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6^ T 'Conspiracy of silence on unempoym{ A labor official has charged that there is a "conspiracy to play down the whole issue of unemployment." F_i"Â©'Ne_l, secretary of the B. C. Federation of Labour, told an unemployed rally in Pender auditorium that despite tha apparent attempt to blackout news of unemployment, "we must arouse the sympathy and support of the public â this is the only *waf B_o*0ietgov-" ernments to do something." Heavy rain postponed the pro posed unemployment march on city hall following ready to help himself the rally and held down the ing to solve the man-j attendance af the rally. â T'-^tl|rr_.Vl.V hg-^V-" O'Neal also said there were . Eric Waugh, chairr a lo. of things to be done by Lower Mainland councl the new unemployed organiza- employed, said many( Hon and warned that "the un- were selling furniture employed worker has to be funds. Others were losing can't was ready Electric if homes be- workers tMjpjlXfilfflSftiri MWT*tcr.yiKiTnjf_'*^.Â«i OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL No. / ii. Vancouver, B. C, January 31, 1961 <*&_Â£Â£>-Â»8 Established 1924 Officers re-elected in early mart â ED C. SIMS . , . president â C. P. NEALE ... secretary Growing demand services Labor is pushing a demand that all phases of the B. C. social welfare services should be thoroughly investigated following the resignation of child welfare superintendent Ruby McKay. A resolution from Vancouver and District Labour Council said the probe should be made by a committee of the Legislature at the present session. It said that all political parties should be represented on the committee. The labor council request â â â â â â' â - â | Top men for roily Two prominent Canadian speakers will be featured in the third public rally sponsored by tha B.C. Committees on Radiation Hazards on the theme "The Arms Race or the Human Race?" â¢ John B. Witchell, chemical engineer who resigned from the Defence Research Board in a dispute over policy, and Prof. J. Gordin Kaplan of Dal- housie University will speak al ihe rally in the Queen Elisabeth Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 8:30 p.m. '"Â» TV personality Doug Haskins will be chairman. Mr. Witchell gained the admiration of many Canadians for his courageous stand against the nuclear arms race by resigning bis post with the Canadian Defence Research Board. Prof. Kaplan holds a professorship in physiology at Dal- hpusie where _â¢ is specialising in biological effects of radiation. â¢-"â falls in tine with the* demands made by many other organizations for a complete check of welfare policies. Prof. William Dixon of UBC school of social work, the B.C. Association of Social Workers, the B. C. Parent-Teacher Federation and other groups have urged government action to clear up the problems and prevent welfare services from deteriorating further. The resignation of Miss McKay was , kept under wraps wraps for months by the gov- for months by the government and lb. government still has not commented or answered any of the McKay criticisms. But the incident has again rallied those' in welfare work to cry out against lack of money, staff shortage, inadequate training and poor facilities. The labor council resolution declared that "the labor movement in B. C. has been complaining for man*^ years of the inadequacies of the provincial welfare services and that many other responsible organizations have severely criticized the government because ;of its;, po , (Continued on Page 6) Kamloops elects IWA's Dick Larson KAMLOOPS â Dick Larson of the IWA has been elected president of the Kamloops and District Labour "Council for 1901. Mrs: C. Mclmris of hospital employees was named secretary-treasurer, and Bert Barrett, Carpenters, vice-president. BJ jobless lobby uoks to Victoria A giant "march on Victoria" will be held on March 6. ; The rally expects to draw more than 1,000 to the capital city to lobby for government action on B.C.'s mounting unemployment problems. The committee for thejLow- er Mainland area hopes to take about 1,000 in their march, while other labor councils in Nanaimo and Victoria are expected to swell the lobby to one of the biggest in B.C. history. Some unions have already indicated they will hire their own transportation and send some of -tfeii^but-ol-woric members separately. Those taking,part are expected to travel by bus and terry to Victoria where they will parade through the city to the Legislative Buildings. MLA's and cabinet members will be given facts and figures of the unemployed problem, told of hardships being suffered by many who have been unable to find work for many months and be reminded of proposals made by labor through _he B.C. Federation of Labour. A brief may be presented to the premier. IWA Local 217, Carpenters, Street Railwaymen and the Vancouver Labour Council already have offered--- donations to help pay the transportation cost for the Victoria march., Two committees are work- i] ing details of the arrangements. One will arrange transportation and choose those who will take part and the second group will draw up the program for the day. It has been suggested that those going on the trip will carry their own lunch if pos- â¢ sible. The return trip will be made in one day. Tnis month, the Vancouver council of the B.C. Federation of Unemployed also sponsored two parades to focus public attention on important issues. A group of placard-carrying unemployed marched to the downtown office of oil tycoon Frank McMahon with the question "where are the 10,000 jobs?" McMahon, in a statement released on the eve of the last provincial election, had stated that if the Social Credit government was not returned and the CCF elected, that 1Q.000 jobs would be lost in the- oil and natural gas industry; of B.C. The jobs he referred to have failed to materialize and instead unemployment has steadily mounted. Another parade of unemployed carried placards in front of^the city welfare offices with a chant of "we want medical service." The peaceful demonstration was a criticism of the provincial government's announced policy of cutting off free medical services for employable iir-wnnloyed who are put on social welfare allowances. f JN THIS ISSUE Two important briefs pre. sented this month are covered in detail in this, edition of The Labor Statesman. On page 2. a report of the brief of- the B.C. Federation of Labour which was presented to the provincial cabinet earlier this month. On page 3. a report on the brief presented by several labor groups to city -council on unemployment. ...IN I I III TWO TRY â If s almost certain thai there will be at least a two-way contest for tha leadership of the New Party. Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas has now let it be known that he is willing to accept the federal leadership and CCF national leader Hasan Argue has announced he'll also try for the post.,..,. .' v if. "Â£ â¢ *Â£ NO DOUBLE-UP â B.C. Federation of Labour this month officially objected to the appointment of Education Minister Les Peterson as 1A- Dor minister. The Federation said: "While we do not question the minister's personal integrity or_ability,'we doubt the wisdom of placing the additional burden of what is regarded as a most important and onerous posi- tio oh an individual already charged with equally heavy responsibilities. It would ap pear that the fields of labor and education are being considered as of secondary importance." â¢*â - â¢J- *p CONGRATS â To both Al Toone, Victoria Labour Council secretary, and the voters of Victoria. Toone was elected city alderman after five recounts. * * * MSA-MENâEarl Kinney of Amalgamated Lithographers was elected a vice-president, and George Mitchell of IWA chairman of the salary committee at the annual meeting of the Medical Services Association (MSA). â¢T- s-ge rfl NOTED â Imperial Oil Ltd. has estimated its 1960 earnings at $61 millions, a 12 per cent increase over the 1959 profit. â¢"*â¢ v *p STILL TRYINGâVancouver Labour Council secretary Paddy Neale has been trying for a year to get official government sanction to enable him. to legally swear affidavits. The attorney-general's department- ment has said that tbey are unable to grant a commission for taking affidavits despite the fact that it's been a normal procedure with the council secretary in the past. Neale has reapplied once again. . tP, V *v UFF_TIME â Some of the politicians are having their fun predicting a short life for the New Party in Canadian politics. Forgotten obviously, points out the IWA in its Green-Gold broadcast, are historic records such as: In Great Britain, the same experiment formed a new political party which has flourished for 60 years as the British Labor Party; in Sweden, the Federation of .Swedish unions have formed the main- â stay.- â _-â¢ the Social-Democratic Party in that country for 30 years. â¢*â¢" **V â¢â¢* WELCOMED â Newly seated labor council delegates this month included: J. L. Weisger- ber. Hospital Employees; H. Jaeck, W. Mathieson. G. Kow- bel, W. Brown and P. Sperling. IWA Local 1-217; B. McGuire. Real Estate Salesmen's Union Local 1570; H. Lamont, Lithographers Local 44; June Mcintosh, Laundry Workers Local 292; H. Thiessen, I. Bo- schman. S. Huige. C. J. Ab- (Continued on Page 8) min -"'-.is^Tfi-i â ^mWH â mm&mi d Page Two "January 31, 1961. -THE LABOR STATESMAN Lack of funds no reason for anyone to go without af)/GH VI karattention; service avai By CHARLES LAMARCHE Labour Staff Representative, Community Chest and Councils ... t'i "Mr, modern society; 4ack of funds is no longer a reason for a man or woman to be deprived of vital medical attention. Take, for instance,, this case: Mr. A had been out of work several months. As he left the house one morning he slipped and broke his leg. Mr. A and his wife worriedly wondered where to turn for help â out of work, no money and now an accident. Indirectly Mr. and Mrs. A, like you and me, have paid for the help they could now claim. The Out-Patient Department of the Vancouver General Hospital operates four clinics â Adult Out-Patient, Women's Clinics, Children's Clinics and Adult Psychiatry, cost borne by the hospital itself, and the provincial and municipal gov- BOB SMEAL . . . disturbing trends Galloway now barmens' BA t. Jack Galloway, former president of Beverage Dispensers' Union, Local 676, has been elected secretary and