criticize the Singer Local‘s PoliticalH}ed chiets. Kerr, Roder and Niesz were then told to appear at union. headquar- ters to be tried on charges of stating that the leaders were pro-Com However, when the defendents appeared, they brought a witness \fl Sm â€" â€" a man who had intimate knowledge of Commie meetings. As. the Of course, the film, unhappy in its implications that American labor,. tc show honesty to the working classes abroad, must prov it fights "Wall Street," is but a tiny deb against a vast Red panorama on the world front. For example, I have just seen documents which prove that the Greek Comâ€" munist seamen‘s organization, OEN®, on the basis of a toâ€"hellâ€"withâ€"imperiaâ€" listâ€"Wallâ€"Streetâ€"America appeal, was able to recruit men in our own Newport News and New York ports as well as in Europe for the Grneek guerilla armices. World" (MFW â€" â€" remember those initials) with 750,000 allied Red seaq\eh and dockers. This attack on our government was planned and writt>n in a Red waterâ€" front headquarters in Marseille, July 15. It threatened that "goods of any U.S. company transported en vessels" which are operatrd by Bridges‘ opponâ€" :nti. wifll “be. boycotted in whatever manner the respective organizations can »est enforce." 1 Aast In other words, the Russians bluntly announce that if we deport Bridges, they will alert their underground to keep our ships unloaded in the world‘s ports. That can cost us thousands of jobs and millions of dollars. They* #f1so ord>red their people to demonstrate against American embassies everyvwhere in an attempt to alienate foreign unionists from us by,.screaming that; wf,_'re persecuting labor leaders. I Ly B * * * 11 $ Ce~~ge Meany, a portly, exâ€"fullâ€"back type who long since has been too 'b'usy to hit the gym regularly â€" â€" he should shake hands. A jest‘s prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in tne tongue of him that makes it. â€" Shakespeare. Â¥ Â¥ % # 4 That wasn‘t all. On the afternoon of July 7th, proâ€"Stalinist officials of the Striking Local 401 dispatched pickets to the home of Patrick White, leadâ€" ev â€"{ the non-Co'mm-unlst-Inflependents Within a few hours, the police had to be summoned twice (at 422 and 5:30 p.m.). Finally ,White‘s motherâ€"inâ€" law collapsed cut of she»r fright.. Only a doctor‘s arrival finally frighten~d off the pickets. ; Why? â€" Because it is visual proof to militant and easily excitable waterfront workers everywhere that America‘s antiâ€"Communist labor movement is ‘not "in the _ pay of wall St.," as Moscow radio and printed propaganda charge daily in Europe, Asia and the downâ€"undar continents. It was exactly thig brand cfi propaganda which fevered the recent London dock strike and almost paraâ€" lyzed Britain. Two ccpies of ‘"‘The Battle of Wall Street" were rushed to London‘s waterfront by a squad of Britishâ€" American antiâ€"Red dodtside leaders. _ You haven‘t seen the movie. â€" It‘s Just had some private showings under the title of "The Battle of Wall Street," a gory set of sequences in which whiteâ€" capped AFL seafarers slug it out with New York cops, smack in front of thc Stock Exchange and the nouse of Morgan. Fas V ARZ Ne BB ---v-.“.. bus NB Lt B oc . hA C 6 VA h “... And that full â€"length unionâ€"made film of switching nightsticks and scurrymg picketing sailors who came to the aid of the financialâ€"house whiteâ€"collar strikers many months ago, is doing the Communist strategists great harm on a world front. f Other prints are being shown in New Zealand and Australia, â€"where antiâ€" British and antiâ€"Wall street, Anti Marshall Plan politicalized strikes are cost- ing hundreds of‘millions of dollars. 1) Or for example â€" â€" it was on this very antiâ€"American sentiment that the Russians were able weeks ago to launch the "Maritime Federation of the That‘s it. That‘s how the lefties treat the antiâ€"Communist oppositicn in their unions now. Imagine what it‘ll be like if the CIO splits. TIt‘ll be a real, old fashioned, slugging labor civil war. ; ##s.. ... 4 New York â€" â€" In a little building close by the wharves, som» of my sailor friends have just shown me something they believe will cripple one of the Soâ€" viets‘ secret weapons across the world. un However, when the defendents appeared, they brought a witness Wifil‘#? â€" â€" a man who had intimate knowledge of Commie meetings. . As,. the walked in together, the local leaders took one look, and called off the trial It‘s a film. My seagoing buddies are rushing prints of it by air tinents where the Communists have underground machinery. Aifter what the police had seen, they handed White a permit to carry‘a gu. AY, aAvoUUTr 1ith, 1040. ~> Bayma."‘ £*

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