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MliUIOUD MAIL THIBUNK. MliUI'OItD, OREGON THURSDAY, DliCLMBlilt 5, 1963 ynamiting of D 11 es international Incident By DAVID SMOTHERS United Press International CHICAGO (UPI) - On a night last September, the Cana dian ship Howard L. Shaw lay at anchor at the docks of the Continental Grain Co. in the Calumet River on the far South Side of Chicago. Its hold was empty. Only a skeleton crew was aboard the captain and five men. Thev were apprehensive and they were waiting waiting as they had been for more than five months for the cargo of grain which would send them on "their way to the port of Three Riv ers, Que. That was the night a dyna mite blast ripped the side of the Shaw and turned an item on the Chicago police blotter into an international incident. The Shaw was and is a symbol of the dispute which spans the Great Lakes and the twin nations of the United States and Canada. The dispute had been the subject of earn est talks between the late Pres ident Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson. It has aroused bitter debate in the Canadian House of Parlia ment, debate in which harsh words have been spoken con cerning the role and power of organized labor in the two na tions. Boiled down, it's a fight be tween a burly ex-convict from Waterloo, Iowa, and those who challenge his power over the seamen of the Great Lakes Heads Canadian SIU The man is Hal C. Banks, president of the 9,500-mem-bcr Canadian branch of the Seafarers International Union (SIU); onetime union buster; onetime San Quentin convict (served 3',-i years of a 14-year sentence on a bum check rap); high liver and $20,000-a-year ex ecutive (plus oodles of expense allowance); and possibly the most controversial and disliked American north of the border. Of him, the honorable Mr. Justice T. G. Norris of Cana da, after a year's investigation on behalf of the Canadian gov ernment, said in his last offi cial report last July: "Banks is capable, decisive, egocentric, intolerant and ruth less. He is of the stuff of the Capones and the Hoffas of whom the dictators throughout history . . . are prototypes. He is a bullcy cruel, dishonest, greedy, power hungry, con temptuous of the law." Banks said "Smear." George Meany, president of the AFL ClO with which the Canadi an SIU is allied, was quoted as calling the Norris report "the vehicle for a vitriolic and vengeful attack." Paul Hall, head of the U. S. SIU, stood up (our square for Harold Chamberlain Banks. "His sin is that he is a fight ing unionist who will not sur render to union-busting no mat ter how formidable il may ap pear," Hall said. The blame for who was re sponsible for dynamiting the Shaw in Chicago has not been decided, and probably never N i3 itaui!!3 EMPTY SHIP IN DISPUTE Canadian grain ship Howard L. Shaw and Hal C. Banks (in set), president of Canadian branch of Sea farers International Union, make up the focal point of a labor dispute which spans the Great Lakes and the U. S. and Canada. This photo shows the Shaw leaving Chicago with an empty cargo hold, after grain workers re fused to load the ship. (UPI) mMwm News Beef Club The first meeting of the Jack sonville Beef 4-H Club was called to order by Marcia Dun lap. Under old business we dis cussed ways of making money for the club's treasury. Under new business we elect ed new officers. They are Bob Glathar, president; Ronnie Gus tafson, vice president; Marcia Dunlap, treasurer; Donna Ham mond, sergeant at arms; Gary Ray, song leader; Pam Dunlap, news reporter; and Mike Comp ton, recreation leader. Our next meeting will be a hayride during Christmas vaca tion. The meeting was ad journed. Refreshments were served by the Glalhars. Pam Dunlap, Reporter. Bobbin and Bnwl The Bobbin and Bowl 4-H Club met recently with the lead er. Mrs. Frank Dressier, and her assistant. Mis. Sam Jones. Robin Cossette was elected president; Peggy Raikes, vice president; Londa Weter, secre tary; Barbie Janes, reporter, and Debbie King, recreation chairman. The next meeting will be Dec. 7 at Mrs. Dressler's. Each girl will be. But one thing is cer- j ,s t take an inexpensive gift tain. Hal Banks d:dn t want me ; for lne Christmas