Pressure Increases For Suppression Of Free News Coverage of The World (By Associated Press) | May Communist or pro-Com- cation companies are held re Pressures against the free;munist newspapers had whole|sponsible for transmission oi flow of world news increased | editions seized on charges of in-| undesirable news in the first six months of this| citing to public disorders. News- A recent bulletin from the ear but there were some heart-| papers were not closed Inter-American Press Associa cning victories over the foes of| foreign correspondents and/tion noted these events affect 5 seaeoee |the German press are not cen-|ing the local press and news This is disclosed in a survey|sored in Western Germany. Oc-|P2per men under the regime of of censorship and other condi-|cypations authorities have not| President Juan D. Peron In tions hampering the flow of| exercised this year their right to|February the government de news. Every six months the As-|pan publications which endan-|creed that all newsprint im sociated Press asks its corres-| ger the prestige and security of| P° pondents in all parts of the) their military forces. In the|™ world to report on conditions.| past this was applied tempor-| ut The latest survey covers the) arily against some Communist, W! period since Jan. 1 | newspapers. p The Soviet Union and Com-| rts and deliveries would he ide by the Argentine Instit e for the Promotion of Trade, uch has acquired all news- int stocks in the ‘ountry : 7 Pedro Pena, reporter f the : \ ‘ st t , > ( ah , portel or 1 mufist China, and the countries|_ ™ Eastern Germany the Com-|, ited press and Time Mac ast Sollnw Mosier choke off | MuUnist-led government and the} ~ ' : a LOS ’ ioe nt ‘ ; e, was ? ad as le oe oe _|Soviet Control Commission en 4s deported as an und as tight as ever the flow of news| ; , irable alien in Mareh. Fran ie slp ,4 |force strict control of news : Poy mt from great areas of the world.| ‘ cisco H. Uzal, editor of the op oe ‘ : j}paper content along Commun ; i In lieu of news comes a constant Mat tines position radical party paper El barrage of propaganda how ae a : Ciudadano, was .arrested after But this is a challenge to alert| Premier Tito. Communist | rejterating at a rally charges in newspaper men, who patiently|Tegime in Yugoslavia employs! his newspaper that the Social . ‘ : { sift through thousands of words|0 direct censorship of out-| qiq Foundation operated by Eva to find clues as to what is really going dispatches but it keeps a Pe going on close check on what is printed 4,5 : abroad. requentiy foreign In general, the survey shows Te a —— who wettiane no relaxation of censorship in| "°WSPAt : : nd rf government policy find them countries where it is custom Seba attached’ th the obteial 3 | $e. s ac > B ~lal | py, arily employed. In some _ in-|” ah ie a ie Pine AR 4 oii iat eetee ee press for “non-objective re stances this censorship has | Noptti The didenatin wreoe 1 tightened Colombia and Vene- aie anna tight. cee sciadiesh zuela in South America are ex- : ” Pee control amples A revolution in Bolivia April 9 brought about the death of the biggest newspaper in that coun- try, La Rozon. The new regime of Victor Paz Estenssoro pad- locked the newspaper, owned by : regime or Franco himself, or th a representative of one of the eran . ‘ : eects . vas? ‘ : Roman Catholic Church. Provin ee a ee eee cial officials and cabinet mem- owners. The president said he oe ap ” feared the newspaper’s plant might be attacked. He promis- ed to re-open the plant but June 4 the paper’s management gave up and discharged its 300 em- ployees In Hamilton, Bermuda the editor of the Royal Morning Gazette, Edward Thomas Sayer, defied an order of the Speaker of the House against publishing an account of a public debate on foreign exchange control In Chile, a successful cam- paign was waged by the press against the arrest of four news- paper men for criticizing a cabinet minister. The men were released and the cabinet min- ister resigned The Trinidad Guardian at Bunting denied his paper wa Port of Spain launched a vigor-|party organ and five days later ous protest and succeeded in|;came out with a new weekly, getting the government of Trin-|The Clarion, which looked and idad to withdraw an offending