business agent of his local to replace Bob Beddome, who resigned. In a hotly contested local by-election with four candidates for each of three posts, Harold Courson was elected president and Hal Lund recording secretary. MUtual 5-8181 TOWING â¢ 24-HR. SERVICE t FULLY INSURED â¢ RADIO CONTROLLED â¢ BONDED DRIVERS BUSTER'S Auto Towing Service Ltd. 376 E. HASTINGS ST. Exclusive AAA Contract Vancouver Betts Shell Service Broadway & Arbutus GAS â OIL â TIRES BATTERIESâACCESSOR â BATTERIES ACCESSORIES LUBRICATION & REPAIRS UNION SHOP BE 3-4712 ernments, in fact, from our taxes. These services are free to those who haven't much mo- _w*^._cÂ£mir'&4p^^ been out of work, or where illness requiring very expensive treatment strikes a member of the family and the family has not enough money to pay for it. After Mr. A was released from hospital he returned to the Out-Patient department for regular visits until the cast came off his leg. While he was there the doctor checked Mrs. A because she looked ill. She, too, received treatment and medicines. Next the doctor looked over their two youngsters. The youngest was found to be hard of hearing. The Children's Clinic has particularly good ..facilities for deaf youngsters. The child was sent there Immediately. All this care did not cost a cent. The Outpatient medical services are available on referral. CHARLES LAMARCHE Your doctor0 refers you to the hospital authorities, or the em ergency or hospital wards make the referral as in the case of Mr. A. This care includes the full services of medical, surgical, plus any drugs, medication or physiotherapy needed. â¢**â¢ â "â¢I* â¢Â»* Who is eligible for these services? A single person with an income not over $150 a month. This income ceiling goes up by $25 monthly per person in the family. For instance, if there are five persons in the family â possibly husband and wife, two children and grandmother â the income cannot be more than $250 a month. Savings account should not be more than $1,000. If the patient has MSA or any other medical insurance they cannot use the clinics except for medical services not covered by their insurance. However, these rulings are fairly flexible because finan cial acceptance is worked on a 12-month period. Therefore the patient who might be earning a good salary today, but may have had some months out received only Unemployment Insurance or Social Assistance within the 12-month period, will be accepted. Consideration is also given where a patient has an illness requiring very expensive care, in fact, consideration is always given where there are extenuating circumstances. Mr. A got a job soon after his leg healed. He started work without a pile of medical bills waiting to be paid and with his family in good health, eager for.the future. If you have any questions about the services of the Out- Patient department of the Vancouver General Hospital, or any health and welfare services in the city, please write me care of this paper, and I will do my best to answer them. FEDERATION PROPOSALS Unemployment top issue in brief to cabinet The B. C. Federation of Labor put legislative proposals of B.C. trade unionists before the provincial cabinet this month with strong emphasis on a program to combat unemployment. -..-,â ..) - The delegation led by President Robert Smeal presented a 28-page brief to the cabinet on Jan. 5, reviewing the decisions of the federation's convention last fall. Urging measures to build employment, to ease suffering of those who have been jobless for many months and to tackle the long-term problem of unemployment, the delegation said that "certain economic indicators show disturbing trends" and cited the growth in the past year of jobless ranks. The brief said that "although production levels in some important industries increased during the year, the employment trends in B. C. closely resemble those of each of the recovery periods throughout Canada during the past ten years." It went on to point out that after each Canadian recession since that of 1949-50, the percentage of the labor force unemployed has settled at a much higher level than the time before: After the 1949-50 recession, unemployment fell back to 2.4 per cent. After the 1953-54 recession, it fell back to 3.4 per cent; after the 1957-58 re-, cession, it fell back to 6 per cent in 1959. Other-Tissues the brief included: Bill 43 -âRepeal of this "aggravating legislation. The Act has done nothing to further better industrial relations in B. C, on the contrary, it has created an atmosphere of hostility because of the legal weapons provided to employers." â¢ Legislation to prohibit any employer from bringing in workers from other areas to work behind legal picket lines. ("It appears that with the unemployment problem as it is that organized strike-breaking is again the vogue,-particularly in the area of skilled trades.") * * * â¢ Protective legislation for employees against arbitrary dismissal and discrimination for union actW'ify during the period when an application for union certification is pending. -j. -j-. "t- â¢ Full collective bargaining rights for all employees, including government workers. â¢j** <*** **"* â¢ Forty-hour work week, prohibition of "moonlightirg" and reduction in number of overtime permits issued. Committee set to help H.S. MacKay A committee has been set up in Vancouver to help Hamish Scott MacKay, the 55-year-old Canadian-born carpenter who was deported from the U.S. recently because of his activities in an unemployed organization during the 1930's. The committee was set up with the sanction of Local 452 of Carpenters to help MacKay who has been transferred into that ur..', /i. It hopes to win support -for a new drive tohave the Demo- "-'cratic administration under President Kennedy reverse the actions of the former government. â¢ Annual holidays with pay â establishment of a "vacation pay credit fund" for construction workers to be administered by the labor department and into Which the employers should pay the vacation credits due. ("Due to the growing problems in the existing system of computation of holiday pay for construction workers.") â¢p "t* tF â¢ Workmen's Compensation â Payments equal to 100 per cent of the individual's wage; an independent appeal board, separate and apart from the WCB "to provide democratic justice to all concerned." * * * â¢ Apprenticeship--- concern because some apprentices are being forced to prolong their apprenticeship period, either because the original period has been interrupted due to lay-off or due to design by unscrupulous employers. Amend the Act to provide that no apprentice be required to serve more than one probationary period in the same trade. * * *_:..., -i â¢â¢â¢ Prbvmmai nearm plan*_i_** Urge the government to introduce such a plan to cover all. citizens, employed or unemployed. "The right to health, or treatment, would seem to be a natural right to which the function of government is admirably suited.") â¢ Jury duty â Individuals selected for jury duty should be compensated for their actual income loss and not at the present nominal rate of $8 per day. -f* Â¥& iff â¢ Co-operative drug companies â "Present legislation requires that a majority of the (Continued on page 8) NO MEDICAL COVERAGE? No worker in B.C. should be without medical care protection. Comprehensive coverage is available to groups of three employees up to any number, anywhere in fhe province, through C.U. & C.'s Group Plan. The,, employee who retires or who is laid off can still be covered through *C.U. & C.'s Individual Plan, closely resembling the Group Plan, or *C.U. & C.'s Limited Benefit Plan which protects him against major medical bills. For full irfonnation. write or telephone C. U. & C. Health Services Society 96 East Broadway TRinity 9-5711 Vancouver 10, B.C. "Health Insurance at Cost, the Co-operative Way" I Vulliamy & Brownell CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 7 2205 Fir St. Phone RE. 8-3233 Vancouver. B.C. HM "J>ii|Â».' ._aÂ£*f&_>Â» â â Mount Pleasant Chapel Limited KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE KINDLINESS â UNDERSTANDING â DEPENDABILITY LADY ATTENDANT Phone TRinity 6-2161 â â THE LABOR STATESMAN - January 31, 1961 Page Three FOR JOB-CREATING PROJECTS Special city ,.-_â â¢â¢â¢â i issue A brief from four labor organizations this month urged city council to finance a large- scale works program by a special "civic responsibility" bond when bills are unpaid, due to unemployment. City council to press the provincial government on social assistance measures, â â :<:~,~,..,}siSl0^Mjt nil' miiiiiiiii'iiwi.i ââ :-Â«-â¢<.*Â«â .â__:-_tÂ«Â»-Â«s_i.,Â»A^er.merr-to 'â urgen'%heHleaÂ»* A delegation representing unemployed workers in this area presented the brief to aldermen at city hall following a rally in the Pender Auditorium. * They also urged: â¢ A protest to B.C. Electric for cutting off essential electricity and gas services eral government to increase unemployment insurance payments and cut personal income taxes. Spokesman for the groups declared the "unemployment is reaching record levels in Canada, in B.C. and in Van- ' couver. "Because our city is in the j, unenviable position of receiving many displaced workers from many other parts of Canada and, the province, it is our corporate right to have our -voi et> â hear_â¢; at - 5?igher "__V-$S*; of government." Backing the submission were the Vancouver and District Labour Council, Vancouver and District Building Trades Council, B.C. Federation of Unemployed and the B.C. Federation of Labour. For city council action, the brief said: "We believe a massive program of winter works is needed and is possible. We suggest lh-i the citys' part of such a works program can be fin- â;-_-Hs-j- a special bond issue," the brief pointed out. "This bond issue should be in the nature of a civic responsibility loan whereby local individuals and companies would be asked to subscribe, as a civic duty, at below the high going rates of bond interest. "Many large companies in our city owe it a great debt Top posts to Sims and Neale President Ed Sims of the Brewery Workers and General Secretar y-Treasurer C. P. Paddy Neale of the IWA were both re-elected to their second terms with the Vancouver Labour Council in annual elections on Jan. 17. Only three-posts of the 11 at stak***-en- the council executive were contested. Vice-presidents are Syd Thompson, IWA Local 