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The Brussels Post, 1962-07-05, Page 5?..4aikkr ,AVAin claire pee, and rang. for cof- fee. "You'd be surprised," she said, "how many women are ask- ed that question—not always in those words, And thee never tell "'You mean," countered Mar- kley, "that the other man has to .find Out for himself, eh','- Listen • am-Ruses In the Days of The TIGHTEN SECURITY — Soldiers stand on guard near barbed wire barricade in Oran, Aigerla; as Security measures were tightened following the death of Lt.-Col. Marion Labor Trouble On The 'Waterfront In a richly paneled ificc‘ oh the third floor of the seven-story Seafarers International Union building in. Montreni sits a blue. eyed, tanned, 51-year-old man named Harold C. Banks, From a huge picture window behind :hire, there is a. striking view of this Montreal skyline. On his semi- circular desk there are phones connecting him with the Great Lakes ports, with, hiring halls along the St, Lawrence, with Union headqUarters in Brooklyn and with, ships at sea, One push on a button locks every door in, the building. Another shows what is 'bairig Said and done in every woes on closed-circuit TV, "Every reoM, that is," laughs Banks, "except the ladies room" Those who hate him accuse Banks of thuggery, treachery, and the theft of union funds. en court hearings beginning last month they charged him and hie men with beating up one mem- bar of a new and rival. Canadian Maritime Union 'with baseball bats, creatino, a reign of terror on the doeksides, and scheming with Teamsters' loose Jimmie. Hoffa to control all Canadian East Coast shipping. At these and other accusation; Banks scoffs disdainfully. He was brought to'Canada by national labor leaders in 1949 to Crush a Communist-led sailors' union. He did it, and though denied Canadian citizenship, he' stayed on to rule as unchallenged boss of 17,000 union members. Unchallenged, that is, until Banks' one-time right-hand man Mike Sheehan decided, "I don't like dictators and. I never have." Disenchanted with what he claimed were Banks!' misuses of union funds, he headed up a new Canadian Maritime Union with. the blessing of some of the same laboranimleaders who had imported B Moving in quietly St eirst, Sheehan, a twice torpedoed World War Il seaman, broke the SIU's grip on lake shipping, then began organizing the ports along, the St, Lawrence. Reaction was fast and ugly. Sheehan barely dodged a shotgun, blast from feet away. At Teets Riteeres 31 of Banks' men Were arrested one weekend for bullying CMU crews ashore. In court SIU men have given such contradictory testimony that One judge remarked: "I hate to call you a liar, but I don't be- lieve one word you have said," Appeals have been Made to, Prime Minister John Diefenbak-' er and protests passed along to President Kennedy. Yet last month Hal Banks was still riding high and handsome. When word was brought to him. in his office that Sheehan's union had moved into new quarters, 5 miles from the waterfront, he looked out, the panoramic win- dow, chuckling nuietly to him- self, From N2W8WEEX Gunman Received A Really Royal Welcome by BRET MARTINE No night could liaise suited Maekley's purpose better, Icy fog wrapped the countryside for fif- ty miles amend London: not thick enough to stop the trains, but uncomfortable enough to cause travellers to bury their laces in overcoat-collars and scarves, Markley grinned, In the emp- ty compartment he unbelted his raincoat, took a gun from his jacket pocket and checked it over. At Great Arington he alighted. A three-mile walk, but that Was nothing. It's through taking taxis or begging lifts that men gives themselves away. It was ten minutes to seven when Markley stepped along the short drive leading to the house. He thumbed the bell-push. There came a small sound from within -- a Woman's footfall — and then the doer opened. She was tall and distinguish- ed-lookieg. "Good heavens!" Markley mut- tered. "Claire!" Claire's eyes widened in fear and she made an instinctive movement to slam the heavy door. But Markley pushed in- side. "Where is he?" Claire' hesitated, then said, in quick undertorie; "Wait here — the dinner — be back," HO threw open his raincoat in motion, while a tank holding sixty gallons of water was slung under the body of coach. To avoid smoke, Coke was esecl in- steed of cnal; both fuel and wa- ter being replaced along the way. In all, this coach Could carry eighteen eassengere—six inside and a dozen in the open. in a later model, Gurney reduced the wheels to four, and fitted, the body with two iron bars ending in flat feet. These feet could be forced down on the road, not only to check excessive speed, but also to prevent the vehicle from running downhill, Writes Marjorie Bruceeleilee in the 'Christian, Science Monitor, Improvement folloWed lin- ,provement, but traces of the old herse coach can still be seen in Dr. Church's steam carriage da- ted 1833, It is curious, however, that the single front wheel cov- ere d with a hood survives even today in one type of modern