clause from a bill and substitute one which absolved newspapers from any liability if they printed fair and accurate reports of any procedings of the Legis- lative Council In Manila, an amendment tacked on to an immigration hillwould haye made it possible for the government to deport an alien who might say or write anything which might discredit the president, members of the cabinet or congress. Senator Claro M. Recto discovered the “sleeper” and delivered such a Stirring defence of the free press that the amendment was killed Italy June 20 ordered expul- sion of a Soviet foreign corres- pondent in a decision that pat- ently had more bearing on the question of Red propaganda than on censorship itself. The ejected correspondent, a 50-year old woman writer for Pravda of Moscow, was being kicked out| of Italy, the government said, | as the result of cumulative evid- | ence of distortion in Pravda arti speechmaking for Com- during her mw year in ftaly, and, finally, her unwar- ranted Pravda attack on Gen Matthew B. Ridgway when he visited Italy as NATO comman- der | There has been some let-up in| censorship of interpretative | writing. Some criticism of the Soviet regime may be reported. As for the satellite countries most of the news. comes from official radio broadcasts or| copies of the rigidly-controlled press which reach the outside world. This is true of Romania, Czechoslovakia, Albania. The in Hungary, a Bulgaria and AP correspondent national, is sub ject to “control” censorship- the practice of calling a corres- pondent on the carpet after his storis re in print In France the pres there is going dispatches. Four times in free and ship of outgoing dispatches bitt newspaper men are held respon domestic |ship of terror riots of last Januar |when the Anglo-Egyptian dis |pute reached its worst point no censorship of out- | In Spain there is no censo: sible for what they send. The press cannot criticiz fundamental laws of the Franco bers are not beyond criticism, however. : The United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth countries of Canada, New Zealand and Aus tralia maintain their tradition of no censorship. For the first time in the his tory of the 42-year-old Union of South Africa, a newspaper w shut down in May because of its political opinions. The Nation alist Government of Prime Min ister Daniel F. Malan, in a po! itical Grisis stemming from it racial policies, banned The Guardian, a pro-Commiunist weekly. This was done unde! a. 1950 Act for suppression of Communism Editor Brian P.) read just like the Guardian. ‘The government took no further ac tion. There is no censorship of dispatches by foreign corre pondents. In India there is no censo outgoing or incomit dispatches and no att contro] news at the source. Last year parliament approved press law giving the govern ment power to control nev which is “an incitement crime” but there has known application mpt been no Dispatches of foreign corr: pondents in Egypt were subject to heavy censorship during th Dispatches are censored prior io transmission and correspondents are not advised of what chang are made In Argentina rect incoming dispatches. Communi-_. bv there is no di-| T, Customs collections in ¢ ince Rupert totalled $57,778.03 = a | i Sint | i BS | }} WILL DO censorship of outgoing or dis ron placed an order for wea ns Customs Collections nine at WHEN ONLY]} advertisement is not published or played by the Liquor Control Board or the Government of British Columbia SEE OUR STOCK Oj USEFUL FOR MOST EN: | We Have Ore To Suit Each Membe of the Family McRAE JUVENILE VEHICLES CCM, BICYCLES WORK FOR VACATION TIME, AND PRECISION BUILT AND OY ABLE r From $44, 7 OO BROS. | 4 Prince Kuper Vaily News Friday, July 4, 1952 ly after 10:15 p.m., and Mr, Bre tt would be elected, he beame d aj| thi the most a land the defeated member were | sigh of relief as he realized the | election B.C, éver had and the F the first to congratulate Mr./ decision was finally made fathers of this alternative e Hills, a Prince Rupert alderman “1 want to thank all my sup- ing have suffered the a Iam still in f VOTERS CHOOSE ballots, Mr. McRae moved with-!