MliUIOUD MAIL THIBUNK. MliUI'OItD, OREGON
THURSDAY, DliCLMBlilt 5, 1963
ynamiting of
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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
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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)
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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.
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Preliminary Hearing j
PORTLAND (UPI)-Floyd H. .
Ottman waived a preliminary,
hearing here Tuesday and was
bound over to the grand jury
on a first degree murder
charge. .
Ottman was charged m the
slavings of his wife, Nora Mae.
53,' and her ex-husband, Donala
G. Wvmer. 63.
Bodies of the victims were
found last Friday in an apart
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KILLED BY TREE
ASTORIA (LTD Frank Van
derveldt. 23, of Fern Hill, was
killed Tuesday afternoon when
he was struck by a falling tree
while working in woods near
Snow Point.
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