party. the Merry Mulchers The second meeting of Merry Mulchers 4-H Club was called to order by Roger Pie- lael, our vice president. Bi Walter, sergeant at arms said that all members talking out of turn would have to sing a song. Perry Pielaet reported on his visit to the extension nffirp auditorium. Meeting dates were i rule. $iu"se' $5: v'ola,'on 01 "" set and we discussed ways to I Muiwci Law mice Picls. vinln- earn ciuo tunds. The meeting was adjourned and we were served refreshments. Stephanie Harris, Court Records MKMOUD MUNICIPAL COUKI ClareriL-c Theodore Lewis, driv ing wrong way on one-way street, SIU. Paul Wilson Geiger, visibility ob- ' scured. $10. Clarenre Elwnod Jenkins, viola tion of baic rule. $10. Charles Dean Wood, violation of basic rule. $11). Ryder Inpuald Berg, violation of basic rule, $10. David William Roohr, violation of basic rule, S10. Barbara Louise Giths, disobeved traffic signal. $10. Milan Hooart Bever. no opera- i5i ..?v V n lEmirncelheaO. Iffi-ireffid Reporter. Straight Sfilrhrrt Tile Straight Stitchers 4-H Club met Nov. 27 at the home of their leader, Mrs. Robert San derson. ' There were four present. The regular members present were Joyce Sanderson, Patty Kissee, Karen Sanderson, Jacque Carl ton and the leader. The two visitors were Robby Sanderson and Lorraine Carlton. The club made scarves. They are red and very nice looking tion of basic rule. Slo suspended j for 5 hours work in city p.-irks. ,-iiiiurn coward Melolluin. ex pired operator's license, $5. Marlene Shirley Manning, ex pired vehirle license. $3,511. James Henry Payton, violation of basic rule. $10. Alfred Crank, improper left turn, and failure to ohlain ntecou operator's license, served 10 days in tail. Andrew Georce Fenney, expired vehicle license, s-5 Elmer Lee Gouker, violation of basic rule, $23. Peter Lanison Orlcr. failure to ohlain Oregon operator's license, MS. Leonard Roy Ward, expired op erator's license. Larry Dennis Schell. violation of basic rule, $50 suspended for Dri ver Improvement School. Shaw loaded. And it wasn't Charges Gangster Methods Canadian Consul General Charles F. Wilson said, "The aggressor in this rivalry, the SIU of Canada, has employed many of the worst, lawless gangster methods known in the historv of trade unionism. Yet the SiU of Canada is an affili ate of the SIU of North Ameri ca, which in turn is an affili ate of AFL-CIO. "It would resound to the cred- Barbara Janes, Reporter. West Side Hume Improvement The second meeting of the West Side Home Improvement 4-H Cluh was held at the home of Louise Hcrzog. We discussed the Christmas favors that we would exhibit at the Central Point Garden Club's Dry Flow er Show. Then we made sachet bacs in the shape of an object TU nnvl rvtnitino Will H.P l it of labor in both countries if j (he h()mc o( Dcl)ra and Sandra AFL-CIO could still find a way to clean house." There was action in Ottawa. The Canadian government, in an unprecedented move, placed j the SIU and its four union riv als under public trusteeship. The trusteeship would remain, the government said, until la-; bor peace on the lakes could be ! achieved. Trusteeship was roundly de-J nounced by the AFL-CIO con-i vention in New York and criti-; cized by administration officials in Washington. It touched off a ; six-day SIU strike on the lakes. The strike ended and Great ; Lakes shipping moved again, i But in Chicago, an old whale-1 back freighter named the John L. Ericsson was sent to take the Shaw's place at the docks of Continental Grain Co. on the Calumet River. ! The Ericsson arrived Oct. n It hasn't been loaded yet. Mayfield. Wren Winniford, Reporter. Bomb Threat Closes Hermiston High School HERMISTON (UPI)-Classes at Hermiston High School were dismissed for the Hnv Wprlnps. nib iicai iiireuiiij win ue uw, ; (ay aUor a woman telephoned 4 at the leader's home when i a radio station and said a bomb members will finish their j would go off in the school at scarves. i p.m. Jacque Carlton, I Police planned a thorough Reporter. ' search of the school. Fresher than Fresh! Mmm . .-'-...? id u ri E4 itf in am 1 v'.-i .:S:;iSr. GOOD TO EAT GOOD FOR YOU, TOO! 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