Word: padlocks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...majority felt that to hear Tim Buck speak would be quite legal, but the University Counsel had given his opinion that such a meeting would be in contravention to the Provincial Padlock Law which declares the propagation of Communism illegal in the Province of Quebec...
Thus, the original stand of the Students' Council made on February 16, deciding to remain within the law, was upheld. However, two resolutions protesting the Padlock Law to the Provincial and Federal governments still stand on the minutes of the McGill student society...
According to the Padlock law, which denies communists right to speak, this action is illegal, but the Union in making its decision, passed a resolution demanding that "the board of governors and the principal of the University take this situation (the Padlock law) under advisement immediately and provide freedom of expression at McGill...
MONTREAL, Feb. 16:--The Padlock Law is the first shield erected by a reactionary finance capital in Quebec to save it from the little silver bullets of free thought and speech. The straw man that is bearing the brunt of the Padlock Law is the red spectre of Communism. In its name the 'Red Raiders' have made use of the padlock some sixty times to date...
...fight against reaction in the past has come from a very small minority of English speaking liberals. Any fight, however, is doomed, which does not emanate from the overwhelming French-Canadian population. There are evidences that this is now assuming real proportions. However, while the fight against the Padlock Law is just beginning, it might be well to note that reaction has just opened fire. The real barrage is yet to come...