1-217; Carl Erickson, Carpenters Local 452; and H. B. Bud Hodgins, Retail Wholesale , Local 535. Here is the detailed score of the voting by 235 delegates ,: -âfcfc . ,tl_Â» flopâuâgt - . m. âi President â Ed Sims, re- l elected by acclamation. First vice - president: Syd Thompson 140; Harold Thayer, Machinists, 47; Josephine Hallock, Restaurant Employees, 46. Second vice-president: Mel Kemmis, Bakers Local 468; and Norman Uphill, Plumb1 ers, declined nomination. Carl Erickson, elected acclamation. Third vice - president: Bud Hodgins re-elected Iby acclamation. Secretary - treasurer: Sam Jenkins, Marine Workers, declined; Paddy Neale re-elected by acclamation. Organizing chairman: Margaret Henderson, Laundry Workers, declared ineligible; Wyman Trineer, IWA Local 1-357, re-elected by acclamation. Legislation chairman: Jack Henderson, Building Service Employees, re-elected by acclamation. Public Relations chairman: (Three runoff votes) Nominated were Al Coleman, Barbers; Doug Gibson, Retail Clerks; Orville Braaten, Pulp Sulphite; Josephine Hallock, Restaurant Employees. . Mrs. Hallock was eliminated after first, ballot. Coleman after second and final vote showed Gibson 114, Braaten 95 and 2 spoiled. Grievance chairman: Syd Thompson struck off; J. LeBourdais, Oil Workers, elected by acclamation. Education chair man: D. Gibson struck off; Russ St. Eloi, Plumbers, declined; Mrs. C. Browne, Laundry Workers, declared ineligible; John Hayward, SRU, re-elected by acclamation. Credentials chairman; Sam Jenkins 135; A. Abercrombie, Electrical Workers, 33. CRACKERS of the Christ- ma? variety are held by Rosamund Leslie at a grocery trades fair in London, England. The oversized, crackers âalong with this lovely miss âwere part of an attraction- getting .. display,., which., undoubtedly was successful. Let's have real story on union dues check-off Why all the hypocrisy in the current arguments over check-off of union dues? The check-off is a widely accepted means of collecting union duesâit's an assignment from an employee's pay envelope similar to many other items deducted regularly by thousands of employers. But several employer groups have urged legislation to prohibit the traditional right of this dues check-off âand the B.C. Federation of Labour this month put the record straight in its annual brief to the provincial government: "The employers' demands are allegedly made to protect the rights of workers in B.C. This we submit is hyproc- risy. >>s "There is not now, and will not be in the future, any compulsion on any trade unionist to donate to any political party," the brief said. "If the employers of this province, and for that "matter the government, are interested in regulating political contributions and thus eliminating any of the questions that are raised from time'to time regarding political slush funds and their effects oh a political morality, a remedy is available. "We recommend political contributions from any individual or organization be limited to $10 and that all parties be forced to disclose the source of funds. "This we suggest would eliminate any further reference to political slush funds in this province." Labor wins a seat after five recounts RE-ELECTED to head Vancouver Labour Council's organizing comihittee was Wyman Trineer of New Westminster IWA. ployees win award SAN FRANCISCOâAn arbitrator- has awarded more than $100,000 in back pay to 300 employees of 'two Sears- Roebuck San Francisco stores and ordered all discharged or demoted employees restored to their former jobs and status quo with unimpaired seniority rights. The award was hailed by labor as a turning point for victory in the campaign against hostile policies of the big retail chain. The employees involved, members of Retail Clerks International, had been discharged or demoted when they respected picket lines of Machinists last May. (SPECIAL) 1 VICTORIA â Victoria has elected its first labor alderman after a tight election race which saw no less than five recounts. Victor was Al Toone, secretary-treasurer of the Victoria Labour Council, who won the final judicial recount by five votes over a previously declared winner; Toone's election as the first representative of labor to city council of this capital city breaks a longstanding domination by the business community. Question motive Not since the days of E. S. Woodward and R. A. C. Dewar have Victoria voters elected a member familiar with union and labor matters. Brother Toone has been secretary-treasurer of the Victoria Labour Council for the past four years and is well known to Victorians in all walks of life through his activities in many community projects. and have corporate citizenship responsibilities that are seldom exercised. The wholesale laying off of workers- of many years' standing, for one thing, carries sesne so - i of i obligation above and beyond the compul- ' sory payment of taxes and a small portion of unemployment insurance premiums." The brief suggested that many types of needed public projects such as parking facilities and housing are of the "self liquidating" type and represented no increased tax burden. It urged city council to press for low interest rate loans from the federal government for local public works. On the B.C. Electric's policy of cutting off service for unpaid accounts, the brief said "|we suggest there is an area of company responsibility beyond the normal cash-for-ser- vice relationship when essential services are under government-fostered monopoly control. "It must be understood that the continuance of service represents no direct cost to the company, as would, for example, a product such as milk or coal." It also was urged that B.C. Telephone be requested to refrain from cutting service "which is so important to anyone waiting for recall to his work.' Provincial At the provincial level, the brief suggested: Increase in social assistance rate* to at least the level -recommended by the community .chest in 1958. Abolish three-month period on social assistance required to qualify for medical coverage. A large-scale public works program be launched. A moratorium be placed on mortgage debt of the unemployed to prevent loss of homes and chattels. Federal At the federal level it proposed: Increase in unemployment insurance payments; cut off income taxes at low income levels to combat recession; public works to provide employment and to stimulate multiplying consumer and capital goods demand. The approach On unemployment insurance was unique from earlier suggestions: "Payments should be increased to a more reasonable level in accordance with the intention of the original Act in 1940. Such increases should be made possible by direct fed- (Continued on Page 8) on health survey OTTAWA â Political manoeuvring is indicated in the j federal government's announcement that a royal commission will be set up to look into a national pre-paid medical care plan. f CCF leader Hazen Argue charged that the commission is a device which does not bind it to any action and expressed fears that the commission could delay a prepaid health care plan rather than speed it along. "Never On Sunday" ~.X*_AVBut The Rest Of Tne Week ... > M,THE STUDIO THEATRE GRANVILLE AT SMYTIIE MU 3-1511 W. I Heads Boot Factory Ltd. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, ^ Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc. Our Shoes are Hand-Made â You'll be Satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver 4, B.C. Page Four January 31, 1961 - THE LABOR STATESMAN THE LABOR STATESMAN Published last week, of each month at Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Defr_<rtitient, Ottawa The Labor Statesman is owned by the Vancouver and District Labour Ccuncil and supported by 160 local unions. - , â"To earh-tiTiloTi~TietnbPT the political party of Tils choice** ~ "Build Strong Unions for Social Security" C. P. NEALE, Secretary D. GIBSON, Chairman, Public Relations Committee ... Suliscrlptlon Rates: $1.50 per year; to Unions, 6c per, copy ,18 EDITORIALS Mr C., Mr. G. and the Act Recently the former campaign manager for Highways Minister Gaglardi in three provincial elections was appointed by cabinet order-in-council as public works supervisor in the Kamloops area (Mr. GaglarqYs riding). Responsible reports persisted that the appointed man placed last among six who had tried for the job in civil service tests and that the Civil Service Commission, acting under its correct procedure, had recommended someone else. The cabinet order-in-council, signed by Public Works Minister Chant ad Premier Bennett, has overruled the commission. Some comments on this case are worth recording: Works Minister Chant: "We always appoint by order- in-council at that level." Mr. Chant again: "What position the man was in (position in the civil service examinations) I don't care to comment on. The Civil Service Commission recommends to us and we make our own choice." Mr. Gaglardi said that a man can qualify for a job "without a written examination." â !s <: * * But what does the Civil Service Act have to say about who makes the appointments, where applicants place in examinations and if examinations are required? It's all very clear in the Act: â¢ "Except where otherwise expressly provided in this Act or by regulations made by the Commission (not applicable in this case) and except in the case of deputy ministers (appointed by the cabinet) ALL appointments to the civil, service shall be upon examination." Another section: "Where there is a list of eligible persons in the office of the commission for a position for which an appointment is required, the Commission shall, in so far as it is practicable, appoint the persons whose name stands highest in order of merit upon such list and.who is willing to accept the appointment." And still another section:. "Qualifying examinations shall be .held by the Commission to establish lists of persons eligible for appointment." The B.C. Government Employees said that statements suc.