traction engine. It was Dr. Chureh's coach which traveled at thirty-four miles an hour, Such a vehicle, according to a coneem. poem account, had Many ad- vantages over a horse-drawn made Apart from the question of speed, there were no reins to break, no high-spirited animals to bolt. "We follow," this report continues, "an instrument with the strength and docility of an elephant, the fleetness of a horse, and as likely to do anyone a leis- thief as a lerrib." This flattering opinion Was not universally shared, Though all seemed set for pro- gress, powerful interests had be- come alarmed: the coach-owners and coaching interests, all these concerned with the breeding, rearing and equipping of horses, as well as with their mainten- ance. Then there were the inn- keepers, with their hostelries strung all along the main coach-, ing roads. If travelers could reach their destination in a day instead of having to spend one or More nights along the route, where would the inns bee It is true some railways were already operating, but at eirst they car- fled few passengers; they were mainly concerned with the trans span 01 mentifactureci goods, with "'raw material§ and livestock going to the markets. Travelers still went mainly by road. In 1837 there Were three thousand horse coaches carrying passen- gers and mails, The great in- crease in railway passenger tran- sport cane e few years later. So the. Tuenpike Truste; find- ing themselves threatened, levied, exorbitant Wile oh the steam car- riagee. Where a horse' coach would travel for; say, tour shit- Beige on a given stretoh, the steam carriages were forced to pay twenty times• as much. All efforts failed to• break the pro= tection secured, to the Coaching Interests by the Turnpike Acts. But worse was to follow: Par- liament was persuaded to pass the "Man and Flag" Act, which limited the speed of any mechan- ically propelled vehicle to four miles ant hour; the speed at which a man could walk in front with a• flag. This Act was not repealed' until 1896,. at the cern- frig of the' motor car, The fate of the steam Carriage Was sealed. Finding this avenue blocked, the inventors • concentrated 6n Other tees ter steer": industrial "All right, all rightl But the Press decided to play up the in- jured-innocent side, didn't they — Society Girl Involved, a n d. every photo a tear-jerker, "Not surprising the judge fell for you." Claire fingered her sherry glass. "I can understand you're bitter, Those years in jail, But do you think, John likes send- ing men to such places?" "Sure, sure," shocked Mark- ley, "Like the schoolmaster who dashes away a tear as he canes!" There was a silence. Sudden- ly, Markley gave a cackling laugh. "Cheerful conversation, eh? What about asking me to dinner?" "I was just about to," said Claire. She touched the b ell, Presently, the door opened and the manservant a pp eared; a stooping ma n, shambling a n d subservient. "We are ready, Dexter," said Claire. "Sir John is evidently staying in town. But Mr. Mark- ley will dine with me." "Very good, meady." In a few moments he came back wheeling the dinner-wag- on, Markley, at a s n. from Claire, took the place that would have been Judge Brecon's, Claire took up the silver soup- ladle. "Perhaps you would' serve the wine," she remarked. "We don't need Dexter hovering while we talk." "I'd have thought," said Mark- ley, with a wry smile, "that His Honour might have run to some- thing spryer in the servant line." "Oh, Dexter's just an old piece of family furniture," Claire re- plied, indifferently. Peeeently, the" wine' and the comfortable aurroundings' b e - gan their Mellowing effete. And, by candlelight, the judge's wife looked more 'beau- tiful than ever. Markley relaxed. He talked, with lees° bitterness, of the' trial and of his' life in jail, "Dammit," he said, draining his glass, "I doiet even know whether your precious, judge is forty or eighty. They all look alike in that pantomime costume. Is he really a husband or just a meal-ticket?" machinery; the railways; steam- ships. It may be of interest that the first successful steamboat, built by William Symington (1763-1831) and Patrick Miller (1731-1815), carried two distin- gidshed men among. its passen- gers, the Scottish poet Robert Burns, and the' Ameriean Robert Fulton, at that time studying art in England. Fulton was so deep- ly impressed with the possibili- ties of steam navigation that he laid aside his brush to become an engineer. Later he not only tried to sell Napoleon the idea of a subinerine• for an attack on England,. but had much to do with the development of the Mississippi stearnboats. .