| and resident of this city since| porters and wish to say that re- avor of the old (Continued from page 1) jin 35 votes of the newly-elected | 914 gardless their political be-j| system, at least until the eles: : member, then dropped behind Mr. Hills, who went to school liefs or affiliation, anyone | tors have said otherwise by pleh. to 1801 for Mr. McRae — and as transfer of second § choices here, is married to a daughte: should feel free to contact me | iscite although his advantage then| from Mr. Murray's ballots were) + George Casey, veteran alder- regarding any problem within ‘I think it is the most Vigo: was cut by three votes, he went| made man, and has three children the scope of provincial jurisdic- | ous election I have ever seen in |into a 289-vote lead after ab-| Mr. Hills, Mr. McRae and Mr.| His first move after receiv-| ion and I'll co-operate to the) BC, and I believe the - | sentee ballots were added. Murray were all in the Common ing congratulations was to tele-| best of my ability former More | coalition parties spent McRAE MOVED UP Lounge at the Centre phone his wife and although he| CONFUSED ELECTION money than ever before trying On the transfer of Christie’s) when counting conciuded short-' had believed all along that he “I think we can all agree that to mae ’ +--+ +--+ pee renee tees —-- met Serre aera ae ———————, nana ——=S= ‘ Boat Service Petition WHEREAS Union Steamships Limited has for thirty years provided a refrigerated boat service into the City of Prince Rupert on Sundays; AND WHEREAS the said Union Steamships Limited has now discontinued the operation of a Sunday ship; AND WHEREAS by reason of the said discontinuance various retailers products have now been cut off from their source of supply; AND WHEREAS these various distributors serve an arca populated by some twenty thousand people; AND WHEREAS a critical situation with respect to the supply and distribution of food products former'y carried in refrigerated quarters now exists; AND WHEREAS ii is only possible under present circumstances to effect two days’ delivery of fresh vegetables and milk by boat in a week. NOW THEREFORE we. the undersiqned wholesale and retail merchants and citizens of Prince Rupert seek and request the resumption of an adequate refrigerated boat service between the City of Vancouver and the City of Prince Rupert, and specifically desire emphatically to ask that such service be provided so as to orrive in the City of Prince Rupert on Sunday or on Monday mornings of each week. Blain Bros. Emil and Marcel Blain Rex Cafe Chang Quai Wo Grand Cafe Joe Wong The Commodore Cafe David Chow Acme Clothing Store Clara Linsin Macey's Confectionery W. G. Murray Broadway Cafe Peter Wong Ormes Drugs Oo. (a, Stuart Sheardown’s Super-Valu HR. Sheardown Prince Ruperi Florists W) Raxter Northern Distributors Mark Bill Terminal Lunch Wong Kwong J.D, McRAE W. A. ARMSTRONG W. H. Malkin Co, Utd. A. G. Hinton Club 27 Dining Room leannie C. Warren A_E. Smith Limited A. E. Sth Northland Dairy Ltd. A. A. Sheardown Civic Cenire Lunch E. Woods Fraser & Payne G. H. Fraser The Universal D. H, Payne Burns Best Buys ' S. Burns Lyons Fine Foods Limited G. P. Lyons “McKay's” DP. McKay Teng's Grocery Doris E. Teng Chef Lennard’s Third Ave. L. F. Cochlin Ben's News Stand R, Marshall Russell's Confectionery R, R. Cameron Joe's Grocery W. F. Redland Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-Operative Association John P. MacBride. Store Manager Smiles Cafe F. t. Garatani M. A. Tena M, A. Tena D & § Grocery S. W. Dickens Star Store Kir I, lee Sandy's Cafe Moh Rupert Butchers R, FE. Johnson Ruperi Bakery Ltd. Earl $8. Mah Van's Bakery V. J. Scherk Overwaitea Ltd. PD. lelstead Alberta Market P. Gamula and wholesalers of milk and vegetable Rance & Hardy Fred Hardy Family Market H. L. Hampton Bulkley Market F. Filison Co-Op. Bakery P. Forman Kelly Douglas & Co. Ld. N. Parker Rupert Radio & Electric Frank Parlott Enterprise Fruit Co, Chin Jon B.C. Fruit & Produce Co. Ltd. L. F. Brewerton Quality Store M, Petenuzzo Sunrise Co. Ld. M, Chung Kee Spero’s Quality Grocery Ss Pagtiu'a Seventh Avenue Market Evan C, Shier Kaien Consumer's Co-Op. David Stone Midway Grocery : 1 W. Rogerson Currie's Grocery Jean De Carlo B. Y. Market MoM, McDonald Skeena Grocery W. Wasvk Thos. McMeekin & Sons Ltd. Thos. A. McMeekin Fred Scadden Fred Scadden