-i as these by the ministers can only destroy the morale of the civil service. The civil servants union declared:" "When it becomes apparent that competency, efficiency and years of service will be totally ignored in making appointments by order-in-council, it affects not only the applicants but the whole service." The government obviously doesn't care about its employeesâonly about its friends. Short - changing welfare dent of B.C. Association of Social Workers, said: "The move is a regressive step in our public welfare services. It violates one of the most important principles of good social., work ..administration, which is emphasis on prevention of social breakdown." Opposition leader Robert Strachan: "What the government is doing is tantamount to saying: 'You are not suffering enough. In future if your wife and children are sick, then they must do without medical care. Medical care is only for .those with the necessary means.' How callous can the Social Credit government become?" Vancouver and District Labour Council: "We consider this a callous disregard of the problems of the unemployed. Once again money is being considered before human needs." Unsaid was the fact in the past eight years, more than $5 million voted by the Legislature for welfare work was not spent by the government. By short-changing the welfare budget, the government was able to siphon more money into the job of paying You'll have to admit that the Social Credit cabinet has nerve. Mind you, some might misinterpret this nerve and call it callousness. Others might even say it is contempt of public opinion. In the midst of the furore over the "recent resignation of provincial child welfare superintendent Miss Ruby McKayâwho was very highly respected by most everyone for her ability in her job and her dedication to the task â Well are Minister Black calmly announced that the government in future will refuse to pay medical bills of employable men without jobs who go on social assistance allowances. They had been gettin this tree service but it wou now be discontinued. Mr. Black said the move follows Ottawa's refusal to share such medical costs. Professor William G. Dixon, UBC school of social work, commented: "B.C. has always had a good medical care program of. this type and it is surprising that when unemployment is threatening families in a severe way this most necessary form of aid should be withdrawn." THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE 'PROGRESSIVE*! JOHN WINDBA6J ;Â»â'â .â JrJ_-*_v L N , "I understand the chorus "May 1 borrow your pen, Fred? "I'm one of your.uriempfoyed g/y/s nave a grievance A friend wants my autograph!' constituents, Senator-witri against the theatre man- 1 the accent on the stitch : aqement!" Record set straight on^unions, high prices and unemployment By C P. (Paddy) NEALE General Secretary-Treasurer Vancouver and District Labour Council â Generalities are rarely true. You know the old example of a generality that goes: "Englishmen eat beef stewâyou eat beet stewâtherefore you are an Englishman." Obviously a wrong statement âbut a momentn,of thought is needed to see it. Today, another type of generality is being circulated that requires much more thought, indeed it has required the skills of our most eminent economists, to detect the truth. This generality is that 'Hrade unions are responsible for high prices and unemployment." This is a generality of a more subtle nature. It appears to have some truth in it. It would appear obvious to everyone that when a union obtains a wage increase then the price of the product must rise an equivalent amount. This statement is just what some employers want the general public to accept; but we must fight such propaganda with the truth. First, let's understand one thing. There are no legal controls, and darn few market controls over price increases. There are very few products on the market that are produced by so many firms that there is perfect competition. Today, the market is characterized by a few large firms in each major industry. Automobiles and soap are good examples. When the leading firm in an industry decides to increase its prices, its major consideration is whether or not its few competitors will do so, too. In many cases there is secret agreement within the industry that all prices will rise, and this statement is proved by the large number of convictions arising under our federal combines legislation. There must, be many more such secret rgreements that have never been detected. When such secret agreements have not been made, the leading firm can be fairly certain that its competitors will raise their prices, too, rather than take the chance of increasing its share of the total market by price competition. It is not inconceivable, too, that such a firm would find this position impossible to maintain in the face of rising costs generated throughout the economy by the initial price increases. This gives a very brief idea of what can happen when our larger corporations decide they want more profit. We see that there is no control at all over direct price increases of the major consumer products. Now, what about wage increases? There are lots of legal and economic controls, and when a wage increase is won, there is lots of publicity. First of all, employees must organize and bargain under strict legal regulations. Second, the bargaining process itself is weighted on the side ot the company because all it has to do is maintain its position. The union, 4>n the other hand, must advance its positionâand all this according to strict regulation. If the bargaining process reaches the point of outright refusal by the management, again the employees must initiate the next move. If they decide to withhold their labour âthen they must risk a prolonged period of unemployment with little or no income. Thus, wage increases are controlled to an infinitely greater extent than are price increases. This shows that direct price increases are far more easily obtainable by management than are wage increases by unions. Next, let us look at how wage increases can be given. First, wage increases can be provided by direct price increases. This seldom need happen (and seldom does) be cause the wage bargaining is based on the economic position of the company, and comparative wages elsewhere, before the negotiations begin. No government conciliation officer will recommend a wage increase where the company cannot payâand no union would bargain on the basis of its wage increase coming from a future direct price increase. Second, wage increases can be provided from high company profit levels. Third, and connected with the second, wage increases can be the result of technological change or productivity increases. In B.C. for example, between 1951 and 1959 exclusive, production increased by over 71 per cent, while employment rose by 26';. Surely, the workers of this province are entitled to wage incre_ses equal to their share of this tremendous productivity gain. Three last points will help refute the charge that trade unions in B.C. are responsible for high prices. First, in 1956, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics issued the results of a study which showed that salaries and wages in B.C. equalled 21.1 per cent of the selling value of factory shipments. This equalled that of the province of Quebec and the Canadian average. ) Secondly, hear what Eric W. Kierans, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange, said on December 8 last: "... an examination of manufacturing costs in Canada reveals that administrative and clerical costs have been a more important element in rising prices than the direct wage bill. And thirdly, Michael Starr, federal minister of labour, says that between 1949 and 1Â»3Â». wage costs fell from 15.7 â¢ Â°Â» the value of gross output to 15c;r,. Profits, executive salaries and capital' allowances, on the other hand, rose Iron* 27% of the value of gross output in 1949 to 29.2^ in 19-Â»-. Douglas W. Fowler, presi- (Continued on Page 7) What's that about competition? <f ut "â¢ 5*5 fSSrS^isstJS iaSF^^"* interesting light on the argu- taxes are forgiven." labor cost as compared with ment about foreign trade com- The magazine reminded its only 12 percent in the U.S. In petitionâin this instance re- employer readers that distant France fringes make up 3,3 ferring to American arguments Pastures aren't necessarily per cent of the labor cost, in but still spilling light on a sim- greener. West Germ 27 er cenf* in liar, situation in Canada. - Conceding that wages are Belgium 23 per cent." It was sDotliehted hv Thn r^rV "nT: the magazine The business magaine cau- =uÂ£Â« mmt&SS&g* W^^B XSttmmmmtt ^^^^^ Z"l?J^Z *W â (Continued on Page 5) ,>,,. THE LABOR STATESMAN - January 31, 1961 Page FivÂ« British National Health Service found overwhelming' success .rr... _ Look magazine has torpedoed the propaganda of medical ai,^i__â -âyrofi-jUm^iBB Clw^>drtliiin.ieL (HJiijiitJjtlJj i who have tried lo pin the bo- t gey on "socialized medicine." The magazine has declared that "every independent survey" made of Great Britain's 12 year-old national health service his found it to be an ''overwhelming" success. *T" v "jT Edward M. Korry. Look's European editor, author of a study in depth of the British health care program, declared in an article in the Dec. 20 issue of the magazine that it was "necessity, not socialism" that brought the health plan into being after World War II. "The crucial choice the British have made," Korry wrote, "is to place health on the list of essential servicesâjust as we do with education, sanitation, water supply, the police and the armed services. It's a life-and-death matter, the British say, and they have acted accordingly." The magazine â with a national circulation of more than 6,3 million â said that in 12 years the British health program had: â¢ "Crossed out the financial factor in the doctor-patient relationship without affecting medical standards. â¢ 'jMeant fairer distribution of health for all classes, reratrd- of patients a doctor may have less of income." is 3,500, the average is 2,267. -*Â«^*_fe'--*e'-Wetâ¢e5>^^ uting physicians more equally around Britain." â¢ "Brought order out of the ' chaos of the British hospital ^system. By laying down na- 'tional standards, centralizing purchases, by standardizing wages and by providing much- needed equipment, it has provided greater efficiency." The Look article charged the American Medical Association with being "hostile" to any health care program, and added: "It has concentrated tremendous propaganda efforts on discrediting the British system and in blocking any form of a national health program here." Look then gave this point-by- point answer to the AMA's "criticisms" of the plan in operation in Britain, criticisms also voiced by Canadian medical groups: 1. Although the AMA claims "there is no free choice of doctors . . . anyone can choose any NHS doctor in his district as his regular physician." Since 97 per cent of British medical men are in NHS, "choice is not limited." 