„. • • He broke off, eyeing ,Dexter impatiently as the old man en- tered, fumbling with the coffee. tray. "Listen," he resumed. "Don't try to pull the wool. This isn't your ilfe—legal dinners, the vii- Mtge institute and the parish bee zaa0" "Leave me alone. you've no right , Markley laughed, "Rights? I'm the other man, cheeky; and the other man makes his own rights, if he's got any guts. "Before that senile old sadist who's now your husband sent me down, I was the man in your life." "Yoy never were—you were only a drug-dealer!" "All right, all right!" Markley almost shouted. "I can start now. Here's a bargain—I've got plans, associates—you string along with me, and in six months we can be going places." He pulled the gun from his pocket. "What do I care about blowing Brecon's head off? That's gone cold now. Let him rot. Conte with me-..new—to- night--I'll show you—" He was forcing a kiss on the woman in the chair when there came the sound of a car-hooter outside and the swish of tyres on gravel. Markley sprang away from Claire. He peered out from the draped edge of the french win- dow, and gasped: "That's a police car! You've doublecrossed me somehow, you rattlesnake." "I haven't, you fool; the police often call." The doer-bell rang. 11Iarkley thrust the gun into his pocket and grabbed his raincoat. Then he burst through the french win- dows, and vanished. Then, from the hail, two melt, entered the room. One tall, fifty-ish, distinguished, -wore a dressing-gown over white shirt and dark -trousers. He was say- ine: "My dear Srnithers, you inust certainly take a tot on such a night" "No, don't tempt me, Sir John," laughed the other man. "Of all p e o' p 1 4, a police - inspector shouldn't drink and drive." He saw Claire, and bowed to her. He turned to the judge. "I've looked in, Sir John, to' have a Word with you about last night." "You meesi the rehearsal? Ale It wasn't et good." "It' was ghastly," said Inspec- tor Smithers. "As producer, must speak fthnklg." "Oh, quite my dear &slithers:* "And I want you," continued. the Inspector, "to switch to the old Earl'. It's a better part and you could do it. But as the butler —no. Honestly, Sir John* you couldn't play a betler to save your life." 'Sir Sohn Brecon veiled: Cares fully he wiped away the wisp of grey crepe hair from his chin, and the greasepaint Wrinkles from his face. "I .beg to differ," he chuckled. "You see, ,I've been doing just that" From "Tit-Bits" and was fingering the gun in his petket when she returned, "In here," she said, opening a door to the left, It was a long room, with an antique dining table, set for the evening meal, at the far end, and a service-door. "Yoe know what I've come for," he snarled, "This is Judge Brecon's place, Where is he?" "Not here," "Don't lie! That won't help him!" Claire gave a contemptuous smile. She crossed to the service- door and opened it a little, "Dex- ter!" A voice answered: "Y e s, measly?" "When Will Sir John be back?" "He said that if he couldn't get home in time for dihner, he might spend the night at his club, Milady." Claire closed the door. Mark- ley, nonplussed; studied her easy, deliberate movements as she returned to the fireside, "What are you here, anyway?" he demanded, "Seeretary . companion?" "I am his wife." Markley's 10 °lc of astonish- ment Changed to a slow grin. "Well, well! Girl from the underworld makes g o o d, eh? How come, then, Lady Brecon?" "There's no point. in discuss- ing it," said Claire, quietly. "You may as well go away." Markley laughed harshly. 'Brecon took six years off my life When he sentenced me, I'm going to shorten his. And if I'm going to have to wait all eve- ning I could use a drink." Claire brought whisky for Markley, sherry for herself. "You can't blame me, Peter. It wasn't my evidence that con- victed yon," "Who said it wa s ? All the same, you needn't have married the swine who sent me down," Marlelee gulped his drink. "Come to think of it, you didn't belong in the underworld — you were top-drawer, only you slip- ,ped," "Thinks to you and your fil- thy' drug-peddlers." IT EVENS UP The law of coMpensation al- ways vsorke although sometimes in a rather mysterious way, As an example: The joy you take inmaking amateur movies is in- evitably equalled' by the suffer- ing of the friends you force to. view them.— Siebit Ctitie. ° Ineleded in the etirrent, exhibi- tion of model trains, ships and airplanes, at the Bethnal Green Museum in London, are Illestras tione of the steam: carriages which, as eerie as 1633; ran along the British highways at over thirty miles an hour. Unfors tettafely their career was cut short by the hostility of the pow- erful horse and horse-coach in- terests which managed to have them banished from the roads; This delayed the progress of swift highway transport by near- ly seventy years. in its turn the horse ,coach was ousted by the railways, but only after a mighty struggle. It 1,5 a faseinating story. Be- tweee the years one hundred and four hundred A,D., when the Rontans occupied Britain, they not only laid down then mous reads which traversed the coun- try, they also introduced horse- shoes and horse-drawn vehicles, But horseshoes Were costly and soon. Wore out on the hard Stone roads, Gradually, through the centuries, the fine Roman roaces were neglected, horse - drawn, carriages gave way to pack horses, These could travel un- shod along the soft Side verges, but with the constant coming end going the Verges sank lower and lower until finally Only the heads of the