2. It is not true that British doctors are "forced to take too many patients to make a living." The maximum number annual fee,, based on the num- "See, here's another one who doesn't approve the British health service. That magazine was wrong!" ber of patients, but those with between 500 and 1,500 patients receive a higher rate per patient. 'This encourages the physician not to take on too many patients." 3. British doctors are not "forced to seek private patients" to supplement their incomes. NHS "has been so popular that the percentage of income from private practice" is "very small." ...Physicians in Britain .''are better off financially than before the war." In- CROSS-SECTION A new month and 99,000 more jobless The latest statement of Canada's unemployment figures â a joint effort of both the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Labor who used to baffle each other with separate and wide-apart estimates â shows no improvement. Out of work as at Dec. 10, I960 â 528,000. The figure was up by 99,000 over the previous month. The comment by the government departments: "The employment decrease between November and December was greater than the average, partly because of a sharp decline in agriculture. Activity in agriculture continued longer as a result of fine weather but dropped sharply in late November and early December. "Construction and manufacturing also experienced greater than seasonal employment declines." The Atlantic region continued to have the worst picture with B, C. a close second. The COMPETIIIPW*^ (Continued from Page 4) War. Since 1953, the increased productivity per worker in Europe averaged only 21/. per centâas-j_Â£ompared with nearly 4 per cent in the U.S. In short, it was found that wages are rising and hours falling everywhere in Europe. The Machinist concluded: "The major cause is a vital and energetic European : labor movement. Our hats are off to our brothers across the Atlantic." ' Atlantic picture was 11.9 per cent of the labor force without jobs. British Columbia's figure was 10.9 per cent. Other provinces positions: Quebec 10.1 per cent, Ontario 6.4 per cent, Prairie region 5.5 per cent. The Canadian total was 8.2 per eent of the labor force, way ahead of the 6.5 per cent a year earlier. The government figures said that the 528,000 unemployed included 39,000 on temporary layoff. Of the remaining 489,- 000 who were seeking work, 74 per cent had been unemployed for three months or less, 15 per cent for four to six months and 11 per cent for seven months or more. The report noted that in the fourth quarfer of 1960, 16 per cent of all construction workers and about 20 per cent of all laborers were without jobs. The proportion of transportation workers unemployed was also above the national average. Pension tax case raises eyebrows a_OTÂ»Tne Canadian Acturial.J&uk. letin in its December issue notes an interesting case on pension fund taxation. The case was before the tax appeal board and involved an eastern company where the employees through their union had asked to discontinue the pension fund and had asked for and received a refund of their own contributions. The board held that a refund to an employer of the employer's accumulated contributions to the pension fund in this case was not taxable in the employer's hands, even though the employer had writ ten off against taxable income the annual contributions he had made to build up his share of the pension fund returned to him. The board held that the refund of about $64,000 received by the employer was a gratuitious payment and could not be classified as taxable income under any section of the Act. Giant AT&T piles up record $net Our neighbor to the south, famous for its declarations of doing things in a really big way, chalked up another record this month as the giant American Telephone and Telephone company and its subsidiaries â including the Bell System â piled up mol*e profits after taxes in the past year than any corporation has ever before achieved . in any 12- month" period in history. The quarterly report of the company shpwed that net income of the system for the 12^ months ending Nov. 30. 1960, was $1,243,945,000, an increase of, nine per cent over the same .'"previous 12 months. The previous high net for ariy_company was the $1,189,- 477,000 reported by General Motors in 1955. Bell has some 730,000 employees which means it rolled up net profits of more than $1,700 per employee. Unions representing Bell workers have expressed the hope that AT&T would share some of these record-smashing profits with employees when negotiations come up. Stockholders ^already have had their dividends increased. dependent committees review their incomes periodically, and professional status. In addition, doctors get extra payment for maternity services, for treating temporary residents, for training assistants, for clinic work, for school and factory sessions and receive "liberal expense account deductions, generous pensions and mileage allowances in rural areas," and "special hardship allowances" go to elderly doctors with few patients and to young men starting out in practice. 4. It is untrue that "patients receive inadequate care from overworked doctors." Independent studies show that "doctors are generally working fewer hours" and there is "no shortage" of medical men. 5. The AMA is wrong in saying that "the medical standards of British practitioners are below" those of the U.S. "British doctors refute the charge vigorously. They-also note that, under NHS, debates over fee splitting, unnecessary surgery and similar questions that enliven U.S. medical periodicals have practically ceased in Britain. Such abuses are no longer necessary?' 6. If the health plan "inter- â -*pÂ©Be_*'>*->*Â£s^_-gB*,e^ tween patient and doctor, British medical men. "rarely complain of any interference." In general, doctors "control their own discipline," and a physician "runs afoul of the government only for unethical practices." "All that NHS has done is to remove the financial factor from the doctor-patient relationship. The records that the NHS doctor is obligated to keep are more than offset by the gain of not having to send out bills. He can now prescribe any treatment to his patient, with medical needânot financial statusâas the sole yardstick." 7. At the beginning, the insured medical care program "brought an influx of hypochondriacs to doctors' offices" but this has now tapered off. The main cause of the initial heavy demand, however, was not hypochondria but "the flood of pent-up demands" for adequate care. The biggest cost oi the program today is for filling prescriptions, but in British eyes these costs "prove the need for NHS." ^| ITI rn/ the finest in . . . pocket knives ~ J x ' hunting knives, shears, clippers ELECTRIC CLIPPERS, VIBRATORS, SHAVERS B.C. Barber Supply & Sundries Ltd. VANCOUVER, B.C. 736 RICHARDS MARK HAMILTON U. W. (BILL) HAMILTON Hamilton DlcttuarLj Â£td. FUNERAL ADMINISTRATORS FA 5-3311 Fraser St. at 38th Ave. Vancouver 15, B.C. BUFTON'S FLOWER SHOP FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS "We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere in the World" Alpine 3-7161 1675 Commercial Drive Vancouver, B.C. STERLING LAUNDRY LTD. 100 PER CENT UNION Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning 1460 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. RE 8-7191 DISTINCTIVE Juneral Â£eri)ice S BOWftr _ SONS LTD:- Phone LA 2-1671 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. C. Cloverdale, B. C. Phorte Cloverdale 3-7331 HARRON BROS. LIMITED FUNERAL DIRECTORS "British r-oiumbia's Finest Funeral Service" CHAPEL OF CHIMES 55 E. 10th Ave. TR. 6-8877 Vancouver ROYAL OAK CHAPEL HE. 1-5577 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby - -fl ii.tâ,. f**^ sfotoK asr^Kr-arssx^^m^^^i^sxas^areA^xpinivt^VK -f^=Â» 0-3*-_a__> Page Six January 31, 1961 - THE LABOR STATESMAN EEDERATION WARNS Further anti - labor-measures will start 'bitter struggle A B.C. labor leader has warned that further restrictions against trade unions will set of the work force is unemployed in- B.C. today. Since 1957 labor has been r â¢ " 'fabor will not yield further ^~^i-- msK -Â» Beddome takes post in U.S.A. R. G. Bob Beddome, veteran member of the Beverage Dispensers Union, has resigned as business agent of Local 676 to take a position with the international of his union in California. Canadian-born, Brother Bed- dome had worked much of his life in California before he returned here in 1942. He was a waiter in city beer parlors until he was elected business agent of Local 676 in 1952. In his earlier years, Bob had been a radio announcer and had toured the entertainment beat up and down the west coast as a singer and emcee. At one time he sold liquor for jobbers7 owned a liquor store, managed a cocktail bar, owned a night club. He Joined the union in 1936 in Reno. He w a s active in labor groups while in B. C, is a past executive member of the B. C. Federation of Labour. WELFARE (Continued from Page 1) licy of placing money above human values." (The welfare budget was underspent by millions during the last five years while the government has been using the money for its political claim of paying off the direct debt.) Labor people have termed Miss McKay as "one of the most dedicated persons in B.C." and said she was "forced to resign because of her conviction that the present government was not shouldering its responsibility in child welfare field." > 1 . ,âi - _ Milk supplies calcium, riboflavin and protein, as well as some vitamin A and thiamine. The body's needs for calcium can be supplied by milk and cheese. "P V V An isolated rural community was finally awarded a post office of its own and the local storekeeper was made its postmaster. A few weeks later, a postal inspector came to town. "People are complaining that none of the letters they mail here are leaving town," he fold the postmaster. "How come?" .. â JmmWmmVRZpOmtomffir pointed at the mail baionhis office. "I ain't sent it out because it's not filled yet," hi explained. Phone TRinity 4-4811 ground." Pat O'Neal, secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labour, sounded the warning because management is seeking still more restrictive labor legislation. He was speaking to the Pacific Northwest Personnel Managers' Association. O'Neal said that "some uninformed industrialists and some misinformed politicians are attempting to blame labor for the mounting unemployment figures. "Recent statements to this effect are obviously inspired by prejudice rather than fact and should be examined," he said. He said there is greater productivity with fewer workers in all our basic industries, larger exports from B.C. to other markets, and increased corporate profits. These do not lend support to "ridiculous statements that labor is respdnsib"-e"'_or unemployment," he said. "Nor does an examination of past depressions and recessions in any way involve labor as being responsible. "But it does, I suggest, clearly and positively condemn the mismanagement by private enterprises and the incompetency ot the political parties in power to correct the te-occuiing unemployment which has brought so much misery and suffering to countless thousands of citizens." He said about 12 per cent to take action and offering suggestions to 'correct problems. But governments did nothing. ''And what has been management's contribution to create jobs? Demands for restrictive legislation which was implemented by the government," he said. O'Neal said that such events have "to a large degree" been responsible for labor's partici- New Party. "The problems of Canadian workers are no different than those of workers in Britain, Scandinavia or Australia, where political action is nothing new to the labor movement. "The time has coi le when Canadian labor will not, and dare not, permit a situation to exlS*"**^ sands of Canadians are despondent, disillusioned and unemployed and who cannot live on the worthless promises of political parties whose policies have again proved inadequate to meet the challenge of chronic unemployment." 3B_> Immigration clamps down after labor protests ads Vancouver and district unionists are supporting a proposal that job placement be removed from the Citizenship and Immigration and the Vete-. rans' Affairs departments because of recent "unfortunate advertisements appearing in European papers suggesting there is employment in Canada for new Canadians." Vancouver Labour Council has urged the federal government to follow the recommendation from the tripartite national employment committee and concentrate all job placement activities under the National Employment Service of the Labor department. Meantime, the,acting deputy minister of immigration in Ottawa has informed VLC that travel agents in the United Kingdom have been advised to discontinue the type of advertising which the Vancouver council has complained about several times. The ads had said many jobs were going begging in Canada and urged people in dozens of listed trades to come to our country, not mentioning that hundreds of thousands were unemployed. The deputy minister wrote that "this is not the first occasion on which such advertisements have been brought to our attention. "It has been the practice of travel agents in the UK for some years to arrange lectures and film shows on Canada for would-be immigrants to which immigration counselling officers are invited. "There is still a demand in Canada for some categories of very highly qualified persons and others who intend to establish themselves in business here and a purpose for these gatherings does exist.'" "However, I cannot stress too strongly that none of the advertisements such as the one to which you refer were published with our approval or authority nor were we given any advance knowledge of their appearance. . "As soon as it became evident that this was not an isolated instance of irresponsible advertising on the part of one travel agent, immediate steps were taken to issue general instructions to all travel agents in the UK pointing out that if there was any repetition of this type of advei Using; the department would immediately discontinue any measure of â¢ cooperation or assistance." HOUSING STARTS STILL VHA calls for more rental ,. ^m-s^'^SOKImWff ' LAGGING projects Here is the picture of housing starts in t'-is area in the last three years; In Vancouverâ1958, 3,288; 1959, 2,637; 1960, 1,050. In metropolitan areaâ1958, 12,298; 1959, 9,547; 1960, 4,673. The figures speak for themselves. In Vancouver there was a 60 per cent decrease between 1959 and 1960; in the metropolitan area the decline is 51 per cent. Vancouver Housing Association has one answer. Read what it has to say in this report. 9ft 9p 9ft Housing starts in Vancouver and in the metropolitan area were down very substantially during 1960 and new changes announced last month in NHA regulations are unlikely lo have any marked effect at present on the volume of residential construction, Vancouver . Housing Association said this month. __Â»Â«***' 'TtUTVBLK"said --that "a radical extension of the market for new housing must depend on the reduction of housing costs." Established 1910 IftcKeeA i'w'ded Your Family Dept. Store 1409 KINGSWAY VANCOUVER 12, B.C. . UNION LABEL GOODS One means of cutting costs is to build housing of types that are more economical in terms of building and land costs, the Association said in its January bulletin. For example: garden apartments, duplexes and well designed row houses. Such housing could well be built for sale but much of it should be for rent. The association pointed out that the maximum ratio of loan to lending value on NHA insured loans was raised on Dec. 2 from 90 per cent to 95 per cent on the first $12,000 of lending value and the repayment period extended to a maximum of 35 years. "These changes are unlikely to have any marked effect," the VHA said. "In an easy housing market, when credit is extended beyond a given point, the law of diminishing returns comes into effect." It said that the prospect of 35 years of mortgage instalments before one is "loan free" â with interest payments totalling nearly 160 per cent of the original amount of the loan âmust make a man ask himself whether home ownership on such terms is worth the risks involved. The association welcomed another change in 'the Act which increased the maximum ratio of loan to lending value from 80 to 85 per cent and the extension of the maximum lending period from 25 to 30 years on insured.loans for rental housing. VHA "regretted" that the temporary increase of 85 to 90 per cent in the maximum loan ratio for limited dividend housing under Section 16 was not retained on a permanent basis. "We would also like to see an increase in the maximum permissible income for entry into Section 16 housing from a its present level of $4,100 year in the Vancouver area. "We suggest that this limit should be raised to not less than $4,800 a year if this section of the Act is to serve the needs of those lower-middle income families who require rental housing but do not qualify for public housing," the association concluded. 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The need: to put the New BC series eals with lir hiring Four programs on fair employment practices will be jroadcast by CBC radio during February as part of the "Canada at Work" series. Times are subject to change check with local stations >r date and time of this series. ie February broadcasts will 1. Week of Feb. 5 â Talk G. R. Carroll, federal labor ftpartment, on "Canadian leg- nation and measures prohi- ing discrimination in em- r-yment." Week of Feb. 12 â Draft tized story of prejudice, dis- lination and the law en- : "Try, Try Again." Week of Feb. 19 â Play It led: "No better or no ', concerning racial and ig'ous tolerance in a Cana- iLan community. P*. Week of Feb. 26 â Talk B* Prof. Marcus Long, Univer- Bty of Toronto, on "The Roots â nd Causes of Prejudice." requirements for funds as these: â¢ To establish New Party â¢ headquarters and staff at Ottawa. â¢ To help establish the New Party in every province in Canada. â¢ To help pay for the biggest political convention ever held in Canada. â¢ To expand New Party organization after the founding convention. â¢ To prepare for a federal election. The founding convention is set for Ottawa from July 31 to Aug. 5 this year. The national trade union committee of the founding fund points out in its opening salvo of the fund drive: "Two successive conventions of the CLC and almost every convention of the provincial trade, union federations across Canada have endorsed the New Party idea ââ¢ to establish a new political party in Canada which will support sound trade union principles for the benefit of all the Canadian people. "The time for passing resolutions alone is just about over. The time for action is here . ., .NOW!" The finance drive is Jan. 1 to March 31 and one of the major slogans is "Make your convictions count . . . with cash." WILD STATEMENTS W LONDON ~ Bring back Bert Butler EMPLOYMENT AGENCY in taxis to colled their "liquor money" or unemployment benefit, he is reported to have said. Promptly, Vancouver Labour Council, B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver Council of B.C. Federation of Un- "According to Mr. Butler, we're not really out of work . . . the whole thing is just a distorted impressi...." Labor in B.C. wants Bert Butler recalled from London so that he can dust off his rose-colored glasses in the reality of Western Canadian conditions. _ Butler is Canada's commercial trade minister in London â¢^rPS_i^i^Â«Â°LW$kH Â«$-ite ^SSl to -t^jM- tne UK recently by saying tha! minister demanding Butler's the Canadian economic situa- recall, said his statements were tion is largely "statistical re- an insult to Canadian worker*, cession." Said the labor groups: "It He went on to say that is obvious that Butler is mis- monthly unemployment statis- informed on the unemployment tics give a "pretty distorted situation. We demand his im- impression" of actual condi- mediate recall and a tout of Western Canada to investigate tb,e unemployment situation." Later, a press report from London said Butler based his remarks on B.C. seasonal workers on "hearsay". lions in Canada and cited B.C. seasonal workers who, he said, make from $5,000 to $15,000 for the part of the year they work. These workers then drive up Week-long winter opens in February 1 labor school at Parksville eres that board?' iov r employees ask The B. C. Government