horse and rider could he seen. The trehcheS so formed Were called "hollow- ways"' i seine still exist in country districts, and one of the ancient tiorth-Soutn reeds leading out of and into London is known as HollOWay, . As spnie seventeenth-century maps show (one was recently reproduced on The Home For. um), Britain was coveted With a network of roads, but they were in such bade shape, with ruts four feet deep 'in places and swimming in mud, that by the mid-eighteenth century the Lon- don to Edinburgh coach took six- teen days to cover the four hun- dred miles. SoMething had ebvis ously to be done, In 1760 groups of men formed Turnpike Trusts.. Soon turnpikes were sited every few Miles along the highways and tolls were levi- ed. These quaint one-storied toil houses, with a window set aslant to face either way alOng the potels, can still be seen on ebtinte lees English country roads, The money raised by the One Was s, used to hripinve the highways, The Bristol Turnpike Treat Was tortunate to have among its em- ployees one of the great road engineers of all time, the Seots- men John Loudest Macadam (1756-1836). Macadam had, studied the Ros Man method of laying it road on. a Live-toot foundation of stones of varying sizes but reasoned that since a dry road gage little trou- ble, provided it was level, all that was really needed, Was to Waterproof an even surface.. His• ideas were ridieuled„ but he per- fristed, building his road. with small stones set so• closely' to- gether and then bonded, so that water could not penetrate; The skeptics were convinced, and within two years Macadam had built One hundred and. fifty miles of good new roads, and between 1783 and 1798 he had transform- ed the highways in the Bristol: area, In 1184 the first horses drawn mail-carrying coach to user e ireproved'macadainizeti* road. Made its. maiden run be- tween London and Bristol, the driver being, armed. with twe pistols and the guerd. With two. loaded' blunderbusses, By ltiee Britain had: nearly' 25,000 miles Of suety-footswide turnpike' roads—to. Vote - a eons' temporary report passengers- could; now be "hurled' gene' .a't' tee miles' an hour, But egen be fore .1784.enite pioneers ..hacg real- 'zed thee heieeedraWii, Were. out ef date, More than a hundred years earlier' Iskee Neer.. ton • had been' working on tli* idea of a steam-propelled: vehi-' cle,, and he 1769' a eteain 16eebtos' titres designed by Ctigiine young Feetithintire had' netted'. through the streets of, Paris at three iiiiie§, hour. eirifeetilifs etely for Cugnot its. career. was - cut` sheet When; he teenier, a• col-. hen it' overbalanced,. The Innen. for was. thrown'. late ,Pieeein, bet later he was teleased arid' aWdecl ed a. pension.. In 1.827" the 'first eteetie Cattle& ran along' Mies of the tieW roadie froth London to. Bathe - but.. it' was; stoned: end: finally! deetinyedr A terror-stricken pePtiletioin Thie, did tot deter •the inventors; arid' steam' catriageS , were gradually' eceepted,lay'the petiplet even the horseeseeeeed. to shy at theft.. By 1833' there were regttlar London, tosBeighteit Seethed traveling:: at the tithe:eta of" sped', of thirty- four litter. The'. Tint' stealtedeigen reatti, vehiclesi, like. the' early rallteerge tereiagkeit retained' the shape' of: hereetekehr even to the central. Poles White Ofleet. tepefated. the Meats. No* the feotie, wheea. were Wetted by a.' lever' plated: beside the dried; oe eitglitee as he was called;:another legei One steeled with.the Main eteehiseenes. The back of the coach Mused, the Machinery' for Peedticitig the Meant Set the lettideesheele Atoms on the Road! Wyou- drive' very thuds, chances are that sometime or Other you will see a, truck bearing. a distinctive clover- like symbol with words "Caution—Radioactive." Such fruCkS" are' driesegteisgi the'couritry in greater frequency de*. radiation research increases at government agencies, universities and' induitriest. Named tol,be alarmed, how- e'ven for while' they are among the most dangerous sub"- Stances ever Made by man, the radiation sources are so carefully Shielded' that no conceivable highway ()CCP- dent could' spill them: Recently; a shiprneht of 11,006 Curies (equal' to 11,000 grams of pure radium) of cobalt- 60 was trucked froM Atomic Energy Ltd, in Ottawa; Canada, to the' Goodyear research laboratories in Akron, Ohio, as shown in pictures herewith: The cobalt was packed• in an 8,000-pound lead container, clad- with stainless steel and built to withstand an irnpact of 250 G's, Which rode alone in a barn-sized Dixie-Ohio Ex- forest' truck. The 632-mile` trip was' routine and the. cobalt atoms are now being used to help de'velop new types of rubber and plastic, Hot ;gigot RadlOactNe cobalt-60 atoms are sole Otinin4 seri in truck, beginning lotiirney front Offeititinf, fe Akteit, joistitey,is Tho• is' stored' feet of weittr. When used, it is reoiseci to iyorRtfig" leirbl by reinee control, At destination, huge winch' itlieleeet entrees dobeilt-60' sqiighect 004 3/10ths an ounce, but' its Lied con-', 8,000 pounds! lifiAlrijk*! •