Em- Ipleyees' Association has urged [that a board of reference be set up to rule on the tussle with the provincial government over payroll deduction of union dues. The request for a board was made by GEA this month. The government has made no move to replace dues checkoff which had been cancelled on Oct. 11 after it had been in effect for 13 years. The board of reference sys tem was promised by Provincial Secretary Black a year ago to deal with disputes with government employees but has never been put'into effect. There has been no reply to the request. Recently, Premier Bennett said in a press conference that "I have had no letters from civil servants who want the checkoff back. The few civil servants who have spoken to jfane say they like to pay their own union dues." Groups differ oyer what Act requires Should a Fair Employment practices Act include provisions other than those dealing with problems of racial and religious discrimination in employment? The Vancouver Labour Council welfare services committee thinks it should and the Labor Committee for Human Rights disagrees. So VLC this month decided to ask the Canadian Labor Congress' opinion in the matter. The welfare committee had recommended that a condition of employment whiirih requires an applicant to be in receipt of a pension should be made a violation of fair employment -legislation. longs in the general category oi unfair age limits being set in employment but that the" Fair Employment Act is designed to deal with problems of racial and religious discrim-, ination in employment and contains "specific measures to implement the elimination of prejudice and bigotry in employment." The human rights committee felt it was "inappropriate to* ask the government to take in any and all problems having to *do with employment and place them in a fair employment act." The human rights group said the pension provision be- A one-week winter labor school will be held at Parksville from Feb. 20-24 sponsored by the CLC and the B.C. Federation of Labour. The school is designed to in. struct and train officers of local unions in methods that will enable them to discharge their union responsibilities more effectively and help them play a more important role in the labor movement. It also sets out to inform local union officers of methods of leadership that are in the best interests of their membership and the community as a whole, stressing the import- Summer camp holds dance Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Children's Jubilee Summer Camp will be celebrated at a "hard-time" dance sponsored by the camp ladies' auxiliary on Feb. 18. The dance will be held at the Grandview Masonic Temple, 1795 East First. There will be refreshments and prizes. For tickets and reservations phone Mrs. Reg. Lenfesty CY. 8-3385 or Mrs. Custer So- lem, AL. 3-1951. Mayor's talk postponed Vancouver Labour Council has switched its position on allowing Mayor Tom Alsbury to speak on the issue of arbitration for firemen and policemen after a complaint from Vancouver Firefighters Union Local 18. The mayor will not be allowed to speak until after the issue has been resolved by the Legislature. (City council is seeking a charter amendment to require arbitration for fire and police employees and this amendment must win approval of the Legislature.) . "^^5"^83_si*ters Union objected that Mayor- Alsbury was in this instance their employer and that he not be permitted to speak to a labor council meeting- until the arbitration issue is'settled in Victoria. EDITORIAL (Continued from Page 4) off the direct debtâdebt paid off through the suffering and inadequate attention given to people needing more welfare aidâand to toot the horn of their party. And this latest move to cut welfare costs adds to the shame of such a policy. . ance of the labor mbvement as an integral part of a democratic society. Arrangements hope to get these speakers: Max Swerd- low, CLC national director of education, Ottawa; David Lewis, Toronto lawyer, national OCF president; Tom Berger, prominent Vancouver lawyer; Dan Radford, CLC education representative, Vancouver. â Program of subjects includes: Labor politics and the New Party; trends in collective bargaining; labor's public responsibility in collective bargaining; how to conduct a union meeting; the Workmen's Compensation Act. The school will be held in conjunction with a one-week conference of full-time union staff personnel. Railroading veteran dies WINNIPEG â Assistant. Grand Chief John Marshall, 74, senior Canadian officer on the advisory board of Locomotive Engineers has died after a long illness. Broadway Typing & Mimeographing Service Two Blocks East of Labor Temple 183 West Broadway â Office TR 4-8011 Addressing and Mailing Agreements Correspondence - Reports Circulars "MABEL BLACK LABEL /'â¢ THE CABLING HOT -M-n-i -. lO&l _T_. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control * Board or by the Government of British Columbia ___. Page Eight January 31, 1961 - THE LABOR STATESMAN Marine Workers strike Burrard About 375 members of Marine Workers and Boilermakers struck Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver on Jan. 18 when the company insisted on elimination of terms in the new contract which have been bsld by workers for years. The union is seeking a two- year contract with a 15-cent increase, the company offered a 20-cent boost over three yearr and a cut-back on some existing benefits. , .s.' â ' , _,__Â»-+*. . - â â â¢â -â â -â â¢Â«'^';''â¢*'â ^â '''"â lâ â -:"'_!^â â ^ft'w,-ttâ 'â ,'''**''' â ~m â Mrs. Browne elected Label Council prexy Mrs. Catherine Browne of Laundry Workers has been elected new president of the Vancouver and District Union Label Trades Council. Mrs. Josephine Hallock of Urge boost in loans Home improvement loans should be boosted to $8,000 under Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation jurisdiction, the Vancouver Real Estate Salesmen's Union Local 1570 has claimed. A resolution from the union said that repayment of these loans should be on the same basisâperhaps in less amounts âthan usual NHA repayments and interest rates. Vancouver Labour Council research department is studying the proposal. FEDERATION - (Continued from Page 2) stock of drug companies be held by druggists. This law creates a professional monopoly, the abuse of which is apparent by recent revelations of excessive drug prices. "Co-operative enterprise has been successful in combating high prices in many retail fields and could also be of similar public service in the field of drug products. Legislation should provide for consumers co-op drug stores." â¢ Education â All direct costs of individual education should be borne by the government." â¢ Hydro-electric power â Opposed to the construction of the "High Arrow" dam, urge one of two other alternative projects instead. All existing and future facilities of power development, transmission and distribution be placed under public ownership and services be provided at cost to all classes of consumer. â¢ Discrimination â Legislation to prohibit discrimination, against the so-called "older worker" group in employment. ("Many skilled and trained workers are being re- fust^ temp^ simply because they have attained the age of 40 years or more." â¢ Basic change in negotiating procedure. Maximum of 10 days direct negotiation, failing a settlement a government mediator is appointed to attempt to resolve difference. He shall have authority to recommend a settlement and if either party rejects this recommendation, the union may then conduct a strike vote. B.C. TRADE UNION List your union here for quick reference of Others AM M.i;.V vTRfl Ml"AT C'"TTF.RS AND R. W., Local 212âRepresentative, Geo. -Johnston, 203 Labor Temple: TR: 6t57.**5. Al'TOMOTIVK LODGE No. 1S.'7, T. A. of SI.âr,u**lnpÂ«s A Rents, .Tack Chapman. Brian Trodden, Room 17, 2414 Main. TR. 6-4104-5. BAKERY'- AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS, l-rcal 468âSecretary. Melvln J. Kemmis, 337. W. Broadway; TR B-S205. DENTAL" TECHNICIANS, Local No. 1543âSecretary George Hygh, 4007 Dunhar; DISTILLERY WORKERS, Local 69 â .' President carl Rowbothani, 993 S. E. Marine New Westminste^'-rca"-*1-?**- 2021! Pin. Sec. Treas., R. Cyr. 1890 2nd St., New Westminster I,A 2- 5011. Hotel and Restaurant Employees was re-elected to the secretary post. Other officers named in annual elections were: A. E. Hallock, Pile Drivers, and James Daisley, Marine Workers, vice-presidents; Doreen McLean, Sign Painters Local 726, recording secretary; M. D. Buchanan, ITU, sergeant-at- arms; George Connolly, Dental Technicians, Fred Rogers, ITU, and Norman Wrigglesworth, Carpenters, trustees. NEWS BITS BRUSSELS â The ICFTU executive board has reaffirmed free labor's opposition to dictators arid has voiced new determination to aid democratic unions around the globe. The board urged labor groups in nations which provide financial aid to Dictator Franco of Spain (meaning mainly the U. S.) to press for a halt of such aid. -TH V *V MAD RACE â U. S. Senator Wayne Morse, (Dem. Oregon) told a Vancouver audience that the world can't continue on a mad, immoral nuclear armaments race â "No armaments race has ever ended in peace," he warned. * * * Bricklayer's Local 1 and six employers in Vancouverâ19- month agreement, six-cent boost Jan. 1 and 12-cent boost on July 1, 1961, for journeymen. Helpers get a five and 10-cent increase on same dates. UNEMPLOYED (Continued from Page 3) eral grants to the fund by newly created money. "Thus, the original concept of unemployment insurance as a temporary sustaining measure for interrupted income would be superseded by a new emergency concept based on today's needs arising from large-scale and prolonged unemployment. "The existing unemployment insurance mechanism is admirably suited to social income maintenance distribution through the exercise of accepted monetary policy in the crea- â¢ tion of new money during economically depressed periods," the brief went on. "We suggest that when and if normal levels of economic activity are again attained, that the orignal concept of an actuarially designed insurance fund will give way to one of income maintenance payments providing purchasing power for the duration of the. period of unemployment. "Thus there should, be no hesitation in realizing the failure, of the existing insurance system now." B A R R E R S â INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AMERICA. No. 120â109 Labor Temple; TR. 60641. Secy. Allan Coleman. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION. No, 676âPresident. Harold Coursuii: Business Agent, Jack Calloway. 440 W. Pender St.: Ml' 3-392:1 and Ml' ::-''i4X. B I: E W I' H V WORKERS UNION, Looal 300âSecretary, Stan G. Tap*- pins. 7742 Elford, E. Burnaby, LA 2-3432. LEVERAGE DISPENSERS (N e w Westminster) Local 835âBusiness Agent, Ed. O. Carlson, 59 Alexander, New Westminster; phone LA 2-7+10. BOILERMAKERS. IRON SHIP- BCILDERS. BLACKSMITHS, DROP FORGERS AND HELPEHS, Local 359âFinancial Secretary, M. H. Hadley, 111 Dunsmuir: MU 4-1047. BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No. 1 â Secretary, D. C. Fraser, 5594 Lincoln, HF> 3.8617. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL, Local 244 â â¢ Business Agent and i Secretary, Ben A. R. Morley, Room 216, 603 W. Hastings; ML'. 5-9452. BUILDING TRADES COUNCILâSecretary, Harold Taft, 110 Labor Temple. TR. 8-1210. CARPENTERS' UNION, No. 462â Business Agents: Lorne Robson, Larry Anderson, BUI Cameron;~ Financial sec't.. Carl A. Erickson. Labor Temple: TR 4-2720 or TR 6- 1.12. ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION Local 213 â Rusiness Manager A. O'Keeffe, 111 Dunsmuir Street, MU 1-7381-2. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS, Local 82âSec, H. C. MacKlchan,. 8766 Elmwood St., Burnaby; HE. 4-7661. FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby). Local â¢'123âSecretary. John Marley, 550 Hojddm, North Burnaby. _ ââ.. â FIRE FIGHTERS, Vancouver Local IRâPresident. Gordon R. Anderson, 1386 East 61st. FA 7-3729. Secretary H. N. Middleton 1496 East 64th, FA 7-7441. OIL, CHEMICAL A ATOMIC WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 163601. President. J. L. LeBourdais* Fin. Corr. Secj-elarv, M. DeEeyter,* 55*50 E. Hastings, CY 8- 3940. -,â 'â >-â¢--"**â â â¢ *"".'â â â â¢â â ."-'â¢â v,y'*.''*^-"â 'â â â â¢â¢J"- -" - ' ' â -â¢"â¢'-"j-*-*" ^ PAINTERS UNION, Local 138 â Business Agent, Jack W. Fradley: Ass't. Bus. Agent, Herb Macaulay: Rec. Sec. W. E. Eaton, 337 W; Broadway: TR 6-6033. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS. Local 1660âSecretary, C. Erickson. Room 210, 307 West Broadway. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION â SecretaryH. Oliver, 93 Abercrombie, RR1, Richmond, CR. 8-1590. . â -.*â¢'â PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN, Local 2404âBusiness Agent, S. Allen, Room IK, 307 West Broadway; TR 4-7817. PLASTERERS' UNION, No. 779 â Secretary, J. V. Chambers, 517 East Broadway. TR.2-2122..' FLOORLAYERS* UNION,- U.B. of PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS. Local C.J., Local No. 1541âRoom No. Ml, 170âBus. Mgr., J. R. St. Eloi; Asst. Labor Temple TR. 6-5926. Business Bus. Mgrs., James Barton and j. Agent. Bruce Robson, 3238 E. 29th; L, Fisher, 115 Labor Temple; TB HE. 1-0702. 9-1428. GI-AZTERS AND OLASÂ«WORKERS. Local 1527âRecording Secretary, A. Allen. Room 210, 307 West Broadway, phone TR 4-7535. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES* ASSOCIATION (B.OâE. P. O'Connor. Oen. Sec. 2090, West 4th; RE 1-5361-62-63. CARPENTERS (New ' Westminster) -Local 1215â-Business, Agents,, , Ray West and K. McDermld, office 73- Royal Ave., New Westminster; phone LA. 1-0526. / CARPENTERS* UNION (Courtenay), No. 1638âPresident Irwin Guten- sohn: Sec., and Business Agent, Lome Paisley; Box 516, Courtenay. CEMENT MASONS. Local MS, O.P. & CMâ517 E. Broadway. TR 2-2221. â Business Agent**, Frank Stevens. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 40jâPresident Richard Coello. 2567 E. 5th Ave., Vancouver 12. CLUB CABARET, CONSTRUCTION CAMP CULINARY AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES, Local 740âBusiness Agent. Charles Oates, 402 W. Pender: MU 5-9828. IN BRIEF (Continued from Page 1) rams. IWA Local 1-357; R. Gillies, Boilermakers Local 359; C. Gowdyk, Oil Workers Local 16-601; H. Van Waas. Rubber Workers Local 1559. rji 9ft *Jt RESOURCESâAn important conference which too often gets too little public attention comes together in its thirteenth annual meet in Victoria on March 1-3: B.C. Natural Resources Conference. tft eji **T* â APARTHEID â Former top UN official, Dr. Hugh Keenleyside, told a meeting in Vancouver this month that South Africa must be expelled from the Commonwealth if it comes to a showdown. If African member' states threaten to withdraw over the color issue, he said, Canada must vote against South Africa and its apartheid policy. V H0 â¢**" PRTNCE GEORGE AND DISTRICT LABOR COUNCILâ909, 5th Ave., Prince George, phone 191L2. PRINTING PRESSMEN. Local 69 â Secretary, L. Ainswortli, 3849 Cambridge, Vancouver; CY 8-5405. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converter^) UNION, Local 433âBusiness Agent, O. Braaten, 626 W. Pender, Suite 1; MU. 3-8284. PULP, SULPHITE AND PAPER MILL WORKERS'. Local 31Z. Ocean Falls, B.C. â Secretary, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls, B.C. PULP.- SULPHITE AND PAPER- MILL WORKERSâInternational office, 315-316 Crown Bids. H. L. Hansen, International rep.; MU. 4-3868. , REFRIGERATION WORKERS UNION, Local 516âSec. L. R. Win- tie, 137 W. 40th; FA 7-4409, FA l-sjii. y^ RETAIL G-rfoC&RY AND FOOD CLERKS, Local No. 1618âSec, W. W. Wells, 337 West Broadway; TR. 6-3348. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby). Loom 379âSecretary. G. J. McCrea. 4283 Winifred. g.Bur-aliy.. . ,.. SHEET METAL WORKERS, Local 280âBus. Manager, Alex McGee, .207 Labor Temple: TR 4-8020. SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION, local No.- 28V2 â Secretary. Arthur Slusarchuk, 1ST Bast 44th, FA 7-6887. , ' -â SIGN.AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS, Local 726-Sec., J. A. Middleton, 6339 Kitchener. N. Burnaby; Room 210. 307 West Broadway, TR 4-7535. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION. Div. 101âBusiness Agent, C. Stewart, Street Rly. Bldg., IK J- 8th; TR 4-2010. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION. No. 134âBus. Agent, R. C. Lawrence, Room 22, 77* Columbia, New Westminster. Phone IA. 1-7330. THEATRE EMPLOYEES, Local B-71 â¢âSecretary, Mrs. F. Foster, Ste. 1, 4608 Main; TR 9-6453. Buslnesa Agent, D. Calladine, 6692 Laburnum, AM. 1-0078. TILE SETTERS, Local No. 3âRe- cordlng Secretary, D. P. Ewan, 4030 Dominion S. Burnaby. TUNNEL _ ROCK WORKERS, Local 168â337, W. Broadway, Secretary, H. Croft; phone TR 9-3331. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Local 226 â Secretary, P. Campbell, 617 E. Broadway; TR. (-6810. MACHINISTS, INTERNATIONAL UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL GRAIN WORKERS UNION. Local 333 â Recording Secretary ft. G. â Millar, P.O. Box 194. North Vancou. ver. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION. No. 180âBuslnesa Manager, W. M. Black. 336 W. Broadway; TR. (-6822. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, Local 28âSec, A. E. Morgan. Room 406, 402 W. Pender. INTERNATIONAL A S S Q CIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS. AND ASBESTOS WORKERS âRoom 6, 807 West Broadway. phone TR 6-6814. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 and 217âBusiness Agent, Anne Marshall, 119 W. Pender; MU. 4-6614; .. home. HA. 5961M. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OK AMERICA, Local 1-217âPresident, Syd Thompson: S'-cretary. S. Mi Hodg"oni 2859 Commercial Drive; TR. 4-0274, IRONWORKERS SHOPMEN'S. Local Union 712âBusiness Agent, Benjamin D. Parry, Room 105, 307 W. Broadway,. TR 2-5515. IRONWORKERS. Local 97 â President. Vic Morell, Fin. Sec. and Business Agent. 8. Stewart, 111 Dunsmuir. MU' 1-0-29. JEWELERY WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL, Local 42 Office, 339 West Pender, MU. 1-5831; "President. Frank Popowich, 1706 Napier, HA. 246.-.R. KAMLOOPS AND DISTRICT LA- â BOITT COUNCILâBox 562, Kara- loops. Phone 31.31 Secretary, Mrs. C. K. Melnnes. LABORERS CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL. Local (02âSecretary, C. H. Savage 3434 Fraser St.; TR 4- 9233. LAUNDRY WORKERS, No. 292 â Business agent Mrs. Catherine Browne, Suite 1, 224 East Broadway; TR. 6-4643. LAUNDRY AND DRT CLEANING SALESMEN. Local 334 â J. A. Currie. Secretary - treasurer. 2632 West Twelfth, RE. 8-9649. ASSOCIATION, Lodge 692âBusiness representatives, D. H. Chapman, Hoi ml 17, 2414 Main; TR 4-0512, TR 6-703JJ MARINE WORKERS & BOILERMAKERS' INDUSTRIAL UNION, Local 1âPresident, S. Jenkins; Secretary, W. Stewart, 339 W. Pender St.; MU. 1-9481. MOLDERS' UNION, Local 281âBusiness Agent, M. Bjornson, 119 Labor Temple; TR 6-6920. MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS, Local 348âPresident A. E. âSecretary, Mrs. A. E. Hallock, day phone TR 4-0827; evenings TR 4-3748. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS' UNION. No. MJâSecretary, Elsls Hawrylechko, 1846 Nelson, MU. 1-4802. " UNITED GARMENT WORKERS.. Local 190âRecording Secretary, Mrs. Frances Mills, 4766 Slocan, HE 1-9S86. '* UN I TED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, Local 6688âSec, Wm. Giesbrecht, 2384 West Broadway. *ii McManus: Sect.. E. Stanwuv Scan- UNITED STEELWORKERS, Local Ion; Business Agent, Peter Torrance, 2655âRecording Sect. Arne Han- 1366 Seymour; MU. 4-7024. â"Sen, 3510 Phillips, North Burnaby, CY 9-4264. CINCINNATI. Ohio â Earl R. Kinley, vice-president of the Railway Clerks, has suddenly died at 68. PROBE â Labor councillor Russel Hicks of Burnaby has urged a royal commission into education finance, said the probe is needed more than, ever to complete the check of B. C. education â following up the Chant commission report which didn't touch on finance. MBâ^SMa_J_%_J<?W Pmder. UNIVERSITY ofhihtisii <-OI-l*M- Room 316: MUT4-_Â»4. BJA EMPLOTHB8' UNION. Local Â« 116âSecretary, A. Leathern, HI OFFICE EMLOYEES' INTERNA- East 8th St.. Worth Vancouver. r^7AWe_tNÂ»__li_^-ilTRlS WATER AND SBWER BOARD BM- 1, pro ...:i Broadway, TK 4-351i. flqyeES, Local 393 â SecreUry, Pat Landsley, Business Agent and President; Edna Karlin'er, Sec't.â treasurer. f OFFICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 378â Business Manager Ev. King, 1116 Hornby; phone MU. 3-6134. Robt. T. Callahan, 466 Westview, Coquitlam. WOOD, WIRE & METAL LATHERS Local 207âPres. R. Buttle, See-. O. A. Garrison; Organiser. A. H. Burton, Office. Room 2**- 307 W. Broadway, TR. 6-1223.
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